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CENTRAL AMERICA, CHIAPAS,
YUCATAN, &c.
By JOHN L. STEPHENS.

1t is fact, acted on by all and reflected
on by few, that there are chains of sympa.
thy which extend round groups Of mankind.
and, steady as gravity hold them in their
folds. Into whatever chain we are as indi.
viduals licked, it is 10 the other links our
sympa;hies are extended. Why is it that
we read Greek and Roman history with so
much of interest, whilst our feelings enkin-
die not when reading circumstances equally
grand in themselves, but relating 10 China,
India, Japan, or even TO America 1t is
simply because the chain which connects
our own fate with Greece and Rome has
never been actually broken. We cannot
avoid connecting our present with the past
when that past affords US the heartfelt salts
faction of reiracing our origin, and bring
ing out of early Time the arts, sciences, re-
ligion, languages, and national divisions Of
our own natural and intellectual ancestors.
In the case before US, we have to leave
our own and enter another circle of sympa.
thy A; and it is proper al once 10 &C inowl-
edge that no effort can enable US 10 90 with
Mr.. STEPHENS in imagination over the
ruins Of Copan. Palenque, Uxmal, or Other
places, wonderful as they are, with The same
or any near approach 10 the same warmth oil
feeling with which We followed him oveI
Northern Europe. Western Asia, and
Northeastern Africa. Yet, however. few
can open his volumes on Central America
without being, after penetrating in them on
ly few pages, deeply interested. Curios
ity is reused as we find ourselves annie
massive ruins and elaborate sculptures, ,ht
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-04-19

REvIEw,-The following interesting re-
view Of the work of J. L. Stephens is
found in the editorial department of the H.
telligencer and cannot fail of being irleres.
ting 10 that portion of our readers who
feel a curiosity i'll exploring the field Of
antiquity which the recently developed
relicks of the by gone nations CT the new
world have brought 10 light.
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HENRY CLAY-AN EXAMPLE
THAT FEW MEN WILL FOLLOW =

A near rcllive of Mr.. Clay residing M
his vicinity, who mas been largely engaged
N the purchase and manufacture IF hemp
for 6agging and bale rope for the New Or
leans market, BY the fall in value and thu
embarrasSmrnIs of the times VII oh have
been felt with prodigious force for the year
past in the great south western Emporium,
was lately compelled 10 made an aSS'gr
ment of his property to trustees for the ben
Eft of all his creditors. The whole amount
of his liabll ties was near $4,000, about
OF e half of which vas due to Mr.. Clay for
advances to enable the manufacturer 10
prosecute his ,usiness, so advantageous to-
the farming interest Of Kentucky. with the
hope of an imnro, ement in the condition of
things so that a suspension OF the work AMI
OF payment might be avoide5.
The sale of the property took Pface about
fortnight ago, and as usual III such cases
attracted several hundred persons, and a
mong them many of the creditors. Mr.!
Clay then told them in substance that the as
sinnment was for the benefit of the credit
ors, himself inc uled--that the amount duo
10 him was as large as all The other claims
combined-that from the relationship III
which he stood TO the debtor. il was proba-
bic some. and many of the credi;ors, had be-
come such under the oxpcclaioi iiIat If dif-
ficully occurred, he. Mr.. Clay, would pro-
.ecI lhem-lhnl alIho' there was no ground
whatever for asking him TO do so, yet ralh-
or than that any man should think he had
the slightest reason to Complain OF him, and
in order farther that every debt Que 10 9th
ers should be paid, he now rel,a scd all IN
teresi under the asSi hment until every doh
lar due to others was paid. and Ihcn II any
thing was LEFT, he would take it. The sale
was made-:he other creditors we're all pail,
and what little remained was all Mr.. Clay
goi for his S25,000.
course, when Mr.. Clay being the cunfdcn-
tial creditor, would have been fist paid, and
in this case the only one paid, and who but
Henry CLAY could be- found, under such cir
cum>taucrs, to reject the whUle or ui arS
rate his share al tie proceeds
But this il n fair specimen Of "Efarry of
the West" boh in public and private I;ir.
His country first, and himself last-the In.
forests Of those men who without color Of
right we're suspcc: cd of having relied upon
h m, were 10 be preferred and his own post
poued.
Such specimens of high mind d, honora.
BILE conduct. occur so rarrIv, that for the
honor of n lkird they should e chronicbrd
as set offs, so far as they go, against tie
drawbacks upon it we every day sre hap
pening about Us, and especially in these de-
generate days. Cleveland 20 } Herald.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Hampshire Gazette.
BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL GREEN
MOUNTAIN LAND.

