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minded men, with regulations above re-
| proach, who are open to conviction, and
would have acted aud votad from sense Of
justice and desire to arrive at the actua1
merits OF the case Mr.. BEEcuEn's action, to
put 1t IN It's most favorable light, shows
moral cowardice, and will confirm
the general impression that Plymouth Church
in the future, as in the past, will, so far as it
is able, hear but one side End allow but one
side to investigate any question growing out
of this scaudal,-the natural effect of which
must be to keep the gccndal alive.
Mr.: BEEcHEE's cction is surprising from
still another position. Plymouth Church is
law unto itself. Whatever tile decision Of
the Council might be-, it would bo optional
with that church to accept it or not Mr
BzEcHER has over and over esain declared
the Independence of Plymouth Church, and
his determination that no other Congrega-
tional Church shall dictate to it or disciplineit
It is under the control Of no Presbytazy, and
is amenablo to no organization hut itself.
If this Mutual Council had been held
and had justified Plymouth Church in dis
missing Mrs. DIou1.roS, Mr. BzEczEB
would hava accepted it with fanfare
OF spiritual trrmpets., If it had decided un-
sayorably, Plymouth Church would not have
noticed the decision nor bseh held by it. It
would still have refused to replace HRS.
MorITos's name upon tho church rolls, end
would probably have propounded to the other
:hurciles Mr. TwEFos memorable question,
IS \VEf,t nre vnu nni1sfr f0 TN rtn;1f it ss AE
he matter now. stands, the wiser course for
'1rs. 11ouIToN to pursue is to gracefully arc
han'da1ly accept her dismissal. It does not |
trike us as being hardship Of unusual Sc
'erity.
, 1876-01-16

This hitter matter Of specie-payments is to
be settled ct last, so that Congress mey as
Sell adjourn at once. A county convention
aas been called ut Pontinc, in this State, *sto
make paper equal to gold" The thanks Of
ne country are due to The Pontiackers.
, 1876-01-16
TIE pR0EPECT OF WAR

The President in his annual message give
4 history Of our relations with Spain con-
| corning Cuba, and, in consideration of some
pending discussions, suggested that in q
| future message he would lay before Congress
the results, which he expected would be salts
factory. It is understood that the President
has addressed n note to the principal Eu-
ropean Powers indicating or proposing some
line Of policy to be adopted BY the United
States, alone or jointly with other nations,
touching the war in Cuba. What that note
is has never been disclosed, though it sgiven
ont that it has met with the approval of En-
gland, if not of other Governments in Europe
Tho country is left to conjecture not only as
to what the character of that note is, but as
to the extent which it Is calculated to p1ace
tho United States in hostile attitude towards
Spain- AL TINT the country has to Judge
from are tho things out OF the Or
dinary course which have occurred aud are
now taking place. Spain has appointed
JovEL1AR to the supreme command in Cuba
and has sent thither q large supply of guns,
which, being unsuitable TO the war with the
insurectionists, must be intended for some
other purpose. JovE11AR is considered the |
ablest military man in Spain, and his dis |
patch to Cuba at this time indicates that |
more than an ordinary emergency exists for
his services. Unquestionably, the Island Of !
Cuba will be placed in strong condition Of
defense.
In the meantime, our Government has
been somewhat active in naval matters.
During the fall months there was general
ovcrhauling of the naval vessels, and consid-
erable activity in putting them in repair and
making them suitable for service at sea- Ad-
niral RoDGEas has been ordered from, Celi-
Fornia to take command of an Atlantic |
squadron. Port Royal, in South Carolina,
las been made q naval depot, and the Auon~
&c fleets have been ordered to rendezvous Of
Int point Several thousand tons of coal
'aye been delivered ut Key West, and six
thousand tons are on their way to Port Royal.
York on the double-turreted monitors has
cen resumed The concentration of the
avail force Of the United States at the South
:uentic ports, and within easy distance of
uba, md the evidently industrious fortifca-
on of the island by the spaniards, under an
Die military commander, are, in the absence
any other explanation, grave signs that
9th sides are preparing for the consequences
diplomatic failure to arrange difficulties. !.
Judging from the tone and language of the =
residents message in December last, there
no direct controversy between the United +
ates and Spain, save what may grow out of
of.n ~-no%n unF T-t,n I
, 1876-01-16

