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Year: 1866

p The hall is rather sombre, daylight
struggling in drearily from the top; bat
even the light of dull day makes the
gliding glare painfully. be observes the
two little flags oyer the Speakers head,
and has taken his seat before perceiving
that man is on his legs behind one OF
those little gingerbread desks, ,harangning
the House He cannot hear word he
says, partly because the man does nottalk
loud enough, hut, chiefly because no one
is paying any attention to him. But tew
members are in their seats, and these are
busy writing, an exercise they vary with
another, which somewhat amazes our
friend. He tries vainly, and would like
10 catch a word ortwO Of a speech that
seems to elicit such terrible applause.
The members are constantly clapping
their hands with great but not prolonged
energy, at which little hobgoblin pages
spring about, running as If TO relieve
each surcharged member Of this enthusi-
Year: 1866

ELECTION OF BASEMENT OFPIcERs.-To.dayi IL
set apart by the General Assembly for this
election of the following officers State Tr0-
surer, First and Second Auditors, Secretary
of the Commonwealth, and Register OF the
Land Office The candidates for most OF the
Offices are numerous, and the contest promises
TO be an anima Led one.
Year: 1866

HELPLESS FREEpMAN.-A crowd assembled al
the corner OF Ninth and Grace streets yester-
day afternoon TO witness the suhcrings oi u
negro who had fallen there either In III OF
bonumbcd BY cold. When our informant ieit
he was unable 10 speak
Year: 1866

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARs.-The re-
currence of these holidays has been long
observed outside of New England as a
time for the general making and receiv-
ing OF presents, and latter years the GUS
tom has rapidly gained ground in New
England, and particularly in this COM
munity-as evinced by increasing sales
from year to year by our merchants of
varied stocks of holiday goods. This
year the opportunity in Rutland for Sc
lection OF presents of all kinds seems to
be greater than ever before. Some very
fine and rich goods are now on exhibit
tion at the various stores in town. We
would call especial attention to the
splended stock of holiday goods now on
exhibition at the bookstore of Tuttle &
Co., and more particularly to their mag.
nifcent display of fine and seasonable
books it is rich treat to give them an
examination. What is more acceptable
and more treasured as present than a
choice book A general invitation is
extended to all to examine their stock.
Give them call, whether you wish to
buy or not.
Year: 1866

ANTIDoTB FOR PoIsoN.-A farmer way
down In Texas relates the following
about the virtues of sweet oil as an an
tidote for poison. If it is true, 1t ought
to be generally known:


ait is now over 20 years since learned
that sweet oil would cure the bite of
rattlesnske, not knowing it would cure
other kinds of poison. Practice, ,observa-
tion and experience have taught me that
it will cure poison of any kind, both on
man and beast. l think no farmer
should he without bottle OF it in the
house. The patient must take spoonful
of it internally, and battle the wound for
a cure. To cure horse it requires eight
times ss much as it does for a man.
And here let me record one of the most
extreme cases Of snake bites in this
neighborhood. Eleven years ago this
summer, where the case had been thirty
days standing, and the patient had been
given up by his physicians, heard of
it, carried him the oil, and gave him one
spooufGl which effected cure, It is an
anLidoIe for arsenic and strychnine. 1t
will cure bloat in cattle from eating too
freely of fresh clover; it will cure the
sting of bees, spiders and other insects
and will cure persons who have been
poisoned by low vine running in mead
ows, called ivy"
Year: 1866

ticles will be offered for sale and refresh
ments served up. As the proceeds are
to be devoted to improvements on the
church which the ladies represent, we
have no doubt the entertainment will be
well patronized.
Year: 1866

THE Pacific RAILRoAD.-The st.
10. HcraM saws it is announced that
work OH the Union Pacific Railroad
is progressing so rapidly that in two
months it will be completed to Fort
Riley, which is 42O miles west of st.
Louis. A good illustration of the
vastness of our territorial domain is
furnished in the fact that this remote
frontier post is the geographical GEN.
ire of the Union, and the distance
westward from it to the Pacific is as
great as the distance eastward to the
Atlantic. We are encouraged to
hope that the Pacific Railway, not-
withstanding its extraordinary length
will be completed in a few years by
by the active operations at each end
Of the line. They are working zeal
ously in Kansas and Nebraska to
reach the West.
Year: 1866

