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NEW YoRK, Jan. 9.
The Times Washington special says half .
million Of dollars in Fifty cent fractional eur
rency will be ready for distribution during
next week.
The funeral of General Hickey took place
yesterday.
Owing to the absence of one Of the Judges,
Yesterday, the the trial of Gen. Baker was
postponed till to morrow.
The Tribune's Warrington special sats the
Secretary Of the Treasury is constantly In re-
ceipt Of communications from purchasers of
Canadian cattle, asking for permission to i'm
port them to this country, but he invariably
refuses such permission. which would be in
direct violation of Law.
A large number of United States revenue
officers we're ct the Office Of the Commission
er Of Customs, in Washington, yesterday, to
debate as to the best method of preventing
smuggling on the frontier. Large numbers
of collectors from Canada and from the from
tier were present.
The Worlds Washington special says that
James d. McBrady, who assaulted Gen! Mer-
edith in that city on the 18th of last August,
was convicted of assault and battery in the
Criminal Court of that city yesterday.
The Tribune's Washington dispatch says
on Contested Elections in the Dodge Brooks
case has been sent TO the printer, and will
soon be given to the public.
The Secretary of the Interior has caused q
list of the clerks Of his Department TO be
made out, with . view to an equal distribution
of clerkships among the Congressional Dis
tricts of the various States
The Treasury Department is preparing
plates for new issue Of fractional currency.
of 80, % and 10 cent denominations. The
design will be entirely original, and the notes
will be nearly oval in form.
The Times Washington special says that
efforts are being made here for the pardon of
Solomon kaharsfamm. the notorious criminal
who was sentenced by Judge Cation to ten
years imprisonment in Sing Sing. KAhar-
stamm WAS indicted on -four indictment BY the
grand jury, and convicted on the 6rst and
only one, Three libel suits are nov pending
! against kaharstamm' S estate for about a
quarter million Of dollars that ii IL alleged he
obtained from the Government BY fraud. In
consequence of their known completely with
the criminal, two disbursing officers commit.
ted suicide, viz: Capt. Ellwood, who cut HIS
throat, and Capt L. |. Larned, who, after
making q written confession Of his guilt,
drowned himself. The Attorney General.
some time since, reported sdversely to Ma.
harstamms application for pardon
The Herald Washington special states TIA.
Provost Marshal recently stationed in Texas
corr0borates the recent accounts Of . desire
Of Tie Inhabitants that the soldiers DOW beins
mustered out Of the service should take On
their residence among them. He Represents
the condition Of the State to be - quiet end
orderly ~ before the war, and says reneral
good feeling exists between the soldiers and
inhsbitants.
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Wolv HUKT IN LINZ Cogrrr, IovA.-I.s4
Saturday was the time appointed for the rrsud
wolf hunt in this county. We learn frnm
those present tAas the South, East end NorA
lines cane in in splendid ordsr-s larre MN.
bsr in each line. The West line 6iled 10
come 70 time, and the half doaen wolves
which had been driven in BY the o&her lines
had = 6ne m opportunity TO escape a ever
wolf could wish. +" Several u he fsste,t
aorss: N the county were on The ground, ca
v W sas wolves made for the opening on Dc
- sney we're gwen fair opportunity to
RES" We sre cory 70 ~ thss d.
came ont secoad best--tAs vulvw AlinS -
hesace. EvoytliAg eonsi1ere1 - .SseseIs
vss emineu1ly saA1 eseesy 80 -
he hunters, ~ undegeaa1~ - 49, 49,
sv@ conyjnced thet "a i1anea I1,2s sssS11s
- = - Rsa.'s1u30o 11111r - !.
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NEW IoRk, Jan. 3.
The steamer Hunter, from Savannah 4th,
has arrived.
The Savannah Herald states that Judge
Harden has been pardoned by the President.
and resumed business there.
The Savannah and Ogechee canal has been
repaired.
Vagrant and convict negroes are put into
chain gangs and made to clean the streets.
Several saw and planning mills are being
erected 1t Savannah.
The commissioner Of freedmen at Macon
is taking census of the negroes, and sending
the unemployed to sections where their labor
is needed.
