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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-23
CTATE OF VERMONT,

y DISTRICT OF RUTLAND, IS.
BE it remembered that at Il session of
the Probate Court holden at Rutland,
within and for said District, on the 18th
day of May, \. ID. 1872.
PRESENT: Hon. Walter G. BuntOn, Judge.
Whereas, Thomas n. Boutwell,, guardian
of Ida Blake of Rutland, in said District,
has this day presented to said Court, his
petition in writing, setting forth, that his
said ward owns or is interested in lot of
land situated on the corner of Forest and
Franklin streets in the village of Rutland
and that it will be conducive to the best
interest of his said ward that said real
estate be sold for the purpose OF putting
the proceeds at interest or ofinVesting the
same in bonds or other real estate, and
therein making application to said court
for license to make such sale.
1t is ordered that all persons interested
in the estate of said deceased, be notified
to appear before said Court, at the Pro-
bate Office in Rutland, in said District, on
the 18th day of May, a. ID. 1872, by publica-
ton of this order, three weeks successive
~ previous thereto, in the Rutland HER
AID Il newspaper printed at Rutland atOre
said to show cause if any they may have,
why said license should not be granted.
JOEL c. B BAKER.
l9H3w Register.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-23

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33oGlers employed.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

TIE STRONGEST MAN-oF-WAR AyLoAT.--
The London Daily NCrS>s special CORE
.pondcnt ut st. Petersburgh, writing on the
18th utilno, says:
Yesterday the sea-going tllrret ship Peter
the Great was launched from the Admiralty
Dock-Iard. The vessel received its name
from the Grand Duke Constantine in the
presence of a great concourse, OF people. In
a few DAYS she will he lifted into n floating
dock, which will be towed, with its enor-
nous hurthen, over the shadows to Cron-
Stadt, where the engines will be fitted, the
ships sides and turret shcathed with lLaSslVe
plates, the four great steel cannon shipped,
and in less than years time Russia will
have at sci bs Ear the most powerful! man-ol-
war vet built. The vessel has been designed
by Admiral Popoff His ship differs in many
respects from the American and English tllr-
ret.ships. The Peter the Great IS 323 feet 5
inches in length between perpcndiclllars.
Her greatest outside bre;ath is 63 feet. The
builders measurement Is 5,3J2 tons. and the
displacement with coal, stores and water i'll
boilers, will be 1868 tons at u mean draught
of 20 feet inches. The plates on the ships
sides and raised building, amid-snips vary
from II to IA inches, and the armor-platc
protects the ship to a depth of six below the
water line. The vessel has no spur, but the
upright stem is heavily plated and OF enor-
nous strength. Many sailors are of opinion
that the spur may be IA source of danger to
the vessel fitted with it, and that the strong
straight stem of the Peter the Great will
deliver most effective blow, with little or
no risk to herself. The ship has two large
turrets, which are plated with IL inches OF
iron, in two thicknesses of Id and 3 inches.
She has no masts, but depends entirely on
her engines.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

EDGAR A. PoE.-Wr. r. Ii. Studdlrd, in
his interesting article on Poe, in the Sertem-
Der Harper, with every apparent desire to
do justice to the erring and much-maligned
poet. has transcribed from the pages Of Girls
void an often-repeated but easily-diSproved
story of Poe's expulsion from the University
of Virginia for gambling, intemperance, and
other fices. An original letter, written by
Mr.. Wertenberger, secretary of the Faculty
of the University, May IL, 1860, furnishes the
following passage: go
"In q biographical sketch of Mr.. Poe have
seen it stated that he was at one time cx-
PEELED from the University, but that he after
wards returned and graduated with the
highest honors. This Is entirely mistake.
He spent but one session-that of 1S26-at
the institution, and at no time did he fall
under the censure Of the Faculty. He was
not at that time addicted to drinking, but
had an ungovernable passion for card-pay-
Ing. His violation of the laws, however, in
this particular escaped detectton.''
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

A New Theory OF EXPLOSIONS. --The latest
theory in regard to explosions is that of the
vibration of particles. Quite a number of
wears ago Professor Tyndall aud Count.
Schaffgotsch called attention to some. in-
teresting experiments which they had made
with sensitive" or Singing" flames, az a
result of the observed fact that gislights Will
vibrate in peculiar way under certain con
ditions when music is made near them. Some.
time afterwards Mr. Abel showed that exTi
ploslye substances will generally preserve
their stability unless their particles are ex-I
cited to-move in peculiar way: MN !.
Chompion and Pellet have. now undertaken
TO prove that rs heat alone will not always
cause explosives to explode, there must be
some musical note or noise which are capable
of doing so. One of their experiments was
to place iodide of nitrogen in small bags
suspended from the strings OF bass-viol!
when the bow was applied it was found that
the lowest notes questioned no explosion,
while the higher ones instantly did so, at
least sixty vibrations per second De required
to produce the desired effect.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

