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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
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Nm old Pri1ter.-There is printer now residing in
Washington, D. c., who has been setting types for
45 years. He was engaged in the last war, fought
at the battle of North Point assisted to establish
the independence of Buenos Ayres, Venezuela and
Mexico, and hunted the Creek Indians in 1885,
He is, according to the Saturday News, as active as
ever
Over so birds were found dead beneath the great
lantern on the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington,
one morning last week. They were attracted towards
it by the brilliant light during the evening" and killed
themselves by striking against the bars.
The Gold medals voted by Congress to Gen. Tay:
Tor have been struck they weigh eight ounces each,
are very beautiful, and have appropriate inscriptions
The St. Johns, N. B. Times mentions the existence
IN that city, OF party of young men who are agta
ting the subject Of the annexation of the Province of
New Brunswick, to the United States.
Rev. Ashbel Greer, Chaplain of the LIST Congress,
died this recently at Philadelphia.
An honest Hibernian recently invented n teapo,
with two spouts the exactly opposite to the other
for the convenience of pouring out two cups of tea at
the same time.
S,Cerring-A religious paper says-"Fhere are no
oathes in the Chocaw tongue. When an Indian
swears he can only use English expressions of pro-
family"
There are said to be- in Washington City, tifty-one
gambling establishments, from the miserable dens in
the suburbs, to the fashionable resorts in Pennsylva-
MIA Avenue.
Donizetti, the popular composer, died at Bergamo
on the 9Th ult, after six days of great suffering He
was the composer of &c operas, some of which have
obtained almost unprecedented popularity.
GF~ The Scorpion is said to be the only animal in
creation man excepted, which can be induced to COM
init suicide
Father Mathew thinks he shall start for Amer
lea on the 2lst of August.
1t is stated that Mr.. Trist, on his arrival in
Washington, viii probably be tried fer 6 high
misdemeanor" asa
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
Mortality among Missionaries,

Some of our Democratic contemporaries assert the
fact that the "chrstian religion established by
the sword" and agree that the conquest of Mexico
is the first step in the gones of her evangelizaon
If this be true, the extract of letter from the Rev.
g. G. Goss, chaplain of the Kentucky volunteers now
in the city of Mexico, exhibits shocking state Of
mortality among this missionary band ard shows hat
the benevolent work must be abandoned unless new
recruits are speedily sent on =
81 arrived in this city the 10Th of December, l847.
My duties in the army have been very arduous, DR..
M'Carty and myself being the only chaplains. The
mortality of the troops has been very great especially
the volunteers, who have not yet been acclimated.-
We have about $500 troops in hospitals, and bury
nearly 450 every month p
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
NOR
Resolutions,
Passed at The annual Meeting Qfhe american and For
eign AntiSIaUery Society.
ours,

Resolucd, That we are grateful to the God of the
oppressed that the anti-savery cause has so great
ly advanced during the past year, amid the oppo
sition Of enemies, the apathy of nominal friends
and the willingness Of the majority of electors
to sacrafice humanity and liberty on the altar Of
party.
ReSolucd, That as great reforms, on moral
subjects, do not occur except under the influence
of religious principles--that as "the church is
an organization to put down all moral evil, eth
or within her own body or out of it," and as "there
is no power out of the Church that could sustain
slavery an hour, if it were not sustained by it,
solemn responsibility rests upon every disciple
of Christ to employ his resources for the exter-
mination of this hateful crime against man. and
this odious sin against God.
ResolUed, That as the Bible is the acknowl-
edged standard of morals in this nation-as its
divine author has directed all men to search the
scrptures-and as 1t is provided in the constltu-
ton of the American Bible Society that endeav-
ors shall be made for circulating the Scriptures
throughout the United States and their territories
that institution is bound to see that every slave
in this land who can read, is supplied with copy
either through its auxilaries or otherwise, with
out unnecessary delay
ReSOlUed, That it is subject of congratula-
ton that so many ecclesiastical and political bod
les, and individuals, have, during the past year,
borne testimony to the unrighteousness of slave
ry, and the war for its exension--to the incom-
patibility of involuntary servitude with true re-
publicanism and pure christianity--and that we
trust that these testimonies will be greatly multi
piled until every sound divine and honest states
man in the land, will unite in denouncing piracy
on land as we'll as on the high seas,
Resolved That we contemplate with peculiar
satisfaction the efforts making by the free people
of color to engage in agricultural pursuits, and
establish educational societies, believing that il
is emphatically true with respect to them that
KnOwledge is PoDer.
ResolUed, That the war on Mexico, begun fol
the purpose of extending slavery, has been con,
tinued to save the Administration from disgrace
that the results of the war confer no true glory
on this country, but contrariwise, shame that
the code of ethics which induces men to vote fol
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
From the Burlington Free Press.
Distressing AcCidentmTWO Children
Drowned,

