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Presidential Electors,
Al Largo William Bross OF Cook.
John u. Cation, of LaSalle.
fat District-Thomas HOyue, Of Cook.
ed Dstrlct-C. q. +. Holden, OF Cook.
sd District-Aruo Noss, OF Cook.
9TH District--lsaaC W. swan, Of Kane
9Th District Robert G. Burchell OF Ogle.
uth District-Eric johnson, Of Henry.
9Th Dstrict-Caaper Butt, OF VIII.
sth DisinJt-Stephen d. Moore, OF KAnkakce.
Nth District-Martin Shaeubarrer OF STARK.
iOth DlBtrict-(leO Edmunds Jr, OF Hancock
18th District-Charlea Stcinwodel OF Adams.
18th Distrct-Davd l.. Phillips, OF Sangamon.
18th pistrict-Samuel @, Parks, Of Logan.
18th Dstrict--Jo ohm Cunningham, OF Coles.
18th District-Johu y. Gwin, % bingham.
18th District-E. G. link OF Montgomery
l7th District-JOhn Hinchclife, OF ~. Clair.
18th Distrct-Wm. II. Green, OF Alexander.
18Th District-Funklin Pierce, OF Wayne.
For Governor,
0USTAVUS kERNER, OF ST Clair
For Lieutenant Governor
JOHN CHARLES BLACK, OF Champaign.
For Secretary OF state,
EDWARD RUMMEL, Of Peoria
For Auditor
DANIEL OHABA, OF Cook
For state Treasurer.
CHARLES II. LANPHlER. Of sangamon
For Attorney General
JOHN V. ErSTACE, Of Lee.
For Clerks " the supreme Court,
southern Grand Diviaiun-R. A. ID MlIBANk.
Central Divisiou-DANtD A. BROWN,
Northern Div-iou-ELl SMITH.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27
Swinging Around the Circle.

Mr.. Greeley sipires TO initiate the fatal e1-
annie Of Andrew johnson. He il busy ewing
ing around the circles" but thus far in his
Journey be hiss " stopped over to the delight Oh
his enemies sDd the regret Of his friends. In the
language Of the Celtic proveTb "He cannot open
his mouth without putting his foot into II"
What 81 amazing speech is that Of bis Al PIt'i-
burz The patriotic assembly Of soldiers and
sailor, seems to have enrsged him. He
,b,urdly insists that they were filed with
hatred Of the South, in face Of the
fac; that their resolutions and speeches tbow
no feeling Of Gnimotity towards the South
From the close Of the war there has been less
il-feeling be Eeen the soldiers Of the North and
the South than with any other Glars Of men en-
rsged in the late "unplea,sntness. Many Of
the Southern soldiers have accepted the situation
and their Northern foes have met them more
than half way. It is the rebel politicians who
have rekiniled the old fires Of hatred, ard nov
these national soldiers at Pittsburg have only
met together to throw their influence against
throwing susy all th:t has been gained by the
war for the pssca snd property Of the country
return Of the rebel element 70 power IN the
government
His worst vszsries whi:h bsyt appeared IN
the Tribune editorials seemed to be repeated IN
MrGrssle,'s las. political speeches How feeble IL
hi. e1cute Of his slv0escg Of secession! How IL
aeuloas il his pre;case. that they are still rebels
WIZ a,e aisfrsacaissl by the Federal govern
me,,. AMI th,. amnesty is ready TO remove that
Acknowledgement!
Mr.. Greeley's wisGom il be ever bad any
seems TO have departed from him, and anger
,sken ito place. No public man iince the tine OF
,ls WORT eoare-heads Of the var, has irdulged
IN su,b sbase snd viLfc,tion Of Union soldiers.
10 wonder HE Pitts5ur speech eIcites laughter
md dsr.ioa Its eaec, is 10 disgust sobsr, think
ipr m,n, Sc well at intensity party feeling
W;.se,d Scott finished himself politically By his
,peasiag tour; e. did Andrew johnson, ard noT
Mr. d-ea,ey proceeds TO make his own defeat
more overwhelming, By ouch weak tpeeche' as
those IN PENNSYLVANIA and the West No elo
ousn, Republican crate, csn make better cam
uaiga.rg freecscs for Grsut and Wilson. They
will but reaew the enthusiasm on OF. eide which
was psrh.ps beginning to ebb II spots. IN the
reaction after the granl vistorie' Of Vermont
and Mama
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Cen. Grnnt to Gen. De.

