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RADWAN \ co.,
- John Street. New York
now OUR SOLDIERS SHOULD
TO FIGHT.

2"JoGn Street, New YORK.
HOW OlR SOLDIERS SHOULD BEpREpARID
TO FIGHT.
HcdHh and Di,cjyliH,.
Health and discipline are the most lmport,pt
elements IN an army To ensure success. DscIpilu.
WITHOUT Meath VIII prove as Intellectual n, shat
without powder. Health is the propcllIup lorcr
OF the army, and Is the symbol of VICTORY,
II is, therefore, otthc greatest importance. that
the system OF medication best adapted tor the pro-.
lection oi soldiers against sickness AZ well as Iba,
known To b" the most speedy aud ,iicctIaI ~ re-
storing the SICK to health, without regard to pro.
icssunaI prejudice, bee adopted
nus Is no Tine Tor medical martIucts to uuIbbl.
about professional dignity. All the dignity the
profession can bring to bear Will neither urryr,t
sickness among N" troops nor cure those afflicted
Our armies, to be succcssu, mus, be kcnt IN ,
healthy condition; and the most sure means of So.
curing lh,s desidcratum is through the remedial
powers of
RADWAl'S READY RELIEF.
which has already proved rscIflu over fin, ron,
mcnts now at the seat of war near WASHINGTON. ia
be positive prevention against sickness in the
form of " '"'
thIlls and Fever, Fever and Agp,
Billion, Fever Typbold Fever
Darhua, Dyscut,ry
small lON N,,sIog
""u o'''' n"iari"Hs ana infectious diseases.
Bear IN mind, We say, that Rdfwag'S Regdy Re.
-" VIII protect The troops exposed to these dis.
'"S,S " ''"S' attachS Now, IT is conceded by all
cue HouI'al men IN our army, that they have ma
fci'"Oie means o. preventing attacks Of these DIS
cases. neither have they any positive assurance of
curing the SICK; but, on the contrary the maior,ty
OF 'he SICK, seized with fever and aguc, typhoid.
o"I'"uS ana other levers. either die, or niger along
until they are reduced to mere wrecks and walk,
,"1 selections. Experience has established the
idct mat the treatment of calumel. quIrIne and
mercury, IN of fever and aguc, typhoIJ ,rynr
ana other tcyers of this class is more iniurous IN
camp than IN private practice, when wctakc INTO
c"na!derailon that canvass walls and cyposurn tn
sick, we may readily conjecture that the penalties
engagements OF the liver, jaundiec, yellow jaun.
oefs' dyspepsia, plcnrjsy, coughs, colds. &c.
whIch Will cling to the unfortunate patient for
INN p,nv,,,.c r,,.
a.. D''' "NO" "A ; REMEDIES
'n soIui'f mas positive preventive against at.
n" ", ~ ', ''''Se assesses
Let every soldier carry a bOtIe of
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF
IN ,,,,,
and chan o,,,...,I
~ l'osc" 10 "ctdamp and chilly weather,
spoonful in half Gun Of water d irHt Tea,
n the morning before eating, and three or tnn,
mes during the dgy and, If on picket or GUARD
iuty, occasionally during the night he will escane
III sickness, and continue 10 ENJOY good he,I,h
WHEN s,Cr "''''"'
", DIV, hI"uy fetiei ana Railways Regulat
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WINCHESTER'S
H1p0pH0SPHlTES
DIR. ChurchIIl's specific Remedy
T'O1e CONTAMINATION.

NERVOUS DEBILITY, srRoruLN, DYSPEPSIA,
BRONCHITIS, &C.
This is the mast rOHdcLtR curaiirc agcHi known
to medical scnce. 1t has effected cures IN ercrg
stage ~ CDHNHmptj0H, UNPARALLELED il
THE FINALS or NEDHItE." Ia Nervous
D,bRHy and Dgpepyil, the IINPUPllOSPHITES
may be regarded as m almost sovereign remedy.
THE IiYPOpN0SPUiTES
Have a is o-ioId NperUc acton-ou the one hand
increasing the yriHriyic Uhi,h CONSIiTL TIES
NERFOLS ENERGIi and on the other. being
the MOST POWERFiL BLOOD GENERAT-
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ness and certainty IN al general mOrbjd conditions
such rs Chronic Bronchitis Asthma, ScroiiIla
Marasmus, Ancmla, Female complaints &c, and
IN all disorders OF Nervous or Blood systems
Their effect upon the tuhcrcuIar condition Is M
MEDiirE--GH Hc geGaai symptoms diyqgOcarlHg
wub rdP'Hty whichi, relNy mdyrrl0m. They
mcroi8oN" Nervous or riiGi cacrgy, relieve Cough,
check Night Sw,tts, diminish ENpectoratIon, i'm.
prove the Appetite, arrest nr1rrhra. ant PROMOTE
RErREsuIHG sLEEP 4 FiiR TRLfL Is 4 CER.
TAIN CIRE.
Ninchc>tcr's Genuine Preparation
or THE HYPOpHOSpHlTES is the onig reli-
ante form of DR.. ChurCmi's Remedy and is APP
proved By the Medical Profession generally. USE
so OIHER, or REMEDY CONTAIN
ING mon.
Eu" Price: In Ion. bottles Sit bottles tor
-. In 10 on bottles, S9-rhrcc for - Circulars
gratis. Sold by all respectable druggists. and at
the sole General Depot IN the United States, by
NV lHttiI.~filR, 'iG. John ~ti Get. Ny Z.
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q GROCERIES,.
0LICOES AND NtSLINS,
WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY. sc