Amnesty will be the order of the dav in
he House tomorrow. The Democrats hare
deposed RANDALL in disgust, md Cox takes
charge of the bill It will be substantially
the same as that defeated Friday. BLAINE
VII be giyen chance to move his amend
a'ent excluding JEFF DAv1s and the vote on
it will be made natter Of record.
, 1876-01-16

TO-DAY,

TO-DAY.
MCCORMICK HA1L-Sosth C'xrk street, corner
"8acg or Educate : Plca for Co1ppulsosy Educa-
:lpn.'
GROWS OPER4-HALL-Lecturo ut 3 n. ~ by
f. E. Hoyt- Subject: a. Reform aud Re1orness-"
NEW CHICAGO THEAJRE-C,ark etreet, between
Laks and Randolph "Epidemi8ch."
, 1876-01-16

D. D. has s1nce been obliged to hire tuo o..
t:ries to answer letters to him from 90
planters. and the Tribune charges Is linz ua
in advance, for those rent to it, and has ~ W
rnate enough to meet the 6-ceu. ye-a,e+ 20?
it In the Sun suit. @1S
, 1876-01-16

New Orlesus beasts hopeful rival ~ r..
PoaERoT. He is only years old, but h, -,
bratsd his Saturday holiday bY Setting A.. ..a ~
p1aymate's clothing and 30 cremasinc him ~
sweet the sports OF ninetaenth-cen:urg chi,d,1 ~
ara A
, 1876-01-16
nGIIUAKI,

! thN. GEOEIE VI. COLE.
The New York Herald announces the death oi
Geu. GEORGE " Cole at Mora, New Mexico. on
the l1th nit. Tic deceased achieved considers
| bic notorietv 10 1857 by a1uoting L. Fl. H1scox.
! OF Syracuse, in steuvi1 Hall, Albany Mr.,
H1sCox was at that time member Of the Con-
stitutional Convention. and vas murdered for
alleged indenit,es to CoLE's wife. He had two
| trials. and vas acquitted on tho second, upoo
the favorito plea OF insanity He VAS born
near Lodi, N. T.. in 1928, md graduated from
the Wesleyan University, Connecticut. At the
outbreak Of the Var he was in tho lumber bus;-
ness, which he left to take tho commission Of
| Captain i'll the Third New York Cavalry. He
| distinguished himself at Kingston, N. c.. and
was promoted to be Major or his regiment.
and was subsequently app'oiEted Inspector OF
Cavalry On Cen BETLERs E'taH. Near tho cFuse
or fhe War he organized coloreu regiment, and
"as eventually made Brigad ier-G General Of vol
unteers. ABOUT year ago he vent to New
ale11co TO Practice his profession as plvsic1an
Ihe deTdd says OF him: "a He did not, after
h's acqultal by the courts, again live with his
WAte. who. with her two groan-np daughters,
has been resident Of Johannesburg, in this
Stnte for considerable time past"
orgEn DEATHS.
ats. A. N. WooD the eldest dauchter Of tha
late President ZACHARY TAYLOR, died at Freburg,
GorIaany, on the I'd nit. Her death leaves but
two s'arviving children OF President TAY1oE-
Mrs. BETTE T. DASDRDGE, formerly Mrs. Bliss.
living at Winchester, Va, aud Gen. RICHARD
TAyLols, OF Louisiana, a Lieutenant-Gereral in
the Confederate Army.
FnAse'!s GARDNER, for nearly 6ft7 yearB cou-
nected n lth the Boston Latin Scho,i as usher. /
suh"master, aud mastor, died last Mon1Iay 10 the
Gath year OF his age. His principal literary Ia
bor was tina assistance be rendered mr. LEVER |
EFT in his preparation Of the Latin Lexicon. or /
which he afterwards made an abriaxmaut.
CHARLES ANTOINE CAaBoS, the most famous
scene-cainter in Fiance, died few .ee!:s aco.
Ee painted OF tho Grand Opera the SCENERY of
- Robert !e riab:o," Lies Huguenots," ..Don
Juan, " La I:'ayorite," lie Pzopness," "L'A;-
[aea'ne' !" Faust" and for the ports st. Martin
The piece ''Les Sept Mer7e,lles du Monde"
Four or five Of t'o present leading scene-painters
II FRANCE and E:llssia we're bis p,,n;Is
, 1876-01-16

