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The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-08-02

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. -- SABBATH
MAILS DIsCoNTINUED.-Withi few years,
it is known, very extensive and successful eff
forts have been made, through the press and
other influences, for promoting an appropriate
observance of the Sacred Day. AT the recent
large clerical Convention in Buffalo, this sub
iect was one Of prominent interest and able
addresses were made by Rev. DR., Edwards
and others.
Many striking facts were communicated il
Illustrating the temporal, as we'll as spiritual
advantages Of the appointed day of rest.
The Post Master General, it was stated,
had, in accordance with the general wish of
the people on that route, just discontinued
the Sabbath mails between Albany and Buff
falo and, as consequence, it is understood,
that no Sabbath day cars are hereafter to run
on that extensive line.
1t is believed that no Sunday Mail is now
carried in any part of New England; and
large numbers of such have, within few
years, at the request of the people, been dis
continued in other States, as we'll as here,-
embracing upwards of eighty thousand miles,
thus effecting a very great saving Of cx-
pensc to the Department, as well as securing
the undsturbed privileges of the Sabbath to
many churches and ncighborhoods. The
amount saved, by a discontinuance Of Sunday
Mails, at one tinae it has been ascertained from
the General Post Office, is upwards of Sirty
thousand dollars year; and that without any
real dminution Of mail privileges to any
Boston Mail.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-08-02
"THE STAR THAT NEVER SETS ~

Vermont, faithful among the faithless, comes
into the support of General Taylor's nomina-
ton, from conviction of the truth Of this
position. Not dissenting press now holds
back.
What a glorious example does she give us.
Vermont, the scene of many gories in the
Re, olution and in the last war, possessing a
population educated, religious, rejecting and
industrious, with sentiments of the most de-
voted love for freedom, compassionating the
slave above all other States, imbued with
honest zeal for liberty, as well as the just
rights of the North, hesitatcs not moment
as to the course she should pursue. She comes
to the rescue of the country upon large and
liberal views, trusting to the intelligence and
virtue of the people at large, as well as being
confident of her own.
This is a great and splendid illustration Of
true patriotism and Wing principle. 1t is a
bright and glorious example of that magnan'
imous spirit on which the peace and safety Of
this country depend.
Yes; there are no malcontents in Vermont;
no dissatisfied editors, no disappointed office
seekers, no factious disorganizers who mus
rule or ruin. Like her eternal mountain:
lifting to the Clouds she stands beacon t.
the Wing States of the stability Of her princi
pies, and the sublimity of her faith.-M Y
Wig Union.
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WHAT'S IN A NAMF2

Charles M. and Harry G. stood chattering
in the corner Of a ballroom.
" So Charley" said the latter, your little
last week looking like a beauty"
81 dare say" returned Charles, for l hear
Osborne is so happy in his new possession
that he spared no expense to set her off to
the best advantage"
"'Tis true enough, and sometimes Won
der how you made up your mind to part with
her."
ooh going to be married, you know, and
young ladies don't tolerate any rival near the
throne. In fact expect to find happiness
enough at home"
"Ah, very fne but should not wonder
if, before long, you were for getting your
beauty back again"
"May be-" said Charles, struggling his
shoulders. "Nous verrons."
And so the two separated Whilst love-
ly girl, who had approached behind unseen,
and been an involuntary listener, hastily re-
treated. The next morning produced the
following correspondence
Number one. take an early opportunity
to request that our engagement may be at an
end from this time. Your principles would
destroy all chance of happiness with you,
even if the insulting manner in which you re-
ferred to our connection were not sufficient
to produce the resolution have now commu-
nicated. JULIA.
Number two, I am entirely at a loss to
comprehend the meaning of your note, and
until you can give me clearer idea of what
am accused, it is impossible for me to de-
fend myself. l await your reply.
CHARLES.
Number three. You ask my meaning.
All Charles, why add hypocrisy to your 9TH
er faults? If your conscience does not ac-
cuse you, perhaps it may be enough to men,
ton to you the name of Osborne
JULIA.
Number four l am more than ever puz-
zled l never spoke to Mr. Osborne but
once, and that was when I sold him my boat
Pray let me know what you do mean.
CHARLES.
Number five. Your Boat and her name
Ellen? Oh dearest Charles, what fool
have been Come to me directly and I'll tell
you, can't write it.
Your own JULIA,
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THE SHIPPERS DILEMMA, OR JUSTICE IN
TUNIS,

