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The Political arena.

THE DREADFUL GREELEY.-There ap-
pears to have been widespread msap-
prehension as to Horace Greeley. we
shall have TO reverse our Impressions oil
him. Garrison says he never was an abo-
ltionist; tho New York Thsos pronounc-
es him an original secessonist; Ben But
Ter insists that he wants to pay bountics
with arrears) to surviving confederate SOL
diers, and the commissioner of pensions
tells the blacks in North Carolina that, II
he were elected president, he would assist
in re-enslaving them. He is universally
accused by the straight republican news
papers with participating in the Tammany
frauds, and with being fool on general
principles. 1t now only remains to the
Grant party organs to convict him OF de-
bauchery and drunkenness to complete a
picture as unique for its dissmlarity to
the man as ever the foul imaginations of
reckless slanderers conccived.-Cincinndti
Commercial.
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POLITICAL NOTES,
Az Db
Chairman.
GEORGE NICHOLS,
Secretary.

A. johnson is on the stump for Greeley. |
Judge Black has come out for Greeley.
1t is now said that John G. SAKE has
come out for Grant.
The Chicago Times is now the only dem
ocratic newspaper in Illinois which refus-
es to support Greeley.
A. T. Stewart writes to a friend in Wash
ington that he has not given and will not
give cent to elect Greeley.
The New York Tribune publishes the
names of $50 journals in various parts of
the country which support Greeley and
Brown.
OF the twenty-seven republican papers in
Missouri, which went with Gratz Brown
and schurz for State reform, all but one,
Schrrz's paper, are out-and-out for Grant
The n. Y. Nation says it has trustworthy
Information that it was Mr.. Caleb Gushing,
and not Mr.. Bancroft Davis, who put the
indirect claim into the American case, and
that he did it 10 crafty Mr.. Sumner.
Mr. Sumner is reported to have said: 81
have not even read the letter of Mr.. Garri-
son. love and honor and respect him too
much to read his letter and attack upon me.
l do not intend to take notice of it in any
way"
Gratz Brown publishes letter, in which
| he alludes to the statement made by the
New Haven paper, and says the statement,
as 1t relates to himself, is very erroneous,
and so far as ii implies that his habits are
Incorporate, is unwarranted.
The New York Day Book no longer sup
ports the straight-out movement, but hoisls
the Greeley and Brown banner. This pa
per it is that for years has clamored for "a
white mans government" and brazenly
maintained that slavery was the normal
condition of the African race.
The Atlantic correspondent of the Sa-
yannah Republican writes that Messrs.
Toombs and stephens will take no part in
the disorganizing movements of the
"straight-outers," but preserve "a master
ly inactivity" in relation to the liberal nom
inees, whom they prefer not to support,
and have decided no longer to oppose.
The democracy of Delaware arc still
wrestling with "the boiled crow" on their
stomachs. Though they lately nominated
a Greeley electoral ticket and Custus w
Wright for Congress, they refused TO pass
a resolution indorsing Greeley, all which
encourages the Grant men with the hope
that the spunky little state will vote fol
their candidate.
Referring to the statement made by llor-
ace Greeley in his Portland speech, to the
effect that he will know no difference be
tween his Liberal Republican and Demo
cratic supporters in the distribution o
patronage in case he is elected, the New
York Evening Post says: at is the mos
enormous and most disreputable bid fol
votes that was ever openly made by Pres
idental candidate"
Senator Edmunds, in a recent speech a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30

BETTER DROP IT.-It is altogether loo late
in the day to discuss the morality or patrio-
tism of Mr.. Greeley's action in bailing Jeif
Davis. All reasonable people now see that
it was much greater kindness TO the ma
tional authorities than to the prisoner, in
asmuch as it relieved them from dilemma
which was ali eady awkward and ridicu-
lous and was fast becoming something
worse. jeff has justified the confidence o!
his bondsmen by remaining within the
jurisdiction of the United States courts; If
he is wanted there will be no trouble about
his appearance. In any event, it does not
become the Grant party tn throw stones at
Mr.. Greeley, when they have just put up
for the vice presidency the very man who,
on the 22d OF March, 1867, introduced the
following resolution in the United States
Senate -
Resolved, by the Senate, the House OF
Representatives concurring: That the long
er confinement of the said Jefferson Davis
without trial, or the assignment of spe-
citic time for trial, Is not in accordance
with the demands of justice, the spirit OF
the laws, and the requirements of the con-
stitution and that common justice, sound
policy and the national honor unite in rec
om mmending that the said Jefferson Davis
be brought to a speedy trial, or that he be
his own recognizance.-Sp. Rep.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30

