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About Gold Worn ny As,raslon---The Disc
eount on which It VIII be Taken.

sHfNssros, July n.--1t n announced at'
the Treasury Department that gold that has
lost in value, from natural abrasion in circu-
Iation, will be received at the Treasury
Department In subscription for the new four
per cent loan, and for other purposes by
weight, this would involved a aloss to depositors
not exceeding ten cents on eagles or double
eagles.
Shortly after the theft Of $47, 900 from the
United States Treasury, in which W. Il.
Gilman was implicated, Gilman deposited
$4,000 In the Alexander Bank. On learning
the whereabouts Of this money the Secretary
of the Treasury attached it, and Oltmans
counsel filed an appeal to the jurisdiction OF
the department, which Judge Hughes now
reverses and requires a trial of the case on its
merits.
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numored Vacancy In the Turkish Cabinet.
tSpecial to the Democrat,l

NoUbCIII 10 CHB DBf1UUFHl.J
PARIS, July 1.-THE death of Redif Pasha,
Turkish Minister of War, is reported by a
private telegram from Constantinople. The
report lacks confirmation.
The Servian agent having failed to obtain a
loan here, has gone to London, and IL he fails
to procure a loan there he will proceed to
Amsterdam and Berlin.
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Russian Acknowledgements,
Steamers. Etc.
Turkish

LONDON, July 1.-THE Russians acknowl-
edge the campaign in Asia a complete failure
and must be renewed.
Twenty Turkish steamers have arrived at
the mouth of the Danube to operate against
Russian communications
LONDON, July IA potato bug has been
discovered in Dublin
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Another Execution for Murder.

Especial to the Democrat
HARRISBURG, Penn, July 11.-Frank Will
son, colored, was executed in the Jail yard
this morning for the murder of John B.
Reedy, in June, 1876.
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A Reported Mine Explosion.
ISpeciai tn the Dem ocratl

CLEVELAND, July lit is reported that
between and o'clock this afternoon an ex-
plosion occurred in the mines Of the Brook
field Coal Company. located near Wheatland,
Pa, on the line OF the Erie and Pittsburg
road, between Sharon and Newcastle, Pa
hat fourteen bodies have already been re-
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The Pan Presbyterian Councir

EDINBURGH, July 1.-THE Pan Presby-
terian Council has adopted an address to the
Queen signed by 1888 representatives, commits
stoned by Presbyterian churches in twenty
five separate counties. This terminates the
proceedings Of the Council.
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Especial to the Democrat

Dies MONIES, Iowa, July 1.-THE Greenback
State Convention met hero to-day, about
hundred delegates being present. Q. N. Gates
was elected temporary chairman and COM
mittees on platform, credentials and perma-
nent organization were appointed
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THO ueraId.s louisiana News.

New YORK, July 1.-THE Herald has q New
Orleans special saying the foreman Of the
Grand Jury which indicted the Returning
Board states that there were only four Demo-
cratic members out Of sixteen. Gov. Nichols
Statea hGs issvery sorry any action has been
taken but still adheres to his determination
Of pardoning them IL convicted
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Indicted for Murder.
[Snacial to the Democrat |

Especial to the Democrat
ST. LOUIS, July 11.-Gibson, Greenstreet
and Long, charged with ditching train on
the ST. Louis and San Francisco Railroad,
near Wood End, on June 2, have been indicted
for murder, with Oliver and others as access
Snries
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FOREIGN NEWS.
Proceedings of the international Cotton
Exchange.
Especial to the Democrat.I

Especial to the Democrat]
LIVERPOOL, July 11.-The International
Convention met to-day, the business trans
acted being purely OF formal nature. To-
night the delegates will be entertained at a
dinner given by the president and the men,
bers of the American Chamber OF Commerce,
and after tomorrow session there will be an
excursion to Monai Straits.
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The Orangemen will Walk singly, With
out Regalia.

IOpICIHT 10 tHB D6I1UCTHt.J
MONTREAL, July 1.-THE mass meeting of
Orangemen held last night decided by a large
majority not to parade tomorrow as body,
but individual members might walk to Knox
Church, where special services will be held,
but they should do so without regalia.
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RIVER NEWS.

