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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30
PO EFT Il Y.
LAW vs.. SAW

Sitting in his office was lawyer
Standing in the street n SAWYER;
On the lawyers anxious face
lon could read knoiiy case,
Needing law;
While the sawyer, gaunt and grim,
TN rough and knutty limb
Ran his saw.
Now the snw-hnrsc seemed 10 me
Like a double \ in Zee,
And the saw.
Which ever way twns thrust,
Must he followed hy the dust,
Like the lnw.
And the law upon the track,
Like the client on the rack,
Playing It's part
As the tempered teeth of sicrl
Made wound that would not heal
Through the hcart..
Aud each several stick that fell
In lis iailiug seemed 10 tell
All too plain,
tlt the many severed lies
! hat in law suits will arise,
Bringing pain.
Then methought the sturdy pnw,
That was using dNc and saw
On the wood
Had a yielding mInc Of wealth
W nh lis honest toll and health,
Doing good.
II The chips that srcwed the ground,
Ry some stricken widow found
In her need,
should by light and warmth impart
Blessings TO her aged heart
Happy de
The conclusion then draw,
That no exercise of law
Twisting India rubber law,
Is as good,
~ the exercise Of paw,
Saving wood.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30
RecoIlections of the Churchill Battery, at
Burlington, Vermont.

Soon after the declaration of war in 1872,
IA camp was formed on the plain Immediately
north Of the lower end of Pearl street, under
the command of Colonel Isaac Clark. (OH
Hf's) of the llth Regiment of Infantry
Early in September the troops in this camp
,ioncd, at Plattsburg, those which had been
assembled at Greenbush and other places, for
tho INVASION, and as was confidently believed,
the speedy conquest of Canada. There, before
the hostile march commenced, were several
companies of dragons II large part of the
regiment of light artillery, all the men
mounted, under command Of Major Eustis !:
two companies of foot or field artillery the
9th infantry, Col. Simonds the 9th, Col
larncd the llth, Col. Clark the 18th e,
Col, Pike the Dist, Lieut.. Col. Ripley and
the 2jth, Col. Cutting all under command
of the veteran Major General Dearlorne, who
had been distinguished in our revolutionary
war, assisted 10y Brigudier Generals Bloom
/ field and Chandler. But the campaign OF
| that year terminated when the invasion was
/ about To commence, for, in the latter part Of
/ November, some of our troops having ne
constitutional scruples," actually crossed
the line in the night, drove picquet guard
from its post in Odcltown, and then the
whole army, the graHd army, which it was
expected would plant the eagle and stripes,
almost unresisted, over all Canada. if not on
III" t"ppl King Georges crown, marched back
hom Champaign, and went into winter quar-
ter' at Plattshurg and Burlington.
That part of the force at Burlington unde,
Br5adier General Chandler, consisted of tw,
companies of dragons, Captains Hall and
Butler; one company o! foot or field artillery
under cummind of Lieutenant ChurchM, Qi,
Captain, James Elliot, having resigned il
) rtemher y with one II and two e pouude,
guns, the 9th regiment of infantry, Col
Iarncd, the llth, Col, Clark the 2lst
Lieut. Col Ripley and the 2jth, Cot. tut
ting. These arrived about the 25th of No
vemhrr, IGrn. Drarhornc came this way, an'
; gave dinner, ON Thank ssi,ins day, at Saw
yer's Hotel, the troops went into a range u
hastily and slightly built quarters which ey
teuded from Pearl street along on the eas
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30
THE CHANGES OF TINE.

