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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-08-12

PA1NFULL ACCIDENT. We are indebted
to a friend for the following letter, giving the
particulars of distressing accident that
happened al Wilsborough on Sunday last
1KIisboro.gA, aug 3, 1917.
DEAR SIR: send you a brief account
Of the fatal accident which happened in this
place Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock.
Mr.. George Phelps, young man about
nineteen years of age, was driving his horse
and wagon down the hill on the west side of
the river, when his horse became uneasy and
kicked over the ths of the wagon, and took
tright the forc-whceIs and axetrcc becom-
ing disengaged from the other part of the
wagon, throwing young Phelps on to the cross
bar of the thills, oNc of his legs becoming en-
tangled between the crossbar and axletrce.-
Being thus confined, and the horse running at
the top of his speed, his head and body were
thrown down between one of the shafts and
wheel, and in this position the horse carried
him over some timber, and leapod over the
barn-yard fence Of Jas. A Bosworth. The
horse was there stopped, and the young man
extricated. He lived about twenty minutes
after he was taken up Westpor Patriot
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CORN and RYE for sale by
" +. j. BLISS & co.
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GRAIN CRADLES &. SCYTNES,--a
~ superior article, for sale lowby
Ed BLISS s. co.
Aug. 10, AT.
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DEATH BY DROWNING. Miss Emma, daugh-
ter of j. Flint,of Concord aged 14,was drown
ed in the river on Saturday evening week
Three brothers and young female cousin
were in the boat which struck a rock, and
the two young ladies were precipitated into
the stream. The Oldest brother, who alone
was old enough to render any service, sue
ceeded in rescuing his cousin but his sister
went down and never rose, To add to the
agony of the scene, the mother stood on the
shore looking on.-W. Mercury.
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REV. BEEIAH GREEN. We learn that n letter has
been received from Mr. Green, stating that he will
be in Brandon on Friday of this week, and that.he
will address the people on that evening ;-also that
he will spend the coming Sabbath here. An APP
Pointinent has accordingly been made for him to
lecture at the Methodist Meeting house on Friday
evening. At that time notice will probably be CIV
en- of his place for speaking on the Sabbath.
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CniTTENDEN COUNTY NOMINATIONS. Welearn
from the last Burlington Free Press that the names
Of J. Hamilton of Jericho, and Alexander FergUso"
bf Huntington, are the present Senatorial nominees
of the Wing party in Chittendcn county.
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SCIENTIFIC MECHANIC. Number one, volume
one, of this new publication has just made its ap-
pearance. Our old friend RUFUS PORTER stands at
the helm, and trust he will furnish such variety
of Scientific and Mechanical matter as will render
his paper worthy of patronage. Price 81 per vol
ume, 50 Nos to the volume Published at l2S Full
ton street, New York, and at Washington, D. G.
THE FARMER e. MECHANIC, and SCIENTIFIC A.
MEXICAN, published at New York, are well conduct
ed journals, and We trust they will be sustained
We hope all the Mechanical papers that can be sus
famed will he iesncd
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The splendor and magnfcenco of this gorgeous
and colossal carriage battles description. W.ocv-
CT has read Of the Funeral Chariot Of Alexander, or
ton of the grandeur of this superIavely beautiful
vehicle, which Wa. taken from All antique model
recently exhibited i'll London. 1t has required th7
constant labor Of twenty for nine months to
conn. eto it, at an expense of moro than FIVE
THOCeAN DOLLARS!
The leugth Of Charlot 90 feot-
Height to summit Of Canopy, 90 "
The weight in full, 5000 lbs
The chariot Will be followed by Thirty CAR
R1AGES, containing the various animals in this in
mense exhibition, drawn Oy ONE HUNDRED
HORSES
The exhibition Of this Mcnaccre rendered intense