Orders have been received ut Savannah to
proceed with the trial Of Gen. Merritt.
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Meeting ~ Representatives.
WAsHIycroN. Jan @.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 9.
An informal meeting Of members of the
House OF Representatives WAS held in the
ball yesterday afternoon, Immediately after
the adjournment, with Mr.. Merrill, Of Yer
mont, in the chair, and Mr.. Greene CLAY
Smith - Secretary.
On motion ofMr. Thad Stevens. a commit.
tee of FIVE was appointed to prepare resolu
tons expressive Of the feelings of the mem,
beers relative to the death of Hon. Henry
Winter Davis.
The Chair appointed Messrs Thsd. Steven,
OF Pennsylvania, Jas A. Garfield of Oh;o
Henry I. Blow, of Missouri, James Brook,
Of New York, and John L, Dawson of Penn
sylvania. The meeting adjourned TO conven.
again on Monday next Immediately after Ii,
adjournment Of the House.
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TRAGIC sErTLKNEYror FAMILY QUARREI.-
This fearful affair described below took place
few days ago in Jackson county, Florida
The parties concerned were two men by the
name Of Williams, and one named Clare. on
one side, and two Hams, father and son ON
The other. The cause was an old feud ex-
listing for some. For the purpose of settle
ment they met At the precinct on election day
armed with rifles and doubled barreied guns
At the first fire one Of the Williams was Killed
and Ham, Sem, firing at the other brother.
Newton Williams, missed his aim, the bali
unfortunately taking effect on the body of a
Baptist preacher named Grantham, and in
hicting what is believed to be mortal
wound. Meanwhile the younger Ham was
shot down, and his father standing over him
defended his body with dubbed but empty
gun. While thus engaged, Newton Williams
! approached, and firing one barrel with fatal
effect into the breast Of the father, turned and
discharged the other through the head of the
PROSTATE and disabled son. This ended the
difficulty. Newton Williams remained on the
ground nearly all the day, assisted in the
burial of his brother, aud de6ed arrest. Mex,
day Captain Rawn, Of the Seventh Infantry,
In command at Mariana, with file of men,
proceeded to the spot, and arrested William,
at his own house. Clare, at last accounts
was still at large.
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~ Telegraph bss fonh Jan. o.
honsy-sseaAy 81 o<st
st~riiaG kxeh.sy.- psM - los3xe1o
eosa--fsr.euhr snd ussstsl-d ep~utss % l1s5x -
elining 10 l3csz, and esossns ~ l3e5s.
Gov~rpnens stocks DILL and kDlc lower.
Trvshts - II, ssrsoi quass al drossias.
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snCoupo.s Of lssz osS Do - lois do Of - lol \
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f-3o. a series, sel,
1865 thh ssrss, ~.
U.s. Esas C~stiAessss, 49, tzns. ssk
1910 Coupons .
ssecks s.<say tut ~ /. OAK C~su 3s1$ G -
Hsdsoa Ice Re-disG 'et; MANI e. III Ca 1ss5S
onipey iIs ri,i. iss v M; Do pa ss5&. s7sk
wssx.
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10 rHE LADIES OF KRoKrK-To day we
sell Skating Caps, elegant sets Of Furs, Hoods,
fashionable Cloth Cloaks, very nice articles,
oil IN order. Time of sale, 100 clock.
Howe 4 TrLER, Auction Rooms.
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NEw YoRx, Jan. n

NV IONK, Jun.
The anniversary of the battle Of New Or
leans was celebrated last night 1t Tammsny
Hall with royal splendor Speeches were
made by John Van Buren,, Mayor Hoffman,
Admiral Farragnt and others.
Elijah r. Psrdy, Of this city. died last
night At IL O clock
The United States Consul 1t Havrel md
date OF December IL, informs the Stiae n
pertnsas that there have been but eight cases
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IHk woman on horseback alluded to in
Mr.. opeers notice, has again commenced
picking grapes for making wine. See adyer.
tisement vu inside.
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1ov. PARSONS Of Alabama emisrated "a
that state in 1885 from Herkimer county, \.
