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to frighten the poor Canadians out of
their wits.
The CHoLEEA-Since our last issue
the steamer Virginia arrived at New
York having On board 200 cases of chol-
era of whom 81 died during the passage.
There have been 10 deaths on the
steamer England which we mentioned
last week as being at Halifax, and one
case at Portland, Me. The disease on
the Virginia was mostly confined TO the
Germans and broke out about the same
place on the ocean at which the passcn-
gers on the England were attacked.
CoNGREss.-But little has done of gem
oral interest since our last issue. a dis
graceful scene was exhibited in the
Senate. An alteration arose between
the two California Senators in which
drunken McDougall charged his col
league, Mr.. Conness, with legislating fer
his private interests. Mr.. Conness re-
piled that Mr.. McDougall was not in a
condition TO know what he was doing,
and that he was constantly II disgrace to
the Senate. McDougall replied exciting
" and telling a story SO filed with pro-
family and obscene language that the
chair interrupted and silenccd him. On
Thursday McDougall begged the pardon
of the Senate for making these remarks
Whether this humble Acknowledgement
will save the honorable Senator from
expulsion for drunkenness depends en-
tirely upon the sympathy with his love
of rum felt by Republican members
A resolution to increase the salary
of the Commissioner of Pensions to
$1,000 and that of Chief Clerk to
$4,000 was finally passed the House.
The committee on reconstruction was to
have met on Saturday last TO make up
their final report Mr.. Stewards pro-
position is probably the most feasible and
best Of any yet proposed. 1t provides for
an amendment to the constitution prohib-
lting all Determinations among the people
because Of race or color either in civil
rights or right of suffrage, but the states
may exempt persons now voters from re-
strlctions on suffrage hereafter imposed
and prohibiting the assumption of obi
cations incurred in aid of instruction.
And finally it provides for the admission
Of the chosen representatives of states
which have ratified this constitutional
amendment.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Cholera has broken out in Guatemala.
Senator Fessenden of Maine has the va
rioloid.
The republicans have carried the Chi
cage municipal election, choosing 10 alder
men out OF the 16.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
under consideration the subject of issuing
proposals for a new 5 per cent. loan.
There is no end to plaques. The birds
at Genoa are dying by thousands, from
the miasmatic vapors in the atmosphere.
The negro stevedores of Charleston, S.
G., are exercising one Of the rights of
irecmen and are on a strike for - per
day.
Boxes for the reception of letters are to
be placed in the street cars at Philadelphia,
and their contents left at the post office,
every trip.
Henry III. Parker, the notorious Chris
tol Bill, has been sentenced to five years
Imprisonment for robbing the Gore bank
at Gait, c. W, of so, 1000.
An English paper observed, of some
of the speeches of our statesmen do not
reach down to posterity, it will not be be-
cause they are not long enough. 'Just SO
here.
An effort is making TO amend New
York's city charter so that the city cleo
lion shall be held at the same lime as the
state election. The expense OF the sepa-
rate election is over $50, 600.
Some of the small robbers at New York
are to be put through. They didn't steal
enough to get up Il reputation, Or perhaps
they diln't have a proper understanding
with the detectives.
The Tennessee House of Representa-
tives has passed Il franchise bill, Al to 10
which prevents every person who took
part in the rebellion from participation in
the government Of Tennessee.
The steamship Continental, with Mr.
MERGERS "anxious and aimlcss' crew,
touched at Rio Janeiro on the l0thdof
February. All the girls were well, but
some of them had been ''awful' sea sick.
William ii. Stevens, a boating man
who was mixed up in the row at the
P~oughkeepsie regatta last July, has been
found guilty of murder in the fourth de-
gree, IN killing a man named McDermott.
AT a recent trial in Cincinnati it came
out that the butchers Of the queen city
have been charging twenty-five cents a
pound for slop-fed beef that they only
paid five or six cents for. How is it far
ther cast
A lady died In a dentists chair at Phil
adelphia, a few days ago. She had in
hailed only a small quantity of chloroform,
which happened to kill her, though the
post-mortem examination showing her
to be perfectly healthy.
Maury, scientific charlatan and ex-re-
bel, now in Paris, prints an appeal in be-
half of the destitute people of the South.
He says they lost seven thousand million
dollars by the war. But then they gained
the loss of Maury.
The WHEAT Crop N VIRGINIA.-The
Richmond Times Of Tuesday last says in
telligence comes from all parts OF Virgin
ia that there has recently been q great
Improvement in the condition of sowing
wheat. Fields in which six weeks age
there was not believed to be a living spire,
and which the owntrs contemplated plow'
ing up and planting corn, now look
green and give promise of partial crop
The wheat sowed with a drill has every
where stood the rigor of winter better thar
| that seeded bv hand.
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ID | T. ID :.

