davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-11-04
3)oltttcal.
TO THE WING STATE CENTRAL
COMMIT TEE

The Committee appointed at your meeting Of the 81 81
inst, by the foregoing resolutions, have performed The
duty assigned them. and now report: 1hs, the
ming ol the 22d they addressed letter 10 Mr. Thos
Richie. Chairman Of the Central Democratic commit,
tee. Of which the following is o,py:
RicnMorp Oct. %, lSil.
Dear Sir: We have the hunur To communicate To you,
aud through yon 10 the committee over which You pre-
side the enclosed resolutions. adopted by the Central
Wing Committee Of this Sia,o at lis meeting last eve
ming.
The snjec, of these resolutions one Of So much i'm
por,ance IN all It's aspects and relations. aud oby
olsy 10 the interest OF both Of tie great political par
Ties OF the Stale. that uniform rule should DO
adopted by which the right 10 vote at the approaching
election shall be asccrtaned and governed that fiat
ter ourselves no hesitation will be felt by the Central
Democratic Committee IN aceeding to the proposal
made to it,
You will do us the favor to lay these resolutions be-
fore your Committee at the earliest period praclicsble
and communicate 10 the result Of lis deliberations up
on the subject, Very respectfully
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

ed on both sides. Higgins, fatgued and exhaust
ed by the loss of blood, was no longer match for
the savage The latter succeeded in throwing his
adversary from him, and went Immediately in
pursuit Of his rifle. Higgins at the same time rose
and sought for the gun of the other Indian
Both, therefore, bleeding and out of breath, were
in search of arms to renew the combat
''The smoke had now passed away, and large
number of Indians were in view Nothing 1t would
seem, could now save the gallant ranger. There
was, however, an eye to pity and an arm TO save:
and that arm was woman's!
"'rhe little garrison had witnessed the whole
combat. 1t consisted of but six men and one wo-
man; that woman was of herself host-a Mrs.
PursIev. When she saw Higgins contending, sim
gle-handed, with a whole tribe of savages, she
urged the rangers to attempt his rescue.-The
rangers objected, as the Indians were ten to one.
Mrs Pursey, therefore, snatched rifle from her
husbands hand and declaring that $50 fine a fell
low as Tom Higgins should not be lost for want of
help" mounted horse, and sailed forth to his
rescue. The men, unwilling to be outdone by a
woman, followed at full gallop-reached the spot
where Higgins tainted and fell, before the Indians
came up; and when the savage with whom he had
been engaged, was looking for his rife, his friends
lifted the wounded ranger up, and throwing him
across horse before Of the party, reached the
| fort in safety.
! "Hggins was nsensible for several days, and
his life was preserved by continual care. His
friends extracted TWO of the balls from his thigh;
two, however, yet remaned-one of which gave
him great deal of pain. Hearing afterward that
physician had settled within days ride of him
he determined to go and see him. The physician
(whose name is spared) asked him fifty dollars fol
the operation. This Higgins fatty refused, say
ing it was more than half a years pension. On
reaching home, he found the exercise of riding
had made the ball dscernable; he requested his
wife, therefore to hand him his razor. With hel
assistance he deliberately laid open his thigh, I'M
til the edge of the razor touched the bullet; ther
inserting his two thumbs into the cash. he 'Airte(
it out" as he used to say, 'without costing him
cent" The other ball yet remained; gave him
however, but little pain, and heearried it with hin
to his grave.
"Higgins died in Fayette county, Illinois, few
years since He was the most perfect specimen
of a frontier man in his day, and was once door
keeper the house of Representatives in Illinois.
"The above account is taken principally from
newspaper. Its author is unknown. The facts
however, therein stated, are familiar to many, an
were first communicated to me by one of the judg
es of the Supreme Court of this State. They have
since been confirmed by others, and there is nj
doubt of their correctness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
For the Freeman
The Signs and GrOanS Of the Slave,

