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The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17
,aInnd.r. PubIic Men.

Ell Some of the political characters OF the
acc make queer mistakes IN quotinB ING
Bible 4 Governor of Texas, lie" years
~ upoted a weIl-knOwn passage from
st aksneare. in one of his messages to the
n a,rigIatnre IA from the sacred volume.
5AI,6nt tho same time member OF Congress
- nEnois lMr. Hoge) was reported as
enntir, in debate the following lines as
Coming from the Bible;
,.yybiIe the lamp holds out to burn,
sM The yiest sinner may return
CoI BENTON, in the United States Senate,
Ia reported as speaking of our Saviour
baviug cast seven devils out of a certain
man and John Quincy Adams in one of
bis spceches in the House, quoted st. Paul
a. affirming that money is the root of all
eyiI" Waddy Thompson, former member
Of Congress, and Minister to Mexico, in his
F'Recollections" of that country, speaking OF
the Hospital of Lazarus, says THE in
mates would have rivalled in sores and rags
fhe brother of Mary and Martha"
81 1t is recorded that two members of a GER
tain State Legislature, at the close of the
session, addressed a circular 70 their constt-
ancnts, and said: I'VE hope the course We
will meet your appreciation. We hope you
will say 10 US, as Nathan said to David
.'WeU done good and faithful servant" An
other member, earnestly opposing the meas
arc before the House, said: Mr.. Speaker
j would no more vote for that bin than
would fall down and worship the COLDER
calf that Abraham made brother mem
ber corrected him, saying, "Mr. Speaker, il
WAS not Abraham that made the COLDER
calf 1t was Nebuchadnezzar.'
That great men are not always wise" has
often been eXcmplihed since the days of job
and is shown by an anecdote related ola dis
tinguishcd English Judge, Lord Kenyon
who understood law better than the Gospel
closed one of his charges to a jury as follows
"Fiually gentlemen, / would call your at
tention to the example of the Roman Empe
ror, Julian, who was so distinguished 70
eycry Christian virtue that he was called
Julian the Apostle
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17

IAn agreeable warmth ditfuses itself
through ever fiber of the frame after dose
of the Red Jacket Bitters, and unlike wine
and unmedicated stimulants, they never
sour even on the weakest stomach.
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ARD.

eseuting 10 IN, p.5
tiers assure then ~
to the generous done
TO the iruportun.f.
n.s who have er.
'u-d have hegits,s5
;iI sterling merit !, A..
ious compounds. ljb.r
trrs Our Senior
ID of those friends IN
the GREY JACKIE
|cgnIrrd in half a
ION of Tonic Digestu
their immense ,us
I.rters We have III
Pc list of articles ain
Doc and so wei hr
community at lsla
take this seasonal.
/ numerous friend. /,
Dr. business during d.
although the mauuis
EITTEES must ma
x uu their energies VI
improvements na
!. turing department
Ia-- Will Inc fllad ~.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17

AwIF FBoM THE GREEN-RoOM.-GeOrg
Henry Lewis, in his ''Retrospects of Actors"
recently published in the Pail Mall Gazette,
tells the following interesting story of
Macready:
"In the great scene of the third act OF
The Merchant of Venice Shylock has to
come on in state of intense rage and grief
at the flight of his daughter. Now 1T Is
obviously a great trial for the actor to
strike twelve at once He is at one moment
calm in the green room, and in the next he
has to appear on the stage with his whole
nature in an uproar Unless he has very
mobile temperament, quick as flame, he
cannot begin this scene at the proper state
of whitehead Accordingly we see actors IN
general come bawling and gestlculatlng, but
leaving us unmoved because they are not
moved themselves Maeready, it is said,
used to spend some minutes behind the
scenes lashing himself into a sympathetlc
rage by cursing soto UOee, and shaking VlO-
lently a ladder fixed against the wall. To
bystanders the effect must have been ludl'
crous; but to the audience the actor pre-
| sented himself as one really agitated. de
| had worked himself up to the proper pitch
of excitement which would enable him to
express the rage of Shylock. | have heard
| Madam Vestris tell n similar story of Liston
| whom she overheard cursing and splutter
| ing to himself as he stood at the side scene
! waiting to 90 on in a scene OF comic rage.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-17

