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VOL. IV-NO. 189.
11UTLANI), VT., F1UDAY 'KOUNING, DEOEMBEIt 15, 187G.
PR1CE MVE OJ
iiutU'.ud WMMg $lofc.
FHIDAY, DEOBSU1EU 15, 1870.
trncr.iBK3' ukcaim.
Wo wlsh all our Bubscrlbcrs to bo partlculnr
to notlco tbo dato ngalnat tlielr naines upon
thclr papcrs, and eo that tho account ia rlght.
Tho dato shows tho tlmo to whlch payment haa
boon made, so that tho labcl Is a constant rc
eolpt for the tlmo to whlch tho subscrlbcr haa
plad.
UilLY Ono Month 78
Tlireo Months ,....JJ oo
Mx Months 4 oo
Ono Year 8 oo
Wssslt Threo Months 75
Hlx Months 1 25
odo Year 2 50
Sond ln your subacrlptlons. Addrcsa,
HLOUE rArEUCOMPANY.IlDTI.ANP, vr.
Tl.o klnd of Unlted Blntea sctiatora wo
should havc, H tLo Wado Ilnmplon dynaa.
ly ehould olsUln powcr, may be inferred
Irutn tLo fact that, ln ballnllng fora Unltcd
Ssatea tccn'.or, ln tlioSjulli Carolina dcino
crttlc liousc of icprcsentitlvcs, Tuesday,
Uctcral JI. C. Butler, tlio hcro o tho
Hninburg massacre, lcceivcd tlio lilgheet
number of vctes. Tbat h nUogethr worrc
than tho Kcllogg ilynasly wlth lta Pickucy
Bcnton Stcwart Pinchback.
And now thcre is a questlou ot vemcity
lctwccn Ulyseas S. Grant, pro3ldont of tho
Unltcd Statcs, and Abram S. Hewltt,chalr
man of tho dcmocratlc natlonal committce
and chlef fuglcr for Tildcn. Thero don't
appcar to bo any disputo about what wna
actually rnld, but tho questlou Is wluther
or not Ilewltt promlscd oot to tcll. Tlio
lnternal cvidencc, evon as tclatcd by Ilew
ltt, la ln favor of tl.c presidcnt, aml tbcrc
doca not s cm tnuck qucstion but wbat
Hcvrltt has bccn gullty of u vlolatlon of
tho prtdJcnt oconndince.
Tnat was a minly, tcislblo apcech of
Govomor Haycs nt Daytoa, Weduesd.iy,
nad jti3t what miglit havo lcjn cxpcctcd
ofhiin. No bran, or bldff, nr thrtnts ; no
declaratiou, such na l.ai b c i put in his
mouth, by lntcrviewcrs, that be "kocw bo
" had ono lmadrcd ncd c'ghty-llve elector
" al rotes," and auy other rcsult tban bla
elcctlon "would mrai Ibat Bome Ircaihcry,
" or soruo othtr revolutioniry act had oc
" curred." Nothing Uke Ibia, but only tho
slmplc, raodcst, trutbful declaratiou that
wbatever rcsult tbo proper autborltlca
mlght arrlve ut, "yoa anl I wlll qulctly
" submit."
I'oftmastcr Fairman who, ln nccordnnce
wlth tbo rulea of "civil icrvica icforro,"
wna appolnled postimstcr at Fhilndelpbia
four yeara ngo, haa bccn remoTed or
rtther hla eucccEBor has becn r.ppolntcd
uotwltlntinding bla re-nppototmebt was
asked by all tho banka, inauranco ofllcc,
lmpoitant lnercantllo houses, and morc
ihan icven thousand of thp.princlpnl citl
zena,
The cauao of tbo cbango ls tlius I
tereely statedi "Tho pc8tmaster nf'Pblla-
" delpbla disobcycd ordeia at Cinclnnatl,
" and bii sfOclal bcad la tho prlce of hla
" polltlcal Independence." Terbapa tho
vagatles of a certain newipaper, wewot of,
may bo accounted for in tho same wty.
The publiiber obeya ordera, bla readera
tako the nauscatlng dose, and ho rctalna
hla officlal' hcad.
Bcn 11111 thinka if thcro ia no civil war
about the presldcntiul euccoion until tbo
south uiakea it, thero will bs no war at all
thcy have tried it, nnd find that Instead
of being a remtdy for, it la only an aggrn
vatlon of, eviis. Ho pooli3 at Iho idca of
tho northern democr.icy that part of It led
by Sunset Cox and Fernando Wood Inau-
guratlng war, and, not inaplly, describcs
thcm na "lnvinclblo iu peaee, luvislble in
" war." From what hc has lcarucd of Oov-
crnor Ilaycs, ho believcshU adminlstratlcn
will bo a grcat galn and improvcmcnt to
tho eoutheru pcople; nnd that wilb it, Ihe
south rcccivlng theinuotrcatmcntaa ia ac-
corded to the north, "tho whole country
" wlll perceWe nt oncc that tbo ultralsms
" cbarged upon the Bouth will havc no
" founc'a'lon in fact."
According to Ilewltt, nnd tbo picildcnt
laya tbc same tlung, Gcncral Grant hns
very dtclded opinlons relativo to thc Ir.u
lsiana clection, wblcbbo Udcslroua of con
ceallng. From li;s long and intlmato ac
qualutance witb Loulilana alTaira, hls opln
ion, whatevcr lt ia, would bo regarded by
tho public wilb somc degreo of Importancc,
and pos3C83 nn lctcrcst whlch would altach
to tlioso of hardly any other man. As long
aa onough J123 bcen lilcted, bolh by tbo
prc3ldent and by Mr. Ilewltt, to givo ua nn
inkliDg of what that opinion is, wby not
coma out wilb tho wholo story ? It Bccms
to us hardly "the thlog" that tbo pretldent
abouU bo hob-nobbing wilh, and commu-
nicatinz his oplnions on polltlcal affulrs to,
tbe chairmin of the dcmocrntio natlonal
commlltee tni, at tto tamo tlmc, kccp us
outsido barliarlam ln ignorance of mattcra
that "would do raucli to tranquilize Iho
" public mlnd. '
Of courso Judge IJoud dccldcd, "na wo
" havo'from tho llrst aupposed," that tho
supreme court of Bouth Carollra had no
jurlsdictlon ovcr the board of statc can
vaaaera, anJ, thercforo, 011 hahas corput,
dlschareed tho canvassera from their Im-
prlaonraent for allcgcd contempt. Tuat la
juat what ho was thero for I IJut hla hav.
ing so declded, does mt mako bis actlon
Hii, doej ll ? Tbo suprems court of South
Oarollna nny bavo had no Jtilidlction In
tho mtttjr, but what piwer or authoiity
had JudgaB jnd to revlow tlielr aetlon?
Hupposlni: tho suprcm court of Vermont
should Imprlson a sherlff for contnnpt.and
Judge Hmalley thould rtleiuo hlin on a
habi'u corpui, could any Intelllgont peraou
bofoundto juatlfy hlsncilin ? Anl ytt
ha wou'd luva ui niuoh legal rlght anJ
powerln tha premls .1 uihail Judjo Iljnd
inlhaSjotu Orolua ctso. Whej llila
llurry ls ovcr, JtiJi'J Bonl will ha placcd
la tbo aamo category wlth Ioulsiana I)u.
rell, od theso irnio Jnurnals who aro
now pra'slng Il.ind aa thoy obcj prnlsed
Durell wlll jom ln a dcmind for I.H iin
peacbment and romoval, os thcy dll In thc
Durell cato after thoy came lo thclr aensea
THE FLOBIDA COMFLICATION.
Fresh compllcations arlae evcry day,
The lateat fca from Florida, and It blds
fair to bo ai aciloui, moro aerlous,
ai the oc frcra Orsgon. Tho board
of slnto canvasicra, clalmlng nnd cx
crcltln? jiullclal powcre, by throwlnR
out tho volca of cortaln prcclncla and
cotroctlnj; tho foturna of othcts, returncd
tho Ilajca nnd Whceler clcctora aa duly np
polnted, nnd tliey, rccelving tho proper cx-
ocutlvc ccrtlficalc, tnct ou tho flret Wcdncs-
duy of Decerabcr and cnst tho four volca of
Florli'n for Iltyea nnd Whcclcr. In mak.
Ing thla lotlirn, It li clalmcd, that tbo cati
vastera vlolatcd an iDjunclloii ordcr of Iho
court; but It U lnslatcd, on the part of tho
cauvaeeeis, tbat befoto the aervlco of tbo
injuncllon upou thcm, thcy had complcttd
thclr canvafa snd certifled tho icjult to tbo
govcrnor.
