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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

he comes up to the house to leave what he
Las brought, and to take away the letters
ready for mailing. My electric door
keeper, then (says Houdin) leaves me
nothing to be desired HIS service is
most exact his fidelity is thoroughly
proven; his discretion is unequalled and,
as to his salary, 1 doubt the possibility of
obtaining an equal service for smaller
remuneration"
This study-clock transmits the time to
two dial-plates. One. placed upon the
front of the house. gives the hour of the
day to the neighborhood the other, fas-
tened to gardeners lodge. facing the house,
gives the times to its inmates. Several
smaller dials, operated similarly, are placed
in the various apartments. They all, how
ever, have but a single striking part, but
this is powerful enough to be heard over
the entire village Upon the top OF the
house is a tower containing bell on which
the hours of meals are announced. Below
this is a train of wheel-work to raise the
hammer To avoid the necessity of wind
ing up the weight every day, an automatic
arrangement is employed, which utilizes 4
force ordinarily lost Between the kitchen.
situated upon the ground-hoor, and the
clock-work in the garret, there Is a con-
trivance so arranged that the servants in
going to and fro about their work wind up
the weight without being conscious of it.
An electric current set in motion by the
study regulator, raises the detent, and per-
mits the number of strokes indicated by the
| dial. This manner of distributing the time
! from the study, Houdn finds very useful.
| When, for any reason, he wishes the meals
hurried or retarded, he presses secret
key, and the time upon all the dlals l.
altered to suit his convenience. The cook
finds often that the time passes very rapid
| ly; while quarter of an hour or more,
not otherwise attainable, is gained by Mr..
Houdin
Every morning this clock sends, at diff
| ferent hours, electric impulses to awaken
three persons, the first of whom is the gar
dener But in addition, the apparatus
forces them to rise, by continuing to sound
until the circuit is broken by moving Il
small key placed at the further end of the
room. To do this the sleeper must rise,
and then the object sought is accomplished.
The poor gardener is almost tormented by
this electricity. The greenhouse is so
ranged that he cannot raise its temperature
above 10 dgs. G. $50 dge- F.), or let it
fall below 80 dgs c. 81 dgs. F., with
out a record in the study. The next
morning Houdin says to him. Jean, you
had too much heat last night; you will
scorch my geraniums +" or, jean, you
are in danger of freezing my orange trees !;
the thermometer descended to three de-
grees below zero (27 dgs. F. last night. y
Jean scratches his head and says nothing,
but he evidently regards Houdin as a sor-
cerer-The Yale College Coatrant.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
VeSuviuS.
THE ERUPTIoNs a SPECTACLE GRAND BE-
YoND ALL POWER OF DESCRIPTION"

THE ERUPTIoNS "a SPECTACLE GRAND BE-
YOND ALL POWER OF DESCRIPTION"
Naples Correspondence London Times.
Nesuvius, the eruptions of which have
been hitherto a source of amusement, has
recently awakened considerable apprehen-
sion. Every day, almost, it has presented
a different appearance. On Monday it
was covered with a mantle of snow, which
was striped at intervals with broad stripes
of lava. and the explosive force of the
mountain began again to increase. throw
ing out smoke and dark -colored sand with
slight detonations. The smoke noles,"
said Prof. Palmieri. were covered with
sublimates of salmarine and of metallic
chlorures the smoke issued, too. not only
from the cone of the summit, but from
another lateral hole which, from the great
deposit of material around it has grown
inio the dignity of a cone. On Tuesday
night the spectacle was g and beyond all
power of description. Large masses of
lava were shot up to great height, one of
which. even from the city, was seen to fall
like mighty rock and roll down the side
of the gerat zone. Streams of red-hot lava
were flowing over the crater, and bathing
the whole of the upper part of the noun
tain, while fiery lava, ashes and sand were
sent up with an immense impetus, irradiat-
ing the sky far and near. At intervals
during the whole of the night there was
loud and continual cannonade as of artil-
lery. which was heard in the most distant
part of Naples. Clouds and darkness hid
the mountain from us for two days, and
what was going on under their mysterious
veil it was impossible to say; but a north
wind swept them all away, and then Yes
uvius was again revealed in all its magnif-
cence, and one may almost add in all its
terrors. The eruption of Thursday" to
quote Palmieri
Was at its greatest intensity. Enor-
nous masses of solid lava were launched 10
fearful height, falling and rolling down
in every direction, thus rendering the
ascent of the mountain yet more dangerous
The detonations were very frequent, and
so violent as to cause the walls of the OBJ
servatory to rock backwards and forwards"
1t was necessary to detach the scientific
instruments from the walls and place them
on the ground in order to preserve them
from the strong undulatory shocks. Per-
SouS "HO WoTc pTcSeHi at tue tI1Ie cOHipdTc
their sensations with those which they have
felt ON board vessel when rocked by the
waves. On the same day the inhabitants
of Tore del Greco were again in so much
apprehension of another disaster that
Palmieri went over to examine the extinct
holes which in 1861 spread devastation
over the city. He so far satisfied them
by reporting that there was no imminent
danger" and thus tranquilizing the popu-
lation of whom some were making regular
arrangements to leave. As write, the
eruption continues with equal violence, and
dense masses of dark smoke beaten down
by bitter northeaster are sweeping over
the sea.
Crowds of visitors have come to see this
wondrous spectacle, and, among others,
some of the members of the Turin Alpine
Club.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

