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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

r1oIns. The clerks. this mOruias.
repurted tor duty as usual, and are
busIlY engaged in ascertaining what i lost
and what Is saved. The regular business OF
the department will necessarily be inter
tered with Tor some days. The greatest
trouble now is with the water. 1t Is
feared that some of the older
papers of the land Office of great
value in case of disputed titles were stored
in the lott aud have been destroyed Mr..
Clark, architect of the capitol. with super
yising architect Hill, of the Treasury, are
engaged in preparing to erect temporary
root At present almost the entire depart
ment Is uncovered.
Later information as to the roof destroy
ed. yesterday, shows that 1t was merely a
shC ddy affair. 1t was truss roof OF pine
raltsrs, with few interlscing rafters of
iron. covered over with a thin layer Of cop
per. One Of the cOlOred watchmen, who
had charge of the attic story, says that the
roof was generally 50 hot that it was impOs-
sible to hold the hand TO it underneath. lie
thinks the tiles were ignited by the sun S
RAYS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
Gov. CoLQuITT, Of Georgia, gave President
Hayes a rousing welcome, at Atlanta. Ad-
dressing him, he said

Gov. CoLQUITT, of Georgia, gave President
Hayes a rousing welcome, at Atlanta. Ad-
dressing him, he said
1t is enough TO fill the measure of the loft
lest ambition TO remove fear and suspense
from the hearts OF twelve millions of people,
your iellpw-citizeES (great cheers) and re-
store TO them a SENSE of rcpOse and security
under your administration. (Applause) If
the agencies which brought together forty
millions OF people in fearful, unhappy
conflict excited the attention Of the whole
world, the moral purpose, the firm Will, Of
the fortunate magistrate who is first to con-
troll and calm the spirit which raised this
mighty conflict will attract the admiration
and paudlts Of all men, wherever good will
among men is known. (Great applause
How strange, how passing strange, that
men, brethren Of the same political heri-
tage, can differ or doubt as to the heneiicent
eject Of 50 holy an undertaking Zap
plausc.)
We invite you, Mr.. President, to the
closest scrutiny we are not mistaken.
we do not deceive ourselves, and We do
not intend TO deceive others, when We
say We are Tor peace, we are Tor
Union, We mean good government, we
mean to give helping hand 70
any and to all who shall and in the establish
mcnt Of constitutional government and in
the restoration Of fraternity between the
States. (APPlauac). The great moving
cause Of these hearty demonstrations which
have greeted sou since you reached southern
soil is to be found IN your generous conf
dencc. Y"u believe what We saw, and
your magnanmous trust will not exact cring-
ing ard seryiic guarantees. (Applause)
Differ though we may in party. without
thinking Of tic complications Of the past or
caring for them, We can assure you of the
sympathy and support Of this good OLD com
monwealth in your every effort to restore
peace and good will between citizens, people
and States. (tireat cheering)
Again, sir, let me assure you Of the Joy
which your presence here gives Us, and our
urgent desire to make your visit and that Of
your companions pleasant while you stay
with Us. In the spirit. and in the name of
this people, | welcome you and your noble
wife (applau,e), and these gentle ladies and
honored gentlemen, to the hospitality of the
! people of Georgia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

General, they are running civil servic
reform very strong just now"
$50 see, but it will not work, because
the theorists have disagreed among them
selves as to its practical application. | do
not attach much importance to that matter
do not believe it will succeed. though |
wish it could in some practical way. Take
Mr.. Schurz, for instance. He Is making a
business of civil service reform, but he is a
humbug, and Mr.. Hayes will find him out
before long. 1t is a good thing, but it is
hard to apply in our country. 1t is all very
well to say that the business of ofiice-seeking
should be abolished, but the ofhce-seeker
cannot easily be abolished, and the more the
theorists quarrel among themselves the more
the practical civil service reform seems to
recede.''
What do you think Of tho dissolution Of
the Republican State organizations in the
South?'
That is one of the usual violent effects Of
wise government after a scene of turmoil
like that we had last Fall. For myself do
not care for party You can always depend
upon the good sense of the people Of the
United States. They will never elect high
official except upon common sense basis.
For that reason believe the Republican and
Democratic parties of late being so evenly
divided the people will be compelled to vote
in large majority for the Republican candi-
date, no matter who he may be. because the
Democrats will do some silly thing that will
drive thinking people from their ranks at
the last moment The modern Democracy
always does il
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