Bright, beautiful Green Mountain land,
Home of the brave, and free
How often fond remembrance runs
Back 10 Thy fair and gentle ones,
Thy stern old sires, and manly sons,
As proud and firm as thee.
know that through the long half-year,
Cold Winter shrouds thy form,
But the bright skies that supervene,
Clothing thy thousand hills with green,
And all the thousand hills between,
Repay for cold and storm.
know that winds like angry spirits,
Oft scream among thy wales,
and, borne on wings of frosty air,
Twist out the wild and shaggy hair.
Thy firm, collosal mountains wear,
Aud strew it to the gales.
But Oh! thy summer airs are soft;
And ZeIhyrs Zoo are thine,
As fluctuating, light and mild.
As the first prayer little child.
From lips all pure. and indebted.
Lisps in the car Divine.
And echoes leap from rock to rock,
And laugh among the hills,
Wild bounding from each messy height,
Like flashing floods of silvery light,
Ia dripping freshness, cool and bright,
Leap Down thousand rilIs.
The kingIy horse is on thy hills.
And grazing herds are there,
And Plenty like G. ddess stands.
Strcwins her gifts with generous hands.
Alike on wales, and mountain lands,
Bleak rocks, and meadows Gair.
though brighter eyes with softer light,
And more bewitching ray,
Beneath Italian skies may glance;
Though airier forms and feet may dance,
Among he trailing vines of France.
Than Ger thy mountain stray;
sui, with an overlooking love,
turn, swe land to thee,
10 thy rough hands Of honest worth,
Thy healIhful scenes of ceaseless mirth,
Thy souls the truest on the earth,
The frcest Of the free.
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D.ATH OF GEN. JOHN ARMsrRnNG.-
This gentleman formerly so coLsp,cunus, IT
not notorious in The annals of our country,
died at Lower Red Hook. Du,chrss Co, on
the LIST inst, in the S4rh year of his age
Who is Gen. John Armstrong many and
many a man under 30 years Of age will ask.
so long has il been since he wis in Pubic
life, and so completely has he been buried
in private Lfe for over quarter of ceniu-
~. Gen. Armstrong was MAJOR during
the Revolution. He first app, ared cuI-
spicuousy before tho whole country as the
author of the famous Newburah Letters.
which all our readers will remember. called
upon the officers of the army not TO d'sband
Til all their dues were paid. Gu" said
he (ihal is, If yau disbindj be the jest Of
Tories and the scorn of higs." The great
aud difficult at Gen Washington ucled ON
that memorable occasion immorlaiZed him,
AID ever after distinguished him from the
worlI's mob of Heroes. Military Chief
tians Of the vulgar order wuLld have se.z d
upon these inndmaiury letters with the grea-
test avidity 10 pis,fy the cortinua1ce Of
staining army after our national indeprn-
uIHCc was utlltNfu. Obt r'l- - ""
excrted the whoe f rcc of bis character ard
influence To soften his jIsl and proper re-
sentiment Of the injured and MS rably poor
officers Of the army, who, on thousand
fields. had offered up their lives for their
country. Washington succeeding in caIm-
ing their resentment, AMI then III consccra-
tIng the memory Of his soldiers as well as
of himself. The army disbhnd' d in peace,
and unpaid, even after all It's terrible strug-
giles
After the Revolution Gen. Armstrong,
Notwithstanding ihcs. New burph Letters.
filed some ur the highest official posts, the
force Of democratic politics sustaining him,
ard carrying him ahead of all opposition
together with the powerful Influence Of the
Livingstous, into whose family lie married.
lie became Senator in Congress, Minister
Plenipolenti-ry 10 France. from the United
States, where he handsomely maintained
the honor OF tho country III controversy
with Cambaceies, and he was subsequently,
Secretary Of War. After the entry Of the
British forces into Washington, and the un
fortunately ludicrous appearance of the CIV
il functionaries there, Inc was obliged To- TO-
sign his post under the call of Puolc opin-
ion, since which he has been in private liIe-
Gen. Armstrong held a powerful pen his
style was vigorous and animating bull as
a soldier. or as Secretary Of War, having
the direction Of our armies, he had no great
success, and indeed suffered sadly in his
reputation. Prior TO the late Presidential
election, he published two volumes 10 prove
that he was not in fault when Secretary of
War. in which h, invo ,hed against Gen.
| Harrison, bat these volumes were not much
read, and made no impression upon the pub.
lie mind. He spent most of his time in the
country of late years, but was often VITA his
son.in-law (Wm. B. Astorl in This city
N. Y. Express.
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him from an act SO base, so Infamous So
slavish, and so abandoned. ~. ln.eEigeh'
Ger.
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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-07-27
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liberty Convention.

