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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-14
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE FREEMAN.
T O'CLOCK A. M

WASHINGTON. Nov. IL. Gems. HalIeck
Meigs and Haupt have returned to-Aav from .
council lu the field with Gen. Barn.,J, 4nu ~
tonight In council at the w hite House with
the Cabinet.
1t having been ascortained that slaves in Ken
lucky, are returned to rebel masters, in viola
ton OF the act OF Congress, the Secretary Of
war has ordered reports of such transactions to
be r,sde to the department. in order that officers
viol ting the law shall be punished.
(Slsued,) PERLEr.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL Inquiries have been
received here about alleged disasters to the Ar.
my ol the Potomac, Involving the safety OF
Washington and The relpture of Harper
Ferry.
Reports Of similar character have prevailed
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-14

in Washington during the present week, but
they were not considered worthy Of 8 serious
contradiction, having ne truth whatever for
their foundation.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-14
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT.

Session 1862
Thursday, Nov 3.
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-14

they were not considered worthy OF serious
contradiction, having ne truth whatever for
their foundation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL. Lord Lyons, whoar-
rived here yesterday, paid q visit Of courtesy to
the President this morning in company with
the Secretary of State.
Gen. fremont has not been ordered hither,
but visits Washington on leave asked. for and
granted a month ago for that purpose.
1t has been ascertained on inquiry that no
designations have been received from officers in
the army OF the Potomac since the change in
commanders, and that officers who are not dis
posed to continue in the service in consequence
will find no difficulty in being relieved from the
service.
Commissioner Boutwell, having returned to
Washington and partially recovered from his
late illness, has resumed his duties in the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
TRENTON, n. j. Nov. ID. Arrangements are
making to scramble Gen. Mcclellan tonight
Lie 10 keeping very quiet. Visitors are arriving
from W ashington, Philadelphia, New York and
other places. An incredible number of letters
arrive by every mail for Gen. Mcclellan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
Serett pnefrll,
From Harper's W eskly.
MOTHER, CAN I GO }?
PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

Connecticut lad, employed in the city of New
York, wrote home for his mothers permission to
enlist. He is now with the Burnside Expedition
1 am writing to you, mother, knowing well what
When you read with fearful fondness all write to
you to-day
Knowing well the flame of ardor on loyal m others
That will kindle with each impulse, with each
throbbing Of your heart. - ~
have heard my country calling for her sons that
! still are true;
have loved that country mother, only ext to God
And my soul is springing forward to resist her bit
ter foe .-f -.-
Can go, my dearest mother? tell me, mother, can
Us got r g9=.s rg HW G4s p
From the battered walls of Sumter, from the wild
waves of the sea, &. .. a-r
have heard her cry for succor as the voice of God
to me; -- 81 sa .a .E t.lEf"1
In prosperity loved her-in her days of dark dis
tress,
! With your spirit in me, mother, could love that
country less r-.-- & II --r. -
They have pierced her heart with treason they have
| caused her sons to bleed, rEz
They have robbed her in her kindness, they have
umphed in her need
They have trampled on her standard and she calls
me in her woe
Can go, my dearest mother? tell me mother, can
| Igor ~ .ae.
1 am young and slender, mother they would call
yet a boy,
But know the land live in and the blessings en-
JOY #
lam old enough, my mother, to be loyal, proud and
true ..#- ts
To the faithful sense of duty have ever learned
from you.
We must conquer this rebellion; let the doubling
We must conquer it or perish. We must cong Ter,
-E. and will
But the faithful falter and shall be want
Bid me go, my dearest mother Tell me, mother,
can 20
He who led His chosen people, in their effort to be
free
| VIII protect me by dis power whatsoe'er under
take a.l .- -'..
Will return me home in safety, dearest mother for
Or should this my bleeding country need victim
such as me, r. +. .. 4. -..s...-
lam nothing more than others who have perished to
be free. 81 a-g I#
On her bosom let sumber, on her altar let MT lie
am not afraid, my mother, in SO good cause to
die.
There will come day of gladness, when the people
| of the Lord ..s--Es. s..-t - =
Shall look proudly on their banner which His mer.
cy h 5 restored; :; -.t ..a i tis
! When the stars in perfect number, on their azure
sh all be clustered in Union, then and ever firm
and true.
may live it, mother when the PATRIOTS work
! is done,
And your heart, full of kindness, will beat proud
ly for your SON;
Or through tears your eyes may see it with sadly
thoughtful view,
And may love stn dearly for the cost it won
/ from you.
have written oyou mother, with consciousness
! ofright-
am thinking of you fondly, with loyal heart to-
! night; rs
When have your noble bidding, which shall tell me
| to press on
will GENE aud you mother-come and kiss you,
! and be gone.
In the sacred name of Freedom and my Country as
! her due
In the of Law and Justice. have written this
to you.
am eager, anxious, longing to resist my country's
foe:
| Shall go, my dearest motherf tell me, mother,
/ go ?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
The Marvels of Man.

