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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20

SLAVERY AS IT is. We haze rarely
met with a more r-yc'lng instance Of hn>
mainly ahd hypocrisy, JAan one recently
related at prbic UeelIrE Al Cincinnati,
by Rev. Mr. Boucher Me,hndist minis.
ter, who formerly resided al the south.
Wits he was Oh the Alabama Circuit,
he spent sabbath with an old circus
preacher, who was doctor, living n~1c
"Horse Shoe" celebrated as Ger. Jtct-
sons battle ground Early Moaday MON.
ing he was reading Pope's MESSIAH to Alr
Boucher, when his wife called hin on.
Mr. Boucher glanced his eye out of the
window, aud saw G slave man Standing
by, and the husband ana wife consulting
over him. Presently The doctor ,oaR q
raw hide from under his coat end began
to cut the half naked back of the Slave.
Several inches OF SKIN turned up. pafeclv
white, al every stroke, unit the whole
back was red with gore. Al frs the la
cerated Man cried out in agony; at whlch
the doctor and divine erred out "a every
stroke, "N ONT Yg HUSH ! WoNT va
HUsHF ill finally he sieve slcoI alil,
and bore his tortures only with groan.
AS soon rs BE- had completed his task, tho
doctor came IL, painting, and a.mosi put OF
breath, and addressing Mr. Boucher said.
Won't you go TO prayer mih as sir ?"
The amazed circuit rider fell UPON his
knees and prayed, uttering he hardly
knew what. When he leA The touae,
the poor creature Of a slave had crept IN
and kneIt at The door during prayer, with
his body eorv with tlood down 10 his ve-
ny heels,--C0neord Journal,
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20
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For tho Voice of Freedom.
NM

I fear thou hast forgotten US,
Most kind and worthy friend.
For months have past since thou hast deignd
Fen one short line to send.
To let US know if joyous
The passing moments 1y.
Or clouds and tempests darken
Thy bright and sunny sky.
Twas when the earth was smiling
In Summer glorious bloom,
When gentle winds were waiting
The flowrel's rich perfume,
When laughing rills were sporting
Mid billy pastures free,
And all seemed gay with gadness
When last we heard from thee.
Tho rill hath ceased lis music,
We wait Its song in vain,
.dnd flowers forget to blossom
Upon the snowy plain,
The cold bleak winds are signing,
Through the lone and eafess tree,
Yet still no letter cometh,
Dear absent friend from thee.
! fear have offended
By some gay fancy wild,
know my mother calls me
Sometimes thoughtless child;
Yet still mid all my frailties
My heart know is true.
II ever throbs with friendship
Ind gratitude to you.
When earth shall from her bosom
Her icy mantle cling,
And the chilly frost of Winter
Give place to smiling Spring,
When earth's ten thousand warblers
Again renew their song,
Then wlite US one kind letter,
For we have waited long.
Brandon, Feb. %. EULoRA.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20
For the Vo ice Of Freedom
Common Schooias-No.2.

common SCnOOiAo@NOsSs
SIR.-The present number, agreeable
to promise, shall be emp Dyed in pointing
gu, few OF the evils, or difficulties, under
which our common schools Of the nine
teenlh century exist.
The first difficulty in the way of the
prosperity of our common schools, is the
almos, total neglec, of many of our dis
lricts, in providing suitable houses for the
comfor, and convenience of their child
rem and for the pleasure and qualification
Of their teachers. The location is gener-
ally any thing but pleasant; and the build
ing is frequently Of so plain or cheap a
character, that i, speaks more forcib|y the
penuriousness ofthe people, than The good
taste and refined judgement Of the build
els. This is not as it should be. Every
school house ought to be happily situated,
and all OF its comforts and conven:encss
in taste and in order.
From observations made in relation to
school houses, we feel justified in stating,
that our districts generally regard their
money more highly than they do the i'm"
provement of their children; that they
place higher estimate upon their dollars
and cents, than they do upon the culiiva-
ton of the young and tender mind. This
conclusion is drawn from the very obvi-
Gus fact, that the house, the site, and the
Iappendages thereunto belonging, repre-.
sent, unequivocally, the order and literary
taste of the people. Where we find neg
lee: and cheapness in school house, we
always meet ignorance and penur9usness
in the district. a love Of Improvement,
and proper regard for mental cultivation,
will never fail to provide neat and con-
venient house, and to append 10 it all ne
cessary comforts and Accommodations
At least, such is our opinion.
Children, by being crowded together
into cold. uncomfortable school room,
with no suitable means for warming, or
rendering it pleasant, cultivate an entire
disreish for their studies, and even an alb
horrence for the place, that should olher>
wise be happy and agreeable 10 them
Hence, we would urge the necessity Of
constructing tight houses for schools, with
means Of ventilation; and of providing a
sulficiency of wood, dry and secure from
the storms. A good wood shed, we'll
filled with a years supply oithe article be-
forehand, is very important sppendage 10
IA school house. Will our districts, not
already provided, look to this matter?
Our next number shall be devoted to
the subject Of books. We wish to call
public attention 10 the embarrassment of
our common schools, in being poorly sup
piled with books.
r. M. PHILLIPS.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20
Rev. Mr. ToRaRY. The Baltimore