GREAT PLUM PUDDING FEAsT.-A few
DAYS ago, says an English paper, nearly J.
900 persons had grand plum pudding
feast" at Angton, village a few miles from
Lancaster The feast is held every twenty
one years. and originated at the commence
ment of the present century in THIS way ::
A firm, carrying on the business OF basket
and hamper-making, at Aughton, purchased
boiler six feet long, two feet broad and
two feet deep. The boiler attracted consid-
cradle attention in a village consisting of
only ten houses and rough but practical
/ joker in the place. possessing gastronomc
| proclivities, said that it would boil rare
pudding The owners, being of hospitable
/ disposition, took the hint, and caused most
Titanic plum pudding to be made in the
boiler, and then distributed it among their
neighbors. Since that time, the plum pud-
| ding feast has been kept up by the inhablt-
/ ants every twenty one years. At the feast
/ which has just taken place ,one plum pudding
! the modest weight of three hundred pounds
| and three weighing seventy pounds each
! were placed upon the tables and consumed
/ as report says "in about three hours" AT
/ ter this great slaughter of pudding, the com
pany enjoyed themselves in a variety of Ole
/ English games, sports, etc.
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F4u.ilg, Soap Mas'
lrtluIe in every faml5
binary kitchen gT7ase
IS cam make all the $
1t viii make hr
ue To perfection q
dol each " hich wil2
uuuu grease hoa .
'a-aut soft soap O..
OF INVITATIONS
article. like that
10 and value, has nl
initiate it. We there
30 worthless COUNTIES
uuiue original ana
only 10y the PennSy'
ANY, of East IaIeai-
4EIEania
j. MEAD & "
and Iu6 Charues siE
Newt
tHH...r.-sTs 9gsuts iuI
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BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
TITCO NIB s. row ELL
WOULD invite the attention of the citizens Of
JacL son and surrounding country to their new stock
of goods, com rising In part ful assortment OF
SCHOOL BOOKS,
sPELLERs READERS
HISTORIES ep.uu.ps
BIOGRAPHIES
DICTIONARIES,
Latin, Greek and French Text Books,
School Copy Books, States, etc.
LETTER CAP AND NOTE PAPERS,
Legal Cap,
Billet and Bill Papers,
Envelopes, all sizes and qualities,
BLANK BOOKS,
Embracing full end half bound
DAY BOOKS LEDeERs,
Diaries for the Year 1866.
MEMORANDUM BOOKS
FAIRCHILD's GOLD PENS, THE BEST IN USE
STEEL PENS
For Merchants, Lawyers and Scholars.
PEN HOLDERS.
English aud American Writing Fluids.
Copying and Caruine INKS
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Inkstands,
Visiting Cards,
NEW NOVELS,
in Cloth and Paper Binding
POLITICAL WORKS, by various Authors
JUVENILE BOOKS.
photographic Albums!
! The finest assortment in the State, suited
to the wants Of all.
| Sheet Music,
Niolins,
Guitars,
Banjos,
Accordeons, etc
Freshly Imported
VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS.
New Music received as soon as issued
From the Press.
All the DAILY and WEEKLY Newspapers AM
MONTHLY MAGAZINES
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Special attention paid to ordering any Books want
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/ course with Publishers and Manufacturers.
The numerous friends of WIN. Q. LOWD will FIN
him at our establishment. -
w TITCOMB & ! DWELL,
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il. HARGROVE,
TYORN Ely a L l. a w,
Brandon, Miss.