I; DE WAS member of the Alabema Les.
isiatare IN 1859, and voted Cor the reeol .f a.
that the election Of Republican Prssideni
Toe'a oe sooo cause for dissolvine the
on'on. ana Tor the appropriation of 400. or
70 eqaig o. ~ men to carry ont that rseola.
Legislature the hin conpsli;ns es.s = sns
administrators, trustees and euard;srs =
invest in the war bonds of the Stsfe -. f;,r 4.
and property intrusted to them Ar.in. !,
August, 1853, he introduced n TIE Ter;s,.
ture resolutions expressing the undiminsshe(
confidence Of Alabama in Pres;denf Day;s
and rendering 70 him the hearty thanks Of 3,
Legislature ''for his good laboss in De csue,
Of our common country.''-N. r. Itibune
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MEDICINES AT AucrIos. - Howe 4 yvlsr
will sell on. Thursday morning, at 10 o,clool
the stock of an Apothecary, consisting Of .
general assortment Of Medicines, Jars, Bot.
ties, Patent Medicines, &c. &c
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kEw Yosx. .Jsa- g.
fhs eurras pr,ess sSr tAs vset u I'll - ns<ksss
Beef C.ttisFirst assiiiy per hsad res 90 Dir 10
god ~ oosf. -. qualities II ta0D ~ isfs-
nor 10 t0Dlo 50.
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Arss qsaliy - go S. %. sxsnaxy - eoo7s a.
mon 50 eoeee TO- INT ri 10 80
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Ii Al7; common IitS isfees. SGt9i.
she~p and LAmbs-kKtrap AsaA cell 00 Prime
ooos Or Ordinary atslbs -; eoeaoa 5 SO. In
ssrisr SOC. 90
evine-H-. y; eo-nide s0Ssz; light and ne
dun 50 "a: still led q s1s,xi<
Rccsipss Il bssf e.,ts rsth~ labored THE
week. snd the market sreordiif'y s~sr~ssed sd
iess d<ein>d the arss nssA OF the mar vh~n
the asahes of ssies was iuste, from ixoic ,,
eAsAy ea loser sras P.iess varie from 10 10 liz
4 IL, ~ iattss rae and choice 1T 1879
ord ID ola 81 the CO.. g fre Is 10 lei& ~
Hog far d. ~ ~ price varying above
Tysa reipss 81 all stock fer this sch and lasi vss
vere elivWp:
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ALL SPEAK WELL Of Or. c. L. Spencst's Fra
grant 0douselains for the teeth. Warranted to
contain no scids, makes psariy white tssth, puri-
des the breath, and is ell We claim, the purest sad
most fragrantly scently dentrihee ever offered to
the public, For sale by wilkinson Bartlett and
al druggists. nov.1l-dAv-sm
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ron sALE-Lo' !, nd ~ ~ q tot : IL 1seck ~
u shuats1 o. tbs Asnss - Seventh - O6aoss ~
fhs6s hts covered eth fuk svSsf - - sthss
saaantal tree, toAsfhse vhh ass growth q ssa11
rssa ths SIDE vslk soA large tisss tha bseh
part 81 TIE iet and really tAs Ass.s tsdng lots In
that part Of the city. Price 500 little perfect Tn
qairs OF lteaiol H. , fss-srcK.
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Tss Apostle, said the R,der. .v.. -.sa-
nay 1inos OF destsi.s-' "Yss, replied Mn
mrs PArtinstoa looking over her spest.sl.s 1t he
Elder "th>zes wAsss he ~~s vrsae wsaS d,d h.
want to try % many kinds Of doctrine 70, ps,h..
tons "shos sad Oalssaya Bittsrs would h.v. -.
am perfectly regular" The Elder eopf..s.d N.
'oins nsd never struck him IN that hight bssor..
Aoa 'ns old iAdy VA going TO elucidate furth.r
when her sttsstioa vas sssrasssa b. IL. Who -.
trying to pour some Bistsrs dow ~. 80. -.
jan7-d1u
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1he Board afterwards elected:
SMITH HAMILL, President;
II. u. WOODWARD, Vice President
5: +. CAREY, Treasurer;
HOWARD TUcKER, Secretary.
