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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-04-14

The Rensselaer, S Saratoga B. r Co. referring
to tAs provisions Of our contract ofJan. 2sth 1867
hereby assen;s tba; the Troy g. Boston K. r. Co.
may operate the Troy s. Boston r. r. rs follows;
vv-
A passsngey trsin from the Vermont State line to
BE run down 10 the morning 70 connect with theT.
q b train going south from Hoosick Juneii on at
aboat 8 O'Clock
A ntarn passenger train 70 be nun from Hoosick
Janeiion to the VI STATE line 10 connection with
the 7. a B.. frAa whleh leaves Troy Al aboui 10
clock ?. n. No 0heT passenger un O. concessions
20 be made.
~ baggage 10 bs checked 800 40 tickets 70 b
ssld o. received fun tbe BenuiaCon q Rutland
ca.'s Foad @ CT from Auy pcn; noF7h Of Clarendon
heAl hrs e Be ehsrgea ln 81 esses On both q
tbs abvs u.las. All Local freshs OH nati ag frgn or
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Ire sffhs B. 4 Z. r b msy - earned ever The
Troy a Bsanlnran q. b. bot o. r. iFht Or passsn-
Esa shall BE asrfse5 con lg tna, or &sSsiasa to
any port uorh &, O. bsyoae CNFsaGsa.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-04-14

Snow SroRM.-We were visited last week with
a snow storm whose extent at this season Of the
year finds no equal in the recollection of that truth.
full chronicler. the "oldest inhabitant.' II cons
menced Monday morning and continued throughout
the day and mp TOT late hour IN the evening, without
abatement. The depth Of snow which fell could
not have fallen much, II any, short offfteen inches.
The sleighing during the past week was excellent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
The Court of Impeachment.

The adoption by the Court of the rules pre-.
viously agreed to by the Senate is AN impor.
tant step inasmlch as these rules confine all
debate on nterlocutory questions within rea-
sonable limits. No member of the Court can
resort to the Legislative arts of Juggling in IT.
relevant matter, and speaking against time.
Nevertheless there will doubtless be many in
cidental questions for debate and decision
now many, the Presidents counsel and the
prosecutors only can determine. For instance
the right of Mr.. Wade to sit may be dues.
toned by the President by reason of his in.
terest in the result, as Mr., Wade will become
acting President in case Of impeachment If
this point be made, the probability is that it
will be sustained The Chief Justice has al.
ready indicated his own opinion, by suggesting
IN his Protest that the Vice President is,
by the Constitution, precluded from sitting for
the same reason. IL is at least doubtful
whether this be correct In all the original
propositions that preceded the Constitution
as adopted, impeaohments were TO be tried by
the Supreme Court but the Court was rejected
and the Senate substituted, with provision
that the Chief Justice shall be Joined in trials
of the President, 1t is fairly inierrible from
the Federalist that this was compromise
but, without other proof, it is certainly not
apparent that interest was the reason for ex.
Guiding the Vice President. He could have
no vote on impeachment A two thirds vote
is required for that; and, by the Constitution,
the Vice President can vote only in case off
an equal pote Of the Senate. The better
ground to take is, that Mr.. Wade, as Senator
md member Of the Court, ioiH have vote,
md for that reason his interest may be OBJ
eeted to. We think it will be.objected to,
md the objection will be sustained but in
hat case the prosecutors will certainly object
o Mr.. Patterson for the same reason, he be-
ng a son-in-law of the President and resi-
lent member Of his family. Whether beyond
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
FRIDAYS PROcEEDiNGS.


