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Postmaster Generals Report.

The report of the Postmaster-Gen-
eral presents most satisfactory con-
dition of the postal service, and sub
mits recommendations which deserve
the consideration of Congress. The
revenues of the department for the
year ending June 30th, 1866, were
$14,386,986, and the expenditures
$15,352,079, showing an excess Of
the latter of $905,O93. In anticipa-
ton of this deficiency, however, a
special appropriation was made 10y
Congress in the act approved July %,
1866. Including the standing appro-
priation OF 100000 for the free mail
matter, as a legitimate portion of the
revenues yet remaining uneXpended,
the actual deficiency for the year is
only $265,093-a sum within S. ,141
of the amount estimated in the annu-
al report of 1864. The decrease of
revenue compared with the previous
year was one and one-ffth per cent,
and the increase of expenditures, ow-
ing principally to the enlargement OF
the mail service in the South, was
II per cent. On the 30th Of June
last there were in operation $3.50
mail routes, with an aggregate length
l80,929 miles, an aggregate annual
transportation of 71,837,914 miles
and an aggregate annual cost, includ
ing all expenditures, of $8,41O,1S4
The length of the railroad routes is
32,092 miles, and the annual trans
portation 30,609,467 miles. The
length of steamboat routes is IA,
346 miles, and the annual transporta
ton 3,411,962 miles. The mail ser
vice is rapidly increasing Throughout
the whole country, and its steady ex
tension i'll the Southern States indi
Gates their constantly improving con
dition. The growing Importance o
the foreign service also merits atten
ton. The Postoffice department o
Great Britain and our own hav
agreed upon preliminary basis TO
a new Postal Convention, which it i
believed will prove eminently benef
Icial to the commercial interests of tn
limited States, inasmuch as it contem
plates a reduction of the internations
letter postage to one-half the existin
rates; a reduction of postage with a
other countries to and from whic
correspondence is transmitted in th
British mails, or inclosed mails thrt
the United Kingdom; the establish
ment of uniform and reasonabl
a charges for the sea and territori'
, transit of correspondence in close
S mails and an allowance to each Pos
: Office Department of the right to III
all mail communications establishe
under the authority of the other fl
the despatch OF correspondence, cit
+ er in open OF closed mails, on tt
same terms as those applicable to tt
inhabitants of the country providlI
}. the means of transmission.
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| Sometimes the arena was flooded
with water, and naval battle was
represented; then, again ship would
sail i'll, and falling to pieces in the
midst, send a crowd of wild animals
swimming in all directions.
But the most awful association of
the Coliseum is with reference to
persecuted Christians, martyred in
the arena. There, men, women and
children were torn by wild beasts
because they would not give up their
faith in Jesus. 1t was thrilling to
stand where hundreds, and perhaps
thousands of martyrs, "of whom the
world was not worthy" met violent
death; some trembling, but others ex-
ulting, rather than deny Christ, In
imagination | could see the tigers
and lions tearing the Christians,
while by faith | could see the angels
and the Saviour bending over the
triumphant martyr. There in A. D.
lO7, holy Ignatius was brought to be
martyred. The wild lions were let
loose upon him, and they devoured his
body, leaving only a few bones, which
the Christians gathered up and bu-
ried.
When the Emperor of Rome pro-
tessed Christianity, these prosecutions
came to an end, and no more martyrs
fed wild beasts Of the Coliseum, al
though wild games, with even blood
shed and death, prevailed for near a
hundred years after Rome became
Christian.
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TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN MAYFIELD.-
The Cleveland Leader of November
goth says: A shocking parricide oc-
Cured in Maysfield, Cuyahoga coun-
ty, on the I'd inst, but the affair has
not been made public until now. A
man by the name of Carpenter, ac-
companied by his son, a young man
about % years of age, went into the
field to work with a team. They had
occasion to 90 through pair Of bars,
and the son got off the wagon and
went to let them down. AS he pass
ed the horses one of them made all
effort to bite him, whereupon he took
a stick and commenced beating the
animal, His father ordered him to
deSist, but he refused. High words
ensued, which resulted in the young
man throwing a large stone and strik-
ing his father just back of the ear,
causing his death very shortly there
after. The family. not wishing to
have him tried, told him that if he
would leave that part of the country
and never return, the affair would not
be made known. The cause of his
fathers death was stated to be a sud
den start of the horses which threw
him upon the ground, his head falling
upon a stone. The young man, who
is a desperate character, fingered
about the place, however, and the
case was recently made known to the
authorities, as the family do not feel
safe with him at large Carpenter
has been arrested and the preliminary
examination will take place to NOR
row at Mayfeld.
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Summer in the Heart.

