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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated to defray the ex-
penses of missions and negotiations, to agree
upon the terms of said admission and cession,
either by treaty to be submitted to the Senate, or
by articles, to the two Houses of Congress- as the
President may direct.
The pressing for an immediate vote upon this
amendment (Which is substantially Mr.. Benton's
last proposition) gave rise to some feeling in the
Senate, and in the end, it was determined to
take recess before voting upon the question.
At six O'Clock the Senate again assembled.
On the question to agree to the amendment of
Mr.. Walker, above stated, the votes were 81
yeas, 25 nays
So the amendment was agreed to.
On the question of ordering the Joint Resou-
ton to third reading as thus amended, the vote
was as follows -
Yeas-Messrs Allen, Ashley, Atkinson, Ath-
erton, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Buchanan, Col
quit, Dix, Dickinson, Fairfield, flanagan,
Haywood, Huger, Johnson, Lewis, M'Dufie,
Merrick, Niles, Semple, Sewer, Sturgeon, Tap
pan, Walker, Woodbury-27.
Nays-Messrs Archer, Bates, Barrow, Bay
ard, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, Crittenden, Day
ton, Evans, Foster Francis Huntington, Jarna-
gin, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Pearce, Phelps
Porter, Rives, Simmons, Upham, White, Wood
brige-25.
So-the bill was ordered to third reading
Precisely the same Senators who voted for the
amendment voted for the third reading.
The bill was then read third time, amidst
profound silence, without the yeas and nays
being called for, and passed.
Friday night the bill passed the House, 1872
to 76 All the Democrats UOted for the bill BAT
tVO, Hale of N H. and Davis of New York.
Mr. Alexander H. Everett has been appointed
Charge to China; salary $4,000.
The Cabinet The following is the latest
made up Cabinet for Mr.. Polk, and is said to be
the result of the compromise in the Senate which
carried through the Texas resolutions For Sec
rotary of State, Mr.. Buchanan Treasury, Mr.
Marcy, of N. Y. Atty. General, Mr.. Walker.
of Miss. P. M. General, Mr.. Cave Johnson,
The Postage bill from the Senate passed the
House on Wednesday, 1913 to a. The only
amendments carried, were, that the Bill shall &C
into operation on the LIST of July next instead o.
on its passage, and that letters carried over 300
miles shall pay 10 cents.
On Friday it passed the Senate as amended
and needs only the sanction of the President tc
become law
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07
THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY.

The following incidents, copied from recent
letter from Mrs. WoRK, of Illinois, show how ut
tely destructive is the dark spirit slavery to all
Jefferson spoke the truth when he said, The
whole commerce between master and slave is a
perpetual exercise ofthe mos boisterous passions;
the most unremittng despotism on the one part,
and degrading submission on the other"
"WhIe travelling in Missouri, more than two
years ago, met an aged lady Ia sIavc.] asked
her if she had good mistress. She said she had
lhen-that she had lived with her three years.
She said her former mistress was very cruel; VOID
beat her slaves for little or no fault. One woman
in the family had little child, which beiAg very
much neglected, would cry, The mistress would
take the tongs and heat them very hot, and pu
them upon the child in the presence Of its mother
and would not allow her to interfere at all.
When was last at Jefferson city (Missouri)
carried round petition for the pardon of my hus
band went into a store and presented it for the
signature of the merchant. His wife was in, ant
her language was such rs would have made YOU
heart bleed. She said she could see my husband
and the two with him, hung, and their threats cut
and raved in this strain for long time. Finally
she said, for my sake and the children, she would
put her own name and her husbands to the peti
ton But what were such names good for? b.
what saw and heard, | think the woman was
methodist. A Christian talk so?
visited the town where my husband had BIZ
trial. was at the house of a STAKEHOLDER. A
the dinner table the mistress told one of her slaves
Ga girl about twelve years old) to bring a dsl
from another room. The girl was rather slow
the mistress flew into passion and declared, if i
was no more hurt (no greater ioss) to kill her thai
to kill rattesnake, she would go out and cut he
head off! This woman was a professor of rell
gion! These cases are not exceptions"
Let Jefferson make the application =" And wit
what execration should the statesman be loaded
who permitting one half of the citizens thus t.
trample on the rights of the other transforms thos
into despots and these into enemies-destroys tn
morals of the one part, and the patriotism of tn
other"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