must be an immense breaking away of the
face of the cataract, changing its whole
form and appearance-perhaps converting
the perpendicular fall into shooting rapid
down steep decline. Some observers at
the falls anticipate this grand catastrophe
at an early day. In confirmation of these
opinions, we find it stated in the Hamilton
(Ontario) Times. that within few weeks
past, Or J. n Osborne, at Chippewa,
has noted marked and constant change
in the motion of the rapids at the place
indicated, and it is also reported that indi-
cations are discovered of the pouring of a
subterranean stream into the gulf below the
falls, which the absence of the mist, it Is
thought, would reveal beyond doubt" The
same editor remarks that a gentleman from
the falls. with whom he had conversed,
fully believes that the days of the great
Horseshoe are numbered. 1t was the
opinion of Prof Hail. in his report, that
the effect of continued recession must be
to gradually diminish the height of the
falls, both by the rising of the bed of the
river at their base and by the slopes OF the
massive limestone to a lower level. The
thin-bedded limestone above being swept
off, the succeeding shaies and maris OF the
Onondaga group must Immediately follow
and the falls, he thought, may become al
most stationary, when their base is at the
base of the massive sandstone, and their
upper line is, as now, over its upper edge
This Prof Hall thought likely to be the
case, after Il further recession of about two
miles, and the height of the fall must then
be reduced to about eighty feet In lSle
and in 1919, great fragments of rock fell
at the falls with concussion which shook
the whole country around, as by an earth
quake If citizens are presently awakened
some morning by a shock which starts them
from their beds. they may know that
Horseshoe falls has become a memory OF
the past.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

Peter and Paul, and the Popes. 1t is
adorned by cherubs holding mitre and
the keys. Back of it is the symbol of the
Eternal Glory,--a disc of softened light in
whose centre is the Dove, and from whose
surrounding and enveloping clouds shoot
rays of golden light But the clouds we're
splendid beyond conception. Where they
line the radiant disc, both without, on its
inner md outer edges. they resolved them
selves to the earnest eye into the faces of
cherubs and children. gazed so long that
the mighty old building had become dim
and obscure. ] was walked from my trance
by an official, who, seeing my obvious in
terest, wished to give me a souvenir of my
visit. He asked me if | spoke English. land
on my affirmative reply, he brought forth
tram his capacious pocket a fine copy of
the 'Garden of the Soul, in gold and NOR
occo. He offered it to me for 10 francs.
told him [ would give him one He refus-
ed, Soon he returned and offered ii for five
| stuck to the one 4 third time he came
and acceded to my terms, and under the
monumental altar of St. Peter, | became
possessed of my souvenir. When | reach
ed my room, L was surprised TO ind from
note enclosed, that the book was present
from " Ernestine to her dear sister L
strongly suspect the official of having been
preying on somebody at his devotions, and
| hold myself ready to return the book to
its real owner But if it is not claimed, |
mean to give 1t to some one my Catholic
friends at home.
There is good deal of sickness here
Three Americans | am told died yesterday
As for myself, | am better than at Naples
| was severely threatened with fever there
and brought with me to Rome an ugly di-
arrhea, but am now quite well of it. [
should not dare to stay much longer here,
as it is very hot, and the constant nervous
excitement predisposes to fever. l shall
leave for Florence next week
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
Signs i'm the Rapids.

We are told by the Buffalo Express that
the interesting question of geological and
commercial Importance, as to what period
of time is likely to be consumed by
the falls of Niagara in wearing their way
up the bed Of Niagara river, past Tona-
wanda and Black Rock. until they become
at Buffalo the falls of Lake Erie, has been
raised anew OF late by some remarkable
signs observed in the rapids above Horse
shoe fall, which are thought to forebode an
early downfall Of the rocks forming that
magnificent cataract If the limestone
ledge over which the river now falls, is, as
is supposed, in course of being under
mined by subterranean stream, break
ing through as far back as nearly half a
mile, of course the consequences, inevita-
BILE and liable TO ensue at any moment,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
4 Letter from Rev. W. ii. Lord.
We give below a second letter from Rome
written by Mr. Lord to his family

