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There was a noted road that began as a
very spacious highway. but gradually
dwndled to squirrel track, and ran up
a tree. The declared object of the Potter
investigation was to prove that there was
a fraudulent conspiracy III Louisiana and
Florida. and that Mr.. Sherman and Mr..
Noyes were conspiratOrs. The inquiry has
lasted for more than a month, and no candid
men will say that there has been anything
established which shows either conspiracy
or the guilt of Messrs. Sherman or Moves
The chief witness, Anderson, is IL confessed
liar, and there has been no attempt to cor
roborate any of his assertions. Mrs. Jenks's
story of the letter is quite as probable as any
story of Anderson's, and there is nothing
palmer than that the House, in ordering the
inquiry, instead of providing against the
consequences of attempted fraud hereafter,
did a very foolish thing, and neglected a
duty of paramount Importance. Even Mr..
Conkling's organ, which said ut the end
of December that :. the masses " demand
ed that % this alleged iniquity in Louis
lana" should be searched out, though the
revelations shall appall the world" and.
tucIC II pClh "
tary Sherman in the Spring breezes that
blow soft from Louisiana. and whisper abont
the procurement of false votes,' now says
that tbi. appalling investigation is h great
cry and little wool. 1t is pretty evident
that there are to be no appalling revela-
tions, and that The President and the cab-
net will not be touched even BY the utmost
efforts of Mr.. Mcmahon and General Butler
The Potter investigation has merely filed
the air with cloud of lies. and the report
can not affect public opinion more than the
reports of the visiting statesmen" and the
Congressional committee affected it at the
time. Apparently it will not even keep
the pot a-bilin'," and Mr.. Tilden, as the
Democratic candidate. on a platform of
fraud, is made, by the results Of tte investi-
CATION. and by the political situation, much
less probable than Mr.. Thurman. as the
candidate, on quasi-greenbaek platform
Hd-per'S Weekly.
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MAMMOTH CAVE EcLIPsED TO THE EXTENT OF A
DEPOSIT OF AIuNAIEs.
Erorn tho HincInpati Commercl

MAMMoIa CAVE ECLIPsED TO THE EXTENT OF A
DEPOSIT OF AfUNAIEs.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Another wonderful cave has recently been
discovered near Glasgow Junction, Ky. II
has already been explored for distance OF
% miles in one direction, called the long
route snd lG miles in another direction,
called the short route. The avenues are very
wide a span of horses can easily be driven
through for q distance of IL miles. Three
rivers, wide and very deep, are encountered
on the long route. One OF them is navigable
ior II miles, until the passages become too
narrow TO admit q boat. This forms
the third OF river route, which has 10 be ex-
plored in q boat The cave is wonderful be-
yond description. and far surpasses in gran
deur the Mammoth or any cave ever before
discovered. Several mummltied remains
have been discovered in one of the large
rooms. They were reposing III stone collins,
rudely constructed, and, from appearances,
may have been in this cave for centuries
They present every appearance OF the Eeyp-
tian mum.nies.
Great excitement prevails over this very
important discovery. Edwin Mortimore of
ChestnE. street, Louisville, KY, purchased
three of the mummies and has them now In
his POSSESSION. Major George NJ Proctor Of
mainder of the mummies from the owner of
the cave whose name is Thomas Kelley. He
is, OF rather was a few days ago, very poor
man, struggling to make a payment on
farm of "a acres, upon which, by mere acci-
dent, the entrance to the wonderful cave was
discovered. He realized about S4OO from the
sale Of the mummies, and is now offered
SIC, 600 in cash for the cave. The entrance
to the cave is within the town limits, and IS
only two minutes walks from the depot,
which makes il very valuable indeed. as Wis.,
itors will not be compelled to travel five
miles in a stage coach, ss they do if desirous
of visiting the Mammoth cave, which is five
miles from this town. In fact, all the cele-
brated caves of Kentucky are located in this
immediate vicinity. The surface is very
much broken, iull of great elevations and de-
pressions, with everything TO indicate that
there were volcanic eruptions or violent up
heavals of the earth at some period.
Petroleum is found IN paying quantities
near hsIe About 400 barrels Per day are
shipped to the tfnery in Louisville. The
Grand Avenue cave. Diamond cave, Hun
dred Room cave and Hundred Dome cave
are all in sight of the town. This Is truly
wonderful portion Of the continent. The
newly discovered cave has been named the
Grand Crystal cave, and it is as beautiful as
its name implies Ladders and bridges are
being constructed, and j. K. Pickett. cap
italist Of the town, announces his intention
Of having q small steamboat constructed eI-
pressly foI the purpose of navigating its
wonderful rivers. Truly this is q wonderful
age When will wonder cease,
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God has time enough. With him one day
is as q thousand years and thousand years
as one day. Go out tonight and look at the
stars. There hangs Orion in the sky. the
mighty hunter, chasing the Bull. the Pleaides
fying before him like a aock of startled
doves. As he looks down on you, so he
looked down on the Chaldean shepherds on
the plains Of Mesopotsmia. Apparently no
star has changed its place for three thousand
years and yet modern astronomy tells us
that every one of these stars which We call
fixed. has been rushing through space, all in
different directions, at the inconcelvable
speed OF twenty, fifty, one hundred miles IN
a second Sirius is darting away from US at
that frigbtful rate, and does not become any
less brilliant after twenty centuries. Arctu-
ras is rushing towards us with the same aw-
ful velocity and does not seem to be any
nearer since the days Of Job. SO immense
are the distances, so slow and long the peri
ods in the universe of God. What If, IN
eighteen hundred years, no great apparent
nrouress has been made in human civlliza-
lion The only question is, "ls there pro-
gress and is it in the right direction p
@IJames Freeman Clarke.
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TALL RIFLE-SHOOTING.
Burlington VS.. Ogdensburg
A VERY REMARKABLE
RECORD.
The Centennial Match OutdOne.
A BHlLi.IANT VICTORY FOH OUH
BOYS.

