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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-18


REPENTANCE EXTRAORDINARY A Ger.
tain Tyler Post Master and democratic
Justice of the Peace in this county, recently
went before magistrate and entered a com.
plant against himself for prqtdncty S,cearin5
that he was white mainland paid the pen
atty imposed by the statute Cases of such
genuine conrition are certainly very rare
LHchfeId Enquirer.
50" The ship Geo. Thatcher cleared yes
terlay for Cork, with the following cargo
&c, 669 bushels Indian corn, 400 bbls. corn
meal, &C do oat meal, and IS do. buckwheat
amounting in value to over SAG, 000.-BoSton
Bee.
No KIDNAPPING IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Gov. Skunk has signed the Act, already pass
ed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, with
regard to Constitutional obligations of the
State,in the matter of restoring fugitive slaves
1t is called an Act to prevent kidnapping, to
preserve the public peace, and to prohibit the
exercise Of certain powers heretofore eXer-
cised by Judges, Justices ofthe Peace, Alder
men and Jailors, and to repeal certain slave
laws.
By this act, conduct like that used by those
who sent back into slavery the poor fellow
who fled hither in the Ottoman, is made liza
BILE to the severest punishment Heretofore
the laws of Pennsylvania have been much
more favorable to shareholders than those of
Observation-Disclosures.
STEAMBOATS, SUNK. The Louisville Cour-
Ter of the "a ult. contains accounts of the loss
Of two steamboats, =
The steamer Linwood struck bar at Is
land 16, in Mississippi, sprung a leak and
afterwards broke in two boat and cargo Il to-
tai loss cargo consisting Of cotton, corn and
tobacco; valued at $4,000,
The steamboat Tom Metcalf from Cincn-
natl, bound for Wabash, ran into the bank
on the Indiana shore, near Aurora, under a
full head of steam She struck with great
force, producing tremendous crash. Four
deck passengers and one hand were drown
ed
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. A son of Mr.
Asa Chaplin of Middlcsex, aged about years
was drowned on the Sd inst He was found
in the spring, dead, having slipped in when
reaching down for IL pail ofwater - " Watch
man.
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. The New Or |
leans Chamber of Commerce has unanimous !
Iy agreed to construct telegraph line from
that city to Washington, and appropriated |
s120 600 for its construction.
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The increase in London from 172S to 1928, was
IS. Thus showing m increase in every INSTANCE,
The greatest age attained by any person in the L,
States onirecord of colored female, 154 years.
Clergymen have generally calculated 30 years as tho
maximum. Yet in Connecticut the maximum is
SOP
The above statistics were collected with care,
and arc substantially true.
J. W. EMERSON.
Rochester lS47
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TABLE.
TABLE,
Showing the average length Of life in tho United

