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THE CITY.
GENERAL n. D''o'

!. ZEN EAtAn ~
,.;., nal reunion
Tho Harvard boys hau m lntoi: Dr. C, q,
md tutpcr 1t Kiuslcy's last night. i, lin.
Smith presided, and the boys had goo ont,.
c.,.rcurc. Tim prcsti1ettatc,lr, createh q.,,e q,t
$500 - arnninr a. In Nru Chicago, It's
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anttsrsr'tuattslsc teaace o'oosne u'"" LUG
= house.
q. .o,+o,non,,r,t srho signs himself "Arx. |
.,,,. !, "a ,corn tc Qualification, necessary for
toHt can icaEh tuc Nua"Ae"s.S'
lcttercarfcr toposscss anil how I" gel posi-
lion by applying ut ltc Post-pllice.
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Ioo oou'" ~" !. - s, .o" l.. w.. ,,,,. ,1,ot
onicc yesterday a'te1noa'l' "." ~ tl'e IVY. s""'
decision in the lolieclots cAse "o"u VIZ az
rived at, Immediately adjourned TO Monaay
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Aanassc opt!csan " Madison strxet tvn,nuSe y
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It wne expected that The Executive Commit
tee of tho CitIxcns Association w9ui!s lave ai,'
ratine COMMITTEE Yesterday, but satisfactory
iii ot names eola not be lad, that t'e mat.
Il c,shton-caFoin match " was anunnncea ,u.; To- DC
yea .; ssas 'n, t t9e T. I'll 1.t sysps @
E. latter understood TINT It was 10 bc rlay.a IN
ltrustnrcr's rpon, OH Monroe sircrt. III ltG!l
tIcrcof Patker and Lon Murrts had series of
short matches.
,ns @ 10 sd sli.s Molie Frelcnniyk, n y tlc ev l.
sgiNan, a. =. ,'sr sst..r and ihc rrt,,,
XIII H. s 90 ep,I.in. Mr. Iii. levi. Iir persons
E: eo'tre1.' a, +. :, ~.,ns"" .xo., ,,,rv
Was published III the !iatd not l"sfg aE,'r 'iae
turned up at last, nn'l Is now IL, TIC r1itnes
House. SIR. Pratt was supposed to- IT, nave bgen ,t'
own statements 4 appears that lie has hecn
showed III and dclnyc.i fu Canada.
Thc or,,ia} t,ock of lie League VA. issued
Yesterday l,y Myssrs. i. q. spai,lng Il Bro, of
ill., city i. il ID pcr cent largcr tl'an last year
ia: IF 80 3 n,a a;no ,ia, f. vi Miiu c alm,, ~
sary for every ,r % srso wi w .tena, n III .s t.
Gen. LIrb's Veterans INC. las. evening in the
nsstsl ;, ! present VIII ..ss Int s d.!
nos p'it n an appeatae, , a.; @ v
doarnsa snanss sst.1at "nlx do,r s"y ayart' "
"r4c Way ot ,he worll." Tho enok which
Mr. sooiy pro'ilfasd to the y:ung convert: and n
inqni'crs, ms nss teen pubish,Sd " +. u,
exurpas1i.t's az tsyo,,tc t",t. i.scu.rai,ys: also
his ti,o,I,I,ts on l,hIc s,vsly, With nrciayc hy
, Sas. suou3i : ~ t'4oa''a eop''s IL" 'Ss" W
!. A meeting Of the ered!turs Of Levy Brothers,
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y ,hu SIcitors 10 oi1u y.stisatc tic ars t tic
, 1877-01-25
A LAST CHANCE

Is offered for u few daya 10 purchase duo ready
1uade clothing at greatly reduced. prices below
attual cost, 1t the AssIgnse'" tais 150 State
street. Bus!ncs4 suits, former psics $a0, now
selling for Sl44
, 1877-01-25
THE GALE; f1F ARbRY

THE GALEs OF hRABY
nru mot sp1clcr than tic aroma which the fragrant
Soz0dont fmpatts 10 The breath. Nor tsthc hrart
Of Tho iyory.nut wh!tcr ll,an Tho teeth that aIe
cleaned daily With that nlatchlcss AuiI.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
A Good Conclusion.