An accident of a most distressing character occur
red in the WlnoosI, last evening, by which the re-
naming household Of one of our worthy citizens Mr.
Stons, has been overwhelmed with deep ahiicton
For the following hurried account indebted to
the kindness Of gentleman who took pains to &C
quaint himself with the particulars At the time Of
our going to Press the bodies of the drowned chill
dren had not been found.
Late in the afternoon Of yesterday as small party
consisting of Milton Sorrs three sisters, Esther aged
Is years. Mary, aged 10 years. Martha, aged 10 years.
little brother, aged years. children of Mr. Spaul-
ding Storrs, who lives on ]. N. Pomeroy's ntervae
farm, north of the village and Miss Sophronia daugh-
ter of Mr.. S. Lille of this village, were attempting to
cross the river opposite Mr. Storrs house, it dis
covered that the boat was filling at one end, and
young Mr.. Storrs requested that some of the party
should step to the other In their fright they all rush
ed to the end of the boat Indicated and almost i'm
mediatey filled and sunk. Milton told them to get
hold of himself, hoping, Notwithstanding the strong
current as they but 40 or so feet from the Shore
to be able to rescue them ALL With his little brother
under one ARM the oldest sister upon the other and
the other three cngng to such parts of his person
they able to lay hold of, uobly did Milton strive
to reach the shore, but in vain His father, having
heard their cries. had already reached the bank of the
river, but being unable to swim, obliged to have
recourse to pole which he thrust towards his strug-
Cling children. Milton so encountered with the
cngng grasp OF his i've companions that he was un-
able to seize the pole except with his teeth with
which he could keep his hold but for short time.
The two youngest of the sisters soon lost their hold
and were borne down by the current, while the others
reached the shore in state of complete exhaustion
AS Mary and Martha were being carried down the
stream they wildly shreked to their father and broth
err "help US, help u.s." And though he could not
swim, the father unable to withstand the impulses of
parent plunged into the river in pursuit of his
little ones. But instead of being able to assist them,
he soon found himself in immediate danger of being
drowned. Milton thereupon, with conflict of feel
ing that better be conceived than described aban-
doned his sisters to their unhappy fate and hasened
to the rescue of his father, whom he succeeded, with
considerable difficulty, in bringing to the shore.
The sisters, Mary and Martha, soon disappeared
from human sight and human aid; and their bodies,
Notwithstanding the most anxious and dilgent search
have not yet been recovered.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN.

supplies, and which exults in victories while the
war ltsell is denounced, is absurd and pernicious;
ana that honor, humanity and patriotism de-
nand peace without robbery and settlement
OF boundaries without slavery.
ReSot0ed, That we rejoice in the overthrow
OF tyrannlcal censorship of the press IN Paris,
IN the establishment of free Government in
France, IN the decree for the immediate ADOLF
ton OF slavery in all the French Colonies and
dependencies, and in the maintenance of a tree
press in Washington.
ResoLCed, That we sympathize alike with ma
tons and individuals who cast of the shackes
of oppression and resolve to be free; and hold in
detestaion tyrannical power whether exer; ised
at the head of a nation or of plantation-that
we welcome to these free States fngitives from
political or personal slavery from every State
and cline under Heayen-that we consider it a
privilege and duty to shield them from assault,
arrest and annoyance, and to aid them in Sc
curing an asylum for themselves and their fami-
lies, with the enjoyment of civil and religious
freedom
Rcsotved, That we contemplate with delight
the progress of emancipation in the colonies of
Sweden, Denmark and France, in Lahore,
Peru and NewGrenada, and earnestly hope that
the last spot on earth where slavery exists will
not be the Republic that was first to proclaim
the equality of man, and his inalienable title to
''lie, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"
ResoIOcd, That the manly conduct of Hon. John
P Hale in the Senate of the United States, and
of Messrs. Giddings, Palfrey and Tuck in the
House of Representatives entitle them to the
respect and gratitude of all who truly adopt the
great republican watch word, 'Liberty-EquaI-
ity-Fraternity and that this respect and
gratitude should also be awarded to all who have
stood up fearessly in Congress or in State Leg
islatures for the rights Of man.
ResOtUcd, That we highly approve of the
principles of the Liberty Party, and the nomin
alton of Messrs. Hale and King for the two high
est offices in the gift of the people, and hope
that every eector who is opposed to slavery OF
its extenson-to war and its atrocities-and
who desires to rescue the country from the re
proach under which it lies in view of other ma
tions-wiil be true to his ayowed principles, and
cordially unite in giving his suffrages for mer
who prefer principles to party and the honor o
the nation to its success in arms.
ResOlUcd, That we renew our pledge to the
friends of emancipation, and to slavetraders ant
shareholders throughout the world, that we will
not deslst from opposition to slavery until the
accursed system is overthrown and liberty pro
claimed throughout the land to all the nhab
ltants thereof"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
Democratic Presidential Nomination,

