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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

The aeluittal Of Gen. BAbeock for the
alleged crime Of conspiracy in the whis-
ky frauds WAS not unexpected by those
bes; acquainted with the nan. He has
always borne : god reputation As a
brave soldier. ! reliable public Ofseer
and an honest man. When he Was first
accused Of crime he promptly challenged
an Investigation and trial. declaring
himself entirely innocent 81 the charge
but = portion Of the press and all sRe-
niles Of Grants administration were loud
in accusing him Cf every offence, at the
sane tine loading upOn the President
blame for keeping him @s secretary.
and odium because one q his oI1cers
vas even accused q wrODg-dOiug. The
result Of the trial proves the whole nat
ter to have been little else than = Polit-
ical blaeknzil. such Is has been origin
ated every little While, for the purpose
q he2piug blame On the administrator
aud the Republican party. But this
thing has 6r1led ont. ike many other
things that have been stated against the
President and bis frieDGs- We wOGld
not shield the President quicker than
any O;hsr nan il be were guilty Of mis-
Gemsanors but the perpetual abuse. d.
rect or indirect. that > portion Of tie
press Is keaping q hin. Is unfair and
uucalled for. one BY one the great Sc
eusAtions made against hin. fall 70 the
ground and he stands uDscathei. The
tine will Son cone, after the furOr Of
political hate has sgbsidsi, when l. ;.
Grant will be TeTe7ei in the nation s.
an hono7ed president, Is well IS gUeAt
Z general.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

There Is : disAgreeable report that
L. ; Minister Schenck, Senator Stewart
cf Nevada. Treuor ". Park Ct Vermont,
and Prof SillimAn Of Yale college, are
guilty Of great frauds N PAlming Of the
stock q the Emma silver mine in Nevs-
da As valuable. when they knew it 70 bs
worthless. Minister Sehenck denies the
charge. and will Immediately leave Eng
land and return 10 America to vindicAie
himself A second scandal. equally dis
agreeable and startling. is the reported
discovery. BY . congressional committee,
Of frauds and stealing Oh the part Of The
Secretary Of War. Gen Belkuap. II
these things prove to Be true Ne shall
be forced 70 exslain Of Republican OF
GERS about Is the BaPtis; deacon did Of
= set q elergymsn TIA. had given his
church great annoyance. o. account Of
their peculiar attention to the feminine
portion Of their fosk. He CALCULATED
1T does seem as though the very dew
was getting into cur Baptist ministers :.
We hope these unpleasant rumors IA.
prove untrue, IS their prof would be
lasting disgrace 70 the nation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

The Boston detectives have arrived In
London and the proper steps for the ex-
tradition cf WinslOw, the fOrgsr. are BE-
Ing taken. He Is represented As being
il q state Of i'll health and poverty. He
desires 70 return to America and 70 Be
tried for his alleged crimes Ii has been
discovered that many Of his supposed for
geries are not forgsTies, and endorsing
parties are paying up his claims He
is guilty. however, . is universally Be-
hsved Ct crimes that will send him Il
states prison. With Wiuslov. Bel
knap. Sehenck. and the ten thousand
little pceulators on the gridirOa. the
centennial outlook for national disgrace
is decidedly god.
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LETTER PROM NEW YoRR.
NEw YoKk. Feb. %, 1876.

NEW loRk. Feo. - 1870
Special Correspondence.
The past zeek has witnessed the first
great occasion Of the year. and the tall
nay Dow be considered opened Washing
tOu's birthday zzs the tine, and the &C.
czsi0n referred to vas What vas called
grand Cennteunizl Tez-Pzrty, bit which
IN reality. vas nothing more OF less
than = monster ball With tez-pzrty at
tzehmsut' The scene Was the grOup
q halls On Fourteenth street and Irving
Place. al three Of which we're connected
FOR the evening. The tickets we're great
steel engrzTIngs something less than :
foot square. filed With scenes and en-
blens Of = century ago Most Of this
mammoth '.pzstsbozrd- whose size De-
fitted the scale upon which the whole
affair vas planned was intended to Be
kept b. the holder - souvenir, the r.
al card Of admission being = nzrro~ Der.
f0rztsd eouPOu bezrng the password o.
tie year WITH which ne are al gettine
familiar By degrees q EOss repeat i
here. bat vii just hint that It eou
neDoes With C and ends With -. Th.
Academy Of Music. which i the Izrgez
Auditorium IN the city. vas the mail
hall. and this Vas connected On one sd
with SIllsOn Hall. appropriately drspe'
and used As = supper-roOn. and On ID
other. by-a Temporary enclosed bridg
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