| While the gastric juice has mild, band,
sweetlsh taste, it possesses the power of
! dissolving the hardest food that can be
swallowed-it has no influence whatever ON
the soft and delicate fbres of the living
stomach, nor has it any upon the living
hand, but at the moment of death it be-
gins to eat them away with the power of
the strongest acids.
There is dust on the sea, on land, in the
valley and on the mountain top; there is
dust always and everywhere the atmos-
phere is full of it; it penetrates the moi
some dungeon, and visits the deepest
darkest caves Of the earth no palace door
can shut it out, no drawer is So secret as
to escape It's presence every breath of
wind dashes it upon the eye, and yet the
eye is not blinded, because there is foun-
tain of the blandest fuid in nature inces-
sanity emptylng itself upon the eyelid
which spreads itself over the surface of
the ball at every winking, and ashes ev-
cry atom of dust away. But this liquid,
SO well adapted to the eye itself, has some
ascidity, which under certain circumstance
es, becomes so decided as to become scald-
ing to the skin, and would rot away the
eyehds were it not that along the edges of
them there are little oil manufactures
which spread over their surface coating
as imperious to tho liquids necessary for
keeping the eyebaH washed clean, as the
best varnish is imperious to water
The breath which leaves the lungs has
been so perfectly divested Of its life giving
prepensities, that to re- breathe it unmixed
with other air, the moment it escapes from
the mouth, would cause Immediate death
by suffocation, while if it lowered about
US, more or less destructive influence
over health and life would be occasioned !;
but it is made of nature SO much lighter
than the common air, that the moment it
leaves the lips and nostrils it ascends to
the higher regions above the breathing
point. there to be rectifed. renovated and
sent back again replete with purity and
life. How readily it ascends is beautiful
y exhibited any frosty morning.
But foul and deadly as the expired air
is, nature, wisely economical in all her
works and ways, turns it to good account
in its outward passage through the organs
and voice, and makes it the whisper of
love. the soft words of affection, the ten
der tones of hnman sympathy. the sweet
est strains of ravisbing music, the persua-
siye eloquenee Of the finished orator
IF well made man be extended on the
ground, bis arms at right angles with his
body, circle making the navel its center,
will just take in the fnger-ends and the
feet
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
Jefferson County Bank.
Sherihss Sale.

BY virtue of execution issued out of the Circuit
Court for the County of Jefferson and State of Wis
eonsin, in favo of Benjamin b Morris and to di-
reced aud delivered against the goods and ehattels
lands and tenements of LymanE Il Boomer have levi
ed upon all the right title and interest which tho said
Lyman f. Boomer had the 18th day of September
A. D. 1859 at any time thereafter in and tc the fol-
lowing described real estate situate in the City of
Watertown County of Jefferson and State of Wiscon
sin to vii The South west quarter of Section nine in
Township Eight North of Range fifteen east, also the
North half of the South East quarter of the
tiou and much of the South East fractional quar-
ter of section eight town and aforesaid lies
on the East side of Rock River and north of line
commencing at the South East of said Section
eight and running North So degrees West to Rock
River, also the North East quarter of Section eight
aforesaid, which shall expose for sale and sell at
public auction, much thereof as is necessary to
the amount of said judgment with interest and
to the highest bidder at the Planters Hotel
the city of Watertown in said county Monday the
l4th day of April 1862 at the hour of o'clock in the
afternoon of that day satisfy said judgment inter
est and costs. HEBER SMITH,
Dated Feb d, 1867 Sheriff jefferson County
Gill, Barber & Fribert, Plff's Att'ys. 3S:6w
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

