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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-08

A MISSISSIPPI TowN DEsrRof.p. =
Memphis, Sept 1.-The following par.
ticularg concerning the destructive lire vt
Greenyile, Miss, Wednesday mornirg,
have been obtained from passengers ireh
that place The fire is supposed 10 10
the work of an incendary 1t originated
10 the grocery store OF Morgan y P!att.
then crossed Mulberry street, going east,
and Main street west, destroying the en-.
tire portion Of the town IRON Mulberry
stree, to the river, embracing nearly all
the business houses, ia all seventy.three
houses valued at over quarter OF mil
| lion dollars Insurance about $3.50 900,
of which planters in Mississippi and
Memphis have large amounts. There
will be considerable suffering Nearly
all the provisions in town were DESTROYED.
The house in which the fire originated had
been previously fired ut different times.
A man named Maj Thompson was ar.
rested on being concerned in the inccndia.
ry work
Just as Serrano Is succeeding in stem.
ing the tide OF Carlism he is met with the
necessity Of forming new cabinet So
far as We recognize the men now being
summoned TO the front, they are Of tho
Old radical party. Inc national govern
NETT has succeeded in beating the Car
lists off from Puigcerda for about the
ittieth time. though that old town has
never been in such jeopardy in this war
as it was in, last week. The women
helped ON the wals aud the garrison
threatened to blow up the whole town
with dynamic before they would surrcn-
der. Gen Dominique was the hero of
the rescuiug force. The CONSUMPTION is
now carrying taste Of the war into dis
tant PROVINCES aud retired valleys, where
up TO this time the people have pursued
their daily ayocations, quite careless of
whether King Carlos or Madame Repub-
lic went to the head, The country is
now IN for tedious and varying war, in.
tlicting untold hardships aud burdens on
a people already the most ignorant and
debased Of Europe, without credit or
other resource, but binding pride.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-09-08

He was lodged in the county Jail to
await un examination.
SrECiAh TRAINS TO THE STATE FAiR.-
During the days Of the State Fair at
Rutland this week, special trains will run
between Burlington and Rutland as fol-.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
Jnoes 10 Advertisements

ANUsrMENTs-Third Pdqc-6th column.
BANKISG-HoUsEs AND BANhEES-S6renh PGge-3d COL
BOARD AND ROOMS-Third Pdgc-2d and 81 columns
BUSINESS NOTICES-FOUTh PdGc-lSt column. ,
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-NcrcHh FdQe-ith c"iuiI"'
CORPORATION NOTICES Ihid Pdgc-Cth column
DIvIDEND NOTCES-ScrcEh TdCe-3i column
DRY GOODs-Thtrd Pdqe-21 ana : columns 90, oo,
EUROPEAN ADyERTIsEMENTS-IhHd Fdge-2i auu gu WI
TURoPE,N Horr1s-Third PGgc-2d and 81 COLUMNS
EXCULsIDNs- PGge-6'h column
!NANCIA-SfreHh Idge-3 column.
lURNITURE-Tbtr P'gc-l>t column , .,
IIrIp WANTED MALES -ThiTd Pdgo-5th coluIhn o.A
IIopsrs CAEKfAGLs, HARNESS, &c.-IhEd I9yo-o'n
IvsTrTcrioS- Siryh Pnrc-lst ard li columns.
MIMI tND SLATE MA\IEiS-IhiTd Pdge-6lh cOluIln'
Wapnt,GTs AND DEATus-Iifh Pdge-6th column
MISCELLANEOUS -EiqhLh Pdgc-5th ana 6th Columns
Nrsic.I. iNSTgt-l Nj NTS-Ihird PIOc-Gin column
MN PuBIICA AIIONs-SiTft Tdgc-lst column.
RLAI ESTATE FOR SALE-NEwJERSEN-Ih Ih'rd Pdge-lst
columu: COUNrRY-IhTd PG0c-lSt column; AUCTION
Third Pagc-1St column; To EXCHANGE-ihTd rage
ls column.
s,Lrs ny AUCTIoS-Sirib Pdgc-2i column.
SAVINGS BASkS-ScrcHth Fdge-'d and +th columns
,TIONS WANTED. NALEs-IhUd P1Gc-ith and 5th
columns: FEMALEs-Ihird Pdgc-jth column.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Fiti IdGe-Gih column -
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILROADS -Strcah Idge-5th ana ON
STEAMERS. OcrAN-SereuM Pdce-lth and 5th columns.
STX,frR EITHIATS- Ihird PIgc-Gi and ith columns.
TEACHERS PdgC-2 column.
THE TURI-IHird IdJc-Gth column.
10 Ii. CIY PROPFET1-Ihtd PG0c-lst colnmn ;
EEcOKLYN-TATcidgC-lst cUidmn; COUNTRY -IhTd
PG0c-l,t column.
To Nno.; II MAY CoSCERN-ScreHh Pdqe-ith column.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
2setp'2lork Duly gribnale.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
MONDAY, JULY 90, 1874.

