Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-11-09

comfortable as June morning, 50 far as
that is concerned. f h/ Il
Have.you heard ofthe billiard table be-
ing put into the White House? That is
the Presidents offence now. He has had
it brought from the private residence
which he sold to Gen. Sherman, it having
been reserved from the furniture that
went with the house.
Going around the country pleasuring
in the summer havinga high officer Of
his appointment accused of completely
with gold gamblers, in the fall and pre-
pairing to indulge in private game Of
billiards with his wife or friend, in his
own mansion, in the winter; in the name
of an outraged and justly indignant peo-
pie, what is there so bad that we may not
expect him to be guilty of It'll the spring?
The Washington Boys in Bite decided,
the other evening not to accept the invi-
tation given them to join in the emancipa-
tion celebration on Thursday, in BaIti-
more, because, under the laws of Mary
land forbidding all eolored persons carry
ing arms, they were unable to parade
with muskets.
Ever since my mention, weeks ago, of
a charge made against Mayor Bowen of
malfeasance of office, an investigation has
been going on. The bill of the shorthand
reporters alone, to be paid by the city,
for taking the testimony, amounts to
more than $1,000. The nature Of the
charges are indicated by the questions
the committee of investigation,
appointed by tie Common Council, Stfe
directed to answer, viz Il. Was the
contract of grading and graveling four
streets let to the lowest bidder? !. Has
the work been done according to the con.
t tract ? 3, Has any money been paid un.
l der this contract without warrant of law
4 The Washington Female Suffrage As.
e ISOLATION keep up weekly meetings for the
advancement of their cause by agitation
= An urgent demand will be made upor
i Congress this winter, for the passage Of q
; law admitting women to the polls in thi,
r District
r The chiefs Of the Departments have SC
. far completed their reports and allowed
f their contents to become known 10 thu
inquiring news purvcyors of the public
}. as to enable your correspondent to make
$ quite detail exhibit of the affairs OF tn,
+, nation But warned by an experience
y in Journalism of more years than | cart
y to name, against presuming to take thu
+ necessary space for such statement,
It will content myselfwith saying that every
l. thing looks encouraging. In all branches
of the Govt will be shown cheering adj
l. vanceS upon the past preceding years
n since the war. This is a calm, impartia
k statement All who have done me the
e honor TO read many of my letters in your
n journal will readily believe me when
Q say that | do not allow my partzaastil
II to even highten the coloring Of my re
h presentations. have repeatedly feared
If indeed, that your readers would feel a
times that my fault was Of the directl
5, opposite kind. But, as l. was about t
n say, Government is everywhere carried
ii on more efficiently; the army and nav.
10 have been re-organized, and the expense
n Of both reduced the Departments pre-
per are managed with more economy, a
e well al more efficiency the Internal Re
&c venue, that unrivaled interest of the Coy
e eminent, is collected almost beyond com
= parison more fully than it was unde
1t johnson the national debt has been re
e. duced upwards of $50, 600, 600: &c an
all since Grant was elect,d-a brief per-
=, cd. ~. #.... 4. "a
| take pleasure in announcing the con
plction of the organization of the Amer
can Union Academy ofLitcraturc, Serene
and Art" The officers are - President
DR.. John w. Draper, Professor in tn
University of New York, aud author G
two text books in his profession but mos
distinguished, perhaps, for his work o
J. Intellectual Development in Europe
: Vice Presidents, Joseph Casey, Chic
e Justice of the Court of Claims; Rev. Dl
u G. w. Sampson, President of Columbi
. College here and Judge I. W, BARLEY
} Recording Secretary, W. D. Gallagher
% Internal Revenue; Corresponding Sec'y
. A. r. Spoford, Congressional Librarian
Treasurer, HenryD Cook, the widel
IL known banker. -
n To facilitate business, 10 Department
$ are organized in the academy, viz i
o OF Mathematics, Engineering and Me
y chancs. 2. Of Physics and Chemistry
y g. Of Physiology and Hygiene. o
u Psychology, Ethics, and Social Science
a 8. OF Ethnology and Natural History
If g. OF Archaeology. Geography, an,
Civil History. I. OF Pbilologv and III