TnK Presidents tour in Kentucky and
Tennessee appears to be marked by eztraor-
binary demonstrations Of favor toward him
and bis policy" on the part Of the South
esners. A despatch from Nashville says
that the reception there, Wednesday night,
drought together all the upper class of peo-
pie of the city. broke down all remaining
barriers which politics had put up in So
ciety, and was marked BY the extreme cor
diality Of the Southern ladies present toward
the guests from the North" If the South
ern women are at last beginning to soften
toward the North, then indeed there may be
hope of full reconciliation and future har-
mony between the sections. Wade lamp
Ton has accompanied the President, and en-
dorses-and is endorsed by-him, as an hon
est man aud true patriot. As the colored
element increases in his audiences, the Presi-
dent dgells more and more in his speeches,
upon the importance Of harmony between
the races, and the duty OF the local authori-
ties to protect alike the equal rights of each
The whites, say the reporters, receive these
sentiments with apparent approval, and the
blacks with evident qualification. In two
places 10 Tennessee, the President asked if
there was any trouble between the races, and
blacks and whites in the crowd with one ac-
cord shouted "No."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

TWEED is at last caught in bad blunder-
He stated in his testimony, Friday, that he
paid money to Senators Winslow, Brand,
Happening, and other legislators to vote for
the passage of the city tax levy of 1870,
while the Senate Journal of that year shows
that on the passage of the bill the above
named gentlemen voted in the negative.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

Tus name of john 5, Morton, OF thiiA' ct
,,;, i added to the list of moral an. imam
si.l wrecks He was president Of a Phila-
delphia Street Railway cOmPcny' which has has
made 20 per cent. divideris till its stock ''O'
mar value of which is SO share has ,o,d
at s175. Twas at that figure las s,tu,.
dsy. Since then it has become ; .nown that
Mr. Morton has oyer-issued nd sold At least
IL 900 shares Of the s'' K. He owns up to
the transaction; At claims that he made
nothing by it = chat it all went for the benefit
OF other par Ties. This may be 50, though
some do not believe it: bat if it Is, it doesn
prevent the transaction from being a rob cry
Of the stockholders III the company of more
than half their property. Philadelphia, II
is not necessary to say, is in fever Of ex-
element over the affair.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

POLITICAL rullaDl~H SCcllS 10 NC ds ram
pant as ever in Mississippi. There is no
longer a Republican party, and of course no
Republican candidates in that State ; but in
some districts independent conservative
candidates are in the field, in opposition to
the regular Democrats, and they and their
supporters are prosecuted with hardly less
fury than the Republicans were last year,
though thus far stopping short of murder.
Speakers are silenccd and their audiences
driven away, armed bodies Of masked men
ride about the country committing various
outrages, the laws are openly deied, and
the magistrates who ought to enforce the
laws are over-awed by rufhans. There is,
however, it must be said, somewhat more
healthy public opinion in the South, in re-
gard to these disorders than there once was.
A year ago, such outrages were either denied
or excused by the whole Southern press, as
well as by the Democratic press of the North
and Republican papers which reported the
best atte-ted stories oil political prosecutions
were sneeringly accused of waving the
bloody shirt" Bot, now, representative
Southern journals have discovered the reality
of these outragcs and have mustered courage
to rebuke them The Louisville Courier
Journal says:
1t is for us, gentlemen of the South, to
call off the desperadoes. That is the whole
business; and there's no use mincing matters.
By or before 1850 we want that question
sent to the rear. II it is not, woe to the
North. woe 10 the South, woe to Republican
government in America.
The New Orleans Times, an extreme
Democratic paper, after recounting some of
the horrors which have lately disgraced
Mississippi, add
Yet the murmur Of the oppressed and
terroT-stricken communities grows louder
every day, and those moving appeals for pro-
lection which Gov. Stone has disregarded 50
strangely are beginning to reach the outside
world and to make honest men who love he
South burn with shame and wrath
1t Is no excuse to say that the disorder is
local. Gov. Stone owes it 10 his people
whose highest interests are affected to see
that the power Of the law is felt and the
live. and property of all citizens of Miss
IsslIp are protected in cvorE corner of every
township i'll the State. The good people Of
Mississippi are Overwhelmingly in favor of
law and oIder and Ieace. The Governor can
have their fall moral and physical support
IN putting down csc wretches He should
lose no time in doing it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
ON The WAY TO TUE CAPITAL.
TUE TuRCO-HUssiAN WAX.

