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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
PATENTS ON SEWING MACHINES

Some months ago we stated that power
full lobby was being organized for the pur-
pose of procuring an extension, from con-
gress, of the patents under which sewing
machines were manufactured. We re-
ceiycd our information from Il private, but
well-informcd and trustworthy source, and
having no doubt of its authenticity, we
called upon the people and congress to be
on their guard. These patents were grant
ed originally to different parties, but after
long and expensive litigation, all of the
patents were bought up by a combination,
differences and law suits were settled and
one of the most oppressive nonopolies that
the people of this country ever groaned
under was formed. The invention was
valuable to the whole people, and whatever
may be said of other patents, there was Il
reason and prcpre,y in allowing the in
ventors t. reap n rich reward for their
ingenuity. Such, however, was not the
case. The combination, TO which we hayc
referred. united their forces and bought up
all of the several patents at different prices
in some cases for merely nominal sum,
and in others for an adequate compensation.
This fact, however, remains for consider
alton, that however valuable the in
vention, however worthy, deserv-
ing or poor the inventors, they
have parted with all of their rights, and
one or dozen renewals of their several
patents will not put cent into the pocket
of any of the individual inventors There
are, moreover, two unanswcrabc argu-
ments why the patents, or any one of
them, should not be renewed. The pre-
sent owners of each and every one have
made ''princely fortunes" ont of the pa
tents. Even, if they were the original
poor, deserving inventors. their receipts
have been so enormous that they ought not
to receive, or ask, any more. But these
men. that is the original inventors, will
not be benefitted-the money will go into
the hands of a combination of monopolists.
Again, by reason of these patents, the peo-
p'c, WIN USE scNlLS lldCuincS, are )tylDp
double the price, which they ought to,
therefor These machines can be manu-
featured and Sold at a profit, for onc-half
their present price-they would be so
manufactured and sold but for these pa
tents, Probably no other invention, upon
which the people are compelled to pay
royalties, is in so general use as the sewing
machine, and, hence, every one be he rich
or poor, is interested in throwing open the
trade to all. If Congress refuses to inter-
fere, the monopoly is at an end. and the
price of the machines will, at once, fall
fifty per cent. The latest telegraphc
advices inform us that rich and power
iul lobby is at work to procure an
extension of these patents. Is it not the
duty of the press and the people to make
their voice heard in the interest Of the peo-
pie, againt an oppressive monopoly, and in
favor of free sewing machines?
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
The transportation Question

The house came very near to being com.
mittcd TO mischievous course Monday
afternoon by a resolution introduced by Mr.
Young, of Georgia, setting forth in general
and vague terms that the great need of this
country is some well devised plan of cheap
transportation by water, and that this is
demanded by the people of all nations, and
instructing the committee on roads and
canals to report bill for the opening MP
OF the great artificial highways of the coun-
try. The resolution proposed that the IAN
day of May should be set apart for the
consideration of the matter in the house.
The resolution would have compelled the
committee to prepare bill which, as Mr..
McCrary, the chairman of the committee.
remarked, woul involve an expenditure of
S4OO,OO0,000. Notwithstanding the OK
travagance Of the proposition, it obtained
a very large vote, 1870 to Is, but failed for
the lack of two-thirds. The object of this
proposition is to enable the great number
of western and southern members who
have speeches prepared on the question 10
start them off for home consumption.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
Negro Riot inLouisvi,ie.

On Monday was appointed by the negroes
of Louisville, Kentucky, for the celebra-
ton of the anniversary of the passage of
the Fifteenth amendment. Some difficulty
arose as to the arrangements, and the bet
ter portion of them withdrew altogether
In the afternoon about 100 negroes assem-
bled and marched through the streets. At
Hancock and Chestnut streets one negro
left the procession and went into a grocery
and took 10 from the money-drawer An
alarm was given, and Policeman Fowler
attempted TO arrest the man. Several ne
groes in the procession interfered, and
Fowler was knocked down three times, but
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
The Hartford, Connecticut, Union says

The Hartford, Connecticut, Union says
that Governor Washburn was elected
United States senator from Massachusetts,
because he was "prohibitionist." We
trust that our friends will not, on this ac-
count, congratulate themselves on the
strength of the "prohbitonists' in the leg
slature of that state, as the Union gives
the grouLd of its faith. 1t says, in sub
stance, that the majority of the Legislature,
as of the republican members thereof, arc
opposed to all prohibitory laws, and are
'anxious to pass license law" Governor
Washburn would, if he had remained gov
crnor, have vetoed any such law, and they
therefore, took the senatorial promotion as
the way to get rid of him. II further says;
Talbot who now comes in as governor,
is in favor of license and will sign any bill
passed" We know not whether this be
true, hut it savors somewhat of informa-
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

