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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30
A S1cKENIHG TRAGEDY. The HopcsdaIe

A SIcKENING TRAGEDY. The II0pcadale
Democrat gives the following statement:
One day last week q shameful and distress
inc affair occurred among the labogeys cDgag.
ed on the n. York and Erie Railroad directly
opposite the mouth OF Equjnunk creek. At
German christening the persons present
drank, according to custom Of the father
land, to the health and prosperity Of the
child Nor did the drinking cease until the
company, parson and all, were intoXicated
Then aq0nrreI arose and hght ensued' III
which thirty or forty combatants participant
ed. The wife Of the parson was very much
incenSQd at his conduct and resolved not to
live with him any longer. She told him Of her
determination, and forthwith proceeded with
the assistance Of a man, to put her effects in
to small boat for removal to this side ofthe
river. Scarcely, however, had the boat left
the shore before the parson was apprlsed Of
her departure, and getting into his skill pur-
sued. In the middle Of the stream be over
took the boat in which his wife was, and seized
upon her with the view probably Of forcing
hcrinto his skiH. She resisted, and in the
struggle the boat ct,plunging all the parties
into the water. They were soon rescued, as,
fortunately, there were other boats on the
banks. Again on lana, the phrSoh ehtreateu
his wife not to forsakc him, and threatened to
destroy himself if she persisted in going away.
She was fixed in herpurpose, and told him
plainly that he had disgraced himself, his
family and the ministerial profession, and
that she would have no further intercourse
with him. He then waded upon : sand-bar,
in the stream talking to her as he went. i'm
plorng her to have pity on him, and declar-
inc that he would drown himslfif she did
not. The spectators, believing that be was
only endeayoring to operate on her feelings
lie. him 90 on. Soon he reached the end Of
the bar where the water was up to his chin.
He then turned and again appealed to his
wife, but she would not rclent. He tool,
another step and disappeared in the waters
Boats we're manned but is was too latc-the
strong current had swept him away.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

STILL IN SUSPENSE. This is the eleventh
day since we had full confirmation Of the sue
cess of the arms of the United States at the
gates Of the Mexican capital, of the appoint
ment of Commissioners to negotiate with us
for Peace. and of the actual meetings Of those
Commissioners with the Commissioner of the
United States on two or three successive
days; and to this hour no addition has been
made to that Information, nor has any com
munication whatever reached this city from
Mexico of later date than the despatchcs,pub-
lie and private, which brought the news
National HteUFgencT, 25M.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

VERY SINGULAR. A young girl has late
ly been brought to Boston for the benefit of
eminent medical treatment, who has been
suffering for several years with a strange in.
trinity. 1t is noise in the throat, loud and
distinct, and sounds like the striking Of two
metals together, or castnets used by boys in
the street The noise is without intermission
save perhaps for few minutes occasionally.
AS yet, the cause of the noise has not been
ascertained, Or any means found to abate the
disorder, which so far has been on gradual
increase. 1t is totally distinct from the mo-
ton of the lungs, while breathing, and alto
gether is one Of those cases which are beyond
the ken of human wisdom.-Er.
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Thrcc ycara have passed.

DO you see that beautiful white cottage,
nesting among the shrubbery, at the foot Of
yondcr hill IN the door sits pale-taced
inatron, watching the motions Of child as it
f:olcs in the warm summer evening, on the
green grass. The cottage is Joab Browns ;
the matron is Debby's mother who finds an
ever fresh delight in the playfulness Of her
daughters child. Just within, the happy wife
is busily preparing the evening meal for the
expected husband, the crack of whose whip
may cven now be heard as the stage-coach
comes laundering down the hill in;o the vii
lage.
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THE BRTrrsu STEAMER BR1TANNIA.

