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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-14

WrWoUld call thcuttontion0 of clccuncn,
Town Agents and the Medical Faculty OF
the tate Of Vermont, to our well selected
stock of imported Vines and Liquors, and
choice Bourbon Whistles, which We offer
on rca@ouahIe terms We would respect
fully solicit "a share of public patronage,
and will guarantee all liquors purchased
of us to be
PURE AND UNADULTERA TED.
All orders received will he promptly at
tended To.
CARR u BLANCHARD.
No. l4l Front Street. y. !.
MrppIEHuEr COLLEGE, June 2G, 1869
hereby certify that have analysed for
Messrs. Carr and Blanchard, NO. Ill Front
street, New York, the following named
liquors: Bourbon and Rye WHISTLES. Medcr
Swan and Holland Gins. Martclle Brandy
and st. CrOiN hum, and found them all to
he pure and unauthorized and free from
inorganic COntaminatiOnS. and properly
administered; can commend them for
medical use.
PROF. HENRY VI. SEELN.
Aug. 10. 33:Wly
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-22

PRoHIBIToRY LAWS AND SP1R1ruoUs PUMP
KINs.-The Titusville Courier is answerablc
for this:
every trade has its tricks, but for vain
tricks and dark ways the grocers-that is, the
ostensible grocers-of Conneautvile and vi
cinity carry off the palm. To thoroughly
understand the tricks practiced by these mer-
chants it must first be explained that there is
a prohibitory liquor law in force in Conneaut-
vile, the provisions of which extend for two
miles on all sides of the town, to erade which,
the merchants, who were wont in days Of
yore to dispense the ardent, have gone into
the pumpkin business. It fact that the mar
ket ut Conneautville for this delicious yege-
table is buoyant, though firm. Bibulous in
dividuals are generally the purchasers. The
customers are plenty, and each frequently
carries away two or three pumpkins. When
crsconced in secluded place they remove
plug from the pumpkin, and presto change
and appears the neck of pint bottle filed
with whiskey. The vessel is emptied, de-
molished, and the pumpkin returned for flu
ture use. From this sample of the way the
focal option law works in spots, and its
effect upon the pumpkin market, we can
make some little calculation on the effect it
will produce on the market for that fruit
when it is applied to the whole State, as pro-
vided for in the law passed by the recent
Legislature
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UsURY.--A bill has been introduced into
the New York Legislature providing that the
rate of interest shall be whatever the parties TO
the contract agree in writing to make it.
Such has always been the rule i'll California,
and it has been found to work satisfactorily
both for borrowers and for lenders. Since
the commerce of the world has enlarged, and
money has come to be looked upon as Il COM
modify, the old-fashioncd ideas III regard to
llsury have undergone Il total change.
Formerly, in England and in the Eastern
States, he who took more than Il certain num-
Der of pounds for the forbcaIancc of one hun
drcd pounds fora year, was looked upon as
llsllrer and condemned to lose his principal;
vet, Notwithstanding this arbitrary rule, the
law was constantly cyadcd, and always of
course 1T the expense Of the borrower, who
was obliged to pay. not only for the Use of
the money, but for the extraordinary risk
assumed hy its owner i'll lending il.
Thus it was shown in the discussion Of the
New York bill that brokers had paid lis high
as forty-scrc1, per cent. Cor carrying their
contracts over for single day. BY allowing
the rate of interest to be regulated by the
supply of and the demand for money, many
more lenders are brought forward, whom the
b,lgbear Of usllry would otherwise keep out
of the market; and thus the borrower has
the advantage of n competitor, which, under
the old system, was checked and stiled. We
are glad to see the elder States copying Cali
fornia, and when they have established the
doctrine of free money, there are some other
things we can teach them to their advantage.
San francisco Spectator.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.
letter from Petersburg. I
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.

-
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.
PETERSBURG, April 40, 1872
This morning the case Of the negro Thomas
Jones, who recently beat very severely an
| old negro man named Reuben HatchetG, and
left him half dead on the track OF the Peters.
| burg railroad near the city, was examined
before Mayor Wood and James Cox, nero
magistrate OF Dinwiddie. A number of wit
nesscs proved the ferocity and cruelty OF the
attack and the present critical condition of
the old man. TO insure strict compliance
with the requirements Of the law, the prisoner
was removed i'll custody beyond the city
ilmltS into Dinwiddie county, and there
briefly examined by Justice Cox, who or
dered his commitment for trial. The negro
Will be confined in the Jail at this place, there
being no Jail at present at Dlnwiddie Court
house.
