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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
Employment Of Women in Government
Omces.

! To The Editor of The y TitSn,
| SIR: The employment of women in the De.
| partments at Washington has attracted considerable
attention. II is till regarded experimental and in
the Interior Department 10 about TO be given up
failure II is stated that exSeereary Dana and many
other men of liberal views in favor Of the exclusion
of women from all the Departments That there Is good
ground for serious dissatisfaction none DO more
deeply, bitterly sensible than myself but this expert
ment so important in solving the world wide problem
Of Woman's right and capacity 10 earn honorable
living by honorable labor that the friends of humanity
should insist upon fair trial before judgment is pro
nounced.
Washington u.s. perhaps the very worst place In the
country in which TO make any great pioneer movement
in reference TO womans social position. 1t s TO all in
tents and purposes Southern city. and the center Of
snoblsm Hero the focus OF that system Of education
South which makes all labor degrading and OF our
mon school education North which teaches that manual
labor is at most to be regarded means Of reaching
the Presidential chair As our boys and all
expecting to be Presidents, 30 our girls and
women must all hold themselves ready to preside
In tho White House, and IN no city In the world can
honest industry be more at discount than in this
capital OF the Government tho people. Perhaps two
thirds OF all important places In the Departments are
held by Southern men men who. by long residence
here, have become thoroughly Sonthernized. II tho
freelabor system for men. In the Rebel States meets
its principal obstacle in the ignorance Of the employers
what must be the difficulties thrown III tho way OF the
frce.labor system for women. by men whose entire habit
OF thought regards the as slaves. drawing room
dviniies toys or the clerks employed here. there
IL not in twenty who can go 20 u room where
women are employed, aid transact any business with
one OF them without in way reminding her Of her
womanhood. They Sorry TO trouble the ladies',
or they Hope the ladies are quito we'll or. IL In
pity 20 have ladies shut up in offices such beautiful
weather" or at is bad for ndics TO come out in such
unpleasant weather." In way. the ladies arc 10
be deferred 10 encouraged. and their shortcomings
excused because they ladies. The idea OF treating
them as copysts and clerks. simply this and nothing
more-is beyond the mental caiber Of almost any
with whom they are brought into personal relations,
while the ladies In their dependent position. feeling no
assurance OF continued employment any settled prin
cpe naturally resort to personal favoritsm az means
Of getting bread.
Few.reaect thatithe man who most readily excuses
bor delinquency Ii the very man, Of al others most
likely 70 report " the hesd ol he Department against
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
SCIENCE.


The telescope, which resolves nebula int
stars and stars into suns which peoples the blue rna
nent with myriad worlds, is not more wonderful tina
the little microscope, which reveals "the grand i'm
mensity Of litteness" When it came into mans pos
session 1t was as though second Columbus hal
appeared, announcing the existence Of new world
and not merely. The microscope reveals in singh
drop of globe peopled, according Gutenberg
with five hundred millions of living creatures difieren
from anything which man has seen before 1t show
every bit Of clay and stone every leaf and bud
flower, q world crowded with its busy muiudes
The substance of these snimalcule is usually trans
parent that the internal structure is vsbleeven the
act OF digestion be watched and the food traced
from its mouth to its passage into the internal cavities
The eggs also can be within the bodies Thus the
microscope has silently overhrown mans theories cI
the explanation Of vital phenomena and has furnished
materials for their true elucidation.
The microscope teaches man the structure of trees
and the they best serve in the affairs Of fe BY it
he learns the elements entering into particular soils
and is enabled to supply those fertilizers necessary to
Che production Of the desired CROP The accuracy with
which the microscope detects counterfeit bills and
forged manuscripts authorizations in food and liquors
render this instrument valuable ally of Justice.
To the physician this instrument is an invaluable as
sstant 1t explains why the blood from one animal
injected Into the system Of another of the same species
dying from the loss of blood is successful in preserving
tfe. while that from different species miserably fails
1t enables him to procure pure food and medicines for
hs patients pointing with unerring accuracy TO any
slllteraton which they may contain. 1t teaches him
Che Of cutaneous diseases and surface protuber
spces. DR.. Andrew Clarke. after having carefully
studied the appearances Of sputa from patients under
mis- care says that the microscopic inspection Of ex
pectoration affords at very early period Of consump
zion. definite information, not otherwise attanable
regarding the nature Of the malady and at all times
must furnish valuable aid in forming prognOsis re-
garding the causes Of the complaint"
But we are wandering from the design OF this paper.
which Ia 10 present few anecdotes collected from
sous sources Illustrating the importance and power Of
the microscope.
While the great Prussian mIcroscopst, EhreDberg.
travelling through India he fell into conversation
with Brahmin. whose religious faith forbade him
aking life OF any kind eating Of that which had
possessed life. Ebrsnbcrg. wishing to demonstrate 10
he Brahmin the sbsurdity Of his belief exhibited by
he microscope the world Of animacue life contained
o snngle drop ofwatsr.
''AIAs r ssid the poor BraLmin In despair. "yon
ave ssspeysd " happiness, end Wy LIE ESQ., ter !!
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05

