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Peace in Europe.

| An EUROPE.
Tho London Times, in late issue,
speaking of the war cloud that is
slowly covering the Eastern horizon,
says:
Sould, however, the contingency
IN our opinion as yet remote, but
daily becoming less improbable-of
an open collision between Turkey
and Greece be realized, it is far from
certain that it would at once bring
the rest of Europe within it's scope
There is no power in this part of the
world, as we have often asserted,
prepared at q moments notice to face
the eastern question" The result
OF the Cumean war put IN end to all
alliances, broke up all possible com
blnatlon, and gave rise to that iso-
latlon of every State which the wars
Of Italy and German subsequently,
brought into full evidence. Should
the war with which we are now
threatened actually break out, France
and Germany might find it necessary,
Russia might deem it expedient, for
some time at least, merely to look on.
The real interests of Russia, no less
than her present social and financial
conditions, would seem to advise Il
temporizing policy; for the Christians
of Turkey, she thinks, are winning
her battles while fighting their own.
France and Prussia arc watching one
another on the Rhine, and lie q long
way from the Danube. Austria,
whose aims should be Eastward, has
has neither Il home nor foreign
policy; she has neither a sovereign,
nora statesman, nor people Should
she be true to her destinies, she
might, perhaps, still find in the Ger
man elements within her empire, and
in her alliance with Prussia and
United Germany, the means of
making up in the East for her losses
in the West. AS tits, however, Won
Beust and the Magyars are more
likely to involve her in the downfall
Of the Ottoman Empire than to
enable her to share its fragments.
The mere attempt at an alliance with
France would entail her ruin, for it
would, rs if by main force, throw
Prussia into the arms of Russia, win
the Upper Danube for the former,
and leave the lower at the mercy of
the Gar, or of q League of Rou-
manian, Servian, and other princes,
his dependents. AS to England,
we trust she would be the last to join
IN the melee. Faithful to our con
vlctions that the fall of Turkey is
certain, and that it is equally inadvis-
able to hasten or to regard it, we
should for our own part, be most
willing to let events take their own
course; and although we have yet no
great faith either in Greeks or in
Romans, or in any other of the
races once subject to the Porte, we
could wish nothing better than that
they alone should win what the Porte
must lose, and that they should so
grow in strength, in wisdom and in
union, as to be able to hold their own
against all comers.
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EASY MODE OF SHARPENING EDGE
TooLs.-The simplest method of
sharpening razor or other edge tool
is to place the blade for about half
an hour in water containing one
twentieth of its weight Of sulphuric
or muriatic acid. Upon taking the
razor out, wipe it off lightly on q
piece of soft rag, and in few hours
afterwards set it on a strop. The
acid supplies the place of a whet-
stone, by corroding the entire sur
face uniformly, SO that nothing but a
good polish is afterward needed.
This process never Injuries good
razors, while poor ones are often i'm
proved by it.
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IN A Hurry. curious wedding
is reported to have taken place some
days since, near Bay City, Michigan,
which ,eads like this: It seems that a
father lost his wife by death, and
that said wife died early in the morn
ing. The father did not appreciate
being left alone in the world, and ere
his wife's eyes had closed in the sleep
that knows no waking, he determined
to marry again. Hitching up his
team, he takes his servant girl and
goes to Bay City to buy garments for
the death. While there, he married
the girl, and returned to his home
the same night with his second wife;
so, by actual count, he was not a
widower twelve hours. The new wife
appeared at the funeral next day in
deep black, and was one of the prin-
cipal mourners over the body of the
first wife
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DECISIONS. The New York

