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The annual meeting OF the Vermont
State Agricultural Society will be held at
Towns Hotel, Bellows Falls, on Tuesday,
Nov. 18th, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
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HHinsdale, ". IL.

The Baptist society are to hold fair
and festival on Tuesday evening next.
, 1874-07-10
THE RAIN AND THE CROPS.

Tho rain Of Tuesday and "Wednesday Inns pro-
ducod decided ohnngo In tho prospective yield
OF tho corn-crop Oh vol as Of oats and potatoes,
nll of which hnve boom suffering, or have been
imporilod by tho long drought. In tho central
part Of thia state-tho peculiar corn.plantine
district, tho drought had boon unprecedented,
and tho raln-fall Of nine hours On Tuesday was
Welcomed universally by tho people, who bud
foarod a loss Of their harvcBt. Tho rain oxtond-
Cd oVor a1ltho oorn-growing districts OF Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin. and Iowa, but did not OK
tond to KanBas. It Is possible that yesterday
TINT region vas also Visited by tho Welcome
Showers Tho ruin Inns lind tho cffoct Of over
turning tho spectators, who woro buying corn
for futtlro delivery upon tho assumption that
tho drought would continue and tho crop bo
light or fatluro. No ordors havo bcon ro-
coivod on that account B!nco the storm OF
Iuesdny night. It may now bo considered that
tho corn has boon saved, and that tho early an
ttopatons Of q largo crop will DO roalized. Whom
tt ls cons eldered tint tho raln-fall was as much
NODDED for potatoes, oats aud grass aa IL was for
corn, tho commercial valuo Of tho change of
weather, and tho ditreronce in profits to tho
farmers Of hnlf-a-dozon Northwestern SsatcB, can
DO estimated only by millions Of dollars. Mover !
was rain more nocded and neYor was tho bloss-
Ing more gratefully received.
, 1874-07-10
THE INDIANS,
Reports from Different characterization.
ertaA Hostility k;vinGe&l.

A9ep0rf1 from Different tAYpncicB-f4G,.
ert.a Hostility k3vince&l.
WARRINGTON, D. O., July 9-Cnpt, Jogenl,
Duah, commanding tho military station at tho
Lower Bru'o Agency, Dakota, writes ts,nt tic
lndlhna tlere aro i'll a warliko mood. and thai
nothing hut good ahow of force will prevent a
Capt. CARLISLE Boyd. commanding at the ohov-
enno Agency, reports that tho auppiY Of ratioia
for tho Indians ia about o1laustoJ and savs thnt
should the issue Of rations aud oapooiai,v ~;
pe1f, 10 stopped for any longthcnod por1l, II
WILL !oad to serious tleprolatioss il not ia uctni
warfare, on tho part OF tue Indians,
Col. John u. Smith, Of tue Fourteenth Tnf,ntrv
commanding tito Sioux expedition, u,lllor data ~
lows: "A''0' a" 4o''
Indians arriving from tho north yestert1nv rcnort
afHe war artcH, estimated ut Irnu 4jD Ia dill fn,fnua
Msluon M ING four PARTIES, ons fur this vicinity ouo tr
s NortI III pata IGa as A'psy = a intention
nsan these Two last probably intending to crosa ba
tGug to 90 to H"aeWater. or colfse Till IL nj, im
a1ah report anu muat bo consllorosl accordingly.
. Gen. lngglcs, Assistant Adlutant~ go,,oral NJ
tlo Department of tho Platte, In Forwarding thu
ae!npatcn. says that tue department oonmantor
1.aa uoon notlhod OF tho movement Of tl,oyo
them. ~ '"''ASe''
- OMAHA, July 0.-Telegrnphio = a,lyjoes from
Fort Laramie atate TINT ronorln rncoive1 from,
spotted Tails Agency eay that soycnty.lyo
!ioagos OF Ognllalas, under Ulaok Twin are ANY,
itlE toWafdH tint place. TINT tha Unonpapas and
Mt!nnleon{ous ars moving across tito Yellow
s1pno s, tlVor, aud that tho ArapatoaH md
1i1eyonnoe nro oampod OH tie head Wators of tho
iag Aorn Hlver, near Dix Horn Mountains.
, 1874-07-10

