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/ came ut|l through the ncIghbOrhood they
the husbanite house of IA Union family;
wife, stout-RS.. not at home, but lys
Union flag at thd woman, had her
insolently commanded lte-post They
she would not They attemFemovc it
it, and she seized it; they struSo seize
it, but she kept her flag. They thu
went into the woods, cut hickory withc,
and returning, scourged her person with
1t. Kisses and cries of"shame, shane!"
This my friends is Secession, and these
are the men you are to g compromise !"
with! Some Of these same demons,
tiends in human shape, stopped at the
house OF man named Markham, who,
seeing them approach, and fearing insult
and outrage to himself, if he remained,
and thinking that they would not be so
likely to provoke quarrel with the
family if he were not present, took his
rifle from its resting place and retired,
unobserved by them, into little thicket
hard by the house, in order to be at hand
in case they offered any abuse to his
family. He had an aniable wife and two
daughters, the youngest girl of about
twelve years, and the other just blooming
into womanhood, about sixteen, as beau
tlful as the morning and as pure as the
dewdrop. The Secessonists entered and
insolcntly demanded dinner for themsel-
YES and feed for their borses. The wife
told them there was the crib and the
fodder, and they would give them their
dinner. They took the hay and the corn
and scattered 1t about the ground, and
ordered the ladies to hasten their dinner.
In due time the meal was prepared, and
soon grcediIy devourcd. After satlng their
appctltcs al the table they began to address
rude remarks to the wife and daughters. One
attempted to make love to the young lady,
when her young sister, scizing he tin horn or
trumpet, which is kept in almost all rural
homrScads to make a summons to dinner or
sound an alarm to the neighbors in case of
any accident. sprang to the door and blew a
blast. AT this the hcllish demon turned
drew pistol from his girdlc, fired it's CON
tents through her brain, and with one wild
shrek she fell in agouizing death at the feet
oil her screaming mother. That blast, the
shot, the shrek and scream, pierced the ear
OF the waiting father; he Sprang from his
rrtrrat-he stood at his door--one glance
revealed all and taking deliberate aim he
sent his rifles bullet straight through the
villain heart! M suppressed roicc, Good, bu
G0d0 followed by tremendous applause -
The other four alarmed at the trumpet blast ,
and knowing that the whole ncighborhood
would soon be upon them. mounted their
horses and fed. The enraged father. finding
them beyond his reach, turning to where the
slayer of his daughter lay, seized his axe and
cut his brutal body into quarters and threw
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Gbe gousekeeper

Apple Pudding Pare and cut the apples
as you would Tor mince meat. Crumbl.
stale wheat bread and beef suet very fine
put II layer of bread and snct in the bottom
of the pan, ana then layer of apples con-
tinue the process until ihr pan is TILED wiih
bread, suet and apples make a.rich cus,trd,
and pour over 1t and bake in u good ovcn.-
Eat it with wine or any other sauce to suit
your taste.
Apple Custara'-Have a pint of stcwrd
apples perfectly cold pint of mi K, III"
yold of six eggs. white sugar enough Is
sweeten as cnstard; beat the apptes an;
custald well together: have two rch pic
crusts baked while tn, crust is warm pu,
the apple custard on them ard bake them.
Whip the whites of thu eggs. and white
sugar to a stiff froth 4; when the cuStard is
baked put the whippd eggs on it, md put
them in the oven again lei 1t get pretty
brown. They-are eaten cold.
.Apple Fioai.-Tak. the white IF three
eggs, whipped into good truln have y
quart Of stcwed apples sweatened vita white
sugar; the apples mast be p rectIy cold
beat the eggs and apples together acid tlS
froth stand long before il is wanted, as 1t will
fall and be tough; eat it with rich county
cream; 1t is very pretty and Il very nicu
dessert. When beaten we'll II is nearly as
white as the eggs themselves.
Sfandard Wheat Flour Pudding - One quart
OF sour milk, one-half tcacupiul of cream,
TWO eggs, one teaspoonIu OF soda, and u
little salt. Stir in -four 50 as to make stiff
batter. Steam one hour, ard serve with
sMee;cned cream.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-16

