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18 PUBLISHED AT RUTLAND, VT.,
BVKHY TUCaSOAY KOBKINS, BY
Q-EO. A. TXTTTLE & CO.
TimKB or iosoaiPTion.
Village subeorlbere, iervt by carrier
Office and mail gubwriwrs, In clubs,
Single mall Bb8oreri
B3rlfpaym,tinotniale strictly in advauce,a6
jenta-wilH"11 oases be added to these terms; but
o papf wlu ue "eal " BuDBoriDers out oi tne state
paid for, and when the subscription expires the
,aper will.be discontinued.
FRENCH & KINGSLEY,
Dealers in Hardware, Furniture, Heady-Made
r' ColliuH, Uraiu, Flour, Iron, Steel, Coal. Kaiis, Glass,
' faiutaaiiU Oils, bait, Carpets. Mirrors, &e. Near
the Depot Rutland, Vt. 52tf
COULMAN & HANGEK
MARBLE AND SLATE WORKS,
FAIRUAVEN, VT.,
HAVING removed our business to the laree, new
building lately occupied as a I'uliiup Mill, ad
joiuiug Adams & Alleu's Marble Yard, we are pre
pared to manufacture,
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES
MANIXK-riECEd, TAliLK -TOPS, &c
In every variety of style ami finish,' of the
. BEST VERMONT MARBLE.
Also, Marbleized Slate Work of all descriptions,
sue j as
MAi ILK-PIECES, TABLE AND BUREAU TOl'fc,
1JUACKE1 T SUELVES, &C.
Fairhaveu, Vt., Sept. 1H6Q. 39-6ni
FRANCIS FEMN,
Wholesale and lletaii Druggist, Main Street, Hut
laud, Vt. 34
I1ENKY F. SMITH, Al. D.,
Physician aud Surgeon, Castletou, Vt. utliceMo. 2,
Union illock. :.V; tftf
"vTBTMusrsm;TcoT
VVU lele and Uetail Dealers in Hour, fork, Butter,
Cheete, Lard, Kisli, Beans, Egas, Apples, (Dry and
(ireuii,) l eas, Sugars, Coffee, Molasses, Fluid, aud
all kiuds ol (ioods usually kpt in the trade, litl
A. F. SPENCER & CO.,
Dealers iu Keady-Made Clothing, Hats, Cape.
Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Notious, &.C., &.C. tiv.'l
l'erkui. Block, liutlauii, Vt. 2ii
Fittcxii a. i4.i.;?4i,fc; v.
Dealers iu Hardware, Furniture, Graiu, Hour, lrou.
Steel, Coal, Nails, Ul.tss, I'aiutsauJ Oils, Salt, Car
pets, Mirrors, dtc, near the depot, Hutlaud, Vt.
IMt. J. IU II A H (JKIilslKI,
Oilice Ailli itr. Cook, on Maiu Street, Hutluud, Vt.,
devotes special attention to the Treatment ol Ln-eas
ts ol the I Li rout aud Lungs. US
flEttl'OINT tk NICHOLS,
Attorneys at Law aud Solicitors in Chancer
Merchants' Kow, Uutlaud, Vt. 61 :ly
uuuaur fiicufoiNT. w.T.rii'HULS)
C. 1. GKAVKS,
Attorney at Law, Olfice No. 3 Merchants' Kow, over
tUe store of beo. Graves & Co. 0 ly
MARTIN G. EVERTS,
Attorney aud Counsellor at Law, and Solicitor
Chancery. Oilice iu theCourt House, Uutlaud, Vt
IilcTjTi EN ItT Tl I UAlX,
Attorney aud Counsellor at Law, Solicitor iu
jhauuery , Airent for i'enusiouers, Bounty Lauds, &c.
Jdice, i'l story Thrall's iilock, Uutlaud, Vt.
EDGERTON & HODGES,
Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in Chancery, otiic
tver Tierce & Stearu's (old Uuioo Store,) Kutlaud.Vt
huwm Euuuktun, 14 Silas Li. lioituss.
siiEiVi7(Ns"& SJ.ASON,
(Successors to Slieldous, Morgan & Slatou, Marbli
Ueuleis, West Uutlaud, Ver.uout. L.. Sheldon, Char
Sheldon, li. A. Sheldon, Chas. 11 Slason. 10, 1
DR. E. V. N. HARWOOD,
Lteiital .Surgeon, WuHhiugtou St., Kti'
.aud, t. All oocrutious periorined in
acare(ul,!-kiiliui It thorough uiuuuei
I). W. l'RIME,
kSur?eou Dentist, liraudon, Vt. Oflict
"at the residence of J. Kosseter, opposite
the Brandon House. 17)1
V I ARK & Li UOTHE US,
Dealers iu Watches and Jewelry, Clocks, Silvei
W are, Fancy Goods, Stc. Repairing neatly done at
ihort uotice. Agent lor the sale ol Colts and Wind
ior Kevolvers. Merchants' Fxchauge, Uutlaud, Vt
H H . :lauk A. W. Clakic, N. Claujc.
K. !H. Tli:itKIA.tI.
UN Eli and dealer iu Siieet Music, Musical Instru
meuts. Music IVsiks, ChiokeriDg's aud Boanluaii
Gray & Co.'s lianot'ortes, Ko-s Sf Morse's Melodeous.
Grover & Baker's Sewing Machiues, &c, &c.
Merchants' Kow, KutlandVt. 17tf
UK. I. It. I'lPFK,
.Nui'icul unit .TI- linuiciit Den
tist.
Odice cor. Merchant s Kow and WeM
Street., Uutlaud, Vt. 21U
W. V III Ii HARD, M. I).
:..i l t....t iv.
m'zr--s. mice ursi uoor nouiu oi ine aeiuiuary .
i'uultuey. Vt. 1-ly
DR. M . TEFFT,
Jss, Surgical and Mcoicul Duutist,
QptijBsS 1'oulluey, Vt. Uthce, one door West
'MJJ f T IF 0i J. J. Joslins' Store,
Decay removed aud Teeth tilled with Gold without
hurting the patieut. 30-ly
Katfl Soundry aud .Hachiue Shop,
Near tUe U. & B. U. it. Freight Depot.
Castings of every description. Mill aud Machinery
Work, furnished promptly aud at low prices.
Orders respectlully solicited.
BOWMAN & MANSFIELD
Uutlaud, Oct. 13, 1659. 42
VvrCliE!1 and JKWKI.KV.
CLAHK & BROTHERS
UAVE just received another new aud still larger
Stock oi Watches of ail kinds; beautiful pat
terns of jewelry ; Silver Spoons and Forks; Silvei
Plated Ware, Spectacles, Clocks, Colt's Revolvers.
Fishing Tackle, Uitles, Shot Guns, and Fancy Good?
ol every description. All bought for cash, and will
be sold lower than can be bought in Boston or New
Vork.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry aud Spectacles neatly
repaired, as usual.
H. U. OLA UK. A. W. CLARK. N. CLARE.
20 Merchant's Exchange, Kutlaud.Vt.
PETER C. JONESi
WHOLESALE AND it ETA 1 L
l'APK R W A R E II O USE,
No. Water, Cor. of Devonshire St., Hoston
has constantly on hand and for sale a large assort
ment oi all kinds of
V A PER.
