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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
ITO THE CITIZENS OF VERMONT
S r NE 4 MURRAY

STONE 4 MURRAY
Circus through the State and 10 repeat their earnest
thanks for the many favor bestowed upon them during
the Witt Of
STONE. RossToN a MunRAys CIRCUS
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Fully approaching the hndnos. and generosity shown
them in their efforts 20 their patrons In 1855 70
der ibeir Cirons egrtI, ~ M W, W 10 W ien'
hdencc aud support
The prePrietor' have no hesitation in assuring the
Same Preaommatag Featsro
which gave thls Circus. n issl an exalted reputation
for excellence and re'pcctahlty, will govern ID this
Season
sToNE NURRar
resource. at their command To- make the coming ENh
REFINED and INTERESTING MN GDEN
rorgudcr their CIrcu. Entertainment. magnificent boz
lond all precedent stoyr murray have wade special
engagements with several
FOREIGN ARENic CELEBRITIES
Whose maryelou. talent. excited the wonder and won
the admiration Of the European Capitals aud it will be
observed by reading the catalogue Of attractions that
many o. the Performers aud Features which made tho
Exhibitions popular in ls61. ARC with the Circus now
- The mlscelianeou' attachments o. the extra large
no previous attempts have reached. supcrceding Ia
SPLEyDoR AyD NorELTT
AN Exhibitions that have since i-s5 es,aycd to amuso
the Public and
BEYOND THE RESOURCES
Of any other Exhibition, Of whatever kind To initiate.
Many Of the Acts and Feat. eHfsfv 1aiericn.
and will be executed hy Artists
HAVING so PARALLELs
In their amazing Specialize.
Prominent IN TUE TROUPE OF
! STONE A. HTRR1Y ,S CTRCVS
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

Office Where's my wife Joan Aver.
~ ~, having left my he'd and board without just
provOcaton this Is to forbid all persons harbor
ing or trusting her my account, as / shall pay ne
debts Of her contracting after this date.
HENRY L, AyERGLL
ALLEN pnELpg, Witnes-.
Marshield May IS, 1865. il.l6'
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

STONE, RossToN a MunRAY's CIRCUS
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
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BOSTON CATTLE MARKET.

AT CAMBRIDGE AND BRIGHTON
For the week ending rue.iay, MAY De-, 1865.
ANurNr or Srock AT MAnKrr
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20

"Spring II Is CHEEKY,
Winter IL dreary,
Green leaves hang, hut the brown must fyi
When ho is shaken,
Lone and fsrsaken,
What can an old man do but die :"
Why, take Plantation Btters, to lie sure aud with
them a new lease Of life. The old made young,
again the mddleaged rejoice, and the young become
douby brilliantly using this splendid Tonic Dyspop-
sia Heartburn, Liver Complaint Headache Pains In the
Side "Crck in the Back )" and all symptoms Of stom-
acho Derangement yield at to the healhgiving In
uenee of Plantation Bitters They add strength To the
system and buoyancy to the mind li5
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-05-20
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS.

and The Central Treafg Millions, upon their rospoc
tive parts Of the undertaking THE UNION PACIFIC
HAVE COMPLETED $50 MlLEs-have iron and other
materials for two hundred miles upon tho ground
and one hundred additional miles ready for the
track They will have much larger force employed
this year than before and IL expected that bc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

Miss Belle Boyd, the famous, dashing
female rebel spy of the Shenandoah Val
ley, has ceased to be an object of public
wonder and curiosity, for her name, as the
special attraction at the Theatre Francois,
last night drew only scanty house. The
programme was the Honeymoon and
"Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady" In
the first play, in the part of Juliana, Miss
Belle, under all the circumstances, GER
tainly did as we'll as could be expected,
She is in person slender and delicate has
good musical voice reads well walks
we'll and with a regular course of severe
training would make, perhaps, irst-rate
actress in light comedies; but it was diff
ficult to tell whether the " Honeymoon"
take it altogether, as made up and done
last night around this particular star, was
intended as a tragedy or comedy, or
merely as a setting, gotten up at mo-
ment's notice to the reading of Juliana.
We dare say that the company were glad
when it was over, and are quite sure that
the house was not sorry. The night was
cold, however, and the house was so thin
that the only wonder is the bill was not
postponed. Miss Boyd was called out at
the end of the piece, and so far as she was
concerned, obtained the approval of the
audience. The experiment of this young
debmante was temptation perhaps worth
trying on the supposed historical reputa-
tion Of Miss Belle Boyd; but history
moves so rapidly in these days that many
lion and lioness of yesterday are forgot
ten to-day, or will be to-morrow.-Nsu
YOrE Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

