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America, A. D., 1901

America, A. D., 1851
The Executive.
MILLARD FILLMORE, of NJ r., rresdeht.
WMLIAM II. KING, Of Ala, Pres I OF the senate
TIE Cabinet.
DANIEL WsvsrsE Of Mass. Sec Of State.
THoaAs CoRwis, of Ohio, Sec. Of the Treas.
CHARLES NJ. CONRAD, OF La. Sec. OF War.
WILLIAM A. GaaHAM, of N. C Sec. of the Navy.
A. Fl. II. STUART, Of Va. - Sec. of Interior.
NATHAN X. HALL, of N. y p. M General.
JoHN J. CRIrrENDEn, of Ky. Att. General.
The judiciary.
sUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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JOHN MCLEAN, Of Ohio Associate.
JAMES M. WAYNE, Of Georgia Is"
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JOHN MCKINLEY, of Kentucky
PETER V. DANIEL, Of Virginia
SAMUEL Nelson, Of New York
BENJAMIN CURTIS, Of Massachusetts
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SUPREME counr OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIRTY-sECoND CONGRESS.
Senate.

Term Commences March a, 1851, and ends March 4,
1853
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21
VOLUME TX. NO. 43.

Burleston, "but regret TO serve you in such
cause. However, you know me -
g do, sir. A better, braver man espouses
rot our cause, Colonel. Spare your bushes, my
dear sir, but go, and this very night look for a
movement that but briefly precedes the last act
of our struggles for independence!
In the three days. the bloody battle of San ia
cinto was fought; the enemy literally wiped
out Gen. Santa Anna, bag and baggage, a pris-
oner in the camp of Gen. Houston, and Texas
free In less than ten days the victory was
waited to the United States, and the names of
San Jacinto and Houston were upon every lip'
all over the continent.
The calumniators and opponents ofGen. Hous-
ton were scortched, not killed. When the horo
of San Jancinto next visited Washington, it
was on private business" Gen. Houston and
his trusty friend found bastard and his party
nothing damped in their hostile energy, and
the preliminaries of " meeting " we're at once
arranged but the affair getting noised around,
a committee, from the people, nipped the proceed
ings in the bud, summariIy scizing upon bastard
and two of his colleagues, and were upon The
apex of hanging them to the highest tree, when
Sam Houston rushed forward, among the daring
furious, and in no wise " temperate men, and
demanded pause, which gave time and an op-
portunity for The friends and allies of bastard to
reinforce an attempt a rescue The affray was
one of those innumerable sanguinary exhibitions
that have SO disgraced the soil of" prairie and;''
but amid the danger and strife, cool and undls-
mayed, stood the hero of San Jacinto. Twice
was bastard rescued the second time, at the
instance of the General, he was placed upon q
feet horse, and told to fly for his life. AS he
mounted to make his escape, the villain drew q
heavy pistol, and was in the act of shooting hi'
deliverer through the head, when the hammer o
his weapon, striking the pummel of the saddle
the fated dueIist and subtle villain blew his owl
brains out
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

blacks, which they not only have not the courage
to assist in doing, but they aye abusing every
ono who does do his best, and thwart and annoy
him in every possible way, Ofihe blacks. again
many are stOunch lOyalists still an idea exists,
and | believe with reason, that no discrimination
will be exercised i'll their regard in the ultimate
settlement of the questioE-if settled it we do /;
and the consequence is, We shall shortly, fear
have the whole black population down upon us,
which our cowarderly, disafected, and disunited
coonsts could not resist; nor have we British for
ces to do it. 1t would take at least 80 or 10000
troopsto put the thing down il il does come to
this pitch, which Iagain repeati feel it ia fast
verging to. Is not alEthis very melancholy, for
such a country, foo, as ours is ! 1t is, fear,
also much affecting the minds Of our troops,
brave and enduring as they are, by dispiritng
them. After this account, tiisssisstsS SAI question
will be, F" What is to be done, then ," Answer.
Put the country under marIiallaw from Cape
Agulles to the Equator hang and shoot, with
out the slightest hesitation, wherever necessary ;
stop the press, establish curfew make every
one give an account Of himself and sleep in his
quarters every night; seize all arms. ammunition
and drink, and confsca te any vessel attempting
TO land more of these articles till the war was
over. If the whites showed their teeth at these
arrangements, withdraw all the troops TO the
coast, taking with them any loyalist who wished
and allow the rebels to fight it out with the
blacks would still hate them as much as
ever as best they could, walking out Of our
camp and pitching it into the victOrs, who would
be sure to have no ammunition len when the
fight was over. The knowledge that these ex-
irene measures would be taken, il necessary,
would restore order among the coOnists at once.
A Il our losses would be nothing were We doing
credit to our countryand to ourselves, and fighting
for loyal men, which be scoundrelly cOlonsts
for the most part are not making money, get
ting drunk, debaucbing our troops, abusing the
officers, and everything which belongs to our
Queen, being their past amusements.
This is the state to which the Cape is at pres
ent reduced, and which must lead to it's evacua-
ton by the English or at best fortified as a small
military settlement for the protection of Indian
shipping, if matters are not soon amended. The
nomination of the Hon. General Cathcart TO su-
persede Sir Henty Smith, prove that Government
is at last awake TO the critical situation Of the
Colony Let us hope that the policy which the
new Governor intends following is more humane
and reasonable than that Of his predecessors, as
founded on justice TO tho Cafres, and the resti-
tuition of at least part Of the pasturage ground Of
which they have been most nhumanely depriv'
ed. Anything short Of such measure, will fail
in insuring security to the Colony, must prolOng
he war, and bring on this country an inCacula.
HE amount of l~--qs both in upen nd money,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21
Submarine Diving.