Book. News, Manilla and Press l'aper, manufactured
to order at short notice, Ageut for Smith & l'KTKtta.
Enameled Curds and Card sheets. 16
CARPETS, OIL CLOTH & Ul'HOLSTERY
Marblb Hall, 472 Broadway, Albany.
J. VAN G A A S B E E Iv & CO.,
importers, Manufacturers, and Dealers in Carpels,
Oil Cloths, Window tHutdts, Curiam Materials and
Trimmings, Mattrasses, Bedding. Churck Cushions, and
Upnolstery Hoods of every kind, Wholesale aud Ketail,
late J ohn VaiiGaasbeek.CityCarpet Stare,34G reeu-st )
J VAM UAAttBKKK. il ly H- It. WATSON.
(!iqa A YEAR MADEliY ANY
J lVJvJ one with $10 Stencil Tools. Silvei
Uedal awarded. Samples free. Address
7:ly A. J. FULLAM, Springfield, Vt.
c1ZriTo
MAMUACTDRKR8 0
TAPER AND BOOKS,
VUBLISUEHS, rRISTEKS AND BINDERS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers iu Books and Station
ery, aud i'urchasera of all kinds of i'aper Stock.
CJareuiOUt, N. U. 9-ly
C! . CABPENTKIi
nA8 got "The Tea," and is determined to make
his Irieuds believe it, and only asks them to try
it, aud they will believe it has just received a splen
did assortment of choice and selected Green and
Black Teas, aud especially B superior grade of Black,
or Ooioug Teas, free from impurities, or artificial
coloring.
Also, a good assortment of Sugars and
FAMII.V JKOCIiKIKW,
Amougtheiu some ol the very choicest Gulden and
Sugar House Syrup, aud Buck Wheat Flour to ac
company it.
And also, a large assortment of
"Christmas Toys!
To increase the joys!
Oi all happy girls and boys."
(Cash will buy any ol the above-named articles.
J? D D Y & K N 1 G II I ,
.J Wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of
FRESH FISH,
Such as Halibut, Salmon, Blue Fish, Mackerel, iiake
Cod, Haddock, Flouuders, &c , &c.
Also, all kinds of SALT FISH, consisting in part
oi salmon, cou r isu, Mackerel, bite f isti. tierriug,
Pike and Halibut: besides Tripe, Pigs Feet, Oysters.
Butter, Cheese. Hirers. Poultry. Potatoes, anil Vexet-
mIiIm of all kluilH. Caudv. 'Tobacco aud Cisrars. to-
..thr ttith minv other things which we need not
rn.,,t,ii. but which mav be found on calling at our
sin tha Uaseuieut of the building kuown as
S-IjKT'S OLD STOKE," beiug the tirst north tle
Court House, Main Street. .
liEOKGE EDDV, SILAS KNIGHT
itutland, Nov. 14,13(30. 4t-tf
7 J. FARR'S QUADRILLE liA.ND,
BKANUO.Vl. V'Ousisuug oi
1st AND 2nd VIOLIN,
' CLA1UONET,
COKNET aud
BASS
"eg nans, c.
Music furnished tot t art.. Allkk, Brandon,
Address, F. J.F'ARB, or W..
Vermont 48-8w
Nov. 26. 1860.
T. M T G II S
-Gentlemen of Rutland
t Countvandviciuitv. I would Say to you one
I'aUUIAGE AND SLEIGH BUSINESS
la etill earried on at the stand iortnerly occupied by
A. ft J- D. Morse, in East Foultuey, where you
will Hud a nice assortment of
DOUBLE AND SINGLE SLEIGHS,
Improved upon last years' in style, nnish and dura
bilTty, which are offered low. MoR8.
V. 8. F. A. ft J- D. Morse, Ageuta. .
East Pouitney, Dec. 18, 1800. 514
WILCOX & GIBBS' SEWING MA
CHLNB. Wliat other gay piit. " It is in
deed a wonderful production, and lor iamily ase es
pecially, no othtrnutchim mil btar any campanscm mth
!,"-4Pulla. Evening Journal.
Almechauical wonder." Sckntillo American.
fef.Uj.by J.B.BABNE3.
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VOLUME 67.
PAUL HEVERE'S RIDE.
The stirring poem which follows is irom the At
lautio Monthly for Jauuarv. It is lrom the nen of
Trof. Longfellow.
Listen mv children, and vou shall hear
Of the midniibt ride of Paul Revere.
On the eighteenth of April, in seventy five;
iiiuuiy a mail is nowanve
Who remembers that famous day and year.
He said to his friend," If the British march
tsy tana or sea irom tne town to-night.
Of the North Church ln vr uiul
itHiiv i i ,! r r r, nn it, cim i.aiin .
One if by laud and two if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore wili be,
rveauy u nue anu spreaa tne alarm
J'tirOUffh ei'rV MiHrilvafV A rtif (arm
For the couutry-folks to be up arrtTarm."
Then he raid nood night and with muffled oar
5ilentl v rowed to the Chflrlpfltnwti bIwipa
Just an the moon riM nr tl,M hai. '
Where twinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war:
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon, like a prison bar,
A huge, black hulk, that was maguiUed
By its own reflection iu the tide.
Meanwhile his friend, through alley and street,
Wanders aud watches with eager ears
Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack-door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet.
And the measured trfiad of the grauadierg
Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Then be climbed to the tower of the church,
L'p the woodeu stairs, with stealthy tread,
To the belfry chamber overhead,
Aod started" the pigeons from their perch
tin tne somber rafter, that round him made
Masses and moving shnpeg of shade,
l'p the light ladder, slender ancHall,
To the highest window in the wall.
Where he paused to listen and look down
A moment on the roofs of the town,
And the moonlight flowing over all.
Beneath, in the c lurcliynrd, lay the dead
I ;i their night encampment on the lull.
Wrapped in silence so dep and still.
That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread,
I he watchful night-w ind, as it went
'reeping along from ti nt to tent,
And seeming to whisper, " All is well'''
A moment only he feels the spell
it the place and the hour, the secret dread
f the lonely belfry and the dead ;
. Fur suddenly all his thoa;tirs are Lent
iu a shadowy something far away,
Where the river wi.leus to meet the bay.
A line of bluck, that bends and tlo&ts
(in the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted aud spurred, with a heavy stride,
on the opposite shore walked Paul Revere,
Now he patted his horse's aide,
Now eaed on the landscape far and near,
Then impetuous stamped the earth.
And turned aud tightened his saddle girth ;
But mostly he watched with eager search
The belfry tower of the old North Church,
As it rose, above the graves on the hill,
l.cnely, and spectral, and sombre, and still.
And lo' as he looks, ou the belfry's height,
A litninr, aud then a gleam of light '
He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,
ISut lingers aud gaes, till full on his sight
A second lamp iutl.e belfry burns!
A hurry of hoofs iu a village street,
A hape iu the moonlight, a bulk iu the dark,
And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark.
Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and flees;
That was all: And yet through the gloom aud the
light,
I he fate of a natiou was riding that night;
Aud the sparks struck out by that steed in his flight,
K iudled the laud into flame with its heat.
It was twelve by the village alock,
When he crossed the bridge into Me J lord town,
He heard the crowing of the cock,
Aud the barkiug of the farmer's dog,
Aud felt the damn of the river fog,
That rises when the sun goes down.