The distance from top to toe is pre-
cisely the same as that between the tips
of the fingers when the arms are fully ex-
tended.
The length cf the body is just SIX times
that of the foot, while th., distance rom
the edge of the hair on the forehead to
the end Of the chin, is one tenth of the
length of the whole statue.
OF the sixty-two primary elements
known in nature, only eighteen are found
in the human body. and of these seven are
metallic. Iron is found in the blood, phos.
phorus in the brain, limestone in the bile
lime in the bones, and dust and ashes in
all. Not only these eighteen human ele-
ments, but the whole sixty-two of which
the universe is made, have their essential
basis in the four substances-oxogyn, hv-
drogin, nitrogen and carbon, representing
the more familiar names of fire, water.
saltpetre and charcoal. And such is a
man, the lord of the earth IA spark of
hre, drop of water, grain of gunpow-
der, an atom Of charcoal But looking at
him in another direction, these elements
shadow forth the higher qualities of a d.
Vlner nature. of an immortal existence
In that part is the caloric, which speaks of
irlepressible activity in that is the water,
which speaks of pnrity; in that grain is
the force by which he subdues all things
to himself, makes the wide creation the
supplier of his wants and the seryitor Of
bis pleasure while in that atom of char
coal there is the diamond, which speaks at
once of light and purity, of indistructibil.
ty and of resistless progress, for there is
nothing that outshines it !; 1t is purer than
the dewdrop; "moth and rust corrupt il
not, nor can ordinary fires destroy it
while it eats its way alike through brass,
and adamant, and hard steel. In that
light we see the purity and goodness Of
divine nature; an eternal progression to-
wards omniscience in that indestructibil
ity an immortal existence; in that pro.
gress steady accession toward the home
and bosom of God.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, APRIL 4, 1862.

ferings, as if smiling peace walked tram
gully through every portion of the land.
"Yes, that is real trouble" Mr.. Hard
rup echoed the words.
"Was it for her own safety that Mrs.
Howell made this great sacrifice ?" re-
sumed his wife. " Was her home and all
her worldly goods in actual peril, that she
sent out her son to face the common ene-
my? She had far less to lose in this re-
spect than you and | /; and less to gain in
the restoration of peace and order. And
yet, what we have SO far given to the
cause, is as nothing in comparison to her
offering. just think of it. Is not the
life of child more precious than silver or
gold | am glad you helped her so free
ly. If it had been our own son, standing
in the place of hers. would thonght of
the money to be expended in going to him,
have touched your consciousness fer mo-
ment. And shall we not give willingly.
and in thankfulness, that our own home is
spared, to help another in so deep a sor-
row ?"
Yes-yes. Your thoughts but echo
mine, " answered Mr.. Hardrup. Better
help hundred poor mothers to reach their
wounded and dying sons, than 60 upon
one such fearful errand OF our own. To-
nights experience has turned my thoughts
in a new direction. God forgive me, that
fretted over diminished income-that
bore, with SO i'll grace, the light bur-
den that is resting on my shoulders, while
hundreds of thousands, like the poor wild
ow In scripture, who cast in all her living,
are yielding up their whole possessions"
g And we share the benefit to come from
this common sacrifice" said Mrs. Hard
rup. Is If we lose our national existence
if these wicked enemies prevail, what
will be our condition? Will this pleasant
home remain to us? Will remnant of
property be left ? Who can say? A dis
membered nation; war, inspired by the
deadliest hate, between the broken frag-
ments ; foreign insult and aggression Vi
olence and wrong, throughout the land
shudder at the picture If our enemies
prove too strong for US, and only through
our apathy is this possi ble-think of the
life that is before our children in the COM
ing years Better any sacrifice than this
calamity! And now, comes the question,
my husband-are We doing our part in
this great extremity %
?" fear not, so far as am concerned" !"
was the outspokcn answer. but l hold
myself instructed by the lesson tonight :;
and in all ways that Providence may indi-
cate, through the teaching of events, will
endeavor to do my duty, either in actual
deeds, or cheerful acceptance Of whatev-
er may come as my share of .he common
burden. Better give up all, than lose our
country; fer, in losing that we suffer the
greatest possible calamity p.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
SeGttf MisteGrat atppl,
A LESSON FOR THE TIMES.
BY KATE SUTHERLAND.
LETTER for you sir. "

