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The letter. from our excellent special cor
respondent with the Black Hills expedition
which was printed in our issue Of yesterday
OF the date of June 2l, and two dnys late,
than anything yet printed, contains mass ol
Information which ought to be read carefully
and thoughtfully by every person who has
any idea OF going gold-hunting in that dis.
tant region. He shows TINT the miners
already at work had formed e1travagnnt ideas
Of the manner Of getting at the gold and the
quantities to be found in certain amount OF
dust; that mining thus far is no better than
working at hard labor anywhere else for So,
or I'll at the utmost, per day that the gold
finding is real, but it involves arluous labor.
and perhaps will require large outlay OF
capital to develop it aud that many who
go there must be sadly disappointed. In
conclusion, he says:
think It will pay In the main thai is, it wt BE-
something OF success to great many. But many
Will come here broke and 90 back aoou sfter In the
sane unen nvah1e condition You NAV 1iatrn to thstr
curses and EeTiinga- and believe that they but echo
tae sentiments Of Thousands who had nothing to los.
ano hadn't the luck or pluck to win anything. The
conformation Of the country has been spficant]y
d'lated Upon The moEemea.s OF our party will not
interest readers whose only desire IL to know the fc
about these reputed rich gold-helda Flying ruruors
amount to nothing bnt hard facts 60 far to convince.
Ihls letter shows that our correspondent,
after be has had time TO look about him, to
converse with the miners, and to examine the
prospects, has materially modified his views
as at first expressed, and has at lost settled
down to the very conclusion which was pre-
dlcted by Tie TRIBUNE some time since, and
is IN accordance with tho warnings which it
has constantly uttered, that there NAV be
some gold at the Black Hills, but that the
large proportion Of those who go there must
be disappointed TIE TRIBUNE, therefore,
once more repeats the warning to thoughtless
people not to be misled by the unscrqpulous
sheet which is engaged in initiating and blow
ing up gambling speculation for the sake Of !
robblng the credulous victims. It once more |
warns them that they are going upon |
wlld-goose chase, and that, where one of |
them may make fair days wages, perhaps,
1t the cost of hard labor and great sacrifice,
line OF them are doomed to cruel dsappoint-
nent and to lose what little property they
lave. It once moro warns them that their
abor and capital, if properly invested at
lome, will make them more money in the
nd than they can make in mining in the
Black Hills or any other mining region It
rarns them once more not to allow this un-
crupulous and reckless mining-swindle or
an to excite their imaginations and cloud
heir better judgments with its extravaeant
tories, concocted in the interests Of gam
ling spectators and out6t-agents i
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The announcement from Boston Tint the
Governor and Council have decided not to
commute the sentence Of PoNsRoY, the boy
murderer, viii be received with very general
eaustactlon. His execution will rid the world
OF ons OF the worst monsters it has eyer pro-
dnced It is probable there may be few
maudlin sentimentalists who will whine over
tile execution Of this fend7 but the whole
community of Boston will breathe freer WHEN
1t is certain that he is put out Of the way,
and that human life is safe from his murder
Gus freaks; and the whols country will rec
ognizo in this retribution even-handed and
exact justice. Whether accountable for his
horrible crimes or not, be wAs o. dangerous
u Wild beast, and like the wild beast should
parish.
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. long months he has witnessed the incoming
and the outgoing Of the T11ToN crowd and
the Plymouth Church procession. For sir
long months he has heard witnesses perjur-
ing themselves, heard thousands of questions
and answers, and hundreds Of objections,
without finching. All the emotional gush
and true inwardness, the obscenity and silly
senamentalism, poems, essays, sermons,
legal arguments, technicalities, and quibb1es,
have been poured into that mans ears, and he
has never hinched- Lawyers have sue
cumbed to vertigo, the Court to the heat,
! witnesses to fatigue, some Of the jury
to headache, sisters Of Plymouth Church
to fainting, but this Juror has come up
fresh and rosy every morning, and left at.
night without any signs of 1assitude. Then
the lawyers poured weeks of talk into his
ears, and still he ainched not, and came up
smiling each day to take his dose. Then he
went out with his brethren. Seven long days
they wrestled with each other in the heat and |
studied the mountains Of evidence. One by |
one they fa1tered and FELL and, at the end of I
the seventh day, eleven Of them had given
up in despair, and would wait, struggle, or
talk no }ouger, but or hero was still p1ucky
and talky. He had enlisted for the war,
and was bound to fight it ont il it
took all summer. He had waded into
the evidence SO far that it was lust as
easy to keep going ahead as to turn round
and come out When ut last by sheer animal
force and overwhelming numbers the other
eleven compelled him to 60 into court, and
stated that there was no possibility Of agree
ing upon verdict boldly the hero protested
that he was not ready. to give it up so, and
clearly his challenge rung out: "May it I
please tie Court, I do not think We ought to !
be discharged just yet. We are still discuss ,
ng the evidence! and think We could profit
'bly stay out longer!' There's grit for g
'ou! There's the stuff out Of which ,
aeroes are madet There was. a Ger /
nan; philosopher who devoted years Of t
LIS life trying to figure out how many Q
ngc1s could stand at once upon the s
'oint Of needle. Men have given their lives Il
the study of the problem Of perpetual mo- S
ion. They have spent years in the study Of d
single shell or flower, have striven from r.
outh to old age in trying to discover the se~ d
ret OF alchemy; but no case that We can re- j,
al displays the angelic patience, the iron Y
the stubborn determination, and a
ae intlexible courage, Of this hero who, after O
Z months Of slush and guah, lies and libels, St
nd seven days of jury discussion on bread al
ad-water fare, still demands that he shall be 3
lowed to wrestle with the insolvable ques- e,
on which has become the nuisance and the ct
ghtmare Of the whola American public Il
he hero Of the BEEoEKR case is JoHN r. til
AYLoR- ar
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Yankee ingenuity has never been equal to
the manufacture Of fre-crnckers, which are
still imported exclusively from China and
Japan but we can make enough little boys
and girls to blow off 800, 600 boxes of them
this year. One hundred thousand more boxes
have been imported this year than last, the
increase doubtless being caused by the Cen
tennial fervor, IS well as by The ordinary ad-
ditions to the juvenile population
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THE HERO OF TIE BEECHEH

