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Canal and Rail---Resmlriniscences.. :


We take a pleasure in publishing the remi-
niscences OF the venerable WYNpHAM Ro-
BERTsoN, OF Abingdon, relating to the first
meeting Of the, james: River ahd KahaRha
Canal Company ,Wesa Z. venerable z for
reasons other than age. We havesno espe-
cial right to speak Of him in that light.
= We trust MI. ROBERTSON preserves his
physical forces WELL and knows the luxury
OF free and elastic locomotion:.e He is one
OF the men Of advanced age whose record is
unstained and, whose public devotion: is
historical. ,..ss5 ,s.. p. 4. i.
His account Of the first meeting OF the
James River and Kanawha, Canal COMPANY
win be read generally with Interest, ], VIZ
well remember the occasion,so correctly de
scribed by Mr.. ROBERTSON. VI But the public
men Of the present day viii be surprised te
learn what, an impression had been made al
that early time by railroads. as a means o.
transportation. AS Mr., ROBERTSON says, Il
had been. decided that railway trains would
not probably gain a speed in excess OF til.
teen miles per hour. The machinery was
Imperfect. We do not think the aspark,
arrester" had been Invented certainly it
had not; been made efficient. We well re-
member that The very. year OF which Mr:
ROBERTSON speaks we made "a short Journey
by rail. and that our loss by the destruction
OF fne suit Of clothes from sparks was
several times greater than our fare uponthe
road. j %...f,
Nevertheless, lin its imperfect condition
the railway had naade q, strong impression,
and some Of our more sagacious nen fore
saw that dis i means of transportation in
both speed and power It was destined to
great achievements Still even those men
were far behind putting Il true estimate
upon II. The cana. was then by the. mn
iority voted to, be its superior; but since
then lit has triumphed oyerall,water-Ways
save those by open and a.unobstrueted
waters where Jocks: are not required and the
water is deep enopgh-such as ,capscIohs
lakes or the open oceaR. - IS
The feeling al usion .made, by, Mr., ,RoaEET-
son to the water-line and the admirable
power Of ii is 30 tural. hat the noble
element Is NOT creetea to flow fron, its source
TO the sea unutilized is a complacent and
nious phifosQp ~, well as q prrsctical Com
yietion. How Ear 1t may be proper atany
time to- make the water line ian auxitiaty to
the rail- FOR transpo rtation Is a question time
I viii be required 10 settle. IS h.
sgs But NE are graft fled To- kneW that fn the
\ caseeoi the proposed imp royements by sub
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lgh5y BROAD-STREET NETNnni~l
CHURCH. SUNDAY, January 26.-rraclim.
Rev. W. G. STARR. pas,or. At II \. NJ. s"Jy'
"Was The Sabaahl Made for 3Iau:" NJ !" ".
subject: e Victory Under tie Lc.'''rs..y
GtipOu.'
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MI. GRACE-STREET BAPT /
CHURCH corner Grace ard FoiIshrc sirrcts II
DR.. j. B.JETER viii preacl, ut J o'ro"k Nv
haIf-past7 =. n. Rev. ". ID. THOMAS, II. y.
Norfolk, will preach The Anniversary sermon '''
the Young Mems Missionary Socictyu ,,' ..ai
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Ne THERE WILL BE \ 500 '@''
PRAYER AND EXPERIENCE NEhT'N" II
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH. corner ! "'.'
tie,h and Broad streets, SUNDAY AZ t'EHo"N d. B
o'clock. The meeting VIII D. r"n'iu't"' ~ '.'
young men. and Il hearty welcoin" Is 'N''Hi'! ''
who. will attend,
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ROOFS.
r AW JOURNAL, 1879.

