The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-04-04
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ENGLAND DEATHs.-The Indian pa
pers announce he death of Major E!dred
Polinget, G. b., on the 9Th Of November.
Ga the 18th uh., Lord Si1mouth, at
Richmond Park, in the 87lh year OF his
age. His ordship was speaker of the
Commons from 1899 10 1901; chauceI-
lor Of the exchequer. to May 1868 lord
president OF The council. 1905; lord privy
seal, 1906 aud secretary of state for the
home department. from 1912 TO 1922.
On the 10th ult,, aged r years, his ex.
celency Boghos Youssof 3ey. minister
of foreign affairs and ofcommcrce to Ma.
hammond Ali. He had been i'll for sew
eral days. His funeral took place on the
following day, attended by the majority
of the European residents at Alexandra,
and the consuls.
The Texas ANNEXATION IN KEN
TUcKY. The Louisville Journal, one of
the most influential papers of the West,
thus speaks out boldly, manfulIy; and in
voice of warning, in the attempt maxi
ing to dissolve the Union:
Any Western Senator who votes for
The annexation Of Texas to the Union,
will, by that act incur the odum of his
State, and utterly forfeit his chances for
future political honors. To vote for this
annexation will be an act truly suicidal,
and any Western man who shall be
guilty Of it will manifest but little regard
for the Wilderness of his political jugu-
lar.
AMALGAMATIoN.-" There are now ia
the Slave States between and 100000
slaves who are the children of their mas.
ers. "-Alca@ Stewart
How Southerners do loaihe and dread
amaIg amatioO If the above statement
be correct, and we have no reason to
doubt Its correctness, the number ofileg-
ltlnate muIatt9 slaves at the South is on
y some fifty or a hundred thousand
greater than the entire number of slave
holders Wonder ifamal gamation would
be increased by emancipation ?-Ameri-
can Freedom.
Iowa TERRIToRY,--The bill for ex.
tending to foreigners the right of voting
upon the question OF State government for
Iowa, was defeated by vote of to 6, in
the Council OF this Territory, The Bur-
Iington Territorial Gazette, saws upon
his subject" We blush for our Terri
ory 10 witness the triumph Of such spir-
It of exclusIveness and bigotry in her
Councils, especially when it is held up in
contras. with the Just and kind treatment
extended by the Wisconsin Legislature,
TO the thousands OF aliens nhab,ing that
Territory"
Rum AT NHE SANDWICH ISLANDS
Seventy hogsbeads Of Rum were receiv.
ed at Honolulu, Dec. llth by the Brig
tleber, from Massachusetts, which had
visited Babis, Mozambique, Madagascar,
Sydney, New Iceland, and Tahiti, with.
out being able to fad a market 1t was
pu! up at auction al Honolulu, and only
five casks sold, and on the 10Th of De.
cember the Heber left for Valparaiso, via
Tahiti, with sixty five casks s,lIl on hand.
New ORLEANS CRIMINAL Court
Allan, the slave Of Mr.. Kopman, was
yesterday put on his trial in the Criminal
Court, charged with the murder OF the
slave of Mr.. Llvaudais, in December last.
He was found guilty. aud sentenced to
death; but recommended to mercy on ac-
count of having once saved his masters
life by rescuing him from dfoWnlng,--
Picayune, oh.
A DREADFUL DGATH!-A late Eng
llsh paper says that few weeks ago,
Matthew Ferguson, keeper of the mena-
gere aud museum al the Star-lnn, Bolt
on, was found in the den of the male leop-
ard, quite dead and dreadfulIy mangled.
He had whip in his hand, aud it is sup.
posed that he had ventured into the dea
for the purpose of training the animal, a
la Carter or Van Ambufgh.
A GOVERNED MAN.-Those who have
government over their passions, and are
IN possession OF a uniformly swee, dspo-
sIllon, are In possession OF what is mo q
valuable 10 them than All income OF thou
SANDS OF dollars a year -ScrAD RO0h