dollar, nor onn kfiasissippl town. sinco aho
to pay lor just dobt, that State has boon
political "doad-boat, without orodA In tho
money markots Of tho world.
In point Of fact. a country which ropudatoB
ita dobts 10 not worth tho serycos, much loss tho
blood, OF any honest man. liquidation would
DO swiftly followed by diaunfon, tllslntograllon,
anarchy, and tho uttor extinction and anuihila-
ton Of republican institutions on tllis continent,
If moth tho world. It might, and most proba-
bly, would, cntangle us in a foreign war, for our
bonds AFRO hold largoly abroad. And whore
would tho money needed to oarry on such war
como fromP Worao than that, who would fight
to sustain the oauHo Of dlshonorf Who would
enlist undor tho piratical flag Of liquidation 2
Nobody. Tho United Btatos Of Amor,oa cannot
exist ton years after tho consummatlon Of auoh
a crfn1o
, 1874-07-10

all tho prof{tH of commercial intercourse between
tho Mississippi Valley and England, tho worlds
commercial contrc. Davis plan hAs boon ap-
proved by tho htatearnen, merchants. and bnnk-
ora TINT constitute Tho Society In London. rbev
agreed to furntsh throo-fourths Of tho oanital
required to start tho ontorprlso. md ost.b1,a, n
steamship llne from Now Orleans to Llyorpoo1
or London. Davis urged tl,at tho larsoBs posBt-
DO vesaols should bo constructed, and Of Tho
groatoat possible tonnage. It waa proposet1 Tint
bargoa from st. Louis and tho romoto Northyosk
hlou'd bo uscd in connection with tie Rroat soa-
going stoamors. Davis Inns rocoivcd information
from London that 1ight-draft steamers will bo
built soon to inaugurato this d1oct trade. It Ia
calou]atad that, II this plan bo successful, New
orloaus will become ono Of tho greatest cities
In tho world.
Thero Is something practicable In the plan
proposed by Davis. But Now Orleans will
noyor bocome tho point from which Northwest
ern gran will bo shipped to Europe. 1t will not
pav to establish a limo Of bargos oven botweon
Northern points and New orloans, to connect
with tito aoa-golng Htoamora-s line Of which
thoro Is already in o1istenco-till the South eau
afford them roturn cargo, which 1t certainly
cannot at prosont. And while Mr.. Davis efforts
to benefit tho South will not DO without como
good effect, they will not accomplish ali that ho
contomplatos.
, 1874-07-10
THIRDTERM WHISPERS.

Senator Gordon, Of qeorgia, In m intoryiow
WITH newspaper reporter, statoB that ho is sure
Gen. Grant ia candidate for recollection, Gen.
Gordon states that ho is intimato with tho prosl-
dent, and that Gen. Grant don't want a purity
nomination his ambition Is to run as tue Poo.
pies candidate. Among tho REASONS giyon for
this opinion, Gen. Gordon mentions tho Presi-
dont'a "abao1ute Independence Of all Rcpub-
lican lenders tho Indifference with which ho
1ncurs tho cnmfty Of Logan, and Morton, and
Butler, and tue evident pains he takas to ahow
the South ho ia not her onomy." Still, Gordon
thials that it tho President should desire the
nomination from tho Republican Convention ho
will get It tho Convention will nominate him
" because It will bo afraid not to do it," Grant
Is represented as stronger than tho Republican
party, and, according to Gordon, It cannot afford
quarrel with him or his opposition to tho party
nomination.
Gen. Gordon draws from this viow Of tho Re-
publican situation tho Inference that tharo ia A
csear field Tor tic Democratic party. Ho arguos
TINT Grant could not bp elected On his financial
Platform, to which ho thinks tho people Of tho
bouth and West ara bitterly opposed, and then
with atrange inconsistency he advocates the
nomination Of Senator Thurman as tho Demo-
cratic candidate, whose election ho thinks would
bo certain. Upon the question Of tho Civil
Rights bill, ho sayg tho President will probably
veto 1t, should 1t pass, though the party pros-
sure will be strong in favor OF his aigning 1t.
He may not resist that pressure, "thougl,"
adds den. Gordon, "he is very Ho1f-willeA and
thoro Is no saying what ho will do" All no.
counts from tho South Indicate that tho Prosi-
don't at this time is looked upon in that section
as tho future friend Of tho whito people in thoir
struggle with tho colored race for political
supremacy, though precious little evidence has
he given as yot Of any special interest in their
beloof.
, 1874-07-10

