The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-07-27
VOICE OF # Redo M.
Truly SOrrOwfuIs

On the Sabbath before last, two
boys living in the same house, not
brothers, started off on a hunting ex-
cursion, with one Of them a gun and
the other a pistol. Their names are
Banks and Smith. Banks is not far
from IA years old, and Smith is about
IS. After they had proceeded a
while, Smiths little brother was seen
following them. AS soon as they
saw him coming after them, young
Smith ordered him back. He would
not go back, but kept off about the
same distance, going when they went,
and stopping when they stopped
Vexed at this, Smith told his brother
If he did not go back, he would shoot
him. But intent on following. he
stood still while they threatened
Soon smith raised his pistol, which
had only a little powder in the pan,
and snapped it. The little boy how
ever, would not turn back, At this
Banks said he had as lief shoot him
as not and resting his gun on some
thing, and taking deliberate aim, fir
ed the contents of his gun all Into the
breast of the little boy. His gun
was loaded for crows. When the
boy was examined it was found he
had his little breast filled with buck
shot. Poor little fellow! He drop
ped down and died in half an hour
in great distress.
Banks has been arrested, and it is
not yet known what will become of
Chronicle.
MILLERITEINI ITALY. We make
the following extract Of a letter from
a correspondent of the Puritan, da-
ted Genoa, Jan. 1, 1S43.-N. Y. Er.
I saw a Millerite here the other
day from Worcester, Ms. He had
come by steamer to Liverpool and
then directly here, swift as wind and
sail could carry him. From here he
took steamer to Rome, where he ex-
pccted to be prosecuted blythe Pope /;
and then he was off for Jerusalem,
where, after forty days fast, Christ
was to appear and set up his king
dom. He was solemn as eternity,
and fully believed what he said.-
Nothing could stop him, as he said
he could not detain the Lord Jesus
Christ, and he could not appear till
after his forty days fast. He had
scarcely money enough TO carry him
and | fear before this the dogs
have gnawed bis bones without some
city. But il was a fearful thing to
see a man r%isliing all on one single
There is something sublime
in such unbounded faith though err
ring. A few days alter a young man
Cambridge passed through for
the propaganda of Rome, equally en-
thusiastic in the belief of the final
of the Romish Church.
PRo-SLAvERY.-A man was re-
indicted in Richland county,
for feeding James Monroe, a negro,
service to some one in Ken
lucky, whose name was unknown to
the grand jury. But the court dis
missed the indictment, because the
black law was repealed. The church,
however, of which he was u mem
Der, promptly voted him out Of his
cldership. Such conduct of church
es and church membersgive all their
force to those who arc attempting to
destroy the churches. And it would
be difficult TO tell which are the most
unreasonable, those protesting Chris
tians who so believe the religion Of
or those who would destroy,
rather than reform the Church,
Both are far enough removed from
the truth.-O Je,lin Evangelist.
THE CHIvALRv.-It will be recoIlect-
ed that Me!zar Gardner, originally from
A>VN -LIu loud, out lHolS cCCuly SuIlu'
Of a Democratic paper in Portsmouth,
Virginia, was murdered in that place, a
short time ago, by a man wao took olftnse
at something he had published in his pa
per. The ground Of olTanse was said to
have been that Mr.. Gardner, in his edito.
ria, capacity, opposed the employment of
slaves on the public works at lower wages
than free laborers could work. He com
planned that this competition Of chatteiS
against men, in the government jobs, de-
graded labor, made The prices too low for
efficient laborers to be willing TO work,
and gave The large Shareholder a chance
to speculate by the employment of :heir
unpaid chaltels. Whereupon Mr.. Cook,
a Virginia Shareholder, shot him. Mr..
Cook has lately had his trial, AMI been