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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-04
From the South.

A>III>GTo>. u. G.. May -. $50.
Dear cal: Icauu"t pass through this
city without say ing Il few words To Your
readcr> i'll regard to it. although any
known. When first here. in March.
I~til. this WAS virtually y southern city.
with all the want of thrift. filth and
degradation that slavery rutailed. The
public buildings were of magnificent
proportions. vet hardly one was COM
pletcd. Penn>N lvania avenue the pIin-
cipal thorouyhtarc of the city-w WAS
poorly paved, dusty and dirty in the
extreme. Hogs and goats and geese
and dogs and white children and color
ed children. >warmcd every where.
we'll remember the signs erected in the
Capitol grounds. "keep of the grass.
and as distinctly recollect seeing a
small drove of hogs roofing about among
the shrubs and trees. serenely uncon-
scious of the injunction.
Aside from the main avenue. the
streets were not paved; the houses
were in the main poor and dilapidated /;
the slops and otfal were thrown into the
streets. and IL stylish dressed woman
could sop up six kinds of diSh-water
with her skirts. in walking two blocks.
Since that day there has been great
change in Washington. and its most
rapid improvement has been during the
past five Years. The legged swine
have taken back seats" during this re-
construction the streets have been well
paved some of the public buildings
have been completed or ne;Sly so. ,.oi
| believe ii is the policy of the powers
that he never to quite complete any
thing l suppose they want Il job for Il
rainy day. private residences and bust
ness blocks have gone up on every
hand instead of every one going out
to street pump for water. this prime
necessity now comes i'll an aqucduct
and the Washington of to-day is in mos
respects a Hortheru city.
/ Besides the constant work going OF
upon the Capitol building and grounds
there is Il large force now at work upon
the Post Office. But the heaviest Job.
the government are now doing in the
city. are the extension of the Capito
grounds, and the erection of Il new State
and War Department building. The
grounds are being enlarged by taking
two streets each side, demolishing til.
buildings on the same. and absorbinl
SO much more area. To some it seem:
little short of sacrilege. The War aut
State Department building. is being
erected Oh the opposite side of tn,
White House from the Treasury build
ing. 1t is magnificent in design an,
proportions. The architecture is nor,
elaborate and SNOWY than any of tn,
other public buildings. The State De
partment is well OH towards completion
After all. the greatest improvement
in Washington is in its streets. Thos,
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Press Extracts.

The Concord N. H. N"ut.. OIL.
tnl the impeachment of Govern. N.'
ton in IN editorial ~ follows: ''Gu...
Weston. having committed 900 ...
gloss u>IITpatinm. must NOT Ice p'.!u.
/" escape the penalty ut his 'rIr'. .
must hr lmprarhrd. 1t i It mI-.Ia.
suppose this cannot hr done .J'r
term of office expires. The Hose .
present articles of Impeachment +
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. while in oltirr
~emat" can try. and Il mai"lI'N of '.
body will convict him. and ilr .,r
disqualification Ia hold ~ L. ,.I' 81.
place "t honor. trust ~ pI"H ''.
this state. can he enforced. Wei"
al-admini>tlatiun is Il thou>lu. '
more fragrant than that CHARGED
Andrew johnson. and the >li'''
prrpetuity of free government H'I.
that he he impcachcd and the i|. '
atty for his tiagitious crime hc'n."''.
The article creates c"u>IdrI.n.'. Do.
sensation III New Hampshire. go"
possibly forc>hadnW the c".H-. To-
pursued hy the patty.
\ 81. Louis couIr>p" ldriu 81 ..
Cincinnati commercial sly thai I'
former city ''iudcprmdcnr Nr.'" p.
that there Is not much rca~"l l"' 1901
with Il Democracy which iu>a.j, '.'.
and umitcs With whisky lhicN'~ ..'.
them. as against Rrpuhlic.ml-w
Is just kickin" the whisky tiu'.'~
of doors.
