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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-04
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THE ATMOSPHERE.

In the whole creation perhaps there is
nothing more wonderful than the atmos-
phere. Being lighter than land and wa
ter, it rises above them, but is kept close
to their surface by the force of gravity.
1t is the medium through which are trans
mitted odor, light. and sound. 1t sur
rounds us on all sides, yet we see it not.
We do not feel its weight, though it press
es upon our bodies with load of fifteen
pounds to every square inch of surface.
Softer than the finest down 1t leaves the
spiders frail web undistnrbed and scarcely
slits the slightest flower. that keeps its
brightness and fragrance from the dew it
supplies. Yet it bears the fleets of mo-
tions round the world, and when reused
into the tempest, crushes the stoutest ship
as though it we're a mere toy. With ire
sistable force it levels whole forests and
piles up the waves OF the ocean into liq-
uid mountains. By turns it warns and
cools the earth. 1t draws up vabors from
seq and land, condenses them and precip-
itates them upon the earth again, in the
form of snow, rain, or dew.
II bends the rays of light SO that we
have the soft rosy twilight of evening
and dawn. Without it, the sun would be
50 intensely bright as to be torture; we
could have no clouds to shield us from the
scorching heat the voices of our friends
and all the charming sounds of nature
would never reach US.
The atmospheric air is composed of OK
ygcn and nitrogen. Beside these two in
gredisnts, there is always in the air car
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-04

bonic acid gas, and these support all forms
of animal and vegetable life, Perhaps if
we had only oxygen to breathe, we would
live brief life, delicious and fanciful as
the vagaries of an opium dream, or if
carbon, our life would wither instantly. so
deadly poison is it. And how curious
it is, that which to us is poison, gives life
and freshness to plants. The carbonic
acid, which to-day, We throw out upon the
air, seeks its way over the world, and TO-
morrow, mayhap, the date that grows by
the Nile, Or the orange trees of Joppa,
drink it in by their leaves. and the OK
ygen we are now breathing, may have
come little while since, from some Mag
nolia grove of the sunny south, or have
been distilled by the cinnamon trees of
Ceylon, or the roses of Sharon.
The rain which comes down in such CO..
pious showers, may have been thawed out
of some giant iceberg of the north, or from
some one of the glistening Himalaya
peaks, and now, drop by drop, it is sent
down into the sweet, col chambers of the
mountain; to spring from its side, a sill
very cascade, or to gush from its base a
refreshing spriug.
'Iis mystery all-this air--which blow.
eth where it listeth, which is ever tanning
our poor tired brows, whose sound we hear
but cannot tell whence it cometh, mol
whether it goeth.
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FROM WISCONSIN.
WINoosKI. Wis, Oct. 6, 1868.

WINoosKI. Wis, Oct. 6, 1868.
Mr. EDIroR:-Permit me to say few
words in praise of your paper, which,
through the generosity of your apprcn-
tice, E. II. Wiley, (who is nephew Of
my husband) has found its way to our
fireside, and has already become great
favorite with us. We have for several
months been fovored with its presence
quite regularly. If we happened to miss
a number we felt its loss much. like
its general tone. do believe there is
geniality existing among New England
people that the world in general arc not
favored with.
Those mountain excursions have been
very interesting to me, as from my earli.
est remembrance their lofty peaks daily
greeted my eyes, for the first sixteen years
of my life, and though sixteen more have
passed since left those rugged hills for
the prairies of Wisconsin, still in imagin.
alton their grandeur remains the same tc
me, from the many loved associations that
cluster around them. The local matter
of your paper We prize, as my husband
was resident of Lamoille County for six
years. Passing through your vicinity two
years ago, while on visit to our native
home. we feel to appreciate it highly; not
only ourselves but our neighbors like the
paper. think hereafter we shall not do
without it at all. Yours &c.
Mrs. H. M. CoMMINGs.
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A sCORCHING REBUKE.