It was one by the village clock
When he rede into Lexington,
He saw the gilded weathercock
.Swini in the moonlight as he passed.
And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare.
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.
It was two by the village clock.
When he caine to the bridge iu Concord towu,
He heard the bleating of the flock,
And the twittering of hirds among the trees,
And felt the breath of the morning breee
Blowing over the meadows brown,
And one was safe aud asleep in his bed
Who at the bridge would be first to tall,
Pierced by a British musket ball.
You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British regulars fired and fled,--How
the farmers gave them ball tor ball,
Krom behind each fence aud farmyard wall.
Dhasingthe red-coats dowh the lam .
then crossing the ti' Id to emerge aain
Underthe f ees at the turn of the road,
Aud ouly pausing to lire and load.
So through the night rode Paul Revere,
Aud so through the night went his cry ol alarm
To every Middlesex village and larm,
A cry of defiance, aud not ol fear.
A voice in the darkurss, a knock at the door,
Aud a word that shall echo forevenuore !
For borne on the night-wind of the pt,
Through all our history, tothe last,
In the hour of darkness, and peril, aol need,
The people will waken aud listen to hear,
fhe hu rying hoof-beat of that steed,
And the midnight message ot Paul Revere.
The Devil's Caxox in California.
Rev. T. Starr King, the noted Unita
rian clergyman who went from Boston a
year ago to take charge of a c ngregation
in San Francisco, gives in a letter to the
Boston Transcript the following descrip
tion of the Geysers of California, in a ra
vine called the Devil's Canon : The Gey
sers boiling springs are situated in a
ravine called, not inappropriately, ' The
Devil's Canon" pronounced Kanyon
which is a vast trench, a quarter of a mile
long, cut out of another large ravine nearly
fifteen hundred feet deep. We hurried
by manyr of the lesser wonders in order to
reach the great steamboat spring on the
right hand wall of the canon. This is the
spout whose loud wheezing we heard,
nearly a mile off, while descending into the
larger ravine on horseback. Around it
is a huge pile of slags and frightful clink
ers, over which rises the continual roar of
escaping steam from an orifice two feet in
diameter, and imputations precisely like
those of a huge engine hard at work.
Each beat sends the vapor up visibly to a
hundred feet ; but in the early morning,
when the air was cool, I saw a column five
hundred feet high, and widened to a cloud
above, belched from the strange boiler that
relieves its wrath through the mountain
side. Often, a little after sunrise, too, a
rainbow can be seen on the steam cloud,
spanning the whole length of the awful
trench with hues. To describe all the
strange substances and gases that lie along
the floor, or issue from the crevices of the
canon, would overload your columns and
repel your readers. How a chemist would
revel in noxious and mephitic vapors that
puff or whistle out of the leached, hot
walls ! Here he would turn up a patch
of brown, crumbly soil, and find a clay
that looks like blue vitrpl ; nearly under
a shelving ledge is a brisk, bubbling pool,
overhung with verdigris incrustings; a few
feet off spirts a beaded jet of hot water,
which sheds a dismal brown casting over
the surrounding earth; a little way farther
still, is a spring that looks like pure hot
ink; then we discover a rock of alum that
weighs two or three hundred pounds; then
a small fountain of epsom salts ; not far
off, again, a basin apparently of boiling
soap suds ; then iron springs, white, red,
and black sulphur springs ; and soon a
foul Stygian sluice, close to the wall from
which a steam exhales that covers the
overhanging: earth with a slimy deiiosit
which eats your clothes j if you touch it,
it bites vou as ravenously as aqua lorus.
Whether the orisriri of the heats and va-
dots is volcanic, or simply chemical, is not
w;del vet. I believe, bv the scientific
gentlemen who have visited the ravine.
After leaving the canon we tried a bath in
thfl Ilolam, which is conducted at blood
heat to a bathhouse an eighth of a mile
distant. It was . refreshing, as a bath
ouht to be when the water is medicated
with every kind of drug and vajxjr that
separately is accounted serviceable to the
human frame. One ablution in such a
tide ought to sava a man from the possi
bility of rheumatism for life. And more
o-rateful than the bath was the breathing
of pure air, aud the sight of healthf ul
bloom after two hours' rambling over the
hot ashes and through the Tartarean
streams.
RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC.
REMARKS OF
I Hon. SOLOMON FOOT,
OF VERMONT,
On the Hill for the Construction of a
Pacific Railroad, delivered in the U. S.
Senate Jan. 5th, 1861 :
Mr. Foot. Mr. President, I shall vote
for the substitute which has just been of
fered by the Senator from Minnesota. I
regard that as more fair, more equitable,
more just tj all sections of the country,
than the bill of the House. I will say
further, however, that if the substitute
fails, as at present advised I shall vote for
the House bill. I am now, as I always
have been, in favor of a Pacific railroad.
I have unformly voted for bills for that
purpose, in whatever form they have been
presented to us. I regard the connection
of the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts by
direct railway communication across our
own Territories, as demanded alike by the
interests of commerce, by the necessities
0f our postal intercommunication, and by
fhe necessities of our national defense;
and above all, such a connection would
furnish, in mv iudsment, a strons, and. I
trust, an enduring and indissoluble bond
of union between the Atlantic and Pacific
sections of the country.
Entertaining these views, sir, I am pre
p:irvd, as I ever have been, to vote for al
most any bill which shall give us such a
i-oimection, whether it provide for one
mad, or for two roads, or for three roads,
:i;iil, as I trust, without a too pertinacious
I'l-gard as fa any particular line or latitude
ut its loi-alion. 1 say, let us, at all events,
have a railway connection between the
valley of thvi Mississippi and the coast of
the Pacific, sonewftere, and within the
limits of our own territories. While I
prefer, and shall vote for, the bill of the
honorable Senator from Minnesota, if (hat
fails I shall still vote for the original
House bill. I prefer that to non at all
In mv opinion, the question with us is be
tween one of these bills, as it stands, with
out itiiK-iiihiieiit or modification in its de
tails, and no bill at all for a Pacific rail
road.
I will say to the friends of a Pacific
railroad, if we begin with projxjs,itions of
amendment in respect to the details of the
bill, whether in regard to the termini of
the road, in restiect to the line or lines of
its -direction, in resoeet to the amount of
lands or the amount of bonds appropriated,
Arc, thens will be no reasonable limit to
these propositions, and we shall run
into an interminable debate, and the
bill will be sacrificed and lost, as it was
two years ago ; not because the House of
Kepresentatives may not concur in our
amendments, but because we shall not ter
minate discussion here during the session.
hile there is an undoubted majority of
the members oi this body in favor of some
hill for a Pacific railroad, it is not to be
supjiosed that a majority, or even any six
members of the body, would be found to
jijri ec that every provision, every minutia,
every detail of any bill whatever that could
be presented to us, was the best that could
Hssibly be devised. We must yield
something of our opinions and our prefer
ence in regard to these minor questions of
detail, for the sake of the great measure
itself, or your bill is lost altogether. If
we begin to amend in this particular, so
that the bill in all respects shall conform
to our own individual, personal opinions
and preferences, there will be no end to
amendments, but there will be an eud to
your bill.
