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The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18
THE AGE WE LIVE IN.

1t has often been said that this is n
fast age. Ve'ily, il needs no ghost TO
tell us that. Everything is rushed
now upon the locomotive principle. T.
ven race.horsc speed no longer satis-
fies nothing short Of high-pressure
steam-engine velocity will answer.
What was once a Jehu.like hurry, is
now considered snail's progress, and
men turn away from lazy, dragging
railway lines that travel only twenty
miles an hour, with perfect disgust. A
man who can content himself TO travel
nj all in a stage-coacl, is considered n
miracle Of patiencc---a phenomenon
more inexplicable than the dogged i'm
perturbaLility of Job. The whole hu-
man family has caught the steam-ma-
mia, and are kept continually on the
jump. Every day the pace is increas-
ing, till it has become too frigh,ful for
'old folks to live. They are left in the
background by the hclter-skcl,er, neck
or-nothing stecple.chase Of the rising
generation and find themselves per-
fectly bewildered by the hurry-scurry
with which scenes and events sweep
by.
Go ahead r--'put it sh'---'hur-
ry up the cakes" " are the mottos oI
the times. No matter how well or i'll
substantially or fiimisily--a work is
done, if you only push along, keep mo-
wing 1T were well done, if done
quickly A building which twenty
five years ago no architect would have
dreamed OF erecting in less than Elk
months, must now be rushed up in a'
many weeks a railroad which none
but moonstruck engineer would have
expected TO construct in lees than 6y,
or six years. must now be completed II
two; book, which wonld have re
quired years Of brain. work for its com
position, is now dashed of at a 3ozer
sitiings. In short all things which car
be made TO go IT,. are whizzing the
'ligh,n,ng' principle, and, from the higi
flyer on Cambridge race course to the
stupendous floating palaces that dart
up and down our mighty rivers, are
scampering at 2:i0 speed.
/ II is true that fast buildings ever,
now and then tumble down and crusl
to death the inmates, and that fas
steamers are continually bursting up,
and blowing thousands Of passengers {,
immortal smash But .vot Of il = IA
sam Weller says. This is a 60 shea'
age. and il ID prePos,erous TO suppcs
!, that millions Of human beings are /
be kept crawling along at snaifs Pac
J on life's ,horonghfare only that = fc,
hundreds may travel in safety.
IL Is the age of improvement, too
aud as . cotcmporary says, We ar
. bound to keep the great engine Of hu
. man civilization nj racing speed. eve
) II we sit on the safesy.vsIve to presss
, the STRAIN frsm escaping There is d
: whoh" .ins, boiding in, or hsisiag, o
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

Cornrsutr ~ MatSs.-~An Ar
kansas paper dIscourse,h as follows coa-
ccrning the g,,ls II Maine 49," Ii 10
said To be No uncommon thing to fad
beautiful giils in The State Of Maino
running Wild, subsis,ing OH b~, sirs and
nootns. When girl wants TO get
married, she makes for The wools.
where she roams about uSiil u young
man goes out ON a wife hunt. lie catch
IS sight Of a girl, and gives chase. Sho
runs. and the young man ,Lrows = las
40, by.~h'ch she IL caught. lilo thea
takes her on his shoulders >, and carries
her to The highway. where he has y
carriage ready. ties her hands aud foe.
together, and tahcs her homc. \ min
i'icr is sen, for, ind they are married.
The knot being tied, the young woman
becomes perfectly docilc and submis-
s,yc."
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ever reached Widen. They we're no
sooner there. than their fret thoughts
were Of Madam kcssu,h, and her
friend, the wife Of the officer 10 whom
shc had communicated her intended con
ccalment. determined 10 seek and find
her. IL shc was still alive She sal out
on her weary journey. hsbi,cd in a
similar guisc a. iha, Of Madam Kos.
suth--as a besaar--and thus she passed
III. soldiers aud guards of the enemy.
until she reached the Kidding place Of
her friend. who had been the compan-
ion Of her youth in happier days: and
now they we're t. encounter new dam
gers. The herdsmen built them lit
tie cart, and gave them a horse, as Mad
am kossuth, worn out by anxiety, pn-
vaiions and sutIerings. was no longer
able TO walk. Tho road had now be-
come almost impassablc, narrow and
slippery on the sides Of the mountains /;
one false step would have plunged them
into An almost bo.tomlcss abyss; but the
gallows in their rear, and their husba nds
before them, hope gave them courage,
and onward they went.
We know not what length Of time
they occupied in their journey but, as
it was in winter. and they had often to
conceal themselves in clef,s of rocks
and overhanging mountains from scouts
Of the enemy, it must have been long
aud weary one, and when discovered,
they passed for beggars, and asked for
bread from their blood-thirs,y foes
They ultimately reached the town Of
Belgrade, where they expected to find
their husbands, and a termination of
their suherings. Imagine, then, their
feelings Of disappointment. when they
learned that not a Hungarian was there
all had removed to Shumla. What
was now TO be done: They were
worne out, and could proceed no father
Hope even had forsaken them. They
decided to throw themselves upon the
humanity Of the Sardinian Consul
They knocked at the door, which was
opened by the Consul himself. Two
beggar women stood before him, the
picture Of misery and woe. lie asked
them what they wanted. They an
swered. ".iood and shelter" He re-
quested them to come in. Then the
officers lady introduced him to Madam
kossuth, wife of the President of Hun
gary. He did not believe it,tll she took
from her bosom the signet ring and seal
Of the government, Of Hungary. What
followed can easily be conjecturcd ; they
were received and treated according to
their rank by the kind hearted Consul !;
and after they were sufficiently rested.
he made known their case to the Prince
of Servia, who sent them his carriage
and-four, with an cscor, to take them to
Shumla. The weather was terrible
cold, and the roads as bad as they could
be, but they ultimately arrived in safety.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18
SCIENTIFIC WONDERS.