Tho atato canvnsacia were nlticbcd to
nnswer for thclr nllcgcd contcmpt ln dls
oboylngtho Injunction, and, m tho inoin
whllc, a petllion had bcen biought bcforo
tho Eiiprcmo court tho hlghtat judlclal
tribunal in tho stnlo for n tnnndnmua to
conipil the boanl of stalo canvaisera to act
meiely na nilniatcilal t lllccre tbat la to
foct up lbo rolurna na recclvcd by thcm,
nnd dcchto lbo rojult accordlngly. Tho
contempt casc camo up for bcarini! whcn lt
waa poatponcd on tho Bgteemcnf of tho
canvasEcn tobavo au Immcdlato nnd flnal
trial on tho mandnmus east-, nbldo by tho
result and n:t in accordanco wlth the dc-
clsion of tho court. If tho tuprcmo couit
ahould decldo that tho olllco ot canvaatcr
la eimply mlnlatetial andour Florida lclc-
grama sty tlmt auch, nndoubtcdly, will be
tbe rcault the canvasecra will reconBider
thclr dccision, icjpuitheeamniP, and elect
tho Tilden clcctora by anmo ono hundred
majority.
llcro thcu wo havo two tlcc'oral col-
egea ; cach claimlnc to bo legular; cach
proptrly ccrtiStd to lo clccledby tbc lamo
buaid of canvaBiciB oco coI.'cro ly the
bi n-d actlng bolh judicinlly and mlulslcrl
ally, nnd tto d'ucr by tho huird ncling
miT.ia'.eiiu'ly only whlch, !f citber, U tho
lcnl tlec'oral cillepo ot Flor'.dnV
If tbe board of c.inva!S3ra wcro clothed
wilh quasl judiolal powcrp, tbca thcir nc-
tion in icvis'ng the county or prcclnct rc
turna, was lcgal, r'ght and proror. Wo bc
lievo, moioovcr, thst euch revision waa
juatidcd by tho proof, nnd that tho np-
pointment of tbe Uuycs clcctora waa but
glving forco to tho c.vprcaio.1 will of iho
pcople. If, however, their dutie3 wcro
purtly mlnlelcrlnl, thcy had only to ndd up
tho lc'.tirnana rcceived frora tho Ecvcral
counties oi precincta, and declare tho rc-
Eult thcrefrom, acd oay actiou bcyond thla
wnuld be void. Such a cnnvass mlgbt,
probably would, tivo a result counter lo
tLo boncstly csprcssed wlil of thopcoplo of
tbc statc, but it wculd bo the fault of tbc
law tcakcis, iv t only of Fit;rida, but of Iho
Unltcd Statce , nnd Ibr inluforluno of the
countiy.
Who ia to decldo whctbcr thla board of
canvaBscrs wa n body clothtd nilhnunji
i qun,i
lubjte-
ludlclal bowcra, or wbr mercly a ui
riftl bodj 7 -Diics lta dccUIon rcst wlth tbc
courtj, wlth congroia, or wllh Iho prcsl
dcnt of tbe scnate? As agcncral propotl
tlon, tho dccision of tho blghcat court of
a ftitc on tbe conetruction ot a state law
acd tto law undcr whlch Ihls bcnrd of etate
canvas3tra dcrivo thcir powcra ia n law of
Floiidi, not of tbo Unltcd Statca ia flnal
and conclmlve, not only so far aa tho
cuutti of tho Btato are concerncd, but wlth
thc courla of other statca and of lbo Unltcd
SUtci, To mako Bucb. eonBtruction con
clusive, however, lt inust bavo becn made
ln a caso of wl.Lh the court had jurlsdlc-
tion. AVbo ahall decldc, m tbia caEc,
whctbcr or not tho court had jurisd:ctlon?
Tbo court itself, congresa, tho prcaidcat ot
tho ecnale, or tho Euprcmo court of the
UnllcdSUtcs?
Suppo9lng It won't do any liarm to
supposo, wlll it? that tho presidcnt ot tbo
aenate, or congrca, or wbocver clsc counts
tho votce, frhould concludo that, while Flor
ida bad duly and legally appointed four
presidcnt Ul clcctora, Ihings wcro so "mlx-
" cd " tl.a- it couU not be aatlafactoilly de
tormined wuo waa appointed, and tbat,
thcrcfore, thc voto of Florida Bhould bo ig
norcd, what would ba tho iciult? Tbo
electoral voto, a3 countcd, wonld Btand,
lildcn one hundred and cighty-four, and
Ilayea ono bundrcd and cighty-onc; but for
all tbat, would Tilden bo dccloj 1 Tbo
comtitutlon saya that tho pere'on having
tho grciloit numbcr of vo!o8 for prcaldcnt,
Bball bo tho prtBidont, " if tucb number bo
"a majority of tho wliolo number of clcc
" tora appulnlcJ." Insucha cifo, would
ono uunurea acii cignty-iour volca bo a
" majorityw tbo wholo numbcr of clcctora
"appolutcd?" If not, wouU it not fol
low tbat tbcrc wai no cboico bv thc
elcotorr.1 collegc, and tlnt tho houao muat
elect a presidcnt, and tbo ccnalu a vlce
prcsident, rcsultiDg iu tho clection of Stm
uel J. Tilden for picsideut and Wlllhm A,
Whcclcr for vlcs prcaldcnt.
Wo do tict profcaa to dccldc any of theso
qucatlcni j wo eimply prcient to our read
cra a v'c.v of tbo coinplicatlona wbieh aro
llkoly to ailso lf thc cupremo court of
Florida dccidc-a tlnt tbo board of statc can-
vaisera i9 niurclyn mlnisterinl bcily, and
dircot a rc-canvaia of tbe relurns rcsultlng
ln tho dcclaratlon of tho elcctlon of tbo
Tilden tUctore. Wbilo wo frccly con
cede that, m n genernl rulo, thc dccldon ot
a alatc court of lii't iccort i flnal and con
cluslvo as to tho comtructlon of n atato
Uw, c muat cniifcea wo do nct sco how
any decislon tLo court may now inake, or
how any ic-awvaea of tho retun a, can
opcralo toin'crfero wlth a comploted nct,
BOUril CAUOLIHA BENATOESUIP,
After all tlu glorillcatlon of tho Ycr
mont prca) ovcr tho accisslon of anothcr
Vcrmon'.cr t tho Unlled hMai senalo,
tbcrc aro very gravj doubls whtther Da
vld T.'Corbln who scrvcd soina (ightccn
months in Iho Thlrd Vermont Volunlcera
-wlll bj pcrnilttcd to tako hls tcat ln tbo
aenatej Infact whelherho bas becn duly
and leirally clccted toaatorl from South
Carolina at all.
Tho wholo queallon turns upon Ih3 Ic
gallty of thi'B Iclahturo whlch wtnt
through wlth tbo form of electlntr, hlm. Is
tbo houso of rcprefentntlvc, proslded ovcr
by Mackoy and whlch lolned tn lbo so
called elcctlon of Corbln, Alegal houso of
roptojentatlvcs of Bouth Carollni? Oen.
cral Orant holJs that lt ls not, nnd In thla
vlow many of our hoit parliamentanans
colnolde. The ground of tl.clr opinion ts
thus slatcd lr on of them "I bellore
" lliat notblng ln pAtllamcntnry law h bcl
" tercatabllahed than tl.o law of quorum ;
" that law cerlalnly rcqulros thst a majir.
"ityotnll tho mcmbcra conftltulliu a
" leglslallvo bo3y thall bo prceentand par
" ticlpato ln tho procecdinga bcforo nny
' businesa can bo tianiacted or the l.'ly
" can cven to organized. If tinBetllod con
" tcsla cxlst ln any diitrlcta, nad on Icgtl
" certllloitea havo becn lssucd to rcprc
" BcntatiTci of llnso dUtrlotf, that f(t
" docf not make It compctcntfornny num
" ber of racmbera lcsa than a majorily of
" tho wholo tomaka n quorum or ptoercd
" wlth buslness,"
Thla opinion i ba'oJ upoii, what we he
llovo to be, on crroncoug ccmtruclini of
tho conatltution oC Sjutli (J.rollna. That
Instrument flxca tho number of lopretcnt
atlvea at ono hundred nnd twcniy-lour.nnd,
ln a aubscqucnt ncctlnn, provldcs Ibat "a
" majority of cacli licuso thill a usil'ula a
" quorum to do busloefB." If Ibia uieansa
majorily of afult bouse, thpn it would fol
low tbat both thc Maekry liouso, nnd tbc
Uemocratio houao, wcro illegnl bot'im, and
nelther of tlieni Mchnuaj of rcpreKDtatitcs
of thc ttatc. Thcio ia uo pi(ttne tbat
cltber of thcsc holiaca had, a. the tlmo of ils
organi.illon, nxty-thrce mcmbcia havuift
proper certiacatcs of c-Uctlou, whlch, up
on thclr facc, cntltltil tbc holdcra to tcatj.
