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3srs VOLUME 15 NU3IBE1U50. BARTON, : VERMONT, DECEMBER 13, 1870. WHOLE NUMBER 779. . ii i zziz " ' ' ' " j f 1 it .'.Ir.-- li, I Pav to '.'n tfi.tn '' Hl.ik.f :.: -Ma!. .1 ' ITllli.l :: :tll-l - . h Mill General lousiness ffarba. ; j BARTON- J. L. HW11AN, ..p.i kr in Ilo.iU n'1 Finding, of the More over A. A " ' O. O. OWEN, I vKALKJli" Foreiien and Pomustio Dry Goods, J I. oixi, Groceries, Crockery, Hour, Salt, 1...I1. ", Uuiuly Mttde.cluthing, 4c. DALE ROBINSON, rroRN'EY;) awl Councillors at law. Ad.lres I iioo. N. Kale. Iilanj I'onil, J. li. Roliinson, itull. O. B. RAMSEY. (J (ARRIAtiE Palntiuj;, over t'fford' Can-luge nii,,ji, iturton, v l. J. B. CAbSlDY, RhKKaml Hair drwwer. Shop on the eorner M;iin and Wutur St., iiartDn, Vt. JAMES BL'SWELL, I ICENSWI Auctioneer. Will attend promptly t t , nil oulls and lor reaituiialile pay. Bailou, ,,,,,::t. E. E. HAWSOn! Ui;I.Ktl in Clucks, Wateliu;, Jewclryjand Con i, . t i.iii.ry uud Fauuy Ooods, Barton, Vt. WARNER BROTHERS, I vf-.'tl.h'HS ill stove. Pipe, Tin, Wooden, (ilasn J ;iul Hollow Ware. Peddler furnished, liar- . t. J. .V WEBSTER, IWRANCE AiiENT. Insurance of all Ikinda ef , cli'ii tu hhv Hini'init in lilt cliu'i fi-iiipiinie?, ..,',,u. U. 11. t. WiMTCHER, I kK I.EK i" Stun s. Tin, Japan. Wuo.1. lilam.und ll ili. w Saie, Barton, V t. All kiwis of barter ! ,,. . ti ill exi liali'e. E. II. WEBSTER, Iiilt PRINTER. All kiwis 'f Plain and Fancy Joii i'riutiiu t-xe. iite.l on short notice and at :.iinaMe rate. Baitoti. Vt. N M. W. GllHLT. VTTuRNEV and Cniim-elor Tat Law and Claim Ai'iit. Will ult i -tnl the t'oiu ts in Orleans uud i ,imi. .iiiaei, unties. Barton, V t. J. N. WEBSTEK. IlllnTiiGKAPIIERaiid Dealer in American and Foreisn Merr...M.pi,- lew-, Mel co-cp.- awl Picture I- rallies. Hurt, mi. V t. I. I II IS 1 I'l ' ntliVKs.s VAHKK awl Trimmer. Repairing '.lone ncnl l.l anil promptly, slmpjiiext dor to le Works, iilirtou VllllltTe. II. II. LITTLE, 1 H I K'i't II i,ri'r.tal Lake Hotel within I., , ro, Is ol the ilejiot. A Liwry stable in von , , . i, a. tu the Imii-e. Barton, Vt. iK'n. C. WAV IS. n..'. I.!!!! in l.roeerit s of all kinds Bolter, i Pork. Laid. Kre-h Ki-li and Oi-lcrs; i. ,i a',, I I'ol'ii -co. Nut-, Kai.-ins and Candies, l.ait li. N t. ii. V . .Insl.VN. nl.M'hsMlTIIINii, lL rse Shoein.-and lieneriil 1) i. ii.iiiiiii. Ha-on liunil tal'le Chains, ilnilh i loin,. Hook-, Wliirnetree Iron-. Neck I . raoi-ll.,1 s-. Ac, Barton. Vt. . ( . KdlllNsoN. Iiii.11.I. liiaii r in Uest Brands l loiir, 1 , i i in I l.l i-eriei-Teii. Cuffee, Susnr. Mo. . s .A'.. -Lime. Plaster, Oils, l-'i-h. and ,r. 1 : soae. Jla,i,,ti villaze. Terms ( adi. M. .1. SMITH. I)!l"!'Kli:T'K I Orleans County Marble Work-. K if.ii:in! Aini-riean Marole, liraie-stonep. ii nil ii, i,r-. A,-., l uitoii. V t. Ail kinds of Cetne- iK a i.ri-all redueeil prices. Di. F. M. Pr.P.P.V. A II. (i. STAPLES, nl.Vr.U, si IH.Ia'Ns. arc jin-pared to attend to Hi; -d.lli the -e. vices ol a leiit:.t. Teeth v'lio t"i H liiout (,a 'i ' V the ll-e of Nitrous Oxide i-a- Ail -ik pi,'liitiy altended ta. Char'ics : i- ,nai le. i' art ii, I. i'-l'.in.t IRA SB unci I. lUil.HIIIlM.i: A SAWYER. I vliAI.ERS in F.Teicn mid Homctic Ir.v .oods i I. i. .....is and l.ioceries, Cris'kerv. Hard i i' Salt. Nail" mid Fish. CHARLES I. V AIL, I TTi'HNKV, lloiii.lv and Claim A-cnt. ,V iiMAi.urKb, Vt. L. F. El'tiEKToN. r )I;,i1'R1KToR if lia-l-ii.-.'h Hm-e. f,.Ur miles I I. ,:ii Conn, A I'.l--. I.,vir ILlillo.el. ( olive). I ' , an l lr in toe Mate, ii on arrival ol ml trains .. a :il iiv, i v m eoiiiieetiou Willi tbeil'-u-c. . i- u. Ji. Vt. S. sTAM ol'.H. (Mini I'itV an-l Viiii-tv S(,,re. wlcr.' are kept I I i ui. Poik. Laid, luiit. r..Te:is. Colli e. Suuar. , ,'Va.i-. t,,Vt Jt pe, Ac. U' als tuilll-hed to order. V ,i I v -la do ui connect, OI1 With Oilier l,ll.-lll''.-s. ii.': li. V I. W. I. RISSELL, 1 k i:I.EIS in I ri-Me.licines. live StulT-. Sta- f t - in re. Illank Books. Caiwiies. ( iirar-, T,, T-d-t s, .ip. Fancy Articles, uud all the Pop . irPitoit M-diciii 'S, ira-our,h. Vt. Also pur, iV ;i, i.ui Li'ii,,rs lor medicinal and mechanical yi-j Wl'ORT. W. 1. CRANE, t TT'iKNEY and Counselor at Law. and Solicitor V i" ' hauuery, True's l',l,-k, Newport, V t. E. S. laiRMAN, I v!:vi.ER in Boots and Shoes. Hats and Caps I ,. I ( oliuni Bli.k, Newpurt, Vt. int. E. HLNTlNliTON, i l'NTIT. All the Modern Iniiirovemeiits at h e in True s Block, Newport, V t. II. BEAN. I i'.' il'KI LToR of Lake House. Newport. A I I i.verv stable, newly tittcil up. Is connect I ,!ll tiie llOU-C. i:. B. Till E .v CO.. iLM.LIl.s in Fnrnititre, Carpeting. Crockery, ' IiI.l Ware. Paper HanirHiirs, Window Miam u--. Copper, Iron and Tin Ware, Newport, Vt. ROYAL Cl.MMINGS. I Ki il'Rl I'.Toll of tho Franklin Printing E.-tnl I lishuieut. All kinds of nrmtinir executed on -., , rt notice, in the be-t manner, and on reasonable '' nil-. New port, Vt. B. E. SHAW A CO., I kKALEIts in Winches, (1,,, k, Silver and Plated I f Ware, .lewelrv and KiMlev (lisids (if rlerv lie - i d "ii ; Mu-icai Instruments, (iuns, Pistols. Ac, c. .t ,,il' of Mcuiphreinairog Hotel, Mam street N' "poll, t. J. V. GREEN, I )U"i'RIFTiiR Medical and News Ih-pot. where I may lie loiind a great variety of Medicines, I I ii-os. Sii,k irters, live Stulls. Hooks and Station, iv. Ink-, p.-ns. Ac - Tovs and Fancv (io-als. Phy- ,- an-' l'iecnptiori.sciir"crully coin pounded. New- poii. v I.. U. I.. litllllOUI. I K ENSED AUCTIONEER. ii I rnsburgh, Vermont. ici:iy It. ?1 t'K. 1 VCFACTURER ofand dealer in Monument 'I hi I Headstones. Ironi ladli.V ermout and Jtal '"ii -Mai i.l.i, llnnlwick, Vt. B. F. I). CARPENTER, TTORN KY and Cuuuselor at Law, West Charleston, Vt. A A. H. BATES. TTORN'EY and Counselor at Luw, i Derby, t. 1. B. LESLIE. nKVTlsT. Office ov llardwiek. Vt. i KVTlsT. Office over Way, Titus A Co.'s store I). M. PARKER, M. D.. 1 lHYSICIAN bwI Surgeon, Albany, Vt. Office In Sunders' llulldlllg. P. B. LAIRD, M ANt'FACTl'RERof (irnnito Monuments. All kinds of Granite work done equally as well as Mamie. St. Johnsbury. t. V K HAMMOND. M'l" I.H II KMl HI iniwin aim .sii.i h-ii-, A iW.i,.t anil Pump Tools. Oun- ' all its various brand done to order. special atti-i,tin VPn t Kdgo Tools of ail kinds, finally, BlaeI1';t1jnj ,r sail kinds done to per le. ta.n and Wiirri.iii.-i w,.st IVrbv. Vt. A V l , , . .... . n. I I. T. PATTERSON, IP.0PR1ET0R of Eagle Hotel, 1 , CraRsbury, vt. BARTON LANDING. SARAH A. STEARNS, MILLINER n ml Drew-Maker. Also dealer in Millinery Fancv Goods and small wares. Simp over Austin Joslyn's store. L. D. WILSON, I) EALF.R In Drugs, Medicine, Dye Stuffs, Toa and Tobacco, Barton Landing, VL A. D. BIGELOW, HLACKSMITII. Horseshoeing and general re pairing done at short notice. Barton Landing, V onuout. R. C. SMITH, MANUFACTURER and dealer In Boot. Shoes and Rubbers. Repairing done at short notice. Shop In Post Office building. L. L. AUCKLAND. U ARNESfLMAKER and Carriage Trimmer. 