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marriage ceremony-this gentleman was
formerly one of our most respected A.
merican Consuls, and afterward became
a convert to Catbolicity. Miss Evans,
sister Of the groom, was simply attired in
white muslin, which made her adornments
of heart and person more manifestly at
tractivc.
The groom was the onvied and happy
recipient of repeated congratulations from
a crowd, and received his friends with
quiet dignity. A telegram, bearing the
spirit presence OF friend in New York
to the happy pair was received with en-
tbusiasm, and the groom proposed to all
present "the health of our friend, Mrs. j.
W. White,' which all joined heartily
She was the only lady present at the mar
riage.
Until late the room was filed with
guests. The floral decorations were
beautiful and the fragrance will be pre-
served long after their leaves are scatter
ed and withered 1t is well in times ike
these to see that our American daugh-
ters are not all bought with gold or tit
les.
When ten. Banks occupied New
Orleans, DR.. Perkins. the father of Mrs.
Evans, was heroically loyal to the Gov
ernmcnt, and his only child Marie Lin
ton (widow of the late Duncan Linton)
had been well taught that spirit of love
for the Union which cannot shrink from
the test Of sacrifice when called upon to
do 50. She owned large plantation,
upon which, at the time Gen. Butler left
New Orleans there were LOO bales of
cotton for sale. Popular among her
rebel neighbors, they said if she wouldn't
follow Banks army but remain at her
home quietly, they would not moest her,
threatening at the same time to burn her
cotton, if by leaving She avowcd her fdcl-
ty openly to the North.
Better save your money Maria" said
one friend, and love the flag after.
She ,corncd the idea, and with her
father and mother went with the North
crn army into the country. The rebels
burnt the cotton a, soon Il, she left, and
the army under Gen Banks used every
thing that could be seized upon her faith
cra immense plantation-wineS from the
cellar, horses, wagons, mules, produce,
hogsheads of sugar. Ac., TO the amount Of
100000. The plantations remain, and
the family secured an ample sum Of money
before the devastation began. The history
of thi, distinguished lady is so remark
able, that ! trust this little sketch will be
found interesting to many lovers of truly
loyal woman,and to her numerous friends
amors whom the last may not he itaet."
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True to Her Own Heart.
AN AMERICAN BELLE REFUSES TITLES AN
MILLIONS ~ EXCHANGE PnR HER HEART.