At last the BEEcHEn scandal yielded hero
Heroine, it has none. The hero made his ap
pearance at most unexpected time and in 8
most unexpected place. Nearly every one
has been looking for this hero. Anxious
{ eyes have sought for him in Plymouth
Church, in the Pantarchy, in the witness.
box, in the TnroN family, among the Free
Lovers the Communists, the spiritnalists, the
strong-minded, the advanced thinkers, and
the other truck which has been directly and
| Indirectly involved in this scandal, but have
| failed to find him; and now, when the case is
closed, when the last witness has been
pumped, and the last long-winded lawyer
has finished his Inst sentence, and the Judge
has spoken his final word, and the hero
seekers had begun to despair, 10! he turns m
in the jury-room, ,-one Of the twelve victims
who has endured the six months martyndon,
There were times during the trial when it
seemed as if hero might appear for the ad-
miration and applause OF the public, but one
after tho other, as they revo1ved upon their
pedestala, they showed some taint of the
scandal, some human weakness or infrmitv.
which brought them down even below the
average OF ordinary humanity. BExcHgB
was not hero. Heroes do not whine that
the woman did it. TnroH Was not hero.
heroes would not consort with Woopar11.
nor train under the flag Of the Pantarchy.
Airs. Mou11ox bid fair to be somewhat heroic
out alas she had kissed BEEoHEu, and this no |
woman with heroic stuff in her wonld do
Mrs Tn1oN at the outset seemed a. If sha
might be q heroine in distress, but the mo- |
ment she opened her mouth, or put Den to |
paper, 1t was evident she was not cast in a |
heroic mold. BEss1E Turner might have |!
oeen heroine, perhaps, it she had
not been in dollar store and ner.
formed that remarkable fest in somnambn-
l1sm- Miss ANTHONY might have bean beno
but alas l there still remains the suspicion that
She has reposed upon Mr. Throws knee.
mus, one after the other, the possible heroes
and herolnes have faded ont of sight None
70 tue In7oN family; none in the BrrcHzn
'afliiy; none in Plymouth Church, among all
he deaeons and brethren and sisters. none
STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS mysterious and
Ewe-anspiring Pantarchy; none among the
ong-halred spiritualists or the short -haired
otf1afe-sh riekers; none in the church or in
he court Evazywhere q dead leyel Of
Feakness, pusi]}aaimity, eowaraice, perjury.
nd ally sentmentalisml Among ali these
*hise souls, not one which lowered above .
ne :est' modal Of courage, honor. and
h1SalFy' to. be admired by the nilliona of =
pectatorst
at the very last moment, however, of this 8
Z moaths' siege he comes, and his nane ia :
OH = IAz1oa, ons Of the Jury. For mir .
ing months he has sat and lstsnad to tho =
'samony Of Witnesses xithoot shziakine Of d
EpFa''zsns say skaotsous os &atgns. For liz J
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ence and fraudulent voting. Until somebody
turns States evidence, names, and dates, and
figures may bs difficult to get, hut the gen.
eral truth cnnnot be denied. Chicago uavs
enough policemen to maintain order and de-
cency. If they make no efforts to do what
the taxpayers pay them for doing, there is
but one explanation Somebody is bribed
Ihe same causes do not produce ditferont
effects in Chicago and New York.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

