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Legal Notice.

MA
.NTILLTAM KENNEDY, who resides outside
w sof the State of Ohio, will take notice
that on the 18th day of September, 1865,
Margaret Kennedy fled her petition in civil
action in the Court of Common Pleas of Mon
roe County, State of Ohio, against William
Kennedy, demanding therein the sum of
S84S 10, with interest as follows. On $150
from April l, 1859, and interest from April /,
1851 on $50, and interest on $50 from April
1858, and interest on $57 so from September
1863, and interest on S45 from September
1858, and interest on 1888 go from April
1865, and interest from September, 1855
that on the same day plaintiff caused an or
der of attachment to issue against the said
William Kennedy out of the said Court, that
said orderaof attachment has been returned
by the sheriff of said county endorsed served
by Attaching the east half of the southwest
quarter of section nineteen township seven
and range seven: containing eighty acres, as
the property of the defendant. The said de
fendantis required to appear and answer said
petition by the 9Th dsygof January, 1866. or
in default thereof that judgment will be ia
ken at the spring term OF said Court, 1866,
and said real estate ordered to be sold to pay
said judgment.
Nov,15,x6, Att'ys for plt'f.
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Andrew M. Rich1s Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
IN was, on the 18th day Of 0ctober, 1866,
appointed Executrix Of the estate Of .4ndrew
M. Rich. deceased. NANCY RICH.
nov29.
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Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition was
In presented to the commissioners of Mon-
roe County, at their session on tine 4ths day
of December, 1855, asking for an extension
Of the corporate limits of the incorporated
village of Darlington, SO as to include within
he sam all of the territory attached thereto
for school purposes, and to make the eorpo-
rate limits the same as those of Darlington
special school district also, that they make
the same a special road district. d
Said petition will be for final hearing at
the meeting of the Commissioners to be held
on theo5th day of March, A. pals66.a4aaa
dec13w4. ~ adlSA
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Administrators Sale.

Notice is given that Nancy Rich, Executrix
of Andrew M Rich, will sell at pablo auel
ton, IN the premises. on ~ eas tsssq "a
Wednesday, he31st dayof January, 1856,
the following described real estate situate in
tie county of Monroe and State of Ohio, to
wit Fifteen acres ,part of the west half of sec-
ton thirty six in Township six and Range
six. NANCY RICH.
jams, '66,u ssssa eas3 assdet8
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DR.. j. Fl. Persons Estate.

NOTICE is hereby giventhat the subscriber
lN was, on the Cd day of October, 1855, ap-
Administrator on the estates of DR.. J..
H. Pierson, deceased ALLEN PIERSON. 4
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small lot of th~ree-quarter N ~
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sound and healthy. The Sheep will be for
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field, every Saturday until sold, and the re,
manning part of the week may be seen on my
premises one mile west of town.
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Attachment Notice. !

81 losht13taa Ss"1fs 9AA sH04h3Bb
VIM. s. Way Plaintiff before David
against 3D, Forshey, =.
Wilson Robbins, defendt. P. Of franklin
Tewnship, Monroe County, 0hio:f sOnl thes ADJ
day Of December,A. D. 1S65,said Justice issued
an order of attachment in the above action
forathe sum Of S35 4O.5sgoss = q aszns
deelSW3ss1 ID Esd atIiWMs SWARsaH
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i wishing to buy, a fine aef mtstai @
A FINE CARDING MACHINE,
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McConnelrs Estate.