WASHINGTON, March e. T.. VI.
The galleries Of the Senate were fair
filled. Preparation. have been made for
very large crowd in all the galleries and 90
visitors are packed into the seats with gre.
care.
At one O'Clock the President announce
that the hour had arrived for resuming Oh
consideration Of the impeachment of Andrer
johnson, and the Chief Justice, stepping n
to the Chamber from the rear hall 40 h.
moment, took his seat.
lie stated that the question pending at th.
time Of adjournment, namely the taking of
the oath by Mr., Wade was now before Oh,
Senate.
Mr.. Howard rose to a point Of order, assa-
ting that there could be no trial unless tlt
Senators were all sworn.
The Chief Justice decided Mr.. Howard
point Of order not well taken, and Mr. DiN@
was again called to order by Mr.. Drake, oh
the ground that point of order was NOT de-
bateabe and appealed from the decision d.
the Chief Justice
Mr.. Howard recitod the rules for the gov
ernment of the trial.
The Chief Justice decided the 23d rule not
yet in force, and Mr.. Howard appealed from
the decision of the Chair.
A vote by yeas and nays being taken, re-
suited yeas n and nays 30 SO the Chair
was sustained PEnLFy
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
Improvements.

The enlargement of the WArcmMAx AND
JOURNAL rendered it necessary to procure a
new Press, of the largest size. Both the
Daily and Weekly are also clad in suits
of entirely new type. These improvements
have involved heavy expenditure. We have
also arranged, at no triAing labor and ex-
pense, to procure the latest telegraphic dis
patches for the DAILY Journal Having
thus attempted to meet the demand of the
times and place in this behalf, we confidently
look for the cooperation and encouragement
of those who have the best good of the town
at heart. a cheering ,oord is good-but
cheering deed is better.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
nenth Of Hon. Portns Baxter.

DeHln OF non. fOftuS bHNIcf.
To-day we have the sad duty Of announcing
the death Of Mn. BAXTER, at Washington, on
the morning of the 18th instant, of pncumo-
MIA For several years past, he has OCCASION
ally suffered greatly from asthma, and some
times has been brought to the gate Of death.
lie has now passed the portal He was
born at Bloomington, W., in December 1906,
and with the exception Of the years of his ed
ucation, has always been citizen Of Orleans
County. Though he received liberal edu-
cation he did not acquire a taste for litera-
hrc nor discipline himself for any of the pro-
fcssional pursuits; but when he followed his
/ bent for an energetic business life, he had an
Intelligent interest in public affairs, and ac-
lively participated in them We never knew
a more earnest or energetic politician. la the
councils of his party in town, county, state,
and ultimately in Congress, his influence has
been strongly felt but more through private
and social intercourse than by public speech.
/ He had no aptitude for logic or rhetoric, and
never attempted formal argument, but he
would, in few and strong words, declare his
opinions with force which was generally
Electric Hence he wasinAuential, often even
more influential than were his friends who
could indulge in the groces of oratory The
quick and strong blow, the short and sharp
conflict, are the most effective. Though thus
influential and deeply interested in politics,
and also ambitious for prominent political
position, he did not seek it by constantly press
ing himself upon his friends and running up
the rounds of minor Offices, but waited pa
tienly for his time In 1928 he was placed
at the head of the electoral ticket, and voted
for Cen Scott, and he was also an elector in
. 1851 and voted for Fremont We think
he might have been elected to the Both Con-
gress, but he waived the opportunity for Mr.
Royce, and was elected to the 37th, 3Sth and
39th Congresses, and served on the committee
of elections through his whole term--a posi-
ton to which Judge Poland has succeeded.
As Congressman, Mr. Baxter was always in
his place and discharged its duties intelligent
ly; at the Departments in labors for his con-
stitueuts, and especially for the soldiers, nc
member was more Industrious or successful
and his hearty sympathy for the wounded
the sick, and the needy, found expression in
other labors, both by himself and by Mrs
Baxter, which will never be forgotten by the
soldiers of Vermont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
nlispellang.
Consultations.


