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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09

THE DROPPING EARS OF ANIMALs.-Oarwin ;,
in his work on the domestication of animals,
presents these curious facts, or speculations
whichever they may be.
Our domestcated quadrupeds are all de-
scended, so far as Is known, from species hav-
ing erect ears; yet few kinds can be named,
of which of least one race has not dropping
ears. Cats in China, horses in parts of Rus
sia, sheep In Italy and elsew here, the guinea
pig in Germany, goats and cattle in India,
rabbits, pigs, and dogs in all civilized coun-
tries, have dependent ears. With wild ami
mails, which constantly use their ears like
tunnels to catch every passing sound, and
especially to ascertain the direction whence
it comes, there is not any species with droop-
ing ears except the elephant. Hence the
inca pacity to erect the ears is certainly in
some manner the result of domestication; and
tins incapacity has been attributed by various
authors to disuse, for animals protected by
man are not com pelled habtually to use their
ears. Col. Hamilton Smith states that in an
cient efhgies of thedog, 81 with the exception
of one Egyptian instance, no sculpture of the
eiriy Greclan ear produces representations of
hounds with completely dropping ears those
with them halt pendulous are missing in the
most ancient, and this character increases
by degrees in the works of the Roman peri
cd. =" Gordon has also remarked that !. pigs
of the ancient Egyptians had not their ears
enlarged and pendent But it is remarkable
that the dropping of the ears, though proba
/ bly, the effect of disuse, is not accompanied
/ by any decrease size on the contrary,
when We remember that animals so different
as fancy rabbits, certain India breeds of the
goat, our petted spanels, blood-hounds, and
other dogs, have enormously elongated ears
it would appear if disuse actually caused
an increa in length. With rabbits, the
dropping of the much elongated ears ha.
affected even the structure of the skull
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09
MEDICAL.
II UGH U.
(From Dispensatory of the United STATE,
D1OonA CRENAIA. BUCHU IFAVro

DloSMA CRENATA. BUCHU LEAVES
PkoPERIlES.-Their odor lie strong diG,sivs -
somewhat aromatic, their taste bittersh and ana aug
MEDICAL PROPERTIES AND UsEs.-Bu,bn
Urinary Organs. =" III
They are given in complaints of the Urinary o,.,-
snch as Gravel Chronic Catarrh of the Bladder Mon
Irritation of the Bladder and Urhera Diseass :. pa,
Prostate Gland and Retention Incontinenre If ne
from loss OF tone IN the parts in its
dttoh- rs remedy has also been recommended in n,
Pepsia, Chronic rheumatism, CuIaneous Affection. ~.
HELMBoLp,i EXTRACT BucHu is used by Persons firm
the ages eft IL to 25 and frem 35 S. in the dei
or change of life; after Confinement or Labor P
Bed-Wetting in Children. Aus
IN AFFECTIONS PECULIAR To FEMALES
Extract Bucbu is unequal ed by any other ren,el ue
Chlorosis or Retention Irreguarity. Painfalpe.s
preston of Customary Excavations, liberated or sctY
rogs state OF the Uterus Ieucorrhea Winter '
DISEASE OF THE BLADDER, KIDNEYS en-,
VEL AND DROPSICAL SWELLINGS.-This ~
cine increases the power of Digestion and s,c,,
Calcerous dispositions and all TInnaturaI aefy y
are reduced, as well as Pain and infammatisn
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU has c,,.5
of DIABETES in which IT has been given 5 'sF
Of the Meek If the Bladdsr and Isaqepgt,,
RIdnfps Liberation of the RIdness and Bift q ~
Of Urine, Diseases Of the PROSTATE Cana San. ..'
Bladder, Calculus GraUe Br Ok Dust DEPOSIT a15 ~
both Sores, attended with the following syului,1.- i
position To eXertion, Loss of Power, Loss of Ner.
of Disease, Wakeiulness, DimnesS ~ ~
IN the Back, Hot Hands, Flushing B,d, Dr..
Of the Skin. Eruption the Face, Palnd CaIr--r.-
Universal Lassitude Of the Muscular system e.
HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCuT ,Sn,
URTIC AND BLOOD-PURIFYIEG
And cures II Diseases Using from Habits II DS,,t
Excuses and Imprudences IN Lie Impurities AT
the Blood &c, supers edng Copsiba IN aztec
tions for which : use
GONORR6EA CLIENTS OF long Standing
SYPHILITIC AFFECTIOkS-in these c.se,,as
used in connection with HELMBOLD'S ROSE WASH
SOLD AT
&c z-SsEs 1E.ss-
DRUG AND CHEMICAL WAREHOISE
los BROADWAY.
Aud by Druggists everywhere.
ASK FOR
HELM BOLD'S.
Take IN other
Beware OF CoElntrrfeitS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09

