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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23

LYNDON The stockholders of the
Lyndon Bank elected the following di-
rectors for the ensuing year: S. 5, Thomp-
son. Henry Chase, A. c. Robinson, ). b.
Mattocks, George Ide, d. n. Trull and
L. X. Quimby At subsequent meeting
of the directors, 5. 5. Thompson was elect
cd President and S B. Mattocks, Cashier.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23

FRANkIIN POSI,
Eaal Estate Ag,lf.
" lilLEt5r3, \,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23
The Fire sunday Morning.

Since writing our article of yesterday
morning, concerning the destructive fire
on Merchants Row on Sunday last, We
have been able to ascertain the following
additional particulars of and incidents
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23

FREIN PITTsFIELD-Brigham, Hough-
ton Il Co.'S steam saw mill in Pittsfeld
was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday
evening last Loss $4,000; insured for
5000 by Prindle & Burnham of this
place.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-23

The total amount of insurance on the
buildings destroyed and their contents, as
well as the adjacent buildings north and
south which were damaged by water and
their contents by removal, is 800, $50, OF
which Prindle & Burnham had written
S4S, $50, in the following companies:
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
AGENTS Wanted a for I r1 Hsfe sH''' os
Amateur Cultivator's Guide

KITCHEN and FLOWER GARDEN,
NOW READY
1 DESCRIPTIVE work of 40 pages, fully illustra-
"a ted with Il beautiful colored plate and 100 engrav
gs containing list of $500 varieties of Flower
and Vegetable Seeds ALSO $50 varieties of the choicest
French Hybrid Glatlolus All the Novelties, both of
the Flower and Vegetable for 1865, will be found de-
scrbed i'll the above work. Tastefully bound in CLOTH
colored plates price, postpaid 30 cts in paper
ers postpaid, p cts. Address WASHINGTON CO.,
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass.
NURE YOURSELF of Debility. Sexual Diseases, &c.
O-Send your address stamped envelope and ask
for circular of Pathology" Direct AMERICAN
NEWS CO 12l Nassau street New York.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

A law of Kentucky, passed two years
ago, provides that the widow and minor
children of person killed by the careless,
wanton the malicious use of fire arms or,
other deadly weapons, not in self defense,
may have an action against the person or
persons who committed the killing, and all
others aiding or promoting the killing, or
any one or more of them and in such ac-
ton the jury may give vindictive DANA
ges. The first case under this law was
tried in the Casey County Court, last
week. The suit was brought by a Mrs.
Portman against r. T. Peare, for killing
her husband. The homicide was admit
ted, but it was claimed that the killing
was done in self-defense. The jury took
that view of the matter, and found for the,
defendant
The Springfield Republican says !:
"Prominent North Andover manufac-
turers contemplate building magm6-
cient hotel for summer tourists on the
borders of Silver lake in that town. If
they do it, the next thing in order will be
to put steamer on the lake, which has
a one thousand acre surface, and then
there will be fashionable watering place,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

ECLIPSE CT THESUN.-The total eclipse
of the sun which is to take place on the
Sth of August next will present such
are anticipating it with unusual interest.
From near Alden, abe central line of the
eclipse extends to the southern coast Of
New Guinea, crossing Hindostan, the
Bay of Bengal, the Malayan peninsula
and the Gulf of Siam on the way; and
at certain places on this line the duration
of total darkness will be deg. 46 min
At the dateinquestiont the moon will be not
more than six hours from its perigee,
while the sun will not be far from its
apogee; a twofold condition which in
creases the apparent diameter of the
moon, and shows the apparent diameter
of the sun nearly atits smallest. Hence the
prolonged darkness. As such chance oc
ours butrarely,a strong desire exist make
the most of it in endeavors to solve GER
tain highly important questions IN phys
ical science. Unluckily the southwest
monsoon will be in full blast on the 18th
of August, which with its heavy clouds
will render observations either uncertain
or impossible, except on the eastern side
of mountain ranges. For this reason, NJ.
Levcrrier, of the IMMORTAL Observatory,
at Paris. recommend hat some French
ships in the Gulf of Siam should be en-
ployed in serching for a suitable place on
the eastern side of the Malayan Peninsula
for complete set of observations. The
English astronomers are also making
preparations for observations in the track
of the eclipse.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
BAYARD TAYLOR ON WINE DRINK