Attend the March meeting 70 BE held
to-norrOv. Tuesday. and insi., on know
Ing jast how the financial affairs cfyour
town stand See whether the old bard
Of o5cers have administered the Affairs
Of the town vel or not: If veil. they
are entitled TO reelection, If otherwise,
do 10, be afraid to seclc; new OfScsTs-
This Is tine when economy, foresight
and honesty are emphatically demanded.
Public policy requires that set Of o.
fcers Be chosen Who are sisunch o. the
question Of temperance There Is Do
better place to fight the common enemy,
run. than st the polls No nan makes
an honest ofSosr Of the law Who Is DO;
willing 70 assist in the execution Of
every law q the state. Those opposed
70 liquor laws are usually very blind
and lax In their execution. II this e,
euliar law Is wrong. s5ect its repeal
whether right or vrcug. 50 long 3 II j
on cur statutes. le; il be executed. D.
not Be Indifferent IS % those who hol,
minor ofsoes poor O5csr in any ca
paeity Is = very poor investment Town
are no, wanting in good material e
ofsoers. Discard Pelitics in town elec
tons. and &c generous A. 70 reasons
be distribution of ofiesrs As relates :
sections E1srrise yOur Own best jud:
neut a. freeman and vote a. you a
y mind TO-"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHISGToS. D. c. March l. 1876.
!Sua-i,,l C7-7xxn7vy.vo.


!SPsial C0rTsp0H9zos-
A religious family once had TWO pets
parrot and monkey. both were great
f.yoritez and had been veil trained and
carefully cared for. One Sunday the
whole family vent to churcE ao.idsntly
leaving the monkey and pzrrOt IN the
in the sane RON. When they returned.
the monkey vas sitting On the mantle
badly scratched, the psrr0t was nowhere
70 Be seen and the foor Vas covered
With feathers After the family had all
entered the ron. the parrot cane from
under the sofa. completely diEestsi Of
feathers. thriving IL had 70 one SIDE.
It sid. We've been having he'll Of =
tine here" If the dsnOcrztie members
of congress we're a. ezodid and oatspoken
Is that parrOt and any one shoald qass-
ti0n then O the matter Of finances, they
E0uld be compelled % say we've been
I having . he'll q = tine here" No other
sxprsssi0a e01ld possible do justice u
+ the troable in the democrats camp On
the DoDsy question The eoanittee Q:
thirteen appointed b. the caucus have
had nesting after Meeting. and have
been unable to arrive al any eoDel1zi0n
The hard n9Dsy nsa stand where the
dad and 50 Do the s0ft money ones
Deither SIDE VII give way. Three mem
bsrs have BEEN absent Which lszTes Il
remaining ten tie When tie absen
ooes return the committee will stan.
seven speris % SIX greenbzek advocate
AID essh side vii make report 70 Il
czurus, which lezTes the natter in.
Were II vzs when Lamar appointed Il
egzUIttes- Il il said that tie erigeu
eies q tie occasion ez1sed Morrison ,
violate al dezocrztie traditions an
T speak The truth- He szid 70 HoIua,
"fou are a zs2" The force and trutk
f1lDess q the remark are admitted .
al AoDday Mr. Atkins, Of Tennesse,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06
BELKSAP'S DOWNFALL.