very cheap tor ready pay, of VIM. Shradcr,
Camden Mills. HIS SUGAR, COFFEES. &c.
are of the best, and at the lowest prccs. Butter
and Egsstakcn IN exchange.
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law >o"pl"ih'' dyspepsia, Jaundicc,
Ch,oHc or Nervous D,dit,tN Diseases Of N
h'dRcSS, aH@ all diseases arising tr0m d dis
ordr,ed L,rcr or Stomach,
Such as Constipation, Inward Piles. Fulncss or
BLOOD To the Head, ACldlly OF the stomach, Nau.
sea, Heartburn, Disgust tor Food, Funcss or
Weight Va the stomach, sour Ercatlons, Sinking
or fiutt'uEg at the PIT Of the Stomach, Swimming
ct the Head, Hurried and difficult breathing nut-
teung 1T the heart, choking or suiiocatlng Scnsa-
lions when IN lying posture, dlmncss OF vision.
dots Of webs before the signt, fever and duh main
IN the head, deficiency OF prrsplraton, yellow.
ness OF The skin and eyes, pain IN the side, back,
chrst, liIhbs, &C., sudden huShcs Of heat, burn
ing IN the flesh, constant imagjnings Of evil, and
great dcprcSslonS Of spirits. and will posItiyrly
prevent EhLON FEVER. BILIOU !.
FEVER. .Sc.
The Proprietor N calling the attention of the
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OF the most confidence N IT'S virtues and adam
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1t Is II" new and untred article, but one that has
stood the test OF twelve Years trial before the
American people, and It's reputation and sale are
uhrlFaItCd by any similar preparations cNtant. The
testimony IN It's favor given BE- the most prominent
ana well known physicians aud individuals in all
parts OF the country Is immense, and a careful Pc
ruSal OF the Almanac. published annually by the
propHclorS, and TO be mad gratIs Of any of their
Agents cannot but satisfy the most shcptcal that
tins remedy Is really deserving Of the great celeb
uty It has obtained.
ihes" medicines are for sale by all respectable
druggists aud dealers ~ medicines IN the tinted
States, CaHadas, British Provinces, and West In
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aNeaiea.

DR., HooFLAND'S
BALSAMIC CORDIAL,
FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF
coughs,
Cpiis, htdusHsa,
Group, HyUEeHtyS, BrUHthRis
Pneumonia, Disease, u he Bolrfi,
arising from Coid, hcipicm Consumption, and
for The TeiiJ ant If posNbie)
rUyfot PATIENTS m HdrdRCd
stag" Of The latter
disease.
The Bals,mlc Cordial is entirely Vegetable
production, combining the healing properties of
the Balsam, with the lUygortlRg qualities of
Cordial, producing a combination SO well adapted
10 the purpose, intended, that there are few cases
of disease which vail not, at an early period, sue.
cuuh to rs healing and llr-gvug properties
For ages, has the treatment of pulmonary Ill.
seascs occupied the greater portion OF the attcH-
ton q! the scientific of the medical world, but
none acquired more 'mincurC ~ ms treatment Of
those diseases, than the celebrated Prusslan, Uf,
iooliahd, the originator of the Blisamls Cordial.
HIS lite was devoted to the production of remedies
thht would stand uHriyallcd. How well he has
succeeded The American people are able to Judge!
ahd We positively assert, that no preparations
that have ever been placed before them, have
conferred the same amount of benefits on suffer-
ing humanity, or have elected 80 many commend
auonsirom all classes of society, as the remedies
oi Dr. h"otant, prepared by Dir. c. VI. jackson \
Co., of fhIladoiphla
The Cordial is designed for a class of diseases
more general and more fatal than any other to
which the people OF this country are subject
thOs" sprlngng from ''Siight coii" Tina. cmIu.
ent authority. Dr. Bell, says: civil not say that
Colds are to our inhabitants what the Phgue and
laiow fcrT are TO those oil other countries; but
can aver confidently that they usher in diseases of
greater completely and mortality than these
latter"
Entirely ttppI NJ tl,nbnfI.
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1851, by Nichols Il Durham, and purchased by the
present editor, November 18th, 1882. TWAS then
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Entirci! Vegetable. No Alcoholic Prepar-
alton.
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-03-28
FLOR the Free Press.l

