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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11

inr 'cr!ii 1t TIE lt-t petition oil Phalr
f.F Lea ti'a. b' the Jdds' OF the Supreme
tonr'. AZ ~ J'''n-hu'y, W ednesiay' e1
hansts! ih'l''d means "A oehai oil that IN
L'lp' man III ''e'0'l Lave u'he 'heir 'u'
dfts h' ''''F - 'h' : ana The Judges We
jpu't rpt, have done ter eon'cieStion'
dAy. both J the criminal and tie public
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PERSONAL AND POI.iTICAL

The latest Southern complaint is that OF
Mr.. Blackburn, Of Kentucky, who charged
in debate that Secretary Eyarts had come into
the House to listen to Mr.. Garhcld's speech
| and, "by bis presence and approval, lntlmi-
date, overawe. and brow-beat the American
COngres-
A Washington special says that by the
course they have adopted, the Grecnbackers
in the House have virtually di>bandcd, and
as political managers have made themselves
the laughing stock OF both parties
Mr.. Hamilton G. Howard, Of Detroit,
Mich. son Of the late Senator Jacob NJ.
Howard, who has been prominent as
| Grecnbacker, and was the candidate Tor
State Senator last fall, announces that he
Will vote the straight Republican ticket, as
the Grccnback party of Michigan is being
absorbed by the Democratic. lie says that
at this iuncture he prefers to trust to the
| LOYALTY and intelligence OF the masses IN the
/ Republican party, rather than to party
| that IS the same to-day IA in ls6o, and Is
dominated again by the eolil South.
While Mr.. Singleton, OF Mississippi, was
| dcscantng in the House upon the law-abid-
| inr character Of the Southern people. he was
somewhat annoyed by having his attention
called TO the murder Of Judge Chisholm and
| his family by Democratic outlaws in Missis-
| eippi. lie had the cheek 10 say that Judge
| Chisholm would have been murdered Just as
soon if he had not been Republican but
when General White asked whether III that
! case the murderer would not have been pun
:shed, Mr. Singleton's assurance was at an
| end and he waved the subject aside.
Mr.. Corbin's appointment to be CA,et
| Justice Of Utah is very di-tastelul 10 the
Democrats, and an adverse report thereon Is
expected from the Senate judiciary Com
m!ttcc.
Senator Hill, Of Georgia, caused laugh
| in the United States Senate, on Monday, by
alludirg to that body as the Confederate
Senate" The phrase, oI course, dropped
| from his lip. uncOnsciously, lay force OF habit
| gained wien he was in the Confederate Sen
ate at Richmond As there were nineteen
| ex Confederate soldiers sitting around him,
| it would have been 10 great wonder II he
! forgot for the moment whcTe lie was.
Mayor Coorcr's summary removal OF the
| New York Police Commissioner Is universally
| accepted Az part OF Mr.. Tildcn : campaign
| for the control Of the Democratic organizl-
| ton in the State of New York. Goyernor
/ Robinson has gone through tlc iorm oil n
| hearing in the case Of the Commissioners ,
| but thc Albany JoUndi says he gave hrs real
| hearing when he lent hrs car to Mr.. Iildcn.
some time ago.
The St. Paul PioE, ., Pro-, has gathered
| up the opinions of Minnesota : representative
men on the next presidential contest, and
I a. Al l,.4 ..Hf
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that Mr.. Downing should recognize him.
No ons was informed during the interview
whether Downing recognizsd Phair Or not
The only persons present at the interview
were these afhlnts, Rice and 0akes, and
Messrs. Downing. Bsles, Clrrigan and
Phair The above mode of Identification
was the only one seen by US or that occurred
between Downing and Phair."
This closed evidence for the state. Mr..
Barrett opened the argument in behalf Of
Phair and was allowed by Mr.. Ormsbee,
who is now speaking. Ormsbee charged
that this case was fraud and put-up job
upon the state Of Vermont by E. G. Carri-
gan and other foreign journalists. The
general impression among those who have
listened to the hearing is that the case Is
remarkable only for its weakness and that
| the petitlOn will be denied
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wrote to h c. Clrrigsn, asking him to
take the body Of her Gnfor;uns;s son to
Vergennes, and enclosing formal order on
the sheriff for the corpse-with which the
sheriff will, Of course, comply. Phair eI-
pressed feeling of repugnancs at having
his body sent to Vergennes IN a common
box, and Carrigsn applied to his friends for
pecuniary assistance but, none respond
ing, he himself guaranteed the expense of
ca=ket. By his request Scion Burroughs,
OF Vergcnnes, will accompany him with
Phair's remains to Vergsnnes. these gentle
men expecting to leave Windsor at mid
night, going by way of Essex Junction and
Burlington, where they will necessarily
await the departure of the train for the
south at IL o'clock. reaohing the murder
er's former home at noon Friday.
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Captured Ell RoUGHs-RIoToUs AND DIsGRAcE
FIJI PRpCEEEINu5