William ". Btlknap. Secretary q
War. affords the last eouspieuous exam
PIE Of isncuinlous ruin A nAn With
houored ancestry, with excellent social
and educationAl advantages. and = var
recori that brought hin into dissinc-
tioa in the aruy and the eountry-sll
bartered for gain. The nation is dis
graeei. the adminissrzsiOn Of President
Grant i disb0uorei. and the Republ-
can party Is greatly injured CO account
q TIE dowufall q this ous nan With
10 faint on bis naGs. and god rscori
for military and executive ability. Pres
ident Grant promoted hin to the dis
tinguisbed position Of Secretary 0f War.
HIS administration q tia; department;
Of the government has teen marked with
= fair degree q success. Bot ; suspi-
ei5a q his guilt Or Al experiment %
the part q = eonnittes Of congress. has
developed the fast that be has sold his
birth night for ness of pottage- With.
oat private fortune and with , snall
salary. be undertook in WashingtOu- ID
ape the style q = nilli0nAire. and dis
covered tia, be had net tie means TO ID
-. Hencs be undertook 70 raise BIZ
revenues BY disho15rable nsars H'
sold the oEoes. or ooe o5oe. vkich !,
had At his disposal for price reoeivin.
several thousand dollars therefor. Whel
lie discovered the fact that the nate
vas about 70 eone % light Be under
t0ok % make the person Eho vAs 70 tss
tify 10 il. tell lies 70 shield himself
Bat the party would not ps1urs hin
elf. and the crushing truth cane OF
The unfortunate Secretary has resigDe
his ofSoe. and viii Be inpeAeked b
ConSrsss aud g out into the world lei
Tibly disgrzeed Ifhe. alone. could n
tire. bearing all the shane. j; woald I
-sl. hut the nation suffers vhsnevs
any honored nan in an exalted positia
falls. and ne must take this neE buris
Of shane. There vii be great rsjO;ci1
in the ranks q the Democracy. bean
oos q President Grants Secretaries b
g1ne down. and they uiIl prctably ma
special use q the matter in the Ne
Hampshire AID Connecticut elecsio
s0on 70 eoze CT {; bit these polite
failures happen in both parties and
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will take some tine to offset the TamS-
ny Ring and Tweed disgrace one sad
died upon the sxalting democracy.
The unFartiEan public care little to
whose patty thee political IscAriOts be
long. and only lament tia; % many Of
them find positions Of responsibility in
the patiOn.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

AnOug the biIs iurrod0osd In tie
United States senate Tuesday vas oue
fixing The salary Of the President AZ s25.-
OOO after the 4th Of March. 1877. A
bill vzs passed % amend tie act Of
March ID. 1875. for the zduissioa Of
Color1dO into the Unioa On An equal
f0osIng with tia OsAer sates
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-06

II there Is anything 10 this world
calculated 10 make a man forget that
he's been 70 hear Moody and sankey On
the previous evening. Il is TO bounce
cbeer1ly cut Of bed IN the morning and
light Gu the business end Of a tack
1Nep York Commercial Adverasev.
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trfcts. which are regularly canvsssed during
six days out OF seven. Their openly syowed
object is to levy tribute on the people at large
they respect neither age, sex, nor condition. We
are told that an arrangement may be m ade with
the chief bandmeister Of any particular musical
district, by which householder can commute
for certain monthly sum- and thus free him
self from molestation. Otherwise, tho foreign In
vader has but to open his batteries wherever he
sees two or three seated at window for air and
q.iet. They Immediately succumb. SlRnor col
lects his tribute with a pleasant smile. suave
manner, and a determined intimation Of other
similar visits In the immediate future. Is there
any remedyf IL will be remembered that dur
Ing the ANGLO Chinese war, the English organ
lied a brigade Of organ grinders to operate
against the enemy. They were the terror Of
Chinese soldiers, who ned panic-stricken from
the field wherever they appeared. As they adj
vanced In serried ranks, each organ grinder
playing God Save the Queen" in the most de-
termined manner, the Chinese infantry-cer-
tainly not wanting in courage-swayed to and
fro, gazed wildly at the charging column, and
shouting out with one voice, FOREIGN devils
foreign devils r. threw down their arms In dis
may, and rushed from the scene OF action, their
pigtails actually assuming horizontal direction.
We suggest to our municipal authorities that
the New York italian organ grinders be formed
into brigade, and despatched to our Western
frontier to do battle for us In the approaching
Indian war.
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seen IN the case Of the Guikwar Of Baroda.
The diplomatic relations of Calcutta now
extend from st. Petersburg to Pekin,
from Ava to Teheran, Cabul and Zanzi-
bar. Grave problems, whose fundamen-
tai conditions are i'll understood in Eu-
rope, are contfnnIaY1 presented for solu-
ton; and we need only cite tho domestic
wars in Afghanistan, and the absorption of
Khiva and Khokand by Russia, to indicate
how intricate and delicate must be the
statecraft of the Indian Empire.
Since the machinery Of government has
been constructed with 80 much solidity,
and now seems TO work with 30 much
smoothness, we are led to think that
British India, were 1t cut of from the
parent State, would still remain great
and self-sustaining power. We do not for
get that the number OF English residents
amounts to less than one four-hundredth
of the population. Even so, they are GER
tainly more numerous than the Mace
DOMAIN adventures who created the en-
pires of the Seleucid@ and the Ptolemies,
and better organized for durable conquest
than the handful OF Arabs who contrived
to maintain themselves for centuries In
Spain,
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SELLING OUT 4 RAILROAD.
A Right of Way to Lake Mahopac that may
be n Mere Right Of Way.


