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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

CrN.i's ttEMs. There arc in Vermont, Is,
3l2 Farmers, u ,DN3 T.uh6rcrs, 1890 Calpcn.
tors. 1876 Shoepakcrs, l,5iF Blncksmllhs, |,
$50 Merchants, 1.0l6 Students, go Clergy
men, l9i Lawyers, GG3 Physicians, ~ Book
binders 73 Brickmakers, rs Butchers, $50
Cabifet-lnakers, lob Chairmokcrs, 936 Clerks
l2l Clothefs, - C6acli Makers 10 Comb
makers 257 Coopers, Cotton manufacturer,
Is d 'ntists, II Editors, II Glass mani;factli-
rers, 81 Godsmiths, - Gunsmths, 81 llatcrs,
i0S Hotel keepers, 16 Iron Founders, 5i2
Jcncrs, sos Masons. rs Millers, 6 Paper
makers. 3jl Pcdlars, ~ Polters, g Powder
manufacturers, l3S Printers, 327 Saddlers,
II Spectators ;ISl Tallors, 273 Tanners, Ice
Tusnirhs, 80 Office holders, tby proiessIon!l
, Wheclwrlghts, Author Who is he?
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14
lions, as found In the Douglas
dictionary, last edition,
Intervention. extension of laws
ava States intn FREQ iprritotv

.nterpsntion.-Th extension OF laws
ave States into free territory.
.f-gopernment,-Thc giving OF Constitu-
a or political organization TO the people Of
erritorics, after the manner Of hereditary
monarchs in Europe; not the formation Of
Constitution by the people themselves
Sopere,grty in Territories. The appoint
mcnt Of Governor and Judges by President
Pierce not the election ofthcm by the people.
Squatter Sovereignty in 7erritor,es.-The cx-
cl7sion of half the settlers from any voice ill.,
tAe government.
4 Republican Government in The neio States
guaranteed by ne Constitution Of The United
!Sthtes--A form of government for extending
and perpetuating Slavery and for disqualfylng
n,any cnltivators of the soil for ownership in
Tho soil or its productions.
The Equality Of Political Rights.-The OPP
posite of whatever was intended BY tho Deca
rn,ion of Internationally journal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14


Now that the storm seems to have spent itself
and tho elements become calm, perhaps few sug
gestions may not be inappropriate.
Character is important to ono who Is called by the
voice OF the people, 70 occupy station with which
their avn interests are closely interviewer. a. in
the case Of our County Commissioner, A blow
aimed at them, without cause good and lust. trikcs
the public veal,
During the recent canvass in this County, great
efforts have been made traduce the official conduct
Of Dr. Goodyear. Handbills, affidayits, and news.
paper squibs have been literally distributed among
the people, to make him appear a, volater of law,
az dupe, tool, cate paw, &C. for all which l
think there was no real justification. The matter
Of bonds, about which SO much earnestnes. was
shown, is scarcely worth thought, Every sensible
man knows that vote upon it in Convention could
be only advisory, could not override the law.
Relative to the number of Scectmen who signed
the Recommendation for Mr. Isham, it turn. out
that the Doctor honestly mistaken, being de-
ceived by fraud, for which he not responsible.
have seen that paper, and know the eignatures to
stand thus
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

? CoNNECTIcUT, the rumor runs, was
carried by sending into every township, and al
most every family in the State, Ma TouCEr's
Nebraska speech, bound mp with that of Sena-
tor TRuMAS SMITH against the outrage
While Truman SMrrH's appeal aroused every
Wing to life and action. TorcLY's cast every
Democrat into slumber like that produced by
the mesmerlzcr who puts his subject into a
sleep and forge's to wakcn him till life has
ebbed
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

G}@THE HoosAc Tunnel bill, which grants
to the Troy and Greenfield Road the loan of
the State credit to the amount of 100000
for the purpose of boring Hoos,c Mountain, has
passed Massn chnsetts Legislature, and been
signed BY the Governor. Measures are already
in progress for commencing the work of tunnel
ing in the summer or early IN he fall.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14
A B, Selectman.
e. D, Followed by 2s other,
=