'All kinds of repairing done with neatness and despatch. Barton Landing, Vt. W. C. PARKER.! DEALER in Dry" Goods. Oroeerle. Boots and Shoe. Fancy fiondi. Toy. Clocks, Watches and Jewelry. Barton Landing, VL URANI-Y, SKINNER & PARKER. w niOLESALU and Retail Dealers in Flour, I Corn WM( ln.ll- : 1 j II-.. , .. . i I and Aicricultural Implements. Secial attention n""" rami nuivK i rane. Agvats lor Luke iiuzwll. Manulacturera of Dressed Clapboards. lepot street, Bartou Landint;. Vt. GLOVER. C. L. FRENCH, M. D.j l)HYSICIAN AND 8CRGE0N, L lilovsr, Vermont D. B. RANDALL, INDUING. Planini;, Splitting and General Job A binjj, Glover, t. MARTIN ABBOTT, - rllEELRIUHT and Carriage Maker. Repair- ing dune to order. Ulover, V I. II. W. PHILLIPS, II ARNESS MAKER and Trimmer.' Particular attention given to trimming, (.lover, Vt. O. FRENCH A SON, MANUFACTURERS and Dealers in Boots, Shies, Rubbers and Findings. Glover Vt. L. II. NYE,. rpANNER ami Currier. A supply of all kinds of a earner on nauu. laali paia lur Hides and Skins. Ulover, V t. 8. C. HAINES, MANUFACTURER and loaler in Harnesses Ri ding Bridles, Collars, W'uipf and Haltars. Re pairing protliptly attended to. Glover, VL Nora l. leo.saad, ' MILLINER and Dresss Maker. Dealer in La ces. Ribbous, Plumes and Fancv Goods. Rooms over Dwinell & Tail's Store, Glover, Vt. F. P. CHENEY', VGENT for Sewins; Machiues " American, " Wheeler A; Wilsou. " "Gold Medal. " "I ireen jiouniaiu. or any otner Kind in market. e. k. Foster, 1)ROPRIETOR UNION HOUSE. Stage leaves for MnntDclicr Mondays. WmlnnstUe un.1 i-ri,i.,... and for Barton twice a dav. ' N. M. & W . N. SCOTT, 1)R0PRIET0RS of (ilover Flouring Mills. Best Brands Family Flour alwavs on l.nmi aw t orn and other feed. N. B. Particular attention paid to Custom Grinding. D. WHITTLESY. I KA,'KR In Foreign and Domestic l)rv (hiods. m W . I. Goods and (irnenri.. Crru.linV,- II....I ware. Flour. Salt, Nails. Fish, Paints and (tils. Pa tent Medicines, 4c., Glover, t. A. C. ATHERTON. LOVER EXPRESS. Leave. Glover twice dai VJI ly for Barton, to meet tho S o'clock morning ml t, o clock evening trains. Leaves Barton imme latelv after the arrival of trains. Connects with lardw iek stajo Tuesday, Thursdav, and Satunlay lornings. E. O. R.VN DALL, IJE.VLER in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery Gla-sware. Hiirdwnrc.ltt.nilv t.i id.i. ing. W. I. I.oi sis, Ac, West Ulover, Vt. GREENSBORO. L. RUG BEE. C1USTOM Boots and Shoes made from selected J Stock, (ireen.-lmro, Vt. CUTLER A GOSS. A N U FACTU RERS of Carriages and Sleighs. Rejiairingniid painting done. Greensboro. M HENRY DUDLEY. OCAL AGENT for F. P. Cheney. First class 4 Sewing .Machines of all kinds. Gretnsboro. TIIE BF:sT STOV E IN TIIE WORLD! DOYLK'S l'ATKNT DfM.'HLK ACT INC. FLI'K AMERICA, WITH E X T E X S I O X T O 1' . RESERVOIR AND CLOSET. Alsithe American Improved, GOOD CIIFER, awl EM PI RE. arc all first class Cooking Stove and war ranted in every respect. I also have a eod assort ment of ChenptHnv with and without II.;. crvoirs. '.OII.V .4ll Vl.OW lihlPMHS. Horse Hoes, Cult ,ator. ic. Also a full assort ment of HOLLOW. TIN', (iLASS, JATANNKD aul S O O 1) K N V A II K S, Churns, rump?, Ca.-t Iruu Sink.ic. All of which will be sold at fair prices for CASH OH KKADY PAY. All kinds of produce and Peddler's Barter taken in exchange lb Goods. Cash paid for veal md dairy skins by 11.0, WIIITCHER. . Burton, Slav, II, l-'u. L. 15. IIAIllllN'GTON, gON'S k CO. Wholesale and retail deal en in ORGANS V PIANOS, And all Musical Instruments. Seven Octave Rosewood Viatios, Carved, And of first-class manufacture, for ?;'." Warranted Five Years. Customers should lie cautious and only allow con tinued trial to convince of good bargains. Deal with legitimate and special trade I17A those who Deserve Confidence throiyh lony experience. The senior partner of this firm can refer with suc cess t-i many in this vicinity, and claims an experi ence of thirty years dealing in music practically. ouu.ht to induce patronage. Instruments from all prominent firms. Satisfaction guaranteed in every respect with deal. Write us liif catalogue and terms bclore purchasing. L. B. HARRINGTON, SONS & CO. St. Johnsbury, Vt. 27yl IKA A. SIIATTL'CK, 'tl tIlIllJlIiM-, .I-V1M A N D K N t! HAVER, Aln dealer fa Wnthen, Clocks, Jewelry, Coin, Silver Spounn, Ttiiiiiltles and Napkin Rings ; a full line of Rogers & Cu.'s Plated iiHd and Hollow Ware, Cutlrrv, Perfuraerv, and Tooth Briicdien, Violins, Violin flown and Mtrinicf, Kridjcw, Ac.; Pipe, Tobacco Boxes, Toilet and Shaving &oaptf, Thermometers ; in fact, A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT or FANCY GOODS ! All work done promptly anil warranted. ENGRAVING DONE TO ORDER. Remember the place next door to the Tin Shop, llardwiek, Vt. ORLEANS CO. MARBLE WORKS, AT BARTON, Vr. ivx . J . e avx x T ix Wishes to say to Hie people of this vicinity that be will sell . MONUMENTS AND GRAVESTONES, To those wishing, at very reasonable rates. Par ticular attention will be given to FANCY HEAD-STONES. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. . Shop opposite Tin Shop, Barton. M. J. SMITH. AUSTIN A JOSLYN, DEALER In General Merchandise. A Tailor Shop In connection with the store, and in charge of a ftrsKlass workman. Terms, Ready Pay. Barton Landing, Vt. JOHN LILY, Special attention paid to Cutting. rpAILOR. 1 Wi ork warranted to live satisfaction. Latest New York Fashions regularly received. Barton Landing, Vt. Shop in connection with Austin k Joslyn's store. AiOctru. ThE CLOSINQ SCENE. Within the sober realms of leafless trees, The russet year inhaled the dreamy air, Like some tanned reaper in his hour of ease, When all the fields are lying bare and brown. The gray barns looking from their hazy bills, O'er the dim waters widening In the vales, Sent down the air a greeting to the mills, On the dull thunder of alternate flails. All sights were mellowed, and all sounds subdued, The hills seemed farther and the streams gang low ; A in a dream the distant woodman hewed His winter log, with many a muffled blow. Th' embattled forests, erewhile armed in gold Their banners bright with every rnarjVhue, Now stood like some sad beaten host Sf old, Withdrawn afar in Time's remotest blue. On slumberous wings the vulture tried hie flight, The dove searee heard his sighing mate's com plaint ; And like a star, slow drowning in the night, The village churcb-vane seemed to pale and faint. The sentinel cock ujion the hill-side crew ; Crew thrice, andll was stiller than before Silent till some replying wanderer blew His alien horn, and then was heard no mora. "TVIierweretrtfre Jsy wttktn thtau'a tsJl erast. Mado garrulous trouble round her unfledged young, And where the oriole hung her swinging nest. By every light wind like a censer swung ; Where the noisy masons of the eaves, The busy swallow circling ever near, Forelioding as the rustic mind believe. An early harvest and a pleantcous year ; Where every bird which charmed the venial feast, Shook the sweet slumlier from its wings at morn, To warn the reapers of the rosy east ; All was now empty and forlorn. Alone, from out the stubble piped tho quail, And croaked the crow through all the dreary gloom Alone the pheasant, drumming in the vale, Made eclio to the distant cottage loom. There was no bud, no bloom upon the bowers ; The spiders wove their thin shrouds night by night ; The thistle-down, the only ghost of flowers. Sailed slowly by passed noiseless out of sight. Amid all this in this most cheerless air, And where the woodbine sheds upon the porch Its crimson leaves as if the year stood there, F'iring the floor with iU inverted torch Amid all this, the centre of the scene. The white haired matron with monotonous tread. Plied the swift wheel, and, with her joyous mien. Sat like a F'atc, and watched the flying thread. She had known sorrow. He had walked with her, Oft supped, and broke with her the ashen crust ; And, in the dead leaves, still she heard the stir Of his black mantle trailing in the dust. While yet her cheek wa.s bright with runimej bloom Her country summoned, and she gave her all ; And twice war bowed to her his sable plume. Rc-gave the sword to rest upon the wall. Re-gave the sword but not the hand that drew And struck for liberty the dying blow ; Nor him, who, to his sire and country true. Fell 'mid the ranks of the invading foe. l.ong. but not loud, the droning wheel went on Like the low murmurs of a hive at noon ; Long, but not loud, the memory of the gone Breathed thro' her lips, a sad and tremulous tone. At last the thread was snapped, her bead wa Irtiwed -. Life dropped the distaff throuhg his hands; serene; And loving neighbors smoothed her careful shroud. While Iieath awl Winter closed tho scene. She i'iiUUcr. 