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Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-22
MvOEsViiEEI:N RAILROAD.
WINTER ARRAN GEM EN- r-1S68-9.
On and after Dee, 1868, Passenger Trains viii

WINTER ARRANGEMEl I-lS0S-9.
On and after Dec, 1868, Passenger Trains will
run as follows:
UPwAEp TEAINs.
Day Express Train leaves Concord nj "10.35 a.
M. for White River Junction, connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington, Rouse's Point
Montreal, &C., and with Ogdensburgh and Grand
Trunk Railroads, for the West.
Accommodation Train leaves Concord at SIC. 40
Il. M, for White River Junction. connecting with
train for Wells River,St. Johnsbury, Barton, New
port, Willoughby and Magog Lakes, Stanstead
for Montpelier, Burlington, 1t. Adams, Rousc's
Point, Montreal, Ogdensburgh, and the West.
Bristol Train leaves Concord ut 1927 2. M, for
Franklin and Bristol.
Evening Express Train leaves Concord at 8 30
p M, for White River Junction, connecting with
trains for Montpelier, Burlington, st. Adams,
Rousc's Point, Montreal, Ogdensburgli, and the
West.
*Or on arrival Of trains from Boston, Worcester,
Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS.
Morning Express Train leaves White nivei
Junction for Concord at LIT a. m, or on arrival
of train from Ogdensburgh and Montreal. On
Mondays at Gas instead of l.2O.
Bristol Train leaves Bristol for Concord at
80 a. M, and Franklin at 900 a. II.
Mail Train leaves White liyor Junction for
Concord at 1920 p. M, or on arrival OF trains
over the Vermont Central, passumpsic, and
White Mountains Railroads.
Day Express Train leaves White River juno
ton at $50 p. M, or on arrival of trains from
Montreal and OSdensburgh, Brattleboro, keene,
Bellows Falls, Windsor, &c, connecting at Con-
cord with train for Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston.
for Manchester Lawrence, Portsmouth, Port.
! land, Nashua, Worcester, New York, Lowell, and
! Boston, ONSLOW STEARNS, Agent.
| Concord. n. H. Dec. /. 1868. WITT.
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JUST RECEIVED
WELDEN SPRING WATER

Water from Weldon Spring, st. Adams, Yer
Scrofua Cancer, and all diseases of the skin
and also for Dyspepsia. Kidney and Liver Com
plants, General Debility, &C., Re, is now for
sale, at wholesale and retail, at 21S Washington
ing an analysis Of the Water, with certificates
from physicians and others, testifying to it's
beneficial effects in numerous cases where it has
been tried.
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MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK,

NENCNANTs NAT1ONAL BANk,
% state Street, Boston, Oct 7. 1868,
L. s. GOODWIN, Esq, Agent Weldon Spring
Water.
DEAR SIR ! write to acknowledge the bene-
fit | have received from the Weldon Spring
Water. have been troubled with Disease of
the Kidneys for many years. l have consulted
some of the beet physicians in the country and
received no relief. Some few months since l
was recommended to try the Weldon Spring
Water. / had not taken it long before / was
surprised to- see how much good it had done me.
Since then l always keep it i'll my room and sell
dom drink any other water, knowing eventually
it will cure me. ASH am anxious that others
should be benefited by my experience, cheer
fully recommend it to all suffering with the
same disease, Respectfully,
j. j. MAY.
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ID UTLAND AND BURLINGTON AND VT
~ VALLEY RAILROAD.
On and after Dec. Cd, 1867, trains will run
as follows, viz:
MOVING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Burlington at $50 a. M, 1885 p IN. $3.50
9;45 p. m. Arrive at Rutland at II :25 a. m. Ale
p. m. 800 q. m. 1850 a. m.
Leave Rutland at 400 a. m, 1900 m. Arrive
Bellows Falls at TAO and 220 p. M, 4 1925 a.
Leave Bellows Falls at $50 a. m, 225 p. m.
$3.50 Il m. Arrive at Brattieboro at 800 q. M,
1920 p. m, 1927 4. m.
MOVING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Brattleboro' at Loo a. M, l;l5 {, $500 =.
IN. Arrive at Bellows Falls at 1900 4. M, and
$40 and 9:55 p. m.
Leave Bellows Falls at 1926 p. M, $40 p. IN.
1890 p. M Arrive at Rutland At $40 p. H.,
900 p. IN. 1885 II. m.
Leave Rutlandat coo II. H., 100 p. ~, 500
p. IN. l:30 4. IN. Arrive at Burlington at $40 a.
M. 1925 p. m, and G.l5 p. N. AS a. m.
TRAINS CONNECT AS FOLLOWS:
Ga At Burlington with Boats on Lake Cham
plain and Vermont Central and Vermont and
Canada Railroads, for Montpelier, st. Adams,
Rousos Point Montreal, OSdensburgh, and the
West. At Rutland with trains for Troy, Albany
and New York, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady,
and the West. AT Bellows Falls with trains on
Lowell, and Boston. With Vt. Valley Railroad
for Brattloboro', Springfield Hartford, New Ha-
ven, and New York-and with Sullivan Railroad
for Windsor White River Junction. Wells River
st. Johnsbury, Newport, Littieton, and the
White Mountains.
Passengers for the West will iinl llis cheap
pleasant, and expeditions route.
FOR TICKETS, and all necessary information
enquire at the Offices on the line.
W.T.. GEO. A. MERRILL Supt.
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We Challenge the World,
fB>