From the sweet sunny South there comes a low
wall,
OF sorrow and wretchedness deep;
Its echos are ringing thro' mountain and dale,
To waken nation from sleep,
1t speaks as it passes, in wild notes of grief;
1t murmurs-one boon would Graves
now, from the fountain Of hope. let relief
Be sent to the down-trodden slave!
1t speaks to the thousands on thousands who kneeI
At the shrine of Jehovah in prayer;
1t asks them, in language BETTING, to feel
For the toil-worn, the suffering, while there.
1t seems to direct us to Jesus our guide,
And points us to precepts He gave,
Which if but observed, thro' the land far s. wide,
Would Liberty bring to the slave.
Coumbia's fair daughters, oh! weep at the sound,
Your sympathies let it engage;
At misery's call meier blush to be found
Inscribed on humanity's page,
Oh, then, let a mothers wild shrek of distress,
From the land which is Libcrty's grave,
With the shacke, the chain, and the whip, now
impress
Thy mind with the wrongs of the slave.
Ye Freemen arouse, and no longer be mute,
The groan of thy fellow is heard;
The monster, with all its dire evils, uproot;
To feelng-to action-be stirred.
To the balIot-bOr HE, and resolve, even now,
Thy country from ruin to save.
No longer then crnge, no longer then bow
But vote for the Friend of the Slave.
Already Americas grandeur is stain'd,
Our nation bye-word become,
The mercy of Heaven we soon must have drain'd
And fast is declining our sun;
But hope, as beacon-lght, fresh from on high,
Its banners around us shall wave;
10 rescue our country from ruin we'll try
Our motto-'Let free the poor slavep
Tho the proud may disdain, and the tyrant ma
jeer,
And sycophants scornfully grin,
With heaven as our shield we have nothing t
fear,
The conquest we surely shall win:
Already the ranks are filing so fast,
With the just, and the wise, and the brave,
We believe that ere long will be thought of {
past,
The signs and the groals Of the save
ELIZABETH.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOMAS NORRIS
of Ohio,

rejoice. that the abolition of slavery throughout the
civilized world is no longer problematica it to be
almost universally conceded that this stupendous fraud
upon portion of the human is fast drawing to
close, and the great question with is truly what
best suited to accomplish this desirable end in
the United States.
"Poitcal action is necessary to produce
moral reformation in nation and that action with us
only be efectualy exercised through the ballot box.
And surely the ballot box be used for more
noble purpose than restore and to every man
his nalienable rights. "-ThOmas MOrris.
am not disposed to submit to the dictaon of slavchol
ding power, 10 abdge the freedom of speech of the
press, the right of pettion constutionay secured
to the citizens of this country and if the slaveholdng
power, by attempting to do so, shall dig its own grave,
and nhume its victims, it will not be the fault of the
free States.-.Dlorris Letter to II. Campbell, 1887.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

RIPE FRUIT AND DYsENTERY.-There is per-
nicious prejudice with which people are too gen.
orally imbued: it is that fruits are injurious in the
dysentery-that they produce and increase it,
There is not, perhaps, a more false prejudice.
Bad fruit, and that which is imperfectly rpened,
may occasion COLES, and sometimes diarrhna--but
never epidemic dysentery. Ripe fruits ofall kinds,
especially in the summer, are the true preserva-
tives against this malady. The greatest injury
they can do,s in dissoIvng the humors land particu-
lary the bile, of which they are true solvents, and
occasion darrh@a But even this darhea is a
protection against the dySentery. Wher ever the
dysentery has prevailed, | have eaten less ANNA
food and more fruit, and have never had the slight
est attack have seen eleven patients in the same
house; nine were obedient to the direction given,
and ate fruit: they recovered. The grand mother
and child she was most partial to, died. She pre-
scribed for the child burnt brandy and oil, power
full aromatics, and forbade the use of fruit. She
followed the same course herself and met the like
fate. minister attacked with dysentery, ate
three pounds red currents, between seven O'Clock
in the morning and nine in the evening: next day
he was entirely ured.-ITssot.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Remarkable Adventure,

The following historical incident, though pos
sessing all the interest of romance, is extracted
from the "History of Illinois" now in course of
publication at the New World office. The work
to which we have already called the attention of
our readers, is from the pen of Henry Brown,
Esq, of Chicago.
"The pioneer who dwells in the vicinity of In
dian huntIng-grounds, forming barrier between
savage and civilized man, learns to hate the In
dian because he hears him spoken of always as an
enemy. Having listened from his cradle to tales
OF savage violence, and perused with interest the
narrative OF aboriginal cunning and ferocity, and
numbering also, among the victims of some mid
night massacre, his nearest and dearest relations
It is not to be wondered at that he should fear and
detest the savage. While the war-whoop is sound
ing in his ear, the rifle is kept in readiness, and
the cabin door secured with the return of evening
Among those thus born and reared, one Thorn
as Higgins of Kentucky stands pre-eminent. Du-
ring the war of 1912, he enlisted at The early age
OF nineteen in company of rangers, and came tc
Illinois. One of the most extraordinary event;
during that war, occurred near Vandalia, in which
Higgins participated. Men talk of Marathon, onC
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

COOP FARuNG.-It may be laid down as a stand
ing rule, and as guide to all direct exertions,
that all good farming, the whole process by which
bad land is converted into good, or land naturally
good and productive is to be continued in that
state, is comprised in the three following opera
tons of husbandry. 1. To carry off all stagnant
and supurfuous water by means of judicious
draining. 2. To return through the medium OF
manure, the strength and fertility which has been
extracted from the land by cropping. 8. To
eradicate all noxious weeds, that the strength OF
the manure may be thrown into the crops and not
into the weeds.-RaWsLrone on Farming
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
Democratic Candidate for President.
JAMES K. POLK.