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In Der was, on the 18th day of August, 1865,
appointed Administrator on the estate of Sam
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DEATH OF SENATOR LANE-FURTHER PtR-
s4SClsRs. Additional dispatches from Leav-
enworth give the particulars of the death Of
Senator Lane, under circumstances which
leave no doubt that it was done under TT
Of mental lefapgemllt, d he IS tnP thrd
one vi ine family who committed suicide.
Ono cause which has been operating On his
mind Is said to he the disappointment which
be experienced in finding that his political
course, in ind0rsing and supporting the
President, was not satisfactory to the people
Of nanaas, G1d that his corner friends hard
ly noticed him when be returned to his
home.
The circumstances Of his death are thus
desaF,bea
" Senator Lane came up from st. Louis on
Friday last and went directly TO the residence
Of Nh. Mccall upon the Government Farms
Before leaving ST. LOUIS his conversation lnti-
mated a determination to suicide, causing him
to be closely watched, his friends getting pos
session Of his pocket knife, fearing II might DC
used for the fatal purpose.
/ On Sabbath afternoon he desired to ride out:
MI Mccall brought up his carriage and invited
Mr.. Adams to ride with them. After getting 10
the carriage Lane expressed desire to return
to bis room fer h;s ceae. refusing 10 a'lo- an
one 10 80 nor him. Returning with his cane
they drove upon the nights overlooking the tort
and city. Lane entered freely and cheerfuily
into the conversation, remaiking upon the
beauty of the city and landscape.
On returning they had to pass through gs,,a.
Lane stepped down from ihe carrisge st the
| same time, passing around to its rear, said
Good by, gentlemen and instantly discharged
a pistol with its muzzle in his mouth The ball
passed out at the top of his head, near the
centre of his skull, producing fatal wound
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glr. sssa.a an lstght.
To tie Eaiior qffhs Washington Chronicle.

10 tie Editor o. the Washington Chr0Hie'e.
1t seems to US quite strange that SO
much fault should be found with Seward s
terms Of restoration %. the rebel States.
lie SAID. in one Of his Auburn speeches,
that g. If ,hcy came lack like the Ir0digai
son, and desired admission, be VAS perfectly
wiling for h.s part, TO receive them ard Kill
the iattci calf
Is any thing wrong in the conditions Let
inquire holU the Ir0digal came back.
l-t, tie came rJhHfarliI.
%, lie came bankrupt
81, lie came EegUaii.
4th. He came c0nfessiHg his sans against
Heaven and his father.
5th, lie came foregoing the sons place,
and asking only the SERVANTS place.
To comply with Mr.. Stewards conditions.
the reLe! States must come,
lst, Voluntarily. But they haze come
back only because they were Whipped taoi.
%, Bankrupt. They meet this condition /;
but some oi them want another slice 10 make
up for what they have squandcrod on those
twin hari0ts, slavery and rebellion.
Sd, Peuitent. They are rTy sorry, but
IL l. 0Hiy because their rebellion was fail
urs.
4,h, Conicssing their sins. But like the
pharisee, they justify rebellion, 6r the going
away from their fathers house.
5th, Acknowledging the forfeiture OF their
prerogatiye rs States; but instead IF this.
they boldly demand the sons plaec-that IS,
the same figLts and privileges rs if they had
stayed at home and behaved themselves.
Now, 1t seems 10 us that Mr. Seward :
theology Is as correct as hIs craftsmanship
and that it would he well for hiu to advise
Uncle Samuel that kissing the-c prcdigals
before they have complied with these teTms.
Is not orthodox.
The position OF Mr.. Seward is evidently all
right We see. however, one objection TO it.
If We keep our iatt,d call til tie pr0digal
States comply with bis terms, cur calf will
have become an o. bef1-c wc e-l -s-r .hs
ieast. rnii, Oh ibs Whole, twill bc asIwelh
perhaps. 10 waiI, as Uucle Sam. has plenty
Of corn. NV YoRK.
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( .'What a question:" circulated Andrew
Lee, starting up and going around to th'
! side OF the table whore his wife was setting
"What a question, Mary?' he repeated
as be stood before her
'Do you - 1t was ali she said.
"les, darling, was his warmly SPOKEN
answer. as be stopped down and kissed her.
''HOw strange you should ask me such a
question -
"If YOU would only tell ne so now and
then, Andrew, 1t would DO me good And
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her face against
the manly breast Of her husband, stood and
wept
What a strong light broke in upon the
mind Of Andrew Lee. He had never given
to his wife even the small reward Of praise
for all the loving interest she had manifested
daily, until doubt Of his love had entered
her soul and made the light around her thick
darkness. No wonder that her face grew
clouded, nor that what he considered mOodI-
ness and ill-nature took possession Of her
spirit.
"You are good and true, Mary, my own
dear wife. | am proud Of you-l love you
and my first desire Is for your happiness
o, if | could always see your face in sun
shine my home would be the dearest on
earth. -
allow precious to me are your words Of
love and praise, Andrew, said Mrs Lee,
smiling up through her tears into his face,
with these in my ears my heart can never lie
in the shadow.
low easy had been the w5rk for Andrew
Lee. lie mad swept his hand across the
cloudy horizon Of ms home and now the
bright sunshine was streaming down, and
flooding that home with joy and beauty.
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The Platform of the Vt. Democracy.

