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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

The London TiHzS says in late issue +;
1t would haya been difficult for Russia to
adopt course le-s likely to conciIiate the
good Of Europe or this country. Our
correspondent at St. Petersburg does not
give a more cheerful report 1t is there
said, he tells US, by persons Of considerable
influence that while it is by no means Ger
tain that the congress will assemble, it is
not very likely to be successful if it does
England and Austria are accused of being
animated, not hy more desire to protect
their legitimate and material interests but
by jealousy Of the military and diplomatic
success of Russia. They are supposed
therefore, to be DESTROYS of diminishing, as
far possible, the consequences OF the
war. Russia, it il said, will declare that
though she is willing to have such questions
~ that Of the Straits discussed, the condi-
tons she has already signed are the minimum
Of what she has TIE light and determine
ton to demand The diminution of the re-
suits Of the war being thus impossible, Eng
| land, it is said, will seek to increase them by
demanding the extension Of Greece but the
effect Of this will be To break the last link of
the English alliance with Turkey, and the
Sultan will then recognize Russia "a his
surest ally. That these wild notions should
be seriously entertained by persons Of au-
thority in the Russian capital, indicates, AZ
we have said, condition Of mind by no
means favorable to satisfactory conclusion
of the present negotiations. The terms of
peace may prove an agreeable surprise, hut
Russia is not assisting Europe to place a
favorable construction upon them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

ASA GENERAL RULE a man has q right to
invest his money in bis own way and
other people have the right to wonder at the
way he takes, if there is anything curious
about it. Here is the case of Mr.. Edwin c.
Bailey, Of Corcofd, Y. II. Mr.. Bailey
used to be one Of the owners Of the Boston
Herald, which is one Of tie most profitable
newspaper concerns in the country. He
sold gu, Of that paper, in 1860, alta price at
which be would have been glad, probably,
any year since, to buy back his interest :;
bat which put very handsome sum in his
packet. Since then he has owned and
edited the Concord Daily Patriot, until Its
recent docrase. lie has also owned some
stock In the Mount Mansfield Hotel, at Stowe
He is a gentleman Of upward of 60 years,
AMI has reached an age when new ventures
are commonly not 80 attractive as in the
enthusiastic Yeas Of youth. But a few weeks
AGO. IL was announced, as was the fact,
that Mr.. B.iley had bought out Mr.. Bing-
hams interest in the Stowe Hotel proper
ty, and bad undertaken the active manage
ment Of it, himself A. property in Sem
mer hotels has 10 most cases not been found
very remlneratise Of late years, this trans
action surprised some people, though they
may not have douJ ted Mr.. B,iley's ability
to :. keep a hotel" Sharp on this news
came word that Mr. B.iley, with some asso-
ciate-, had bought tie Boston Globe had
put $4,000 Of his own money into the
purchase and taken the editorial management
Of it. Tie previous proprietors had sunk
$500 600 in the Globe and though pretty
bright paper. it never paid its way Dr a
dav. Mr.. Bailey has made a Democratic
paper of it, and perhaps ne will make sue
cess Of it.
The Globe Under its new management
evidently intends TO cultivate the same field
in which the Herald gained its early sue
cess. 1t aims to combine the qualities OF
police gazette. political journal and DeHs-
paper, always cheap and sometimes nasty.
THIS l. not exicily what the Herald l. now ;
but it is what it was lucc-it ia far ADLER
and more decent paper nov. But it is very
doubtful if tie Giote ca, repeat the Herald
success. Tic latter has by no means rsliL-
quishei the field, AMI it is a very Formidable
rival in it. If the G'oje pr. poses to rival the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