There ministerial crisis in France. The Duke de
Brosie has been unable 10 form Ministry account
Of the opposition OF the Legitimsts to organization
OfMacMahOn's powers. 60 The Prussian Government
has increased the trngency OF the regulations against
Ultramontane agitation. == The Chevaier Nigra has
given assurances OF the cordial friendship between
France and Italy. The City of Cuenca mas surren
dered TO the Carlists All Spain has been declared in
state OF siege.
The intercollegiate boat at Saratoga on Saturday
was won by the Columbia crew. 60 The remains of "a
little girl found in Boston, which proved 10 be
those OF another victim OF the boy murderer POmerOy
- railway accident IN Michigan Saturday
suited IN the death of seven men; the Erie Road
near Canaseraga N Y, collision occurred, causing
the death Of aud the wOuuding OF several.
Desperate fighting with Indians is reported at various
points in the Wesefn country, - The Council and
citizens of Chicago taking steps for more efficient
protection against fire.
An officer was nearly killed by the confederates OF
burglar whom he had captured. 60 The Atlantic and
Great Western project for narrow gauge was an
nounced The Governor refused TO remove the
Commissioners of ArmOIles and DriIROOms G.
Samuel WI6esOn gave testimony before the Plymouth
Church Investigating Committee IN relation to the
cumstances under which the compact signed. -
Chesapeake the August Stakes Acrobat the Robbins
Stakes, StOckwOOd the Consolation Purse ShyocK the
Matoh and George West the stcepe Chase Monmouth
Park 60 Gold, 10, 1lOi, llOs. Thermometer, 77o,
$50
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

of manufactured goods could be found, and
the balance of trade has been greatly in our
favor; but still the gold has not come back
Whyf Because there is no use here for any
more gold, if we had it. But, says Gov. Hen
bricks, we owe debts to foreigners, which we
must pay and that takes our gold. We always
shall have foreign debt so long as invest
ments here are more productive than they are
in Europe, and our credit is not utterly gone
What is to prevent thrifty Englishman or
German from buying United States
bond, or a bond of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, or from trusting the New
York merchants to whom he sells silks or
wooden goods These debts, so long as the
credit of our people Is preserved, are no OBJ
stacle to the restoration of specie payments.
We are not, even now, called upon to pay
them. Whatever Gov. Hendricks and Mr..
Boutwell, may say, we shall not pay any con-
siderable par. of them for generations to come.
Debts in other forms will simply be substl-
tuted for the debts maturing. Is 1t to be sup
posed that our people will stop building rail
roads and clearing up the country for the sake
of having Europeans what those Europeans
have no wish to receiver Neither shall we
nav orr foreign debts with gold aud silver.
This country, it is true, produces gold and
silver, and we export the surplus because we
cannot heap it up within our own borders any
more than Spain could mOnopollze the treas
ure of the New World. Gold and silver enter
into the exports and imports precisely i'll
the same way as do cotton, grain, and sugar
They are sent where and when they are most
wanted. When the precious metals are wanted
here TO circulate as money, or to form part
of a convertible currency, they will not be
sent away, and it is in all human probability
Just as easy to increase our stock OF gold and
silver now for the purpose of establishing
currency of stable value as it will be at any
time within the next ten centuries. 1t Is all
very well for the Western Boutwell, to say
that it should be our policy to increase our
supply of specie "until we reach condition
'where specie payments may be safely re-
"sumed;" but his method of doing this,
namely to pay off our foreign indebtedness
and establish the balance of trade in our
favor, and all the while keep the business
community supplied with all the legal-tender
paper money they want, is Like starting Mr..
Barnum's balloon on a voyage alter the
comets tail. 1t is of the nature of the balloon
TO come down, and it is equally the fate of all
paper money bubbles to burst, and invariably
to the great disgust of the business cOmmu-
nitV
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

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New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
pDIIyS MDJHER