OYsTERs.-An observer of the oyster
SAYS that h is not so stupid as he looks;
he can keep his mouth shut and thereby
defy all our arts to vile secret from him.
When spatting time with the oyster comes,
il is said to be sick or milky. This appear
ance is due TO the accumulation of the
spat, which is, in its earlier stages of devei-
opment, of a creamy consistence and color
When the spat is mature it assumes the ap-
pearance of the scrapings of slate pencil !;
the parent oyster then opens its shell, and
a kind of mistiness is observable in the
surrounding water. This is caused by the
myriads of young oysters scattered IN eV-
ery direction. No sooner are these tiny
creatures free from their mother than they
assume the most active state of life anu
motion, dancing and gyratlng up and
down in eccentric columns, as midgets play
i'm the evening sunbeams. Under the lens
Of microscope you will sec how exquis-
itely these little fellows are fashioned. n
pair of tiny shells, the counterpart olthos
of the maturer oyste-, enclose the YET ru-
dimentary organs, while affixed to the
mantle is a kind of tiny coronet, composed
of minute hair-like appendages (cilia)'
The violent aud ceaseless vibration ofthese
naddles serves to row the infant oyster rap
idly from place to place. should 1t be the
destiny of one of these fragile beings to be-
come steady, well-behaved oyster, 1t IL
nally settles itself upon some suitable rest
ing place, to which 1t makes itself fast-nc
one very clearly knows how-by the un'
! der-valye or shell. The bristle-like oars OF
ella, no longer of any utility, disappear
and now permanent fixture, the baby oy
ster begins TO grow. At about iortnigh
old II is not much bigger than fair-sizeC
split pea. Having attained years growtl
under favorable conditions, the young oy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30
Poetw.
.,T TuE EOUvDLIvG HOsPIT1L.


ny REv. WASHINGTON GLADDEN..
Look up. little baby that way ia heaven;
The moons white face
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Long In the hiding-phce Wa'eu
For you to comet
NV soul was dumb;
INIT babv,s hand unloosed the cerements
That held love fast
And the old dull pain in the new endearments
Was stied at last.
But now 'hey 'eh u.s. 'ne Joy @o'e''
for YOUR SaAe' ueAi-
leave xou here.
u,b re tho candle burns behind the curtain
The cradle waits:
And care and comfort for you are certain
within these gates.
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a.o. ,.ho.o NUT ,adressos
Have won Heavens gracel
o sweet red lips, that have drawn the sorrow
From out my heartl
You are mine tonight! but ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
Nay do not start
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~, - 90, ,o,no,
p.., u,..,,o,r,s ,,oor ,ho., ,rrs so ruadv
Shall learn to twine;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30

HAS THE COUNTRY PRosPERED UNDER
REPUBLICAN RULE?-A conclusive reply
to this question is found in the following
statements given in the August number of
the Bankers Magazine:
In the short space of ten years (1S62-1S72)
the deposits in the savings banks in the
State of New York have increased from
sixty-four millions to two hundred and six
ty-seven millions, or more than fourfold.
In Massachusetts, in the same period of ten
wears, the number of savings banks has
increase d from 90 TO 100; and the deposits
from fifty to one hundred and sixty-three
millions of dollars, or more than threeiold.
In the State of Connecticut, since the year
1862, the number of depositors has increas-
ed from 90, ,056 to us, ,Os7 and the aggregate
deposits from twenty to sixty-two millions
of dollars, or more than threefold. In the
State of New Hampshire, where the popu-
lation is not one-third that of the city of
New York, the growth of savings has been
still more rapid, in keeping with the more
extended system of manufactures. The
savings banks in the year 1862 were only
27 in number, now they are 54; and the de-
posts have grown from S5,600,O0O to s2i,
700, 900. In the State of Rhode Island,
where activity prevails throughout the
whole population in its manufacturing sys-
tenn, the number of savings banks has in
creased in ten years from % 10 80, while
the deposits have increased from to 81
millions the number of depositors having
increased from 37,774 to 1856.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30
LRTTRR FROM .vRUyPORT.

