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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

ten. Robert Toombs cmergcs one. iaorr IL
say that he is rebel still but he i,iur,.,s the
Presidents policy, and considers Have a e
first President in forty years who ha~ fulfill
cd the pledges te made previous To- ii, etior.
Gcn. Batter authorizes the statement that
he intends to give llayes's policy .Air trial.
but to stand by the Republican iar.y at al
hazards lie say Ii will be the L4ull Of
the Republican administration Il it docs not
stand by the Republican party.
Mr.. Eyart> says that 1t WAS I. rtuni.g that
Tlldcn Wa not clcc'el; tia tie co.Ored
man has TREND in the present AdminiStra-
ton. and that ii Tiden had been placed in
the White House there would certainly have
been a series OF murders commit "a to which
the few that have already occurred would
he insignificant
Rev. Daniel d rodge, Of N,w Iamp-
shire, who has been in North Carolina for
the pl>t ten years IA the agent uI the Amer
lean Missionary Society, SAYS 81 have not
met Il man who Is really identified with the
Interests ol the STATE VINO Is not favorable to
the policy ot President Hayes. Its oppo-
nentS are only iirc-caiCrS and the extreme
politicians Of both IarticS lie sums up
his views rs follows
In the south there are thirteen millions of
people. five mii,iius ut blacks. whose condi-
ton Is bad enough, five millions of whites.
VI uhnsr ,nnditiDn l. no hcttcr and threa mil
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

Washington dispatches announce that
George William Curtis has declined the
mission to England; and James Russell
Lowell, the mission to Austria.
The report that the administration had
decided to change the ministers to Portugal
and Italy is authoritatiyely denied.
The Commission appointed to estimate the
amount of fractional currency which will
never be presented for redemption is at work
treasurer Wyman estimates that three per
cent. of all the fractional currency issued
will never be presented for redemption.
This would make the total amount worn out,
destroyed and lost, over $ll 900, 900, which
is 50 much clear gain to the government.
1t is reported that that the President has
decided to give the Louisiana federal Offices
to colored men.
The pressure for clerkships and other offices
at Washington is very great. In the Post
office Department there have been hundreds
OF applications, but only one vacancy since
December.
The discharges taking place from the Treas
ury Department in order to equalize patronage
among States cause CONSERVATION among
the clerks. OF nine removals in the Second
Competroller's office, Washington special
says, six are clerks whose fitness and compe-
teney are unquestioned, and who are from
long service thoroughly acquainted with all
details Of the intricate business of that
Office.
The President, says Washington cor
respondent, has apparently borrowed an idea
from the Harper Brothers. John always
attended TO charity, and whenever any appli-
cants called and he was out, they were told
to come again, as the partner who 'attend-
ed to the Lords business wasn't in" At
the White House, the other day, a Quaker |
lruit-grower was urging the President to 90 |
on an excursion in his boat, and finally he |
brought this final argument to bear: "As |
1t Is temperance boat. and thou art, see.
a warm supporter of that good cause, |
thought it might be further inducement to |
accompany us" "Oh ~ blandly replied |
the President, Mrs. Hayes has that matter |
IN charge" The Quaker brother took the |
hint, and the spirit moved him to silence
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

Minister Kasson goes to Spain about
July LIST.
Leather belts are again in style for ladies
dresses.
Georgls peaches are sold in New York for
twenty-five cents each.
Old fishermen say that this is the best
year for cod fishing since 1896.
There are fifty less millionaires in Cali
lorna than there were year ago.
dudley Mass. was Chargoggsggogman-
choggsgog once" Well, once was enough.
A young man from Auburn. who went to
Texas this Spring, has tsleersphed home to
his father: "Fatted calf for one"
party of boys Quarrelled over finding
three-cent piece in Jersey City and Timothy
Shea, aged IA. plunged a dirk into the back
OF Michael Welsh .inhicting a mortal wound.
The horse Tea Brock at Louisville, Ky.,
last week trotted his first quarter in 244 g.,
half IN 49t. three-quarters in I.I35. and
mile IN l.394 two seconds quicker than the
lowest record heretofore. One horse ran
with him to the half-mile post and was re-
lieved by second.
Patrick Hughes, of La Fargeyile. N.
Y, left home, May lst, for the Black Hills.
On the Gath, his dead body was found on
the prairie, near Cheyenne and the coroner's
jury decided that he died of starvation.
tie was nephew of the late Archbishop
Hughes.
The latest French invention is the utiliza-
ton OF asparagus tops. A factory has been
established TO convert them into paper
not coarse wrapping, but the finest letter
paper.
O'DOnOyan Rosa is reported to be still
drawing the hardearned savings of poor
lrishmen into his own pockets at the rate
OF about 81 900 week for Diminishing
fund, with which TO begin new Fenian
operations. And still he is not happy.
The old king of GaboOn in Africa is dead.
at the age OF nearly 100. His eldest son.
on succeeding him. cashiered the hundred
women of his fathers harem, liberating so
slaves, and abolished the sacrifice OF human
beings at religious rites.
A correspondent who has been visiting
Utah and called on Brigham Young reports
the following conversation: How many
wives and children have you now?' | asked
the Prophet. i think | have fifteen wives
now that am taking care of. I've had
forty children. and don't know how
many grand children. Do you know,
Hiram. how many grand children there
are p he remarked. turning to double sOn-
in-law. Hiram didn't know"
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From the Philadelphia Time
AlquthfuI PoIsoner

