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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-03-13
DIED.

On the evening Of the 18th inst after or1e
illness, Mrs. AN \ ADAMS IN the olst yeA'
Of her age.
Glow bcst the righteous when she died.
When sinks a weary soul to rest;
How mildly beam the closing eyes:
How gently heaves the expiring breast
Mg~ The friends Of the family, are lnvl5ee ~
attend her funeral, on to-morrow, luesoSS.3
aftern Don, at half-past three o'clock, from A''
formerresidence, No. H. Water street.
WASHINGTON Star and Baltimore Sun copy.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

! PRovERBs OF THE BILLINGS FAMILY
PRESERVED By JOSHUA BILLINGS. Don't
swap with your relations unless you
ken afford to give them the biggest end
of the traid.
Mary yung, and, if circumstance re-
quire it often.
II you can't git fine cloaths, and edi-
cation too, git the cloaths fust.
Say chow are you to everybody.
Cultivate modesty, but mind and
have a good stock of impudence on
hand.
BE charitable-three cent pieces
were made for purpose.
Don't take anybody's advice except
your own.
1t costs more to borrow than to buy.
If man hatters you, you can kali
kilate be is a roag or fule.
Keep both eyes open, but don't say
morn half your nose
When you pray, pray right to the
center of the mark.
Don't mortify the flesh too much;
twasn't sores on Lasserus that sent
him up to heaven.
III you itch for fame go inter
graveyard, and scratch yourself agin a
tume-stun.
Young men, be more anxious about
the pedigree you're going to leave than
You ar about the one somebody left yu.
l wud say to all young men, $50
in, and TO old fellers "Git out"
AS good way to get rich as any is
to run in dept two hundred thousand
dollars, and then go to work and pay
your depts. Filossofers tell us the
world reyolyes on its own axis, and
Josh Billings tells us that full half the
folks on airth think they are the axis.
\. b. These ere proverbs have stood
a hundred years, and han't gin out yit /
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

EVERYTHING WoRS OUr.--Thc dwell
ing houses of the South present
strange appearance in their furniture
and household equipments. Every
thing has been mended, and generally
in the rudest style. Window-glass has
given way to thin boar Is, and these
are in use in railway coaches and
in cities Furniture is married and
broken. and none has been re-
placed in four years. Dishes are &C.
mented in various styles and half the
pitchers have tin handles A complete
set of crockery is never seen, and in
very few families is there enough left
to set table in a manner approach
ing gentlity. A set of forks with
whole tines is a curiosity. Clocks and
watches have nearly all stopped. Car
pets have gone for army blankets.
Pianos, where any are owned, are ter
ribly out of tune. Clothing, including
hats, bonnets, and ladies' and cli,-
dren's shoes, are nearly all home
made. Hair-brushes and tooth
brushes have all worn out, combs are
broken and are not yet replaced; pins,
needles, thread, and thousand such
articles, which seem indispensable to
housekeeping are very scarce. Even
in weaving on the looms, corn-cobs
have been substituted for spindles.
Few have pocket-knives. In fact eve
rything that has been an article of
sale at the South is wanting now. At
the tables of those who were once es-
teemed luxurious providers, you will
find neither tea, coffee, sugar, nor
spices of any kind. Even candles, in
some cases, have been replaced by ~
cup of grease, in which piece of
cloth is plunged for wick. TIE
problem which the South has to solve
has been, not how to be c",nfortalle
during the war, but he = 20 live at all.
The state of thir rs which this indi-
Gates wiz NO disappear rapidly. Ne'-
,her " AS season nor the next can
Or .ng the era of comfortable living
All are reduced to the same leve'
are poor together. ,,ne b,vo credit
rev INV how to work, and most are
dependent. There is nothing in tho
habits, education, or past history of
the South that will justify the hope
that her people will be equal to the
emergency which is upon them. The
help of the North alone will ever
cause life to enter the body of this
death again
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
The Window on the Porch.

