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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
26, 1850

periIous height. His voice walled out for the
murdered dead, and described the sorrows of the
widowed l,ving-the beautiful Mary, more
beautiful every moment, as her tears flowed
faster-.till men wept and lovely women sobbed
like children.
He closed by strange exortation to the jury,
and through them to the bystanders. He en-
treated the panel, after they should bring in
their verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer vlo-
lence to the defendant, however richly he might
deserve it; in other words, 'not to lynch the
villain, Hopkins, but to leave his punishment to
God"
This was the most artful trick of all. and The
pest calculated 10 insure vengeance.
The jury rendered verdict for fifty thousand
dollars; and the night afterwards Hopkins was
taken out of his bed by lynchers and beaten al
most to death.
AS the court adjourned, the stranger made known
his name, and called the attention of the people
with the nnouncement-"John Taylor will
preach here this evening at early candle-lightp y
The crowd, of course, all turned out, and
Taylors sermon eQualed, if it did not surpass
the spendor of his forensic effort This is ne
exageration. have listened to Clay, Web
ster, and Cahoun-to Dewey, Tying and Bas
com; but never have heard anything in the foru
of sublime words even remotely approximatins
the eloqucnce of John Taylor-mussive as
mountain, and wildly rushing as cataract o
fire. And this is the opinion Of all who eve
heard the marvellous man.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26

of what he was doing, set open his barn doors,
ascended the great beams of the barn where his
rye was deposited, threw down flooring, and
commenced threshing it, When he had COM
peted it, he raked off the straw, and showed the
rye to one corner of the floor, and again ascend
ed the ladder with the straw, and deposited it
on some rails that lay across the great beams
He then threw down another flooring Of rye, this
be threshed and finished as before. -Fhus he
continued his labors until he had ,hreshed five
fioorings; and on returning from, throwing down
the sixth, and last, in passing over part of the
hay-mow, he fell off, where The hay had been
cnt-down about six feet, on to the lower part of
1t, which awoke him. EIe at FIRST imagined him.
seIfin his neighbors barn: but, after cropping a.
bout in the dark long time, ascertaned that he
was in his own, and at length found the ladder,
on which he decended to the floor, closed his
barn doors, which he found open and returned
to his house. On coming to the light, he found
himself IN such proluse perspiraton that his
clothes were literally wet through The next
morning, on going % his barn, he found that he
had threshed, during the night, five bushels of
rye; had raked the straw off in good order and
deposited ii on the high beams, &c, carefully
showed the grain to one side Of the floor, with.
out the least consciousness of what he was do
ing, until he fell from the hay !-Boston .Mer.
Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
A GLANCE AT OLD TIMES, OR
BOSTON IN 1886.

In hook published in England, in l705, by
John Dunton, giving an account of his residence
for time in Boston lin 1866, he says; at is a
custom here Boston, for all that can bear arms,
to 90 out on II training day, and it was the first
time was in arms. Being come into the field,
the captain called us all into close order, that
we might go to prayer, and then prayed himself
And when our exercises were done the captain
likewise concluded with prayer. have read
that Gustavus Adophus, the war-like king of
Sweden, would, before the beginning of bat
tie, kneel down devoutly, at the head of his ar
my, and pray to God, the giver of victory, to
give them success against their enemies, which
commonly was the event. But solemn prayer
in the field, upon day of training, never knew
but in New England where it seems a common
custom. About three o'clock, both our exercise
and prayer being over, we had a noble dinner,
to which all the clergy were invited"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
ADULTERATION OF TEA IN
EUROPE.

1t may, perhaps, be unknown to the majority
Of. .spr. -safeaSs that ts - Eo-
tile poifo,h The examination of Sir George
Larpent, Chairman of the East India -Associ-
English House of Commons on Great Blitain's
Commercial Relations which China year or
two since elected the useful but scandalous fact
that the whole of the supply Of tea or the Eu-
ropean market. was manufactured article, end
that there was mol pound of tea which came
to England from China, which did not undergo a
colonng process, aud that tea, morover, which
was called green in Europe, was cOlOred green,
and might as well be colored yellov or blue.
Probably the tea,deaers in London did not
thank the chairman Of monopoly, of all Others,
for this bold avowa; nevertheless, it was well
for the public to have been thus informed of the
slow poisonous process to which tea was sub
ijected by the trade
Sir George Larpont further remarked, that
the tea underwent that manufacture with view
Ol adopting IL ~ lllG DIlllSll lIdlhClS ulu lhu'
the process might perhaps, to some extent, alter
the essential quality of the tea. As we believe
the agency of greeaing is through that powerful
poison, copper, there can be but little doubt Of
the truth OF Sir Georges observation.
For the East India monopoly authorities IN
London 10 come forward, as in the case Of theil
own chairman, and declare that the Company
had been instrumental in poisoning beverage
which may almost be termed the national drink
of England, redounded at once to its credit and
its inamy; to the former, because it partially
threw off the mask of deception, and to the lat
ter because it had enriched itself through the
most dscreditable and criminal means, We
trust, however, that the teas imported into thi;
country are not subjected, prior to their arrival
to any such process,-.Aibany Reporter
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
D. P. THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

