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4 hNToN Grape sbavls.-This day received, fresh
" supply, at all prices ranging from So to $780, to which
we invite attention
may A-3uf PHI HooE " co.
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San Francisco, February &c, lS47


SIR: have the honor to report, that the night OF
Tuesday the 23d inst, received orders from the head
quarters OF Major General Taylor to my regi-
ment at Cenalvo, and march to Monterey forthwith On
the evening of the 22d inst, reliable information
ceved that body of the enemys cavalry, two hundred
strong occupied position between Cerralvo and Punta
Aguda and to the right of the Monterey road rendering
the road between those places dangerous for the
of small escort. But my adutant, Lieut. Jone, vol
unteered to bear despatch TO Major Wall, commanding
the post of Puna Aguda instruchng him TO destroy all
government for which he could not obtain trans
portaton, and TO march for Cerravo without delay.
Lieut. Jolne reached Cerravo in safety, and on the
same night ! joined by Major Wall and his COM
mand and the morning Of the oath inst, took up my
line OF march for Monterey
On the evening of the oath inst, courier from Lieut.
Smith, OF company d, I'd regiment Ohio volunteers (who
was returning with his escort from Monterrey reached
me with information that the wagon train under the
cort OF Lieut. Barbour, Of the Louisville legion had been
attacked beyond Ramas by four hundred of the enemys
cavalry, and that the train had been destroyed, and
large number of the wagoners butchered The march
was continued during the entire night and at daylight on
the morning OF the 25th inst firing heard in the d.
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In what place.
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PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
May g. lS47.
TN pursuance of the of Congress, approved the 26
August 1912, sealed proposals will be received at the
Post Office Department until the Both June next, O'Clock,
p m for executing the following job printing Of the Post
Office Department. for four years. from tile LIST OF July,
1917, viz;
PRINTING
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Amount on depos-
lite.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25
THE VOICE.
BRANDON:
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, l847.
Change in Postage Laws.

1t will be seen by the circular from the Postmas-
ter General, copied into the Voice this week. that
some important alterations have been made in post
age laws These changes, or the present laws, should
be known to each individual who is old enough to
write a letter. or send newspaper to a friend. Of
the time the present laws are to take effect the head
officer OF the Department does not clearly states but
the fair inference is that he is going to begin away
back sometime previous to the PRONUNCIATION of the
laws Else how, or why should he tell deputy post
masters to shape their books in that way Oh the first
of next month? As soon as u copy of the post Of
flee and postage laws can be found they will be
copied, that our readers may all understand all the
points embraced in them.
One important change to publishers of newspa-
pers is, that of no longer carrying papers from the
publishing office, the thirty miles without postage.
The liberty given to contractors to carry papers by
stage, will however, be of some use to publishers and
subscrberson routes where large packages are SENT
and where stage drivers will be punctua in the de-
livery of them and will say to those who sub
scrbed for the Voice with the expectation of having
it reach them free of postage, that where can not
be very sure Of puncuay in the delivery of papers
by stage, will deduct 25 cents from my advertised
terms, thus dividing the cost ofpostage Those who
have paid in advance, and do not receive their pa
per without postage shall have the paper sufficient
time to balance what they have paid, and 25 cents
worth in addition
Should the law prove to be what is represented
in the circular, and that law shall take effect on or
after the first of April next will make the best ar
rangement can for the delivery of papers, and let
the subscribers know the result, that they may gov
ern themselves accordingly.
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3G.lS5 Fleeces.
Total,


In addition to the above there was pledged from
New Haven, Weybridge and Shoreham, $3.50 heeccs,
on condition that the depot located to suit them.
A large number of towns in which committees were
appointed were not heard from; some are known
to be in favor of the enterprise, and will patronize it
literally. Some of the towns reported were only so
in part.
The subject Of location was taken up, and after
some discussion the whole matter was referred to the
agent VIM. II. Blanchard, to locate the depot at
such place as he should think best.
Adjourned, II. MUNs1L, Chairman.
A. CHIPMAN, Secretary.
NIB. The Secretary requests tho Committee, and
all others having in their hands subscriptions with
wool pledged for the depot, to return the same to
Samuel Everts, Cornwall.
1t appears from the above Report that no
town from Rutland County was represented
in that meeting Of the Committee, nor was
any wool pledged for deposit in the projected
Depot. One thing should be borne in mind
by wool growers in this County, and that is, if
they feel any interest in the project ola Wool
Depot in this vicinity, and wish to unite with
the farmers North of this, they must manifest
their interest in season for obtaining right
location of the place of deposit Mr. Blanch-
ard will very naturally decide to locate as
near the centre of the wool growing capital
as represented through the pledges made to
the Comnittee,as may be. win not thewool
growers in this County see this, and govern
themselves accordingly
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PAPER Mill Burnt.

