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Mcgnc'ic Telegr0pas.--Wc announced
some days ago that arrangements were
in progress for establishing a magnetic
telegraph between New York and Boston.
re have since been informed that Leon
ard Gage and +. 0. J. Smith are the par
ties by whom the enterprise is undcIta-
ken, they having purchased the privilege
from Professor Morse. The electrical
wires will be carried through Wostchcs-
ter county and along the Connecticut
shore, passing through Hartford, New
Haven, Springfield and Worcester, to the
capital Of Massachusetts. We also learn
that g similar communication between
Albany and Buffalo is to be established
during the next year by Professor Morse
and another party.
]. will be rccolIeclcd that bill is now
before congress for the continuation Of
the telegraph from Baltimore ''to such a
point opposite to the city Of New York
as may be found most practicable for
the exclusive use aud direction Of the
United States-provided the same shall
consist of line of six wires, and shall
not exceed the cost Of SlGl per mile
the same to be paid out of any moneys in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
and the said telegraph contrivauces,
whcn constructed, shall be assigned and
made appunenant TO thc post office de-
partmcnt, under the superintendent of
S. f. b. Morse, and under such regu-
lations and tariff of charge for communi-
cations made thereby for private or gov
eminent purposes as the postmaster gen.
cral shall institute, and until congress
shall otherwise order"
Ifthis bill passes, as we hope it will,
the communication will soon be complete
from Washington 20 Boston. What shall
hinder the extension Of the telegraph still
further east, say to Portsmouth, Portland,
Augusta and Bangor. and finally TO Mad.
awska? And then Why not extend it to the
west and south! The benefits TO be de-
rived from this new application Of magnet
ic power are incalculable. battling even the
Imagination fthe widest enthusiast in his
efforts TO conceive of them. Brother jon
ahan, we believe,is ahead of all the rest
of the world in this matter, and may just.
ly feel some pride in circumstance which
indicates So high a degree Of inventive
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Cor. D0rr.-Thc friends Of Gov. Dorr
in Rhode Island are getting up meetings
in the several towns, for the purpose OF
instruciug the representatives in the Gen.
eral Assembly 10 vote for the unconditional
liberation of Thomas w. Dorr
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WINDSOR COUNTY TEMPERANCE
CONVENTION.

|
HELD AT WoOrsToCK, Nov. Both, 1874.
AgreeabIy toa notice circulated in the
two papers printed in Woodstock, in this
county, ard signed by a very numerous
and respectable class Of the citizens oflhls
county, a meeting the lrccmen was hold
en- at Woodstock for the purpose of nomi-
mating board Of County Commissioners,
The meeting was called to orde: by HI
RAM AIKENs. Esq, of Barnard, when upon
motion of ZENAs +. HYDE, Esq, SAMUEL
ADAMS, of Cavendish, was appointed Chair
man, aud J. B. DANFoRrI, JR,, Of Barnard,
Secretary. Upon motion Of GARDNER
WTNsLow, Esq, a committee Of one from
each town was appointed to make nomi-
nation to the Convention Of three persons
as candidates for the office of Commissions
ers.
The following persons were appointed
said committee, viz:
Andoyer, no delegate,
Baltimore, " "
Barnard. Hiram Aikens, .
Bethel, David Owen,
Brldgewaier, Gilbert White,
Cavcndsh, Washington Adams,
Chester, Nathaniel Fullerton,
Hartford, Samuel Mutt,
Ludlow, SewalI Fnllam,
Norwich, Ira Davis,
Plymouth, J. Josselyn,
Pomitot, Harvey Bruce,
Readiug, no delegate,
Rochester, r. l.. TIIdcn,
RoyaIIon, ~ delegate,
Sharon, Zcno Steel,
Springfield, A. p. Lyndcs,
Stockhrigc, Charles Green,
WealhcrsfcId, A. Ausden,
Weston, no delegate,
Windsor, Gilman II. ShcGd,
Woodstock, Charles Ct Eastman.