\ Nut FOR PROFESSOR TYNDALL TO CRACK.
Professor Tyndall will find food for rcfirc-
ton OIL the subject of his prayer gauge
in the following facts:
Mr.. George Muller is the founder at Bris-
tol, England, Of an institution for the cduca-
ton OF orphan children. Mr.. Muller is a
strange mana fanatic, most persons will
say. Let that be granted. He his certainly
had the faith that has removed mountains,
for he has, by his single, unaided efforts,
lifted mountain-weight of ignorance and
poverty off portion Of the people of Eng
land. He was wealthy, probably On the
contrary, he was very, even abjectly, poor.
He, nevertheless, has built charitable insti'
tutions, and has educated tweuty-seyen thou-
sand four hundred children at an expense OF
two million seven hundred thousand dollars.
In addition to this, more than seventy thou
sand Bibles, one hundred and thirty mine
thousand TeStaments, one hundred and forty
five thousand portions of Scripture, and
forty-two million of tracts have been dis
tributed by hisagency. How did ahe raise
the money for all thi}s2 BY prayer. II he
needed funds, he prayed for them; if he
needed even a new, suit of clothes, he
prayed for it. Fanatical, rs We. have said !;
wrong, AS most Christians will acknowledge,
yet we have given the result. tr.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

g Ia 8 % ffaa
Iasss1o sals -aEs aAfs FIfsfnsy ore
81 tlle ffas preje sfoss III -tise Pacific rast.
rad mot The aaiyiitatsEof that great
antespE lids fagmtng III htsgesideFc
qif ttney aseiiue, EHopetdst; near the Sol.
dters Home. Of typhoid fever, after an III.
rIess d. several weeks. The deceased .has re-
sided 10 the District of Columbia for tWeIity
years past, coming here in the year 1852 from
New York city, where he had been engaged
In the mercantile business. As eariyas 1915
MFR. Whitney began ngitating the project Of
d railroad across the continent. He petit
toned Congress. visited State Legislatures
ind explained bis enterprise, and finally
visited Europe for the purpose Of enlist
ing capitalists 10 bis scheme. Through
bis Influence. il is stated, Great Britain
agreed to give the right of way for
such a railroad through her don,inions
In America, provided the United States re-
fused to indorse the project. Mr.. Whitney,
however. was never connected with the pre-
sent Pacific railroad, which he regarded as a
Republican, war measure, and being Demo-
crat Of southern procliyitics. refused to baye
anything to do with it, While in. Washing
ton, about forty years ago; agitating his fii-
yoritc project. he became acquainted with a
South Carolina lady who was temporarily
residing here, and soon after married her.
aud bought the estate which he owned at the
time of his DEATH. He leaves a wife but no
children to mourn his Ioss. The deceased
was about scyenty-fve years of age 1Edsh-
ingtOn Star of Tuesday,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

There is in Berlin an American lady den
fist whom the Teutons, pronounce success
A. mother and her four. babes were in Jail
in ST. Louis the other day. ataH'H
Matilda Heron has lost her suit in San
Francisco, and has been denied all allowance
from the Byrnef estate. 's
A Mime Keller was one of the principal
workmen" at the Swiss National Meeting
at Zurich.
DR.. Brown-Seq,lard is soon to leave Paris
for New York. He intends to take up his
residence permanently 10 the United States
The valuable copper mine In Floyd coun-
ty, ya.;,krlowu as the Turkey mine. has been
sold by Mir. r. A. Winston to Il Baltimore
1ifm for $4,000. ''',fs y,s'g''t .7.@' i'' ,
All the gentlemen conHected with the
American cause in the German Conference
have left Switzerland. II Hon. Caleb, Gushing
remains some time in Paris. Thence : he
comes to America and will go to Mexico.
Richard Wagner. thee German composer,
saws In recent card that tue, - :. Marseilaise
is I'M OLD italian dir, aud that, il was playtd
at the Court of Lorenzo de Mediei.
= DE-, sCuyyfer writes of Mrs. Gladstone that
she Is not oniy o lady of most geninl and Mt.
tractiye manners, but is thoroughly devoted
10 labors Of love among the poor,
Z A Z = +. ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