ly interesting by the wonderful and unparallel-
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ARREST OF A BIG FoRGER. Samuel
Scuddcr, an extensive butter dealer of Pratts-
vile in this State, who has vict;mized num-
Der of banks and mercantile firms with forg-
ed acceptanccs some months since and fled,
has been arrested recently in the State Of
Ohio. He was taken by one of the Shcrfls
of that State, and is now on his way to this
city, by virtue of the customary requisitions
The Banks forged on by this Spectator in
butter were the Prattsvile Bank for $4,000
the Kingston, $4,000; the Delaware Bank
$4,000; sundry mercantile firms about $780,
O00.-N Y. Gazette.
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FIRE. We learn that on the morning Of the I'd
inst, a shop belonging to Lyman Bachelor of Wal
Nagford, was consumed together with its contents.
The shop was used for manufacturing Steel Forks,
and for various kinds Of Blacksmithng business
We were informed that Mr. Bachelor had recently
constructed machinery for expediting his business,
and that the whole was consumed with the building
Loss estimated at 81 900.
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The Postmaster General has ordered Reg
ulation $40, which authorized Postmasters to
receive subscriptions to newspapers and draw
upon the Post Office where the paper was
published, to be Observation-Disclosures, IVh19
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BOAT SUNK! There WAS a great crowd of
boats last night on the canal between this
place and Albany, and we learn that boat
lad sunk with her cargo.-Iroy Budget Oh
inst
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er of Il carriage mart ut No ElerrImac street
in looking over his business transactions tor
the day previous discovered a note OF hand
for $546,60 among his papers, purporting to
be signed by Addison Child, and endorsed by
L. B. Shcarer, and from some cause he sus-
pected the note to be forgery, in tran.
saction the eycning previous VIM. H. Earl
had purchased horse, buggy and harness
from him, and had passed him the note, above
named, EARL receiving as the balance, the
sum of 1920 in bank bills. Mr. H. subsc-
uuently learned that his suspicious We're cor
rect, and that EARL and one d. NJ johnson,
had been engaged in the Cabinet making and
upholstery business at No. PSI Washington
st. lie afterwards learned that both EARL
and johnson had left the city in company,
taking with them their newly purchased team
They we're followed as far as Worcester, when
for time, all trace of them was lost Con-
stables Frederick Warren ard Levi jackson
of Worcester, got scent Of them and traced
them to Albany, N. Y, where they arrived
about o'clock Monday afternoon last, and
arrested them just as thcy were crossing
" Greenbush Ferry" with the horse and wag-
on in their possession. The prisoners were
brought back to this city, and were lock ed
up in jail this morning. In their possession
So was found, which is Identified as part
of the money which Mr.. Howe paid to EARL.
We learn that EARL admits his guilt, and that
the examination of the prisoners will take
place this afternoon. Other forgerles have
1ust been discovered, in which the delinQuents
are implicated Pest Bee.
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and Telegraph from St. Louis TO the
Pacific, in addition TO what shall be ac-
coniplished within that period in the inte-
rior Of our country. Ills indeed within
he range Of probability that even before
chat time, . man may jump into Rail-
road car, say, at Somerset in the morning,
go to Pittsburgh for Breakfast, dine some
where hundred miles beyond, sup al
Cincinnati, then proceed TO ST. Louis and
independence, and finally to Fort Van
couver. and return again in the course of
fortnight! Nor is it less probable that
at the same time he may gel message
from home and return an answer to it
from the shores Of the Pacific in less than
half an hour! Who will deny that the
present is an age of improvement. and
who can foretel what the "ingenuity Of
man" will accomplish within the next
half century!
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THE PROGRESS OF IMPROVE
MENTS.

