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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-06-26

To show what very extravagant-we had like to
have said very Observation-Disclosures put forth
by our Government fnanciers in regard to the pro-
babe product of the (unconstitutiona United States
Executive Tariff for Mexico, copy the following
from I" the Union " Of yesterday:
"THE FIsANcEs.The sIntelligencer of yesterday calls
our attention. in the body of communication to the sugges
ton Of its correspondent, (whom styles sagacous
chant that from the alleged drain of specie Mexico
the and the heavy expected imports under the tariff Of
1916, and the fall Of breadsu may expect derange-
men Of finances year. We will answer these Wing
predictions of evil in their order.
"As to the drain of specie, by the war; Mexico The
expenses will diminish greatly hereafter and the means in
The duties accrued under the Mexican tariff as
military contribution, already exceed half million specie
and must rapidly augment under the pledge recently given
that in the of peace, the imports shall be exempt
any duty conscaton These duties if the con-
tinues will furnish all the specie required be RENTED to
Mexico; and we shall, in time, have large exports the
United States of specie from Mexico payment our i'm
ports These exports already greater Mexico by
returns than TO almost any other country except
tain and occupy the interior will rapidly augment.
trade with Mexico (sver being her great staple expoD
brings nearly the whole return in specie This specie thus
brought to from Mexico, under her high and, in
many cases. Prohpory ar reached some years ago nearly
nine millions Of dollars Under the present reduc
ed duties with all the prohibitions Of imports abolished also
the removal Of the export duty SPECIE should
not be surprised imports Of specie from Mexico, in
return for EXPORTS reach twelve millions per The
drain, then, will be from Mexico to the United States.
Gas to the tariff of 1896 and the fall of breadstu Our
principal export is cotton and the vessel which brings
the of fall of breadsus from the highest point, in
forms of rise in cotton than equivalent the fall in
breadsufs Br adstuis, however, still bring good price,
and the foreign market for them established and especially
for Indian and there be doubt large
ports OF goods may be- that EXPORTS including the
ngs by freight, will more than equal the imports"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-06-26

SHIP AND TYPHUs FEvER-A letter from DR.. Douglass
at the Quarantine Station Gross Ie dated June IT, received
in Montreal gives idea of the melancholy condition of
vessels quarantined there
The Pursuit. Spence, from Liverpool the master, mate,
and all the men, one sick in hospital obliged to send
hands from the shore to remove his sick and dead.
The Lotus Watson, from Liverpool, has had of his
sick removed to hospital expects land the of the sick
in a day He had 70 deaths, IL since her arrival.
The Rose, McKnlay, from -, has nearly 100 sick ;
lost fourteen the day OF his arrival and the day after
total deaths nearly so.
The Lady Flora Hastings, from Cork passengers landed
except the sick, (T2) who still board has buried 60
The ship Sabraon, Wilson, from Liverpool has about 60
sick buried 35 has medical board who attends to
the sick.
The Jessie German, from Limerick sick As still on board
mate and ten of the ill buried 80 Of her passengers
MONTREAL, JuSE 2l.The last accounts from Gross Isle
are deeply regret say very far from being satisfactory
During the week ending on the 18th instant, of $40
sick in hospital and aoat less than 249 had died still
there scarcely any grounds for alarm the general SAM
tary condition Of the Province The mortality has hitherto
been almost entirely confined TO the quarantine station
Isle (Which may inform readers at distance an
island in the ST. Lawrence about fifty miles below Quebec)
and to the emgrants We know of instance of fever hay
ing been introduced among own people by the emgrants
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-06-26

The Jalapa correspondent Of the 81. Louis Re
publican gives the following information in letter
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25

