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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-22
Etiquette.

A correspondent Of the National htelHgencer
writes upon the subject Of etiquette, many things
which it would be we'll for other people to read.
And so of visits; it is due to ones self to
return VISIT although it may be the first and
the last, with no hope of renewal little ap
pearance of kindness and cviity brings vastly
more than it costs.
Never laugh loud in company, or you will
lose your dignity OF character Some stupid
person will think you are laughing a! him, and
then you will afFltt harmless man. and very
probably make an enemy of him. Nothing
hurts like ridicule, or leaves such sting bo-
hind it.
Whispering is mover to be practised in com
pany, except by very young masters and mis-
ses: those who aspire to be ladies and gentle
man. should never do it.
Whisling in company is peculiarly cockneJ
vulgarism-thc noise is offensive, and argues
disrespectGul arrogance, or at least an unOe
coming disregard OF the wishes and presence
of others-very unbecomng to all men, an'
especially young ones :,
The stupid indifference with which all TIN
Americans regard the passage of funeral pro
eession is proverbial. Now the French people
from a regard to the feelings of mourners as wei
as resDect for the memory of the dead, whe
they meet funeral procession, stand still, an
uncover in the street, while the procession passes
A most touching tribute to the memory OF tn
dead. We most earnestly wish our people ha
the heart to initiate it.
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saying the spirits before mentioned kept me from

saying the spirits before mentioned kent ne from
seeing.
She then proceeded with strong believer,
Mr. William ---, stranger 10 her, but a
roommate Of mine. She tried to spell his name
nearly dozen times. At last she wrote come
thing which, by the aid of imagination, he de-
clared to be his name; but could not see
that it resembled William more than it did Wal
lace Walter, Wilbur, or great number of 9th.
ers might mention. He was duped on seyera |
other things in similar manner; and it seemed
to me she had charm over him so that he could
not look at things impartially.
| have Witnessed the performances of another
in an adjacent town, and her performances were
nothing but what any person could do; yet she
declared she had no agency in them, but that il
was the "sphits." While she was tioDinp the
light-stand, took ngss'ru'ar notice mat ier arm
moved before the iight-stand, which would not
be the cese provided the motion was comnuni.
Gated to her arm by the stand
Perhaps others have seen things which could
not be accounted fot as easily as these, but
find all who are believers in the rappings are
crednlous Persons-such as drink dueply OF
things of marvellous nature, and whatever 10
told them they think must needs be believed
However, | leave the subject for the present for
others to Judge for themselves
Yours Truly, A.o.c.
Milford Mass, July S, 1852.
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A Broken Heart.
Yours Truly,
Milford, Mass, July s, 1852.

The interesting case of literally broken heart
we subjoin, was related by DR.. X. J. Mitchell,
of Jefferson College, Philadelphia, while lectur-
ing upon the diseases of the heart. 1t will be
seen that the expression broken-hearted is
not merely fgurative.
In the early part of his medical career, DR.. NJ.
accompanied, as surgeon, packet that sailed
between Liverpool and one ofour southern ports
On the return voyage, soon after leaving Liver
pool, while the doctor and the captain of the
vessel, weather.beaten son Of Neptune, but pos
sessed of uncommonly fine feelings and strong
impulses, were conversing in the latter's state
room, the captain opened large chest, aud care
fully took out number of articles of various
descriptions, which he arranged upon the table,
DR.. M, surprised at the display ofcostly jewels,
ornaments, dresses, and all the varied parapher-
MALTA of which ladies are naturally fond, inquired
of the captain his object in having made 50 many
valuable purchases.-The sailor, in reply, said
that for seven or eight yeaOs he had been devo-
tedly attached to lady, to whom he had several
times made proposals of marriage, but was as
often rejected; that the refusal to we'd him, how
offer, declaring in the ardeney of his passion
that without her society life was not worth living
for, she consented to become his bride upon his
return from his next voyage. He was SO over
oyed at the prospect Of marriage, from which
in the warmth of his feelings, he probably antc
iputed more happiness than is usually allotted tc
mortaIs, that he spent all his ready money, while
in London, for bridal gifts. After gazing al
them fondy for some time, and remarkiDg on
them in turn, 81 think this will please Annie,
and " am sure she will like that" he replaces
them with the utmost care. This ceremony he
repeated every day during the voyage; and the
doctor often observed tear glistening in his eye
as he spoke of the pleasure he would have in
presenting them to his afianced bride. On reach
ing his destination, the captain arrayed himself
with more than usual precision, and disembarked
as soon as possible, to hasten 10 his love. AS he
was about to step into the carrilge awaiting him
he was called aside by two gentlemen who de
sired to make a communication, the purport o
which was that the lady had proved unfatlifu
to the trust reposcd in her, and had married an
other, with whom she had decamped shortly be
fore. Instantly the captain was observed to claI
his hand to his breast, and fall heavily to th'
ground, He was taken up, and conveyed to hi
room on the vessel. DR.. NJ. was immediatel!
summoned but before he reached the poo
captain, he was dead. A post mortem examina
tion revealed the cause of his unfortunate de
cease. His heart was found literally torn il
twain The tremendous propulsion of the bloc
consequent upon such violent nervous SHOCK
forced the powerful muse nlor tissues asunde
and life was at an end. The heart was BROKEN
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D. P. THOMPSON. EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

