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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

cast unjust reflections on the country
merchants, who were charged i'm the re
port with securing undcrvaluations of
their goods from the local custom houses.
such as they would not be able to secure
in the New York custom house
Mr.. Lorenzo Woodhou.c was among
those who strongly favored rccousidera-
ton. lie said the resolution was direct
impututiun upon both the inland custom
houses and the inland mprcnants lie
knew somcthingabout the Chicago custom
house which had been called model Gus
tom house by Secretary cCullough. and he
declared that the great business OF under
valtling goods was done in New York
and not in the West or in the country Gus
tom houses. Another member, Mr. Cor
nclus VI. Bliss, sustained this view Of the
case. There are he SAID more cases of
undertaking in Sew York every year.
than in all the rest of the country. and
he mentioned the case of a New York i'm
porting house whose invoices had been
found to contain undervaluations and
had accordingly been increased. in
IRE huudrcd cases in single wear
The committee defended their report, de
carng that they did not intend to reflect
on the honesty Of the inland custom house
/ officials, or inland merchants and that
the object Of their report was to secure
uniform valuation and to prevent good.
intended for the New York market from
being sent in bond, to inland custom
houses, in order to cyude Just valuation.
After sharp discussion the resolution
was rc-Cousidcrcd and then defeated A.
there was not full attendance Of mem
brrr present, however. it is not unlikely
that a second attempt will hc made to
operate on Congress, through the New
York Chamber of Congress, in ORDER to
procure modification of the law, which
viii couline entries Of imported goods to
the great seaport custom houses. This
would undoubtedly he very fine thing
for the New York importers II, it would
tend to materially lessen competition from
country merchants; but it would not be a
good thing for country importers We
have no doubt, whatever. that the New
York importers a. class. can give the
country merchants "pout,' any day on
! getting goods through the custom house
l at Il low valuation and that the country
. custom house officers are quite a~ honest
H. the New York officials and generally
more careful. 1t would undoubtedly he d
serious Inconvenience and injury to the
business OF many country merchants to
f have the present method abro-ated; and
e it isto b" hoped that they Will take meas
urc- to- properly guard their interests. III
the matter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
An Il,-Tcmpcrcd SnarI.

The jealous disposition AMI baCk-biting
tongue ol Gen. ROSrCrais long since earn
cl for him an uncnviable reputation. But
II" never occupied Il worse attitude before
tine couhtry han he did in Congress, on
Monday, when SnarinI at the heels of
Gen. Grant, and Ubipcling to his being
put ON the retired list of the Army ON the
ground that the cunuueror of Lee deserves
no reward for MS services to the county.
Gen. Roaecrans,in the course of his TRADE,
was shameless enough to declare that
Gen. Grant WAS himself the author of
Badcau's life OF Grant. Gen. Rosccrans
can say this, but he can make no intelli-
gent man believe it. If there is IL quality
in Gen. Grants character more decided
and better known than others, it is his
Willingness to accept responsibility for
his words and acts. He l., no more Capa-
bile of writing Il lite ot himself and pub
fishing 1t in the name of another author,
than he is of tlyuS to the moon, or than
Rooccrans is of justly approaching amy
man who has surpassed him in fame and
honor. Gen. Baicau was ten. Grant ;
military secretary He had access to the
headquarters correspondence. lie says in
MS preface lli0J ne llitN Nttllltu IdCJS ny
means Of Gen. Grants rccul!eCtiOns, ~,
well rs by those of sherman, sheridan,
and many other officers bat he declares
that the OpiujOaS ne has expressed were
not submitted to Gen. Grlut and that for
them he t5adeauJ was alone responsible.
No mortal but Ro~ccraus could com
plain because Cen Grant furnish
ed Badeau information upon hiotOr-
ical points, information certain to he
candid and truthful, whether al
ways absolutely accurate or not-a,
lun- Il, ne dId not ask his biographer I,
adopt his opinions, on any disputed point
To charge that Gen. Grant prepared
Badcaus book, or any volumes of it, is N
outrageous Islander. 1t Is hard to hciicv,
that Roseclans can Ice fool enough to he
licvc it, himself
There is, we believe, better bill
designed to obviatc the prrSid dents teen
Iicnl objections 10 the present bi!l-il
CONGRESS, the object OF winch is the -amu
H. This, 10 secure Gen. Grant Il place %,
tine rcDrcd list. And When it comes t,
IA vote, IL we hope it will this session, W.
have 40 doubt that the Nure ON it wi
snow lnut Bosccrauoe sharing has ont.
mel .td tGc measure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
Immediate Transportation Of Dut j.
able Merchandise.