We are profoundly gratifed to learn that
conscience sits enthroned at the Presidential
mansion, notwithstanding the distress of GER
tain society organs in New York and else
where. 1t seems that at State dinner,
given at Washington last week, in honor of
Il son of the Gar, and other Russian naval
officers, the President and his noble wife al
lowed themselves to be fianked. 1t was
their desire to be true to their well known
temperance principles, and to prevent their
table from being disgraced by wine or other
strong drink. At the last moment, however,
Secretary Evarts so persistently urged that
foreign etiquette enjoined that such digni-
taries as were going to be entertained should
be supplied with fre-water, that the Presi-
dent yielded, and Spotted Tail, had he been
present, would have found some of his de-
lightful beverage. Mrs. Hayes consistently
showed her disapprobation of the procedure
by forbidding any wine-glass to be placed at
her own or her husbands plate. In this last
act of Mrs. Hayes the New York Mail, and
certain other heightened city journals dis.
cover parade of opinions that is in viola
ton of both good sense and good manners"
We fail to see it. Good snobbery, but not
good manners, adopts the rule to surrender
ones settled opinions when they seem to
come in conflict with the code of Mrs.
Grundy; that convictions are the sort OF
thing that had better always be left in the
dressing-room with overcoats and wraps,
than accompany their possessor into the
drawing-room or dining-hall.
But we are glad to learn, further, that the
dinner, thus compromised, did not sit well
on the stomach of either the President or
his estimable companion Probably neither
of them slept well the following night; and
now we hear, with pleasure, that no more
State dinners at the White House are to be
! garnshed by wine bottles or decanters. Nil.
lions in our country will be glad TO hear this
announcement. Now that slavery has been
overthrown, intemperance is our greatest
national crime and disgrace. The country
mourns the loss of many of her most gifted
children by the fascination of alcohol. Thou
sands upon thousands are every year brought
down to dishonored graves. To them nc
Internationally ever comes nothing but
tears and sorrow and groans of agony. Wine
is mocker-strong drink is raging anc
our chief magistrate owes it to the enlight
ened moral sentiment of our land to set biz
face like flint against debasng custom
which begets and fosters appetite and popu
larizes the deadly evil.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

Mrs. GAINES FAMOUS SuIT.-Mrs. Myra
Clark Gaines has won her case again. Her
father, Daniel Clark, died in 1918, leaving a
large property in Louisiana city lots and plan
tations, now worth thirty or forty millions.
This property, under will executed in 1911,
went to Myra's grandmother, Daniel Clark S
mother, and was sold by the executor for
her benefit Myra, in 1881, found an old
letter giving an account of a will executed
in 1918, giving the bulk of the estate to her.
She began an action to prove this will in
1884, aud in 1856 it was adjudged the last
will and testament of Daniel Clark by the
mony of the witnesses of the document,
though the will itself was never found. The
objection was then interposed, that she was
not the legitimate daughter of Daniel Clark,
and that the will was invalid for that reason.
This question was carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States, and there de-
cded in the ladys favor. She has now
scored another victory by the decision of
Judge Billings of the United States district
court of Louisiana, and this decision, if con-
irmed by the United States Supreme Court,
to which an appeal has been taken, will
crown her labors with complete triumph.
Meanwhile the poor lady's youth has passed /;
General Gaines, who CALAMITY defended her
claim, died long before it was established !
Ia 10 80, oil anI haa
reached the conclusion of her tedious strug-
gle; but she will die the richest woman in
America.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

The ARLINGTON EsTATE.-General G.
ejectment against the United States for the
recovery of the Arlington estate, now occu-
pied as soldiers cemetery and by Fort Whip
pie, the instruction academy of the signal ser
vice corps. The Arlington was originally
owned by George Washington Parke Custis,
the adopted son of President Washington,
and was from him inherited by his daugh-
ter, the wife of Robert +. Lee, of confeder-
ate fame. When General Lee Joined the
confederacy, the estate, comprising one thou
sand one hundred acres, was confscated I'M
der the act for the collection of direct taxes
in the insurrectionary states, and sold at
auction, being bid in by the government for
twenty-six thousand eight hundred dollars,
The government paid the money into its
own treasury and the owner of the estate,
as was customary under the confscation, re-
ceived nothing. Mrs. Lee and her son, Gen
eral G. w. Gusts Lee, have had claim be-
fore Congress for long time, but no action
has ever been taken upon it. Another at
tempt was made to secure the passage by
Congress of bill to refer the case to the
court of claims, but this also failed of pas
sage. Now the heirs have entered the courts
of Virginia, and the case will probably come
before the Supreme Court of the United
States before it is finally decided. 1t is
claimed by the Lee heirs that the confsca-
ton was unconstitutional, and the sale con-
sequently void. Hence they sue for the prop
erty and for damages to recover the rental
from 1864, until the present date.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
They Take the Responsibility.

