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Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

teous, ana popular, eyen--Whlle the po-
lice of Paris can merit no applause like
this, and it is certainly as odious as uni
versals popularity can cause il to be.---
Again, the whole passport system. all es-
pionage, are at once brushed away
One can go where and when he pleases,
and no nopasport-k keepers ask--why do you
so? But the chief pleasure Ihave, is in
reading the English press. *****
The English press is free. The courts
Of law are just and free. The liberty Of
the subject is perfectly secure. Every
Englishman feels himself as free and as
great in any tribunal as the prime minis
ter Of the empire. And then the people
love the law which they feel that they
have made, and they obey it with plea
sure. So that London, vast as it is,
seems to be governed with as much ease
as the best ordered village in the interior
of New England. A soldier have new
er seen necessary to enforce public or
der. An unarmed policeman but stands
in the crowded thoroughfare Of Cheap
side or the Strand, and single motion
of his finger is obeyed as readily as if a
hundred. bayonets stood ready to back
his command. No where on the CONT
nent are such gratifying spectacles as
these exhibited. Even that bewitching
France, which, with all their faults, make
a stranger love their people and their
land, there are no such rational liber-
ty and law as this. Italy is the par
adise of Europe, ruined long ago by
misgovernment and man. France, as
the world defines civilization,,is the most
civilized of all the nations on EARTH
France is delightful, bewitching even
the home of happy race Of men. No
man can live inlher capital and not feel
that there is a charm there which no 9TH
er capital in Europe has. But England.
| ifnot to be loved is be admired. There
| is something the. traveller sees in the
English blood which makes old England
the wonder OF the world. Her wealth,
her magni6cence, her power, astonish
and delight him. An island upon which
nature and climate seemed tohavefrown-
ed, man has made garden Of, and even
the rocks TEEN with production. Riv-
ers that. are but rills in our estimation
float the commerce Of the world. lr
this smoky, clouded, gloomy London
l.whsrs ever. at times candle is needed
at snoontday, and the clergyman canno
see to read his discourse-here in thi
mantle of smoke is the mistress Of Hin
dostan, the empress Of the East. Of ths
Canadas, Of the many isles Of the ocean
and then the great regulator Of the poll
4 tics and the commerce of the worldl "A
wonderful people, a wonderful, land. =
/ glory in the joyous reflection, for SEE
| in it but the shadowings forth Of wha
the same race in a amore prosperous eli
mate, aided by more beautiful nature
and favored, I believe, by a yet happier
and yet freer government, are yet tt
| do. sfStfs 1'e
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20
pSIsrnD AND PUBLISHED FOR THE pRopnIrrons
RATEs or ApyERrIsINa.
aLAKE SUPERIOR


"Father of Lakes!'' thy waters bend aa
d Beyond the eagles utmost view, W p
When throned in heaven, he sees thee send
Back to the sky its world of blue.
Boundless and deep, the forests wave
Their twilight shade thy waters Ger,
And threatening cliffs, like giants, heave
Their rugged forms along the shore. Pr
Pale Silence, mid thy hollow caves, ~
With listening ear, in sadness broods:
r. Or startled Echo, o'er the waves
Sends the hoarse wolf notes Of the woods.
Nor can the light canoes that glide l
Across thy breast like things Of air,
Chase from thy lone and level tide sou
The spell of stiffness deepening there.
Yet round this waste of wood and wave,
Unheard, unseen, spirit lives, .rai I q
That breathing oer each rock and cave, "
To all wild strange aspect gives
The thunder-riyen oak, that filings
Its gristly arms athwartth sky,
A sudden, startling image brings
To the lone travellers kindled eye.
The gnared and braided boughs, that show
Their dim forms in the forest shade j u
Like wrestling serpents seem. and throw
Fantastic horrors through the glade.
The very echoes round this shore ~
Have caught strange and gbbering tone
For they have told the war-whoop o'er,
Till the wild chorus is their own. .,
Wave of the wilderness, adieu!
Adieu, ye rocks, ye wilds, ye woods
Roll on, thou element of blue,
And fill these awful solitudes!
Thou hast no tale to tell of man
God is thy theme. Ye sounding caves!
Whisper of Him whose mighty plan
Deems as bubble all your waves! s p
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

