The St. Albans Weekly Messenger from Saint Albans, Vermont • 2

THE ST. ALBANS MESSENGER, ST. ALBANS, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 187Q- or three times I resided in this city in A Friend Insulted. The contempt with which the Senate has St. ALBAKS, Yt MAT 1S70.

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ap oswio A SAFE AND SPEEDY REMEDY FOR COUGHS. COLDS, CSOUP, WBO0PINO-C0UGII HOARSENESS, AND ALL DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS. A neglected cold and consequent cough, which the timely use ol some proper aad sale remedy might relieve and cure, when allowed to continue, result in obstinate disease of the lungs, which baffles the aid or human skill. WEEKS' MAGIC COMPOUND has beea submitted to the severest tests in the twelve years of its existence, and has won for itself the high esteem in whic it is held for the cure ol diseases of tae throat and lungs. It possesses special virtue in the cure ot severe colds, so common at this season.

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Eminent Physicians sav that mora nicka. Children results from Pin-Worms than from anv oth er cause. A sale and effectual mmadv ttaaa bleaome and often dangerous pests to found in Dr. GOULD'S PIN-WORM SYSUP. Cure children warranted without injury to health.

Price aeventy-ave cents. Gko. C. UOOWIN wn Boston, and al Druggie ti The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Is.completed from RICHMOND, lo tbe celebrated WIHTl-J SULPHUR spring, in West 827 miles. It is luituit rapidly extended to tbe Ohio River.

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'l It will thus become one of the most Important aud pro 11 table East and West Trunk Lines of Railroad Iu the country, and command a trade of immen value Tbe complete portion of the road doing profitable and increasing Business, and 1 fully equal lu value to the whole amount ofthe mortgage upon tbe entire The loan of the Chesapeake aad Ohio Ballroad Company, being a First Mortgago npoa the entire Line, property and equipments, worth 'when completed at least 130,000,000 is therefore one ofthe most reliable Vinmd Loans ever ottered in the market, and 1 peculiarly adapi((J to tha want of INVESTORS AND CAPITALISTS, Who oesire to make tbeir investment with the mott assurance or poeiUva and amdoubted Security. Tbe Bond are in denomination of ii til SIOOO. 850O and 100J he had Coupon or Intereat Biz per cent, per aanam, payable May lt andovember 1st. hudpil aad Interest payable la' GOLD in tbe City of New York, Price and accrued Interest ia currency, at wulcb price tbey pay nearly Seven per Cent, is gold on their All Government Bond and other Securities dealt In at the Stock Exchange, received In exchange, at their full market value, and Beads SSM to al parts of ihe country, free of txpress charge. Tbey caa bo obtained by ordering direct from as or through any Kspoi.slble Bank or Banker in say part of the country.

MAPS, PAMrHLKTS, AMD FULL INFORMATION rUKNUHKD UPON APPLICATION in PKSSON OB BY MAIL, aoadAwtmo Bound. Colds. Ac, in Horsl iSTlkSSTti aMdfek.DTo2gue, lion? Dlstemj'lc wc care uiirGmTMr. wnma mn inaw arv sr 1 an. Tha MRFarland Trial.

rt- wrinaciav. after finishing Dr. Ham mond's testimony, the defense rested their case. The prosecution then began with re butting evedence. Horace ureeiey xesuueu that ho was acquainted with McFarland.

The prisoner called upon witness in the room of the American Institute, and asked be had 1 card his troubles witness said he had not, and told the prisoner to tell him his story. Mcirarland tnen expiaiuuu to him bow Richardson had destroyed li3 peace of mind; ths prisoner did not tninh. there had been any criminal intercourse be- -1 1 1 .1 tween them 3lor- ariand torn mm inn his wife had left him, he never could live with her again. The second time the prisoner called on witness and complained that he had not got a fair history of his case in the Tribune. The prisoner made out a story and witness published it as be had writ- MUVI i ur the nnlv interviews aa th the prisoner.

Th article was produced which McFar i.nd wrotc it, cirabam soon went off into another ial eDisoje. as to one of the Dtstrict Attor- ,1. hn rimirt ruled tC- nroaecution had the rieht to offer alI eTsdcnce tnat was of a rebutting charac The CouTt-rOOm was more crowded TllUlS- day tnan I or many days, uorace urrccicj was again placed on the stand, and testified in relation 10 me interview puuusu a 1 IT. AlA tne oarers soon aner iue murucr. not say McFarlaad had given up all claims to bis wile Old not Bay nis testimony wuuiu go agaiust aicr arianu at me tnai um uu.

-mm- a a a a. i say McFarland was a bad man did not say he was a deliberate, damned villain did ii awBar as it was nublisbcd did not make any threats against McFarland did loot coBuder it sufficient for a man to say that he relinanished all claim to his wife to bt a COmoetent divorce did believe that be had given up his wife never said so ta KlRharflSOn nCVeT enCOBnilfeU ixa. irn- Farland in her attachment to Richardson did not SPBak of it to Mr 8. Samuel Sinclair; never did to Mrs. Calhoun presumed he mentioned it to the reporter who inter viewed him did not remember the prison- ers' having called upon him for a letter of recommendation for the office oi ltcgister in HanKrUDECV at HIS UrBW 111 LCI lie prisoner spoke with considerable feeling did not cry; knew McFarland hve years before that time.

There was an immense crowd Monday morninr.in and about the McFarland trial was going on. This, the 19th day was probably the most import ant and exciting ot any since tne case ue can. The interest seems I increase ton stantlv. More ladies were present tuan ever before. Luther Hoftoll testified In lOO'J 1 WUS rienutv IT.

