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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
Vernon, Personal Liberty Bill.

We have been requested to publish this
Bill, which we willingly do, as we would
any other law that happens to be upon
our statute books.
An Act to secure Freedom to all persons
within this State.
II is hereby enacted By tile General As.
sen,Jly Of tie State Of Vermont as fol-
OaoS:
Sec. |. No person within this State
shall be considered as property, or sub
ject as such to sale, purchase, or delivery
nor shall any persons within the limits
of this State, at any time, be deprived of
liberty or property without due process
of law.
Sec. 2. Due process of law mention
ed in the preceding section Of this act,
shall in all cases be defined to mean the
usual process and forms in force by the
laws of this State, and issued by the courts
thereof; and, under such process, such
person shall be entitled to q trial by
jury.
Sec. 3. Whenever any person in this
State shall be deprived of liberty, ar.
rested or detained, on the ground that
such person owes service or labor to another
person, not an inhabitant of this State,
either party may claim trial by jury;
and, in such case, challenges shall be al
lowed by the defendant, agrceably to sec
tons four and five of chapter one hundred
and eleven of the compiled statutes.
Sec. 4. Every person who shall deprive,
or attempt to deprive any other person of
his or her liberty, contrary to the pro-
visions of the preceding section of this
act, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit
and pay fine, not exceeding two thous-
and dollars nor less than five hundred
dollars, or be punished by imprisonment
in the State prison for term not exceed.
ing ten years: prortded that nothing in
said preceding section shall apply to, or
affect the right to arrest or imprison
under, existing laws for contempt of court.
Sec. 5. Neither descent, near or re-
mote, from an African, whether such
African is or may have been slave or
not, nor color of skin or complexion, shall
disqualify any person from becoming,
citizen of this State, nor deprive such
person of the rights and privileges thereof.
Sac. g. Every person who may have
been held as slave, who shall come or
be brought or be in this state, with or
without the consent of his or her master
or mistress, or who shall come or be
brought, or be involuntary, or in any
way, in this State, shall be free.
Sec. 7. Every person who shall hold
or attempt to hold, in this State, in slavery
or a slave, any person mentioned as
slave in the sixth section of this act, or
any free person, in any form, or for any
time, however short, under the pretents
that such person is or has sheen slave,
shall, on conviction thereof, be imprisoned
in the State prison for term not less
than one year nor more than fifteen years,
and be fined not exceeding two thousand
dollars.
Sec. s. All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act arc hereby repealed.
Sec 8. This act takes effect from its
passage.
Approved November %, 1858.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
For the Newsdealer .

For the Newsdealer.
The Vermont Valley Peoples Rail Road.
Mr.. EDITOR Il will with your help
through your columns mention some of
the reasons why | think there ought to be
Rail Road through this valley. And
first, will say, there is vast amount OF
lumber in these hills and mountains, that
is now entirely worthless, for want of a
way to get it to market, so thatit will pay
anything more than the cost of marketing {;
and there is great deal more that will
not begin to pay the cost of getting out of
the woods, as the circumstances now are
If the cars could only run along through
this valley, it would not only be a source
of great income to the owners, but also
give large amount of business to the
cars. The timber comprises spruce, hem
lock, ash, birch, and maple, and other of
less Importance. Rock maple makes the
best keel for vessels, and sells high in
market for that purpose, but has to be so
long and large that it is next to impossi-
bic to haul them out of this valley to any
place where they can be CARED, and would
not pay, any way. But only let the cars
run through here and the amount that
would be got out, and easy too, would as
tonish any man, who has not looked it
over; for, that maple-bearing section, is
not in Vermont, land Vermont is indeed,
a maple state) that will compare with
this; but more especially, that part be-
tween Hardwick and Connecticut river, in
which section, there is less black timber
than in the valley of Lamoille. Here is,
in abundance, every variety. There is
hundreds of thousands cords of hemlock
bark, now worthless on the tree, which,
with rail road here to carry it off, would
be worth from one to three dollars on the
same standing trees. Wood, would be
worth something standing, where it is now
worthless. There is a great deal of tim
Der carried from this state, every year, in
the rough, to Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, manufactured there into all
sorts of things, and great many of those
things brought back and sold right
amongst us when there are water privi-
lcgss here, cheap as you please, where the
same things might be made far cheaper,
and so ill up our own valley with little
prosperous and happy villages. There is
no good reason why Vermont should not
manufacture as much wooden ware as any
other state. She certainly has as great IA
cilities for doing it cheap and well as any
other, and | think cheaper. AS the tim
Der is cleared off, the land will produce
more to be carried off, the population will
increase, and of course, there will be more
folks to ride and carry freight for. 1t is
the shortest route from Saratoga to the
White Mountains, and from Georgia, via
Wells River, through New Hampshire to
Boston. might say more, but will not
now, will only add--the road must and
will be built so look out for the cars, a
little before you hear the whistle.
December 3lst, 1860. CIV.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04

