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VERY CONFEDERATE /!

The actions of one Jayne, the subpnning
of dishonest clerks, the search for, seizure
and carting away of private books, papers
and letters the system Of spies
and informers, and the exposures
made before the committee on ways
and means in reference to these gross
abuses, and the dem0ralizing tendency of
the moicty system have been, for days,
weeks and months, agitating the whole
country. The intense feeling of the
country has been still more intensified by
more recent and more disgraceful dis
closures. With here and there an eXcep-
ton, the press of the whole country. with
out distinction of party, have been placing
before their readers all of the facts in re-
ference TO the iniquitous Sanborn contracts
and the law 10y which they were author
lied. With the same exceptions, the law
itself has been published and it has been
pointed out how the spirit, if not the very
letter, of the law was departed from in the
making of these contracts. Without dis
tinciion of party, the press and people have
felt how deeply the country has been hui
inflated by these disclosures Republicans,
except those OF the Butler stamp, have
felt the humiliation more deeply than the
opposition, because we felt that we as a
party were, in measure, somewhat re-
sponsible for the matter. What honest,
American citizen has not keenly telt the
humiliation aid disgrace caused by the, tc
say the least, surprising testimony of Viii
liam A. Richardson, secretary of the treas
ury, and Frederick a. Sawyer, assistant
secretary of the treasury ?-either standing
alone, or when compared with the testi
mony of others These facts, or some OF
them. couple with others have lost us the
elections in several states. The republican
press. almost as an unit. have published
the details from day to day, as in duty
bound, as a matter of news. We have, il
the same manner, denounced tho
wrong doing in connection there
with, and impl0red that such prompt
action might be taken as to clear the skirt:
of the party from all appearance of com
plicity herewith. We all know that an in
dictmcnt was pending against Sanborn an(
Others in Brooklyn, and that an investiga
ton was going on before the committee oil
ways and means, but we hcsitatcd not t(
cry aloud and spare not to expose wronl
doing and demand reform. One Vernon
| newspaper has been more ..considerate
| What noble (O example it has placed be
| fore the prses of the country. 1t, as il
says, may have suppressed the news ant
refrained from comment because it g die
not seek to interfere with the course o
Judge Benedict must be duly thankful t,
you for such course If you | al onl,
spoken how different might have been thu
! Judges decision, 1t still refrains out of re
spect to the committee. and when they re
port, then it will spread before the coun
try in an authentic form" /" the who'll
facts. Here it is consderate again Tn,
''whole facts will then be news indeed
Verify second Daniel, and very consid
ate one, has come TO judge the people.
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Tle 8utlana daily Gluhe.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1874
TRIMS IN ADVANCE.
THE SCOTT AMENDMENT.