THE BR1r1su STEAMER BR1TANNIA. As
many ship carpenters are at work on the
Steamship Britannia as can conveniently be
employed and it is expected the necessary re-
pairs will be completed on Wednesday next,
1t has been found that the false keel is carried
away, from the stern to abatt the paddle box,
and that The keel is so much damaged as to
require the removal Of about fifty feet Of it,
The sheathng, which is very thick, is broken
off about twenty-five feet The copper in
some places is rubbed up.
One of the crew Of the Britannia was
killed between twelve and one o'clock Satur-
day morning. He was returning on board
and his foot slipped as he was passing up
the side. lie fell back upon the dock and
received such injury that he died before he
could be conveyed 10 the hospital. IT is said
that his neck was dslocated,-M Y. Express.
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nB~The Equinoctial storm commenced on

~ The Equinoctial storm commenced on
Saturday and continued without abatement
throughout yesterday. The Southern mail
due yesterday morning had not arrived at 8
o'clock last evening. The "Bay State" how
ever came through, having anchored in
IIammonds Cove on Saturday night, and
from passengers we learn that the steamer
Oregon" with the Southern mail would not
leave New York until last evening The
storm in n. York is represented to have been
much more se7ere than i'll this ycinity.-~Bee,
27M.
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BROKEN ARM. We learn from the last Regenera-
tor, that our old friend, ORsoN S MuHEAY, had his
arm broken on the Eth inst As appears from his
statement Mr.. MUnRAY was drawing gravel with
two horse team might had come on the horses
travelling fast and there being hole in the road,
the foot of the teamstor plunged into it and his
body thrown against the wagon and on the ground
the hind wheel passed over the right arm ofNIR,
MURRAY, breaking it just above the elbow. This
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

TRIAL OF MARY RUNKLE. Our readers
will remember that one John Runkle was kill
ed at Utica By his wife in August. The Utica
Gazette gives long report Of the trial of the
woman in the Oneida Oyer and Terminer
on Friday last. The jury after an absence of
two hours and three quarters, brought in a
verdict Of guilty of murder, and the prisoner
was remanded for sentence, A general con-
viction Of the woman's'guilt seems to have pre-
vailed.-Bee, 23d.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

FLoGGNG CASE. Rev. Austin Wiley
was cowhided in the streets of Hallowell on
Monday, by Mr. Franklin GIazier, quiet and
respectable citizen of that town in repayment
of an atrocious indignity which was inflicted
upon little daughter Of Mr., Glazicr by the
reverend gentleman. We are informed by
persons from the eastward that the retaliation
was in perfect ace ordance'with the opinions of
Ill who we're cognizant Oft the circumstances.
Courier
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MORE POISONING AT A WEDDING, The
Raleigh Register relates another case of
poisoning at avoiding party in Green county
n. c., in which some twenty persons were
made sick by partaking Of custard. Henry
b. Holmes, and negro, have since died, but
the others will probably recover No clue
has yet been discovered as to the perpetrator
Of this diabolical crime.
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NoRCEsTER, Sent. %, 18l

W VI'V7I41 T I3IN' ~ ~ - III
The Democratic State Convention held in
this town this day, was organized by the choice
of Charles G. Greene, ESQ., President,
Caleb Cushing was nominated for GoverRor
and Henry w Cushman Lieutenant Govern
or. Messsrs. B. L. Hallet of Boston and
Chester W. Chaplin of Springfield were
appointed Delegates to National Convention.
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MURDERED BY ACCIDENT. A

MURDERED by ACCIDENT. A man in
Richmond, Virginia on coming home drunk
noticed little girl from the neighborhood,
whom he undertook to frlghten away. For
this purpose he took up gun and pointed
at her. CareIcssly pulling the trigger, il was
discharged blowing off the top OF the little
Girls head,- PLedae and Standard.
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H9TOn the line of the Providence and

