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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
The Codification of the United States
Laws.

From the March number Of the Bulletin of the M,
t"nal Association of Wool Manufactur,rs
The object of this Qualification i to
place i'll methodical arrangement fin,
laws of the United States row ext,nt
omlttlng the numerous sections in tbo
statute-hook not at present in fore.
and consolidating those which ,r.
Tins work, as prepared by commission
ers appointed for the purpose. WINS
submitted in the rough, although in =
printed form. to the House of Rcnrr-
sentatives. The House appointed =
committee from their own number TO
revise the draft submitted by the com
mlssloners. This committee consisted
OF learned lawyers and its high cbar-
acter may be judged by the fact that
lts chairman was Judge Poland of Yer
mont, and that such eminent LAWYERS
as Judge Hoar of Massachusetts. Jndpe
Lawrence of Ohio, and Judge Duell of
New FORK, served upon it. The princi-
pal labor, of course, devolved upon the
chairman and the industry, fairness.
a'un'eh' and courtesy with which he
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Tilton--B

While Il few will consider the Irr;Ii"n-
mcnt of Mr.. Bccchrr and the diatrihr
by Theodore Tilton as pretty conclu-
SlNc evidence of the guilt of the great
preacher of s"mcihjHg. We think the
majority of the American public will
hc slow to condemn IL man ON such cvi-
drncr. For Il man VIII" has consented
with the Wn"dhull. and spent his sub
stance on hiiil lots. t" accuse Il friend of
improper things with his wife. is like
satan rrhuking sin
And this brings us to Mr. H,crhrr
This new stencil is attributed to some
articles written 10y Dr. Bacon. who was
chairman of the late brooklyn council.
III which 'Iiton WAS put in bad light
We have seen the fact no W here stated.
although il may have been inferred,
that DIR. Bacon is IN earnest believer
in Mr. Bccchrr'S integrity. The most
that lilt"n claims is that Bccchrr did
something for which he received from
HIM both an explanation and apology.
which he CTilt"n) accepted. Then why
did he commit such Il breach of good
faith rs To reopen the trouble !
We have nowhere seen any authori-
tativc statement of what MIR. Bcechrr
WAS going to do about it," Several
ardent friends have rushed into print
for him. and assert that il can all he
explained that the letter Tilton cites
WAS never written by Mr.. Bcccher. etc.
etc. The matter is bad any way. for it
shakes the faith of some people who
have little enough respect for and con-
.idcncc in religion ut the best. Others
are so bound up in the great preacher
that they feel any dispersion upon his
character as Il personal grief and loss.
While still others affect that the very
foundations of Christianity will tottcr
and fall if Mr. Beecler goes down. We
do not believe this scandal but if true.
the church rests upon Il more sure
foundation than the reputation of any
man. Beechers may come and Beech
crs may 90, but the Church goes ON
forever,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
The Dog Panic.