Comment Of the pross on the nomination Of
M. G. Korr to Congress is unexpectedly compli-
1nentary. The Cincinnati Enquirer, for in
stance doesn't hesitate to predict that, "it
elected, ho will vote for Wall Street and againat
the West on all financial moasures." After this,
no reasonable man Gun doubt that Mr. Korr has
beon bought by the bloatod bondholders to assist
IN preserving tho national credit. In yielding to
thoir solicitations he bus boon quite as honora-
bio as the candidates for Congress in Indiana
vino are pledged to vote for tho relief OF "tho
debtor class by general Reputation Of dobts
, 1874-07-10

Some time slnoo The TRIBUNE began collect
Ing eyon tho minor ncws of tho Northwestern
atatos by telegraph. We hnyo presented this
nova from day to day in q regular, systomatic,
and condensed style, SO that thoHo interested in
any particular State may bo Informed promptly
Of what is going on. Tho Times, not willing to
compete on these grounds, commenced to grum-
bio about 1t. Tho cause Of Its distress mny DO
guessed from tho following extract from the MI
monk Qll.) 1snaes SOLICITED from among othora
Of similar character:
TILE CHICAGO TRIBUNE receives ita Northwestern
toms BY lightning instead Of stoaltng from tho coun
try prcse without giving crudit. Te other Chicago
dniy sauea employ their suol foroe Of deaboat shear
thieves to pfundor from "tho lIttlc creatures whom
God, from aomo inscrutahlo purpose, permits to
edit" etc., etc. TAoro is one way ths obnoxious
"nlc creatures can deprive these Chicago paato-pot
butchers of thoir occupation, ts neglect to mall them
country paper.
30 long as tho public appreciates THE TR1n-
uNE's superior enterprise, and the othor papors
nre contout with grumblng at 1t, VIC shail accept
their growls as additional evidences of succoes
, 1874-07-10

President Maoalahon'a message to the Fronol,
Assembly, which ia published tllis morning, ia
very much tho kind OF document which was
foreshadowod in tho dispatches announcing the
dofeat Of tho Government. beginning with q
firm and remarkably unequivocal atatomont OF
tho Pfosldonts intontion to retain Office for
tho eovon yoars' term TO which ho was elected,
1t onds with conol1latory appeal for an
carly settlement Of tho Constitution. Such nc
tion, tho President Bays, Is demanded by him
and tho country, Failure TO take 1t will DO yio-
lation Of solemn plo1go8. Tho message is ouo Of
the most hopeful things that hns come OUT Of tho
turmoil in Franco. It Is IN uttornnco from q
head, which We wore beginning to fear Mar
ahhl MacnIalon had not either for hts
own soryico or his country's. as was to be
expected, d counter-moyomont Was at once in-
stitnted in tho Assembly by tho 4,onapertista
and tho Left in tho shape Of resolution de-
olaring dissolution, and arranging for IN
appeal to tho country. Though tho resolution
was refused voto Of urgency, thoro Is fair
chanco Of Its rassage to-day. 1t would bo a
strange thing, indeed, ii tho Assembly could bo
cowed into the settlement Of Government by
the personal authority Of ono man, ogon though
ho ia tho President Of France. The Significance
OF tho message is that 1t answcra
in some measure tho accusation Of pow
orleasnoss which has been brought against
the McMahon administration. II it should
he followed by break In tho Aasom-
bly,. as il not altogether improbable, tho result
would bo virtual affirmation OF tho soptennato.
Then tho Bonapartists would hayo nothing upon
which to baee their pretontions to Imperial
powers for their only respectable argument has
been that no other party in franco Gun give
assuranco Of stable and powerful rule.
, 1874-07-10

