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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

The advocates for the Contra roud
(tew and far between amongst the Country
stockholders Of the Cheshire road) ale
quite composed under the presen, i'm pres
sion that the Rutland road will yet b.
built. Well we hope so too. and if SO.
no evil will result, though through the
Concord and L. banon-not defeated by
the movement, mach the largest proper
lion of the passengers and freight should
find their way, eventually, 10 Concord.
II we a'e to live by hope, we hope 10 hear
no more arguments founded On The supe.
riority of.be Central as Fuchburg iced
er, IN utter Disagreement of, and tending
10 discourage entirel The idea Of building
The only road ever contemplated wheE the
Massar husr.ts charter was Obtained and
the Cheshire stock was taken. Wha,ev,
er may be the event ouch ng the fhls
more direct Contamination through Leb-
anon to Concord. every efoit, we think,
<aud people will think. and so may ss well
express their thong hts) should now be
made 10 aid the Rutland road by the unit.
cd influence of the Fnchburg and Chesh-
ire interests, Enough has been said, aid
all that was necessary TO secure The build.
ing of the Ceutral road, and quite too
much 10 discourage the Rutland, Take
stock in the Champlain and Come cticu,
River (Ru!and) road, from Vermont TO
BISON, in Boston and Cbarles,own.-
None cnc be better in New Eng and than
on this drect line from Boston to Burlng-
ION, Montreal ano Ordensburg. A ma.
orly Of the Cheshire Directors, be it re-
membered, have steadily refused 10 COM
nit themselves in projec, which nigh.
njure the prospects Of the great commit
'lcat'on originally contemplated. II, rs
We are disposed to admit, there has been
~. al error OF judgment in making the
Central primary, instead Of secondary
inject. there need now be no permoncnt
Of iueres, or feeling. The
Bratlleboro' and Cheshire in
erests viii be best promoted b2 lending
III their efforts 10 build The Rut ond road.
Xeeae Sentinel.
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pass by, wi,hou. ,estiiying your abhor-
renee of War. We believe with Mr. Bur.
ru, lha, should every minister in Chris
tendon, preach one sermon each, on the
subject OF Universal Peace, 'Iwould make
war impossible. Again we ask, will you
do ii? II ESQ, the prayers Of Gods people
shall 60 up, for success in the enterprise,
and hearty God Speed" find response
in every breast that beats with human
sympathy for n sin-cursed world.
Brandon, July 1915.
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For the Voice Of Freedom.

MIR Editor TO the discerning mind
it must. we think, be apparent. that tbt
subject Of Uoivcrsal Peace, is gaining up
on the public notice, not or y in an indl-
vidual or community capacity, bu, nation
ally pervading the whole civilized world.
And we would ask every lover OF hi:
race, every friend Of humanity, the pro-
fessed diciples OF the meek aud lowly
Jesus. every minister Of the Go>,nel IN
Chrlssendom; Is it not hign time that we
should call into action every dormant fac
ulIy OF our natures2 that we should gath.
er up the latent principles of the soul, and
throw them into the channels Of the river
OF Peace, which now needs bu: our infu,
ence, and united exertions, to swell the
current, whose onward course shall bear
down and sweep into oblivion the spirit of
Ware A spirit which causes nation
10 rise against nation, arrays man against
his fellow, brother agains! brother. father
against son, and spreads death, and ruin
and misery, and hunger, and thirst, aud
poverty, and nakedness, and mourning
and covers our whole sun-ln globe in
sackcloth, and scatters the sacred ashes of
her uoblest sons 10 the ruthless winds
that tain,s the atmosphere Of Heaven with
The thick misls that go up from Der rivers
Of blood that has, since the edven, Of
Him who came 10 proclaim "Peace on
earlh," pushed at The point OF bayonei,
Four Thousand Millions OF human beings
into The Jordon of death, and stranded
them on eterni,y's shore;-tha. has caused
an ocean OF widows tears, broad and deep
enough, were they gathered in one grand
reservoir, 10 fiat a worlds navy. and or>
phan's signs sutficen. to waf il round the
globe
Is il not time, we ask again, that the
Church. that great spiritual lever, which,
IN our humble opinion, is bound, under
God 10 revoluiionize mankind and 10
bring about every desirable object for
heir good, were awake 10 thi, subject O.
aeraIds ofZion, shall we hear from you
n answer TO a call of EIihu Burritt, for
Ten thousand Peace Sermons on the
irs, Sabbath in January l846,-a unjver,
al Amen {! Do you desire that Eden's
AIDED scenes should be restored Are
'ou looking for the time when "swords
hall be beaten into -shares2" Do
ou long TO hear and join the chorus, tina,
utst DER Be;hlehem's plains, when the
Iosts Of Heaven sang GLORY to God in
ne highest, on earth peace good will to !
lan| Oh, then we pray you as brelh.
en-, not 10 let this golden opportunity (
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Is SLAvEnoLDING, OF ITSELF, SIN,
FUL? The reader will see This question
pretty thoroughly siI,ed. in the first article,
on The first page. Those who read the
Voice OF freedom a year ago las. win,er.
will rccollect that this case was introduced,
and laws of Georgia qnoted. 10 show that
the slave Of Mr. MagiIl was in as much
danger, from being allowed to labor for
himself, in that State, as he would be, were
he to receive his full freedom end remain
here. Some Of the friends of the slave,
n Cornwall, desiring TO see The question
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Revolutionary Incidents.

