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THE VERMONT PHCENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1879. UMATTIiEBOKO : PKIbAT, I'EHKfAMV 1. D?. The 1'realsVetrt m reported to hart said that even M Congress, fail to p certain appro prfctUoB MB, be win not call an extra seioa Mere October, Ixiewaoch it he been sat isfactorily dotrtd l list a branch of tit government eu get along comfortably from Jary to October witboat ipproprietion. tl to encoursgiog to sot tbitt tb ml of government land hut year, 7.Mi.V acre, iK nearly double those of tbc previous year, (ad tlx ia all fatoilie settled daring ttt r on JJ.,,'"IO acr of land, it U a sign of Utter time, because it shows that on of the condition of better time U being eatabUabed tbe class of idlen in the cities and town it being reduced, and the producer! of food increased. The English have met with a bad reptile at the outset of their war against the Zulu. January 21, 20,'KXXst tht African savage swooped down oa a column of the British troop and destroyed it. killing more than a thousand soldiers. The Zulu low is aaid to hare been The general in command baa aeat to England for reinforcement and the African will and their victory an expen sive one before the war U over. We last week rcf erred to the fact that it U evidently coming to be the opinion of the beet lam. reganUewi of party, that the toot adris able thing that can be done, under the circum stance, i to shot dove on the payment of all claim proving out of the war. In tbi week's Harper Weekly Mr. Curtu earn: "The common agreement of Republicans and Dem oeret to stop the pajrment of claim grating oat ol lowse in the war would be a great pub lic benefit. It would settle hannonionalT a question which will alway be vexatious, and pat an end to payment of very doubtful jus tice. " 'In' re u much discussion but week on the itrodutc exchange in New York and in financial circle a to the cfl.-et likely to be produced on boaim- interest in thi coun try by the plague in liussiu. Hie establish ment of a military cordon around the infect ed district and the measure being taken by other European jstwer for the pretention of the spruftd of the disease were .ol:eu of at, laying an embargo on tbe eijort of Itussian rain and other product, 'lie dread of tbe plague in tbe infected dhtrict wa also thougbt likely to prevent the wiring of seed for ft future crop. Tbe situation i being tboiutigbly canvassed, and the opinion on 'change miu general that from tbe troubles of tbe Bussian fanners and peasant will spring an extraordinary European demaLd for tbe cereal of tbe United State and a brisk and profitable busii.es in their trans portation from tbe West to tbe seaboard and to Europe. 'ITje Senate Lax Hsed tbe House bill au thorising tbe cretnry of th'j Treasury to -ui inUrtrUbearing 10 ctrtificott of di Ok it, convertible at any time into four per cent. liouJe. An tbe bill a.tted tbe IIoum tbc rate of interest k fixed at tbrte jer cent., but tbe Sinate changed the rate to four er cent, 'ilie objtct of thin bill U to eLcourage tbe iu reatutnt of kui&l) autcib in L'nited StateH be curitiea by tbobt bo bae only biuall kuuih at tbeir coniuai-d, and by tbu ibauge in in Ureit which tbe Kenate bi uale, tbe bolder of a ill) certificate gttn prtcikely tbe baine rate of interest while be ib accumulating cer tifisatM for eichauge into a IJ.VJ or -iioii four per cent, bond that he doea after. Thi will lipuUrize tlie certiCcatee, and uill in that way jncreube tbe imetu.etjti. iu four per vef.tb and tbe loiibe'iuent redemption of tbe riv-ltntieH, hh the proced of all four jer uU iliiwed of under tbi bill are to be de voted to tbc puri-haa? of tbe government aix jier ceiiU. .Mr. MorriU'a ceiir.ua bill, paused by the H. imte Id-t 'IliorNbiy, prolde for taking tbe tiiitli reniiu in tbe I'uitcd Slate iu tbe mouth of June, IhM). In cities of over 1(1. iumi inhabitant tbe uork i to b done during lh- (irt lialf of June. Euuuierators arc to hnr i jwnlay, aud tbe l.'JI aujiervieor are In bare '."OO eaeh lor their M-rtioe. An ap priiiriatioii of i:i,Mi(i,(iii i madi: for taking tlii-eiuua ami ii.Vi.iHid ibiiri for piloting. An jiiijKiit.uit finture of Hi" bill ia that which irmid fur burning the the pbc of birth of Hin pareiiticof enry jurbon nuriirateil. Tbe un,tt4Il in thin dinction wan takr u in tLe i'-iiim of lhTO, which atoub the number of p, n-oim lioru of foreign purtntii, but doe not indicate tin nationality of the jmri-iitH. It U bOM projibil to gountcp further, and abcer t.Lii not only the numbi r of thoM who were born in a fon-igu couutry but also tbe num ber of those who arc forn'gu born by only one remove. Tlii will hbow the coutribu. tinu maile to our nativeas well ai our fori igu bom rfjiitKtiou by lach country of the old Vlltlit. ThMr Cliibrr. In anothrr tolumii give th luuling piiitils in the tiibtiiiiony of the wituesMa uho fiMllid Ixiforu tbc PotU'r couimitteu at Kw Vork lat week to ti II what they knew bout thu tiJter Ul-graiii. llriclly .uuimariz iil the testimony amounts to ILih : Weed and Triton coolly coufcrx llu.t tliey did try to buy (me (ir more Koutlu ni electoral vote, although they alti-uipt to bruAk tlej force of thin uc Vniiul.il;; uient by pretending that the cor rupt proiiotitiuii wt re made with a iew eith r to gam time (or tUuir hide, or tle to find jut what tlm other bidj were doing. Manton .Marble, who h-i hertlofore assiimeil auch bigh moral ground in defending Mr. Tildeu, admitu that these corrupt proposition jmssed through bin hands but ways that he beiitlbtui north as 'matter of newH," or ai 'danger signals." All of these gontlemeu carefully beretu Mr. Tildeu from any guilty kuo ledge of thuae attempted transaction!, aud Mr. Pd tou's zeal iu this- din ctiou carried hiiu ao far that lie kuore that when he o It red .!;(), Md) or iK0,(KMI for au electoral vote he had uo wirt of idea where tho money was- coming from ! He meant to try and get it from the llciiiocratiu National Committee, although, atf4iordiiig tu the evidence of Mayor Cooper, the comuiittue'u treasurer, their coffer had been drained to the last dollar in paying the legitimate expense of the campaign. The hanlust jioiiit to believe about tho whole tcg timouy i tlial, after Mr. Tildeu had bpeuthi own money iu the campaign so freely an he U admitted to have done, aud after having kept the general inunagiuieut of the campaign htrktly iu bin own bauds, be thould have known nothing of what wa douu after the November electiou, aud that hWownuephcw, with headuarteri in Mr, Tildeu' bouse, should have offered t V , ( KM ) fur an electoral vote, and still have known nothing of where thu money wa comiug from ! Mr. Tildeu' testimony amouiiU to neither mora nor leu than nu absolute denial of any knowledge of the cipher telegram at Ihe time they were sent aud received, or of the trans actions or proposed trnuuactiou which they prove. The Democratic aud "Iudcpciidcnt" pre hare been quick to accept thi denial at completely clearing Mr. Tildeu of any au piciou of guilty knowledge iu thu nutter. To thu great ma of people, however, while they may not, iu prociao term, condemn Mr Til ib n, it will still 1k lianl, as wo lutvo iilrtiuly aaid. to w how boeiaeat Hie tbh coatd bare gone oa for dy aad wtki aeder hi own roof, withoai kaowledga or nipMeu on hh part. Ere admitting the entire Innocence which Mr. Tildes claims for himaelf. the rep , station which hi npporten claimed for him M aa aattrl. clear-headed man. who could and woeld govern hi rarroaoding. aod with a rar and infallible itwigbt in the choice of hi eub ordiaate. ha Sered beyond repair. Ia hi recent tour through Georgia. o Ba tik hi kit one, which ha become memora ble a one of tbe great military exploit ia the htaory of tbe world. Gen. Sbernaa