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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1859-07-05

WISTAR'S BALSAM IN VERMONT-Ibasburgh
VT, May 5. Mr. = w. Fowe-Dear Sir l am nearly out
of the Balsam of Wild Cherry. You may forward, if you
please dozen The medicine gives better salts
faction here in pulmonary complaints than any others that
have kept ] hive tried it with perec satisfaction upon
myself, having been troubled with cough for more
than and having proIse night the last
moath had tried various popular remedies without
terIal benft; at length tried Wistars Basam of Wild
Cherry and before had finished the first bottle found
great relief. Two bottles have wrought a cure.
Yours, respectfully, HUBBARD HASTINGS.
None genuine unless signed l. BUTTS on the wrapper
For sale by NYE HUTCHINSON & CO., Charlotte
JulY 5. 1859 1t
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

The following revolutionary soldiers are
yet pensioners in the State of Vermont;
Cornelius Bracey, Bennington County,
aged 93 years Nalhl Chamberlain, Wind
ham county. aged 90 years Samuel Dixie,
Windsor county, aged 81 years James l..
Dean, Orange County, aged 96 years Bene-
dict Eggleston, Bennington county, aged
96 years Jonas Gates, Orange county, age
not known; Israel Jones, Windham county,
aged 80 years; John Spalding, Windsor
County, aged 9S years Asa NJ. Wyman,
Windham County, aged lO2 years.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. l3.--It is stated on
good authority that Mr.. John w. Forney has
received notification from President Bu-
ehanan Of his intention to institute prose-
cution for libel on account of the article in the
Press on Monday, in relation to the death OF
Mr.. Broderick.
SENATOR TooMs-BUcHANAN's ADMiN-
IsrRArIoS.-Wo speak of the corruption in
Mexico, of Spain, of France, and of other
Governments, with great deal of truth ac-
cording TO all accounts, but form my experience
and observations, which has been somewhat
extensive, do not believe TO DAY THERE
is AS CORRUPT A GOVERNMENT
UNDER THE HEAVENS AS THAT OF
THESE UNITED STATES.-Robet Ioom'
IN The Senate, Nay l3, 1859.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

The San Francisco correspondent of the St.
Louis Democrat says Of the California cleo
ton ITO Republicans abroad the result
must not be disheartening The state of par
ties was peculiar, and the Anti-Lecomptouites
were so sure that they could thrash the Ad-
ministration that they refused at first to coal
esce. The Republicans, after exhausting all
means for full compromise, concluded to let
them try it and it turns ont just as expect
ed -- Anti Lccomptonism is nowhere, and
hcucelorth the Republicans have a fair stand
up fight, alone and single-handed, with the
Lecompton Democracy. Probably Baker and
McKibbeu may be beaten by five thousand
votes This may be easily overcome in a
Presidential fight, and in 1860 California will
wheel into the Republican line
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
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TERMS.--sl 90 cash In advance; 50 90 II payment
is nlt made in advance interest always chargabe from
the cud ofhe year In packets address, 10 copies
for sl2 %, and % copies for go 90, Invariably "
ddUdncc
Annexed is list of agents TO receive subscriptions,
advert sements and Communications, and acknowledge
payment Tor the same.
For Braintrcc, J. HUTCHINSON, Jr.,
Brookheid. h. N. UPHAM,
Berlin, ID. b. BOSWORIH,
Cabot, f.. ID. PUTNAM,
DuSbary, J. =. HENRY, Waterbury,
Elmofc, !. NJ CIRCUIT,
Hydcpark, EDWARD b. SAWYER,
johnson, c. W. SCOTT,
Lincoln, SIMEON r. RALPH,
Lowell, ABEL CURTIS,
Marshdod, /. A. BEMls,
Worthwhile, J. c. MOVES,
Middcscx, JESSE JOHNSON, Jr.,
Northfold J.. SMITH,
Orange VI. G.. CROSS,
plainhcld. A. r. BANCROFT
Randolph, j. X. PARISH,
Rocbcsicr, z. d. BRIGGS,
South Harivick, ADOLPHUS HOLTON,
Stowe EMERY TOWN,
Tuulrdgc, AARON y. KING.
Waterbury, J. +. HENRY,
Waitsfcd aud Favst0n. ORANGE SMITH,
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
Williamaown, DARIUS PRIDE,
Wolcoit. y. JONES,
Worcester, JONAS ABBOTT.
TF Persons n other towns disposed TO act agents
will be- added 60 The lisi ou application.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

