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IL weseser nrsrd Fred ID ,ugisss sessi
but oaee lie iss pretty sharp darker. vel
formed, ralher grsceful- and entlreIy ready
/, On the occasion 10 which We siiuds. 10 Phil
scelpAis. his hsrsngue wss violent, sds "
chiefly Of descriptions OF the ou:rsges prsc
siced upon siavss BY their msstsrs. sD<
wrought very decrded effect opon the
lcro~d. PevceIvirg this. Free. took bi'
advantage q she food. and went higher end
lhigh>r iaso ihe regios o: eloqsence-
IAN my TRENDS, = said ne Il do not spesl
from hesrssy. Istssd be'nre you living
II ~ss going 90 rsy bleeding witness
20 the ruth cf al I.vels,e. n you couls
Ibthold me sisipss and scars upon ny back
-Ju-, here sn Irirhmsn voc,iers'ed-
'Houid on FREDDY. dsr;ing, is il truth yos
are teiIih' u-i-
The ds'key crs'or hired his finger traei-
cs'ly 20 heaven in the affirmative.
.Ouch. murder.-did they iascersie your
Fred. answered that they DID,
Did they Ihumbse-es yOui''
Fred. answered lhat they did.
Did they buck you Ike shoair'
Fred answered that they did
B~sors.- rosred Pat. s.If shst Be- true,
you must have been I'D bs6 piger-'
II closed The meeting in general row.
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The sbrve sum i just aoout egu,i 10 the
entire snnrsI expenditure n the Govern
'aen' 10 Joh1 Quincy Adams' day I, IL a
~o'der 'hs' such ~ internal outrage upon
white manhood does not cause revolution,
and the Instant death Of every man con.
necsed with such damnsSIe Legislation.
New York Day Book.
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Ausniion. white msh. Attention, We
struggling toil~rs in The shop. in 'he field,
4 nd the mine-i AftenfIcn. ye who work
is'e srd rsy 20 Feep the volt from your
dgors, y ~ know hgs % brirg I'd your chi
trsn md edlrate them. sud psy lie in
err~sd prices o. every ariIcie which ~ar
ssas imposed spon you- Read the io'iOwlnr
desali u: appropriations Tor the support u
iazy neerors. whose "frsedrm'' ~ss pur
-hssed ~ your sweat end blood and ~hu
must now be led aad clothed By your "a oor
~nd scis: ii
salaries 20 csrn mis- for Nirgsrs : ~ 500
Sn.Mie- II Cierksfor Niger, u SO
: a'ionsry ard Pript:nr ier Meyers e3 .Oo
Grsr'eF~ and Fs.sl ~ NIggrrs rs. 100
;ic,hnz ~ Ns-rrs 1850 900
X -1ion~ fur Srg.rs 4,iO6 25O
Medicines icr Nlggsrs 600 COO
Rsilrcad iare TOR Nier-r. $50 900
Schcai Mrrms for Nsgg-r. ~ COO
Sehcol firuseS for Nss1rrs 3nOOUO
Teiegruphiu tor Nisges $1,000
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cenf'aien and Dsa b Of az Arnyschap

