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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
American Bible Society.

The hftieth anniversary Of this JcIety was
celebrated Thursday in the Academy OF Mu-
sic, New York.
The President of the Society, James Lenox 5,
Esq. occupied the chair, and introduced Rev
DR.. Rogers, of New York City, who opened
,he exercises. MIR. Lenox then read u brie,
address. He said that The managers of the
American Bible Society had resolved to ceie
brate the fiftieth anniversary of this Society as
a jubilee, TO call upon the people to thank
God for the great good the Society has been
able to perform during the past fifty years.
Let this, be added, be not only year of graft
tude and rejoicing, but year of blessing to
thousands by the reception of the Holy Scrip
tures. The annual report was the read.
During tae year four Vice Presidents have
been removed by death Hon. John Bolton
O'Neall, Hon. Charles Cotesworth Pickney,
Samuel Rhea, and Ben amin l.. Swan. Esqrs.
Rev. DIR. Loo Jones, OF the Committee ON Yer
sions, and Rev. Samuel l.. Tutte, Assistant
to the Secl etaries.
New auxiliarIes recognized, A. Many Socl-
eties have been recogn zed, ESPECIALLY the
Southern Stats. Three hundred and four
teen Societies have resuppiied their fields du-
ring Tue year
Receipts from all sources, $642, ,625, "a oi
which there were from safes, $363, COL Ill &;
from congregational collections, donatI o
auxiliarles and INDIVIDUALS, $l82, ,879 10; lega-
cIes, $50, ,O42 % rents of stores anu Offices
in Bible House, $40 1854 ,06
Books printed at the Bible House, 944, ,O54
in foreign countries. SO far as reported, 1885,
2O5. Total, l,ll9,259 volumes viz /; 325,
GOT Bibles, 579 ,44S Testaments, $1,000 Tes-
raments with Psalms, lac, ga Books of the
Bible, of which l3O, 900 were in foreign coun-
tries.
Books issued from the Bible House, 95l,.
945 value. $439 ,935 ,25 Viz. 256, ,498 Bl
bies, 63O, BAT Testaments. Ga ,645 Books of the
Bible, 45S volumes for the blind, two reprint
OF annual reports.
In foreign countries the issue AMI oil cuia-
tion were 2O6, $40 volumes. in thirty-two
languages, including 1857 sent from the
Bible House.
Total issues, ,15O. .528 volumes
Books sold from the Depository, 6S3, ,o62
volumes I; value, $358, COG %.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
Spider Silk.

II would be remarkable If he spider, which
we have considered as good only ior the pur
pose OF catching flies and startling persons of
weak nerves, should prove of our best
friends. DR.. Wilder has lately delivered four
lectures before The Lowell Institute, Boston ::
He sh, wed that each single thread OF the
common web is composed CT many hundred
lines of ibtintesimal tinenoss issuing from
numerous paplile. When the spider wishes
to descend from any distance, he attaches one
end Of the line to d given point and drops,
drawing the silk meanwhile from his body
The reverse Of this process is that pracliced
by DIR. Wider lie first secures the spider
by cutting notch in card which Is fitted to
the body between the head and abdomen thus
keeping the legs away from The silk. At
tachiDg the end of the web to a little reel
about four inches in diameter, SO contrived as
TO turn by crank, ne reeled silk with much
rupidty from the spider, which was alter
ward exhibited to the audience.
The expediency of trying 10 discover any
substitute for the product of the silk-worm
was considered. The fact, known to silk
growers, oil !. disease fatal to the common
silk worm in France was quoted from a Lon
don paper. A single thread OF this spider g
silk sustains weight OF fifty four grams /; a
rope cubic inch in size would therefore hold
up seventy-six tons, or twice the weight
which Il bar OF steel OF the same size would
sustain. Tne coco0ns In which the eggs are
laid cannot De reeled, but may be carded.
They weigh from one quarter to one third of
grain each. From one spider in the South
he had reeed in one half hour three hundred
and seventy-fve yards of silk. but this was
an extraordir ary instance. From one hun
dred and fifty to TWO hundred yards may be
reeied from the same spider as often as once
u week. Each cocoon will give an average OF
five hundred eggs, from which one hundred
spiders msy he safely relied on to survive The
perls OF infancy aud the cannibal propensi-
ties OF their bigger brethren His own speci-
| mems proved that they could be successfully
raised IN this climate, though he thought ir
necessary 10 keep them in greenhouses. fe
exhibited as spider house sort of Wardian
Case, with sponge IN the bottom, to keep
| the air at 8 fhcient degree of moisture
These spiders will bite sometimes. but only on
provocation no injurious results come from
| the wound.
J The lectures have been quite interesting,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30