8. Marshal 1 Wat aCQUaiutl with i .1 ne prisoner ue wa tue u.u..u nartmcnt saw him intoxicated Oil tllo Cor aer ot uroaaway aad Chambers Street abont 11 o'clock in the forenoon: he could not walk I took him home iu a coach that -was done on mv own motion li.ive 1 no one about this trial till this irlorn James Gamble tcstined I reside in oou side, N. never saw the prisoner but once to my knowledge then 1 saw nun 111 in store in Newark: it was a week before Hi shooting: be a9ked me if I knew a Mr. Iticbardson living tnere tout nun 1 cuu not. but there was a family living there of I that name he asked ine how he would find out referred him to a Mr.

Jansuu; he then commenced telling me his grievances against Richardson, and said he sliuld I ahoot him at siaht don't retueuilxjr all he said but think he said that Richardson had talcen his wife away he was there five or Un minutes think tbe prisoner said some thing about being in pursuit of his young est child; don undertake to say he tlul no make shooting dependent on his not recov innir his vounsrest bov lie was very rnuc ixcited. but talked intelligently. Mr. Jansen testified I live in. Woodside N.

J. the prisoner came to lay house the day after last Thanksgiving inquired about the Kicharason property, 11 11 were ior saie he did not seem excited seemed very ra tional in what he said to me the iuterview luted from twenty minutes to half an hour; I lived in lucharUson house live weeks at ter he moved in he bad three children from 14 to seven years of age, a housekeeper and woman to do the work the prisoner did not tell me who he was, nor where he lived; I can't say there was anything strange in the expression of the prisoner's face; it was getting dusk; be seemed very rational, but I didn't notice bis face very particularly; when Richardson bought the house he told me he was a widower; I did not know he was going to be married. MBS. CALHOUN'S TESTIMONY. After the examination of several unimportant witnesses, Mrs.

Runkle (Mrs. Calhoun) was called and took the stand. She created a very decided sensation thr ugh-out the court room. The witness is remarkably handsome, of tall and erect figure, dark hair and beautiful eyes. Her countenance ia remarkably intelligent, her manner very elegant, and she has an air of perfect repose and highest breeding.

I was formerly Mrs. Calhoun I have seen the prisoner I know Mrs. McFarland I met her first in January ou at an evening Sarty at the house of a friend I saw Mrs. IcFarland from then-until the separation very often McFarland very seldom Mrs. McFarland came to my house daily, at 77 Clinton place: I don't remember where I tney were living at that time; she went to the White Mountains in the summer of that year I then corresponded with her she remained there during the summer.

This letter (exhibited) is a letter of mine to I think the first I wrote to her before she left for the White Mountains I had a talk with her about eivinsr readintrs. Question Had she given readings be fore that. Mr. Graham objected. Mr.

Davis said tney expected to prove that in 1861 the prisoner and his wile went to Madison, and remained there fifteen months, living on the remnant of his property. During that time Mrs. McFarland had given certain public readings for the soldiera aid society, and was successful. Mr. McFarland in view of that success proposed to her to come to New York to fit her for the stage, that he did put ber under the instruction of Mr.

and afterward Mrs. Van- demon, until ne procured employment in tnt omce, wnen tue matter was temporarily dropped; that tbe letters of Mrs. Calhoun were read to him by Mrs. McFar. land, and approved by him that he attend ed several times on her performances that he approved of them, and recieved tbe scant earnings of her engagements, applying a large part to his own use.

Tbey proposed this in two views: first, to dispel all this talk about a conspiracy and second, to show that this lady's efforts had been throughout made or tne purest charity tor tuis almost destitute family. The question was admitted. The witness resumed I knew of Mrs. Mc Farland giving a reading in April, 1866. I know that her among others, took most ot the tickets.

Before going to the White Mountains, I was not intimate in her family sue spoke with ms on the subject of her going on the stage; the first letter in which I wrote to ner about going on tbe stage was this of June 24th, 1866 (exhibit) I may have writ ten to her from half a dozen to ten letters during that summer; this letter, (exhibit B) bearing no date, was written in tha winter of 1866 there is nothing in it to indicate the month tb.6 word in this letter of mine is you this is what the defense had de clared J. R. (When Mrs. Calhoun's letter was read it is exactly like all the other yous in the same letter.) Witness testified that in she went to the house 73 Amity street, to read some manuscripts for tbe Mrs. McFarland.

when tbe prisoner entered intoxicated, and acted Terr rudely. Adjourned. IJOa Tuesday, twentieth day ot the trial, the first witness called was Samnel Sinclair, who testified that a portion of the receipts of Mrs. McFarland. reading at Steinwav Hall was naid to him Mra.

If Farland came down first for the money, there were tome advertisine bills nnnaid. I did not give it to ber her husband ie down tha aama daw aad I naid it tn him I think he asked for it. Mrs. Mary Vaadenhoff, wife of George Vandenhoff, testified 1 met McFarland two A Card on the McFarland Trial From Horace Greeley. The Tribune contains the following card Certain journals have seen fit to censure the employment of what they term private counsel in the prosecction of the McFarland case, and to connect my name therewith.

I feel Impelled to state the facts as they are. which 1 was forbidden to do upon tne witness stand. Daniel McFarland is on trial for the mur der of Albert D. Richardson. His defense is insanity, the only defense possible in view of conceded facts.

