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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-21

F'r the Journal
"Gold gold, bought and sold :"

Gold, gold, bought and sold ~
Gold in Warren, Vermont Gold on the
river and gold ON the hill Gold in the streams
and gold in the lodges The gold hunters
have actually been here with all their train
and tools Of biologists, metallurgists, miners
and capitalists, with picks and drills, powder
and nltro-glycerine - prospecting and dig
ging, blasting the quartz, washing the sands,
taking leases Of land and leases of water
power, and see the Legislature has incor-
porated " The Warren Geld Company" Yet
with all this editorial capital-sll this array
of valuable facts and rumors, upon which
your paper might have lived for month past,
you seem to have nothing to do.
| don't know you, Mr.. Editor; ! don't
know whether you are young or old, male o.
female don't know whether your tempera-
ment is calm or quick suppose of course
you are poor. but don't know whether the
tinkling of gold in the coin, OF the glitter 81
the precious ore in the rough, would excite
you much. But Sir, or Madam, the gold is
here, and the thunder of the crushing mills
will soon be heard in our midst, and THEN
echoes, reyerberating among the mountains
viii be " Gold. gold, bought and sold"
We are not wholly carried away by tn,
prospect as yet our blood has not risen t.
fever heat; we have not abandoned butter
and wool; we are not dealing in the stool
extensively, except in the way of talk, for WI
are old birds, slow to believe, demanding
large amount of evidence but alter all, Their
may be something in II, and we think it j
due to the worlo that we state the facts, an,
give everybody chance at the very start.
-Four well ,nown, educated christian men
competent to judge, have been here and test
ed the matter so far as to take the preliminar
steps towards commencing operations AM
working the mines. Careful, prudent people
| know, will wait for further proof but tn
old proverb is, Nothing risked nothin
had" and who can say with any show Of rea
son that there shall not spriug up here i
Warren, within the next two years, magnie
} cent town, liz with real gas, rivalling Viz
ginia City OF Pit Hole. We give far warn
ing and fair field. Farms and corner lot
: are cheap now twelve mouth hence the
may be selling at Oil region prices.
} Dec. 1866. GOLD.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-21

NEW Musio--We have Just received from
Messrs VIM Hall and Son, 5l9 Broadway, N. ",
the following new and popular music:
my Bud in Heaven Ballad words by Spen-
Ger Cone, music by Stephen Mascot, author Of
"Smset, ," Memories cfthe Past, &c. &c. This
is one of the most beautiful and touching ballads
ever written by this composer, and is full of ten
der sadness Price 30 cts.
zone Bud the Gardner gave me,
A fair and only child
He gave il to my keeping
To cherish indebted.
1t lay upon my bosom,
twas my hope my pride,
Perhaps it was an idol,
Which must be denicdH
Mrs. Ho,card Pauts great ''sneezing Song
Price 80 cts.
These two songs are sung with immense ap
plause by Mrs. Paul at her Popular Entertain
inentsn
"ueet me- Darling One, tonight" Ballad BY
NJ. Heller This is one Of the best songs evc
written by this well known composer. Price 81
cts.
go Locely blossom valse Chansonnette
written expressly for Madame Parepa, and SUM
by her with great success. Composed by c. Fra
del. Price 80 cts.
"Hailoo Halo Galop," by Paul Stienhagen
the best arranger Of Dance Music in this country
Price so cts.
"sourenir Of Happy Hours,n a collection O
"a pieces arranged for the Piano and Violin
as Duets, consisting Of Opera Gems, Quad
rifles, Polkas, Redowas, Mazurkas,, Schottisches
Marches Galops, &c &c, by j. j. Watson
Price IS cts
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Mr.. WALTON 1T is ever my pleasure to
notice increasing interest, in behalf of com
mon schools, manifested in many localities
in our good State. For instance: District
No 9, in the town of Barnard. contains one
of the finest school-houses in Windsor Co., II
not in the State. 1t is just completed, cost
ing about $1,000, being spacious, with walls
Is feet high. Within this district is the
home of Moses K. Cheney, Esq, so we'll
known as teacher and vocalist. He has been
the ruling SPIRIT in this noble work and has
engineered it manfully through many difficult
ties. After doing all this, they have purchas-
ed set of apparatus for their splendid school,
room, through the medium Of the Educational
Aid Society, at the expense of $1,000, which
would cost elsewhere $SS.l3. This society
is doing great work tor the schools of our
State, and hope no district will fail to se-
cure some of those important aids which it
offers at wonderfully loo prices.
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Borfigm Nems.
THE TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLo-
SIONS IN ENGLAND.
ABOUT SIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