REV. MR. ToRRET. The Baltimore
correspondent Of the Boston Atlas says
1t may interest some of your readers
to hear that the Rev. Charles Torrey,
who is confined in our Pennentiary, for
abductlag slaves, is well. He is enga-
ged in the spooiing department, and is
quite sSilllul already, getting through
his task at an early hour, and devotDg
the rest ofhis time 10 reading. ne re-
ceived letter from his wife on Wednes-
day, which The humane and gentleman
ly warden Of the prison gave to him. He
eats hearty,s sleeps well, and, as far as out
ward manifestations 20, IS not unhappy.
| may be enabled liz IA few days, to write
you further in relation to this man.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20

the modification of feeling that their
chief magistrate has made himself the
laughing stocG of the world Bangor
Gazelte.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20

Miss WEBSTER PAHpoNrp.-- Gov.
OwsIey, of Kentucky, graned ton par
don, on the 24lh ull, to Dva Webs c.,
sen,e. ced to Two years impriso' men' III
the peniIenliary, for assisting it the aodpc-
lion OF slaves. She departs irmed'ate!y
for home ia Vermonl, in company VIA
her father.
The franklin Commonwealth sn,es
The following as among the Considerations
which induced Governor Owsley 10 par.
don hers
He had received great many petitions,
no. only from the people, but u 10 ge
number OF the members Of the Legsa
ture, of ali political parties, and em brace
ing every member of the committee on
the Penlteniaryia each House, praying
her pardon.
Fairbanks me pfincipal in the case,
has been convicted and placed in Coz:
6nement,
The condition Of the Penitentiary, o7a
ing 10 the destruction ofthe buildings nY
fire, made it extremely inconvenleht 10 re-
tain her IN confinement, even ifo;her con-
sideraicns had not fully justified her re-
lease
The moral effect otthe conviction bad
already been secured by the coufue-
ment she had already undergone; and it
was believed Inc generous people Of Ken
lucky could take no pleasure Ic her fur
Their suffering in The prison.
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BRANDON, Thursday, March 30, 1916.

heart, land there ought to be if there is
none) we hope it will rescue that act
from oblivion, and reward it with a test-
mo MIA of reverence - Chritjun Citizen.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20

n When you see person take a
cat by the neck anG wiring her tail, sci him
down as poor Judge OF music.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-03-20
NO. 80.
J. T. MCCLELLAN, Printer.
States! Do you know that the save.

States! Do you know that the sa7et
holders, Instead Of repenling Of their
q formations, are III sdeLlug their hears
Pharaoh ike; that they have the co..roi
o! the national government. and ore co'u-
passing SEA and land 10 sc! Texas io,o he
Urion, lhat slavery may have tQ,i scope.
and SET the phlnn'hrophy of The world at
Defiance Do you know that the great
predominant party OF the whole country,
with some honorable exceptions, have
turacd traitors to equal rights, and IRE
selling the birthr,ght of liberty fora mess
OF pottage oetrayiag hei: noble principles,
as Judas did Jesus Chris, lao the harIS
OF b,oodthIrsly mob2 DO VOC koor
that the nominal CHI. rch q Gud 8 c9ol-
milling treason against the k'ng1an It
heaven, by conserving to al these abvnl-
nations; that with lhe gcepuoa Of an e
Ieci ietnoan =, i NV here and there, very
feeble mnorlt, Of churcncs and inJirid-
uaIs, the ministers and people are il fell
lowship with murderous oPpreSsors
some oflhem impudenlly avowlng aud
jnstifying their per6dy; others apoie2l-
Zlng lot ana eNcuSlnS 'He lhiHulyJ othtiS
perfectly indifferent and dumb On .be
subject; others pretending, with now END
then an an.Islavery spasm TO rebuke Il,
while still they strike haads with their
old proslavery associates, aad are ofend>
ed if you disturb their ease in Zion by re.
minding them of their Inconsistency? So
ii is in church and stale. DO you know
all these thiogs2 Do you know that a
vast majority Of the people afe dead TO
their duty in this mater2 Have yea
done what you could for The neighbor
that has fallen among thieves DO you
love righteousness and hufe inqaity?--'
Then plead for the dumb-cry aloud md
spare not agaics. slavery! Thsah'
Think Think Of these lhiugsl
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

