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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
A Massacre by White Men.

\ week ago there came the news that
thclc had been Il riot" at Hamburg
South Carolina. in which one white
man and several ncgIoe> were killed.
The effort was of course to make il ap-
pt',r that the blacks alone were to blame.
But We have before learned what con
stitutcd Il Not" in the south. here
the black man WAS at all concerned. 1t
means simply hntcheIing negroes under
any pIctrII>r that can Ice trumped up.
The Springfield HcpubHcan collects
the follow Ing details of this late riot "
We aIc particular III thus q, Ing credit
toI the authority. brcalISc that paper
has had more cru>uIt tor those men
and Journals who shake the bloody
>hiII. than any other in New England.
1t has had two words of c-n>IIrc ct the
North to one of the south for the last
tW" Nr;tI>: :" when that paper admits
the harharirl of the rebel element Vet
unsuhducd. that element must hr quite.
apparent. This is THEN Version OF the
last m.ls>aclc of black men in South
Carolina:
What are the facts in this Hamburg
case On the Fourth. Il company at
(rololrd) state militia, paradin9 III the.
streets. refuse To get ont of the way of
two White boys. gcntlencn'> sons I-
turning from a visit to Augusta. The
heightened father of one OF the boy :
brings IL suit against the ncgr" captain
and his men tor ob>Iructinn the high
way. and retains Mr.. VI. &. Butler. CtoI-
mcrlN ma jon general {. :. AZ to pr">,-
cute it. The cololtd tral-iustirc post
PONIES the hearing once or twice Mr.
BulIrl then tells him that the negroes.
who have gathered al their armolN
must give up their arms. The trial
Justice. who L. also Il general i'll the
state militia. advise them To comply
but they refuse. Presently. white sabre
clubs appear on the >crne. The chiN .
alrnu> youth OF Augusta snatch up THEN
guns and hurry across the river An
other demand l. made Ton the guns.
The nrgIoc> reply again that they are
the legal militia of the county. Theu
they are hc>ieged in their armorN.
Small arms proving Intellectual. IL >iN-
Founder is brought over from the, Geur-
giL side al the river. Several negroes
attempt To escape from the building
/ five succeed. two ale shot dead. one l.
taken prisoner and hulchcIcd in cold
blood. The other negroes. ~ in all
are dragged from the cellar. Mr.. But
lei, late majoI general. after giving or
dcr> t"I the conveyance of these pIis-
onrr> to the Aiken iail rides of home
/ Then the guard take out the ''ringlcad
eI>, one 10y one, To il convenient corn
field. hid them run for for their lives
and shoot the poor WrrtcheS down Il,
they run. Those who got ialthe>t
dropped down at ~ Yards Then tn,
other prisoners were turned loose, ano
a N"ll,N fired after them And then
the white cheNalirrS rode away. wei
satisfied with their nights sport. Tn,
charleston News hears that two of til,
bodies we've "mutilatcd with hatchet,
and haNonrt>.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

1t will he seen 10y Il notice in this pa
convention 10 nominate IA candidate for
Congress from this district. on the 10th
day of August, and that the ciucu>e>
tor the election OF delegates are to he
held on the 18th of August. We are told
that Windham county will present the
maine of Hon George Howe; and ais,
that the friends OF Col. John b. Mead
will bring him forward.
We presume neither of these gentle
men will ran unless nominated by III,
convention. Mr.. Denison will proba
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

ouirement that they should advertise
Tor bids, which WAS met by purchasing
.grarantecd" pipe. )" that really theN
purchased the guaranty directly OF the
parties manufacturing it, and the pipe
was thrown in. This was right. and all
the little matters of discount. commits
sion. ETC.. 10y which the village saves :"
much. are il great deal more easily ar
ranged where there are few parties t"
deal with.
And there is this further advantage,
incidental, had not the shrcwd managers
forcseen it. This guaranteed pipe Is :"
strong that it is not injured 10y freezing,
50 it requires To Ice buried only four
feet even in the street, which can he
proltably done for twentN-siN cents
more than the contract price. If amy
thing is clear, it is that the Trustees
know what they are about.
This appears further in the way they
keep all their business i'll their own
hands. If the Village Treasurer and
Auditor had to handle this money or to
know about il we should soon get into
trouble. Then We should he liable To
the expense and annoyance of mvrstl-
cations such Us disgrace Congress but
now that is impossible. Few villages
are 50 favored indeed the same meth
odS might not answer in all places.
The Feathers" know what they are
about
The expense of our water works he
fore We put in the store reservoir ON
PeabodN's hill, and the PaSsump>ic res
ervoir III Lyndon to keep the stream
up in dry weather, Uhi> will not he
done this YEAR, will probably Ice about
two hundred thousand dollars. This
we can easily pay. In the first place
the water supply ought To reduce our
insurance ~ much as the interest ON
five thousand. and five thousand ought
t" put our streets in repair again. We
MAY have To pay tritir more water
rent t" keep the wheels CREASED. I've
understand that the talk about free
water did good, but meant n"tlIingl
hut this We pay t" get rid at Il concern
once useful. but now merely Il m"n"p"lN.
What We pa! this Nrar simply for the
pump and pipe and street repairs will
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
A Colored Mans Views of the Massacre