The Liberty Convention for the First
Congressional District in Vermont. will
be holden at Manchester, on Tuesday, the
first day of August next, at 10 O'clock,
A. NJ, for the purpose of nominating a
suitable candidate to represent said Dis
trict in the 28,h Congress, L.: every
town be fully represented.
J; W. Hale, District
r. r. TnRALL, O'~~'''ee'
Brandon, July IL, 1913.
N. B. The several papers in the State,
to whom this notice is sent marked, are
particularly requested TO copy.
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In Whiting, on the goth inst. by Rev. 3. Allen,
Mr. Oliver Fisher of Orwell, to Miss Marietta
Royce of the same place,
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In this village, on the 2tth inst, al the resi-
dence of C. W, Conant. Joseph Church, aged 81
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IL at Brandon, July |, 1913.
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Barney Thursay
Brooks Hannah Mrs.
Barnes Caleb B
Babbet Dyer
Collins J A
Capron Chauncey
Cushman Mirahel
Chamberlain A l.
Campbell james B
Cheney Ephraim
Colburn l.
Dorkery Sicela Mrs.
Person Samuel
FELTON, Lyman
Foot WIN. Edwin
Field VIM. Jr.
Hooker VIM. Jiles
Rowland James 5
Hodgkins Elisher F
Hitchcock Joseph 6 S
3.3w A
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Howard f G.
Lee David
Mills Miss Sarah G
Merrell Franklin b
Newton Rufus b
Rogers VIM.
Reynold Almira
Smith Jas.
Smith II X
Thomas Eliza
Thomas Matilda
White Cephas
Wright Cephas
Wood Philander A
Mhitcher John
Webb Francis
Whitney Sarah A
Weeks Elem
Wright HiIam e
Wright Chester
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Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-03-01
N Mr. e SIS MOE.


