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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-21
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

his great QUESTION.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-21

Is Informed that Hr. Peasants lest on Ss'1,,.x
morning for the North He has Ind no oppn'.un,r'
Therefore. Of seeing the acIe IN that p'pei Q. :,
day. On his return before n WIN oon',a c,,enm
such notice a. may seem TO him, unoef tue '"'''
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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-21

E,om fhe Rirhmond FTguirfr, January 2IAr, I1'V'
M, ',.s,,. uuou our columns is 50 rrtai, nat we
All H. connected Ia print three country papers next
week. We have ON 6c fvo,s lrom our correspondent.
SIM ,h a,eat questions which now ag,tate The public
m n;nd az, so we'll known we shall lay aside our pen,
and for the he fed Of d'I''a" 10 e
s -; ,ha, ali differences Of opinion may he wisely
s ssp9S and and that The Sigh. eoad which the Wings
tie dssipated, and party found united upon az,
ours,ions MANY of these communication may no'
WINS our views entirety hu, they come from those
who have a rist,o he heard, aud we SHAH IunIl.h
them n. We do the letters Of our washington coIesom
dent, wuhou, intending 10 endorse all they my Bay
hut merely for what they are worth.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
J. H0LCOMB, Editor 4 Publisher.

other and more numerous sealed doors, at
which we should begin to knock as eagerly as
before. And so it will be eternalIy for
we shall never complete the exploration of
all that is wonderfulin Gods infnitude.
Therefore, o curious man, check this i'm
patience to pry into the hidden things of God.
Cease to complain that he has not made ev-
cry difficulty plain. Such is your nature, and
such is Gods, you must be surrounded with
mystery forever. The larger the circle of
what you know, the larger will you discover
the circle Of things to be known. Revelation
will open no more doors in this life. Only
obey what God has made plain to you al
ready, and it shall be your best employment
forever to explore apartment after apartment
in the temple of eternal truth-your best en-
ploy; for you will have ceased from that ire
Cancellation to God which now makes you fret
and cavil because he "hideth himself" and
will find in perpetually new discoveries of the
glory of the Godhead, a perpetually new zest
to the enjoyments of heaven.-NeW England
Puritan.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
A Faithful Sentinel.

On Sunday evening, as Capt. Woods, of
the Seventh District Police, was patrolling
his Ward, he was'attrActed to the corner Of
Division and Montgomery streets, by the APP
pearance of a dozen individuals, who seemed
to be formed into a semicircle around some
central object, which lay near the wall on the
sidewalk. On arriving among them he dis.
covered that the entire posse wore the stars
Of the city police, with the exception of the
nuclei, a drunken man, aud a very large and
powerful dog, The inebriate was stretched
upon his back, and seemed to be far advanc-
ed IN the land of unquiet dreams, while the
quadruped, squatting upon his launches rest.
ed lightly one paw upon the breast of his helm
less master, and, turning an eye of defiance
upon the crowd, growled low but significant
~, whenever an attempt was made to an.
proach the person of the unconscious man.
The policemen t~humped their clubs upon the
pavement, but Lion only raised his upper lip.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
Backsliding Professors.

There is one class of facts that has not been
enough dwelt upon, i. G. facts respecting pro
lteSsorS of religion, who have located in the
west, where they have not enjoyed the means
of sanctification.
One large class embrace errors more or less
fatal, SO that their growth in grace is retarded,
and they live lives of uselesSncss, when they
ought and might, and under other circumstan-
ces would, be very useful. Another class re-
mains sound in doctrine, but having no exer-
cises upon the Sabbath, and no prayer meet
ings during the week, they of course lose the
ardor Of their piety. Another class still seem
to lose all the appearance OF personal piety,
and are great backsliders or else never were
regenerated, and have gone back to where
they belong, and make us fear exceedingly
that a less number of our eastern professors
are really pious, than is generally supposed
and that a much larger portion have so little
plety and decision OF character, that they can
not stand alone, when strongly beset by the
temptations OF q new country, away from a
circle of friends who have stood around them
in their old home. The children of all these
classes sustain a loss in morals and piety, that
no additional pecuniary advantages can ever
make good. 1t becoming a question in my
mind, whether any christian family ought to
go into a new place, where they are not very
sure of a good minister, and a good school,
very soon after their first cabin is built.
If an eastern minister or an eastern parent
had seen the apostates that | have seen, he
would not be much troubled about the west
ern ferers, but would be filed with solicitude
about the worse moral diseases to which they
are to be exposed l am rather inclined to
the opinion that most of the good done by
christians cmigrating west, has been done by
such as have come in some kind of colony;
and while we have some excellent exceptions
of individuals who have done wonders alone,
yet so many have fallen, that it is exceeding
ly unsafe for a family to go, like Lot, and
pitch their tents towards SOdOm. They should
locate so near some Abraham, that they can
meet regularly in worship.
1t would have favored the morals, if not the
enterprise of the country, if our land had not
come into market so fast.-MissiOnnry in In
diana.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
BRANDON, Thursday October 5, 1916.
The Copper Business.