Majesty (though this assertion was not
admitted by the United States), coLimis-
sioners should be appointed to determine the
amount of compensation which, in their opin-
ion, ought to be paid in return for the privi-
leges accorded to the citizens Of the United
States under article Is of the treaty, which
allowed them to fish anywhere within the
threc-nile limit, and gave permission to dry
nets and cure fish upon any shore, if in so
doing they did not interfere with the rights
of private property. 1t is upon this ques-
tion that the arbitratio of the two Govern
ments was entered into, the commissioners
ap pointed and the award made. And the
weight Of authoritative opinion seems
to be that there is no other way but to
pay the award, excessive as it seems to be.
President Woolsey considers decision BY
majority oftbe arbitrator binding and says;
4 The award is inordinately great; but our
faith is pledged, and if for the reasons men,
toned by the honorable Senator Mr..
Blaine We should refuse to pay the award
within the time agreed upon, England would
have claim against us, and Belgium
ground of complain. for want of courtesy
to her Ambassador" Charles Francis Adams
said to an interviewer: In regard to this
award of the Halifax Commission, there was
only one honorable course to pursue, and
that was to pay 1.-THE question Of amount
had nothing to do with it. If it was bad
bargain it was too late to revise it." The
Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas, formerly one Of
the judges of the Supreme Court Of Massa-
chu-etts, said he could see no valid reason
for an attempt to Sc. aside the award. We
had agreed to this mode Of adjudication, and
the only honorable course for the nation was
to pay the money. Hon. W. G. Winthrop,
and others, take the ground that the nation
owes it to its own self-respect and as duty
to the world to pay the award withouta muir
mur of dissatisfaction as, if we did not do
so peaceful arbitration would never be resort
ed to again between nations, and they would
soon drift back again to the old methods Of
arbitrameut by the sword.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

The San Francisco mint, under the super
intendence of our former toTnsman, II. l..
Dodge, did, in February, 1873, though it
was a short month, the largest months
work ever accomplished in q mint in this
country, and probably the largest ever done
anywhere. 1t coined 27s 900 double eagles,
of value of $500, 600; 1,4s4.0OO trade
dollars, 1900 half dollars and LAC, 900
quarters-the total amounting to nearly two
million pieces coined Q,9l4, 000) Of a value
Of ;S7,Os5 600 The double eagle weighs
SIG grains and is not allowed to vary over
half grain from that weight. The trade
dollar of 400 grains is adjusted to within
one and onc-half grains. The new dollar
will be coined at San Francisco, as soon as
the dies are received, at the rate Of two
millions or more a month. Seventy ladies
and about Us men are employed in the San
Francisco mint The amount Of silver melted
each day for coin is about three tons and
all goes like clock work under the thorough
Organization and careful superintendent OF
Mr. Dodpe
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

TINE is wasted ia arguing with man who
processes to have discovered perpetual mo-
ton or claims that steam power can be pro
fitably used in Jumping water up hill so that
in flowing back it may create a water power.
Such persons belong either in house of cor
rection or lunatic asylum. General Butler s
q" American money" is simply coined paper,
or some material cheaper than paper if that
can be discovered, not redeemable and hay
ing no connection with or relation to gold or
silver or any other valuable thing whatever {;
yet il is to be in itself a measure of value
more stable and uniform than any other yet
known. His dollar is 10 be made, 'for con-
yenience orly,' quite equal to or little
better than the present value OF the average
gold dollar Of the world. How will be man
age this? A gold dollar or a silver dollar
may easily be made little better than an
other coin Of the same nominal value, by
putting more gold or silver in.o it. but how
can a piece of paper OF no value in it
self be made little better than the coin
whose name it bears and whose place in cir
culation it takes? Mr.. Buffers paper dol
lar Is TO have fixed and stable value given
to it BY making it fundable into bond bear
ing interest payable in the same paper dol
lars, and the bond is to be made permanent
ly and uniformly valuable by making it con-
ver,ible at all times into paper currency.
This part Of his scheme reminds US OF the
surprising invention of the perpetual clock
which was in fact two clocks, so connected
that each YVES continually winding the other
up The theory was ingenious, but the ma
chine itself was a failure Worcester SpV.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

The report of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture devotes Ct nsidcrable space to infor-
Tuation upon the cultivation Of the tea plant in
the United States 1t shows that the principal
tea districts Of China lie between the 25th
and 35th degrees of nor:h latitude, which
is equivalent to line drawn from the
southern extremity Of Florida to the south
ern boundaries Of North Carolina, Tennessee
and Missouri. Shis part Of our country
embraces the greater portion of the famous
Cotton Zone" and the soil, climate and
general typographical features are said to
bear a very strong resemblance to the cor
responding section of China. The plants
stand about four or FIVE feet apart and are
raised from seed. When about eighteen
inches high the leading shoots are pinched
off, 40 as 70 induce them to become bushy,
and they are seldom allowed to grow higher
than five feet The plants yield q small
picking in the third year, and attain to their
maximum product Of four hundred pounds
an acre in the eight or tenth year, after
which they deteriorate and the plantations
require to be reset. The report embodes,
besides carefully prepared statistics of the
cost and prof, Of its growth,a nlnber Of
letters from parties 10 the Carolinas and in
Georgia who have carried the cultivation Of
tea beyond the experimental stage, and e1.
press the fullest confidence that the United
States, both as to quality and quantity pei
acre, can be made . tea-growing country
fully equal to China,
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SOUTHERN NEWS.

