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LTBERATIO.V

A F'TER this date give 10 my son, JoHN = :
N BLANCHARD, his time 10 act ana .'"do '"'
himself; and shall claim Done OF ms earnings nor
pay any Of his debts eJaNCuARD
Victory, Feb Is, 1910. '''
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In this town, March 30, by Row Mr. Morse, Mr.
d. +. hENDALL, t" Widow NJ. PARKER
In this town DIR Com, of Burke, 10 Miss VIo-
LErTA RoBERrs, daughter Of Mr. Hollis Roberts
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1t is stated that rwENrY-FoUR manufacturing
establishments at Paterson have entirely sus'
pended .sher operations, and that the men, Wo'
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LIBERATION.

r this day give to my son CHARLES L. HUM
a. PHREY his time to and trade for himself,
and shall not hereafter claim his earnings nor pay
his debts TIMO. HUMPHREf.
St Johnsburv Jan g 1910 1862
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Furmiturc---Chafrs. &c.

q
TENii E subscriber being about to close his business
a. and having hand large assortment of
FURNITURE, he is DESTROYS Of dsposing Of ii,
which he will do ut low rate can he pur-
chased in the country. The ASSIGNMENT consists OF
200 Chairs OF unrious ndS-BEDSTE.ADS
-T.ABLES-BURE.A US-WORK
T4BLES-LIGHI'S STANDS, 81.
Call and see-if you want good bargains.
AMOS S. HALE.
Passunpsic, Feb. II, 1910. 133w7
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FIRE!--We learn with regret from Lancaster,
that on Sunday night the 22I inst the House,
Barn, and other buildings, in that village, own.
ed by Turner Stephenson, Esq. and occupied
by Richard p. Kent, Esq, was destroyed by
fire, with all the furniture, some of it very val.
liable, belonging to Mr. Stephenson, which was
packed away in the house, and nearly all the
furniture belonging to Mr. Kent, and his moth
er in law Mrs Oaks, which exclusive of the pro.
perry OF Mr. Stephenson, was valued at abont
$1,000. Mr. Stephenson loss if NOT far from
$1,000, end no Insurance. HauerhU (N H.)
.EgiS.
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look mt This.

TENlI Z subscribers have Cor sale, PEAS, WHEAT
h and CORN, at 90 cents per bushel for cash;
HERDS GRASS and GLOVER SEED. A few
RliOAN POTATOES.
SHEDD q JEWETT.
March Is, 1910. 1873
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S.rop THE MuRpERERs-About6 weeks since n
man was murdered on The Achatnaya river, by 8
brothers, notorious desperadoes and The terror
of the neighborhood. They were arrested ana AND.
carried to Opeousas and impr soned. ie W
days after their Imprisonment they broke Jai, o.
escaped. They returned TO the house OF tne
man whom they had killed, where h ney
found the wife and two daughters They MUIR
dered his wife also. and then carried off the
daughters, whom they compelled to live with
them in their hiding places
The circumstance created very great eScpe'
lnent amongst the planters in the neishoofhoon,
n number Of whom, with tho assistance OF some
Indians, went in pursuit. of the mnr'iercrs. lhe'r
retreat was discovered, when one OF them Tue
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Nottingham Township, March 3, 1910
From the Galena Gazette, .Nou. IA.