LONG BRANCH, y. = Aug. y.
My Dear General; congratulate you uuor
the unsnimity sni enthusiasm OF the Utica cor
vention on the occasion Of your nomination fol
the honorable and responsible position Of Cover
nor Of the great State Of New York Especi.uv
do ! congratulate Inc citizens Of that State, al
most irrespective Of party, upon your nomina-
ton. | believe you will receive the active SUD
port Of the great majority Of the beat people Of
the State, and the secret lympa,hy Of thousands
who may be so bound up BY party ties and
pledges IS to force them % support your oppo-
nent.
To doubt your election would be to impugu
the intelligence and patriotism Of : people bv
whose enlightened Discrimination such eni1ently
good men ss Tompkins, Clinton, Marcy WRIGHT.
Seward, Fish, King and Morgan have been els
waited 10 the chief msgi, tracy Of the Empire
State. With your election, reforms in the State
will naturally follow, which all acknowledge
have been much needed for years
No one acquainted with the political history
Of New fork for the past eight yeas will claim
that all the abuses Of legislation are due to DEM
oeratic rule, but members, at least pretended
members. Of both political parties share the re-
sponsbility Of them.
When l read the proceedings Of the couven-
ton on the 2lst inst. and Of tie unanimity Of
feeling in favor Of you and your associates on
the state ticket, felt that victory had been al
ready achieved, and reform insngurated in the
State Of New York.
Again l congratulate you, not only upon the
prospect Of being governor, but Of having il
within your reach 10 render such service to your
State.
1t lie a happy day when conventions seek can
did.tes, not candidates nominations This
dream has been realized in the seton Of the con-
yeation Of the Dist inst, at Utics. n Y.
| have the honor to be. general, your most
ooedient servant. U. 8. GRANT.
Gen. John A. DIX, New York.
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What is an Once-Eolder

A stranger en- this planet who should take Up
Greeley newspaper just now, and get al his
information Of cur politics from that, would
learn that an oflice-hoder is in tie most degrsd-
ing buE;ress thst man can engsge in, and that
all the terms Of infamy are summed up in one
when man is called federal ofice-hoier He
would certainly judge from the Greeley papers
that it is very dIgrsceful business to hold 6
federal office, snd that 10 word Of contempt can
be stsciel to- msn equal to that Of 81 Office
holder"
He would On wider Acquaintance With our
world lie puzzled to unierflsud how this impres-
sion got sbrosd with regard to ofiss-holiers.
lie would see that in other governments it is
considered honorable to ncrve ones country in
public capacity, even with S salary sttached to
the service. He would learn thst even in our
own country the truGt implied in one who re-
ceives responsible Office is 20 grateful that men
are willing 10 take it often when its emolument
il less than they could obtain in some private
station.
He would learn, also, that the average Office
holder in this country is quite as honest az the
average private business msn that there is &C
tuGly less cheating and dedication in public
life than in privste-in proportion to the men il
each. lie would Of course find rasc.ls and in
competents in ell occupations, but he would be
puzzled to know why the term ofice-hclder lie of
itself zone Of daily reprosch in the Greeley
press.
His perplexity would, however, be increased
ten-fod when be discovered that al the Greeley
are 10 in ~ O.
maze themselves or their friends - ofice-holl-
ers" He would find that while federal Office
holder is just now, er-oficio. the most corrupt
perton IN existence, a federal ofice-seeker is .
pure and sincere patriot. He will learn to read
with Bind OF shnddering horror that such
number Of the participants ia q Grant meeting
are federal Office -holdeTS This title will be set
opposite their names as = sort OF brand Of dshon-
or. But when it comes to the repor; Of the Gree
ley meeting in the Greeley papers, none of the
ardent patriots who compose it will be chsr.c
terized ss" ofice-seekers.
Considering what an ofiee-holier is and must
be from the constant sspertion Of him in the
Greeley pspsrs, he will not be surprised to know
that if Mr.. Greeley is elected they are all to
have their heads cut Of, but be will be surprised
to knew that their places sre ell to be supplied
by Greeley men who have such contempt for an
ofhce-holder.