ABSENCE OF M1ND.-One of our
German contemporaries is responsible
for the facts in the following case of
absence of mind. The incident oc-
CURED not q thousand miles from
Lafayette, Indiana. A lady very
regular in her attendance at church
on Sabbath morning, to avoid trou-
bic and labor in cooking, and at the
same time insure warm and palata-
bic meal, generally provided pork
and beans for the Sunday dinner.
Her custom was to get the pot bo;l~
ing before going to church. so that
by noon its contents were properly
cooked and ready for the table. A
few Sundays ago, being belated and
somewhat in hurry, she had got
started for church when she be-
thought herself that she had forgot
ten to put the pork into the pot with
the bears. Without laying down
her hymn book, she hurried to the
smokc-house, carved out a suitable
slice of pork, and, as she supposed,
deposited it in the pot. When the
proper time came for using her
hymn book, her modification at dis
covering that she carried the slice of
fat pork in her hand in its stead was
only equaled by the astonishment
and Indignation of her husband at
finding hymn book boiled up with
the beans for his dinner. 1t is said
that piece of pork disappeared into
the lady's pocket with about the
same rapidity that the book and
beans went through an open wins
dow.
Year: 1866

pEING now in receipt of my Fall and
ID Winter Stock, which has been selected
with care, purchased at close figures and
with reference to the increasing wants Of
this section. I would most respectfully in
vite purchasers to cali aid examine my
assortment.
Year: 1866

A correspondent asks how the EUeRing
Post, being in favor of freedom of trade,
can consistently desire that any restraint
should be put on the issues of paper by the
national banks. The answer is clear enough.
| Our correspondent might as well ask how


we can consistently desire that any restraint
| should be put upon the issue eoflegal-tender
notes by the Government. The national
banks are established under an artificial
| system. No private individual can emit
| notes for circulation that privilege is eona
fined to the national banks, which, along
with the Government, enjoy a monopOlyOf
paper issues. There is certainly no Tree
trade in that. Having possessed themselves
of this monopoly, 1t is very proper that its
exercise should be restrained, especially in
times when they are not obliged to pay
specie for their notes. Make the trade in
money free, abolish all special privileges,
do away with all monopolies in the issue Of
notes which ere to pass from hand to hand,
and leave men exposed TO that compulsiOn
of the law which oblges them to fulfill
their engagements, and there would be no
necessity OF limiting such issues. Make the
trade in money free, as the trade in goods
should be, and there would be no necessity
of putting limit TO the number of notes
which one man signs and other men are
WllnnS 10 take. ... %


But when system is adopted which lin
its the number of those who issue such
notes to certain associations of men con-
forming to certain conditions, and, as con-
sequence of that conformity, invested with
the special privilege Of furnishing tbe Ma
tional paper currency, we require that the
power OF which they have monopoly shall
be limited. If they are installed as lords
OF the money market, we demand that
bounds shall be set to their power. The
whole system is an artificial one, founded
on exclusions and limitations, and we re-
qnire that limitation should be put on
their issues-a wholesome limitation, rem
dered necessary by the exclusion of the rest
of the community from the prerogative
which they enjoy. .... - ....


More especially is that Limitation neces-
sary now, during the suspension OF specie
payments. We all know what this call tor
larger issues by the National banks means.
Its object is still further to initiate our re-
dundant circulation and make the return to
specie payments difficult. The more you
let out of the stuff which is now in circu-
latiOn, the more difficult will it be to take
it in, and the greater will be the struggle to
postpone the day when the honest payment
OF bank notes shall come again into vogue.
Free trade, as we understand it, does not
exempt a debtor from the obligation of
strictly fulfilling his engagements.-N. Y.
EUeRing Post, (Rep.)
Year: 1866

| We made some remarks in yesterdays
edition on the head-breaking speech by the
| President to injecting of conservative citi-
zens at Washington. We wish now to say
something of the man himself-to walk
around the pedestal on which his fortune
and his capacity have placed him, and to
scan his proportions.


A few short months ago the Southern
people, and we among the number, regard
ed this man as demagOgue and traitor.
Little did we think then that the time would
soon come when, with a clear conscience,
we should write down this same man, Pat
riot and Statesman. We have met men in
the South, who, as President johnson gave
evidence day by day of his appreciation of
his high position and of his determination
to observe his oath and the Constitution,
would still express doubts as to his motives.
They thought that the course he was pur-
suing, was that of veteran demagogue,
seeking reelection to office. What, is it
the instinct of demagogue to hurl def.
ance into the teeth of the powerful and vic
torious and place himself on the side of the
weak and helpless? What could he expect
from the South, that to gain her favor he
should offend so large portion of the party
which elected him, and which would re-
elect him would he but submit to be made
the tool for their nefarious schemes?