a Young Putnam.-On the morning of the
81 inst, Alfred Brunson Clark, eleven years old
grandson Of the Rev. A Brunson, went out on
the prairie (,lu CHEM to hunt for cows. He
had four dogs with him, and seeing two wolves
he Kissed them on, md gave chase. One of the
wolves was pursued 10y the dogs TO rock on
the side Of the bluff, some $50 feet up the steep
activity where he took refuge in crevice,
whence the dogs could not Dust him. The lad
having followed close upon the' dogs, and see
ing the situation Of the wolf, and unwilling to
loose the game, tied his horse to n tree, aud by
the aid Of The bushes, clambered up the steep
hill side TO Il shelf of the rock on which the
wolf travelled to his retreat. One end OF the
shelf came to the siding ground, while the
other, 10 or IL feet distant, is eight or 10 feet
from it. The shelf is about IL or Is inches wide
and over it hangs projection like n corn;ce, the
space between the shelf and the projection being
only Is inches. On this shelf the boy crawled on
his hands 81 knees to the crevice where he wolf
had slowed himseIfaway, and finding his tai
hanging out, and having no weapon whatever
to kill elm with, he laid hold OF his tail and
pulled him back.
AS soon as lie could The wolf turned and
snapped ut his hand; to avoid which the boy
tumbled him off the shelf, when the dogs seized
him ere he reached the ground, and tnmbiing,
rolling over fight ensued TO the bottom of the
hill. The hoy, in the mean time; baced ont
of his dangerous position till he could nearly
reach the ground, WIN MS MINUS 'oi"i"S .iie
edge, when he fell feet foremost, and hurried
down to the place of slaughter. When he reach.
ed the dogs, the wolf was not quite dead, and
with a club, finished the work of death upon his
prey.
The next was to get him home as atrophy OF
his victory. The wolf was one of the largest
and fattest kind Of the prairie wolves, and too
heavy for lad of his size to place upon the
horse, but to overcome this difficulty, he drag
ped the wolf to n rock, and placing his horse
vp to the side of it, with some difficulty snc'
ceeded in placing his booty across the horse,
aud mounting behind it. rode home in as much
triumph as the elder Putnam did with the wolf
he killed in her den. II Putnams wolf was the
largest and most difficnIs TO be got at, his age
and his being armed for the fight, gave him an
ont weapons, which would probably render the
case very neatly parallel.
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MELANoHoLY.-A most distressing and fatal
accident occurred in the family of Mayor Perez
Harwood, Jr., of Bennington, on the 9th inst.
Edward, little son Of Mr.. H. years ofago whilst
playing in an out house, got up the arch in
which set large cauldron and in which they
were making soap, as he endeavored stand up,
probably lie slipped and fell backwards into the
boiling sonp! He got out Immediately by IA
little brother and lived about four hours in the
most cxcrntIa;ing agony Bennington Ga2euc.
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AMOS KENDALL,

When we, the other day, spoke of the resigna-
ton Of Mr. Kendall, we foresaw that he would
make great efforts to rally the party. We accor-
dinghy learn that the whole party influence ofthe
Post Office is to be put in play for the circulation
of the Extra Globe. Indeed it is charged in the
Madisonian, that clubs, receiving certain salary,
are required to take six copies, each, and this
will no doubt be followed up by circulars, requir-
ing every one of the Deputies to exert them
selves. mrt
We have Just seen and conversed with an in
telligent gentleman of Lou Ion county, Virginia,
who tells us that at the time of the election in
that county, an individual who professed to be
clock cleaner, who rode a good horse, was
well dressed, very intelligent, with his saddle
bags filled with political pamphlets, passed
through mat county and was very active in cleo
tioneering against Gen1. Harrison, repeating
the slang which Mr.. Grundy has picked up from
the Globe and the Richmond Enquirer, about abo-
litlon and the Cincinnati Committee. The honest
Germans of Loudon had no doubt of his being in
the pay of the administration, and they thought
that there must be something wrong about the
administration when they were eompelledto hire
men TO travel through the county under such
Pretences, to electioneer for Van Buren,.
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by THE SOUTHERN MAIL.
CORR SPONDENCE,
WASHINGTON. NAV 1 Sth, 49,

WASHINGTON, May Sth, 1910
The morning hours in the House of Represell-
tives, was taken up on the consideration ofino-
lions for callsofthe House, the yeas and nays.
The suspension of the Rules, all made with a
view of talSingup the Sub-Treasury Bill. The
house 1906 to n, moved not to suspend the Rules
to take up the bill MIR. Artherton, of N. H., a
Young man of much pretension, and little pos
session made the call. Looking into it,
he moved that tomorrow at II o'clock, the house
take up the the bill, and make it the special or
der every day thereafter, until disposed Of
Two thirds were necessary, and members were
not disposed to take up the bill now, or make it
special order. Tomorrow there will be less
objection to going into committee of the whole
upon the bill.
Petitions were received from the me mbers to-
day, until the recess, which commenced at half
past two o'clock, and closed at o'clock The
whole day in the House will be devoted to thai
purpose alone.
In the Senate, Mr.. Webster made one Of his
ablest speeches upon the bill, proposing general
Bankrupt Law. The Senator spoke for ten
hours, and an ADLER speech fhave never heard
him make. 1t was argumentative, forcible, con-
ciliatory, and effective, and must have weight
with the administration Senators.
MIR. Strange speaks tomorrow.
Yours Sc
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TENNESSEE.

