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Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10

CoAL.-Messrs. Gracey & Bro. have just
received barge of Pittsburg coal. Parties
wanting coal before 1t is yarded must send
in their orders Immediately.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10

The duke of Wellington is said TO be only
worth an income Of $1,000 per annum.--
Three years ago It was $4,000,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10

Gov. Browulow has appointed 3, n. Till
man, Esq, Chancellor Of the new McNinn-
riiir district,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10

s.-Having purchased the remnant Of
Dry Goods and Groceries Of J. N. Fowlkes
be will close them out at prices much below
cost.
April "a, lso7-lG.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-10
PRO BsSo PUBLICp.

At the last regalar meeting q Clarksyilh
Deluge Fire Company No. l, The following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

perish, made some effort to restore its frag
lie existence. She pat it on her warm
hand, and, breathing npon it, perceived it
gave signs of returning animation; she
then once more placed it in its glass-house
on the rug before the fire: Soon the ell
egant little insect spread out its many col
ored wings and flew to the window, where
the sun was shining brightly. By-and-by,
the sun retired, and the window-panes get
ting cold, the creature sank down on the
carpet again. apparently lifeless, The
same means were used to restore animation
and with the same success: This alter
nation of life and death went on for many
days, till at last the grateful little thing
became quite tame, and seemed to be ac-
quainted with its benefactress. When she
went to the window and held out her fin
ger, it would, of its own accord, hop upon
at time upon her hand or neck, when she
was reading or writing. Its food consisted
of honey; drop of which the lady would
put upon her hand, when the butterfly
would uncurl its sucker and gradually sip
it up; then it usually slipped up drop of
water in the same way. The feeding took
place only once in three or four days. In
this manner its existence was prolonged
through the whole winter and part of the
folowinw spring. As it approached the
end of its career its wings became quite
transparent, and its spirits apparently de-
lected 1t would rest qnietly in its - crys-
tai palace even when the sun was wooing
il to come out. and at last, one morning in
April, it was found dead-quite dead.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
An Oriental Dinner.

People are not apt to think how much
the enjoyment of convival honors and po-
lite hospitalities depend upon harmony OF
manners and identity of education
Travellers in foreign countries find il nee
essary to learn one lesson, which, when ac-
quired, must add somewhat TO their COM
fort, and that is, not to be too nice 4 re-
cent 'howadji," writing of his journeyings
'.On the Nile" communicates some anu
sing experiences of his own, from which
We take an extract.
Fancy rough, honest NAVY doomed to
dine at a Belgrayian dinner party, He
would feel about as handy with his knife
and fork and as happy in his surroundings
as W. did deprived of those useful instru-
ments and eating before Mustapha Aga and
the Cadi in that dimly-lighted but luxu-
rious chamber of Amunoph's temple.
Did you ever accomplish a meal with
nothing to help you but your hands? No?
Then Just try it, and think what we must
have suffered as course, after course,-fowl,
pliaf, game,-tripped up the heels of its
fellow on the little round table whereat we
were seated i'll such illustrious companion
ship.
1t Is true that slave brought round
water after each course, and that a snowy
napkin was given to each guest ; but
some Of the dishes were soft and pappy, and
each man dipped his fingers into the dish
and fed by mouthfuls The Cadi had a
detestably indefinite way of hooking up
his food in the hollow of his hand, which
scandalized the professor, who sat next to
him. nightly.
"Will you take some goose ," said Mus
tapha, addressing Smith 1T is one | shot
yesterday
And he laid hold on one leg of the bird,
while Smith tore away the other 1t re-
minded me of breaking "a merry thought
with your neighbor, for neither was sure
which would get the larger half After
wards | was treated to a pull, and got a
wing. The professor came in for the
breast; there was some difficulty, | re-
member, in detaching the breast but
after deal of sputtering it was accom-
plished.
1t is needless to say that our awkward
ness at the feast was taken in good part
and that we all laughed heartily and en-
loyed ourselves to the full In fact, the
Cadi, a fat, moon-faced man, apoplcctical-
ly red, laughed till he nearly rolled on to
the floor. A gilt ever and basin were
brought in at the finish, and water poured
over the hands of each guest by robed
and turbaned Oriental, even as Elisha
poured water on the hands of his MASTER
Leisure Hoar.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