Of the merits of that de fense I was not called to pronounce as a witness, and I have nothing to say in any other capacity. My interest in this case centers not in the living but the dead. Albert D. Richardson was my friend, I have travelled and camped with him when we were almost alone upon tne vast solitude ot a the plains, and knew him as brave, generous and noble, i never Heard any one breatne a whisper to his discredit until this trouble arose-. That he could be guilty of seducing the wile from her husband is contrary to all everknew or believed ot him.

that nel rould deliberately resolve to install a wo- man known to him as lewd and wanton, as! tne moiner oi nis cuuoren, is xo me utterly I inrredihle. am Mire that the trnth wriink I nnrierliefi thia traredv has not vet heen told. I all events it is not penerallv nnriaratonrl. Richardson is dead lie cannot speak for I himseit; ms memory must be vindicated or I I the enorta ot ma surviving tnnnna or nnt I at all and those efforts must be put forth nnder crreat The other ntnrv I nas possession ot the public ear: powerful a I influences and interests are enlisted in its support every scoundrel who looks upon nniMi nuni, iii. iitcnmnif ni iniW I and never aided one in distrea- excent with intent tn make her hia nrpv rnnbea inatine.

I wna a udWar Ha wants nn aviilMiKa nf this but such as he finds in his own breast, nl ooorv nno iwnah.nuH tn Irutb- a aifa I merely as a species of property, whereof a ti- tie rannnt he a.lienate.1 liv ahnae. anv nan than if she were a horse or doe. naturally I inelinea to the anme veniiet I Anvinna rn1tr that tVi YsrlirkliS) sn 1. 1 the I premises should be developed, and that my deceased friend's memory should be vindi-1 ootnrf Irnm nninit doiuh nn onllorl nn the I District Attorney a few days before that ap- pointed for the commencement of this trial, to aalr him if he 1eairel anr airl in nerfnrm. I ing the duty assigned him by law.

I had not hefure aoeen Sf ftarvin amee we were I fallow members ot the fVinstitufmr.nl Con- vention, and had not communicated with him in any manner. Tn answer to mv innuirv he aaifl he m-e. lerred to have an able counselor associated with him in the prosecution, and named I TMwsrit Pinrrnnnt niuioli onnnuln, II enlleri nn Piornuint mnlii.flir l.o I rr obliged to try important easts tor the rov-1 ernment. thrmiffhnnt Anril nr aaaim that I public duty to another. I reported the de- chnon to Mr.

Garvin, who soon afterward sent me word that he wished Judge Noah Davit as his associate. I had not suggested eituer came to Uarvin, nor indeed any otn er. I then called at dire Davis' officcand not finding him, stated the. District Attorney's wish, to his partner, Judge Henry E. Davis, who assured me that if possible Mr.

imt vin's request should be obeyed. nucli is the history ol my ageucv in this mutter. I acted in In-half Ot Richardson's friends, and at the tiiir-'istion of one of them residing in hia imtive State. I am sure he would have eladly done as much more for me, bad it been my fate to be first assassinated and then nniuatlv covered with nblonnv and hia tn aiinriaw me If m-w efforts shall have contributed, as I now feel confident they will have done, to vindicate his memory from some part of the wrong whicu has been done it. 1 shall rejoice, what ever may lie the fate of his destroyer.

HOBACK GllEKLEY. I For the Messenger. Disastrous Results! It has been ascertained that during the late canvass in our State, very many women have wasted time on reading the questions of the day, and deplorable results are likely to follow. An unusual number have so far exercised their minds as to think for them selves, and extensive cerebrum difficulties are apprehended. Elizabeth Ann makes her own dresses, but bavins spent some of her time reading the papers, was able to put only five rows trimming on her last new suit, when she ought to have had ten.

Angeline, by read- ing pro and eon on this suffrage question, has not had time to devour all the new nov els that have been issued during the winter. Aunt Nabby commenced a patch work quilt of nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine pieces, but reading sometimes when she ought to have been using her nee dle, it is feared she will not have it finished in season for the next State Fair. Now dear Messenger, is not such neglect of imperative duties, and of ai fistic work to be deplored If tho mere agitation of a question produces such results, what must ioiiow snouid tns question ever become a fact i sio long since, we recollect, you maintainerl there was a liability of living too much in the world of thought, too little in the realm of art," and if ornament' al work is not "art" what is art If Aunt Nabby 's patch-work cannot, strictly speak ing, be called one of the fine arts, it certain ly is one ot the small arts, therefore, should you be disposed to split hairs on our adjec tives we would ask how, There so much difference can be, Twlxt tweedle-de-dum and tweedledum-dee. 1 Modern Heresias Dangerous to In fallibility. A protest against the declaration of papal lruaiuuuicy nas just come to ngnt.

it was signed by about thirty American, English and Irish Bishops, among them being Arch- nisnops nrceu ot Cincinnati, jucuiosky New York and Kendrick of St. Loui. The reasons which they gave for their protest will be fully appreciated in this enlighten ed land of religious freedom They are as follows: First Because the discussion of this question will evidently show a want of union, and especially unanimity among the bishops. second isecause on account ot the circumstances in which we are placed in countries where heresies not only exist with Im punity, but are dominant, this definition. instead ot attracting, wonld alienate those wnom we sees: oy ail unristian means to the true fold ot Chnst Third Because we anticipate endless questions will arise which may interfere with and prevent the work of our ministry and cause the fruits of this counsel to be lost to those who are not members of the holy Catholic church.

Having laid bare our hearts and sincere intentions we implore Almighty God to avert all evil from the church, and that he may illumine and direct you with Ilis holy spirit. Consolidation of tiik Bekninqtoh and Rutland ahd Lebanon Spbtnos Railboad Companies. Articles of consolidations of the Bennington and Rutland and Lebanon Springs Railroad Componies were filed in in the office of the Secretary of State on the 23d of ApriL The consolidation is perfect cu uuuer a special act oi ue ennont legis a a -w-r lature, and the act of New York passed May 20th, 1869. The name of the new corporation is the Harlem Extension Railroad Com pany. Tne omcers of the road are Augustus Schell, President VL J.