The R~s HYnrv cisnns,j. On sr Army
chaplain ~ho irf, # exsounding Bibie .nd
recruiting fos The Sssa's. snd By insorin-
The nis1er end Abolisieniss hsesm> en- army
Iehspiain 20 ore Of 'h- wiscon.in rers-
ner's. psssed from li.e 70 home bsysns {,
blessed immorssiv ,t- o,her d-y. and mus
sh, n d - ME n.~isi c,il Ia iitrl- wosd-
len looking room mt over tr s.s. fser squsre.
lsn On obscure boarding hou-e in Cnicseo we
lfound the inssiid- The roam wa- bare ~
furniture excep' pvor bed. 'i,,Is dIrfy
'wsshsisad, TO wood bottom chsrs On ,ld
truck, pine tsbis. 90 whi.h wss spread .
newspaper. on Hhieh lay an oil bible. : p,,r
Ioi I'D snufers, ssns psiI bnxes. end sue
ls'ud. The dying msn ~.s popped " !.
\ ed, while fs;'h'.' s<gro woman sat sa
The foot Of the bed
And he proce~ied % make he dying
statement. which wss in shese ssrds. ss ~r
took them coxn in our memorandum book.
- the physician requested.
My nsme is Henry CIsan.rd. an
ios'y y-ons y-sss old. Ism Methods, min
ister-N iess' wss one. I wss ono. h.p-
nv and ccotenied. and loved car.sf. snr
Msster. with ~ The zeal . christian ever
bad AZ iass grew cid in religion. self
i-h snd envicur cf the gcod fc~'anes of
others. wanted 20 make money and 70
have some FUN. ! he'd no psrsicrisr sdu
cation. % thought would b. Repusf-
cen Poliiicsr. began By presehins poli-
'ies ire" she pulpit. sLd prsyinx Tor ,h~
negro. Il paid me 10 money. but ioss ir-
fuepce q the Throne Of Grace. Bald d.i
aes csre Tor shst- II i eould only have ia
asercs ~ith the Rspubiicsn psrtv. Tor
got Christ snd bscsms Interested q tie ne
gro. fhsd influence sith feH msmbes-
of my church. and ssIked politics 20 them.
4 wss paid sy Office seekers 10 isfs,nee
christians Al Last ! found poIi,ies psid
better than religion. and l worked fos the
ehsPlsiney Of sregineat md GOT Y. Then
| ies religion go and went 70 var T.ere
1 wrote i<i.ers home denoDneing Drmo-
efsts and eopperheacs- Ase Z stole ee,ior.
end siiver-ssre. and pictures. and books.
and dresses for my vile and sisters. and
horses sad nslrs for ny broiher~. sad
pisno for the Gsvernos 40 gave me she
commission. and gold vs'rh Tor my cap
tain. and ; %, u hoaseheIe isrniIur- 20 send
home 10 my c1iohef. And robbed sAe @of- fA
tiers Of i<ily sad such .,uIF ..., a.~.
,he- q ~ ~hi,- I. 800 u 90
.h,re a. she ,ooa. s,oI., ~.
f.;rs and msde lYs. ~ o.,e. -p...r
.os h.pov. xrsex ~h;st - -. -. -
-. 49, 60. s,.-.. - :~I ~. s's~
.ome erees.e. No ~.,,. - -s.,'so.. ' 80 y
80 =, cr;s., , 80 81 ..
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= r~~
No dorg TO love. none TO karess
How can ever ny sadness sksp,sssi
Chunck 10 cefunc'. dead a. male.
Husbed i hls ba5kin. and still is h's tale;
On, such tale, white on ,he end,
-Opht did be chase il sirh a wiggIe on,
bend;
Chase u With hope. f1:s,ing around.
I'll overcc'ne he repo-ed on The ground.
Sow he'+ eeksisnct. dead a. male.
Nhsrs am hI- bark aud the wsg u his tale
In dreams slone. paor chunck / see.
S~igginr bis milk or else scratching q flea
'.i-ons dream. waking aeer,
Fcr under ? fee' n ground does hc sleep.
Oh, oiis- ~ purD. .ons' iuli Of pia,
Hssen'f | led yot dsy sfier dss2
Given yuu mI.s. given yco bread,
Given you many. pat on the l.esd!
Now yeut sck-tiac,. dead a. male.
Where an ike oark and wsg o: your tslel
NJ dorg % luv. nun 10 ksress.
VansiE sirive ihe rad tears % repres-.
Why did " di, sadli none.
Was }, from riz-n or r~~l;oain bonei
NJ wsggin in.s, no b@smin eve,
AnssF- 'hs Question, or gives repli;
y, az f'-sfoppag- Of bre,h-
Es'iu ? much the ssd cause q your tethi
s,Il net word. aea - male.
Dim Il hss eye. Siilled forever his tale.
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APRrslDEs-IAL JOKE President John.
Sbs. !. y said. has recently gos cff lpsetsy
fair joke A pConnsciieut Office seeker
closed : recent application for cfiice with
an inquiry whethet the breach between the
,Psesideot and Congress could uos De sepsr-
ed. The Psssidsa, wrote. 10 reply. that he
is 20, % much "a The line oi s.repairins
b. stehesvss he formerly we. ,,,'.s M" \ Vt .
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n5Gen. sherman 10 bic Dewcis speech
,ssid. II know the msn d the head y sfFs'ss
|as wsshi ns'on. apd ~ we hsve 20 A. III y
trust him. Exercise fossbessasss 80 pss'
ltiosisn. and give The Ptesldsus yourhesrsy
~1'x .~-., ...t..&xt u ffi f4AM NNVE
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- The sdsrsig ignsd respect. q \
fully informs the public III
sAss Ne hss nov. md will constantly keep
. hand. or msnufacfure 70 order. all The
latest sad most fashionable vstieties Of Fir
sisUss, sseh % wsrdrobes, Bureaus. bed
ssesds. TsbIes. Lounges, and large ssscrt
1sus q ehahs. Of The best sty.es- EIs re.
specially invses those desiring anything -
bic Iiss. - esII sra sxsmine his stock BE-
sses psrchssing elsewhere. % he 10 conn
dess ~ can please lhem- sthjs shop on tlis
sseser 81 Newsou snd 'Pcrersviiie streets
JACOB ALLIES.
Ds<. q. lss4-ly 'n h
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ARRIVAL or JxnEs STFFHEss The
Fseneh steamer. having the Head Centss
James Stepbeas 90 board. hiss arrived On
our shoses stephens IL xill be remembered
escaped from an Enr lish prison after be
arrest : lev months since. Hs will Be
received BY the Fsnisa Brotherhood 10 lhi.
country w!,h great ea,hus'ssa- Tssy have
been. for come time. expecting he arrival
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y 1sDo5-o consider lager beer issoxi.
catiast- HNt tA Ai hy Nv
avel, nh for dss gsns ~. drink,
feefy ~ 0ssexsj gIsssss ~. and Il sevs'
hurts me, pui don't knox hsr a ~es's ps
IL : mas vssh 70 nske hog " hisssis-
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No. Dorg to Love.