How came the window open on that
stormy morning 1t was the old, old
story Of young hearts and old heads.
Two young people falling in love with
each other; person in the shape Of n
father disappearing; the lover poor
the father rich; the girl divided be-
tween duty and affection; and Love
triumphins in the long run, as he gen
orally does.
This was why the parlor window
stood wide open that stormy morning.
Tor at twelve the night before she had
come down to him, wrapped in white
lurs and a crimson hood, and sobbed,
'Oh, Charles, am very, very wicked,
and unless papa forgives me, God new
er will" which theological statement
Charles combated brayely, and proved
beyond a doubt (to his own heart at
least that there was no harm in mar
9ing whom one loved.
Trembling and sobbing softly, tho
there was no danger of being hee
amidst the gusts of wind and the
creaking of the bare elm branches
she let him lead her on tenderly oyel
me soft snow until dark object un-
Ger the trees slowly developed itself tc
uelr eyes as sleigh and two horses
ana an old driver, who had been beat
,n5 ms arms against his breast to
keep himself warm, helped the lady
with gluif sort of sympathy. And
away they glided, the black horses be-
ioie them, and Janet's head lying upon
ouariies breast, and her little fur
''"o form nestled close TO his. They
we're foolish little people, but not
wicked whom those black horses
|"'rled over the snow to Hymen's al
''' 'hat bitter winters night SO long
ago.
"hen they found that balcony win
ro| open in the gray mornings dawn
ana found also penitential letter
~ with tears, and an empty bed
pillows of which had not been
p'eo' pursuit was useless: for Ja-
49,, grey had promised TO love honor
yor. 1oey Charles Oliver, and he had
aoan N 10 love and cherish her until
N'aI l did them part
sFe them-neyerl" SO pas
mo mate old Robert Grey vowed with
h my an expletiye not to be written
aefe' Forgive her The sernen,
last ~ IN his bosom to sting him al
from his heart and his home
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
,rrs nr AnXERTIsINC
MILLIONS LAST POEM.

THE following beautiful poem is
from the Oxford edition of NTilton's
Works. and as tie work is rare and
the lines comparatively unknown, we
reproduce them:
am old and am blind
Men point to me as smittenby Gods frown-
Afflicted and deserted Of my mind
Ye, | am not cast down.
am weak, yet, dying,
lmurmur not that | no longer see:
Poor. Old and helpless, tho more belong,
Father supreme, to Thce,
O. morciful One
When men are farthest, then Thou art most
When friends pass coldly by; my weakness shnn,
Thy chariot haar.
Thy glorious face
Is lsaniug towards ino, and its holy light
Shines ia upon my lonely dvelliug-place,
And there is no more night
on my beaded knee
Irccaguize Thy purpose clearly shown.
N,ri-.n Ihau hast dimmel. that ] may see
Ihysef lhssolf alone.
hay3 nausht 20 fear.
mi. darkness is the shadow OF Thy wing,
Beuath it ana almost sacred here,
Cam come no e,il thing.
Oh seem 90 stand
Trembling where foot Of mortal never yet hath
been.
Wrapped in the radiance Of Thy siuless hand
Which eye hath never seen.
Visions come and 20:
Shapes Of resplendcnt beauty round nae throng;
Nom aag. lips seem TO hoar the How
O.sof, and holy song
Il is nothing now,
When Heaven is opening ON my sghtloss eyes,
Whom ATS from Paradise refresh nay brow,
That earth in darkness lies.
IN pure CLINE
n, being dis with rapture waves IF thought
R7. upon my spirit; strains -nhlinc
Break over me uas0usht.
Give me now my lyrc
iee the siIuing- Of gif, divine.
within my bosom CLOVIS unoarthly fire,
Lit by uo slill NJ mime
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

WoMAN's TEMPER. No trait of char
acter is more valuable in a female
than the possession of sweet temper.
Some can never be happy without it.
1t is like the flowers that spring up in
our pathway, reviving and cheering
us. Let a man go home at night,
wearied and worn by the tolls of the
day, and how soothing is word die
tated by good disposition. 1t is
sunshine falling upon his heart He
is happy, and the cares of life are for
gotten. a sweet temper has sooth-
ing influence over the minds of
whole family. Where it is found in
the wife and mother, you observe
kindness and love predominating over
the natural feelings of the heart.
Smiles, kind words, and looks charac-
terize the children, and peace and
love have their dwellings there.
Study, then, to acquire and retain a
sweet temper 1t is more valuable
than gold; it captivates more than
beauty, and to the close of life it re-
tains its freshness and power
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