OF The Republican, with its characteristic
sneanness, whnes most piteously and lies most
segregously, in regard to the printing of the list
eof letters. This is matter which we have ne.
rSer meddled with one way or the other. Altho
aonr postmaster is an excellent democrat, we ne
>Her solicited the printing of the list of letters
ffrom him, and when we learned that it was Gus
itomary for him to publish them in two papers
and pay each hafprice, we never complained in
the least. We are told that Mr. BEALL has mani
tested liberality in this respect towards the Re-
publican, thathis whig predecessor never extend,
ed to the Sentinel If the long hungry red dog
can't live without the paltry sum of So, which is
about the amount we received the last year for
printing the letters,we hereby authorize Mr.. BealI
TO publish in the Republican exclusively, and we
shall not murmur for his so doing The editor
says that the "circulation of the Republican is
about equal to that Of the Sentinel and Liberty
Advocate combined" You Roorbacking scamp,
how dare you lie SO! We are willing TO compare
books at any time. We don't know what the cir
culation Of the Republican is, and don't care but
one thing we do know, that nearly one half of
the persons to whom that paper is directed never
take ii out of the post office, and will never pay
for it--sotne OF them are penniless loafers, and
others aaye had the paper sent to them contrary
to their express orders. We can get posmasters
certificates TO this effect at any time. This viii
ming mendicant and boasting sneak had better
say nothing more about the circulation of the Re-
publican, OF else we may publish few facts,
which will place him in position by no means
enYiable.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
CADIZ PRICES CURRENT.

Crops IN Ohio.--We gather the following en-
couraging facts, relative 10 the cropsin Ohio, from
the Columbus Statesman of the 18th inst:
Lordin County.-Wheat, about one-tourth of
a crop; corn very poor.
CLermont,-Wheat, crop better than it ha
been for the last ten years; corn very good.
Lake.-About the same as last year.
Stdrk.-Wheat. about half crop; corn and
oats good
Hgtland.--Wheat, better crop than it has
been since 1919; corn and oats very good.
Richtand.-Wheat, good as last year; corn,
tolerable; oats good.
TuscGrapdS. Wheat, about half crop; corn
and oats good
Meigs--Wheat unusually fine; corn and oats
good.
FaiJfed.--Wheat crop about an average ;
corn and oats full crop.
G0ernsey.--Wheat, an average crop; corn and
oats promise fair.
HamitOm--Wheat crop excellent; corn and
oats good a.
Warren, Butler and PrebIe.-Reported 10 be
similar TO Hamilton.
Greene.-The greatest abundance OF wheat
ever known before, and superior in quality; corn
and oats very fine.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
The independent Treasury.


Every day impresses the fact more and more
upon our mind that the present mode of keep
ing the public money should be done away with
The Secretary of the Treasury now holds certi.
icates of depOsite for over eight millions o
dollars scattered over the country in mum
Der of pet Banks. And although he says he
has ample security for the forthcoming of the mo-
ney when called for, we cannot but remember
the state of affairs in 1897, when the wheels Of
the government were brought to stand by the
suspension of the banks, and the administration
was reduced to the alternative of borrowing mo-
ney TO carry on IFS Legitimate business, there
by augmenting our national debt. No doubt Mr.
Secretary Woodbury. thought he had ample secu-
rity for its forthcoming then.
But even should our apprehonsions have no
foundation in reality and the money always be
had on demand, we cannot for the life of US see
why number of banking corporations, whose
charters are in direct conflict with the first prin-
ciples of our government, should, in addition to
their other privileges, enjoy the exclusive right
to lend the peoples money out at interest, with
0utrendeFng them The slightest equivalent there.
for lfthe principle is just, why not carry it out,
and deposto the public money with individuals
who will give undoubted security for its payment
on demand-securty which the banks do not
give.
The Independent Treasury law, The repeal of
which was among the first acts of the coon Con
9Tess OF 1871, presents TO simple, straight- for
ward thinking people The true manner in which
the public money should be kept, and we under
stand that the Secretary of the Treasury is now
engaged in revising its details, preparatory to its
being submitted to the action of the next Con
gress. This measure we are confident can be
Objectionable to no candid minded man who will
examine the whole subject and was repeale d by
the wings for the sole reason that it was oigina-
ted and carried out by the "dcm zocofocos."
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

