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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

HINTS ON HEALTH.-Avod excess Of food.
the principal cause of dyspepsia. Five or
six hours should elapse between meals. Com
mercial and professional men should avoid long
fasting. Do no, hurry from dinner to business; |;
rest an hour afterward. Never eat things out
OF season, nor much of dishes to which you are
unaccustomed. Much liquid at dinner delays
digestion. Avoid intemperance. Water 10 the
most Who'll, some beverage. Fermented liquors
are highly injurious. Useful exertion is indis-
pensabe to health and happiness. Muscular
exercise, well regulated, 10 conducive to longev-
ity.
The sedentary should walk whenever they
have an opportunity. Never continue exercise
after it ha. become painful. Standing at .
high desk to write, when f.tigued with sitting,
will be found highly beneficial TO literary men.
The constant use of soft, stuffed is injuri.
rious Rooms in which the sedentary are en-
ployed, should be warmed by fires in open
CRATES, which assist ventilation not by steam,
hot water, gas, or close ovens. Never stand
or sit with Your back to the fire.
Mental excitenen, is on of the most preva-
lent causes of disease, producing dysPepsia,
mouomania, and insanity. Few things tend
proongaton of life, than the maintenance OF
"a calm, cheerfi. and contented state OF mind,
and the cultivation of feelings of affection.
Mental inactivity is scarcely less il furious than
excessive exercise. giving rise to ny pochondra-
sis. Ia the choice of professions the talents,
deposition and natural bent of mind of the in
divIiuals ought TO be studied.-CUTt0 on the
Pres!rUdfioa Of Health.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

SECRET OF MAGIC Robert Houdin oon-
cludes hl. memoirs with a chapter of Arab
miracles which are explained. Tne Aissaona
eat pounded glass Houdon pounded some for
himself and ate it, and he AYERS that his appe-
lite for his dinner was improved by the same.
They walk on red hot iron with bare fee', and
pass their tongues over white hot plates Of iron.
Professor Sementrici discovered that by rub
bipg into the skin solution of alum evaporated
to a spongy state, it was rendered insensble to
red.hot iron. He rubbed himself with soap,
found that even the hair id not burn He
rubbed the alum into his tongue, and Tapped
the glowing metallic surface without pain.
Houdon himself then tried passing his hands
slightly dampened, through stream OF melted
iron, and found, as others have done that il left
co scar on him.
An English conjurer used to thrust . sword
through his body, shove a knife up either nos
tril to the handle, and thus spitted sing q song.
Houdon bought the secret of the invuinerable,
and now divulges it. The performer was very
thin With wais,-belt be strapped his small
paun h tight down upon the vertebral column,
substituted a cardboard stomach for the COM
pressed part, covered all with flesh colored
lights ; between the true and false abdomed he
fastened scabbard, covered the apertures on
the sides with rosettes, placed a sponge hlled
with red liquid in the scabbard, and there
thrust his sword, which came out covered with
bogus blood, of course. The pug g-nosed mount
ebank enjoyed physical conformation which
permitted this delicate and frightful perform
ance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

. FINANCIAL Secretary McCul-
first of June is as follows: Debt bearing
coin interest, five per cent bonds, $l96 ,26l,- :
100 six per cent bonds of 1867 and 1868,
$I8 1923 ,591 six per cent fve-twenty bonds,
S695, 900 total debt bearing coin inter
est, Sl,l95, ,825,lyl. Debt bearing currency
interest, SIX per cent bonds, 1862 900 tenn
porary loan, Sl24, sol ,466 certificate of in
debtedness, 81, OPS 600; three years COM
pound interest notes, $l62Ol2, 140; three
years seven-,hirsy notes, $sl2, ,2sl 900; total
81 ,l47 ,222 ,227. Ma,ured deb, not presented
tor payment, $4,90O,429 debt bearing no
;nterest, United States notes. $402, ,128 ,31S
fractional currency, $27 ,334 ,9o5 gold GER
ti6cates S22, 56S, 800; total S452.O31 ,SO3
Total debt, $2.799 ,97o ,45O. Amount il
treasury, coin, $50, ,679 1857 treasury ,curren
oy, 70 oil ,l25 total $l29 ,69l 1888. Amoun
of debt less cash in the treasury, o., ,67O, ,28S,
367.
During the month of May "a 800 account
of paymasters, Indian agents, ordinance
bounty claims, &C., we're settled by E. B
Fr ench, second auditor of the treasury, tb'
whole involving the expenditure of GIG, ,495,
683 Naval prize claims, involving the sun
of 1lI, ,563, ,l3S, were settled The entire dis
bursements tor the army. navy and interio
departments in May were $s.3Ss 300. Th
receipts of internal revenue in May wer
e2l, ,7A $50.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

