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Notes and Notes.

Gov. Andrews, of Connecticut, has re-
ceived many letters urging him to pardon
Kate Cobb. the Norwich murderess, but he
doesn't have anything to do about pardons,
and if more governors didn't it would be
we'll
Those most opposed to the so-called "Ad-
yanced Female" cannot but read with hearty
pleasure the record OF the first special "Wo-
mems Examination Of the University OF
London. Dat Of eleven lady candidates for
the severe examination imposed there were
nine successes, six Of the nine taking hono.s
and four Of them scholarships.
Dr.. Schliemann and Professor Nirchow
have been having what schoolgirls call "a
perfectly lovely time" together. They have
been digging at ancient Troy, and have not
only come across great masses of charred
buildings, bat also splendid treasure of long
gold chains and gold discs.
To vote in Massachusetts for members of
the School Committee, woman must be
twenty-one years old, able to read and
write, and have paid tax within a
year ard resided for that time in the State
and six months in the town where she is to
vote.
DR.. Howard Crosby stated in an address
last week that his Law and Order society
had. during the past year, closed 1879
wbiskey saloons, in New York city.
The Niagara Falls Prospect Park COM
pany have contracted for an electric light
machine, and intend to illuminate the great
cataract on magnificent scale.
The editor of the modern daily was cor
rectly foreshadowed in the ancient Sisyphus
who rolled his stone daily mp the hill, to
find it the next morning at the bottom
Springfield republican.
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General "Joe" Johnston, once Lieuten-
ant General Of the Confederate Army Offered
the resolution under which the House Of
Representatives adjourned in honor Of Decor
alton Day. 1t was graceful act-and 50
was the act which made it possible for Gen
eral Johnston to offer resolutions in the
House of Representatives.
Mr.. French, who succeeds Col. Erhardt,
as Police Commissioner in New York city,
is from Sag Ilarbor, Long Island, a place
described by one of the Aldermen, in q
speech on Mr.. French's confirmation, as 80 a
little place almost at the east end of nothing
with board nailed across it,
Monday, the Goth, the anniversary of Lee 5
surrender, was Decoration Day in the South.
In Louisville, after the Confederate graves
had been honored with flowers, Colonel W.
c. L. Breckenridge delivered the eulogy,
and said 81 lay my hand upon my heart,
and lift my eyes to God, and in the name
Of this assemtlage avOw that this homage is
in honor OF martyrs to liberty, who died for
the right. and gave their lives in defence OF
the truth, and that republic Of States
can be preserved only on the principles on
which the onfederacy was foundnd."
The author of the shotgun policy in
Mississippi has just been made chief justice
of that commonwealth where ChisOlm was
murdered.
A Greenback State Convention was held
at DesMoines, Iowa, last week. 1t was pre-
sided over by man known as June Bug
WEIGH, a blatant Communist from Southern
Iowa, and among the decorations OF the opera
house were linen sheets of Brick Pom
roy's absolute money.
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and institutions and to withdraw from a
Union which they could no longer rule for
the protection of their pet institution.
The first of these, the slavery issue, was
settled, as the South admits. by the war.
The other, and to them more important
issue Of State rights. remains open. 1t is
the issue Of to-day and Southern papers
and orators state it with unmistakable dis
tinctness. Said Capt. John N. Mofitt, ex-
rebel corsair. in his address at the decoration
of q confederate monument at Wilmington,
S. c., the other day:
"The day is approaching when an unpre-
JUDGED historian, with the devoted perseyer-
ance of a St. jerome, will produce for the
worlds information and admiration faithful
record of our gigantic struggle
"The cause defended icas that Of self goren
ment and constitutional liberty. Statesmen
have grasped the fundamental principles
| which, from the mere sttrition of our ar
mics, fell with their standard, and an the
| Legislature halls Of our country they are max
ing a glorious effort for the preservation Of
| the heritage beguedthed 10 us in 1857. The
cry from the North was the Union the
| Union but they manifested ndught sdre con-
| tempt for the constitution that sealed and
sdnctifed that Union. Beginning with
contempt, they ,pould end irnh an utter
disregard Of ats teachings, and If permitted
irould entirely Subrert IL. We must not
close our eyes to the vital importance Of the
present struggle-a struggle with the hope
Of rescuing the palladium Of our liberties
from the desecrating hand Of selfish parti-
sanship."
SON struggle" sour armies, ""Our lib
critics" are of course the struggle, the
| armies and the liberties of the defeated +,
but still self-assertive, Southern confederacy.
The palladium" OF Southern "liberties"
| il the fright" OF the State to say to the
general Government, stand back, when the
latter undertakes to protect citizens Of the
| United States in the exercise of the right to
| vote for members OF Congress, and in Nation
al elections. la the controversy over this
issue, the Democratic party, as such, sides,
as it did before, with the asserters of State
rights, the secessionists of 1860, the con-
auered but not convinced dvocates Of the
theories OF government which involved the
right Of secession and would place the con-
tinuance of the Union ut the mercy Of any
STATE, or group of States. The sole barrier
against curtailment of the Federal author
ity which would probably put an end to all
hope of fair and free election in the South,
for generation to come. is the Republican
President.
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The Southern States rebelled in co GI
to secure two results. these were the per-
petustion Of slavery, which they considered
endangered in the Union, and the suprem-
scy Of State over National authority. The
latter Of these, if representative Southern
Statesmen may be credited. they considered
the more important issue Of the two. This
is stated in terms by Hon. II. 81. T. Hunter,
Of Virginia, in an article on The origin Of
the late war, which forms the opening article
Of Vol l. Of the southern Historical Society
Papers, published at Richmond in January,
lS7G. Mr.. Hunter says that while the
threatene. abolition Of slavery is commonly
considered the cause of the great civil war
and he admits that that was cause enough
it was really fear Of mischief far more
extensive and deeper that induced the
South to take up arms That mischief, az
Mr.. Hunter sets forth at length, was the
establishment OF the right of the majority
of the Nation to rule the Nation-as dis
tipguished from the Southern doctrine Of the
right Of the state IL control their aHaira
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w.rEKBrRr.-our citizens who have moi

