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Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-07-16

OBEDIENCE TO LAw.-Was not the mother of
Moses rebellious woman when she refused 10
drown her son according to The law of the land?
Did not Moses deserve 10 be executed for killing that
Egyptian who was beating one of his Sdue brethren
Were not Shadrach and his two fellows justly cast
into the furnace and Daniel into the den of lions !?
They suffered only the penalty of the law which
they refused to obey. Will Dr. Spencer, DIR. Spring,
the Ae,0 York Observer that grandiloquent adyo-
cate of law and the Constitution, the Journal Of
to be obeyed. was PLATE blame for filling up the
death of the Son of God Were the soldiers
to blame in executing the sentence they were only
the tools of the governor. But this may be goinl
back TO first principles. Radicasm Enthusiasm
Let us have private Interpretation of what is right
If a law is enacted it must he obeyed The Pope il
the constituted authority of Rome The issues o
the Vatican must stand wherever his sway extends
even though the word of God is forbidden to b.
read !-h,dependenL
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-07-16

The best reason a merchant can give for not adj
versing is that by refusing TO let the public know
he has goods sell, he is not subjected to the ex-
pense Of employing clerks TO assist in selling them
Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-07-16

A century ago, the amount expended in England
for books periodicals, and newspapers, did not eX-
coed 100000 a year, whereas The sum now so eX-
pended annnlIy is calculated at -, 100000.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
MURDER AT EpeEF1E1p Corrr Hons

MURDER AT EDGEFIELD COURT HOUSE
South CARoLINA.-We learn from the
Hamburg Is. c.. Republican that VIM.
Cloud was murdered by Philip Goode,
at Edgefield Court House on the 7th in
stant.. The facts, as far as learnt by the
Republican, are as follows:
''Cloud had borrowed few dollars
from Goode some time back for which
q. asked him. Cloud stated that the
money had been paid long ago, to which
Goode gave the lie. Cloud retorted
using some harsh language. Goode then
seized him 5y the collar with his left
hard while with his right he drew pis-
:ol and shot his adversary il, the abdo-
men. Cloud then attempted to retreat
when Goode shot another load into his
back. lie staid near the spot for some
time after the death of his victim. when
he made his escape
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
DANGERS OF SECEssloN.--The Rich

DANGERS OF SECESSION.-Ihe Rich
mond Wing concludes an artice on this
subject with the following words:
"South Carolina knows perfectly we'll
that there is not another State prepared
TO aid IN her designs. and yet she seems
resolved to adopt step where the pain
ful alternative is forced upon them of
seeing her whipped into submission or of
affording her that assistance which their
ideas of right and duty would condemn
may embody their notions of chivalry, but
they are very different from what are en-
tertained in other portions of the South
For our own part, leaving out all con-
siderations of chivalry &c, we take a
plain, common-sense view Of this. If
the Union is valuable to US we must pre-
serve il, and not leave it in the power of
any one State, at its mere pleasure or
caprice, 10 destroy it. The course of
South Carolina is not only impolitic and
destructive, but arrogant and dictatoria
in the last degree. She is not content to
leave the Union but, Oh the eve of her
departure, Sue tells her sister States that,
opposed as they are TO a dissolution of
the Union, they will be compelled to fol-
low her lead; and when she is kindly and
affectiouateIy demonstrated with, and be-
seeched TO pause in her ruinous course, she
meets the advice with launts and scoru,
and freely applies the term "lraitor,'
coward" aud "submissionst," to all
who Will not follow her mad example,
Such being the state of affairs, we thiuk
II i,rh hal a,,I
strances should be dropped. and ano her
course pursued. The other southern
States should let South Carolina know,
distinctly aud emphatically, that if she
chsOses to leave the Uuion, she must 90
out alone, and not under any crcun-
stances, expect "aid or comfort" from
the southern sisters she has chosen to
abandon. Things have indeed, reached
a pretty pass, when the rest of the south
ern States are to be told by South Caro-
lima that she will put rings in their noses
and lead them where she peases: aud it
is most consolatory TO reflect that this
nose leading State is herself nose-ed by
such men as Rhett & Co, 10 the utter
disregard of her old and tried public SER
wants. To such consummate arrogance,
such insolent dictatlen, we, for one, will
never submit, or counsel Submission, for,
if we did SO, we should regard ourselves
the most pigeon-livered submissions"
that ever lived We repeat. then. let the
your own cCnrses and abide the conse-
quences, whatever they may be-"
Petersburg Vo.) Intelllgencer.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