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Third District Politics,

IRAsBUGGB, July 5, 1873.
To tho Editor Of the Free Press and Times
The importance Of having business man
in Congress is not probably oyerrated, if all
his business skill Is 81 tempered by strict
honesty, patriotism and self-1enial that the
rights of every man will be well considered
and especially his country well served.
Business ability fails-a5 did that Of Judas
or Arnold-when it leads man to think
that all things have price and they either
take money themselves or offer it to others
as the chief good.
The thrilling words of Patrick Henry,
90 Give me liberty or give me DEATH fired
the hearts of patriots and aided in strength
ening the love Of liberty in the American
people. The utterance Of another eminent
man who said '' | am not worth buying,
but such a. am, the King Of England has
not money enough To buy me-" will ever
stand higher than any cool business transac-
ton, and ever be an example to the men
of our land when they are tempted
to sell themselves. The three men
who stood in the chilly morning air
Andre were no business men when they re-
fused three hundred guineas and would not
let their prisoner escape The deeds that
cover men with glory are rarely done on
business principles.
We believe " illiam " GrOut, Of Orleans
couaty, is an able business man. His
Judgment is respected and his counsel is
sought but We further believe he is a man
who would lightly esteem money if it brought
with it disgrace to himself and harm TO his
country.
We believe him to be possessed IF spirit of
patriotism that does not count the reward
or balance the peril by the way with dollars
and cents. Whatever OF manhood there is in
him will be pledged to his eountry'S service.
His training would hot have been i'm
proved if it had been influenced by Demoe-
racy a. nurse ot his youth and by govern
ment contracts as the instructor OF hiS riper
years.
Vermont Rcpublicanism will, in him, find
its exponent aud he wUuld seek to represent
the Third District OF Vermont with as con-
seienIiOus servicu and rs honest pride as
eharacteriZes the service of Southern or
Western men
If lhe test of a business man Is the unset
fish attention he gives tn the business en-
trusted 10 him. then Gen. GrOut will satisfy
everyone who investigates his past record.
If the test Is the amount ul moLey aecu-
mulatet, lie may not make as good showing
as some other men, as he values his honor
above money, and has followed many times
the more honorable cuulse when it was less
remuneratIve.
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The cold ,hat Wears.

tie parted one eve at the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather,
And promised my love to come back to her
Ere The pleasant sutumn weather
That We twain might wed
When the leaves were red,
And live Rnd love together
She cut me a tress from her nut brown hair,
As kissed her lips OF cherry.
And gave her a ring Of the old-ttue gold
With a stone like the mountain berry
As clear and blue
As her eyes were true
Sweet eJ es, so bright and merry
The wealth Of my love Is all have
10 give ypu." she SAID, in turning,
The gold that wears-like the radiant stare
In yonder blue vault burning"
And took the trust,
AS a mortal must
Hhoss soul for love 10 yesrning.
Fate kept Us apart for many years,
And the blue sea rolled between US,
Though kissed each day tho nut-browr trees
And made fresh vows TO Venus
TIL / sought my bride,
And Fate defed,
That had failed from love to wesn US.
found nv love a. the garden gate
When the dew was on the heather,
And we twain were wed at the little Kirk
in the pleasant sutuma weather,
And the gold that wears
Now sooths my cares,
Aswe live and love together.
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lOuls.


