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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-18

iana that some years ago General Porter instituted -
close search for three that he had captured on
the Goth OF August 1862 at the second oas's o. bun
Run vno said thcy Longstreet's men, ana one
OF them said he mad known MIN personally wneu
boy In AIexaGcria. 1 also since my connscton 10
this case a year ago, have carried on close sosTcns
but have been unable TO find them. hope the paperA
will mention this In order that any al these scouts
may volunteer inform alton"
The Recordsr stated that he would hsvs witnessse
Tomorrow for the government aad The Board shso|
adjourned Tor the day.
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AIDING GERMAN SOCIALISTS.

As an evidence OF active sympathy with their Ger
man brethren In distress the socialists Of New Yorx
cry Yesterday transmitted through August Belmont
A Co 1900 marks (s730) to MI August Gcib. at Ham
burg MT. Dob u tho mead csnsrc OF the sociaistio
parry In Germany. 40 expected that further conlr
buttons will DO made ~ a later day.
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POSTAL MONEY ORDER FORGERY.

PirrsBynG, Pa, July ~, 1878
Joseph Mason, Of re,rol,a, Pa, vas arrested 10
this city to-day by Special Agent Myers charge
Of forging postal money order tho Postmaster 40
this place lie was scnt 10 jail In dolaalt of S2o1
bail
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ARRIVAL OF SECRETARY THOMPSON AT NEW
LONDON.
[DY TELEGRAPH TO THE uEnALp.1
NEW LospoS, Conn, July II, 1879
Tho United states steamer Tuiiapoosa. with sscre.
tary Thompson oniciaIs on board. arrived al
SIX Il. n. The party disembarkod Al the peQuoi
House and tho steamer proceeded to the navy yard
which viii be inspected Thursday.
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UNEXPECTED TESTIMONY OF CoLoRED WIZ
NKss-ALLRGED BRIBERY By wEBER-yEAR-
FuL LYING soMEWHERE.
hfH TO TIE HEnAAUs
NEw ORLEANs, July II, Is

NEW ORLEANS, July II, 1878.
The only matter outside OF the regular testimony
to-day before the committee was the statement OF
John s. Dula, one OF the colored witnesses put on
bv tho democrats He failed to testify as sx-
pected and claimed that there was buildozing
In Felicana he himself having been compelled to
sign by tho democrats when he held an office. When
he first made statement there was quito ripple of
xciIcment he being the 1rst coorcd witness SO Jar
TO swear to intimidation. In The subsequent cross
examination his testimony weakened somewhat,
he only having heard o. not seen, the outrages COM
mitted,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

THE Policy OF THE New PoPE.-The first
encyclical of Pope Leo XIII. seems to have
proved an unnecessary disappointment to a
large number of people. An impression had
gained currency. not only among the Italians,
but among the English and Germans that the
new Pontif was to proceed in direct opposi-
tion to the policy of his predecessor. He was
to be reformer of an advanced type, con-
ceding to the King of Italy the question of
temporal power, and to the Emperor of Ger
many the State jurisdiction claimed by him
over the German representatives of the
church. This encyclical proves that these
over-sanguine hopes were unfounded. The
new head of the church says as plainly as one
can indirectly say anything, that the Papal
policy is something which no one Pontih can
wholly make or unmake. Whatever his opin-
ions as Cardinal Pecci may have been. the
Papacy demands certain considerations,
which he must maintain, or be false to his
oath of Office. He does not intend to imperil
the interests intrusted to him by extreme ac-
ton in either direction, and thus he is not in
the least likely to copy Martin Luther. This
position is n reasonable one, and those who
expected more allowed the wish to be father
to the thought. There will be no hostility be-
tween Leo XIII. and the sovereigns with
whom he is at cross purposes. He expressly
invites them ito draw near in an amicable
spirit of concord and peace" There are
grave differences which the transitions of
time have created, and which the pope recog-
nizes can only be adjusted by an equally slow
process.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