tzTOn the line of the Providence and
Worcester railroad, there are twenty stop
ping places, or Way Stations; "a Cotton
Mills; 307,O 900 spindles; 1892 Looms making
about 1,197,800 yards OF cotton cloth per
week; % v oolen Mills; 81 sets of Wooden
Machinery;4 Scythe Works and 80 Machine
Shops. The road is fraction over 43 miles
long, and will be in operation by the last of
this month.-Bce, 22d
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HUNTING MATCH, A hunting match took
place in dis ViIaseon the 9TH inst. There
were 1Gyoung men engaged. The hunt las
ted one day; and when the game was counted
itappeared that there had been 74o squirrels ;
18 partridges; hawks; A crows 10 ducks,
and 20 snipes killed Cha's Van Epps, one
of the best shots in this section, shot 116
squirrels, besides some other game.-Brock-
n0LH II0icAMan.
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ANIcE LITTLE VOYAGE. The ship Swata-
~, with 260 passengers on board, arrived at
Philadelphia day or two ago, from Liverpool
whence she sailed on the 4th Of March last
having accomplished her voyage in six months
and four days. She was three times dismasted
and had TO put back for rcpairs.-Bee.
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EDWe are happy to understand that
Major General VIM. o. Butler, Of Kentucky
has 50 far recovered from the wounds which
lie received at Monterey that he proposes
immediately to join the army in Mexico
Union,
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ADDISON COUNTY FAIR. The FAIR to be held
at Vergennes on Thursday the 7th of October will
pay we'll to those who can consistently attend. No
Farmer should neglect this opportunity of viewing
as choice selection of Cattle, Sheep and other
imals as can be found in this section.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-09-30

more, for three minutes of sight, that may be
worth as many cents. ,.c
This is no caricature, but truth to the life.
Yours, A. H. o.
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THE VOICE.
THURSDAY. SEPT. 80, l847.
BRANDON:

TELEGRAPH Company MEETING We learn from
the last Burlington Free Press that Il meeting of
the stockholders in the Telegraphlc Inc from Troy,
n. Y. to Montreal was held III Burlington on the
18th inst, and that GEO. w. BENEDICT ofthat town
was chosen Trustee Of said Company.
Mr. CLARKE says he learns that Offices are to
be established in st, Adams village, Burlington Yer
gennes, Middlebury, Rutland, Manchester and East
Bennington those being the places where the stock
has been made up.
We regret that Brandon did not secure her share
Of the stock in said Company ;-nevertheless, since
money-making is the object, mainly, of those who
have taken stock, we trust the experiment of sus-
tanning an Office here will be tried when the others
are established. We believe this, because we be-
leve the business will pay we'll in Brandon as i'll
some of the towns named and that this business
will increase fast in this place, as at any ore
named, unless it be in Burlington.
BRANDON PEACHES. We were somewhat sur
prised on Monday last at seeing some Peaches
raised by john A. CoNANT ESQ. of this Village,
and to learn that so large ones could be raised in
this section. One of the Royal George kind
measured IL inches IN circumference, anu was
of excellent favor. If any Peach Grower in these
parts can 90 ahead of Mr.. CoNAET, in this line,wc
will thank him for an account Of his success.
STORM ON THE SOUND. We learn from Boston
papers that the severe storm on Long Island Sound
on Saturday night lest caused several shipwrecks.
Full accounts have not yet come to hand.
VERMONT SENATE. The official canvass
of votes for Senators show the election of the
