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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-09

Frederika Bremen, in her pamphlet upon Strauss
and his peculiar tenets makes the following beau.
tiful apostrophe to the Bible:
Book of Books deep, wonderful mine, whose
shafts ages have assaulted ages have traversed and
will yet traverse Holy lineage roll, displaying
the record of the internal unfolding of the race of
man from the hour Of its birth-gigantic drama of
life's beginning and end Drama with dark cpl
sodes and bloody scenes but whose mornings ara
IN light; which commences with mans infancy, and
ends where begins new life after death and the
grave. History of histories how often have not
descended into its depths with an ardent and in
curing heart.
"Long--long was it to me dark, mysterious and
ncomprehenslble, and could not separate the pre-
clous metals from the dross and earth which adher-
ed 10 it; the great pulse of reconciliation steadily
beating beneath the varying veal and woe of earth
ly lite, amid the solemn blessings and curses OF the
waiting mind, was concealed from me long have
strayed and doubted, often despairing of the way
and the truth. Yet the eye became by degrees
used to see by twilight; and even for the least of
his lnquiring children does God let his light shine
Now walk securely on the wonderful course, and
my last hour will journey on, searching and pray
ing To effect mans reconciliation with the
true life, and with God, the Development of his
nature and his farther PROCESS, he must, in the
present age, especially become reconced with
the Scripture"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-09
T II e w IIIG CHIEF.

TuNE-' The Brdre Old OAK
A ,o~o for the Chief tie brave Wing Chief,
who th reigncd in our hearts 30 long
Let the wel&n riug IA his name we sing,
And around his banner throng
In ihs rkcst day, when the bold gave way,
lie upreared lis noble form,
And his dice WIS heard, like our mountain bird
Swelling high ubove the storm.
Then gather We all, at our country's call,
And march in battle array;
Let the song AM shout ring g4ily out,
A. we swell the ranks tor CAY
CHoRus-Then gather WE al, at our country's call,
Aud march il Battle arrhY
Let the song und shout ring saly ont,
As we swell the ranks for CLAY!
When the foemnn came, with sword and fame,
Sounded forth his voice that day,
Fom the council hall, like the trumuui's call,
When 1t sum mons to the fray.
Like the drum loud beat when armies meet,
IL arorsed our gallant tars;
As banner OF light IN the dtrk midnight,
They unfurled the stripes and stars.
Then glher we all, &c.
In his tones sublime, Bolivia's cline
Heard the chant Of Liberty,
As, with otstretched hand, he hade her stand
With the natiUns OF IN" FREQ;
And Greece, with her isles, and vne-clad hills,
Where his band bozzAris led,
AT hi' voice awokr, ns it had spoke
One of her glorious dead.
hen gather we all, &c.
Oh, merry and free shall our voices he,
As we pledge our Chieliain true,
Whose deaihless name beans a nations fame
O'er tie land aud the waters blue
On the ucean's foam, on our mountain home,
Let CHI heart the call obey,
As swslleth the shout, and the song rings out,
For our Chief who wins the day
hen gather we all, &c.
In the clnr of state, due none hut the great,
The world shall our Chieitain see
For triumph we must, our cause is Just,
Aud perfect our union be
Every eye is bright, every heart is light,
And the sony aud shout are gays
For the victor comes mid the roll Of drums,
With his glorious Wing array.
Then gather we alt, &c.
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POETRY.


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l"no"tns III, , Do,i.,, s,, wv.
rich w ara acquainted In tho Spanish language
$ Of Lowis de Lson'I
NJ l., ,l,,, so,,I i,s slrn,i,,,s h,o.L
S,.nso iis .n"s'.s o,,d ,,,,at o'eoN'
IA sc,, ho,v snor
Ijc, Tito 10 .io'ias ~tiJ -
Auu tue 'tetn '1ot',els OF decay
NO"1 s'o"''"s o"'
And ,rtii, ..,,,,,
Do,vn which on, az ,'s ,o',,'is uus, ia.
A,y.v 90 80, "'"u'e' s"''
Letus the rres,ni Inn, o,,ot,,
ana uethl eNoh iuiuie dream JOY
A"'uuy past
let No voin homo decoiy. ,b. ,,ird
NJ bnpni~, t., n. hone 70 AL
To.morroyv ibon 10 dav.
Onr golden dreams of yuro wryo h,i,ht
. h'"e 'n'ii .ne p,ese i, sI,ai ueIght-
LINZ '"e" uecuV
onrI lives like bos,c,i,, s,-e,r,s r,,.,ho
shat into one onraifng son
Are doomed 10 fill
The sea of dfntb. whose WINES roll nm
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-09