written by Mr.. Lord to his family
ROME, April 10, 1865
| gave an account i'll my last letter of Palm
Sunday at St. Peters Since then | have
been very busy surveying the ruins of old
Rome Quite number of old triumphal
arches still remain. The arch of Titus eel
ebrating his triumph over Jerusalem; the
arch Of Trajan, and of Constantine are all
very we'll preserved. The Pantheon, model
of ST. Peters Dome, Is the best ruin In the
city 1t is now used as a church. The
Temple of Nesta is very beautiful still, a
simple rotunda surrounded by Corinthian
columns 1t is on the banks Of the Tiber,
near the Temple of Peace. In many cases
modern churches are grated on the old
Roman portcoes, and so Paganism and
Christianity have blended their forces nor
is this. in this case. an inharmonious COM
bination.
There is not so much beggary here as in
Naples, still there is too much. There is
an order of mendicant priests, who meet
one at every turn and have very winning
way of shaking their tin boxes, adorned
with the image of the virgin, in the faces
of the people. | had the pleasure of con-
tributing a penny to one of them, and ex-
tracing grim smile from his weather.
beaten face. By the dress of these mendi-
cants, l take them to be Capusian. l went
into their monastery here and was much
interested in their cemetery, or Golgotha
A long series of alcoves with an aisle on
one side of it is the place. On the sides OF
these alcoves and at the end, the skulls and
bones of defunct brethren are packed up
in solid measure In the centre Of each pile
in a small alcove made in and with the
bones, is a preserved and embalmed monk
three in each alcove. They look from their
eyeless sockets on this ghastly pile of NOR
tuary relics. The ceilings are adorned with
festoons of t;bia and brachia, and all sorts
of sanity bones. Even the very candelabra
are made of the maxillar joint bones and
teeth of the departed monks And IL
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

An instance of connubial affection is mar
rated as occuring lately in New Hampshire.
A couple had quarrelled during the whole
term of their married life. At last the hus-
band was taken i'll, and evidently about to
die. His wife came to his bed side, where,
after she had seen his condition, the follow
ing colloquy ensued
Wy. daddy. your feet are cold. and
your hands are cold. and your nose is cold, :"
=" Wa'al, let um be cold ="
/" Wy, daddy. you're goin' to die :"
+" Wa'al, guess know wot I'm bout, !"
Wy, daddy, wot's to become of me if
you die 2"
!" Dunno. and don't care! Wat want to
know is, ,cat's to 1ecxna Of me !"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
Violet Time.

Violet time i come again,
once more laughing through the rain,
Spring with sunny crown advances,
Sunshine glitteriur on his Iances-
Long live spring the rainbow arch
Greets his coronation march;
Green his banners, free and brave,
From each tree-top rustlinS wave
Birds before him fly in crowds;
Fast above him float the clouds,
Swifter run rejoicing rivers;
sunbeam darts are in his quivers.
Where he trcad~, primroses rise
And the daises ope their eye-:
Black-birds sing in every bush,
Answering the merry thrush.
Swallows are his herald> fleet,
Faster than the pulses beat:
Butterflies between the showers.
Tell the glad news to the flowers.
our old monarch, winter, : dead:
IIi= crown Is on another head:
Sunbeams chase the envious rain:
Violet time Is come again.
Chambers Jo
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

and took their seats upon the stand, where
they had the pleasure oflistening. until they
could stand it no longer, to a lesson of lies
and abuse Of the South from Yankee rever-
end blackguard who addressed the assembly.
Some idea of the character of this outrage
may be gathered from the protest of Rev .Da-
vid Wills aud Rev. E W Warren, which
appears in our columns this morning
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06

The volume will be sold only by subscrlP-
ton, and the publishers desire agents 10 '"
gage in the work.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-06
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For Square of IL lines less OF Nonparel typs
one insertion 4l00; for each subsequent eron z5
cents Unless the number Insertions mari ed
the advertisement will he continued till ordered out
Libesaiscoun made merchants and others advertise
ng by the year.
Probate aud Commissioners Notices, $500 each.
For OF Liheratons Estrays, Formation and
Dissolution of Copartneships, &c. three
insertions IL sent by maiithe money accompany
the letter.
Notieesin news columns 10 per lire each inse
ton, but no charge made OF less thar so cents.
Noticesoi Deaths and Marriages inserted grams, hu
extended Obituary Notices Poetry wli be aTg.d a
the OF Ave cenis per line.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-15