STAKEHOLDER of Tennessee. 4s,..,fas o..
As Speaker in Congress- he gave great license TO rowdy-
ism and insubordnaton.
His greatest claims are, that he is favor of the mms-
date annexation of Texas all hazards and is pet If
Gen. Jackson. .l- ise,
The convention which nominated Mr.. Polk resolyed*As
that all efforts of the aboonsts Others made to in-
duce Congress interfere Nth questions of slavery or
to take INcIPIENT STEPS in relation thereto are calc-
lated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous conse-
quences and that all such efforts have an inevitable ten
dency diminish the happiness of the people and endan
ger the stability and permanency of the Unon and ought
not to be countenanced by any friend of political ins
tutiops.'' as >s .i .....ss s.s ssa a9ssas
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

house, and all she has TO live upon is what kind
neghbors bring in.
go, know who you mean. Old widow Brown.
Mother has sent me there great many times"
Well do you take your loaf of nice bread, and
get your mother to put white napkin around it.
and then carry it down to her house and say
"Here, Mrs. Brown, is present from little boy,
will you please accept of it?"
"Well, Pll do i'll | know just what she will
say. She wi cry, and then put her hands upon
my head, and say-God bless you my little boy
And shall feel so happy! wish had the mon
ey NOW. But won't spend a cent until get it,
Then indeed you will enjoy your money. "Ir
is indeed more blessed" Jesus says, "to give than
to receive"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
POET R Y.
For the Freeman.
For Sentember Bird,

For September 3rd,
TUNE-Saints' Home.
o COP of the Pilgrims, whose children we are,
We now come before thee, with trembling fear.
For the blood of our brother doth cry from the
ground;
That we are all guilty, full proof can be found.
Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home,
We have severed our brother from kindred
and Home!
Like the brethren of Joseph, our brother we sold
And fastened in bondage, for silver and gold;
By deception and strength we accomplished the
deed,
Then claimed it Il virtue, by Heaven decreed.
Home, Home; sweet, sweet Home;
Our brother lies bleeding in anguish from
Home.
Half dead by the way-side our brother has lain,
All bleeding in anguish, and tortured with pain;
The Priest and the Levite have both past him by
Or loaded with letters and left BIN to die.
Home, Home; sweet, sweet Home;
Shall we ever restore to our brother his home
We meet in remembrance and honor of those
Who dared to be free, amid tories and foes;
Well proclaim to our brother his chains shall be
broke,
And the cords that now bind him shall vanish like
smoke.
Home, Home; sweet, sweet Home,
We are pledged to restore to our brother hi
home.
In the name of high Heaven our banner we wave
Unfurrd to the tempest, the tyrant's mad gaze,
Not regarding his fury, his threat or his power;
All Heaven is with us-Wo ask nothing more!
Home, Home; sweet sweet Home;
The lash and the fetter exchanged for swee
home N. +.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
II IS ONLY oHNT.-Now my little lad don't

IT IS ONLY CENT.-NOW my HUE lad don't
spend that cent for candy.
why, didn't my father give 1t to me"'
should spend it. lfyou run over to the candy
shop and buy roll, in five minutes you will be no
betteroff for having the money; now saUe your
money (and your healthy and put it in box.
'sBut it is only cent?
A hundred of them will make dollar and il
younever save the cents you will never be worth
doIlar.
"But papa gave me this to enjoy til DOM
want to lay it up''
Well, will tell you how to enjoy it. Not by
throwing it away for unwhoesome sweetmeats
but keep it until you have six, and then 90 to the
bakers and buy nice loaf of bread
"Why, whatdo want to do with bread? Moth
er gives me all need"
Stop moment, and ! will tell you.--A poor
old widow lady lives down the alley below YOU
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