THE SKIPPER'S DILEMMA, OR JUSTICE IN
TUNIS.
A certain Captain Baculard left Marseilles
for China but being buffeted by the winds,
he hauled up in the harbor of Tunis, to wait
weather. The collector Of the port came on
board Capt. Baculard represented that he
was freighted for Canton, that he had nothing
to do with Tunis, and that he only put in
from distress of weather. But the collector
exhibited manifest necessity that he should
fork over. Capt. Baculard did fork overin a
rage, but instantly repaired to the palace of
the Bey, demanding justice.
"Good Frank" said the Bey, ~ am your
friend. God is great. What the devil do you
want of me ?"
Highness," answered Capt. Baculard,
your custom-house has robbed me. l have
forked over-fork back"
"Excellent individual" answered the Bey,
" in this country, when we have the dust, we
keep it. The original acquisition is difficult
ty. To fork back is thing unknown to
Africa"
"But shall not have justice ?"
"Certainly, will you have the French or
Tunisian justice If you choose the French
after all, will speak to your consul. He
loves justice, good man; three of my subjects
applied to him two years ago for immunity,
and they will get it next year, think-for
he loves justice"
" French justice, never! give me the Tu-
nisian am in hurry"
"Be it so then. God is great" said the
Bey; what is your cargo ?"
Marscilles soap, and twenty thousand
cotton caps"
cit is we'll. Go away and be tranquil"
The Bey summoned his vizier.
"Vizier," said he, "there is no God but
God, and Mahomet is his prophet We love
Justice. We love the Franks. Proclaim that
every jew who appears tomorrow out Of
doors without a cotton cap, will have a little
transaction to settle with me-"
There were twenty thousand Jews in Tu.
mis-, and not one single cotton cap in the place
They all made their wills when they learned
Baculard had lots of the desired article there
was enough said-Capt Baculard sold the in
voice at 50 each. He rushed to the palace
and poured out his thanks.
"Not so fast" said the Bey, 81 am not
done yet. Call my vizier."
The vizier appeared.
Hroclalm, salu the Bey, that every Jew
who keeps a cotton cap another hour will
have trouble with you. God is great, and
1 am lineal descendant of Mahomet."
The vizier made grand salute, placing
his left leg on the back of his neck, according
to the custom of the Court and retired.
When Capt. Baculard returned to the dock
he found the twenty thousand Jews already
awaiting him, caps in hand. He might have
had the caps for nothing; but, DESTROYS tc
leave behind him name for generosity and
greatness Of soul, he purchased them at two
cents piece.
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girl; and as general thing she does not
but the growth Of her intellect has been slim
ulated by no dollhouse culture, and though
maturity comes later, it will last proportion
ably longer. Eight hours each day of men
tai application, for girls between the ages of
ten and nineteen years, Or ten hours each
day as is required at the school of which l
have spoken, with two hours for meals, one
for religious duties, and the remainder for
sleeping and physical exercises, are enough
to break down the strongest constitution.
Stimuli may enable the physical energies
to supply what is needed until the end of the
course-the stimuli of competition, ambition,
praise, reward, and constantly aroused enthu-
siasm-but where then is the stock of health
which should have been laid up during these
years for whole life? xhausted-gone.
The frame not half developed, the muscular
powers feeble, the strength infantile, the vi
tai system impaired, the nerves shattered,
with what prospect for wife or mother
does the girl enter upon life ?--MYSpec.
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D L G L N Z r A C Y.

0 Friend! know not which way must look
For comfort, being, as am, opprest,
To think that now our Life is only drcst
For show mean handy-work of craftsman, cook,
Or groom - We must run glittering like Brook,
In the open sunshine, or we are unblest!
The wealthiest man among us is the best;
No grandeur now in nature or in book
Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense,
This is idolatry; and these we adore:
Plain living and high thinking are no more;
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.
WORDSWORTH
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HEALTH OF FEMALES.

