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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-27

raj light of his eve flashed in The dinn"ss "
bed oe anthracite. Something told The c'',"
that death was busv with its heart. u m'gn
have been the heavy struggling for brea'h y
might have been an angel for angels ga'ne'
in bands around the despsed couch OF povPtl''
" Mother" aud pale. bent woman kneIt oe
side him, "mothet, is there one blown now
look, look :" For the twentieth time the rlrkY
woman lifted the tinv box of voes, and the
red blood rushed n her face as she beheld one
little, dropping bud inst beginning to unfold
She carried it 10 the bnv, the child. almost me
infant ; and a sweet smile lighted up his 'nno-
cent features.
"Put it down. mother whore can hook al y
tli | die" With wild sob the poor WIDOW
placed it npon his pillow, and watched ms
CLASSY ewes eagerly a. they watched The now"
er. Hours passed the brow grew winter the
fingers that she tlasped. more clamrnv ina
round lips that had so often called her tnp'he''
more purple, fading into blush white, 'rem"-
Ions, as though the failing voice sfrnggen ,or
ulterance. She placed her ear closer TO n'+
little face, and heard him utter dlst'nru';
"Good-hve, mamma; take care Of nv vlolets ,
And after the rough pine coffin was carried
away and covered With the mould, while her
worn fingers were nprvons'y stitching on the
il'-paid Tor garment, the spirit eyes of that mo-
ther could see a vision Of beauty filling the
wretrhed garret wi;h light and l"v"liness, :,
vision of her early buried child, in the pure,
white robes o. heaven, bending over the box oi
viulets.-B Boston Oire Branch.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-27
From the New York Courier & Enquirer }

Editorial intelligence in England is anyllin,
but cosmopoitan, and commits the most lud.
crous bIundsrs respecting men and things in
this country. The following specimen from
the Athennum, one of the foremost Of English
literary journals, is uncommonly rich. Our
neighbor of the Tribune is certainly indebted
to the enlightened London critic for a " first rate
notice.
Hints T'or1rds Reform, BY Horace Grubv,
Mr.. Horace Gruoy is name beginning TO ne
heard on this side the Atlantic. In his own
country h, is well and honoraby known a
man of letter.-the son-in.law of Bryant, and
editor of high-cass paper in New York The
"Hin's" now published consist Of a number of
lectures, essays and orations, somewhat in the
manner Of his countrymen, but with fewer Of
their faults. "Organ za'on of abor," if we
may take Mr.. Gruby as sample OF his order,
is making progress in the United States as, r-
deed, it is in our own country, faster than they
| who do not mnutely watch the tendencies of
opinion are at all aware. On the whole, we
have read Mr.. Gruby's orations with pleasure.
Their literary merits are unequal but there il.
always mine of good sense AMI wise counsel
in them"
Give US your hand, Mr.. Gruby
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-27
FLOW ERS.
LINE I

BEAUTIFUL flowers! why are they not in
every home There is 10 dwelling into which
some ray of sunshine does not enter. The
earth is cheap; the little one may want what
can be had for ASKING; and surely there are
some in a family with sufficient ingenuity, be
it ever So untrtored, 10 nail together H lew
rough boards, and make box for the smiling
asies, or the red Tipped rose. II ia a pleasure
as the toilng dame busies herself with her ar.
duous duties, to see, in some cosy nook, or on
some cleanly window seat, the pretty, fragrant
things, speaking all nnconsciously Of the Heav-
enly Fathers kindness in enrichiug the dreary
world path through which his children trave
to a better home. The heart Of the hard work
ing man grows kindlier, and softens even To-
ward the task, master from whom he earns hi,
Sigh pttance, as their rich and dainty color
feast his eyes. The little ones are wealthy i
a single velvet leaf is bestowed upon them
for they see nothing so beautiful out of doors
poor things nothing but red bricks and dam
paveInents, in whose gray and black crsvice
. not a blade of grass dare grow.
A little sufferer laid in hi,h, dreafy garre
und the besms above hs head and on ever
sids,. were black apd foul His cheek va
: scarlet with the fLsh Of lel sr, and tie unnat,
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US your hand, Mr.. Gruby
CCSGRESS.

