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ACADEMY

The Fall Term will commence tuesday, Sep
TENDER llth and continue eleven weeks.
In connection with the enlarged accommodate
tons of the Academy recently made. the School
will be for the future classified into two Depart
mcnts-Classical and English or Normal-with
specific course of study for each.
The studies of the latter will have cspscial ref
ercnce to the large class of scholars qualifying
themselves to teach in the Common school -
Those completing the studies of this course and
sustaining satisfactory examination in the same
at the end of the wear, will be entitled to the A.
cademv's Diploma, signed by the President and
Secretary of its Board of Trustees.
The course of study in each Department will
extend through three years, Junior. Middle and
Senior. Scholars may enter the Middle or Sen
ior classes, if upon examination they are found
qualified for that part of the course.
Classical Course.
JUNIOR YEAR-Latin Grammar and Reader :;
Crsar's Commentaries History of Rome and
Roman Antiquities Arithmetic and Algebra {;
with Defamation and Composition throughout
the course.
MIDDLE YEAH-Ciccro's Orations; Sallust ;
| Greek Grammar and Lessons Acnophon's An
abasis Roman and Grccian Antiquities His
tory of Greece; Geometry.
SENIOR YEAR-Virgil; Latin of previous
Had !; Latin and Greek Prosody Latin and
Greek Prose Compositions Ancient Geography.
English Course.
JUNIOR YEAR-Rcading. Spelling, Pcnman-
ship and Composition through the course ; Men
tai and Written Arithmetic DESCRIPTIVE Gcog-
raphy with Construction of Maps; History of
United States, and General History.
MIDDLE YEAR.-Algcbra Ge0mc try; Eng
fish Grammar Natural Philosophy Physio!o-
~ and Drawing.
SENIOR YEAE-Intclcctua and Moral Philos-
ophv /: Political Economy Botany; Surveying {;
Reviews of Previous Studies School Laws Of
Vermont Theory and Practice of Teaching.
TUITION.
$500 for Term of Eleven Weeks. payable at 5e-
ginning of Term. French. Drawing and PANT
ing will be charged with extra Tuition. and at the
usual rates.
BOARD
In families. from $500 to $3.50 per week, incu-
ding Washing. Fire and Light.
Rooms and Board may be secured by applica-
ton to the undersigned.
81 J. X. COLBY, Sec'y of Trustees.
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ERES1 STOCK
or THE
Latest Improved Patterns,

from the celebrated manufactures of NOURSE.
MASON x Co. Boston. and X. l.. ALLEN,
New \ DIRK. manufacturers whose implements and
machines are acknowledged to be the BEST. and
to take PfECEDENCE OF ALL OTHERS
made in tins country.
In the article of Flows he would call the es-
pccial attention OF the farmers to Noursc. Mason
X Co. ncw series Of EAGLE PLOWS, called
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DARRE ACADEMY .

Fall term will begin on THURSDAY. August 30th.
1860. Board per week from l.1J to y. 90
Rev. T.. Smith has leased the Boarding House.
and will accommodate students at rates heretofore
charged for board and rooms
For Catalogues, Reports. or Board. address
J. :. SPAULDlNG. Principal.
Barre, August :. 1860 81
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DEAL ESTATE at AUCTION


IN BUM T.. VT.
The undersigned, Guardian unto Hannah Da-
mon. an insane person of Glover, will sell at pub
lie auction. by virtue of license of Probate
Court, on the I'D day Of September, \. ID. 1860
at one O'Clock p. NJ. on the premises. small
farm formerly owned and occupied by Susan Al
len. containing fourteen acres Of land, with a
house and barn the same.
Persons wishing to purchase 4 small farm will
please notice. and govern themselves accordingly.
GEORGE W. JENNESS Guardian
Glover, Aug. Is. 1850 SO
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Na.h,nrt.. n q eth FL 1Ggc

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Bilious Disorders -Liver Complaints.