If tbcrc wa3 no lrgi', ronttitntiounl quo
rum prcspnt to orgmlzp, tliu orgudzHlon,
witbout euch n quorum, would havo bicn
illcgal, nnd n subaiqieLt coming ln of
membora If lbo numbsr fliould llnnlly
rcach ono hundred and twoaty-four would
datobtck eo as to ira'c lbo organiztlion
lcgal. In ordcr to conatitiito a lcf.l linuse,
Ibero niust be nn orgnnizitlon t!e uoto.
Tbi, aa wo midoratnmi it, was subitan
tially tho opinion of 1'icei lutit Otnnt as
commuulcalcil hy b'm t Abrsm S. Hewitli
and it ii a juttiflcnll'in of liH rcfuaal tt
recoanizj tho di-uiocrnilr, or WVllace,
houso t rcpri tcnlatiuM, cvcn ii'icr Uuniti
tclcgrnphed liini thit fix'y-three inembers
had bccn sworn into that bodj ; but it did
not justify thc ascrllo3 cf Ilonitt, iu tho
samo tslcgr.im, tlnt thc Wallace housu wa3
" thcrcby organizid ln aocordtnrovrith thc
" rcquircmunta of law ns Htted by you"
that is, by thc presidcnt. Tho flist orgaa.
l7.uio'i being illrgal, is licld by tho pits1
dcnt, the oubscq ient swearing ln of tl.c
tlxty thlrd rnember would not miko ,t lo
gal. Upon tl.o presldint'j Ihcory, bolh
liouio wcro illcga1, and to the lu ne con
clusion, it ia undcrttood, 1 aro eonie lbo
congrctslonal invcft'gi'.ing committce. He
tween the prollent nnd tho thiirman of
tbe ilemccratic. u itioual coinmitt'.e, tjc
prdsidenl wcs tbe b?tlir liwycr mdthc
mojt comislcat man tf (ho two
Seuator llubeit on, iho i r. eiil Uuittd
Slatea atnat.ir from tjoulb Carolina, nbcu',
whcso le-cbc.ion, if ho lir.d dtsiicd it,
thpro
waa ooiposfiitlo doubt, dclintJ to bo
Ya cicdidile fi!r rc-clcctloa,-for6frij,'oa'
atstatcdby hlm, nj follows ; "I csn ecb
no way in,whlcb, conslstanlly wlth my
v!owb of duty, I could rcrmit inyEelf to
stand aa a cand da'.o for ro-clecllon by
that body. It bas bsendccldtd byour
couit of last rcaoit tbat the bDdy clalm
lng to particlrn'.e in tbat elcctlon aa the
housc of rcprcscnla'ivcB ia nct a constl
tutlonal and a legal body, nnd that lt can
perform no act tbat can be rccognizfd"by
tbocourts. I am bouml by conii tency
wlth all my past oMcial actlon, nad my
reccat oplnions and couvlctioup, to hold
that it ia the provlnco of my own Btate,
havliiK tho aime ilgli s na lbo nv'Et fn
vored aln'ea in tlio Unlcn, to detcrmino
for hcrself tho qucation of tlio constllu
tio'hal and lcgal ctnnctor of hcr public
offlccra. I know of no other way of
reachlng a floal conclualon on such a
a subjcot but that through the detcrmlna
tlon of tho couit?."
Wo will nct stop to lcqulre how far the
dccision of a slnt3 court upou tbo coustruc
tlon of tho itato conatltution, and upon n
mcrc polUjcal qucstion, ia Ivalid nsd bind
ing ; lt la sufllcicnt toBay that it rcsta upon
cntlrdy dliTcrcnt grounda thna that of the
construclioii of a ctatc hw ; and, iu any
evcnt, ia nol conclusivc on cnigi?, ecch
houio thercof being llia solo jucUo of tho
elcctlon, rtt'jrns nnd qua'itlcutions of ita
own membera. Ia our jaduineuf, Ihe
qucition of thc ralid.ty of n ata o legUlatiiio
ia one whoso dicMou reata wilh tbo poli'l
cil, not tle judlclal, pacr. Tbe bonti
mcals cxprcs3cd, however, aro lnlinllcly tn
thc credit of tto gtnitor, nnd wu would
that moro ir.cn, botli eouth cnd north,
would show tbo samo practlcal rcspcct for
tho legally constituted authorlllca of thc
statc.
Wo btlicvc, however, ns wo lnvc had oc-
cosion to say bcfoic, that it did not nccca
sarily rcqulio slxty-thrto members to con
Btltut) a q'jorum. In this caso, thcro wcrc
only cno hunlrcd and sixttcn memlcra
clccted, nnd to uuUo n majority of thwo
flfty.nlno inombera would be necoisiryi
nnd wo lo'.levo tbla numbtr would can'.!
tutca quorum. The laaguago of tbo con-
stltutlon of the Unltcd Btato3 nnd tbat cf
Bouth Uarolina ia identlcil i "A majority
" of cach houso sbnll coustltulu n q'loruoi
" to do busineEa." Oougress, or rathcr ono
branch of it, wlll 1)3 called upon to con
strna thla clauae, when tho questlon of Cor
bln 8 ndralstlon comoi up for dccleion.
They havo alrcnly construod it, nid havo
declarcd "that a majoilty of tbo inembers
" cbo3cn constituted a qjnrum to do buji
" ness." lloth houses aclcd upon tbls cju.
structlon through threo congioasea, and lf
tho eonBtruction ls crroncous, then tbo
thlrleenth, fouitecntb anl lltteinth nmend.
ments to tho constltutiun wcro neror prop.
crly aubmUtad to tho sevoral s'atea, nnd
thcy ara nrt a partof the conatltution, Aro
wo preparcd to go to thlt lenglhf If wo
aro coircot, then flfiy.nlno msmbira would
bavo constituted a quorum at the tiin: of
thd organlzill on j and, such a number being
prcscnt, tho orgamzation would havo bosn
legal , anl no Eubarq'tent BSces3lon of mom.
bera would havo rendcicd that organlzitlon
illcBJl.
liut lt tranaplres tlnt tho roport that
thero were flfty.nlno members, holding ccr
tlfloitea from the icturnliij board, prcscnt
at lbo organiztllon waa iocono;t tbatoco
of the members elect wni personated by
thlrd person without tho irfiv of a rlght
to a aoot. Of tbls fraud, tba epoaker as
wo may call Mr. Msckoy was Ignorant,
but lta effcct waito rcnder th organliallon
lllofia), thcio not bclmr, ur.dcr any vhw'of
tha oHc, a canstltullonal quolMm prcscnt
Taklng whlch cer vlew oeo may plciac, tl
wouM Ecom to follotv tlnt Bjijth Oirolln&'
has no legal or constittitlotnl Iflitfc "f rcp-
rentatlvea duly organlzad, apd that thji
aocilled olcjtimi of Divld .CorM--, na
Unltcd Statee seuator, was uttcrly wlthout
f jrce ind vold.
Lcttcr rrom Washington.
WAsntsaTo.v, I). C.
810 TWHI.FTII SlIlKKT, N. W.
a.b Ucccmbcr, 1870.
Kditor Jtuthnit (Hoit, Iwt evcilDg
Col. Joyce, wlfo and eon ClarlicV-vho"
board at thla houso left for Inulauua,
MIbs Jnyco rcmninlrg hrre.
la l cvtnlng I heard a lecturo by'Ot.
J. Tab or Johnson a brothcr of our Ilev.
J. (I. Johnson bcforo thr) Btudents cf tho
medical col'cgrt heii-, conufcted withjlho
Gotjrjtetown unlveral y. The Btudectsap
plauded th8 I)r. by clnpping of hnnda, on
his ontrancc int tbe louturo room, dmlng
thc lecturo aud ut l c close. Tuo leciuru
was chlilly rx tcmpore tho l)r. lcct're
thicu tlmea a vv;U htforu thceo Btudtntr
I nin leropted to lail you what a Ver
montcrdtdin 1.-. HinUiu'a (liurcli last
Bunday but I wid not. I um lcmp'.od to
teli you ot a whispcr ns lo what mlght bo,
if Judic Bwayno of Uhio, ono of tho a.B(v
clato justlcuaof tho Uintad S.ntea aupiome
court, imw seventy-two jcatB old, sbuuld
lclcjn bjt I will nit.
