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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

Coon PRrAcmSe.-Many Of the friends Of
J. B. Danforth, late Of this place, aud connected
with the Vermont Patriot will be glad to learn
that Mr. d. is the editor and publisher Of the
Rock Island Republican, Illinois. and that he
has turned preacher TOO. Hear him, on going
to meeting"
Every Sabbath morning, the Baptist, the
Methodist, the Catholic the First Presbyterian,
and the Second Presbyuan Churches are open
to all,--each clergyman in his desk and arth.
meic could easily compute the number Of hear
ers he ought 10 hare. from out Of The boosted 1000
inhabitants of our city
The Methodist, the Catholic, and the First
Presbyterian Churches arc open in the afternoon,
bcsides various school rooms occupied by the
Lutheran aud other denominations Yet even
these few churches, on Sabbath afternoon, are
not fHed 10 oreyfotoingi
Where nge the young men, who should be
there2 Where the young ladies'; W here the
mature men and women Echo answers icteye ?
And those whose steps have not turned towards
the House Of Worship during the day. few are
seen attending the services Of the Baptist, " eth
odlst, or Second Presbyterian Churches IN the
evening. There IS always room for more
What must what do strangers Judge OF Rock
I
Divine Worship
! Who will begin to do better in this respect !:
| Go up together TO the holS house," and lenrr
TO be better and wiser men Then, it may be-
while the older part of community are doing
/ their duty. the young also may be induced 10
follow, and thus grow into better, purer people
/ This is our sermon. $50 mote II be-"
The above is quite as applicable here as else.
where; and we trust everybody will take the
hint, and profit by it, to the filling of our houses
of public worship on the Sabbath, and to the
moral and religious improvement Of the entire
community. The pew doors ofall our houses OF
pablo worship are always open, and seats wei
come, on the sabbath. The doors of oll our
business places, and livery stables should b.
shut on that day. X.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

The Youths Caskei, an illustrated Magazine
for children, Buffalo n. Y. published by Beadle
& Brother, is no April fool" of "a work for the
amusement and instruction Of the young. We
wish every family IN the state blessed with chill
dren. were blessed with this also or a similar
work of equal merit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14
Merchants and Others

Wishing Boston would 10 wei. to examine S.
N Peuengil's Boston Business Directory. They
will find advertised goods of every variety
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14
The independence not Arrived.

We have received the san Francisco Wing Of
March 49, lhe last paper before the departure of
the mail Of the 10TH and it appears that the
steamer Independence had not arrived II is
stated that a rumor of her arrival was untrue.
There were two Montpelier boys on board the
lndepende the son of Luther Cross, and
the other son Of Horace Bruce.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

The Sandy hill Herald says, the celebrated
Tree near Fort Edward, under which Jane Nc
crea was assassnated BY the Indians is to be cut
down and made into snuff boyos.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

ORR viRer~A AND You've VERMONT. We
notice in one Of our exchange papers thata drove
Of live cattle from Virginia. many Of them weigh
ing from fifteen to eighteen hundred each, are
on their way to the Worlds Fair Pretty well
for old Virginia, in the calile line. But how is
il in this respect, with Vermont On Tuesday
March q, 80. twelve oxen were sold from the
81 Dummer Farm" near Bra,teboro', for twelve
hundred dollars. The average weight Of each
OK was 1917 lbs.-Total weight of the twelve,
23,727 One pair weighed 1920. When Nr-
GINA comes up to that on horned cattle, Vermont
will try again. Why are the products Of the
farm, animal and vegetable, usually better in
Vermont than in Virginia. The answer is a
short and simple one. In Virginia, 10 icort is a
disgrace to the white man. In Vermont, mol tc
work is disgrace to any man. Y.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

The Uaier Cure Journal, for April, 1853,
comes TO us with ITS neatly printed and well fill
ed pages of useful and interesting mader.-
Those who would have Water Cure Establish
meut in their own dwellings. and test by every
day experiment the virtues Of the pure cold
water. gushing from the green hills and mean
derng through the verdantSalleys of Vermont,
will find this work welcome family visiter-
1t IS published by Messrs. Fowler & Wells, No.
l3l, Nassau street, City of New-York-Sl a
wear in advance.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

O. The Supreme Court is in session in this
village.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-04-14

4 "fasi' .Mge-ine Godey's Ladys Book
for May is on our table; and for the first thing
it has fine May day picture. Cooley goes far
thcr ahead of publication day than any other
publisher within our knowledge We suppose
he has multitude to furnish monthly, aud does it
al the better by beginning early.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
THE MEETING OF CONGRESS.