AMERICANS AT THE Russian STATISTICAL
CONGRESS- learn by private letters from
st. Petersburgh that the American members
of the statistical congress now In session ut
st. Petersburgh are treated with the greatest
consideration by the representatives of the
Russian Government, and that Mr.. Edward
Young, chief of our Bureau of Statistics, has
been the recipient of many special attentions,
including private reception by the Grand
Duchess Helen at her country palace, where
he was presented by the Grand Duke with a
cabinet.size Photographic portrait and auto
graph. There are seventeen different ma
tionalities represented; and amonS them all it
is conceded that the Americans stand with
the very first, and, from his official position,
Mr.. Young is regarded It's its head, and Is
respected accordingly. ~
The first royal demonstration III honor oil
the delegates present was dinner at the
Tzarskoi-Selo palace; presided over Ivy the
Grand Duke Constantine (brother OF the
Emperor). whose attentions to the AmeIi'
cans present; and particularly to Mr.: Young
were so marked MS to he noticed ny the
other delegations. This was followed by il
visit to Petcrbotf and CrOrStadt in TWO OF
the royal yachts with the accompaniment OF
music. palades. luncheonS, DC, and, lis ON
correspondent says, champagne by the
tub-full." Next came grand reception at
the Michael palace, where many honors were
paid to the Americans present. ,zs.
In short, the stay of the Congress i'll St
Petersburgh has been continued series o.
ovations, and on all occasions the repre-
sentatives of this country have been the re-
cipients Of marked attentions ut tue hands d
the Russian officials and people.
These marks of respect are very gratefully
accepted 10y their recipients as being not on.
pleasant in themselves, but as evidences o.
the good feeling existing between the two
countries, ...a. IS
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

4 FAlLuRE.-The advertising of the once
fine tenor Mario by the New York contrac-
tors failed. His voice is completely gone.
At the opening concert Monday night the
scene was painful. The Herald says:
In London, where, tbirty-three years ago,
he made his dfbuf, he took such Il firm hold
on the affections of the public that they clung
to him to the last, whilea tone of his glorious
voice remained. But alas the voices of
tenors cannot last forever, and we regret to
be obliged to state that there were few traces
of the Raoul OF Almaviva Of former days
pcrceptible last night. No one that has ever
heard Mario in his palmy days could utter a
word of unkindness against him even when
these days are past, but feeling of sadness
clnnot be restrained.
The managers only hope now is to get up
an enthusiasm over his former reputation in
the smaller towns Wcstan South.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

MATRIMoSY ExTRAoRplSARY.--On Thur
day evening last very remarkable wedding
took place in Allegheny, in which affair the
bride was Seventy-eight years of age and the
groom just nine months Younger. The cerc.
monies were performed at the house of the
{" blushing BRIDE on Esplanade street. by
Rev. J.W. Baker, a Methodist presiding
elder. The affair passed of very quietly,
there being but one witness besides the mill
ister and his wife. .... ...
Abner Johnson, Esq, tho groom. is SUI
perannuated Methodist minister, and was
married once OH previous OCCASION. He has
four sons living, two Of whom are also Metho.
dist preachers. The youthful bride, Jane
Ekart, has participated in two previous affairs
of similar nature to the one above mention
cd. Her first experience in matters matrimo'
NAL was while at the early age OF "sweet
sixteen."- Pittsburgh (Pa9 Gazette, S,Ifcm,
hpr Eth .... s. ..|
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

SHOCKING Su1cIDE.-Mr. Peter Westervelt,
an aged man of property. living in, Temple
street, Patterson, this morning committed
suicide in singular manner. He took u
butcher knife, went into the back part of
his yard, and inflicted four gashes that al
most severed his head from bis body. He
held his head over the ash barrel so that the
blood would pour in it, instead Of dropping
upon the ground. He had been Ill for some
time and the act is supposed to be the result
of temporary insanity.-Ne,o YORK.. Post,
14th. .. -alaasIs-rs. 10. t~i@t.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

