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THE CITY.
IN GENERAL.

JOSIAH C,.A71r, Of Peoria. ILL.,, is Mt the Tro-
mont. =, j. H.
uu. E. II. Fnosr. Of Worcester, is Mt tho
Leland. r'.rF s't-
GA. wAnss,.rr. OF jackson. stleh,. Ia at ,he
fremont.
". SALISBURY, of San Francisco. is ut Tho
Palmer.
ia, IA7rA md wife, Of 1ndlaua, are at tho
1'almcr.
III. ]. HAML1s, Of buffalo, MY, Is Mt tho
Pntu,er.
ARTHUR D. iIus1Bn, Of Philadelphia, Is At tho
Shcrnnn,
a. IT. r1tELrs md wifo Of San Francisco, uro
nj tho palsnur.
u. MCCu,,ouau and wife, OF San Francisco,
afc at tho Sherman.
"lr" has gouo to tho bluegrass region 10
Hivo tho girls trent.
Il. 8. CllILns aud N. Montgomery, or Phtnacl.
rhia, rru ut tno fremont.
AttltEp Ct,ME,.Y mud u. pourpo!nt. OF paris,
Frlttcc, are Mt lhu Palmer.
Nit Asp Mns. aEon1s +. WENTWORTH. Of
Trl1sacou, Eia, Rro nt tho fremont.
j. Il. CLAIR, Superintendent Of tho rnkc Eric
& Western Naroad, Lafayette, Ind, Is ut the
atnttusou.
MAI. ]. s. CAn,s, Of tho firm of W. +. Dlnok-
vol & Co., tllB urnnt snlrslnx. .fOnaccn tnAiA-
Nuns" Circus: G. ". fulicr. Oeacrai Agent;
md J. i. Warnnr. Gonsral Advertising Agent,
nrc ut the CUsnuGro'Hl lIutcl
T,tE cnturosttoEs on tho ttNe ffcfs Pftass
struck worI; yesterday because their wages wero
tut 'sown fruin js 10 u conts per l,0N Ems. Tho
publishers wcrc eltatlnd, h6wescr. to get tho
paper out nbout the isslnt time.
Nn,ns.r. tllitluia1,, NJ. ~ Musot, Btrcot, TutH-
isE BuHt!ug. WIS rs ftlll0wa: ! II. IN. u dc.
, 1881-07-19

MADAME. pEsCtIKA-LEuTNEn
t1adame LeutnerA responses at tho popular
ooueerFa ln which she II to appeAF viii be ot.
ttre|y Ia English and Gsrman ballads. Ths pro-
Krah which appsaSs below II brilliant aad just
long enough Tor nldauNUes, leAsmp Lsvtaer
, 1881-07-19
BAD FOR l3OURNEs.

An AuykNSk A1P0HT ar THE raE5RtT1Ay CON-
klTrns-A LnN0 LIST ~ StHa AM OrF1asEs.
At the meotlna OF the ChicaEq psesbytcsy yes
terdsy 3osonpon. Ut which tha Aey, ]. u. koulo
, 1881-07-19
Werecomtnenld Eldredgs sewlng-mrnucl,incs,

0yor 180, 0O Howe scalps sold. Borden, Hslleok
y Co., cor. LakQ uud naarbor,. streats, Chicago,
, 1881-07-19
THE STATE CAPITAL.

Licensed to OrERnixe-1ncreaxc OF Cap.
ttal StocR-Ssnto Board 0c ltqunlizn-
tfon - Ar1ny.Svorni lkavages - Law
Firms to ue Consolidated.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
In the Right Direction,

Secretary Window seems bent on taking
a practical step in advance on the subject of
appointments in the treasury department.
He cannot afford to spend his time and
waste his strength and patience upon office
seekers. He is therefore arranging a system
of examinations which he will put in force
in few days, applying to all the bureaus
aud offices in his department. including the
custom houses, so that applicants will be
turned over at once to the examiners, who
will, according to some rational system,
select the best of them to fill whatever va
cancies may exist. No vacancies will be
made for the sake of providing for anybody.
The system, whatever it may be, set up by
Mr. Window may not always select the best.
So far as we know, no system has ever been
devised that will do that. But it is expected
to exclude the least capable and trustwor-
thy, and to be uncontrolled by favoritism or
influence. 1t will also leave the secretary
some time and strength for more important
duties than weighing the claims of rival APP
plicants for Office 1t is in fact labor-saving
machine, designed to separate the wheat
from the chat, and the heavier grains OF
wheat from the lighter and, though it may
not always do its work with infallible ac-
curacy, it is better than the old way of sort
ing out the grains by hand, with careful in
spection of each. This is a political ma
chine which, oddly enough, the machine
politicians disapprove, and those who have
been noted for their hostility to the machine
in politics admire and applaud.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