Tho general faith in science as q
wonder. worker. is n, present unlimited
| and with it there IL cherished the con-
viciion that every discovery and iu,en.
ton admits of PRACTICAL application 10
The welfare Of men. l. "a new vegeia-
bic produc, brough, to tins country
from abroad, or "A new chemical com
pounI discovered, or an anatomical
phy steal phenomena recorded. the guc.-
ton is Immediately asked, ca bono
Whn. is j, good for. Is focd or drink
to be got ou, Of il? VIII i, make hats
or shoes, or cover umbrellas? viii il
kill or heal VIII it drive a steam
engine or will it make mill go? And
truly this cW bona question has Of late
been so satisfactorily answered that we
cannot wonder tha, the public should
persist in putting it somewha, eagerly
to every discovcrer and inventor, and
should believe tha, if "A substance has
one valuable application, il will prove
if further investigated 10 have thou
sand. Gu,ta percha has not been known
in this country ten years, and already
it would be more difficult to say what
purpose it has not been applied than to
enumerate those to which il has been
applied. Gun cotton had no, proved in
the saddest way its power 10 kill. be-
fore certain ingenious Americans show
ed that it has remarkable power OF
healing. and forms the best sticking
plaster for wounds. Surgeons have not
employed ether and chloroform anTs.
thc'ics for three years; and already an
ether steam engine is at work in Lyons
and n chloroiorm engine in London.
OF other sciences we need scarcely
speak. Chemistry has long come down
from her atomic attitudes and electric
aiiinities, and scours and dyes, bakcs,
bfcws, cooks and compounds drugs,
with con,cn,cd composure. Electricity
leaves her thundcrbolt in the sky, like
Mercury dismissed from Olympus, acts
as letter carrier and messenger boy.
Even the mysterious magnetism, which
once seemed living principle to quiver
in the compass needle, is unclo,hel Of
mystery, and set to driving turning
lathes. The public perceives all this,
and has unlimited faith in mems power
to conquer nature. The creduli,y which
formerly fed upon unicorns, phunixes,
mermaids, vampires, krakens, pestilcn-
tial comets, fairies, ghosts, witches, spec
tres, charms, curses, universal rrme-
dies, FACTIONS with Satan, and the like,
now tampers with chemistry, electricity
and magnetism, as it once did with the
invisible world. Shoes of swiftncss,
seven league boots, and Fortunatus'
wishing caps, are banished even from
the nursery, but an electromagnetic
steam fire balloon, which will clcave the
air like a ,hundcrbolt, and go as straight
to its destination rs the crow flies, is an
invention which many hope to see real
lied, before railroads are quite worn TO
pieces. a snuff box full Of the new
manure, about to be patented, will fer
talizc field and the same amount Of
the new explosive will dismantlc the
Notifications of Paris. BY means of
the ish-tail propeller, TO be shortly laid
before the Admiralty, the Atlantic will
be crossed in thee days Edinburgh
Review.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