1',11'lil.K. I uiu foinjioM'd of ti letters. My 1st in in caught, hut not in thought. My is in wrought, lmt not in t'ouirht My oil i.s in piunt, lmt not in flaunt. My 4th i.s in irrailo, lmt nut in maid. My Tith is in knot, lmt not in .shot. My Oth is in time, lmt not in rhj'iiio. My Tlh is in tiht hut not in great. My !"-tli is in snow, hut not in slow. My 1'tli is in 'retty, hut not in pity. My l'th is in couh, hut not in dofT. My 11 tli is in tool, hut not in rule. My 1 lit h is in night, hut not in hright. My 1 -5 1 li is in frame, hut not in hlame. My 14th is in made, hut not in paid. My loth is in dance, hut not in prance. My Kith is in shade, hut not in hraid. My 17th i.s in freight, hut jiot in weight. My lvth is in man, hut not in reign. My lltth is in took, hut not in shook. My liOth is in witty, hut not in pretty. My 21st is in sought, hut not in taught. My"J"Jd is in knight, hut not in height. My w hole 'i a country in South America. ENIGMA. I am composed of 15 letters. My 1, 0, 11, are tho same, and hegin the names of three counties in Ohio. My 1, 7, 1-, are the same, and hegin the names of three celebrated characters connected with the building of ancient Rome. My o, 8, l:i, are the same, and begin the names of three rivers in Scotland. My 4, 14, are the same and begin the names of three Southern cities. My 5, 10, 10, are the same, and begin the names of three cities in Ireland. My whole i.s the title of a poem. L A Ml-PI V 1 1)1 X(i PROBLEM . Frederick was the owner of an oblong tract of land, whose four fides (perimeter) amounted to the sum ol 0!0 perches. The diagonal from any of its corners to the opposite corner being 235 perches. He sold the same to his two neighbors, Andrew and Jacob, for S5,400 ; of which sum Andrew paid .?2,733.7o, Jacob pay ing the balance. Then these two purchas ers agreed among themselves that Andrew's share of the land should be valued at 80 cents per acre higher than Jacob's part, and each should take out their full pur chase money in land. How many acres of said tract did each of said purchasers get? An answer is requested. PROBLEM. How many such globes as the earth, are equal in bulk to the sun, if the earth is 8,000 miles in diameter and tho sun 8110,000 miles ? An answer is requested. A gent lately caught cold by kissing a lady's suowy brow. Served him right. The .most unsociable things are mile stones ; you never see two of them to gether. It is calculated that tight lacing saves this country ?2,000,000 iu board alone every year. Mr. Cobb has married Miss 'Webb. He knew that they were meant to be joined as soon as he spied her. Sweet and Bitter 'Tis sweet to court, But, oh ! how bitter To court a gal And then not git her. A llhode Island mother has saved money enough by washing to buy her stylish daughter a piano. "Pa, are cannibals people that live on other folks ?" "Yes, my dear." "Then, pa, uncle George must be a cannibal, for ma says he's always living on somebody. At the Georgia State Fair, a wealthy bachelor saw a beautiful young lady in specting a new cook-stove, sought an introduction, proposed, and was accepted since which all the girls crowd about the love department. A little boy, hearing his father say, "There is a time for all things," climbed up behind his mother's chair, and, whisper ing in her ear, asked : "When is the pro per time for booking sugar out of the sugar-bowl ?" - WON HIMSELF. The following story is old, but will bear repeating. 1 was going up the Mississippi ml848, Judge Underwood, of Kentucky, and Henry (Jlay being on board. 1 hats a tough crew from jMatchez," remarked the clerk, who came upon deck as we were about going below. "They play hard and high." ".Let's go and look on lor a while, said the Judge. We went down into the saloon, where we found two parties at play. At one of the tables sat four men, about whom were gathered a large number of lookers on ; aiid these proving to lie the heavy play ers, we joined the spectators. The jame was "twenty-deck poker," and money was changing hands with startling rapidity. One of the players, a middle-aged man. whose face showed plainly the ravages of an excess that was sapping his lite, and who, 1 afterwards learned, was a cotton planter, had staked his last dollar and "called"up his opponent's hand. He held four queens, against which was lain down four kings. And he was "broke." He started to his fectr as if to leaver the tabic. " Are you dead broke, Colonel?" asked, he of the four kings. "Yes to the last picayune." "(Hve me your note and I'll lend ye." "No," replied the planter, with an oath. "1 can do better than that. 'Where's Whackmon ?" "Here," answered a dark-visaged man. "Bring the girl and boy here that I bought at Natcher. Hold on the game just one minute, gentlemen, and I'll make a raise." The man went away, and shortly re turned, accompanied by the "girl and boy." Said "girl" proved to be a bright mulatto woman of five and thirty, or therealwuLs, and the "boy" was her son. The boy was not far from ten years of age, with a face lighter in color than was hi.s mother's ; his features were really handsome. "Look here, gentlemen," spoke the planter, rising ; here's as likely a pair for a girl and her brat as you can scare up. I paid eight hundred dollars for 'em. Who'll give six ?" He waited a few, moments without re ceiving an answer, and then said : "I must have the money, so here goes for it rattle. Twenty dollars a throw, and thirty chances lor the pair. Oome, gen tlemen ; them that buvs first w ill throw first." Here was excitement as well as chance for profit. The players and the specta tors surged up, and twenty chances were sold as quickly as the planter could take the money and write down the names. Then came a lull. The planter took two whereupon his two companions took each one more. Theu thri-e men in the crowd "doubled up." "Two more chances, gentlemen." C!av whispered apart to the Judge, and then made his way to the table and threw down two gold eagles. "What name '.''' "(jive it to the woman." "All right. Une chance for Ninette." Before the planter could call again. Judge I'nderwood had placed twenty dol lars on the table, saying as he did so : "This is for the liov.'' "(iood !" cried the owner of the prop erty. "Here's a chance tor Tommy. And that takes the lot. Where's' the clerk ?" "Her.