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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

GN. WADE HAmIu>'s house, three miles
from Columbia, ). c., was burned on Friday
night. Flames bust from all parts Of the
house, ard the ge.eral'- two sisters and two
young sous had only tine to escape with
their live. The ladies saved only their
dressing gowns, and Gen. Hampton has not
a single article Of clothing except those be
had on. The only thing saved was a bust
Of Gen. Wade Hampton of Revolutionary
fame. The fire is declared to have been in
eendiary. That night by accident the gen
eral lodged in the city There was no
insurance
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

From tie Senlts. relating o. IT, t.-
Hubbardt0n pas-ase Refused r....
navs s..
The committee On STATE t-r.a-.- 81
mend the adoption "a the I.1- rs-
relating to the purchase ui ma.1-..
recording and counting the aye. l-7-..
of the House o. Representative. asa.
passage Of the resolution W1- 1--
the part Of the House.
Mr.. Dillingham; called 90 t-e ,-.
luton relating to tnal alIlura1a-, L..
French. of Woodstock. moved &. aas-..
as to tx the hour Of ina. al I---as-..
; O'clock tomorrow morning VII o.
agreed TO.
ms extension vas nccss-I1y Gu --..
the Governor 20 syn and rep1r. t....t. O..
general assembly before adj llral-r.
Ii. III. TO pay Nathan Ilrls- >--l-
Jr., the sum therein uamc1 ul-.ss--
commend to amend - a. q paw 70; l.-r
son $500 ard for the deficiency BE- l--..
ing and taking care Of the bu i1-
which amendment was disagreed
Mr.. StOddard, of Faystcn. z .7e4 i-.l g.
pOlntment Of another commttas t .--
enee which motion was cisa-raf- 9.
H. 324, IL amendment OF an g., g. -.t
porate the village Of 3. Aibtu~. ,-.-
proposals Of amendment agreed.
The speaker laid before tie Be-.
following communication
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

count tie names Of Electors omitted by &C
eident from a portion of the tickets, but can
only count the names actually voted
II isrerortei from New Orleans that at the
session of the Louisiana returning board, Sat
urdaY, the seals Of the returns from the parish
Of DeSoto were found to have been broken. The
requirement j. that where fraud or violence is
charged, aihiayits in support of the charge
sinai! accompany tie returns. The package,
II is said, was p9St-inarked at the county seat
OF DE Soto, November H. IL was delivered
to the State returning board Saturday, No
'ember % On opening the package. afida.
WITS were found within, dated and attested
IN New Orleans that very day. This report
comes from Democratic sources and the
alleged iamperng with the package is attrib-
uted to the Secretary Of the Board. That
the Republicans should lave undertaken TO
perpetrate a fraud by such a clumsy device
US to place in package purporting to have
been sealed Ia the parish Of De Soto. Nov.
l4th' documents executed eleven days after.
seems hardly credible. But the affair if
correctly reported calls for explanation
The simple result of the proceedings in
South Carolina Is, that the Supreme Court |
has usurped the functions of the Board of
State Canvassers ana undertaken itself TO
canvass the returns and determine to whom |
certificates Of election shall be given. Judge
Cartier, of Washington, who was in Column
bia at the time of the count, says the State
Court has no authority under tie Corstitu-
tiOn or law Of the State for taking any juris-
diction IN the case Of the Board The law
says nothing on the subject, and the Consti-
tuition says on Y, as other State Constitu-
tons say, thai ahe Judicial power of the
State shall be vested in Supreme Court.
The court claimed that as the Returning
Board exercises Judicial power, 1t is subor-
dinate TO ih3 Supreme Court. On this
ground alone The court undertook to SUPER
wise the business Of the Boari. The action
Of the BOarl in Ignoring the court is re.
gsrded by Judge Cartier as entirely Legal
md right.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