emerged from the cOrruptOns of the Darl,
Ages it has, and still stands forth, the polar star
OF civilization. The benighted heathen of the
Eastern world, and of the Islands OF the Ocean
are issuing from the darkness of ignorance, and
coming forth to the light ofthat knowledge which
Is produced BY the benign influence of Christi
anty and may we not hope that in process of
time all nations of the earth will be arrayed uu.
der the banner of the cross Then the ma.
tions " shall learn war no MORE" and one united
song of praise shall ascend to him who has wpcd
from the face of the earth that greatest scourge
to humanity-the calamities of war.
When the principles of the Gospel shall have
none of the evils which at present
aflict humanity will have an existence for
Christianity is destined to remove all evils, and
to bring mankind into one common brotherhood,
and mutual interest.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-07-22
Christianity.

There has always existed in the minds oil
men the idea Of future state OF beng yet 1t
was so vague and indefinite that it never be-
came a settled principle until the advent OF the
author Of Christianity. Men, indeed, like Socra-
tes and Cicero. had ventured the opinion that the
soul of man is immortal, but their doctrines were
SO clothed in doubt, that we cannot say that they
amounted to an expectation. There was need
of some better evidence of this than the mere
speculation of the mind, which was furnished by
the coming of Christ.
The Jewish nation, then subject to foreign
power, entertained the hope, founded upon the
teachings of prophecy, that Messiah would
soon make his appearance, whose power might
be exered to free them from the oppression
which was so bghting in its influence. Enter
taining the belief that they alone were to be
benefited by his advent, with what coolness, and
even contempt did they witness the success and
greatness of him who proclaimed that the author
of mans existence was God not only OF the
Jew, but also of the Gentle that the kingdom
which he came to establish, instead OF being
temporal in its character, was designed to answer
the wants of that innate principle in man--thf
idea Of an existence beyond the grave. The incre
duy on the part of the Jews is easily account
ed for, when we consider that they alone seemed
to be people peculiarly favored of God and t.
them only had he revealed himself by direc
interpositon, through the testimony OF prophets
In consequence of their mistaken conception 0
the mission Of the Messiah, they prosecuted
Christ and his followers, believing that by sucI
course they were not only doing "God service,
but were also advancing the interest OF thei
race. How different from their expectations l
the result instead of being an united people
goinp ND to the temple of Jerusalem TO worship
the temple itself is destroyed, and they are doom
ed AZ despsed race to wander over the face
the earth and the land that was once their owr
is now possessed by the enemies of their religion
While the enemies of the Christian religion have
in all their attacks, been sgnally defeated, CHRIS
tanity itself has ever been victorious. An
what better evidence can we have Of its trutf
than that now, at the distance of eighteen hur
dred years from the promulgation Of its precePt
although the fagot and the stake has been apple
with reference to its extinction, it exerts MOI
widespread influence than ever before HaVln
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Lazy Men.

Genius unexerted, is no more genius than
bushels Of acorns is forest of oaks. There
may be ideas in mems bIains Just as there are
| oaks in acorns, but the tree and the book must
come out before we can measurs them, We
very naturally recall here that large class of
grumblers and wishers who spend the time in
longing to be higher than they are, while they
should have been employed in advancing them.
selves. These bitterly moraIze on the injustice
of Society. Do they want a change? Let
hem change-wh prevents them? If you are
as high MS your faculties permit you to rise in
the scale Of society, why should you complain
OF men? 1t is God that arranged the law of
precedence. Implead him or be silent! If you
have capacity for higher station, take it-what
hinders you? How many men would love to
sleep beggars and wake up Rothschds or
Asors? How many men would fan 20 to bed
ounces, to be walked up Solomons! You reap
what you have sown. They who sow Ounce
seed, vice seed, aziness seed, usually get
N'oP' AheF 'hu' oo" 'he "lhd, reap Wnlrl-
wind A man of mere capacity undeveloped,'
is only an organized day,dream with skin on it
A flint and genius that will not strike fire,
are no better than wet junk wood. We have
scripture for it, that living dog is better than
dead lion If yeu would go up, go-if you
would be seen, shine. At the present day, an
eminent position in any profession, is the result
of hard, unwearied labor. Men can no longer
fly at one dash into an eminent position. They
have got to hammer it out by steady and rugged
blows. The world is no longer clay, but rather
iron in the hands of its workers. Emerson.
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The STILL SMALL VoIcE.--It is not amid
the scenes of wild excitement, that God is
pleased to speak TO his children. The Prophet
stood upon the trembling Mount until the
tempest, the earthquake and the fire had passed.
He only heard the noise and din OF the ele-
ments. But when ali wOs still, he received the
Divine communication. 1t is when the storm
of passion has spent its fury-when the powers
from beneath no longer move the soul by an
impulse that threatens its destruction When
the destroying flame that has filled the mind
with terror and dismay is extinguished and the
elements are all hushed to rest-then, the scrne
and tranauil spirit holds communion with God
and there comes still small voice" in answe
to its silent prayer Brlttan
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The Silver Bullet.
AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION.