VINO Bore THE BURDEN.-We have noticed,
lately, that some of the slaveholding members of
Congress in discussing the gag-rule, are in the
habit of clarifying the south, particularly South
Carolina and Georgia, as if the fate of the Revo-
lutionary struggle had depended on their efforts.
These mushroom politicians do not know the his
tory of their country, they would be silent. De-
cember 1882, tax of 5000 ,O0G was laid by Con-
gress, and apportioned according to the whole
Number of free white persons and three-ffths
ofthe slaves The share OF
the seven Northern and Middle states (free) was
$4525, 144; that of the five Southern, or slave
States, $9, S74,854. All the States were at the
same time we'll nigh exhausted, Especially the
Middle and Northern, which had been most lavish
of their treasures, so that on the 28h of January
1888, but little progress had been made in raising
the amount-the case then, stood thus:
Raised from the free States, 942,2Ol
" slave &c 77,92S
And this last amount was paid by Maryland ant
Virginia alone, not another Southern State havin;
yielded a copper. The little State of Rhode Is
land paid about 90, 900 more than the great Stat
of Virginia, and $4,000 more than Maryland; ant
Massachusetts paid more than twice as much a
both of these put together !-PhiLanthropist.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

1t is awful to think that there is one sin which
ad mits of no forgiveness; but it is for comfort
to know that it cannot be the sin of him who great
ly fears he has committed it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

AS life is days journey, and as we are all rav-
elers, it would be well for us to examine whehev
we have made any endeavors to secure confor-
table lodging alright.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
VA. GE M VA M%O

WASHINGTON COUNTY. Irasburgh, Rev Clark
WaitsfeM, 0 Skinner LODeH, J D Harding
Worcester, Rev. NJ. Folsom Morgan Rev d Packer
ORANGE co. Troy, A Rowell
Bradford ] d Clark LAMoILLE CO.
Brokfe d Kngsbury Cambridge, NJ Stafford
Do S NJ Bigelow Eden, C Fisk
Chelsea, Harry Hale EimOre, Dea Camp
COrinth Rev Smith Hydepark P Fitch
do Fellows Johnson, A W Caldwell
Fairlee, G May .MOrristO,Cn, J West
Newbury, Rev Sas StOtc, B H Fuller
Randolph, Eastman WatervMe, II A Fisk
STAFFORD, Warner do Cd Page
Post Mills, L Huxley W)lcoH, J Smith
Thetford, Rev A C Smith WINDSOR Co.
w Topshans, Rev S Leavitt bethel, Rev d Field
Tunbridge, W B Scott CGUendish, Rv W F Evans
Vershire, b Tyler Chester, o Hutchinson
OGnge, P Lord Rochester. Rev VIM Scale
cHITrENDEN CO. ROgGltOn, Woodward
Burlington, d Fish Sharon, P Metcaf
charlotte, Grant Woodstock, I Hutchinson
Hinesbtrgh, A Beecher RUTLAND co.
Williston, w H French Brandon, w Hale
Essen, Col. Page Rutland, R R Thrall
ADDISON co. Waliingford, Rev MrC on
NFerrisburg Rv Prindle stantine & D E NchIson
Cornwall, Rev Mr. Wright w1NDHAM COUNTY.
Tergennes, Asprague Rockingham, Rev Mr. Bar
FRANKLIN CO. Der.
EnOsbmg, Fuller To,cnshend, WR shafte
montgomery Martin Wilmington, o l. Skater
st Adams, l. Bainard Wardsboro'. DR.. D Hyde
Bakersfield C Stone HammOnds Malls, DR..
CALEDONIA co. Billings
HardtUick, w Wheatley jamaica, Rev. M Spencer
Lyndon, Mr. Skinner Fayetteville, E Atwood
Peacham, Rev Rust Dover, P P Perry
Walden, S Farnsworth BENNINGTON CO.
ORLEANS CO. Manchester, d Roberts il
Albany, Rev Putnam Matteson, No. Benningto
Barton, w Seaver Lemue Bottum, Shafsbur
Coventry, IIurd John Landon, Factory Por
Craftsbury, A Simpson Sherman Paris, Dorset
Glover, Rev R Mason S Sherman, W. Rupert
Greensboro, G II Page Dea. Ilurd, Sandgate
Holland, C Robinson DR.. Mickey, Arlington
Miron Owen, Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co., NY.
State Agents.
The following gentlemen are authorized by the Stat
Committee of the Liberty Party, 10 act as their Agents il
this Sate in Lecuring, collecting funds for the cause
and obtaining subscribers for the Freeman,
CHAUNcEY L. KNAPP, Esq, Montpelier.
| Rev. JOHN GLEED, Wolcott.
| Rev. c. G, BRIGGs, Montpelier.
| D. NICHOLSON, Esq, Waingford,
| Rev. A. ST, CLAIR.
Rev. ORREN SHrpMAN, Hartford, N. Y.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23