described 70 Esq. Adams on the death Of
PIP" by wounds received 10 a 6shl when
he wss 100 70, 70 &c, sway:
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0rThe weather hes been remsrksbIy
usressonsbly during the past ~sek--she
I~iad q high and . cold . 10 March. Il
has been pirlicslariy dissgressbIs tine
Tor Isdys promenades. On Thursday. /,
wss .ssies gussy. playing sad havoc with the
pleasure nslufaliy snsieipaies ~ The fair
ss < 10 sbe'r shopping and other pers.bsls-
lions. WHY. - 80. mvr~ ihsn esce--
well. Il sas not OR fault. However. we
will not tel what We dij sec--don't think
there wss 10y shiss -islss'' 70 the display
Ae giiH's viucrnses San.
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E$-who msde yosi'' isquirej LADY
|'eseher q gr-A, iubbsriy by. ~ho h.i
lately Joined her elsssL
n dont knosiv ssid he.
Don't kncw!" You ought 70 Be- ashamed
IF ycurseif A boy fourteen ye-ss OH.
Why shere'< s,sls Dieiy iy--As's only three
ne can tell. dare ssy.
"Dod." Iispsd he infant prodiev.
'-Thsss:- sd tho teacher srisn phsutIy.
Al knev hs'd remsn.bsrg' M
well. ke osehser - sid the stupid. 'isiss
but : little While ske since Ne wss made.
IA HNM%FM ----~--------------- tlNN
\ 0UMr- Bro~s. wisos - he ssIIsss
Col Brosa q shs cId 18th Indiana. hs-
Seen ees6rmed pcssmissrss- q Tocsnsp,r,.
IL slsrs "a nc 4 'dicsl edircr me " Lcrsns.
pcr Jou-nsi. srsnsvrt.
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sArE. o. ApvERrrsrse. i.