\ matter directly affecting all country
merchants who import goods from other
countries has been under discussion in the
Chamber OF Commerce of New York city.
The tariff regulations rs almost every
body knows, permit 'mported goods, land
ed at SEAPORT. to he t.ansported thence,
ia bond, 10 any inland custom house, and
TO nc thele entered, inspected and passed
thus making, in many cases, n great
saving Of time trouble and expense to the
country importers,
An attempt to procure change of this
equitable rule, recently came to the sur
face. in resolution, reported 10y Il com
nittcc of the Chamber OF Commerce, at Il
recent meeting, declaring that this Sys-
tenn OF transportation Of goods, in bond, TO
nland Giles, WAS an injustice to the sea
port merchants and Injurious to the rev
cnuc. This resolution, forming part
of long report and series of res
olutions, was adopted by the Chamber Of
Commerce, apparently without sufficient
consideration. At the last meeting of the
Chamber, last week, II motion to recon
slider the resolution was made, on the
ground that it stultified the Chamber, and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The Real Estate Record remarks on the
singular fact that an Arab victory in
mort heastern Africa raised the price Of
grain in Chicago, and checked an advance
in the stock market of New York. Yet
such was the effect of the fall of Khar
toum. The better price of wheat was be
cause it was supposed that the British de
feat would lead to complications in Eu-
rope that might bring on n general war,
in which event of course, there would he
a heavy demand for our grain but war
would also lead to the selling of American
securities, which would lowerprices on the
New York stock market. All this shows
how sensitive are the great commercial
exchanges to news from any part of the
world The IrmB and Nary journal
thinks it perceives clear indications that
the peace of Europe will be disturbed be
fore the year is out
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20
Whnl Nlight Hive Boon.


A9 the present session OF Congress near-
its close, it Is natural That the people
should look back over its record, to see
what it has done and what ii has failed to
do. What 1t has done bears 30 small "a
proportion to what II ought to have
done as To- he comparatively insignificant.
In fact, the fOrty-tiGhth Congress. SO far
Hs the transaction Of important business is
concerned. has but just cleared away the
prcliminarics to ITS actual work. If the
session could begin now. something like II
proper consideration of the many impor-
taut bills before our legislators might be
hoped for.
Bills giving the President power To veto
separate items in appropriation bills
IA legislative provision governing the
choice Of his successor in case of
the sudden death Of both President and
Wee President and an act to regulate the
counting Of the electoral Vote are matters
which ought To have secured deliberate
consideration. The Secretary of the
Treasury has presented a accommodation
regarding the suspension of silver coinage,
and has asked Congress to amend the
laws relating to national bank circulation
ana lHc bulluluE up 81 our H'N merchant
marine. The need Of Il new navy has
been urged by the Secretary of the Navy
the Secretary Of War bought before Con
grc>s the necessity OF more adequate coast
defcucrs, and he secretary of the Interior
urged the need of laws To prevent en-
croachmeuts ON Indian Lands, and the re
form OF the present laws relating to pen
sions From the Department of state
also lave come recommendations for the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Few, perhaps, We're aware that John
Boyle O'Reilly Of the Boston Pilot was IA
political fugitive from British authority,
till the telegraph mentioned that he had
asked and been refused permission to lee
ture in Canada. He was tried for high
treason in Ireland in 1866, and banished TO
Australia for twenty Yeas. lie escaped
from there in 1870 and made his wdJ To
this country. In view of his invitations TO
Canada and of information that Mr. Nc
Donald, the Dominion Minister of Justice,
would not modest him he recently wrote
to Secretary of State Frelnghuysen to ask
if his United States citizenship would pro
tect him III Canada The Secretary re
ferred his application to the home Office at
London, and Mr.. O'Reilly also wrote to
that Office himself, The reply was, as has
been stated, that il caught on British soil
he would be taken back to England and
imprisoned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

