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, 1868-12-25

A MAN at South Bend, Indiana. lately
died from the effects of bath. He had not
been washed for II years, and when the air
struck his clean skin perspiratiou was check,
ed too suddenly 1t is not safe to go more
than ten years without taking bath.
, 1868-12-25

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at 80 cent? month, pay
able to the carrier Those who have paid in advance
will have heir papers Continued until the time ex-
pires.
, 1868-12-25

Do not think of knocking out another
Persons brains because he differs in opinion
from you. 1t would be as rational to knock
Yourself on the head because you differ from
yourself ten years ago.
, 1868-12-25

DEATH knocks with equal boldness at the
sp9ptuous mansion of the rich as at the
PLAIN cottage of the peasant.
, 1868-12-25

Sort Soar FOR ALL-For a lieutenant,
call him captain; for a middle aged lady,
kiss her, and say you mistoOk her for her
daughter; for a young gentleman rising hf-
teen, ask his opinion respecting the compara-
tive merits Of razor for young ladies, II
you know their color to be nstu5al accuse
them of painting. .
, 1868-12-25

Rev. NEWMAN HALL says that thirty
thousand members are excowmunlcated
yearly from the Euglisb church for in,em-
perance.
, 1868-12-25
NUMBER g.
aER PERSONAL AFFAIRS.

She is reported to be immensely wealthy,
but no doubt her wealth is greatly exspge.
rated. She has husband genuine hus-
band, they say, to whom she was mnrried
years ago, aud daughter, who is herself
wife Her husband is a German. but she
Is English, and was once bar maid in
London gin shop She came here at eiyh
teen made the acquaintance of a physician
obtained a smsttering Of medicine, aud con,
ceived the notion of adopting the calling sbo
has since 50 successfully loiiewyjz1a-,,nlos,
s4l1ofI 4, -. ~ present prOfe,' ~
wsss-f-tSt tinSG clairvoyAnt physician
and fortune teller, aud by that trckery got
start in the world. Il is said she has
much knowledge and skill which she might
easily have after twenty-five years of such
speciality.
Once she was handsome, / understood.
but now, in her fftieth year, she is gross,
though not heartess looking woman, with
black eyes, black hair, barely tinged with
gray, aud might play Azucena in the opera
with little making up Her face is faml.
lar to many, for she drives in the Park near
ly every pleasant afternoon, and her turnout
is recognized by its attempt at vulgar display.
She would be mistaken for the proprirtress
of baguio. with her Harng culors, her nit-
tering jewels, her tawdry carragD-for she
is the embodiment of principles Of bad taste
10 all that belongs to her
HER HOME.
Her house, No 657 Fifth avenue. misht
well be her abode. The curtains are daubs
Of color, and everything about it indicates
vulgarity and prosperity. Those who have
been inside of it say guilt and gaudiness are
visible from cellar to garret 1t is not all
the palace it is proclaimed to be in the coun-
try papers On the contrary, it is 10 itself
rather plain house for the avenue, and its
furniture and appurtenances probably Gust
less than those of hundreds OF fashionable
dwellings in that quarter.
VIRTUES OF THE WICKED.
The Madame has no society-She is ner-
pect parian in New York-but she seems tn
enjoy herself and grow as feshy as if she had
the approval of good conscience aud lived
life of innocence aud good deeCs. She is
fond Of making money, her practice is worth
$4,000 year to her but it is said she
gives literally to those who are poor and in
distress, and always without the slightest
ostentation. She is reported to have she>
tered many poor girl from the pursuit Of
libertines and to have restored MT few to
the homes from which in moment Of weak
ness and passion, they had strayed
, 1868-12-25
HER CLAIMS.

She does precisely what might be expect,
ed from her calling, and to those acquainted
with her, makes no secret Oft She claims
say they who pretend to know her, to have
done great deal of good By preventing the
errors of persons of position from coming to
light to have saved many good but unfor-
tuuate women from ruin and self-destruction;
tn have increased the sum Of human happl
ness rather than TO have diminished it. Her
logic is peculiar, and the investigation Of her
premises would open a series of moral ques-
tiops that are 100 delicate for public discuss
sion. She declares that she has 100 many
secrets of fashionable families ever to be dis
turbed in her home; that she is power In
the Great City, and that if she wished she
could open rich and fragrant Closets and
show skeletons whose existance no one
suspects.
How much of her statement is true, and
how much is gasconade. only she and her
patrons know. There is good reason to oe'
iieve, however, that woman who has sPen'
thirty years 10 luxurious and lieentious CITY
like this, end followed her calling Persever'
ingly, must have knowledge that would pet
ter be hidden from those who would keep
their faith 10 human nature.
, 1868-12-25
HER oPENNEss.