sThe question now for the North finally to decide is
shall the slave states draw down with them and beth
PERISH or shall we, by decided conunct exeron of vr
energy, ourselves aad them from destruction -
james G. Birney.
allow not to human laws, be they primary secon-
dairy, matter by what numbers with what solemn:
ties ordained the least embance right establish Sa-
very, to make property of my eO, created equally with
myself in the image of God. Individually, political
communities, have right to enact Slavery,
than they have to enact MURDER basphemy, incest
or adultery To establish slavery is to dethfone right, to
trampe justice, the only true foundation of Govern
ment Governments exist not for the destruction Of lib
erty but for its deencenot for the humiliation of mems
rights, but their preservation. -Brney on Enumeration.
Whilst the South is crying out for the Union, and char
gng the Abotonists with aiming destroy it, the Union
wants ie in which the North tamey to submit
the ndgnities and degradation which upon
free abor-o the destruction of the press and the saugh-
of its defendesthe subverson of the right of petition
in fne to the handing of the government to the
South, to be administered solely by slavehoding poiti
clans for the pepetuIy of the system of slavery Bril-
ney's Letter, Feb. Is, 1889.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23
Compare the MEN and their
PRINCIPLES.
LIBERTY TICKET.
u.rt FOR PRESIDENT.
JAMES G.. BIRNEY.
of Michigan.

"Our own slave states, and especially the SOUTH
ern ofthem, in which the number of slaves is greater
and in which, of COURSE the sentiment of injustice
stronger than the northern ones to be placed IN
the list of decaying communities.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-08-23

"Iknow there is visionary dogma which holds that
negro slaves cannot be the subjects of property shall
not dwell long upon this speculative abstraction. That
is property aohich the la,c declares to be property
Two hundred years of legislation have sanctioned and
sanctifed negro slaves property"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-10-10

tive Candidate, received 1888 votes Badger, the
democratic, 409s, and Mccall 6533.
In the first Congressional district, which in
cludes two wards from the city, the native candl-
date received 1852 votes, the democratic 1885, and
the whig 2ll7 In the second, wing 1884, demo-
cratic 1918, native 3I15. The third is not COM
plete, but the native candidate, who is elected,
will receive about 1000 votes, the wing 400, and
the democratic nearly 1000 In the fourth, demo-
cratic 4ls4 native 4l05. wing l64O. liberty s. There
is an increase OF over 1000 votes in this district.
Lemeyre, the liberty candidate tor Governor,
received % votes in the city and county OF Phila-
dephia.
Il is probable that the " Native" Assembly tick
ct for the County, as well as their County Commits
sioners and Auditor, has been elected by a small
jority.
II will be seen that there is an increase of the
vote Of Philadelphia City and County, over 1910,
of $500, and that the whig majority for Governor
is 5,943.
We present below the result from the several
Commit on ascerfainpd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-10-10
POSTSCRIPT.


Great excitement existed throughout the CITY
last evening, 10 ascertain the returns Of the recen
elections in Pennsy vania and New Jersey. Hun.
dreds Of both parties focked to Jersey City al
about III o'clock, 10 await the arrival OF the cars
from Philadelphia. At about quarter before
eleven, the alarm bell was heard, and all rushed to
hear the result, but there were no Shouts Of victory
and the knowing ones Immediately concluded that
the tram had brought no whig news MOI
a slip or extra from a whie print could be
found, but the independent and democratic
press had sent hundreds 1t will be seen that in all
the interior counties heard from there has been a
great democratic gain over the vote of 1870 The
vote in Philadelphia city is 9,27O for Markle,
(whlg,) and 1924 for Skunk, democratic The
county stands, for Markle, 14,572 for Skunk,
IL 635 Wing majority ia the city and county,
SOB
l.. O. Levin, The Native candidate in South
"afH, &c, the tIfs congressional district, is elect
Cd In The second, the city, Joseph r. Inqersol
wing. In The third, Northern Liberties and sorinp
Garden, John y. Campbell. he Native candidate
ana IN The souhn, KrnsIngton, &c, Charles ]
lngersol, the democratic, by 10 votes.
In the city, the wings have elected Tho Civ
Councils and Legislature, and Peter Mccall. ,be;,
candidate, having received plurality of votes.
will be selected by the Councils Keyser. the ma.