| v AN Adi iAoA NI u L tOS'h VIC iblSsifS,
|. 9ER} and the servant withdrew. There
NV was slight nervousness of man.
&<S<2@2h 0ner, as he broke the seal, which
e99 was followed by word and ges-
g ture of displeasure, as he tossed
the open sheet of paper from his hand
"What is it. dear? +" The gentle face OF
Mrs. Harirup was turned towards her
husband. A quiehseriousness had come
over it.
a" A note from one of my tenants -
He wants his rent reduced 20
"Of course. That's the cry on all
hands. If things go on at the present
rate for a year longer. / shall be charged
for the privilege of letting people liye in
my houses"
''Who is the tenant?" asked Mrs
Hardrup, without seeming to notice Ler
husbands S petulant remark
Edward Spring, He occupies the
house on Murray street.
"Ah! How much does he wish taken
from the rent?" There was sympathet-
ic tone in Mrs. Hardrup's voice
"He's been paying four hundred dol
lars but has the GOODNESS to ask the reduc-
tion of one half Of course, I'll be iibe-
raj, and grant his very reasonable request
Ha ha /" And Mr.. Hardrup affected to
laugh, but in disagreeable way.
What reason does he assign?"
Oh there's no lack of reasons They
are as plenty as blackberries. Anybody
can pick them up. Loss of trade; bad
debts deprecated securities ill-health /;
general depression in business; any of
these viii answer"
- Are they not sufficient :? i"
Perhaps so, and perhaps not" he re-
piled. "a truly honest man will not fall
back upon these arguments against paying
bis debts, or meeting bis contracts, unless
actual disability exists"
"What does Mr.. Spring say?"
"Ycu can read for yorseif'' And Mr..
Hardrup tossed the tenants letter across
the table, to his wife. She read =
81 feel myself unable longer to pay four
hundred dollars year rent. am doing
no business at all, SO to speak. and other
resources, which | have depended on, are
entirely cut of. For the next year, two
hundred will be as much as I can possibly
pay. After that. if times change for the
better, / hope to be in less straitened
condition. have no wish to leave your
house; but, as things are, | cannot pay
the price you ask for it. You NAV think
1t best for me to remain for the present.
as houses are not easily rented; and /
should prefer remaining to meeting the
trouble and expense of moving. Perhaps.
at the end of a year I may find myself
able to pay the old PRICE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court, jefferson
County.
sherifT's sale in Foreclosure i.

Against Sherin's sale in Foreclosure.
Edison Langley
DY VIRTUE of and in pursuance TO aJudgment in
Id Foreclosure and Sale rendered in said. Court in
the above entitled action the Eleventh day of Feb
ruary A. D. 1852 shall expose for sale and sell at
public auction to the highest bidder at the Court
House In said county on W ednesday 2Ist day of
May next at the hour of one o'clock the ernoop
on day the following described mortgaged
Uses or much thereof shall be necessary raise
II amoun5 of said Judgment with interest and
besides the expense of said sale to wit The West
half of the South West quarter of section number
thirteen and the north west quarter of the north
east quarter of sectonfumber twenty three 23l all
in town number six (6) north of Range number six
6) in the county of Jefferson in the State
of Wisconsin containing one hundred and twenty
acres of land more or less. HEBER SMITH,
Sheriff JEFF. Co. Wis.
Dated Shifts Office Feb. 18th, 1862
J. H. Paine i Son,
aoSTI3y Pl' ifs Attorneys, Milwaukee
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
The Daily Bread of the Rich.
''Give US this day our daily bread y

