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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

MoNrREAL's COMMERCIAL PRosrERITV.-
1t Is expected that the volume Of trade pass
ing through the St. Lawrence, the coming
season. will be larger than ever before. In
order to meet it a new line of ten hrst-class
propellers has been formed to carry on the
forwarding trade between Chicago and
Montreal. The Mortreal Warehousing
Company are charging their buildings 50
as to havea storage capacity OF |, $50, GOO
bushels of grain, and 100 900 barrels Of
flour. As the harbOr accommodation Is be-
coming every year more inadequate to the
growing trade of the city. n project Is now
on foot to excavate an extensive basin on the
fiat ground near the Lachine canal at
Point St Charles, where ocean steamers and
sailing vessels can lie and receive carg0es
from western vessels. When the Lachine
and Welland canals shall have been en-
larged, as is soon TO be done, the huge iron
steamers from Buffalo and Chicago may he
loaded direct for Montreal, and transfer
their cargoes to the Allan steamships while
living alongside in the basin. Indeed, every
year rapidly enlarges the prospect OF the iu-
ture commercial greatness OF Montreal
Cor Springfield Rep.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

IurEoyrrNT> ST LAKE GEORGE. - The
Cro~by~ide House Is undergoing improve
ments and repair. An extension has been
made ON the east wing of the building,
which gives frontage 10 the north, look
iur down the lake. of IL feet. and piazza
% extend the lull length Of the building.
An addition has al>l been made on the
south side of the same part of the building,
which has been arranged for q laundry ami
cook rooms By the extension on the east
win. the dining hall has been enlarged ani
improved. and is now 6G feet in length and
- feet wide. The second and third floors
give an addition If - rooms which can be
used -iugly or In suites, rs guests may
desire Mr. Crosby intends building a cot
tage in addition 20 5hiS, which viii Increase
tine number Of the same o. four. With the
additions and cottages his accommodations
will be sufficient for two hundred guests.
T. J. Gale. proprietor Of the Lake House,
has been making large improvements in
that old and popular hotel
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

Connecticut cider is made Of carbonate of
soda, brown sugar, citric acid, iron filings,
and water and dealers therein point with
pride to the analysis, and proclaim that
there at last is a beverage Tree from intoxi-
eating qualities
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

The warfare between the people Of Hi
nois and the railroad corporations continues
with unabated viglr, and bids fair to fur
nish abundant occupation for the courts for
some time to come. Suits have been begun
against several of the railroad companies
for exacting illegal fares. and the COM
panies have rctaliatel by bringing suits for
trespasS against passengers who have re
fused 10 pay any more than three cents a
mile. And now persons are beginning 10
sue servants of the railroad company Tor
assault and battery when attempts are made
% eject them for refusing 10 pay the tarlh
rates of fate Recently a farmer got on
train on the Chicago, Burliugtonand Gum
cy railroad at. Princeton. and rendered the
conductor fity-seyen cents a has fare To Ne
ponset. 4 distance of nineteen miles. The
conductor deducted from the amount the
fare TO Buda. twelve miles, and returned
the rest. telling the farmer that he must
leave at that point or pay the full railroad
charge 10 Neponset. The farmer refused 10
do either, and the conductor undertook 70
put him off the train. in which effort he
failed. Then the farmer had the couductor
arrested for assault and battery, and despite
the elGquence of his counsel the latter was
fined ten dollars for hiSun-ucceS~iul attempt
at cicctment. As great numbers OF pa--en-
gers have recently been elected from cars in
Illinois for refusing 20 pay more than three
cents mile. II Is supposed that the success
of the plaintiff in this case viii lead TO I'M
Vulnerable other suits of the same charac-
ter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

