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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-01-06

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MELopEoN.--
ID. l.. Sprague Of Chester, (formerlv of w.
IownShend0 and Riley Burditl of Brattle-
boro, have invented Harp or Piano At
taclmentP to the Mrlodeon. for which they
have received Letters Patent. This i'm.
provement is what the public have long de-
sired, making The Melodeon as competent
Tor executing rapid passages of Music as
the Piano, and still retain all its Melcdpon
qualities. This Attachment can be NAV
ed independent Of the reeds, or combine,
producing an effect, not surpassed in auy
other instrument.
Weunderstana Messrs. EsrEY & Gprrx
OF Bratdebcbro, whose instruments have.
attained such high reputation throughout
the States, have procured the right to annlv
this Improvement 10 their instruments anil
he public may expect an instrument nov
perfectly adaP'ed to all musical comnosi-
ton.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-01-06

FIRE AT HARTLASD.---On Dec. 25th al
about three O'Clock, p. NJ, fire broke out
IN the carpenters shop Of r. Weld, Esq,
burning that, and the wood-Shed and barn
adjoining, with ten tons of hay. Also burn
ing the tools in the shop. The large part of
the house was saved through the utmost ex-
ertions, after tearing away the ell connect
ing it with the shop. The loss is estimated
at from $500 TO $500, upon which there
was no insurance. Cause, ashes in a wood
ca pail.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-01-06
,nnxrs rnR rnE TINES.

,thcns J 4 eelnptL Londonderry v. Barker.
nrn,ktnv Asa Flint. 81 Londonderry, u. Wa ker
saxtnn's River VI. 4. barry. rutney. H. u Campbell
Rockingham, : T. Bilings. ro~nshcnd' Henry silsburN
W,stmin SER \ "a Pierce. jacksonville. II ~ brigham
Gr.non Snmnel Phelps. Wilmington Origin Smith
Honsht1nyhlc. 4. u Putnam Windham, y. " Wood
jnu,ac. D. Gilbrt Dexter " rowr shcnd y. b, sawyer
Windsor Comfy.
SprinvdelI Geo q. Porter l.,. Geo. Il. Barrett.
tavsniish I. D Wins ow, "' I. Il, CLARK.
III, mouth, j. i. llsdlcy.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10
Secession Ticket at Greeneville.

A correspondent of the Jonesboro' Er-
press gives racy account of the recent
Secession Ratification Meeting at Greene
vile. We subioin the closing paragraph /.
"The last act in the programme was
Gov. Johnson's speech. he denounced
conventions in general-,1re the Douglas
| and Breckinridge conventions to pieces,
and with them their platforms, neither of
them had any binding force on him or
any other democrat. lie was inclined to
90 for Breckenridge, though Douglas was
a good democrat. The war among the
factions about squatter sovereignty, non.
intervention, slave code, &c., amounted
to about tweedle-dum and tweedle-dec.-
| Told the seceders to quit deuouncing
Douglas and his followers rather to soft.
soap them and tole them along if they
could. He seemed to dread Bellcarryina
Tennessee more than Ele election of Lin
coin. Denounced the horrrpto ons Of the
/ administration, but vet 'Ss going the adj
ninistcl'iu1 un. .tt-.-s.-sr1tl u, tAetL.
or old Buck for v;S5ins i',c H!o;Acsteac.
bill (the only cool thing Buck ever did J
| Upon the whole, it was Il rare production.
He seemed in such an ilmood about that
veto, that he cut his friends right and left.
| lHueCu they all agreed upon out one point
only, and that was that there is danger
of Bell carrying Tennessee. 1t must have
burnt the conscience of those whangdoo-
die orators and editors around him who
have been trying to gull the people about
their nationality-about ther opposition
to Douglas being caused by great prirci-
ple-about every person being for Brecli.
inridge--abOut Douglas not being good
democrat, &C., &c. The Governor denied
the whole Of it to their teeth, and there
they set like class ofjuveniles, taking a
scathing lecture from the powers above
them. Two opposites cannot be true.-
If the Governor told the truth, then the
Breckenridge leaders are playing of upon
theunsuspectingpeople ofthe south,a adeer
game OF deception. Another secret the
Governor let out was, that his main rea
son for supporting tho fire eating ticket
was that Breokinridge is the best friend tc
the Homestead, he being pledged to sigi
it, and further, that the firc-natcrs were
dead out against it. Haynes looked like
! he was sold.
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The Seceders' Convention.