Iha Forty-third: Congress forbade the intro
ducton OF bracketi' containing laughter s.an-
p|auso." etc.. inte' speeches printed in tha
Record, but tue old practice has been restorot,
by the Forts-fourth. Tho Democrats snra1,,
cannot have reflected On the ino1dinate amonn:
OF space which our C.in1Eu aud bridgeport B,p.
NEE WILL take up in tAe Record if all tie tumn1,
tuocs applause excited by their speeches ia piyen
the glory Of print. e''@A1
, 1876-01-16

Inc mercantile futures In this country during
1910 Tere 7,7io, or one in eyerv eishtr-twe
Trina. The GROSS liability wes s2ol oso 95a nbo,rt
one~tenth Of the national d ep:.
, 1876-01-16

The new life of tho Democratic party a,en..
be unable to prevent number ct usmrn,.r
deaths. Tue Detroit Sun wenr iuto pe,u,,n.'
eclipse yesterday 3Sa
, 1876-01-16

lsoBEa7 e1a ASTON Of soutt, Carolina, ruined BY
me Nar' sent . letter to the Now York Tribune
oeta'llng his pitiful story DAx1E1. DEnsrf. \
oos'oa me1chant sent him y check for 5000.
, 1876-01-16

An organ announces "gteat Democrats. !.
vi'a'-" This is nrob.tly a m,sapprchens,o, = :
the fact that that party ia in Ncopy co,a;s.
, 1876-01-16

The greenbaek dollar represented from
ssS to $50 cents in gold at the Eeu York Ell
chnnge on Saturday.
, 1876-01-16

CHICAGO cALED0SzAS CLUE-Musica1 and lit
ezar entertsjnment The third lecture Of the
viii ba deliscred by Jatge Forester Tuesday
ang, 18th inst, It O'Clock. Subject: 'tM.ry Queen
N Scotia" Au&lc under the direction of Prot Geary.
, 1876-01-16

B1s,lArcK's remark to Denmark: tsw1l =,
sell ST. Tho1nas:" Denualk's remark IA ~
MARcR: "No."
, 1876-01-16

st. Bernard Couuandery, No. IS, II. r., Tucsduy
evening ut ;3o O'Clock Work On toe Il. T. Order By
o1der +. c. J. 0. DICKINSON Eecorder
, 1876-01-16

IMPERIAL LODGE, No. 81, KNIGHTS or PITH-
1As-Ee1ular CouTentacn &oud1y evening, 18th Inst,
It o'clock. Wprk in the Page Rank. Castla Hall,
eorner of CLARK end Wathirg g:oo.sts.
~ order Q. the Chancellor Commander.
, 1876-01-16
OBJ Gbiaall)o Q;ri1'>1,1t.
Sunday Morning, January 10. 1870.

BEcK gained in strength in the Kentucky
Senatorial fight Yesterday. He got 49 votes.
, 1876-01-16

The New for2& Ecening Post is nothing if
not technical. It's venerable editor would
F@the1 be gremmatically right than Presi-
dent Of the United States. While all the rest
7f the country has been stirred up and agi-
lated o7er The recent Congressional debate On
he Amnesty bill, and the veterans on both
''des have been fighting their battles over
ssain: the Post has no comment to make. ex-
sept upon the cold-blooded atrocity Of s1r.
Coz in torturing the noun IL amnesty" into
the adjective "annestical," and the Ander.
sonvllle horror perpetated by the Nation in
using the same noun as verb. It has no
opinion to express upon the subject matter of
;he debate, but it pouuces upon these gram
.,atica1 outrages and crueltics with docmatic
terocity. There is something very touching
md tender in this devotion of ths Post to the
Queens English, and its determination that
he language shall not be tortured, even if
prisoners Of WEI were. The editor Of the
Post reminds rs Of the devoted mathemati-
:ian who stuck to his problems while his
touse was being pulled down about his ears.
, 1876-01-16