When we look at the onward march ofthe prin.
ciples OF Democracy, what grand spectacle is
presented to the eye. AS it were but Yesterday,
band of prosecuted men, hunted by the despots
OF the old world, landed upon rock on the
bleak shores of New England. They were few
and weak, but the unbounded might of truth
and right made them strong-and we see them
extending from the sea shore on the east, like
the "cloud in the shape of mans hand,'' until
they reach to the farthcst confines Of this great
continent From the fartaest eastern promonta-
ry ofPenobscot to the fertile plains of Texas now
floats the Star Spangled Banner "o'er the land
of the free and the home of the brave' Our fer
tile and productive country presents homo for
the oppressed of all nations, where the wearied
emrgrant can sit down under the shade of his
own fig tree, and spend the remainder of his
days in peace and prosperity worshipping his
maker where and in what manner he listeth-
And could we peer into the dark mists of the
future, what supendous results would be fore
seen?-already has the torrent of democratic
freedom overtopped the snow-capped mountains
of the far west, and the hardy pioneers of liberty
are settling themselves peacefully down in the
quiet wales of the Oregon, and the sunny plains
ofCaliforna. The titled despots of the old world
view our onward progress with alarm, and make
impotent attempts to limit our sway. AS we'll
might they attempt to arrest the whrlwnd, or
turn the roaring Niagara back upon its source.
But to accomplish the grand results of what
seems TO be our destiny, we must not be unmind.
ful that all the blessings which flow from our
system ofgovernment are based upon liberty and
equality Let these fundamental principles be
inculcated into our children at their mothers
breasts, and in all our schools and colleges, and
we will transmit to posleritya government the
colossal grandeur Of which the mind can form no
adequate conception.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
HTt. Pleasant,

This pretty little village, situated in Jefferson
county, has ali industrious and enterprising pop
ulation. Almost every description of manufac
turing and mechanical industry is carried on
there. The Silk Mandatory of Mr.. JonN w
GILL, is now in the full tide of successful expe.
riment. We we're both pleased and astonished
upon making visit TO that establishment the
other day, to witness the perfection TO which the
manufacture of silk has been carried Velvet
and silk vest patterns, dress silks of every hue
and quality, handkerchefs, cravats, stockings.
gloves, drawers, shirts, ribbands, &C., SC, are
oil manufactured by Mr., Gill, and we feel conf.
dent they will fayorably compare with similar ar
ticles which are imported from Ia belle France.
We understand that Mr.. Gill contemplates romo-
wing his establishment to the city Of Wheeling.
as that place will afford him greater facilities for
carrying On business, and open more extensive
mart for the sale ofhis fabrics. r..,. w
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

Property destroyed. 1.-The Post estimates the
loss, on the faith of an intelligent mercantile
friend, Cat $2,000,000 We think it will prove
much greater. He tells of two firms who lose
I$3OO,O00 each. We know OF very many who
lose 100000, enterprising, and at the same
time prudent men, who, last might left stores full
of valuable goods, will now have nothing. We
think the loss in buildings and merchandise will
not be less than $6,000,O00.
"lt is computed by one of our reporters. who
has examined the whole district, that about $40
houses in all are totally consumed.
The number of deaths, so far as ascertained,
have been four, and about fifty women and chill
dren missing.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
Agents for the sentineI.

The following gentlemen have been appointed
Agents for the CADrz SENTINEL in their respective neigh
horhoods. They fully authorized to procure sub
sctptions make collections, and receipt for money du
us:
ANDREW Lynch, ESQ.,. Jefferson;
WILLIAM VANTz, Esq, Annapolis,
ABNER HHoN, Hanover, (Arche Township;
G. LAwTHERs, P. NJ, Leesburgh;
VIM. M. BLACKBURN, ESQ.,, Bloomfield
RoBERT LESLIE, P. NJ, Smithfeld.
AMOS JONES, P. M. Mt Pleasant
X. X. KENNEDY, P. M. Harrisville
JONAS RoMIcK, P. M. Georgetown
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