TO-DAY.
ADFLPH1 1THEATRE-Dearbqsu E*rest ooruer- -1fou-
xoe. Variety entertainment.
.,AGADRAY or Mus1c-Halsted street. between
Cabin" Evening. Guorgo Wa&hinxtnu L"
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Sir CHAn1xs DnKx Is known better ia fnt'
country - tho leader Of for!orn hops with Dstn
LAUGH and opoxn than - = journalist but Aa
recent s1perisnees ~ ownuf of tho Aass'dsN
eemu4aad him Ia hi htsthsaa of the pEsse ~
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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

VAN RENSSELAER, GRAND LODGR OF PERFEC-
T9GNThcfe will be special As.emb1y It Cou.lAtoEtAl
Hal monIoest. On horsdaI evening ns1t Merk o1
1t eiecon requested be prosent: By
e9da1 at Il. r. HALL, T.. r. :. G.. NJ.
&. 4. 10ODALE, Gr. Secy.
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6undxy Morning, July 4, 1875.
, 1875-07-04

NATIONAL LODGE. no. So H.. F. 4 4. MA
etated communicate ~it1 b: held Toesday evootnk
d.lph md Hall: All rnembers notified ba
pE~e>nt- BF order OF ". H.
4. @. LUADBURG. Acting Secretary.
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withdraw from tho zt1airB Of GvsJdy
ifa and retro into the deaert oe tas
woods, remote from the followers q
anti-Christ. The &ranniks accept tbs words e.
Christ in which he counsels biz disciples to soao-
don father and mother and to take up THAR efoss
and follow him, in the most literal sense- 1hsss
il, according to them. virtue bus in fofsatin6s
world governed from hell They giTs up tbetf
property. their wives and children, &nd Ass
honseesR and homeless. TnsJ are Communist
and call one another brother and aister. H1ta
no permanent place IT residence, and no Kcso-
lar means Of subsistence, they Frequently sfts
themselves up to briganda9e and 1ohbetJ, Aoa
justify their course On the principle ths1
the world being under tho lAv o.
Satan, every attack On society y
protest against the dominion OF heI
They refuse to be baptized except with 1sto'
water, or swamp p-wate1, the water Of tho n4ese
being polluted BY the adhe.enta OF aa0r
Chriat The Government OF Russia hsa a. ~
taken tbs regulation Of Raskolnlk marriages ~
der its own supervision-a step which, IN ths N
Eerest Of morality and social order, It should hAFs
Eaken long before. Ths PopoTtsy and To bs1.
popovtsy, and che rub sscts mentioped DO eee
'1hsuat the catalogue OF Russian seess- 2aees
Lre othara, lower and more curious Jet, Of ~n1ae
dz. Bealiso promises to treat in fusu1a ssss5'
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ATTENTION SIR KEIGHTS!-Shted Conelave o
Chc.eo Comm.nder5. M: II. K. T.. Monday evening.
Kni&hts oonstsoualJ invited. By order Of the En-. Com.
6. a. WILLIAMS, R4corter.
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BRISTOL