IHE DEcIsIoNs.-The New York
Herald, of Wednesday, in its COM
ments on the two recent decisions of
the Supreme Court, says:
''What, then, is the bearing of
these decisions upon the all-impor-
tant question of Southern recon
structlon? According to the NIilligan
decision, there can be no exigency in
the Government justifying an over
stepping of the strict landmarks of
the Constitution. This pronounces
the conduct of President Lincoln in
assuming the powers Of Congress, in
the absence of Congress, s'to raise
and support armies to save the life
of the nation, unjustifiable. AS the
old Pharisees held that man was
made for the Sabbath and not the
Sabbath for man, so this Millican
decision affirms that the country was
made Tor the Constitution and not
the Constitution for the country.
According TO these two later deci-
sions, neither Congress nor any State
can establish any qualification of
loyalty bearing upon the participants
in the late rebellion short of regu-
lar trial and conviction. This may
be a strict Interpretation Of the Con
stltntion; but, as a party accused of
treason must be tried in the District
where the overt act was committed,
and as, under this requirement, no
jury can be found to convict, how is
Con 5ress to make any determinations
between loyal citizens and rebels in
the work of Southern reconstruct
tion?"
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The Indianapolis Herald learns
that sharp rascal in that city has
established distilrary i.1 his cellar,
and is driving big trade in the ma
nufacture of liquid damnatien. His
cellar is situated conveniently near a
manufacturing establishment, the
proprietors of which he pays a hand
some bonus for the privilege of letting
his smoke escape through their chin
ney.
Incredible as it may appe>r, there
are tenements III New York city for
l25 and $50 families, which are occu-
pied each by at least 500 persons.
These houses 10 not contain a single
room having proper ventilation, and
are so dark, owing to adjoining tene-
ment buildings, that on cloudy day
the inmates can neither see to read or
sew without artificial light.
A new princess was born to the
French Empire at 3 o'clock a. m.
December %. The young lady was
Immediately christened Marie Ietitia
Eugine Catherine Adelaide. She is
the daughter of one Of the Napoleonic
princes of the Princes Clotilda, Tho
is daughter to the King Victor Era
nuel and sister to the Queen of Port
ugal
The New York He1-nla believes the
impeachment of the President will be
attended by serious financial shock.
Undoubtedly, any measure that
shows our Government is not perma-
nent, but revolutionary, must have
that effect.
Great Britain is burthened with a
public debt of $4,000, 100000, the
interest on which is paid from her
internal tax receipts and custom du-
ties, these being limited to revenue
purposes, and not for protection.
The cultivation Of olives is spoken
of in South Carolina as an expert
ment worth trying on a large scale,
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IMPORTS. There is little more
activity in foreign importations,
owing to the large number of arrivals
during the last fortnight On New
Years Day no less than six steamers
arrived at this port from Europe,
and ali owned abroad Most of the
goods arriving go into bond, are
adapted to the spring trade, and will
be used as needed. The New York
city imports alone for 1866 were an
anomaly in the trade and commerce
of the United States, and reached
the huge sum of S306, 600, 900 foreign
gold value, without freight or duty
being added. We can hardly hope
for repetition Of these figures in
1867, and ought not to desire a repe-
tition Of the result.
Neac TorM Express.
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A speaker at one of the Colston
dinners, at Bristol, alluding to his
constant attendance at a particular
charity, boasted that he had, through
long series of years, never been alb
sent above once Or twice, when he
ewas stopped by death, or some little
thing of that sort '-E.rcha7aqe.
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The amenities Of politics are rather
reculiar. On thanksgiving day, Mr..
Winters, late Democratic candidate
for Governor, got boozy, and an
nounced his ability and willingness
to whip any Black Republican, where
upon he was soundly thrashed by
Mr.. Nightingale
The Papal authorities have inter
dlcted the services in the Scotch Pro-
testant Church in Rome, and it is
said they intend to stop the services
in the American chapel.
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Sales,
ESTATE SALE

