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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-02-07

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rrcst. Vt. state AZ. Soc.
IisNEr CLARK,
Scc,y VI. State Ag. Soc
ST. ALDANs, Vt, Dee. -, 1866.
We, the undersigned, have this
day visited the Vermont CONNER.
cIa! College, and having listened to
u Review III Commercial Arthme.
tic, and IN bookkeeping, and hay.
,ng seen specimens of pcnmanShip,
Notes, Drafts, Letters, and other
business Papers executed by the
students, we chccIiuily give our
commcndation to the course ofstudy,
the manner Of teaching, and the
progress made by the students.
VICTOR ATWOOD, PARK DAVIS.
JOHN j. BlGELOW, Nj. BUCK,
J.. l., BUTCHER, NJ. MASON.
/ he VERMONT COMMERCIAL
CoLLEGE.-Wc are happy to chlon-
lclc the success of the Commercial
College, opened in this place last
September, under the direction of
Charles y. j. Marsh, a. VI.
we have been present, heard the
recitation OF the students, seen their
work IN book keeping, and other
business writing, and do not hest.
tate to say that we have Il HOME IN.
sIiiNlIoN every way worthy of a
large patronage. Moreover, we be.
ilerc That the kind of inotruction
here given isjust that need by ev.
cry one who would be prepared TO
engage successfully in the business,
OF liie.-Vt. Transcript, st. Adams,
Vermont.
Every Young man, whctl'r looking
forward to mercantile, mechanical.
or agricultural business, Will find
nc conse here proposed the best
PREPARATION he can have, and The
tlitei road 20 success. Ladies' VIII
ma the course OF study very pleas.
AM, Hud optnnRto good situations.
WIN Profitable Compensatiop.--St.
att0RS messenger.
4dGse,s CAAs. y. j. MARSH g. Co
to Albaas1s
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Sheridan's Endorsement of Grant.

A correspondent of the Ohio State
:, urnal lately visited Gen. Sheri-
dan. and prints by permission Il re
pOrt of his talk. Some items in it
are of interest:
The papers report YOU, general,
as having said that Grant is more
radical than Yourself; how do You
make that out?1 II said 50" re-
turned the general, "md prove it
thus: When ] first took command
Of the fifth district, Gen. Grant sent
me an order 10 allow no man to sit
on a Jury who could not take the
"ironc.Jd oath" mildly rcmOn-
stratcd against this, and wrote to
the general respecting a modilica-
ton OF the order. 50 that al who
might vote might also sit upon a ju.
~. This he did according.g and it
was for this very radical order and
is notifications 70 suit me that |
SAID he was more radical than my
SELF" The oath vciclIcG 10 requires
q man to swear that hc never bore
arms against, or acknowledged allie
glance to the Southern couicdcracy,
or gave 10 the enemies Of the United
States, aid, comfort, or encourage.
ment. 1t is, therefore, called the
''iron clad.n But Sheridan found
many Who could not take this oath,
who hIl been clothed with the
right of suffrage. ana to tliS class he
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-02-07

There is danger in being too neat.
An Old lady IN Holland scrubbed
her sitting .room floor until she icll
through into tho cellar.
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REFERENCES Ron. SEQ. 8.
sfat0WiI. Bradford; Ron. I'm.
UcrNI0Od. fiOn. &. ks. Rc~Iic. ;,u.,
Frank Dc,ninG, w eli. River.
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Twenty-roWr grains make one
pennywcight. One dram makes
Zen lcnIics go.
Chester Annis, who made the mur.
dcr0us assault upon the widow Loo.
mis-, last fall. at her house in Crafts
bury, WAS convicted at the last ScS-
sion of the court and sentenced to
eight years in the State prison.
Ii is said of Il fashionable LADY
who Went 20 a party not long since
that She arrived there about the
first of the evening, hut tie last of
her dress did not arrive until after
l. O'clock.
TIE IEIsHMAN's ADVERTISE.
MENT.---'Lost -.hctWccn Patrick
O'klley's and twelve o'clock, red
morocco pocketbook covered with
blue leather, containing a one dollar
bill in small change. Whatsoever
finds It may pay tov it,
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WASHINGTON.
The Excitement Diminishing.
Stanton and Grant at Work as
Usual.
General ThOmls AT Home
his Examination Before the District
Court To-Day.
General ThOmls AT Home.