At length the lad y, unable to attend the
two children, in tone of gentleness that
had something of fear in it, besought him to
attend to the wants Of the elder. She was
answered ina loud and abrupt manner
that attracted every body's attention:
Don't bother men'
Her eyes dropped look of sorrow and
shame passed over her face:
\ few moments afterwards the conduc-
tor, Mr.. Paul, came along, and the man
inquired of him the distance to Michigan
city. With a tone modelled to the life
after that previously used by his interroga-
tor, Mr.. Paul exclaimed,--
Don't bother me ~
The mars eyes glared fury as he deman-
ded the reason of such an insult, and
threatened to resent it unless i proper
apology was Immediately offered.
II shall offer no apology for my lam
guage," said the conductor, neither will
you resent it; for a man who deems him.
self injured by having applied to him the
same language he has disgraced himself by
applying to lady, is too little Of a gentle
man to be apologized to, and too much of
a coward to even dare resent it
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

Losr-We extract from an interesting
book, called Lite's Work as il is; or
The Emicrant'S Home in Australia" =" the
following touching story of another lost one,
which We are sure will much interest our
readers
A little girl, about thirteen years ago
was employed by her master and mistress
to fetch in the dairy cows. and was in the
habit of doing so. One afternoon she had
sailed forth as usual but she went never
to return. After the lapse of a few hours
"a vigorous search was instituted the COWS
were found at no great distance, but no
girl. TO the credit OF this colony, we have
always observed that, III a calamity of this
kind, every one Joins hand and heart to
help And We have known a whole district
turn out for nearly whole week, riding
and walking, TO find lost children or people,
and never returned till they felt sure they
had secured every spot for miles around
La this instance the most diligent search
was made for days but unavailingly. The
master kept continually on the lookout,
but never could discover any trace of the
missing one.
Two years aft +, when in scrub not
more then a mile from home. he noticed a
few branches of trees placed together on
the ground; and in some way they excited
his attention. He got off his horse, and
examined them: they had been arranged
by some human hand There was small
space underneath, and in the recess lay the
bones of the poor lost one, who, almost in
sight of her home, had become confused
rom some unknown cause, AMI, finding
herself unable to discover her path back,
had formed this little shelter How it was
that no one found her, and that she never
heard those in pursuit, must forever remain
a mystery, as must many other similar cases.
But touching relic proved her death was
natural one, however fearful \ little
Wesleyan Hymn-Book lay by her side un-
destroyed. On opening it, her master found
the following words pricked with pin in
the fy-leaf: Dear father, love God, and
don't drink any MORE" to which she adj
| ded the first letters of her name.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

LooUACITY AND REsERvE.-The ideas of
a great talker differ very much from those
of the reserved man-the former being
superficial and comparatively valueless.
while the latter generally vented in prov
erbs) are truthful, impressive, and profound,
The language of the former skips along as
easily and gracefully as the greyhound,
while. on the contrary, that of the latter
slowly, clumsily. and heavily onward, like
the ponderous and unwieldly elephant He
finds it difficult 10 give utterance to his
thoughts, which rush forward to the por-
tails of his mouth in such crowds that they,
in fact, block it up. Whenever you meet
with a man of this kind, give him time, and
do not mistake his tedious hardness for ig
norence or imbecility of mind. In nine cas-
es out of ten he has lived in solitude, and
becaus he has not been habituatede to con-
versation, his tongue grows SO rusty that.
when he does venture into society. no one
will wait till he is drawn out, and therefore
his reserve continues to increase. Do not
contemptuously turn your back upon him,
but listen, and he will in all likelihood repay
your civility with interest The eagle il
solitary bird, and his voice may be harsh.
but still he is an eagle, nevertheless. Do
not imagine that he is dead or asleep, but
be more attentive to nature. The gun is
silent until its note is one of triumph the
tigers fatal spring and terrific roar are
simultaneous the valcano is sileut before
an eruption; and all nature seems dead
before the tornado and the earthquake.
Nature employs silence to concentrate her
energies, that the effect may be more ap-
palling and sublime. As iron, by long ex-
posure to the action of fresh water, has
rusty exterior, but is inwardly improved in
quality, so the rust of the reserved man is
only superficial, while his ideas, over which
the streams of time has passed, are suscep-
tible of higher polish, and sinks more
forcibly into the mind of his herer The
dimond is a rough, dull stone, when first
brought from its rocky bed, yet it receives
from the lapidary brilliancy. almost cap
able of dispelling the gloom of tight.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

