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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

GEORGE c. DENmAu, of Louisiana, who, II
will be remem bercd, was ono of the speakers
with Gen. Bristow at the great meeting IN
this city last Summer, and who made num-
Der of political speeches in Vermont during
the campaign, now writes as follows to the
Cincinnati Ga,eftc: Il feel now that |, as
A man of northern anteccdcnts, can say that
the time has come when migratiOns OF this
Character that is. of northern men to oc-
cupy and cultive the unoccupied lands OF the
South-"will be fairly dealt with
Curiously enough, the Rutland Gio"e con-
sidcrs these words Us strong proof that MI
Denham was drawing on his imagination
for the stories which he told of democratic
shooting of republicans and terrorism in
Louisiana, last year. The logic of this Giob
ular conclusion is not particularly apparent
We should say that when-Mr. Denhan
saws 81 can nof say the time has come,
the fair inference is that he means that i
had not come before. 1t is quite conceivable
VIC take it, that the lives and property oil
northern men might have been very IN
secure in portions of Louisiana during TIN
heated political controversies of last year
and vet be tolerably safe now, the elections
being over, and the republican part.
having ceased to exist in that State. Judg
Denham certainly appeared to be franl
and truthful man, who knew what he wa
talking about. The G'obe'S imputations O
insincerity to him, seem to us quite un
called for. However that may be, it Is plan
that if he was lying then his testimony
worth nothing now.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

DESTROYS OF PEACE
VERMONT NEWS.

TIE apple crop in Orleans county has not
been a. good for many years a. it promises
to be this year.
Charles johnson, who has been under
arrest at Rutland. Tor some time, for stOn-
| ing car filled with soldiers returning
from the Bennington centennial. has been
committed for trial in default OF $500
bail.
Mr.. Alexander Fullington. OF North Cam
bridge, an old gentleman upwards OF seven
| ~ years of age. who was Inv ing IN his house
| by himself. tell Saturday afternoon and
| broke his leg above the knee. This is the
| third time he has suffered from Il broken
leg.
G.. Cummings, of Newport, harvested last
week and threshed out PAS bushels Oiwheat
| from fourteen bushels sowing on seven
acres of land. Thirty-hve bushels to the
acre has not been beaten iOr some years, IN
that locality.
The trial of Edward f. Hayden for the
murder OF his wife at Derby Line last Sep
| TENDER, begins September 10, At lrashurgh.
| Evidence has been taken IN the West to IN
dertake to strengthen the plea OF hereditary
insanity. which it l. stated will be the de
fence. Hayden is in Windsor prison.
Hon. n T. Sprague promises the reten-
tiun Of the Howe scale works at Brandon,
II the citizens OF that place will furnish
SGT, 900 to purchase the Rutland stock. OF
this amount he offers to furnish one half. OF
he will take ono share less than halt and
give the citizens OF Brandon control of the
Rutland stock, or he would turn over MS
own stock to them and let then buy the
Rutland stock, and give them thu use of his
own stock Tor fifteen years on condition thai
they will return 1t To HIM al the expiration
ui that time at par. \ committee ct fifteen
was appointed to consider the proposition.
Corinth, Orange county. has raised eight
cen ministers Of the gospe.-seyen Metho-
di.ts, ave Free Baptist, five Congregation
alISts and one Advent. some ui them have
been men ot distinguished ability
\ iive-year old girl III Barton walked
twenty miles in one day, and was not much
iatgued.
An apple tree at Fast Middlebury is in
blossom Tor the third time this Summer.
A second crop OF potato bugs is reported
all over the State,
As the morning train from Salem, y. Y,
WAS rounding curve near pawct the
other d,y. Sumner ". Hitchcock the en-
yineer. noticed Martin iayduuS young
child, u years old. playing on the track,
and made every attempt To stop his engine
The pilot struck the child, however. and 1t
disappeared, bnt It was soon rescued from
under the engine, unscratched and IN
harmed
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An lnrecOrdee Hero.

