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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
COMING GOLD.


A United States mint has been completed in
San Francisco, and is probably ere this time in
active operation, coming down daily vast treas
ures of golden ore. 1t was intended that it
should be prepared to coin thirty million dollars
yearly. The following description Of the sys-
tenn which is about to be established there, will
afford good general idea of the ordinary pro-
cess of coming gold
The metal, after being received in the deposit
room, is carefully weighed and receipt given
Each deposit is then melted separately in the
melting room, and moulded into bars, These
bars next pass through the hands OF the assayer,
who with chsol chips small fragment from
each one. Each chip is then rolled into thin
ribbon, and fled down until it weighs exactly
ten grains. 1t is then melted 10 II little cup
made of calcincd bone ashes, and all the base
metals, copper, tin, &C., are absorbed by the
porous material of the cup, or carried off by OK
idation. The gold is then boiled in nitric acid,
which dissoves the silver which it contains, and
leaves the gold pure. 1t is then weighed, and
the amount which it has lost gives the exact
proportion of imrurity in the original bar, and a
certificate of the amo mt of coin due the depos-
itor is made out accordingly.
After being assayed, the bars are melted with
certain proportion Of silver, and being poured
into dilution OF nitric acid and water, assume
granulated FORM In this state the gold is
thoroughly boiled in nitric acid, and rendered
perisctly free fIsm silver Or any oskS base met
ais which may happen to clitig to u. Ii isnext
melted with one-ninth its weight OF copper, and,
thus alloyed, is run into bars, and delivered to
tie coiner for coinage. The bars are rolled out
in rolling mill until nearly as thin as the coin
which is to be made from them. By process
of annealing they are rendered sufficiently due
tile to be drawn throuuh longitudinal orifee
In piece of steel, thus renducing- she whole to
a regular width and thickness. A cutting ma
chine next punches small round pieces from the
bar, about the size of the coin. These pieces
are weighed separately by the " adjusters, and
and if too heavy are filed down-if too light
they are rc-melted. The pieces which have been
adjusted are run through milling machine,
which compresses them to the proper diameter
and raises the edge. Two hundred and fifty are
miled minute by this machine. They are
then again softened by the process Of annealing,
and after thorough cleaning are placed in
tube connecting with the stamping instrument,
and are taken thence one at time by the ma
chine, and stamped between the dies. They are
now finished, and, being thrown into box, are
delivered to the treasurer for circu lation. The
machinery, of course, for all these processes,
must be of the incest kind. The weighing scales
alone in the deposit room Of the California Mint
cost $1,000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
THE INDIAN CHIEF.

Finding it difficult after the fall of Fort
Mines, to restrain the Choctaws, the late Gen..
F. L. Claiborne, then at Fort Stoddard, on the
Alabama. in command of Mississippi and Lou
isiana volunteers, dispatched Maj. Ballenger into
the nation, and through the influence OF George
s. Gaines, ESQ.,, of Mobile, (then young man
in charge Of the Choctaw iactory,) induced Pu-
sbamatahah, the most celebrated war chiei Of
the Choctaws, to visit his camp. When the
chief approached the Generals tent, he was re-
ceiyed by the Lieutenant on guard, who invited
him to drink. Pushamatahah, answered only
by look of scorn. He recognized no officer
with one epaulette. When the General came
in. the red warrior shook him by the hand, and
said proudly, as toan equal; "Chief | will drink
with you.'' Pushamatahah was the most re-
markable man that tribe ever produced since the
time of Chactas, the great Mingo. He was six
foot two inches high. robust and of hsrculssn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

he deep bosom Of the ocean buried" and their
bodies have since, many of them, been washed
upon the beach, to feed the buzzard, or to
bleach and decay on the lonely and deserted
sands of Marguerrita Island. An old wreck, or
dsmantled vessel, is melancholy and unsghtly
object anywhere. They may be found in all lat
itudes, scattered along the Atlantic coast from
Halifax to the Equator, sometimes upon rock
hound shore, and sometimes upon the shelving
beach, where the sands and the shells rise daily
higher round the shattered bark, as if emulous
to yield her fitting burial. There is mute
eloquence in wreck which appeals to every ma
ofhopcs blighted, power and ener-
gy crushed, peril encountered, and fierce strug-
giles ending, mayhap, in the death of many a
brave man. The white wings that swelled to
the ocean breeze and the cordage through which
It whistled, are gone--and decay, and rust, and
The bannacle, mar the proudest ships that ever
delighted the heartof true saissV..
TELLIAMED.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
FAR AWAY FROM HEAVEN.