There are those now living who re-
member the time when the first turnpike
was made from Philadelphia to Lancaster.
The country over which il passed being
ercl, the practicabili,y..of such work
was not doubted so much as the ability
of The company to raise the funds for its
oompleiion,-but when the project Of ex-
tending the road over the mountains to
Pittsburgh was started, many, it is said,
shook their heads very significantly and
declared the thing could not be DONE
What changes time will effect! A little
over quarter Of century has passed a.
way since the improvement of which we
are speaking was commenced, and what
10 We now behold! Turnpikes running
in all directions, over mountains and
through valleys-Canals, extending thou
sands OF miles, crossing ravines, and
creeks and rivers-and Railroads without
number, connecting distant points and
bringing them, as il were, into close prox-
unity with each other--and, above all.
Telegraphic wires, stretching from the
seaboard to the Lakes, and from the CEN
tire of the Union to its extremilies, con-
veying intelligence from point to point
with lightning speedl These are among
the improvements of the last thirty years;
and who can tell what others will be
made in the next thirty years to come p
Already Is il spoken of TO extend Rail-
road over the Rocky Mountains to Ore
gon' and II may be tha. in twenty years
i-otf lis time ws sesll have 10th a Road
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EMIGRATION OF HoLLANDERs.

The Rev. Mr.. Scholte and family are
now at the Monongahela House in this
city. Mr.. s. is the principal Of an asso-
citation of Emigrants from Holland, con-
sisiing of from 1000 to 1900 ip all. the
most of whom have already arrived in
this city on their way to the far vest
We believe they have not yet located
their lands, or certainly fixed their point
of destination. Their next point from
here is ST. Louis.
This is highly respectable body of
emigrants, bringing with them their pas
tor, Mr.. Scholte, their teachers, physi-
clan, printer, &c. and embracing in their
numbers all varieties of mechanics and
agriculturalists, with an ample money
capital to provide them lands and neces-
saries in our new world. One cannot
but rejoice to see such accessions to the
moral as well as physical force of our
country.-Pittsburgh American.
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rhis, then, is what we are fighting Tor!

This, then, is what we are fighting Tor!
The Mexicans are an ignorant, poor,
degraded and powerless rabble; easily de-
lnded. and consequently wholly unfit for
self-government; and, lest somebody else
should undertake to govern them, Mr..
Polk steps in and kindly offers to per-
form that office himself. '.Tis a new
way to civilize nation: killing off one
portion to protect the other, and at the
same time, by SO doing, teach them good
manners! And why was the object of
the Administration SO long concealed b
Why assign dozen other reasons for
commencing the war, and never the true
reason! Was il not done under an ap-
prehension, that if the purposes of the Adj
ministration were known and understood,
the people Of the United States would
not be willing to risk their lives in tie
conflict!
The reparation for insults offered by
Mexico to our Minister; her failure to pay
her instalments; her alleged design upon
Texas, and all the other paetexts set up
for commencing hostiiiies against her,
appear now to be all waived by the Adj
ministration, and the ground taken that il
Is our duty to FIGHT HER UNDER OUR
PROTECTION And this office has been
assumed by us voluntarily; there was not
party IN Mexico that asked our interfe-
renee, though it is whispered about and
generally believed that there was cer-
tain SANTA ANNA OUT Of Mexico, who
very much desired it, as it might enable
him TO regain his lost power. Be this as
it may, what has the nation to gain by
this war, now ayowed 10 have been wag-
ed for the safety and benefit of the very
people whom we are slaughtering Will
the guaranty Of independence to Mexico
compensate us for the loss of thousands
of our citizens and the expenditure of
hundreds Of thousands of dollars, and is
it certain that in keeping up a standing
army TO protect the liberties of others we
do not endanger our own
BUENA VISTA.
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IMPORTANT.

4 T is necessary that my books should
4 be speedily closed. Those indebted
TO me for subscription, job work or adj
verIIsing. are therefore respectfully. yea
earnestly requested to call and either pay
their accounts. or give their obligations
for what ihev severalIy owe. Nv books
will be kept a, the "IersId'' Office until
and during the ensuing Court week, az
ter which they will be placed in the
hands Of justice Of The Peace. Il is
hoped that all those Interested will at
tend to this notice. and by so doing save
costs. JONATHAN ROW.
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For The Herald.
What are we Fighting for!