The Posts Washington c"r''>p"." '.
reports the President ~ >INlu- B."
waite conversation respective h- .'
tenn letter:
Il believe the majority "t the '"'..
of the country will appreciate i"'
cultics | have lahurcd uudcl, "'
give me the credit of being tlnihi D.
really do not intend To he q, '..i.'.'.
and if any one cohstrur~ my I'.''.
crWi~c. OF that | am seeking "' '
ccpt Il nomination. they N'i' ''
Injustice That is all have '"
only To repeat that | ncNrI tell
relieved after performing l,.'"
political dutl IN all my life ''''"
now.
1t Is us good as Il fca {" ''' Oh,
wriggling and twisting OF mos. ~, e.
Democratic editors oven III" Il'>'"'
letter. Tho have long been I""''' r...
hankering ton something Of l.1' .'r1,
and nnw they have got il the d''.
it. Poor fellow : EostDu J""'"'-
The Baltimore Snn j. nltc "i '''
Democratic papers that Is IAN
U AZ 4
earnest III his letter. and the l''".'" h,
in that section already aPp'" ~
taking the same view.
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persisted. Most of the victims were
young women from Is to 25 years old,
though some were old women.
The following comments of the
Springfield Republican on the disaster
are as pertinent in Vermont as in Mas
sachusetts.
The trampling and burning to death
of 80 or 20 human beings i'll new-built,
but cheap and oldfashiOned, New Eng
land wooden church at Holyoke, last
Thursday. was scarcely an accident
Everything that folly, carelessness and
religious tiummery could foreordain to
such catastrophe was done to cause
it. 1t only needed IA May zephyr to
| flap paper tinsel into the flame of ar
altar candle to set fire to the terrible
sacrifice. The church was dry with age
and with the heat of an unseasonably
fierce sun. The Old-fashioned gallery
on three sides was reached by the usual
meager stairways and entrance, and,
whether there was more than one or
not. only one was in familiar use and
likely to he resorted to at such il mo-
ment. The Puritan plainness of the
church had been relieved by the decora-
tons of more spectacular religion.
and upon these the fire swept around
the walls back of the galleries, as upon
fuse. The occupants of the galleries,
with the fire dropping among them.
and intlaming at the same time the
church and their own clothing, rushed
for the narrow exit, choked it up and
died i'll IL tangled mass of wIithiug.
Sutfocated and charred humanity.
What we want to ask of the people
of Massachusetts. in this year of 1873,
is, whether this sort of thing pays to
the people at large. Does it pay to
tolerate man-traps in full operation
over the state, any one of which is Ii
able to sweep off 20 able and innocent
people in an hour , The Holyoke
church unfortunately is only specimen
of II class of audience rooms and places
OF thick resort which is by no means
small in this community. and every
one of which is liable ut some time To
hetIaN its audience or its occupants to
Il similar horrible fate. How many old
churches are there. some of them over
stores and shops. with Il third story of
galleries. with perhaps only one com
monlN -uscd exit Many of these
churches. doubtless. are bare enough of
ornament. hut ON = Christmas NIGHT at
least some of them are trimmed with
finder. How many hall, are there.
with all exits but one closed M. to save
, .t,r,-rnnm -, nm onicn , Uny MANY
like ou own cIty hall. ,muty,uo GREAT
crowds tIrnuph iuol,s and over Mind
inc Stairs viii Tho streams rr,u tL.
raIlerj,. and floor c,uyerriuo ,t =, mar
INV nl.,r,. ~. n.,b,n. viii tI,. u,Il.,v
,,n,,f, inc iuto rL, f,r.s nf thnsn ,rnin,,
nnt trn,n ,b,. d,n,.D How, many Lnt,Is
and hnr,di,r-h n,,.... an. tb,.r,. with M
urur.rti,u from lin. ~, n,nyi,i,u far
e.ca,. ,vL,t,v.rp
rh, .,.,t,. h.,. int.,t.,.J +, .,,o. ,,,,.-
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delegates were present. repfeseh'ihS
nearly all the states. two provinces III
Canada. and Nova Scotia. Inc oo"-
vention organized with the greatest
harmony. In the nominating commit
tee. both X. X. Remington OF Mass
and Major Hardie of Alabama. We're
nominated. To ensure the greatest
harmony. the friends of Mr.. Remington
withdrew his name. and Major llarlie
was unanimously nominated, and Mr..
Remington was made first vice presl-
dent.