The city is filing up. Members of the two
houses of Congress-distinguished strangers
politicians of every hue and stripe-men of
business and men Of pleasure, are fast swelling
the tide Of the metropolitan population. The
organization Of the two houses is engaging the
attention of members as well as outsiders The
interest felt by all descriptions of persons in
the process of organzation-in the various
candidates for the positions to be filled, is in
tense.
Ii is pleasant to witness the cordial greetings
of old friends, who have for years been engaged
in the same conflicts, and won their aurels on
the same fields. The meeting of Congress re-
unites them. They come from every quarter OF
this great country. The new members are
very numerous.
As We have before remarked, the present SEES.
sion of Congress will afford to the young men and
the new members fine opportunity Of acquir,
ing political distinction; distinction more high.
" appreciated and more earnestly sought after,
perhaps, in this country, than in any other on
the globe
Honors here come from the spontaneous, un,
bought will of the people. They are won BY
ability and by virtue We have no king to dig
Nifty the citizen with hgh-sounding titles, and
I to decorate him with the shining insignia Of or
ders and of office. Our honors come from a
great, growing, and free people. These
honors are sterling and solid rather than shin.
ing and SNOWY.
Talk about beltcd knight--a peer of the
realm-a lord high chancellor, a king or a
queen! Many Of them are noble, virtuous. and
illustrious personages But to our mind a
President of the United States of America
United States Senator from a sovereign State
"a Representative in Congress, each holds a
higher trust-being held of free people.
They are men who have distinguished them
selves in the varied pursuits and professions OF
life. The warrior with his scars and his honors
fills one Office. The barrister who has mastered
the abstruse learning of the law fills another
The man of letters occupies third The in
dependent farmer, the successful merchant
the skillful mechanic-indeed the representa-
tives Of every department of human enterprise
and industry are to be found in places of honor.
by force Of mind and character they have won
their high distinction.
mat the representatives of the people, in
congress assembled, will faithfully tend and
care Tor the great interests committed TO them
ny trusting people, we ardently hope and con.
nueh'ly believe. The eyes Of the nation are on
'hem, and the plaudits Of that nation will cheer
them in their efforts and follow tber ;r.o a..
retirement.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
A SNAKE IN THE GRASS.

1t must be clear to the dullest vision, that 9
concerted effort is being made to force false
issue before the public. Presses and politi
clans who profess to he the special friends and
champions of the President, are striving to
drive out of the democractic party some of its
firmest and truest members. To accomplish
that end, the position and purposes of the
national democracts are Systematically and
lndustriously misrepresented. The national
democrats are denounced as factionists and
dlsorganizers. They are charged with having
banded themselves together in general opposi
uon 70 the administration, for the purpose Of
influencing the next Presidential nomination
through the agency Of a new organization
based upon the compromise measures Of ls5O
We have not been inattentive observers &C
passing events We claim to know sometbin,
of the motives which have Influenced and sin
influence the action Of the national democrats
1t was Mr. Guthrie and his supporters who ma.
tionalized the New York controversy. The
national democrats endeavored to prevent tina,
unfortunate result; but they labored in vain
We do not believe that they ever entertained
the idea Of forming new organization, baset
on the compromise measures. They hay,
never attempted to place all those who opposed
the passage Of those measures on the sam,
footing. The southern rights men did not on
pose the fugitive-slave law The freesoiler,
did not oppose the admission Of California
As we said two days ago, the questions sub
mitted to the people Of the south by the tempo
rary organization Of 1850 were decided. ant
the decision was acquiesced in long before tn,
Baltimore convention assembled and the onl,
real, practical existing question, growing out 0
the compromise measures, which the Baltimore
convention had to deal WITH was the fugitive
slave law. 1t dealt with that in manner
which the whole country understood as a re
pudiation and denunciation Of freesoilism and
abolitionism.
The purpose Of the men who have attemnted
to drive the national democrats bevond tho
pale of the party is plain enough. In the first
place they think that "the fewer the number
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.