While we write, the Democratic National Conven-
ton is i'll session at Baltimore 1t is doubtful if the
result is known in season to be announced in our col
ums this week. The t,co thirds rule and the question
of admitting the Wmot Provso delegates from New
York; will consume much time, and no certain calcu-
ation can be made when the warning elements will
be made to harmonze. Nor can we predict with any
certainty upon whom the lot will fall. One of the la
test accounts from Washington states that the tro
thirds rule will be adopted, and that Mr. Cass is out
of the question; while another represents Mr.. C's
chance as the best one under this rule 1t would be
nothing strange famong all the asprants for the high
honor, the policy which proved successful in 1884,
should again be adopted, and untakedof candidate
selected.
But one thing regard certain; let Cass, Wood
bury, Buchanan Dallas, Polk or Worth, be the sue
cessful aspirant in raying under their banner the
Democratic party of the United States boldly and
uncquivocay declares in favor of the and slavery
propagandsm of the present administration, and the
nomination will be utterly unworthy of the support of
all such as are more attached to the living principle of
democracy than to the putrid carcass, dead, twice
dead and plucked up by the roots. We trust the de-
mocracy of Vermont will think twice before yielding
tame submission to such fraud and treachery as was
practiced upon them in the last presidential nominal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
For the Green Mountain Freeman
Astounding Discoveries,
BosToN, May 2, 184

BOSTON, May <, lO4o.
Mr. EDITOR Il see by the last Freeman that the
"green" portion of the wings still showing their
stupidity or dishonesty, for it must be or the 9TH
En-, in trumpetng the old stale falsehoods, that the
Liberty party elected Polk annexed Texas and bro't
on the war with Mexico, &c. Possibly they may
next discover that the Liberty party have changed the
moon into green cheese and is about to take hold Of
the sum- and with it set the on fire. for the very
selfish purpose of making great chowder of the fish
es. Probably they go upon the theory that "a lie well
stuck to is as good the truth" They perhaps may
need to be cautious, or reminded that as d judgment
upon those who persist in telling stories which they
know false it often happens that they actually be-
come foolish eventually, as to believe the stories
they tell, even though they may be ever SO absurd.
How far this change may have already taken place
in the minds of those who now make the ridiculous
assertions spoken of above, may be difficult to decide
No man of common sense and common information
euer believed them true while in his right Senses
This is our honest opinion. five thought them hon
est and Ignorant it would be duty to teach them bet
ter but where downright knavery is the ruling mo-
tive, is no better than casting pearls before swine
to attempt argument or state proofs in opposition tC
known falsehoods Those wings who persist in these
assertions, ought to be put out to pasture along witt
Nebuchadnezzer.
They must be 'fond of green's" and it is pity tina
they could not be allowed to feed in green pastures
Nor would Trey need very high fence to keep then
in for they are SO eectuay yohcd to slavery and par
ty, that there is not the least danger of their ideas
soaring any higher that they will break out of the
lott if the fence is "nec high" and for accommodation
their knees could bend even to the ground when the
owners command. We mean no dsrespect to thost
animals commonly called "uSstid TO man," by this sug
gestion for would furnish them with separate lot
Yours, &C., A. H. B.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25
From The Westcrn Literary Messenger.
A SOng for MAY.

From the wintry frost set tree,-
Sweetest month of all the year,
Eearnestly we welcome thee,
Our deserted lot to cheer.
Now the joyous birds are singing
Now the early flowers are springing;-
Airy hopes their fight are winging,
Der the surface of our sphere.
What tho clouds obscure the light,
Sorrows dim the rising day2
Sunshine, but appears more bright,
When those clouds have passed away,
What tho hearts with grief are swelling?
Sunny smiles those griefs dispelling,-
Love triumphant, still excelling,
Shall life's gloomy passage cheer.
Life, like thee has in its tide
Stormy nights and sunny days,
Grief and joy side by side,
And attend us all our ways;
But like them all care denying,
From our eyes the salt tears drying,
We, the ills of life defying,
Nobly, proudly onward bear.
/, 1848, ADELIA.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

How sweet thing is love of home. 1t is not
acquired-it is feeling that has its origin else
where 1t is born with us--brought from an
other world to carry us on with Joy in this 1t
attaches to the humblest heart that ever throb-
bed.
Is it true 1T is stated that the uselessness
and expensveness of modern women multiply
bachelors.
Some skillful engineer has calculated that the
present demand for wood, as fuel in this country,
is lO,2lO,000 cords per annum
There are supposed to be 5,686,0OO Germans
and persons of German origin in the United
States.
The streams of Western New York are so low that
great difficulty is found in filling the canals. The nav
igation is in consequence much impeded
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