How TO FIT COLLARS TO HoRsEs' SHoUL-
DERs. 1t is very important to have collar
fit nicely and snugly to the shoulders of the
horse. 1t enables him to work with great
deal more ease, and to apply s-eae deal
more strength. 1t prevents CALLING and
wounding, as the friction is avoided Col
lars are SO made, or should be so made, as to
throw the chief force on the lower part of the
shoulders. The horse apply but little
strength on the upper part, and for this rea-
son breast collars are coming greatly into
vogue ; as the strength is exerted on the low
er part of the shoulders. But we started out
to tell our readers how to make new col
lar fit the shoulder of the horse. The collar
should be purchased of the proper size.
They are usually too large. If obtained of
the proper size, just before putting it on the
first time, immense it in water, letting it re-
main about minute, and Immediately put
it on the horse, being careful to have the
names so adjusted at the top and bottom as
to fit the shoulder. and then put the horse to
work The collar, by being wet, will adapt
itself to the shoulder, and should dry on the
horse. When taken off, it should be left in
the same shape it occupied on the horse, and
ever after you will have snug fitting collar
and no wounds. Valley Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09
Vegetable SiciIian Hair Remover

Has stood the test of screen gears
b,-0!.c tire public; and no llfcpGr-
,fsi0u for the hair has net been DIS
rorcs.ed that tCiU produce the same
5-rs3c5iciQI results. l. is an entirety
fset- scientific discovery. con!bfh-
ing many OF the most P0tceiI az GL.d
4'eStoPHfiye agents an the Y1CE !
ABLE KINGDOM. III restores GREY
HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL YOUTH
FuL COLOR. 1t nudes The Scfifp
sfisife and CieGJt; cares @@5i;tFHI
fFHd HuH9OrS, ana falling ont OF
The hair: ana 'r'tt H'"'tt q gF""
tte3on bfsFd heads. e.rccpt az rcrV
cffyed persons. as Il furnishes the
lslttYifiCc DTiHcjDte bU 5rh5cH the
heir is nOUrished ana $"ppoffed
1t makes the hair moist sou. ana
fTFOSsy. and az unsurpassed as a
HtPR DIR ESSTN 1t is the
cheapest Drep0fdtt0n cceF 0UeFe"
to the DybIic. as one bottle 1c{tt 0c-
r0!nDFiSh more and last t0ngcf'
than three bottles Of any other
preparations
nc Is recommended GItst ftSeI or
the First Medical Authority.
The IL O,HesT3tf results }IF0ducett
buOltg. S5ciIiIlt Hair iee;tetCer hare
induced many to m0lthI0ctHfe
preparations FOR the HUt!'. uI@deF
rGFiO3TS names: GAd- ga 0F6eF 20
induce tie trade and the lluOttc to
purchase their contp0UttdS, H'eI
hare i.cSOTtcd to J0{Seit0Od, bB
claiming they acre former part
l,egS. 81. had some connection 'cit'f
of1. III. TIdU. amt their pFepGFd-
ZION 3fGS Sil3aiEdy. to oars. DO not
be deceived by them. Purchase the
ORIGINAL: Il has mere. get been
cqHalicF. orr Treatise on TIE
Hair. arjth certificates, sent free
G9r mail. See that each bottle h"1
0ut, l3.iC0te ReCeRUe Stamp 0tef
tie top of the bottle. III Others
are limitations.
R.P. Hall & Co., Props, Nashua, MI.
,, T,..--... 81 Tl.,I.-s a., Igs.Ij-i7s
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09
CANCERS!
Kinks Organ School.

CAREFULLY REVISED wi the GERMAN 81
RECTIONS AND TERMS Translated into English
and the Pedal Part ritten Separate Staff TIE
whole edited by w. T. BEST. A and valuab.
edition of the thorough and systematic System
for the formation OF style Of
playing, and the mastery OF the instrument in all ia
varied Price, in SIX Parts, each 81 80 il
one Vol, CT. $500. Mailed, postpaid. OLIVER
DITSON & CO.. Publishers, Boston. c. H. nIrS0N
CO. New York.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09
THE EYE! THE EYE;

DIR. f. KNIGHT has discovered a
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which ne IL curing some of the worst cases
= 49, of BLINDNESS and Deafness ever known with
out inst ents pain.
CANCEKS.
DR. K,IGsr's new treatment for Cancers surpassts
all others in Ii cures without knife, pastr
pain and he ais without Every ind of disea
treated it'll great Humors OF every kind erat
icated from the system No charge for oonsutatioO.
Office, 259 Y fremont Street. ROsfon. T20n6
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09

To Holders Of Government Bonds
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-09-09

Sold By aN Druggists and D<dier' in Ned
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The Legal-Ten6er Act.