now BLODGET CAPTURED THE RED COATS on
TIE WAY TO TICONDLRuGA.
We have all read OF the intrepid courage
of Green Mountain Boys" at the time OF
the Revolutionary war, and the usual sup
position is that all those of a patriotic spirit
were to be found in the ranks of the Amer
lean army. but many II brave man, perhaps
by the forces of circumstances. was Obliged
to tarry at home.
At the time the following incident occur
red, the British were in possession of Fort
Ticonderoga, and the towns for many miles
around were subjected to the lawle depre-
dations Of the "red coats which aroused
the lust Indignation of all who favored the
patriot cause" But as little free speech
often deprived man of liberty, it was
thought best (using hOmely exprcssion)
to grin and bear 1t.
One day company of British soldiers.
numbering about 10, IN passing through the
town OF Cornwall. VI, fingered around
long enough to place certain $ 'cret mark
on the house OF every person suspected OF
known to favor the patriots. that Others OF
tnc hhe H"n VIM s"o'iI ,o, -. So" 80
nouiu Ah1" ~ '"'' i"'''' ""''0 w
hnu ilieuu Vi ~
40" tniH iai,ou 'no ~ VI IN .i.i - p'.
tleuiar, VINO uetsihileu 70 oiioan'Vn 'neni
ny h',,e PI1v " .p poi,,1,' a.. -
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anu speahins ~ oau',ou: " ',u W.
person ipiouge' ny nanhn, saiu, my no% :
DC you Roih W iioonuoios ". D". ".' :,
out waiting inr rep'y ooh'inu.i' III :.
you DC. me anu SUNNI u ny no'S "Do,s "'"
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iOr some cnahco iiAo 'Hi' ioi ions I'M
anu II you II JUS ma" ,,a, 900 and ,.;II
not 10 excite suspio.on' Sou 'Ip, ""u y" ~
walt ior US al ceitain 'pot ! '"n 'on "
oil, why III see 'he otne ,,, i'e'' anu We Ii
JOIN theIe' n", 70, w.. ,:.,
NOW the army po'h on 'no amer i.'n anu
bfitish sue ""' away W
new recruits whenever onc,Gu' anu nS tGiS
mans story seemeu PinuSip'c enough .ne
British captain "il!'hsN htoeueu W tne
proposal oil biOuHct' WIN '"oiouru" p'o
ceeded to appoint iehuoA'ous Snluh Wa
where the PUBIC highway Vi Ionu WI ou'
through ledge OF limestone ro1h, "rn'ns
wall some ten ieet mgr On o''n1 siuo W.
top oil which WAS "a stuhteu CROWN Vi trccS'
Bl0dget requested the oihccr 10 n"l' 'noio
certain length oil time anu they "ouiu
make all expedition 4" Jo'n.ns nun
As soon as piouset sa" 'no soiu'or' ou,
oil slsht' nc has'iif hp"n ~. "'a W, ".
started out 10 MORN , n,s STpr nood'J Gn,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

TnE Southern papers are abusing Post
master-General Key "all sorts" for his use
Of the expression -errIng Southern brethren
in his Bennington speech. The Baltimore
Sun says, lie is eating too much humble
pie" Another paper calls him ''the Uriah
ileep of the South, and expresses the opn-
ion that he will not make many friends,
even among the ianks, by being such very
humble being Another thinks there is
no necessity, in order to bring about the era
Of good feeling, for any Southern man to
grovel in the dust. Another compares him
To "a trick mule brought forward toward
the close of an entertainment, for the special
delight OF the audience :" and expresses the
hope that, when he undertakes hereafter
n eat dirt for the amuscment of his au-
diehce, he will have the honesty to do IT for
himself, and not attempt to give honor To-
the operation Y forging the Endorsement Of
the Southern people Still another, more
furious than the rest. the Charleston Ners
says Erring be hanged Southerners are
not willing To be the brethren of any living
people on such terms. They do not admit
that they erred. They did not err. They
believed they were right. They were
right And it Indignantly adds II,
Mr. Key was taken into the Cabinet as a
Southern Democrat of unimpcachabe re-
cord, it is time to put him out
Secretary McCrary, who heard Mr. Keys
speech, does not consider it necessary for the
Southern people to excite themselves about
the matter, lie says that the Postmaster
General uttered the remark "erring breth-
ren," in jost, evidently, and that it was
greeted with r good-humored laugh.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