anees of that, and in determining to withdrew
from the House and stand asa candidate for
the Senate, we are confident ne is acting IN ac-
cordance with the views Of large majority OF
his constituents and We hope the people OF
the State will ratify that judgment.
In subsequent issue the Journal says:
The works done by public man are the trus
tests Of his power. Splendid abilities are sd-
mirable but their real value is to be measured
by what the man does. and Mr.. Morrill's good
WORKS mark his congressional career, as the fruit
trees are said to line the highways in Germany.
There is not an available spot in which Morrill,
has not planted his tree, and they are all fruit
full. Bring your great lawyers if you please; !;
we care rot how many, nor where you look Tor
them but don't brag about them until you ca1
find one why has done as hard, as successful
and as valuable work as the farmer and mer-
chant, who is the son of the Straford black
smith.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27
TERMS FOR ADvERTIsIHe.

For Square, Of ~ lines or less Of NonPerel Typ
insertion, 81 90 for each subsequent insertion
cents Unless the Der Of in nsertons are nerksd
the advertisement it will be continued till ordereo
Lber al discount made to merchants aLd osners
advertising By the
Probate and Commissioners' Notices ~ ,OC each.
For notices of Liberations, Estrays the Forms
Dissolution ~ Copartnerships. Sc, SI,eo eeen
for three II sent by mailthe money must
accompany the order
Notices in columns, 10 ce nts per line eaehin
sertion, but charge made of less tina n 50 cents
Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis
but extended Obituary Notices Poetry, viii Do
charged al hve cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27
He who watered the burrows can ripen the (
SUMNER REST. by Gail Hamilton. Boston :
Ticknor and Fields

SUxxER REsr. by Gail Hamilton. Boston ::
Ticknor and Fields.
There Is DO need to puff Gail Hamilton'e g
books. Gail has d reputation as well estab-
lished in It's way-although among more
limited class of readers-as Dickens. She is
one OF the most pungent, racy writer's OF these
times, sharp, witty, keenly satirical. seeing
clearly the comic and the serious side of life,
and able to describe it graphically, seeing If
possible more clearly the shams and hypocri-
sies of life, and delrghting in exposing them
In her relentless satire. she has already at
tained wide reputation one of the liveliest
and most versatile writ srs who have contri-
buted TO our current literature. Accordingly
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

WATER FOUNTAINS AND BEER SHoPs.-
Among the numerous crinking fountains es-
tablished in London by MIR. Samuel Gurney,
one is at the gate of the East India Docks,
among colony Of beer shops that have tat
tened on the patronage of the host OF lsborers
and sailors there congregated. Since the open
ing of this fountain, several OF The beer shops
have been closed. A publican, short time
since, threatened legal proceedings against
one of w est-end vestries tor allowing drink
ing fountain to be opened near his house, al
leeing that it had diminished his returns more
than twenty five per cent. OF course. he did
not csrry out his threat, but the anecdote may
serve to show how great the counter-attraction
of drinking fountain may be to aourishing
gin-rlace. Why not try it in New York
TIE HEART ON rH8 WRoNG SIDR.-An ana
tomalicsl phenomenon, or perhaps unpreee-
dented occurrence. has just been developed At
Tornay, and is noted In tine lndependsnoe
Beige. A young officer died in the military
hospital there, and post "'orsen resulted IN
Ene discovery that the position Ut the internal
organs of the body was reversed-the hves
beng on the left side, and the heart on the
right slde-which is, Of course, the wvonS
side This remarkable transpositioo had 90
casioned NO functional dif6culty, and the
young man died of typhus fever.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