SOMETIME 1t is a sweet, sweet, song,
flowing to and fro amongst the topmost boughs
of the heart and fills the whole air with such
JOY and gladness, as the song birds do, when
the summer morning comes out of the dark.
ness and the day is born on the mountains.-
We Lave all our possessions in the future
which we call "sometime." Beautiful flowers
and sweet singing biris are there only our
hands seldom grasp the one or our ears hear,
except in faint ar-of strains the other But
oh, reader. be of good cheer, for to all the
good there lisa golden 'ssometimes 20 When
the hills and the valleys of time arc all passed
when the wear and fever, the disappointment mt
and the sorrow. life, are over hen there
is tn place and The rest appointed of God -
a homestead, over VIII Sc blessed roof falls no
shadow of even clouds; across whose thresh-
hold the voice # sorrow is never heard !;
built upon the hills. and standing with the
spires and pinnacles of ialbeautv, among
the palm trees of the city on high. those who
love God shall rest under the sh0fdows,
where there is no more sorrow, nor pain, nor
sound Of weeping sometime.
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WHOLE No. 1865
Agricultural.
Seed COrn

The best time for selecting Seed Corn. i,
while husking. Assert it from the general
heap, choosing the most perfect ears-those
having small cobs and well mat,ircd rrains
II you wish productive corn, select ears
having the deepest grains. For an early
r'penlng kind, pick ears with shallow. f,ntv
graz us. After sufficient quantity has been
c"'ied from the general heap. put it in dry
place, secure from mice, and when PLANTING
time arrives shell it from the cob hv hand
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Wintcring Calves.

The american agricultural says: q" Calvrs
""'''ehave loose stables, or stalls TO run in
aocN lor e'inter, with little yard or pad.
and plenty OF oi,t Of doors it, fair weather
nay Il It" OATS s"y'ir always Gond, sot,
an equal quantity OF C, day for each or
meal, and in mild weather ii >,s cr l,,,.,,.
Roots is their best food. In IT sliced
weather, roots do ca!ves-such is our .o,j
rlence-m0rc hurt than good -
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Secession Horrors in Tennessee Dcs-
cribed by Hon. Andy johnson

In the course of a recent speech ly
Andy johnson, at Columbus, Ohio, this
eloquent patriot thus described the
horrors of Secession in TENNESSEE
While yet bcseeching them to act
upon their own doctrine, and let us alone,
the boots Of their cavalry were indenting
our plains, and the tramp Of their troops
was about our homes And yet there
are those who set up the pulling cry
" Let there be no coercion :" What -
A Seccssionist declaring against coercion.
Why, God bless you, friends, they never
got anything except by coercion. They
coerced Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama
and Virginia out Of the Union. They
attempted it i'll Maryland-thc Govern
ment stopped it they are now attempts
ing it IN Kentucky, and there the People
will stop it lChecrs, " good, good ~
Their whole career has been one of coer-
cion, of outrage, insult, blasphemy and
crime. Detachnents Of their myrmdons,
who were sent, as they said, " to protect
uo ii'" 'iS ucHPotio" VI AUG LInCOin,
(O would pass through our country, in
Tennessee, on the railroad.
As they went they saw the flag of our
country, the glorious old Strips and
Stars, floating from the gable end of an
humble school house, where the little
boys had placed it as an emblem of their
pure and dawning love for the Union
What did these miscreants do They
stopped their train, and with hootings
and ribaldry, with mcnaces, and cxecra-
tons and blasphcmy, they tore it from
the children and trampled it in the mire
They enter private houses, and under
pretense Of seeking. for ammunition,
would rumnagc drawers and desks, rob
bling the family of the money, and the
females Of their jewels and heir-looms -
lodging in tones of insolence and in terms
ofinsult. They would feed their horses
with wastefulness, and statter the food
reck!essly on the ground. And after
eating to the fill of their insatate appe-
tites, and roting and rummagng, they
would mount, and, with oaths and OBJ
scenity, would tell the family to charge
it all to jeff. Davis And this my
friends, is Secession
They came into Fly own county; they
called at my house. Some of their num-
Der came forward and demanded Of my
family whether | was at home-saying
that if was they had como to take me,
and hang me! Pleasant intelligence
this, for gentlemen C) to communicate to
wife and daughters! But my daughter,
indignant at their conduct, said, " No,
my father is not at heme he is absent
in another county, where he is making a
speech for the Union ana this | pre-
sumo you knew, Or your cowardly crew
would not have dared to show themselves
at this house !" (Thuuders OF applause, J
They then sullcnly withdrew. AS they
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Other days have waned to twilight