Ms Hilkiah Gruui. Of WesibersEcld,
father Of Mr. Iiilkish CIR out, now Of
Mendon, In the struggle between the
Yorkcrs and Green Mountain Boys
had taken sides with the former and re-.
ecired . commission as Justice VI the
Peace under New York. Being easu-
ally in Shrewsbury, on the l7,h day Of
February, 1879, lie acted as Justice,
taking some dspositions. The ne 1t
day, Benj. wbipple. Esq, (who then
lived in Whipp'e Hollow, where Mr..
VIM. Bowen now does) issued war.
ran. Tor the arrest Of Groui for pre-
tending 10 ofliciatc A. justice, no, hav-
ing authority derived from the freemen
Of this State, ~ stipulated by the Con-
s,i,u,ion," rcturnaLie as soon ~ conven-
ienily may be. before the subscriber, a,
the house Of WIN. Roberts twho then
lived on the hill west Of James Gil
mores siore.) Trial was had The 10Th
February, l779-Rcuben Squire tcsti.
Ged, that on the l7th day Of February.
inst, Mr.. VIM. Oliver introduced Hill
kiah Grout, recommending him in char
acter Of Justice Of the Peace, unto the
said Reuben Squire, desiring said
Squircs, wife and daughter, TO give
their evidence before said Grout con.
corning n certain piece Of Holland
cloth. Charles Button testified that in
the c vening OF the Eth inst, upon the
desire of Mr.. VIM. Oliver, he, the said
Button went 10 the house Of Lcmuel
White, in Shrewsbury, and gave his
affidavit concerning case depending
between the said Oliver and one West,
before Hilkiah Grout, who took the said
Buttons Affidavit, and administered the
oath TO him, and several others, in char
acter Of Justice Of the Peace. Abel
Spencer testified that lie also took his
oath before HiIkiah Grout, acting in
the character Of Justice of the Peace,
and that he saw the said Grout admin.
lister oa,hs TO number Of others ut the
same time and place Charles Buttons
evidence refers to. Lemuel White tcs-
tilted ~ the same effect as Button and
Spencer. Grout was ordered to find
bonds Of $1,000, for his appearance at
the mex. session Of the Superior Court
at Rutland, the Cd Tuesday Of June
next. Grout was tried at the juno
session. Noah Smith acting as State >
Attorney found guilty, fined fl20. and
costs taxed at fGI-1is. and execution
was granted l2th June, 1919.
Mr. Ililkiah Groui, Of Mcndon,
doubts whether this fine was ever paid,
and AS has father, though an obstinate
Yorker, was a true whig in the Revo'
luton, serving as a Major in 81. Clair's
army. i, is, perhaps, probable the fine
| was never collected. ii. ii.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

Arralr, Pat, and why did I marry
yc. li-t tell me tiat----ior It's incsilf that's
had to maintain yo iver since Tho bless
cd day that fhh,r O'Flannagan sent
me home 10 yer house y
Swaic jewell replied Pat, not rel
ioliing the charge, "and it., mesilf that
hopes may live TO see tire day when
yc'rc widow, waping over the could
sod ,ha, covers me; then by ST. Pat
rick, I'll see how ye get along without
me, honey
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

BLAckwooD on DANCRRs..--For n
man 10 be fond Of rhufIing and twirI-
ing himself out of the dignity Of step
which nature gave him---picking his
way through a quadrile like goose
upon red hu, bricks, or gyraiing like
bad iectotum in what English fashion.
ables are pleased to term a "valse".--
I never see man thus occupied with
out fcryent desire Ia kick him.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

A RKnCKR TO "RpwDY" LEGIsLk-
rORs.---A clever sarcasm upoa paglL
lstic legislators has bcen lately put
forth III Paris. Ii is . carica.ure, ia
which two chimney sweei,s are repre-
seated fgt Ing outside of the Cham
Der Of Dera,its. A policeman inter.
,oscs, saying. "No fighting IN tho
streets, you blaekgaards. Goi made
he chamber. If you risl, 70 DO thai. J"
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

TIE NALUE or MARRIED MEY.---
"a little more animstion, my dear"
whispered Lady i. to the gentle
Susan, who was walking languidly
through aqnairllle.
"Do leave me IN manage my own
business mamma" replied the provi'
dent nymiIl, IL shall not dance my
ringlets out OF curl fpr q married
man
"Of course not, rny love, but was
not aware vino your partner was"
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

There il n divine out west trying to
persuade girl. ,otorego mntrimony.--
lie might ~ well undertake to persuade
ducks that they could find n substitute
for water. or rose buds that there is
something better for their complexion
than sunshine. Tho only convert no
has yet made, is n single lady aged sixty.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

An editor in Illinois gives notice that
"lherc will be no paper this week" n,
his wife is using III, scissors TO mend lis
cassimeres.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

When you are asked 10 hold tho
baby. ,rot it hard, pinch it, aud make
faces al il when the mother is not
looking, Yoa viii sooa be relieved
Of tAe precious charge.
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A wag in oac Of our Southern Leg.
isla,ures, rcrceiYlns muSluito aligh.
on ncighbor's hand, Immediately
arose, aud addressing the chair, re.
quested that saii mas4uito have leave
to rithlraW lis 6iN.
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been related in different quarters as
authentic.
The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-07-18