The disunion leaders boast much of the
nationality of the convention that nomi-
mated Breckenridge and Lane. Let us
see for moment wherein this claim ex-
lists.
By their own officially published re-
cords, they had only sixteen delegates
from the entire New England States, and
these were all from Massachusetts.
OF these sixteen were Office holders or
government contractors. The exceptions
being Gushing, Loring. and b. +. Butler
Gushing is after the shoes of the vencr-
able Chief Justice, whose early death he is
deliberately speculating on. lie is looking
to the place as the reward for his dirty work
at Charleston and Baltimore Cushing
delivered the first out-and-out Abolition
speech ever made in Congress.
Loring, who put Breckenridge in nomi-
nation is an eX-abolition editor of the
Garrison school, and very late convert
Of the Davis and Cushing Democracy.
B. +. Butler is the brother-in-law of
the postmaster at Springfield. and made
! sil Il free adh speeches last fail, when a
Democratic candidate for Governor. as to
induce the Executive committee to threat
| en- him with Withdrawal, unless he mend
ed his tone.
W COlltClOT III w llHll.
armory superintendent at Springfield
the two Chapins, each a postmaster; the
collector at Fall river and other officials
| comprise the residue of the New England
| soceders. w. G. n. Swift, the famous live
oak contractor, about whom so many spi
cy things have been proved by the late
Congressional investigating committees
! is another we omitted to add to the list
For the particulars about whom, see Bo
cocks report on navy yards, tho Covode
report, &c.
From the great State of New York. two
delegates appear to have been present-a
Mr. Bartlett, who turns out to have been
only substitute and Schell, collector Of
the port of New York, who will be remem.
bered as an accomplice in the Fort Smell
| ing and Willet's Point affairs, about which
| there has been so much complaint
| From Pennsylvania they claim eight del
| egates to have been present casting four
votes, consisting of Baker, Collector OF
| Philadelphia, McKibben, naval officer
Browne, postmaster, York, Marshal, &c.
| &c.
From New jersey, nobody.
| From the entire seven Northwestern
| States not one delegate.
1t is true the convention extended an
honorary seat to Mr.. Health, Postmaster
at Dubuque, and it is also true that dis
patch was read from the notorious Ike
Cook, saying that the action of the con
vention met the approval of the Illinoi:
Dantes. 1t is also true, that Franklin
Steele, thepurchaser Of Fort Smelling ano
III. NJ. Rice another accomplice in the en-
terprise, alterward gave in their adhesion
to Breckenridge and Lane; but no elect
ed delegate to the Charleston convention
from the great Northwest participated il
the Breckenridge Convention. Such is it
claims to nationality.-R Richmond Va,
| Wiz.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10
A False Statement Corrected.

An ambitious young friend of ours, in
a speech recently delivered in this city, es-
sayed to attack Mr.. Bell on the ground
that the record showed him unreliable on
the slavery question. As the charge has
been made far and wide by Democratic
presses and orators, it is well that the
matter should be placed right.
The charge is made that Mr.. Bell voted
in favor of the abolition of the slave trade
in the District of Columbia.
On page 1890 Congressional Globe, vol.
81, appears the following proceeding:
"O[r. Hale-Mr President, rise to en-
quire what is the question before the Sem
ate ?"
The PREsIDENT-lt is on the passage of
.he bill 'to suppress the slave trade in the
District OF Columbia"
= y y y \ y
Mr.. Mason called for the yeqs and nays
on the passage, ai.l tiiey s7s C ordered,
and were as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Baldwin Benton, BriqLt,
Cass, Chase Clark, Clay, Cooper, Davis, of
Mass, Dayton, Dickinson, Dodge, of Wis
consin, Dodge, of Iowa, Douglas, Ewing,
Fclch, Fremont, Greene, Grin, Hale,
Hamlin, Houston, Jones, Haris Seward,
Shields, Spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood,
Wales, Walker, and Winthrop,-33.
NAYs-Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Barn
we'll, BELL, Berrien, Butler, Davis, OF
Mississippi Dawson, Downs, Hunter.
King, Mangum, Mason, Martin, Prctt, Sc
bastian, Soule, Turner and Yuiee,-19
We have noted among the yeas, in ital.
les, The names of Democrats now in full
fellowship with both branches of the De.
mocracy. Mr.. Bell is innocent of the
charge. Yet they reject him and hold on
to men who are guilty. If las we beleve)
they are honorable, candid men, they
will retract the charge. And if they are
sincere, in their dcnunciaton of this meas
ure and its supports, they ought to cut
| loose from such men as Douglas, Cass,
| Bright, Dickinson, and Gwin, who forced
this great outrage" upon the South, but
who are now in full communion with one
or the other Of the great National Demo.
cratic parties.-,Sslma (AIcj Reporter.
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Abusing Each Other.