following named men, and they are political
ly marked as follows:
wings.
Bennington County, Blackmer E Brownell,
Heman Morse.-2.
Tusdham CO., John Kimball, Peter W.
Dean, Larkin O. Mead.-3.
Rutland co., George t. Hodges, John Fox,
Henry Stanley.-3.
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PATENTS. The National Era publishes a
table showing the number of Patents taken out
in 1916, by persons residing in the different
States, with its bearing upon the question Of
slavery. In the free states there were 465,
while in the slave states there were but so.
Tennessee, Arkansas and Florida, and the
territory of Wisconsin, contributed nothing in
inventive genius, The patents in the free
states range as follows Maine, 6 N. Hamp-
shire, 6: Vermont, IA; Rhode Island, 8 !;
Connecticut %; Massachusetts,, Sc; New
YORK, 1917; New Jersey, 8; Pennsylvania,
90; OHIO, 20 Michigan, 5; Indiana, 10; IL
lnoia, 3 iowa The slave states stand
District of Columbia, 8; Delaware, 2; Mary
land, IS; Virginia, 13; North Carolina 8
Sonth Carolina, Georgia, :; Alabama, 8;
Louisiana, s; Mississippi, l; Kentucky, 5
Missouri, / Texas, 2.
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was rather hard case ; but if the long hair Of ogg
old friend had got tangled among the spokes Of tbs
wheel, and his head had been run over we thing
he would have fou6d it harder still, and he mjobK
have found himself in as bad fix as did tho }
who got caught in the oak tree branches Wethiuk
Orson, you had better consider this as proylen-
tial escape, and trim up before running another
such hazard.
PHEEEoLoGIcAL JOURNAL. Number ten Of this
vol. las come to hand, and it contains alikcress
and chronological desert ption ofNIcHoLAs, Empe
est.
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MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. we are eH-
tremey happy to announce that the whole
amount of stock for the proposed telegraphlc
line from Troy to Canada, via Bennington,
Rutland and Burlington-has been taken ;
that the first assessment has been promptly
paid and that the work Of construction is COM
mencCd.
This line, as is we'll known, is designed to
furnish the connecting link between Mont
real and New York-and we are informed
that it will be completed and put in operation
the present fall.-State Banner, 2Hh
KIND WoRps DO NOT CosT Much. They
never blister the tongue or lips. And we
never heard of any mental trouble arising from
this quarter. Though theydo not cost much
yet they accomplish much
l. They help ones own good nature and
good will. Soft words soften our own souls.
Angry words are fuel to the flame of wrath,
and make it blaze the more ficrcely
2. Kind words make other people good
naturcd. Cold words freeze people, and hot
words scorch them, and sarcastic words
| irritate them, and bitter words make them
bitter, and wrathiul words mako them wrath
, full.
There is such rush of all other kinds of
words in our days that it seems desirable to
give kind words chance among them. There
are vain words, and idle words and haSty
words, and spitefu words, and silly words and
empty words, and profane words, and boisterous
words, and warlikc words.
Kind words produce their own image on
mems souls And beautiful image it is.
They soothc and quiet and comfort the
hearer They shame him out of his sour,
morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet
begun to use kind words in such abundance as
thev ouoht TO he --PdSchdl.
The U. S. ship jamestown left Norfolk on
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The U. S. ship jamestown left Norfolk on
Tuesday, for the Coast Of Africa
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CAPTAIN VIETON.