The Convention thea adjourned to half
past one O'Clock, P. NJ.
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The Broom earn BaSianS-The Bos-
Ton Bee says, broom corn is cultivated
aud with success, in some towns on the
Connecticut river, in Massachusetts,
The amount produced on one acre varies
from SEQ to 1860 lbs, besides 90 or "a
bushels Of seed. The brush is said to be
worth four or five cents per pound, The
seed on an acre, at 33 cents per bushel, is
SAID TO be equal to a crop OF oats.
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PROTECTION TO LABOR"

With tins spcclous cry the coons wagcd
war, in New England, upon the democrat.
ic party. They were the Only friends Of
Labor-thc only party who cared fg fer
the poor LaborCr. Well! Polk is elected
and war against every Laborcf who cx.
erclsed pcaceabIy, one of his ihaicnable
rights, free suffrage, and voted with the
democracy, is declared by the very men
who claim to be the especial friend OF
protection to home industry" Hundreds
are turned into the streets without employ
ment by these beautiful friends to daily
Labor because they would not vote against
their honest con,ictinns. What is the Ian.
cnace of all tllisl BE MY WHITE
SLAVES OR STARVE! And from
whom comes this language: From the
very men who have carried New Eng
land, for Clay, by claiming to be the only
friends of those whom they now turn INTO
the street to beg or starvc! Is this pro.
lection to labor--is this love for the la
boring MANI
We hope this new development of old
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federalism in the guise ofcoonery.will open
the eyes of the daily laborer, and that
by this time he will be able to see who
are his friends and who are his enemies.
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RUM OR NO RUM.
Z hats gllc Question.

Z hats gAc Question.
Believing that the time has arrived
when the Icgaijzing the traffic Of intoNl
caliug liquors, should demand the candid
consideration of every cilIx2u in commu.
nlry,-aud believing the public To be read
for action upon the subject, We wcuIt
respectfully rcmlnd them Of the inpor.
lance Of a IulI ATTENDANCE upon the Coun-
!y Convention Ga call for which may be
found III another coumn) fer the purpose
of nominating board Of Commissioners
whose opinions are kaown to be hostile ,o
slncloulug by the laws Of the land, u
damnab'e traffic, which is onl y calculated
tocur'ch tic pockets Of few landlords,
and retailers, 1t the expense orlhc morals,
health and happiness oithc Whole commu.
nifty. The call is clear and explicit, -
free from the Icas, disguise, and i, exactly
what it should be,--a call to the gcauja,
friends of Temperance, for a Convention,
free from the contamination ot rum, and
far removed from is iuEncncc. We hcpc
to sec full meeting on that occasion, com
posed of q iuII dcIcaaDion lsom every town
III the County e Wlud,or,Wh are ready
tn wage an eternal warfare with every
","-S"@ !" '''''''""''''' u" "'"'''' r''',
The question which tie new law in rca.
lion to licensing greg Acps, presents t.
the Frccmcn Of the different Counties in
Nc,H''"'' Is PucS''oh o' I"m Ut u" '"m'
an" S'o,iu We met ieAIieSSl Wy every
"''"u VI ic'iPtia"'t' ue .,t h"-' D''o'
nc,W' OF h"".'i"h's'' WIN an open
,.''" anu ~" ns"'' VIC nave "","'n! !"
