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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-18

Gen Richard Taylor, one Of tho leading
generals in the Confederate services during
the war of the rebellion, died in New York,
Saturday. lie was a son If President
Zachary Taylor, and Was horn in Florida,
becoming subsequently a resident of
Louisiana. When the vsr broke out he
was appointed colonel of the Ninth Louisi-
ana Infantry, which he led at the battle of
Bull Run. In October, 1861, he was com
miSsiOned Is Brigsdier- General and served
under S:onewail Jackson 10 Virginia.
During 1853 1 no was MAJOR General Com
manding in the department west Of the
Mississippi. operating especially against
Gen. Banks 10 the latter unsuccessful Red
River expedition. 10 tine latter part Of
1851 he was commissioned as Lieutenant
General and took command Of the Depart
ment OF East louisiana Ga May 4, IS65,
he surrendered to Gen. Candy his force.
being the last remaining to the Coniederacy.
Alter the close of the war he retired to his
plantation. lie was an able general and a
past few years he has been engaged in
writing a story OF the war a he SAW it, and
the work has just bsen published by D.
Appleton Co, New York. the title being
Destruction and Reconstruction Personal
Experiences in the Late War
Miss Julia E. Smith, the only Survivor OF
the famous Smith sisters OF Glastonbury,
Conn. has married Amos C. Parker, of
New Hampshire. lie is lawyer and poet,
So years Of age. and his bride is over So
lie is awidower, in robust health, and appar-
'ntly ten years younger than his wife, who is
allow, wrinkled, ben: in form and decrspit
With age. Financially speaking. Parker
made good match. as his wife has the en-
ire Smith estate, including the famous
cows which have been 50 often seiz-
d by the sheriff and sold because of the refus-
j OF the Smith sisters to pay taxes until they
sd the right of the ballot. In the Lsgisa-
ure this year, j ulia Smith presented her
sual long winded petition asking suffrage.
was rejected, as usual, and now she has
APPARENTLY abandoned the struggle ard
ecured not only husband, but one who
an vote Tor her.
Mrs Ann Jackson, whose death WAS an
Ounced in our columns, last week, as the
ecease Of the oldest woman In Underhill,
ad attained the remarkable age Of s.
ears and I've months
Mrs Mary r S Cutts.Oi BrattIebOro who
ropped dead in the Jersey City depot. on
aturday. was the wife of the late nampden
utts and a daughter of the late Consul
illiam Jarvis, Of Weatherdeld. Her re-
ains were taken for interment to the old
.mily burial place in eather,feld.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-18

NENNoR ON THE COMING WEATnER.-
Nennor, the Canadian weather prophet. in
a letter to the Montreal NIincss. thus lays
out the weather for the spring and carly
summer
SIk-A rainy period and sOmew hat
warmer weather ~ now approaching, but
tins will again he followed on the closing
days OF April or beginning OF May by
another spell Of very backward, cold and
likely wIntry weather. | expect snOw-ialls
will BIO recorded III many parts during the
fore part Of May. which will be cold and
wet throughout. Many think that owing
to the extensive snow-tallS Of tho past
winter We are likely to have a dry and hot
summer season | conclude the very OPP
posite will be nearer to the actual state OF
things The summer. at any rate up to the
middle of July. will give abundance OF rain.
and with Temperature below the average
August, September and Oct0Der will he the
hlEtst months, but OF this portion OF tho
year and the winter following shall have
further remark to make IN a bulletin
purpose publishing about midsummer. Toe
summer season IN Great Britain TINS year,
think. will correspond with that with ~,
and will, on the whole, he cool and wet, and
not "hot, ~ predicted by Scotch meteo-
rOlogist llENRY &. NENNOR.
April litb. 1879.
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tbs new movement by which every woman
shall own her own voter is very important
and may be of great advantage to the
State. But it may have to be supplemented
by legislation. 1t is known that there are
great many men even in such sympathetic
city as Hartford who, on one pretense or an
other ,eyade matrimcuy; some OF them young
and tender, some of them old and obstinate.
The effect Of this singleneSs on their part is
not only the obtrusion of this dangerous
d" floating vote" of which We speak, but it
is practical injustice to a large portion of the
female population, who are thus left yirtu
ally unrcpresented and yet taxed, so that
they have to resort to the annual sale and
buying in Of their stock of Attorney cows.