The cold blast at the basement beats,
The window panes are white;
The snow whirls through the empty streets
1t is dreary night!
Sit down, old friend the glowing CRATE
Laughs at the winters chill.
Though winter howleth at the gate,
In our hearts it's summer still
For we full many summer joys
And greenwood sport, have shared,
When, free and ever rowing boys,
The rocks, the streams we dared
And as look upon thy face,
Back, back, DER years of ill,
My heart flies to that happy place,
Where it is summer still.
Yes, tho like sere leaves on the ground,
Our early hopes are stIown,
And cherished flowers lie dead around,
And singing birds are flown
The verdurs is not faded quite,
Nor mute all thrones that thrill;
For seeing, hearing thee tonight,
In my heart It's summer still
In thought, the Olden time comes back!
With light and life once more
We scan the futures sunny track,
From youths enchanted shore!
The lost return. Thro' fields of bloom
We wander at our will;
Gone is the winters angry gloom
In our hearts it's summer still.
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Westport, n. Y.
.Brattleboro Record.

AS LAYERS. we consider the Spanish
and the Black Poland Top-knots al
together unrivalled as abundant lay
ers. The whole family of Hamburgs,
including the Bolton Greys, are pro
life, and are known as everlasting
layers.
Mr.. w. C. Ripley, Green, n. T.,
saws that he has practiced with per-
feet success the following plan for
wintering cabbages :"Sink a barrel
in the ground to within an inch or
two of the top, cut off the heads and
fill the barrel full, put on a board to
keep out water, and that is all the
covering that is needed"
For the relief, but not complete
cure, of the heaves, a correspondent
of the Rural American recommends
the outside of shell bark, burnt to ash.
es and mixed with the horses feed
as much as he can be made to eat, and
allow him to eat no dusty hay, espec
tally clover hay.
Loving hearts are like beggars
they live on what is given them.
Constant occupation prevents temp
tation.
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old woman's abode, promised them a