Asa matter OF current iiisiory ana no
because they are Of any particular conse.
quence, We copy the resolutions passed by
the late Democratic State CanTeuti9a ihey
acre drawn, We suppose, by II. b. Smith Of
Milton, and as specimens OF pure English
composition and Of sound doctrine, arc about
on par. The VT. Democrats then fret
Pesolgsd, Thai &c cypress renewed confidence
in the Democratic party and its principles, and
pledge to them the honest devotion Of men who
ieel the Inestimsble blessings which they have
conferred upon the country, and the woes from
which they would have saved il if its PRINCIPLES
had not been departed from.
This TesOlution ssssas 10 say - We demo-
crats are a mighty honest set of fellows,
who know we have conferred inestimable
blessings on the Country and feel them We
also ieel the woes from vhi,h We would
nave sayed the country il its principles had
not been departed FROM" There is consld-
cradle grammatical confusion IN the resolu-
tion and perhaps it means something diher=
] ent, Its OF no consequence.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-07-13

The FREE PREgs charges that foreigners were
brought N to gote Tor the successful ticket WHO
never voted a union ticket before, and who are
notorious democrats, and that Water street
was rnked for democratic help for Poland, +"
and that they did not dare to put the maze o.
Poland on the ticket, although taey Ssd claimed
the city fo- ki0, ioar to one. The Times, Of
.h.t place, denies these allegations, and says
none but good union men voted.-Beiiotrs Falls
Times.
Our Bellows Falls friend IS less accurate
then usua. in his last sentence above. The
Burlington Times has not dared squarely to
deny our allegations, and will not.
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iinuE- IEEAsgEE BElJCHI ~ LIIHI-A
short time before Ja. civil VAR threw ats
luUd light oyer tle lard. au unmarried man
moved from Ni.sssipl 60 this county and
settled on "a place q Few miles from DyeIs-
burg, anI commenced o., quiet but pros
porous life of q farmer When call was
made l1r troops BE abandoned his clcuTa-
tiUn, AID enlisted as @ soldier 10 the CJnl,d-
crate army, and was killed in one of the
battles in Mississippi Being almost an
entire stranger in the county. nothing was
known of Lis family and affairs. At the
close Of the war his place was cultivated
ty Alr. " lls.n. \ short time since dur
Iug tie coiG weather, negro u Capt. Halls
went on the place 70 cut e hack log.
which hc did. ON placing il on the IRE
he remarked ilat it vas tie heayius. l1E for
its -ize thar be ever lifted. The frl burned
brightly aLd merrily, and in a sLor. time
stream Of golden laga commenced running
On tie hearth, which proved 10 De melted
gold. We learn that tie gold, al If which
was not melted, weighed twenty pounds,
and Is sill in possession OF the fortunate
finder. Ii is supposed that tie Mississippi
an, ou entering the army, slowed his gold
away IN the log for safe keeping Dyers-
burg (TMH.) Ga-,tts. =
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ToRSADO.-A tornado passed through the
western portion Of Jericho yesterday after
noon, accompanied by thunder, lightning
and hiil. A number of trees were uprooted,
barns thrown down and considerable damage
sustained by the crops from the wind hail.
A carriage containing Mrs. Geo. A. Rich
ardson of this city, while On her way here
IRON, Jericho, was upset by the fury Of the
gus, mar tie residence Of Mr.. Whit
comb, Mrs. r. thrown out and her elothirg
almost entirely torn from her.-Tmes.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-07-13

