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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

LINCoLN's MATRIMONIAL Miss Nc
Henry of Philadelphia has lately forwarded
to the proper authorities at Washington an
apparently authentic relic connected with
the assassination of President Lincoln. In
her letter Miss McHenry says: Z" In August
1864, Mr. j. Wilkes Booth registered as
guest at the McHenry House, Meadville,
Pennsylvania. He was there on the 18th
of that month. After his departure it was
found that he had, with diamond, in
scribed upon pane of window of his bed
room these words; ABE Lincoln departed
this life Aug 18th, 1864, by the effects of
poison The glass remained in the window
undisturbed until the country was shocked
by the murder Of Mr.. Lincoln on the lith
of April, 1865. A few days after that event
Mr.. r. NJ. n. Taylor, proprietor of the Nc
Henry House, cut the pane from the window,
placed it over backing of black velvet,
framed with it the autograph of Mr.. Booth,
which Mr.. Taylor cut from the hotel regis
ter, aud sent the whole to me just as it now
is. received it toward the end of April,
1865, and have had it in my possession ever
since. believe the inscription is genuine,
and the history as above given is true
1t is believed that Booth must have known
of some attempt premeditated, if not actually
made, to poison Mr.. Lincoln, August 49,
1864, and supposed that it had been sue
cessful
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

SERIOUS Loss.-The reading world, es-
pecially the American portion of it, are
sufferers in common with Messrs. Houghton,
Osgood & Co., the popular Riverside publish
ers in the great disaster which has befallen
them by the late Boston fire. In view OF
their popularity among authors as well as
readers, and especially in the light of their
generous dealing with the contributors To
the Atlantic Monthly there is commendable
propriety in the proposition which one Of
the latter makes, through the New York
Evening Post, that all the writers for that
monthly unite in the preparation of a testi
monial volume, the proceeds of the sale Of
which shall be devoted to helping make the
loss good.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

Coon SENsE.-In the midst of the intol-
erance, the bigotry, and the blind partisan
ship of the southern press, the Vicksburg
Herald shines out like a good deed in a
naughty world. 1t is thoroughly Demo
cratic, but not bourbonist, and so when a
fiery orator in Mississippi denounces -four
enemies of the NORTH" the Herald takes him
to task by saying that sour enemies of the
north have curious way of treating US
when we get into trouble. If fire, or food
or famine, or pestilence should distress us,
our enemies of the north would pour out mil
lions of treasure for our relief. This is in
accordance with the best teachings of all
religions, and should convince all impartial
people to regard it as the act of friend in
stead of an enemy"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

THE REooRD.-Who is this Governor
Garcelon who is robbing a state of its right
full administration He is mau who as a
candidate for governor last year received only
27,S72 votes out of total of l25,795. He
was third in the race, and received less than
half the number OF votes which the Repub-
lican candidate received. But as there was
no choice by the people, his was one of the
two names sent by the house to the senate
and the Republican senate elected hin
rather than the Greenback candidate. Now
this man who received less than a quarter
of the popular vote is again overriding the
majority.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

COSTLY CONFERENCE.-THE New York
city authorities have set their official esti-
mates for the city expenses of 1880 at $780,
642,99l.9S, over s2S0OO00O of which must
be raised by direct taxation. This enormous
amount is divided as follows $500 900 for
the board of education, s3,2S2 ,740 for the
police department. sl,3O7, $40 for the fire de-
partment, 81 .049,6OO for the department Of
public works, sl,34s,3s3 for the depart
ment of charities and correction, sS25,00O
for street cleaning, 1851 ,3229l for the
city's quota of state taxes, and 80, ass, 3l9.5l
for interest on the city debt.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07
Postal Wonders.

