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SATURDAY, DEcEMhER lS--TaIRTJ -sRY ENTH DAT
The Court met al the hour of ten o'clock al
the members in attendance.
After the reading Of the journal the Court was cleared
again thrown open.
Lieutenan, GEoRsE MrSon, Of the Navy was called
witness for the lcenec.
Lieut. Col Fremont made reguea 10 the Court thas Lieut.
Radford, Of the navy, might be summoned witness
aso that Captain Tuner aud Major Swords the army, be
retained within the call Of the Court
Lieut. MSoH then examined in chief Tor the defence
Question. Were you a San Diego, la California, when
Gen. Rcarny arrived there aud what do you know about
Com Stockton having command in chief Of The troops on the
march from san Diego 10 Los Angces
Anac Al the time Gen. kearny arrived Al San Diego
the commanding officer OF the United States forces
toned at that place. The command subsequently turned
over 10 Lieut. Rowan o the navy who was my senior Off
Ger and on tho morning Of the ssh Decembcr 1896 was
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-04

Rev. Joshua Leayitt preached at the Taberna-
Gle last Sabbath afternoon, upon the duty of sup
plying the slave population at the South with the
word of God. After an introduction of great
beauty and force, showing the tendency of the
poral condition of the masses, by securing do
mcstic peace and comfort, personal liberty and
protection in the enjoyment of equal rights, he
remarked that in one section of our country this
appropriate work of the gospel had not yet been
accomplished. The masses at the South were
still degraded, poor, oppressed, deprived of per-
sonal rights and social privileges. This state of
things he attributed to the fact that so little d.
rect effort had been made to ~evangelize the slave
population by a free circulation of the scriptures.
This great duty has been too long overlooked.
He stated that in six slave States there were
no laws against teaching slaves how to read so
that the Bible-the possession of which is the
strongest inducement for learning to read-could
be distributed freely among the slaves in Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee
and Missouri. He showed also, by Documents
ny evidence, that in several other States, the laws
against teaching slaves to read, are a dead letter,
and cannot be maintained under the light of this
day that the conscience Of the South is waking
up upon this subject, and will respond to an ear
nest appeal from the North, and that much coop
Grafton might be hoped for from Southern Chris
tians. This is a mode of beneftting the slaves
in which all can unite and the ultimate tenden-
cy of the movement will be to abolish slavery
peacefully, by making men " too big for chains, -
No reasonable Southern man could have object.
ed to the views presented by Mr.. Leavitt, except
that his description Of Southern society was toe
highly colored,
Mr.. l.. observed that if this work had been
undertaken seventy years ago, slavery would by
this time have ceased to exist. We think so too
and we are also of opinion that if this doctrine
of dong all the present good possible to the slave
of helping him as far and as fast as we can
had been preached for the last fifteen or twenty
years, much more would have been effected tol
the removal Of slavery.
We do not think that the field of labor among
the slaves is yet so far open as to call for any very
large appropriations to circulate the Bible among
them. 1t would be a pity if a useless fund shoulC
be accumulated at the expense of other classes
equally destitute, who can now be reached, The
discussion of the subject, however, in the TEN
perate manner in which Mr.. L. exhibits it, can
not fail to do good. His views of the whole mat
ter appear sound and reasonable. The Ameri
lean Bible Society will rejoice to bear its part il
such a work, although from its peculiar organic
alton, it can do so only through the local auxila
ries.-N. Y. EUangiLSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-04