The opposite democratic prints are
abusing each other in the most amiable
manner. Read the following froi1 the
New Orleans True Delta;
The miserable presses, the Southern
black-togue organs, subsidized by public
plunder or hypothecated to the blacltlegs
Of party, are very usty in their Dragging
and growing over the chances of OIL Joe
Lanes presidential success. Old Joe is
sure enough according to these lovely
scribes, to be one of the two highest vice
presidential candidates, between whom
the Slidells, Brights, Fitches, Gwins Iver-
sons, Masons, and Hunters, are to make
selection, and their choice, par crctHsnce,
will be future President Of these United
States. The dirty, pledged devils who
write thus, and who quote other mercer
| aries as unuuthful and unscrupulous
themselves IN coroboration of their ,u..,.
hoods, know full well that Lanes ,no3-
! pects are not n bit brighter Jha- 81, eek
-nr.a., -, h'e -5et's paw or dctoy duck as
sociate, and that tho only motive in run
ming either is to defeat Douglas and elect
the aboltionist Lincoln, when the foolish
Ianceyites and the duped jeff Davisites
think they can precipitate the cotton
StatcS INTO revolution, ana the mlseraD4 4e
office holders imagine they will, in the
ditiulty-to find fellows mean enough to
take their places, be allowed by Benia-
MINIS friend, Lincoln, to continue to
gorge at the public crib. Poor wretches,
| they little dream what an indignant and
outraged people will do when compelled
to come to the ballot-boaes to rebuke
traitors, and to elevate by their suffrage
| tried and true friends OF the Republic,
men who will maintain this Union in all
its integrity, despite the conspiracies OF
abolitionists and nulltiers, and the CON
nivance Of corrupt and unprincipled st!-
pendiaries of Government.
The Great States Of the North are begin
ming to make themselves heard, and the
old federal renegade, Buchanan, may for
Il little longer eXtrude from public Office
honorable men like Carroll of Tennessee,
and Saunders Of New York, and put in
their places unscrupulous pandercrs and
parasites; but, in November, his condem.
nation will be pronounced by millions oi
tongues i'll tones that even his dull sensi
bilities and callous conscience cannot af
feet to be impClyious to.
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Georgia.

it is becoming evident that the Breck-
inridge folks consider themselves in a
fix, and manifest disposition in some
localities 10 fuse with anybody who will
strike hands with them. The Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel reviews their con-
dition, and says:
1t is apparent now that NJ. Buchanan,
Gov. Cobb, Gen. Pierce, and other lead
ers, are opening their eyes to what they
have done, and are casting about for
some eXpedient to Sarc tie petty and 10 Sars
HcmscLoes. Everybody feels satisfied that
most Of the managers who PIT up Mr..
5rccisinriGge would inoon,il.ei.,iy slaugi-
ter him at any moment ri HcccSSQyy.---
The necessity is becoming more apparent
every day, and it is just possible that if
coalition cannot be made with the
Douglas men, before September the pro-
tecting ticket may be withdrawn. Then
we shall see fun. The FSlcrqL Union has
already declared its willingness to sup
port Douglas, if Breckinlidge were out of
the way, and will rot the other Brecliin-
ridge papers in Georgia do the same? Be
| careful how you answer, gentlemen.-
Don't commit yourselves, if you don't
like TO. But now will you support Douglas
out and out or will you support half
Breckenridge, and half Douglas ticket?
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TERMS.
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Thr 3nst.
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Athens. Friday. August 10, 1860.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY.-Congress
passed an act in 1915 "to establish a uni
form time for holding elections for cleo
tors of President and Vice-President in
all the States of the Union" This act
fixes the election on the TUESDAY next
after the first Monday in the month of
November" which this year is the 9th
day Of the month. All the electors must
bc chosen or appointed on that day, ex-
cept in case of the filling of vacancies in
the Electoral College, or where State
has failed to effect an election on the day
designated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10