AttcI hearing several of the chivalrN
get up III Congress on Saturday and
regret the STATE nf things in South
Carolina. and the Hamburg massacre.
but ap"lngi>c III reality foI the ptIpe-
traitors. MI. Rainy Il ntmher from South
Car"ina, hut a ''niggcr," obtained the
t1nnr and spoke az follows:
Sil. regret l> much as any man hele
/ that outbreak at Hamburg. regret
1 that the proceeding WAS mcasurIbl,
coIIntenanrcd 10y ii cavalier whn has de
seconded from IL noble stock. the very
best that pe"pled the soil of Carolina.
W hen make this assertion. | am not
influenced 10y ii partisan prejudice.
do not speak from htarSIN or mere con
JrctuIe. | am sustained in what | say
10y the Democratic papers of South
CnolIua. have III my hands the New.
aud touIier. the leading Democrat,
paper OF the State. which contains aI
article from the Augusta Chronicle and
C"m>titutIonali>t. stating the very fact
that General Batter went from Ham.
burg across the bridge into Augusta
SAM Young men over there and said t,
them Things over in Hamburg lool
>quallN. Young men, We may want you
over there this evening. Get your
selves i'll readiness" The edition q
this Democratic paper, published in til,
city of Augusta, ''iNs that General But
ler made nse of that expression. an,
that those Young men. tally armed. an,
to the number of two or three hundred
= went over there, and. sir. what are W
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

worth more to the world ill.,,
critics that ever sat in then ,Io... .".
lettered moral guide board, t... '"'
eft of their day and gcncl.,l,,,
1t Is not true thai rhn,,.
politics a> an av"cari"n. uh.,I...
ulatcd 10y high ambition.
thn>t for gr">>cr rrWald- H..
tamr.arc more selfish 81 l.>, t....
less faithful t" THEN nu>t, ,,.. '''
VIII" seek peli and priIr> nlu>i,i,.
ties. Shall Vigorous hu,ir... ''..
turn their backs ON "rajlIoadrn.
stock dealing hrcau>r Fish anal
and Tom Scott and Amr> h.,...
Shall banking he abandoned ,.,.
quite Il Large per cent of r,,...I
cashiers and other Officers end ...
false t" their delicate nu,,.,
there hc never Il >rh"ar hn,l
again. which Charles l.lmn a..
cause :" many rmhrzllrr> and ,....
this sort use THEN position IL. l.,...
employers ! The great hu>.p,....
actions of the gnvrrnmrnt. rt,.,..
age of So-callcd political ro,,..,.
show far less pen cent "i los, b,
faithful stewardship and unn,u,.
"rdinates. than any pi,ar, ,,...
of equal magnitude. The tIrl...
human nature Is about th,. ,.,,......
vacations. and there j. no sn.J ia.
tor believing that politics it. , rror....,
is amy more drm"lanllrr ala.
prolific in Scouudrrls. than il, .,,,.,...,...
s"-ralIed respectable calling, n
that involve temptation aud >rr....
ending in conquest or fail. arr,ra..
the root of honor and iute.i,r. v....
iginally deeply and STRONGLY f,.,.,
not.
50 far IL office h"ldl. m,.
necessarily >rrNiIirN. aLd ,in..n...
freedom OF thought. it = uor r....
this is the td"H ot p"Liic,. n.a..
to hr tue. it i "nl, hrcau>, ID s..
not OF politics. but ct Amr,l.,l.......
at large. which i :" intensely ur.I,...
IN III its morality and cIAII,rr.,. 3d..
NANCY and not merit - the mos. ,un.....
and potent touch>t"ur H. D.tr,.
vast number of small utfi,.s ,I..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
Our RadIX Lette.