vl. ittd Athata, one of tbe chief dtit of the State, and while there won tbe good will of all claaaee of (xople. Among the eminent personage with whom he converted, there wa a rebel captain named Howell, who bad fought him all tbe way upon hi "march to the aea," and became o impreeaed with the broad gauge characUrutio of the man, that he could not refrain, after hi departure, from writing a friendly letter thanking him for friendly raggettion aad invoking hi aid in bringing the State of Georgia into a little more prominence a to tbe advantage of anil, climate and natural, reaource. and by that mean attracting the attention of tboa who control capital, and ako then who direct the tide of immigration. To thi friendly letter Gen. Sherman respond in tbe moet cordial mannT. in a letter dated at St. Augurtine, 11a., Feb. 1, in which be say, after refer ring to hi observation in former viit to the State, aad to tbe rapid development of tbe country in tbe Western State: "The reason Georgia ha not kept pace w itb the State I have named, in. beyond question. that immigration would not go ub' te slavery existed. Now- that tbi cause i removed tin re is no reason why Georgia, eiipec-ially tbe northern part, should not regain it tiroiu inence among the great and prosperous .States of tbe Union. I ho I will not give offence in saying that the present population has not done full justice to this natcrally beautiful and most favored region of our country, and that two or three minion of people- ecu. 10 Ix. diverted from the gnat West to this region with profit and advantage to all concerned. Tbi whole region, though called 'south rn.' is. in fact, 'northern.' viz.: it i a wheat- growing country : na a climate in no sense tropical or southern, but wo designed by na ture for small farms, and not for large plan, tatioo. I am satitfled that northern pro fessional ud. manufacturers, mechanics and fanner may eoiae to Atlanta, Home and Chattanooga with a certainty of fair dealing and fair encouragement. Though I wa wr soually regarded the UU nolr of the late war in ) our region, the author of all your woes, yet I admit that I have just passed over the very ground desolated by tbe chil war, and have received everywhire nothing but kind and courteous treatment from the highest to the low est, and I heard of no violence to oth er for opinion's sake." In conclusion tbe general writes: "Kxcuse me if I ask you, as an editor, to let up some what on the favorite hobby of enrpet-bag. gem." I know that you iKraonally apply the term only to political adv. nturers, but oili er c, your readers, eonslru. it otherwise. I have resided in Sau Prnnciseo. I-' avenwortb, and St. Louis and of the men who have built up these great cities. I assert that not one in .VI wa a native cf the place. All. or substan- iiany an, were carpet-baggers, i. t., emi grants from all parts of the w orld, many of them from the South. Our nation has iiassed it infancy with tbe usual diseases peculiar to thst psriod cf life, simI how, in its k4.eotu! century, it enters on it epoch of manhood. In thi you, a younger man, have more at stake than I. I beg of you to look ahead and not behind, aud toencourage, by word and ex ample, every effort to make Georgia the con- teuted home of three or four million of in- dustrioub and virtuous people." A Triumph for lVtvisma's Illtfbta. Mrs. IJelva A. Iyjckwood, th- female law. jer of Washington, ha filially got through Congress her bill to admit to the bar of the United States Supreme Court any woman who shall have been u member ol th-.. bur of tbe highest court of any State or 'lemtory, or the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for three year. 'Ibe bill jias-il the House a year ago, aud wa carried to the Senate and nfirree to it committe'e on the Judiciary, who soon instructed Mr. Thumtau to report that it should not lie pewtel So it wa regarded a d.-nd ; but Mr. Iwkwood did not give it up. Sin. qui, tly Iabnn d with the Senator individually, and when Thur. man went to Ohio a few day since to attend to some legal business there, she saw that her time for action h vl arrived. In vain did Seuator I jlnmij.li appi al to the S.-iiati not to take up the bill in 'lliumum's absence. Mr-. Lockwood had organic d her friends, and tbe third reading of the bill was onhnd by a vote of forty nye against twci.ty na)K. Jla. ton and Edmund were the only New Kng land Senator who voted agalntt Ihe bill, Mr. Morrill not voting. Heck, Gordon, Jori of Florida, Kansoui, Spenucr anil Withers, of the Southern Hfuatora, voted aye. Itayard, Conkling aud Lamar were nou-comiuitia'. illainu voted aye. The bill wa read a third timo aud jiassed. President Have will un doubtedly sign it, aud then a female lawyer will be legally as good a any man iu the Su preme Court. On the day following the pas aage of the bill Mr. Lockwood signalized her triumph by placing a suiall bouquet of flowers on the desk of each Senator who voted for thu bill, while each of tho Senators who had Rjiecially advocated the measure wa presented with a basket of flower. Skkatou Hiiuunim's liKHOLCTloSH, which pabii'd the Senate list week, are a follow : Jlttolctil, A the judgment of the Senate, that the thirteenth, fourteenth aud fifteenth amendments to the Coustitutlou of the United States have been legally ratified, aud are as valid and of the same juiramouut authority a any other art of the Constitution ; that thu peonle of each State have a common interest in the enforcement of the whole Constitution iu every State iu the Union, aud that it i alike the right aud duty of Congress to en force said amendment aud to protect every citizen iu the exercise of all the right there by secured by law of the general charai ter ufready passed for that purimse, and by fur. tber appropriate legislation so far a such en forcement uud protection are uot secured by existing laws, and that it is the duty of the executive department of the Government faithfully and with diligence to carry all such law into impartial execution aud of Congret to appropriate all money needful to that end. Ilftnlml fartirr, That it i the duty of Congress to provide by law for the full aud impartial protection of nil citizens of the United State legally qualified iu tho right to vote for lteiireseututlve in CniiL'ress s and to thi end the committee ou the judiciary be and lurchy I instructed to prepare and re Irt a soon a may be a bill for the protec tiou of such right and the punishment of in. fraction thereof. Jefferson Davia ia very much bent with age. Two men still keen a steady cuard dav aud night over the gravo of llrigham Young, in a smull building erected near it. Iu thi sharp winter weather the miner Hudson i the scene of some excit iieralthouch dangerous ort. For some week the ice yacht fleet ha been coursing over tbe frozen river, ana tue marvellous iced of n mile n ninuto 1 said to bo uot au unusual occur rence. At the annual moetiui! of the John Han. cock Mutual Life Iiisurauco Company held at llostou, Monday, charge of Immorality and Inefficiency were lireftrred ouainst thu I'resi. dent, Georges Thornton, and ho was, after a 1 1VllfT l,,.,u.ll...l In wt.H. ' t , ... j- ... .1 .w lirif,!.. TJIM CIPIIBll DBDl'A TCIt IXVRSTI. GATIOX. I utat, coorka, rn.ro ut xiaaLt inurr rat xrtatn to act is ixncroa. art "riorav m'' xa. TtLnm rrLt!' nmiL. j The Potter sub-committee began the la vestigitioc of tbe cipher despatch bnaiaeas at ! New Tori on Wednesday of laat week, aad completed their work oa Saturday. Smith M. Weed, Edward Ooojstr. treaaartr of the national democratic committee ia 170. aad I now mayor of New York, nephew I'ehvoa, Manton Marble, and Mr. Tildeb, were tbe witness examined. Weed wa tbe first witness called. He tes tified to going to North and South Carolina