CAPTuRED Ell RoUGHs-RIOTOUs ASD DISGRACE
FUL PROCEEDINGS.
The annual village meeting OF B.nniug
ton was held Monday evening, the 9Th inst,
and an Associated Press despatch gives the
following report Of ii:
Last nights annual village meeting
was disgrace to civilized community,
teing captured hy roughs who refused lesa!
rights to voters. Alter the meeting was
called to order, a motion was made to elect
the moderator and other officers by ballot.
This was proposed to be amended so that
the ballot be by the check list. The moder-
at0r ruled that the molten had precedenee
of any amendment and declared it carried.
Two men passed hats 10 receive votes for
moderator, amid riot and confusion,
receiving ballots FROM aBybOdv-yoters
and non-yoters. Upon the count
beiog made. 5. F. Harris, dem
ocrat, had ISg votes. counting all placed
in the hat against the protest OF prominent
citizens that ballots CT two and moro twisted
together be not counted; John V. Carney
had 1888 votes on single tickets, and ten
Others containing his name for moderator,
and also the balance Of the officers to bs
elected. These ten votes were thrown out.
and Harris mounting the platform proceed
ed with the business. Carney tried TO speak
and vas iOrcibly stopped The republicans
were hustled off the stand by policemen while
endeavoring to consult the so-oalied moder-
ator. lie appointed committee on nomi-
nations who reported ticket for officers and
on vote by reclamation declared them
elected, refusing to grant an election by
ballot, although legal demands for ballot
were continually made by responsible par
ties, and votes BY ballot were rendered each
time a. tho law provides. This (ruesday)
morning nothing else is talked OF, and the
general impression is that the courts will be
called in to settle the controversy and de
eide as to the legality of the tax voted and
the officers elected.
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The Northern Pacific Offering Work and hcme'
TO the Freedmen.

A line from Minnesota, from our towns
man, Thomas 5. Garfield, informs US that
Gen. Thomas l. Rosser, chief engineer OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad, has made
arrangements for Transporting five hundred
of the colored men who are now fleeing
from the South, to Dakota Territory to
work upon the extension Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad west of the Missouri. ten.
Rosser is q Southern man and IL satisfied
that the labor Of the cOlored men can be
utilized to great advantage in the North.
lie says that they have been wronges by
those who delight in representing them as
law and worthless. On the contrary, he
saws that the colorcd men voluntarily work
harder and longer upon the plantations OF
the South than they will be asked to DO
on the Northern Pacific Railroad. and re-
caiye far less pay. To establish these facts
five hundred of the poor men who are
docking up the Mississippi in search OF
employment will be carried to the end Of
the Northern Pacific line and put to work !;
they will 5e furnished with supplies the
railing wages will be paid them; and at
tie close of the season they will, ii they
desire it. be located on some Of the
lands along the line, where they can
make Permanent homes, or they will be
returned to the places from which they came,
with their season wages in their pockets.
This is an experiment the results OF which
will be watched with great interest. 1t even
half of the colored men who go to the west
ern territories as laborers should eventually
| become farmers, able to maintain themselves
in INDEPENDENCE by their toll, the effect
would be wonderful The loss to the South
by the removal of its laborers to the North
ard West, is likely to pIoye to be great
gain to the latter in the development Of its
unoccupicd areas.
The Northern Pacific will built 200 miles
Of road this season, from the Missouri
River at Bismarck to the mouth Of Gendine
Creek. on the Yellow Stone-as well as -
miles at the west end from the junction OF
the Snake with the Columbia River, towards
Pend d Oreille Lake, which is the Lake
,ieorge of the Pacific Coast II the expert
ment of Senator Window and the Northern
Pacific in supplying to the colorcd refugees
| from the South renumeratiye occupation ana
the opportunity to acquire land for them
selves by their labor, prove successful, it will
give strong impetus to railroad building II
the Northwest, and we may see the North
ern Pacific pushed through much sooner than
its most sanguipe friends have dared to hope
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FIRST DESPATCH.