Z
THE PRoGREss OF CIvILIzATIoN.--A
writer, whose name we cannot at this
moment, recellect, mentions, as an in
stance Of the progress Of civilization a.
mong the New-Zealanders, the great i'm
lprovement they have made,in the science
lot dietirs. Formerly they used to eat
their fathers and mothers when.they be-
came too oldto support themselves; now
the gentle and refined gourmamds dine
only Upon the bodies of their slaves or
enemies taken in lbattlel What an i'm
Eprovement kwhat prodigious stride in
refinement The march of mind is
certainly onward /; in, fact after this, it
would not be at allasurprising to hear
thatthe ssschoolmaster' has broken loose,
sand now is roaming atlarge among the
hillsand valleys of Eaheinomauwe and
ZavaIpunammu. The New-Zealanders
have this one advantage over other ma
ltions, that to whatever degree of refine
lnent and luxury they may arise, il can
mot be subject Of repfodch to them 10
have deviated from,the Simple tastes ard
Hcastomsof their ancestorssAN mir
Hror.sYfa nj Fss5aallgtss ~
gssY Il i IL u. .4 le. u ~. I. "a FL
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

QUrTE A HERorNE,-Under this head.
the last Fincaslle Democrat gives an ac-
count of the ingenious escape of enc of
the counterfeiters, whose conviction and
sentence to ten years Imprisonment, we
noticed few days since. Heath has
made his escape.-The Democrat re-
lates the circumstances as follows; the
wife of the prisoner was admitted by the
jailor to an interview with her husband,
representing that she was about to leave
this country, and it was the last time she
expected to see him. After some time
the jaior returned to the prisoners ap-
partment. & found Mrs. Heath, Gas was
supposedly ready to take leave other hus-
band-wrpped up in cloak and her face
concealed by her bonnet. Thus attir-
ed she was Esufered to pass out Of the
prison, all the time sobbing aloud in the
greatest apparent distress. On visiting
the Jail next morning, instead Of convict,
Mrs. Heath was found neatly dressed in
the clothes finer husband, who had been
permitted to pass out in the manner de-.
scribed, the night previous. The hero
inc, after loud laugh, explained to,her
visiter, the secret Of her husbands es-
cape"
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

correspondent Of the New York Even
ling Post, writing from Chicago, Illinois,
describes very feelingly the demand foil
young, handsome, and interesting help.
mates in those regions where the /" lords
OF the creation" are far more numerous
than samples Of womankind.n .4 ,trip
to the west, (says the Boston Mercantile
Journal) } is worth thinking Of BY OUT
New England damsels in these hard
times, when marriage bids fair to be 4
ceremony which, although often talked
of will seldom be performed The fol-
lowing is an interesting extract from the
letter: .s
"Interesting women are in demand
here; for such the market is sure one.
| understand, when the steamboats, arrive
from Buffalo and Detroit, that nearly all
business is suspended and crowds Of
desolate, rich young bachelors flock to
the pier, and stand ready to catch the
girls as they land. Whether they use
the lasso, an accomplishment which
some Of them have acquired in catching
ponies onthe Rocky mountains,or wheth-
erthey take them by the force Of smiles,
! am not informed having just arrived,
| cannot speak from observation; but I
believe the result to be pretty univer-
sal surrender" ~
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

LrFE.--Life is adveturous. Events are
prepetually occurring, even in.the calm
ness Of domestic existence, which change
in an instant the whole train and tenour
ofour thoughts and feelings, y Of tenma-
terially influence our fortunes and our
character. 1t is strange, and|sometimes
as,profitable as it il. singular, torecall our
state on the eve Of some acquaintance
which transfgures our being; with some
man whose philosophy revolutionizes oar
mind with some woman whose charms
metamorphose our career. These ne
prospective medltations are fruitful Of
self-knowledge.-Ib. aS
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

