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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05
Tell and the Apple.

1t has been well said that there is nothing new
but that it hath once been old and this applies
particularly to old stories. Everybody has heard
how William Tell refused to bow to the hat OF
the land-vogt, Gesser-how, thereupon, the
said land-vogt got into towering passion, and
made Tell try his skill as an archer, by shooting
at an apple placed on the head of Master Tell
and how Tell subsequently shot Gesser, after
giving him piece of his mind, sort of gift
which, we have observed, is so far unlike many
that it blesses him who gives much more than
him who takes it, and is, beside, as little desired
as it is readily bestowed. Some modern writers
have cast doubts upon the accuracy Of the whole
story, which, in their view, is nothing more than
piece of Swiss plague, a specimen of drawing
the long bow much more creditable to the inven-
tors of the story than to Tell himself, who, by
the way, is put down as purely ideal character
myth, or something of that sort. Whether
this be so or not, it is very certain that story
is told by Saxo Grammatcus-tho same author
from whom Shakespeare took the plot of his
Hamlet-as having occurred in Denmark, in the
year 965, almost identical with that which we
have of Tell In that story, Harold, King Of
Denmark, plays the same part that is borne by
Gessler, in the Swiss tradition, and Toka, that
of William Tell. This was almost two centu-
ries and half before the time of William Tell
and Gessler, and it may be that the latter wor-
thy knew all about it, and, instead of being an
original tyrant, was but poor copy of very
bad original. 1t is not likely that Tell could
have ever heard of Toka, though Gessler may
have known of King Harold's amiable eccentri-
cities, and have pagiarized from them.
Although no contemporary historian has made
any mention of Tells appe-shooting exploit, yet
is the whole story told in the old German songs,
which shows that ii was believed, and had a firm
hold of the popular mind, not very far from the
time it is represented as having taken place.
Modern criticism has clearly shown that these
old songs are very useful in letting us into the
history of the early life of nations. The admi-
rable use to which Niebuhr put the Roman lays
is well known; and there is no good reason why
those of other nations should not be as well Sc
cured
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BIoodless Vengeance.

The Greenlanders, says recent writer, have
some peculiar customs. The most singular is
their musical combat. If Greenlander imag-
ines himself afronted by another, he compoSes
a satrical poem, and challenges his adversary
to sing, Both appear with respectable cho-
rus, chiefly women, and the contest of wit be-
gins. He who fairly laughs out his opponent
and gets the last word, gains the applause and
wins the day. AS method of revenging in
suits, is not this at least as rational as most of
those adopted by more civilized nations? Is
there not sound philosophy in this laughing off
fit of i'll feeling? For people who have no
Christianity to teach them meekness and for
givness, this method must be acknowledged to
be among the best.-PracticaL Christian.
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Pupil and Tutor.
CHRIsTIANA.

Was aber ist define PfiCbt die Fordeng des Tages"
GOETHE
p, What shall do lest life in silence pass
II. And if it do,
And never prompt the bray of noisy brass,
What needst thou rue
Remember aye, the ocean deeps are mute,
The shadows roar;
Worth is the ocean fame is but the brut
Along the shore.
p. What shall do to be forever known?
T. Thy duty ever
p. This did full many who yet sleep unknown.
II. Oh never, never.
Think'st thou perchanCe that they remain unknown
Whom thou know'st not /?
By angel trumpets in heaven their praise is blown;
Divine their lot.
p. What shall do to have eternal life'
II. Discharge Alright
The simple dues with which the day is rife,
Yea with thy might
Ere perfect scheme of action thou devise,
Will life be fled
While he who ever acts as Conscience cries,
Shall live though dead,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05
VOLUME VIII. NO. %.
The Pre-eminenoe of the Bible.