THE SANE RoPE As FOB Two YEARS AGO THE
GALLONS IN The SANE PLACE As AT The
LAST ExECUTIoN-
WINDSOR, Vt. April i0.-John P. Phair,
the condemned murdsrer, will be hanged in
the yard of the States Prison here to-day.
The gallows have been erected in the same
place as at the recent execution of Henry
Gravelin. the weathersfeld murderer; and
the rope is the identical one By which Phair
was to have been hung two years ago, when
he so narrowly escaped his dreadful doom.
1t is that which was used in the
execution of Hiram Miller tho murderer
OF MIR. and Mrs. Joshua Nc
Gowan, of Ascutneyyille), on June
25th, 1863. Sheriff Amsden will sd-
Just the knot over the spinal vertebrs-this
being the fourth knot he has adjusted on
the necks of condemned murderers. High
Sheriff StimsOn has, of course, charge of all
the arrangements. and bis foresight, human
ity and care may DO depended upon as guar
antecs that the dreadful scenes witnessed
upon the scaffOld5 OF other States
recently will not be repeated to-day.
The fall will be seven feet, and death will
undoubtedly be instantaneous.
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MORNIN APRIL I

What they consist. in ic.ai an as l. III method
OF calling lrs'i meeting OF the members "l the
company.
competent counsel Hdd an accountant in SAID mat
tcrs and to legal cali of meeting of policy
holders members to ho Eaie, to be held in thirty
days from this data and make report at said meet
ins.
And for the purpose of dsfraying thu expenses
incurred By said committee, it IS recommended That
a subscription he made 10y those present At this
meeting.
Col. NeaIcy explained that the committee
had found that none Of the last Board of Dircr-
tors by whom the present President, Vice
President and Secretary were appointed, had
filed their bonds, n required by the bylaws.
There was question if they had any right to
act. But one director filed bond in -, and
It may turn out that he was the sole repository
of the powers of the company
TN motion of Mr.. Atkins the report was ac-
ccptcd and adopted, and II. A. BrOdic was aI-
pointed Treasurer Of the Committee.
ON motion of V. 7. Moves, Esq, Hon. X. :.
/ Taft, President of the Company. was invited To
/ make same statement TO the meeting. Mr.. ait
| took the stand and in answer To inquiries
| stated the amount of the losses a. set down IN
| the final report ofthc company. He had accepted
the office of President reluctantly and had serN-
| ed without pay, IN order To help cNtrlcate The
company from its embarrassment Forthe last
| year the only salaries paid Were so month
| 10 the secretary and = a week To the clerk. II
was a difficult thing To adjust the assessment
among the policy-holdcrs, but the directors
| had done the best they could. II was I'M
possible TO say how many of the premium
| notes were worthless. The directors had sued
| nobody on the former assessment, prcferin9 To
call for all that was likely TO be needed and II
nece> >ary sue for both assessments at once.
Whether the assessment laid will prove to be
| large enough, no one knows. The directors
believed it 10 be sufficient and voted it. Not \
| dollar had been paid dishonesty.
Gen. j. l.. BarstOw had learned in an cX'
perience of many years that Gov. Taf('s state
| mentS could be trusted. He believed that he
and the other directors were honest men
| The investigation might show some careless
ness. but he did not believe it would disclose
any swinding.
In answer TO i question put by Hon. +.
kennedy, Secretary 1urrill said that 5000
had been collected of the assessment Of sept
ISIS The total of that assessment wa
| S1I. 100 The losses We're all paid up to Sept
1877. Some losses occurring since then had no
yet been paid.
There was q good deal more talking by MIR
| Atkins. who seemed to think the meeting wal
| one of his Democratic conventions, in whicl
| he was expected to make all the motions an(
do all the talking. b. b. Smalley. Gen. W
W. Henry, Col. Colhurn, ii. llosford, Gen
BarStow. lion. +. &. Kennedy, Col. Neazey, I
/ = Peck and others spoke. whose remark
| mast be omitted cor want of space.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11