WAsHINGTON. Feb. 2j.-The excite,
ment in town relative to the impeach'
ing question and matters incidental
thereto, very sensibly diminished this
morning. AT the War Department and
General Grants headquarters nothing
Of particular interest is being trans
acted, the routine OF business being at.
tended 10 as usual.
General Thomas made no demand
this morning for the records of the War
Department. but merely called 40 the
Adiutant Generals office, and, after Ie-
ceIYlng his private mails, repaired
home. He had short interview with
the President during the forenoon.
Secretary Stanton was buslly engag-
ed during the morning in signing re.
QUESTIONS and attending 10 other bu-
siness OF "A public character which had
accumulated 10 considerable extent
within the past few days.
Several visitors called upon Secreta-
~ stanton during the forenoon among
whom were several Senators and Rep
resentatives including among the for
mer Cameron and Edmunds.
Considerable interest is manifested
in tbs resultof General Thomas exam
inatlon before the Supreme Court, in
this district, tomorrow, and various
speculatiOns are INDUCED In regard
ing 10.
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OTTAWA, Feb. H.-The official Ca
zette contains the permanent appoint
ment OF Sir n. +. Bellan and General
Doyle as Lieut.. Governors Of Quebec
and Nova Scotia.
OAKvILLE, Feb. PA fire last night
destroyed the store OF James Amett
and three adjoining buildings. Loss,
$50 900.
MONTREAL, Feb. 4.-At meeting
Of the shareholders Of the Merchants
Bank, an indenture OF amalgamation
with the Commercial, under the name
Of the Merchants Bank OF Canada, was
unanimously adopted.
HALIFAX, Feb. 2i.-The debate on
the resolutions TO repeal the coniedera-
ton was concluded to-day. An ad
dress To the Queen embodying the res
OlutiOns were sent TO the Lieutenant
Governor asking him to submit the
same 10 the Queen,
The Grafton Street Methodist Church
was totally Destroyed by hre yester-
day.
QUEBEC, Feb. 24.-The first session OF
the Quebec Parliament was in session
to-day.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-The Republican
has "A letter from Leesburg, New Mexi
co, giving a report that some twelve
hundred Indians had attacked Fort
Lancaster, and obtained possession OF
the quarters. but they were subseq uent'
ly driven of. Casualties are not sta
ted.
The bodies of five Americans have
been found at the head Of the Coucha,
supposed TO have been killed by In
dams.
The Democracy ofSt. Louis are taking
measures for mass meeting Al an ear
Nv day, TO express their views OF the
situation at Washington.
The Democratic State Committee, 10
elect delegates to the National Conven
ton, will be held at Jefferson City on
the 2slh Of May next.
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From Mealeo and the Me,tIndIes.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The Herald's
special kilograms by the Gulf cable
contain news from Mexico, 81. Thorn
as, 81. Croix, St. Domingo and Cuba.
Another battle had been fought 10
Yucstan in which the rebels were de-
ieated. The people OF 81. CroiX were
anxious Tor annexation 10 the United
States, and revolution WAS dreaded
If they failed In their object. An ed
itOr had been arrested for circulating q
petition for annexation.
Electromagnetic Is to be launched
again on the lst inst.
The Rio Janerio mail steamer Is over
due.
President Cabral, OF St. Domingo,
had fed to Venezuela with his Cabinet.
The Southern forces had not entered
the Capital.
There were thirty deaths a day In
st. Domingo city, caused by cholera.
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BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Advices to the 25th of February.