CASTLE GARDEN ROM. ''.\'t'. "..
AND DEPOT N'>Itt Hl utt'H'
CLOCK STREET ~ttItE~ ma a.
rrRI,r Nrr.,r v,,u..,,..,..
-
FANS ORIENTAL ut Al ~ '\' .'..
Mss \ TWO r"I\ NJ I,uupt e.
rIE>IIIEt A>uiuup,,utut.
<,.. r,.II.i.-,
''''N' '''''
L" me Ed'f"t Of me """""."'
In the destruction uf Cr>rl, Ggd'
last weak v.,, J,..t,,, ..,.,,I ....
marks of New York. Tn ra, oana.
an OLD Landmarks "'> d-'''''''. '
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

Willard, accessible only by ropes from
the top of the precipice the ''Ele
plants head" on Mount Webster: the
Wiley Slide, and the famous Wiley
House with its melancholy history: the
great Frankeinstein gorge, over which
the road passes on an iron treStle work
- feet high and 400 feet long. and the
other wonders of this wonderful chaSm
All this Notch ride was new to most
of the party. and many were the cX-
carnations OF wonder and admiration
Us the train whirlrd through this iiftcel
miles OF surprisingly beautiful noun
tain scenery. The most of the party
stopped at the Crawford House unit
saturday morning. but the duties of {;
few called them away Friday, from ON,
of the pleaS;lnteSt and most eujuNa abb,
reunions and excursions that the Yer
mont Editors and Publishers ever had
q In speaking of the hutchery of ten
or more colored men at Hamburg ). G..
the night after the fourth of July, 10y
white men, the Springfield Repubhca,
says:
These outrages sicken and disgust IL,
class of our people more than the mel
VIII" have been most outspoken and sin
cere IN denouncing carpet bag Nenalit,
and misgoverumrnt, and pleading for
/ Ia
the South. If these men are once con
WINGED that the election of Tilden an,
Hendricks means this sort of thing
G"odbN t" The hope of Il democratic elrc
toral vote from the Ncrth.
There are other and higher reasons
why such murders should not he above,
than simply because they hazard tia,
chances of electing Il democratic Pre>i
dent
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

bly, he a candidate before the cOnven-
ton as he was two Years ago; and If
not nominated. will probably run is Il
bolter rs he did then: aud if he can
again succeed in carrying the Demo
Gratis. may he again elected. AS he
voted for giving Grant Il third term, We
do not see why the Democrats should
not he a unit for him this time.
ONE OF MANY.-On the summit OF
Mount Washington last Thursday night
We met ii gentleman from Illinois, who,
with his family Was visiting this WON
thy fact was that he had lived many
Years III Orange county, and several
molc in st. Johnshury. almost under
the shadow of the White Mountains
and Yet had never visited them until ht
was 81 far away that it took Il journey
of Il thousand miles to accomplish il
He * Il representative of many. There
aIr hundreds of people who live within
sight of these everlasting hills, Hh,
never visit them. mainly We SUPPOSE
hrcauSt they are So near that they can
90 any time, and 50 never get about 1t
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE. The postage
law il Icmedied at last The old rate
OF one cent for each two ounces tol
transient newspapers and magazines
and other >o-called third-cla>> printed
matter has already gone into operation
I'h>eaIed circulars. and all the various
GLASSES and descriptions of merchandise
heretofore counted among thiId-cla>.
matter, continue to pay one cent tol
each ounce. The CdieiOhidh now goe,
through the mails for one cent
DISTRICT Conventions. - The con
venti"n in the First District will b,
held at Rutland. Aug. 3.
The Second District convention vii
he held at W. X. Junction. wednesday
Aug. Ii.
The Third District holds its con>cn
ton at Hyde Park. Aug. 10.
: Those who are now at the Cen
trnnial exhibition. Waru people agaiu>
/ Vi>irin. Philadelphia this hot season
/ Many mnIthermrr> ave tirtin" from tn,
city for their lives. sun >tIokr. chnlrli
mon bus. and other diseases kimdltd t,
The weather are IrNaIlimg largclN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
j HIItlIlNSON j
". r JOHNSON
WM. HARRIS.
~ .Juhn-buTN July l.. l-.G.
APpoKrIuNMENr OF DELEGATES

Cdl,h.ata Coanfy st. .I"hn-hurN Barnet
Burkr DAnvillr Ilardwick and Lyndon. = each
The other az towns ia the County one each.
OranJr Co"niy-Eand, lph 3. Bradford Chelsea,
Curinth New bury. Thrtt"rd. l"p-ham and lnn-
bridge : each. The other 90 towns III TIN County
,3C
Winihdm Cyunty-BIattl-b"ru :. Londonderry
Rock CHAIN and Westminster. each. The other
tlyI low u> ia the county each
Win,iSpr COUntV.-SpTingtirld and N""d-t"rk
4 each Chester 8 R,th-l Hartford Ludlow
Eo,h,sttr Ru> alton and WindsnT = each. Thu
other lJl towns ia the County one each
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
Citizen on the Water, Again.