There are anecdotes extant which show tina
there are reasons to believe that some of hi
religious opinions Cat all events sundry fan
tastical Pythagorean notions were entertain
ed more from an atfectation of singularity than
from conviction.
Some curiosity about these matters, I am
confident, is generally felt by all readers Of
American History. The reading world judg-
es that the life and opinions of such a man as
Ethan Allen ought to be free from the obscu-
rity which generally envelopes the earlier
struggles of men contending in advance of
their age, for Law and Liberty, Mr. D. p.
Thompson, Of Montpelier, VT, author of a
novel, The Green Mountain Boys and an
anonymous writer of the l." Kings Men, and
several other writers too numerous to men
ton, have made Gen Allen the subject of i'm
aginative delneation. Indeed we have a
surfeit Of traditionary lore, and as more than
half q century has elapsed since his sudden
death at Colchester it is time that Legend
should cease and Authentic History begin.
Many years ago one Of Ethan Aliens grand
sons, the Hon. Henry Hitchcock, late Of Mo-
bile, Alabama, collected together many mate
rails of the Generals public and private his
tory, with view of writing his biography
sonal friends, then and now resident of
Highgate, Vermont, who visited Mr. Hitch
cock at Mobile, several years prior to his
death. Before Mr. II, could execute the no.
bic plan he had matured, he was cut off by
the arch enemy in the meridian of his life,
leaving others to complete that which Provi-
dence denied to him, and for the loss of which
work the world already begins to MOURN
Had the Hon. Mr. Hitchcock lived TO perfect
his designs, a history of Ethan Aliens life and
adventures would have been published, and
an account Of the trials which surrounded him
been written. Besides, we should have then
had fair recognition Of the genius which
mastered his trials and the temptations to
which he was exposed, and which he so pat
riotically withstood.
There are many persons related to Ethan
Allen by blood or marriage, who, in justice
to his memory, ought to esteem it their most
bounden duty to see that his biography be
speedily and accurately written. l say speed
lily, because the materials for writing his his
tory may soon be irrecoverably lost. Formy
part, plead guilty of feeling as every Yer
monter ought to feel with respect to this mat
ter; and have dotted the garb of modesty
and ventured to pother you with this desulto,
ny communication, hoping that it might posi-
bly, win the attention Of those who have the
power of contributing greatly toward doing
justice to the memory of a fearless soldier and
a tried patriot. Trusting that you and may
live to read the full and correct Biogra-
ply, and to see a statue of one in whose his
tory the American world will always enter
tain a deep and abiding interest,
I remain yours, G. r. II.
81. -4Nans, VI.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
BRANDON, Thursday February Is, 1S47.

one OF his smaller poems to the memory of the
black sea captain, and his works contain fire.
quent illusions to his African blood.
We have alluded to this remarkable man
for the purpose of exposing the utter folly
and injustice Of the common prejudice against
the coored race in this country. 1t is pre-
JUDGE incompatible with enlightened republi-
canism and true christi anity. 1t degrades the
possessor as well as its victim. With our feet
on the neck of the black man, we have taunt-
ed him with his intcriority; shutting him out
from school and college, we have denied his
capacity for intellectual progress; spurned
him from the meeting house and church COM
munlon,-we have reproached him as vicious,
and incapable of moral elevation. What is
this, in fact, but the common subterfuge Of
tyranny, seeking an excuse for its oppression
by maligning its unhappy objects, and making
the consequences Of its own cruelty upon
them an apology for its continuance With
such examples of the intellectual capacity Of
the colorcd man as are afforded by Lover
ture and Potion, of Hayti Dumas,o of France,
Pushkn, of Russia; and placido, the slave
poet and martyr Of Cuba to say nothing of
such men as James Nc Cune Smith, Freder-
lex Douglass, Henry Ii. Garnet, and Henry
Bibb,in our own country,it is scarcely in good
taste for white mediocrity to taunt the colored
man with natural inferiority. Do not Tous-
saints deeds for freedom, and Pushkin's songs
Of great nation waken within all hearts the
sympathies Of a common nature?
There spoke our brother There our fathers grave
Did utter forth a voice !"
In the colored mans follies and crimes, his
loves and hatreds, his virtues and weaknesses,
we but recognize our common humanity, and
realise the truth Of the inspired Apostles Ian
guage-" GoD HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD
ALL THE GENERATIONS OF MEN"
j. G. w.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25