RestelI adyertises her medicines, her once
her hours. and her peculiar practice, IN the
daily newspapers, as do dozens 10 tne same
profession. Everybody is aware OF her ousl
ness and her location. She cannot be ac>
cused Of walking 10 darkness, or shrOudlng
herself 10 mystery.
, 1868-12-25

In celebrating Franklin's birthday the
printers a, Buffalo, had "good time, and
among others the following toast was drank !;
" Printers Wives-May they always have
plenty of SMALL GAPS for the heads Of their
little original articles"
, 1868-12-25
HER NoToRIETY.

Restell is so notorious than she is more
talked of and written about than even Gree
lev or Stewart. She is gOdsend to cores
pondents of the country press, aud they tell
such tales of her as are related Of Messelins,
Sabiua POmpeia aud other notable wicked
women of antiquity in the interdicted books
that have coma down to US.
, 1868-12-25

10. Timber for fuel in quantities sufficient
to meet the wants Of settlers is found along
the numerous streams that thread the VAL
ley When the supply from this source is
exhausted, there is an unbounded store in
the mountains that skirt the Valley. This
timber is of easy access, and rarely will have
to be teamed over ten or twelve miles. The
tiae and labor saved in 6nding the land
cleared aud ready for cultivation vastly more
than pays for an occasional trip to the
mountains for winter fuel.
We have here answered the queries of our
correspondent as fully as the time aud space
at our disposal will permit and 10 taking
leave Of him we can say in all trulhfulness
that few localities offer greater inducements
to the hardy and industrious settler. The
man who is able and willing to work, can
come here aud without capital secure home.
stead and in a few years be able to rest
under his own vine and fig tree" We have
only to add that of the speculative classes,
including members Of the legal and medical
professions, we have an abundant supply, but
of working men there is a scarcity, and little
probability of the labor market being over
stocked for years to come.
---~~--OS----~-
NAPOLEON III-The London Spectator,
in discussing the peace speech of Baron Won
Beust, the Austrian Premier, speaks forcibly
of the power over the peace and prosperity
of Europe which Napoleon holds in his hands.
1t is solely the doubt of bis intentions which
to day keeps up the armies of all the great
powers on war footing. 1t is because one
man in bis heart intends to call the four
great nations of the continent to arms, and
that if he intends, he has the power A
hundred millions of civilized men, quite will
ling to live quietly, have not the strength to
prevent one man from ordering half Of them
to spend lives and accumulations in a futile
effort to defeat the other half, cannot arrest
his hand, cannot even effectively demonstrate
if he chooses to give the signal for universal
war. 1t is monstrous but it is true. If
Napoleon chooses to threaten Prussia, no
power save heaven could arrest worldwide
calamity and great nations, when they
feebly cape for news about one mans temper,
and intrigues, and little whispers, are not
acting as mere gossips, but obeying the in
oIlbOb nulCu tSdOuSS udsocS Hu6I6 true power
resides. The point for them, for us, for the
Cochin Chinese, for the majority of persons,
civilized and semi civilized, throughout the
world, is whether an elderly gentleman, who
walks with a stick, and croons for hours to-
gether over fire, does or does not think
European war would increase the security of
his personal position. When all is said, that
is the key to all, the single and sufficient
doubt which at this moment paralyzes the
industry, and the enterprise, and the accumu-
lated capital of Europe-thalis, Of the world"
We have not met with passage which states
the whole case with more vigOr than this.
, 1868-12-25

How PRUssIANs DIG POTATOES. LETT
ter from Schwedt, Prussia, has the following
In Brandenbers almost the only crops are
potatoes and fruit. The potato harvest is
just now being gathered, and the fields pre-
sent an interesting, but, to American eyes,
strange sight Here and there may be seen
rows of women aud children on the ground
digging, with the instruments nature gave
them, for the potatoes, which have been
ploughed up, while behind them the men
load their wagons. or stow the basketfulls
away in bitches to be covered up. The rows
of workers extend usually clear across the
fields in which they work, ard are always as
straight as line Of soldiers. Occasionally
may be seen single couple working their
own patch, but generally from fifty to q
hundred are together. They are generally
hired by the large proprietOrs, through 10
some instances the small owners club togeth-
er in order to help each other out.
, 1868-12-25
o. s. Official Paper for the Territory.