The telegraph faw days since conveyed
he news that Naval Pavmaster SpA1p1So, Of
:an Francisco, had been arrested upon sus-
'icicn Of being concerned in frauds. II the
developments made By tie San Francisco
Chronicle ere true, we should say that the
7.Spicion IVES very well-founded one
according to the Czroniek's statement, one
sEonaE IL. P1SsE1, q leading politician and
'ery Issipated man, ives clerk in the pay
d.ice st salary of $500 month. The
mprlics foz the Navy-Yard, Marine Hospital,
.al Mint, passed through lis hands. Pay
Inspector R. c. SrA1p1So was the RESPONSE
':e head Of the Office, and was seldom sober,
sh!le P1SsEr kept himself both sober and
Ii yilart, aud es the result Of these excellent
qualities vrongf1lly applied, absconded one
t4y, lax7i2g behind him $1,000, 900 worth Of
c:ges 4 fraudulent certificates in the
, 1876-01-16

ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS! Irregular coucl,ye Of
chicago c'mmandesy No. ~, K. r., Monday evening"
Jaa- II. ls4G. Eukine;s Of importance. Visiting Sir
Knights cou1teously Invited. Uy ordsr oi tle En-.
Com. CuAS L THOWDH1DGF Racor.er
, 1876-01-16

.- 10. L-Red, White. and Blue Loyal Orange Lodge.
No 81 vi, hold regular meeting JAM II, ut r. H.,
aud will meet the tirst and thlrd Fridays In each
Ea1nh In their new hill. northeast corner Randolph
aud cintonsts. Visiting brethren fnvitod. By order
~ tha -" ~
, 1876-01-16

LADY WASu1SGTOS CHAPTER, No. 15s, o. E. g.
The toenoers Of The Chap:es hereby requested
to be at C. r. v. Depot 1890 today for tie pur-
Jose Of accompanying tho remains Of Late Sister,
Ann Williams, to Roschill Cemetery. Services IT the
g11ve. By o1der Of tho r. P. Z. EcuUGH, Sec'y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
An Insoluble Problem.

The young Thakoor of Bhownugger,
Is in trouble. What Is he to do with
his four wives The Thakore is one of
the chief Rajahs of kattiawar, i'll West
ern India. Three Years ago he mar
ried four wives simultaneously. AT the
time of marriage the respective ages of
the brides were -. Is, IL, and 22 years.
The Prince, whose broad territory
slopes down to the blue waters of the
Gulf of Cambay, is said to he meditat-
ing change of religion. He is now 20
years old-he was only II when "mar-
lied and done for four times over, in
one day. three Years ago. Now he
wishes to become Il Christian, but the
missionaries tell him Christians must
only have one spouse. lie Is sOrely
perplexed, and 50. in all probability,
are the missionaries, who tell him that
the Christian religion strictly enjoins
monogamy. They also tell him that,
as Il Christian, he can retain only one
of the four wives at present lawfully
his. Finally, they inform him that the
proper wife to he retained is the one
who has Il prior claim on his Highness.
All this is very well, but scarcely meets
the chsr. (Which one of my wives has
Z pllol tlilin Oh me ! III tHtCJ ASKS the
bewildered Thakore, Il married them
on the same day" The fact is that the
dilemma seems to be almost iusur-
mountabe. At the time of the Kat
| tiawar Princes marriage, Il correspond
ent sent to contemporary from
| Bhownuggur an account of the curious
wedding. and it appears plain from this,
us well us from the testimony of others,
that the tourtold regal marriage WAS to
all intentS and purposes celebrated us
If ii were Il single one. The prepara-
tory ceremonies of the four marriages
intermingled together inextricably, and
precedence during the final rites was
only accorded to the wives according
To the rank of their parents and the ex-
tent of the dowry. The oldest bride
the one aged - Oh her marriage day
WAS the poorest. The one aged Is WAS
the richest. But from the first the
Thakore is well known to have fallen
in love with his bride of 10. Shall he
keep her and discard the rest The
whole question is rather Il complicated
one. The conversion of the Rajah
means i'll the eyes of the Hindus of
kattiawar the inf;imy of three women
Naturally there is great commotion in
the Tlakore's Palace. and all kinds of
intrigues are said To he on foot in
BhoWnugSur.-GiOb
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27