WArERBuRY.-Our citizens who have not
forgotten the lengthy sojourn OF Mr. j " .
lIickok. Mrs. nickok and their daughter.
Miss Hickok, of Burlington, last summer,
are pleased to note that they are again
boarding at the hotel, a. Is also MIR. Geo.
W. Stafford and family, Of Boston. Mr..
Stafford IL assistant treasurer OF the Central
Vermont railroad, and spent the summer
here last year. MIR. s. j. Loop. of Bur-
lington. with his vile, one son and two
daughters also have rooms at Bishops
hotel.
The new water works are pretty general
ly patronizsd, and with rubber hose attach
ed, our people are sprinkling their yards
and street fronts quite alter the city style
Daniel Town, of Waterbury River, says
that last year no planted about an acre OF
potatoes near his barn and that he raised
sixty young ducks. and that the ducks ran
among the potatoes and kept them PER
fectly clear from bugs
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General Sumnnry.

The EPSON gold cup won by the American
horse Parole, last week, was his fourth priZi
and trophy. in England.
Francis Murphy is meeting with great sue
cess in his temperance work in San Fran
cisco.
The Michigan supreme court has decided
that property in that State must be assessed
at full cash value, or the assessment roll
will be invalid.
At franklin, Ohio, wedding took place
last week in the court room. What made
the case more interesting was, Just ten min.
utes before, the bride was granted divorce
from her former husband.
The Montreal Ga-eifc EhaS been sued by
Hon. Mr.. Huntington for $j0,0oO fol
charging him with attempted fraud in the
sale of II copper mine in England.
lie looked up very humbly, and said he
was sorry to be found in such place, but
he could assure the court that he was never
in the prisoners box before. Never?
asked the court, with some severity. Look
a-here, Judge" said the culprit, name the
fine, but for heaven sake don't spring that
PinaiOre' gag on a fellow"
The present eruption of Mount .ftna
threatens to be one Of its greatest. Thirty
two craters. covering several square miles
are now pouring forth laya, and the eruption
will probably be of long duration. The
flood Of lava il very extensive and is moving
toward the river Alcantara, having already
devastated the village of Milo. The erup-
tons of Vesuyius are also on the increase.
Three men and three women sat facing
each other yesterday in the court OF general
sessions. in New York city The three
women, had each tried to blind or disfiguro
a man for life by throwing yitriol in his
face. Each of tho men appeared with IL
bandaged head and with horribly mutilated
features. The women, if they showed no
joy over their horrible work, ut least ex
pressed no contriton.
Unknown persons, set fire to Mercy
livery stable at Montreal last week, dong
SIS 600 damage, and murdered the French
Canadian watchman named Quenneyille lie
was stabbed twice IN the neck, his scalp was
torn off. and he was beaten sayagcly about
the face and body.
II the people about Niagara Falls don't
want to find them missing some Of these days
they had better be careful how they suffer
the Princess Louise to hang around there
loose. The other day when she first looked
upon the Falls she threw her head back in
ecstasy and exclaimed Don't speak let
me drink in the whole scene ~
A big meteor flashed across northwestern
Iowa two weeks ago and broke to pieces,
with an explosion like the discharge OF
cannon, above the town OF E4thervlle
Fragments OF the meteor have been found
scattered all about, and one piece as large as
Il bushe basket and weighing $50 pounds
