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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-21
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ORDER TIE FREE PRESS.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
IIUS cow We u = T.
GOVERNOR.
\ PROCLAMATION.

No lesson Of the past is clearer than that Nations
have prospered in proportion as they have been
pure and ii rtuous. When vice and corruption have
become prevalent eneryation and decay appear
among the people, and paralysis fastens upon the
Government Its equally apparent that purity
rests for an enduring foundation, upon religion.
The fear Of God is the beginning ofwisdom. The
strongest incentives active and useful life arc
felt in the minds OF those who believe in an al
mighty, all-wse and all-holy God, and who strive
to do his viii. Such people too He viii bless even
as ii is written ''In all our ways ackn0wled ge
Him, and He shall direct thy paths The pious
custom Of fathers to recognize at this Of
the yea. the God Of Nature, Providence and Grace,
by day OF prayer, is eminently worthy Of perpet-
uaton.
l DO, therefore, hereby appoint FRIDAY, THE
ELEVENTH DAY or APRIL NEXT, to be observed by
the people ofth,sState a day Of Fasting HaBiiH-
alton and Prayer. And do most earnestly request
that the people will rest that day from their
usual labors, assemble themselves together in their
several places ofworship, and there devoutly ac-
knowledge their dependence upon Divine Power and
Grace. Let Us confess our sins and implore pardon
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Let Us seek HIS
counsel and aid in all our affairs. Let Us invoke
His blessing upon our labors in the ield, factory
Office and store-house. Let Us endeavor to learn
how TO do Justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly
with God.
Given under my hand and the seal OF the State,
this thirteenth day o. March, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
three and OF the Independence Of the United
States the ninety seventh.
JULIUS CONVERSE.
By the Governor,
JOSEPH D. DESIsOS,
Secretary Of Civil and Military Affairs.
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PROSPECTUS.



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LISGToS FREE Press conmends itself as one OF tne
Oldest and the largest OF the Vermont Weekiies'
and as a first class family journal, ranking VITA
those Of larger cities in the variety, amount anu
value Of its contents.
II is large sheet Of fkiTty-siz long columns
printed on new type, and attractive in us matter
and "make-up.u Among its regular features are;
Careful, frank and fearless editorial discussions
orpublic topics, political. social commercial and
educational.
An editorial RESUME Of the news o: the week from
the world at large
Aweekly summary OF Vermont news, from all tn,
Counties.
Interesting original correspondence from the grea
cities. the West and Europe.
An Agricultural department, flied with valuabl,
matter for the farmer, stock grower, daryman and
gardener
A column Of fresh ligious Intelligence.
Original and selected poetry; good stories, snt
osrefal selections Of felton, fact and fancy from th'
freshest contributions to current literature.
These various departments absorb the care anC
labor Of larger editorial force than that ofany othe
Vermont paper and in all we pledge for the year t
come, unwearied exe-tion and continued improve
men:.
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for SIX months; all subscriptions payable in ad
vance. and the paper stopped when the time expires
Specimen copies sent on application.
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Fremout,s Railroad Troubies.---A Big French
SWindle.

Within few days kilograms have been
received from France stating that General
Fremont and six other persons have been
cited to appear and answer to indictments
in the French courts, charging them with
swindling the French people by a fraudu-
lent sale of worthless American bonds to
the extent of six millions of dollars. 1t is
not expected by the French court that Ere
mont will appear in person to defend him
self, but the suit is brough. to bring out the
facts of the case and endeavor to reach such
Frenchmen as participated in the swindle.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
who was in Paris during the summer oil
1869. when the sale Of these bonds was
made, gives an account of the matter. The
project was known here as the Memphis q
FL Paso Railroad Company. In France 1t
was advertised as the "Transcontinental
Memphis Pacific Railroad Company" OF
which John c Fremont was president. The
leading papers of Paris, in the summer OF
1863. were filed with advertisements, stat
ing that the bonds Of the road were hrst
mortgage on all the lands ceded to the road,
amounting to 1920 acres per mile, or
800 acres to every 81, 900 bond, and 80 acres
to every 500 bond"
Among the trustees Of the bonds as an
nounced was " Andrew G. Curtin, Govern
or If PENNSYLVANIA, Minister of the United
States at St. Petersburg" Every American
in Paris knew their character; hut it was
impossible to expose the fraud, as the
French papers had been subsidized, and
government favor been procured.
The operations of the swindle were venti-
lated to a considerable extent in the U. S.
Senate in the spring of 1870. 1t was then
stated that IS GOO, eco Of these bonds were
sold in Paris at co per cent, realizing 81,
500 900. These facts were admitted, and
the only defence was that the advertising
agents made these false representations
without the authority of Gen. Fremont
Bat for these false statements, however, the
bonds could not have been sold. The ex-
posure of the transaction created of course
great excitement among the victims, and
Minister Washburn wrote in June, 1870;
4" That transcontinental (Memphis d FL
Paso) matter is terrible, and it has inflicted
a blow on the credit Of our country here in
Paris that we cannot recover from in
years"
The whole affair Is now to have a fresh
ventilation, which does not seem likely to
add much to Gen. Fremonts reputation.
