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CHAPTER Mi,


Hazel had rizen an hour before dawn
for reasons we'll known 10 himself.
He put on his worst clothes, and a
leathern belt, his little bags round his
neck, and took his bundle of rushes in
his hand. Ee also provided himself
with some pieces of raw fish and fresh
oysters; and, thus equipped, went up
through Terrapin Wood, and got to the
neighborhood of the lagoons before day
break.
There was a heavy steam on the
water, and nothing else to be seen. He
put the hoop over his head, and walked
into the water, not without an internal
shudder, it looked so cold.
But instead ofthat, it was very warm,
unaccountably warm. He walked in
up to his middle, and tied his iron
hoop to his belt, so as to prevent it
sinking too deep. This done, he
waited motionless, and seemed little
bed ofrushes. The sun rose, and tho
steam gradually cleared away, and
Hazel, peering through n hole or two
he had made in his bed of Tushes, saw
several ducks floating about, and one
in particular, all purple, without a
speck but his amber eye. He cOntrived
to detach a piece of fish, that soon
fioated 10 the surface near him. But no
duck moved towards it. He tried
another; then mallard he had not OBJ
served swan up from behind him, and
was soon busy pecking Mt it within a
] yard OF him. His heart beat; he glided
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ndGLELLAN d KNOX,
M Wholesale Dealers in BOOTH & SHOkS,
No. IS Main street.
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J1ORGEY q HUGHES
Dealers in Boots AMI Shoes,
800 sdain street.
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IHDWARDS d STONE, ,
ILWhOIesnIe Dealers in BOOTS BHOtS,
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Business Caras:
AUCTIoNRERs.
BOOTS AND SHOES.

DOYD Il WAYMAN,
No SO Main street,
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Perhaps no ono meIlI-
cine is so universally re-
0uircd by everybody as
Il catharttC, nor was ever
RnY before 81 universal
" adopted int" u-c, III
every country n'lrun"n:;
NIL classes, as thus uI"i
but efficient purg.iIINr
IIiU. The obvious r,.I-
son is, that Iti>amor"rS
liable and far more rilTr-
tMal remedy than any
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MEdttaI.
For restoring Gray Hair TO
its natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and cffectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hd0' is soon restored
to its original color
wiM the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
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encd, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the -iolIicIcs are DESTROYED,
or the glands atrophicd and dccaycd-
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty scdi-
mcnt, it will kccpit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those dclctcrious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious TO the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. II wanted
merely for q
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-02

The Convention will consist Of It delegates, appor
toned as follows,
ADDISON CouSn--5 Delegates. Mddlobury, 1, Iris
tol Cornwall, Ferrsbursh, Lincoln, Monkton Now la
ven, shorcham starksloro' and vorgcnnes each, all
other towns, each.
BRVNtSgf0V COrNfY-N Dtlcsntss BENNINGTON 3
Arlington, Dorset Manchester, Powoal and shansbury
2 each all other towns, zach
CALEDONIA Couyrr-E Delegates. st. Johnsbury
Barnet Burke, Danvillo, iafdWck, Lyndon and Peach
am, zach all other towns, cash.
CHurESpEv CouNrY--ll Delegates Burlington, o
Colchester, Charlotte Essex, ilinesburgh Hunting
ton, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, Undorhi Wcstlord anC
Wilston, zach all other towns, zach.
Essay CouNrv-ll Delegates. Concord, 2, all otho
towns each.
PRASELIS CouSrY-,9 Delegates. st. Al5ans Burk
shire snd Fletcher, each all otlo t,,i., zach
GRAND ISIS Cou,n-g Delegates. Aburgh 2, al
other towns, each.
LASomLE CouSrr-l7 Delegates. stowe, 3, Cam
bridge, llydcp4rb johnson, Morrstown and woicott
each al other towns, each
ORANGE CouSrr--l Delegates. Randolph, ,, Fair
lee Orange, vorsliirc and Wost Fairoc each all 9th
or towns, each
ORLEANS CouSrr q Delegates Albany. barton
Charleston Craftbury, Derby, Glover lrasburgh New
port and Tro', each all other towns, each.