but two swarms in this building last April
but by closing my bee-house few days in the
cold spell of weather the last Of the month,
those two have done as we'll as bees do in
most seasons, swarming and making honey /;
whereas those that were out, died, as before
stated, and many people in this vicinity lost
all their bees. In the October number of
the Cultivator for last volume, page sos, men
ton was made ofmy bee house, stating that a
further explanation was expected. I have
not now time to give this explanation, and per-
haps it is less necessary, as / am compiling
manual on the management Of bees, in which
| shall show the advantages of my house by
diagrams exhibiting all its parts. Hives of
any construction can be keptin it. There are
many patent bee-hives; that of ColtonS, of
which an engraving was given in the Deccn1-
Der number of the Cultivator, l think well
adapted to the economy of the bee, and as it
is double on every side, or nearly SO, is well
calculated to shield the bees from the cold as
well as heat. shall try it the coming season
when shall be better prepared to speak OF lis
utility. NATHAN HOWARD.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
From the National Era.
Alexander Pushkin
alone die

| On the 28th ofthe LIST month, 1887, i'm one 81
the stately mansions Of the Northern Capital
on the banks Of the Neva, a great man lay
dying. The rooms which led to the chamber
Of suffering were thronged with the wealthy
the titled, the gifted of St, Petersburg, anx-
iously inquiring after the condition of the sui:
ferer. A great light was going out. Alex
ander Pushkin-thc poet and historian, the
favorite alike of Emperor and people-strick-
en- in fatal due two days before, lay waiting
for his summons to the world ofspirits And
when, at last, the weeping Jukovslii, himself
only second to Puskin as a poet announced
to the anxious crowds in attendance, that his
friend was no more, prince and peasant bow
ed their heads in sorrow The cold heart of
the North was touched with the pang of a
great bereavment. The poet of Russia, the
only man of the age who could wear with
honor the mantles of Derzhavin and Kar-
amsin, had passed beneath that shadow, " the
light whereof is darkness"
Now, who was Alexander Puskin? Can it
be possible that this man, so wonderfully
gifted SO honored, so lamentcd, was colored
mana negro? Such, it seems, is the fact,
incredible as it may appear 10 the American,
His maternal grandfather was negro, named
Annibal who was patronized by the Gar,
and became an officer in the marine service.
OF his African origin, Pushkin bore, in his
personal appearance and mental characteris-
tics, the most unequivocal marks. An article
in Blackwood, for the 9th month, 1915, de-
scribes him as follows;
&c The closely curlcd wiry hair, the mobile
and irregular features, the darkness of the
complexion, all betrayed his African descent,
and served as an appropriate outside to his
character"
AT an early age Pushkin became pupil in
the Imperial Lyceum then recently estab-
lished and richly endowed by Aexander.-
While here, the young man, after reciting
one Of his pieces, on public occasion, was
pronounced a poet by the aged Derzhavin, the
author of that sublime ode to the Supreme,
which has no equal out of the Book Of Books.
On leaving the Lyceum, in 1917, he was at
tached to the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
While in this honorable position, he publish
ed his first poem, which Immediately attained
a high degree of popularity He now became
a traveller, visiting every romantic section of
the vast empire. His principal poetic work,
" Evgenii Oniegin," is said to be the most
complete Embodiment that exists in Russian
literature of the nationality of the couutry.--
His small poems and brief stories or noyclet-
ties were published in several volumes in ran
id succession. His tragedy of Boris Go0du-
nCf is spoken of by the writer in Black
wood whom we have quoted, as BELONGING to
the highest order Of dramatic literature. TIE
had just finished his History of Peter the
Great, when he became involved in the quar-.
rel which resulted in his death, at the ace of
lie was not ashamed of his negro ancestor
On the contrary,hc seems to have been proud
Of his descent He has consecrslcd more tbon
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
Mind Among the Stars.