A TAME BUTTEhFLY.-One cold, bleak
November morning when the sky, the air
and all nature wore that sullen aud des-
ponding look SO peculiar to our climate at
this season, lady, who for the first time
had risen from bed Of sickness, went into
an adjoining apartment where she perceiv-
ed gay and beautiful butterfly in the win
dow. Astonished at finding this creature
of flowers and sunshine in so uncongenial a
situation, she watched its movements and
operations. AS the sun came out for a
bright brief space, it futtered joyously
about the window, and impaired to the sick
room an air of cheerfulnes$ and hope.
Towards evening. however, the tiny crea-
ture dropped its wings; the lady then
placed it in glass tumbler on the mantle
piece. During the night, hard frost came
on, and the room was in consequence very
cold. In the morning the butterfly lay in
the bottom of the tumbler apparently dead.
The invalid, grieved that her gentle COM
panion of the previous day, should so soon
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
An Effective Rebuke.
\ correspondent of the Cinthiana

\ correspondent of the Cinthiana Colun,-
bin tells the following story
At Lafayette well-dressed man, accom-
panied by lady, evidently his wife, and
two little children, entered the cars He
was short of stature. with short, turned
up nose, a short, thick lip, small eyes, and
imperceptible eyebrows The lady had
an expression in her pale face that indica-
ted suffering patience. Her younger child
appeared sick, and tossed fretfully on her
wearied knees The other soon grew tired
of the irksomeness of the car, and became
fretful and impatient The man lay la
zily reading paper, lounging on a whole
seat he ,monopolized to himself. though
other passengers were standing.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
From Alice Carey's Snow Berries
Autumn Thoughts.

When frosts begin the leaves to blight.
And winds to bleat and blow,
l think about a stormy night
OF a winter long ago
The clouds that lay, when the sun went dowr
In a heap of blood-red bars,
Turned, all at once of grayish brown,
And across the stars.
And the moon went ont, and the wind fell low
And in silence everywhere
The fine and flinty flakes Of snow
slipped slantvise down the air.
slipped -lautwisc down, more fast and fast.
And larger grew amain,
Till the long armed brier- bush, st last,
Was like a ghost al the pane.
\ group of merry children we,
A. any house can show
The merry rafters laugh with glee,
That night beneath the snow.
The candle mp and down we slid,
To make our shadows tall
And played Al hide-and- seek, and hid
Where we were not hid at all.
We heaped the logs against the cold,
And made the chimney roar;
And told the stories we had told
\ thousand times before
We ran our stock OF riddles through
Nor large, be sure, nor wise;
And guessed the answers that we knew,
And feigned glad surprise.
But IN despite our frolc Joys,
That rang 50 Wild and high,
We wished We foolish girls and boys,
That tune would faster ny
And years have come and gone since en-.
And the children there at play,
Are sober women, now, and men.
With heads that are growing gray.
But their hearts VIII never be - light,
And their checks VIII never glow
4 they did upon that stormy night.
In the garret rude and low.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