Thou universal W Worker, thou hast wrought
Vast changes in the world Of heart and thought.
Once flowed the stream Of feeling, like n brook,
In natural wndings we feel by book.
And once, as joy or sorrow moved the man,
He laughed or wept, unguided by plan
0foutward part for in his ripper years
The hoy still lived and anger, love md fears
Spoke out in action vehement :-'twas strength
strong heart, strong thought thought, feeling ran
their length
In wild grandeur, they passive lay,
Like waters crcled in n wooded bay,
That take from some slow cloud the quivcring light
Flung from from its showing riffs and glittering
heights.
Yes, free and ever varying played the heart;
Great Nature schooled it life was not an art
And as the bosom heaved, wrought the mind
The thought put forth in act and unconfned
The whole man lipsa his feelings. Time shall say
If mans the same in this Gus latter day.
Dana.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, }
Cook County. {

dcrsland that rooms had been taken for Judge
Douglas. ut one Of our principal Hotels, and
that was expected 10 arrive on Sunday NOR
ning. But the public indignation became 50 up
roanous Oh Sunday, in ex ectation Of his visit,
that the Postmaster telegrsphed him not to
come, that the town was rather too warm a
place Tor him. Al present. When this fact be-
came known, the public were satisfied the iral-
or did not intend TO venture on visit here, I
aud the excitement somewhat subsded.
Whether our Senator will visit Oh cago this
season or not, we are unlniurmed. Should he
yanule upon such an expedition, we promise
HIM AN audience ten times as large as any that
he ever stood before in Chicago thieago
Tribune, IAh.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30

FARMERS, Norr TINS. 10 cloudy morn.
ing, II is a matter Of Importance to the farmer
to know whether it will be sunshny or showery
in the afternoon. If the ants have cleared
their hole nicely, and piled the dirt up high, It
seldom tails to bring clear day to the farmer
thought ii may be cloudy till ten or eeven
o'clock IN the forenoon. Spider-webs will be
very numerous about the topes o the grass
and grain some cloudy mornings, and fifty
years observation has shown the writer Of tms
that these little weather guessers seldom fail
in their predictions of fair day Exchange
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An fSNocENT POSTMASTER. One of the un-
informed Postmasers out in Suckerdom, who
found among the Post Office laws clause to
the effect that "each Postmaster may be allow
ed t,co mills for delivering from his office to a
subscriber each newspaper with posttge,
sent his bill to the Department for delivering
the only paper that was sent to his office, and
told them that as his wife was out Of the arti-
CAL they might send HIM couple of coffee mills
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WOMAN DEAR WoMAN.-" It's quite too
bad ofye, Darby, to say that your wie,s worse
than the Devil"
"An' place your Reverence, lean prove it
by the Houly Scrlptur-T can be the powers!
Didn't your Reverence, yesterday in your sar-
mon, tell us that if we resist the Dlvil, he'll
flee from us Now, if resist my wife; she fees
at me-
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30

Robert Kettle, of Glasgow, having left some
temperance tracts at the house of friend he
found them, on calling few days after. ser
wing the purpose of paper-curls 10 one of the
young,ladies.
swell" said he, @ see ye hae made use
of the tract; but Immediately converted con-
fusion into merrmcnt by adding" Only We
hac put them on The prong side oyer head,
lassie."
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30

Is IT True? The Journal of Commerce
compliments New England as follows:
Boston is large place, and New England
is large place; but neither of them is of any
great account in the aggregate of the nation.
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[froiu the Washington Union.l

The FISHERMAN OF CARE COP SUPPORTERS or rut
CONSTITUTION AND DEFENDERS or rng UNION We
nave great pleasure in transferring to columns,
from that st terling Democratic journal, the Barn
stable Patriot, the following resolutions, adopted
unanimously at a meeting of the Democracy OF that
vicinity on the 29th ult. What a signal rebuke of
the vnunting declarations Of the Summers, Eiots,
Bankses genus of the delegation Of the state,
that the people Of Massachusetts, not only oppo
sed to, but would rample upon the Nebraska bill :
Very few would suppose that the meeting
over which the Union makes such flourish
OF trumpets, was composed Of but five persons
-four CustomHouse officers and an expectant.
Yet such is the fact published in the Boston
papers The Union can find a corporal's guard
ofjust such creatures wherever the govern
ment has SO many tide walters.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30