The ruling class in the South, under the
recent official action of President Hayes, has
assumed a momentous responsibility. 1t is
to furnish the test of the liberal policy. 1t
is to illustrate the success or the failure of
the generous and conciliatory theory upon
which the administration has acted. 1t is
to show whether the country can safely trust
those who were in arms against it to deal
wisely and justly with the great questions
which have grown out of the war and eman-
misplaced. For the first time since the war
the old South is master upon its own soil
1t controls every Southern state, and its
sway is undisputed. The federal govern
ment has withdrawn its arm and assumes
no supervisory power. The "carpet-bag-
GERS" whom the South has so much de-
nounced, sometimes justly and sometimes
unjusty, are down. The representatives of
the blacks have fallen to the rear. The
forces of reconstruction have practically
dropped out of sight. Not single Repub-
lican government remains south of the Po-
tomac. The old South-the South of slavery,
the South of the war, the South of sulen
resistance to reconstruction and equal EN-
reimbursement, the South of the ku-klux and
the bull-dozers, but let us hope, the South OF
new spirits now restored to ascendancy,
and stretches its sceptre over the whole
st uthern half of the country. 1t is vast
responsibility which thus falls upon the
South. Will it fairly and honorably main
tain the new order of things? Win it ell
force the laws with even hand Will it
protect the equal rights of all classes? vii
it furnish security to the defenceess blacks
whom it so long prosecuted ? viii it main
ain just and equal government, showing
hat prejudice and bitterness do not rul-.
nut that a broader and CHER spirit guide,
its action viii it, in a word prove itsel
- humane. liberal, progressive, just aud
sincere as to vindicate the course of the gov.
-rnment in withdrawing its arm and trust
ing to the honor of the Southern people
1t is trial upon which their character and
their future are staked. They have never
before held so great an interest or confronted
so grave an obligation.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
War NOtos.

THE Car at last gives Austria the assurance
which he omitted to convey in his manifesto
that he wants increase OF territory II is note
worthy that England received no such promise
Perhaps the Gar doesn't care what England
thinks about his conduct.
THE protests of the English journals against
Russia's trampling down the Turkish constitu-
ton " are very affecting. 1t is not now the poor
Christian in Turkey England is thinking about
Her anxiety relates to the danger OF the Cars
gaining territory from the Sultan.
Our expectation OF the results of the war.
briefly stated, is this: that, after desperate
sstance, Turkey will be forced to succumb, Russia
will content herself with a slice of Armenia, "A
new harbor on the southern shore Of the Black
Sea and her former European boundary, includ-
ing one mouth OF the Danube; that she will lay
no hand on Constantinople stop short OF any pro-
ceeding which might provoke the armed inter
vention of other powers, and leave Turkey al han-
tom existence in Europe for few years longer
New York Tribune,
AT present the issue seems simple enough
Russia desires to ayenge and protect the Christian
subjects OF Turkey. To this end, after exhaust
ing peaceful measures, the Car declares war.
But whether the war is to end when Turkey is
soundly whipped, or whether it shall continue un-
iii Russia conqueTs enough territory to indemnify
herself, and guarantee the future fair treatment
OF the present Christian subjects Of the Sublime
Porte, Is grave question II the war is To be ad-
montoIy, or punitive, SO far as Turkey is con-
cerned, it will soon be over. II il goes beyond
this 1t will be the most tremendous conflict Of
modern times.-Neio York Tunes
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
The War in Europe.