and Ilorida. and aaid be look a cipher with him which he need from tbe Carolina. Prop ortion were made for tbe sale of tbc Mouth Carolina rote, and he telegraphed to New York asking if money could b furnished, and soliciting a meeting in Baltimore for the transfer of the money. II wa accompanied to that city by an agent of th returning board, and there met Peilon, who had come on from New York as expected. Weed said that Peiton came to Baltimore without the money, and told him that tbe proposed trass action bad come to th knowledge of Mr. Til den. who oondemmtl and forbade it. Weed did not deny the essential corractneM of tbe Tribune traarlatiia of tbe cipher tele grams, nor, in fact, did any of th witnesses who fol lowed him Mr Coojwr followed Weed, hi testimony going mainly to show that tbe na tional committee did uot furnish or offer mon ey to buy a returning board, and that Mr. Tilde n wa angry and impatient when be learned of the budnea oa which I'elton had gone to Hattiinore, aad ordered hlrs called home at once. He believed that I'ehon took on himself the nvpousibllity of trying to pur chase tbe Ilorida returning board or so ler. tor! lot' . and, although confidential with Tilden, the moment anything in tbe sbajie of corruption wa touched it wa all kept secret from Mr. Tddeo. Mr. Peiton occupied the stand on Thurs day and, with many evasion, anil a remark able degree of f orgetf ulnes. told what be wa willing to tell regarding attempt to purchase electoral votes. He admitted all that Wi-e.1 had aaid the day before touelng the corrupt negotiations in South Carolina, and be con fessed to other set on foot by Marble in Florida. He bad received telegram convey, ing the terras prnpoand. and be had atuwer ed, substantially accepting them. He did this, he affirmed, on hi own responsibility, and without knowing where the money was coming from to carry out the corrupt bar gain. He intended, be said, to apply to tbe national democratic committee, aud, ion while he sought to commit th official whom it wa proposed to corrupt, and to gain time. which he thought would be an advantage A to Mr. Tilden's knowledge of, and connec nection with, tbe dirty bumness. he wa very cautious, and would only say that hi uncle "did not rend all the telegram received. He did inquire a to whether or not there was any new from Marble, but be never read a single telegram." Manton Marble gave hi testimony on Fri day. "He wanted it understood," he said. "that none of rhose ittcuniary imposition were hi." He w . ly telegraphed them "as a matter of news." ( little later in hi testi mony, however, he -id that the returning board made an offer to sell it vote for i.Vi, (CXI. and that he "toid the members that the sum named wa too bigh, aud he could not tiotsibly obtain it." He admitted receiving I'elton telegram telling him tbe projosition wa accepted "if done only once," and a)s ne never replied to It "our spoke of It to any mortal being." He deuiid that he intended or expected the proposition to be accepted; he meant it a "a danger signal" for the in formation of the national committee. He was sure no despatch came to him declaring the "proposition too high.'' To repeated in quiries a to the meaning of the telegram he answered, "I do not know," amid the incred iiu laughter of the ejiectators. Reminded that Colonel I'elton had admitted the accura cy of a translation which he pronounced in correct. Mr. Marble replied that I'elton must have said that when he wa "fatigued." On the whole, Mr. Marble fell far behind Weed aud lvlton, in frankness. Sutunlay afternoon Mr. Tilden voluntarily appeared before the committee, aud swore that he had uever seen, either in cipher or translation, so much a a single one of the decipbsred Florida dispatches till he read Iheiu in the New York journal, 'iliey were iiewstuhim, a strange as to the public. He had no knowledge, no suspicion even, that dts. i rnhtable negotiation were being carried on. 'Ihe first intimation of improjier movement in tin d. mocratic side came to him through :Ir. Cuoier, who, a uu hemorablo friend, drew his attention to the fact that a trade had Im-i ii off, red from Sfiuth Carolina. His mind misgav him in regard to Ol. Peiton, who hail goin off without leave-taking, and wa then, h- learned, iu Baltimore. He tele. grupbid to hi unscrupulous nephew to come bai k at once, from that hour until Manton Marble, afti r all wa over, told him, "iu a casual way," of the corruptness of the re turning board in Florida, Mr. Tilden "never litard of any attempt to bribe." "I never saw," Mr. Tilibii testified, "auy one of these disliatche rlatiliLi to Florida, either in Oia cipher or translation. Iu recard to the Ore gon diKiiatclic. i did not know that they came In cipher, until after the meeting of the enmnuttte to investigate tnem. Some of the ditjintcli were aeMressi-d to my residence, I. Gmmmercy park. I do not know that auy of these disistcb wero ever delivered there. Col. I'elton'o habits of mind and mine are very different. A day or two after tbe election, Gen. Grant wrote a lettir rec ommending that committee go South to see a fair count. I hail nothiug In do with the selection of those committees. I neverheard from them hut otict, and that wa a com. munication sigunl by Ottendorferaud other. I wa very busy all that time, and did not un dertake to cornet the idea that they were my jiersonal ag-iit. which had no foundation. They represented tlwi ib-mocratic party. None of theut, so far a I knew, went to those State authorized to do anything that a gen tleman might not do. From the 7th of No vember, lb7(i, to December I! of tbc same year, under no circumstance did I enter into compititiou for thu seeking of certificate by venal inducement. There uever was au hour or minute that I entertained such a thougbt. To tin people, who, a I believe, elected me president of tbe United Slates, to four mill, ion of pi ople who were defrauded, I owed it to proclaiui that I would uot yield one jot or tittle of my right. Whatever evil may result from thi subversion of tho electoral system aud a free government, I resolved that I would enter into uo auction for the purchase of the chief magistracy. I wa resolved that I would coutinue to protest against the wrong by which the people were defrauded of their rights," At tho conclusion of Mr. Tildeu' cross-ex-amiuatiou, which followed thin formal opening btatemeut, hi private secretary and one or two other uuuiiiortaiit witness! were exam iuul. The committee then adjourned, with the announcement that their Investigation was finished. A Couumi'OSUKNT of the Boston Traveller ha been visiting the New Hampshire reform schofil at Mauchebter, and ha thi to aay of Jimmy lll.iuchard, thu St. Alban Charlie ltons, w ho I now one of it Inmate: "Ho ha a rouud, pleasant face, nnd hi forehead i beautiful with rich browu curls. He i ap parently contented and expresses uo desire to go away. Ho lia uever made any attempt to escape, but i a quiet, well-behaved boy, aljout an average scholar, menu to learn all he can at school, evidently, aud when older say he want to study a profession, and if possible would liku to bet a lawyer. He ha somo of the dement of n lawyer iu him, most people uill think," JOf.V P. Pit All!. i aarcr t-TTENt or rat lumt or hi cur, nrr. ortyio or the oooxt wwrrsro a rw rauis TW fad ia the cam of John P. Phair. who petition f or a ne w trial waa refused by the Supreme Court at Holland laat week, r already so familiar to th public that they hardly need repetition. Phair' crime w a th murder of Mr. Anna Fun, a di-soluU Hut. land (Vt.j woman, early oa tut morning of 1 Juae '. l"7l. aad the burning of herbotne to conceal hi bloody work. After committing the crime be took tbe early morning train for Boston and when the