In an interview with Abraham Lincoln
Nimmy, the boy poisoner, at Greensburg,
Pa be made the following statement ii
am fourteen years old. On Friday met
John Munsey, another colored boy about
my age; he asked me if ever got whipped.
told him did; that my father had whip
ped me before he went away for not attend
ing to the garden. lie said his father had
whipped him for playing truant, and he
was going to get some arsenic and give him
some OF 1t, and told me to do the same. l
didn't know what arsenic was, and didn' t
know what it would do to my father
went to the drug store and got five cents
worth and put part of it in the
coffee IN the morning. All but my
iather drank tea. 1t made my father sick,
but not very sick. l wanted to make him
slcker, so | went and got twenty cents
worth more of arsenic. didn't want to
Kill him, but only to make him sick. pct
some more arsenic in the coffee when no one
else was IN the room. didn't want to make
any one sick except my father. The rest
drank tea in the morning, and thought
they would for dinner" The boy is bright
and Intelligent, and tells his story in
straightforward manner. lie evinces but
little feeling over the death of his sister,
and answers blankly that he don't know
what they will do with him. 1t is thought
that all the others poisoned will recover, al
though Mr.. Nimmy is still in q precarious
condition.
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lion. one thousand in watches, and the re
malnder in plate, jewelry and ornaments.
The annual product OF gold at the com.
mencement of the Christian era, was eight
hundred thousand dollars; at the period OF
the discovery of America it had diminished
TO one hundred thousand; after that event ii
gradually increased, and, in 1000, it STAINED
to two millions, in 170O to live millions; in
lSOO. to seventeen millions; in 1913. to fifty
two millions; in 1850, to one hundred and six
millions; IN 1858. it attained its acme, when
1t was two hundred and thirty-si1 millions;
but In 1868, it diminished to two hundred
and eight millions. The additional supply
from New Zealand has not offset the partial
exhaustion OF the California and Australia
mines; therefore, the product of the present
year will not probably exceed one hundred
and forty millions of dollars.
Since 1892 to the present time, the gold
coinage of the United States mint has
amounted to twelve hundred and fifty mil
hons of dollars, of which eleven hundred
and fifty have been issued since 1850. Since
l'2O, the gold coinage OF the French mint
has amounted to twelve thousand millions of
trancs,of which eight thousand millions have
been issued since 1850. Since 1903, the gold
coinage of the British mint has amounted to
three hundred and fifty millions of pounds
sterling, of which, one hundred and fifty
have been issued since 1850 Since 1864, the
gold coinage OF the Russian mint has amount
ed to seven hundred and fifty millions of
roubles, of which four hundred and eighty
have been issued since 1850. The sovereign
of England contains one hundred and thir-
teen grains of pure metal; the new doubloon
of Spain and the half eagle of the United
States, one hundred and sixteen grains each;
the gold lion of the Netherlands and the
double ounce of Sicily, one hundred and
seventeen grains each; and the twenty-five
franc piece of France, one hundred twelve
grains.
1t has recently been proposed to adopt
uniform system of coinage throughout the
world. so that the coins of one nation may
circulate in any other without the expense of
re-coinage, cOnSlnnmdiiOn derOldlg 10 be irish
3D. The fact that the large amount of gold
which has been thrown into the monetary
of the world within the last twen-
ty-eight years, has exercised so little intlu-
ence upon the money market, or prices gene
rally, is at variance with the predictions Of |
writers upon both sides of the At
lantic. The increase of the present produc- |
ton ofgold as compared with former periods,
IS enormous; and the price of gold has not |
declined, although the annual product has |
increased nearly two-fold within a third of n |
century Boston 7rIreliT.
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The chief object of interest in St Angus
tine is the old fort. begun as long ago as 1870.
and still i'll very good preservation. but of
course entirely useless against modern ar
tillery. 1t is nj present the prison-home of
10 Indians, who Were transported here two
years ago from Fort Sill and the Cheyenne
agency because of their bad character and
the difficulty of controlling them upon the
plains. The idea was Gen Sheridans. and
its success has proved its wisdom. After tiring
out and for the time subduing the different
tribes that they represent, he collected them Mt
the several western agencies, and called out
the most savage chiefs, and sent them, to-
Sether with their worst followers, oil here to
Florida, where they would be out OF the way
Of temptation to practice their cruelties. l
suspect from all accounts that when they
first arrived they were about as fierce II set of
savages aS were ever got together. They
have been under the charge of Capt. Pratt of
the 10th Unitud States cavalry. who has
proved IL most excellent keeper and friend
lie is an officer OF great experience IN the
Indian service, man OF rare tirmness and
gentleness, and withal IL thorough Christian
gentleman. The people of St. Augustine say
that the Indians have become 50 changed and
improved ly his discipline and care that the
old wildness and cruelty seems well-nigh
rooted out have VISITED them several times.
and had long talk with capt. fratt about
them, anu have been greatly Interested III his
statement lie introduced me to nll the
leading chiefs, and their iaces, though 10y NO
means attractive, one Ii not likely soon to
forget. never saw herce passions SO indell-
bly, marked upon countGnnnces Hs III the faces
OF these Indians. II was easy to see that
Al l
they had Deeh ugly bfutes, whose ftcrtatloh
WAS torture nnd butchery, ami yet the be-
ginninSs oi better lie were there which
his patience and kindness had discovered
anu called t"rth- ihyslcally some ni th'n
are tremendous, not SO much Ill height ana
symmetefy M Ill the hreadth ana Drawn oi
their big brown frames. In their manners
they have all the stefnness nnd pultt dlshity
oi the traditional INDIAN anu IN spite oi 'he
past wickedhesS some oi them htiIl tet'ih
something "i Their Old hoolehtSs "i hlleh
but confess That IL Is hiuen easier 10 ue'''t
1t III their present surroundings than IL one
were to meet them on the PLAINS. Their re-
spect ana hnectloh ipt 'hpt' iI'tt ls ctr'hin-
ly genuine, and Is apparent ut once. Though |
they are not allowed To leave the i'it Wlthont
II pass, they are practically uhgnarded' as all
the sentrles are appointed rom inc ihdiahS
themselves, yet they never htt'ihPl l" pre"h
the rule. About year ago uNe"l tue NOVA
chiefs planned an escape, but Capt tIa't
learned oi 1t through soihe" "i tnelr '"hr"dts'
and his iirmness has prevented nny reptu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