II one SO good so true, so brave, must die,
May he not die within his chosen home?
Where fondest hearts shall beat beside his own.
Where gentles hands shall bathe his fevered lips,
And the sweet tones he loved so well to list
Shall be the last that fall upon his ears ?"
And when that ship had suppliant cried to
COP,
Tbe sea in reverence might lift its voice, Ttomb
And mournful pray: Oh make me not his
Let JUDsoN rest where he has toiled SO long,
In Bnrmall's valleys, or on Burmahs hills;
There, in the shadows where he stood. and
taught,
And garnered thousands up from Earth to I1eav-
en-,
Softly, q GoD prepare his-couch of dust,
And let him sleep till Resurrection's mornlo
Silence, thou ship! ana be thou stiIi, O SEAL
lis GoD co "mands, and GoD shall be obeyed.
Honor shall ever cling to thee, brave bark
That thou hast been Judson's Dying Bed;
And thou, great Deep, art blessed to be his
Grave.
Angels were near him by that lowly berth,
And cheered him upward, through the tempest
lulIs:
BoARDMAN and RICE were bending by his side !;
And ere his body sank beneath the waves,
They bore his spirit to The throne of GoD
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Singular Calculation.

An interesting calculation was recently made
by the Washington correspondent ofthe Bulle-
tin. as to the amount of speech-making done by
each member Of the Senate since the opening Of
the present session of Congress.
1t appears by this calculation, that Mr.. Jeffer-
son Davis of Mississippi, may be, properly en-
titled THE speaker of the Senate. he having spo-
ken 81 columns being six more than any Other
member Next in rank to Mr.. Davis, comes
Mr. Mason of Virginia, who is set down for sc
columns. Then comes in MIR. Clay for 42 col
umns-then Mr.. Turney for 38-Mr. Yulee fo
36-Mr. Benton for 34-Mr. Seward for 80
and Messrs Hunter and Foote for 80 each. Mr.
Webster spoke onlh IL columns-Mr. Daytor
18, &c.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Chinese Tear-BottIe.

1t is custom among the Chinese to have a
tear-bottle. When two ladies or females of rank
quarrel, they go before a magistrate. A tear
bottle is given to the individual who says she is
aggrieyed, and if she can fill it with tears the
magistrate says" perceive you have been
harshy treated. l shall award great punish
ment to the on by whom you have been op
pressed" If she can only half fill it, the pun
ishment is reduced e-half, but if she cannot
shed one tear, there is no punishment at all.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
VOLUME VII. NO. 80.

from the disease, and it is the western or rather
Southwestern portion Of the continent which
has suffered most. And it would appear that
the head of the advancing column of pesulence
has at length reached the track of the Pacific
Steamers 1t will be curious to see whether it
Is able TO cross the place of its orgin--or wheth-
Or 1t is destined in the mercy of Providence, to
be absorbed in thesvast Pacific Sea -iSat Eve.
| Post
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Curious Case of samnambulism

We find in Uphams "Outine Of dlsordered
mental action" curious case fsomnambulism,
which was published in the newspapers at the
time the case occurred.-A farmer in one of the
counties of Massachusetts, had employed him
self lor some weeks in winter, threshing his gra-
in. One night, as he was about closing his la
bors, he assembled ladder, to the top of the
great beams in the barn, where the rye he was
threshing was deposited, to ascertain what num-
Der of bundles remained unthyeshed which he
determined to finish the next day. The ensuing
night, about two o'clock, he was heard, by one
of the family, to arise and go out He repaired
to bis barn, being sound asleep, and unconcious
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
1I)
.TENNv TTNDs WEI, COME.