''"' " u" " '"'' '''""'e "I''' VIC J"I'-
l'SS ., our cause III" az "PP'a' 10 '''
,,.;,h r,Ir ,,,,,,,,'a,",,,,,,, ,e
',. ,,o,a,n. ~ .ata,,;.n - ,.a ,,"a.I,
.,.,r;. ~ I,,i.'t I'm a., H., D,,'
;n,, Lota,ci.Um ,h,,i i,,o oa,,ol ~ ' o,';,
.,.os,,. ~, ,,.,.';' ..J H., ','
;.'n'tr.... ''N''
FRIENDS or TEMPERANCE! you nave u
now III your power To correct AZ e''i ""''h
mas l'hl pr'yrd IKE canhcrlng sore upon
me heal'H ana happiness "i TIE n'"y pot
''ic' a"d VIII you ncgiect 80 ia'"t'"'t ",'
opportunity! Come out 'h'h' on 'he : hh
OF November ~ Such numbers as s"a'' III
spire the breast OF eacn soldier IN Tue
temperance Army WIN high an" conn
den, hopes ol success Tor thc glorious
enterprise III WhIch we are enlisted. a
GRAND RALLY "n inst occasion, WIN prove
we irnst,a sure precursor to the downfall OF
a base and demoIallzlng trailic, which,
with nnerrlng certainty ia sure to stamp
It's whitening curse upon all the blind w.
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The Electors OF the several States met
at their capitals yesterday to cast their
votes President and Vice President.
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The New York Morning News, gives
the majority for Clay in Vernon, s,72l.
Not SO. His majority is only 4,67l.
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genius, scientific knowledge and indom-
liable ENTERPRISE TrIGac.

jack DO,rning on The ddruntogc ofad-
pertising-"There's nothing that greases
the wheels of business like newspaper
advertising. Bears lie amt Il touch to
~ ),
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Rather 0mnsiHg-to hear a brace Of
Infdels call on "the GOD of battle S" for
add
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For the Age.
"Tom' borcs hole in Nahum's nose
And puts hook therein,
Then leads the criiier up and down,
" hi,e all the people grin.
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49, ~ - ~ W. DCet
interests Of society, is soon TO be set-
tied.
: Our FIRST objection to this call for a
, second Convention, lies against the theft
which hss been committed, for the pur-
pose Of making it agreeable TO the pub
lie palate We hold 10 the old proverb,
"Let every tub stand on its own boilom;"
and do not intend that the rum setter shall
strut through our columns, in borrowed
= Plnmcs. 10 attempt to charm the people
nto the embrace Of grog-shopS, by dub
Nlng their call with the FASCINATING name
ut TEMPERANCE, is a modern instance Of
: stealing the livery Of the Court of Heav-
en-, to serve the Devil in" If there are
any 'J'1ends q Temperance" in Windsor
County, who are in favor of a misr, prw-
tent and j"dicio0s tSyStm Of making
drunkalds, they will without doubt en-.
brace the opportunity offered on the 3Oh
inst, to carry out their princples and
we must cer'anIy wish them much ioy of
their new allies
If on the contrary, the FRIENDS OF
TEMPERANCE arc disposed to reduce their
preaching to practice, they will leave
this rUm-seiiers Convention Of the 3Otb
inst, in The hands Of those whose pecu-
liar intcrcs.s it is intended TO suLscrve
ana attend their own Convention on the
-'ll lns''' IN >uch numbers as shall be-
speak for King Alcohol a grace of oerr
nat steep:
And wboroos ol.o to.,;, ~
90 o.., -
"'''|''' 'o''o" my was PuD-
''sneo as editorial, to wit;
l.o 'n9NhAhi''S CONVENTION,
tins ! us o,, g''s@l''h OF hIlan'hropIsts
.I'n's -" ." ra'uioay next, and MT
" inc La.S1 cGiofS under which
'ncy strive 10 san II VIII without doubt
P''',"' " ti"''cE group OF L"ao'ordS and
,yTTT;1SS, G = "p ir'e"n' OF temperance IN
!" 'hoSor county, VINO are IN favor If u
tenn " We opirc viii ho fn"nd r, ,"se 1? s
between. An advocate of,ho c,mso 70
Temperance, who is sincerely devoted to
,"a' I"'y benevolent object, cannot be
Ln"knrJs ' "nJ n ""g ~ s'em 'or 'naHl'g
IS sought to be discussed Lv tho hirh
souudug terms, mis,, pyad,m and mil
c'onS, Such terms are not hcftinr the
subject; and when applied to tie abom-
!oablc traffic in Intoxicating drinks, should
be scented by every man, woman md
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Vuy Trac.-Ihcrc are three things
says some writer, which man should al
ways keep on good terms with--hls wife.