LovE.AT FIRST sIGHT.-There issrao
love but love at first sight. This is The
transcendent and surprising offspring. of
sheer& unpolluted sympathy. All other
is the illegitimateresult of observation, of
comparison,o of compromise, ,ofexpediency
The passions that endure fash like the
lightning; they scorch the soul, but it is
warmed forever. Miserable is the man
whose love rises by degrees upon the
frigid morning Of his mind Some hours,
indeed, of warmth and lnstre may per-
chance fall toshis lot; some moments Of
meridian splendour, in which he basks
in what he deems eternal sunshine. But
then how often overcast with clouds of
care, how often dusked with the blight of
misery and misfortune (? And certain as
the gradual rise Of such affection, is its
gradual decline, and melancholy set.
Then, in the dim twilight of his soul, he
execrates customs; because he madly
expected that feelings could be habitual
tia thai were pot homogeneous, and because
he had beehgdided by the observation of
sense, and not blythe inspiration Of SYM
pathy.-N.4 Y Minor.
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

TwILIGHT-AN APoLoGUE-W Whenthe
first man saw the dawn of day brighten
ing the heavens he mistook her for the
sun, and exclaimed, Hail, Ph@bus, with
thy golden arrowsP But the god Of day
soon pierced the bright vaponr and Au
rora' roses faded before his fierce beams.
And at evening when Apollo's chariot
had sunk beneath the waves, and Auro-
ra's rosy car still paused in the west, he
looked to see the departed sun follow in
her train, as he had done in the morning.
But he looked in vain and night settled
on the face of the earth. Then he
grieved, and looked on the face of twi-
light as the herald of eternal night; that
had robbed him of the bright sun, till at
last his weary eyes closed in slumber.
But the next moring he saw his error.
and learned that the evening twilight
was indeed the harbinger Of a new day.
Why do we look on death as the end
oflfe, and not as its beginning (
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

Parsrna's DrsrL. More copyl
Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-20

I" Father of Lakes!" thy waters bend Z
Beyond the eagles utmost view, SD
When throned in heaven, he sees thee send
Back to the sky its world of blue.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23
3 VI I$ e IIrGA I, q Gc
FRIDAY MORNING, JUN L 30.
STATE CONVENTION,


Upon consideration Of the signs Of the times
aud after ,on,ullaIion with friends Of the cause,
the under signcd have deemed it proper to call Il
Slnlc Convention II the opponents of the National
hdminis,a ion. IN ,iew, therefore, Of the pe-
sent Unparalleled state Of tie country. Of the IN
,essanI tNcr,,ons which are made 10 mIs|cad and
events and TO ycrpclua'e power in the hand, OF
mrn who have. hy an abuse Of power aud a dste
gard Of the admonitions If wisdom aud experience
DESTROYED the currency p'lsicd tue Industry, d"'
,angcd the business Impaired the credit Of the
country, and overwhelmed the national treasury IT.
self in the torrent Of general blnkiuptcy--we do
most earnestly rcqust the htcmtn ct Vermont sup.
po,tots of The supremacy ul the laws aud OF a con.
sliiutonal government honestly administered, who
ae opposed 10 the measures and principles Of the
ruling dynasty, To meet 10y their delegates, Ar
LEAsrTEN FROM EACH TOWN, in STATE Con.
vehtion AT Montpelier, on NrDNEsDY, the 12lh
DAY OF july NEXT, AT 10 O'Clock A. NJ. IN ma.
king this call, we conCiuus the appeal is made
10 freeman who have thus lar uumphanlly and
i0norably maintained their principles and political
integrity. against The combined assaults of power
and influence from abroad aud Of Jealous and ac-
tive opponents among Us 10 such men 1t is neCessa.
~ for Us Only 10 suggest thai now, when the wave
UfpoiiCal revolution aud reform is already beg IN.
Mug 10 sweep oyet the nation, the honor, the rep
citation aud the interest Of Vermont, all demand o.
every freeman to 90 his dui, hv energetic and wei
directed action. MILTON BROITN.)
J i WHLER, STAT,
& l.. KNAPP,
ORRIN SDII1H, Com.
June Slh 1887. T.. II. pRENJISS,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23
RANSOM CLARK,

