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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-11-04

Melancholy are the reflections which are insepa-
rably connected with the days of dying leaves and
fading flowers. Musing we gaze Upon the withcred
leaves as they whrl in eddes through the sky, and
involuntalily we cxca;m, so depart the friends are
ore and SO arc blglted and scattered the hopes OF
our younger years.
But Autumn will soon be past. few more days
and those mournful einblems of human frailty will
sleep beneath the SHOWS Of winter, A few more
days and those flowers that lately seemed 10 vie
with each other in the splendor of their hues will
moulder, and become as nothing upon earth. What
then are worldly hopes? The lovely die and are
forgotten; the mighty and the powerful like them
pass away. We live, we die, we go to the grave,
and our names are blotted from the memories of
those by whom we would be remembered.
Castleton, Oct. l, 1917
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cd manure provided and prepared, &C. &c.,
there must be work enough left, yet, for two
generations, at least to say nothing of the in
creased demand for mechanical employment,
in the construction Of the required farming
utensils, and in the manufacture of the labor
saving machinery that will be made available
in this manufacture.
But to come to the point, proposed at the
head OF this article, it may be suggested that
all this labor viii be in suhorllinAtion to the
demands Of capital If this were so, work
for cages, has ever been thus dependent,
while, spirit Of improvement alone, has in
duced to the liberal Investment Of capital, and
the payment Of an adequate compensation
for labor. But, our proposition is, that i'm
Proyements and labor-saving machinery will
facilitate, instead of hindering men without
capital from doing business on their own &C
count Whoever travels through New Eng
land, where labor-savinc machinery has been
most extensively introduced, and sees the ten
thousand small manufactures, that are worked
by one, two, or three individuals each, who
can scarcely be said to have other capital than
their hands, must see, that, If the convcrs Of
our proposition be true, the exceptions TO its
practical illustration are numerous and re-
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General 9,,ttIi;nst1tc.



The road is now open for travel through
the whole route, and the regular trains have
commenced running. The excursion Of the
Stockholders and invited gaeS;s, which was
planned Tor Saturday, failed on that day, On
account Of The rainy morning, and was post
ponci I'LL Monday. On that day, the train
consisting Of nine covered cars and twelve or
thirteen open ones fitted up with seats 10.
the occasion, driven BY three powerful en-
gines, arrived in town at half past eleven
o'clock, with about twelve hundred paason-
gers, as was estimated, from Providence and
the various towns on the Inc O! the road
Immediately AFTER The arrival Of the tram. a
drenchinG shower Of rain came up from the
south west, and lasted till near The time G@cd
for the departure OF the train, so that our
friends who visited rs had but little oppor,u-
nifty to crafty their curiosity, in looking
about or town.
At half past o'clock, the train, reinforced
l)v some two or three hundred persons from
| this town, departed for Providence, the wealth
or in the mean time, having become fine and
pleasant. 1t was aGoat three hours in pass,
ING over the road, stopping at twenty stations
Oh the way, where some passengers were let,
but more taken in.
On the arrival of the train at Providence
a tc@ lie joic was fred by the artillery from
the hill overlooking the Cove, and the bells
Of the city rung a merry peal, And we'll
thew nairht, for in the history Of that city, no
one event, probably, has so important bear
ing on its prosperity as the opening of this
road. 1t lays open 10 them the whole intcr-
or of the country, to Canada, the great lakes,
and even to the head waters OF the MississIp.
pi itself, while it passes through a section OF
forty miles unrivollcd in America for the eX-
tent and importance Of its local business
As an evidence Of this, it is only necessary to
state, that since the opening Of the road to
Nfillvillc, something less than half the whole
distance, the receipts have been about fifteen
AuadrcH d0iiQrs aceeh. We doubt whether
parallel case can be found in the annals OF
railroads in this country.
At half past seven O'Clock on one OF the
most beautiful evenings OF the season, with
the broad full moon just risen above the hills
which flank the city upon the cast, the tram
started upon its return, and having left more
or less Of its passengers at the twenty way
stations. arrived at this town at half past ten
o'ylocls-thc company highly gratifed with
their pleasant excursion
The way stations on the road, as far as we
rocollect them, are as follows, commencing at
tbis end of the route. In Massachusetts, Mill
Bury, Sutton, (WilkinsonyilcQ Grafton,
CSanndersyille,) Farnumsville, Northbrdcc,
IHolbrook's,) Whitingsville, (this is just with
in the limits Of Northbridgo, half to three
quarters ola mile from the Rogerson factories
ut North Uxbridge, and the Whitcsyille fac
torics) Uxbridge, Mdlyilo, and Blackstone.