RUSH, LEyIEl AGAIN FOR SOLDIERS.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. ga further levy
is made on the russian land-wehr. Fifty
two bsttaliOns are now proceeding to the
front
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

Ar Saratoga, on Wednesday, was cele-
.ha Centennial anniversary of the
bratsu I--hts-where Burgoyne
battle Of Bemis ne,e- The
-.,.;,sd his first serious cheek.
celebration was participated IN b! some "
600 people and included procession, ll''F Tts
s1sreises a banquet, a sham battle etc The
h.,o Of the battle Of Beinis Heights was
p,,.a;c, Arnold. The monument to pe
erected at Schuyleryilie in honor Oh INT
heroes of Saratoga campaign is to have four
inches suitable for statues. lnree y, M
will be occupied ny efigies Of schuyler T.
Gates and Morgan. The fourth Will Os .,-'
empty ard beneath it will be inscribed the
name ut Benedict Arnold.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

THERE was a portion of Mr.. Keys speech
at Chattanooga which is not quite as pleas
art reading in thi. latitude, as that in which
he set forth the folly and wrong of secession.
He said "What good did all our fighting
do? If it did any good at all, it freed the
slaves, if you call that a good, and that was
something that we did not - to war for. If
We had not gone to war, slavery would exist
to-day in the Southern States" Nj. Key
was interviewed after the speech, and asked
Just what he meant by the phrase ali you
call that a good il be thought that
the abolition of slavery was right or wrong.
THAT have left for them to determine,
was the response, Are you willing, then,
to let the words 20 to the country without
explanation?' Certainly" was the re-
ply: Il used the words, and of course they
are mine. The correspondent, who reports
this, adds: MANY are of opinion that
the Republicans of the North will object to
a man holding such opinions as Judge hey
has enunciated longer remaining member
of the Cabinet, and they think trouble will
ensue if be does not resign" 1t certainly
will cause quite change in Northern feel
ing towards Mr.. Key, if it becomes under
stood that he still holds the opinion that
slavery was great social, moral and po-
litical blessing; and its abolition wrong.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
DEs HILLS srEKCm.

don't believe tho President has a
Southern policy" wouldn't respect
him if he did have. lie has accom-
plshed great good to these States. and he
has accomplished so much for the paciiiea-
ton of the country by doing simply what it
was bis duty To do, and what his predeces-
sors have failed to do lie has administered
the constitution Of the country in the spirit
in which 1t was made. ! concur with my
distinguished friend that he has done his
duty with credit. lie has done his duty as
no one else did in the terrible times past,
when so many violated it ami when a man
calmly and bravcly resolves to his Y
faithfully he is entitled to the thank
good people everywhere. Fellow -ctircns,
it is in this fact tina. find great comfort for
the future. Why is it that you are ready to
welcome Republican PRESIDENT Why is
it that the people throughout the country
though Democrats, are praising Peputii
can PRESIDENT Why is that a State which
polled 81, 600 majority against tho Prcsi-
dent will welcome him by Majority of oyer
$4,000? Why ? Because Of anything person
al Because of the party he represents =?
No, my friends IL ~ because Of his man
hood, courage and patriotism in faithfully
keeping his oath to defend the constitution.
There has never been an issue in this coun-
try that could not be settled by the consti-
tuition Nome can arise. if the people will
only adhere to the true spirit and meaning
Of that instrument That is your protec-
tion, your security, your glory.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
FIRE At Washington.