We confess that this is one Of the mysteries Of
the present CANVASS even to u.s.. II it is so con-
temptible to be & federal ofice-holder-and the
Greeley press apply it in contempt to man who
msy be ever so honest and effcient-wby is it
that Mr.. Greeley promised in bis Portland speech
in effect, to make new deal Of the federal Offices
all around ? Probably the federal Office
holder selected by Fen,on and Cochrane and
Greeley would be very different beng from the
present federal office holdsr.-Hartford Cour-
ant,
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the ultimate tuccess Of their enterprise. We
have no doubt that the present collapse VIII IN
the end prove beneficial 10 all parties IN interest,
and that it is well that point has been reAcned
where these in the management will be Obliged
to stop and what tteps shall be taken 10 erect
= reform and introduce more economical AZ
ninisiration Of Affairs. The gentlemen whose
m.nt of ssgsciiy or want Of economy hsve oeen
instrumental in part in bringing about the pres,
ent unfortunate collapse will no doubt feel bound
in honor to DO all in taeir power to sho" how
the errors maj be corrected, for the Increasing
business Of the road must in time enable them,
with judioious management, to meet puohe OK
pec;Siion.
Mondays Boston Advertiser thus fensibly
speaks concerning the affairs Of the Central:
The officers Of the Vermont Central Railroad
will issue, in a few d.ys, circular to their
stockholders, in (which the present position
Of the Affairs Of the road, and the csuses which
have led to its fnsncial embarrassment, will be
fally sc. forth. In the meantime Ii is perhaps
as well for those Immediately interested, anu for
the public generally, to bear in mind that there
are always 'two sides to ttory," and that both
sides should be heard before q verdict IS brought
in.
At The Boston Stock Exchange On Monday,
Ogdensburg declined from "A to 67; Rutland
preferred from 81 to 80; Vermont * Canada
from 10 to G5; Vermont Central first mortgage
II bid. Sc asked. The Boston Journal, in 1t.
monetary srtiele Of Tuesday, comments IL regard
to these securities, IS fol0Ss;
At the Stock Exchange the priccipal feature
wss the decline in the Vermont Central teeuri-
ties. We are advised that the sensational state
ments that sre made, probably with view OF
breaking down this corporation, will be fully
answered, and in the meantime We would advise
the security holders not 10 pSrt with their pro-
/ per;y st the present panic pricss.
The Merchants National Bank Of Boston lisa
instituted suit sgainst the trustees Of the Yer
mont Central Railroad Company, to recover the
SUN Of S20000, the amount Of a note made BY
| the dtfendants
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27

The Veteran Contention at Pittsburgh VA
one coatinred ovation day and night in which
the hole city participated. In every direction
the IN dngs were covered with flags and o;heI
decorations. triunpsal srche, fpsrnei tho
streets, and anuers without number swung e
tie breeze. At right she entire city YES illu-
min, ed, rows Of Cainese lanterns extending in
front # lie buildings f5r blocks. snd welcoming
and patriotic mottOes and ieVices shining forth
ca all t;des TIE rzht during the passing Of
the torchlight procession vas probably
never ezoe2ed in the country. On
the main stree, ttIetoh Of two miles could be
reen at one tina, stere ia addition to the gerer-
Al il limitation AID the glare Of the torches,
hrevorks wHe ASCENDING f.on the tops Of the
bu dings on 10 b t;dss Of the street, and at
short inje-vas fItrent co,ored fires were burn
ing, the whole 70 ming kaleidoscope pageant
not sooa forso"ea by tboss who were for
tomato en,ugh to witness it. This was not
pa fer By political funds, hut was 4 voluntary
offering from the patriotic citizenS The conven-
ton it,elf was memorable beth for its immente
tize and fl its intense enthutisfm Eud esrrest-
ness. 1t was grad m&st meeting of loyalty,
a-d tie biter 6elunciat;cnE Of it by Mr.. Greeley
on'y los hA' lis oaufe it injured by loyal
meeting
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Important IS to Unused Revenue
STAMPS

In re1p1ase 30 the qussti1a. v14- -.gs.st
who hsve reverse STAMPS ca bail -a-
less sf,sr Uo.stsr Is, bg the reps,. e.. .-. l-.s
to which ,hey sPp'y, VII % Go ...sr f-l-
Esr.t.oa Ct thei- Eaa-y, .se
zsrcc sags:
The oli Law, s-cdoa l5i. Tr17.les .--.
