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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17


the party; a disposition oi outrage aud
dcspotism. We cunnot call TO mind an
instance where Democratic meeting Wa,
eyer disturbed bya mob. bat th,rc. are
numberlos. instances in which the Demo.
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tablishment-of the Irish Church viii render
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IMMENSE FRAUDS. - 1t was published
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blanks and twjne from n postmaster womb
send hall the amount called for. charging
for the whole supply, aud filing the post
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for defrauding the Government, and three
Of the confc,lcrates m WASHINGTON vcra
Tuesday, arrested by the United States Mar
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

A Ron IN GEolsOlN.-On Monday Last
week the sheriff of Twiggs county, Ga,
had occasion. with a posse, 10 arrest sew
eral negroes engaged in a riot the week
previous One negro attempting to escape
was killed, and the rest gave themselves
up y great many others, not engaged in
the riot, gave themselves up, being appre-
hensiye that the white people intended to
kill them. They stated that one jeff
Long, a negro, was their district com
mAudcr, aud they were under his orders,
he hcing an officer Of the Loyal League.
MAPLE SCGAR.-Tho Burlington Free
Press says that Hon w. c. Smith has re-
Gently taken pains to procure from the
Agricultural Department at Washington
a thorough analysis of the residuary
matter that gave 50 much trouble to ma
pie sugar makers the last season.
The following extracts from the report
Of Thomas Antisell, NJ d, Chief Chemist
to the Department of Agriculture, tell
the result
The materials examined by me Were
forwarded by Mr.. Oryille S. Bliss of
Georgia. Vt, with a letter descriptive,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

TIM TAtLEsr lEr-Wc were shown
yesterday stalk % sweet corn grown on
the lands Of W, Y. Ripley, Isl, the pres
ont season, which measures II feet ana .
niche, in length.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

IoRr Pillow MAssACRE-The FOL.
lowing is copy of a resolution passed by
the rebel Congress at Richmond, thank.
ing Gen, Forrest Of Tennessee and the men
of his command for their participation in
the Fort Pillow massacre II is copied
from the official records, and is Demo.
cratic endorsement Of one If the leaders Of
The seymour and Blair party;
R,s1'roi, ig ne Cagr,v u M Cs4G5
fra', States II ,lHTai, That the thanks
Of Congress are due and are her los cor.
daily rendered to Major Gen, FORREST and
other officers and mon oi hi, command,
for their late brilliant and successful cam
paign in Mississippi, West Tennessee and
kentucky, campaign which has confer
red on It's author, fame as enduring a. the
records Of the struggle which they have
50 brilliantly illustrated.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-17

ma You will swear no more by the ever
sting hills, Is it safcy Why, il spikes
and holks and ll,he, with bands Of
wrought iron, Mount Washington u his
imperial place forever 80 that in the dos,
olution Of all thing, in the "wrcek Of
matter and crash Of worlds" his lofty
form shall firmly stand towering above
the general ruin, until the feryont heat
melts away the yice-like grip Of this
pluokiest, most daredevil piece Of railroad
that ever glorifed the aspiring genius Of
human continuance and human achieve
mont, FLO.
Warren, VI.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
4 Clerical Wood sawyer.