Especial to the Dem ocratl
MEMPHIS, July II. = Passed up James
Howard a. M, and Warner and barges for
St Louis
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dismissed.

New YORK, July 1f.-A Washington dis
patch says: w. b. Moore, Special Treasury
Agent, some days since assigned to Charles
ton, has been dismissed.
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A RUN UPON AN INDIANA BANK.
A German Bank of Ample Assets in st.
Louis.
Especial to the Democrat

Especial to the Democrat
CINCINNATI, July 1.-THE National Bank
Examiner, of Indiana, has closed the Sta te
National Bank at Delhi on account of run
upon the bank owing to the failure of Dugan,
Case & Spears of Chicago.
ST. LOUIS, July 1.-THE liabilities of the
German Bank to depositors is said to be
$4,000. 1t is believed that the assets are
ample to meet all demands; if not thirty-six
per cent of the capital stock not paid in will
be called
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COmmissary Frauds.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 1.-THE Golos an
nounces that frauds have been discovered in
the commissary department of the Danube
army to the amount of 200, 900 roubles.
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covered. There are said to have been between
thirty and forty men at work at the time o.
the explosion
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VOL. U---NO. 2O3.
CAPITAL NOTES.
THE PR EsIDENT DELIGHTED WITH
THE LATE PURSUITS INTO MEXICO.
Dtaz's Protest will be Unheeded.
Especial to the Democrat.l

CINCINNATI, July II. - The Commercial 8
Washington special says that the President,
and others in high official station, express
qualification at the intelligence received at
the War Department Of the crossing Of the
Rio Grande by the United States troops in
pursuit Of predatory bands of Indians.
1t is considered likely that the Diaz gov
ernment will enter protest, but there Is not
the least probability that Gen. 0rds instruc-
tions will be modified.
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Drowned.

At 4:45 clock last evening, while young man
named Robt. Williams was painting on the side
Of the ship Screamer he lost his footing, fell
overheard, and was drowned. Body mot recoY.
cred.
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Hardware Failure.

New YORK, July 11.-Clark, Wilson & Co.,
hardware and commission house, supended; !;
liabilities 100000.
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1.-The Policy" ann New Hampshire Repub-

CONCORD, July 1.-THE Republicans eau
cussed last nj ght over Hayes Southern pol
icy. No action was reached. It was a stormy
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Senator Ferry is slowly but surely re-
ore ring his hea lth.
, 1877-03-14

is the matterj in which this Geist is turned
to account. 1t has been remarked that
the Germans are emphaticalIy q scientific
people. To this predominating character
istic, first and foremost, their military
tiiumphs in the summer of 1870 were due.
Not because they are great chemists and
physicists are they necessarily great sol
diers-so narrow a proposition would
hardly be tenable-but what is meant
is that a love of science and the spirit of
science, possesses the entire nation, and
shows itself, above all, By the scientific
method conspicuous in all their arrangements.
BY Science, in the wide sense in which it
is here employed, there is nothing to scare,
the least educated. 1t is simply the ac-
cUrate knowledge Of things, capable of de.
monstration and reducible to practice
the employment of the precise means ad.
equate to the attainments of a desired end.
1t is greatly to be feared that this absence
of scientific method is as conspicuous with
US as its presence is with the Germans.
Whether it be in the constitutions of g
Government, the organization of an army
or navy, the spread Of education, the re-
preston Of crime, or in the management
of a railway or a cotton factory, or the
culture of sugar or its manufacture,
if the means adopted have attained
the desired object-and especially if it has
been accomplished without a waste Of
power,-depend upon it in not one case
in q hundred has it come about by chance,
in few has it been by rule-of.thumb ;
Science haa been at work. The method is
the same to succeed in the diffusion of
technical education as to perform a chemi.
cal experiment, or to make sugar profita.
bly,. We are fond of calling scientific
method applied to things social and indus
trial, reorganization ;" and to meet with an
EngIiShmar (using tire name in It's national
senSe) with what we call capacity for
organization" ia comparatively rare. In
courage, energy, intelligence, and wealth,
natural and acquired, Englishmen need
shrink from no comparisons with other
peoples; but we have yet to awake to the
want of that something in our arrangements
which shall enable us to turn our enormous
advantages to the best account SCIENCE,
again using the word in its sense of the
method applied to things, and not to the
things themselves, is that something.
ITO be COntinued)
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-16
The RussO-Turkish War,