NoaruERN NEW loEK.-On Monday Of
last week. about midnight. the house Of
W iJpw Lee. Situated about five miles north
oft0rt Covington, on the Ridge road, was
DESTROYED by fire. The inmates barely es-
capped, saving nothing. The Cleaner SAYS
that beside the furniture and clothing. q
quautityof grain and 500 M money were
lost. Insurance on the house and contents.
500.
During the trolling season last fall. \.
r. Fuller Of Neacham. secured quantity of
Ova from salmon and placed them in Matching
boxes. ami rs a result has at least l0. 900
Young salmon put in the lake tins spring.
Ii Other ~plrt~men in the AdIrOndackS
would only initiate this acton, there would
be no need o. fear any serious decrease in
the game VIII they not at least put as
many fish into these waters aS they take
outt twill qay.-Nal0He PG''adlfm.
Horace Van. orDauuemora, while driving
from Chawplain 20 Mooer>, on sunday last,
accomplished o most extraordinary feat. lie
was driving a spirited horse and leading
another behind. and In order % make sure
that the horse he was leading would not
pull away from him. be tied the end of the
rope with which De was leading the horse,
around his own leg. and started his horse
mp rather sudden. when the other pulled
back. Jerking Mr. Van out of tire sleigh.
The horse in the sleigh being without a
driver. ran at foil speed and the other after
him. dragging Mr.. Van alongside of him
for thrce-i iGarter~ of q mile. over the rough
road, and brought up in q barn yard. Mr..
VAN escaped any >erill~ injury
Jas r. Reynolds. of Pot-lam, who las
for ;wo ycgr- been stationed at Montreal, a-
pcpaty Cuu~Gl-Generl of Canada. has rr-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

The Hon. Thomas Waterman, of John
son, now in his 93d year, is undoubtedly
one Of the oldest Masons living in Vermont.
He married the great granddaughter Of
Captain Hall, who lived in the 18th cen
tury, who, when his daughter was married,
placed her upon one side of the balance,
and upon the other box into which he
poured Pine tree shillings," 50 that her
husband literally received her weight in
silver, as her marriage portion. One Of
these very shil.ings Is now in the posses
sion of Mr.. Waterman, and is no small Gu
riosity. Mrs. Waterman is still living,
being in her sSth year. With the twain
time seems to have dealt lightly. For
nearly Serenity years have they trod life's
pathway together, sharing each others
Joys and sorrows, and receiving the respect
Of all classes, both high and low, who, in
return, ofttimes have received generous
bounty at their hands. The Masonic Lodge
at johnson was named in honor of Mr..
Waterman, who in turn presented the same
with rich set of jewels. The - Waterman
| family in the Lamoille Valley, date back
to the first days of civilization, and unques-
tiOnably have been second to few, if any
families, in influence and usefulness
| Democrat.
A bold attempt was made recently to rob
Mr.. 5. Scott's store in Eden, the money
, drawer being taken by means of removing
a pane of glass from the window. The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11

The Barre Spring House at Barre, Is open
for the reception of permanent or transient
boarders 1t is surrounded with pleasant
grounds and walks leading through shady
groves. The springs, it Is said, are not sur
passed in their medical properties by any in
New England.
Successful Old Folks concerts have re
Gently taken place in Waterbury.
\ Good Templar's Lodge with forty mem
bcrs has been organized at the South Village
in Northfeld.
Miss Nettie \. Jones Of Boston. has beer
giving successful public readings in Barre
Montpelier, Waterbury and other towns.
c. j. Gleason Of Montpelier, has been ap
pointed United States Commissioner il
| place of Hon Charles Reed, deceased.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-11


j. Harvey Bryant. overseer of the yard Of
the Appleton Company, at Lowell, Mass.
and native Of Woodstock. died on the
22d ut., of general prostitution. lie was
about sixty-seven years old, and had lived
in Lowell about forty-five years.
Howard Post, G. A. R., Of Ludlow, are
holding pleasant camp-fires, which are well
attended by the old soldiers.
William Tmkham, of Rochester, has
bought the stage route from Bethel to Han
cock
Woodstock owes SlO9, ,27l.s2.
Last November, the town Of Springfield
voted to lend its credit to the amount of
$50, 600 to aid in building the Ascutney
railroad, but at the late March meeting the
vote was resclnded.
b. F. Dana, of Springfield, the famous
Cotswold sheep-raiser, has Cotswold lamb
that weighed l74 pounds at its advent
f. r. Thomas, of Windsor, has young
ram whose wool is nearly straight like
goats hair, and has alternate patches of
white and black, and where it is white be-
ing as pure as the driven snow, and wher-
ever black as black as jet.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Meeting Of the Board Of Com missioncrs-.
Music rs q Regular study In tho