Mr.. Cotton Of Irasburg, and disagreed to.
| Ii. III, to pay Nathan Turner Sprague,
Jr., the sum therein named; read third
time.
| Mr.. Eaton. Of DaDviile, Intercepted the
COMMITTEE on claims in regard to the clam,
and the form in which 1t was presented 10
them. lie also drew from them tpe faet tnat
/ persons in the State had furnished money to
keep the building open and in running order.
and claimed that il Mr.. Sprague is paid the
money he had expended. others who had
| contributed to run tie building shouid
also be paid.
Mr.. Woodbridge, Of vergennes, favored
the bill as being but just to Mr.. SpTague,
though it may not be legally claim on the
State. Ii is simply a question oil state
| should pass the bill.
Mr.. French, of Woodstock, said be drew
up the bill and introduced it without any
consultation with Mr. Sprague, but only as
a matter of Justice to him Governor Peek
| was asked to call an extra session oil the
| Legislature to make appropriation Tor TINS
| building, but he did not deem lt best TO DO
SO. Mr. Sprague stepped forward and iur-
| nished the building to the great comfort OF
all Vermonters who visited the Centennial,
and now it is but right and proper thas We
should pay Mr.. Spraguc what he had ex-
pended there.
Mr.. Chamberlin, Of Sharon. said the Yer
mont headquarters on the Centennial
grounds had been a great convenience and
comfort to the people of the State. To pass
this bill would be to entail cost Of only
about six and one -fourth cents on each pei
son Of the State, and he would favor it.
Mr.. Swain, of Rockingham, said this is a
matter CT State pride, and the State itself
ought to own its share in the grand national
Centennial celebration. We have made
large appropriation FOX the celebration OF
the Centennial Of the Battle of Bennington
next year, and be hoped We shall not with
bold this small sem to maintain the dignity
Of the State
Mr.. Eaton, Of Danviile, said be believed.
Mr.. Sprague had received the value OF his
money in being advertised all over the COM
try as having Furnished this building Tor
the use OF the people Of The State visiting
the Centennial. lie hoped the bill would
not pass, and on the question lie demanded
the yeas and nays.
Mr. Hapwood, Of UDGerhill. and Mr..
Adams, OF EnOsburgh, briefly opposed the
bill
The bill was Thea passed ayes III nays
20.
Adjourned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

That much ,iliiel body, the Louisiana
Returning Board, have decided, 80 New
Orleans coeratehes say, that they cannot
count tie names Of Electors omitted by &C
eident from a portion of the tickets, but can
only caun, the names actually voted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

From the committee no a-r,-.-..-
a committee Consisting ID 49,. =.
Sprague, Of Brandon. n Z. IL.
held, OF Arlington a1i ul1 IL.
Beldsn, OF 81. Johnsbgry. p. a-----
inquire whether the in.crs-. .8'- -.
riculturai fund now pad O. tie I-'---'s
OF Vermont, l. agproPrmtst ID ,.-. ..l
with the act OF Congress q J..r.-t 81
with power 10 send Tor persons an, ~
and rcpOf, the frst week oi Oh. --.,
NAL session Of the Legislature r-s---
Is of such commissioner t. -.-..
State.
The resolution Wa OFF -elt-v
Of Burlington, Nc. Chlm5-r.l. Sc.
and Mr. Woodbridge. % Ns-.-.-
favored by Mr. Skee.s.. u B- -,..
Mr.. Cotton. Of lra-bargi. Tam
refused TO adop. the resl.ulI
II. 33l, relating % TIE cha. ......
agement OF the State prison. >-.-'..
posal of amendncnt clLc-rr.s
Ii. 81, 10 Gsscss and tax taers.....
railroads; Senate proposals o:sr--l-
eoncurred IN EXCEPT the cr-r-. H.
taxation for ten years.
H. LOG, 10 appropriate 5000
pay TOR the preplrGtiJa an r... sal.
the digest Of the reports 10 g.. ....--
court Of this STATE; ,u.te t-..
amendment c0ncurreI IN.
III. 960, 10 Incorporate g..
Trust company Senate p1.l.-.
ment cOncarred In.
H. $50, 10 Incorporate gle i..-.- .-.-.
railroad company; Senate ,-r.
amendment cOncurr5d in
II PSI, 70 enable tic lgu..- .. t-.l.
tist meeting house l. " .:lu-l4-. .
pose Of the same Senate pr5r.-.. .s-..
ment eoncurred in.
Ii. 800, establishing tie N.lu % 5.-
of Agriculture, Senate pr1p9-a.- ..
ment disagreed to ayes .. N.Y..
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-01

From the House, authorizing the quarter
master general to take the cannon captured
at Bennington to Bennington on tie 10Th
OF August next; adopted
Adjourned
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
Finding a Thief.