While everybody lends a willing eye and
ear to Polly, rose-tinted, arch and debonair,
as she woos and wins her way through the
world, Polly's mother SO suddenly finds her
self hustled into the unnOticed crowd that
she almost loses her breath. If Polly should
lisp belief in Cog or MagOg, or profess her
self Thug, it would be held as a pretty
caprice; but the stout middle-aged matron is
humOred in no vagaries of opinion or action,
cold Neglect drills her TO keep step with
the rank and file of orthodoxy, or to pay
hard penalty; her easiest. securest honor, she
knows, even in these days of freedom for
women, lies in her lack of distinction. Polly
has sprung up beside her, she hardly knows
how or when. 1t was only few weeks ago,
according to her table of time, that she was
packing her own dresses-hounced silk tissues,
silvered more antiquos-for Saratoga or the
White SULPHUR. OF dyeng her sash in poke
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

The Mayor has been trying his hand at re-
moving city officials, and has made failure
of it. his action not receiving the approval OF
Gov. Dix. The Commissioners at whom ne
aimed were Sheridan Shook, Francis NJ Bixpy'
and Charles Cowen, against whom no charges
existed. but who were deemed needless oihclals
by the Mayor. The closing sentence Oh OoV'
Dix. in which he reminds the Mayor that " the
power of removal is a high prerogative and
Ought not to be exercised but for grave
causes ought to be some comfort to MIR.
Havemeyer. The Mayor happens to be under
charges, but hardly of character to be
classed as grave, and the pOSsibities-indeed
the probabilities-are that the Governor will
not consider them serious enough to warrant re-
moval or trial. The Governors letter with
holding his consent to the removal OF the
Commissioners of ArmOries doubtless has more
significance in this last sentence than in all
the remainder.
There does not seem to be much harmony
in President MacMahOn's Cabinet, and yet they
are so fastened together that an especially dis
cOrdant element cannot be eliminated without
bringing the whole structure down. NJ Four
since he went in. His management of the i'm
portant Department of the Interior has been
such as to keep the Government in continual
turmoil. When he acted, he raised storm in
the Assembly. When he refused to act, as in
the case of Rouher, he made his place unten-
able among his colleagues of the MinistTy-the
Duke Decazes, it is said, going so far as to
say that he or FOurtou must go. In Cabinet
with so keen an appreciation of cOronets there
could be but one result of such state OF
things, and NJ. FOurtou resigned. But 1t seems
harmony was not restored by his removal; on
| the contrary the Ministry fell INTO complete
crisis around the vacuum his departure ere
ated. The Duke de Broglie. wealied with his
short exile from government, has been trying
to build up a new Ministry, based on the old
majority which overthrow Thiers and eStab-
lished the Septennate. But there does not
seem to be cohesion enough in that old CO.
alition to answer the requirements of the
Academic Duke. NJ. Decazes was then IN
! trusted with the work, and at latest accounts
is still struggling with it. The Assembly
! grows more and more intractable. intlicting a
! defeat upon the Government nearly every day.
! One result of this is the gradual removal of
the impcrialist sympathizeTs from the Cabinet,
and the consequent accession of the Bona
partsts to the party of immediate dissolution
| in the Assembly.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

The story that Mrs. Braun, wife OF Prof Braun of
Atlanta Ga, had fallen heir to an immense estate
i'm Canada turns out TO be tale having every charm
except the essential one of truth All the Southern
newspapers are chroncling the exploits Of Prof
Braun, who is thus described: He is an under
sized German, teacher of languages, distinguished
by his unparalleled check and his remarkable unfa-
miliarity with truth an abstract principle; in
deed may be said that with him truth is stranger
than fiction" Thus subsidies into nothing but wind
the wndfal Of sixteen milliOns Thus fades into
something as unsubstantial a ghost in Ossan
Mrs. Brauns maternal grandsire,p who was Gov
ernor-GenCral OF Canada Never mind most
learned Professor! Your Unparalleled cheekp and
your immense conversational powers are IA valua-
ble possession, wAIch nobody can take away from
YOU.
The tale OF a very much overloaded beast comes
to us from Southern Colorado, where. alas there
no Mr.. Bnrgh. Ii Is the story of man, woman,
ellgrown boy, two babies. six blankets. and
buffalo robe all on single pony From his ears to
his tail not sin e square inch Of surface was left
unoccupied. Yet lie was not large, not muscular
pony; and his legs were short, and one of them. by
some freak of nature shorter than the rest We arc
equally surprised and reioiced to read that both
children We're sleeDing soundlY.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

1t is now reported that the priest HauthOler,
arrested for completely IN the attempt upon
the life of Prince Bismarck, is innocent.
There were ten chances to one that this
would prove to be the case. Occasionally a
priest goes mad and commits murder like
other men, but in these days no church hires
assassins, and no eeclesiastc in his senses
arranges with them their criminal plans. But
the effect of this priests arrest was to set
people to thinking of the wickcdness of the
Pope and the non-juring bishops, and even
the announcement of his innocence will not
entirely do away with this. The shot con-
tinues a good one for Bismarck, if his wrist
gets well.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
Nmuscments ano hlertinss.