\ PORTION OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
BURNED-INHENsE Loss OF RECORDS, MODELS.
ETC DEsTKOYkg-EsrINATsD LOSSES
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 2i- ir5
broke out in the interior department, lit
tie before twelve O'Clock. 1t is supposed
that it originated in the file room. At hall
past twelve almost the entire western por-
ton of the inside of the building mas been
consumed, and the flames are spreading
throughout the entire building, with tire
merdous rapidity. The contents of the en-
tire build:.S are inhammable, and the fire
men seem to have no control whatever over
the flames. At the present time it seems
certain that the greater portion of the in
terror will be destroyed. The losses will be
incslculable 1t seems that already all of
the valuable land Office records have been
destroyed. together with great portion of
those relating to pensions, patents. rail
roads and the various interests Of the cOun-
try, which have relations with the interior
department
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

To SILL at the present prices or to hold for
the chance of Il rise, is the question which
Just now troubles the farmers with the i'm
mense crops of wheat. The Western papers
say that their farmers of long experience
generally favor carly selling, believing that
~ average there is more profit IN it than
on
i holding long time 70. an advance.
Some Of the agricultural journals advise the
keeping of the what, but the PrH'r1e
Ey,uer arsueS that. in view of the great
WELD. carly prices sill he fully good as later
ono. The Omaha Bee tells Western fs-
ers not to put too nue.. faith in an q n
binary call from Europe Englap' A'rao
nually larc,e amount of whe' '. No., 81
stuff, fr I'm US, and will II anu 'feA'
mich more than usu' Wv p WI,
[ cation closes, freights il
''i 49,, e. If the crops IN the sprin
No. good yield, the prices will be
or lower, than now. \ general Wa
n Europe would cause an advance, br
there is only one chance in hundred
! that. 1t costs to hold grain, to say nothin
Of the care and trouble, and the interest Il
self is Of no small consequence. The farm
ers arc all in need Of money, and the sale
this large crop, at the present prices, vi
benefit them more than to hold, even II the
should finally receive better prices. 10 Sc
now, then, would seem the wise policy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

Is A SPEECH, a. Chattanooga, Tenn, on
Friday, Postmaster General Key. who ac-
companies the President in his Southern
tour, spoke in a manly way in reply to the
foolish attacks of the Southern press upon
him for his remarks at Bennington. He
took nothing back that he said there, and
did not-as some have assumed to do for
him-e1plain them by saying that he used
the phrase "erring Southern brethren as
jest. On the contrary, he justified the phrase
by characterizing the rebellion as gigantic
error on the part Of the South. He asked
his old Confederate comrades to think of the
half million of lives sacrificed to look at
the widows and orphans and the cripples
made by the struggle; to consider the pow
erty brought upon the South and then, re-
membering that nothing was gained but the
emancipation of the slaves, for which they
did not fight, to say if the war was not
terrible mistake on their part. His hearers.
it is said, composed of Republicans and Dem
ocrats in about equal numbers, applauded
him in the heartiest manner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
nR. CuRTIs's srEICn.

Mr. Curtis. addressing the convention,
spoke as follows:
Mr. President as republican in re
publican convention. offer resolution CT
party commcndation for tho republican
President OF the United States. When |
came to this city the air was Elled. and
WAS glad to know 1t, W'.i q demand for
harmony, Tor cop.'iiiatlOn and for peace.
The republicans 81 the empire state were
here To meet. and here they met to-day.
came to this hall, sir, with the same desire
of barinOny and Cancellation that have no
doubt animated the breasts OF my fellow
republicans, and tho first words that saluted
my ear were practical denunciations of a
republican high in Office in republican
administration, and of principles which
were denounced as Il "nauseatlng shibbo-
leth. ar words to that effect. and which
You yourselves in convention have re
peatedly declared, and winch the national
convention which nominated President
Hayes distinctly declared a~ It~ own conyic-
ton Tho republican party, Mr.. President,
has brought this administration Intl power.
and the republican party Is responsible for
the administration The question for the
country at this moment IL. Do you. does
the republican party. accept the RESPONSE
hllIty? (Applau-e) Now. Mr.. President,
was never pruudrr than ! am at tins
moment to be known a. n republican, zap
piaus,) and It ~ Tor this reason that, ~ |
have always known the republican party To
be the party OF progress, Ui liberty, OF equal
rights, Of reform. OF absolute individual
political independence, | see IN the admins
tratlOn that We hayu brought into
power surer earnest OF the attain
ment OF these results than it has been
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

