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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

LEAD MINES AT SADAwGA = The follow
ing account of these mines, to work which
the Wilmington lead and silver mining
company was last fall chartered, we find
in an exchange:
Tradition says that an Indian named
Sawdawda-the name is now spelled Sa-
dawga--used to get his lead from these mines
with which to make his bullets. He was
the last surviving member of his tribe in
this vicinity, and lived near the pond which
bears his name, situated about 3-4 of mile
west of the center of the town. He used to
hunt and fish about this pond, and along the
Deerfeld river, in the west part of the town,
which passes these mines. As near as our
correspondent can learn he disappeared
about so years since, and it is believed by
many that he was drow ned by the upset
ting of his canoe when passing the rapids
in the river. 1t has been known by the
inhabitants for many years, that valuable
minerals existed here, but no analysis was
made until about 19 years since, when Will
liam B. Harvey of New York visited this
section of the country, exploring for min
erals He learned of these mines and pro-
cured specimens of the ore, and had it
analysed by DIR. james B. Chiffon, an able
chemist of New York City. The result of
the analysis was 3l6 ounces of silver to one
tun of lead This was in the Fall of 1e4S.
During the following Winter or Spring be
returned and obtained other specimens of
this ore, which he had analyzed at the mint
in Philadelphia with like results About
sh;r time Mr. Harvey's wife was killed by
an accident on the railroad, and he sick
ened and died soon after, and nothing has
since been done about these mines till with
in the past year.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

THE RAINING TREE-The islandof Fier-
TO is one of the largest in the Canary group
and it has received its name on account of
its iron-bound soil, through which no river
or stream flows 1t has also but very few
wells, and these not very good. But the
great Preserver and Sustainer of all RENE
dies this inconvenience in a way so extra
ordinary that man will be forced to acknowl
edge that he gives in this an undeniable
demonstration of his wonderful goodness.
In the midst of the island there grows
tree, the leaves of which are long and mar
row, and continue in constant vedure winter
and summer, and the bronches are covered
with a cloud which is never dispelled, but.
resolving itself into moisture, causes to
fall from its leaves very clear water IN
sech abundance that cisterns placed at its
foot to receive it are never empty.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

First young lady of eight summers
Say, George, when you are great big
lady and get married, what will you do,
eh ?'
George" Oh. expect I'll get sew
ing circle, and go the water-cure, and have
lots of jewelry. What will you do, Sissy ?"
"Oh, me! I'll have a nice young man
with beautiful whiskers to come to see me :;
and my husband, you know, he'll get mad,
and LII cry, and go to Chicago. and sue for
divorce, and it will be in all the papers,
and the reporters will say that I'm pale
and spiritual looking lady, and my hus-
band is brute that'll be so nice"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
Women and Politics.

SPICY LETTER FROM MADAME NOvELLO.
A Scotch paper-the Paisley and Rem
tre1cshire Gazette-publishes the follow
ing letter from Madame NovelIo:
ITO Mary s., Dear Madam L
read with delight, in the Paisley and Rem
treacShire Gazette for the 7th December,
your charmingly objurgatory letter, in
wi-ieh yor incnlcate cretinism as the fittest
state of woman-mind. L say read, but
should rather say heard, as my kind sister
read it to me in my sick-room, where was
assembled bevy of fair girls, cheering the
darkened room to which L am condemned
by reason ofmy weak eyesight. Your ad-
monitions were hailed with shrieks of ap-
probation, my auditors employed most no.
tably hemming pocket-handkerchiefs, darn
ing socks, preparing Christmas pudding
and in other occupations unobjectionable
to the advocates of Noodledom. was so
impressed by your solemn adjuration to re-
linquish everything but household drudg-
cry, that [ should at once become your dis
ciple, did not few doubts cause me to
hover in perplexed uncertainty. The
above-named girls, who work so tidily and
nimbly, can also speak and write fuently
several languages, can play Beethoven In
mastery style, and sing Gounod melliflu-
ously-they are quite little nightingales in
song as in active nursing; worse still,
these deft sewers and darners are actually
interested in Italian politics. please do
not mention this fact to Mr.. Crum-E Ewing,
as he might think, Woe betide their fG-
ture husbands, How can such girls mind
them, especially should they be Italian
patriots ?)
As spinster, feel embarrassed by Mr.
Crum-Ewings injunction, that every wo-
man should mind her husband and child.
rem. Can he suggest how may do So
not possessing such chattels ? Yet, not.
withstanding this lack, have found plenty
of hard work to do in this world. 1 car
boast of no unusual attainments or grea,
science-in fact, 1 am almost ignoran,
enough to satisfy the notions of Mr.. Crum.
Ewing & Co.; but never found the little
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

