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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

InE REUNION 0F TnE Army or THE poIoMAc-
Tic arrangement Of the executive committee of
the Society Of the Army Of the Potomac for the
annual meeting which occurs at Boston, on the
l2th instant, are now nearly perfected It is an
ticipated that about two hundred and fny mem
ber~ Of the society viii be present. The literary
exercises will take place in the Globe Theatre.
begning at Il clock Major General George G.
Meade, the president of the association. will pre-
side, and the services will be opened with prayer
By the Rev Phillips Brooks The Grafton will
then be delivered by Breyet-M ajor-Geu Lucius
Fairchild, governor Of Wisconsin and the poem
by Bret Harte. Music will De furnished hy Gil
more Band Aside from the tickets to members,
about five hundred special invitations will be ex-
tended by the executive committee. After the
literary exercises the regular meeting of the soc
oiety for tie choice of officers wl. take place At
hall-pnst seven O'Clock ia the evening, che grand
banquet win take place at the Revere House. at
which after dinner speeches may be expected from
the most prominent military men in the country
10 Is announced that President Grant will posi-
tiyly De- present, as will General Joe Hooker
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

MiDDLEFx.-The Festival and Oyster Supper
which came off on Thursday eve. the 10th int.
Mt the Washington House, b. Barrett proprietor,
Tor the benefit Of Rev. +. NJ. Miller proved a sue
cesslul and pleasant affair The receipts were
about Sl25.
The charades, tableaux aud destinations were
finely rendered and the supper was all that could
be desired The Mortified Cornet Band was in
attendance and contributed much to the enjoy
ment Of all present.
The potato trade has been quite lively - Five
or six carloads having been sent from this depot
quite recently.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

foc he month Of Apra, 1871 fatn IN Ran
doipt w., far me- Smithsonian hulg,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

Remaining in The Montpelier Past OGce
May 9, 1871
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

W'rEaatgr. -Ihe body of Henry, the youngest
OF the two sons Of Mr. X Thorndke who were
both drowned April l2fh, as noticed in the Woicl-
man Of 10Th ult was found Monday. May sth.
Though dilligcnt search was made for the bodies
Of these unfortunate ads, during the first week
OF two after the sad accident, this one was &C.
ciicuially discovered by a conductor OF one Of the
freight trains 1t had been lodged or caught On
some bushes little below JoneNillc, more than
nine miles from where the bly sank, some two
or three miles above the falls Probably It had
been carried some distance by the high waters of
last week The condition and appearance Of what
remained Of the once loved son and brother, can
afford little satisfaction to those much afflicted
parents and sisters to view, but they have this
satishction-that his form will have resting
place in little spot Of earth where they may
mourn over it. lineage of this son was ten years /.
that Of the older son William was fifteen years
These We're the last Of the sons Of Mr. Thorndike
an older one came 70 his death some three or
four years since By accident
Mr.. j. W Nudge, the young Evangelist Of
whom mention has previously been made in your
journal, took leave OF many friends he has made
in this place, last Wednesday evening Almost
every boy of the Reform School, now number
ing IN, it is said, took Mr. Nudge By the
hand and babe him farewell Many Of these
boys will doubtless cherish kind and gmteul
memory Of one who faithfully abored for them,
and others, to reform in both life and heart, and
bring them to Christ.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

VERMONT SUMNER REsoRTs.-Ihe new hotel at
Middleton Springs will open in June
Rooms at the Equinox House, Manchester, are
being engaged earlier than usual.
The Clarendon Spring hotels anticipate a good
season, as usual. This is one of the lldes. sum
mer resorts in Vermont
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

PARs.--Ihe situation about Paris remains
nearly unchanged, although some sharp fighting
las been going on. There are no indications Of
any spread Of Communism into the other large
eitesot France, and the reduction of Paris by the
Government is regarded among the best Informed
"a imminent.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

We cordially welcome back into The ranks Of
Journalism our enterprising accomplished and
genial friend, George II. Bigeow, who last week
resumed hi. connection with the Burlington Free
Pr" 3 Iuaes. Mr. Bigei0w IS am able writer
and indehugahle news cleaner. and we cougmtu-
nto the fire Press Association upon having co.
curci bis services.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-10

ur CHARLES s. PAUSE
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n Sharp OIL Director.