Ithaca, N. Y, is scandalized over the charg-
es of profane swearing preferred against
minister of that town. But under the circum-
stances as the Journal of that city publishes
them, there is certainly some excuse for him.
He attempted to make his way in the dark
through the sitting-room to the pantry, to de-
post bunch of rhubarb presented him by
parishioner forgetting that housecleaning
had commenced. The wretched girl had left
a pail of soft soap near the door, over which
he accidentally stumbled. Making herculean
effort to save himself he grabbed for some
thing with both hands, and as he alighted
firmly on his stomach he pulled down ON top
of him table full of crockery. Rising
promptly to his feet he made a push for the
match safe, but happening to plant his foot
in puddle of the soft soap he promptly sat
down in a tub of preserved fruits His poor
tired wife who had retired early, was reused
from her slumbers and thinking that burglars
were abroad, shrieked for help, to which the
hired girl responded, rushing into the room
and tumbling headlong over the man in the
wash tub. At this point, as might be expect
ed, he swore, as alleged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24
The N.r,oN.1 Cr,,yryR,rs IN THE So,

The NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN THE SOUTH.
Gen. ID. b. Sacket, Inspector General of
the Military Division of the Missouri, and at
tached to the staff of Lieut-Ge Sheridan at
Army Headquarters in Chicago, recently re-
turned from a tour among the national ceme-
teries in the South. He made the trip under
orders from the President and the cemeter-
les at New Orleans, Mobile, Baton Rouge,
Port Hudson, Natchez, Vicksburg, Memphis,
and Mound City were embraced in his inspec-
ton. Gen. Sacket reports finding all the
cemeteries in first rate order. The General
gathered complete statistics of the dead in all
the cemeteries visited by him. He learned
that the Chalmette cemetery, at New Orleans,
contains the remains of T., 13l soldiers, of
which number 1851 are known, and j, 400
unknown In the cemetery at Mobile, only
Sil bodies were buried 40 of which are
known and - unknown. At Baton Rouge,
2,9l3 soldiers were buried, of whom 2,4jg
are known and 4S4 unknown. The necropo-
lis at Port Hudson is packed full of the re-
mains of blacks who were led to the slaugh-
ter by some laundering General. The num-
Der inferred there is 3,S0f, of which only
500 are marked known" The grounds at
Natchez contain 3,OSS bodies, and of these
the superintendent has the names of only 3OS.
the other . $50 being recorded among the un-
known. But the greatest collection of the
dead is at Vicksburg, where 1G, 800 soldiers
were buried, and of whom only 3,S93 are
known, the word unknown being inscribed
on the headstones of II. 703. At Memphis,
of the 1892 buried, . 40 are known, and
SSH unknown. There are j, j,22j graves at
Mound City, ILL.,, and 3, 1853 of these contain
soldiers who Are known, while S,Sl7 are
marked unknown. Gen. Sacket speaks high
ly of the superintendents of these cemeteries.
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NO. 81.


Many people make the great blunder of
supposing that our city pulpits monopolize
the ministerial talent of the country II is a
very natural bunder for people to make and
yet it is amistake, nevertheless. Every great
city has its great men in all the professions
But where 1t has one great man, it has scores
of small ones. To one who has served minis
terially in country and city churches, alike,
the error of the popular estimate is apparent.
We know of dozens of ministerial brothers,
serving in country churches many of them
in small, out-of-the-way parishes, who, judged
either by the standard of scholarship, Of zeal,
or of pulpit efficiency, are able TO stand side
by side with those who represent the highest
average of talent in our city pulpits. Indeed,
we do not hesitate to say that in our opin-
ion, taking man for man, the preachers in the
country churches, so far as New England
goes, will outrank on the average the preach
ers of the cities.
A man must be very strong in his original
ity, he must be intensely personal in his char
acteristics in order to resist those influences
in city life which are calculated to level him
downward, in the scale of personal power.
In the country, a man can grow naturally.
He furnishes the standard of Judgment to his
parish, in himself His development is nor
NAL and not artificial. His study of charac-
ter can be more thorough and his knowledge
of life, while less varied, less complex, less
full, perhaps, can be more individualistic than
it can be in the city.
There is also moral education possible to
the preacher in the country parish, that is
not possible to one who conducts a great.
swiftly-working metropolitan organization.
He who can look out through his study win
dows upon wide landscape, or a stretch of
ocean view, or who lives within sight of the
solemn hills,-who can retire at will from the
noise of human activity into the sweet and
suggestive quietude of nature, has possibili-
ties of spiritual culture which are denied
those who live amid the noise, and rumble,
and narrow prospect of our city streets.
Meadows and forests and the solemn ocean
shore, the quiet of night, ard the peacefulness
of undisturbed days, can teach one rs neither
books, nor statues of bronze, nor the sight Of
human faces can ever do. G0lden Rule.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24
Miscellany.