According to my request, Mr. Sttrens
OF Barnet, has forwarded three copies OF
Revolutionary documents. which, altho'
very Objectionable TO me in regard 10
some Of The language used, conclude in
the main, will be interesting TO the read
ers OF this paper. AS | did not feel at
liberty 10 erase the obnoxious language,
/ trust those whose views accord with my
owl will pardon the insertion.
IL order TO become acquainted with the
various characters engaged ia obtaining
the freedom which some Of US 50 highly
prize, It seems rather necessary to pub ish
some things, win CHI, under o,her circum-
stances Ishou'd no, feel justified 10 inser>
ting. This is the reason / render for
copying in foil, the document furnished.
II is to be hoped that most, il not all the
articles to be forwarded, will be free from
the objections named. Thanking Mr.
Stevens for the encouragement given OF
sending other copies Of the transactions #
olden times, I hope to presen. from time -
time, such Revolutionary incdens as will
BE- new, and interesting to the patrons Of
the Voice.
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Chairs with Backs,

II has recent y appeared to me tina, they
are pernicious-especially rs they aru
commonly shaped aud used. They seem
10 bring those :" ho use The III, mo a posi-
lion preventing proper use of the princi-
pal muscles OF the back. Ny own limit
ed experience, since my al:enlion has teen
called 10 the subject and have commpnc.
ed taking observation upon it, inclnes me
10 the opinion that we should be better
without backs 10 our chairs. AT least I
am thinking that too much use is made Of
chair backs. And il is quite apparen,
that there is also 100 much use made Of
chair bottoms. Too much OF The sitting,
and too little Of the standing posture. Bu,
the Leading thought, calling forth this par
agrapb, was. that, while 81 Ting, the use
we make OF chair backs prevents our Sit
ting uprighlIy us we Otherwise should,
and thus does injury 10 the dorsnl muscles.
BY leaving them unused when they should
be used, ard at the same tue Injuries tther
parts, by making an improper use OF them,
Al The same time, if there be the evil Of
too much sitting aud too Iiule Standing, do
no, the chair backs tend to increase the
evil, by increasing the tendency 10 sitting
habits Z
| will suggest an addition 10 3 other
Mnrrays. inven ton, wtirh is. that tho
chair be made with onIy three legs, and
The seat so constructed that ii will not
come in contac. with the person using it;
The body OF the person using ,hr chair
10 firm an angle of As degrees With
the thighs, and the legs 10 occupy The sano
poslto'l If The persons thus accomuoda-
ted, can have heads without backs, so that
their brains can have full scope. would
not that be a great advance on any hlng
yet proposed
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HORRIBLE MURDER-oR SuIclpE.-
We are informed that the body Of an
Irish woman, the wife Of John Donavan,
Of Shoreham, was found hanged upon
tree, on Friday last AS Donavan was
known TO be Incorporate, and-we had
almost said Of course in the habit Of
beating his wife when intoxicated, strong
suspicious rested on him as her murder.
err, He was therefore brought up for
examination; but the jury, it seems, did
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predict, many OF these young hearts vii
live to see in our, otherwise, Heaven ia
vored State.-Clays True American.
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS.
-.4e0e4--
For the Voice Of Freedom.
John Munro to James Duane.
PARL1s, in the County of Albany,
March 26lh, l772.
DEAR SIR:-By my letter to Mr..
Kempe Of the 9Th inst. you will be &C.
quaioled with my expedition against Mr.
Baker. You always Aater yourselves
with the New England mems turning
good and faithful subjects; but believe me
tina, it is my solid opinion, if you was to
bes,ow all your lands upon them without
soy fee or reward, they never will be
failhfsI 10 this Government, for they are
all possessed with spiri. Of contradiction;
They are SO full Of venom and spite
against the Government and all It's author
ity that though they are forced to
comply yet the sting remains, and they'll
talk so smooth and handsome. yet the
Devil lies at the bottom. 1 sincerely be.
lieve that they'll stand an engagement.
come again them who will and for my
part wish they may, that we may have
the opportunity Of securing The heads of
them.
Ibelieve their behavior 10 me this trip
will convince the Government wha, they
are; but. unlucky for me, lha! no man Of
spiri, can be found here. Had bu, ten
men that would stand by me when the
Bennington mob met me, should have
Mr. Baker in Albany Gaol-but all ran
for it, only the two constables but We
was no, sufficient 10 stand the force that
came against US, for expected nothing
bu. that they would murder US upon the
spot; for every man came up with his gun
cooked at as For my par, there is moth.
ing for me but 10 fight or die, which /
intend to do 10 the very last. But the ter.
1or tina! my family is pu. in, crowds still
harder upon me and if shall put them
Oh. Off way, it shall be giving them
more pleasure. am really afraid that
when the villain gets well OF his wounds
he will be revenged. However I have
his gun and am determined TO give him
the full OF it, before he shall get into the
House.
However, should I be so unhappy os
to lose my life by these villains, 1 must
beg that Mr. Kempe, you, or my other
friends at New York shall be kind 10 my
helpless family, and see that they shall
have justice dooe to them.
have been Recommending some TO
YOU in order to put them in the commiss-
ion ofthe peace, but beg you will pre-.
vent il. for they shall never be credit to
the Office. God grant that 1 may see the
day that l shall have some good and
wholesome ic ha biants about me, for if 1
was 10 be murdered to night, with all my
family, not one single soul would come to
my relief. Therefore whatever the Gov
eminent intends TO do, Iptay it may be
soon done, for am not able 10 Stand it
long al any rate.
I was 10 fair way to recover, bu: this
trouble have thrown me back very much.
Pray be so kind as 10 write Inc soon ,ei.
her you, or MIR Kempe.
am Sir, Your very obi. srH.
JOIN MpNRo. 6
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Adjustment OF J. HoIcomb,s Claim.


