Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-12-23

were frozen up In the ONO canal, ,",Twchty'
Ave miners were killed by An explosion in
sa1ony $3.50. It 10 reported that thore 10 10 be
fresh exodus from Russia OF Mennonites,
fifty thousand Of whom desire 10 settle either
In Brazil or the United States. Biz delegations
have gone to inspect lands offered them ny
tho Brazilian government ,..., Information
from Spain Ia not very reassuring. General
Quessdo has commanded the province OF
BASQUE to pay IS 500, 900 reals for the support
Of the army Of occupation, and tho deputa-
tons fatty refuse TO do so-Alleging tho ina
bilty OF tho people to ralso tho money. Great
excitement prevails and trouble 10 Appro'
hended.
Valparaiso suffered from large coraagra-
ton, which burned for two days and destroyed
a vast amount Of property Now York CITY
revenue officers captured an Illicit distillcry
which, with II, contents, was valued At $i5,-
900. ....A widow named Collins, whilo tenn
porarijy insane, drowned hor two little dAugh-
tors in tho canal ut DrySon, Canada Tho body
Of Quo VI them has been recovered 80. Tho
naval commission reports In favor OF abandon
INK tho nAva, establishments nj Now London,
Now Orleans and brunswick, Ga ,,,.. Tho
Colorado Legislature elected tho Hon. Henry
NJ, Teller M United States sonator for six
years, bcginrirg next March, Now hamp
shirc's Constitutional convention voted TO
sbclirh tho religious tcst and 10 hold the eltc'
tlons In November bicnnlAlly ..,.. By tho
bisautino Cspt. Sitcmsn driving RShcro at
Herring Cove near Halifax, duling the recent
heA,y ,torm. four persons wore drowned ...,,
I. q. Prince, Democratic candidate for may or
OF Boston, wss elocici by n majority OF = 900
Judge Bond, OF tho untod States court, de-
ciod tho hdl.us corpus caso of tho board Of
state canya.sels OF South Carolina, aud dis-
Charged tho mcmbers from arrest undor tho
contempt proceedings OF tho supreme court of
tho State .,..,, Tho report OF tho Democratic
committee who wont TO Louisiana has been
made Tho ccminittoo quote from tho eloc-
ton laws to show that tie returning board
had n jnirdicton over the electoral vote,
there being no law M to who shall count
tho vote whstever. They say tho law
WAS not compl ed with m to protests by super
viscrs from tho ntimi lated parishes. They
do not deny that there was lSwlossness, but
they do not admit that intimidation was
proved. They report that oolorod men in
ouisi'na arc not necessarily Republicans.
Gov Hayes, OF Ohio, in q recent speech at
Dayton, ssid In tho excitement that has per-
vaded the country before and sirco tho cleo
ton, people Of ardent temperament have said
and done things that are indiscrt ct but rs the
excitement subsidies VIC begin TO return to our
better wisdom AID judgment. l have too
much faith in tho saving common sense Of tho
American people to think that they desire to
SEQ in their country Mexicsnized govern
mont. Whatever may be the result ut which
the lswfal authorities shall arrive, you and
will quietly submit, and have sufficient re-
spect and confidence in tho great majority Of
tho opposite pat to believe that they will do
the same . "A rush OF ice in the Mis.-sipI
ca sed jam near St Louis, and number OF
which wero laid up in apparent
safety for tho winter, were crushed like egg
sholls under tho immense pro.surc-some of
them being totally ruined and others seriously
crippled. Fourteen steamers were thus in
jured and tho Losses will aggregate $3.50, 600.
..... Third-class Cadet Midshipnan Joseph
Boal, OF Washington, and II. W. Barclay, Of
Missouri, were dismissed from tho Annapolis
naval academy for Laz ng.....An leo gorge
formed lin the Ohio near Cincinnati and when
il broke took OF the Sou HON railroad blidgc.
Congress, man A s. Hewitt chairmsn Of tho
Democratic national executive committee, has
Issued tho following address, by order OF tho
committee: 10 tho people OF the United
States: Tho national Democratic committee
announces as tho result OF tho Presidential
election held on the soy. nth Of November, the
election Of Samuel J. Tiden, of Nsw York, as
President, and Thom A. Hendricks, Of In
diana, al ce-Presiicnt Of the United States.
We congratulate you on the victory for re-
form. 1t now only remains for the two Houses
Of Congress, in tho performance Of their duty
on tho second Wednesday OF February next, to
give effect to tho will of the people, thus
expressed in the constitutional mode by a ma.
jority OF tho electoral votes and confirmed by
majority of all the ates, as we'll as by al
overwhelming majority Of all the people of the
United States. In reply to this, Z. Chandler,
chairman OF tho national Republ can commit
toe, has issued tho following: An address has
been issued by the Democratic committee. II
is the las. desperate attempt to prop falling
cause. Gov. Hayes has been fairy elected by
clear MAORI y of the electoral votes There
is no indication that any rightminded citizen
has doubt as to the result. The address o.
the Democratic committee is an impudent and
andacious attempt to pre- u lice and pervcrt
the pul lie judgment. Hayes and Wheeler ere
elected and the will of the American people
will BIO carried out and maintained
President Grant, in his letter to the United
States Senate replying to tho resolution re-
quostipg information as to whether troops
of the United States VIC ro stationed at the city
OF Petersburg in the State Of Virginia, on the
seventh OF November, 1876, answers cit
may BIO that the presence Of twenty -four
Unitei States soldiers, under the con III, nd OF
a captain and lieutenant, quartered in the