SESATE.-Tkursday, Sept. l9.-The bill
granting lands f.. Railroad from Pensacoa
to Montgomery in Alahams WAS amended and
passed.
The bill from the House making an appro-
pration for the next insta lment of the Mexican
indemnity was taken up and referred.
Mr.. Badger introduced the customary reso-
luton providing extra pay for the officers Of
the Senate.
Several other propositions were received ard
disposed Of
At IL o'clock Mr. Pratt moved to take up
his bill to prevent the enticement of slaves from
their owners. After some discussion it was
postponed for the present.
The Oregon land bill was taken up aid
passed.
The civil and diplomatic appropriation b.
was taken up, and various Amendments were
concurred in without much debate.
The Senate was occupied in discussing and
passing upon variety ot amer d.nents unt'l
the hour of adJou'nmeu'.
In THE House OF REPRESENTATIVES, in Com,
mittee of the Whole, the Navy Appropriations
bill was taken up, and Mr.. Stanton, chairmsn
Of the committee on naval affairs, took the floor
in speech in favor of reduction Of expend o
ture. The subject of mail steamers was de-
bated at length, on which Messrs Greene
Phelps, and Venabe made sp, eches prlnciPs y
against the project. II was ordered that 'he
debate close at one o'clock tomorrow.
Mr.. Schenck reported bill for regulating
the appointments and pay Of engineers IN 'he
navy, which was referred to the committee ot
the whole. The House then ADJOURNED
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-27

TIE IIovrv BFr.-C. V. Hill, Leomins'er.
Mass, communicates 10 the Cuivator the fui-
lowing mar"elous illustration Of the instinct OF
the honey bee:
"The hoo i. a enrique insert. and in it' hsb.
its display remarkable degree of instinct,
sometimes Amounting almost to reason. | saw
an instance the present season with which
was Interested a npiGl hDr of mine had =
vounr swarm from one Of his hives, which q
lighted on plumb tree near stone wall thu
branch which they settled unon being two email
10 support that weight, broke, and they fril,
most OF them lodging on the wall near thA
ground they remained for some time as the
cOrsn'tIng what it was best 10 do IN the emero
gencv, WREN all al once the swarm was on the
move they would crawl up to a cprlaln stone
in the wall, and then tlv back to the tree from
whence they fell. In climbing to this stone,
about one ha Il Of the bees were Obliged % cross
a spare between two rocks from three to four
inches wde-a bridge Of rees was Immediate
ly thrown over tho cha,m 10 the width of five
or six inches, so as TO admit large number
10 pass at the same time, and when completed
formed beautiful structure. The first row
OF bees fastened h"m5elves firmly 10 the edgs
OF the upper rock, their heads III an unhroken
| line; others fastened themselves to their feet,
and so on, I'LL the reached the lower one, which
was as firmly grasped in r short time. What
were below the bridge had passed over, but
not iii snme few of their companions had been
aided Ia ascend At the time the limb fell,
there were perhaps thirty or forty bees who
remained on a distant twig Of the branch as it
lay upon the ground; single line CT bees was
extended TO them by holding upon each other.
resembling somewhat a sack rope; it was
suspended from the ground the bees immeo'-
ateIy crossed one at 'inn over this rope, and
Joined the main body, when instantly the main
bridge broke up, and the whole swarm were
safely lodged in the tree again"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-09-27

NEw YoKx, Sept. l9-P. M.-All the steam.
boat and rai!rrad lines betw cen New York and
I roston have placed their conveyances at the
di, pos.l of Jenny Lind for her forthcoming
visit to Boston. a Tremendous rush IS antie j.
pa,ed u. .onight's concert, All the promenads
ii, ke.s we're bought up by spsculators ana h4 :
teen te!hrg q a Psenium.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17
AN ACT

Conlering on county commissioners certain pow
ers in relation 10 free turnpike roads, aud for
other purposes.
SEC, l. Bet cnactcdbyMe General As.
semJIyofhe StatecfOhiO, That the county
commissioners Of any county in this State
through which or in which any free turn,
pike road or any part thereof has been or
may be located, are hereby authorized To
order and direct that all or such portions
of the road taxes by law applied to the
construction aud repair of any such free
turnpike road as said comm ssioners may
deem proper shall no longer be so ap.
piled, and hereafter the road taxes so
Withdrawn from any such free turnpike
road shall be worked out as other road
taxes are by law worked out under the
direction oflh proper supervisorofroa
SEC. 9. That when any two or more
free turnpike roads cross each other, or
have been or may be within less than
four miles Of each other the county com.
missioners of any county through or in
which any such roads or any part there
Of may be located, are hereby author.
izedto make such equitable division or
appointment amongst said roads, of the
road taxes appropriated to any one or
more ofsaid roads by law as said commits
sioners may deem proper.
SEC. B. That the county commission
ers ofany county as aforesaid shall have
power, at any regular ol special session
called for The purpose, TO make any and
all orders necessary or proper To carry in.
to effect the provisions of this act, and
the same to modify change or repeal as
they may deem proper, not ncousislen,
with law
SIC. d That The road taxes appropri,
ated TO any free turnpike road in any
county in this State, aud charged against
any resident of such county may be
worked out under the proper officer on
such road ut any time before the first day
of October in each year. and the county
commissioners may from time to time or
dain and establish the prico and compen.
sation for all work, labor, secvices and
materials furnished or rendered on said
road, but the road tax appropriated tt
any such road, charged on the land OF any
person not residing in such county, shaI
be payable in money, collected as oshe
road taxes, and applied for the benefit o
said road according TO law. ~
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17
CONGREssIONAB