How could the Doctor, a stranger to them, have
doubted that the three included in the brack-
ct, the names of the Selectmen lie had no
time to consult documents, being driven into few
hours for writing and publishing his defense aganst
the first circular which spread in hand bill.
the County, just before the Election and doubtless
thinking it of little consequence, but wishing to
keep within the truth he stated that two Selectmen
signed, whereas the paper itself plainly indicates
three. Taking that for his guide, he would have
been justified in saying go, when in fact there
but ono.
As the question, whether there was one or two
names of Select mon that paper, was deemed Of
importance enough to be publicly proclaimed in
afidayits and hand-bis by honorable men, it seems
matter of justice due the Doctor, that these facts
should be made known, that he might not stand in
false position before the people. How the error
in the signature occurred does not yet appear.
Another allegation against the Doctor is in rcla.
tiun to the Nhelhurnc tou'rn-so called The facts
are these MIR, l. had suffered his license to xpifr
had taken down hi sign and publicly declared that
he had done keeping tavern. This, il would seem,
should settle the question Of licensing tar,rnu.--
The Solcctmcn Mad made him tho agent, and tho
people expressed their desire have him continued
no other designated, And yet Mr.. L. in
the absence Of any tavern in town. docs ccasionny
furnish traveller with meal and lodging, Per-
hap7, after all, the Shcburne voto i. the bet COM
nontary IN the pnctors course in that town.
Although counted rum Commissioner, .aid TO
b. elected by vote, and the like the County
may rest assured that he j, the decided tempo
rance man he has ever hocn. The only reason hc
did not acguicScc IN tho action of the Charlotte Com
vention wa, presume, that he, with many others.
thought attempt was there made To- fore tall the
vishcs Of majority Of the peopo. ELllIJ,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

e WASHINGTON letter writers say thut
President Pierce rerents having ever con-
scented to the notifications of Douglass first
bill, and now wants the original bill passed
The well informed correspondent of the New
York Courier states, however, that the sec
ond version of the Douglas scheme, that
which spoke of the Missouri Compromise as
having been ,upereeded by the legislation of
ls5o-was drawn up by the President him
self, and now exists in his own handwriting.
and that thi. was known to New Hampshire
editors when they represented that the Ad-
ministration was opposed to the Nebraska
Bill
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

W Mrs HAMMER of Philadelphia has been
tried, convicted and sentenced 10 SIX months
imprisonment IN the county prison, for unna-
tural cruelty to her child 1t was proved on
trial that she held hot smooth hing iron to the
naked back of the little 10Y till the skin was
burnt off, to Iron him out" as she said.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

e 1t will be seen from Mrs. Dr.. DvR-
No's notice in another column, that she
visits patients at the American House. on
W Wednesday, the Goth inst.
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-g'rhc small nuphr Of votes returned in
the ioial canvass of the election for County
Commissioner, given below, is owing to the
fact that no returns we're received from the
towns Of Willistpn, Westfurd, Milton and
Burlington
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-14

therefore declare the said ndnirl Grul-
year duly elected Commissioner Tor the
County at Chittrndon ior the yrr r-uiug,
and until another is elected
j, 5. ADAMS, Ciork,
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s1,1r or NLHuo.T, Burlington Arrll
Ch,ttordon County, e. ( lltH, lShi
Having carvpssod tho votes deposited m
siid County fr the 81 .rtiln Of County Com
missioner under the " Net tn prevent the
rothc Ia intoxicating liquors, iui the purpose
OF drinking |, i :. tdtns, clerk Of said
County, IN rur~uanr' IT tine provision. 81
,dd act, hyr'hy c'ruit tHc tullp"lnG to rr u
true siitemeo, 81 toe votes, ~ al 49, r,turn,
hay iron 'nal' to me.
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The argument of the ; nat n from Illinois,
that tie Miss'ur t,m romse is repealed or
suppressed d ny I g rlm les of the Utah and
New Mexico bills, upon the pretence that
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-08-11
A New Court House.

