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LINES TO A SKELETON.

Fifty years ago the London Morning Chroniel
published a poem entitled Lines on q Skeleton,
which excited much attention. Every effort
even to the offering of a reward of fifty guineas
was vainly made to discover the author. Al
that ever transpired was that the poem, in fai
clerkly hand, was found near q skeleton of re
beauty of form and color, in the Mn
scum of the Royal College ofSurgeons, Lincoln'
Inn, London, and that the Curator of the Muse
um had sent them TO Mr.. Perry, editor aud pro
prietor Of the Morning Chronicle:
Behold this ruin! Twas q skull,
One of ethereal spirit full;
This narrow cell was lifes retreat,
This space was thoughts mysterious seat,
What beauteous vision filled this spot
What dreams Of pleasure long forgot
Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear,
Have left one trace of record here.
Beneath this mouldering canopy
Once shone the bright and busy eye;
But start not at the dismal void;
If fsocisl love that eye employed
Ifwith no lawless tre it CLEANED,
But through the dew OF kindness beAmed-
That eye shall be forever bright,
When stars and sun are sunk in night.
Within this hollow cavern hnng
The ready, swift and tuneful tongue,
If falsehood's honey it disdained,
And when il could not praise was chained;
If bold in virtues cause ii spoke,
Yet gentle concord never broke.
This silent tongue shall plead for thee
When time unveils eternity.
Say. did those fingers delve the minel
Or with it envied rubies shinei
To hew the rock or wear the gem
Can little now avail to them.
But if the page Of truth they sought,
Or comfort to the nourner brought,
These hands richer need shall claim
Than all that wait on wealth and fame.
Avails it whether, bare or shod,
These feet the depths Of duty trodi
If from the halls of ease they fled
To seek affections humble she'd
If grandeurs guilty bride they spurned,
Aud home to virtues cot returned,
These feet with angels wings shall vie,
And tread the palace OF the sky.
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state Of West Virginia, s. s.

State OF West Virginia, >. >.
Al rules held in the Clerks Office Of he
Circuit Court Of Marion County on the
first Monday in Norember, 1867.
Polly Price,
In chanccry.
UIHE OBJECT or THIS SUIT Is TO OBJ
i tain divorce from the bonds Of matrimOny,
and to recover alimOny, and to attach the estate
Of the defendant.
And It appears that the defendant Iii r:
Price Is not resident Of this State il Is ordered
that he appear here in one month after due pub
lication Of this order, and do what IL necessary
20 protect his interest Ia this suit.
K COPY. Tcste: K Il. LOT T. Clerk.
WILSON & SMITH, Solicitors fer complain
ant novl+ltd&Jtw
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TO Robert Jameson, Esq.

UOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
II we will, at the office of 7. Smith, In the
town Of FairmOnt West Virginia on the 18th
day Of December, 1851, between the hours Of
A. ~ and P. NJ, Of that day. proceed 70 take the
depositions Of John Dean and others, 10 be read
as evidence in q certain chancery cause now
depending in the Circuit Court of Marion, in
which we are complainants, and yOu and Joseph
J. Winters are defendants. And If from any
cause the taking of the said dispositions DO not
commenced or If commenced, the sane be not
completed ON that day, the said taking OF the
same will be continued from day TO day, and
from time 10 time, at the same place, and be-
tween the same hours, until the same be com
nleted ELIJAH WATKINS,
noyl4ltdk3tw WILLIAM II. WATKINS.
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Greenwood Cemetery,