Meeting Of the Board Of Com missioncrs-s
Music rs q Regular study In tho
schools.
The Commissioners Of Public Instruction met
yesterday afternoon in stated session, and. after
disposing of large amount Of routine business,
received q report rem the Committee on the
Course OF studies, proposing plan Tor
musical education in the public schools;
making music a regular study in the various
grades, to be taught by the special
teachers now employed; directing the c.ass
teachers to participate, SO that they may be
enabled to instruct their classes In the elementary
OF documentary branches, and TO have rec1ru
kept OF the efficiency and deficiency, rs IN sther
studies. ,,
The report, giving rise TO debate, was iaiu over
under the rules. -, ,,-,.-.,
Mr.. James Murphy was appointed wee Princpai
OF school No. Is, OF the Nineteenth wars
Tbe Committee On Finance reported adversely
to increasing the salaries Of professors In the NOR
NAL College bat reported IN favor OF continuing
the SALARY OF Professor Redned during his leave o.
absence On account 0f vi health
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20
K. K. K.
The United states Discontinues the Cases
Against the Political Rioters OF the

The United states Discontin ues the Cases
Against the Political Rioters OF the
south.
RALEIGH, N. c.. March 49, 1873.
The following instructions have been issued dis
continuing all further proceedings against alleged
Ku Klux:-
OFFICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHALL
RALEIGH, N. G., Feb. 81, 1873.
ISAAC A. PEARSON, UNITED STATES DEPUTY MAR
SR-You Will not execute any mere capiases or
subpenas in any cases wherein the defendants are
charged with violations OF the Enforcement act
Ku Klux. None OF the witnesses Tor the next
Court need attend. refer only to Ku Klux cases.
s. r. CARROw, United States Marshal.
OFFICE UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, I
AsBEvILLE March 10, 1873. }
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:-
All persons summoned, recognized or otherwise
boun Tor their appearance as witnesses AZ the
United States Circuit or District Courts either at
Greensboro, Statesvile or Asheville, N. c., on the
behalf OF the United States against parties indicted
under the Enforcement (Ku KluxJ act, are hereby
excused from any further attendance as Witnesses
and they are also hereby discharged from any FUR
Their duty as witnesses In any OF said indictments
unless resumm0ned.
District Attorney western District North Carolina.
This IL virtual endorsement by the government
Of the recent Amnesty act passed BY the Legisa-
tUre here.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20

jury, were firmly convinced upon the evidence that
for The ~, %srssr ,S whom he
would Imposition sisS ~ npen
ssS 4 e
as would a Tsr
such deiber deponen also asked George Chase.
ss .s .g az
Mr. Robert Usher, one Of the Jurors, says
that IN
U
" adhered 70 the opinion that the defendant not
opon w
" linz MI Snss G ss 81 the
ana verdict o. the degree they did
ses and tP's The to
U"ss upon SS' the 81 n n Of sss
D NJ s IN The hs he
defendant resarins Of his case before the Cow
q ans sPns
S @ was
jury rendered the verdict q murder in the belief that
rect and remedy any they might in their ignorance
the decision Of the Court Of Appeas affirmed the jude
%s% ae C9 hsrSy %S ro as
nam BIT that decision would have been precisely the
~ those Who wanted 70 possess his estate Fhe Court 81
the murder Putnam who stood alive before them The
beyond the record even though the Court might behold
the living man for whose murder the accused was con-
1t this very reason and to meet cases like the one
before you that the high Executive is clothed with
@ ana eces al g aS MI %
side Of the legal record urherance Of highest jus
sa $ Sa IL Sa
guilty men should escape than that one innocent man
yoved doubt should be resolved in favor Of the
II William Foster is put to death for the premeditatcd
murder OF Mr. Putnam very few of the rejecting CON-
munity will not believe that he was executed iora
the repetition Of such act Of injustice the aggreved
sentiment Of the public may demand the abolition Of the
Foster Was Convicted few days after Mr.. Putnam
died. while the public mind was fevcred and alarmed,
vicons Of the jury harmony with any reasonable
deductions from the evidence.
am convinced that this drunken man. who had never
seen the deceased until ten minutes before he made the
death Of thu person killed. and that in view Of the mis- e
taken ideas under WHICH the Jurors rendered their
sentence OF death to imprisonment for life.
approached this case with preudgment quite
ana its the @ IMPULSE I'VE WAS to s ha
Foster ought 10 be hanged but when came deliberately
70 to- the lay ana the ITO which
Of Foster would of vengeance than of Justice
in which no grains OF mercy could be found and the re-
cause repeal Of those laws which are now wholesome
restraint upon evil men,.
that Of which ne guilty, it will be late to retrieve
whether Foster struck the blow with prcmedated
principle known to the administration Of civil Justice be
resolved In favor Of committing the sentence OF death
Tor e very bWp%sbs EYfYE&RpoNr
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20
GENERAL FREMONT AND THE MEMPHIS AND
Ell PASO RAILROAD.
Card from j. q. A. Warren.