RUTLAND CoUSrY-i5 Delegates. Rutland, o & Bran
don 4 Poultnoy, Benson Castlctoh, Clarendon, Dan
by, fairhaycn, H. Holly Pawlot, Pttsford, shrews
bury and Walingori, each all other towns, each.
WAsnSGroN COuNtr--N Delegates. Montpelier q
Norihleld and Waterbury, each Barre, Berlin, Cal
ais, Cabot East Montpelier Marshncld. waitsaold and
Warren, eaoh all other towns, each.
WINDnAN CouNn-u Delegates Brattleboro' o,
Rockingham, 81 Enumeration, Grafton, Guilford JAmai
ca, Londonderry, Ncwfane Putnoy, Townshend West
minister Wafdsboro', Nottingham ard Wilmington,
each all other towns, each.
WINDSOR CouNrY-ll Delegates. Springfield, s Chcs-
ter and Woodstock icach Hartford and Ludlow beach
Andovcr, Baltimore Bridgcwater, Pomfret Sharon and
West Windsor, each all other towns, each.
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british NerYOnSness.


Nothing could better demonstrate the utter
failure Of the English press in It's assaults upon
Mr.. Summers imprcgnablc position, than the fact
that it returns 10 the attack almost daily, with
constantly increasing bitterness and desperation.
With such poor success in satisfying itself, how
can II expect to meet the ultimate demands of the
public Judgments The following are some of the
latest utternnces Of the London Tymes-the itali-
cised sentences furnishing rare specimens of
whimsical absurdity, characteristic Ignorance of
American feeling, and full measure Of British
c)nccit and bluster -
The fact before us is that one Of the most nhu-
entail leaders OF American, OF at least Of North
ern opinion, has done his hest 10 crate amonq his
feHoU-cirsenS spirit Of vehement Indignation
against nis country and 10 rouse them TO prefer
demands which nothing but passion could con-
ceive and nothing but force could cxtort .
Until this extmyngant speech had been made, the
angry feeling at one time entertained against Eng
land, had greatly subsidized In the West II hat
completely died ou, and ecen in Nc,o England IL
teds barely Kept ahce. The truth is, the facts Of
the case are patent at as soon as the confused
passions Of the war had lulel, IL became iiaposs-
Die for reasonable people 10 regard the conduct Of
England ruth that UncOmprODiaHg luminosity
tDhich Mr.. Sumner disDiays We find il hard t1
can be admitted by them Now that the wur is
over the American people know only too well that
It was war; and that t was wagcd against a
power which placed its bellgerency from first to
last beyond question. They know that in pro-
claiming blockade, or, If Mr. Sumner pleasos, a
closing Of the Southern ports" their govern
ment asserted its right and its intention 10 in
teriere most materially with our commerce.
They must be aware that Il rds absolutely nee
essdry for orgOrerRmeHf under such circumstances
10 protect merchant ships 6y foroc, or TO place
them in such position as would bring them IN
der the recognized rules and protection Of the
law of nations Ii is not mere
y that d9uagogiics like Mr. Sumner ereri a dan
ger0uS pOicer Qf misguiddncs but il is possible
for governments b. assume positions from which
national pride may render il difficult 10 retreat
The only means of ayerting such peril is to rem
der 1t plain from the first what the consequences
OF such conduct would be and for this reason it
may be Of great consequence at this iuncture that
the public opinion Of England should be firmly
declared on the points raised by Mr. summers
speech. The Amcricnis may BE- assured that Eng
hsh0cn tcould be unanimous IN retiNing SO much
as To entertain such demands
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Can President JonSsoS's PARDoSs De RE
voKRD?-Just before the expiration of Andrew
Johnson's presidential term he signed pardons
for Jabob and Moses Depew of New York. father
and son, who had been convicted of taking seized
whiskey from the custody of Internal Revenue
officers. The father had been sentenced to pay a
fine of $500 and be imprisoned for two years, and
the son to one year, imprisonment and the pay
ment Of one dollar. When President Grant was
inauguratcd the pardons had not been delivered
to the Depews, and he Immediately ordered them
to he revoked. The Depews have therefore re-
manned in prison and are there still, but Clarence
A. Seward, as their counsel, proposes to test the
legality OF President Grants action in revoking
President Johnson's pardons. lie has accord
ingly taken out writ of hdJeds corpus, and the
case will be brought before Judge Batchiord at
New York in few days for argument and deci-
sion.