Mr.. Eugene ii. Pomeroy stood on the
stone steps OF the westchester County Court
House in White Plains yesterday at noon, and
In pursuance Of a judgment of foreclosure and
sale made on the ed Of March, sold all the
corporate property ana franchises OF the New
York and Boston Railroad Company, whose
washed out road bed, and uneven rails extend
from High Bridge through the Saw Mill river
valley to the suburbs Of Yonkers, and thence
over a neglected right Of way to Lake Mahopao
and Brewster's. Putnam county.
The foreclosure was on a suit by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company OF New York to satisfy
IN ortgage on tho property There we're no bid
ders, and the sale was made to the Trust Com
pany for t323O,s35 under the terms Of the decree
OF the court as the amount due them. The
referees fees and expenses amount to $4,000.
York, Boston and Montreal Railway. A decree
OF foreclosure has been granted against the
third division. and the Harlem Extension mas
been sold, leaving the Putnam and Duchess
the mortgage issued by the New York, Boston
and Montreal Railway Company, which amounts
to az 10000. Bonds TO the amount Of se,2go,-
schmidt OF London, and the money thus OBJ
tanned was used ia completing the New York
and Columbia and Harlem Extension divisions,
and In partially grading the Putnam and
sion having been graded.
Several bankers OF Paris have united in a suit
In the United States Circuit Court, ma ing John
e. Brown. Jesse Seligman, William Is. Duncan
George III. Brown, Trenor w Park, the New
York, Boston and Montreal Railway Company
and others, defendants. Tue com plaint alleges
that the money obtained for the bonds was not
used In the construction OF the railroad, but
that William Duncan and Trenor W. p ark
received over t1OOO,0O0 on account of a mort
gage Of the Harlem Extension held by them,
and for rolling stock on the same railroad; also
that large amounts were paid for interest on
bonds, rolling stock, leases. &C., to Park, Brown
and others, and that nothing Is left to secure
the bonds Of the New York. Boston and Mon
ueel Railroad, except the second and fourth
divisions, which will not pay, It Is claimed, more
bonds.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: am a pen
soner. was wounded before became Of age, yet not
wishing TO be dependent and ike many others, not
knowing the law did not apply within the Ave years.
consequently got no back pension. friend Of niue
who was not wounded until long after, and then but
slightly. but who was more knowing than l was ap
piled within the nve years and COZ all his back pension
IN lump n m the date Of his discharge The unfair
ness OF this law IL 40 papabe and glazing that
mrnt thereon Is necessary. There I'll before Con-
gress TO remedy tbs evil which pensioners are closely
Watching but which lies unactcd upon while less iu
portan measures called up and passed. n private
Dalcil Will pat his shoulder TO the wheel perhaps he
may be ~ successful IN aiding pensioners In
ono, anu he Will receive the blessings Of many needy
ones IA wei as Of tne widows ana orphans u those
VINO did not reckon by collars sud cents the price II
tacir blood when their country needed H. Tut who
seem " be now almost forgotten. WAN VETERAN,
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All that is Necessary.

The Democrats can carry the election
next November IL they nominate n re-
former in whom the people believe, on a
hardmoney platform.
The whole number of electoral votes IL
500. A majority of them is 1874. In the
Southern States there Is an intense desire
to be delivered from the corrupt, semi-mili-
tary rule imposed upon them by Grantism
and they Will support any respectable
Democrat. All the Southern States except
South Carolina were Democratic at the
last election, and many Of them have been
so for several years past. These States cast
131 electoral votes, only SO short Of a ma
jority Of the whole number.
Where can a reform Democrat, on a
hard-money platform, get the additional
50 votes that will be required to elect him
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and
California, taken together, give 81, three
more than are needed.
There are also a dozen other Northern
and Western States where the Democrats
stand just as good chance rs the Repub-
licans; but the four we have mentioned
are enough. The true policy OF the De-
mocracy is to nominate at st. Louis, as
their candidate, some statesman whom the
people know to be both n reformer and a
hard-money man according to the old
Democratic standard.
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THE GRAND LODGE, H. AND A. M
A Foreshadowing OF some OF the Business Of
very Important Session.