Agreeably to the call, the democratic mem
bers of the House of Representatives convened
in the hall of the House at six o'clock last even
ing, and organized by choosing Hon. Edison B
Odds, of Ohio, as chairman, and Hon. Colin n
Ingersol, Of Connecticut, and Hon. John G
Davis, of Indiana, secretaries.
The rules of the last House were adopted as
the rules Of this meeting.
Hon. F. P. Stanton, of Tennessee offered a
series of resolutions, affirming the principles of
the Baltimore PLATFORM in favor of carrying out
the principles Of the late inaugural, opposing
all interference, by the administration, in State
politics, including an extract from Thomas
Jefferson in point, &c.
On point Of order these resolutions were
voted out. An appeal was taken, which was
not sustained.
The meeting then proceeded to ballot for
Speaker, with the following result:
First ballot: Linn Boyd, Al James L. Orr
35; David I. Disney, 81; Thomas L. Babcock
!. Whole number is.
Second ballot: Boyd, 64; Orr, %; Disney
81. Whole number, lis.
Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, was therefor,
declared TO be nominated.
The meeting next proceeded to ballot for tn,
remaining officers of the House in succession
with the following results :
John W. Forney was nominated for Clerk Oh
the first ballot-the only opposing candidate
being Hon. R. NJ Young.
Mr. Glassbrenner was nominated for Ser
geant-at-Arms, without opposition.
Mr.. McKnew was nominated for Door-keepel
on the I'd ballot.
Mr.. johnson was nominated for Postmaster
without opposition.
1t will therefore be perceived that all the OF
GERS of the last Congress were nominated.
Several of the members present in the cit
we're not present at this meeting.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
ALEXANDRA DUMAS.

1t is stated that Alexandra Dumas, the great
French novelist, has written to friend in this
country to "fnd him, on the borders Of the
st. Lawrence, the Hudson, the Delaware, or the
Ohio, a corner where, surrounded by his chosen
friends, he may spend his last days. and die in
tranquility under the sun of liberty and that
he has sent over divers manuscripts to this coun-
try for publication by New York house to be
established for that purpose.
Dumas was born in 1903. He is squad
room" his father being mulatto and his grand
mother negress. If Dumas should come to
this country, it would be curious to see how far
the national prejudice against color" would
operate in his se.-Rochester Anaerican
The great Quadroon, it appears, meditates
removal from France to this country. He has
written some of the best novels that the world
has ever seen. His mind seems inexaustible.
From his prolific pen have issued more TO-
mances than ever fell from the great Scott, or
from the fruitful James. His novels may be
likened to the fruits and flowers that grow in
enchanted gardens;
Scarce one is gathered ere another grows"
His masterpiece is that magnificent produc.
ton the "Three Guardsmen;" the interest of
which is sustained without abatement through
six or seven large volumes "Athos, Porthos,
Aramis, and DArtagnan," have not their com.
peers i'll fiction. In them, and in their deeds,
are illustrated all the various traits of charac-
ter and qualities Of mind that belong to human
nature.
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twinkled with delight She handed him vol

twinkled with delight She handed him vol
ume, saying
Well, here is book was commissioned
to give you by the authoress herself
Mr.. Lee rubbed his glasses, set them astride
his nose, and read the following on the fly.
leaf:
10 my dear father, James Lee; from his
a6ectionate daughter, the authorcss."
Mr.. Lee sprang from his chair; and, Selling
the daughter by both hands, exclaimed
Hatty Lee! am proud of your
ooh, not that, dear father; fold me once to
your heart and say Hatty, loce you.'"
Her head sank upon his shoulder, and the
old man read his chds heart at last, he has
it all, all her childish happiness; and as we
kissed her cheek and lips, said in choking
voice
Forgive your old father, Hatty."
Her hand was laid upon his, while smiles
and tears chased over her face, like sunshine and
shadow over an April sky.
Oh! what is fame to woman? Like the
"apples of the Dead sea, fair to the sight, ashes
to the touch" From the depths of her unsat
ished heart cometh ever voice which will not
be hushed. Oh! take it back-only give me
love.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
Barking at the Moon!