We have no right, under divine or human
law, to attribute bad motives to man who
performs good actions, unless we have ir-
refragable proof of the existence of such
motives. But in the case of President
johnson, it is palpable that the natural
course of scheming politicians would be
diametrically opposite to his. We can ac-
count for his actions very readily. He
knows that he has attained as high am Off
cial position as he can reach, and rather
than put his oath out of sight for the sake
OF reelection, he prefers to go to bed every
night with a clear conscience, and to let
his name pass on to history with good in
dorsement. Such is a simple solution of
the Question, and since the late ''crossing of
the Rubicon" by the old gentleman, when
so many radical heads were broken, and on
account of which a radical wall still fills
the air, we hope thatevery man in the South
will subscribe to it. We hope too that those
same Radicals will soon retire into dark
holes-their broken heads bandaged with
foul rags. The public is sick with the stencil
they carry with them. -


But we started out to take the propor-
tions of this man, Andrew johnson. and
the shortest way to the point is to measure
him with other men. We have thought of
two, whose actions remind us OF his. a.'yi


Augustus Caesar foundhimself dictator of
the Roman world after it had been con-
vulsed by two civil wars, closely succeed
ing each other. More than a million citi-
zens had disappeared; whole territories had
been devastated; bitter animositiesexisted,
Augustus, by pursuing a gentle and con-
ciliatory course, lived to see the Roman peo-
pie reunited and happy. ~, Itllli4
1.-The reign of Henry .IY of France began
with the end Of the Religious Wars that
Year: 1866

main true to their trust;' telling them that the
recent scarcity of supplies was cansed by circum-
stances beyond the control of those charged with
their collection" and closing with that clarion like
appeal Soldiers! you tread with no unequal
steps the road your fathers marched, through
suferings, privations and blood, to independence,
Continue to emulate in the future you have dene
in the past, their noble example under like priva
tions, and rest assured that just God who
crowned their efforts with success, will in His
own good time send down His blessings on yours"


These few lines sent an electric thrill through
out the entire army-and what promised at one
time to lead to a mutinous outbreak was now the
incentive to renewed pledges and more steadfast
devotion.
Year: 1866

OLD MASSACHUSETTS, ESTIMATE OF SUMNER
Charles Sumner is thus handsomely and official
ly vindicated by the Legislature of Massachusetts,


Resolred, That the recent public attack upon
one Of the honorcd and beloved Senators OF Mas
sachusctts by the President of the United States.
in public speech in the city of Washington, Is
insult to the commonwealth, as unjust as 1t
was undgnfcd and disgracefu, and calls for
the indignant rebuke of every patriotic citi-
zen of that State, to whose sons the country Is
so much indebted for the salvation of the nation
al capital when those who heard and applauded
that attack were traitorously plotting to plant
the standard of treason upon its walls, ana TO
DESTROY the Constitution and the Government.
Year: 1866

Being desirou Of extending the influence OF their publca
tions in this section, the Publishers Of MAGAZINE
and WEEKLY will pay particular attention to subscriptions
from the Pacific States and subscribers rely upon the
prompt arrival Of their Magazines by mail


The Publishers have perfected system of mailing by which
they supply the MAGAZINE and WEEKLY promptly those
who prefer receive their periodicals directly from the Of
fee of Publication The postage U,EPEHs MAGAZINE is
81 year, which be paid the subscribers post
office
Year: 1866

dent johnson has laid up, for prosecution, the
cases of FIVE hundred of the principal partakers
in the rebellion which he holds for the purposes
of Justice How long will he hold them
Year: 1866

CHAP CKLIII-AN ACT in Amendment


of an Act TO promote the Progress of the


Useful Arts, and the Acts in Amendment


of and in Additio thereto.