BATES OF ADvERrfsIrG.
Fer sqssre Of 10 lines or lev. week "A D
Zach srtsssuen M Insertion. IS cis
Lsnssr stv-rtissnie nienfs. ~ same rate
traction over even square or squsrer.
esunlsd - sfusrr Th'ss srr ,he terms
Tor usrsi~as advertisement; ressenr ~
Se<Uesisa ~ill - rsde - regular sdyerfise-
ssents.
Nsnees ~ srr9irfmsrt ~ rfrinisirainrs
sd sssi na'iess ol like eharsc,c, 10 BE-
ssis 10 advance
kssoJscrse ca sriDsTEs:
fsr Tsrn>hip efTieets. e-ch Sl.oo
Per Cosn.v :. = alc
Ter District. CirSEii. or State. SO
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To meet ihsse conditions. the follow.
ing directions mus. b. carefully followed.
"(1) F,R rHE STAGE OF Dr ARRHGA.-
This may come On insidously psinIess, and
hence not alarming. bot should be met
promptly. The remedy !. "The Cho.ers
n x'ufe.' % allied, ccnsisting Of equ.I
pns's Of
Lsudanum.
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Tlncture Of Csrdsmen reeds.
equal parts; 70 be gwen. from 40 70 60 drops
and f9lIQvsd byrsgar, sit~s eve.
~ q oi vomiting, taking care 70 give. Il =
coon = The fl caasss. when It viii b like.
y 70 BE- retained. A sxcsIIest adjnssss
10 ashis niss large muasfd poslues % The
abdomen. t'
ssla) For ne s,sse Or MsIignsey, The on
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-19
The Fenian War.

CALAIS, Me, April -.
There was much excitement yesterday
and last night at st. Stephens, n. B., op-
posite this city. The fears Of Fenian
raid somewhere on the frontier have
been Strengthening for several days past,
but the precise point Of attack is not yet
known.
Reports from Eastport yesterday indi.
Gated that Fenans were leaving there in
squads, supposed for Calais but up to
this hour have not shown themselves
here.
About fifteen supposed Fenians az
rived here last night from Bangor, and
left this morning by land for Eastport
They could have gone by water at half
the expense and time.
From two to three hundred men We're
under arms at st. Stephens all last night,
and all the approaches to the town are
strongly guarded, and every preparation
made to receive the Fenians.
An attack was expected last night but
everything passed Off quietly.
The force at st. Stephens will to-day
be increased to about five hundred
men.
Large numbers of Fenians are believed
to be moving East but no definite in
formation can be gathered.
EAsTPoRT, April l..
There is great excitement at r.c.mno
Bello Island.
Families are moving over here AMI
taking sho liter In barns ANA outhouses.
There was 9 great Fenian meeting
here last night ana ht which speeches
were made by B. D. Killian and Major
Sennot.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Canadian News.
ToR0Nro, AurII T.

ToRoETo, April T.,
The cabinet meets daily, nut he pro.
ceedings arr kept secret.
The report that cases OF arm, had ar
rived at Ottawa and mysteriouSly disap.
peared, is coutradiCted.
The whole force Of volunteers at Mon
treal is called out twice a week,
Additional volunteers are arriving at
Cornwall, in anticipation of trouble in
connection with the arrests of Fenians.
The report that President johnson is
going to issue a proclamation in refer
ence to the Fenian movement is received
with much satisfaction.
MONTREAL, April T..
The greatest activity prevails in all
the Canadian cities to keep out the
cholera. Precautionary and Sanitary
measures are being taken in antcipa-
tion of its approach. Cholcric diarrh~a
is prevalent here.
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'por ne Rutland Herald
Death OF Hon. Solomon Foot.
+. W. HOPKINS,
County Clerk.


The morning oroas softly through the gloom,
Where lay one with white brow and waning
breath,
Whose smile serene. alike in life and death,
More than rl, sln, Ill up the darkened room.
He had been one OF those rare men of power,
Who win EARNS highest honors, place and
fame,
Yet keep through all pure and spotlesa name,
And well deserve the gifts which on them
shove
Now, chec-tr armed he Al his Lords com
mand,
Calmly dissolved nc bonds which held him
here,
MI that to noble hearts makes life most dear
The love Of 'renls-thc service of his land
Low cbbed :ha de Of life. yet still his soul
Shonc in his ook; Raise me" he family says
Put hackthe @lr.ains let me once more gaze
On the fair dome oi Freedoms Capitol
Symbol to him Of what he held most dear.
His fading eye res S long and wistful there
Our land Is sa'ar or that last fond prayer
The prayer II pr" o God and Heaven 80 near.
Then, 10 s b. 81. vision to him was given;
His face shor@ 80" he raptured saints Of old ;
He cries, ~ Sc b. yearly gates unfold!
Beautiful Boa, o.' Pearly gates of Heaven ,
And thus his OF spirit passed away.
To him the cronl 10 us ~ cross-tho grief!
Again God wrI,es in Deaths dread heroglyph.
Trust We = your idols arc hut clay
Yea, we Will f--.. But this is sorrows dav
DroOp low yo 'al-, and toll yc funeral bells!
Fill all the SKY ".n sad-resounding knells--
symbol The grief rhat DER all hearts holds sway
And while lie solemn burial dirges roll
The echoin-, somorc, sacred aisles along,
Wen lay him Ia n.s grave the hills among
The hills thu. a-f.urcd and inspired his soul
And see above rsnowy tops arise
The shining, peury rates of Paradise,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-19
Miscellaneous Items.

