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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

DISTRICT CoNvENTIoN.-On Wednes-
day last the Convention of the First Con-
gressional District was held at Middlcbury.
and Hon. f. f. Woodbridge was nominated
for Representative to Congress without OPP
position. 1t was voted to have the Conven-
ton in future Delegate instead of Mass
Convention. which is wise.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

The once famous Della Webster lives in
Kentucky, just opposite the city of Madison,
indianapolis. Her troubles seem to have
recommended. On Saturday night, 2Sth
an assault was made upon her households
fired and stones thrown. Nichols, overseer
Of Miss Webster's estate, was dangerously
wounded. A gold watch and other valua-
bles were stolen from the house. MSS w.
has been ordered by the outlaws to leave
the State.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17
JOHNSONIsM IN MASSACHUSETTS,
Springfield Republican saws

JOHNSONIsM IN MASSACHUSETTS, Thc
Springfield Republican says.
The johnson party of conservatives or
national unionists in Massachusetts did not
make Il very impressive or creditable be-
ginning III old Faneul Hall, Wednesday.
Only the old democratic party of 1860 and
1864, and II few camp followers from the re-
publican ranks, We're there. The real con-
servative leaders of the state staid away.
The resolutions were moderate. modest. and
lnoliensivc and inconsequental enough.
But the speeches were either rounded rhe-
toric, good for all merdians like the old
Farmers almanac. or low, vulgar, bitter
partlsanship. No credit for honest motive
was given To those who differed the rebel
lion grew out of Il mistaken sense of duty"
no harshcr word was applied to the south
ern revolt and revolters but Congress and
ITS supporters, the republican party, that
have carried the country through the war
to peace, and out of disunion to unity, were
spoken Of as harpies and vultures, wicked
traitors sucking the lite-blood of the nation
and willfully seeking continued disorder
and another civil war. There was no brain
large enough, no heart clear and courageous
enough to lift the convention out of this
slough, aad speak a truly conservative word
for the new party. If Philadelphia gives MS
nothing above this, the politics of the coun-
try will indeed be at low ebb : certainly
the conservative party will remain to DO
organized.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

The following Artists will assist
MRS. W. II. DODGE, nee Blanche Carpenter;
MIR. JULUES EICHLER, Of Boston;
MIR. CHRISTIAN sCHUsTER;
MIR. A. sCHEWIKARDI, ,,h Italia, ,,o J ,,,
MR.. y. g. URCIS, S'' '"' ''"'"" 'P''" Nv" i"'N
MIR. EMIL APFELBAUM,
Tickets, 20 cents Reserved Seats 20 cents.
For sale at Box Office. Open at a. p. NJ
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17
The Philadelphia Convention.

This Convention, in accordance with the
"call, came together in large numbers, and
was organized by the choice of Gen. Dix as
temporary chairman. For the sake of pro-
noting harmony F. Wood, Dean and Val
landigham withdrew as delegates and did
not take seats in the Convention. Gen. Dix.
on taking the chair, made the following adj
urpss.--
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

New CoUNTY.-We learn from our ex-
changes that an application is to be made to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

TIE ATLANTIC CABLE.-The cable is
operating splendidly. The method Of work
ing it has been vastly improved since the
shore end was laid. The Presidents mes
sage was telegraphcd in eleven minutes it
contained over seventy-seyen words, averag-
ing long words. But, since then, messages
have been sent through it at the rate of
twelve and one-eighth words per minute :
or--as five letters constitute word under
the cable telegraphic tartl-one letter per
second
Twelve thousand words were sent through
the cable in one dav. The reason why
news was so long suppressed, after the pub
LEGATION Of special dispatches, was because
the line was constantly occupied in sending
private messages at the rate of a sovereign
word, or one dollar in gold each letter.
All the scientific men connected with the
expedition are confident that the graphing
of the old cable will be successfully execui-
ed. Mr.. Field telegraphed to one cores
pondent that as soon as the old cable was
known TO be on board message would be
sent to us through the present cable.
The Great Eastern, or one OF her consorts,
will lay cable connecting Prince Edward
Island with Newfoundland before returning
To England. Mr. Field will not visit the
United States until this chain or knot of
cables is NATURALIZATION Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