A VENERABLE RELIC.-We were shown
on yesterday by our friend, Major John NJ.
Connell, a venerable copper dial-plate,
which Mr.. G. found in the shop of Mr..
Pitts, locksmith, who was about knocking
it to pieces, when Mr.. G. discovered and
purchased it. After getting it into his pos
session, Mr.. Connell had the plate straight
ened, and upon examining it closely marks
of letters were found. The rust was there
upon cleaned away, when the following
inscription was made plainly legible !:
(" London, 1923" The latitude in which
it was intended to be used was marked as
follows: "Latitude 81. 3O." The plate is
10 by 10 inches, and is adorned with an
image of the sun. and its corners are en-
bellished with geometrical figures. From
the date of the inscription it will be seen
that the dial was constructed 440 years
ago-just Ga years before the discovery of
America by Columbus. The question
arises, "Where did it come from :" The
present owner values it highly as relic of
years long gone by, and designs, we learn,
to have it reconstructed" and to pre-
serve is as probably the oldest dial in
existence. .-Lynchburg Ne'es.
THE inscription would prove too much.
81. 30. is just about the latitude of Rich
mond. All England is above so. 1t could
not have been made for use in Virginia q
hundred years before Virginia was settled ;
nor for use in London, for the reason given
aboye,1
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16
AlGctjO7a Sales THIS Dan.

COOK & LAUGHTON will sell ut l2 clock,
at the shed near the Manchester Cotton
Factory, q steam engine, two boilers, and
q quantity of machinery. Also, immedi-
ately thereafter, ut the coal-yard on Four
teenth street near Mayos bridge, coal
Office and yard furniture and implements.
REGNAULT & co. will sell at 10 o'clock an
assortment of furniture, etc.
A.Y. STOKES & co. will sell at II O'Clock
800 bales of clover hay, at A. S. Lees, on
Cary between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets.
CLOPTON s. HARDWOOD will sell at 10
O'Clock an elegant rosewood piano and q
lot of household furniture.
JOSEPH B. VADEN, deputy sheriff. Will
sell at 10 o'clock, at Ampthill Mills, a
quantity of distillery fixtures.
COOK LAUGHTON will sell at 12 o'clock,
in Manchester, near the Cotton Factory,
steam engine. After which, they will sell
at the coal-yard of Hampshire, White
house & Co., on Fourteenth street near
Mayos bridge, five good mules.
I. N. COOKE, Seventh street between Broad
and Marshall, will sell at 10 A. M. furni-
ture, sc.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16
MANCHESTER ITEMS.

CONSERVATIVES MEETING.-The ConServa-
tive party of Chesterfield county, in pur-
suance to cal! from the committee ap-
pointed by the Executive Committee of
the State few days ago, met at the court
house on Tuesday the 18th instant THAT
being court-day). Francis E. Robinson,
Esq, was called to the Chair, and William
G. Flournoy requested to act as secretary.
On motion, the following committee were
appointed to select the permanent COM
mittees for the county: Captain William
I. Clopton, r. L. Jones, W. E. Martin, W.
B. Chalkley, A. NJ. Trabue, DR.. R. B.
Hobson.
The committee retired, and the meeting
was addressed by Colonel William Ambers
in deep, eloquent, and impressive speech
of some length; which was we'll received.
Pertinent and interesting addresses were
also made by James 81. Cox, Esq, and
Joseph J. White, Esq.
After the conclusion of the addresses,
the committee reported the names of the
following:
First Tor Manchester) district: William
I. Clopton, S. T. Hancock, Colonel Will
| liam Ambers, William L. bolt, Major
Benjamin Hatcher, F. G. Ruffin. Second
district: DR.. E. S. Woodbridge, George G.
Gregory, James B. Jones, R. A. Willis
william NJ. Robinson, Richard A. Talley.
Third district: Dr.. Thomas G. Cheatham
Leonidas Wells, William B. Chalkley, J
J. White, E. S. Gregory, E. j. Vanenier
N. H. Cogbill. Fourth district: A. NJ
Trabue, F. G. Hancock, R. L. Walker
Walter G. Clarke, W. B. Woodbridge
James NJ. Gregory. Fifth district: DR.. j
Wister Wake, DR.. R. P. Grimes, Johr
Pinchback, Joseph Z. Cox, R. A. Haskins
James Cahill, J. P. Cox. Sixth district
R. L. Jones, Woodliffe Tucker, George W
Childress, Beverly Perkinson, L. G.. Simon
son, E. P. Talley.
DR.. A. S. McRae, we learn, has been ap
pointed superintendent of the first dis
trict. Richard L. Jones was appointed
superintendent of the county.
CONSERVATIVE CLUB.-There will be a
meeting Of the Conservative Club of the
town of Manchester tonight at o'clock,
at Odd Fellows Hall. Persons desiring to
become members Of this club are invited
to be present.
MANCHESTER BOARD OF RELIEF.-The
Board of Relief for the town of Manches.
ter desire us to acknowledge, in their be-
half, the handsome donation of twenty
cords of wood from the Richmond anG
Danville Railroad Company.
The committee, General T. NJ. Logar
and DR.. A. S. McRae, take pleasure in ten
deriDg their personal acknowledgements tt
the president and superintendent for the
courtesy, sympathy, and aid extended tt
them as representatives of the Board o.
Relief.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

