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MI IVUU V-iVili VV- tSH K, h S Vf)h V BURLINGTON VT., FRIDAY AUGUST 19 I59. NUMBER EIGHT. POETRY. i i i r" t p c t r Trtr a W- L J t . - . a ( 11A1 I DM V n I 111 V - i - r. i ..u rt".-i Such cnriouE dne;inc. iui course inn is rues fin z : i J ,.1 t t Bsch verv Joud natternF. I worn OUCH uv Eiaiiema.j bQCD noons 012 as raiurna oacu ctntiut neons ami oow nwntB, bach dark iiccks ana mow ueces. 'InH liirvli uilro Anil Inn r Ir ? I Tl 1 1 1 A fAnd rammed full, and Uiflured full. " Boston. Pott. M I S C L L A X Y . t MBtiik lost diamond. jDpjou not suppose that many of the ' dav5wh' m you say are to well treated, in ftheimain, .l!-ntiuies meet with great cruelty land wron,; ?" "fiy1'8, answered my fair-haired friend, " of cour.-. t'leydo, and bo do your poor laboring c ' in the North. I nve known 0me very -, . 1 things in my day." "Very lik y, hut6uppoie you tax your memory a u tk- an i see it you can find, in all your cxpt i. -si in New England, which you say la-ted tu-. i ty-five years, anything that will match the first scene of outrage that you remember i-s having happened during the last four years m which you have sojourned at the South." The pleasant lad-hesitated ; a cloud pissed over her fair smooth brow. Evidently a patnlul; thought was tugging at her heart. She -bit her beautiful lip,- and twirled the crimson ta-sel of her double gown round her forefinger. ffQume. ' ' said I, " tell me what it is. You feKavaJass-.-rted th it I do not understand the people of the South ; that they are misrepre ' sented'aii J belied ; that the slaves fan well, and are happy. .Now, there is a powerful jneasory asking for utt rane, and '" ovr q I' Stion has put me to thinking," gheexcl .iui -d, as fIio drew her delicately glipperea ! nt up on the sofa, and clasped her armgab( ut her knees in an attitude of en-v confidence " I was born and brought up in Vermont At filteen years of age, I grew dissatitfifi witu what seemed the dull routine ofibousc tv rk, and went to Liwell. and en tered!; .iet ry. Being a quick, ingenious haadjl made go d wages, and at eighteen hadjkid .p enough on interest to help me to Moanf 11 -ly k-- to School. Father was not rich Hut he did what be could tor me. and at twenty-tw I left the institution with a good nam. and a pretty good education. I soon got a si'uation as a teacher in my na tive State, taught two years, and then went to Brait h -r ' to upend a vacition. There ImeTJl." Warder, who was, us you may gnes'Ciptivated. I be&ime his wife, and iaspent four years in the South, enjoying ereryjuxdry that wealth can procure, and the jhigheet igreo of happiness that the most devoted aff ction can bestow. KSpMy husband is kind to his slaves to a fSiult; but ho says he cannot bear to deprive Ithe'ai of anything that they wish, because he Ileels that all they demand is not equivalent Ifor their labor. Still, he does not see how 'he can better their condition, and I try to ink they are better off than if free. You Eeo how it is , wo don't see how we can help ourselves. But all this is irrelevant to the question under diseussion.- "Your question h'-nt me back into the past, and I do nut remember anything worse thut everhappfned in the neighborhood where I livedjthan the bet ere whipping of a hired girl- My father was Justice of the Peace, and. the woman who committed this offence jagainst tho pcaee and majesty of the go d (State of Vermont was brought before him, and!l was pres- nt at the examination. The llittlej. sufferer's drcs was removed, and, though ''Ut one night had pissed, only a few Irediaiarks were found upon the little body. flhVchild was taken froin the inhuman lirretch, and a fine imposod which was heavy .t6,tbear, for tho woman was poor. I do not r reeollect njw that a singlo person in the fewaltouk sides with the woman ; even her ownlbrjthors censured her severely, and suid fnoctiilJ ought to 1 lound to her, for it ,18 611 t j come out bau. ilNow, " said she, "let me tell you a tale ohorror. Hannah, put down those curtains, asdjshut out this beautiful spring sunlight. Iffeel as though I could not talk with the glara oflight in my face, when such black deedSaro to be told. i'Jnst afW I came South (you may go the, kitchen Hannah) ono of the daughters ofCol. Stross, who lived in a splendid man- , awjust outside of our city, and was count SdTtbe richest man in town, lost a diamond ring3 Thn ring was of great value, and of ciarse i's loss created great excitement in thejmus-h dd Miss Julia remembered dis tinctly h -vir.g laid it in her casket on a cer tainYevenn?, ufter a ball, and no ono knew where sh k.rt those things but her mother and sisters and her maid Myra, a pretty mulatto girl of about sixteen. Myra was veryjond uf dress, and had often spoken her praises-, in most lavish terms, of the 6park Iinggem on Miss Julia's finger. 'After .11 due search had been mado, she wasSalled up and questioned, but denied any kno- edge of tho affair. (Jul. Stross, who was called a hard master, told her, in tho m6st peremptory manner, tbat if she did not find it, she should bo punished for her carelessness in allowing her mistress's things to be stolen, as she had nothing else to do but take care of them. This so frightened the poor girl, and her language was so inco . herent, that the conviction at once setttled J.onitheir minds that the was the culprit, und see was immeaiaiejy oruerou to me yara. to beJwhipped till she acknowledged her guilt. tne overseer oi tne plantation, wnicu lies Beaie three miles lrom the lio-se, was a bru ,tU man, (my husband says they all are, tfat no man but a brute will take such an efice.j su the poor girl was tied to the post d whipped till she fainted " i'un: my uod, wnat wretchedness : l acclaimed. !' l'hev broucht her to. and asked her to what Ehe had done with the diamond, wrt ehe still denied any knowledge of the fttter, and she was locked up and starved till fto next day. And when brought out again 3 questioned she denied having touched JKss Julia's diamond. Another whipping ore severe than the first followed, and when ev took ber from the post, she was one gore f 6l iod, from her neck to her heels. Han- &h s husband was one of Col. Stross men. en my husband bought him to pleasc- nnah, and he told us all about it. sac i2s arried to her mother when in this state IfijBd he old woman, in hcrindignation, gave fce verseer a piece of her mind, for which Hf rr ) i clnchmrr ' fC tlmv will if E(!irotv liss severe !' But, to make a long story short," baid se sp' aker. with n husky voice, and her pnds twitching nervously, " 31yra, after a ei-s oi aeiirium and lever, died, and the old um-in hung herself with the end of the othes-line, in her own cabin, by the side o x dead child." i bThe fair-browed lady had a heart, for sho ma her hntirl Vi r. 1, A j j. , . t ,. , u.uu wept convut- IWWJlV. I (lid not ltfifin. T ,nA !,,. 1 ny such Ules nf - X" "iMi wo with an achifif nt r, t,Met.