7 Tof oHf desf fe3tIFlf s<be
H. iI.ssi sssns ssa slss,esss nsss
to inc.ic CUR sisters 10 avail thcna.
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OFFICIAL,

Sailing directions for eriering the Columbia Rirer
as far as me Haroor Of astoria by Lieut.. Cong.
w. +. Arthur, ". S. NJ, Assistant in the Coast
Surrey.
1t is best under all circumstances to have a
pilot but should it be necessary to enter the river
without one the directions for the north channel
are first bring Sand Island in range with Point
Elice, and stand in towards Sand Island passing
the south end Of the ninth breaker when Cape
disappointment and Leading-in-Clif are in range.
haul up towards the cape, keeping Leading-in-
cliff in range until nearly abreast the cape. Give
the cape small berth, and continue on towards
Bakers Bay until the second island in the bay can
be seen then keep off, and with the second Is
land and cape in range astern, will pass clear OF
the north part Of the Middle Sands. As soon as
the soundngs shoa on this course, keep off to-
wards Sand Island and passing close by the east
end Of the island, get the beacon on the island IN
range with a tree on Cape disappointment (Which
is trimmed up like an umbrella) and with that
range astern, stand on up the bay until the Gus
tom house is on with Young's Point, when haul
to the east and keep the last range on till nearly
up with Young's Point Pass along the south
shore running by the lead until up to Astoria.
To enter the south channel bring the beacon on
Sand Island to bear north 400 east (true) and Point
Adams on the peak which can be seen east of Point
Ece, and called "Jim Crow" upon which there
is notable tree) nearly in range, the vessel will
be then the bar in the south channel in the best
water. Steer for the beacon, taking care not To
lay to the easoard, rather keep close to the break
ers on the Sand Island shore. Pass close to Sand
Island and fall in to the range Of the beacon with
the trimmed tree on Cape Disappointment and
proceed already directed.
The best time for entering is on the first or last
Of the ebb tide. The last Of the ebb tide is prefer
able in either channel.
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Il f l. f. G H A p HIC.