Or. Reeclcr depended upon constant
manual labor tor keeping up his OWE
health; and in Boston, where he could
not enjoy the luxury of a garden TO dig
in, he was often puzzled to find means to
keep himself in good working order.
The consequence WAS that he sawcd ali
the wood for his own large family, aud
often fiEding that too little, would beg
the privilege of saving at the wood pile
of a neighbor. He wss EastidiouS in the
care Of his wood saw iia, inc it always at
hand 10 his study, half concealed among
minutes of councils. magazine article.
and sermons, and the setttrg of his saw
was often duly accomplished while lie
settled nice points of Theology with his
boys, or took counsel with his brother
ministers. Looking out of his study
window one day, when his own wood pile
was reduced to a diScouraging state of
order-evcry stick sawed and sp}it-he
saw, with envy, the pile et old W. IN the
street Forthwith he seized his saw, and
soon the old sawyer Of the street behcld
a man without cravat. and in his shirt
sleeves, issuing from DIR. Beechers house.
who came briskly up and asked if he
wanted hand at his pile; and forthwith
went to work with right good will, and
soon proved to his brother sawyer that he
I. Al. e.
- Nodding his head significantly at the
opposite house, w. said You live there
Work for the old man ?" Yes '.What
sort of an old fellow is he?" ooh, pretty
much like the rest of US. Good man
enough to work for" Tough old chap,
aint he?" .sGucss so, to them that try to
chaw him up"
So the conversation went on, till the
wood went so fast with the new conner
that W exclaimed, first rate saw that
of your'n." This touched the doctor in
a tender point He had set that sax as
carefully as the articles OF his creed
every tooth was critically adjusted, and
so he gave smile of triumph. Il say
said W, ':where can | get a saw like
that" Il don't know unless you bny
mine" ''Will you trade? What do you
ask II don't know. I'll think about
it. Call at the house tomorrow and I'll
tell YOU
+ The next day the old man knocked
and met the doctor at the door, fresh
from the hands of his wife. with his coat
brushed, and cravat tied, going out on
pastesN duty.
w. gave start of surprise. ''Oh,
said the doctor, you're the man that
wanted to buy my saw. Well, you shall
have it for notking-only let ne have
some of your wood to saw when you work
on my street
w. said he felt as if he wanted to craw
into an auser hole.-ConyFcgot'o"o
Quarterly.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
VARIOUS ITEMS.

Wanted-A collar for a neck of land
The worst organ g,inder-A hollow
tooth.
No man has, as yet, been able to ride
a clothes horse with the spur Of srlno
meut.
Baltimore has an oyster police, who
patrol the oyster grounds, and sometimes
indulge in oyster war"
Russian America is very ice o lated
country. The ladies should take their
umbnelias, for the country is full of rein
dcers.
A young man advertised for wife,
and received eight hundred answers
from husbands, saying he could have
theirs. This shows the value Of advertis
ing.
A French wit said of man who " as cx-
Gee ingly fat, that nature only made him
to show how the human skin would
stretch without breaking
What is the difference between
honeycnm6 and honeymoon \ honey
comb consists Of number of s.s,ua?l
cells" and a honeymoon consists of one
s. great sell"
''TherG. John, that's. twice you've
come home and forgotten the lard"
La, mother, it was SO greasy it slip
ped my mind"
y gentleman met half -wi'tel lad in
the road, and placing in one of his hands
a sixpencc and penny, asked him which
of the two he would choose The lad re-
piled he would not be greedy he'd take
the smallest
\ gentleman who had been spending
the evening with a few friends, looking
at his watch, just aftcl midnight, said,
: 1t is to morrow morning. l must bid
you good night, gentlemen"
y lady wished seat in crowded hall;
a handsome gentleman brought her
chair " lou are a jewel" she said
"Oh, no. 1 am a jeweler l have just
set the jewel -
q Ahem ? SO here I am between two
tailoT,' said dandy at public table.
wheraa couple of young tailors were seat
ed who had just begun business.
g Very true" said one of them g we
are bat new beginners, and can only ai-
ford to keep one goose between us
Mary. relieve that burning luminary
of the superintendent dross. that beans
upon it.
. Ma am p said Mary, confused as to
! what her mistress could mean.
| "Take." said the lady, :. from that In.
minou~ boly the sn. cripcun,bcnt WEIGHT
of cuusumed carbon"
8 Ma am repeated II
:" Snnff that candle, you fool :" excaim-
ed the lady
\ nam in the lunatic asylum at Gin
cinnati. according to his own statement is
! 400 years old loaned Shakespeare five
dollars which he never got back. p,esent-
ed ii boso,n- pin to Columbus just before
his first voyage to America. and was on
intimate terms with queen Elizabeth
whom he calls. Lib.
\ neat compliment was paid the ot her
day to a lady She had Just swallowed
u small glass Of wine, gentleman in
the company asked for u taste. & It's
all gone s,i she lluyhingly, "u,lcss
you take ,me from my tips. Il should
DC most happy he replied, " but never
take sugar in mine.
Some wise man takes the fouowin q
view oil the economy question : When
you see a man Spending two or three
dollars 4 week foolisIliy, the ch ,nces are
five to one that he'll live long enou4 h
to know how many cents there arc in !,
dollar if he don t, he is pretty sure
to bequcath that privilege to his wild
ow
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

