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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
The Week.

The weeks news is plentiful but not of q
good kind, Our own State has been the
scene of the most horrible crime that has
for long time been committed within its
borders, and murder has been followed by
murder.
The great scandal of the age has been
dragging itself day by day, further to
light in Brooklyn. Each bit of it goes
to the world by type and telegraph. and
instead of growing clearer, the muddle is
darker than ever. We print this week the
general denials of Mr.. Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton. The letters of confession said to
have been written by Mr.. Beecher are not
vet denied by him, and remain the great
burden upon his great name. Frank Moul-
ton has not vet testified. He knows whether
Bcccher is guilty or not, and Beecher
knows that fact. If Henry Ward Beecher
is IN innocent man, his first and loudest
call should be to Frank Moulton to come
forward and declare the truth Instead,
we have rumOrs that Mr.. MoultOn will not
testify-a course that in getting ut this Sc
cret would indeed leave Hamlet out of the
play of Hamlet General denials will not
serve Mr.. Beecher's case, and while all
decent people would be glad to see him
proved innocent, he must be held to the
same requirements in making his proof
that are binding upon other mortals.
Great disasters have swiftly followed
each other during the last few days In
Austria flood has swept away many
houses and destroyed a great number of
lives. In Spain Il landslide has crushed a
village and killed two hundred of its in
habitants. In our own country a fearful
! flood in Nevada has been succeeded by a
more destructive one in Pennsylvania.
| The swift succession of wonderful storms
leads to much comment and some inquiry
rs to whether some peculiar state of the
atmosphere will not be found to have eX-
| isted Is Il moving cause. In Olden times,
surely, the comet would have had Il store
of charges laid ut its door, and we can
easily see how such coincidence of comet
and dire disaster would hive been in ST.
persiitious ages translated into an example
Of cause and effect.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Coal UP.-On Tuesday the Reading
Coal and Iron Company issued their regu-
lar monthly circulars to the dealers and
consumers along the line. The prices coal
is offered at for the next thirty days, dating
frora July 20 to August 20 inclusive, shows
that an advance has been agreed upon by
the pool as follows: Lump and steamboat
coal, which sold for 81 10 at Port GORDON
last month, has now been raised to 81 %
per ton at the same point; broken coal,
formerly g s., is now 81 %; stove has
been advanced from So Is to IS %; egg
from So to 50 10; chestnut from 81 40 to
81 80, and pea coal remains the same at
81 %. From the fact that very little coal
has been shipped to tide water, on account
of repairs made at the Port Clinton tunnel
and at Port Richmond, great many con-
sumers find their stocks considerably re-
duced. Still another advance is feared in
August.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Sunday it rained severely at Pittsburgh,
Pa, and Sunday night a perfect deluge
came from the heavens. The rain was &C
companied with vivid lightning, and for
over an hour the storm was fast and furi-
Gus. The water came down in sheets,
which fairly glistened rs the lightning
flashed upon them in quick succession \
fearful loss of life is reported from Allie
ghany, and a heavy pecuniary loss At
the Union depot, Monday morning, the
tunnel of the Pan Handle Railway was
flooded with four feet of water and became
impossible for trains, and traffic for the
time being on that road was suspended
The bridge by which Carson street crosses
the river was swept from its abutments
So great was its force that large number
of barges, with coal, were torn from their
fastenings and swept down the river A
tow boat was carried away at Woods mill
A tremendous slide occurred, covering the
rails of the Pan Handle road to the depth
of eight feet. There was great damage to
the railroad
In a tavern number of persons were
seated when the water commenced to rise.
A man named Hess thought to attempt an
escape by swimming, and was drowned.
A son of Alderman Bolster lost his life in
a vain endeavor to save the life of a babe
A young lady sixteen years of age was
| also among the victims. Thirteen bodies
have been rescued in one section of the
city, and at Woods Run three bodies We're
found. Five or six persons are missing.
| The gas was extinguished. In one part
of the city the torrent emptied itself into
4 hollow, and between nine and ten o'clock.
without warning, almost, the inhabitants
found their houses af1oat.
The disaster is more terrible than that of
Mill River even. The loss of property is
three million of dollars. The deluge was
not confined to the two cities of Pittsburo
and Allegheny, as at first supposed. but
stretched as far south as TWENTY-FIVE miles.
to Canonsburg, laying in waste every par
ticle of property that came in its way. In
addition to the sad havoc on Butchers Run
it did terrible work on Charters Creek.
Plummcr's Run and Beck's Run, sweeping
houses. barns, and property of every de-
scription like chaff before the wind, and
human beings by the dozen were hurried
oH.without moments notice, to waterv
grave.
The following is a recapitulation of the
loss of life SO far as reported: Butchers
Run. bodies. seventy four. missing, seventy
six; Woods Run, five found, four missing;
Castle Shannon, ten found; Charters
Neck, fourteen found, eight missing
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