We wfimaii TO q .,y address sam I I,Ft Al,
VIRGINIA MONTHLY LAW 'At I mnw Is ,ttt - :.
The January 40. Is just fe2a! tndi ,,sHa"'.
every lawyer, III contain more ' f"r IS. W b.
tipn than can be bad fsaosher va .nd 1873 -"
afcWGye III ef sila work Tor ! 81 "''" 49,,
,he hest tSes Pr,ee; Tnnn T"iGi EN"IItS'c
ia 25.d&W
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ut TRINITY METHODIST '!ll'Ef Il
.icoruer OF Broad and Twentieth street 49,.
WILLIAM f. JrbKtSs viii preach at I !. H.....
Rev. DR.. C. II, READ, Of Grace.Strcct Fr.'i!;c.'.I
church at Tx r. NJ
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.''4gy- SECOND: BAPTISTCHUECi.r1
uer Main and Sixth slrcetsl.--Rev. !lE>EI ".
DONALD, u. D., will preach on SUNDAY at II M
aud TAO n NJ 49, 't-
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cGIST. PAUL'S CuURCH.->EEFi't
TO-DAY Saturday Al 81. PAU, church a. J
,o'clcck-I Conversion OF 81, Paul
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ANsSEysENTS.

-Esf ,g0JASUAkf 2''N'
The great success OF the Prince OF " -
roiiSa and of wattsck's Theatre Ne" '''N'
wARpE s R.AE:RYMoRE CoNblAA ~"
the most complca. organization on tSe N," -, .,
stage. in sartow's play Of po"sF'"' '"'N'
novel construction, .,,..t. ,....
TsY, p ;. DIPLOMACY
produced by a magnificent east OF Guam, =, -,
been received ever, wbere si'h tne 'i'"'
and aa,tering attention By the p"""S -" j..
by the Press with rerosnis'd ene''O'' '"N
stamped Sc at once rs the
4 mi GREaTEsry pLAr OF THE pN'
Notwithstanding this extraora'HsrH ~,
popular prices will b adopted 'te'erst r, rsca
Box-shee, now oren at JoltNsToNs shu
| jy 25.lt* ss, ---------
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III n Z :
m Senator MATT. CARPENTER, just elected! in
Wisconsin,, succeeds TIMoTHY o. HOWE,
and not ANGUS CAMERON, as has been stated
by some. 1t is a great Improvement, in
deed, TO get back Senator CARPENTER and
to .getlrid of the bigoted and frelentless
Howe. Mr.. CARPENTER was.formerly senn-
tor from Wisconsin, and at The end Of, his
term was not reelected. BE proved himself
to be ap able aud, comparatively fair: man.
He is constitutional lawyer. of abilify,dnd
opposed some points in .SUMNER's civil.
rlghts,biltas Institutional, showing him
self quite the equal Of the best legal ability
in the Senate. 1t is.a greatgain,to the :na-
ton to exchange the obnoxious HOWE for
such a man as Senator CARPENTER. u 13i1; :
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OFFICE CRY FIFE tN"E cow ~
RICHMOND, VA. January H. ln'P'
V1HE REGULAR ANNUAL MEL ~
l. OF THE STOCK HOLDERS or liz w.
PASYsw1tf he held ut the d'hc- OF me c'"'. -'.s
tie 2STiI JANUARY, 1879, ~ ~ ~: .......
ia l3-tJa2S L. II. IEADE' ~ 80
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4 r7YFInsT BAPTIST CHURCH {,

Twelfth and Broad cets).-Rcv. ". y. ln'N-,
d. D., of Norfolk. will pEeach on srSpAl At !! l.
NJ and Rev. i. W. WARREN, ID. D.. at $50 J. VI.
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. The Dispatch is, not IN the habit Of dis
eusslng the questions touched upon in the
communication of "skeptic y; and there.
fore, 'though rye read ,hisarticle Tithdnter-
est, We must ask to be permitted to ex.
eludeit. ~ 49, 8, -. ~
Moreoyer,s DR.. EDWARD BEEcHER's book
sthesamesnbjcat is, in oprjudgment ssar
superior to :ti1e@ss :Deuth-of Death,' which
last, however Is interesting and instructive.
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MEErISsss.