The Bucharest correspondent OF the Lon
don Times writing under date of August
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L. gives an "ecouIi' Vi ''ie ''''ipIo ief '7'''
inflicted by the Turks upon the Bulgarlans
who were left without protection by the
D.; ;.,5-,I aoro., tho R,1Lan.
The town oil Eskl oaghra anu 'he neisn'
boring VILLAGES were the scene of sickenina
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a protest from "ermahy anu other Vi 'n'
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PLAIN WoRpS To TIE EN- RfREIs-The
Troy Press, a Democratic paper, thus ex-
presses itself for the benefit of its erring
southern brethren - We want no blatant
rebels nor ariStOcratic iiIo-eatcrs. The Demo
cratic party insists that the rebels did err
and erred seriously, and some OF them ought
to have had their ncck> stretched. The class
Of Southern people who still hold the re
hrlliun in memory as the lost cause. and
still insist that they were only whipped, not
convinced, of their error, are responsible for
IA deal of the wrong which their ncighbOrs
have suffered But fortunately TINS class is
very small. lew Southern hOt-headS pre-
ciIltatcd Il mOnstrOus war on this nation.
We have not forgotten that crime, Tor crime
it was but VIC are willing to take that peo-
pie back to arms, as a parent does an erring
and repentant child, but We are not willing
and will not consent to listen to this whining
about TIE sufierings they brought on them
selves. The Southern people came up to
us, acknowledged their wrong and asked to
be forgiven. We forgaye them and buried
the past. If they dig it up it will not
he good for them, for they will not be trust
ed again. But We do not imagine that there
is any such disposition on the part of the
representative Southern people. We look
uJon them Us honest men, who, convinced
of their wrongs, are trying to make
amends
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TRAIN GOES INTO A wASuOUT-TES OR
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
DIS MONIES, Ia, Aug. GA terrible
accident happened on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad. about
seven miles from this place this morning,
about o'clock. from the washing out of
bridge All the train but the sleeping car
went down into the stream,-the engine
ont of sight Barnum'S show car among
the rest and it is said ten or eleven occu-
pants were killed The accident occurred
several miles from telegraph Office.
LATER-MoRE PERSONS KILLED.
A special says sixteen pe:sOns were killed
a. far as known. Twelve bodies have been
taken out and lie on the banks as follows:
Billy Rakstean, engineer j. X. Bolt and
daughter. Boone, Ia; VIM. Cummings,
new bny Mrs Emma BabeOek, school
teacher, Rock Island and six of Barnum's
men as follows, +, 4. Baker, j. II. Freeze,
~ Mack. g. Rockwell. G.. Thompson. j.
Pursell Four dead bodies are still seen in
Mrs. j. X. Bolt, whose husband and
daughter are among the killed, is badly
injured. Mr. Bolt was prominent eiti
zen and druggist at Boone. Iowa.
STILL LATER-MoRE BODIES RECOVERED.
One more body Is recovered,-th Of an
old man, j. $. Ferguson name in his hat.
In the car not yet uncovered several bodies
arc seen. The car top of this is now being
| lifted off The bodies recovered are being
loaded on ears Tor DesNIOines. 1t is
| thong 1T that several bodies have hJated
down the stream. the water is over 20
feet deep.
THE --LATEST EIGHTEEN PERSONS KNOWN TO
| BE KILLED.
The body of Mrs. Crow, of East Des
MOines. was found with her head held be-
tween two cars The top ear is now pulled
off and three more bodies taken out-all
men. One is supposed, By passes found on
him, to be Coggen. a commercial traveller
from Peoria, Ill. The other two bodies are
| not identified The body of lady is now
tight in the wreck, making eighteen per-
sons known to be killed Three cars were
so firmly telescOped together that it is in
possible so far to pry them apart even with
block and tackle. The name of the last man
taken out was Thos. Dunaway, of East
Des MOines. who recently ran away from
an insane asylum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