Yon hillside with It's shafts Of cleaning white,
Bathod In the glory Of the setting sun,
Holds many grave where, hidden from our sight,
Some loved one sleeps, LIES toll and labor done;
But there are graves over whose slumbering mold
No polished marble rears its stately head,
And where no fragrant flowers above unfold
To weaken pity for the quiet dead
These are the graves deep down within our hearts,
Where lie the hopes aud dreams Of carly years,
Buried IRON sight, but signaed by such marks
As only can be made by blood and tears
Some early love that crowned us in our youth
And made life glorious for short, sweet hour
Some cherished PROMISE robbed of strength and truth
Crushed in the morDing Of its newborn power.
Here is the spot where memory has engraved
The form aud face Of one we called friend;
one for whose welfare we would cen have bravcd
Censure aud heartache to the bitter end.
But twas not wisely done, and We draw
Before the treachery Of the smiling eyes
heavy vail. The cold world " 1t saw,
would proher pity in thousand lies.
SO life goes on. We lay the forms away
OF thugs we loved not wisely but too we'll;
Aud in the lapse Of years We learn to stay
The fretful chanting of their funeral knell
We learn to smile before the smiling throng
Although the adder's fangs be deeply set,
Aud join, perhaps, our voices in the song,
To sootho the pain we never eau forget.
And thus we learn to envy the calm rest
OF those who sleep beneath the silent sod;
Bound with LIES calling chains, we know It's best
To bend our heads and pass beneath the rod.
And when sec some mourners, heayy.clad
La robes OF black, haggafd, with tear-mned eye,
We know their lives would be more bright and glad
Could they but reason II Is life TO die.
Mourn not the slumbering dead, but rather say,
Blest are the seepers. Years may come aud 90;
Heads that are brown aud gold may turn TO gray;
But they are dDue with earth, and tears and woe;
Somewhere, We know, beyond the farthest star,
They will at last have found sweet Lethe's stream;
Sometime well meet them at Gods judgment bar,
Where life Ia love- aud love one long, true dream.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

formed All supernuous feathers had been
removed, that is all such as added to weight
Of the bird, or did not cover some vital part
am no expert in cock-fghting, and will
therefore, only briefly record my impression
of the combat. 1t was interesting at first
but by-and-by, when the stronger bird wound
ed its antagonist, and crippled him forever
and still the poor bleeding creature was ex-
cited on and on TO the bitter end of its strug-
gle, being occasionally inAamed by having
Santa Cruz rum blown in spray from the
mouth Of its owner over its head, the sight
became piteous, and finally, sickening.
was glad when it was over.
The audience interested me more. It was
wonderfully agitated. Some faces grew pale
some flushed, eyes rolled, hands gesticulated,
and pantomimed TO persons on the opposite
side of the house. with singular rapidty and
intelligence, and which l have never seen
equalcd even in Italy They stamped they
yelled, they cried out their bets, and swore by
their favorite birds. II battles description ;
the pencil alone Of DorG could do il Justice
But it was a degrading exhibition Of cruelty
and low passion. am glad to learn that the
better classes are rarely seen at the gallera
some of the first families having closed their
sdIoHs to young men who have been known
as frequenters of these beastly exhibitions --
Il. Dacey in wires Spirit Cfhle Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

