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FROM NEW YORK.

NEw YORK, October l-Northrup ~
Chick, bankers In Wall street, suspended
this morning In consequence Of heavy
calls from Western depoHtors The house
has no dealings with the stock exchange
DISCHARGED
INV Iu.b, october l. The Grant lu-
comc;ive works at Patterson. on sccount
Il the scarcity VI erecnbaoh. have dis.
charged an additional rs men. The
work CA the Delaware, Lsckawsnns and
WesterR railroad tunnel through the
Bergin bill has been
SUSPENDED
throwing ovcr 900 men ont II employ
menL The Cummings car company, Of
Jersey City, has been Obliged to suspend,
although IL: assets will moro than cover
its liabilities The trouble is m q largo
amount Of dcl;s due from RAILROAD com
panies, which cannot be collected
The whole number of claims submitted
70 the American and British commission
vas 497 claimants making "a reduction in
the aggregate, Of the enormous sum Of
Sij,00O,00O. or these lSi were allowed,
the gross sum Of which reaches = 929, 2jj.
II appears from an examination of the
claims which were fsvorably considered,
that awards were only made against the
United States in cases where property
was taken, used or appropriated by the
authorities of the United States, and in
cases of Illegal Imprisonment Of British
Subjects during the late war.
The FIRE in the 18th regiment aru"ry,
caused damage of s25, 900.
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FROM LITTLE ROCK
YELLOW FEW ER,

YELLOW FEN ER,
1.-the Rock, October l.-ESevoral
moro fugitves from Marshall and Jeifer.
son 2i--arrived here this evening, and
report everybody leaving Marshall that
can get away, on account of the yellow
fever.
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FROM PHILADELPHIA.
CONTINUED

PHILADELPHIA, October AT tho re-
quest of tho doctors, and by consent OF
the petitioners, the order requiring Jay
Cooke x Co. to show why they should not
be adjud|ca.ed bansrupt', has been con-
tinued one week,
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FROM NASHVILLE.

RACES.
NASHVILLE. October THE second
days races Of tho Blood Horse association
was largely attended Weather fine.
The iiistrac was for purse Of $500, 2
miles heat.
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VS.
SECOND RACE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

lay there racked with pain. wholly unin-
fuenced by conditions while, on the con-
trary, Bulwer is said to have been SO sen
sitive as to his surroundings, that he pre-
ferred to dress himself scrupulously as for
an evening party, before sitting down to
write, and his eye needed the refreshment
to be found in his picture-adorned and
richly furnished library. And yet an
other, woman, whose writings are as i'm
passioned as his earlier ones, poor L. Z. L.,
to whom all the elegances of life would
seem to have been almost necessity, wrote
in homely, scantily furnished. hardly
comfortable room, so carried away by what
she was doing that the place was of no ac-
count to her /; and SO overcome was she
that, when she left off, she was depressed
and utterly exhausted.
This absorption of self is characteristic
of many writers. The interest of Scott
has been already alluded to, and that of
Dickens is we'll known. Artenus Ward
has been described by one of his office
companions as sitting at rickety table in
a shaky chair, perfectly oblivious of the
presence of any one so amused at what
he was writing that he would laugh to
himself, and bring his hand down on the
table with slaps of delight.-Mrs. Kirk
land.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

WHAT AN OLD MAN HAS NoTIcED.-I
have noticed that all men are honest when
well watched.
l have noticed that purses will hold
pennies as well as pounds.
| have noticed that merit is always
measured in the world by its success.
| have noticed that in nearly all things
money is the main object in view.
| have noticed that in order to be rea-
sonabe creature it is necessary at times
to be right down mad.
| have noticed that some men are so
honest that necessity compels them tobe
dishonest in the end.
have noticed that silks, satins, broad
cloths and jewelry are often bought with
other peoples money.
| have noticed that whatever is is right,
with few exceptions-the lett eye, the
left leg, and the left side of plu
pudding.
have noticed that the prayer of every
selfish man is Forgive us our debts, -
while he makes everybody who owes him
pay to the utmost farthing.
| have noticed that he who thinks every
man a rogue is very certain to see one
when he shaves himself, and he ought, in
mercy to his neighbor, to surrender the
rascal to justice.
have noticed that all men speak well
of all mems virtues when they are dead
and that tombstones are marked with
epitaphs of the good and virtuous. Is there
any particular cemetery where the bad
men are buried?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
A YOUNG WOMAN IN DANGER.-French

