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RESSE.f LE.ETFEEES.

The article known as Russia Leather is a
superior substance, made from the selected
hides Of young cattle, and tanned by Pc
culiar process employed in that country
Russia Leather is fthreo kinds-rod, white,
and black. The former is the finest grained,
and extensively used in tie manufacture
of poclet-books, ladies' handbags, chill
dren's belts, dressing cases, jewel boxes,
and many other beautiful and expensive
articles The black leather is also very soft
and pliable, and is manufactured into boots
and shoes, which are worn by the inhabi-
tants of the empire, and by the citizens of
the surrounding nations and particularly
the Germans. The white variety is scirce,
and is less sought after than the other de-
scriptions of this commodity.
Genuine Russia Leather is very lrag-an
and partakes Of the odor of the birch bark,
which is used in the process of tanning. 1t
is soft, has delicate fibre, and is known by
its fresh and rich color. The best leather is
of uniform size and quality, free from hobs
raw edges, feels very elastic, is w,2l
stretched, and of equal thickness, and is
distinguished by being of bright rec, eolIs.
The Russians rlso tan very excellent m5-
rocco, whicL indcrgoes the same treatment
as the more serviceable leather. This mo-
rocco is used by book binders to bind rae
and valuable books it is less liable 10
mould, and its peculiar odor also keeps 1t
from the ravages of those insects which so
frequently destroy the bindings of the
| books made of other leather.
The manufactured articles made fromred
leather are largely exported, and find ready
sales in most civilized countries. The
leather, before being thus manufactured, is
also shipped in considerable quantities to
Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and
the united States.
Repeated efforts have been made by tan
ners in other countries to make leather IN
all respects corresponding to that manu-
tactured in Russia. In no instance has the
production come up to the standard of the
foreign article, and it is supposed that the
peculiar properties of the birch bark grown
in that country has material effect TO rem
der the genuine article superior, both in
| quality and fragrance, to the best made i'm
| itation.
Genuine Russia leather is expensive, asfd
on this account is never used in the manu-
facture of cheap goods.-Mer. Journal
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-06-11

\ mammoth building has been erected in
Boston, as our readers well know, for a
great musical festival which will commence
on the 18th inst. and continue five days.
In accordance with the request Of Alder
man White, as Chairman of the Committee
on Licenses, Gen. J. G.. Foster, L. S. A.,
makes the following statement relative to
the safety and strength of the Coliseum,
after thoroughly examining the structure:
"Thcre is no doubt that the roof trusses
are sufficiently strong, as they are stronger
than those used for similar purpose be-
FORE
The result OF the calculations for the
floors and galleries, is, that assuming two
hundred pounds ms the weight to be borne
on the area allowed for each seat, eighteen
by twenty-nine inches, all the timbers are
sufficiently strong to bear with safety twice
the weight that will thus be placed upon
it,
The most thorough precautions and pre-
ventivcs have been arranged in reference
to fire. \ Bureau OF accommodations for
strangers has been opened at 2i6 Washing
ton Street, Room 4, under the direction of
tie Executive Committee where all persons
having rooms to let can have them regis
tered with location and price, and all per-
sons not otherwise provided for, can be
directed TO lcdginps. For this service moth
ING whatever is Iged by the Bureau,
either 10 the party hiring accommodations
or fine marty furnishing them. The Bureau
oss,,,,,as No responsibility in tho matter
nnd ,,o n,,-rnont for tho rooms is made
dirootl,, 70 tho o,vrors
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oniai,, i, ,1iroro,,, norts of tho citv have
hoon Gt,o1 mn IN. rorsons desiring to turn
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DECOR.fTEO.v or 1ruE.
Gff.fB'ES.