No one who has been abroad can fail to
notice the physical feebleness of American
women in the higher classes, in comparison
with the women Of England or the continent.
With equal intellect, sprightliness and health
in childhood and early youth, and with more
of beauty, at the very time when the health
should be the most firm, the intellect bright
est, and beauty in the ascendant, as he has
seen in other lands, the observer remarks the
American women to have failed, An intel
ligent physician said the other day that
every fourth woman kept her good health
till she was forty; every tour-hundredth her
good looks" Without insisting upon the
truth of so broad an assertion, the fact is
universally admitted that American women
become prematurely old. Allowing all that
is said about the influence of climate, diet,
dress, early cares, &c., in producing this,
there is still much wanting-much that is
unsolved, in bringing about so universal and
disastrous result. / believe this will be
found to be inudicious early education, and
in this almost alone. The childhood of
English and French women is spent in play.
Their girlhood in physical and mental exer-
cises combined, the former always taking the
precedence, and always insisted upon even if
| it to be the entire neglect OF the other.
The English girl spends more than one
half of her waking hours in physical amuse-
ments, that is, in amusementS which tend to
develope and invigorate and ripen the bodily
powers. She rides, walks, drives, rows up
the water, runs, dances, plays, swings, jumps
the rope, throws the ball, hurls the quot,
draws the bow, keeps up the shuttlecock, and
all this without having it forever impressed
upon her mind that she is thereby wasting
her time. She does this every day, until it
becomes habit, which she will follow up
through life Her frame, as a necessary
conseq uence, is large, her muscular system
better developed, her nervous system in sub
ordination to her physical, her strength more
enduring, and the whole tone of her mind
healthier. She may not know as much at
the arc of seventeen as does the American
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TEE PLANET NEpTUNE-Thisn newly dis
covered planet has diameter of $4,000
miles, consequently it is about two hundred
times larger than the earth, and may be seen
with telescope of moderate power. The
motion is retrograde at present, and its mean
velocity of :, 900 miles an hour, is six times
slower than that of the earth. Being on the
confines of the known system, and at the dis
lance of 5000 millions miles from the sun, it
can only have the $4,000 part of the light
and heat we receive from that body but the
deficiency of light, at least, may in some
measure, be supplied by moons, two of which
have been discovered; besides, like Saturn,
it has ring, whose diameter is to that of the
planet as three to two, and consequently,
Ga 900 miles; the breadth of the ring is I'M
Magazine.
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TUNE-Eafle of Erin