About 1912, House was erected fox
the then new county Of Susquehanna, at
i cost of $4,000. In 1851, the corner
stone of Court House was laid on the
same site, under contract Of SIS, 800.
Ed Davis Dimocl, NJ. d., long time an
Associate Judge and preacher of the Cos
pei, participated in the exercises on both
occasions. Two grandsons Of the principal
contractor Of the old, are principal con-
tractors for new building, which includes
Jail, County Offices, and Jury Rooms.
1t is all to be paid for by County Taxes,
and the NEW will cost $40, ,500-or one
hundred and hirty-one per oent.-more
than the OLD Court House.
[Union County was erected soon after
Susquehanna.
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markable loss that the farmers will nov
sustain will be in the shelling of the over
ripened wheat in the process of gathering
and the great scarcity Of help. They arc
paying $3.50 to $500 day for harves,
hands, and they are hard to be got a, that.
| heard of one farmer who had one hund-
red acres of grain to harvest, and could
not get any harvesters, notw outstanding
he offered $500 and upwards day.
The restrictions Of the Game Law ex-
pired on the 18th ult., and spor,smen are
regaling themselves by shooting Prairie
Hens, which, by the way, is the most ex-
hilerating, lively, and exciting recreations
to be enjoyed by the sportsman. There
is none of that patient waiting and watch
ing required in deer hunting, or the
stealth and wading for ducks, &c, but it
is lively walking and expectations to keep
up with the skillful dog, who ranges
through the grass to "set" and "start" the
bird, and the quick shooting to take them
in couplets, before they are too far flown
for the shot to reach them. Taking them
on wing is fast operation, and it requires
a great deal of practice to become an adept
A practised mafksman however with
well trained dog, will take twenty to
thirty in an afternoon, with very few more
than that number of shots The grass on
the Prairies is high and waving, and the
flowers bright and fragrant, which perfect
ly secure the birds from the hunters
view, and then i. is highly amusing to see
the dog bound away in circuit of from
20 to 80 rods in pursuit, when he comes
up to covey of the birds, he nanifests it
to his master by suddenly stopping, stretch
ing himself out, lying down to the ground,
bis nose pointed straight ahead, and his
TAIL straight back, and as he slowly walks
towards them his tail begins to sway gent
y, the birds squat snugly in the grass SO
hat person could not see them, but as
setter" leads nearly on to them, they rise
md sail gracefully away in a horizontal
inc, few feet above the grass, not very
uif.iy, curving a little to the right or left,
the finest opportunity for the
lunter to make couple of shots and take
| brace of them f I
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Preaching.

1t is not the duty Of the pulpit to teach
men their secular professions or trades.
But it is its duty to teach men how t.
avoid the special temptations Of those call
ings, and how specifically to carry them
selves like Christians amidst their avoca-
,ions. Ought the pulpit to teach man
his duties to his family How to rear
and instruct his children Is it the duty
of the pulpit to teach a pari>hioner to te
industrious, virtuous, honest, frugal, gene
rcus and thrifty?
"Will any one inform Us how minister
can teach these things without touching
secular topics ? A clergyman must teach
industry, but not for his life must he let
it be known that he means ploughing,
sowing, teaming, digging, moving or reap
ing! 1t is his duty to teach .trugal1y.
But that must be done by discussing the
abstract nature of frugality not by
mentioning household affairs, not by teach
ing by actual facts, not by delineating a
spendthrift, by pointing out actual extra
vagance, not by mentioning in the pulpit
such vulgar topics as the expense of lu1u-
ries, the needless waste of means upon
drink or tobacco, not by mentioning a
table to full extravagant parties, ambitious
equipage, inordinate love of dress, or any
other actual vice of improvidence. 10.
Let him search out some text, stroke it
and pat it asleep then dedace from it
some sentimental reflections upon the folly
of not doing right, and the evils in general
Of doing wrong; and, as the clock comes
round to the appointed half hour, let him
bring out the eloquent sentences kept in
reserve to round off with, and then dismiss
the congregation to outrageous Sunday
dinners and Sunday y-aftcruoon-rides, that
commune all the earnings of the week
"These ideas are fair exponent of the
IDEAS of multitudes about the sacreduess
of the Sabbath, and Of the pulpit! That
which is sacred with them is that which
is purely conceptiomal. That which is ir-
reverent is that which lives, and is real
Strip deed down to its abstrac: principle
in PhilosoPhic language, address it 10 the
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-08-11
Kansas Emigrant Aid Company.