ABOUT SIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
BARNEsLEY, Thursday night, Dec. l3.
A third explosion took place at Oaks Col
liery at ten clock this morning. There is
no longer any hope for those in the pit
They must all be dead.
1t is estimated that three hundred and fifty
have lost their lives by this terrible cstastro-
- he. The mine is now on fire and flames
have burst from the mouth of the main shaft
with great violence. The work of drawing
out the bodies Of the dead has been suspend
ed and the mine is to be flooded with water.
The cause OF the accident will probably re-
main perpetual mystery.
HANLEY, Thursday night, Dec. IS.
There was fearful explosion at noon to-
day at -under-the-Hil near this town,
in coal pit belonging to the North Stafford
shire Coal and Iron Company. Two hundred
men went into the mine this morning, Of
whom only thirteen have been taken out alive,
and they are badly injured. The rest, it is
believed, are dead Up to the present mo-
ment forty dead bodies have been brought
out. The excitement among the inhabitants
is intense.
LONDON, Dec. Ia.
The awful calamities in York and Stafford
excite the most painful interest throughout
the Kingdom. A subscription has been
opened at the Mayors for the suffering fami-
lies of the victims.
BARSEsLEY, Dec. Is.
Three more terrific explosions occurred
this morning; the first at ten minutes before
FIVE, the second at five o'clock, and the third
at nine o'clock. Engineers are busily en-
gagged flooding the pit.
LONDON, Dec. 16.
man has been arrested in Norfolk who
IL supposed to be James Stephens, the Chic
Organizer of the Irish Republic, but the es
tablisb ment Of his identity is as yet consid
cred dubious.
LONDON, Dec. II.
Noon. The Times Of this morning con
tains telegram from Berlin. in which th,
writer says the Pope Of Rome has been Of
fcislly invited TO visit the United States.
There is nc truth in the reported arrest o
Head Centre Stephens. All continues quie
Ia Ireland.
FLORENCE, Dec. 9.
The King of Italy opened the Nations
Parliament, on Saturday. In his openin
speech be wished Italy Joy of the freedom sh
had gained. He said that France, faithful I
her promises, had withdrawn from Rome
and that the best understanding existed be
tween Italy and Napoleon. He declared ths
he would respect the territory OF the Pspl
States. He hoped that the moderation
the Italian people, and the wisdom Of Ii
Pope, and spirit OF Cancellation on bot
sides, would remove all differences, and sal
il was his will that the Pope should renal
independent in Rome. He concluded by Z,
feiring to the great and glorious futAre Ital
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SgIatcbman & Stair Journal.
BY 4. p. WALTON
MONTPELIER. DECEMBER 81, 1866
1867.

VERMONT wATCHdAN & STATE JOURNAL.
Commencing with the first week in January,
1867, the Waterman d journal will be printed
and published on WEDNESDAY of each week,
so as to give market reports at the earliest day
possible, An improvement in the type used for
the reading matter will also be made, so as to give
an increased amount without entrenchng upon the
advertisements which give the most effective sup
port to the printer, the subscriptions paying little
more than the cost of the imprinted paper.
TERNs-S2 per year in advance $3.50 if not
in advance.
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MILWAUKEE, WIS,