BARSUM's ROMAN MISREPRESENTATION at 23o and
ats.
NBLO's TUYATER.-" Fiustus"
THR CorossEUM.-'L London by Day" from 10 a. M to 8
y. IN.
UNION SQUARE TuEATER.-"With the Tide Miss Katie
Mayhew.
CRSrpAI PARK GARDEN.-Theodore Thomass Summer
Nights Concerts
Ir,yIrr ART GALLFDY.-Flne Art Exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
brslne5s Ncllres.
TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

Has PAID OVER NINETEEN THOUSAND CLAIMS,
for ,esih or .jurg by Accilrut-IR,v6LEEs, Hartford
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

perienced man is as discreditablo 10 'hc
Commissioners as it is demoralizing TO the
force
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

The cheerful kilograms of Saturday announc-
ing the return of the Indian raiders to their
reservations, although they were accepted by
Gems. Sherman and Sheridan as genuine, were
apparently premature. This morning the dis
patches show that the COmanches, Sioux, and
other tribes in whole or in part, are still ex-
hibiting a peculiarly murderous activity on the
frontier. One of our Agents attributes the
outbreak to the rascalities of white horse
thieves, and there may be much truth in what
lie says But it is probably beyond the power
of the Government to abolish cruelty and
crime among the Plains men. The Indians,
being less numerous, may possibly be abolished
in few years; and it is the melancholy con-
vction of most Western people that this is
the Only result which will accomplish lasting
peace.
New-York tribune., 1874-07-20

The conduct of Officer Mckenzie in attack
ing gang of burglars on Saturday night,
and thus frustrating THEN attempts at Sob-
berry, is worthy the emulation OF the police,
which of late has been making good record.
IL the force only had at its head men Of
ability, energy, youth, and common sense, in
stead of the present inefficient Commission, 1t
,vouId soon establish better reputation than
II has ever vet owned. There Is httle incen-
tive however. to heroic actions on the part of
privates-or indeed to the full performance Oh
their duties-in view Of the lamentabie TACT
that the weak Commissioners are wasting
their time in intrigues to elect Superlntend-
ent in partisan interestc. The present shame
ful delay III Cling this position with an ex-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
A Novel Torped do.
WARD II. LAAog.

Torpedo experiments still continue a.
the Royal Arsenal, bu, are at present con-
fined to Whitehead's fsh torpedo. This is
made of steel, is about eight feet long,
eighteen inches in diameter at the center.
and tapers off to point at each end; &C the
tail end there is q three bladed screw pro-
heller, worked By an engine inside the body
and tour-bladed rndder to steer il in the
direction it is intended to go 1t is construct.
ed in three parts; the head contains the
rocket. which being charged with gun cnt-
ton when required for active service, is
fired By eoneussi1R with the enemies ship,
and inte2del to blow up the vessel. The
tail end ID chamber which holds the oou,.
pressed air to work the engines, and in the
middle portion Is plsced the engine, with
: ur Of Gym sers. Ths.e .ory-i -ass are sub
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
A w est Virginia Tragedy.

The merest outlines Of a tragedy which
occurred in . West Virginia tow, on the 2d
inst. are given by The Point Pleasant Reg
lister. That paper sass: "For some time
past Capt. John NJ. Ball End Charles Ii.
Jordan, all @! Uannan District, have been
at law about small piece OF land, and on
the return oi Capt. Ball from trip to Gin
cilnati, lie and four Other men went upon
the Lind and to the house in dispute, where
Charles Ii. Jordan resided, and demanded
Of Jordan possession Of the entire premi-
zee. Jordan refused to surrender, and the
result was the death Of both Bail and Jor
dan, the seriously wouniing Of Young vii
liam Rice, who happened at the time to be
ut his brV,her-in Invertebrates II. Jor
dan. No particulars Of this terrible tra:
edy are given other than this; When W III
lam Rice, tour late townsman) arrived at
the scene OF conflict, he found a man by
the name Of Robinson still beating his bro.
Their, Vim Rice who was very dangerously
=
wounded by being stabbed by pitchfork
about the hips and lover part of tie bow
els. The other three men who had accom-
PANEL Ball had run away. Henry Rice
found his brother in law, Charles IL. Jor
dan, lying dead Immediately in front an,.
near tho door of his house, with nun
Der Of pitchfork stabs about his chest, AM!
Bal lying few feet distant, shot through
the body. The report Is tLat Robinson,
who was round bea ing Young Rec, when
his brothei came to his rescue, was drunk
and the presumption is tina. the attaching
party were all drunk. DR.. Kerr was called
and eutertlins hopes that young William
Rice will recover
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
Popular Weather Signs.



