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THE BUTILINGTON VT., FREE PRESS, FRIDAY MORNING, .TTINiE 7, 1878. BimUNGTOM, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1879 rictisuED bt 27ie JVro l'ress Association :. II. BOCDICT, Editor. T.im--S3.00 1 ." alffirt In advance. Hciinbllt.n M.t. Noiillll.tiont. FOR COVKRXOR. REUFIELU PROCTOR KOR LIEUr.-BOVf:UXOR, K.P.COLTON, or lBlBUt:in. FOR TREASURER, JOHN A. PAGE, or KosTre.t.iiR. TuEREarc two notable things about the Concessional canvass id this District First, the Democrats arc solid for Birlow second, every man who has his price thi whole mercenary horde is for Barlow. We can stand it if the District can ; but we de cidedly object to having a candidate foistfd upon the Republican tarty by such agencies. Certain means may sometimes successfully accomplish certain ends in the corrupted and corrupting influence" of the national capital whether or not the same tactics will work in Vermont remains to Ik; seen. Tub Inscription on the soldier1 monument at Pittsficld. Ma--., is a laut.ful as it concise, and tell the story more touching and comprehensively than the mot extended Milogy. ltiMmply thi-: "For the dead, a tribute: for the Iivinir. a memory; for posterity, an emblem. Shorter than thi. and him pier, i an in-cription over ayounj civilian's grave in thi cily which cover fait to catch our eve as wc pas. the locality. It in the single word "Dead1" A word surge-live, s lull of grieved surprise, of sur prised sorrow, of lamenting regret, as make an inJclible impress-ion upon one' mind. Stan lev Mattuiais siv he didn't know it wa loaded. Uh denial of any knowlcdgt of fraud and of any intention to reward An deinn fir his perjuries when he recom mended him to office i distinct and em phatic, and h is desire for a public investiga- tion ccrtairly shows his own confidence the rectitude of his intentions and the u Tightness of his act which we hope will be justified by the result of the inquiry. I: the meantime, with a IIouso committee hunting for 'frauds and a Senate commit tee investigating Mr. Matthew?, the roaring farce of Statesmen as Detectives is progres sing finely. Brifflv stated, the principal results, thus fir, of the labors of the 1'ottcr invetigatin committee arc to show (what everybody knew before) that Mr. Stanley Matthews an agonizing failure as a statesman and short-sighted and blundering politician His permanent subsidence into private life will be cordially welcomed by a grateful na tion. In the ccond place, the nnblushin; rascality of the corrupt and venal horde of Louisiana politicians is brought out more plainly than ever though the geocral pub lic long ago sickened of their capers and antics. Xothing has been developed to shake our confidence in Secretary Sherman, and we believe nothing will be. We would take his simple word against the sworn affidavits of any number of the corrupt, rascally gang who are now leagued against him ; and we believe he will come out of the investigation triumphant. The Dead or the Union Armies. Ac cording to the latest officii! reports, the total number of deceased Union soldiers durin; an j in consequence of the war Is put at 31G 233. Of these only 175,704, or something over one-half have been identified and the rest will probably be forever unknown. Of the grand total 30,8 03 are known to have been prisoners of war, who died in captivity. Of rebel prisoners of war. the remains of 21.33G have been interred. The statistics of losses on that iic arc far less complete than on the Union side. There arc seventy- two national cemeteries for the Union dead bssides 320 local and rt cemeteries. The largest of these are at Arlington, Va., the former hooicstcid of General Robert E. Lee. with 15,517 graves; Fredericksburg, Va., with 15,300 graves; SilLsbury, N. O., will: 12,112 grave?; Beaufort, S. C. with 10, 000 graves; Andersonville, Ga., 13,705 graves; Marietta, Ga., 10,000 graves; New Orleans Li., 12,230 graves ; Vicksburg, MLis.t 17,012 graves; Chattanooga, Tenn. 12JGl grave; Nashville, Tenn., IC.52U graves; Mem phi, Tenn., 13,&W graves Jefferson Birrack, Ma , 8,001 graves. The National Cemetery, near Richmond, Va has G.27G graves, of hich 5,45'J are of un known dead, mtly of prisoner. The ccm eteries are generally reported in good condi tion, well sodded and planted with ornamen tal troH. Tue New York Timrs publishes a some what curiou table, showing the notable longevity of the old .original Abolitionists, the early lders in the ami slavery movement In the litt we find the names of William Lloyd Garrison, the Father American Alwlition- jm, ng ;d 73 ; Wtndtll Phillip, CG ; Balph Waldo Emersan,75 ; William Cullcn Bryant 83; Lydia Maria Child, 75, (she wrute an Appeal in lit half of that Class oj Amtrtcam called Afnrans, one of the first distinctively anti-slavery books published in the country) Uocrge B. Chccvcr, I ; Arad Gilbert, 7G Lucretia Molt, S5 ; Sidney Howard Gay G2; Henry W Longfllow,71; Henry Ward Beech r, G,; A. 1'ron.son Alcott, 7t ; Oliver Johnwin, C'J ; Jjbn (. Whittier, 70; Hcnrv W. Bellow, f.l ; Frederick Douglass, Gl Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 02 ; George Ripley, 70. Ci-sius M. Clay, 08; Harriet Becchcr Stowc, CO, William Henry Furnc?, 70 ; Calvin K. Stowe, 7G ; James Freeman Clarke, 08 , James Russell Uwcll, ,VJ , El- ward Everett Hale, G2 ; Parke Goodwin, G2, and dozen of other who might bo mention ed, between the ages of GO and 85. On the other hand, as the Ttmrt pints out, very few of the noted pro- a very leaders and ad vocate are now living, the most conspicuous being Jefferson Davis and Robert Toombs. William L. Yancey and J. I). B. He Bw, one of the great political o pus tic 4 of secession and the other the indefatigable advocate of the kiogship of cottan, have pissed away ho hare Preston S. Brook, Senator Wigfall, Francis W. Pickens, Juhn C. Breckinridge, Henry A. Wise, Robert K. Lee, Laurence M Keith, DuffGreen, Birnwcll Rhctt,John M. Daniel, Efwurd A. Foliar J, Clement C. Vat- landigham,Gcorgc E. Fugh, Jesse I). Bright, Garrett Davis, W. R. Tabcr, Jr., and mot of the men influential in bringing on and keeping up the civil war by their counsel. sympathy, and material and moral aid. Tux talk alioiit county txilitics purl on in to interminable way, and the nearer the convention aiproachcs, the thicker the can didates grow. From the many names sug gested, firt-clas men can not fail to lie selected, and the county will have a worthy and honorable et 1 officer. The Ilcpubli cans of Jericho will present for assistant judge Hon. E. II. Line, of that town, whose namo has already lcen mentioned in these columns. Mr. Line has heretofore repre sented the town and county in butb branches of the legislature, and in tach capacity served hi constituents with honor and fidelity. FursGmething like a score of years past be has been town clerk of Jericho, filling that office, like the others he has had, acceptably and well. An efficient and ireful official ; as good a buincfl man as can bo found in Chittenden county ; an estimable and honorable man in til the relations of life, ho would fill the position indicated with credit to himself and satisfaction to those with whom his official I duties brought him in contact. For Sena tor from the north side of tho river an additional name is presented, in that of Mr. J. C. Flatt, of Winooski, who baa many friends in and out of his town, and who will go into tho convention with a large and influential backing. Mr. Flatt is a member of the firm of Flatt &. Allen ; u young, active and shrewd business man, and would be an excellent representative of tho business interests of the county. It is urged in bis behalf that it is Colchester's tarn, the town not having had a Senator since lion F. C. Kennedy rcpicscntcd it in that ca pacity, in 1S70; and that the size and impor tanccof tho town entitle it to the honor. For State's Attorney tho number of candidates increases o raridly that it is difficult to keep track of the matter, and nothing can be predicted of the result. The serious illness of William Cullcn Bryant will be regretted not only through out this country but wherever the English language is spoken. Tho Nestor of Ameri can author, hi lilc has been a singularly pure and blameless one ; his contributions to letters have been ennobling and elevating; and his genius has shed lustre upon hw coup try. Thr Rev. W. II. II. Mcrkav's plan for hi great New England chnrch embraces, among many novel and striking features, the billowing salient points : The building he purpose having erected is to bo large enough to seat an audience of two thousand person and also a choir of one thousand singer-. Two men are to be engaged, each of whom shall preach one sermon Sunday, and, in addition, addrcsj.es aro to bo deliver ed in the evening by men of different creed. The thousand-voiced choir i to be a perma nent one, with two eminent musician, say Eugene Timer and Carl Zcrrahn, as organ ist and choral director ; and there aro to be daily organ recitals for the benefit of musical student, and concerts two evenings each week. As to the financial part of tho scheme, Mr. Murray's arithmetic evolves fty-cight thousand dollars as the seat-rental proceeds ; and figures up missionary contributions of forty thousand dollars mure, thif sum to bo distributed in the city of Boston and its out lay to 1 supervised by a committee of pro minent citizens. The pastoral work of the church is to bo kept apart from thi preachers' duties, and is to be trusted to a man (with his assistants) hired eiprcssly for the purpose. Mr, Murray hopes to raise a sufficient sum of money to carry out hi plans within the course of a twelvemonth; but, he takes pains to announce, will not be heart-broken if the whole thing fall through. We have never been a particularly ardent admirer of