A VILLAINoUs LIE.-District Attorney
Corkhill authorizes the contradiction of the
dramatic story about Guiteau's exclamation
81 am stalwart of the stalwarts Arthur
is president now" This story the district
attorney says was pure fiction, probably
by some Eli Perkins of the press. The
Providence Journal says a." 1t is not with
any purpose of elimination that we allude
to this statement of Colonel Corkhill, for ouI
regret that it should appear to him to be re
quired is too deep for other than the briefest
allusion. The fact, nevertheless, is, that
words were put into the mouth of Guiteau
which he never uttered, but they were made
the basis Of an argument that certain per
sons of high position and character were
morally guilty Of assassination as accesso
ries before the fact. Even now, when one
would hope that time sufficient had elapsed
for an honest and candid opinion in this re
spect, the district attorney is impelled Il
say, Now there will be no more grounds
for any ones crediting these sensational
rumors.' This is the statement of one who
was bound officially to investigate and de
eide as TO the truth or untruth of all thes'
rumors, as well as regard to all the fact
bearing upon the crime of Guiteau."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

THE AssAssIN.-Guiteau has been placed
in solitary confinement in the Jail by order
of District Attorney Corkhill. He is to re-
ceive neither visitors nor communications,
and the guards are not to talk with him.
He will be thus held to await the result of
the presidents injuries. He seems perfectly
contented to have nothing done in his case
which will make it necessary for him to
leave the Jail. He stands in constant fear
of violence, and has an abiding conviction
that he could not now appear in public ex-
cept at the risk of his life. He is very cool in
his demands for comfort and liberty within
the prison. He has asked to have the rules
modified in his case. and proposed to apply
to the acting chief justice of the supreme
court of the district for a modification Of
the rules. He says he thinks he has done
nothing which should call for vigorous en-
forcement of the rules. He has asked to be
allowed to exercise about the Jail at his own
convenience; to have three daily papers,
which he named, sent him to be allowed
to receive all visitors freely; to have his
letters mailed and all addressed to him de-
livered, and to be allowed to receive his
meals from outside. lie still insists that
in shooting the president he was actuated
by proper motive, that is, the safety and
deliyerance Of the republican party.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
Yorktown Centennial.

Quartermaster General Kingsley announces
that vessel has been chartered and ar
rangements perfected for the transportation
of Vermont's quota of troops to Join in the
centennial celebration of Corvallis sur
render at Yorktown, October 49, The event
is some time ahead, and there will be abun-
dant opportunity for the local managers to
fill the only requisition which General
Kingsley makes on them, to wit, supply
of pure water. 1t is said that individuals
Of attending the celebration at total cost
of not more than forty dollars each. The
occasion will be memorable in the highest
degree, and will revive "reminiscences of the
olden time which can hardly fail to
strengthen national ties between the sections
of our common heritage. In the life-and-
death struggle of that day there was no
waste of strength in sectional or party bick.
erings. We needed all our resources with
those of our noble allies of France super
added. The combined forces, French and
American, were about twelve thousand, ex
elusive of the Virginia militia, and the lat
ter were summoned into the field by Cover
nor Nelson on pledge of his private for
tune, as security to obtain a loan, the state
treasury being quite bare. On the side Of
the British, beside the marines, CORVALLIS
surrender made seven thousand men prison
ers of war These numbers seem meage
when compared with the forces set agains
each other in the subsequent wars in GU
annals, but the country itself was in tn
germ; three millions then against fifty mil
lions now is mighty contrast. Yorktown
however, can never be made to assume small
proportions in history, any more tina
Bunker Hill.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
The Albany Deadlock.