ment since she was ten Years old. 1t
was the whole outside world to her.
AS long as her mother was living, she
brought her lunch, and showed signs of
care, but after her death, she rapidly
grew thin and pale. All her wages were
absorbed at home all her time in the
evening. far into the night, and even
Sundays, was occupied in doing the
sewing of the family-that is, mending
and keeping together their poor sub
sttutes for the usual garments and
changes. She went to work with regu-
larity up to within four weeks of her
death.
No one thought of her as Il woman
(she was twenty-twO); she looked so
childish, and had always seemed so like
child to every one, that she was treat
ed like child at her work, and her re-
serve was so great that hardly any knew
of the woman's cares and burdens that
We're pressing upon her. AT last she
was obliged to stop, and it almost broke
her heart. Her work, her companions.
and their society were the bright spots
in her life. She did not wish to die.
and it seemed unnatural that she should.
Life was strong within her. it only had
had no chance. But she died and was
buried, and working girls, those who
had worked with her, who knew and
loved her, contributed from their small
earnings, and bought her her muslin
Shroud, her flowers, and supplied the
present necessities of the family-the
father having taken himself out of the
way altogether. 1t is this which makes
the lives of working girls so hard-the
want of comfortable homes. and intelli-
gent. industrious fathers. In very many
cases. they are thus obliged to support
il family for which they are i'll no way
responsible, and receive poor, INSULT
cient food, inadequate clothing, and
bare shelter III return. 1t ought to be
made criminal offence for men to
marry and liSk the lives for which they
are responsible. or impose the burden
of an uncarcd for family of children
upon the slender shoulders of ii feeble
wife or an over-worked daughter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
Squibs.

The Christian Advocate speaks up
and calls poor Huxley an evolved
pollywog."
Advice to parents-Wheu your boy
cries for stick of candy, just take u
stick to him.
\ Norwich man calls himself on his
card a temperance boot maker" The
need of temperance boots is apparent
for though they are not generally drunk,
it's Il notorious fact that they're often
very tight.
DIR. Thaddeus Reamy says men are
more apt to get dirty than clean in Il
public bath. Seems to us it depends
Oh what basis the man starts from.
Senator Bagge SAW Il bright light at
night from his window in Oakland, Cal,
and thought it WAS bonfire made by
party that had come to serenade him.
He hastily dressed himself. rehearsed a
speech, looked out, and saw his barn in
flames.
The Danbury News states that New
Haven marched il procession of thirty
tramps to the gnard-house last week.
and IL mistaken editor came out in the
next mornings issue with "Another
great rally for reform
\ party of young men dined Sumptu-
ously at Il restaurant, and each one in
sisted on paying the bill. To decide
the matter it WAS proposed to blndfold
the waiter. and the first one he caught
should pay the bill. He hasn't caught
amy one yet.
The thrceyear-old was awakened
the other evening to see the Boys in
Blue go by. He watched the myriad of
lights with lively interest. The next
morning he tell from chair and struck
on his head. As soon as he could catch
his breath he gasped, "Mamml. see
more Boys i'll Blue Danbmy NewS.
After having written il squib with
much care and deliberation (says the
Eastern Free Prcss) and the dignitied
compositor upstairs halloos down the
pipe: sis this il joke ol an advertise
ment ?" Such ii salute is calculated to
make Il funny man take an interest in
the means of cheap suicide.
The Turks evidently think that God is
on their side. Their battle hvmn opens
thus "Allah calls us! ! Allah invites
Alas Up to the seventh heaven rise
the vile odor and the insolence of the
intdels. Allah calls! Allah invites
The bloody combat opens. To the con-
querOrs the prophets will open the gates
of Paradise. Allah is great ~ When
the Russians once fairly get after those
fellows it'll be Allah up with them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
Remedy for Trouble.