ADVERTISING A STUDY.-The Boston Post
in a recent article upon advertising remarks
Advertisements seen in a family or bust
ness paper from day to day push the interests
of those who insert them more eloquently
than, can be done in any other way. The
boy who stands upon the street corner and
thrusts cards and circulars into the faces of
the passers-by irritates rather than concilates,
while the latter is the first step to take and
the first point to gain in the introduction of
business matter. The flaming daubs that
desecrate the picturesque rocks fill US with
murderous feelings against the man who has
instigated this glaring outrage upon nature
and enlightened humanity. Circulars are in
truders, and business operations, of whatever
kind or extent, are. pre- JUDGED rather than ad-
vauced by this mistaken enterprise. Every
form of advertisement other than that which
appears in newspapers, magazines or similar
periodicals is considered obtrusiye and fails
to be well received 1t brings with it a flavor
of abruptness and irregularity that awakens
antagonism, no matter how much it may be
intended TO persuade 1t bounces in upon
one with kind of bumptious nformality that
startles and disgusts. The newspaper adver-
tisement, on the other hand, carries its Gre
dentials. 1t is found in good company, and
it has all the advantage of being introduced by
n friend"
This appears to be very truthful present
ment of the case, and here is an endorsement
which comes quite apropos:
'MIessrs Isaac Smiths Son & Co. of New
York, the well known umbrella house. ex-
press themselves as follows on the value of
newspaper advertising:
If what you have to say be strictly true,
say it in Il good newspaper. Its readers are
intelligent, will appreciate II bargain, and of
every such customer you make an advertiser.
For forty years nine-tenths of our ad-
vertising has been done on this plan, and of
the whole expenditure, all that We regret is
contained in the other tenth"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

NAsDY PUTs IN A CLAIM.-Forty thousand
dollars to lay plank road in the bed NV Per-
kins erik to where it crosses the track NV the
Secessionvlle road to lesen the freight on
likker When the erik is up so as to be navi-
gable for fiat boats the plank kin be floated
onto the bank, givin us the choice NV water
and land carriage $4,000 to lay iron on the
Secessionville road TO the corn country back,
tolessen freight ON corn to the dstillery S50,-
900 to macadamize the road across the hills to
Davisville, TO enable its citizens to- git to Bas-
CONS at all seasons NV the yeer, that they
may avoid the necessity NV layin in their
supplies by the bari; $50, 900 to bore artesan
wells to furnish the water, and the same
amount for steam engines and sich TO pump
the water ont NV EN- to make Goose erik nav
igable in all seasons NV the year S25, 900 to
be expended in BORN experimentle wells for
oil, back NV the Corners, the money to be ex-
pended by committee NV which l shell be
the chairman. This to develop the resources
NV the Corners, and add to the Nashnel
wealth and grandjer; 100000 for a Custom
House at the Corners, in antissipashen NV the
public biznis wich will hev to be done here
when the other expenditoors hev bin made.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

CHARLES MoRGAN, the railroad and steam
ship millionaire who has just died, was one of
New York's merchant princes having been in
active business for nearly 20 years He was
born at Clinton. Ct. in 1875, the seventh gen
Grafton from James Morgan, the founder of
the family in America. who came to New
England from Wales in 1886. After meager
common school education in his native place,
Mr.. Morgan went to New York when II years
of age as clerk in a small retail grocery. En-
ergy and reliability told and soon he was in
business for himself, selling ship stores.
Then he found profit in bringing fruits and
vegetables from the West Indies and southern
ports of the United States, and invested his
spare capital in brigs and schooners devoted
exclusively to developing southern coastwise
commerce. His first venture III steam YES
sells was the establishment of line between
New York and Charleston. and he soon in
creased his vessels on that line and establish
ed others on the coast of Texas. In 1880 Mr..
Morgan began to build his own massive en-
gines and boilers. his works obtaining wider
celebrity under the ownership of John Roach.
During the war most of the Morgan fleet was
put into government employ, but with the re-
turn of peace the active merchant again sent
his vessels into all southern waters, almost
monopolizing the traffic of the Gulf ports. 1t
was to further his enterprises that he bought
the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great West
ern railroad, paying S2,O50. 900 for it and
spending rs much more TO put it in good con-
dition, aud for this reason also he obtained
control of the Houston and Texas road. He
also spent 5000, 900 in dredging channel
through Atchafalaya bay; built wharf
2jOO feet long at Indianoln. the finest in the
southern states, and expended other thous-
ands in the same wise fashion. Mr.. Morgan
has managed his immense business alone,
with but such assistance as he received from
the assistants he selected with rare judg-
ment of men. and retained by fair salaries and
every token of confidence and appreciation.
Tho principal benefaction of this honorable
and successful merchant was TO build and en-
dow the handsome school building which
bears his name in his native place at q cost of
over Sl2O,OOO He also gave to Yale college
the bronze statue of Rector Person. the first
president of the college, n copy of which, to-
gether with statute of Mr.. Morgan, has been
erected on the school grounds in Clinton
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