Other days have waned to twilight
Since the eve when such sad heart blight
Came down on that lonely one,
Yet beside the window sitting,
With her aged fingers knitting,
Dreams she still at set of sun
On her brow shadow resting,
And the sunset z Iory crcsting
Like crown the silver hair,
Back and forth the needles going,
Inch by inch the socks are growing,
And the tears her eyes overlooking
Are inwrought with silent prayer.
Could men see as see the angels,
These dumb socks like sweet evancels
Would wond' rous tale unfold.
Every stitch would tel its story,
And each seam would wear glory
Fairer than retner's gold.
NJ. b. S.
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W-If you have great talents. industry will
improve them; if moderate abilities, industry
will supply their deficiencies. Nothing is
denied to weI-drected labor; nothing is
ever to be attained without it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-11-16

BFs@ Learn in childhood, if you can, that
happiness is not outside but inside. A good
heart and q clear conscience brings happi-
ness I; no riches and no circumstances alone
ever do.
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gsas There are few things in which address
ana judgment are more necessary than in
the giving OF advice, which is showing man
that you either Know more or are better than
himself.
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Brig. Gen. Richard w. johnson,


Another kcntuckian, and another recu-
lar army officer, graduated at West Point
in July, 1919, aud in his twelve years o f
service had been successfully second
lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain
in the Fifth Cavalry, before receiving
his appointment as brigadicr general Of
volunteers.
General Johnson is one of those men
whose very appearance inspires respect
and confidence. | can describe him no
better than in the words of common
soldier who saw him for the first time,
"That man will do to 90 into fight
under. He looks cool, and quiet, and
determined, and he's got big brain
there to direct things" You would
turn to look after him, if you passed him
on the street, not because of anything
outre in his appearance ; he is simply a
well-dresscd, good-looking gentleman !;
but because his intellectual expression
tells you have passed man of mark. -
AS tactlcian, his education aud exper-
fence have of course made him accom-
plished ; in the higher sphere of the
geneEel, he, too, is AS yet untried. The
Ohio regiments are in General Johnson's
brigade.
OF the Rest of Them
General Schoepff, first brought into
notice i'll the late engagement at Camp
Wildcat, is known as "a Hungarian off
Ger, of fine education and reputed
abilities, from which much is justly
expected. Gen. VIM Nelson, command
ing the expedition to Prcstonburg, is
lieutenant in the United States navy,
and graduate of the Naval Academy
General Smith, i'll command at Paducah,
is an army officer of over twenty years
service, and colonel of the Tenth infantry.
Gen. Naglce, in command of the Pennsyl-
vania brigade here, has hitherto, |
believe, been a civilian. Gen. Lew.
" allace, also at Paducah, is known as
the colonel of the Eleventh Indiana,
(Zouaves,) in the three months service.
lie has devoted great attention to drill
ling miliatia companies in Indiana, and
his regiment was made up Of the crack
Soh jiilleS Vi tHc Dldtc. lie Is DFOlucf-
in law to Senator Henry S. Lane, and
the malicious say that he owes his pro-
motion to his Senatorial relative. He
did well as a colonel how he will do as
general remains, as with SO many of the
rest, yet to be seen.
Altogether, the corps of generals in
Kentucky, hurriedly gathered as they
have been, will compare favorably with
that in any of the other departments
They have weighty responsibilities rest
ing upon them, and the public will
scrutinize closely their management of
the important campaign now opening
Opposed to them are some of the abIest
and the widest of the rebel commanders:
and we shall need all their generalship
to conduct the war in Kentucky to the
speedy and triumphant close for which
all true patriots pray. AGATE.
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We had sweet dreams the other night,
When all around was still
We dreamed we saw host of folks
Walk up and pay the printers bill
How bad we felt when we found it all
dream.
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Uylt is only great periods of calamity
that reveal To us orr great men, as comets are
revealed by tota! cclipsus of the sun.
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attractive in a picture, but it may yet
become an American favorite.
Brig. Gen. Alex. Mcdowell McCook.
Personally, a greater contrast to the
commander Of the department could
hardly be found than the commander of
the principal army of the department
exhibits. Of about medium height,
portly, almost to corpulence, Sufficient,
at least, to warrant the pet name for him
among his army friends, sFatty McCook, }
with broad face and almost English
glow in the cheeks, coal-black hair,
light black moustache, shading but not
hiding finely curved lip, broad and
rather low forehead, and general air of
satisfaction with himself and the rest of
the world-that is General McCook.-
Courteous to every one, polite even when
he Is sternest, a thorough disciplinarian,
and exceedingly Industrious, General
McCook won great popularity as col
ontl III the three months service, and
has lost none Of it as general. His
knowledge of the nlnuti,e of drill and
tactics qualified him admirably for the
command Of regiment whether he
possesses the broad and comprehensive
grasp of intellect that qualities for the
command OF an army, remains to be tes-
ted in the field.
Like the other /" Me- whose name
everybody is mounting, General McCook $
career in the army has been marked by
singular good luck. Graduating from
West Point in 1852, he entered the
army as second lieutenant of the Third
Infantry. In eight years and half of
service he rose from second to first lieu
tcnar', won credit in fight with Apaches
IN New Mexico, and served for a year as
assistant instructor of infantry tactics at
West Point. Such was his military
career up to the outbreak of the rebellion.
On the 18th of May, the date of the
first great batch Of promotions in the
regular army, General McCook was pro-
NOTED to be captain of his company IN
the Third Infantry. Speedily afterward
the Second Ohio elected him colonel. and
he accepted the position, conducting
himself with credit through the three
months service, and covering the retreat
at Bull Run with his regiment. Gov
ernor Dennlson subsequently commits
stoned him colonel of the First Ohio,
and he was engaged in recruiting his
regiment at Dayton when he received
the appointment of brigadicr general of
volunteers, and was assigned to duty
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o. What are yoa looking after my
daughter 2" Looking after Son-i slow or
you and fathrr!"
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Brig. Gen. Thomas j. Wood.