Who Is responsible for Mr.. Bunnor's position
in the Inst Presidential oampaign ia question
that has boon sprung upon tho country by Prof.
Langston, Of Washington. Tlo Professor has
prepared leoturo to show TINT the rcsponai-
bility zosta with tho co1orod people. Wo bolievo
TINT II Mr. Sumner wore living no would rooyo
Prof. Langston Of this burden by tnking 1t upon
his own Shoulders. Charles Summers action
may reasonably bo supposed to have boon con-
trolled by moral conviction. Tho colorod race
may have reacted upon him, but mover to a1oh a
degree as to trrn him to the right hand or tho
loft
, 1874-07-10

Con. Garfield talked with some vohemeuoo
about rotronchment and reform during tho last
nossion Of Congress. No Hhall therefore oxpcot
a prompt aud plump denial Of tho statement.
made in ono OF tue New York papors, that hls
private secretary has boon paid q salary by tho
Postmaster Of the House for four years without
rendering my service. It Is scarcely necessary
to remind Con. Garfield that now Houae will
DO elected next fall and tho sooner ho dlBposoa
Of floating scandal like this the hottor for his
political prospects,.
, 1874-07-10

Wheat "an lcss active and weak. closing 11fo
lower, at e1.121 cnah, e1.ooH seller August,
aud af.f8 for No. Minnesota Corn was
active aud 156o lowor, closing at 591lo oash. and
ooo sellor August. Oats wore quiet aud ir-
regular, closing at 45>}So caeh+ 43@42t4o sollor
tho month, and 03}16o Hcllor August. Rye was
quiet md 10 higher. ut so@S7o. Barley was in
nolor September. Hogs woro aetivo md nd
vancod 1oc. Ralos mnking at s5.5oGD0.25. Cattto
woro aolivo anu tlrnior with salcs Mt .9900@
o7o. shoep advanced 26o, closing firm at $3.50
Gk 10
, 1874-07-10
REPUTATION.

Col. Isaac r. Hawkins, Republican ex- Con.
gresham from ono Of tho districts OF Tonnea.
see IN O speech delivered at Paris in that State
July Q, advocated tho reputation Of tho national
and State dobts. John II. James, the woll-lsnown
Republican banhor Of Atlanta, Georgia, an-
nouncos himself candidate for Congress on tho
platform of tho Reputation Of both uationa1
and stato debts. Tho remarkable thing about
thcso advocates Of ropudiatlon iB that they aro
Mother Copporheatls nor scccssionlsta They are
both good Republicana, and ono of tlom ut least.
Col. HawkinH, WAS an officer in tho Union
army during the Robolllon having occupied the
position of Colonel of tho Seventh Tonnessoo
Cavalry. He WAS, besides, elected to CongroBs
in 1906, and continued In it Till 1871.
The character OF these two mon, and tho fact
that they have acted with tho Republican party,
nuke thoir utterancoB about tho national md
State debts Of Bono Importance. That some of
those who fought againHt tho Union should
advocate reputation would not surprise US
but that man like Col. Hawkins, who poried
his Ifo to save 1t, should do 10, ia n 1natter Of
aatonishment. It will not eecapo notice that
both tho gontlomon above uan1od aro Southern
ors. Tho dobt OF tho country or rather tho tax
alton necessary to meet it, ia doubt!oss folt
to weigh moro heavily on tho South than
on any othor portion OF tho country. Their
stato dobta aro enormoua,-so bnrdonsomo tlat
1t may acom to tho pooplo tlero Is no neans to
pay them and that they must DO ropudiatod. The
South is. in many parts at least, In n banarunt
condition; mud 1t mood not therefore, bo won
dorod at 1t party should arise tero to advocate
1epndiatlon. It would bo strange II reputation
did not ind moro than two advocates In tlIo
South.
1t is to bo hoped that tho first gentlomar,
John II. James, Of Atlanta who haB announced
himself candidate for Congress- on a fcpulla.
tlon platform, will be dofeated. Tho moyo.
mont should bo killed IN the vary
beginning. Tho peoplo should show that thov
consider evon tho thought Of population q
political ortmo. Our national dobt is tho cou-
Hldosatton no hayo paid for our national OK
lHt"noe. We purchased our existence with tint
debt We cannot ropudinte 1t aud maintain our
place among nstiouH. We would loso MORO, In o
poouniary sense oyon, than ne would gain II wo
wore to ropudiato It, Wo would loac everything
that makoH country valuable. Wo would lose
the power to borrow when wo arc most in noed
OF money when, porhaps, our vory lifo should
domand 1t. We should bo putting ourselves In
tho condition Of Mississippi. Miasiaalppl ro-
pad1ated hor debt and cannot NOW borrow =
, 1874-07-10