ST. LOUIS, Oct. IA Leavenworth dis
patch to the RepuJlicdn says that the Topeka
Convention on the 18th, nominated full
ticket, headed by Chas. Robinson for Gov
ernor, and J. f. Root for Lieut.. Governor
NJ. F. Conway was nominated for Congress
The convention was harmonious. Robinson,
who is also Governor elect under the Topeka
Convention, was nominated on the first bal
lot. The election for State Officeas will take
place in December.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
WHOLE NO. 2767. =.

bHs reerrea-lRelating to chattel mortgages 70 the
Juuiaaty committee on laying winter roads, 10 tae
70 vac committee on ways and means laying tax on
Chiitenden county. 10 members from that county
JoH H,,eselmoa--By Mr. Perrin Of Inesburgh, thank
ing the Historical Society Tor the addresses VI Messrs
Folsom and CLARK, aud ordering 1000 copies Of each 10
be printed,
Mr Perrin said this course had b.on pY,s,.9 hcf,re
lie thought il courteous The papers are vauablc and
Of such Interest as to deserve he course contemplated in
the resolution.
Nr Grandey surprised at the offering Of the reso-
luton lie was not aware of any precedent and f there
any, he would disregard IT, Any other soeictv. he
snd might make the same claim rs this We dnd good
examples and bad examples; hcncc we cannot safely
follow plecclcuts The society certainly could pay
own expenses What should we think 0f an application
from the Colonization Society Of the Temperance sooie-
y or amy other f1f Che payment of their oXpenses II
orator should deliver addfcs before the Coloniza-
ton Society, Il appointed ior that purpose pre-
parcs an essay for the Temperance Society, essay
that would "sugar of that whole controversy. then
these and an oihct Societies may with equal pfopncy
and justice claim the same privilege. We should be
oTeshadnwcd oy the requests " such Souetcs. More
over the matter did lcgmatey and properly fall
within the province Of legislation.
Mr. Myers OF Jamaica moved division NJ the ques-
on, and that IN tho first place. the question be taken
on trnd ring the thanks OF the Legislature the Socc-
ty flr these addresses
should we withhold them W. would soouer vote for
the original resolution, ihln or divided. for he
would show his faith by hs works ic Thought tho
sure one Of doubtful popuey beyond the pale u ogis-
lauou, and would vote against the resolution
Mr stewart Of Bristol moved 10 dsmisi
Mr. colby Of HarilNnd remarked that hc liked 20 sec
things hirly met. He did not think this was dome IN
This case lie thought that ihe true ground Of this res
olnon was The idea of pcpruatng the memory " great
and patriotic men. lie thought 10 was ike an anpr1pn
augn nr statue to Ethan Allen, or for a sword 70
gallant soldier.
Mr. Kellogg Of Bratteboro was opposed ta liuui.sion
ltwoull be uucourieous 20 the mover. III you'd lay
IN resolution ON The table.
The resolution was then dismissed.
GffifUgt-NV Mr. Lawrence of ST. beurur, Of Ira A
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

to The San Francisco correspondent of
the Philadelphia North american states that
Mr. Broderick declared to some Of his friends,
few hours previous to the duel, that he did
not wish to fight with Judge Terry, and that
if he were compelled to do SO he would not
kill him, as he would shoot at his legs. The
following are reported to have been the Sena-
tors last words-"They have killed me be-
cauce | was opposed to slavery and corrupt
admins tratior.'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. l3-The Republi-
can majority ON the State ticket Will be -
900, To the Senate 25 Republicans and 10
Democrats are elected, and to the House o4
Republicans and 80 Democrats.
New YoRK, Oct. l7.-John Calhoun, who
figured so prominently in Kansas trobles, died
al st. Joseph, Mo, last Wednesday.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
Businrss GarOs.