The remedy for this hardship, clearly pointed
out by the recent social event in Glaston-
bury, is the reduction to order OF the
d" floating vote the making it really
representative. 1t can be aided by passing
law DISTINGUISHING every man who reaches
the age of twenty-five without marrying.
We have only to write upon our banners
" no marriage, no vote" and 90 tetore the
peOple Hartford COIrdHf.
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TnE Democratic papers. North and South,
are attributirg the uegro exodus from LOUIS
iaua and Mississippi to the persuasiOns Of
Northern emi,sarles. How it happens that
snen emi~sarits should be able all of a sud
den to hbjr with such success among the
freedmen, l. not explained. 1t seems reason
ale to SUI pose that without some grounds
for -eri,us discomfort on the part Of the
c0lo-ed lenple they would not be 50 easily
rcrsua led t. leave their dear white friends
ID protectors and benefaetors, to say
nothing Of leaving their old homes. Ac-
counts from the South, like the following,
which We find in the Worcester SPY, give
tile insight into the true state of the
ci~e. Livingston county, Mississippi, has
it, full quota Of rife clubs. The young
no election was pending, set out one night
a few weeks ago to do little bullIozing
for the love OF it. They put on their masks
and attired themselves after the latest
ku klux fashion, mounted their horses and
rode about the country shrieking the rebel
yell and firing their shot guns at every
cabin door. They enjoyed their lark cx-
ceodinsy. The next day the colOred peo-
pie thinking life in Livingston county IN
tolcrabe if they must suffer bull-dozng in
the Spring as well as in the Fall, lett
their work and gathered at the county seat
for mutual protection and to prepare for mi
grafton to Kansas The planters did not enjoy
the Joke 20 much as the young men did.
Ga the contrary they were very angry. 1t
was jl>t the season for blowing, and get
ting their seed into the ground, and every
laborer was needed The interruption Of a |
few days might ruin their prospect Of a crop. |
50 earnest were they in their determination |
that bull-doziDg, however meritorious in |
It's place. must not be allowed to interfere
with business, that they actually had some
Of the leading Young rufhlns arrested. The
affiliated clubs in Louisiana, Just across the
river, heard Of the Imprisonment Of their
friends, and mastering in force, invaded the
sovereign State Of Mississippi, whose soil.
We believe. like that of other Southern
State, Is sacred captured the Jail and
released the buli-dozers Now the planters
were more iuccnsed than before, and, find
ing the local authorities unable or unwilling
to defend them, they have organized their
lsborerS for seli-protection, supplying them
with arms, putting the most resolute and
capable colorel men in command as cap
tains, and telling them to take care OF them
selves. and if they got into any difficulty the
I.l.nt-r- ssa.,a s,s-,S ~ chow s-S tho.
no harm came to them. This affair has
several lessons, not the least Of which is that
when bull-lozing interieres directly with
the interest Of the linen Of property and
standing" they are not 50 helpless as they
have heretofore proiessed to be.
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Phalr's Statement.

NJ one probably supposed that the long
draml Of John 2. Phair's conviction, sen
tence and execution would end with a con-
fession OF his guilt His last statement,
which We publish to-day, like his former
statement, Is an assertion OF his innocence,
and that he has been brought to the gallows
by false testimony secured by an interested
ring, and denied a second chance to clear
himself. through prejudice and obstinacy on
the put Of the Judges. The trouble with
the statement i that it denies too much. 1t
is Doubtful il any intelligent person, familiar
with all the facts, believes ii throughout
We know that some persons who have had
prolonged interviews with Phair, and
have taken his side in the pro-
ceedlngs to secure a new trial, have
at most been willing to give him the
henelt Of doubt whether he actually com
mIt:si the murier OF Mrs. Ire, zs That he
wl~ a PARTY to the murder that be carried
the dead woman property to Boston and
disposed OF 1t there, they and every person
who ~tudic- the ease consider clearly
proved. Bat they think it possible that
some one else, perhaps a woman, Wa the
actatl murderer The Rutland N fahI says
that Hon. 5hn Pfout, Of that village, who
wa at one time briefly associated with
Phan 5 counsel, admitted to Hon. f.. K.