alarm of Sre wa given , at Ku'iand. be wa at B How. Fall, .Vi miles away. Detectives fotlowul him to Boston, 1 and ia a room at the Adam house were found ! a ahawl belonging to the murdered woman. t while other articles turo--l up at seviral city ' pawn-shops. The heVI register and the pawn ! ticket lre tbe name. E. F. Kmith, St. Al. bate. Vt . nd the anting wa almost a fae simile of the aame name which ltxeir after- , ward rote in tbe Hutlaad JaO at the request of th jailer. A few day later th supposed i murderer wa arrested a he was unconcern- dry returning to Kutland. He stoutly pro. tested hia innonce. claiming that he was not in Hutland wh-u tbe murder was committed. and that be had not stopped ia Boston or gone to a hotel, but bad k'-pt on his journey to Providence, Ii. I., where he wa going to seek work. Competent counsel wa furnish- by the State, however, and be wa tried at the next term of county court, found guilty and sentenced to b-- banged April C, 177. Hi trial wa impartial, aod hi conviction wa doe to a strong aad apparently perfect chain of circumstantial evidence. He wa sent to tbe state prison at Windsor to sjiend the time before hi etseniint. sml nnwkil. a desperate and sensatioual attempt waa made, chiefly by correspond uts connect" J with Ihe Boston Glob, to make it app-ar that Ilssir wa innoeent and that new eviilsuee favorable to bim had been discovered. At tbe but mo ment, when the gallows had been erect. d in the .rison corridor, the spectator had assem- blil and th' doomed man's friends had fiv up all boK and left him to hi fate, a re prieve (sua, and the banging wa svtponad for a month Gov. Fairbanks had b, u Mi - graphed from Boston that imjsjrtAnt new e vi- uence naa been aiscovereei. l'tssir 'ilvuig statement." tublished in a Boston uew (paper on the morning of lmcvt.d exee-utHXi. had been read by one Marshall D. Downing of Boston, who thought he bod seen llia'.r on a train returning from Providence on the mom ing of June 10, If7l. If thi circumstance waa true, the proof that the doomed mau wa not in Boston at the time the deUctivi locat ed him In the Adam house or at the shops of tbe pawn-brokers, wa po-ibh. On tbe strength cf tbi statemeut Phair1 reprieve wa lengthened to April 4, 17!), to give the Legislature an opiiortunity to act on hi pe tition for a new trial, and that body passed an act allowing his case to le heard before the Supreme Court, which has now removed from him hi best hope for life Tbe following 1 the substantial part of the opinion of the court, a delivered by Chief Justice llerpoint on Wednesday of last week The case of State vs. John P. Phair. i a petition for a new trial and come U fore this court under peculiar circumsUuc, An act of tbe lfgislature has beeu lossed eiriucf rsir tie under sentence of death new rights ss to making application for new trials. 'Ibis act vane the law, and was aed in respect to me tacts ol mi particular cae, ana allow- man uuder condemnation of death, previous to hi being bung, ou permission obtained of two judges of the Supreme Court, to apply to this court fur a new trial before Jury. I'Lalr applied to two judges and receive-d their sanction, and ha beeu fully heard here. We have received aud considered evervthinc that wa hown before the jury on the trial at which he w as eouvicted ; every thiug present ed on ni iormer jietittou lor a new trial ; tv. erytlnug before the legislature, offered reason for enacting the law under which the petition l made, and all the new evidence procure! for thi bearing. I refer to this for the purr of saying tliat the course we hate taken in Itu ease is not a preceelnt for fu. tore applications of this character. That such a murder (as that of which Phair stands convicted; wa committed is uot ques. iioneei. ine jssrson wno committed that murder wses-d himself of certaiu jiersonal prorierty of t)e murdered womau. such as a watch, ring, oiiera glass aud a half shawl. These thiugs were by some p. rson brought to Boston and dis-iio-ed of there. This murder was committed on the night of the 8th, or tne moniing of tne nth of June, fhi riron erty late in the afternoon of the tith of June wa iu Boston. The watch w-a diijoed of in Bostou about five o'clock iu tbe afternoon of the day of the murder, if the murder wa af. ter twelve o'clock on the wiiht of the Mb. Next morning the rest of the pros-rty was disjosed of iu Boston. Tin- party transport ing thi property to Bostou committed thi inunler. That party must have left Itntlaud by the early train iu the morning, leaving about four o'clis-k, as in no other way could he bate got there to disiose of the watch at the tiuie it was disjd of. Nothing i shown that the projierty wnt iu sejiarate parcel. This show that the party who took tni property to iioston went on tin early train, and had something to do with the mur der. When vou establish the fact of who took that proierty to Boston you settle who com muted me murder, ine party who took that property to Bostou passed by the name of K. F. Smith of St. Albans. Vt. The trty who paw ncd the watch to Pierce received a con tract and signed the name of K. F. Smith to tbe contract left with Pierce. Thi property wa confessedly that of Mm. Fnez The mau who disjiosed of the other property rep resented himself a . F. Smith. A mau who passed by tbe name of E. F. Smith stopped at the Adam Hoube, and hatiug euti red hi name upon the regibter he was asstgned to room CI by the clerk of thu hoitse. NVxtday iu that room was found lb- half shawl of Mr. Freeze: hence the conclusion i irrcsisti. hie that the mau who took thi property to Boston was tbe same man who stopped at the Adam House and disjoed of tho other prop, erty. Who was the person who took that prorierty to Boston ? Judge Pierpoiut then goe on to cite tbe strong chaiu of circumstantial evidence show, iug that "K. F Smith" and John P. Phair were one aud the same iierson. After con. eluding his summary of this evideuce, Judge Fierpoint continues : Thi evideuce wus all before tbe iurr. and i before us now. What i there to meet it and raise in the mind of twelve intelligent meu a reasonable douM ol these facts t That Phair went to Bostou ou the four o'clock train is couccdi-d. He claim that he did uot stop iu Boston but weut to Providence, and came back from there and w a ou hi way back to vergenues, to which place he had a ticket when arrested. If Phair weut right through to Providence aud did not stay all uight Tu Bostou, he i not thu man who disposed of tbi property, aud registered at thu Adams House, What is there to show that he went to Providence 'f Tho circumstance tendiug to show that he was iu Providence are. first. that he stated to hi counsel that he went to Providence, anil described w hat he saw there. Hi counsel went there aud faired to find the localities' ho described with any satisfaction or certainty, but now we have evidence teud. lug to show the iu that he correctly described the locality aud that there wa such a nlace a he say he stayed at. We have the ev. diuce showing them that before u. Sup. pose that thu be true, hi counsel have beeu wholly unable to find uuy man there in Prov. idenco who ha any recollection of him. Nothing i shown but that Phair had been in Providence before. Al that time he hud s sister living there : he did not go to see her this time, but uo one 1,'stitie that hu wa never theru before, and oue witness does It, tify that he told him hu was llnre soon after the war. Tie ru is a soldiers' mouumi nl standing a the most prominent object of the locality where he say she stayed, but he omits to speak of it. It stands whvru ho would luvu seen it if h was there. How natural for bim to have descriUd the locality by thi most prominent object iu it. Now if Phair was theru mhiii after the war