That the Democratic party in other States may
form some idea Of the energy with which The can
vass is conducted in Tennessee, we take from the
Knoxville Times notice of the appointments
made by the Hon. Ephraim Foster, tomeet and
address the people-on the Presidential question:
Give the people light-All that they ask is truth.
It is painful reflection that at these meetings it
viii become Mr.. Fosters duty to exposgthe arti-
fce--the unworthy artifce of Mr.. Grundy; to fix
upon the name of that distinguished Senator a
blot which time itself cannot wear out. Is it not
to reflect that party zeal should cause
one, so much respected, to fall from so high an
estate. But such examples are necessary as
warning to others.
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MN aiIpfaECANOE TEXT BOOK.

further supply of the TEXT BOOK has
hoen received, and arrangements have been made
tosnpply orders to any amount. The admirable
,,opner in which this little work has been got
ten up, and the power of truth embodied IN II
pages, have already gained for it an eNtraordi-
nary degree of popularity, and we predict that
It will have an unprecedented circulation
Its extreme chcapness places it within the
reach of every reader, and no one, be he old or
,.nnne. should fail to read it.
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eide of large vessels in the river receiving re-
turn cargoes Whafves, warehouses, stores,
dwellings, and hotels, are building. large
number of strangers and visitors are arriving
daily looking for business locations 1t is very
pleasant ride FROM Baltimore and Philadelphia,
Canal packets are now running by Columbia
The accommodations at Seymour's are excellent,
the scenery beautiful fine water prospects, and
cool breezes from the broad expanse. of the Ghes-
apealse. 1t is expected that profit and pleasure
will induce many to visit the future Albany of
Maryland. From what can learn, the produce
from above is about equally divided between
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Maryland has found by opening the canal, sale
for immense quantities of the produce of her
abundant fisheries. AS the canal has been open
but few days it is too soon to say much; but
when confidence and business revives, much will
be done upon it, in connection with Pennsylva-
MIA, New York, Ohio the West and the Lakes.
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Yours, &c.
WASHINGTON, May 18th, /
Half nast three.

IMPORTANT.-Churc c. Cambreleng,
has been confirmed as the American Minister
Plenipotentiary to Russia, and John M Niles as
Post Master General. The appointments were
confirmed before three o'clock, and in an hour
after the Executive Message was sent to the
Senate.
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TcoMMUNIcATIoN.-

& Gen. Duff Green,-Dear Sir,-I should like
to know the reason that there is no school on
board of Ithe Macedonian frigate; she has been
in commission near two years, and all that time
there has not been schoolmaster on board OF
her for the instruction of her apprentices. Is
that justice to those parents and guardians of the
boys that have depended on the faith Of the Ge-
neral Government to carry out the law relative
to the enrolment of apprentices, which law ex-
pressly says their shall be schools on board Of all
ships Of war for the instruction Of those Boys
who may be placed as apprentices in the navy
of the United States. The boys on board of tht
Macedonian have therefore lost two years, OF
nearly so,of schooling, and instead of improving
have lost nearly all they knew before they wen
out the cruize.s
A PARENT OF ONE ON BOARD OF HER.
18th Nav 1910. p. itfftN
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18th May, 1910.

THE EXPORTS from Philadelphia to foreign
ports, from the Sth to the 18th Of May, amounts
in value, to &c. 76a There were $3.50 barrels
Of -four, 1890 bushels of corn, tierces of rice,
2,441 barrels Of corn meal, no barrels and, 752
kegs Of ship bread, 80 bales Of cotton, Isl hogs
heads and i21 bales Of tobacco, and 95 hogsheads
and 60 tierees Of qaiercitron. - a err sss
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A great meeting of the Wings of Boston was
held at Fenneuil Hall, on Thursday night, to
hear the report ofthe delegates to the Baltimore
Convention Edward Everett presided The
meeting was addressed by Messrs> Crozier and
Hume Of Tennessee, and Mr.. Wiclsliffee ofKen-
fuckv
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FOR THE PILOT.
no COMMON SENSE.