Tue DEAD OF THE WAR.-At the outbreak
of the rebeliion In April, 1861, the army of
the United States numbered about IA 600
men. During the ensuing four years, $685.
523 men were enlisted for the following ps-
RODS OF time
For three months, I9I 9s5
For SIX months, ~ U76
For nine months. 87,558
For one year, S94 259
For two years, 43 ll3
For three years. 1850. 1872
For four years, 1,U4O
Total, 2,688, ,523
Of thi. vast multitude, 2, ,4Oe Jos returned
from the service alive. The dead numbered
$50 ,420, of whom 90 600 died on the field of
battle, 35 900 died afterwards of wounds,
while l84, 100 died of disease. Two persons
died OF disease to every one that fell by the
weapons of the enemy. This, however, is .
mean wa war, - sevsh-sfghth Is h 81 eKe brfs A fOdS
who persisted, died of disease, and only one
!ghth from wOunds received In action
From the records it appears that >, ,22l OH
GERS an 9o.S68 enlisted men were killed on
the battle field, subsequently, died OF their
wounds; while 1891 officers and lS2 Ol0 en-
listed men died OF disease. 50 that about one
oth Ger was slain in battle for about every
eighteen men while only one officer died tor
every eighty men IN the hospital
The number of white troops enlisted was
almost exactly $500 900 men the number
Of deaths among them, 25l,i22, or one death
out of ten. The number oil colcred troops
was $50, 900, of whom % 29S died, or about
one out of SIX. Tne death rate of the colored
troops was therefore nearly double that OF the
- bite but the death rate from disease alone
was far worse than this. Ode OF every eight
deaths among the white troops three died on
the field OF BATTLE and five from disease. Ont
II every nine deaths among the blacks, one
died on the battle field and eight from disease.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

Mr.. Fsssenden has presented 70 tie Recon-
struction COMMITTEES an elaborate report On
che questions At issue between Congress ana
the President. which will be submitsed 20
Congress when the COMMITTEES shall nave
adopted it. Il
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27

MIR. Morrill, has long been before the people,
having been twelve years IN the House, and for
some time chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means. In this position he has been
able to render more efficient service to our
state and country than most if not all of his
associates. He has earned a reputation both
exalted and national he has shown dlstin-
guished abilities, and in sIch direction that
they are doubly valuable because of their
| lareness he has won the esteem and the con-
fidence of the people by his long service no
other can do, and finally proved himself the
representative of the views of the people on all
the grave and complicated questions which
| have and are coming before our national
| Congress.
The arguments used by the friends of Judge
| Poland that talents of different ,rder re-
Quired for the Senate, than those which give
efhclency and success to a member OF the
| House are specious,and we're evidently trumped
up for the occasion. 1t is either forgotten that
| the same questions come before both Houses
| for consideration, the attempt Is deliberately
| made TO manufacture public opinion by asser-
tions never designed to be sustained, but only
hoped to pass current without further inspec-
| ton. But the people will not he misled by
such special pleadings.
The question now is between Mr.. Morrill, at
home and MIR. Morrill, in the Senate. Snail We
give him the piomotion he has SO richly earned
or lose his services altogether There can
be but one answer. If legislative experience
is of any value, if past services deserve any re-
ward, if the knowledge of partisan schemes is
any protection against being betrayed into
a false position, If cool head, vigorous
intellect, an earnest patriotism, and devotion tc
the leading interests of the State are considers
tions worthy of being weighed, the answer
should De and will be, &" Justin 5. Morril
shall be the successor of the late Senator Cola
mer."
i From the Black River Transcript.
In giving Mr.. Morrill, our support for Sena
tor, we do it not because we have " axes tt
grind, }" or " logs to roll" but for the simple
reason, that of all other men, we believe him
best calculated to occupy that position at th'
, present time. Twelve years in the House o
Representatives has proven him worthy ,h'
confidence and the support of the people whom
be has so faithfully and ably represented nev
} er once fall eriug upon any of the great quss
} tons which have, from time to time. come be
Ifors the nation. From the past We can viii
lsome degree Vi certainty predict the future
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-27
. when men
With angels may partlc pate, and find
No lncouyenieLt cate, nor to lIghl fere


Our bodl-s may last turn ali 10 spirit
While ever and anon a squat Old hen or an
elegant young rooster would mop up the steps
and tread into the rooms, looking curiousiy
at the unwonted sight, whereat the king
would rise from his throne IN an old cider
caek, and make right royal speech, :" Go
TO base intruder ''-em hasizIng his peror-
alton by hurting ear vi com &C his visitors,
which, as our wayward sisters wee wont to
say, when our generals had done them a par
tcuiarly bad turn, was just what they wanted.
So the afternoon sang itself peacefully away !;
only the princess was of an evil mind, ana
would mar the king 9 pleasure, when ne was
soiacing himself with remainder-oiscult
brought in the prIncess's basket from the
clam-bake, by saying, = DO you see that "in-
dow? There Is the closet where the cake IL
kept. Jus. behind that capboard stands the
lar of Jam. Two feet 20 the right, should
think, reposes a cranberry-tart. the crust naky
and fantastic as a January snow-wreath, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12
Cincinnati Market.