BAD CoMPANY.-M and women
girls and boys, feel instinctively when
they have fallen in with dangerous as
associates. If they choose to remain
amongst them they are lost So, in
high tides, barks of light draught float
over the quicksand ); in summer,at low
tide the venturous boys aud yonng peo-
pie will cricket thereupon; but neither
can remain long in the neighborhood.
The time comes when the sands are
covered with thin surface of water,
and beneath is the shifting, loose, wet
earth, more dangerous and treacher-
GUS than spring tide ice; and then it
is that to touch is to be drawn in, and
to be drawn in is death So it is with
bad company.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

SPARE THE BIRDS. We know Of moth
ing more cruel and heartless than the
Wholesale slaughter of the small birds,
SO common in many of our towns.
The farmer owes more to birds than
he is apt to admit. They destroy in
Vulnerable insects which would prey
upon his fruits and injure his crops.
If the robin, the cherry-bird, the cat
bird, or any other, is disposed to make
dive at the strawberry bed or the
cherry tree, there are modes of pre-
venting them from taking ALL If they
want few, better let them have them
than to kill them. 49, Massachusetts,
Pioughman.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

MARRIAGE. Deceive not thyself by
oyer-expecting happiness in the mar
ried state. Look not therein for con
tentment greater than God will give,
or a creature in this world can receive,
namely, to be free from all inconyen-
fences. Marriage is not like the hill
Olympus, wholly clear, without clouds.
Remember the nightingales, which
sing only some months in the spring,
but commonly are silent when they
have Matched their eggs, as if their
mirth were turned into care for their
young ones.--( Old Fuiier.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
An Englishman ON our National
Debt.

DcDt.
We take the following interesting
and cheering remarks from a speech
made by one Of the English capitalists
now visiting this country, Sir Morton
Peto, at the banquet given recently at
Meadville, Penn, by gentlemen con-
nected with the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad.
you have made great sacrifices for
your country. You have expended
treasure and blood in support of the
great principles of human freedom,
and believe that, deeply as we may
deplore the blood which has flowed,
the result Of the struggle will be to
cement bond of union which no flu
tuIe time win ever sever. The world
says you have Accumulated mighty
debt. Well, the figures do look large;
but it may be some consolation to
know that your debt is not so large as
ours, the figures being as eight hund-
red million pounds sterling to six
hundred million pounds sterling. The
interest at present will be at n greater
rate of charge in your country than
our own; but such is the enormous OK
tent Of your territory, and such It's
rapid development, and such, be-
licve the self-reliant attitude of your
people, that no difficulty will arise in
your meeting the annual charge. Our
own progress as a nation was shown
to be so great in recent speech by
Mr. Gladstone, that, by the showing
of the people themselves in their in
come tax, and property returns, the
increase in ten years has exceeded the
total value of our entire national debt.
Look at the railway whose completion
we are celebrating. Why, it has cost
one-sixtieth of your entire national
debt, and yet it has been subscribed
mainly by foreign capitalists during
the period of your struggle, and the
receipts show it to be highly remu
neratiye investment. When l look to
the enormous Development and ra- "A
increase of the population ar rooltl
of your country ] g. !,
stance, at the oil de
lonaoa 50 -o-day where saw evi
prospo u'leA"ilPieu ."eaitii "nC
Nv in one place, where, on the LIST o
/ June last, not single shanty hac
been erected, at the present time, oil
] this 9th of September, four hundre,
houses finished and inhabited, tw,
churches built, six banks established
: two telegraph stations, and the exten
: sion of the Atlantic and Great West
| ern Railway, began only four month";
, since, within a month of its compile
NIbil nAN Siis NHtli ott nuCll luClf
as these, there is nothing in your deb
which need create any anxiety or make
you feel you have incurred response.
bility which you cannot honorably
meet. ! say, sir, though we cannot toe
much deplore all the bloodshed and
its consequences, there is nothing foi
you to deplore in your future. You
have only to base your taxation equi-
tably, fairly, and in such transpa-
rently honest way that every class may
see that none are excepted and none
are unfairly treated. Be true to your
selves, and the world will not be slow
to appreciate your position and do
you full justice.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

