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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

ST. ALDANs.--Thomas Hale, Esq, the
able editor of the Kecne (N H. Sentinel,
who passed Sunday the 10Th inst. in St.
Adams, thus speaks of the place; % 5l3
This old and thrifty town now bids fair
to rival Burlington and Rutland in its
progress The shire Of one of the richest
agricultural counties in the State, it has
recently become the headquarters of the
Vermont Central and the Vermont and
Canada Central railroads, the machine
and repair shops having been removed
thither from Nothfeld. The new machine
shop is two hundred by eighty on the
ground, and all the machinery about it
is of the best and most approved kind
G. Merrill, Esq, who superintends all
roads from the Canada line to Bellows
Falls, by the Central route, has in long
experience proved himself a most efficient
manager He now resides at st. Adams
and will be likely to infuse much Of his
energy among the people around him.
Among the marks Of progress in st. AL
bans, in addition to the new railroad bull
dings, are the new Congregational and
Episcopal churches, which are among the
the finest in New England, splendid
high school edifce, costing more than $40,
900, the improving of streets, and the
preparations for erecting new and costly
dwellings. Ho'' ''''. '.a-''
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07
REBEL PRECAUTION.

1t is beginning to be known in the
South, as it is known here, that not few
Of the rebel leaders have been for some
time quietly converting their property in
to money, so far as it was practicable to do
SO, and placing it beyond the sea. in Lon
don and Paris This movement Of rats
who are preparing for the time when they
shall leave their sinking ship is. we hear,
awakening unpleasant jealousies in the
South. Let us help the press in that part
Of the country to few questions, answers
to which would clear up some Of the mys.
teries.
How is it that slidell manages to live
50 extensively in Paris? Is his proper
ty still in the South--does he get bis
drafts regularly through the blockade
Or is II o fact that be has the bulk Of BIZ
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07
$. HOWARD, Publisher.
L I N K S

critten upon the death of Judsen Robinson,
member of the Ninth Vt. Regiment, who die
at Chicago, March Is, 1868.
When few weeks ago they gathered.
Joy was in his mild blue eye;
But golden cord is severed,
And their hopes in ruin lie.
At their freside, sad and lonely.
Often will the bosom swell,
At the remembrance of the story.
How their noble Judson fell.
Although he did not fall in battle.
Yethis aim was for the right
+And'upheld our country's honor
With the strength of manhood's might.
True, they say that wreaths of glory
Ever more will deck his brow
But this soothes the anguish only.
Sweeping Ger their heartstrings now.
Sleep. to-day. o early fallen
In thy green and narrow bed;
Dirges from the Pine and Cypress
Mingle with the tears We shed.
MARY E. B.
Johnson, Vt.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07
FLAX CULTURE.

The subject Of fax culture is exciting
very general attention throughout the
Northern States and we are informed
that many Of the farmers il this section
will SOW largely of it this season. Flax
will do we'll on any ground, that is suita-
BILE for wheat or corn. Before sowing,
however. the ground should be thorough
ly plowed and narrowed. The seed
should be covered slightly with light
harrow or brush, and then rolled. The
quantity Of seed per acre to be sown, will
depend upon the leading object of the
farmer in raising the crop. If the seed
is the main thing with him, then two
pecks to the acre is the almost unani-
nous testimony of those who have grown
it longest and most largely If fibre is
the object, then of course, the seeding
should be heavier. The average yield
Of seed is from ten to twelve bushels per
acre. The average yield Of straw is one
and a half to about one ton Of rolled straw
for which now there is very active dc.
mand with every prospect Of its increase,
The FAX crop Is very certain, as oer.
tain, ss any crop. perhaps A
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

A FEW DAYS ON WESTERN ROADS.


