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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
A Dazzling Argument.

"You teach" said Emperor Trajan to Rabbi
Joshua, that your God is every where, and
boast that he resides amongst your nation; |
should like to see him"
Goods presence is indeed every where" re-
Piled Joshua; "suppose we first try to look at
one of his ambassadors"
The emperor consented. The Rabbi took
him in the open air at monday, and bid him look
at the sun IN meridian spendor.
81 cannot" said Trojan; ct the light dazzles
me-"
"Thou art unable" said Joshua, d" to endure
the light of one of his creatures, and canst thou
expect to behold the resplendant glory of the
Creator? Would not such sight annlhllate
thee ?"-Hebrew Tales.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
MltsGEIlnnrous.
Judge Jeffreys~TriaI Of Baxter.

From Mr.. .uacauLay's History Of Eag'and.J
He (Jefreys) was a man of quick and vigorous
parts, but constitutionaly prone to insolence and
the angry passions. When just emerging from
boyhood he had risen into practice at the Old
Bailey bar-a bar where advocates have always
used license of tongue unknown in West
minister Hall. Here during many years his
hefbusiness was to examine and cross examine
the most hardened miscreants of great CAPT
tai. Daily conflicts with prostitutes and thieves
called out and exercised his powers SO effectu.
| ally thai he became the most eonsunnatesbtAy
ever known in his profession. All tenderness
for the feelings of others, all self respect, all
sense of the becoming were obliteratcd from his
mind. He acquired boundless command of
the rhetoric in which the vulgar express hatred
and contempt The profusion Of maedctions
and imperative epithets which composed his
vocabulary could Lardly have been rivalled in
the fish market or the bear garden. His coun-
tenance and his voice must always have been
unamiabe. But these natural advantages lfor
such he seems to have thought them he had i'm
proved to such degree, that there were few
who, in his paroxysms Of rage, could see or hear
him without emotion. Imprudence and feroclty
sat upon his brow. The glare of his eye had a
fascination for the unhappy victim on whom they
were fixed. Yet his brow and his eye were
said to be less terrible than the savage lines Of
his mouth. His yell of fury las was said by
one who had often heard it) sounded like the
thunder of the judgement day. These qualif-
cations he carried, while still young man, from
the bar to the bench. He early became Com
mon SERGEANT, and then Recorder of London
AS Judge at the city sessions, he exhibited
the same propensities which afterwards, in Q
higher post, gained for him an unenviable i'm
mortality. Already might be remarked in hin
the most odious vice which is incident to humal
nature, delight in misery, merely as misery.
There was fendish exultation in the way il
which he pronounced sentence on Offenders
Their weeping and imploring seemed to ttilIatt
him voluptuouSy and he loved to scare then
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
The WrOneeand thesRiskt.sa.-

The4rends of order and morality do them
selves and the interests of virtue an injury
when they assume that any good object cannot
be carried 1t is not true that the vicious and
disorderly WELD the power or the majority. The
great mass of the people are law-abdng and
order-loying citizens. They own the property
of the city and the county for the most part, and
hence are interested TO maintain outward order
at least; and the weight of character, means,
numbers and reason, is on their side They
can carry any good design if they are true to
one another and the cause of order and good
morals.
But how do they feel and act when any i'm
portant reform is proposed? O, they say, the
hills and the vallies are full of armed men oppo.
sed to us. Public sentiment is not ripe and will
not sustain us. 1t is moi so, we say. The mass
of this community, Of this nation, is virluous,
well disposed and order.loying and would sus-
tain any and every right movement if the mo.
vers only have courage, perseverance, and union.
This is our doctrine. We hold that rascality is
in the minority, and cowardly at that
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
Sanctily Of Death to the Living,

Yet in death itself there is a something fitted
to draw out our more serious regards to the be-
reaved famiy-and even for the memory of him
who has undergone this mysterious transition
Let US not reserve this feeling till the period
when the event has happened, but anticipate the
event and honor all mon-hoding them in sort
of awful reverence as subjects of the same
mighty and unknown changes to which oursel-
YES ana all humanity are liable.--Dr. Chalmers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
Tbc family Gtyt]r.
Where is the Land the Spirit
Loves?