MIDDLEBUEY, VT, March %, 1877.
Dear SH:--I hasten to inform you before the mail
closes, that destructive fire occurred at the Paper
Mill Village this morning. About O'Clock, the Pa
per Mil owned and occupied by Messrs O'Flanegan
& Parker was discovered to be on fire, and before
our engine company were on the ground, the flames
had communicated to the Oil Mill adjoining, owned
by Mr. I. O'Flanegan, and it would have been de-
soyed, it not for the very efficient measures
Of our new Fire Company. The lower part of the
Oil Mill was saved, together with the valuable ma
chnery in the same; but the Paper Mill was burnt
with its contents. Both buildings were insured for
nearly their value, in the Etna InS. Company at
Hartford. Yours in haste,
D. S. WITHERBY.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25
ELIAS HALL.

Thanks to my aged friend for the correc-
tons forwarded. 1t may be proper in this
connection to state that Mr. Hall was Lieu
te~u" in the army of the Revolution; was
taken prisoner by the British forces, but SUBJ
scquently gained his liberty. He is now far
advanced in years. but retains his mental fac
ulties to remarkable degree, and yields his
pen with more steady hand than half the
men of the country at the age of so years. I
will be very much obliged to Lieut.. Hall, if
he will arrange and forward for publication
such facts and incidents connected with his
revolutionary services, as he shall think will
interest the readers of the Voice.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25
D. S. WIrHERBY.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA The news comes
through the Boston papers that the steamship Hber-
Lila arrived at that port on Saturday last at o'clock
2. NJ, in sixteen days from Liverpool. The Hiber-
mia brought Il passengers from Liverpool to Boston;
II from Halifax, and about 81 100000 in specie from
the other side the Atlantic. Famine is still devour-
ing its thousands the food not reaching the people
fast enough to stay the ravages Ct the destroyer,
Flour and Corn have fallen in price, but more re-
Gently slight advance is noticed. Those persons
in need Of food, are those who have not the means
of purchasing even at the lowest prices consequent
ly the charities of others must supply their necessi
ties or they must die from hunger.
Daniel O'Connen is reported as lying at the point
of death whom the steamer left the disease, water
on the chest aud dropsy in the legs.
Six hundred and forty eight members of the Cath
Ole clergy have sisned petition to the French
Chamber of Deputies, demanding the immediate alb
clifton Of slavery in the French Colonies.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25

CORRECTION OF REVOLUTIONARY SKETCHES.
CastletOn, March 10, 1877.
Mr.. Editor Dear sir: l recently noticed an arti-
Gle in your very excellent paper, purporting to be
from correspondent of the HOME JOURNAL, in re-
lation to q circumstance that took place between
ARNOLD and ALLEN. would like to make few
corrections in regard to that affair. l came into
CastIeton the day that Col. Allen took Ticonderoga
Allen had the command of the forces at Castleton
at the time Arnold came from Boston with orders to
take the same; but as the soldiers chose to go I'M
der Allen, it was agreed that both should go to the
field Of battle, shoulder te shoulder. As for the
bridge, and the circumstances connected with it, l
think it must be mistake, as there was no bridge
crossing at Mount independence at that time, nor for
a long time after.
Thinking that you had rather publish facts than
otherwise, induced me to write the above
am told that am the only surviving officer of
the revolution now residing in Vermont.
Respectfully your humble serv't,
ELIAS HALL.
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For the Voice Of Freedom.
Meeting Of the Wool COMMITTED.

The committee appointed at a meeting of the wool
growers of Addison county and vicinity on February
II, met at Middebury, and organized by appointing
Hon. II. Munsil Chairman, and Azel Chapman Sec
rotary. The following towns were reported, with
the number of Aeeces pledged for Wool Depot
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25

LATEST MEXICAN News. A report
comes through several Daily papers, issued
at Boston on Monday, that two engagements
had taken place between the armies of Gen
erals Taylor and Santa Anna the latter
having 10000 troops and the former 5000,
and that the Americans put the others to
fight Loss stated to be, on the American
side, 1900 and on the Mexican side from
four to five thousand There is one who
doubts the truth of this report.
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RUTLAND RAILROAD. Gen. Clarke of
the Burlington Free Press gives quite an in
teresting account in his last weeks paper, of
the operations on this road. From his ac-
count it appears that he has just returned
from a trip South, and has had an opportuni-
ty of witnessing the operations on several
sections of the road, and that the prospect
now is fair for its speedy construction. The
points named, are JEWELS Brook (where 70
per cent of the first estimate of cost is saw
ed to the Stockholders several points in
the vicinity of Bartonsville two points near
Bellows Falls, and at several places near Bur
lington.
AS Mr. Clarke observes, Mr. Gilbert is now
experimenting the final survey of the route
in this vicinity, and the probability is that the
balance of the road will be put under con-
tract in May or June next.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25

