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nr. v HUM 4- af tMNVF BT. JOUNSnUHY, APRIIi 28, 1870. llcracnibcr wbat jour duly is on May 101b. 'lb-Jay is a special fast day in (ho M. K. Churcb, In another column ''Observer" has given an admirablo czposo of how conventions aro manipulated. The process of the art ii traced through all its stages. A special despatch to tho Vt. Chronicle of tho 15lh inst. says, Dotn I'edro II, Emperor of Uraril, will arrivo in New York within a week or tiro, and preparations arc tbcro being mado to givo him a suitablo reception. During tho twenty weeks that congress has been in session, little legislation of im portance has been dono upon Gnanco or rove cue. Tho sessions of tho houso havo been, so to speak, a scries of shows whero first this ono and that one has been bbligod to run a gauntlet. And though much necessary leg islation must bo deferred by it, this sort of sport has not been without salutary inSucncc. Tho now version of tho belfry death, if, false, is certainly an ingenious ono. Had this been Piper's defenso at his trials ho would cither have been acquitted or received a less sovcro sentence. In accepting this theory of tho child's death the problem of tho motive that could prompt so heinous a crime, is re reived. Whether this confession will avail anything toward securing a pardon or a mit igation of sentence, remains to bo seen. - . Wo havo recently received parts 13.10 inclusive of the new edition of Hell's popular encyclopedia, for which Horaeo King of Uhompsonvillo is tho New England agent. Uy applying to him and enclosing twenty cents, a forty pago specimen number will bo sent. This work is fully what it purports to bo, a repository of universal information, and one of its most attractive features is its geo graphical maps. It is safe to say, though not authorita tively announced, that the Philadelphia Exposition will not be thrown open to visit ors on Sunday. Tho vigorous opposition to such an arrangement, devclopinj; on all sides will decide tho actions of the managers in favor of soventh day observance. There aro economio and hygienic reasons, saying nothing of tho sentiment of a christian com munity, why the doors of tho exhibition r-hould bo kept closed on the Sabbath. - - Of the writing of many candidate? there would seem to be no end. It is evident that the people of Vermout arc not distressed with the apprehension of getting the wrong man for governor, when so many good names have been presented. Windham county mod estly urges its claims to furnish the man, and several of the papers havo already con curred in tho opinion that Uroughton 1). Harris of lirattlcboro would be a satisfactory candidate. Many are in favor of a second term for Gov. Peck. Speaking of our now currency the Spring Held Republican remarks : - The American coinage is a very satisfac tory work of art. Tho statute provides tor "an impression omblcmatical of liberty on ono side," with the word -"Liberty," and the year. On the other side there shall bo tlie eagle and tho legends, "Uuited States of America" and "K pluribus Unum." but the eagle may be omitted tor the small coin. Consequently the old figures staud out ou tho new money, a likely eagle on one side, on tho other a seated lady with her cap on a scepter, perhaps looking over her shoulder. This is Liberty. In tho new coin, there is one addition : over tho eagle there is a scroll inscribed "In Cod we trust," apparently without permission of congress. A horrible tragedy occurred at Hydcpark last Sunday morning, whon a man called "Crazy Cook" slew his only son Charlie with nn ax during a lit of malicious madness. The scene of the murder was the sugar-house. I pon his return to breakfast tho maniac fa ther said, "I've killed tho seed one." Tho body of tho deceased was fearfully mangled, nhowing that the infernal frenry of the assas sin had been satiated. The murderer had but recently returned homo from the retreat at lirattlcboro and though closely watched was regarded as harmlesi. When sane he was a good and respected citizen. Tho questions will arise in many mind?, why was this man released from tho asylum? and were tho managers satisfied that he was a safe individual to let loose among men ? It is a better humanity to yield whatever doubt thcro may bo to society rather thau to ono person. And when application is made at an asylum for the dischargo of an inmate on tho ground of expense to tho rela tives let tho proper authorities consider whether it is best to endanger life for thosako of gratifying theapplicant's desire of economy, lustico at all events, even though stern and relcntlew. -4 - The Men Most Talked of. It is an encouraging sign an evidenco that affairs aro verging toward a normal con dition that tho Hcandals afloat charging Hlaino and Uristow with corruption havo not illurcd tho public car. Tho question is a nice ono whether the policy of the latter to demand an immediate and searching inquiry into his record will avail more politically than tho tactics of tho former to wait till something accumulates worth squelching. Tho brain of both parties is watchfully busy, weaving tho tissues of lies. The most con vincing merits of one party consist in tho demerits of tho other party. Itut so it has always been. The pcoplo, however, aro be ginning to ask who originated these scandals, iiml why bavo theso peculations been left un earthed? And that "who" and "why" aro potont arguments. Ilut after all what aro tho splendid pledges that cither of theso men has givca as regards fitness for tho chief magistracy ? Tho ono is brave, an apt debater, full of zeal and party spirit, with tho northern hatreds still fresh and vigorous a sort of political Peter, ready at any moment to unsheathe bis sword for what he bclioves to be tho cause. Tho other is likewise fearless aud unquestionably honest. Iloth aro, of course, available men, but neither satUfics one's idea of a states man, To think that the nation is so bemired in corruption that it cries "help" to any man who carries honesty on hU brow ; that more ly negative attribute without which no man ought to bo outsido of prison-bars, tho alpha and omega of presidential qualification ! Thcro aro questions before tho country whoso solution demands a