In Rhode Island, Woonsocllct, Hamlet, Mans
Vile, Albion, Ashton, Lonsdalc, Valley Falls,
Central Falls, and pawluckct.--N7Ss. Spy.
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Mo1Assrs -. RA3IGotHG.-Cn Satur-
day lest he Freight train va: r"s-'- e. rs usual
over the Troy and Sara'o~a rcr.r. grA VIXEN
between ti.ia ~ md tic icYcp4h .cr,n hoes
heads Of mo'aaaca sprung a leak and the l;Guid
Sweetness dragged its length along upon each
rail Of tie track fer tho distance Of some three
miles. Tie result vas that whom tie after
noon passenger train cane to where " all the
sweetness led been wasted On tic desert"
track, the wheels refused 70 go-ahcad, though
they went round faster than ever. After
some three hours detention, during which
time il vaa noted that tie "swcc,cst time that
ere was spent, was spent among the iasscs,
OH" the cars By the aid of copous sprink-
ling Of sand, g}idcd away on their usual
course.-2rcy Egdgct.
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| The Albany Mechanics Advocate, and
some other papers OF like intellectual calibre,
deprecate the Improvements OF the age, as
the probable causes of making the working
man the slave of capital, or what is worse,
of depriving him entirely of an opportunity
to earn his bread. Now, such cyoakers can
only be consistent by supposing that the
working classes are as destitute Of enterprise
ard intelligence as themselves. Otherwise,
they must be dishonest in trying to array
men against what the common sense Of a
school-boy would show to be of substantial
benefit to all classes. To be consistent, these
papers ought to advocate the yehOqrdde OF
civilization. Carts and wheel carriages, ly
enabling one person with d team to transport
the burdens Of thirty men, are great evil,
in as much, as they deprive twenty-nine men
out of thirty, Of the opportunity to labor and
earn a living. But, il none are found so
anxious to labor IS to covct the position Of
asses and mules in bearing Of burdens, why
even then, should wheel carriages be brought
into use2 for the same burden which one
man by aid of team and wagon could con-
duct over road which, if fastened BY pack
saddles to the backs OF mules, give employ,
mcnt and bread to ten muateers The work
the brutcs by this means, acquire the hay
and fodder which ought to be eaten by poor,
starving laborcr5.
If one rctrograde step would better the
working classes, then the perfection Of pros
perity would be reached, when civilization
should leave its votaries wild savnges in the
state of nature! Nobody wonld then be
thrown out OF employment; for, the beasts
all being wild, 1t would require plenty OF Ia
Dor to catch them, before they could supply
men with iood, and the ground all beng to
be ploughcu or dug up by hand, those who
devoted themselves to the labors Of the field
wonld find plenty ct work or early and Ger
tam starvation. There would be neither
wheel-carriagcS nor oxen nor horses to draw
them, to diminish the calls for human indus
try. There would be no capital or monied
aristocr&cics, for there would be no money,
or chance for any man to do more than earn
a scanty subsistence. But TO realize such
glorious results the world must to a grca CT
extent, be depopulated or reduced to such a
population rs the land In state Of nature
would sustain. But let none suppose that 9
glorious harmony between the world as a
savage wilderness and its necessary sparse
population could not be attained: for the mad
rage OF Jacobih passion against improvements
and civilization, would soon despatch the ar
istocracy of learning, refinement and enter
prise, and the sans c@jotes" would soon be-
come its nobility, and its ministers Of ven.
geance to rap down or destroy all who would
aspire to rise above the most degraded brutal.
ity. But we leave the sicktning contempla-
ton Of such Il perspective, to those who pre-.
fer it, as the prospect of human society-and
to those who advocate the incidents Of such a
progress, and propagate 4 jealousy against the
spirit and tendencies Of civilization and i'm.
provemcnt.