A. he Is bankrupt, it cannot damage him
much pecuniarily.
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ANA-aA- suf~f lfspf ~A-aT1Slfaoo -
The appropriation for the navy above in
cludes the construction of steam vessels of
war, and does not include in the amount
the seyenty-fivc per centum of longevity
pay allowed by said act. In the total of
the legislative appropriation above named,
the general increase of compensation of
President, Congress, Judges, Cabinet off,
GERS and others, amounting to about ST.
300 .000-amount not vet possible to be
definitely ascertained-is not included. In
the sundry civil bill is included "a 600 900
for new public buildings, and $4,000 900
for those in progress.
In the deficiencies is fully 5000, 900
which was cut out of the sundry civil and
other bills last year for political effect.
Gen. Garfield then warned the House that
it would appear in this shape at this time.
In the army bill is 81, SOC, 200 for new uni
forms for the army. There is 81 SOC. 900
for postage for the departments but this
comes back again in the revenues. The
total of appropriations is really no criterion
of the expenditures, and it may be assumed
that from Sl0,000,000 to SO, 0OO, 900 APP
propriated at this session will lapse by law
into the unappropriated fund.
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NORTHERN NEW NORE.-C0r1ueT John x.
Furness, Of Ogdensburg, died on Sunday
evening last of Inflammation Of the lungs.
after short illness. lie was one of the
most prominent young physicians IN =.
Lawrence county.
All Of the boats Of the y. T. Co. Yer
mont Central Line, which have winterei q
Ogdensburg, are fitting Up for the opening
of navigation. Work was commence
about a fortnightago, and VIII be thorough
MasSena Springs will hereafter be great
point of attraction. Their waters have al
ways been celebrated for the efficacy o.
their mineral properties, but the want %
real frst-class hotel accommodation, ami
easy access have heretofore prevented them
from becoming place of extensive resort
This i to be changed soon Alderman
Hatfield new frst-cass hotel. commenced
last season, is rapidly approaching compl-
ton, and Will be ready for guests early iu
the coming summer. The y. Lawrcn.e
Valley railroad project. which promises %
be successful, viii furnish the neces-ar,
means OF reaching them. With the open
ing Of this road, we shall expect 90 SEE
MasSena become one Of the most popular
watering places in the country.
Michael Murphy's residence. some three
the night Of the 9th The FIRE caught from
a defective chimney In the roof. and wa
discovered through the reflection Of the
liight on a barn near, by parties sitting in
the house. The furniture was chiefly saved
The house was valued at 81 500. and was
insured for 81 600.
Charles Armin, young man clerkingm
the drug store Of C. VI. Peck, in P1-siam,
accidentally shot himself Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Arnin had a loaded pistol in his over
coat pocket. He slipped down. and upon
getting up ne found his pistol LAYING on the
sidewalk, and that lie had been shot. the
bail entering about four inches below BIS
knee. The wound Is quite a bad one.
The rake factory Of II | Prost5r of
Ogdensburg, was damaged by fire Friday
night. This Is the second time Mr. Proc
tor has suffered from FIRE within six week.
An ice boat between Broekyille and O--
denSbarg recently made the distance. r.
miles, in ten minutes. This Is remarkable
time, and equal to seyenty-two miles per
hour.
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- Hundred Years Ago.''-A bit OF New liamp-
shire History.

To the Editor OF the Free Press and Times.
There is a slight error in the article in
your paper Of this morning, headed 80 One
hundred years ago" 1t says that - Rum
ford Is now a part Of Concord" The fact is
that Rumford was all of what is now Con-
cord. Concord, n. H., was granted % its
proprietors by the Province Of Massachusetts,
in 1925, under the name Of Penlcook. The
first church was organized in November, 1870,
and Timothy Walker spoken Of in the article
was then settled as the minister The town
was incorporated in 1873 under the name Of
Rumford. New Hampshire also claimed the
same territory and chartered the town of
Bow, which embraced the same territory as
the charter Of Rumford, granted by MaSSa-
chusetts. The contest was settled IN l462,
by the King of England. who gave the
jurisdiction 10 New Hampshire, but con-
irmed the grant Of Massachusetts Of
the land to the proprietOrs Of Rumiord.