tive US this day our daily bread" p"
1t may be asked, and it has been re
Pea,edly asked, Can this. prayer, so suita
BILE to the poor man, who has to toll for biz
breakfast before he is allowed to partake
of it. be lifted up as suitably by the ricf
man, who has as much goods laid up fol
many years to come, whose barns are full
while all the good things and the grea
things of this world are at his disposa a ?''-
This prayer suited David, the shepard sol
of Jesse; and it suited no less his owl
princely son Solomon, Job, when be was
the richest Emir of the East, needed tc
pray thus; Joseph, with all the granaries Of
Egypt at his command did also pray: .Our
Father, give us this day our daily bread y
One act of indiscretion, one extravicant
speculation, on the part of the rich, may
sweep away the Accommodations Of lifetime.
And therefore the richest needs to pray
that God would continue to him what in
the past be has given him-daily bread =
A blight upon our harvest, a worm gnaw-
ing at the root, premature or unexpect-
ed frost, an over rwhelming deluge of wind,
and rain, and lighting, and tempest may
leave us without bread for the next wear ::
and the poor in their hunger will lay their
hands upon the wealth of the rich; and
the wealthy will feel amid the horrors of
such eonvulsion that they too needed to
pray, though they believed it not, Give
Us this day our daily bread" Rich and
poor are bound, ,and tied. and linked togeth-
er more than at first sight appears When
the rich think they have only ground for
pride or for praise, and none for prayer,
they are more to be pisied than the poor
est man who earns his daily bread, and
lifts his daily litany, "Give US this day our
daily bread" But to show that the rich
need to pray this as well as the poor, we
must not forget the fact, that to have bread
is not necessary to have nourishment,-
We need not merely bread, but the power
of extracting nutriment from that bread
after We have eaten it. The poor pine
frequently for want of bread but the
rich perish as frequently for want of an
appetite to eat it. l know not which is
most to be pitied-the poor man, who has
an appetite, and no bread OF the rich
man who has plenty of bread, but no ap-
petite, or capacity of being nourisbed and
fed by it. Money can purchase bread =
but all the money of England cannot pur-
chase health And if it needs two things,
health within as well as bread without.
that man may live, then the richest and
the poorest must kneel upon tho same
dead, low level, 80 Lord our Father, give
US this day our daily bread" We need
also the blessing with the bread, or
the bread will be poison and that bless
ing will make crumb banquet, with
held it makes banquet poison ''for man
doth not live by bread alone," but some
thing needed to give that bread value, by
every word that proceedeth out of the
mouth of God DR.. CUMMING.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
Circuit court---County of Jefferson.

James Prentiss Plaintiff
against
Henry Macs. Lucie Macs, Harriet B Nichols,
Charles IL. Fargo, Austin w. Kellogg and Joseph
Barton Defendants.
summons.-For relief. Complaint not served.
j.. me State of Wisconsin, To the above named De-
iehaants You are hereby summoned and required
20 answer the complaint in this action which is fled
village of Jefferson ia said County and to serve a
copy OF your answer TO the said complaint on the
subscriber at his office in the city of Watertown ef
ferson County Wisconsin within ninety days after the
service of this summons you, of the ay
of such service and if you fail 70 answer the said
compliant within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in
this action will sppiy to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complain
Dated February 10th A. 1862
HARLOW PEASE.
S.SW o. Plaintiffs Attorney.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

IA In the pursuit of wealth. knowl-
edge or reputation, circumstances have
power to mar the wisest schemes The
hoard of years may be lost in a single
night. The wisdom hived up by whole
night may perish with the memory of a
fever
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
A. PETERSON.

i Peterson Madaner's Block, Watertown, Wiscon-
in, Wholesale and Retail ealer in Dry Goods Gro
Tools, Hats, Caps, Boots, and Shoes, Window Paper
Stationery, &c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

BW The Appleton Crescent says that
about one hundred and t1iy conversions
have been made in that city during the
progress Of religious revival.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
BAIRD * SKINNER.

Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Land and Loan
Agents. have complete abstract of the Records of all
Titles and membranes Real Estate in Jefferson
Co. Office over Bank Of Watertown, Watertown, Wis.
sBAIRD. C. B. sKINNNR.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

homeopathic Physician and Surgeon. Office in J..
W Coles Block.
odice hours, to 9, A. NJ, to and P. NJ.
Residence, 9th ST., 4th from Main, South side.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
DENTISTRY,

s~z--====~r> DIR. G. Shamberg has located hms eli
Ek1<kssS permanently at Watertown, and is now
UfrvSLss8a repaired to wait upon those who IN may
I1l1 require his servises. Office in Prch-
ards Block, over the Watertown Bank.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
f. c. STARIN,

Clock and Watch Repairer. and Dealer in Clocks
Watches Jewelry, Silver and plated Were Yolin and
Strings, Gun Caps, Wads, etc. All work done by him
warranted give satisfaction, and as low at
ether shop.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

V. l.. MOORE, NJ. d.

Wholesale callers in Wines, Liquors. Cigars, etc. Al
so rectifers of the celebrated Star Whiskey Main
Street, Watertown, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04
o. ID. PEASE & co.,

Deputy County Surveyor of jefferson and bod
Counties Office over Watertown Bank.