During the week past the Russian troops
have steadily advanced into Turkey, in two
columns, and have approached the river
Danube. There has been no engagement as
yet of any Importance aud our readers must
bear in mind that in every action which
will occur there will be two stories-one
from Russian and one from Turkish sources
each of which will claim wonderful vic
tory for their respective sides Hot work
may soon be looked for in that section.
The claim of Russia, that the war is solely
for the protection of Christians in Turkey,
and not for the extension of her domains, is
plausible, and the Turks have given ample
occasion for interference on this ground.
They have habitually prosecuted Christians.
and their life and property under such rule
is about as secure as they would be in the
hands of Modoc Indians. Nevertheless ther,
are very many people, who understand with
what longing eyes Russia has looked upon
the Bosphorus for years, that take it'll
stock in this assertion. If there should
prove TO be no such intention on the part Of
Russia, it is probable that the war may be
confined to these two powers. Should, how
ever, it become evident that she was en-
deavoring 20 increase her domain, there is
little doubt but other powers would take an
active part in preserving "the balance OF
power in Europe.
But without the intervention of any for
eign power, the war will be bloody enough
Though the Turk has lost a considerable
portion of his territory in former wars, and
is handicapped already with debts which ii
is evident he can never pay, still he has
large and fierce army which will make a
desperate resistance and bloody fight 1t
has been drilled to the utmost extent, and
the Sultan has called to his aid for this pur-
pose some of the ablest foreign military Of
icers to be found in the world.
We think the popular sympathy in thi.
country mainly rests to-day with the Rus
slams, though their title to such sympathy i,
by no means clear. We cannot, however.
iOI CtubuIitS VI
Turkey has been the worst under the sun,
and that under the lead of Mosem fanatics
a bitter persecution has been waged against
Christianity and civilization. The govern
ment which cannot protect the lives and
property of its citizens has little call for
sympathy, and will receive little. Time will
disclose the motives which actuate the Rus
SLAMS, and if their professions are borne out
by their acts, they will be amply justified.
The effects of this distant war are being
felt directly in this country. Breadstuffs,
gold, and in fact nearly all the necessities Of
life, have rapidly advanced, and ready mar
kets may be expected for most of our surplus
products at greatly enhanced prices. Not
only does the war swell the demand, but clos.
ing, as it does, the cereal producing region
of Europe, it cuts off one of the chief
sources of supply and thus operates doubly
to enhance prices. Naturally enough the
most noticeable rise in prices is in the
breadstuff and provision markets, but an
advance is to be noticed in almost every
avenue of trade.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

A PLUCKY RAILROAD PREsIDENT.-Mr.
Franklin b. Gowen, the President of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad, is the
same man who undertook, year or two
since, to break up the secret organization of
the Molly Maguires in the coal region. That
job has been thoroughly done, and there is
10 reason to doubt that Mr.. Gowen will be
equally successful in emancipating his rail
road from the dictation of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. lie does not sim
ply ask the Brotherhood 90 let him alone,
but offers his men greater advantages than
the union can confer, and then declares that
he will not have a member of the Brother
hood on the line. The Brotherhood have
not succeeded in delaying the movement OF
Mr. Governs passenger trains, but the freight
traffic suffers, as was the case on the Boston
and Maine road. At Palo Alto there are
many loaded coal cars standing waiting for
engines and taking up so much room that
the tracks are blockaded. This, il is thought,
will compel a suspension of mining opera
tions, throwing thousands of men out of
work 1t is always the working.men who
get hurt in these controversies.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
The Presidents Advantage.

In dealing with the difficulties which con-
front him in his own party, says the New
York Herald, the President has great adj
vantage in his perfect freedom from heat
and passion. There would seem to be moth
ing impulsive or resentful in his nature, or
II there is, his self-command is so perfect
that he betrays no symptom of Impotence
at the opposition which is beginning to find
utterance in various quarters. This is
most enviable endowment for Chief Mag
strate who thinks it his duty to pursue
policy which provokes dissent in his own
party. Blaine, Butler and their followers
will find it difficult to quarrel with Presi-
dent so considerate, concliatory and even
tempered as Mr.. Hayes. He carefully avoids
offensive self.assertion, comedies the right
of other Republicans to dissent from his
policy and criticse it, describes it as an ex'
pertinent which must be judged by its fruits,
and admits the possibility of its failure un'
less supported by public sentiment in the
South and the North. 1t will not be easy
to array the Republican party against the
President il he continues to be as discreet
and moderate as he has thus far shown him
self in his steady advance toward the objects
announced in his inaugural address. Mr.
Hayes resembles President Lincoln in his
methods. There is the same slowness, the
same disposition to listen patiently to all
sides before acting the same tolerance OF
criticism, the same serenity of temper. The
country did not know their real greatness
while they were mere candidates; and Mr..
Hayes is developing unexpected elements
Of character even more rapidly than Mr..
Lincoln did. Nobody supposed during the
canvass that Mr.. Hayes would show himself
a man of sufficient character and self-poise
to withstand the chiefs of his own party and
sail by his own compass. This apparent
strength of character is more likely to prove
genuine by the fact that there is nothing
1pasmodic in its exhibitions. The respect
full tone in which Mr.. Hayes speaks of his
Republican opponents shows that they are
not likely to gain any advantage over him
by destroying his composure and hurrying
him into indiscreet acts or utterances.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