-: ' , , , - J "ui-jbuui;j mill When the burst of ieeling had subsided I Was nothing ever heard of the diamond?" "Yes, nearly a year went by, and Miss Ulia had nwmjsinn in irwr tin t.nn . . w. mawj, wat uuu wan liic auiuixa r, w r it. . , 1 f .. " u a" me company at taeaioreaer.tioned ball, when putting her hand in her pockot, lo! the diamond ring ! " Now she remembered distinctly, that hor ring was too largo for her finger, una not wishing to pull hor glove over it, she had slipped it into her pr.cket. Weary with the fatigue of the evening, and crazed with the flatteries of the hour, she had forgotten the circumstance, and only remembered having put it into her casket on the evening before." ' What was done about it.'" " Nothing, of course ; very few hoard of the matter, for no one had seen Myra whip ped that had a white face. Col. Stross swore the diamond had cot him three times its value, and threatened to turn off the overseer, but did not. Miss Julia felt pntty bad, for she thought a good deal of her maid ; but she soon flourished her diamonds as gaily as ever.' "And yet you say they are kindly treated , and better off than if free." " What pIso can I say ? God help me I have not strength enough to say aught else." Extract from Notes of Travel. IVom tho Afontroal Transoript. TDK LAST PIEIt OP THE VICTOKIA IJRIDGC. o btated in a previous issue that the Coffer dam for No. 11 pier tho lasc pier of the virtoria .bridge, wns pmnpea iry on Wcdnelav, and that the event was dulv celebrated by a numerous party of the friends of the contractor. I his, the lut dam wa commenced on the 19th of May and pumped dry on the 2 1 inst. The mud und loose grav el which loniiF the bed of the river, hag still to lie removed, however, in order to get to the rock for the foundation of the pier. This involves an additional excavation of from i to 9 feet. It is expected that the whole of tin mat ofiaaoonry will be finished and leady for the placing of the tubes in six weeks from this tiiiMr. This last pipr. No. 11 from the Montreal side, is estimated to contain, when completed, about 4,000 cubic yard of raa sonry. The ttones are nil quarried and cut Ut the requisite dimensions at roint bt.Uluire. The piers ar built in deep water, which has a Jail ut one loot in lilty, and consquently a very rapid current. The Coffer dams haw used up about 7.000 feet of pine exelusive of the piling, and contain about 543.000 gal lons of water. This on-- v.tis pumped out in about 5 hours. A contemporary says : 2Co one who has not witnessed the extent of work required for sush a structure can coDC"-ive itb nr thia liku preoixion ot tho multilarioua and persevering Inbors involved in its execution. Some idea, howerer, may bo formexi from tltc- iitc that a water-tight chamber, of oimen.Muns I rge enough I" contain the pier, has to be I or mid in water ol 20 t 22 feet deep, with an irreg ilar but lom awl in a current running (per Io) 1 mile an Hour. The procesi by whioh this is effected, it. first by sinking a barge of 60 ?Vt in length, Ioadrl with ftone, at some list.in:e in advanew ol t o in tended pier. This serves for a break-water. Nxt inother break water, foimed by crib-wi rk mid loaded with stones, is sunk still nearer, m fjet in immediate proxiiniiy to the site ot the pier. Then comi s a similar protection call d a " heading." lu the eddy formed by this heading tho Cotfer Laui it male. It is constructed by sinking a frame ut horizontal timber to the bottom; by driving out side and all around this & row of piles which art t cngtbencd onco more by horizontal beams. This forme tne inside wall. An outside wall rome 12 feet distance is then formed in a similar way, and the interval is filled with clay rammed bard. 1 L is a moment of considerable anxiety and oxciteioeut partaken in by all engaged on the work, when the paddling is reported cump.ete, and tbe attempt i made to free the int' iiorof the dam from water, so many unseen incidents may have occurred, that nothing but demonstr tion it enough to prove that the Dam is really w :ter-tight. We sw more than one pilo which, having struok on a boulder, wae diverted from its course, and had lis lower end projected into tbo interior of the chamber. No evil had resulted from this circuincUnoe; hut flaw? of various kinds aro not uncommon, and, of course, ' any one, however small, is at once found by tbe pressure of so great a body of watir. Springs, too. not, unfreque tly riso up out of the bottom of the Dam. In this case the pumps drew .t once, and the Dam is as tight as it is possible to make it. The next difficulty arises from removal of the loose stuff at the present bottom. This, of un, mMkflm tlm AmmiMti'm of the Xatn, and may offer an entrarce to tho water Should every thing go right, the masonry wilt bo commenced in a week or eight days, and, as we have stated, the pier will be finished in five or tix weeks. The centre tube is 330 feet long, and is el evated GU feet above the level of tbe river. It contains instruments for measuring its ex tansion, contraction und deflection, occa sioned by cold and heat ; and the result of the observations is that each S degrees of pemperature expands or contracts it one tenth of an ineh in a run of 242 feet; the greatest variation being three inches and a quarter between 120 above and 30 lelow Zero. So sensitive are the tubes to heat and cold, that they are never at rest; u cloud passing over the sun is sufficient to affect them ; but these variations are provided against by the tube being allowed to extend or contract itself at pleasure upon rollers, a sufficient distance being left between the tubes for this play. The greatebt deflation of this tube caused by temperature has been half an inch, and the greatest ris! ono inch. The workmanship of the tubes is of the very best character, und has only to lw protected trom tho influenco of the weather by n suffi cient catting of paint. In the building of tho tuhes the greater part of the riveting is done by machinery. Tho process is rapid and tho work complete. The plates to be rivetted havo tho h les ready punched. Cold rivets are inserted in some of these holes, to as to hold ths pieces together temporarily. They are then suspended from a traveller which runs between the two part of a rivet ting machine. Thus a lateral motion may be communicated by the motion of the trav eller, while a tacklo raise" or lowers the plates. A furnace is close at hand, where the rivets are heating. Boys place them in the appropriate holes, and the head is then adjusted against a fixed hammer head, and another hammer head, moved by a hydraul ic press, is immediately put in motion by the turn of a screw. This drives tho bolt through, making tho head simultaneously. In this way a rivet is set in its place in a very fmv seconds. Tho rivets themselves are made in a similar manner. There are 18 tubes completed, and 6evcn yet to construct. The scaffoldings for three of them are placed. The whole of the tubos havo been imported from England. The greatest activity pre vails, and if no untowarl circumstances inter vene, tho bridge will be