Would it not serve useful purpose il
some scientific meteorological were to gath
er in.o macs the various weather sigrs-
whether valuable or nut-treasurei by tee
farmers and other common sense people of
the country, AMI then lift them, so that
those Of real value NAV have their proper
influence, and these which are merely fan
ciful pay cease to mislead?
That there are weather signs in abun-
darce. everybody knows. That the greater
part OF these signs Is utterly valueless,
every person of intelligence can testify.
Yet that they do practically influence the
time and mode of the planting of crcrs,
and of their after culture, will be seknowl-
edge by many who would rot be suspected
Of the folly, and who can give no other
reason for it than the force Of habit
I'VE ere going to have dry lnon,b, ."
said farmer the other day.
GLOW do you know be was asked.
'By the Indians sign of the new moon,'
he replied. "Its horns hung so sloping
that they GOULD hold no wa'er."
His companion laughed. why that's
my min for We; moon. The horns slope
60 that they let loose all the water"
TIE sign in the one case was no doubt
as prophetic as in tie other.
Always plant your potatoes in the dark
Of the moon, If you wish to have a full
crop" heard my neighbor say. "BG!
, never kill your pork, nor boil your soap at
.ueh time, unless yen are willing to have
them shrink to nothing"
What is your authority for this!"
Il have always so heard" tie answered
with some hesitation, land always so prac
ticed. Potatoes, You know, being root,
naturally love darktess. And soap and
Lacon--l suppose they take thar cue from
the state Of the moon. The fact j., | only
know that this is the old time rule"
ave are to have frost on May l0th,'
said farmer to me on the Ssh Of April.
was shocked, for he looked wise and
lugubriCus, and ii frost a. that time IN our
latitude would have lost millions Of dollars.
| asked, GLOW do you know
because We hal "a fog on the 10Th of
March"
lie saw me smiling and aided, 81 have
heard this rule ever since | was 4 boy, ana
it has never fliled yet"
"The surest rule know foreteIiing tie
weather throughout the year" said plan
ter possessed at least Of a semi collegiate
education, "is 20 note the twelve days be-
tween ole Christmas and new from De-
cember . 20 January 6). The months OF
the ensuing year are ap. to be wet or dry
cool or warm, according to the days CORE
( 81 onting' lie seriously declared that fo'
many years he la pitched his crcp" and
ordered his plantation work under this ru't
( and found that it served well. No douh
/ for that amount Of time in advance, it wa
quite as good as any other rule in ord!nar.
use
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-16
Chairman If Snh Commit y
TAKE NO E.CE.
CoUSTY CLERKS OFFICE,

September %. ISL. !
Tie following resolution was adopted al;
the speciti session at. cuauty HUard of Su-
pervisors, held in tho city aud oounts OF
NagitoWlc. which session commenced thu
lltk day Of September inst.:
WHEREAS. There are many mistakes made
by p. 2. fuesseuich. while in the office "a
County Clerk therefore.
ReSoipsf. That the present Clerk Of the
Board CT Supervisors lie authorized 10 ask
through the four city papers Of Manit"wuc,
that parties holding receipts Of L. L. furs-
seIich, for the redemption Of taxes, present
them at the County Clerks Office tn ascer-
tain if the proper entries are made In books
of sale 70 cancel said taxes, and that the
present Clerk be authorized to make the
proper entries on said hooks. and report
each case to this Botrl. thereby swing
county . great amount Of trGublc aLI
pense from Illegal tax deeds
Notice is hereby giyan, that the County
Clerk can be found ut his office. between the
hours of 9 a m. AMI p. n. each dIy, ready
and wiling to attend to the duties assigned
to him in the foregoing resolution.
If Il q PIERP0NT. County Clerk.