TltE bESATE.
Iu Kugland, the homo of lords !s called
dlguificd ur.d dull compued wilh tho bouEO
'of commona; bo bcre, tbe Fonate is consld
creJ ua gon:rally lcsi fplrllt d and attractlui
Kint tl.o lioufc of rcpresrirntivcs, but 1
found i' otlitrwlso lust Wcdncsday. About
11 a. m. I wtnt ln on to tho floor of the
omitc. mct eaator Alorrlll and soon after
a Mr. BjUea wlio marflid a .MlfiS Ilullard
of Bhrcwtbury. A few mlnutea befnro
twolre I cnlcred tbe rapurtcr'agallcry thc
givcl c m prcmp'.ly a brkf prayer, iu
clcar, llngui.! tuuts the eenatcra slnnding
iuiplorvd leivcu's bleeeing chiefly upon
Iho tlecloiB incctim;that day to
ohooto n ptCElclctt. Boon thc dc
bllo l.em nbout thc fcw sol
dicra sla'.iont'd ut Bt. l'clcrsburg, Va., clec
tion day, 7th Novcmbr i for two hours it
wa quito wnrra, two moro boura followod
cquilly ipirited ubmt tho rcturns from
L-iuiti ina. For ovcr four houra 1 senrcclv
raoved from my ecat. 11U going int j thc
h ueo or thc UnUed Stalea auprcmo couit
room, pll djy. 1'arty zeal, person'J
reputo and rivalry, tho honor3 and th'
millionaot moncy ahcad In tbo preaideti
tial clcc ion, hinriled nnd cnllimcd tho fln.
Thero la uu clcment of grandcur in tf.e
lhou;:hi that cach bm:o ot scnators rcpn
rents a more or lesi puissant Boverck' i
6tite j often one, two, thrc:, lour mllllon
ol fictmsn Epeahing through indivlUun
f c ikuri. I hud not maDy prcdilcctioaa Is
liror of Logau, but I waa plenso.l wt!i
11:111. He ia n forcible, oisy, pleassat
sromer. lt n eald r.e istbo only congicti'
111 iu who rcfusca 1 1 lell bU agc. Iiia plna
quo imrliua gooa Ci;uiion, nia 111
dtrainht biack balr daik bue sugf,
ollitr llian puro Anglololxou bliKd. jr .
rai.i u O.U.i i r.S yrVs o!'. llia o.
Jc"0 T.nj uYXtoiEB oo 11iiu, (in rwik
thlnk WiTi&d an Impeiment.V"-''" fjtt
A fricnd cxplalned it by saylng 16s (
f rr.m hls clrnn? f.flort t reatraiu nl
cltenient, whlch waa T(?ry ,K"reat. Ull
urc ia Elim.
Uogy ot iliasourlla 03 jeira old; flgiro
stout : hla nunne'r very carnest. Ilc is
quite ia favor of 'lilden.
West of LouUiana ia 54 ycara old ; not
ol laige sizs, partially bnld and spoko nltb
grin', fccllng.
Witheta of Viroinia, Wi jcarB old, of
Bllm lliure, waa tclt-restrdincd, but carneit-
ly soutbcru.
Udniunda, Ihounb not 49 yeara old lill
Fcbruary next 18 yeus youuucr Ihan 1.U
collcague, Morrilt accma Iheflealoroftbo
stuite j so thoroughly mnstcr of all p:cd
log aubjc(.t, e-o accurate in bla hw auil
fiicts, eo lluent anil cool, somellnits pliy
ful, Bomctimca inrcaalic, Lc ia cvidcclly
mucb rei'pcc'ed, pcrhaps feared ; how isuch'
belocd I do not jit know.
Conkling eouko a fcw momcnta, cipcs
ing tho faltity of the newBpapcr iainpoon
on Btoufihtoti. j
SI0NPAV, HKOMnKIt 11. ,
Yesterday I hcard Dr. SunderlfaJ, a
Vcrmouter, prcach. Tho wcather was
cold, tho thcrroometer in tbo churchj ;
nudiinco betwceu 100 and 1200 ; 6ermoa ut
terly nudo of that elaborate literaryj trnat
mcntatb n nnd powerful lm8glnatioitli!ch
chirtc'cr.ZJd ll) prcacbing In Hutland,
whin a guest of Bcua'.or Fott , Tb
dor.tnr, of (mill twturc, wore i
wbi'o cccktic, ftandlng coliar, glatEeBj
when reading nnd no wbiskera hli hfjr
daik brown ia m t gray. Tho Etoae col
orcd frctconl walla i nd co'.linj, Ihe eimi
lar tlnt cf the windowa. the litack walnut
tlips and waiii'coa'lag ui! ttc suldoed
tonc of ito carpot, mado tho lighi very
Bgucab'c toilo tye. From i-bit
nin t'.l of the coBgrcgalbms i ttc
churchea of Dr. Nowtniu nnd Dr. J! tchcl,
I Bhould taiuk each must havo mi bcrd
from CCO to lOtKJ."
Tbo largctt pdara I evir aw m on
rale to-day iu tho capitil nt flftecn t iwen
ty caulB a picco.
I fooloJ awqy Ih'.s aftcrnooninlli uou8;,
Hail I beui In lbo Bfnato I Ullgh' bttVO
lcarucd f.omcthinir. Tho wcll ajihenti-
citcd Etorica of tbabuying of votti w(ih
all th3 dcUi s, told mo sinco I cinu he,
nnnnl mi-.
r Wiaconair, who
brnr.lahere. lawdl acnoalntcd wuh far'
andwidcly -known nailvca of l.i.tland,
ilo.-ea it. btropg uau damca
it. n.
Hon. Natban Turner
Hon. Nithao Turncr Bprazuc, ono of
tho oldut and wldely known bUBUeis mcn
ln llufind .oiiutr. dled nt tbo rcslJence of
blfl flnttuliii'r. Mir. It. V. Marau, a jrsn-
dou. on Tiicsdiv monlDK, a' f H ot
nlnelyono jtars and tcn monius.l ue cas
lobg bem fftillns; from cxtrcmo 0e, bcth
ln powcis of mind nnd body, pauualiy
naillngnwny. Wben ln tbo pnnis ot llio
ho waa a hotel ktcper and mcrcuiat at Ut.
IIollv. whero ho accumulatcd a large prop-
crty. Horemovcd to Dranooa m jhji
whero Im bas ilnce rcslded In lbo capacity
of u bankcr.
Judgo Sprogue beld manyipot ,on 0f
trust, rcaponsiblllty and bonor. i rcpre
Beuted tbe town of Mt. Ilolly In gtntr-
nl atscmbly in 1810, 1817, 182, 1NSS, 1834,
1835. 16S0, nnd nlao rcpreecuto l llrandon
iu 1810. 1841. 1813. 1817, end 181 A dcl.
cth'c to thocnntitutlonal convcnu-.n from
Jlt. IIollv In 1828. lle waa ono ( tlla ,.
Istant judtfca of the Hutland couti rourj
from 1833 to 1810." Ho wai nevcr ainem
ber of Iho eouato. Hobas becn priMiiout
ot tbo llibt natlonal bank of DraDOon bidco
lle orzanlzitlon. elvlnir hla personal nif,.
tlon to lta inanngement until coniptmij i
Judge Bprajue was a financlcr ot Urg
Ho lcavrs two chlldrcn, Mra. H
JlarBh, snd Kathan T. Bprague, ir.
Tbo fuucral wlll be atteudcd thu Tt,
dav nftcrnoon at 1 o'clock P. ni.. iiL?
A. Tbomta, D. D, , hls long tlma putor
A Pleasant Weddihfr.
Ono of the plcacnnlcat soclnl evcnts of
Iho Bcason took ploco on Tuosday cvenlng
at thc rtsklenco of Gcorgo K. Wardwcll,
rtq , on tho occaslon of tho marriago of hla
tlaughter, 1,'zzlo 0. Wnrdwoll nnd Df.
iThouns, -Mound. Tho front of tho
Idenco wm illumlnfttcd wlth Chlncse lan-
terns nad tho parlors wcro Uslcfully dcco
r.Vc'd wllh wreatbs snd flowera.
A largo party, coraposcd of rnany of our
leadlng clllzors, wore prcEont aa guests to
wltacss tbo nuptlal ccrcmonics. At ilgbt
o'clock lbo brlde nnd groom, n'tendcd by
Mr. nnd Jlrs. Wardwcll, nppearcd nnd
. took ttcir posltlon under a marriagc hell,
wrought of bcautlful flowcra, whcn Itcv.