A YOU'VE WOMAN IN DANGER.-French
Sarants have made some curious discover
les in regard to the explosive effects
of sound. They placed the detonating
substance, iodide of nitrogen, in small
bags of goldbeater's skin, which they hung
to the strings of doublebass. The bow
was applied to each cord in succession
and it was found that, while the lowest
notes produced no effect whatever, the
highest ones did, causing an explosion at
the very outset. We shall now proceed to
murder that young woman who lives next
door to US, and hammers The Maiden's
Prayer and The Mabel Waltz out of her
piano from morn till dewy eve We shall
buy half bushel of iodide of nitrogen and
cram it into Ter piano. Aud when that
reckless assailer of the instrument next
sits down to reel out, The Maidens
Prayer she need not be surprised to 6nd
herself bursting out through the roof on
piano stool, and taking a magnificent
birds eye view of the city and suburbs, as
she sails swiftly along toward New Jersey.
If iodlde of nitrogen can be procured, that
girl shall soar, and we shall ebaadou our
preconceived determi nation to catch her
little brother aud inoculate him with the
smallpox, so as to spread through the
family.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

The s. last of the Mohicans" is again
reported dead in the person of Leander
Uncas, who died at Willmantic, last week,
aged 20. The local papers say he was a
grandson of the great chief, but that must
be mistake, or, if really descendant, he
was further removed than that The last
grandchild of old Uncas was "Queen
Esther" tall six-footer of woman, who
used to sell yokes in Norwich years ago
and get royalty drunk on the proceeds of
her sales. She was woman of queenly
bearing and presence when sober, and
very proud of her blood. When she died,
her remains were inferred in the Uncas
monument lot on Sachem street, Norwich,
to the immense disgust of the nearest
landed proprietor, who was actually afraid
of spirits,-that is, of one kind. After the
grave had been dug he refused to allow
the coffin to be placed therein till one of
Queen Esther's nephews swore he would
bury his aunt in that grave if he had to be
buried with her, when the landed proprie
tor retired. William 81. Huntingdon, now
Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune, was passing and witnessed the
incident, of which he made an interesting
account for some subscription book or
other. As for the Mohicans, there are 40
or so of the Connecticut tribe still living
on the Thames, but few of them of pure
blood, however.-Springfeld Republican.
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Webster'S Great Argument.

LII Iuo sprung vi lC-t' WI. N0ooeOi was
much concerned in the discussion then
going on in the House of Representatives
at Washington, on the tariff. One morn
ing he rose very early-earlier than was
his custom-to prepare himself to speak
upon it. From long before daylight till
the hour when the House met, he was
busy with his brief
When he was far advanced in speaking,
note was brought to him from the Su-
preme Court, informing him that the great
case of Gibbons VS.. Ogden" would be
called for argument the next morning.
He was surprised at the intelligence, for
he had supposed that after the tariff ques-
tion should have been disposed of, he still
would have ten days to prepare himself
for the formidable conflict, in which the
constitutionality of the laws of New York
granting a steamboat monopoly of its tide
waters, was to be decided.
He brought his speech on the tariff
question to conclusion as speedily as he
could, and hurried home to make such
preparations for the great argument as the
shortest notice would permit. He had
then taken no retreshment since his morn
ings breakfast, but instead of dining he
took a moderate dose of medicine and went
to sleep. At 10 P. NJ, he awoke and call
ed for bowl of tea, and without any thing
else went Immediately to work. To use
his own phrase. the tapes had not been
off the papers for more than year" He
worked all night; and he has told me
more than once he believed he never on
any occasion had so completely the free
use of his faculties. He hardly felt he had
bodily organs, so entirely had his fastings
and medicine done their work. At 9
P. NJ, after eleven hours of continual eff
fort, his brief was completed.
took He Hf E E hs bfes anaf f had add
crackers; he glanced over the papers to
see that they were all in order, and tied
them up +; he read the morning journals to
amuse and change his thoughts, and then
went into court and made his grand argu-
ment, which as Judge Wayne said, about
twenty years afterward, released every
creek and river, every lake and harbor in
our country from interference of monopo-
lies" Whatever he may have thought Of
his powers of the preceding night, the
court and the bar acknowledged their full
force that day. And yet, at the end of
five hours, when be ceased speaking, he
could hardly lie said to have taken what
would have amounted to half the refresh
ment of a common meal for above two and
thirty hours, and, out of the sixty hours
Immediately preceding, he had for thirty
one been in state of very high intellec-
tual excitement and activity.-George
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