We have viewed with interest the opera
tons which are transporting in the copper bu-
siness-and from late accounts received from
the lake country, and the copper regions gen.
orally, we are induced to make q few remarks
relative to this very important branch of
trade, which has recently engaged the atten-
ton of some of our largest and shire widest cap
italists. That there is a vast deal of valuable
ore in our western and northwestern States,
which in time can and will be turned to good
account, there is no question; that there is
also a feeling and disposition in certain quar-
tiers to turn the matter to speculative account,
is also as true and though there is and has
been, for some months past, a disposition to
traffic widely in the stocks of certain compa-
mics, which are not all they are said to be =
we are nevertheless convinced that there is
much good stock, and many valuable mines in
our country which will prove highly profta-
BILE in due time to the stockholders and opera
tors.
The mining operations at Portage lake are
progressing rapidly and successfully, and we
learn from western papers that the prospect is
very cheering in that vicinity The ores are
represented as being exceedingly rich, land are
readily taken out in large quantities.
The Baltimore Clipper, in an article upon
copper smelling, remarks, that the Baltimore
and Cuba mining and smelling company's
factory, situated on the south part of the har-
Dor Of Baltimore, is now in successful opera
ton. They have already turned out a large
quantity Of very superior copper, which they
offer for sale. This new enterprise promises
to be a source Of both wealth and employ
ment to many of the citizens of Baltimore.
These statements and statistics 90 to show
that the copper business must eventually be-
come very important, and in a few years, if
the anticipations of many operators are real
lied, large fortunes will be made by those in,
terested in the copper lands and mines of this
country.-Ralro0d Journal.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

AN ENEMY's CoURrEsEY. When the
Crusaders under King Richard Of England.
defeated the Saracens, the Sultan, seeing his
troops fly, asked what was the number Of the
Christians who were making all this slauoh-
ter He was told, King Richard and Ills
men, and that they were on foot. "Then"
said the Sultan, GOOD forbid-tuat such a noble
fellow as King Richard should march on
foot, and sent him a noble. charger. The
messenger took it and said, "Sire the Sultan
sends you this charger that you may not be on
foot" The King was as cunning as his en-.
and ordered ore Of his squires to mount
IN order to try him. The squire obey
ed but the animal proved fiery and the
squire being unable to hold him in, he sped
to the Sultans pavilion. The Sultan expec-
ted that he had got King Richard and was
little mortified to discover his mistake
VI. Temp. Herald.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

INTERESTING RELIcr. There is still
standing in the town of Deerfeld, the only
dwcllinghouse, that escaped destruction, when
the Indians and French ravaged that town,
fired its buildings, and killed. & led into cap
tiyity the greater part of its inhabitants, on
the 18th Of March, 1904. This and the meet
inghouse were alone unburnton this dreadfullv
memorable day. The attack on the town was
made LAP years ago, and this house, now
standing, is supposed to have been then built
over twenty years; consequently it is now
over 100 years old. Nevertheless, it remains
in a good state of preservation, though, as
might be expected, some of its rooms are not
close enough, to render them comfortably hab-
table during the winter season. The timbers
all look strong and sound. The building is of
wood, of course the walls lined with brick.
The original clapboards still remain on the
gable ends Of the house, and are we'll preserv-
The other parts of the house have been
recovered since it was built. The frontdoor
exhibits the blows Of the tomahawks of the
the attacking savages, and a large hole was
cut through it by these instruments, which is
now covered by a patch. Bullet holes may
also be seen in several places about the house
and in the rafters Of the front rooms. One
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