A poor musician had an ebony flute
with silver keys. The flute, however,
like many other things, had more beau
ty than use, for there was a defect in
one of the keys, and so that note had
to be skipped. The musician had for a
friend tailor, who, having some taste
for music, would often come to the
musicians to sing and when he came
he liked to try his skill on<the flute
with silver keys. One night when the
musician was out the flute was stolen.
The tailor seemed sorry indeed for his
friends loss, and tried to help to ferret
out the thief. They suspected an old
woman that was round the house, but
as there was no proof against her she
was let of, and the real thief, whoever
he was, escaped detection.
In few months the tailor went to
live in another town. After a year OF
SO the musician paid him a visit, and
he found his friend had for company q
beautiful bird, bullfnch who could
whistle several tunes very correctly
This, of course, delighted the musician,
and he liked to hear it; but what was
curious, he soon found that the bull
finch, whenever he came to a certain
high note always skipped it and went
on to the next. He was greatly sur
prised to make out how this could be-
but as he pondered over the matter il
struck him at last, the note the bird
skipped was the note that had ceased
to sound on his flute, and he came to
the conclusion in his own mind that
the bull6inch must have been taught
In some way from his stolen flute, and
the miserable man, pale and trembling,
confessed the theft.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
First Appearance of Gipsies.

One day, four hundred and fifty years
ago, or thereab bouts, there knocked al
the gates of the city of Luneburg, on
the Elbe, as strange rabble rout as had
ever been seen by German burgher.
There were three hundred of them,
men and women, accompanied by an
extraordinary number of children.- =
They were dusky of skin, with black
hair and eyes, they wore strange gar
inents; they we're unwashed and dirty
even beyond the liberal limits tolerated
by the cold water fearing citizens OF
Luneburg; they had with them horses,
donkeys, and carts; they were led by
two men whom they described as Duke
and Count. These two alone were
dressed in any kind of spIendor, and
rode richly comparisoned horses; they
were most courteous in manner; they
seemed careful to conciliate, they talk
cd among themselves a strange lam
guage, and they understood the lam
guage OF the country. All they asked
was permission to camp for few days
outside the gates. All the Luneburg-
ers turned out to gaze open-mOuthed
at these pilgrims, while the Duke and
the Ceunt told the authorities their
tale, which was wild and romantic,
even had they invented story to snit
their own objects, no other could SO
well have enlisted the sympathies of
credulous, kindly, uncritical and soft
hearted folk. Many years before they
explained, while the tears of penitcnce
stood in the eyes of all but the young
est children, they had been a Christian
community, living in orthodoxy, there
fore happiness, in far-off country
kpown as Egypt. The Luneburgers
had heard Of Egypt. Crusades had not
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
Not Any For Him.

This is the season when advertise
mentS of refrigeratorS and ice-chest:
spread out in a newspaper like mort
cages on a small corner lot. 1t was
advertising that attracted Nankin
farmer in Detroit and into a Wood
ward avenue hardware store yesterday
When he mentioned the fact that be
would like refrigerator, the proprie
tor welcomed him with sunny smile
and the clerks cheerfully barked then
shins against the stoves as they few
around.
viii you look at these ice-chests p
asked the proprietor as he came to a
long row.
What do want to keep ice in a
chest for % growled the farmer.-'What
i want is something to keep provisions
nice and cool in hot weather.
well, here you have it. Here is the
best refrigerator made
The farmer opened the doors, looked
the box over and around and seemed
much pleased with it. Presently he
inquired:
What's the principle of the thing
how does she cool off the provisions
You put your ice right in here, shut
the box and away she goes was the
reply.
'Icep gasped she farmer.
why, you can't run refrigerator
without ice, can you?'
The farmer turned without a word,
walked downstairs and out to his
wagon, and was getting in when the
hardware man hurried up and asked:
What's the matter?'
DO you think Pm a fool?' howled
the agriculturist. do you think Pm
going buy that high-priced provision
asylum and then keep ice, too ?-[De
trOit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
The Yellow Centaur Liniment