official service and private worth must
have been as gratifying to Mr.. Dillingham;
us it was creditable to the republicans of
this County; who by it have shown that
transformations merit and service when
coupled with sterling integrity and ability
shall not fail of proper appreciation from
the people. 1t is but fair to say that had
it not been understood that Mr.. Dilling-
ham would consent TO serve another two
year, Mr.. Plumley would have received
the votes of nearly all the committee. 1t
was parallel case of mot loving Caesar
less, but Rome more
There were several candidates for the
office of High Sheriff. John L. futile of
Montpelier had very fiattering support,
and but for the fact that Montpelier had
already carried off a senatorship would
perhaps have received the nomination.
Messrs. E. w. Howe of Mortified and NJ.
c. Stewart of Waterbury were also pro-
posed as candidates. In this multiplicity
the committee very wisely concluded to
let well enough alone, and renominated
Mr.. Lyford by a large majority. He has
made an excellent Sheriff, and we are
pleased to see his name once more on the
ticket. He will receive solid vote in
September.
There was no competition for the Office
of High Bailiff. In making the nomina-
ton of Mr. NJ. f. Howe of Northfield
Judge Carpenter of Middlesex quantity
remarked that we wButed the very best
man in the county to hang the Sheriff,
in case that official needed suspending-
and Mr.. Howe was nominated in full ac-
claim.
1t will be seen that the principle of no
tation = did not largely prevail. The sena-
tor from Montpelier, the two assistant
Judges and bailiff, are the only changes
made in the ticket of two years since:
which inclines us to maintain that the Re
publcans of Washington County have
level heads. Let us give the ticket NOM
mated on Saturday a rousing majority on
the first Tuesday of September.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
Foreign News.

ENGLAND. Prince Leopold is quite sick
Parliament is getting ready to adjourn.
The Queen has been asking for an - allow
ance' for another of her numerous chill
dren-we forget which one-who has
arrived at his majority. At twenty-one.
when the ordinary young person sets up
for himself, it is the habit of the youthful
English prince to impose himself upon the
treasury of his glorious country for "A sup
port that shall befit his exalted station.
FRANCE For the last month there has
been an almost continual " crisis in the
government MacMahon has declared in
substance that his government, the septen-
nat or seven years lease given him last
fall, is to be maintained. and it is not BIZ
his Welding that the kingdom. the empire.
or the republic will supplant it. He evil
IDENTIFY likes to be the head of the nation.
and though his ministers have been de
feated on several occasions he has either
obtained new ones or has come up smiling
after the defeat and concluding it did MT
make much difference. The committee Of
thirty is now at work on a law that will
provide for Senate to be composed in part
Of members named by the assembly, in
part by members named by the president.
while certain high church dignitiries. and
marshals and admirals have Il right to a
seat anyway. This plan may be adopted
or the republicans may succeed in di>>o v
ing the assembly and getting new one
elected
GERMANY. The Prussians have not
vet got over rejoicing at the failure of the
attempt made last month to aSsassinate
Bismarck. The course of that potentate
against the catholics IS not made more
mild by this stroke 1T his life, for he Laws
the attack to their anger against him for
what he had already done.
AUSTRIA. There has been an earthquake.
which did little damage. ana Il storm
giving an account Of the storm in Mora
via, SAYS that the town Of Azagra was
overwhelmed by the torrent. SiNty-four
houses were demolished and few Of the
inhabitants escaped with their lives Rail
ways We're badly damaged in every Girec-
ton.
SPAIN. The whole country has been
declared in a state of siege, and the CaIlist
war pro crosses with varying success.
\ terrible landslide occurred at Alana
in the province Of Navarro. The over
hanging rocks fell upon and utterly de-
stroyed the village. The disaster was 50
sudden that few of the inhabitants escaped
Two hundred corpses have beenremoved
The North German gazette says that the
German squadron now off Rye. England.
has been ordered to cruise of the northern
coast of Spain. The orders were given in
of the shooting of Captain
a German newspaper correspond
ent, and other German subjects. Ly the
Carlists.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
The "CIaimS - of Rutland County.

