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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

How TIE REBELS HUNG \ NoRrm-
ERN SPY.-Thosc of the citizens of Rich
mond who were here during the war,
and in the month OF February, 1862,
are perhaps familiar with the history OF
James Webster, the spy, who was sent
by the United States government to this
city. Webster was connected with Pink
crton's detective agency, the principal
office Of which l. in Chicago, and being
perhaps the man best suited for the haZ-
ardous Undertaking, came through the
lines and reached this city in safety and
commenced operations. His work had
but fairly begun, however, when he was
arrested, tried by u court-martial-of
which Judge w. w. Crump was Judge
advocatc-convicted Of being a spy and
sentenced to be hung. After his convic-
ton he was sent to Castle Thunder for
safe keeping, and there confined until the
day of his execution. While there he
openly acknowledged his mission, and
prepared himself for the penalty which
his otttnsc deserved. Some three or
four weeks before the day OH which he
was to be hanged, lie either teigncd sick
ness or was really i'll, and was sent up 10
the hospital, i'll the fourth Or fifth story.
He had been there but short time when
he conceived Il plan Tor escape, and final
y put his project into effect. Working
his cot or bed by degrees 10 the ncares;
window, lie waited his opportunity willie
the attention of the guard was Withdrawn,
and Jumped out The fall from such 4
distance ON the stones and bricks below
smashed his hip-bonc, and broke his lee
in one or two places. Though suffering
intense agony, the man, bent on his es-
cape, managed TO crawl along until he
reached Il nci"hhJring coal-yard, where,
his strength exhausted, lac could scarcely
20 further BY this time it was known
at the prison that lac had made his cs-
cape. and search was at once made, and
before ,many minutes lac WAS rcarrcste
and taken back TO Tie hospital, where hi
wounds were dressed and he was proper
ly carcI for. Tim pas.cl away, and
the time Of his execution arrived, but his
limb bad not yet knit, AMI hc was unable
stand. Dressed in the Uniform If the
United State army, which had been
brought him by his wife, he was convey
ell in 4 carriage to "Camp Lee" where
a scltiOli had btcn erected for his cNccI-
lion Unable to stand, he took his seat
until the ROPE was adjusted, AMI, all b.
Ing ready, thu trap iell, and he was
launched into eternity His remains
were inferred properly, and there re,
mancl until Il few days since, when
George ii. Hin9~, the General superin'
tcndent of linkcrton's detective agency
arrived in this city, bad them cNhumed
and they were sent to his friends III tllt
North, 10y the train "i Saturday last
Webster, though iighting against u
VA, brave II tanlt, and throughout al
of his confinement AMI .uiirrngS j. rep
resented to have borne up Ike man
H,rhomDd DcYutca, Way ;.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

ANurIIEE NICrM-Sonator Osborn
o! Florida, who * now in brooklyn, Ia,
received Information 10y private letter,
that Mr.. Mahony, Il republican member
OF the Florida legislature, was killed ut
Lake City on the 10Th of April. II'
was Oh southern birth AMI 4 confederate
soldier, but Come time ago joined the re-
publican party and was elected to the
Legislature III November last, and hi.
death Is sad 10 lave occurred in :, quar-.
rel which was provoked To secure an
apology for killing him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

the government forces are slowly making
Roadway and the downfall of the insur-
gents will undoubtedly soon take place.
Bismarck has notified the French govern
ment that unless they make better head
way and soon put down the rebellion
and pay the indemnify money, the Ger
mans will interfere and IuelI the lnsur-
rection themselves Fort Issy, which
has held out 80 long, was finally taken
by the Versailles army Tuesday. The
| line Of fort, ON the south OF Paris is now
/ broken. and the government being now
able to push It's offensive works much
rcarcr tie city, the fall OF the neighbour
ing forts can hardly be long delayed.
Bat the insurgents have hitherto 50 dis
appointed expectations. in the vigor with
which they have conducted their defense,
that it l. very possible much hard fight
ing must still be done before the Govern
mcnt troops 2ain pos.r--ioa OF the city
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

y Enslom man who had a week.-mrs..
for soft boiled cssa-s bought a thice min.
ute glass for hrid%ct 10 cook them 10y.
They came Oh all right, but it was after.
ward ionni that BRIDGET had boiled tn,
"la.a with them
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