-." "Have you got the blanks f(,r this sort of business Yes." "Then won't ye fill up a bill of sale for these two Ninette and Tommy and leave a place to put in the winner '.' Now then for the dice, gentlemen." The dice were brought on and the shaking commenced. There were three dice and each player was entitled to three throws. Of the first ten throws thirtv nine was the highest number cast. The eleventh turned up forty-two. Then the scores fell again till the twenty-first throw, when one of the gamesters threw out forty-nine. The crowd was now all excitement. Again the dice rattled in the box as the second gamester took his turn. But his throw was a low one. The twenty-eighth throw lielouged to the clerk of the boat, who had now returned with the bill of sale. He threw forty -nine tying the gamester. "Come, Ninette, it's your turu." The woman started, and quivered and pressed her hand over heart. Only the groaning and puffing of the engine broke the still ness of the place. "Will the gentleman who paid for the cliatice throw for nie '?" she said in a low musical tone, earnest and imploring, and of the purest accent. "Let the boy throw for you" returned Mr. Clay, who shrank from the ordeal. "His luck would be better than mine." Tommy came forward and took the box. His mother's hands were clasped and her lips moved in prayer. The lioy trembled like an aspen. AVhat a world of weal or woe hung upon the fickle chance. He shook the box and turned the dice upon the table. Three aces ! A moment he gazed on the three single spots, and, dropping the box, he sank, pale and frightened. "Shake once more, loinmy," said tl 1 1 inter. "It's no use, master, I can't get forty- "But you've got your chances, my bov." "Aye," cried the Judge. "That was your Mother's chance. Now throw for the chance I gave you throw for your self and may Heaven help you !" That was not an assemblage of relig iously inclined persons, by any means, but the fervent petition of the Judge met with a response of "Amen !" fronj nearly all present. Again the boy cainc forward and lifted the kix. His lips were tightly shut, and the old quivering of the limbs was hushed. The only sound in that saloon, above the deep breathing of the spectators', was the clicking of the ivory cubes. Presently the first throw was made. "Five five nix, are sixteen !" an nounced the planter, setting down the fig ures. The dice were then gathered thrown again. up and "Six six and a five. Good ! That's seventeen." The boy was as pale as death as he took the box for the last throw, and his mother leaned against a stanchion for sup port. At last lie made his finale throw. Three sixes ! eighteen ! and that's fifty-one ! Tommy, my boy you're a trump. Now. Mr. Clerk, fill up the bill of sale, and I'll sign it before these witnesses." The scene that followed can better be imagined than described. The last time I ever heard from Judge Underwood he was alive and well, though long retired from active life. Ninette was his housekeeper, and Tommy his most trusted servant. A little fellow some four or five years old, and who had never seen a negro, was greatly perplexed one day when one came to where he and his father were. The youngster eyed the stranger suspiciously till he had passed, and then asked bis father: "Pa, who painted that man all black?" "God did, my son," jreplied the father. "WelL,',' said the tho little one, still looking after the negro, 'I shouldn't 'a thought he'd held still.' Letter from 31 alt a. BY REV. E. W. f ARK. Eti. Steamer "Nobth TtvE," i Mediterranean Sea, Oct. H , 1S70. j " As hundreds of ships stop here for coal, everything is arranged for coaling quickly, so that six hours only were al lowed us for sight-seeing. As soon as we landed on the shore the natives gathered around us, ready to aidis in any way that would accomodate us, and pay them. Ye selected only a guide, .and asked to be shown the Governor's Palace. This is a very large building erected by the Grand Masters of the "Order of St. Joh," more than three hundred years ago. The "Knights of St, John" were an Order formed in 1085, iu Jerrtealem. Their ob ject at first was to eroct hospitals and care, for the sick pilgrims who visited'' the holy sepulchre. As the "Nohammedans were great persecutors ,of the Christians in Palestine, this order was afterwards about 1125 re-cast on ajfiry model, in order to wage war iu defcDse of chris tianity and the Knights beeame renowned all over Christendom for their kindness in their hospitals, and their resolute bravery in war. They were, however, driven from Palestine by the Moslem, and from each place where they sought a home, until in 1530 they obtained a grant of the island of Malta, and became Governors there and built up tho city with its beautiful harbor andjstrong fortifications. While the other nations were being made what they are to-day, these energetic Knights were preparing Malta to be wh.tt it is the grand connecting link betweeu Europe and Asia. The Palace that we visited was built for the Grand Masters of these Knights and contains at present very much the furniture that was used by them. Even the old carriage in which they rode stands in the hall in a verv dilapidated condi tion. Entering the building we werefiivt conducted to the picture gallery, where we saw the pictures of the great men of the order painted by the best arti.-ts of those times. We then entered Lie council chamber, where the walls were covered with what appeared to be beautiful paint ings, but which on examination proved to be magnificent (loberlin tapestry wrought with the needle. The pictures of men. birds and beasts thus wrought were very perfect iudeed. We also visited the drawing-room with its furniture, carpets, iV.c. much a- wher used by the order. The Armory is 2"iO ft. long surrounded by all kinds of anus and coats ,;' mail Used and woru by those brave warriors. Ir. this large room and surrounding the halls hading to it were strange looking images of soldiers clothed with coats of sti-el, holding a weapon of some kind in one hand and a shield in the other. When we returned from the Palace we each took a seat '.li llic eel carriage used by those Masters lung lief'ore New England was settled at all. From ther we wont to a hotel for breakfast, and were served much in European style except taat while we ate, our landlord interested himself and disturbed us by trying to sell us some nice Maltese lace and jewelry. After visiting the market street, and seeing much and and buviug a little of the renowned Mal tese lace, we were guided to St. Johns church. This church was erected aliout the year 1550, and its interior is magnifi cent beyond description. The main room which we enter through the hall is very large and very high ; the roof leing an oval arch beautifully decorated with pic tures. These pictures in the arch over head have become much obliterated by time, and they are now having them re newed by the best artists. The man in charge who explained to us these pic tures, said that j23,0l0, or $115,000 had been appropriated for renewing these pic- rures. I think I never looked on anything more beautiful than the part where this work is already completed. In the front of the main room is a large altar on which are silver candlesticks, five and six feet high and proportionally large. The space behind the altar extends back sixty feet and yet does not seem out of proportion to the main body of the church. We turned from the large room through high, open arches to smaller chapels about oO feet square arranged on either side of the large room the entire length. These were also connected with one another by high broad arches, and were all ornamented with magnificent paintings. One felt in passing through these chapels and while gazing at the arched roof of the church that all the scenes descrilied in scriptures w(jre re-enacted here especially all the scenes in the life of our Savior. These chapels represent the different nations who were represented in the order of Knights. There is a Spanish chapel a German, Por. tuguese, French, Italian, Irish, &c. In