SAMUEL SHELDON, in Il e s0th year of his age.
Mr.. Sheldon was born in Salisbury, Conn, from
which town most OF the original settlers Of Mid lie
bury and Salisbury came, was a nephew Of Colonel
John Chapman, the first pioneer in Middlehurv;
was the last surviving original head Of a family on
the street Tor a distance Of ten miles, and was the
Oldest man in town. He had been married 80
wears to his surviving partner, and never had a
death in his family. Always scrupulously honest.
he died without An enemy and a funeral process
sion half n mic in length testified to the esteem IN
which he was he'll by his n~eighburs and friends.
lie was buried by the side Of his father and mother,
and grandfather and grandmother. Probably but
few such instances can be found in this State.
HAtL-In Bristol, March so, Mr.. LYMAN I.
HALL, aged IL years.
DANIEIs.-In Bristol, April ), Lucy NJ, wife of
Willard Daniels. aged 10 wears.
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LITERARY NOTICES.

The GALAXY, the new forlnightly mag
azine, according 20 announcements, makes
its appearance before the public. Its first
number is dated May lst, and contains
the following The Clavcrings, a new
story by Anthony Trollopc, which will
continue for some time Giants, Dwarfs
and Fairies Childc Harold A Chaptef
from a Noble Life Archie Lowell, bb
Mrs. Edwards, also Il new story by this
popular authorcss Spring-1S6G-illub-
tratcd a Winter with the American
Peripatctics John Ryland's Wife Nj
buln
We hail the new candidate and doubt
not it will soon find a long list of frienls.
BosrON RECoRDER-This valuable,
religious journal aims 10 be the organ dI
the Congregational churches in Nevy
England there is a space devoted to local.
CiiSiOuo anu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEWS lOn
each state. Vermont will be sure to re-
ccive its share of attention as two of the
editors are Vermonters and the third spent
a year in Middlebuly and has occasionally
been a contributor to the Register. The
appearance Of the Recorder Is all that
could be wished. A large proportion OF
its articles are original and its selections
are made most .judiciously. 1t cannot
fail to meet the wants of every Congre-
g%ational family in New England. Terms
81, 80 in advance. Specimen numbers
sent gratis. Address "l}oston Recorder,
ii Cornhill, Boston, Mass"
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The following petitions praying for an
increased taritfo on Foreign Wool have been
presented from Vermont the past week,
by our several members Of the House of
Representatives
BY Hon. /. Z. Woodbridge.
The petition of Hon. Pit w. Hyde
and ITO other citizens Of Castleton.
The petition of Harmon Myers and
10 other citizens Of Pownal.
The petition Of lIannital Woodruff and
40 other citizens Of Tinmouth
The petition of Hon. William c. Kit
tredge and 40 other citizens Of Fairhaven.
The petition Of Lewis Ilurlburt and IL
other citizens Of Ferrisburgh.
The petition of James X. Hyde and
p other citizens of Sudbury.
The petition of Samuel 5. Kclton and
IS other citizens Of East Montpelier.
Petition of u. ii. Garfield and 66 othrr
t~itizens Of Arlington. a
Petition of John Balls and 81 other
citizens Of Benson.
Petition of Asa Collins and 81 other
citizens of Chittenden.
Petition of Henry G. Gleason and 10
other citizens of Shrewsbury,
Petition of ii. Il. Mcclure and ~ other
citizens of Middlctown.
Petition of James Rico and So other
citizens Of Pawlet.
Petition of Seneca Root and other citi-
zens of ~liubbardton.
Petition of Hiram Jones and other cit
liens of Waitsfield.
Petition Of Col. Nathaniel Sherman
and other citizens OF Plumlield and
Marshfeld.
Petition Of Emory II. Clark and AZ
other citizens of East c ,lais.
Petition Of Roswell Bottom and l03
other citizens Of Orwell.
Petitionpf Charles Bacon and go Other
citizens ofOrwell.
Petition of Prosper Elithorp and st
other citizens Of Bridport.
Petition of George Hammond and st
other citizens of Middlebury.
by Hon. Justin $. Morrill,.
Petition of w. ii. Walker and q
other citizens Of Ludlow.
Petition of IL. A. White and othe
citizens Of Washington.
Petition of S. NJ. Dickinson and othe
citizens Of Hubbardton.
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WHY TIE TENNESSEE CoNGREssMEN
HAVE NOT BEEN ADMIrrED.-The follow
ing reason why the Tennessee Congress
men elect have not been admitted to their
seats, was stated by one Of their own
number, Hon. Il. w. Stokes, NJ. G. elect
from that State, in a speech at a Rcpub-
lican meeting in Connecticut -
"Why, then, are these States not adj
mittcd Because they have not complied
with the Presidents " requirements.
But Tennessee has why is she not add
mitted l will tell you. Congress
asked for evidence as to these States. 1t
asked for the proclamations, constitutions,
documents, laws. The President never
sent them to Congress until March. But
meanwhile it had been gathering proof
from other quarters, and at length was
just ready to admit tennessee. Then one
branch of the Legislature was dlsorgan-
lied, and the rebel element, not willing to
submit to the rule of the majority, sought
to breqk up and destroy the Government.
They left the House without a quorum,
and il is still without Il quorum. And l
say that while the Government was in
that condition there is not a man Of you
who would think that State should be
recognized. We therefore do not com.
plain of the delay. We knew that adj
mission now would destroy the Union elc-
ment of those States. Congress is doing
right in holding them back. When the
rebel armies first surrendered there was
everywhere a disposition towards loyalty ;
but | stand here tonight TO say that there
is now Il feeling as deep and bitter toward
the Union men Of the South, as there
ever was in 1860 or 1861. And the
facts have proved that Congress, in its
cool and deliberate treatment OF the mat
ter, deserves the thanks of all Union men
in giving opportunity for these rebels to
show their hands. Time will show that
Congress was right. But al! these things
will be settled wisely and safely, and