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DIRECTORS OF THE Iowa STATE IssurAscx
COMPANY - At the annual meeting of the
members of the Iowa State Insurance Com.
psny held January 9Th, at the Office of the
Company, for the purpose Of slecting Board
Of Directors for the ensuing year, the result
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Auction SALE OF LADIES' FuRs.-Hova
Tyler will sell ON this morning 1t ten
clock, large assortment of LADIES' Dres
fnrs, consisting of River Sable, Ermine, Co.
ney' &C., together with children's fars, ska
nne csps' WOODEN hoods, opera sets Of slegan
"nits hrmine, &c The whole in perfect order
and csabe examined on morning Of IL
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II atfvAtipn. Ice In tmbs nearly all under fence
with tvc~t9y rrsns Dwelling, coni@istsg axAt r0cmS
Euod ci-tern three Wells end hvi stream Of water
through tbs pssrs Good orchard and efAas Barn 50 by
fest This farm 10 suat<d eve miles North Of The
AciDss alley kafranc, ~ boosparss, in IN kursn
cossty Io~a and 10 Of the teef farms in that
Of the stats, and will lie sold for 81 per half
down and the ba,as time with crnt iatere-t
sw further InfrrnAuen call WILLIAM wRIGHT
on the pisce OF a. b fgN-RyCH
novc6 Real Estate Ar. mt Keoknk
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rsspsrsl ~ y, !. HAGAN, Troy. s
AA9ssss All ur6s4V - Z
DEMAS BARNES { CO., Fev-York.
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EOR SALE.-A Business Lot on Main
IL street, be,vs.. IN 80 81, tkorth sde on which
l. story hrick ssors building, % By 70 teet This
property oEered for few days IT tire very ow price
Of eOo ka cash ssd bapsle IN IN months, With
ferret Title good or no sale. Enquire Of
no.25 a. b TIN RICK
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Cons. Mut1al Life Ins. Co. of Hartford
eAsn Amsn. d. $50 90.

INSURANCE On Dwelling Houses aud
Il HesssAoId RWndtsrs he ~1se - tn The 14yma h.
swa.s Osapasy Of Hart ed, Hons Jnssrescr csnpory
MSv Ye-k, SD o<Ase rspoassth stock ooapaa -
eve ysars, ~ rstss ranging from 70 "
pr esat the 3toe for the Who fis O. or ~
sAsspAs 80 ssh~ p0sOsaLts csnpssy 1sr reltsAss
infcsNs11sa InsRaaes nn - ths sni<vute ned vbs
give bsftsr nd~mnfty tAsn be oasd any Other
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EOk SALE-The House and Land now
II oecr pied By Charles Ivirs, the bal6 tuo miles
and hail stove He< kuk-3o Of land 10 under Q
high Of esnvstinn, ssd veil fsacsA Hns growth
ming rooms god cellar csstesn and oct hSuses;
assrabl- country rsi1e' Po0ssfon the Arsf 81 o.
sohss fte perfect. knqstre Of
aaxe H. THICK.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-09

DISPATCHES to New Orleans Uulonists
at Washington state that not half the
atrocities committed by the rebel rioters
have been told, and that in the suburbs
negroes were remorseless}y butchered by
the mob.
A special dispatch from New Orleans
to the Chicago Tribune gives this ver-
sion of the affair.
'It is now understood to have been
concerted plan on the part OF rebels,
among whom the Presidents dispatch
was known yesterday morning. At the
tap of fire bell the rioters left their
business. having lately purchased re-
volvers. to meet and be led by the po-
| lice. who were also armed to the teeth.
| All rushed toward the convention, break
ING down the fences on Baronne street
in the rear of the capitol, which was
surrounded by force of police. THEY
then ran into the building, and while the
crowd outside were firing into the win
dows. climbed the stairs inside, their
leader shouting, Rally, boys, rally !!