JENNY LIND'S WELCOME.
The following, somewhat in the style of th'
Marselles Hymn, is the prize song by Bayarc
Taylor, the winner out of 700 competitors. W.
were little disappointed at first but it improve
every time we re peruse it.--ED.
greet, with full heart, the Land of the West,
Whose Banner of Stars o'er the world is unroled;
Whose Empire oershadows Atlantic's wide breast
And opes to the sunset its gateway of gold
The land of the mountain, the land of the lake.
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide
Where the souls of the mighty from slumber awake,
And halow the soil for whose freedom they died
Thou cralle of Empire! though wide be the foam
That sewers the land of my fathers and thee,
hear from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For song has home in the hearts of The free.
And long as thy waters shall CLEAN in the sum-
And long as thy heroes remember their scars,
BE the hands of thy children united as one,
And peace shed her light on thy Banner of Stars!
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Ubr GamtIp Gtrtlr.
VICE.

He who yields himself to vice, must neva
bly, suffer. If the human law does not convict
and punish him, the moral law, which will have
obedience, will follow him to his doom. Every
crime is committed for a purpose, with some
idea of future personal pleasures and just as
sure as God governs the universe, so surely
does a crime, though concealed, destroy the
happiness of the future No matter how deep
Iy laid have been the plans of the criminal, or
how desperately executed. detection pursues
him, like a bloodhound, and tracks him to his
fate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
THE REMAINS OF A GIANT

are reported by the EIizabethtown (Ky.) Regis
Ter to have been lately discovered in the Rolling
Fork, tributary of the Ohio river, some twelve
miles from Elizabethtown. They consist of
thigh bone six times the size of an ordinary
mans thigh, and collar bone in like proportion
There III SAID to be no doubt of their being the
relics of human being, and the physician who
examined them thinks the height of the person
must have been II OF l3 feet.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
COCOANUT SUGAR.

A new mode of obtaining sugar has been re-
Gently discovered in Ceylon. 1t is obtained by
cutting off the stem Of the cocoanut flower, at
laching vessel to 1t, and evaporating the liquor
thus obtained, which is said to flow from the tree
in quantities almost incredible. The sugar thus
obtained is described as equal in quality to that
furnished by the sugar cane and the milk or
sap Of the cocoa tree can be obtained in almost
any quantities. But how many years tree that
is tapped in this way will exist, is not stated.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Progress of Christianity in Indi

A writer in Western India remarks that,
throughout all that region, there is an ncreas-
ing desire for books and an increasing ability
to profit by them. Tha readiness to purchase
not accept as gift only,--Christian books and
tracts, Judging from all statements seen, is with
out parallel in any part of the heather world
Nine thousand Christian books had lately been
sold to native heathens. The same cheering
fact, in regard to educational advantages, is
mentioned by other writer's in different parts of
India.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
MONTPELIER, VERMOM,

when IN use. If certain proportion of this
compound is added to common Windsor soap,
lsay one-half its weight,) the tendency TO grow
rancid is prevented.
A very soft and agreeable shaving compound,
or cream, may be made be made BY steamng in
a close cup cake ofany common shaving soap,
SO as to reduce it to a soft consistence, and then
mixing intimately with it half its weight of our
resmous preparation, adding few drops of some
odlferous substance. The same compound forms
an excellent waterproof paste for leather.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
THE DEATH OF JUDSON.


WRITTEN ron THE OLIVE BRANCH REV. c. W. DENIsoN.
The morning came. Far out upon the sea
A brave ship battled with the winds and waves.
1t was a stranger bark on Burmah's shores,
And yoyag gng afar its oui ward bound,
Or Traffic's erand, from the Gallo land.
The eafy hills that overlook Bordeaux,
Where clustering vineyards ripen in the sun,
And waving forests chaunt to every gale,
Had given that bak its birlll-a birth
Of ST. ength, if not of beauty fitting we'll
"A Lie Of toll among the Eastern Seas.
Maulmain had greeted it, and Malacca,
And Bourb MS Isle, and other distant realms,
From India's rivers through to China's CULTS.
\ lis keel had murmured on the coral reefs,
Where gllstening pearls lie TREASURED in the deep.
n The groves of Araby had swelled its sails
With fragrance none but Araby can blow;
And flowers rare, and spices sweet, and silks
Entwined in Pcrsia's gorgeous looms of Art,
And luscious fruits nee thick in Assam hung,
Stored its dark holds, and freighted its broad
decks.
On sped the ship! And as the morning came,
Streaming athwart the distant horizHn
All sail was set. 1t seemed TO press the surge
In haste before its bow, and toss the foam atar
AS if impatient OF delay.
Oh had
That bark life as mortals have-a life
OF breathing thought, and human sympathies-
How would its heart of oak have inly shrunk
From one sad tosk that Heaven had bid it do!
n had borne well the bows and the winds
THAT GoD sent forth upon it. Tropc heats
Had blistered up its sides and no complaint
Spoke through its ribs OF plank. Its canvas
wings
Had rotted in the dews, and flown in rags
. Along the furious track of hurricanes, strained
And It mourned not the loss. Its spars had
Theiy sinews, graphing with the storms thai
poured
y Their utmost fury on their shivering tops, LED
And it repined not. But when Heaven ordain
The dying couch of one beloved of worlds
NJ worlds in time and in eternity
When made JUDsON's bed of death at sea,
Well might that gallant ship have turned away
And prayed aloud /" Kind Heaven !! have me
excused
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
Never Rejoice at Misfortune