ArCAILED CONVOCAT!ON OF
IA LAFAYETTE ROYAL AEtH 'Hht--/n.
TER. No -, viii DC held ior w"FN a. - -
Aibnn's Hall THIS Saturday hVE*iN"
ut 7 o'clock. Al, Royal Arch Ma Ons ~ =
ing are cordially invited. by or!rr o! " N. ~
L. 81 .. CHARt.rN IL ~.
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HEALTH Pam alIIlIsi;Rssss..--Alcohol: It's Use ant

last, noWeHer.1s interesting anu instructlve.
HEALTH. P iaulE -Alcohel:s It's Use and
.,rs4bAse.r BY. WIS. il REENBIEID, M. ID.
os New, York: D,{APPL ET0N,&5.IC Co.. And /
,E'aerGSse md Training. Bye. III. RALPE,
F1s M ID. New York I'D. APPLETON 81 Co.
..a tppsiese two little books belong to the
. Health Primers. . which the enterprising
publishers have rim course OF publication.
eEhese seeRl to besprepared BY gentlemen Of
science well acquainted with their subjects.
For sale by JOSIAH RTLASD & Co.
iAy Guardian. ByiADA CAMBRIDGE. Iilust
frated by FRANK DIeKsEE. New York:
y p. APPLEE0S. y E9as fs.i ,ia eisf 4Esst,'
liz Forsa}e byiJosrAH acc. S:9G 4
tales from tie GeFaaaass . ofs Pan Heyse.
I 3 New York !: d. rPLE ToSf y Co. ,isl. { !.
s.qt This Is an4add iti0R to APPLRT0N,slfs Col,
lection Of Foreign, Authors the XVIII
volume. 80 II ia.srs III
a For sale by JOSIAH RYLkND s. Co.
The books here noticed did moi reach the
aditarial-soom lin due time, or. they would
have been naore promptly noticed. s s,
..egr. Fielding ca Isl BY AMANDA N. D9uG-
Z LIZ, author az 8 6 Stephen Dane, 4 In
snst, rs New York Authors Pub
lishlng Comp 3 s. issI
IBIS little volume is 6 entered raceording
|toaetso OF goagress sssssby the ntbora, Pub
fishing ecnnpany n corporation we know
nothing about, but take III tsat The work,
must haYe passed d sort Of censorsbip sos
tsAtbera. The deat rls Il should he Ias
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I, Mr.. Es1zIEs, oftsTed the fal loWfr g &
RespI bed, Ihat aeemrni at even mem,
6aEs bAapnaint tied With posqsyi ,fps send, ,fer,
persons and papers, ,te fala nire IyYb ,piep-
6ers OF the General Assembly are peeunfa-
|Tily interested in the Moffett bell-puneh,
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- On motion Of Mr.. BIAsEp; it wasiss % -
i sResotped, That the Committeeif for Courts
.of Justice be instructed TO inquire and res
port whether aaresolutien passed only by
this branch ioi al previous Legislature iaIi-
therfzesithe elerk-o OF thellH ouseto contia ne
to:ias,e RaTunts' on the Auditor. nili =, j
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difficulEto understand him. j left;Mr. Jol3..-
SON consersings with him, butsnot till u
thought i had gathered from tho latter thr',
In his opinion, the survey might be amsde
without interfering with the timely lenter-
Ing into the" canal Contracts and, In the
confidence, therefore, that the railroad resc,-
tuition Would receive Mr., Jobnson' support,
I will rather suppose that I misunderstood
Mr.. Shaw than that Mr.. johnson DID,. But
it ID nevertheless true that ! did understand
him as I. bave stated. And. If correctly,
then on what a slight accident may, have
turned the disposition o; SO gyeata question.
Not, indeed, that MI. Johnson vote for the
survey would have assHred the adstAioni OF
a railroad Improvement, but VITA the rapid
Ely-grawing favor towards that system might
very probably have resulted in it. TN the
evening Ar.Johnsen deiiyeredyery tmpres-
siyeiy his views In favor. Of the canal. aud
the question was settled. sag sG&9
! ! have written what have neither for
censure nor praise Of any. Apurer or more
patriotic body of gentlemen than that re-
tferfed to nsyer,t i'm my belief, sat insEXi r.
ginip. PERHAPS they, who az that period !,