Commissioner o. Internal Reverb. -tT @
tine to time make rsVuilti-l., ur--
tsnCs ofthe facts. f17 the Elavt1-. .-
the stamps Issued under the provisions Pie
set So may have been spoiled, -cs.r.
dered use ess or unfit for TIE r--.
or t,r which The Cvuer Isr have
which, through mistake. u.y have te-
perry or unnecessarily used, ar shore OBJ rif
CT duties represented thereby
been paid in eu5-. GO i1
and such Sl1Fluce sisL .e ut-s
ny giving ether s,surs .u leu
stamps % SLOWED i-r, CT p -e
amount or value, sf'Cr l-iucll- t.-.
case Of repay meut, tic sam ot Eve a-
20 the owner there; but u7a.1Tse s-
made IL sny case CIdi che sts-
rendered use'ess shall have lssg reformed .
Commission Of Internal Revenue or -l
satisfaciory proof has been mai, s-
reason Why asia stamps cannot Be r--
The Commits'o1e- l.s not ye- -iIa p-.F'
facilitate this exchange; bus De l-u1tef- N .
Due tine. TIE holders Who have tl-1.
will lose the five Ycr ce-. The l
haye obtained the I've PEI cent. c--
come cut even, While those EL- --'- ---
over $500 a.. tials. AZ! 5.,-ilsia
ten PER cent I'll sltEe 4se p5T c-l-,
il- tLeal % BE Treasury, Il tlc lsT s i.t.
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Pennsylvania.

We have the following intelligence concerning
the prospects, in Pennsylvaain, from careful Oh
server, 10 tha, State. who hAs unusu.lly good
means Of forming an opinion OF the political
situstion. He says, under date Of Pittsburgh,
Sept. 18th:
al will tsy to you briefly thst have no doub;
that HaTtrsnft viii be elected. His majority
may be very large, OF it msy be only three or
four thousand. Tie charges against him SIZE
made for political effect. and l find people eener-
ally having the utmost confidence il his personal
and cficisl integrity. Those who we're opposing
him because they thought him Cameron man
are nov generally aware that he Was not Came
ron s choice, and are reser7ing the w.r On Came
ron till the senatorial election comes of There
are very few Greeley Republicsn,l in this State,
bat there is extensive Generalization Smoug
democrats. and this will have greEt effect
New and unlocked for issues in the CANVASS can
alone beat any part Of the r Republican ticket"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27
Not So.

Some Of the Southern journals have chosen 20
consider tie results Of the elsctious il Vermont
snd M.ine, as evidences Of " puriisn'' hatred
Of the Souileruers. This Is very far from The
truth. The Republicans Of Vermont have no
hatred towards any Southern man, st such. II
the S5utherners have accepted the Cincinnati
platform in good faith, ve sre all glsd Of it
andi is 10 evidence to the contrary, that re DO
not choose TO hand over the government a; once
10 the new converts. We acknowledge only
kindly feelings toward every loyEl Southeraer.
Nc mau hsd hsariier welcome in Vermont dur
ing our recent canvass, than Southerner and an
ex rebel, Judge Settle Of North Carolina. And
the Judge hi; the nail exactly on the head when
be said that there vas no " bloody chAsm'' be-
tween the North and South-but that the cham
wss between the true and loyal men Of the lan'
North sad South. sad the kuklux democracy,
OSer th.t chlsm we do no; care to shake hEadi
very cloiely with the men on the other side, til
they have proved tae sincerity Of their CONVEX
sion, by bringing forth fruits - meet fr repent
tnre -
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A DisgEsted Irish Democrat.

At recent Grant and Wilson meeting in
Whitehall, NJ Dougher.y, who has always been
considered among the rsnkest Of Washington
county Democrats, and who the .Neios rays
Ia, worked harder for the party than any
other man in Whitehall, made the following ad-
dress:
Ladies and Gentlemen: fyou will give me
YOUR attention | will cay few words when
the Cincinnati Convention assembled and nomi-
mated Horace Greeley | waE thOrough-going
Democrat and have been for TIE last tnirty
ye.rs After | found, when we met 10 tenu
delegates to conventions, obnoxious men were 10
be chosen. | left. (Cheet) hold out one
vote, and will use If according to my judgement
Some Democrats say they will not go 10 tne pols ;
bnt hold in 8 republic every individual should
take . mart in public affairs. (Applause }
There are two great political parties N this
country. and don't know whether | belong to
one or the other. But | don't mean TO stand
aloof from one Of these parties; man that does
/, not worthy 10 be called an American
eitizsn- And mEn has ne right TO 60 to the
nolls who cannot vote understandlngiy. In
| whitehall. stand asa democrat dyed in the
wool. and have kept the life in the party, but
will not be in at is deAth. | an not one OF
tbose who think because have been democrat
! must forever be one. The country las out
! grown the democratic party, and the party has
gone the way Of all fesn If Jackson and JET
ferson were alive, they would not approve Of the
course our leaders have taken. Irishmen, !