Princess Frederick is dying painful
death from the effects OF Il burning Green
wax taper which fell upon her arm as
she was preparing Christmas tree for
some poor children at Vienna, and
branded It's poison INTO her blood.
Can Il man eating dates be said 10 con-
sumo time
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

Levi Lyman, Il rich old man ut Wal
pole, is dlsposing Of his property in nice
little bequc=ts Of $500 or more amone
his friends while lie lives, instead of
LEAVING it 10 be Iuarrelei over after hi,
death, and finds it much more agreeable
than the other plau.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

How Two VICTIMS ct tIiE Com
MINE DlLp.-Somr painful incidents of
the deaths OF Gems. Lccnmtr and Thomas
at the hand OF IT,, paris Insurgents have
uoN become known IL Gems that at
the lat moment Gen. i.acumtc. I'LL then
d"niliyl and lc-oluic, felt his courage
fail. He tried Ia -iru1ai". t. fly he
ran several steps Ia the Garden then,
instantly ictaken, shaken, dII@%rd hustl-
cd, hc tell ON h. knee ami spoke Of his
children II have five SAIL lie sob
tin". lii fathers heart burst through
the soldiers tune. There were fathers
in that crowd. and >onr voices replied
with emotion (" th.~ heart stirrin" APP
peal: nut the impar:tbc lmesmrn would
not hear Il word. ali We do not shoot
him to-day he will have rs Shot tu-mcr-
row" He was pushed against the wall.
y sergeant of the line almost immediate
ly advanced toward him. "Genrral,
said he, If you Will promi>c.-' Sud
denly changing his mind, lac stepped two
PAGES back and discharged his ChaSscpot
full in the generals hest. The others
had only 10 finish the decd Clement
ThomaS never showed moments weak
Hess. His back against the same wall
as Leromtr, bat two PAGES from his
corpse, he made head against death 10
the end, and spoke very harshIy. When
the nuns we're lowered hr, 10y an instinc-
tive lecture. placed his -; arm before
h,> lace; and tins old II. .,p lean died in
lie attitude ot Caesar. Ar,yc the place
where they lcll against that wall, sad
and naked as the mark in Il shooting
gallery, some branches OF peach are still
trained and an carly flower blooms in
whitcncSs, which the bullets have spared
and the powder failed to blacken.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

Fourteen more carload Of Cana lians,
bound 10 seek their fortune in ''the
Statcs.'' passed down the Vermont Cen
tral railroad. u lev NIGHT AGO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

go. i. CIAEK ALIAS pIrER."-Thr
celebrated ior%rr, .. Il. Clark alias Piper,
nov confined i'll State Prison at " indsur,
proves himself a very ingenious mechan-
IL, ana is Il useful artisan. lie recently
made, with 4 knife, a box about Il foot
long, six inches wide and five inches
deep, composed OF $500 different piece.
He presented it to one Of the directors
recently
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE At LUDLow.-
The village Of Ludlow was visited on
Monday by a serious conilagration which
resulted in the total destruction OF lam
monds block. From this the fire com
municatcd To Sheriff Stimson's dwcllm
house and the brick school house, both
of which were totally destroyed Ham
mond's block was occupied by l.. G..
Hammond, dry goods dealer; Messrs.
Gates, jewellers; a. a. Baldwin, photo
graphcr, and by the post Office. Ham
mond's Hall, the largest public hall Of
the village, was also located in this bulii
ing Loss, $50, 900.
The dam connecte with the Lud.ow
WOODEN mill was destroyed by the heavy
rain Sunday morning, the water o.
Black river being very high Il: tn: tim
Estimated loss, $1,000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-12

l:v ia, Pro, ilent Il>MILro& FI~I
secretary of state.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
The Origin Of Dancing.

