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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

TIE New York World urges the Southern
Democrats to use their opportunity to CON
troll the party convention in 1850 so as 10
nominate a man who can command the votes
of the thousands upon thousands IN the
East and West (who) are literally on the
fence" 1t intimates that Bayard Is that
Kind nf n man
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
Singular Accident.

DEATH on A CROWDED STEAMER sENtN ftH-
SONS kuIEp.
At Lake Quinsapmund, Mass, fridaN as
the steamer Isaac Davis came 10 the wharf,
IL Thousand people ON and near the landing
all struggled to gel IN the steamer before she
had run gu, a plank There were 200 pas
srnscrs on the boat 100 ON the hurricane
deck, with no opportunity t" get oil. the
others rushed ON the hurricane deck. ami as
they did So the Davis carccnrd over away
from the wharf. caused the crowd To rush
To that side and threw the struggling mass
into the water. As the boat gave way the
roof of the upper deck came crashing down
ON the engine and broke oil the safety valve,
causing the steam to rush out, the fearful
nnisr adding new terror The boat
rolled over once more, anti catching
her guuwalr on Spite became last. The
great weight caused the supports ol the hlr-
ricanc deck to give way. The whole slrn'-
turr. down to the water line, crashed into the
water, at this point over 10 feet deep Many
SWAN Ia the shore ar wharf 20 feet distant.
Others held ON to the wrecked hull aud some
To the floating roof. The bodies were soon
recovered Seven persons were drowned
and a number injured The boat was newly
Launched ON MAY day, about 80 tons burden,
aud quite Hat on The bottom, drawing less
than three feet whch loaded. Sl" hah u
capacity Of 400 pgsscngtrH
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
France.

PARIS, July 9.-The request of Marshal
Mcmahon TO he permitted 10 attend the
funeral OF the Prince Imperial has been re-
fused
LIE Temps announces that President
Greyy will shortly pardon los political of
Tenders
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

PROTECTION is found not to work as well
in Canada as was anticipated. The receipts
for duties in the six weeks ending April 80
1879, were s935,007, as against Sl,4S2,9oo
during the same period last year, discour-
aging decrease, even after making allowance
for probable Withdrawals of dutiable goods
in anticipation of the new tariff just before
il went into effect. The receipts Tor May
show loss Of S155.O6i at the nine princi-
pal ports of the Dominion, and those Tor
June decrease from Sisl .4l6.59 to s33i,
Ell ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

a,,axo tho s;,rnifc.,n, si,,ns Of fine times
oro ,,,o e,c,s ,b,, ,bor Il. s,.rious detection in
n,,;,. ,r,o,,,, tho ,..r,,,,, democrats several
ner,,croi;l German, ,,,.rs HAVING discarded
F,ri,c and come .u, far Foster and that
sg.,,,,,i,,, or ,b, sa,,. SIR, i taking Mace in
Noire The Relfas, Ne .J,yrnoy aweeklv
,,o,,or with q, I,r,re and rccornized
az the oI,lcst democratic pancr in the State
bss r,,n m, tn, mann, ,f tl,,. Renublican can
,l;5,,. ,or co,..,r,r lie c5i,or W II
.;,,,.,, -, ,,... 81, ,t. ,,,,s, ,,ro,ri-
on, aud iua,ou,;.l D.,oocra,ic leaders
s.r,.;,,, -, a.. SIT. c,,o,,,;,,o, and ,alino
90 ao,iro mos, - all ,,,li,icaI consultations
- -, ~, e.. ,'.,...,..l.,..l ,1.,,o,, no
hos h..r rc.-,r,lcJ ms lin, mos, influential
no,,,.,..,, i, III .,.,.,;..,, E,r ,bo ,,,s, ,u.o
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

The Boston courier relates the'follow-
ing 4 prettly dressed little girl fell on
IL muddy street crossing the other day,
and gentleman hastened to her assist
ancc. After cleaning off her clothes hc
asked her If he shnul,lntcsrort her home.
"No, thir. answered the digniicd little
dnmsel, III You please. We amt been IN
troduced.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