Cara from d. ~ ~ w 0ffcns
To THE EDITOR OF THE ,HERALD:-
In the columns OF one of your contemporaries Of
March article appears headed "Line Of De-
fence" which embodles some statements relative
to the Information winch the paper was supposed
to have obtained in the above transaction. Some
Of the statements are grossly false that desire
to contradict them The paragraph reads as fol-
lows:-
arrest was made IN the Spring OF 1862 before his
(Fremonts) visit to Paris IN July that on Warren's
return to this country he consulted q Wall street
lawyer In reference TO beginning an action against
General Fremont for false Imprisonment, but which
never was begun al that time, nor has the General
been served with any summons or complaint in
made an offer 20 General Fremont TO one OF his
personal friends TO settle the case for $780,
In reply would briefly say
FLrst-That General Fremont was In Paris as
early as June, 1863 land admits III, and was &C
tually in court OH the first day OF my trial for
libel, and, when pointed out TO my attorney there,
disappeared suudcnN.
SecOnd--A suit was commenced and papers
finally served ON General Fremont, at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, alter following him up for nearly
suit. as well as Tie reply OF General Fremont,
through his attorney, G. l.. Fancher Judge OF the
Supreme Court, are in my lawyers hanus.
Third have never offered 10 settle the suit for
any such sum mentioned, nor have passed word
with General Fremont since his visit 10 my apart
ments in Paris, In June, 1861. when he tried,
successfully to purchase my silence in the matter
and to have the circular suppressed, which had
published under the sanction OF all the American
bankers in Paris, exposing the fraud Ia the sale
OF the bends. have no intention OF compromising
tne sslt, but am only waiting the arrival OF legal
ieel confident place General Fremont and the
personal trends, whose names can give III rather
an UNPLEASANT iIuIir position before the public
NEW YORK, March 10, 1879
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20
CONGRESSMAN PoTTER's BACK PAY.
WALL STREET. NEW YoRK March 10 :

WALL STREET NEW YORK, March 10, 1873
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Yonr article this morning, about what YOU st yled
my ''predieamcnt' about back pay, is founded
upon the misapprehension that | had paid the
money TO the Sergean t-at-Arms. But it was not
paid to him. simply refused to sign the Speakers
warrant, by which alone. az understand 1t, the
money can be drawn from the Treasury. So that
the money remains In the United States Treasure
itself where you desire TO have it, Your obedient
servant GARRISON N. POTTER.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20

The Governor has received a despatch IRON
Sheriff Brennan. asking him II he had any further
communication to make concerning the Foster
case. The Governor has replied In the negative
He considers his letter to Dr. Tying his final
actien IN the case SO the document sworn to Nv
the seven jurors, and submitted yesterday by
Judge Edwards Pierrepont, has proved OF no avail.
The execution must take place.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20

