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And the men whose genius is being manifested
are such as Butler. Met LELAND, and others, who
having resigned in peace, are now awaiting the
call of their country to take active service
st. Louis Arsenal.
The following description of the St. Louis
arsenal will be read with interest at this time:
"Our arsenal is by long odds the incest and
largest in the United States, and surpasses all
other public repositories of arms as far as For
tress Monroe exceeds all other fortified posts.
Its walls are ten feet high and three feet thick,
of massive limestone, and include thirty eight
or forty acres of beautifully sloping land, ex-
tending from Carondelet avenue to the Misss-
sipp In grass, and trees, and nicely arranged
paths and walks, it equals any gentlcman's park
have ever seen. The foundries and store
houses, soldiers barracks, hospital and prison.
house, powder magazine, Dragons stables, and
officers dwellings, with their handsome yards
and gardens, make up perfect village in size.
These buildings are of elegant architectural de-
signs and proportions, and even the sentry box
es are constructed in a tasteful and ornamental
MANNER. The grounds are drained by sewers
running to the river, and abound in wells of
clear, pure water. The whole arsenal is worth
to the Government, at the least calculation,
three millions of dollars, and it is now in such
n complete state OF defence tnaJ all tne SeceS-
sionsls in Missouri could not take it and would
not dare to attack it. At nearly all available
points earth works have been thrown up, and
are mounted with columbiads and mortars. A
huge new building, just outside the main gate
on Carondelet avenue, is occupied by two COM
panies of regulars, who have constructed a
strong earthwork, topped with sand bags, and
mounted with formidable pieces of ordnance
Other elevated positions, some of them quar-
ter of mile from the arsenal, are occupied by
volunteers as outposts, and, if need be, will be
entrenched and mounted with cannon"
A First-rate Scheme.
Davis, Beauregard and Lee have planned a
great campaign, according to accounts of mes
sengers from the South. The confederate ar
my is to be organized in four large divisions.
One is already at Pensacola and is to reduce
Fort Pickcns. Another is to take Cairo and
occupy st. Louis and Cincinnati. The third is
to march directly on Philadelphia, while ;ht
fourth is to he held in reserve ready to pounct
upon Washington, when the attention OF th
Government is sufficiently distracted by the be
aforementioned operations, That appears t.
our unmiitary experience to be first-rate-onl
they must be careful not to let Gen. Scott kno,
a word of it.
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GREAT TMooD I'm IN THE sgs9Y{EHAAMNA
PROPERTY-$l.OO 900, 900 WORTH
OF LOGS ADRIFT.

Last Saturday. the people residing along the
West Branch of the Susquehanna river, were
visited by the horrors of one of the greatest
floods that has occurred since the memorable
freshet oi 1916. The river commenced rising
on Friday night, and increased with frightful
velocity until serious apprehensons of a gen.
era inundation began to be entertained. At
Lock Haven the water deluged parts of the
town, and the inmates of some dwellings were
obliged to fly for personal safety, without stop
ping to save their moveabes. The streets were
represented as being three feet under water.
Other villages were more or less inundated.
In some of the houses the water was up to the
second story, and most of them near the ceiling
of the first. A great many light buildings were
carried away, with hay stacks and fences.
The most serious effect is the destruction of
the booms at Williamsport and Lock Haven,
and the escape of logs to the value in the ag-
gregate of about one million of dollars The
booms first began to yield to the immense pre- =
sure of the water about four O'Clock Saturday
p. NJ, and in six hours there was not a vestige
of them remaining.
The floating logs reached Harrisburg about
ten minutes before twelve o'clock, and present.
ed scene of the most thrilling description.
The wind came with force from the west which
had the effect to DRIFT most of them TO the chan
mel east of Forster's Island, and for the first
two or three hours, so proiuse was their num-
ber, that they appeared to cover almost the en-
tire surface of the water. This effect was the
same also as far as the eye could penetrate up
and down the river-nothing but logs packed
close together, as if they composed one i'm
mense moving raft.
The logs were still floating past the city up to
nine o'clock last night, though much scattered,
and in less numbers. Of course it is impossible
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CATHOLIC VIEW OF OUR WAR POLICY
From Orestes A. Brownson's Review.