Postmaster James of New York has pub
lished letter giving some highly interest
ing statistics Of the vast increase in the mail
business of the metropolis. The number of
letters mailed in week now is more than
seven millions, while in 1874 it was less
than three millions. Yet the force handling
the matter is no larger now than then. The
advance in the delivery of letters is proper
tomato. With far less assistance and facili-
ties Postmaster James has almost approached
the perfection of the great London system.
He shows that for every carrier added the
increased local postage has more than paid
the increased expense, and he aims at an
hourly delivery and collection of letters
through all the business portion of the city.
The improvement in the mail facilities and
business of New York since he became post
master has been remarkable. This immense
work could not be successfully accomplished,
especially with so limited force, without
the genius of organization and administra-
ton, and this Mr. James possesses in an
eminent degree. His high reputation is
richly deserved. On New Years day, hav.
ing received complimentary New Years
cards from the postmaster-generals of Eng
land, Canada, Turkey, Australia, France and
other countries, Postmaster James very APP
propriately responded by sending an illumi-
mated card, representing the progress of the
mail service in this country from the days
of carrier pigeons and pony express to the
present lightning trains and hourly city de-
liveries, to every postmaster in the civilized
world.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

REV. DR.. GILBERT NJ. HAvEN.-Rev. DR.
Gilbert NJ. Haven one OF the bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church died from a
complication of disease in Maiden, Massa
chusetts on the Sd inst. DR.. Haven was man
of real and versatile gifts, admired and loved
in the church, and better known, perhaps
outside of it in the wide circles of politica
and civil, social and literary, life than any
of the other bishops. lie will be greatly
missed in the church and community.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

EAST CALAIs,-About eighty OF the friends and
neighbors Of Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Whitcher
assembled at their house on the afternoon and
evening Of January LIST To celebrate with them tho
tenth anniversary Of their marriage The pantry
was soon filed with the incest OF chicken, pies
and cakes. After having spent two full hours at
well spread tables filled and reflled again, the
rest OF the evening was spent In q social good
party broke up and the friends took their leave,
leaving with them u table well spread with val
liable presents, together with ~ sum Of money
us a token OF love and respect from those who
had came In 80 surprisingly upon them.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

RIcHMoND.-Last Friday evening the singers
met to make arrangements for giving the cantata
OF =" Queen Esther. -. Mr. Crandall, the Jones'
vile blacksmith, was kicked by horse which was
being led out OF the shop, and got his elbow
fractured. Henry Eaton was arrested Saturday
night about nine O'Clock for beating his wife and
was brought before Justice Hall Owing to the late
ness OF the hour, the trial postponed till Mon
day. Complainant falling to appear at the trial.
Eaton was set at liberty :. Sundays rain carried
away what little snow we had and left the roads
rather rough, it freezing up Sunday night.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

"OLIvIA" writes thus to the Philadelphia
Times "Whilst the years come and go and
at the same time snatch the hairs from his
brother senator's heads, leaving crowsfeet
all along the track, Senator Ferry de6es the
'Old Man of the Sickle and is just as capa-
BILE of cracking young girls heart to-day as
when in the morning of his manly strength,
before the stars sang together"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

An IMPORTANT PERSONAL ITEM. Charles S.
Prentice Of Toledo, Ohio went to Paris and thence
to England to be treated for Brights disease, and
after the best physicians OF both countries had
done what they could for him, gave up in despair
and returned to America to die. Here he received
further treatment from other skillful physicians
without benefit, and while listessly lingering In
pain and anguish" as he says, heard Of the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, took 1t, and was COM
plet ly cured In q few weeks. He gives crcum-
stantial details Of his painful experience and as
tonishing cure In long letter to II. II. Warner 4
Co, which viii be forwarded on application.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

The Indianapolis Journal says; "Tbe
want of wisdom in Grants candidacy rests
alone in the probability of defeat, while the
want Of wisdom in Sherman's candidacy
rests in the almost certainty of defeat.
This indicates that the Indiana Republicans
are for Blaine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-01-07

BErnEL-The changes in the weather during
the last half of December were 80 great that II was
hard to determine whether we were living in the
irigid or torrid zone, but the new year thus far
has been all right nothing could be better
Dr. Terry has been confined To his room for a
week or more from a sudden attack OF most ter
rible pain in his left shoulder and arm fasset
& Co have got fairly moved into their new store,
and ] G. Sargent has commenced repairs the
store vacated by them, and expects 10 be ready
to open 1t with full line OF dry goods by the first
Of April next, Il. " Wilson has gone To Hyde
where he intends to establish himself In the livery
business II he finds an opening to suit him =.
The Bethel dramatic club next week will give one
Of their popular entertainments In Wilson Hall,
This club has earned the reputation Of being one
OF the very best clubs in the county.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
aeeeD EASY READING. ),