LONDON, Feb. 25-Evening.-The Liv.
erpool Courier, this morning, contain
ed a report that Earl Derby had re.
signed the Premiership, and that his
res iguation had been accepted by the
Queen. During the day the news was
confirmed. 1t was also ascertained that
DI-raeli would replace Lord Derby
as Prime Minister az the same time
retaining his present post as Chsncel.
Tor Of the EXchequer, in the House Of
Lords. This p. M, at the beginning OF
the session, Earl Malenbury announced
that Lord Derby had rendered
his resignation 20 the Queen on account
of continued iIl health, and that Her
Majesty had been pleased TO call upon
the present Chancellor, Right Honora-
Ole Benz. D'Israel, to form a new
cabinet.
Earl Russell and others expressed
sympathies for Lord Derby, aud hoped
that he might recover from his illness
and resume his post at the head Of the
ministery in the Commons.
The announcement of the resignation
of the Prime Minister was made by
Lord Stanley, aud responded to 10y Mr..
Gladstone, who with much delicacy
and feeling expres-e d Dbl, sorrow for the
cause which compelled The noble Lord
10 resign his high Office. The trausac-
ton ofall business no tho House was
postponed until Friday.
London, Feb. Zj-ll:lj A. M.-Con-
sOl- steady: L. S. Bonds quiet al ~;
Illinois G54; ErIe I5ls.
lao p. No usUls g3tg35s for both.
L. y. Bonds 7l}1.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 2j-ll:l5.-Cotton
declining; Upiands 05sd; Orleans g5sd;
others unchanged.
l:2O P. M.-C0uon quiet. Manchester
edvices untsvoBble. Corn 42s ga; oats
s. l0i; lard 5ss.
FRANRFoRr, Feb. 2j-ll:lj.-U. S.
Bonds strong 3t 15ls
PARIS. Feb. 2J-ll:lj.-Bourse heavy;
Rentes fiat.
NEW YORK, Feb. ga Gable special
20 the y. y. World, dated ST. Peters
burg. 23i, slys; The Russian Admiral
in command of tuc Imperial squadron,
on duty in the waters of the Grecian
Archipelago, acting under instruc-
lions Of the Gar, has demanded from
the Grand NIzer OF the Porte, an ex-
pliCit explanation of the authenticity
of the report prevailing in Turkey, and
published ir q late issue of the Levaut
Herald, Ina Couslsntinopie, 20 the effect
that the vessels of the Imperial Rus
sian fleet mad offered material aid and
comfort Co the insurgents and Chris
tlHn TevOlutiOuists in Gambia.
The government Oi the Porte replies
that the Sultau's cabinet is i'm posses
sion OF late official reports from the
Turkish Admiral, serving of Gambia,
and that the documents contain no
such charge against the Russian OFF,
GERS or sailors as that referred TO IN the
dispatch received from the representa-
tive of the Car. The Turkish govern
ment seized this opportunity 10 express
It's censure OF the newspaper writers
and editors who furnish and publish
such statements and matters OF fact.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-DEs MONIES,
Iowa, Feb. 25.-The following dispatch
was sent 90 the Senators and Represen-
tstives Of Iowa, I'm Congress today:
The Stale of Iowa stands by her rep
resentatives in Congress In their oppo-
sition TO despOtism and the usurpa.
lions Of higher official. She will give
her strength TO suppress anarchy and
maintain the Government. No sym
psthizer with treason, however ele-
waited bis position, can tribe with the
rights of "a free people. An hundred
thousand IOwHns are ready 10 main
tain the integrity OF the Union, the
Constitution and the laws.
LSigned, SAINT. merrill
Governor.
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WAsHINGToN, Feb. 25.-In the Su-
preme Court yesterday, No. l52 United
States rs. Coole on cert fcate OF division
of opinion between the Judges Of the
Circuit Court OF the United States for
the southern District OF OHIO, Mr.. Jus
tice Swayne delivered the opinion OF
the Court, answering the first and third
questions certified In the aih native
and the second question that the in
dicimrut is sufficient aud declining TO
answer the question touching upon the
Indictment.
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ROCHESTER, Feb. 24.-The Republi-
can City Convention nominated VIM.
A. Reynold for Mayor. The telegram
announcing the vote ON impeaching the
President was received with cheers.
The Convention declared unanimously
its approval Of the action Of the House.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. Is AT half past
twelve the Clerk OF the House appeared
in the Senate and read the resolution Of
impeachment passed yesterday by the
House. The notification was received
in silence and without comment. As
yet no action kas been taken.
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HARTFORD, Fob. 24.-The afternoon
train from Waterbury, on the Hartford,
Providence & Fishkill railroad, ran
over, near New Brighton. sleigh con-
tanning TWO men named Plat and Har-
ris. cattle buyers. Both were killed
MIR. Harris instantly, and Mr.. Plat
living half an hour
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Philadelphia democracy BeiIIgerent.

PHILADELPHIA, February 25.-Dem-
ocrauc meetings were called for nearly
all the wards OF the city, 20 consider
the Impeachment question. The Key
stone Club, the largest Democratic or
gsuizstion in the State, resolved itself
into n military organization.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 24.-Three
men, part OF gang Of burglars, have
been arrested. They have been opera
ting here several weeks.
The news from Washington created
profound impression here.
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FROM Richmond.

RICHMOND, Feb. 2i.-Notwithstaud-
ing the snow and rain to-day, the side
walks in the vic nifty of the newspaper
offices were crowded with persons
waiting for and discussing the news
ffom Washington.
In the Circuit Court to-day suit for
DRAFT drawn here on a New Orleans
house, while that city was I'M possession
OF the Federal troops, the Judge de-
cided that contracts made when the
parties reside boa cities occupied by DIFF
iereut armies i'm time OF war We're null
and void
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Under call Of the States at large a
number of bills and joint resolutions
riers between the States; for the muster
our OF all army paymasters, commits
saries and paymasters not on duty the
past three months; to reopen the land
Office Of the Virginia Military District
OF Ohio; for two local inspectors OF
steamboats, at Evansville, Indiana;
Granting bOuuties to the 18th and 10th
regiments Of one year Indiana volun-
teers; granting bounties and land TO
soldiers Of the late war; providing for
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am, gentlemen. yOurs. with TCspect-
Cashier FABRlGOU
NEW YORK, January n, 1864.
Msfsrf. Geo. C. Hubbsi & o..
Nm. NoDu a rrII oQ1 1874

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HUDSON, y. Y, Feb. 25-Ihe loss by
hre last night was 81 OO0; insured for
q. 900. A hreman was run over and Sc
TOusly injured.
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READING, Pa, Feb. "A The news
OF the prompt action of the House on
the impeachment movement WAS re-
ceived here with great rejoicing One
hundred guns were fred m honor OF
Ii. .-n..L
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ALBANY, Feb. 25.-The State Canal
Convention met to-day. The New
York delegation has not yet arrived. A
recess was ordered until I p. NJ.
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READ THE EVIDENCE
Mesrl Dsinsd Bo'tu.