We do not think the Supreme Court will
decide adversely the question of the consti-
tutionality of this law so long as there is a
probability of great trouble growing out of
their decision, or go long as the difference
between gold and paper is anything like it
now is. Their decision will probably be
postponed from time to time until gold and
paper are nearly of the same value, when
their decision, if against the constitutional
ity of the act, will occasion no inconve-
nience.
The fact is, the country has so frequently
legalized the suspension Of specie payments,
and during that suspension has so persist
emily protected debtors against the demands
of creditors to pay in gold that the "pub-
lie necessity" seemed to be substituted for
law. The Supreme Court may not be will
ling to set aside the Constitution by making
decision against their own convictions
but they can respect the "public necessi-
ty," and forbear to disturb the public order
and steady course of commerce by post
poning their decision.
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The Good and the Bad.

There is never word said about the
vulgar and greedy men who come here sim
ply to prey upon these Virginia people
while denouncing them as "rebels," but
the attempt is made to screen these "vul-
gar and greedy men" by chasing them
with all northern men! There could be no
greater outrage committed upon those very
good citizens who have come here from va
rious northern States to cast their lot with
us, and who have contributed 80 much by
their energy and talents to the promotion
of the general prosperity Of the country.
These persons did not come here to make
ofice-holding business; they were not
drummed up by recruiting officer to come
down here and take all the Offices held by
"rebels ito eat up the substance of q
people while they illuminated them most
Wiley and atrociously. No, no; they were
quite another sort of people, those good
and useful men to whom we allude.
They will not take it as a COM
pliment at all-indeed, they could hard
ly be more offended than by being
placed in the category with PORTER,
PLArT, MADDOX, CuRTIss, WILLIAMSON,
WHITE, aud their like. We have ever
welcomed the worthy and enterprising
men who came from the North with the in
tention of improving their fortunes and
sharing ours. We wish they would come
by hundreds at this time; they would be
welcomed by everybody. But the men
the undeserving and incompetent men
who come here to get Office by fraud and
lying, and by unsettling the security and
disturbing the business Of the country,
they are, as they ought to be, execrated on
every hand.
We will not be misunderstood on this
point. We have no idea Of mixing up the
horse-droppings with the apples!
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One-siled investigations.


The Congress of the United States is very
active in hunting for frauds and outrages.
It sends out its committees to see to it that
frauds shall not 60 unsxposed, and their
perpetrators shall not 60 unpunished. Its
investigations may we'll remind US OF the
old gentleman who, thinking that he
I" smelt something burning" ran about
with his candle until, his head growing
little hot, he discovered that his own night
cap was on fire! :,
The investigations Of that body are all
one-sided. The prisons Of the Southern
Confederacy were thoroughly investigated,
and never passing glance given to Federal
prisons, whose cruelties, as we believe, far
excelled the worst prscticed in those of the
South. Poor WIRz was hung, when he
really committed not one 1.-THE Of the severl-
ties practiced in northern prisons upon
southern soldiers. There have been one
sided investigations upon erpdrte testimony
of the condition of affairs in the southern
states, anu Oue-slucu Ah'Sos6"'AoAo
many other things, including the impeach-
ment and the alleged bribery in that case.
And Just now we have the investigation to
ascertain whether Maryland-a sovereign
State, never out of the Union-has re-
publican constitution or not and another
to ascertain the extent of frauds in the New
York elections.
1t is one of the party strategies OF the
Radicals to keep up the sensation about the
crimes of those opposed to them as the best
means of divertipg public attention from
their own offences. They are less inclined
to rest their claims upon their own merits
than upon the alleged dement's of others,
and they display o very great art in exag-
gcrating these. Testimony is ingeniously
solicited, and cunningly collated to suit the
object in view. The record is not unneces-
sarily numbered with testimony that does
not help them, and that which does is ar
tistically touched up, to give itgreater effect.
In after times, if the records of these smart
Investigations are preserved, as they should
be, they will be objects of great curiosity
and evidences of cunning and tact that
will be pronounced ahead of anything in
history in that line.
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DIED.