TmE State of Tennessee has single Repub-
lican representative in Congress, Mr.. Houk,
who made his maiden speech in the debate
on the Army bill, last week. 1t was quite a
noticeable speech, too. Speaking as a South
ern man, he declared that in many sections
of the South the only free, fair and peaeeablc
elections that had ever been held were those
where the voters had been protected in their
rights by military authority. He was ont
spoken IN his denunciation Of the white
leagues and ri1e-clubs, whose terrorism has
prevented fair elections in number of States
since, as be said, President Grant committed
his " great mistake" in 1875, and allowed
the election OF Federal officers in Mississippi
to be conducted under the shotgun policy.
Mr.. lIouk said he had been in favor OF wiI-
ing out all statutes enacted as war measures,
but the Southern Democracy would not per
nit this to be done 80 long as they persist in
their unpatriotic and lawless policy Of in
timidation and violence, Referring to the
fact that there are only three Republican
members in the present House from the
States which seeded, he claimed that on a
fair election a majority of those States would
be Republican. lie did not claim to he Il
| great constitutional lawyer, but said, " |
never saw Democrat in my life that did
not understand the Constitution, whether
he could read it or not" Mr.. Iouk's utter
ances were heartily enjoyed by the Rcpubli-
cans, and elected frequent rounds Of ar-
| plause.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-11

1HsRE was quite an interesting little time
at Washington, over the appointment o! l..
5 MARSHAL The appointment lay between
Gen. Henry, who had the hearty support OF
a large number Of influential gentlemen, and
Of 50 many Vermont officers that he could be
fairly said to he the choice Of the soldiers OF
Vermont Tor the place, and Col. Geo. W.
Hooker, Of Brattleboro and New York.
The latter was for over year, during the
war, Adiutant- General on the staff OF Gen.
Devens. and before Gen, Henry reached
Washington Gen. Devens had recommend
ed Col Hooker for successor to Gen. Foster.
Such a recommendation, the Marshalship
being in the Attorney Generals Depart
ment, would ordinarily be decisive and IN
fast, in this case, the President had signi-
fed his intention TO appoint Col. Hooker on
the personal recommendation Of Gen.
Dcyens. Gen. Ilenry's appearance en- the
scene, however, caused delay in filling the
place. ard it was soon evident that the Yer
mont delegation had some decided prefer
ences in the matter As has been stated in
our columns, Mr.. Tyler, the new member
from the Second District, was in
favor Of Col. Hooker. Mr.. Barlow would
have been glad to help his tOwnsman, Major
Newton, but if that was out of the question
was for Gen. Henry. So the General had
the support Of the entire delegation except
Mr. Tyler, as well as Of other influential
friends who urged with force upon General
Dcycns and the President the obvious fitness
o. tie appointment of General Henry. and
the de dissatisfaction, in and out Of Yer
mont, which would follow the rejection Of a
citizen ard soldier 50 widely known and SO
well esteemed When Col. Hooker (wh0
desired tho Office rather for the honor OF II
than for tic emolumonts) realized the sitra-
tirp, lie took the shortest way to end al
clntr.yorsy. Going with Geueral Henry &c
the Attorney Generals ofhce, he withdrew
hi own application and recommended the
appointment Of General Henry, in terms o.
high j1a.se. This was a handsome thing on
the f#d Il the gallant Colonel, and will be
reusniorei to his credit. The appointment
OF G,n. Henry Is received with much graft.
f,ation hy has hosts Ct friends throughout
tie ca,tc and there will be no fear that
he ~,ll na; fully Justify the wisdom of the
choice as Marshal.
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Describing the recent railroad accident at
Coventry (alroady mentioned in our col
umus), the Lyndon .Hi0H say- "MeLinS-
try. tho Advent preacher, was on board,
and furnished practical illustration OF his
doctrine by going up short distance.
Blu: the ascension was brief ard he return
ed wrong end up with his head in a hat
raex and h.J hat eyer N tho wood boy. all
Of which sage sAept!c7 another point against
him in the argument. EmmOnS Raymond, ,
resident of the road. was also present 50 as
70 see how the boys doit on such occasions
rho president is an old gentleman but his
somerssnIt was lust as sprY rs any Of them.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
VARIOUS NOTES