The mother of the fugitive Queen Isa-.
bella, of Spain, gave to her daughter a
dowry of s30,Oo0,O0O, s17,000,000 of
which the revolutionists found in the
Madrid palace. Isabella secreted the
crown, but carried off the most valuable
diamonds. Her attendant, Marfori, left
$4,000 in his apartments.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

A PRAYER FOR ALL WIvEs-Lord
bless and preserve my husband let his
life be long and blessed. comfortable and
holy and let me also become as Great ii
blessing ard comfort unto him, sharer
in all his joys, lcfreshment in all his
sorrows. IA meet helper for him in all the
accidents and changes Of the world make
me admirable forever in his eyes, and
very dear to him. Unite his heart to me,
in the dearest union Of love and holiness,
and mine to him in all the sweetness of
charity and compliance.
Keep ME from all ungentleness and
unreasonablcness, unseasoEableness Of
passion and Eumor, and make me humble
and obedient, charitable and loving, pa
tient and contented, usefuland observ.nt,
that we may delight in each other accor-
ding to thy blessed word and ordinance
and both of us may rejoice in Thee, h1v-
ing our portion in the love and service
of God forever
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

THE PIE Boy WHO BECAME \
PRINCE first Prince NenSchi ko.i
was pie boy at Moscow, and was deliv
ering things at noblcman' S kitchen one
day when Gar Peter the Great WAS ex
oected to dine at the house. While wait
ing about, he overheard the nubiemau
give special directions for the preparation
Of favorite dish of the Cars, AMI
afterwards, while t!e cook was absent
the hoy saw him place something in
the dish which he believed to be pot
son.
AS soon as Menschikoff saw the Car
in the street, he cried out his rolls more
loudly than usual, aud even began to sing
and approached the Gar TO make himself
seen. Peter called him. and ashel him
some questions, to which he answer
ed so happily, that the Prince said, :.
will keep thee in my service" Mems
chikof accepted the offer viii, joy. At
dinner time, without orders he entered
When the dish appeared, he bent down
and whispered sc not to touch Ii" Peter
got up-yithsmiling face, max ing pretense
TO take the boy into an adjoing apart
ment, when Mcnschikoff explained his
suspicion. upon the Gar retufing TO
the table, the Boyard again offered the
dish, and Peter asked him to sit by his
side and partake with him. The noble
man colored, and said it became not a
subject to eat the same as the Emperor.
who, seeing his embarrassment, took the
plate and. offered it to dog, who swaI-
lowed all its contents. But few no.
ments afterwards it began to run and
howl, then staggered, fell, and soon ex-
pired. The Boyard- was secured, but
next morning was found dead in hir
bed. ak5G
hIenschikoff had not to sell rolls any
longer; the first step to his rapid for
tune was made, aud his descendants are
a most powerful family in Russia to this
day.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

RECEIPTS. following receipts are
warranted not to fail if they prove sue
cessfni:-rTo destroy rats-catch them.
one by one, and fatten their heads in /.
lemon.squeezer. To kill cockroachcs-
get d pair of heavy boots, then catch
your roarhes,. put them in barrel, and
then get.in yourself and dance To catch
mice ION. going to bed, put crumbs of
cheese in yeur mouth ,7sand lie With it,
open, and when mouse's whiskers tickle
your m0uthrbits. - a95a1. s.s. : :. =. .s..4..e
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

The Spanish crown has not been Offer
ed to the Duke of Montpcnsier. but His
Grace fears such calamity, and has
written to Napoleon that he will not
accept if it is.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

The city Of phii4delpi4ia contains 245
school houses, 3S5 churches, and 6,60O
liquor stores. sze
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
Board and Lodging So 90 per day.

Tic Hotel Coach viii he in attendance to con-
yey Passengers anl basgage to and from the
Hotel free ot charge.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

0ffce Oregon & California Stage Company, B.
G. NHITEnorsE. Agent. 2tf
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
PORTLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.