Pennsylvania papers concur in saying
that the winter has been very hard one
for birds. Partridges are gathered in
baskets in some of the counties, the starv-
ing birds being too weak to fly or run
away. Many of them are being fed in
barnyards, and are tame with cold aud
hunger. 1t is observed that quail and
other wild birds come closer to the dwell
ings and haunts of men than they have
ever hitherto done. They seem beuuub-
ed with cold and permit themselves to be
easily caught-a sure sign that food is
scarce in the woods and open country. The
Carmel Courier says that along the road,
about half a mile from the village. are
focks of quails that are quite tame. TIey
take no notice of passing vehicles, some
times not icing more than four feet distant
from them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

New PAPER FABaIC-Au improved
warp and pulp fabric has been recently
invented. 1t consists of a new fabric eff
paper pulp and warp threads of cotton.
linen, silk. or any other 6bres incorpo ~ated
with the pulp at the same time that it is
formed into sheet by rolls used for that
purpose, the threads being fed in between
the roll with the pulp, or both warp and
weft threads may be incorporated with the
pulp so as to cross and thus increase the
st5fpGtlha the e"es aihA frias fefseO eftth ,dieaa1
being laid on or supplied to the warp
threads in any approved way, as they are
drawn in between the rolls, or sheet of
the fabric previously formed with threads
running one way only may be laid on another
warp with its threads running at right an
gles thereto, as the said warp and pulp are
being fed to the rolls thus making kind
of double fabric. This improved fabric it
is proposed to use for making wearing ap-
parel, sacks, envelopes, wrapping paper,
and many other purposes for which it may
be found useful.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

WITTY TO THE LAsT.-The Rev. James
Skidmore, respected minister, and one
of the most eloquent voices in the pulpit,
unfortunately contracted an over foodness
for strong-waters," aud gradual fell
from grace till he became confirmed sot.
Lounging around bar-room he watched
with eager eye the various glasses that
were dispersed by the bartender to the
thirsty crowd, for he nov lacked bo b
money and credit. But he hung about
the bar, waiting an opportunity. 1t tcame.
A forid and puffy gentlemen called for a
glass of whiskey, and the bartender poured
out g. plumper" and set it down on the
bar, when just as Puffy was about to take
it, a sudden plunge aud fall of somebody
or something among the people at the other
side of the room caused him to turn his
attention that way The fallen minister
seized (at grab) his chance, ami the
tumbler, and in three big but appreciated
swallows he had disposed of the contents,
and was just setting down the empty glass
when its rightful owner, turuing to take
his drink, caught Clericus IN the very act
:. What the--are you doing with my
liquor ?" he thundered, turning wtathfully
to the aggressor-" that was my horn."
" WE'LL" said the approprator of the Ii.
quor, don't the Bible say that the horn
Of the uugodly shall be put dotcn p"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