Egypt claims to be the inventor of
dancing, as well as of the science OF
geometry. The legend ascribes the
honor to Alethus, the Egyptian Mer-
curry, who observing that music at
sacTaflce naturally moved the body,
reduced the motions of the feet as the
Apollo did the speech. One of the
most famous of their dances was the
Astronomical Dance round an altar,
which was supposed to represent the
sun, whilst the priests around it were
the individual planets their move
ments were, as befitted the sacred oc-
casion, solemn and stately. In later
and more civilized times, the govern
ment, dreRding the effect Of public and
self-practiced dancing upon people
naturally much given to licentiOus-
ness and immortality, forbade the high
er classes to learn the art, and permit
ted persons of the lowest caste to take
it up as a regular and recognized pro-
fessiOn. Grace of posture and move
ment was the chief end attained, and
they danced TO the sound of the harp,
Tyre, pipe, and tambOrine, and in the
streets even to the drum. According
to WilkersOn, primitive form of the
modern ballad, snd especially the step
Of the pirouette, delighted an Egyptian
party upwards of three thousand five
hundred years ago. Their dresses
were transparent, and sometimes they
appear to have danced entirely naked.
The dance was often supplemented by
gymnastics, and, among the inferior
order of performers, tended toward the
species of pantOmime and dumb
show.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
A Maiden's Love.

Human nature has no essence more
pure-the world knows nothing more
chaste i heaven has endowed the
mortal heart with none hOlier, than the
nascent affection of a young virgins
soul.-The Warmest language of the
sunny South is too cold to shadow
forth even a faint outline of the en-
thUsiastic sentiment. And Provi-
dence has made the richest language
poor IN the same respect, because
the depths of hearts that thrill with
loves emotions are too sacred for the
common contemplation. The must
cal voice of love stirs the source of
the sweetest thoughts within the
human breast, and steals into the pro-
found recesses of the soul, touching
cords that never vibrated before,
and calling into gentle companion
ship delicious hopes until then un-
known. Yes, the light of young
maiden's first love breaks dimly but
beautifully upon her, as the silver
lustre of a star glimmers through
thiGkly woven bower: and the first
blush that mantlGs her cheek, as she
feels the primal influence, is faint
and pure as that which a rose leaf
might cast upon marble. But how
rapidly does that light grow stronger,
and that flush deeper, until the pow
erful efrulgence of the one graduates
every conner of her heart, and the
crimson glow of the other suffuses
every feature of her counteDance.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
The Ardennes Dog.

The dog of the Ardennes accompa-
nies the flock when it leaves the pen
fold in spring, only to return when
the winters snow drives the sheep
home again for shelter. Each shep-
herd possesses one or two of these
dogs, according TO the size of his
flock, to act as sentinels. Their Of
fee is not to run about and bark, and
keep the sheep in order, but to pro-
tect them from outside foes. When
the herdsman has gathered his flock
in some rich, valley, these white, shag-
gy mOnst ers crouch on the ground,
apparently half asleep, but now and
then the great sagaciOus eyes will
open, and passing over the whole of
their charge, remain for a while fixed
on the distant horizon as though
they followed a train of thought
which led them away from the earth,
so sadly do thev gaze into the inf
mite.
But let the mountain breeze bear
to his ever-mOving nostril the scent
of the hated wolf, or his quick ear
detect an unknown noise then is the
time to see one of these dogs in his
glory. His eyes become black with
fierceness; his hair stands erect; his
upper lip becomes wrinkled, show
ing range of white, formidable
teeth, while a low grOWl alone es-
eapes from his throat. When his
keen faculties have detected the
whereabouts of his foe, he Fushes for
ward with a bound that overleaps all
obstacles, and bark that echoes from
ali the surrounding hills.
EverV dog of the like breed that
may be near, takes up the note and
rushes cleaning through the bush
wood to join in the attack. Tender
as the childhood he protects, woe to
him who dare lift hand on one of
the little ones with whom he has
been brought up. 1t is not he who
buys him who is his master; it is he
who fed him when pup, who petted
aud shared his pittance with him
he it is who has his love, add who re-
ciprocates his faithful Affection
Overland Monthly.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
Beautiful Extract.