Mr.. Thomas L. Eliot, son of the Rev; m o. The
C. Eliot ID. d. the pioneer Unitarian last week at
West was ordained to the gospei nv Inc Rev. Me-
81 Louis. The sermon was pfeaoneo "
Staples Of Milwaukee.
Thomas L. Huntley, tlght,reps "a P1 last ".
fel from rope IN the Wilmington .hs sornsr V(sss@
tho bsrcpss 10 rM Instantly husS Mss a"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
COLORED SCHOOLS IN InE SOUTH.

This table does not pretend TO be accurate bu penu
ing the official report (Which IL is 10 be hoped W 20
as complete possible in this branch OF sa.s''S ~
claims 10 be fair estimate in general hgurss' Say
that from 200 TO $50 schools for coioied peopo Nv
nresent operation in tho South where no SCHOOLS tx
isted before and grand result Of progre" Is SHOWN
THE FREEDMEN AT WORK
Such result suggests In itself that the treedmen'
whose children 60 to school, must DO far better work
men than ever. Deriving such facts as We can IRON
tho only census in the Sou,htho work OF the Freed
mems Bureau is not much to say that In all cases
whore treated with ordinary fairness the freedman mas
imnroved teufold a. workman and even this measure
at progress y ssa. compared 70 what prosperity we
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05

The negoes-first to greet the war in its adj
vancewero the last seen In its departure and in this
rcsembled their cause which was the beginning and
end Of the Last to leave tho old camping ground
they remained by the ashes Of the campfire long after
Scared Arabs OF soldiers had folded their tents and
,ramped away. The subsidence OF war left a great
many OF them stranded with the general wreck OF tho
South. They had come ont Of the wildernesscs and
wastes Of the South seeking their way mothlIke to the
lbcrty.light Of the bivouac daring to be runa
ways. others abandoned and with help for H. the
lame and old and weak. Sometimes the poor ghost OF
coniraband groaned from the clump OF tree the
edge OF Georgia cano-brake. TIL q Yankee sentinel
took pity on him. In the camp genuine
hcro.worshippers. The great hegira Of tho negroes
yet undescribcd as 1t should be- is tho magnifccntly
groteSquo episode Of Shermans march. whose history
must DO illuminated with the campfire. and those
strange groups which gathered In the light and ahadow.
whore the hpsng piastysfs fV aad psN were % many
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
THE FREEDMEN.

The Lnss Log at she Camp Fire-sea Island
Wanderers-A Census Of Freedmen
Acknowledgements Behind the Get.
ton Bale-A Tcnfeld Profile iency Of Ln.
bor-smnil Farmers In Demand
"Land for tho Lnndlrss"-FreehsIdf for
atlOu.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-12-05
Of freedom. guarded BY impartial justice v,u.-