LOOKING TO THE FINAL REsuLT.-The
Montgomery NaiI, Breckenridge paper,
concludes an article as follows:
"There will be no divisions among us
in the struggle which may follow close on
the heels OF the Presidential election
that which would require catridge-boxes
and camp kettles"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10
Wont Fuse,

The supporters Of the Secession ticket
in Indianna recently proposed TO the
Douglasites to form q Joint electoral tick
ct in that State, which proposition was
Immediately rejected by the latter. The
Louisville democrat" the organ of the
Douglasites, noticing the proposition,
says:
"The Douglas men will receive this pro-
position with universal disgust and con-
tept. What is the meaning of this seces-
sion from the Democratic party? Did not
the Secedcrs pretend they We're actuated
by principle? Did they not leave because
they held that constitutional rights were
denied 10y the majority? Are they now so
destitute OF principle that they are ready
to support the hereSy they Wolessed to
regard with so much hnTtr That thcv
could not sit i'll The sautc COO" "cntion with
the hcretcs If, after all, they are reas V
to vote for Douglas, for the sake of win.
ming, why did they break TAP the conven-
ton and disorgani1e the party? Does not
this proposition prove at once that all the
zeal for constitutional right was sheer hy-
pocrisy disgusting dissimuiation
1--WE are glad to learn that the Douglas
men are determined that no such com1lro-
mise shall be listented to, and we add
thatir these boilers want to disgrace them
selves by openly sacraIicing the principles
they proicssed to hold sacred, the Doug
las men will be no party to the disgrace
We say to these boltcrs, il their princ.yi
is so important that they must break ur
the Democratic party on account of it.
and break up the Union if they can't get
it established, 90 and sustain it like men
and not come at this late day mouthina
about compromises, offering to vote fol
Douglas if show will only be given them
If they have been honest in what they
have done, the Douglas men don't expect
their votes, and don't ask them"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10
A Contanted Life.

(Ar TnGRrY.)
Five hundred dollars l have saved
A rather moderate store
No matter; shall be content
Whom I've little more
(A1 roRrY.)
We'll, l can count ten thousand now
That's better than before;
Aud may well be satisfied
When I've a little more.
(Ar FIrTY.)
Some fifty thousaud--pretty we'll
But have earned it sore;
However, / shall not complain
When I've little more
tAr sIYrY)
One hundred thousand-sick and old---
All! life is half bore
Yet l can be content to life
When I've a little morc
(AT SEVENTY
lie dios--and to his greedy heirs
He leaves n countless store
His wealth has purchased him tomb
And very little moro!
VALUABLE REMEDY FOR FEroT --Nc
find the following in the Auburn Daily
/ Union:
A lady who had been troubled for some
time. by ielon on her finger give, a
simple remedy, from which she experience
ed u great relief and which enabled her
to obtain sleep for the first time in many
nights. 1t was to cut hole in lemon
and wear it on the finger like thimhla-
the felon being encascd in the fruit Pyv-
sons afflicted with these painful and occo-
sionaly, dangerous visitors. would doweli
to give this remedial agent trial.
HARD NAuEs.-A short and sweet letter
from Daniel $. Dickinson, addressed to a
resident of Jamaica, L. l., is published IN
the Farmer of that place. 1t is as fol-
lows:
BINGuAMrox, July 10, lS60.-Dear Sir
I see no way for the National Democracy
but to support Breckinridge. The party
has fallen into the hands of gamblers and
tricksters. TO get up n fusion ticket
would only perpetuate their corrupt infu-
ence, and | am for standing by principle
and taking the consequences.
Truly yours, D. S. Dickinson.
Pierpont Potter, Esq.
REMOVAL OF THE Postmaster AT CoLuN,
BUS OHIo-The President has iustremov,
ed Miller, postmaster at Columbus Ohio
1.-THE friend of $. S. Cox,) and appointed
the treasurer ofthe Breckinridgs Commit
tee. Reason-Miller was for Dourlas.-
He is also cutting of heads in New York
with great rapidity but no advertsemen
was made OF these decapitations. The AK,
falls in secret, and tho only notice to yht
public is when tho removed victims ar,
sasn Walking about heId!ess.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10