Cn Wednesday evening, meeting was
held in the lecture-room Of the Tabernacle,
to hear a statement Of the objects and
operations Of the above Society, &c. The
attendance was large.
The Hon. ELI THAYER, of worcester,
President of the Company, addressed the
meeting, explaining the object Of the Com
pany. The object is to organize emigra-
ton, and make it subserve a certain pur-
pose, in definite, safe and useful manner.
The Company will aid the emigrant, first
by diminishing the expense of emigration,
by making contract with the lines of
transportation. Advertisements have been
published to forward 20, 900 emigrants this
fall The fare from Boston to Kansas will
be only s25, one-half the usual rate. This
is practicable by having a responsible
moneyed company to make the contract,
and the emigrants will be protected from
the usual frauds. Further, the Company
proposes to aid the emigrant after his
arrival in Kansas. Agents of the Company
have explored the Territory, and have full
information as to all It's resources. There
are to be receiving houses, in which the
emisrants are to be lodged on their FIRST
arrival. Until the houses are ready, there
are fifty tents erected, in which the first
arrivals have been already received, and
which will answer for the next draft when
the first have their log cabins built. Fur
her, the Company propose TO provide
everything necessary for new colony in
the mechanic arts, printing, and, perhaps,
education secular and religious. A gen.
tleman from Crawford county, Penn, is
ready to move his power press into Kansas,
and to bring with him 200 families, no one
of which is worth less than 81 600. The
paper is to be called the ''Herald of Free
dom," GeoW. Brown, publisher.
Another advantage is that persons from
the same neighborhood can settle together
and take with them their own institutions.
The morals of the West suffer much from
the lack of schools and churches, but, in
this way, these 90 in the same boat with
the emigrant. Thus, the interests of the
Company are identical. The emigrant is
in no way bound to the Society, no pledge
of any kind is demanded from him, and
any aspersion of the kind is false. To
produce all this good, it is evident that the
Company must have money, and be stock
company, to transact their affairs in
business-like manner. The Treasurer is
Moses II. GRINNELL, Of this city, and
the Acting Agent, r. W. HAvENs. The
only operation of the Company on the
emigrant will be one Of aid and charity
it never can make one cent out Of him
Another result will be, that wherever the
Company sends emigrants, there a Free
State must grow up. 1t is proposed to
operate on Kansas for one year, after which
time she will probably be State, and a
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: free one. Twenty thousand men can to
certainty be put into Kansas before vii
ter. Numbers of persons have written {
the Company that they prefer Kansas I
Nebraska for the soil and climate, but ,ha
they will 90 to Nebraska unless the Con
pany take hold in Kansas, as they will nc
expose themselves to the vicinity of Sla,
cry. The Missouri slave holders have nc
moved Slaves into Kansas, although the
have staked claims, and left men to watc
them. But they will never occupy them
there will be less inducements in thre
weeks or months than now. The report
of Cholera on the route are groundless
Nearly all the applications to the Compan,
already made are from native Americans
When the emigration once begins i,
will be kept up in a constant stream. TIL,
Company can send annually more emi.
grants to Kansas than there are slavehol
ders in the United States The opportu.
nifty is the best ever offered for investment
because the Company Immediately locates
the cities of the new Territory.
Tie Company intends, after about a
year, to remove their operation from Kan.
sas probably to more southern point,
because the design is to make Il line 0,
free States dorm to the Gulf! The result
will be chain Of railroads and southern
route to the Pacific The moral dignity
of this mode of emigration surpasses that
of any on record. Those who have gone
were applauded in public when set
ting out, and the gentleman WHO provided
them with outfits would only take 80 per
cent in payment. A quarter section is
donated to every white male citizen, and
also to those who have declared their in
tentions with few conditions. A gentle
man in the audience questioned whether
such Was the law, as he had only seen it
stated in the Nep- York Herald, but Mr.
Thayer said he had seen it in an authen-
tic quarter.l IfNor;hern blood be shed
in Kansas, it will spring up in armed men
who will annihilate their assailants. What
the Company now wants is thousand
Kansas leagues all over the country, of
which many are already in progress, each
of which is to have master of emigration.
to devote himself exclusively to the busi-
ness. With him the Aid Company cor
responds. This division of the work is
indispensable 4; the Company have already
hundreds of letters which they can not
reply to. Reliable information can be
found in book by-Rev. L. Hale of Wor-
cesier. Those wao 60 should take their
Bibles and their rifles; not for aggression,
but prepared to stand on their rights
The stock books are now open, shares s.,
and one share can be had.
In reply to a question, Mr.. THAYER
said the agents of the Company would see
that there were sufficient provisions in the
Territory for all emigrants; and that they
we're cheap. HOuse-earpenters, he said,
get S5 day. Specific information could
be had from the Master Of Emigration of
each League.-N l. Tribune
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-08-11


