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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

W WASHINGTON, ID. C., oct. -, 1879
To the Editor OF The Ere. Pres, ami Times:
The Capital Of the United States is just
now being surprised with her yearly ablu-
ton. The high price stores on Pcnnsylya
mia avenue the group of expensive hotels
near the Treasury Department the many
cheap, small, hut good hotels and restaurants
that surround the Patent Office; indeed
everything except the Hebrew shops on eth
street, have been astonishcd by applications
Of soap, water, paint and gliding. ] must
not forget 80 mention that Senator David
Davis, Of Illinois, has ordered TIE architect
of the Capitol TO have his chair in the Senate
chamber enlarged. These extraordinary pre-
partitions, together with the approach of the
first Monday in December. indicate that Con
grcss is coming Congress means more at
this end Of the lire than at the other
1t means here Il large rclinuc OF reiain,rs
Of the lobby and snobhy class, hosts of visit
ors of thu Fashionable, gentecl, demi-gcntecl
and vulgar classes. all Of whom will drop
more or less money into the tills of the trades
people and boarding house people, of whom
the population Of the Capital is 50 largely
composed There has been further reduc-
ton of hotel and boarding house rates and
those who DO not wish 10 pay for what is
called style may secure very comfortable
lodgings and excellent board for ten dollars
4 week OF from so to 535 per month.
All the prophets agree that the coming
session will be both interesting and exciting
1t will be the session preceding the Prcsidcn-
tial contest, and The Capital will he the centre
Of much caucusing ami intrigue, viii lc the
business revival, it is thought will bring 10
this Winter resort an unusual number of the
satellites and parasites of fashion.
This week, the National Fair il is
will attract 4 large number
of visitors. Some distinguished horses
are To he on the ground llanlln and Court
ney are expected TO row on the Potomac,
and Mr. Bonner it is said, will drive the
President around the course behind two of
his $50. 900 dollar horses.
Next week the equestrian statue of Gen.
Thomas is To he unveiled with imposing
ceremony, and ex-senator Stanley Matthews
will deliver m Grafton on that occasion
Tomorrow the National Fair will he
with, ii is said, the grand
est street pageant that has been
seen since the combined hosts of Grant and
Sherman marched through the city at the
close OF the war. As for the fair. while it
IS something unique for Washington, do
not think its attractions will repay a long
Journey, though il is always worth the while
If the American citizen to make pilgrimage
% the Capital of this country to see its many
historic monuments, as well as the paved
streets, public buildings and fat Government
'pntractprs. upon which his money has been
- prodigely spent 1t is wholesome and
'diiying sometimes 10 know where your
money gors.
Nnur. NV
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need Of all these forms Of freedom. The
drunkard possesses neither physical, mental
nor moral freedom. Our reform commenced
~ minority. Its history extends back only
about 20 years Its organized effort began
Win Father Matthew. 1t has relied thus
lar almost solely on moral suaeiOn 1t has
ehlistti the Efforts of statesmen, of the press,
oil scientific men, of the pulpit The evil it
cOmbais IS gigantic and il takes time To over
come it. How long did it take YOU 10 abolish
slavery. lntempeTancc is an evil far mora
extensive and powerful than slavery. We
should not lose heart because il does not
yield entirely at once. This reform in order
to full success must have the aid Of law-not
to reform, men, but to keep men sober and
good by keeping temptation out Of the way.
The Church does its work by moral sua-
sion bet it is backed 10y the laws. We
need law to back up our moral effort.
Every civilized society is bound to
protect its members against the greed
and depravity of individuals. The prohib-
tory law has been found the most efficient
ally of good order. The lecturer cited Evans
vile, ILL.,, and st. JohLsbury, in our State
as examples Of great peace and prosperity
resulting from the determination OF the PROM
inent men OF the place TO keep out as far as
possible the great cause and ally Of pauper-
ism and crime. Maine has had the Maine
law for % years The conventions of both
parties sustain the law. The Democrats
and Greenbackers carried the State last year;
but the Legislature stood by the law PIT
to II. Well they may sustain it. 1t
has reduced the sale Of liquors to one-tenth
of what ii used to be 1t has driven out the
distilleries and practically abolished the
liquor traffic, and added millions to the
wealth of the State
In the Dominion Of Canada (Which is
bigger country than this in square milca) We
have local option law. 1t has some good
features, one of which is that there are no
appeals allowed in liquor cases ard the
lawyers get little chance TO make money by
delaying justice. Prohibition is spreading.