Gen. Logan, in behalf the Grand A,u,v.
''' 'ssueu letter on this subject, in which
he says:--
Inc Grand Army of the Republic seeks
10 honor and pres erve the princinlee Md
institutions for which its mombora AL M
dead comrades fought, to keen gr.on tbo
memory OF the latter, and make strongor
the devotion of those who survive ttIoncs
the institution of Memorial Davu IIorco
too' inc necessity of combining it strictly to
the molly purpose indicated; that of honor
ing the men who died that the nation migbt
live, and of thereby revivina in our bcar,.
and of those who are TO come after ms ,ho
lofty devotion to freedom and Republicon
nationality, which marked the Renublic,s
Grand Army of the dead.
Is such an act incompatible with t,,o no
blest idea of magnanimity? We know il
is not. We strew flowers, therefore. ON lbc
graves of our comrades, and prevent tboir
being strewn in the national cemeteries at
the same time, on the graves of such rebel
dead as may be buried therein, not because
we cherish any feelings of hate or desire to
triumph over individual foes, but because
we seek to mark in this distinction and
manner, the feelings with whioi...:;.-..-aat
regards freedom and slavery, i5yally -
treason, Republican principles and those OF
a slave-holding oligarchy.
We are ready to forgive. We hold no
malice, but we will never consent by public
national tribute to obliterate the gulf living
between the objects, motives andprinciples
for which we fought and our comrades died,
and those for which the rebel armies band.
ed together, and for which their dead now
lie in numerous graves. They were brave
and we know it. None can better apprcci
ate that fact than those who fought against
them. But mere courage never cnnoblet
treason. 1t cannot turn slavery into ibcr
ty, nor make despotic intentions dcsirahl,
and to be applauded virtues. Our refusa
to decorate rebel graves marks not hatred
of their occupants or friends, but our um
dying hostility to the ideas for which the,
fought and died. To do less than keep Tn,
| distinction fresh in the national mind is {,
undermine the Republic itself
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AUTHORIZATIONS ~ .TFRIC.r By.
- U'O.N.gV.

Though English explorers of the interi-
rior of Africa have managed to engross the
chief share of public attention, Germany
has Il number of enthusiastic and intrepid
travellers engaged in the work Of penetrat-
ing and describing the hitherto hidden re-
cesSes Of the African continent. Among
them are Gerhard Rolls, Frauline Alexan-
drine Time, "a young lady from Holland,
who took part in a German expedition to
Nutra), and DR.. Nachtigall, who are ex-
ploring Central Africa, with Tripoli as a
base of operations, and Carl Mauch, who is
pursuing geographical discovery in South
Africa. The three first named recently had
a reunion at Tripoli, and then started Off
upon journeys into the interior in difenent
directions.
Frauline Time is exceedingly rich, by
no means ugly, and for years has led
wandering life on the "black continent"
Drawing and OUTLYING dangers to which
strong men have succumbod. ON one of
her expeditions up the White Nile, in an
attempt to communicate with Spoke and
Grant, her mother, her aunt, and two wait
ing maids fell victims to the African eli
she made II two months journey to Moor
sock i'm Fezzan. She travels quito leisure
", as If she were on a European tour.
Having an immense fortune at her dispos-
nj, she has really princcly train, her cara
van consisting of more than fifty persons
and evenly camels. All her followers,
with one exception, are either Arabs or ne
grocs, and she herself dresses like an Arab
lady. She is looked upon by the Arabs
with the greatest respect, and they call her
"Bent-er Rey," that is Queens Daughter"
Her long sojourn and travels in the Orient
have produced in her total adherence of
European habits, and she is embittered
against everything European. ON her last
journey she would not even carry her
watch, or allow her servants to take theirs
but took instead an Arabian Sand-clock or
hour-glass, with which she manages to keep
her time by the aid of two nergocs, who
watch the instrument day and night.
She refuses to write about her journeys,
and does not contribute much TO the in
crease of geographical knowledge, having
no scientific person in her train. But she
is a great lover of botany, u jealous collect
or of plants, and has number of cames
loaded solely with plotting paper and an
immense collection of plants. This labor
of hers promises to be very valuable, rs
she is likely to bring home important con-
tributions to botanic science. At last ac-
counts she was at Moorsook, where she
would stay some months, making eNcur-
sions into the surrounding country. She
I int L. 20, Rnrnnn
and to return over Kordofan and Egypt-a
task which African travellers think she
cannot accomplish.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-06-11