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II. X. DEWEY

purposes TO open school i'll Lower Waterford,
August 10Th. 1860, and continue The same eleven
weeks.
Application for board or rooms may be made
% the Principal.
Lower Waterford. Aug e. 1860 81
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30 AR

In families. from $500 to $3.50 per week, incu-
ding Washing. Fire and Light
Rooms and Board may be secured by applica-
ton to the undersigned.
81 J. N. COLBY, Sec'y of Trustees.
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IT c. DICKINSON, Agent
j. L. RO 3 E r T S

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TUITION.

$500 for Term of Eleven Weeks. payable at 5e-
ginning of Term. French. Drawing and PANT
ing will be charged with extra Tuition. and at the
usual rates
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Dysentery, Diarrh9a, Relax, Worm
From DR. J. g. t;re,u Of IyuoI1a

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Constipation. COstiveness, Suppression,
Rheumatism. G0ut, Neuralgia, Drop.
sy, Paralysis, Fits, etc.

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Dyspepsia, Impurity of the Blood.

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deep Tillers,"

which embrace tina; variety of sizes and forms Of
mould boards fitted to every kind of soil. and to
the pecularitics of every variety Of Agriculture.
Another implement of great Importance Ill nus
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St. Johnsbury, Aug. IL, 1850.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

ARREST or Fucr.Ivs SLAVE IL D.corAp
CRY. NrHR.sNA--llls RrscrK nv Mon
yaou lowA-Th. pacotah Herald. II the
18th ult, has the following:
Our usually quiet city was thrown
into state Of intense excitement on
Wednesday evening last \ Mr.. Peter
purand, hailing from Alabama. made his
appearance in th, place about 10 o'clocS
in the forenoon Of that day. and took
rooms a, the Bates House. During the
afternoon he walked down TO the river
and returned back again about , o'clock,
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

The New York Evening Post gives
the following account Of "a strange
case" A man by the name Of Levi o.
,randcr, formerly Of Mcchanicsvillc. Sar.
atoga county, was sentenced 10 he hung
AT Louisville. Ky, on the 20th ult. o..
irandcr was tried and convicted Of man.
slaughter; his counsel appealed and Oh.
tanned new trial. aud on this be Was
convicted OF murder An appeal, on the
ground that he could not be convicted Of
murder when on former trial he was
convicted Of lesser cfcnsc, has been
ovcrrulcd
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"ccoin,"g 10 inc advanced sheets oil
'nc o'"c,", report on r",''"a"s IN inc .'a'c
o' 'n2'h," io1 'o'S' 'hcte are one nous
ana 'o"' h"""r'd ana t"'r'y-c'eht miles
OF MAJ" w" "' ROAD IN operation wl'h'n
ne' eo'oe's' 70 a'o III constructing ~h'ch
."c "'a,e VI US co'Pora'e capacity, con
'f'"n'u" so"em''hg over e'gh'"ch ,"i'''ohs
o' "o.'"'s' me 'o'"' cost OF the CON
s""cuon IN" equipment OF ms great
epg.n "' ,""' was *>t'o'o'oV'' IN 'o"h'
n"'npcrs' o"' 'hc "o'N WOMB nave heeh
uohc vastly cheaper h'a II pcen that OF
sung" inc u""e' 'hc management OF one
company wheh Tue methods "i expense
~pu'" nave pee" 'cc'e"''" u" h""',e"
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l""l P,oleo' y! ."c 'p"''e'' ',c''', h''''
ROAD ,onPa"!, '"c c''.eh h"h"'e' ''i''c'
,cng.n ~ ,ne FORMER having cos, oyer
s""'o"',o''' an" acnnce" argument 'hat
tue ,o"a across "'c P'a'ns """'' ne on''t
vast! ''"r' ,"c"P't; NO" We '''"' '."'
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""" '"'i' anu "' - .''"''y "PP"e"' '"
W. ",r' y" ~. y, '"' '"'''' "o'',''' ~
,hc southern acme h"aa mus, oe great
" ,ess ''iah "' 'lo'e u, '',e wa '''h'hlo'',
ana .heie,vr', '','i"''c'y 'c'S WA" ''''' "
'ne 'rah" ''"'N'
Anc "hs'n "' mann r"a" W re'li'n ~
nearly eq"a' 10 ''a' OF ''e '"n'hcrh -"
ci"l l'h,' ana MUG" Oh u mas oeef CON
s""cea through po''''h- 81 country
presenting eAu,aofu'ha'! obstacles -
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The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