A surprising discovery has been maze Us
m the effect of what is known as the "Scott
amendment on the "cunency bill, which
passed the Senate and is pending in the
House. The original bill was designed as
q measure of initiation, and, as such, was
opposed by Senator Scott and all others
who believed in speedy return to specie
payments, and were opposed toall measures
which would tend to speculation and, ulti-
mately, to bankruptcy. Senator Scott pro-
uosed his amendment, to the effect, that
thrcc.uuarters of the bank reserves should
he kept at home, that is by the bank itself,
and only one-quarter in city banks. ms
seemed harmless enough, but according to
calculations made by Comptroller Knox, IL
the bill becomes law, there will be an I'M
mediate contraction of the currency nearly
equal in amount to the additional national
bank circulation provided for The CON
traction will be immediate, taking place as
soon as the bill becomes law by the Pres
iJent's signature: while it will, necessarily,
he some time before the additional currency
can be issued, distributed to those parts OF
the country entitled thereto, and put in cir
culation. We fear, however, now that the Ell
feet of the amendment has been discovered,
that the inhationsts will procure its repeal,
before it becomes law Dispatches say
that both the inlatonists and contraction
ist, were greatly surprised at the discovery
of the effect of the amendment, What II
commentary on the capabilities OF our Sen
ators and representatives Yet these are
the men who make "money' CO. as well rs
laws for u.s.
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Ii the friends Of temperance reform
needed an adequate portrayal OF one of the
worst obstacles with which they have TO
contend, the last two articles in The
GLOBE, signed MAX" have furnished it.
How they can be legitimate sequences to
the fact can comprehend only under
one theory The house was well nigh
swept and garnished, but this uneasy spirit
took to himself other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they entered in, and the
last state is worse than the first. "Max"
does not wish to be understood as endors-
ing or approving the practices which he
holds up to us clothed in all the sui tie
sophistry of which he is master That
vlrtuous declaration stands a small chance
in view of the sublime strains of mephislo-
phelean logic, plausible and smooth as the
arch fiend himself could desire, to which
the readers of THE GLOBE are invited.
He does not openly endorse, but he offers
for our consideration as confirmation of his
theories the laws which govern hu-
man society, the worlds experience, ma
tional drinks ordered and provided for by
nature as rule. European emancipation
from the greater and more painful evils of
intemperance. The thing of beauty and
joy forever which he exhibits to us in a
special manner, is plethoric, sleepy Ger
man, guzzling lager and dlmly visible
through the clouds of smoke with which
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Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, who is so
practical man that it is wonder how he
became a member of Congress, in his re-
port on the nations expenditures, is very
severe upon the tawdry style of architec-
ture, which belongs to no regular order
whatever, the taste for which may not be
coarse, though ii is unquestionably vulgar,
He declares that the ''present rage for
Mansard roofs, broken by frequent gro
tesque protuberances, elevated from the
center and from every corner, creates a
necessity for unnumbered cutters, which
may be always warranted to need repairs,
and building thus fussily rooted furnishes
an opportunity for a too ambitious archi-
tect to bestrew the elevations with all the
finery of rambling, eccentric fancy"
Mr. Chief Architect Mullett must feel con
siderably ilattered at this description of his
favorite style of adornment of edifces,
which after few years of exposure to
the dust and smoke Of cities. become dngy
and disagreeable in appearance and have
only the character of the 'shabby genteel,"
Boston Journal Of Commerce.
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MAKE Ia UNDERSTOOD

Our readers are familiar with the con-
spiracy on the part Of "Chevalier," Uhlinc
and Others to defraud the Merchants In
surance company of New York city, and
we need not repeat the details thereof. any
further than is necessary to elucidate an
important question in reference to insur-
ance that has been developed thereby. As
the iirst step, Uhllng procured, what may
be called, joint and several insurance
upon the lives of himself and Louisa
Germs -the girl or woman whom it was
alleged was dead, buried, and who, subse-
quently, turned up alive-in view of in
tended marriage, as was stated in the
policy, the amount of the insurance to be
paid to the survivor OF course, marriage
could not take place, because Uhling was
already married. Throwing aside the
question Of conspiracy and fraud, the in
surance companies of New York claim
that in the case of an actual death. the
policy would have been void for want of
subsequent marriage. In other words.
John Roe and Susan Smith are engaged to
be married in view thereof. and il il 81
stated one of these joint and several poll
cies for ten thousand dollars is taken ont.
the amount to be paid to the survivor this
is all done in good faith, but on account of
poverty, years elapse without marriage
by means of their joint earnings. they
continue to pay the premium for, say, ten
years. the man then dies, but the policy is
void because the parties did moi, subsequent
to its issue, consummate their iona tide in
tention of marriage Accident, poverty or
other cause may have prevented marriage,
but Notwithstanding the regular payment
OF premiums, the insurance company re-
fuse to pay the policy, claiming it to be
void. 1t does not seem to us that the
claim is law, reason, equity, justice or com
mon sense. Life insurance is unqucstona-
bly, great boon, and many family have
been saved from want and destitution by
means thereof. But if there are many
such traps as this, for it is nothing
but trap, no man or woman can tell
whether they are insured or not. Fraud
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NO PERJURY.