uud was at that very place, and spent n night iu that room, saw tbe dog with the collar aad other thing which Ire say be saw, he would have given the description he now gite. and would hive aahted aB mention of tbe sohlieni' monn. moat that wa there ia l'TI. but w at not there then. Hit description omitting that goes to show that he w a describing it a it wa be fore, and show that be wa there year be fore. Hi description of what he did and where he a a in Provide noe ha but Hi tie weight a bearing apon hi being ia Boston aud distioang of those thing. Th testimony most retted on, aad which ha done most to bring tbi cas here, U that of 1 "owning. He testifies that he came from Providence to Boston oa th 10th of J an, aad there rude in tbe teat with a man who said be was from Hutlaad and who told him hi bustnaa. He told this man hi buines a a manufacturer and dealer in novelties, aod prtrjKMed to employ him to sell good on commission which wa derimL Neither b-aroed tbe other' name. They separate at Boston, aud nearly three year tflerward bis attention was called to tbe subject by Phair' statrnient pubhshtd in tbe papers, and from that be concludes that the man be met on tbe car wa Phair. He doe not claim to have ever . en Pbair or that be could identify him. It stilus to u that it is important that he should be able to testify to something that would b of use to Phair before we should grant a new trial ou hi testimony. He ha aril wme tl.st 11. 1 . . , 1. .. ...... V M. , the cars aud we see no reason to suppose he , ever would swear to that as a fact. All we hat then are these luJ-nnite circumstance aad this ladeflnite ri collection of Ilowmng. There Is nothing in the form of evidence in this transaction that change the force of what wa before tbe jury Is-forr. Admitting all to be admlsjabli we cannot t-dl what (ct It might have on th" jury .Ml we are railed upon to do. is to take ti e whole case- a it now stands aud say what in nor judgment a lory ought to say aa to the guilt of Phair. We hare no right to grant a new trial unlet thi new evidence, in connection with tbe rvi. deaee in before. woaM to our mind raise a reasonable doubt that Pbair is gtilly. If it ! ,,ot nVient to raise such a nasouablc uuuis, - v iiduui grsDi a iii-w iriai. I axing tbe testimony before the iurv ts-fnr, . and all lssfore us now. we are constrained to say a reasonable men, it is not evideuee from which a reasonable doubt of tbe guilt of tbe resjiou. dent can be found. Here the Chief Justice closed bis opinion of ,ue L' ' Uh 1 ", bt Hi. Honor uuge rssrr-ii. -muo nau naa no ccmuiftion with tbe cine before, would trive his views of the case Judge Barrett then made a careful review of tbe evidence and applied tbe rule of law governing tht case, and concurred in all tbe virws of tbe Chief Justice, and point, ed out tbe defect in tbe newly discovered t. id. nee as a basis for a new trial, and also that the testimony of Oarrigan and others, which had Isstn l-fore the court here, would be ex. eludes! iu a trial before a jury as being sim. ph hearsay and wholly inadmissible. Aft.r Judge Ilarr.tt hail finished his review of tbe ease, tbe Chief Justice directed the clerk to make tbe record that the prayer of tbe peti. tion for a new trial was denied and that the twtilion wa Jismissed. All tbe Judge con. cum-d in tbe decision and the opinion of the Chief Juettex. nixoit .iotks. An interesting article will be found on our first ,g' giving history of the terrible inflic tion, known a "The Plague," which ii now devastating jsirtionsof Hussia, and the spread of which into Europe seriously feared. John P Pbair i a native of Vergenues, and alsrat .". year old. Aside from tbe murder of Mr. Freese hi care rhas lieen an evil one. He ws si.t to state prison from Vergeunes some )ear ago for theft, and he several time narrowly escajH-d punishment for attempting the lire of citizen, against whom he had grudge. Additional fact which have come to light within tho pat few days do not at all uphold the theory of suicide by Barron, the DexUr bank cashier. The Chicago Tribune assert that there i one crime which Mr. Tilden can neither pal liate nor deny that of being I'elton' uncle. A nice set we should have had in the White House, the Boston Transcript thinks, had Mr. Tilden become it occupant Peiton would have been a worthy successor of Babcock. Could stupidity further go? One of the Hichinond papers actually object to stocking the Virginia river with fish, on the ground that it would "encourage idleness among the people, who, being thu furnished with free food, would neglect agriculture." M. Waddingtou, tbe new Trench premier, ia Frenchman by birth, but an F-nglishinan by ancestry and education, a Protestant, and the husband of an American wife, who i the daughter of the late Charles King of New York. "He made too d n freo with it when he was here before," wa tbe way a mild-mau. nered AtUiita (Oa.) man met the suggestion that Gen. Sherman should be given "the freedom of the city." To the suggestion of the Portland Press that the inventor of tbe Barron suicide theo ry ought to go to work now to show that Mrs. Stewart stole hr husUind's body and lias hid den it iu her house, the Boston Herald odds, "Yes, or they might show that ho stole it himself. People whose interest it wa to be lieve such a story would believe it." The Anti-Polygamy Society of Salt Lake City have sent a memorial to Congress taking the ground that there i no evidence of the sincerity of the Mormons in their promises of avoiding Kilygamy in future. Guv. Hampton of South Carolina has been obliged to take to hi bed again, and it is thought he will hare to submit to auother amputation before hi wound will heah President Hayes ha nominated Gen. Hank to be United Slate marshal for tho southern district of Massachusetts. Hon. John G. Sinclair, one of the Demo cratic war horse of New Hampshire, ialaut to remove to Florida. Congresiiaan Carlisle, of Kentucky, think that Tilden would prefer Bayard, next to himself, a the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Grant, be is entirely sure, will be the Republican standard-bearer. The Nation, which has occasional lucid in. terval, say : "If Mr. Tilden could show that he wa in Europe or insensible during the canvass, he would now be able to confound his enemies ; but having been in the same house with the ingenious Peiton, the case is hopeless." Thi i from tho New York Graphic : "Did yon ever try to buy a Hctumlnt Board i" "Never!" "What ! ! ! Never? ? ?" "W e 1 1 hardly ever I" Chorus And so say hi neiihcw, nnd hi partners, and hi friend. It is always with pleasure that wo noil the success of any of our Vermonters, esjie. cially so when they have won this success by hard work aud iiersoterancc, a is the case of our former towusmau, Dr. E. S. Peck, who spent scverul year iu the best scboolb of Eu. rope making the eye and ear hi special btudy, aud on bis return locating in New York city. which i literally overrun with oculist, wheru he has had much to contend with. Though hu ba been there only a few mouths ho opeu. cd the winter course of lecture at tho Belle, vuo hospital trainiug school for nurse, ou the 11th hist. Dr. Peck ha been invited to give a series of lecture uiiou tbe manage, ueut of eye hospital and tho conduct of pa tients, who have uudergouo operations upon the eye or who nru coufined to these special institution by disease. Thi training school is the old, st In Now York city, being now iu it seventh ). ur. Its present force cousist of ilfly.six nurse, selected from a large list of ladies from all part of the country. Ap. pliuaiil for service average one daily. Thi elioo 1 the result of the system of Mis Florence Nightingale, whom Dr. Peck had the honor of visitiug in louion.llitrliriotun Fret