J. Oibson JohnBon, paator ot the Congrc
gallonal churcb, after n brlef nnd rcrtlncnt
addrosa, grnccfully pctforirod tto marihgo
cercmony. Tho accuatorr.cd groctlnga of
tho wcddcd pair followrd, and tljc mar
ilago feaat Bcrvcd, whlch waailcb and eub.
jtantlal. Tho latl a were niraDged with
raro taalo nnd order. r.nl prcfcnted n pleas
log nppcatanco lo tho oyc uid gavc groat
satiafaollon ito tho guo6ta. A mcrry
roawl of fcstlvltleJ wcro CDjoyed until ncnr
ten o'clock whcn tho guesta bpsan t ) tako
thoir lcave.
A largo collcctlon of prctcata wcro dia
playcd, matiy ot which were vnluabla
tokeus of cateem. Tho foliowing 13 a llst :
Agold Mntchand chalnfiom Mr. Mound.
An (nvclofo of moncy from Jlr. and
Mra. Wardnell.
Cake basket from Slr. nnd Mra J. M.
Ilavcu.
An elcfinnt Biblo from Jlr. nnd Mra.
Harlcy C. Tuttle, Mr. nnd Mra. Kgbett 0.
Tuttle, snd Frcd Tutllj.
1'ilrof naea from J. W. Oramtun aud
alsttr.
Lace scarf from Jlrs. Henry Chrk.
Bllvcr card caao from Jlr. cnd Mrs M.
Ouinn.
Chroaio lroni Dr. nnd Mra. John A.
Jten 1.
Bdk umbrclla from Chnlea CUrk.
Vasi from Jllw Anna Bimooa
Frnmed nu-tto tiom Jlr. and Mre. Ilenry
0. Caipcnter.
Byrup cup from Mr. nnd Jlr.'. John N.
Wordfln.
Joclry case from Mr. and Jlrs Henry
A. Kawycr.
I'botograpb Btand from Mrs Wilham A.
Clarb.
Sct of sllver spoons from Jlr. nnd Jlrs.
Oe rge 13. ltoyce.
Fair of napkln ringa from F.tnulo nnd
Qeorglo Itoyco.
Emorolilercd handkcroMef from Jlr. and
Jlrs. U. H. B'ovens.
Tidy trom Jllsa Nettio Camnbell.
Two pocket haDdkcrchicfa from Jlrs.
and Jliss Angier.
Knlfe aad fork rcst from Jlr. nul Jlrs.
31. A. Bourno.
Bctof tab'e and ,cwpoon, from L G.
IliL'ley, L. C. Ncrdham and F. 15, llaircit
Necktla from Jlrs. J. IJ Kilhurn.
I'lckle castor from Oeorgd A. CrofEiinn
nnd Cnarlca A. Farr, Ilrancton.
Jliit from Mlis KJnnb O. Kdsnn.
Cake btskct from Jlr. and Jlrs. K Iwin
Ucnncr.
i-ja irom Jwend i frs A
nlfu from Jlica Frank Ginndev.
tte diali and Unlfo from F. H. Sturte-
vaut
o ik gi pccma uom aus a. r. inrecii
)llet act Irom tl. S. Verdcr.
).ik of ballads from F. M. Wardwcll.
li
.t of Etaihnciy from Jllia JUni.itf
ke Ili3kit from C. F. lllakelv nud F
B. 'flliompaoa
li; pitcher from A S. Marska'l aud
Ju-'Aih Auld.
gu. r.uu crjs.ai atc trom Jlr. nnj
A. II. Tutilc.
JIr!
i'
yiltcr bullcr dih from Dr. and Jlrs.
Wii
ht of Urnndoii.
Tte brUenud gronm aro hcld in liigb Ci-
lecal by all who kniw them aod th-lr bo"t
of fiieiidii wlh them n plratant vnyage on
Jift'B s.i, nnd that tho t-1 tet anil goldcn
crnm y bo reaciicj in thcir uniled livts.
Mr. nnd Jlrs. Mound 'olt on the tw
York irain at 10 o'clock on a wcdding trip.
Vermont Wews.
The cbair Bhop at N jrlhfleld thuta down
agnln on Saturday t cxt.
Tho wiuter lc;m of U ira- nr,idcmy com-
mcnccd wllh 80 studi nta
Lake Champlain ls trc zen ovcr frrni
Whiteball to Crowu IVlut.
About ono bundicd t msot lny pass ovcr
Iho Central Vermont for Boitcn daily
Iho tnityearhai not l con a profitnble
one fcr Vermont tnauiunro companif t.
Iu-toid ol 1,200 corda of wood being
burned at Wcat Randolph lu-t Thureday
nlght, tho amount waa 300 cords.
gcrvico waa beld in tho new Kornan
Cathollc church at Alburchhat Sunday for
the llrst tlmo
Ilev. B. II. Amaden of Peru, Vt., ia to
Bupply tbo New Salem, Jlaa)., Congrcgn
tlonalists for 18 months.
II. C. l'ettce and wife, formtrly of brat
tleboro, were among thoso who narrowly
oacaped from tho buin'113 llrooklyn thc
alro.
Tho'Ecries of Bucccsaful tempcrance
mrftlnga closcd at Jllddlebury Jlonday
nlflit. About threo hundred peraocsctgr.cd
n
1PC. U. T..t.L...... .
opuncd Jlonday cvening wlth a concert by
tbe Templo Quartctlc nnd Jllsi Abble 11
Clatk of liotton.
J. L. Davla of Ijtaton, I'a., baa lersad tho
ore heda and furnaccs at Forcatdalo (llian
don), and wlll aoon cotnmoaco tho manu-
faoturo ot Iron nad strcl.
Tho KutVIllago (Brattleboro) reoplo
thlnk that Iho defoat of tho prcseut board
of village olllcera deroads altogetbcr upon
whom the oppoilthpn put In nominatlou.
Jonathan Bprague of Whitingham, tho
past ecason ralsod clghty bushcla of corn
on hall aa acro of laud, and Bamucl Wil
cox ot Halifax, got forty olT a quartcr of
an acre.
Of tbo total amount of cxports of organs
to Uuropeaii mirkcts for tho llrst elglit
moutlis of 1870, $210,402, Jlcssre. Katcy &
Oo. Bhlppcd 107,900, or one lulf cf tho
entlre amouut,
, The fall lcrm of Middlebury college
cjosaafora two woikb vacation on tbe
,'fucsday boforo Clirisimaa. Tbo Kaleldo
sco'po, the etudenU' ci.ttlogue, has just
bjen publlshid by tho scnlor class.
At a rcceat auctlou salo In Hlncsbuutb,
nlncty-four cows eoUl from $10 to $33 BO
eachj fair cows nt about $25 j orolotof
120 abcep for $3.20 per h(n1) another lot
for $1 60) flllccn horaeBandcollifrom$tO
to 180.
Tbe barni,wllb conlenta, of Alba Johnson
ot Thetford, wcto burned on Salurday,
Nov. 25.h. Aspecklcd etecr, wlth dlre ln
tcnt, klckcd over tho Imtcrn, nnd up sho
wont. Loia about $300. Insurcd for
81C0.
Thc itccplaof tlio Congregatlonalchurch
et e?t Ilratiluboro w aa bl )wn off. and S.
h. Morrts's dwclllng houso waa unslaltil
by the atorm Further bnsk oa tho billi
tho llirrumme'or droppcd to ero and tho
swnow fcll to ths ilepth of from 8 to 10
Inchce.
At u rccent funeral m llraltlcboro. and
whlletbelcrcaved famlly wcio asecmbllng
ln tho palor, tho studdlng f upportln tho
floor Ruddcnly gave away, which would
havo occERlocc I a fcvcio nccldcnt but for
llmely nsiiatanco.
Jlr. Don. J. Whiltcmori?, of Jlllwaukec.
formcrly of Jlilton, now chlef cnijcer of
tbo Lhlcngo, Jlilwnukeo nnd 8t. I'aul
rallw8y, Las just complctcd tha nev Iron
bridre acroea the JIlsBlialppl rivcr at I.a
urosso.
If reporta are trus, lbo county j ill at
Bt. AlbansU n mlserabloalTair. Tho atcLcli
arbing from laclt of vvitilatlon la InWler
nhle, and tho prisonera aro flck from It i
thc floor cella are darnp and opoa to windr,
wmio on tlio other floors lifV rooms bare-
ly largo onough for ono prlaoncr aro mcdo
iu nuiu cwo.