BENEFIT OF DRuSKENSEss.-Dicken in
his " Sunshine on Daily Paths" conveys in
the following manner great social truth
As we walked along. my friend began to
make calculations as to how many PEOPLE -four
ish in every country on the bad he bits and vi
ces of their fellow citizens. lie wove a chain
of terrible length to show ho,o niuny men pere
interested IN the drunkenness Of The country.
man reeled past us in the imbecile singing
vr .l'e 'iee. "rh"' NAN sad nv eccentric
friend, "wlll do the State some service to night
Presently he will create a disturbances; po-
llceman will walk him off to the station house
and be promoted; his shirt will be torn, to the
benefit ofsome poor lone seamstress; aud there
he has broken his yard Of clay, to the ndvan-
tage ofihe manufac'ory we have just leh. De-
lirum tremens will come at last, and with It
a surgeon and with the surgeon, herbs which
are now growing under the burning heat Of
Indian skies
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-06-30

WoRDs FiTLY SPoKEN.-The ST. Louis In
telligencer lectures the people otthe North al
Ter the following fashion:
"lnstcad OF killing U. S. officers who are
dschargng sworn duty IN tryingto execute
the laws you hate, you would shew more sence
and Justice in hanging a few dough face
knaves that you habtually send to Congress to
make such laws. Who is responsible for the
so called Nebraska perhdy? Who, but men
of the North, sent to Congress by the vote of
northern people? They have the numerical
majority they could easily have defeated the
Nebraska perfdy. Bot they did not do 1t.
They bartered your votes, and their souls, ac-
cording to your account, to Franklin Pierce,
stephen A. Douglas and the devil"
We wish we could ssy that there was no
truth in this.
"Dos'r carry On So" said Mrs. Pauington
to Ike as she saw HIM resting his head on the
ground in a vain attempt TO throw his heels
into the air There was sollcitude in her tone
and a corn broom IN her hand as she looked at
HIM "You must not act so gymnsstily, dear,
continued she, "you will force oil the brains
you have got into your head If you do ou
can't do ike the circus riders, because .Proyi-
cence has made them O. purpose tor what they
do, out Of lngee rubber, and 1t don't hurt 'en
at all. They ant go, bones like other people
and can turn heels over head with perfect im
purity. Don't do it," screamed she, as the
boy stood ON one leg upon the wood horse, and
made a ieint as II about TO throw a summerset,
You'll desecrate your ueck by and by with
your nonsense, aud then ycu'll regret II as
long as you lye.' Ike desisted, as the dame
smiled and held a circular lpiece Of copper be-
fore his gaze; such persuasive potency had
that smile over him backed by the copper
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B- The GREATEST VERDICT lET,-The
Chicago Journal publishes the following as a
" correct copy" of the verdict of a coroncr's S
jury in the case of murdered girl.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Cook County.
An inquisition taken for the people of the
State of Illinoise and county of Cook, this
Goth day n. d. 1854, before Mr., Austin Ilynes,
Coroner of said county Of Cook upon the view
of body of Female Child, name unknown
then and lying dead upon the oaths of Twelve
Good and Lawful Men of the peopel of the
said State and County OF Cook, and When
and who the said came to his or she came to
her death We the Jury do say We the Jurors
do Agree The Body came to her Death by
death unknown.
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GE Va EE ED we
G. L. Benedict,
COM MISSIONER FOR TUE STATE OF
VERMONT, NEW YORK.
OFFICE 20 UaH Street.