The Rutland Herald, in some discussion
of the supposed claims of Rutland county
to name the candidate for representative
in the next Congress from the first con-
gressional district says:
A reference to the history of the state
shows that we are far behind in Rutland
county on the number of officers of the
state government that have resided in the
county, and, when it comes to representa-
ton in Congress, we find that each one of
the three smaller counties in the district
have carried off the honors much more
then we have.
In this statement the Herald does Rut-
land county a decided injustice. The
first district, comprising the counties of
Washington, Addison. Rutland and Ben
nington, was constituted in 1852. Since
that time it is true that the representa-
tive in the lower House Of Congress from
the district has been taken from Rutland
County but once, and then only for part
of Congress. During the same time,
however, one of the United States Sena-
of Rutland was in the Senate thirteen
years. The honor of naming United
States Senator is much greater than the
honor of being the residence of repre-
sentative, and Rutland county cannot in
the smallest degree complain that it has
not been quite sufficiently distinguished
in the way of Congressional representa-
ton. As the Herald abandoned the prin-
ciple of rotation if it ever believed in it,
when it recently urged the reelection of
Judge Poland, who has already been in
the House one term longer than Mr.. Will
lard, what has it to fall back upon us
reason why the voters of the district should
take new man. instead of the present
incumbent?
If the Herald can claim for its candi-
date, in comparison with Mr.. Willard,
superior abilities, greater attainments or
more clearly established character for the
integrity especially needed in these times
in Congress. what it has to say in his be-
half will demand and receive attention :;
but it has made no such claims; and its
talk about Rutland county being neglect
ed is, as we have shown, without the
slightest foundation. VIII the Herald let
its readers see this article which we have
purposely made brief that it might not
burden its columns when copied?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

FOR the iceeE ending Tuesday, JHtY =. le.4.
cattle sheep. Ihofss. Ho1s. CURES
This week, 1913 69lg go 1870 49,
Last week- 1872 Oi12 100 lUoun 4l4
One year ago, 3le9 1929 09J 1850 IL!
PRICES.-Beef C4ftte-Extra fat and heavy pre-
mum oxen, S@1jdS 1925; first quality, = 81 a
- p; second quality, - Vtd - >: third quality.
5000 SO per 100 lbs, total weight 81 hide
ralow and dressed beef few choice single pairs
500 a 900. Bulls, &c 5000.
UOrCfHg Dcet.-5 100 4 .lJ. per pair accord
ing to their value as beef steers, S>7Gl45,
Mach C0tcS.-S5J q S53; extra good, St4G SO,
With or without calves. may be agreed: iarroVg
ana ordinary, 50 80: yearlnES- $1,000 i 90; >
year Odds, 5000 2>uC; year Oids So va 1000
sheep : Live weight 4dSc; extra, "a &C /;
>3.j1d 80 per head. opung lambs sG9e + II.
>40fes-Nh ocsIie, "a e. ;retaIl, : q 81, 2 h
sat Hogs, 81 arc = to.
Teal CdtreS.-Sj.G1dI 100 per head
HtdeS--B lShton- sdOs-; country lots &C a
i5c; cdltskIns, 10 do0c; tlpw- - - Il country
skins - cts. each.
REHARKs--WeStern cattle have been received
quite freely, and the quAlit has been such be
an lnducement l'r butchers to purchace-plic not
remarkably high-the shortening up OF supplies
crused by the detention over the Albany load,
l,ft craving for stock winch t1unslaa tly met
Good and best We stern steers can be bought TO day
1t on 1--we weight. HE OoWell cattle 5J4 head
mat put IN an appearance TINS morning, were
taken eagerly III from > a. 90 lis best were =
lot OF 80 head, that sold Al fuH prices. >hAckttt
uouShton nal good grass iet steers that sold from
c0yc dressed weight. Fitch X McNutv sold p
steers 10 average 1919 pounds. \. \ Monroe sold
u steers u Mr. BROOKS at a. - live.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Bridgesville, twenty-four found, eight miss
ing; total, one hundred thirty-two found,
seventy-six missing. Total buildings de-
stroyed, one hundred forty-seven. Twelve
miles of country are devastated. At
Butchers Run the flood was severe and
terrible. Men are engaged in removing
piles of boards, brick, etc, under which
the dead are supposed to lie. The under
takers establishments are full of corpses
awaiting recognition.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Another idol has been broken. EX-Mayor
Joseph Medill ofChicago, during his Euro
pean trip, has spent some time in Austria,
where he made IN extended examination
of the merits of the cause which the Hun
garian patriot kossuth led, and which he
pleaded so eloquently in the United States
in 1851-52 Mr.. Medill's conclusion is not
complimentary to the brilliant leader and
orator. He says: The whole thing was
about the same as if the Irish landlords
should revolt against Queen Victoria and
undertake to set up another dynasty in the
name of liberty, while not 4 word was ut
tered or act done to better the condition OF
the miserable recrant tenants who titled
the soil and lived in destitution, while the
landlords enjoyed the fruit of their toll
and self-denial. The whole thing was the
greatest imposition and fraud ever perpe-
trated upon the American people in the
name of liberty
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
The session of the Connecticut legisla