As storm center, Albany disappears
from the political weather bureau. On
Friday, the breaking of the deadlock was
completed by the election of Mr. Lapham
as the successor of Mr.. Conkling, and, on
Saturday, the legislature adjourned sine die.
The result was finally accomplished by CIV
ing to Mr.. Lapham the unanimous vote Of
the republicans in the joint assembly. The
end of the long and wearisome deadlock
was greeted with expressions of great joy
by the members generally, and especially by
stalwart and half-breed republicans, who
emulated each other in the zeal with which
they tore up the factional banners under
which they had for weeks been waging bit
ter internecne strife. There was expressed
on every hand a commendable willingness
and desire to "let the dead past bury its
dead" to stand again shoulder to shoulder
in the ranks of the old party, and hold the
state securely against the common enemy.
New York is the party chiefly interested
in the choice of these senators, and if the
Elnplre DJhte ID ShblsHeu Witu Iucu W poni
her commission in the United States senate,
who belong to the grade of "creeping me-
diocrity,' as regards ability, the smaller
states can only express their regrets that the
highest legislative body in the nation shall
not have the benefit of the shining talents
and the superior abilities of men Of New
York, like Fish, Evarts, or Wheeler. There
are great questions always arising which re
quire for their adequate discussion men Of
that peerless grade of intellect once held by
Seward, once illustrated by the great mind
of Webster, and in which the United States
senate is growing year by year conspicuously
weaker. Edmunds is perhaps the only mar
left of broad and comprehensive ideas o.
craftsmanship. In the second rank are {
few distinguished men like Sherman ant
Bayard, while with railroad statesmen ant
bonanza statesmen the senatorial benches
are crowded. The legislation of the nation
and the development Of the true principles
of craftsmanship on which the permanent!
of republican government must depend mus
sooner or later show the effects of this de
generacy in the senate.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

DOUGLASS OPINIoN.-Fred Douglass has
written letter in which he advises the col.
ored republicans of Virginia to vote with
the readjusters. He says Equal rights
everywhere and everything else afterward.
Things are more than names. If the read
justers are honest and fair enough to give
the colored citizens OF the state of Virginia
equal rights at the ballot box, in the jury
box and the knowledge box, for one am
willing to trust their justice and fairness
with the money box of that state. In saying
this, in nowise wish to be understood as
adopting any theory or justification of re
pudiation in any form or fashion. I simply
say that the men who will deal honestly
with the colored citizens of Virginia are
more likely to deal justly with other people
than those who do not"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
The Responsibility.

Lippincoa's Magazine for August says
Beyond doubt, Guiteau was neither the
agent of a criminal confederacy nor the rep
resentative of faction, neither a commun-
ist nor stalwart,' neither partisan nor a
fanatic, but simply crazed and depraved
creature, unsusceptible Of moral or intellec-
tual influences, if not wholly incapable OF
self-restraint. Far from having political
origin, or portending danger to the peace
and order of society, the deed could scarcely
have been prompted by luminosity or hope
Of advantage of any kind, since the imme-
diate motive assigned for it was too slight 10
have instigated SO desperate crime on the
part of any sane being, however devoid of
conscience or stepped in infamy. 1t was an
isolated act, committed by an outcast who
had neither accomplices nor sympathizers
an act, therefore, which throws no real re-
sponsibility or just odium on any other in
dividual, and which carries with it no warn
ing and no lesson Of special moment in ref
erence to our social or political condition
We should not think highly OF the intelli
gence of any person who, after resisting al
the usual arguments in favor of civil-servict
reform, should be suddenly convinced Of it,
necessity as means of protecting the life
of the chief magistrate against the possible
assault Of mailman. II any impression o.
this kind has been made, it is not likely x
be permanent or to lead to any practical re
suits The reform movement is not, ant
cannot be made, one of " sensational " ma
ture, nor are the obstacles to its progress an'
success such as can be suddenly overthrow
through the effects Of some extraordinar,
and incalculable calamity. Its necessity !
shown by the patent, constant, and ineyits
BILE consequences OF system which ha
spread its meshes over the whole nation, an
which can be overcome only by steady, pei
sistent and well-concerted attacks, and b
the gradual growth of healthy public ser
timent, born not of chance excitements, bu
of deep convictions, subject to no huctus
tons, aud bent on the accomplishment Of it
purpose whoever lives or dies
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
Items OF Interest,