The Cincinnati Ga=efe of Saturday says:
The markets, except for Provisions. were gener-
ally depressed. Flour declined $50 Csc per Dbl in
New York, but the stock Of sound -four on the
market here 10 too light TO cause any uneasiness on
the part Of holders disposition TO reduce prices
Still buyers think themselves entitled 10 cono-.-
.ions, and are holding or The wheat market AZ
not as strong At the close, although full prices
were paid early in the day the supply continues
fully equal to the wants Of the trade There is
very little offering, aud there is tendency to
higher prices. Oats more freely offered. The
receipts reported for the week ending this morn
ing were over $4,000 bushels and the demand be-
ing almost entirely local prices declined 3C1 &c per
bushel, with fair demand at the decline. Rye
remains firm. Barley is still scarce, with +. good
demand. There not much done in colt IN to-
day; the trading price is soc for midt lin !; but
holders anticipate better prices, and are nolding
on for the news by the next steamer, due to-mor-
row, Whisky is moving to . limited extent at
better prices. Groceries are depressed under the
continued decline in gold, and sugar and coffee
were sold at decline of talc per ID. The provis-
ION market is very firm; mess pork is held at
$3l 25a3l So but there is no demand at these pri-
ces. Bulk meats and bacon sold to . limited ex-
tent At yesterdays prices but no more could be
obtained except at an advance of taAc per ID.
Lard was freely offered at &c, with no buyers at
over lie; and $50 tres of prime country sold At
the latter price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12
THE JuDGEsHIP.

We have received an anonymous circular
letter emanating from Mt. Pleasant, and sd-
dressed to the Bar Of the First judicial Dis
trict, 1t relates to the Judgeship and can
vases with much earnestnessa and withal much
bitterness the judicial merits of Judge SPRlNG-
ER and Judge Tracey as candidates for the
ensuing term Of the District Judgeship. The
spirit and sentiments of this address we de-
precate. It's intemperance will cause it, and
should cause it to have but little influence
with so judicious and considerate a body As
the Bar of thisjDistrlct- The members Of the
Bar, the people of the District have their own
opinion Of the fitness Of the several gentle
men who have been named in connection with
candidacy. They will doubtless act judi
ciously and we'll, and that action we and the
party will be, we are certain, prepared to
endorse. Judge SpRISGER's: ll-health has
been urged as q reason against his nomination,
but against his fairness, uprightness and in
tegrity as Judge, no man in the circle Of
our acquaintance has made an intimation.
Nor is professional ur6tness urged against
him by any OF our Bar, which we apprehend,
contains as great legal talent and learning as
any Bar in the District or State. We con-
denim this address because It'll unjust to Judge
SPRINGER, and equally unjust to the other
candidates. The former should not be I'M
Justly aspersed by his profession and his
party, and the latter should not be damaged
in their chance OF nomination by such i'll
advised, unjust and reprehensible productions
as this anony nous Address.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12
A RECONSTRUCTED PATRIOT.

John Brown inaugurated a movement
against wrong and human bondage, and to
carry it outhe made an Insignificant raid on an
Insignificant Virginia town. He was called
traitor and hung. Henry A. Wise was exc
cutioner. Since that time Henry A. Wise has
been party to treason that has slain hun
dreds of thousands. But with the blood of
loyal men on his hands Wise runs at large
and de6es the Government and boasts his
treason as in q recent speech at Alexandra,
Virginia, thus:
{. If am a traitor, let them make the most
of it. If am traitor, why don't they try
me and hang me? have lost my lands and
property, but would clean boots on your
streets sooner than bow to usurpation. If |
had triumphed, should have favored strip
ping them naked! Laughter Pardon !!
They might have appealed for pardon, but
would have seen them damned before would
have granted it.
Henry A. Wise ought to be hung. His
galld&s should be erected at Harpers Ferry,
and the last sound to salute his ear should be:
:" John Browns body lies Wondering in the grave,
But his soul is marching on"
Sung by regiment of Negro soldiers in
! United States uniform. He is one exception
we would make to universal amnesty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12