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MEAN AfFAR.-The poem of Barbara Frietchie
oiiends the feelings Of the authorities of Freder
lex, Maryland, and they have taken the Ineanest
possible path to blot out her memory-a thing
they never could have imagined to succeed in had
their wisdom been as keen as their spite. They
iirst passed an ordinance to widen and straiehten
Carroll creek and then decided that the Friet-
chic house was in the line of the proposed inn
provement and then 80 Strengthened the creek
that it made three sharp angles in order to reach
the spot where the old house stood The house
has been removed, and laborers are now digging
some ten feet below the original foundation. But
the spot on which it stood will be pointed out
when the memories of the Frederick magnates
will be buried so deep in oblivion that no resur-
reetion is possible
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A Frccdnnan's Letter.

There is something exceedingly touching, as
well as significant in the following letter, with
all its mperlectons. No iree-born man will have
a heart to laugh ut its mistakes. 1t was address
ed to a clergyman, who, in furnishing it for pub
LEGATION, says" 1t is written in cramped hand,
but more legible than half the manuscripts fur
nished for publication"
Ny Dear Sir.
wish to write you few lines in answer to u
letter you wrote to Miss Mary Robertson wishing
TO know IL we manifested the same interest we did
Tor education some time ago. we felt great
desire Tor education because we wanted TO know
how to read the Bible and transact business for
ourselves. but when we read the Inauguration
OF General Grant layorng the ratification Of the
hiteentli article OF Amendment to the Constitu-
tiOh which it ratified will ingraft US into the
tree OF the Nation our desire for education has n-
creased ten fold we now pray and long and wish
and strive for education we want TO make our
Freedom blessing to ourselves and to our Chill
dren we want education that we may feel n
common interest in the Affairs of this great x
hoOd Government that has done 80 much for US
IN busting loose the bands of Slavery and letting
the oppressed 20 free we want to become rood
citizens and be blessing to this great Govern
ment in which we live. we want education be-
cause we need it we cannot live in the mids of so
intelligent People as is the white without educa-
Ton and prosper. we feel very grateful to the
People Of the North for their kindness in send
ing us such timely and much needed assistance in
money and such able kind and energetic teachers
ana when we think of such a man as General
Grant being the Choice of the People and sitting
IN the Presidential Chair it makes our heart leap
for Joy. II. GIEpn
Columbus, Miss, March "a, 1869.
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=" No Insurance."

II, at the end Of a newspaper report Of fire,
we read the words " No Insurance" our inyol'
untary feeling is that the owner had neglected TO
protect his own interests and is therefore entitled
to so much the less sympathy for his loss In
such case, however, the man himself remains 20
restore, by diligence and economy, the property
destroyed. How much more clearly is il his bus
mess and domestic duty to make such provision
that when he dies, the ominous words, " No In
surance, may not be repeated, as expressive OIL
iuture want and suffering for those whom he has
left behind. So small is the outlay required, and
50 extended the time Of payment in order to
make sure of support for the widow or the chill
dren, that no man is exousable for Deglecting~
insure his own life This is brought especially
to mind, at this time, bya paragraph in an OK.