PY CONSENT of heirs, we will sell, at
- PUBLIC AUCTION, the following
property of the Estate of John Bates, de-
ceased, on TUESDAY, the Goth instant, at
II o'clock a. M: At the Pea Ridge Planta-
ton, al the Household and Kitchen Fur
niture, a large lot OF Hogs, Cattle, Sheep.
and d fine Buggy and Harness.
And, ON the day following, at the White
cotton Plantat on, large lot of Hogs and
Cattle, and large quantity of fine Potatoes
1ERMS OF SALE.-All sums under 800,
cash; for SIMS above 500, notes, with ap-
proved security, at twelve months from
date, with interest annually.
JOSEPH BATES,
JOHN S. BATES,
"au - Il Executors.
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To show how yankee notions
are spreading among the negroes-an
old darkey is reported to be accumu-
lating q fortune in Virginia by the
sale Of q magic lotion, which, he as
serts, will straighten kinlzy hair.
After the 1st of January, 1870, the
gambling saloons Of Baden Baden
and Spa are to be closed, by order of
the Government. From that day,
there is 10 be no more Roulette or
Trente-et-qum'ante at those places.
A New Bedford lady recently wrote
to Boston publishing house for a
copy of ''Gellert, or Trust in God, }"
and received in reply, '"Thcre is no
Trust i'll God to be found In Bos-
ton. '-Netc Yorh; E.rpress
$500, 900, 900 of tobacco is the esti-
mated crop of tobacco raised in the
United States the past year. Ten
pounds to every person is a pretty
good supply.
Why is whasher-woman the most
cruel person in the world? Because
she daily wrings mems bosoms.
The Notifications around Mobile
are being ievelled.
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Tel@ SraPh-
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Gable Dispatches.

LONDON, January 1S.-Itis reported that
Queen Victoria Will visit the Paris Exposi-
ton, calling there while on her way to
Germany.
RIO JANEIRo, December %, (via London,
January SIT is said the allies will soon
assume the defensive. Gen. Lopez and
his army are said to be discontentcd.
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REMOVED.

- Tie subscriber would respectfully
@A inform his friends and customers
E=Jrs that he has removed to his new store
Son Main street, two doors South of
the Court House. where Is now opening a
large stock of COOKING S IT YES,
NANGES. Parlor and Office STOVES, FUR
NACES, Plain, Japanned, Stamped and
P!anished TiN-WAKE, LEAD PIPE. &C..
which Will BE sold at Wholesale and retail.
Inc above Is the largest and best selec-
ton of Stoves, &C., ever brought to This
market. A. PALMER
Jan 10
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MARRIED

January Is, by the Rev. a. r. Rude. at
the residence of Mr.. T. +. Hcr, Mr..
GEORGE DRUMS to Miss LIZZIE KLEIN
BECK.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04

The Cost OF Pound OF Tat is in
structive and sometimes profitable, well
rs curious, to examine the way in which the
cost of a commodity is piled up between
producer and consumer by freghts, handling,
duties, exchange, and the commissions and
profits Of middlemen. Tea, for example, is
sold by the grower in China and Japan at
various prices, from about fifteen To thirty
cents a pound. With freights added, it is
said to cost when laid down in any of our
principal scaports average of about fifty
cents in gold a pound for superior brands of
- chops Taking this starting point.
the additional charges before it reaches the
table of the consumer accumulate as follows
Original cost of tea, imported, fifty cents :;
discount on currency to pay for it, twenty
cents duty on gold, twenty-five cents :;
discount on currency to make up the gold,
fifteen cents contingencies, ten cents :;
profit Of importer, twelve cents profit OF
obber, thirteen cents profit of retailer, say
twenty-eight cents total one dollar seven
ty-four cents. Of this, fifty-four cents are
comprised in three profits, thirty-fiye cents
IN exchange for gold. twenty-five cents in
duties, and ten cents IN contingencies in all
one dollar and twenty four cents. in addition
to the cost on board ship at our wharves.
Before the war the cost would have been
about as follows Original cost, imported,
fifty cents ten per cent for contingencies.
five cents profit of importer, five cents ;
profit of jObber, six cents profit to the re-
taller, fourteen cents total eighty cents
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04

THE OLD ARM CHAIR.-The American
rocking-chair is philosophically an abomina-
ton, but certainly a comfortable thing 3. to
have in the house, Here is what Rev. III.
". Beecher SAYS about it in NoT7roOd
80 But if once YOU sat down in it the illu-
sorry notion of luxury vanished 1t was
wooden throughout Only if some one was
sick in the house there was cushion in it.
Its joints by long use had formed COM
planning habit, and you might in anv part of
the house know whether the rocking chair
was in active use. We are obliged to say
that it was treacherOus chair. The rock
ers had been curved to such lines, that if
you ventured beyond very gentle notion
the chair would give backward lurch, as if
going over, and there are few thing more
unsatisfactory to a sober minded person.
careful of appearances, than to be carried
over backward in the midst of quiet con-
did go over. The shape of the rocker is
such, that when the victim had spread his
arms and firted his legs into the air. in an
involuntary effort at equilibrium. the chair
stopped and set itself firmly, if it had
been blocked, returning again to it's normal
state only upon violent effort of its occu
pant. The neighbors were aware of this
propensity and avoided the chair Stran-
gers usually had an experience with it. The
good doctor or his wife, for the hundredth
time, reassuring them. Don't be alarmed
1t won't go over. | never knew anybody to
fall"
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rolled up to the distance flag and turned for