Al meeting Of the Executive Commit,
tee of The Vermont Anti Slavery Society,
held al Middlebury, July 10, 1915; on in
speclion Of the accounts OF the Committee
with Jedediah Holcomb, there appears TO
be a balance due him Of Three Hundred
and Forty three Dollars and Eighty>,hree
cents; and he is authorised as agen, of the
Committee, 10 collec, the above SUN from
the Abollionists OF the State.
The above sum having been advanced
by ]. Hocomb to pay the debts of,he Yer.
mont Anti Slavery Society, greatly to his
present Inconvenience, we commend him
to the justice, not 20 say the benevolence Of
the Vermont Aboiiionis,s 10 enable him to
obtain his just due.
ROWLAND T. RoBINsoN, Chairman.
J. A. Allen, Secretary.
~ Werc the above sum all had ex.
pended in endeavoring 10 advance the ia.
lerests Of the slave would ask no refund.
ing. But having paid more than Thou.
sand Dollars besides this, and the aggre.
gate advanced having exceedingly embar.
raised me. | shall feel CRATE fll to all who
aid in making up the S343,S3, The
schedule o: the amount | have already re-
ceived is in the hands fthe Treasurer, B.
F. Haskell, which he will probably pub
ish in the closing up of the old matters.
Those Editors who will publish the
or The Repor! Of the Committee,
will receive my thanks.
J. UoLcoMB.
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10 lose the leas, iotG Of attainable progress
sion. Nor can see, in III is ava lsion, any
ground for the tantaizing fear entertained
by some that the South will seiSe the divi-
ding knife and sander the liSamen:s that
bind her 10 the union, But il is my RAJ
,ional conviction that if there ever be d
political, as well Us religious disunion, in
both instances the North will vii hdraw
from The South, and not the Sou,h from the
North; for this she dare no, d. She feels
that the North lie her hope and protector !;
sha! in the noticing distant crisis which
will Try her soul, the aid Of the North will
he needed in quelling instructions, and
suppressing that justly ind guaol foe which
shirs,s for her hearts blood. 'sShe" in
the words Of southern writer. "feels tina.
she is standing upon nine filed wit ex-
plosive maleriaIs.and that its sudden erup,
ton may bury her beneath the ruins o!
her iortunes.'
With these sentiments in her breast,
sooner than separate from the North
iwhie she continues 10 cherish in her Boz
som most hagran. foe,) the South will
open the prison door, and let the captive
60 free. For, by this alternative alone
Can she secure the permauency of her ex>
is'ence. Yours truly, KLC.
INDEPENDENCE DAY. The fourth of
July was celebrated by the little girls
and boys in this city. The procession
was very large, and filed with soul STIR
ring banners This is right. We have
much to hope from the rising generation.
five may judge from the meditative
countenances Of the lockers on, they
seemed with US to anticipate the day of
political equality, which, we venture to
predict, many Of these young hearts will
live to see in our. otherwise, Heaven ia.
yored State.-Clays True american.
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Charles LinsIey, Esq. of Middlebury,
has been appointed U S. District Auor-
nry for Vermont.
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Great Stride In regeneration

The following is from the Regeneration