wisdom somewhat superior to a mcro crusado spirit. No one supposes that tho next four years will bo do voted exclusively to Investigation. Tho right president will know his mon beforo ho ap points them, and patronago will bo bestowed whero it belongs. It should never bo men tioncd as an honor that thu chief executivo regards his offioo as a sacred nublio trust. and not as an access to privato emoluments to bo distributed here and thcro among his friends. What assurances havo tho pcoplo that either of tho leading candidates will chooso tho best and ablest cabinet for his council what pledges that cither can grap plo with tho questions of tho hour? It is debatable whether tho policy of keeping alive tho war hatreds is tho wisest, whilo the ques tions of finanoo aro those that only a master mind can handle. Wo idly ask for a candi dato whosa competency is known. Tho man who has convictions and defends them creates enemies, and a man with enemies is not available. It is moro than nossiblo that when tho "Great Unknown" has been unveiled our consolation will bo: "Sinco wo oan't havo what wo want, let us want what wo can have." The Jewel, Consistency. The spcctaclo of a locomotivo drawing two passenger cars last Sunday morning, besides awakening a fow memories invitod a few remarks. Our readers will remember the buglo notes sounded last summer by cer tain papers to warn tho community that an enemy had como to destroy tho Sabbath. That enemy was a vis tor. at Twin Mountain only to deity whom? it was said, a special train was run ou Sunday. It was contended and no doubt with a goodly show of reason that the peculiar traditions of tho church, christian sensibil ities, the instincts of worship and tho hal lowed quiet and sanctity of tbo day, would take wings and float away like vapors before tbo screams of the steam whistle. Tho Sun day train was therefore, discontinued. Now wo deem it safe to advance the general prop ositiou that tho Sabbath was made for man. Yet our object is not to attompt anything so impossible as drawing the lino of demar cation between what may be dono and what may not bo douo on that day, though our couvic tion is that this institution possesses elastic ity enough to adapt itself to all the neces sities of a progressive civilization. Hut will some one well versed in tho eternal proprie ties of things inform us why tho samo con cession or, if you please, licenso that was denied tho Plymouth pastor, should ba ac corded to the conference and tho camp meet ing ? Docs any one supposo that tho train of last Sunday morning came and went on noiseless wheels ? that tho locomotivo sped onward, with stifled valves and muffled bell ? that no excitement attended that short excur sion or, in a word, that there was nono of the air aud sense of business present ? Ah, not a little depouds upon the author ity on which these things aro done. It was tho man that tho people were curious to hear last summer ; whilo last Sunday it was tho words. Is that the right distinction ? No vain curiosity to sec the bh-hop, to hear him and then to be able to talk of him? Itut after all jealousy and prejudice are still the mighty levers of tho world. Tho same Sib bath that would bavo been degraded by one man's arrangement, is not perverted by thu same arrangement when ordered by several men. No attack is intended upon the parties involved. The public will ak as they can answer, "why tho difference ?" Judicial Impartiality. The demand of the times is not tho man who will utter judgment according to tho merits of tho case but one who after adopt ing his theory as to the guilt of a fellow being will defend that theory with all the vehemence and sophistry that prepossession mi J partizanship can inspire. Kdgclcss and insipid would bo tho decision of a judjo dcvoiil of leanings and prejudices. What tho multitudo clamor for and tho heathen rage after, is the sentenco bristling with points an investigation fleet and barbed as an arrow that leaps to wing its victim. Kill if you can: if not, cripplo for life. Moreover coucodo all the advantage of doubt to the dovil. If in any case the evidenco deems insufficient for a damuing verdict, add color to what there is and forco tho conclu. nioii that the arraigned is guilty of crimes that purgatory iticlf could not absolve. And now it is tho Her. E. J. Kauilow whoso "lino frenzy" is thrown into the liowen balance. lie selects his extracts from chap ters of tho great scandal, forges them in a furnace of the moit radiant prejudico and tosses forth an harmonious and logical instru ment that seals forever tho doom of Mr. Peochcr. )rs. Storrs and lluddington for a council ? Men whosa jealousy of Plymouth church antedates the first whisperings of tho great scandal men who havo known themselves to bo only tho curtain-managers in a drama where Needier was Hamlet. Don't boliove that thoso clergymen aro not warped by what "creates tho meat it feeds upon." Had wo the spaco to sacrifico to Mr. Mansion's war like effusion, it might bo given. Rather than that, however, it seems best to print theso two extracts faoin a highly satisfactory roply in a Burlington paper. A minister of tho gospel who desires for moro raking over of tho garbago heaps of this scandal, lest some dead cat of domes! io discord, or a stale fish heap of alleged immor ality, has not been allowed to lay exposed to tho 6unshine of midday, tainting tho common air, is citliur a bad man or a fool. As you go over it (meaning It's letter) handle- it, dissect it and get down into his meanings and motives, you fcol as though you wcro down among the bones of tho dead, bo utterly void of all human feeling is every thing touched upon by this clerical jackal. And now liowen, "grand, gloomy and pecul iar, "ono syllable of whoso "bottom facts" could unwind tho whole history of Plymouth church, has mado his quiet exit from tho Congrogational Union. "He did not go out with tho ltov. Drs. Storis and lluddington aud the rest. Not ho. Ho waited until the noise following their departure had sub sided and calm bad fallen. Then ho arose with his "bottom facts," aud went out im pressively, alone, The aspiration ef his remaining days is that an "impartial com mittee" may bo appointod, aud tho "bottom facts" brought. Wo do not