ARKANSAS had 1OS lynchings last year.
THE car will soon be crowned at Moscow
HAYES is said to have kissed 4, 2S3 babies while
he was president.
THE presidents mother is progressing rapidly
| towards recovery,
TREE full of birds was struck by lightning at
Greensboro, Kentucky, and $50 of them killed,
THE weather continues unfavorable at Newport
aud the hotel keepers are getting discouraged
Hon WILLIAM II. ROBERTSON was sworn In as
collector Of the port of New York last Monday
AFTER the first of August one can send mes
sage over the cable at twenty-five cents a word
THE widow Of Rev. DIR. +, II. Chaplin died very
| suddenly last week at her summer residence at
Pigeon Cove
SITTING BULL with the last of the hostile
Sioux, has surrendered himself to Major Brother
ton of the Seventh United States Infantry
Mr.. BEEcHER preached his last sermon for the
season Sunday morning. and will go to the White
Mountains before the attack of his annual enemy,
| hay fever, begins.
PosTMAsrER-GESERAL JAMES has issued an
order with view Of putting an end to the dila-
tory practice of many postmasters in delaying the
settlement of their accounts with the department.
MAN named Beaumont has arrived at Kill
rush, Ireland, from Norway, in a half decked
boat thirty feet long, and sailed again for America,
where he expects to arrive in fifty days. He
carried eighty days provisions
THE New York court OF appeals has decided
that II man leaves his house empty for two or
three months in the summer and 1t burns down,
insurance cannot be collected II the policy re-
| quired the house TO be occupied"
AT grand display OF fireworks at Crystal
Palace London, on July Sth, a fine piece repre-
senting President Garfield was given. The Lon
don Times says, that 1t was received with a
heartiness of applause that denoted deep sym
patty with the subject Of the picture"
| CAPTAIN CHARLES p. SMITH in charge OF the
| seawanhaka when the steamer burned in June,
| 1880, died Sunday at Roslin, New York, from
| erysipeas, supposed To be superinduced by inju-
ries received at the time of the disaster. Smith
remained at the wheel In the midst OF the flames
until the steamer was beached, thus saving
| large number OF lives.
| Mn MOODY is busy arranging for the Christian
convention at Northfed Massachusetts. which is
to extend from August Sd to September LIST In
addition to the Rev. DIR. Andrew Bonar OF Scot
land he has the promise OF Major ID. W. Whittle,
the Rev. George +. Pentecost and other leading
Bible students OF this and foreign lands, who will
assist him in the meetings
MoRE men are now at work laying rails on the
| Denver Il Rio Grande railway extensions than the
whole force Of the United States army. Nearly
1900 are employed ia Mexico, some 900 in New
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

Nor INsPIRED.-Guiteau is reported as
saying: off | had another opportunity
would not try to shoot the president, l
thought had an inspiration to remove him,
but see must have been mistaken. think
it is ordained by God that the president
shall not be killed, and for that reason
would not try it again if had a chance. l
held the pistol close to his back, and my
hand was as steady as iron. l fired point
blank at him, and nothing but divine inter.
position could have saved him. He will not
die, l am convinced, and l am sorry caused
him so much suffering. 1t is no use for
any one to try to kill him now, for if could
not do it with the chance had no bullet
can do it. 1t is so ordained and we must
abide by the will of heaven" Guiteau re-
mains closely confined, but is petulant and
madly disappointed that his purpose has
been thwarted. He knows that the presi-
dent is better, and his attendants say it
annoys him so at times that he becomes
almost savage in his rage, and curses what
he terms his laundering luck in not making
sure of his dastardly work. No one outside
of the Jail except authorized officials have
been allowed to see him yet.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

BosroN Advertiser; "There is at this
time absolutely nothing in the condition of
the party in Massachusetts, to give its men,
bers the slightest concern with respect either
to the next or the following campaigns.
Governor Long will be renominated without
substantial opposition from any quarter, and
his reelection is matter of course. This
is wise aud fit"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