MID-AIR TELTPHoSING. In these days of
telephony some interest attaches to two old
time instances OF the transmission ot sounds
for great distances, doubtless from some pc
cuiar electric state of the atmosphere or of
the earth. The particulars nre these: On
the morning of the battle of bunker Hill if
the tradition OF II few years ago universal III
berkshire hc true the bnOmlng OF tho can
non un Charles Iiver WAS distinctly hrnrl III
various towns on the berkshire hills At
Lee 1t was first heard by IL man digging II
well, who called his neighbors. and they also
heard 1T. In flttsiicld It WIS heard by many
prrao.s and more distinctly 10y laying their
cnts to the ground. Captain Jared lngorsoll,
Hosea Merrill and others often spoke OF IT III
their Later days to persons now or recently
living. In Morthlngton IT wns first heard by
three recruits for the army resting 10y the
roadside with th'ir heads upon their hands
and their elbows ON the ground. The second
ease was IN lN22. and IN related on the nu-
thurity ul the late nr. q. :. Root. II physl-
ciln OF high standing and of more thnn or
diuury scientific culture. On the 2Gth of No
vcnhrr III the year named, Samuel Charles,
an Oncidn Indian, wus hung at Lennon for
murder. and the berkshire Greys, u Pittsield
military company. acted guard. At noon
of the day Of execution Dr. Root, standing
ON the hill at the foot of south street IN Fits
ncld. heard the sound of their drum and fife
So clearly that it seemed within IL few rods.
lie went to the brow of the hill expecting to
see the company marching up the side. but.
to his surprise. saw nothing, although the
sound continued. 1t appeared afterwards
that nj the moment DR. Root heard them, the
drum and fife. the company were marching
down Gallow's hull i'll Lenor, SIX miles oil.
On the same day party fishing on Pontoo-
sue lake, ten miles north of Gallow's hill,
heard the slow strains of music proceeding
to the place of execution, and then the rapid
march played ON the return Ms clearly ns
though within few rods. These wellnt-
tested eases present Il fair problem for Prof
Bells solution. Springfield Inion
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