The old Baptist church on High street,
long disused and abandoned to bats and
grass, has been bought by committee re-
presenting the Radical party of the city for
$500 from Mr.. Il. 4. Young. They pro-
pose to renovatc it thoroughly, and to use it
as league hall. One portion of the build
ing will also be set apart for the occupancy
Of companies Of entertainment, dramatic and
otherwise. 1t will probably be monopolzcd
by entertainments Of the character Which
negroes will mainly resort to.
AS the election is drawing nigh, the ne
SrocS have been p'acated by the appoint
mcnt Of ono of their color, man named
Hamiin, rs clerk in the office of Mr.. Whit
som, the Radical commissioner of the rove
nue..
a number Of leading tobacconists of the
city have signed a solemn protest against the
appointment of Max Marshall as inspecto or
of tobacco. Their objection is founded on
the three grounds that there is no need for
any additional inspector, that the present in
cumbcnts give satisfaction, and that Marshall
has not the confidence of anybody in the
city. The last clause contains the cream Of
the correspondence.
During the past week 90 hogsheads Of to-
bacco have been inspected in the city; re-
views, II hogShcads receipts, 254 hogs
heads. Total inspections since October LIST,
1871, 3,G06 hossheads; same time lust year,
1914 hogshcads.
At the ward meetings held last night the
full complement of delegates to the General
Convention was elected. The Convention
sits tonight, and the impression now gene
rally prevalent is that the Conservatives in
council will conclude to do nothing in the
pending municipal campaign. The ward
meetings have, for the most part, been very
SHINY attended.
There will be full and strong delegation
from this city to the Convention of Liberal
Republicans at Cincinnati. George Faycr-
man, formerly one of the colored delegates
from this city to the Legislature, has eX-
pressed desire to be sent as Il delegate, and
promises to work against Grant. 1t is some
what doubtful whether George will adhere
to this purpose, but lie certainly hates Platt
with refreshing vigor.
General w. Ii. +. Lee is on visit to the
city.
Slight rain to-day.
Business dull, except in 4 small retail way.
ROBIN ApAlR
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Greeley Tells the Negroes Why they
Should be Represented at Cincinnati.

lien. /. ". tOnlrGy, -Nclr orleans:
Sill have yours of 2lst instant. think
colored people will be benefited by, and
should sylnlthise with, the Cincinnati Con
vrniion. because it tends to free them from
lc odlnm of completely with the villsinIe.
ma rol,herics which have been perpctated
~ the abused name Of RcpUol!clnism during
tAr past five or six Years, especially i'll the
South. The monstrolis eNaggeratlon OF taxes
and debts in most OF the southern States Is
liz, iluit Of white vilainy. The thieves who
l:rirtrutcd these robberics are now seeking
10 escape the just punishment OF their crimes
hy b;wlinS Justify, Grant, :" Grant; .
- I'm for Grant; -" iIurrah for Grant" The
ncinnuti movement is at deadly tcud with
thrsc robbers and their evil deeds. Let the
honest and upright colcred men join it then,
gpd thus rid themselves Of crimes which
others only have pcrleli1tca.
Yours. HORACE GREELEY.
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through the centre. This hub has Wide
iiange upon one end. Covering Che whole
Of each side of the wheel are two side-plates
Of Norway iron boiler plate, which fit against
q shoulder turned in the tire. The hub is
forced In after these plates are In place, the
fange, on its outer end, Of course, holding.
the outside plate firmly In It's place. Sixteen
bolts in the outer edge Of the plates run d.
rectly through the paper and hold every
thing fast; eight bolts go through the fiange
of the hub, securing the whole, and making
the wheel, so far as its interior is concerned,
waterproof. The paper itself is painted be-
fore it goes into the wheel, and is perfectly
secure against dampness, even If the wheel
were not water-tight.
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The night before Charles Sumner left Bos-
ton for Washington the last time he said to
me: 81 have just one thing more to do for
the negro, and that is to carry the civil rights
bill. After that is passed, I shall be at lib
crty to take up the question of labor Ven
dell Phillips.