Mr.. E litor After reading your very
valuable paper of Feb. Lat, and what i
contains in connection with the subject of
Non Resistance, / am in no little difficult
ty to comprehend how McKeDzie's case,
according to the doctrine laid down, is 10
be disposed Of, provided it be conceded
that the mutineers intended to change the
ship to a piralical vessel. and that she
could not have been brought in iflhe con.
spiralors had not been put to death. Is il
commended that Mckenzie, 10 full view OF
the subject before him, ought in that case
to have permitted Spencer 40 walk over
the dead bodies" Of himself and the otbe,
officers, together with three-fourths OF the
ships crew, and suffered the remainder
without resistance to carry outtheir avow
Led purposes of human butchery and "a
pine And does the doctrine of love e
enemies require this2
there are no palmer propositions in ih,
bible. than tbut God is ioye-apd that ",
are commanded TO love our enemies.-
That Is. that the law Of retaliation. an ev,
Tor an eye, and tooth for tooth. bv No
ses Tor the hardness of their hearts. wa
changed by positive command Of Chris
God Is love. and we are commanded to B,
Ike him. But suppose we disobey God
and put ourselves Ia hostility to his com
mand; that Is, turn ourselves, as by on
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people in loye. and men have no moral
right to rule each other only by the law
Of love.
c. II had not embraced the idea that
you were a skeplic, l should embrace
your sentiments at once; but as it is, |
wish 10 think of it awhile 6rst:-but be-
fore we part, will you tell me how the
merchant could live without suing2
Fl. Suing effects the capital of the mer-
chant, very much, as the selling Of ardent
spirits does. 1t empties the purses of his
customers, without doing either party any
real good. The poor man is not made
rich by being sued, neither is the wilfut
made willing. Let the merchant trust no
man whom he expects to be under the me-
cessity Of suing for his pay. In cases
where he is doubtful, let him trust no
more than he can afford to lose. Ia this
way the merchant will not be under the
necessity of dividing his profits with the
sheriff and lawyer, or compel his custom
ers 10 support them.
9. Your plan strikes my mind favor
ably, and | will endeavor TO give tia can
did investigation.
H. An aged man observed to me that
as far as his knowledge extends. nine
lenths Of those who have done a great
deal of suing. have at las. become very
poor, many of whom have died paupers
or that which was no better.
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For the Vermont Telegraph.
= S p E f G. n

Let us onward Truths are never sol.
itary and single. They come in groups
like the starsaof night, and press upon one
another like the rushing hours. The rev.
citation has been made to some, at least,
that mans right to life is inriolable-
Some OF The most distinguished among
the Non Resistants, have based their op-
position, 10 the dominion of man over
man, on the inviolability of life. But the
true doctrine of non government, does moi
any more rest on The inviolability Of life,
than on the inviolability Of the right TO
freedom. | have thought whether those
who have given non-resistance so narrow
basis, have not done it, to cover them.
selves from The odium of opposing all
violent human government. Non Resist
ance is true, because humanity is sacred.
Rights are independent of each other.
They can not arise from each other The
right of speech does not grow out Of the
right of life. Rights have their origin
In the nature and fitness of things. The
fact that am man. gives me the rio hts
OF man; and they are all alike sacred
The right OF speech is an attribute OF
humanlly-is essential to-it; and when il
IS dotted ont, manhood is obliteraed. Il
is mol enough that human beings have a
majority of their rights. They must en-.
Joy them all, or cease to be human. LIE
Mon Resistants take the position tina. eve
~ attribute OF humanity is alike sacred
This broad ground is more tenable thar
the narrower one, and does not subiec, il.
defender to change Of position Wha
would be the right 10 life without the
right Of, liber:y to make the most of il 4
Lille can not be inviolabIe, unless man il
absolutely free. To admit the volatility
Of one right, is to admit the volatility O.
ecery one. A man may justly utter his
sentiments. whenever and wherever be
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TO POST MASTERS g. SUBSCRIBERS.
HReturn no more papers, with the
expectation Of having them taken from the
postofice. 1t is not the prescribed way
of doing business.
Whoever wishes paper discon-
tinued, let information be given to the
postmaster where the paper is taken, and
let MIN give notice by ranking letter to
the publisher, or the postmaster where
the paper is published, according to law.
HThis is said and done, not because
l care to hold any one to the letter of hu-
man laws, but because | do not feel in du-
ty bound to abide by every construction /
have seen put upon them.
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the test here adopted BY G. P. / under.