PITTsBURGH, July 25.
Flow.--Saes at the river and from wagons al
$3 so 3 62a. #..
Grain'-Wheat 6S} 10; rye 37a a 40; corn
30 81 oats 25 80 per bushel.
Cheese-l000 boxes of good w. r. brought
5 81 per ID. MfS
Groceries-Sugar and Molasses is firm. Cof,
tee, Rio, 70 sa per Id; Sugar, 81 81; Molass-
es 33 34c per gallon.
Cotton Ydrns.-No. 5 to 10, at I5 per lb.
Seed--Clover, $3 so; timothy, 81 so; flax
seed, 81 a 10 per bushel
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

0FC. J, McNULry, late Clerk of the House
OF Representatives OF the United States, has
been acquitted on the first charge preferred
against him, and hi examination on the Other
three has been postponed till November next
1t may not be generally understood that the of
fences for which he is under bonds -loanng the
public money entrusted to lis keeplng--is one
which all the deposite banks of the government
daily commit, and although McNulty had the
money ready when wanted to meet the demands
OF the government, which the banks never did
and never will have, no criminal prosecution can
be brought against them. IfMr. G. J. McNuty
wishes TO delraud the community hereafter, he
must do it in the legal way, or abide the conse-
quences of infringing such uprightJust and equi-
table laws.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
State Bank.

The following individuals have been chosen
as the Board of Control: DR.. L'Hommedieu and
John Kilgore, of Cincinnati; Gustavus Swan and
W. B. Hubbard, of Columbus; A. Grimes, Day.
ton; John Hivling, Xcnia; Judge Williams, Del
aware; J. S. Atwood, Chillicothe and Alfred
Kelley, Cleveland.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30
OBITUARY,

DIE5-On Monday, the 21st instant, Mr., JOHN MA
HOLM sr' Of this place, in the s4h year Of bis age.
The deceased was ono ofour oldest inhabitants--a
pioneer Of the west, who, in his own lie time hehed
the wilderness and the forest bloom as tho rose, and
make way for the onward march Of civilization and IL
berty He hada large circle ofwam friends, by whom
his death will bo much lamented
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

General JacksOM's Last Will and Hes
tamaCDt!
Extract Of letter from Nashville, datel JSnt
7, to gentleman in Washington.
'The last will and testament of the old hero
was this day approved in our county court, and is
Of public record. He commences by giving his
body to the dust, whence it came, his soul to
God that gave it, &C., devoting his estate, frs
TO the payment of two debts, viz: one of $4,000
with interest, borrowed of General Plauche, of N
Orleans; another of $4,000, with interest, bor-
rowed of Blair q Rivey; and the balance TO his
son, Andrew Jackson, jr., with the exception o
a few servants to his grandchildren.
"The sword presented him by the State o
Tennessee, he gives to A. ]. Donelson, This ne
phew) now charge d'afars at Texas. The sword
presented him at New Orleans, he leaves to An
drew Jackson Coffee, the son of his old friend
General Coffee. The sword presented him at
Philadelphia, he leaves to his grandson and name
sake. The sword and pistols which he carried
through the British and Indian wars, he leaves
TO Genelal X. Armstrong. The pistols Of Wash.
lngton, by him given to Lafayette, and by La
layette given to Jackson, he leaves to George
Washington Lafayette, the son of General La
fayette. Sundry other presents made him during
his long and evenful career, are left with his
adopted son, with instructions to him, that, in the
event of war, they shall, upon the restoration Of
peace, be distributed amongst those who shall
have conducted themselves most worthy of their
country in the conflict, in the opinion of their
'countrymen and the ladies'
'It is dated, | think, in September 1874, and
revokes will made by him several years before
1t is in his own steady and firm hand wrltingand
like all things that ever fell from spen breathes
the purest patriotism throughout"
0c7-There has been no change since our last,
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-07-30

The Ohio Statesman says that many of the
subscribers to that paper are ordering their pa
pers to be discontinued, under the belief that the
dew editor, Mr.. Hazewel, will advocate senti-
ments which Mr.. Medary has repudated. The
edtorpr TEN. assures the friends of the States
man that the paper will undergo no change
whatever in the principles it advocates.
BY the last number of the Statesman, we see
that Mr.. Hazewell has commenced his editorial
duties. He is spoken of by the eastern papers
in the highest terms. We welcome him to Ohio
We should also like to, welcome the Statesman to
our sancrum little more regularly hereafter.