Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-07-01

Col. CROCKETT.-The Matches Courier
signs the following lament over the prema-
ture death of this singular man. Although
it contains many things which we dislike,
still, there are many traits of the Colonel's
character correctly given
1--WE ourselves on hearing the melancholy
intelligence Of the fail of San Antonio, felt
an extra pang OF grief, when we found that
Davy Crockett was among those gallant
patriots and foremost among them too, who
no5ly persisted in its defence. We had
hoped to see Davy coming out of war, at
its termination. with new honors bound
,hlckIy round his brow. But alas ! he has
passed from among US, and been gathered
to his fathers in the full meridian of his
glory. We never expect to loon upon his
like again. He was indeed one ont of
thousand aye, of million. Poor Davy
Crockett-we lament the fate of the sick
Bowie feel sad and angry by turns
when we think of the butchery ofthe gallant
Travis ; but there is something in the IN
timely end Of the poor Tennessean. that
almost wrings tear from Us. 1t is too
badly all that is good it is too bad. The
quaint, the laughter moving, but the fear.
less and upright Crockett, to he butchered
by such n wretch as Santa Ana--it is not
to be borne! Can we bear it Ought we
to bear it If we mistake not she will
not. A hundred perhaps thousand of her
rifles will avenge his death. Alas, poor
Davy! Thine was a horrid fate. But
like man and an American you met it
By the speech of Mr.. Chlders, we learned
(what we could have ventured to assert
beforel that he sold his life at a most pre-
cons price --that he hewed down the myr-
midoms Of the usurper on all sides Of him
at most fearful rate--or in the happy
phraseology of the speaker, "nobly did he
60 ahead at last" Alas. poor Davy, thou
art gone forever from the earth, but thy
blood cries aloud from it for vengeance. 1t
will be rapid, terrible, awful, or we know
not the nature of his countrymen.
An Affecting Incident.-A discourse was
delivered on Wednesday evening in the
Pleasant street church before the Society
for the Relief Of Aged Females by the
Rev. Mr.. Stevens of Boston. The annua
report of the Society was reed, and a col.
lection taken up in aid of the funds of the
society.
The Discourse of Mr.. Stevens was q
production, glowing with warm and ele'
waited feeling, chnste, and energetic in Ian
gusge, and fully sustained the reputation
which had preceded him here.
In concluding his remarks, Mr. Stevens
said lie would relate o part of the histor,
of family in Philadelphia with which h
. was intimately acquainted. 1t consisted o
the parents and four children. The hus
band was in an employment which enabled
hun to maintain his family comfortably an,
lay by something as provision for his oil
, age. In the midst of his usefulness he wa
) seized with a consumption, and during
protracted illness, the little estate which HI
3 had acquired was chiefly expended. Ate
! his death the mother tasked herselfto sup
port her little family. Night after nigh
|, she was engaged in laboring with her nee
{ die for their support, the children sitting b.
{ her side endeavoring to comfort and en-
q courage her. Her arduous exertions shortl
) brought on the same disease which ha
;, taken away her husband The support O
8 the family was thus entirely cut off. A
a this crisis, the Oldest boy, then not owe
: seven years of age, went from door to doc
begging for some employment, to keep tn
e iamly from starvation. Those upon whor
s he thus called were too busy to listen to tn
story of a child. Finally, by dint of pei
o severance, he succeeded in obtaining sill
d uaton in the Globe Cotton Mill in Philadel
# phia, receiving for his services seventy-fv
d cents per week. He succeeded in gettin
d a younger brother into the same establish
It ment. who was paid fifty cents per weel
Y Their united wages-one dollar and twent