In discourse delivered before the Graduating
Class of the College of Charleston, IS. C.)by
Rev. Prof. ]. w. Miles, he compares the Bible
with the highest production Of Grecian genius.
The Mercury says If the readers should be
disposed to take exception to the tinge of schol"
arly quaintness that characterises its language,
he will remember that the discourse was address
sed to students, fresh from their classical stud
es and to whom the associations moved by such
illusions were, of all others the most familiar
and most vivid"
Enter with me, in imagination, some well
stored library, and glance around upon the state"
ly array of tones, in which the wisdom and the
mighty thoughts of the dead are garnered up
They are immortal There they stand SO calm
and solemn, as if conscious of their imperish-
able glory. Dare we hope that we, too, will
one day be numbered among those ranks, and
leave thoughts for which the wise will barter
their gold? And yet, what matters it? Those
creations, it is true, are great noble, deathless;
the Instructions the excitement, the very echo,
nothing of the mysteries most necessary to be
known, and which, contained by death, and
deadly palled by futurity and retribution, agi-
tate and oppress the inquiring spirit. They can
only inform us that those mysteries have also
darkened other spirits, awakened fears, doubts
and fruitess speculations and the collected
wisdom of the world, leaves us only more deep
ly conscious of the ignorance of man. But
amidst the grand array, the eye of the weary
and unsatisfed inquirer turns to one small and
ancient volume. 1t has passed through more
frey ordeal of criticism than all the writings
collectively of India Greece, and Rome and
it holds enthralled the fate and homage of the
civilized world Strange, Venerable, Awful,
Terrible Book 1t is folly to ridcule you it
is madness to reject you With all your hard
sayings, and dark riddles, and dim traditions,
and bloody stories, you have triumhped over the
literature of Greece, and what is more over the
noblest intellecs and the finest hearts which
have regalized humanity. What triumphant,
though silent concession, have you extorted from
your enemies, in that they have deemed you
sufficiently formidable to elicit almost everything
which learning, assduty, genius, weariless re-
search, and the most polished intellectual armo-
ry could furnish to combat you Ono book, in
barbarous dialects, against the glorious lam
guage and unrvalled genius of library Of
Grecians %
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05

PROSPERITY passes away, leaving scarcely
trace of its existence, and, so to speak, should
not be called happiness, for it leaves no lasting
good. When unhappiness passes away it leaves
deep traces behind, most healthful, strengthen
ing, and purifying to those who know how to
use them. 1t is popularity of human life that
when man takes no thought of good or bad
fortune, but one of duty, happiness is sure tc
prevail, however wretched his lot may originally
have been,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05
The Way to be Happy.

Some think ii hardship to work for their bread,
Although for our good ii was meant;
But those who don't work have no right to be fed
And the idle are never content.
An honest employment brings pleasure and gain
And makes us our troubles forget;
For those who work hard have no time to complai
And 4 is better to labor than fret
And if we had riches, they could not procure
A happy and peaceable mind;
Rich people have trouble as we'll as the poor
Although of a different kind.
1t signifies not what our stations have been,
Nor whether we're little or great;
For happiness lies in the temper within,
And not in the outward estates.
We only need labor as well as we can
For all that our bodies may need,
Still doing our duty to God and to man,
Aud we shall be happy Indeed.
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poetrp.