KEEPING HIS WoRD.-Without hurry and
without delay, the President pursues the
course marked out in his inaugural address.
The Louisiana question is settled and now
the civil service reform is in order. AT
late Cabinet meeting the President sug-
gested to the heads of the departments that
they make careful study of the civil SER
vice of England, France and Germany, and
other states of Europe affording examples
or experience bearing upon the matter in
hand. As far as inquiries in regard TO the
civil service of foreign governments are con-
cerned, the French seem to offer the princ-
pies which approximate to the general
theory of civil service entertained by the
President lie desires TO eradicate political
influence as a controlling element in making
appointments and also wishes that the ser
vice should be given permanently which
would invite the best class of talent into It's
ranks
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

MooDY's FINANCEs.-Evangelist Moody
has made an appeal for money to pay off the
tabernacle debt at Boston, and collections
will be taken at all future meetings. He
said there had been some vastly exaggerated
rumors about the evangelists going off with
from ten to twenty thousand dollars in their
pockets. He said sixteen years ago, when
he gave up his business to save sinners, he
had not been actuated by any desire for
money. As far as money was concerned, he
might have made five hundred dollars
night as a public lecturer, having been re-
peatedly asked to make snch an engagement
with various lyceums. He did not want one
lollar of the money of the people of Boston.
lie would rather live on crust of bread
than to take money from people for such SER
vices as he had rendered. He said man
room and refused TO speak on Christian mat
ters with him, because, he said, he (AIr.
\loody) had paid four thousand dollars for
, horse up in Vermont. Take off three
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars,
aid Mr.. Moody, and you will be right.
have, he said, never rec lived pay for NV
preaching, nor has Mr.. Sankey for his sing.
ing, My friends have found fault with me-
because of this, and have bought and fur
iished a house for my wife aud children up
in the country, so that if | should die to-day
nv wife would have roof over her head
God has taken care of me for sixteen years,
md guess he will to the end so don't you
ay any more about our going awry with
my thirty thousand dollars in our pockets.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

A LUDIcRoUs BLUNDER.-The ignorance
displayed by English journals in speaking of
American matters was never more strikingly
displayed, than in the following extract,
taken from a leading London newspaper.
In speaking of the negro in politics, it says
"The Kelloggs and the Packards are not,
perhaps, satisfactory statesmen, but they
approach much more nearly to the highest
American type than The Jstish-worshipping
saudges from whom they are descended" 1t
points out that the" Kelloggs and Packards'
have risen above the condition Of their
African ancestors, and intimates that they
are probably capable of rising higher still
Such English discussions of American az
fairs show that there is much room for pro
gress, in England, among those who profess
to be leading oracles of the enlightenment
OF modern civilization.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02

MILITARY PoLIcY.-.lt is fact not to be
overlooked, that the military policy at the
South has failed. President Grant has ad-
mitted this, and declared that he should not
continue it, if he were in the place of Presi-
dent Hayes He would try the experiment
of doing what President Hayes is now doing
1t is not easy to see what else can be done
The policy of the President is to discontinue
using the army to uphold state governments
that can not stand alone. He does not in
any case decide who is or who is not Gov
ernor. lie merely discontinues the policy of
making certain state governments quasi
military governments. He aims to make
the change as peaceful as possible, hopes to
see the +" color line broken, and thinks the
changed situation will give rise TO some re-
organization of parties in the South. 1t is
important, in this connection, TO take notice
of the fact, that, in the present situation of
parties in Congress, the President could not
go on using the old military policy at the
South, if he would. At the last session, the
army appropriation bill failed, because the
House would not pass it without provision
forbidding such use of the army.