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PEBBLES
TIRELESS
WASHING MACHINE
NOW IN USE

HNIIIS is the only reliable WASHING MAcANE
now in use. 1t has been in operation tor
the last six months and has not in any case failed
to give satisfaction ; and the various tests to
which it has been subjected fully demonstrate,
that more than half of the labor, and more than
half the soap required in hand labor, is saved by
its use. 1t docs its work thoroughly, and with
little labor on the part of the operator The
most delicate clothing, well as coarse and
bulky articles, are washed with equal neatness
and completeness.
No handling or attention is needed after the
clothes are put in the machine. They are kept
continually turning, presenting new surface to
be operated upon at every movement in washing
The clothes not rubbed. They are pressed,
and the most delicate fabric cannot be injured,
Therefore it is an Indispensable article OF house
keeping, and by its use, the price of the Machine
would be saved in twelve months in the wear 81
washing clothing, in any common family
The proprietors claim that this machine possess
qualities for washing superior to any other now
before the public Among which the boiling OF
the clothing is rendered unnecessary, the articles
being run through the machine a second time us
ing water scaldinghot with q small quantity OF
soap.
The following testimonials given -
ELLSWORTH, March 10th, 1864.
"PREBLE's TRELEss WASHING MACHINE has
ta4n used in my family for few weeks past 1t
is an excellent Machine-has given much salts
lactioH anu is iuly equal 10 the recOIlineHuaeioi,
saving labor and not injuring the clothes"
A. WIswELL.
We concur in the above statement of the vaue of
this Machine having also used one in our families
J. W. JONES,
JoHN l.. Moor.
There has been used in my family for some
weeks of ." Preble's Tireless Washing Ma.
Chimes" and have no hesitation in saying that
that it is an excellent machine, and almost ndis-
pensable in large family. l; saves a large
amount of labor injuring the clothes less and
washing them better than by hand.
HAMILTON JoY.
Ellsworth, March, 1864.
Mr.. Aier Martin:
DEAR SiR:-0ne of the PREBLE's TIRELsss
MACHINES has been in in my family fer the
past six months, and VIC think it superior to any
other machine. 1t does not injure the clothes
doing its work well and thoroughly, and by its
use, more than half of the time saved would not
ell mine for SIS, if / could not get another like
it. REUBEN SHERMAN.
Ellsworth, March 80.
- The proprietors challenge a trial with any
other machine in the county, at any time. or at
any place in this town; and will pledge one humid
drcd dollars or more, to be forfeited to the sue
cessiul machine, il the competitor will pledge
like sum.
These machines are manufactured and kept for
sale at the shop formerly occupied by b. N. Moor
4 Co.,
Nest end Of Union Ricer Bridge
ALEX. MARTIN,
&. W. ASH,
NATHANIEL Moon.
Ellsworth, March, 1861. 10
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y 7 IFaIIII@ W U n 7 II,
Commencing TUESDAY. Oct. 2ith, at o'clock,
and continue four days uu .er the direction u
PrC L. o. EMERSON IF B9stoa.
The Harp of Julah, and 4 new Caorn+ Goet'
consi. ing of ofa,otio., Opera Chorus English
t.lecs, &c, nv Prot, Emerson viii e furnished
for the use IT the Convcutipn, and it Is hoped our
eitiz.s.s aud lovers OF Music vii freely avail
th,n.elre. ofthis oPPortGatty to.etJ y season 81
social and fratetnai intercourse.
An address Il he delivered Wednesday Even
ing by Prof Emerson,
Tickets Cor the Session including Rehearsals,
Lecture lnd Concert 30 cents.
1. =. SWAZEY, Sccy.
Ellsworth, Oct l3th. 81
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Tue Power or DoGMATIsM.-The-
ologians are divided into two great class
as by their native capacity and culture.