MILWAUKEE, WIS,
Dec. IA, 1866
EDITOR WAToHMAS The rush of the
Fail is over and our business community has
settled down into the quiet trade Of Winter.
The time " To breathe has arrived, and to
prepare for the labor Of the next season is
now the object OF the great spectators and
business men. As whole Milwaukee deal
ers in all branches Of commerce have been
successful and the fruits Of the past season
were abundant and encouraging.
The health Of the city was remarkably good,
and while our sister cities, Chicago, st. Lou
is and others,were visited with terrible epi-
demic, Milwaukee escaped, and business men
were attracted here and her trade showed no
falling off, but rather an increase over pre-
vious years.
CLOSE OF NAVIGATION.
We are now closed in as Lake port and
the steamers and sail-vessels are laid up for
the winter in sunny harbors. The past year
was lively one for the transportation lines
and he profits have been greatly in excess Of
previous years.
The high prices ruling in the Flour and
Wheat markets called forth all surplus prod
ucts, and from this Port alone, since Jan. l.,
y
six hundred thousand bushels of wheat ship
ped for the Eastern markets. This amount
is over a million bushels more than was ship
ped during the same time in 1865.
| The past season has been ore Of " favora-
/ BILE bfeezes and but few disasters have been
ohronicled by the marine reporters, and thus
the business communities have enjoyed a
greater prosperity, marine insurance compa-
MES more profits, and shippers an increased
confidence in lake transportation.
PERSONAL.
j. 2. G. Cottell, formerly of Montpelier,
who has won a fine reputation at the bar OF
this city, soon leaves Milwaukee to 60 into
partnership with his brother in New York
city. He will leave many warm friends be-
hind him who will regret his departure. He
will bid the Cream City" adieu at the close
Of the present yeai, the expiration Of his term
# service as District Attorney. N. C.
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ANOTHER, ANEoDoTE OF JUDGE KEYEs.-A
Brandon correspondent Of the Vermont Record
supplements the unique brief, recently published,
by adding that the Judge was defeated in his suit
and forced to reside within the limits of Windsor
County jail-yar AZ Woodstock While there he
on one occasion attended an evening religious
meeting where were several of the lawyers who
had practiced in the judges court-we venture to
guess, among them, the late Charles Marsh, and
Titus Hutchinson, and perhaps Norman VIII
liams, then young man and now in genial old
age. The Judge was not a religious man and
perhaps did not understand the christian self
abasement of men who were widely and highly es'
teemed as well for blaneessness in private life
aud zeal in every good work, as for high attain
ments in their profession or, more probably
the eccentric Judge wished to have his joke--anc
he had it, After listening to mournful confessoni
OF shortcomings in religious duties, the old Judge
rose and said: II am reminded OF an injunction o.
my mother never to get into bad company and al
l and that here have got into den of rascals
ladies and gentlemen, l bid you all good evening.
And putting on his hat the old Judge and joke
went out doubtless TO tell the story over mug
Of Zip in Whitney's bar-room
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Government instead. The memorial is sign
ed by Gov. Welles and other prominent per-
sons.
In the House, on motion Of Mr.. Of,h the
President WAS requested to communicate cop
les of all correspondence on the evacuation Of
Mexico by the French troops, which have not
heretofore been officially published.
Mr. Stokes presented petition from col
ored people of Tennessee for the removal of
all political inequalities on account of race or
colOr
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-21

The SUFFRAGE BILL of the Senate had quiet
passage in the House, without one word ofdebate,
and by more than two thirds vote. In the old
free states, none but the anti-republicans voted
against it, thus demonstrating that they are anti
democratic as we'll The Northern conservatives
all but one voted aye to wit, Raymond and Hale
of New York, and Hubbell of Ohio. OF the Ma
ryland delegation the staunch old jackson Dem
ocrat, Gov. Francis Thomas, voted aye, while the
renegade Vermonter, Phelps, voted no. of the
Tennessee delegation, four voted aye and three
no, our old friends Maynard and Stokes being
among the ayes. Ofthe Missouri delegation, fiv,
voted aye and two no while the three West Vir
ginia republicans made sad mess of their Repub
lcanism by voting no.
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EMPIRE SHUTTLE SEWING MA
CHIMES

Are superior all others for
FAMILY AND MANUFACTURING PURPOSES
Contain all the latest improements are speedyi no'seess
durablei and easy to work
Illustrated Circulars free AGENTS. wanted Liberal discount
allowed. No consignments nade.
Address, EMPIRE s. M. Co., Broadway, New York:
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had before her. and declaring that she must
by every means develop her resources TO
achieve her position as great nation. The
speech of the King was well received by the
members Of Parliament.
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On Thursday over fifty distilleries in Brook
Ign were seized, For goodness sake, how
many distilleries are there in Brooklyn ?
Rutland Herald
Not many for " goodness sake"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-21

To those purchasing Sewing Machines. we
would say buy the Wheeler u Wilson. Ma
chine, for II is the MOST SIMPLE and puRA-
BILE and will do every kind of Sewing. Thew
are emphatically the best in the market.
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ArrrMprrp BANK RopBgRY.-A DARN