A story is told Of the late Judge DIN, of
Vermont, that he was once presiding upon
certain occasion in court when waspish little
lawyer, full of ignorance and conceit, who was
pleading case before him, took occasion, in
the course of his remarks to address some
very contemptuous language to the bench.
Every one in court turned instinctively to-
wards the judge, expecting a severe rebuke
would at once be administered to the insolent
offender, but what was their surprise to see the
Judge sitting with brow serene and unclouded,
quietly making his notes, as if he had not
heard the language, or as if nothing out of the
way had been uttered
After the adjournment, rs most of the Off
GERS of the court met around the dinner table
of the hotel, friend asked the Judge for an
explanation Of his strange forbearance--why
he had taken no notice of one who so Justly
deserved to be committed for contempt Of
court2 "I'll tell you a story" said the judge,
the quiet humor beaming from his eyes the
while; "my father once had dog--a mere
wiffet of a thing-that had strange fashion of
going out every moonlight night and barking
furiously at the moon!" Here the Judge
paused, and went on deliberately eating his
dinner, as if he had finished the story
"Well?" "Well2' said several voices, "What
ofHat" 40 nothing" said the Judge; 'he
moon rent right oni''
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04

the better the fare" In the second place, they
wish to revive the State rights and union di
visions Of the south, and to couple southern
State rights men with the Van Buren, free
sellers of the north That is the motive which
has induced certain politicians and presses TO
rip up the Baltimore platform, and renew the
compromise discussion. They think that if
they can make 1t appear that the national dem
ocrats require, as a test of democratic fidelity
m original support of all the compromise
measures, then their work will have been ac-
complished. But they reckon without their
host The State rights men of the south are
not dots and idiots. They cannot fail to
understand and appreciate shallow trick like
that which has been attempted
The men who have been loudest in their pro
LESSONS of fidelity to the President, are really
his worst enemies. They wish to use his in
aucnce and popularity for their own selfish pur.
poses They care nothing for the success of
the democratic party-nothing for the triumph
of democratic principles. Looking only to pa.
tronage, having regard only for the spoils, they
are laboring day and night to drive off from
the democratic party its most faithful support
| ers, for the mean and miserable purpose of ac-
/ complishing a corrupt and unnatural coalition
which would destroy the democratic party. To
the end we will repel the idea that the State
rights men of the south went into the Balti-
more convention under promised amnesty
To the end we will repudate and denounce the
idea that the State rights men of the south are
to be placed in the same category with the
Buffalo traitors and Van Buren, factionists.
What can the special champions of the ad
ministraton expect to accomplish by the course
they are pursuing? Do they expect to strength
en- the administration by denouncing its best
friends? Do they expect to strengthen the
democratic party by insisting on the doctrine
Of implicit obedience? If so, they reason from,
principles that we do not understand and
cannot comprehend. The southern rights
men cannot be amalgamated with the free
sellers. The attempt to produce such a
combination will be followed by disrepu.
table failure, or it will shatter the democratic
party. For ourselves, we do not mean to be
driven from the democratic ranks. We ex-
pect to support the administration; but that
support shall be manly and independent, and
not cringing and servile. We do not believe
that the king can do no wrong. Yves purn the
doctrine Of implicit obedience. When the ad-
oministration commits an error, we will point it
out, not in anger, but in sorrow. But the as.
saults of mercenaries and stipendiaries shall
not deter us from speaking what we think; nor
will we permit their cunning subterfuges, or
slippery evasions, or fierce attacks to move US
from our purpose. When we established the
Sentinel, we resolved to edit an Independent
democratic journal, and we will not shrink
from the task we have undertaken.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
sS-Since our last publication the following