Hon. F. Holbrook and others;
GESrLpEx,-I beg to acknowledge the receipt Of youi
esteemed favor Of the 18th inst, rendering to Comp
mentary Benefit at the Town II all during the present week
with sincere gratitude accept your kind offer, and
Saturday evening the 18th inst the time for the Con-
cert
Very Respectfully
Your obit serv't.
GEO. 2. FOWLER.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

WELL PuT.-This is the way they put
the issue at a late Republican Convention in
Illinois,
Resohed, That "treason must be made
odious,n but that it cannot be made odious
by giving rebels seats in Congress, nor by
feeding Jefferson Davis on poached eggs and
fried oysters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

Vermont GteMs.

"Cholera, Dysentery, Coughs, Colds and rheumatism
quickly cured by American Life Dropsn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

MUSICAL CONVENTIONS. - The Cheshire County
Musical Convention will hold It's 14th annual session
at Keene, N H., commencing Monday, August goth,
and continuing five days a grand Musical Conven-
ton is to be held Mt Newbury, in this State, during
the first week in September, under the management
of Prof l.. o. Emerson and Miss Annie l.. Carey Of
Boston.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-08-17

CnAcKERs.-Our townsm0n, G. II. Salisbury, who
is doing thriving business in the bakery line In the
city of New York, has sent couple Of barrels of del
icote milk and egg biscuit to Clark & Willard, which
are pleasant to the taste and good to look upon
Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1866-04-28
SO 4.-9ounsritog.

Srd fnr ale Hraber. gesIsa I'm @ef&irr $500. GIFTS
Iase 900. Fsrfest $500 Don Gssntban'er. asssless
Tennessee staatszeitung. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-187?, 1866-04-28
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fd Die 3meiee Der Beioen, nne elm
i60uer Mao6entopf bog f6 iaaelno
Saraus berbor.
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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-06
Tobacco am Autidote for Ratsbane.

Rev. II. Stephenson, living near Mill
Creek Church, in the vicinity of Glen
cliffe Station, on the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railroad, and his whole family
were accidentally poisoned few days
since 1t appears that Mr.. Stephenson
had procured some arsenic for the pur-
pose of killing rats, and this poison had
been placed upon shelf where after
ward some baking powders were laid.
Mrs. Stephenson made the mistake, put
ting some of the noxious drug into the
biscuits, which she baked, of which the
family partook. Almost Immediately
upon rising from the supper table Mr.. S
was taken with vomiting, and very soon
his wife, the children, and some colored
persons living at the house, were taken
violently i'll. Suspecting the cause, an
examination showed the true state of
the case Not being able to procure med
ical attendance Immediately, Mr.. Ste.
phenson swallowed piece Of tobacco
himself, and induced the Others to do the
same. A physician was called in as soon
as possible, and assured the parties that
the tobacco had undoubtedly acted as an
antidote. All the parties bid fair to re-
cover.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-06
The Conversion Of Senator Wilson

The religious conversion of Senator
Wilson, which some have affirmed and
others have denied, is announced by the
Senator himself in the following remarks
made byhim at revival meeting at Natick
Mass, last week. The recent converts
being invited to speak, Senator Wilson
was the first to rise, and he spoke in SUBJ
stance as follows;
He felt he owed it to himself, to his
friends about him, aud to the cause of
his Redeemer, to say few words, though
he did it with some reluctance. For
more than thirty years he had attended
the services of God on that spot, and had
listened to hundreds Of sermons. He
had been convinced Of the truths thus set
forth, and had no excuse to offer for so
long delaying to give his personal atten-
ton to this subject. He had never
shielded himself by in6delity, or defended
his position by that poorest of all excuses
the faults Of protesting Christians.
Whenever addressed personally on the
subject, as he had often been by his
friends from various parts Of the coun-
try, he had always felt himself guilty be-
fore God, and yet he had lived more than
fifty years rejecting God.
He had seen the Christian die in the
triumph Of faith, and had often stood by
dying soldiers and longed to speak some
word of Christian comfort and cheer in
their ears, and he could not He had
stood by the graves Of those he loved
best, and thought how often those lips,
now cold IN death, had breathed his name
TO heaven. BE trusted that in answer
to the prayers Of dear wife, Of those
dear departed ones, and Of other dear
friends, he had now found abiding peace,
he would not exchange the hope hs bad
for any earthly honors. he had enjoyed
more peace and assurance during the
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-06
The Radical Version of the Story Of the
Prodigal Son.