Of freedom, guarded By impartial iust,cs -w-t
Tho ,oho, ~ tho son,h Tn No,.h cs-.s mepN Il
ins ' nris,sns and wiss;.s,r,i tssoA bouACa1
freedman agents. are thoronsRv oN us .stess s@S q
msnsa vaus IN the sonth ~ vSo o;s ~ N
WorTirs On n,antations owuod a.. ynen 4 hbo.5
LACED os soId 70 Nortberneys =, w sno oovems1ts
oan nnrcbasa thew bs 70 shown 'osoa uscts tAe
all comparison Of former time. The rnouss 10
o e, has made many OF them rieh accerdins&
earned by MANY of the Sea Island S,a sa yeas "
way the essees owners buying the cotton ,, \. n
Individual account; sha ; sena,ns North. PsssdnsS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Nr. Colfax and his companions in his
josfney to the Pacific, Lieut.. Gov. Bross
u mons, and Mr.. Bowles of n. Y.
ref@fned home via the Isthmus by the
steamer New York, which reached New
York. which reached New York last Sat
urd day morning Mr.. Richardson of the
New York Tribune of the original party.
remained in California, and proposes to
visit Idaho and Montana before returning.
Ills health is not yet re-established, and
he may even pass the winter on the Pa
cifc coast. Mr.. Colfnx and his other
friends come back in greatly improved
health, and with ever.appreciatng and
increasing delight with their remarkable
summers journey Their trip home by
sea was made in Il days, and the run
from Aspinwall to New York was ac-
complished by the steamer New York in
quicker time than it was ever done before.
She is a new vessel, tins is her first trim,
and she steamed over 300 miles day on
the average, and ran from port to port in
Six and onc-half days.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27
JOHN PATTEN, Jr., PROPRIETOR.

The Dsciiic Hotel is well anil widely known n
the travelling public. The location is especially
suitable to merchants and business men; |, is in
close proximity to the business part q the CITY
is on tho highway Of Southern and Western travel
land adjacent to all tho principal Railroad and
Steamboat depols.
The Pacific has liberal accommodation FOR over
200 Guests; it Is well furnished, and possesses
every modern Improvement for the comfort snd
entertainment Of its inmates. The rooms are
spacious and we'll ventated provided with gas
and water; the attendance is pronpt AM respect
ful; and the table is generously provided with
every delicacv OF the season.
Tie subscriber who, for the past few years has
been the lessee is now sole proprietor, and inteuds
to identify himself thoroughly with the interests
Of his house. With long experience as hotel
keeper, ne trusts, nv moderate charges and lih-
eral policy to maintain the favorable reputation
of the Pacific Hotel.
Nh To prevent ovsrcAaSs by Hsckmen. the
coaches of the Hotel are own~l bv the proprietor.
es,t JOHN PA1TfS, Jr.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Secretary MCCULLOUGH has ordered all
the 500 compound interest notes oe the
lssuc OF May Is, 1864, which havc
lately been so successfully counterfeited.
Held as government funds by assistant
tteasurers and government depositories, I'd
b Immediately forwarded to Washing
ton He designs to withdraw them all
frpm circulation as soon as possible, and
supply their place with others. Great
efertions are being made by the treasury
department, and also by the American
bank note company, by which the gem
uine notes were engraved, to discover
how so successful and dangerous coun-
terieit was accomplished.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Dispatches from our consul at Consian
tinople state that the cholera IS feariully
on the increase these, the deaths reaching
ms high as 1900 and 1000 per day. The
epidemic has appeared in several new
places, The dispatches were perforated
and fumegatcd, so as to prevent them
from being medium for spreading the
disease.
Our consul at Smyrna in letter of
August 10, says the cholera mortality
there is steadily on the increase and its
ravages are alarming. 1t is stated in an
other communication that the cholera has
appeared at Majorca and our consul says
the scourge is still advancing eastward.
There is no doubt that number of cases
had occurred at Port Mahon. The con-
sui at Barcelona reports that from Aug.
"a to Aug. 81 the number Of deaths from
cholera in that city averaged AZ per day
On the LIST of September there were AZ
deaths.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

A log about thirty feet long, which a
pair of horses were drawing, got ''set''
directly across the railroad track, three
miles from South Vernon, on the II. X.
Friday, and the passenger train coming
up struck the log and threw it entirely
clear from the track, The engineer had
seen it, whistled for the brakes and re-
versed his engine, 20 that the speed of the
train was reduced to about 10 miles per
hour. No damage was done.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