There is neither reason nor justice in Massa-
chusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and the great states northwest of the Ohio,
pouring out the blood and treasure for the
qualification of the savebolding pretensions of
Maryland, Kentucky, or Missouri The citi-
zens of these states who own slaves are as
much bound, if the preservation of the Union
requires 1t, to give up their property in slaves,
as we at the farther north are to pour out our
blood and treasure to put down a rebellion
which threatens alike them and us. If thew
love their few slaves more than they do the
Union, let them go out of the Union. We are
stronger to fight the battles of the Union with
out them than we are with them
But we have only referred to the slaves in
the rebelious states and it it is or if it becomes
a military necessity to liberate all the slaves of
the Union, and to treat the whole present slave
population as freemen and citizens, it would be
no more than just and proper that, at the con-
cluson Of the war, the citizens of loyal sec
tons of the rebellious states, should be indem-
nifed at a reasonable rate for slaves that may
have been liberated. The states and sections
OF states named have not large number of
slaves, and if the Union is preserved it would
not be very heavy burden on it to pay their
ransom; and to paying it no patriot, or loyal
citizen of the free states, would raise the slight
est objection. The objection therefore urged,
thouSn grave, need not be regarded as lnsuper-
able; and we think the advantages of the
measure, in military point of view, would be
far greater than any disadvantage we have to
apprehend from it.
Whether the time for this important meas
ure has come or not, it is for the president, as
commander -in-chief of our armies, to deter
mine. But, in our judgment, no single meas
ure could be adopted by the government that
would more effectually aid its military opera
tons, do more to weaken the rebel forces, and
to strengthen our own. 1t seems to us, then,
highly important, in every possible view of the
case, that the federal government should avail
itself of the opportunity given it by the south
ern rebellion to perform this act of justice to
the negro race to assimiate the labor system
of the south to that OF the north; to move
great moral and political wrong; and to wipe
out the foul stain of slavery, which has hitherto
sullied the otherwise bright escutcheon OF our
republic. We are no fanatics on the subject Of
slavery, as is well known to our readers, and
we make no extraordinary pretensions TO mod
ern philanthropy; but we cannot help fearing
that, if the government let slip the present op-
portunity of doing justice to the negro race,
and of placing our republic throughout in har-
mony with modern civilization, God, who is es-
pecially the God of the poor and the oppressed,
will never give victory TO our arms, or suffer US
to succeed in our efforts to suppress rebellion
and restore peace and integrity in the Union.
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in l., dollars and cents would be something

Total IN dollars and cents would be something
incredible. ~ 'O''''''''S
inose of us who are elderly, not to say old
eJ' oI re rehemoer the time when a man. dspossess-
Jan "'S reason by strong drink was called
I'u'N' but the penny-a-liners of the nresent
uay are much more tender with a sot. He ia
excited by liquor" or "under the influence of
nquor' or partially intoxicated" or in ian in
eoriateu condition. Thoughhe should be found
ehdeavorlng to Egnt his cigar a, a pumn tbev
"oulu hesitate TO say he was drunk Formerly
Mnen the orea'h was out of mans body he
was pronounced dead. Now the renor,sys of
fatal accidents inform us that an "unfortunota
victim had ceased to breathe" or that the cornso
when found exhibited no signs of vitality !
10 he sure the roughs cut the matter someyvhat
shorter by saying that So-and-so has "stent
out" or gone under; but even slang is more
verbose than il used to be. Sometimes we are
informed that Mr.. Such-a-one "has deceased. {"
which is not English. In days gone by tired
people went to sleep but now exhausted ma
ture finds refuge in repose," or "nature at last
succumbs," or slumber overpowers" us.
Modern euphony is particularly civil to crime.
1t wastes words and syllables nnummerable in
putting plausible face upon roguery in high
places. Men who take advantage Of the trust
ireposed in them, to clean out thecofFers of pub
~ hhotitutiUHo, ulcTel ''ueIuult, or SHOW q ue-
hclt," or "fail to make returns )" they never
rob or steal. So of falsehood; individuals who
would swnar black was white are said TO be
wanting in veracty," exhibit melancholy
disregard for TRUTH" to "make statements at
variance with existing facts" and so on.-
Briefly speaking they are guilty of lying, but
the nearest approach to that bold Saxon word,
sanctioned by polite usage, is "mendacity,r a
mild lnterloper derived from the Latin. The
vocabulary of modern politics abounds in long
and meaningless phrases. Our demapopues
would be ruined if they stated their plans and
prospects in plain terms. Mystifcation is their
shield and bucker. The speculative philoso-
pliers who desire to reconstruct society" have
also made terrible inroads upon the simplicity
of our mother tongue. The socialists. the
transcendentalists, and the apron string cham
pions of "woman's rights" rarely speak or
write ineligible English. They have inflated
the vernacular most abominably.
Oh! for some process for exaporating mod
ern gas from the misused language of our
fathers Oh! for the sledge hammer, Anglo
Saxon talk of William Cobhett, the clear, com
nonsense diction Of Benjamin Franklin, the
graceful simplicity of Addison. Even those oi
us who 'oLsh to write tersely and perspicuousl,
fall into the vicious habit Of the day, and often
use dozen words where one or two. well
chosen, would answer the purpose better The
"well of English indebted" has run dry, and We
drink from muddy stream that sadly needs
fltering
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-10-10