The following are extracts from ne "
dictionary which Is announced by Michi-
gan newspaper:
CONN. Printed paper paper money
irredeeuable paTer.
Example-.The United States solemnly
pledges its faith for the redemption of
United States notes in com. Adj Of MgTck
Is, 1869. This word was formerly used in
the sense Of stamped metal having an in
trinsie value and issued by the government
as guaranty of its weight and purity but
in this sense it is now obsolete. All the
older authorities. as Webster, Worcester.
etc. are erroneous aud misleading. For ex-
amples of the correct use Of the word see
speeches Of Willard, Field and other re-
formers.
Coin-y. t. To stamp, to print. to i'm
press. As to com PAPER money. See au-
thorities above cited.
ExaDples-To com newspapers the
lover coined kiss upon the lips of his be-
trothei the immense mill daily CONS ten
thousand yards OF calico the noble steed
coined tine earth with his feet
Contineptal-n. CurreGcy formerly issued
on the greentack plan. based on the faith
hlu ltSOuiCt- Oi tuC IIt IIOlu-
type of the proposed com The best currency
the country has ever seen.
Eximple-''N worth Continental -
Monopoly-n. Anything in which all
are free to engage, \ business open to all.
The national banks OF the United States are
monopolics Farming, wood chopping,
shoscling gravel. etc, arc manopolies.
Here again all the former standard author
ties are grossly misleading, giving the word
Il Specification exactly opposite to its true
sense
Resumption. Robbery c0rtscatiou;
supreme folly mi dne>s attempting inpossi-
bilities As resumption ofspecie payments.
Resume. t. To rob. to plumber to
coniscate.
Examples.-rhe United States are about
to resume specie payments. The bank hay-
ing temporarily suspended, has again r.
SHmed payment of its notes. The farmer
has recovered his health and resumed his
business.
Prosperity. Running into debt liy-
ing beyond ones means speculation; ia
vesting in improbable enterprises.
Example.-During the war our national
prosperity was unparalleled
StateSman-n. greenback politician
one who mislealS the masses or deludes
them with IL fraudulent currency one that
robs the public of thousand dollars that he
may gam one.
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Ink most remarkable feature in the policy
of the Canadian Cunledeaey Is that Of carry
ing on public works at the public expense.
Scarcely mile of railroad has been built
the p,st five or six years without a Govern
ment subsidy. Ol itself, the Government
has built a line throusha a wilderness Connect
ing the upper and lower provinces and has
already undertaken to construct line to the
Pacific coast-a gigantic undertaking for
country of about 1900, 900 Of people of
moderate wealth. Already through this
policy the public debt is about $50 100000
(Sl39 .354 ,679) July |, $50 and the in
terest thereon is the largest item OF the
public expenditure 1t the works projected
are carried on TO completion, this sum will
be largely increased within a few years. so
that the people of the Dominion can claim
precedence over those Of the United States
as the most heavily taxed community in the
world
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TnE case Of Eliza Pinkstun has been
brought Up airesh by the Potter investiga
tion. An all iayit is now produced from the
woman to the effect that her testimony be
fore the Returning Board vas false that
her husband was rot killed Tor his polite. !;
that she herself was not wounded as desper-
ately as she represented and that she
agreed to tell the story she did fo- $500,
which she didn't receive. But there are
marks about hor present story which indi-
cate that tho ialsehood aud the bribery are
hsie, and not two years ago. She says that
her husband, instead Of being killed by the
White League for his politics, was murder
cd by another black whose name she has for
gotten hut ii the story he true. does any
body supp,s, sine would hase forgotten the
name? Then again Il part of this pubica
tion Is a state tment irOm the Democratic
stenogrLpher that he saw and heard John
Sh-rman laughing over the imposition
Such twa,idlc Is simply silly.
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IL may seem part OF my duty to extend vel
come on behalf OF state To our neshhnrs across
tn. border, but the people have happily relieved me
itum that re- -ponsIhiity and have eNtended 10 our
visitors n welcome in a more expressive manner,
The military ysit-rs nave cumt In peace and friend
shin bat srOw II duty calls them To the uaTder 10
hostile array they will conduct thcmselves right
vsliuntly ss British soldiers always do; aud feel
surc that Vermont boys wOuli meet them with equal
enthusiasm But l cannot bolievs that timr Will
ever come. The days OF Engishmen fighting
against Euglishmen is forever past. Tor NeTmuntet
claim to be every whit. blUoi anu bone OF the old
stock We will have tu change our language, cur
I,ws and religion, our Very name, to deny this.
Let Us cunsider what Is arOuut st. Albsns.-HgE-
gate, sheldon, berkshire. Fair AZ, Fletcher, tair-
hsld-x I'd old Eng sh names II they hal group
cd them togsthsr anu given to the Iunty the name
Of our sfsatest American philosopher, our visitors
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Delegates to the District Convention

wILLIsToN-George W. Whitney, hiram
Walston, Smith Wright. Alternates: j.
X. Talcott, George NJ. Reed. Edmund " hit
ney. All for Gen. Grout.
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The Two Travellers.
Dr WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.