Office Statesman Building, Third Street.
, 1868-12-25

THE DoG.-We take the following from
N. Blaze's History of the Dog: The dog
possesses, ircontestably, all the qualities of a
sensible man and grieve to say man has
not, iu general, the noble qualities of the dog.
We make virtue of gratitude. which is
nothing but duly; this virtue, this duty.
are inherent 10 the dog. We brand ingratil
tude, and yet all men are ungrateful. 1t is
a vice which commences in tue cradle, and
grows with our growth, and together with
sel6slness becomes the grand mover of hu-
man actions. The dog knows not the word
virtue; that which we dignity by this title
aud admire as a rare thing-and very rare
it is, in truth-consttutes his normal state
Where will You find a man always grateful,
always affecticnate, never selfish, pushing the
abnegation of self to the utmost limits of
possibility; without gain, devoted even to
death without ambition, rendering every
service-in short, forgetful OF injuries and
mindful only of benefits received Seek him
not it would be useless task but take the
first DOG yout meet, and from the moment he
adopts you for his master you will find 10 him
all these qualities He will love you without
calculation entering into his affections. His
greatest happiness will be to be near you I;
and should you be reduced to beg your bread,
not. only will he aid you in this difficult
trade, but he would not abandon you even to
follow king into his palace. Your friends
will quit you in misfortune your wife per-
haps will forget her plighted troth, but your
dog will remain always near you ). he will
come and die at your feet or, ii you depart
before him on the great voyage, he will ac
company you to your last abode"
, 1868-12-25
agpalla agalla Statesman.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY

EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
, 1868-12-25
pERMANENoE OF HER RESIDENCE.

There she remains in her tall, tawdryS
looking house to this day. The lots at the
side of her dwelling cannot be sold, even
though houses built on them would be too
far from hers to catch contamination. They
have been offered, it is said, at one quarter
of what those on the next block have brought
but there are no takers. Law suits have
been threatened against Restell to dispOssess
her, but she has no dread of law. She de-
clares she il a regular physician, and as
much entitled to practice her profession as
DR.. Cornochau or Dr. Dixon. Those who
are anxious to get rid of her remember her
triumph long ago, and feel that she is too
rich to be prosecuted with any hope of sue
cess on the Island of Manhattan.
, 1868-12-25
The wlekede.t woman n New York.

The wickedest woman in New York, &c.
cording to the popular verdict, is no doubt
Madame Restell, the famous or infamous
female physician and professor fmid wifery,
as she is styled in her advertisements in the
City Directory.
HER FAMOUS TRIAL.
Some sixteen or seventeen years ago she
was arrested aud tried for abortion, and the
death Ofa young wo nan, who had been put
under the Madame's treatment 10 conceal q
story Of sin and shame, was laid at the mid,
wife's door.
Restell lived in Chambers street then, and
was comparatively obscure Her trial cre>
ated intense excitement all over the country.
The newspapers teemed with its details, aud
editorials upon editorials were written, re-
Aecting severely and elOquently upon the
crime with which she was charged. Enough
evidence was offered to prove her guilty, not
only Of the particular ofense, but of numer-
Gus other ofenses equally heinous.
There seemed to be no escape for her
The penitentiary started her in the face,
and If law and justice had been administered
she would have been sent to Sing Sing for
the remainder Of her natural life But she
was tried in New York, where law is one
thing and justice another; where he who
has the most money, or the political inau>
ence to bear upon the Judge, is sure to gain
bis case. The Madame had liberal means,
acquired by her calling, and consequently
she escaped. She bought witnesses, judges,
juries, it is alleged, and was duly acquitted.
1t was stated at the time that she purchased
Justice to the extent of 100000, and that
she considered it one of the best investment is
she had ever made. 1t certainly was, ifpre.
servatiOu from life long imprisonment has a
value in money.
, 1868-12-25

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ITS BENEFIT TO HER.