I repeat, then, again, that the question
w ith us is, between one of these bills as it
is, and nothing; or, in other words, wheth
er we will take one of these bills as it is,
or have no bill at all. Both of these bills,
I believe, have been very well considered;
their provisions are plain and easily un
derstood, and, I doubt not, well understood
by everybody who desires to understand
theul. The general question of a Pacific
railroad, as presented to us in bills at dif
ferent times, and presented in various
forms, has been debated at length here, at
successive sessions for the last ten years.
The whole subject, in all its variety of
forms and plans, is well understood, I be
lieve, by all of us, and by the country. I
trust, then, that we may come to ah early
and a direct vote, first, upon the substitute
offered by the Senator from Minnesota,
and, if that fails, upon the original bill of
the House, as it stands. If neither of
these bills, in thef? present form, can com
mand the vote of a majority of this body,
I have no expectation and no hope that
any other bill, in any other form, can do
so.
In these suggestions, I address myself
particularly to the friends of a Pacific
railroad. The opponents of such a meas
ure, in any form whatever, will, of course,
if they please, avail themselves of the or
dinary means of legitimate and parlia
mentary tactics to defeat it. Of this we
have no right to complain. But, sir, I
trust, without offense, I may be allowed to
express the hope that the friends of this
important measure will not defeat it, oitlier
by proposing a series of amendments, or
what is worst of all, by debating it to
the death. I promise them, at all events,
that I will not set the example.
Gaf.ta. Gaeta, the only spot left to
Francis II., in his hereditary kingdom, is
a very strongly fortified place and will
give its besiegers no little trouble before
they can secure it. It stands on a rocky
headland on the coast of the Mediterra
nean Sea. Including its suburbs, it may
contain some fifteen thousand inhabitants.
Its works are irregular, owing to tha na
ture of the locality, but what they want in
the regularity of art they make up in
strength. On the land side, the narrow
approach is closed by strong batteries.
The fortifications rise one above the other
on terraces ; and a fort commands the har
bor. Gaeta was besieged by the French
in 1800, and by the AustriaTis in 1815.
Its strength will enable the person who
holds it, if he has troops enough, to pro
tect the triangular district lying between
San Germano, Capula, and this point.
The whole Neapolitan kingdom of Fran
cis, is narrowed down to this triangle and
this will not probably hold out long against
the Piedmontese forces. San Germano
find Capula are each about ten leagues
from Gaeta. The former is a strong place
The French fleet commands the harbor,
and will prevent any assistance to the be
siegers on that side.' They have taken
this position, undoubtedly, to allow Frau
ds a way of escape, as that would not
commit 'Louis "Napoleon, in the eyes of
monarchical Europe, as an encourager of
revolution. "'
RUTLAND, VT., THURSDAY
From the Vt. Watchman and State Journal.
THE OLD FRENCH ROAD FROM
OLD CROWN POINT FORT TO
CHARLESTON, N. II.
Mrc. Editor : I have thought it might
interest some of your readers to s-e some
account of the old French track or road
from old Crownpoint Fort to No. Four
(now Charleston, N. II.,) previous to the
peace between England and France in
17G3. My attention was called to this
subject by Mr. Ilagar, the State Geolo
gist, calling on me to inform him where it
was. I said to him I had a general know
ledge of the route, but could not answer
the direct question. He then said he must
give up the finding it on the west side of
the mountain ; he could trace, the road to
Mount Holly and no further. He then
told the object of the enquiry, which was
that a new State Map was in pogress, and
he wanted to have the track of the Old
French road appear on it aero, s the State
from the two points named. And it exci
ted my mind at once, for the following
reason: My father, Elian Hall, then 3
New Cheshire, New Haven County, Con
necticut, enlisted into. the army of Lord
Amherst at Hartford, and the Colonel's
name was Whiting. And I have heard him
tell of being so small he was fearful of not
being received or mustered, ami he on
to a stone to show himself ianjer. That
he was at the south end of Lake George,
and saw the sixteen thousand that hUiorv
mentions all move at once towards their
destination, the capture of Tioon-Ieroga
and Crownpoint. That beluie tle-y g,t
through the lake, he, with others, staid
one night on an island, (probably now
called Prisoners' Island,) and the " woods
seemed all alive with the howling wo!ve,
and that a young soldier alui six feet
I'm, I think by the name of Merriam,
manifested much fear, and at length lx
hood out loud, ami said, "We shall all be
eat up by them tarnaf wolves." And he
told him to save hi gun and bayonet, a
there were Indians in tin woods.
The army landed at what has since been
called Amherst Landing, ju-t east of the
outlet of the lake, Lord Howe's Landing
being in the rear near a mile, and where
tha steamboats stop now. The next I re
collect he was at Crowiioint, and acted
Sasergcant, ami was on fatigue duty some
of the time in digging the big well in the
north-east angle of the fi.it. From achild
I have heard him tell of hi services in
';!), as he called if, and some .laces on
Lake George and Champlain. He .-poke
of the old French Burying-ground wes
terly from the fort and next to Bulwav
Bay. From these accounts I took an in
terest, and when nineteen years old went
to look over my father's ancient scenes.
The first I ..hall notice, whicn is a histori
cal fact I have not seen elsewhere, a mile
or more south of what was called the gar
rison ground, (five or six hundred acre-.)
was a second growth of timber, and tin
land had been cultivated iu the manner
the French do their seigniory land, and
there was what appeared like corn or po
tato hills in perfect row-, running east and
west.
In what was called the French liurviii
Ground, I saw one latish appearing gnue
stone, in a leaning po-ition, with the fig
ures 17l!0 on it ; and I think this wa tic
place the lir.-t old settler-, of what is now
the town of Addison, used for the dead.
The old French settlement, extending
perhaps five miles on the ea-t side of the
lake from Chimney Point, was entirely
abandoned between 1 7GU and 1 7 C-'i ; and
Several of the hardy and enterpri-ing far
mers who removed fiom Connecticut and
Massachusetts took possession of well im
proved farms, and I am inclined to think
that place was the first settled in Vermont ;
and I am confirmed in this opinion lv
a Mrs. Sarah Markham. a daughter of
Benjamin Kellogg, who was among those
who came there first.
Clown Point Fort and Chimnev Point
beinj; only half a mile anart.the )11 French
lioad started at the latter jxiint to cross
what is now Vermont and across the
mountain. My father. late in the fall of
17o!, was taken with the rheumatism, and
had permission from Lord Amherst to re
turn home, and went iu the Old French
Road, before there was a familv in this
section of the country, except what I have
named, and he is the only individual I ever
knew that walked it. The first night on
his way he stopped at Camp Stony Sin imj,
now in the eastern part of the town of
Shoreham, and six miles west of Whiting
tiepot, and ten miles south-westerly of Mid
dlebury. I have forwarded to Mr. Bissell,
who owns the farm where the spring is, a
monument to be placed there to mark one
spot on the Old French Road, and desig
nate one spot where my deceased parVnt
rested his we;-ry limbs in the wilderness
one hundred and eleven years since; lnd
have suggested two other places to mark
the road of some importance to history,
from Lake Champlain to Connecticut
River. I understand and believe Mr.