Al, Irish Coachmon's Story" The master had
two beautiful English horses, and he wanted care
full man to drive them. He was mighty pleasant
gintleman, and he loved joke. Well, there was
plenty after the place, and the first that went up to
him, now, my man. says he, 'tell me, how near
drive my carriage" So the boy considers, and he
says, says he, within foot PLACE your honor, and
no HARM very we'll says he, go down, and I'll
give ye yer answer by and by So the next came
up, and said he'd be bound to carry 'em within half
foot and The next said five inches; and another
"a dandlfed looking chap entrely-was so mighty
NICE that he would drive il within three inches and
halt, he'd go bail, Well, ut last my turn came
and when his honor axed me how nigh | would
drive his carriage to precpice, | says, says |,
Place yer honor, I'd Keep as far off it as could
Very we'll Misther Byrne, says he, you're my
coachman,' says he. Och the roar there in
the Kltchin whin wint down and told the Joke"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-08-09

Great yiei OF Wooi Mr.. Luther Smith of SPRING
field, Mass. recently brought into that town from
he Eas', lot ofSpanis Merino Sheep, from one {
which he sheared IA pounds, and from three Z, lers
33 lbs. 10 OF. of wool, being of one years growth
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-12-26
LIBERTY CONVENTION.

A Convention of The friends OF Univer,
sal Freedom in the County of Chillendep
will be holden at The Town Hall in Will
Iislon on Wednesday the first day of JAN
uary next ten o'clock n the forenoon
Come all We who believe in the truth O
the gospel and of the Declaration of In
Dependence, and let US commune together
and devise ways and means TO continue
our own freedom and elevate The Stare.
WIN. p. BRIocs, }
H f. 4! on; TOBY County CON-
Wlliston, Dec. 6, 1874.
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crime occasioned by the use Of rum, before
you ask us 10 vote your ticket. Defend
our sons from the temptations Of the erog
shop b.tJre you ask us TO be p you open
IL. Protect our wives and daug and
sisters from the insults of the Grunkard be-
fore YOU ask US TO aid him TO obtain the
rndjening draught. Guaranty 10 us the
privilege of living 10 sober, orderly, law
abiding community, before you ask us TO
open the foodga,es of every evil and mis-
ery and crime that has name. Ta!k TO
US about youy liberty when you have Sc
cured 10 Us our r38ht.
But what do you ask US 10 do-to legal
iza The sale Of rum that you may have the
liberty to sell and drink it} Then we ASK
YOU to d.bu,den US of the taxes
which the sale and use OF rum has already
imposed on Us. Do you ask US 10 grant
the monopoly of rumselIing to lie" lndl-
yiduals, that thew may fiji their pockets
with the profits We ask you TO project
US from being injured by those protlls.-
Do you ask us to enrich the few! we
ask YOU not to impoverish the many. DO
YOU demand Of US the liberty 10 sell and
drink rum and 10 make paupers? Then
we demand that you give bonds with sui
ficient sureties that we shall not be taxed
for their maintenance. Do you ask us TO
open fountains OF poverty and woe and
crime and disease and death at The corners
Of our streets aud along the public road Z
We tell YOU plainly we canaot do IT,
These fountains of evil have been open
long enough. It is liue they were closed.
We canno, be guilty OF such wrong to
ourselves. We have faInlies whom we
love and must protect We have sons 10
whom we are looking for succor IN the
tecbleness Of age, and we cannot be the
instruments Of exposing them.to such per>
il. We look around on society," we
count even now while we are writing
half score of families reduced 10 great
poverty aud want by the incompetence OF
il,hers aud husbands, We look around
again--we count twice that number OF
widows who were left 10 extreme poverty
by the inlgm perance Of husbands who went
down 10 an early and unhonored grave.
Aud with these cases before our eyes, shall
we be expected to give our votes for fur
ushing the means Of continuing and muI>
tpIyiug such evils and miseries2 Are
men 10 be found so selfish rs TO wish 10
crafty their appetite ut such risk, ano
such expense and calamity to their fellow
men? Is this hberality2 Can men be
so Liberal" in iadicling misery on their
fellow men $50 aU5berat when asked to
refrain from seIt,gratlficalion for the ben
eft ofsocie!y We cannot believe that
the citizens of Windham County Will be
guilty Of an act so suIcidal-so deadly TO
The best iurrests of society, rs To elect d
board of Commissioners who will grant
Licences for the sale OF ardent spirits as d
drink. MANY CITIZENS,
Dsr &
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1O7