change, showing what may be done by persons OF
the smallest surplus means. In December last,
poor clergyman in Bradford Co., Penn, paid
SlOO'25 to the National Life Insurance Company
Tor policy of S. 900. We can well suppose that
one hundred dollars, to a country clergyman, was
a large sum, raised with difficulty, and we can
imagine how easily it might have been spent loi
necessaries for the winter season, but the result
proved that its investment in insurance was ue
most profitable of his life InAlarch he died, alo
on the first Of April theagent of the National lle
paid to his family the So, 1000, this being the on9
provision which the deceased had been abe "
make Tor them. Another case in the history "
the same Company is noted A laboring man u
Franklin, Pa, insured for 81 900, and IN Sn
weeks thereafter he died, and the money was pa"
to his family.
This Company,-the National Life, ohar'ei'D
by Congress and authorized to transact insuranN
business throughout the United States and Cam
da,-is established upon the Stock Plan, ha'~s
low rates for cash payment, and avoiding al u"
ceraintles OF Lotes or dividends, and oil cO"-
quent or possible disappointment as to the amour
Of money to be paid to the heirs of the deceaseu'
For a certain fixed sum of money, it guarantee
the payment of a fixed amounted insurance ~"
simplicity OF the system has commended the oO~
pany to popular favor, and its success has Oe'n
remarkable. Upon the first of May, only n,ns
months after its organization, il had issueu ~
thousand policies, and had its agents well o. WIZ
through the North and upon the Pacihc ooas"
and by the expiration of its first year. the ehNr
Southern States and the Canadian Dominion W."
also be supplied with local agents. 40
The agent of the National Life for this Vic'n',y
has his advertisement in another column, anu w.,
be glad to furnish any desired information W.
corning the working Of this National conl'"'
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PRESBYTERIAN RR-UNoS,--The report of the
Conference Committee on reunion will be made
simultaneously in both the Old and New School
Assemblies at halfpast ten o'clock to-day Thurs
day. Although the nature of the report to be
submitted is kept n secret, we understand upon
good authority that the Committee has unanimous
y agreed to recommend reunion on the basis of the
standards pure and simple, that basis to be sub
mitted Immediately to the Presbyteries for ap-
pronl and that the two assemblies adjourn to
meet again in Pittsburgh, Pa, in November next,
to receive the reports of the action of the Presby-
tories thereon.
1t is understood that the Committee will sub
NIT form of declaration to be made by each as
sembly instead of the articles adopted by the last
assemblies and rejected by the old school Presby-
teries. The action of the report will be adopted by
both bodies.
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CHICAGO AND THE EAsT,-The citizens of Chi.
cago are looking keenly to the railroad facilities
East and West of them. Alta meeting of the
Board OF Trade on Wednesday last, resolutions
were offered in favor OF direct railway line from
chicago to the most Eastern shore Of the cont.
nent, touching the harbor of Portland, Maine
running along the South shore of Lake Ontario,
and from thence by way Of Whitehall and Rut-
land due East to Portland, over route recently
chartered by the States of Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine, and thence on to Newfoundland.
1t was also resolved that the interests of Chicago
required the avoidance of the circuitous route by
way OF New York. The time by this new route
from London to Chicago is reckoned at eight DAYS
and twenty hours.
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One John w. Reed, residing near Lynch
burg Va, in fit of passion, pounded hi
mother with heavy stick few nights ago
and injured her so severely that she died tn,
next day. Reed has been arrested and com
mitted to Jail to await his trial for murder a
the County Court.
Judge Brady, Of New York, decided last
week that gas company has no legal right
TO threaten the removal Of meter or 10 cut
on the gas supply Of house in order to Gu
force the payment of claim disputed by III,
consumer and that money paid under such 4
threat could be recovered in the courts.
john Taylor, for many years the farmer
OF Daniel Webster, died in Salisbury of con.
sumption on the 2lst, aged 6s years. He
was buried on the Webster farm, in Frank.
iin' on Sunday. Mr.. Taylor was an intelli.
gent farmer and an upright citizen. and his
relations to Mr.. Webster were of gratifying
character.