ATTEMPTED BANK RoBBERY.-A daring
attempt was made on Thursday evening OF
last week to rob the bank of Castleton, VT.
During a temporary absence Of the cashier, a
window in the end of the bank building was
priea open and two men made their way in,
while third individ al was left on the look
out outside. 1t was supposed their inten-
ton was to await the coming of The cashier,
aud then force him to open the safe, but for
tunately before his arrival, Mr.. Hiram Aims
worth, whose dwelling house is only few
feet from the bank. heard suspicious noise
sand came out upon his back stoop TO inves'i-
gate. The man outside instantly gave the
alarm to his two companions, and they leap
ing ont of the window, all ran up the street
towards the depot, Mr.. Ainsworth in close
pursuit, but his cries Of "stop thief were
unheard by any Of the citizens, and he kept
on alone until fred on by the would-be rob.
bers. They were subsequently traced to the
fields back of the village. and efforts were
made to trsck them in the light snow, but al
last accounts they had succeeded in eludine
pursuit In their hasts the robbers left 1
jimmy behind them in the bank.
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WHERE IT wAs.-In reply to our question
"where was it, neighbor has informed us that
the Wakefield place, in East Montpelier, on the
west road to Calais, was the disrcputable house
in question. It had as little to do with "the cap
ital of the State as any other house within half
dozen miles, and we cannot hold the author Of the
account quite guiltlcss Of injustice to our little
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-21

No APOLOGY NEoEssAEY.--The New Ma
tion--a paper of some reputation for truth
and candor-says mat John Morrissey is the
" first penlteniiary convict who has ever sat
in the Legislature of Christian country.'--
Hon. John Morrissey, NJ. c., mas been eight
times Indicted for assault with intent to kill,
assault and battery, burglary, and has served
at had labor in the penitentisIy for three
several breaches of the public peace. Who
says the democracy are not well represented
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NEW SCHOOL BOOKS.