A remarkable transaction has taken
place at Fall River, Mass. The large
French Catholic parish of NOtre Dame
in that city, having 300 members, most
or all of them being of French descent,
rebelled because an Irish priest was placed
over them, and refused to accept his ser
vices. In consequence Bishop llendiick
son has not only withdrawn Che priest,
but has closed the church. This has been
stripped of the candles, allHr sacred YES
sells, YcstmcntS and other articles that are
used in the church service, and it will be
no longer used aS church. This is said
to be the first time in the history of the
Catholic church in the United States that
such an event has happened. The mem
bers of the church who have been con
cerned in what the bishop calls "the con
spiracy against ecclesiastical authority"
have been temporarily communicated,
They say they will remain quiet and had
rather not attend church than to have an
Irish pastor.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

England's standing army isnot far from
$50, coo men. Some time ago there were
60, 900 men in India, 5000 in the Mediter-
ranean and on the Nile, 10000 in Ireland,
5000 in South Africa, making total of
III 200 in the foreign service, with some
30, 900 in the home reserves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Although there i, an a;J Of Congress
p'uyid,u@ That all plupc'- impec,lo-.
lunatic- and victims Of iucurahir disease,
arriving a- immigrant, al American port,
shall be Immediately carried back ia the
ships which brought them. and although
this law j. partially enforced at some of
the principal seapori- of the country. it is
still undoubtly the fact-as stated in the
annual report of the New York Board of
Charities for lS~4-that great numbers of
foreign paupcrs are emug4led into thi.
country, and to-tc upon our charitable
institutions, tor no other purpose than to
set rid of the expense of main
tanning them at home. The United
States offers an unusually tempting
opportunity to Inscription, foreign ia
lions of disposing of their surplus pupula-
ton under the most favorable conditions.
Besides being the acknOW lodged asylum
for the oppressed, the poor and ,nc liberty
loving classes of all countries, the United
States has probably the most complete and
best organized system of charities of any
nation in the world, with the possible cX-
ceplion of England. Unit! the act of Con
9rrss referred to was passed, the United
''''''' ""' "'0''"'N'' ~ W. ~ '' Va
INSCRIPTIONS EN- -r',I"'l Soc'ttIe9 u Tue
oIl "or"' 0h'p.o'' "''er S"'PI''" VI
'le rei"St vi I'"' ol'"ll sums ",''
li'e NcI! l""l"''o "a ic'"' 'l''''H l"'''
lullphS' were Sonl ~ our po'tS as I.
"c''"ci"'c ''''''l"ul'" " oo"t ''''''""' anu
paupcr classes. The evil became 50 ul-
t'l"FapIe lhaI congress couI" h"' IGNORE
1t 'oh-er' rue 'cI eAc'''"Il- P"uPe'S = ~
ha''S Hhu criminals was passed ana inc
Honu laftaIlN stayed
b"J me Is only paruaIIy r'lncdieu' II
appears from me REPORT Oh 'h' Ne" orN
N'a'e hoaru "l 'nalI'.ta I"F 1871 IVA. ""r
ing 'ht year the Board mas cause" TO De re
turned To Europe ia persons, OF WIlohn %
were I"naticS' lmhtcIIeS or ireb'e minded
ana the rest hIlnd' dtiI' duinp' or "'ner
Wise Ih'llih. We gather from lhV report
that tins represents the entire number "l
} pauperS returned from New l"rN Guy
"here the uu'N o. enforcing 'hc p"uPe'
emigration law seems 10 nave nrel
entrusted entirely To TINS BOARD
When the immense number OF emIgraht'
arriving every week at Castle "ardeh l.
, taken into account, 1t mustbc readily seer
, that so small number can represent hu
n portion of the persons belonging to the
forbidden class that are Landed IN New
: York city. The facilities of the stat
Board of Charities for experimenting suci
e. persons, we surmise, are vastly made
: quate-as is frequently the case when th
| enforcement of necessary law is lief
= with charitable OF volunteer association
/ of any KIND. Furthermore, u would ap
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Lord Wolseley's friends in London de
clare that he dsapproved of the Nile
route to the Soudan, preferrng that by
Suakin. This involves the assertion that
the longer route was forced upon him by
the English war department. Yet it was
said when he was appointed to command
the expedition and has not hitherto been
denied, that he only consented to take the
command, when given carte blanche as to
the details.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The extraordinary snow storms of the
present month, with the extreme and
long continued cold, will make the month
a memorable one in the records of meteor.
olOgiStS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