We surfeader much Of oar spaos to the
speech Of Mr.. WIlsos upon tAs ssbjsct ofrs-
construction. Il il compact, clear, forcible,
massively argumsnta&ive and statesmanliks.
Il Is honorable TO the had and heart Of the
able Representative Of the First District. and
furnishes additional grounds for the high
position which Mr.. WILSON holds in the esti-
nation Of tho people Of the district and the
State. Our readers viii give itcarefal peru
sal. The proposition for which he contends,
that the Judiciary cannot pass upon the de-
structibility Of the Republic, 10 maintains
with great cogency and clearness Of reason
ing. He carefully exonerates President
johnson from other than patriotic intent in
announcing the sentiment which he combats.
He argues earnestly and eloquently for uni.
versal suffrage. That is the genius of De-
mocracy, and to that result we tend inevitA-
bly,. As the champion Of that great principle
Of justice and right Of the Republican party
stands pledged in spirit at least. On that
score it has nothing to disavow. The pro-
cesses to attain that end, however, are not
yet agreed upon. Shall we reach it at q
bound or by graduations-which is wisest :
This subject is to be we'll weighed by The
great party of Union and liberty. Right -
to be victorious over wrong, but Omnipotence
desiring that contamination does not precipi-
tate it. Shall mortal man be moro just than
his Maker2 Let rs act wisely temperately, 80
as to conserve liberty and make sure and en-
during the triumph Of human rights.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12

Saksn hold viii considerable slow " PiSit, ~
llsSA ~ aggrseses Y thslr ysas1Ess . not M
nsriea1y las9e. -.ev
~ vas ~ - last week, - - i tAi1 that
III reosipts eonslstsd largely u light Steers -
HutcAs2 Cattle, fof which there VA littls inq1i-
~, aad prjees eessrdingiy took . taAbls 10 Ne
extent Of 7s04l - % common snd inferior quaL
itiss. Owing 70 the demand fos good stock cattle,
ed: aS(aIoe Der lee III eevssiss ~ decline.
or Hogs ths rsesipts have bssn largs, bat sseh
has been the demand tha& mostly al havs bssa
worked OF st good prices. Shipper hays hssa
shout the only purehassfs. though packers hAvs
operstsd 10 soms extent. City butchers haye como
il for their usual sspply. The market has fuctu-
ased somewhat during the week, and CLOSES = q
advance Of l001se oysf the opsnisg rats. The
market To- day has besn fairly activs, 1875 hsad
changing hands 1t % s0@9 GO for stock hoss ana
good to prime lots Of the cars. The market closes
STEADY at the above range.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12

FROM THE CAPITAL. = Glorious railroad
news! That's the way the Register intro.
duces the subject. Then it says:
"We learn from Col. Leighton, who arrived
in Des Moines last evening, that seven miles
Of track on the Des Moines Valley Railroad
have been completed west of Monroe, and
that one week from tomorrow (Monday).
trains will be running to Prairie City. This
will bring the iron horse within twenty miles
of Des Moines! Two-thirds of the grading
between this city and Prairie City are already
completed, and on or before the FIRST of No
yember the cars will be running to Raccoon
Forks!"
That's right. You have perfect liberty and
just cause to jubilate over the prospect of the
early completion of q railroad line to your
city. Remember also, brethren, to render
praise unto the Valley Company, for it is their
energy, drive and determined perseverance
that bringeth the iron horse unto your mu-
nieipality.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-12

A CONSCIENCE CAsE.-About a year since
our readers will remember thst the safe in
the Free Press Office was opened and about
Sl,7OO extracted therefrom. Several parties
were at the time suspected of the crime, but
gradually the excitement about the case died
away, and every one except detectives had
almost forgotten the occurrence. This morn
ing young man named John McCloud vol.
unfairly gave himself DIP to the police author
tiles, and confessed the crime. He was at the
time Of the robbery acting as bookkeeper in
the office, and yielded to the temptation held
always borne good reputation for honesty
and industry. and few, if any, ever suspected
him Of committing any crime. The fear Of
detection. and the promptings Of his better
nature, at last led him to acknowledge the
crime, and restore about $500 Of the amount
taken, and give up about $500 or $500 worth
of goods and articles which he had purchased
with the stolen funds. He will doubtless be
leniently dealt with.-Detroit Tribune, Jsne
9Th.