The papers that hate Beccher arc LAYING
great stress upon the fact that at the last
book-trade sale, Beecher's books sold for six
cents per COPY, arguing therefrom that the
great scandal destroyed his popularity.
don't see it in that light. All the books Of
fered were old ones, that in the course of
nature had become yalueless. There is no
sale for book that has once passed its pop
ularity, no matter who is the author. Doubt
less, the great scandal would deter many
people from buying book from Mr.. Beech
er's pen, but were he to write q fresh one
the curiosity to sec what it was would give
it larger sale than ever. Certain it il that
Mr.. Beecher's lectures arc better attended
than eyer. and there is no diminutiOn in the
attendance at hiI church. lie Is very far
from dead
NEW SAVINGS BANK swIHDLE.
The ClairmOnt savings bank has gone the
way of all flesh. 1t is the old. old story.
The directors Permitted two men to run it,
and shut their eyes to irregularities 80 long
Is they were permitted to borrow money on
worthless securities or no securities at all.
The two managing men specialized with the
moneys Of their depositors, they lost, real
eS tate uePfeclatcu, anu up " went lnOu-
sands of poor men have lost the little saw
ings they depended upon to carry them
through the Winter, and an examination il
being made, which will result, a. all such
examinations do, in censuring the directors.
But not cent will ever be got Out of it.
The receiver will eat up the assets and in
time the affair will be forgotten. There are
II thousand better men in Sing Sing than
these swindlers, but they will continue to
mnye in the best society all tho same
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

TEE opinions Of the London Times have
lost the estimation in which they were once
held BY Americans; but the following,
from an editorial Oh the Presidents Southern
tour, has certain interest: SIN a little
more than half year the President has
succeeded in beating down compact mass
of prejudices and in allaying host Of con-
Ricting passions. The visible triumph of his
policy is now being assured. He has this
week begun a journey through the Southern
States which is intended to show that the
work Of pacifcation Is not far from compile
ton. The federal government has no inten-
ton Of interfering in the local administra-
ton of the Southern States. The Southern
States have no desire to disturb the great
achievements Of the civil war, which have
been embodied in the constitutional amend
ments. The removal of the objects of con-
tsntion makes it easy to re-establish friendly
relations between the people, who respect
each other, and the sympathetic meeting of
the President and Gen. Hampton is an
omen Of the coming time when the North
and South will no longer be separated by the
lines of division which the civil war traced"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
BUSINESS

is still improving. and New York is ealing
good The merchants are here and sre buy
ing freely. for the farmers behind chem arc
selling and paying. Tho lookout is en-
couraging Yours, ALTON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28

LEWIS e. BcGY, United States Senator
from Missouri, who died, Thursday, was
born in ST. Genevieve, April 9, 1913, and
was, consequently, at the time OF his death,
in his sixty-ftth year. lie entered store as
clerk and served a number of years, but
afterwards studied law. lie at once began
the practice of his profession in St. Louis
and went into politics, serving in the State
Legislature several terms. lie was Com
missioner of Indian Affairs under Johnson's
administration in 1867 and 1865. In 1872,
he was elected to the Senate to succeed
Frank P. Blair, taking his seat March /,
1873. In this connection the following
document is Just published which it
will be seen how exactly his ambition was
realized
ST. GESEyIEvE, January l6, 1882.
On this day | LEFT home under charge Of Mr..
William Shannon. old friend OF my father. 10
go to Kaskaskia to read law in the office of Jud.e
Pope. My education is very limited, but with hard
study may overcome Il. | am determined to thy
it, and my intention is to return TO my native state
to practice IL qualify myself and while dong
so TO work to become United States senator for my
native State, and TO work Tor this till am 60 years
old. Twill pray God to give me the resolution TO
persevere in tins intention. have communicated
this to my mother AMI given her this paper to keep.
So help me God. LEWIS V. BoGY.