Niven, Vice President i Russell C. Root. Secretarrt Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr-, Treasurer The road en tends from Chatham Four Corners, N. to Rutland. Yt.

The caoital stock is fixed at $4,000,000. Halt of the shares are to be issued to the stockholders ot the Ben. niagtoa and half to the stockholders of the Lebanon Springs road, and shall be ex changed for tha stock of the respective if Forty-first Consress second Session Thursday. April 28. Senate.

Bills were introduced to relieve all persons, with certain exceptions, from political disabilities, and to lacuitate telegraphic communications between America and Europe, The case ot Gilbert, the sitting memoer from Florida, whose seat was contested, was decided in his favor. The bill to provide for the better securi ty of life on board of vessels, was passed. House. The Louisiana contested election case was considered, and a decision made that there was no legal election. The tariff bill was taken up, amended by making the duty on railroad iron CO cents per 100 pounds.

iTRIDAY, April Senate. A resolution was passed to ap- piopriate $3000 for a portrait ot Gen. Thomas to be placed in tho capitoL The House resolution appropriating $3000 to pay tor experiments In ventilation of the halls ot the capitol. was passed. The subiect of the payment of claims of Southern loyalists- for property used by the Union army during the rebellion, was discussed.

the bill to pay Cowan Dickinson of Tennessee for cotton used in erecting fortifications, being under consideration. The selection ot a test case was ursed. and the subject went over. House. The tariff bill was considered in committee.

The proposition to strike out several sections of the bill was favorably re- cieved. Monpat, May 2. Senate. A bill was passed granting re lief to the orphans of the omcers and seamen ot the Oneida. House.

Mr. Dickey introduced a bill directing the Secretary of the Interior to place the name ot Mary Liincoin, on tue pension roll, and to allow ber a pension at the rate of $3000 per annum from and after the passage of the act. Under the operation of the previous ques tion the bill was passed, yeas 72, navs oi. -V 1 1 Mr. uaiain onerea a resolution aeciannj; it the sentiment of the Americ an people thatan immediate reparation should be made by Great Britain for the destruction of vessels belonging to the United States by the pi ratical steamer Alabama and other steamers ot like character, and requesting the Presi dent to press the Alabama claims to imme diate settlement, so that the citizens may be promptly remunerated for their losses and national honor maintained.

The House refused to second the previous question, 40 to 75, and on motion ot Mr. Banks, the resolution was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. Mr. Scuenck introduced a joint resolu tion declaring that as the 30th of May, being the day appointed and accustomed to ue uscu lor inc aecoraiion oi tue giaves ui soldiers who died in the war in defense ot the Union, a public holiday be forever ob served as such by the people of tho United States. Tuesday, May 3.

Senate. The House bill to grant a pen sion to Mrs. Lincoln, widow ot tne Ule President, was then taken up. After dis cussion the bill was laid aside. The Omaha and Northwestern land grant bill, after various amendments, was passed.

The bill limiting the number of special agents ot the Treasury department to lifty- three, and lixing their compensation, gave rise to discussion, in which Senators Hamlin, Patterson, Cragin, Fowler, Morton and others participated. After amendment bv senator l'alH-rson, the bill passed. House. Mr. Jenckes called up his bill form of the civil serviae.

The bill provides that all appointments ot civil officers ot the eovernnient. except postmasters, and sucn other officers as are required to be appoint ed by the President with the consent of the Senate, shall be made from persons found the best qualified for the position after open and competitive examinations, and after terms of probation. It provides for three who shall constitute a civil service commis sion, the commissioners to hold omce lor years. This commission is to prescribe the inlinoatiou requisite lor appointment to each branch and grade of the civil service; to establish rules governing applications. examinations and periods and conditions of probation, and to report to congress at tae opening of each session.

The examination ot all officers ia to be held every four years, and such as may not be found qualified arc to be recommended for dismissal and to be dismissed accord ingly. J.be fresideut may require an ap plicant lor any office that requires continuation, to appear batora the board and be examined as to qualifications. Mr. Jenckes explained the principles and details of the bill. After a long discussion the morning hoar expired and the bill went over.

Pkssoxal. Mrs. Oel Billings, mother of Hon. Frederick Billings of Woodstock, died at the residence of her daughter in New Yorkcitv.on Sunday. Her age was 74.

She leaves a husband and six children, and a wide circle of friends to mourn her de oease. Hon. lu Smith of Monkton nas received the appointment of U. S. Consul, at St.

Johns, P. Q. Mr. Smith was for several years an assistant elerk in the Vermont Lec Islature; was afterwards a member from Monkton, and for two years Senator from Addison County. He is an accomplished French scholar, and is peculiarly fitted to perform the duties of his office.

Henry R. Horsford, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of O. O. died at his res idepce in Pawlet, Friday, aged 47 years. His death was caused by cutting his foot a tew weeks since.

lie was a prominent citizen of Rutland County. Jacob M. Smalley, Assistant United States Marshal, is now upon ths frontier in Franklin County. Gen. Foster, U.

S. Marsh al, is upon the frontier in Orleans County The United States Government through its Commissioners and Marshals and all its public officers, are resolutely determined to preserve and maintain the neutrality law. At the Spring exhibition in the National Academy of Design, New York, promi nent places are given to two medallion portraits of New Yorkers, made by our Ver mont sculptor, J. Daniel Ferry. Critics speafc of them in terms of praise, as being "among the finest in the seulpture depart ment." Those who know the subjects pronounce the medallions "the best likenesses they ever saw," and several critics say that be is "the most promising sculptor in New lork." We are not at all surprised.