The signs Of the times are in our favor The
sun is rising Describing 4 sunrise in the
Alps, the lecturer made the picture an en-
blem of the rising of the Sun of Truth.
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Hoo. JoHS ID. LoNG of Massachusetts, il
accepting the rlbernatorial nomination, CAV,
statement Of Republican principles so cleal
and succinct as to he well worth reprinting
He said: THE Republican party is com
mitted 10 the doctrine Of the National integ
rity of a reformed civil service. which shal
b. the service of the State, and not of 8
party; Of equal citizenship; Of the purity
of the National ballot. enforced, as the National
Government is bound TO enforce, throughout
its entire jurisdiction, every franchise it has
cunsiiiutionally guaranteed 10 its citizens
Of the preservation At onceOf every National
and Of every local right, not according to
that hrrcsy which has disTaced the name of
State rights, but exactly as both are parccled
out in the constitution, 81 that neither the
National authority shall be impaired nor any
genuine right of local self-government COM
promised; and Of that policy of specie re-
sumption and honest finance, by its fidelity
to which the Republican party has preserved
the National faith, has restored and strength
eAed public and private credit, has revived
our industries, and has pointed and led the
way To better times, better work, better
homes" What better presentation of our
principles could be made and what more
honest, more sensible. more patriotic plat
form could be desired
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An INDIAN GIEL oH rHE Indian ORES
TIoN.-A correspondent Of the Chicago Inter-
ocean interviewed, the other dav, an intel
ligent and educated Indian girl the dau.h-
ter of the head chief Of the Omaha tribe
what specific wrongs do You complain
| OF :: asked the reporter, after few pre-
| liminarics I'VE, that is the Omalas, she
replied, as she shut a small volume of poems
| she was reading and folded her hands in her
/ lap with "a slender forcfingcr inserted between
/ the leaves TO keep the place, I'VE complain
that We have not anything 10 say about the
( way in which our money should be cXpcnd-
/ ed. We have an annuity of about - or 80
apiece year and the agent invests it for us
/ in what the Government thinks we need. Ii
is our money. 1t was the price of our land"
do You want each person draw his share
and spend it As he pleases:' ''Oh, no 1t
is better invested AS a whole for the good of
the tribe. but we want some attention paid
to our wishes in the matter. Now, for exam
pie, some years ago, when Mr.. I. +. Gilling-
ham WAS our agent, he went and had an in
Urinary built 1t cost II, OO0, and was paid for
out of our money. We did not need it. We did
not want it. Ii was never occupied, till it
last some white people who had Il" homes
went into il. The Indians. when they are
sick are taken care of 10y their friends. They
would not % into an iniirmary. This is
only one case Of the utter disregard that has
always been shown the wishes of the Indians
by men who handle their money Now,
wanted some object books and other things
for the school WAS teaching in. So that
H""tS i"',,aiiS '"''iu III 'I'N"t Ehsilsii more
''"''.'H- nv '4cn' all.Hcu l" liic "'pl1-
mn "ii', nov "ii'i SiN ih"iitHS' ho'hihS
i''' ~ h''"" vi IT. '"'' - S'ihl''H spec
'''' ~
gu u" mo- riiiih tiiit 'hrI' ~ any per
s,,i'a' N'"ia',oh VI pioih'ctics ny inc agents:
rs no anu now there was Diood III
ncr we ike 10 KNOW Wlat right an
ihii'n agent mas 10 open htier may
Mrhc To- lichu or receive: MOI done
cs, indeed, II Is done every day They
dnh care orpoStai laws IL I'VE have no rights,
Nht' d,eS inc fourteenth amendment mean
are Indians all the people IN Tins country
VINO nave n" iIshtS; Now nave the l mted
NlairS authorizes The legal privilege To come 4,
rSht mi" inns room, arrest me, pui ina under |
guard "l n s"l'll'r ami send ine back To my |
reservation: l"ur soldiers, She continn-
cd are Just Kept I" fight the Indians and .
qnell disturbances that the Interior Depart .
meat has caused. Then, If AN Indian kills .
white man, You 90 and Kill AL the tribe You .
can hnd our soldiers only Kill Indians
IN open battle, mildly interrupted the re
porter. They XIII men, women and chill
drrn, affirmed The eloquent Young lady,
ana ynn cannot deny II, l"r II Is true.