The 6re.water used by the ceebrat-
ers on Saturday, is said, came from
over the lake.
The parade drill by the Band, on
Saturday, June 26, was a decided sue
cess, the Band playing and going through
with their military evolutions in credi-
table manner. The Adventists postponed
their afternoon service and offered their
tent to the audience. A purse Of about
$50 was rapidly collected and presented
to them by the citizens of Bristol as they
we're returning to the band.room.
-Gcorge Ii. Bartlett employs quite
a number Of hands in the manufacture of
pill.boxes, runs six lathes, and is doing a
good business. His brother, Frank Bart.
lett, is proprietor of the excelsior manu-
factory. lie has four machines of an
improved kind, and they are kept run
ming vigorously In the vicinity they
find plenty Of the kind Of lumber they
want for these branches Of industry.
The celebration here last Saturday
was success. Crowds of people from
this and surrounding towns assembled
early, with the evident determination to
make day Of it. Among the prominent
features of the day was the parade of a
nondescript company, whose uniforms
we're anything but uniform in appearance,
each member using his own brilliant i'm
agination in devising his habiliments.
They displayed all the rags in Bristol.
Their band was charming affair. The
chief instrument consisted Of dry goods
box, on the inside of which was a piece of
timber to which was fastened pieces of
tin, bells and other sounding articles,
which was turned by crank, making a
very effective hand organ. Great indus.
try was displayed in evoking the strains
of this blessed instrument. This parade
was kept up long time and afforded
much amusement to the lockers. on. Gen.
Grandey, of Vergennes, delivered the
principal address, which was clear and
interesting as might be expected. Fire.
works in the evening concluded the patri.
otto exercises of the day.
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.NdL LSBURX

Rev Mr.. Tomlinson is supplying
the pulpit of the Congregational church
Miss lola Weeks, daughter of the
Hon Il. II. Weeks, is reported seri.
ousy i'll and her recovery is doubt.
full
deputy Sheriff Cobb of Middlebury
took Mr. Asa Thomas TO Chittenden.
where court of inquiry adjudged his
legal settlement was.
columbus Smith, Esq, has returned
from his western trip. He is building
two houses in the burnt district of Chi
cago, and his visit to that city was partly
for the purpose of looking after his invest.
ments there.
The editors of the REGISTER lately
had the opportunity of testing the flavor
Of Mr.. Columbus Smiths strawberries,
which grow SO large that it is necessary
to slice them up before eating. If any
other Salisbury gentleman thinks he has
nicer ones and wishes our opinion, we are
ready to give him the benefit of our skill
ln tasting. whether it amounts to that of
an expert or not.
The much talked of celebration of
the bleach. seal' at Lake Dunmore was q
great disappointment to some visitors.
A large crowd assembled, but there was
no Ben Butler, no military or civic pro.
cession, no lager and but one stray speech
and that from visitor whose presence
was accidental. But there was plenty of
good cheer for those who wanted some.
thing hot and strong, and the great,
good.natured crowd looked each other in
the face, played base ball, separated into
couples who strayed off into quiet, seclud.
ed hooks and enjoyed each others, com.
pany, took boats and rowed over the lake,
and drank like fishes. The Middlebury
Cornet Band we're out with their new I'M.
forms and they afforded the most enter.
tanning portion of the exercises They
played splendidly. The amount of drunk.
enness was fearful, The fireworks 10 the
evening were quite limited but excellent.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-07-06
RiPTON.

The demand for locks without keys
still continues
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, author
of"Gates Ajar," is at Bread Loaf Inn.
j. s. Chandler has Bramah pullet
that will be q year old in August, which
recently laid an egg that measured 6x7
1.2 inches in circumference and weighed
4 1.2 ounces.
Certain parties that are in the habit
of using holy time for teaming and ether
secular business, need not be surprised If
they are called upon tc settle. The oc.
currence is getting quite frequent.
q. Brown found lot of lumber on
tho premises of G. A. e. I'll. Phillips, q
short time ago, and as usual would not
let it alone, but cut it into small pieces-a
good frame for a 30x40 foot barn is the
result; he is now at George Browns,
where 32x50 foot barn is in the course
Of erection. 1t is just possible that mea.
sures will be taken soon to stay his wild
career.
Mrs Harriet Tucker, while berrying
within a few rods of the house, recently,
was considerably surprised by seeing q
small bear emerge from a clump of bush
es a few feet, but when Sir Bruin saw
that she stood on the defensive, and that
the dog was trying to cultivate an ac-
quaintance, he concluded to "vamose
the ranch" The alarm was raised, but
it was too late in the day to do anything
"A few evenings ago while Mr.. Car
penter, who is in the employ of Mr.
Jewett of Weybridge, was going from
the barn to the house, he was stricken
down by blow from a stone or club
that hit him on the right cheek just be.
low the eye. He says that he remem'
bers fastening the barn door and then all
was blank until he was found near the
house trying to obtain entrance to it, GOV.
cred with blood. lie must have been
senseless for an hour or more. Dr. Pow.
e-s was called, who says that had the
blow struck in the temple it must have
caused instant death. 1t is known that
Mr.. g. had offended certain parties by
refusing to sell cider to them, while fur
nshing to others further than that
there is no clue to the perpetrator Of the
dastardly act, but it is to be hoped he
will he caught and punished, as he de-
serves.
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VERGENNES.