DEATH FROM CoLD.-Experiments on
animals show that they keep themselves
alive as long as they are maintained in
state of half congelation, and die whenever
their temperature and circulation are so
far restored as to permit the blood glob-
ules, disorganized by cold, to be diAused
thoroughout the vessels. Death occurs,
therefore. whenever the quantity of these
globules is sufficient to produce consid-
erable disturbance in the system, that is
whenever the frozen part is at all extensive.
An animal entirely frozen, and conse-
quently containing in its CONCEALED blood
no globules but those unfit for life, is dead.
without possibility of resurrection. Thaw-
ing it only restores soft, Aacid. discolored
body, with Opaque eyes. If freezing only
attacks limb, it becomes gangrenous, and
is destroyed. Pouchet deduced from these
examinations a judicious, practical con-
cIusioD. If it is true that, in cases of
freezing, the death Of the individual is
due to the disorganized globules re.enter-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars a day,
Twelve dollars a days the dandy, o

The STORY OF GREAT MANUFACTURE.-ln
1929, the so-called . hemp fever" " broke out
in Vermont. The farmers set about raising
hemp. At harvest great loads of it came to
the mill at st. Johnsbury, aid required, first
of all, to be weighed. For this purpose Il
huge steelyard arrangement, con slsting OF
big suspended beam, with chains to hitch to
the load, was used. lt was a rOnderous ope-
ration to 90 through with, and could not be
relied on as accurate.
Thaddeus Fairbanks, who had always
shown remarkable aptitude for mechanical
contrivances, set himself to devise better
arrangement to ct the emergency. Some
time in 1880, his first platform scale came
out. 1t was substantially of the size now
sold for bay or coal, with platform eight
ieet by twelve. 1t was, Of course, as cJm-
pared with the carefully finished products OF
later years, somewhat rude, but 1t g worked
wel.' The fame Of the invention spread
throughout all the region, and it was put To
immediate service The inventor was con-
tent, having accomplished his purpose.
Erastas Fairbanks, the elder brother OF
Thaddeus. afterward Governor OF Vermont,
man OF remarkable business sagacity and
broad, executive power, instantly compre-
hended the capabilities of the invention and
its adaptation to a great and growing want.
He superintended the business OF procuring
the patents and bringing the article to the
notice of the trading world. To him jointly,
and equally with Thaddeus, the remarkable
success OF the platform scale is due.
The magnitude of the manufacture is now
surprising, especially when it is remembered
that these scales " never wear out. No.
of the Fairbanks make is still in use, now
the forty-third year, IN New York city, and
is as accurate and sensitive as ever. ln
1872, 5000 tons of pig and bar iron and
sttsel were esed d. ln 1 the %9r ks. About 46,Q
U ,UUU wrrv OF fvrUtgu standards f1r dissrIbu-
tion amongst all nations. Nearly 3,0OO were
track scales for weighing railroad trains,
which is now done without stopping the
train The sales approximate S2,OOO,OOO
per year Warehouses are established from
London to San Francisco. The coal dealers,
iron masters, and railroads of ENGLAND use
the Fairbanks scale /; this In the very home
of the iron manufacture of the world. Inc
imperial commissioners from Japan, in this
country last year, being familiar with this
scale as used 10 the shipping ports OF their
country, took pains to visit and inspect the
works, as one of the Characteristic manuiac-
tories of the United States. 1t is very rare.
indeed, unprecedented rather, for an inventor
to live to reap SO rich harvest for his labor,
a1d to see the product of bis thought aiding
in so remar kable a manner the business OF ali
nations. Exchange.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

ing the circulation and corrupting lthe
blood, it is plain that the more sudden the
invasion of these globules is the more rapid
ly death will supervene, 1t follows that, by
resisting this invasion, by means ofligatures
and very slow tina wing, we might succeed
in preventing the poisoning. The diseased
globules which, pouring in food into the
heart and lungs, would imperil life by the
sudden alteration of the blood, will appar-
emily disturb it merely in an unimportant
way, if they are dropped into the blood by
slow degrees.-Popular Science Monthly
for February.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