4 western editor lately offered his oiG
hat as prize for the best essay on inde-
pendence.
The following obtained the prize: ma
tionat independence is easier imagined
than described; personal independence
consists epthetlcaily III being situated in
a clean shirt, dra Wers, socks, and nicely
BACKED boots, with at least a dollar and
a half, and clean cambrc in your pock-
et-all on Sunday morning with your
wife on one arm and yonr own babe (all
But the baby9 on the other, taking your
own course toward your own church, to
sit under the ministry of your own preach
er, II. bllssful expectation of doing your
own snoozing III your own pew, wherein
no one dare venture to nudge you with
his elbow or tickle your nose with a
straw
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
TEMPER AZURE AND EDlroRIAus.-It is

TEMPERATURE AND EDlTORIALS.-It is
told OF Some clergyman that, while abor-
ing under embarrassment in the treatment
ot his subject, he observed slight signs
o! WEAKNESS and dissatisfaction on the
part of his audience; whereupon, leanIng
over the desk, and fixing his eye on au
individual whose lip was more openly
turei III contempt lie said: ''If anv of
you think you can do better than [ am
doing, you can come up here and ty,y"
Now, II any one thinks that writing ed
itorials (worth the reading) is only recre.
alton at any time, and especially if they
think that in the present temperature, it
is easy TO pen anything brilliant and pro.
found, they can come 10 our desk aud try
We venture to assure them that Instead
OF covering the paper with emanations
OF mind, coruscation Of genius and gems
of thought. they will cover it with evap.
Grafton iron their physical Organization,
falling in condensed drops from the fin
gers and face. a es
Yet the types, in spite Of The heat. arc
"cllck- clickciicking, and though 10 all
others that peculiar sound may have no
meaning, IN the ear editorial it is an inn
perious lnasdate, and the Interpretation
thereot is-"Write, write, write" The
press wa!tsth for tie 'form," and the
form watch for the compositor, and
the compostor waiteth for the editors.
but editors may not wait for aught or for
any. "Wllte, writei write,' is the mex
ora5le declee. One marvels that, with
Hoods experience, he did not write the
'Song of the Editor instead of the
Song ol the Shirt" and cannot help
thlnklng that he was moved to tile tier
ating refrain of his 9ery popular poem on
the sorrows of the shirt-sticlers, by the
repeated simmons of the printers imp
when writing for the daily press. Now
the labor OF eliminating thought is pleas
ant enough W hen one can take hi. own
time over IT nor can there be any serious
objection 10 little wholesome "pressure
from without" when the mercury ranges
from thirty tc fifty. But with the tell
tale index at its altitude, and instead of
grateful exterior pressure consolidating
ones system. and giving active soldity
to both mind aud body, The material part
OF ones sell IS exuding through the open
ing pores OF his outer coverinT-@the very
brain seeming TO share in the general H.
quefaction OF ones componet parts-with
sutry and exhausting atmosphere-we
say. let those who think they could write
brilliantly or profoundly under such cir
cumstances, Continued now for nauv
days, make the experiment for t!,er own
satisfaction Jou1uuI.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

PoMPEI.-A recent letter from an
American gentleman in Naples. says:
'Nesuvius is now calmly smoking, and
seems disposed TO repose himself from
the fatigues of his devasting labors,
end Pompeii is slowly appearing above
ground. About twenty laborers are kept
at work, who manage TO get off a CARLOAD
of earth day from the subincumbent city.
Not one half of the entire city is yet ex-
cavated. The earthly mound which
covers it is an exceedingly beautiful aud
rich vinevards with houses of peasants
scattered over its surface. A bastion of
The seawall has recently been uEearthed,
which goes to confirm the opinion that
the sea, now nearly mile distant, then
!aved the walls Of Pompeii"
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
DESPERATION "A letter to the Tribune