What an emanation from God is the hu
man mind Though itdwels in frail cot
tage, yet it can look out of the windows Of it
claey tenement, and soar among the stars
and fly with them around the mighty orbit ii
{ which they move with nconceviable veloci
ty.
Mark that thin, pale-faced man, who sits
out there under the night skies, WEAKNESS
has worn on him but his eye is lighted with
! the fire of intellect,and God has put lis own
seal on that noble brow. lie has beside him
a few charts and mathematical tables, and a
quadrant, and tube with few pieces of
glass simply arranged within, are before him.
A few feet Of square GROUND are enough for
his operations and with his glass upward
pointed, moving to and fro along the face of
the heavens, 10 what glorious wonders unveil
themselves at his bidding
| Worlds on worlds, that no man before has
seen, rise upon his vision. Star after star
and sun after sun, which have hitherto hid
themselves from mortal eye, come forth at
his call from the fathomless depth of night,
and wait silently till he has made himself ia
miliar with their countenances. System up
on system goes sweeping into solemn glory
before him while cluster after cluster, far
lHCl vi lIuO ulAllOWli3 ISNGul lllClllSClNCS
till it would seem as if the very throne of God
that man-what is it What are its work
ings With whom its silent and lone COM
munings at this hour
But here fix your eye on yonder shining
star! Ask the pale-faced student of nature, *
he will answer your question He will tell you
its name-he will measure it as with line
Il II, Il, q
locity. He will tell you its course in the
and how long it will be gone, though it be
years, yea hundreds of years He will put
his finger on the very point in the night clad
tell you the day and the hour when YOU shall
this as he tells. So wonderful is the human
soul so glorious are the revelations it has
made, as sciencc-winged, it has taken flight
through the boundless depth fspace !
Truly, we may say again, how sublime is
clothed in its God given regaia. With what
mingled awe and oy are we possessed when
we see it unfolding its lofty faculties with such
gigantic yet calm power, and pressing up
ward, on its shining track, into the heav-
ems
And can it be that this glorious creature
should die ? Can it be that such noble pow
ers, with such deep resources,Shall by and by
be quenched in endless night Oh, my un-
believing brother, look at what it has done,
and tell me, when it has just begun to uuder-
stand itself and sec and know how beautiful
and boundless is the universe of God, and be
filled with mighty desire to rise higher and
nearer to the great central sun and soul-Oh,
tell me, can you believe it shall be crushed
into nothingness, and the wonderous volume
Of Gods creation, so lately opened to it,Le clo-
sed again forever ? Shall things else live !;
shall all matter be imperishable and the mind
alone die?
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25

TEE lie VERRIER PLANET. 1t appears
by late discoveries that this planet is contin-
ually approaching the earth. When first dis
covered, it was with difficulty seen with the
most powerful telescope but it is now nearly
visible to the naked eye. 1t is said to travel
at the rate of a million and half Of miles in
twenty-fonr hours, and as it is believed to
partake of the nature ola comet, some phi
losophers apprehend serious results from its
approach The most learned professors in
England and France are anXiously cndeavor-
ing to solve the MYSTERIOUS problem.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
Revolutionary "Reminiscences.

The number of venerable men who have
survived the Revolution long enough TO wit
ness the beneficial results of the hazardous
struggle which secured our Independence, is
daily becoming less. The most notable death
which has taken place of late is that Of Nathan
Beman, who was Ethan Aliens guide in the
taking Of Ticondcroga. A short time prior
to his death, Mr. Beman, in a communication to
a country paper made the following interest
ING statements :-LI0me Journal
:" | we'll recollcct all the circumstances at
tending the transactions above stated. was
then Is years old and resided with my father
Samuel Beamen, in the town Of Shoreham,
Vermont, nearly opposite the fort. l had been
in the habit of visiting the fort very frequent
ly being well acquainted with Captain De La
places family; and other young people resid-
ing there's On the day proceeding the cap
ture, my father and mother dined, by invita-
ton, with Capt, De Laplace. l was of the
party, and spent the day in and about the fort.
On our return to Shoreham in the evening,
and Just as we were landing, we discovered
troops approaching, whom we soon ascertained
to be Allen and his party. To my father
with whom he had been long acqualnted-Ai-
len stated his object, and the proper measures
were at once concerted for accomplishing it.
1t was agreed that should act as guide,
and believe the above statement Of the man
ner of the capture to be substantially correct.
There is, however, one error of very consd-
cradle importance. ATnoid did not accom-
pany us as a vol,,ntccr, or in any other chardc-
Ter. lie tcds not present at the capture Of The
fort. According to my recollection Of the
facts, as stated and beliexd at the time, Ar
mold wished to assume the command at Castle
ton, but the troops would not consent to serye
under him, and he did not accompany them TO
Shoreham. 1t was some days after the cap
turc of the fort, before Arnold arrived at Ii
condcroga.
Before the arrival of Arnold, We had
thrown floating bridge across the narrow
part of the lake, from Ticonderoga to Mount
independence on the Vermont side Arnold
and Allen first met, after the capture, on this
bridge. l was present at the meeting Ar
mold handed to Allen paper, understood to
be an authority for him to supersede Allen,
and take the command | we'll recollect the
laced Jacket, rutiles aud cockade hat of Ar
mold, and that in the dispute which arose on
the occasion, Allen struck off the hat of Ar
mold from his head, into the water where it
sank from the weight of the tinscl with which
it was adorned, and was lost
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25