WHEN. efH6leat steam power railroads We're
as. yet ,bps FIVE or SIX years OLD ard THE
| best sssEcs, Of TIE day hsst .iuited their
futnsa Susefff speed to fffeen miles pei
fhdSf, afsd s&hsH eohss2 Heaaon illss mate.
rial, method, and the locomotive, were al
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f. Mr. SsfIfH moved TO reconsider the vote
| by which the motion had been ireieated!ai
Mr.. JOHNSON said he was satisfied that in
ttne nat urei OF things this tax. could not be
enforced. . he then proceeded to afgdei in
favor Of ireconsid eling the vote and In favor
OF the motion 5indfcated by. ihinilSiz.5 Ia
hstrfke ont she tax altogether. He desired
to see the bill perfected and tried, bit be
Iehddn ,tehang dts nina .sne7 particle that
Il WAS TO undertake sit. He believed
bthatif lthei ,laXgi sfallY enforced ina:eEefy
iscet1nty ahd sgfty ana 1eress;F oad, that next
year before the., Ge nafa L Assembly has been
here tensdaysi lthPydWil repeal the law He
tvas hanxiensi to give eyery facility to his
friends to try the system, but, il you at:
tempt to impose such tax Of one cent PEI
glass on the laboring men In the cities and
counties they will rise up and drivedb from
I thR,stat1itesbooks. liftU EetEaGrGan III +
k:i MIR. JGHGsoN argued length in favor o,
tfecnnsiharIngtS He thought it would rattle.
ibsbetterstoieNempt matt liquors andsbh,
the tax. onlaicph Vic. 81 Hs further. argued
tthat the;Ese oi .stunulaBts was "a necessity,
Eanl3 thntih asiimposing q tax upon 1.-THE ne.
I,Reasftiess OF the iaboring1 man! ] Hesl didn't
| believe The GenerM Assembly had the Eight
to make one class: OF society bear more bur;
dens than, another. He pressed the. argn.
me9t ON gent emen from, the rural districts
that their mouths are stopped effectually in
their appeals TO Cong ressY to reduce the. tax
on The llxpE ,oi to bacco, Whichiis grinding
to the dust the planters Of Southsides y ir.
gipia, Whea here at home you are taxing to
death what, entlemen from the country
claim is.a llxurY,s p
Mr.. QuEsEfBERRr was glad that this mat,
Ter was being fully discussed. and he was
satisfied, that the more it was discussed the
more popular the 81 stem wolid be with the
Peep !, It was taxing ,a pernietpps luxury
Which people are much, better4ef without,
sat l| sssi sid il tie pssps aps e
drink, it is far better, Then, to, drink msll
liquors, ought not take q slngff steI
back wards. ne hoped the motion 10 RECON-
sides would not prevail. We oashtto e
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risI,f auai t-r,aYasaar ~ 1sLxEs.p residIng.
4 member Of House bills were reaa a 60
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Nj. S9dhiLL snonSG iton, o"I ~ ioVaso ~
the canai company lnat sue .ne nioss G ~,
the war Tue host Sun uinemop I was o, .hs
Una! tne catlul G9!Aa ~ ple2sl ~ NV ~
United States Government or other parties
took bold OF, II, and eomp ieted connection,
either bylGrai' or wafer, VIII the 'o9l? rNT.
Everybody CONNECTED WIN 1tS admAnlst1t,
ton has DEB oerately resolved hat me canal
can no longer De malntalnea IN l,s present
condition, and that some Other. ana dllsfent
scheme tmGssibe adopted, Upiess S9 1iI 2
is quickly done, it must be sold. The cred
itors, hayeirefuasedto negotiate, and have en-
+ Now, who, is going. to buy it? The State
OF Virginia cannot. The purchasers at 4: fore
closure sale would, in all probability, getis
for far less than II proposed by this bpl. 1t
is The duty Of this General, Assembly, Ihere-
fore, Instead OF MOURN mourning over mlliilons
Which do not eXifst 20 soiye Als Gllhculty:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16