but the experiments of the lecturer do not
seem to have been carried far enough to war
rant any conclusion as to the practical benefit
of this discovery, as it may perhaps be called.
The quantity OF silk which spider will
yield is much less than that of silk worm
hut it is CLAIMED to be mole beautiful. glossy
and strong. The necessary means for spider
culture are as Yet not sufficiently familiar
but the exrerim nts tried seem to be in the
right direction, and the ingenuity and per
severance of the lecturer, in attaining the re
suits already accomplished. are certainly in
dicative of something more decisive.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30

Besides these there are schools IN Kansas,
5 in Illinois, aid one in Ohio.
The last number of the y4mer1cdn Freedmen,
fr,m which derive these figures, estimates
that 40 900 pupils were educated through the
agency cf the voluntary organizations last year,
and that at least two millions of dollars have
been spent during the twelve months ending
January 1st, 1866, in the relief and education of
tue masses at the South, principally the freed
men. The work is increasing, and it is an in
teresling fact th,t New England and New York
rapidly adding to their corps of teachers in
order to supply the demand. Within six
months the nomber of teachers and superin-
tendents from the New England states has in
creased from 100 to 1872; New York, from l4O
to 240
A rep IT from Rev. o. B. rockingham on
behaii Of the Teachers, Committee of the New
York branch, contains the following passages
" he schools are very unevenly distributed
through the different states. Maryland has 35S
pupils and teachers: Georgia has 276 pupils
and 4 teachers maintained at gread cost, too,
in a community where other societies were dill
gent and successful before ours went into the
field. Louisiana has only 81 pupils and 2
teachers. The 6eld would seem properly to be
long to the western associations. Numerically,
are strongest in the District If Columbi.,
(9O1 pupils and IL reachers) Florida, (l,540
pupils and 25 teachers,) Virginia, (2645 pupils
aud 48 t-nchers,) North Carolina, Is, 73S pu-
lis and 81 teachsrsO and South Carolina, a.
0l6 pupils and 65 teachers.)
"Our teachers, with very few exceptions.
Lave done credit to themselves, to the associa-
ton, and to the cause. Some have acquitted
themselves nooiy, enduring great pF.vAtions for
dutys sake. Some mistakes had been made,
but they were not beyond correction. One or
Two disagresable passages lave occurred, but
they were passed without danger. Our teach
ers have been able, faithful. seAious, and dis
Greet. They have gained the confidence Of the
black people. and so far as was possible Of the
whites.
"None have died in the service, but few
have been sick. With now and then local
exception, incidental and of small consequs
they have lived psaosable and amioaby together.
snuious only Of deserving, in the volk."
The supporters of these societies urge the
necessity Of consolidated effort, in order TO
make their operations more encisnt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
TERMS FOB ADVERTISING.

For one Square, Of I2 lines leee If Nonparel
insertion, 81 90 for each subsequent insert -
% cents Unless Of Insertions are mefHyS
the advertisement ii will be continued TIL
Libera iscount ade to merchants aho etnefs
advertising by the year.
Probate and Commissioners Notices -, ,Oo each
For notices of Libe ratiuns, Estraye the OH e.o
Dissolution ~ Copartne rshps, @c- Si,so ese.
for three insertions II sent by nsifhe money must
accompany the order.
Notices in news columns. le cents per ne Aeh'n
seItion, but NO charge m4de OF iiesstn>n % etA''-
bNotices OF Deaths and Marriages inserted etHtIs
exten led Obituary Notices or foetry, VIII 'e
hlrg d at five cents per line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
ErecdTnen'S Schools.

Upwards Of six hundred schools for freed
men are now in operation in Southern states,
under the charge of eleven societies, whose
headquarters in the North. The largss
number more than two hondred-are sustain
ed by the Freedmen's Aid Societies il New
York one hundred and eighty by the New Eag
land branch about fifty each by the North
wertern freedmen Aid Commission the West
ern Commission and The Pennsy!vania branch.
The following statistics show that the great
est number of these schools are in South Caro-.
lima the next in order IL Virginia, then North
Carolina, Tennessee Maryland and the District
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30

A man recently obtained divorce from his
wife on the ground of extravagance. She III
sisted on having waterfall although she had a
cataract in her eye. This was more than he
could brook.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30