How A MINING AGENT Cor RICH-
Tribune, from Nevada, relates the follow
ing
q An acquaintance of mine shook hands
with me in such very patronzing manner
Yesterday that | am moved to make him
the text of a paragraph that will serve to
illustrate what one may term state of
things When [ first knew this man he
hadn't a cent. He did not put on airs then.
Now he is a superintendent of one of the
great silver mines, and has grown rich.
You may not believe thata superintendent
can grow absolutely rich in four years on
a salary of from ten to twenty thousand
dollars a wear, but such is really the case
Ordinary superintendents are content to
covertly receive a present of a dollar or so
for each ton of ore they sell to millman :,
but nv mans ambition scared higher than
that. He took lumber belonging to the
great corporation that employed him, and
built little mill of his own with it. He
built that mill below the company's mill,
too, which was wise. Then he took other
of the company's lumber, and built a string
of sluice boxes that reached clear from the
company's mill TO his own. After that he
worked the companys rock in the COM
pany's mill and got sixteen dollars ton
out of it-and turned the money over to
company-which didn't declare dividend.
Then he took the trailings from that same
rock, carried them through his sluices to the
his little private mill, worked them over
again and out of every ton he got thirty
dollars Which money was his own. of
course, and he never gave any of it to the
company Now you can understand how
a man can get rich in four years, on twelve
thousand dollars a year, when the company
furnishes him dwelling house and horses
and carriages free"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

EGYPT1AN WAILERs-Taking an early
morning walk, writes correspondent from
Egypt, | came upon company of " Wall
ers." about twenty women. whose business
it is to wall the dead. They were walking
slowly, wearing black silk mantles over the
head, their faces muffied, their two eyes
only visible. At that early hour there were
few persons in the street, and [ heard their
bowling long before they came in sight.
To obtain an idea of it, get together twenty
of your female acquaintance, those who
have sharp, shrill voices, clothe them in
black, muff1e their faces, make them pitch
their voices on high key, tell them to i'm
itate the howl of hyenas, the yawl of tom
cats, the growing of young puppies, the
barking of wolves, the blare of calves, and
any other howls or feminine growls; let
one start it and the rest join in chorus,
bowling till out of breath While gaining
strength for a new wall, let them laugh
and chat together, and then give way to
another uncomfortable outburst of grief.
This is no modern custom, but it is as
old as the pyramids. When Jacob died,
Joseph and his brethren and the Egyptians
wept for him seventy days. and when they
went up to Hebron to lay him in the cave
of Macphelah, they mourned at Atad "a
very great and sore lamentation"-just
such bowling as that described. 1t is con-
trary to European ideas of grief, but the
Oriental is dramatic, and so he mourns
with loud bowling The hired walters re-
cite the virtues of the deceased. praising
with extravagant eulogy. They praise
much or little howl loud or soft, according
to the amount of baksheesA But we must
refrain from calling the practice absurd,
lest we tread on the toes of those who in
Christian lands sometimes make dumb
ty carriages.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

does 1t happen that in assigning great and
brilliant parts to his subordinate command
ers, he has never, when the results of his
strategy were fully unfolded, appeared in
the picture except as the central figure +?
However, 1t may seem during the progress
OF one OF his great combined campaigns,
IL always turns out at last, when it reaches
that completeness and finish in which he
eontrives to have his campaigns end that
we see him standing in the foreground,
and that the grouping is always such that
the glory of the other Generals, instead of
ecllpslng his own, gives it additional luster
1t is this s1reaess of judgnent, 1c1tich sees
precisely where taes the turning point !;
which sees precisely what are the objects
that justify the utmost stretch of persist
ence; it this ability to take in the whole
field of view in just perspective and due
subordination of parts, that is the mark of
a superior mind. Gen. Grant has taken
out of the hands of all critics the question
whether it belongs to him He has won
his greatest triumph over the most skillful
and accomplished General on the other
eide; over General who foiled him long
enough to prove his great mastery of the
art of war and the completeness of whose
defeat is testimony to Grants genius
such as a victory over any other General
of the Confederacy, or even an earlier vic
tory over Lee himself, could not have
given. Apply to Gen. Grant what test
you will; measure him by the magnitude
of the obstacles he has surmounted, by the
value of the positions he has gained, by
the fame of the antagonist over whom he
has triumphed, by the achievements of his
most illustrious co-workers, by the sureness
with which he directs his indomitable en-
ergy to the vital point which is the key of
a vast field of operations, or by that su-
preme test of consummate ability, the alb
solute completeness of his results, and he
rindicates his claim to stand merit after
Napoleon and Wellington, among the great
soldiers Of this century, If not on a lerel
lcith the latter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
AsEcpo1E OF LORD BRoUeHAM. NJ. F