Of one million people who died in France prcvi-
to the Revolution, l793) the average age was,
1893. 1880
$50 BIS
Switzerland, 1850. 1860. 17eo. 1910.
PIP Ia PA 34.6 40.7 81
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BaS The Catholic Bishop, at Boston. sent
out $4,000 by the Cambria; (beinr the
amount collected IN his diocese since the last
report,) for the relief of the suffering poor of
Ireland.
THE IRrsu in this vicinity, through ]. w
Howes Of this village, sent out $1,000 to Ire
land by the last Steamer.-W HatcAaan lin
iast,
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PRoGREss OF FEEEDoM! The Senate
and Chamber of Representatives of the
Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. convened
in general assembly, have sanctioned the fol-
lowing Law
1. Slavery is forever abolished in the Re-
public.
2. From the time of The PRONUNCIATION of
the present law, all those slaves who have not
been previously emancipatei de jHe, in, vir-
tue of the Constitution or other laws and de-
crees anterior or subsequent thereto, enter
into the full enjoyment Of their liberty.
8. The value of the manumitted slaves, TO
whom the foregoing refers, is a debt contract
ed by the nation.
A.. The owners of these slaves shall receive
from the national treasury just compensa-
ton, according to law.
Approved on the 2Sth, and signed
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A RARE CONCERT. A number of elderly
people have occasionally met in Georgia in
the course of the winter, for the purpose of
singing sacred tunes all Of the olden time, -
mi,ating the style and tone in vogue in their
early days For their leader, they chose Mr.
Seth Rice, apparently man ofabout seventy
years, and a more suitable person, we presume
could not have been found in Vermont
They gave Il public concert on Friday last. at
the Congregational Church, and the attraction
was so great that all could not be accommo-
dated with seats. The exercises, we believe,
were highly interesting and satisfactory. The
tunes were mostly Of fugue character--al-
together too good to be lost and we consider
the opportunity of listening to them great
treatise. AlGans Messenger, 81 inst.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE One ofthe most
unpleasant duties Of public journalist is the
pubi' alton of the records of depravity and
crime The heart that feels for its fellow,
cannot scan the dark page filed up with the
black dee Is of fallen humanity, without in
voluntarily dropping IL tear over the memory
of the lost neat the thought OF what he might
have been had he pursued the path of recti-
tude. Bat we are called upon, distressing as
is the task to announce the suicide of VIII
lam HoIIenbetk, aged about 80 years, a resi-
dent of this town; and, what is worse than
all, to publish to the world that the CAUSE of
this revolving crime was RUM!
Mr. Hollenbeck died from the effects Of OPT
UNI which he had taken while under the in
fuenre of mania potu, on Thursday morn
ing last Let those who are initiating his
course stop and reflect upon his sad end, and
turn from the evil of their ways.--Bennington |
Banner LIST inst,
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We are indebtedto DR. Backus for the furnishing
Of the foregoing sketch, and shall be thankful for
any collection of such singular but thrilling sketch
es which may como to the knowledge of any one in
this vicinity. Such statistics show how uncertain
is life, and theimportace ofdischarging our duties
to our fellow beings while we have opportunity
Let each one then labor in alternating the wants Of
the needy, and improving the means given thom in
blessing mankind, that when they shall have de-
parted THISTLE, it may be truly sad community has
suffered loss In their departure. In.
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BERNARDO 7. BERRO.
Sweden has determined on the gradual abo-
ition Of slavery in its single colony of St. Bar
tholonlew, $4,000 per annum is to be paid an
nually to the masters until the slaves are re-
deemed
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NEW Posr OFT1cE Law. The new act

New Posi- OFFICE LAW. The new act
containing five sections, three OF which relate
to the extcntion of the franking privilege to
members of Congress &C., for the entire year
and to the reception of their letters and pack,
cts free. One section relates to the disposal
of monies which may be stolen from the mail
and recovered; the remaining and most I'M
portant section provides that in lieu OF com
missions allowed deputy post-masters by the
fourteenth section of the act Of third OF March,
eighteen hundred and forty-five, the Post
master General may allow, on the proceeds
of their respective officers, Il commission not
exceeding the following rates on the amount
received in any one year: or IL due proper
ton thereof for less than a year: On sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars forty per
cent; on a sum over the first hundred and
not exceeding four hundred dollars thirty
three and one third per cent; on a sum over
and above the first four hundred dollars and
not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars,
thirty per cent; on II sum over tWenty-four
hundred dollars, twelve and one half per
cent on all sums arising from the postage on
newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty
per cent on the amount of hostages on let
ters or packages received for distribution,
seven per cent Provided, That all allow
ances, commissions, or other emoluments
shall be subject to the provisions of the forty
first section of the act which this is intended
to amend; and that the annual compensation
therein limited shall be computed for the
fiscal year commencing on the first of July
and ending the thirtieth Of June each year,
and that for any period less than year the
restrictions contained in said section, shall be
held to apply in due proportion for such
frac tional period: Ind prOvided further,
That the compensation to any deputy post
master under the foregoing provisions to be
computed upon the receipts at his office of
larger sum Shall in no case fall short of the
amount to which he would be entitled under
a similar sum received at his office.
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Series of Sudden Deaths.