The session of the Connecticut legisla-
ture came to close on Saturday. 1t has
been comparatively tame affair, not hay
ing distinguished itself by a prolonged
wrangle of any kind. 1t has not been
troubled with the liquor question or bored
with Hoosac Tunnel bill; it has not spent
any considerable number Of weeks in the
turned any local officials out to seek a pre-
carious livelihood for themselves. Consid-
ering the times, the Connecticut legisla-
ture doesn't seem to have done much any
how.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

The Rutland Globe which assumes the
special championship Of Col. Joyce's can
didacy, forgets the argument that Rutland
County has been suffering from Il deartI
of official positions held by her sons, in its
eagerness to prove what success she can
attain if only united Hear the Globe:
when Rutland county was united Tin
mouth furnished Nathaniel Chapman for 4
chief Justice, United States district Judge
and United States senator; Castleton fur
nishcd Samuel Shaw and Chauncey Lang
don rs members of Congress; POultney
sent TO the same place Rollin c. Mallory
Clarendon gave Theophilus Harrington tc
the supreme bench; Fairhaven had Will
liam c. Kttred9e for lieutenant governor
and circuit Judge, while Benson adorned
the bench Of the supreme court with the
honored and beloved Loyal G. Kellogg
! He haze not pretended to mention them IN
or3cr Of time or gre half Of the names
and hare left ont the mon arhO hare nladt
Rutland iUitstriouS IN the state history
bit lce hare said enough to Sho1c lchat har.
0t0ny, c0ycrcnce, yielding Of indiridna
! p1GerenceS tciU surely produce"
The modern instances the Globe indeed
negIects to mention. The governors ant
Judges that Rutland has furnished and the
various other officers who have held i'm.
portant positions in the state, to the honor
of the state rs well as Of their county
Follow out one line of argument or the
other, gentlemen, and don't jump from
one to the other with such utter reckless
ness. In the present state of feeling in
the Rutland offices, if by any unexpect
ed dispensation of Providence, Col. Charles
II. Joyce, who once lived in this section
should receive the nomination at Middle
bury on the 10Th of August, the September
election would hardly pass before we
should have it thrown in our faces that
Washington County had done it again, ant
the next Congressional term would be
charged over to her as filled with :
Washington County carpet-bagger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

came of the soundness of the principles he
maintained and of his ability to drive home
and clinch the nails that fastened them
where he wished in the frame of govern
ment. Vermonters can preserve for their
own state a powerful voice in shaping
national legislation. The men L have
named certainly give her such a voice now'
and make her not unequal in influence
with many of her apparently much more
powerful neighbOrs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Butchers Run and other scene, of the
greatest Pennsylvania disasters by flood
were in the suburbs of Pittsburg and Ale
ghany cities. The devastated sections were
built in ravines or deprcssions between
hills, and the fearful deluge, the clouds Of
which from distance seemed to form 4
sort of water spout, swept away the bull
dings, which in some cases were built on
piles OF culverts directly over the usually
insignificant streams.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
Cnittenden County Politics.