I = Nv h'''i0l'll t''lllllbIl Hlilil' DN Mt. iJ'l-
munds as President of the Senate, to the .
announcement Of the electoral vote, ere
atcd no little stir in Congress, and reyives
before the country the question Of the an |.
/ thority of the President Of the senate. |
which was so prominent and important
eight years ago The only provision in the .
constitution bearing on the question is the /
following "Thc President OF the Senate
shall, in The presence OF the Senate aud
House Of Representatives, open All the Ger /
tihcatcs, and the votes shall Then be count
ed. The person having the greatest mum
Der of votes for President shall he the
President if such number be II majority Of
tine whole number of electors appointed
The constitution does not say who shall
declare the vote, or that there shall he any
declaration Of the vote. In lSiT MIR. Ferry
formally declared Hayes and Wheeler
elected. This wa, declared an uSurpltiOn
of authority by the Democrats Since
then Mr. Edmunds has been trying in vain
to secure legislation to prevent disputed
elections, and time has confirmed him in
his opinion that the presiding officer OF the
joint session, can simply state the re
suit of the count. and has no authority
to declare any body elected. Tie &c
cordingly after having stated that tleve
i"'" "'I' ~ "PP,"',' '.''' Wv
count, to have been elected, added "Aud
the President of the Senate make, this
declaration only Il, a statement in the
presence of the two Houses of Congress
OF the contents Of the papers opened and
read ON this occasion. an | not as possess
ing any authority in law to declare any
, legal conclusion Whatever Had he
oihl''c'l ms "t9O c'"',7c am '''''| 'n"u ne
"''' NO '"' por,' 10 'V'.''e '''N l'T|' con
c'u9'""' p'"p"oIH "o "'Je'''"n "u,'l' nav T.
p''" ''i'',e J." MS 7'.''''''o"'' ",'o - ~
m"'' ''''' i'' -
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- I-,'trd -totns declared and r>rTri,r'I u
Constitutional power when he presided
, over the body to day and counted the
woes ana ''I'l ms ammo ulctulcul u, 'ut
,,.,',, ,,. ~ ,i,'' ~
me- moi ouk nave his own uu,uiou. "a, n re-
suit Of certain papers given to him, bat
ne made ting only rpn~''dupn'' ",c'1ta-
s. u''' prov ,'''b 'or Uu yer M lu- tl"' "'
VINO is To- he PrcNi"rnt ol lhc uN@l 0,atc-
'u''F 'I' ~" I'll M'"'h'
N'l'r remarks from senator ii"''' on
ger ANA ih-'u''' OF 'h' same P"P'f' ."''
, '-l+l"H"N saul from l"c ch"!r' '""' ne l'
= Ear"eu inc senate as III II" way lc'PoH'l'''
. Tor lho uecIar'tI"h hlaIe ny uIh' lie h'I
performed ms coi,'''"l''haI "u'y ana "'
, MS own responsibility made the decLara
g loh r'Ierre" To. III" ne seen III - uccI't'
- Blame elected i"at W"uld not nave had'
. II -" Neither "oHId Il dtr'trdtlon 10y nm
t'aI ME- cleveland was erected mtNe II
o 5, Ii it could be shown hat he had III
J. any way exceeded hi, powers. or failed t.
Il perform his duties, he would at once re
: sign his oillce, senator JOINTS OF Lou
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The snow is doing something towards
restricting the harmfulness of certain
Legislatures, Blockaded senators and
Representatives seem to be in the major
ny, in the West.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

In order to acquit jefferson Davis and
his confreres of the charge of treason the
Charleston S. c., NCWs and Courier dis
tinctly enunciates the doctrine that "the
moment that State withdraws from the
Union no citizen of that State can be gull
ty of treason against the United States"
State sovereignty was not more clearly AS
serted, % years ago
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Probably, the river and harhor bill is
"shelvrd" for the present session.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