We find the following language of solemn
and impressive expostulation and appeal in
Barnes Practical Sermons, which, by the way,
are among the best practical discourses we ever
read. They probe the heart of the Christian
who attentively reads them, and they make the
impenitent man feel that the scenes and retri-
buttons of eternity are just at hand, and that
he must soon mingle amid its amazing realities
and allotlnents.
~ know not what eternal death is. can
tell you some things 1t is far away from
heaven--those bissful plains where eternal JOY
dwells. 1t is far from hope-hope that here
comes to ALL It is the abode Of all the aban-
doned, and profane, and vile-the collected guilt
and wretchedness of this world. It is u place
where no sanctuary like this opens its doors and
invites to heaven; where no Sabbath returns to
bless the soul where no message of mercy
comes to the suffering and the sad. II is a
world unblessed like this with the work of re-
demption On no second Cavalry is there a
Redeemer offered for sin; and from no tomb
there does he rise to life to bless the sufferers
with the offer. and to furnish the pledge Of
heaven. No Spirit strives there to reclaim the
lost and on no aephyr there is the message Of
mercy borne, whispering peace No God meets
the desponding there with promises and hopes ;
and from no eye there is the tear of sorrow ever
wiped away. There is no such friend as Jesus;
no voice of mercy no day-star of hope; no
father, mother, daughter, pastor, angel TO SYM
pathise; no one to breathe for the LOSE she
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
DEATH.

DEATH.
Hark to the signing of the Death-wind Near
or, closer, closer comes the rustling of his shad-
owy wing Lo it hath brushed the passionless
brow of the prattling babe closed the dreamy
eyes-sealed for aye those pouting lips. Hush
thy heart-murmurings, and make his narrow bed
by the winding stream. The Pale-Angel loved
him. he saw the thorny life-path before him,
and took him home.
Hark to the muffled Death-tread He hath
shook his shadowy wings above the head Of the
earth-worn pilgrim. Whittier and colder grows
that wrinkled brow in DEATH Save thy tears,
and carry him to his last home. Long and
wearily he hath struggled with life, and death
hath brought him rest.
Hark to the whispers of the Death-Angel -
He hath kissed the rosy lips Of the laughing
girl. See! how the death-dcw gathers on her
brow, all pale and cold. Brush away the damp
ringlets she heedeth not their beauty now
Plait the snowy shroud upon her bosom-plaee
q chaplet on her head, and lay her in the church
yard. Ye need not weep; ye cannot stay the
Death-Angel
Hears he not heeds he not, the smothered
burst Of bitter agony, wrung from the crushed
and broken heart! Never, nsUer. Onward,
still onward, rush those shadowy wings, sweep
ing down, in their endless fight, the sinless
babe, the aged man with silvered brow, the
maiden in her pride. They bear weight Of
bitter agony, yet theirs is two-fold kindly mis-
sion they call the heaven-born spirit home, and
teach the stricken heart to look beyond the
stream of Life. MINNIE MOORE.
Maple Grorc, 1854.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

SPONTANEOUS CONFESSIONAL spirited con-
troversy has been going on for some time among
men Of science in Europe, as the possibility of
the spontaneous combustion Of the human body.
Mr.. Dickens having disposed of Krooh, one of
his characters in Bleak House, by this process,
some learned critic assailed the incident as
violation of the laws of nature-a sheer i'm
possibility Mr.. D., sharply defended it by
quoting quite an array of authorities to prove
tho repeated occurrence of such facts. Rejoin-
ders followed and the matter is still controyer-
ted, Touching the subject, the London Leader
quotes the following, from u late private letter
from Dr.. Fredrick Lees, of Leeds
81 have just been making an experiment in
relation to the mooted question of spontaneous
combustion, which, us am writing to you,
may as we'll mention. Having had stomach
for the last seven years preserved in ancohol,
mot my own! for that preserve without, as
you know, but one taken at a post mOrtcm from
IL drunkard, who was drowned thought that,
as it had been well stepped in alcoholics both
before and after death, it ought, when fired, to
show at least some combustiye behavior akin to
the case of poor Krooh-if his happened to be
a record of fact. broke the head of the
vessel and set fire to the pint of alcohol in and
around the organ. The spirit burnt away, and
us it signed the upper part of the stomach, but
when all the spirit was consumed the stomach
was still there-stubbonly 'ncom5ustible, as l
expected"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