We have referred, elsewhere, to the al
legged facility with which insurance com
panies can take money from their patrons
and then avoid the payment of the policy
after death, and we have now to call at
tenton to another matter growing ont OF
the same conspiracy. A coffin, containing
Il certain number of bricks, was buried in
one of the cemeteries near New York city,
premit Icing granted therefor upon the
certificate of an individual, calling himself
"doctor," that certain female had died.
1t appeared that there was a policy of in
surance on the life of this female, payable,
in case of death, to one Uhing. This Ch-
ling, his wife, and an undertaken having
prepared the bricks, coiiined them, seen
them duly buried, proceeded to obtain, or
attempt to obtain, the insurance. For this
purpose, they made all the ''proofs" re-
quired by the insurance companies. They
made, as we would call it in Vermont, "af-
fidavits," and what is more, to fuse Yer
mont language again, "made oath to
to them. Upon this proof upon these
affidavits," the insurance company were
thing about the marriage fdiuleasG6iin@@ wHah
several discrepancies were discover
ed investigation followed; the
brick and the supposed dead per-
son were exhumed; andSthe conspiracy
was exploded. Arrests of course, follow
ed. When, however, the question of crime
was considered, it was discovered that in
these "affidavts" and "oaths, there vas no
perjury, no crime. These men had simply
written and told lies. Morally, perhaps.
there is no difference between falsehood
which is perjury or one which is simply a
lie but in law and in its effect upon the
community it is vastly different. If these
proofs, 'aflldavts and oaths" had
been made or taken in Vermont there
would have been an addition to the number
OF convicts in states prison; but in New
York it is nothing but harmless, unpunish-
able lying. Perjury is one of the most
dangerous of crimes, as well as one of the
most difficult to prove Here, however,
was a case where, if it had happened in
Vermont, the proof was almost self evil
dent yet under the regulations of the in
surance companies and the laws of New
York, it is nothing but naked faschood of
which the law and courts can take no notice.
uhling is lucky, and the door is open to
him for many more frauds, if his life shall
be spared his "misdemeanor" or] ''conspi
racy to dciraud" don't amount to much, as
we well know from theresult of the Tweed
case New York law is a great institution.
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ought to vitate all contracts, those for life
insurance as well as others, but never fair
dealing. If, however, the claim of the in
surance companies is correct, honesty and
fair dealing are of no account but honest
poverty or unavoidable accident may ena-
bic corporation to fitch the hard earnings
of individuals and then, by trick or de-
vice, avoid its contract on their part. In
surance companies owe it TO themselves and
those who rely on their promises to explain
this matter, deal fairly, and always, when
issuing policies, make their meaning fully
and fairly understood.
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The Chicago Hter-OcsaR says that Il
clerk in bookstore in Louisville, where
lottery tickets were sold, laid as dc enc for
himself numbered 1907. A short time apo
the proprietor of the store received letter
from one Perkins, living in an interior town,
stating that he dreamed that No. 1907
would draw the capital prize, and request
said proprietor to purchase that ticket for
him if it was to be had The clerk stated
that this was the very identical ticket he
had selected for himself, and thereupon
pulled out his money and paid for it. lie
then wrote TO Perkins that he could have
the ticket for 5000. Strange to say the re-
turn mail brought an acceptance of the
offer, and request that the ticket be at
once forwarded to Perkins. This so excit-
ed the clerk that he backed square out and
declared that he would not sell it for less
than $1,000. lie was soon astounded at
receipt OF another letter agreeing to these
terms, and demanded the ticket. This SO
worked npon the nervous clerk that he re-
fused point blank TO sell it at any price.
and, for fear that the priceless ticket might
get lost, he locked it up in a bank vault.
The young man has just discovered that
whole thing was hoax, played upon HIM
by acquaintance, and, what IS worse, has
found out that 1907 drew nothing but a
blank in the "grand scheme"
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'eE,c From Grade.
\ LETTER FROM poTrsyILIE, Pa.