Ma HoLcoMB-Sir: Having been called upon ~
Doct. G. Backus of Brandon, for information In re-
gard to the manner in which several persons with
whom l was connected by marriage, came to thoF
DEATH hereby give the following sketch, which you
are at liberty to publish.
Matthias Rust, Of Tunbridge, VT, while carrying
an armful of wood into the house, fell and expired
instantly. The probable cause of his death was I'D
oplexy. few years after, the wife of Calvin Rust
son OF Matthias Rust, was apparently In good
health, but while at the sink performing her house
work, dropped to the floor and instantly expired.
l he second wife of Calvin Rust died in 4S hours
from the time Of her confinement to her bed. On
the 9th OF the present month"; Calvin Rust in ccn,-
pany with some friends went to view the operation
ofraising stone from quarry at East Bethel, and
while there was instantly killed by the falling ofthe
pully-shears. On the 18th inst, Mrs Ainsworth,
sister of Calvin Rust, was driving horse attached
to one horse sleigh, and while in the act Of de-
scending hill AN OK team loaded, was in front.
another oXteam in the rear so heavily loaded that
the driver could not prevent the oxen from going ut
full speed, came suddenly upon the sleigh in which
Mrs Answorth was sitting and family crushed her
to death Thus five members of this family have
been taken from this life, in manner mysterious to
to those who survive, but in mannor which warns
us to be also ready. NJ G. GAGE.
Royalton March 10 1Sd7
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Rochester, lS47,
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miscellaneous.
LOVE AND FIDELITY.

In the autumn of 1916, a chaise drove
up to the gateway of an ancient chateau,
situated near to St. Andre de Cubzac, viii
lage in Gascony, on the road southwark to
Bordeaux. The fortunes of this chateau
were remarkable. 1t had for ages been the
residence of the Counts de MarcillB, but at
this period it was Inhabited by no other
human being than an old peasant woman,
named Petronile, and her daughter.
Petronile was singular woman she had
nursed the last Count de Marcilg and al
though this was now forty years ago, the
lapse of time did not prevent her from still
feeling towards her nursing the affection of
a mother, notwithstanding she had not seen
him since the year l77S, when the Countess
de Marcllg quilted the castle with her son
to reioin in Paris. She had remained there
until the Revolution. The family was then
obliged to fly. The empire had since crum-
bled away, and then came the restoration I;
but Petronille had not heard of her masters
even once during all this series of years.
Great misery reigned throughout the cha
teau de Marcie The lands lay unculti-
waited, and had ceased to bear the vine
stocks not being renewed, had persisted one
by one the walls, already very old, grew
dilapidated; the roof fell in, and large gut
tiers were formed in it, so that when it rained,
one was scarcely more sheltered within than
without Petronille had, many and many a
time, sent letters to the countess, but she
never received any answer. Judge, then,
the establishment and joy of the poor old
woman when from this post-chaise descen-
ded the Count de Marcllle and his daugh-
ter, now only two years old.
The Count and Countess de Marclle had
lost everything but this castle in the Revo-
luton, and they had escaped to the United
States, where they died. Their son could
have repaired their fortune by rich mar
rage but he loved his cousin, poor emf
grant like himself He married her, but he
had the unhappiness tolose her after she had
given birth to daughter, the child in ques-
ton. In his sorrow, he thought of his coun-
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From the North British Review.
THE ANGLO.NORMANS.
THE cHURCH-PICTURE OF ENGLAND AT THE
DEATH OF WILLIAM.

However we may lament and condemn
such a lawless state of society, it must be
confessed that the conduct of the Govern
ment was not such as to inspire respect for
the rights of property. According to the
chronicles of the time, it officers were worse
than robbers They plundered both the far
mers' barns and the tradesmens warehous-
es. Wherever the Norman king passed in his
progress through England, the servants and
soldiers in his train were accustomed to raw
age the country. When they could not who'll
ly consume the provisions found in their
houses, they had them carried by the owner
to the neighboring market, and sold for their
benefit At other times they would burn
them in sport and when they found an over
plus of strong drink, they used it for wash
ing their horses feet Their ill-usage of the
fathers of families, their insults to the wives
and daughters, were shameful to relate. So
that, on the first rumour of the royal APP
proach, every one would fly from his dwell
ling, with whatever he could save, to the
depths of the forests and desert places. The
history of the times is gloomy and monot-
onous narration of the continued miserIes OF
WV PNcPaN' VI iiiStuitS, WhSh ~'NJ -
was departing for Normandy to dispossess
his brother Robert of the dukedom, he or
dered levy of money in England to deiray
the expenses of the expedition, and his tax
gatherers practised the most cruel violence
towards the Saxon burgesses and farmers.
Such as had nothing to give, they drove
from their poor and runous dwellings. They
tore away the doors and windows, and seiz-
ed the most common articles of furniture.
Against such as seemed to have property,
charges were invented. Not daring to go
to trial, their goods and chattels were con-
fiscated
Seventy years after the Conquest was for
med and defeated the last general conspira-
cy of the Saxons. BY this time the links OF
nationality which had bound them together
as a people were broken. There remained
no longer pervading hope of throwing of
the yoke. The old English cry of Ma
Normans" here ceases to resound in the rec
ords of history. Later instructions had for
their rallying cry some exclamation express
siye of their local grievances, as No Gen
Hemca "-"No proud Lords or rotten.hear
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SPRING---A NEW VERSION.
by THOMAS HOOD.