PEDAGoGUE's VIEW OF JUsTIcE.-An Eng
lish paper states that the head schoolmaster at
Mountjoy Prison gives lively and characters
tic account of his efforts to give healtlful
tone and moral strength to prisoners mind
when he arrives full of anger, and brings con-
tinually his triaing complaints of of some petty
injustice or other.
"And do you want justice P"
"Of course do"
"Wel, my boy, you are looking for thing
you can't get"
He replies that he must get it. The reioin-
der is that he might as well be crying for the
moon that there is no justice strictly so called,
TO be had in this world that to get full justice
he must wait for the next world, and then pos
sibly it is not full justice, but, mercy, he will
then be wishing for. The man looks thought
full and somewhat calmed and the schoolmaster
goes on-"Doyou think get full justiceP Inever
expect il in this world. The most fortunate re-
ceive but small measure of it the wise are
oontented to do without what they can't get
the foolish are discontonted and cry for it, like
children for the moon, until they learn better
sense" Still further-"Now, did you ever do
. anything deserving punishment, and escapep"
"Often."
"well, have you ever been punished without
deserving it"
"Very seldom"
"All right: Now put that and that together,
and be satisfied"
The man smiles, and the schoolmaster dis
misses him with the advise to ''put this little
bit of injustice in his pocket, and think no more
of it,"
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paper had mentioned these prisoners as having
been SELECTED chiefly from among those who
had cvnced the most insoent and insubordi-
nate disposition" but their department yester-
day was generally as orderly as could be desir-
ed. They all wear their uniforms, although
some Of these are in somewhat dilapidated
condition. The officers have trunks, but the
men are encumbered by no superiuous bag
gage. Some of the officers, including Corcoran,
are not yet recovered from their wounds. They
are generally abundantly provided with money,
(specie,) and were very solictous to be allowed
TO hire n sock to prepare their meals. We
learn that instead Of the usual coarse prison fare
they will be served with good substantial ra-
tons from the Commissary Department.
When they first arrived they were generally
taciturn, but during the DAY became communi-
cative-in some instances even loquacious.
We may mention that they evinced a holy hor-
ror for the newspaper reporters. the very natu-
raj consequences of their experience with the
representatives of the unprncipled Press of the
North. Their views with rgard to their prob
able treatment here, were various. Some of
them imagined that they WIRE TO be placed i'm
mediatcly in irons, while offers Especially the
officers) labored under the fond hallucination
that they were to be liberatd on parole. Many
of them busted themselves with devising pro-
positions to communicate by letter to their
friends. The plan most popular among them
seemed to be to have their packages of letters
sent om to the Jlockdding feet under a flag Of
truce.
The prisoners will remain in the Jail until
next Tuesday, by which time, it IS expected,
Castle Pinckney will be ready fol their recep-
ton. Meantime, the Zouares vii continue to
perform the necessary guard duty No one ex-
cepting the guards was yesterday permitted to
see the prisoners. A more suiuble custodian
than Capt Boag could scarcely lave been Sc
lected. While he will in no case be uncon-
cernedly harsh, he possesses in al eminent de-
gree the firmness necessary to enorce proper
discipline among the captive YANKEES.
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McCLELLANs WAR HORSE, "HANDsoME
DAN."-This celebrated stead, formerly owned
by II. c. Crevelng, of St. Louis, and present
ed to Gen. Mcclellan by several gentlemen ol
Cincinnati, is reported to be worth over one
thousand dollars He is geding, of beauti-
fully dappled mahogany-bay color, with three
white feet and star, very heavy flowing black
main and tail-the latter regular "spout. -
He is sixteen hands high, and weighs, in ordi
nary flesh, l,2O0 lbs. He was sired by Gen
Jackson, dam of Sir Archy and Messenger
He has fine, bony, intelligent head, delicately
tapered ear, and proud, beautitully-archec
neck, capital shoulders, very long and muscular
hams, whose symmetry could not be improved
were they carved to order his chest is broat
and deep, his legs fine, fiat, and bony, with hi
hooks and knees well down to his heels, and his
fetocks almost to the ground, with round
well-ribbed "barrel' of tremendous length, ant
a line and hips remarkable for strength anC
beauty; indeed, his fine points and evenly
balanced proportions make him, in the fules
sense of the term, model horse not only fo
symmetry, but for speed and stoutness. AS
field-horse, he has no superior, being yer,
"topy" when in action, with proud and ner
yous step, his head as high as his riders whel
mounted, and his throat-latch add tips of hi
fore feet almost on perpendicular line wheI
in repose.
lie possesses many singular characteristic
common to no other one of his species. Fo
instance, he will not stamp his feet to shake Of
n flv if there were thousand on him, seeming
to entertain feeling of contempt for all lesse
animals; and his confidence in, and ff,ctiol
for, the human species is such that he will not
under any circumstances, suffer his attention L
be distracted from his master by any minor OBJ
ect The his own Species he pays no atten
ton, passing among them without deigninI
them the slightest notice, even when turne'
loose in the same yard or field. He will follow
his master up any flight of stairs, or along an.
precipice where he can get foothold, relyinl
on his masters judgment for his safety; vii
stand anywhere he is left without constraint
and is as brave as a lion, and as discreet as
Judge. May he bear his noble master on L
yictory-conquering and to conquer-until thi
foul rebellion is crushed out and peace and un
ion once more restored to our distracted coun
try!
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THE PHRAsEoLoGY OF THE DAY.