ADVANTAGE OF Low FARES. During
the month ofJuly, 1845, when the fare be-
tween New York and Boston was reduced
to the "%ruinous rates" Of only two dollars, the
receipts onthe different routes were $45, 208
but during the corresponding month of the
present year, with the fare up to four dol.
lars, the receipts have been only $4,000
being nine thousand tho hundred and f6rty
fire dollars less for a single month, than when
the fares were at halt-pricc.-Sci .Amer.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
Durability of Timber when Sub.
merged in Water.

1t is an almost incredible fact that most kinds
Of timber, will, while kept submerged in
water, or wet bog formations, endure and con-
tinue sound for several centuries.
The present London Bridge is built upon
piles which are chiefly of elm, and though
they have been driven, about 600 years, are
sufficiently sound to support the heavy and
massive superstructure which rests upon
them.
In digging away the foundation of old Sa-
voy palace, London, which was built six hun
dred and fifty years ago, the whole of the
piles, consisting of oak, elm, beach, chestnut,
were found in a state of perfect soundness,
as also was the planking which covered the
pile heads.
durability of wood in a wet state, is that of
the bridge built by the Emperor Traian
across the Danube, one of the piles wus
taken up and found to be p%etrifed to the
depth of three quarters of an inch but the
rest of the wood was little diffrent from its
ordinary state.
In the boys and morasses in many parts of
Ireland it affords quite a source of employ
ment to many, who are engaged in the buis-
ness, of searching for,and bringing out old
trees which have been buried from ten to 20
feet beneath the surface probably more than
five hundred years, and which are cut, pre-
pared, and manufactured into some of the
most rich and expensive styles of furniture :;
of which we have seen some really splendid
specimens, although we believe they are
somewhat rare in that country. They are
really objects of curiosity.-M Y. Farmer &,
Mechanic.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
TERMS OF ADVERTISING
A GEM, FROM FANNY FORESTER

10 We extract from the proof sheets of ALDEI
BROOK, now in press, by Tickner q Co., the follow
ng touching stanzas, written to her mother, by MI
hudson, previous to her voyage from this port, a fey
weeks ago:- Bee.
Give me my old seat, Mother,
With my head upon thy knee;
I've passed through many a changing scene,
Since thus | sat by thee.
Oh! let me look into thine eyes
Their meek, soft loving light
Falls, like a gleam Of holiness,
Upon my heart, to night.
I've not been long away, Mother:
Few suns have rose and set
Since last the tear drop onthy cheek
Ny lips in kisses met.
IT'S but a little time, | know,
But very long it seems;
Though every night [ came to thee,
Dear Mother, in my dreams.
The world has kindly dealt, Mother,
BY the child thou lowest so well;
Thy prayers have circled round her path;
And twas their holy spell
Which made that path so dearly bright;
Which strcwcd the roses there;
Which gave the light, and cast the balm
On every breath of air.
Ibear a happy heart, Mother;
A happier never beat;
And, even now, new buds OF hope
Are bursting at M feet.
Oh, Mother! life may be n dream;
But if such DREAM are given,
While at the portal that we stand,
What are the TRUTHS of Heaven!
bear ahappy heart, Mother;
Yet, when fond eyes | see,
And hear soft tones and winning words,
ever think of thee.
And then, the tear my spirit weeps
Unbidden fills my eye;
And, like ahomeless dove, l long
Unto thy breast to fly.
THEN | an very sad, Mother,
Tn very sad and lone;
Oh there's no heart whose Utmost fold
Opes to me like thine own!
Though sunny smile wrcathe blooming lips,
While love tones meet my ear;
Ny Mother, one fond glance of thine
Were thousand times more dear.
Then with a closer clasp, Mother,
Now hold me to thy heart;
I'd feel it beating 'gainst my own,
Once more before we part.
And, Mother, to this love lit spot,
WhenI am for away,
Come oft-Too OFT thou canst not come =
Andf for thy darling pray.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