THE subscribers having removed lhcir place
4 of businesses to Foundry street, would re
specially state to the citizens of 81; Adams and
vicinity, That they are thankful for past fayors
conferred upon them, and are now prepared to
do ALI iSinds Of worA III shcir linc Of BUSH
n"ss, and respectfully ask continuance Of their
patronage.
y. Il. Particular attention paid to oycrrcach-
Ing and interfering horses aud .ure cure VAR
rutcI or no pay repaired Lame horses of all
kinds cured it there is amy cure in them.
t. j.. WOOD co.
"2ll-ly Foundry street
L. l.. NouD. q. A. ", WOOD.
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From Francis B. Dixon, Esq, Counselor at
Law and Average Adjuster, Boston,]
II MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
Boston, October g. 1868. I
Il. S. GOODWIN.

DEAR SIR 1 checrfully comply with your re-
quest to give my candid opinion Of the merits
OF inc M sn SprihS water, Ier some years
ing exhausted patent medicines and the pre-
scriptions Of many physicians, was advised to
try the Weldon Spring Water. / found by talk
ing glass Of the water before meals it acts as
4 tonic and general regulator of the system, and
enables me to eat any kind of food without in
convenience. The only eYidence | can give of
my appreciation of its virtues is recommends
ton to every one suffering from Dyspepsia to
try it.
Yours truly, FRANK Il. DIXON.
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rate with reverses encountered in 1s67 aud ISIS.
Thirtyfve cent cotton iOld basis Of crop Of 1865
should in all fairness have brought 81 O5, 80 cent
cotton 81 40, and S? cent cotton 81 30. We see
sea island quoted in Savannah from ii to CO cents
In currency, Which means, at even the present
price Of gold, 2s To IS cents. and this In the face
OF only half crop being made.
This leaves MS 10 alternative hut 20 go into q
staple tha, VIC can spli when we maze it, and
make at lower cost.
The notion that we cannot raise uplands OIL the
const, md do II successfully, Is only q notion.
One planter OIL the coast had given UP sea islands
entirely and planted for several years before the
war his whole crop in uplands, though he had
been raising the finest varieties Of sea slord with
fully rs much success M his nelghbors.
propose to show I'm another article what
amount OF upland We may reasonably expect tu
make in comparison with sea islands.
In conclusion, cannot estimate tho average
loss from worm In normal seasons Mt over thirty
per cent, IL so much, and, upon this basis, put
the sea island crop ofthc present year at 600 10
1000 bales. JOHN W. X. PoPE.
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TO THE EDITOR OF TIE NEWS.

nm convinced that there is more injury at
tributed to the cotton worm than actually accrucs
from it. propose to show this. IL IL not DC
MED that when the crops are retarded In growth
by extraordinary yicssltudes of season. so that
the lruiting is postponed to q late period Of the
year and the whole crop put In jeopardy OF the
worm, great havoc mny be committed and nearly
oil II not the whole crop bc eaten up. These extra
ordinary seasons are, however, entirely eXccp-
tiona, 30 that we may not base any calculations
upon them. IL cannot he denied by an expert.
enccd planter that much loss Is sttrbuted to the
worm which is sure TO accrue in most seasons
from the natural contingencies arising outside OF
the depredations Of this insect. We see dev0ured
what acems OF such far promise that We at once
conclude that every pod eaten Is so much actual
loss, when the truth is VIC are bound TO suffer at
least twenty per cent. loss Of this fruit from tho
green bcli 10 the housed cotton.
Now let us see what crops have been made during
the last three years. and compare them with slave
grown crops and the uplands for the same years.
think the results arc truly surprising, when
we consider that these crops have been made un.
der tho most unpropitous circumstances that ever
hedged round human effort.
The crop OF 1893, raised In spite OF freezing
spring, floods and rayaging worms, reached
1850 baes; the crop Of 1857, under scarcely In
fcrlor circumstances, reached 2o,4s7 bales; the
crop Of 1860, In fair ordinary seaaon, got in
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lrRoM THE ASSOCIATED rnEss.l