Lancaster, the prettiest gem that be-
decks the prairies of Wisconsin, lies up
on high swell of ground, and has ten
roads leading from it. On nine of these,
the traveller must descend deep ravines,
cross streams and encounter some hilly
going. But on the N. E. road he finds a
long winding pleasant ride, gently undu-
lating through prairie, oak, brush and
heavy timber. At noon of Friday we
drove out of town upon this road. with a
two horse loaded team. In the first ten
miles we crossed only one brook. Not
that water did not abound ON all sides,
but because our path lay along the high
est land in the vicinity. Inhabitants arc
few, and mostly live at some little dis
tance from the road, down some long ra-
vine by the nearest spring, so that he
whose business leads him to visit all the
farmers, must take zigzag course across
the ridge from cabin to cabin. But what
few there are, are hard at work. At this
season not man, woman or boy, Of any
size or strength, is idle. Indeed | may
say that the prairie is fairly teenaing with
heavy two horse teams drawing plows,
harrows, grain drills, rollers, broad cast
sewers, &c. Every boy large enough to
hold reins, is trying to fill the place Of
his brothers in the army, and we now and
then see an industrious German lady hold
ing the plow while one Of her infants
drive. After going twelve miles North
we came to the great dividing ridge be-
tween the Wisconsin river basin and the
valleys south of it. Along this runs the
great Military road" stretching east
about l40 miles to Green Bay on Lake
Michigan, and west 40 miles to Prairie
DuChlen on the Mississippi. Here we
turn right angle and journey eastward,
past one of the farms of Mr.. ID. T. Par
kcr, once Of Georgia vt. This farm con-
tains $50 acres of splendid prairie. one
third of which, orr patch one half mile
vide and mile long is sown with wheat
and oats, which, six teams are narrowing
in. This is being fenced with butternut
posts and five boards, brought some ff.
teen miles from the Wis. river. Each
board is six inches wide by just one rod
long and 50 put on as to "break joints, !
very different from the Eastern plan.
This field is as rich and black as swamp
muck, and iu the whole Of II ore no more
obstacles to the free use Of the plow and
reaper, than in the best acre Of Lamoills
river intervale. AS we jog along the old
Military Ridge" we cannot holp contrast
ing the sight around us with that which
met the eyes Of that party d soldiers
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

New DEpoT.-The Vermont Central r.
R. Co., have finally abandoned the use of
the building on the corner Of Shelburne
Street, which has for so many years been
the apologysfor asPassenger Depot, in this
village. The present arrangement is not
much of an improvement as yet, passen-
gers being landed amidst wilderness Of
lumber at the head of the new dock, just
north Of the foot of College street. Piles
of stone and brick lie around, the Offices
of L. Barnes & Co., and the Hunterstown
Lumber Co. have been removed some dis.
tance north, and there are indications
that at some future day, the new passen-
ger Depot, so long promised will be built
at the foot Of College street.
The Company are already at work FL
ling in the ground, and propose to cut
down the bank above, we understand, 80
as 10 make carriage way directly Gown
from College street practically extending
the street to the Lake shore. They have
had a force of seventy-fve men employed
on the new dock for the past week and
will be able to commence the new depot
we trust very soon. .-....
The steamers Of the Champlain Tran.
sportation Co. now land their passengers
there instead of at the south wharf, and
schen complete the arrangement will be
more convenient than any yet made Just
at present it is very inconvenient, but the
bubble will bear it for while cheerfully,
glad to see signs of improvement Free
Press, .assse,f
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07
FROM THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
FoRT STEVENS, D. G.