A highly instructive as we'll as anus
irg incident took place, III one of the
business houses on one of our principal
streets, last Saturday, while the colorcd
regiment was marching along to the music
of the national airs. Several gentleman
were looking on the parade, among them
a wealthy planter of Alabama, who is a
large STAKEHOLDER. One of the group
stepped out to the door, looked on for a
few minutes, and Indignantly turning
on his heel, addressed himself to the
grave Alabamian, to the following pur-
port:
"Well, I'll be id, if that is not a
burning disgrace, which no decent white
man can tolerate. Isn't that niger regi.
ment too great an insult?"
The Alabamiau jumped to his feet.
and replied, while his eyes flashed
fire:
"Sir, there is not negro in that regi-
ment who is not better man than rebel
to this government, and for whom | have
a thousand times more respect than
have for a traitor to his country.
think that the best possible use the gov
ernment can make of negroes is to take
them and make them fight against the
rebels. No traitor is too good to be kill
cd by negro, no weapon too severe to
use against the wretches who are endcavor-
ing to overthrow the government Now,
Sir, swallow that, whether you like it or
not" 6 @a4te
The rebel darted off in utter amaze
ment, without uttering syllable of re-
ply, leaving the sturdy Albanian who
cherished the jewel of patriotism as
something more precious than focks of
slaves, "alone in his glory.'-Nashvills
Union.
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GOLD Up.-EFFECTs UPON FARMERS.
Mrs. H. M. CoMMINGs.

At the time of this writing (Oct. l4th,)
the Wall street bulletins mark gold at
l55 and upward, and exchange on Lon
don l69 IL. That is, it takes $l54 of
the general legal currency of the country
to buy one hundred gold coins that were
formerly reckoned as dollars and little
more'to buy draft on London payable in
gold dollars or sovereigns. CThe peculiar
style Of reckoning the nominal par Of ex-
change at about 10, or | o per cent above
the real par, (or $4.44 to the Pound Ster-
ling,) accounts for the apparent discrep-
ancy between the quotation Of gold, and
that of exchange. Ten per cent added to
l54, makes very nearly 159 l-2. The
difference between gold here and in Lon
don is generally only IL to per cent,
which pays for shipping it from one place
to the other. Merchandise imported
from abroad is paid for in gold, or in cx-
change bills drawn against gold, or against
-four, grain, meats, lard, tallow, cheese,
etc., exported from here.
The effects Of rise in the market val
ue of gold, upon the prices of farm pro-
ducts, are readily seen. Owing to abun-
dant crops abroad, breadstufs are not now
in great demand there. England imports
an equivalent to 25,ooo.ooo to 4o.Qoo.ooo
bushels of wheat, even in the best years,
buyineit where it can be most chcaply
Obtained on the European Continent, or
in America This year we have to COM
pete with considerable supplies from tho
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OUR MILITIA SYSTEM.

There is now no organized Militia in
the State. In case of resistance to the
laws or invasion from abroad, there is not
man subject to the authority of the
State, who can be relied upon for military
duty, except by means of the complicated
machinery of draft with its attendant
delay, "-A9t. Gems. Report, 1868.
Just think of that! Yet, from all ap-
pearances our Legislature will do nothing
this year to give us militia system good
for something. Apparently there Is no
one in either body--or at least nobody in
the military committees-who feels COM
petent to manage the subject. One COM
mittec wishes to be discharged from all
consideration of the subject, and another
instead of bringing the subject in bill
before the House, and manfully sustain
ing it there, wants the House to tell the
committee beforehand exactly what it
wants,--a stern-foremost way Of making
progress, not likely to effect much. oa
As to relying on draft, in case of a
riot, sudden insurrection and invasion, it
is sufficient to say that such reliance is
absolutely worthless. The mischief is done
long before draft can be made--much
more before the men can be beorganized and
fitted for action. To be of any use in
such an emergency. the men must have
been previously officered. repeatedly mus
tered. and accustomed to act together in a
military way, and to realize that, as a
body, they can be ordeIcd to duty, if need
lbs, at moments warning. Officers and
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-11-04
FROM THE WEST