BAYARD TAYLOR ON WINE DRINK
ING. --.Bayard, Taylor, writing from Cen
trail Germany, says:
Here let me say that while either wine
or beer, or both make an indispensable
part of German picnic, [ have never
known an instance of intoxication. In
the first place, the beverages are always
pure and light in quality; in the second,
they are not looked upon as Injuries, and
their use is not considered as a special in
diligence. Leave the question of ex-
ample out of view-which is the main
argument used by the advocates of tenn
perance against those who use wine
without excess-I confess / see no harm
in the habitual use of light pure vim
tage. Nothing is so difficult to measure
as the positive influence of an individual
upon his fellowmen, and the cases are
rare where man, without conscious
purpose, leads another to his ruin. l
have been frequently assailed by over
Jealous performers for writing of the
use of wines without adding condem-
nation of the habits but have no con-
demnation except for excess. [ do not
consider that the weakness of one gives
me the right to attack the temperance of
ten. The most temperate people | have
ever found are the Greeks, every one of
whom-man, woman and child--drinks
wine Excess, in fact, is physical dis
ease, and should be treated as such :
where there is any tendency toward it the
only remedy is total abstinence. But
the stronger and healthier nature has al
ways seemed to me that which is able to
control !, self et orr education domeS
tic as we'll as public, develop and stregth-
en- this quality, and we shall accomplish
more than by prohibitory laws.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
Rode Island Election.

PROVIDENCE, April l. The stat e cleo
ton occurred to-day. Returns for Gov
ernor have been received from every town
in the State, except Black Island.
Gov. Burnside has majority of 4, 800,
while the returns from the missing town
will slightly increase it. This is gain
of one or two hundred for the republicans
over last year.
The following is the vote: Burnside
(rep), 9,767; Pearce (dem. J, 5,657.
The city of Providence gives Burnside
2,977, and Pearce l,135.
The Legislature will stand, Senate q
republicans, and 5 democrats wo dis
tricts there is no choice. House, 90 re-
publicans, and democrats-in two dis
tricts there is no choice.
The Assembly will be largely in favor
of the reelection of Senator Sprague.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
In a speech made by Alex. I

In speech made by Alex. IL.
Stephens, of Georgia, on the Sth of Nov
ember. 1860, he said:
The President of the United Ststes is
no Emperor-no dictator; he is clothed
with no absolute power. He can do
nothing unless he is backed by Congress.
Mr.. Lincoln cannot appoint an officer
without the consent of the Senate; he
cannot form cabinet without the same
consent. He will be in condition of
George III, who had to ask the wings
to appoint his ministers, and was compel
led to receive cabinet utterly opposed
to his views. And SO Mr.. Lincoln will
have to ask of the Senate to choose for
hsn, cabinet, if the democracy of that
BODY choose to put him on such terms.
He will have to do this or let the govern
ment stop, should the democracy so de-
termine'
There are few men for whose opinions
the present Democratic party has high
er opinion than for those of Mr.. Steph-
ems. We commend democrats to study
this extract, and observe how it applies
to the case of Andrew johnson.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
A DARING Robbery.
A Town Treasurer Shot and Robbed OF
$1,6OO.

The following additional particulars in
regard to the robbery in Calumet County,
we take from the Fond du Lac Common
aCealth.
Oscar johnson, the Treasurer of the
town of Brothertown, Calumet County,
was shot, while in his own house, and
robbed of sixteen hundred dollars, funds
belonging to the town, last Saturday
night. The facts in the case are about
these: His wife was absent on visit
and was gone all night, thus leaving Mr..
twelve o clock in the evening he was sit
ting at his table writing, having the
above amount of money lying before him,
when two men in disguise suddenly came
into the room where he was sitting. AS
they entered the room, one of them said.
''this is just what we have been looking
after, for the last two months. John
son jumped up with the remark ''if you
take the money, you will have to take me
too" whereupon one of the robbers drew
revolver and fired. The ball struck
Mr.. J. in the side, passed through and
lodging III the back This disabled him
so that he could make no resistance, and
the men then took the money and de-
camped AS Mr. johnson was unable to
move after receiving the wound, the fact
that robbery had been committed was
not known in the neighborhood till Sun
day morning. A neighbor then went to
Mr.. Us we'll after some water, when Mr.
j. called to him and informed him OF
what had happened. It seems that Mr..
johnson brother had been in the habit
of staying with him nights but last Satur-
day night he was absent. The Treasur-
er was alive yesterday morning, but it
was thought he could not recover Up
to yesterday no clue had been obtained to
the perpetrators of the deed.
The treasurer of the town of Stock
bridge, in the same county, was robbed
of about the same amount last Spring.
But until the present case, there was no
murder connected with the crime.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