Greenwood Cemetery,
ISITUATRD ON THE NATIONAL
- ROAD, three miles East Of the city. u now
ready for Intsrments, Eale and Improvement Of
lOts. II contains 81 acres Of land, and IL Laid
out in the most modern and improved style-cAn
be easily reached AZ all seasons by the National
Road and for three-fOurths Of the year by the
Hempheld Railroad II Is perfectly secure, and
intended 10 be beautiHed By every variety Of
trees, shrubbery, public vault chapel, artificial
Lake fountains, &c, 10 make IL equal 70 tbs best
Rural Cemeteries in the country. Ample pro
vision is also made for its enlargement, Ordsr
and care in Perpetuity.
Persons dssirOus Of purchasing lots can sEAn-
ne the gTOvRd with the Superintendent, wh0
has pist, or secure them by calling a. the gslce
Of the Secretary, on Main street, over TIE B3hk
Of Wheeling.
Persons Wishing to make ibsernssts VIZ cal
on the Secretary 20 obtain permits therefor.
Tickets Of admission 20 lot bo1aSfs and flsit
tors viii be issued By the Ssere.aTy.
A. J. SWEENEY, PresG
- We "I B01Rp " DIRECTORS
A. !. swe~nsv- John A Armstrong.
r & RhoJss George Adams.
Iolrn nj Nnfh x. e.. Jordan,
Co. Hrn1el. z. A. Hildrstb.
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National Insurance Company
WHEELING, wESTvA.
CAPETAL........... $500, 900.
flee, % Monroe street, next door 10 First Ma
tiOnal Bank.
OFFICERS
GEORGE X. WHEAT, President
JAMES ACCLUNEY, Wee President
JOHN BISHOP Secretary.
CHAS. WALLACE, State Agent for West Va.
and Maryland.
John T. Wilson, George X. Wheat,
Jas. Z. Orr, Saml Harper,
John A. Armstrong, James McCluney,
A. e. Quarter. Morgan Y Ottn
George Adams.
REFERENCES.
As. Brady, Cashier Merchants National Bank,
Wheeling: List, Morrison g. Co. Wholesale
GrOcers Wheeling; Pryor, Handlan & Co.,
Wholesale GrOeeTs, Wheeling; Michael Reilly,
Wholesale Grocer Wheeling; Mcclellan g.
Knox, Boot and Shoe House, Wheeling; McCabe,
Kraft & Co., Druggists, Wheeling; Geo. w.
Franzheim Co.. Wholesale Wines and Liquors,
Wheeling; Winship. Woods & Co, Queensware,
Wheeling; Lewis Baker. Pub. REGISTER, Wheel.
ing; L. C.McAfce, NOtisns Wheeling Camp.
bell Frew & Co., Pubs. IntetigeneeT Wheeling;
OFT, Son Co., Hardware, Wheeling; j. L.
Sands, Cashier First National Bank, Fairnont;
X. u. Camden, Pres't Nat. EI. Bank, Weston,
w. Va, Capt. John Mcclure, Jr., Wheeling.
may3
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GAEHLE'S
Piano Manufacturing Company
OF Baltimore, Md.
,IHIs COMPANY HAVING Oi

Corner Of EutaW
and Fayette Streets. and No. IL. ", and
10, North Eutaw Street.
VNHIs COMPANY HAVING or.
J CANNED in April, IsG4, In conjunction
with the well known firm Of GAEHLE & CO,
as a Joint Stock Company, exclusively Of prac-
tica Piano Makers who have held prominent
positions in some Of tho best establishments in
this country and Europe.
This Company claims that their Pianos com.
bine all the eIcellencies Of all the
Latest improvements;
And il will be apparent TO all, that men Whoa;
skill and abilities have been approved by thu
best manufacturers, will not be less successful
when their own interest and reputation are in
volved. "A a testimony to the above they were
awarded the first premium over all competitors
by the judges Of the late exhibition, held az the
Maryland Institute, Of Baltimore, Nd, In Octo-
Der. 1866.
These instruments being sufficiently intro
duced in this city, and having proved equal, II
not superior to any heretofore known. Those 70
want Of q frst-class Piano manufactured with
the greatest care and Of tho best material, wiz
save dealers commission, which only makes
Pianos more costly, but by no means more val
liable, by sending orders directly TO tho Factory,
rs above directed, or by applying at Prof. HER
MAN KRYTERS, No. l63 Market Street, for
further information. A guarantee for five years
il given as regards durability Of construction OF
every instrument, and will bc kept In tune fcr
one year free Of charge.
Old Pianos taken in exchange. feb2I
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EROOMS-Northcast Corner Of Euta
and Fayetts Streets. and No. II. ~, and
49, North EutaW Street.
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Reduction in Telegraph Rates.

wagRLIS., December 6, 1867.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15
Personal.

Mr.. B. F. Robinson, for the past three
wears clerk for Edward Lyman Of this city,
has accepted e position il the wholesale
house Of c. E King & Co. OF Boston. Mr..
Robinson Is 4 young gentleman Of worth
and ability. and we shall ever be glad to
hear of his prosperity.
Col ~ II Austine Is now at Fernandina,
Florida. and his friends viii be glad to
know that his health has much improved
The Rev. W. Il. Biavell, editor Of the
Ecleciic Maga-ine, has been appointed by
the Government special agent to inquire
INTO the circumstances OF tie unfortunate
colony from Maine which has attempted
settlement in the Holy Land. near Jafa-
B.w, Hight, Esq. late Of this city, has
entered the practice Of law at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, and associated himself with
WIN. \. Myns,eF. n the style Of MINISTER /
Hight.
Rev. Il. Z. BUTLER Of Keoseyille, received
bis friends and tokens Of regard amounting
to over 500. one evening last week
JANIS ". TAocAED. prominent citizen Of
Kceseyille. died on the Is: inst. He was I
native Of Shelburn, Vt, served in bis youth
under Capt. Jahsziel Sherman, on tie lake,
and went into business II Keesevilie IN $50.
where be accumulated q handsome estate.
his parishioneTs lately gave Rev. o. g..
Wheeler Of Grand Isle, an oyster supper and
over 5000.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15