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Manufacturers IF valentine. nil over thc
cu,,ntrv dnclorn thot fine sale uf thr,, sen
tin.rtnl missivns il ,rn,yin,r less every
vn,r and was never so small rs if has
been This vpar. New Years cnlIa and val
Sunday nrize FIGHTS nre retiinu TO bsthc
rulp in Tnv York and other large cities
Ir,bo di,,,ustir,, hr,t,litv of ihrse rxhi-
hitiors cnu uot ,t loost Inc confined to the
snrnlnr DAYS of the week. il is a shame
and n repronch to American civilization.
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Mr.. Timothy Wheeler of Waterbury,
Vermont, is the Ncnnor of maple sugar
prophecy in this region. He predicts that
the coming sugar-season will be one of the
better seasons, giving an average yield 90
good quality Mr.. Wheeler Claims that
he is rarely at fault in his predictions OF
the sap-iiOW'
........i......
Congress proposes to nave extras sessions
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P'"Pi' "'"'' ~ ~ .,i'.. =.
mad irittercu away less OF IT'S 'iIh" Whrh !.
had plenty Oh IT, lh' ""iN "''".hP"S","
by extra Sessions OF any "E'H'".'Nc ""oN
Is VIGOROUSLY un"tS'Ii'pr' N"'h' ''"'''
makes WASTE III tue nuns VI ''''-'''9' a.
well as everywhere eISe'
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The first act in the New York comedy of
Justice towards llustriouS offenders dis
appears behind the curtain EXMayOr
Edison has been granted stay of proceed
ings
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Mr. INGALLS, remarked in the Senate FRI
day, that in his judgment, nothing could
be worse for the country and all its Vari-
Gus business interests than an extra sCs-
sion of Congress. Mr.. ingalls, seems to be
level hcadpd on some puihts.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The St Adams Trust company, under
the honest and able management of Re
ceiver Rich, seems likely to come out bet
ter than was expected Indeed it has al
ready discharged more of its obligations
than the public had courage to expect at
the outset. This is not a. common thing,
in settlement of the estates of broken and
defunct banks
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Terms-@a.ooa year. always in advance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The Judiciary committee of the Mas
sachu,ctts House has reported unfayor-
ably upon the request of the Grand Army
to so amend the lottery law rs to allow
charitable organizations to raise money by
the sale of prize tickets. This means
no legalized church lotteries or prize
drawings at fairs in the old Bay State.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Guteau's lawyer is before Congrcss,as
ing for an appropriation for his services in
defending that colossal criminal. Mr..
Reed has gone to Il poor market. We are
afraid the American people do not apprc-
ciate his patriotic and disinterestcd ser
yicpS
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

French affairs in China have been rath-
er obscured of late, by the English cam
paign in the Soudan The public will he
reminded that there is more than one case
of the cat play ing- with-the by the
official telegram from General Briere dc
Lislc, stating that the Chinese army has
been routed at Kuua,and that the French
flag now floats over I.angsOn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Some Of the Vermont holders of federal
Offices have distinctly made up their minds
thnt they viii tot Ie-lgn their offices to
please rithr" tlc incoming administration
or H~pirauIs fer their places, but viii nc
c"pt removal iur cause when they must d.
No "caus"," We venture To say, can hc
found aGN'lst amy prominent federal
official in this state. except That he is Il
Republican. No nl1u can maintain that
they have been "uilrH~iNr plrti5ans,' M
less ii 4, an ouensr to hold distinct political
convictions and to lie rrldy TO aVow them
Hn all proper occasions. they probably
do not ask any favors from Mir Clcyc-
land but if the declarations Of his civil
service reform principles and purposes
are not the merest wind they will be al
lowed at least to serve ont the terms fUr
which they are commissioned.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

The declaration, in one Of Lady Bv"on :
unpublished letters, that Loru By'ol mar
ried her "with the deepest dcte ninariun
of revenge, which he avOwed on the day
of our marriage. AMI which ne has c&ccut-
ed ever sihce with systematic Hnd inc"ca~-
ing cruelty opens up II startling posS'bil-
ity of the marriage relation, when ponder
ed indisSouble, as in the Roman Catholic
church. A Dumas might seize upon the
horrible romance of such Il suggestions
without ma king it more horrible than its
reality in actual l.ie.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-20

Perhaps, if Gordon is not dead-as some
of our contemporaries insist on believing
it would be just as well to moderate II
little the quantity and strength of the
eulogies pronounced upon him. There
should be some economy III ante-mortem
obituaries for they leave very little to be
said when a man does actually die.