FE7HE UNDERSIGNED. HAVING PUR-
HSs chased this well known Hotel. arc now pre-
pared 10 offer the travelling public hotter accom-
'no'ations tlan be found elsewhere in the
n5t
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28

The swcetc-t word in our language is
Love. The gratest word in our language
is God. The word expressing the shor
test time is Now The three make the
gteatest and the sweetest duty man can
nerfurn
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
BALTIMORE AND OHIO
Rail Road Company,

WHEELING, November 2oth, ls6s
PASSENGER TRAINS WILL Run
i by the following schedule on and after the
3Oth day of November, Wheeling time
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
General GrnnI.

New YORK, December 2S.-lt is stat
ed that General Grant expressed him
self opposed to turning men out of OF
fee merely for opinions sake. The pur
nose of his administration will be the
faithful performance OF the duties OF
his great office; to see that the laws are
carried ont; that honesty and economy
prevail in the public service, and that
all the officers are capable and efficient
men. If an officer in the public ser
vice has shown a peculiar fitness for
his position aud evidence of his ability
to perform its functions in the highest
degree of excellence and with honesty
of purpose, no matter what his pOliti,
cal opinions may be, it would be i'm
proper TO displace that officer with one
who could at least perform the duties
no better
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, December %.
FLOUR-Unchanged; family, 7 50a
WHEAT-Dull at 76 for No. red.
CORN-Firmer; ear, 67a6Sc; shelled
zoe.
RYE-Closed firmer and in demand al
l IS for No. l; but it is held higher.
OATS-Dull at 60a6lc.
BARLEY-Unchanged and quiet
COTTON Unchanged at 23sc fol
middliDg.
WHISKY-Firma at 90.
HOGS-Firmer; live sold at 10 GOA
10 so; dressed, IL 25al2 90: receipts 12Ot
head.
BULK MEATS-Sides three weeks in
salt, country, sold at 12ic, and shoulders
fully cured at 10 4-10c.
GREEN MEATS-Shoulders l0c; side:
13c, and hams 14ic.
MESS PORK-Country packed sold
at 81 90, and city at % 90.
LARD-PIime kettle lard sold al
17!c and steam at lie, but it is generally
held at &c above these rates. There j:
no consumpJive demand,and speculator:
are timid, though the extreme light re-
ceipts of hogs make some restless, un
der the impression that possibly the
hogs are nearly all in.
BUTTER-Firm at 36a40c for fresh
EGGS-Held at 32a33c.
OILS-Linseed held at l 03, in a
large way; lard, l 45al 80; petroleum
29a30c for refined.
SUGAR-A shade easier.
C0FFEE-Firm at 21a25c.
GOLD-13fc buying.
EXCHANGE-Dull; rates unchanged
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
The I,thmus Canal.

New YORK, December 2S.--The Evening
Post has report that Mr.. Gushing has
been sent to Bogota with full powers
from our Government to close the con-
tract for the canal across the lsthmus,
towards which, it is said, our Govern
ment is ready TO promise a guarantee
of million dollars. Probably a part of
the sum will be needed to make u sur
vey. The Post eoyo that 10 Is asserted
that General Grant has been consulted
about the Panama ship canal aud he
is warmly in favor of the scheme.
1t is said that he thinks
its speedy construction necessary to
preserve our commercial and naval su-
premacy aud our Empire on the Pacific.
IL is rumored that Cushing has been ex-
aiming maps to report apon the most
feasible line for the canal, and that he Is
convinced that the canal must be built
at or very near the line of the present
Panama Railroad, and that the Canal
Company and Railroad Company ought
to De one,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
co,t...;on EcmnIe Poi-oncr

New York, December 25.-ln Sussex
county, New Jersey, a widow named
White made confession just previous
to her death which Mortified the town.
She being member of the Methodist
Church, sent for some of her fellow
members to attend her in her dying
hour, and To them she confessed that
about seven years ago she poisoned her
infant child and that it died: year
afterward she administered poison to
her husbands father and he too died;
later still, On the return of her husband
from the army, she dealt to him also a
fatal poison. The woman had borne 4
good character, and the only reason as
sigued for making this dying confession
was her desire to rid her conscience of
this load of crime prior to her death.
She was perfectly sane mp to the time
of her decease.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
From Chicago.