dcred to third reading from committee ON
judiciary, II 9 in addition to chapter 20.
General Statutes, relating to divore, with
amendment, which was agreed to: ordered
to third reading. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Oct. ls.
SANArE.-Prayer by the Chaplain, Journal
of yesterday read and approved.
There being not a quorum present, Mr.
Hcndce moved to adjourn-yeas 3. nays =
the Senate refusing TO adjourn, Mr.. Henry
moved a call of the Senate, and 13 Senator's
responded to the call of their names. Ad-
journed.
HoUsE.-BiHs Introduced and Refereed
By Mr. Foster of Calais, relating to the fees
of the General Assembly ten cents per
mile for travel, and three dollars per day for
attendance, but deducting all days any MEM
Der is absent j; to committee on ways and
means by Mr.. Wood of Fairhaven, to pro-
vide for the disposition of the proceeds #
sale of property on mesne process to com
mittee on Judiciary !; by Mr. Brookins OF
Shoreham, to incorporate the A<sdison Raii-
road Company to committee on rallroacs
by Mr.. Proctor of Rutland, to Incorporate
the Rutland County Fish Breeding Associa-
ton to committee on corporations by Mr..
Marvin of Alburgh, in amendment OF chap
ter Is, General Statutes, relating to the
election of town officers listers to be 80
elected as to serve three years, one retiring
and one new lister to lie elected each year)
to committee on judiciary.
Resoiution-By MIR Rice of Newfane, that
the Judiciary committee be directed to in
quire into tile rxpcsaioacy of the passage OF
a law restricting express companies IN their
charges, especially packages of money,
coupons, notes, and all United States bonds.
and other public securities adopted,
Bills Passed-H ! laying a tax on the
county of Lamoille. II As, IN amendment
of sections As and 81, chapter So, General
Statutes, entitled of banks.
Report-From committee on corporations,
in favor of III l9, to establish town, city and
village libraries ordered to third reading
from committee on corporations, In favor OF
Fl 40, to incorporate the Middlebury Silver
Mining Company, with amendment, which
was agreed to ordered to third reading
from committee on elections, in favor OF II
25, providing for q check list of voters, with
amendment, which agreed to ordered
to third reading. Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
SENATE.-No quorum being present, on
motion of Mr.. Sanborn, the Senate ad-
journed.
HoUsE-In the absence of the Speaker,
the House was called to order by Mr..
Ferrin of Montpelier. There being no busi-
ness on the Speakers table, the House ad-
j 'urned to Monday afternoon next, at three
o'clock
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

The ability of the black man to govern
himself is illustrated by a curious discovery
recently made in Brazil 1t seems that there
is, in a remote district on the northwestern
confines of that empire, town composed of
about 1000 runaway slaves. These fug-
tive negroes have established municipal
government of their own; they have streets
we'll laid out, houses built, and it is now by
the merest chance that the government has
heard of it. The town is called Manso,
and is near the mountains of st. Jeronymo.
The towns people are industrious, but, as
women are scarce, they make raiding par
ties to run away with the women in the
settlements. One of these women escaped
and gave notice to the authorities of this
extraordinary town.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

A USEFUL CALCULATING MAcHINE.-A cal
culating machine is in use in the Office of the
Registrar General in London. It's operations
are both accurate and useful, and in the las I
annual report of the Registrar there are nu
merous calculations for which it was used
1t is limited to calculations involving regu-
lar series, but by means of logarithms, ques-
tions involving calculations in the higher
branches of mathematics can be reduced to
very simple formulas, and brought into such
compass will readily admit of their in
sertion in the machine. The machine was
intended to perform only the operation of
addition, but by various expedients it is
made to perform also subtraction, multiplied
ton and division.
The machine has also been used to intro
duce the element of interest in the various
tables. The preliminary steps of the work ),
such as calculating the mortality at decennial
periods of age deducing the difference, were
performed without the aid of the machine.
but when the difference were once obtained.
the machine was able to take up the work
and continue the calculation In thedifferen-
tial method.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

There aIe but two perfect months in our
year-June and October. People from the
city usually arrange to miss both. June is
the month Of gorgeous greens October, the
month Of all colors June has the full beam
ty of youth October has the spleddor of
ripcuess. Both of them arc out-of-door
months. If these months teach tho heart
nothing, one may well shut up the book of
tho year.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
AFTERNOoN.