By Telegraph Jorthe Daily Lahtasler Gazette
"a WAsHISaros, May 10.
NHoQss,-The Committee on Finpnco, on qc-
cortut otile accumulation Of gold dust at the U.
s. Mint aud the danger OF having it taken to Eng
lund for coinage. asked leave to bring in bill to
facilitate coinage.
Mr.--metiectually endeavored 10 introduce
Abi to esululish collect distlicton in the State
nI NewlYork aud a port Of entry at Whitehall on
Lake Champlain He moved n suspension Of
rules but The motion did not prevail.
The House refused to suspend the rules FOR res
oluiioirs TO be ilitmduced and went into Com
mittee of the Whole upon the State Of tile Union
on the California message. ei III
Mr. Clark, Wing, OF New York, proceeded 10
show that the free Stntes are more pupulons en.
erprising aud patriotic than the slate Smtesi aud
this is the reason why tue territories now free
should remain 10
MIR. Savage said when Cntilno conspred IL
gainst the liberties of Rome it was by means OF
promising freedom tn the slaves. He believed 1t
was their duty To so further northern abolition
isis that they shall meet ii similar fate aud he
hoped no intimidation Of his people would cause
them 10 cease their efforts. -g '... ,.gU
! 1--WE are moi certain that we have correctly re-
ported the latter paragraph h-ED
When Mr.. Savage concluded, the Committee a.
rose and the House adjourned i#N
SExATE.-Mr, Davis from The select committee
on the Census bill, reported back the House a.
mendlnents with an amendment proposing con-
currence in some and disagreeing with others, a
mong which latter he designated new section u
dupted by the House fixing the future number ol
members Of the House Of Representatives, II
was made tile special order Of Tomorrow.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration oi
the bill to admit California into tie Union. eslab
ishing territorial governments for New Mexico
and Utah and making proposals TO Texas for I
settlement of her Western boundary.
Mr.. Clay proceed with statement of the senli
mens,prevailing with theIcommittee at their sew
eru meetings. Eachlmember Of the committee
ifeftto himself, probably would have presented
d different report from that now under considera
tion. He was at one time himself in the minori
ly He had not however been and was not nov
committed to any particular scheme. but he lel
assured that The only adjustment, which could b'
mado on the disturbing questions, BY Congress
musi be made on some such basis as thdt rroposet
10y the committee.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17
Ano,I,er NIu,n,no,h cave

A Milwaukee correspondent of Tho Hart
ford Courani gives the following desctIp
tion of Western cave:
"ll has long been known that near
Madison, the Capital of"ur State. aud o0
miles west of this place, there was cav
ern of considerable extent; but ii has new
or been extensively explored. until a
couple of weeks ngo. Then u patty "l
five mcu, headed by Howell LumIey, Esq
member Of our late Legislature, and as
| am Informed II man of reliable vcraclly,
arranged for full exploration of The
cave; taking with Them rationsf'ra weeks
absence, canoe, aud other neediul pro-
visions. Mr. l. has just published in the
Madison Argus letter of three columns
detailing generally tho adventures und
discoveries of the party. II is distrcs
sngy meagrc as 20 distances which the
party travelled, heighlh aud breadth of
this immense cavern or the general char
ac,er of the rock aud material which com.
pose it. But some facts which he states
are, however, sufficiently startling. won
dorful aud even sublime.
"The party were in the cave near live
days, during which they were constantly
progressing, except so much time US was
necessary to recruit their exhausted EN-.
crvies, and when, utter exploring in all
directions they finally emerged from the
cave, itwasby anolheropenlng which they
discovered, some miles distant ilom that
by which they cntercd. Mr.. J.. speaks
oithe extraordinary vastness ofthe cavern
at different poiul'i It's great width, and
in one place he supposed the hei ht Ia
be full seventy fec; ho supposed it Ia
extend under ,hccouhtios Of Dane and
Iowa. aud he is enthusiastic when
he refers To tho novelties, curiosiiies, and
great mineral wealth which abound with
IN this mammoth Of a cavern.
"At ono point OH their route they ttuv'
crsod over and among large masses and
I blocks which they supposed to he rock
, but which proved, on examination. To be
! galeua-leud ore Of fine quality; this wa'
I spread over a surface uf three miles. The
. party concluded there could not he les'
I than 100000 tons oft. Fine specimens
Q of copper ore were discovered, and a
1 me point eleven pounds of native silve
b. we're found. Crystals were abundant
D md cacareous iucrustalious, slalactite
- and stalogmitcs, of large size. abundant
of the two latter, one or two labyrinth
were discovered. During this subiel
$ raneNn journey. the party came to aver
, considerable waterfall, The roar of whicl
: long before they reached it had attracts
their notice. AT the foo, ofthis they di
> covered a lake Of considerable dimel
> sions, and which in their canoe they pa
D tiali,y explored, Tho greatest dept
Q they discovered on sounding this LAX
" was thirty seven feet and four inches
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17
AN ACT
March 10, 1850.