The two following reasons are extracted from
the resolutions of the State Wing Convention
Sth, The existing war with Mexico was unjust
and unconstitutional in its inception and its prose
cutiOn with the design and for the purpose of the
dismemberment of that Republic and the cons
quest and acquisition of her territory, or to COM
pei her to sell the same is EQUALLY UNJUST"
9th. cit is a fundamental principle of Repub-
llcanism that every people shall have a govern
ment Of their own choice, and therefore the Ac-
QUESTION OF TERRITORY BY FORCE OF ARMS, or
the attempt to propagate Republicanism by the
sword, is a gross UiOlatiOn Of that fundamental
principle"
l trust | have shown that the ncw issue is sus-
tanned by the highest moral, political, and con-
stitutional principles and add that they result
in the highest expediency. This is the effect and
not the reason of making the new issue. 1t is
an issue on which the Wings i'll every section of
the country can unite and on which trust they
will unite.
have only to add that though there be moth
ing new in the reasons assigned, your call seem
ed to me to require that they should be brought
together in a ~succinct form. Indeed 50 much are
the reasons the thoughts of others, that | may have
used their very words.
AS in a communication of this kind you are
entitled to the name of the author, | subscribe
myself your obedient servant,
HORACE EVERETT.
KIMBALL's TEMPERANCE
House, OcT. %, 1847.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-04
VERMONT LEGISLATURE,
From Mnltnns, nnilv Lnnrnnl.

From Waltons' Daily Journal.
SENATE, Tuesday, Oct. 26.-Prayer by the Cha
plain.
Bills reported.-By Kimball, from the committee on
roads, in favor Of the bill incorporating Woodstock
railroad CO, passed; by the same, from SAME comrtt-
tee, in favor of the bill, in alteration of act i%ncorpora-
ting the Champlain and Connecticut river railroad co,
ordered to a third reading; by Miner, from committee
on roads, in favor of the bill relating to the magnetic
telegraphs, passed.
RemOnstranceS presentcd.-By Hilton, of Samuel
Morgan and SO others, against bridging the lake at
Rouse's Point, read on call Of Hodges, and on motion
of Foster, laid on the table; Ivy J Hamilton, of Philo
Doolittle and 100 Others of Burlington, against the
same project referred to committee on roads.
EngroSsed bU.-Altering time of holding county
court in Windham, to I'd Tuesday in April and Sd
Tuesday in September, passed.
House bills referred. Repeating section 2 of act
of'46 relating to reporting decisions of supreme court,
10 judiciary committee. Incorporating the village OF
Castletcn, to committee on road.
The bill relating to the rights of married women
was taken up, and the amendments, passed yesterday,
in committee Of the whole, were adopted. Foster mov-
ed to amend by substituting for the bill another, prov
iding that the rents end profits Of the real estate own
ed by the wife, shall be held by her free from the con-
troll Of her husband, and for her sole benefit, and shall
be exempt from attachment for the debts, and that she
may devise her real estate by will. The amendment
oupIOlbOu Wy oCIlubOto / otS NNSNS
Kimball, and was opposed by senators Cuohman and
Harrington; pending which discussion, the senate went
into joint assembly. On returning, Sweat moved to
lay the bill with the amendment on the table, carried.
Bill introduced by Miner, altering the times OF
holding the supreme court in CALEDONIA, Orleans, La
noble and Essex counties, referred to judiciary com
mlttee.
message was received from the Governor, trans
hitting the third annual report Of the state GeologIst,
Adjourned.
HOUSE-Prayer by Rev Mr. Currier.
ReponS,-By committee on land taxes, against bill
relating to collection of taxes on non-residents lands,
dismissed; by committee of, elections, that Arunah
Leach of Kirby is entitled to a seat in this house, lob
%jections to Leach having been withdrawn in commit
tee, owing to a defect in the legal proceedings and
bill Incorporating west Concord manufacturing com
pany, laid on the table.
Engrossed bNs.-To incorporate Orleans iron co.,
extending charter Of bank Q! Orleans; altering name
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-04
GtstoritaI.

BY REV. JOHN S. c. ABBOTT.