RAILWAY MACHINE SHoPs.-Mr- Frederick
J. Slade, an American engineer, who has
been examining railway operations IN Ing
land, makes the following remarks upon
machine shops;
The shops belonging to the different railways
surpass our own in size and outfit IS lar as the
tram Of the lines exceeds that usual in America
Most Of the principal lines build the greater
number Of their locomotives The London and
North Western-the longest railway in Great
Briiain-has about l 400 engines or say one
per mile Of line. Their shops ~ CrsWe are the
largest locomotive works in the kingdom, and
turn out annually about 40 locomotives, or
more than two 4 week. The works Of the Mid
land Railway ST Derby, are also extensive, and
supplied with 81 excellent stock Of most useful
and substantial tcools. A machine tool ls made
70 do al least twice the work here that Il does
with Us Thus all planIng machines carry two
tools and often more LAthes have two or more
rests, and a style Of lathes for turning locomo-
tive crank shafts has seven tool posts. There
are doubtless many who will object 10 all this,
but confess have great faith in the practical
experience Of these people. who are very careful
10 get the utmost out Of labor. The slottinE
aud drilling Of l0cozotive frames Is done 70 q
number al once lying upon each other. THIS
not only saves time but insures the shapes and
holes being exactly alike. For this purpose
they ere lad On bed ever which are placed
three slotting machines are perhaps as many
rsdial drills, and the ~op plate beng laid out
BY template, the whole number are finished IN
the shortest possible time This rsiial drill
which is so largely used here Is su.h 81 admir-
able tool that ! wonder very much that il has
rot been adopted more generally with Us It
consists Of stout arm swinging around an up
right post CT standard. and carrying a drill
spindle which can be run out or n 70 shy re-
quired position, and is thus quickly brought to
its work, winch IN heavy work Is an important
consideration. Besides this, being substsn-
tisl tool, il can Be used flr bcri1g and work Of
entirely different class from thst done by the
portable drills, which 70 some extent, though
insiequately, take the place Of il II cur shops
He also refers 70 novel arrangement
which has been applied On the LONDON and
/ North Western Railway, an apparatus by
means OF which they pick Up their water
while running. For this purpose cast iron
trough about Is inches broad by say inches
| deep and d quarter Of mile long, Is lad be-
| tween the raIls and kept fell OF water. The
tenders Of the locomotives are provided with
q sheet iron scoop, the end Of which can be
raised OF lowered, and when this i dropped
down into the water, the latter i forced up
into the tank by the motion Of the engine.
This APPARATUS works hest at speed Of
about ID rty miles Pc hour. and Ter express
trains. winch often run eighty miles without
q stop, il = very useful, though II is also
laid down on the line devoted 70 coal trsthc,
as these trains have no occasion 70 stop.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15

HoRsETLEsH SUPEssEpEp.-We have in
Paris various instances Of progress, If this Is
what il should be called, IN the way Of fur
nishing food for the world. |; is not very
long since a man was almost tabooed who
believed il was not sin 10 dine upon horse
flesh Now there Is slaughter house au-
tborized by law for the preparation OF these
animals for the various processes OF boiling.
baking, and broiling, and several butchers
authorized to sell 10 whomevsr wishes TO
buy. But this lie not all. A dinner Was
gwen few days since in the euyirons Of
Paris, where sharks, dogs, cats, and rats
were served IN all tie usual ways for tempt
ing fastidious pslatos, and the palaies pro-
nounced them good. Whether ibi. was
their real opinion We do not know, but We
have seen people who said they had eaten
cats and they were quite as good as rabbit
and scarcely 10 be distinguished when well
boiled. That all the above nsuled animals
are common food among the poor Of Euro
pean cities We have no doubt. The price Of
bread has risen within few days, but there
have been arrivals Of several vessels loaded
with wheat at Marseilles. and the Govern
ment e doubtless making every effort to
have an abundance, for If there Is one cry
above all others TO be dreaded IL this great
city, it is that of 4" Bread, bread" God
grant that We may not have 10 bear it.
Paris Letter.
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PAYMENT Of RebeIDeb,s.