Murray and Morrayism; and have some grave doubts of the practical feasibility of this new scheme of his. Good ideas and poor one, practicable and impracticable theories, seem to us to be indiscriminately mingled in it. In the meantime, the Rev, Flavius Joscphus Cook having given the Bo-tonians a temporary rest, they may as well have the cat wind pumped into them by his di-placcd predecessor in the culture-regency as by any one else. Tue country is, it seem, to be treated to its annual Indian war, this Summer. Tac Bannock and the Sbosbones are the noble red men with whoo barbaric nomenclature we are to become familiarized, this season and whose scalping-knivos are to operate on the integument of the Anglo-Saxon skull In common with our Democratic friend, they are greatly dissatisfied with the Great Father at Washington, and like them arc putting on their war-paint. The country where these ho-tile Indian arc conccntrat ing the great lava-licds between the Great Campas prairie and the Salmon river moun tain is a very difficult one ; and the seventy United States troops (which is the Tast Dum ber stationed there) aro of course entirely helplew. Altogether the outlook is by no means an encouragirg one ; and a repetition of some of the dreadful massacres of year past would 1-c nothing very surprieing. Gen eral Sherman i quoted as expressing the opinion that the Government will have its hands full during the present Summer in protecting the frontiers against the warlike operations of the Indians, and that these ho-tile movements will not be confined to a single scene of operations, but will occupy three separate regions, mak necessary as many independent campaigns by the army. Ibc lUnnoek Indian, he says, arc evidently determined in their hostility to tho whites, and ho fears tint the country will be subjected to the ter rible scenes of another Modoc war. The In dians upon the Upper Columbia, according to Gen. Sherman, arc equally hostile, and threaten sections in which there arc a great number of settlers, and to which it will re quire a strong force to afford tho necessary protccti )n. Despatches from all parts of the Sioux country indicate a general rallying of tho warlike trile of the Nation, and official advices fum the Canadian border report that great portion of Sitting Bull's forces have lclt the vicinity of Fort Walsh, and are grad ually moving south with the growth of vege tation. Gen. Sherman anticipates that with in a lew week all the hostile tribes of Sioux will institute a general war of extermination within the region claimed as their own. He also says that if the present indicationsof an Indian war arc realized, and he fears they will be, the army as it now stands would be entirely insufficient to cope with the weight of Indian strategy and valor that would be thrown igaint it. The Secretary of War is reported as sharing with Gen. Sherman these apprehension of an outbreak, and thinks that proiwrr measure should lie taken to pro tect the frontier against the scenes of blood- shid and pillage which attend Indian hostil tie ; but he says that nothing can bo done no loni; a there i uncertainty as to the sta tusofthc unuy ufter the beginning of the nt-xi u-cai ycur. It is singular whit a difference thcro is between rtfonn in the abstract and reform in tho concrete. For Reform (with a very largo K) in the afntraet, our contemporaries. and among them those in the Third Con- grcssiontl District, were perfect enthusiast. There were heartrending cries fur political for judicial, for administrative, for legist tivc and lor executive reform. Lo and be hold, they said, these arc tho evil days of gabblers and of small potatoes; let us return to the old i-aths of our fathers ; let us send the best men to the (runt and the bummer to tho rear , let us re-tore to Congress the prestige ol the I lys of W cbstcr and Clay nd Calhoun ; let us return to the "sweeter manners, puror liws11 of tho Fathers or tho Republic. This was reform in tho abstract; and endless was the eloquence and inex haustible seemed the printer's ink poured out upon it Kith equally mucilaginous. Ibit one fine day, in this identical District, camo an uiirtunitv for reform in the concrete real, genuine, practical reform, and not the sham article with which that mysterious entity, tho I'coplc, (with acipltal I1) arc wont to bo deluded. It wa an oj pnrtunity fur u to do our little part in elevating the character of our Na tional legislature ; to send to Congress as a representative of our dear old Common wealth a mm of convictions and with the courage of them ; w ith the spirit and intelli gence or reform ; of high and broad culture and of noble ideals; of a character so high as to stand head and shoulders above the hungry, under-educated, half bred, solf- scckers who fill too mmy of our public offices ; in short, a man worthy to bo ranked with the illustrious statesmen who havo re flected lustte upon our Stato and served loriously their country. The opportunity camo : and who wa the candidate for whom found our n. former-friends shouting themselves boarc ? Wby.tho Don. Hind Icy Barlow, of St. Al bans Heaven mvo the mark ! A leterarTs Re mln turners. Simon Cameron's recollections or hen acd events. The New York Times prints a long and entertaining interview with that veteran public man, Simon Cameron, from which we make some interesting extracts. As might be eipccted, Mr. Cameron celebrates himself largely, but the interview Is none the les lively reading on that account. After detail ing many interesting events of his early life and youthful struggles, Mr. Cameron said : A few weeks after I had been appointed Secretary of A'ar by Freident Lincoln, the war broke out, and from my intimate ac quaintance and frequent conversation with Mr. Davis and other Southern Senators, I was convinced that the struggle was to lie Iodc and determined one. Neither Presi dent Lincoln nor Mr. Seward shared that op'nion, however. If I am not greatly mis taken, they both thought that 'too disturb ance. as the rebellion was at first called, would soon blow over. Nearly all the peo ple were ot ttic same opinion, indeed, it wa almost impossible to find a man who had anv intelligent idea of tho magnitude of thi struggle which was then liegun. Oh, it was a terrible time,1 Gen. Cameron continued with lncrcasinc warmth and earnestness. terrible time. We were entirely unprepared for such aconuict.and tor the momenta; least, absolutely without even the simplest instru ments with which to encazo in war. Wc had no guns, and even if wo had, they would have lcn of but little ue, for wc bad no ammunition to put in them no powder, no saltpetre, no ouiicts, no anytning mat was needed. I did the best I could under the circumstance, working day and night, to be ready for the great fights which I knew muat come, isut still there were very icw per sons who believed that the war would lasl for more than a few weeks, or months at the most. I clunir to mv original opinion, how ever, and advised that 500,000 men bo raised to rut down the rebellion. People laughed at me, thought 1 was mad. Even Mr. Sew ard, keen-witted and far-siehtcd as he was, still 1 relieved that tho trouble was to bo short-lived, and mentioned 75,000 men as an armv sufficient for all the needs of tho na tion. After a time, however, both ho and the leading members of Congress liegan to sec their error, and the Government was given authority to raise 500,000 men, thi number whientl at first sueecstcd. "A the struggle progressed,1 continued Mr. Cameron, thc Wnr Department became more and more dutastclul to me. Indeed my position was a must disagreeable one. At first having no means at my command ; then laughed at for predicting that the war would be a long and bloody one ; and all the time harassed by contractors and others who were bent on making all tncy could out ot too cri sis, I was certainly not in a place to be en vied. Still I held on, doing what I could until, sincerely believing that it would be for tho IrCst, I recommended that the negroes of the South be armed and employed in the service of the Union. That idea was a trifle too advanced for the time, and the end of it was that 1 went out of the Cabinet." A SECCET E1IORT TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT LIN COLN. "But vou did not re tiro into private life?' I asked. "No, no," Mr. Cameron replied "Soon after the occurrence 1 have related to you, 1 was appointed Minister to Russia, and I spent some months in St. Petersburg. I was notsati-ficd there, however : nearlv ev ery day I heard of some mi--for tunc which had Mallcn our army, and at last, more alarmed than 1 cared to admit to even my most intimate friend. I determined to return home. I reached Washington toward the close of LSG2, and found that I was not mistaken in the belief that it would rcquiro extraordinary effort to get i out of our difficulty. And just here, continued Mr. Cameron, "1 will tell you of a sccict effort which was made to unseat President Lincoln, au effort which was even then known to but fow peo ple, it was shortly alter l came bacK to America," he went on, "and whilo 1 was resting at my homo in Pennsylvania that received from a number of most prominent gentlemen un invitation to visit Washington and attend a consultation which was to bo held in regard to national affairs. I after ward discovered that this invitation was ex tended to me because it was believed that my somewhat unpleasant exit from the War Department had rendered mo hostile to Mr. Lincoln and his Administration. Knowing nothing of this at tho time, however, I went to the capital and lound assembled thcro a number ot most inuuentiai gentlemen, who had como together ostensibly for the purpose of advising together regarding tho condition of the country. Thi, I say, was their ostensible purpose lor calling the