old woman's abode, promised them a
capital breakfast on their return.
"But, good sir" he called to the
pedler, "why not stay here? I'll war
rant the doctor will find the house
alone"
Il always go everywhere" return
ed the peddler, in quiet, desponding
tone, that expressed his passing tho't
$50 far all in vain, why, then fur
ther ?"
"Thank this good man fer saving
your little girls life, two hours later
would have been too late" said the
doctor, as he came out of the little
patients room, and stood with Giles
and the old woman by the stove.
I want no thanks, the peddler re-
piled: II know what it is to lose a
child. How old is yours ?"
"Seven or eight, | should say; she
cannot tell her age" answered the old
woman.
"Can you not tell the age of your
own child, woman ?" said the doctor,
rather testify.
"Good, sir, it is not really nine,
though God knows l love her as mine,
the woman answered. at was a
poor little wee thing-some trampS
left it here, and | believe they stole
tit was sick near to dying, so, not
to be burdened with it, they left it at
my door one night, and the poor wee
darling cried-it was two years ago,
l had buried my old man-so when |
heard it cry, [ took it in. The good
God has sent me something to care
for, says |, and | cried as much as the
child. You are sure she will get
we'll, nov, are you, doctor ?"
"Sure, replied the doctor.
But during the woman's account
the peddler listened like one in a
dream, trembling violently. "Show
me the child" said he.
The strangeness of his voice start
led them. They led him to the bed
side, he fell down speechless The
fathers heart had borne so much dis
appointment and agony, t h e first
shock Of joy overpowered it.
The happiness Of the father in find
ing his child, the feelings of the poor
woman in seeing herself the cause of
so much joy, the interest the kind doc
tor took in them, must be imagined,
not described; and this was the end
Of the peddler's journey. He hired
little store in the village where the
doctor lived, and stocked it WE'LL
He prospered in business, and pro-
vided generously for the old lady.
"You must come and spend the
,,oot of ynur days with uo,' said he,
"and the little darling must call you
grandma"
He never afterward neglected an
opportunity of doing a kindness to
any human being, and he never spoke
of the past without raising his eyes
reverently to heaven, and saying:
"That fearful night when | walked
those twelve miles, | believed it was
to save a strangers child. God be
blessed, it was my own"
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To keep warm feet, line your boots
with calfskin dressed soft with the
hair on, or with young lamb skim
Every man should have two pairs In
use and change every day.
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There is an extensive religious IN
terest and revival at Felchville. Some
sixty persons have made profession,
including some of the leading men OF
the place.
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SUPREME AND COUNTY COURTS
The following is the assignment of
the judges for the supreme and county
court terms for the year commencing
December l, 1866:
FOR SUPREME COURT:
Chittenden, Jan. 1.-Barrett, Kel-
Iogg, Wilson, Steele.
Franklin, Jan. 14.-Pierpoint, Bar.
rett, Kellogg, Peck.
Grand Isle, Jan. 18.-Pierpoint
Barrett, Kellogg, Peck.
Addison. Jan. 21.-Barrett, kel
logg, Wilson, Steele.
Rutland, Jan. 28-Pierpoint, Peck
Wilson, Steele.
Bennington, Feb. 5.-Pierpoint
Barrett, Peck, Wilson.
Windham, F e b. 11.-Pierpoint
Kellogg, Peck, Steele.
Windsor, Feb. 2l.-Pierpoint, Kel
1OSS, CSh, OUCCIC.
Orange, March 5.-Pierpoint, Bar
rett, Wilson, Steele.
Washington, Aug. 13.-Pierpoint
Barrett, Wilson, Steele.
LamoiIle, Aug 20.-Pierpoint, Kel
logg, Peck, Steele.
Orleans, Aug. 22.-Barrett Kel
logg, Peck, Wilson.
Essex, Aug. 27.-Barrett, Kellogg
Peck, Wilson,
Caledonia, Aug. 29.-Barrett, KeI
logg, Peck, Wilson.
FOR COUNTY COURTS:
Pierpoint, G. 1.-The counties o
Addison and Chittenden.
Barrett, 1.-The counties of Vino
sor and Windham.
Kellogg, 1.-THE counties Of Rut
land and Bennington.
Peck, 1.-The counties Of Washing
ton and Orange.
Wilson, 1.-The counties of Franz
lin, Lamoille and Grand Isle.
Steele, 1.-The counties Of Orlean
Essex and Caledonia.
CENSUS ITEM.-The following
given as the number of the male W
ters at the South in 1860 who coul
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Our vanity is necessarily the enemy
of our self-love.
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LEWIS HOLMES.
MISS M. Il. WOODMAN

has Just returned from Boston with large and
attractive
Sto ck f Millinery q 90 d s
which have been selected with great care, di-
rect from the importers. Please call and exam
inc.
Barton Oct. II. 1S66.-43N
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A mans brain may be thin and his
skull thick.
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Gail Hamilton says, we do not
know how to work until we know how
to play.
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NJ. G. SARGENT,

MANUFACTURER OF BOOTS AND SHOES
NEWPORT, VERMONT.
He makes the best article of boots and shoes IN
the county. Best material used and first CLASS
workmen employed.-50tf
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RALLOU & HIBBARD,
}. WHTTTLESEY