Where is the land the spirit loves
Where finds the heart its choicest treasure?
Where in new existence, proves
Unbroken rest, unfading pleasure?
Where shall the instincts Of the mind,
Those voiceless promptings, point for rest
Or man another Eden find,
The brightest, fairest, last, and best?
Beneath the tropics fervld sway,
Where earth in rich abundance pours
Her glowing fruits-where smiles the day
On golden sands and glitt'ring shores?
Or youder, where the glorious lays
OF ancient bards the theme unfold
The classic lore Of other days,
The dcathless memories of old;
Or far, by Jordan's sainted shore,
Or Sioa's BROOK Or Salem's towers,
Where Israel's chosen race once more
Shall pass the consecrated hours
Alas the sunnest lands are Stand
. With blood in ruthless passion shed,
And richest ore las there been gain'd
Where slaves have to!pd, and groan'd and blct
And vany might the poet mourn
The mouldring wrecks of elder time;
The spoilers hand hath scathed and torn
Those treasures of storid cline;
And Jordan's stream but sadly AUrs
Where Zion's songs no more are sung.
And Israel, in his wand'nngs, knows
The harp is on the willows hung
But yet land the spirit loves
Exists in its immortal bloom,
Where lite exults, and pleasure moves,
Apart hom time, and past the tomb;
Eye hath not seen, nor ear discern'd
Grief cannot crush, nor time destroy,
And earthly sense hath never learn'd
1,' a'r and mystic thrills of joy;
ana poorly can we nict1re here.
BY all as yet to mortals given,
The glories of that distant sphere,
Our brighfning homc-our natiye heaven.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
" BE COURTEOUS. ="

1t will never do you any harm. Even if you
are dealing with those who are unworthy Of res
pect, or who cannot appreciate it, 1t is altogether
best that you should maintain self-rcspect. Be
courteous at all times, in all places, on all &C.
casions, with all persons. Ii you are writing
review, critique, a reply or rejoinder, or what
ever else you will be the gamer by courtesy.
If you are a mechanic or merchant, you will do
well to be courteous to your customers. If you
are teacher or physician, be courteous to-.
wards your pupils or patients, If you are an
Office seeker, you will probably TRY to be cour-
teous. you are lawyer, or a politician, you
will lose nothing by being courteous to oppo-
nents. Ifyou are minister, it will do you no
harm to be courteous in the pulpit and out of it.
If you are the head of family, you will be the
more respected and loved, and all the more
worthy of it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
All is Well,

While over lfe's wide darkling plain
Unheeding as we roam,
Through many path of joy and pain,
God leads his children home.
And though sometimes i'll prospect viewed
The winding way seems dark and rude;
All who the backward scene hath scanned,
But blessed his Fathers guiding hand.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01

A POOR ENDoRsER.-" A worthy but poor
minister" writes friend from the country, "re-
quested the loan Of fifty dollars from the cashier
of our bank; and in the note requesting the
favor, he said that if the cashier would obhge
him, he would pay him in ten days, on the
faith of Abraham The cashier returned word
that by the rules Of the bank, the endorser of a
note must reside in the State"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01

We knew hairdrcsser, at Witham, III ESSEX
who, though laborer for his daily bread, at
penny per chin and two pence per poll, yet had
acquired deep knowledge of entomology, anG
had one of the finest collections of English in
sects ever gathered together by one mans un.
aided eXertions.-We knew also James Lack
ington, when he was the most extens49s'book-
seller in Europe yet he had once been poor
shoe maker From emewant, he raised him
self to the wealth and hagJiness he afterwards
enjoyed. InfiexibAslnts fity iiiys of IesriIil
aud Iivkns saRgfemiousiy W tlla tsEs
employed thps honorabh 10 elevate himself and
he found in his wife a worthy helpmate. How
ever narrow their means, they always made
them suffice; and he has left among his " Com
fessions" the statement that in their hours of
privation they have sustained one ahother by
singing together these lines by DR.. Cotton:
Our portion is not large, indeed
But then how little do we need,
For natures calls are few;
In this the art of living lies,
To want no more than may suffice,
And make that little do
We might swell our catalogue to many pages
with the mere names of those who have thus
struggled to eminence through difficulties, bu
we will merely enumcrate a few of our contem
porares, at least men of the present century,
Clifford, the editor of the Quarterly Review, wa
a coblor's apprentice; Bloomfield, the poet, an'
Mortimer, the painter, had been farming labor
ers; and Emerson, the mathematician, thatche(
his own cottage, and the mother of EIolcroft, TIT
play-writer, kept grcen.stall, and sold oys
ters,-CottGge Gardner.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-01
THE FREEMAN
IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,