JOHN B. WHEELER,
REAL ESTATE A q GEN IT,
l3 PECK's BUILDING,
Particular attention given to the purchase and
sale of Real Estate, the Investigation of Land Titles,
Leasing, Collecting Rents, Insuring Paying Taxes,
&c., &c., &c.
yddwtf
George F. Edmunds,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLO OR AT
e. Va NN
SOLICITOR IN CIlANCERN.
Office over Commercial Bank, Burlington.
March 10. d@wti
G. F. DAVEY,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERf.
- Office Northwest corner of new Town Hall.
Burlington, vermont.
May 23d. d@wly
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-20
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

we are requested to give notice, that a general
Meeting of the Democrats of New Hanover County,
will be held at the Court House in Wilmington, on
TUESDAY, MARCH 18th, 1S54-being Tuesday
OF County Court week-for the purpose of sending
Delegates to the State Convention, for the nomna-
ton of Democratic Candidate for Governor It will
also devolve upon the meeting to consider the organ
ization of the party in this County, with reference
to the August elections for Governor and Members
of the Legislature
full attendance is earnestly requested as it is i'm
portant that the whole matter should fully and fairly
he considered and decided upon.
January 6, 1854. 18-tm
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Something Ridiculous.

short time since, the Herald of this place mott
eed communication, purporting to come from New
bern, which appeared in the Norfolk Beacon claim
ing as matter of right, that the Revenue Cutter
should be stationed at Newbern, instead of Whining
ton, and charging upon Secretary Dobbn, undue
Partially for the Cape Fear section in the location
of the Cutter. In its notice. the Herald very prop
erly replied to, and rebuted the charges and insin
uatons of the Beacons correspondent so far as the
town of Wilmington is coaeemed For own
part, we hardly thought worth while to reply to
anonymous writer who had TO 60 out of the State to
make charges and assertions, the folly of which we
thought would be admitted by every man of common
sense and information within the State. But we
find that the Newbern Atlantic, in its last issue,
copies the foolish affair." and endorses every word
there written"
The writer asserts that Wilmington has compare
lively little commerce, and that vessels cannot get
out of the bar without sounding, and all that sort of
thing. Now, the fact is, that the exports alone Of
Wilmington for the year 1858, have been fully six
millions, as can be shown from our own reports in
the Daily Journal, which we will venture to say is
equal to all the ports on the Sounds Its imports
we cannot easily at but they have been pro-
pOrtionably large. Full twelve feet pass over
the Main Bar at high water during any state of the
tides, and little has yet been done at the mouth of
the River the favorable effects of the works at that
point are already perceptibe. What draught
of vessels come up to Newbern? How far is it
from the Inlet? How many banks, swashes etc.,
have vessels to pass their way there? We really
do not want to say word against Newbern, or any
other town in the State. We would rejoice to hear
of their prosperity, but can see no reason why any
parties should start or give currency to ridiculous
misstatemens about this place. 1t is certainly Meth
er right nor neghborly.
1t is proper to remark, that the Cutters subject
to the disposal of the Secretary the Treasury and
not of the Secretary of the Navy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-20

BG~ We are panied to find that the reports OF
death by Small Pox in Duplin are fully borne out by
the facts and that, among the deceased, are some as
valuable and respectable citizens rs the County
tanned.
Among the deaths by Small Pox are Mr. James
Jerman late County Court Clerk; Mr.. Alexander
Grady, Jr. Alexander Grady, Sr and wife, and two
of their children reported to be dead Goodman Ora
dy and wife; Outlaw Grady; James NJ Grady and
child; Mr.. Jarman's child Mr.. Hugh MaxwerE
child
Fifteen members of Mr.. Jerman's white and col
ored family, including Mrs. Jerman and two of th'
children are said to be down with the same disease
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-20
,,..-,,,r, ,..,or..,t from Mexico-The Treaty Com