The Mobile Tribune says that "the hotel
keepers in Meridian and in other parts of the
State have resolved to close their houses as
soon as the social-equality bill becomesa law,
when it is believed that the people will &C
commodate travellers who are known to be
ladies and gentlemen free of charge, letting
the makers Of this Infamous law shift for
themselves"
A recent tug-boat explosion in New York
harbor was caused by dog fight. The tug
bulldog broke loose, boarded a canal boat
which the tug had in tow, and mounted the
clnal-boat dog. Engineer, flrcmen, and other
officials adjourned to witness the fight, and
while it was in progress, the canal-boat dog
being under, the boiler collapsed, killing,
drowning, and scalding several and stopping
the tight.-Ind'anapoIis Ecening Journal
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PAPER CAR-WHEELs.-The National Car
Builder thus describes paper car-wheels, the
material of which is straW-board, in all re-
spects the same us that used in the manutac-
ture of paper boxes, aud made of wheat,
rye, or oat straw:
The tire is of steel, and when turned up
ready for the filing, is made taper inside, so
that the inside diameter on the fange is one
eighth of an inch smaller than on the other.
The body of the wheel is a paper block
made of straw-board cut into circles thirty
inches in diameter, pasted together with or
binary paste, and consolidated under by
draulic pressure Of about three hundred tons.
This block, after being slowly dried for
nearly two weeks in q dry-house, is turned
and fitted in common pattern lathe. The
turning tool is like that used for iron, but
the speed is about the same as is used for
brass. This block, thus turned to tit the
tire, is of course somewhat larger, iii order
to insure perfect Git. A hydraulic pressure
Of about four hundred tons is then used to
force the block into its place. The the Is
heated nearly to the boiling point OF water,
thus insuring perfect hearing when cool.
When the paper block is in the mthc a
suitable hole for u cast-iron hub IL bored
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e Am Quiet Along Ii.e Petomac.''
For Dispatcl,.

L - IA - q +
Prompted by the mingled feelings Of de
sire that justice should be done, and of re-
tsentment against actual injustice, and i'm
PEELED also by the love of my heart, Ihke
my pen to state few facts as to the poem
whose name heads thisarttcle. Until recently
was not aware that any one had publicly
laid claim to its authorship; and ais an
anonymous poem, /, rs well M its All.
thor, was willing that it should go down to
posterity. But some weeks ago saw, for
the first time the work Of Professor David.
son, of the University Of South Carolina, on
the Writers of the South" in which Is cited
braggart, specialization letter from Lamar
Fontaine, asserting that "tlie world may
howl over 1t rs it may, but the poem Is bis,
and he wrote it." The real author was o
man of extreme modcsty and lack OF preten-
sion, and, were he living, would be the last
to refer to the fact that the world had noticed
bis poem, much less been so exercised about
it as to wrangle and "howl over it,
Published without his consent, and in OPP
position to his express wish and request, and
himself in the army Of Virginia at the time
of its publication, he did not know that it
was in "the immortal custody Of the press"
till 1t had been scattered broadcast through
out the land. When it had been published
and republished, set to music and sung by
the wives and daughters of Confederate SOL
dier>, he was utterly amazed at its reception.
In August, 1864, his "dust returned to the
earth as it was" and his spirit "unto God
who gave it, and other hands than that
which wrote it must seek to save his poem
from men who would rob the dead. There
was but one witness to the writing, which
took place in the late summer or early fall Of
1861. 1t was read Immediately after to n cir
Gle Of literary friends. One Of these copied
it and had it published. The outgoing Of a
heart that tenderly loved tho wife and mo-
ther, 'far away In the cot on the mountain"
and "the two on the low trunde-bcd," the
elder of those two here claims these words,
which till wars shall cease, are set to SOUL
music as the peculiar possession of his
mother, his brother, and himself, who hold
them doubly-dear because they arc the eX-
preston of a husbands and fathers love-
That husband and father, and not the least of
southern poets, though he died in his prime,
was Thaddcus Oliver, of the Second Georgia
regiment, whose home was Bucna Vists,
Marion county, Ga. If there be any still
living who can testify to the truth of the
facts above stated earnestly request them to
do so forthwith. In the mean time have
the satisfaction Of knowing that my fathers
poem has been claimed for him that the
usurpers of his rights have not gone unre-
buked, and that my hands have woven gar
land with which to decorate his grave.
HUGH +. OLIVER.
Madison, Ga, April, 1872.