The question which heads this article
is perhaps better answered by a Wash
ington correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun than any other authority that could
with safety be quoted. This writer in
speaking of Mexico, says:--"She must
be whipped into good behaviour or held
in bondage till she can be civilized and
educated. and made worthy associate OF
the family of nations" This once done,
an "alIiance offensive and defensive, a
gainst the future interference of Europe
an Powers on the American Continent
is to be formed between her and the Uni
ted States; thus establishing Continen-
tai system for the two nations, on plan
somewhat similar to that which binds to-
gether the great Powers Of Europe, gen.
orally known as the .'Iloly Alliance"
The project thus shadowed forth by
one who is not known TO hold an official
station at Washington, was deemed so alb
surd and so inconsistent with the spirit of
the Constitution and the parting advice OF
WASHINGTON, that but little credit was
given to t..c statement at the time of its
first publication; but later Developments
go 10 prove that the writer knew what he
was saying. and that the purpose OF the
Administration is, after all, not so much
to punish the alleged insult offered to Mr..
SLIDELL or 10 compel Mexico to pay the
instaments due the United States, as the
establishment of continental Balance
in the American Hemisphere. Such is
the legitimate inference to be drawn from
the article referred to, supported, as il
now is, by somewhat similar statement
put forth by the Government paper at
Washington.
Then, it would appear, we are not
fighting for the redress of grievances
committed against US by Mexico, but we
are sacrificing our men and our money,
laying waste the fields and battering down
the cities of Mexico, overrunning her ter
ritory and killing her peoPle, in order that
she may not fall into the hands of for
eign Powers, but, after having been
whipped into good behaviour" be ''civi-
lized and educated, and made a worthy
associate of the family Of nations 70 Our
duty. in the language of cotemporary
writer, seems to be, "not only to sustain
our own freedom, but we are to see that
the Indians, Mulatioes, Mestzoes, and
Lazzaroni, from the Rio Grande to Cape
Horn, are to be and remain independent
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"A LITTLE MORE GRAPE .

In the heat of the battle of Buena Wis
ia, Gen. Taylor was watching the effects
of Capt. Bragg's battery upon the enemy.
Capt. Bragg was showering balls into
their ranks, but still they stood their
ground. s.Give them little more grape" !"
said Gen. Taylor coolly, addressing him
self to the gallant Captain. The latter
Immediately ordered the guns to be charg-
ed with grape shot. and few discharges
caused the Mexicans to falter. Another
and another followed in quick succession
the enemy fed, and the day was won.
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Tsen.ocracy and the state Debt.

FscFssocracy and the state DEBT.
There is danger, it seems TO US, that
lie Mexican war at this time engages so
caArcly the public mind, as 10 cause mat
lars Of local interest, though ever so inn
portant, 10 be, in great measure, lost
sight Of. This should not be so. Whilst
the war is raging abroad, sound policy
dictates that affairs should be rightly man.
aged at home. In little more than three
months hence, our State elections viii
take place, and it is to this subject that
we desire to direct the attention Of our
readers. We, of course, mean to speak
Of the Pennsylvania election only.
Democracy, or in other words, the To
coloco party, assumes TO itself the exclu-
s;vc care Of the rights and interests Of the
people, and we wish, therefore. TO exam
inc into It's conduct and see in how far it
has been faithful to the trus. which it has
taken upon itself. OF the FIVE Governors
last elected, four are Locofocos, and one
a Wing. Under the Administrations OF
the former, viz. Shultze, Wolf, Porter
and Skunk, the State debt, amounting at
present to about forty millions, appears to
have been created, while under the ad-
mnistration Of Ritner, according to re-
port of Auditor General Hobart, the per-
rl4anent debt was somewhat reduced. 1t
follows, then, that the Locofoco party is
Justly to be charged with, and held res
pors ible for, the present public debt.
Now, in order that the people may ar
rive at a correct conclusion in regard 10
the advantages that flow from Locofoco
rule, they must first decide whether debt
OF forty millions, the interest upon which
is raised by taxes, is blessing or curse
unto them. If the former be the case
lf they are benefited by heavy taxes
then has Locofocoism faithfully dis
charged its trust, and the people are in
duty bound to continue il in power. But,
if the contrary be the case-if paying a
large amount of taxes annually into the
State Treasury, without thereby diminish
ing the State debt one dollar, is injurious
to their pockets-then it is clear that Lo-
corocoism has departed from the line of
duty, has been faiihless TO the people, and
orght to be ousted. Let every taxpayer
examine this subject for himself, and
when he goes next October to deposit his
vote, act in conformity with the result of
his investigations.
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GOVERNMENT SECRETS.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE JOURNAL OF
COMMERCE.