In some parts of Germany they make use of
the saying, "my corn is rpening," which per-
son will repeat who has the prospect of some
thing profitable occurring TO him. Once while
a surgeon and carpenter were taking walk to.
gether, they observed, at some distance, small
village, known to them both, on fire. The car.
penler pointed to it, ana said to his companions
"my corn is ripening," for he concluded that if
the old houses were burned, new ones would re-
quire to be built; but, as he looked intently at
the conhagration and not at the road, immediate.
y after saying this he fell into a ditch and broke
his arm. "Ah," said the surgeon, it appears
to me that my corn is already ripe"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
DURABILITY OF ANCIENT
COIORS.

In coIors, the ancients far exceeded the mod
erns. Sir Humphrey Davy made many efforts
to analyze the celebrated Tyrian purple Of the
East, but these efforts were Without success -
lie declared he could not discover of what it
was composed The Naples yellow, too, though
less known. was much used, and the art of max i.
ing it is now entirely gone The Tyrian purple
is the color of many houses of Pompei, and
they look as fresh as if just painted.
The colors of Titan are equally as vivid and
beautiful as when first laid on by the gr,at artist,
while those of Sir Joshua Reynolds already look
chaky and dead And Sir Joshua himself con-
iessed, after making it the study of his life, that
he had never been able to discover how Rspha-
eI and the other great artists had been able to
preserve the beauty and brightness of their
paintings. But if we marvel at these artists.
three centuries back, what shall we say of the
paintings found in the tombs of Egypt, more
than two thousand years old, and yet Kept fresh
and bright, though buried for that time benenth
the ground, in the damp, dark caves of the
East
The very wife of Soloman is found there, Just
as she was painted on the eve of departure from
her fathers home, to share the throne of j. dea ;
and not only the colors of her garments were
preserved, but the bloom is still on her cheek
and lips, and tke lusrc in her eye is even as it
then was. Their paintings, too, as far back as
the time of MoSes-a portrait supposed TO be
that of the Nice, the king who drove the Israel
ties into the Red Sea-even the colors of this
are preserved perfectly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
THE CHOLERA.

The alarming attack of cholera on board one
of the Pacific steamers between Acapulco and
Panama, seems to confirm the theory that this
disease is owing to the regular progress Of some
cause in the atmosphere. For instance, last year
the eastern half of this continent was Effected
the present year the extreme East has been free
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-09-26
List of Agents
GeneraI agents.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