The Providence Journal publishes the
following extract of letter from Captain
NInton, who fell at the serge Of Vera
Cruz
Il have hitherto ilyed mostly for others
but my chlIdreu vii reap some u tho
fruits Of my seit.denial, by the means /
shall leave them Of living Independently
and securing good education. commit
them to the care Of their Heavenly Faith.
er, and hope their trust IN HIM, will ever
be al least as firm aud pnceasing az has
been my own. My confidence IN the over.
ruling Providence Of God is unqualified
SO that | go to the field Of action fully as.
sured that whatever may betal ne vii be
for the best. feel proud to serve nv
country IN this her appeal; and should e
ven the worst-dealh lself-be my lot,
shaI! meet It cheeriuIy, concurr,ng fully
IN the beautiful Roman sentiment, Dulct
ct decOrum est, pro Pafria morn
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GEN. TAYLOR

In letter from Washington to the New
York Tribune we find the following com.
pllmenlary notice Of TIL, JUS ~ popular Ia
yorite;
Gen. Wool, understand, writes to q
friend IN this city 10 the most enthusiastic
terms OF Gen. Iayl 4r's conduct on the day
Of Buena Vista. He says that he does not
believe any other General Ia the country
could have achieved victory that day A..
gainst such tremendous odds. Amid the
whole ruge Of the conflict, Gen. Taylor
remained calm as on parade day. lis val.
or, bis confidence, ms lnvlnclble presence
OF mind awakened the greatest enlhusla SIN
among his troops, and multiplied their en-.
deayors. Three times his tt,le army lal.
tered before the vast array against II /.
three tunes he rallied them By his animal.
ing words Of encouragement and drove
them upon the compact masses Of the
enemy. lie seemed arm with ubtqut.
ty wherever his presence vas most van.
ted, wherever The Toe pressed hardest,
wherever his troops most wanted succor,
he was sure 10 be. Unmoyed by the show
er Of balls thal whlsled around HIN aud
even riddIed has coat, he watched over the
events OF tue day wiIh ANXIOUS eye, he
commanded the gallant charge Of May and
the heroic and vcterau.llke advance Of the
hunters Of Kentucky upon the Mexican
chief battle, always the same, always cool
aud determined"
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this Information upon persons IN every way
unworthy OF confidence. My object 10 writ
log TO ou as principally TO correct the mis-.
apprehension that had advised this expo.
dl,Ion to Vera Ctuz. Allow me 10 say
word 90 anolhbranch OF the subject.
Every body IS tired of this war and snx
lous for peace not SO much for treaty Of
peace as for actual peace: not a treaty Of
peace and actual war, but actual peace with
or without a treaty. The plan which |
have heretofore suggested and only clam
the credit Of beng the first 10 indicate ny
will, beyond all doubt, give us this peace
What are the evils OF war Carnage,
expenditure OF money, and the deprivation
of Mexican commerce. With a line OF
posts gurrisoned with fifteen or twenty
thousand men, (and our regular army nun.
bers twenty thuusand,) does any one man
alive suppose that Mexico will ever assall
that line The last rally has been spas.
mode effort, produced by the INVASION OF
their country-as the most tmid bud VII
defend its nest; but il would be nothing
less than impossible 10 RAISE and march u
Mexican army OF fifty thousand men TO the
RIO Grande. There will then be no more
lighting, no more expense, as our regular
army will man the posts, and that army
must De supported somewhere, and We have
10 use for II any where else. Then as IL
the third and last: depuvatIcn OF Mexlcst
7 commerce. What has been the amount o
that commerce for the last twelve years! not
an annual average Of one million Of dollars
A fair mercantile profit on that oil ten per
cent would be 100000. That IS the mosI
that NC should lose. But Will we lose
that Wuh a hue Of frontier Of five hun.
dred miles, does any one doubt TINT te,
times the amount OF merchandise would b'
carried on acfoss that line as by tegu!a
Importation, aud by he very same process
by which II IS proposed TO Introduce il b.
way OF Vera Cfuz.
1t IS thus 10 our power al once 20 pu al
end 10 this NEST unnecessary and deplora
be war, aud every consideration who
should have u nIence upun honorable me
demand. that We should do 50. The nl
tIonal honor never required tho war. IN
honor OF this country requires war vii
Mexico No view OF natlouaI interest ia,
Ihes It's further prosecution upon feeble
vanqushed, but gallant enemy. Glorlou
as has been and always viii be the achieve
ments Of our arms, the shout OF victory !
not unaccompanied with the sobbtugs {
grief and the agony OF many stricken al
broken heart, W no that has a heart doe
not feel It beat 10 deep sympathy with tn
IIlustrious patriot OF Ashland for the loss
his gallant and heroic son
Terrible is the responsibility OF tho.
Who have II 10 their power to stop the ell.
SION OF blood AMI who do Il not. vi
not say tina! they incur all the moral gu,
+ Of murder, but solemnIy declare that, /
IKE circumstances M self, sh Juld le'
that DID.
Very truly, Your friend &c.
WADDY THOMPSON.
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GEN. TAYLoRs Politics.

The National lnielllgencer, journal Of
known caution IN It's statements, alter refer.
fng to the fact that three.tourths Of the
prominent men in the army are Wings,
uses the following language IN regard to lie
two commanding generals:
alt isstIIl more generally known, indeed
Il is known universally, that Gen. Scott, the
Chief IN command Of the Army, aud Gen.
Taylor, who has distinguished himself 50
greatly, are both Wings, Constitutional
Anercao Wings, in all their opinions and
sentiments"