AN AMERICAN BELLE REFUSES TITLES AND
MILLIONS N EXCHANGE roR HrR HEART
\ large circle of friends from Maine
to Louisiana has been unusually surpriS-
ed by the unexpected marriage of Marie
Linton. of Southern birth, who for several
years past has charmed the best circles
of Partisan society. At the delightful
reunions weekly given by her in Paris,
the most distinguished among the culti-
waited in art or literature could be met
and many favored Americans remember
with pride and pleasure the cnviahC
fame of her salons,
Mistress of the English, French and
Sphanish languages, charming writer
eminently a genius i'll music il would
seem that nature had been partial, aud
yet to these were added wealth, and q
rarer gift than hers-to Fortunes child
hut not her worshipper-was hers.
These attractions drew around her
many adorers, rank, wealth, fame, and
science offered their charms. The vslu,
was found too low. The price She had
set upon her heart was higher still. Sterl-
ing worth, in virtue invuncrablo, and d
name beyond reproach alone could reach
her ideal. While disintere,tcd tricnd'
urged the acceptance OF title, with
millions to support this dignity and wcrt
awaiting the answer to prepare tttius
fcstivity for the announcement of such
distinguished engagcment-lo ii ap
peared by the papers that, without cou
sulting them, this lady had on the lotl
of FEBRUARY last, married Mr.. VIM. Evans
of Philadelphia. Aud on the oath o.
the same month, at LA Prince House, il
that city, a reception was given by tho
happy bride aud groom 10 their astonished
! friends.
The bride, in robe uf pearl and
silver cOlorcd satin, made ia Paris trim
ed with exquisite taste, and GRACEFUL,
ample train, received the guests with dig
nifty and dash of sprightly yivacity
that showed she enjoyed the surpris,
given them by this stolen march to hymen,
altar.
Among the friends at this receptio,
were Mrs. and Miss Shaumbers, the Rev
DR.. Chambers, Miss Kenner, niece o
Duncan Z. kenner, Mr. and Mrs. Hugl
Davids. The best Southern families wer,
represented by Mr.. Bazac. The Rev
Father Stroeble, who had performed tn,
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\ petition, signed by 2O00 liquor
dealers of Washington against the passage
Of IL prohibitory law, was presented to
the Senate Wednesday. Senator Hamlin
told the Committee which brought it that
II his vote would secure law restricting
the sale of liquor it would be given
quickly.
a Paris correspondent of the New
York World says that Paris puts faith in
a rumor that Napoleon died a while ago
when he was sick, and that his part has
since been performed by dummy, much
resembling the bona fide emperor. Mean.
time Eugene has ruled and hence the
more liberal conduct of the government.
They have fellow living in Lafayette
Indiana, who is humility pcrsonified. The
other day he asked a young lady if he
might "bc allowed the privilege Of going
home with her" and was Indignantly
refused; whereupon he inquired, very
humbly, if he might "be allowed to sit on
the fence and see her go by"
HOTEL INCIDENT. - What are you
about, you black rascal? Twice have
You reused me from sound sleep to tell
me that breakfast was ready, and you've
awakened me by attempting to pull Of
the bedclothes. What the deuce do you
mean ?
why, massa, if you isn't going to get
up, | mus hsb de sheet anyhow, ease
day'r waitin' for de table clof"
A committee appointed to investigate
an alleged charge of undue punishment
inflicted by school teacher, reported
"that the punishment was not actuated
by malice, but was occasioned by an un.
due appreciation of the thickness of the
boys pantaloons."
Pease is the name of well-known
teacher in Bangor, Maine. A youth
named Bean, who attends his school, was
reciting his lesson one day, and hesitated
a moment, when the the teacher remark
cd; ut takes beans a long time to
sprout." No longer than peas, sir" re-
piled the boy.
An inebriated man in Lawrence, Kan
sas, was found clinging to fence, look :
ing helplessly at ncighboring rev OF
shade trees. "Halloa, said friend who
came up, whats the matter, Jake %
Dunno, hic," responded Jacob, "that
d--d PROFESSIONS never goin' to get
past
Spriggins had a visitor to dinner. Al
ter watching for some time the assault
upon his provisions, Spriggins said -
You grow poor, don't you ?" "No,"
replied the visitor, l just about hold m,
own "And that" said Spriggins, "is
more than any other man in Hartford
could hold"
A young man who had come into
possession of a large property by the
death Of his bvother was asked how he
was getting along. "Oh," said he, lam
having dreadful time what with getting
out letters of administration, and attend.
ing probate court, and settling claims, |
sometimes wish he hadn't died."
The following dispatch recenntly passed
tarough telegraph Office Il lent you
one year ago tonight, four dollars aud
eighty-scven cents II you have not had
it long enough, please keep one year
longer" To this delicate hint this an
swer was returned Had forgotten it,
and hoped you had. Let her run another
year"
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DISQUALIFICATION FOR

n SALE. On the main road from Middle
bury to Vergennes, in New Haven; within ten
minutes walk of the Depot, Post Office, School
house Church &c. lG0 acres of land suitably di-
,ded into meadow, tillage and pasturing; large
quantity Of wood and timber land; fruit enough
for family use; IS young fruit trees Of choice
grated varieties-?0 set the past season; good
sugar orchard is well fenced and watcred; two
story house, 30x40, painted and blinded, in good
repair, rooms; an l., 20x40 feet. rooms; wood
shed l2x30; barns suitable for storing the pro-
duce; failing water at house and barns.
Forty acres Of choice meadow and tillage land
Immediately adjoining will be sold with it if de-
sired.
Twenty OF twenty-five hundred dollars will be
required when possession is given, and the re-
mainder can remain in mortgage for term n
years. il desired
The stock and farming tool. viii b. sold with
the farm il desired.
For further particulars, term. Se. inquire. ou
the premises, Of
i6;if }. X. FORD.
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Threescore and Ten.