New BEDFORD. The City Charter was
accepted by the citizens on Thursday, by a
vote of 1850 to Sl4,
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-03-25

LETTER TO BISHOP IVES. A copy of a
letter to tho Right Rev. S Sillman Ives,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the State of North Carolina,has been forward
ed by some friend. This letter is designed as
a reply to concentrations of slavery, in that
State, by Bishop Ives, and the writer who
signs, A Protestant EPiscopalian' evident
ly understands the subject treated upon, and
disposes of the Bishop and his views in a work
manlike manner. The document was printed
at Washington, by Buell. s: Blanchard
Whoever forwarded the letter will please ac-
cept my thanks for the favor,
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1,
collected the Statistics and arranged the Ia
bic on the first page Of this paper, is not yet
known to all the readers of the Voice, and l
deem it proper to drop a few words at this
time respecting him. Mr. Williams is, as it
were, but in his youth :; yet hazard the opin-
ion that hardly lawyer Of forty years age,
can be found in the State, who possesses the
literature, legal knowledge and sound judg-
ment combined to so great degree, as does
Charles L. Williams, Add to the qualifca-
tons named, those of correct moral principle
and habits "a modest, unassuming manner
and q studious mind-resolved to become
thoroughly versed in all the fundamental
principles of Civil jurisprudence and the le-
gal enactments Of this section of the country,
and it will need no great prophetic vision to
see that should his life, health and mental
faculties be spared, but few years will elapse
before he will be very well prepared to fill
the posts so long occupied by his Father,
Hon. Charles X. Williams, who honored both
himself and the State while in the disc barge
of the official duties devolving on him as a
Justice of the County and Supreme Courts.
The remainder of the remarks accompany
ing the Table will be inserted next week, and
those wishing to preserve them will have but
two numbers to lay aside for that object.
"BAKER FAMILY" Information has been
received that the Baker Family" will revisit
this place during next month. Those who
have heard the vocal music of this Family
will be glad to hear that another opportunity
of hearing, will be presented; and those who
have not heard them may be assured that the
Bass voice of one of the family can not be
surpassed in the State. The time and place
of performing will be made known in due
season.
New BEDFORD. The City Charter was
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YSG. VIZ. NO. ISIS.