Capt. Joseph Mansfield, who died in LiIchfeld
Ct, in 1922, was the hero of the follQFing revo-
lulionary incident
In the summer and autumn Of l777, while
Sir William Howe, with feet and part of the
royal army were laying at New York, General
Burgoyne with his army were advancing from
Canada towards Albany.
The object and design of the enemy were to
possess themselves of Lake Champlain with the
whole Of the Hudson, and thereby 10 cut off all
intercourse and communication between the
eastern and southern States. For the purpose
of watching the motions and annoying the ope.
ralions of hostile armies, Gen. Washington had
directed small bodies Of troops to be stationed
at Fishkill, Redhook, Greenbush, and several
other places on the east side between New York
and Albany, with strict orders TO take up and
examine all strangers travelling up and down
the river either by land or water, and if detec.
ted in espionage, or employed in communicating
information between the British armies to bt
punished according to the rules of war.
About the first of September, a pedestrian
passing northwardy was haIled and stopped by
sentinel Of the guard stationed at Redhook
and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mansfield, o
Connecticut. The man was about thirty years
of age, and clothed in the habit of farmer. H,
was conducted to the guard house. Capt. M. in
quired Of him his name-the place Of his resi-
dence, as well as that 10 which he was going
his business there, sc. He replied by giving
name, and stated that he belonged to place be
low RedtIuok, and was farmer-that he wa
on his way to the next town above, with viev
to purchase pair ST oxen from farmer Of hi
acq uaintance living there. He was aske
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For the Freeman,
FIRE WORKS OF NATURE.
Behold those golden clouds of even,
So beautiful and fair,
That beings from their home in heaven
Seem calmly floating there.
But soon the glorious orb of day
Will vanish from our gaze,
And then those hues will fade away
Like dreams of early days.
Swift, through the gath'ring gloom Of night,
The wondrods fire flies dart,
Like holy thoughts shat mark their flight
Through maa's dark sinful heart,
Fire works Of Nature From the Moth
A strange mysterious light,
With ever-changing form, bursts forth
Like Legions armed for fight.
Behold amid the gloom of night,
The fearful Lightning CLEAN;
How frail, compared with such a sight,
Mans puny efforts seem,
Now, from the holy stars above,
Soft avs of beauty fall,
Resting, like Gods undying love,
Ever the same oG all. T.
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Gbe fomtlp GirtIe.

THE IMPORTANT OsJECrs.-The discovery
Of what is true, and the practice of what is
good, are the two most important objects in
life.
Invioable fidelity, good humor, and COM
placency of temper, outlive oil the charms Of
a fine face, and make the decays of it lnvisi-
BILE.
All men need truth as they need water if
wise men are as high ground where the springs
rise, ordinary men are the lower grounds WHICH
their waters nourish.
A large share of wrong doing and speaking
of life, comes of the minds lIstessness. That
we should be listless, however, about what is
right shows how degenerate we are.
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The Worcester Medical Institute has confer
red the degree of NJ D. upon ten INDIVIDUALS
one Of whom is woman.
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j. w. WHEELOcK, Printer.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-20
On Good Terms with Death.