We have received a copy Of the journal
of the Council of Censors. The Council
convened at the Senate Chamber in Mont
pclier on the ID inst, and the session con-
tinued three days. Twelve members were
present. Hon. c. X. Field was elected
President, rules adopted, and various COM
mittces appointed. The principal subjects
before the committees are:
The enforcement of the liquor law the
cxpedicncy of altering the constitution so
rs to prohibit the creation of private cor
porations by special enactmenti the expo-
diency of abolishing the Council of Gem
sors, or increasing the number to thirty 4;
to inquire into the constitutionaity of GER
tain statutes enabling towns to grant aid to
railroad corporations to ascertain wheth-
or the laws of the State in reference to the
rate of interest have been enforced, and to
Nnquirc into the cxpcdiency bf extending
the right Of suffrage to all citizens of the
State without regard to sex. The commit
tees will report on these and other subjects
before them at the adjourned meeting to he
held ut The Capitol in Montpelier on the 9th
Of July next.
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b. T.. Howard has sold his farm near
Harmonyville, to a Mr.. Hastings, of Wind
ham.
Tho schools are in session now in nearly
all tho districts in town, in charge Of good
teachers, and, so far as we know, are pros
pering.
MIR. Il. Howard, of the firm Of Balou
& Howard, has sold out his interest to Per-
ley Dunton, who was formerly in business
with Ballou.
Rev. II. Fletcher, u. D., has recently
returned from a visit to his brother, Judge
Richard Fletcher Of Boston, Mass, who il
but just alive.
The ladies Of the Congregational society
are preparing to refurnish their church with
now carpets, &c. They held festival a
short time since, from which they realized
a handsome sum, which is to be devoted to
the above purpose.
The farmers in this vicinity have been
very busy planting. There has probably
been a larger area planted to corn this year
than ever before. A large part of our far
mers arc using Bradley's phosphate and
we may have some wonderful crops to re-
port next fall.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-06-11

The unfortunate situation in which the
St. Thomas treaty has been left, and the re-
lection Of the English treaty, have shown
in the strongest light defect of our con-
stitutional system. The ambassador Of the
United States, it now appears, may not IN
the least represent the Government of his
country; and the inevitable result is, that
no other country will care to treat with him
hereafter unless it is known whether he is
really representative. Look at the two
instances of which we have spoken.
The Secretary of State, who has no Sc.
in the Senate, and acts independently Of 1t,
instructs the ambassador whom the Senate
has confirmed to propose Il negotiation to
the Danish Government, lie says indeed,
that the treaty must be finally ratified by
the Senate, but the Danish Ministry kppga
that it must be ratified also by the Danish
Assembly; and as the Ministry is its rep
resentative, so it naturally considers the
ambassador to whose appointment the
Senate has consented as the representative
of the Senate. The negotiation proceeds
The terms of the treaty are finally adjusted
The Danish Minister signs, the United
States Minister signs. The Dane is in the
confidence of the Danish Assembly, and
his signature binds that body except for
reasonable cause. The United States Min
lister is in the confidence of nobody but tho
Secretary of State and his signature binds
nobody whatsoever.
Or take the case of the English treaty,
and let us put 1t in the most plausible way.
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Book Notices, &c.