BE ii enacted BY the Senate and House of Rep
reaentatircs Of the United States of America IN
Congress assembled, That upon appealing for
the first time the decision of the primary ex-
amlnct TO the eXaminers-in-chief in the
patent Office, the appellant Shall pay fee of
ten dollars into the patent office, to the credit
OF the patent fund; and no appeal from the
primary examiner to the xaminers-in-chief
shall hereafter be allowed until the appel
ant shall pay said fee


Approved. June 81, 1866.
Year: 1866

Persons afflicted with this Disease no matter
of how long standing, can be promptly and eff
fectually cured by using this Mixture. There
is nothing in the world so sure and SO good to
take away bad Corns and cure Frost Bites, as
this Preparation: Try it and satisfy your
selves Price IS and Is Cts. bottle. ,n
Year: 1866

Such as suits your condition. If you have
hills nut Merinos on them. If you have hills
almost sterile and inaccessible, the little Pau
lars will find their way over them, and sup
port themselves. They will do this where
other sheep would die outright. They will
stand bad weather, will rear their young
we'll; will, let alone, support themselves; but
with GOOD treatment will do better.


The rich, level plains are the place for the
large, long wooled sheep. These are closely
allied. in keeping to cattle. They are large,
and REQUIRE care and good feed. A few
together only should be kept, as they will
not herd and thrive as the Merinos. The
Merinos will not only do to scramble up and
down the hills, but they are great walkers
a trick they got in Spain, their native eoun-
trv. They will therefore bear to be driven,
at even great distances. But not so with
mutton sheep. They require nursing and
GREAT attention-and then they will thrive
beyond what the Paular or InfantO Will do.
But mutton must be the main reliance with
these. The South Downs are the best where
mere quality of meat is concerned; but for
weight of carcass and profit the Leieesters
and Cotswolds, with their careasses, the Ox-
fordshiers and Shropshires, and the Hamp-
shier Downs are preferred.


These are the best kinds of sheep, to be
used as occasion and circumstances as we
NAV require. We eare tardy IN getting sheep
in the West. This is at loss to US Sheep
will not only give variety to our farming,
but add to the sum of our profits, and Keep
our soil from deteriorating.-R World
Year: 1866

Bread and butter are the only articles
of food of which we never tire, from ear
ly childhood to extreme old age. A pound
of fine flour or Indian meal contains
times as much meat as one pound of
butchers roast beef; and if the whole
product of the grain, bran and all, were
made into bread, fifteen per cent, more
of nutriment would be added. Unfortu-
nately the bran, the coarsest part, is
thrown away the very part which gives
soundness to the teeth and strength to
the brain. Five hundred pounds of flour
gives to the body thirty pounds of bony
element, while the same quantity OF bran
gives more than one hundred and twenty
FIVE pounds. This bone is lime-thephos


phate of lime-the indispensable element
of health to the whole human body, from
the want of the natural supply of which
multitudes of persons 90 into general
decline. But swallowing phosphates, IN
the shape of powders, or in syrups, to
cure these declines, has little or no effect.
The articles contained in these phosphates
must pass through natures laboratory;
must be subject to her manipulations in
alembics specially prepared by Almighty
power and skill, in order to impart their
peculiar virtues to the human frame
In palmer phrase, the shortest, safest and
most inlallible method of giving strength
to the body, bone and brain, thereby ar
resting disease, and building up the con-
stitution, is to eat and digest more bread
out of the whole grain, whether of wheat
corn, rye or oats.-HalPs J0unaLof Heath.
Year: 1866

The Chief Justice also announced that
the opinion of the Court in these cases
will be read at the next term, when such
of the dissenting Judges as see fit to do
so, will state their grounds of dissent


Neither the counsel for the prisoners,
nor the judges of the Court, can be
harmed in the estimation of loyal people,
except by the sheerest, and grossest mis-
representations. But the lies of base
ISLANDERS will recoil, and truth will ulti-
mately be vindicated.
Year: 1866

The bObolink's song is sweet in the hedge,
The maple grows broader and higher,
The tall tiger lilies that stand by the gate
Are crowned with their blossoms of FIRE,
But 1 hear not your quick coming feet on the


grass,


Nor yOur little white hand at the gate.
Oh nev er again will you whisper your love.
Though l longingly linger and wait
The wild rose has grown in the little, worn path
That ended at each cottage door.
Has our friendship and Low c been folded away
Like garment that is needed no more?
Has the dreams of pride been bOlting your doors 7
Or the gold king gliding your heart?
Will the path that was one in the years that are


gone.