OF 7.h lust.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-24

Mar OF TExAs-We are indebted to our Dele
gate for very handsomely engraved map Of Texas
and the country adjoining. 1t is drawn on quite
an extended scale, and compiled from the best au-
thortes, under the direction of Col. J. J. Albert,
Chief of the Typographical corps.
According to the boundaries there drawn, the
main part of Texas reaches to the 35th degree of
north latitude, with narrow strip about 2 degrees
wide running up to the 42d degree. 1t was very
small concession of Mr. Milton Brown prohibiting
slavery north of 36b degrees north latitude. Ac-
cordng to the map, there is but ID degrees of the
main body besides this narrow arm north of this
line, and that does not appear TO be settled, and
probably is of such character that IT never will
be; and besides all this, we incline to the opinion
that Mr.. Brown has acted, in offering this Terri
tory to the aboIionists, something after the manner
of certain ether character who shall be namcess,
who undertook in the early history of the world to
give away great possessions, when he did not own
a foot OF them. We were under the impression
that Santa Fe and the country in the neighborhood
was conceded as belonging to Mexico, but we
found it enclosed in The bloody looking line mark
ing the Texian boundary. This boundary appears
to be one established by the Texan Congress, but
we presume is disputed, and we incline to the
opinion that, although the whole country will some
day belong to US, Chat part of Mexico as well as
all ohers) tho United States will not take it all
once. On the map we find some statistics which
al the present time doubt not will possess some
interest for readers. We copy them:
STATISTICS.
Area # Texas according to the Commissioner of
General Land Office OF 1889. 203, $50, 900 acres.
Lands appropriated, 81, 40S, 673 ="
Public Domain in iS41, 1876, Ii 1927
POPULATION.
Estimated number of Free Whites, l40, 900
Slaves, (number taken from the Tar List 22, 900
POPULATION OF CHIEF TOWNS IacLUDED l. THE
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Tow MEIrxGs.-As the time in near at hand
for holding the annual town meetings in the several
towns we would call the attention of the people to
the act smendatory OF our town and county govern
ment passed the last session of the lie gisature.
and published in this paper few weeks ago. As
The first two sections of this act relate entirely to
the manner of proceeding and OF voting at town
meetings, We republsh them for the benefit Of
those interested.
Section |. The chairman Of the board
Of supervisors in each town, or in case of
his absence or death one Of the assstan,
supervisors shall act as the chairman or
moderator at all town meetings to be held
in the several towns OF this Territory un.
der the act hereby amended ; and shall dis.
charge all the duties imposed by law o n the
chairman heretofore required 10 be elected
at such annual town meeting.
Section ,. All The officers 10 be elect
ed al any town meeting except overseers
of highways and fence viewers, shall; be
chosen by ballot; and all persons other
wise duly qualified by law TO vote who
shall have actually resided IN any town for
thirty days previous to any town meeting
shall be allowed TO vote u, such town meet
ing.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-24