Inquiry was made the ether day, Of Mr..
A. Chisholm, Comptroller of the State Of
Alabama, foI facts tearing On the statement
made BY Senator lrumbul that the govern
ment Of that 5 ale was paying debts and
liabilities contracted in aid Of tie rebellion
and its authorities, in eontraveniion Of the
agreement with tie President, thst al such
debts should be forever repudia.ed.
Mr. Chisholm replied that he had paid
salaries Of coufederate cfioers for services
rendered the rebel government during the
war. under order OF the Governor, backed
by tie opinion Of the Attorney General Of
tic Safe and he gives liz; Of sums paid
Moreover, be says that not only were these
salaries Iaid. bat Fifty ger cent. was added
to the original amounts, on account Of tie
depreciation Of Confederate currency when
ttoy ieli Que; and many n re claims IF
like character are brought forward, wbose
payment Mr.. Chisholm RESTS Among
them Is 4arge one ior salt manufactured
and supplied to the rebel government for
army use
The claims paid amount to nearly $50 600,
TO the rebel governor Watts, his Secretary
u STATE. clerks, marshals and other Ulcers
70 tie Iete Cbsneeilor-, Circuit Court
Judges and Solicitors; and to the Chief Of
the repel Conserip' Bureau
Truly. if the debts Of the rebel State
governments are TO be paid by the loyal
governments, the holders Of the Confederate
bonds abroad may hope vet TO secure re-
imbur=ement from the United States :. and
how long will it before bill viii quietly be
brought forward to repay the Southern
States out Of the l. 5. treasury for thc
debts they have thus paid?
We opine the idea Of paying the rebel
debts Will nOt greatly be relished By the
loyal part OF the nation; and the Southern
governments which prove themselves dis
loyal may well fear lest the bill re-establIsh.
ing military governments be passsd, and
I their power taken from them.
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City Of BuTlin giOn.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