~. NV B. FA93HfE0s DOseJn.
i S. NJ PETINGILL, do.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
wot,asld, skinner PaindeId, Dr. Bates
\ Worcester T. Johnson; Marsbne'9, ,. tni tl,Nln
Ivatsssrv n e. Scott; Northfeld, w. II. Smith;
| 46ard, A. Towns Foysion' FL IL Baxter
laIs. j. Mower
A. Pearce,
.ic,,JJ n. Clark; s. Newbury, ]. Abbott;
RrooEseld, D. Kinasbury, Randolph, u. P,rkhurst;
Eat do s. NJ. Bigelow; East do. n. p BROOKS;
Tunbdlge, J. H. WgodwardW dc M NJ H. inoh9a TGsIi1ms
GoTiub. Rev. s. Cummings vershite Newell Prescott,
q 4, McFaring: Orange, L' Lord i,,,os
VI. Topsham, y. Allrich; Washington, L; F. 1hnrber
~ do. ]. F. George; stmhoro' u q baf'et''
9 \wbury, Rev. s. Sias;
CHGTTENDEN CO.
hotfe. w. s. Baldwin; Jericho and Underhill, L.
"G"H' Hat"% ]1n"sG"i ."S. ReSmoHd. S"S w Briggs;
~ssstGrj. TC Beach Wliston, w II French;
hond James G. Walston.
WINDSOR co.
hel A Marsh, Cavendish, j. c. spaldingi
l<o O Uincler; Chester, O Hutchinson;
y wxhchrster, s Cooper; RoynIton, O Henry;
Ehoron ! Parker Norwich. NJ Davis;
Bridgswatpr. L. Raymond; Woodstock, l. Richmond
Rypwa.Tc M%aeg Nj P'hd pc.ms she%dsve Maj Farwe
Hartford, Nichols; 9neChee VII y G pinknSm' %
w do. s Steee Hartland, u y Osgoodj
Bornn d. L Blackmer; do ] N Willard, Jr.,
r do, L Relk6nn; snosville, TIazen;
PomCret C Harding, 9d Stockhrdge, Rev Mr.. Daily
& d. d Chandef: Gaysville, ] Bennett.
RUTLANl co.
Rutland, n r Thrall; Brandon, Marsh
do q Graves; Poultney, ]. F. Harris;
wallngford j Ramsdell; Pittsheld, Joysn;
Clarendon, w Marsh;
wINOHAN co.
Townshend, W Sha1er; Wilmington, O. L. shaNer m
Winiham, 4 II Upham; Hammond's Wills, c. Taylo
Jnmaica r Goodale Dover w II Jones;
Batllehoro, g, Frost, Brookne, A Fihti
Ail0ns, l. Shalter;
BENNINGTON co.
Manchester, Roberts, Jr.; Dorset, Landon;
N Bennington, Matteson; Bhattsbury, Il B0ttom'
do Or. WilcOx
ADDISON co.
Ferrisburgh o Sholes; Granville, II. Cady;
Vergennes, Dr. Sprague, Bristol II. Needham;
Monkton, G Cook; Cornwalle, L llasken;
Lncoln, DR. Kent; Addison, c Reeves;
Middlebnry, R. J.. Fuller; Hancock A. P'peri
Weybrdge NJ. stowe; 49,
FRANKLIN co. =,
W. Enosburgh, J NJ Dean; Franklin, G FELTON,;
MontSomery, ! Marin; Fairfield John Stafford
Bakersdeld, G g Stonti do. FoStsrj
Berkshire, A Comings; Klchiord, > ID 1on'
CALEDONIA co.
Hardwick, w Wheatley; PeaCham, w Mattocks;
Walden A Amsden; Ryegate, W Gibson;
8 d. p. G. Foster; Cabot, Cook n Nc Lean
Danville, r Howard Sheffield; L. II harvey
do w Sas; Grnton, M Weld
ORLEANS co.
Albonv. w r Gates; Lowell Harding;
Baron F. w Kimball; Troy, NJ Eastman;
Craftsburv. ] w Hastings; Charleston, o Warren;
Glover, Blanceard BrOwningon, w scales
Greensboro, Comlngs; Coventry, ]. Ilurd
do A Babbitt, &c Wlnsiow'
Irasburgh, Kimball;
LAMOILLE CO.,
Cambridge, M Stafford; Jefersonville ] Stafford
Elmore Scots Hydrpark, Morse,
Johnson. A w Caldwell; WatevIle, II A Fisk and
Morrstown, West; NJ loohkiss;
Stowe, d Lothian; Wolcott, PennocK.
Eden DR.. Atwell;
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Gbe freeman
IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
IN WainorgAfs Building, Second Foor-FrOnt.

Truus-s so in advance; l75 after three months, or
M afssr six months. 0J- Village subscribers 200.
Transportation must in all cases. be paid by the sub
trlSsrs.-EH 4
]. WI H. CHENEY, PRINTER.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.
woi,,sl1 n skinner; PlanfeId, DR.. Bates
Worcester, r. Johnsonj MatSnne'9' =. mMln
Warren y. Uphami Bnre r. :; ~ JoTnsen y, ei,t
Waterbury, e. G. scottj NoHhhe'9, W II. S.l,.h
- - 4E,rd, A. Town; FaysIon' H' H. buA'er
slaIs. j. Mower
A. Pearce,
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Hlairo1d, J. n. Cllrki $. Newhnry, j., hnoots; L
\ Isn'1a g NJ Bipelnw East do. N. r. RrnoSs;
r,nh;loo M" u I IT, Woodward;W. do NJ. II. Sessions;
aS",1eo NJ G. Waldo Post Wills H. TIinckey,
S1,h nav : Cummings Vershre, Newell Prescott,
To'''" MrFarlinr; Orange, P. l.. Lord:
~; ronsbam. n. Allrich; Washington, l.. F. 1'hurber
~ d. J. r. George; Stmford d s. Bartlett.
N..hnru Rev Siae