THE LATEST SENSATION. New
York World of Friday gives a page to
startling and improbable sensation nara
tive, purporting to have been written by
Pedmontese named Tagiare, of the dis
covery by himself and others of large
diamonds and fabulous amounts of
othor precious stones. including Ntopaz.
cmeraldS and sapphires IN the Mount
Cennis Tunnel under the Alps. One of
their number clrimed the whole, and WAS
murdered by some of the others. Then
all the excavating machinery was des-
troyed and the work stopped. The 9TH
ers went away with a large amount of
gold, and he hid his most valuable gems
Offering one for sale at Suza he was ac-
cused of the murder of an English travel.
er named Stonewold, in consequence of
the resemblance between TIE diamond of
fered for sale and the one he had Es-
Gaping from prison he was again arrested
at Maseiles, previously handing his
narrative to Mr.. Fntwisle, an American
citizen there. The French and Italian
papers announce the stoppage of the work
on the tunnel and the appointment Of NJ.
Fronzute. lawyer, before whom it is
alleged Tagliare's narrative was sworn,
to the dictatorship Of the tunnel The
Italian 9nd French governments are said
to be dividing the spells, and to have no
desire TO let the public know the richness
of their discoveries. 1t does very well
for a story.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

THE CROPS - Hon. Isaac Newton,
Commissioner of Agriculture, authorizes
the following statement as TO the condi-
ton of the crops on the LIST of September.
The wheat crop has received no addition.
al injury from weather since his report
for last month, but the quality of the
crop is not good, especially in the West
ern States, where il suffered by blight
and rust as we'll as by the wet weather,
during the harvest Of the old whea,
on hand there is not as much as supposed
in the hands Of the farmers, for much Of
it WIS bought in July and August. In
the Eastern and Middle States there was
but little at any fine during the summer
The crop received no injury from the wet
weather, and it may be regarded as one
Of the largest ever raised in this country.
The injury to the hay in the West was
very great. In the East it received but
little damage from the wet weather
Generally the quality is COOP, except in
the States Of Ohio, Illinois and Missouri.
The corn crop, Swing to the continued
heat and moisture of the weather has not
received material injury. In the west it
is regarded as the greatest crop raised.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27
d L f. d

In this town, Friday, Sept. %, Lizzie Fuller
age! 20 years aud : DAYS.
In iiridport. at the residence Of c. 4. Wicker,
Esq, Sept. 18th, Mrs. Sally Pettibone, aged Is
years.
In Parish. Oswego county, y. Y. at the resi-
dence OF his daughter, Mrs lang'ion, on the l0,h
inst, Dea. Samuel johnson VI this village, asei
- years.
In Wevbrdgc, on the 9th inst. Thomas d
Waugh, aged 46 YEARS.
In Bridport, Sept. 20th, Of typhoid dysentery,
Willard Barbour, aged 80 wears.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

The Newport, VT, Express has the
following doubtful compliment 10 the legal
profession. Speaking of Mr.. Owen, who
has lately soourned in Newport. it says
MIR. Owen is an eminent New York
Lawyer, but though lawyer by profess
sion, yet he is II christian piilanthropist,
and a leading member ola Presbyterian
church.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

The directors of the Atlantic telegraph
company have unanimously accepted the
offer of the telegraph construction com
pany to manufacture and lay down new
cable and complete the present one, so ms
u have two perfect cables between Ire.
land and Newfoundland next summer
The manufacture of the new cable has
commenced, and the work is being done
with the utmost care.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Maj. Gen. Henry w. Slocum, tho
New York democratic candidate for Sec
rotary Of state, has sent a dispatch to
Dean Richmond announcing his accept
ance of the democratic nomination. The
general says he indorscs the platform, ac-
cepts the nomination and hopes to be home
before October.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27
DACIFIC HOTEL,

ITO, 172, ia & lT6 Greenwich ST.,
ZONE SQUARE WEST or BROADWAY
BETWEEN CoyRTLANDS and pIY STREETS,
n W NEw York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Oysters are to be very plenty this sea-
son, and the reason is, that along the
shores of Virginia are vast beds of the BIZ
valves that have lain undisturbed during
the last four years, with nothing to do
but to grow large and get fat.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