The "Welcome Meeting" in the even
ing, was apparently an occasion OF
great interest to the people of Richmond.
for two hours before the appointed time
of meeting. people tlocked up to the
church and took a position on the side
walk. AS soon as the doors were
opened, the people poured i'll until
every square inch of room was taken.
while hundreds were obliged to go
away without coming within the sound
of the speakers voice.
The scene presented. as one looked
ont from the platform OF the church,
was grand and inspiring. The ladies
had decorated the church with ever
green's and rarest flowers with the most
exquisite taste and skill. Over the
pulpit arch was the motto. " WcIcomr.'
In the rear of the pulpit was the motto.
If we love one another, God dweIleth
III Ills. On the pillars were the mottocs.
Peace and love he multiplied" and
by love serve one another" On the
choir gallery WAS the motto. I'VE.
therefore. ought to receive such that
We might be fellow helpers to the
truth"
The crown of rare flowers suspended
III the pulpit. and the ft-st"ons. wIcaths.
crosses. Vases. &c. about the pulpit
and suspended from the galleries. were
surprisingly beautiful.
The choir numbered over eighty sing
crS. and the voices were accompanied
10y Il large organ and an orchestra. The
people here consider il Il rich musical
treat. a. 1t WAS.
The address of welcome WIS NV
Judge Robert OuId of this city. 1t WIS
eloquent. well delivered. aud in the
main above criticism from any quarter.
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\ large delegation from W IShInGtou
and the North. took steamer from that
city this morning at o'clock. and pass
iug down the Potomac. past the Navy
yard. the old city of Alexandria. Fort
Washington and Mount Vernon. we
landed At place called QuautIc" near
Auuia Creek. So famous III l-6l 81.
where W. took cars for this city, which
We reached at Z. NJ.
The sail down the river was delight
tul. The warm summer air. the full
and dense foliage of this section. the
singing of birds. and the frequent meet
ing of both sail vessels and steamers.
with the good company along. did not
allow of any thing like rcdiousnrs> i'll
the trip. I" many III the party. this
was Il new experience. and the others
were pointing out the places of interest
such as Arlington, Once the home of
the confederate Gen. X. +. Lee. now
the national cemetery for union soldiers.
where thousands upon thousands of the
dead heroes lie. each with Il neat head
board. with his name, state. company
and regiment painted thereon. Besides
these. there are gathered the bones of
many Thousand unknown patriots. and
these are all deposited in one large
tomb.
Soon after passing Fort Washington.
the bell of the steamer commences toll
ing and all know that we are approach
ing Mt Nernon-once the home. now
the resting place. of Washington. This
estate il on the north bank of the Po-
tomac. the old mansion standing Oh a
bluff neal the river. and commanding
fine view both up and down the
stream.
The ride from Quantico to Richmond
was full OF interest because of the his
toric ground over which we passed.
Capt. Davis of Burlington and other
soldiers on board. pointed ont the place
where the Union army under Burnside
crossed over the Rappahannock, and
moved on the Confederate army which
was entrenched on the nights of Fred
ericksburg: the Union men were just
slaughtered as fast us they came upon
the open space between the river and
the nights. while the enemy bein" en-
trcnched and comparatively out OF
reach, suffered slightly: thousands OF
lives were thrown away uselessly on
the ground we passed over to-day. The
stars aud stripes now wave from the
nights. and the southern slope is dot
ted with the white head boards of the
fallen ones.
( But time is fast etfacing all signs ot
the dreadful war. | am in Richmond
/ tonight and as look out upon til,
streets of this once proud capital. AND
remember what has transpired here. tn,
past comes up like horrid nightmare
and | am led to pray that the meeting
together here this week of Christian
men from every section of the Union
may be the beginning of reconStruc-
ton that shall pervade every state il
this union, because begun and prose
cuted from pure motives aud on righ
principles.
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A Third Term.
WHAT GRANT THINK, ABOUT IT.

WHAT GRANT THINKS ABOUT IT.
