The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-12-24


steps ofchurches, we have witnessed the hawk
ing and sale of books, whose publication alone
ought to send the printer to Jail, and consi ON
the author to scorn, oLlquy and exile. We
say frankly, that the publishers and vendors
| Of these works are contamination to society,
tainting the atmosphere with their foul and
pestiterous breath and that, as such, they
are unfit to share in the blessings Of our social
! campact and, like loathsomr lepcrs, ought to
be placed beyond the sight and touch ofran-
kind. This will be called strong language,
but we mean it for such. Foul cancers require
knife or cautcry. Great wrongs are not to
be spoken of in mincing phrases"
TIE ATLANTIC. Mr.. John j. Sproucl,
who has been at the wreck Of the Atlantic for
ten days past, has returned, and may be found
at the office of the Mutual Safety Insurance
Company, where he will be happy to give
any information in his possession. There is
a body Of an elderly gentleman entombed at
Norwich which has not been identified, and
there are yet ten persons known to have been
on board who have not yet been found. In
fact, no bodies have been found since Sabbath
before last. The coat of Mr.. Cunningham,
and bunch of keys belonging to him, have
been recovered, leaving no doubt that he
| WIS Oli pOuIu, Dul Ills DOu HAS uOG DCcH ulS-
covered. 1t is presumed that the missing
bodies remain confined in the ladies', cabin,
the top of which fell down upon them, and
it has been as yet impossible to get down to it.
| Several parts of limbs were recovered last
week and inferred.
The report that the baggage of the unhap-
J Ply passengers was robbed is, we are sorry TO
say, confirmed by Mr. S. 1t is not supposed
| that the foul work was done by any one re-
siding on the island. The two smacks before
mentioned, whose home was not certainly
known, are supposed to have contained the
thieves. Some ofthe carpet-bags had evident
| ly been slashed open with a knife. Mr.. S. has
| sent home goods saved from the wreck which
have sold for $4,000. The bell still tolls over
the scene Of desolation-that part ofthe wreck
| to which it is attached, happened TO lodge in
such position that the bell was supported
out Of the water, and at the motion Of every
wave, strikes twice, and so night and day
tolls on its dolcful notes. The Long Island
Railroad Company have been quite active in
facilitating the efforts of the afflicted relatives
of the sufferers, or owners of the property
The Atlantic is broken into three parts
Soon after the stern struck the ground, quite
a section of it broke off, and drftcd over
ledge of rocks to a considerable distance,
where 1T lies The other portion broke as the
bow wheeled in toward the shore, so that the
wheels and houses went on shore at q central
point, and the bow farther south-JoW,
Com,
Funny AFFAIR. Yesterday morning,
(says the Philadelphia Eagle,) a sailor who
had ran away from a brig moored below
Sixth street wharf, and who was pursued close
ly by the shipmaster and a constable, took re-
fuge at the mainmast head of a sand shallop
from his pursuers and babe them Defiance
His pursuers paced the deck smoking their Sc
oars, determined to await the mans return to
the deck Jack stood shivering in the rigging
for upwards of an hour, all the while laying
down the law to the h ughty pursuers. At
length, finding it to cool, he came down and
surrendered.
AID VALoREM At the Custom House
last week, pipe of wine, invoiced at forty
pounds sterling, was submitted for examina-
ton to one of the principle wine importers,
who, after tasting it offered to take it at fifty
pounds, and as many more of the same quail
ty as could be provided. Such is one of the
beauties of an cd valorem Tariff, with its
bounty on fraud and false inyoices.-N y