finished by the time specified. In a Tight Spot The Cincinnati En quirer says it is not a Douglas piper ; it is not a squatter sovereignty paper ; and un der no circumstances will it go lor non-in-intervention in Congress. "We claim for the organized Territories the right to exercise all tho powers which they are permitted by the. Constitution, and none others. What those powers aro wo know not, and do not care. We have noth ing to do with them. Tho Supreme Court is the proper and only arbiter in the premis es." The Enquirer startles people every now and then with the impression that it is about to bolt clean out of the ranks. Xoone need bo alarmed. Tho Er.quirer will roar you gently as a sucking dove. A few days ago it made a brave demonstration for Doug las; it also declared that if the party aban doned tho right of tho people of the territo ries to control slavery they would not carry a school district at the North, and would not deserve to. Now, what the powers of tho people of the territories are it neither "knows or cares." "Wo have nothing to do with them." Most laudable resignation ! "Elephant or Ilip poptamus ; vichever you please to call it, mum ;" said the equally accomodating show man ; "you pays vour money and takes your choice." Ohio Stale Journal. A W01U" KILLS HER INFANT ON THE RoXZ and Wateetown Railhoad. A female pas senger, when between Watcrtown and Ad ams Center, deliberately threw her little in fant, about seven months old, out of tho car I -window, killing it instantly. JLhe inhuman act -was eeon by the brakeman ; the. train i irriTnivliatelv stoDced. and tho remains taken to Adams Centre where the woman was arreste'd. JIt'wasr rumored that she-attempted to" give the child away while in Watartown. Utica Tel, BORMXGTOX: FKIDAV MORNING, Al'G. 10 1850. WISE, DONNELLY, CASSIDV. The murder about Wiso's letter is out. Gov. Wiso says that ho wrote it in answer to a letter from a p jlitic.il friend in New York City, .Mr. B. Donnelly, So. 3, William St., with whom ho had exchanged political let ters in a confidential way. Mr. Donnelly says he let Cassidy of tho Albany Atlas & Argus take the letter,under an express prom ise thai it should not be made public ; the tenor of his letter to Gov. Wiso and Gov. AVise's reply being such that it was quite proper that Cassidy should see it, because ho, (Don nelly) had said that the selecting of the dele gates to the Charleston Convention would be done in accordance with the wishes of Messrs. JUobmood, Ludlow, digger, ami Cassidy, "each of whm" he sas,l was in formed, wuk friendly to you, but objected to you on account of the reported influence sup posed to be exercised over you by lion. Fer nando Wood," and he wished to divinise them of tlwt notion. He euppo-d, he says, th.it Cassidy's "prominent p. xsition and ex alted character was a -umcieiii guarantee" that all would be as desire.!. Liu thinks the ltter was published for the purjiose of kill ing Wise off, but that the people will look out for such traitors. Gov. Wie so far as he now knows acquits Donnelly of blame, and say it is no "fault or imprudence of bis own which makes (he whole public." thus explaining the vase he says has no com ment to make, nothing to palliate, excuse or justify." The public will judge he thinks 'who needs defence for treachery and for a gro-F outrage upon all tbe confidence and good faith known among men in civilized life." Thus far Cassidy says nothing on hi eon-; duct in the matter: but it i remarkable tbat the Alb. A this & Ar;?u of Aug. 9, of wnieh Cassidy is editor, iinpiied a total ignorance f the way in which the Wise letter got be fore the public. With a iiypucratte.il whine. t says, "For ourselves were regret that the letter wa ever made public," though it proceeds to denounce the sentiments of the tter itself, and uses it to destroy Wise's rospects. S dog eats dog, and there are a K(oI many yet to be made away with in some fashion within the next nine months. The Donnelly Letter. The letter of Mr. B. Donnelly, No. 3. illiam street. New York, to Gov. Wise, is about as piquant a communication as Giv. Wise's reply. "Saratoga, July 8. 1859. "My Dear Governor You will remem ber my writing you last Spring, to which I received an answer, and which I wonld have acknowledged at an earlier day, but sup posed your time would lie to taken up with oUv r more important matters, thnt I con cluded to withhold wilting to you until the present, luu will learn trom the newspa liersund elsoB-licre that those who are in 'ArctHtion of receiving the nomination at Charleston are marshaling their forces as strongly as possible. "Tnis State, whih T havo watched very eloeely, with a view of acquainting you of what in g')tn on, will, as matters now stand, send to Charleston a united delegation in favor of Douglas. Their second choice would lie you. I give you this information ns fact, so that you may rely upon it. It is barely jwssible that Wood and others in New York City, may succeed in getting up two sets of Delegates to the Convention, but it is my opinion your friends in the South need not expect much support from the Northern States. The South is the only place to count on with any degree of certainty, and if the South should kick up her heels, and refuse to adopt you as her candidate, she will lose all. This you may rely upon. With any other man from the Southern States than yourself, we would be beaten out of sight With the South, then, to back you. there will he a sufficient number of candidates for Congress and Governors (in nomination), uho will be able to control a sufficient num ber of delegates from the Western and Eas tern States to give you the nomination and they will do it, to save themselves ; well knowing that there is no one but yourself that can poll the votes of the adopted citi zens. The Federal officeholders here are in favor of Douglas, so that rt the Charleston Convention, 1 Mr. Buchanan should con writ to be a candidate, he won't be able to get a tingle squad from this State. "If you were once nominated, my God, what a vote you would get, with Seward Mgainst you ! "You would carry everv Northern State, excepting Massachusetts, Vermont, and pos oibly Rhode Island. All of the Western Stuu s, I am assured, would roll into line ngun. I am stopping at the Springs here for a few days, and having un oppoitunity of con sulting with our friends from different sec tions of the Union, 1 thought it adisablo to drop you the enclosed hurriedly scratched together. II lean bu of any service to you, let me know it. It you think it advisable to mnko a push for the deli'fiates from this State, write me, and I will tell you how it can be done to the best of my knowledge and belief. Ludlow, Cassidy and Peter Cagger aro the controlling spirits, and either of these, if they supposed you w.iro njt completely in the hands uf Fernando Wood & Co., would bo your friend. This, I Cud, is their impres sioti, though not publicly ospressed. Mr. Wood is 11 very smart man, and is much feared by tbo politicians, but his misfortunes