Extraordinarily Mr. Goodhue,
that when the Senate adjourns on Friday
afternoon the 18th instant, it be to meet
again on Monday the Dist. at 3 o'clock. =.
NJ. adopted.
Bills introduced and Referred-By Mr..
Allen, to pay Chester Kingsley to commit
tee on claims by Mr.. Martin, to provide
for the appointment, by the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House, of two
reporters each. TO furnish reports of pro-
ceedings to the several newspapers in the
State TO committee on printing by Mr.
Prout, TO incorporate the Walloomsac Rail-
road Company. On motion of Mr. Martin
ordered to lie, and the usual number OF
copies to be printed. From the House, to
lcgallze certain proceedings of the town of
Castleton to committee judiciary.
JOINT Resolutions From the House grant
ing the of Representatives. Hall to
Rev. Collins Stone. of the Hartford Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, for exhibition of pupils at
} clock this afternoon. Adopted. From
the House, providing for Joint assembly on
Thursday next, at Il clock, A. NJ. to elect
railroad commissioner, superintendent, and
three directors of States Prison. and three
directors of Reform School. After discus
sion by Messrs. Martin. Walker and Hendee,
on motion of Mr.. Hendee, ordered to lie
Reports-Erom committee on printing, in
favor of printing $50 copies each, of Senate
bills number | and l3. and adverse to print
ing bill number 5 adopted.
Adjourned
HOUSE MIR Kellogg of Benson moved to
reconsider the vote of this forenoon, adopt
ing the joint resolution providing for the
election of certain State officers ; agreed to,
and on motion of Mr.. Kellogg the time was
changed to Thursday the 24th at eev N
O'Clock, A. NJ, instead of Tuesday the 22d,
and So Superintendent of the State Prison -
was also inserted in the resolution, and as
amended, the resolution was adopted
Bills passed-H 6, to legalize certain pro
ceedings of the town of Castleton
Bills introduced and Referred-By Mr..
Irish of Searsburgh, to incorporate the Wal
oomsac Railroad Company, (the same road
asked for at the last extra session of the
legislature by the Messrs Burden & Sons) ;
to committee on railroads by Mr. Mott OF
Sharon, in amendment to chapter l26, Gen.
eral Statutes. relating to the fees of wit
nesses { making them 8 cents per mile for
travel, 81 per day before county court, and
seventy-fve cents per day before Justice
court) to committee on Judiciary bv Mr.
Wood of Fairhaven, in amendment Of Nc
| IL, of the acts of 1866. relating to natural.
ization of aliens to committee on Judi.
ciary.
| Resofaions-By Mr.. Cady of Morristown
that when the House ajourn on Friday after.
noon next, it be until Monday next at fou,
o'clock, p. NJ. Favored by Mr.. johnson o.
Rockingham opposed by Mr.. Hubbard o.
Stockbridge, and adopted ayes III, nay.
| 81.
Reports-From select committee, in favo,
of ii l, laying tax on Lam ollie county or
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

1t il not what We read, but what we re-
member that makes m wise.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
Miseetlauy.
WILLIAM G.. BRADLEY,
SCHOLAR. JURiST, AND STATESMAN,

A memorial reGd before the Verm2nt Histori
caI Sociefy AT 'ts annual Meeting. I5H
Ort, 1867.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

dered to third reading from COMMITTEES on
judiciary, II in addition to chapter 20.
General Statutes, relating to divore. with
amendment, which was agreed to ordered
to third reading. Adjourned.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-10-23

have fingered over my theme, but the
half is not yet told nor can it be told within
the scanty time allotted to these exercises 1t
is as well to pause here as to proceed further,
and then pause with the memorial still in
complete. OF Mr.. Bradley it may be said
with truth -