(if he has one,) his stomach, and his con-
science.
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II Fl E AG E
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT:
THURSDAY EVENING,DEC. s, lSl4.

Nh WILLIAM II. STONE, will act ms general agent
for The Age, anywhere in the State procuring sub
sCrpions sc.
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The N. Y. Tribune publishes rather Il
severe article in relation to a private let
Ter from Henry to c. Nj. Clay, which it
says was stolen from the desk of the edi-
tor and published We should judge
from a persual the article in the Trib-
bune, that its editor has the honor to DIFF
fer from the polite and gentlemanly Dir.
Picra, editor Of the Vt, Mercury, upon
The subject Publishing stola p,icotc cor
rcspoadaacG
This letter, was handed to every rcgu-
lar democratic paper in New York city,
and its publication was pcrcmptorily re-
fused, 0" the ground that 1t was private;
and let it contain what it would, the
laws Of honor would not allow them, even
the use of Il copy, However, it can hard
y be expected that lnGdcIs will have
much regard for laws ofany character.
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LOCOFOCO WIGS.

A correspondent Of the New York Her
aid, proposes that Instead Of American
Republicans, the wings take the name OF
Loco Wings and adopt Iocofoco principles,
meaning undoubtedly to adopt Free Trade
principles, Tie Clay Wings were told 10y
their candidate that they must not fight the
candidate Of the locos as Jimmy Polk, but
like Napoleon or Welliugton-well know
ing that the democratic forces were sulli-
ccnt to overcome the coons if such skill
fuI leader as Polk was, when at the head
of the Committee Of Foreign Affairs in the
House in Congress, headed the locoioco
forces Of the nation in lS44 IN the Presi-
dental contest The Locos will protect
the Taril--lhey always have-Presidenl
Folks letter to Kane shows fully his views,
and is being published in coon papers to
prove that coon alarms are groundIess on
the subject of ruin.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-15

We earnestly recommend the we'll todoinhe world people
the following song heart II is not founded on hc-
ton, hcaendng fact Three haencc is the current
price for making shirt in the richest metropolis of tho world
and shirts made in of our warehouses for one hing
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Nation, that peace may be maintained
that its rulers may seek to promote the
welfare Of the whole-that the spirit OF
union and mutual good will may prevail
and let us pray that God would put it in
to the hearts of the American People to
abolish Slavery at once and forever, and
to become in all things that happy people
whose God is the Lord, and whose high
privilege it shall be, by their own consist
ent example, to commend the inestimable
boon Of Christianity and Civil and Relig-
ious Freedom to the acceptance Of the
world.
GIVEN under my hand at Peacham,
this seventh day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and Gorty-four, and of the
Independence of the United States
the sixty-eighth.
JOHN MATTOCKS.
BY the Governor,
HENRY HALE, Secretary.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-15

Useless Receipts. TO make Port Wine-Tuke
los"ood chips ! lbs, rusty nails, | : TO-, white
vinegar pn, water : q,>, lreace IL Ill.,, simmer
lhe who'll tor an hour, Then 10 cool AID strain
the bottle.
Sherry. Take brown vinegar, quart, moist 81.
gar : lbs waEei qs-sInllnur The whole for day
with cast off boo, add some Things, and bolle as
above.
.uddeird Same us Sherry, with an additional
quart OF water aud an old pair OF slippers.
CasSus NJ Clay and his Sarts.-Ata late meet
ing pt the Massachusetts Ann Slavery Society.