The only surviving Soldier engaged in
Oade's batllewlth Tie Indians, on III g
Ouhlecoochce, on the 98'h Dec. 49, ha
furnished the editor Of the Boston Post
with the following account of this bloody
engagement, aud his own miraculous, pres
ervaroU.
Our detachment, consisting Of | II men.
under command of Major Dadc, started
from Fort Brook, Tampa Bay, on the esd
of December, aud arrived at the scene of
action about $ o'clock, ON the morning %
the @3th. 1t WAS on The edge OF a pond,
three miles from the spot where we had
b,Nouacked Oh the night previous. The
pond was surrounded bv tail grass, brush,
aud small trees. A moment before wc
were surprised, Mr.. Dade said to us
ave have now got through all danger -
keep up rood heart, AID when we get to
Fort King, III give you three days Tor
Christmas.
A tins time. we were IN path, or
tra.l, on the border of the pond, and the
first notice we received of the presence
Of the enemy, was ihe discharge of IA rifle
by their CHlei, as IA signal 10 commence
the attack. The pond was on our night,
and the indians were scattered round, IN
a scmIclrclc, on our Jeff, IN the rear aud
~ Misunderstanding al the two latter
points TO The edge Of the pond: but leaving
an opening Tor our entrance on the path,
aud similar opening at the other cXlreml.
~, FOR the cgrcss of our advanced guard,
VIII ch was permitted To pass through with.
ont being fired ON, and Of course uncon-
scrOuS of the ambuscade through which
they had marched. At the time of the
attack this guard was about a quarter Of a
mile in advance, the man body following
in column, two deep. The Chiefs rifle
was followed by a general discharge from
his men, and Major Dade, Capt. Frazier,
and Lieut., Nudge, together with several
non commissioned officers aud prvates,
were brought down by the first volley,-
Our rear guard had six FOUNDER, which.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23
GRAND ISLE COUNTY WIG CON.
yENTION

The opponents Of he present National
Administrator aud the "EXprriment," in
Grand Isle County, are respectfully invited
To attend in Convention Mt the Cuut
House in North Hero, ON "Wednesday tie
l2h day Of July, a. ID. 1887. al one o'clock
p. NJ. for the purpose Of selecting and pre-
suitable candidate To represent the County
10 the Senate OF tins STATE, for he ensuing
political year, every town III the County Is
earnestly solicited 'o be- fully represented.
by order Of the County Committee.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23

Coancc,icm. The legislature Of Connect.
cut on Friday last. passed bill abolishng
imprisonment for debt. 1t passed the house
of Representatives by vote Of l6i to -. n
bill to repeal the charter of the Stamford bank
passed the house by vote of 81 70 o. Tn
the Senate IT was rejected by the casting vote
of the Lieut. Governor, the vote OF the Senate
being yeas ., nays9. Il bill has passed both
houscs. authorizing on certain conditions the
issue of one aud two dollar bills. until the first
Of July 1888. n bill has also passed, legal
zng the suspension of specie payments by
the banks of that state until July |, 1885,
with 4 proviso that they shall be required to
10 pay IN specie whenever the banks in New
York aud Boston do the same. This bill pas
Sod the House by vote Of 1873 TO 5l.---
Boston ID. Adrediser.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23
ID | T. ID .

At Redi;rd y. Y MAY ooh, Mrs Elisabeth Bea.
~, OF Huntington w.. aged - Years.
Ia Richmond II h inst, BehIah wife Of AGRA.
ham Mcr,GcId, aged 50 years & Honhs.
III this town. on the S.h inst, JAMES MASON,
E.q, aged 81 years. IL The death Of This dI,I,n.
gul,hed indl, idual. We have been deprived Of one
Of our mos Valuable citizens, and an honest man.
lie bone hi- sc>e,e aud lrouacled Illness .lIlout
a muruur retaining untll trw hum> If hl-Vra'h
the fall possession ulh, mental faculties. tie died
as h. uld lived, in peace with God and mor
Ills funeral was attended by large conc1ut,e o {
rel -ibuIS and iren,l>. ANXIOUS TO manifest their
respect iIr he character OF the de,cl>cd and their
sympathy lor his hcrea,ed and sorrowjul family
6idOn Republicans
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23

WASHING SILKs.-A late number of an En-.
gIish periodical, contains a useful article OF
washing silks, from which we copy the follow.
ing extract -
clay the piece Of silk upon clean board :;
soap piece ortaunel wet. and with this :ub
the silk carefully and evenly one way; after
having thus clcanscd one side Of the silk, take
Il wet sponge and wash eff the soap; proceed
in the same manner TO cleanse the other side,
and then wipe the water off Of each with
clean dry cloth after which hang the silk in
the air to dry do not wiring il, IN harg it as
singiy as possible upon linen horse, and let
it dry graduaIIy.i When very nearly dry,
iron K with cool box. In tins manner We
last summer washed slate coloIcd dress,
which was so dirty with the constant wear Of
winter, that we did not like to use it even for
Innings. without cndcavOurlug to remove some
Of the spots, and we were quite hopeless Of It's
being fit ior any thing except lnmgs even
when washed, but lis brightness was complete.
y restored, lis texture was softer than when
new, and it made very nice chlids irock
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23