Mr.. EDITOR, SIR :-Thinking, that
the readers of your paper might like to
hear something from our armies in the
North west, / send you the enclosed from
the pen of an officer in the 9th Iowa
Cavalry, which you can publish at dis
cretion. Yours &C.. J. H. PAGE,
Cambridge. Oct 9th 1863.
CAMP NEAR OLD EoRr PIERRE, D. T..
Friends at Home You will perhaps
feel desire to hear something of what
is transpiring in this far off region, even
though all things hero are very insignif-
cant compared with single event hap
pening at the seat Of war. Still to us,
this is a reality somewhat stern. Though
it may be of little service to the country,
still we are doing some Of the hardest
service of any regiment in Uucle Sam S
employ. On arriving at winter quarters,
we shall have made direct march of
1000 miles to say nothing of small trips.
We have been in barren, unproductive
region most of the time, without grain
for our horses and much of the time with
nothing but small grass dry and bleached.
Our horses now live entirely on the latter.
and are mere skeletons. which an Eastern
farmer wouldn't think of wintering.
Still we depend upon them to carry us
800 more miles this fall. Our rations
have sometimes been short and much Of
the time the water was so poor-being i'm
prcgnated with salt, alkali and sulphur
that man or beast would not touch it.
Above here we marched twelve successive
days without seeing wood, being depend
'ent upon Buffalo Chips to cook our food
with.
We started from Camp above here, on
the 18th Of August and marched due
North about 200 miles, and camped a
day about 40 miles from the point where
Sibley struck the Missouri River. A scout
ing party discovered it. Near here we
found wounded Indian who told US Of
Sibley's fights, Of which you have proba-
bly, seen accounts. Thence we struck N.
L. about fifty miles and found fresh
signs" of " "Injuns." The day we over
took these the carcasses Of slain Buffalo
were seen on every hand. This day the
3rd battalion of our regiment was out
scouting. We camped near small lake
at about 8 p. M. Beween 4 ond 8 o'clock
just as our supper was being prepared,
one of the Half-breed guides was seen
coming into camp with his pony at the
top Of bis speed. The word flew that a
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ky Mr.. NJ, of Northern Vermont, il

ESy Mr.. NJ, of Northern Vermont, is
not distinguished for liberality, either Of
purse or opinion, His ruling passion is
a fear of being cheated. The loss, wheth-
er real or fancied, of "a few cents, would
give him more pain than the destruction
of our entire navy. He one day bought
a large cake of tallow at country store
at ten cents pound, On breaking it to
peices at home. it was found to contain
large cavity, This he considered ter
rible disclosure of cupidity and fraud.
He drove furiously back to the store, en-
tered in great excitement, bearing the
tallow, and exclaining -" Here, you
rascal, you have cheated me Do you
call that an honest cake Of tallow? I? 1t is
hollow, and there amt near SO. much Of
it as there appeared to be. I want you
to make it right -" Certainly, certain
ly." replied the merchant ill make it
right. didn't know the cake was hol-
low, Let me see; you paid ten cents per
pound. Now, Mr.. M how much do you
suppose that the whole would wcigh?".
Mr.. M returned home with the dishonest
tallow. but was never satisfied that hc
had not been cheated by buying holes At
ten cenls per pound. n3.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN NEWPORT The i'm
provements in this village during the last
four months, in the way of building, are
as follows: One storehouse, 40 so, 5
stories; one storehous, SO K i3, stories ;
one steam mill, so x70; one daguerrean
saloon, and eleven residences. all first
class buildings. In addition to this the
Railroad company are just completing one
of the most spacious depoS in the state,
engine and car houses, and other build
ings for the accommodation of their bust.
ness. .--Ners.
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"Quocumque me Fortuna ferat, ibo hospesn