has been dug from the hole it bored IL feet
below the surface OF the ground.
The funeral at Washington, Monday, of
the late ex-Congressman Ebon g. lngersoll
was a very notable event. and was attended
by prominent public men Of Washington
Members of the Cabinet, Senators and Rep
resentatiyes listened to the eloquent eulogy
pronounced by Col Robert q lngersoll the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-06

THE ignorance of even educated English
man in regard to American geography, is
proverbial. This is perhaps explainable to
some extent by the fact that English school
children are misled on American topics by
the ignorance AMI carelessness of the Eng
fish text book makers. For instance, Alex
ander Mackey's Elements of Geography"
is popular textbook in England. The au-
thor is member of the royal geographical
society, and his book is in use in the London
schools. In this work Albanyis represented
as great town, both as regards foreign
commerce and inland trade - and "its uni
versity is the principal educational estab-
lishment in the United States" Harvard is
stated to he the oldest seminary in the
Union." Washington city is set down as
the metropolis of the United States" Pitts
burgh is great because of its "ship building"
and Detroit is the great "landing-plsce of
hosts Of emigrants from Europe Accord
ing to this veracious authority. Toronto,
Hamilton. Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago
are on the St. Lawrence river. Portland,
Me, is placed by Mr.. Mackey on Massachu-
sets bay. These are fair specimens of the
surprising misstatements as to places which
this royal geographer has made. With
Mackeys for instructors in American geo.
graphy, it ceases to be surprising that cul-
tured Englishman should remark, as an in
telligent English lord once did to Burling-
ton man, that he "never could remember
whether Rhode Island was in New York or
Boston harbor." Some of Mr.. Mackey's
historical accounts are no better. The Eng
lish youth are informed, for instance, that
"many slaves were set free during the late
civil war in America, while by recent pro-
clamation Of President Lincoln, liberty has
been extended to the entire remainder"
Ask young Londoner who has pored over
MackeY's geography, who is President of the
United States to-day, and he would proba-
bly, reply Lincoln" OF course it is greatly
to Mr.. Mackey' credit that he is an Eng
lishman :" but it would be also to his credit
if he allowed the juvenile Johnny Bulls to
gain from his pages some accurate informa-
ton about the land and nation of the
Yankees.
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brother OF the dead man. There were nc
other ceremonies.
The later and more complete reports oil the
devastation and death from tornadoes n
Kansas and Missouri make the loss OF lie
and property even greater than hrst stated
1t was the most destructive storm ever
known in that region. Thousands Of fami-
lies have suffered and hundreds Of homes ere
entirely destroyed.
At Salt Lake City, Monday, Judge Elmer
son sentenced John Miles, polygami7t, to
pay fine of 800 and be confined in Ne
braska penitentiary five years. This case
has attracted unusual attention from the
fact of its being the second conviction under
the laws of the United States, and that
Miles was to marry three young women at
the same time with the advice and consent
of John Taylor, President of the Mormon
Church. Appeal has been taken to the
Supreme Court of the Territory, and the
band fixed at 81 900
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FOREIGN NEWS

