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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
Mr., Warmers Silver Scheme.

The silver question increases daily in I'M
portance and difficulty. The government
continues to coin its S2,OOO,0OO in silver
every month. The issuing of one and two
dollar bank notes has been stopped, and
other methods Of forcing silver into circu-
lation have been adopted; and still the
silver surplus increases. All agree that
something must be done. 1t would seem
as if the people would not submit to the
inconvenience of an eighty three cent sill
yer dollar weighing nearly an ounce in
place of the convenient paper dollar, worth
100 cents. But the silver men evil
IDENTIFY intend to allow no alter
native. In this emergency, the plan
proposed by Representative Warner
of Ohio receives considerable attention.
His scheme is to stop the coinage of silver,
and to prevent Il sudden drop in the price
of silver. he would allow anyone to de
post silver bullion in the United States
treasury, and receive therefor government
certificates of deposit for its value at the
market rate of silver at the time. These
certificates would be made "A legal tender
for all dues to the government and be-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
Our Commerce with South America

The committee appointed to consult
with the governments of Ecuador, Nene-
zuela and Guatemala, with respect to the
commercial relations subsiSting between
the United States and those countries, has
presented its report to the department of
state While as appears from the report,
the commission has accomplished nothing
of very determinate or practical nature, it
has, lat least, opened the way for future nego-
tations and awakened an interest on both
sides which will be likely to eliminate in
some more definite and satisfactory COM
mercial treaties than now exist between
our government and the South American
republics.
The Importance to the United States of
securing the most advantageous CONNER
cial relations with these countries is very
great. The South American trade is of
far grealer value to this country than is
commonly supposed, and we stand in our
own light by permitting European coun-
tries to absorb the South American trade,
as they now do, by reason of their more
advantageous terms and the friendly re
lations which they have shrewdly es-
tablished with the principal governments
OF the southern continent 1t is plain
| that it will require considerable enter
prise, ana no small liberality on
! our part to divert the cur
rent of South American trade to our
ports Yet this result must sooner or
later be accomplished and the sooner the
United States government sets about it
the better. The present would seem to be
a favorable time to begin. Guatemala is
willing, and has been for some time, to
enter into terms of reciprocity with this
country. Eucador, although not yet pre-
pared to enter into treaty of reciprocity,
is willing to participate in commercial
congress, and will throw her influence
upon the side of the United States, should
Joint system of transportation along the
coast from Callao to Panama be decided
upon. Venezuela is reported as disposed
to look kindly upon any advances which
may be made by the United States gov
eminent On the whole, rs the investi-
cations of the commission show, the pres
ent is a good time to establish more
friendly relations of trade with the South
American republics, OF the value of the
South American markets to our manu-
facturers there can be no question.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

During the last ocean trip of the Gun
artler "Gallia," the smoking-room of the
steamer, according to accounts given by
passengers, was taken possession of by Il
gang of gamblers and drunkards, who in
dulged in a prolonged debauch and riot
during the entire trip. The respectable
passengers on board were annoyed and
alarmed, and the officers of the ship-as
they pretend-were overawed by the des-
perate and lawless gang. This sort of
thing has happened before, though not in
quite such an aggravated form, and it is
high time that the matter was attended
IN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The death of Gen. Grant brings to no
tice the very large number of men who
were conspiCuous in the rebellion and war
period who have died within the last
twenty years. Only three of the nine
teen "war governors of the Northern
States are now living; eX-Governors Cur
tin Of Pennsylvania, kirkwood of Iowa,
and Sprague of Rhode lsland.-JcrScD
CitV EUcning Journal
To the above the journal can adj Fred
erick Holbrook and John Gregory Smith
of Vermont and Horatio Seymour Of New
York and perhaps others.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The New York Grdphic says that Col
lector Smalley retains Deputy Arthur in
the Burlington office, because the latter is
not an offensive partisan and is useful
officer But we do not think that absence
of partisanship has any thing to do with
the case, one way or the other. If the
fact that a man is not an offensive par
tisan, and is a good officer were sufficient
reason for not disturbing him, with this
administration, Gen. Wells would not
have been disturbed. Mr.. Arthur, Capt.
Arms, and two or three other deputies
will be retained by Col. Smalley for a
time, because their services are valuable
to him, and because he cannot find new
men of his own party, who can make good
their places, at present. CoL Smalley l.
wise enough not to make unueCeNsalA
work and friction for himself in his office
That is all there is of it. .
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The Mexican railroad owners are biting
their lips with VACATION. President DiaZ
has announced that hereafter no more
subsidies will be paid to Mexican railroads
out of the public revenues; that no more
subsidy certificates will be issued
and that future sums due on
account of subsidies, will be per-
mitted to accumulate as floating debt.
He proposes, he says, to pay the railroads
in their own coin, for this is the plan
which they pursue when they become EN-
barrassed and cannot pay their coupons.
Here is a chance for the American rail
road kings to step to the rescue.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Doubts having been expressed in some
quarters, as to the genuineness of the
savage letter of President Cleveland to
the Democrat who confessed to having
recommended for appointment man of
bad character, the Albany journal
SAYS: "This doubt is set at rest by the
statements by the President himself dur
ing his recent visit to this city. He not
only wrote the letter, but rejoiced over it,
and declared if he was misled much more
by politicians in favor of unworthy appl-
cants for place he would print the names
of the politicians and let the public see
how he was deceived into making i'm
proper appointments,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The recently published letter of Father
Andre Of Batoche, describing the causes
of the Saskatchewan rebellion, will serve
to inflame the popular feeling in behalf of
Riel, and will make the government still
more cautious about nhcting the capital
penalty upon the rebel leader. 1t appears
that the half-breeds had considerable rea-
son for rebellng if the stories told by
Father Andre are true. His charges ought
to be investigated.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Three prizes of $50 each are offered by
the american architect for the three
best designs for a monument to General
Grant, "such as might be erected by the
citizens of large city" 1t is natural and
proper that monuments to Gen. Grant
should rise in various cities whose citi-
zens thus desire to pay permanent tribute
to his memory. But it is to be hoped that
not many large cities" will be afflicted
with fifth-rate memorials constructed
from fifty dollar DESIGNS.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