The PorATo RoT IN ENGLAND.-Thefe Is
every reason to fear that the potato cron IN
England will prove failure this year. The
potato "rot" has appeared i'll. the fields OF
all parts OF the United kingdonI, and the
hauIms are already willing and deelylnS.
The crop in the beginning promised TO be
one of the best and largest that had been pro,
-duced for years. fiIt was only as 1t reached
maturity that signs of disease were disco
vered. Now, whole fields, a month ago look
ing healthy and fiourishing, contain through
out their entire extent hardly sound potato.
The failure ofzthis crop with us in America
would be felt but little; i'll England the loss
will be severe one. u Fortunately, adyices
from Ireland do not represent the potato
there as suffering from disease to any great
ayfapf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

Roger A. Pryor, of New York, will de-
liver the annual address before the Cape Fear
Agricultural Association, at Wilmington, on
the 18th of November.
There is one happy man in Indiana. His
wife has talked herself into ii tongue pa
lalysis, and IAN only give him 6 fits " with
her eyes. 5i.s>i -
Prince Bismarck is certainly carrying
things with Il high hand. An important
member of The Ministry has resigned, and
emigration has once more been Illuminated
against. 81
Prince Arthur, the third son Of Queen
Victoria, who is an officer in the English
army, will, it Is said, shortly appear as an
author in 1 series of contributions ON mill
taiy subjects, to a London magazine.
Cumberland coal Is quoted at $4.25 at
Georgetown and Alexandria; ut Baltimore,
$3.50; at New York, $500; OF Boston, sou
Tor S..25 by the cargo1; Mt Springfield, Mass,
$40; at Hartford, Conn, $J;~at San Fran
cisco, $3l to $3.50,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19
PuLAsKl.-Thc Pulaski (Va.) People of
Tuesday furnishes the following items:

Horrible Deah.-The dead body of u wo.
man was found ut Dawson's blacksmith shop
a half mile from Dublin, Friday the 6tBD
She died apparently in giving birth to-
child The child was also dead. They were
inferred at the Soldiers Cemetery, near New
bern. The name of the woman was Mogan.
Railroad. Roam, the surveyor
for the Radford Iron Company, is now
making the preliminary survey for the rail
road from the furnace to New River bridge.
We hope to hear soon OF the practicabiiity OF
this route. ~
Robbery.-The storehouse of j. H. Cecil
4 Son was broken into the other night by
some unknown person-supposed to be a
negro--and aboutSs3O0 in Confederate money
distracted. . - .s...r. . /.
Serious AccidenL-Calyin Sanders was
caught in a threshing machine andycry Sc
riously injured. 7.a..s .-'T ~! 4
ELHa,LS na.--Quite Il severe hail-storm
passed oYera portion of Pulaski and Mont
QoIDery counties Sunday the 9Th, iDjuring
the tobacco to considerable extent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

Posr-OrFlcE AFFAlRs.--,A new, post office
is established at Providence, Campbell coun-
ty, Va, on the route from Pittsylyania
Courthouse to Lynchburg. with b. Bocock
as postmaster; also at Point Mountain, Ran
dolph county, West Va, on the route from
Rock Creek to Mingo Flats, with Columbus
S. Wamsley as postmaster. Job Jaco Is ap-
pointed postmaster at Fellowsville, Preston
county, West Va, nice E. Thomas, resigned.
J. A. Burgess is appointed at Shadwell, Al
bemarle county, Va, vice NJ. H.. Face, de-
ceased. t@st
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

THE JAPANESE .BoYs.-Four of the Japan
ese students at Williston, Mass, boarded at
the house of Mr.. Hill. Each wished sepa-
rate room, but were told they should have
to be put two in u room unless one was sick.
The boys were smart, and soon invented an
excuse TO obtain the desired change. The
following is the note which one of them adj
dressed to the landlord:
."Dear Mr.. Hil,-Mr Seye has sick. &
he cannot lay down together Mr. 0lisekc i'll
the same bed, therefore he want other bed
Nav he get it? ONo.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

MATT MORGAN. FRANK LEsLIE's ARTIST.
ARRESTED FOR BuRGLAR.-In Nassau street,
New York, a few evenings since. Mr. Matt
Morgan, of Frank Leslie's newspaper, hav-
ing occasion to call upon a friend, was mis-
taken by some bag he ran across on the
premises fora burglar, and "watch . heing
Justify haIooed the roundsmau near BY rush
ed to the rescue. seized the artist by the COL
lar, enchanting, You're the fellow Eve
been looking for treated him with every
indignity aud species OF brutality, took him
to the station.house in Beekman street, and
had him locked up. Such is an outline OF
the case as given by Mr. Morgan himself.
Of course, the fact that all hands are very
sorry" does not better the matter much
Se,E JIorh: World,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