As the long trouble was settled, the province
Of New Hampshire in 1865 chartered a
town Of the same limits as those Of Pena
cool and Rumf0rd. under the na me Of Con-
cor Thus the diseord was all done away
Whether the rum, cider, tobacco and slaves
Of Rumf0rd had any thing to do with the
diseord from 1890 1862, each one can
hold his own opinion. Benjamin Thomp-
son, afterwards Count Rumford, kept school
in Rumiord after it was Concord. When
he was created Count BY the King of
Bavaria he added the name ofRumford. No
doubt "ParSon Walker" raised tobacco
and much cider, but doubt his selling much
as all had their own. He owned
slave Lucy as well a. - Prince" some Of
whose descendants now live in the adjoining
town Of Canterbury. | doubt if his salary
of ) l56 was paid him in money, or even if
it was all paid at all, as money was 50 scarce
at one time that the delegate from Concord
to the frs. convention at Exeter heard Of
man in Canterbury that had crown piece,
and went and borrowed it 10 pay his bills.
But our fathers lived through such times
and left a good record. Shall We do as
well? r.
Burlington, March Il, 1873.
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named of Boston. At a meeting OF the di-
rectors Henry Barnard was chosen Presi'
dent
Henry 5. Dana Of Woodstock, has been
appointed Register of Probate for the fiar'-
ford district.
Marshall Conant, an old and accomplish.
ed teacher and scholar, died last month at y
Bridgewater, Mass. He was a :, native iasrSiD Or
a select school in Woodstock. He then
went to Boston and for few years took
charge of one of the city Grammar schools lS
For few years he taught IN the neign9oI
hood of Boston, and then was engaged 70
take charge of the State Normal school en-, al
Bridgewater. Here he remained TIL com
PEELED to leave by failing health. B1t ne
was soon appointed to a place in the Treas
ury Department at Washington where ne
remained several years but failing health
urged him to less arduous employment T.
His last visit to his native town was to at
tend the centennial celebration OF its settle
ment in June, 1870.
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CosT OF LIVING HERE AND IN ENGLAND.
We often hear complaints of the high
cost Of living in this country, coupled with
eulogies of the cheapness Of articles of ne
cessity in England and other foreign coun-
tries. While it is undoubtedly true that
clothing can be very eheaply bought in
England as compared with this country, the
rule does not appear ohold good as regards
food \ carefully prepared and apparently
accurate article in the New York Times,
shows that some Of the standard articles of
food are cheaper in New York than in
Liverpool. Reducing English currency to
dollars and cents, the table is as follows:
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A New Orleans despatch says Governor
Kellogg has obtained possession of the
original of bond for SIS 200, given by Gov
ernor MeEnery to a New Orleans arms
dealer on the Sd of March, to secure the
safe return of guns and munitions of war
obtained that day for the attack on the
station houses in which the McEnery forces
were so badly beaten. Tweed's son-in-law
Maginnis-was this the ''Maginnis'' John
Wilkes Booth wanted "sent for ?''-and
President Summers of the Crescent City
National Bank, which failed on Friday,
were among the sureties.
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Flour is not included; but as breadstufs
are largely exported from New York to
Liverpool, the prices must be the highest
in the latter city. With food twenty per
cent. cheaper in New York than in Liver
pool, and wages twice as high on this side
Of the water a, abroad, there would seem to
be small call for - strikes - in New York.
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The Michigan legislature has passed an
act which prohibits and Furnishes the infa-
nous crime of watering milk. The Detroit
Post informs us that the law imposes fine
of from $40 to 800, or Imprisonment fol
ninety days in default of payment, for sell
ing to any person, or selling and delivering
to any cheese or butter mandatory any
milk diluted with water, or in any way
adulterated, or milk from which any cream
has been taken, commonly known as "skim
milk" or for keeping back any sort of milk
known as g strippings," with intent to de-
fraud. This is good law, and every State
should have one.
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homeward, he has finally 50 nearly reached
his home that he has been interviewed by
Saratoga reporter. and will probably now
be able to die among friends. He Is a
broken down, penniless old man, but it is a
satisfaction to know that he found two
brothers and sisters still alive and residing
on the old homestead, who will doubtless
render his remaining years as pleasant as
nnssihle
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SANTANA BAY.-The directors Of the SANTANA
Bay Company at New York on Monday
adopted quarantine regulations, and ap-
pointed Walter Price collector for the port
of SANTANA, and garrison flag for the com
pany's fort was ordered. General Dick
Taylor, of Louisiana, was invested with the
title of commissioner, and sailed for SANTANA
to organize government. A proposal from
a Spanish house TO lay a telegraph cable to
Cuba was received. Arrangements were
made with steamship companies TO run yes
sells to SANTANA at short intervals, and the
Tybee was purchased from Spoford Brothers
for So, 900 and is now the eompany's
property She will convey Baez from San
Domingo to SANTANA to make the formal de-
livery of the territory to the company.
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On the sth inst, Seth Green of Rochester,
shipped to New York, per order of Sir
Edward Thornton, British Minister at Wash
ington, twenty good-sized black bass, to be
sent to England. The fish were put in two
twelve gallon cans, and will be taken to
London by Admiral Provost, who sails in
few days.