Julian Scott, formerly of Johnson, exhib its the large picture which he has sold to the Union League Club, of the "Rear Guard at wnite oak Swamp, and the committee have given it one of the most prominent places in the gallery. Wyatt Eaton, formerly of Phillipsburgh, Missisquoi Bay, thibits a portrait of the the sculptor Perry, which Is assigned an honored place among others from the old est and best painters in the country. It is pronounced Mr. Eaton's most successful portrait and it establishes his success be yond a question in that branch of the art SroRirr Ttmks in Franck. The police continue weir arrests and searcnes in con a nection witn tne late conspiracy, a number of bombs have beenjseized at the foundry ot Airs.

several addresses nave been presented to the Emperor, congratulating him on the diacoveiy aad frustrating of the conspiracy against his lire. A person arrest ed, Monday, on the race-coarse on suspicion, proved to be an insane Englishman who had nothing whatever to do with the plot At Cruezot, tha leader in the last strike, was arrested. The workmen attempted to rescue him, bnt did not succeed, and nine were made prisoners. Several soldiers were wounded daring the struggle. The Northern Pacific Railroad advertises tor sealed proposals for bridging, grading, masoning and ballasting their road in the State of Minnesota.

This great enterprise, now national in its character, and lanralv identified with the prosperity of the eoun- wj, ucgwa iu giganuc marcn across the Continent, JV. Yt Standard, From the Hearth and Iiomc A Word to American Country Girls on Domestic Servitude. The trouble is. that wc are inclined to di vide the conditions ot servitude, and white we are slaving persistently and unprontably one direction, imagine we rank higher in the scale of being than those wua are serving in another. A poor American girl, somewhere out West, who had persistently and perscvere- ingly sought to support hereclf by her needle, and found it impossible, lately went out to serve and the matter is considered ot sufficient importance to be worthy of chronicle and comment in the public press and 2 i cr a.

i. i. BO lb IS, 1UI lb IB BU VUUlb in IU llgub tion an effort to wrest herself free from the bondage, the trammels of conventional ism, and may possibly be the inauguration of an era, in the history ot this class, as important as the introduction of the Chinese element into domestic life. There are very many kinds of servitude, and the distinctions between them are sometimes so nice that the philosophical mind falls to comprehend them. Among European nations, in tue poorer classes, the dislike to entering into service as a domestic does not exist, in ureal Britain, France, and Germany, as well as in Southern Europe, any mode ot earning a livelihood that is not dishonest is not considered dishonorable and frequently scions of two families, nursed at the same breast, may be found holding the relative positions of master and servant, without discredit to either.

But in this country, it is far different. By what process of reasoning the deduction is reached, that it is -more nonoraoie to siave for a pittance in a cotton-tactory, or a suoe- making esiaDiisnment, loan it is cu lauor in a family for a comfortable home and good wages, passes our understanding. i i i or years, in an our targe cities, mere uas been a constant outcry against the condition 1 of our domestic labor. The market is sup plied entirely from abroad, by raw, unedu cated, and incompetent beings many of them, by reason of their previous life, un-teachable, and all more or less intractable, But this is the only market, and consequent ly this class has it all their own way. In EDO-land, tne poorer Classes are educa ted from childhood to fill domestic positions in families and, in knowledge and experience grow with their growth and their usefulness conformably, and they are treated and respected in accordance with both.

Here we are obliged to take the raw material as it presents itself.and after mould ing it to our wishes, submit to caprices and imposition, or lose it altogether. Our manufactories ot all sorts are blled ith strong, active, and capable siils, com petent to work, but not to work as servants. ma 1 .1 ine consequence is, mat trow mis muiisu and wicked conceit, they are perforce driv en to work in the most laborious held lor in sufficient compensation, until health and strength sink beneath the burden, and they carrv their shattered constitutions to the crave. In the cities it is still worse, Here tne in flux of labor of this character is very much greater than the demand the wages arc con sequently insufficient to support ate not to sneak of clothing and preparation for sickness or want of work, thus many strug gle on through a lew miserable precarious years, only to seek at last a pauper grave, or to be swallowed up by that modern aio loch thev term the Social Evil." Now this is all wrong, and ought to be righted. Why should the daughters of small farm ers, too poor to support themselves, be un willing to enter the service ol families where thev would be provided with comfortable homes; where their natural capacity and knowledge of domestic requirements for they are all taught that thoroughly by their mothers would make them usetul and res pected where they would be nursed and cared tor in sickness and where their wa ges would be ample to clothe them, and to leave something to spare, perhaps to aid the declining fortunes of a widowed mother or assist in the education of a talented ymincrer brother Is there any discrace in this labor there as much shame connected with work ing at domestic labor in the households their own blood and race, as there is in toil ing from daybreak to midnight for a pitiless and unmerciful Jew, to be bilkea likely enough out of hard earned wages at the last moment If the young women of our country villa ges, educated to the knowledge of domestic requirements, would bat oner their services in such a capacity as we have indicated, they would find how gladlv they would received how kindly aad honorably tbey would be treated, and what comfort and happiness they would gain by the exchange While the labors of mothers and wires would be lightened, time would be given for the better cultivation and consideration of chil dren, and both parties would have good reason to bless the abandonment ot a false pride and a stupid obstinacy and want foresight which are destroying noble hearts and making homes miserable that might be made happy.