seems to consist in having no one to back him. Had he strength that these i.thers I'avo in the country districts he would bo our next Governor. But in the country ho falls behind, und seems to be very unpopular araonjj the fanners and others. Your best way is to keep clear of all cliques and factions. Side with none of them; and when it is de termined who are to bo delegates, and also who has control of them, it will then be time euou'ih to become identified. Yours truly, B. DONNELLY. "To his Excellenoy, Gov. Wise. "AdJrc6 me at my store, No 3 William tt., N.Y. Tho Richmond inquirer, (Gov. Wise's organ) flames with indignation at the mean ness of the Albany junto, in betraying con fidential letters, and justifies tho Governor's letter itself. As to the consequences of tho whole proceeding it sums up as follows : And now, Messieurs Assassins and Coctpirators what havo yc done ? Jmprimh. AH Jlr. Buchanan's aspirations for rcnomination aro knocked into a cocktd hat. Second. Squatter Sovereignty bas received tho severest blow it has yet encountered. A voice which caoaot bo mistaken in iu import, has bocn clici.cd ti proclaim that Senator Dousla: cannot bo nominated, or it nominated cannot bo elected. Per. cqittra. Tho assassins dagger has only glanced from, the corslet of truth which shields the breast of an honest man. In a breath, ho has brought to his feet tho traitors who sought his ru in. New Yoik swindlers have been taught how much power rests in the unaided truth and pluck of a single Virginia statesman. Poor tricksters! lools that dared to droam the lion could not break through tbo pany toils they have learned to set for foxes and hyenas ! Will they carry a packed imitinn from Now York to Charleston now.? Snppoee they do. Suppose they can, in. epita pf, popular indignation, tan tnexr pac&ea crxaituca withstand tha moral influence of Virginia chival ry representing tbe pride of fair election and vol untary unity ? The University Library. We are glad to learn that the Corporation of the Univer sity of Vermont, at their late meeting, de cided to have the erection of a fire proof Library building begun without delay. Pro bably the work will be started about the first of September, with tho intention to have tho building Inclosed before winter. It will be placed on tho brow of the hill, and north of tho present buildings-; tho exact spot not being yet fully determined upon. So valuable a library as that of tho U. V. M. ought not to be exposed to the ordinary chances of fire a day longer than is absolute ly necessary. The Library building is also to contain rooms for the Museum. For tho Free Press. " Oct, dam.vcd spot." Shalttpeare. Tho following appeared in tho Tuner of Thurs day moraine: 3r The I tst " surpri " inflicted t.r: t' e citi zens nf tins quiet burgh, if tlie signmura to the c mcluMcn of the Railroad fad in the Fri' Prt of last evening. .'pot. Aug. i", 1859. Lviy Macbeth had only murdered Duncan ; sbe S'Wgbt not to murder the bcpvtatios of aay oa, known or unknown . To the rcTs andupited and indisputable to the atatetnents of public documents, tho above is the reply. Of the reajonin; pow.-rs of the Ituilincton Thunderer, and its ability to discuss a public ques tion of gre it moment, the above article il tha melt impressive example ever prej-jnted to this admir ing community. After this great eSort of tbe limi$ and is d d Spot (I qBctt), b iboold take a rest in this warm weather But. Itt a;o telVthe Ti tu-, that ai - urge to tab tho iuterests and pio-peruy ci all Western Vermont (Burlington included), will la ranem- bared by Us rap porters and HOXEBTT P. S. Ths dog named " SjKt," belonging Carlce Baxter, Esq., one of tbe most beaatifnl, nsefn! and nobis uf its species, did not write the Ttrnn' article, as Mr. Baxter will satisfy any one, 011 inquiry ; but a biped about Town, known as " Billy." For tbe free Prese. JilUULEUniY COiMM liNCK.IIKNT. MiDDLEsray, Aug. 10, 185?. Commencement extrcises here are in rapid pro greet, under the mort auspicious cironmEtanees. Yesterday morning we listened to an address be fore the Philomath enn Society by i)r. Holland, of Springfield, Mass. The speaker announced hie subjeo- as "Art and Life," making art tbe ex pression of life, and life the end ut art. It was a very elegact and able presentation of his view of tbe sobject, which, however, wo t-annot help thinking far too low. We can hardly consent to suoh a debasement of the Heantiful as to make her a mere lacquey to tbe Useful. In spite of Dr. Hollnnd we wnst believe tbat beanty has an end in itself ju.-t as much as trnth or goodness. Aside from this the oration was a masterly elort. We were especially pleased with his showing up of the ntter absurdity nf ll conventionalimi, or schools, or so-called rules of criticism in all trne art. Dr. Holland's man Bar is very pleasing anu impressive, and secured for bis address what few ntta-n, thorough appreciation. In the afte.aoon Dr. Foster of Lowell, addressed the Philadelphia an? on a Living Theology as a source of the Orator's power. In developing bis sobject he showed its absolute necessity for securing to the true orator what he especially needs, religious belief, logical thinking, simplieity of style and aim, freedom in thought and action, and loyalty to trnth and God. Although not possessed fa good delivery, his ad dress was very well received. The choir singing on the oecas'on wae worthy of especial praise. The I'arkerian prize speaking came off in tbe evening before a very crowded house. The fol lowing is the schedule. PARKKKIAN EXHIBITION, Tutiy Evening, Augutt 0, 1559. VRESBKK.V. 1. Satan's Address to the Son. MAtri. I'abs; Davis. 2. The Madman. H. M. C. E. II. Hobbs. 3. Emosett's Vindication. Kolert Emmeu. C. B. Ridex. . Corrnptots of Youth. iittclier. W. A. ltoai!sox. soFHoxoaxi- C. E. Asell 6. Exordium of Flaa. T. The Direr. HehiOtr. W. II. Burton. 6. B. Josti.t. S. A (tains. t employing Indians in the American War. CAetfase. J. B. Smith. 9. A Piakwiakian Pisa in favor of Woman's Rights. . . D. H. Adams. 10 The Love of Art. K. Harris, Jr. 11. Tbo Knife. H. P. Higlet. 12. Humboldt. J. K. Williams. Prizes were awarded to nobbs and Robinson of the Freshmen, Button and Abell of the Sopho mores, and Adams und Higleyo the Juniors. The pea ing w.is in a measure good, though some what florid and histrionic. I hear it spokenofhow ever, as hardly up to the the usual standard of theso exhibitions. To-day the graduating class made their debut before a crowded houso, in the following order. Prayer, by the President. 1. SALCTAToar Oration is Latu, L. S. Watts, Pcacham. 2. Obatiok. EnglishLiterature as a Classic, J. 0. Bailey-, Uardwiek. 3. Oration. The Relation of Style to Literature. M. P. S. Cadwell, New Haven. i. Oratiox. Suffering, a means of developing Character, M. L. Severance, Middlebury. 5. Oratio.v. Bishop Butler's Moral Philosophy, G. E Lame, Ludlow. C. Literary Disquisition. The Writings of Hugh Miller, S. L. Blake, Middlebury. 7. Philosophical Oration. Tho True Method of Studying History, W. II. KsicnT, Brattleboro'. 