Bilt Indian women llshi like tigers, II Is re-
ported y" DO white women when their
homes are attacked, their husbands being
hi'led ana ihcirchldrrh murdered All his
tory "i The world from the beginning ap
pauIS the courage rl women who, when
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Ex-Gov. AND REPRESENTATIVES, THOMAS
YoUNG of Ohio tells an interviewer at Wash
ington that Grant viii not be TIE Republican
Presidential nominee unless the Democrats,
at the forthcoming session Of Congress, re-
new the tactics of the last session, If they
do. the idea Of having strong Government
viii become popular. and Grants chances
would be increased. With Grant out of the
way. he thinks either Sherman or Blaine
will be nominated. As u the Senatorial
fight in Ohio GOV. NnHng said Garfield IS a
candidate; s. are Taft and Denuison and
Stanley Matthews Secretary Sherman is
not. lie told me" continued Gov. Young,
''beinre the Ohio election that lac would not
he. As yet the fight is an open one. There
are candidates for the place not vet promln-
emily named but who have been casually
mentioned, who viii bc able to dictate who
the Senator shall be, if, indeed, one Of those
less prominently now spoken Of is not the
lucky man. Garfield has a good deal of
strength, but it is over-estimatcd. Then
there is a feeling that the next House Of Rep
resentatives will DE Republican, and that
Garfield can better serve the State as Speaker
of the lower House than in the Senate"
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y CORRESPONDENT OF the Philadelphia
Record has been interviewing the widow of
the late John Morrissey and she told him
this story of how she helped John to get
an education: Il knew John as ragged
little boy about Troy, barefooted AMI belli-
gcrent, always looking for a fight When
we got married he could not read nor write.
and, to tell the truth, was only a trife
better off in the matter of educational adj
vantages. | told him he must learn to read.
and he said | should teach him. Well, we
established lesson hours. Every night before
going to bed he devoted himself 10 his SPELL
ing book, and in the morning one hour to
writing in copy book The rule Of study
was inileXible. We made it 50. The morn
ing after he fought John C. Heenan.. when he
was all sore and bandaged, and blind of one
eye as well, | propped him up with pillows
and made him write After we mastered
the English branches We took up history,
and when he was pretty well posted
IN that we made the living topics of the day
matter of investigatiOn-the European
news, the speeches of the great men. read
them in the day time and John would 90
through them at nights. Then We took up
such books as De Quincy, and the writings
of Carlyle. Mr.. Morrissey did not follow
this line of study because Of n natural bent
of mind. He would say Now. this is no
good for me, Susie; but pressed him on
and he would soon gel interested Then he
had such anindomitable perseverance. When
he found a thing he could not readily under
stand he would master it out of very
spite. | remember once OF his throw
ing down his arithmetic. shortly after we
were married, and enchanting pcttishly l
don't care about these fractions: they're only
party of thing any way, What's the use of
all this study, Susie: John, said, Ii YOU
don't beat those fractions, You will never 70
to Congress Oh, that's your layou. for me-
is it : 1t is, indeed, my boy" | replied
Then he took up his book again and said
All right, my dear; Wen % to Congress
And he did -
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INDIAN MATTERS.