HE GREAT CENTRE OF II UNIVERSE
PROBABLY DISCOVERED. Cincinnati OBJ
servatory, 9Th Sept. 1916. Ihave Just receiv-
ed by the last steamer, No. 566 and 567 of the
"Astronomiche Wachrichton," a journal pub
lished at Altoona, near Hamburg, and con-
Quoted by the celebrated Professor Schuma-
cher. These two numbers are almost exclu-
slvely taken up with an article by Doctor
Macdler, director of the Dorpat Observatory,
Russia, well known to the astronomical world,
In which he announces the extraordinary dis
covery of the grand central star or sun, about
which the universe of stars is revolving, our
own sun and system among the rest.
This discovery the result of many years of
incessant toll and research, has been deduced
by atrain Of reasoning and an examination of
facts scarcely to be surpassed in the annals of
science.
He announces his discovery in the follow
ing language | therefore pronounce the PIE
ladies to be the central group of that mass of
fixed stars limited by the stratum composing
the Milky Way and Alcyene as the individual
star of this group, which, among all others,
combines the greatest probability of being
the true Central Sun.
By a train of reasoning, which I shall not
attempt to explain, he finds the probable par
allax of this great central star to be six thou
sandths of one second of arc, and its distance
to be "a millions of times the distance of the
sun, or so remote that light, with a velocity of
u millions of miles per minute, requires a
period of537 years to pass from the great cen-
ire to our sun.
Asa first rough approximation he deduces
the period of the revolution of our sun, with
all its train of planets, satellites and comets,
about the grand centre to be eighteen million
t~o hundred thousand gears.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

SABBATH FIDELITY. While the Rev.
John Wilson was chaplain in the family Of
the pious Lady Scudamore, he was g%rievod to
notice the worldly and unsuitable converse
ton of the gentry at the table on the Sab
bath Atlast he rose, and said, " l will make
bold to speak a word or two. This is the
Lords holy day, and we have been hearing
his holy word. We should think and speak
about such things as have been delivered in
the name of God and not lavish out the time
in discourse about hawks and hounds" Upon
this, one of the gentlemen very handsomely
thanked him for the reproof, and expressed a
hope that it might not be uttered in vain.-
However, the next Sabbath, the gentlefolks
were at their table-talk again. Mr.. Wilson
did not fail to tell them" that the hawks
they talked of, were the birds that picked up
the seed of the word after it was sown !" he
also entreated them to talk of I" such things
as might sanctify the day, and edify their own
souls" The same gentleman who had thank
ed him for the first admonition, again thanked
him for his faithful warning. But Mr. Leigh,
the husband Of the lady of the house, was
deeply offended. Lady Scudamore wished
her chaplain to say something to appease him.
But Mr.. Wilson was ready to leave the fami-
ly, rather than make an apology for having
discharged his duty. When it was found that
neither the kindness nor the displeasure of
his patrons could make the good man swerve
from his fidelity, Mr.. Leigh and the others a.
mendcd their fault, and the day of sacred rest
was no longer profaned by unsuitable dis
course.-Lys Of Wilson.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

A LONG CANE. A traveller, among other
narratives, of the wonders of foreign parts,
declared he knew a cane a mile long. The
company looked incredulous, and it was evil
dent that they were not prepared to swallow
it, even fit should have been a sugar cane.
"Pray, what kind of a cane was it 2" asked a
gentleman, sneeringly. at was ahwri-cane."
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

FORESTS IN STREAMS. That remark.
able man, Humboldt, has reduced it almost to
a demonstration, that the streams of our
country fail in proportion to the destruction
of its timber. And of course, if the streams
fail, our seasons will be worse it must get
drlcr and drier in proportion. Humboldt,
speaking of the Valley of Aruguay in Vene-
%zuela, says the'lake receeded as agriculture
advanced, until the beautiful plantations of
sugar cane, banana, and cotton trees, were
established on its banks, which, (banks) year
after year were farther from them. After
the separation of that Province from Spain,
and the decline Of agriculture amid the desc
lating wars which swept over this beautiful
region, the process Of clearing was arrested,
and old lands grew up in trees with that rapid
ity common to the tropics, and in a few years
the inhabitants were alarmed bya rise of the
waters, and an intimidation of their choice
plantations.-Sci. Inter:
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08
J.F. MCCLELLAN, Printer.