Hard, Of Burlington, within few DAYS.
that he believed, while Phair killed Mr..
frce,e hsr death was the result Of quar-
rel, aud WIS not premeditated beforehand
But thee theories are a. much contradict
cd by Pnsir statement, as the theory of
the Prosecution. He declares hi- absolute
inn, cenoc # all connection with the mur
der or win taking the murdered woman'-
property bat 1t IL the declaration of a man |
who woull a,ant it but a trife to end life |
Of ial-eh',i, wee and crime, by published
lie
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y recent social event in Glastonbury
Conn, we mean the marriage of one Of
the foremost single champions of mo taxa
ton without representation in fact a sort
OF golden wodting,' suggests possible
change of tactics in the great movement
that i a deliberate plan that every woman
shall own her own voter.
This solution Of an acknowledged difficult
ty is very simple, and has the merit of being
night IN the line of the worlds experience.
Marriage Is 50 common and has been resorted
to ioF 50 many different purposes, that it seems
at first strange that its POLITICAL ADVANTAGES
have not been more nsidercd-namely, a.
Il lever oi itlllcncc in the State and a. a
rene iy for tax-payiug ISOLATION. Ia the
Spartan ~titc, before the present question of
voting by bllll; rose (where the results now
brought about hy voting were attained in a
different way marriage was in a manner
obligatory Oh roth Sexe- the woman never
thought uf escaping it, il she was healthy
Tcr.On, and the man was nut by taxes puE-
lie opinion and other means at great dlsad-
vantage unless he married. The supreme
uhl'ct Of the State was the production of
strong AMI capable citizens and in the
Spartan =, ten, the woman, upon whom
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nothing would remain for him but to return
to England Canadian letter writers say
that the Marquis takes to heart the treat
ment he is receiving more acutely than his
predecessors, who were all veteran politicians
or soldiers accustomed to hard rubs and
rough usage, and the hope is expressed that
the Queen will use her authority to avert
such disaster to her son-in-law as his recall
wound be. Mr.. Llngeyin, member OF the
Cabinet and one of the Bleu leaders, has
gone to England in behalfof the Government,
while the Liberals talk of sending Sir Francis
llincks to appear on NJ. Letellicr's behalf.
The decision of the imperial Government
will probably not be long delayed, and which
ever way it goes, it will probably but add to
the obloquy heaped on the Marquis by his
dissatisfied subjects.
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XLIITu CONi.RE,s-FIRsT SESSION
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April l6.-At the eonclu-
sion of Beck speech. ilOar said Beck had
touched on many topics but had avoided
with great care an answer to the charge
regarding previous utterances in the Senate
lie said Beck had declared that if the
President did not sign the bill of which he
disspproyed, he would refuse to make ap-
preparations necessary to carry on the
government. Did the Senator now stand
by this position or Gid he abandon it
Beck proceeded to explain his uttersnces
alluded to by Hosr. In the midst of his re-
marks, loar arose when Beck told him to
sit down until he was through. lie said
the language of llosr was almost imperti-
nent, lie (Bcck) had never threatened the
President lie had said the democrats
would tender bills to the President fairly
az honestly and he though t the President
would sign them Ii not the responsibility
" uld rest on his head sni on the heads OF
tt sc who were asking the President to veto
them. II the President should veto them he
(Beck would consult the wisess and best
men his party, and others when the lament
able time came, a. to what his own duty
should be, and they would act as the best
interests Of the American people required.
lie hoped the emergency would never
arise. Ii should not but il It
did he hoped there would be patriotism,
integrity and intelligence enough among
them t. devise ways and means to remove
the troubles out of the way
IlOsr remarked that the Senator said if
the President SHOULD veto the bills he should |
consult wise mcn not from the east but
from the south.
Beck shall not trouble the Senator from
Massachusetts,
li0ar repeated Ms question, whether the
Senator adheres to his purpOSe to refuse to
make the necessary appropriations TO carry
on the government should the President
disapprOye OF veto the legislation proposed
llOar had denounced such purpose a. reyO-
lutIonary. but he had not denounced the
mere putting OF legislation on apprOpria-
ton bills. The programme Of the demo-
Gratis said in effect to the President, You
and the Judiciary shall have no pay there
shall be no postOthees. no courts, NO army.
II you do not approve our measures
Beck said he never uttered the woris the
Senator from Massachusetts endeayOr-
ID to put INTO his mouth. What
ne said was to indacs tho Senate
10 recei1. and not tJrCo an extra session.