Jimmio IUanchard, "3t. Albins' Uharllo
Iloss," rccently pcrEuaded a guilelcfs bro.
thcr of bia, ot tho tendcr ago of ftvtn
ycars, to start tor CnliforLli with llm on
foot. Tho lucklcBa couple, however,
brought up nt tho Mathua Blatlon houae,
ntarly frczan to death, aod wcro aent
h tmc.
Sgiiio evil nnnded persoa or pcrsots
went iuto tho Methodlst praj-cr mceting in
lilptui, a few eveninga ago, and broke it
up by Ecattcring cnosicum upon tbo Etove.
Of course it set cvcrybody ciugblng and
compclled thcm t leavo tho houso. I'. la
thnught that thc oulrngo wai cummilteJ to
get revcngc tioon Bomchcdy.
Mr. K. I! Goodicllof Mo L Jlotto,
who v;s n posscngtr oa the lll-fatcd
achooner Ocn. Butlpr Batardav. waa com
ieg t) Uurlington for eurgiciraU, ho hav
Ingafcnv daya ago hadly Injured ono cye
while lnmmering a picce of Btrel, a amall
picce lmvinii pcnelrated his cyc ball Tho
cxposure of coursa addcd gicatly to tho
dai'ger. but at laet nccounts Jlr. Goodacll
was di iog ncll
Tho lcw 6wiuJlingdodge practiccd upon
tho farmera ia for r overal mcn to go through
n distrlct of tho country and rffcr extremo
ly ldeh pricca f.ir hut'.er, to bomadenftcra
certain dato. Thcy are followcd by others
wto havo a drovu of (ovvsto Eell nt ex.
trcmely Idgh raica. Tbe cows are told and
83 aro ihe purctmtcrs, for the butter buyers
uevcr CDino back after tho butter.
Tiie r JVlval at Grand Ilo Is unpreccdent-
oj ln e.Ntent and piwcr. The oldost mom-
bsra of tlo ehurch Bay thcy bavo nerer
BoVs ila liUe. Wtio'o famllle.i are coming
10 lucus, airj mo entirc commumty is tbor-
ull;twy &uricu rhn otlt b.n c&tenuoa lo
South Ilero. The Jtelhooi-t and Concrc-
callonaU-t churchei are abarlng cqually ln
tm- wnrK. A i;oort inient la sustolned st
iVlburiih. Ttc good intluences awakencd
at tho "goepel incctlnga" still continuc. As
many r.a forty bavo utkeJ piayera.
Vicinity Items.
SAKAtOOA srniNos.
Ht v. llenrv Ward Beecher lecturcs bcre
on Tuefdny cvening, January 21.
The t'ythian Kclhls nro to bavo a ball.
Hor. I) W. Divtcn of Jlcchanicaville,
formerly pastor ot tlio Methodlst church
in Kutland, la lectuilng o'n " II ia trip in
IluMiif. I be leclure la spolcoa ot na very
iostruciivo au 1 intcrcstlng.
H 'v. Geori'e H. Ilenwoith of New York
will dtlivcr thoffcond lcctureof tbo Young
Mfii'a C'lirutiMi nssoca'.ion rourte, on
Tliurnl.y cvc ltrgi subject " Pct inalitu-
tions
S V. It. Ford of thla villago ia oflerlng
bomcs to laboilng mcn berc, for 500 for
thu 1 ots anl 5UU to bulld a coat cottago.
No payinenta lo uj made on the lota tor
threo yin-s, utlog their moncy to build a
hou-p. Ho Iin torty lots ln tho hcnit of
ttc villago whlch ho oftera to Ecll on thesc
cooditlons for Ihe next thirty dayp. ir.
1'ERKISaVILLB.
A danclrg flchool under tho direction cf
W. lt. Straw of Cliicmont, N. U., la doing
tlmly.
Gejrgc C. Hldwell of ChcB'cr, baa
oiicncd it Binglng Bcbool First Echool Fri
day cvening of thla wcck.
Q uto a number of our cltizena havo bad
rccent invitatloDS to ctlend upon tbo coun
ty court nt Woodstock. u. o. li.
DAKIIV.
Wc have not suow cnough for Elclgbing
jot.
Therc la to b3 unotbcr dnnce at Kuter-
prise hall Chrlttmas. Lovcrs of lerplscoro
lnvarinbly havo a cood timo ct liond s. Ilia
last ball wnt aauccoiS.
A. N. Colvin, wlio tai tcen on a vlait
hero from lllpley, N. Y returncd to his
bome on Jlonday laat. Ho is a Eon of Jccl
Calvln. formeilv of Danby, and was to
cently marriod to n daughter of Dr. W. S.
Cheucy of Whiteball, N. Y.
Jlr. O. G. Haker baa built coarly 100
rodaofEtcno wall on bia farm Iho patt
scasou.
Tbcio isn petltion in clrculallon to rc
movo tlio llquor ngcncy.
Fos'cr .1. Parris, aon of John B. Parrls,
cbo.. is now on n vlslt to bla lilenuabere,
Ho retldes nt York, Ntbrnsla, whero he
scttled feveral ycara ago, and la now tha
owucrof n iplcndld farm of 200acree,
whlch ls now nearly or entlrely undcr cul.
tlvatlon. ioster ls a wlde nwaxo tenow,
ml makca friends wberevcr hc eoeB. am
wo aro nlcascd to rccord hls success. He
rcprcrontB York aa n flourlshlng placo of
abiiiit 600 Inhabltanta, although oulte new,
anil ia rapldly growlng. It haa n nows-
nnnpr lcnown aa tho York JltnorUr. Jlor
rran X-. r.nvn. pdltora nnd oronrletois. and
ls n llvo parer. Ho la lo rcraaln several
weeka and ia now buylng pctitoca.
j. o. w.
KAST WALL1NQF0IID,
Thcro Ecems to bo no toplc bcforo tbo
naonlo eo nernlcxlnz aa tho one who abnll
bo our next pretldent, and to know who
wins tbe moncy whlch la at Btako ou tbo
elfcllon end wbo runa the wbcclbarrow and
bandcart trom Kast Wallingford to Cut-
tlngsvllle.
Tho Lidlc3 mlto socletv havo newly ahln
gled tbo church ln .thla placa whlch adds
inuch to lta looks. It takea tbo ladlca to do
buslneea j may they long ho remembcred,
Wbilo llohert Leoof Now Yotk clly wa8
cxhlblting n loaded plstol lo his chlldrcn
recenllv. it tuddenlv exnloded and tho blll-
let cntcred tho cyo of hls daughter 0 yaars
of ago kll lug lier initantiy. a. o.
woodstock.
Ilev. Jlr. Illcks, pcstor of tho Congrcea'
tloaal haa rcturned after n ahort abience
Improved ln hcalth.
Ilev. Dr. Atkln'ou ot Porlland. Oreaon
who is a power In tho pulpit, cupplicd tbo
pulplt ot tuo uongregauonai cnurcn aau
balli weck, Uo Is tho gueit ot Hon. Vtei
eilck lillllDge.
MEClUNlOSVtU.K.
Ilev. Ij. Dadd nrrnnlw.c, nt ll.n TTntnn
church Biinday Dr-n. 17t!i, nnd W. 0. 1w-
Hnow fcll to lh deplb of tcn InobtB. cn
tne Oih, but waa blown In drlfis. Tho nd
ditional inow however mnkcs sulllclent for
aieigumg.
Georolo. fntir vear old aon of 1'. v.
Cba'o had a flnger cut olt by a mstcl.ing
trnclllno cn Wednewlav. )en. (1 h. lir
John Crowlcy drcetcd lbo wound aml ll ia
now iioing wcll.
A alnslnz rchool Im nroirrMainir will yn.
dcr tho tulllon of 11. C. Tenney of Ori-f.
iun.
TAWI.RT.
Jdat snow cnouch on tha rriun:l .11 llm
preacnt tlmo of wrltin to mako tho trael-
'J anyiuing uu; pleasant.
rho nrcsldins eli!r nf ltnrllnni.i,, .ii.i.im
dellvercd two nble dlscoursca nt the JI. 12.
church on Babbilb Utt, mornlng cnJ cveu.
Mr. II. O. S Hnmerp. known m tl n hnv
orator, gavo bla thlrd lecturo on tihrptiol.wv
ln Mcltowec hall on Jlonc'ny tvening f
thla wcck. Jlr. B. la n youcg ncd t.Uo
spcakcr, nnd merlted tho approbation ot
mo j uuiuu wihj wcrc pretenr.