l. The Pictorial Primary arithmetic.
II. The Intellectual arithmetic.
III. The Written arithmetic.
BY &. A. Walton, Principal Of Oliver Grammar
School, Lawrence, Mass, and his wife, Mrs. L.
N. l.. Walton, formerly teacher in one of the
Normal Schools of Massachusetts Boston, pub
lshcd by Brewer Dc Tileston.
The authors are in no way related to us, so any
thing favorable may say should not be charged
to partially The first thing that strikes us ia
vorably is the breyity Of the books less than one
hundred small pages (abounding in pictorial OBJ
iects) in the Primary, 176 in the Intellectual and
$50 in the Written Arithmetic; yet the whole
field is covered from simple numbers to all that
is useful in practical life The Primary is but a
preparation for the Intellectual, and the latter is
the real ground work for the solution Of all arith-
metcal questions. However convenient the rules
and examples in written arithmetic, we presume
that nine persons out of ten, who have to any
considerable extent mastered intellectual arthme-
tic, rely upon that for all purposes, speedily for
getting the rules of the books. The second favor
able fact then is, that the book, for convenience
called Written Arithmetic in the series which
abounds in rules, is nevertheless a continuation
of intellectual arithmetic the reasons Of the rules
being fully stated 1t is in fact an application Of
intellectual arithmetic to particular cases, Will
the processes all fully explained. Having STATED
this much we must confess that we are not sui.
cienty familiar with other arithmetics to make a
comparison between the various systems of in
structon. This is the business of professional
teachers. But we find the series Of Mr.. and Mrs
Walton so good as to warrant US in commendin,
it to the careful examination of teachers, an,
specially of the members of the Board Of Educa
ton, upon whom has been devolyed the task O
selecting text books for our schools
Questions Of Geography, combining mathemati
cal, descriptive, political aud physical Boston
1866, Taggard u Thompson.
This pamphlet of Ga pages is on the plan o
james S. Eaton's questions in Arithmetic, an,
may be used with any text books or, for the mos
part, with any maps, and especially the recent
published and most excellent charts of Geography
The plan is a good one, setting the pupils upon
hunt for the answers as indeed any teacher NIGH
do. This book aids teachers by furnishing syste
matte inquiries.
T PRIMARY UNION SPEAKER-By John d
b Philbrck. Boston, 1866, Taggard & Thomp
son.
This is simply collection of pieces for chill
dren to learn and repeat, leaving entirely to pa
rents or teachers the task Of instruction in wha
the preface calls proper action and expression.
II they are capable well; ii not the book doe
/ not profess to remove that difficulty,
g The two last named hooks can he had of Rallor
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Mr.. Henry Asseltyne was drowned on Satur-
day evening, while skating from Alburgh Springs
to North Hero. with the mail bag upon his back.
He skated into an air hole, and his cries for as
sistance heard and answered from the shore.
but too late to save him. His body was recover
ed by means of graphing irons.
CHRISTMAS HoLIDAY.---We are pleased to
learn that the principal business men OF Montpe-
lier have agreed to close their business on Christ
mas day and make it holiday. Let every body
agree to it,
AND New YEARS DAY, T oo.AWe are request
ed to say that both Christmas and New Years
DAYS will be observed as holidays in Montpelier.
The PAvnIoN.-Col. Boutwell, has leased this
hotel to Mossrs. A. II. & N. Il. Dunton, who
have had experience in the business in New York
and New Hampshire.
Senator Cowan talked to the Senate the other
day about "bakiRg dough-nnts.n Luckily ladies'
his Senatorship has nearly expired.
Speaker Colfax viii deliver his Lecture "Across
the Continent" at Burlington, on the evening Of
Dec. oath.
The next term of the Orleans County Court,
commences at lrasburg, Tuesday Dec. 20. Hon
Asahel Peck viii be presiding Judge.
Dec. l7.-First sleighing of the winter in thii
part of Vermont
Rev. +. w. Shelton, late of Montpelier, Vt, hai
accepted an invitation to take charge of St. Thorn
ass Free Episcopal Church, in East Somerville
Mass, and has already entered upon his duties.
/ PAINFUL AooDENT.-ln attempting to gel
down his sleigh to enjoy the first fall of snow o
the season sufficient for seighng, George w
Scott Esq, OF this village fell and suffered com
pound fracture of the leg between the knee an,
ankle joint.
ID. L. Milliken Of the Bratteboro Record, ha
purchased the press, type, and list of the Blacl
River Transcript. So Ludlow is again withou
a paper.
The Rutland Herald recently stated that maj
named Valiquette had been assaulted in Rutan,
and robbed of considerable sum of money
Subsequently the Herald published this
"ERRATTA,n (which word has an erratum -
Our item OF yesterday morning, as we have beel
since informed. contained three very importan
errors, viz In the first place the mans name wa
not Valiquette secondly he had no money; an,
thirdly, he was not robbed
Almost as bad as Atwater.
The STATE BoARo OF EDUCATION will meet a
Waterbury, February 49, 1867, to select tex
books for use in Vermont Schools for the term O
five years from and after Nov l, 1868.
/ A photographer at Rutland has Photographic,
! Gen III. ii. Baxter on block of marble.
The MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY.-We have 5,
~ lao f,llu a. {
+ that we cannot partcularize this week. They ar
attractive in many forms Go to Ballou, Love
land a. Co.'S, and select for yourself
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fois s,ss ,aa h ta,.a. So g $50
os,4e sassp saoss. -. noss Calves
5 5a;' y 'sis ago, 80 20 is5ii,,. IS so g
s1 e, aasy FIT s. SIS g' Saag Size Size. ss %
tses, aad dressed beet few eha.eesi single pa', soool
working ossI 500 p. psiror according to their
Cows Calves, fair quality siOa So extra 1000 so so
with without calves a. may be asreed Arrow and ordinary
storys-Yeaags so 500, two year-ods 5000 $500
sheep LAMBS et..i extra, ~ live
s6dtes,w 6aissaIs e. rssail. ~ 10 perl
Dressed % cos "a, hsg,5 = ~ re e, 10
Hdss~Brshton, 6s iia perls. Country lots, IA aee
alf-skns, u zoe per ~
Pt, In sool on 500 ies Country lots Onoaoc
go lat week The usual routine business much dis
burg route, the Rutland arriving At 10 A NJ ana The Cen
and young eats then there has bssn for ops lime
iof t6e haiays whose Observance l. snhasy sSuas 90 hs
universal Yankee Sauon consequently the complaint q The
charged better quality ather Than to rise ~ the make
4 farrsr to A. Gunsenhsissr at Connecticut cents on
dressed seht seemed 70 hsv no great nj 9 ,es
bette qualities. Pretty good oxen are sod a. " per
nrocut NJ. Eudell of Hartford VI,
And Gentlemen Baldwin Bowen ana 9s' asI s 9a s1
favorable to the droer then ias weea e9t The difference "a
Of sheep wonderaiy reduced ths wees oo to compare
Ion mosi surely esmpafson Of markets SO radically df-
rent canno of course he Of much consequence to any one
Last week the turkey wa. v Tie butcher every time and
thy ought not 70 grume h,y hna Ne crow on he sds
than week, the comparison mgh still be ioggy Tor prices
s week hey we're generally msrd win better Mani dro-
ser win probably arrive darsg ne week ana butchers have
hnt they mneh higher as thes we're lower last week
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