meet ing, but I soon found that their real object wa to find meats by which the President could 1c impeached and turned out of his office. The complaint against Mr. Lincoln was that ho lacked ability and energy, and that he wa not pushing the war with sum- cient vigor. These reasons, and tho plan of attack, u I may uo the expression, were all made known to me, and I was asked for my advice. I gavo it at once, stating with as much earnestness as 1 could command that the movement proposed would lie a disastrous one, and strongly urging that it would be little short ol madness to intcrlero with Air. Lincoln's Administration. Then 1 left Wash ington and returned to my homo a firmer friend of tho President than I had ever been before. And as you know,11 the Senator said, in conclusion, " the impeachment sebemo never amounted to anything. In deed, it was soon afterward utterly aban doned." ' CETTl TLl CO II01L1 HAVE CLOSkD THE WAK." 1 Do vou know I hate always been of the opinion that Ucttyshurg should have closed the war t hen tho iiht occurred, 1 was on my farm near Harrisburg, and only about oil lu lies iroin the held. Ihc day afterward, burninc with impatience to hear the details ol the result, I joined a number of gentlemen who were going over to (icneral Mead s headquarters. Arriving there, 1 found the rebels in retreat, and our troops completely victorious iscing intormcd. as l soon wa, tlmt the Potomac was flooded, that the enemy were almo-it certain to be de stroyed il compelled to crosi ; knowing also that thev were without ammunition or pro visions, and I relieving as I did, that they were completely at trie mercy oi our lorecs, I could not, and cannot to this day, under stand why it was that Meade did nut force the lighting and made Gettysburg a second Waterloo, ror nearly a week I continued to i ol low our army, and becoming each day more and more convinced that tho command ing officer was not fully alive to the situa tion, 1 at last determined to telegraph my opinions to President Lincoln, and ask him to order a gcneml attack on the retreating and demoralized Confederates. Fur this purpose I locked all about for a telegraph station. After a time 1 found one, and had the oicrator pointcQ out to mo. I recall the circumstances mvt distinctly," the Senator continued. The oirator was quitoayoung man, and was lying at full length under a tree. I went up to him and said, 1 want to send a telegram, to which he replied rudely , "Vten, you can t send one unless vou have nn order from hcai'ouartcrs, ' hat, aid I, 'will vou rclue to send a despatch to the 1'residentbt the United States V He was silent for a moment, and then, jumping to his feet, answered, very rcspcctlully, Mh, no. Sir, if it1 to tho i'rcsidcnt, ot course 1 11 send it. 'Upon tin. 1 Mr. Cameron continued. "I was afiotit to send to Mr. Lincoln the ideas I had regarding tho opiortunitv of our armv and the duty of Its commander. Indeed,! had commenced to write when it orcarrcd to mc that, after all, I wai perhaps not fully informed of the situation, and that I might le doing Meade a great injustice. Fur that reason I did not send tho devjutch. Sub sequently, how ever, whilo I was in Washing ton. I raw the President and told him just what 1 thought about the hattlo. the ercat opfrortunity which I believed had been lust, and the fact that I had been on tho point of teiegraptiing him. in reply, he assured mo that under the circumstance, bad he receiv ed my Ulerram, he would havo ordered a general and iui media to battle; but, referr ing to Meade, ho said muu justly, and I shall never forirct his word. 'We cannot blauio him, Mr. Cameron ; wo cannot ecn- su-e a man who has done so much because he did not do more. That same evening," tho Senator con tinued, "I met Mr. Stanton, who was then Secretary of War, had a long talk with him regarding tbo matter, and lound that our views a to tho battle agreed exactly, in deed, the Secretary declared with much em phasis th.it 'Gettysburg should havo lieen, could have lifeii made, the last irrcat battle of the war. And just here," ex claimed Mr. Cameron, "I want to express to you the great admiration which 1 have always h,id for Stanton. Ho was a great, big, brave, loyal man; pcrliajH too harsh and nuick-tcintrrrcd in his tr atmcnt of those around him, but nevertheless a thoroughly good and well-meaning man. Ho had terri ble responsibilities, which at times caused iin to bo exacting almost to the vcrirc- of in justice, but I am sura that ho always in tended to do right, and there is no doubt that ho was in every way tho man best fitted for tho placo in the Government which he was called upon to fill. Ho was a man of won derful strength, not only of mind but of body, yet even ho gave way under the con stant, tho never-ending, strain whiih was put upon all his faculties. Ilia death was hastened by, if it was not the direct result ot, overwork in the war department. JAIESON' AND LINCOLN. Gen. Cameron continued for a time to talk of the war and incidents connected with it until, rgain referring to politic, he said nbruptly, "And even Lincolo, great n man as he grew to be, was atone time exceeding ly douuuul as to his hold upon too party. Then, without waitirg Tor any comment upon this statement, he continued reflectively, "Yes, yes, I remember distinctly that he was not n little troubled about the matter. 1 1 was in 1SC3, and the talk of his rcnomination had begun. Of course, lie was exceedingly anxious for success, and he was very much dMurlrcd at what he called the hostility of Chase and Weed, referring, of course, to Mr. Ihurlow A ecd, of New lork. K garding the position ol tlntsc gentlemen, 1: said to me one day. "'Cameron, I don't like the idea ol hav- inc Chase and Weed against me. I'm afraii I can't lie nominated if they continue to op poso mc. Givo yourself no uneasiness on thai score, wa my reply ; 'the people are with you, and the leaders, even if they desire to do so, will Is: powerless to prevent your re turn to the White Houseand thcnstill furth er to rcassuro him, I continued : 'The posi tion of Gen. Jackson jut before hlsfir-ttcrm expired was an exceedingly critical one, which yours is not, and still be was renom inated. uow was that; nc a.xcd ; ana went on to tell him of the fact that Jack son was under what was su lis tint mlly pledge not to run for a second term. " 'And how did he get out of it, Cameron how did he get out of it? he asked, repeat ing the question a second time. 'Oh, I rerilied. lau?hlnf 'the Legislature of Pcnn sylvanii sent him a letter representing that until hi warfare on the United States Bank had lccn successfully concluded it would l against tho iicst interests oi t" country for him to retire, and on that ac count strongly urging him to accept a second term. 'Ah, ye, said the rrcidcnt. ! sec, and then, looking at mc sharply, he asked : Cameron, could you get mc a letter like that?' "'Ye, I think I might,1 was my rcrly. 'Do, do,1 he said, very earnestly, and then, after a few more words on unimportant topic, wc separated. I went to Harris burg almost immediately, found the Legisla ture in Fession.nnd calling a few of our party friends together, I represented to them the political situation, and advised that such a letter as wc had year before sent to Jackson, should then lie forwarded to Lin coin. They all agreed with me, and short ly afterward the letter was prepared and forwarded on behalf of all the Bepublican Senators and ltcprcscntativcs of our Stato. And sincularlv enough." continued tho General, "it was modeled almost exactly alter the Jackson letter, tho only substantial difference being that the war of tho rebellion instead of the United States Bank was re ferred to as the evil which tho President was relied upon to crush out.1' "And did Lincoln ever acknowledge what you had done for him in the matter? "Well, not directly," Mr. Cameron re plied; "but some timo after my visit to HarrL-burc I was at a reception it was in the White House, if I remember correctly and as 1 was standing talking to a number of ccntlcmca. Mr. Lincoln approached me. smiling, and holding out one of his great big hands, covered with a whito cotton clove, said: "'It's all right, Cameron; two more Stages heard from to-day.1 "If I am not mistaken, that was the only reference to tho letter which he ever mad' in my presence." Oar Jttw York trttrr. ornciors store keei-frs "cniLiiREV of the BRAIN" -100,000 IN tOPrERS WILLIAM ( I LLE V LRVANT. New York, Juno 3, 1S7S. Ti) tb Editor of Ibe Free Prei sad Times. The day is rapidly approaching when the respectable New York citizen will havo to carry around his neck a card bearing a cer tificate of good moral character from his clergyman, printed in nice large type, and backed up by an interpreter for the benefit of those guardians of the pcaco who cannot read even the largest letters known t) modern typo manufacturers. A few days ago, a lady, while shopping in one of our well-known stores, inadvertently took up a parasol, thinking it her own which sho already had on her arm. She wa im mediately pounced upon by the proprietor. searched without success, arrested by an able-bodied policeman, taken to the station house, where the officer accused hcrofbcln, a common thief; locked up for the night in a cell, and brought into court tho next morning. During the examination, tho evidence camo out that the prisoner was a thoroughly rcspcctabio lidy, and that she tried to explain how the blunder was com mitted, but was marched off and imprisonod as a well known thief. Another beautiful feature of this caso was shown when the lady testified that, after much plead in she was allowed to send for her lawyer. She gavo the messenger filly cents for the errand, and ho put the money in his pocket, put a stamp on the note, and cnt it y mail, and, if the lawyer had not seen a notico of