Baltic, the Danube. &C.. whence it can be
obtained at prices nominally cheaper than
here. But the greater relative value of
gold, and consequently of Exchange,
makes it more profitable to buy bread
stuffs and provisions from US. To illus
trate; Suppose wheat to be worth $l.20
per bushel in London. A merchant in
New York wishing to pay for bill of
goods in London, amounting to $4,000,
can do so with 5000 bushels of wheat
delivered there. or with bill of exchange
which at l54, (the price of gold), will
cost him here, $9,240 in currency. He
could then just as we'll pay this sum for
the 5000 bushels of wheat (about $l.85
per bushel,) and send that--or say $l65
per bushel allowing 20 cents extra per
bushel for sending it. All that he can
save by buying below $l,65 will be clear
profit. If, on the contrary, gold were
down to par he could pay only loo per
bushel for the wheat. The same is the
case with all other cxportable products
corn, wool. provisions, etc.
But the chief fact we desire to illus
trate, is, that any advance in the relative
value of gold increases the sale of export
able farm products, and sends up the pri-
ces. The higher price of these increases
the prices of other products. The cost of
transporting products from the interior to
the seaboard is nearly uniform, so that
any advance experienced here, is felt
throughout the country. We are not ar.
guing that gold at "a indicates healthy
financial condition Of the country as a
whole; we are merely stating that it is
specially advantageous to those who raise
any kind of farm produce to sell. But
says the farmer, 1.-THE same causes which
cary up the prices of my products also in
crease in the same ratio the cost of what
| have to purchase" This is in part
true; but it il to be noted that only q
small part of the proceeds of his wheat
and corn ETC., are used in paying for i'm
ported goods of any kind-cloths, silks
etc. Nine out of ten farmers are in debt
for land, stock, implements and store bills
The legal currency they receive for their
products, will cancel these debts, dollar
for dollar And right here is the moral
or practical lesson we are endeavoring tc
impress upon every farmer, viz: that now
is the time to economise and get out q
debt. Money is plenty, and the tempta
tion is to run into extravaganza in dress
furniture, and living generally. Better
use every possible dollar in canceling ole
debts. Let the purchase of luxuries OIL
mere convcniences be deferred until thes'
things come down to the gold Standard
at least if there is dollar due to any
body that will take it now. When golc
IS "up," SELL all you can, and BUY M1
least poSslble.-American AricuAmtSt.
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A HoRsn FoND OF MISCHIEF. gentle
man some years ago, speaking of the hab-
its of animals, gave the following curious
account: There is," he said,"a very
fine horse in the possession of Sir Henry
Meux & Co. the eminent brewers, which
is used as a dray. horse, but he is
left sometimes without any restraint to
walk about the yard and return to the
stable according to his fancy. In the
yard there are also a few pigs of pecu-
liar breed, fed on grains and corn, and to
these pigs the horse has evidently an
insuperable objection, which is illustra.
ted by the following fact There is q
deep trough in the yard, holding water
for the horses, where this horse goes alone
with his mouth full Of corn, which he
saves from his supply. When he reaches
the trough, he lets the corn fall near it on
the ground, and when the young swine
approach to eat it (for the old ones keep
aloof), he suddenly seizes one of them by
the TAIL pops him into the trough, and
then capers about the yard, seemingly de-
lighted with the frolic. The noise of the
pig soon brings the men to his assistance,
who know, from experience, what is the
matter, while the horse indulges in all
sorts of antics. by way of showing his
glee, and then returns quietly to the sta
ble."
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large body of Indians were discovered.
The bugle sounded and in twenty minutes
we were ready to march. Away we went
over bluffs, rocks &c.-pell NELL. Ten
miles brought us iu sight of the encamp-
ment The bluffs around were covered
with redskins-men, women and children,
ponies packed, dogs packed with every
conceivable article which Indians have:
all attempting to flee, and in their fight
leaving behind them scattered in every
direction for miles around, all their per-
sonal effects that couldn't walk. At once,
our purpose was to cut off their retreat.
This to do effectually and Immediately,
our forces we're disposed on three sides of
them; the Indians occupying hollow
and we the bluffs around. Night was
upon us and the enemy only needed more
of it to whip US. Fire was opened upon
them by Co. of the I'd Nebraska, but
with little effect for they fred over their
heads. Soon the action became general
the Indians forming line and firing
with greater precision than our own men.
1t was of short duration, for dark
night soon closed the scene Our forces
were somewhat scattered and the Indians
! fled in all directions with no one to pur-
sue. How many of them we're killed. |
do not know for they carried off their
dead, as is their custom. We lost 81
killed and about 80 wounded. Our dead
and most of the wounded lay on the
field over night; the dead were horribly
mutilated, eyes and tongues we're torn out.
All their arms were taken. Lieutenant
Leavitt, Co. B, Acting Adjutant, was
killed or rather wounded so that he died
the next day. He was first slightly
wounded, and attempted to walk to
Headquarters,-his horse being killed.
He fell faint from loss of blood, and was
found by the Indians. who stabbed him in
several places, his clothes, watch, &C.,
taken and he left for dead. With sim
gle buffalo robe around him he lay during
the cold night rejecting upon his fate.
When found in the morning he had his
senses, but life was nearly gone. How
mnch he suffered no tongue can tell.
He was very promising young man
from Massachusetts where his friends
now live.
We remained near the Batllog River,
four days, scouting and killing some In
dians and losing some men, picking up
property in the shape of robes, ponies,
and in fact every conceivable article that
savages possess. All that we could not
bring away we burned. Thus the entire
possessions of tribe Of about 1000 In
dians were destroyed except the ponies
upon which they escaped. We took
about $50 prisoners and have them with
us now. RANDALL
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From Walton's Daily.
THE VERMONT CAVALRY.