8. Oration. Tho Conversion of Natural Forces, 5. W. Segcb, PittsSeld. 9. Valedictory Oration. Rigid Intellectual Discipline promotive of Morality. W. R. Shipman, Rochester. Master's Oration, C. M. Mead. Pcgrces Conferred. Prater, by the President. BtxtDicnoy. The speaking was a great improvement on last evening's, and worthy of much praUer whilo tho pieces were creditable both to the class and the institution. As eucn proaacuons snouia o,.iuej were more noticeable for elegance tha'n eccentricity, or depth of thought. I shall particulariio enough wnen I say tha.t the honors were bestowed with more than nanal fairness. Tho Germania Band furnish music to the de light of all who hear With some changes in in struments and perforcers since last year, Iittlo difference is perceptible in thiir p'aying. They give a ooncert this evening. To-morrow is the celebration of tho Atsoeiiit d Alumni. Tho town is filled with people, and the hotels are overflow ing with guests, and among them a quite largo number of old graduates. H. For the Free Press, .il 1 1) D LS BUIt V CO 31 31 ENCE3IK Jf T . -MlDLLEBURT, Ang. 11, 185!'. Tho Concert last evening was a succb b. About eight hundred people assembled in the church to be delighted with the stirring music of the Ger mania, nml to afford encouragement and material aid to the graduating class. I am told that the nett proceeds of the affair were $1 "5. Tho Band put their best foot forward and the audience went away highly pleased. A large portion of them went tmmediaUrly tram the oharch to President Labaerre's, where the intellect and eauty and fahion of the village wnv astrmblcd t" pay their parting re :wcti to t ,e iu-e.s lb- . ,i,. u friaduatos nr.; familiarly eiikd. The house was ! fufl tn os erfl"inir. flic l'i--,dt.-: and lady did j tbe honors adiulntii.'y, the el.ier i,at. convened, tiieyoangvi ..is flirted, tbe b ind r;nad2, and everything went "8 t- tbe e itifa"ti.n of all con cerned. This morning the Aejooiatd Alumni elecud for nest year's celebration. Orator, Prof. E C. Tsisca, D. D., elasa of '17. Snbstitate, Hon. R. J. Pbclps. " '40. Poet, Prof. II asai; Smith, '27. Snbstitate, Lvhak Walker, " 'id. They were addressed this forenoon by Prof. J, D. Baiter of Wisconsin Pnircmity. The poet professor, after some hnraorou lines relative to bir appearance as sabftiroto f--T .Vr. ObTeMH, failed, nnxi - f .iff tbe Cissio." ie eou- jhi j . ' I v taeir j importance a b mean, o taer.'iJ ti.... I Telaping philosophical nn tosry sa l cii-r n "-ty, as i a uraMfkhnn f,r all titr.f-r fc?uriif.s. a i r :,-vr:- tite expression of thought, as well as securing ia growth, remarking tbit .tyU fs tse Vy-stccc without which the whole arch nf culture falls, and as furnssb'pp sonTcesof information The address abounds in happy hits, reneatedly bringing down :he bouse, an I tbat, nitnont d reeling : much frm it dignit' . A graceful delivery sceareJ to it close attention t'jrra -boat. The P to- the day, A. 0. Baker c f Pielciusri'.Ie, Ala, failed t. appear. An Alumni dinner, nw in progress, closes the exercises of this Commencement. Senate Fnut presides, and there appears to be a hearty low of giod feeling. Messrs. Adams, of the Addison, do tbe substantial', as al for the Corporation dinner, yesterday. To-nipht the graduotingoiasigive their custom ary Ball, when a large and pleasant 00 ra pany is e 1 pooled. I mast not omit to say, that no small share of the credit received by tbe Messrs. Adams on all bands, is dne to the efficient services of Prof. Armatead, who acts as knight of the platter. 11 - Tiik Atlantic Telegraph Compast .-ve r..K fur a sutocrii'tion of 1 j ' 120,f!00 shares of five pound sterling per sliar?. ot preferred stock, for the purpose of renewing their cable in an improved form. Guaranties of enough to pty an S per cent, annual divided on this preferred stock, in cane the line can be kept in working order with no unreasonable interruption, is made by the British Government. After that ih jiaid the old stock is to participate in tbe profits. Cyrus W. Fild, of New York, receives sub scriptions on this side of the Ocean. A strong confidence is expressed by th Di rectors, tbat the enterprise will lie a success ful one. The new cable is to ! made on an improved plan, and if the stock is subscri bed, will bo kid and ready for use prohubly, within the year I860. Adverting to a long advertisement of the Company on tin- subject, tbe New York Courier and Enquirer nays : An examination of the work actually done by the old Telegraph, for the f. w days it was in operation, h-aves no ground for surprise at the lively hope f.f the Directors'. No less than 26'J uit-Kipn. containing 2.840 words were transmitted from Newfoundland t , Va lentia, and 97 messages containing 1.102 words were sent from Valentia to N1 I wnil land. We have ourselves personally inspect ed a book containing certified ropii o! all these communications. It is full of interest. To give an idea of toe r.ipidity of transmis sion, we will quote th' following conversa tion between th' op- nitons, which occurred Amrust 20th. Ac 10 minutes p-wt 9 A. M., the question wai ent from Js wfoundlond : " Have vou message ?" Two minutes after came the reply : " No." At31 ininutee past9 the question was sent from Ntwfoun iiand : Wae message about Eumpa made u"-" ol ?" Seventeen minutes afterwards the in lv was received : " Yes. it was sent tor publication." Five minutes before 10 the question wab ont ; ' What weather have you?" Eight minutes after 10 the. answer was received Very fine, Youre?" and in 10 minutes the reply reached the other eide : " Mosquitoes keep hitine:. This is a funny place to live in fearfully bwampy." On September 1st tho two last despatches were transmitted over the line from Valentia. The first wu transmitted to Mr. Field to bo rad at the Cable Celebration in this City. It run as foil ws : To C. IV. Fit Id, A'tui York : Tho directors are on their way to Valentia to malic arrangements for oponii g wiro to public. They convey throujj . Cable to you and your fellow-citizens their hearty congratulations and gMid wishes, and cordially sympathize in your joyous celebration of this great international work. "Within an hour afterwurds a second des patch wus sent .