BY REV. JUHN >. I. ABBO1T,
Few events have ever occurred, which have
been more generally misrepresented aud misun-
derstood, than the Instruction at ST. Domingo.
Fifty years ago, St. Domingo was by far the most
lourishing of the West India Islands, and was
the most important colony belonging to France.
Its fertile fields and majestic mountains spread
over space of about four hundred miles in length
and one hundred in breadth. Five hundred thou
sand slaves, as ignorant and sensual as it is pos
sible for human beings to be, titled their fields.
Sixty thousand free blacks found a precarious
subsistence in the cities. Forty thousand whites
drove the blacks totheir unpaid toll, with their
pistols and their whips.
The slaves were extremely debased, and vet
timid and affectionate. Like the dog, they often
fawned upon the hand that scourged them. They
were hardly conscious of any rights, of which
they were defraudcd. They we're naked, but
they wanted no clothes they were ignorant, but
they had no desire for knowledge they ate the
coarsest bran bread, an slept-men, women, and
chlldren-with the dogs upon the straw but
good a~ppetites converted their food into luxuri-
GUS viands, and toll made their sleep more sweet
than is ever found on beds of down. They were
often scourged, but felt not the %ignominy of the
lash. They were slaves, but the dream of any
thing different had hardly entered their minds
They were contented with their lot as the vicious
are contented with vice, as the degraded are con-
tented with degradation, as the miserably poor
are c~ontented with poverty and filth and rags
Providence, kind in its compensations, in aban-
doning them to these sufferings, saved them from
others. They probably passed fewer hours Of
restlessncss and world WEAKNESS, than their mas
tiers.
The free colored population were of all shades
of color, from the jet black negro to complex
ions in which there could not be detected the
slightest tinge of African blood. Many of then
had attained considerable wealth and influence
had become military and civil officers, and were
extremely Jealous of their social position ano
rights. Not a few more were mulattoes. whose
mothers toiled in the fields, and whose father
luxuriated in dissolute opulence. And these gen
orally combined in their nature all the pride an,
energy of their European parentage, while the
were lstung to the quick by the contempt wit
which they we're regarded in consequence of thei
maternal origin. They formed a class by then
selves-above the slaves-below the whites.-
They were nominally freemen, yet excluded b
the force of circumstance from nearly all tn
privileges of freemen.
The white population consisted in general,
class of wealthy, yet proud and dissolute LAM
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-11-04
y
The Blind Boy.
BY DIR. HA W

BY DIR. HAWKES.
1t was a blessed summer day,
The flowers bloomed, the air was mild,
The little birds poured forth their lay,
And every thing in nature smiled.
In pleasant thought | wandered on
Beneath the deep woods maple shade,
Till suddenly came upon
Two children who had thither strayod
Just at an aged birch-tree's foot
A little boy and girl reclined
His hand in hers she kindly put,
And then | saw the boy was blind.
The children knew not | was near,
A tree concealed me from their view,
But all they said well could hear,
And | could see all they might do.
"Dear Mary" said the poor blind boy,
"That little bird sings very long;
Say, do you see him in his joy?
And is he pretty as his song?"
ayes, Edward, yes" replied the maid,
81 see the bird on yonder tree;"
The poor boy sighed, and gently said
"Sister, | wish that | could see"
"The flowers, you say, are very fair,
And bright green leaves are on the trees,
And pretty birds are singing there
How beautiful for one who sees!
"Yet the fragrant flowers can smell,
And can feel the green leafs shade,
And | can hear the notes that swell
From those dear birds that God has made.
80, sister, God to me is kind,
Though sight, alas! he has not given;
But tell me, ar. there any blind
Among the children up in heaven?"
"No, dearest Edward, there all see
But why ask me a thing so odd?"
"Oh, Mary, he's so good to me,
Thought I'd like 10 look al Godm
Ere long, disease its hand had laid
On that dear boy, so meek and mild;
His widowed mother wept and prayed
That God would spare her sightless child.
lie felt her warm tears on his face,
And said, "Oh, never weep for me,
I'm going to a bright, bright place,
Where Mary saysI God shall see.
And you'll be there, dear Mary, too;
But, mother, when you get up there,
Tell Edward, mother, that tits you
You know ] never saw you here"
He spoke no more, but sweetly smiled
Until the final blow was given,
When God took up that poor, blind child,
And opened first his eyes in heaven.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23
INTEMPERANCE.