ferred to In Governor Dix's letter to the Rev. Dr.
Tying, in which Governor hoffman refused to re-
gard the recommendations to mercy which
accompany verdcts OF murder These inquiries
have brought TO light a case In which
Governor Holman refused TO regard the state
ments OF Jurors under circumstances closely re-
sembling those OF Fosters 1t is as fOllows:-
Isaac V. w. BuckhOut was sentenced to death for
murder on the 9Th OF JURY, 1871, and the time fixed
for his execution was on the LIST OF September en-.
suing. On the 2lst Of August the foIIoYing letter
was addressed TO Governor HOnmh by the
jurors:-
To His Excelency JonN T. HOFFMAN, Governor
Isaac VI B S,n murder the a5s
OF his sanity by @ ne o he a IRE % e S
Sence N the case at the time he committed the
j"Iy would not have agreed upon Upon Verde. so" Of
c the
s the @ r e as ai Ya
" Buckhout TO imprisonment in the state Prison for
'ils TIld II Il , BA MchhrY,
GkNkk PGAMy Ass
WILLIAM CORNELL.
w VIII 4 sMaaHI1 dM.
AUGUST a. 1871 B g. I DAvisSN ma
There were other letters, one of which, from W.
II. II. Baker, one OF the jurymen who signed the
foregoing letter. contained tile following passage
!, From r., the start Mr. Weeks We was ready vote
that with murder in the first degree with the recon-
mendaton TO mercy Buckhout would not be hung, and
therefore was equivalent To murder In the second de-
gree when I've united with the eleven
On the 10th Of August Governor HOFFMAN
ber-seventeen days-t0 give time for further
examination OF the case. On that day he was
hanged. The resemblance OF this case to Fos-
ter's Is very remarkable
The jury would not have agreed verdict Of muroer
In the FIRST degree without ATS being coupled with 9
recommendation to the mercy Of the Executive, and
the Directing Juror stood out until he con-
cludcd with murder In tho first degree, that with the
recommendation to mercy Buckhout would not be hung
and therefore equivalent to murder In the second
degree when he united in the eleven.
IL will be observed that the statement Of the
jurors was made TO the Governor In less than
seven weeks after the sentence of BuckhOut In the
case Of Foster years interviewed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20

How Governor Hoffman Acted in the
Case Of Buckhout-An Implied Analogy
TO Fosters Case.
ALBANY, March 10, 1879
Inquiries were made at the once OF the Secretary
II State TO-DAY in regard to the three cases re-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-20

The following report of an inspection OF the City
Prison, made by the officers OF the Board OF Health,
was sent into the Board yesterday by DIR. James
and placed on fle.-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-07

The TRUE BASIS OF SucoEss.-Fallacles and
frauds are short lived. They may flourish for
a little while, but the sober second thought of
the people condemns them, and they perish.
1t would take even the "LIghtnlng Cacua-
tor" long time to count the limitations aud
counterieits Of the supreme tonic of the age
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters-that have been
brought out since the first introdu ctlon of that
celebrated remedy. They have collapsed one
after another, but the great vegetable pre-
ventlve and curative is still on Its disease
conquering march. At this season, as the air
becomes more and more chilly, and search
Ing Vapors affect the integuments and create
unwonted pains In the stomach and bowels, 1t
Is OF Inc utmost Importance to tone and regu-
late the system 30 as to enable 1t to bear ND
against the uncongenial temperature which
produces these disturbanceA Fever and aeue.
rheumatism, blllousness, nervous prostratIon
costiveness and chronic Indigestion are few
among the many disorders which yield readily
to this famous restorative. feb5-vtmsD.w
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-07
LOCAL LACONICS.

The Sumter Social Circle give masque
ball, at their hall, on the 18th Instant.
The pupils of Mrs. Chase's dancing school
| will give another solree, In the upper nall OF
the Academy of Music, tomorrow evening.
"A tasteful monument has been erected In
St. MIchaels Church yard to the memory Of
the Rev. Paul Trapler.
The meeting of the Charleston Land Com
pany, which was to have taken place last
evening, Is postponed until next Thursday.
The medical students were yesterday pho.
tographed, in group, upon the portico of the
Medical College.
The Washington Rifle Club celebrates It's
anniversary on the 22d instant. 1t is in
hourishing condition, and rapidly Increasing
It's membership.
The musical, dramatic and terpsEchorean
entertainment given by the Bruderlicher Bund
at their hall, in King street, last night, was
largely attended by German citizens. 1t was
a pleasant affair.
The town Of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, south Carolina, wants marshal, and
being unable to find suitable person within
| tt5 limits, ad7eruses for one lnrougn tue peo-
ple's tavorite paper. Look In the want COL
umn OF to-day's NEWS.
The New York Herald, of Tuesday, says:
"Ex. Governor James L. Orr, our new minis
ter to st. Petersburg, will remain at the
Grand Central Hotel until Saturday, as the
steamship Cuba. on which be intended to sail
tor Europe tomorrow, has not yet arrived"
A well known German resident Of this
clty completed his sxtieth year on last Wed.
nesday. On that evening he was besieged by
surprise party, consisting of tWenty'iour
gentlemen and twenty-eight ladies. Every
member of the party was dressed to repre-
sent child, and the ladies, by agreement,
abstalned from the wearing of false hair. An
experienced observer says each OF the latter
looked ten years younger than she was.