IN Boston, MIR. Garrison rrud letter from C. N
Clay 10 II member of the Suce,y OF Friends in
New Bedford, in which he states thar, in the
course oi The present ear, he intends not TO be
the owner of slave.
couple of foreigners, who had never enioyed
the pleasure of a sleigh ride, decided TO ind,Ilge
IN that amusement wile sojournug ut the Ire
mont House n while ago. A ) elgh was accord.
ingy ordered, aud they were asked if lhev YouII
have one or Two builaloes? "Why," SAID one of
them very nnocently "as we are no used 10 Ibis
sporI, rather think one will be us much as we
eau manage unless they are very lame."
Hire Bridge.-An iron wire bridge, sixty feet
long, has been constructed across tho Miami en-.
nhl AT Knce street, IN Cincinnati, at "a cost of
SlG5O. This is The first wire bridge erected
west OF the mountains. Competent Judges think
1t wlll bear, with perfect safety, weight of 1850
tons.
II SigA.-A letter renouncing loco focosm.
was sent IL by +. Lawrence, Esq. an influential
merchant in Norfolk IN Lichfeld County. IL is
handsomely written and Will have good effect
Several Norfolk delegates standing near us when
The letter Was read, expressed their surprise say
ing mat It was the first inlinaIion they had re
celYed OF Mr.. LawTence's union with The wings
lie is welcomed IN the wing ranks by thee hear y
cheers.-New Haven Palladium.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-15
POETRY.
THE SONG OF THE SHIRT.


e earnestly recommend the well to.don-the world peo1
,mmit the following song heart II is not founded on
but on hcartrendng fact Three hapencc is the cure
for making shirt in the richest metropolis OF tho wori
shirts uio made in of our warehouses for one ihin
BRADFoRD, Eng, OBSERVER.
With fingers weary and worn,
With eyeds heavy and rod,
A woman Sat in UNIV Omanly rugs,
Plyiug lrr needle aud thread
Stitch! stitch stitch!
In poverty, hunger and dit,
And still with voice of Goorous pitch,
She sang the Song Of the Shirt
'work. work work
While tho cock is growing aooi!
And work-wurk-wOTk,
Till the surs shine through tho roof!
It's q ! to be n slave
Along with the harba'c Gus Turk,
Where woman has soul to save,
ii this Is christian work /!
Wort-worl-work,
Till the brain begins to swim
Work-wofk-wOrk,
Till the eyes are heavy and dim
Seam, and gussct, and band,
Band, and gusset, aud sclm,
Till over the buttons fail asleep,
And sew them on in n dream
o, men, with sisters deaf,
O, men, with mothers and wives
Ii is not linen YOU wearing out,
But human creatures lives;
Stitci-scli-stitch,
In poverty, hunger, and lrt,
SeN ny ri once, with a double thread,
y STROUD as well as a shirt.
But why do talk Of Deathi
That phantom of gri.iy hone,
hardly fear his terrible shape,
II seems like my own
1t seems 90 ike my own,
Because of the fass keep,
Oh God that bread should he dear,
And flesh and blood So cheap.
Work--work-work,
My labor never nigs;
And what are its wages? A bed Of straw,
A crust of hread-and rags.
That SHATTERED roof.-lnd this naked floor
table-a broken chuir-
And a wall so blank, my shadow thank
For sometimes falling there.
Work-work-wor
From weary chime chime,
Work-wurk-work-
As prisoners work for crime.
Band, and gussct, and seam,
Scam, and gussCt, and band,
Till the heart IL sick, uud tho brain bonumbd,
as well "a the weary hand.
Work-work-work
In the duh December light,
And work-work--wurk,
When the weather is and bright
While underneath the caves
The brOodng swallows cling,
As If To show mo their sunny backs,
And twit me with the spring.
Oh hut to breathe the breath
OF the cows and primrose sweet
With the sky above my head,
And the grass beneath my feet,
For only short hour
TO feel as | used to feel,
Before knew the woes of want,
And the walk that costs meal.