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Original.
God Speed Thee, Lonely Fugitive.
God speed thee, lonely Fugitive,
Safe to the wished-for land,
Unto thee e'er deliverahce give,
From the oppressors hand
God speed thee On,-wherever lies
Thy path, may he direct
Thy steps and though fierce dangers rise,
Yet may his arm protect.
NV heart doth wish thee WELL lone one,
My heart doth grieve for thee,
And glad would unloose thy chain,
And bid thee here go free.
Yet e'en among New Engand's hills
Thou couldst not dwell secure
Oppression late has sought to build
Her altar here impure.
But Freedoms sons and daughters true
The children of the brave
Shall never to the idol bow,
Or seal their brotheY-sLAvR.
No, never! still would we obey
The voice of God, and live,
Rather than Baal homage pay,
And yield the Fugitive
For though our native land is dear,
w love our country's name,
Yet with regret, deep and sincere,
We mourn her sin and shame.
Orange County, Vt. CHRISTIAN
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List of Agents for the Freeman.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Worcester, r. Johnson; Woodbury., A. Towns
warren. D, Ralph; Watsfed, o skinner
waterbury, E. C. Scott; Marshdeld, s. Phkin
Calais. J. Mower North6eld, w. II. Smith
A. Pearce, Fayson, ]. SomeIville,
G.J. Slayton;
ORANGE co.
Bradford, j. D. .Whesey s. Newbury, J. Abbott;
BrOokaed, A. Mason, Esq.j Randolph; H; Psrkhnrst;
Tunbndge, j H. Woodward;W do s. " CobbI
Chelsea, ). Wyman; Post Mills, L. Hinckley,
Corinth, Rev. s. Cummings ;vershire Newell Prescott,
". Topsiam, D. AI1lrch Washington, L: F. Thurber
3. do. j. F. Georges straford, D s. Bartlett.
Newbury, Rev. s. sias
CHITTENDEN CO.
Charlotte, w. s. Baldwin; Jericho and Underhill L.
HmtngtoH' Johnson; Johnson; D,BSyj Barney wpp.,un
Westford, T Beach Wiston, w II French;
Richmond, James G. Walston.
WINDSOR co.
Bethel, Davis; Cavendish, ]. G. spading;
do. o Hincher; Chester, o Hutchinson
Rochester, S Cooper; Royalton, o Henry;
Sharon, Parker Norwich, Wright
Bridgewater, L. Raymond; Woodstock, L Richmond;
BrowSSvc, % i; M Perkins sheddsville Maj Farwell;
Hartford A. Howard, Quechee vii. G Tinkham,
w do. steee Hartland, II 0sgood;
Barna.d. l. BlaCkmeT; do. J N Willard, Jr.,
r do. L Belknap; SnOsville, Hazen
Pomfret C Harding, I'd Stockbridge, Rev. Mr. Daily
8. do Chandef; Gaysville, M BenneTt.
RUTLAND co.
Rutland, R Thrall; Brandon, v Marsh;
do G Graves POultney, J. F. Harris;
WaIIiugford Ramsdell; Pittsfeld, Joyslin;
Clarendon, w D Marsh;
WINDHAM co.
Townshend, W shafter; Wilmington, Q. l.. shafter
Windham 2 Upham; HammOnd's Mills, G. Taylor
Ia%aicS GSOdFse F1e ROySF ROoEVs Fs
Athens, J Shaher;
BENNINGTON co.
Manchester, D Roberts, Jr.; Dorset, A Landon;
Bennington, J Matteson; Bhaftsbury, L Bottom.
E do DR.. Wilcox
ADDISON co.
Ferrisburgh, o sholes; Granville, H. Cady;
vergennes, DR.. sprague, Bristol, II. Needham;
Monkton, N. spooner; COrnwaIle, T Haskell
9SG MdasSary R. l. puer hsncoeR aSsSR Fps
Weybhdge M. stowe;
FRANKLIN co.
w. Enosburgh, Dean Franklin, G FELTON,;
=, do. Falls, Col: Kendall St. Albans, BaiGard,J,
Berkshire, A COmingsj RichfOrd, B Gof.
CALEDONIA co.
Hardwck, w WheatIey; Peacham, W Mattocks;
LYNDON Skinner and FOss McIndoe's Falls, McArthr
S do. E. G Foster; Cabot, q Cook & J Mclean
Danville, T Howard Sheffield, L B Harvey:
N do w Sias; Groton, M Weld.
ORLEANS co.
Albany, w Gates; Lowell, Harding;
Barton, P. w KmbaII Troy, M Eastman
Craftsbury, w Hastings; Charleston, o Warren
Glover, $ Blanchard; Bloomington, w Scales;
Greensboro, Comngs; Coventry, j. Hurd;
do Babbt, o C Winslow.
rasburgh, E Kimba;
LAMoILLE CO.,
Cambridge, M Stafford; JeHersonville, Stafford
S6nson. Johnson fWG;td " da,a vo HydsPa6k Hyds, M&OrSsax ana
Tonstown, ] Westj NJ HotOhkiss;
Stowe, D Lothian; Wolcott, Pennock.
Eden, DR.. Atwell;
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05

Bashfulness is more frequently connected
with good sense, than we find assuranee-and
impudence on the other hand, is often the effect
of downright stupidity.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05
Personalities of English Literati
JERROLD.

JERROLD.
Douglas Jerrold, well known contributor to
Punch, and editor of various publications, is
man about fifty years ofage, and in person is re-
markably spare and dlminutive His face is
sharp and angular, and his eye is of a greyish
hue. He is probably one of the most caustic
writer's of the age, and with keen sensibility he
often writes under the impulse of the moment,
articles which his cooler judgement condemns.
Although believer in hydropathy, his habits
do not conform to the internal application of
Adams ale. His Caude Lectures have been
read by every one. In conversation he is quick
at retort--not always refined. He is husband
and grandfather.
MACAULAY.
The Hon. T. B. Macaulay is short in stature.
round, and with a growing tendency to alder
manic disproportons. His head has the same
rotundity as his body, and seems stuck on it as
firmly as a pin head. This is nearly the sum of
his personal defects; all else, except the voice
(which is monotonous and very dsagreeableb is
certainly in his favor. His face seems literally
instinct with expression; the eye, above all, full
of deep thought and meaning. AS he walks, OF
rather struggles, along the street. he seems as il
f in state of total abstraction, unmindful of al
that is going on around him, and solely occupied
with his own working mind. You cannot hell
thinking that literature with him is not mere
profession or pursuit, but that it has almos
grown part of himself, as though historica
problems or analytical criticism were part o
his daily and regular Intellectual food.
g BAILEY.
A correspondent of the Tribune says, writing
from Nottingham, England:
81 have seen Bailey author of 'Festus.'-
His father is proprietor eff the.Nottingham Mer
cuy, and the editorial department rests with
/ him. He is a thick sort of a man; of 9
4 stature below the middle size complexion very
dark; and in years about eight and thiry. His
physiognomy would be clowish in expression
if his eyes did not redeem his other features.--
4 He spoke of 'Festus,' and of its fame in Amer
lea, of which he seemed very proud. In Eng
land it has now only reached its third edition
n while eight or nine have been published in thu
. States"
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TrRNs-s so in advance 81, rs after three months OIL
a. 90 after six months Or Village subscribers ~ Ou
~ Transportation must, in all cases, be paid bythe
Subscribers. 90
JOHN A. CHANDLER, PRINTER.
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ABSENCE of social sympathy is absence of
society, and has the same pernicious effects OIL
character as excess of solitude.
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D. P. THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
Gbe freeman

IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING,
In Waintorigh's Building, Second FHOOr-FFOne
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DEPREcIATE no one-.an atom has shadow
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+Lydia, daughter Of Ezekiel uney and Sophia (Went.
gorh), was born in Norwich, September LIST, 1891.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-08-16
WHOLE No 524

the last time gaze upon the glorious sun.
for feel shall see it rise again no more"
We raised the window, and for some
moments she gazrd upon the scene in
silence. and then sank back upon the
pillow exhausted by her excrtions With
sorrowiul hearts and in silence we gath
cred closer around her, to watch her
gentle spirit ebbing away; and when the
stars broke forth ulon the night she
closed her eyes and Sleept as calmly in
death as a babe upon its mothers breast!
And Lilly sleeps now in the silent old
graveyard. No stone points out the
spot, but those who knew her need no
stone to mark her resting place; for in
their souls is her memory watered with
teals and kept over green and sacred.
And to me it seems that the breeze
signs more nourninll Y amongst the rust
ling scdgc upon her grave, the sun shines
more serenely, and an air of holiness
hangs around the place. 1t may be that
| who knew the real cause of her decay
and death, sympatlizc mole with her
than they who looked upon her merely
as the victim consumption; or it may
be but Imagination. ltso, it is a pleas
ing belief, and one | hope to carry with
me through life.
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SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST Is 1851

me know your thoughts, your teclingS--you will
let m" know uil-everything that concerns yop.
TO receive your letters and read them will afford
me such exquisite delight; and in replying to
them shall be 50 happy!'
Lilly could say no more, for her Thoughts
were too great for ulerance. But Arthur pro-
missed, and what need had she to say more
There are times when looks are far more EXPIRES
sve than words, and this was one ollhosc times
In the life Of every one who truly loves there are
periods when the heart gushes over with lis own
pure leclin"a-itelings which the tongue can
find no words TO give utterancc to. More par
tcuarly in the love of a woman do such periods
Gomez for woman's whole life is a history Of
the affections. Bat words at such moments are
usr:css. The tnid glance the haIfsurpressen
SiGh--'hr thrilling pressure Of the iani--Spcak
language lar moe eloquent than any ever
hlcathcd by human lips. In the love Of such a
being as Lilly. the love Of tru" and yirtuuus
won.tu. there is somcllin" holy aud t0urhn9l,
beautiful. ! have seen fair young bride stand
at the Hymcna altar, and as she uttered the
marriage vow, watched with what ardent de
vulcdncss she chung to the man for whom she
hal forgotten father and mother, and home, and
fri,ndS--to whom she had trusted her happiness.
her all. And this thought came over me, that
ifin the wOrll there lives one who could trinc
and tamper with the virgin aft 'cio s ola female.
he deserves To be led forth, like the Hebrew of
old, who cursed the gray hairs Of his parents,
and publicly stoned to death.
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For The Cecil Wig.
4 ANA SAID,