The funeral of Valorus lockwood, son Of John
L. lockwood, was attended by large congrega-
burgh, on Sunday the 9th, Rev. Mr.. Ingalls,
preaching the sermon. Young lockwood, while
temporarily residing in Massachusetts, enlisted in
one of the Volunteer Regiments from that State
last Summer, and was stationed on the Potomac
lie died in camp after lingering disease, March
4th, and his body was sent home for budal at his
fathers request. The body was dressed ir the
soldiers uniform, lai ! in substantial, neat and
tastefully finished coffin, and this enclosed in
burial. To the great credit of those who had in
charge the preparation of the body, and its trans
porlation, it reached its destination here prompt
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PERSONAL.

We notice with pleasure the confirmation
by the Senate of our young friend, Mr.. Al
BERT s. KENNY. Of this place, as assistant
paymaster in the Navy.
Col. Jonah Sanford, of the New York 90
Regiment, which recently left Potsdam' is
more than serenity years old lie was born
in Cornwall, Vt, in 1871. Notwithstanding
his age, he is vigorous and enthusiastic as
youth, v3ry able energetic officer, and very
popular with his Regiment.-Thomas Spencer
Hall, graduate of the University of Yer
mont. Of the class Of 1850, is major Of the
regiment, and o. D. Barrett, another grad
uate of the University, of the class OF 81, is
a captain in the same regiment.
PRoF. SHEDD accepts his call from the
Brick Church in New York, to be colleague
pastor with Rev. Dr. Spring. The church
gains most valuable Christian teacher, and
the 'JaIninary at Andover loses one of It's most
g ted and respected instructors, and whose
place it Will be difficult to fill.
REv. b. D. AuEs, Of Brandon, has been
elected Principal Of the Providence Comic
renee Seminary at East Greenwich, Z. I.
If We are correctly informed GEN. BUELL.,
now in command OF the Union column in
Central Tennessee, is Vermonter, from
Essex in this county.
The gallant Lieut.. Worieu is improving
aad It is believed viii regain his eyesisht
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VERMONT ITEMS.

BENZ. kidler Of West Fairlee, was struck
by a tree which fell unexpectedly as he was
chopping, two weeks since and 50 injured
that be died the next day.
On the I4th a young man Of > named
Henry Smith, Of Wolcott, while throwing
belt on pully, was caugh; and carried twice
round the shalt. His right Leg was broken,
and his left arm broken and torn nearly in
two ut the elbow, requiring amputati5n
close to the shoulder.
The long bridge over Quechee River in
Bridgewater, fell on the 10th. Ii was Old
and Jut Of repair. Four men had Just
crossed, one with a span Of horses and a load
Of wood
In Tarbell's rake factory at Mt. Holly is
a blind man named Warner, who is the best
workman in the establish ent. lie bores
the heads and turns handles. lie oils and
adjusts his machinery, goes all about the
building where he works, and Is quite as
much lat home there, apparently, as the
keenest-sightsd individual in the factory.
One Of the men killed on the frisa:e Con
gress at Hampton Roads vas a young fellow
named Edward G4rraty, from Benson. IN tbis
State.
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yoke of oppression, and 1t is hers to accept tho
overture.