MERCHANT, GLOVER, VERMONT.
DEALER IN
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Crockery and
Hardware, Ready Made Clothing, Hats and Caps,
w. l. Goods and Groceries, Flour, Salt, Nails,
Fish, Paints and Oils, Glass, Patent Medicines,
Farming Tools &c. &c.-28f
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J. T.. DWINELL,
FURNITURE DEALER AND REPAIRER

FURNITURE DEALER AND REPAIRER.
GLOVER, VERMONT.
Best of Furniture always kept. Sofas, Loun-
ges, Curtain Fixtures, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Mir
ors. Picture Frames, Stuffed, Cane and Wood
seat Chairs Tables, Cribs, Cabs, Casinos Spring
Mattresses Also Coffins Caskets Furniture re-
paired and Cane Seat Chairs bottomed good as
ever. A good assortment of wool, oil, and
hemp carpets, room paper, oak chamber setts, &c.
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r.. R, TRUE & co
II. sTEBBINS, AGENT,

BARTON, VERNON
For the Grover & Baker, and Shuttle or
Lock stitch Sewing machines. The best IN New
England for heavy and light family and tailor S
work All orders promptly attended to.-4lm6
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A married lady who was in the
habit of spending most of her time in
the society OF her neighbors, happen
ed one day to be suddenly taken i'll,
and sent her husband in great haste
for a physician. The husband ran
short distance, but soon returned, ex-
claiming
aMy dear, where shall find you
when get back 2"
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WIN. PITCHER,

HORSE TR Al n L R,
WEST Albany, VERMONT,
viii receive horses and colts at his stable IN
West Albany, and every attention will be given
them. He has had lifelong experience in
training horses for the turf, saddle, and harness,
and ali who entrust their horses and colts with
him can rest assured that he will give them his
earnest care and attention.-45u
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w. ID. CRANE.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLIC lTOR In
CHANCERY, AND CLAIM AGENT,
NEWPORT, VERMONT. ooti
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Relationships are rather far-fetched
sometimes, both In Ireland aad Scot
land.
aDo Won know Tom D-fy, Pat 7"
0Know him, is IL" ssys Pct. 9sure
he's a near relation OF mine; be once
wanted to marry my sister Kate"
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By acting as we ought to think, we
end by thinking as we ought to act.
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DIR. Il. HUNTINGTON,

(Successor to f. Palmer,)
DEN TT S T,
Wort, VEIN oNT,
Office in the New Block, opposite the Mem
phremagog House.-46tf
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IOHN IENNESS.
& ADAMS.

LANE & ADAMS,
OMMISS SION NJ Z r H A T S,
and wholesale dealers in
FLOUR, BUTTER, CHEESE AED ALL KINDS OF
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
81 Main Street, Springfield, Mass
II. Is. LANE. o. D. ADAMS.
C.. III. DWINELL,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Also dealer in Casinos Spring Mattresses, COf
fins and CasketS
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L. L. RAWSON,
MATCHMAKER AND WELLER.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Wares
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-16
THE PRESIDENT.

The remarks of the President which have
received the most profound attention are those
to the Virginia delegation, where he declares
that the mischievous spirit which is hammer
ing always at the government has been taken
hold of at one extreme by the strong arm of
the physical power of the government, and
that now, as we swing around the circle of
the Union with fixed and unalterable deter
mination to stand by it, If ace find the same
spirit, the other extreme, which stands in the
way must get out of it, and the government
must stand mistaken and unmoved upon its
basis.
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The Examiner.