SOME INTERESTING OPINIONS OF PRESIDENT
HAYES AND HIS CABINET.
NEW YORK, Aug. GA correspondent
who accompanied the President through
New England gives the following as from
the President and members of the cabinet
The President says the republican plat
form of Ohio has been spread over too much
ground. and as both parties have endorsed
his Southern policy the result OF the cleo
ton cannot be taken as an expression of
opinion on his course. The President docs
not anticipate violent partisanship by the
democrats in Congress !; they will doubt
less elect the speaker, but alter that.
and when legislation begins. their
cohesion will be lost, as upon questions
! likely to come before Congress neither party
Is likely to agree. The army appropria-
tions will be promptly voted without par
tisan opposition, and his message may re-
commend that power be given the executive
to increase companies in regiments to a
given maximum. which would include al in
crease in officers. The order prohibiting
Office holders participating in party organ
iZations is due as much to Mr.. Eyarts as to
Mr.. Schurz. and on this topic Mr.. Evarts
intends to deliver an address in New York
this tall. Mr.. Key appears to be in entire
harmony with the administration.
ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
New YORK. Aug. III the Suns San
Francisco special says Justice Field states
that Justice Bradley read no opinion of
himself and Justice Clifford before its sub
mission to the electoral commission. Field
however. significantly emphasized the word
read" the inference being that Bradley
did express an opinion to the justices named
TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.
A successful case of TRANSMISSION of blood
has occurred in Brooklyn. John A.
kohlepp, a cOnsumptive for four years. re-
oeiyed at different times eleven ounces of
blood from healthy labOrer and is now
able to walk around and work two hours
daily.
TUE PARIS EXPOSITION.
NEW YORK, Aug. ~. - A Washington
special says no steps have been taken to-
ward the appointment OF commission to
attend the French exhibition, because
France exhibited so much indifference to-
ward our centennial exhibition.
SENATOR MOTIONS son DYING.
Senator Morton's son, special agent in
Alaska was hOpelessly i'll when the steamer
sailed thence August Goth.
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officer, clerk or consul, shall he ilr Il shame
to the board that passed him, to the rolti-
clan that recommended him, to the bureau
that employed him-we may not indeed
have the air so thick with resonant moral
platitudcs. hu: on the other hand we shal
not have bureau of reform swarmlng with
workAen whose only duty is to build up the
reformer we shall not have our custom
house officers hampered by hidden political
impurtunacy we shall not have reform
tottering in Il debility Of vicillation and IT.
resolution, button holing all corners, battling
friend and foe alike with vcxatiouS delay
and shilly shally e: and we shall have a
government not perfect, not without MS
takes and failures and faults, hut govern
ment free from the SUSPICION Of hypocrisy
strong, sound, direct and manly, around
which will gather all that is strong and
sound, direct and manly in the Republic
working together to the grand and simple
intent that a Government oi the people, hy
the people, and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.
Aug. II, 1877. GAIL HAMILTON.
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General Grant is in Scotland

General Grant is in scotland
The fruit crop in England, this year, i
poor.
The British squadron, at Quebec, is under
sailing orders Tor September 9th.
p. T. Barnum is going to send live
white whale to England. Twenty bushels
of ees will serve for the animals lunch.
DIR. Schicmann has decided to bring hi,
Trojan collection, including the treasure in
gold and silver, to England.
Nine Celeste, who is now nearly 20 YEAR
of age. is soon to appear in Il farce at Lon
don, taking a boys part.
The Mayor of Philadelphia has ordered the
closing of all bar rooms in that city, on sun
days, and committee Of temperance men
have undertaken that the order be obcyeI.
Francis Sebastian, young Cuban. is
under arrest in New York, for an atrocious
assault on II child aged 10. lie bound her
with ropes and kept her in his apartment
for two hours. She may die.
An American young lady has mystcriously
disappeared from the Sorel u. ~ convent,
leaving letters stating that She had secret
which impcllcd her to suicide.
Charles Donald, aged Is, is under arrest
at Mnttituck, Suffolk county, \. Y, As the
putatiyc father of the infant Of Ellen Lewis,
aged /.
In Lebanon, Ia, the other day, the great
grandfather, his daughter, her son, and that
sons son, were at work together in the
harvest field. The oldest Was ~ and the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