| ntempelance thou fend with Hydra head,
n ursIng OF Hell, by horrd Demons fed,
r he noblest woCk OF God thou dost delace,
f. mailing misery on the human race.
NJ urder aud suicide, revolving crime,
'P ainlul diseases, total wreck of mind;
T. ndless the ills that owe to thee their birth
uthless destroyer, witherlng curse of earth,
peSllance thou art, which knows no stay
n alures best gifts are crushed beneath Thy
sway.
q urSe of the world art thou at thy advance
L ven Hell itself recoils, lntemperance.
TEMIERANC
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23
Oeralo Of tbe Gimcs'
RHODE-l D { R;
NEWPORT:
The eldest Republic in the World,

Is San Marino in Italy, which con-
tains go square miles and 1000 lnhab't-
ants. Every citizen who is qualified is
obliged to exercise his right of suffrage
under penalty of a fine, as none are at
!osed 10 show indifference 10 The fate q
the Republic. The public affairs are
managed by council of sixty-a mayor
iw of tro-hirds is requisite 10 pass any
Toie. The executive branch OF the gov
crnment is vested in the hands OF two
magistrates or consuls, who IN conlunc-
tion with a third officer called commits
sary, pronounces judgment in cv'l and
criminal cases. This latter officer must
al,cays be Foreigner and Doctor q
Lo,p, and is Janished he Republic al The
erpiraiion ofMree gears, by a jundame"'
tnI la,o of Me Stute. The choice OF a
school master is considered Of the great
est importancc-besides literary acquire
mcnts, he must possess purity Of mora's-
u good reputaiion-ond m'ld"eSs q char-
aeier. Ills pupils are taught to be J"sf'
humane and hospitabic, and 10 desP'sc
meanness and tuIsehood. When MN
ister is sent to a foreign country, he IS
maid for his services about Me same woSfs
ms he could earn al home IN an hones
calling. On one occasion only the Ike
pnbllc was tempted to extend It's dom'h
ION by the invasion and conquest OF th'
half of a ncighborlng mountain, whic'
they might have retaincd-bu qn'c'
returning sence of justlcc--comPeHe'
them TO restore II uRdSked, Under suci
nm administration of It's affairs, the Kc
public of San Marino has ilonrIShed II
peace and prosperity for nearly fourteen
hundred wears. The Republic OF TN
United States has not existed ~ years
and already signs of dissolution appear
They date from the administration g
Andrew Jackson, LID, since when II
Jes,inies have been controlled by lawyer
which sect considered so perniciou
to liberty in San Morino) now fill ever
department Of the exccutivc-compose
majority of both Houses OF Congress a"
hold nearly every important Office COZ
nected with the government. Inc ihS'
tutons of the country will never be r.
stored to health, unless the people rega'
their senses and Danish nlne-ten'hs
them from the councils Of the nation,
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

Terrific Leop.-Two boys were caught
in the act of plferlng from the store OF
Mr.. Armitage, at the corner of Second
and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, and
for the purpose Of frightening lhem' were
locked up in the second story room, at
The rear of the building. One OF the
boys determined to escape, leaped iro"
ne sill Of the window across three iee'
uide alley, to the roof OF the one story
.aice fronting on Walnut street. ii'
was stunned by the conclusion, but gath
arng himself up, he crawIed along '"'
zen roof to Dock street, and making
,,c,her leap, descended in safety to '"'
Dayement.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

ACCIDENT TO Tus STEAMER po'ERN'
I'VE understand that the steamer
Governor, on her passage from this tow" 10
New York, on Monday night, was run 'n'o
~ a Schooner, this side Of Point Jnd''h
,,b, We do not learn that much II any
,.amapc was done to the Governor lac
s,hooner was slightly injured. Owing Il
,Ls foccy weather aud detention by the o1cl
dent, the steamer did not reach Ne" iof'
si her usual hour.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

FlnE.-A barn belonging to Mr. Ja-
cob II. Sanborn, of Kingston, \. H., was
DESTROYED by fire on Monday night 1t
contained sixty-fyc tons Of hay and
twelve head of cattle, which were alt
destroyed. Supposed to be the work oi
an mccndiary.
0FGcn Miller, whose name has been
coupled with the recent iorgcrIcs ~ Bos-
ton, has returned to that city.
The Western Railroad has declared a
,c,n,.annual dividend ofi pet cent.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