In r. c. s. B. L. Barrotrs' Bake House, rear
Of Bwbants Store:
Entrance between Wultons Book & Burnhuns Hat Stores
State ST., and Langdon's store and Burbanks,
main st.
TrRMs-l50 in advances rs aerth!ee months or 100
after six months. G5-Vllage subscribers, ,OO
o. Tran notltio1 must in all cases be paid by the
subscriheis.aEC3
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

Tie Yaz1o Democrat Of 22d inst. makes the
following honest admission as to the benefits
that have resulted to the State from the LOfOcO
rule ii Mississippi. Il goes far to cOrrObOrate
tEis stassihsnt Of Gen'l Henry 10 the Taylor
Whig Conventions as well as the assertions q
at WLiga a. to tic suherings Of the State from
ayeeklsss and iHJudged kgtseaoar We are
glad tiias die Locos have at last become homes
enough to admit the glazing ruth.
NOUR EExr LEsIsLATURE.-We look forward
with much concern to the assembling Of oul
next siats Legislature. Meters Of paramount
intsrest 60 the State will demand the action q
shat body. X Is useless to deny that The Peo'
Biz have listed the bitter fruits Of the reckless
and il.indgsd lsgislstiOn which in days P 81
hnve marked lhe progress ri onr State, And
now when they have learned The hard lessons
of oxpsTienee, they have a right to look for .
display d genuine patriotism and Of wisdom
On TIC part " our law makers"
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

The MARRIAGE CoNsUMMATED The Hunk
ers and Frec-soilers Of New York have united
on tho cohesive principle Of LOcufocoism-a
division Of the spoils; each party takes one
half Of tho lucrative offices, and the EIunkets
declare their belief that Congress has power to
abolish slavery in the District Of Columbia and
TO prohibit its introduction into the Territories.
This must be truly comforting to the LocOloccs
of the South particularly the supporters of
some LOcOfoco papers in this and the adjoining
counties.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

From ihe Why We learn that a very deslruc-
dve fre took place 10 Wcksburg on The morn
lug Of Tic aisl inst between 3 and 3 o'clock.
The fire originated in a grocery on the corner
Of Washington and Grove streets, kept by S,
G. Field. The whole Of the East side of tho
square on Washington street between Grove
and China, with half a square on each OF these
streets, Oad several buildings on the West side
Of Washington street, were destroyed. Most
Of the buildings were old and much d%ilapidu-
ted. The Drug Store Of 0. 0. Woodman was
saved with great difficulty. The fire is sup
posed to have beenth work Of an incendiary,
aud two Insurance Offices have offered a re-
ward Of $500 for the detection cf the guilty
party or parties, The following is list Of the
sufferers.
J. & A. GenelIu, crockcry, china, and varic-
" store-furnilurc, &c.
VIM. M. Moore, family grocery.
Samuel Lum, wooden tenement Snd large
lot OF lumber.
S, B, llarwood, magistrates Office.
X. Barnett, law office.
S. L. George, magistrates office.
James Gwin, family grocery.
A. Hart, cofee-hOuse.
Samuel Garvin, dwelling,
S. C. Field, family grocery,
Mr.. McLean's boarding house.
Thomas Sheppard, carriage shop, house.
furniture.
Mrs. McGrhce, miIlincr shop.
Mr.. Kittcll, tailor shop.
Mr.. Steele, confectionery.
- cabinet shop.
J.. B. llcdrick, paint shop.
Mia4zi, confectionery and Iruil store.
Henry Lee, barber shop.
HI. Helmer, clothing store.
Louis Perani, cofee-house.
Lawrence Gehelia'5 coiFee-house, large ten
ehteht, formerly known as Southern doiol.)
M. NaughtOn, saddler,
7. flanagan, tailor.
Miss Phoebe Bryant, dwelling.
- gdnsmith shop.
A. Gamble, marble store.
Many saved most Of their goods and furni
ture in a damaged state.
IHEG
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29
II CONVENTION.