10 desert oar winci,les, which >uu have heretofore
50 manlully Defended N conventions, Of 1888
5 1 and D. (1nd how much longer am not able to
saw now to support the vr,> party which we have
50 many time, held council together 10 overcome
o, CONSISTENCY where hast thou fled, You saw the
democrats of this Slatc are IN u divided situations
| admit il. YOU say the division is more in smau.
than ia NATTER" do not admit this. brc,u.e the
drmoc,ac, that SUPPORT i, a Government in the
hands of the pcople and a onyp,u,u.u, ,hnt will
hear the voice Of the pcople thtouoh their rcprc.
,cniatius. This is dru,ocracy of fine uld schopl.
but the democrats or,rcrn dale ,u,po,, a Govern
uent or Drsuoli.n. ar nnr ,h.n d.,,IotJs ihr
voice of ,hc p,ope lhro their ,cnrr.cnl,Ii,ps and
exercises the veto mower. bv ibe Excruti,e taking
the winnie "te,puusibliu\" anon himself: there.
fore The division appears 10 me 10 lie more in
"malter ,b,n in manner. i" which scp,,ntes those
u''' "''" c "''''e % "','o''"'S' H"' go" VIZ" o'
we onposcd in 1888 Sir, >ou can no more umrc
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-06-23

1t seems that the spolls party in tins state
are at their old tricks again, and are trying
another uu on. Having failed in the at.
trnpied union with the Wings, they are
now attempting the same thing with the
Antimasons, for the purpose of putting
Gown the "rascally opposltion.' TO ac-
complish this they propose 20 rub out the
old Jackson party, and begin ancw--,o
erect q new 'plallorm," broad enough for
Barber, Flint, and every other man that
huDgereth and thlrstelh for office, without
regard to measures or totmer party ds'inc.
tons. In pursuance of these views, a state
convention was held ii Montpelier on
Wednesday last TO make nomination
ulted to the emergency, aud to ndoctrin-
ale The new converts. Tins measure does
not however, meet the entire appreciation
"f he party. The leaders proles, against
being thus uncercmIniou>ly "expnnged."
Accordingly the chairman of the state
TO meet at Montpelier on "Wednesday nert.
As this is exclusively a family affair, we do
not purpose to NEEDLE with II, any farther
dian to caution our friends against being
imposed upon by the humbug. BY the fol
lowing correspondence, which We find IN
the Bellows Falls journal, it viii be seen
that the measure Is very justly appreciated.
MIR. Gibson's sensible letter will command
the attention Of every reader
Randolph, May 2Oh, 1897.
JoHN GIBsoN. ESQ.
Sir A number Of Democrats, both Anlima.
sonic and Jacksonlan. having had IN interview and
taken into consideration the divided situation Of
The democrats Of Vermont, the importance O a I'M
ION OF policy and harmony Of action, is onr apol.
Ogv Tor addi cssIag you this time. The di,is ION
appears 10 Us TO be more in manner Than in matter,
and. as consolidation Of all HE Democratic
strength orlhis state is an object worthy ofIhc best
'Xerions oi every friend Of equal li.hs, we pro-
pose for your consideration, the following method
calling STATE Con'enl'on Let The notice for u
State Convention be signed by, from four TO elght
leading and well.knoun Democrats, Gom each
county IN HE STATE, about one half AntmasUnic,
and the other half Jn,ksonan, Democrats Aud
whilst We call Your attention 10 Tins important Oh.
icct we ask appreciation for placing ,our namc 10
II oot ice Which shall IN substance, be a. f,liuNs,
AMI respectfully request an answer rs soon as
ma,he -
"A DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
w. MILL be hoden al HE State House in Monrpe.
her, the day oiJune ncNr, ~ 10 O'Clock IN the
forenoon; aud all Democrats vhepher heretofore
known by the appe lalion Of Auriinasunic on Jack.
al ll,, A