tho arrest in tho papers, tho lady would hayo probably suffered through a longer delay. Tho only ray of common senso connected with the caso which has yet pene trate! to the public eye. Ls tho emphatic way in which tho judge expressed hi dis gust at the whole proceeding, and threaten ed the immediate punishment of tho-c through whom tho wretched blunder was made, branding an innocent lady with a foul title. Another auction sale of patents has lately taken placo here, at which a m t miscel laneous lot of thoc "children of the brain" were disposed of. Almost everything in tho way of a devico was rcpre-cnted, from tin coat-hanger to a quartz-crusher, from h clothes pin to a perpetual motion maehino. This varied assortment naturally brought all kinds of prices from ten cents to several thousands of dollars. As usuil, too, it was tho little, simple contrivances that com manded tho highest figures ; while flying machines and new fanglcd steam engines went lagging at a dollar or so, somo such trifle as a door spring or an egg beater would Iiccomc the subject of spirited compe tition and would finally be knocked down at a price to rejoice the heart of its fortunate projector. Uneol tho results of tho recent introduc tion of silver dollars and silver chango has been to turn into the sub-treasury, here, a tremendous and steady stream ol copper and nickel coins fur redemption in the more val uable metal. To show how enormous the influx is, I will specify some of the reported figures. For instance, threo of the citv rail way companies send in on an average $l,"00 er day in this little stun. ()n bank sends in $1,000 a week, and two of the largo fer ry com inies about -2,(K)0. Many city brokers rcccivo and transmit considerable quantities, and from out of town come prob. ably not less than $10,000 per week add! iunal. AU together I supine the receipt of this Mictty cash1 amounts at prcent to not loss than $20,000 a week. Of course, all this has to bo counted and examined fur counterfeits.mutilated piece, etc., and when one reflects that this -0,000 is made up of from hall a million to one million coin, the amount of work thereby imiMiscd MHin tho suit-treasury ray I imagined. So accu rately and systematically is this latwr per formed, however, that the mistakes made arc astonishingly fuiall. In one caso 7.rr.000 in small change was counted with a discrepancy of only $2. Out of these accumulations, tho sub-treasury supplies all tho local demands lor tbeso coins, and tho surplus is shipped on to tho Philadelphia Mint, thcro to be held or to t gradually returned to circulation according to the needs of general trado. At the timo that the u!mivc stud ies wcro obtained, there were lyini; in the b-lreasury vault almost sioimmio ol copper aod nickel, ttackul in bag, that uld by sheer weight protect tlicm-elve from would-lie thicies, quite indcjcndcnt of thick walls and triple door. Whilo his physician and friends hnpc for the best, it seem proliahlc that lefuro thi letter is in print Willi un Cullcn Bryant, the THiet and journalist, u ill hate fassed uwwy. While attending the cimnuiiiON in Central Park on the occasion ol unveiling tho bust rf Maznm, tho Italian patriot, ho stood with uncovered head under a hot sun. At tho close of his address ho appeared to bo suf fering slightly, nlthough he mado no com plaint at tho time. Later in tho day ns ho was ascending tho slcf of a Iriend's house, ho fell heavily iijnui tho stono platform and was taken up unconscious. Bern at Cumin ing ton, Mass., Nov. 3. iT'M.at the Bgo of l.'t Mr. Ilryant wroto "Tho Kmbargo" a Klitical satire in urso. Ho was graduated from Williams College and admitted to tho bar in 1K1C. Outing the following year he published Th ana top sis," which is probably the jsieui by which he is I test known. In LS2t,iicleramc editor of ihoj'vctuni lit. The irestnt is his first illness, since a boy. Yours, Dalton. Dlocrs&n (ontrniion. EIGUTT-E1CUTU ANNUAL CONVENTION Of T11E mOTESTAM EHSCOPAL C1I1TRC1I OF TUE niocEss or verhont. Tbo exercises of the convention were in troduced by tho meeting of the lady dele gates for tho formation of tho Diocesan Branch of tho Woman's Auxiliary to tho Board of Missions of the church, at St. Paul's church, in this city, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The attendance of the ladies was quite large, showing that the object of tho organization w as one in which tho ladies of tho several parishes in the dioceso were especially interested. The meeting was called to order by the lit. Kev. W. H. A. Bisxell, Bihop of tho Dioceso, who briefly stated the object and necessity of tho organization. On motion of Kev. K. II. Randall, of Poultncy, it was unanimously resolved that an association bo formed. A committco consisting of Mrs.W.Carpcn torfjof Uurlington,Mrs. Noyes ol Kaniolph and Mrs. S. Williams of Castlcton, with Ucv. D. C. Boterti of Brandon, as spokes man, was appointed by tho Bishop to pre pare and present a constitution forthoasso ciation. Their report, after somo general discussion, was adopted. Mrs. M. Noyos of Burlington, Mrs. N F. Putnam of St. Johnsbury. and Mrs. E Ran dall of Poultney, with Rev. Dr. A. Hall ot Montpelicr as spokesman, were appointed a committco to nominate officer for tho as sociation. They subsequently reported tho following list of officers and they were unanimously elcctod: President, Mrs. E.J. Phelps.ol Bur lington; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Charles Clc ment, Rutland ; Mrs. T. P. Redficld, Mont polier; Mr. J. A. Conant, Brandon ; Mr. Goo. R. Chapman, Woodstock; Mrs. J. II. Williams. Bellows fall ; Mr. K. R. Brewer, Koosburgh ; Mr. John Farrar, St. Albans; Mm. Fred Abbott, Benning ton; Treasurer, Mrs. Geo. Chapman, Middle-bury ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J. I. Bliss, Burlington ; Recording Secretary, Mr. U. E. Parker, Vcrgcnnc. An excel lent and interesting address was then mado by Miss Julia E. Emory, corresponding sec retary of tho Woman's Auxiliary ol tho Domestic Board of Missions, after which tho meeting was adjourned. EVENING. In tho evening was hold tho public meet ing of the Diocesan Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board oT Mis-dons. Tho Rt. Rev. Bishop and seventeen of tho clergy occupied tho chancel, and thcro was a good sized audience proven t. The services con sisted of Evening Prayer, and addresses by the Rev. D. C. Roberts, 0f St. PauPschurch, Concord N. H., (until a few weeks past in charge of tho parish at Brandon), and tho Rev. A. T. Twine, D. D., ol Now York. The former spoko generally of tho need of organized work, and tbo latter more specif ically of domestic missions, pleading their cause with force and eloquence. Both ad dresses were full of interest. The services closed with tho benediction by the Bishop. WEONESDAT'S SESSION. Burlington, Wednesday, June 5, IS78. Ihc proceedings of the Eighty-eighth An nual Convention of the Protestant Episco pal church of tbo Diocoe of Vermont wero begun with Morning Prayer, offered by tho Rey. Thomas J. Taylor, Roctor of St. Paul's church, Windsor, assisted in tho Lessons by the Rev. Walter Mitchell, Rector of Trinity Church, Rutland. Tbo Creed and Prayers were said by the Rev. Theodore A. Hopkin, Principal of Vermont Episcopal Institute. Tho Prayers being concluded, the Con vention, at 9.30 o'clock a. m., was called to order by tbo Bishop, President tx officio, Thomas II. Can field, of Burlington, Secre tary. The names of tho Clergy of the Dioceso being called, tho following persons wcro present : Tho Rt. Rev . tbo Bishop ol the Diocese tho Rev. Edward R. Atwill.tho Rev. Louis A. Arthur, the Rev. Albert II. Bailey. I) D., tho Rev. F. W. Bartlett. tho Rev. C.R. Batcbelder, the Rev. J. Isham Bliss, the Rev. William II. Collins, the Rev. G. C. V. Eastman, the Rev. Charles Fay, D. I)., the Rev. F. S. Fisher, the Rev. Alonzo B. Flan ders, the Rev. Gemont Grave, the Rev, Thomas W. Hakin, tho Rev. Andrew Hull, 1). D., the Rev. George G. Jones, tho Rev. Walter Mitchell, tho Kev. u. r. Ogdcn the Rev. Nathaniel F. Putnam, the Rev. Ldward II. Kandall. the Key. John Kan dall, tho Rev. Daniel C. Robert, the Rev. Moses P. Stickney, the Rev. F. . Smith, tho Rev. Thomas J. Tavlor. tho Rev. J. B Wason, tho Rov. F. A. Wadlmgton, tho Kev. Homer nhito. The President appointed as a committeo to report upon tho certificates of lay dolo gatos, tho Rev. Mr. Collins and tho Rev. Mr. Whito. The list ot Parishes was then called, and the lay delegates presented their credentials to tho committco. Tho committee, after examining the cre dentials, reported that tho following parish es wcro entitled to representation in tho convention, tho following porsons being du ly elected as lay delegates : St. James's Church, Arlinntan Malcolm L. Morton, Edward C. Woodworth, Mirtin 11. Demi rig. Immanuel Church, Bellows Falls Wyman Flint, Corntlius Low King, James II. Wil liams. St. Peter's Church, Bennington Thomas J. Tiffany. John T. ShurtlcfT. Christ Church, lietbol Solon If. Chaso. Charlos C. Stearns. St. lbomas a Church, Brandon George Briggs, Charles W. Brigg, W. F. Lewi. St. Michael's Church. Brattlcboro Fred- crick A.Nadi, Henry C. Willard, Henry Dcven. St. Paul's Church. Burlington A. L. Catlin, L G. B. Cannon, Wm. L. Strong, Henry Well, John A. Arthur. llolv Apostles Church. Cambridge . Hardline Reed. St. Luke Church, Chester Merrick Wcntworth. Charlos L. Shaw. Christ Church, hnosburgh Caleb K. Brewer. St. Matthew s Church, Lnosburgh rails James W. Beatty. .ion Church, factory 1'oint l. A. Benedict. Christ Church, tdirlax Lyman Haw ley. Andrew Buck. Christ Church. Guilford Rodney B. Field. I St. John n Church, Grand Isle A. II. W . Jackson. St. John s Church. Hiehcato John A. Fitcb, Asa Whitcomb. st. James s uhurch. nvdoviiio saniuei Williams, K. U. linen. Clvary Church, Jcrioho Kulus Krown, St. Stephen's