As John aud his wife were discoursns ops d.v
OF their several faults, in = bantering way,
Said she, Though my you disparage,
I'm sure my dear husba nd our friend, will attest
This much at the least, that ~ judgment 10 best,'
ouoh John, '' So they said At marriage
The volume is pleasantly dedicated to Hon.
Isaac F. Red6eld, late Chief Justice of this
State.
New MUsIC.-We have received from Oliver
Dtson & Co.. Boston, the following new music
!" The Organ Grinder" a comic sone, by G. w.
Hunt; Annie of the Lonely Vale" ballad
composed and sung by w. Kittridge The
Union Wagon" song and chorus, as sung by
the Hutchinson Family, music by Judson and
Asa; "Can there be harm in Kissing P" ballad
composed and sung by L. v. H. Crosby :;
" Leap Year Walts" Hark hear an Angel
sing" (waltz); and Call me thine own" a
piece OF piano music. Ditson Il Co. have also
published, d" Looking in the River" music by
S. B. Whitney of Montpelier. This piece OF
music ought to be popular. The poetry is one
of the exquisite fancies which Mr.. Eastman has
expressed in his happiest verse, and is familiar
to every lover of his charming poetry, and Mr..
Whitney has successfully and with rare musical
taste set the ballad to music.
The above music can be purchased of WI
DE1, at the FIREMAN BoOKsToRx.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
THE GRATEFUL PREACHER.

4 .troliing preacher, " once upon q time,''
Addressed a congregation rs,her slim
In numbers,-yst hs subject sublime
(Twas " Charity sonorous the hymn;
Fervent III. prayers AID thong the house was smxu II
He pounded Justify the Sacred Word
And preached an hour AS loud he could bawl.
As one who meant the Gospel should be heard
And now, behold, the preachers hat is sent
Among the pevs for customary pence
But soon returns empty VENT
Whereat-iov bowing to the audence-
He said, {" Ny preaching is OF all In vain;
Thank God Ivs got my beaver back agsin,''
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30

oui theS sfiu- sAceeulAs Small.
and then We stroll out anu down che mill
stream am where an overhaDgIng tree gives
pleasant sh de, anu green lurt a pleasant {
seat, aud tumhlIng rocks 10 the mill brook a
pleasant sound OF gurghDg waters, and all
the place Is full OF peace. We dispose our
luncheon on the grass, aud The hue black
ants gailop III and get theif share OF the GIN
gerbread; but there is no harm done, and We
eat our meat with giadness and sngieness of
neart, aud scatter tue fragments 10 the fishes.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-30
TIKI sUPERFLUoUS MAN.

1t IL s>certained by inspection of the register. o.
many counties, hat the proportion OF male
female brshs is twenty-one y accordingly
respect marriage, every 2lst naturally
pc perhuous--TKEATisE POPULATION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

TAILoRs' WAGEs.-In New York on Sum
day afternoon, a Convention of about 1000
journeymen tailors was held to consider
the present depressed condition OF their trade
and 10 take measures TO remedy il. From the
addresses delivered IL appears that Journey
men tailors who work for large dealers in that
rem for sixteen hours a day, ca earn but 3 or
$40 week; thus receiving less pay for their
work than almost any class of tradespeople.
During the war, on account Of the demand for
military goods, by the same amount of work
they could earn SIS week. The convention
appointed a committe to devise some means OF
procuring an increase of wages There are
said TO be in New York, and its neighborhood
$1,000 Journeymen taiIors, 5000 of whom do
customer worx," but the balance are paid at
the low rates above stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

THAT was provident and afectionate IA
ther who secured 5000 policies in an acciden-
tai insurance company upon the lives OF his
seven small children. and sent the little dar-
lings for a holiday excursion on a New Jersey
railroad.-WOTld.
~Judge Tilden, OF Cleveland. has decided
that "shaving on Sunday morning, before
church, lie work Of necessity"
81 In desperate fight which occurred in
ST Louis recently, one Of the combatants had
his throat cut from ear to ear, and still lives
~ The cattle disease is thought 70 have in
fected the bufaloes on the plains, as many are
FOUND dead with no marks Of violence on them.
ga laborer who was dipping oil from a
tank 81 refinery in East Haven, Conn, was
his life.
1~A wretch named VOORHEES,, of Newark
wishing to get divorce from his wife, de-
coyed her TO a piece of woods, where some
confederates attempted TO ravish her. They
were all frightened by her screams, and the
case OF adultery was consequently not worked
up.
SThe orange crop Of Florida is reported 70
be excellent this year.
SSwarms OF squirrels are passing through
Michigan, southward bound, stripping the
country Of whatever serves Them for food.
Cold weather comingi'
SThe wife Of a New Orleans merchan
was brought before a Justice the other day
charged with abstracung a hoop skirt from
the store Of A. 7. Stewart, New York.
~The wabash (1nd.) Express states tha.
the prospect of a tremendous corn crop has
given an extraordinary impetus 10 the hog
trade, and feeders all over the state are indus-
triously engaged in buying mp stock hogs for
fall and winter feeding
~Crops are suffering very much in Soxth-
western Missouri by the drouth. Corn ana
po atoes, especially, have been greatly in
Jured
0Tbe hay crop in AreosktooK county,
Me-, is 100 heavy 10 be housed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