-ho stands upon tho border land,
Where heaven and earth unite,
Her soul projects itself beyond
The avenues of sight;
And dwelling in the realms that ne'er
Are reached by mortal ken,
She seems already crowned a saint
At threescore years and ten.
Her motherhood is written Ger
Her face 10 iaircst lines;
Her tender heart asserts itself
By most familiar signs.
BY patient steps, through thorny way,
Through sorrow and through strife,
She reached tho Pisgah-hight of time.
The boundary of life.
Far down the valley of the past,
She sees where fond hopes bloomed,
And marks the many monuments
Wherein they lie entombed
But DER the graves the grass has grown,
And love its balm has given,
since every step the wanderer took
But led her nearer heaven.
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The NEW ARTICLE of FOOL
BITTERS
:. l86O-X.

TIN, wonderful vegetable restorative IS
the sbect.ancbor of the feeble and debili-
tated. As tonic and cordial for the
aged and languid. it has no equal among
stomachics Asa remedy for the nervous
weakness to which women are especially
subject, it il superseding every other
stimulant. In all climates, tropical, tenn
perate on irieid, it acts as specific in ev-
ery species of disorder which nndermines
the bodily strength and breaks down the
animal spirits. For sale by all druggists.
(J0m6)
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The national flags ofCaliornia silk .on
which the State has dotted so fondly, are
now finished aud on exhibition at the
State House at Sacramento. The Chap
lain Of the Senate "expatiated on their
beauty" in his morning prayer one day
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The following song was composed and sung
=. A. y. Stanley at the closing Lyceum at L
tor, on the evening Of March 5th, 1870
Our Leicester Ia q jolly town,
In spite Of wind or weather;
Twould do you good, know it would,
To SEQ "our folks" together.
Like one great family are we.
United to each other
In friendship strong, we move along,
In harmony together.
CHoRus
Dur heads are clear, our money free,
Our hearts are large and strong,
WI take the whole creation in,
And help them move along.
saw two men, the other day.
Most leisurely a walking,
Very intent their eyes were bent,
And gaily they were talking;
And one discussed our moneyed worth.
Confound it all " said he, al like
Their Independent notions"
CHORUS
We have opinions Of our own,
And freely we express them;
our faults, It's true, are not few,
But freely we confess them.
We do not bow to broad-cloth suits
Nor moneyed fops from college;
Tho only things we reverence
Are wisdom. truth. and knowledge
CHORUS,
There's now and then, neighbor here.
Who grows quite di-contented
With many a frown, he leaves the town,
And feels himself lamented;
He stays away, year or two,
Till life becomes pester,-
Then pack his duds, with many a smlie
lpd hack he comes n Leicester.
CgoRus
Ws de not borrow styles nor airs"
From what some call /" big places"
For nature, fair, her image rare,
Has stamped upon our faces;
And when we call upon our friends.
We do not think it shocking,
To strsightway open wide the dooI
Md walk in without hooking
CHoRr-
hur town II Is great resort,
la pleasant summer weather;
And those who wish to hunt and ist
Are docking here together
You cannot find another place.
Though YOU may be jester,
Where people are 30 wide-awake,
\ in the towp Of Leicester.
CHosus
but you all Know our little town,
Ha- been abused most sadly;
Paupcri come here, from far and near
And live On Us most gladly;
Upon my soul whole f,milie.
Are sent here, just TO poster,
md one man came a thousand mile.
To throw himself On Leicester
CaoKrs
our mineral wealth is superine,-
And just here lot me name it,
Unless our eye- look many ways
some other town will claim il,
Tis Brandon lime, lis Brandon paint.
As sure as we're nation
md when the depot here was built
They called it " Whiting Station"
CHORUS.
pui town does not spread out so wide.
lis true, Us we'll it might, sir,
Hut who cant see with half an eve.
We make it up in hight, sir;
We're bound, hencoforth, to have our ri,
lis but g friendly warning,
Who steals our lsurels, now must rise
lr the lir-top Of the morning.
CHoRrs
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INARM FOR SALE.