- To C. IV. Field, jYftc IV : Pleaso inform American Govern ment we now in position .0 do best to forward their Government ineages to England. Tho last few words were not received at Newfoundland, and the word Joricard was the last that ever crossed the wire from Eu rope. Tho circumstance is interesting. The energy and perseverance with which this mighty enterprise is prosecuted, command admiration. Railroad Accident. Wo learn by a gen tleman from that quarter, that on Tuesday, 9th, inst., an extra train on tho Passumpsio Railroad, was run to Wells River, to carry passengers to a Circus near that place, and on its return in the evening, when about one mile north of St. Johnsbury depot, tho Engine struck a stono weighing about 200 lbs., which had been rolled on tho track, evidently with intent to throw off the train. The en cire, after moving tho stone 80 feet, was thrown off, and tho fireman had ono leg so severely injured, that amputation was neces sary, and was performed. He was other wise injured. No others were seriously hurt. The officers were in pursuit of some persona uspected. On tho Grand Trunk Railroad, last Sunday night, tho Engineer of a Train which left Island Pond about 10 o'clock, when about four miles south of tho Boundary Lino, saw light on the back ahead, and gave the signal for breaking up, and reversed his engine. -The train was stopped within 30 feet of a bridge on fire and nearly consumed, which stood about 40 feet above the water. The Nurthfield Herald says that, Mr. John C. Gault, for some time tho popular Master of Transportation on the Vermont Central R. R. has accepted a call from the Chicago and Galena Railroad. Railroad Prospects. The Chicago Dem ocrat has the following remarks on tho pros pects of tho railroads running West : The water routes will take the grain as me cneiipest means ot transportation ; and uiu agricultural community ot debtors must go th rough the disagreeable process ot paying two bushels of wheat for a debt one was to cancel when it was incurred. The railw.iv system of the "West, built upon crain at two dollars per Dusliel, has now reached a point where its most severe trials commence. The business created by building roads has sub sided, and affairs along their lines have been n stored to their wonted quiet. Most of the roads have suspended dividens, while a largo ciiiss iiuvo repuuniteu stocKs ana Donas alike. I5y economy pushed so far as to suspend nec-ee-siry repairs, many roads have paid inter est upon their mortgage bonds. Whether the majority of them can do this for the nest year is still a matter of doubt. The whole country is richer in crops than was ever known, but there underl.es the whole a mass of debts made upon tho inflated ecaleof 1856 and 1357, which requires all tho skill of the debtor to manage. Senatorial Nokisations. At the Repub lican Convention of Windham Co., held at Xewfiine, on the 9th inst., R. W. Clakf: of Brattleboro, J. C. Richardson of Westmin ister, and S. L. Hunt of Guilford, werenom inated for Senators for the year ensuing. At the Republican Convention of Cale donia Cor.vrr held at St. Johnsbury. Aug IU, rion. JfLiss . Davis of Danville, and Hon. A. G. Chadhics of St. Johnsbnry, the present Senators from that county were re- nominated as Senators for the year ensuing. Both conventions passed emphatic Repub lican resolutions. 3I1LITAHV 21ATTEUS. We had tbe pleasure of examining lat evening, one of the now sabre buyonets, just ordered by the Guards, for their company. It is of the improved pattern furnkhed to the N w York military, and a beautiful and effective arm which may be carried on tbe gun, or in a sheath at the belt, in which latter case it forms an efficient side arm. Those complete the equipment of the Guards, and armed with them they will present a soldier like and gal.ant appearance. The Age, whose editor is one of the officer of tbo Woodstock Light Infantry, say.-: "The officers' Drill of the 2d Regiment, at White Rivor Junction, last week, was well Httendf-d: and tho instructions under Onl. Jackman. the best tactician and most thorough drill officr in tho State, were, as might have been expected, just what a body llf nfTuvri, mostly in tho incipient otfl's of military education, required. hielit com t.unieu ht-longint; to th Keeiment were re presented, besides a delegation from the Nurthfield Company. It was decided to muster at Bradford, the Sth and 9th of September. Tbat Detroit Tribune story, alxut tho concealment of a young lady frjru I i- friends in a nunnery at Toledo, and I'm discovery there by her father, --ems, aft .-"II, to have much more of truth in . version of the cae, ua i Herald wonld lead im pose. The father ot ander Starr. E-.;.. . flu contrary i . iii the Toledo utUc to sup- ,u-l is J. M mtreal. Le- In a le'ter writt.'n by him to the Montreal Commercial Advertiser, Jnlv ::bth. he says that he hae "decided that the facts shall lie elicited before a tourt ofjuMice, and the con spirators (there are four) punished as their base eondiict merit. ' He &iys Inn (laugh ter ha not renounced her newly acquired Roman Catholic faith though convinced site is not destined for a convent life. She is of age, and her parents Itave no desire to have her renounce ths faith in which she now conscientiously believes. He concludes his letter to the Advertiser as follows : "Indeed, in the course of the six long weeks of mental agony and supenso. 1 havo received as much sincere and heartfelt sym pathy lrom Kotnan Catholics as irom Trot estanta, and anions whom I may name His Grace the Archbishop of X. Y., the Bishop and the Rev. Mr Perry at Montreal, and the Bishop of Quebec, and my old and valued friend, the Vicar-General Mr. Ca :eau ; besides numerous ladies and gentle men of that faith ; and to Mr. Coursol (also a Catholic) I owe much gratitude for his honest sympathy and untiring efforts, In aid ing mo to discover the place of my daugh tei 's r s treat. In your remarks thi3 morning, there is an indirect hint that the Bishop of Montreal was among those who deceived mo. I be lieve, on tho contrary, that his Lordship was himselt most egregiously deceived by otnors ; for ho took grt'at pains to discover whero my daughter was secreted, and at all hours was ready to receive my visits and to aid me to ths extentot his power. When I vented my long pent-up anger on the woman Blondin (who is tho superior of the Convent at Toledo), sho replied : -Don't blame me, Sir ; why did not Bishop Char bonnel tell you whero your daughter was he knew all about it your daughter will tell you so I acted only under the orders I received." When I aiked her from whom thoso 'orders' emanated, sho replied: --My" Ecclseiaftical Superior;' and when I demand ed wn.i her 'Ecclesiastical Superior; was. she replied: 'licillnot tell you:' bat if I had to go over tho same ground again I would act differently. Now the question is, who it the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Branch of the Gr'y Nuns of Montreal at Toledo! Ono remark more. I am finally and con scientiously convinced, that had even anoth er week elapsed without finding ray daugh ter and rescuing hor, her illness would have led her to tho grave ; and that her parents would havo dragged out a miserable exist enco in all the agony of doubt and uncer ty, forever, of the fato of their beloved child. Your obedient servant, J. Leander Starr. 18 Great St. James Street, ) 26th July, 1859.' Drcg Store for Sale. Wo call attention to the advertisement of a Drug Store for sale, in our paper of to-day. It is, undoubtedly, one of the best stands of its kind in New England, and it is not sold because its owner has not mado money in it. So good an op portunity to purchase a lucrative business .is rarely to bc.obtained, anywhere. . The Boston Book Trade Sals, which lasted a week or more, closed on. tha 10th inst. It ia spoken of as very succeaeful,- and pleasant in all reepecta. The sale amouafc-J ed to about $200,000. 