Gas An unsocial old Snarl says that
love is a combination of diseases-an
affection of the heart and an intlam-
nation of the brain.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

bts- Archbishop Leighton said he
loved a life divided between ascend
ing up to heaven to procure blessings.
and descending to diifuse them upon
earth x1 yb
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

she had gone of her own free will, and
an exile from both she must remain
forever
She had married sailor second
mate of the Bonnie Lassie, who made
voyages to the East Indies and brought
home cargoes of spices and sweet
scented woods and fruit and rare con-
fections, but who did not always bring
home those who went with her; for in
those warm ATTITUDES, fevers are rife
and many n sailor in his hammock
shroud has hoated from his moorinps
to the Spice Islands, while at home
many a young wife has watched for
the good ship which should return
her husband to her never more.
Three months of innocent delirium.
the world seeming made for them.
and only lovers wo thy to breathe its
air. Then came the awakening Burly
Captain Thomas broke the dream with
his "Ahoy, messmate, whore away p
They were rambling together in the
shady paths of Washington Parade
Ground, and he came upon them.
How are you, Captain? Glad to
see you. This is my wife And how
proud he was to show the pretty child
with her long curls and blue eyes and
dainty waist, and waxen white hands
with ner sixteen happy summers hard
ly told upon her brow
The Captain bowed Heered you
was spliced,' he said 'You couldn't
have moorcd alongside pretter
craft, my lad Though she don't look
as though she would weather through
"a storm Never expect to follow your
example myself though The Bonnie
Lassio is my wife. You know She sails
to-day week
A. oy, said Charlie, why should
forget 2
'samat better to think on, praps,'
said the Captain Fair weather, ship
mate Respects mum.
And away he went feet wide apart,
hands ia both pockets aud gait that
one Of who, used to ii rolling vessel,
seems when ON land always to expect
the world to giyea sudden lureh, and
~ho tries to be on his guard against it.
Janet looked up into Charles face
with fearful eyes.
what did be mean, Charlie ?
lie is Captain Thomas, of the Bon
ME Lassic, love.
'NeHY
That's all, dear.
Aud the Bonnie Lassie is your ship?
Yes
And she sails tomorrow week 2
To-Day week
Eharlle
love
oi course the horrible 'Aousn' ne5-
eF entered your in'l0 % gong "''"
her
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80 '"' ''', '"0 ~ ~ y,
De 80 c'uei uS 10 ie",o ,io' "'' ''''
l reaiiy 'ninA snail '4e'
Her pretty oaoy lace was SO WI &c
and wan, and her hands SO G" ii. that
he was frightened. The CO..
mon \ bench together AZ 49, ~.
nieodad 70 on with ~.
with him anywhe = a,,l H., o.
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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13

g@1- An old lady wants to know, if
the compass has needle of thirty
two points, how long it would take u
woman with such needle to make
shirt.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
Morals OF New York City.


The New York Express presents the
following revolving feature of the in
creasing Generalization of society in
New York city:
HOW DIVORCES ARE PROCURED.
When either party wishes to pro-
cure a divorce, they go to an Attorney,
who issues summons to the dcfen-
dant to appear within twenty days,
and serve copy of the answer in time.
If, at the lapse of twenty days, no
answer has been received, an affidavit
of the service of the summons, and
the fact that no answer has been re-
received, is presented to a Judge of a
Court of Record, who thereupon refers
the case to a referee to take proof, SC
This proof consists of proving the
commission of the act of adultery
either positively or circumstantially,
the marriage between the parties,
their residence in this State and non
collision. On the coming in of the
referees report certifying to this state
Of facts, a decree of divorce is general
ly granted. This system has led to a
great deal of abuse, and given rise to
a class Of men known as
DIVORCE LAWYERS.
These men have always on hand a
triple set OF witnesses. One set al
ways serves the summons, (the prin-
cipal step or at last swears he does
on the opposite party Another set
is party implicated, and confesses it;
if male, with a great reluctance; if a
female, for the witnesses are of both
sexes, with yelled features and an
emotional voice "I-I-forgot myself. -
The other set do the miscellaneous
swearing, such as having been pres
ent at the ceremony, heard confess
sion, &c. There is a regular scale Of
prices for these little affairs, gradual
cd according to the time and pocket
Of the parties 1t not unfrequently
happens that husband and wife, be-
ing tired of each other. or having an
affinity for another mortal, agree to
get divorced. Easily done; a toss-up
as to who committed the adultery, the
papers are served, sworn to, referred,
proof taken, and the parties are at
liberty to wander on their own sweet
way within thirty days from the time
of commencing the suit. SO profta-
BILE has this business become, that
well-known advertising lawyer
to have realized $4,000 W cn
months.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
THE TRANSCRIPT.
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YIN, ling the paper by the carrier, 30 cents in
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81 1rlaycd bcyond six months.
u inner discontinued until all arreara gcs are
..;d rxeept at tho option of the Publisher.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
fr,,vsft~T ADvEnr1sEMENrs Per squt re Of II
,.. cr .ss. Of ths type, for first iusc rtion -
.,t.t for each subsequent insertion, - c'nts,
rho number Of insertions must 6e marked on
N ordered ont Transient Advertisements to
he paii for is advance
liberal discount win be made on the
4 i've rates to those Advertising by the year.
rtsAL NOTICES viii be inserted at ~ cents per
Nac.
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
A Gp~