Church. Middlebury Al bert Cbanman. Homer Sheldon. Union unurcn. Montgomery saniuei Head, Geo. C. C. Gates. Christ Church, Montpelicr timothy l Redfiell. Fred. E. Smith. Hiram Atkins. M Mrv s Church. WortbtielJ rhilanaer 11. liradlord. Charles A. Uurtis. St. John s Church. Poultney (ardncr Parker, Frederick Flatt. Don A. Erart. (race Church. Kanuoipu isaao urangcr, St. John's Church, West Randolph Ed ward D. Unham. bt. 1'aul's Cburcr. uoyaiton John il. Denison. Trinity Church, Rutland Charles Cle ment, Edson P. Gilson, Henry II. Smith, B. II. Burt. 1'nnitv Church. Shelburu illiani 11. Harmon. Graee Church. Sheldon Allrcd Keith, Charles M. Weed. St. Luko s Church. St. Albans Myron Buck, Horatio N. Barber, Bildud Paul, Victor Atwood. St. Andrew's Church. St. Johnsbury William S. Bovnton. Samuel Unrein. Eli jah D. Blodgctt. lluly Trinity Church, wanton Henry A. Burt. St. Paul's Church. orcennet Joel II. Lucia, Edward Seymour, M. E. Hall. ftt. 1'aur Uburch. wen James u. Parks. St. Pavl'ri Church. Windor Edward Brown. Nathan G. Halo. St. Jamcrn Church, Woodstock Georgo R. Chapman, Jamc B. Jonos. Tbo convention being orgauizrd, on mo tion of Rov. E. R. Atwilt tho following resolution was adopted : tUiolirti, Thit all clersi mpn of (lie rrwtiitanl FlilMfiififtl I'huirh, not gmionlrtlly enlltlct t m-1 in tills I'oiiventluD, til I'lore) men jI the Chunk tf KntcUud, kit t'Di lid ii I on lur Duly nrOr, tin Trttiif urer of Dili (Vntt-ntloii, the TrfMun r -f ttif lltiunl ot Land Ariti( and 81 ember t tint bltnl ini Ctitmuittti-, litre prwnt. 1. ul berety rv, t mitt) tii wati in tbla t'unvantlcu. On motion or Mr. Chapman, tho Conven tion proceeded to ballot for secretary, tho Rev, Mr. Flinders and Mr. Burt bcinn ap pointed Tellers. Upon canvassing tho votes, Mr. Thomas II. Canfield, of Burlington, was lound to havo recoivod a majority ot all the votes and was declared to ho elected j Secretary ol tho Convention. Tho Secretary announced that ho had ap pointed Mr. Fred E. Smith, of Montpelicr, Assistant Secretary. On motion of Mr. Williams, tho Conten tion proceeded to the election of a Treasurer. Tho Rev. Mr. Haskins and Mr. A. Chap man were appointed Tellers, who reported, after canvassing the votes, that the Hon. Victor Atwood, of St. Alban?, had received a majority of all tbo vote, and he was de clared to bo elected Treasurer. On motion of tho Rev. Mr. Flanders, the Convention proceeded to ballot for three Trustee of the Parochial Fund, to serve un til Juno 1, 1SH0. Tbo Rev. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Upham acted as Tellers, who reported that tho Rev. Albert II. Bailey. D. D., Sheldon; Rey. J. Isham Bliss, Burlington, and Hon. George R. Chapman, Woodstock, had reccivtd all tho vote cast, and they wcro declared to be duly elected. Rev. Dr. Bailey, chairman of tho Stand ing Committco on New Parishes, reported the formation of tho Parish of St. John's, Grand Me. The following resolution of amendment to tho canon was submitted and approved by the convention, and referred to tho special committco on tho revision of tho canon, which wa appointed at tho last convention, which committee.on motion of Mr. Cannon, were continued, Mr. Redficld being ap pointed on tho committeo to fill tho vacancy occasioned by tho abcnco of Mr. Can Sell. Rylller. Mr. Putnam A'riorrJ, That Canon X. Hie 1, te amended ty adding to tlie end thereof the fill.win,"Ua Canons, thno clerj men and two laTtnen." Hy air.Lucia-ftrsoif, That Canon VII. Title 2. he ami tided as follows : In the firxt lutMlivlolon ot ectim I, by striking out the word "male and lu tho second ub div'aion of section I, by atrlkingont tli- wont mule" In the Grt line and by luserting after the word " hla' in the last line the words " or her." By Mr. Atwood Title II. Canon C, sec tion 2, tubject to the direction of tbo war dens and vestry as to tho hour. Canon 7, section I. If any parNh fail to elect a vctiy on Mister Monday, or H a vacancy occur at any time by resignation, removal, death or otherwise, then a special meeting of the pari-h may bo called to fill puoh vacancy. Canon VII., Section C. Notico of any spe cial meeting of the parish shall be given at the Sunday morning service next bofoto the day of holding such meeting. If there bo neither niini-ter nor lay reader, then notico of any meeting of tho parish may bo given hy posting notice of tho meeting at tho door of tho house w hero fuch parish meets for worship at least seven days beforo tho date of uch meeting, such notico to stato t lie ob ject of tho meeting. Rev. Mr. Atwill on behalf of Rcv.T. A. Hopkins extended an invitation to all per sons attending tbo convention and to their wive and to the delegates to tho Ladies' Auxiliary Missionary Society, to visit Rock Point to-morrow (Thursday) afternoon and stated that freo carriages would leave St. Paul'. church at from two to quarter past two o'clock, to convey all who would ac cept the invitation, tho carriages to retain tho guests to their homes ; leaving tbo In stitute at 4 p.m.. or at any earlier hour guests might request. On motion of Rev. Mr. Randall, it was resolved that tho convention will accept tho generous invitation ol the Rey. T. A. Hop kins to visit the Vermont Kpicopal Insti tute on Thursday afternoon and hereby placo on record its appreciation ol the same. On motion of Dr. Bailey, the convention adjourned for divine service to meet again at 3 p. in. At 11 a. m. tho Litany was said by tho Rer. Mr. Putnam, rector of St. Andrew's church, St. Johnsbury. The Bishop began tho Anto Communion Service, assistod in the Gospel by the Rev. Dr. Fay, rector of St. John's church. Grand Isle, and in the Epistlo by tho Rev. Mr. Stickncy, of Christ's church Bethel. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Wm. II. Collins, rector of St. Michael's church, Brattleboro, Ephesians ii, 19,20: "Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saint i and of the household of God. In whom all tho building, fitly framed togeth er, growcth unto a holy templo in tho Lord." The Rt. Rev. Bishop then proceeded in the celebration of tho Holy Communion, assisted by tho Rev. Mr. Randall, rector of St. James'. church, Arlington ; Rev. Mr. Atwill, rector of St. FauF.s church, Burling ton ; Rev. Dr. Swctt, rector of St. John'. church, Htghgate; Rev. Dr. Bailey, roctor of Graco church, Sheldon. AFTERNOON SESSION. 3 o'clock r. ii. The convention assem bled pursuant to adjournment. Tho roll of clerical and lay delegates was called, and on motion of Rev. T. A. Hopkin, tho fol lowing was added to tho list : Christ Church Mission, Inland Tend Ldward P. Lee. Trinity Church Mission, Winooski Al bert R. Duncan. The fallowing standing committees wero announced by tbo BL-hop. On Finance Messrs. Chapman, Arthur, Jones. On New Parishcs-The Rev. Dr. Bailey ana Messrs. Ifucfc and iiriggs. On Education Tho Rev. Messrs. Bliss, Mitchell and Randall and Messrs. Dewey and i'arltcr. On Parochial Reports Tho Rev- Messrs. Haskins and Grave. On tho Episcopal Fund Messrs. Clem ent, Cannon and Williams. The Rt. Rev. Bi-hop then delivered his annual addros. a full abstract of which will bo given in our next edition. The report ot the standing committoe was road by Roy. E. R. Atwill, tho secretary of tho committee. On motion it was accepted and adoptod. Tho report of tho trustees of aged and infirm clergymen was presented by Hon. G. R. Chapman, their secrctiry and treasurer, and it v s, on motion, accepted and adopted. The report of tho missionary committco was read by Rov. E. R. Atwill, its secre tary, and on motion it was accepted and adopted. On motion of Mr. Atkins, the convention proceeded to elect a standing committoe for tbo ensuing year, with tbo following ro- huH, Kev. Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Lucia act ing a tellers : Rev. Josiah Swett, D. 1., llighgato; Rav. Albert II. Bailey. I). D., Sheldon; Rev. Edwin R. Atwill, Burling ton : Hon. Harmon Canfield, Arlington ; Mr. JabczW. Elli, Montpolicr; Mr. Cyrus A. Booth, Vergenncs. Rev, Mr. Collins offered the following resolution : Uriitlttit,TUt the convention recommend to the Rector and l'(tri-hei that an oftertnx be made In erery I'amh during tbecuinlnzjear for the benefit of tbt' bociety fur the iacn ase of the ministry which was adopted. Mr. GiNon presented tho following roo- lution, which was adopted : RrolirJ. Tfcat a committee bv appointed to take Into conaideratloti the condition ol the tenure of church properly in this Diocene: that fttld com mittee report, to-morrow ttiurnfiif, and that fie? en o'clock be the time to especially consider audi re port. Tbo following resolutions were offered by Rov. Mr. Atwill. Kftoh fJ, That fo mueli of the Dlihop' addrt" as relera to the circulation f the pledge forl'iocesan Mltalons be referred to a committee of three clergy men aad three lujmen ti report what uctlun. if anv, should be Uken. K'rtoItrJ, That much of the Hi hop's add reus, as refers to the condition ot the Missionary treas ury, if ref rred to a committee ol three clerj;mtn and three lajiutn to report what action, if an), be taken. Tho resolutions wero adopted and tho fol lowing wero appointed nuch committco: Rev. Mr. Atwill. Rev. Mr. Mitchell and Rov. Mr. lmith, Messrs. Cannon, Clement and RcdficIJ. Rev. Dr. I! nicy, chairman of tho special committco on tho royision of tho Canons presented tho following report, which was on motion approved : Tho Commit te on Canons appointed at the l tt com cntion respectfully roport : First, that tho intention of that conven tion a to what committee t-hould perform tho revision ot tho Con-titution and Canon1 required by tho resolution on tho Jnd day was lclt uncertain in tho journal and tuo revision has therefore not been made. Second, that most of tho ppccilie amend ment ol the Canon which were approved on tho 1st day, and laid on tho table lor fu turo action, cannot