S"Those crying nuisances," said a SANTA
rian, ''ought to be abated AT time like this ;,
Then" said an old bachelor, 1--WE shall have
10 kill the babies.'
1-The Atlantic Cable is making $4,000 per
day.
SLondon ominbuses now open at the side
81 DIR. Collins, of Cincinnati, wrote a trea-
tise on the cure Of cholera and then died Of the
disease.
SThe Republican State Committee of Con.
nectcut are nearly all johnson men.
~ In New York recently a wife met her
husband after eight years absence. Her 10Y
at discovering him was somewhat dampened
wnen he produced an Indiana certificate of di.
Vorce and offered te introduce her 10 his second
wife.
" In Georgia a black woman has sued a
biack man for breach OF promise, the first
breach SUIT OF that color ever known in the
State.
- o-glycerine IS successfully used for
explosive purposes in the Hoosac tunnel 1t
does as much In three days as gunpowder
could do in THREE weeks.
~Some exceedingly scientific persons, 10th
10 light their cigars IN the ordinary way, rub
prosperous on the head and then breathe gen.
tly upon 1t. The heat OF the breath ignites the
phosphorus and lights the cigar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

The DISMAL SWAMP FIRE-we regret to
say that this great confagration sull con-
unues. On Saturday there was a red glare
visible IN the sky above the track Of the nre,
which now extends seven or eight miles along
the line OF the Norfolk and Petersburg rail-
road. The manner in which the fire extends s
Its rayages Is destructive alike to timber and
soil. Ii does not sweep through the forest
except in dry jungles-with the waves OF flame
which would make popular idea of such
scene; but 1t eats its way through the rich
vegetable mould some two or three feet deem
TILL IL reaches a substratum of clay. As It ad-
yances the trees fall, and the fire leaves be-
hInd 1t waste places, which become in the
winter season great lakes and ponds.-NorfolI.
Ddu Book
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

~The rebel General Wheeler is writing
his campaigns.
~ Major Gee, of Salisbury notoriety, has
resumed the practice OF medicine.
~The whaling interest Of New England
has recovered from the damages inflicted by
the Shenandoah.
~Teere is much sickness in Alabama and
in Southwestern Georgia
@A hotel has been built on the top of Green
Mountain, l,eeo feet above the sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

~ The London Spectator says: Once every
week or oftener, girl throws herself over one
Of the London bridges, and when fished out by
the police or waterman, tells the magistrate
that her "young man" bad Tilted her or de.
serted her, or "had words" with her, and she
cannot live under it, and she will do il again,
so she will. and is remanded by the humane
official TO give her time to consider herself
Solitude usually effects a cure more or less
perfect, and the poor girl walks off with her
friends, partly ashamed of her crime party
rejoicing that 'he" will read the report in the
police sheet, and no longer doubt that "she
means ito
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

Bullet PROOF CLoTH.-lt is announced in
the Belgian newspapers that a certain M
Bernard has invented a species OF cloth which
rs bullet-proof. At a recent shooting festival
IN Belgium be submitted il 10 one of the best
possible tests, by standing fire himself at a
hundred yards distance, after first showing
that be had nothing under his bullet proof
cloak but ordinary clothing. A conical ball
from rine struck him in the breast, fiattened,
and fell AZ his feet, and picking il up he exhi,
bited II 10 the astonished spectators. HIS face
was covered with a steel helmet, and the cloa X
reached 10 the ground. Not yet having se-
cured patent for his cloth, he, of course
would net permit any one TO examine ats tex
ture closely. Such is the report that comes 20
Us In late foreign mail, and IL true, the IA
nous ''needle gun" has met its match
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