NEWPORT, II. l., Aug, 1872.
Ed. PhGnir AS am exceedingly fond
of the ocean, and sea bathing, and have at
other times visited most of the celebrated
resorts for this hCalthful amusement, /
concluded this year to try Newport. l
have been here before, several times, but
not long enough to know much about the
place, nor its merits compared with other
resorts.
Presuming you might be interested in
my observations, 20 know how things in
this noted and fashionable city appear to
Vermonter, I have concluded to give you
leisure hour to describe them.
1 find upon inquiry, and a little study,
that Newport has history quite interest
ing, much of it so new TO me, venture to
repeat it.
First, you know, it is the extreme south
ern point of an island in Narragansett Bay,
south east of the state of Rhode Island
proper, though belonging to it, and is about
fifteen miles long, by three to six miles
broad and the town of Newport is about
three miles wide, and nine miles long.
The whole island was called Aquidnock,
or as translated, 1.-THE Isle of Peace" and
was purchased from the Indians as early
as 1898; but the present history, and the
people here, claim that it was inhabited
by the Mortimer, wandering so far away,
nav vears before Columbus discovered
,c.;oo. and as evidence of this thew
ahou, nc tho "oyd s,one mill. ,, as il is called.
standing on a park in the midst of the city.
T, dar;vos ;,s name from an ancient deed
-.',,,a,, ,,,as sound in which n father deeds
=. lie con tho lot On which stands "tbe old
s1onn ILL when or bv whom il was
Ill or sor what nurnose is not known +.
III ,ho, ron ho said is that IL is like one
-, -. 80 ox;o, IN creerIopd therefore the
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snoi' M ga. '"' ,,aa,r mia u.o,I 10 ahou,
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as rousn s'ohe oouiu ,orni 'ne"'' i"1's ""-
once moor "SoVo .neso oUois' MAINS :
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-08-30

The annual fair of the New Hampshire
State Agricultural Society will be held this
year at Dover, commencing October l, The
premiums and gratuities will amount to
$4,000
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15
Horace g GrecIey,s wedding. "A

The rthirty-sixth anniversary, of Horace
Greeley wedding, occurred on the 9th of July.
1t took place in Warrenton. North Carolina,
IN 1886, when he was united to- Miss Mary G.
Cheney, a young lady of remarkably fine per-
son and accomplishments, native of New
England, who was engaged in teaching in
that place. She was no doubt affianced to
Mr.. Greeley before she left her Nortbern
home, as tradition and the recollection of the
Oldest inhabitant furnishes no evidence of a
prior visit of that gentleman to Warrenton.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. WIZ
liam ]. Norwood, in the modest little Episco-
pal of which he was then rector, and which
still stands embowered among grow" Of
noble elms and aspens. The bridesmaid was
Miss Elizabeth Bragg, sister of the late Gov
ernor and Senator of that name, and of Gen.
BraxtOn Bragg. Her attendant, AIcxader
fancey became her future husband and the
happy couple emigrated to West Tennessee
many years ago. Mr.. Norwood still lives rs
rector of a church in Richmond. The most
curious circumstance connected with the event
is the ancient legal requirement which it re-
calls. In colonial times, when the currency
consisted of pounds, shillings and pence, the
law made 1t necessary to give bond that there
existed no lawful cause or impediment to OBJ
struct the marriage; and among these iinped-
iments extreme poverty and incapaciiy to
support family, whereby the parish might
be involved in expense was one. Hence the
necessity for bond. The, document Is still
IN existence. gts,N ss.s.s.NaHss
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49, ~ vi ~ j NJ t-ggs
Girls are the most untccountablest things
in the world-except- -gomen.a-.. Like the
wicked flea, when you have them, they amt
there / can cipher clean over to improper
fractions, and the teacher says do Il FIRST
rate; but i cant cipher out girl proper or
improper, and you can't either. The only
rule in arithmetic that hits their case Is the
double rule of two. They are as full of Old
Nicklas their skins can hold, and they would
die II, they couldn't torment somebody
When they try to be mean they are as mean
as pusley, though they amt as mean as they
let on, except sometimes, and then they are
a good deal meaner. The only way to get
along with q girl when she comes at you with
her nonsense, Is to give her tit for tat, and
that will fiummux her, and when you get a
girl flummuxed she is as nice as a new pin.
A girl can sow more " lid oats in day than
a boy can in year, but girls get their wild
oats sewn after awhile. which boys nsyerdo,
and then they settle down as placid as . mud
But i like girls trst-Sa.e,, and / guess the
boys oil do. Idon't care how many tricks
E1hey play on me--and they don't care either.
The hoity- y-toitiest girls IN the world can't al
ways boil over like q glass of soda.s BY and
by they wilhget into the traces with some
body they like, and pnn IS steady as an old
stage horse. - hat is the beauty OF thszn. So
let them swaEe, Issy;i they viii pay for 4
some day; sewing ON buttons and trying 20
make aidecent man of the feller they kaye
spliced ON to- and ten chances 10 one If they
don't got the worst of Il. ti.a uANsi 11ET
2
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15