Work: Is your tue remedy. If mis-
fortune hits YOU hard, you hit some-
thing else hard; pitch into something
with ii will. There's nothing like good,
solid, absorbing, eXhausting work to
cure trouble. If you have met with
losses, you don't want to lie awake and
think about them. You want to sleep,
calm, sound sleep,-and TO eat your
dinner with appetite. But you can't,
unless you work. If YOU say YOU don't
feel like work, you 20 loafing all day to
tell Dick and Harry the story OF your
woes, you'll lie awake and keep your
wife awake 10y your tossing, spoil your
temper and your breakfast the next
morning, and begin tomorrow feeling
ten times wolse than you do to-day.
There are some great troubles that
only time can heal, and perhaps some
that never can be healed at all but
all can he helped by the great panacea,
work. Try it, you who ale afflicted.
1t Is not patent medicine. 1t has
proved its efficiency since first Adam
and Eve left behind them, with weep
ing, their beautiful Eden. 1t is an eff
regular standing prescribe it in cases of
mental and moral disease. 1t operates
kindly us well leaving no disagreeable
segueiG, and we assure you that we have
taken II large quantity of it with most
beneficial results. 1t will cure more
complaints than any nostrum i'll the
mdtera medicd, and comes nearer to
being ii 'cureall'' than any drug or
compound of drugs in the market. And
it will not sicken You if you do not take
it Sugar-coatcd. -lfoOres Rurai Neu
Yorker
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
Amos's Book-Keeper.

We asked Amos how his boy WA,
getting on at school.
"Pleg take dat boy; l done tuck hin
way from dat school"
"Why, what for?"
9TH, oh , he was gitin' mos to,
smart down dar wild dat book -larnin
'Twon't do fer some niggers ter he too
agikated."
"Why not Amos p
"Well, sab, jess take dat boy. trin
stance. put dat boy ter keep book
fer me bout de sellin' of de garden
truck dat tuck out de garden, di~
summer. Well, sab, he jess rit down
charges dar in de book fer all de trucI,
dat | tuck out de garden, an charges
fer all dat sole, an charges fer all dal
we eat in de house, an den credit his
self wild de little mounts dat let him
hab long ut odd 'casions, an den he 90
an add dem all up. an struck er bal
unce, he say.'
.'And how did YOU come out 2"
.'Come out Fore de good Marstel,
didn't come out at all Dat boy gone
stuck me for bout thutty-tibe dollars,
sides his wages as de book -kecpah
NO" utl Nha' ue HSStiS Stu.
"Well, what did you do ~
IL jess burn up dat book right dan
an den, 'scharged de book keepah, an.
hire him ober agin to saw wood fer hi
board an close"
"You did ?"
"ies sab, did dat. Why, boss, ct
dat boy had kept dat book on me til
now, he'd own dat house an garden
patch an bin chargin' me an his OLD
NANNY fer bed an' bread tell yel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-10-27
On Cooking.

tSclrcti"n- from ImIromptu C"mp"sitonsD
| think Il good cook is rather to hc
chosen than great riches.
| II one wishes tn enjoy life, he must
find Il wife that Is Il good cook and un-
dcIstands general houscWork.
The following are two benefits ot
having Il good cook /. One is never
obliged to wait fifteen. twenty. OF thirty
minutes for his dinner, good cooks are
prompt ,. The food is put on the
table in form that is attractive, not
half-cooked and placed on dishes much
larger than need he, thus giving the
food an untidy and Struggling appear
ancc as il man looks with suit of
clothes two on three times too large fol
him.
This is one of the most important of
all trades. without it we should be bar
barlans. The Fiji Islanders cook hardly
anything but the missionaries. (Query
Whence the supply p
\ person who knows how to cook
everything but bread is not much of Il
cook. Pies are also difficult to make.
Care should he taken to select good
flour for both.
1t is quite an art to know how to
cook Il good dinner; think it ought to
be learned as much as the studies of
the school. Bows need to learn it for
their camping out. In some Seminaries
cooking is taught the young ladies',
which is al excellent plan.
Anything is well cooked that is not
burned on the bottom. has not too much
soda in it, rises good, and so forth. One
has to watch more carefully than King
Alfred did to see that cakes are not
burned in baking. The art of cooking
was discovered soon after Adam was
born.