has received the highest praise Of the lite
rary press throug hon, the country,--and
as u GIFT Book for the
APPROACHING HOLIDAYS,
it is far more valuable and appropriate
than most of the ephemeral works prepar-
ed for CHRISTMAS AND New YEARS
PRESENTS.
For sale, wholesale and retail. by
MORRIS, Willis s. FULLER,
at The Mirror Office Corner of Ann and
Nassau street.
Also, by S. RedfeId. Clinton Hall,
corner Of Beekman and Nassau street.
n. B.-The usual discount allowed 10
booksellers. &c
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CONGRESS-.
Correspondence nfthe journal Of Commerce
WAsHlNGTuN, Dec. | /, 1874.
AnnnrQLi0M Question.


MIR Beuton has now offered his counter
project to tina. OF Nc Duiiie for the An.
ne<aton OF Texas, Mr Benton proposes
that Texos (propcrG be annexed with the
assent OF Mexico. This bill was referred
without reading, to the committee on For
oign Affairs.
The bill is as follows, VIZ:
A bill 10 provide tor the annexation OF
Texas 10 the Uniled States.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House
Of Rep, csemtatires of The United States Of
| Imerica in Congress assembled, That he
President Of the United States be, aud
hereby is. authorised aud advised to open
NEGOTIATIONS with Mexico and Texas, tor
The adjustment OF boundaries, and the an
nexat;On Of the latter to the United States,
on the following basis, 10 VII:
/. The boundary oil th" annexed terri
tory to be in the desert prairie west OF the
Nueces. and along The highlands and
mountain heights which divide the waters
Of the Mississippi from the waters OF the
Rio del Nur.e, and TO latitude .otly Two de-
grees north.
2. The people Of Texas, by legislative
act, or by any authentic act which shows
the will Of the majority, 10 express their
. assent to said annexation.
8. A State, 10 be called "tbc State OF
Texas" with boundaries fixed by herself,
and an extent not exceeding that of the
largest State in the Union, be admitted IN
, 10 the Union, ty virtue Of this act, and on
( equal footing with The original Safes.
n a. The remainder of the annexed terri
E tories, are TO be called "tAe Southwest Ter
i Fitory."
S. The existence Of slavery 10 be forev,
S err prohibited in The northern and north
+. western par, Of said territory, west of th'
q 100 h degree Of longitude W. from Green
= wich, SO as to divide as equally as MAJ
{ be, the whole ct The annexed country be
O tween sla yeholdiug and non~siaveho'dln;
n States.
(. 6. The assent Of Mexico TO be obIalne
d bv treaty 10 such annexation aud hounda
J. ~ or to be dispensed with when the Con
ID rress Of the United States may deem sue
n assent 10 be unnecessary.
id T. Other GelaiIs of the annexation TO
at adjusted ov treaty, so far as he same MA
er come whhin the scope Of 'he treaty max
y ing power.
RS mir Huntington offered resolution
~ which was agreed to- calling on the Set
III retary of The Treasury for Information
x 10 the places where, and the terms
a ? which, the government money has bee
he, deposited since last January.
,es Mr. Allen, today, renewed the reSolutl'
nd which he offered at the opening o!ihe la
ST. session, and which was then the occasl
Of very able and Interesting debate, ca
of ing for the whole correspondence In rel
the ton TO the Oregon dispute The resol
I'D ion was carried yeas "a nays Is.
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T,om the W.nJhlm County Democrat.
License. or no LIcen so"sIhnt's tao
Cues tloA.