CORRESPONDENTS OF THE JOURNAL OF
COMMERCE.
WASHINGTON. JUNE 2l, IS47.
In a few words viii give you every
thing that is authentic in regard to pros
pect Of a speedy peace with Mexico.
Col. Sours took out with him instruc-
tons to Gen. ScoTr TO this effect That
he was to organize. or aid in the organi-
zation, of Government de jaefo in the
city OF Mexico, and make with it treaty
according to certain terms. This mes
senger was cut off, and his message ar
rested. But the same instructions have
gone through other channels.
There is no doubt that Gen. ScoTr
will find means to make such Treaty.
and with temporary and revolutionary
power. But still Mexico is not party
TO it, and we may expect that one of its
stipulations will be that the American
forces shall be retained in Mexico, for the
protection of the peace party and peace
Government.
You can Judge, as well as any one. Of
the value of such treaty. Remember
the Treaty in Spain with a Government
de facfo which placed JosEPH BoNAPARTE
on The throne Of Spain. The nation did
not concur in it. 1t was resisted by war
on the part of the nation, and resisted
successfully.
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Persons sending to US 4th of Ju-
y proceedings for publication, viii please
.e them written out in legible hand.
We make this request for the reason that
ae have sometimes received the toasts,
&c, given on such occasions, on seperate
strips Of paper, and some even written
win a pencil. which makes it very diff
cult for the compositor and often leads TO
errcrs in their publication.
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From the New Orleans Pieayune June 8.
Dreadful Steamboat Explosion.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.

The steamer Admiral arrived this NOR
ming in port. and brings intelligence that
the steamer Edna, Capt. Philips, on her
way down from Ouachita, met with a
dreadful accident. On the 4th instant,
when opposite the town Of Columbia, just
as she was starting from the wharf, all
four of her boilers exploded, killing twen-
ty or more persons, and severely wound
ing several others. Amongst the killed
are-Judge G. Mayo, of the ll.h Judi
cial District l.. M. Duty, Claiborne
Parish: A. G. Hill, Champognote, Ark. ;
Mr.. O'Neill, and one person, name IN
known, from South Carolina; ]. IL. Vass,
barkeeper James Poole, pilot, at the
wheel; Oliver Mushon, I'd engineer +;
Austin Stigro, carpenter (; two deck pas
sengers and eight deck hands and fire.
men, names unknown; also a gentleman
from Florida, supposed TO be Mr.. A. M.
Jones.
The boat sunk Immediately after the
catastrophe, and near every thing on
board was lost. Seventeen OF the bodies
have been found. Several OF the wounded
have been brought to this city.
DIR. john B. LEWIS, of South Carolina.
(for himself and WILLIAM EVANS and j.
]. SPRINGER,) does not hesitate to attribute
this diaaster mainly to the misconduct of
those having charge of the boat. In a
letter to the Picayune he says:
1T presents another lamenlable exhi-
bition of that recklessness of conduct
which too frequently characterizes those
individuals having charge of the lives and
property of the travelling community
This boat was under the charge, as un-
derstand. of the clerk, Mr.. Johnson, and
the chief mate and the conduct of the
crew during her passage up and down the
river was the subject of conversation by
every one. They were evidently in a
state OF excitement. and were supposed
to have been under the influence OF ardent
spirits. When she arrived at Columbia
many persons on shore remarked that
she would certainly blow up, such was
the peculiar whizzing sound escaping
from her, and which we heard before she
made the landing. Here we laid about
three-quarters OF an hour. during which
time not a particle of water had been
thrown into her boiler; and when she
rounded of the explosion took place,
shivering the boat into countless frag-
ments, tearing the boilers into numerous
pieces. and throwing them from one to
four hundred yards. The groans of the
wounded, the shrieks OF the drowning,
and the CONSERVATION depicted upon the
countenance of the survivors exceed de-
scription. Many lives were saved by the
prompt and efficient aid Of the kind citi-
zens Of Columbia. They were untiring in
their efforts to render succor; nor had
they ceased their exertions to recover
bodies at the time of orr departure. /
understand that this boat has been run
nlng since 1910, and that her boilers were
unsafe. Whether she had certificate
from the inspector or not ] am not In
formed"