The ways and means committee discussed
at great length Monday the question of the
seizure of books and papers of merchants,
but took no action upon it. 1t was ex-
pected that the Sanborn report would be
made up. and thereafter the legislation af-
fectng the merchants will be considered
day by day until it is completed, A dele
CATION of merchants from New York,
headed by jackson S. Schultz, is in Wash
ington, and will remain for the purpose of
comforting with the committee and aiding
it in its deliberations. They expect to re-
main until the question of administrative
reform is finally decided and the new
measures proposed by the ways and means
committee have become the law of the
land.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
GLOBE WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL % 1871

was finally rescued by some young men
who came to his assistance. A force of
police collected, and few squares further
on arrested eight of the negroes. The
others then commenced throwing rocks at
every white person on the street, niuring
more or less some eighteen or twenty men
and women, none, however, dangerously
The police again rallied and arrested sew
eral more negroes. The procession then
dishonlpd
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
VILLAGE OF RUTLAND.
ANNUAL MEETING.

The legal voters OF the village OF Rutland are
hereby notified that the Annual Meeting OF said
village VIII he held at the Town Halo WASH
lngton street, on Wednesday, April 80, 1874, at
TWO O'Clock p. M, TO act on the following busi-
ness.
lst To elect by ballot Moderator, Clerk,
treasurer, Collector and seven Trustees, zone
from each ward, also Judge OF the Municipal
Court.
20, To hear the reports OF the Trustees, Water
Commissioners and Chief Engineer.
Sd. To choose a Water Commissioner.
4th. To choose Chief Engineer, First Asss-
tant Engineer and Second Assistant Engineer.
9TH. 10 choose an Auditor.
9th. To see II the village will vote 10 pur-
chase new Truck for the Hook and Ladder
Company.
It'll 10 see II the village viii vote to alter
any OF Its Bylaws or Ordinances.
sth. To see II the village will vote tax to
pay the debts and current expenses OF the year
ensuing.
eth. 10 transact any other necessary busl-
ness,
Polls open from two till five o'clock p. IN.
GEORGE r. B0TTuM, Clerk.
ApriIdtd
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

expended the past year $3.50. as, and has
received S702.G7 His farm comprises 70
acres.
NEW HAVEN.
The following is copy of n resolution
offered at the town meeting, March Cd.
1874, by prominent citizen, and passed
by the meeting without a dissenting vote F:
" That the thanks Of the citizens Of the
town are due to Mr.. Leavenworth for his
untiring efforts in the training of teachers
for our primary schools, and his care and
solicitudc in his general superintendent of
our schools
MIDDLEBURY
Rev. ii. +. Leavitt has returned from
Iowa, where he has been spending the win
ter.
Prof. Ezra Brainard of Middlebury col
lege, occupied the pulpit of the COngrega-
gational church at Nergennes. on Sabbath
week.
7. c. Robbins, of Rutland, Deputy Col
lector, of Internal Revenue, will be at the
Addison House, on Thursday, April oath, to
receive applications for licenses for the
ensuing year.
L. ID. Twichcll shipped ten thousand
POtil'tN VI HCh ullNuSlIti hObl last Week.
The Vermont marble quarry is 60 be sold
at auction May 18th.
The side tracks and switches mt the depot
arc taken up, and the cattle cars were load
ed at the new yards on Monday, which
takes the last of the freight business TO the
new depot.
Mrs. John Martin. who has been danger
ously sick with brain and spinal fever, is
recovering.
Albert Chapman, who is Il reliable dealer,
has some fine trees and shrubs in the orna-
mental Experimentation vitp, Norway
spruce, Austrian pine, Kilmamock weeping
willow, European larcb, European noun
tain ash, Japan ounce, white lilac, Prus-
sian lilac, Athens white fringe wcigclias,
90,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

The New York Journa{ IF CoMtneyce calls
the attention of underwriters to new ma.
terial used for martingale rings. knife han
dies, combs, etc, called ccllulod." 1t
is to all appearance rs hard ms iron, and.
when cold, possesses great strength and
tenacity but ii is as inilammabe ms finder.
and it burns more readily than pitch. A
flash of match will set off a box of this
material, made up in any form and produce
a conilagration so utterly at variance with
the apparent solidity Of the article that it
seems like magic. a new class of extra
hazardous" must be made by all of our fire
insurance companies if this is to pass into
common use.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22
TAR AND ANTI-TAR,