A QUEER LAWSUIT The Danville (N.
Y. ErpreSs is responsible tor the follow
ing One day last week lawsuit took
place before Justice Mccartney, the case
in point being Charles Ackly against
Michael O'Heara The action was
brought, we understand, for use of room,
lights. fuel, meals, ETC.. while defendant
was sparkling his Lucinda at plaintiff s
house. The prosecution showed that de-
PENDANT was at his house from three to
five nights in week, and usually stayed
until four clock in the morning, and
sometimes till after breaktast-that he
burned his lights and wood. and used his
room, and naturally concluded, we take
it, that as he had all the fun to be deriv-
ed from Sparkling at such late hours,
he ought to pay for the privilege The
case was exceedingly amusing, and, of
course, attracted large crowd of the
sparkling fraternity who were interest
ed pecuniarily in the result of the action
brought, as 1t might be called upon to
for6 over liberal allowance for lights
ana tuei, II for nothing else, and they
teit materially relieved no doubt. when
the Justice rendered his virdict of ''no
cause for action
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
Here is an anecdote of one of the La,

Here is an anecdote of one of the last
bal de fopera in paris. Before the prin-
cipal entrance stood a group of men chat
ting, laughing, and criticising the mask
ed couples as they arrived Two black
dominos. very elegantly dressed, walked
up the steps, the lady limping and say
ing "Charles do let us go back. / can
not walk. [ cannot even stand" One
of the observers remarked. 'That' S
what comes of putting big foot into a
little shoe" The lady turned and look
ed at the speaker, called him by name,
rebuked him for his impertinence, and
vowed she would not return. The next
the impudent man received package.
and on opening it found tinny slipper
with paper attached bearing this note !;
Behold, sir, in what the big foot, which
yon have not seen, would have BEEN very
comfortable last evening if fool of a
coachman had not trodden upon it, and
crushed it with his brutal heel. Ifyou
can find in Paris another foot that can
go up and down five flights of stairs in
this slipper, | will acknowledge my nose
IS foot long and my foot is as big as
KING s. Since that time the gentleman
has devoted all his time to finding the
owner of the slipper.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
The Press and Types.

Lutte A. Taylor, Esq, the talented and
numerous editor of the Prescott Journal,
has spent some two or three weeks In
cruising about through the States of
Minnesota and Wisconsin, and on his re-
turn gives an article of three columns in
his paper, under the title of Remember
ed Trihes,' in which he relates many
things that he has seen in his travels
Having looked through the well appoin-
ted rooms of the St. Paul Daily Pioneer
he throws in the following paragraph on
the wonders of the ''Press and Type :"
By the way, reader, did you ever
watch the presses throwing off the damp
sheets faster than the forest drops its
frost touched leaves? 1t is one of the
wondrous sights of the world Every one
of those sheets is an agency of power
The vitality of thought-an influence
lasting as the life of God is in them.
Did you ever look at the little types in
their narrow boxes Do you know
what strange things they are? What pow
er is lying inert within them? If you new
how rightly to arrange handful Of those
type. immortal fame would be yours
A handful would express sentiment
which would live in the hearts of men
and women a household word forever.
A handful would clothe poem which
would go singing to all coming ages as
the joyous lark scars singing to the sky.
Look at the those types again, marshall
ed into columns, and massed into 'foms.
A black, inert mass, looking IS dead as the
earth you tread on. But look The
white sheet has fallen on their upturned
iaces-the touch of the Press has baptized
them-the life that was in them has pass
ed upon paper, and the new creation is
pregnant with hought-instinct with feel
ing-a thing with a soul, for it can move
the souls of men. That sheet blank
before, is living power now. A change
has passed over it as marvellous as if in
an instant the unwritten face of a boy
should put on the burrows OF age, the
lines of care, the impress of manhood's
experience, thought and toll Thus the
paper goes out into the world No mes
senger can overtake it. Its utterance,
like Persian law, is unalterable 1t may
be explained but not erased. The print
ed word can no more be recalled than the
departed spirit can be wooed back to the
cold body it has left. No reckless hand
should guide the pen whose written words
are to be massed into type, upon which
the baptism of ink and paper shall de-
scend.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