No longer will we, the freemen Of the Union be
chained down like slaves to any and eve1y mea-
sure of pretended party Of friends; no longer
will we, the bone and sinew of the land. offer up
our incense on the alters OF anBurenismj when
its priests have, in the phrenzy Of might and pow
en- disregarded their high obligations of friendship
and of principle, and have wantonly assailed us;
we, who like our fathers know our rights, and
knowing, dare, aye a0iH MAINTAIN them.
Democrats arouse it is time to wake up from
our slumbers, and throw off this lethargic mantle
which has blinded our reason so long. No
more, like children, will we behushed to sleep by
the lullaby of Democracy! Democracy! or be
frightened by the bug bear cry of banks banks
banks! For the Democracy of our rulers, Is an
empty name--a shadow and dream it is
worse than the sounding Of brass, and the
tinl1ling cymbal-it was made to deceive US
Let us seek for the reality, and be no Longer led
by this slack % the lantern" humbug to party,
into the quagmires OF misfortune '-i ~
We will no more be enchanted by the false
songs of the administration--we viii listen no
longer to their syren lays Of Democracy, where
there is no Democracy. speak not to the parti-
zan-not to the greedy Office seeker-not to the
esambitious few" but to those who get their
bread by the sweat of their brows-to those who
wantno oflice-expect none, but only want
good currency, plenty of labor, and no reduction
OF wages; who only want fair policy and no
gougtag. Let us think for ourselves, and let
none think for us. Let us see both sides of the
question, and our good sense of right will judge
correctly. STH WARD.
HARRIsoN EAGLE.-A new weekly. paper has
been started at Taunton Mass, under the above
tile, and Judging from the ability displayed
in the first number, it will prove valuable
auxiliary in the cause of Harrison and Reforif
1t will be published until the election, and is
conducted by the members Of the Harrison Club
of Taunton. as 9ss u
The following is the closing paragraph of their
Prospectus.
esThe conductors of this paper, without Pc
cuniary aid, and without the hope of any other
reward, than which may be derived from the con-
scioushess ofperforming their duty to themselves
and their country, pledge their time, services
andftalents, such they are, in aid ofthis great
enterprise, which they believe to be emphatical-
ly the Cause of the People Being neither office
holders, whatever they may accomplish, will be
done with single eye to the prosperity, happl-
ness, and ultimate good of the whole country"
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NAVAL COURT MARTAL.-We learn
that 1t. Chas. Fl. McBlair has been honorably
acquitted by the Naval Court Martial, sitting in
Philadelphia, of the charges preferred against
him by Commodore fl. i. Ballard, commanding
Naval Station Baltimore .es-rr
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FIRE

A destructive fire took place in, -Kensington,
between 6 and Z o'clock yesterday morning 1t
originated in a warehouse in Oak st. 1t origin
atcd in warehouse in Max st. in which large
quantity Of Oak bark was deposited. Some 2 or
300 hhds. were destroyed or injured. A lumber
pard nearly opposite wal also set on fire and con-
sideraby damaged, as well as a stable in the
neighborhood. -.
NEW PROTECTION FROM FIREt~-Mr. Livngs-
ton, of this cty madean experiment, Friday last, I'd
prove the quality Of plaster for houses said to be
protection against fire. The Inquirer says TINT frama
house was built in yard selected for that purpose,
large quantity of combustble material inited in the
and, although the roof set on fire on the outside yet
so inperyious was the new pfcparaon that the frame
Of the building, though of very dry material preser-
yea entre'--fAn Led "a. !.z- 5-.ss. sssi
In London,f the legal profession consists of
1900 barristers, 100 conveyancers and pleaderss
and 800 solicitors and attorneys af:3s
fe.tk -
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TO DIR. THOMAS L. MURPHY.

In one of the numbers of your =" Spirit Of De-
mocracy" you say that you can ''proUe" that Mr..
Thomas II. Laughlip did not die from any blow
which he received, but from 'apoplery,n Now
quotha, Dr., this is a very round assertion, and
one of great delicacy withal, considering that a
Jury of t,oelce men on their oathS, have declared
that he did die from the effects of blow. l most
assuredly do not demur at your deticacy, because
that is IN keeping with your character through
out, as all men know you to be verymodest and
unassuming man but as you have voluntarily
rendered your services e clear up the mystery OF
poor Laughlin's death, would suggest to you
the propriety of waiting upon the law officers,
and making good your bravado. If you really
can ''prove" what you affirm, it is due from you
to your party, that you make good your declara-
ton for should you succeed, you will relieve it
from the odium of as foul murder as was ever
perpetrated in christian land.
If you can ''prove" what you affirm you can,
(and surely no one who may judge Of your credi-
bility by your display of modesty in putting your
ipSe dirt in opposition to the verdict of jury,
can doubt you, as modesty and truth are twin sis
IviSJ say II you CAN pfOtt Ni4eI YOU uAh ms
the supposition Is fair one, that you possibly
know of the means by which poor Laughlin was
deprived of life therefore, as a modest citizen,
and most delicate and refined gentleman, do let
us have no more vaporing about what you can
fEprove )" but give us the proof. Your own self
respect and acknowledged love of truth should
most assuredly impel you to this course. Out
with your testimony, Doctor, or your friends will
begin to entertain the ungenerous suspicion, that
it is rail- talk and no cider with you and should
they arrive at that conclusion, you may suffer in
your well-earned reputation for veracity, thing
most devouty to be deplored, not only by the pre-
sent generation, but by those who are to follow
in your " illustrious footsteps"
SIMON EARNEST.
That the public may know how much truth
there is in the rumors that have been circulated
relative to the habits of Mr.. Laughlin, please
insert the following statement of those who knew
him well.
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EAST New MARKET, !
Dorchester County, Md. s