The Kelsey tragedy was the real issue
in the recent town election of Huntington,
l.. l., although the division was ostenslbly
between the two parties. The republican
candidates were friends of the prominent
citizens implicated in the mutlation and
murder of Kelsey, while the democrats
nominated men who denounced the out
rage; and the two tickets were known re-
spectively as tar and "anti-tar." The
antl.tar were all elected though Hunting
ton has heretofore been republican town.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

Geo. ID. Spencer of Fairhaven will de-
liver his lecture on "The Moral Degeneracy
of the Age at the chapel in this place, on
Wednesday evening, April 23d. All are
cordially invited to attend. Admission free.
ALERT
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-22

The Pennsylvania Democratic legis ativc
caucus has agreed to oppose the centennial
appropriation bill, and the bill for the in
crease of the debt of Philadelphia, until the
Republican majority in the House agreed
to pass fair apportionment bill for the
city. This action may endanger the CEN
tennal bill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-31
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QUESTIONS FOB MR.. RICHARDSON.

When Secretary Richardson presents HIM
self for examination we hope the Committee
of WAYS and Means will insist upon an an
swer to certain questions which the witnesses
of the Government have thus far succeeded in
eyading. The statutes make it the imperative
duty of collectors of in ernal revenue, officers
who have taken an oath and given bonds to
the Government, to receive all taxes collected
under the Internal Revenue law and pay them
daily into the Treasury OF the United States.
1t makes no difference how the taxes are
designated, or how they may have been as
sessed. Whether the collector has levied them
in the ordinary course of business, or special
detective has discovered an unsupported de-
ficiency i'll the payments Of former years,
it is equally the duty of the collector
alone to receive the money and send
it to Washington. Mr.. Richardson, how
ever, without the shadow of an authority
from any law, gave contract TO private
with the sanction of the Secretary, sent explicit
instructions to collectors not to perform the
duties imposed upon them by the law ; Mr..
Banfeld directed the Distrct-Attorney at
New-York to cause sums collected through his
agency to be paid to John ID. SanbOrn, instead
of to the collectors. The contracts with Sanborn
stipulated that the money should be sent at
once to the Treasury instead of passing through
the channels indicated by the law. No expla-
nation of these illegalites has ever been offered.
No palliation of the oifense has been so much
as suggested. Mr.. Banfeld was questioned
about it and could only reply that he "sup-
posed it would come around in the course of
business Yet he acknowledges that he was
familiar with the Internal Revenue laws and
understood the duties of collectors.
Again, the law provides that no suit for the
recovery of Internal Revenue taxes shall be
| commenced without the sanction of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue. Nevertheless
| the Secretary aud the Solicitor deliberately
instructed the District-AttOrney to disregard
this clause of the statute, and Mr. Banleld
put his directions into the form of an official
| letter after his attention had been particular
ly called to the "irregularity." No explana-
| ton has been offered of this circumstance ;
and if Mr.. Richardson can account for it on
any theory except that of corrupt completely
| i'll Sanborn's oDcrations-we do not say on his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-31
PERSONAL.

Last nights dispatches say that Admiral
Porter is better.
The widow Of Capt. Hall, the Arctic ex
plorer, has petItioned Congress for aid.
Prof. KOrner has delivered a memorial adj
dress DR.. Livingstone before the biographical soci
ETY. OF Berlin.
Major ID. Ii. Follett, who brought suit against
the Committee OF the Worlds Peace Jubilee" Tor art
lery service furnished for that noisy has re-
ceiycd Judgment his favor for the entire
his bin. $3.50 %.
The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia has sent to
the Park OF Fruits st. LOUIS $50 varieties Of grape
cuttings gathered from all parts OF the Russian Empire
Hs visited the Park during his stay in this country and
tue cuttings were promised at that time
The subscriptions to the Geological Museum,
which Is proposed to erect at Cambridge, England, III
memory OF Dr. Adam Sedgwick. the late Professor OF
Geology Ia that University amount TO upward OF o0OOo
The site which nxed upon ut recent meeting
front OF tho other Museums in Pembroke-st.
Gerritt Smith has written a letter warmly
commencing the OF the against intemper-
ance He Is opposed TO all attempts TO reform
by license or local option but favOrs the suppression OF
selling by the nficon Of rigorous penalties. aud
tho of the drunkard for imperliDg by
responsible insanity, the rights OF Others"
The Hon. Lewis d. Campbell OF Cincinnati,
who was Chairman Of the Congressional Committee
which recommended the expulsion OF Preston Brooks
for assaultng Senator Sumner. and who afterward
acted Buringames second In the Iatter's duel with
Brooke, has still IN his possession tho original
rospOnlence which led to that encounter, and many
other documents bearing upon the assault, which no
tuiuka vi puDlshlnx " estaba the truth VI history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-31
THE DRAMA.
BOOTu'5 THEATER-LOrTA.