Another most painful r..~,..
Phohia in New York hu- uo....
consideration "t the ~uh.ra ...
Enlightenment of tin. p..In.n
medical talent in Thu roum.
victim in this c:i>r Wis WH...
Cnrmick. Il healthy and aal..
man. and the disease ua> u.....
all the symptoms and truit.,.
/ generally recognized. urihrn-i,...
/ lIaIlN Instructive one ton ir,..
DIR. W. y. Hammond. and >,r--
eminent physicians. attended. ....
fore his death. and were pnr>..
po>t-mortcm examination. tI-r.. .
suits of which await the .,, .- .
microscope. The moot qr,~...
medical science j. whether Idrn,
as Il disease affects the NERVES Of.
rily or p"i>on> the blood. lr. .
mond takes the former View I .
autopsy of MctoImirk. tIr mr..
around the brain were fumd G.,.,
with blood, and congestion ua,..
where apparent. Even In The. .,.
oblOngatI or nerve crntrI. of ilr. ...
system in the brain. >mall &c.. r.
of blood were di>rrrnahIr IN rh..
matter which would not hc fp.na ..
in health. The brain ir,rIf ... .
cerehcllum Wclc not 81 nllhrd.. ..
geStcd. The stomach cliurrd c..-.
ton. and the spleen WIS not 1t ...
NAL appearance. bur otherwise F..
were no marks of disease in The .,.
except the traces of tln. ,m1u.,.
through which the patient had i.,,
DIR. Hammond regards the ror.,,,.
of the nerve ccmtcrS rs fa%nlbIr rrl
theory. DIR. lIlddcn. 10y the ..
VIII" attended McCormicL. c>p'i.>r
barking like Il dog" which +, popal
ly attributed t" hydr"pho,w yaliyu,
to the convul>ivc cndCIvor to r,ruu
the flowing saliva from the thu'.
not to amy manacal desire +" uI-
the voice of Il dog.
The most valuable contrihur...
popular knowledge Vet is the upr-
the New York board of lcnlr.
DIR. John &. Dalton. our mo>r emf.
medical writer. DR.. Dalton >l.,.
are three great popular ci,m> o' .
of mad dogs. on accom-.
which very few people know 3D.
dog when they see one. I" .r
these errors. he declares thai .
phohla does not prevail mmr
summer than in the MimtcI and -lr.
that Il mad dog is not ALWAYS .l,,
water. and. finally. >ur
ways tcroci"u> or Wild. N-au -
great mistake to Kill Il do who
bitten anybody and i >u>w.ru
rabies. If he is tied mp and n.r..
his disease will speedily dr,rlol.
If he is killed. the person hii;ra
pass months Of anxiety almost 81, ..
hId and dangerous ~ the di>,-l>, .,
rs Il matter of fact. We kuoU '.'
dr"pII"hia is Il very rare dl>rJ>,.
IN New York city. only Ilr,c pee
have died of it, this ycal. "ul ct r
lion. Its characteristic ~,mlpr"m>
lc>tlc>>nc>S and depression. ....'.-.
swallowing of pieces "t Wu"d >."'-
other imcdiblc substances. and dD
nj the SENSES. such ~ >larru- III
rie>. attemptin" Ia walk lhlu-. '.~.
doors, etc. DIR. Daltou'~ r,mod.
the wound /" ii-ru>'N..H.
mcdiatck with n >haip pcu.lIoi ..
SprjnlGcid E'pDh'n'"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

this possible condition of things, and
at their request introduced bill Civ
ing to the regular criminal courts of
the distli let concurrent jurisdiction with
the police courts, so that in any event
some court could take jurisdiction.
There was also another defect to be
remedied.
If a person committed crime in the
district, and was indicted in its courts.
there was no mode of arreSting such
person if he had escaped into any of
the states. The constitutional proVi-
sion for the rendition of fugitives from
Justice only applies between states. The
provisions of the judiciary act of I7S9
for the reclamation of fugitives only
applied to courts of the United States
having jurisdiction under Hdfdcf. This
could not apply to the courts of the
district, which were not established
until Il much later period. 1t seemed
clear there ought to he some mode of
reclaiming Il fugitive for trial. there
fore provided the courts of the district
should have the same power III this re-
spect as other courts of the United
States. The bill was unanimously re
ported from the judiciary committee
on the regular call of the committee,
and, after Il short explanation by me,
passed without objection. The senate
amended the bill slightly. and when it
came back to the honSc. the amend
mcnts were agreed to without ohjcc-
ton.
never thought of newspapers in
connection with the bill, and presume
no one else did, for can see no posi-
bile effect it can have upon them or
their conductors. had no commune
cation with the senators named or ANY
senator, and have no doubt they were
rs innocent of any design on the press
lis | was. LUKE L. POLAND.
Boston. June % ISL
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Congress and the Newspapers.
To he Edifor Of Ire Boston Daily Ia
rcrfiScr =

To the Editor Of the Boston DaiIy Id
rrrtjscr
In your paper of this morning no
ticc that Your Washington correspond
ent has discovered Il deep plot against
the press of the country in the passage
of bill relating to the courts of the
district of Columbi;l, and the names of
Senators Edmunds and Frcinghuvscn
and myself are given as the authors of
the mischief A short statement of the
facts will. think, allay all alarm YOUR
correspondent or any others NAV feel
on the subject.
In 1870 Congress passed an act cs-
tahlIShIng police court in the District
OF Columbia. This act gave to that
court ''original and exclusive jurisdic-
tlon OF all offences against the United
states committed IN the District of Col
llmbIa, not deemed capital or otherwise
infamous crimes, that is to say, of all
simple assaults and batteries. and all
"her misdemeanors, not punishable by
Imprisonment i'll the penitentiarv." The
supreme court of the district in ii recent
decision strongly minated that Con-
gresS had exceeded its constitutional
power III granting so extensive crimi-
nal jurisdiction to IL court wherein no
provision was made for a trial bv Jury.
ii this lntimation of the court sbouid
prevail, the result would he that over
IL considerable class of offences no court
whatever would have jurisdiction. as
the jurisdiction thus given the police
court was exclusive. The bench and
Oar OF the district felt some alarm at
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Vermont Democratic Convention,