The following exquisite poem one Of the mos
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anu murmurihs 70 nlmsen ne sAIu
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any 'IeS W uuV ~ ~, % " vs ~ Il, = - 80,
At' i0'' IN No SUI
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al, anu :, -. an9ss sno~s n..io W, az H,ssep'
hust enu my Jouiuey soon Inv unu
L HO''y c'uen' ir0ien sieep'
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ONE rOUCH OF NATURE


''Uh ehide me not the maiden said
Il never chode you, dear!
Last night | wope upon my bed,
And still Pm weeping here.
You bid me fly on wingsoi love,
Ana gladly have fiy ed;
You never grieve but have grove,
Since first you leaved my side
Quoth Henry ''Just as every breeze
Blows hot and cold you've blow,
wouldn't give n doubtful sneezo
For all In you that's true.
At cen I've asked you oft 10 bide,
And never yet you've bede,
With shams, false maid, you ought ID hide
Your head. All now It's hode"
Tue maiden grun q sickly grin.
The oung man shroke farewell
The maiden scrJme a scream and died,
And ent straight down TO Heaven.
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SERMON TO TRAMP. sermon
preached to tramps last Sunday 10y Vim. W
Forsyth of Rhode Island is one they can
understand The text WIS taken from the
went directly to the head OF the particular
tramp to whom it was addressed The Tufiian
entered Mr.. Forsyth's house without taking
the trouble to knock, doubtless in the eI-
pectation that he would be unheard and un-
seen and thus enabled to lay his hands on
any portable articles of value he might hap
pen To come across In this he disap-
pointed as he was observed 10y the family
and cautioned to knock at the door and an
nounce his entrance II he should call again.
The fellow went of but he doubtless re-
marked that Mr. Forsyth was in feeble health
and that his wife was the only other inmate
OF the house, and he was not to be balked in
what appeared to him so available an oppor-
tunity tor plunder Soon afterward Mr. For
sytb. having occasion TO 60 to the kitchen,
found the tramp there, armed with a dirk
knife and evidently bent on murder, if neces-
sary, as well as robbery. Mr.. Forsyth rushed
to his bedroom, followed by the tramp, and
having secured his revolver, fired at the ruf-
han, hitting the top of his head, but not dis
abhng him. The tramp seized him by the
throat and endeavored to throw him over the
banisters, but Mrs Forsyth bravey came to
the rescue OF her husband and by her assist
snce enabled HIM to fire second shot, with
better effect The tramp left, with II bullet
in his head, but after going short distance
fell and was captured. He is still alive, but
there is some hope that he may not recover.
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The learned Prince Of Grenada, heir to
the Spanish throne. imprisoned by order OF
the Crown for fear he should aspire 10 the
throne. W as kept in solitary confinement in
the old prison at the Place OF Skulls, Madrid.
After thirty-thr years in this living tomb.
death came to his release, and the following
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lie said. regret the responsibility of replying
for tho State Vermont had not isllen upon some
able speaker Fortunately -he needs neIher vludI-
c,tion nor euln.y Able aud eloquent I"Sinnsrs
have bee n made In behalf OF the fTe-luent and the
queen To all o which We have heartily hscrted
but | may he permitted To remind the gontleuued
who have spoken. tn ,t at the time We have met {"
nommemornte Vermont stood alone, issued her own
peclaraton n and msiuta ned position independent
of h ing and Congress That position Iuny he ex
pressed by the poet, In tho OH song
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The tJastmastrr, Hon. Albar. C,1rke, hay
ing given the health If Hex Majesty the
Queen Of Great Britain. ihe St. Adams
Brigade Band played "Goi Save The Queen, y
aud thea, at the call OF nv Il. \. spencer,
three rousug cheers. in which all joined,
were given To Queen Victoria.
The toastmaster then introduced Alderman
GJurge Washington Steye,s. OF Montreal :.
whose name was received with laughter
and cheers and whose rising WAS greeted
by applause. Mr.. Stevens. among other
excellent things spoke ct the reverence
which very many Easli>hmen feel for that
greatest American name-Washington--the
father OF the grande-t Departure III the
history of the world. They knew that
Americans esteemed Her Majesty. Queen
Victoria, from the highe.t motives, and be-
cause sho had been One Of the best and
truet OF women under all circumstar ces.
lie looked upon this meeting a. grand
historical point, and referred to the visit OF
the Barlow Grays to Montreal ~ u striking
mark OF lriendlincss which they most
heartily reciprocaied HIS remarks were
warn ls aIplaudrd.
Ia response to toast To the State OF
Vermont, Gov. Proctor spoke;