\ convention of temperance Republicans
who concluded to bolt part of the regu-
lar Republican county nominations, was
held at Essex Junction last Saturday.
About four hundred were present (some
as spectators), and the Free Press, which
opposes the movement strongly, says:
1t would be folly to underestimate the
character and strength of the movement
which found expression in the convention
at Essex Junction on Saturday. The con-
vention was respectable in numbers; it
was strong in the character and standing
of the men who composed it; and its nom
nations were such as to command respect.
1t was not Il temperance convention of
men of all parties, but body of boiling
Republicans, so declared by formal resolu-
ton. The other resolutions declare their
present course to be forced upon them
re-adopt the prohibtory plank of the re-
publican platform of 70, and favor the
reelection of Senator Edmunds.
The convention was called to order by
F. NJ. Van Sicklen of Burlington, and
Samuel Huntington of Burlington was
elected chairman, and W. w. Atwater and
F. II Baldwin, secretaries. A nominating
committee was appointed, and in the after
noon presented ticket, which was adopted,
being the same as the regular republican
ticket except in its candidates for senators
and states attorney. There was consider
able enthusiasm and several sharp speech
es, but it is not thought the ticket can be
elected. 1t is composed of the the follow
ing names:
For Senators-Samuel Huntington, of Burlington;
J. Fay Miles, OF Hinesburgh; VIM. V. Reynolds, OF
Colchester.
Sheriff. A. Drew, of Burlington.
High Baiff-S. II. Macomber. of Westford.
Judge of Probate-Torrey E. Wales of Burlington
Assistant Judges-N. Parker, of Burlington; A. B.
Halbert, of Essex.
States Attorney-A- g. Whittemore, of Burlington.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

Messrs Lee & Shepard, the publishers o.
Summers works, now expect to complete
the speeches, letters, ETC., in thirteen vol
umes, leaving two more for his biography
and correspondence. Ten volumes are al.
ready out. and the eleventh is nearly all in
type. The tenth contains the speeches from
December, 1865, to August, 1866.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

The California wool crop just marketed
amounted to nearly 100000 pounds, be-
ing the largest spring clip ever taken. 1t
brought good prices, and adds another to
the great yields of the year. \ new Illus
tration of the growing conservatism of
California investment, and of the decline in
the rate of interest there, is the fact that
nearly all the county bonds recently issued
have been taken by San Francisco ca p
italists. These bonds bearing 10 per cent
interest are placed as high as 106. The
speculation in mining shares for the past
six months has been very tame.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29
MONTPELIER MARKET
RETAIL PRICES
For the ,ceek ending july 20. 1874


Apples, dried new IL gals + h; Butter 2jd2Sc ;
Beef 4d20; beef. driesl, green weight, zoe; FORK
fresh s0l2H; Pork. salt l2iz; Ham l5c; Lard l9'
Veal 60l2 Beans T. buslel, $500; Corn soc;
Corn meal, p 100 TBS, SI.So; Oats T. bushel '5c;
Flour per Dbl. SS-50dil. 90; Crackers 81 o. Coal
ton $I00Sl0 so; Cheese p ID, lSc; Fish, tre,h
Cod, dressed, l0c, HabuI l5 ohad 30. MackeIel IL;
Salt Fish, Cod Sc; salmon. l25fal5c I, b; Irlle
liz. Kerosene Oil p gal. Doc Potatoes 6ec per bu-
Salt soc. p bush; DAIRY TX d2c per Il Sugar re-
fined IL a lie; Brown, le10o; Moiasses per gal aoc
dsLo0; Maple Sugar peril ga l2hc; syrup iJd 81;
Tea 75dSl. 10; Coffee Old Java, roasted, 4oc; he
Roasted, 40c. Herds Grass seed, $500; MlcngaL
Clover l2c per b' Northern New York do IZ7se
n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

A circular from the Norfolk, Va, post
master, says that the mail due there at
$50 P. M.,July OHIO the Atlantic, Missis-
sippi and Ohio r. R, was destroyed by
fire. So, if anybody was unfortunate
enough to have sent a Norfolk man val
consider himself out to the amount of its
contents
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

The contract has been awarded for the
ornamental granite curb along the Ire
mont street side of Boston Common. 1t
will be only fifteen inches high, but as it
will cost $4,000, it is to be hoped that it
will prove an insurmountable obstacle to
any encroachment on the public pleasure
ground from that side.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

LIGHTNING.-One stroke of lightning
killed six persons in Woodford county,
KY, Friday night. namely: Mr.. Mandy
and wife, Mr.. Black, wife and daughter,
and colored person living in the same
house. During the same storm the light
ming struck many points in central Ken
lucky.