THE STRENGTH OF PRUssrA.-The real se-
cret of Prussia's great military strength is said
TO be in the organization Of her forces For
every soldier of her regular army she has five
men in the reserves, each one being practi-
cally good soldier the one in the regu-
lar army. The regular troops are merely that
portion of the Prussian army on active duty
at the time, whilst the reserves are troops not
on active duty, but who are thoroughly COM
petent for service should they be needed a
Prussian soldier serves for nve years. begin
ming at the age of 81; one- half the term being
passed in the regular army and the other half
in the reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

FINANCIAL.-The New York Commercial
last evening says:
Business in Wall street is almost wholly sus
pended on account of the Presidents visit 10
the city. The only important exception is in
Government securities, which have been ex
cited and very active. Old Five-twenties have
sold at 113ha1l3&, and at noon were quoted
1l3S bid and 1l3T asked. Sixty -fours were in
active demand and sold up to 1l31, and ar
noon were quoted at 112Hall3.
The advance arose from report that the
bonds had been admitted on the London Ex-
change. The rumor, however, cannot be traced
TO any reliable source. and there is this fact
against il, that. so far as we can ascertain, no
foreign bankers have been apprised Of such a
fact. Yesterday, however, some heavy
amounts OF bonds of 1864 were purchased on
foreign account; which, there is reason for sun
posing, were not for sale, but for private in
yeStmept
Letters also lately received state that an eff.
fort was being made for securing the intro.
duction of these bonds in the London Ex.
change; and 1t is also known that il was at
tempted to have them placed on the Pari.
Bourse.
The probability is that these facts being pu,
together the conclusion has been drawn tina,
the bonds were actually installed on the Lon
don Exchange; which may after all prove 70
be an unwarranted inference.
II was owing to the fact OF the street losing
faith in the repsrt that the bonds declined
very active speculative movements in the
bonds here. which may also help to accoun,
for the circulation of the report.
Purchases of Sixty -fsurs and Sixty-fyes
have been made by parties "short" in Sixty.
twos. in the hope that the rise in the former,
in sympathy with the high price of fSixty-twos
would compensate for their loss upon the lat
ter.
Bonds of 1865 are quoted at 1Q9%aIO9z
Seven-thlrties are stronger. first series being
quoted l07E, and second and third, I66x
In the general stock market there were some
ins significant transactions on the street Erie
was most active, touching at one time 7iH
and subsequently declining to 73xa63I:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30
SURELY, STEADILY
SUCCESSFULLY,

EURELY, STEADILY
SUCCESSFULLY
eAOLANDERB EXTRACT BUCKU
Is CURING
every CASE Of KIDNEY DIsIAsI, RHIyMA1IsN,
GRAVEL, URINARY DISORDERS, WEAKNESS and
PAINS in the BACK, FEMALE COMPLAINTS and
TRoUBL rs arising from ExcKssBs OF ANY KIND.
OOAE, II AFFLICTED
Try LANBER's.
TAKE NO OTHER BUCKU.
Bold By oil Apothecaries. Price q. D. BARNES
4 co., New York, and BARNES, WARD co.,
Eew Orleans, Southern Agents. BURLEIGH 4
RO9ERs. Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass. Il,
General Ageno. feb l0-ly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

81 The famine il. India is increasing and
starving wretches have begun to flock from
the country TO the city. "Hundreds OF men,"
says Bengal circular, are daily coming down
TO Calcutta from the famine stricken districts,
OF whom some get their food once i'm a day. and
some do not. Many pass their days eating
skins Of mangoes picked up in the streets; many
sell their children for an anna or two, or de-
vote themselves 10 pocket picking and mur-
der"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30

EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL-The New Orleans
Times is advising the people Of the South 10
give mp all idea OF emlgrating to Brazil. i,
tells them that Brazil is no place for American
citizens. and asks all persons who are afflicted
with "Brazil on the brain" 70 wait for the soher
second thought, and stay at home TO aid in the
reconstruction Of their country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-30
A SUPERIOR REMEDY.

We can conscientiou usly recommend to those suf
ennf non distressing cough, DR. eTRICK.
t gives relief almost instantaneous and fs withai
not aisagreeAble to the taste. There 10 no doubt
pest preparations in 1se, and 10 AZ that its propr.
esof @ claims tor tt. We have tried 1t during the
Sousn. Its prepared by Dr.. Strickland, No. I38
rnS1;sts street Cincinnati ohio and for sale by
YAH WAAIhTTEH Drug Store, and OHAs. OHRISTI.
ASis, =. Sl' Ps. avenue and seS Ninth street