STRANGE BIRD STORY l.. Page and
son, cutting wood near San Jose, noticed
tor several days that number of birds
remained constantly upon tree near them,
some going and coming from time to time
Upon cutting down the tree they discovered
a limb with u hollow cavity. some two feet
in length and three or four inches in dame
ter, in which were TWO full-grown birds of
some goodly sized species. There was
small aperture through which the birds
were supplied with food IRON their mates
The limb was cut and the birds liberated.
They were neither of them able to fly,
having evidently never been out of their
imprisonment. How they came inside is
question. 1t is probable that the mother
bird was small. and though able to make
her nest in the hollow Of the tree and rear
her young could not extricste them. and
they did not gain strength enough to help
themselves until the hollow had so closed
that escape was impossible. Those who
have examined the birds think they are
about two years old. They had been fed
from their birth by their bird fellows
through the aperture in the limb of the
tree. A nobler instance of devotion even
the human family never e1ibited.-San
Jose Cal y Mercury.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

MR. f.. V. SMALLEY, the intelligent Corre,-
pondent of the New York Tribune, wlo
has been writing letters from the South to
that paper, says ''The Georgia system of
dealing with the colored vote, appears to lie
everywhere effective. imagine that the
essence of the system consists in controlling
the election machinery, 50 that no matter
what votes go into the boxes those that come
out show the white vote to be ahead. After
a little experience of this sort OF suffrage
the blacks begin to lose their interest in
politics, and it must be admitted that the
community is the gamer thereby. 1t does
not appear to be the policy Of the managing
white politician. to wipe out the black Re
publican vote entirely. They leave enough
to serve as bugbear to the whites, and keep
them together as party"
This system has worked effectively for
eight years in Georgia. Elsewhere, the
Mississippi plan Of shot-guns and violence
IS preferred. The two systems Of violence
and fraud, furnish the key to the method by
which the white Democrats of the South
have established and propose to hold their
supremacy in their States and By which
they expect to establish their supremacy in
the Union. 1t must be conceded that the
chances arc in favor of their success. Bnt
what kind of republican government i it
under which the ballot thus becomes mock.
cry and voting a tragedy or farce?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

The RoNANcE OF Rosa story comes
to us from the coal mines of the Lscka-
wans Valley simple story. but with
immense possibilities In the Diamond"
shalt there was no steadier, harder worker
than Jim Gardiner. What he did with his
money was long mystery-he had no wife,
no family, no expensive habits, no relatives
that any one knew of, and yet 70 savings
bank account. 1t WAS learned later that
all but the little needed for his daily wants
went for char ity-iound its way quietly,
unobtrusively, into the huts of women and
children whose husbands and fathers had
gone down in the crush of falling timbers
or come forth black and crisp from the
scorchlng fre-damp. There was something
about Gardiner that suggested former
life Ofa higher grade. lie talked but little,
but that little was in words well chosen
and of choice dialect. His dress was as
rough As the roughest, but he carried it
rs II man who had been used to face the
world smilingly. They called him
"Gentleman Jim" in the mines, but
they all liked him a. a man who always
played fair and asked no odds
In the accident of last April, when the roof
Ot part OF the mine feil in, Gardiner was
killed. 1t appeared in the evidence that
there were few seconds during the crack
OF timbers before the roof fairly came down,
and in that brief time, in those few beats of
the pulse, Gentleman Jim" had caught
two boys with his liOn-lke strength. and
tossed them clear out of the fatal chamber
into the safe main alley. Then he went
down with the roof. When his body was
recovered the next day they found him with |
his right hand thrust inside his vest and |
clasping tight a little pocketbook. There |
was nothing in II save q card, on which was |
fastened, with drop of sealing wax on the |
stem. all that remained OF rosebud and |
two geranium leaves. Underneath was
written. in Il woman's hand, "Narie-
10ufe a foi-JuRs 1, 1867" Just below |
was written, in man : hand. "JlHc, 1870 |
all wHhered-eIcept the thorn" Ii Is
tale for a poet-wo have given the barest
outlines as they came to us. But our Iu-
Dormant adds shat the face Of the man a.
they found him. unmarried by the cruel
rocks which crushed his chest, was placid
Is that OF sleeping Cincinnati
Times.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