In the Southern part of Tonquin, the
highest compliment you can pay to distin.
guished parsonage, and the dearest token Of
esteem for a revered friend, is the present Of
coffin. number of Catholic Priests of native
origin, joined in giving cofin, as a Newly ears
present, to the Bishop of Larands, who had in
structed them in theology, saying that he was
growing old, and they could never have moro
suitable opportunity to offer him that necessary
piece Of furniture. At the same time they called
his attention TO the excellence Of the wood and
the beauty Of the work. Such is the custom Of the
country; no person who has reached the age Of
fifty is without his coffin, which not only stands
ready for its prospective use, but serves even now
as a table by day and bed by night. The CHI
dren of q family in good circumstances will com.
bine to offer handsome collins to their father and
mother, and pupils make the same present to
yenerated teacher. Death there has no tenors.
A poor widower, with young children, fell danger
ously sick, and the first care of his friends was TO
borrow coffin for him. When this was annoI nced
to the sufferer he trenbled with joy, and asked 10
see the borrowed article "New," said he, let
me die, for if live shall have to return it, and
who knows i'll can ever procure anotherF' In
tie same spirit the friends Of dy ing person speak
N his presence of his approaching end, and OF the
preparations for his funeral. The Bishop, above
referred to, says that one day he visited ch,ts.
cbumen, whose malady though likely to be pro-
longed sure to end fatally, and found
woman sitting by his bedside making the mourn
irg clothes for the family. At the door was to
carpenter, engaged in making the coffin in sightd
the patient, who directed the work with the IT.
most particularly.
--These particulars we gather from letter Of
the good Bishops, to frierd in France, published
in the Journal deS DtLais.
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Kills will have cost ten, or evoH frs, c.r
cent. more for Freight and Charges, wb..
laid down in this City. than inst such IT,
brought here from the Mines of Marysod
indeed, we suspect American Iron viii
often have paid more Freight and Charg.,
when landed on our wharves than ms,
such Iron brought here from Liverpool or
Glasgow. When it comes 70 feeding N.
lron-workers, we can do it very much
cheaper IN our own country than in En-
rope AID the $40 paid in Flour, or Po,t
or Cheese, for tm of British Iron. will
generally have cost more American Lsbor
than the $50 paid for tun of American
Iron in Vegetables, Fruits, Wood, Char.
coal, and the scores of articles with which
we pay our lron-maker> here, and cannot
pay them while they remain 10 Europe.
Nor is il true that the difference be.
tween American and British wages for
Iron makers amounts 10 no more than ten
per cent. on the value of the product.
That may possibly be the case at a time
when American Iron. making is depressed
and stagnant, while its British rival is ac-
tive and prosperous but, on any fair basis
Of comparison, the disparity is far greater
than that. Bat this is not essential. II
the Free Traders will only take hold of
he Iron business, and make at home what
Iron is needed to supply our own wants.
paying fair American wages to Labor, We
cont want any duty on Iron. So with
Cloths, Silks, &c. All they have to do to
stop our advocacy of Tariff is simply to
set American Labor at work making u iuIl
supply of the Fabrics we now import
which might as well (that is, with as little
labor) be made here rs any where. They
are perpetually arguing that it can be done
that our present Tariff is sufficient for
the purpose-then, why don't they do Il,
and stop the discussion There arc
enough of them, and they have money
enough, to invest in any business they be-
lieve will prove profitable why not try
Manufacturing that they say Is so lucra-
tive Whenever this Country shall make
az much Iron as it uses, we shall be done
asking for Protection on Iron; and so with
other Manufactures. Then why not prore
that Iron in adequate quantities can be
proftably made under this Tariff by just
taking hold and making it! ED.
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CAN 1T BIZ DONE Z

If the naked question could be answered
by the American people, Do you prefer
Winfield Scott to Franklin Pierce for
your next President I've cannot doubt
that three -fourths would readily answer in
the affirmative. In saying this we imply
no reflection OH Mr.. Pierce's character,
no disparagement of his abilities If he
were as capable and as faultless as his best
friends could wish, there would still be no
comparison between his claims on the con-
fdence affection and gratitude of his cOun-
trymen and those of Gen. Scott, whose
name is largely and gloriously identified
with forty years of his country's history,
and whose heroic deeds and brilliant
achievements were the admiration and
toast of our fathers before Mr.. Pierce had
left his mothers knee. Any fair compa-
risons between the services and claims of
these two men must place them in the
very broadest contrast, and perplex the I'M
sophisticated with the problem How
could these two men have been pitted
against each other for the highest trust
within the gift of the American people 2
The adversaries of Gen. Scott have lust
two resources against else-ineyitable dis
comftme-l. The cry of Nativism, which
they know to be false-that is. founded on
expressions long since recalled and opin-
ions years ago renounced; and ?. The
subject of Slavery. Take away these, and
they would have no chance of a triumph.
Let us consider them.
LNATIVISM.
Gen. Scott was at one time inclined to
believe that the privilege of Naturalization
ought thereafter to be withheld or greatly
restricted. On this point, he has affected
no cOncealment, neither when he held that
view nor since he has discarded it. He
was driven to it by seeing violence and
ciub-law resorted to at our polls by men of
Foreign birth exclusively, and by tie no
'orious tact that thousands were voting at