MIR Editor We learn from your pa
rer that candidates for County CommIs-
sioners have been selected by the friends
both Tor granting and OF Withholding IL
ce..ses for he sale o! ardent splits as a |
drink. The question OF License, or No !
License, is now fairly before the citizens
Of the county. And it is question: Tor
tunalev, not Of men bot OF measures not
OF candidates but oil principles. And we
trust the subject will be discussed on It's
own meri's. Independently oflhe men who
are candidates for office. We wish 10 have
it kept separate and distinct from all eX,
rraueous matters, aud 10 have 1t tried and
decided on lis own Inherent deserts. We
desire that the reasons Tor gaming as vel
as Withholding licenses, should DO sIaIec
and urged 40 strongly as they can be-
The advocates for refusing lceuces--we
sneak not for others desire 10 meet th'Uf
opponents in the open field Of argument
ana in the broad day hi 0! reason. " c
are ready for fair aud maoIy conflict
We want no skuIklng, no false coIors, no
borrowed weapons, no subteruges. L"t
"Greek meet Greek" We take oar stand
on a rock, which cannot, we believe, be
shaken-on principles which we regard
manageable. We advocate measures
which we are confident are just and right
We contend for The good OF the commnnl'
"; for the welfare Of society; tor order
sobfie;y, law, temperance. And we ASK
md request our opponents 10 po'nt ouI
single instance, if they can, IN winch these
have been promoted by The sale and use 0
run. We ask 10 be polnted TO one soIl
tary town, village or neighborood, that ha'
not been injured by the sale and use OF al
cohol. W. contend agansI we'll knoWT
and universally acknowledged evils =
Moreover, W. stand on he defensive. W.
see!, not 10 iafrn2e others righ's, but Il
defend our own. Our rights have been
invaded We have been and still are ia
ed in consequence OF rum that others, an
not ourselves, have dunk. Taxes N SOP
por, Of pauperism and idlencss occuSionc
By intemperance, have been imposed upo
Us against our viii, aud we have pal
them. Our fathers rebe.led against Grct
Britain because, among other things, he
government levied ii tax 90 tea which the
mud their families drank. Oar lalhe
would not bcnr such It hullen. The
denied the right 10 Impose H. And sha
we, their sons, tOmeIy submit 20 be ia
ed Tor the rum drinking Of Other mef
Are we no, justified in using the tonga
the pen and the ballot box TO rid ourseIv
OF This unjust aad oppressive burden, al
20 secure ourselves against like impo'
lions in tulure2
To those who, advocate the granting
ii:ences, we say, Secure Us against t
expense Q! pappeyism and ideneas a
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-12-26

Riots IN OHIo-SEvERAL LIVES LOST
"A slip from the office OF The Telegraph,
published AT Georgetown, Ohio, (about 46
miles this side of Cincinnati,) gives an &C.
count of an af1ray which lately took place
between some kentucky negro hunters
and number of aboItlonlsts residing In
the Red Oak Settlement The runaway
negroes had been secreled in the houses Of
Robert Miller and Absalom King. They
were owned by Col. Edward Towers. Of
Mason county, Ky. Mll!ers house was
searched, and two of The slaves were dis,
covered, who attempted 10 make their es-
cape, and while Miller was in the act of
aiding their escape he was knocked down
and stabbed repeatedly by The incensed
Kentuckians. He fingered but few mo-
men;s and died.
The two slaves were then bound, when
they proceeded TO The house Of King,
where ,hey were met by four or five arm
ed men who declared their determination
10 resist any search Of the house. Both
parties being well armed, most horrible
conflict ensued. A son of Col. Towers
was killed immediately. King, while re-
loading some of the fire arms in the house,
was shot by some one through window
in The back part the house, and was not
expected to survive The Sheriff and his
posse arrived aud checked the riot, and
the ring leaders Of each party were arrest.
ed ADD escorted under strong guard "a
Georgetown.
But another band Of Kentuckans soon
arrived, and commenced another scene o.
bloodshed. One of the slaves was hung
without ceremony for resisting brother
Of Col. Towers, who had captured him
The houses OF Miller and King were
burned 10 the ground with all :her con
tents, They then went 10 the house o
| Mr.. Alexander GllIiIand, tore him away
! from his family and beat him until his Inf,
was despaired Of.
The Telegraph adds: 1.-The number o
the hentuckIans is increasing hourly, anC
the whole neighborhood is up in arms
The Sherlffis actively engaged in attempt
ing 10 quelI the riot"
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Dear Sir: 1t is true that there are
oprn and ayowed aboljtionists in this coun'
"! GA Monday the l6.h OF October
The day tina, our Congressional election
took place, man by the name Of Henry
Holmes. crzen Of his county, aud a
Shareholder, publicly stated that he was an
abolilionist, in the presence OF al least sew
cnty FIVE or eighty men. Upon his maxi
ing the nvowaI, fcarpg that might have
misunderstood him, asked bin to state
what he said again. He then said that be
was an aboiijonist upon which 10 |
GAVE HIM SEVERAL BIO Tvs!
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BEHJ. E. SMITH
S, Nj. Strong, ESQ.