In Prince George county Va on the i RIr N
slant In the eeventy-6fth year OF his age fItIl-
S nRn'n n ssNXaY. a native OF New York and
res, don't Of this city for upwards of MY years
His friends and acqnantances and those Oh ,I ne
family. are requested to attend his funeral THIS
(Friday) AT rERNOON ut O'Clock from ~.
Johns church.
On the 18th instant of diphtheria, CHARLOTTE ,rs
STEWARD, only daughter OF V. VI Il. anu 1nl,.s
Fl. Branch, aged fourteen months anu o'A'''
days. r1rrs Az
The funeral services viii take place IhlS Na
TERNOON Mt q O'Clock from their residence. TO-
2os Cary street The friends OF the family are In
vitcd to attend.
Atthe residence Of her parents. Hanover county,
va FRIDAY December IL. of diphther1a, ALiS "a
WESLEY. second daughter of Robert =. ana s Oh,
rah Z. Davis, aged one year, i've months ahu
twenty four days.
hid them not for Of such Is the kingdom OF nsa-
ven"
At his residence on the 18th instant, after long
illness, ALEXANDER DUVAL, in the sixty
sixth year Of his age. G. Iomes
church THIS friday MORNING at y O'Clock.
The friends of the family are invited to attend
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18

UNDERWOOD THE FooL.-The extraordi-
nary conduct of Judge Underwood in open
ing the prison doors to all convicts in Vir.
ginia has at last attracted the attention of
Congress, and the resolution of Senator Will
liams, of Oregon, was adopted, directing the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary to in
quire if there be no way to arrest such a
proceeding and it is understood the COM
mittee will act promptly in the premises.
1t was declared by Senator Williams to be
the first instance ever known where the &C
ton Of court de faCto was set aside,
and criminals, regularly convicted, turned
loose upon a community simply because the
officer presiding was ascertained to be not
q judge de jare. The proceedings of Judge
Underwood are universally condemned here
by all PARTIES Washington Letter in Bal
tinlore Gazette.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18

A MONSTER ON THE BENCH-To WHAT
ARE WE COMING ?-The State of Virginia is
cursed with carpet-bag judge of the
United States district court by the name of
Underwood, who distinguished himself in
the very outset of his Judicial career by
an infamous and incendiary partisan
speech from the bench. We will not stop
to comment upon the stupidity of judicial
ass who, from the bench, can declare null
and void, and absolutely set aside, the So
lemn adjudications of a court because of
the alleged disqualification of clerk or a
sheriff.-Knoruille Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18

The JUDICIAL Ass UNDERwooD.-The
" fantastic tricks of Judge Underwood are
in imminent danger of being brought to an
inglorious termination. Some regard for
the welfare of society, and the peace and
good order of the much-maligned people of
Virginia, has awakened in the breast of q
prominent Radical senator desire to look
after the mad pranks of this celebrated
"jurist." Judge Williams has felt it in
cumbent on him to offer q resolution in
structing the Senate Judiciary Committee
to inquire into the propriety of such legis-
lation as will prevent the turning loose the
felons of Virginia. Mr.. Williams charac-
terized the decision of Judge Underwood as
extraordinary, which was too much for
some of his Radical associates to stomach,
and at their request he consented to that
term being stricken from his resolution,
although he emphatically stated that he
could but regard the decisions to which he
had alluded as most extraordinary
Washington Letter in Sun.
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done before. Ia sompu,ha. ,nexrIIcable: but we
! know enough Of the spirit OF hmsr.ean ,e em
terprise to assume that there must nave oeo'
good reason" D
The circular goes on to say:
uRn, ho,y hail we estimate the value of d.
rect communication Putting grain and hour
| an one si6e' which can i'll afford any overland
| freight let rs take instances OF tnose H,sieiee
| which cannot. One OF two Will suihce
In England the production of fodder is
decreasing rapidly, and the people there
are stall-feeding their cattle. At the date
of his circular the author says:
"I am handling eight Thousand four hum
dred bales of East Indian compressed hay,
from Bombay (some six teen thousand miles,"
Now, the quality of this is much inferior
to American, and the fields Of the South
| and West are only four thousand to five
thousand miles away. To dispatch hay
from St. Louis, for instance, via New York
to Liverpool, would cost "a per ton on on
article worth f5; whereas less than one
belt would bring it by direct route, and
enable the shippers to compete with the
world. And the writer gives this further
hint-that all that goes to England from
America arrives uncut, and accordingly at
proportionately costly freight; whereas
if chopped it would cost less.
Speaking of another article (starch), the
writer says:
nStarch Is produced wherever corn abonnds,
and direct communication will be 4 golden
opportunity for the manufacturers OF the
South and West. 1t is not wanted packed IN
papers, neither will it he taken powdered :
but in genuine crystals. loose In barrels lned
with paper"
And he adds
owe have an outlet for thousands upon
thousands of barrels at f27 los. to 93o per
ton"
The writer enumerates q great many
other articles, but we have quoted enough
to show the interest felt in the object for
which the Bristol and Norfolk Conventions
we're convened, and in which our OWN
Chamber of Commerce is taking SO active
no rf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18
The Senate on Underwood.