and discharged their pistols into the
Representatives Hall, where there were
at the time none but conventioners-i'
being during the recess-withln the rail
ing, and about seventy five negroes II
the lobby, all of whom IN the hall pros
trated themselves to escape the shots
AS soon as the pistols of the police Wer
t emDtied the beseiged rose and drove ou
the assailants with chairs, at the sam
time barricading the doors. Then K
King Cutler called upon those who ha
arms to leave the hall, and Capital
e Burk, the gallant chief of police d'
d posed by Monroe, went out and tough
6 his way back to Bsronne street, escaI
ing with a shot in the side The fury I
the besiegers increased. The bariicad'
9 were broken, and pistols again discharge
q Then Rev. Mr.. Horton, ex-army cha
G lain, who hsd made the prayer at u
Is opening of the convention, advanced
Z. the door, and showing a white handke
= chief, asked for himself and the rest
surrender He was fired upon, hit
ID the shot 10 the forehead, then seized al
Ill btaten until ne was insensible by !
a mob ana police One after another t
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PERsONAL.-Senator Poland arrived
home Monday evening, having left Wash
ington Saturday night after the adjourn
ment of Congress. The cornet band OF
st. Johnsbury serenaded him at his resi-
dence in the evening, and large num-
ber of citizens were present. The
judge was taken entirely by surprise.
He came out and acknowledged the COM
pliment, took many by the hand, and
spent short time in social chat. Sen
ator Edmunds has been sojourning a
few days at Woodstock. He delivers
the address before the Philomathesian
Society of Middlebury College this week.
Representative Morrill, is expected to be
present at the Congressional Convention
in his district tomorrow, (Tuesday.)
Rev. Sidney FL. Marsh, a. graduate
of the University of Vermont in 1S48,
and President Of the Pacific University
in Oregon, is at present in the East, to
solicit subscription of $4,000 for that
young but promising institution. Twen
ty thousand dollars was subscribed fol
it some years ago, all of which is still in
hand, and we'll invested.
Among recent brevets confirmed BY
the Senate are those of Captains John A
Hicks and Avery B. Cain, as brevet Ma
jors.
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RUTLAND VT. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1866

croboscises may be suspected of sinis-
ter design to conceal their cartilage but
the candid snub-nose, which is always
turned up for the inspection of the world,
must at once remove suspicion. When
ever the reader has any doubt that an ap-
parsnty white man may really be a ne
gro in disguise, he has only to approach
the person and, with polite apology,
examine with his fingers the cartilage of
his nose. According to the appearance
of the cartilage he may then either bow,
and say, am satisfied, my dear sir,
you are not negro ;" or leave me,
vile impostor; with that cartilage do
YOU dare to pretend to be white
Such an examination was actually
made in Michigan before the Circuit
Court referred to. An unfortunate man
named Dean, being entirely Ignorant
that he was negro, attempted 10 vote
at a local election, and was arrested for
violation of the laws. He brought nu-
merous witnesses who testified that they
had known him and his family for many
wears. and to the best of their knoWl-
edge there was not a drop of negro blood
in his BODY. Rut this availed him not.
An uncertain DR.. Pitcher examined his
nose before the court and from the con-
formation of his cartilage alone he was
pronounced to be but tifteen-sixteenths
of a white man, the remaining sixteenth
being pure African. The defendant ap-
! pealed to the Supreme Court, and that
! Intelligent body sustained the nose, and
| the man. we believe, was punished for
voting contrary to law. Chief-Justice
Martin. who dissented from the decis-
ion. has furnished an opinion which
will shock the community. He contends
that a preponderance of white blood
constitutes the man white, and actually
scorns the idea that by any authority OF
law, or principal of reason, one-sixteenth
or one thirty-second of African blood
can exclude a white man from citizen
ship.
This wild and frantic argument will
only excite derisiOn. 1t carefully lS
nores the existence of the nasal carti
lage, though the Judge afterward ad
mits everything, by his ironical sug
gestion that nose-pullers should be ap
pointed bv the Government to attenc
the polls, and snub all noses which can
not prove clean record. In the mean
while a general feeling of uneasines:
must pervade the community. Those
who have recklessly failed to get Ger
tificate in favor of theirs cartilage ma.
at any moment meet the fate of william
Dean, The whitest of white men ma,
be changed into negro, metaphorically
in the twinkling of an eye, but literally
in the pulling of a nose.-N. 7. Irtb"n'