j One hundred and eight acres in the north
west part Of Whiting, near Shoreham Town line,
known as the Sylvanu7 Hall farm, has good house
and outbuildings, is we'll watered Has good thrift
ty fruit trees, ac. Enquire Of the subscriber on
the premises. or Ira W Clark, ESD, Middlebury
GE0RGEW DEIiiNO.
Whiting Vt. Feb !?nd 1870
lstf
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nRGANS at greatly reduced prices.
" Three new Eve Octave PARLOR ORGANS,
,xcellent tone and finish, warranted for five years
at a greatly reduced price. 39,tf
Bristol, Dec. Is, 1889 T.. u. STEWART
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4 j. STYLES, Photographer, OPP
"a posite Post OfEce.
Pictures of all kinds made In the most perfect
Wanner. Frames, in Gilt, Black Walnut and Rose
wood. Albums in great variety. n B.-Partie-
alar attention paid to copying and onlarging old
pictures. Photographs finished in Oil, Water Col
srs, or India Ink MIDDLEBURY, VI.
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q. TEWART Il ELDREDGE, Attor-
neys and Counselors at Law.
MIDDLEBURN, VT
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s \R. ). 4. ROWLEY, Eclectic Ply
~ .ician. At hi residence on Seymour St
3u MIDDLEBURY, Vt.
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VI TRIP Sheriff for Addison
- County. office in Stewart Block.
Att MIDDLEBURl, VI.
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I IFE INSURANCEi

~ Taking the mortality in tho thirty Ahree
companies which did business in the State of n.
York, for four years, (G5, &c, 81, 6s) as basis,
the cost Of iasvriag in the CosSEcTIcuT Mutual
BENEFIT COMPANY will he rs cents per week for
$1,000; SO cents per week for $4,000; it being
less than one-thrd the cost of insuring 10 any
4,thsr company in tho United States.
AMOS DOUGLAS, Agent.
Mddlebury, VI 4Cyl
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/ RA W. CLARK, Attorney * Coun-
l. sellor at Law and Solicitor in Chancery.
Al MIDDLEBURY, VT
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II II. EDDY, NJ. D., Physician aud
AVJ Surgeon. Residence two doors north of
Dir. Kitehel ), on Weybridge Street. Office in
Brewster's Block, Main Street.
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Hgl1's..sJ Hglxssy s,fIa Iag IGN Acs!se

FOR FAMILY UsE.--simple, cheap. reliable.
ksIrs EvKRrrHHa AGENTS WANTED. Cir.
'''is saEP ~ s%Pi xSas ;sSss1s 5fsE MaouiSs ASd's
(kem1) Bath, Me.
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The following song was composed and sung by
Mrs. A. Il. Stanley at the closing Lyceum at Lei
cestor, on the evening Of March 5th, 1870
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They have fellow living in Lafayette,
Indiana, who is humility pcrsonifed. The
other day he asked a young lady if he
might "bc allowed the privilege of going
home with her," and was Indignantly
refused; whereupon he inquired, very
humbly, if he might "be allowed to sit on
the fence and see her 60 by"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-27

The resolutions respecting the notorious
WHIrTEMoRT, passed N the House of Rep
rcsentatives on Tuesday, the 2lst inst, set
forth that tho said VnfTTEMoRE ctd make
appointments 20 the Military Academy at
West Point and the Naval Academy at An.
napolis in violation Of law. and that such ap
pointments rers infHeaeed Jg pecunidry cont
alterations; and that his conduct is con
demned as unworthy of representative of
the people"
After laying down a rule so clear and so
unquestionable as this, would it not be well
for the House to inquire whether President
GRANT has made any appointments of Cop
perhcad cadets at West Point at the request
of A. r. STEWART, and whether such ap-
pointments were or were not influenced by
pecuniary consideraiions-that is to say, by
money previously given to one party by the
otherl
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Cnha I'm the Hcnatn.