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one that we have too many stories-another, tina
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1
article is not exactly adapted to his taste The
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07
THE BIRD FLOWN.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: at appears
that Hoppess started with his slave WATSON to
Virginia, and on the way, near Portsmouth, while
the former was asleep, the latter in person APP
pealed his own case to the court of LIBERTY.
holding a circuit all through Ohio, especially
along the bank of the river and found no diff
Guilty in obtaining reversal of the decision OF
Judge and magistrate-he was selfdischarged
from servitude, and most likely will stay dschar.
ged for his escape was effected without the
knowledge of any person, and in a region where
he can eIude pursuit We understand $500
is offered for him."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

And you, Liberty men who have broken loose
from your old party associations, what are you do
ing to show the sincerity of your professions and
your attachment to the cause of humanity? What
sacrifices have you made, and how much have you
felt for those in bonds as bound with them? Have
you held meetings in all your school districts to
arouse the people and compel them by the force
of truth to take sides with the friends Of liberty
Are you regular subscriber for liberty newspa-
PERI If so, have you paid for it, and are you do
ing all in your power to secure Gods blessing and
guidance, to get all right within the circle of your
influence, and thus hasten the day when the last
expiring agonies of slavery shall be drowned with
the shouts and rejocings of redeemed millions?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

question. Africa is still desolated to supply the
slave-markets of the world with victims Count
less millions of the human race, scattered over
the face of the earth, are subjected to a tyranny
the most cruel, and to degradation the most
complete. In the ultimate success of our holy
cause their liberty and happiness is bound up.
May we labor for them with assiduous zeal, and
be cheered with the coviction that "our labor
shall not be in vain in the Lord"
Signed on behalf of the Committee
THOMAS GARRISON, President
British and Foreign Anti-Slaoery Society,
81, Nc'o BrOad-Strcct, London, Feb. 3, 1915,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

The effects of slavery on the poor white peo-
pie of the Sonth, are thus forcibly depicted by a
writer in the Charleston Is. c. Courier:
"Shall we pass unnoticed the thousands of
poor, ignorant, degraded white people among us
who, in this land of plenty live in comparative
nakedness and starvatonl Many one is rear
ed in proud South Carolina, from birth to man
hood, who has never month in which he had
not for some part of the time been stinted for
meat. Many mother is there who will tell
you that her children are but scantily supplied
with bread, and much more with meat; and if
they be clad in comfortable raiment, it is at the
expense of their scanty allowance of food.
1t is perhaps not generally known that there
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.

are twenty thousand white PEI pate
who can neither read nor write. This IS about
one in every thirteen of the white populatiSn
That we are behind the age in agriculture, the
mechanic arts, industry, and enterprise, is appa-
rent to all who pass through our State.
Our good city of Charleston speaks Ian
guage on this subject not to be mistaken; she
has lost one thousand of her population, according
to the census of 1910, while her sister cities
have doubled and quadrupled theirs"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.

An Irishman named Cohany, in descending
into the drift of an ore bed, in Brandon, last
week, slipped and fell to the bottom, distance
of rs feet He struck upon platform, cover
ing well about FIVE feet deep-the platform be-
ing capable of sustaining two tons of ore-broke
through, yet did not fracture a bone, or receive
any serious injury.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

A Miss Susan Yates was arrested last eve
ming upon capias issued from the criminal
court, and committed to Jail. She is charged
with aiding the escape of slaves to Canada and
the free states from this vicinity st. Louis
New Era
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

Mr.. Farbank, we are informed by a gentle
man from Oberlin, was a warm Wing during the
last canvass, and an active member of the Clay
Club in this place-Cin. Her.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-03-07