be made this year, since thoy necessitato a previous chango in tho Filth Article of tho constitution; which change to tho committco rectus inexpedient. Third, that thsy have considered tho proposition referred to them this dty lor tno amrniimcni oi vnnon iiueii. aim recommend tho adoption by thi convention ol tho billow ini; Resolution ; llcsolrrJ, that thcro bo added to the first paragraph of Section I, tho following words "U hny parish fail to elect a vestry on hauler Monday, or il a vacancy occur at any time, bv resignation, removal, death or otherwise thrn n si-rriiil mcotinir ol tho parish may bo called to fill such vacancy " And that tho word 'unnuaF bo inncrtcd before tho word "election" in the first lino ol Section 'J, and that at tho end of that Hcction tho following words bo added, Notico of any special meeting of the parish shall bo given at tho Sunday morning service next before the day of holding such meeting. If there be neither minister nor lay reader, then notice of such meeting of the parish shall bo given by posting a no tice at the door of the bouse where such parish meet for worship, at least seven days before tho date of such meeting. Such no tice must state the object of tho meeting and bo authorized by the vestry. Fourth, That the committee recommend the follnwine amendment of Canon 2, Title III.: Resolved, That Section 6, Canon 2, Title HI., be amended by adding at the end or when recommended by tho Bishop and the missionary committee.' Filth, That tho committeo approve of the following resolutions referred to them this morning ; Resolved, That Canon 10, Title I , bo amended by adding at tho end tho follow ing: VI, On canons three clergymen and two laymen." Sixth, That the committee, having con sidered the proposed amendment of Canon 7, Title II, viz., to strike oat th9 word "male1 in the first and second subdivisions of Section 1, and to add tho words 'or her' before tho last word of thosection consider thesamotobe inexpedient, and ask to be discharged from its further consideration. By order of tho com mittce, A. II. Bailev. On motion, tho Convention adjourned till 0 o'clock this morning. Tbe rotter Com ml Kef. TUE TERSONNEL Cf THE COMMITTEE. Wc take the following readable account of the make-up of the Potter investigating com mittee from an entertaining Washington let ter to the Boston Post Clarkson N. Potter, tho Chairman, is a genuine, thorough-going exquisite. He is a tion of Bishop Potter, and comes of a family ..r n r ..m,. rr. x mannerism and English styles. Clark son has a brother, an architect, who Ls also a musician and a tenor singer. He is the beau ideal exquisite of the family, as Clarkson is the beau ideal brains of it. It Ls related of the brother that he wears silk gloves to and from hi office, changes bis clothes tux or even time a aay, goes to bis lunch regular ly, and, a a mark of genius, divides bis lunch hour between food end music feeding the stomach and the soul at the same time. so to speak. Clarkson copies this illustri ous example as closely as so busy a man can. He was first a civil engineer, then a lawyer, latterly a politician, no was born at to old Dutch town of Schenectady. N. i 1825, and graduated at Union College. He i a warm personal friend of Air. Tildcn which fact, doubtless, had much to do with his choice a. Chairman of the Investigation Committee. He Ls a lawyer of first-class ability and a man of abundant means. Physically he is tall and well built. He wears a pair of brown, Knglish mutton chop side whiskers ol which he is very proud affects the Adonis gait of Conklinir with th crooked kneo and the bent hip, wears the best of KnglLsh broadcloth, and there is a corset-like suggestiveness about his waist. William R.Morrison, of Illinois, the sec ond member ol the Committee, ls well known as Chairman of the Committee on Appropri ations oi mc roriy-jourtn congress, lie served in the Mexican war, commanded an Illinois regiment in the war between the States, and is serving his fourth term in Congress. Ho is no orator, but an able lawyer, and almost if not quite the atutcst politician on the Democratic side ot tne House. His open hostility to Randall's can didacy lor breaker cost bim all opportunity to nake a prominent figure in the present Congress, but no man's counsels are oftencr sought or more uniformly worth hecdiog. In manners he is Potter's antipodes, Genial, outspoken and plain, fond of com panionship, lond of a joke, carrying his heart upon his sleeve but committing bis po litical plans and purposes to the caro of none. Eppa IIunton,thc third member of the Committee, is a native-born Virginian and one of the immortal seven who voted stead ily again-st the eight. He was born in I81!3 was a member of tho Scccsion Convention of irginia, earned the rank of Brigadier Gencml in tho war, entered Congress in lbJ and is now serving bis third term He, too, wxs overlooked by Randall in tbe make-up ol the Committees, because be voted lor ins colleague, uoode, lor apcaitcr, Two of the best men on the Committee arc John A.MacMahon,of Ohio, and Joseph C. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky. Blackburn Ls on the notch of 40, but looks to be hardly 35. He is a native-born Kcntucktan, a law yer by profession, served throughout the war in the Confederate army , and is now serving his second term in Congress. Al though so vounc in Congressional life, Blackburn is already recognized as one of tbe Democratic chicftaia. Personally, Joo, as he Ls familiarly called, Ls very popular. Like every genuine Kcntucklan, ho loves a good horse, admires a fine woman and succeeds in politics. He is an inveterate joker and an incessant teller of good stones. Physically he is tall, wiry, Iong-Iimbcd, an gular and so spare of ileb as to look a trifle gaunt. He ha large, lustrous eyes, sports a ferocious long moustache and is careless as to his dress. MacMahon Is an entirely different type of man. lie is physically less roousi tnan Blackburn, and naturally less enthusiastic and exuberent, but he is ono of the ablest lawyers of the House and almost the longest headed politician. He is a quict-manncrcd, medium-sized man, wear a short, full beard and moustache and dresses and looks like a careful, well-to-do business man. He is no orator, but a cogent debater. Whatever he undertake i thoroughly dono. His speeches. almost without exception, arc magazines of lacts, logically arranged, lie was Dorn in Maryland in 1S33, studied law with Vallan- d:gham, and ha practiced in my ton, umo, since 1854. He is on his second term as the Representative of the Fourth Ohio District, and acquired distinction as one of tho prose cutors lor the iiouso in the lelxnap im peachment trial. Stengcr is a Penny Iranian by birth and the youngest member of the Committee. He t 28, but might easily be taken for 30 on account of his blight build and smooth, youthful face. In his own State and in the House ho is accounted n lawyer of excep tional ability. He is serving bis second term in Congress as the Representative of the Eighteenth t'ennylvania I Ms t net. Cobb, who end the Democratic list, is a native Indianian, f0 years old, and repre sents the second Indiana District, ile is a lawyer by profession, is rving his first term in Congress. The Republican end of tho Committee i a curious nodge-pou c ot erratic strength. The country knows who and what i Butler A body of brosa and legs of straw," as a colleaguo nptly described him. He is more " I'oddy and less obstreperous, than ne used to be. but the samo tireless Intriguer as ever, and if possible, more crafty. His main object, doubtless, in being on tho Committee is to get even with the President and Wayne MacVcugh, and he may bo counted on to vote with whoever and for whatever will inot aid him to accomplish his desires. Frank Hiscock, of New York, tho second Republican memlcr, is one of the new men who i made known to tame through tbe in vestigation. The Congressional Directory merely records cf him that he was born at Pompcy. X. V., in 1831, has been a prac tising attorney since 18o5, was a member of the btato Constitutional convention in iniit nnd was elected by the Twenty-filth Now xork District to tho Jorty-hllh Congress as a Republican by 4 ,51 1 majority. Ho is ac counted a man of fair ability and sound judgment. Jacob ii. Uox, ot I'hio, was ncrakicd beforo hi arrival hero a one of Ohio's strong men. He had served in the Ohio legislature, won distinction in tac war, coming out of it a Major-(icneral of volun teer. Ho had been (iovernor of Ohio from I8G6 tolG8,had served a year in (Irant's Cabinet a Secretary of the Interior. Ho i--undoubtcdly n strong man, and he is the only sop to tho President on the whole com mittee the only man who from hi predilec tions may not be considered quite willing to see tho President overthrown. I la was burn in Csnada, educated at Obcrlin, Ohio, is 50 years old, and has tho largo physical build o common with the representative men of Ohio. Thomas B. Reed, of the First Maine Dis trict Ls tho last memlier of the committee. He is a large-throated, chubby, fat-faced. Ircardlcss, boyish man who is quite eloquent, and has tho reputation of leing'very smart nnd very laiy. He i 3'J, a lawyer, a new memlier and a satellite of Blaine's. lie i a native down-Kator," ha served in both, branches ol his Mate Legislature and has been Atlorney-deneral of Maine. Willistos Mr. Lewis Talcott is ono of tno most successful dairymen in the otato. lie has now 2(Ht cow-, employ a largo forco ot men improving his land and build ing, and devotes hi time c!oeIy to the general management of tho wholo affair. He makes oheeso tho wholo year at factories that ho controls, where many of the town's peoplo join in sending in their milk. At present ho makes cheeses a day, at an average ol about 50 lbs each. MiDDLKiitar Memorial-day was