The following is a report of the entire
debate:
Mr.. WILLIAMS offered resolution in
structing the Judiciary Committee to in
ouire into the practicability and expediency
of some immediate legislation to prevent
the discharge of persons convicted Of crimes
by the extraordinary decisions of the
United States District Judge of Virginia.
Mr.. FERRY moved to strike out the word
extraordinary" He knew little about
Judge Underwood's decisions, and therefore
he was not willing to vote for q resolution
rejecting upon them.
Mr.. HOWARD inquired what there was
extraordinary in those decisions.
Mr.. WILLIAMS said that he understood
the Judge to have decided, that because
certain Judges Of local courts in Virginia
were not judges de jotre, being disqualified
by the fourteenth amendment, their acts
as Judges de facto in criminal cases were
void, and therefore that persons convicted
before them should be discharged; and he
was informed that several such convicted
criminals had been discharged.
Mr.. HOWARD said that Judge Under
woods decisions, then, seemed to involve a
very grave question, in regard to which
there was much difference of opinion-the
question of the validity of the fourteenth
amendment-and he suggested, therefore,
that the resolution be modified go as to di-
rect an inquiry without characterizing the
decisions.
Mr.. WILLIAMS said he was willing to so
moiify it; but he did not think that in its
original form it necessarily reflected on the
Judge and as to the use of the word eek
traordinary," the extraordinary character
of the decisions was the only reason for
calling the attention of the Judiciary Com
mittee to them at all.
The amendment was adopted, and the re-
solution was then nassed
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18
Direct Trade.

The subject Of direct trade, which now
30 much engages the attention of the peo-
pie OF Virginia and other southern States,
and which, through the resolutions Of the
Louisville Board Of Trade, was brought SO
prominently before the recent meeting Of
the National Board Of Trade at Cincinnati.
seems to create much interest in England
in Liverpool especially. The publisher of
valuable commercial circular in that CITY
ia his issue of the I'd instant says:
We are informed In England from high
authority in the West. that vessels will shortly
thread their way from St. Louis to Great Bri.
tain and other European States DIRECT. Why
this is to be done noD, and why II has not been
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18
The weekly Dispatch.

The Essss for to day Is the best yet issued.
It's acricsifnrai Depart ment is replete with va.
r.ety sns lbssfsst for the farmer, including the
procecdsl,S Is OF the State Agricultural Society.
Iscon tains, further, all important matters in
the proceedings Of Congress; all the political
events and on dts of the capital, from our
well-informed correspondents; all the new
OF the week, foreign and domestic aeeoun''
Of startling events "a Huge sen
nance of Hash factor with other en-"
tanning miscellany; editorials; ana i"'' ~
ports of the markets.
Price at the counter, per copy hSe eeh'S'
per annum two dollars
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-12-18
MILLINERY, &c.
DIsTINGUIsHED ARRIVAL OF 20

DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL OF, -
DNEW MILLINERY AND FANCY e#S23aa
GOODS, embracing all the novelties Of the ~
PLnsHES yELVETEENa KID GLOVES
DRESS TRIMMINGS OF all kinds, FHRa
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, sATINS s1LkS and
GOODS. at Mrs. 5. L. CAHEN's, formerly Mrs
3, Deraelman. No. 4e1 Broad street. SO
N. Blades wishing to make their own bon
nets can be furnished with materials OF all kinds
and all necessary information given. Her flowers
and feathers are Of the most exquisite quality. A
call from the ladies s most respectfully solicited
so that they can Judge for themselves.
Country and city orders promptly executed.
Closed every SATURDAY. nos
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MARRIED,

At Edgcwood on the 10th, by Rev. A. D. Pol,
Mis- MARGARET, daughter OF DR.. Walter Som
erville, OF Culpeper county.
On the 9Th instant. by the Rev. Thomas HORTON,
Mr. ROBERT z. CLARK. formerly OF Lvneu-
burg county, 90 Miss MOLLIE l.. >. fAHAsA ~
nr go county. Va