THIS government rests apon the great constitu-
tional aaions shat all poacer is inherent in the
people," ''It is government Of the people, 5y
the people and for the people, and if adniais-
tered IN the spirit Of its founders, 'it shall not
perish from the earth.' It's constitution qcas
formed, to use the apt oppression Of one aohose
memory is enbaEnaed IN the hearts Of his coun-
trynaen, 'by plain people," and '.pzaia people,
must administer it. The ballot is the pride, as
aceH as the protection, Of aN 1t is the truest IN
dicatio Of the popular scill. The official returns
required from the municipal officers of the seq
eral plantations, tolonS and cities, are and aoiH
be made by '.platn people," and made, too, IN
the hurry and 5uStle end excitement Of an cleo
ton. They are not required to be aoritten aoith
The scrapulous nicely Of aoriting master, or
Nth the technical accuracy of a plea in abdte-
naent. The sentences mag be angrdnanaatical,
the spelling may deyiate from the recognized
Standard bat returns are not to be set at tndught
because the peaanaaaasEip may be poor. the Ian
guoge a'agro1nnaatical, or the spelling erroneous.
1t is enough If the returns can be understood,
and If understood, fill effect should be giUee to
their natural and obUious meaning. They are
ftVt " OC tGCftfCtCutttteS UOF rs
their meaning to be distorted by ca,ping and
captioes criticism. WheB that naeanangis ascer-
tanned there should be no hesitation in gi0ing to
tfuU effect. The language of Mr.. Justice Nor
ton IN Strong, petitioner, 20 Pick. 4S4, is pecuE
idrly appropriate to the subjects aader discus-
sion. "What," he asks, ''shaH be the conse-
quence Of an omission By the selectmen or toyn
clerk to opelJorD. any of these (their) prescribed
duties and upon Uhom shall it tiall2 For aoil-
fuN neglect Of duty the officers aroatld undoasbt-
edly be liable to Punishment. But shall the
aohoIe toaon be di$franchised By reason of the
fraud or negligence Of their o1tcers9 THIS
aoouM be Furnishing the innocent for the fraud
of the guilty; it aoould be more Just and more
consonant to the genius and spirit of oar i,asti-
tutions, to inaict severe penalties upon the mis-
conduct, Intentional or accidental, of the eff
GERS, but to receiUe the votes achene0er they can
be ascertdi,eed aoith reasonable certainty. limo
return or any Imperfect. one can be receiUed,
let 1t be supplied or corrected by the original
record, If any there be- The returns should
be received acith faoor and construed Nth Hber-
atty, for, he adds, 'frone the. men that uSua1ly
are, and Of necessity, must DC employed 70
make them, great tornality and nicety cannot
be expected, and should not be required" The
general principle which governs is, that arhue
there should be strict compliance NTH the pro
directo177. stqteste -aiet ayhen they are merely
tial to the ualidityt g c9,.pE1omee as not essen
statute st'a1ess they are declared tJeasr sael
| This is specially applicable achen the rights o
! the public or Of third persons are concerned
mn
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

HE news department of the Bangor Com
mercial is sometimes almost as amusing as
its editorial utterances. Under the head
lines 'Wm. P. Frye Talks to Empty Benches
on the State Steal While his Audience
Helps to Swell the Grand Union Meeting"
it gives the following despatch from Rock
land: ''W. P. Frye held forth at Farwell
Hall to empty benches, discussing the
State steal,' so called. The meeting ad-
journed at an early hour. The larger por-
ton of the Republican audience attended
the Union meeting from 8 80 till II O. 'clock.v
Adjourning an audience" composed of
"empty benches and then getting the
'larger portion over to Fusion meeting
is something new.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
providence Journal.]
The Dangers of Democratic Sue