/ ETTER PRESS & COPPER-PLATE
IL PRINTING. sermons, Catalogues, Blanks, BIZ
Heads Cards, Circulars Posters and all kinds of fain
aud Fancy Printing. executed promptly at
WALTON's STEAM POWER PRINTING OFFICE,
State Street. MoWpclier, lermont
Orders for work done In the cs,-Embossed Git,
Letter-Press Lhographio and Coppcr-flate frintnF
such as Cards OF Address, Wedding Cards Visiting Cards,
Bank Checks, &c. executed in the highest style OF the
ART and az city prices through Of the most celebrat-
ed Printing Establishments. Terms--Cash at reasona-
ble prices Address T.. =. WALTON, Montpelier VI.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

10" As the truly wonderful merits Of the
Oxygenated Bitters in curing Dyspepsia in its
worst Developments, become known snd ap-
preclated, orders for it are pouring in from
all parts of the country-North, South, East
and West This tells the story.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
THE EXHIBITION OF THE PUPILS
OF THE
AMERICAN ASYLUM FOR THE DEAF AND
DUMB

I AluEhA0hN hN1 LNM ION Inn bifAN AND
In compliance with an invitation expressed
in the Joint Resolution Of the Legislature,
Mr.. Turner, the Superintendent of the Asy-
lum at Hartford, Conn, accompanied by four
pupils, two males and two females, appeared
in the Representatives Hall, on Wednesday
afternoon, to explain the methods Of instruc-
ton, and the course Of study pursued in the
Institution, and to exhibit those pupils who
accompanied him. Mr.. Turner first referred,
briefly, to the introduction of a systematic
method Of iustrucling the Deaf and Dumb
into this country by Mr.. Galudet Mr.. Cal
ludet, he said, went to England, thence to
Scotland, in his attempts to learn that meth
cd The managers of the Asylums in those
countries refused to impart the system to him.
He then proceeded TO France, where he gain
ed the knowledge he wished, and returned to
Hartford, accompanied by "a French teacher
Through his Jealous efforts, the American
Asylum was founded 1t is not peculiarly a
State Institution. 1t has now fund which, in
part, dolrays the expenscs of the scholars
The pupils number 300 There are fucen
persons engaged in the management Of the
Institution at the present time Mr.. Turner
has been connected with it thirty-eight years,
longer than any Other person, although some
others have been teaching for fifteen or twenty
years. The charges for each pupil are Sl00
ner wear No extra charre Is made save for
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
~ ENTLEMEN TuE FALL CAMPAIGN

N HAS OPENED AT MoNfrRLiBR- -
The richest and most desirable assortment OF TAI
LORING GOODS ever offered in Vermont, have Just
been received from New York, consisting OF ep~y p@te
~ of Orercoafiags, Broadclofhs, leSfthgs ana faHt
Sni all offered at very low prices, in any quantity or
will be manufactured into Garments In any style aesreu'
in superior manner - ~,
Also, from one Of the best Clothing houses IN Nv
York an elegant stock uf Fashionable aud seasonable
Ready-made CLOTHING expressly for he retail traae
Examination gratis. -
10 Hubbard Block, state Street.
GTAgent for the sale Of Williams Celebrated Monthly
aud SomAnuua Bplsin Of Fashioas, the only true re-
port for this county
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

u well known and eommodious House, formerly kept
by Col boutwell,, having been Vastly ana almost en-
tirely remoddeled has been opened by ALONzO RED
WAY.
The Union & ihc most conveniently located House In
Montpelier being In the Of business, and with It's
new convenience must be the most desirable and popu
lar resort for the man Of business leisure be found
in town.
The public are respectfully invited 70 bostow portion
Of their patronage upon this House. Perfect Sausac-
ton is guaranteed aud accommodations excellent,
Charges moderate ALONZO REDNAh'
Montpelier, Aug. 20, 1856 OFT
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
CARRIAGES AND sLEIGHs, BY ru1

4 'AhhlAGES AND olEl1io, BY THE
" nRsr WoRKMRN IL THIS COUNTRY.
Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturing will be carried on
by the subscriber opposite the Court Square, Mont
peher, Vermont.
Those in want Of rarranfed Carriages and Sieighs,
Nh perhaps do well to call and what is being done at
'"s old stand Of GILMAN CAMP.
Az Norders promptly attended 10. -
JOHN w CLARKE
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28

TRNtvs ootNo NoRrH AND WEST.
leave Montpelier at 2l0 A. n. SO A. NJ and i.30 P II.
MAIL TnAtN connects at Windsor and White River
Juustion with trns leaving Boston and Springfield at
30 4. ". same day. and New York previous evening.
Leave Wnilr at l2i r ", reaching Burlington a. go
p. IT,, Rluses Point atT lj o. NJ, Montreal and Ogdcus-
burgh the same evening Connecting at Ogden sburgh
with Grand Trunk train without delay for Toronto and
the West.
Expross Train leaves New York At $50 A. ", Boston
az 3 % r. M and an Intermediate stations. Leaves
Winlsor az Gi1 and reaches Bouse's Point early
next morning, arriving in Montreal and Ogdensburgh
the same forenoon. and proceeding West by draud Trunk
trains. without delay, for the West Sleeping Car s
attached % this train.
Accommodation Train leaves Northfeh az 90 A. N.,
l2.n p, , and Montreal and Ogdensbargh early the
same afternoon.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-10-28
Railroads.