BY far the most experienced military
man in this column-not excepting even
Sherman himself-ls General Wood, of
kentucky. General Sherman was only
commissary, with the rank Of captain,
when he resigned; McCook only captain
of infantry johnson captain of cavalry
General Woods present rank in the
army is lieutenant colonel of cavalry
Sherman served but thirteen wears,
McCook hardly nine. General Wood
graduated from West Point in the
corps deiite, Typographical Engineers,
i'll July OF 1915, and has been in the
service ever since---a term Of between
sixteen and seventeen years.
Finding promotion very slow in his
corps, he was transferred, at his own
request, to cavalry, and gradually rose
from second to first lieutenant, captain,
and major. curing the Mexican war he
was i'll constant service, and won distinc-
ton. He has since been on garrison
duty, on the Indian frontiers aud else
where, with the exception Of one year,
when he visited Europe on furlough,
and improved the opportunity for the
study Of European military science
During portion of the year, the late
rebel General Garnett was his travelling
companion, and the two, both arm, off
GERS and both Southrons, spent many all
hour i'll discussing what would be their
duty III the event-then beginning to
appear probable-of Il dissolution of the
Union.
Returning during the beginning of the
troubles, Major Wood was beset by his
brother officers from the South to desert
the service as they were d'eng. He
could see, however, no wrongs his section
had to complain of, and mo future for
their Secession remedy, for tanced
wrongs but anarchy while ON the other
hand, he could see that the Government
by which he had been educated and to
which he had sworn allegiance, needed
his services just now, far more than ever
before, and like a true man he resolved
not to desert in the hour of need. lie
was assigned to Indiana, as ustcring-n
officer, and while there vacancy occur
ring in the regiment, he was promoted to
the rank Of lieutenant colonel Fourth
Cavalry,) the position in the regular
army he still holds.
As mustering-n officer, he was sngu-
larly efficient, and lndianians owe much
of the reputation their State has won for
the management Of its military affairs TO
Lieutenant Colonel Wood He has been
recently appointed brigadier general of
volunteers, aud assigned to duty in his
native State. A schoolnate of the rebel
Buckner, with him at West Point, and
intimate ever since, he better perhaps
than any of the others, understands the
plans and policy ofthe arch-traitors, and
can prepare to resist them.
In person, Gen. Wood is rather under
the medium size, with a thin, nervous
looking face, now beginning to be con
cealed with d luxuriant growth Of black
whlskers, high forehead, kncen eye,
and skin swarthy with sixteen years
exposure in campaigning. An exceed
ingly strict disciplinaran; he is neverthe-
less great favorte with the Indiana
troops, who constitute his brigade, and
several of the Indiana regiments expect
ing shortly to enter Kentucky, are urg-
ing their claims to be included also in
his command.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-10