know when tt expect his reappcaruueo. Aud yet wo aro confident that como ho will, some timo, aud THE VERMONT JTARMEK : AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. keep coming, bearing his burden of htddon wisdom, without a singlo bottom fact lost or missing from tlit budgal of things that he thinks ho knows. And by and by whon all of this world's advertising is over, and ho steps slarwanl with finger on his lips balked as our curiosity has been, wo shall at last havo tho satisfaction of knowing that ho takes his "bottom faots" to an "im partial committco." ' Hut tho possibility of an impartial verdict is irrevocably and lamentably past. Wars and Rumors of War. List week saw tho successful issue of a revolution in llayti, whilo Mexico and Tur koy and Northern Africa aro still tho thea ters of small wars. Theso eruptions of thorn selves may bo quite insignificant, but from their relations to the great powers they aro construed as events of immenso moment. There aro gravo questions or policy involved in theso othcrwiso trivial revolts that might precipitate a bloody conflict between Russia and Great Pritian. That degree of hu manity has not been attained when the jcal ousics of nations can be submitted to peace ful arbitration. Germany is too conscious of her splendid military system to sco a right of hers infringed upon, and England knows well that her monitors and war ships can match tho navies of tho world. Nor has tho no. tion been dispollcd that Russia is the peer- less land-power. Theso national conceits associated with avarice of territorial cxtcn- sion may dctcrmino actions hitherto unproph csiod iu tho political almanac. Two causes seem to contribute to the increasing mutual distrust between Russia and England, viz., tho greed of both powers for dominion in the East, and the unhappy marriage of tho Duke and Duchess of EJinburgh. Tho creation of tbo new titlo has not been regarded as a mas tcr stroko of statesmanship. Upon this point tho Boston Journal criticizes thus : "Mr. Disraeli's impudent reference- in parliament to tho necessity of checking the Russian conquests in Asia, by giving tho iuccn the titlo ot r.mprcss, was not simply a ridiculously weak nreument for a ridicu lous measure, but was practically much tho same as a cuff in tho face, bestowed by the liritish lion upou the Russian bear. Wheth er tho Uritislt lion is in sufficiently good con dition to mako it safe for him to iudulira in such pleasantries is, at least, open to doubt : 1 T? I 1 unu uisraciis rasnncss, on any ordinary grounds of reasoning, is simply inexplicable. It has had tho effect to draw down some un pleasantly bitter comments from the Russian press, and must irritato still further tho al ready wounded aud angry feelings of the uussiaus. As to tho revolutions of Mexico and Hayt it is doubtful whether they were incited by the love of liberty. Tho Crcolo and Span iard are proverbially susccptiblo of insurrec tion, and to them republicanism would be a jewel for which thoy have, at present, no setting or rather a plant for which their character has no soil. The elements of law aud order aro not tho properties of govern- mcnt, but tho attributes of individuals. Wcro not United States wholly engrossed with in ternal affairs, this would bo an opportune timo to discuss annexation. As it is, how ever, tho country has its maximum load al ready. The Real Work. Anything spasmodic is necessarily of short duration. Emotion and impulse, howevor sharp and quick, are seldom decisive when a fort of evil is to bo carried. It is tho long, patient, steady pull that achieves tho grand results. A man. fairly bubbling with zeal, will riso up and proclaim that within thirty or sixty days, this or that cureo can bo bau ibhed from the land. Girding about his loins, ho goes forth like some David to slay a Goliah, expecting to announce in tho words of tho commodore, "wo havo met tho enemy and they are ours." Such emotion and mar tial jpirit aro by no moans unworthy though transient and quickly wasted. lutcmpcranoo is not a visiblo hydra which men, when oneo aroused, may go out to cliuch ; it is a terrible principle that inheres in men, interwoven into tho very sinews of being an Insatiable appetite which men are as prone to satisfy as water to rush into a vacuum. It is well for literature to person ify this principlo and represent it as hideous and unshapely as possible well, that the names demoniac, infernal, soul-dostroying, aro applied to it, for every now prejudice aud hatred created against it, is a partial victory. Put thocampaigu that shall sccuro the complete aud permanent triumph, is the campaign of centuries. New faiths and re ligions will spring up, wax old and dio out, and still tho principlo of intempcranco will stare at men, bald and blunt as ever. More than legislation, moro than legal penalty, more than tho revelations of science, more than tho voico of religion nay oven the combined efforts of all reforming men and ull tho conserving forces of society aro needed to restore a nation diseased by generations of excess. Tho same question will confront the bi-ccntcnuial managers a century hence, that vexes tho oommissioncts of to-day, and government will then as now, no deubt, de rive its revenues largely from tho mauufao turo of what, in no small degree, makos gov ernment necessary. Men, as a rule, are not eager to grapplo with what seems immovable- or impracticable whilo reluctaut to invest their energies with out immediate gains, And just hero lios tho difficulty. Judged from tho retrospect of ten or fifty years intemperance is, in tho ag gregate, about the samo. Natures aro not rcnowed nor mysteriously transmitted ten- donoics abated as tho fast mail goes from Now York to Chicago. Reformatory processes aro not convulsive or immediate. They aro marked, liko growth, by small and almost inappreciable increments, Neither a Clymcr nor a Uris tow can tako a dissecting knifo, search out this evil and nail it. It is beyond law, evad ing law aud practically defying law. What it is, wo know, and where it is, and why it is, but beforo it is not, all tho conserving forces of society law, morality, philanthro py, science, religion must combine against it and not for ono or twenty years but as long as society