Mr.. EDITOR The recent decision Of
our Supreme Court, in reference to the
sale of liquors on the Sabbath, has brought
to light one startling fact, namely, that
the sole penalty alta 3hed to the violation
of our Sunday laws is the pal,ry sum of
81 (and cos,s.)
Verify, sir, there is still some difference
between much of our boasted enlightened
legislation, and the pure, strict code of
Bible morality.
Would it not be we'll to Gall attention,
through the press, to this fact, in order to
procure such an amendment Of the exist
ting statutes as will secure obedience to
the law Of God by a penalty at iaa
son,emhat greater than would be conceded
to almost any petty private corporation to
enforce its peculiar privileges.
Aug. 7, 1854. L.
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VOLUME XI.---NO. 10
WHOLE NUMBER, $50.


mere intellect, and hatis allowable preach
ing But take the act as it stands in life.
measure it by the spirituality CT the New
Testament, speak in plain eolloquial terms,
such as men use in their daily affairs, and
which carry with them the sympa,hies Of
men, and our secular purists are at once
alarmed for the dignity of the pulpit.
"Msu and Human Life will never be
regenerated until ministers feel that all
systems of truth and all doctrines are but
the servants and medicines of men and
human life. And he who can most vivid
ly and accurately take up life as It as, and
hold it over against life as 1t should Je, will
be the man who will the most pungently
reach the great common heart, and teach
the greatest number Of men their real sp..-.
itual condition.
ave have no doubt that a vigorors
landlord, having sharked it all the weel,
screwing and gripping among his tenants,
would be better pleased, on Sunday, -
doze through an able Gospel sermon OF
Divine mysteries, than to be awake
BY practical serman that, aEnyag o.hel
things, set forth the duties of Christian
landlord. A broker, who has gan.5.ed o.
a magnificent scale all the week, does not
60 to church to have his practical sa;ai-
ling analyzed and measured by the "Ncw
Testament" spirit. Caechism is what he
wants-doctrine is to his taste. A mer-
chant, whose last bale of smuggled gods
was safely stored on Saturday night, aud
his brother merchant, Who, on that same
day, swore a false invoice through the
custom -housc-they 20 to church 70 hear
sermon on faith, on angels, on the res
direction. As they have nothing inves
ted in those subjects, they expect the min
lister 70 be bold and orthodox But If he
wants respectable merchants to pay ample
pew rents, let him not vulgurize the pull
pit by introducing commercial questions.
A rich Christian brother owns largely in
a distillery, and is clamorous against let
ting down the pulpit to the vuIgarity Of
temperance sermons Another man buys
tax-titles and noses about all the week 70
see who can be, slipped out Of neslec-
tel lot Ol Sually be naturally wishe
US to p-elch abou. eternity, or M,
raj ability or inability. A mechanic that
plies bis craft with the uuscrupulous ap-
pliance of every means that will win. lie,
too, wants doctrine on the Sabbath, no:
these secular questions. Men wish two
in life the secular and reli-
gious. Between them high wall, AMI
opaque,is to be built. They wish to DO jus:
what they please for six long days. Then,
stepping the other side of the wall, they
wish the minister to assauge their fears.
20 comfort iheir consciences, and furnish
them clear ticket and insurance fer hea-
ven. By such shrewd management, our
modern fnanciers are determined to show
that Christian can serve two masters,
both God and mammon at the same time.
+ Henry Ward Beechsr.
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LEWSBURG UNION COUNTY, PENN, FRIDAY AUGUST II, 1854

k-%know Nothindsm, and its object:
and purposes, are titus defined by the
Frederick (Md.,) Eramiiaer
ave do not believe the Know Moth
ings design to persecute any for opinion 5
sake, or deprive the foreigner of his civil
rights. The organization did not spring
from intolerance of Catholics, but resist
ance to Jesuitical aggression not from
prescription Of foreigners, but opposition
to the undue influence they have exercised
in elections. 1t will prevent both in future,
and when these ends of selfprotec.ion
shall be established, it will, we doubt not,
as quietly pass away as it suddenly arose
and spread"
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-08-11
Worthy Of a Thought.

The Neus Letter states that when the
late Menaserie exhibited in Jersey Shore
the tavern Keepers all closed their bars
There was large crowd, p0-but not q
drunken man could be found Query: Il
such was the happy result for one week
day, why not make the custom daily, and
thus suppress nearly ifnot quite all drunk
epness