a LEI fls flpM i-OI ish ill.l-, Ia.
The probabilities of rupture between
the workers and the manufacturers in the
Schuylkll and Lehigh iron regions are in
creasing. The trade at this time is excess
sNely dull, yet the men are demanding an
increase of wages. During lhe last few days
general meetings of the iron workers or the
societies of the National Puddlcrs' Union
have been held in the leading cities of the
iron country. These conferences have in
nearly every instance been conducted in Sc
cret. The result of the meeting which took
place at Reading few days ago and in
which 120 FORCES were represented by dele
gates from every iron-producing state in the
Union, is of the greatest importance, mas
much as it forecasts a general stand-Out"
in the producing trade.
A large number Of the leading producers
have determined to close operations, some
even going so far as to declare an intention
of suspending for the entire year. The
following great establishments are already
suspended Pennsylvania iron company,
Danville, employing 1000 men; the Dun
canon Mill, situated in Cambria county
the Cambria iron works at Sohnstown, en-
ploying 1000 men; the Susquehanna roll
ling mill at Columbia, G. Il. Pennock's
rolling mill at Coatsville, the great Crane
works at Catasaqua, the Reading hardware
company, Guffert, McManus & Co., Read
ing, and a number of others. Fully 1900
men are idle There are now fifty-three
furnaces out of blast in the state, and, as
an extensive manufacturer asserted the
other day, by the LIST of July there will not
be single forge in operation.
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COLLEGE HILL,
SgIfENfT grTAnN mil * tS

'''hANLblAbl, Aplll IL, icif
Your correspondent was much pleased,
on arriving at the seat of conference, to
learn that, as on former occasions, both in
attendance on conference and in the per-
Torrance of duties at the college, he was
assigned TO College Hill to be the guest of
Mrs DR.. Mott, and that his associates are
to be Rev. Drs Witherspoon and d.
Starks, and Rev. J. NJ. Webster, presiding
elder of Cambridge district.
Reaching the mansion he found Rev.
Dr. Potter, President of the college,
Bishop Foster, and Prof. VIM Wells
present in the library, awaiting tea. Among
the topics of social chat were the return to
this conference of n Rev. DR.. of the Epis-
copal church, of which will write more
fully by and by. the temperance movement
in Ohio, under the instigation of DR.. bio
Lewis, in which movement the latent tai
ent of so many ladies is brought out, show
ing them to be among the most effective
speakers, especially on those subjects in
which their feelings are enlisted This led
on to the secret of the power of Miss Smi-
ley, the sweet and sanity Quakeress who is
doing much to break the bands that have
held in durance the sources or possibilities
OF much good in the church and other
moral reforms,
The good and scholarly Bishop is in better
physique than have ever seen him. 1t is
not little noticeable what power there is
in travel and good living to give Episcopal
dimensions to small thin, spare, scholarly
looking menS 1t is not yet two years since
the election and conservation OF DIR. II. s.
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THE RUTLAND DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 49, 1874

Foster to the Episcopacy, and although
within that time he has traversed much of
our own country and has, in the
performance of his official duties, visited
Europe and South America, but amid it all
has taken on a rotundityithat gives evidence
of still further enlargement.
The anniversary programme for this CON
ference are announced as follows
Tuesday vening-Sunday School Rev
w j Heath, presiding; speakers, Rcys.
NJ ID Jessup and w J Tilley.
Wednesday evening Frcedmen's Aid;
Rev A Campbell president speakers, Reys
j A Savage and G Fenton.
Thursday, $3.50 p. m.-Womcn's Foreign
Missionary Rev S Meredith, president
speaker, Mrs Rev DR. Hubbard, of central
New York.
Thursday evening Church extension
Rev J Il King, ID. d., president speakers,
Revs T G Potter and T d Walker
Friday evening Education; Rev New
man, y. D., president; speakers, G G
North, Esq. of New York. and Bishop
Foster.
Saturday, 2:3O p. m-Lodies and pas
tors Chistan Union; to be addressed by
Mis- Allu w nllltlilllN u VI j lliltht'i una
Saturday evening - Temperance: ad.
dresses by Hon John ODonncll and Rev S
Mexican.
Monday evening Missionary; Rev 5
| Washburn, president; speakers, Rev
NJ Tator and o a Brown.
The Sabbath services are announced as
follows:
Conference love feast at 8 a M, Rev b
Ian 4
of deacons at 1915 n. M; sermon and ordi-
nation of elders at 230 p. m; missionary
sermon at 1870 p M, by Rev II c Sexton.
1t will be seen that the programme fol
religious services occupies all the time un'
occupied by the business of the conference
After the Sunday-school anniversary
which was held last evening, ! make the
statement that the address by Rev VI. d.
Jcsup, was n very creditable and acceptable
effort, beyond the average on such occa
sions Natural in manner with pleasant
voice, and thoughtful, / he discussed il
an impressive way this theme "Thc in
classification of the spiritual idea Of thu
Sunday school as now worked among us
He claimed that this is the best. if not thu
only remedy for the dull and monOtonou
method of conducting some schools on til,
one hand, and for the hight, airy aud insip
I'd way OF running other schools. TIN
church Of the future will be that which Sc
cures and benefits the children. The sec
ond speaker made the facts that childhoot
is the germ of manhood, and that The Sun
day school serves an important purpose il
the development of childhood the mai
thoughts of his address.
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Drugs and aNedifiaes.