Whatever may he the final action OF tho
United States Senate on the Cuban question,
nothing was more unlikely than that IL
should join tho House of Representatives in
passing the BINGHAM resolution.
This resolution did not express the real
feeling of the country, but only the blind
Difference of the Republican. party to
their chief. 1t was an illogical, dishonest,
and emincntly anti-Americnn attempt at a
compromise. BY the BiNoniM resolution
passed only because President GRANT said
it was not safe for Congress to STATE the
truth, which was embodied in the BANIas
rcsolutions--the Executive is authorized to in
sist that men who arc not acknowledged as
carrying on war at all shall desist from carry
ing it on in barbarous manner and then
because Gen. GRANT says we arc not able TO
cope with Spain, II invites European nations
to assist us in enforcing the Monroe doc
trine.
The BrNGnAM resolution win be remem-
bered in our national history only as politi-
cal abortion. produced by the malpractice Of
n political quack. Senator. SUMNER Is en-
titled to the thanks of the country for
endeavoriug TO prevent national disgrace
from being converted into an international
one. %
The subject was TO have been considered
in the Senate on Friday. Senator THURMAN
Of Ohio spoke against Mr.. SuMSER's resolp.
tons, on the Just ground that they do not
propose to help Cuba in any practical
manner; and then Mr.. CAssERLY Of Califor
mia took tho side of Spain, at which Ills
friends have reason TO 10 surprised. Does
Mr.. CAssEILY desire for the Democratic
party the reputation of opposing the freedom
of Cuba and the expulsion of European
dcspotism from this continent
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such Of speh diisrfct. When we know that
all manufactured cottons, iron, tobacco, and
in some Instances oven -four aud bread, are
made by the Government objects Of
monopoly for the sake of ready money, the
wonder is, not that the exchequer Of the
nation is empty, but that the whole fabric
docs not fan to pieces.
in such a ebuptry, II is Of course alb
surd to imagine that any one man, no
mn,ter how able, could remedy tho evil.
Indeed. the wbterfuecs, peoulations, cor
ruption, and bribery which 30 long
continued and demoralizipg o system has en-
gendercd, have become Incorporated into the
national character. This dist ased condition
ofthe people will occasionally find vent in rev
olutions, in which few demaRcgues, for per
sonnl ends, manage 10 excite the masses; but
radical change, both in the governed and
in the governing classes, WIN be needed bo-
fore Spain can claim place among honora-
bic nations, who contract debts with the in
tcntion Of paying them.
And yet this is the country which Gen.
GRANT fears might destroy our crippled
commerce" il we dared to do our duty. .H
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The Financial Condition OF the Country
which President Grant is Afraid of.

That Spain is hopclessly bankrupt is not
new and consequently not a surprising
statement but the causes which have re-
duced her to this condition are, we believe,
not very generally understood
Among the incidental sources of this state
of things may be enumerated the civil wars
which have devastated the Peninsula ; the
diversity of the laws, customs, and manners
of the different provinces; the unequal dis
tribution of property; and utter Ignorance
of the first principles Of political science.
But the primary, fundamental and nppa-
rently ineradieable cause Of SPANS financial
dccadonce and ruin is the universal corrup-
ton in which every public man there is
stceped.
Thus the supplanting Of one Minister of
Finance by another in Madrid always aggra-
Yates instead of diminishing the evil. Tho
whole object Of the new incumbent, of what.
ever political party he may be, is simply to
provide funds for immediate and everpressing
requirements The amount OF direct taxes is
governed solely by the amount Of wants, and
they are imposed entirely irrespective Of any
fixed law, of any established principle, or
even of common sense. In like manner tho
customs dues are collected and the main
portion Of the revenues, instead of scrv-
ing the necessities Of the State, goes In
reality TO enrich O few individuals. Few
countries are richer than Spain in soil, in
climate, or in other natural resources; but
4 Tor Of 1p pui mr. Of bO
ing population is taken from them in the
shape Of taxes, and yet the national treasury
is always empty.
The absolute requirements Of life for a
Sp0narl in Spain are probably less than
those for any other European. He is blessed
in general with good health he is sober,
strong, and lives happily in land aud eli
mate where by working one or two days he
can raise tho wherewith to subsist for week.
Abs ,lutc privation is consequently rare and
less severe there than elsewhere. We never
hear of bread riots in Spain, ms in the coun-
tries of Northern Europe. The salaries of
Government employees, civil and military,
are frequently unpaid for years but by
complaint the spaniard knows he could
never obtain redress All officials are sure
to he supported by the Government.
The Spanish taxes are almost always
direct, but the collectors arc local, and their
power is unlimited, method of raising
money which has been used by every Spanish
! Minister Of Finance il to tax articles OF
primary necessity, and then farm out the
taxes to mouopolists. The word contra
limited TO goods smuGgled through tho
custom houses, is applied in Spain to al
goods sold by any producer without the con
sent of the person or persons to whom, fo
certain considerations, the Government hN
! spld the exclusive right of selling them il