ca 1t is whispered that a certain.
member Of the Caledonaan County
Bar, not unbeknown to military fame,
received through the mail few days
since tin sword from tho Secretary Of
War at Washington. 1t is understood
that the sword was accompanied by
commission and we shall expect soon to
chronicle the valorous deeds of Col S..
on South Carolina SOIL Casdonia,e
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04

CT We hope all to whom we send our
paper this week, will take it home and
read it, and also the paper next week.
Try us few weeks at least, when, if
not satisfied, you can send us pay as sug-
gested last week.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04

sy Hereafter, as on last week, we shall
send our paper to North Hyde Park
Eden and Elmore, on Friday morning,
and thus give our patrons local news
fresh from the press, and general news
two days earlier than they can get it from
any weekly city papers.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
Miss Bell Sawyer,
4" A. +. Howard,
Mr.. c. Martin,
" S. Howard, Jr.

ca NJ. Mcfarland, of the Watervillc
House, gives a ball on the 9th inst, at
Waterville. The house has been newly
fitted up throughout, and is decidedly
neat and pleasant.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
A Happy New Year.

The Necsdealer takes great pleasure in
wishing its friends and patrons Happy
Nesc Year for the first time. Starting
late in the year just closed, and in time
of financial embarrassment, we had not q
few misgivings as to our success in con-
Quoting newspaper in Lamoillc county.
So far, the result has more than cqualled
our most sanguine expectations. 1t will
be our effort in the year just commenced,
to make the Newsdealer valuable and in
tcresting, and to give it such tone and
character that our readers, having kept
us company the year, will enter upon the
year 1862, wiser and better than they
now are; and we hope to be able to salute
our friends at that time with a larger and
better paper, and one that shall be accept
able to our patrons, and profitable to our
self.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04

Ga Eden and Belvidere abound in
snow drifts about these times.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
A Donation Visi.

Will be made to the Rev. J. 0. Long
street, at the Town Hall in Hyde Park
ON Wednesday afternoon and evening
January 9th. All are invited to attend
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
Mr.. & Mrs. A. Cobleigh,
]. NJ. Hill,
S. A. Spicer.
R. S. Page,
c. S. Noyes,
NJ. W. Tcrrill,
D. G. Hardy,
N. Stafford,
A. p Halves,
N. Terrill
R. Patten,
B. B. Halves,
d. Smith,
L. Quimby,
Miss Bell Sawyer,
A. +. Howard,
Mr.. G. Martin,
S. Howard, Jr
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04

ca Several new advertisements which
should appear this week, arc unavoidably
deferred till next week, for want of time
to set them up.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

DEATH OF A GREAT BETTING MAN. There recently died in England another of those leviathans of the old betting world, of whom MT. Gully is about the last representa- tive, W. H; Justice, great operator of the times when Gully, Risdale, Crockford, Jem Bland, Jerry Glove, etc, were the book -mak- CTS, died of sottening of the brain, on the 9th of January. After the dissolution of the confederation between Mir Gully and Risdale, from dispute about their winnings on Margrave, when he carried off the St Leger, Justice became the confdante and friend of the former. They once went down to Chel- tenham Races, and cleaned all the betting men out so completely on the first day that they did not think it worth while to stop for the second. A rival better was seen wandering about moodily on that day, and being asked what he was doing there, replied not like Praise-God Barebones, that he was [" seeking the Lord" but that he was looking for the few haf-crowns Gully and Justice had condo scended to leave in the neighborhood
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