\ San Frncisco barber formerly II
pre- fighter, seeing customer take oil
his coat and push his shirt sleeves, in
stindlyrly regarded these movements as
preparatory to II scrlmpagc, and gave
HIM whipping before m understanding
could he effected.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

GRADUATING PIEcE-.-There is AS much
truth as humor in the following, which we
take from an exchange and in the words of
another the subject furnishes some food for
thought:
There is great sameness in the subjects
chosen by the students OF our colleges, and a
special fondness for historical and biograph-
ical topics. The graduating class last year,
think. took subjects entirely from the field
of French history. In the present programme
there is greater variety, but the same pecu-
liarities appear The Pilgrim fathers are
again walked up; the Nalkyries revived
Scandinavian mythology, and the battle of
Tours was re-fought. The Nibelungen Leid
was re-sung. Napoleon appeared, of course,
and Garibaldi, and Mazzini, and Cavour, and
Burns. and Chrysostum, and King Arthur,
and Bismarck, and Victor Hugo, and
Matthew. and Arnold, and not word about
Grant Two of the young gentlemen ''ras-
seled' with Goethe. and others will tussel
him next year. One called him Gurta and
the other Guita. 1t ought to be distinctly
understood that ii requires very able man
to pronounce that name correctly. ] remem-
Der, on the banks of the Rhine, practicing on
the word Coclu, in which the same evasive
sounds occur, with some native Germans for
critics, and found myself utterly unable to
repeat the word after them To their salts
faction. From that day 10 this ! never
speak the name of the great poet unless alb
sOlutcly obliged TO do 81. And poor Joan of
Arc once more. A friend said that was the
twelfth or thirteenth time he had heard of
her at commandments, and he fcelingly OBJ
served Il wonder if she would have done
what she did il she had known how much
she was going to he talked about I" The
exceptions were True Wealth of Nations"
The College Graduate and the People"
The Rascal as Hero, and 'ltussian Ii
berry, all live modern subjects. Why can
we never hear temperance lecture on the
commencement platform, or AN Grafton on
lying or srliishncss or business dishonesty
Not a word aboutthe present exodus from the
South, ur Sabbath breaking. or the decline of
American commerce, or jeff Davis revived,
or the Panama canal or the Zulu war
The young men will not he long in the
real battle OF life before they discover that
the people are most interested in practical
questions, and they will find little time to
even bury the dead much less To dig up
lhosr already buried
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

THE new tax law of Pennsylvania requires
railroad and transportation companies, De-
sides their dividend tax, to pay tax on
gross receipts, and companies mining coal 10
paw special tax on that. Home insurance
companies are taxed on their premiums
foreign insurance companies, banks, and all
corporate and unincorporated fiscal agencies
on theirnet earnings. and a fixed tax OF Tour
mills on the dollar is levied on all evidences
of debt, public and private. Corporations Ill
general are taxed three mills on the dollar ON
the mar value of their stock, if a SIX per cent
dividend is declared, and less or more as the
dividends are larger or smaller, all pr"iils
kept by the company being treated as diVi-
dends. The tax on transportation companies
is eight-tenths of one per cent on gross re-
ceipts. The specifications under the tax oil
four mills on the dollar; on the evidences oil
debts. bonds mortgages and the like, cover
every form under which the debt is recorded.
Mortgages given in the purchase OF real IS
tate arc exempted from all hut State taxa
tinn
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

A. A. DE SERIA PINro, Il young Portu-
ruese traveller. has Just completed the cross
inc of Africa ON the line Of DIR. Livingstone :
first expedition, going, however from the
West coast inland and thus reversing the
great explser's course. lie reports the dis
covery of a race with features like the hot
,or,o,s lint white. and. as the collegian said,
covered all over with no hair. This is i'm
nortanf. If true :" but the great ancestral
Pinto has passed into history as the iacIle
,,rincrrs nf liars
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

4 Fort Madison, la, man went home
the other evening and found his house
locked up Getting i'll ut the window
with considerable difficulty he found on
the table II note from his wife IL have
gone ont Won will find the door key on
one side Of the door step"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