NEW YoRH, July 3l.--The steamer City
of Washington has arrived her dates are
anticipated.
The Times Washington correspondent
refers to rumors Of awell organized move
ment in several Southern States for dis
solution of the Union on Keitt's plan, and
says that agents have gone to Europe to
ascertain the course Of England and OF
France on the establishment of South
nrn conlcderAcY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10
A alar.alous storv.

So"C people have Photographic mem
orics. II they see atacc once under cir.
cum5tHrrc. calculated TO impress it upon
tNeir yC,1i'o.t orH, u remains there for
ever. The memories Of others are look
irg--lE-ees, from which tuo immage pas.
ses as the subsistence is removed. One Of
the mos. oStgaorIinnry specimens Of Lie
former Glass o! memories we have heard
o', Is said - be possessed by gentle
man OF New Orleans. 1t is, indeed IL
our sU,nc ty is to he believed, wax TO
receive m q marble 20 retain" Our in
iormant gays that some months ago this
New Orleans phenomcuop--who, By tho
way. IS an officer OF the United States
army--Hccos,si nn individual on tho
lerce with, "IoU d2you do, my dear tal-
low: glad 10 Gee you looking 80 WE'LL
Rp. that 'as an awful scene we got, was
i; Iot.'
''sir.' s1id "a, aooosted, grayely, you
hL l. 4, l"taa. ~"
-'ria1 the osea,dga q y-u. ysu u
but not much; you were Down. nearly
as soon as WAS" ~ pD,g.s :
"Sr," aoid the party addressed. stiff
more gravely, you speak in riddles
Will you be so good as TO explain"
"Ah" responded the phenomenon,
don't remember, suppose. Quite nat
ural. We had only passing glimpse Of
each other"
so YOU probably mistake me for some
one else" returned the other, much more
niystiiigd than ever.
Not bit Of it," said the man with
Photographic memory. you were on
board the steamer -, when she blew
up near Memphis on the 22d OF April, at
81 minutes past IL o'clock, A. NJ, nine
years ago, Were you not!'
"Yes, was but"
"But me no butts. So was l. You
were blown up sky-hich. So was |. Not
that saw you before the explosion
| Ny first and only interview with you, sir
was in the air You were going up as
was coming down. The glimpse mad of
you was necessarily short Your features
We're distorted by fright, our PAGES were
killing. and was wrong side up. Conse-
quenJly my opportunities for observation
were unievcrable. But ] never forget
faces under any circumstances. however
/ discomposirg. | photographed you, sir,
and have had you in my minds eye ev-
Cr since. The moment J saw you, re-
Cogniled you as the original OF my men,
tai deguetreotype. Glad to see you look
/ ing in better trim than when saw you
last. But we all have our ups and downs
in this world. Suppose we adjourn where
we can crack bottle Of champagne for
/ the sake OF aud lang syne."
( (which" said our informant, as he
wound up the story. "they accordingly
did"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-10

WASHINGTON, July 3O.--Gov. John
Lctchcr, has written to friend in this
city, that in his opinion John Bell will
carry Virginia, and that it will be useless
to make an effort to prevent it. You
may rely on this.
The spirit of 1910 is up in the South
The Union Guard" received this morn
ing nearly 500 new subscribers. Mr.. Gil
mer writes in fine spirits about North
Carolina. So does Mr.. Vance, who rep
resents Clingman's old district. The
mountains are on fire as well as the pine
woods. We shall smoke out the Seces-
sionists in hill and valley.
The Republican printing grabbers are
fighting here like cats and dogs over the
spoils. This opens rich mine for the
lawyers, Tom Ford has disappeared
from the stage. w.