the chapel near the large altar i.s a chapel altar of solid silver, which must have cost more th an any dozen larms in ermout. In the chapel answering to this one on the other side of the church altar there was formerly another altar of pure gold of the same dimensions as the silver one. When Napoleon visited Malta he could not withstand the temptation of so much sacred gold, hence took down the altar and other valuable ornaments and sent them on board a vessel for France. The silver altar had been painted black and escaped. The vesssel with her valuable cargo is said never to have reached France, so that the golden altar ornaments the bottom of the sea. The Maltese will never forgive this act of Napoleon, buf every visitor is told the story of this wrong. The floor of this church is formed by four hurdred marble stones covered by inscriptions in memory of the noble deeds of four huudred Knight, who arc said to be in terred here. From the chapel by the golden ahar we descend into a vault or chapel in which are tombs of solid stone in the centre of which a place for a coffin was cut and some of the most noted of the "Grand Masters" are thus interred in solid rock. The whole church exhibited such perfection of art as one would like to study foV hours, yea days ; but it did not inspire in us feelings of devotion. The island of Malta seems to have for merly been almost altogether a rock, t , f. IN 11 I ... Y17I - iornieu oi a souyenown sauusiuiie. u ner ever we go we seem to be walking on sand stone and all the houses are of the same material. In the interior there are fields, but even here the roads by the fields seem of stone. Much of the soil is said to have been Drought trom .-icily. J he is land is 60 miles round, and its greatest length is 20 and its greatest breadth 12 miles, and it is said to contain a population of 120,000 souls. As there are so many things of interest there it is visited by thousands of passengers while their ships take on coal. "We here secured fresh oranges, figs, peaches, peas, apples, grapes and pome- granites for the remainder of our passage. At 3 o'clock p.m., our ship was ready and we were soon far out to sea, leaving Malta and its beauty for others to gaze upon. The Mediterranean looks to the school-boy like a small sea ; but we arc sailing on its waters over 2000 miles in a direct course and land is now far from us on either side. It was a fresh spot in our voyage to tread the solid earth, see the sights, and take a country ride, and breath the pure air of Malta and we shail not soon forgeFour visit there. What is the Kcssian Question? It seems that after the Crimean War, Rus sia consented to a compromise with other powers which had commercial interests on the Black Sea, o the effect that those waters should be peaeabie and not a bat tle field of the nations. To make the con tract definite and binding they agreed to sail no war vessels on that sea, even on errands of peace, and up to the present time ltussia has faithfully kept her word But the restrictions are really hampering to a great nation and probably have borne harder on Kussia than on any other con senting power, while at the same time the others have violated the letter if not the spirit of the compact, aud have thus afforded Russia an excuse for repudiating toe treaty whenever she should think her time had come. The particular violations of which she complains are said to lie as follows : "The cruise of the Prince of Wales, in the Black ea, in an English frigate ; a similar trip subsequently, bv Lord Bulwer Lvtton ; the appearance of the Austrian squadron at Yarua, when the Emperor of Austria was there ; and, lastly, the voyage or the Sultan in a Turkish frigate." These were all peaceful errands, and go to show, more than anything else, the absurd nature of the treaty. Until there shall be no more war. can any power of any strength or any pride consent to float no war vessels upon its adjacent waters. The treaty was a put up job among the other Dations to muzzle the Russiau bear. It lacked every equitable element of a compromise and was therefore an insult, which no nation could be expected to pocket any longer than it must. Since France is crippled, Russia thinks she must no longer. Who can blame her ? It will be for Congress to decide how it will apportion the Congressmen under the census of this year. But it is as plaiu now as it ever will be, and that is perfect ly plain, that Yermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island must each lose a mem ber. The population will foot up about 39,000.000, against 31,443,321 iu li-GO. The present House contaius 243 members, and if the number should not be increased New England would lose seven, tho Mid dle Statesi ten and the Southern States three; the Western States would gain nineteen ; and the Pacific States would re main as they are. The New England loss would be divided as follows: Massa chusetts two. and the other States one each. The Southern States make nearly good their representation by counting all the colored people as a basis, instead of three-filths of them as under the oi l or der of things. Should the House be in creased to three huudred members, which is tiie out.-ide limit supposable, the ratio would he a'oout one Representative to 130,000, aud under this apportionment Massachusetts would gain one member, Maine and Connecticut would be unchang ed, and New Hampshire, Yermont aud Rhode Island would lose one each. In any event the West will make a heavy in crease of members ; and will probably make an effort to get them in some way into the forty-second Congress. Free 1'ress- Thk Census. The returns for the New Kogland states give that section of the country a population of 3,482,001 in 1870, against 3,135,283 in lStiO, showing an increase 11. 00 tier cent. The population of the respective states is as follows : Massachusetts, l,448,0oa ; Maine, t30,- 428 ; Connecticut, 537,998 ; Vermont, 330,235; New Hampshire, 317,97H; and Rhode Island, 217,319. lhe increase of population in Rhode Island amounts to 24.45 per eent ; in Massacusetts, 17.ti2 per cent. ; iu Connecticut, 10.9 percent. ; m ennont, 4.8 per cent, and in Maine, 0.34 percent., while New Hampshire has fallen off 2.4s per cent. Tuk )i amond Fields of South Africa. We have been favored with a glance at a copy of the Cape Anji,s, a paper pub lished at Capt' Town, South Africa, some two hundred miles or more from the now famous region. It is dated October 18, 1870, and contains 'copious and rather flo rid allusions to the diamond fields. The diamond digging on the banks of the Yaal is described as unprecedentedly successful. Diamonds of marvelous size and brilliancy have rewarded even casual searchers after the precious gems. One fortunate fellow unearthed a diamond weighing eighty-eight carats, and alxmt the size of a pigeon's egg, for which he refused, we are told, 22,000. He started at once for Eng land. But even the Arips has a dark side to the picture. The "diamondifurous" we find this word iu the Argus region is claimed by three governments, to wit : the Free State, the Transvaal and the Waterlever. The claim of the latter is upheld by the Colonial authorities. 