Many a sigh is heaved, many d heart Is
broken, many q life is rendered miserable. by
the terrible infatuation which persons often
manifest in choosing life companion for
their daughters. How is it possible for hap
piness to result from the union of two prin-
ciples so diametrically opposed to each other
in every point, as virtue Is TO vice? And yet
how often is wealth considered o better rec
ommendation for young men than virtue?
How often is the first question which Is asked
respecting the suitor of a daughter, this: :nssIs
he rich Z" But does that afford any evidence
that he win make kind and, affectionate
husband? "Is he rich 2" Yes, his clothing
is purple and fine linen, and he fares snfiptti.
ously every day, but can you infer from this
that he Is yirtpons SIS he rich a. Yes, he
has thousands floating on every ocean, but
do not riches sometimes take to themselves
wings and fly awayP And win you consent
that your daughter shall marry "a man who
has nothing to recommend him but his wealth?
All, beware! The gilded bait covers q
bearded hook. Ask not, then, ssfs he rich?"
but SIS he virtuons Ask not then if he has
wealth, but has he honor? and not sacrifice
your daughters peace for money! i, ! ,.q,lo,,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15

This is the way they do It in Grand
Haven, Mich, according toi the Herald
''The other night . young man propounded
the usual question 10 the idol Of his heart
She laid her soft, white hands In Ills, put her
head upon his manly shoulder, hove . sweet
sigh of resignation, and In dulcet accents that
sounded like sweet music upon the waters,
whispered: Yes, dearest; anything 20 bea,
Grant. .sAirlaUtAR aTTaBAd3
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15

PARIs, August IA dispatch from Tour
vile says that Theirs, visit there Is solely for
the purpose of facilitating the progress of
negotiations rslg.sSe % .he commercial treat
les with England and Belgium, and not for
his health, as he Is In excellent condition.
The Pope has writtento Theirs congratu-
lating France ON the great success OF tine new
loan, which he attributes 20 the refusal of
Goulard, the Minister of Finance, 70. accept
the position of Ambassador to Italy, the in
yader and enemy OF the Holy See. SaF ti'''if
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15

''Sec therc!" exclaimed rennncds Irish
soldier to q gaping, crowd, as he exhibited
with. some pride a hat with a bullet hole In it.
\ ''Look at that hole, WIN your You see thai If
il had been bsc-crpwned bat, should have
been killed outTight!fif II '1'sagaao4 p 81
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15
rhe Greatsss ssas I " Wen IN the on NE.


haGsalG gti'a - giOnAsbIi9Y aglt naug VII
lFrom the Washington Chrpn.clesJ July oJ ,y.,, 4. D.,
The Newton well, on the Nelson farfn, six
miles north Of Titusyille, Pa, has been down
about twenty days, and has continuously
poured forth such volume of gas that It
was found impossible TO pump it, as the
valves would not work. The tubing was
pulled on Wednesday and the well was cased
in order to let the gas blow off, so that 1t
might be pumped. After the casing was put
in the sand-pump was lowered for the pur-
pose of agitating the well, and the gas raised
column Of water, throwing a solid stream
into the air d hundred feet The noise was
terrific, and could be heard for a distance of
over two miles, The noise was something
like the loud roar of thunder, and when the
column burst at the top II threw the water
each way for fifteen rods from the WELL I The
water was exhausted in about twenty-five
minutes, and then column of gas followed,
rising with a tremendous force fifty feetaboye
the derrick. The outpouring of the gas makes a
roaring noise that can be distinctly heard for
two miles from the welLE The noise around
sounds like the rushing of a whirlwind, The
column can be seen D mile from the well. No
tools can be put into the wen. AS soon as
the attempt is made, with such force does the
gas come out that the tools are carried into
the air. From descriptions of eye-witnesses
this is probably the greatest gas well ever
struck In the oil regions. Up to last evening
the gas showed no signs of being exhausted
The people in that vicinity are very much
alarmed, and the cattle run about the fields
perfectly wild with fright TIisaolsag.as si,sa
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15
Intiinate AcqaaintannIc,,e... I, J.