The most numerous class are the men Of
inAexible logic, narrow sympatbies and
invincible will, who elaborate a compact
and uucompromising system of the uni
verse, prove it by The letter of the Scrip
ture, or Jy reason, and enforce it with all
their might They are the creators and
leaders Of tho sects and cliques into
which chrstendom has always been diyi-
ded, and are mainly honest, able religious
nen, who believe themselves doing Gods
service when they build wall of logic
about section of. the human race, calling
the interior heaven and the outside hell.
Christianity has advanced and yet does
advance by the labors Of such apostles
not by their bigotry and exclusiveness,
but by the contribution of vital truth they
make to the commond fund of the church.
Truth is everywhere evolved by discus
sion, and the 5igot who pushes partial
fact in religion to its last absurd result,
often does a great service to mankind
OF this class Augustine in the ancient,
and Calvin in the reformed church are
illustrious examples. But they have
been followed by the leaders and mana
gers Of all Christian sects. Jonathan Ed
wards and Theodore Parker, so widely
different in opinion, best represent this
tendency in America. Both had a cast
iron system of the universe, and were
honestly incapable of comprehending how
a wise and good man could live outside of
it. We can do justice to this class of
men for their illustration of partial truth,
while we reject their narrowness and ex-I
elusive claim to the kingdom of God
They are the most efficient men in the
church, for the mass of the people like a
compact creed which asserts positively,
and refuses to compromise, saves the
trouble of thought, and leads to active
propagandism and religious enterprise
Rev. A. d. Mayo.
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NEWS FROM SHERMAN.
A GREAT BATTLE ON sUNDAY--oUf
LOSS 5000.

GREAT BATTLE ON sUNDAY--ouR
LOSS 5000.
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman to
Gen. Hslleck states that he had fight
on Sunday, at Resaca, in which we we're
successful. No details are given. Gen
Sherman says be has not had time to-
fnd out, but that as near AS he can judge,
our loss was about 5000 killed, wounded
and missing Everything was progress
ing very fsvorably. The railroad has
been repaired to within seven miles Of the
army.
JOHNSTON FLANKED AND FLEEING.
Accounts from Sherman's army up to
Thursday afternoon state that the enemy's
position was held by the corps OF Howard,
| Schofeld and Hooker, and severe skir-
mishing had occurred for some days, re-
sulting in the loss to US of about eight
hundred killed, wounded and missing, the
greater number being slightly wounded.
The loss fell chiefly upon Geary's di-
vision of Palmer's corps. 1t became full
ly developed that Dalton was almost il
not altogether impregnable to a front at
tack. The q mixing movement by Mc>
Pherson was admirably conceived and
executed, and secured vital point at
Snake Gap, opening upon Resaca, 10
miles in rear of Dalton. No sooner was
this done than Sherman shifted the main
body of bis troops to the right, following
Mcpherson. Johnston had no alternative
but to take fight from his stronghold on
the mountain. Fitzpatrick, at the head of
division of cavalry, reached Johnston's
rear and destroyed the railroad few
miles south of Resaca, Sunday night
Johnston's army is believed TO be 10000
strong, including some $4,000 militia
John Morgan, the celebrated rebel raj
der, is commanding brigade of infantry.
Sherman's army is in magnificent fight
ing trim, and has absolute confidence of
making triumphant march through
Georgia or wherever else their leaders
may direct Forrest is reported to have
crossed the Tennessee river TO make
raid on Sherman's rear, and there is plen-
ty of preparation for him along the rail-
road south of Nashville. 1t is believed
he may be we'll cared for.
Up to | | o'clock Saturday night our
lines had advanced on the left, two lines
of the enemy's earth works having been
stormed. Stoneman is reported to have
destroyed wagon train, captured two
guns and thrashed Roddy.
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VOLUME 9---NUMBER %.
Broken Toys.

l have bowed beneath the stroke, and the storm
is passing DER;
will walk, and will not murmur though my
lips may smile no more.
The world is quite forsaken-
My beautiful is taken
To the dim eternal shore.