The NEW WASHING MAcHlNE.--In reference
to new apparatus for washing and wringing
clothes, and worked either by steam power or
otherwise, on large scale or SMALL invented
by Mr.. John Moseley, the Birmingham Journal
says, that in an experiment witnessed by its re-
porter at Birmingham, the machine efectually
washed and wrung a miscellaneous collection of
which no strong woman could have done
in less than day. The machine " takes in the
washing" at one end, passes it under series
of dollies y working in a trough of water,
and afterwards subjects the articles to the &C
tion Of rollers, which act as rubbers finally
turning them out at the opposite end, perfectly
washed and wroung.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

The Moquis, an interesting people, residing
in neatly constructed villages, built upon the
tops of several fat mountains, centre Of the un-
explored region between the Colorado and Gila,
have, it appears from the report of Lieutenant
Whipple's party, been swept off the character
of malignant small pox. There are several vii
lages, built upon mesas or high table rocks. In
one village they found but one woman and a
child alive. So great was the mortality, that
there we're no burials The dead bodies were
thrown from the mesas, and lay in putrid heaps
about the bases. So great was the stencil that
the guides nearly perishsd ere they could get
away.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
JUN N E 8. 1854. :

and the former 81 IL cts per b., the value o
which is $33 ,250,99l. Taking our population
to be u ,00O, ,000-not far from the mark nov
and allow for infants, children and those wlt
90 not use such beverages it is fair estimate, te
assume, that the amount of tea and coffee wert
consumed by one third of our population, which
would amount to 25 lbs of coffee, and nearl,
five pounds of tea for each, but even allowing
that one half of our population indulge in the
use Of these beverages, it amounts to Is lls Of
tea and coffee per annum, for each--an cnor-
nous quantity. If these beverages are injurious
to health, it follows that we exhibit the very es-
sence of foolishness by paying $33, $50, ,99l, per
annur for them in their raw state certainly
this cannot be very creditahle to our boasted
cizilization.
The prevailing opinion of scientific men at
the present day, is not unfaverahle to their Use:
Knapp asserts, that tea end coffee as beverages
are more than mere habits, and fiebig is friend
ly to their use, asserting that tea contains the
active constituents of mineral springs.
In some parts of the world the inhabitants
such as the nomadic tribes of Tartary who are
sturdy and healthy race-use tea both as a
beverage and solid food They use the leaves
as We do dried apples, and the beverage as we
use soups. A man and nation may abuse a
good beverage, and then blame the beverage fol
the evil results of their own imprudence.
change Of food is beneficial to man, and so il
may DO with drink. A certain kind Of food OF
drink may agree with person constitution fol
number of years, and then it may cease, (per-
bans from some cause totally unexplainable) tc
be beneficial, or rather, he will find it conducive
to his health to change it for some other. There
are habits of very bad character, which are
so transparent as to be seen at a glance il
is not so with tea and coffee. As this question
has Il very important bearing on the health and
the purses Of our people,-it deserves more than
common attention. Food, drink, clothing,
houses, and fuel are the grand physical neces-
sares and comforts of life. We could DO very
well without gold; it does not add single es-
sential comfort to life, but it is very different
with any of our com ..on foods Or drinks. The
richest man in this world merely gets his living;
he cannot eat and drink more than the we'll fed
pcasant-so far as the essentials Of existence
are concerned, there is no diff renee between
them. Every question, then, of food or drink,
= e IL u,
Us than those which relate to Court dresses or
Russian wars. This questionable use of tea
and coAcc-is one respecting which no person
should feel Indifferent If such beverages are
injurious, as some say they are, let Us save our
money and health by abandoning them forever,
but first of all, let us have the conclusive
proof, by accumulated evidence, of their delete
rioua influence established. ed.-Scient!fc Ameri-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
MEMORIES OF THE DEAD.