CHBTSosTOM'a EixquNCE. The follow ing burst of eloquence from Chrysostom when he was sentenced banishment, is good specimen of the style of this "silver ton sued "What can I tear Wilt it be death But you know that Christ is my life, and that I shall gain by death Will it be exile! but the eaith and all its fullness is the Lord's. Will it be the loss of wealth But we brought nothing into the world, and can carry nothing out. Thus all tne terrors of tne world are contempti ble in my eyes, and I smile at all its good things. Poverty I do not shrink from, and life 1 do not desire, save only for the progress of your souls.

But you know, my friends, the true cause ot my fall. It is that I have not lined my house with rich tapestrv. It is that I have not clothed me in robes of silk, it is that I have not flattered the effem inacy and oensuaiuy oi certain men, nor laid gold and silver at their feet. But why need I say more Jezabel is raising her persecution, and Elias must fly. Herodlas is taking her pleasure, and John must be bound in chains the Egyptian wife tells ber lie, and Joseph must be thrust into pns on.

And so it thev banish me. I shall be like Elias; if they throw me into the mire, uKejeremian; it tney plunge me into the sea, like the prophet Jonah if into the pit, like Daniel if they stone me. it is Stephen that I shall resemble; John, the forerunner, if they cut off my head Paul, if they beat i a i wuu biii pes joiuaa, it iney saw me asunder. Anotner Cuban Rebellion. It is impossible to know much about Cu ba.

Important news now comes by way of Key West that Count Valmaaeda, the politi cal Governor of Santiago, refuses to obey the orders of the Captain-General that the Governor of Castle Cabanas is also in re volt and that De Rodas is on his way back to Havana to restore his authority. From the same source come reports that the Span iards are being routed everywhere. The Havana correspondent of the World writes that the insurgents have out manneuvered Valmaaeda, and that the Spanisn chief has been forced to retire from the Los Tunas district. How much reliance to place cpon this we cannot tell. It would not be strange if true, because revolutions and counter revolutions seem to be the indigenous fruit of the Span ish character.

What is known as the gov ernment in Cuba is itself a protege of a revolution that is liable any day to be overthrown Spain is as volcanic as Cuba is eruptive. President Grant is undoubtedly wise in eoolry resisting the heated popular clamor for recognizing the Cubans as belligerents until he knows whether they are to be or not to be. The world always recegnizes facts, but we are almost convinced that there is no such thing as a Cuban fact. If there is, then Chaos is its What a country that would be for Mthe author of Beautiful Snow' "I L. L.

Stromr. of Starkboro. recently broke both bones ot his right leg near the ankle Ijeint. remember Mrs. McJTariana raising les sons from my husband she took lessons, lunnnt remember McFnrland's lit ictui conversation with my husband after her les sons she took lessons with me two or turee terms, because my terms wen; less about that time she gave a parlor reading, in hich tickets were sold; I attended it; Mc Farland came with bis wife fur me in a carriage; lie was present at the reading, and it with 1110 dining the time.

TESTIMONY OK MIIB. SAGE. Mrs. Sago (mother of Mrs. McFarland) testified 1 reside in Ulouccster, Mass.

1 am the mother of Mrs. Richardson, late Mrs. McFarland I have resided tnere nve 1 1 1 .1:, -w years; 1 previously resiueu jukumiu, 11 my daugmer Riarnage uccura-u iuvic in '57 she had previously resided lor tne most part at home sue uad attenacu a goou school and graduated at the Normal school in New Haven she was proficient in Latin; she bad studied French, and many otner branches she was twenty years old when she married they went to Madison, Wis. in eleven weeks she returned home, and re mained about two weeks, when she returned to him in New York she returned to me on the 20th of May following, and remained till August, when they went to Brooklyn the lith of December. '58.

1 visited them; fthe was confined with her first child; 1 stayed about nine weeks. Mrs. Mcr arland returned to our nome in the snrinsr ot '59, and remained there some time; came back in Octobei '59, and re mained till August 'oo. wnen rercy was born in December '60 she came back and left in the spring of '61, when in March they went to Madison a year from next June, that is in they returned for a visit and left Percy with us till December; sbe re turned the next June and remained till Au trust that was when Danny was born; Percy was then suffering with whooping cough I wrote to McFarland the reply was received addressed to airs. McFarland.

The witness further stated that Mrs. Mc Farl.md concluded to return to her father's roof; that the prisoner had read Mrs. Cal houn's letters that he had been undsr the influence of liquor; that her husband, Mr. had lent the prisoner money, and it had never been paid. On cross-examination witness said her daughter never worked in a factory; her fa ther had a loom suop sue may have worked there, never steadily I first saw Rich ardson in the rail ot 67; I had uerer seen or beard of him Lcibre that I never knew till after the first shooting of any intercourse between Richardson and my daughter; the first shooting was iu March, 1867 I can't tell where 1 lirst heard ot Richardson's in teniion to marry my daughter I heard of the intercepted letter, and it was about then I heard of his intention I think that was rather a rash letter after the separation Mrs.

Phoebe Wood's deposition was read: She resides in Indiaua is sixty-six years of age, and the keeper ot a boarding house says Mrs. McFarland came to live with her in the early part of the Summer of '68, and remained till August G'J; she produced letter from Schuyler Colfax, recommending ner she once met Kicliardson in Washing ton; Mcf arland paid lier fla per week her dress was ofclieap materials and her jewelry plaiu she was very closely cn gaged iu writing lor magazines and peiiodi cals, Trihuiie, Independent and Riverside Magaziuc ltichardsou never came to the House; Schuyler Colfax ailed on Mrs. Mc Farlaud once, aad was twice besides at ihe house; she never told the witness where she loimsd Richardson's acquaintance; she has not seen Mrs. McFarland since the short visit in the Fall ot '69. Foremost in the Rank of Uusio Books mcjiAiwsoirs ew method FOB THS Piano Its great popularity slill continues.