I have learned to watch the little spot of earth
that is my boys
But scarcely yet dare to touch his broken
toys
Mid the shadows of the evening, in the black
ness of the night
That struggle and that piteous look come back
upon my sight;
Until I.cry, THANK Heaven,
Short was Thy fearful levin
Not longer was the fight"
And / recall the resting limbs, the peaceful
smiling face,
Sunlit, as if of pain it ne'er had known trace.
I have gathered up his few small books-they
stand beside my bed;
/ have folded up for treasures the cloths from
which he fed;
The cambria shirt with stain
Of blood from the blue vein
OF his arm when he was bled.
l can bear these suffering tokens-but not those
of his joys;
mothers heart is broken by these broken
toys.
How weak am how chaugeful, how desolate
how lone
Bear with my faithless grief, o Thou, to whom
grief is known
will think upon Thy story;
will think upon his glory
Who from my arms is flown;
And try to figure to myself the bliss that is my
boys;
But my heart is well-nigh broken by these
broken toys
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WHOLE NUMBER 439.

Smith re-established bis lines, and the
enemy was driven back to his original
lines. At the same time the enemy made
an attack from Petersburg on General
Buffers force guarding the rear, but were
handsomely repulsed. The troops hav-
ing been on incessant duty for five days,
three of which were in a rain storm,
Gen. Butler retired leisurely within his
own lines.
We hold the railroad between Peters
burg and Richmond. Prisoners say that
Bragg and Davis were present on the
feld.
Dispatches from Gen. Sigel received
this evening, report that on Sunday he
fought the forces OF Ecbols and Imboden
under Breckenridge at Newmarket; that
the enemy's forces were superior in num-
Der and that be gradually withdrew from
the battle field and recrossed the Shen-
audoah, having lost five pieces of artil-
lery, about coo killed and wounded and
so prisoners, but bringing all his train
and all the wounded that could be trans
ported from the field. He states that in
consequence Of bis long line and the
trains that had TO be guarded, he could
not bring more than six regiments into
the fight besides the artillery and cavalry.
That the enemy bad about 1000 in
fantry, besides other arms that his re-
trograde movement to Strasburg was eff
fected in perfect order, without any loss
of materal or men. He gives no list Of
casualties, but Lieut.. Col. Lincoln Of the
34th Massachusetts, is reported to be
wounded and captured.
A dispatch from Sherman reports his
advance upon Johnson as progressing to
bis satisfaction. His supplies are abund-
ant, and our animals are improving on
the grass and grain fields, which now at-
ford good pasture.
K. M. STANTON.
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The GREAT SALT LAKE.-The lake
from which the city takes its name, is
about twenty miles distan; from the latter,
by good road across the level valley
bottom. Artistically viewed, it is one Of
the loveiest sheets of water | ever saw,
--bluer than the intensest blue of the
ocean, and practically as impressive, since,
looking from the southern shore, you see
only a water horizon. This view, how
ever, is broken by a magnificent noun
famous island, rising, should think, sew
en- or eight hundred feet from the water,
half a dozen miles from shore, and ap-
parently as many miles in circuit. The
density of the lake brine has been under
instead of over stated. swan out into
it for a considerable distance, then lay
upon my back on, rather than in, the wa
ter, and suffered the breeze to wait me
landward again. / was blown to a spot
where the lake was only four inches deep,
without grazing my back, and did not
know had got within my depth again
until / depressed my hand tride and
touched bottom 1t is a mistake to call
this lake azoic. 1t has no fish, but breeds
myriads of strange little maggots, which
presently turn into troublesome guats.-
The rocks near the lake are grandly cas-
tellated and cavernous crags OF limestone.
some Of it finely crystalline, bat most of
It like our coarser Trenton and Black
River groups. There is large cave in
this formation, ten minutes climb from
ihe shore.-Ffz Haqb L,diow.