The following comes from Henry
Ward Beecher:
We all know the story of the Prodigal
Son-how that self-sutiicient youth, in
the pride Of his own self-conceit, sought
from his father his portion of the patri-
mony, that he could go and live by him
self The father gave it to him, and he
went out; and, like too many other sons
of rich men in our days, he very soon
spent the whole of his patrimony, and
wasted it in riotous living drunkenness
and debauchery; and when he was re-
duced to the most abject poverty and
covered with filthy rags, was compelled
to become a keeper of swine; and, to
save himself from starving, to feed on
the husks that the swine did eat. But
he came to himself at last, and deter
mined to return towards his father s
house, and how was he received? Why,
the father saw him while he was yet a
great way of, and ran unto him, and
fell on his neck and kissed him, and
put fne robe upon him and invited
him into the parental mansion, where the
fatted calf was killed and the feast made
ready. That was the manner in which
the prodigal was received, as we get the
story from the lips of our Savior; but
when | was in New England not long
ago, heard another version Of this story
laughter, which you may call the Rad
ical version. l will tell you what it was :
When this young man came toward the
fathers house in filth and rags, his father
closed the door against him. Says he,
"You vile wretch, you have spent all
your patrimony, wasted your substance,
and you are unfit to enter into my house.
/ know you have no money and you have
no credit, and you cannot buy anything,
but you must 60 and buy fine silk robe
before you can come into my house; and
another thing, when you cross my
threshold, it shall be on two inexorabe
conditions: first of all, you shall take a
solemn oath that you have never been
away; and secondly, you shall give good
guarantees that you will never 60 again. ="
TGreat lauqhter
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-06

past week than in any other period Of

past week than in any other period Of
his life.
He gave himself all he had and all he
hoped for, to his Lord and Master, and
if anything had been kept back, he
prayed that it might be revealed to him.
The Senator was particularly glad to see
SO many young men coming forward in
this good work, and called upon his
neighbors and friends not to delay in
making their peace with God. Scared
and scanned as we all are by sin, or at any
rate, as he felt himself to be, he rejoiced
that there is mercy and salvation at the
foot of the cross.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-06
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La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
The Fig at the South.

Of all the fruits cultivated in the South,
the fig requires the least care, mud il ono
Of the most productive and useful. South
Of the latitude Of 81 cegrees. the ffg tree
produces three crops Il year. comm neing
in May and bearing until November, but
in central Georgia we generally gather
but two crops a year unless the season is
peculiarly favorahle. the first or early
crop Icing often killed by spring frost.
The figs are mostly eaten directly from the
Nee, as soon as ripe. aud may be found il
abundance upon the breakfast tahl" of ali
lovers of fac fruit. The fig tree grew
freely from cut ings planted early III the
spring, and will sometimes bear the first
year. generally the second. It has eyer
been II source Of surprise to Us that the fl
is not extensively. cultivated and turned
to more~protitahle account but this is no.
the only instance in which the maadiga
and generous gifts of Nature are lavishet
upon men in vain. We hearof gentlemen
near Mobile. upon the Gulf. who have
planted the fig largely. with tie intention
of using tie.froit as Northern farmers use
apples. for the purpose Of fattcning hogs.
Cultivator.
La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
State Of Louisiana.
PARISH OF ~LAFoURcIIr.
7Xi6oaao.s. Narcl 5, 1866.