The follU wing beautiful extract upon
the Importance of Music as a part of a
young ladies accomplishments, is
taken from a recent address before the
COLUMBIA FEMALE INSTITUTE, deliv-
cred by that eloquent divine, Rev.
JOS. D. CROSS, D. D.
cart" says Bettini, "is the body of
music, which is the soul Of every art.
Music is not poetry; but it is thespirit
which inspires the poet. Music is not
elOquence; but 1t is the melody which
prevades all persuasive utterance.-
Music is not painting; but it is the
light which shines through the colOrs
of Raphael, Titan, and Tintoretto.
Music is not sculpture; but it is the
modest beauty that clothes the Venus
del Medici, and the majesty that
stands confessed In the Apollo Belve-
dere. Music is not architecture yet
without some OrpheuS, no Moles Ha-
driani, nor BasiIica Vaticanus, had
rered itself aloft, an immortal song in
marble. Music is the feminine princi-
pie of all things, prevailing all space,
informing all life, whispering in the
zephyr, laundering through the forest,
and playing its wild symphonies over
the sea. Music is the art Of prophets,
the pastime of seraphim, and the glory
Of Gods redeemed Church. When its
spell is upon the spirit, the stormy
passions are laid asleep, and the better
parts of our nature awake, and sweet
memories of youth and home revive,
and eyes beam tenderIy on US which
have long been quenched to death.
Then we lose the sense Of present evil,
and walk with blessed souls the
groves Of Paradise; and sickness for
gets its pains; and sorrOWs intermits
its sigh; and senility becomes uncon-
scious Of decay; and the spirit, esCap-
ing from the environments of earth
and timei scars upward in the Ever
lasting Light.
In the deWy groves of AlOanO, ]
have sat at eventIde, and listened to
the love-songs of nightingales. On
the breezy Campagna, I have walked
In the morning sunshine, with myriad
skylarks invisible Tained melody out
of heaven. Amid the ruins of Fiesole,
I have caught the tones of the Santa
Reparata, majestic as an angels song,
but soft as lady's Lutte. In the CTys-
tai Palace at Sydenhap1, have joined
with tWenty-fOur thousand English
men, singing in concert, to the most
powerful organ in the kingdom. AT a
Choral Festival in Eton, 1 have heard
eight hundred surpliced chOristers
chanting Gregosian antiphons, till
Heaven ard Earth seemed blending in
mighty harmony. In the Sistine
Chapel at Rome, l stood three hours
unwearied amidst a suffocating thFOng,
while the Pope's unrivalled choir
walled the wondrOus Miserere, and a
thousand eyes rained the tribute of
their sympathy. But company of
girls in an academy, or a chorus of
children in a Sunday School, has trans
ported me with its simpler melodies,
till have wondered If Heaven itself
could furnish an entertainment more
Heavenly. Music! it is the vibration
of the voice of God! it is the throb-
bing of the Universal Heart it is the
breathing of Infinite Love an Sorrow
The young who can WELD this mystic
rious power, knows how to make her
home a paradise, and render our social
life "As the days of Heaven upon
EARTH"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10

Or eniOin us to commit it, ace are
bound TO trGnsgresS that human ldtC,
or else aoe must offend both the ma tk-
rat and DiUine.
But with regard to matters that are
Indifferent in themselves and are not
commanded or forbidden by these su-
perior laws-such, for instrnce, as ex-
porting wool into foreign countries.
Here the inferior legislature has scope
and opportunity to interpose and to
make that action unlawful which be-
fore was not.
Entertaining these views, think
the bill ought to be dismissed.
TURNEY, Judge.
A true copy.
jill. FREEMAN. Clerk.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10

then pushed and showed him about,
but he gave no signs Of life. Sud-
denly he sung out,
Sport, you rascal, you have been
gambling; here comes the police %
Sport was off like a shot for the
farWard end of the cabin.
A San man who witnessed the
wonderful tricks could detect no
signals between the dog and his mas
ter. Sport appeared to do every thing
from the working of his own brains.
His masters name is r. III. Tod. He
stated to the San man that he was a
drug clerk In Williamsburg, and had
spent three years in educating Sport.
Sport is seven years of age.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
THE CROSS IN THE VALLEY.