Gen. ANDREW J. IlrNrHEEYs has resign
ed his Office rs chief of the corps OF en-
gineers of tho L. :. army. By this res
ignation one of the most brilliant and dis
tinguished officers that the country has ever
possessed goes out of the public service.
During grea, part Of the civil war Gen.
Humphreys was chief of staff in the Army OF
the Potomac. and al the end of it he was in
command of an army corps. \ man OF eN-
traordinary culture, great originality OF
mind, high and chivalric courage, and SIN
cere patriotism, he deserves in the retirement
which he now seeks the grateful admiration
of all sincere friends Of the Republic So
says the New York Sun, and it is we'll
deserved praise Gen. Humphreys is not
only thorough military engineer, but he
was brave and brilliant commander. He
commanded the Third Division Of the Third
Corps Gen. SicklcsD at Gettysburg; and by
his stout fighting and slow and mastery
withdrawal of his division. on the second
day, did much 10 save the corps and the en-
tire army from the consequences Of Sicklcs
ill-adviscd advance. He is succeeded us Chief
Engineer by Gen H. G. Wright, who was
the successor Of the lamcnted Sedgewick in
the command of the Old Sixth Corps, and
commanded that corps land in Sheridan's
absence the army during the brilliant cam
paign in the Shenandoah valley. He has
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
REPLY OF TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
n, PROT AbSi T.. LsdrsHicOrfh, Principal N"rmd
School, Edi.doilF. lsriHoHt:

~ Prot ibei Z. LsarsArOrfh, Principal Normal
School, EdI.doiLE. rsrmoH:
We the undersigned, Executive Committee OF the
of this school, have carefully read your re-
port Of the school, dated May 10Th, ls'9, win your
resignation a. Principal thereof.
th. -'at. and standing at the scho"
as shown by your report, We all take just pride.
II has been our aim at all times TO second every
effort that YOU have put forth. to raise the standard
of the school. The interests OF the school nave
been AMI are very dear 10 us, and. although there
may have been slight differences Of opinion between
You and US IN some Of the details, yet We believe
that our efforts and aims have been one namely,
the ultimate sucrrsS af the school. II IS true you
came Ia Us comparatively stranger, hui We eN-
prrtrd 10 nnd IN You "a Kind ana generous ll!an-
All agreeable companion, "A sympathlZIng friend,
and a teacher ,lrvOted To his work.
These Expectations have been realized.
We deeply slmpahlZe with You III your bereave-
menls since You have been with us. and he assured
that Ia accepting yOur resignation We shall moi
Withdraw the kindly feelings that We have enter
tanned and still do entertain towards you. We shall
long remember the AInd and careful consideration
YOU have always shown our views and suggestions.
the friendly manner IN which YOU have ever re-
ceived US and YOUR great care and anxiety Tor our
school.
YOU. and those associated with YOU, we tender
our sincere thanks for the devotion that you have
exercised towards the school for the long and un-
wearied 4nxieiy that you have ever eXhlbued
towards II, and fhr yOuT generous anu hoble
impulses ever shown u.s. And while your lifelong
labor teacher, with trouble and bereavement, mas
impaired physical powers, which, win clrcuiii-
stances over which We have no control, renders 1t
fitting Iha you should seek rest and quiet, yet may
we not hope that the consciousness OF a HE wei
speut OF labor well done. shall rise up ike an oasis
In the desert Of LIE and bring 10 YOU comfort and
Joy?
We believe thai your anxiety Tor the weliare OF
the school will not in your seyering your I'M
mediate connection with II. hut that You will ever
have tender solicituic for II the nursery OF the
future education of our state and he assured thal
your name Will be placed IN grateful remembrance
In the archives Of This Institution.
May the tender care Of our Heavenly Father That
has attended you IN the past continue 10 uyershad-
nw Won in y6ur future walks and Heavens bless
ngs rich full and free remain with YOU May you
regain YOUR health that rest and quiet may bring,
ami NAV life be- heightened out To You, that YOU
may vet he able To direct the mind 10 higher anu
nubler aspirations AMI when LIES close shall come,
may you have the consequences thai You nave dohe
what YOU could IN moulding and directing the I'M
mortal Inlnd for good and may there he many stars
In the crown that awaits YOU
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