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R1cuMoND.-Why should not our mer-
chants buy in Richmond? We are assured
that they can buy on AS good terms rs in
baltimore, and set as good selections. Rich
mond has recovered from the effects OF the
war more than any other place in the State,
and our merchants. now that they can do so
without injury, ought to so back to our own
capital. Let us try to help each other when-
ever it is possible. Virginmns must hang
together in everything If they would raise
the Old Dominion from the dust. We advise
all our merchants to try Richmond and see
on what terms and at what prices they eau
buy before they so Nortb.-4naherst Enter
U71sP
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You may laugh, but tell you the biggest
brains don't 20 to Congress. The biggest
brains in this country control the industrial
enterprises, the railroads, and the iron bust
ness and the cotton business. 1t takes Ma
poleon to grasp it in his bands. Tom Scott,
of the Pennsylvania railroad, with three
hundred and fifty millions in his hands
why, when he walks east the very flutter of
his garments shake down the Legislatures.
These are the great men, these are the big
brains-the Stewards, the Vanderbilts, and
the SCOTS; while in the second line of intel
lect come the editors, professional men. Of
vast strength and then out of the third ave-
rage-what you, believe, call the siftngs-
outcome the ongrcssmen.-- Wendell Phil
lbs.
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WENDELL PHIiIIrS AID THE CRIsPISs.--
N.stol,, April 19.--Mr Wendell Phillips de-
Nycivd an address last evening before the
International Grand Lodge OF the knights of
-. Cri$pin Oh the labor question, in which
le predicted the downfall Of rcpnblicanism,
aud ltuded the efforts Of workingmen to Or
Ganizc, promising them, if they stood by
each other faithfully, that they could elect the
President in 1876. He wanted TO see the
financial system of the country 50 recon-
structcd that money could be had at three
per cent. instead of ten, aud gardens, and
books, and beautiful things given to the
working classes who, in bis opinion, ought
never to work more than eight hours u day.
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LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC CoSvENTioN.-Ner
rl'rahs April 19.--In the Democratic State
Convention Mr.. j. K. Head, of Rieurille par
t-h, was elected president. The day was con-
stunned IN discussing the following dispatch
lcom >crrtor +. p. Blair. which was received,
nd il will lie read tomorrow, dated Wash
n1tor, April 10: " Our friends here wash
N3ron think it wond be good policy to de-
/" the Democratic nominations until after
Tic Convention III Cincinnati"
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sr>AT0R TKuMgvLL's CANDIDATE.-"Who
Is thc best man, Senator, for the Cincinnati
EuHvrntion:" asked the gentleman.
40. we've got but one strong available
man" said Mr.. Yrumbull, land that Is
Horace Greeley. ! 20 for Mr.. Greeley heart
and su@l, and he's the only man we can run
against Grant and beat him, and he's my can
d.lue fer The Cincinnati Convention"
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Nrl. uo>t-"ilicc> ar" established at the fol-
Iu'yia- points in Virginia: McIwainc'S,
;,rrcuyiilr county, with George c. Starke,
isu>'lw>.cl'; Hobbs. Brunswick county, on
l.utr from llirki"rd to liicktord, W. ".
hryj'. postmaster; Shuman>rille, Caroline
county. on the route from Bowling Green to
N,wton, with G. \. Shun!am, postmaster.
The po>t-otcc &: I.rr!!'s store, Richmond
county. VT. is discontinued. Chase Fuller
!. T,pui;t"d poSt,na>tr. 1T Dunn's store, Ca
roInl" county, Va, rice +. \. lIackctt, re-
eiwned.
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Madison, Ga, April, 1872.

HOMICIDE At w HE'LL Nc Wheeling,
". "a, April 19.-In an altercatioa to-day
at the Emerald Saloon between John Scar
borough, formerly chief Of police, and
George w. Robinson, tie latter shot Sc,r-
borough through the heart, killing him in
stantly. Robinson gave himself up lie
ckaims that the deed was done in self-defcnce.
The alteration grew out of charges Of cheat
ing at cards. No third person was in the
room at the moment the shooting was done.
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How THE MONEY GoEs.-Do you know what
it costs to pay the senator's salaries and mile
age per annum? -Four hundred thousand
dollars Cheap at half the money! Do you
know what it costs the House for same? One
million! But halt! The officers, clerks,
and messengers of the Senate get, besides,
Sl30, 900, and the same officers of the House
get about 100000. The police who patrol
the capitol, and sit around the little park ell
closing it, cost $4,000. The stationery and
newspapers Of the Senate cost about S14, 900,
and for the House s37 900. The Little pages
who run around the floor cost the House
$1,000, and in the Senate $4,000. What
does the Senate want with so many pages
when the more numerous body requires so
few? 1t costs the Senate S4G, 900 for back
ing-boXes, folding documents, furniture, fuel,
Gus, and furniture wagons. 1t costs the House
Tor wagons and carriage $4,000. The com.