Some few farmers in this vicinity
have commenced their haying. The crop
promises to be fair, owing to the late
rains.
shipments Of butter from the Vergen.
mes station last week, 81, 756 lbs. Also
% veal calves were shipped to the Bos.
ton market.
The Ferrisburgh sportsman's club
have properly initiated the enforcement
Of the new game law by two prosecutions
for the illegal taking Of bass.
There will be q union Sunday school
picnic, tomorrow, composed Of the Con.
gregational and Baptist Sunday schools
of Vergennes. They will visit Basin
Harbor.
Captain White with the tug Han.
cock, dredging machine, mud scows. and
other necessary appliances. is clearing
out Otter Greek just below the falls, I'm.
der the appropriation made by the last
congress.
The citizens of Vergennes are called
to meet this evening to see if they will
vote to furnish water power to the shop
now owned by the city and occupied by
A. Ostiguy, or sell the same; and to see
if they will vote to sell the Strong saw.
mill.
The Bristol Cornet Band visited the
city last week in attendance upon a party
Of pleasure seekers from Bristol. After
spending the day at Fort Cassiu. they
returned to Vergennes and gave the citi.
zens thereof musical treat, which was
received with universal appreciation.
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FERRISBURGH.

The dwelling house of Abram Sat.
terly was not burned as reported, but in.
jurod by the fire to the amount Of 800 or
such matter.
Crops are growing finely, The hay
crop, though now doing we'll, can hardly
recover the effects Of the early drouth so
as to be full crop,
Two Monkton fellows went down to
Ferrisburgh to have little sport with
the derizens Of the water. and succeeded
in catching some very fine specimens Of
black bass. But there was a sequel
which was not considered quite SO funny
The authorities took up the matter and
the fishermen were fined according to law
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MANHOOD! HOW LOST, HOW
RESTORED

4V1 hEOlOhED
Just published, a new edition of DR.. Culver.
wells Celebrated essay on the radical cure with
out medicine) Of Spermatorrhea, or Seminal
Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impoten-
cy, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impedments
to Marriage, ETC.; also, Consumption, Epilepsy
and Fits, induced by scf-indulgence or sexual
extravaganza, etc.
y Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents.
The celebrated author in this admirable Essay
clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years sue
cessful practice, that the alarming consequences
of selt-abuse may be radically cured without the
dangerous use Of internal medicine or the appli-
cation of the knife; pointing out mode of cure
at once simple, certain, and efectual, by means
of which every sufferer, no matter what his con-
dition may be, may cure himself cheaply pri-
vately and radically.
30 Inis LECTURE sl.o~ia be ia tho hands of
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any
address, postpaid, on receipt of six cents or two
post stamps.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. J. c. KLINE i CO.,
l27 Bowery, Now York; Post Office Box
1886. auglS-ly
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SHOREHAM.

-Pionics seem to be the order of the
day.
Strawberries are abundant and un.
commonly large,
"A tree in Mr.. Horton Jones door
yard was struck by lightning during the
storm Of June "a.
Some of our farmers have commenc.
ed hayipg. A good crop is expected. The
grain is looking finely, owing to the re-
cent rains.
The Congregational church is being
much improved by new coat of paint.
The cushions have just been recovered
with very handsome fabric. A straw.
berry festival is in contemplation
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MONKTON.

H. NJ. Hull's butter market received
1900 pounds Of the staple on the Goth
ut, at % cents.
On Wednesday, June 20, as the wife
Of Mr.. Joseph Rivers, Of Monkton, and
his daughter, were returning from Bristol.
their horse became frightened by seeing
peacock, and ran. Both we're thrown
out of the wagon and the right arm of
Mrs. Rivers was broken above the elbow,
and the left arm was broken near the
wrist The daughter escaped with slight
bruises
Two rowdies, called young men from
courtesy, went past the farmhouse of
Mr.. George H. Collins just as he was
driving up his COWS to milk them. They
knocked one COW down, and drove over
her, spicing their lawless and cruel acts
with profane language, and as the wheel
went over the head it became entangled
in the horn, taking it clean off from the
head. When Mr.. Collins reasoned with
these Jehus their reply was, keep your
damned COWS out of the road" There
ought to be sequal to this affair and
probably will be.