by Telegraph-for the Southern Press.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER AFRICA
New York, Dec. 22.-2P. NJ.
The steamer Africa arrived here at one O. clock
this morning.
The aspect Of German affairs is much more
tranquil, though the question is still unsetted.-
The general impression is that peace will be ne
gotiated without hostile movements.
The Berlin cabinet is still unsettled.
The no Popery question is greatly subsdng in
England.
Affairs in France remain tranquil.
THE MARKETS.
Cotton-The favorable accounts received from
Germany, and from America by the steamer Wash
ing:o , have caused cotton to advance in Liverpool
an to /. The sales Of the week amount to Al 300
bales. The committee quote fair upands at Y
fair Mobile at T.; fair Orleans at 8. Spectators
took IL 900 bales, and exporters 100 bales.
Breadstuffs remain firm. Canal -four from 10
to 22s I'D Baltimore and Philadelphia from 90 to
23s Cd. Red wheat IS l0d white 6s sd. Corn
has advanced 3 cts ; yellow from 81 to 3ls Sd
white from 80 to 32s Cd.
Provisions are generally Gull. Coffee, sugars
and moasses remain firm.
The money market is easy. English bank stock
2l2 to 2l3 Consols had advanced and closed at
from 81! to 07S for money.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Dec. II.
The following named gentlemen have been
elected deputies to the Southern Congress, to be
holden in October next r. w. Barnwell, J. p.
Richardson, w. Hampton, L. Cheves.
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the news brought by the Africa before going to
press, but were disappointed.
CAL 10 the Stale Conrention 10 he held al .Spn.
cuse, January 18th, 8th, and 9Th, 1851, to con-
sider the Internal Bill enacled by the American
Congress on 18Th Sept 1850, f0r The Recap
lure of Fugitices from Slare1H and TO ahe
such acti0n thereon as Freen,en should
Freemen of New York Lovers of liberty .
Friends of humanity far and near! Come to
the convention Come or send delegates, in
whose sound discretion, fidelity to principle, and
moral courage, you can put entire confidence.
Let every part of the Empire State be duly
represented. Send at least rs many delegates
to this convention as you send members to the
assembly. The emergency demands deliberate
but determined action. 1t may not be that we
can save our country from the ruin that impends,
but we are bound to make one effort.
The bill that has been enacted by our national
Congress, is unsurpassed in atrocity by any law
of the most despotic governments on earth. If
it had been devised by the Austrian Haynau, it
would have enhanced his guilt that il should
have been advocated by our American Webster
contounds us with establishment.
The passage Of this bill has made it plain that
liberty and slavery cannot subsist together; and
has forced upon our country this great question:
Shall tyrants henceforth rule this Republic, or
freemcn?
Similar conventions are to be held in other of
the free States and, we trust, before the end
of the present session Of Congress, a message
will be sent thither from the entire North that
will admonish the oppressors of the South, and
their more unprincipled abettors, that they have
,oaked up The Lon-that they must recede from
the daring encroachments they have made upon
Northern sentiments and Northern liberties
must nnnul that wicked bill, or consent that it
must be at once dead letter-or expect to see
this American Union deluged in blood.
SAMUEL J. MAY,
CIIAS. b. SEDGWICK,
CHAS. A. WHEATON,
IRA II. COBB,
JOHN THOMAS.
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ON MONDAY, the 18th inst, we shall open ex-
" pressly for the Concerts, an invoice Of fine
Opera Glasses, and Opera Hoods, Gloves, &C. &c.
PARKERS
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United States, fiom The eighth or August. sigfl
teen hundred and iort,-ssyea 10 Fs8rrsrv
fourteen eighteen hundred and lotty-sIeht by
examining the proper officers and other per-
sons as well as the proper rolls of the com
many 20 which he BELONGED And the secTe-
tary Of the Treasury Is directed 90 nav out Of
any moneys in the Treasury moi otlrryyise an
propriatsd 10 said Crews such sum of money
rs may be found his due PTovided The same
does no. exceed me sum OF eighty aoaSs' snd
$50. .i..u ~, &c IN ~. ~. .ns - AZ s'as " '1
S"s against Ve ou,'eu D''
Blu the act TO refund the fine imposed on the
late Do.to, Tho,aas Gamer, t,lder the Co.
vs.. T'''
dutoH tdW, ~ MS he"'-
That the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he
is hereby, authorized and directed to refund To
the heirs OF Thomas Cooper, deceased, out Of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, four hundred dollars, being the fine
imposed upon the said Thomas Cooper under
the section law passed the fourteenth day of
July, seventeen hundred ana ninety-eight, To-
gether WIN interest thefeon, al me fats OF SIX
NoyembeT. eight. en- hundred, until Daid.-Ilu-
a, finite !
BIZ the act for the payment 81 q company Of
Indian pollinteeTs.
r,,., ,,,. s.,.,.,,,, ,f Wa, h. and m. il bersbv
ina, ms at ,s",i,.d ~ ,an". :" he Maid ~
the spy company OF indian mounted ed, so' sa,
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MARKERS CHRISTMAS opening takes place
+ this day and will continue through the Christ
mas and New Year Holidays. He respectfully
invites his friends and strangers to call at his new
store under the National Hotel, and look through
his selection Of beautiful fancy articles suitable
for Presents for all ages.
PARKERS
Fancy and Perfumery Store, under the National
Hotel.
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Smithsonian Lectures.

DR.. cox, of Brooklyn, N. Y, will continue
his Lectures on the evenings of Monday, Tues
day and Thursday Of this week, at y o'clock; p
NJ. The closing lecture will be delivered on FIJI
day. Subject ''Poetry." ,,:.,.
plank walk has been constructed directly W s.n
street. where a lamp will be placed at the gate
Persons coming in this direction, will enter the
lecture room through the northeast tower.
Der 0i-At-d
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THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA.

FOR CHAGRES, DIRECT, via HaV.a.N.4.
TH>HE United States Mail Steamship Company
Il will despatch as above, the splendid double
engine steamship ,
FALCON,
H. J. Harsein, U. S. Navy, commander, on
Thursday, December 26th, at 3 o'clock, P. NJ,
from the pier foot Of Warren street, North river.
Freight to Chagres 70 cents per cubic foot, pre-
paid.
PASSAGE TO CHAGREs.
Cabin 500 Steerage $50
Cabin $40 Steerage S25
The Falcon will connect with one of the Pacific
steamers Of this line, and passengers having
through tickets will not be delayed at Panama be-
yond the usual stay at that port.
PASSAGE FROM PANAMA TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Cabin $500 Steerage $50
The Falcon has just cen thoroughly overhauee;
she is furnished with new boilers, and has new
saloon and state room deck; her cabins are newly
furnished throughout, and her accommodations
for passengers now equal to those ofany other
steamer aloat.
For freight or passage, apply at the office of the
company, III West street, corner of Warren ST.
to M. o. ROBERTS.
Dec. 23-t2S