endures. No social cogs can bo invented on which this evil will turn, nor any theory discovered to figuro it out of ex istence, Tcmpcrauco is tho last great re form or all, and its champions must bo con tent with tho days of small things, striking a blow wherever thoy ean, and dying hoping. A thousand dollars of conscience monoy was recently roccived iu Washing tou ou ono singlo day; aud yot it has been a very dull, iuactivo year for conscience, LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE, Drawing in Schools. Quite a number of tho citizens of lloyalton Center assembled at tho soademy hall on the evening or tho lath inst., to listen to a leoturo by W. W. Culvcrof lloyalton. Tho subject of tho lcoture was ono of universal interest, namoly, education. Tho lecturer commenced by sayiug : "Whilo wo as a nation aro far in advanco of all other nations in many ro spools, yet in our methods of education wo are really defioient, and that' a radical cbango is necessary as rogards our cduoational sys tem, if wo would havo it keep paco with tho progressive spirit of tho ago." What the generality of our pcoplo nocd is, not a literary education, but a practical edu cation, an education which will bo of direct benefit to them. For a young man who in tends to pursuo a regular courso of study, our prcsout educational systom is perhaps as good as could bo desired. Rut moat of our young men leavo school at a very early age, ana can III altord to spend what little timo they havo for acquiring an eduoalien upon thoso studies which can bo of no possiblo use to them. What they want is to acqulro tho most practical knowledge in tho least time, and this can only bo dono by devoting tho little timo they have for schooling to those studies which nro practical, and which do not require years of patient toil and industry be foro oven a limited knowledge ot them can bo acquired. If, then, thoro is any branch of science or of art, which is of direct itnpor- tanco to our young men, and which at tho samo timo disciplines tho mind, that branch ought to bo introduced into our schools. Mr. Culver maintains that that branch of study which yields tho best results, and which is of tbo greatest importanco to our young racu, is drawiug. Drawing not only disciplines the mind, trains tho haud and eye, but is of practical benefit to all, and espe cially to the artisan, for If tho artisan is fa miliar with oven the elements' of drawing, when a plan is given him ho sees at a glance what is ueeded, and he docs not require tho draughtsman to tell him how everything mast bo dono. If, then, it is of such great impor tance to the artisan to understand tho cle meats of drawing, ought it not to be mado possiblo for him to rccoivo such instruction in our schools. Ought not a part of tho timo which ir now spent upon studies which are not of practical importance, to be dc voted to this most essential study ? The speaker is perfectly familiar with the prin ciplcs of drawing, and is himself an artist of more thau ordinary attainments. He has spent considerable timo in visiting the schools in thoso states where drawing has been in troduced into the public schools, nnd ho finds that tho results aro very beneficial. It is no wouder, then, that he should labor to im press upon tho people of Vermont tho neces sity of introducing drawing into tho publio schools. The lecturer was listened to with marked attention, and when ho closed tbo applause which greeted him showed that ho had not boon addressing an inapprcciatlve audience. F. R. Tho system of drawing is yet on trial in soma states, whilo in others it has produced results quito satisfactory. Educational mat ters in Vermont arc hardly rip o enough for the adoption of this new branch, whilo tho demand just now for draughtsmen is far be low tho supply. It may bo said of Mr. Cul vcr that ho is not au agent. J Wire Pulling Unwise. Will political managers ever Icarn politi cal wisdom? Can they ever be taught moJ cration ? Will thoy over heed tho wishes of the pcoplo? Tlio.se questions havo cspe cial force and fitness since the Burlington del egato convention. There was tho most glori ous opportunity to give sanction aud effect to the great reform movement now going on within the republican party, in Vermont as elsewhere throughout tho Union. Every hon orable republican hoped and confidently ex pected that tho convention would catch tho f pirit of the hour and seloct fur delegates to Cincinnati men of national reputation and respect. Tho names of Willard, Poland, Hillings and Stewart came involuntarily to thu lips when state delegates were thought of. Theso men and they alone could take such a stand in national convention as would wish for Vermont iufluencc and regard. Thoy were tho spontaneous and unanimous choice of the people. Theso wcro the mon to go to Cincinnati. liut tho wire-pullers, pot-house politicians and political hucksters bad decreed otherwise. Theso unscrupulous fellows nppcarcd in forco at tho Van Ness House on tho ore of con volition to carry out their nefarious plans Old whig and democratic wire-pullers were there, sympathetic and opposing remnants of tho "silver grays," loncsomo relics of Harrison and Tyler times, who seemed among tho lobbying crowd, almost at homo again. All the morrow s successful caimi dates wcro also there, each with a throng of eager, curious retainers, impudently press ing their candidato's poculiar claims. Bar room and parlor, hall and corridor swarmed with this busy crew. Thus occupied, tho night woro on. Day dawned and convention work was dono. R. S, Taft was president ; a man, of whom, howovcr agrecablo socially nnd however hon orable in business transactions, it must bo said that he represents tho very worst olo- meiita in political life. Ho is tho embodi ment of underground politics by which ho has accomplished all that ho has gained, wire-pulling himself from oflico to oflico aud thus rising from tho lowest municipal posi tion to tho lieutenant governorship of Ver mont, Inflated with this wonderful fuoccss ho oven aspired to bo governor, and tho bit ter, personal campaign which bo inaugurated two years sinco is still fresh in tho minds of tho pcoplo. Sdch was tho man olected to preside over tho convention. His opening speech