For The Cecil Wig.
Ana sad.
Nay! my sister: Ito not chilc me,
have struggled to be Gay,
But a shadow will steal u'er me,
That cannot drive away.
When the sun doth shine most brightly;
When the earth doth seem most clad,
Then a mOurniu murmurcomcth
To my heart, and am sad
If mingle with the happy,
III lightly jest and smile,
Even then, rIy heart is weeping
In its loneliness the while.
Sistrr-in The past lie buried
Hopes the brightest Of my life
And my sou. is often weary
Oh! 50 weary ut this strife.
Sister, now. thou wilt not Ghidc me
Him often Silcnt--sal;
To my heart joys face is shruudcd;
can never more be clad.
ELLEN GREY.
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/. 1t overcomes difficulties. Not with
a rush and shout, but one by one. They
melt away before its iucessant pressure,
as iccbergs beneath the steady radiance
OF the sun.
3. 1t gives one the strength of a hap
pv conscience. 4 weathercock of man,
whiting about with every breeze, can
not have true quietness of mind. Sell
dissatisfaction worries and annoys him.
But a cheerful vjgor and energy grows
utof an intelligent and unvacillating
purpr Sc.
9. 1t gives dignity and honor to char
acter. Men cannot but admire the mind
that marches steadily on through s',n-
shine and shade, calm and storm, smiles
and frowns, glad flavor, but pressing on
without it, thankful for aid, but fixed
on advancing at all events. Such men
cut out for themselves character
which cannot but be seen and hono:ed.
+. 1t gives success. In any enterprise
that is not downright madness, such
man must succeed. He has the CHI e: rle-
ment of a triumph over every difficulty,
and if he IS not an idiot he will do some
thing in the world. He will not reach
his ends at leap. But he will reach
them. He moves not rapidly, but sure
". When you want to find him by
and by, YOU will know where to look.
You will look at the topmost rounds of
III ladder of success, and you will find
him about there somewhere--BoSton
TE0re.
There S 4 spirit of Ego ahead a.
mon5 the boys of the " est, that ncith-
er fire can burn out or water drown.
The latest instance Of "never giving up
occurred in Canton (MissourD during
the late food. The Reporter, published
in that town says that during the late
food in the Mississippi, his 'dev,l'' car
ried round tn paper i'll a canoe-that
sometimes he would nose, it into the door
of subscriber and drop in the paper,
and were that was not convenient, he
would drop them down the chimney.
This ':devil' must be descendant of
the kentuckian who could ''dive deep
er, stay under longer, and come up dry
er than any man in those parts.'
We passed the store of the man who
don't advertise, yesterday. One clerk
was cleaning his fingers with the sciss-
ors, another balancing his yardstick as
he sat lstleSsly on the counter, while
the proprietor, with the same iugu brious
expression that an unbreeched urchin
wears when he drops his dumpling and
the dog snaps it, was measuring :out by
PAGES the distance from one end of the
shop to the other. Plenty OF customers,
like the Priest and Levite, ''passcd by
on the other side!"-LoweU .NewS.
HorE.-The only people that hope,
are the poor. The rich live in fear.
Reduce a man to one pair of breeches,
and his view of fu;urty will be as buoy
ant as cork. Make him a millionaire
and he will worry from year end to year
end. Every gale of wind not only sinks
his vessel, but his spirit; and the same
conha2 ration that only brca' the nap
of the spirtless loater, fills the MIND Of
the rich man with fear and trembling
for the stock he owns in some INSURANCE
A Northern paper informs IL
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Noble Susquehanna! Thy wild and romantic
grandeur is not exceeded by that of any stream
in America. Often have trod thy rugged shores
and sazed upon thy blue waters. With thee are
associated the earliest dreams of my boyhood,
aud the Brightest remembrances Of the gifted,
the beautiful, the early lost Lilly.
1t was in early Spring when Col. D. and
his friend Arthur arrived at home. The trees
wtrs putting on their iullagc-the flowers were
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-06
POLITICAL NOTICES.


" Eighth Ward Executive Committee.-At
Ward The City OF NewYork convened al No A. Howard
he psinul intelligence Of the death Of JOHN PORTER and
BiKTHoLEMEw w. THATCHER was announced, where
UPON motion, the Chair appointed Messrs Bleskley,
Ft Kelly and Banks Committee TO dram suitable res0lu'
ions expressive of the sense OF the Committee. The
special Committee reported the following preamble and
resolution
Ward have heard the deepest and most painful
e sudden demise OF their valued friends and associates
lohn Porter B w Thatcher, who have been stricken
down IN our midst by the hand Of DEATH in the highest ma
tgiy Of manhood and time when their very virtues
uA salhy OF al who bad me good fortune to know
sDt isius Them, therefore
Lsolrsd That this Committee deeply condoe with the
beesvsmeDt and most sincerely and truly sympathize
wth them upon the occasion OF their irrepaabe loss AS
Politicians they have shown themselves constant and
unirnR-zealeus as parizans but never unmindful OF
hsobgsiOns which pertain TO the Patriot Ciuzen. AS
FheDds firm and Tueaike mid the smiles OF prosperity
ADD the lowering frowns Of adverse destiny; and as
Men fret 10 all Of those ennobling qualities which mark
ik upright and the Just.
The Report of the Committee adopted unanimously,
AID on motion WAS ordered that the same be spread Al
lsbsh upon the minutes and published and that ceuhed
Copy ohe same transmitted 10 the surviving family OF
he aeceased. By order Committee, - -, -
JAMES NJ. MURRAY, Chairman.
y R9srs Secretaries dlts.