Two BALLS MEETING.-A young ex-
Confederate officer, not given to exaggera-
ton, and whose word can be implicitly re-
lied upon, relates the following incident
which occurred during the siege of Vicks-
burg. 1t is the only accident of the kind
we have ever heard Of: He says that
during the siege of the place he was on the
lines in front of the town. The sharp
shooters on both sides were busily engaged.
Suddenly aquick thug sound was heard
above, and there fell almost at his feet
ball. A private in Waddel's Alabama
battery secured it. An examination
showed it was composed of two balls-one
from Minnie musket, the other from q
Belgian rifle. The point of the former had
penetrated the side Of the latter to the
rim. Judging from appearances, the Min
ME ball had come the shortest distance.
The imbedding was strong,s and impossible
almost to be disarranged. The man who
picked it up refused fifty dollars for it.
He said he had no use for money--he
wanted the anomaly to carry home to
his sweetheart He was killed in one OF
the subsequent battles" We have often
wondered why the balls that flew so thick
should not meet in the mid air; but this
is the first time we have ever been told or
read of such an occurrence Colun'ous
fGa Times.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

ANOTHER OUTRAGE.-Another of those
outrages which seem to be becoming of
every day occurrence took place on Tues
day morning at the corner OF Franklin and
Foushee streets. An elderly lady was
passing along Franklin street with valu-
able bundle in her hand, when she was
suddenly tapped upon the shoulder from
behind by young negro man, and on
turning to see who it was, he seized her
wrists and wrenched from her the bundle
which she held, and Immediately fled. The
lady struggled with the scoundrel as long
as her strength permitted, and then pur-
sued him, calling on the police for assist
ance, but without avail. She also lost a
dollar note, which she held with the bundle.
These daring occurrences in open day
light are becoming so frequent that there
is but little safety for lady without o
companion on the street. We would ad-
wise seriously that our ladies 60 prepared
to defend themselves against these out
RACES. The sight Of a nicely polished Der
ringer in the hands ofa determined woman
would frigbten away any of these ruftians.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

ARTIFICIAL SToNE.-Making stone is a
business in St. Louis. There is concern
there which makes out of common sand a
mantel equal to one of white marble, and
sells it for about ten dollars. The sand IN
a few hours is converted into rock precise
" similar to the strata and ledges beneath
the earth that have required ages Of
aqueous and igneous action to form them.
This process is strictly scientific and
chemical. The materials used are com
mon brown or white sand, soda, flint
chlorine, and calcium. The flint, which is
tho cementing agent, is melted by being
subjected to heat, in connection with soda
Flint, in it's chemical constitution, is an
acid, and, like all other acids, readily com
bines with an alkali. Combined with soda
tho flint (silica) forms silicate Of Soda
thick, yiscid, transparent substance, very
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16
RICHMOND, January IA, 1868.