1t would be interesting to know how much
the long words and roundabout phrases tina,
have come into common use in our language
within the last forty years, have cost the Anglo,
Saxon race in breath, and time, and types, and
stationery. The difference between the space
occupied by these long-winded intruders, and
that taken up by the brief, pithy expression,
they have supplanted, must be enormous. Mil.
lions of reams of paper would not represent it
And then think Of the extra hours consumed in
reading and arriving at the meaning of this pre-
tentious and too oien inexact phraseology.-
Computing the value of the time thus wasted
at the lowest rate of laborers' wages, the sun
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GREAT FRBsHET IN WESTERN NEW.
YORK.
ACCIDENT ON THE ERIE RAILROAD
of The N. Y. Tribune.

Uopxpr,svurr Sent % 1891
A terrible roin.storm commenced on Thurs.
dov n;aht lac, and continued incessontly till
Fr;day abou, midnight' when the Genesee
River and tributaries had risen bigher than was
ever known hefore' carrying a1oy bridyes
roads. telegraphic line, houses. barns. cattle,
crops' &c. One family in Scio, Alleeany Coun.
w. had their house and barn carried away, with
literally everything they had except the cloth
ing on their backs, and | saw them the next
day wandering about the streets. Another
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for us to estimate the number of logs in this
immense notilla--we can only mesure them by
the mile, and accordingly estimate, the swift
ness Of the current assumed at several miles
per hour, from the time they first appeared here
up to nine o'clock last night, that the line of
logs extended distance of SO miles below this
city, with an average breadth of 100 yards.-
HARRISBURG Telendph.
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A MERICAN HOUSE, BRATTLEBORO,
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A T YVES Picture Gallery
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by the different metho and warranted to stand
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opposite the Brattleboro House, DratttlebOro, Vt.
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ID Opposite Revere House, DRATTLEB0R0, VT.
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neghborng will be attended to at short notice and
favorable terms.
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~ w. GRAU, NJ. D., Homeopath-
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DUTLER & WHEELER, Attorneys and
ID Counsellors at Law and Solicitors in Charcery.
JAMAICA, VT.
]. T.. Butler. H. II. Wheeler.
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~ X. FIELD, Attorney and Counsellor at
". Law and Solicitor in Chancfry.
Office the Savings Bank, BRATrLLBORO, VT.
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OUR KANSAS CORRESP ONDENCE.

Matters in dtchison-Sooessionists Jump from the Fry
ing-pdn into the Fire-7hey Lose all Meir Siiuor-Cdre
and JetCory-Tho UOmen Lose their Crinohne, and
the Boys hare Ddnce--The Second Kansas Regiment
--Dopdrtuc Of Home Gudrds-Ldnes Brigdde-Rdins
Marching 81. JOSEPH Vith 10000 Rebois-The Over
Iood Nal Ar Ar
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II C. EDWARDS, successor to L. ID. SAILS
IL BURY, Book Binder, and Manufacturer of Blank Books,
and dealer in all kinds Of Writing aud Wrapping Papers
BRATrLEB0RO, VT.
1T The highest prices in Cash paid for Rags, Cotton
Waste and all kinds Of Paper Stock.
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Il NJ. FO B ES, ATTORNEY
L.ASD CoUSsELLoR AT LAW AND NOTARY PrBLIc,
WINCHESTER, N. ii.
Also Agent for the Atlantic and Rockingham Mutual Fire
Insurance Companies.
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WOODCOCK & VINTON, Paper Manu-
w faeturers All kinds Of Printing Paper made to
der Cash paid for White and Brown Rags Bratteboro,
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MORSE e. NASH'S Livery Stable,
ll in the rear Of the Bratteboro House, Main Street,
BrattebOrO, Vt.