THERE has been fresh exposure Of
Philadelphia spiritualism. The conductors
Of the "seances" were Mr.. and Mrs. Bliss,
and they were making from so to $50 a
day. from exhibitions similar to that Of Katie
King, who sold Robert Dale Owen so cruelty.
Everything was going on swimmingly until
last Monday, when, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Bliss were absent, the owner of the house
took occasion to carry pipe through the
cellar to connect with drain, and a news
paper reporter, disguised as a plumber, went
along lie found directly underneath the
cabinet" in the parlor small apartment
in which were strewn about the dresses,
wreaths. shawls and other paraphernalia
going to the makeup of the various spirit
forms which emerged from the cabinet and
strutted their hour upon the stage. A step
ladder. with padded steps, afforded access to
the cabinet through trap in the floor, sup
ported so that not the slightest creak, shake
or giving way betrayed its presence. The
exposure has destroyed the occupation Of the
BisSeS.
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THE ROBBERS RETURN THE NOTES.
WHITEHALL, Aug. GA box containing
the notes stolen from the keeseville Ma
tiOnal bank came to the bank by express,
to-day. The robbers enclosed letter. say
ing the money was spent and the bonds
were where all the detectives in America
ennld not find them
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-31

CIosFNFs< OF THE SENATE.-1he political
complexion of the next United States Sem
ate. which meets in special session Oct, l5'
is as follows, 50 far as the politics of the
Senators are at present defined Republi'
cans, 30 Democrats, 80; independent Re
publican. l. There are three vacancies
one from South Carolina, caused by the re-
tirement of Senator Robertson, and two from
Louisiana. one being the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Senator West, and.the 9TH
err being known a. the Pinchhack vacancy
which has existed for four or five years past.
The applicants for the South Carolina vacan'
cy are David I. Corbin, Republican, and
NJ. c. B4tler. Democrat. The applicants
for the two Louisiana vacancies are William
Pitt Kellogg, Republican, and j. b. Eustl'
and James Lewis, Democrats. Should these
vacancies be filed by Democrats, the Demo
Gratis would have SO members.
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The ST. Adams Messenger is satisfied that
the Vermont Republicans - uphold and re-
joice in the Presidents policy, three to one.
Put in those terms, the statement struck Us
a. rather strong one But looking through
the article we find that the Messenger thinks
that the masses in our State support the
Presidents policy, as an experiment, en-
titled to fair trial. That concurs precisely
with our belief Most Of our Republicans,
we think, consider that President Hayes was
pretty much shut up to his course, in the
Southern States. lie could not 90 on indef-
initely. sustaining by the army, governments
which could not sustain themselves without
the army. That had got to come to an end,
some lime. The President thought the time
might as well lie sooner as later, and boldly
took the responsibility Of ending it now.
The mas of thinking Republicans OF our
State, SO lar as we can judge, do not quarrel
with him, as to the thing or the time. Yet
they do not look with great rejoicing on a
process, the first step in which has been
the wiping out Of the Republican party in
the South. They acquiesce in it as an ex-
pertinent, and their final approval will de-
pend on the final result.
SENATOR NoRroN's CoNDITIoN.-A cor
respondent Of the Cincinnati Ga7eue, who
saw Senator Morton as late as last Friday,
says that those who remember him in 1866
saw life at lower ebb. and once or twice since
he has suffered quite a. much a now. The
only really dangerous symptom is the para
lysis of his left arm. which seems to indicate
that the disease which Frustrated him in
1860 Is crawling up to the vital parts.
For ten years his arms, hands and canes
have supplied the place Of legs; but with
his left arm Iaralyzed he must be carried
about. However, 1t is possible he NAV yet
recover the use Of his arm
The SENATOR illness Is attributed to oyes-
work. Since the eth Of June he had travel
ed upward Of 900 miles by rail, steamer
and stage-eoach lie crossed the alkali
plains of the Central Pacific during the hot
test days of the season, trip which pros
trated some Of the Senator'S COMPANIONS.
Ir single day, he rode eighteen miles in
an open carriage and go miles by boat and
by rail, changing cars three times and
steamers as often. lie was always making
speeches. one Of which was two hours long.
At the same time he kept up his correspon
dence. prepared an elaborate speech which
he had been invited to deliver in Ohio on his
return home, wrote an article for the North
American R'r'ar, and performed the work
for which the Commission visited Oregon
This last stroke Is doubtless the penalty for
disregard Of the laws of health such as one
who is less Of an invalid could hardly have
practiced with impunity