The PERILs OF LErrERs-0t all things
on earth to make trouble, commend me to
a letter You write as you would Say it,
but it goes to your friend without the grace
of voice,-the infection, the gesture, the
laugh that would make a joke of it. There
are just the hard. cold woris,-he can on
y see wha. is said, and he is deeply
grieved, or angered,-lost to you, perhaps,
forever. The thing you write in one mood
finds your friend in another-may be in
the very one which of all others is least
hospitable to your message. L have seen
a whole family cast down by some piece of
written pleasantly on the part of an absent
member of it. And if there is this danger
when you know the writer's ways and
phrases SO we'll, how much greater the
peril in the case of mere acqualntances -
Scribner.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

The world is at last supplied with an
interesting, if not valuable, piece Of infor-
nation. Mr.. Disraeli's name has been
pronounced almost as many ways as Shaks-
peare's was spelled. In his great speech
a few evenings since MI. .Disraeli was COM
PEELED to quote from document received
from the Queen, in which his own name
occurred. De pronounced his name very
distinctly and emphatically with the accent
on the second syllable, the whole rhyming
with "Bailey." This may have been gen
orally known before, but the English news
papers regard it as of consequence enough
to spread broadc ast over the land.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

Sitting on the piazza of the Cataract,
was foppish looking gentleman. his gar
ments very highly scented with mingled
odor of musk and cologne. A solemn-faced,
odd-looking man, after passing the
dandy several times, with look of aver
sion which drew general notice, suddenly
stopped, and in a confidential tone, said
"Stranger,I L know whatll take that scent
out of your clothes; you
"What! what do you mean, sir ?" said the
exquisite. s'ired with Indignation starting
from his chair
"Oh,ge mad. now-swear, pitch round,
fight just because man wants to do you
kindness ~ coolly replied the stranger.
"But tell you do know what'll take out
that smell-phew You just bury your
clothes-bury 'em day or two. Uncle
Josh got foul of skunk, and he"
At this instant there went up from the
crowd simultaneous roar of merriment,
and the dandy very sensibIy 'cleared the
coop" and vanished up stairs.
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NO.. 16
the members are drinking and sing

the members are drinking and sing
ing merrily,
Twelve dollars a day,
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars days the dandy, OF
There was Clay in the chair,
With his faX-coored hair,
signing the tax bills cheerily, OF
And smiled as the rabble
SO loudly did gabble,
The audience scarcely could sumber, OF
1t was aye, it was no,
Twas too high twas too low
The ayes will rise" said the Speaker, OF
And quickly arose
Two eyes 10 the nose,
And the salary bill was carried, o.
Yes by my shoul, they all unanimously dis
agreed upon every question except the
Salary bill. Gentlemen, order This
bill pror oses to give US all a yearly
salary of fifteen hundred dollars, and
myself three thousand. Shall it pass ?
Aye! aye, aye! The ayes have 1t,
therefore they all began to sing,
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars a days the dandy, o!
But och! by my snoul,
They all stared like an owl,
When the people all hi sd their ditty, o.
SAID Clay, We, e all broke,
They doc't relish the joke,
The devil h as got In the rabble, OF
we have put on their backs,
mountain of tax,
An army, a bank, DC. OF
Which so tamely they bore
That we all cou'd have sIore.
They were perfectly broke to the halter, OIL
How shall We creep out OF this scrape? says
one. Says Clay, | will persuade the
people that twelve dollars day is too
little to support myself and my wife
Says Hardin, l ii turn the thing off IN
joke. Says Ormsbey, I'll beg par
don of my constituents, anj promise
never to do the like again. Well
done, my lads !" says johnson, and 60
they all began to sing again,
Twelve dollars day,
Twelve dollars a day,
Twelve dollars days the dandy, o.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

ancient nations it was dedicated to Odin,
and that deity was said to possess two
ravens which were let loose every morn
ing to ascertain what was going forward
in the world, and returned at night to perch
on Odin's shoulders and whisper their in
telligence into his ears; and in all coun-
tries where this superstition exists, it is
based on their we'll known habits of theft
and unbouuded curiosity.-C. F: Fl. in
Spirit of the Times.