Prtu, Tho Beuuiugtou Banner begins it M'.ilh vol. umu iu n new dre of typo In which it looks Very dean and luuidfioiue. Oar Writ Vork Letter, ixc or Taut custom home reor lrycz i no-rial sbcuxk tx tki wiuttar MiMe ttEint or tut sroit sorrsTiON. Nnr Yoaa. Feb. 10th. 17. Every now and then, through Jangling with tbe administration or running afoul of some pet tbeori of tbe importer, the New York Custom Hon it asked to stand up and tarn it pocket iaeide out, like a achool hoy with ncpected contraband article. Knowing wink have darkened oa y of many a jealous pot. iticiaa a he laid down the law in tbe palm of hi hand, and drew picture of rottenness and corruption nppoaed to be underlying the placid surface of the life ineid th huge stone budding on Wall street. Whatever tbe pat may hate dtacorrrvd, the confirmation of Gen. Merritt must be accepted in a great measure as a public indorsement of hi course, and in recognition of the porpo be ha steadily advanced of making the Custom House hire I buaitteaa esrtabliahment from top to bottom. And frota lb political inter eat vcilved from tbe battle fought on thi field, a glance at tbe magnitude of the busi ness carries on at tbi threshold of tbe port of New York ha been had through the over hauling unioks of the "big gun'' of investi gating committees Tbe Custom House here i the source of about one hundred million of dollar to the Government annually It employ nearly a thousand men. and tbe practical working of it human machinery in. volve so many detail of interest, that I shall endfsavor soon to devote a letter to tbe sub led. To tntlert this revenue of one hundred million of ilollar costs about two and a half million, leaving a margin which the support, ers of protection love to contemplate. ('ircumstaace of tbe last two months, to which 1 referred in a Late letter, having brought tbe whole subject of tbe theory and method of life insurance again uppermost in the press and in tbe public mind, the state uj'iiUi of the various companies which Janu ary, as usual, bnug forth, are once more ob jects of interested study and comparison. On the whole- they show that tbe leading com lieuie have held tbeir own very encouraging. ly. aud a few of them have even made corurid erable addition to tbeir surplus. In one case, that of the .Etna of Hartford, tbi increase amounts to almost a mill too of dollar net for tbe year. Of course this i exceptional, but ii snow what nonety and persistent conserv at ism of manaif.meut will do in even thi most nupropitiou time. Tni iirinriple of conservation, the only true one to govern the management of trust fund, is in tbe .tna a far removed from "old fogyism as it U from im) rodeuce, and has given that comisauy a position which it would be faint praise to call enviable. In spite of a good many recent losses, fire insurance, too. seems to be in a good condition. A report just published of lb- prvsent value of shares in city coiunanies. show that out of fiftt-.s-ven companies re ictt"d, the stock of only b u is quoted be-low ir. while share in some of the remaining forty-seven are purchasable only at an ad vance of xmto KKJO per cent, upon tbeir face value. Although there are still in progress quite a numb- r of matches and walkings against time, Ihe walking mania which bas raged so fanousiy here this winter seem to be on tbe wane. Madame Anderson's successful iter, formaace w s the dimax. Since then anoth. er young womau entered for another and still more protracted jaunt, which wa liberaOy advertised by full-length colored posters and the like, in th.- expectation of making pile of money for her backer, but she broke down in a few day.-, and the affair fizzled out. Amusement hunters and sporting men bavi mn ueeu lorceel lo ee. k otnr excitement. and nave found it in the zret billiard tour nament at the Cooper Union, and in the no ble amusement of cock-fiuhtihi!. which is now assidulously pursued wherever the poliee-cau be evaded. A more peaceful interest in birds i developed at the Aquarium, where a really fine pigeon show is in progress. The num ber aud variety of these beautiful fowls dis played is as surprising as it is pleasing. On tbe lat three afternoons of the week crowd were attracted to witness tbe flight of large ueie-ss ui muueu carrier pigeons, w men were uoeraied and dis(.ersecl to different destina tion. The hue and cry about sugar adulteration. tbe curious and rather disgraceful rise and progress of which I have previously chroni cled, has finally died away into silence. It wa expensively started aud expensively sus tained for a little while, but lacking the ne cessary foundation of truth it could uot rre- :i -r-e. . i ,., , ' isii. oe jMwru oi iieaiin nas yutt sent a enuujuuieiiiion 10 me cnamoer oi commerce, in which it curtly suub the would-be alarm, ist. aud dismiss the subii-rt in these wonts "In the opinion of the Board, there i not at present sufficient cause to justify apprehen. sious on tbe rt of the public of ill effect from the use of refined sugars, and it doe uot appear to I necessary to discriminate between mw and refined sugars, for loth are wholesome article of food." Hinix. 1-rllpr from Ilottosj. ri'jiLieu rnBAz oorxo into Discsr.- TiMrxv citrcios asm hickisson os the rxaTrouu ONCE MOKE TUL THE THE. Boston, Feb. 7, 1S7!I me laminar pur.ie oi "Hard limes seems to litive gone into disuse, at least among mauv people. The street are a full a ever, the stores crowde-d, and the places of amuse ment were uever doiuir better. To the m, ,,.,;,,,, questiou, "How is business?" mmes tl. nn. swer, - j-reuy good, though nolhiug to be compared to old times meauiug war limes when everything waa in feverish haste and un certainty, and when money was sp, nt as easi ly a it was made. We have l-.ii rf-,t.i,.ntv.u . ---(, ... . result of tbe "late unpleasantness," and now I tue time to commence with carinstue to renew our acouaiulauce, with active, lifn. n,.s of the most eruiciom result of the lianl nines is mat sign w en in almost every store window. "EverrthuiL' marked down "or "Hi goods in thi window selling at cost." The store are filled with cheap" gtl which prove Ihe exact eontrary to be true when they are worn. Ev ry manufacturer vie with bis neighbor to unde rsell and straius eve ry mean in hi power to nuke "cheaper" goods. What i tho result ? He introduce some material which "look just as well," but bears no re. latiou to the original, which was iuteuded to wear. The manufacturer sells It to il, -tn.,. kceH-r, and he iu turn sell, to the unwary shopper, who takes it nfl. r t..,ei III, m joled by tbe eloquent salesman into believing mai ii is iuj same goods "marked dowu" which you have beeu in the habltiof l, ,.,. Doesn't it stand to reason that when a mill made cottou cloth before the war for twelve ceuUaviird that it would be iuino.sihlo to sell thu same quality for e-ii:ht cent to.lv- when thu staple is so little cheaper, aud there are uo greater or better facilities for it man ufacture. Open )our eye friend when buy. iug "cheap" goisl and know that -"all is not gold that glitters." Itent IHUSt 1u ttitiil nte.l employe expect their weekly salary prompt- j. nun iui iu view, now is it iiossibl for good to bo "sold at cost ?" Tim t,,.r. !, wa right who answered to a customer's iu. quiry, "Why don't you sell goods cheuper, like some of the other house'" "Mudm, Ts.il my goods us cheaply as I can ami pay oue bun. drod ceuu ou a dollar ; if I failed as often a "some, of tho other bouse," I should bo able to sell more cheaply." Since my last letter, our old.timo fr! l Anna Dickinson, has mad. a visit to llt-t,,,. Last Sunday evening at the Globo Theatre, bho met her friends aud delivered her uew lecture, "Tho Stiue." She is a wnimm f..