Aprll 20, 1000.
Mr. EDITOR Sir, Having little
spare time, l thought would improve it
by writing to you. We have moved once
since last wrote you, we started from
here last Monday morning for Clifton
Barracks, d. c., and arrived there about
3 o'clock in the afternoon. 1t had rain
ed all day, and was very muddy, and the
Regt. that were there before us, had not
kept the grounds in very good order, so
you may believe we were not preposessed
in favor of staying there long; neither
was our Col, for he started for the city
assoon as we got there, to see if he could
get orders for us to move farther, or come
back to our old quarters again, and he
kept trying for days, until he got or
ders for us to remove back to our old
fort. So we started, and are here again,
and are ready to leave anytime when
we are ordered to. The men are all loud
in their praises of Col. James M. War
ner, and we'll might they be, he is a very
strict disiplinarian, but he looks out for
the welfare of the the men under his
command. The health of the Regt. is
very good at present to what it has been !;
the sick are improving fast. We expect
to be paid tomorrow, and the boys feel
pretty we'll about it; we have not been
paid for six months, and most of them are
getting rather short of ."loose change"
Col Haskins, U. S. A., Chief of artillery,
was here yesterday to see us practice fire.
ing, and he praised us up very much.
Lieut. Stafford has gone home to recruit
two companies to fill up this Regt., and
if there are any there who have any pat
rotsm, now is the time to show it by en-
listing under the Stars and Stripes, to
fight for their Country. The weather here
is very nice, although it is not as warm
as expected it would be at this time of
the year. think we have got as healthy
locality as there is around here. A
good many of the men are eager to 60 to
the front, and are getting somewhat un-
easy, they want to show that the people Of
Vermont were not deceived when they
placed confidence in the Eleventh Regi-
ment. I read in to-days paper, that the
rebels had got "a new General and think
he must be General in chief; his name is
General Starvation. / think if we keep on
in the. way we have done, we shall before
long bring them to terms, and our bless
ed Country be once more at liberty, and
we can enjoy once more the blessings of a
free and united land. W. @. H. D.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

farmer in Illinois, who has raised fax for
over twenty years, and nine years in suo.
cession upon one piece Of land, says he
never knew it to fail. the cost Of pro-
ductlon is about the same as wheat; some
say little less. Admitting it to cost
the same, there is no reason why it
should not prove profitable crop. The
Western farmers are seeding down thous-
ands of acres, and it is to be hoped the
farmers of new England will follow their
example. en
In this connection it is not amiss to
say that Messrs. Keith and Hapgood, of
Sheldon, are about erecting a fax mill,
which will have all the improved machin-
cry. Those who raise fax can, we have
no doubt, make satisfactory arrangements
with these gentlemen to purchase their
crop standing or delivered at the mill.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

possessions In Europe? And IT so, how
did it get there? The trial before the
Commissioner of Con6sication at New Or
leans disclosed the cunning process. An
advocate appeared in court to resist the
application of the law, OH that the prop.
erty belonged substantially to foreigner.
1t was alleged that Slidell had mortgaged
the whole of it to Frenchman of Paris,
in consideration of four or five hundred
thousand francs, paid down; and that it
belonged, of right, not to rebel subject,
but foreign ally or neutral.
Richard H.. Howard, is the name of one
of the principal beef contractors he has
furnished the rebels, ON one contract, with
100, 900 beeves, delivered at eight cents
the pound, on the foot 1t is notorious
that he made great fortune by this con-
tract alone, for he paid not more than four
cents per pound for his cattle. Now where
are Mr.. Howard s funds just now? Why
did he so promptly invest them in ster-
ling exchange, and send them abroad :?
One Giddings, fnancier of Texas, per-
suaded the rebel government of that state
to take from him Confederate bonds for
eight hundred thousand dollars in United
States bonds, which formed part of the
school fund of the state. Why did he
chuckle over this, as profitable opera
tion9 Why did he send these bonds to
London Why does he not bring back
any part Of his property?
Gen. E. B, Nichols, once of this state,
was financial agent of the Texas secession
convention. He has been for some time
secretly converting his property into gold
at apparently ruinous rates What has
he done with this gold, or with the for
eign exchange bought with it
Simeon Hart, the principal contractor
and the leading rebel at Ell Paso, has
been quietly buying gold at high rates
for some time. What is his object ?
What causes such demand for sterling
exchange in Matamoros-for private, not
for rebel government account?
These questions are worthy of consid-
Grafton. Though they may not have been
agitated here, they have been and are the
subject of anxious reflection among the
people of the South. Their attention hav-
ing been turned to them, they will con-
tinue to think upon them hereafter. If
they only knew what conspmmate prudence
and foresight on the part of their leaders
the account books of the bankers of Lon
don and Paris would make manifest, were
these but opened for the inspection of the
public, they would have higher opinion
of their discretion than they have hereto
fore entertained, even of their valor.
| Those books would show that the women
of the families of some leading secession.
lists have lost nothing by the rebellion, nc
matter how their husbands or fathers may
| have Jared. Foreign newspapers, it is
true, may require to be subsidized, fol
they will not countenance treason graf
uitously, and that affords plausible pre-.
text for placing money abroad. As theil
cause gets more desperate, theleaders can
not be kept from securing their own re-
treat. They will, to borrow a sailors
phrase, clay an anchor to the windward.' ;
~. 7. Eveniny Post. e..a
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