The Democratic State Convention
was held at Montpelier Thursday, the
25th nit. A fair number of delegates
were present. The convention WAS
called to order by the Hon. II. b. Smith.
Chairman of the State Committee. G..
NJ. Waterman of Hyde Park, was
elected temporary Chairman, and NJ.
Mcintyre of st. Adams, vice-chairman
Messrs. Hotfer of Rutland, o. l.. Shur-
man of Newfane, secretaries. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to report
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

Mass Convention of all persons who are in
favor "f pmttin. abb, and honest men ia office, and
of nph"lding the Republican institutions of our
country IN their original purity. will IL. held At the
Town Hall, st bloomsbury, on FRIDAY. JuLl Ri.
l-1i AT o"cl"ck y. NJ. I" nominate County "tli
GERS t" hr supported hN tn" Republican Frr,u,n oi
til" County. at the election of sept. l. ia.
GEO. IDE.
j. l.. RtHiEl:S IGu. Com.
y. VI. JOHNSON \
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

the resolutions. A. N. Merchant OF
Burlington, nominated w. III. II. Bing-
ham of Stowe. for Governor. No other
name was presented and the vote was
unanimous. Henry Chase of Lyndon,
was unanimously nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor, and Otis Chamberlin
of Promfret, for State Treasurer. At
ter the nominations, the committee
read the resolutions reported, which
were adopted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

p The '.mare's nest which the
newspaper correspondents discovered
during the last hours of Congress, and
for which Judge Poland and Senator
Edmunds of this state came in for the
lions share of censuIre, iss fully eX-
planned in the Judges note we publish
elsewhere, taken from the Boston Id
rprfisey of Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03

performed his difficult and a..
~ won the admiration nt an ''lI,4.r,
before the committee ''' VIM
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
BROOKLYN, January l. 1871
II w REErIIEp

TT W
The above brief extract from Mr..
Beecher's own testimony will he suffi-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
In reply to the above letter, You sent
me the following:

In reply to the above letter, You sent
me the following:
NEW HAVEN. April 10. 1871.
Theodore Tilton ESq..-
Dear Sir: Not being in Mr.. Bccchcr'S
confidence, | have doubted what ought
to do with YOUR letter written Il week
ago. | was not-and am Willing"
to demand of him that he shall admit
me to his confidence in Il matter ON
which he chooses to he reticent. But
as the letter seems to have been writ
ten for him quite as much aS for me.
have now sent il to him without asking
or expecting any reply.
With the best wishes for your vel
fare, | am.
Yours truly, LEONARD BACON.
1t is now between two and three
months since | received from Won the
foregoing letter; and as | have not
heard that Mr.. Beecher has made Il
reply, either to you or to me, | am at
last forced to the diSagrceable necessity
of borrowing Il reply in his own words.
as follows :
BROOKLYN, January |. 1871.
| ask Theodore Tilton's forgiveness,
and humble myself before him as do
before my God. He would have been
Il better man in my circumstances than
have been. | can ask nothing except
that he will remember all other breasts
that would ache. | will not plead for
myself.
ii. w. BEECHER.
The above brief extract from Mr..
Beecher's own testimony will be sutfi-
, 1874-05-09

SERGEANT BATES AGA1N.-An interesting caval-
cade will pass through the Continent this summer.
Sergeant Bates, it is said, will on May 10 leave the
United States for Europe with two ex-soldiers Of
France and Germany, and after passing through Lon
don will proceed to Calais. In London arrangements
are to be made with an ex-soldfer of each of the other
countries of Europe to join him in the "Grsnd Inter-
national March of the Nineteenth Century" The
sergeant and the ex-soldiers, each bearing the stan.
daFd of his own country. are to march from Calais to
st. Petersburg through all the capitals of the Con.
tinent. Negotiations are in progress to persuade an
Irish Home Ruler to carry the green flag OF Erin.
A white silk banner, with the motto Peace on
Earth - is also to be carried-if possible by a negro.
The progress of these standard-bearers will be. g
magnificent spectacle, and will be watched with the
deepest interest by the civilized world ; but to render
the " Grand International march Of the Nineteenth
Century, a really striking success, Sergean mt Bates
and his companions should pay 9 visit with Seir
flags to some regular bloodthirsty ba rbarians: Why
not land on the West Coast of Africa and march
straight to Coomassie, taking Europe on the return
journey-King Koffee bringing up the procession
with bis umbrella, lent by the South Kensipgton
Museum for the occasion f-PaH Mall Gsreszes
, 1874-05-09