Vienna, Nov. ia special TO the
Political Correspondence, dated BIZ
charest, Monday, says Gen. Skobelcfi
has succeeded in definitely establishing
himself in his newly captured position.
The final Turkish attack was rcpulsed
by the fire of seventy cannon. The
Turks lost heavily.
London, Nov. ia Reuter- telegram
from Constantinople reports that a body
of Russians have marched to Berkovatz.
west of Nratza. Ii is supposed they in
tend to make an attempt to cross the
Balkans.
A Constantinoplc dispatch of Nov. 10,
says: "Suleiman Pasha has been APP
pointed commander-in-chief of the ar
mics in Roumelia. Ali (probably Fa-
zip Pasha will command the Army of
Rasgrad."
The following is the text OF the Times
Belgrade correspondents dispatch pub
lished this morning, reporting that the
participation of Servia in the war was
decided on: "From the most trust
worthy source | hear that the active in
reference of Servia in the war is near
err at hand than was generally supposed.
Yesterday another subsidy of 1000, 900
francs arrived from Russia. An extra
ordinary cabinet council was held We'd
nesday under the presidency of Prince
Milan, in which, il is stated, the parlici-
patton of Seryia in the war was deter
mined on. A proclamation TO the army
Is said TO be already prepared"
"A dispatch from Cettnjc says the
Montenegrins captured fort command
the town of Aniivari, with its garrison,
two guns, and quantity of ammunition
and provisions. The Monteneerins are
advancing on Aniivari.
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very well, and he urges all true friends
of resumption to cease distracting pub
lie attention with new plans and to join
heartily in supporting the legal act I'M
til it accomplishes its object, which he
thinks it will do without serious ncon-
veniencc to any one. In fact, he says
in strong terms, "the ability to secure
resumption by this act has been demon
strated."
His views of the silver bill are origin
al and peculiar Int worthy of attention.
He says that the silver question within
the power of Congress 'may be made a
most essential aid to resumption if con-
fined, either in the amount or mode OF
issue or in its legal-tender quality In
the absence of this restriction he thinks
the result of such law would be the
substitution of single silver standard
for the gold standard. CARRYING down
paper money with ii and destroying all
chance for resumption. From prcscnt
indications 1t would seem that nothing
was needed to secure the results aimed
at in the resumption act but TO kccl
still and wait firmly for the fine set
making preparations so far as possible
and then to resume. The passage o.
the law and the failure of Congress tC
vacillatc from the position then takcr
has already brought gold down TO very
small margin of premium. If the pres
cnt Congress would put n quietus upoi
the discussions and the manifestation
of restlessness under the resumption
act by decided vote endorsing it OF
refusing TO NEEDLE with it as il now
stands, gold would be down nj pal
within few weeks at most.
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An ingenious ~. Albanian, formerly a
professional electrician, has devised an
improvement on the telephone of Pro-
fessor Bell which he confidently expects
will make that wonderful instrument
available on the Atlantic cable. A
working model is now in process of
construction, and if trial test insiilles
the inventors expectations. an inSiru-
ment will at once be sent across The
water for practical experiment.
Experiments have been recently
made with the telephone at Cincinnati
10 test IFS efficiency rs an aid TO snbmal.
inc divers. II was found that sound
could be transmitted TO and from the
diver and companies in n boat or on
shore, and when some slight nccessar,
notifications have been made in Tho
instrument il is thought that II viii
much relieve the danger of this perilou,
business.
The Inventor of the telephone Is, il i,
rumored, at work upon new instru
ment. II is n coniriyance which can b,
applied to street organs, hardygurdes
German bands, and pianos out of time
II will collect the sounds and convey
them noiselessly away to common,
and other waste places, or out 10 sea
and there the objectionable music vii
dispense harmlossly. This is better
idea than the telephone, and as soon a!
the inventor can get ii 20 work he onghI
10 seerre large sale.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-16
STATE OF VERMONT.