Our DELEGATE.-At the close of every session
Of Congress, since his election, we have had tine
most undoubted evidence ofthe unwearicd industry
of our Delegate, by the success of measures for
our benefit, AS short as has been the past session,
it has yet been fraught with action for our benefit
as a territory. We are not yet fully aware OF all
the measures of importance to US which may have
become laws; we know, however, that appropria
tons for Improvements in the aggregate amounting
to about SOS, 900, were got through both Houses,
viz: S25, 900 for Milwaukee harbor Is, 900 and a
fraction for Hacine 5000 for Southport; and
5000 for roads That we do not reap the full
benefit of all OF them, because of the veto of Tyler
is nothing against the industry which procured
their passage. Gen. Dodge has certainly, it seem:
to US, been unwearied in his duties, and as PEG
pie owe him debt of gratitude not easily TO b,
paid.
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A NEW Appn1cArrox or a.,.., Mo,

A New APPLICATION OF ANIMAL MAG
NETIsM.-We learn from the Cincinnati
Times, a villain not known, entered the
boarding house of Mrs. Boyce, of that city,
and secreied himself under the bed in which
Mrs. Boyce slept, crawled in between the
wall and the trundlc-bcd There he lay
within few feet of the inmates Of the house
until they retired. When the small bed was
drawn out, the fellows body DISTRACTED it,
but not enough TO induce a search for the
cause. The children were put to bed, side
by SIDE, unconsciously with, the burglar,
Mrs. Boyce after all had retired, made every
thing safe as she thought, and then got into
her bed The william came in few nin-
utes and commenced operation in the drawer
OF bureau, taking some clothing and mo-
ney. Then, in order TO be sure Of remaining
undiscovered, he wen, to the bed where Mrs.
b. was sleeping, held his face directly over
hers, and commenced passing his hand over
the seeper's face after the most approved
fashion of the magne'zers. This operation
however, had contrary effect from what he
intended the lady awoke and raised the
alarm by screaming. The fellow, amazed
probably that his mesmsric arts had failed
him, took TO his heels, dropping the goods
as he ran. -s
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attributes which are the oppostes Of mod
esty and veracity,as to claim a large share,
if not the whole of the glory of the Demo-
cratic victory. In truth we have from the
commencement felt satisfied that they did
more harm than good. Their numbers
were utterly insignificant. In point o. NOR
al force they added only weakness and a
weight hard and heavy to be borne. 1t
was felt that they were introducing into the
Democratic party, and into position OF
self-assumed clamorous prominence, froth
ing on the surface, a class Of persons felt
generally TO be equally unworthy Of per-
sonal respect or Of political confidence
While It cannot but be a matter of regret,
tina, the country has lus' the moral benef,
of Witnessing thai just re,rbu,on Of rebuke
which awaited this weakest and worst Of
our Presidents, in the utterly insignificant,
number Of popular votes il had the slight
es, chance Of obtaining.
We by no means design TO include the
whole body Of Mr. Tyler's office holders
within the application OF the above remarks.
A considerable number of gentlemen OF the
highes, political and personal merit, are
indeed TO be found among 'them-ei.her Sc
lee ed through the agency Of friends. or
by happy chance or by way Of good lea
yea 10 leaven the lump, as respectable en-
dorscrs to the bankrupt worthlessness of so
many Of line rest. Still less. Of course,
will any portion Of them be received as APP
plicable to Mar. Tylcr's Cabinet-,he mem
,ers of which have had litlle-mos, of them
Eothlng-to do with the meanrr matters of
party-mak,ng management. Mr.. Calhoun's
position in ii, in particular, is known TO all
TO have ben one far aloof from and above
anything and everything of this kind. He
accepted the State Department at the call
Of The country for specific object of the
highest public Importance, with personal
reluctance, entire independence of control,
and full unders anding Of his purpose of re-
firing as soon as he should have completed
The Texas and Oregon negotiations.