when loyal men get control of these gov
enments, there will then be no difficulty,
and all these questions will be s~atisfac-
torily settled"
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A FAMILY REMEDY Goes Cough Bal
sam. These have become household words
with very many families, aud the merits of the
article silly entitlO it to our confidence and
patronage. The originator does not claim to
be a physician but has evidently hit upon a
prescription that meets the wants Of II large
cla S of sufferers. Some are c~stifying that it
has a tually cur d them of consumption. 1t is
no doubt the consumptiye's best fric d while
for coughs, hoarsenes4, and kindred troubles,
we hink it has no equal We predict f r it u
worldwide reputation ami extensive sale.
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The magnitude which FcnianiA3 has
assumed demands more attention than
we were at first inclined to give 1t.
The danger resulting to England's posses
sions in America have had one god effect,
even though it may be attended with
countcrbalancing evils. 1t has opened
the eyes OF Englishmen to the folly of
their conduct in encouraging the disturb
ance Of peace in other countries or if it
has not actually opened their eyes, it has
given us an opportunity TO press bone 10
her this very instructive lesson. England
cannot have forgotten that while we had
a formidable rebellion on our hands, her
politicians and orators made the most
strenuous exertions in behalf of the rebels,
journalists did all in their power TO give
them aid and encouragement, merchants
supplied them with everything which
might make their resistance effective, cap
.talists loaned them motley, s%hip-bullders
constructed and fitted out cruisers to prey
on our and the pcculi ar atti-
tude Of the government was such as TO
cost US directly or indirectly "a thousand
millions Of money and Il hundred thousand
lives"
Canada was made the rendezvous OF
organized bands, and plots for direct at
lacks upon our government were there
organized and would have been carried
out for all any action on the part Of the
Canadian authorities. The case is now
changed. Tue United States has enforced
her laws and conquered a peace, while
England is on the frightful verge of a
mighty rebellion. The peace and safety
of Canada is in danger. The Canadians
are very bitter on the circumstance that
the Fenians meet with considerable en-
enlargement in the United States, that
Fenian bonds are purchased by United
States citizens, and that government does
not at once crush this incipicnt English
rebellion. Of course we cannot approve
of rebellions against constituted and legit-
innate authority anywhere and hence all
of our journals, though they might have
found an excuse in the action of English
and Canadian journals, have spoken plain
ly, and have not sought to influence
government to countenance instruction.
Very few indeed of our American born
citizens have gwen any encouragement TO
this faction. Fenianism is the offspring
of British influence and not American
promptings. Nine-tenths OF the Fenians
in America were born subjects of the
British Crown.
Our government is powerless to prevent
the organization Of the Fenian Brother,
hood or to prevent tho sale OF their bonds
Its only power to aid England, to whom
we owe no particular affection, is in pre-
venting any violation Of neutrality. !
is plainly the duty of government to Dc
this. Let our neighbors be satisfied witt
this concession and assure themselves tina
this treatment is better than they deserve
The underground Broadway railroad bill
has been killed in the New York Senate
by a vote of Q against IT.
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p'H9loL' correspondent Oh 'le
argus gives Il very interesting and detailed
account of the business operations and
G,,rro ,rosroo,s Of ,L;s ,br;r;,. ..
-, ~
We quo'e MS cioS'iS r'"i'NS'
There Is no town III Western Vermont
that looks SO prosperous Tor future bust
ness as hriStol' n she can truly claim Il
rank among Tue hfSt business communities
IN the State. There is an extensive iron
ore bed IN the Nortll-We est part, yielding
a rlch specimen OF ore, and will be even
t"ally opened ana workcl. The orc has
ocen trled by experienced IRON workers,
ana pronounced to be rich There Is also
an extensive belt OF timber bordering upon
'le Eastern SIDE OF the town, consisting OF
all KINDS OF nara wood, spruce, hemlock'
ahu considerable pine, ahd there is no
u'n9er Oh eN'lausling tue luihocr used 10y
%ai'u'ac'ure Inc greatest DRAWBACKS
10 business mere Is the want Oh a railroad,
WHICH advantage inc community na't'rs
themselves VIII ne soon ilad III Is under
9'oou ,la' 'he hu'lahu ara burlington
,'i'ioau company nave got 10 eA'ehu IL
o,"''c" ro"o 10 ON polnt where 'ley can
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The Civil Rights law is to be tested in
the Memphis courts. The statutes of
Tennessee prohibit negroes from keeping
drinking and billiard saloons, AMI several
cases are now pending maintaining that
under the new law all men are on an equal
footing as TO business pursuits.
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Petition of Elias f. Kellogg and 43
other ~citizeus of Jamaica.
The petition of Hon. Charles Barrett
and 81 other citizens of Grafton.
Petition of a. II. Gilmore and 60 9TH
er citizens of Fairlee.
Petition of II. w. Bailey and 40 other
citizens Of Newbury.
Petition Of David +. Chapman and II
other citizens of Tunbrijgc.
Petition of ID. +. Towlinson and 40
other citizens of Newark.
BY Hon. Portus Baxter.
Petition of Hon. William C Wilson
and other citizens of Bakersfield.
Petition of Henry III. Ballard and Sc
other citizcns Of Georgia.
Petition Of David Sunlerlin and 80
other citizens of llighgate.
Petition Of David Brown and Other
citizens of Grand Isle.
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TIIE MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW YORK.
FREDERICK S. WINSTON,
"Thc leading Life Insurance Association
of this Continent ; also the model
Company of the World"
ELIzuR WnIGIIr Mass. Insurance Commissioner.