MURDER.-We learn that an Irishman, on the road
between this village and Mortified, on Sunday last,
procured and drank quantity of spirits at rumhole,
kept by Mr.. Beam and in less than one hour was a
dead man. We cannot learn that Mr.. B. has been
arested-for the reason, suppose, that such muir
ders are legal this year!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

Just thind Of it, stand within the Capitol oil
the nation. Before me are hundreds of people
listening to an orators defamation on the causes
and gIories of the French revolution. Hark? !
hear band singing
30 Liberty! can man resign thee?
Once having felt thy gen'rous fame?
Can dungeons; bolts and bars confne thee,
Or whips thy noble spirit tame?
Too long the world has wept3 bowailing
That Falsehood's dagger tyrants wield
But Freedom is our sword and Shield
And all their arts arc unavalng,
To arms. to arms ye brave
The Avenging Sword unsheath
March on, march on--all hearts resolved
On Liberty or DEATH"
Hush! hear voice of walling. turn, anG
my eye falls upon circle Of high walls from
which comes that note of woe. There, within
its hated precincts, babe torn from its mothers
arms has Just been sold to a stranger from Geor.
ga, and the mother has Just been bid off by an
other stranger, and is bid to depart for the sugar
plantations of Louisiana. When she took the
last lingering look Of that babe she uttered that
wall of woe Hark, again! o, it is nothing but
the lash applied to that mothers hack, as she is
bid to hush her screams She lifts her eyes to
heaven and longs for the angel of death to take
her from this world of suffering. | hear the
clanking of chains. Yonder 90 forty men bound
together and driven from the Jail of the People
ofthe United States to the railroad depot-some
with gray hairs, some with the vigor of manhood
and some in the activity of youth--all of them
bowed down in spirit, and casting their eyes fol
the last time upon the scenes of their childhood
and as they pass along noddng last farewell tC
the mother that bore them and the kindred who
are dear to them. And what is their crime thai
they should be banished from country and kind
red! Have they laid PROSTATE their oppressars1
Like the emancipated Frenchmen, have they ov
erturned the government of the country where
they lived? No, no. All they have done is tc
make peaceable effort to escape from oppres
son. Behind them follow many weeping women
and children. Among their number are three
sisters almost white. They are young and O
elegant form. They are members of the Church
of Christ, and 0OuH keep Gods commandments
Their friends have striyen hard to save them
but in vain Their value is estimated too high
ly to be met by any Of their friends here.
young unmarried gentleman from the South ha
gust offered one thousand dollars for one of them
Away with your liberty celebrations VIII
provoke God to wrath by hypocrisy and mock
cry! How long, o, how long shall these thing
be tolerated! Why will not the people of thi
nation awake from their slumbers Why vii
they not see in this, the day of their visitation
the things that belong to their peace before the
are hidden from their eyes! Would to God tina
the spirit Of freedom that is moving over Europ
would take up its abode in the hearts of gu
people and inspire them to action in its hol
cause-that it would break asunder the chain
of party, and unite the people of the free State
in one mighty struggle for the triumph Of liberty
T. S. II.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

Interesting Convention. We see it stated that the
medical superintendent Of the various asyums for the
have determined to hold convention in New York
during the present week. 1t is expected that nearly
thirty institutions will be represented. The move
ment appears to be exceedingly proper and necessary
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

OC37The accounts of the mortality of our army in
Mexico are frghtful 1t is stated upon the authority
of General Twiggs that the deaths amount to regi-
ment month, and this is only the opening of the vo-
mto season. rather the time when its rayages be-
gin to be serious.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

A VOICE FROM THE SoUTH.-Under this head the
N. Y. Evening Posi- publishes an extract of letter
from gentleman residing Of the Southern cit
les, demonstrating against what he deems the errone-
Gus impression that the people of the South generally
coincide in opinion with the Charleston Mercury and
Mr. Calhoun, in their views on slavery, the Wilmot
Proviso, &c The writer positively denies the cor
rectness of this IMPRESSION and warmly maintains that
great change has over the people of the South
of late years. in regard to the subjects referred to-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

o. The Court for Washington county commenc
cd its session in this village, on Tuesday lastJudgt
Kellogg presiding.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

ON HAND-Libory Amanacs for 948 few hundred still left
which may be had cost $3.50 per hundred Shall they
dead loss US, friends?
Mso-liALE's and PALFREY's admirable spceches-sl per
hundred
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-25

Just thind of it, stand within the Capitol of
the nation. Before me are hundreds of people
listening to an orators defamation on the causes
and gIories of the French revolution Hark!
hear band singing
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