The world cannot go backwards, nor should
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: IrE7,rLE CALAMITY Pnov1DENT1A1-
LY l,nHTEETHn.-As the magniGcqn steam
or liibornia, No. 2 WIS on her last down
ward TIP fire was discovered in her hold,
and upon raising the matches, the flames burst
oat and a72cnGod nearly to the hurricane
deck, threatening almost ro,ta:n destruction.
There were t,rc~ lnadred passengers on 6oerd,
"en, women and children, and tie alarm is
said to have been terrible. Tie captain, a
cool, energetic man, set al hands to work to
save the boat, and lives Of the passengers. and
~ scutt'ng &c. the fire was distinguished.
The fire is said to have originated from the
explosion OF some chemicals that were in the
hold. To the horror CT all on board, it was
discovered that some half-bnrnctl casks mark
ed coffee, coatoigcd 1egs # Ganrcm7er, sur
rounded by coffee, and the etorcs ct one po3c-
der hog mas oc'uoay cacrrcd! 1t seems al
most miracle that the boat was not blown
70 atoms. and 500 souls ushered into eternity
One sAudders at the very thought Of such
imminent peril CMcinndt Com.
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NUMBER 20.


GREAT FLooD IN OuIo.-Therc has been
an awful food in the Chic and its tributaries,
caused by heavy rains for three DAYS in tlis
region The lI,tlo Miami river ovcrfowed its
banks, and The oqueduct and railroad bridge
across the Miami Canal we're swept away.
Immense quantities of grain have been dcs,
troyed by this unexpected froslet; fences,
sheds, and properly along the banks Of the
river for many miles have tccn Gestroycd.-
The Ohio was still rising rapidly at the ratio
OF eighteen inches m hour, and it is feared
that the amount Of the property destroyed
will be immense
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~ The Hartford Times states on the au-
thority Of letters from 1t. Col. Seymour, in
command of the n. Z. Regiment, that its
numbers are reduced onc-half The body Of
Col. Ransom will be sent home Lieutenant
Socum Of Rhode Island, writes to the Provi-
dence Journal that Col. Ransom was killed by
a ball which struck the left side of his nose,
passing through and coming out at the back
Of his head BoS. Wig.
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DEATH by TELEGRAPH WlREs.--The
Cincinnati Signal learns that on the 18th. as
Mr.. Sawyer, young gentleman Of high re-
speciality, was riding at a very fast rate to
see female acquaintance in Dearborn Co.
Indiana, he came ny against the telegraph
wires, which cut his throat, producing almost
instant death. The wires hd been lowered
for the purpose of making certain repairs on
the line.-Boe. Wig.
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THE Cf2ILD OF EARTH.
~ ION. MRs. NORTON.

Fainter her slow step falls from day to day,
Deaths hand Is heavy on her darkening brow;
Yet doth She tondiy cling TO earth, and say,
g / am content to die, but, OH not now!
Not while the blossoms Of the JOYOUS spring
Make the walm mir such luxury to breathe;
Net while the birds such lays of gadness sing;
Not while bright flowers around my footsteps
wrea.hc
Spare me, great God, lift up my dropping BROW
am content to debut, oh! not now !"
The spring hath r,p2n'd into summertime,
The seasons vewless boundary is pas
TIE glorious sur hath reuch'd his burning prime;
Oh, must this glimpse Of beauty be the last?
"Ta: me not perish while DER land and lea
Will silent s.ep5 the lord Of Light moves on
Nor while .he mUrinur Of & mountain bee
Graets my dull car with music in its tone
Pale sickness dims my eye, and clouds my brow
an content to debut, On not now"
Summer is gone. and autumn's scjercr hucs
Tint The ripc fruits, and gid the waving corn,
The huntsDllu swift the flying game pursues,
Shouts the h0lloo, and winds his eager horn.
"Spare lne awhile 70 wander forth and gaze
On the broad meadows and the quiet stream,
To watch in silence while the evening rays
Slant thro' the tlding trees with ruddy CLEAN
Cooler the breczos play around my brow;
am content to debut, Oh no. now"
The bleak wind whistles, snow-showers, far and
Drift without echo to the whitening ground;
Autumn hath passed away. and, cod and drear,
Winter stalks on, with frozen mantle bound.