The following is an extract OF letter from Col.
J. P. Miller, while on lecturing tour in N. n.
ENFIELD, Feb 90, ls45.
MEssRs EDIToRs:
ARRIVED here last night, and am to lecture here
this evening ! delivered my lecture on the Con-
stituton at Sutton as proposed in my last-no one
appeared to show the guarantee of slavery in it,
which is so much talked about, and never found.
Had good audience; there were four clergymen
present. viz. a Calvanst Baptist, two Universal
lists, and one Christian, All abotionists but friend
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

FORCE OF HABIT.-ANEcDorE or A
HORsE.-A venerable old horse in Belcher.
town, hmiliary called " Old Grey" twenty.
one years old, had been in the habit Of
ing driven to church with the family on the
Sabbath, almost without fail for many years
past, but it happened last Sunday that none
Of the family were going to church. aOh
Grey" waited quietly in ibis quarters after
the ringing and tOlling Of the second bell:
he then deliberately marched out and of 70
his standing place in the meeting house
shed, where he remained till morning ser.
vice was closed and then rotted home
again as much edited, perhaps, assome q
bis human fellOw beings who had the ad-
vantage Of place inside the church walls.
--Amhera Examiner.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26
Whose tea caddy's deserted
BY black and green,
And who is seen

And who is seen
To search for spoons departed.
Thus in the chilly night,
Wren thousand things confound me,
Sad memory brings by candle light
The old tea-parties round me-"
But the reader, who has doubtless felt a
deep and intense interest in The Professor
10 consequence Of this brief article, will
visit him and hear his music at the Chinese
Museum in Washington street. He 10 the
lion of the day, and like the lion he wears
claws in the shape of finger nails three inN
ches long; but all great genuses are &C.
centric. We could have given traDslationS
of some of bis war songs, and shall do so
on future occasion; indeed we have Sc
rious IDEAS Of lranslating The whole OF his
works, Messrs. W. D. TicknOr g. Co. the
eminent publishers, having offered US
handsome sum for the coPyv right. twill
be, however, a work Of time and trouble
and until it appears, the Professor himself
will be the rage.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

The UNBlDDEN PREAcHER.-The story
which follows, we do not recollect to have
seen in print, though there is no doubt Of
its truth. Il is too good to be lost. The
principle actor is now living and bOIdss
high rank 10 the church to which he be-
longs, notwithstanding the vagaries Of his
youth One sunday morning, as the con-
gregaliOn Of P. Church, in Charleston had
nearly all assembled for worship, and The
worthy pastor was about to cOmmnnce the
services, fine looking young man, dressed
in full suit Of stables, walked up the
aisle, passed the doors that were thrown
open for him, entered the pulpit, and nodd-
ing Familiarity to the minister, said l viii
preach to you this morning, sir then turn>
ing to the congregation, raised his hand.
and said, Let US pray The pastor was
astOnished at the unceremonious prOcee-
dure, as the young man was an entire strsn-
ger to him; but as he bore evident marks
Of being clergyman, and was opening
with fervent and impressive prayer,
clothed 10 the most elegant language, he
thought he would let him proceed. The
prayer ended, the stranger went on 10 the
other parts Of the service as if he was per.
lectly at home. The service being ended.
he preached most eloquent and moving
discourse from the text was a stranger
and ye took me in He painted ia glow
ing language the duty Of christians, espe-
cialIy toward strangers, for in that angels
had been entertained aforethOught. But
above all he tried to impress upon his hear.
ers the duty Of christian charity, There
was scarcely dry eye in the house, and
every body was on liplOe TO know who and
what the stranger was. When no had fia,'
ished his discourse he looked slowly around
him for a moment as if to notice the effect
he had produced. Then leasing Gorwatd
in earnest manner, he exclaimed 10 :
measured tome
"Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had wife AID couldn't keep her;
He put her in pumpkin she'll.
And there he kept her very wells
Turning to the clergyman, he bowed
vowed very politely, babe him good mora.
ing and left the church, before the cOOgTsI
CATION hadlime to recover from their amaze,
ment-C Cincinnati Atlas.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