BRUTAL LYNCHING CASE.
RICHMOND. Va March 1.-THE governor
has issued proclamation Offering a hun
dred dollars reward for the apprehensio, of
the parties concerned in lynching the negro
woman, in Rockingham county on the
sixth instant. Ii was iendish murder,
and nothing short of it The woman was
only accused of instigating the burning OF
barn in that county. For this she was
hung to a black Jack tree, which was pulled
down to the ground by five men then,
when the victim was made secure. one OF
the party said, Here she goes.' and the
tree was let loose. The black jack had
stiff spring, and the woman was flung clear
over and danglsd down on the other side.
She struggled for some time and died in
horrible agony.
THE RETURNING B1ARD-ANDERsoN SET FREE
New ORLEANS, March I3.--In the case of
the State vs.. Thos. A. Anderson, in an ap
peal for new trial the supreme court has
reversed the verdict of the jury and ordered
the prisoner to be released.
THE ENTIRE RETURNING BOARD ACQUITTED BIZ
THE DECISION.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March Ex-senator
Matthews received the following dispatch
this afternoon from New Orleans: 1.-The
supreme court decides that the Vernon
Parish returns were not susceptible of for
eery, and General Anderson is discharged.
This ends the whole case as to the other
members of the Returning Board"
ANDERsoN's CASE THE SUPREME COURT Or
DERs HIS RELEASE.
New ORLEANS, March 1s.-The order of
the court for the discharge of Anderson
does not enlarge him at once, the state hav-
ing five days in which to file an application
for rehearing.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WASHINGTON, March IS - Coy. Pack
ard, Postmaster General Key, and others
called on the President after the decision of
the Louisina supreme court in
regard to the Case of Anderson.
The President expressed qualification with
the decision and said the entire union would
applaud the action of the court as patriotic
in the interest of Cancellation.
ANDERSON AND WELLS.
NEW YORK. March ia New Orleans
special says Governor Nichols last night de-
elined expressing an opinion on the release
OF Anderson, hut is evidently pleased with
the action of the court. II is believed that
Attorney General Ogden will push a mo-
tion to reopen the case. 1t NAV be
stated authoritatively that Madison Wells's
case will be opened and pushed Is
soon as possible. 1t is thought there
is much stronger case against him
than against Anderson, and there are far
greater chances of his being punished. Both
Wells and Anderson have powerful friends
in the State, however, outside of the repub-
lican party, and recent events will have the
effect to strengthen efforts in their behalf.
There is more hopeful feeling among rep
ubllcans here.
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State of Vermont.

4 PROCLAMATION ny TEE GOVERNOR.
The season Of hope Of the song OF birds and Of
tho swellin- Of buds; OF the breaking Of the
fal,cw ground, ard of the scattering of seed :
suggesting mans dependence, demands humble
recognition Of Gods universal Providsn,s.
Therefore, sgreeably to the usage established by
cur fathers, /, HORACE FAIRpAsKs. Governor OF
the State Of Vermont do hereby designate FRIDAY,
YuE FIFTH DAY OF APRIL NEXT, to be observed by
the people Of tn lis State as day Of fasting, and
OF pra, er to Almighty God.
Ietrs un that Gay abstain from every unneces-
sary labor and employment, and in private and In
public worship by sincere rep sntence ssek forgive
ness and reconciliation through our Lord Jesus
Christ, snd humbly emplors the guidance and
blessing OF the Father TO rest upon US, as indvd-
ua.s and as q people, that He may establish
lnd prosper the work Of our hands.
Let the remembrance tina. He sear,heth tn e
heart. Gil as with peni:encs ard humble trust,
that we may keep fast ceptable Ia His sight.
Then my we approach Him with 6lial Affection
and devotion, and couH emily expect Ills blessing;
tue continuance OF health; Of civil and religious
nbert, Of psacs and plenty, ami Of industrial and
educational prosperity.
Let rs especially pray thst he will srsciously
vouchsale to make and keep us as individuals,
AID as State and 3 nat 90, inhexioly honest even
in time Of financial de Jression-sD shall We iu'nl
our high Cestiay, and transmit 10 our children I'M
impaired the rieh le-Ac received rom our fathers
GiTen unisr Ky baud nd the seal Of the state 1t
St Johnsbusy. this siK,senth day Of March,
liz tie year Of cur Lord. one thousand eight
hantref ard seventy Fl hit, AID in the one
hundred an / 81 send gar o: the Independence
OF the u ted States oc A meri,a.
HORACE FAIRBANKS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