To the Editors of the Dispatch:
Please acknowledge 200 bushels fine and
500 bushels slate Goals from General G. P.
Stone, of the Dover Company. These
Goals burn well. General Stone made
liberal contributions last winter.
Persons receiving coal will notice the
carriage marked: on the ticket. Frauds
have been practiced by drivers.
l desire to acknowledge, also, voluntary
contributions of small sums Of money from
different persons, for which there was found
ready application. saw some days ago
the infant of q respectable woman suffer-
ing with hunger. The mothers food, be-
ing corn bread and nothing else, did not
afford sufficient nourishment for the in
fant of twelve months, whose cries at the
sight of food were heart-rending.
If physicians will report cases of dis
tress among their patients to the box at the
Young Mems Christian Association they
will be attended to.
WILLIAM W. PARKER.
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An Extraordinary Inve ton a
Steam Man.


The following story of a remarkable me-
chanical invention is told by the Newark
IN. J.) Advertiser:
"Mr. Zadock Deddrick, Newark ma
chinist, has invented man; one that,
moved by steam, will perform some of the
most important functions of humanity =;
that will, standing upright, walk or run, as
he is bid, in any direction and at almost
any rate of speed, drawing after him a
load whose weight would tax the strength OF
three stout draught horses. The history
of this curious invention is as follows Six
wears ago Mr.. Deddrick, the inventor, who
is at present but twenty-five years of age,
conceived the novel idea of constructing
man that should receive it's vitality from a
perpetual motion machine. The idea was
based on the well-known mechanical prin-
ciple that if heavy weight be placed at
the top of an upright slightly inclined from
vertical, gravitation will tend to produce
horizontal as well as vertical motion.
The project was not successful. However,
by observing carefully the cause of the
failure, preserving and perfecting the man
form, and by substituting steam IN place
of the perpetual motion machine, the pre-
sent success was attained.
"The man stands seven feet and nine
inches high, the other dimensions OF the
body being correctly proportioned, making
him second Daniel Lambert, by which
name he is facetiously spoken OF among
the workmen. He weighs i've hundred
pounds. Steam is generated IN the body
or trunk, which is nothing but a three
horse power engine, like those used IN our
steam fire-engines. The legs which sup
port it are complicated and wonderful.
The steps are taken very naturally and
quite easily. AS the body is thrown for-
ward upon the advanced foot, the other IS
lifted from the ground by spring and
thrown forward by the steam. Each step
or pace advances the body two feet, and
every revolution of the engine produces
four PAGES. AS the engine is capable OF
making more than thousand revolutions
in minute, it would get over the ground,
on this calculation, at the rate OF little
more than a mile minute. AS this would
be working the legs faster than would be
safe on uneven ground or on Broad street
cobble stones, it is proposed to run the
engine ut the rate of five hundred revolu-
tions per minute, which would walk the
man at the modest speed of half q mile a
minute.
"The fellow is attached to common
rockaway carriage, the shafts of which
serve to support him in vertical position:
These shafts are two bars of iron, fastened
in the usual manner to the front of the
carriage, and are curved SO as to be joined
to circular sustaining bar, which passes
around the waist like girth, and in which
the man moves 80 as to face in any direc-
ton. Besides these motions, machinery
has been arranged by which the figure can
be thrown backward or forward from YER
tical nearly forty five degrees. This is done
in order to enable it to ascend or descend
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

much like glue. If il is too thin when
first made, it is rednced by evapora-
tion in pans till 1t reaches the proper con-
sistency. 1t is then mixed with the sand
in q mill, from which the mixture comes
forth a good deal like wet brown sugar.
This substance is called "pug." It is
very plastic, and works as easily in the
hand as wet clay or putty. Each moulder
has quantity of the "pug" placed in a
box on the end Of his work. bench, from
which he takes handfnls as he requires it
to press into the mould. It matters not
whether the mould is a rosette, diamond,
q flower, or leaf ornament, a keystone,
vase, a pedestal, or the section of man
tel-piece-he moulds anything and every
thing with equal ease, beauty, and accu-
racy; and when the form is taken from
the mould the product is plastic stone
ornament more perfect and beautiful than
a carver could execute in week of con-
stant and patient labor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