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Sold bv Druggists everywhere. 18wAdaiM treated Denmark, a small but most friendly power, is a stain upon the national honor. Our own Foreign Secretary, with the concurrence of the President, urged a treaty upon Denmark for buying St. Thomas, and Denmark declined. The offer was persist ently renewed, until Denmark was satisfied that it was made in good faith and, after a long negotiation, and constantly pressed and urged by us, a convention agreeable to the wishes and proposals of the President and Secretary of State was signed by the accredited Minister of the United States, on the 24th ot October, 1867.

It was to have been ratified bv the 24th of February, 1868. That day passed without so much as a word from the oreign committee oi tne csenaie. Eisrlit months later, an additional extension was asreed upon by the Secretary of State and te Danish Minister, making a year from the date ot the convention. That day passed without the slightest notice from the senate. tinner tne new aununiauauon un term was again extended until the 14th ot April, 1870.

That day passed with the disdainetai silence oi we dhuuc im convention is. of course, at an end, and Gen. Raasloff, the Danish Minister of War, one of the ablest of tne Daman statesmen, ana recently Minister ot Denmark in this country, to whom the negotiation was nmproposea, who was necessarily trusted by his Govern ment, and who was nnwiiunc; to neiieve that the United States would treat with contempt a friendly power which they had themselves soucite to negotiate, nas oucreu his lesumation to the King. In the St. Thomas treaty there was no job, no plunder.

It secured as a naval station amidst a friendly population perhaps the best in the Gulf whose assent to the trans fer was unanimous. It we must have an island in the West Indies, there was none more desirable. It wonld have very slight- increased oar population it was in vulved in no debt aad in no war. The pro posal for its acquisition was the act of our Executive, and the contemptuous silence with which the Senate has treated tne con vention not only insults a power which has no remedv. and.

therefore, puts us in tne at titude of a bully, bnt it will necessarily incline every government in the world to lis ten with tne utmost inereauuty to every Dronosal of a negotiation with this country, and tend to the constant mortification of our foreign ministers. Harper Weekly. Every word ot the foregoing is true, and yet, what should we do I Tne people do not want St. Thomas certainly not enough to pay for it hence the alternative was presented to us to wound -a friend or bleed ourselves. If our own sufferings coulds have ended with this casa, then by all mean, we should have taken they would not The precedent would have been sure to be followed, even as it has been, so far as the Executive is concerned, in the case of St Domingo.

If we onee commence the pur chase of islands we shall find it difficult to stop, even when our funds are exhausted Therefore, every consideration of prudence and economy justified the Senate in not rati tying the treaty, though by all means they should have acted upon it so that Denmark could know what to depend upon. This case, as well as the entire former practice in the negotiation of treaties, sug gests to us the idea that neither the letter nor the spirit of the Constitution has been followed. Section 1 of Article II, speaking of the powers of the President says "He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties," etc. Now in our judgment this language implies that the "advice" of the Senate must be taken in the first instance and its must be had it every stage of the negotia tion. What else can the language mean "Advice and consent" imply that something is to he done, and not that something hat been done.

If the framers of the Constitu tion had meant simply that the Senate should be consulted after a bargain is made, they would have used the language "ratifi cation and approval." Foreign powers could have understood our system then, and when ever they negotiated wonld have perfectly well known that the trade would not be complete until the Senate had ratified it As it is they have a right to infer, whenev er our President makes overtures to them, that he has procured the "advice uid consent" of the Senate. A father may not give his consent to the proposed marriage of his daughter, but may expressly advise against it; nevertheless, after she has been and gone and done it," for the sake of peace he may wish to acquiesce. In such a case every one can see what a perversion of language it would be to seek his advise when It could have no effect, and his consent after it wonld be no longer necessary. MLst as go and seek pa's blessing" would be the more natural language of the happy pair. Foreign powers have a right to suppose that our Government acta as a unit, and that full faith and credit shall be given by one deparmeut to the doings of the oth ers, just as much as is now required of the judiciary between the several States.

What ever course or red tape we may put our own people through, when they have any thing to do with the Government, we have no right to require of outsiders that intimate knowledge of our complexity. Certainly we have no right to go contrary to the plain language of our charter, but if we do, and if they succeed in getting upon our trail, we have no right to lead them on by an ignit fatuvs which will by and by vanish into thin air and will leave them victimized in swamp of broken promises. Sueha course of conduct will result in infinite mischief. We shall lose the confidence ot the world, and when that is gone, frienhship will van ish also. Ambitious ministers can involve us in meshes from which we cannot extricate ourselves with honor, and at the same time can burden as with a heavy preliminary ex pensc.

There is but one preventive of all tVis, and that is for the Constitution to he followed as it reads. Ia that way the whole country will know what is pending and can enlighten its chosen officers as to its views. In that way there can be no "job and the people cannot be misled nor committed against their will. Practice upon that rule, and we shall be safe from burning inSL Do mingo the fingers that we have frozen in Alaskamd foreign nations will be safe from wreckingupon our frowns in the very waters to which they were tempted by our smiles. The Pharisaical morality of those who rally around McFarlaad was well illustra ted the other day.