rolled up to the distance flag and turned for
the second trial.
Again the watch leaped to view and the
quiet gentleman rose from his seat, while ten
thousand people held their breath in sus-
pense.
The pace was already tremendous, as the
horses went under the line and the watches
ticked the start.
.Thirty-three and fifth at the quarter.
'One seven,' said the time-keepers when
the half was reached.
In cloud of dust red against the sky. on
ward sped the flying feet.
With difficulty the excited crowd was kept
from the track, the unerring watches swiftly
marking the seconds as they flew.
Two-ten.'
Two-fifteen without a skip.
Two-seventeen.' and the horse touched
the shadow of the line and was gone like an
arrow.
a wild roar of applause swept up from the
assembled thousands and rolled away in ST.
lence as the crowd. leaping all barriers, rush
ed up to the stand TO hear the official deci-
sion.
Two-seyenteen and a quarter
Again and again the cheers went up
Dexter Doble, Fawcett,' in fact every
thing and everybody came in for a share of
the wild enthusiasm which would not be re-
pressed -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04

A SCENE IN IRELAND.-The following
extract from the testimony of Derry
gentleman was recently quoted in the
House of Commons
Do you remember at any time seeing
the curate of the parish of Portroe that
morning Yes. Whereabouts did YOU
see him; do you know his name ?-I heard
it was Gleeson; am not sure You know
he was one of the curates of Portroe
parish Il believe he was. Whereabouts
did you see this gentleman He was with
crowd of people at Baskerville's public
house, half way from my place to Nenagh
What were the crowd of people doing:
did you see this gentleman do anything?
I did. Will you describe it?-As |
came up, was not looking particularly at
him, was astounded at seeing him lift a
great big stick wheeling; = he twisted the
stick over his head, and commenced Jump
ing in a most extraordinary manner
| thought he was mad he is very active
fellow; he was jumping the height of the
table Oft the ground he commenced hal
looing for White, and hooting at me |
did not notice him till that began; |
thought the man was demented. Did YOU
see anything else going on at Baskerville's
public house? Yes, the front rank wheeled
upon me but there were two clergymen
with jugs giving out whiskey to tworegular
lines IN the rear, and they never stopped
They continued loading up the rear rank
people with the whiskey; they never
stopped They went on giving the whiskey
out of the jug; the gave it in glasses
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04

DEATH OF PROFESSOR FARADAY.-Michael
Faraday, the eminent chemist. died at his
residence in England, recently, aged seven
tv-three years. He was born in Newington,
England and at the age of fourteen was ap-
prenticed to bookbinder. His attention
was early directed to studies in natural phi
losophy, and in the year 1912 he attracted
the notice of Sir Humphrey Davy, from
whom he received valuable assistance \
year later, through Sir Humphreys infu-
ence. Faraday attained n position in the
chemical department of the Royal Institu-
ton, and in 1894 began TO deliver lectures
to the students. In 1882 the University of
Oxford conferred upon him the honorary de-
gree of Doctor of Civil Law. and in 1888
he was appointed first professor of chemis-
istry at the Royal Institution. He was also
made Knight of the Prussian Order of
Merit and Knight of the Italian Order of
Sts. Maurice and Lazarus, and one of the
eight foreign Associates of the Imperial
Academy of Sciences at Paris, where he was
also appointed Commander of the Legion
of Honor in 1855. He was likewise chosen
a member of large number of learned So
cieties in Europe and the United States.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-04
The Man at the Door.