Death wa. fill urgent with thee. sister hear
And startling In his speed o.
n,,ef paln, then langour tlll N, end came ncar--
such was the path dccrccd,
The hurried rund
h. lead IN, soul from earth 10 thine own Gods ahode
Death wrought with thee sweet maid, impaticntly g.
Vet merciful the haste
That hafcs sickness dearest, thou ddsi die,
Thou vast NOE made to taste
Deaths bitterness
pcllpc'. .ow-wasng charm, or fcvcrs fierce distress
Death came unheraldcd but 1t was WE'LL
For so thy Saviour bore
Kind witness thou was meet at once to dwell
On his eternal shore,
All warning spared,
For none he gives where heart. Tor prompt chang
prepared
Death wrought In mystery, both complaint aud cure
To human skill unknown
Gul put aside all means to make Us sure
u was His decd alonci
Lest We should lay
neproach on our poor selves, that thou vast caugh
aus,
Death urged as scani Of time ,-lc-t, Sister dear
We many a lingering day
Had sckcned with alternate hope and fear
The agu of delay
watching each spark
ofpromsc qucnclol IN turn til all our -, wa. DARK
Death came and went that so III, image might
our ycarning hearts possess,
Associate with all pleasant thoughts ami bright
With youth and loyelincssi
sorrows can calm,
Mary, nor let nor part In thy -on soothing uamc
Ju, " sad hearts, and light OF dowuei-t eye
Dearest, thou art cnshrncd
In all a., fragrance in our momorics
foi We must ever find
Bare thoughts Of thee
Ffc.hcn thi. weary lifc while wear, life shall tc-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11

sLEP.-Many children, instead of being
plump and fresh as a peach, are as withered
and wrinkled as a last years apple, because
they do not sleep enough. Some physician,
think that the bones grow only during sleep
THIS | cannot say certainly but | do know
that those little folks who sit up late nights
are usually nervous, weak, small and sickly
The reason why you need more sleep than your
parents is because you have to grow and they
do not They can use up the food they eat in
thinking, talking and working, while you
should save some Of yours for growing You
ought to sleep great deal il you do not,
you will in activity consume all you eat, and
have none, or not enough to grow with. Very
few smart children excel, or even equal other
people when they grow up, Why is this p.
because their heads, If not their bodies, are
Kept too busy; so they cannot sleep, rest, and
grow strong in body and brain. Now, when
your mother says Susie or Mary, or whatever
your name may be, it is time to 20 to bed, do
not worry her by begging to sit up Just
little longer;" but hurry of to your chamber
remembering that you have a great deal OF
sleeping and growing to do to make you a
healthy, happy, useful man or woman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
Items.

The farmers in Orleans county are 70
hold meeting at Barton Landing on The
DIST inst, to form a new agricultural society
Rev. A. Brown, editor of the Brattebo'
ro' Phoenix, was recently voted silver tea
service Of six pieces, at fair of the UninrI'
an church, of which he was for nearly thirty
years the pastor.
MIR. Beecher's " Norwood" Is to be pub
lished in book form early in March.
"A hundred and fifty million pounds Of
tobacco have managed to escape taxation the
past year
The lower house of the Minnesota legisa'
ture has voted to leave capital punishment loI
murder at the discretion of the jury.
"A recent festival in johnson netted over
500 for the Normal School building at thai
place.
The contractor has arrived and work y
TO begin at once on the Woodstock railroad
Joseph Steene, of Brattleboro' has beg
a member Of the Congregational SabF
School for over halfa century.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
Reduction of Taxes.


We hope that the all-absorbing topic Of the
day, Impeachment has not made our Congress
men unmindful Of one great duty which devolves
upon them during the present session-that Of
reduction and equalization Of our Internal
Revenue taxes, and provision in some manner
whereby the duty on distilled spirits and tobac-
co may be more efleetually collected. We can
assure them that there is one class of people
which do not and cannot forget this-and that
our manufacturers, especially Of those staple
articles in the manufacture OF which there is
competition; for the tax now falls upon them
monthly with a crushing and dcadening effect.
In fact the Internal Revenue from income.
gross receipts, special taxes. spirits and tobac-
CO, faithfully collected together with the duties
on imports, receipts from sale of public lands and
of the material of war, now useless, ought to,
and would, and must be sufficient for the sup
port of government, economically conducted
the payment of interest on the public debt, (re-
duced TO a rate not absolutely ruinous to gov
ernment) and leave a margin for the reduction
of the same sufficient for that generation to
bear which bled so freely to bring the war to a
successful and triumphant issue; at least while
suffering under the depressing influences caused
by the close of the war, and while one half Of
the country is excluded from its portion Of the
burden by the unsettled and disorganized state
in which it is left by the defeat OF its armies
and the delay in its reconstruction.
If, as it appears, it is impossible for govern
ment, through its agents, TO faithfully collect
and pay over the tax on spirits and tobacco,
why not " farm it out" to some one for, say a
million of dollars day, or even few dollars
less? This would be better certainly than 10
lose it almost entirely.
At any rate, Messrs. Congressman, please
don't forget it, but give as early and efficient
relief as may be-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11