THE Silver Bullion Certificate bill, report
Ell agreed upon By the House Committee OIL
Finance. is simply measure to render void
the Silver bill which has been passed, and to
give the owners of silver bullion certificates,
which will pass current for money for the
entire value of such bullion if it was coined
into silver dollars of 4l2i grains. 1t is
practically giving the silver spectators the
bene fts Of free coinage. The intrinsic value
0: the silver which i required to make sill
yer dollar Of 4l2t grains, Is at the present
time, in gold or greenbacks, about 80 cents
By this bill, the owners of silver which is
worth but $500 as a commodity can take
the same to sub-treasury of the
United States and get certificates for
81 600, which can be used to pay duties
and generally perform all the functions Of
legal tender 1t is, therefore, bid to all
silver bullion owners in the world to bring
it to this country and have $50 made 500
This bill, should it become law, will com
pei the Government to pay 100 cents for the
silver it can now purchase for 80 cents OF
less, 50 that the measure will actually dc
prive the Treasury Of quite a large revenue.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

The TREATY or WASHINGTON, with Ca
NADIA. made in 1871, provided that fish OF
all kinds, except the f,h Of the inland lakes
and of the rivers falling into them, and fsh
preserved in oil, shall be admitted into each
country duty free. twas further provided
that, inasmuch as the privileges accorded
% the citizens Of the United States In the
treaty were of greater value than those
sceorded to the subjects of Her Britannia
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NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
KATE DELANEY NARRigs.


PROVIDENCE, r. l., March II Kate De-
l.ney. who squandered one or two fortunes
in Boston and who attempted suicide in
miserable lodgings here last Sunday, was
married Yesterday to Albert Kinner, of
Hartford, former lover. said to be wealthy.
A CLEVER sTKAL-A BANk PRESIDENT THE
VICTIM.
BosroN, March IL. - Yesterday while
President Hall of the Lechmers national
bank of East Cambridge, sat alone in the
parlor OF the bank man entered and asked
Hall to step out to transact business
with a lady in a carriage. Hsll accompan-
led the man to the vehicle whsre the lady
began deliberately 10 count a roll Of money
to pay, as she pretended, for draft. Hall
could not wait and returned to the bank.
Soon after the carriage drove hurrisiy off.
Suspecting something wrong, Hall made
an examination and found $50. 900 ia
money and securities stolen. 1t Is supposed
the job was done By three men and the
woman, two of the men having hidden be-
hind the door il the hall of tue bank. The
president was absent only two minutes.
RENKwEp E1cIrKNENT AT DARTMOUTH.
HANOVER, N. H., March l9.-There is re-
newed excitement at Dartmouth. This
morning five more arrests were made, all
being sophomores. The two beaten
BY the freshmen were among the mum
Der. All were allowed to go on their
own recognizsnos until afternoon, when
they intend to plead guilty to simple as
sault. Several have been dealt with By the
faculty The pounded senior and sopho-
more are suspended until the end of mex.
term, the senior being allowed to graduate
with his class. OF the three freshmen put
d. H.. ArNn al
from the roll some time since, and another
was to-day expelled and another suspended.
About dozen other freshmen arc suspend
ed and indefinitely separated to-day: This
action of the faculty does not affect the
legal proceedings.
MOODY AND sASKEr.
HARTFORD, March IS The revival meet
ings which began January 9Th, closed to-
night. A thousand persons have been con-
verified. Moody and Sankey begin in New
Haven next Sunday
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