The National Lincoln Monument
fund now amounts to S64,055 81,
Like cures like. Sulphur comes
from Vesuvius; therefore it is good for
eruptions,
Mrs. JEFF. Davis was in New York,
Tuesday last on her way to Canada, to
visit her children, at school there.
George Peabody the munidcent
American banker in London, will sail
for this country on the 10th.
"A l5.cent postage stamp, bearing
the late President Lincoln's portrait, has
been issued for convenience in paying
foreign postage.
A twenty-five thousand dollar de-
faulting English clerk has been arrested
under the extradition treaty in New
York, and sent back.
1t is estimated that one thousand
persons were killed or wounded by the
late tornado in Pope and Johnson Coun-
ties, Ill.
The anniversary of the assassina-
tlOn Of President Lincoln april l4) will
be appropriately observed at Springfield,
H., his old home,
"A lover at Hoosic Falls, N. Y, took
a dose Of arsenic and went to the house
of his lady-love to die. She had him
pumped out by a doctor.
The United States steam corvette
Canandaigua lately spent ten days at
Liverpool, and while in port not the
slightest attention was paid to her by
the authorities.
"A single woman at Lacrosse has a
block Of three good houses, besides some
hundreds in government bonds, to show
for eight years of steady devotion to the
wash-tub.
The cultivation Of hops is extend
ing very largely in Michigan, Wisconsin
and other northwestern States. Hop
growers have realized large profits from
last years crop.
As the winters ice breaks up on the
cake shore and in the river at Chicago,
great many dead bodies are flshed out
of the river by the citizens. Nobody
ever knows anything about how they
came there, and no impertinent questions
are asked.
An imperial ukase Just issued, COM
petes the abolition of serfdOm, in Rus
STA, begun in 1861. The government
oversight of the freedmen has been hand
ed over to the local authorities, who are
to complete the work Of emancipation
by the middle of August.
"A negro makes the singular PROPOSE
ton in Pennsylvania paper that he will
raise $50, 900 among colored men for the
Feuian cause, provided the Fenians will
do all in their power to dispel the Irish
preiudices against the blacks and 90 in
FOR their right to vote
An old bachelor, not having the
lear OF the fair sex before his eyes per-
petrates this awful paragraph:
THE cheap and dirty excrescences
now worn on the back of MANY female
heads, looking much like iil-shaped
dough-nuts, are made Of cotton yarn,
and cost, net and all, about nine shill-
lngs each. All the ladies' furnishing
stores have them"
The Richmond Examiner SAWS this
pleasant word for Il mildly radical
paper started in that city: "AlI ne
groes who patronize it should at once be
discharged from the employment of
every gentleman who respects himself
ana the society in which he moves. All
white men who give it countenance are
already damned -
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Gen. Grant Fined---Amusing Tnc;-
dent.

LIeut.-Gen. Grant has gracefully sub,
mi ted to the municipal law at Wash
ington, against fast driving, and has
pald the fine imposed upon him.
When the policeman who had stopped
MIN Went to the army headquarters
with his warrant, he laid it on the Gen
erals table.
Il suppose you feel proud OF this 2"
SAID the General, putting away at his CT
gar.
mo, General, replied the officer; "I
only DO it because it is my duty"
IF we were under martial law" said
the General, matters would be different
and might send you to the guard
house
The officer replied-"As you please,
General; am only performing my duty.
and when l served under you at Vicks-
burg, you did not complain because I
did my duty"
The General surrendered at discretion
went to the Office of Justice Walker.
and paid his fine.
This should be lesson to some of the
younger wearers of shoulder-straps in
that city, who appear to forget that the
laws are again supreme, and that Wash
ington is no longer ruled by military
detectives.
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NEW NORk Anr'l