mittee clerks of the House cost S332 900, and
of the Senate $4,000. The secretary of the
Senate and the clerk of the House get 81 $50
each, and the librarian of Congress gets
$4,000. All the clerks in the library of Con-
gress taken together require 10000 year ;
and the library is allowed only Sl2,5O0 per
annum to buy books, purchase files Of peri
odicals and newspapers, and exchange public
w lLi loiCASh VIVA
Public printing costs an enormous sum, and
the appropriations almost always fall short.
| Still. it is questionable whether, on the Whole,
| we do not dignity ourselves and confer benc-
| tit on the country by maintaining, rs we lln-
doubtedly do, the most perfect printing es-
adjustment in the world, not excepting Ma
poleon's printing-house in Paris, us it used to
| be maintained. For the present year there
will be appropriated for the public printing
s655, 200 for composition and press-work ;
$7O9,OOO for paper to print upon; $552, 600
for binding books, and $4,000 for engraving
and map printing.
Coming to the Executive appropriations,
we find that two policemen, two night.
watchmen, Il doorkeeper, and an assistant
doorkeeper, at the White House, costs
(unitedly) $1,000. The Presidents private
secretary gets $500; his assistant, $500
two of the Presidents clerks, $1,000 each;
the White House steward (who buys the
grub and gets up the dinners), $4,000; and
the messenger, 81, 2O0.-G. 4. To,onsend, tn
| The Chicago Tribune.
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From VTcstmoreIai,ei County.
Correspondence of tile Richmond Dispatch.
WEsTMOHELASD COUNTY. TA.2

SOfIeSlOnicNCpUl the NlCIlllOUu IJlSlalCH.
WEsTMoRELAND COUNTY. TA.,2
April II, 1872.
The rayages of the late violent storm are
apparent here in bown-down fences and
trees, and in several instances in greater or
less injuries to dwellings, corn-houses, and
barns. For days in some places the roads re-
manned bockaded by fallen trees. The farm
ers for the most part have been too busy with
their preparations for corn and oats TO stop
to repair their damages.
An unusually large crop of oats has been
seeded in this section. On three farms, am
told. there have been more than five hundred
bushels seeded. The backward state of the
plou%hing for corn, the scarcity Of forage for
cattle and team, and in many places the
cholera among the fowls, are evils OF fire.
Gurnt complaint here.
Iannouncc with SORROW the recent deaths
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ii. Ilarwood, OF
Richmond county. \ large and sylnpatlii-
sing concourse OF relatives and friends at
tended their funeral services at Menokin
church Oh Sunday last. NoMISI.
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HYDK0rHoBA--AIrs. Amelia Smith, Of this
city, had Il pet dog which bit her hand last
sunday. Mrs. Smith took i dislike to the
an!'nn! Immediately aiterWard, and banished
i !ro.a Inc domiciic. Last evening Mrs.
$!n!.., Dlg gan TO indicate symptoms OF hydro
phobt, and to-day she IS iii continual spasrns,
and Inc rhy irit:i3 say she cannot survive
her injuries York Commercial,
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LAND SA1Es.-R. b. Stewart, Of Warsaw,
lately sold to Mr.. O. C. Allen, of Pennsyva-
nia, Il tract of two hundred and thirty-siX
acres, near Brannan's mill, in Richmond
county, for $4,000. Mr.. Stewart also sold a
tract of one hundred and seventeen acres
living near the above TO w. Cooke, OF Penn
sylvania, for $2,200-Tappahannock Index.
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We are happy TO announce That Judge Mel
-ou j. restored to health and is now quite us
vigorous rs Il year ago. lii, friends Ito not
took forward TO bis retirement or to pen
sion. iut to some wears longer of valuable
and honp,ahl" service on the bench Waste
5nYt3a Patriot.
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OFFICE BOARD OF EDUCAT1OS,l
RIf,lIMnND. ~ Anril ID. lsI2.

10y AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF THE
ID GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA al--
proved February :. 1872, authorizing the Board OF
Education 10 sell the land scrip donated to the State
Of Virginia by act OF Congress of the United States
approved July ., lsGs, and the acts amerda ,t
pOSALS FOR TIE PURCHASE OF SAID
SCRIP, representing 100000 acres of public land,
until IL o'clock on tie IsT DAY OF MAY, Is
Proposals should lie addressed to the undersigned.
ID. G. LYLE.
M 1I-lw Secretary Board Of Education.