cess.
II IS admittsd. on ratlssa-- i ,lo
that they have overreached the Republlcaff'sA-l
regard to the negro vote. They claim that the
suffrage was given to the freedmen in order
that the negro vote might secure Republican
spnremacy. and are triumphant that by fraua1
and violence they have reversed this, and by
suppressng the negro vote have not only ae-
faated the design of the Republicans, but Sc
ourea additional representation to themselves.
This is the current rejoicing beneath the pub
lie denials of bulldozing and ballot box stufing,
and the public assertions that the negroes have
been converted to the Democracy by fair
means, which they know to be false when they
utter them. 1t is needless to say that this is
false and contemplate view Of politics. 1t is a
we'll known fact that the reconstruction acts
enfranchising the freedmen were not adopted
until the conduct of the Southern States had
shown that they d id not intend to treat the ne
groes with honesty or justice, but meant to
keep them in inferiority and ignorance if not
in actual peonage. The ballot was given to
the negroes as the only hope for their self-pro-
| lection and fer their best chance of develop
ment The evils of an ignorant vote were rec
| ognized, but it was felt that the best chance
for the negroes to learn the duties of citizen
ship and acquire both knowledge and sense
of responsibility, was in actual exercise, and, ii
the ballot was not granted to them, they would
never learn how to use it. By this opinion the
Republican party stands to-day. 1t did not
imagine that the Southern whites would at
once set themselves to neutraliz the citizen
ship right of the negroes, to prevent their
growth in the intelligent use of the suffrage
BY setting up class and political distinction,
OF that they would finally proceed to destroy
those rights by fraud and violence. 1t hopeo
at least that the Southern whites would snow
The natural qualities of leadership which they
claim. and their superior intelligence and
means of influence, by cordial recognition Of
the inevitable, and an endeavor to guide, di
rect and instruct the negro voters. Instead Of
that. they manifested an unconcealed hatred
! for the negroes and their rights, which drove
them into opposition and separate class, and
now they have completed their work BY VIZ
tually depriving them of any use or protection
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
Boston Journal.
The Breaking Up of the Name Flu
sion,

Fusion yields to confusion in the State OF
Maine. The unnatural alliance between the
democrats and Greenbackers is broken beyond
repair and Democratic leaders who have aoan-
doned every shred of political principle in the
hone of achieving victory, and who have car
r;ed their conciliatory policy to the length OF
Endorsing Greenback nominations before they
we're made, have now the gloomy sense OF
having sold themselves for nothing. Gen.
Weaver, the Presidential candidate OF the Ma
tional Greenback party, is on his way to Maine
to tell how the Democracy oil Alabama
"eounted OUT his party and perpetrated the
most deliberate and unblushing frauds. He
has found out for himself what the solid South
means and what expedients are resorted TO 10
preserve its solidity, and the tale which he mas
to unfold is not one which will gratiy Deino
cratic auditors The Chairman OF the oie.i-
back State Committee, Hon. E. IL. Cove Seo-
retary of State under Gov. Garceion' mas Fe-
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31


There is no possible way i'm which Alon-
20 Gareelon can be prevented from maxi
ing himself Governor long he lives,
and keeping his precious set of vii
Iains in this State in Council for
life, provided they secure nom
inati ons for the places, and can find
courage TO throw out Republican returns
enough each year to seat their own tools
in the legislative chamber. Popular Hber-
~ thus far has had its throat cut in liberty
loving New England by a scalpel of "a Down.
East doctor, and nothing but the hope
that the infinite Justice of heaven Will over
take him, stands between this and the fu-
eurc subjection of the State of Maine TO lsis
Dictatorship, il he is brnzen enough to con-
tinue this kind of work. There is but one
thing that would meet slro case with per-
feet justice, and that would be the short
sIrift of this nian will, great cord froin
one OF the einis OF Augusta. But New Eng
land takes the more tardy, but equally sure
way through the ballot box, and even pup
pet GarcelOn unti maestro Pilisbury viii
not have assurance 10 their power
against one more vcrSiict by she sturdy sons
of Maine, which they will get next sep
fembcr.-DEMoCRATJo LOUISVILLE COURIER
JOURNAL ON THE CoUNT-OUT LAST WINTER.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
READ EHES.