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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
Second District Republican Conven
ton.

A Union Republican Convention f"r the second
Congressional District Of Vermont - hereby called
tu be held at White River Junction ON W edneSdiN
the 10Th div "f August next. at O'Clock III me
att.rnnon Tor the purpose Ot nominating 'aldI
daft. for Representative To the Forty fnth I "n
pIrss and u candidate tor Presidential Elr't"r.
In compliance with resolutions adopted 10y pre-
Niuu- District ConV cntIuu-, the R'puhllcdh voters
IN Tia, several towns in said Distinct Will h" repre-
scented ia thu, IGNITION 10y then delegates chosen
ON TN, follow Ina basis Each town casting less
than one hundred Republican votes tel Governor
at the last STATE election. Will h" entitled I" "it
delegate aud each town casting over one hundred
such votes viii be- entitled I" additional dele"
gate tur such fractional part ri one hundred votes
81 cast cNcrrdIng tiftN-
III. delegates in the several towns " Ill br ch,srn
at PRIMARY meetings which are directed I" Ii" held
at the usual place, for holding trrrn"n- meetings
in said towns saturday. the l2th dan III August
next at clock y. IN
When delegates chosen by ballet the ballot
ins- are to b. kept open not less than one hour
Altrruatr- may hr oh",rn. III delegates may hr
authorized to appoint substitutes.
Town COMMITTEES viii gINr proper notice at the
TIM, and place the election a" delegates III then
respective towns.
IjiicrI. ct tn. meetings will furnish {" DELEGATES
proper Credentials and are requested I" send hN
th, iii 81 mail duplicate copies t" the Chairman :"
the district UmmIttrr.
Ii is expected that arrangements Will he made
for the CUSTOMARY hall fare railroad rates
&. :. DANA,
j HTTCHINSON III. District
" r JOHNSON. Committee
ARkIS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
MI. Fairbanks Accepts the Nomination
for Governor.

THE COMMITTEES LETTER OF N"TIfI'A-
TIoN. AND MIR. EAIEBANk>> REPLY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

TON. AND MIR. IAIlEA\h>> EEll1.
The following correspondence has
been made public, and frllN explains
itself 1t l. unnecessary to here state
the qualification Nh. FAN banks accep-
lance gives his toWn>mrn: and We he
lcve also the great body of tIremcn
throughout the State:
NERGENNE> Vi. June -. l-1G.
DEAR SIk.-In cheerful "brdirucr I" instruct I"n
from the Republican state t"nN rntl"n held tins
daN at Mnntpelirr have the honor Ia inform
YOU that hy the unanimous vote al said t"nN"n-
ton yuu were nominated a. the Republican tandI
date foT tioVernur t" liz Supported hy the Freedmen
OF Vermont at the neat bIrnniHl election.
Trusting that the nomination " Ill bc h"n"rrd hN
your early acknnw lrd.Tnrnt and acceptance. and
FULLY believing that IT viii Ice confirmed hN mur,
than the customary mi.i"IitN "i III" Republican
party i'll Vermont t remain. With high regard
lOuT "b I servants
GEO W. GRANDEl
JOSEPH POLAND. }ConHtitt.e
GEORGE NICHOLS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
We read g:


WhrTr nsIIs-at the foot ut Paradise
Int" -ult-~h"t under .round-tIll part
k"-r up fountain 10y the Ire. "f Lie
1t worked we'll there until
>m. not tIm,. INST Wrought Tia. chsnsr
hat l. the mischief With water work :
every where. Milton may have been
prcjudiccd against the Trustees ut that
pllmc\ al Village. wish We could dis
pulc the historical fact " hich he states :
In with thu rr,er -unk-aud with 1t r"sc
>AIAN-tn>uk ed III ri-ln. ml,t-thcu sought
" here To lie had
We may ~ we'll allow his inttrndi
majesty got III that way. Bun the tact
proves nothing now. a- some seem to
lcal, Tor that was six thousand Yeats
that the fellow can go through a. small
Il hole now a. he could then or that
hr would do u> in 81. Johu>hurN any
harm if he did get admitted that way
lie l. not dangerous in this Nillagr. The
Trustees do know what they are about.
Outsiders find it difficult to realize how
very honest We are. Win intolluptlblt
officials. and innocent and contiding
people, SuiIrle~> I> Eve III the garden,
and 81 um>tlii>h that We are as willing
/ To Increase ON taNe> rs We are To drink
the delicious river water. For such Il
people no mischief can slip i'll through
our water works. II any one think :
that he has seen the track of Il eleven
lo"t. he Is simply mistaken. The "Fa-
theirs know what they are about. We
are doublN guarded against any danger
of this sort, and against being cheated
III amy way, because we trade on the co
operative principle; that is, with our
selves. We have every thing that is
good about Changers and Sovcrtigns.
and Il little more too. The advantage
L. evident. If |. selling to the village,
try to cheat me. buying for the village
| buy ing for the village understand this
perfectly. and of course prevent tn.
. village being cheated. The agent oi
the village knows all that the party
selling I" the village knows about tn,
enact cost of the article to bc bought
and Is better qualified to buy than ANY
one else could possibly br. Then to,
any little difference is 81 easily man
. aged. for ct course | can ALWAYS auIe,
. with my self This is an immense gain
To the village, how much only the Tru>
tees will ever know. 1t is well for then
to be guided in borrowing money t.,
! the same general principles. Do N"
make 1t clear that the .Father>r know
1 what they are about
+ | have not space at this writing t,
| show how the purchase of the Flanders
pump as we'll as the other business VA
f upon this cooperative principle. bu
I if we do not see it sooner or later ",
I. may believe it all the same, and th;t
t no other plan offered such advantages
II At first sight it might appear that i
: would have been better to purchase til,
t. pipe of the manufacturer rather than q
e. the middlemen at NergeuneS. But tin
- Trustees have already explained tina
I this would not have met the village re
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21
THEoI-GH THE NoTCH.

Descending from Mt. Washington bv
an early train, the party left with re
greet the grand scenes behind them, and
FASTENED to the Fabyan House. where.
they took the OLD train through the
Notch, reaching Upper Bartlett. fifteen
miles away. in about forty minutes.
Here the eNcur>ioniSts rested one houl
when they took the return train. An
"OhScrVatinn Car" with chairs of cool
wickcrwork. and with onl Y the few iron
rods which support the roof To hinder
the fullest view from its open sides. had
been provided for the party. Thus seen.
the passage through the Notch i one of
unsurpassed interest. The track is fol
most of the distance high up above th,
Saco: but ten OF twelve hundred feet
above it rise the mountain walls on
either hand. Conductor Richards wa,
all poltrness and pointed out the OBJ
jects of most interest Mount Despair
the Old Maids Mountain. Mounts VII
! lard and Webster, the cave OH Mouut
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-07-21

Hos. GEO. " GKANpEY.
Hon. JOSEPH POLAND. Comm
Hos. GEORGE NICHOLS
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-06
TRAMPS.

In looking over the town reports this
year, we find new item of expense-that
entailed on the several towns by cramps
10 the town of Rutland, these expenses
amounted to S456,57i in Brandon, 1914 81;
in Shrewsbury, SIP. 90, or more than fifty
per cent. Of the expenses of the support OF
the poor for the year in Pittsford, the ex.
pense is not stated, but ii appears that
three hundred and sixty-three tramps were
furnished with supper, lodging aud break.
fast, and forty-one with dinner, 30 that we
may call the proper charge some $4,000
in Castleton, S27 90 in Clarendon $40, 90;
in Grafton, $500.
Under the laws Of the state, the several
towns are burthened with this expense. i.
there any justice in il f? 1t will be seen
that in the towns on the main line of travel
between Canada and Boston and the manu-
featuring towns in New England, these ex-
penses are very heavy but in the towns
Off from this main thoroughfare, they are
comparatively light, in fact, no larger, if
AS large, than in previous years Rutland
is not interested in these "tramps," they
do not belong here, they are not clowns
"poor"-why should we pay more for
their support than Grafton Why should
Brandon pay nearly two hupdred dollars
and Castleton only twenty-seven dollars ?
Why should Pittsford "entertain" four
hundred and four tramps, and Shrewsbury
pay one hundred and forty-two dollars,
while Clarendon only expends ten dollars /?
These are not "towns poor" and the
several towns should not be required to