DEsPERATIoN.-Ale letter TO the Tribune
rnentlonS the circumstances of mer-
chant at San Francisco, who having been
burnt out Of all that he owned by the
previous fires of that city, when the
flames of the last conhagfation surroun-
ded his building, in which he had all he
possessed, coolly invited his wife TO walk
out and see the fire; when they had pass
ed into the street, in a moment OF mad
phrenzv, he drew a revolver and shot her
through the head, and then instantly
ended his own life with another shot.
Gin Eng.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

The proposed plan for settlement of
the di difficulties between the two branches
the Methodist Episcopal Church, has
failed.
We remember hearing an anecdote
that will bear repeating. 1t was the
custom III olden time, in certain town
IN New hampshire, (sett!ed chlefy by
Scotch and IRISH Presbyterians) for the
Clergyman followed by the Elders, Dea-
cons and people, to go over the fields just
planted and sown, aud offer up short
prayer over each that they might receive
back the fruits of their labor In a plenli-
full harvest. One day, wtlle engaged in
this pious perambulauon they arrived at
field, where the minister stopped. He
took keen survey of the field, and adj
dressed his flock to the following purport:
MY friends and brothers, it will be of no
use to pray over this field Till there is
more manure spread over it,; for otirer-
wise, even the prayer of righteous
man, however fervent, will avail nolh-
ing.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

STRANGE SURGICAL OPERATION The
Nonparei says: ''Dr. Muzzy was called
on one day last week to perform singu-
lar operation upon the head Of young
lady living on John street. 1t appeared
that she had been in the habit of twisting
and tying her hair so tightly, that the
scalp had become parted from the skull,
and it was found necessary to open the
scalp to remove the matter which had
accumulated beneath. This is the first
case of the kind we have ever known.
Cincinnati Times, 2d
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

TIE PERPETUAL SABBATH.-By differ
ent nations every day Of the week is set
apart for public worships; Sunday by the
Christians, Monday by the Greeks, Tues
day by tire Persisnls, Wednesday by the
Asryrians, Thursday by the Egyptians,
Friday by the Turks, and Saturday by
fhe Jews. Add to this the fact of the
diufnal revolution Of the earth. giving
every variation OF longitude a different
is upon the earth a perpetual Sabbath
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

HONOR TO THE GALLANT DEAD.-Col.
GLADDEN. has requested the survivors Of
the Palmetto Regiment to meet in CO.
lumbia. on Wednesday, the twentieth of
August next, TO commemorate the battle
of Churubusco, and to make arrange
nents for the erection of suitable mon
ument to the memory of its gallant and
much lamented Coionel-Pierce M. Bu:-
Ter
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

When the men of Israel bowed in
helplessness before Pharaoh, two qconten
spurned his edicts and refused his behesis.
A father made no effort TO save the
infant Moses, but q mothers care hid
him while concealment was possible,
and a sister watched over his preserva-
ton when exposed on the rivers brink.
To 1cOnG1 was entrusted the charge of
providing for the perils and the wants
of the wilderness; and in the hour of
triumph, ac0n1an's voice was loudest in
the acclaim of Joy that ascended TO heav-
en- from an emancipated nation.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

A PRoFITABLe NEWSPAPER 1t is re-
ported that the New York Tribune
newspa per will divide this year So0,OOO
clear profit, about So, 600 each to Gree
ley & McElrath, and the rest to seven
associates in the editorship and booking.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13
HEALTH OF OFFICE-HoLDERs.-

HEALTH OF OFFICE HOLDERS Tom
Corwln, the present Secretary of the
Treasury, when on his way from Wash
mgton TO Ohio, where he now is, told a
very good story. He stated that when
he Went into the Treasury Department he
found everything in the utmost confusion;
that the clerks were sick half their time,
&c; that he (Mr. Corwin) undertook to
prescribe some sanitary regulations for the
benefit OF the Treasury Department, by
issuing AZ order that any clerk who was
sick for given time should have his paw
reduced accordingly; if he was sick be
yond week, he should be required to
die or resign. Mr.. Corwin adds that
this order has had most salutary effect,
and the clerks. in the Treasury Depart
ment are now as healthy as any men to
be fouud-N. D. DeIta.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