SUPERIORITY or FrNnx Eylpr>cr.-At
thy Liverpool Assizes, the other day,
Mr. Russell, one Of the barristers engaged
IN case which involved soor peculiar
aud interesting female evidence, obse..
we'd; The evidence Of women il, in
so'oe respects, superior 10 that Of men.
Their power Of Judging Of minute details
is better, and where there are more than
two facts, and something be wanting,
they supply the deficiency. Wherever
there Is room for their imagination,
which is more powerful and active than
that of men, they Immediately bridge
the thing over and supply the gap
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

Tns War AGAINST MoRocco rs only Civ.
ing "a little accessory aid Ia fate, Tor the
steadily increasing progress Of national
decadcncc long since dccresd the down
fall Of Morocco as a nation. Two han
bred and fifty years ago the city of Mo
rocco. the metropolis of the country, was
one of the proudcst capitals on the earth
Within the lofty walls which shu, II IN,
a population Of six hundred Thousand
souls had their abiding place. Then and
long before, it was larger and finer
city than London or Paris. or any IN En-.
rope, and Of more note and consequence
among the people Of the world. Its pal
aces. mosques and public buildings were
splendid and costly, and the Emperor.
among the most magnificent Of Mussol-
men potenta,es. held there his court
amid the most gorgcon>ly imperial sur
roundings Morocco then would have
been a place worth the breaking into Of
Spanish aud French soldiery bu, now.
though the same old walls exist around
the site OF the ancient city and enclose
the modern, they are as comparatively
empty AS the treasury golfers OF their
monarch The population is now scarcely
thirty thousand, and the ruinous relics
Of departed grandeur choke most Of the
space within the walls II ia still the
capital city, where the Emperor holds
his Court.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

TINS Sorrn IN CONGRESS South 10
well represented in the Senate. South-
ern men are at the head Of all the impor-
'ant committees in that body, and they
shape aud control TO great extent the
Legislation OF the country. Mr.. Mason
remains ~ Chairman of the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Affairs; Mr. Clay do. on Com.
mcrce Mr.. fulce do. on ro-tofiicc Mr.
Green do on Territories Mr. Mallory
do. on Naval Affairs Mr. Rayard do. on
the Judiciary and Mr. Brown do. on
the District Of Columbia. All these men
are from the South
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28
NO. 10.

SOUTHERN RAILROADS. railroad COM
panies Of South Carolina and Georgia
pay better profits than those at the North.
The Central Railroad Company III Oeorr.
ia. connecting the cities of Macon ana
Savannah, has just published its report
Its road is 100 miles long its capital il
$1,000 900. 1t. gross earnings thi. year
are u, 1876, 634, and net earnings S9O5. ga.
or nearly % per cent After dividing in
June and December Is per cent in cssh,
and appropriating SEQ, 600 TO depot
buildings. Als5,644 are added to the sur
plus fund. which stands at t5O2. 100.
Based upon this the company makes =
further dividend Of $500, 900, Or 1871 pev
cent on stock There in probably no
parallel TO the success Of this railroad
company. taking into view the largo
amount invested from its earnings, over
and above its capital, in the cx,ention
and improvement Of it's property. In ad-
dillon to its own line, it has contributed
largely to make connections with Ala.
bana and Tennessee.
The Macon and Western Company.
connecting Macon and Atlanta. has also
)ns' made its report. Its road is 100
miles long, and its gross earnings have
been s39o,95 and expenses tl6a,4 s5.
leaving for net profits 1926, 492. on cap.
itai of &l,43s, 500. In the las, twelve
years this company has divided yI.5l4..
les, besides surplus Of &i59,s95 on
hand Both these railroads have little
or no debt, either funded or floating, and
have replaced all light rails with heavy
iron, and their tracts. equipment and
management will compare favorably with
any Northern roads.
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WEI PAN Porrs. The English paper