The advantages offered by thu Company are,
1st. 1t has larger CASH ASSETS than any other COM
panv in the country, amounting to nearly
SO, 600, 900.
2nd. DIVIDENDS ANNUALLY, and may be used as
cash in payment Of premiums, or to aug.
mcnt the amount Of Insurance., or US an in
come.
3rd. Dividends declared upon a purely mutual
plan, and have been larger than by any
other Company.
Superintendent Barnes, in his report to the Le-
gi,lature of New York, for 1865 says; mo such
imperial dividend rs that OF the Mutual Life, was
ever before declared by any American COMPANY"
4th. Rates of Premiums are lower than in most
other Companies.
CURRENT ~INCoMr, past year, : 1000, 900.
AMOUNT INSURED, ,a>t pear, u 100, UUO.
NUNBEl, OF Policies issued, 1000.
PAST RrsuLTs.-A policy for SIC, 900. issued in
1913; Dividends applied to augment the policy
in 20 ycars-amountcd to SIS, 03s. 20, while the
whole amount Of premiums paid was only s. 1850,
ENDORSEMENT Policies which have been paid
by the Company->hOw Il surplus above all pre-
miums paid to the Company, with compound
interest at 6 per cent
Those wishing to Insure will do well to examine
the document Of this company, which will be fur
ni>hcd by the mnder>i ned or Their AGENTS. This
Company has paid 20 per cent dividends.
J. & c. q STEELE,
Gent Agents for Vermont.
Middlcbnry, April p, 1866. 4tf
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fAIS vs.: BlRDS.-Whoever engages in shoot
ing small birds is n cruel man whoever midi in
eXterminating rats is hcneiactor. We shoulI
like some one to give us the benefit of their exper-
fence in driving out these pests. We need some
thing besidcs dogs, cats, and traps for this busi-
ness.-Scicntitic American, n. Y.
rD-Sce "CosrAR's' advertisement above.
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1866.