A: the election in November next, the peo-
Pile will be called upon to vote either in favor
of or against the calling Of d convention for
the purpose Of altering the Constitu Jon Of our
State.
North Mississippi Is almost unanimous, wo
are informed, in favor Of the measure, Tor sew
erat reasons, one Of which only, We will at
present notice.
The constitution az II now stands restricts
the number Of representatives 70 100 and the
number Of Senators to SO. Each county is also
entitled to one Representative. Now the
Northern section Of the State, being more
deusoly populated with free white citizens
than the Southern, Its object no doubt, is so
to amend the constitution as either % alter the
basis Of representation, enlarge tho humber Of
Representatives, or deprive the snal.er COUP
ties Of a full member. The effect Of such an
amendment would be to invest the North with
the Legislative power Of the State, and deprive
the South and East olany influence ID hurcoun-
ellis. Now, as the Southern part of the State
in consequ snce of her superior wealth, is bur
doned with more than half the taxes, required
to support the State, are the citizens Of Yazoo
in favor Of any measure that would render hel
voice impotent in the Legislature, aud destroy
that check upon Northern supremacy, which
the constitution now affords her We trus
not. We therefore call upon our iellow.citi
Gems 10 reflect upon this matter, and vote t" ne
conventions" in November next. We shoul,
like to hear the opinion Of our brehron Of til
Democrat and Wing, and would like 70 see I'll
press, generally, speak out on this subject.
is certainly Que Of vital Importance.
Beaton Recorder.
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Grenade Republican,

or The papers are now Rejecting strongly
on EieudoBeri, the Consul to Lyons because
he was unable, recently, to pay his steamboat
fare in coming from Louisville to Vicksburgi
This charge is about as serious in its character
ihaaalhera whichhaxe been posted against
the detained Consul. If Heudy was the only
man IN the country unable to pay Ills debts, we
should Judge him utterly unfit to act as Consul
at Lyons! But as Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. Polk
appointed men 70 higher and more important
Offices who were VIGOROUSLY Jdnkrupt-who
were utterly unwilling or Unable to pay boz.
roaed money-we cannot but look upon Heu-
dy's misfortune with some degree Of allow
ance. We should like to have the Hon. Robt.
]. Walkers views on the eligibility Of men 10
office who never pay their debts! There are
editors, too, who are raising a rumpus about
this natter, that had better settle some OF theil
aid due bills held by travelling jour printers
Raymond GGsette.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

LARGE CoTToN The Forsyth (Geo) Bee
says; Mr.. Abner R, Hill, Of this county, ex-
hibited TO us a few days since cotton stalk,
which we considered a perfect curiosity. Mr..
Hill assured Us that there were between $50 to
700 boIls, blooms and forms upon il, and from
lis appearance we do not doub. il, The bolls
are Of good SIZE, and the lint Of excellent quail
ity. The seed were introd reed into this coun.
nv by Mr.. H., and on good land will produce
5000 10 1000 lbs per acre. Mr.. John 7. Col
lier planted three-quarters Of an acre Of the
seed this year, and he informs US It will make
him 1000 lbs cotton.n
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

FtoRIpA-The news ffom Florida Is TO the
18Th inst. Gaa1 rwiagshad gone q charlotte
HaFbor 10 have q talk with Billy Bowlegs, who
had sent u inform him that they we're ready
% s0rTendet he four Iniiahs who had com-
mitted the murders. II was rumorod that
Rcwiegs had stated that the Chief was willing
ths tribe should be removed to The West. This
Hsws is only rumor.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