THE TIDAL WAVE IN THE PAcIrIc.-A
tidal wave from an earthquake shock, on
the night of the 9th ult. swept the west
ern coast OF South America and Mexico. At
Callao, Peru, docks and piers and stores
near the shore were swept away; the vessels
IN tho harbor by slipping their anchors
escaped material damage. The inhabitants
In their fright fled TO the high grounds in
the rear OF the town for safety. At NAL
lendo several hundred feet of railway run-
ming along the shore were swept away. A
vessel from Chilli reports the complete de-
structlon OF seven towns along the South
american coast. Not many particulars are
given, Dut 1t Is probable that the loss of life
must be very great. In some places the
water rose to a height of 90 feet, CARVING
vessels on shore, and leavin. them a total
wreck. Tho wave reached the Sandwich
Islands, May 10th. the difference between
the highest and lowest water mark varv.
ing from 81 to j feet. A letter from Hilo
states that a mighty wave rushed into
nearly all the stores in front of the town.
carrying eff great deal of lumber and
all tho stone wall Of the wharf. The ner-
penuieular height OF the wave was ascer-
tanned to be II feet inches above the or
binary low water mark At Walkea tho
damage was frightiul. Every bonse
within hundred yards of tho water
was swept away. The steamboat
wharf and storeh0usc, Spencer's store.
house. the bridge across the stream
ana all the dwelling houses were syept
away IN an instant and now lie mass of
ruins lar inland. Five lives were lost and
numbers were bruised and had limb.
broken: The body of a woman was fonnd
by the bOat' off lI0Olii The boats of rho
American whaleship Pacific, living in the
haroor, picked up six people swimpinp in
the bay. The wave at Waikea must have
had perpendicular height of sixteen feet
TO have taken the bridge and wharf where
they now lie. The water swept comnIeteIv
over Coeoanut Island. and the hospital
there % has disappeared. The volcano of
hiiauea has been unusually active of late.
Several earthquake shocks have been felt |
followed few minutes later by a let ot |
lava through crack which had evidently |
Deen made by an earthquake. The lava con-
tinueu TO spout, gradually ascending the |
steep Dlun to the summit, then moving
along the lsthmus connecting the laroe |
crater with the smaller one down into r6e /
PIT OF which the lava ran. This continued |
Tor SIX hours. the lava being thrown up in |
immense Jets along tho line at different
helght', at times reaching one hundred feet
frequently there would be at least fifty of |
THESE jets at once, making a magnificent I
display. Simultaneously with these fires
those oil the old south lake were suddenly |
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-15

TIE United States Consul at Odessa, Rus
sia, in a communication to the department
of State, refers to the competition in the
English grain market between this country
and Russia, upon which some light is thrown
by report of committee of the Odessa
Board of Trade. The report shows that Rus
sia and the United have changed positions as
supplyers OF breadstuffs fJr the English
market, America having taken the bulk of
the trade from her Eastern rival. The Rus
sian forwarders do not sec any hope of re-
covering their lost vantage ground and the
consul supplements the report by saying that
he is persuaded that we have nothing to fear
from Russian competition, as among other
reasons, their system of agriculture is miseI
able and their labor ignorant and poorly
directed, while they ignore all modern i'm
proycments and steadl.istly adhere to the
ways of their Tartar ancestors.
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NUMBER 81.

Pratt told me that he h q. written repeatedly
to Washington and begged that they might
he assigned to some ltbor or taught certain
useful trades; but the war department has no
ears. 1t is great shame, and ought at once
to be rectifed