Mr.. John H. Green, who IS employed by Mon
seur Mllefert to assist in raising the steamer
Atlantic, has furnished the Buffalo Commercial
with some interesting information respecting
the experience of diver, from which we extract
the following:-
"The marine armor consists of perfectly
air tight india rubber dress, topped by a cop
per helmet with Clear thick plate of glass in
front. The pipes which supply and exhaust the
air, lead from The top of this helmet. The pump
ing requires much labor-tour and sometimes
six men being employed upon it at the same
time, and compelled to work hard at that A
great pressure of air is experienced by the d-
Ver upon his lungs, equal to rs lbs. to the inch,
and very few individuals could beat it for any
ie"gn u t'nlo. v-s.Ss. H'-s els .--a A.
dress, the sensation OF oppression is very over
coming, but passes off in great measure after
entering the water. When a depth Of ten teet
is reached in the descent, the dress becomes
entirely emptied of air and collapsed to the
body, causing pressure all oyer the diver equal
W ltlC uClb Vi q tCh POuHu "ClSHt3 CASCPLibS o9
to the head, which is protected by the copper
helmet. The difficulty in breathing row be-
comes great and painful sensation is expert
enced by the diver; the jaws becoming dis
tended, and the head seemingly splitting. This
continues until after descending another ten or
twelve feet when the pain is relieved, the di-
yer feels comfortable and experiences no fur
ther inconvenience. When about sixty feet
below the surface, hundreds of the legitimate
inhabitants of the water surround the diver,
nibbling at their strange visitor as though he
were food for the fishes After reaching
seventy five feet all is perfectly dark--a black,
impenetrable darkness-and an electric fame
plays around the inside of the helmet, caused
BY tie friction of the pump. At about one
hundred and sixty feet the water is very cold,
being in the present season within four or five
degrees of freezing.
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miscellaneous.
The Caffre War and it's Causes.