Yet still that PRAYER ascoAds -" Oh. laughngly
My little brothers round the warm hearth crowd,
Our homc-ire blazes broad and bright, and high
And the roof rings with voices glad and loud;
Spare me awhile raise up my dropping brow!
am content to debut oh! not now"
Tho spring is come acan--tho joyful spring!
Again The banks with clustering flowers arr
spread;
The wild bird dips upon is wonton wing:-
The child Of earth is Numbered with the dead!
"Thoe never more the sunshine shall awake,
Bcmnng all rcdlv thro' the lattice pane;
The steps Of friends thy s)umbors may not break,
Nor 'o"d fn9iliar voice arouse again!
Deaths silent shadow wells thy d2cllen'd brow;
Why ddst thou liugcr ? thou ~. happier now!'
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Ii},g Itdt URtCE 81 - "HlhSt Ite G1t"J teHItsI
lAsso.
Autumn! the season or shadows and Of gloom,
once more is around Us, We hear it proclaimed in
the whispers Of the night wind we hear It in the
melancholy munnurs Of the brooElet, and we see it
written on all that meets orr eye let us turn where
we wilI;-hiu, VALLEY, meadow and woodland, I'll,
all are written over with those solemn words, 'AU-
tumn i, around US How l9or.i!y passed away tic
hours Of Spring, and how readily the more sober
hours Of Summer came in to take their place; but
row they arc all gone, AMI as we gaze upon the IA
dcl leaves, the lazy sl;ics and the songess bowers
we exclam in the funo-5 Of heart, truly the Autumn
IS around Us. The somJcc huas which Nature rs
sunes at this season arc not more melancholy than
the impressions which they transfer tothc renocn
mind. Once more is the Forgotten pa% remembered
Once more the burning hopes Of other years return
to us, once more the unchecked gaiety of boyhood
is ours but al, those hopes and joys arc in q mo
ment lost within the dcepning gooms of Autumn
as shadows they come and as shadows they depart.
Yet moi as stadovs; as CLEANS Of sunshine moment
they play around rs, and then they arc gone, gore
to return to as no more,
They come, they come, my boyhood's dreams,
But naught of bliss bestowing,
They come, they come, as sunshine CLEANS,
When morn is sweotly glowing.
Through the long lisS Of by-gono years
Ny restless memory wanders-
Through hours of smiles and hours Of tears,
.,1I,- o,o, 4l,nu, I0Ddprs.
see the young, see the gay
The lovely and the loving
Once more as in my boyhood's day,
Meath sunny skies were rowing.
Oh, where arc they whose smiles priced,
A priceless, peerless treasure?
sec their shades around me stand,
But they are gone forever,
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SWALLOWING MoNEY-Ths morning,
Watchmcn Harrington and Hutchins arrest
ed u nan named Robert Edwards, charged
with having robbed Ezra Joslin, from the
country, Of wallet containing S2G and pa
pors. Edwards, who had been in company
with Joslin several hours, paylulIy attempted
to lift lin up from the ground with his hands,
and while SO doing, picked his pocket Ed
wards was arrested and carried to the watch
house, but just as the officers were commence
ing to search him, the bills were seen in his
mouth, ard before he could be prevented, he
gave one culp end carried down hirtcca two
dollar bills. He WIS committed to answer.
1t is stated that this is not his first essay in
swallowing money to elude detection. Some
time agohe was seized soon after committing
a robbery, and swallowed $50 bill, the only
evidence against hiin.-dm. Irar.
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The MURDER CAsE-New facts are be.
ing brought to light every day, in relation to
the shocking murder Of Matthews ut Water
vile. We ascertain from Augusta that the
Grand Jury who we're in session there last
week, and who have investigated the matter,
have found q bill against DIR. Coolidge and he
is now in jail, at that place, awaiting trial
The s. J. Court is now in session n Augusta
The trial, however will not take place At this
tcrm--but in January next. The weight Of
circumstances prcponderates terribly against
the Doctor, and he is already pronounced
guilty by an excited and shocked community
yet it belongs to justice no less than hu-
mainly, that judgment be suspended till he
have an impartial trial IF he be guilty any
punishment man can bestow, will be Eak.