the test here adopted by G. P. / under
stand him virtually to admit practical
Non. Resistance TO be the true test ofcom-
pliance with the Divine requisition, and
oneness with the Divine Mind. This IL
the standard which Christ set up. 1t is
the disting uishing characteristic of his
teaching. James and John, on certain
occasion, asked him - wilt thou that
we command fire to come down from
heaven. and consume them, even as Elias
| did! But he turned, and rebuked them,
and said, We know not what manner of
spirit We are Of. For the Son of man is
not come to destroy mems lives, but to
save them" The old Judaisng system
destroyed mems lives Chrisl's saves
them. The two then are most perfect an
tagonists, in this fundamental mater.
Read through the history of both. as car
ried out practically by the original teach
ers themselves, and the result will show
this view to be correct To kill. or not
to KILL To hate, or TO love. To ayengc,
or to forgive These are the questions.
Here is where the two systems divide off.
And in these greatest of all things. they
are as wide as heaven and hell-as OPP
posite as the poIes-as adverse as light
and darkness-as irreconcilable as good
and evil.
Now on which of these two fJunda-.
lions is the Invisible church." so called,
"erected' 2-and on which are the "goy-
ernments instituted" alluded 10 by G.. P.
Both are built on che former of the two
systems. There is not a church or
government on earth, so calling itself,
built on the latter foundation. Not one
| whose. officers are Peace, whose exact
ors are Righteousness, and whose walls
are Saloation. The Prince of Peace is
not king and law-giver in one OF them.
There may have been an abundance of
good intention. But there has been sad
misapprehensioa and misdirection. There
has been going away backward from
what Christ taught, and not forward.
The sanguinary code Of a dark age and
barbarous people is made the rule of
conduct. Parish is the word. Save
my own life, and take care of my own in
terests, and the interests ofthe institutions
with which nv own are identified, is the
feeling and sentiment taught and encour-
aged, cherished and enjoined. To love
and to forgive, tave only been named in
profession, to be lived down in practice.-
As things 10 be practiced, church mem
bers in general are in utter ignorance Of
them. Nothing crosses their paths more
efectually than to require them to carry
out love and forgiveness, in their inter.
course with their fellow men, as Jesus
Christ taught and practiced They are
welded TO the former system, whose his
tory is history of blood and carnage.
Further consideration hereafter, of a
point involved in an expression of the last
paragraph, taken with some things going
before.l
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For the Vermont Telegraph
THE EXECUTION.

Brother Murray TN noticing in the
Telegraph of last week, the execution that
IS to take place in Elizabethtown, Essex
County N. Y. in March next, you say
that 1t lsrumored that the law combining
executions within the jaii-yarl is 10 be
evaded, at that time. by having a galIONs
built SO high as to lift the victim fully IN
to the sight Of the multitude, who may as
semoie to witness the horrible spectacle
Now | wish 10 call attention TO the attitude
In which the sheriff of Essex county 10
that case places himself. | understand
that ne has The whole control of the mat
ter; and he the only man in Essex coun'
ty that has right according to law to XII
his fellow man. and he right only ac'
cording TO law. That sheriff must know
that the law combining executions within
The Jail-yard was passed to prevent lb'
demorallzing effects of public executions
on community. He must also know thai
10 build gallows so high as to have lns
victim seen by the assembled multitude D
an evasion Of the spirit and design, If no.
transsression oflhe law; and Therefore
ne. ought to know that he would be %
more guilty should he go into the cell o.
the poor man and put rifle ball through
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LEG Es.

Williston, Sabbath, March $, 10
O'Clock, A. M.
Calais, Tuesday, March z, half past g.,
P. M.
Danvills, Thursday, March 9, half
past 6. P. M.
PassumYsie, Friday, March 10, half
past 6, P. M.
GrotOn, Sabbath, March IL, half past
10, A. M.
Washington, Monday, March 10, half
past 6, p. M.
Randolph Centre, Wednesday, March
Is. halfpast 6. P. NJ
Shoreham. Academy Chapel, on the
4th Sabbath. (26th day. of March, com.
mencing at 10 o'clock, A. M.
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VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
Brandon, "wednesday, March. 1, 1s4a.

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