AT the wool-growors' meeting held in
connection with the New England Fair
Mt Concord, it was determined to have a
grand strengthening exhibition next
Spring, the time and place and premiums
to be hereafter liked upon and announced
by the President and Secretaries of the
Society.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27
Mo PAY WILL BE REQUIRED,

! Y unless perfect Satisfaction Is given, and even
then moderate prices will he ehan,ei-
shall remain in this place new DAYS; hoping
NAV supply some of the Photographic wants Of
this and adjoining towns.
Those wishing Ambrotypes or Carries de visitcs arc
invited to give me call at my Saloon, and arc
assured no pains will he spared to make the1 vsit
both agreeable and profitable.
2Gw3 A. V. BROWN, Pho<exra pher
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

John Minor Bolts has written another
letter to Virginia, advising them to elect
men to the next Congress who have been
mixed up in The late rebellion. Any
Others, he assures them. will not DO ad-
mitted TO the next Congress.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

The election in California. On Wedncs-
bay last was very quiet, and but light
vote was polled in San Francisco the
vote Vas nine thousand less than in No
vember last. All the large cities elected
members Union of the Legislature.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

The iron interests o. this country look
exceedingly prosperous. Prices have ad-
vanced verv largely and are tending up
war Is. 1t is stated that there is not n
single ton OF iron in the whole I.chich
valley remaining unsold at the present
day.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

No JoKE.-Harper's Magazine for
September has an illustrated poem COM
mencing-
Sweet is the voice that calls
From babhling waterfalls"
No joke is intended however.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

ESTRAY.-Came into the enclosure
IL of the subscriber, on the Goth inst, a mi
yearlimg heller with white face. The owner is re
quested to pay charges and take her away.
II. q. PRITCHARD-
Middlebury Sent 25, 1865. 26tf
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

HORSES.
Pair Matched Horses.
lst, G. Ticknor, 400
%. II. +. Dean, 800
Single Driving Horses.
lst. Il. w EclIs, 800
~, VIM. II belong, 200
Stations four year old anil upward.
LIST, Jonas Hemmcrway, 400
Stations three years old.
+. +. Fletcher, 800
Brood Mares.
1st, Jonathan Seeley, 800
81, l.. D. Twitchell, 200
Sucking Colts
1st, w. ID. Bell, 200
81, G. Abernethy, LOO
Mare or Ceiling three year old.
lst, ;. a. Smith, 200
81. NJ. J. Ellsworth. 100
Mare or Gelding two year old.
LIST, Isaac Alden, 200
2d, J. a. Foot, 100
Stations one year old.
LIST, Il. A. Graves, 200
I'd, Henry Carrier, 100
Fast Horses.
1st, Gardner Wainwright; $500
Saddle Horses
1st, II. w. Hammond, 800
ID, Jos. }attell, 200
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27
List OF Premiums Awarded Mt the Adj
Olson County Fair. 1865.

CATTLE.
Durham or Hereford Cor.
1st, J. p. Douglas, 81, 90
Dcron or AYRSHIRE Coz 3 year old or up
rdrd.
n lst, II. F. Hayden, 400
Alderncy Cow. I
1st, }. 6. Wellington, 800
Alderney Bull,
1st, Stewart & Wellington 500
Bull Calf any variety.
1st, J. G. Wellington, 200
Heifer Calf, any variety.
j. G.. Wellington, 200
Hcifcr two year old of any breed.
John Caldwell, 200
lIeifer one year old of any breed.
j. p. Douglas, 100
Working oxen.
LIST, Austin Dana, 400
ID, VIM. IIurlburt, 800
Yoke of four year old oxen.
LIST, A. III. Spery, 800
Ten yoke of oxen from one town.
LIST, Cornwall, 1000
Yoke Of three year old Steers.
1st, NJ. G. Foote, 500
Yoke of two year old Steers.
II. ID. Farr. 200
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

T ES'r OF LETTERS REMAINING,
IL in the Post Office, Middlebury, VT, sept. %,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-09-27

Persons calling for any OF the above letters,
will please say advertised.
j. COBB. r. NJ.