=" Jennie said venerable old man Il
his daughter, who asked his consent to accom-
pany her urgent and favored sutton to the al
tar, Jennie, it is a very solemn thing to gel
married" 81 know il, ;" replied ennie, +" but
it's heap solemner not to-"
"A consideration for the feelings of others
and quick perception of what those feelings
are under the different circumstances of life
constitute true politeness; and those who pos.
sess 1t not, whatever be their rank, are vulgar.
-" | never complained of my condition but
once" said an old man, "when my feet were
bare and | had no money to buy shoes but |
met man without feet, and became content.
ed
If any one speak i'll Of thee, consider
whether he has truth on his side; and if So
reform myself, was the wise remark of an old
philosopher
A writer dwelling upon the importance OF
small things, says that he always takes note
eyen'of straw, especially il there happens
to be sherry cobbler at one end of il.
Few ladies are so modest as 10 refuse 10
sit in the lap Of luxury.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11

" We learn from the Caledoniaa that
friends in panville have received sad news
from the Colony at Rosario, South America.
1t appears that the cholera has been at work
with terrible fatality among them. Mr. p
D. Mcmillan writes that his wife, daughter
Of Hon. Bliss ~ Davis of Danyillc.) Col.
Oscar n, Hale, formerly Of the 9th Vermont
regiment Fix Gov John W. Dana. and
Mrs Clark II. Barber, of Maine, all died Of
the disease within foriy-eght hours of each
other \ letter was received by the same
mail from Capt Aver who has been north for
year, completing his medical studies, and is
now just returning with his bride, Ia daughter
of Tx Gov. Dana) in which he spoke of their
high anticipation in so soon meeting their
friends at Rosario. Grave fears are enter
tanned that the entire colony has been swept
off by this fatal .malady. Col Hale was a
native of Chelsea, but entered the service as
Captain OF AN Orleans Co. Company in the
sixth Vermont. He leaves large circ'e Of
friends and acquaintance to mourn his I'M
time death. Captain Aver aud Quarter
master Mcmillan, of the 18th Vermont regi-
ment, were Danvi Boys, and we sincere y
trust they may be spared the sad fate which
threatens them Fix Gov Dana of Maine
has been for sometime resident Of South
America, where he has a large landed interest.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11

FoRGoT TO Look UP-I have somewhere
seen the story of man who went one evening
TO steal corn from his neighbor's field. He took
his lite boy with him to sit ON the fence to
keep lookout, so as to give warning in case any
one should come along. The man jumped
over the fence with "A large bag on his arm,
and, before commencing to take the corn, he
ooked all around, first one way and then the
other and not seeing any person, he was Just
about to fill his bag Then the little fellow,
his son--a good little fellow he was, too
cried out
Father there is one way You haven't look
ed yeti"
The iather was startled, and supposed that
some one was coming. lie asked his son
which way he meant.
why said the little boy 'you forgot to
look up.
The father was conscience stricken; he
came back over the fence took his little boy
by the hand and hurried quietly home with.
out the corn which he had designed to take
The little boy had reminded him that the
eyes of God were upon him.
" The eyes Of the Lord are in every place
beholding the evil and the good"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
Labor and Luck.