VERMONT CENTRAL RAILROAD
FALL ARRANGEMENT
Cn1icE oF ulrrHs foH CWcAGo Asp the WEST.
SoNrHEas, wEsrEuT, british AND q. $.
MAIL ROUTE.
f'0oUrurs AfoidfU OCT s.. 1859.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

THE LAW OF SToRMs.-The Light House
Board in cooperation with the Naval OBJ
servatory in this city, and the Board of
Trade, (and Admiralty in London, is about
to introduce system of meteorological OBJ
servatiohs, with view to the farther de-
velopment of the law of storms. By reason
of the great extent of coasts of the United
States bounding a portion of the two great
oceans, and running through many degrees
of latitude, from the frozen region of the
Northern Lakes to the evergreen Peninsular
of Florada, this Board possesses peculiar fa-
cilities for an intelligent cooperation in this
great work. 0n every headlahd of this i'm
mense coast is perched a light house, and
at no other expense than the cost Of the ne
cessary blank forms each light house keeper
may be converted into practical meteoro-
logist. The keeper On the Pehobscot equally
with the keeper of Puget's Sound, will, at
given hours of the day, register the condition
EFF the aerial currents, and such other wea-
ther phenomena as may come under his OBJ
servation. The observations are to extend
throughout an entire year. at the end of
which time, no doubt, vast mass of inter-
estihg facts, the only true foundation of sci
ence, Will have been collected for the philo-
sopher.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

ignorance of the savage who cuts down the
tree in order to reach its fruits but the fact
is, blnnder of this description is made by
every person who is over eager and impatient
in the pursuit of pleasuae. To such, the
present moment is everything, and the future
is nothing he borrows therefore, from the
future at most ruinous interest, and the
consequence is, that he finds the tone of his
best feelings impaired, his selt-respect dim
inished, his health of mind and body des :
troyed, and life reduced to its dregs at a
time when the greater portion of its comforts
should be still before him.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

CREATION AND IMMoRTALITY.-We might as
cend, in new progression, from the smiling
infant in its mothers arms, through every
step of human age and intelligence, to where
reason shines forth in resplendent luster in
a Locke, Kelper, and Newton; or to where
aided by Divine inspiration, the oracies OF
heavenly wisdom flow from the enkindled
spirit of Paul, the holy fervor Of Isaiah, and
the solemn harmony of the royal minstrel,
David. Beyond these, the mental powers
languish in attempting to scale the golden
ascent of created intelligence where adoring
seraphs, though placed at the summit of cre-
alton, triumphantly prostrate themselves be-
fore the throne of the nal!-Here, then,
we attain an elevation of grandeur, which
exceeds in majesty and sublimity all tue
wonders that we have been contemplating.
What is space, duration, motion, in all
their possible relations of distance, period,
magnitude, and velocity-Ehat is matter, in
all its infiin eextension and exquisite beau
ty-what are all these to mind, 10 thought,
to the soul? The soul with outspread wings
travels without space, and adds yet more and
more to it's dimensions. With the swift
winged arrow of light the soul visits the va
rious regions of the great universe, far be-
.yond where Arcturhs and his suns pursue
their circling way, or where the dim shining
Pleiades shed forth their mild splendor.
The soul views far beneath, in her majestic
flight, all the CONSULTATIONS which gem the
sky of this remote province of creation, and
beholds other brilliant hosts of glowing fir
maments, with system in infinite progression.
While thus surveying the innumerable re-
gions, teening with the wonders of Creative
Power the soul looks abroad and exultS in
her Immortality. Sd
''The stars shall fade away, the sun himself
Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years.
But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amid the of elements.
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