TIE Will OF REV. SAMUEL Brownsville
will Of the Rev. Samuel J. Browne, who died
last week at Cincinnati on the day the grand
jury brought ID u bill of murder in the second
degree against him for the shooting and kill
ing of young Schick for trespass last July,
and for which he was under $4,000 bail,
was left at the Probate Court in Cincinnati
on Monday. After making certliD dcrises
among his relatives, he wills $500 to the
Bethel department Of Cincinnati Seaman',s
Friend Society; $1,000 TO the Widows
Home, on Eine-Street Hill; and $1,000 to
the Protestant Orphan Asylum, on Vine
Street Hill; also, a provision directs that
on making any lease or sale OF his pro-
perty, such lease or deed should bear
this provision: "No saloons or beer
shors to be SLOWED on this ground"
The largest devise in his will is that OF
$3.50 900 for the purpose of founding an in
Ilstitution of learning ard for Christian educl-
ton. The said institution is to he known as
| the Brown University, and he donates a large
tract of land OH Mount Airy for the site OF
said University. The will expressly stipu-
lates that should any vacancy occur in the
Board of Trustees Of said University, that in
filling such vacancy no person shall he elected
| who does not belong to some Christian de-
u animation known rs Evangelical. Twelve
thousand dollars is devised for the erection
of a Presbyterian church on said University
grounds $4,000 per year to aid iii establish
| ipg three protGSsorships in said University.
The will is dated March 10, 1870; III" codicil.
August 22d, 1872.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-19

LY>cuBI ill., The LynclIhurg VA papers
II Yesterday contain the following intcli-
.rncU:
Epitei states LUuyt-Thcrc WAS very
little business transacted in this court yes
niday, The greuter part Of the day having
'''n taken up in the work Of organization.
nd IN motions in bankruptcy.
Til" indictments against several members
81 N" Stat" Legislature, for holding office
III alleged violation Of law, We're dismissed
under late proclamation of the President.
several cl>c> against the Lynchburg Banks
were continued until the regular term. rs
MAS also the celebrated Tyson injunction
'1'' against The Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio railroad.
Judge Bond, Of the Circuit Court, will ar
nv" to-day. There will he nothing Of I'M
PoItdncc done in the court before Tomorrow
"r The next day, and the term is expected to
Nh'innc about three weeks. The attcn-
danec, both of interested parties and spectl-
tors, is very small.
will be remembered that Judge RiveS
recently rendered an elaborate opinion on
me subject Of the homestead exemption
'ta'N" Of the Constitution. We learn that
Inc same question will come up from his
lo'Et to that Of Judge Bond, at the present
Term, and that an opinion is expected to he
rendered by the latter.
/ h" case of the United States against the
>nl.li'S ot Dr.. f. Boyd Pendleton. formerly
'o!'ector for this district, for the sum OF
1-po,VoV, was, on motion. continued. MesSrS.
pu'u and burlington, Of Richmond, appear
fol the defence.
r""IW icc2deat.--Mr. John Seay, who is
"'he employ of Mr.. Stephen b. Ferguson,
"cu me Far Grounds. was Yesterday drir-
ny nail, when false /" lick" with the
h'Nllner threw the mil from its position. and
IN it. = E-t''1T :.
M"'ght$ Templar'S 4Neeting.-About
twenty went members of De Molay Encanplnent,
No. ,ai'oI This city, left yesterday evening for
'a' achlsoniery White Sulphur Springs to
".'"hd the ANNUAL meeting of the Grand
'Mmondery Of Virginia.
~ iffSoHd!.~The eminent divine Rev. DR..
n!,ai''eI passed through Lyuchburg last eve
nhs eH route to Southwest Virginia and
Ia,' tennessee, where he has engagements
" 4cil'er several of his popular lectures.
'ro'.-General W. +. Bartlett, president
~" fowhatau Iron Company, at Rich
,otu' Is prospecting for mineral lands in the
''.h''y oi Lynchburg.
sP9hin!e"t.-Mr. Orlando T. Mingca has
,'ea al appointment Is conductor on enc
'N' 1'y trains on the Virginia and THU
,"2"'. DIVISION Of the Atlantic, Mississippi
'"I ONO railroad. ~
"3fet.--Ther" were two hundred through
I"Seis on The passenger train OF the Viz
''' "ha tennessee railroad last night.