Thc llrst mecllpg or the debatlng .nclcty
will ta'to phco iu .i o schonl lmiim TVid v
cvtnlng ot the pruseLt wc.k. The subj. ct
"UceolTcil-ttiat wcnlth cxcrta t (iojlcr
innuuncu in boc eiv man la cnt." i. (1
Sommcra nfllrmailve, J. B. Goodsreed,
A donation nnd ovalcr minnpr for il.-
bencflt of Hcv. A. V. Jlarshull ia to lake
pinco in tho JI. L. church on tho nveiAno
UL IUU wlBl lQSb. 2)1,
il..ni.. l... a
IIIiANDOK.
Ucautlful Urandcn i3 vcrv (inltt thln
wintcr: timca ara hard. nn 1 limlne t
dull : many nro out of cmnlnvmcnt nn,l
wcndcrlng if tho cloud wlll over ralse.
SCarlct fcvcr ia raglmi very cxtcnnively
and many casea aro (atal. sevcral deatba
occur cach wcck : tho doctora ntc vcrv
buay.
(JJrsnow atorm of la5t wcek ma.la triho
good sleigbinB. aud cvciy ono that could
imnroved Iho tiixc to lbo bestndvanlage.
Wo bopo now to h.ive a than- acd la'n.
aa curclitcrns arodry rnd Iho liver has lo
aupply tbo town wlth watcr.
Jlor.E Anon.
rorr.TNKY.
Thc Chrlstrraa tcrm nl St. .Tohn'a f,chnid.
Kev. E. II. Itandull, piiuc'pal, tcrminattd
last Tucsday.
JoaepU Willlama of Eut Poultney, while
Ufing a itraw.culter one day las; weck,
seveiod threo fingcrs from Ma left hacd.
Wm. Easttv rcad to n vrrv f .lr niidlprrn
in T. C. A. ball, on Jlonday ovenlogof tbe
prcscnt wcek.
Tho turkey shoot sdveitiscd to como off
on Friday and Slltirdav of thn wcek. near
tbo rnilroad in thla place. will affnrd onr
portBmcn a snlcnciil cbnnco to obtain the
material for a Uhriatnias dlnner.
Tho Lnisccmals wlll havo a aoclul cithcr.
Ing nt the acbool hnuS'O ncar thclr church
Chrlstmaa nigbt. During the cveDing Siritd
Claus will mako hla nppearancc, ladcn
with cilta for tho tmnller chlldrc-n of tbc
Bunday tchool.
'l no Biuuenta ni t. U. A. w ui givo a nrize
exhibltion ln the M. B. churcb, onTucs.
day cvening, Dec. 10, 1870. r
, VJ.IU iixvvik.
Ilev. J. II. Cbalmeis will bo Itistallcd as
tttir of the Couirregatlonal church cif,
ihls plico on Tnetday, lbo lirni. fermon
at 2:30 p. m., by Pres. Hulbert of Jluldlo
Iniry collcgc.
IXtnriy all lbo weua iu inia piaco aio
dry. The nuisancc law bavlng cut oil all
otbcr sourcea wo sball Eoon be couipellcd
togoto tho Btato lino wben we wuh to
quencb our thirst.
Our milla are troubled for wnter, anl do
not averagc to ruu one-third ot tho timc.
Tlie two mcn ln Liouisuna wuo are now
conpicuou8 ni governors nro very weu
known ln ttila pncc, Kcllog nnu uen.
Nichola. Kclloci; when n buy rciided at
East Wbltchnll, and ia rememberid lierc
bv many old Dlaymntea. Thfy all rnalo
one report, tbat when a boy, it thcru was
any trouble no waa surc to ne one ci tuc
pirticipantfi. One of his nialcs sayB if a
lufs could not uo goi up wunoui, nu wa
wllling toilo all iu hla powcr to start one.
General Nichola waa a cadet at tho mill
tary aoademy at Wtst l'oint. graduated in
lssij. ln tbc ciasa wltu A. . uoiDurn oi
thla place. After gialuating he Epcnt aomo
tlmo in thla vicinity wilh Lleutcnant Col.
burn and wlll bo remembcred by thoio who
becamo acquaintcd with hlm na n pleastnt,
gcninl, affable gentlcman. A short timc
after bia rciurn to bis bome, bia father died,
lcaving a large cetate. He wai forccd to
resign hla commission to t.ako chareo of
the buslncBS tbua tbruit upon hlm. Wbat
ever hls polltlcal r'plnions may bc, ho ia a
pencct gcntlemnu and wlll rot couucicenu
to do a mean thing. t.
Kitching Brothers Monthly
Wool
Circular.
Tradein gcncral bas btcu very much
disturbed during the mouth of Nuvcmbcr,
by tho unECttled Etato of politicil allairj,
but it only n;cda theso inatters to ba so.tled
honcatly, and peacefully, ta make it taia-
factory to lbo pcopio nt lirgo, wnen uuai
nees wlll quickly rolvc throughout tlie
country. Oar woolen mauufac.urers do
not yet mect wlth tho proper cncourage-
mcnt in tlie Eaio or iiiciriaQtics. i ntirouiy
aalvatlon, however, is in bomg nbb to cs
tablish an ndvance ln pricca, and nototcr
Btock the mirktt wltb thcir producte. It
as naular. but novcr fccleE8 truc. tu.it oi
latc tbo nilce of raw material binrs little
retntlon to tho C06t of manufactured booJb ;
It Bcema nulto lmpoitant. thcrcfore, tor the
mariufaeturcrs to ccn-Ucr wba'. other
causes areat work lo ncutral.za Ihtircfforts,
and scek n curo for thtlr exlstine IroumcB.
A propcrly adjuatcd tarlff would Ecem to
uo lbo oniy true rcuicoy.
DOMKbTIO CLll'.
Thedcmand haa becn modcra'.e, cnd ul-
thouah stocks of ncar v n l Klnde are llgtt,
holders have ticen wilbng to moclerato their
vlewa from tho blgbcst polnt reacbed ln
thc loalnnlnir ot tto moctli. Any mateiial
decilue, bowtver, ia not cxpcctcd ; on tbo
c ntrary, with a rcvival ot traio, bigbcr
nrlcea map bo cxpccted to rulo. Iu tbe
iower clasBesot Texasand Coloinlo woods,
uscd for carrct purpofcs, thcro haa becn an
avcroge c ccllno of about six per cout, Tbo
llner claicea. alao of Callfcrnla and llceco
wool, bavo reccdoJ ouly to a trillieg ex-
tent.
F HE1QS OARl'ET WOOL.
The markct has bicn quite dull until
wllhin tho past ten daya, durlnc whicb
considcrablo business baa bccn dono In Itus-
slan wools. nndat adranclnc pricca. ciuied
by the reportcd Ehoit supplyof tbls cln'8
ot wool. uuatia iiaving rciaincu nn uu
usual portlon tor hcr wanta j nleo by an
Improved deraand and ndvance In Londou,
thenrlnclnal markct In Kurnpc. Infact
all low wools havo advanced In Europo
conaldeiably, ln cnnscquence of revlvcd
busioesa, nuda posiblo war bctwccn llue.
sla and Tutkey, whlch would necnssltato
nll the powcra putting themaelvea cn n war
foollng, tbua cauilnK a grcat drmand tor
wool euitablo for army eonds. Tha Etocks
nt preasnt aio quite llgbt of ncarly nll klnds
so that nn ndvance is llkcly to bo niain
talncd.
FOIIK10K CI.0TI11N0 woor.
A llgbt demand has provalled through.
out tbe past uionth for homo consumptlon,
Tho tulk nf tho business done bas bccn ln
Cnpe wool for cxport to Canada. Of tho
other klnds, wo have had no stock worth
conatderatlon. Thcro wlll lo eomo dlrect
impnrtatlnna ot wool the cnmlnrj year from
tho Hivor l'late, Auatrallanod tho Capo of
Good Uope, but to wtnt extent Is not yet
knowo.
ntOBATE COHHT HE8
J i
Hutland District.l
llo.t. Waltk'i v. DcMTo5?r
'1 ho iol'owluir bu ljeis was
from V'c. 1st 1 1 lGtii M
I o 1, IJ la'o i.f D.ivid WiDSSli
lani: FrHoi.iiu l)illiji(ri appointed aate
isirat.,r m , aoc if I, nary HoucdsM4e-
i ii. Jtitrj Uillior, lienrlng oa pcH
J "IL1IL"
c.r f,,i appoii.tmeut of gnardkaiS.t
! c.f E. M. Al.lrich of bhrewsbarfi
13' n'e
ncrnunt of admlnlnrator Ectllcd,
J.atntO Of l.tncnv irnnn.l ri..nj.n
lioraco II. Djer sppolnicd admlnistratorV
........ ..ufv,u,u, usniiiuai uopiiina
pin'sera aml commisslm it.
fith, Kitileof AlbaTucker. Jlt. IIollv-
account of oxceut.ir teilitd, aod decrco ot
rcsldue undcr thu wlll.