win attend all the courts at Brandon and Jack
son will collect claims in Vicksburg Canton or any
where in Mississippi, when business VIII JUSTIFY
Having practced in the ID Judicial District OF Mis-
sissippi he has superior advantage of knowing the
people. viii also sell lease land OF buy Tor
others examine titles pay taxes redeem land here
tofore sold and do everything usually done IN a
general Real Estate Brokerage business.
REFERS TO-HOn J f McNair Judge I'd Ju
dicial District Dry Creek, Miss ssippi; Col A q
Mayors, Assessor of Int. Revenue OF 2d District
Miss Brandon Mississippi; Messrs. Fulkerson d
McLaurin, II Union street, New Orleans warren
q Crawford 81 Car0ndelet street, New Orleans; zen
r s Tapnau Vicksburg Feb2dly
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,-chauts OF ME- ..;..l
jx when they w N
lie to wholesalss. ! ,
rrd, as goods 81. n d
iuthe city. IN"
he numbers
AMP STREET >
formerly Pier r h.
with the abov .isr !
e A call or olu
in Mississippi
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dI5Cunnp street
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Entrance Of G9 /
20 hand a large asso'i
Tor
AND RETAIL TRI
1NFKIsING
.rv description.
BOYS Clothins'St
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Uudershirts ana T
rye assortment Of /
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& La.
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''n known and ,,.
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Of these Bitter, !.
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j on n all dys,...
obtained in The mi.
ulNns up Of tie.
SOUTHERN sor
Dorty.
Merchants onIsU
I & LIONS.
ID 20 Gravier sp,..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25

Ansthcr week of this session OF Con-
ereSs has passed without any great ad.
vance in business, though good deal of
talking has been done, and several impor-
TINT matters are now in shape to be acted
on as soon as the holiday recess is over.
The President has not vetoed the District
Suffrage Bill yet, but veto is confident
" expected. The standard subject for
discussion in the Senate has been the bill
to admit Nebraska as n state, and in the
debate the VIII Die matter of equal suffrage
had pretty thorough ventilation, and there
was some pretty sharp sparring among
republican senators of different shades of
faith. A vote was expected on the bill
On Thursday. but no vote was finally
reached. BESIDES this the Scnnte ha.
p sscd the House efficiency appro priation
bill with amendments which have since
been concurrcd in by the House, and a
large number of bills of various kinds.
mostly unimpoItanf, have been presented
and appropriately referred Among the
resolutions adopted by the upper branch,
is enc 10 print the reports of the commits
sioncr of public Ian Is in various languages
for distribution at the Paris cxhLi ion. 10
inquire into the propricty of re>trictin,
the immigration of Chinese into
the Pacific states and territories
The House has passed the bill amending
the act to grant lands in aid of the con-
sirucilou of a military road from Eugene
City, Oregon, to the eastern boundary of
the state, also another lill making smil II
grartS for military road from Dallcs
City, Oregon, TO Fort Boise, on Snake
river, Idaho, with the proviso that no
mineral lanls shall be included IN the
grant. A bill TO authorize certain states
TO sell school lands was passed after an
amendment had been adopted declaring
that the provisions of the act should not
apply to any of the lately rcLel states Mr..
Ashley of Ohio protesting that he would
not vote for any hill recognizing any rebel
legislatures Of bogu. states. The only
other bill p 'ssel 10y the lower branch, is
TO restrict the court Of claims from paving
for damages by the occupation of real or
personal property by troops or quar,e"mas-
ter's stores, except to loyal citizens of Ten.
ncsscc
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25
CORRESPONDENTS,