ham this year that Ireland vas "being ruled by
o~OerciVe legislation OF the most severe and
stringent kind. I call it severe and
stringent legislation because / can find in no
Coercion Acts ever passed for Ireland provi-
siOns of so severe a character as / find in the
existing legislation, and which will go on until
the year 1875" Also, whether he was correct
ly reported to have said at Newport PagRen,-
"Ireland is really governed by the most strin-
gent coercive Act that ever yet has existed"
ireland at this moment, / believe I may say.
is governed by these laws, which in severity
I am not saying that she severity is not ne
cessary / refrain from entering on any ques-
ton of that kind-but is governed by laws Of
coercion and stringent severity that do not ex-
list in any other quarter of the globe" And,
further, to ask whether he now judges that
claws of coercion and stringent severity that
do not exist in any other quarter of the globe"
are necessary" for the government of Ireland
by the British Parliament.
Mr.. DISRAELI.-It is some time since the
observations referred to by the noble lord were
made, and a good deal has happened in the
interval. (Laughter.) / have not had an
opportunity of examining the report of those
observations in The Times since the noble lord
gave notice of his question, but / am perfectly
ready to assume, from the general reputation
of that journal for its reports, that it was sub.
s~tantially correct. With regard to the second.
or rather the ultimate question of the noble
lord, as to whether l now Judge that claws Of
coercion and of stringent severity that do not
exist in any other quarter of the globe" are
necessary" for the government of Ireland, The
noble lord will remark that in saying what j
did-although / believe that they are probably
as necessary in the month of April as in the
month of February-yet, in the month of Fe-
bruary, I gave no opinion whatever about their
necessity. And I am not disposed to give any
opinion respecting 1t now. (Laughter.) 1t
appears to me that it would be extremely in-
convenient for q Government to express its
opinion upon a subject SO important as that
which has been introduced to our notice by the
noble lord merely in answer to q question and
before the Orders of the Day.
Lord R. MONTAGUE wish to ask whe.
Their the Prime Minister does not think it his
duty to remove from the legislation of the
country any severity which is unnecessary.
(Cries of "Order.'O
Mr.. NFWDEGATE.-I respectfully ask
you, Sir, whether it is within the understanding
upon which questions are permitted to be- put
in this House that questions involving che
gravest subject of legislation should be thus
submitted to Ministers when the House has
no IegllHlaCe opportunity Vi expressing us
opinions upon the Ministers replies. (Hear,
hear.)
The SPEAKER.-The question put by the
noble lord was not out of order. At the same
time, the Prime Minister would have been
quite entitled to decline to answer a question
of that character, as an answer might involve
argument and debate.
Lord R. MONTAGUE wish to ask whe-
Their the Prime Minister decline to answer me.
(Cries of "Order."D
No answer was given.
, 1874-05-09

"COERCIVE" LEGISLATION FOR IRE
LAND.
AN MOVEMENT QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT
LEFT UNANSWERED.
Lord r. MONTAGU asked the First Lord
of the Treasury whether he was correctly re-
ported by TIE Times to have said at Buoking-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
The Drilled Flea SQUAD.

The latest excitement in Berlin is an
exhibition of drilled feas. The exhi-
bition takes place on q large sheet of
white paper fastened upon an ordinary
table, to which all the spectators ap-
proach in turn, SO as to be able to Wit
ness in all details the extraordinary ma
neuvers of these little, but marvously
powerful and gifted rascals. Here Won
see one of the muscular fleas rolling a
small barrel along with his feet, as the
men do in the circus; there you zee q
slim, voluptuously built madam of the
species walking along in crinoline and
carrying her parasol with all the af-
fectations of city miss (; at another
place we'll trained fellow performs on
the flying trapese- without any danger
to his neck, however, since the biggest
fall would not break that while below
the trapese, on the paper, host of lit
tie ones are turning somersaults at a
fearful rate. The largest specimens of
the collection have been trained to draw
wagons, drays, carriages, etc. To fix
the harness properly on them, the flea
tanner places his pupils on q piece of
paper covered with mucilage, where
they have to stick. He then, by the
aid OF watchmaker's loop, arranges a
strong gold thread around their bodies.
and attaches it to the wagonor carriage.
The ladies of Berlin attend the exhibi-
ton in large numbers, and seem to take
an extraordinary delight in the per-
formances of the little creatures, who
are regularly fed every morning from
the arm of the great fiea-tames. he being
quite ready to shed his last drop Of
blood for his darling little pets.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
Whore Docs IL Como From I