A REMARKABLE WIDOw.-A widow, whose name figures honorably in the military annals of France, died short time since in the Hospice des Petits-Menagcs, in Paris, at the age of eighty-seven. Her maiden name was 1herese Figureur, as she served as dra- goon in the Fifteenth and Ninth regiments from 179S to 1872 She was known through out the army by the name of Sans-Gene, and was so much esteemed by her officers that when the Committee of Public Safety deter mined on excluding all women from the army, ar exception was made in her favor. The history of her campaigns was published from her own dictation in l842 She began her military career at Toulon, when that port was besieged by the English in l793. She was there put under arrest by Commandant Bona parte for delay of twenty-five minutes in executing an order. Some years after when her old commander had become First Consul, he sent for the dragoon Sans-Gene to St. Cloud, and afterward gave her good service pension of two hundred francs. Sans Gene remained in active service until 1912, when she fell into the hands of the priest Merino s guerillas, in Spain, and was taken as a priso- ner of war to England, where she remained till 1914. In the course of her twenty cam paigns she had four horses killed under her, and was often wounded, the first time being at Toulon, when ball struck her on the left breast. She entered the hospice in 1S40, and lived upon her pension of two hundred francs, till the present Emperor made hand some addition to her means from his private purSa
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

PRESIDENT HILTON ON STEEL PENs.-At the examination of the Birmingham Normal School yesterday, President Felton and others made addresses. The President proved to be " sound on the goose" by historical and philosophical defense of that much-abused animal, and by special eulogy of the goose quill. He spoke in strong terms of the serl- ous effects of steel pens, and their tendency to injure or paralyze the nerves of the arm Sad proof of this influence had come under his own knowledge. His predecessor, Dr. Walker, and at least six of his acquaintances, had received permanent injury from the use of steel pens Boston Herald.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08


 THE PRESIDENTS LAST LEvEE. The Presidents levee on Tuesday night was MT. Buchanan's last. It was the largest of his Administration, and was very brilliant. It is estimated that at least five thousand people were in attendance. The venerable heads of the Peace Conference were prominent among the throng. In contrast with these were the representatives of the army and navy, attired in their. brilliant warhke trappings. All the leaders of the incoming Administration now in the city were present, including Governor Chase, of Ohio, whose chances for the Cabi- net increase. Of the officers of the present Cabinet Mr. King was present; also nearly all the foreign ministers.
 The President expressed no regret that his end had come, and Miss Lane never did the honors more gracefully. She was attired in pure white, and during the evening was sur rounded with hosts of friends and admirers, each one of whom seemed to have parting word to say. Everybody seemed to be merry, the outgoing as well as incoming The band played Away Down in Dixie, and closed with Yankee Doodle.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
EUROPEAN INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCES

EUROPEAN INQUIRY INTO THE FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO Advices from Washington of the 14th ult., say, that Mr. Nichols, and English banker, and Mons. De Jeneaux, Paris banker, ar rived there few days since on a secret mis- sion to examine the financial condition of the country, the probable stability of the govern ment, and other matters pertinent thereto. They tarried here a short time and proceeded South to investigate the pecuniary condition and resources of that section, and to take care of European interests generally. After this they will proceed to Mexico and make simi- lar investigations in that country, having in view the ultimate establishment of joint English and French protectorate there. Mir. Nichols has the authority of British bankers to assume the pecuniary responsibility of build ing Pacific Railroad to pass through the territory of the Southern States of America and the Northern States of Mexico. Messrs. Nichols and De Jeneaux will meet in Mexico four other agents-two English and two French-who have gone direct to Mexico, landing at Vera Cruz, who have a mission similar to their own. The bankers referred to represent forty million dollars of Mexican debt. The whole debt to England and France is about two hundred million dollars. If this Government refuses to recognize the South ern Confederacy these agents are authorized to buy up the entire indebtedness of Mexico, large amount of the bonds held in Europe being now on the way to this country. From information received here there is every req son to believe that the protection of France and England will be extended over Mexico as soon as the events foreshadowed above are consummated ra
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