AUTUMN NIGHT.-I stood at the window,
looking at the moon rising beyond the for
est-the ravaged forest that lifted It's torn
trunks, bereft of their simmer offspring
mutely and pitifully to heaven. The moon
was dungeoned by clouds, but cleaned
through open bars, and its vast red disk
seemed to set all the forest ablaze In the
morning there was wind and l walked
forth, ushered by troops of leaves, that
rushed before me and danced in my path as
if were a monarch some came clamoring.
jostling, and eager behind me, like swarms
of hungry piace-seekers. But at night the
wind was hushed, and upon the meadows,
the garden walks, the roads, the dead leaves
lay ghcstly still. There was hush every
where The moon came mutely up, the
trees silently darkened themselves against
its light, the shadows crept like ghosts, the
roads lay white as gravestones So melan-
choly and deathlke was the scene, that l
dropped the curtain, and stepping stealthiiy
back to my chair, wheeled it before the Ere,
slumberously droning in the fall mouthed
crate.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

BIowN UP.-A very nearly fatal accident
happened to our friend, Gen. Allen, at the
Pavilion on yesterday. He was engaged,
as member of the Committee on Wines and
Malt Liquors, in examining a barrel of lager
beer, when terrific explosion ensued, which
caused every bystander to leave the place
with the utmost expedition. As the sea of
foam subsidized and the yapor disappeared,
the General was seen standing by the keg,
his mug in hand, with as serene an air as if
nothing in the world had happened. His
GOODNESS and courage, in the midst Of such
extreme danger, excited the admiration of
every beholder.-Democrat
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

SHASTA VALLEY This valley is noted for
an extensive business in stock raising-more
so than most people would imagine On the
slough, about Is miles distant, are several
fine stock ranches and good meadows, where
innumerable cattle are raised and kept, be-
sides furnishing an immense product of but
ter, cheese, and hay of excellent quality.
On eportion, particularly, in the neighbor-
hood of Chamberlin BonniGeld's. and
Meyers ranches, large bands of cattle roam
through the meadows, which, with the ex-
cepton of n few alkal fats, afford good
pastare.-Yreka Union.
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

THE RHETORIC OF CEoATE.-But he does
net deal exclusively in those ponderouS SEN
tences. There is nothing of the artificial
Johnsonian balance in his style. tits as often
marked by pregnant brevity as by sonor-
ojls amplitude. He is sometimes satisfied, in
concise epIgrammatic clauses, to skirmish
with his enemy's light troops and drive in the
einemy' outposts. 1t is only on fitting occa-
seons, when great principles are to be vindi-
Gated and solemn truths to be told; when
some moral or political Waterloo or Solferi-
no is to be fought, that he puts on the entire
panoply of his gorgeous rhetoric. 1t is then
that his majestic sentences swell to the di-
mensions of his thought; that you hear afar
off the awful roar of his riaed ordnance, and
when he has stormed the nights, and broken
the center, and trampled the squares, and
turned the staggering wings of the adj
versary, that he sounds his imperial clarion
along the whole line Of the battle, and moves
forward with all his hosts in one overwhelm-
ing charge.-Edcard Everett. ae
The hydraulic press., 1859-09-10

WATER.-There is no material substance
whose transformations are more marvellous,
and whose relations are more complex and
extensive, than those of water A recent
writer says:
sYou take in your hand hailstone, and
it rapidly changes into transparent fluid,
which gradually vanishes, only to reappear,
during frosty weather, in dew-drops upon
your window, where it resumes, in delicate
qualifications, its former crystalline solidity.
You place another under bell glass with
thrice its weight of lime, and it soon melts
and disappears, leaving behind it four parts
instead of three, Of perfectly dry earth.
You subject an opal to chemical analysis,
and find it but combination of flint and
water, the latter being to the former as one
to nine. OF the alum, the carbonate of So
da and the soap which you purchase ofyour
grocer, the first contains forty-fve, the Sc
cond sixty -four, and the third, from seventy
to seventy-three and a half parts of solidi-
fed water. The clay field which you plow
contains a ton of water to every three tors
Of soil nay, the very air which you inhale
in ordinary weather holds diffnsed through
out every cubic foot of its bulk fully five
grains of rarifed water, which no more vets
the air than the solidifed water vets the
lime or the alum in which it is absorbed"
If beef steak be strongly pressed between
two sheets of blotting paper, it will yield
nearly four-6fths of its own weight of wa
ter; while the experiments of Berzelius and
Dalton prove that of the human frame, not
excepting the bones, one fourth only is solid
matter, the rest being water. Dalton found,
by experiment on his own person, that five
sixths Of the food taken by day to repair the
human frame is also water. Of potatoes,
again, no less than rs per cent. is water,
and of turnips, at least 90-a fact which, as
has been remarked, " explains the sfhafl in
cination of turnip-fed cattle and sheep for
drink. - Watcfman and Reflector.