7Hi6o1a'r. March 5, 1866.
The Police Jury of the Parish If In
f''urche met at the Court House. ii the
tow IT Thlhndaux. ut 10 o'clock / ~
Present.. s Perkins. presidsnt /.
aiessrs. 4. J.vIofnan. Arscne Bt,rpernn
Washington Griffin, John Ivan. sastI,rne
I pplsa; John Nelson Joseph Remont and
Ahsent-Frank Dalferes and David B.
Pagh.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved as recorded.
un motion duly seconded, it was re-
That VI ferries ha established.
one a~tFLnckrnrt and one at Raceland /;
and that n committee Of three he np-
IA led to fix the rate Of ftrriagf tlerepn.,
ferry Mt Lockpart to be i'm sfrnnt Of
town. not further than seventy five
feet below or above enid town.
The President d pointfl an said com
Messrs. Eyall, Remont aud
On mstion Police Jury adjourned to
p. N.
At o'clock Police yury met.
La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
Dico,

GA Friday. 10th inst. at | o'e,oek 4. ".
Loais Df,iz. native OF Ia Gle. Carton d. Nercba
Tel. switz rland. aged IS yfas.
IN The Parish Of Assumpt' on. on tho az,
MS At ; o'clock P. NJ. Miss EEiENls
BoUhGEOfs. aged % years daughter Of Mrs
J.M Crawford OF \, W Orleans.
Another plra soal has fitted awsv from
earth 70 tteFlity. tie jennie has gone t
her God to be. wiagnd al, angel in III .ayan
She bad Q most ne'le character. ii. n nature
was sweet. kiad aud affectinnata. Mary wars
her acalaia ai,ces, and a ! who knew her lorea
her-,he was so very pure, innocent ard
amiaif,.
For msay months past she was wtheriae
way Wsta q disease of the heart. tlal finally
br ug' I her 10 an nntimely grave.
Early; bright. transient, cllasie as morning
fparklad. was exhal'l, and v nj IL
Heaven,
La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
The Ladies, Alphabetically.

WHAT "A WOMAN SHOULD DE.-A
oman should be Amiable. Benevolent,
Charitable. Domestic, Ecnnomical. Fer
giving. Generous. Honest. Industrious.
Jpdicieus, Kind, Loving. Modest. Neat.
Ohcaient Pleasant. Quiet. Refecting,
Sober. Tender. Urbape, Yirtuous, Wise.
Neinplary. Yielding and Jealous.
WHAT WOMAN SHOULD NOT Be
She Should not be Artful, Bold. Cross.
Deceitfui. Euvious. FrettuI. GrnsBiIing,
Hnifpw-lienrted. Idle, Jadi-h, Knavi-ll,
Lazy, Morose, N%onsensical. 0fficinn<,
Publish, Qaarrel,ome, lsude. SnappiSh.
laxative. Unreasonable. Vain. Waiver
ing. Atrayagant, Yawning. or Jealous.
La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17

How TO GET UP A QUARREL WITH A
WiFE.-Wait until shells at her toilet
preparatory to going out. She viii be
sure TO aSk .yon if hcr bonnet is straight.
Remark that the lives of nine-tcnths of
the women are spent in thinking whether
their bonnets are straight, and wind up
with the remark that you never knew but
one who had common sense about her.
Wife will ask yon who that was. yon.
with a sigh, reply: "Ah! never mind.',
Wife will ask you why you did not marry
her. You say. ahNractedly, "Ah, why
indeed ~ The climax is reached BIZ this
time. and a regular row is sure 10 follow,
reconciliation will soon follnw as the
husband replies, But, my dear, 1 did
marry her."
La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-03-17
The Whole Story.

BY j.. b. BowAN, OF CALIFORNIA
When Jones was sixteen he was bent
On one day being President.
AT twenty-five Jones thought that he
Content II District Judge would be.
But b.otless all the nomination
His rival Tunpkins graced the station.
At forty-fve his dreams had fed;
Hope and Ambition both wer. dead.
When from his tolls hr found release,
He dled-a Justice Of the Peace.
O youthful heart, 50 high and lold,
Thus is thy brief, sad story told.