/ know a maiden fair to see,
Take care
She can both false and friendly be;
Beware beware
Trust her not
She is fooling thee
She has two eyes SO soft and brown,
Take care
She gives side glance and looks down,
Beware beware
Trust her not
She is foOling thee
She has a bosom white as snow,
Take care
She knows how much it is best to show,
Beware beware
Trust her not
She is fooling thee
She weavcs thee d garland woven fair
Take care
Il is a FOOLS cap for thee to wear,
Beware beware
Trust her not
She is fooling thee
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

Some body says, IL Jon WanlttO make
sober man a dudkurd, give hima wife ghal
sill seOld him sVeTy'tims he cones ihomo.
Just q. And on Ihs ether hand &C you
want % make Ops q Ewes iaF daughters
smother Mrs. CaUdls, give beF CO.. a hsS.
bSnd one Of your Skylarts. vie thinks q
aothiuR else bot GiuslingS and brandy lod-
dits-[G. Gulf siuF.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

ANOTHER WAR TALK. - The whole Of
newspaperdom in New York is bent on
ridiculing the militia system.ther to death.
We never saw so much unanimily in the
press before. 1t is refreshing to witness
it. Here is a report Of speech made 10
Albany 10 favor Of the system:-SouIhern
RelOrmer.
"The militia is the bone and grizzle Of
the country It locks, bolts and bars the
gate Of creation, and stands sanlinel on the
tales, rampsrts Of natures doninions. This
republic would be a miserable cOnsarn,
but for the militia. 1t keeps the ardent
sperrits Of military in a glow Of iceladdic
ferVosily. Pm attached 10 it myself.
think it's rich. The system can't be bet
tered. Folks call it farce. don't see
nothin' to laff at in It. lis pIaguey SOL
emn piece Of bizness, when you come to
hug down TO the naked reality ont. Tain't
every body that can put on the regimen
taIities, and look like old Mars, the god Of
war, with decided touch of julius Juni'
US Ceaze-her, thrown in for effect. No,
sir ZEE! There sin't bigger or more inn
portant crilter aAOat than a live militia Os-
sitter, all rugged in the full catouierments Of
glory, with stripes to his breecherloons, ep-
elets piled up on both shoulders, brass but
tons from head lew foot, silver stars shinin'
10 tails of his coat, cap and plume on his
head, and drawd sword in his hand. SIGH
sites enufr TO make fallen man and wO.
man think better Of his specie! IT'S in
deed! believe the prelucent deliTium Of
this destined republic is centered in its
militia. Il can't stand without il. With
| il, its proud motto is, " Divided We stand,
united we fall" Stop cheering-yOu put
me all out. Gen. Washington belonged
to the militia; so did SippiO Afri-cOue-us;
so did Boneypart; so did that old Wlzzle.
goth that ravished all Europe and burnt tie
fences and stone walls; aud so also, sod.
gers, do /! ! believe il oil out doors should
burst threw the parafurnnliye Of the ami
NAL economy aad slide dewu the CREASED
plank Of ancestral delinquency kerslumP
Into the broad Savannrs Of this smilin'
land Of asses milk and uhtsmed honey,
that nOlhin' aslir could put 'em out but the
militia in gineraI and the 99o9lh regiment
lin psrIiclsr. SodgerS! ground arms!-
Who's sfraid3 WbsI's MexikO, Cslforikc
and OresgOnokoi Who's afeerd Of themI
sodger! The mortal 9999ih Gao thrash The
life out Of that ar' yalier, half Spanish var
lminl-lhal MsxikO--any mOrnin' afoss
breakfast Our motto is, Liberty and
death, nov and forever, one and insePen'
bleP' WhOOrSy for Mexas! Down with
1Texicol Let's lick herF
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26
Vol. II. No. T..

Happy 10 the man who hath no horse to
lend, end who is never troubled with the
night mare.
All these are happy, but happier laF is
he who has arrived at good old sge, and
when he lieth down at night, can exclaim,
! have always paid the printer, and am At
peace with my God.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

Happy is TIE man who has pot the tooth
aehe-vbo ibakssh not with the lgus-
Who gripsIh no, with he ehOlic-WhO can
brush bis own boots und shave himself with
cold waller, and uho is never disturbed with
he dslirium triangIsu."
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26
AN S w Err.