You was smart chap, wasn't you
Benz
The above is a pic!ure to he life, ofali
The arguments that can be used ii favor
g! Slavery, The Bible may be searched
all The books in the universe may be
examined from one end 10 the o'her, and
all the e0!id arguments tina: can be found
10 sustain American Slavery is the '&noek
aoun' argumert! Had President ]unkln
condensed his 80 page slavery argument
to The compass Of the aboge, he would
have improved vastly
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The same writer adds that, it was only
the presence OF his daug hter, who rode
with him in the carriage from his lodg.
ings to the steamboat at Charleston, that
saved him from personal insult, ami the
infection Of violence, such as would nave
given him occasion to remember TO use
the language of South Caroinians) his late
visit to that noble, patriotic, 0nd cAiualric
State" Mi Hoar arrived al Washington
on Tuesday. - Bee.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-12-26

herald OF FREEDOM. This paper
has again made its appearance under the
present management OF PArNer PiIIsbury
and published by the New Hampshire
Anti Slavery Society. Who the perma'
nrnt editor is to be, is DOT yet named.
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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASSAULT ON JoHN @. ADAMS. The
Washington correspondent of the Bi'tl'
more Patriot under date OF wednesday,
saws: --sMr Adams was assaulted this
morning on his way to the Capitol by a
man named Sangster, who seized Mr. Ad-
ANS and attempted to strike him. No
motive is assigned for the act The man
is said 10 have been intoxicated. He did
not succeed in striking Mr. Adams. 1t is
said Mr. A. intends 10 bring the SUBJECT
before the House" Bee.
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Mn HoAR's ESCAPE FROM CHARLES
roN.-A correspondent Of the Newark
Daily explains the fight of Hon. S. Hoar
the agent of Mass, from Charleston, SC.
The writer in the Daily states that, upon
III, receipt at Charleston otthe dongs of
the Legislature on4he subject, Mr. II was
waited upon by commi!te OF citizens oil
Charleston, and informed that he must
leave the Stale, which WAS soon alter fol'
lowed BY the visitation OF mob, threaien-
ing personal violence, who drove h'm
from The city, accompanying him to the
steamboat 10 make sure his departure.
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STATE CONVENTION.

In addition 10 the names of Distinguish.
ed individuals who will probably be al the
Convention, we are happy 10 state that
President Green Of N. Y. will be there,
We shall have glorious Convention, -
Let there be grand turn out from every
part OF the STATE. -Green Moantain Free
man.
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MOVEMENTS IN WAsHINaroS. The
GloAmg is an extract OF a letter from
Washington, dated December ID. and pub
lished in the N. Y. Evening Post:
"Mr Green, the bearer Of dispatches
from our Minister in Mexico, arrived here
by Yesterdays cars, aud Immediately re-
paired to the State Department. A cabi-
net counsel was Instantly called, and lheir
deliberations lasted far into the night.
Day before yesterday and part of the
night, Mr. Calhoun spent in an earnest con-
ference with Mr. Packenham, the British
Minister, and Immediately dferward four
or five different messengers We're sent of
from the State Department TO several Of
our Ministers at the different Courts in
Eutope, to Mexico, and 10 some OF the
South American Republics. The Eng
! lish Minister also, | understand sent of Il
messenger with dispatches 10 Great Brit
ain. The critical condition of our reIa-
lions with Mexico, and through her, pos
siblv with some OF the leading powers Of
Europe, renders This unusual diplomatic
activity mater of deep interest and anx-
ious speculation; and among other on
dts is one, that if Texas will, in any sui
fcientIy authoritative manner, declare her
wishes TO become annexed 10 the United
States, then Great Britain is TO throw no
obstacle in the way, and will intimate to
Mexico, that it will be necessary for her
to acquiesce as gracefully as she may
that no opposition is 10 be expected from
any other European quarter that very
liberal ueaty OF boundary will be negotlat
ed with Mexico, in which the large claim
due BY her to our citizens will in some
satisfactory manner be arranged ; ard fin
ally that in the general balance sheet
which is now in The progress OF beln!
made up, the Oregon boundary will be sa'
i.acorilv adjusted"
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CAMpBELL'S
Foreign Semi, MontMy Magazine.

Foreign Sent MOnthiy Magazine
This publication was advertised IN
this paper last year, under the promise
Of said Magazine for year but 1t DID
not come. win Mir Campbell forward
that, or Groham's Magazine the coming
wear on said advertisement?
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Abolition in Georgia,
MACON, Och IS, 1914.

Dear Sir Having heard q! a recent
difficulty That occurred between yoo'seIi
and an aboIi.onist in Twggs county, |
should be GLAD 10 know whether have
6sen rightly informed IA regard to the
facts. Is it true that there are men bold
enough 10 avow such doctrines under the
full blaze of southern sno2 49,,
BY replying at an early day you will
oblige your friend, &c.
s. A. SFRoNo.
w., p.n;on,i, r Smith.
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December &c, lS44.

If the Metropolitan is too high, send
.B'aeAW6ods Magazine for one year,and
the Same will balance the claim OF the
Publisher of his paper.