"COSTAR'S' RAT ENTERMTNATOR is simple.
sale and surc-the most perfect Ratification
meeting We have ever attended. Every Rat that
can get it, properly prepared, will eat it, aud every.
one that eats it will die, generally at some ulac.
a. distant as possible from where it was taken
Lake Shore, Mich, Mirror.
cG-Sce "CosrAR's' advertisement above.
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Lfzorr.-SrowEL IL Bristol, April "a by
Rev. Geo. l.. Gleason, Mr.. LEVI L. LYzorr, to
Miss MARY SrowtI, all Of Bristol.
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1866.


HOUSEKEEPERS troubled with vermin need
he so no longer, 1t they use "CosrAR's Extermin-
ator. We have used 1t to our Satisfaction anj n
a box cost -, We would have it. We have triod
poisons. but they effected nothing: bur "Costar'.''
article knocks the breath out of Rats. Mice.
Reaches, Ants, and Bed-bugs, quicker than we can
write It. 1t is in great demand all over the couu-
try.-Madina, OHIO, G%azctte.
LG Sec 'CosTAH's' advertisement above.
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1866.

INCREASE on RATS.-The Farmers Gazette
lfIinsIiSh) asserts and proves by figures that one
pair Of RATS will have a progeny and Descendants
no less than Col $50 in three years. Now. unles,
His immense family can be kept down, they
would consume more food than would sustain
Gj, 900 human beings.
IJ-Sce ''CosTAR's' advertisement above.
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EARAI FOR SALE.

A Farm Of ls5 a res Of laud, With Buildings,
nice Fruit and ~frst-rate water. situated IA inues
nor,h of Fast Midilebury, on the Bristo, road-and
a wood lot Of sixty acres on the Mountain. yin
be sold low, as the owner Is engaged in other
business; the 1856 acres is all level tilla6le land,
about half clay and the rest loan, there Is ABOUT
thirty-ive acres OF grain sowed, The roaa ulviues
il near the middle, will sell il in two farms 10
suit purchasers; ono half of the purchase money
can be left on mortgage. For lernfi enquire ny
man S. G. TISDALE,
East Middlebury Vt.
April 2sj, 1866. tSN'
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NORTH AMERICA.

This Justly celebrated Stallion will stand the en-
ensuing season for the accommodation OF Stock
Raisrrs. as follows;
At the Union Stable, in Middlebury, on Tuesdays
aud Wednesdays.
At Mr.. HYDE, in New Haven, on Thursdays and
Al tho Stable of H.. Adams in Nergennes, on Fri
DAYS and saturdays, aud will he at the Farm OF S.
w. Smith, in Addison, until Monday and return
to Middlebury.
TERMS-S8.O 90 To INSURE.
The reputation OF this Horse, as a Stock eetter,
is two well established to need anything said in his
favor. ooo
He is nine years old and weighs 1900 pounds
Was sired by the Old Black Hawk, Dam by the
Hamiltonian, known as the Gibson Horse
..sm & SE y. 9 SM ADAMS, rropris'0F'
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A VOICE FROM THE FAR WE|T.-Sneakinc
of "CoSrAE's' Rat, Rooch, Ants, &c., Extermin-
ator-.' more grain and provisions are DESTROYED
annually in Grant County by vermir than would
pay for tons of this Rat and hISc t Killer "-Lan-
caster, Wis, Herald
r3- See "CosTAH's'' advertisement above.
cT Sold in Middlebury Vt. and by all Drug
Slsts ana Dealers. i;3m
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IMPORTANT TO FARMERs.-There is on
exhibition at the GRAIN and Feed Store
of V. V. Clay, which by the way is one
Of the most important Of our Middlcbury
Institutions, n most useful invention
adams New Patent Tanning Mill and
Grain Separator" There are four dis
linct principles incorporated in this i'm
provcment on the old Tanning Mill
which Mr.. Adams will be happy to
explain to those who call, by the. use Of
which all kinds of grain are thoroughly
cleaned from Ergot, Garlic, Chess, Pirk,
Kale, Canada Tliistles, Tares, Wild Tur-
nips, and all other impurities. The in
vcntor has also several other kinds of
patent machines among which is the Flour
Scoop and Sitter. We suppose the ladies
will have these at all hazards.
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American Lille props they are indispensable.

By Roots Pes achinc Age may with Youth
compete.
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rr ! ! liEwAEE ! ! ofall worthless limitations.
! rS' See that CosTAE's' name is ON each Box.
Bottle and FLASK, before Won buv.
r~G-Address, HENRY K COSTAR
,,. 4S2 Broadway. n Y.
lcg Sold in Middlebury, Vt, and b. ali Dra,-
dds and Retailers.