compared to that which lis own conscience
will inflict, in his solitary cell, during the
dreaIy hours that will intervene between this
and January,
The evidence Of the student of Dr.. Coolidge
"a young man from Somerset county by tie
name Of Flint--is very hard against the Doe
tor. Before the corouers jury, his testimony
went far to show his unccnccYn. The reason
he gives why he testified rs he did before
that jury, we 60 not learn. It might haze
been from sense Of mistaken honor, that rs
Coolidge's life YVES in his hands, he ought not
to bctray him. 1t might have been from fear
AcaAy rate, he now testifes that lis tcstino-
ny before tho coroner was untrue. That the
facts are in The main, IS we stated them YES
te1day: that he went to the room Of Coolidge
and found thc Young man dead assisted c.
in removing him. and further, that while the
Doctors room was being searched, he (Flint)
d.,
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Killed, wounded and missing in the four
divisions Of Generals Worth, TwiGgs, Pillow
and Qnihnan, 1928
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THE EXPLOSION AT NAsHvILLE,-Thc
Nashville Union contains the particulars Of
the recent explosion at that place. Tho pow
der magazine was probably struck with light
ming, The number Of houses Injured canno,
be less than hundred. 1t is not known how
many are killed.. OF the Inmates Of nearly
every house injured, son1o are more Or less
w0untel.
The we've between five and six hundred
kegs OF powder in the magazine at the time
Of The explosion.
In every direction houses are Gcmsiishcd,
fences leveHcd to tie ground, or carried en-
tiieiy away; trees, two feet through, cut of
o. torn up by The roofs, and every thing cXhi-
bits ma1ks Of the tremendous shock. Not a
ycstiga Of the building Itself remains, nor can
any enc point out the exact spot where it
stood. A stone wall, which stood thirty or
forty feet from the bHilG;n~, was swept entire
Y or, and for a considerable distance there is
not left one stone upon another. In one in
stance, Il large rock alter passing about two
hundred yards, struck Il Leg house, passing
through both walls, cut oil two cedar logs,
aud taen passed some two hundred yards fur
tier, and ploughed deep furlow in the
&c un1.
Another rock, weighing about one hundred
pounds was thrown ag@lnst the root Of the
Nashville Inn, breaking through the ROOT and
doors, and Tell in the cellar Places Of brick
and stones were thrown three niles into the
country; and at distance Of three icurths
Of y mile, some mcu actually sought protcc-
ton under a shed from the shower Of b!iek-
bats.
Nearly every church in Nashville is more
or less uiuruN and there was not q single
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Alotbrrs' department,
Word from a Mother,

DEAR BRoTHER:-I thank my Heavenly Father
that more than one mothers "sou was stirred" within
them while reading the article called "The Childess
Mother" Although confined to my room by sickness,
it is truly FEAST each week. to receive the Freeman
and peruse its columns, especially that which relates,
in any way, to slavery. When read that article |
can truly say the deep fountains of sympathy gushed
FORTH and with "tear for others woes" the heartfelt
prayer went up, "Save, o Father, my poor brethren
and sisters in bonds;-have mercy the poor slave
dealer and owner! o save our nation" | feel that
mothers can do much and must do much, Or alas for
our country With humility will say, in 1910 first
heard of Liberty principles, the zone idea" it is
called had felt Tor a long time, that moral suaslon
would never do away slavery; that it must be done
by the ballot box | embraced the principles fully
from that time Then came the warfare | had to
contend with wing principles in high places ard in
low; with neighbors and friends; but still urged the
cause;-I Plead reasoned; and, to my joy my shelter
haf gave lis vote for Liberty in 1845 And if angels
can rejoice over anything save the conversion of sin
ner to God, it was then Often has it been said that
females had no right to use their influence in poca
matters! Would Washington oppose woman's in
fuence in the righteous cause of freedom? thinl
not. Nor would many in our day, if a Harrison or t
Polk was to be elected. we'll recollect in 1910, i
was said that Harrison never would have been presi
dent if it had not been for the enthusiasm of the ladies'
II was their influence that cast the vote. believe ii
and believe too, that women of Liberty principles
can do the same if they will awake and rally arounC
the standard of truth and right, put on the whole ar
mour, and not give the battle over till victory is VOL
for the poor crushed slave. M
Montpelier, March 8.