all grades. To the soles of the feet spikes
OF corks are fixed, which efectually pre-
vent slipping. The whole affair is so firmly
sustained by the shafts and has SO excel
lent foothold that two men are unable to
push it over, or in any other way throw it
down. In order to enable it to stop quickly,
it is provided with two appliances, one of
which will, as before stated, throw it back
ward from the vertical, while the other
bends the knees in direction opposite to
the natural position.
can upright post, which is arranged in
front of the dash board, and within easy
reach Of the front seats, sustains two minia-
ture pilot wheels, by the turning Of which
these various motions and evolutions are
directed. tits expected that a sufficiently
large amount Of coal can be slowed away
under that back seat of the carriage to
work the engine for day, and enough
water in tank under the front seat to last
half day.
"In order to prevent the giant from
frightening horses by its wonderful appear
ance, Mr.. Deddrick intends to clothe it,
and give it as nearly as possible likeness
to the rest of humanity. The boiler and
such parts as are unnecessarily heated
will be encased in felt or woollen under
garments. Pantaloons, coat, and vest, of
the latest styles, are provided. When
ever the fires need coaling, which is every
two or three hours, the driver stops the
machine, descends from his seat, unbot-
tons Daniels vest, opens a door, shoves
in the fuel, buttons up the vest, and drives
on. On the back between the shoulders
the steam-cocks and gauges are placed.
AS these would cause the coat to sit
awkwardly, knapsack has been provided,
that completely covers them. A blanket
neatly rolled up and placed on top of the
knapsack perfects the deluson. The face
is moulded into cheerful countenance of
white enamel, which contrasts we'll with
the dark hair and moustache. A sheet
iron hat with guage top acts as smoke
stack.
"The cost of this first man is $4,000,
though the makers, Messrs. Deddrick q
Grass, expect to manufacture succeeding
ones, warranted to run year without
repairs, for $500. The same parties expect
to construct on the same principle horses
which will do the duty of ten or twelve
ordinary animals of the same species.
These, it is confidently believed, can be
used alike before carriages, street cars,
and ploughs. The man now constructed
can make his way without difficulty over
any irregular surface whose ruts and stones
are not more than nine inches below or
above the level Of the road"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16

THE HANOVER ARSON AND ROBBERY
The continued case Of Jim Davis and
William West (uegroes), charged with
robbing the barn of 7. F. billiard, Esq,
and for burning and robbing the barn of
Judge Meredith, was called again yester-
day before Recorder Regnault. The Re
corder decided that as the case came
more properly within the jurisdiction of
the Hanover authorities, and as they could
be punished more fully there on all the
charges, he would transfer the case thither
without hearing further testimony. The
parties were remanded to Jail, TO be sent
to Hanover on Friday.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-16
Magnificent Electrical Phenomenon.
From the Rochester Union, January 10.

From the Rochester Union, January TO-
One of the most beautiful electrical
phenomena imaginable was witnessed last
evening in the Office of the Atlantic and
Pacific telegraph line. Wire No. l of this
line was down between this city and SYRIA
cuse. Suddenly it was discovered that
current of electricity was then observed to
be passing over the wires through the seye-
raj instruments, and this while the bate
ries were detached. The current seemed
to be Of the volume of medium-sized
pipe-stem, and it gave the several colors
of the rainbow, beautiful to behold. With
the key open, the current flowed in waves
or undulations, and from the surcharged
wire it would leap over the insulated por-
tions of the key and flow along the wlres s
beyond. The same phenomenon was OBJ
served at Buffalo and at Cleveland. The
gas in the office here was lighted without
difficulty by holding the end of a wire
within an inch or two of the gas-burner.
The current was intense enough to shock
one holding the wire or instrument-in-
deed, one of the employees Of the Office
had his fingers scorched by the current.
With closed key the current was ccntinu-
Gus, as before stated.
The theory advanced by an experienced
electrician with whom we colversed in re-
gard to the phenomenon is this: The elec-
trical equilibrium Of the atmosphere had
become disturbed by the sudden and ex.
treme cold of the past two days-and we
may say here that this phenomenon has
never been witnessed except when cold
weather prevails extensively-the electri'
city, instead of descending to the earth, as
in thunder storm or in warm weather, ii
ascends in the atmosphere-thus destroy.
ing the equilibrium and producing these
magnificent displays. The broken wire
spoken of, which rested on the ground, was
the point of communication for the cur.
rent from the earth. The electrician ad.
vances the theory that the aurora borealls
is produced from the same causes, and we
submit that it is not an improbable theory
Every one has seen, undoubtedly, the wavy
or undulating motions of the aurora DO.
reals, and the wavy motions Of the cur.
rent last night with the batteries off and
the keys open were precisely the same.
Here we may notice one thing not gene
rally known. A portion of the lrrepressi-
BILE Conflict speech of William q. Seward,
in this city, few years since, was tele-
graphed to New York and from Boston to
Portland by the electrical influences OF
the aurora borealis-all the batteries on
the line being detached. This feat, it is
said, has never been repeated.