We learn, by private letter, that the
Vermont cavaly has again and again been
engaged with the enemy, eliciting the
praise of Gen. Fitzpatrick. An official
report will soon be made to Adj. Gen.
Washbur In the meantime we give
the following correct list of casualties, OBJ
ligingly furnised us by Colonel Sawyer.
CASUALTIES IN VERMONT CAVALRY. a.,'
At Brandy Station, Va., Oct.ll
Killed--Sergt Jason A. Stone Co. +.
Wounded--Sergt. Daniel F. Wilder, in
knee. Privates Stephen L Buxton, ankle,
Ira G Monroe, side, Co B; Hosea B Nash,
L, side, slightly.
Mlssang-Capts VIM M Beeman, Co B,
Charles A Adams, H I'd 1t Horace A
Hyde, Corp Hiram B johnson. Privates
Lyman G Wright Geo j Hull, Albert
Barrows, Joseph Pocket, Oliver Green, Co
B; sergt samnel ? Bailey, Corps Edgar
Clair, Stephen Corey, Privatcs Frank
W Baldwin, John Cautell, Joseph Collett,
Anthony P Clair, Solon D Davis Don
Carlos Davis, Geo A Rogers, John G
Smith, Frank Suey, James Cowley, CO H;
Sergt Aaron M Crane, Co I Privates
Sandford H Marshall Samuel L Hale,
Go l.; Chas St. Michael, Henry Beard,
Co M. Of those missing many are no
doubt wounded.
At Buckland Ellis, Va, Oct 10.
Wounded-Private Dennis G Laahy,
in shoulder, slightly, Go G.; Sergt Hor-
acc Ide, shoulder, severely, but not dam
gcrously, D; Capt Frank Ray, G, slight
ly bruised in leg by fall of his horse shot
under him. .
Missimg-Corps Henry ] Hicks, Alex
ander Bio. Go M. a..
The loss in killed and wounded horses
was in much larger proportion than usual.
E. B. SAWYER, COL, lsT VI Cav.
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STRAY SHOTS FROM MASKED Rat
Terry.
BY OLD GUNNER.
No. TX.

NO In. 'H ..
THE GOOD OLD SAXON TONGUE.
love the good old Saxon tongue.
Legitimate and strong,
That sweetly rings in honest prose,
And sweeter still in song;
That has but one superlative
Whose adjectives are few
As, wise and foolish, good and bad,
Fair. stormy, old, and new;
That ne'er confounds. with many words,
The false with what is true;
Has no /" inscrutable decrees,"
But boldly talks of FATE -
No "best regards or g strong dislikes."
But says, II LvoE." - HATE -
That takes no journey round about
70 reach meaning plain,
But goes directly to its goal,
And then is off again,
And he who runs may read apace,
Nor find his study vain;
That needs no foreign phrase to add
To beauty or to strength
To crop its far proportions, or
To give the needed length
That's pure, and perfect in itself
No wrinkle and no spot,
That's sure in fitting words, to tell
Each sad or merry thought;
The most neglected, worst abused
Best tongue of all the lot.
And many worthy, learned men,
(That's in their own regard,)
Through school-boy and collegiate days.
Have studied very hard
O'er authors grave, profound-th.y wrought
With pale and sallow look,
Proud to be praised, and nothing more
The midnight hours they took
Latin and Greek to learn, but not
The English spelling book.
love the good old Saxon tongue,
Legitimate and strong,
That sweetly rings in honest prose,
And sweeter still in song
.! ye, whose blue-eyed mothers sang
A Saxon lullaby
To soothe your infant lids to rest,
Or hush the rising sigh
There is no language half so sweet
On earth to you and I.
WAsHIGToN, July 26, 1868.
The New York herald., 1863-11-29

IcDwAHD sCHEScR, AUcTiONEER.
~ con lINuArION SALE or MAGNIFICENT FANCY
GOODS.
Jus, nrriyeI from France ship Germania, to be
PbREMPTORILY SOLD
on FOREIGN ACCOUNT. viz -
FRENCH PORCELAIN RICH DECORATED
DINNER AND TEA SETS,
SJPERB BRONZE AND MARBLE CLOCKS.
sEyREs VASES. vBRRE DEAUS
TARTAN COLoRED, BisVUE AND BRONZE
SrATUETTES,
ELEGANT CUT CRYSTAL GLASS
TOILET ARTICLES.
SUPERB CHINESE iyoRY. GOODS.
Toe tine 81 imported
and oer magnificent goods TO be sod al auction bv Ed
WAR; s,iiENCK. Monday November So at II clock,
Al his "a rooms No 577 Broadvay.
The above is tho most ragniacent sale that has
tAsen ace in tho city embracing large variety of tho
above os worthy attention OF the trade and the pub.
c renerly Ladies' prtcuariy invited TO inspect tho
goods Every facility packing and shipping the goods
will lie ven.