81 HoHsEs.---The lightning rods folks
bought twenty-five horses at Barton, Mon
day. and nearly the same number at this
place on Tuesday. Those bought at Bar.
ton averaged $78 each !; they we're bought
here at from $40 to $l25. - CalsdoniosL
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

The listers Of Woodstock have set lSa
dogs in the list il. that town.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

Dog owners in Massachusetts, paid to
to towns last year $l3,4O4 for licenses
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-05-07

LYsou. Law LArIv.--Ex .quouis k5sso
fit Aevcurius: You can make an auction-
er out Of any wocn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-06
Washington, Jan. a.


The result of Stuarts cavalry raid was
one government wagon half filled with
oats, but it masks the withdrawal from
the line behind Fredericksburg, of large
reinforcements for Bragg's army at
Charleston
Balloon observations revealed to our
commander, last week, that the number
of rebel infantry camped across the Rap
pahannock was largely diminished.
Richmond papers Of Friday contain the
following dispatch, which is official to the
rebel War Department:
Murfreesboro. Jan. I've assaulted
the enemy at O'clock this morning and
after 10 hours bard fighting have driven
him from every position except his ex-
treme left, where he has successfully re-
sisted US. With the exception of this
point, we occupy the field. We captured
1000 prisoners, including2 Brig. Gene
rails, pieces of artillery and some trains.
Our loss is heavy, but that OF the enemy
much greater. BRAxToN BRAaa,
Gen. Commanding
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-06

~ Our ootem porary has devoted two
T.ESDA ], LAMAR 6,

- Our contemporary has devoted two
edito rials 10 the natter of Moses killing
the Egyptian. He insists that smite
means to kill, and that the Egyptian there
fore killed the Israelte before Moses
killed the Egyptian. That seems to be
new interpretation of the passage, which
Biblical commentators would do well TO
make note o..
Well, now, to make a parallel case,
suppose slave driver down in Dixie
should smite, that is, according to our CO.
temporary, Kill a slave, and negro
stapd,ng by should thereupon kill the
slave driver, would the killing be justif
able homicide down In Dixie /? Wouldn't
the homicide be hung, unless, like Moses,
he should be fortunate enough to make
bis escape? Undoubtedly. And such
would have been Moses fate in Egyp,
The temper of the Egyptian oppressors
was but little better than that of the slave
drivers of Dixie.
But God did not regard the .locer
fae' of Egypt, but showed his adherence
OF 1t BY making criminal under that law
his chosen friend and the leader aud dc.
hverer of his people from bondage. Has
GOD any greater regard or respect for the
slave laws and customs of Dixie than
he had Tor those of Egypt.
We take it that these laws and customs
are all In opposition to the law of God,
and that the stamp Of his condemnation,
resting upon the Egyptian oppressors is a
fitting and appropriate warning for the
traitor slaveocracy Of the South.
The single point that we made and
make was that God does not look upon
slavery with the same approval that the
Egyptians did and that the slsrnAolders
OF our day do, or be would not have nut
such honor upon Moses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-06
Correspondents OF the State Registe
Teslim 0nial 10 Mr. Kass0n.
WAsuISGToN, Dec. 23, 1869.