7 v ; : A New E.volaxd Director". We learn that Messrs. Adams, Stuipaon & Co., of 91 Washington St., Boston, havo now in prepa ration a new New England Business D irectorv. The work will be issued next Winter. Iti intended to bo altogether the most complete thing of tho kind yet attempted, and the namo of Mr. Adams, who is the well known publisher of the Boston Directory for the last ten years, and of several State Directo ries of Maine, Now Hampshire, &c, is a guaranty for tho fulfillment of all reasonable expectations in regard to it. It is to contain tho namo and business of every business mm. in every town and village and hamlet in Neir England, with an alphabetical arrangement, ana much otner valuable information. It cannot fail, wc think, to be work of very great value to every merchant and manufac turer, and an excellent medium of advertising. Mr. Dudley, tho agent of the publishers, is now engaged in canvassing Burlington tor subscribers, nd advertisements to be in sorted in the pages of the work, and will gite our citizens full information with regard to the plans and price of the book. i-ROF. jioore s Concert. Seldom hate tho citizens of Pl.utshurgh enjoyed a richer ii cut. man was iiionl"I them at the concert Monday evening by Prof. S. C. Moorb ol Burlington agisted hv Miss GrnTBirnr K-- and the Misers Allen. We have heard but one e.t region by those that had th pleasure of beintr nresent. fund th nH v crowded) and that is of unbounded satislae tion and we think we but esnreas th u-iaW ol the lovers of music in this eommunin when we express the hope that Prof. M. Nr win again -avor lie with such Pittsburgh. Ripublicar.. visit. Wool Growing. Thev have inst hail a great ool-Grower? Convention and Fair at Cleveland Ohio. The Cleveland Leader stsOR that about two hundred eastern manufac turers were on the ground, and tbe bet feel ing prevailed in the convention. The ale amounted to 600,000 pounds. Two re markable lot- brought 72 and 73 cents pet lb., respectively. Others brought rift 1-2, 591-2, &S. 57, e. The lowest sal. of washed wool was -at 23 cents. Premium were paid on clips of which the largest num ber grade into "sup.-r," kc. Clipe of nut less than 1000 fleeces, $40, and so down to 5 for like clips of 100 fleeces. After the awards were made, a general discm-sion followi-d : Mr. Willis of Madimn county, stated tha from d.iLi from eleven counties, they had over 1 1 ,000 sheep destroyed by doj;s withh the past year, according to the returns of tbi asses-sors. In h.sown county 50 per cent, should be added to this return, which wouln make t'lrouirhout the Statf, about 175.000 sheep destloved by docs within tbjw.t j-er. Tittie, nt un'avpr.ice of 31 50 such, would bo valued at $262,500. One speaker had commenced sheep raisin- in Vermont in 1825. Ho raided Spanish. Saxun and Merino. Sheep were rnoro liur by cold rains than by snows ; for this re sun they will winter out m ermont better than in Ohio. Mr. Willis purchased 2.200 sheep two years ago. One flock of 1,000 cume from V ashington county. Pa. These were pur into a pasture o: i.ouu acres and left out all winter, not being looked to or salted more than three times during the winter. The were very poor in the fail but came out ii the sprin- fat en .ugh for mutton. He ha., tried hoth methods, of leaving them out ami housing them. From his 2,200 sheep he re alized $5,200 in eight months. Mr. Coolidge, of Boston, said : "You can not glut our eastern markets with vour wools. Raise all you can and all firades." A year ago, the returns Miowed tbat -lO.WIO.OllO lbs. were produced in this country. We ought to raise lOO.OliO.OdO li. Wo"aseand consume 80,000,000 lbs. in a year, compel ling the imi'ortatitm of nearly 50.000,000 Hw. of foreign wool which ought to lie pro dui.vd hero. We have a glorious country to live in, and I trust the day of common sens. w drawing near when congress will adop such a tariff as will boh) out liberal induce ments to the wool-growers of th" country. We of the east come to you etarving for fo "1 for our machinery. We call for more ool let it be of all grades common, m ilium, or fine and we promise vou we will furnish machinery enough to use it up. You can not glut our market-. Mr. Lddy, of tall River, ur;ed tbe wool grower to raiso fine wool. It would pay them better than eoarse. Why, there is not a drees coat worn by man or boy in the land out what waa made m iori'n wool, and n a foreign country. Every yard of broadcloth out to be made here. Xkwspaper Decision. The Supreme Court of Indian; i has made decision which ha-ai important bearing upon the interests of th newspaper press. A controversy existed, re- 1-itive 10 aohare for advertising, between th Commissioners of Hamilton county and the f atrial newspaper. It was hell by thejudc that "the published terms ot newspaper- CocEtitute a contract. If work is erven to newspaper publishers, without a special con tract contravening the published terms, th publisher can charge and receive according to the terms so published. It is not necess ary to prove what the work cost or wus worth; the publishers have a ncht to fix the vaiii- of their columns, and if 60 fixed, no otbe question neednj ask-xl, hut tho pruw tftu3 charred can be recovered." Gov. Banks at TnrS: FAiR.-It eives us pleasure to anno--" " v..-v.i...ii-r p r?.Ks, (governor ot Mussachu- setts, will dW.Ver the address before tho Ver- ..rinil It II VJ I S.irtluf ,tt Ilisfliri. mont Stat" j"-;-y u..... fl it vrl.i thi I nth rl.i,- nf Sntamh..i tOn 00 il"i',t.J miw " . . vimj v. U(.iKUlfLi .Tt. Iiorn in humblo life and reared as n mechanic, the worthy chief magistrate of a ister State is a lit representative ot tho yeo manry of our land a class of men never deficient in spinal developement. Phoenix. Tha editor of the Phoenix, Charles Cutn- mings, Esq., is tho Secretary of tbe Socioty. Thero can be, therefore, no room for doubt as to the arrangement lor the appearance of Gov. Banks, on the occasion specified. Gov. Banks is an earnest practical man, of great ability, who never speaks without deop'y in teresting those who hear him. An address from him will add greatly to tha attractive ness of the State Fair of the Vermont Agri cultural Society. Apropos of Longfellow's poem, in which sleeping Italy is pictured in tho image of Enceladus under Etna, Prentiss of tho Louis ville Journal suggests : " Longfellow may ehout and sing ' Encel adus, arise!' but thequestion is, can sho shako off the effect of the third Nap ?" The New York and Eeie Railroad has gone into tbo hands of a Receiver, Mr. Sam uel Marsh,- tho Secretary of theCorporation. Tbo Corporation owes irr bonds above $20 000,000 and a largo floating dobc Some think, that by cutting down thoetock to 10 per cent-.; and the unsecured .debt to-half its nominal value, the road -may be made to pay intents): on the $23,(300,000 or-thereabonte, .whfJita