The APPEARANCE OF THE Moons SUR
FACE. At one of the late meetings of the
Association of Biologists in New York, Mr..
James d. Dana read an exceedingly interest
ing paper on the appearances on the surface
OF the moon. The Tribune gives a synopsis
of his remarks, which were to the following
effect:
The surface of the moon has been minute
~ studied in a physical point of view, and al
ready many interesting geological discoveries
have been made. 1893 lunarIg hts have been
measured by Beer and Nader. drawings
OF several OF these mountains were exhibited
by Mr.. Dana One important subject in re
gard to the moon yet remains unexplained,
VIZ the immense magnitude of its craters.-
One OF them has been ascertained to be 15O
or 200 miles in diameter and 5000 feet deep.
The crater Bailey is 149 is statute miles iii
diameter. 1t was stated in the REPORT that
two-thirds of all the lunar hemisphere in view
composing its southern quarter-are cover
ed with volcanic mountains. The names,
heights, depths and peculiarities of the vari-
Gus craters and mountains of the moon were
particularized in the papers of Mr.. Dana, and
numerous Neutrality-suspicious. of these elevations
and the inside of their craters were shown
The walls of the c~raters are frequently so
regular as to appear almost artificial. One
very singular circumstance observable in
them is, that the sides appear more illumina-
ted, more brilliant than the bottoms. Nav
not this(be accounted for by the existence Of
a nebulous light, apparently in the lower por-
ton
The absence of water in the moon. and the
principal volcanoes elsewhere observed, were
then treated of; after which we're taken UNI
the subjects of the Geology of the volcanic
regions, and the distribution of land and water
on onr globe,as compared with the moon. In
the ocean all the islands, except the corals,ar
Of an ingenious formation.
When Mr.. Dana closed, Prof. Silliman in
CURED how Mr.. Dana would account for the
volcanic action of the moon without the aeen-
cy of water, to produce the vapors always ac-
companying a volcano? To which Mr.. Dana
replied that it was not absolutely decided that
there is no water in the moon, but that none
had yet been perceived. Before he had time
to answer Prof. Silliman's special interroga-
ton, the President, DR.. jackson, remarked
that the presence of chlorine in the moon was
not improbable-as this substance had been
found in the meteoric stones-and might not
this be the cause Of vapors and lunar volca-
noes?
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

MAINE. According to the Portland Adj
y%ertiser, the Wings have elected 80 and tile
Locos 36, The Atlas has returns of the cleo
ton OF Al Wings, who are undoubtedly elect
ed and one Abolltionist, although the Locos
clam the latter as their own The House of
Representatives, when full, consists of 151
members. There are, therefore, 70 vacan-
cies yet to be filled. By the laws of Maine,
there must be repeated trials every Monday
IN the single towns until one is chosen-in
the cities every other Monday, and in the
classed towns every third Monday. This NAV
be prolonged until the last week of the session
OF the Legislature.-ALass. Spu.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-10-08

BRUTAL ASSAULT. On the evening of
the 18th inst, Jubel II. Haven, one of the
constables Of this town, while passing through
Front-street, near the bridge, was knocked
down by some unknown person, who immedi-
ately fed. His head was severely wounded,
so as to require a surgeon to dress it The
wound was apparently caused by a stone or
club, or some other deadly weapon in the
hand of the assailant. The person must have
been some one of a desperate character, as
the blow was such an one as greatly to endan-
ger life. Haven is a reformed d~runkard, and
has been somewhat active in promoting mea-
sures for the suppression of the traffic in in
toxicating drinks, and to this cause the assault
is generally attributed. The Selectmen of
the town have offered a reward of TWO HUN
ORR DOLLARS for the apprehension of the
person who committed the assault, and indi-
viduals have offered one hundred more
Mass. Spy.