National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-07-30

Messrs. Camp & Cummings, of
the Newport (Vt.) Express, have
dissolved partnership-Mr. Cum !
mings carrying on the job printing
and Mr.. Camp the newspaper. They
will now be two separate and dis
tinct concerns.
Among those upon whom honOra-
ry degrees were conferred at the
Dartmouth Commencement, we
are pleased to notice the name of
). Ii. Benton, Jr., of Lancaster. N.
H., who received the honorary de-
gree of A. Nj. This honor is the
more marked from the fact that Mr..
Benton is the youngest man upon
whom an honorary degree was ever
conferred by Dartmouth College.
DIR. Howard, OF West Fairlee, is
recOnStructing the Srist mill at
Union Village. at an estimated cost
of 100000. The old shovel handle
factory joining tine mall, is also run
ming now 1t has been purchased
and fitted al. 10y Billings & Eggles-
ton, Marble Dealers, who are finish.
ing up work by machinery, and who
show some of Lhe FINEST specimens
of work an the State.
GotLH's LaJy's Book, for August,
is received, arsa it is replete with
good things sor the ladies' The
steel laate craving entitled Feed.
ing Horses la this number, is worth
the price nf the book The display
of fashion is the most fashionable to
he found III any magazine, and the
STORES la iia~4 and lsQsetry are orig
inal and by tire i,est authors. LA.
Cooley, Publisher, Philadelphia.
An old Benuimgton newspaper has
lately been found, containing an aft.
davit OF Capt Ion9s Ealusha, made
IN 1867. Referring to the battle of
Benniu gtaD in l111, he testified -
IL recollcct at the time of Henniug-
ton battle a soldier came up to Col.
1 Nathan Store and said, Il have no
gut; what shall ! do Stone re-
piled: 'Statad 10y mn. few minutes
and lou shall have one The man
obeyed, and ju a short time Stone
[ drew az, aud fired at Il Hcssian; as
the llessr,n ell, Stone said to his
comrade: Run and get your gun
and the man Obcyed.'
The GALAXY for August is received,
and rontaius the following excellent
table of contents-Put Yourself in
His Place, 10y Charles Reade; chap.
Nl., with an illustration); Feath.
cred life; The Rose, the Cloud, and
the Oriole; The Race for CONNER.
cial Supremacy iii Asia, - with
mapsI; Susan Fielding; Prince Ma
poleon: Mineral Waters; Climmer.
| is Gap: Matthew NaSsar; How
they Keep House at Compeignc ;
On Il Cast of Tcnuyson's Hand ;
The Age of BurlcsQue The Galaxy
Miscellany; Driltwood; Literature
and Art; Nchulp. Terms 81 a yeal
invariably in advance. Sheldon 4
Co., Publishers, ioS Broadway, NY
On Saturday the mail train on
the Rutland railroad was thrown
from the track, Ivy u miSpla ed
switch. The engine passed over 4
= bridge and plunged down an EN-
: bankment ten feet; throwing tn,
engineer. Edward Foss, and tn,
. fireman Thirty feet down the bank
| The engineer had two ribs broken
and the fireman was badly injured
The smoking car broke through tn,
bridge and was poised over th,
edge, and had the coupling brok,
would have gone into the creek
IS feet below. The passenger cal
, was simply off the iron and left
standing on the bridge. There
were thirty.iive persons in The
smoking ear. No one was inlurc,
hu. those above named Ii was {
narrow escape from serious disaster
In u communication which ap
, pearcd in this paper some week.
since, concerning affairs in New
, bury, some things were charged
, against the town officers o; New
bury which, rs we learn from pei
sons acquainted with the facts, ar
not true. In the article referred I,
It was charged that the town a,'
thoritics had trumpcd up n com
; plant against u certain family, 70
the purpose of Kidding the town u
, their presence, and then gave then
their choice, to 20 to Jail, CT g
T.. West ut :he towns expense. Thi
statement. rs we believe, is no