The DISABLED FRIeArE VERNoST.-The
ship Saxon, which was sent out from Phila-
delphia in search of the ship of the Line
Vermont. put in at Holmes Hole, Mass, on
Saturday, short of coal, having been In com
pany with the Vermont three days. The
Gunboat Aroostook had been with the Yer
mont for eight days from the 9TH to the 18th.
but could do nothing for the disabled fri
gate. Six of the crew of the Vermont were
lost overb )ard, when she lost her rudder on
the 9th ult. Two others died from expo
sure and several were frost bitten. The OH
GERS were all well. On the 10TH she tell IN
with the schooner Oliver H. Booth Of Pough-
keepsie in distress, for New York, from
Georgetown, d. c., having run the rebel
blockade of the Potomac and receiving sew
eral snots. She was supplied with crew,
sails, and provisions from the Vermont. She
had on board l6 of the crew of the Ocean
Monarch, having taken - from the wreck, q
being transferred TO another. vessel. The Saxon
fell in with the Vermont on the 10th inst,
IN lat. sc deg. 81 min Lon. 90 deg. 80
min, and left her on the 18th inst, Lat.
37o 5Osmin. Lon. 63 , IS min. She was
in better condition than before reported.
The spare rudder taken out by the Saxon
was lost while attempting to hang it on the
Vermont The Saxon will return to tow
her into port.
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REBEL DELUSIONS.

a spoudeut Of the New YORK
who Is with Gen. Banks column. w
from Barryville, Va, as Gllows
An intelligent clergyman with whom +
vcrsel assures me that a great many Of ice i--l
i.ants arc still Union At heart, but that tis7
not dare to show it. Their property would
taiuly be confscsted if they did, and we Wsrs
feated, ard them selves driven into exile or b.
Beside, the stories Of the poverty and the V
ness Of the North arc SO universally believed
they think il quite impossible We should is--
here long to protect them if they came 90.
their true col0rs. Ignorance and credulity O.
have been painfully prevalent to give such ~ e
preston Of the orth as universally exists. j.
our manu- actOries are all stopped, MODS rus
il the streets, aud the greatest destitu,io1 --
walls all through the North, every one belis7.
One Of the wellthlest ladies' in Charles
regular F. F. v, asked me very indignarty O.
load Of contrabanis went by 70 Harper's Fer
didn't think we ought to 10 ashamed q q,
selve for taking away those poor peot's g.
their happy homes and selling them to Csa
expressed my Ignorance Of such a disuss1,-
them, when she assured me that it was !, 81 g.
formed ne that the government mea-t g. ~ re I
expenses OF the war IN that way. Tts ls D.
been so industriousy circulated that rs. d z.
blacks, and many Of the whites. fully esls5s 3
and no denial OF it satisfies them. % uh u
gard to the reports of the character q on M.
Wherever We 20 we ind the inhabitants sI?s'--'
nothing bat pillaging, plunderiDg, raEsa-'s 81
and sword.
These stories are universally believedi az y.
in the whole history Of the war the Federal ~
have not Committed altogether, cuirsses Y
would balance the treatment Of Mr.. stro'l-
Martinsburg, or the rebel treatment Of Uni2a 10
at Harper Ferry
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rHIRTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.