Miss Lolita came forward at Booths Theater,
last night-appearing for the first time within two years
in this cty-and was kindly welcomed by a humorous
and rather boisterous assembage. This volatile and
sprghty performer long since left her impress upon the
public recollection. a roguish r0mp-so that merely 10
mention is to recall sparkling vision Of mis-
cEevous cOmcal and teazing prcttiness. She contin
ues to be bright, merry, and agile and now as Of DID,
she performs with skill upon the banjo. She cheer
full and full OF characteristic pranks last night and her
native tslents strongly manifested. Her sim
plicity however, seems to have been away, and
what may DO called the gallus" spirit IN her tempera
mcn to been undulv and unfortunately developed
She was the child and more the h0yden. Something
OF this effect may have been due to the disastrous
influence of the piece in which she acted. Tnis
was connection Of puerities AMI chatter.
based grossly absurd story. OF the dreary
old Ingraham pattern aud stned with that kind Of da
ogue wbcl-when the specimen is Particularly vapid
and rtating-passes betwxt the banjo and the bones
on the stage of the Ethiopian minstrels Its name Is
Zip" It's clements cannot here be just enume-
rated and described but it proudly takes rank at the
head of the rubbish OF this theatrical year. Miss Los
was brought on in clothes-basket, and much of the
time after she got passed in shallow aud hppant
reflections upon graces Of breeding and amenities
Of social that cultivated persons exempfy
aud esteem. Phrases out Of the Latin grammar were
As5Etattered about and bits Of stagecarpenter meo-
drama and indicate farce literally Afforded The
applause and laughter that greeted this display were
boupteous and emphatic The scenery was much too
good for the OCCASION and everything was done 70 give
the piece "a success.
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TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

In the second number of The International Re-
Uiew DR.. McCosh submits an able paper upon
Upper Schools here and elsewhere. lie ranks
the Elementary Schools of the United States
as high as those of any other country. After
these, our system becomes but narrow and
deficient compared with that of Prussia. There
the boy every boy, education being obliga-
tory enters school at six, and at ten makes
choice of the Gymnasen, or Real Schulz, in
one OF which a classical and in tho other q
scientific training is given. Besides these are
the upper and lower Burger Schuien, meant for
artisans. In Europe, Austria ranks next to
Prussia in the thorougbness of its edu-
cational system, Holland coming not far be-
hind The Scottish system was be0ueathed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-31
NEU-JERSEY LEGISLATION.

Aside from its action upon the Consttu-
tional Amendments, the New-Jersey Legsla-
ture which adjourned last week did compare
lively nothing of public importance. The
session began and ended with scarcely ripple
of excitement TO disturb the even tenor of it's
course, and with one exception its action was
dignifed and sensible That exception
was the conduct of the Assembly in
defeating by a disgraceful trick the
Senate's eminently desirable bill abOlisbing
Commissions in Jersey City; but this mistake
was subsequently atOned for by the adoption
of Constitutional Amendment securing the
same end. The only objection to the latter step
was that it postponed for year or more reform
which SHOULD have been begin at once. AS we
predicted at the opening of the session, no
attempt was made to impair the efficiency
of the General Railroad law. The great
railroad corporations showed no disposition
to overthrow measure which has put
an end to contests which cost them so
dearly The lapse of year, showing
them, as it has, that the competition they
feared was more imaginary than real. has
doubtless strengthened them in their deter
mnation to make no contest in the future.
With the public the law is, of course, stronger
than ever, since it has given them for the first
time Legislature which represented the peo-
pie instead of the railroads, and has thus put
an end to vast amount Of legislation which
was an expense and detriment to the State.
The Amendments which have been passed
at this session are of great Importance to the
State. Especially so are those which follow up
the effects of the General Railroad law by
further abolishing special legislation. They
put an end TO that pernicious interference in
local affairs which has bred so much corruption
in jersey City, and has foisted upon many
others of the municipalities of the State
jobs which they never wanted, and which found
their origin and sole sanction in politicians who
sought them as means of personal enrichment
In passing these Amendments the Legislature
has performed lasting service to the State !;
for it cannot be otherwise than that their sue
cessors will ratify, and that the people will
indorse measures SO imperative for the public
wnol