That trial of Madame Restell was a superb
advertisement Of her business. 1t made her
known everywhere, and has probably been
the means of adding to her fortune twice
the sum she expended.
, 1868-12-25
HER REMOVAL.

Some years after the trial she removed
up town.. was considered very far up
then-having purchased lot in the Fifth
Avenue. corner of SD street, and erected a
large comfortable brown-stope. front there.
She is said to have made the purchase
through an agent, as the owner of the real
estate would have declined to sell her the
property on account of her profession and
uRenviable notoriety.
The fashionable thoroughfare was more
and more occupied with elegant mansions.
The real estate advanced in price, and as the
tide of society.went toward the Park. many
and muniicent were the offers to tie mid
wife to dispose of her property. She was
pressed to take FIVE times the amount she
paid, but she would not She said she had
bought the place for a home, and that she
intended to end her days there. No imporl
tunity, no display of bank checks or bank
notes could change her resolution.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13

HEAT IN DEEP MINEs.-A curl,
Gus fact has, however, been lately
brought to notice in regard to the
Nevada silver mines. Heat, not
water, is the chief enemy encOun-
tered after reaching a great depth,
and, instead Of pumping out water,
the companies have to pump i'll air.
A Nevada paper says:
"The increase in the heat OF our
mineA is now beginning to give many
of our mining companies more trou
fble, and is proving n great obstacle
to mining operations in those levels
lying below depth of one thousand
feet than any veins or "pOcket" de-
posits of water yet encountered. A
number Of the leading companies on
the. ComstOck are now engaged III
putting in engines to be used ex
pIessly for driving fans for furnish
ing air to the lower levels, forcing i,
through large tubes OF galvanized
iron. With this great increase o.
heat in our mines comes great de
crease Of water; In fact, IN our deep
est mine-the Bullion, which has at
tanned the depth of twelve hundred
feet-not a drop Of water is to b.
seen; it is as dry as a lime kiln anl
as hot as an oven. In the lowe
workings Of the Chollar- Potosi mine
! which are perpendicular depth o
eleven hundred feet below the sur
face, the thermometer now stand
at one hundred Degrees frightfu
heat to be endured by human be
ing engaged in kind of labor cal
ing for severe muscular eXertiOn.-
Here, also, we find the water t
v have decreased till there is at I'll
g present time u very lnsignitican
amount, it being necessary to I'll
the pump but four hours out OF tn
=. twenty four
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13

Peters.u's Magazine for Deem
Der, is already ON our table. 1t isa
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cravings. a mammoth fashion plate,
a colored pattern in Berlin WORK,
and nearly fifteen wood cuts. The
principal steel engraving, The Or
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every heart. We do not wonder at
the immense circulation OF "PeteT-
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world-for it really gives more for
the money than any other. Every
body ought to subscribe for it. Its
stories are the best published any
where. In 1869, in addition to its
usual quantity Of short stories, four
original copyright novelets VIII be
given, viz: Marie Antoinette's
Tallsman,' by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens;
The mystery of Blackwood Grange
by the author Of Sir NOers Heir :
Hates Winter in Washington, by
Frank Lee Benedict; and The Sto'
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are always the latest and prettiest
the principal editor having latel,
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advance. About u thousand pages
Of reading matter will be given IL
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however remain Two Dollars q yea
to single subscribers. TO clubs /
is cheaper still, viz: four copies 70
5000, with a large engraving, e.
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13
TIM CUBAN REREIIIoN I'll

TUp CUBAN RERELIIoS The
disturbance which has been for some
time going on in Cuba has now ~
sumcd the shape Of an active re-.
bcllion, and the proclamation which
the ryulutionisis have issued, and
the numbers Of men reported to be
enlisted in the movement, show that
the leaders Of IL nre really in ear
nest. The Cuban Government
seems To have been rather over
powered by the sud,Lcnncs, and eI
tent Of the demonstration, and tn.
success which has already attended
the efforts NJ the rcvolutionists vii
stimulate them to strong Efforts tt
carry out their purpose of establish
ing a republic. The result of THE
movement will Nc largely dstormin
cd l., the position which the new
Spanish Government snail take II
regard to Cuba, and II viii not III
The least of the troubles which vii
bes"t those now IN control Of Span
iSh affairs 10 quiet the dcmandI
made IN Cuba for 'libcyU, equality
r.nd fn'e,a'yv
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13