Dear SIR
3 An original jackson man, but one who has
been for some time convinced that the party is
not what it has b zen cracked sp, wishes 70 take
your Pilot; and he hopes it may steer the ship.of
state with the same good fortune in 1S40, as it
Telegraphed its cause to victory in 1928. can
not but think that the same, or even more brill
liant success will attend the Pilot in this contest
than attended the Telegraphin that. Wework-
ing men can stand amy thing reasonable in the
way of experiments--we stand it when re-
duced to hard labor-but when reduced to no Ia
Dor at all, and no money either, we call halt
and take the back track; that is our condition
now, a ruined currency, but little employment,
debts to pay, and no money to pay them with.
T And, to cap the climax Of experiment, absurdity
and wiclxedness, astanding army, relief for
our suiferings, sof 100000 men, and reduction
Of wages. Now, sir, we cant stand all this, and
I therefore we have given the command to our
rulers, ssto the right about face, forward march,
iaout Of, doors.n seT ssz a,ssssasT. K ST.
Three hundred tons Ice, the cargo Of the barque Eliza
fom Boston, sold IN Natehez afeW days since, for
o...or
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FOR THE PILOT.

General Green:-
| was sitting at my window some evenings ago,
when two mechanics met each other and began
good sense of their conversation, took up my
pen, and, as well as l can recollect, wrote it
down; here it is:
seGood morning, John; have you found any
work YETI have not"
mo-" said John, e'not one stroke; nobody's
doing any thing"
<sWhat," said his companion, Care thing com
ing to, if they keep on at this rateF"
81 don't know, indeed, said John; Ican't live
on one days work in week, and support my
family; Bill, hate to go home and see my poor
children; for God only knows how long it will
be before they crying to me for bread; it's all
owing to the currency, and our rulers should bet
ter it; they have the power"
esThey are going to, john" g5ss
eyes ,oreplied he Sand their attempts are like
the man who undertook to make his horse live on
one straw a-day; his experiment went ON bravely,
with this exception, that before he had reduced
him to the straw diet, he was deadlp
sWhy, John, you talk like whig.''' ary
$50 ] am" SfS...,
esYou whigw gissoes
eyes, you needn't stare-thc story is short; /
had nothing to do, SO got the papers and read
both sides, and now mean to go it strong for
Tippecanoe.n a'a e iaf9
sswen!!l" s N3 iiaf
i eyes, il . very well indeed -. -s.fiii
s"But, John, the boys will laugh at you and
call you sturn-coat.' D, RAJ .sss ..ts.T9
ssLet them; and those Of them can't thrash
4 pn try to! I know my own business best, and !
know who is my friend, Old Tip is, and Martin
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FIRE

Yesterday about half pest one so'eioeR in the
afternoon, fire was discovered in the brick stable
immediately adjoining the Lumber yard of Mr..
Job Smith, in the rear of the Charleston and Sa-
vannah Packet Office, No 104 Smiths Wharf.
The fire was individually the work of bold
but the usual activity of our firemen
soon distinguished it, with no other loss than the
destruction of the stable, with the exception of
its walls.
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NOTICE..

For the convenience of the advertisers, and sub
scribers to the PILoT, an Office has been opened
at the S. E. corner Of Baltimore and South stS'
where persons having business with the Office
ILL nlease. call
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NATcHEz ToRNADo.-Av very numerous meet
ing of the citizens of New Orleans, was held in
that city on Sunday, 10th inst. to provide mea-
sures for the immediate relief of the distressed
population of Natchez bihs