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Captain Taylor and his mate, Mr.. At
kins, killed two small whales, and
were pursuing others, when the boom
of a gun was heard and a shot re-
cochetted over the waves and plung-
ed into the sea ere it reached them.
Soon two more reports and two
kissing balls followed in succession.
Capt. Taylor perceiving that some
thing must be done, star ed for his
vessel, but was intercepted by the
enemy, who proved to be Spaniard.
His own person demanded as hos
tage until Spanish gunboat could
make her appearance and examine
her papers. He lefused and they de-
manded his chief mate and were
memorable. In vain he protested,
remainding them of the loss to his
vessel, claiming the validity of his
papers.
Mr.. Atkins was taken and placed
on board the captain being left alone
to secure whales as best he could,
difficult task in heavy sea. For
five days the mate was detained, I'M
til Spanish gunboat arrived and
declared the papers correct. This
detention at this particular time, in
the midst of school of whales, was
IA serious loss to the vessel, and is
but sequel to the outrage perpe-
trated on the Ellen Rizpah and her
captain.
THE ORANGE EXCITEMENT.
MONTREAL, July 9.-The excite
ment in this city is intense over the
expected Twelfth ofJuly celebration.
The Prince of Wales and Victoria RI
fiemen are doing sentry duty at the
armorieS tonight. There is also
guard over the military stores and
magazines on st. Helen's Island. A
meeting of the officers of the Irish So
cieties was held tonight, at which it
was resolved to ask the cooperation
of the Presidents of the Protestant
societies to prevent, ifpossible con-
tlict on the 18th. Another meeting
will be held tomorrow. Mayor
Bandry has positively refused to or
der out the military to protect the
procession. Two thousand men from
The eastern townships and about the
same number from townships in On
tario will come in to take part in the
demonstration. A terrible riot and
bloodshed is feared. Nightly drills
are going on, and have been for
weeks past in different parts of the
city, and fire arms are being put in
order by the opposite party.
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
LONDON, July 10.-The prospect of
fair average crop Of wheat is IL
changed, and in other countries eX-
cept France, the indications are that
the result will be a full return. The
stock Of home grown wheat is very
small, and it is reported that little or
nothing will be left over. Trade is
depressed, but holders are firm. The
imports of foreign wheat are large.
The stock in London on Both June
WAS 300, 600 quarters, against $50, COO
quarters on 3lst March. Reports of
injury to the French crop has hard
ened values, and should Il demand
from the continent arise high prices,
nav be eXDpCted,
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The partnership heretofore exist
ing between Messrs Creswell and
Fulton in the distribution of Federal
patronage in this State is, from this
date, irrevocably dissolved. So says
Creswell substantially, in the closing
paragraph of his letter recently
published in the San.
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SATURDAY, JULY II, 1877.

Hon. John l.. Thomas, Jr., chair
man of the Republican State central
committee, has called the committee
to meet in Raine's hall, Baltimore,
on the LIST of August next for the
purpose of receiving his resignation
and electing his successor.
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That old fOssilated remnant Of a by
gone generation, Charles Francis
Adams, still persists in maintaining
that President Hayes has been elect
ed by fraud 1t might not be i'm
proper to mildly suggest to Mr.. Adj
ans that he is rapidly acquiring the
reputation of fool.
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Sellers Of liquor in Oregon are not
required. under a new law, to be liz
censed; but every drinker must pay
S. a year for license, and whoever
sells to an unlicensed person may be
imprisoned. The names of procurers
of licenses are to be published every
six months.
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The Pope's audience of June 10th
must have been highly interesting.
1t was attended by $50 journalists
from all countries where Journalism
is known, and His holiness told
them that he wished they wonld pu-
rify themselves.
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Here now, how's this? Here Jere
Black has been writing that article
for the North american ReUie,C with
one hand, and showing applications
at the Administration for his friends
appointments with the other. 'Twont
do, Jere, 'twont do.
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Bob Ingresoll, when he went
through the 1000 feet level of the
Ophir mine, struck a heated current
Of air with temperature of 140 de-
grees, and remarked piously and
perspiringly that if there was any
place hotter than that, he would be-.
&C., if he didn't join the church.
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PEACHES. -Accounts agree that
the peach crop will be immense, al
though in some parts of the peninsu-
la the yield will be very small. Not
one half of the crop will be sent to
market in the natural state, owing to
the great excess of the supply over
the demand.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING

Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as n private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
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FRENCH AGENTS PURCHASING
PORK.
PORK.

CHICAGO, July 10.-The Inter-
Ocean will publish to morrow as a
pOrtentous fact that during the past
fortnight secret agents from the
French Government have arrived in
this city, whose presence here is
known to but few in France and to
fewer here. They have secretly con-
tracted with Il few large firms of
Chicago packers for immense guam
titles Of army supplies. The contracts
specify not only the quantity and
quality Of the supplies, but the man
ner of their preservation. and amount
of rations in each package. y con-
densed soup, capable Of preserva-
ton for long period and Of speedily
preparation, has-beeu contracted for.
Similar agents have been in few
other large cities in this country
and in Canada. Enough food has
been ordered to sustain large army
during a long campaign. The Inter-
Ocean considers thes operations
significant in view of the condition
of affairs in Western Europe.
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DEDICATION OF THE BLISS
MONUMENT.


ROME, Pa, July 10.-The monu-
ment erected by the Sunday school
children of the country in memory OF
2. p. Bliss was unveiled at Rome,
Pa, this afternoon at two o'clock.
About five thousand people from
the surrounding country were pres
eDt. D. l.. Moody presided. Rev.
DIR. Pearson, of Detroit, made the
speech of the day. Brief addresses
were made by Rev. j. II. Vincent,
of Chicago, and Rev. Geo. A Peltz,
of Philadelphia.
At the close of the services Mr..
Moody precented Paul and George,
sons of Mr.. Bliss, aged three and
four years, and asked all to pray that
they might grow up to be useful
Christian men. Mr.. Moody made a
statement of the death of MI. and
Mrs. Bliss, and the call that was is
sued in his name to the Sunday
school children of the county to
contribute to the education and
maintenance of the children and the
erection of q suitable monument. In
response to the call three thousand
and siXty-three Sunday schools, rep
resenting over half million sub
scribers in the States and Territories
as well as Canada, England Scotland
Ireland, India and the West Indies
contributed S11 1858, of which 100000
was placed in United States bonds
for support of the children and 81 900
paid for the monument, the balance
going towards paying for the lot in
the Rome graveyard.
ANOTHER SPANISH OUTRAGE.
BosToN, July ia letter has
been received at Provinectown from
Captain Taylor, of the whaling
schooner Rising Sun, bearing report
of another insult to the American
flag. On the Goth of May he was
cruising off the south keys of Cuba on
the look out for whales. About9 a.
m, q school was sighted to leeward.
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The REPUBLICAN is the cheapest
newspaper in Western Maryland.
1t only costs S1.50 q year.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
THE RUsso-TURKIsH WAR.

LONDON, July 1.-THE DGily NetcS
states that the British fleet at Besika
bay, with the additions ordered by
the admiralty, will present an aggre-
gate of twenty-four vessels, with one
hundred and fifty guns and IA crew Of
1000 or 5000 men.
The Times, in leading article, says
it believes the Russians cannot add
vance in force upon the Balkans I'M
til they have secured their cOmmu'
nications by constructing a position
on the Danube as strong as any in
the possession Of the Turks. This
will require a month at least. The
excursions of Cossacks to TinOrVa,
PIeva, Selai and Sowatz, have little
or no military significance.
PARIS, July IA private tele-
gram from Constantinople of yester-
days date announces the death of
Redif Pasha, the Turkish Minister
of War. No confirmation of the re-
port has yet been received.
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are hereby notified that they can procure
deeds for the same by calling ON the Secretary
of the Lodge, NJ. V. Grim, and paying for the
same. Parties wishing to purchase Lots will
call on the same party. The Lodge needs
money TO make improvements, and parties
should be prompt in this matter.
j. w. NEITCH,
je0t3 Chairman Board Of Trustees
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
ODD-FELLOWs' CEMETERY

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-23
Where's Charlie {!

Where's Charlie, teacher | mean the
little fellow, real wide-awake, blue-eyed
boy that used to sit at the end of your set.
tee, with round h ad, close-cropped hair,
hands that were going all the time, or if
resting at intervals, then his feet kept see
sawing2 have noticed him on Sabbath
school concert nights. He would come in
out of breath, pulling eagerly along a pale,
thin woman in black. 1t must have been
his mother When Charlie said I" his verse;"
the woman's dull, faded eyes would light up
something like Charles, and, for a moment
look so beautiful Yes, without doubt it
was his mother. She must be poor. The
old black shawl, so rusty and worn, told
that story Still, somehow, she has contrived
TO keep Charlie looking trim. | have
noticed signs at times of the making of an
unusual effort. Charlie has come with bit
of bright ribbon tied under his round little
chin. Some cold, biting day he would have
on a pair of new snowy mittens. In warm
weather, have noticed green leaf stuck
into his button-hole. 1t came, perhaps,
from some pining little geranium that
Charles mother keeps on her window-sill.
You don't know where this boy Charlie is?
You think his father might look him up ?
Perhaps he has no father living. Depend
upon it, the woman has no one to help her.
Those red hands don't look like having help,
but rather as ii she had rubbed and rubbed
all old washboard to the tune of a sad and
solitary life. She has had one comfort,
though, her bright-eyed Charlie. Perhaps
Charles father is a drinking man, hope
less case, one of the brute kind also, worse
than dead-a devil in human shape. Strong
drink may be cursing that home. That ex-
plains nine-tenths of the rusty shawls and
faded eyes we see on the street DO you re-
member one day you chanced to say some
thing TO the class upon the subject of drunken
fathers Charlie all the while listened SO
earnestly. The head that had been swing
ing like pendulum, paused. His feet ceased
their see-sawing. The restless lights in his
eyes were stilled, as if all the gold fishes in
the fountain had come to stop. The boys said
that Charlie was crying afterwards Go and
look that boy up. Help his mother. Try to stop
his fathers drinking. DO you think you were
put at the head of the class just to ornament
it God made you the pastor of that class.
lie set you apart, the man or woman now
its teacher TO care for those boys, look after
them. You can double your usefulness ON
Sunday, by what you do between Sundays.
God would savea whole family through you
who teach one little member of it. Do you
hope Charlie can give good account of
these three Sundays he has been absent ?
How do you know but that he has been led
off by one of those boys hanging about the
vestry doors, boys with tobacco stain on
their mouths, shoe' out at the toes, caps tip
ped back on their frowsy heads. and hands
in their ragged pockets
But wherever he may have been, | will
tell you where Charlie is now. | went by his
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-23
Religious Herald
A Low Crib.

ave thank thee, o Lord" said quantity
speaking brother, "that we have this
day been fed out of low crib" Speak.
ing in the language of the farmer and
the shepherd he no doubt called to mind the
vision of the little struggling lambs reaching
up and vainly seeking to obtain the food
which was within easy reach of those who
were large and strong; and in the sim
plclty within easy reach of the minis
trations of that day. he observed the ten
derness of the careful shepherd who places
the food for the little lambs in a low crib
within easy reach
1t was one of the pleasant recollections
which certain boy cherishedo of dear aunt
whom he sometimes visited, that Z" she put
her cookies on a low shelf ; not out of sight
nor out of reach of little hands, but where
their convenience of access was standing
invitation to take aud eat. There are no
doubt many who aim to follow the Good
shepherd and to care for his flock, who have
never yet learned to feed the lambs from
low CRIB. Indeed, they seem to have over
looked that portion of the divine precept in
which he who said, Feed my sheep" also
said, Feed my lambs" The Good Shep-
herd cares for the lambs as well as the sheep
and in all his ministratons there was no
iorgetfulness of their needs. The babes
that he pressed to his bosom, and on whom
he laid his hands in blessing, well knew
the tenderness of his loving heart and if we
who have named his name, and who have
undertaken to fulfil his will, would be wor.
thy imitators and faithful followers of our
worthy Master, we must learn to. teach aud
guide and bless the little ones to preach a
gospel that the children can understand; to
feed the flock "out of low crib" and
gently guide the lambs whom the Good
Shepherd loves so much.-THe Christian.
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To make the most of every day, to fill ev-
cry hour with golden deeds, and to feel.
when month approaches its end, that no
time has been wasted, how satisfactory
Yet how very seldom, as we review past
weeks, can we take to ourselves the comfort
that we have done even the best that we
could. The sum of our eudeavors each
night is far less than we thought it would
be when we began in the dewy freshness of
the early morning. One reason may be that
we economize in the wrong way at the start.
Charles Kingsley observed in letter to his
wife that day gave grand opportunities for
work. lie enumerated the engagements of
the day which he had Just passed, its cares
and its pleasures, and said that an hour of
prayer and humiliation in the morning had
steadied and subdued his spirit, so that its
influence was still with him. Who cannot
testify to the truth of this as applied to per-
sonal experience Yet we too often abbre-
viate our morning devotions. The first
waking thought is not of God and his great
goodness in preserving us during sleep, but
OF the crowding occupations of the new day.
The burden is taken up precisely where it
was laid down. The merchant begins at
the perplexing problem which haunted his
dreams. The mothers thought flies at once
to Tommy's jacket that must be finished
to-day, or to Sallie's way of turning in her
toes, or to the need of change in her
kitchen. The young girls eyes fall imme-
dlately on the pretty dress unfinished on her
table; or, if she be absorbed in higher
things than personal ornament, on the pic.
ture on her easel, or the desk wherein lies
her fascinating German translation. From
the highest to the lowest, people are taken
up with the smaller or larger interests which
belong to them as individuals, and they do
not think at once of the help and comfort
which God delights in giving them if they
seek 1t. Yet there is not one of us who
habltually turns first to heaven as the flow.
ers to the sun, who is not better stronger
and happier the whole day for the refreshing
exercise. We read the Bible, and some fa-
miliar verse, unheeded hundred times be-
fore,' flashes on us suddenly with new
meaning and beauty. We kneel in prayer,
and AS we rise we are filled with calmness
and composure, and sweet preparation for
all that may come to us. What strange sur
prises new day may bring. Some of them
may be delightful, and others saddening
but OF the man who began in the morning
by seeking Gods presence, it may be said
with certainty, "lle shall not be afraid of
evil tldings his heart is fixed, trusting in
God' by beginning with earnest prayer
we escape the danger of regarding home du-
ties too lightly. The least things done for
our beloved ones gain in dignity if they are
performed heartily as unto the Lord The
household is all harmonized There are no
Jarring discords where the love of the Mas
ter Is the motive power.-I Working Church.
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" Where Am l GOing!"

One fine summer evening, as the sun was
dropping into the west, man was seen try
ing to make his way through the lanes and
crossroads which led to his village home
say "trying," because, although he knew
the way perfectly, and had Travelled it, man
and boy, for the last thirty years, vet that
night he was confused and bewidered. Do
you ask, "By what ?" His flushed face
and unsteady gait told the sad tale-Drink
Utterly puzzled he called out with an oath
to a passer-by, "l've lost my way; where
am going 2" "To hell !" was the answer,
sadly and quietly given. A savage glare in.
stantly sparkled in the drunkards S eyes but
after moment or two, with groan he mur-
INJURED, "Think am" Come with me-"
said the other, kindly" III take you home"
The next day came; the fumes of the luuor
had passed away; but the two words by
which his friend had answered him were
striving in his heart. The arrow of convic.
ton, launched by the Spirits power, had
struck home. "To hell Yes, It's true, I'm
going straight to hell, and knowit. o God,
save me !" That man, by Gods mercy, faced
about. He was going straight to hell, as he
said But he truly repented of his sin,
sought pardon and new heart through
Christ and began to walk in the way of life
Reader, where are you going2
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What is Wanted.

The pastor of church in one of our large
cities said to me, not long ago: al have
ofiiciated at forty weddings since | came
here, and IN every case, save one, | felt that
the bride was running an awful risk. Young
men of bad habits and fast tendencies never
marry girls OF their own sort but demand
wife above suspicion. So pure, sweet
women. kept from the touch of evil through
the years of their girlhood, giving them
selves with all their costly dover of woman
hood, in base associations, have learned to
undervalue all that belongs to them and then
find no time for repentance in the sad after
years. There is but one way out of this that
can see, and that is for you-the young
women of the cOuntry-to require, in asso-
citation and marriage, purity for purity, So
briefly for sobriety, and honor for honor.
There is no reason why the young men of
this Christian land should not be Just as vir-
tuous as its young women, and if the loss of
society and love be the price they are forced
to pay for vice, they will not pay it. ad-
init, with sadness, that not all our young
women are capable of this high standard for
themselves or others, but believe there are
enough earnest, thoughtful girls in the So
ciety of cur country TO work wonders if
faithfully aroused."-Hdrper's.
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Singing for a Wife.

Early in the spring we had put up wren
house on our tall evergreen. 1t was min
iature house, only it had no windows, and
had no roof to the piazza; and for door it
had round hole Just exactly big enough
for wren, and no bigger else the bluebirds
would have taken it for theirs. Now they
they could not get in, and only dear wee
brown wren could have it. Our Gretchen
was delighted, and danced up and down be-
fore it most of the time. She was afraid she
could not see the birds take possession. By
the middle of June wrens were in town, fit
ting around old messy apple trees and sing
ing everywhere. "Will they never come
here 2" said impatient Gretchen. Very early
one morning there was a new song
among the robins and finches Gretchen
rushed down, in her nightgown. Yes, there
he sat on the top of the bird-house pouring
out flood of song. He broke off suddenly
and popped in the round hole; then came
out and sat on the piazza and sang again.
Oh !" he was saying, "This is the dearest
little house. How happy my wife and | will
be here !" This reminded him that he had
no wife yet; so he flew to the treetop, haply
to call her. Perched among the sweet
smelling boughs, up against the sky, he sang
as If he would split his very throat, "Come,
mY uearle /, " come 10 me !!
Across the fields floated the song and pen
etrated the thick shade of the orchard. But
she did not hear, did not come. Again he
his house, and again he sang with
a courageous heart. Jenny came not. He
flew to the orchard, and from every tree-top
we could hear his song, long and loud. The
second day the merry bachelor prepared for
his bride by bringing sticks and arranging
them carefully within the tenement. "Ohl"
said he, 9" have the snuggest house, high |
up above the reach of the cats. Come wifey |
come JENNY"
Thus day by day the little fellow called |
and entreated with stout heart. Gretchen |
fidgeted and wondered where the Jennies |
could keep themselves when such charm |
ing companion was to be had. The days |
grew long and dry and hot. Blue mists
hung over the mountains, but no rain fell.
Swallows swan the air in twos and threes.
The fatherly robin flew back aud forth at
MS happy work. The blackbirds launched
heir young brood into life with great ado
Only the wren had no mate. We fancied
| sadness crept into the notes, and he
'eemed to sing YEARLY, waiting and calling
III day long for companion that came not,
Those two weeks must have been as long to
iim as two years TO us.
One day we were all gone for walk ex-
'ept Gretchen, who sat on the front door
tep in sight of the brd-house. We were
iway for long time, strolling on the river
banks. Presently we saw Gretchen running
oward us. She came up flushed and happy,
ier very heart in her mouth. She caught
lold of her father, pulled his head down and
something in his ear. lie laughed,
urned, and WHISPERED the same aloud to MS |