AN AMERICAN MADE MAMMOTH TELE-
SCOPE. Mr.. Lewenburg of Williamsburg,
L. l., has Just completed his splendid instru-
m me an immense refracting Astronomical
Telescope, the object glass being eight and
hall inches diameter, the largest ever in this
country, (unle it be the recently imported
Cambridge glass; and one 1.-THE largest ever
MADE what renders this triumph Of Mr. Is
dou6ly valuable, is the fact that he has sue
ceeded IN demonstrating practically the
superiority OF American flint glass over Euro
pean' for optical uses; it being perfectly
achromanc' bettraying not the slightest pris,
matte tingc N Y. Gazette.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
For the Voice of Freedom.
A CALL FOR IRELAND.

Wake sons Of Erin, hear ye not ?
A wall that over the ocean rolls;
A cry of anguish quiyering deep,
Wrung drop, by drop, from bleeding souls
That cry comes from your father land,
The grecnest Isle that gems the sea,
Where famine bows the strong man down
Powerless as feeble infancy.
Come to the rescue, brothers come,
On kindred hearts we loudly call
They die, they famish, even now
Pleading for bread they fall, they fall.
And we who own kindred tie
With all the sons of want and woe.
In vain to you they shall not cry
Nor tears like rain drops vainly flow.
Come, We that love the sons of song,
See where the harp of Erin lies,
Swept by the blast its chords have burst,
In thrilling means its music dies.
Speed to the rescue, ere too late
All, all, who love Old Ireland still,
In blessings, ye shall, blessed be,
Then save the hapless Emerald Isle.
AzILE.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25

FLESH WOUNDS. If you cut yourself
with sharp instrument press the wound UP
close so that the contact brings the scyescd
vessels and fbres properly together, securo
it in this condition with good adhesive plaster,
and the wound will heal in from twenty-.Grr
to forty-eight hours. We know this fro-i e:
pcricnce. 1t is very wrong Lotion most
people have of bathing such Wounds with
spirits, or spirituous dccoctions. The torncr
method assists nature, the latter dcic5 III
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
The Closing of Life.

Ofall the periods and events Of life, the
concluding scene is one of the deepest inte-
rest to the person himself, and to surviving
spectators. Various are the ways i'll which
it comes, and various the aspect it presents
but in all it is solemn. What can be more so
than the approach of the moment, which to
the dying man is the boundary between time
and eternity which concludes the one and
commences the other which terminates all
bis interests in this world, and fixes his con-
dition for never ending existence in the
world unknown? What can be more so than
those moments of indescribable anxiety, when
the last sands of The numbered hours are run
ming low; when the beat of the heart has be-
come too languid to be felt at the eXtremites
ofthe frame when the hand returns not the
the gentle pressure when the limbs lie stiff
and motionlcss when the eye is fixed, and
the quick ear turns no more to the voice of
consoling kindness when the breath before
oppressive and laborious, becomes fecbler and
feeblcr, till it slowly dies away-and to the
listening ear there is no sound amidst the
brcathless silence nor to the arrested eye,
that watches with the unmoving look of
thrilling solicitudo for the last symptom of re-
maing life, is motion longer perceptible,
when surrounding friends continue to speak
in whispers and to step through the cham
Der on the tiptoe Of cautiousness, as if still
fearful Of disturbing him-whom the noise of
thousand thunders could not now startle-
who has fallen into that last sleep, from which
nothing shall rouse him but " the voice of the
archangel and the Trump of God lizard
iaw,