CHICAGO, December est is expected
that the Washington street tunnel, con
Meeting the southern and western por.
tions of the city, will be opened to The
public on New Years day. The last
brick was laid this morning. The tota'
cost of the tunnel will be S330,000.
The new German Catholic Church in
Omaha was dedicated by Bishop O'Gor.
man on Christmas day.
Otto Christman, a German restaurant
keeper, of Omaha, committed suicide on
Saturday. Cause unknown.
Frank Z. Aiken, manager of Woods
Museum, has leased the new Dearborn
Theatre that was opened two weeks
ago. The actors complain of being
swindled out of their wages by the
bankrupt manager.
Cornelius Brown, u notorious cut
throat and ruffian, was shot dead on Sat
urday by Peter Boyle in saloon in Lee
mont, this county. The Coroner's jury
partially exonerated Boyle, and heavy
bail will not be exacted. The deceased
had resided twice in the State prison.
According to Mayor Kline the popula.
ton of Muscatine, Iowa, is $500, and
the assessed value of the property is
81, 614,053.
About midnight drunken sailo,
named Charles Lawson fell from the
propeller Truesdell, anchored at this
port, and was rescued from the water
insensible. He died within an hour.
Moses Stilson, fifty years of age, got
aboard a train at Cordeva this morn
ing, apparently well, but died from con-
gestion of the brain before the train
reached Port Byron, Illinois.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
From, Memphis.

MEMPHIS, December %. A negro
named Lewis Street, shot another
named Charles Cox, on the Pigeon
Roost road, yesterday, killing him in
staitly. Street was firing a pistol reck'
lessly, and Cox asked him to quit, when
Street tarned and shot him through the
head. He was arrested and lodged in
Jail.
On Christmas day negro named Jno
Bell, murdered and robbed another
named George Briggs, near Bartlett, on
the Memphis & Louisville Railroad
aud thou placed JlIO DUdy tho track
whore it was run over by train. lie
then proceeded to the house of William
Millor, sot his gin house on fire and
concealed himself behind a rose bush
with an axe, and afterwards confessed,
for the purpose of killing Miller when
he came out. He was discovered and
traced in the snow by the citizens, black
and white. and hung to tree.
George X. Rutter, President of the
late Tennessee National Bank, was ar
rested yesterday by an officer from
Nashville, on the charge of embeZzllnG
the school fund of the State to the
amount of near three thousand dollars.
some rich Developments are expected
in connection with the matter involv-
ing officials high in authority. He was
taken to Nashville last night for trial.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-29
washinxian Items.

WASHINGTON, December 2S.-Genera
Grant will leave this city on Wednes
day evening for Baltimore, where ht
will remain until Thursday, and Their
leave for Philadelphia, spending New
Years day in the latter city. While
there General Grant will bethe guest o
Mr.. Albert.
President johnson, it is understood
intends retiring all army officers ovsf
sixty-two years of age, among WON
are Adjutant General Lorenzo Tb,nas,
Paymaster General Bryce and B5gadier
General Philip st. George Co,se.
From information receyed Dy q
member of the committeespPolnteau 1S
the late Convention aJacksoIS
sissippi, to urge befoYCongress Ine au
mission of that Stsss into the Union,
II annears that oSattempt has been
m. Set 10 assa sn ne General Mckee, who
waS eIs,ad 81 the Republicans to
C"ncrsSS F.,m the Fourth District of
Mississipff ,;,..oh.
my NATCHEZ, December q.
nj. Hewitt and others attempted last
,seit to assassinate General Mckee on
fSe steamboat Robert L. Lee. Mckee
was slightly wounded, and Hewitt Sc
verely wounded. General Dudley, mill
tary commander of the post. is investi-
eating the matter.
(Signed,) MORGAN.
Senator Morton is preparing a reply
to certain newspapers which have as
sailed his recent speech.
Other Congressman are preparing
speeches on financial questions, among
them General Butler, who will oppose
resumption of specie payment.