was peculiarly uulbrtunato devoid of principlo, high aspiration or sound political wisdom, aud filled with damnation of democrats, coupled with insincere fawnings aud cvou sickening laudation of Gen. Grant. A com mittee was appointed, whoso resolutions, it is but just to say, wcro moro sagacious than tho president's speech, though thoy were praiseworthy mainly for what thoy did not contain. Vice presidents wcro elected, but for what possible reason nobody could divino, not even tho vice presidents themselves who scorned very loth to appear upon tho sUgo and only did so for a short timo in tho fore noon at tho president's urgent request. Put their function jnay havo been, as each ono roprosculcd a county, to show tho politi cian's inhtrcut respect fur geography. A vcrysafo letter from Senator Morrill was read. Ho condemned the democrats most vigorously, joked pleasantly about Pclknap, and did scarce anything else. Likewise Judgo Poland in his speech. Campaign stock is rather low when prominent partizans can present no other reasons for party suc cess than what aro merely negative One par ly's fitness Tor popular support Is not proved by tho opposite party's unworlhtnesi. Put so tbo managers seemed to think on convention day. After his speech Judgo Poland was unanimously elected stato delegate to Cin ciunati. Col. Vcasey of Rutland was like- wiso unanimously elected. Likowiso George Howo of Prattloboro. Likewise, finally, George lligclow of Burlington. The nom inatioos of tho several district conventions wcro also unanimously adopted, The con ventiou was very unanimous, to use- a homely comparison, unanimous as a hen with one chicken. Except tho little ripplo of excite ment produced by Capt. Farrington on tbo presentation of Woodbridgo's name, tho unanimity was undisturbed. Roth conventions, district and stato, havo been sevorcly criticised, the ono for acocpt iug, tho other for adopting, tho nomination of Woodbridge. Put members felt thcro was little moro objection to him than to somo who bad already bocn elootcd. Ho is able, well-known and, though of an unsavory rep utation, can, if ho will, be au excellent dele gate. Of other delegates that day elected it cauuot bo said that they aro welKknown, even iu their own state. Much less can thoy havo any influence in national couven tiuus. Here is tho real fault of tho delegation as u whole. It has no national reputation Judgo Poland is the only stato delegate fit for the placo. Exocpt as ho is made the chief aud spokesman of our delegation, Ver mont can have no influenco at Cincinnati, Not but that tbo rest aro excellent men Indeed, from personal acquaintance wo know som e of them to bo men of raro business and professional ability and, admirablo in social relations. But respectability and esteem in his own neighborhood entitles uo man to claim high stato position against tho manifest, wish of tho people. Offices are places of honor and responsibility duo only to thoso whom the people know and from what they know arc will ing to trust. Thcro is too much offico-sccking now-a-days. Somo worthy gentleman takes a notion he would liko to be governor or go to congress. Straightway he suggests it to a small circlo of "friends" politicians call them who thereupon begiu a vigorous cam paign, writing letters, "seeing" people and in divers ways manufacturing what they delight to call a publio sentiment in his favor. Possibly these artificial "friends' control a convention, securo the nomination and carry tho election. Then their self- suggested candidate takes his scat aud ped dles out tho patronage of his office among those whom ho thus hired to elect him. Py thissystem of politician "friendship"many del egates chosen at Burlington wero thrust upon the convention. Then every thing was cut and dried so that nothing could bo dono amis. The machiiio tenders wcro out in farce They prevailed both inside and outsido tho assembly, not in number, perhaps, but iu acquaintance with convention routino work and iu that quality most valuablo in practi cal "politics" audacity. Tho result was deplorable and seems more plainly so since tho smoke and din of battle has cleared away. Tho standing of Ver mout in national convention depcuds wholly on the character, ability and reputation of her delegates. Thu number is quite insig nificant. Hence tho present dissatisfaction Nor is it much relief to think that tho dele gates chosen may prefer tho best presiden tial candidato thus far named. Judging from precedents there is litllo likelihood that the successful candidato has yet been men tioned. llenco tbo greater need of a strong delegation. But regrets aro useless. The result is accomplished and cannot be undone. Yet it may be well to remember how delegates wero chosen, lest that ruthless hordo of office suckers, hungry for patronago and spoils, again pack tho caucuses and capture a con vcution. OnsKRVKii. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Montana sends Blaine delegates to Cin cinnati. Tho Senate voted last Friday to admit the 1'itcb-blicrmau diamonds free of duty. Dolan, the murderer of Mr. Noo, was hanged in iNew lork last Friday, At Calcutta 17 pcoplo will bo executed May full for the murder of tho Englishman Margary. Tho bill transferring tho Indian Bureau to tho War Department passed tho Houso the 21st inst. Li I'o Tai, a Cbincso physiean, is tho richest Chinaman in California. Ho owns $75,000 worth of real estate. An orango grovo near Palatka, Fla., con tains 0,000 bearing trees, tho gross iucome from which last year was $80,000. A careless New York barbor almost cut off a customer's ear, tho other day, aud paid cum .i .1 i euvu uumvB laiuur uiitu Biuuu ft Baa. Tho National Labor Convention at Pitts burg, Pa,, adjourned last week Wednesday sine die, urat voting very wisely not to orgauuu a miru political party. One Jeffrey is ronortcd to havo shot Col. Spencer dead in court tho 10th inst., at uhainois, Mo. Spencer was a son of tho ex- secretary of tho navy. Mrs. Belknap is losing health, flesh and beauty, their carriage has been sold, and sho cauuot walk out without attracting observa tion aim annoyances. Tho class of '70 of tho Now HamDsbiro College of Agriculture nnd Mcchanio Arts, connected with Dartmouth College, gradua ted last week Weducsday. J ho hlo of A. T. Stewart is to bo written by Gen. James Graut Wilson, author of a life or Fitz green Hallcok, and well known to tbo reading publio as a literary man. London refuses to name ono of her streets after Washington, but who cares ? Amer ica has sixty towns. 150 narks. "00 and 1,100 hotels aud saloons named after him. An explosiou of powder. Saturdav. in tho new railway tuuuol near Heath. South Wales. caused tho roof to full, buryiug all the work men. Thirteen dead and a number of woun ded havo been recovorod. Searob for tho viotims ooutinues. Tho regular army of tho Uuited Stales consists of 28,010 members, or whom tho officers, iooluding tho professors and cadota at West Poiut, numbor 2,810. Thoro aro ten regiments of cavalry, Dvo of artillery, aud twenty-fivo of Infantry. Iho rovival at Amherst Colloce nrovos ino most powcrini ami general ot any that institution has ever experienced. Of thsj 3 20 students, only about fifty remain uncon verted, and theso havo not entirely escaped tho rovival influenco, Thcro is a bitter fight going on betweon English nnd Barnum for tho United States Senatorshlp Irom Connecticut, Thoy have both got long pursos and it is said aro draw ing on them very freely to securo sueooss. Barnum is said to be ahead. A diver operating in the wreck of tho steamor Sunnyside in tho Hudson river be oame entangled, G3 feet under water tho other day, and it was nearly six hours be fore ho could freo himself, but though some what scared, he was unhurt. Sevoral hundrod workmen on tho Sudbury conduit, near Boston, havo struck, and are driviog off tho now hands engaged to tako their placo. They aro williug for nny one to go to work for $1.50 but swear vengcanco on any and all who work for $1.25, Tho potato bug is turning up in equally devastating quantities ou Statcn island as upon Long island. Iu Richmond county, tho Holds) whero potatoes wcro grown, last year, aro fairly crawling with tho vermin, nnd tho farmers hesitato about putting in a new crop. It is authoritatively said in behalf of Carl Schurz that under no eircumstanoes will ho support the republican ticket in tho coming presidential campaign, if cither Blaine, Conkling or Morton is nominated, but that ho will stump tho country against either or them. A family of emigrants named Baker, comprising father, mother and two children, hailing from Pennsylvania, were massacred by tho Indians, last week Thursday, about 100 miloi northoast of Custer City in tho Black hills. All wero brained with hatch ets or tomahawks and thou scalped. The Moody and Sankcy revival meotings in New York oloscd tho 10th inst. The subscriptions to tho 8200,000 fund havo only reached 814:1,000. Tho total expen ses of these meetings havo been about $45, 000. Moody and Sankcy have not been paid a dollar. Tbo path to the Black hills isn't all flowers, as a largo party who havo just arrived at Custer City by woy of Yankton testify ; when 00 miles out from Yankton, they wero forced to leave tho coach behind by reason of tho bad going, shoulder thoir packs nnd foot it into tho hills, and it took them 38 days. Tho revolution in llayti has won. Dom inigue. tho lata president, has fled, Vico President Haincau and Lorquot, tho general in command of tho government forces, have boon shot, and Bicron Canal, who was exiled from the country, is now in Port au Prince, and it is presumed will tako charge of the government. Tho plague in Asiatio Turkey is on tho increase, and has crossed to tho left bank or the river Tigris, which had previously es caped it. At Hillah, a town 00 miles south or Bagdad, from March 28 to 31, inclusive, thcro were 00 new cases and 42 deaths, and at Bagdad, from March 28 to April 1, 145 now cases and io deaths. Thomas W. Pinor, condemned to bo ex ecutcd May 20, for tho murder of Mabel Young, iu tho belfry of Warren avenue church, made a sworn statement last Friday that she received injuries that caused her death Irom a trap door falling on hor head ; that ho was frightened lest bo would be ac cused of murdering her, and therefore denied all knewlcdge of tho matter, trusting that L!.. .! -.1 I , . . i I . i- ins uuiuiuviiuu wiui u wouiu not uo uisoov crcd. Visitors to the centennial arc to be regis tered by telegraph. By an ingenious contriv once every one of the eighty turnstiles set at the several entrances of tho grouuds will be connected by wire with a dial in the main office. When a person enters through a turnstilo ho is instantaneously registered on this dial. At any instant of tho day, there fore, it will be possiblo to know, by glancing m inu umi, ino exact nuinuer oi pcopio wno nave entered tho grounds. Tho cigar-shaped submerged torpedo, pro pelled sou exploded by electricity Irom on shore, was tested satisfactorily in the Poto mac river, last Saturday. It is au iron boat about 20 lect long and 3 iu diameter, and contains motivo power sufficient to drivo it two miles. Iho machinory is controlled by an electric battery, to which tho operator communicates through a wire which rolls from a reel as the boat moves. The opera tor is able at will to turn the boat iu any direction, stop or back it, or firo tho chargo which blows tho boat to atoms, and must certainly destroy tho strongest ship afloat. It moves under water at such a depth that no shot can reach it, and travels faster thau tho swiftest steamer. Officers of tho navy who are familiar with this implement of warlare fay a harbor protected by it need tear no enemy. Vcrgcnnes people aro agitating tho sub ject of having a celebration upon tho "glori ous lourm. Ffm ear Sftclal Rtfuttir. 'crgtunci .llarhct. BaTPRMT, April ii. flutter common to fair 23 CI Ma, good to choice 30 es jic: Mjucuon jx m. Miiplo 8ut;ir 10 m lie f lb. Jlicfimoml .Marhet. Mo.iiur, April SI, llultcr 'li tit aio. moit of tho Imttcr M '.H tl nno. I'liecM tent nncouiuilulon. oxc-cptout lot or ficiory um lib itu iitr M?iirtuivr lllftio. Kicks iro V tlui. Maple (usar S ee lito If lb. Maple ayrup fioo St tl. V gal, fcklnj -Vo Jl. Hay IOft 112 ft ton. Itaston M'rotttice .flarlcel. J-'limr. Tko market ror Klour u quito Arm, with ft it aily demand, tho aalra havo been at full lirlcei. nnipa uhto ueen ai t iu w i aj lor woniorn Buperiinoi tl f0 UO ror common oilran f.W W G' lor Wli-con-in eitrns . i3 0 7 HI for Minnesota oxtrai. ln clU'lllix choice taken' , G Ul (O 7 Jo for winter wheat Ohio, Indiana an-1 Michigan , $0 T, s so for lllinolt aim to M m 8 ui ror st Lul, luoluiltni; cholco favorite iirainii. nouinern nour u ncaoy mnjflV9-:ir uul, for common oxtraa ami choice family. Fancy Mlnne iota hramli rango from i7 25 it 9 ft) bhL corn jieai naa been hi ij ui mi j , tr oui. It) Hour hai been aniline mt tl 73 lie 3 73 If IU. Hat Meal lalot at to ml it 7 IU for Weateru. (Jrnlii.