President Grant has written one of
the most important letters of his public
career. declaring that he is not a candi
date for denomination. The firm and
dignitied explanation of his silence re-
gsrdimg the matter will not surprise
those who understand the character of
the man who had habtnated himself.
and whom experience has taught to
rely on his own methods, and whose
greatest successes have been won 10y
Greet Selt-dependcnce. Otherwise. it is
usually characteristic and remarka bic
for absence of clap-trap and the ordi-
nary rhetorical subterfuges of pOliti-
clans.
The letter has deprived the Demo-
Gratis of their best bone. and what they
will find to gua>h their teeth over now
has not as Vet appeared. If they can't
find another bone they will perhaps call
the letter Il suhteliugc OF a lie and 90
on gnawing al the old ''C;es;lrism" on
"ThirdTerm" after its lack of meat
aud marrow has become apparent to
every sensible mind. We give the let
ter entire:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
NA>rIN"r"N. ID. c.. May -, l-7l.
DEAR SIR: y short time subsequent
to the Presidential election of lr75. the
pless. a portion of it hostile to the Re
/ publican party, and particularly 50 to
the Administration. stalled Il cry OF
'C;rsarism and the third term. calling
Justify for me to define my position on
] til" latter subject. believed it to be
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who have not been here since the war
can hardly realize the change. Instead
of the then awful cobble- stone pave
ment of Penn. avenue, a nice wooden
pavement was put down, some five or SIX
wears ago. But even this is now wear
ing out and being condemned and on
the best streets concrete is being laid.
There are now miles and miles of these
wide streets paved with concrete. and
the carriages glide over them as smooth
ly and more quietly than over wooden
floor This must he very expensive, as
it will soon wear out: but it is very
nice, and being kept swept clean, tue
streets are free from dust and filth.
THE SOLDIERS HOME.
You will remember that, during the
last summer of the war | think it was,
President Lincoln took up his residence
at the Soldiers Home. | remember of
thinking strange of it at the time; that
he should leave the Executive mansion
anu So lolll lllllSS out WI NV 49, ''''''
board at this place. visited this re-
treat Yesterday. and wonder no longer.
| believe it WAS through the efforts of
Gen. Scott, not long after the Mexican
war. that this Home was established.
1t is for aged aud disabled soldiers-of
the regular army, | suppose-and III
order to he entitled to its privileges, Il
soldier must have served twenty years,
or have been disabled in the service.
tween five and six hundred acres, laid
out into vegetable garden, fruit orchard.
lawn and flower garden. Through it
are nicely gravelled drives and walks.
with all manner of trees and shrubs,
birds and flowers. Besides the main
buildings for the soldiers, there is Il
hospital. residence for the superintend-
ent. another for the surgeon. etc. This
estate is on high ground, overlooking
the city, and is one of the most de
SiIabie retreats Imaginable.
There are now about 300 inmates. of
all ages and conditions some disabled
hy age. othcIs 10y the loss of limbs hut
all testif,ing by their presence there.
that they once took great risks for their
country. The Home has Il good library
and reading room. and the rooms were
filled. as well rs the seats under the
trees III the grounds. with these veterans
taking their easc: they all appeared
comfortable and happy.
The \. VI. {. \. of this city have
very tine rooms. with library. reading
room. chapel and hall connected.
About 81 secretaries of the various As
soCittiuns in the country. met here III
council Saturday. sabbath afternoon
they gave reports of work III their sew
rral fields The statement OF the re
vival III some parts of Georgia. remind
eel the writer of the work of grace
" Inch has lately blessed Caledonia
county. The reports from the West,
Canada. New Hampshire and Ma>>a-
chu-ctts. were all of deep interest. Mr..
Critchctt of Concord. and Mr.. Littlcticld
of Boston. reported ior these two latter
fields.
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of whom our village has so large a
number and who add SO much to its
attractiyeneSS.
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A Gala Day.

Turkish WOru 1Of ISu. 1t h'Pl'0" "
that on the day when the Turkish con-
uueror, Mohammed III. captured Con
stautiuOpIe from the Greeks III the
spinc of I452. two monks i'll Greek
convent lust outside the city walls were
| irving some fish for their evening meal.
/ While they were thus occupied, some
one came in and told them the city had
/ fallen. Replied one. II would sooner
/ believe that these half-tried fish would
/ lump from the trying pan" where"p-
ON. so runs the legend, the fish proceed
ed TO violate the long established GUS
tom OF those we'll behaved fish who
.iump from the frying pan INTO the
fire." and Jumping into Il spring OF wa
ter near by began swimming about.