Kitbtaof Fdwln Gravea. Jlt. Holly; ac
rount of adjiin.Hrtt ir settled and residuo
decrccd.
Ka ats of O. lt. Gondennugh Walling
ford; InvoHiry rcturned nnd opprovcd.
EBthleot Mnry Auu llarues, Pittsford:
wlll pr.no lj Iletijamln F. ll.irncs appointed
txccutor.
ltatc of Polletua Clark, Olarondon , ac
cniint of ixcciu, r to tlcd and decrco undcr
will.
8th, EiUtoof I'bl'ip I.ord, Jlt. Holly:
balll M. Lird r.nd Willlim lyml appoint
ed Rduiiniuiatort; B. II. AcUIey, J, A. Col
burn, nppraieera and coramiath ir-ip.
,m'.1?', Vf l8aao M"n"n, Wallingford;
nlM lllecl, henrlng Jau. 2J, 1877.
Faiato of Azro Canion linilnnd . in-mmt
of executrir aettlcd and decrea ol realduc.
v n, itaioot Alvan Tentey, Rutland;
" jynuii-n ciuvrK ius ri-t iL'rmllon n
trutcc; bearing Jan. 2J, 1877.
lltll. KitB'O Of I.tlllt'V tfnnnil
Ciaicudnn: Wm. D. Mnli ndminUirainf.
ffe lonu nnn in p a o of I.eosey Ilounds,
(leefsii
D'tttte of li ZOall Hullcr. P.t'ofnr,!. hoorJi
ing Jau. 2.1, '77.
12ib. Kitt.ru of Thnrnna FlpmmlTKT lt,,'
I..... i..... r, .i ". at
iouu , uuuu lurn ipponrcu exccutor ; Al
b?:t nari., N. P. ,imon5 anrrjl.pt. nn!
commlBtiouers.
13 h, L.-aio ot t'lnilca fkbfC. Uutlnnd.
rcpntof couicnsioDcrB ntarrcd otd ap-
E4ttt of Ira Swee'hnd. Wulllnpfnn!
account of rdmlulstia'or approvcJ and de
cree of rrtiduc
l icdc-riik A. Goodnlu, Hutland; minor,
P, W. C'eaient app. Intcd EUardUn.
E'tazur I.atretce. Jlt. Hnlli-. nlnnr.
MaiVI J. lii'l'tcn aonninlrfi minrdtnn ln
plic-a of JI. P.ngrto reraovcd from Iho
statc.
Wcddinfj in Cornwall.
A la-fe numlxr of iuvitcd guesta gather-
cd al the loidcncc of F.Jtvard B. Daaa ln
0 nti'vall on Wcdncidny tvening, Dscem-
bcr 13, to witncts tliu marriago of bis
nlcce, Jli'sSirabi: Sanford to.Mr. CbaB.
H. Laao, eldcat ton ot Hon. Ilenry Lano
of Curnwnll.
Tliirooina wero checrfully festooned
wltb evcrgrcen nnd tbo wnlls wcro decor
ntod wlth biight autumn leavea and htnd
aomo flower8. Hev. C. I). Hulbert, J. D.,
pcrformr-d the narihe serv'co in hiausual
Bfacoful manccr, after whlch tho bridal
ptlr wero warmly congratulated upon thclr
cntrancj upon tho pilt?rimage of weided
,life, nnd the evenlng was glven up to tbo
B)clal fcs ivitlea of tbo hour.
Tbo bridii and groom wero bonoroJ wlth
miny sub'tint'al tokens of thercgard of
their fricnda wbich wero dlsplayed upon a
table ia ono of tho eldo rooms. Among
f:em wcro an clegaut goid chaln and crosa,
aa clcgar.t tct of ciEeo3 biaatifully carved
nnd with hcavy yold Bcttlng; a large and
cli'g: n'. gol.l-iincd eilvcr fruit disb ; a hand
Bomidy cnyravid tilvcr cake knifo; a case
of silvtr friiit kaivcB; a large and chclco
oil painliuB wilh n heavy gilt fiame; a
quarto phoiograph nlhum bound iu moroc
cj; toiethcr wllh uumerous other choico
articles lu tilver, pickle itande, card recelv
crB, goblels, vasi!.', syrup cupa, call-bclls,
aalt s'.anc's, and bouquct holders.
H-jficshmenta sio Eerved at an early
hour in the evauing and tho bridal party
6tarted on their wcddlug trip to Niagara
Fatls, C'hicago and other places in the
west, bearing with thcm the best wlahes of
n large clrc'o of frltnda.
We uro InfurmeJ by a party who was
prcscnt tbat thla waa tto teuth wedding
which had taken place in tho same houce,
and that four cf tbe bridca thero married
wcro prcEcnt at tho wcdllcg of Mr. and
Mra. Laoe. Tto cUctt of thoso prc6ent,
Jlrs. Jlchlmbel Foot of Cornwall, was mar-
rlal over flity niuo ycara ngo, tclng now
ovcr 80 jiars nf ligc.
JIEMOP.IAL KESOLUTIOHS.
Uoi. Hathaa T. Spraguo.
Ata tp.'clil mtotins of the dlrcctors cf
tho Firal nat.onal bank of Brandon, beld
Dec. U, the followlcg resolutlons were
ndoptel unnLiuV'USly :
Wur.itEAB, Ourtoncrablo trlend and scnlor
meinbcroi mc OcMrii lion. Jt. T. Sprague. ex
pre Mi nt of tl)l bnnlt, baa bceu rcrnoved by
rett ln iho lullness iu b,s yrar.
i:cfir.-d, liiat ln tbe dtuib or Judfre Sprague
tUeolrtctirsbavelLWtons wni.te rlpe experl-i-i.ee
and pnMi.ni. couucila bavo ovor been of
tuo Vlri nailoualbatiU oijO wuowastta Btrong
nlliar ot i-upjx rt tn Us organlza lon nnd wbosa
wcll l:noii uunnciri cluiHOierbia glven Ita
rcuiailunaiMhtaiidl e at Ui,mo aud abroaa
KaitlitHlllUtMIIXLIU nul Dlttl'',
UeMiird Ttiiiilion nno memorT of our
deoiBtediiliiin, wlth h lu w luvo enjoyed
so long undfo I iilmato u i ncqualntanct ; ror
histviiiuML'rii,UiB6lirjplo aud unostcn-lallousliiljih"Er-TOn
X'lT. bia rare bu.lno!a
abiltly, lor bUpnvuio woiih, mhUSOCl.it and
domebtl rrlatuina, nnd nr th notcsty Tuio
niKlity nlin whtcli iiu ims Ulhd nearly cvery
oni i ln iliu gi.t o bis r.Miow cluicfcs.
trmtrr. 'ili.ii lntlii8m c'lve L-vebt wo cx
teailour tcnuemt njrmp.iliy to tbo inernbera
oi bla fnully vb i n.vo Uiaa becn bercared ol a
ktud and lnouljint, r.ithur and gianilrallier,
and ibat'he lui.k be clo-ed for tbe ufternoon
nud ItK umccrs all nd the mnral ln a body.
Jltiolvnt. Tl ut copleaot ibeso icaoluilons bo
fen1 to tbe iou mi daiutiur ct tbe d-coased,
andtotbu Hriindon t'nfon, td lbo ltutland
l.i.oi!B and Hirald lur pubucallon.
The Yonkers Life Inauranco Case.
In tha cise of Jlrs. JI. h, Btlllitcll vt.
Tbo Jlutnnl I.lfo ineurnnco company of
New Yurk, torccover 10 000 tbo amount
nf a po'l'y beld by pUlutlff isaned by sald
company on tho llfo of her husband and
which waa, &e U ia said, uolawfully ob
talno.l from Ball husband juit prevlous to
his death by Fayetto P. Ilroivn, agent for
sald company, nnd wus trled nt county
court held at Whbo PIhIps, Wettchcsttr
county, N. Y.. in Juno last, belore Judgo
llarnard, nt whh'h ilme Judgmtnt wai ob
lalneil for plaintilT for full amount ot
policy, acd was sppoiled from by sald
company to nipreino court rcceetly beld st
llrooklyn, declaloa haa just been glvon at
flrmlog prerioua declalou by Judgo Bar
nard in all tctpscts with cosla to resptn
dent. Etato Temporonce Society.
Tho mitiual ineetlng of thls organUatiou
wlll bo beld ln tbe ball nf tbo Young Men'a
ChiUtlan aasoolalion, In Burlington, on
Weduetday, Dcmber tO.
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