The following beautiful poem was recited
bef re the convention Of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Fraternity, in session at Nashville two
weeks since by its author, J. o. Wright. ofNew
Orleans:
AdOwn in the calm, quiet valley,
In silence cross lifts it head!
The solemn and soul touching token
That tells of a boy-herO dead
wild flower sentinels sweetIy
The dust OF the soldier below;
And over tho cross and the flower
The sun hings its eye-purple glow
Nosound rudely mars the soft silence
That Vigils the grass hidden grave,
But the forest reYeil4e, unheeded,
And the voice Of the river born wave.
As pausing before the rude tablet,
We kneei at the tomb of the Past,
What visions OfglOry, enchanted,
Their brightness Der memory cast.
The tocsin of war. shrilly sounding,
again seems to ring Ger the land;
And thrilled by the resonant music
See! marshal the musketed band
The thunders ofdeath-palling cannon,
The shrieking of shot and of shell,
Again wake the mOuntain-nunR echoes,
And fell on the slumbering dell
Aloft through the smoke Ofthe battle
The sunny-starred banner appears;
That banner unfolded mid blessings,
But alas for the hope, so enhancing,
That blushcd o 'eF the portals of Fame;
Blind Fate shrouded all its ehulgence,
No purchase of blood could reclaim.
And sadly We gaze on the picture
That time cannot dim or ettdce;
That picture which tells the grand story
Of failure unbent with disgrace.
Fade! fade from remembrance these visions
As Autumn winds sigh Der the vale;
And we hear in the air plaintiye voices
That float, spirit-like on the gale.
sweet voices that hII us with yearning,
Sad voices that thrill us with wO;
We list, in the evenIide glOaming,
To voices we loved long ago.
And hearts swell with troubled desire
To seek on the battle scaTred I'iains
To gather and bury together
Our heroes unancled remains.
To search for the crosses unIetterel,
And save from the touch of Decay;
To garner, in one mausOleum,
The loved ones who fell in the fray.
TO rnise o'er the dust reunited,
A tribute Of reyerent love;
sign to the ages succeeding,
A sign to the spirits above
\ sign that shall bind in the Southland
The living and dead ever more;
Till Time, weary-woTn with its burden,
Shall die on Eternity shore!
% crosses that guard the dead slecpcrs
Like faithful sentinel forms!
- dark in the soft, mellow sUnlizht,
So true in the fearfullest storms;
hove sc as men love the symbols
of all that is noble and good;
For TO me ye are something far grandcr
Than senseless, unsanctihed wood.
About yc there something of holy,
a sense of unsyllabled prayer;
\ thought that the angels above ye
Are heyeTing near in the air.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10

The DEVELOPMENT OF CHARACTER.
In the gradual development of bud
into a beautiful and full-groWn
flower, there is something that in
yites our deepest admiration. But
there is a development surprising this
in beauty and granduess-thedcyelop
meHt Of human character. Whhat OBJ
jeGt more worthy our contemplation
than that of a human soul passing
through each successive stage of its
existence, the rapid cultivation of
our intellect, and the bringing out of
that which God has endowed us
with We are born with the gem of
character within us; and as our bod
les develop themselves, so do cur
characters. Some traits of our charac-
ter necessarily unfold themselves
with our growth others need to lie
stimulated and excited into growth
by some particular influence. The
man of genius has that Within him
which is to stamp him as much. The
great general has the foundation of
generalship born with him; all that
is needed is some power of influence
to develop it.
We might give many illustrations
of our meaning, all tending to esta6-
lish the principle which we wish TO
deVelop-that human character is
ever growing, developing itself, te-
ceiviug nourishmeut and stin. ulant
from without; that particular traits
of CharacteF-traits that distinguish
one man from aBOtheT-are brought
out by some particular influence.
The thoughtless and dckle character,
receiving Impressions of sorrow and
misfortune, is subdued and the more
serious and mediiative character is
developed, and grows into The image
of its Creator. At times il may be
but a trifie that Teverses the wheels
of the soul, and develops a character
that rises higher and higher above its
fellow, reaching iuto heaven, ard, at
last, resting upon the highest pinnacle
Of emineDce that is possible for man
IN attain
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-08-10
Sending his Love By the Sun

4 little boy who had been CAREFUL
ly educated to a missionary spirit.
showed his interest in the heathen
on the other side of the world. i'm a
beautiful and novel manner. One
evening at sunset, after a storm of
several days continuance, he was at
tractcd by the unusually beautiful ap-
pearance, and stood by our west win
dow some time, watching, when, as
if recalling the thought that the sun
rose in China when it set here. as he
had been told by his mother, he
began 10 repeat, in a low, meditatiye
tone: Farewell, sun farewell sun I
good-bye! give my love to the little
boys in China"