MODERN DEMocRAoY.-The old form
of criminal indictment in Virginia end
ed with the words, to the displeasure
of Almighty God, and against the peace
and dignity of this commonwealth. In
1851 a woman was indicted, tried, and
sentenced to two years impriso nment for
teaching slave to read. The indict-
ment read as follws:
And the said--,not having the fear
of God before her eyes but moved an5
instigated thereto by the devil, did teach
a certain negro woman to read the Bible
to the great displeasure of the Almighty
God, &c
The above Indictment is a succinct
statement of what was one of the most
prominent principles Of the democratic
party; and it is to a departure from this
and similar principles that the democracy
attribute all Of onr trouble as nation.
1t is also to be presumed that reference
is had to this doctrine when the democra-
cy talk about restoring the government to
its former purity and stability.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

= THE CHATTEL MORTGAGE LAw-We
stated not long since that a law was
passed at the recent session requiring
chattel mortgages to be recorded in the
county registers Office: it turns out that
it really was not passed but by some stu
pid mistake or intentional fraud found its
way among the regular laws of the ses-
sion. The Madison Journal says:
''We understand the Secretary of
State has examined the journal of the
Senate and the original bill. and he finds
from them that no such law passed the
Senate, but on the contrary according to
the records) the bill was indefinitely post
poned in that body. By some accident
in the hurry of business, the law was
enrolled, receiving the signatures Of the
presiding officer of each honse, the APP
proval of theGovernor and was deposited
in the Office Of the Secretary &C State
as one of the laws of session.
We suppose this law, though appear
ing right on the face of things, can have
no effect, if it can be shown to have been
killed In one house as it seems to have
been the case. Persons interested will
take such steps as will make their securi-
ties good Our own method would
be to file a copy in both the town
clerks and registers offices. Some
contend that the filing of these
mortgages in the register Office, will be
sufficient public notice, to make them
valid, even under the old law. How this
is we do not pretend to decide; but
should incline to different opinion. I'm
der the old law, those mortgages have to
be filed with the clerk of the town, vii
lage or city to make them good !, and if
this new law is void for want of proper
legislative action, it would seem that the
old law must be fully complied with, or
the securities would be good for nothing.
This, however. is question for those
better qualified than ourselves, to decide.
We state the facts. -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

By the breaking of chain connected
with the hosting machinery, at St. Dia-
mond coal mines, in Scranton, Penn, on
the 3lst ult., platform containing seven
teen men was precipitated to the bottom
of the shaft, lS5 feet, and eleven were
instantly killed. One has since died,
and two more it is thought cannot live,
They leave eleven widows and twent-
eight ORPHANS.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

Rev. James Lynch, the well-known
colored preacher. has challenged any gen
tleman in Mississippi to canvass the state
with him and discuss universal suffrage.
He says: 'My color alone should be no
objection to an acceptance of this chal-
lenge, inasmuch as it will take no part IN
the risk. [ will only use my heart, my
brains and my tongue
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09
Union Republican Ticket

For Presidential Elect rs
At Large--S. s. BARLOW. of Sank.
I" HENRY D. BARRON, OF Polk,
1st Dist--ELIHU EN0S, of Taukesha.
I'd {" CHAS. G.. WILLIAMS, of Rock.
Sd I" ALLEN NORDEN, of Lafayette.
4th " L. F. FRISBY, Of Washington.
5th W. G. RITCH, of Winnebago.
9Th IS WIN. T. PRICE, of Jackson.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-09

lNaENIoUs.-A clergyman in the east
ern part OF massachusetts, a few Sundays
ago, opened service by reading, without
explanation or comment, a very full and
correct local price eurrent-how much
hour, butter, meat, lard, eggs, etc, were.
worth and the price of shoes, cloth
prints and mullins. No obtuseness (ob.
serves local paperl could fail to under
stand this straight hint, and he was re-
warded by a liberal donation.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-08-14
THE BANKRUPT BILL.