0 ! voices of warning were heard in the ration,
And Vars fearful advent foreseen in the fates,
When Teras was joined with wild reclamation,
And blended her name with our Union of States.
Yet the warning was met with laugh of derision,
Though battle-clouds rose on the ar-seeing vision
When demagogues seald their unchanging decision
And opened to Texas our nnermost gates.
Then the demon of conquest-all ruthless and
CORY
Unfurl'd to the breeze our proud banner Of stars ;
But-alas for Columbia alas for her glory,
When the triumph of battle her bright honormars
0 only when JUSTICE is trampled and dying,
When HONOR and TRUTH beneath ERROR are lying
Should the Eagle of Freedom in battle be flying,
And the sunlight of Peace be shaded in Wars.
The pathway of Peace is a nations true glory;
Art, Science and Letters spring up at her birth
While the years pass away, and her honors grow
hoary,
Still onward and upward-she gladdens the earth,
Like flowers that spring up in numberless measure,
Like stars that beam out in the twghts deep azure,
Like oceans wild waves in their tumult of pleasure,
worth.
And who knows so well the dark terrors of battle,
As THE WARRIOR who often has breasted their
might?
Who has heard the death Shrek mid the deep can
mons rattle?
And gazed on the havoc that marks the red fight ?
Who more gladly would guard from wars devasta-
ton,
The fields and the homes of his own cherished ma
When a contrast so fearful had grown on his sight
The hero whose namo was watchword Of honor,
Whose honest ole heart knows no polite VILE
Who's loved by the land for the fame he has won
The blessings of PEACE and PROSPERITY smile
His name borne aloft-al true Wings will hear it,
His banner flung out-the foeman will fear it,
And the nation around with patriot spirit,
Shall welcome ruler untainted with guile =
The slave in his letters shall look up with gadness,
For vision of Freedom will beam on his eye,
And tighten the shadows that long DER his sadness
Had gathered like clouds along the dark sky
He knows that the BRAVE are the friends Of the
moaning,
He knows that the TRUE will list to their groaning,
And hears the Great Future, indignant, disowning,
The errors that stained the long ages gone by.
Then lift up your banner! we Wings Of the Union
With TAYLOR and FILLMORE inscribed on its
breast,
The brave and the wise in q mighty communion,
Are joined in these names for rictory G1est.
0 glorious to thee! our far-spreading nation!
The hour that shall witness their proud elevation
And hear whole people in joint reclamation,
Acknowledge the rule of their bravest and best.
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JOHN VAN BUREN.-Thc New York cor
respondent of the Boston Chronotype gives
the following pen and ink sketch of John Van
Buren,:
Prince John is six feet and we'll proper
toned, with broad shoulders, large head, al
together fine physique. His face is ruddy
with the evidences of good health and gener,,
GUS living, and his manner is of the free sh and
but clear and powerful, and easily reaches
over large space. His bearing while speak,
ing is good, his gestures easy rather than
graceful, end his speech more forcblo than
eloquent. He speaks right to the point
wastes no words, uses no ornaments, but de-
livers himself in pithy, direct and intellisi-
BILE manner. He never attempts to be i'm
pressive, or moving, but in plain, sensible,
yet piquant, finished and ggsntlemanlike way
goes about his business. The great features
Of his oratory are clearness and logical force
wit seems as the constant condiment for these
substantials, and genuine wit it is.
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GEN. TAYLOR AND GEN. Hanson
In a casual conversation the other day with a
gentleman who had served with Old Rough
and Ready in the Florida war, he related
the following, which TRANSFERRED in 1910 dur
ing the Harrison campaign
On the arrival of the northern mails, the
officers were in the habit of meeting at Gen.
Taylor's marquee, to discuss the news, The
General being Wing, took the National In
tel!iqencer, and Major Garland, a Locofoco,
the Washington Globe. On one Of these oc-
casons, Gen, Taylor found in the Intelligen-
Ger an account of one of the Mammoth Con-
ventions held in honor of Old Tip, and he re-
marked, " This, gentlemen, is what I like to
Sec" "But,' promptly responded the Major,
" General Harrison is Northern man, and
all abolitionist " "No matter" replied the
General, {" he is an honest man, and unac-
customed to the wiles and intrigues of partl-
sans. The great mass of the people-the
honest and intelligent of all parties-are raj
lying in his support, and, sir, my word for it,
they are on the right track Cleveland Her.
aid.
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From the Chicago Field Piece
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE.

. War, at all times, and under all circumstan-
ces, is a national calamity, to be avoided,
if compatible with national honor. The
principles of our government, as well as its
true policy, are opposed to the subjugation
of other nations and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of other countries by conquest, for, in the
language of the great Washington, 'why
should we quit our own to stand on foreign
ground ?'"-General 1dylor's Letter.
The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-08-02

A REAL ORNAMENT TO THE BAR.--Mr.
Warren, the author of Ten Thousand a. Year,
in the course of recent lecture in the hall
of the London Law Society, recounted the
following incident -" A short time ago." said
Mr.. Warren, ga gentleman of large fortune,
a man, in fact, worth his $4,000, was indig--
nant with his only child, a daughter, for mar
rying against his wishes. He quarrelled
with her, he disinhcrited her, he left his
whole property, of $4,000, to his attorney,
and to two other gentlemen, all of whom were
residing in Yorkshire. What did the attor-
ney do? He went to his two co-legatees, got
them to sign their respective claims over to
himself, and then made over every sixpence
of the $4,000 to the daughter and her Chi il
dren! When l mentioned this circumstance
this very morning to friend of mine, one of
the most distinguished men at the bar, he ex-
claimed, God bless that man ," The above
gratifying circumstance is literally true The
gentlemen of fortune was manufacturer in
town celebrated for its linen manufactures,
within the West Riding, and the disinterested
attorney is one of the brightest ornaments of
the profession in West Riding of Yorkshire,
enjoying the fruits of an ample fortune rea-
lied by his own industry and talents.-Bos-
ION Mail
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NUMBER 7.