/
! tenderto all belonging TO the Regis.
ter office the compliments Of the season,
land from the Editor Chief, down to the
/ 'Devi," | wish you merry Christmas
and Happy New Year. ! am induced
to be thus diffusive in my good wishes for
the Register establishment, because .oi
the grateful feelings | entertain fer the
whole CONCERN, in furnishing me as they
do weekly, with source of pleasure
which derive from no other institution
in my old home in Iowa Every Monday
morning its familiar face grcets me on
coming down to my office, and, as in
Harper we all open FIRST the " Lr1,cer'
to see what good things are contained
therein, so upon opening the Register,
turn first to the Local Column to see
not only what good things eye Local
has provided for our entertainment, but,
what is OF more consequence to me, to
read the news from home, and | must say
| am never disappointed, but always find
the news and good things too.
But / sat down to tell you of a pleasant
surprise prepared for our friend and future
Representative in Congress, Hon. John
A. kasson.
The Clerks III the "Appointment Office"
OF the Post Office Department, who, dur
ing Mr.. Kasson's term as First Assistant
Post Master General, we're more in,imat-
ely associated with, and who were more
directly under his control, officially, de.
termned to procure and present to him a
testimonial, not only of the regard and
kindly feeling entertained for him, as .
gentleman and man, but also as mark
of grateful remembrance Of the vi form
kindness and courtesy with which he had
ever treated them in their official inter
course.
For this purpose they caused to be pro-
cured magnificent gold headed cane,
beautifully engraved, aud with, of course,
proper inscription, setting forth the OBJ
Ject of the present. Yesterday being the
day when the annual distribution of
knives to the Clerk was to take place, was
fi1ed upon ior the presentation.
Accordingly at 3 clock the gentlemen
assembled in the room of Gen. Skinner,
principal Clerk of the Appointment OF.
ice, and MIR. kasson was notified that
his presence was desired.
The presentation was made by the
Hon. A. w. Randall, First Assistant Post
Master General, in neat and appropri-
ate speech, Astounding in noble sentiments
and felicitous expressions. Mr.. kasson
replied 10 his usual happy vein, and took
occasion to compliment the Clerks in the
appointment Bureau" in such manner
as, ! have no doubt, brought the blush of
pleasure to more than one manly cheek.
Altogether 1t was very pleasant af.
far, aud one that will long be remember
ed by all the parties conce rhed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-06
Robinson Crusoc.s IslanA.

Inc following Interesting information
is derived from the San Francisco Times !:
While the ship Golden Rocket was on
her last passage from Boston TO San Fran.
cisco, Captain Pendlcton determined to
stop at the Island of San Juan Fernandez
to take In water. On the Gath of March
he arrived in the Bay of St. Joseph and
anchored on the opposite side from that
on which Robinson Crusoe-
Selklrk, the exile Scotchman-liyed. TIE
casks were taken on shore, and while the
crew were at work, the passengers. among
whom were fifty ladies, rambled about in
different directions. The Island is twen-
ty-hve miles long by about four in breadth.
The land is very high. rising in rugged
PERCEPTIONS peaks; one of them called
Iunkcue, $500 feet above the level of
the sea- The peaks are generally over
hung with clouds. The valleys are ex-
ceedingly fertile, the grass growing to the
height OF SIX or eight feet. Figs. straw
berries, peaches, and cherries abound in
their season. The Golden Rocket Was
there IN the season Of peaches, and the
valleys and hill-sides were full of tree.
loaded DOWN with delicious fruit. Straw.
berries ourish best in December and
January. There are three remarkable
caves In the sides Of the hill facing the
harbor, about thirty feet in length, TWEEN
ty-hve feet in width, and about the same
IN hight. The inhabitants now number
but fourteen, Of whom Messrs. Dsy and
hlrkaldie. from Valpara 80, are the chief
persons; they have teen appointed over
seers OF the island by the CHILEAN Govern.
ment. An immense number of goats are
running wild over the Island. and nm
abundance Of fish are taken on the coast.
Selkirk's Island of Juan Fernandez 10
not the Island described by De Foe q.
Robinson Crusoe's home, but is on the
opposite side of the continent. Crusoe's
Island was some distance to the east Of
South America, and not great ways from
the mouth Of the Amazon, and in other
particulars of the description, bears but
little resemblance 10 the Island Of Juan
Fernandez. If the cherished memories Of
our boyhood are not at fault.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-01-06
LATER FROM vICKsBURG.

Vicksburg, Jan
A courier has just arrived, who states
that the enemy attempted to storm our
lines again this morning, but after a
severe combat were repulsed with great
loss.
No further particulars at present.
The loss of the enemy is said to be
about 800 killed aud wounded; our loss,
90 killed and wounded.
The belief that no troops have been
withdrawn from our front and sent to re-
inforce Bragg, is Very evident among our
commanding officers.
Weather is warm and clear.