About the beginning of the present cen.
tury. the old Bank Of Albany (since de-.
funct). then presided over by thirteen dis.
tinguishcd representatives Of Fathcrlsnd.
issued it's first circulating notes. lmmed'.
ately after their receipt from the printer. an
application for loan of few thousand
dollars WIS made 10 the bank by drover.
well known in Albany for Ills ability and
financial soundness. TIE loan was passed
BY the board, and tho cashier ordered to
pay the money. who. like faithful officer.
icvolvcd in his mind rs 10 what kind Of
money he would pay--whether 1t should be
their own new currency or gold. The first
item puzzled him: II was new. The direct.
ors were Immediately r. onvcned. and the
subject was laid before them. Chairs were
drawn 10 tho great fire place. thirteen clay
pipes were lighted, and discussion ensued
currency. No satisfactory conclusion was
likely IL DC arrived al, until the following
speech was made Ivy one Of the number:
gentlemen Of the Board-rhesc bills of
our. received 10 day. have cost this bank
large sum of money. The engravcr, the
printer, the paper. maker, and the incident-
Ole, all have 10 bc paid. The thought of
these expenses, So justly incurred. does not
stagger mo in the least; for tho bills are
very fine md an ornament to the bank.
Rat. gentleman, when Il - spso,eessA IN s~nd
these new bills into the fur West, there to
be traded for catllc-torn. scilcd. and per.
haps utterly dcstroycd-I, for one, most
solemnly protest. venture, this moment.
gentlemen. to assert the opinion. that should
you be 80 unw:se as 10 allow these new
bills to he sent North and West, broadcast
beyond Lansingburg, Schenectady, and
away the other side Of Utica (ss under.
stand this man proposes to take some of
thcm), you will never sec them again, 90
long Is the Bank Of Albany has an exist.
ence or NAME"
The motion was lost, and the gold was
duly paid,
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BisWsas'ck'S Boundary Line.
From "Drift. Wood" 10 the Galaxy.l

kSAous ~s"S"VVOs ~ suV oosSAy'U
Napoleon sought for France ''rectifca.
ton Of the frontier" and rcctificati0n Of
the frontier has been sccurcd-n0t. 10 be
sure, the one intended, but still any good
eye Gun see that Bisnarck's new line is
slaughter than the old, and very much
strsightcr than the one Napoleon would
have drawn beyond Landau. Zweibruckcn.
Neunk irchcn. and Suarlouis. 1t 10 bold
business, In our day, for Germany 10 annex
two French provinces against their will, but
TO say that 1t is bold to say that it 10 Bis.
MARKHAM. Visions of vengeance, fears 1T
revolt, mcraccs of recOnqueet, do not dis.
turb tho sleep of the German Chancellor,
who probably argues that, with Ncuf Brci.
zach, StrausbOurg. PfalslOurg, Metz and
Thi0nvillc no longer French fortrcsses men.
aciNg Germany, but German fOrtresses men.
ncing France. and with German guns cOm.
manding the line of the vosgcs and The line
of the Mosclle, rcconquest is impossible.
So, IN our generation, it probably Il. Can
ada may as well talk OF marching upOn
Washington or of snncxing Michigan and
Maine. as France, for the present. at reach.
ing Berlin or rcanncxing her lost provinces.
Tie half million French soldiers now shut
up In Germany are the largest hostile AMY
likely u be seen there for many day, and
years of patience. energy. and genius can
alone restore tho glor les of Louis XIV. and
Napoleon.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05
n Picture Of n Philosopher.