The Examiner newspaper was suspended
by military order on Tuesday night about IL
o'clock. An officer, with file of men, APP
peaTed in the office and took possession OF it
the officer Selling upon proofs and manuscripts
then in preparation The Examiner, there
fore, did not appear yesterday.
1t is known that the Examiner had discuss
ed sectional questions with considerable tree
dom. Speculation was rife during the day as
to the motive of the order, and whether it
came from Washington or not 1t was re-
ported that Mr.. Pollard, the Editor of the En-
aminer, had sought an interview with General
Terry, but that that officer had declined to
grant it, intimating that if Mr.. Pollard did
not know why his paper was suspended, he
could not enlighten him. Mr.. Pollard left the
city for Washington last evening TO make an
effort there to obtain relief from the order
The event of the suppression OF the Era,n-
ner was announced by telegraphic cores
pondent of the New York Herald, who states
in that paper of yesterday that ii is under
stood that the order omanated from General
raut-Rich Dispatch, Is.
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General News.


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THE PRESIDENTS POLICY.

There seems to be one text that President
johnson sticks to particularly, in his discus
sions on the slavery question-that the white
non-slaveholder of the South has been relieved
Of much more onerous position by emancl-
patton than has the negro. In his recent con-
versation with Douglass and Downing, he
called to the minds Of those individuals certain
facts in regard to the preference of negroes
heretofore hiring to slave owners rather than
non-slave owners. This is such well known
fact that the negroes never attempt, even at
this, their day of freedom, to deny it. They
have always heretofore had an utter contempt
for the poorer white classes, whom they have
never ceased to stigmatise as poor white
people, if o man was not slave owner he was
rated at the lowest notch, and from that up
ward, according to the number of slaves be
owned.
This used to be the case when slavery was
the order Of the day, and the close observer can
readily discern that it is the case now to an
equally great extent. The negro, as a general
thing, has never lost respect for his former
master. Many Of them have returned to their
former homes, and are better satisfied to work
for their late masters at small compensation,
than to work for others at larger pay Their
conduct since the war to their former owners,
as a general thing, has been respectful and
courteous We are speaking of those within
the sphere of our own observation generally;
or, more properly, the negroes who were resi-
dents of this city before the war With this
class our authorities have no trouble. They
are attentive to their duties, and respectful in
their conduct The most of the trouble, in fact,
throughout the South, has been caused by the
upheaval Of that great mass Of lazy free ne
gross, who have always given more trouble to
the authorities than the slave population The
war has proved perfect harvest to this free
negro element. They were the first to flock to
the cities and fasten themselves on the freed
mems bureau for rations and protection, and
securing these, they have nothing further to dc
but give trouble to the authorities by stealing
gobbing, garroting, &c. The well behaved por-
ton of our negro population detest this class
Of troublesome free-negro interlopers as much
as any; and as an evidence of it we note the
fact that when a misdemeanor of any conse-
quence is committed, they combine among
themselves, and assist the ends of Justice by
helping in the arrest of the perpetrators For
this purpose they have their secret police, &C.
and we hope they may continue their laudable
efforts, till our city is rid of these marauders.
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Death OF an Editor

John B. Jones, Esq, died at Burlington,
N. j., on the 4th inst, aged sc years. He
was a native of Accomac county Va. Dur
ing President Tyler's administration he was
sole editor and proprietor of The Madisonian,
at that time the Presidents organ, and the
leading editorials of that able Journal were
from his vigorous and facile pen. He was,
during the whole of that administration, upon
the most Intimate and confidential relations
with Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Upshur, NV. Spencer
aud Mr. Ewing, of Mr.. Tylers Cabinet, and
Was frequently invited to, and participated in,
the consultations Of the leading men of the
country. For some time previous to the
breaking out of the late civil war, Mr.. Jones
resided i'll Burlington, and edited a weekly
journal, which was published in Philadelphia,
styled The Southern Monitor.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-16

No matter, dear reader, what you see in
tho papers jeff Davis won't have military
trial, and he won't be convicted And if he
were convicted, he would be pardoned.
Though no card player, we "speak by the
card" So says the Louisville Journal
The New York Tribune says the municipal
election at Reading, Pennsylvania, last Friday,
resulted in the success of the Democratic
ticket by over 200 majority.
Letters from Texas say that General Sheri-
dan is making most favorable impression on
all classes by his attention to the affairs and
wants of the State.