Gen. Sherman was promptly intor,,
ed on his arrival in Montreal. I'm lew
10 question as to his presidenii,t J''"er
he SAID 'Oh, | am not The man. ,'Ss
mean my brother, John Snrrmtn f,y
not want to be President. You c,, 10
the most emphatic kind of a denial ~, =" 1--WE
with very big D. if you like. Wv, w 'na',
tired of my lite, and do not want , Gan Not
worry me to death. Us they diJ T'i 10
Harrison, Lincoln, and others n, sft'
not doubt that these president. we Is
killed-torlured TO death by cara " anY
anxiety. Nowhere is Hayes. the and ana
president. | look upon him ns an, t,J'en'
best men we ever had. | cons,l,r NJ Tue
thoroughly representative American ,''
DO you thing he will be again a can1i
dale?' asked the reporter. 0'uul-
mo; he Is committed 10 an onno,;,-
policy. lie will retire from The P ,h
with us much grace and dignity ne ann VT
president who preceded HIM, ami will
warm place in the affections of Tie An,a.
can people. 5" far rs IIlden is conr,rnoI
Il would Lave been personally a b,d n ',,,u,
Tor HIM to have been elected or prorl,,in,I
president of the United States. IIe :,
old, worn out politician. and it is - "o ",i
hing for himself and every one els. T ',h,.
Mr.. Hayes was elected. John Sherm.u,
may be president, but they will lmrdlr
worry ms HE ont. lie is II strong wilI,J
man. who has been engaged in warfra
Win ioemen worthy of his steel. and -
accustomed to craftsmanship and m'mt.ro
oi political economy. lie is enlirtlv
different from me except in one lhlng,
hat Is, the power of concentrating his
energies upon one given point and 5.iny
ubllviOuS 10 all else"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16

The Nav York Evening Post, one oil
the most careful and conservative of papers
and one which cannot be charged with
undue warmth III its support of the repub
lican party-indeed, it is always prompt
to criticise the policy, the measures and
motives of republican leaders-thus sums
up the democratic position:
Yet what do we see to-dayp We see a
solid south. Ii is not waving the bloody
shirt to recognize the fact that The south is
rs solid us it has been ut any time for
twenty-five years. OF course, We do moi
mean that it is solid to make war on the
Union, but it is solid on party sense
IL Is solid Tor soft money or for hard
money. No less eminent representa-.
tive Than Senator Hampton says that il
cares for none OF these things. 1t is solid
Tor reform in the administration of the
government, for economy in expenditures.
against The appropriation of money for
subsidies and other improper or doubtful
purposesp We know that this is NOT the
object of its unity. What is il solid for il
not Tor the old narrow notions the mis-
chievous historic doctrinesp After all
the tremendous events OF recent Years We
hear senator OF the United States talking
In the old fashion about This people" ms
II the south was country ful eign 10 the
Union: We hear another senator of the
United States mentioning the late wretch.
cd sectional struggle in congress rs u
companion piece to the Declaration OF
Independence. These are small signs
but they are truthful ones. The great
sign Is the solid south. and if that is not "A
gross political anachronsm ii is hard TO
Imagine what would be.
ave see in the democratic party of the
north single purpose 10 encourage the
solidity of the south and 10 profit by il.
The tongues of the party orators were not
more paralyzed in 1860 in respect to
matters which might offend The south than
they are to-day" 80
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16

The vendetta of local pride which Tor wears has
raRtd between Chicago and Cincinnati may be
,a'd to be virtually settled in favor of III, latter
Cincinnati has evolved boy with tail. The han.
NY youths name is George REIN, and the caudal
'ppendage was discovered by a neighbor while
spanking him. 1t was about fourteen inches long.
bony but flexible. appears 10 be a continue ion of
the backbone,s covelel with hair four inches long,
and George can wag 1t like dog.
Senator John B. Gordon is a member of
Presbyterian church near Atlanta, which
recently admitted colored woman TO the
communion table. Tho senator and Con.
gresham Chandler were among the mem.
bers who took communion at the same
time. The Atlanta report Says the matter
caused some talk, but was generally
approved"
General Piatt, the national candidate
for governor of Ohio, declares there will
be no split in his party worth mentioning;
that only few will vote for Ewing, as
they regard him rs democrat. Ewing's
vote for Randall for speaker. lie SAYS.
settled his fate with the national party.
There are many evidences that Piatt Is
right, not the least of which is Ewing's
perturbation. lie has played fast and
loose between the two parties so long
that neither one has much confidence In
him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16
The Yellow Fever.