1 rouble perhaps actual hostilities may intervene. Then, too, the sanitary con dition is not favorable. Lack of cleanli ness has superinduced fever, and a spirit of lawlessness prevails. And while some have made fortunes, and others have done well, large numbers, the Argus admits, have experienced nothing but disappoint ment, and in rome cases poverty and dis tress. It does not appear that the pre cious stones are so plentiful as to serious ly threaten a depreciation ot value, uor yet to give reasonable hope that more than a limited few will be overpaid for their time and trouble in the search after Sinbad's fortune. Boston Journal 1 It has been decided to hold the annual convention of the New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association about the middle of next January. More than 1,200 bakers are employed in Paris, day and night,' in providing bread tor the iirmy. To this day tho pulpit in which John Calvin, the eminent religious reformer, preached, and the chair in which he sat, are preserved in the cathedral of St. Pierre, in Geneva. Calvin died in the year 1564, and was buried in the cemetery of Plain Palais, Geneva. The monument over his grave is the only one of this extraordinary man. It is a square stone eight inches wide by twelye inches high, bearing the simple inscription, " J. G. ' Prussia. History tells us that Prussia has always bseu au aggressive power fioiii the time she took rank as Que. How otherwise could the electors of Brandenburg have converted their petty electorate iuto a powerful kingdom than by seizing on the domains of their neighbor! ? And this is what they did. b rederick the Second seized Silesia without the least provocation. He also joined Austria and Russia in the first partition of Poland. -His successors have steadily carried out his policy when ever they could. In 1792 Prussia joined Austria in iuvading France. In 1793. she iuvaded Pol mid, seized Dantzic, and obtained important acquisitions from the second partition Of .Poland. Ill 1794 she attempted to gain possession of Warsaw, and in 18U1 sjie seized Hanover. bhe has in late years tried to wrest Nearchatel from Switzerland, and she has taken Schleswig aud HoLsteiu from Denmark. She has seized Hanover and "mediatized" several of the petty states of Germany be sides expelling Austria from all participa tion in German affairs. She tried hard to get possession of Luxembourg about two years ago, but desisted because she was sot qww prepared for the ? a r which. .it I has involved ; but it will be surprising if sh does not contrive to obtain it before the present war is over, on the ground that it is a German duchy, and that there fore it must cgme iuto the North German confederation along with Alsace aud Lor raine. If the British ministers ignore ail this, they must be wilfully blind. When Prussia shall have settled her account with France, she will still have two affairs to dispose of before the unity of Germany will be complete. One is to absorb the eight millions of Germans who are in Aus tria the other is to absorb the two mil lions who are in Russia. She will then be at the head of a confederation number ing upwards of sixty millions of citizens, aud the Baltic will become a Prussian lake. There will, in "fact, be nothing ca pable of re? isting her in Europe, should she feel inclined to go on as she has been doing for the last hundred years. It will be a revival of au empire like the Roman, founded on force and sustained iy aggres sion. One of the pioneers in California emi gration, who went across the plaiu? in '41', tells this story that began on the journey and has just ended in San Francisco: While the train of which the narrator, now in Nevada, was h member, was en camped at a point on the Humboldt where the Lessen trail iutersects the Carson track of travel, he visited the tent of a family consisting of an elderly couple an l one child, a daughter of 14 or 15. The old lady was sitting on a pile of blankets un der the canvas, encouraging a most deter mined attack of the "sulks," while the masculine head of affairs had planted him self on the wooden tongue, and was suck ing his pipe as though he expected to remain there forever. A single glance developed the difficulty iu that little train of one wagon and three person.?, and that it had attained a point ot quiet desperatiou beyond the reach ot peaceful adjustment. Three days before they had pitched their tent at the forks of the road, and as they could not agree upon the route by which to enter California, there they had reniaiucd. , The husband had expressed a preference for the Carson road, aud the wife for the Lessen, and neither would yield. The wife declared she would remain all winter; the husband said he would be pleased to prolong the sojouru through the summer following. On the morning of the fourth day the wife broke a su'leu silence of thirty-six hours by proposing a division of the pro perty, which consisted of two yoke of oxen, one wagon, oamp furniture, a small quanti ty of provisions, and S12 in silver. The proposal w;is accepted, and forthwith the "plunder" was divided, leaving the wagon to the old man, and the daughter to the mother. The latter exchanged with a neighboring train the cattie belonging to her for a pony and pack-saddle, ami, piling her daughter and her portion of the divid ed spoils upon the animal, she resolutely started across the desert by the Lessen trail, while the old man silently yoked his cattle aud took the other route. Of eourse boih parties reached Califor nia iu safety. We say "of course," for it s scarcely possible that any obstacle, death included, could have interfered with stubborness so sublime. Arriving in Sac ramento with her daughter, the old lady readily found employment for women were less plentiful than now aud subse- juently opened a boarding house, and in few years amassed a handsome fortune. Two vears ago she went to San Francisco. uud the daughter, whose education had not been neglected, was married to one of the most substantial citizens. And what had become of the old man? The wife had not seen or heard of him since they parted on the Humboldt. They had lived happily together for years, aud she sometimes reproached herself for the wilfulness that separated them alter so long a pilgrimage together. But he was not dead. We caunot trace his course in California, however. All that we know of him is, that fortune had not smiled up on him, and that for years he had toiled without hope. I inally, feeling unable to wield the pick aud shovel, he visited San rrancisco, in the hope ot obtaining employ ment better adapted to his wasted strength. lor three months he remained idle ifter arriving there, and then, for want of occupation, became the humble retailer of peanuts and oranges, with his entire traffic upon his arm. This was six months ago. A few weeks since, in passing the open door of a cottage in the southern part of the city, e observed a lady m the hall, and stopped to offer his merchandise. As he stepped upon the threshold the lady approached, and the old man raised his eyes and dropped his basket; and no wonder, either, for she was his wife, his old woman !" She recognized him, and, throwing up her arms in amazement, ex claimed : "Great God! John, is that you?" "All that is left of me," replied the old man. With exteuded arms they approached. Suddenly the old lady's countenance changed, and she stepped back. "John," said she, with a look which might have been construed into earnestness, "how did you find the Carson road ?" "Miserable, Sukey, miserable," replied the old man ; "hi of sand and alkali." "llieu L was right, John," she continued inquiringly "You were, Sukey." "That's enough !" said she, throwing her arms around the old man's neck ; that's enough, John ;" aud the old couple, strangely sundered, were reunited. The Fatalities of War. At