ANOTHER CoMET.-A new comet, known
to science as Sche5eres comet is visible
through telescopes of the observatories. 1t
is now seen in the northeast from about two
A. NJ, till daylight. In the first week in
August it will be discernible to the naked
eye, and even now may, to those who know
the use of an astronomical atlas and will
take the already published data for guild
ance, be seen through an opera glass. After
it becomes visible to ordinary observation it
will appear in the northwest horizon in the
evening after twilight, and will doubtless in
crease in brightness from evening to even
ing as it makes its apparent progress to-
wards the west. 1t will on no evening be
visible much more than an hour, and in the
first week of September it will last be seen
at point in the horizon about due west.
Thereafter it will be visible, with diminish
ing brightness, to astronomers and others in
the southern hemisphere.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

SHOE AND LEATHER REPORTER "a
lunacy little less than Guiteaus is that
which speaks of Guiteaus crime as the ma
tural result of oilice.seeking. 1t would be
quite as reasonable to speak of the suicide of
workingman as the natural result of our
labor system. There is nothing natural
about crime, and it is not the natural result
of anything"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

New York World " The experience Of
the last twelve-month should warn our es
teemed republican contemporaries never
never, under any circumstances however
censurable, to find fault with and abuse any
republican whatever. There is no knowing
when they may have to support him with
the widest enthusiasm for president or sena
tor or something"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

New YORK Times: of the president
should recover, as now seems highly prob
able, the national thanksgiving will not only
be heartfelt and general throughout the sew
eral states, but it will be memorable and
impressive occasion. More than that, while
such an observance will tend TO invest with
new dignity the office of chief magistrate
it will quicken the sympathies which bind
together in one family the individuals, com,
munities and states which compose the
nation"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27
Honor TO the Braye.

Seventeen years ago those who followed,
with the intense interest that characterized
the eliminating operations OF the war of
the rebellion, Sherman's heroic advance
over the mountain ridges to Atlanta remem-
Der the thrill Of sadness which ran through
all the north when IL was announced that
the gallant General j. b. Mcpherson was
slain in one of the iercely fought battles that
preceded the capture Of that city. He was
one of that noble number,-manly, brave,
patriotic,--who, like Sherman, Thomas,
Hayes, Garfield, and score of others, put
their hearts into their swords and rose to
the highest rank by the inherent force of
their native talents and burning unwaver-
ing devotion to their country's cause. On
Friday, the 22d instant, statue of McPher-
son was unveiled at his grave in Clyde,
Ohio, in the presence of twenty-one posts of
the Grand Army and an immense concourse
of citizens and soldiers. The statue is the
gift of the society of the army of Tennessee.
Ex-President Hayes presided, and in a brief
speech recalled the incidents of the tragic
death Of Mcpherson. He also read letter
from President Garfield, dated June 2Sth,
indicating his purpose to be present at the
unwilling of the statue, in response TO the
commuters invitation, and expressing the
deepest admiration for the hero whom it
was intended to honor. General Sherman
spoke at length, with soldierly fervor,
and with the admiration which one truly
heroic character always feels for another.
In concluding, he thus referred to the alb
sence of President Garfield from the cere-
monies of the day; Seventeen years ago
died our young hero, and about his grave
has assembled this august audience, repre-
sentative of all parts of America, composed
Of men Of the most exalted stations, but
we miss from our circle one who intended
to be here, who had actually started on a
tour designated to embrace his alma mater,
his own home at Mentor, and this patriot
hero's shrine at Clyde, but who now lies
on bed of pain and anguish, where, for
twenty days, he has been almost within the
portals of death. ] mean, Of course, our
president, our comrade General Garfield.
Knowing from himself his purpose to assist
on this occasion, aud his love for the men,
ory of Mcpherson, | addressed note to Col
onel Rockwell on Friday last, asking the
privilege of standing by his bedside only for
moment, to bring direct to you even the
shortest possible message of affection, and
received the following answer:
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-27

GALVESTON NeDs; "Let the dead past
bury its dead, and let the new north, the
new south, the new east and the new west,
reunited in the bonds of fraternal goodwill,
be governed as one nation, for the material
good of the whole and the glory of its un-
divided civilization"