- au emergency, aud wo mis her from tho plat. lorui oniy wuen she lias nothing to say, A she stateel iu the lecture, she doss not l.,.K,..- iu standing beforo uu audience Just to deliver a cenaiu uuuiuer of Hue Iu a certain number of minute, but must have sniiielliliK, ut l.AAt for which to fight and conviuue pcoplo that cue cause is a nguieous ouo. Most certainly must tho ltepublicuu party acknowledge tho great work she did for it during it darkest I a . i- ls. nissw anal faith. ulheaa. Her revest chaaml from the parlfona to th stag, ha ejieeerl a new spber la whoa de fence she i now most active. She bold lb stag to be cm of the most teat means of elevation and education, since it reach so many of alt classes, and It Is her that tbeir first impreMon of manner a well a history are obtained : aod she publicly announce the fact, which ha so long been denied, that there arc as many wtrthy peopk on the stag a la aov other profession, and that some of th greatest author and' poet of lb world bate been not only playwright but actor. Mis Dickinson is as fresh and earnest a ever. Some would hat It that "he wa not altogether successful a an actr, but ruch ja not th case, and h will shortly deny the statement ia person, for eh is about to ap pear again in a new comedy of her own com position, as well as in the play "Crown of Thorn. " One of our beat Boston actors told me after tbe lecture, tltat be had never seen her act. bat that nobody could convince him. after bearing her lecture, that she wasnot on. ly good but yri(. and that he bad never beard such an exquisite appreciation of the fine point from any reader or actress on the tee. Since ber lector her she has appeared in Sing Sing, Poughkeepsie, and other cities in New York State, aad been moat enthusias tically received. That she ha beeu success ful a a playwright, ha It beat proof iu the fact that she ha been requested by a number of the beat actor and actrce In the country to write a rdar for them. Three of New York's beat actresses are trying to get inm tion of her play "Crown of Thorn," and Miss Katharine Kogi-rs ha offered large sum of money for tbe privilege of producing it in Australia. Her friends will be glad to hear that she is entirely recovered from ber illness and will be beard from hereafter a in active life. The Carnival of Authors and its consequent season of rest are over and its actor are now preparing to enlarge the Ok! South fund still more by a grand fancy ball which lake place on the 1-th inst. The interest in thia c has never wavered since tbe ladies first took it in band, and tbe aocial benefit, which the means they employ bring about, could have reached the great public iu no other way. We are having th Stnvkcss li Italian Ojiera Company at the Boston, but there has been little of excellence in the performancea. Apart from the principal, nolhiug can Isi said in it favor so unlike tbe Ma4eon Cooiiuiy, w bose chorus ami orchestra seeaied to be al most jierfect. and came in for their share of applause on every occasion. Mia Kellogg, Miss Cary, Mr. Adams, and Sig. Pantalconi are at tbeir best tbi season, and it is with much regret that I chronicle tbe fact that Mk Kellogg leavea the operatic stage at tbe end of tbi season. At the Globe. Mr. Cha. Barron is attract ing all bi friends to see hi perfect acting iu "A Celebrated Case." Hi reception was very enthusiastic. He was called lie fore the cur tain five time and auswtnsl to the tumultu ous demand in a short --eh. Mr. Lawrence IUrrett clcsses bis tiigag. uient to-morrow at the museum, to make way for tbe "Little Duke," a musical plat, which has it first representation in America ou Monday. Sahsbury's Troqt-do'ir open again at tbe Gaiety, giving tbt ir first performance next Monday evening, aul I adris.j anybody who w isbes to "laugh aud be merry," to give theia a call. Tbeir many friends w ill throng to the theatre. I am sure, which is not meagre lancla. tiou, for there was but one opinion of their ability when they left us in October, aud that wo unquatihed praise. Saixrx Jot White. XE1VH ITEMK. Tho. Lord, the New York millionaire, w nose marriage with Mrs. Hick in Decern ber, l.s77, attracted much attention, and was so hotly opid by hi sous, died ou Thurs day iiigni, tun tnsl. J. L. Heath, a prominent married rtsi dent of Heed City. Mich., clod a few dav ago with a young lady. The lady's father overtook them at Kalamazoo, and Heath shot himselt dead. reiiuuau, me cnurcn tletit raiser, wa in hpnngfield, Mass., last Sunday and secured 'J7,(T) toward liquidating the debt on the State street M. E. church. He will continue the work next Sunelvy. . A definitive traty of peace has been signed betwreu r.ussia aid Turkey, aad the Kussiau will at once begin the evacuation of Turkish territory. Paul Boyton, the iuvn.tor of the life, saving suit, enter d the All ghauy riv.r at Oil City. Pa., on Thursday of last week, and arrived at Pittsburg Sunday afternoon and was greeted by about .Vi.on'iieople. Au old colored womau, who for a good many years lias lived alone at Portsmouth, N. H., aud been tbe recipient of aid from thu charitable, was found d, aj iu her house last Saturday afternoon, and a seareh revealed hid away a lot of provision and fuel, n kiv. ings bouk book, deeds, gold and silver coiu and scrip amounting to a considerable sum, valuable underclothing, table linen, gold watches, rare crockery, etc.. Uc. Moses H. Leonard, treasurer of the Gh-u. dale Elastic r.ibric Comsiny of Eastha'up tou. Miss., has confessed to a defal.atiou of U',(in. He has beeu tn a.urer of th-con. ceru for niue years aud up to '7ii receind t2K) salary aud an interest in the bu.iuesi. Since that ieriod he has rcc ivid u sularv of :t.V) and no interest in ihe profits. H:s dishonest use of the compmy's funds arose from a desire for .1 style of living b.-vo ul hi means. It i the old, old story of a""prtniii. ncnt citizen," a church d.ncnu who was .1 "pillar" in church and and Sim.I .e si..i nnd a man "generally retspecte-d." ' -u. e, himondsof West Trnv V V boned hi three children and cut his throat Monday, because hi wife ehmed -w-itl, n..ti.. er mau ; the children will probably recover. Dr C. C. Haskell' house aud contents ou Dav i street, Greenfield, Mas., were de. stroytd by fire at one o'clock last Saturday morning. Tho family were uway. and Dr. Haskell returning at 1 o'envt.- tl, ... discover tho fire, which probably caught fmili Ilia it,A.r. T uu wisav.tT. jjcjvi, c.-uikj: iukuriiriftv ' " ua sUi,v'9, XeUi;- Lind h ntvv xi-a i- Wiiti ii.. v., I.... ... (... i . ca, hat bgun. Ah Iu the ai of the Afchan war, an ultimatum wa. Cim dunrtU-hi-d to tht Zulu Kini r-iAU"itn ti... : -eii.. . 1 1 t , J ' vuuvr aiiuvt-u IOr a reply havjuy Hamed, aud nothing havim; heeu heanl froni him t..- ...fl i . . . iiw m were Hut ill mot inn nu ilw itl, nf t... i Vftuced into the Zulu territory iu four col. umns. The conditions demanded of th. Zulus were tw follows : For earryiui; off wo men from Natal the culj.r.U to ho civtn uit nud a nue of ,Vk htad of cuttle tu U, h- nt m Wlthlll tUsrit- .lav. . fVta. t1.u la T : . enaut Smith a flne of joo ht-nd of cnttle to lu i..u. uiuiMj.im io bu jiamieU over to tin J rami vail (Invi t: i i , -Miw uiujy io lie disbanded ; men to be free to marry upon comiug of age : n fair trial for offender, is stipulated for : missionaries to be free to re. turu to the country ; a llriti.h llcsident to bo appointed , deputn-s iu which Kuropeau arc OOllCinied In Ii- l...r.l I... II. . I.-:. . I. , .. . , , j iui- niui;aim ileal- dent : uo ouu to be expcll.d from thecouutrv WltllOIlt 111,. ,.n,,ku,.t ,1.. 1, . .... , - " tut- itesiueui. -jne lieonle uf N.LtJit ,-n,i.i.1..P.l ,1 ir..