Oh, hut for one short hour,
'espitc, however brief;
No blessed leisure for Love Hope,
But only time for Grief
little weeping would ease my heart,
But in their hrny bed
My tears must stop, for every drop
flinders needle and thread y
With fingers weary and worn,
with oyelds heavy and red
womun sat in unwomany rags,
Plying her needle and thread
stitch stitch stitch
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
And siill with II voice Of delicious pitch,
Would that its tone could reach the rich
She sang this Song of the Shirtn
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-03-15
POLITICAL.
MIR. PHELPS SPEECH.
In SENATE, FRIDAY, FEB. IS, 1914.
TIE TARIFF,

on Finance reported The following resolutions:
ReSotUed, That the bill entitled ga bill tore
vive the act of the 81 Of March, 1888, usually
called the compromise act, and to modify the ex.
listing duties upon foreign imports, in conformity
with its provisions" is bill "lor raising revenue"
within the meaning of the 7lh section of the lst ar
tlce OF The constitution, and cannot therefore orig
mate in the Senate; therefore,
HeSoiped, That it be- indefinitely postponed.
MIR. PHELPS said he could not concur with
the honorable Chairman Of the Committee on FL
nance, that this was iruitiess discussion. lie
was well aware that pothing could be said that
would carry conviction to the mind any gentle
man mere, IN opposition TO the opinion which lie
might have formed on this subject, and thnt moth
ing could be snid that would influence the course
oil tins body on ibis grent question Of national poll
ley. But here were otter reasons for the discus
SION OF this subject, which gave 1t value aud i'm
portance, Whatever might be the decision of the
Senate. An appeal was made by it 10 the iudg-
mcut OF the great mass oi the American people,
However ihcongruous it might appear to some
gentlemen, that we, who accustomed TO re-
cave INSTRUCTION irbm the people, should IN our
turn, attempt TO afford instruction Them, he yet
considered that tive people had tight to know
our opinions on subjects Of such general interest
as tins. All agreed Us 10 the importance of this
question as CONNECTED International policy. Tho
Senator from South Carolina contendcd that the
protective policy was ruinous to the interests of
The country, aud he ('r. Phelps) regarded it us
the only means by winch The Interests oC the
country could he pron,o,eJ: bur lhev boh enter
tanned the same opiuion ne Ia The ,n,uorin,ce or
the subi,ct.
Having been Il member Of the Senate which
passed The tariff of 1872 aud having given it his
suuuort. IN, coud NOT Inn Lel so,,e ,,,sre, in r.
preservation. now Thai tl,e nrt yo. IN s,rcss.I,,l
nnerauon. the senator frn,n Snnth Carnl,n,,
proposed IN rentlI,nt, ile ,vIin .,s,,, , nr,,,,.
non. uelNr. pA was no, nro,,srad IN t,i,, il,n,
gro,Ind. md h, trus,e1 th,, Ike neo,ln of ,i,,
countrv wonIi c.e I'M tl,er ',r,,' ,,nn,l ina
esq d;nrnJrL M, n clnsn lh.sr.,,,Ie ~ ,Is ,,o,
What we're lie nhieri,,ns,n i,2 rha I.nn,,r
fran Snuh C,rol,Hn had Ls,,nnnceL i, ~ , ,nnI
and C,iihl.ss yinl,,nn of ,Le cnI,nrnu,is', me-, =
He ind MOI understand the ue,,la,nsn as ;n,.,nd.
in, IN in,,,r,ri lh, ,,,,ivns e ,inso ,vh had ,,
sod ,hn ,,ir,f' Nor nr IsI1 hu, ,,Lo hi; .,rp
lnupunre wn.,i.rd Inv IN, Senator he mr. phrI's7
unI,rsIood INV il merely. nm ,xnre.N;',n ni ,hs
sron, rnuGJcIcs f.,, nv ,it, S.n,,Ir in ,hn cor.