STATE OF VERMONT, At a Probate Court, holden
RANDOLPH DISTRICT, SIS. at Chelsea, within and for
said District the 10th day of June, A. D. 1861
JONES hrv p. Satcr, Guardian unto Emma o. Salter,
y minor residing in Tunbrdge in said District. ana
represents that his ward is seized of certain real
said town of TunDridge being the and all the land
and buildings thereon conveyed Lovey D. Salter by
deed of warranty from Ezekiel and Sarah Drew, dated
the Dist day of December, d. 1859, containing about
twenty Of land and that the sale thereof is
ny for the payment of mortgage incumbrance said
real estate and prays that license may be granted him
sell the same agreeably the in such made
and provided
Whereupon it is ordered that the be referred to
session of said Court to be holden at the Probate Office
in Chelsea in said District the 18th day of july A. D.
1861 for hearing, and that notice be given all
cerned, by publication of this order three weeks
svey in the Green Mountain Freeman printed at Mont
peler in this State, previous to the time appointed
aforesaid for hearing that they appear at said time
and place, and show cause, if any they may have why
such license should not be granted.
By order of Court
2S7fw3 j. R. CLEAVELAND. Register.
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a a Administrators Sale.

ttE undersigned, administrator the estate of Arunah
l W. Flanders, late of !iydepark will sell at public
auction (uness previously disposed of at private sale
on Saturday, the 18th day of July next, O'Clock NJ
the following described land belonging to said estate, and
situGed in iydepark in the County of Lamoille, viz
One equal undivided third par. of the Sd Division lot of
the original right of Elisha Edgeron, also the whole
part of fifty of land of the South East
of the Sd Division lot, the original right of Benjamin
Taman Said sale will be at Ii. Duttons Hotel in said
Hydepark Terms of payment easy and made known at
lime and place of sale.
JOHN NJ. FLANDERS, Administrator.
Hydepark, June17, 1861. 2S7fW3
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HeniaplDies Eseapiag's gtaaatc,

THE subscribers having blythe Honorable
l. Probate Court for the District of Randolph, Com
mssionersto receive examine and adjust all claims and
demands of all persons against he Estate of }enjamin
Deu'nc, late of Randolph in said District. deceased.
represented nsoven and heterm of six months from the
5th day of June, 1861, being allowed by said Court
the creditors of said deceased exhibit and prove their
respective claims before nsgive notice that wlatend
To the duties of our app"inm at the dwelling house of
Charles bearing in Randolph, in said District the last
Satud days Of June and November next O'Clock, in the
afternoon, each OF sail, days.
LOCKWOOD HOLDEN, C,o,:
LOREN EDSON Uo''
Randolph, June S'l, 1861.
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Notice.

This certfes that have given my son, John g. Smith
l his time during the remainder of his minority, and
hall claim of his earnings pay any debts Of his
contracting after this date MARY A. SMITH.
A ssnHEL H. IN Hrn, Witnesses,
Berlin, June %, 1861. 287fw3*
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Probate Courts.

STATE OF VERMONT, pRoBATE COURTS within
WAsHINGToN DISTRICT IS and for the District aforc
said will be holden the Probate Office in Montpelier, in
said District Tuesday of each week, during the year
ensuing Persons having business with said Court
quested TO attend to the same on said court days.
T. R. MERRILL, Judge.