1t is proverbal saying on the Pacific
coast, that Chinaman never fails in bust
ness. For every cent that he spends he
lays up ten. The news of the failure of
the great Chinese San Francisco boot
and shoe manufacturers, Hop Kee & Co.
is, therefore, attracting no little surprise.
The failure of course would never have
occurred had Hop kee 81 Co. remained
faithful to the business traditions of their
fathers. They We're probably carried
away by the American spirit of haste and
recklessness in money matters, and
the result is that they will have to resume
business with only half million dollars,
saved from their creditors in the American
fashion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The newspapers in England which have
attempted to introduce the American
mechanical contrivance for cutting and
FASTING their sheets, find that it is not
popular. The average Englishman has Il
deadly dislike for anything in the way of
innovation. His fathers having cut the
pages of their bulky newspapers, he must
continue to do the same thing. Its
English, you know"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

At least two of the two or three United
States judges recently appointed by Mr..
Cleveland, are men of such character,
that each is supposed to be the immoral
and incapable person, against whose APP
pointment even the signers of his petition
cried out. To which of them the cores
pondence recently made public referred, is
perhaps of small consequence but it is of
some consequence to have the few judicial
appointments which every President has
to make, made with some care.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Maxwell, the supposed murderer of c..
Arthur Preller, has been trying to con
vince the authorities that the body found
in the trunk in st. Louis was not that of
Preller, but body which he and Preller
bought and put in the trunk, with the
view of fraudulently obtaining the insur-
ance on Preller's life. The story is gen
orally mstrusted, but as Maxwell offers
to produce Preller, alive and well, the au-
thorities are willing to wait and see what
they shall see.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Riel is under sentence to be hanged next
Tuesday, but the French Canadians are
making such efforts to secure Il commute
ton of his sentence that the provincial
government will hardly venture to inflict
capital punishment. The sentence will
probably be committed to imprisonment
for life and, after all, there seems to be
more justice in such penalty as this, for
treason than in hanging. The sentiment
of to-day is decidedly opposed to capital
punishment, except for murder.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

1t is pretty clearly settled that cholera
never originates in a locality where SAM.
tary regulations are properly enforced,
though, Of course, after it has become an
epidemic, it may invade such localities.
The best preventive against cholera,
therefore, is cleanliness. The districts IN
Spain where cholera is now raging so ia
tally, are described as almost incredibly
filthy. In many of the cities and villages
no attention whatever is paid to drainage,
and filthy habits are universally preva-
lent. Somebody has called the cholera,
Gods Judgment on fifth In fact nearly
all epidcmics appear to be more or less
retributve in their nature.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The charge is made against Governor
Hill of New York that, in his appointment
of the Adirondack forest commissioners,
he has deliberately placed the commission
in the control of the numbering interest;
and the charge seems to be pretty well
substantiated. 1t will be nip and tuck,
during the next ten years, between the
lumbermen and the Adirondack hotel
keepers-wth the odds in favor of the
lumbermen
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