Ilagar, the Assistant State Geologist, fol
lowed the information I communicated to
him soon after his application, and it ap
pears on the new map, as desired. There
i m l.juit tliut SItockade Tort
was on the track ; it then went south three
or four miles, turned southeasterly from
the place where old Capt. J. Fassctt lived,
and by where E. Drury, J. Warner and
A. Ladd lived in Pittsfbrd ; in Rutland by
where Jo Keeler lived more than seventy
years since, by hetli Keeler s to (lie old
Major Cheney place, and then south to
Rutland Union Store, near which are
marks of the Rutland fort ; then it went
south over four miles, turning easterly
passed the Bowman place and tothe north
of Crary's Mills, then east tothe road go
ing to Shrewsbury Center, to where a Mr
White lived eighty years since, from there
to the twenty-mile camp, three miles from
the old DuTton tavern Stand, aud thence
to No. Four Cknow not). The brave and
celebrated Major Rcgers, after incredible
sufferings and hardships, with what men
were not starved on his return, after the
destruction of the St. Francis Indians, re
turned in this road to . Crown Point in
1759 and I am at a loss to conjecture a
more hazardous and successful expedition
on record, ELIAS HALL.
Rutland, Dec. 17, I860.
Preservation of Cut Flowers
A French Provincial paper states that
cut
flowers may be kept fresh for a long time
by the introduction of a spoonful of pow
dered charcoal into the water contained in
the vessel in which they are placed. Nei
ther the charcoal nor the water requires
renewal, the latter remaining limpid.
To Remove Ink Staixs. Stretch the
part affected over a bowl of boiling water,
and rub lemon juice upon it.
MORNING, JANUARY
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH i AS
REFLECTED FROM PR1VAT1
SOURCES.
A gentleman recently from Charleston
and who has resided there for scvera
.1 1 . i mr .
years, says me people at tne iortn can
form no idea of the excitement which ex
ists in that ity. He believes that the
ieople are as much insane as most of those
who are in our mad houses, and nothing
but a sound drubbing will dispel their i
nisioiLs. liiey have the most exaggera
ted notions of their jown strength and iui
ortance; and the most ridiculous ideas of
Northern dependence upon their counte
nance aud favor. 1 hey acknowledge th
business . stagnation in their own city, but
seem to take a patriotic pride iu their e
miliary sufferings, believing that the dis
tress and destitution fit the North is ten
fold greater. It is fhe universal belit
that the danger of bread riots in the Jar"
cities of the North is imminent that the
manufactories are all Mopped and that
the operatives are starving. They ex
press a treat deal of sympathy fcr our
poor, liuti say they have no! tody to blami
but themselves for their abject condition
1 hey laugh to scorn the idea of coercion
on the Jtart of the general government
and say tthe fir?t blow stru k will be th
signal fir a civil war at the North, in
which tin- Democratic and Bell-Everett
parties Will throttle the Republicans and
insist licit the iTidependence of the slav
States shall be acknowledged.
It short, like the fly on the chariot whe
tln v ,,.!i!ain the most exaggerated ideas
of theirl own imjiortance and ower.
1 hese ideas are fanned by the leaders of
the mob-f-lor the control is virtually in tin
hand- of! the molt and whatever can 1.
gleam d fi'oin Northern papers to strengtl
en the delusion js diligently circulated
As theirjown papers do not -how the lu
mess stagnation and the destitution whit I
exists m!( haile-ton, they imagine that the
Aortheiri pre-s is also prud niiallv silent
upon thf social and hit-mess condition of
the Freii States. They are expeeiing ev
ery day that the North will come down on
its kueesj to South Carolina and bhe
to remaiii in the I. mon.
I low tjhc delusion of the citizens of tin
Palmetti State is to !- bani-hel cannot
now he anticipated, though time and th
thickening dangers altout them will prob
ably .-olve the problem.
1 lie following is si private letter tioin
New Orleans to u gentleman in Boston
Tin; w rih r. it will be seen, is completely
imbued ijMlh Southern ideas, but we give
the lettfr as written, without attempting
to contrifvcrt iu erroneous assumptions:
Nkw Oiiixtx., Dec. :., sf;o.
.i .
.s in country is pa-t saving, you may
ju-t as Well spend your time in writing in"
a longer letter next time. l ou ask for
some acctuuut of the state of things. Tin
South are all mad. The immediat
cfs-ioiii-ts see no help but in following
South Ciiolina's hasty steps. The l"i
ion sece-.iuni-tr. are still for going out
the I'nidn, but doing it in a body ; tin
say the North make no offers, and will do
nothing fjo conciliate ; and when they look
at the mini that iJ t I'.vernor of Massachu
sett-, and -ee Wendell Phillips still so ac
me, the.- care lutli- who is Mavorof Bos
ton in fact they are drteriniiied to en.
this matter of aggression f rom the North
It i- a -ad state ot things.
1 enclosed a piece cut out ot one ot our
papers. the account given bv an Aboli
tionist fiiiin Chicago of the -talc ot' things
in ew iin-an-. tins man was Known
to be what he ha- oroved to be. and an
intimate friend ot ours prevented the ig-
ilauce (.
Ommiitee lrom I'l-iiuc-iing him l
leave toivn. In order to accomplish hi
bllsini
he professed to have changed his
politic-
and be for the South ; he got-
home and puts these falsehoods about .New
Orleans iu the Chicago papers ; and it will
not be well tor him to come out here soon
again. -1 know of two instances of small
steainboats stopping, one on a Misi-ippi
plantation, and oin-on Red River, oteni
lily to bury Ihcir dead, (as is th.- custom,)
and one ol the iiegrties who was aked to
assist said. ".Master, that was the heaviest
collin I ever .-aw." This can-ed suspicion.
and on digging il up, it was (bund to con
tain arms ; of course this causes great in
dignatloii 1 lie only I'e.iill that the -oo-litioiiists
will be sure to cause, is the dim
inished freedom 4,f the slaves, and fin
opening of the African slave trade, whicl
never could lie done while the North and
South were united There seems to lie !
growing feeling that af ter secession ha
taken place; a re-union will be made with
the Y est and New lork, and they hop
New England will not be with them ; :cil
this is no passing fancy ; they have no faith
that New England can agree with them
La.-t evening the Marsellaise Hymn was
sung at the Opera. Hail Columbia was
stopped, and the American flag was taken
down. In fact, we are in a state of open
rebellion and war. Of course then; is
much fanaticism, but there is but one voice
for disunion, not because they want to be
separated, but because they see no other
chance. There is a large party here, w ho
are trying to keep the question open a
w hile longer, hoping there may be decided
tit.tion in ihe North, but they are not san
guine. I here is not the slightest doubt
that there is constant tampering, by whin
persons, with the slaves, and promises of
f reedom i.ud money if they will runaway
We know of many instances where they
have told their mistresses of the fact, and
it makes all parties very uncomfortable
I think our Republican friends and rela
tions had better look altout near home and
sec if they cannot find sins and sinners
nearer to them, upon whom they can ex
pend their energies, for they are surely
working no good here.
CoMi-osr fo Strawberries. The
Southern Cultivator says an excellent
compost for an acre of ground may be
made by mingling sixty buushels of leaf
mould from the woods, twenty bushels of
leached ashes, five bushels of lime, and
three or four quarts of salt. Mix thor-
OUlrhiy, let it fciauu i" n.iwv. u;o,
scatter broadcast and plow in.
The greatest pleasure of life is love, the
greatesttreasure contentment ; the great
est possession health ; the greatest ease
sleep, aud the best medicine a true friend.
If a man has a right to be proud of any
thing it is a good action, done as it ought
to be, without any ease-interest lurking at
the bottom of it.