The following, which we clip from one of
our exchanges, confirms some capital hints ON
familiar acquaintances, and we commend It
to the pernsal of those whom the coat fiis,Is
sOf all disagreeable people who cumber the
earth, the most to be dreaded are intimate
acquaintances; the people who think them
selves justified by virtue of having known
you Q certain length of time, and having been
by circumstances, thrown into close ,connec-
ton with you, In meddling with your affairs
In an utterly inexcnsable way. People who
enter your room when you are absent, and
help themselves to anything they may hap-
pen 10 want, just the same as II you were
present; who allow yonsto search for the
missing article until you are discouraged, and
in your own heart ACCUSE the servants of
stealing 1t, and then walk coolly in some
morning to return it, without dreaming of
appologizing for the unWarTantable liberty
they had taken. These are the people who
look over your shoulder when You are writing
letters; who borrcw your last new novel be-
fore you have cutt the leaves, who, when you
present them with tickets to concert or any
other entertainment, quietly ask you for your
own remaining one, that some friend may
accompany them; who always call upon you i
just at meal time; who invite themselves to
your country house In the summer, and to
your town residence In The winter; and whose
requirements, whether IL be for yolr dinner
or the perusal of your love letters, are always
granted, for the reason ths. the superlatiyely
cool impudence evinced In the asking leaves
you 30 astonished and be~ ildered that Il nsyef
strikes you there can be any other resourcs.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-15
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u -iaE nbtistYHs'9 God FHrsts sts ~ s8nRtii Go
There arethose who are perpetually putting
as an excuse before their minds ndispensallet /.
duties, preoccppation. One has no time for,
religion because home duties are SO onerOns
As X religion was not that very element In
which home duties rare abuOyed up, and In
which they swim ,as boats swim upon the sea Il
As If one were not fitted to contest with nov,
efty and To work, who has the supernal In
spiration and Joy and hone d. q higher at-
mosphere aboye him! AS. If a man were
not more competent 70 buife care II he Have
new realms Of spiritual ii ntelligence thanifhe
are perpetually putting duties id ths way az
their spiritual Developments Suffer me iiTst,
lisa barrier stEong eneughtt0 prevent pasai, Ill
their life long, from following Christ. Il Is
not that you desire wrong things 1t III not
that you desire I'd avoid right things but you
say, Suffer me first TO do the.inferior, and
then 4 viii be ready fer the superior Suffer
@s sst ske sSts ears e g %ss sp5sr ne
me first TO take care of my business. Suffers
me first to take care of my party.h Suffer me il
first to take care OF this enterprise, and then
r. No! This constant habit of humhling
the higher, and making 1t subordinate to the
lower; this constant preference of the In Y
ferior to the superior, works decentralization.
A man does not need to throw away his
Bible. nor defy his God, nor sell his soul /,
voluntarily. He only needs to say. Suffer
me frsttc do this lesser thing. The mo-
ment that is done there will be smother 2 Suf-
fer me first ! in its place. d And SO we, shall
put the inferior duties in place of the higher
duties. and go through life, and tail at last.
No matter what itI Isl there Is nothing On
earth that should occupyso high,a placeiao
your affections as your own spiritual regen-;
Grated manhood; your own faith in Christ; !,
the land of Immortality The things which
are highest to you are the things,Hhich de.f
serve to be first and it, is q blight ON your
higher duties 10 put your lower duties in the,
place of them, il Is q violation OF the true
order of spiritual nature .taa5oHs 9Hiti'iisdai