A Maine paper says that Mormon
elder is engaged in making converts to
Mormonism in one of the counties of
that state. He ought TOT find it an unwhole-
some business in New England state.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

New York State is bound to get rid of
the pestiferous and dangerous tramp. An
act passed by the last Legislature declares
that any person convicted as a tramp shall
be punished by Imprisonment at hard la
Dor in the nearest penitentiary for not
more than six months. 1t also provides
that any tramp who shall enter "a house
against the will of the owner or occupant,
or shall be found carrying any firearms
or other dangerous weapon. or shall
threaten to do injury to any person, or
property, shall be deemed guilty of a felC-
ny, and on conviction be sent to State
prison for not more than three years Any
resident of the town where "A tramp APP
pears is armed with authority to arrest
the offender and take him before u justice
of the peace or other competent Off
Ger. The tramp must go This country
is no place for gentlemen ofabsolute leis-
ure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Lord Wolseley has been advanced in
the peerage and is now viscount. Lord
Wolseley, as our readers will remember,
is the man who didn't rescue Gordon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Benjamin F. Butler is not beloved of the
Bourbon Democracy. 1t is the opinion of
the New York JTorld that if he should
appear in the Massachusetts Democratic
State convention he would be put out. If
this should happen it would be an eX-
tremely cold day for the Massachusetts
Democratic State convention in particular,
and the Democratic party of the United
States in general.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

The smallpox reports from Montreal
grow alarming The disease is declared
by the Board Of Health to be epidemic in
that city, and visitors are warned away
The civil hospital has thirty-siX patients,
and many are suffering from the disease
in private dwellings. The utmost precau-
tions should be taken to prevent the
plague crossing the border.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Spain is terribly stricken with the
cholera plague. Within twenty-four
hours 64G4 new cases and 2l09 deaths were
reported from $40 towns in thirty-siX
provinces Even the fashionable seaside
resorts have been invaded By the disease,
and many of them are now totally deserted.
Large numbers of the upper classes have
been attacked, and the dread of the plague
has grown into panic.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

1t is said that the California Chinese
are'attempting the culture of the poppy
for making opium and have met with
good success. Here is something that
ought, literally, to be nipped in the bud.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Gen. b. F. Buffers old-time following
Familiarity known us 1.-THE peoples party
is said to be showing signs of returning
animation. 1t has recently issued call
for convention at Syracuse, \. Y, on
September o, and is making other signs of
life which are gratefully hailed by its
friends The general has recently gone
into the stock raising business, in the
West-and may now very properly be con
sidered horny-handed son of toll, Should
he once more place himself at the head of
the workingman's party, he may succeed
in killing it outright
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Only a little over a month, and the
country will be enjoying the new special
delivery postal system, which goes into
effect October l. Then the telegraph
managers will have to look out for their
laurels
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Rev. Dr. Talmage is making quite a sen
sation in London. In fact anything Amer
lean seems to produce an immediate i'm
preston upon brother Bull.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

An exchange arguing against the value
of incubation for cholera, says that a per-
son can have smallpox only once, but
cholera repeatedly. Hardly ever"-to
revive a phrase, once more contagious
than the cholera.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

BY the death of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son, American literature loses one of the
brightest stars in its present galaxy of
writers. While Mrs. Jackson has never
produced, with the exception of her single
novel Ramona" any sustained work Of
high order, her various compositions in
prose and verse have attracted wide atten-
ton for their fine artistic qualities and
earnest spirit. Mrs. Jackson tried to use
her great gifts for the advancement of
the good and the true as well as the
beautiful, and her success was almost
phenomenal, Her championship of the
wronged Indians in the West was noble
cOnsumation of noble purpose.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Some miraculous cures, according l.
newspaper reports, have recently been &c
complished at the Canadian shrine of ST
Anne de Beaupre. But, in this matter, IL
in every other, there are two sides to the
story. The most remarkable case yet re
ported is that of a young man named
Joseph Tiset, who is said to have been 1
complete cripple" from childhood. The
sensational account of his recovery says
that he struggled to the altar rail with
infinite pain, and kissed the relics. A colo
thrill ran through his body, and forced
him suddenly to drop his crutches; and OF
STOPPING to recover them he found that he
could walk" But other accounts say that
member of McGill university medica
faculty and one or two other medical men
visited the boy, and after an examination
came to the conclusion that the alleged
cure simply amounted to this, that by Wis
ting the shrine, he "obtained the conf
dence, the want of which had prevented
him from walking before" These are the
two sides of the story, and the public, OF
course, has the privilege of taking it,
choice.
The New York ITOrld thinks that Mr.
Cleveland would avoid such "mishaps
as the recent appointment of an immoral
and incapable United States Judge upon
numerously signed petition, if he would
hereafter pay no attention to petitions
but instead ''would make personal in
quiry of an applicants fitness and charac
ter of some trustworthy person, such as q
Representative in Congress, who is sup
posed to have knowledge on the subject.
The WOrld, in other words, would have
the old Democratic system restored, OF
letting the boss in each State or dis
trict virtually make the selections. But
in some States the present administration
is now trying that plan, and it does moi
seem to work we'll In this State the
boss's first appointee is under indictment
for Il States prison otfense, and in Maine
the appointment of a man who was actu
ally in jail for stealing, was it seems, made
upon the recommendation of Mr.. Chair
man Brown of the Democratic State com
mittee. So the IVOrld'S plan will not work
at least not without some modification
| If Mr.. Cleveland will consult some trust
worthy and intelligent Republican, or Re
| publicans, before he makes appointments
/ he will be less frequently mortified by
discovering that he has been grossly de
| ceiVed
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
Gen. Hancock's Physique.