"Conr, gentle Spring! ETHEREAL madness come! !"
Oh Thompson, void of rhyme as well as reason,
How coud'st thou thus poor human nature hum?
There's no such season.
The Spring shrink and shuddeT at her name!
For why, find her breath bitter Brighter!
And suffer from her 5io,os as if they came
From Spring the fighter.
Her praises, then, let hardy poets sing,
And be her tuneful laureates and upholders;
Who does not feel as if they had q Spring
Poured down their shoulders
Let others eulngse her floral shows:
From me they cannot win single stanzai
know her blooms in full blow--and SOS
The Influenza.
Hei cowslips, stocks, and lilies of the vale,
Her honey -blossoms that you hear the bees at,
Her tanses, daiFodils and primrose pale,
Are things sneeze at!
FAN is the vernal quarter of the year,
Aud fair its early buildings and its bowings,
But Just suppose Consumpton's seeds appear
With other sowings
For me, find, when eastern winds are high,
A frigd, not genial inspiration;
Nor cam like iron .chested Chubb, defy
An inflammation.
Smitten by breezes from the land Of plague,
To me all verna Injuries are fables:
Oh where's the Spring in rheumatic leg,
Stiff as a tables
limp in agony-I wheeze and cough;
And quake with Ague that great Agitator;
Nor dream, before July, of leaving off
My Respirator.
What wonder if in May itself lack
A peg for Mandatory verse to hang on.
Spring mild and gentle yes, as spring-heeled Jack
To those he sprang on
In short, whatever panegyrics lie
In fulsome odes too many to be cited,
The tenderness Of Spring is all my eye,
And that is bghted
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GLOW ME TO ToAT YER BAR SKIN. -
A young gentleman from one of the South
ern States came to Washington, to endeaT-
or to obtain an appointment in one Of the
new regiments about being raised for Next
Co. 1t was his first trip to the north, and
having travelled straight through from Alta
lanta to Washington without stopping on
the road, he had better opportunity of feet
ing than seeing the effect produced by the
change of climate. On the day after his
arrival he was introduced, by the member
from his district, to several young ladies,
with one of whom it fell to his lot to walk
from Gadsby's to the capitol.
The lady was provided with ponderous
muf, now so fashionable an article of dress
at the north. Our herowas in dilemma
what to call it, or for what purpose it was
used, he did not know. But one thing he
did know, and that was that it was anything
but polite for gentleman to allow lady to
bear such burthen. He scrutinized IT with
uneasness for some time--he could not d.
vine what it contained, but he was perfectly
familiar with the kiver," and unable Ion
ger to restrain his gallantry, he extended ms
hands, saying,
7" Mss JuIa, 'lOw me 10 tOdt ger bar
skin for you !" ~
"Tbank YOU sir, don't trouble yourself"
replied Miss Julia, blushng very red.
:" oh, faint no trouble i'll the leastW re-
piled our hero, insisting on carrying it.
The merry girl at last consented rather
than enter into so embarrassing an explana-
ton and taking the muff under one arm,
offered the other to the fair lady, and marched
boldly towards the capitol, to the no small
wonderment of the passing crowd.
1t it needless to add that he soon discov-
cred his mistake, or that he has from that
hour held all ladies' muhs in adherence.
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pOetru.
LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK
TOGETHER.