scarce ly observed here, even by closicg the stores. Kfforts arc being mado to havo ono of tho finest celebration cvor held in tho Stato "tbo Fourth." Preparation are being mado at tho court housa lor tho coming cion, next week, by a general "house cleaning.' Tho streets arc being greatly improved by graveling tho road from Chipman hill. f-1 A. Sturtcvant is very low in consump tion and if is said ho can Hvo but a few days. News by Telegraph. KitoM wamii:v;tox. TUB rOTTSR INVESTIGATION AND KESOIt'd TS3 TIMONV CONTINUXD. Washington, June 3. In the testimony beforo tho investigating committee, Satur day, Anderson said that Congressman Nash, who represented tbo district Eut Feli ciana was situated in, expressed the fear that ho would bo beaten, because Gov. Kel logg was his personal enncmy. Anderson had an interview with Kellogg, who said Nash was beaten, of course, by a majority of 6,000. Anderson stated that Hayes waa beaten by a majority of ten thousand. Kfllogg said that it might bo a different thing. Anderson said unless Nash waa counted in be (Anderson) would burt the whole thing. Kellogg.witb an oath, told him il he desired to put his neck in the halter to go ahead. Anderson insisted that Nash must bo counted in, and then Kellogg said tell Nash to make up a good cac. Ander son also said he got the members of the Louisiana delegation at Washington to sign his application to Secretary Evarts for ap pointment. He called Secretary Sherman to obtain bis influence with Eyarts. Sher man told him he neither proposed to use his influence for Andersen in bis own depart ment, nor in any other department. Ander son left and never saw Sherman again till last Saturday. Anderson also testified that he carried to tbe President a private letter from an Ohio friend ot the President. The President gavo Anderson a memoran dum asking Anderson' appointment to a consulship a a special case, signing it "R. B. II." Witness then related that when ho started for New Orleans to get the Sherman letter he stop ped at Cincinnati and gave Stanley Mat thews a detailed history of tho election in Louisiana, and tno part witness had played, Anderson likewise asserted that ho called on Gen. Hailan (of tho Harlan and McVcagh commission) several time and gave him a complete history of how the election was manipulated in Louisiana. Harlan said Anderson was badly treated and promised to sec that be was provided lor, on condi tion that Anderson surrendered tho docu monts in bis possession. Anderson gave tbo documents to Harlan and that was the last he saw of them or heard of Harlan Anderson then went back to Washington from New Orleans, stepping at Cincinnati on tbo way. whero Matthews gave die a letter to Marts. Alter declining tbe appointment as consul to Finchal, he re turned to Matthew, who said he had fixed matters with the President. By Matthews' advico Anderson returned to Washington and called on tho President, who stated that ho had mado no promises and thcreforo had none to fulfil. Anderson attempted to have a plain talk with the President, saying the election in Louisiana, and especially as re garded Anderson's parish was a cheat. Tbe President said Anderson would have excuse him. He was very busy that after noon, and tbe last Anderson saw ot tho Presidential coat-tail was when it went oat by tho door. Anderson's cross-ei imitation. Mr. Reed commenced tho cross- examina tion of Anderson. It was largely devoted to the endeavor to convict the witness discrepancies between his testimony Satur day and tho statements made by him beforo tbe Senate investigating committee in Lou isiana, last year. The bulk of the examina tion was as to minor details, and not of gen eral interest. The contracts between An derson and Nasb.and between Anderson and Weber, wero used lor tbo purpose of showing contradictions and discrepan cies and diregard of moral considerations on tbo part of witness. For instance, he stated on Saturday, in relation the Nash contract, that at tbe time of its date, bo had no evidence of fraud in his possession, and bad not pretended he had any, yet tbe contract recite that ho is to suppress evidence showing that East Feliciana bad been fairly carried by tho democrat, compensation for such suppres sion being that Nash was to secure for him a position as naval officer. He was pressed on that point as to whether his statement Saturday (that he bad no sucn evidence; was correct or not. and be asserted it was. except that he had the Sherman letter in his pocket at the time, if that could be con strued into such evidence, and also except that he had knowledge that the vote of the state was to be thrown out on a forged pro test. He admitted also that be did not ex pect to get the position of naval officer. Hi admitted that the agreement did not express the truth. What he wanted was to get the thing in that shape that would hurt Nash if he did not carry it oot. Tho croes-examination was then directed to tho object of showing contradiction be tween tbe statement in tho Weber contract that the parish had been carried by tho dem ocrats by legitimate means and tbe state ment Saturday that there bad been some slight intimidation in the Darish. A long time was consumed in this branch. Witness having repeated what hestated on Saturday, that in the protest ho had signed tbe words "republican or democrat did not occur, was asked whether he had omitted them purposely. Ho said ho had done so (as in tho Weber contract) with the object on his and Weber's part of protect ing themselves, ile said when bo testibed beforo the Senate investigating committee he carefully suppressed evidence that had a tendency to help the other side. He was trying to carry out tho implied bargaii with Sherman, and suppressed as much truth as possible without swearing to a lie. Passing on to Anderson's examination before tho Senate committee he stated that he had purposely misled that committee, Coming down to his testimony as to tho interview with Sherman at Moreau's restau rant. New Orleans, Anderson was closely cross examined and made to repeat in detail all tho oircamstinces of tho interview. Du his answers to all questions put to him on that point did not snow any notame varia tion or discrepancy. Ibe cross-examina tion was not concluded when the committeo adjourned till 11 o'clock tD-morrow. THAT INVESTIGATION. Washington, June 5. A Jacksonville special says the sub-committee arrived this morning and immediately proceeded to busi ness, secretary ol Mate illoxbam, thobrst witness, produced four precinct returns and two returns ot tlie canvass ot ifaker county. the first showing a majority for the Tilden ticket and the other a maiority for Haves. by throwing out two precincts. The sec ond witnes. Cox, formerly clerk ot Baker county, testibed that be made tbe brst men tioncd canvass in favor of Tilden and that was tho only one that could be made from tho original returns of tho precincts, as they were always in his possession, sev cral witnesses are expected to-morrow from Lake City. TUB POTTER COMMITTEE. Cox mado a statement that in accord anco with tho suggestion irom tbo chair man, he called on Matthews and requested tbe production of tbe Antlerson-H cber contract, and that Matthews bad handed him this paper. Witness still persisted in declaring it was not tho paper be bad mailed to Matthews. Anderson also said tbe original document wa a double sheet ot paper, while this was a single sheet, lie thought tbe signature and seal oi me notary Dublie were Sovmour s. Witness was cross-examined minutely as to tbe circumstances attending the signature of the Anderson- eber contract. At one time he testified to his recollection of its taking place at the office of Seymour, notary pub he. and at another timo he expressed doubt as to whether one set of signatures (there were two sets to tbo same paper) might not have been mado at the custom house. Then he could not fix it definitely where the first set had been made; but ho inclined to ibe belief that bcth sets had been signed at Seymour's office. Ho admitted that there was not a postmark to show that ho sent any of tbe letters which bo claimed t have found in an envelope containing tbo Weber papers. I hey were altogether in his own handwriting, and thcro wa nothing in any body else's handwriting to identifi them. O.. So there is not any corroboration ot your statement only tho letters themselves? A. (significantly) Ve. there will bo. The lnllowini letter, rccocnized by wit ness as ono he wrote from New Orleans, April 7. 1KT7, to Stanley Matthew, was put in evidenco: T)ear .ir Packard, on Monday, conclud ed that hi only hopo lay in his ability to fnchten tho President by threatened ex posure of rascality committed during the past campaign, and hi agents have been at work sinco then endeavoring to collect evidenco. Ho has sent for me three times during tho past two days and yesterday twool bis trusted iricnd. in order toiuduce mo to go with them and to convince me the President could not throw him over, gavo out line of plan by which they claim they can bring bim (tho I'resident) to tcrms.vn : Three ot the electors on tho republi can ticket will swear they iid not voto for Hayes, but voted blank ; that thoy did not sign tho certifi cate, their names being forged, etc. Of co urso they commit perjury, but that is a small matter hero. Tbo intimation through tho press that their designs wcro known and would bo promptly mot might dttor them (the elector) from making tho at tempt. 