So YOU think me fair to see
My heart, take care
IT'S ever true, nor false can be
Then why bewarel
Believe me,
Pm not foOling theel
And if my eyes are "sOf and brown"
, Why take care :
IT'S your full gaze makes them look down,
Then why beware
Believe me,
I'm not fOOling thee
NV hair KNOB It's Of sunny hue"
But why take care
MY smiles are sunny too, for you
Then why beware :
Believe me,
I'm not fOoling thee
GShe has bosom white as snow"
y fairy rare
Andif / do know how much to show
Why cry beware
Believe me,
I'm not fOOling theel
aThe flowers, " / know were very fare,
But why take care
You need not fear their sweets to share
There's nothing false or tickle there,
Then Why beware
Believe me,
rmnOt fooling thee
GRACE.
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26
/" TIE TEA.

Bohea,
Without leaf that was not found,
Growing on Howqua's famous ground,
II fills the teapot, and from the spout
The hand Of beauty pours il out
Pm for the tea Pm for the Tea!
No chocolate coffee or such for me
No sky blue milk to blond with its flow
No silence when round doth the tea tray
go;
If friends drop in, we will hail with glee
Their presence, and quaff our cup OF tea
love-oh! how love to sip
The green, greente with my willing lip,
When the toast is brown and the mullins
And there's plenty Of green in the china
poi,
And to talk some scandal, and how below
Matters and things ia this world do 60.
never sat down with dull tame bore,
But loved lea.parly more and more (;
And backward flew TO the cheerful cup
Like bird nibbles It's sugar up;
And sugar it was and more TO me,
For twas bIent with the favor Of good
green tea.
The clouds were dun and rainy the morn,
So the gossips say-when was born;
The kettle sung, and the jest was told
And the teacups aud saucers were green
and gold;
And never was heard such chauering
wild
As welcomed to Congoa the China child
I've lived since then upon heavy wet
Aud all sorts of drinks which man cal
get @ n.
With splitting headaches and PurPIed
nose,
And empty pockets and Ia'tered clothes
But I've signed the pledge, and when
Death seeks the,
He shall find me over pot OF tea"
The reader who will not be struck BY
the palhos and beauty Of the above mus
have but hard heart. Nor will the lines
be uninterestiDg to our temperance friends
for they will perceive that the pledge wa'
known in China before it was introduced
into America. Like the mariners com
pase, it was Of celestial origin; and lh'
same NAV doubtless be said of the wore
"teelotal," the original OF which Le'haw
hing assures US is " testotl.' 1t is said they
also have a priest named FA-DHER MAT
HU; if so the coincidence is striking, anC
nav throw some light on The early origin
OF the Irish, which some assert is PhGni'
clan, but which may possibly be Chines'
or Tartar; it is doubtless eastern. lndee'
one of the Irish characteristics Is deslgna'
ted by an oriental names bul-bul."
leave other and more ingenius writer's t.
pursue the investigation Of this Irish bul
and Eastern bird analogy.
One more song Of Le-Kaw-hings's an'
we have done. There is much in it tha
reminds US Of Moore. We advise Mr.
Poe to search the bard of Erin's works fo
plsgia rlsms Of similar character.
"Of in tRe Chilly Night.
Of in the chilly night,
Ere slumber's chan hath bound me,
| see by pleasant candle light
The tea things ell around me.
The cups, The cakes,
The china plates,
The saucsrs, (sOme we're brOken)
The spoons which shOns,
Now PaWued and gone
The sweet things eat and spoken
Thus in the chilly night,
Ere tuck the blanket round me,
No more by pleasant candle light
Ises e all-eoufohta mel
When I remember Ell
With whom I've lsaf together,
The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-11-26

An editor at a dinner table, being asked
e. he would take some pudding, replied
aOwiug to a crowd Of other matter. an
unable 70 make room Tor Il 9"