The Senator from Massachusetts was trying
% make it appear that he tBsckl would
'cfuso to pass the Appropriation bills ii the
President should not approve the business
PRESENTED to him. The Senator was trying
% make false impression.
llOar remarked that he did not propose to
70 diverted from making his POINT by plan
alton manners here or elsewhere
Beck said that the remark was 50 original
t ought to he noted
Iloar said that Beck. while heretofore
to read from biz (Beck's(
peech, omitted the essential parts OF it. r
Beck UntcrruPting), sand he had made :
is final reply. .
nosr remarked that the Senator had to- d
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-18
FROM NEW YORK.

SHIPMENT OF ARMS SAID TO Be INTENDED FIR
THE ZULUs.
NEw YORK, April I4.-lt is stated that
1000 repeating rifles and million rounds
OF ammunition were purchased and shipped
from here last week by Major Tuxen a sup
posed agent of the Russian government.
but intilnstions were given that they were
really to 90 to Delsgoa Bay, a Portuguese
settlement, just north of Zulu land, and the
arms will be sold to Cetewayo and his tribe.
They were shipped as camel meats and
hogsheads of machinery on the steamer
Rhein
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THE NEGRO FyODVs

APPEAL FOB AID FOR The REFuGEEs.
ST. Louis, April I6.-After lull in the
oolored emigration from the South. it has
set in again. Three or four hundred people
have arrived since Sunday The refugee
relief committee are out of money and $500
IN debt. The committee report that over
six thousand emigrants have arrived so
Tar. Two thousand were able to nav
their way to Kansas, and the remainder
were fed and partially clothed while
here and their passage paid to WyanGor,
has. Ssven hundred have been forwarded
this week. There now remain three hun
dred, of whom fifty are sick and unable to
travel. The committee have received from
all sources less than two thousand dollars
in money, and clothing snd food worth
eight hundred dollars Several hundred
more refugees are coming The committee
again urgently appeal for aid
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Pacific COAST INTELLIGENCE.

MYSTERY scLrEp-IT WAS MURDER.
Ban Francisco. April 10 Doctor Chal-
liant made statement Of the circumstances
connected with the death Of Josiah Bacon,
who was found dead in his room, at the
Baldwin hotel. Sunday afternoon with pis-
tol shot wound in the abdomen. Chalfant
says be was much exercised in his mind over
a suit brought against. him by Bacon for
infringement Of a patent. lie had an in-
terSiew with Bacon and becoming excited
on account of the latter's overbearing tone,
Grew pistol to compel respectful
treatment, but with no intention of
firing. 10 the excitement the pistol
went off unintentionally, killing Bacon.
Chalfant waited while suppOsing the
people in the house would come to the
room. No one coming, he LETT and went to
the police-stRtion to surrender Finding
no one IN the upper office and being I'M
familiar with the place. he wandered
around all ia7, and then went to the hotel
and remained until to-day. Chaliant sp-
pears to have suffered great mental distress,
tells a straightforward story and Is be-
lieved by the detectives
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News by Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

Co*G"EssIONAL NOTES.
| NAsHINGTos, April IG-1he bill intro
duced By Senator Kellogg to provide for
steamship mail service between the United
States and Brazil is a copy of the bill in
trOduced in the last Congress by Eustis
Senator Garland to-day introduced bill
authorizing the enlistment of seven hundred
| and fifty apprentices and boys in the navy
each year, and for this purpose enlarging
the present maximum Of the total force Of
the navy to eight thousand two hundred
and fifty persons, The bill also proposes to
amend the existing law providing that boys
may be enlisted between the ages Of IA and
Is to serve until they become 81. and that in
case of re-enlistments within three months
after attaining this age they shall be given
preference in subsequent appointments Of
warrant officers.
The bill introduced by Senator Mcdonald,
10 prevent frauds in the entry Of lands, :"
Is designed to guard against such attempts
a. were recently made and nearly proved
successful in regard to very valuable prop
erty near Chicago.
Members of the House continued filing
petitions. to-day, accompanied by bills Of
all descriptions for the purpose having them
referred to appropriate committees, in order
to secure their consideration during the
present Congress. The majority of those
filed to-day, were, however, of private
nature, or bills which were introduced dur
ing the forty-fith Congress. but failed of
enactment. There were no financial meas
ures placed in the petition box to-day.