\ four lcavcd clover discovered in the
Park Yesterday was worn in her shoe 10y
the fair and fortunate finder ON her re
turn down town. The luck II brought she
would have preferred to have done with
out. for her pocket was picked IN the car
she was too late for supper, and her lover
went tn the theatre with another glrl.
" y TribHt,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

A Quakrrcss ut II funeral IN Rockville,
Ind said TINT the spirit moved her Ia
undertake sermon, and she WAS encour
aged To- speak But she began by telling
the muurncrs that the dead man was III
eternal torment, and they hnd her ar
rested
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
Adde'S or THE CLASS OF ~.

cur cherished friend AMI teacher, We, members OF
thu. class 81 June - wish I" tender You our heart
ZEN thanks for Nour uHny kln,lnrsSes towards US.
We have ever found You ready Ia Il" your utmost
In promote welfare. assist ~ IN our wolk anu
lead rs IA the path uf right AS YOUR reward We
tender YOU our confidence love amt esteem where
ever ,nu MAY roam, good wishes for your health,
happiness and prosperity Will attend Nnn MAY
heaven, rnulcrS blessings lee sh"wered upon YOU.
Similar expressions came from members
of each class graduated under Captain
Icuvenworth from the present members OF
the school and from many Of the patrons.
Relieved of the burden and responsibility
of such II trust. and followed by these cN-
prcssions Of approval of the work he has
done it is hoped that the change of work
will bring tn Captain Lcavcnworth restored
health and add years of further faithful ser
vic, in the cause of education To- which he
has alrciI ' given thirty years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

The victorious Adolph Sutro has placed
his name in the lis; Of those who press vast
achievements to a successful issue in the face
of all opposition. The tunnel bearing his
name cost ten years of hard labor and SIN
million dollars For long time there were
MANY who regarded the enterprise as vision
arv and impracticable, hut as II neared COM
pletion the number Of such became less and
less. Since il has been finished thorough
tests have demonstrated its capacity to do all
that will he required Of it. 1t will be re-
membered that this tunnel drains the cele-
hrated mines at Virginia City, New and
with its triumph We may look for heavier
Weld of bullion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

Mrs Coulcrmarsh OF White River \'llnge
gave birth To her fifteenth child lew days
since She is only foriysiN years old.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11