FOrevermore widen apart?
Alas for the friendship that's fettered by pride.
For the love that is shackled by gold.
Oh, darling. we've loved, break your tetters and


come,


Come back to m heart as of old.
Year: 1866

SECESSION S.-Sscede from every name
and kind of Saleratus except the Best
Chemical Salsratus This is the kind
to use on every occasion, for it is always
uniform and perfect. and always holds
out weight.
Year: 1866

H When natural enemies league to-
gether for the accomplishment Of an IN
worthy object. they will soon get to cut
ting each Others throats. and honest men
will reap the benefits which the league
sought to deprive them Of. We ventre
this piece of wisdom. and shall not be
surprised soon to ses it exempli6sd-
Year: 1866

FUNNY The men who tried to destroy
the Union. and are thinking Of trying tc
destroy it again. call themselves the "Ns.
tional Union Party" But it is no fun
nier than when they used to call them.
selves the Democratic Party" and hsld
large majority Of the people of one Sec
ton o! the Union 10 bondage!
Year: 1866

SURPRIsrNa.-lt is actually surprising
how soon our people have learned to prize
that invaluable article known as Goes
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t certsiuly oc,s like
magic. for it will cure the very worst
cases Of dyspepsia. and enable the patient
who has lived for years upon Graham
bread and the plsinest food. to eat any
thing he chooses without fear Of distress.
It il considered the most valuable medi-
cine known for all diseases of the stomach
and bowels.
Year: 1866

Hon. John Forsyth, writing from New York
to the Mobile Register, says OF portion of
Southern Pennsylvania over which he has re-
Gently travelled


"You ride over q country dotted with farms, groan-
ing under crop, and surprised at the lack of
laborers, and wonder who does all this work! Capital
and science have supplied the places of our large
gangs OF negroes. and the work goes on as if by
magic. Thus Pennsylvania, with her three millions
OF population enjoys productions equal to the labor
of SIX millions. The same processes would make
the South garden of fruItfulness the abode of a
great population and the seat of power We have
all that Pennsylvania has, III Goa, iron ana water
power. wthOut her harsh winter innate. We have
products impossible to her soil. The has hewn
pathway for Southern energies in a new direction
Let us follow it, encourage men OF labor and skill to
settle among us, capItal to export our latent re.
sources, ana train and elevate the negro to be able
to do his part OF the grand work OF Osing the gap
in material civilization which our hearty Northern
neighbors have tor so long kept wide open between
us. BY this path, too men of the South, we are to
recover the po Itica power to make our rights re.
spected ana sure"
Year: 1866

RICHMOND, Va, September est is gene
rally understood here that jefferson Davis will
not be tried either in November or October, and
il is positively stated that his counsel will be
notified of that fact tomorrow. The United
States District Court will probably be held in
this city and at Norfolk in November, and the
Circuit Court may be held here at the same
time, but it is as yet uncertain whether the
counsel for Mr.. Davis will appear there or not.
1t is said that JUDGE Underwood is undecided
about coming to this city, as he is satisfied that
there has been a conspiracy to assassinate him.
Year: 1866

A BorroMLEss JUG.-A clcrgymen in
his travels met an emigrant .journeying
with his famil y to the fertile regions of the
Mississippi. lie had all Of Lis worldly
goods packed on wagons and on one
wagon there hung a hugo jug with the
bottom knocked out. He asked him why
he carried that with him. why said
he, That is my Taylor Jug And what
is Taylor jugf asked my friend. why
said he, had son with Gen, Tsylor's
army in Mexico, and the old General
always told him to carry his whiskey jug
with hole in the bottom and sine that
time have carried my jug as you see it;
and l find it the very best invention !
ever met with.
Year: 1866

Here is little romance of sisterly he
roism:


After the battle of Custozza a surgeon
Of the Italian army discovered among
the wounded young corporal Of bersa-
glieri still alive, notwithstanding three
severe injuries in the neck, left arm
and right leg When about to
dress these wounds the surgeon perceived
that the young sufferer was young wo-
man, who then declared her name to be
Herminia Manedi, and her age twenty.
Just before the opening of the campaign,
her brother, corporal Of bersaglieri,
had fallen i'll, and returned home to his
family until his recovery The sister,
whose parents had previously had some
difficulty in preventing her from joining
the Garibaldians, took advantage Of that
circumstance, and cutting her hair,
dressed herself in her brothers uniform,
and Joined his regiment, her resem-