Memphis. Tennessee, was thrown into
great excitement week ago by The ap
pearance of four or five e1ses of yellow
fever. The local DO lrd Of 10 tlth issued a
bulletin the next morning advising people
to leave and thousands followed the advice
rs precautionary measure.
Thee or four Of those attacked by the
disease have died but new cases have moi
appeared and 1t is now hoped that the
lever will not spread and that the casee
that have occurred were sporadic. People
are returning TO the city and the excite
ment there and in Mississippi where there
was cas- or two has somewhat abated.
We note however that Casey Young.
congressman from the Memphis district.
thinks the disease will prove epidemic this
year though he hopes the terrible scenes
Of last year will not be repeated. Action
will be taken by the national authorities
acting under the authority Of the late law
passed by congress and every effort made
to arrest the spread of the fever.
1t has been stated during the past win
ter, with what truth we know not, that the
towns along the Mississippi were very
careless and negligent in the matter OF
sanitary regulations, and that their drain
age and disposal of pestilence breeding filth
gave an invitation to tie scourge to return
1t is true in this matter as in others that
prevention is more valuable than cure and
it seems range that after the fatal scenes
of last year all precautions should not
have been taken.
The disease has appeared some weeks
earlier than last year and had it proved OF
the same general character no doubt the
fatality wuull prove greater than it did
then. A week or two will show whether
the hopes of the southern people that the
present trouble is not to become gen
eral are well founded or not.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16

GOOD TEMPLAR ITEMs.-The celebration
1t Lyndonville was in every point IL
success. The assembly was numbered by
thousands. The St. Andrews qnartette
and the Newport band each discoursed
appropriate and admirable music; the
speakers were all eloquent and excellent
and the railroad accommoda' ions were in
every essential first class. To those who
'ttended the occasion must be considered
II ..'red letter day"
The next grand move upon the temper
ance board will be the union temperance
camp meeting to be held at Mortified.
August 10, 20 and 81, on the grounds of
The Central Vermont camp meeting asso.
citation. This meeting will be union of
church, Sunday school and all temperance
societies, on the best camp meeting grounds
In The state. Speakers of eminent ability,
Roth from within and without the State
will attend. Trains will run at largely
reduced rates, and accommo lations for
boarding, restaurant and hotel board will
be provided in ample shape. We hope to
announce full particulars next week. A,
s. Draper. Esq. grand worthy chief TEN.
phr of New York and right worthy
grand counsellor has already been scout
ed.
4
at Colchester, July 9th, by State Deputy
Rev. j. Z. Lengford, assisted by A. r.
Straw, past worthy chief. and members
from Burlington, Watervile and Upper
lodges There were over seventy applicants
for charter, and forty joined on the night
of Institution. Rev. John Chase is worthy
chief templar, and Dan T. lIuntress, lodge
deputy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-16

The outbreak of the yellow fever =,
Memphis has impressed The members nf
lie national board Of health with tho
necessity of taking timely and vigorous
measures to prevent the sprra of Tho
epidemic. Under the law, approved m
he ri of June last, the powers of III"
oard are very comprehensive. they hring
authorized 10 establish quarantine he,
tween the states, and TO request Tho
president to detail off :ials ilom tho
several departments 10 intorce their rem.
latlonS; and half million dollars vera
appropriated for their use. A death in
he New York quarantine hospital from
yellow fever has excited some alarm in
that city. but Prof. Chandler, president If
The New York board of health, thnka
there IS no grouni for fear. The hubor
quarantine was effective, and should The
disease gain headway in the south en4r-
gellc measures would be taken to prevent
It's spread. New York was, he chimeI. a
healthy city compared with other LARGE
centres, rs the death statistics given for
Philadepha and other places were not
complete.