GENERAL WMKrE. superintendent of the
census. has hit upon new plan by which
the vital statistics will he made much more
Trustworthy and valuable than any hereto
fore taken. The plan is to send to each OF
the 20. 900 physicians in the United States a
blank. with the request to write the names
dates of death and birth, occupation, habits
cause or causes Of death of each fatal case
which may occur in their practice for the
wear ending May 81, 1880. This record is
not intended to superscde similar work ofthe
ordinary census taker, but only as supple
mental to and corrective of il.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Judge Dillon will withdraw his re-
signation So as 10 have il take effect from
December |. instead of September l. This
is done in order To have Secretary McCrary's
appointment take effect after the Senate
meets. If he were appointed i'll the recess
from September | and rejected, he might
lose both his seat in the cabinet and his seat
on the bench.
Grave charges of fraud have been made
against Fitzsimmons, the Southern Democrat
whom President Hayes appointed United
Marshal of Georgia Fitzsimmons is accused
of collecting bogus witness fees and mileage
from the Government, and Acknowledgement
Dcvens is now looking into the matter.
The New York Express, Tammany's or
gan. saws if Gov Robinson is renominated
for Governor in that State he will be defeat
ed by anywhere from 20, 600 to IS, 900.
Montgomery Blair rises to remark that the
''hack-down'' of the Democratic Congress
gational leaders is but repetition OF their
surrender of the election of 1876. lie be-
lieves that the false position of the Democrat
ic leaders on the great question of the Union
disaualiiies them from leadership, and COM
pels them to load down every great question
of popular liberty with defence of that false
position.
The New York Erening Post says the
Democrats will be obliged to say, if they
are candid, when they go before the people ::
We have not done what we announced that
we would do We have taken two steps
backward for every step forward, We have
made violent threats and We have feebly
omitted TO execute them. Upon the whole
We must confess that we have made II sad
mess of it"
Senator Mcdonald says that Mr.. Bayard
will resign his Craftsmanship of the Senate
finance committee when Congress reassem-
bes; and it is said at Washington that Bay
ard is To be crowded out by adding two sill
yer men To the committee.
The World suggests Vice President
l w llttltI dS lllt htiN' III I'M ~ ~
publican Convention. The New York Com
taercial .idrertiser remarks that the party
might do worse.
1t is only fair. says the Buffalo Express,
that jeff Davis should be warned that Zach
Chandler is at large Ii j. d. has petticoats
to don, let him prepare to don them now
\ Washington special SAYS that prominent
Ohio Democrats privately admit that their
party cannot elect its candidate for Cover
nor, hut will devote its energies 10 an
attempt to secure the Legislature, 50 as 10
retain the seat in the Senate held by Mr.
Thurman.
OF partial list of Democratic papers in
Arkansas Is are for Tilden as the candidate
for President, 9 are for Hendricks, 4 or ;
have leaning toward Thurman, l is for
Ewing, and about score have expressed.no
decided preference
Ex-senator Alcorn Of Mississippi says that
there are more people in his State in sym
pathv with the Bourbon rawlings of the Oko-
Iona .States newspaper than most persons
think Mr. Alcorn adds AS things now
are the South will send extreme men To
Congress Take Chalmers, for instance. He
is II true representative of the sentiment OF
the South. | tell you, many of the people
down there are very bitter, and fear to
look into the future
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-27

ried couple, were serenaded last evening
by our brass band In handsome style,
They are stopping Ut the McEldowney
House The band also serenaded Mr.. and
Mrs. Bonner, recent arrivals from Kama.
wha Valley. Mrs. Bonner was Miss Jane
Murphy, one Of our town girls, who was
married some twelve months ago at Pied
mont, ". Va, where she was teaching.
This Is her Arst visit home since her mar
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South are holding q revival here at pres
ent.
We all propose to give thanks to.mor-
row. The Republicans under the Presl.
dents Proclamation, the Democrats under
Governor Mathews Proclamation; each
ones thanks and praise 10 be regulated
by the length Of the respective documents.
The higher department OF our Town
Public School Is In charge Of Mr.. Bruce
Hall as Principal. He Is an improvement
on last winter,
There Is an NJ. D. down here who Is
opposed to the railroad, in fact, all kinds
OF internal improvements. He says that
We would lie better of as a people Il there
was not one mile Of railroad or telegraph
wirO in the United States; that our faith.
ers got along without them, and did very
well, and he sees no reason why we can
not,
Argument by tho old togies against the
railroad: at would kill all our cows;
scare all the game out OF the country;
raIse the price OF real estate and cause US
10 pay more taxes; scare the women and
children TO death"
The whistle OF the steamers Diufnal,
Courier and Phaeton was music TO our
ears after the long season Of low water.
Oscar Wright, OF MoundsvilIe, W. Van
Is here endeavOring to organize Ledge Of
Knights OF Honor. We-wlsh him success.
Will. j. Mcconnell, the temperance
sharp has come and gone. We paid him
s. per day and boarded him and vile
while here, and then he went away and
abused US for not paying him, the un.
grateful fraud.
The Phaeton did pass the Courier
though, on Monday evening, the lTth
inst, Just below Sardis, Ohio, in q fair race.
1t Is denied by some Of the Courier's crew,
but tho fact IL, she did do 1t in hand
some style, With even chances for both
boats.
There are quite a number OF loaded
bargcs lying along the shore between this
place and your city, there not being
enough water to cross the bars. II the
river should freeze up without another
rise it will cause them trouble at the
breakup.