ANEcDoTE OF LORD BRoUeHAM. NJ. Fa-
yonet, writing in Paris journal, gives the
following anecdote of Lord Brougham
" Speaking one night in the House of
Lords, his lordship experienced some in
terruption from conversation which was
carried on during his speech by the Dukes
of Cumberland and Wellington. Taking
occasion in the course of his argument to
explain the word illustrious, he said that
we sometimes use that word conventional
ly, and sometimes literally. For in
stance, said the noble lord, we apply it
by courtesy to the royal duke who is talk
ing so loudly, and who has done nothing
whatever to deserve it, while we apply it
in its primary and real signifcation to the
iIlustrious duke whom his royal highness
is addressing"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

MATRIMoNY Ruskin, in late work
of his, entitled Time and Tide by Weare and
Tyne, or twenty five letters to a working
man of Sunderland on the laws of work
offers the following plan to make matrimony
easy and prosperous:
:" Permission to marry should be the re-
ward held in sight of its youth during the
entire latter part of the course Of their edu-
cation, and it should be granted as the ma
tional attestation that that portion of their
lives had been rightly fulfilled No
girl should receive her permission to marry
before her seventeenth birthday, nor any
youth before his twenty-first and it should
be point of somewhat distinguished honor
with both sexes to gain their permission of
marriage in the eighteenth and twenty second
year, and a recognized disgrace not to have
gained it at least before the close Of their
twenty-frst or twenty fourth. In
every year there should be two festivals, one
on the first of May, and one on the feast of
Harvest Home in each district. at which fes-
tiyal the permission to marry should be given
publicly to the maidens and youth who had
won them in that halt-year, and they should
be crowned, the maids by the French title of
Rosieres, and the youth prehaps by some
name rightly derived from the supposed sig
nfcation of the word bachelor laurel
fruit and so led in joyful procession through
the city street, or village lane, and the day
ended with feasting of the poor. . And
every bachelor and rosiere should be entitled
to claim a fixed income from the
State, for the seven years after the day of
their marriage, for the setting up of their
homes
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION OF THE R

REMARKABLE PRESERVATION OF THE Re-
MAINS OF Hon. s. A. DOUGLAS. An inspec-
ton of the remains of Stephen A. Douglas
was made on Tuesday, preparatory to their
removal to the tomb erected to his memo
ry. Upon removing the lid covering the
glass, the face of the deceased was found
to be in a remarkable state of preserva-
seven years ago. The complexion is very
fair, the contour of the head and face
unchanged, and the expression
quite natural and plainly recognizable.
The hair looks as black and glossy as ever,
and the raiment as new and tidy as when
first put on, not presenting the least evi-
dence of mildew or discoloration.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

ANECDoTE OF Mr.. LINCoLN.-Gen. Dion
Piatt says that, after the commission to try
Gen. Buell. had closed its labors, he hap
pened to meet. in the War Department,
with Gen. Dan. Tyler, the gallant old SOL
dier from Connecticut, who had served as
one of the members of the memorable COM
mission. While conversing with him Presi-
dent Lincoln came in.
"Well, Tyler" he said, "your Buell.
commission came near surviving the war ;
and what did you discover, after all?"
' We discovered, Mr.. President re-
sponded the frank old man, " that Bragg,
with thirty thousand men, all told, drove
back Buell., with seventy-two thousand vet
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

WOMEN DooToRs.-A step in advance
has been made in London. A fortnight
ago, the court of assistants of the Apothe-
carries Company decided that women should
not be excluded from their examinations
in arts and it is probable that this i'm
portant concession will be followed by ad-
mitting them unreservedly to the medical
examinations. 1t is said this decision has
been mainly brought about by DR.. N.
Buchanan, an influential member of the
court of assistants, which is the governing
BODY. DIR. Buchanan is also considers
BILE subscriber to the funds of the female
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

Medical Society, and he is a member of a
select committee recently formed '' to pro-
mote the development of the Ladies Medi-
cal College on a sound public basis" The
College has now been in successful opera
tlon for four years. 1t has already be-
come self-supporting, and has among its
list of subscribers and friends the names of
the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Mrs.
Gladstone, Lord Houghton, Archbishop
Manning, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and
others.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
DRESSING FOR CHURcH.-M Mrs. FL. B

Stowe very fitly says the following
Very estimable, and we trust, very reli-
gious young women sometimes enter the
house of God in costume which makes
the acts of devotion in the service seem al
most burlesque. When a brisk little
creature comes into pew with hair frizzled
till it stands on end in a most startling
manner, rattling strings of beads and bits
of tinsel. she may look exceedingly pretty
and piquaate; and if she came there for a
game of croquet or tableau-party, would
be all in very good taste; but as she comes
to confess that she is miserable sinner,
that she has done the things she ought not
to have done, and left undone the things
she ought to have done-as she takes upon
her lips most solemn and tremendous
words, whose meaning runs far beyond life
into a sublime erernity-there is a dis
crepancy which would be ludicrous if it
were not melancholy.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