A son of Gen. Robert Z. Lee has obtained
order from tho United States District Court ut
Richmond for tho restoration Of certain property
belonging to tho estate which was sold for taxos
during tho War. It ia beloved that similar pro-
cocdings will result in the recovery Of tho Arlipg-
ton ostato, which iB nov used for national
cemetery. There ia no greRt occasion Of re-
wero good soldiers. but they were good Rebels
a1ao. Certainly tho punishment Of tho family
Inns not boen greater than they can bear.
, 1874-07-10

Mr. Foster troncAed upon delicate ground when
ho Haid, III tho famous dobate with "O1d Cock
Eyo," TINT hc expected TO havo his letters stolen
aftor ho had become involycd'in personal con-
test with the Massachusetts member. Since tho
adjournment Of Congress, Dir. Foster has taken
the trouble to Inquire Of Ills correspondent in
Brooklyn, to whom tho sod Cock-Eyo" letter
was addressed, how 1t became public. Tho cor
respondent apawora that tho original latter is
now and las always boen In bis possession. He
la at loss to account for It's reproduction by
Con. Butlor. No momber Of Congress ought to
to go abont in thcsc days Without buttons to his
pookots az we'll us .soa1 to Lis lips.
, 1874-07-10

The Chicago produce markets wsre generally
weak yesterday, with less doing. MosH pork
was active, and doollnoa o0@4oo per brl, closing
hnoE at st8.o0@10.0o cnsh, and s1s.so@1e, IS
soller August. Lard Was quiet and 10@l5o per
100 lbs lower, closing at sl125 cash OF soller Au-
guaS Maasa wore moderately aotlvo, and
thaae ar~es, at 89s@8Izo for shoulders, o2fo
tt99s SHORT ribs. o,6c for short clear, and 1890
lilo tor sToot-piokled hams. Highwines wore
lass active aud firm, at 0456o per gallon, Lake
ffofRnta were dull and atoady, ut 10 tor corn to
Buffalo FloRy Has quiet aud = shads easier.
, 1874-07-10
THE CONTEST IN WISCONSIN