A Paris Suicide.-The frequenters OF
the HippcGrome at Paris, which is direct
ly opposite the celebrated Arc de Fri
omphe, were recently the witnesses of a
horrible spectacle, just as they were leav.
ing the former establishment. AS the
crowd emerged, The attention of all was
suddenly drawn TO man who was
standing on the cornice of the Arc de
Triomphe, looking down from the giddy
height. Suddenly he made the sign of
the cross and leaped Oft. He fell upon
his feet, and with such terrible force that
his legs were driven into his body. Life
was OF course quite extinct when he was
taken up. A letter in his pocket, ad-
dressed to his brother, gave the infdelity
of his wife as the cause of his suicide.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

There are some human beings who
spenG long life in accommodating riches,
10y modes of living, ways and means and
habits of acting, that men of feeling
would not endure single hour for ali
they are worth.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

How To DRAW THE SINNERs-Several
years ago we were a resident of north
| western Donlslaua, near the confines OF
Texas. The people there, as a gener-
al thing, were not much given to religion.
A young itinerant preacher happened
along in the neighboring district durino.
| this dearth of reIigIou aud set about re-
pairing the walls of Zion in good earn
est. But his success was poor MOI
over half dozen could be got together
at his sunday meeting. Determined how
ever, to create an interest before leaving
the neighborhood, he procured printed
handbills and had them posted up IN ev-
ry conspicuous place in the district, which
read to the following ehecl:--
Religious NoLice-The Rev. MIR.
Blaney will preach next Sunday in Dem
sey's Grove, at ten O'Clock, A. NJ, and
at four O'Clock, p. NJ, Providence
permitting. Between the SERVICES, the
preacher will run his sorrel mare, Julia,
against any nag than can be trotted out
in this region. for purse of five hundred
dollars g a..
This had the desired effect. People
flocked from all quarters, and the anxiety
TO see the singular preacher was even
greater than the excitement following
the challenge. He preached an elegant
sermon III the morning, and after dinner
he brought out his mare for the race
The purse was made up by five or six of
the planters, and an opposing nag pro-
duced. The preacher rode his little sor-
rel and won the day amid the deafening
shouts. screams. and yells of the delight
ed people, The congregation all reman-
ed to the afternoon service and at its
close, more than two hundred joined the
church.; some from motives of sincerity,
some for the novelty of the thing, some
from excitement, and some because the
preacher-ln The unre6ned language OF
the country-WaS a sd II good
fellow" The finale of the affair was as
hourishlng society as can be found in
the Whole region Whereabouts.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

Horace Greedy, in a late letter, to the
Tribune, gives a. sketch OF his journey
from Geneva to Turin. Stopping a.
roadside inn to get Breakfast, the land
lord charged him three francs for the
meal, while the other passengers were
only charged two and half. Upon in
kalf franc was put IN the bill for the use
of wash basin and towel QWery-Did
uot his feliow-travellers wash their faces,
or was Horace's extra dirty? Perhaps
the others had not been keeping such fa-
miliar company with runaway negroes,
and had not so much need for ablutions.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

Isn't the world Older than il use to be-
said young hopeful TO his senior. Yes.
my son. Then what do folks mean by
old times? Go to bed. sonney, that's a
good boy, we'll talk of these things on
the morrow
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

Col Fremont IN CALIFoR NIA.-A
Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Herald writing from the capital under
date of the 9th inst, says that Colonel
Fremont will remain III California till
next winter. AT the last advices he was
at Ciudad de Los Angeles, while his
family were at San Francisco, some five
hundred miles further up the coast. His
immense land claim has been disposed OF.
The estate, or rather district OF cOuntry
embraced in this claim, lies in the gold
region; and besides its rich mineral wealth,
IS said to be highly productive III agricnl-
,urai products. The agent of Freemont
has disposed of this claim of forty-ive
thousand acres of gold washings, mines
and arabic lads to London company,
for some $22 per acre, or an aggregate
Of nearly one million dollars, and this i'll
the face of the alleged insufficlency of
fremont's title, and of the Board OF
Commissioners who have to pass upon IT,
The sale is subject 20 the ratification O:
Fremont, of which there is no reason to
doubt. H ~aI
One object in disposing of his lands is
10 get rid of the trouble of their manage
ment so that the owner may turn his
attention more directly to tire completion
OF his geography Of the United States,
between the Rocky Mountains and tire
Pacific, portion Of the continent which,
until his explorations in 1843-'4-'5, was
as much a terra ancognata as the heart
OF Africa. Several scientific societies OF
Belgium and Germany have written to
hlm that they are waiting and still ex-
pectlng something more at his hands.
The same writer says there is no in
formation from California justifying the
Idea that Fremon, intends to abandon the
contest for the Senate. s.s.s a..s
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