hN fAS
Supplementary 10 IAN act 10 provide Tor uni
form standard OF Weights and Measures" pas
sed February 81, 1886. ....
WHEREAS, the act entitled "An act TO
provide for a uniform standard "f
Weights and Measures, passed Feb
rnary 2lst, 1876. provides for cop
les Of the original standard of Meas
ures and Weights to be procured for
the use of each county within this
State, but has omitted to provide for
the procuring of suitable balances,
without which said weights are OF
little or no use; Therefore, to supply
such omission.
SEC. L. Be Uenacted By The General
assembly Of the State of OhiO, That the
seaer of weights and measures of this
State be, and he is hereby authorized and
required 10 procure TO be made, Tor The
use of each counly in this State, bal
ance, suitable in workmanship, capacity
and materials, whercwilh TO use the
weights aforesaid, and cause the same It
be deposited with the county auditors OF
the several counties, with whom the
weights and measures aforesaid are by
law deposited.
Ssc. g. That the State sealer shal
present his account to the auditor oi State
for all sums by him paid and liabilitie
incurred unde- the provisions Of this act
and the Auditor of State shall audit th'
same, and draw his warrant upon lh'
State Treasurer in favor of said State
scaer, for The amount he shall find due
and the Stale Treasurer shall pay tn
same out of any moneys in The treasury
not otherwise appropriated
SEC. g. That in contracting for max
ing such haIunces the State sealer sha
invite proposals, as is provided by III
twenty first sectiun of the act To whlcI
this is supplementary,
BENJAMIN +. LETTER.
Speaker ofMc Hoase Of Reps.
CHARLES C. CONVERS.
Speaker IF Me Senate.
March 23l, 1850.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17

ABOLITION DIsuNIoN. .--ln the call for
the sixteenth annual meeting "f the A.
merican Anti Slavery Society," is the lol'
loving paragraph
"A contest of near twenty years has
proved that tle only hopeful issue with
slavery is the demand for the immediate
aud unconditional emancipation of every
slave; and that snch consummOlloh can
never be attained 50 lnng as we main.
tain political Union with Shareholders"
1t ia very fortunate for the country that
the wisdom and integrity of the present
Administration will prove baffitr IL
the advance of suchtteasonable desig hs
for they are nothing else although The
Constitution allows the authors OF sucl
an address 10 go unpublished,
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17

Ross COUNTY. - Iadrtmenis..-Wo
learn from the Da3y MctropOlis that the
Grand Jury. which was in session five
days, found / / indictments for gombling
for keeping gambling houses, S for sell
ing liquor without license, for keeping
tavern without license. 3 for forgery,
for burglary 2 for petit larceny, 9 for as.
SauIt and battery, | for assault with in.
tont to kill, | for resisting the constable
and tor fslicuns.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17

SEC 8. That the county commission
ers OF any county shall be aud hereby are
authorized To change the location of any
part of any free turnpike road in the same
manner aud on the same conditions that
they are by law authorized to change
the Location of any part of a county road.
and the same laws applicable to the al:
teraliop. of county roads shall be applica.
bic 10 ree-turnpike roads. :
SEC. 6. That the county commission:
ers of any county in this State be and
they are hereby authorized to appropri:
ale to the construction and repair of any
State or county road, for such time "a
they may deem properthb labor and road
tax. or either, of any or all persons reside
ing or owning property within two miles 4
Of such road, to be expended under the
direction of the proper supervisor or sd:
pervisIrs, or under the direction of su:
perintendent to be appointed by said
commissioners. and said commissioners
are hereby authorized to prescribe the
compensation Of such superintendent,
aud said superintendent shall have the
same power, rights aud privileges over
said road, and be subject to The same re-
strictions as supervisors of roads by law
have, and are subject to.
SEC, 7. That all road taxes levied OF
collected fur the benefit ofany free turn
pike road, shall be expended ON and ap'
propriaed TO such free turnpike in the
township where such tax may be levied
BENJAMIN F. LETTER,
Speaker Of the House Of Reps
CHARLES c. CONVERS,
Speaker 9fthe Senate.
February 10, 1850.
The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-05-17

Monday Evening, May I3. 1850

[YOur candidate for Governor pass
ed his early life among the log cabins Of
Ohio, and was celebrated in "clcarng
away The rool." Age has only given
him more experience in such matters
and ii is not to be wondered al that his
nomination has caused llutering among
the tall wood" Of uur northern forests
Il free soil is what they want. he will b'
enabled to crafty their desires without
resort TO powder and bull."