New ORLEANS JAM 12.-The steam ship Ie1ds
has arrived from Vera Cruz bringing advces from the
city of Mexico 10 the 18th inst Among her passen
gers are Gen Gadsden, U. S. Minister at Mexico,
Colonel Ramsay, the two Messrs. Hargous' and oenof
Atoche L..
General Gadsden, who left New Orleans THIS
Thursday evening route for Washington mas
brought with him highly important Treaty whIch
he had concluded with Mexico, in which all issues
have arranged to the honor and satisfaction OF Doth
Governments The principal feature In 1t is thar
Mexico grants the United States thirty pine million
acres in the Mesilla Valley receiving IN payment
therefor $4,000, 900, and for all claims, including
the Garay grant, lndemnities, and private CLAIMS
only $4,000. 900.
The Mexican papers notice the Treaty faVorao,y'
and state that it has been received with Joy by the
public. 81 u,
1t is understood that Sloos company will pay the
Tehuantepec company 100000. for rellnqulshl"s
their claims
! Gemhardina is dead and General Amonte,. the
present Minister at Washington has been appointed
as his successor General Alcosta. Minister OF war
has resigned but no successor has as yet been ap'
pointed
There has been nothing later from California re
ceived by the Texas, with the exception that wal
kers expedition had been destroyed and the Caroline
ned
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-20
The San Francisco.

The barque Three Bells, arrived at New York
the 13th bringing the painful news that the steamer
San Francisco had foundered at sea, and that two
hundred and forty Of her passengers were washed
overheard. The Three Bells brings two hundred
and thirty of those board the steamer the barque
Kelly, of Boston, has also Some and others on
board the ship Antarctic bound to Liverpool. Among
those on board the Three Bells. are Major sWeyse
and Lieut.. Winder Others including Col. Gates,
Major Merchant, Col. Burke, Capt. Judd, Lieut..
Fremont Lieut. Loeser, Lieut.. Van Voort and all the
ladies, except the unfortunate Mrs Taylor,
board the Kelly, bound to Boston. Lieut. s. {. Win
DER and Lieut. Chandler are on board the ship An
tarctic bound to Liverpool. All the troops were d-
vided among the three vessels
1t seems that all the spars Of the steamer were
blown away on the oath On the 25th, the piston
rod broke, and the engine stopped, leaving the YES
sci unmanageable. She labored so heavily that she
soon commenced leaking badly, when the soldiers on
board were organized into baling gangs. At o.
clock on the day, the struck her amidships,
carrying away both the smoke-stacks, all the upper
saloon, stavng the quarter deck through. and wash
ing over a large number of passengers among them,
Major Taylor and wife. AL! who were lost, perish
ed by washing over at this time. On the 9th spoke
the Barque Kelly, of Boston, from New York, who
lay by her until three o'clock P. NJ, on the Goth
taking upwards of hundred persons on board Al
night the wind increasing. with squally appear
ance, the Kelly let go her hauser and was seen ne
more.
The gale continued throughout the Both and 3lst
On the morning of the lstnst., the THEE Bells came
in sight and laid by till the Sd, when her boat came
alongside On the day, the ship Antarctic. from
New York. for Liverpool, bore down, and both yes
sells commenced taking off passengers, provisions anC
water and by sunset on the 4th, had all on board
The next morning, they took off the crew and off
GERS, Capt. Watkins being the last man to leave TIT
San Francisco 1t is said, that after all had left tn
steamer was scuttled and sunk. Scuttled or not, j
seems certain that she sunk.
These seem to be the main facts, though somewha
confusedly put down in the telegraphc despatche
of our Washington and Baltimore exchanges.
telegraphic despatch received by mercantile hrn
here on Saturday afternoon, give nearly the sam
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-01-20
Sale of Property.

On Thursday last, NJ. Cronly, Auctioneer, sold
the building on the North side of Market street,
above Front occupied below by the Store of Messrs
Hedrick g. Ryan, and above by Mrs Blanks as a
Boarding House, for S9,20O-half cash. the balance
in six, twelve and eighteen months. The building
is four STORIES with front of "a feet, running back
to the alley. Property seems to be advancing every
day James Cassidy, Esq, was the purchaser