D., :. AT RIVAL.
~ ,n0 ''''' ce lawyer however, is the
A"''-'D divorce. This is generally
III de use of with intent to commit a
fraud. The party interested leaves
home on a collecting tour, to visit
friends, pleasure trip, or any reason
bic excuse, sufficient to account for
an absence of two months. A visit
is paid TO an Indiana village, a petit
logger obtained, who draws the papers
which set forth the party to be an ac-
tual resident, and as this is always
served by publication" decree is
easily obtained. Perhaps some
months after the injured husband or
wife finds the partner of their bosom
living with another affinity. A suit
for divoce is commenced, and the de-
fence is "prior divorce. To tho cred
it Of our Courts, be it stated, that this
system is being frowned upon, and such
divorces are generally being divorced
by the Courts.
EFFECT OF sECREsY
BY rule Of the Supreme Court all
divorce cases, except by jury trial, are
kept secret, while in many cases this
is proper,and not Withdrawing the vel
of domestic secrecy to the public gaze,
yet, in many instances, it is one of the
principal aids to fraud, and helps law
yers and collusiye parties to burst
those bonds which the welfare of the
community demands once tied should
not be weakened except in very rare
cases.
The following statistics exhibit the
number of divorces from July, 1861,
to July, 1865;
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-12
NUMBER Is.

tured four cannons, an ambulance train,
baggage teams, 900 muskets, and 2S
battle flags.
The battle has opened tous the enemys
Hank, so that we can sweep down upon
the Appomatox and inside of his breast
works, enabling us to shorten our lines OF
intrenchments one-half and putting out
of Lees service fifteen thousand Of his
choicest troops; and all this, Gen. Sheri-
dan tells me, has cost him personally no
more than eight hundred ifen, aud the
service Of no more than fifteen hundred
men,
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-12

IF you see half dozen faults in a
woman, you may rest assured she has a
half dozen virtues to counterbalance them.
We love your faulty women, and fear your
faultless women. When you see what is
termed faultless womaps dread her as
you would beautiful snake. The bower
of conccaling the defects which she must
have, is, OF itself serious vice.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-12

"A wag being being told that an CID.
acquaiStance vas married, exclaimed, Il
am glad to hear it," But rejecting a
moment he added, in tone of compassion
and forgetfuluess, and yet / don't know
why | should be-he never did me any
harm"
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-12
And Walker kicked hrm out of bed.

PRINTERS AND DocToRs.-An East.
ern paper very justly comments on news
paper and medical credits
at is a notorious fact that doctors
bills and newspaper accounts in the sum
of almost every mans indebtedness which
he thinks of paying. Whatever may be
his ability to pay, no difference if his chest
be filed with old lslsty dollars dollars, he
thinks some indefinite time will do to set.
tie the aforesaid accounts. People some
how have tiaditionary notion that the
practice of a physician and the publishing
of newspapers are mere ameteur profes-
sions, followed for amusement's sake, and
for cost of which is little or nothing is ex.
pected Yet there is not in whole round
of business, as far as we know, more ex-
pensive employment than that of news.
paper"
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-12

Ransam, Of Hills corps, is mortally wound
ed and prisoner, and there is report,
which lacks confirmation, that Con. Hill
is killed.
1t has been generally r&marked by
surgeons that the proportion ofkilled and
severely wounded among our men, to the
number of slight injuries, is unusually
small. ~