The Union Pacific railroad bridge over
the Missouri at Omaha will cost so ,00O. 600
II will beelevatedon eleven piers two hundred
and hffy feet apart and seven feet below low.
water mark.
"A correspondent of the Boston Traveller
wants all the jubilee singers TO get together
once Oh Bunker Hill, and sing all the nation
a. airs; Such a demonstration might Justify
timid English residents in at once leaving the
country.
"A gentleman of Rochester, N. H., saw
m advertisement that receipt for the cure
OF dyspepsia might be had by sending post
age stamp to the advertiser. He was a vie
tim and sent his stamp. The answer was.
" Dig in Jour garden and let whiskey alone y
The water in the Connecticut il still
higher than usual at this season
Of the year. 1t Is stated that the freshets in
all the New England rivers that rise in the
mountain districts have been oflonger dura.
lion this spring than for the past years.
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The OLD ADAM. I'm the New School Pres
oytoriaa General Assembly yesterday, Monday }
discussion arose on the resolution sent in from
the oid School Assembly, providing for day OF
prayer Tor the preservation of peace between this
country and Great Britain, in the course of which
Dr. Sunderland, of Washington, expressed the
opinion that if Englandcould get "a good sound
drnbbing from somebody, the cause of Chris
tian civilization would be put forward hundred
years. lie did not care to have this country
made the instrument of Divine Providence 10 ud-
minister this castigation, but he thought il ought
to come from somewhere" The subject was final.
ly indefinitely postponed.
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PRESBYTERIAN REUNIoN.--In the Old Schoo
Presbyterian Assembly yesterday friday a com
municaton was received from the stated clerk Of
the New School Assembly, officially announcing
the result of the action Of that body ON the sub
ject Of the reunion of the church 1t stated
that it was adopted without one dissenting voice
The announcement was received with applause
In the New School Assembly, soon after, a del
egation from the Old School Assembly appeared
and announced that the proposed basis of reunion
had been accepted.
1t is understood that these terms Of reunion
will now be submitted TO the presbyteries for &c
ceptance, and finally ratified at an adjourned ses-
sion of the Assemblies at Pittsburgh, Pa, in
August
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MINISTER MoTLEYs REcEpTIoN.- he cham
Der Of commerce of Liverpool held a meeting
Wednesday night, and voted an address Of vel
come to Mr. Motley, the new American minister
Mr. Patterson, in speech in favor of the vote, re
GREETED the failure of the law officers to prevent
the escape of the Alabama the precedent was a
bad one, and the maritime interests of England
were sure to suffer from it. If moderate compen-
satlon would cancel this precedent he would re-
Joice if it were granted by England, lie was as
sured that the present ministry would meet the
claims Of the United States without comproms-
ing the National honor
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A NKw YORK LAWYER DRIVEN OUT or Court
John A. Andrews, who was convicted of being
one OF the leaders Of the New York riots in 1868
ana was sent to State Prison therefor, appeared
before Justice Bowling at New York, Thursday
TO defend prisoner The Justice told him he
could not practice before him, and in spite Of all
the protestations and requests of Andrews he was
peremptorily ordered to leave the court room, and
was Obliged to submit to the ruling of the Judge.
Andrews is Virginian, and his share in the
new York riots was haranguing crowd of riot
ers IN Lexington Avenue. Like most New York
criminals, he managed to get pardoned out of
prison long before he had served out his sentence
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The Cuban dispatches of Saturday contained
long accounts of the recently reported engage
ments' in which there was nothing Of especial
interest. The Cubans are said to be resolved or
active operations. They intend to keep the inte-
rior towns, held by the Spaniards, cut of from
supplies, and will soon destroy again the nail.
road to Puerto Principe They are greatly elatod
over their recent successes, and were never more
sanguine OF securing their independence than now