Is adapted to the tough muscles cords and
flesh OF horses and animals. 1t has performed
more wonderful cures of SPAWN, Strain, Wind
gals, Scratches, Sweeny and general Lameness
than all other remedies in existence, Read
what the great Expressmen say of it
"New York JAM, 1874.
EVERY owner of horses should give the Oell>
tdstr Linilnent trial. We consider 1t the best
articles ever used in our stables.
III, MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex Stables, n. Y.
"E. PULTZ, Supt. U. >. EX. StatleS,
"a. s. OLIN, Supt. Nat. EX. Stables, n. ""
Montgomery, Ala Aug. II, 1874.
''Gentlemen-I have used over one gross OF
Ceptdur Lininent, yellow wrapper, on the mules
of my plantation, besides dozens of the family
LiniInent for my negroes. l want to purchase
1t at the wholesale price, and will thank you
to ship me by Savannah steamer one gros CT
each Kind. Messrs. A. T. Stewart 4 Co. will
pay your bill on presentation.
"Hespectfully, JAMES BARROW"
The best patrons of this Linimept are Far
riers and Veterinary Surgeons. 1t heals Calls.
Wounds and Poll~eyll, removes Swellings and
is worth Millions OF Dollars to Farmers, Live
y-men, Stock-growers, Sheep>raisers, and
those having horses and cattle.
What Farrier cannot do for $50 the Centaur
Liniment will do at a tritfing cost
These LinimentS are warranted by the pro-
prietors a bottle will be given to any Farrier
or Physician who desires TO test them. Sold
everywhere.
Laboratory Of j. B. ROSE d &C,
46 DEY ST.; NEW YORK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
Democratic Economy.

The performance of the Democratic
House of Representatives in passing
the Bounty bill on Tuesday surpasses
not only all previous follies of the ses'
sion, but all the blundsrs of which we
had imaged that extraordinary assem-.
blage capable. For months the party
has been Wanting its labOrs in the di-
rection of economy. 1t has been urg-
ing a campaign on the issue of retrench-
ment. 1t has been promising to take
forty or fifty millions a year off the
public expenditures. The Democrat
ic House has cut and slashed at all the
estimates. 1t has reduced the pay OF
petty clerks and laborers; it has struck
at the meager allowances OF our SOL
diers and sailors; it has proposed to de-
stroy the Signal Service Bureau and
the fast mail service; it has paid no re-
gaId to what the Government honestly
needs to meet its obligations and pro-
vide for decent and efficient admins
tration of the national affairs; ii has an
swered argument and remonstrance
with q dogged MOI and now, because
the Senate performs its duty in scruti-
nizing and amending the appropriation
bills, and refuses its assent to mischiev-
Gus, blundering, unjust, and demorali-
zing reductions, the House threatens a
stoppsge of the whole machinery of
government. This is the Democratic
notion of economy, and it is the one
thing upon which the party prides it.
self in the pending campaign.
But here of sudden, in the midst OF
the dead lock- the House turns around
and votes gratuity. to claim agents,
amounting to nobody knows how
much; certainly not less than $10,OOO,.
600; probably, according to the Pay
master-Genersl, more than $130,000,-
600. 1t is sheer outrageous demagog-
ism, without the shadow of justifica-
tion. The bill has three times already
been killed in the Senate, and as often
as Congress has taken it up the whole
country has exclaimed at its enormity
and exposed the fallacies upon which
it is based. We put the responsibility
of its passage now upon the clamOrQus
Democratic pretenders in the House
who are filling the land with cries of
Economy 1t was not passed as par
ty measure; both sides were fully rep
resented on the final vote; but it is the
Democrats controlling the House who
must bear the odium, and who furnish
ed the advocates of the bill during the
debate. We have confidence enough
in the common seuse of the Senate to
believe lin spite of the. discouraging
experience of last year, that it will not
pass that body; if it should pass, we
trust the President will interpose his
veto. Probably many of those who
voted for it neither expected nor de-
sired that it should become law. The
vote, however, may prove useful to
show the country how much faith is to
be placed in the professions of the
Democratic party, and what sort of an
administration we might expect from
politicians capable of the stupendous
blunder of literally giving away hum
dred millions at time like this
". Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06

gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so un-
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06

bsen out of fashion more than two pun-
dred years, and people told of dreadful
things done in Egypt as well "a in the
Holly Land. Egypt, indeed, Was
about rs well known to medieval
Europe as il was TO the Israelites under
the Judges. The strangers came from
Egypt. 1t was the land of Phoenix.
1t was not far from the dominions OF
Prester John. 1t was the country oi
the Saracen and Infidel. They were
then happy Christian flock. 10 their
valley came the Saracens, an execrable
race, wUrshipping Mahound. Yield.
| ing, in an evil hour, to the threats and
prosecutions of their conquerors, they
here they turned their faces and
wept aloud they abjured Christ. But
thereafter they had no rest or peace,
and a remorse so deep fell upon theil
souls that they were fain to arise, leave
their homes, and journey to Rome in
hope of getting reconciliation with the
Church. They were graciOusly receiv'
ed by the Pope, who promised to admit
them back into the fold after seven
years of penitential wandering. They
had letters of credit from King Sigis-
mund, would the Luneburgers kindly
look at them ?-granting them safe con.
duct and recommending them to the
protection of all honest people. The
Luneburg folk were touched at the re-
cital of so much suffering in cause SO
good; they granted the request of the
strangers. They allowed them to en-
camp; they watched in curiosity while
the black tents were pitched, and max
ed babies were rolled out on the grass,
the donkeys tethered, and the brass
kettle, slung over the newly kindled
fire; then they went home. The next
day the strangers visited the town. In
the evening good many things were
missed, especially those unconsldered
trifies which housewife might leave
about the doorway. Poultry became
suddenly scarce; eggs doubled in price;
it was rumored that purses had been
lost while owners gazed at the strang-
ers; cherished cups of silver were not
to be found. Could it be that these
Christian penitents, these remorsefui
back-sliders, these seekers after holi-
ness, these interesting pilgrims, so gen.
tie of speech, so courteous and humble,
were cut-purses and thieves? The
next day there remained no longer any
doubt about the matter at all, because
the gentle strangers were taken in the
act red handed. While the Luneburg-
ers took counsel in their lei surely way,
the pilgrims suddenly decamped, leav-
ing nothing behind them but the ashes
of their fires and the picked bones of
the purloined poultry. Then Dogberry
called unto his brother Verges, and
they fell to thanking God they were
rid of knaves. This was the first his
torical appearance of gypsies. 1t was
curious place to appear in. The
mouth of the Elbe is long way from
Egypt, even if you travel by sea,
which does not seem to have been the
case; and journey on land would not
only have been more fatiguing, but
would, one would think, have led to
some notice on the road before reach
ing Luneburg. There, however, the
gypsies certainly are first heard of, and
henceforth history has plenty to say
about their doings.-[ Temple Bar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-07-06
The ..Housekeeper'' of our Health


The liver is the great depurating or blood
cleansing organ of the system. Set the great
housekeeper of our health at work, and the
foul corruptions which gender in the blood and
rot out. as it were, the machinery of life, are
gradually expelled from the system. For this
purpose DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
ery. with small daily doses of DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets are pre-eminently
the articles needed. They cure every kird of
humor from the worst scrofula to the common
pimple, blotch or eruption. Great eating ul-
GERS kindly heal under their mighty curative
influence. Virulent blood poisons that TURK in
the system are by them robbed of their terrors,
and by their persevering and somewhat pro-
tracted use the most tainted system may be
completely renovated and built up anew. En-
larged glands tumors and sweellings dwindle
away and disappear under the influence of
their great resolvents. Sold by all dealers in
medicines.
''Claude, child about three years old, was
greatly afflicted with sores on hsle legs and feet,
so that he could not wear his shoes and stock
ings Had a great deal of trouble with him.
Had tried many remedies Intellectually. At
last we tried the Golden Medical Discovery,
and in about three weeks he was entirely cured,
his sores were all healed, and health much inn
proved. Respectfully yours,
j. w. BOYER,
vermillion, Edgar Co., H., JAN 20, u.s."