In the first number Of the CAPITAL, the
new paper published in Washington. undcI
the joint cditorsl,,p of Dom Piatt and Geo
Alfred Townsend, two of the most accom-.
plisl,cd journalists in the country. we find
the following pen picture of Horace Gree
ley ut a reception given him i'm Washington
by Senator Chandler OF Michigan:
1.-The guests began 10 arrive about 10 p.
n. The venerable Horace arrived mt 2 P.
H., that is, he descended from his apartment
at that hour with his toilet completed. II
had been completed since Z A. NJ. when the
great protection st put himself inside some
clean linen, I'd INDUCED In a shave and
some p'ofane language incident to that pro.
cess.
For three hours the great philosopher en-.
tertained himself by rcposing in tho tiowny
rccesses Of satin covered sofa and reading
his famous work on political economy,
which he found on table much worn and
. good deal marked, although superbly
bound. At intervals he dropped into soft,
childlikc slumbcr. In these sluml,ers hc
dreamed that lie was in heaven engaged in
agricultural pursuits, surrounded by high.
impossible wall. marked protective tariff,
and looking over he could sec III the bot.
tomlcss pit David A. Wells. Horace White,
Sam BOwles, NOrdhOff, Sands, Minturn.
Marshall. the two Adamses, Halstexd and
Sam Reed, crawling round the cool side of
the big GOALS. and begging piteously for one
drop of protection to cool their parchrd
tongues. And Horace responded, from
time 70 time. See you damned first" and
And half past nine Horace said that lie
felt just a bit pcckish. This being trans.
lated into Michigan. hc was helped to six
hard boiled eggs, four sandwiches. and two
slices of cold ham. washed down 10y few
cups Of coffee, Being revived somewhat by
this slight ,efreshment, he expressed him.
self in mild way upon the sbsurdity of
people coming to an entertainment at such
On hOir. Horace said that any (adjcctivc)
fools who would come 10 any reputable
place ut any such (udjcc,ive) hour, ought IL
be -.-(adjcctivc) eternally to (sdjeclive)
pcrditi0n.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05

Several Sundays ago collection VA
: about TO be taken up in one Of our churches,
end, in the absence of one Of the collectors,
frisky young man volunteered his services.
and handled his bat with great industry and
succesa When 10 got near the door, hs
va about II 60 ont with his hat full OF
money on his bead, when the minister mid
solemnly. "Young man. Il yoa jsaye lssss
with that money you'n b damned. The
young man. however. left IN hussy, end,
= he shut The door behind him. worthy
Old bachelor. viii : voiee 10 Fsharp, Who
Aad put dollar u IT, III, plped o0S % ~
nlnlaie: "Msal, Y - asss'ss Nh 4
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05
POLITICAL noTGS.

The Democrsss carried Albany, N. T., by
about the usual majority-l, 800 to 1900.
On the Congressional vote In Connect.
cut, the Republicans have majority Of COS.
A Western agitator proposes an amend.
ment to the Constitution to abolish the cleo.
toral college.
Gen. Joseph r. Hswley, Of Connecticut,
will be prominent Republican candidate
for tho Vice. Presidential nomination.
The Iowa Republican State Convention
10 called At Des Moi1es, June 2lst, 70 nom
mate governor, etc..
General Belknap's name 10 widely men.
toned in Iowa Is the successor of Senator
Harlan, whose term closes in 1878.
The Pennsylvania Assembly. by vote,
81 to rs, has killed the bill previously pass
cd by the Senate. providing that women
might be elected a. Directors of Schools.
The Louisville Ledger iraeicslly Demo.
cratic) thinks Governor Alcorn, Of Missis-
sippi, 10 looking toward tho Democratic
nomination for the Vice Presidency in 1879.
The Indianapolis Sentinel 10 disturbed In
its mind. IfGovernor Baker, who 10 healthy,
should die, Indiana, It says, possesses nei.
Their Lieutenant Governor nor President
of the Senate to succeed him.
The Legislature Of Illinois has agreed to
hold an adjourned session, commencing No.
vember II, at Chicago, for the completion
Of business that cannot be acted upon at
the present session.
A correspondent Of the indianapolis Jour.
nal says: II learn that Voorhees, ID against
Hendricks, and ia now fishing to secure q
nomination for Vice President on . ticket
with General Hancock for Presidcnt Ditto
Hughes, now lal'oring to secure the nomi>
nation for Vice President on ticket with
Governor Hoffman for President"
Twelve. gentlemen of st. Louis styling
themselves :" The Liberal Republican Ex.
ecutive Committee of St. Louis" have pub.
lishcd . manifesto declaring themselves in
favor of Universal Amnesty and State
Rights, and opposed to the Presidents San.
to Domingo policy. to the Ku- Klux bill,
and to Protective Tariff. They deprccatc
the present policy Of paying off the Nation.
al Debt, and recommend reform In the civil
service.
The Washington d. G. Patriot states that
George H. PcndIet"n has finally declined In
permit his name to be used - candidate
for Governor before the approaching Dem.
ocratic Convention In Ohio. This decision
has been reached after much deliberstion.
and 10 understood to have been made for
reasons wholly personal. The impression
now seems to obtain. Gays the Paeriet, that
the Hon. George McCook will receive the
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05
III is'tv Years.