WASHINGTON, EOvemher16.
The collector of the port of Charleston has
been authorized to increase the force at the
Customhousc, owing to the increasing trade at
that port.
The condition OF the Southern banks on the
9th OF October was az follows:
OF Virginia, the resources werc loans and dis.
counts, s+o0O,ooo; bonds, s2,5o0,0o0; due from
other banks S125, 900; specie, $73 OGO Liabilities
kcaptal nearly s2,125oo0; profits, s33l 900; notes
outstanding, s2Goo,ooo; deposits, over sl75,oe0;
due other banks, nearly s125,ooo
North Carollna-Rcsources: loans I'D discounts
nearly s1,50o, 600; Federal bonds nearly $780, 600;
due from other banks nearly $25Oooe; bills Of
other banks s7o,o0o specie $4,000; legal-tcndcr
notes nearly $250,OO0. Liabilitics-capltal near
81 ,ooo, 900; profits $155, 600; notes outstanding
$s7s,ooo; deposits s1,6OO,oOo; due to other banks
$4,000.
South Carolna-Rcsources: loans and discounts,
nearly $l,6oo,Goo; bonds, over $3.50 ZOO; due from
other banks, 100000; bills OF other banks, $780,
600; specie, $4,000; liabilities for capital, over
$l25,ooo; profits, 100000; bank notes outstand.
ing, s1sl 0e0 deposits, ST. 600 G00 due other banks
$173,eoo.
Georgia-Resources: loans and discounts SO $50
600; bonds, over 900; due from other banks
*s4s,ooo; bills of other banks, sloo,ooo; specie,
$500, ,oOo legal tenders, $500 oO0 Liabilities
capital, s1,5eo,ooo; profits, s3ls,O00; notes out
standing, sl,coo,o6o; deposits, nearly ST. 75o 600;
duo other banks $500, 900.
!, Alabama = Resources: loans and discounts.
: s2',vo; bonds, s31l 900; due from other banks,
iif,eoo; .necle 1900; legal tenders, sl14, ,0Oo
i,aeiihies-capital, 100000; profits, ss0,ooo dc.
3 rests ever s25o,ooo; due from other banks $4,000;
hank n"tr5 outstanding, over $3.50, 200.
TcSas-Resources: loans and discounts, nearly
ftGp'S0; bonds, nearly $250,ooo; due from other
"anS. il15,ooo; bills OF other banks, s3Oo, 600;
sIec,c, $4,000; legal tenders, $7o 600. Liabilities
capital over $780, 900; profits, $3.50, 1000; notes ont
(, sta Ing $685. 600; deposits, s6ss0o0 due other
'e@lnis s53,OO0
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mixed up the agricultural fair the ,lcfca. OF the
Democracy everywhere, AMI General lIago0Ls
speech. lie assured his friends that they need
not labor under any fear OF the Chinese labor.
crs-they wound not come here from the rich
slopes OF California because If they do work wcli
they must br paid murc than the South can pay.
CThc coming OF the Chinese is u sore subject with
these Itndieas; pan iicuarly such as whiitcmorc.)
lie does not believe they will come.
lie took up the land question, and upon the
mention OF land his audience frightened up.
They Thought hc about to measure or forty
acres 10 each. y visible cnlivcnng OF Tie fca.
lures all round might have been perceived for -
moment; but when they found out that he was
talking only about the lands which the state has
to sell to them, II was nnglIablc to see the effect.
They had previously found out something about
the manner In which the lands purchased for the
State by the Land Commissioner nre mauipua-
ted: They came to listen TO the braying of that
mule, ana TO receive patent for forty acres, no
more, no less. l,ut when the Reverend Divine
announced the startling fact that, II they ever
expected 10 own amy land, they must buy II and
pay for it, the remainder Of the speech had very
little elect upon them, Notwithstanding his fine
quotations from Scott, Cowpcr, hurestied, Mont
gomrry, aud others.
sent;Itlre's oratorcal display, aud quite dsap-
pointed in their expectations OIL the land qucs.
tlon, dispersed.
whittemorc las good lungs. lie woul,l no in
valuable In large hOg.rangc, where the lroycs
nre far scattered. lie could collect them without
the use OF q horn. He il Inscriptions, however,
as TO the means by which lie can accomplish his
Object. He had the audacity to tell the negroes
the cause lay with the farmers who lid not deal
fairly with thcm-that they were not paid sum.
Client for their labor-and that when the farmers
learned the golden rule OF loing to othcrs,n &C..
all cause for stealing would be removed. lie
desired to impress OIL their minds that although
he was not often among thcm hc was still guard.
ing their interests. The poor dupes are beginning
to learn something. They Will soon have their
eyes open. They are heard TO express wishes for
six dollars per day for themselves, and arc hegn-
ming TO think OF their own ability spend six dol
lars day, as well as to allow u CARPET -bagger TO
snenL ii for them. Iney are tired OF the promises
which arc made TO the ear only to be broken TO
the hope. "Follow your lcader'' will very shortly
fall Oh their ears without u response from
tuen. so mote II lie. DELTA.
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EUROPE.
A Majestic Manifesto-N a poleon not
Alarmed.