Pints and quarts of filthy catarrhal
discharges. Where docs It all come
from? The mucous membrane. lining
the chambers of the nose, and its little
glands, are diseased, 10 TINT they draw
from tho blood its liquid, and exposure
to tho air changes it into corruption.
This ife-Gquid was to build up the
system, but it is extracted and the sys-
tenn is weakened by the loss. To cure,
gain flesh and strength by using DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which also nets directly upon these
glands, correcting them, applying DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy with DR.: Pierce'a
Nasal Douche, the only method OF
reaching the upper cavities where the
discharge accumulates and comes from.
oATARRH OF 20 YEARS STANDING CURED.
MONROE, Onachita Parish, La., Sept.
10, 1871.-R v. Pierce, M. D.:-Some'
time about last juno commenced the
use of your medicines, and they have
entirely cured me of Catarrh of twenty
years standing. Respectfully,
Mrs. g. E. PHILLIPS.
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Joaquin Ailler's Estimate Of English.

Joaquin Miller places his own esti-
mate on Englishmen in general, and
Londoners in particular. "At recent
dinner in London" he says. II was
sandwiched in between two venerable
authors, who persisted in talking, be-
tween the toasts, about Americans. T
did not know these mentor, as you
are aware, it is not the custom to intro
duce promiscuously, with us-and, of
course, they were not talking for my
benefit. One of these men finally made
the startling statement that some scien-
tific Englishman had just told him that
the third generation in America, if un-
mixed with European blood, showed q
physical development precisely like
that of the Indian. He boldly insisted
that it was quite impossible for America
to produce q race of men peculiarly
American that would be above that. Of
the red man. These things, the vener-
able old dolt insisted, ARE matters of
soil and climate"
DR.. WALKER tried various extracts
from herbs and roots, without benefit.
He noticed, however, that Alcohol, that
OtAlo VI WIG AuAssA A0GOS "sso uoCN Al
their preparation, and he determined to
exclude the poison entirely from his
own practice, so that the sin of making
men drunkards, while pretending to
cure them, should never lie at his door.
The Almighty blessed his experiments,
and in the VINEGAR BrrTRRs he has pro-
duced pure, health-restoring agent,
which banishes disease in every form,
re-invigorates the system, and restores
strength to the feeblest sufferer. There
is no part of life's citadel where the en-
envy can make a Judgment, that the
and put him to the rout.-In,purity
Of blood is the parent of disease the
liver, the stomach, the lungs, the nerves,
every vital organ is affected primarily,
from this cause, and in this direction
the VINEGAR Buffers acts with magical
| inf1uence.-Com.
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A Drinking Song.
~ LONNYHLL0W.

Come, old friend, sit down and listen
From the pitcher placed between us
How the waters laush aud glisten
In the head Of old Silenus.
Old Silcnus, bloated, drunken,
Led by his inebriate satyrs;
On his breast his head Is sunkcl,,
Vacantly he lecrs and chatters.
Round about him fair Bacchantcs,
Rearing cymbals, flutes, and thyrses,
Wild from Naxian groves, or zantes
Vineyards, sing dclirious verses.
Thus he won, through al the nations,
Bloodlcss victories, and the farmer
Bore, "a trophies and oblationa,
Vines for banners, plows for arnlor.
Judged by no o'er-zealous rigor,
Much this mystic throng expresses;
Dacchus wss the type Of vigor,
And Silcnus Of cxceeses.
These are ancient cthnic rcvels
OF faith long since forsaken:
Now the satyrs. changed to devils,
T'rixl,tcn lnortAls wine-o'ertaken.
Now to rivulets from the mountains
Point the rods Of fcrtune-tellers:
Youth perpetual dwells In fountains,
Not in TASKS, aud kegs, and cellars.
Claudius, though he sang Of daGons,
And huge tankarils hlled with Rhenish
From that fiery blood Of dragons
Never would his own replenish.
Even Redi, though he chaunted
Bacchus in the Tuscan Valleys
Never drank the vino he Wanted
In his dithyrambic sallies.
Then with water AL the pitcher,
Wreathed about with classic fables:
Ne'er Talernian threw . richer
Light upon Lucullus' tables.
Come, old friend, sit down and listen:
As it passes there between us,
How its wsvelets laugh and slisten
In the head Of old Silenus.