NeSFrl DeginS BO'tui.
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Or A. BANCROFT,
Accountant and Collector.
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YoNKERs, May 9. 1854
Me,us Geo. C. Rubbel & o..

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FENDER OF Troops TO tho AdJutaDt
General

General.
PoUGHKREPsIE, Feb. 24.-Lieut. Col.
Ealman has rendered 10 the Adjutant
General the services OF the Dist regi-
ment Of this district, to preserve order
at Washington, the regiment to be
ready In "A hours.
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} ours truly,
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RiN.r and weather.

PIrrsBURGH, FEB. 25.-River 7 feet
by pier mark. Weather cloudy and
damp.
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druggists
To Gardeners

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- Stain street.
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80 100 March IN. -.

Metus. Geo. L Htbbei & o., Hudson, \. /.
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ours truly,
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Hops.
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STAR CADNIEs

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OUAssIA TONIC CUPS, for sale al r.
" BOOKINGS Drug Store, No. /, Odd
Fellows Hall
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FEBRUARY p. - GRAIN - Wheat
Quiet aud dull; sales amber a. q IS.
Corn-Quiet and irm, opening at eS,,
ana closing at g. sc. Ous-Ddil snd
lc lower. Rye-ssIes 40. 1 a. 81 IS.
Seeds-Quiet; sales ats 81 %.
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FEBRUARY % -FLoUR-In better de-
mand, but unchanged.
GRAIN-W at-Flrmer, snd choice
white little better; ~. spring q 10;
prime TO CHOICE winter g. 5j-2 10. Corn
Easier 40 sD.63j. OATS Unchanged
At 6st72c. Rye and Bailey In
charged.
Provisions Pork Higher II ga 50a
IS 10. BacOn-Sieady aud unchanged.
Bulk Meats eady ana unchanged.
Lard-Advanced Co l5c.
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DIsCOVERYll

FEBRUARY 2j.-Markets dull and un-
changed.
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ssIstt 3aetEu.
TmE TEAR.


lhAthiftAi-1 AuH The oLNMAHs
With trembling stop in lifewe scarce appear,
Ere on she cheek is seen tho gIist'ning tear,
First gladly springs The welcome tear Of bliss
When child and mother share the tender kIsn
A. years advance, mid ohcqusr'd d Joys and woes
Tho heart cxpands. Ike somc sweet cp'nine
foses
The gcnsle girl, % him she holds moas dear,
Her love betrays with one sofs iimid tear.
How bcsuseoas shines de fond tear Of shs
bride,
Whom he ale loves L kneeline BY her sidsj
Their hearts are one, the vow of truth Is ia'on
To share iill death each others care aod pain
II Ger his soul hope loose is soothing pow'r,
The faithful wife can cheer The I6ussoms hoaf
confdiug s.iii, ahe points % worlds more fair,
And, wiih .. tear, says kladly, don't despair.
Age crecps apacs, ihe old mans end i near,
Around him stand lis friends and kindred dear
Ia ev'ry cse she bitter ieaf-drcp statts,
The Last sAd proof their towing hearis.
serensly calm, a. daylIghts faaing beam,
He swcetly smiles, us IN some hcay'niy dseaei
Hls parting gaze on al doth fondiy dwell.
WhiIe, with tear, be fatally brcashes . Fare.
well r.
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There wae . feIIow ii Arkansas who
was suspcstcd of sheep escaling. Al
Last q plantcr riding through lhes woods
perceived the suspected individual
emerge from tho woods, and, after look :
ing around % see that no ono waa near
walked up 70 q aock sof sheep and
knocked over The largest aud fatiest.-
Az this moment che planter rode M,
and, confronting ths thief, exclaimed
Nov, sir, hava got yeu. You can.
not get Oh ; yon are caught in the ae,.v
What act n indignantly inquired
the thief.
AWhy sliccp4stceling, = was the reply.
"sir, you had better mind how YOU
charge . respectable American citizen
With such crime as sheop.stealing !"
replied the gentleman with the pen.
chant for mutton
'Now, sir, will you deny that I saw
you kill chat shaepfg
No, sir, vas the answer ~ did
kill i, aud I'd do il again under the
same circumstances, I'lIkiIl anybody's
sheep that bites me ~ I'm going peace.
ably along the road