A Majestic Manifesto-N a p oil on not
Alarmed.
PARIS November 16.
Twcnty-cight opposition deputies have is
sued manifesto demanding the right OF the pso.
pie to govern themselves. They will use neacelul
means unless an attempt is made to silence them
by force.
The manifesto concludes: "Thc elective princi-
pie Is the only one which will stand through all
revolutions and must be the base of free institu-
lions, but kept clear from monarchial com.
promises and the Violence OF dcmagoguesr
The Emperor aband0ns the idea OF change Of
ministry until after the meeting OF the Corps,
when he will select man capable OF command
ing the support OF the majority OF the Corps
Rochefort's election Is certain. Troops are quietly
concentrated in Paris. Prospects Of disorder are
exceedingly remote.
Baron werther, the new Prusslan Minister, was
presented to Napoleon. Mutual expressions Of
peace and good will were exchanged
a Now Triple Alliance.
Sr. PETERsDUR0 November 16.
A treaty Is projected for an alliance, defcn-
sive and Offensive, between France, Austria and
Russia, TO continue three years, each party to
maintain certain standing armies.
MIR. Peabody's Remains.
LONDON, November 10.
The English ship Monarch will bring Peabody v ,s
remains home, attended by American vessels
Several French vessels will join the funeral
1eet
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Thomas j. Durant has not been rendered the
Circuit Judgcshlp of Louisiana and Texas. ue
never applied for the onlcc
The Supreme Cour; refused to enter the resolu.
lions OF the bar In regard to Hon. Robert J..
walker or the minutes of the court.
Judge Dtnt viii be In Jackson on Sunday and
reopen the Mississippi canvass on Monday Tic
has received additional assurances from General
Ames' supcfors OF q fair election.
The first annual fair of the Cape Fair Apricul.
tural Association opened Mt Wilmington, n. c.,
yesterday under favorable auspices-the numDcr
or Visitors wa. larger than expected the first
iay. The fairpromiscs to be SUCCESS.
In the Tennessee House OF Representatives the
Committee on Federal Relations has rcportcd
against the ratification OF the Fifteenth amend.
nEnent.
4 terrible accident occurred last night at Mil.
waukie, WIS During fencing scene at O theatre
the rapier struck kerosene lamp which exploded.
The theatre was burned and fifteen or twenty
persons were badly burned. Two bodies have
been removed and others are still In the ruins
Hojor @. @. Howard, agent OF the Plttsburp
and Fort Wayne Railroad, committed suicide I'm
Milwaukee yesterday.
Mobile was visited by gale, yesterday, doing
considerable damage. The roof OF the main build
Ing OF the Mobile and Ohio Railroad freight deuot
was blown Oh. Several negroes were badly hurt
and one white man killed.
The Alabama Legislature has ratified the FIT.
teenth amendmcnt-in tho Senate, yeas "a; NAYS
none; in the House, yeas 90; nays 1e.
Tho eighth annual Fair OF tho Alabama State
Agricultural Society commences In Mo.lgc merry
on the sd, and continues four days. Ample ar
rangements have been made to accommodate
large crowd.
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Obltuarn.,