A PROCLAMATION ny THE GOVERNOR.
"The Lord hath done great things for
us, whereof we are glad"
The dew. the min.and the sunshine
seasonably sent III aid of the 1abors of
the husbandman, enabling him to gather
the bountitul harvest with gladness and
to fill his granary to overflowing the
returning prosperity attending the va
rjed industrial and commercial inter-
csts: the continuance of health, peace
and GOOD order: the universal enjoy
uirnt of civil liberty under the suprema-
cy of law, without the presence of the
bayonct; the press, the schools aud the
churches, on every hand inviting to
knowledge, to culture and to purity
and above all, the most gracious pres
ence of the Divine Spirit inclining and
turning the heart TO Righteousness and
to holiness-all proclaim the signal and
manifold blessings of Gods providence
and grace to the people of this State
and Nation during the past year, and
call for a public religious festival OF
Thanksgiving and Praise to the Author
and Giver of all good.
Therefore, in pursuance olcstablishcd
custom and the Proclamation of tho
President of the United States. !, Horace
Fairbanks, Governor Of the State Of
Vermont, do hereby appoint Thursday
the twenty-ninth day of November in
slant. to be observed by the people q
this commonwealth "a day of Thanks
giving and Praise.
Let us on that day abstain from al
secular occupations, assemble in ON
usual places of public worship, render
to our Heavenly Father n frcc-wil
offering of praise and the homage o
hearts softcncd and warmed by Hi
unboundod soodncrn, protection an,
mercy.
Let rs especially thank and prais,
Him for the gospel Of forgiveness, rec
onciliation and peace through our Lor,
Jesus Christ, free TO all alike.
And, as we ioyfully gather around th,
festive board in the midst of unmeasur
ed plenty, let us remember to divide
portion TO the poor and needy, tina
their hearts may be made glad will
ours. Let the remembrance of His good
ness so fill our hearts with heavenl,
charity, that our lives may be perpct
ual song ofpraisc and thanksgiving.
Given under my hand and the seal o
the State, at St. Johnsbury, thi
twelfth day of November, in the yea
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and scventy-seven, of the indie
pendencc of the United States the on,
hundred and second, and of this com
monwcalth the one hundred and first
HORACE FAIRBANKS.
l.. $.
By THE GOVERNOR:
A. f. RANKIN, Secretary of Civil an,
Military Affairs.
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Dragged from the Altar.

On the 9TH of the present month Miss
Stella Root, of Rupert, VT, was TO have
been united in matrimony to Mr.. Bcr-
nice II. Weed, of Pawlet, ut the resi-
dence of the brides parents. The fami-
lies of the contracting parties are among
the most wealthy and influential people
of southern Vermont. On the day an
nounccd for the wedding the residence
OF Mr.. Root was throngcd with guests
who had assembled to witness the ccrc-
mony. The surprise and Indignation Of
all can well be imagined when Officer
Charles Lock. of Chester, Windham
county, appeared about half an hour be-
fore the ceremony was to have taken
place, and arrested the prospective
groom on n warrant charging him with
false pretenscs. II seems that he had
been trading horses in Windham conn-
ty, and the complainant in the present
case alleged that Young Weed claimed
to be worth five hundred dollars at II
certain time when trade was made.
Mr.. Weed SAYS he made The statement,
and it was literally true. The most
contemplate part of the whole transac-
ton is that Lock arrived in Rupert the
night before the wedding was to take
place, but did moi serve the warrant
preferring TO wait until the gue-tS had
assembled for the wedding. and then
drag the Young man from the altar. as
it were. The grief of the Young lady
was almost boundlcss when She realized
the predicament in which her prospcc-
tive husband was placed. Mr.. Weed
pleaded with the officer To allow him to
remain long enough 10 nave the cerc-
mony performed. but the ..digiilicd'
man of the law was incxorablc and re-
fused. The friends of Mr. Weed offer
ed to 90 before judge and give $780,
900 bail If necessary. but nothing would
satisfy the country constable but the
fOrcible taking away of his prisoner.
Reluctantly, Mr. Weed went with him,
and he was not required to appear be-
fore the Chester judge until the next
morning, and then he gave bail in the
enormous sum of two hundred dollars
for his future appearance. lie returned
to the house of Mr.. Root, and the cerc-
mOny was performed. The whole trans
action on the part of the constable was
simply petty meanncss that must have
been born in him. 1t is said the pro-
ceeding is the outgrowth of a difficulty
that Weeds father had with a neighbor
The bridal party passed through this
city this morning and took breakfast at
the Troy house. The couple are on
their wedding tour TO Philadelphia
TROY Press.
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GENERAL NOTES.