De JURE AND De FACro- HRat NEGRO .11r;es ar
Made of.-In the Fifth District Court of New Orleans
yesterday the action to S35, 900 from s. Hast
ings of this city, for occasionng the death of Mrs
McCubbin by wrongfuly preparing prescription or.
dered by her physician while she recovering ON
yellow fever, up. Amongst the first 1urymen
called was Ernest Nelson, coal black negro of the
most unintellectual type, to whom were propounded
the following questions:
Can you read?
No.
Can you write?
No.
Can you count?
Juryman hesitates but bis answer, whatever it may
have been is stayed by objection from Mr.. Horror,
plaintiff counsel, who commended that the only ques
ton the court has any right entertain is whether
the juryman is registered voter.
Mr.. Bermudez, for the Defense urges that in case
where, as in this instance large of money was
claimed, who couldn't count was as incompetent
to render just verdict a man who was insane
The court ruling that, under the existing state of
things, every legal registered voter was component
juryman, Mr.. Bermudez returns to the charge asking
of the juryman:
Are you a legal registered voter?
No answer.
What is legal registered voter?
Dunno.
Hornor to the rescue. Perhaps if the court would
would ask him whether he voted at the last election
we could get at the facts.
Juryman, with look Of intense relief1 Oh YES
sab, / voted. ''"'
Juryman sworn in
Empanelling Of jury proceeds in the following man
ner hornor peremptorily challenges every intelligent
looking white man till his challenges are exhausted
Dsfmaaez challenges every imported negro till his are
Why? WV
Because Tn white man, and I object to sit On )
jury with niggers. : 81 ~
The eonrt-That,e mr. ob; aa4;..
30 jury of two-thrds plantation negroes is emnan.
enea e try cause involving the incest questions of
medical science, the trial of which viii probably or
.san over three or four days To the decision Of this
~ the professional reputation Of high
y IespsoIaoe apohecary anxious relatives have ~
NJ. mem 70 determine whether loved member If
from AMY was killed By gross negligence. or died
saases. n. 0. Times.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-15

a WOMAN KILLS HER HUSBAND TO SAVE HER own
AND HER CHILDREN's LIyEs.-The Big Sandy XIV
Herald of June Is says: con Sunday last. a man
named Clark, who lives near Keesers Rocks came 70
town and got drunk, went home and began abusing
his family and kept it up to late hour in the nieht
beating his wife, threatening to shoot her. the chill,
dren, or some one else, before the next day. He put
gun into the mouth OF one of the children and
threatened to shoot him, but an older boy knocked
the gun away and took it from him. He then sent an
other child somewhere in the neighborhood of HIS
house to get another gun he had left there loaded all
the time aVowlng he would kill some one. While the
child was gone, be pulled his bed upon the floor and
iaid down, when the mother for fear of her life, or
that OF her children seized axe and struck him sew
eral blows, the first of which proved fatal be not
moving alter being struck The woman and her fam
lily were arrested and brought into town on Monday
and examined before Judge Norris. The evidence
proved that the act was done to herself and chill
dren from murder, and they were discharged
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-15
St, Thomas.

The following clever geographical survey of M
Stewards recent purchase appears in the San Francis
over the initials /. b. d..
Very fair and full of promise
Law the island of ST. Thomas:
Ocean DER its reefs and bars
Hid its elemental scars;
Groves of cocoanut and guaya
Grew above its fields of lava.
So the gem of the Antilles
''Ises of Eden" where no ill is
Like great green turtle slumbered
On the sea that it encumbered.
Then said William Henry Seward
As he cast his eye to leeward:
"Quite important to our commerce
Is this island of St. Thomas"
Said the Mountain ranges, i" Thank'ee,-
But we cannot stand the Yankee
Ger our scars and assures porting,
In our very vltals boring,
In our sacred caFerns prylng,
All our secret problems trying
Digging. blasting with dynamit
Mocking all our thunders! Din it
Other lands may be more CIVIL
Bust our lava crust If we will.
Said the Seats white teeth crashing
Der its coral-reef lips flashing:
"Shall let this scheming mortal
Shut with stone my shining portal,
Curb my tide, and check my play,
Fence with Wharves my SHINING bay
Rather let me be drawn out
In one awful water spout =
Said the black browed hurricane
Brooding o er the Spanish main:
"Shall | see my forces, POUNDS
Measured by square inch and pounds
With detectives at my back
When double on my track,
And my secret paths made clear,
Published Ger the hemisphere
To each gaping, prying crew?
Shall I +? Blow me if do f'
So the mountains shook and Numbered,
And the hurricane came sweeping,
And the people looked and wondered
As the sea came them leaping;
Each, according to his promise,
Made things lively at St. Thomas.
Till one morning, when Bill Seward
Cast his weather eye to leeward,
There not an inch of dry land
Left to mark his recent island.
Not flagstaff sentry,
Not wharf or port of entry
Only-to cut matters shorter
Just patch of muddy water,
In the open ocean lying,
And gull above it flying.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-15

Grant was asked the other day what he meant BY
having no policy oppose the will Of Congress against
ln 1. people " meant he is reported to have re-
piled, whichever way Congress goes will 90 for
consider that Congress is the people.''
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-07-15

!. ooiiax has ever been printer, he'll know what
= Is 70 nave form pied next November.
New York Leader
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1868-06-20

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