Foreshadowing OF some of the Business OF
very Important Session.
The ninety-fourth annual communica-
ton Of the Grand Lodge Of Free and Accepte
Masons will commence at 2 O'Clock this after
noon and continue till the 9th inst. After the
FIRST days session labor will commence daily at
A. NJ, and the craft will be called on about Q
p. M. Tho opening exercises have been APP
proved by Grand Master Il. E. Thorne. The
music will be under the auspices OF St. Cecile
Lodge, be as usual and cond ucted by its Master,
W. Edward Hopkins, Musical Director to tho
Grand Lodge. There will be a choir Of about
forty voices, and among the pieces to be sung
VIII be new one, entitled The Masons Watch
wordP' c'HoliDess to the Lord ~ The official
programme OF the exercises Is as follows:
l. Grand march on the organ, Bro. Henry Carter,
during which the officers Of tie Grand Lodge will
Yer In procession, headed by Grand Marshal Charles
are standing The choir viii sing the '""' '"S'
2. Opening ode, under direction OF W. Ed. Honkins
Calling OF the roll, BY H. W. janice NJ. Austin, N.
Z. solo and chorus. The Masons' watchword" do.
uncss 10 tue Lord). Words and music BY Bro John
8. snort sddress BY the Grand Master, who win re.
cues, all TO Jon 10 singing praises TO God: 49,
2. Opening ceremonies. Prayer by Grand Chaplain.
=. Proclamat ton by Grand Marshal.
10. Grand solo the organ QiaeluJsh Chorus) from
H@ndei. Bro. Geo. W. Morgan.
There is little doubt that the mantle so worth
lily worn for the last two terms by NJ w. ELI
uty, Me1or-General James w. Hustled, Speaker OF
Assembly.
For Deputy Grand Master, the Grand Marshal,
General Charles Roome, Is likely to be the
II 10 thought. be all reelected. Grand Secretary
Or. Jam o. M. Austin for the twenty fourth time.
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Royal Self-DestrOyers.

The self-muIdered Sultan, IL he were eel T.
murdered, was, in the ornate language of
Mr.. HURLBERT the first of his race, bear
ing the tituar authority which centred in
his person, to quarrel with fate OF Tight
with written destiny" and Gin that
ancient line, which tho Sultan of Stamboul
represented in no doubtful wise, the
Byzantine Emperors, no suicide stained
or guided the disgrace in which many
reign closed" Assassination has
been an ever recurring incident of
Turkish sovereignty from the fifteenth con-
fury TO the nineteenth; but among his
thrty-four Ottoman predecessors, ApDuL
AzI2 could aud no example like that which
he is said to have given. This dementud
Sultan resortod tOa most lgnObie weapon,
when no terminated his career with pair
of scissors.
Royal suicides have been less numerous
in Christendom since the period of Con-
sTANTINE than they were in previous pagan
times. Eight years ago THEODORE, King
of Abysslnia, killed himself rather than
submit TO capture by the British after the
fail OF his capital. In the early part Of this
cenlHry CHmsrOPnE. King Of Hayti, shot
himself To ESCAPE the vengeance OF his sub
jects during revolt. WALTER SCOTr spys
THAI NAPoLEoN the First attempted self
destruction at one Time, when over
whelmed with misiortunes; but the nc
cura"y of the account is not sustained
FREDERICK WILLIAM OF Prussia, the father
OF FREDERICK the Great, once attempted
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BOOh NOTES.

DIR. JONI WILLIAM DRAPER's Hist0ry Of the
aup.ars I'm revised edition Ia two duudecuu uiucs
"a form mofo convenient tor Use than that WHEN 10
WAS hrst published.
Prof, CHARLES RAU Of tho Smithsonian Instl-
tuition publ. es 40 thn octave, and with all tho Nus.
traUuur, Tho rNstChts upon prehistoric man Wltc Hu
pearel last year IN HnIels Magazine The title OF the
WORK Is krg nm IN Europe.
The Mossrs. Harper publish, for the use Of
coll gcs and schools, au exc llrt and beau I'M manual
q ,"hpNnnre Ilnioggi NlHcfO'i duf S.sftuutHe. nv
Frof JANIS ORION Of Nasslr College. II Is thotou.u
coupiehthslNe accurate and beautifully Illustrated.
very Interesting volume. which must attract
great attention among scholars Is An IQHitU M ne
Ine ant Paof ~ nm e. by Mr. GLADs ROVE (llarprr
brothers) Mr. GNdstOue hcleYcs that the lIomeriti
poems are ne work OF one man. aud this belief ne de.
l'u1H wan all me res Iuiees of MS great learning.
The Centennial HLNOtB Of the Unitcd states,
DY JAMES ID Mtt AHk National Pub'ishing Compuu, j,
Is very handsome, large octave volume with great
number Of ilusrtou and giving, IN more than nine
Hundred pages compete history Of the country from
Centennial Exhibition - ~