MEL PAN Porrs-rhc English papers
ulr, that Alfred Tcnuysrn has hcen
p.d Ten pounds line Tor POEM, wmc',
ia nnnnun-ed for the January number ct
lIirmalfa's Uaga sane 1t is entitled sea
Dreams m ldyll" The largest sum
received for poem by an American
writer. of which we have any record,
was paid tn Robert rrea, Paine, Tor his
Gnons song \lams and IAhcrtN
Tbet spirited composition brought ''S
author eleven dollars u line, which was
about a dollar and half word. fo"oa
IrGHWfiyf
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

Roebuck. the cold English PArIisnsse
man. meana 70 tell oil t. knows sboue
Prince do Joinvilis and surveys a ~
Engliah coast, says = Losdna lst1ss.
There 10 = growing belief IN Losdea 49,
the OrleaniSa Party. encouraged b. ~
English Couse. are among ths most setivo
intrigners 10 bring about was heeweeo
England and France. Their Avowod b..
lief 10 that in such struggle Lcaie NJ
polson would, hke HE snels, b 1eteotsd;
and hat bic overthrow w0uA b ~ g.
suit,
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

Bonricaut has let out his gger play
Osteraes) 20 Miss X imbcrly. who intends,
il is said. 10 exhibit it in various North.
crn cities, and then in Louisville, St
Louis, aud, il public sentiment tolerates
it, still farther South. A New Orleans
theatrical manager is negotiating with
the author for a copy Of tho play. to
bring II ont in that city, hut il IL doubt
full whether he will venture to do il with.
out All important modification Of the
piece, Bonricanlt will probably alsse
It over for the New Orleans market.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

When Gen. Houston delivered his
great Nacogdochcs speech, last year,
and admonishcd his lady hearers To teach
their children patriotism and ycncra-
ton for their ancestors" he cunningly
turned his thumb in the direction of him
self. We thought this was a degree Of
selfimportance and cgotism beyond the
rules regulating good taste. even in in
trguing politicians. Blu, his request,
for the Legislature to hold their session
in front of the Capital, on the day Of his
Inauguration. surpasscs anything ot the
kind we have ever read OF. Had the at
tendance on that occasion been large
the request would have been very natn.
raj but we have it from an indlsputablc
source that the crowd was small and
could have easily, and far more comfor-
tably, occupied the Representative Hall.
General Houston had an ol ,cct-wh'ch
he always has-and that object was 10
show his own importance, by creating
the impression that "a large number OF
people were prcsent from all portions Of
the Statc"--so many that they could not
get into the Hall Iire IA hunbsg - Co
ismbia nmocral
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

The remarkable discovery of DR.. Vel
pcan in relation to the paralyn..g effect
Of looking upon brilliant objects, is now
said 10 be nothing new. The discovery
was made by Dr Braid. Of Scotland.
about 1880, and WAS much talked about
in England and America n, the time, but
s,,n wont into disusc, because Il was
regarded "a on y phenomenon cf mag
retism and magnetism was then in the
hands 81 char'a,ars
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

nR. y. " EAN rs NH''0''' '''''''''
~ county lcVas. ~. -,,~,.
urrlcF -OVcr Sanders " eur, '"uE L.
Nh,''t'' Jan 1th. 80.
The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-28

During a large portion OF his life. Hum
boldt slept but three hours and q half.
wow he added. speaking TO Mr.. Tay.
lcr, Il am so old tina, need a gr,ai deai
Of rest, aud have extended my allowance
TO four and Aaif.