Who tramps there :" said |; and
shut the door In his face. | did. The wind
blew 80 | could hardly do it, and the sleet
was beating on the panes. and the bare
trees were groaning and moaning as if
they suffered i'll the storm. No tramps
here: I'm a lone woman, and I'm afraid
Of EN-
Then the man | had MT seen yet for the
dark. went away from the door, champ,
champ, through the slush, and [ heard the
gate creak. as gate always does ; and
then champ, champ, champ, came the man
back again, and he knocked on the door
knocked not half so loud as he did before
and L opened it hot and angry. This
time | saw his face, pale, ghost of face,
with yellow-brown hair cropped close and
short. and he put his hand against the
door, and held it open.
How near is the next house, ma am
Three miles or MORE" said L.
And that is not a tavern
"Oh," said l. no drinks to be got
there. it, Miss Mitten's, and she's as set
agin tramps as [ am
don't want drink said the man
though [ do want food You need nj
be afraid to let me In, ma am. I've been
wounded, and am not able to walk far
and my clothes are thin. and it's bitter
cold. I've been trying to get to my pa
rents at Greenbank, where | can rest un'
til I'm better and all my money was sto
len from me three days ago. You need nj
be afraid let me just lie before the fire
and only give me crust, to keep me from
starving and the Lord will bless you 70
it."
And then he looked at me with hi
mild. blue eyes in way that would hav
made me do it if it hadn't been I'd seel
so much of these impostors. The war wa
Just over, and every beggar that cam
along said he was a soldier, travelling
home, and had been wounded and robbed
One that | had been fool enough to help
limped away out of my sight, as he tho't
and then, for l was at the garret window
shouldered his crutches and tramped wit
the strongest.
.No doubt your pocket is full of mon
ev." said, :. and if you only want chanc
to rob and murder me, 60 away with you.
Drusilla-that is my niece-was bakln
short cakes in the kitchen. just then sh
came to the door and motIoned with ne
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imposter, l wouldn have turned away a
person really in want Oh. no, no its
another pouch, child not that. or he stole
it. \ tall fellow, with blue eyes and yell
low-brown hair, wounded he said, and 60
ing to his mother at Greenbank. Not
your Rob"
And Charlie stood staring at me with
clinched hands; and said he, 1t was my
dear old Rob, wounded and starving-my
dear old Rob, who saved my life, and you
have driven him out in such night as
this, mother. My mother, to use Rob so y
Curse me, Charlie said |, "curse
me if you like. I'm afraid God will.
Three times he came back Three times
he asked only for a crust and a place to
lie, and [ drove him away I,I-he's
lying on the road now. Oh if [ had but
known"
And Charlie caught up his hat. "Ill
find him if he is alive" said he. 0 Rob,
my dear friend.
And then-I never saw the girl in such
taking-down went Drusilla on her
knees, as if she was saying her prayers,
and says she, thank God | dared to do
it," And says she again to me "Oh
aunt, I've been trembling with fright, not
knowing what you'd say to me | took
him in the kitchen way, | couldn't see him
90 faint and hungry and wounded, and |
put him in the spare chamber over the
parlor, and I've been so frightened all the
while"
Lord bless you, Drusilla," says Char
/ lie, and . Amen" says l.
Never was an old sinner so happy as
was that night, so thankful to the good
Lord; and it would have done your heart
good if you had seen the two meet in
the morning-Charliea and his friend Rob
And Charlie who had got on so well, and
had mother that was not poor either,
helped Rob into business, and he got over
his wounds at last, and grew handsome as
a picture, and to-day week is going to
marry Drusilla
I'D give you anything l have" said |,
and | won't refuse Drusilla," when he
asked me, telling me that he had loved her
ever since she was so kind to him on the
night | have told you of
And Charlie is TO stand up with him,
and | am to give Drusilla away, and Rob's
sister from Greenbank IS 10 be bridesmaid
and have a guess that some day Charlie
will bring her home TO me to take Drusil-
las place.
| don't drive beggars from the door now
as | used, and no doubt I'm often imposed
upon; but this is what | say, Better be
imposed upon always, than to be cruel to
one that really needs help" And I've
read my Bible better of late and know
who says Even as We have done it unto
one Of the least Of these We have done it
unto me-"