OUR New MINISTER TO GERMANY. Mr. Tay-
lor is very widely known throughout the
country as a man of perfect rectitude and
simplicity of nature, who has made his own
way, by his own industry and character. and
by the most diligent cultivation of his literary
talent, to results which have given instruction
and delight and inspiration to thousands of
readers. But his success and reputation have
not in the least degree spoiled him, and the
man has the fresh and generous and unsuspi-
cious heart of the boy. Moreover, his activi-
ty and his distinction have not been such as
to bring him into collision with persons or In
terests or parties. His temperament is cheer
full and hopeful, and his temper so sweet and
winning that hostile feeling is impossible. At
a time when party passion is weak, and the
country prefers harmony to contention. the
appointment of a man whom everybody likes,
and whose career has Illustrated the qualities
that Americans feel to be peculiarly charac-
teristic, as minister to a country of whose Ian
guage and literature he is master with which
he has the tenderest ties and in which his
name is honorably known as friend, strikes
public feeling as so felictous that it highly
enjoys its own pleasure, and gladly cheers the
representative of what it admires. He adds
another name to the long list of the literary
men of our race who have served in diplomat
ic positions, beginning with the seven embas-
sizes of Chaucer, and signally illustrated in our
own service at this time by Mr.. Taylor's col
leagues, George p Marsh in Italy and James
Russell Lowell in Spain.-Eay chair. in
HdrpeT'S Magazine for June.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

BUSINESS Proverbs NEW AND On. Never
sacrifice safety to large expected returns
Never make loan on importantly.
Never loan borrowing friend more than
you are willing to lose if he can't pay.
Never speculate deeper than you are able to
lose if You lose it all.
Never borrow money to speculate with
Owe no man anything.
BE satisfied with a moderate rent TO a good
tenant
Keep well insured, and watch your policy.
Never consult man on business who does
not manage well his own.
Avoid "A second mortgage for fresh loan.
He that maketh haste TO be rich is not
wise.
Poverty is no bar to marriage if both par
ties will work and save
The gods help those who help themselves
men or women.
God promise. nothing to idleness.
man must ask his wife if he may be rich.
Little coins, like little drops of water viii
fill bucket.
As we SOW in temporal affairs We shall
reap.
Short settlements make long friendships.
Fortunes are made by earnings and savings.
Money easily got is soon spent.
Money earned is money valued.
1t is easier TO loosen up good property than
TO re-establish il.
In discussing business disagreements keep
cool
Less wisdom is required TO make money
than to keep it securely when made, ,-Har-
per'S Bdzdr.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-05-24

PRoGREss IN JAPAN.-The Rev j. L. At
kinson, missionary of the American Board in
Japan, writes to the Independent giving a
very bright view OF the progress that has
been made in that country, much of which is
due to missionary efforts. The popular cry
of the day is reformation" progress" Mr.
Atkinson says that mo boy of sixteen ever
yearned and ached to be n full-grown, widely
influential man so intensely as the japanese
yearn and ache to become and be known as
one of the most enlightened and powerful ma
tions on the face of the earth" And it must
be admitted that this ambition is intensely
stimulative and operative in and among al
most all classes, from the Mikado down to his
lowliest subject. One of the most pleasing
features in the progress of the nation is the
multiplication of schools and the development
of a common school system modelled after the
American plan. The attention given TO the
education of girls is very suggestive of grow
ing civilization. Every city, town, and little
village is ambitious to be known as one in
which there is good school or schools, and
the education of the children is no longer in
the hands of the priests. It is entrusted to
the most capable and wide-awake young men
of the empire, and these have no sympathy
with Buddhism Shintoism or any other of
the old ideas of religion.