Mn EDITOR Tue course of lectures
before the Orwell Lecture Associat on
was opened thursday evening, Dec. 18th,
by Rev. w. S. Smart, with his 'I}attlc
OF Gettysburg" The lecturer began with
some general illusions TO the rebellion
and its happy overthrow. lie next pic
tured the gloom resting upon the nation
just before Gettysburg" Alter this
brief introduction he proceeded to describe
the gathering of the armies for that mem
orabc fight. Then the successive day.
of battle passed before us--ils unpromis-
ing beginning-a handful of our mcn
pressed back by overwhelming odds, but
stubbornly contesting every inch OF ground
the rest of our armies pressing forward
TO the rescue regiments wheeling into
line, wcaried with more than thirty miles
hard marching, but eager for the conflict
the tide of battle turned, and the enemy
finally defeated. The speaker then sum.
med up the result of the engagement,
paid beautiful tribute TO the loyal dead,
also TO all our troops, especially the Yer
mont men, and TO General Stannard, and
closed with the memorable words of Lin
coin at the dedication Of the Gettysburg
cemetery.
TO say that the lecture was a very
superior one is giving it but faint praise.
1t held the audience motonless and silent
for an hour and quarter. The only
criticism ] have heard upon it is, that it
was too short. Mr.. Smart was in the
battle, as chaplain of the 18th W., and
from personal knowledge of the ground
on which IT was fought, as well AS from
personal observation of its important evo-
luiions, WAS well prepared 10 describe it.
Ills lecture seized upon its salient points
and Set them before us most graphically.
Especially was Lees final attack and its
splendid repulse, in which our Vermont
boys took SO noble part, described fully
and finely. Among the many other
things in the lecture worthy Of special
praise, we're, description of the scene in
The rear Of our army through tho night
following the second day Of the battles a
view Of the battle field by moonlight on
the same night, and the tribute TO the
dead. The last was truly and highly
eloquent, and the first WAS among the
finest specimens Of word painting | have
ever heard or reud.
As whole the lecture Of Mr.. Smart
viii bear comparison with those Of our
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25
REPORTER.
Orwell, Dec. II, 1866.
How to Ruin the Wood Market 4,
MIddlebury.

How to Ruin the Wood Market I'm
MIddlebury.
The value of constant and reliable mar
kct near by, for the sale of farm products,
which is difficult Of distant transportation,
can hardly he over estimated.
Instance the article of wood. For this
one commodity alone, us the price has
ruled for the last three or four years, the
inhabitants Of Middlebury village pay to
the farmers yearly from $4,000 to $780,
600. This we believe rather 10 be below
rather than above the true estimate
This is NJ insignificant sum 10 be divided
amoig the producers of this article.
Much of the hauling can be and is
done by farmers whose teams would
otherwise be comparatively idle in the
winter season Much Of the wood land
is worth more for purposes of agriculture
than for the growth Of wood or timber
This being the case, it is evident that the
growers of wood, if they would consult
tl'cir own interests, should seek to foster
and promote n market for this commodity
rather than ruin it.
But it is in danger of being destroyed;
and how! Simply by the sheer folly of
holding wood at suc! figures MS will com
pei the people TO resort to coal. When
this decisive step is once taken. it will rot
DO rctraced, and besides, they will infl
cncc others, and they in turn still others,
until the wood market is ruined, and our
money goes TO swell the Golfers Of Penn
sylvania capitalists, rather than the far
mcrs' in this immediate vicinity.
Now, this is to be depored and we
call upon the wo0dmcn to pause and con
slider well the nature and tendency of the
high prices now ruling for wood.
Cnal can now be laid down at the door
OF the consumer at $ll 81 per ton. One
| ton OF coal is equal TO two cords Of the
best hard, body wood, and many expert.
cnccd gentlemen claim Il much larger d'f
/ terence in favor of coal Two cords of
wood then At $3.50 per cord, and 81 p
for saving and piling. brings the cost 10
$ll 5O-ihe price of ton Of coal.
To insure the rapid introduction oil
coal, and the exclusion Of wood to large
degree in the stores AMI dwellings of The
village, ii is only necessary to ask and in
. Ss Oh n fictitious yaluc Tor it
From Facts recently and authenicaly
brought 10 our notice, we state that good
hard wood in the vicinity OF Troy, y. Y.
is nov being sold and delivered for $3.50
per cord.
Here, in Mildlebury, it is hcl to be
worth .G to 81 But we utter our
warning, and if il I've desirable to kill the
goose that lays the Goli,n egg, all that
We have to do is to insist on these cxtrav-
agant prices. a FARMER.
Mld'lIcbury, Dec 20ih, 1866.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.

THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS.
The 2iGth Anniversary of the Landing
Of the Pilgrims was, as usual, celebrated
in this village, under the auspices Of the
Middlebury Historical Society; it being
the twcnty-1ith consecutive observance Of
this kind.
Notwithstanding the inrlemency of The
weather, n good audience was in attend.
ancc at the church, to listen to the address
by Pres. Kitchel The address COM
menced with II historical sketch of the
causes, political and religious, which
resulted in Puritanizing the middle class
OF England. Then followed a most
graphic narrative Of the self cxpatriation
and ultimate settlement at plymouth.
We were spared the usually prolix and
tedious analysis o. Pilgrim character, and
instead received an easy Photographic pic
turc, and in a style which commanded
intense interest
The social entertainment, given by the
Ladies, was entirely worthy of them. A
collation., or perhaps we should say II
feast, was spread out in rich prolusion
only cquallcd by the beauty of its arrange
mcnt and appcrtanings. Brief speeches
and delightful music, vocal and insiru.
mental, cnlivcncd the party till a late
hour, closed one of the pleasantest occa.
sions Of the kind it has been our priyicsc
TO crjoy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25

The bill prepared by Representative
Thomas, Of Nlar,land for reconstructing
that state provides for constitutional
convention, to be chosen by all citizens,
without regard to color, and the constitu.
iion they prepare is not 10 be in force till
Congress approves it. This reconstruction
business is being fast run into the ground
Why not reconstruct all the states in a
lump that do not allow the negroes to vote!
Or, more to the purpose. abolish state
constitutions and state governments alto
ccther '-Smlng Rep.
This last sentence was, of course, de-
signed to be understood as an absurd
utterancc, but future events NAV show
that the writer uttered proposition nearer
TO wise one than he was aware Of Who
can deny that the Jeffersonian theory,
having eliminated in the disasters of the
last few years, the educated mind and the
sjuni common sense Of til. American
people is not now vibrating in the direction
of the Hamiltonian polity, MAY We
MT be able 10 sec some time in the future,
when greatly increased facilities for inter.
communication, and much greater emigra.
ton 10 and from different sections shall
make US essentially homogeneous people,
that multiplicity of State constitutions
| a nnIgunps-tl,nf r
govern the actions of a citizen as we'll in
one state as in another that one system
OF Judiciary can apply them equally well
N all parts of the Uniona Who can say
certainly that re shall not be made to see,
/ AS the best statesmen of the revolution
saw, that the separated colonial condition.
which necessarily engendercd colonial
Jealousy and ap,agonism, and came near
liking a failure OF the new nation before
it fairly had an existence, was an evil
and that the pcsilcn: doctrine of state
rights IA legitimate issue, which has
recently come near strandng our ship
with all is nc :unulated treasure Of eighty
years, is an evil Is it political hercsy
to believe that our civil polity does not
stand on solid bottom yet, and that ill it
does we must expect, of necessity, that
many wild. and, we may hope, some vie
schemes of reconstruction will be proposed
and ngitated' And if sometime in the
future VIC should find, rs the result OF
peaceful agitation, that we had obtained
a government relatively strong enough to
protect citizen Of Vermont in Georgia,
M we'll as it feels uble and bound to pro-
tect him on the opposite side of the
globe, might we not conclude that the
evil Of the political! turmoil was not with.
out It's compcnsations
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-25
LITERARY NOTICES.

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Coag'rgdt'ondiiA and published 10y Galen
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