MONDAY, Feb. llth.
The Board met at 2SO P. NJ.
PrsssHi-Aldtrmen Appleton, BallOu, Barnes,
BlOdgett, Peek And Taft.
Alderman Taft introduced an Ordinance in
relation to accounts and claims against the city,
which was read twice and ordered TO lie.
The ordinance repeAls "An ordinance estAb-
fishing system Of accountability in the eIpen-
diiures Of the City approved June 8, 1865" and
provides that all accounts and claims against
the city shall be presented to the City Clerk
after having been approved BY the persons au-
thOriripg the same.l
Alderman Taft offered the following resolution
which was adopted
ReIoired, &c, Tha; the Mayor be requested
TO have published with the annual reports ofthe
City Officers an estimate Of the EXPENDITURES
Of the city for the year ending February 1st,
1868.
The resolution fixing the salaries Of city off,
GERS for the current year was taken I'D and
adopted.
The salaries provided for are as fellows:
Mayor, $500 90
City Clerk, $50 90
Oyerseer Of the Poor, 400 90
supt. Of Common Schools. 100 90
Assessors so per day.
street Commissioners, 2 so per day
The resolution appointing Aldermen Blodg-
EFT, BallOu and Tan, e committee to superintend
the construction Of the Water Works, vss taken
up and adopted.
Licenses were granted to Raphael sorslle, D.
bassett, Joseph LsnglOis, Peter Marshall and
Peter King, to keep victuAlling saloons.
The bills OF James Mcdonald and Vim. J. Nc
Alpine Of Albany, for making estimate. of
Water Works in 1856. were presented, and re-
ierIed to Committee consisting of Mayer
wales, Aldermen Dodge. Barnes and Ballou
Mr.. MeDcnald's bill amounted to $3.50. and
that ofA. NsAlpins to sTJo
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The Court House at Rutland has cost
S72,9l4. and that at Windsor Ss4,97I
What Is now the township Of Springfield,
was sold in 1902 for $500.
CD. spOoner of Rutland has sold halt Of
his patent right for e car coupling, for Slo.-
600.
The cheese factory Of North Enosburg
made geo cbeeses last season, weighing over
$4,000 pounds.
We, Rutland shipped 29.799 tons of
ireigh; last year, mostly costly blocks Of
marble
\ new carriage and Ia deers are paraded
By the Hook & Ladder CO. Of Montpelier,
said to be very handsome.
Two young men from lrasbuTg bought
some harness trimmings in Canada, and paid
duties on them, but forgot TO mention Jug
Of liquor and some calf skins in their sleigh;
whereby custom-house officer took posses
sion Of the team at Coventry.
1t is said that the drYest man IN the world
could not get glass Of liquor to drink, as
beverage, in the town of Sutton.
Maxine Labonte, a young Frenchman,
was found frozen to death. near St. Adams
last week Friday. having been unable to get
home through the snow from intoxication,
probably.
A SIX year old son Of Mr. Patrick Carly
Of Essex, few days since, turned a back
ward somersault down the chamber stairs,
and broke bis left arm little above the
elbow, driving the bone out through the
flesh.
Dea. VIM. Sterlin committed suicide by
hanging himself in his barn, at his resi-
dence, three miles south Of Woodstock, on
Monday Of last week. Mr.. Sterlin was an
old gentleman in feeble health for some
months past, and at times partially insane,
The son Of Leonard Mcdowell, who was
bound up for manslaughter. in the killing Of
Patrick Finnegan in Eden the other day,
has been released on bail Of 5000
Louis Anderson Of 81. Adams had his
watch stolen, and his wife's dress, by a
burglar week ago Monday.
A new Post Office has been made in Bel
videre, called Belvidere Corners. H
Leagro is the Post Master
Ellis BrittOn Eaton of Springfield, Vt,
make four or Eve thousand children's cabs
every year, besides other things; they en-
ploy $50 hands, and have probably the larg-
est establishment Of the kind in the United
States.
Sheldon 4 Slason's saw mill, burned at
West Rutland on Saturday, was one Of the
largest in the United States, and was valued
at SIS 900. The insurance was SIS, 900.
The company intend to at once commence
the re-erection Of the buildings, and they
will probably in the course of few months
be again In full running operation.
A panther, seven feet long and weighing
10 lbs. was caught and killed week ago
Wednesday in cave on Weathers6eld
Mountain BY hunter who thought it was
bear.
Hilbert GOuld's Wooden factory at Pas
sumpsic was burned Jan. 18th, with almost
all It's contents. The fire caught in the
picker room. Loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
Hon. VIM. II. Pingrey of Perkinsvills
broke bis arm in two places BY making q
nis-step and falling down bis csilsy stairs.
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Aweek ago Friday, Geo. sOrnoerger oil
Manchester was instantly killed by the
csving Of a sandbank from which he was
bauling sand. His son, who was with him,
escaped
AtLyndon on the 3Oih ult. the thermom'
eter stood 25 deg. below zero.
The following patents TO Vermonters
uere Issued from the Z S. Office, bearing
date Jan 22i Charles C. Cole, of North
field, VT, for improved fltering tube for
sns Mr. S. Richardson AMI Erasmus
A. Pond. of Rutland, VT, for improvement
in valve gear for direct acting engine.
On the 9th ult., 2.lOO pounds Of poultry
were seized and sold by the officers at Island
Pond. A man from Canada had entered me
same at cents a pound. The officer SOLD
it for 20 cents per pound 4 car load Of
oats were seized there recently, on suspicion
that there were more oats than entered
On examination 500 pounds Of poultry were
found buried up IN the middle
Newton & Thompson. Brandon, use two
thousand cords Of wood year, and employ
sixty men, women and children, in making
pill boxes and spOols. The factory turns
out five hundred gross of boxes daily, or
q, 600, 900 per years work Of 800 days
A large darning needle was found the
other day under the skin Of the abdomen OF
an infant child Of NJ. ". DAVIS Of Brown
lnston, which it is thought must have
worked through the intestines, and then to
The snrlacc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-02-15

FSSGAL.-The quarterly report Of the
National Banks shows that their aggregate
capital i four hundred and twenty million
dollars. \ year ago, it was four hundred
and three millions, and number Of hanks
have been established.
Their aggregate loans are SIX hundred ard
eight millions, and beside this they hold
four hundred and overweight millions of
Government securities.
The aggregate amount Of ereenbacks now
held is two hundred and three millions,
against eight hundred and eightY-two mil.
lions Of deposits and circulation. In Octo-
Ter, the reserve was two hundred and thir-
teen millions, against eight hundred and
fity-siz millions Of deposits and circulation
The deposits, Jan. 1867, were FIVE hun
dIed and eighty-four millions.
There has been brought from California
since Jan LIST 1924 900 less OF treasure than
for the same tine last year and the export
Of specie to Europe Is $4,000 less than
last year, for the same time.
Official returns show that the receipts for
customs at the places named below from
January &c to January 81 were as follows ::
At New York, S1,4o7 $50; at Boston,
Sl59,s55; at Philadelphia, Sos, 5S2; at
Baltimore, S5O,ssS, and at New Orleans for
the week ending January Goth, SlS2,9OO.
Total, 81, s64 sos.