A Long Branch, N. J T.. despatch SAYS that
a deaf and dumb boy, aged nine years, died
there on Friday last, and few minutes be-
fore he died he spoke for the first time. He
stated that this Summer there would not be
enough inhabitants alive in Long Branch to
bury the dead Some fear pestilence such
as visited that town twelve Or fifteen years
ago, when the spotted fever caused fearful
havoc. Others fear the place will be flooded
by q tidal-wave.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

WHATEVER remained Of the mystery which
so long hung around the murder Of Miss
Ball, was finally dispelled by the confession
of her murderer, before his execution. We
are glad that he made clean breast at last
as to two at least Of his misdeeds. And We
are glad that brute capable of crimes OF
such horrible atrocity as the murders OF
Marietta Ball and josie Langmaid, no longer
cumbers the earth We should suppose that
the nos: earnest opponent OF capital punish
ment would rejoice that, in this instance,
at least, the gallows has claimed its own !;
that LaPage has been put beyond the power
Of sensational reporters to retry BY news
paper, and Of sof;-hearted executives to
pardon and that be can no more BY any
possibility be let loose upon society, to hide
rape BY murder.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

SALISBURY - Sneak thieves have under
taken To - show their hsndsn here. One
Daniel Leno and son were caught. last
Tuesday morning. stealing fowls from the
hen roost of George Thomas Leno and
son were placed in the lookup. waiting
legal investigation into the subject. This and
like nuisances ought to be- regarded by the
authority az such, and the law fully exc
cuted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

A PARIS newspaper, the Reoeii, had the
hardihood to say, after the death of the late
Pope: Prayers for the defunc. have been
ordered throughout Chsistendom. What is
the use Of them? He was infallible; so he
could not have committed the very smallest
of sins. If he had, infaliibility must after
all be no better than one Of those sloI made
garments that the wary dealers sell without
a guarantee" For this the paper was pros
ecuted on charge Of attacking the Catholic
faith and the peblishor was fined three thou
sand francs and sentenced to two months
imprisonment France i Republic but
the freedom OF the Press is yet to be real
ICED there.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

Orr Northern neighbor is perple1ed over
her large and growing Debt. Ten years ago
the interest-beering Obligations of the Do
minion were only ninety million dollars,
But by embarking in the Canadian Pacific
railway and other projects the debt has more
than doubled and bids fair to reach $780,
600 COO before pending enterprises are COM
pleted. 1t is serious question how the
sparse population of Canada can meet the
annual interest on this sum in addition to
Other necessary burdens.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

WArERvILLE "A great effort is being
made to secure the services of Rev. J. Gar
land for another year as pastor OF the Con-
gregationsl church here, his present term
expiring the lst of April next.
The sugar season is here and the past
week has been a busy one. Several in our
town have made from 800 to 500 pounds.
and A. b. Waters has already made over
900 pounds. The season is two weeks
earlier than usual.
Ambrose Chas, has been engaged by u.
II. Mann to turn 10000 knife handles to be
used the present season. Alter q lew weeks
they will make butcher and other kinds OF
knives through the Spring and Summer.
The family Of Cyrus Wells are now max
ing preparations to go to Kansas, early this
Spring Mr.. Wells went there last Fall.
has taken up 100 acres of land in kinsley.
Edwards county, where he and his iamiiy
intend to make their home
Rev Mr.. Lsngiord will live the coming
year at BinghamvIllo, Fletcher, and Will
preach here one half the time, the same as
during the past year.
The short time tina, +. NJ. Hubbard has
been absent in Iowa, has had a good elect
upon his health and he is improving
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-03-22

tbs IILAcs are budding in fine style tho
hepat,cas, pioneers of the floral proc assIon,
are noted that pleasant growth Sympllcar-
pus foetidus (more familiarity known as
skunk's cabbage,
And shall not deny
In resa ard to the same
What this name migl tinplyD
has forced its way out of bogs and
swamps; and the season generally Is notably
precocious.
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News by Telegraph.
VERMONT NEWS.


Ahs hithfohD EoieONiNG WILL
RICHFoRD, w., March 10 The many per
sons sick from the effects Of rising water
from the poisoning well have nearly all re-
covered. and it is believed that the malsdy
has subsidized. There have been forty-iye
cases and five deaths.