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A JUMPING MATcH.--A young man
of our village, Che relates the story him
self) who fought, but did not die, e,at Antie-
tam, and Gettysburgh, recently went in -
to the province, on foot, with some small
articles for sale. One night, just as the
sable curtains of evening were being low
cred upon him, he applied at very re-
spectacle looking house for entertain
ment. He was very kindly received by
young lady, who happened TO be the on
ly one of the family at home, with whom
he partook of the evening meal, and
everything seemed to be going ''as mer-
ry as a marriage bell"
1t seems, however, that the young lady
began to suspect that in entertaining a
stranger" she had not entertained an San
GEL" But how to get rid of him was
the trouble At length she asked him if
he could jump well, saying that she could
jump farther than any Yankee living
This was ''stump" which-the hero of a
dozen battle-felds was not disposed to
take, and SO they arranged for trial of
leap frog.
The young lady. placing herself against
the opposite door, at three jumps reach
ed the door. Our Yankee now took his
station for the trial. AT two bounds he
nearly reached the door, when Miss Blue
nose, with all the feminine fascination i'm
aginable, said she would open the door for
him so that be might have a chance to
see how much be had excelled her, and
he took the third leap, which landed him
in the snow.
The young lady instantly closed, and
fastened, the door, took hat, mittens, over
coat, and valise of merchandise, into the
chamber, threw them out of the window
to him, and told him there was tavern
about seven miles below, where be could
be entertained. He went down the road
meditaling on the mysterious ways OF
woman,
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HEAT FROM THE sTARs.--It is start
ling fact that if the earth were dependent
alone upon the sun for heat, it would not
get heat enough to keep existence in ami
NAL and vegetable life upon its surface
1t results from the researches of Pouillet
that the stars furnish heat enough in the
course of the year to melt a crust of ice
seventy five feet thick-almost as much
as is supplied by the sun. This may ap-
pear strange when we consider how i'm
measurably small must be the amount Of
heat from any of those distant bodies
But the surprise vanishes when we re-
member that the whole armament is so
thickly sown with stars, that in some pla-
ces thousands are crowded together with
in space no greater than that occupied
py the full moon. The eye cannot see
more than a thousand at the same time
in the clearest heaven, yet the number is
probably infinite. From the first to the
sixth magnitude inclusive. the total num-
Der of Visible stars is 3128.-Dr. Lard
ner.
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CINCINNATI, May Is

Dispatches from Gauley Bridge, Va,
says that a courier has arrived direct
from Gen. Cook He has fought three
battles near Newbern, Pulaski County,
Western Virginia, with the forces under
Gen. Morgan, Sam Jones and A. j. Jen-
kins, gaining a complete victory over the
enemy. The enemy lost over 600 in
killed and wounded, and 800 prisoners.
Gen. A. j. jenkins fell into our hands
MOI tally wounded. Our loss wss four
hundred in killed and wounded. A large
railroad bridge over New river at New
bern, with several miles of track, was
destroyed Gen. Cook was at Newbern
on the ! 3th inst.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, May l7-9 P. NJ. {

Washington, May l7-9 L. M.
TO Maj. Gen. Dir;
Dispatches from Gen. Butler just re-
ceived report the success Of his expediN
ton under Gen. Kautz TO cut the Dan
vile road and destroy the bridge across
the Appomattox. On Monday morning
the enemy in force, under cover Of a
thick fog, made an attack on Gen. Smith
line and forced it back in some confusion
aud with considerable loss.
But as soon as the iog lifted General
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RAsBURGH, VERMONT. FRIDAY, MAY ~ 1864.

prisoners of war in the last charge of
Longstreet at Gettysburg. Then they
were on the defensive, and now it is Yer
mont again, on the offensive, cut out a
second brigade. Glorious always and
forever.
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K. NJ. STANTON.
NEW YORK. May 18.

NEW 1ORh, May To-
The Ileyalds correspondent with Gen.
Grant wiring on Monday, says: Yes
terday the third division of the ID corps
commanded Gen. Birney was ordered tc
fall back from the position on the right
flank of our lines. 1t bad scarcely left
its position when the enemy moved up to
occupy the advantageous ground our men
had vacated.