ROME, June "a letter by the Pops has
been published deploring the new civil mar
riage law, and denying that the church de-
sires to encroach upon prerogatives of the
state, but declaring purely civil marriages
destitute of honest or sacred bonds.
ST. PETERSBURG. June The Coles an
nounces that five hundred tghestan noun
taineers, vino revOlted during the late war,
have been exiled to Perm.
SIML.. June 3.--The famine in Cashmere
is very serious and great distress prevails
throughout the country. Many towns and
villages have been depopuIated The author
tiles are sending assistance to the sufferers
MADRID. June 3-Ths Correspondence
says the government will shortly submit
to the Cortes bill for the abolition of
slavery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-06

Ex-CoNFEpKRATK GEN. c. NJ. WILCOX,
who has accepted place as messenger in
the United States Senate, at salary oil
81 ,4i0 year, was an intimate friend Of
General Robert E. Lee At Gettysburg it
was General Wilcox who reporting disaster
to his brigade to Lee, received the reply,
Never mind, general, this is all my FAULT,
and you young men must help me out OF 1t.
-RdidRd Herald.
And it was Col. Veazey, now of Rutland,
and the Sixteenth Vermont Regiment, who
were the chief authors Of the disaster to Gen.
Wilcox, brigade. That brigade formed the
support of the right flank Of Pickett's d.
VISION in the final great rebel charge. 1t was
brought to stand by the fire of the Four
tsenth Vermont, and scooped almost en-
tirely By a charge oil the Sixteenth Vermont.
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IAB)RERs' CONVENTION

LAB)RERS CONVENTION.
San Francisco, June 3.-The working
mems state convention assembled here to-
day. Denis K.arney called the conven-
ton to order and delivered an address, re-
viewing the origin Of the present condition
and future prospects of the party. Refer
encc to the proposed repeal of
the national banking act and
the issuance Of all money direct
from the treasury Of the United States met
with much enthusiasm from the conven-
ton. A resolution was adopted 10 respect
to the memory OF Gen. Shields. kearney
was chosen permanent president amid the
greatest applause After deciding upon
the order Of business. the convention ad-
journed till tomorrow, to give the com
mittee on the platform time to report. The
convention was harmonious.
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Municipal Indebtedness.

Jadge Cooley, of Ann Arbor, Mich, de-
livered lecture recently at John Hopkins
University, of Baltimore, on The Evils Of
Municipal Indebtedness, which deserved
larger audience than the students of that
or any other University. lie remarked that
there are no statistics Of the amount of mu-
nicipal Indebtedness in this country, but the
estimates range between $1,000, 900. 600
and 81, 500 100000, and even this latter
sum il believed to be below the actual
amount. The opinion has been expressed
by many thar the municipal Indebtedness Of
the country is equal to the whole national
debt. Bat even if the aggregate were
smaller, it is enough to threaten the peace,
the proper government and the honor Of the
country, very much more than the national
debt, for the following reasons |. A
national debt Is spread over the whole coun-
try and affects As equally as may be all the
people Municipal debts, however, are not
even spread equally on all localities that are
subject to them. . The origin OF the debt
Is not unimportant. A national debt Of
any great magnitude is not likely to be
created except under the pressure of great
necessity but in directing attention to the
local debts Of the country enc finds that moth
ins is more noticeable than this-tbat as
rule they have not been contracted under
the pressure Of any necessity at all, but are
the outgrowth of speculative periods. The
lecturer enumerated some of the evils that
spring from excessive municipal indebted
ness. |. Such Indebtedness tends to create
distrust, unea>iness, and, at last, resort to
doubtful measures on the part Of those who
are the creditors. .. II extreme measures
against municipalities prove successful, there
is another discOntented class that makes
its Appearances which embraces all or most
Of those who are compelled to make pay
ment. 3. Large municipal debts cripple
the ability to make the necessary annual
Improvements and repairs needed for the
city. 4. Heavy municipal debts tend to
weaken the sense Of public honor. It's the
man who owes but little or none at all who
feels most keenly the sacredness Of promise
to pay The idea Of reputation only springs
up in mems minds when the debt has be
come burden. ). The existence of heavy
debts is a constant temptation for the city
to dispose of its valuable property and fran
chises. &. Heavy city debts tend to drive
people from the city into the country. there
by diminishing the citys population and re-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-06

