National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-07-09

tlcular to degree about the spelling
of proper names in his "copy," III
"a leader upon the Chamber Of Com
merce, he had occasion to use tho
name of the well known merchant,
A. A. Low. He was Mortified next
morning at seeing it printed in tho
Tribune A. Il. Low. Rushing up to
the composing room, he suug out to
the urbane foreman, "Tom, some
body is to be kicked. Who set this
up" pointing to the obnoxious pa.
ragraph. The compOsitor of this
special "take" presented himself,
manuscript in hand. "The man
who made this mistake is going to
kicked" sang the irate editor snatch.
ing the copy aud glancing his eye
over what he no doubt honestly in.
tended for letters, and reading A. l..
Low, just as it was printed, he ad-
ded slowly, handing back the man
uscript: "TOm, please have some
body come and kick me-"
Intimations from Washington In.
dictate that the Treasury statement
for July lst, will show q further re-
duction in the aggregate Of the Ma.
tiOnal Debt of Ten Millions of Dol
lars, making total reduction OF
Thirty Millions Of Dollars in the
first four months of Gen. Grants,
Administration, or at the rate OF
Ninety Millions per annum. No
Government but ours ever paid of
the principal of its Debt, while reg.
ularly meeting it's interest, at such y
rate as that.
The interest on our Debt amounts
to about One Hundred Millions (gold)
per annnm, or Ten Millions per
month.
The Jail at Middlebury was set on
fire on the 25th, by prisoner in the
lower dungeon, named Piper. Tho
female prisoners in the room above
gave the alarm, and the fire was
speedily extinguislled.
Mr.. William Hunt, Of Montpelier,
says he has swapped, in 90 years,
] 800 horses; has owned within tho
year past 400, and 100 within three
months past, and to day is tho own.
er of but two.
Sergeant 4. Il. Rollins, ofGreens-
boro, is engaged in writing history
OF the I'd Vt. Regiment, Of which no
was Il member.
On Sunday, the Goth, the citizens
of East Dover were aroused by tho
cry that % bear had been seen near
the village. Several guns were FIR.
ed al him, but he walked of unharm.
ed and escaped into the woods.
On Thursday last the workmen at
Ruggles' foundry, in Poultney, were
surprised by the bursting Of u bomb
shell, which, with an old stove was
thrown into t he blast to be melted
an investigation disclosed the tact
that but for loose bolt, or some
thing of the sort, leaving an opening
through which the force Of the ex.
plosion was expended, "a serious acci.
dent would have been the result.
A Tennessee paper, with mixed
metaphors worthy of Mullins, re.
marks about Parson Brownlow:
"Thc Sentcr party are welcome to
the tower of strength which clusters
around his name. We don't want
any of il in Our'n. We will never
hitch our fortune to his spiral wan.
dcrings in the great ocean If politics,
for the feather weigh. Of h:s name.~
The National Intelligence Of Wash
ington, the organ Of President John.
son in his political apostacy has
demised. Is could sustain itself no
longer after the patronage given IL
by johnson was withdrawn by q
loyal administration.
why don't you trade with me =
said close listed tradesman to n
friend the other day. His reply
was characteristic. You have new.
or asked ine, sir. I have looked
through all the papers for an invita-
ton in the shape of an advertise.
ment, and found none-I never 70
where ! nm not invited. ,