Ihc WISCONSIN decision Was a stunning blow to
tho railway companios. It has surfoited thom
with Inv. With Tint precedent hanging over
them, they arc not disposed to risk the ohances
Of litigation in Iowa and Minnesota. Tho "ro-
8oryod power" is found to possess terriblo
| moaning. 1t Is declared to be absoluto md un-
limited. Tho surrender Of tito railway oompa-
| MICS ia not unconditional, however. They yiell
but eullen acquieacouco, and comply with tho
Iowa law undor protest. Should It prove im-
practicable, they say they will Disregard it, for
thoy will not run tho roads at loss. In that
ovont the conflict will DO removed with Increased
bitternasa. Tho people will assert tint o falr
trial WIS not mado, and both parios will DO oxas-
porated.
Gov. Taylor's triumphant saluto may have
been premature. Ills 100 guns proclaimed VIC
tory oyor powerful antagonist, whoso death
might bo mado very Injurious to tho State,
There WIS great import in tho dialogue betwoen
Judges Drummona and Dixon on Saturday last.
The ]attor claimed that tho Legislature had un-
limited power, ut will, to crush out tito lifo OF
evoty corporation In Wisconsin, but could moi
soize upon tho remains. Tho corporations must
dispose Of their property, and tho purchasers
could thon bo liconBcd to run tho roada. Hut
suppoao tho companies woro not disposed to sell
out. Tho State could not compel thom. It's ILL.,
thoHty would havo coaHod. Thoy would then
know no higher Inv than eolf-intorcHt. Whit
security would tho noxt investors hayo /? Aloroy
tho caprice Of tho Legislature Lobbyigta might
he engaged to euy up majority; but, as this
would haye to DO done annually, tho oxponyo
would Hoon put au end to Tint form Of corrun-
tion. Clearly, then, 10 ono could bo found
willing to purchase ut a fair price. And, seeing
their property ruined by ono foil stroke, tt would
DO only natural for tho corporations to rotaliato.
Regardlcaa Of Judge Davis suggestions, tho
State authoritieR aeom resolved to force tho oou-
panlca Into immediate compliance with tho
Potter law. Moantlnlo. proceedings to .vaoato
the charters Of the st. Paul and Northwestern
Co1npanoH ilavo been commenced. Jointly they
operate about !, 800 miles OF road In Wisconsin.
LII case tho Supreme Court docldos adversely to
their o]anR. they may oleot to anticipate tho
quo toarranto suit ly ysurronlorng thoir charters.
What, then, would bcoome or.tAo husitlosa Of tho
stato7 How long could 1t euryiyo with tho
moanH OF communication destroyed? Citlug lilo |
reaesyed powor In the Constitution, Judge Dixon |
INQUIRED. "n tho at9to has tho right To kill tho
, 1874-07-10
JEFF. DAVIS AND SOUTHERN ComMrno F.

JEFF. DAVIS AND SOUTHERN COMMElU E
Jotforaon Uavis to ondcavorlng to1nake amends
for tic misfortunos ho was instrumental in
bringing upon tho south by his efforts to tor
minnte what Inns boon toffmod tho south's "cou,-
mercial yasaalage" to tho North. Long before
our Civil War, tho South Hmastod under this roal
or imagined commercial serystudc. and soutllorn
merchants and Southern soiontists pointed out
that tho interosts OF their section Of tho country
domandod TINT all tho tobacco, sugar, aud othor
products OF tho South, aa we'll NJ tho grains of
tho Wost, ehould be transported III Southern
ships to tho sen, a1Ml thence to Europe. Daylg
haa roylyol this ante.8eoossion dream of tho
South, aud has oyon done something to roa]ize It,
Tho shortcut road towards offocting this he CON-
ceivod to DO to Inspire confidence Of its s,ceosa
In tho capitalists Of London, Not long
since ho addressed meeting in Memphis Of
tho " mississippi Val!oy Society OF Iontloll,"
and told thom that tho Society in London nov
fully understood tho feelings Of tho Southern
people on tho bjcct. mud tho labor dtlloutios
undor which the sugar and cotton industries In
tho South are suffering. Whom Mr, Davis waa
In London ho bud an interview with tho officers
OF tue 6oc.oty. md with them discussed the In
auguratEon Of Byatom Of direct tratlo botwoen
England aud rho Misslasippi Valloy. ne argued
with thom that the intermediate agouoy Of
oitlos on tho Atlantic coast was riinoua to tho
1ntorcssB Of England and OF tho towns and
o!tios In tho great Valley. I!!eso latter, ho
claimed, sustained great losses on No.
count OF tho samo intermediate agency.
There WAS ITO necessity, he insisted, TO.
auoh middle oItlsa ar mida!asnan. They absorbed
, 1874-07-10

Gen. Robert Toomba aud Alexander #. ste-
phonH now occupy opposing positions on All issue
Of veracity. In March last, Toombs, as attorney,
Tiled bill In ono of tho cour!s OF Georgia
againss tho Western d Atlantic Railroad, nam
lug Stephens with othera as plaIntins. Bubse-
quently Stephens authorized public statement
TINT Toonbs had no authority to use hia fsto-
phonsD name in tho blll. THIS statement recently
csmo to Toombs' knowledge, and he has pub-
lishod letter which he closes by saying, II
brought that bill by tho expross authority and
consent Of Alexander II. stophonu." Tho two
men Ilaye been warm friends for many years.
and the controversy has attracted much sttou-
tlon In Gcorgia.