though there is no division the head can be moved
Sideways.
Another peculiarly Of fishes is found in the fms
Instead Of legs. these animals have Inns OF pscu-
liar kind which serve the purposes OF organs OF 10
comotiOn The organs Of lOcomotoD IN birds and in
reptiles consist Of few joints There is the shoul
der-tl.re is the upper arm--the forearm and the
hand. They have similar bones IN the posterior ex
tremities. All these are detached from the walls
OF tue animal. la fishes we have also a shoulder
arm and forearm; bat the bones were detached
from the body. only the hand depends side WAYS
The arm remains within the wall Of the animal
and the finger instead Of being reduced 70 the mum
Der Of five in the case Of the higher vertebrated
animals. None Of the higher vertebrated animals
no reptile, no bird, no mammal has more than five
fingers there are many which have only two. three
four fingers in horses there Is only one me boot
IL the nai OF the single finger. la fishes, was g.
bout TO say instead of being reduced 20 the number
OF FIVE, the fingers are many, and united into
many joints. ! Just stated that the higher animals
have several fingers and might 90 on and show
the beautiful adaptation Of the human hand. In an
imals which have only four fingers, the first which
is wanting is the thumb then. in the next. where
there are only three fingers, the little finger
the shortest rernainiDg-is also wanting. In those
which have only two fingers which Is uniformly the
case in the Eliminating animals-we have only the
middle and snDuar or fourth, finger and there usu
ally two documentary fingers backward, c0resp pond
Dg 20 the hrst and NTH hngers ana which even nave
also ndimentary nails. Where only one finger is
left it is the medal finger, and that is the case 10
the horse Thus in proportion 10 the fingers we may
trace the graduation Of the band foot in the whole
series Of animals lApplause.l This in nothing but
a common anatomical fact.
But beside the fishes have other fms. will just
mention their names First there is the pectoral fin
because placed on the chest then the abdominal
fin on the abOmen-usually placed on the centre OF
thst cavity hut in some we have the abdominal
I'm Just below the pectoral, and in them it is even
more forward So il is in the cod, when the ven
trail fins placed under the head in front Of the
pectoral cavity. The other fins are placed vert
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The Ual0H Of Saturday evening contains the Oh
cial dispatches OF Gen Scott and his subordinate
officers in relation to the actions Of Contreras and
Churubusco. They occupy more than two pages
OF that journal Stating nothing Of importance that
We have no, published before, We DO not think il
worth while to transcribe them in our columns
We should do injustice to our own feelings how
ever. II We withheld auusion To the dispatch pro
per OF Gen Scott No less inimitable in style than
modest in expression il bears the impress through
out Of the gentleman soldier Full Of lavish praise
to others and psrsimonious 10 a fault Of any credit
10 himself be seems be rather the historian than
the actor and great Director Of the scenes he de-
scribes He has, in fine accomplished the victories
OF Caesar and recitei them in the language Of a
Wellington or Taylor.
The resume Of the dispatch We copy
SO terminated the series Of events which have but
fsebiy presented My thanks freely poured out on
the d-reu, hel+s-,o the sbies and science of gene
rss snd other oicers-to the gasniry sad proves OF
sl-,he rank aud file included But reward infni;eiy
higberthe sppsu,e Of grateful country and Govern
rn-ni-sll cannot doubt 5e accorded 10 due time 70
much merit Of every sort displayed by this glorious
amy which has overcome al observation-disclosures,
eimste grounds fortihcstioDs numbers
Il hss single day. 10 many battles often defsstf
81 coo men male about 0oO prisoners Including eight
generals Gso of them TX Presidenis) and 2J5 other
officers killed or wounded 1000 OF al rsuk-besde
entire corp, dispersed and Dissolved cspturedJ7 pieces
Of orilnsnce- more than reole siege train -nd helt
bsiierirswith large DUmoer Of ned srms foil sup
ply Of ammunition OF every kind &c.
Thee great results have overwhelmed the enemy
Our loss amounts 10 l05J killed, l39 including Is
officers wounded, S76 with 80 officers. The greater
number ~ thu dead and disabled were OF the highest
worth Those under treatment thanks - very able
medical cfisers are generally doing we'll
Il is a somewhat characteristic fact that MAJOR
Geae,ai Pillow we delight in giving him his
whole title. on Hamlets principle. tie less he de-
SERIES the more merit IS ~ 0U b0uHiy) writes a
dispatch longer than any other officer As Jsifier
saws TO Pierre or Pierre says 10 Jaiiier in ID Ven.
ice Preserved he "falks it well
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joins with the lower Jaw here, also movable
These four bones here have been called the auper-
culum.
Having ascertained such connection between
the hard parts OF the animal became and more
convinced of the value of scales and then endea-
vOred 10 ascertain 10 what families belonged those
OF which any scales had been found. and to CLASSIFY
the whole Of fishes according 70 the structure OF the
scales. put IN order all the fishes which have
only enameled granules ON the skin, and called
them Plackoids AL those which have scales GOV.
cred with enamel seratures | called GaHOids.
All those which had dentated serraed scales, with
bard bone IN the backbone and serratures IN auper-
cular bones | classed together as CfenOids; and
those which had simple headbones soft rays and
soft scales, with simple outlines, classed together
and called Cycloids -.
OF course when studying the different families,
| found the similar relations in the details which
enabled me to find correspondent adaptations be
tween the higher characteristics by which we dis
tincuish genera and species.
Now, | was enabled 10 restore ish from $50
lated scales So much has been said about that
that ! will show how possible. and indeed how
easy il was for any one who took the trouble first 70
investigate these relations | have shown bow the
different notifications Of the structure of the head
bones are related 70 the structure OF the Inns and the
structure of the scales | will not Try your pa
thence by going into details. but Will only show you
how easy IL was from the knowledge OF these re-
10 give the probable and approSimstive outline OF
fish when YOU have bad only single scale as a
starting point. Applause Let me draw scale
great many fossil fishes have angular scales OF
this oblique form. That portion which IS here en-
cased by enamel is covered by scale which pro
cceds so that am allowed to draw my outlines OF
merely of the enamelcd portions without drawing
the portion which is covered. ! will make the
scale of a size which will enable me 70 give me
whole thing on the board Let that then. be the
outline OF the scale. Now we know that there are
usually forty fifty sixty scales in one longitadl-
nal series from the bead 10 the tail. We know that
fishes which are about as thick as long have these
scales higher than they are long and that tnose
which are longer have their scales longer than they
are high These are preliminary facts easily Obtain
ed by investigation. We now find a scale which IS
about as long as il is high. You see then what all
easy task it is todraw scales OF about the same ion
perhaps forty IN that line, and yoa viii have TO
make fish about as high as il is long You AT
once draw vour outline and when placing your