WlIII,DEN.-pied, In Sumter County, Septem.
Der the 4lh, Mr. ELIAS WnILDEN, In the list year OF
his age.
The deceased was In truth most estlmab,c cIt.
iZcn, and greatly beloved by the whole circle or
his acquantnnces. All must feel sad who knew
him, when they reflect that the heart TINT was so
susceptible to the appeals OF charity Is stilled for
ever and the hand that was ever ready to
administer relief, can no more perform those kind
oices. When the yonng are called hence we In
stlnctlVely shrink away from the spectacle Of
youth and beauty brought into the embrace or
DEATH and the thought Is issuggested that here Is q
nn,a mission n nnlulIed flower cut down before Its
when the full and ripencd car Is gathered unto
the garner, we feel that here Is mission fulfilled.
nn ano Soeot Spannen ior many years for good and
the subject OF ths notice. Ills hearty concur.
renee anu jealous labor In all good works. won
Tor him during many years the proud distinction
OF being placed hy universal consent in the front
rank OF all enterprises having for their end and
aim the advancement or virtue, morality and the
sense OF the word, bcncfactor OF his race. aud
the firm supporter Of all that was good noble and
true. AS patriot, lie was unsurpassed In his
constitutional republic; and few suffered more I'm
the maintenance OF those principles. Two OF his
gallant sons sealed their devotion to their country
upon the bloody field OF battle, with their lives
and the silvered locks that now rests in the grave
grew. whittier, and the silent heart heat satlder,
when me m0Irnfnl intelligence came that two
props OF his old age had been inken away
Nor did he cscnpc the severe ana universal dc.
struction OF property that was the common lot of
tho soutlern people, having lost very heavily by
the results or the war; but all this he bore with
tho philosophy for which he was notc,i-fceling
that hard as the blow was TO be stripped In old
age OF the accumulation Of o lifetime yet even
this would weigh as nothing II his bleeding coun.
try could have been dlsenthralled ana redeemed.
In the evening OF life and In the sere and yellow
Ienl, nc has fallen, full OF good deeds and en-
shrlncd In tho hearts OF oil. To his AFFLICTED family
the loss Ia indeed great and hard to be borne Int
In this u1rk honr let them remember
earth hath no wound
That Heaven cannot cure.n
RnrrNn
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BLOOMS AND FRosTs.

The crops OF 1910 bloomed June l; frosts October
25-1 900; 1841, blOOmed June 10; frosts Octo-
Der 2s-I,sS3,0 900; 1912, bloomed May II; frosts
October l0-2,37s,o0o
Here we see no apprcciabc difference between
the two June blooming crops, whilst the May
blooming crop exceeds them nearly 80 per cent
The comparison between 1866 and 1867 is very
striking.
The crops OF 1855 booincd Nay 30; frosts octo.
her 25-3527,o 900; 1867, bloomed June a; frosts
November 90, 3,075, co.,
The crop OF 1857 had more dry growing
season, yet 1t was exceeded by the May blooming
crop SOC, 900 bales have said enough TO show
the singular valuc OF early fruitlng, und the con-
sequent injury Of cold springs postponing the
growth OF tile plants.
the TACT ID no less reasonable than evident.
When crop fruits carly much OF 1t Is made at
time when the vicissitudcs OF the seasons are
escaped; and MOS. OF the fruit maj. Ia held
whilst crops fruiting late cast OFF often as fast as
they make.
have been at much pains to look this whole
subject through, TO show what has really been
done In the long-cotton regions and that we can,
with normal seasons take the toorna and make
Hoing, II VIC could reach prices commensurate
with fair cost OF production. Alas 1t Ia this preg-
naDt II which has caused all our trouble.
With fair prices maintained have no fears
hut that We can raisc handsome sea Island
crop. hut we hayo had timely warning on this
subject, and If we were to make good crop of sea
island 1t would be drug on the market In OUT
only high average crop OF 1866, good cotton was
down to forty cents in currency, really cheaper
Than before tho war. Tho markets have not ruled
up In proportion to the decline In crops
OF 1857 aud 1868. That OF 1858, not a
third of full crop, came to o dull and
over nice market, md good hfty cent cotton ION
old basis pricea) has been sold for eighty cents in
currency. Underaelllng the crop Of 1853 we have
ever since failed to reach prices at all commensu-