FOLLY.-Wc learn from The Pauldiug Clarion
that one Of those ridiculous limitations Of Vir-
GINA folly, called 4 tournament, came of at
the Kemper Springs, in this State, recently.
John MCGEE was declared by the judges to be
the most ridiculous Of the contestants. We
are glad this event came Of on the Locofoco
eide ~ Pearl River.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

Hon. Luke Lea, in the course of his speech
al Grenada, made some happy remarks in de-.
fence Of Gen. Taylor, against the SANDER and
vilIiication hcaped upon his administration by
the democratic popera and orators. Gen. Tay-
Tor, said Mr.. L., during the canvass last fall was
denounced as the mum capdidate-as having
no fixed prineiples-and wings were abused
and ridicuIed for supporting a man whorefused
to make any pledges in regard to his future
course as President, Now their tune is changed
and in the face Of their assertions that Taylor
had made no pledges, they charge him with
having violated all his pledges-with being
guilty " duplicity, ialsehood and trcachery.
II the President made no pledges, he cannot
have violated any; aud thus the people may
see with what reckless malignily he has been
%assailed, without regard to truth or consis-
tency. Mr.. LEAFS defence Of Old lack, as re-
CARDS the appointment Of his Cabinet was also
EOreiblc and convincing. He proved by the
Hon JEFF. Davis and other democratic authori-
~, that the whole North, independent Of party,
- Wa H
could not be relied upon as friends Of Southern
rights, and as It was absolutely necessary that
the North should be represented in the Cabinet
to some extent, Gen. Taylor had only given
w. appointments out Of six to the Northern
men. lie has placed Southern Shareholders at
the head Or the War and Navy Departments
a man from tho slave State Of Delaware in the
State Departments and appointed a man from
slavcholding Maryland, as ATTORNEY General
Said MI. u, if The worst comes to the worst
with STAKEHOLDER for President, and Secretary
of War and Navy, we can whip Yankeedom
and John Bull to boot. If we are not safe now
we could not be with Polk, Marcy& Go. Lei
Southern Democrats think Of lhis4
[Grenada Republican,,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

EreLlsH COIN.-To enable our readers 10
make ont lhe liverpool prices, We state that
inc English penny il worth almost two Genus Of
our currency.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

VIII. M. GwtF, FUFmetiy well known il this
STATE, and who has left substantial testimonials
behind him to keep his memory green, has been
elected one 81 the delegates from San Francis
60 n the Convention TO form . government for
California.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

Our readers must excuse us for giving
a larger portion u cur sheet 10 politics than
we have heretofore done, Il will only be for
4 lew weeks.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

CRcrs IN TExAs.-The Houslon Star thinks
Tie crop Of Eastern Texas will be scarcely half
40 large as that Of last scar. Tho crop Of
Western Texas is represented as very good
both cane and cotton.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

GOLD DocuMENrs,"-We call particular at
tsntion 70 this article, on our FIRST page, which
I'VE take from The last Southron.
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TrcKETs.-All those who wish 10 have Tick
etc printed at this Office will leave their orders
And CASH previous to Oct. 18th.
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France, 100000
united States, 600,00C
all other countries, ,00C
2,75O.OOO
Short Of a supply,
100000

Short Of a supply, 100000
And should the consumption lrIeduced 10.
per cent for the IL months endAg The 3lst Of
August, 1850, say 3O5,OOO bales, II will leave d
stock Of only 5000 bales at TINT date in oil the
Of the globe; but should The crop Of
ls49-'5O reach 2 million or even u hundred
thousand bales (Which cannot be the case)
there will be light stocks for years to come,
ana as such cotton will sell well for years if
the planters demand it aud limit their factors
as to the price they desire for the b oduct Of
their laibour, D. W. HALEY.
Sept. 22d, l849.
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FRosT.-On Saturday night, Sept. 9Th, there
was u ffost III Columbia, S. c., sufficiently
Asa,y 10 KIN a large vine.
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29

The Southern Slavery Convention will
NEE. ~ jackson next Monday,
The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-09-29
10 Candidates.

"Those that dance must pay tho Rddler.n
h NO CASE will we announce The name OF a
sAdidate until the fee Is paid. County Offices
$500; District and Stale $1,000.