THE London Nautical Standard and Stea N .Ndu-
igaiion Gazette, has very interesting article on
the Cuffte War, showing up the cruelty, njus-
tice and folly which led to it and speaking some
very homely and true words about the Colonial
System pursued by the British Government. The
following facts which we take from it will inter-
est our readers.
In 1916, Caffre on the border stole an axe
he was arrested, and sent to prison. On his way
he was rescued by body of his own country
men, and in the scuffle Caffre was killed, and
also one HottentOt constable. This caused, of
course, a great excitement at the Cape. A de-
mand was made for the delivery of the offender,
which was refused on the part of the CaiIre
Chiefs on the plea that the Cape authorities could
not send Caffre to prison for stealing such
triae as an axe thai the treaties between the
coonists and the Caffres did not authorize The
construction the Governor of the Cape put
on them in this instance. The Caffre chief also
reuested the Governor not to be in hurry, not
to use force before understanding the question.
The Governor Immediately dispatched an armed
force to demand the thief. This was the cause and
1 commencement Of the war of 1886, which cost
so much blood and money. This axe cost
about one Million beside several hundred lives.
J II was on the eve of being settled, when Sir
Henry Potinger succeeded Sir Peregrlne Matt
land, and just al that time fourteen goats were
lost out of the colony, and traced into the terri
tory OF the Chief Sundilli. As soon as Sandlli
found that these goats had straycd into his
ground, he took all he could find, that is, twelve
OF them, and sent them back to the colony, with
three head Of cattle as compensation for the
two lost ones. Sir Henry PottiDger id not ad
nit Of such return for the loss Of the two mis-
sing goats, but insisted on having the thief de-
i. livered up to him. But Sandilli replied that
there was no thief, and, consequently, he could
not give him up the goats had strayed, and he
sent them back and, with this very reasonable
answer he sent, as a present to the Governor
twenty one milch kline as a propatory offering
10 make peace. But Henry Potinger was no
satisfied he did not want either goats or Ecows
but he must have the thief, which Sandili de
cined doing. since he had none to deliver. s.
an axe and two goats c9st rather better thai
two millions and somo thousands Of lives.
# This, however, fat occomqh, and as it doe
. 10 good to cry over split milk, we must renal
satisfied with the consoling reflection that W
d have made good sacrifices of men and none
for no purpose whatever, and that after two year
a warfare we have left matters exactly as the
a we're before, except that we have irritated tn
d Caffres, and offended their witch doctors, who
!. like their prototypes at home, exercise YER
a great command over their psople.
;. When Sir Henry Smith took the command a
o the Cape he issued proclamation calling all tn
!. chiefs together to hear what were his intention
r. towards them. Sandii did not make his appear
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

Expects OF TRIFLEs-Mohommed, when
pursued by his enemies, ere his religion had
gained footing in the world took refuge in a
certain cave To the mouth Of this retreat his
pursuers traced him; bu. when they were on
the very point Of entering, their attention was
arrested by little bird dartng from an adjoining
thicket. Had it not been for this circumstances,
the most trivial that. can well be conceived,
which convinced them that here the fugitive
could not be concealed, Mohommed would have
been discovered, and he and his imPosture would
have perished together. Az it was, he effected
his esca pc, gained the protection Of his friends
and by a most attful course Of conduct, succeed
ed in laying the foundation Of religion which
now prevails, over large portion of the world
---Dr Duncan. 1t N
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

FoRcING PUMP.-At the recent Floral Ex.
hibition at Metropolitan Hall, L. P Dodge of
Newburg exhibited a garden and forcing pump
of his own invention. 1t was very much admir-
cd-consdered much superior TO its numerous
predecessors. Mr., Dodge having experience
of other pumps has been successful in obviating
their faults. The piston works horizontally with
a perpendicular lever. Those that will DIS
charge barrel per minute and made of brass
are $35, and of iron SIG. -.4m .4rtizen.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21
Family w orship- --Anecdote of Mr.
i.4 a.., Clay.

A highly respectable Baptist minister OF
Kentucky, still living, related to us the fol.
lowing anecdOte:
He had just commenced preaching, and had
for few years been married and house keeping,
He was in humble circumstances and OF a
limited education modest and retiring to
fault Il was with great difficulty that he could
summon resolution to address q congregation.
Mr.. Clay, in the discharge of bis duty as a
LAWYER, cane TO the neghborhoOd Of our iRfor.
mant, f. Cloyer Bottom" WoOdford Co.. to
bave surveys made of some land then in litlgR-
ton. He vas accompanied by another lawyer
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

planning MAcHINE.-N. G. Norcross, of
Lowell, Mass, has invented new planning
machine and claims the application of cylin-
drical rotary cutter for roughing and reducing
which cuts from the unplained to the planned
surface in common with a stationary cutter
placed behind, and as near thereto as may be
for fnishings without pressure bars, whereby he
can operate with diminished power.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

BELT-CLAsP.-A. NJ. Smith, of Rochester,
N. Y, claims to have invented an improved clasp
for fastening together machine belts and bands
to run on machinery, or around pullies, by using
jaws or plates of metal, constructing them for
the purpose and fastening them together with
screws, so as to connect the belt firmly.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-21

IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING SHEET
IRoN.-Henry McCarty, of Pittsburg, Pa, has
improved the manufacture of sheet iron in such
way as to impart to it the motted gloss and
hard surface of imported Russia sheet iron.
He heats the sheets of iron in bath of hot lead,
instead of heating them in an oven, by which
the surface Of the sheet are protected from tie
oxygen of the atmosphere, during the heating
process preparatory to the rolling operation.