/ The monks were. of course, very much
astonished. and when the morning
showed that the Turks had really taken
the city, they were still more impressed
| with the miracle and the spring thence
/ forth became sacred and WAS dedicated
/ to the Holy Virgin.
/ If any one is incredulouS about the
miracle he has only l" WISH the Pi''e
and there he can see the identical h>ii
that .lunpc.. int" the spring t3 Years
arc Ii he wishes for further proof,
So say the attendant priests. let him
throw into the spring Il piece of silver
and the fish will turn over and show
their .fricd sideS. They Will not bulge
an Ihch Tor copper however. on "rdlh-
any "ccasI"mS they SWIM with then iiicd
sides down. and II" one of my acTn'tIm-
tame" has Vet Succeeded III seeing Them.
either from lack of faith OF lack OF
silver.
Shortly after the event recorded
above. sundIN other miracles We're Re
ported t" have taken place at the sacred
fish spring. the sick were healed 10y it>
waters. and its fame spread through all
the country. On the last day of April.
one of the many feast days of the Viz
uiu. the water, are said to hc troubled
and ir> healing Virtues are Spcriallv
manifested Hence the origin of Balulli
d,>.
It" not suppose tt.at the more i'll
.elHgrut Of the Greeks now hcievc Ell
then in the fried fish al the healing Wa
tiers. hut the day i observed - Il ami
vcr>il holiday and multitudeS flock To
the beautiful church which now stands
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III E>tI\ Al.

1t does me good /" sec The Mas>achu-
sets men here. HON l"u have come
To know 81 well Mc>>r>. Moore. Rem
lmgt"n. and LilIlriicld. Mr.. Russell
Stur:sc~s. .Ir.. i also here. as well rs l..
+. Row land. now of rhiIadcIplia.
Late at Boston and many other caIuest
lay men from ali parts of the land. Nh.
\. II. Penny. VIII" left the suprrmtrnd-
cncN of the laS~ump>ic road. /" take
charge of the Chesapeake y ohio. is
just about leaving this place t" engage
i'll business in New England. probably
at Springfield. Mass.
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MAY %.

MAJ II.
The International Convention of the
Y. NJ. C.. A. of the United States and
evening. Some four or five hundred
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MAY =

MAY =.
The Convention has been hand at
work to-day upon the topics chosen tor
discussion. which arc ~ toIl"wS:
|. The work of the International
convention : First. in the west scc-
oud. in the south and south west third.
among the Germans fourth. in other
fields.
II. The work of the executive COM
mittecS Of state conventions.
Ill. How can dissertations reach all
classes of Young men First. of the
commercial and artisan classes second.
i'll colleges and educational institutions .
third. railroad employees fourth. dies
titute Young men fifth. the criminal
classes.
~. Association bible Glasses; First
for evangciistic purposes second. tol
Christian workers.
Y. General evangclistic work First.
lay preaching. its importance and the
training young men should have for it
second, prayer meetings. and how to
increase their interest and usefulness.
VI. Association lectures their OBJ
ject and abuse the availability OF home
taleut.
| find on consulting the register. that
there are present :E}5 delegates. from
thirty states and provinces. OF course
among such a body. there are abund-
ance OF goo takers and earnest work
ers. Thele have been many excellent
and telling addresses. but none more
electrifNing than ten minutes speech
10y ii. NJ. Moore of Boston last evening.
OH 'llow to increase the interest and
usefulness of the prayer meeting"
| feel some of the readers may eX-
pect Il word in this letter about the
present condition and attitude of the
South. as | have seen it in Virginia, and
in tho men who have met here from
nearly every Southern state. | have
already extended this letter so that
will simply add here. that so far lis
can judge. and | have used faithfully
my inalienable Yankee right of asking
questions every Southern man of in
telligence is disposed to let by-gones
be by-gones, and study now for things
that make for peace. If possible shall
write of some of these things hereafter
1t is expected the convention vii
continue over the Sabbath The wealth
er has been very fine thus tar.
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