Washington, April lO.-Tho Senate, to-
dav confirmed the nomination Of W. W.
Henry, to be United States Marshal Tor the
district of Vermont
In consequence of additional committees
and of increased membership OF the com
mittees ordered by the House, yesterday, it
was impossible for the speaker to announce
the committees to-day They will be az
1ouueed tomorrow
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THE LAST OF EARTH.
Phair's Dying Speech.
mr. nar---e yrr- ,,-x,--~r-


He PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.
Sheriff Stimson then said:
Have you anything to say"
Phair, stepping forward to the front of
the platform, said:
81 have but little to say. L am sorry that
| should come to this, but do not feel as
would If had caused the deed for which /
am here. | am innocent Of the, crime of
which | am charged and for which | die
to-day Further, l have this statement
holding roll of manuscrip. in his hand
written out, and will place it in the hands
of the sheriff to be given to my counsel, C.
B. Eddy"
Here he handed the roll to Sheriff Stimson.
Sheriff Stimson then read the death war
rant, the first and second reprieves OF Gov.
Fairbanks and tho last reprieve granted by
Gov. Proctor, April 81 During the read
ing Phair stood with his right hand thrust
into his coat bosom and his left hand behiaS
his back. His eyes were
FIXED UPON The FLOOR
and be did not look up during the prayers
or reading. lie wore a moustache and chin
whiskers of about si1 weeks growth. At
ter Sheriff Stimson had finished, Phair took
Mr.. Mick by the hand and whispered in his
car, repeating the Same to Superintendent
Rice and the Rev Mr. Pratt. lie smiled as
he took the sherif's hand for the last time;
~ uboL rrit
Wallace, Amsden, Lowell, Armstrong and
Hewitt. he placed himself in readiness for
being pinioned. Deputy Wallace perform
ed that duty, Phair being supported BY
Deputies Lowell and Hewitt Phsir stepped
sAcS ON THE DRGP
at 2:I0 O'Clock. Deputy Amsien placed the
moose around his neck, with the knot just
back of the right ear. The black cap was
then drawn over his head 4; tins point
Phair cried out
"LoRD REMEMBER Ne,
Lord, remember me" Sheriff Ssimson
then said:
The time has now arrived whsa the sen
tence of the law must be passed upon you
and may God have mercy on your soul.
The drop fell 8. precisely Sill. His neck
was not broken. although ho dropped six
feet. and Of course death onsued from stran-
gulstion. A slight movensn; of the
shoulders and quiyering OF the muscles
was all that wGs noticed. lie was pro-
nouneed dead 10 few minutes by DR..
Henry Furness, prison physician. The
other physicians present were Drs. knight,
Webster. Rugg. G. B. Clark, Morse and
Ainsworth. At the end Of twenty-nins
minutes be was eGt down and placed in the
easket
TIE LAST SAD RITES.
His remains are to be sent On the mid
night train tonight, and will arrive in
yergennes Friday noon. Rev. Geo S. Pratt,
Of St. Adams, accompanies tham The fu-
neral services will be held in the C0ngrsgai
tionsl ehurch:at Yergenucs, Rev Geo. E.
Hall ttheiating
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NOW THE NEWS REACHED PhhIR

Iis Nerve Mt Last Gives Way.
" THAT SETTLES IT'-"SoT SNAP CT Ny
FINGER FOR MY LIFE
phair received news OF the judges denial
OF his petition for new trial from Super
IL sndent Rice ct o:I5 O'Clock last night.
4 the announcement he replied, That
settles it," After few moments Of pro
found thou ght-iu which time 0mBiscience
only knows what visions lied through the
murderer's brain, he said. II wouldn't give
snap of my finger for my chances Of LIE"
and well he might so think. since the last
hope OF mercy in this world had fled away.
1t only remained for him II make his peace
with his Maker Phair was not utterly
downcast (Which indeed was not to DO
expected from a man of his iron nerve and
inv lneible courage bat he exhibited more
emotion than be has shown at any time
heretofore.
the CONSULTATIONS OF RELIGION.
At Phair's request Rev. George 5. Pratt
(whoso acquaintance he had formed at
Elizabethtown, N. Y. years ago), pastor of
the Baptist church At St. Albsns. was tele-
graphed to, aud, with a humanity and zeal
and kind hesrttdness worthy Of his divine
calling he at ones started for Windsor ,srriy
ing here at lao clock this morning The
Rev. William Mick. chaplain OF the prison.
arrived here at 80 this morning and re-
IN L