Constant occupation prevents tempta
tion, and begets contentment, and content
is the true philosopher's stone.
It is only through woe that we are
tm.-rht to reflect, and we catherthe honey
of worldly wisdom not from flowers but
thorns.
17, 1861.
THE FAIR TAMBOUEINHT.
With leet half naked and bare,
Aud dress all tattered and torn,
With a penny bare and a mockery there
And floods of derision and acorn.
She wande-s the Meet wherever her feet,
Weary and willing are borne.
With an eye as bright and a eheek a fair
Ai.ihe earliest blush of the morn.
Wanderiug up and down,
Aud driven lrom door to dour,
A jest for every idle clown
And a butt tur every boor;
While th velvet slippered, iu satin and lace.
Go rustling by her side,
With a lroeu heart and a curtained lace
Aud lip curled into pride.
So beautiful, yet so frail.
Ho wiiiing, aud yet so weak,
O what il the heart should tail,
And a heavenly purpose break!
Aud the dens aud kenuels and brothels ut Hell
Another pour victim hold
A eeleatiil (park be quenched iu the dark,
Aud an augei bartered lor gold!
Nowuuder (he hetrt should fail,
Aud a heaveuljr purpose fade,
T he eye grow dim aud the chxek gruw pale
When none stand ready to aid'
No wouder tlie lairs aud the cradles of Hell
So many pour victims should bold,
Wheu the goud are content to wor.lup their Co J
Aud the rich to worship their gold.
M,
ve natwutly ou. O, Earth:
I ill Mercy's wandering drove.
Shall fly tu the realm of its birtli,
Aud rest in the bu-otu ut Love;
Move patiently ou till the crucined Christ
shall irather ln radiant crown
From the lowly flowers and bleeding hearU
lhatthe wurld has trampled down.
TURKEY IN 130 AND listfu.
The f i'lowing extracts from a letter of
the Rev. Dr. Dwight, of Constantinople,
will show the great difference between tin?
state of things iu Turkey w hen Mr. Dw ight
hist went out, and it- condition a lew
months ago. Dr. Dwight says :
When the Rev. Eli Smith and I landed
iu Smyrna in the Spring of !:", there
was not a solitary missionary of the Amer
ican Itoard in the whole luikjshaud Per
sian empires ! There had !--n u mis
sion at Beirut iu Syria; but the political
state of the country, after the battle of Na
varino, had compelled the three mission
aries who were there to flee ; and not a
-olitary missionary of the Hoard was then
to le found throttgrnjut the whole length
and breadth of these lands. Now, there
are one hundred and liftv-otie male and
female missionaries from America ; and,
connected with them, a large force of cx
cellent native preachers ard other Ldp-
ers !
Then, out of Beirut, there was not a na
tive Protestant to ! found, and no native
Protetant Church had ever been organ
i.ed iu Turkey. Now, there nmt forty -one
Mich Churches scattered over fhe empire,
and Prote.-tant worship is held every Sab
bath' iu more than a hundred different
places .
Then, there was scarcely a lok to be
iourii in me sitoKeu language oi i.'ie peo
ple. The only one that 1 can now remem
ber was a translation of liobijisou Crusoe,
published forty years ago, in Venice.
Now, we have the whole bible the Old
and New Testament translate! under
the sux-riiiteudeiice of Dr. Riggs, into a
simple style, intelligible to all, and yet so
perfectly pure and idiomatic, that it is fa.t
tecommg the rule and standard ol language
a. well as oi laith, to ail the Arowiiau
race also a library of choice -Cltrisfian
cla--ic.s.
Then, the only place in Constantinople
wh-re the Bible could be bought wa in
t dark room, in an obscure corner of a
miserable khan, which wa opened once
a week for siieh as, by previous apisoint-
mnt, might wi-h to come secretly to pro
cure a copy. .Now, we liave a great cen
tral Bible and religious bookstore, and in
one ot the most public business streets of
the city proper, in one of the largest stores
to be found in the place a stone j-true-ture.
three stories high which is almost
literally crammed with books, and from
which boxes are continually being sent
forth to every part of the empire. We
have, besides, a sales-room in Peru, in a
public thoroughfare, whence the local de-
nand of that part ot the city is supplied.
And in addition to all this, we have col
porteurs daily going altoul the streets, sel-
ing, in the most public way, the Scrip
tures and religious Ixtoks, in the fifteen
tr twenty different languages sjtoken
icre.
Then, if an Armenian, or a Creek, or a
Roman Catholic, hail openly avowed his
belief in Protestant doctrines, we would
instantly have been imprisoned and ban
ished ; and if a Meliomiuedan had done
t,i ii
so. lie would nave been at once ueneadeu.
Now, Protestauts are as much protected
by the law as Christians of any other class ;
and Turks are publicly baptised, and do
not hesitate openly to avow themselves
to be Christians, and yet no one molests
them:
Selfishness. Selfishness Ls not only
the meanest of vices indeed the pa rent
of all manner of sin and wickedness -but
il is also the greatest of blunders. As it
is " more blesed to give than to receive,"
he who gives nothing defrauds himself no
less than his fellows. The man who i
spends his life in doing good to his race, is
never an unhappy man ; while he who
levotes all his time and ingenuity to make
himself comfortable, is often the most mis
erable ot beings. liesldes.
fhe wretch uuueeutrated all in (elf,
Lining, shall forfeit fair reuown
A ud. doubly dying shall g down
To the vile dust frum whence he sprung
Uuwept, uuhouored aud unsung "
Peciliakities OK THE RfBV. Tho
the true ruby is one of the must valuable
and beautiful of the precious stones, there
are a variety of minerals frequently class-
ed under this name which differ essea-
tially in their erf. .racterisfics. The Ori
ental ruby is, in fact, a red variety of taW
sapi hire. Wheu perfect, its color i a
cochineal read, presenting a richness ot
hue the most exquisite and unrivaled ; it
is however, generally more or less pale,'
and often mixed with blue hence it oc
curs rose red, peach blossom red, and lilac
blue, iassin7 into the amelhvst. It
harder than any other mineral except the
diamond.
William II. Weeks, of Sacramento, one
of the electors chosen in California, is
man of immense abdominal jtondersoity.
ie tells a good story about himself in con
nection with his canvass ot the Btate.
After toiling on a slow motioned mule up
and down the difficult mountain road, he
topped, weary and thirsty, at the cabin of
Uumese miner. John gave uim a arm
of water. While resting his corporahty
aud wishing to be sociable with his host
he remarked in the best Chinese he could
muster 44 Velly bad roods, John, too
niuehee uppee and too ruuehee downee,
and too muchee 8teete." John cast an
amazed glance out of his almond eyes, at
the exterior ot his guest s digestive ap
paratus, and bringing the finger points of
his two hands together, with his arms
forming a capacious circle in his front, he
soberly replied M Too muchee guttee !"
Weeka left.
, . iHMMMHHHMMHMHM
NUMBER 3.