speak to you in particular, We are Of race that
| have suffered ior freedom. II is not TO democ-
rAcy that we owe our freedom. The leaders el
thai party have repestedly rold Us for mess Of
pottsge. Since the rise of republicanism what
| haf democracy done2 Republication, ss un-
dersand it, hiss sprlng from the heart Of tht
nstion (Applau,e.) Oh, Irishmen, we should
be the trst to Join psrty who have liberty for
vatchword. and hss protested against feeling
/ against race, creei or color. The party thai
proel,mg the greatest fresdom should be the
/ irishman's psrty. Compare the standing Of th'
two psrtios, dor I you see you have been colo
/ ike SO many empty bottles whose contents nav
! been turEed down their throsts. Find the col
der With empty sleeve, aud you will tnd min
| for Grant and WilEon. In closing, ask you u
vote for them (Tremsndoas sppausel
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We have not learned that the mortality let
has b5eu greater in Maine during the last four
years than ever beore nor has any information
been published to the effect that larger percent
age Of deaths than usual has prevailed among
Democratic voters Yet the latest election re-
turns from shat Sac slow that there we're cS9
more Democratic vo.es polloi in 1868 than both
Democratic ard e4 Republican vote, in 1872
This might be 6yu red Gu IS great Democratic
gain By Confederate mathematical experts but
We I1main ottute in sueh intricate calculations.
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A fond father in Rochester, n H., had SUE
pectei his daughter of having stolen moonlight
walks with lover whom he had refused her
seeing, and in coming home the other night at .
late hour, he thought he raw his daughter
arm linked in with the hated lovers The in
dignant papa took the young man by the collar
and was giving him good shaking, together
with sundry aimonitiOns from behind, when be
discovered. much to his dismsy, that be had
tackled the wrong man, the parties being .
highly respectable young couple who we're in
nocenily returning from prsysr-nssting.
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more than any of the others demanded, but has
carried freight at such low figure that the
railroad company had actually to pay for the
privilege OF running the csrs, the matter sp-
psars in different light. Here is an iliustrs-
ticn From Boston to Chicago Wis the Boston &
Albany, New York Central, Great Western OF
Canada and Michigan Central railroads, IS
distance Of 1913 miles. This route is used By
all lines except the National Despatch Company.
From Boston to Chicago via the Boston, Low
ell & Nashua, Concord, Northern Vermont
Central. Grand Trunk and Aichigtn Central
railroads is 8 distance of 1869 miles. This route
il used By the National Despatch Co., and Al
though they ran their cars over distance OF 100
miles greater than that Of the oher lines, they
have been carrying freight three dollars per ton
less than the rate which the Boston & Albany
railroad will mske for It's competitors. TIE ad-
6ltonal distance which is Travelled makes an 81 e
ditionsl expense Of Sc a fo- car service, which
is paid BY the elk roads over which the car
travels in a ratio according to the number Of
miles run by each, and out Of the money receiU-
ed for freight. With this statement msy be
taken into consideration the fact thst the Michi
gan Central railroad company has given notice
that they mutt have the same division On Bos-
ton freight as that allowed by the Boston u Al
bsny r. r., by which it will be teen thst the
depreciation is thrown entirely On the lines east
Of Detroit, and the margin Of profit may be cal
culsted at zero. Thus the Vermont Central IL.
K Co. has been victimizei by the National De-
spEtca Co. 10 & large extent. Suli Snother IL
lustrati0n OF the way in which the freight busl-
ness has been carried on, 20 sc to pau
perize the railroad and enrich the company,
is the fact Of water transportation on the lakes.
Everybody knows that it costs les to trans
port goods by water than it does by land. The
Nstionsl Despatch Ignored this fact, snd would
bring goods from the West By water and land
them at SSrnis inttead Of carrying them to Og-
eensburg by water, thus increasing the car GER
vice. ard lining their own pockets at the expense
OF the road. Further instances Of such mismin-
sgement remain to be published.
We are informed that the trustees Of The Yer
mont Central Railroad will soon make public =
statement, which they promise shall be aats-
factory explanation Of the management.