TIC HENT Nv TTIE NITTNNT
Gen. Hancock in "A carriage. There was n rip
pie II murmur of restrained applause, as the
Major-Gencral came in view In the war he
was slender, thin-laced, dashing young fell
low, with thick brown hair.-N. Y. Suns Re
port.
Gen. Hancock was thirty-seven years of
age when the war broke out, and of course
was not young fellow and was not
SLENDER" as any surviving member Of
the "Nermont brigade" will testify who
saw him i'll September, 1861, when he
commanded the LIST brigade of Gen. VIM,
f. Smiths division. Gen, Hancock was
the pride of Smiths division then, but he
was not n slender, thin-faced fellow" he
was "A splendid looking man, of portly
physique, beyond any man in the divi-
siOn.-Rutldnd HGrald.
General Hancock lost great deal of
flesh after he was wounded at Gettysburg,
and became comparatively thin during
the many months through which the
mimic ball and piece of wood taken by the
ball from his saddle bow and carried into
his body, remained undiscovered. After
they We're finally removed he gradually
gained flesh again and became stouter
than ever The Hcrdld rightly charac-
terizes him. as 'splendidlooking" in his
prime. There was not finer looking
officer in the Union army
At IA recent meeting of Anarchists in
Chicago, man who suggested that it
would be possible to live on dollar day
if the person in receipt of that munificent
income would abstain from whisky and
beer, was set upon and severely pummeled.
That sort of doctrine is rank heresy with
the dissatisfied element among the work
ing classes, but the fact remains that in
temperance is the great cause of poverty,
crime and dissatisfaction among the work
ingmen of this country. Shut up the rum
shops, and you will deprive the Anarchist
of most of his inspiration.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
Offices in Vermont Where special Lett,
Delivery viii he Made.

The following is Il list of Vermont Post
offices III which the special delivery sys-
TEN will be inaugurated October Ben
nington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Mont
pelier, Rutland. st. Adams, St. Johnsbury
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21

Col. 5. NJ. Pingree G.ieutenant- Colonel
of the 4th Vermont gives to the End Yer
mont the credit of having fired the last
shot fired by infantry at the army of
northern Virginia. He says it was Il
regiment which went early and stayed
late Began firing at Bull Run in July
1861 and ceased firing at Sailors Creek III
1SG5-NOrthfeld NCUS.
Lieut.. Col Pingree could hardly have
said that the Second Vermont fired
the last shot fired by infantry at
Lees army. The skirmish in which
a portion of the Old Second fired its
last volley, was on the western branch of
Sailors creek, in the evening of the 9th of
April, 1865. but there was lighting the
next day at Farmville, in which the in
fantry of the Second Corps were sharply
engaged and lost 81 men killed, wounded
and missing. What Col. Pingree said,
probably, was that men of the Second Yer
mont fired the last shot fired by the Sirth
Corps. That has been often said, and 50
far AS we know stands undisputed.
The New York Hcrdld is catching it on
every side for discouraging the effort to
erect Il Grant monument, and recon-
mending instead a memorial to the Eng
lish General Gordon. James Gordon Ben
nett, who owns and of course controls the
Hcrdld, though he does little or no writ
ing for it, is not half so much of an Ameri-
can as he started out to be. The contrast
between the senior and junior Bennett is
becoming more marked, If the HCrdld
doesn't look out, its fortunes will begin to
follow those of the waning sun.