wAsHIS sroy, March "a.
SISArE.-Nr. sherman presented resolutions Of
the Legislature Of Ohio against any proposition
for the settlement Of the REBELLION except an m
conditional surrender and c3ndigu punishment Of
the traitors, referred.
M Morrill, Presented resolutions Of the Legis-
lature Of Maine endorsing the administration and
IN favor of the confscation Of the property Of the
rebels, referred.
o. motion Of Mr.. rrumbuIl, the ioiat resolution
in regard to afordins aid to States who favor
emancipation was taken Up.
M salisbury spoke against It as extraordinary
and nisehievous, and was not sure that it was a,
all patriotic.
Nj. Davis offered an amendment as a substitute
which was as follows:
" That, although the subject OF slavery IN tbs
states Is exclusively within the juris1istion ard
cosnizance Of the Government Of the States, vet
Wheu any Of those States or people may determine
70 emancipate the slaves, the United States shall
pay reasonable price for the slaves so emancipa-
ted, and the cost Of their colonization in some 9TH
er country"
Pending the consideration Of the amendment the
morning hour expired, and the bin for the aboIi-
ton Of slavery in the District Of Columbia was
eaAen mp. The amendment offered by Mr.. Doc.
I,ttie 10 Mr.. Davis amendment for colonizip-
them that only such persons be colonized as desire
% go to some other country the cost not to exceed
SIgV per mead was adopted--yeas %, NAYS 10.
Inc question WIS then taken on Mr.. Davis
lowing vote: Wv '0'-
ls4s-Anthony, Browning, Collamer, Cowau.
DAVIS, Doolittle, Harlan, Harris. Henderson
Iio"e Lane Of Indiana, Lane Of kansas, Latham
foweil, sherman, Ten Eyck, TrumbuH. Wilso. of
Missouri, Wr,ght-I9
Noys-CaTiisle, Chandler, Clark, Dixon. Fes.
sen en-. too'e. Grimes, Hale Howard, Kennedy.
hing, MeOougal, Morrill,, stark. sumner Ws5s'
" ilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson Of Mass.-lg'
D., Seins tie vote, the Vice President voted in 1
The senate then vent Into executive session.
4HE HorsE, in Committee Of the Whole. VI,
occupied with the Tux bill. "1
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We were in hopes that President Lincoln
had taken stand, to lnpartially admins
| ter the government, and punish traitors.
whether they hailed from the North or the
| South and Wherever found. but since the re-
cent success OF our brave Union armies. the
Abolitionists, who prefer 10 see the Uniun
divided by river Of fire and birthstone.
rather than reunited with slavehold rs,-are
growing more bold, an1 the President seems
inclined to lend a willing ear to many of
their absurd projects. Already a premium
is offered TO runaway negroes, BY making il
penalty for cthcers TO send them away from
their camps. The expenses of this unfortun.
ate war Will, in all conscience, be large enough
without taxing our people during their natu-
raj lifetime, TO support hundreds of thous-
ands OF lazy, Ignorant "nIggers" running at
large in idleness, filth and crime Let the
President and the people learn TO take
better care Of the white and colored
poor we have already in our midst.
before venturing to rattle for this mon
ster elephant, that nobody wants
Gen. jackson is dead Webster is dead. and
Douglas is dead. The white inhabitants of
our once favored country, are killing eaeb
other by thousands under the Plea On both
sides OF lettering the condition Of the nerro.
while the condition Of all classes. crecds and
colOrs, VIII be worse when the war is over
than when II began. Truly this is q great
country and great people, but 1t is certain
ly high time that we knew whether we are
lighting for the Union as Il traS and the Con-
stltuti0n as a. IS, or for the liberia zion Of five
millions Of ignorant blacks, to be let loose
and oyerrun the fertile vlllies Of New Enc
land, as the lOcusts do the plains of Egvpt.
II the war Is for the restoration of the Union.
we say fight it out Till the rebels lay down
their arms II 1t is an anti-saverv war, %
tax the people, to make all classes and condi- |
tons 'eorSs, then the people-thc source of |
all power-Ought t. know it, The course /
pursued by President Lincoln for d few weeks /
past, aud since the Union arms have been /
successful, has been. 10 say the least. "UeTV
peculiar" Democrats are ready to fight for /
the Union, provided the Free States are to
remain as heretofore, peOpied By lCIite people:
but II the President and the AbOlitionists
open the flood gates to the whole 'nigger"
population of the South, then, zee think the
men in the North and on the
battle fields in the South, will have soHaeiLiug
% say about 1t. Sumner, Stevens and
Ioyejoy, as vel as Greeley amt Wendell
Philips, are particularly busy, and Mr.
lincoln Is gradually growing weak about
he knees. II Is, We fancy, high time that
very Union man, every lover Of the Union
nd the prosperity and happiness of its citi-
ems, should diligently watch. peTseyeringly
iait, but always and earnestly inquire, trhGt
re 'cs fighting TOR?
A merchant can 80 along without adyeT-
sing, and so can a wagon without preasin0
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y " elAN IlNs
Secretary Of War

Postmas;eI-Generll Blair has ISSUED the
blowing notice to the Tostmasters Of the
United States
HE Secretary Of War now regulates the
TRANSMISSION OF information by telegraph al
icctirs tie conduct OF the war, in order to
prevent the communication of such iuiorma-
ton 70 the rebels. Ii is also thought necess-
aEy by the secretary to put restrictions on
the publication OF facts Of this character.
however derived, and the aid OF this depart-
ment Is requested for this purpose. You will,
therefore. notify publishers not to publish
any fact which has been excluded from the
telegraph, ana that disregard Of this order
will subject the paper TO be excluded from
the mails
NJ. BLAIR. Postmaster General.
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An DEMONSTRATION the United States
vessels were on their way to attack Fernan-
dina, they picked up a contraband who had
ventured to sea in u small boat to notify them
that the rebels were deserving the place.
While questioning the black, some Of the
officers of the Alabama remarked that he
should have brought them newspapers
to let them know what was going on. 81
thought of dat" replied the contraband.
land fetched a Charleston paper with me. -
With this he Put his hand in his bosom and
brought forth paper, and with the air of
man who was rendering an important service,
handed it to the circle of inquIrers. They
grasped IT eagerly, but one glance induced a
general burst OF laughter. to the profound
astcnishment of poor Cuffee, who, it seems,
could not read, and imagining that one pa
per was as good as another, had brought one
dated 1872. This South Carolina relic was
forwarded to Thomas b. Stillman, ESQ.,, of
this city. as one OF the curiosities Of the war.