- f ' , , , : .7 " tt ",c"e COUUUIOI1S too mild, but they were so tar distasteful that '" jsie, onjei-1,,1 to CHIT) III! the lileMnaL'e. b.sl Ctu-,,,. .1 1 1 , , - , -- si,umu wreuK Ills IV- ve U(!e on them. As to the boundary line ne dispute over w lueh. was npriuiu cause of the lireKHiit tmubl.. n .l.'.l.. i.. . . rendered iu favor of the Zulu view of tho casej and th.- Zulu themselves some years ago asked for the appointment of a ltw.id.nt. llut the surrender of marauders, and the dis. - . ' army are tno point concern. Itlir which Jni,,.. ...... . , . , :; vw " " nuiicinaieu. hi. lencc, in the case of Cetewayo, emphatically lucaus dissents and tl.or., ., i.'. , - , - i iimuee iuul there may be sever fightliiB before he i BUlJilUftl- TTa 1st ni,i:..l ...:i . . lav. ;;r ".v.: . ,,oree. (v i rii i ' """" wen aruieu, wuflo the . " i i wufuw, ana uie uat ve IrOrtlOll Of it tsl n"V s..e-., -... si. ... Oibciphnc. and good equipment will tell, howl I ever, as Armintt ,..,.w. I ' . - , r, uuiuueis, Local Intelligence, Itrsvttlrltorn. Those fresh Florida ofnir at WilUrd', drag store are ia food demand. O. . Dougta. formerly of this nt,K i, practicing medicine in X. w y.jrk City The UetbtXtttt Mica noil tu ir annual festiv.l neit Wedneadsy evening. Oi re th, n a houseful. Her. Oeo. R. Martin will continue hit lectore OH llomwn at tbe Conirr. KUonil chapel belt Sunday evening. Tbe mibject of Mr. Harris' b-tureat tho I'alTenssliat ch arch neit Hauday cvetdng win be "Our Ikyi tbeir Book." Iter. II. 11. MBIer win preaeh a sermon to the young people at tbe Metbodit church, next Sunday evening, on ' Moral Heroism." Oaring to the iUnesa of the jrvrtor tbe 1'nitarian pulpit wa supplied last Holiday by Rev. Oeorg 8. Merriani of Bpriugti. Id, Mae. J. E. Hall ha been at lt-thi I during the pes week, itin Mr. (trotyl- B W,le, of this town in conducting a series or r. vital meeting. Daniel Long' soa Patrick, win f,,r the past few term baa att nJod acbool at Por luntitiite, Bernardston, Maes., ha just tut, r. ed St. Hyacinth eolleefe, nir Montr- al. At the annual meeting of ihe Grand Indge of Odd IVIJows of tbi Plate, held at Rutland but week, ft was voted to hold the next annual aesakniat Brattlebora in I'ebruary, ittn. A few new ease of scarlet fever are rc. port -d among tbc children, but. a staud l,y u in prc-vloo isaue. there seem to be uo reason to apprehend that the disease will tale on anything like a general epidemic form. StValentrne'sto-morrow tbetHy "whsa birds choose their mate and eonpK" or. If we so eboose to regard it, the day saered to the memory of tbe gracious, loving and char itable St. Valentine .who wa b-beadsd at Home in 270 a. v. Tbe bearing in the organ ea before et. Gov. Stewart a master, wa resumed at the sUrooks Hons oa Tueadiy Msrs. I'belps, S tough ton. Tyler and IIakins appearing m counsel for the orator, and Mr. I lea man of New York for tbe defendant. A Huberiitiou jsiper in aid of the widow ami children of the late W. It. Chase has been in circulation the past week, and lb- mm raised now amount to over 825. 'ru, fund w ill be diced in the lands of Mr. Ii u. A. Ho)dn. of the American House. The February term of theSaprem- tiuit for the county of Windham begin h. r - next Monday. The docket is unusually short, ami the trim. con. ca.se Heed vs. Holt, the si iu Jer case Shurtletf vs. .Steven, and the pauper c-i-M) Guilford vs. Urattleboro, are th only one of especial interest which will come lie. fore the court. A sociable was held at the Baptist v s!ry on Tuesday evening, on which occasion Mr. Uurcbard, wife of the pastor, was s-irprised by the presentation of a silk dres from mem bers of the pirisb. J. J. Estey made the pre sentation esecb, which wa happily resjsind cd to by Mr. 1J arc hard. lUfreshmeut were served, and the occasion wa well enjoyed, although the bod weather prevented many from attending. It can hardly be stt down to the debtor side of thi week's account that it hasn't giv. eu us a variety of aeathcr. Sunday, a driv. ing snow-storm, with a blustering wind tow. ard night: Monday, bright, crisp weather; Tuesday morning, snow, with rain in the af teruoon and all night; Wednesday, (snow) shower and sunshine; Thursday, mild air aud bright sun all of which encourages the weather-wise to remark that 'the back of the winter is broken."' " ' ' " The annual Isall to be given at the Brook House this evening promise to 1 a fine af fair. Itussell's orchestra of Fitcbburg. Mass., T pieces, will furnish the music. Th.-1 nter taiument will open w ith a promenade concert, beginning at o'clock, and the grand march w ill lie called at !t. Parties desiring carriagr s for the evening sLoold have tbeir names at the office of the Brooks Hons. The mana ger desire us to intimate that only an srly attendance will secure for tbe guest of the evening the pleasure of the opening concert, the programme for which is as follow -: Osralcax Tot sod Tesfkat ..s CLicisrr Sou Air Vane sis'. nsircTloit Le Oomte Ory it . ,. Piccolo Solo L rial Keekssl.e. l , l ,, The young jveople's literary aud musical association, contected with the Centre Con grcgatioual society, gave their first entertain, ment in aid of the organ fund at the chapel oa Wednesday evening. The programme was as follows : Overture, ... Otrhi.lis. SocB-Nsaty Lee, . . . Ur. Tjtr. niu.trated Perm- Tie LJy sf Shslatt. Sone The Knltku cf OU, Mr. M.rtln. riote OWrstc Mr. CUir Kceact frem Widow fiedott. Duett All Ttlng sr. Besutlful, Mrs. Uottreck and lln. Bnrctsm. TtMeiQK Effect of a Prety Permon (90 In tbe oaae.) The evening was pleasant, there was a full attendance, and the agreeable and satisfacto ry cliaracter of thi presentation gives prom ise of the success of the whole series. We learn from the town auditors, whoso r. port is now iu the band of the printer, and will sr on be ready for distribution, that tbc- expeuses for the town poor, for the) ear end ing IMi. 1st, above tho receipts, were $3(!i7.. tne expenses on highways, above the regular ldghway lax of 25 per cent, on the grand list, wa -i.-.SOl.SJ ; miscellaneous ex. peuditnre for the year, $CIH.3!). Tbe uu. collected taxes on tax bills of 1B7S, 1S7C and i. , amount to f'M-.ll ; on tax bill of 187t, $2111.31. The liabilities of tbe town amouut to S3fi,feS:i.2j. To pay interest on the town's notes, and to pay one note of $2.".00 given for the new railroad, be.id.s raising the necessary sum of .i.VKV) for high ways and bridges, will require n tax of M cents on b dollar of the grand list this tsti matc being bases! on the fact that the craud list will be reduced thi year about $300,(I. letters remaining ut tbe Brattleboro iot office, Feb. 13 : Ladi . Addie E. Allen. Mrs. T-mma M. Cexik, Mr.Jeunle S. Fox, Mrs. Luni Frost, Miss Mary Feiguson, Mrs. K. S. Johnson, -Mr. Marion M. I.touard. Mrs. Ahbv Boot. Mis Katie K. Sullivau, Mis Kose J. Stewart, Miss Eva Willis, Slis l,cy A. Woodinc. Mrs. S. A. Willi, Edith G. Clark. Gent.-D. E. Alii, li. Alonzo Burrows, James F. Briscoe, Jesso II. Bartlett, Chas. Clement, O. G. Coombs, Win. V. Covey, Ed ward Fitxgerald, l'at. flrifflu, David Hall, 2. J. T. Herrick, A. I(ymi, II. A. Scott, Edwin Well. II. Wbittler, H. C. Winchester, Jo. scph S. Woevdard. Ferry Bros., J. L. Sweet A Co. WeM llrsvlf Ivliero. The ladies of the Boptist society held their festival last Thursday evening, with. good attendance. Beside the nmplo refresh meut and sociability, there wero recitations and music, including siugiug by a home ipt.tr. tettc and also by n male tpiartetto from the cast village. The receipt amouuted lo alsmit C0. Herbert Clisbee 1 soou to open a new store iu Glen llouso block. Hlraui Wentherhend has bought IheJi reel Holbrook farm, lately owned by C. F. Thompson A, Co. Vfrnttu, The ladies' sewing circle will meet with Mrs. Stevtns and Mr. Hubbard next week Thursday aftemoou, Feb, 20. Daunt ut Slockwcll's hall iu the evening. If stormy the gathering will li held the next day.