Whatever may be thought of the poIitf-
cal campaign elsewhere, every lover of
good government and common honesty
should hope for the defeat of ahe uni,oVy
political combination i'm Maine which
brought disgrace upon thaf reputable State
last year. We have heard prominent Dena-
Ocrats express the same sentiment, their
disgust for the folly of the GarceIon crowd
overcoming all party feeling. If the peo-
pic of Maine do mot rise up and rebuEke she
political cut.throats whose Infamous rec
ord caused every SON OF Maine TO blush we
snail lose our faith ia natural law.-BosToN
HFRAIn HND1 ARG z
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

The Democratic clubs in Enfield. Barn
well and Hampton counties in South Caro-
lima, have adopted a resolution to employ no
man, white or colored, who does not sup
port the Democratic nominee, and by
reason OF this large number of colored
families are now homeless, actually suffer-
ing for food, and practically outlawed.
Moreover, the resolutions threaten all per-
sons who shall employ Republican laborers
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

ALBANY Journal: The Southern States
owed S340,000 900 in 1872. OF this amount
they have practically repudiated $3.50, ,OOO,-
ooo, as they now pay from l to per cent.
on only 53,OOO,oOO These repudiating
States propose to take charge of the national
Government. Having acquired the habit of
reputation, with President and Congress
under their thumb, what is to hinder them
from applying the same rascally principle TO
the national debt?'
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

The renewed energy of the Democratic
party is but the spasmOdic effort TINT
presages death. From tiTfs national
struggle it viii fall back, a defeated, dis
cordant and hopeless minority. The hope
of federal patronage gone, its local SUI
premacies cannot long be maintained.
This is 10 be desired, for the way TO cslr-
rency reform lies across the grave of uhe
Democratic party. To enter its RANKS is
10 take its name. To take its name is TO
assume the vindicaiion of its evil past
e. III. COVE.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
AN ARGUMENT THAT WEIGHS /,


Here is a Republican campaign docu-
ment i'm a nutshell, that weighs a ton:
Under Republican administration Siur-
ing fifteen years of peace, $S42, $50 $40
of the principal of the National debt has
been paid, while the current annual inter-
est is ss7O,OOO,O 900 less than at she close
of the war. The Democratic press and
stump speakers might as well try TO fun-
mel through the Rocky EIcuntains with :,
hair-pin, TO break she force of this
magnificent showing.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

ATToRSEX-GENERALD DEyENs says that
the reports he receives from many of the
officers of his administration in the South
convince him that if the Democratic party
were to gain control of the national admin
istration, that whole sections would lapse
nto a condition of unrebuked lawlessness
and anarchy. The local authorities, he saws
sustained by public opinion, frequently
place themselves in the attitude of open hos
tllity Ito the United States, and the higher
authorities, fearful of offending this senti-
ment, give witness to this state of affairs by
refusing moral support to the Federal Off
GERS. The marshal of Alabama reports that
he cannot raise sufficient force to serve
process in Covington county against persons
charged with intimidating United States
witnesses. ''If Federal officials queries
General Devens, "backed by the moral
force OF the party which conquered the re-
bellion, cannot enforce the laws, what must
become of the condition of affairs should the
administration fall into the hands of those
whose proudest boast is that they tried to
destroy the Union, and whose record since
the war has been one of continuous attempts
to override by violence the just rights of the
majol4ty?"
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31

IF L had been "a candidate and received
"a certificate OF election to the legislature
when was certain that iny opponent OBJ
tanned mere votes than myself, 4 would
sooner cut nny hand off than take the prof
fered seat. should feel that was taking
what did NOT belong nle.--JoHN QUINCY
ADAMS ON THE AINEOo TOUT.
The Portland daily press., 1880-08-31
WHY THE SOUTH Es SOLID FOR
HANCOCK

Consider what Lee and jackson would
do were they alive. These are the same
principles for which they fought for four
years. Remember the men who poured
forth their life blood on virgiuia's soil,
and do not abandon them now. Remem-
Der that upon ycur vote depends the sue
of she Democratic tScEet-WADE
HAMPTON, AT THE MEETING IN THE INTEREST
OF DEMOCRATIC HARMONY IN VIRGINIA AT
STAUNTON, july 26.