]
-, W AshlNGI"N; oct. 29.-llie a%tnt at the
Hhoshoie ami bannock agency, wyoming,
,ontta'ilc's Tue report that the lhdiahs there
are tGoul 10 20 On tIlG WarI'tlh' and says they
aie ilitiu,y, Peaceaple anu quietly attending
w tiien 'it'iS, anu no uanstr Hee,i ne ap-
P II 'IiolI IIoni mat Quarter: inspector
SeleslaPus nohi Los mas Octooer
- ~ may nay say nNc io''sts .. the huache
III IN S ~ VIM IHCi "een iNing On the
"a 1i'''t aoo't' 'liiI, u1Ns ago
~ '''e .e asenet anu were isst
eH NJ it'se' s,"'Iui,' "h Tue mo Granue
Ian oI',: iI;,l they nave peeh kiIieu oy
.ne Sot'.iels, II 80; 1he so,i'heIh les VIII
80, =. VIM S'''i' i'' ''i''' ''sciicN Ut
1t is ascertained at the interior t!enartment
that the subsistence of the Huclapai Arizona
Indians whom Gen. Mcdowell rpnorts starry
ing, was provided for by the Indian bureau
several months ago, by means of an official
letter authorizing the war department to
ISSUE ratiohS oil beei anu Honr 10 those IN
uiahs' anu 10 present accounts Tor payment
uN INC ihuiih DuIeau- ne term LOT Whlch
thls authorizatioh was given VIII not expire
uhth inc loth oil December, but Commls-
sloher iiovt' yesterday extended The time
lor oo uays from th:it date. Before the ex-
plralloh vi tle perlod; congress VIII have
IN ~, If'i u HEtAc an appropriation
ioi tne ,iuciaplas' lhey are not agency
ln'iiaiIs, anu no appropriation mas ever been
iii' ~ loI 'lelli sl'eclaiiy-
yen; SHERMAN SAD to-hlsht ne hai recelv-
Gu no lurther advlces from the tie Indian
country anu oiu ho' anticipate anything
more unlil the arrival OF Special Agent
Adams al Los l'lnns agency about the 4th
10 accnmnlisL n surrender ,f Tho I,,,,ios r.
are responsible for the murders at White
River, the troops will then hc ordered to
proceed in the matter Sherman is of the
opinion. however, that Chief Ourav, who
accompanies Adams. has sufficient power
To arrest and surrender the murtlerers.
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was abolished, the Office of United States
Register of Bankruptcy. He has been ON,
of the leading lawyers of the Rutland County
Bar. He is now in his 45th year and in the
prime OF his powers He brings TO his new
position an enviablc reputation as a sound
and trustworthy lawyer, man of high per
sonal integrity, and a public spirited and
patriotic citizen; and he willmake anhones
able and impartial Judge
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An INCENDuARY,S CONFESSION.
rae Owns np To Four Fires.

iOSOMANIAC oN THE SUBJECT.
WATERBURY, Vt, oct. 27.-Cyrus 9eaver,
aged 80, has confessed that he burned Bis
bees buildings last Wednesday. Rufus
B;rnard's buildings the Wednesday before,
Lewis Josslyn's large barn and stock the
Wednesday before that and Henry Fulsom's
buildings and stock last year. Seaver burst
into tears and begged to he shot IIe has u
wife and has worked in Frank Green's saw
mill the past year Green had an anonymous
letter few days ago, saying his building
would be safe as long as he employed Seaver
and he had not better discharge him. Seaver
is 4 m0nOmaniac on the subject of fires and
is said TO be so marked before birth. He
has been imprisoned in the Washington
county Jail at Montpelier. The full list of
arsons which he cOnfeSSes to is as follows
The unoccupied house and barns of c. Pease,
April 1877; the barns and - cows Of Wns.
Fulsom, May 1879; the dwelling house and
barns of VIM. Farr, October 1873; the large
sugar house Of f. W. Bisbee and the fires of
the last few weeks of the buildings of Lewis
Joslyn with several head of valuable stock
the harms Of Rufus Barnard, October 81
the house and barns of Hon +. W. Bisbec-
all in the towns of Waitsfield and Moretown
on the road leading from one village to the
other Seaver can give no motive save a de-
sire To burn the buildings. At the time of
the last or Bisbee fire circumstances made it
look bad for Seaver and States Attorney
Frank Plumley has been having an investi-
CATION since Thursday, and when the evidence
was getting so it was certain Seaver would be
when he confessed.
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Term.-sa.oo !, year. always in advance

SENATOR KELLOGG is in Washington urg
ing Secretary Evarts TO go to Louisiana next
month and speak in the campaign, and has
obtained conditional promise TO that effect
from the Secretary. Senator Kellogg is re-
ported as having no doubt the Republicans
will carry Louisiana ii proper effort was
made with funds and speakers. The Repub.
lican committee Of Louisiana has determined
to invite Blaine, Garfield, and score or more
other prominent Republicans, to take part il
the campaign, and some of them will be re.
quested to stay there until the election is
over and the votes counted
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GES. BrrIEE has grown old considerably
within the past year. Although he took Il
long sea Trip in his yacht late nthc summer
so as to be in first-rrtr trim for the canvass,
lac is by 40 means spactivc and alert rs lac
was year ago, and unless appearances are
very deceptive he will be- pretty badly used
up by the time the campaign closes. Nor is
hc mentally The man he was last year. He
and Truth are ~ far apart as ever, hut Ia this
period Of the canvass he has shown very
little Of the somewhat gim and grutcsquc
humor OF past seasons, and hc seems To- have
absolutely lost llat old laculs for swift and
apt rcPaitcc when interrupted 10y sonir one
in the audience which made il so easy 10
ovcrl,o his c'ntism and hrnruradociD TEN
pOrrly, in admiration ol his cunning
and idfpitHrs1 and skill in oratoriral fencing
The old man Isl little heavy this year, il The.
whole truth must bc todd. lie shuiilos and
slnmbcs and shoulders himself along rather
laboriausly when srcaking. OF course thrIr
is immense vitality in him yet, a. there must
be to endure the labor to which he is sub
jrcting himself hut hc has lost a great part
of what made him the 'amoosin' cuss that
he used 10 be ON the stump. After all, |
cannot help feeling Il little sad when see
how lac is breaking down and wearing out.
There never was hut one Butler there
never will he another. Nobody can take his
place when he gives out finally. -B9stoH Ger.
" J. 7riJuHe,
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TnE official returns Of divorces and mar
riascs in the several counties Of Vermont for
the wear 1873 show an increase of nearly six
per cent in the marriages. The number of
marriages in 1873 was two thousand seven
hundred AMI s;yty-siX As the aggregate of
marriages had been declining for seven
years previous, this is pretty distinct indi-
cation of returning prosperity. The divorces
number one hundred and ninety-scven, near
ly thirteen per cent more than in the year
1871, and the ratio of divorces TO marriages
is orc t. fourteen. OF the counties, La
moille. Washington and Rutland are, as
usual. the worst except Orange, which re-
por,s tweniy-one divorces, or one for every
eight marriages. Essex has this time only
one 10 report, while Caledonia, the best of
the counties for a term Of years, reports
eighteen, an increase upon her usual number.
In some counties the falling of in the num-
Der of divorces granted under the new law
is quite marked
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THE latest claimput forward by the Demo-
Gratis is the somewhat remarkable one that
they are entitled to the credit of specie re-
sumption because the Democrats conquered
Mexico and thus gave us California with its
gold mines This is bubble that is easily
punctured, for, as an exchange points out,
the value of the leading agricultural staples
produced in single year is very near
ly as much as The entire yield OF the
mines in twenty-sevcn years. From 1919
10 1873 our mines produced 81, 81, 000,-
600. In the single year 1877 our
agricultural products amounted to 81 ,594,
10000 Europe las been paying for these
with tons upon tons Of specie, and it was
wise Republican management Of the finances
which placed us in just the right shape 10
take advantage of the golden influx.
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W. who make business of politics aud
it is as good business H. the pulpit. or next
TO il we are bound To warn You against the
solid South. oh SAYS some dirty black
guard, bloody shirt :" ana in Il Democratic
progression in Ohio they actually carried IL
hluuuy shirt. Have You ever seen. as have.
Il mother take the sacred relies worn by her
boy tI'm ihc closet: The bloody shirt up-
liz !, l.rt me- be- U.vcr,ut. Why do Won
lift un hirl thc cross, the symbol Of the sad
gallows OF which Christ was cruciiicd nearly
1000 years ago: Why goad and tempt men
10y casting ridicule upon their sacred feel
ings II there should Ec need Of it, If thee
men should ever be- he'd into another war.
would as soon FIGHT under that banner rs any
other. In the South they V i'll break up Rep
ublican meetings, Kill Republican leaders.
drive out Republican newspapers if they in
anyway interfere with the Democratic vote.
There IL no cNaggcrulion about ii. the
squarcst men among them will tell YOU 50.
In the Southern States during the past six
years half million Republican votes have
been crushed and slcnccd hy the shot gun
policy. II will take some time for this spirit
10 pass away. The good God permits it, and
lie will do away with il in time But you
have one duty, and that is, don't let ii ran
your government. Applause. II | was n
rebel and thought you were So mean and
cowardly that We could whip You III politics
when We couldn't do it in wal would 10
it G,a. j. Il. Uugkg
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J. j. Kelley member of the board Of al
drmcn Of Cincinnati Ohio, was Yesterday
committed To jail Tor three months for al
tempting To- procure an illr,.al vote at the
October election in 1875.