The Daily Tribune was first Issued on the
10th Of April, 184l; It has therefore CONF
plcted it, thirtieth and Today enters upon
its thirty. first year. II was originally q
small folio sheet. employing perhaps twenty
persons In It's production; Il 10 now one OF
the largest journals issued In any part or the
world. containing ten 10 fifteen times a.
much - 1t first. and cm0odying in each 10.
sue the lsbor OF four to five hundred per.
contents. anart from siverti,ementa. vori:i
make fair l2nN, volume. such n sells from
the bookstores for 81 to u; and, when We
are compelled to issue supplement, its
editorials. correspondence, dispatches and
reports, (Which seldom leave room for any
hut mere shred of seleclions), equal IN
quantity to IN average 0ctav0. The total
cost Of ito production for the flrst wesk was
e525; II 10 now nearly 120.00O Per week,
with constant, Irresistible tendency % u.
cresse.-NsS York zriS.Ss.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05

A ltst OF the uewspsps-s OF the United
States displays some queer freaks in nomen.
clature. Here are few that aze rather odd :
The Shuttle; the Toschstone: The Outline;
the Airline; the Wese-Sids; The New crs
alton; the Indians Arcana; the Penny Hu.
morist; the Artery; The Industrial Prov;
The How to Make the Farm Ply; The Life
Boat; the Apollo; the Sunbeam; the Demo.
cratic Cable; the Eureka; tie Safeguard;
The Wolverine citisen; ths Bill Poster; 10
Democratic Archives; the Forum; The Be-
con and Blade; the Home and Abroad.
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Runaway hush. .nds.

Somebody writes the following epitaph for
. Providence paper, and If It did not appear
In well conducted paper It might be mis-.
taken for ''ghastly joke -
Joe Gardner, known in various capacities
nifty years ago; known on South Water 81.
for the last thirty years, hes passed into the
immortal life Truly - the Lord livetl,. {"
said David tn Johnalhsn, land truly - thy
soul livcth. there is but step between me
and DEATH" Joe Gardner was blind of m
eye, and in moment Of confusion be stcDt
In an instant. out Ut . receiving and dc.
charging door In one of our warehouses. to
the ineftable glories of the celestial sphere.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05

HEAVY No1roAoE.--On Friday Last the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company Of Cal.
ifornis stamford. Crocker 3 Co., recorded
In the Office of the County Recorder mort.
gage In the sum Of ess,0c ,o0o, to D. o.
Mills, Of San Francisco, and p. G. Calhoun,
Of New York. The mortgage IL on the
rolling stuck, franchises, eic., Of the road.
A like mortgage Il died ID each county
through which the road u expected 70 pass.
San Diego Uaies. NereA l0Gk.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05

The highest point ever attained BY any
balloon traveller. namely, seven miles. wss
made BY Mr.. James Ghisher. tho English
eunaut, in an ascert made from Wolver.
h,mpton, on the I'd Of September, 1859
At this height Mr.. 0laisher became inscnsi.
be, and Mr.. Coxwell, his companion, nearly
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-05-05

HioHra-The highest mountain In the
world 10 the Ivy Gamin, eo.l5o feet. The
highest peak in the world il Mount Everett.
5000 feet. The greatest mountain hieht
visited by man 10 beyond Ivy Oamiu. "a.
$50 feet The highest permanently inhah.
tied place In the world & Laksk, ID. III feet.
The highest point st which man can ..
cehd. without having bis health seriously
affected. 10 1880 feet. The highest bal
loon ascent yet made IL 10000. The Black
Hills, lat Sherman station, o,236 feet above
the level Of the seal, Is the highest point on
the Pacific Railroad.
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The New York 1ssstsS Pea says 1T b
. curious fact among or ~ md eap maa.
ufacturefs that different localities NJ djf.
fereut sisss. Boston and ~ Eastern States
uss The small hat sises Now York and he
Middle States, The medium . hsgsae sises
Chicago and The Wosern eeatee reosire
the largest Sizes. Goods manstacsased .tor
one market cannot b sold Sog ~ othes.
only IN exceptional cssea TIE oootA usss
shape peculiar 70 thensolvp asaol lares
sire.
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LONDON Social 6rArlsTIcs AN Eng.
lish journal. taxing the census of human
happiness for the city of London, produces
the following figures
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...-sr LAW 8 -y.rgE .
UNITED STATES
PASo8D At fRD
Third Session Of the Ferty.Flrst Congress .
LA w s
GENHRAL xAfuRE-No. a.