The fourth IN BURLINGToS-The Birth.
day Of Freedom and Independence passed of
very quietly on the whole in Burlington.
The night before was noisy in some parts Of
the city; but the day passed off without
special disturbance or excitement of any
kind Our streets were filed with comers
from the country, Of both sexes, who eele-
brated by lounging around the sidewalks,
and took sun and wind and dust and rain
with equal oquanimitY. The dust in the
streets, til the rain came, was fearful. Per-
feet simooms' Of whirling sand made
earth aud air to mingle till it was hard to
say which was which, and gave decided
'' free soil character to every feature of tie
day, and {, most Of the features of the
out OF door cclebrants.
The match base ball game on the Battery
between the 5. Atlantic" club Of Whitehall
and the Burlington club, in the forenoon.
was watched by a crowd of spectators. Ihe
WhitehalleTs showed themselves skilled
players and won an easy victory over our
comparatively Impractical Burlington boys.
The Steamboats, took large numbers on
the various excursions through the day.
Ihe sabbath School picnic Of the College
y. church at DIR. HuDgerfo1ds delightful
near the Ii-hbriJge, passed of /.
rery successfully and pleasantly, and the /
strawberry festival at the CITY Hall was .
well patTonized.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-07-13

GREAT FIKEs. The loss by the great fire in
New York in 1885, was seventeen millions.
Sun Francisco has been almost destroyed by
fire Fix times; the loss at the largest one, in
1851, being placed at seventeen millions.
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Mr. Morrill's friends to wait for some better
proof than the statements Of the Times, be-
fore they believe that the recent attempts to
aid Mr.. Poland's prospects and iniure Mr.
Morrill,, by means Of Mr. Edmunds home
popularity. had the countenance or consent
Of Mr. Eduunds We believe he would fully
repudiate them, If called on for his testimony;
for he has not lost his senses, If some If his
proiessed friends have.
The New York Herald. aIludins 20 some
rumor that the Pope OF R,me had applied to
Duncan, Sherman & Co, Of New York City.
fcr q loan Of four millions Of dollars. the
pay to be secured on the raTal territories aud
revenues, suggests that be can do much bet
ter. His hold on both territories ard rcvc-
nues, the Herald consiicrs very psccarmus,
and suggests that he attach a rlouary iniulg-
eace to each coupon. That would make the
bonds 90 in Wall street like hot c,kos,
THE CoSsrirurro>AL AxEvDvsNr. A
Washington correspondent OF the Rochester /
Democrat discusses the chances OF passing
the Constitutional Amendment, and SAYS.
We can count as certain sr ratification oslv
the six New England States, (Ncw Hampshire
has already done SOL New York. Ohio, Penn
sylyania, Michigan, Wisconsin. Mnnes.ta.
Iowa, Missouri, West Virginia, Kansas. Ctli-
iornia, Nevada and OreE0u-uinst,sr .E all
The remaining loyal States are al dubious. The
popular legislative branches Of all, except Della
ware and Kentucky, will De Tor rat.Gtaiion.
But II Is very evident that all the Efforts Of the
admistratiou and its party will be turned to-
waris.the State Senate.
He says that the eiuris Of the President
IRE likely to prevent ii- ratification in Tenn
lssee and Arkansas that the lndilna scna-
'te Is tie on the question; three Republi-
an Senators in Illinois are said to adhere TO
he Presidents policy. which gives aim a
najIrity Maryland and New jersey are
louh;lul. and Kentucky and Delaware Will
'rotahly vote against ratification.
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Tie following letter addressed to Hon.
james " Slatc. wo find IN the Middlebury
Register. a. might well have been sup
posed, 3lr. Poland is too sensible q nan 60
share tie free trade Irocliiti,s Of some ol
his supporters: