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MISCELLANY Y.
Who is the Greatest ?

| MY young cousin mas been reading Alb
bolts History of Napoleon Bonaparte.
| One evening as We sat together, he lai,
down his book, and with glowing cheek ant
| sparkling eye, exclaimed:
Was not he the most splendid man tina
ever lived? would give anything to bt
half as great "
Mr.. Abbott's portrait so carefully con
ceals the blemishes of his hero, and is SCI
wirhal in so dazzling frame, that could
not wonder at the boys enthusiasm in con-
templating it. But said
Your chance of being half as great as
Bonaparte is very good, think. That is
not always great which consists in brilliant
achievement. The higher greatness is
moral; and seeks the good of others rather
than its own glory. / could tell you of a
more noble hero than Napoleon, who lived
in his own time
81 should like 10 hear Of one" answered
Harry with an air that said he was not to
be convinced. But still he loved story
so told him the following:
Years ago, in the deep heart of noun
tain in Belgium, hundred men were work
ing a coal mine.
Grim-visaged and dusky, moving about
by the dull red light of their safety lamps,
they might have been mistaken for the de-
mons Of the mountain, once supposed by
the peasant to dwell in its caves. Their
work was hard, and surrounded by dangers ;
but their wives and children were in the
hamlet above, and long habit made them
forget their perlis. So they might be con-
tented, and even happy.
The creaking windlass raised and lower
ed huge bucket through the deep and
narrow shaft, from morning till night, car
rying men and tools to and fro. This was
their only doorway.
1t was MONDAY, and the sun shone down
one side of the shaft, and brought glim-
mer of daylight TO a part of the mine,
when Herbert Coffin, the master miner,
took his place in the great kibble, and was
let down to the mine, many feet below.
When he reached the bottom he commenced
handing some tools and stores TO Victor, a
blind miner, who was waiting there. Vic
tor had left sick child in one of the cot
tages, and it was to inquire after him that
he stood waiting at the bottom of the shaft.
HC UuChCh noo sum PttCus anu Alu
bert was just stepped out, when hark What
sound was that which made his cheek pale
1t was the rushing and trickling of water.
The next moment he caught sight of
stream forcing itself through a fssure on
the mountain close to the shaft Hubert's
instantly showed him their dan
ger. 1t was not feeble oozing stream,
but mighty pressure of water that had
found its outlet here. They would be over
One foot was yet in the bucket--a jerk
at the rope would save him. But though
death stared him in the face, he could not
sacrifice others to save himself. Quickly |
jumping out, he seized blind Victor, and
placed him in the bucket, saying, quickly, |
as he jerked the rope:
"Tel them the water has burst in and |
we are probably lost; but we will seek /
refuge at the farther end of the right gal
Iery. Say farewell to our poor friends"
lie a moment he was gone, ard with him
Hubert's only certainty Of escape from
terrible death.
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SUICIDE DESoUscED AS MURDER
In olden times suicide was actually regard
ed in the light of the law as murder.
Technically it is still so considered, but no
attempt is now made, as formerly, to pun
ish the crime by directing that the body be
ANONYMOUSLY buried. This custom which
SO long prevailed, was only Furnishing the
relatives and surviving friends Of the de-
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HouGuToNvILLE, Aug. I3, 1860.

Mr.. EDlroR II send you the copy of
prayer taken from an old book printed
almost sixty years ago.
The Hanorerian Prayer.-" Our Step
Father who art in Paris, accursed be thy
name, thy kingdom be far from us, thy will
be done neither in Heaven, nor yet upon
Earth. Do not take away our daily bread
yete from us but forgive US for not loving
thee, as we forgive thee, for not loving US
and do not lead us into deeper distress
than we now are; but deliver us from thy
ragged huzsars, fusilliers and starving rag
gamuffins. For thine is the Kingdom of
woe, distress, mockery, ,derision, and plunder
without end" d. .s.B,
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Our CHILDHooD's HoME.-Always
blessed and enduring, and sad yet sweet as
the voice of the dead, are our momeries of
the home of our childhood and its early
teachings. Such memories passions never
burn to ashes, They last out the fiercest
sorrow, the most glowing spiritual joys, and
shine brighter or dim like the holy stars in
the midst of them while the body is shat
tered in pieces by greater corporeal pangs
and convulsion and like the iq,ass tatuus
they glide no more forever though storm
and tempest, not always shining, but never
quenched. Oh blessed memories /! they
come and go through misty vale of tears,
fripging with their trailing light many a
lowly grave where they have crumbled to
dust, hands that we have pressed and lips
that we have kissed
Summoned by sound
tone OF music, summers breath or spring,
IA
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OLD FRIENDS TOGETHER
By CHARLES SWAIN.

By CHARLES SWAIN.
Oh, time is sweet when roses meet
with Springs sweet breath around them
And sweet the cast, when hearts are lost,
IL those We love have found them.
And sweet the mind that stin can find
star in darkest weather.
But naught can be so sweet to see,
As old friends met together,
Those days of old, when youth was bold.
And time stole wings to speed 1t.
And youth ne'er knew how fast time aeE:
Or, knowing, did not heed IL,
Though gray each brow thst meets us now
For age brings wintry weather.
fet nsught can be SO sweet to see
As those old friends together.
The few long known, that years have shown
With hearts that friendship blesses
A hand TO cheer, perchanee, tear.
To sooth a friends distEesses.
That helped and tried-still side by side
friend to face hard weather;
Oh, thus may we yet Joy TO see,
And meet old friends together,
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For the Bellows Falls Times.
MY MOUNTAIN HOME.

For the Bellows Falls Times.
MY MOUNTAIN HOME.
My mountain home In summer tune.
Is bright as poets dream,
And never could a southern cline
With sweeter beauties TEEN
The waving grains on hillside fair.
The forests rich and grand
And sweet wild flowers which cluster there
By gentle sephyrs famed
The fieecy clouds which gem the sky
Above the mountains brow.
Or swiftly through the sunbeams fy,-
All, all are beauteous now.
ana there Is music soft and sweet
Among the wildwood trees,
Where poplar boughs Aad maple meet
All floating In the breeze.
And when fair morning opes her eyes
Upon our mountain home,
And ighteth up I'll eastern skies
With smiles from heavens own dome,
Ihea robin and the wood-lark vie
In praise TO one above
Who guides our steps with watchful eve
And only speaks In love.
by mountain home, my mountain home,
Though humble il may be,
IL dearer far than palace dome,
Or eostly bowers TO me, MARnLA
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Mr.. William B. Astor, son of John Jacob
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SULLIVAN RAILROAD.

SUMNER ARRANGEMENT
OS AND AFTER MONDAY, JUNEu, 1900, TRAINS
" will run as follows;
- 90 ~ - IM
The Morning Train will leave Windsor at 700 A. NJ .
connecting with trains from Montreal Ogdensburgh
Caremont at ~, and Charlesco~n at Al A. NJ eo,,t,
tngat Belowsfals with Cheshire Railroadfor Boston
Worcester and with Vermont Valley Railroad
tor sp,aneaed, arriving at New York st4,4 ,45P.M.
The Mail Train will leave windsoI at 81 p NJ for on
arrival OF Trains from Montreal 0gdensburgh Barton and
Littieon Ciarcmoh tat So and Charlestown at %
connecting tBelloss Fails Railroad sr
Boston Worcester &c. also with Vernon alley Railroad
Tor springfield &c. arriving at New York at IL 10 p
aud With Rutland and Burlington Railroad.
rL - ~ ~ HHs
The Mailrrain viii neaye Falls atl2 25 Charles
town at l245 caremontst 06, p M Wind
with VT Central Railroad pelier gt
Rouse sPoint, Montreal logdensburgh and White
River unetion with pssss 70
Ldtteton, st. Johnsbury Barton, and the White Moun
taiDs. ~
heEyening Train willleave Bellows Falls at so ION
arrival OF trains from Boston and New York;
at o. and Claremont at Ia NJ connecting at Wind
sor with Vermont Central Railroad for Burng
ton, kouse's Point, Montreal ogdensburgh. &c.
EDWARD THOMPSON. sup-t
Charlestown, N H., June IL 1850. 81
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p O EFT r Y
For the Bellows Falls Times
TO MY HUSBAND, IN ABSENCE.

For the Bellows Falls Times
TO MY HUSBAND, IN ABSENCE.
MY heart goes out, 10 night, dear one,
In earnest fearful prayer for thee,
That lie who rules this sunny zone,
VIII watch DER one so dear to me
Father Of life, and light, and love,
Oh, listen to my earnest prayer
send down thy blessing from above
And guard him with special care
oh, hl his path with fragrant flowers
His heart with purity and truth
Watch DER him in his waking hours
And grant his soul eternal youth
And now, when absence darks his breast
And no loye-tons falls on his ear
oh, may he feel in toll or rest,
My spirit form is ever near.
When years shall shadow DER his brow,
And dim the love light in his eye
May Il he mine, DOT less than now
To lull each pain and soothe each sigh. Ely
saxtou's River, Aug. Ie, 1850.
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Summoned by a sound,
tone OF music, summers breath or spring
A flower a leaf
Striking the electric chain where with the soul bound
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rom Boston and New York, large assortment Of Eng
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
The Ranks.

The Cincinnati Enquirer ofSunday
quotes the bills OF banks which have
suspended specie payment, as follows:
Missouri, Virginia, Iowa and Penn
sylvania at 10 per cent. discount
Tennessee and Illinois at 10 to Is per
cent. discount. The free banks Of In
diana at l per cent.
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia have legalizod the sus'
pension of specie payment by the
banks of those States.
We understand that it is the inten-
ton of all the banks to keep their bills
good, but the brokers will not permit
SO good a chance to shave holders to
pass unimproved, as the above quota
tions conclusively show. In these
shaving operations the people suffer
most.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29

1t will be seen from the above that
tine Northern States are nearly all in
a position of practical disunion, that
is, they have refused to sustain the
Constitution which their fathers
adopted. In June, 1851, Daniel
Webster, in o speech at Capon
Springs, Virginia, remarked:
81 do not hesitate to sa, and re-
peat, that if the Northern States vii,
fully and deliberately refuse to carry
into effect that part of the Constitu-
tiCn whiell respects the restoration Of
fugitive slaves, the South would no
longer be bound to observe tho com.
pact. A bargain broken on one side
is bargain broken on all sides"
Now, according to Daniel Web
ster, and he is generally regarded as
good authority at the North, the South
are to-day justified in presuming that
this confederation of States, framed
for mutual protection and benefit, is
at an end.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
Secession

All accounts from the South con.
firm previous reports as to the deter
mination of the Cotton States to with.
draw from the Union, unless the North
shall faithfully carry out the Fugitive
Slave Law and give Southern citizens
equal rights in the Territories. This
being the case, there is no fear Of I'm.
mediate secession. 1t will require
time to test the Northern States, and
see whether they will or will not re.
peal their laws for the notification Of
tho Constitution Of the United States.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
The MONTGOMERY Raid,

The notorious Capt. Montgomery,
who was one OF John Browns Lieu.
tenants in Kansas, has again CON-
menced his barbarisms upon the citi.
zens of Kansas ard Missouri. We
give in another place all that is known
of his actions up to this date. The
Leavenworth Times, Republican, }
denounces Montgomery, and hopes he
and his numbering, heartless crew may
be brought to justice. The election
ofLincoln, with his "irrepressible con.
fict" ideas, has no doubt encouraged
Montgomery to pursue the course he
has taken. The probability is tha
when he finds that lie has lost the sup
port of the Republicans be will des;st
Query-Where did he ge! bis arm
and munitions
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
"An Overt Act,

1t is said that the citizens of Charles.
ton, S. C., took forcible possession Of
the U. S. Arsenal at that place, a fort
night ago, and that it IS now in charge
Of Militia Company. The Repub.
lican papers say this is IAN overt act!''
What kind of an act was it that oc.
CURED at Chicago a few days ago g.
low can you complain, Messrs. Re.
publicans, when you commit "overt
acts" yourselves
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
A Great Ned icine for FcmaIes.