Gen. Birney was then ordered back to
his former position, which he regained
after a sharp encounter with the rebels
and loss of 145 men killed and wound
ed. Since then an almost unbroken si-
lence has reigned in the army. Lee has
taken advantage of the short respite
given him to entrench himself mere
strongly in his already strong position.--
Three days rest to the wearied army has
vastly improved its condition.
The rebel entertainments are very
strong as they appear in our front.
The Worlds Washington dispatch
dated midnight, states that Gen. Grants
reinforcements have made bis army at
least 10000 stronger. The indications
are that Grant will avoid another battle
at Spottsylvania, by flank movement to
the left, and move towards Richmond
and so compel Lee to leave his lines and
attack or else retreat.
Lee is massing his right evidently an
ticipatng such design. Lee it is de-
clared is depriving all other points of
rebeldom of needed troops to check Grant
and will contest every inch of ground.
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WASHINGTON, May l8-11.15 A. NJ
70 My. Gen. Dir:
We have no reports Of operations since
my last dispatch.
The last information from Gen. Grant
was that that the roads had greatly i'm
proved. Large reinforcements had reach
ed him and he designed to move against
the enemy without delay.
II is the design of the government to
keep up the national forces until the re-
belion is overthrown and in order 10
provide against any inopportune reduc-
ton, when the service of the 100 days
men goes out draft, to fill up their place
and all other reductions, will be ordered
to take place on the 1st Of July, by which
time the new enrollments will be compile
ted. No order is yet issued.
Z. M. STANTON. Sec'y Of War.
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Everybody will be delighted to hear thai
there Is prospect Of an abundant yield Of
strawberries this season.
The North Iowa oanitary Pair, for the
benefit Of the Sanitary Connission, will
open at Dubuque on the 22st inst.
The Rebel General Johnston lately had
twenty-five Of his men in Georgia Tied 10
STAKES ALe shot for trying 10 desert.
Hamilton College was struck by light
ming on the 23d ultimo. Several students
were stunned by the shock. but not other
wise injured.
The Davenport Brothers are exhibiting
at Troy, New York. The COMMITTEES ap-
pointed BY the audience to the humbuE,
reported at the close Of the exhibition,
that the whole thing was "s bungling
piece Ofjugglsry."
An inquisitiVs clerk in the Dead Letter
Office, curious to hndo out how many letters
we're without postscript, made an inves-
tigaiiOn last week, and found thst out Of
6,8b4 letters written by females, only 875
were without postscripts. Some Of the
other letters contained three postsoripts-
: The case Of q homeopathic doctor, named
- ANAMoAaAnr - G4oltl1k 8bleHIlOn II
Paris. He was charged with poisoning n
Nine. PsuW, whom he had induced 10 in
sure her life in eight different Offices, for
sum total Of 55O, 900 francs, and to trans
fer the policies to him. The trial closed
with verdict Of guilty-Hithout extern
usting circumstances, for . wonder. Per-
sansllyi he was most embarrassing
scouudrel.
A new York fashion writer says, heads
are dressed in the most grotesque snd ab-
surd ways; frizSlej, puffed, wound over
rolls, padded in all directions, until the
head bears no likeness to eur prs.oon-
ceived ideas Of the shape Of head, but
looks like some mighty pinoushion.
Upwarda Of 9. 100 articles q -xarieur
kinds wers taken up By the police Of New
York during the Metropolitan Feir, and
Of these only 67S have been claimed. The
balance, to the value OF 5000, has been
turned over 10 the Property Clerk.
A cornerstone, laid in 1926, in Froy.
was opened day or two ago. Itmsrked
the foundation Of the Second Presbyterian
Church, and contained specimens Of ell
the American coins, including . silver doll
lar, and papers in MOURNING for the
death Of Adams and Jsffsrson-all in good
preservation.