Among the wise sayings Of Rev. Ii. w.
Beecher are the 70 owing The mere fact
that you are obliged to labor is not a misfor-
tune. The mere fact that your labor produces
slow results is not misfortune. The thing
that you desire as an alienation would be the
greatest curse to you DO not be ashamed of
that P ace where God has shut you up. God
has put your task upon you, and remember
that your enjoyment is to consist in the essen
tia man ihess of your nature. II is TO con-
sist in the active use of those forces which
God has endowed you with, wherever his pro-
violence has put you. And ifho has wthhe
from you some of those enjoyments which he
has granted to others, be assured, if you are
faithful, that in some way they wi be made
up to you DO not be ashamed of hardness.
Stand to it and fight ont your bait G.
think if you were to 20 from man to man,
IN the ordinary channels fife, you wou
find few men, if you took them at that hour
when they made their secret complaint, who
do not labor under the impression that thouhg
they should be resigned to their condition, it
was condition of misfortune that they were
Obliged to exert themselves. The young man,
beginning III life, says TO himself: am
obliged to rise carly, and sit up late, and la
Dor necessarily; but l hope for better time. -
All, yes, that better time isthe fools paradise
OF lazness lie is obliged to work now; but
he looks forward to the time when he will
not be under the necessity of working. lie
points TO the favored sons, as he calls them. of
rich men, who were not born to work, and
who are useless, and worse than useless, in
society and laments that instead of having
their good fortune, he is doomed to life OF
severe toll. But tell you, what you call
good fortune has been their ruin, and the ne
eessity of laboring has been your salyaton.-
1t has been token of Gods mercy to you.
And instead of bemoanng your condition,
thank God for it,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11

apart from the ladies Of the party---is not the
cigar chiefly responsible for these atrocities ?
Men are not society; women are not society
Society is the mingling of the two sexes in
such way that each restraints and inspires
the other. That community is already far
gone in degeneracy in which men prefer to
band together by themselves, in which men do
not crave the society Of ladies, and value it
a. the chief charm of existence"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-03-11
4 "Reminiscences of Thad. stevens.

THE EARLY urE OF rnE GREAr coMMoNEB."
Snugly nestled among the mountains of
northern Vermont lies the good farming town
of Pcacham Some years since, the writer,
while passing few months in that hill coun-
try, with the pastor Of the village called one
day on an aged parshoner, who lived in u
small red house in the outskirts of the town.
1t was during the war, and the wrinkled hands
of the good woman were employed in knit
ting socks for the soldiers OF course the
conversation turned naturally upon the affairs
Of the country. While talking of the army,
the president, and Congress, the name of Ste
yens was mentioned. Instantly the large,
black eyes Of cur hostess frightened. and she
said
1t was over there, on that farm, that
1haddeus Stevens was born y and she point
ed to a gray farmhouse, in sight, mile or
more across the hills
You knew him, them" asked.
Indeed | did, ma'aml" was the enthusi-
astic reply " We used to sit in the same
seat, in the old sehool-house down in the hol-
low yonder."
Ii required little questioning to draw from
the willing aud garrulous old soul, the story
of the early life of her former school mate.
The family were poor" she said, " and
Mrs Stevens was one of those Woodworking
mothers, who toll from morning till night
week in, and week out She would hav,
worked her fingers TO the bone, that her boy
might get book-learning. Thaddeus was a
sickly boy, aud very lame. Folks never sup
,,...al tb.,rfl - al, 90, htv, th.
did Why | remember him as though | had
seen him yesterday. lie was still and quick
like; different from the rest Of boys-and
sometimes they'd laugh at him, boy-like, and
mimic his lmping walk. They didn't mean
any HARM but Ihaddcus was sensitive little
fellow. aud it ranked. I've always thought
perhaps that's the reason he has never beer
back to the old homestead"
Are any of the family left here2'
asked.
g. No, not any near kin. The old folk
died many years ago, of course for I'm an
old woman now ;" and she stopped to heay,
a sigh over the dead and buried years. But
deary me how plain | can see that ole
school-house. Senath Jones, She was oui
teacher, and remember she used to 20 rounC
and tap us on the head with her thimble fin
ger to make u sit still. Pears to me, t.
this day, that | can feel the dent of Senatl
Jones's thimbe ON my head. | wonder i
Thaddeus Stevens ever remembers the oil,
/ times Taint at all likely. He's had :,
= many other things to think Of I've hearC
that he's got to be great man amongst 'en
there at Washington
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