The SPHERE OF WoMAN.-The mother
Of Lamartine, the celebrated leader in the
French revolution, is said to be Massachu-
settS girl. She married the father of Lamar
tine' when when quite young, in Boston.
+ rance" said the Emperor, "wants
m9Hers And that system is best, which is
adapted 10 tram up mothers who shall know
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From Blackwood's Magazine.
LIN Z S.

trOIl DldChMOOu > Nl"So"EHiN'
LINES.
Where shall we make her graveY
Oh, where the wild flowers wave,
In the free air!
Where shower and singing bird
Midst the young leaves are heard
There-lay her there
Harsh was the world to her
Now may sleep minister
Balm for each ill.
Here on sweet natures breast,
Let the meek heart find rest,
Deep, deep and still!
Murmur glad waters by!
Faint gales with happy sigh
Come wandering DER
That green and messy bed,
Where, on gentle head,
Storms beat no more!
Wnat tnOuSn LOT Her III vain
Falls now the bright spring rain,
Plays the soft wind?
Yet still from where she lies
Should blessed breathings rise,
Gracious and kind.
Therefore let song and dew
Thence in the heart renew
Lies vernal glow!
And DER that holy earth
Scents of the violet's birth,
Still come and go.
Oh, then where wild flowers wave,
Make We her messy grave,
In the free air !
Where shower and singing bird
Midst the young leaves are heard
There-lay her there
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THE VOICE.
LEAVES FROM A STUDENTS NOTE
BOOK.
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS,

Scotch Philosophers and others speak of Personal
Identity as a fact Of consciousness. In my own
case however l can hardly make it seem more than
one of Tradition. The famous bull 81 was pretty
baby, but they changed me-" does not strike my
feelngey as being 50 very glaring. My earliest
thoughts and deco seem to me to have been some
thing external to myself; and when I conjurc up
The recoections of these experimental days, even
th9se which grief or Joy or terror have burned most
indtGbly upon the tables Of memory, seem to think
of a little tlaxen haired babe there, over whom
sat watchin5 and listening, "whcther in the body
or out Of the body, cannot tell9'
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Twas nurtured in the Metropolis. My first recol-
Iections are of its crowded thoroughfares its conus
ed tumult, its stony walks. Little opportunity had
the Almighty Mother" to "unve her awful face "
to me. Merchant ships and merchandise were IA
miliar to my eyes before l knew letter in the
primer. ! remember that knew 1927 South street,
when as yet could not speak it plain But the
blessed period Of Infancy was scarcely passed when
my home was transferred to delightful old fash
Of these long and spacious Avenues that tend north
ward from the city will lead us directly thither
The city has encroached rapidly upon the fields
during twenty-five years, and has almost overtaken
what now remains of that green retreat. Indeed it
is where city Joins country-where Gods works and
mans minole in mutually destructive confusion
that there still exist some hardy distingulShaole
mutilations of my early home Every object around
that old dwelling was invested with an interest
which only the supersttous devotion of childhood
can mpart, and which not even the =" common day
of manhood can make wholly common just be-
low us there stood the magnificent, manipulated
mansion of,Henry Eckford, the AtINona're' Magni-
fcent, at least to my childish eyes 1t is gone IL
any remnants of it still exst-a shelterfor cattle or
q roostng place for poultry my eye fails to recos-
uize the deserted relic.
And flst yonder mot gunshot from that turrot-
tad edfce where blind pupils 81 feel after and find"
the treasures OF Learning0 is the house where
spent my childhood. Time has been busy there
since l sported on the lawn where now montles
that frog-pond as well as in the family that then
reojced in these pleasant places. This old crazy
building was once Ito my seeming; and what else
gives reality at all to the fitting paSeantry that
surrounds us y nobler than palace, more Deauti'
full than temple. Around it doomed the Eden Of
my childhood. Could Paradise have been pleas
anter than was this happy place to me--before !
had tasted of the fruit of the Tree of knowledge, or
driven by unseen messengers from its gates, the
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A srooN is a thing that is often near a
young lady's lips without kissing them.-Er
paper.
It must be spoon
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