GENERAL xArusI-No a.
A. A. D.. $1,000 :, ~. .,,....s ~. ss,-.. 49,.
a" a. ss y sasu wy ~ "ppsUseo ~ my ons
ssk"een n w. Sno sesenty. ehsL'e1 an ~
sC soI0tce sne n9nts ot c,axens OF sne Wnstso
os1tss % vose y - sev"0 Sses9 Of up OsSos'
spP W oss~ Psst'ss~ 1850 1854 ~ r
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House OF RepeeeeN.
tatives Of the United States OF America In Congress
assembled That section twenty Of the "Act 10 en-
force be rights Of citizens Of the United States to
vote In the several States Of this Union and for other
dred and SEVENTY shall BE- and hereby u amended 20
40 TO read as follows:
''Sec IN. And he Il further enacted. That II any
registration OF votcr for an election for
tive Delegate n the Congress At the United States
any pcrson shall knowingly pcrp0nste and register or
attempt to register in the name OF any other person.
whether living, dead or ActitiOWe or fraudulcntly
rester. Or fsnduently attempt register not hsv-
ing lawful right 20 e DO e DO any .o.xial .et to
BY force threat menace Intimidation, bribery. Re.
ward OF offer. or promise thereof or other unlawful
meana. prevent or hinder any peecoa havag . lawful
right to register from duly exercising such right or
compel or induc. By any Of such MEANS or other nm
lawful means any Ulccr OF reg5strnttoa % admit to
registration any person not legally entitled thereto
interfere In any manner with any officer Of registra
ton 10 The dischasge Of HE dutlea or by any euch
means OF other unlawful means. induce any Officer 1T
repatriation to violate refuse to comply with his
duty any law regulating the same; u any snch
oness shall knowingly and wilfay rexster a. avoter
register any person entitled to BE- registered. II
perform any duty IN relation 10 euch raRj.tSatlon or
siorelnn IN ssr~r<sin ennnun,a ~ Aarlsra tf~
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The Object Of Land Draining,

James Donald, the author of an able English
work on Land Draining, says che object OF
draining is to CAUSE, the whole of the rain water
falling upon the surface to filter equally and
readilytoa propeEdepth, and to convey axay!
the quantity reaching that depth, without al
lowing it 10 accumulate. An examination of
the soils Of Great Britain has shown that by
far Che largest portion of the land requires TO-
be kept open by draining, to greater or less
extent, before it can absorb all the water falling
upon it, and be managed with safety, economy
and advantage. The same is true, to an equal
extent, IN tkis country. e
Professos Norton says: Wherever water is
so abundant in the3s0il as to completely satr-i
rate it, various evil effects take place. -.
81. Fhe necessary decomposition of organic;
substances is arrested, and certain vegetable
acids are formed, called by chemists, suasic, al-
mic, geie acids, &c. In swamps and low grounds,
generally, these accumulate TO- a large extent
and form the deep black soil OF muck of such
situations. @-a -
02. So long gas these acids arepresent in such
excessive quantities, valuable plants refuse to
grow but, as is well known, when the muck is
taken ont and dried, it becomes valuable
manure this is because air and warmth obtain
access, and the process Of decomposition goes
on again.
"It isnot only in swamps that this injurious
formations occurs; there is much land that is
too wet in the early part of the season, or in
which are springs which saturate the surface.
This land may be- hard, and may even bear
plowing, yet still it is what farmers call cold
and sour. These are exactly the proper words,
for they truly express qualities. Considera-
BILE and injurious quantities Of these vegetable
acids are found and the water, by constant
evaporation from the surface, produces cold !;
the grass is scanty and poor, while rushes show
themselves in the wettest places. There are
large tracts of such lands as this in almost ev-
ery part Of the country. Farmers think such
land too dry for draining, and yet that is the
only way to make permanent improvement
uponi it.
"some land is dry on the surface, but has a
wet subsoil. When the roots of the plants get
down TO this, they find, at once, injurious food
not only the acids already mentioned, but in
organic substances. In :his case, too, the only
remedy is the drain. The good effects of the
speration, on all soils suffering from any of the
causes above mentioned, are very remarkable,
and must briefly be specified"
The effects of draining, Mr.. Editor, will be
given in my next.