WHO IS J
The man w
AJOR ANDERSON?
io had the sagacity and
boldness to get
which an itnlx
himself out of the trap in
rile president had placed
him, and to takL the only course left to
save himself an 1 his men, and a remnant
of the country';
honor at the same time.
is likely to hav
a name in history. The
following para
;raph telU us something
about In in :
" Major An
sou is now altout fifty-six
years old. and
4 as born in Kentucky, en
lermg tne mi
lftarv academy from that
state, and eradiating with distinction on
June :(, 1 :.i. I The record of his milita
ry service showls that he was promoted to
a first lieuteiiiiir-v in 1 :):, and made
captain by brdvet in 1:-S lor gallantry
and successful Jiratctrv in the war anaiii-t
.1 1-1 . . r' . . "
iiie norma Italians, in the same year
ne was appointed a-sistaut adjutaut-gener
al, with the rank of captain the captain
cy itself not coiling until the OctoUr of
lHll, and his ijresent rank of major Old'
reaching him 1:1-1 year. Maior Anderson
has also wrforAuil a large amount ot the
staff duty inci lent to the service a few
i w "
years since, and In-fore it was made dis
tinct duty in the line. He acb-d as
assistant u- i tor of fhe Illinois volunteer-,
serving with Abraham Lincoln in
the lllack Hav k war of 132. He was
assi-tant in-tru -for and instructor of artil
lery at tin- mili ary academy in fhe years
I;J l-'ii and '71 and was aid de-caino l
Major-Gem ral Scott iu During
the Mexican wjir, the Major endured all
the labors and Lingers of the campaign,
Irt-ing rely a on in h-d in the as-ault on
the enemy wo ks at Molino del Re y, and
receiving brevelt majority ' for gallan' and
meritorious cot,
ldct in that action." Ma
4i also received from the
jor Anderson
government m
and confidence
by the war de
previous to tak
uy evidence of it-; tru-t
flier ihiij those 1e-towed
it fluent. His la-t M-rvice,
g command of Fort Moiil-
trie was a jin-ml
er of the co!iiiui.-ioii.oriler-
ed la-t suinim-i
by Congre--. to inquire in-
to the manner Lt
illstrtieti'rii at the e-t
ademv. I he lalot's ot
ill which Major Alider-
Point Military
thai coiumissioii
vh ertbniled I
i- part, have already If-en
laid before (.
igre-.. in piiv-xiue, un
lajor is alio'
kiglit ; his tigu
live feet nine inches iu
is w.-II set and soldierly ;
hi hair is thin
ind turning io lion gray ;
Jus complexion
i- swarthy ; in ey
hi eye dark
i -
and intelligent:
formed A stn
aud apH-arnb
action ot what
ii- nose prominent and well
igT would read, in his air
deiei ti ination and ex
was due him. He has a
good dc-al of nl
ihLej. iii intercourse ne
is very eourteo
-, an Lis rich voice and
ulattoiis go well togeth
, i
abundant gest
er. lie s ai
ways agreejoie ani gen
tlenianly, tirni and dignified, a man of
undaunted courage, and as a true scidier
may lie relied Ml Ut r- orders and do
J.is'dutv."
C..V. WlsK
of ex-.iov. W
h Letiu:. The la-t letter
e.on -cce--ioii. is a wordy
thing that ha- ever Itefore
the same lien. He aii-
and wild as an
emanated fro.
proves sece-siuti
hllt thinks that Virginia.
for the present
can do her ngniing ix-in-r
We -jii::it- stroiiglv at do-ra-h
'.wards preventing
in the I nioii.
ili soinetlii'i
Mr. f,ineolu'
lowfriK is hi
i.-itigiii aiioii. iiiit tin- loi-
s!.i'eiu.-iil of what course
-u.-.l :
n a-lvi-e tin- call ot' a State
ieiii.it. lv. an I by thai n-lv
t of the S a!e declare
'i.il and v ilal mi-, -
'.it ciiii.titiiiiou having
lit IU 'u.j 'i v and oppres
, . i .i
ought U- fje pll
I w nl, i 1 1
convention , i
Of" the rov -;.--that
eeilain
granted umh
been pen rjrte
sion of In-1 sell
citizens. !
granted.
I Would -sj,
In li,l other alio iin-u
e-iiiiic i be jk. vel's -o
ciallv advi-elhat -). (c
.- h i ...
SUUR; tin: ee-'
ion- ol ail places ioi en (.
arsenals, dorid
vai-i-. light lioue-. c.
4l..lle jsissessioll of llc-m ;
1'llial demand of the fed
and take iniiii
ifiitJviiig fir-t t
era! governme
:uid it that i- i
if lit -sarv. b
l.e complained
ii for delivery of M.-se.sion.
,,t done, then to take tln-til,
k force. No inj'isiice -oiil 1
of in il'"-. when wereinein-
i ..:
Wr that ii'guna
cession of Ohio.
call never (.main a ir-
Iudiana. Illinois of fhe
...i... i.. v..,.ii.-e.teni Territory.
f w.hiwJ advise, iu the mean time, that
ihe U-gbs'i.re make insianlly every pre
paratiou for Ue..sive war, under the third
tuiseof tl.. te,. -ction of ihe t:rst arti
!...?.. i iiniir :i State
-e ot tui
war iu lime of
t.-k
I . 1 . , ul.ett l.clll
tnxio- :llll d'CCs '
If
ir when actu
ich imminent
peace, all I to eng.t'-
e w ,ii ' "
ii.. : I..rl ,.r ulieil 11
"IIIV IIIVitorJ, 1 . x ...
danger as
the 1th ol
will not admit ot .P-iay. -",
March is near, at i u d- Ve
have Im'Ii aud an
invji
aded acUia y anu
our danger A' further
in.-
iuiuelit.'
St CKKIOU AsvOATES.-It is the event
of life to find, m1 Hi. '- '- I-
,ir person; ml iiJ t .v.-aractcr mat pre
li tres heave,, and th- -Vmts on earth
left alone, fas ,'he gou- ah.,
-MICH .time i. - . . I
In all the suiM-rior persons! X by-- ""-.
, directness, simplicity, U'Hf,
more truly, as If everything jik'" ol. lrw
,;.. and nialfirmatioii had Ik-ci. trad
tion
- iv i..
away.
What have they lo coiicmi : v. i.a.
have they
to exhibit? between in
nine , . r w
and noble -H-rsons there h always a Jter
fect understanding. They recognize at
sight, and meet umhi a
belter ground than
the talents or skill they i '
namely, on their sinceril v. Jeers'
- . i . .
sess
hi.
Ohioin ok Evil Rhok A writer
in the Presbyter accounts, ingeni
ously and justly, for the evil re,- I,K '
are circulated to the injury of wdjx
pie : ,
" When Sanballat sent word to 0-"f-miah
that there werti certain repoi "-t f''
circulation concerning him of an unfav
able character, Nehemiah replied, 'Thei
are no such things done as thou sayest,
but thou feignest them out of thine own
heart.' How truly do these words de
scribe much of the evil surmising there
. tai . . t.
. j n -
miah by what he would have been himself
in tne world ! svonmiiai. iuu"ei iene
in Nehemiah's position. A drunken man
often thinks everybody else is drunk.
Whirl yourself around on your heel until
your brain is reeling, and all the world
will seem to be whirling around you.
Just so a corrupt mind flunk everybody f
else is corrupt.
Rkvoictio-saky Soldiers. During
the year which Las just closed, twenty sol
diers of the revolution have died, four of
i
whom were of New England, viz : li Imes
Greenwood, Rhode Island; David 1W-
wick, Connecticut ; Reuben Burt, Massa
chusetts, and Ralph Farnham of Maine.