Hundreds Of siimulants have been invent.
ed and Sold purrortng to be specific in tho
various diseases and arrangements to which
the delicate form OF woman render her SUBJ
|ject. The result OF all these stimuants has
been 10 impart momentary activity to the
nervous system, and false vigor toihe mus
cles; but this relief has been succeeded BY
depression and prostralion greater than be-
fore; and the repeated attempts Of invalids
to build themselves up by these false rene.
dies, have finally ended in destroying what
little vital organization was left. But in
using "Berhuus's Holland Biiters," sou
will find no such disastrous results. Itisa
purely vegetable compound, prepared on
strictly scientific principles, after the man.
ner Of the celebrated Holland Professor,
Berhave. Under its influence, everv nerve
and muscle receives new strength and vigor,
appetite and sleep return, and finally, perfect
health. See advertisement in another col
umn. ~.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29

1
ELoPEMENT OF A WHITE WOMAN
WtTH NEGRO SLAvE.-The resi-.
dents of Beaver Creek. Washington
County, Nd, were shocked by the
announcement that a white woman,
hitherto conslderad respectable, had
eldped the nj Int previous with a huge
colored mau, slave Of Daniel Wilmer,
Esq. The infatuated woman left be.
hind four small children, the youngest
not yet eight months old. Her hus-
band, well-to.do young man, had,
by his own industry, collected arouud
him all the comforts Of life, and titled
one of his fathers farms. The ruua-
way pair took the cars at aagerstown,
Nd, the woman allaying the suspi.
tions Of the railroad agent by telling
bir'..tttkS colored man was her servant,
and pdffehased q ticket for him.
As soon as the departure became
known, however, the telegraph was
resorted to, and Mr.. Wilmer, follow
ibg, overlook the pair as they were
alighting from the cars at Broad ant
Prime-streets, Philadelphia. The
Charge alleged against them was tina
d being .fugitives from justice, anc
under that charge they were brough
off successfully without an attendan
''fugitiye-slaye excitement and res
cue."
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
Irritating the So o,,,h

The indianapolis Sentinel Las been
permitted to mako some extracts from
a letter receIyec by a eading Bell
man Of that State from very intel.
l:gent and influential man Of Rich.
mond, Virginia. The writer saws
that, while the Union men are consid.
ering, "the DisuniOnists are moving
with alarming rapidly. They are
spreading over the South like wild.
fire. The politicians and great mass
Of the voters, who supported Breckin.
ridge aud Lane, are Disunionists. ~
The difficulty with the Union men in
meeting the onslaught Of the Disu.
nionists is: ave are unable, while
resisting them, to offer any thing
hopeIni or tangible 10 the people for
the future" In addition 10 that. they
are embarrassed by "the action Of the
Republican presses, pulpits and
speakers since tie election" In this
connection the writer says.
"ln a room fnll of Urion people,
met a few evenings since, Henry Will.
sons speech, published in Boston
paper, and made since tho election,
with extracts from Beecher's sermon,
delivered from the pulpit Of Plymouth
Church the Sunday after the election,
was read. The effect was curious. -
There was one burst of Indignation
from every person present. Each one
confessed to a sense OF humiliating
insult, and all that, il such were to be
the fruits Of Lincoln's election, there
would soon be but one party in the
South,
n
"Papers to-day from the North,
giving full accounts of the forcble
rescue of fugitive slave from the
Marshal at Chicago, are received. !
need not describe to you its effect up.
on our people. The Republicans
would be doing better business with
their "Wide. Awakes' in subduing the
mob and recapturing the slave than in
celebrating their sectional victory
Unfortunate indeed that such a scene
should have transpired in Lincon's
own State and so near the 'Wigwan.
All such accounts, together with all
the insane shouts OF the victorious
Republican hosts, and from the ros,
trums in the North, are quickly re-
produced in the disuniOn papers in the
South. You call upon us Union men
to rally, and turn back the disunion
current, while in another part of your
letter you confess to the impotency Of
the Union patty in your own State
If Union men are powerless there
against ianaticisln, how can you ex-
pect that Union sentiment can flour.
ish here, where we have common in.
terests that are threatened by that ia
Daticism, and where the Union fails
to protect US from its influence~
The Montgomery raid now comes
TO furnish the Secessionists with fresh
and highly inAammable fuel to feed
the disunion flames, already spread.
ing too rapidly over the South
What is to be the end Of all these
things2
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-11-29
The Position OF lhe PresIden1.

1t is said that the President will
take grounds against the right OF se'
cession, until every constitutional
means for redress shall have been ex.
hausted; and that he will recommend
in his message a Convention of all the
States for the purpose of adjusting the
difficulties between the States.