SHORT DREssEs.-''I say John, what
do you think OF that girl with short dress
and big trowsers, over there"
"Well Bill, think if ii wasn't for the
big trowsers, she'd just show the knee
Plus ultra. and nothin shorter" 1913
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

II yon would relish your food. labor
for it, if you would enjoy your raiment
work for it before you wear it; If you
would sleep soundly take clean con.
science 10 bed with you, By paying the
prInte-, ... .....
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

FLAX CorToN-At the moment we
are celebrating the transformation OF flax
into cotton it is announced not less au-
thenticaly, that cotton Is transformed in-
10 flax The editor of the Journal at
Rouen states that lie has seen stuff
made oi cotton exclusively, which has
all the appearance and external qualities
of linen cloth. A young manufacturer
of Moulins devoted to it rnahy years OF
sacrifices and labor. The result requires
no extraordinary process as 10 workman
snip. The tissue becomes the firmer as
it is washed. 1t may be afforded at the
price Of calico Of the same width. .-
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

"Why The deuce Is It," said n young
swell. few days since, "that l can'c
make this collar set well!'
because it is a standing collar" re-
piled his friend. -l.I
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

A dandy, with a cigar in his mouth
entered menagerie, when the Proprie-
tor requested him 10 take the weed from
his mouth, lest he should learn the other
monkeys bad habits. OF"
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

FoRT MoULrRIE--The editor Of the
GreenvilIe Is. e. Mounaineer says:
Should South Carolina secede from
the Union, as present appearances clear
ly Indicate, and the general government
resort to force. u. s. army in the Fort.
on SulIivan's Island, might cause some
trouble, although we believe Charleston
alone could capture it. We heard it
suggested, a short time ago, by one OF
the most distinguished men of our State,
and one opposed to secession, that if we
did secede, we should, as one of the pre-
paratory steps, begin building fort along
side of Fort Moultrie, so as to command
it. The suggestion we think good one,
and worthy of consideration. A fort of
pain etto logs could be easily built, which
would give us great advantage IN case
of dlthcultes. We have right to co it..
and no power dare interfere to prevent it,.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

SHIP NAVIGATION FROM OCEAN TO
OcEAN.-The Congress of New Greneda.
we are informed, have passed bill
granting TO North American company
an exclusive right to make canal
through their territory, by which large
vessels may pass from the waters OF the
Atlantic to those of the Pacific. The
terms. we are told, are very liberal, and
the route likely to be chosen is easy,
while the expense is not likely TO be
great. The company expect also to have
it in their power to derive other advan-
tages OF great importance from the unde-
veIoped resources of that vast and rich
country-N Y. Conn., ADVERTISER.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

"Od age is stealing upon me rapidly"
as the boy said when he was stealing APP
pies from an old mans garden, and saw
the owner coming cowhide' in hand.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

An American sailor was arrested in
Matanzas short time since, for whip
ping ten Spanish soldiers. The authori-
ties put him in the stocks.
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13

The wife is the sun of the social sys-
TEN. Unless she attract, there is nothing.
to keep heavy bodies. like husband, irorr4
HyiNg, off INTO space ... f.........
Washington telegraph., 1851-08-13


A Brooklyn paper tells a story Of d
Mr.. Robinson, of tlalbush, L. l., who
has two dogs, the one small spaniel and
the other large half breed deer hound.
The small dog was playing with MIR Rs
child near cistern, when the child fell,
head foremost. into the water; the ago.
nzed mother, who, from q window, wit
messed the occurrence, saw the spaniel
run to the kennel OF the hound, who in
stantly ran 10 the spot and, before the
mother could reach the child, the noble
animal had placed /. in safety. Instinct
might have induced the snail dog 10 at
tempt rescue, but evidently knowing
his inability to do so, what prevented him
from trying, aud caused him, quick as
thought, to fetch the stronger