He who knows the world will never be
too baseful, and he who knows himself will
never be impudent.
U
ANECDOTES OF t DISTINGUISH
ED MEN.
In addressing a jury upon em occasion,
the celebrated Lord Jeffrey round it nec
essary to make free with the character of
a military officer who was pretest. Un
on hearing himself several times contempt
uously apoken of as the oldier " the aon
of Mars, boiling with indignation, inter
rupted the pleader, "Don't call me a sol
dier, air; I'm an ofHoer " Lord Jeffrey
immediately went on, "Well, gentlemen,
this officer, who is no soldier, was tLe sole
cause of all the mischief that occurred."
Home Tooke bein? asked by George
IIL whether he played t cards, replied,
"No, y-ur Majeaty ; the fact is, I cannot
tell a King from a knave."
"Why, you rascal," said Radcliffe, the
great physician, to a iaver, who dunned
him, "do you pretend to be paid for uch
a piece of work ? Why, you have sjtoil--d
my pavement, aud then covered it over
with earth to hide your bad work." "Doc
tor." said the paver, "mine is not the only
bad work that the earth hides." "Vou
flog you," said Ha lclirTe, "you are a wit.
You must be oor ; come in, and you shall
le paid."
When Lord Eldou then plain John
Clerk was at the bar, he was remarka
ble for the tang froid with which he treat
ed the Judges. On one occasion, a junior
roundel, ou hearing their judgment against
hi client, exclaimed that "he was wir
I irised at such a decision !" This was cu
strued into con tern pi of court, and he was
ordered to attend court next morning.
Fearful of the consequences, Le oon.ulfed
hi friend John Clerk, who told him Ut be
jM-rfectly at ease, for he would avert any
unpleasant result. Accordingly, trhtu
the name of the delinquent was called.
Clerk roe, and eooly addrensed the as
sembled tribunal : 'I am very sorry , iay
lord, that my young friend has m tar for
got himself an to treat your bench with
disre-jtcct. I Ie is extremely penitent, and
vou will kindly attribute Li unintentional
insult to his ignorance. You must at
once that it did originate in that. He said
he was suqtris-d at the decision of your
lordships ! Now, if he had not been very
ignorant of what takes phut; in this court
every day had be known ) on but bait a
long as I have I doubt whether he would
If surprised at anything you did."
The late Judge Pease, of the Supreme
C-turt of Ohio, was a noted wag. A young
lawyer was once making Lis first -fWt
lufoie him, and had thrown him--lt on
ihe wings of imagination, into the seventh
heaven, and was preparing lir a Ligher
asi-ciit, when 'he Judge struck his ruler on
the desk two or three times and exclaim
ed io (he astonished ra tr : Jfol! on,
hold on. my dear sir. Don't go any high
er, lor you are already out of the jurisdic
tion of this court"
When the Library iu the. C'ajitJ wa in
Hames and clouds of smoke were rolling
out and enveloping the buildint!, Tanev.
Chief Justice ot the Supreme Court. Hp
(.eared in his neat at the u-u tl hour look
ing quite tranquil and imdisui beL Muy
it please your Honor," said an oflii-er ol
the Court, "will the Court iit to-dav r"
The Chief Justice looked up, aud coolly
and significantly a-ked. "Is the Court
room really on fire 'f "Oh, tut, not vet.
Then we'll fit till it is" added the Chief.
And they did fdt, and transacted biisines,
as usual, amid all the confu-ioti aboul it.
The following story is told of the Rev.
Dr. Morse : At an association dinner a
debate arose as to the use of the rod iu
.bringing up children. The dctor tKk
ihe &i relative, and his chief opponent was
a young tvif-ister, whose reputation for
veracity was not high. He maintained
that parents olien do barm to their chil
dren from unjust jynishu,crU jroru nd
knowing the then in the case. "Why,"
said he, -the only time my father w hipjd
me was for telling the truth." "Well." re
torted the doctor, "it cured vou of it, didn't
il Y'
When Mr. Willi tfuree was a candidate
for Hull, his sisfe.-, an amiable and winy
young lady, offered the compliment of a
new gowa to each of the wives of tho-e
freemen who voted for her brother ; on
which she was saluted with a cry of "Mis
Willx-rforje forever!" when she pleasant
ly observed, "I thank you, gentlemen ; but
I cannot agree with you for, really, Idr
not wish fo lie Miss Wilbertoroi forever!"
Sir Walter Scott once had an Irishman
working for hirn, who was a great drunk
ard, ami w ho often neglected the work Sir
WiJter M-t him to do. One morning,
while cr gaged in bis library labor, word
was brought to him that bis man lia 1 re
turned after a two days spree. Sir Wal
ter dashed his pen on bis desk, and, in
great anger, ordered the son of Erin to iff
s-iit to him immediately. Pat entered
like humbleness personified, and Sir Wal
ter jtoured out the vials of his w rath :
"You unthankful dog," said he, "here I
'have been putting up with your misdoings
and forgiving you from time to time: and
yet no sooner ait- you in my good grains
than you take advantage ol me. Hut thU
is the last time, sir ; we must part V Well,"
said the gentleman from Ireland, "if we
must part, I'm sorry, and hope that no
harm will happen to ye; but, may I ask,
where are ye going to f lie had another
trial.
Sai.tix; Cheat. A writer in the
Huiue.-tead reports a statement made at
the New Haven lectures, that by adding
a tablesjtoonful of fine salt to a quart of
cream, a the latter is ekimmed f rom off
the luilk and placed in the cream ot un
til enough accumulates for churning, the
time required for churning is reduced lo
two or three minutes. Iu a trial made
by the writer, he louud this to be true, W'd
his theory is, that the i-all aeU ujtou the
thin coating ot the globules of butter, and
so dissolves it that a idight agitation break
it, and the butter comes at once. The
exjteritueiit can easily be tried by any
,'tutter-maker.
flow ro Plaxt Willow.-
Mr. Skeau
gives the following directions in the Fann
er and OarJe'ner. f 'i be projier time to
plant is before the sap' starts in the ppriug.
Take your limb or ole, poiiil 'it with a
keen hatchet, and having made a Iwde
with a suitable crow-bar, insert the ile,
iapjnn it pi the top with a mallet to
make it lino ; or whit is equally good,
ramming the ground firmly around it with
st common post maimer. The jioiiitrd
end should be inc ited, if possible, until it
,-eaches the water, otherwise they will
A,U thrive so rapidly. The willow suc
'est where the water is fresh, and
.ottitagiint.
Th; Jbee a JJos-Coxdi ct-
ou. --TIm: beach iptfi is said to be a non
conductor tit Jightiritig. So notorious is
tho fact, lat - inpV-f.' jTuetever the
bky werja the appearance .pf a ;hunder
tonn, leave lb-fir gorsuiu and tike .refuge
omder the nearest beach tree. In Ten
:neaee the people coss&p it a complete
protection. Dr. BectoR, io a late letter
to Dr. Mitchel, states that the fceach tree
is never kuown to be struck by atmos
pheric electricity, while other trees are
shattered into splinters, itay not a
knowledge of this afford protection to many
when exposed?
TO GET EID OP REI An'TS IS ClOS-
tets. Throw some twigs of tomato vines
ot the shelves ; or let the shelves be made
of black walnut. Either will drive them
away so at least say writ rs in the Coun-
try Gentleman.