VALUE OF TExAs-The returns from the assessors of all except six counties have been received. from which it appears that tho total value of the taxable property in the State is S29l ,827 ,5S4 Of this lands make Sl21 ,O0O- 900; negroes Sl07 ,000,00; cattle IS ,000, ,O00; horses lS,0000, ,000-lands being valued at an average of & 96 per acre, negroes at s673 apiece, horses at s51, and cattle at s6 80. The increase in the total value of property during the past year has been over s67 ,4O0,- 900, or about sixty-seven and half millions of dollars, exclusive of s, 3,5000,0 at inter est, and this added would make the increase about seventy-one millions, or over thirty per cent. increase in one year.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

and won the race easily, amid the crestfaller looks of the astonished crowd, who swore ht was assisted by the evil one himself My feelings are more easily imagined than de scribed. Nt | Cf Et y / L Y
 "I was sure he would play some Yankee trick before he got through" said thi,a in,aassed
 Such were the observations '' % Thn n'11,n W"n.e. so 'ne io the meantime offered to
 .l.aer ho @ thousand dollar bet, but nobody seit sh disposed to bet with him, and it was we'll they didn't, for the third heat Sleepy Da- vid" not only distanced every horse, but came in a full quarter of mile ahead of "South- ern |" himself.
 "There, by gauley," said the Yankee as he dismounted, I'll take that purse, if you please, and the other cool thousand tew! l knowed well enough that your Southern hosses couldn't hold a candle tew old Sleepy Dave"
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

REVENUE AND TAXATION OF ENGLAND. The whole net revenue of England for the year ending December 31, 1860, amounted to 971 ,967 ,495, about equal, in round num- bers, to 360,000000. This is but the net sum. The cost of collection, estimated at an average of 8 per cent, would make the gross amount of English taxation GIT, TOO, 900. or s3S8 100000, to be paid by population smaller than our own, and the majority of them much poorer.
 This vast amount is raised thus Customs, 923,000,000; excise, 1000, ,000; stamps, 92,250, ,000; post-ofice, e3, ,500,0 ,005; crown lands, 9250, GOO; miscellaneous items, nearly 92,00O, 900, and propertyta tax nearly 5000 000 Yet immense as this amount Is, 1t falls short nearly three million pounds of meeting the years expenditures. It is estimated that the late war with China will cost England S75,000,000. In return for which she gets indemnity to the amount of S7 ,500, ,000, in installments, running on for several years. This is profitable speculation for John Bull, but the poor taxpayers have to pay the bill.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
THE E DO UB TER.
BY W. D. HOwELLs.

DY W. D. HowELLs. She sits beside the low window, |. In the pleasant evening time, With her face turned to the sunset, Reading book of rhyme. And the wine-light of the sunset, Stolen into the dainty nook, Where she sits in her sacred beauty, Lies crimson on the book. O, beautiful eyes so tender,
 Brown eyes so tender and dear, Did you leave your reading moment, Just now, as passed near? Maybe, 'tis the sunset fushes
 Her features, so lilly-pale- Maybe, 'tis the lovers passion, She reads in the tale. o, darling, and darling, and darling, If dared to trust my thought If dared to believe what l must not, Believe what no one ought We would read together the poem Of the love that never died, The passionate, world-old story Come true, and glorifed
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

LINCoLNs SIsTERs-IN-LA The Colum. umbus, Georgia, Times says that Mrs. Abra- ham Lincoln wife of the President of the old Union has two married sisters now on a visit to Montgomery, Alabama One is from Kentucky, and on visit to her sister, who resides in Selma, Alabama. They are both secessionsts and opposed to the government of their brother-in-law, Abraham Lincoln
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
Secretary of the Treasury.
HoN. A: H. SrEpuENs.-A correspond.