STSnce our last publication the following
named members Of Congress have arrived in
the city T. B. Florence, of Pa; R. J. Coke,
of Va: W. o. Goode, of Va; 5. l.. Russell, of
Pa; D. Carpenter, Of n. Y; \. Oliver, of n.
Y; Jacob Shower, W. f. Hamilton, Joshua Van
SAINT and Henry May, of Nd; VIM. Smith, of
Va; Mr.. Letcher, of Va; NJ. Norris, \. H.;
G. w. Thompson, and Thomas Millson, Va; j.
B. Macy, Miss. j. d. Norton, H.: T. Dckin-
son, Mass; j.. Brown, n. y; ID. Wells, Jr.,
Miss; H. Bennett, n. u; O. S. Seymour, CT. !;
Z. W. Chastain, Ca; ] ohm Wentworth, H.. S.
w. Parker, Ind; j. NJ. Elliott, KY; S. H. Ro-
gers, n. c.; W. B. W. Dent, Ga; D. j. Bailey
Ga; RIM. Bugg, Tenn; W. d. Lindsey, Ohio.
A. De Witt, Mass; Jno. p. Cook, Iowa; Charles
Sumner, Mass; n. P. Banks, jr., Miss; A
Stuart, Ohio; Asa Packer, Pa: S. P. Benson
Me-; w. A. Walker, n. Y; James Gamble
Pa. James Knox, H.; I. F. Flagler, N. Y.
B. Pringe, n Y; NJ. c. Trout, Pa. Thoma.
Davis, R. l.; A. H. Colquitt, Ga. II. A. Ed
mundson, Va; and John S. Caske, of Va.
Edwin Croswell, esq, editor of the Alban,
argus and ]. c. Mather, esq, of New York
have arrived and are at the National Hotel.
Justices McLain and Catron, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, with their families
are at Browns Hotel; and, on the register o.
the same establishment, we noticed the name
Of Martin kostza.
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
The Knud Iverson story.-Mr. Els,

ofthejury ofinquest, whose report is taken
as me evidence OF the alleged fraud has published
statement IN the Democratic Press of Chicago in
which ne says that at the time The inquest was
heid there was not before the jury such positive
evidence OF the Intentional murder OF the hoy as
would Justify them in declaring their unqualified
9enei thai such was the fact, though he had no
drawn in as mild terms as possible. He, however,
now states that such evidence has come 10 his
knowledge as strongly confirms his previous be.
lief and fully Justihes him in giving the people the
assurance that Knud was actually murdered, BE-.
caNH hf irOnM not st,aL
Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-12-04
has the following pretty thing in reference to
Greenwood cemetery:


day or two ago we visited city, popu
lous city, whose houses will outlast New York
for they shall endure It'll doomsday." Strange
to say, it is not noted on the best maps
stranger to say, though its population is daily
increasing, no colony ever issues from its
borders
The golden chime of Paci6c's waves has
never charmed single ear there the shout OF
the pioneer in the further west has never lured
them hence to seek new homes. Indeed, the
city we speak of stands alone, like rock bound
isle in the midst Of a turbulent ocean-the busy
world whirls and roars around, but there it re.
mains unmoved.
We visited it in broad day, but the streets
were empty; not familiar face or voice to
greet us; not light footstep to make music
to ear. 1t was indeed strange, very strange;
there shone the sun, with the mild and beauti.
tul radiance of autumn, and yet no sound OF
living thing. Marble mansions were on every
hand, but none of the solemn tenantry, for it
was solemn city came forth to meet and
welcome US. Names were graved on every
portal, but they that owned them-where were
they? twas city of names and not Of things
Of words, and not of works.
At length there came a train-there was an
arrival. On it came, noiselessly, slowly. Was
it all dream? BY mansion after mansion it
passed, and stopped. A tenant for another
dwelling; home for another wanderer; rest
for another weary.
80 1T seemed to us as we stood there, and so
the shadows thickening over the thought, we
hurried away from Greenwood, and were once
more mingled with the tide of the living.