Marengo the French had 28,000 men, the Austrians 30,000, and 13,000 were either killed or wounded. At Austerlitz there were 90, 000 French, 80,000 Austrians and Rus sians : killed and wounded 23,000. At Jena, 100,000 French, 100,000 Prussians killed and wounded, 34,000. At Wagram, 150,000 French, 13,000 Austrians; killed and wounded, 24,000. At Borodina, 125,000 French and same number of Russians ; loss in killed and wounded, SO,' 000. At Leipsic, 150,000 French, 280, 000 allies ; 50,000 killed and wounded. And the French paper, which gives these figures, adds significantly, "And now there are 800,000 men in presence ot each other. vith improved means ot destruction. Laws of Vermont. BE.NMAL SESSION, 1870. Designated Ly Secretary of Slate, for publication in the neicspapm. No, 1. An act to amend the existing statute laws relating to the appointment or election, tenure of office, and duties of certain State officers. It is hereby enacted by tfie General As sembly of the State of Vermont : SECRETARY Or STATE. Sec. 1. Section thirty-six of chapter eight of the general statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 36. It is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of State to procure here after one copy of the printed journal of each House of the General Assembly at any session thereof, and also one copy of the acts or laws passed at such session, immediately after the same may be print ed aud published, and deposit the same in his office, aud also one copy of this and all subsequent revisions of the laws of this State, and deposit the same in his office ; all of which, together with all such jour- nnla nnil lnvc inA mriainna tf iha lnwa of. this State, as tho said .secrUry may have heretofore possessed and deposited possessed and depi in his office, shall therein be kept, and the same shall cot be taken from his office uu less under the sanction of a law to that effect ; and it is also made his duty here after, on or before the first day of Sep tember in each year, to prepare and for ward to the town treasurer of each town, blanks adapted to the provisions of section seventy-seven of chapter fifteeen ; to each court auditor blanks adapted to the pro visions of section one hundred and six of chapter twelve ; to each State's attorney blanks adapted to the provisions of sec tion sixty-four of chapter twelve; aud to each sheriff in the State, blanks adapted to the provisions of section thirty-six of chapter twelve ; and on the return ot the same, tilled iu compliance with the afore said sections, to the Secretary of State, he shall file the same in hi.s office for the us of the General Assembly." SECRETARY Of CIVIL AND MILITIRY AFFAIRS. Sec. 2. Section forty of chapter eight of the General Statutes is hereby amend ed by substituting the word 'biennial"' for the word "annual" therein. AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS. Sec. I . Section forty-one of the same chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Srr. 41. There shall be biennially elected by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in joint assembly an Auditor of Accounts, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, and sworn." See. 4. Section forty-two of the same chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 42. The Auditor of Accounts, before entering on the duties of his office, shall execute a bond to the State of Yer mont in the sum of twenty thousand dol lars, with such sufficient sureties as shall be approved of by the Governor, condi tioned for the faithful discharge of the du tie of his office." Sec. ;. bection forty-six ot the same ehapter last mentioned, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 40. It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Accouuts to make a full and thorough examination of all th: books, papers, and items of account kept by the 'Ireasurer, relating to the finances of the State, between the first and fifteenth days of August in each year, and hf shaft re port the condition of the same to the Gen- eral Assembly at the commencement oi . . , , ... i. its next succeeding biennial session ; and shall state in such report a full detail of the indebtedness of the State, with all other facts connected therewith which he may deem important to the the interests of the StUte. Sec. (3. Section fifty -eight of the same chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended SO as tO read as follows : 'Sec. 58. The Auditor of Accounts shall nienmaiiy prepare ana puoiisn, ior the use of the General Assembly, an edition not exceeding fifteen huudred copies of a in ii i ii-r repun, ciuiuimij; uuuci ajijjiujii 1J.1.C ncaus, ail the sources ot revenue oi me rune, with a spee.he and detailed statement ot its uisoursemeuts, ior eacu oi me two next f"cauiu6 UJ1 l" r uau append any report wnicu ne.i".v maKc in u.c jienoiuiauo.- u. uuura u. tne dkuk commissioner, uevoiveu on nun, unaertne provisions oi an act enuueu An act in amendment oi sections ioriy- four and sixty-one of chapter eightv-nine of the General Statutes, entitled ;Of banks,' approved October 20, 1807 ; and it shall not be his duty hereafter, unless specially required so to do, to make any report tp the governor, or to the general assembly, designed merely to exuiou an account of nionevs received or disbursed on account of the state." Sec. 7. Sections fifty-nine, sixty, and sixty-two, of the same chapter eight before mentioned, are hereby severally amended, by substituting the word "biennially"' for or in place ot the word "annually wher ever the said last mentioned word occurs in the said sections respectively. INSPECTOR OF FINANCE. See. 8. Section sixty-six of the same hapter last mentioned, is hereby amended so as to read as fellows : 'Sec. 06. The governor shall biennial Iv annoint an inspector of finance, whose duty it shall be to assist the auditor of ac- counts in bis annual examination of the treasurer's department, to examine mi- nutely all of the accounts of the treasurer, with a view to ascertain the correctness oi his report, and whether the accounts are properly kept ; and also to examine all ot the books and papers ot tne auaitor oi ac couuts, to see that they are properly kept. and his allowances properly made ; and to report to the legislature the result ot such examination; which report shall be print ed and bound with the biennial report ot the auditor of accounts. keportek. Sec. t). Section sixty-seven ot the same chapter last mentioned, is hereby -mipmierl hv snhstitntintr the word "bit n- nally" for or in place of the word annu- alhi" therein. Sec 10. Section seventy ot the same chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend- ed bv adding at the end thereot tueioiiow- in proviso, viz: "Provided, that the volumes to bo furnished to the organized towns as aforesaid, of the said reports which may be published in each year in which there is no regular biennial session of the general assembly, shall be forward- ed by the librarian, at the expense of the State, to tne county ciers ui iur wrcim counties in which the towns respectively are situated; and it shall be the duty of each county clerk to deliver the volume by him received for any town within his county to the town cleric or other agent such town, taking his receipt ior the same, and to forward such receipt to the libra rian, whenever required so to do by the librarian. serceant-at-arms. c.. n ,.onf.aoT-on f,rii . .1. ........ lie ,i nrO wirt.nl 'a LorpnT Mm0luarc. .m.nMiiitnniidii n nm: T7 Tk. ui,.ii t,. K;nnmllv chosen by the senate and house of repres cntatives in ioiut assembly, a sergeaut-at- arms, who shall hold his othee lor the term of two years from the first day of i . j: .; jjeceinoer utii duwwuiu8 "i i'""-- inent, and who shall give a bond to the State, with sureties to the satisfaction of the state treasurer, in the sum of four thousand dollars, conditioned forthe faith ful performance of his official duties. . Sec. 12. Section eighty-six of the same chapter last meutioned, is hereby amend ed so as to read as follows : " "Sec. 8G. The sergeant at-arms shall, immediately after the organization of the senate and house ' of representatives, at each regular bennial session of the gener al assembly, transmit to the governor for the use of the general assembly, an ab stract of his accouut against the state, embracing all of the items in said account, with a correct statement of the number of persons employed iu and about the state house, and the amount of compensation paid to each by the day, together with a true inventory or list of all the property in his possession belonging to tke state." COMMISSIONER OF THE INSANE. See. 13. Section forty-six of chapter twenty of the general statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 40. There shail be biennially appointed by the legislature a commision er of the insane, whose duty it shall be, monthly, or ofteuer if need be, to visit said asylum, with the trustees, or alone, to examine into the condition ot the institu tion, the receipts and expenditures, the management or the patients and the gen eral welfare of the asylum, and to, make report thereon annually to the auditor of accounts, by the fifteenth day of Septem ber ; which report shall be published with the biennial report of the auditor of ac counts." RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. Sec. 14. Sections one hundred and nineteen, one hundred and twenty-one, and hundred and twenty-six of chapter twenty-eight of the general statutes are hereby severally amended by substituting the word "biennially" for or in place of the word "annually" wherever the said last mentioned word occurs in the said sections respectively. Sec. 15. Section one hundred and twenty-three of the same chapter is here by amended so as to read as follows : " Sec. 123. Said commissioner shall examine aud report biennially to the gen eral assembly in the first week of its regu lar session next succeeding his election or appointment, the existing pecuniary con dition aud financial management of each and every railroad iu this state for each of the two preceediug years, showing the true pecuniary condition of such railrord. Such report shall include the amouut of recei jits aud expenditures of such railroad for each of said years, and from what sources said receipts were derived, and for what said expenditures were made ; also the outstanding debts and liabilities against such road and the nature thereof ; all claims and debts due to said railroad, aud the names aud compensation of all persons employed by said railroad, and the nature of their service: together with the condi tion of said road, aud its equipments and property, as herein before provided." THE SUPREME COURT. Se3. 16. Section one of chapter thirty of the general statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows : Sec. 1. There shall be a supreme panrt within arjli for ,h;8 gtat to Ke heM at tbe respective times and places by law appointed for that purpose; and it shall cousist of one chief judge and six assistant judges, to be appoiuted in the manner provided in the constitution ot this state. Sec. 1 . Section two ot the same chap ter last mentioned, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the judges of said court, or a majority of I j c then i, as soon as practable after their ap- p0,ntmentt t0 designate four of their nuin- ber t0 atenj t-ne several terms or sessions 0f the supreme court to be held within or for each county of this state, respectively b each year of their term of office ; and it chnll KtliP ilntTr nf iha nAifa cnAairma- tHi tn flttftn,i th S9M ;, or trm of jj court in tUe Kyenl counties to which thur mnr ho m rlwinnlKil nr nwlirnxil oo aforesajtj " m 0. 18. Section fifteen of chapter one hul)dred aud twenty-six of the general statutes, is hereby amende-1 so as to read aj) f0Ioys c i-. Th term nf nffle nfrh dec!sions of the SUpreme court shall, ex cept -n the case of eleetionor appointment to till a vacancy or unexpired term, cem- meuce on the first day of December next after their election, and shall continue for tue term 0f WQ years o ,r, Sect;on 8jxteen 0f the same L.ir, i...t ,:j k,0v, mj lUllj'li:! i 1. . I UIMILlUUwUU m t Vl'J Ulllll,., so as to read as lollows : Sec. 10. . In cases where no certain .Inv is fivd Viv Lmr for the enmniAnooment of the term of office of any salaried offictT choseu the a) BSBCmbjf the terra of offiue or guch officer shall e t ;n the of . riertion or aor,ointment to fill a vacaucy or unexpired term, be two years from the day of his election, or until a successor S chosen and qualified ; and no compensation shall be claimed by' or al n - lowed to any such omcer who may contin ue in office for a longer period than two years from the day of his election, tor any service exceeding or coutinued beyond the said term of two years, as aforesaid, if & successor shall be chosen at any time dur ing the regular session of the general as sembly next succeeding his last election or appointment to such office." general officers of tue militia. Sec. 20. Section six of an act enti- tied "An act for encouraging themilitia, approved November 22, 1804, is hereby amended by substituting the word "uku- niaUy" for or in place ot the word an- nually therein. trustees of the Vermont reform school. ec .2. Section one of an act entitled "An act for the regulation and govern ment of the Yermont Reform School," approved November 19, 18G6, is hereby amended so as to read as ionows : Sec. 1. The government of the Yer mont Reform School, established at W a- terbury, shall be elected biennially by the general assembly, and shall hold their offices tor two years, commencing on tne i . - first day of December next after their election : and in case ot a vacancy in the said board occuring by reason of death, resignation, removal from the state, or otherwise, the governor shall nil such va cancy by appointment for the remainder ot the unexpired official term, or unui me next session of the general assembly The other dav a man named Abraham gpiHmine, with his wife and children, made a halt at' the Western IIot;l, iu Windsor : and when it became necessary t0 rer,jKter, the man took up the pen and wrote : "atrahail spmnune ninijeu- ,d jj;8 w,fe hiS three cllildren- and lij8 daughTer." And he laid the n down with the air of a man who had seen ao0ut all of the world worth Feeing. oi jy,trojt free Press - A merican newspaper statistics give no )es8 tnall 5,244 as the total number of iournals. of which 542 are daily, i.izo weekly, and 27 monthly. New York I . .. J. .. , 1 !T.-. nub ishes tne largest numoer,uuuioiji,wi, of which 77 are dailies: and Arizona the j Ponnsvl. I Bmanesi uumoer, uauicijr, -v- vania stands next to the Empire State, and prints 49o papers, of which 40 are dailies, Illinois has 41o ; Ohio, 6t ; Indiana, zoa ; Missouri, -"""-'. T Massachusetts only . 219. Among the nalifomia daily DaDers is an illustrated i j.i . ... one, the engraving, of which are produced ' jfrom lino blocks acted upon with aoid. f ' I if! : 5 It