lUblUUe.w9ul4:thei .anormtto. tltieif iMblit, fttsdVitbfood mn--- b jtr The Brookville Recorder" says thai " Flour is now brought fmm France, and Potatoes from Irel.nd. to Canada, and snld m the Brockville market for les,. than they can bo purchased fur from our own farmers!" Selectiona from Puneh.A Ror. without IHOR.vs. A woman without nniK Mr. Rarev's ExniBiTioxs Entertain ment for man a d linrs II psburc This celehraterl Flmwo. whU has l itely received such a severe shakirtE. is anoiit to chancre its name, tn fHcl h been subject tn crosses and reveres bis, so much o thnt ita foundation hvn.tmel.ru so sound a it used to hthat fr"fh.. future it is to Derailed "tlio lf.M.of .MHSHpsSssre." How to Sweat Sovereigns. Thi process is dono most etiectimiW hy series oi revolu tions following elofely one upon another. A long line of sovereigns has been known to disappear in this wav very qnieklv. Th Buurbon dvn ty in Franc vanished entirely hy m ans of this proe . ami so com pier v that there is not a feat are of the hi fefti m its eenntry, excepting in some old smtiquerfaitV museum. Mm. Abaus Second Dircorasi, was if possible m re inten-st-ng ami instructini than bis arst. The relation of wkM s called "S-l et schools" to the Public scboois f thr State were clearly set forth. Tbe in due nee of two or three provision, uf tbe sehool laws, such as they were forweriy. to encourage districts to rem is-nets about their schools, rat'ier than to have them rerried on with efficiency, ami with a full attemdamm of -choLirs, and the c mtrtry ten l-mey f the uorresp itvlinr pnnriione as they n wet; the evils springing fr.ira a lo' f pttHlie m- formilion about the erhoois, and the pruvi- -uone now in force to secure it e. , were tbe chief fcpies of his remarks. T n luvg por tion of those preemt, we presume ths view) presented were to a grott esteM saw, aarf very instructive Old Psxsioxn. The following me naiaes and age of tin- Revolutionary , --uppoajd to be -stive, who are seneiusl -ihe r lis of tbo State of Virginia: Wat C'unningfiain. 95 fieorge -4es, 96; lui -1 Uicks, Sr.. over 97 ; Was. Qea-y Ji: Peter Rife, 97 ; William St-wart,!); Vluthew Seaj, 96; Henry WiUnssgjbby, 100. IktWEXurxaa Bewakk ! One of amr lri low citizens on Pearl St., Dr. Leurw, beet lis front exr opened a ght or twgn, i ni Jn t ue -'u.ien. wmcti I . Pta nade to tert reio o nnO turn tne sty) ia rneJooit A e n inner g t pureeMin ut a law f ilan, in moo j enJ cwjapxt wiinoat efts turtMog tee Iaui'iIj. Tne Oldest Sii:p. The Harque Maria sw ived at tiiis port last evening Irom a (htm years cruie in the Indian 0-stn. Sue cna 'mt a ho T.v f P mhtke, W i-alled Ibms in, f r a privateer,' during the Revolutionary war. S e w.is "oUii y William R .tch. a me Chant of X.int-irfcet. ifterwards of this City, tn the year 17S3.and n the same year ehe made a voyage tu Um Jon with a earoof oil. Her register iaaUeii . D 172, and abe in. e iiis- fjuentlv.ri her 77th year. She efaims to he the firm ship that displayed t'e Uniteil States ftueinR firitish fort a :er the RevuliitioiMrjr war, which flt i- uow in existence, thoui'b f.i ihreds. 11 r uiodel is ot old French eunrH tion. tumbling h me, or rounding very ameh in h -r top side, and ahe is. core-equemly, very narrow on deck, in proportion to her wze, 202 ton". It said there btunds to her credit .vr 200,(100 ; and from tbe eailiest fctury of this ship, she had never been any expos hy lotw to underwriters, escept once, and tbat to a very small amount. New Btt4frd Standard. "Stephen's Old Clotmcs " In a room at the G i rard College, in Philadelphia, ttkepft i lar; - ; onion of Mr. Uirani" antiqoatrtl Witttlribe, which inbiiown to visitors, sf is en. rally viewed with much intern. With this ex phn;i tion, tbe following good one," t'roui the Philadelphia AWM Amerxmm, t-t-ged to bd true, will be intder&Mjod ami appreciated . "A few days since a party of Friends, cam prising eight persona, male ami female, iimde their first vtsit to the city. They inspected the Mint. F.tirsnount Park, and other pluees, it once, uevoting the last day ol their stay to a lefeoreiy tour through tbe Girard Collo'e. The first went ovjr the "rounds. ind tii'jn i.iw the pupils, the school rooms, the dor uit ir:ia and nliiv rooms. Th--y then .isked to be s'iown -the room where Stepben'a Id clotliin ' was kept. i lietr .C-Mrs wt it. recently-engaged it-ui.ile d Mine-tie. rather resh from the sod, w h .rtsed to know how to do everything, .in' a ilnl; liecidee. Milesian female listmcd t 'e request tu he shown -Stviiben a old l..t!i.;., and njmarb- ti that nothing w,w ,y-ier. " b'ie c rid.ieied the pirty to the fourth story utthe huiiding ccupiixf y Professor Steven 3 le brnngtif teats for bar guest, an. seen spread before' them several ptir ol pants, a good deal tbo worse lor wear, a number ot vests in like condition, and '" coat-, one with a chtw nimuier m'and the other a dress coat that lad h"1 converted into a 'bob. Tho visitors handled the garments with reat veneration, expressed themselves fm'ly is to Friend Stephen's taste in personal ipparel, commented upon tho stitching of the button holes, the cut of tho unmentien ibles, and finally retired, greatly gratifisu at laving ocubrly examined 'friend Stephen's wardrobe. As they descended the stairs the jutrty passed the jen door of a sleeping r. Mini, in which Mrs. Prolsur Stevens wus tikine a siesta. Mrs. Siev. ns s.iw one, two, tnree, and finally eight pe pl -, coming diiwn thu stairs of her own piiv.ite dwclliuir. and wondered what was meant by the intrusion. Che servant girl, however, saw them to the door, received their thanks for her polit:net3 in exhibiting Stephen s wearing apparel, ana then returned to her mistress. "Who were those people, Biddy ?' asked Mrs. Stevens. " 'Mighty nice people, indada, raa'aci. Chey ro afther lookin at Mr. Stavens'a ould clothes.' Mr. Stevens's old clothes?' " 'Yis, ma'am; sure they axed to see'em," and I took'em up into the garret and showed ' em Mr. Stevens's ould hreeches and tho liko o' thim.' "Mrs. Stevens saw how matters stood, and laughed until the tears came. Tho worthy4 ' Friends, wo doubt not, will do the sumo thing when they learn that the blundering Irish girl, instead of gratifying their desire t behold the garments worn by Stephen ' Girard, had treated them to a view of Pro fessor Stevens's cast-off clothing." The Pawtucket Gazette, speaking of tho iron safety railroad car which is to be made strong enough to stand tho shock of falling over a precipice, askn how tho passengers aw to faro, and if anvprovisicn i-mado for their safety. Of course not. What an ahsurd . question. But theso continual amdenta-aro -getting to bo expensivo thin2s in tho way of -rep lira, especially on tho Western nads, and cars aro wanted that will stand tho us to which thev are subjected. They shtmld bo painted red inside so as not to show blood. Prav.jaur. " "To Stop Mouse Holes. Stop mouse holes with common hard snap,- and-;you will do it effectually Bata, roaciae; and ants will not disregard it. tt