RUTLAND COUNTY DRUG STORE.
OLD sronE Old PLACE OLD pRopRrrroRs /,
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own, each family having from three
to four children. BY special con-
tract with the Union Pacific Company
no other passengers were allowed In
that car and conductors and agents on
the Union Pacific warned them Of
three.eard monte men and roughs gen.
orally, and authorized them to mount
guard and keep all save employees out
Of the car. They were troubled with
reughs. and the car adjoining had .
visit or two from some sports at tho
Wells. Shields being section foreman
on the section west, just as the train
started jumped on the platform Of the
guarded car and attempted to enter,
when the door was closed In bis face,
opened again and the shot was fired.
Tho theory Of the defense was that the
shot was fred from the outside. The
Magistrate, however, sustained the
prosecution, and bound FELTON, over to
the District Court. Much sympathy IL
felt with Shields, who has been favor
ably known here for about Is months.
District Attorney Pond appeared In
behalf Of the State, and +. NJ. Smith
and j. c. Dew for the defense. Fell
ton gave ball.
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TnE ELEcTios.-rhc grand annual
election for officers OF the Gold Hill
Fire Department Is passing or very
credltably this afternoon. There 1;
no unusual excitement In the mat.
ter, aud the political pot does not boil
over badly. Tho result. as we 20 10
press. Is. "a far a. known, abaut rs
follows: For Chief, Sandy McMartin
aud Abe Jones are both ahead Char.
ley Nuttall Il ahead for First Assist.
ant, and Johnny Marks IL ahead for
Second Assistant. The polls will close
nc q o'clock T.. NJ, therefore all who
have rot voted had better hurry up.
STREET FIGms.-The feeling enter
talned by the colored people Of Nlr-
gluia City towards the Chinese resi-
dents OF that city Is very bitter at the
present time. owing 10 the killing OF
Richardson. This morning a crowd
OF colored men collected on the corner
OF G aud Union streets and attempted
TO provoke u quarrel with every CHI
naman who came along. Two fist
fights were INDUCED In, In one OF
which the Chinaman came out victo-
rlous. In the second set-te the Ethlo-
plan proved more than a match for the
Celestial.
BASE BALL--'rhe following Is tho
score Of the base ball match had yes
terday between the mlsstrels and a
picked nine from the Gold Hill Club:
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BY THE CABLES.
Deprccatc Innntion,


LONDON. April 22.-City papers de-
precate the Imitation OF U. S. currency
but think there would follow q flow Of
bullion to England.
Dangerously III.
Pans, April 22.-Baron Gustave dc
Rothsshild, the Austrian Consul Gen.
sral hero, Is reported dangerously III.
Fled From Popular Vengeance.
HAVANA. April 22.-Venzuela advl-
ccs state that Gov. Pulgar, OF Marica-
DO, has fled from the Province to Oru-
ba Islands, aud thence to Kingston, on
account OF the popular revolt against
his despotism. 1t Ia reported that
President Blanco offered him the mis-
sion to France to keep him out OF the
country.
Oyster. I'm the Gulf OF California.
Mexican advlces announce that q
law has been passed for the protection
Of oysters In tho Gulf Of California.
The pearl fisheries are divided Into
four sections, to be worked succeeding
wears.