1 have posted Ojn. Harlan on tbo subject. In January tbe party holding the Pitkin it al. agreement wa requested by them t destroy it. He refused. Ho also refused to return it to mo, but wtd ho wa willing to comply with their request. I deemed it bent and it was burnt to-day in my presence. Unclosed find the cber agreement. This is tho last piece of docu mentary evidence in existence- I will now bavo to trust entirely to you a tho ill fceiing borno mo by tho republican leader has been intensified by my relu-al to aid in their infamous scheme. Signed, James E. Anderson. Tho Matthews copy of the Nash agree ment was tii on handed to witness for identi fication. Ho sail ho thought it was tho same he had given to Matthews, bat that sinco the other had been altered bo would not like to state so positively under oath. Witness was reminded by Batler that he bad promised to produce letters written to him by Mrs. Jenks. He said he had only been able to find tho first of them, as" his wife had destroyed all the papers in this case that she could get her hands on. He produced a letter which he had found and it was put in evidence. It is dated Washington, January 17. 1877. One passage in the letter is as follows: "In your letter yon did not mention what document it wa you wished to get. Is it 'a letter to D. and yon ? If so, why did you not say so ? Witness explained the cap itals with a dash meant Sherman and that the whole phrase meant Sherman's let ter to Don and him. McMihon asked Cox whether Matthews had given him all tha papers and letters that he had relating to. the matter. Cox did not so understand it. Theso were the originals of the Nah and Weber agreements, which he specia'lv in quired for. Ho only asked tor those two papers. VVKSTEltS IVKWS. A TXSR1BLE CTCL0NI A TOWN DEMOLISHED TEN PERSONS KILLED MANY FATA LIT nest. Richmond, Mo.. June 2. A terrific cy clone passed over here, yesterday, levelling to the ground over half of the buildings in town. Over a hundred houses are totally destroyed, and tho loss of property will reach a quarter of a million. Whole blocks were completely swept away, and the de bris scattered for miles. Tho storm was preceded by a heavy rain fall. Tree were uprooted, and carried through the air like feathers, as were fragments of house and everything the storm struck. The Shaw house, a large brick hotel was demol ished and the inmates buried in tho ruin. As far as known tho follow ing wero killed : Mrs. Thomas Casey, Miss Roso, Mr. Nading, Miss Crouch, Jos. Campbell, Mr. Hamilton, Miss Uolman, Mrs. Alvis Vaught, Thos. Boban nan, Mary Joy. Tho following wero mor tally wounded: W. A. Donaldson, Mrs. Paul Vertz, Fred Lehrman. Seriously wounded: Jno. Anderson, Marion Ball, J. B. Uines, J. B. Ashbury, Florenoo Ford, Bob Offutt, Elizi Marshall, James Dun can, Mrs. Thomas McOinnis, Geo. Sawyer, Squire Dodd, Isabel Warner, Mrs. Jennia Smith, Fred Joy and wife, Chas. J. Hughes, Jr., Mrs. Colgan. Clay Burgess, Thomas Burgess, John Ballard and wife. Mrs. Perry Jacobs, A Child, and two children, George Warren, Riley Uolman, Mrs. Osborn. Sam uel Powell. Mrs. Hughes and a number of others. Horses and stock of all kinds in the traek of tho storm wero swept off. A train load of citizens of Lexington, arrived to render aid and physicians from all the sur rounding towns havo been summoned to give medical attendance to tho wounded. Patrols have been detailed to guard the town. TDK OREGON ELECTION. Portland, Oregon, June 5. Additional returns indicate that Whi taker, democrat, is elected Congressman by a smalt majority. It is conceded that tbe legislature will have a democratic majority on joint ballot, variously estimated from four to twelve. It is generally conceded that but for tho ef forts to forco tbe election of Mitchell tha legislature would havo been republican. Tbe republicans undoubtedly elect tbe sec retary ot state and treasurer, and it is bo liered that Beckman, republican, is elected governor by a small majority. Kt ltOPEATC .TIF.VVN. (ieruianjr. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE EMPEROR WILLIAM BE IS WOUNDED IN TDK ARM, CTJIIKAND BACK THE DESPERATE WOULD BE ASSASSIN SECURED. Berlin, June 2. While the Emperor was taking a drive at 2:30 o'clock, this after noon, some shots, apparently proceeding from a bouse in avenue Unter Der Linden, were fired at him. The Emperor was wound ed in one arm and one cheek by buckshot and small shot. The would-be assassin is Dr. Nobeling, occupying apartmentsat No. 18, Unter Der Linden. When his door was forced open, he fired upon and woandedthe hotel keeper and tried to commit suicide, bat was secured. The Emperor's personal attendant jumped into the carriage and sapportsd tbe Emperor until tbo carriage reached the palace. The Emperor was con veyed to bed and several grains of shot ex tracted, causing great loss of blood. The Emperor suffercred great pain, but never lost consciousness up to the latest moment. At 7 o'clock, this evening, no serious ap prehensions is felt as to his condition. LATER OrriCIAL ACCiCNT. Nobeling fired twice with a doable-barrelled gun. The emperor received abont thirty small shot in his face, head, both arms and back ; but at about G o'clock this evening his general condition had already improved in a satislactory manner. An immense crowd from all parts of the city thronged into the avenue Unter der Linden on the news becoming known. The assas sin is Carl Edouard Nobeling. a native of Kollno, near Bonbaum.aged 32. Ho is a resident of Berlin, a doctor of philology, an agriculturist, and a habitue of the democratic socialists. A quantity of arms was found in his apartments. He fired on the persons attempting to arrest him with a revolver, and then indicted se vere wounds on his own head. He con fesses tho crime, but obstinately refuses to ttata bis motives. He is at tho hospital station. TUE W0CLD-BS REGICIDE niS SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES FATAL HIS SOCIAL AND FAMILY" RELATIONS. London, June 3. A Berlin special says Nobeling'd injuries are fatal. Ho refuses to allege any satisfactory motivoforhls crime. He is neither a socialist nor an Ultramontane, but i a Protestant, ot goad family and position and fair means. His brothers are officers in tbe army and his mother's second husband is a retired major. Nobeling admits that his plan bad been formed for a long time. Us had accomplices who had been in communi cation with him on the subject of tbo a3sas- mation oi the emperor lor six months. THE CONDITION OF TOE EMPEROR SATISFAC TORY. Berlin. Juno 3. An official bulletin issued from tbe palace this evening, says tne condition oi tno kmpcror is sati-lac-tary. A BEGESCT PROCLAIMED. Berlin, Jane 5. A decree has just been issued, proclaiming a regency and nominat ing the CrownPrince.Frederick William, as regent. The decree i signed by tho Empe ror and countersigned by Bismarck. rKUSO.VAL. The sudden death, at Montreal. Sunday. is announced of tho Hon. Wilfred Dorian. a Judge of the Superior Court.and a young er brother of Sir Antoine Aime Dorion. for many years leader of the French Canadian Liberals of Quebec, Administrator of the Provinco daring the illness ot Lieutenant Governor Caron in 1S70. and Minister of Justice from November, 1873, to June. 1574, at which latterdato be was appointed Chief Justice of the Pro vinca of Quebec. Judge Dorion was tbe third son, we believe, of tbo Iato P. A. Dorion, of Champlain, who sat in tbo Lower Canadian Assembly tor many years. He was in his usual health the mo ment betore bis death, which is attributed to an unsuspected disease of tho heart. Judge Wm. F. Allen, of tho New Votk Court of Appeal, died Monday afternoon, at hia homo in Oswego, of affection of tbe brain. Judge Allen was elected Judgo of the Court of Appeals in 1970, and his ago at the end of the present year. He was born in Windham, Connecticut, aboutseven- ty years ago. and settled with his fathei. in Duanesbargb, Schenectady county, in 1316. Graduating at Union College about nine years later, be removed to Oswego and en gaged the legal profession in which he has won wida reputation, ranking among the ablest jurists in the State. Ho was member of Assembly in 1343 and IS 11, and United States District-Attorney, Northern District, in 1845. During sixteen years subsequent ly he occupied a spat on tho Supreme Court Bench, and in 1867, be was elected Comp troller Ol the State. Ha has alwavs been a Democrat, possessing largo intlucnco end popularity. Professor Asa Gray has a face which is thus poetically described by a Washington correspondent of tbo Covimernat of Cincin nati: 'Tbo Professor's head is boned, not by age. but because he has so long looked down into tho faces of the tiny timers; his countenance reflects only toe delicacy ana purity of the wild bird , with their frc-h flush and modest plow. The same corres pondent sees Professor Htlgard, of the Coast Survey, as "a moon face, softly pink, surro nnded by a full, short beard ot wbito and Captain Eads as a man with delicate, winning, refined feature, small of feet, and daintily neat. This writers sing likewise tbeso small idyls: "I saw aIo Larkin Mead, tbe sculptor, and his pretty Italian brido, whose courtship was as romantic a any fiction eyer penned. They met first, 1 believe, on tho blue Adriatic, and so little need has lovo lor words to tell its pa-sion that the two were betrothed before the lady could speak six English words ; and while the sculptor wa grappling manfully with simple primer sentences of tho musical Italian, ho picked out the syllable which spelled his love to tho dark-eyed Venetian Hitr firmer sat doe to tho Speaker's desk, and held, poised between luumo ana nngcr, a twiifi "u ";u I'crtuvu and sw&ved twin rose on a sinsle stem They caught the eye of the Hon. Benjamin Fj a tier, nnenevernosccs a uowcr no starts r it, like a starvca rooster tor a grain ol corn. lloleltnisseat,anamaao loruvmer. put his band behind his dress-coat-tAii. bent his bald head, and dipped his diinty nose into tho scented petal. HosnutTod. admired, and looked. lie held tho rich crimson roses la his awn puJuv hand, and laid them (to watch tbe effect) beide tbe pink rosebud that always ornaments bis lapptl."