BY THOMAS MACKELLAR.
LET's sit down and talk together
of the things of olden day,
When we, like lambkins loosed from ,ether,
Gaily trpped along tho way.
Time has touched us both with lghtness,
Leaving furrows here and there,
And tinsug with peculiar brightness
Siveiy threads among our hair.
Let's sit down and talk together:
Many years away have past,
And fair and foul has been the weather,
Since we saw each other last.
Many whom we loved are living
In a better world than this,
And some among US still are giving
I oil and thought to present bliss.
Let's sit down and talk together;
Though the flowers Of youth are dead,
Sweet ferns still grown among the heather,
And for us their fragrance shed.
Life has thousand blessings in it
Even for the aged man,
For God has hid IN every minute
Something for our eyes to scan.
Let's sit down md talk together;
Boys we were--but now are men;
We meet awhile, but know not whether
We shall meet to talk again.
Parting time has come how 1ee,y
Speed the moments when their wings
Are famed by breathing issued sweetly
From n tongue that never stings
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Under the Norman kings .hs was the highest office unse,
the Crown, only the ehiei a. " J IN
S sb"eaee Of The King being lodged in the hands oil him who
held II,
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fuatfbman & 9tatc Journal.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

TERNs-Sl so cash in ndvanco 50 90 il payment is no,
made in advances interest always charged om the end
the year.
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GRATUIToUs ADVERTISING.

GRATUIToUs ADVERTISING.
The undersigned finding that tho public making
sonabe demands upon their columns by the gatuOu
advertisements feel compelled to into the following
gfcement
l For all notices hdteper, usually published grauitously
we will charge half the usual price of advertisements
I'd For obituary notices. exceeding the simple announce
ment of the death, will charge the price.
T.. r WALTON Il SONS,
Publishers of the Uafchmdn and Journal
JOSEPH POLAND,
Publisher y" The Freeman
EASTMAN n DANFORTH,
Publishers Of the Patriot
Montpelier, Dec. 1886.
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WOOL DEPOT.

TNIIE subscriber has made arrangements
M to open a branch of the Kinderhook
Wool Depot, in the village of Shoreham, Vt.
q spacious building has been procured as q
storehouse, for the present season, situated on
the public square in said village. He will Lc
prepared to receive Wool after the tenth of
June. The feeces will be thrown into sorts,
and those who desire it can have their clip
kept separate, and sold where ordered. 4
discrimination will be made between wool in
a good or bad condition. Sales will be made
invariably for cash. The charges will be one
cent per pound for receiving, sorting, and
the insurance, which will be twenty-five cents
on one hundred dollars for the term of three
months.
Advances in cash will be made ON the de-
livery of Wool, if required. Sacks will be
furnished to those living at distance, by Or
dering them, and paying the freight and
twelve and a half cents for their use.
References can be had of DR.. j. P. Beck
man, Undertook, N. Y; Hon. S. II. Jenni-
son, Shoreham; M. Bingham, Cornwall; S.
W. Jewett, Weybridge; II. Bell, Esq, Mid
dlebury, and Lyman Hall, Shelburn, Vt.
Letters addressed to the subscriber at
Shoreham, in relation to the Wool Depot at
that place, will receive immediate attention.
In his temporary absence Mr.. S. Everts will
be at thc Depot to receive Wool, and give
any requisite information upon the subject.
II, BLANCHARD.
&orcAam, Mag II, 1847. 48.9I3
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NOTWITHST LANDING the high price ofthe raw
" material at this time the prices of last year Will
be continued during the present All agencies
throughout the country are withdrawn. No ped
dlcs arc sent ont from this factory per account OF
the manuiacturor
The ductuation and constant change made by
manufacturers in prices to obtain customers, and the
reduction in quality necessary to correspond with
such reduced prices will not have any influence up
on this factory. The high reputation that the art
clcs manufactured by the subscriber have obtained
will not be sacrificed for any temporary gain by
change o!quaiity.
THE SNLFF is warranted equal to Lorlard's,
and to retain its purity and perfume, from its per
feet cure, for any number of years.
THE TOB1CCO is manufactured with extra
care-the stock on hand Of leafs large at all times
the proper flavor is selected, and the same uniform
article at all times continued. All Of the shorts and
ine dust Tobacco is removed, and only the long CIT
anil aceU dressed Tobacco is packed. The quantity
for every Paper and Can is accurately weighed be
fore being packed
The prices and terms are printed, from which no
abatement or deviation will be made All bills I'M
der $50 must be paid in cash. Over 800, note at
four months.
SEGARS, all qualities. ,-, r,oo,,r,
Troy 10th April, 1917 45:Gm