Isaac Rich, Esq, who had not long since
given the Boston Theological Seminary
$50, 900, called on the Treasurer, week be-
fore last. and increased his benefaction to
the munifcent sum of 100000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17

highly dramatic situations. its striking and
weIl-defned characters, and the vigor and
vivid picturesaueness of its style. The Illus
trations by DuMaurier form an attractive
feature of the book.
The general tone of the criticisms made up
on '' Foul Play while appearing in Ererv
Saturday, is well expressed in the following
extracts: The Philadelphia Press pronounces
it @ story of remarkable power, with strik.
ing and well-sustained dramatic effects.
The Suffolk County Journal says: g 1t is
in its authors most dashing, vigorous, raey
and has an intensely dramatic and
exciting plot The Chicago Post says
g The plot is exceedingly well managed and
the story is sensational in tone and of alb
sorbing interest
The volume is for sale by Wilder. Price
I5 cents
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-17
Owen Meredith'S New Poems.

We have from Messrs. Ticknor & Fields.
Boston, Owen Meredith's New Poems, in
two volumes. cabinet edition, green and
gold, pp., 507 and 5l7.
the author says in his dedication of these
volumes, that they were planned and begun
many years ago, and are now given to the
public in their complete form. He has been
engaged upon them nearly seven years. The
author calls them :" Chronicles and Charac-
ters." The poems are divided into nine
books, the first covering the epoch of GO Le-
gendary Greece; ;" the second 8. In1perante
Ii5erlo - the third the " Lower Empire -
the fourth - Neoplatonism :" the fifth, the
:" MahOmmedan Era - the six, the ssTwelfth
and Thirteenth Centuries ;" the seventh, the
g Eleventh to Fifteenth Century," the
eighth - from 1926 to 1897 the ninth
g Here and There Besides these divisions
of the general work, which occupy little
more than one volume, the volumes contain
poems under these titles, .s Orval or the
Fool Of Time ;" - limitations and Para
phrases and - Servian"
The entire work consists of limitations,
translations. or paraphrases of ancient and
modern authors, and is among the most elab
crate Of this elaborate poets writings
Owen Meredith Robert Bulwer Lytton,) is
perhaps the most brilliant English poet His
Lucille was, as it deserved to be, a great
success and these volumes must take high
rank among the poetry of this age that has
enough life, and fire, and beauty, to preserve
it for the coming generations
We copy from book TX the following
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-03-04
& MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
B llIILLllI 1l0u
'5 'i i So AM &
Steamship Agency.
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CHARLES NATHAN's CONTRACT.

l. Z. 20 sl.s3S 43 sftAtl13 tssf sAsiss
|TEyHE FIRST Steamer under this Con
| 4 tract will be dispatched from New
Orleans about the 18th March.
| The Steamers Of this Line will be First
Glass No Discrimination will be made
! in the accommodations for Passengers.
IAN will be furnished with good berths and
bedding; plenty of substantial, welLcook-
ed food; all will sit at the same tables;
medical attendance and medicines will be
furnished, free of charge; ample attend
ance of servants, sc. s31 IFg 4eis eat
Mr.. Nathan's Contract obligates him to-
transport Emigrants, their personal effects
and agricultural implements, to Rio de
Janeiro; to board and lodge them whilst.
there; and to transport them thence to
| the Port on the Coast, nearest the. Settle
ment selected. g 81 tl ~ y ~
PRICE OF PASSAGE.
For Adults $50, Gold, to Rio de Janeiro
from New Orleans. Children Of 3. to 10
years, SIS, Gold. lss.ss'''s' 'iSs Z s''l r,
Should the Enigrant desireto be carried
to any other Port than Rio de Janeiro,
| $50, Gold, extra, will be charged. Hs
These Prices are higher than those first
decided on by Mr.. Nathan, six monthsago,
but have become necessary to meet the
enhanced outlay Of chartering frstclass
| Ocean Steamers. This advanced price is
much less than is charged on the Mail
Steamers from New York to Rio de janet
70 whilst on Mr.. Nathanss Steamers the
accommodations will be much superior;
the Emigrant will be. saved the additional
expense and delay Of the trip to New
York; and WILL besides, be maintained
until he reaches his ultimate destination.
| ACircular giving further details of Mr..
Nathan's Contract, will be sent to any Par
ties DESTROYS Of securing Passage on the
First Steamer, should apply early. &
Address, e 5sfa
E. L. HART, Agent,
BOX NO. 1906, POST OFFICE, s. +.
Office: No 20 Union Street, ~
Febl9-4t. NEW ORLEANS.