"MALnoNE": An Oldport Romance
T. W. Hi9ginson. Boston: Fields, Os-
good Il Co.
Many of our readers have already made
acquaintance with this story in the pages Of
the Atlantic Monthly. As volume it is
more attractive than as Il serial. 1t makes
no pretenslOns, as we are aware OF, to be an
elaborate, conventional novel, with plot
to be unravelled and variety Of characters
from high and low life, to give it pictur-
esqueuess. Its personages all speak gram
matically, know how to spell the English
language, and comport themselves like civ
ilized beings. In this respect, so far as we
know, it is a novelty in current fiction. Mr.
lligginson has given us romance of the
seaside, charming in the same way as his
"Outdoor Papers" by sparkling liveliness
of style. aud tho most falinitnns dosnrip NJ ians
of natural objects and scenes. His water
pictures make land-lubber long for the
sights and sounds Of old ocean. The design
of this story seems to be to give added in
tercst to these pictures, by introducing some
"ripples and wrecks from the ocean shore
of human life." Those who care only for
mere stage scenery, will find the closing
chapters sufficiently tragic and exciting.
For our own individual self we wish Mr..
Higginson would go on indefinitely paint
ing "Outdoor" scenes by sea and land, with
out putting too many human figures in the
foreground to hide the exquisite hucs of
which he is MASTER
"Army Life in Black Regiment, by
Mr. Higginson, is announced as in pre- s.,
and we are sure it will be a hook of unique
interest.
/ We have received from the publisher,
/ Andrew f. Graves, small volume, being
/ a story entitled, "Behind the Curtain; or,
Leelinau," in part Illustrative of Indian
! character. Also from Henry Hoyt, Boston,
. publisher, two juvenile volumes,-ono en-
/ titled, mildred Gwynne, story ola VIII
full Life;' the other, equality Fogg's old
Ledger"
The above books are for sale by Cheney
a Clapp.
/ We have received from the New England
News Co., "Taintor's Guide" northern
route. Boston to White Mountains, Lake
Memphremagog, Green Mountains, Lake
Chanplain, Missisquoi Springs, Montreal
and ogdensburg. For sale at Il. j. Carpen-
ters periodical depot
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SCHOOLS .H.VD HEEEGEO.v.

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AppoRTtoNMENT OF DEIEdATEs-WiND-
Summary OfNe7oS.

The Boston journal says it is quite GER
tain that President Grant will be in Boston
and attend the Jubilee some day during its
continuance.
The amount Of hay made in New Eng
land this summer will probably amount TO
five millions of tons, and its cash value
will undoubtedly be something more than
fifty millions of dollars.
Spain finally has a new Constitution,
which was proclaimed and accepted by the
people on Monday in Madrid. Az an ac-
compartment to the act, there was mag
nificent military display.
Camilla Urso, the celebrated violinist,
will leave for Europe the latter part Of the
present month, to be absent two years at
least. Her departure will be much regret
ted by her many American friends.
The Car of Russia has issued decree
transferring the seat of government from
ST. Petersburg to Kew, the chief city Of
the province OF Ukraine, and palace is
now building there for the Imperial resi-
dence'
The latest news from Cuba is uniavOr-
able to the revolution. a despatch receiv-
that more than 1000 insurgents have sur
rendered to Valmaseda and other Spanish
Generals, and that quiet prevails and order
is secured in Havana
The French elections in their totaity
give large majority to the Imperial can
didates, but in the cities the opposition has
gained largely. In Paris the democratic
and socia 'sic candidates received 230,jlj
votes, and the candidates favored by the
government only 76,9i3.
After a spirited contest and 3j3 ballot
ings, the Republicans of MA District of
Illinois, have nominated Horatio c. Bur
chard of Stephenson county as their candi-
date or Congress, to succeed the Hon. Il.
Is. Washburno, recently appointed Minis
ter 10 France.
Almost Immediately after the silver
bound tie was laid and the golden spikes
driven in the Pacific Railroad they were
quietly taken up again, deposited with Ne
vada's silver hammer in a car and sent to
san Francisco, while common wooden
tie was substituted and the "last rail" Sc
cured to ii by a common iron spike.
Mayor Hall Of New York city has sub
United his first message to the Common
Council. Five millions aud a half will be
the amount or taxes. The percentage OF
the tax will be less than in 1868. The val
uation of real and personal estate amounts
to one billion. Important recommends
tons are made i'm regard to streets, mar
kets, pavements, gaslights and institutions
The centennial anniversary Of Dart
mouth College which takes place in the
latter part of July, promises to be an occa-
sion of rare interest. Among the many
distinguished personages invited are Presi-
dent Grant and Gen. Sherman, besides the
present Earl of Dartmouth, English minis
ter Thornton, and several Governors and
ex-Governors.
In England, the announced predeter
mination of the House of Lords to rejec
the Irish church bill has caused intense OK
element, and threatens to precipitate the
eventually inevitable conflict between thu
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-06-11