LATEST NEWS PROM DR. lAv''
rrGsroSR.-Sir Roderiek Murchison
announces the receipt Of letters
from the explorer. DR.. Livingstone,
writing in October and DecempeI,
1857, and dated at Marungu and
Cazembe, places lying south ana
.outhwesterly of Lake Tanganyika.
When these letters were written
Livingstone had been living for three
months with friendly Arabs, waiting
for the close of a native war before
proceeding on his way to UJDl, and
he told an Arab messenger that
after exploring Lake Tanganylka
he intended to return to Zanzlbay
This is the first announcement from
himself that he intends to quit AT
RIGA by that route.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13

GOLD DISCOVERIES ~ NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND VERMoHT.-The
Rutland Herald says:
" In the eastern extremity OF the
Appalachian chain, another gold
district has been discovered, which
promises to be of much Importance.
The talcose slate rocks of the New
hampshire side OF that chain of
mountains, some time since. yielded
from their quartz ores $500 up to
| 1850 per ton Of the precious metal.
On the Vermont side, at Bird eva
ter, locality has long been known
az aurlierous, and the General Land
Office has within few days, re
celycd specimens of quartz vclt
from Manchester of n very rich
quality. From the analogous geo
logical structure of the Country,and
the specimens in baud. rich yield
may be expected. Gnlch mining
has, from TIME to time, been resort
ed TO. and has afforded enough to
stimulate research for the Vein from
which the metal was conveyed to tho
stream and bottom lands. The re
cent discovery is regarded as anoth
or evidence of the almost universal
presence OF this metal IN the talcoS
states.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13
Ianhcod: How Lost, HsV Esi.v,,I

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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13
DEMOCRATIC MAJoKITIEs.
legislative Statistics.

From the Manual OF the Leglsla
ture, published by the assistant
clerks Of the House, We compile the
following statistics. The Senate,
in respect to the occupations of it's
officers and mem bers, is divided rs
follows:
Twelve farmers, 10 attorneys, ;
physicians, merchants, 2 bankers,
3 students, l who has retired from
business, | secretary OF insurance
cHcpany, ! marble dealer, produce
dealer.
Nativities. Vermont, 81; Massa-
chusetts, 3; New Hamprhire, g.
New York, ! Connecticut, /.
Religious Pr, ference: Is Congre
gatlonaiistS, Nliscopalians, 4 Lib
erals, = MethodiSts, 2 Cnitarians,
Presbyterian, l Baptist, ! Christian
and ! of no preference.
The oldest Senator il MERIT
CLARK. Poultney, % the yOunges
Senator, Geo. y. Dale, Brighton, 33
The House presents the following
record. VIZ;
Occupations l1l farmers, 20 at
torncys, 10 merchahts, II mannlac
turcrs, I physicians, q students, [
clergymen, 3 clerks, 3 mechanics,
lumber dealers, and % OF all othe
occupations.
Nativities Vermont, 2lO; Mex
Hampshire, Is; Massachusetts, |
New York, 5; Connecticut, 3; Car
ada, 3; and | each from Nova Sec
tia. England, and Scotland.
Religious Preference - Congr
gational,sts, 4; Of ne preference,
Methodists, 80 BaptLsts, 20 tnivc
salists, q Liberals, & Episcopallae
2 Free thinkers, 2 Christians,
prpsbyterians, and l each of Disc
pie. Churchmen, Orthodox. Cath
tic, Friend, Independent, Union AZ
Npnitualist.
oldest members, Jabez W. Ian
.!un, Of New Haven, and JOSEF
Underwood, Of Hardwick, each
years. Youngest membels, Cha
:. Allen, Of lrasburgh, and A.
.loughton, OF Stamford, each
years.
Political Preference Republican
"a; Democratic, l5.-Moatpel
Journal.