Every deer shot in the Scottish High
lands is said to cost. in one way and an
other about $3.50.
Charles Clifford was killed at West
Albany, Tuesday afternoon, by a ball
fired by somebody praclicing at tar
get
Carl Strahl, the murderer of Henry
and Mrs. Coetz, at Columbia, Ill.,,
was lynchcd, Sunday, Nov. II, by a
hundred citizens.
Tobacco leaves are fatal To cows, as n
Kentucky farmer learned few days
ago, by losing three valuable animals
which ate some ofthc weed with their
hay.
The first free library in the country
was established at Peterboro, n. H., in
1888, and the town has made an appro-
priation for its support every year
since, save 1862.
An engine on the Poughkccpsie,
Hartford and Boston railroad ran off a
misplaced switch near the state line
yesterday. Conductor Fred X. Mclius
was probably fatally injured.
An attempt was made, at Trenton, n .
j., to run the street cars on Sunday,
contrary to law. Three drivers were
arrested and the cars taken off.
There is considerable excitement.
John Pound, employed in the Ster-
ling iron mine at Watertown, n. v,
was crushed TO a jelly, Saturday, by n
four hundred pound bucket falling one
hundred and thirty feet upon him.
A sixteen-year-old son of widow
Warnc shot himself through the heart,
Sunday last, at fuckers Corners, us
ter county n. y, leaving note ask
ing TO he buried ms cheaply AS possible.
BARLEY Il Co., iron founders at Mon
treal, have failed; liabilities, Slj0,000.
Failure caused by Mulholland 4 Co. s
suspension. Two more hardware firms
are in trouble owing TO the same cause.
The Panama Herald says that Mrs.
Johnston, wife of the British vice-con-
sui, at lquitos, Peru, was attacked and
fired upon by the mayor and band of
about fifty armed followers, on the
night of July |, in her house. She mir
aculously escaped unhnrt.
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EF' Col. Blove in the Los Angeles
(CaD Mirror, describing the deleteri-
Gus effects of libellous and scandalous
publications and deprecating the in
creasing RIGHTEOUSNESS of the press in
that state. says, "A name wounded by
the press will writhc forever. The vie
tim may die and his bones moulder
away, but the SANDER fits about his
tombstone. The Injured one may Stay
the editor after impoycrishing him by
scant legal remedy, but he cannot ar
rest the printed calumny. 'The earth is
full of il, and the newspaper is indy
ing Ms Gods stars" That may be true
wholly of California newspapers, but it
is only of partial application in this lati-
tude. 1t sometimes raises man in the
public estimation to be abused and cal
umniatcd by the editorial ghonls who
preside over some Of our local sheets.
Their will to iniure is good enough.
They are veritabe scavengers feeding
on corruption. And if their supply of
hideous putrefactions are insufficient,
they, like the anaconda, endeavor to
slime over some pure victim to fit him
TO their viliated taste. But their slam
ders do not stick. They rebound like
the boomerang, To wound their authors.
so that frequently the worst effect of
this kind Of perverted Journalism is the
disrepute into which it brings the pro-
fession.