The attention of our readers is directed
to the advertisement of Goes Dyspepsia
Cure, in another part of this paper. This
truly Valuable Medicine is recommended
by all who use it.
There is a young American lady in Ma
ples-so report goes-who has the misfort-
une to be sought il marriage by two Ital-
ian noblemen. one of them has offered
himself in due form, laying his palaces,
horses, fortune, and titles at her feet. The
style of counting is especially Italian.
Though rejected he still pursucs. Every
morning he sends in a costly bouquet. The
young lady dare not walk out, for she is
Immediately pursued. When the young
lady rides out with her parents, the Duke
pursues, up hill and down, in the city and
out. BY bribing the servants, he knows
which room the young lady occupies.
When not admitted to the house, though he
seeks admission every night, he walks the
pavement till the lights are put out in the
room. He is an officer in the Italian army.
Whenever his command moves, it goes by
the mansion, and is given strict orders that
every officer and soldier shall salute the
house when he passes. lie threatens to
shoot his rival renews his offer every day,
and can't understand wha: an American
girl can want more than to have a coronet
placed on her brow.
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State Meas.

-Sixty-three cars were repaired and
turned out of the VT. Central car shop az
st. Adams last month.
AT st. Alban on Tuesday butter sold
at - to 30 cents per pound. The total ship
ment was 900 packages.
The season at Lake George opens this
week. The steamer Minnehaha began her
regular trips, June 9TH, connecting with the
steamers on Lake Champlain.
The silver half aud quarter dollars
found under Stone in East Burke, few
days ago, are believed TO have been buried
there by Pat Curran who hung himself
there about IA years ago.
John Rowland, Jr., a young man Of 80
years, who has lived with his father, broth.
err and sister, on what is known rs Bemis
Ill., in the north part Of Lyndon, killed
himself by taking an overdose of NOR
phine, on May Goth.
The earnings of the Vermont Central
railroad are now very large averaging from
sl25,000 to $4,000 monthly. The business
renders necessary a larger equipment, aud
for the purpose Of procuring the same the
Trustees are now issuing S5OO.OO0 Of equip
ment bonds.
A patent has been g,anted to II. r.
Cu-hman, North Bennington, for compo-
sition paper polisher; to II. n. Allen, Pitts
field, for water meter to Luke W. Taylor,
Wcahersfield, for automaton hoop; aud to
Hiram Kimball, Randolph, for low water
indicators for boilers.
"A detachment of the Grand Army OF the
Republic at ClaremOnt, n. H., visited
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Dorer.

Our correspondent from this town says
that the grass crop in Vermont and New
Hampshire bids fair to be very light, except
in the river meadows, where it looks well (;
and that the fruit in the hill towns must be
scarce, rs but few trees blossomed this
spring, while tie trees in the river valley
blossomed very full.
In relation to the local controversy be-
tween our correspondents "Kaulenz' and
"Dido,' one of the board of the town au-
thorities wishes us to state that at the meet
ing referred to in the correspondence no
votes were rejected from any part of the
town, except those that were clearly shut
out by the statute. There were votes re-
jected on both sides OF those who had no
grand list in the town, and for no other
reason, and only two of such ones who re-
side in Dover Centre. SO called.
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Haitian.

The Centre school is now in session,
with thirty scholars, taught by Miss f.. A.
Farnsworth
F. II. Niles has purchased the farm
lately owned by Charles Packer, deceased.
Price, $1,000.
The Baptist church and society at Hall
fax Centre have secured the services Of Rev.
Samuel Fish, for the ensuing year, at sal
AIRY of $500.
Stephen Niles has recently put a new
coat of paint on the outside of his house,
and built a new fence in front, which makes
a great improvement in the looks of his
place.