NEW YORK, april T.
a resolution was adopted by tie coun-
cilmen to-day looking to the erection OF
temporary buildings on public grounds
for the poor as d measure Of protection
from high rents and overcoming.
The car drivers on all the city rail
roads struck to-day. No breach Of the
peace. There is great demand for dri-
vers at two dollars per day. The police
will fully protect all driver not connect
ed with the strike.
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RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, APRIL IA, 1866.
County Commissioner

(oPFIoIAL.)
STATE OF VERMONT,
Rutland, So.
NV, Hopkins, Clerk of the County
Court for The county of Rutland, do GER
tify, hat having this day canvassed the
votes given OF ne first Tuesday of March
ultimo tor ouu'yCommissioner of Licen-
ces, find, that Edward d. Seldom ESQ,
OF Brandon, having received the greatest
number OF votes for said Office, is de-
clared duly elected Commissioner Of Ii
cences for the County of Rutland for
the year ensuing.
The resul: o. said canvass being as
follows
Edward D. Selden go
Calvin Spencer 30
Scattering,
Dated a. Rutland this 10th day OF
April A. .. ] S6G
+. W. HoPKINs,
County Clerk.
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Horrible Murder.
PHILADELPHIA, Ap

PHILADELPHIA, April II.
A terrible crime in the lower section
Of the city was discovered this after
noon. A family of seven persons
have been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Deer
ing, his wife, niece and four children, on
behring's farm, at joint house road and
James lane. 1t is supposed the MUIR
ders were committed last Friday
bya German laborer. The crime was
discovered by finding the bodies Of Deer.
ing and wife in the barn. One of the
victims was baby ten months ola.
Plumber seems to have been the sole OBJ
ject. Horses and cattle in the stable
were found in furnishing condition.
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SECOND DESPATCH,
PHILADELPHIA. Abr

PHILADELPHIA, April II.
The Ledger, in its account Of the ter
rible tragedy. says:
"The bodies of Deering and niece were
discovered in a barn, covered with hay.
md the Others in eorn-cri0, similarly
covered. 1t is supposed the murder was
committed last Saturday, by a man and
boy, who had been hired by Deering
and who have lived with his family for
two months past. Deering and his niece
were away from home on Saturday
morning, and it is supposed his wife
and children were murdered during his
absence, and he and his neice were kill.
ed on their return.
The bodies presented horrible ap-
pearance, having been fearfulIy mutiIat-
ed with knife and axe. Only one of the
family is saved, child aged ten years.
who is on visit to distant relative.
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select any newspaper, without regard to
circulation, in which 70 advertise undo.
livered letters, was voted down. The
law still requires 1t to be given, there
fore, TO papers having the largest circu-
lation.
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A CoURT SToRY.-Noticing in your
February number a story connected
with our late much lamented President.
wherein his first "picture" had been
taken, am reminded Of one in Which
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
Of Pennsylvania figures. Judge B.
well known throughout the State, as
well for his legal lore as his utter disre-
gard for personal appearance, when pre-
siding Judge had before him small bov
as witness. The Judge asked him If
he knew the character of an oath, its
Importance and solemnity, and if he read
his Catechism 2
The boy replied that the meaning of
an oath was that he should not tell a
lie.
The Judge told the boy to look at him
carefully, and tell him whether he could
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The Difficulty NetfIed.

ALBANY, April l..
The difficulties between the stove
founders and moulders OF this city and
Troy is satisfactorily adjusted, and to-
morrow work will be resumed in all
the foundries. Upwards Of LOCO men
Will Immediately resume employment.
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The KENTUCKY FLY.-The case of the
fly will be remembered that offered to
remove himself from the oxs horn, if
his weight was too excessive. But the
OK replied that he was not aware Of his
presence before. The fable is illustrated
anew-in his usual bungling manner, to
be sure-by Carrot Davis OF Kentucky,
who said in a recent speech:
pass your Freedmen's Bureau bill
and Civil Rights bill, and henceforth
am the enemy Of your government. and
will spend the feeble remnant of NV life
in efforts to overthrow it,"
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recognize him six months from then,
aud be able to Identify him upon his
oath.
The boy eyed the Judge rather critic,
ally, and replied, al think l could, if
you did not comb your hair "-Harper's
WeekIy.