- Tho gates orinlxodanit vollow Corn havo ueen ai oi uv jib I'uiiiei. In Uati the lalea of mlio.1 ami No 2 white have bean at 16 ts Wi rcjoctixl lit 43W 10, and whlta Mo I at 33 HP IM0 Y "UIIIOl, J n H) e me sales nave ueen suuii ai vu kb 'Jjo xr bum. Bhoru tell riouifJO ill. Fine Feed Ul UU et SI 60t and UldJllail at IMOU0 21 (Kir ton. In llarley prlcei raniro from BOe t 1120 V tiuiliet lor Biaios aim uanaaa woi. !-. I'oarie tJO ul Hi $21 Oil, and Sao and medium grades ran0 Irom tie HO ffl la OJ Y ton. jiyo straw j in ao vi ui ton. Vnivlalaiie. In 1'ork the sales have boon at 1 19 00 0 la to for prlino, lU7i Si 23 00 lor uioasi aud til no tt 20 Ul clear and eitra clo.ir. Tho salos of Ueer hare been at t li Oil 13 M, for mt it and eitra tuns , ana lia hi a io wi for family. L,uru sens iiiiihd lao y id, tor city uui western, Umoked Hams aresoltlu at 14. a lU f lb. Cut meats aro Iu fair ileuuud at 101 a I Ic f lb, rtitlure la butter the aales have been at 33 A 37 ror cholco Now York and Vermout. and fair to i-uod 2-1 in 3lo If lb. In tuaojo mo sales nave been at u so nio if m. Whltoboam aro tl 20 If bush . Tea lloanv at tl 11 a I f.l lor Western and Northern, and Yellow L'yes at $1 73 V buiht Itod Kldnoys at tl ID & I 30 f tu'hel, Kicics are Armor and have heen selling at 17 A ISe fur Northern aud Kaatoro, and Id 60 17 Tor Weitorn, Apples sales at tl HI a 1 73 ror uaidwini, Onions rune iruui tl 73 i ill if buhol. Potatoes at 43 tm 00 r buihel for Jackson Whites i 10 tt 600 for Karly ltoso aud to to Coo for oouimon. Hu ifur. There Is a fair doinaud for sugar aud prices arellnu. Hellnod ttugurs, powdered at lolei granu lated at I0 at 10)0 aud colleo crushed at H Hi V Io Y tb. Maplo Sugars 10 In oakos, anl6iS 1 lb In tubs. W'atertoint Cattle -Tar.c. Cattle We found llr.nhoadiif cattle at market for illinoiaii of theie onlv 40 hoad were from the North. There were western iteers bou(ht by a Northern butch er to ship to Littleton. N. II., as they can lie bought at marseicneaper mau toe fiortuern at uuine, auu toi ler Ueef. Lait week's prices hardly suitaluod and trade Ii dull. The Northern nearly all milch cows. J. W. Wales sold VJ iteers to M, tfanders at 5o lire, llathewiv .1 Boillli sold 20 iteors to llird Co., aver aire 113(1 lbs. at Atot lOsleersto t. Wentworth. aver. ato looo lbs, at 13 10 tb cwt live i 4 steers to Mr. Whit, aker, average I mi lbs, at f3 30. J. Stetson sold 12 steers to M. U. Fetch to welsh 11,390 lbs, at 13 CO, 10 iteers, average Itti) lbs, at 13 II. J.W.Taylor sold 2 itstrs and 3 heifers at 8o f tb d. w,, to diets 730 tti I ox at eie id, i. w, to areas ijou ids. diiuvji i no average vi lajt -wi ouuui uu w licit, and Ho tho best prioes on flocks of mostly lambs, and elect, the average of last wek oa the few tloeks lost butchers Io Y lb. Kidder ft ltoblnson sold 90 head, part lambs, average 7S tbs, at Cc. J Hall sold 32 iheeu andrsnrinir I.ambioa drift ta 11. i). tluudnoui:h. J. Taylor sold a deck at 7(o. Poultry-Nothing of any aoniequenee la tho I'oultry Hut at loirktt, A fen head at l& r . WM. H. NELSON, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT. ST. .TOIIlVSMJltY, VT., FILE WOJtKS. jr..HHH A'VTT, I'roitrlctor, Mnmimcturo best now mill nnd taper saw files at lowest ninrket rates. THE 11EAVIKST IlKCUTTINO KILE TKAliE OK ANY COMCEIIX IN NEW ENGLAND. Tho bott work, and at tho lowest rates guaranteed. UlU'llltr.NOI'.s: Any l.tMiilluir Concern ill Vrriimiit or Nnrttitrii INctv lluliipslilrr. The Charter Oak Plow A I'EKEECT SWIVEL PLOW. SA.1ST HORN'S 3?A.TJElSrT. The iu!rlber are agents for Caledonia County and vicinity for the above eclobrated Tlows. Thoy aro tho Invention of .Mr. Auguitus Sanborn, lately of this county, and are built under bis-personal supervision at the extenilvo works or tho lllgganuin Manufacturing Company, at lUgganum, Ct. These Plows l.aio been awerdod flrtt premiums at every fair whero they have been exhlbltod, and aro universally recommended by thoie who have given them a trial as "lliu I'urfacl Ntvlvcl Ploiv," doing good work on lovel land c,r tide hill. Call at our store and see the Lett plow made. We hue four different ilics, varying from ono-horso to tliroo horse. J. W. HASKELL & SON. St. Johnsbin'U, Vt. "VEGETINE" Say. a noeton phyilclan, "lias no equal n a blood pur IBer. Hearing nr Its many wondorlul curei, nrter all ii..-nn.uinm- i,-,t faiiAii. I vliilted tho Laboratory andoonlucedinyioirorits gonulno merit. It Is pro pared from barks, roots and herbs, each of which Is highly cflectlre, nnd they are compounded in such a manner as to produco astou'shlng reults. V 1-XJ ETI N B V HO KTI N K VKGKT1NK VKUBTINH Is the Ureal lllood 1'uriHor. VEtiKTINK VEtSBTINK VEGETINE VEGETINE Will euro tho wont cajo or Scrofula. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Is recommended by piiyilclans and apothorarloi. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE lias cftoctod somo marvellous euros In oaics of cancer, VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Cures the most Intloxtblo casos of Canker. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Meets with wonderful lucccis in .Mercurial dlioascs, VEGETINE VEGETINE VEG ETI N E VEG ETI N E Will eradloate salt Rheum from theiyitcm. VEG ET I N E V EG ET I N E VEGETINE VEGETINE Cures the most Invercrato cases of Kryiipolai. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Removes pimples and Humors from Uio face. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEG ETI N E VEG ETI N E Cures Constipation and regulates the IkatqIs. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Is a valuable remedy for Headache. V EG ETI N E V EG E TI N E VEGETINE VEGETI N E Will cure Dyspepsia. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE. VEGETINE Restores the entiro system to a healthy condition. VEGEN1NE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE Cures Palm in the side. VEGETINE VEGE VEGETINE VEGE' Romoros tho causes of Dizzinois. TINE TINE VEG 171'! NE VEG1 1TINE VEGETINE VEGE TINE Relieves Falntncss at tho Stomacli VEGETINE VEGE TINE VEGETINE Cures l'alns In the Hack. VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGETINE VEGE' TINE VEGE TINE KrToctually curci Kidney Complaint. VEGETINE VEGE1 VEGETINE VEGE TINE TINE Is ellectlve in its euro of Feinalo Weaknesi, VEGETINE VEGETINE V E( ; ETI NE V E( i E TI N E Is the great remedy lor General Debility. VEGETINE VEGETINE V EG ETI N E VEG ETI N E Is acknowledged by all elates of people to bo the belt ami most rellablo blood purillor iu tho world. VEGETINE IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, $1,000 FORFEITED IF THE ABOVE 13 NOT TRUE. DR. STREETER'S MAGNETIC LINIMENT OTJUES ltheuiiiiiili.nl, iVmirulirlu. sjonirai'tutl t!trtUf l.iiiun limit, Slllf rterk. Sprulim, llrnlx-o, l'uluua, lliirua, I'lillblulim, Sen din, tr. For lale by deal-) Dnjnn QC 0, CCn (Circulars lont o on generally ) l iibU L J a OUli 1 application to fiiliimu JIi'os., AIn., ItoMfon, AIIK I'Ol'UI.AIl iikcausi: hki.iaiii.i:. SKKI) CATALOGUE ror 1 870 mallod on receipt of a threeent stamp. 1CU.NUA1.I, ii WIUT.N'KV, fortlanJ, Me. SEEDS, POTATOES. Tne'a luiurroeil Imperial Hugar Heel. The t?,",,r,V"Vf l!"e stock. II. El Urovcr, North Klntrtrllla. n .In writ. . W.im 1 1, a J I. . .r... I. . II E001' Ju "; we cannot do without them." Beut by mall, poit-pald. Jib,', llb.Hiu, t Ins, t3.Dc), package to, uiiijiu rur Tomato. The early variety. ISO. HiuiplUUc Kurrka ant other 1'utatoei, and over no varieties tftioe.li. at low rates, lend fur catalogue. ll.lvui 11. wood, - KSTAUr.lSIII-lll iiorruTiue. vt. Sloimvny lJiano Kovtes, SMITH AMEKIOAN (0 & :w ;$ MUSIC HOOKS, SHEET MUSIC, SHEET MUSIC, AMI .MUSICAL JIItllCIIAMIISi:, Odd Follows Olook, - Railroad Stroot. GTScn-l tor dialogue and Prlco I.ljt.J DO YOU BEST WELL 0' NIGHTS? J' not, then go to tho furnlturo itoro of HALL & SWITSER, and oxamlno their stock or Spring Beds, Mattresses, Etc. You will nnd ever) thing doiirablo In that lino calcu latud to give ItEST TO THE WEARY. I'rlrc lire In iirt-oril Willi Hit- (limn. Uo up-otitlre ninl ur, BANK 1II.0CK, 3IAIX STKEKT, V T J oir.vs It Ull I A( Finely Printed Ulthg Cards (Q tinUi) with rrv your name nn them ail for only HI cents. hTAIl l'lll.STl.NU CU., Northford Conn. SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES & REPAIRS Tho 8ubicrllicr keeps nil kinds of machine- noodlci ?y other attachments nnd docs repairing or all kinds orsowlns; Machines heahlea soiling tho Ticst machlno mado vii i . tho Whoeler 4 Wilson, both now and old st) los. tall at rosldenco In Ilovt's Mock, Railroad itroct, or addross by letter. 0. W. TH03IA8. St. Sohnibury, Vt. SnowUftke Potatoes ! 1 havo one hundred bushels of (lenutnol'rliislo Snow flake potatoes which I offer in lots to suit purchasers at tho following tcry low rates .tssorlnl kize, per lillslii-l . . $4,00 Afc lliry rim t it 1.311 All miiii 1 1 ones it . Tho abovo rates aro about 50 per cent less than seeds- men ak for them. 1 will warrant them genuine, CHARLES U. SHERMAN, Halt Charlotte, Vt, STOCKS RIDGE aw tons used lait year with llrcat Success. !llli:si: Kcrtllllors aro mado for difTcront crops by J. l-ormulas workod out by lrof. I,vl Miirh. Itrl.lK.tvf the Mais, Agricultural Collcgo and havo given extraordinary remits, at small cost, producing lor eiamplo from 73 to UU bushels of ihollod corn to tho acre, without any manure (corresponding results with other crops,) and w llhout oxhousting the voll. but leaving it rich by actual toat. That tho larmcrs may get tho rlithl ingredients cither separately or proporly omupoundod, Prof, htnckbrldge has authorised us us tho only parties in tho country to rurnUii tliem under hisnatuo. Pamphlets containing tho Formulas mid other taluablu iiiturmatlou, sentlreo. ALSO FOR SALE Caribbean Sea Guano. A cheap manure for pasturo land. Containing 60 to M pur cent of llouo I'luwphato or Lime. It Is ejtlm.itod that a dairy cow removes Irom the a ill nil lbs or I'hoi phuto of Llmo eacli season, or twenty conn liavi m. and tills un.loulile.il) li ono, if not tho principal cau-'o. why dairy pajlurca uro moro run uut than other lands. V,e, therefore, ncommend this guano for ni plication, beluga very cheap ourco of I'hofphato of Lime. It also may bo applied on nil crops whero tlround llono is used. ;io) to hi) lbs b acru, l'illCE . tii. Y ton , ouo bag or 10 lbs, IM. Addroci IV. II. IlOWKEIl k CO 13 Chatham Street, llo.ton. I'fAMiOUTH KOCKS BTAUDAIiri STOOK ! Awardod Brit and second premiums and special olOtta nuechee Valley Poultry show. 1 m.iko a specialty of the above variety and aui prepared to furnish eggs ror hatching at UM Y doi packed in Iho be.t luanucrunil delltcrodat tho cipr olllce, Satlirai-tloii guaran teed. L. W. WASlmUHN. Wood.tock, Vt. EGGS FOB HATCHING! ITUUCII as pood itock a tho bent. Plym-iuth Rocks. Hull' Cochins. I'.irlrl.l -o lie him. WMl.i Leghorns, llrown Leghorns, Dominique Leghorns, Wh to (.'roMto,!. Wl.ll.. p.. II. I. lll.,.,b. il.ii il.t (lama llaitlaiii. Ir.. .innll ,......,... ..II r..'n beat itralns In Now England am. A So. I stock eggs. fl.M per sutting. Circulars sent on application. Mt Ufacllon guaranteed, The nlwvo lucudoi p.ickiug carefully, and delivery to cxpros.. Address II'. M Sirtlt, St. Joluubury, Vt. SIIOHM) Auld Acquaintance be Foigotl" Tho Centennial Ca,d Co. beg a continuance of pat. roouge, aud submit terms I IV. uii ii,ui vara im i- lor llurlliuton, VI., April I'. XOWS YOUK OIIAXOIJ! For ISOCUU wo will nrlnt vau lino brl.tnl ninh. nn.l send, postpaid. Work promptly douo. Address iuiir.iu'itiar. i.i-iu iu., llox II, llurlluglon, Vt. KANSAS PACIFIC HOMESTEAD. This paper Is full of reliable Information abmt k'.n. sai, her climate, soli, products and progress. Contain log a ulce luaii of the United btales, and a lino view of a prosperoui Colony rroui I'enni) Ivanla, , 1 u. &u!fAw sul,l) tu ll' Lt and cheapcit body or lands in tho West. ,tiil,tiu acres forsalo. ui vuj , hu. jour auuress to s. j. iii,.moici:, Land Couiinluioucr Kanui I'acllto Railroad, Ltwrcuco, Kaniu, V