HON. A. Fl. STEPHENS.-A correspond ent of the Charleston Courier says:
 "The personal of MT. Stephens is very striking. He has the appearance of having undergone great bodily anguish, and his ad, vanced age and gray hairs contribute to his eye restless, nervous movement His size is medium, and figure remarably slim. His forehead much wrinked, and his locks flow over the shoulders, which stoop very much. A habit of wearing the hat advanced to the left, gives to his whole cont our an appearance at once remarkable and prepossessing
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
SExRETARY DIX publishes the following
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, l

February IT, I0bI. J
 J. J. Morrison, of Georgia, captain in the revenue service of the United States, late in command of the Lewis Cass having, in viola tion of his official oath, and of his duty to the Government, surrendered his vessel to the State of Alabama, it is hereby directed that his name be stricken from the rolls of the said service, by order of the President of the United States. :. JOHN A. DIX,
 Secretary of the Treasury.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08
POETICAL.
" THY RIVERS ARE BROAD AND BEA U-
 sA&4kA TIFUL
BY HELEN MARION WALTON.

eI0A BY HELEN MARION WALTON. r-.t Unto the sea with silvery feet
 The bright, glad waters run, Tn giitterlng waves that sparkling greet
 The golden morning sun. In spray-made bead gems flashing o'er
 Your banks with alders bound or dripping on the psbbly shore, -
 By milky foam-fakes found. Wandering mid drear and trackless moor
 By mountains misty night; or gurgling by the cottage door,
 Half hidden from the sight; Near cedar swamp or darkened gloom
 UT plying pine trees wave, UT where the rugged lau-sis bloom
 Beside the straneers graves; By unrfpe grain that flowing bends
 In lowing anthems sweep, All OCT whose wavy bristling ends No summer mildews creep; Seed-time and harvest always greet
 The one who tills the land, And smiling fields of golden wheat
 Ne'er fail the toiling hand; By dogwood berries dropping down
 On darkened fenny glade, And where the sumach's crimson crown No wintery storms can fade; The water-lillies on your breast
 Lift high their silver cup, While tangled stems, with thirsty rest, Drink the fresh waters up. -s - ye flow forever or your way,
 Nor tired, For restless grow; But sparkling onward, day by day,
 No weary heart-aches know. Flow on, glad rivers! silvery, clear, vz- Glorious, and bright, and free; Like us, perhaps, you even near
 Gods own eternity; For feet of man who wanders, pained, From truth and hope afar, Will come, at last, though travel stained, To find the gate ajar That leads to bliss beyond the vale
 Of many human tears, And walk no more, with aching vail, Mid lifes tempestuous fears. -
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

THE speech of the venerable ex-Chancellor Walworth, in the New York Democratic Con- vention, last week, opposing coercion, pro. duced great sensation. Many of the mem bers were affected to tears.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

THE Republicans propose to add seven new steam sloops ofwar to the navy. They are to be of light draft, and intended to run up the small rivers, etc., of the Southern States.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

Coop FOR THE WoRKINGMEN.-Extra hands have been set at work on the Mohawk Supply and Harriet Lane, at Brooklyn There is now force of over eight hundred men in the yard, the expenses of which pro- bsbly reach s35, 900 month.
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

Il located in Des Arc, Prairie county, Arkansas, commenced January :, 1881.
 The terms of Tuition are Sl0, S12,50 S15 and S20 per session of five months.
 The government of the Academy will be strict, yet mild The mode of teaching will be strictly methodical. Parents will observe that it will be of great advantage to their sons to be entered at or near tic beginning of the session. Parents or guardians need not enter their sons or wards un- less subjecting them entirely to the mode of instruction and of government established in the school. ..
 Tuition payable from the time of entering till the end of the session. Deduction in cases of prolonged sickness. jy-1S-y
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

BRIGADIEE- GENERAL CHARLES CLARKE, of the Army of Mississippi, has appointed Wm. H. McCardle, of Vicksburg, his aid-de- camp, with the rank of Captain
The constitutional union., 1861-03-08

AN old man, who had fought in the war of 1872, committed suicide in Kinds county, Mississippi, recently, because the Union was dissolved