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The State of Nevada legalizes gaming,
and reaps $4,000 a year from licenses to
gamblers. An effort is now making to
abolish this barbarism, which, however, a
local paper defends on the singular ground
that it gives the dangerous classes" a
livelihood and thus prevents robbery and
ruf6anism.
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In the Senate on Saturday, Mr.. Anthony
of Rhode Island, submitted the following
preamble and resolutions, which lie over.
relative to Senator Patterson:
Whereas, at the last session of the Senate
a resolution was reported from the select
committee, that James W. Paterson be and
he is hereby expelled from mis- seat as a mem
Der of the Senate, and
Whereas, it was manifestly impossible to
consider this resolution at that session with
out serious detriment to the public business,
and
Whereas, it is very questionable if it be
competent for the Senate to consider the
same after Mr.. Patterson has ceased to be a
member of the body, therefore
ResOlred, that the failure of the Senate to
take the resolution into consideration is not
to be interpreted as evidence OF the approval
or disapproval of the same, and further
ResOlred, that Mr.. Patterson have leave
to make statement which shall be entered
upon the journal of the Senate and publish
ed in the Congressional Record
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That terrible Minnesota snow-storm is re-
called by a message of Gov. Austin, trans
hitting to the Legislature ofthat State a
certified statement of the casualties. From
this it appears that the number actually
frozen to death was 70; 81 were seriously
injured by the exposure, some Of them hay
ing suffered amputation. The number Of
cattle lost was $50, with about 25 horses
and a small number Of mules, sheep and
hogs. Soon after the storm the state appro-
priated $1,000 in aid of the sufferers, and
about half of this sum has been expended,
chiefly in relieving the necessities of such
families as lost husband or father.
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NEW CANADA RAILROAD.-ThO following
item, clipped from a Montreal paper, relates
to a subject Of considerable Importance to
the people of northern and central Vermont.
RAILWAY MEETING.-A specisl meeting Of the
| Directors OF the MissisquOi aud Black Rivers Val
ley Railroad was held recently at Montreal in the
Office o. the President, the Hon. L. 5. Huntington.
/ The affairs Of the Company said to be in very
/ satisfactory condition The government subsidy 81
seventeen hundred and fiity dollars Der mile was
secured during the late session Of the local paria-
ment and tits expected that all the uuniei ties
along the route will take stock amounting to from
/ ten thousand 20 thirty thousand dollars each.
At the above meeting, the Nice-Presdeut John
/ H. Graham. Esq, Of Richmond, was unanimously
/ appointed Managing Director" Il IS reported
that after the present session OF parliament the
President VIII proceed to England on business con-
nected with the road, whose construction at an early
/ day Is anticipated. We wish the promoters aiun-
dant success-MsHtreaf Witness.
This proposed new four feet and eight and
a half inch gauge railroad will extend from
Richmond, Province of Quebec, in a south
westerly direction, down the valley Of the
northern branch of the AliSsisq1Oi river.
west to Lake MagOg, and reach the bOun-
dairy line near North Troy Its total length
is about fifty miles.
If the proposed new railroad from Mont
pelier north, should connect with the above
new Canada road, it would form a very
short through route from Montpelier to the
city of Quebec, via. the Grand Trunk from
Richmond, and it would also form new
through line from Montpelier to Montreal.
via. the Southeastern Counties road, which
enters Vermont from Montreal near North
Troy
We learn that the promoters Of the above
new Canada railway have been talking of
an amalgamation with some Vermont road
and the managing director is expected soon
to visit Vermont and other parts of New
England with reference thereto.-M0Hf-
pelier Waterman.
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The denomination of the Cabinet, with the
exception of Mr.. Boutwell,, was so wholly a
foregone conclusion. that it excites no sur
prise and little interest. There is a good
deal of growing, however, in various quar-
tiers, over the appointment Of Judge Rich
ardson, which, however, is generally ac-
cepted as a pledge that there will be no
change in the general conduct and policy of
the Treasury Department. The appoint
ments were all promptly confirmed by the
Senate
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Appropriations for Government Work.

The New York Times collates the totals
of appropriations made by Congress for the
year 1873 as compared with those made for
the current fiscal year, as follows:
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people. And in either case it must sup
port the Kellogg government.
All this seems tolerably clear. The only
difficulty is that so many people do not adj
uit the premises.
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The Lowell Courier says that many of the
Congressman whom the people have given
leave to stay at home are asking the Presi-
dent for chance to 60 abroad.
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senate Of The United State,

Republicans Roman J Al: Dcm)crt-
and Liberals in Italics J .; vacancies >.
The figures Indicate the year in which the
senator term expires, and an astcri~S De-
notcs that be i. 4 na.r 1nn.nh a-