The speaker announced that after morn
ing hour, tomorrow, he will lay before the
House the executive documents received
during the present session There are
fifteen or twenty Of these.
IN GEHERAL.
Professor Cyrus Thomas, state entomolo-
gist OF Illinois, has accepted the position Of
entomolcgi~; Of the department Of agricul-
ture.
A L Getting Of railway mail superintend.
ents and superintendent of registered mails
organized this morning and the consid-
Grafton of the proposed revision Of postal
regulations was entered upon.
The Umatils Indians had another talk
with the secretary CT the interior and COM
missioner of Indian aif4irs, this morning
but without definite results. Another in
terview takes place tomorrow These in
teryiews arc conducted with the greatest
privacy, no one beyond the two officers
named, the Indians and their interpreters
being present.
The treasury Tor the last two months has
not purchased as much silver bullion es
usual, because the amount on hand vas
in excess Of the S5,CO0,OCO limit fixed by
law. Hereafter purchases will be made
moro freely.
The Academy ct sciences has elected
Prot. w. B. Rogers, Ji Boston, president,
TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the death Of
Prot. Henry
The general superintendent OF the rail-
way postal service has found it necessary
to make still! further reductions in the pay
Of the clerical force Of the postal seryice,
in order to Come within the appropriations.
The salaries OF most route agents will be
reduced o $500.
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The dread of intimidation, which embit-
tiers tic existence of the Southern Demo
Gratis, i fearful to contemplate. But some
Of the Republicans are heartless enough to
make light of it, The other day Mr.. Black
burn got up a fine frenzy over the casual
presence of Secretary Eesrts, on the floor Of
the House. 1t was distinct attempt. he
said, to intimidate the lower branch of Con-
grcsS. To this Mr.. Conger replied
wish to say here, in parenthesis, to the
gentleman from Kentucky, that | had the
honor To sit nv the side of Mr.. Eyarts.
will testify that the Secretary OF State was in
hi normal condition. lie was as thin as
ever Laughter His pockets were not
stuffed. lie had no shotgun near him. |
will tell the gentleman from kentucky that
he had 10 revolver lie had no knife.
| Laughter. lie had no stick. Laughter
and applause The gentleman from Ken
tucky may be rcaSsured that be especially
need not tear Mr.. Eyart-. Laughter
In much the same vein and with equal
point Mr. Blaine in the Senate, on Monday,
riiiculei the Democrats for their pretended
fear Of the military power of the govern
ment Mr.. Blaine showed by the reports
from the war department that their dread
Of The army was nothing but the shallowest
pretcnsc, for there are not to-day, east Of
the Mississippi river more than 90 soldiers
to every million of people, and barely one
soldier to every 200 square miles Of territory,
while in New England there were 100 sol
Hers to every million Of people. The
United States army in;imidate the people Of
.Le South exactly as much as Mr.. Evart,
ntlmlJItcs LOnSrrs>, anu no more.
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Two hundred and sixty refugee ncgroe,
| arrived at St. Loui, en- Sunday, en- route Il
Kansas.
The Duke of Argyll will shortly reach
this country on his way to Canadl to visit
his son, the Marquis Of Lorne.
The Supreme Court of New York has re-
moved Civil Justice Pinckncy on the charge
of misconduct on the bench.
Adyices from St. Petersburg state that
| ,li0 revolutiOnsts have been arrested in
Russia within the last fortnight.
d. j. Williams, merchant, of LaGrin-
burgh, n. c.. while closing his store on
Saturday uight was shot and killed by IL.
OglcsDY. The shooting was the result of an
old grudge. 0glcsby Is in Jail.
Bertha Berger. convicted in New York of
having caused the death, by malpractice, of
imprisonment in the State Prison. Counsel
obtained delay of thirty days to enable
him TO move for a new trial.
The suits of Ilenekin Tilton and othe rs
against the United States Life Insurance
Company of New York, James Buell. presi-
dent, ". p Fralcigh, W. A. Ogden and
ilegeman, came up in the equity term OF the
court Of common pleas, New York, Monday.
The company is charged with having de
fraudei the plaintiffs out of thousands of
dollars, and with having delrauded policy
holders out of So 10000 by the scheme
known in insurance circles as trusting
The Legislature is investigating the COM
panys affairs. Counsel for the company
louphf for a delay I'm, the case has hrcn set