REV. }. W. IIouGH, Of Santa Barbara
CAL, formerly Of Williston, in this county
takes the anti-Chinese side Of the Chinese
question, like almost all the Californians.
To Mr. Beech er's assertion that "if there is
one thing which California wants. it i.
cheap labor" he opposes "aat cOntradic-
ton" lie says 1.-THE curse is in her vast
monopOlies. The Sirni ranch counts 81 900
acres. Don Juan Foster's ranch has 'front.'
age on the ocean of twenty miles, with a
depth Of ten. There are 10 farms in this State
that aggregate S,1S2 900 acres. My friend,
Col II boast that his land would stretch
in u belt mile wide l75 miles long" lie
asserts that 1.-The great need Of California is
small farms. owned and occupied by intelli-
gent farmers and thus fOrcibly puts the
question
Uhm California IS struggling jor-Of-
ten by methods that are laundering and fool
ish, sometimes by measures that are wicked
and cruel, but with purpose as firmly root
ed rs the Sierra Neyada-fS that she may be
permitted 10 choose Jcftoeen h0O systems Of Ia
Dor, one Of which will cover her rich lands
with homes and schools, with voters and tax
payers, with producers and consumers, max
my her an enlarged New England while
the other will perpetuate her monopolies.
mass together her lands permanently in large
ownerships, and work them with an alien
population which furnishes no material for
government, for society, for schools, but CEN
tres social and political power in the hands
OF an arl-tJcratIc minority.
This is one OF the strongest pre- sensations
OF the anti-Chinese view that has been made.
Ia reply to it the Christian UnioH aptly
says:
Mr. Ilough may rest assured that the Est
sympathizes with those in California who
wish to reproduce New England civilization
on the Pacific coast but not with laws for
bid ling the laborer to acquire home or be-
queath it to his children, nor with the
skepticisn which denies that Mongoians can
be civilized and Christianized by the gospel
of Jesus Christ. The civilization Of New
England rests on the faith in the capacity,
not of the Yankee, but Of man, Tor self-go
ernment in a confident assurance that the
gospel IL the power OF God unto salvation,
not for the Anglo-SaIon only, but for all
humanity. II California wants New Eng
land civilization, she should initiate New
EnglaDd's methods. and receive the Mongo-
liam pagan as New England has received the
Irish Romanists, TO homes and schools, and
eventually t. the suffrage
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NEW ENGLAND NEWS.
A YOUNG MANS CRIMES.

BosroN, Mass. June 3-About ten days
ago Mr.. William L. Mason, the eloeutionist,
son of Lewis Mason. left this city, ard
about the same time it was discovered that
he had forged the name of Lewis Mason &
Son to note for $1,000, which amount
he had obtained and devoted to his own use.
1t has also been discovered thar young
Mason forged the name of Michael DohertY
Il Co. to note of S7S7. Young Mason
was employed by his father in and around
the Office and also for the collection of bills.
lie has left behind him q wife and two little
boys. and at present his whereabouts are
unknown. Mr.. Mason. the father. is nearly
heartbroken and is financially ruined BY
the forgeries Of his son.
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The Boston Herald says The story
goes at Washington that Speaker Randall
met Congressman Leopold Morse, of one Of
the Boston districts, the other day, and
blandly inquired how the party stood at
Boston. (Which party ?" replied Morse.
"Why the Democratic party, of course,
said Randall. There ism t any Democratic
party there" exclaimed Morse, in bis quick,
business-like way. This Congress has
l,lla1if
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News has been received of the arrival in
Behring Straits, of Prof. Nordenskiold, the
intrepid Swedish navigator, who left Goth
enburg early last summer in the steamship
Vega. The entire circumnavigation OF the
north coast of Asia, ending, as is Professor
NorjenskiOll's intention, in return to
Sweden via the Suez Canal, may Justly be
ranked among the wonderful performances
of our are
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-06

PATTERSON. N. j.. June 3.-Tj-day, the
puddlers. thirty-six in number of the Psssaie
rolling mill, resolved to strike. A PROPOSE
ton to arbitrste was rejected by the me
who demand that reduction OF 10 per cen
made sometime ago be discontinued The
mill. which employs nearly 100 hands. il
idle