The following is the text Of the bill
uniform system of bankruptcy
throughout the United States, which
passed both Houses of Congress last
week. Its effect is to postpone the
action Of the fifty per cent. clause,
which went into effect June /, until
January next:
BE it enacted, ETC., That the provis-
ions of the second clause of the thirty
second section of said act shall not
apply TO tdses Of proceedings In bank
ruptcy commenced prior to the first
day of January, 1869, and the time
during which the operation of the
provision of said clause Is postponed
shall be. extended until the said first
day of January; 1869; and said clause
Is so amended as to read as follows
In all proceedings in bankruptcy
commenced afteN January, 1869, nc
discharge shall lie granted to q debtor
whose assets shall not he equal to fifty
per centum of the claims proved
against his estate, upon which he
shall be liable as the principal debtor,
unless the assent in writing of n ma
jority in number and value of his
creditors, to whom he shall have be
come liable ~ principal debtor, and
who shall haveprovcd their claims, be
filed In the case at or before the time
of the hearing Of the application fol
discharge.
SEC. 2. That said act he further
amended as follows: The phrase "pre-
scented or defended" In the fourteenth
section of said act, shall read, "prose-
cuted or defended - the plir,ise "non-
resident dehtors,u in line five, section
twenty-five of the act; as printed in
the statutes at Large, shall read "non-
resident creditorsl" that the word "or'
| in the next TO the last line Of the
/ thirty-ninth section of the act shall
read "and; and that the phrase ''sec.
tion thirteen" in the forty-second see
/ ton of said act shall read "sectior
eleven !" and the phrase "or spends
any part thereof in gaming,n in tn,
forty fourth section of said act, shall
read "or shall spend any part tliereO
in gaming and that the words "witl
the senior register or and the phras,
"to be delivered 10 the register il
the forty-sevcnth section of said act
be stricken out.
SEC. 3. That tile registers In bank
ruptcy shall have power to admins
ter oaths in all cases, and in relation
10 all matters in which oaths may b'
administered by commissioners o.
Circuit Courts OF the United States
and such commissioners may TAXI
proof of debts in bankruptcy IN al
J cases, subject tO revision of sucl
proofs by registers by court, according
to the provisions of said aeti
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-08-14

We translate from u German Radi-
cal paper, called the Future, published
at indianapolis, the following reasons
why it will not support the Dummy
for President. There arc four reas-
ons given, but the two we quote
are the most remarkable evidences OF
disafiection toward the Radical cause
in quarters where it has hitherto been
strongest
We will not vote for Grant, Icca,ise
the Chicago platform is not forward
but retrograde step. We will here
only call attention to that plank
which declares that Iicgro suffrage
must bc carried out in the South, but
not i'm the North. BY this scurrlous
pusWdniSm IL is sought TO inpeigit
Conservative rOfcS; ont this dClusiOn
,cW soon be dispoiied. Whoever i,
OppOscdtO negro suffrage in the North
iriH irish 10 sec the South crenipt from
the same Blessing.
We will not vote for Grant, because
bs the result of the recent impeach.
ment trial the powers of the Presi
dent have been enlarged; that to place
them m He hands Of an ambition,
soldier, in case Of a repolutiOn Orfor.
eign pdr, may prOrc the destruction
Of the Rcpu6fic. Silent, ambition,
Grant is best adapted TO carry on
ItrcdSTndbie designs, much more Sc
than a Democratic President from
the ciUH ranks. Democrats cannot
make matters worse than they ar,
now. Let them exert themselves tC
this end; it will bring the public soon
er to its sober sense.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-08-14
LOOK AT THIS
AND ENCOURAGE HOME " ORR
E. GAISSER,

HAVING LOCATED IN CiARKSVILIE
o. Mapumcttiryr of fro. srd aud ts"'ss
t,rs Railing, tfraRaah BaLeenfss, " srs@
bosss Drafting, uSsd6tr slhffsrs, Baak
B'asifs asa Deors. s.d all kssds or Nome
safikfsg, ssd HR.f.NDs vr TO ON
DRR, would he pleased to TOsiNc your or
dcrS at his shop on commerce street, next
door 10 the Foundry,
MAY - " TN,