DREADFUL DEATH. "A man Mt ih"
Roxbury Chemical Works met with his
death in a shocking manner, on Monday
last. He was in the act OF passing
some substance over kettle OF boiling
alum, when his foot slipped and threw
him into the vessel. lie was lrighllully
scalded, bu, survived the accident some
eirh, or nine hours. We did not learn
his name.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

MOBILE Cry ELECTIoN.-Ihe cleo
ton for Mayor and Aldermen OF the VI
I, Of Mobile held on the 9th inst, result
ed in the choice Of J. w. l.. CuiLDEHs,
Wing, as Mayor, aud full majority o'
Wings IN the Councils.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

T, CoRREsroNDENTs. Persons send
ing us communications for the Herald
must accompany them with their names
Otherwise no notice will tc taken ol
them. We have two or three aho'y-
mons articles on hand now, winch we
would give an insertion if they had been
,r,ompanicd with the name of the author
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1847-12-23

One Of tho three men injured by the
l.r at Mr.. IIovcy's pyrotcchnlcal cs'ab-
lment at Cambridge, has since died
E.s name was Tain'et
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-20

The Boston and Worcester Railroad Company have
declared sem-annuA dividend Of i've per cent, on
capital Of ooO payable early in July The dividend
Of the corresponding period Of the last year. per
cent on capital of $sOoOO0o The receipts Of income
for the first half of the have exceeded those
Of the period Of last year. by more than 100000
The Western railroad have declared dividend of four
per centrom the profits Of the six months ending the
sst May This corporation has voted increase Of
capital stock to the amount of $50o for the purpose
making the important improvement Of laying twelve
miles Of double track, and of making large increase of
the stock Of locomotive engines and of freight cars
manded by the increased business of the road
The Indiana Journal Of the 18th inst. states that
Governor Whitcomb has appointed Mr. N. B. Palmer OF
Indianapolis the trustee the part Of the State to
connection with Messrs Butler and Blake appointed
the part of the bond holders in carrying out the
rangements with reference to the State debt under the
law Of last winter. The Journal says-"Messrs Blake
and Palmer left this city yesterday for Fort Wayne
where they will meet Mr. Butler for the purpose Of
ganzing and taking steps for tho prosecution Of the
Wabash and Erie Canal"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-20

their throsts. They would recant if they could,
but they cannot, because their'villanous and de-
mon-hearted predictions and calumniations
were record. And now the Times says:-
There Is not much doubt but that the Americans
can march to Mexico, and could have done SO some
time ago.
Then the Chronicle speaks out, and SAYS
:" The courage displayed by the Anglo Americans
throughout the action Is unquestionapie Anu 20.
not appear to have been bloody one on either side
"We are bound to say that the unlimited confidence
placed by General Scott in the troops under ms com
mand has been justified by the event his victory AZ
Cerro Gordo appears have BEEN by far the most pr
liant affair of the war He describes himself rs being
absolutely embarrassed with the results Oh ms own sue
cess-prsoners Of heavy ordnance, small arms and
Under the head or prisoners Alone about
three thousand men have laid down their arms, with
bs suaI proporon officers besides tve generals Of
the highest rank General Santa Anna himself with
some six or eight thousand escaped in the direction
have spoken above, was carried by division of the
United States army"
Thus the Times and Chronicle retract at once
their falsehoods
We must apologize to our readers for occupy
ing SO much of their time in convcting these pa
pers of entertaining demoniac feelings towards
the United States, and choking them with their
own talsehoods but when it is remembe red that
the two journals we have mentioned, are the
most influential in England, and their tone is re-
echoed by all other journals, we trust we will be
excused
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-20
BosToy, June le-P. M

Our -four market continues very dull and prices have
downward tendency, Southern brands being very
scarce and wanted for shipment to the West Indies
holders demanded so so 50 u.s. Genesee and Michigan
with western brands generally very dull and the
highest quotations ranged at So SO So at which it
inactive Mess beef continued firm at SIS. Pork was
inactive at previous rates Cotton firm, with sales
at about u cent advance since the steamers news-
Freghts remained unchanged Stocks firm with an up
ward tendency to day.