Mr. Graham, in crei examining Mr, Greeley as to his conversation with the interviewing reporter of the Sun took a great deal of pains to make the Philosopher admit that he swore a little. Within twenty-four hoars this same moral Graham shook his fist in the face of Judge Davis and swore like a pirate even so much that the "crazy" McFarlaad had to atop Mom of "Satan rebuking sin." Exciting but contradictory despatches have been received from Paris eoneerning a report that anEnglish student of science had confessed to a design to still the Emperor. Several persons implicated, finding the plot discovered, succeeded in effecting their escape from Frames. Owing to rigorous censorship, full particupus are wanting.

in Conntion. On Tuesday next the tieemcn. ot the State are to elect delegate to tlie Convention to act pm tie Amendments by the Council cf Censors. There lias been rery little discussion llirou-li the State of any bat the woman suffrage amendment, and as it is well known that this does not stand the ghost of a chance to be adopted this time, there is very little interest taken in the election. We shall not be surprised if leas than hall the Tote of the State is polled aad we do not believe there is any general desire in the State to have any of the proposed amendments adopted.

Probably that lor biennial elections and legislative 'sessions has the strongest foothold of any, because at first glance many people think it would prove economical bat when it is considered that if we are so unfortunate as ever to be afflicted with a bad officer an unfaithful Treasurer, lor in-stance we shall then be obliged to endure aim; when it is remembered, too, that lobbyists will have a much better chance to lay thaw wires to control members chosen for two years than for one; when we reflect, the less frequent the sessions will be the longer they will probably continue aad when we know, too, by the experience of the last few years, that there is an actual aeeesaity for annual legislation for the ac-vancement of many of the industrial inter cats of the Slate, then the "economy" argu-: ssemt appeal penny-wise and pound-foolish and the people will be inclined to hold their local government in more immediate control. We say nothing of the pleasure and polities! hflth of annaal agitation. With some tbJs may ha questionable, bat with us it is not. The safety of free government depends anon the constant interest and frequent dic tation of the people. We say nothing, ei ther, of thedeaiie which numerous well-to- de men in every town have for an honorable recognition by their fellow men.

The adoption of the amendment will disappoint one half of them, and what.a gnashing of teeth there will be! Besides, it will be only an entering wedge to a still further curtailment by taking reoresentation away from towns and giving it to districts upon the basis ot population. This would disappoint so many honorable politicians and afford such a increased advantage to the wire workers as to endanger the purity of oar laws. Again, by and by when the ladies vote, we are told that they will want to represent the town. Well, it they shoal and could get votes enough, ought titer, after having been deprived of the privilege all their lives, to be now put oft with only half as good a chance as the men have had before I Every Don and Sancho will protest, and besides, voting will then have become such a pleasant pastime that every one will want it to coma at least as olten as once a year. Perhaps we arc suspicious, but for our own part we sec positive mischief in the proposition to have the Judges of the Supreme Court appointed by the Governor aad confirmed by the JSeaate.

What it we should have an Executive largely interested in some powerful corporation, and that corporation should have great suits before the sw 9 Cl wvnrwl within two years and is liable to frequently occur in future, llave we ever yet seen any flesh aad blood that we should be quite willing to trust to select a tribunal to decide its own Case? The other amendment are of less consequence and we do not believe there is any feeling among the people at large whether they are voted up or voted down. After all this lapse of time and the discussion that has ensued, we sec no reason for changing the opinion we expressed last fall, to the effect that the present system is satisfactory for the present, and the delegates cannot better represent the 'State than to make quick work and adjourn the very day they assemble. This matter of judicial ap-appointmenta, however, and that of abol iahiag the Council are pet schemes with certain politicians, who will probably be prepared to press them. Let the delegates be good, substantial men, and we shall be saved, not only the expense of a long session of the Convention, bat from the in flic -tioa of asarnrtiarnta which involve no principle for good and open wide the doors to well apprehended evils. Impulsive Insanity, upon which the defence the UcFarland case finally simmer ed down, is becoming pretty thoroughly shaktn by such rebutting testimony as that be was occasionally drank, was asking peo ple to feel bis pulse and inquiring of them if any sane man could have such a pulse as that, and that he often threatened to his friends that he would shoot Richardson if be ever lived with bis wife, and even exhibited the pistol with which he intended to do it and pointed out the places where he had lain in wait tor him.

Such testimony as that con firms the buspiciun awakened by tne artistic character of the testimony for the defence, that his alleged insanity was a long harbored plot, was wrought up, "rim- olaten, and though it cannot be questioned that he had some provocation, enforces the conviction in unprejudiced minds that he was a deliberate and cold blooded assassin The great, noble hearted Philosopher of the Tribune does not put his faith in Princes bat he is not quite so jealous of mounte banks. Weston, the nndertakist-walkist failist, proposed to lecture in New York the other evening, and in order to "draw," invi tad Mr. Greeley to preside. Very much to bis surprise be received the following note reply: Br. Edward Pity ton Wrxton Mr Kixd Friknd I cheerfully comnlv with your request that I preside at your ap pearance as ateinway all on the 2Cth ot ApriL The more so as I desire that von hall not lack encouragement to elevate the eaeiCMe ot walking in our country in popularity and esteem.

Yours, Horace Greeley. The reading aloud of this document caused a person present to remark, in an an dude whisper, that he "did believe if Dan Bryant were to ask Mr. Greeley to preside at a Shoo Fry eemnee, Mr. Greeley would do I say that it was the earnest desire of i fife to promote the shooing of flies in this Sidney Andrews, the Washington corres-posWfctit of the Boston Advertiser is not only tellable, bnt is sometimes amusing. He SsrjaaoaM stir was created at the Capitol TnaieJij by a person who called at each of the conssaittee rooms and left a copy ot the Bade, a book that the clerks and members 1 to regard with cariosity, as the only tore to be found ia the build- i ia the congressional library.

It is whether the gilt came from the Bible Society, or from the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen,.