ny LILLE CLIFTON.
They have passed from us--the beautiful
And cherished ones Of earth,
And left Us In our Loneliness
+s r... .i.-. xriii--- t,. :.
To weepshe loved and vaushed f'rms,
Gone to The church-yard's rest,
With the warln gush oftendernesa,
Scare. husaed within their breasts.
Oh II their spirit homes were not
So gloriously, fair,
How would the mourner's dropping heart
Faint tufts mute despair
r. see the forms SO cfs caressed
With love and hope ultold,
81 Laid with the gnawlng coffin worm,
within the foul dark mould
All, evermore--thus evermore,
Our fondest hopes decay,
And still we bind our hearts to those
Who haste 80 soon away
Bearing our all of life's warm dream,
When they lie down to rest,
With pale hands folded quietly
Upon the dreamless breast.
And sleep they ALI unconscious there,
or the dull lingering pain
or hearts that ever yearn to clasp
Those buried forms again;
To hear the old familiar tones
That o'er our memories rush,
AS we gather round the household hearth,
In the evsnings's quiet hush.
Yet It were enough of joy to know
That in yo9 spirit-land,
All-all we've loved on earth shall come
And mingle In our band
Whose memory our heart, have shrinsd,
Like some bright dream Of love,
While they have only hasted OH
Tn ~, ,lc,me ul ahnve
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strength. His form and features were after the
nest models Of antiquity his department COM
;ossd, dignifed and seductive. He was some
times called the q Panther Claw" and the
" Waterfall, " in alluson to his exploits in bat
tie and to the sonorous and musical intonations
of his voice. The late Gen. Samuel Dale in
,orms me that he had heard Tecumseh, Weth-
rlord, the Prophet the Big Warrior, and tux
enubbee, besides all our distinguished orators in
Congress, but never one had such music in his
tones, and such power over his audience, as this
renowned warrior Pushatanahah acknowl-
edged no paternity. "Where are your parents !"
he was once asked. I" | have no father, and no
MOTHER was his proud reply. "The lig timing
struck an oak tree, and Pashatamahah sprung
out of it as he now stands.r Another character
istic anecdote is related of him. A feud existed
between him and Mingo [; the .y,taoo district,
and it WAS. undarsfaa. 49, knives .rsnala
decsde it when met. AT tle head OF numerous
party his rival was approaching evidently agita-
ted and irresolutely grasping tomahawk. Hush
hamahah leaped forward like tiger, his knife
cleaning above his head, but suddenly paused,
and with scornful smile exclaimed, Leaf of
the Yazoo why dost tremblc The wind don't
blow Go squaw go!
This distinguished warrior died at Washing
ton City, where he headed deputation from
his nation to transact some business with the
government. A short time before he expired
Gen. Jackson, then Senator from tennessee,
repaired to MS room. He was in the last agony,
and his comrades were chanting the death dirge
in his ear. Warrior, said the General, "Wh.t
is your wish 7" When / am dead, fire the
big guns over me- were the last words of the
dying warrior. Gen. jackson complied with
his request.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
THE PLAN OF PETER THE GREAT.

THE PLAN OF PETEA TIE UELEAl.
The plan of Peter the Great, who, in 1852
founded the RomanoT dynasty, which rnles the
Russian Empire, has atterly been the theme OF
speculation among the politicians of the world.
Whether the document Published, which ls said
to be the bequeathcd testament of Peter to nis
SUCCESSORS, is genuine, is not clearly ascertaled ;
thonch, as it is consonant with the known au-
dacity. remorselcssness and ambition Of tine Rus
sian monarchs there is reason to believe it genu-
inc. Peters plan, then, for the conquest OF the
world, appears to be progressing towards iul-
filment and for the qualification of our readers,
we publish the last two of the fourteen rules he
laid down for the adoption of bis successors:
"l3. When Sweden is ours, Persia van
quished, Poland sub.ugated, Turkey conquered
when our armies are united, and Euxine and
the Baltic are in the possession of our ships
then we must make separate and secret over
lures, first to the Court of Versailles and then
to that of Vienna, to share with them the do
minions of the world. If either of them accept
our propositions-which is certain to happen if
their ambition and self-interest are properly
worked upon--we must make use of this one to
annihilate the other this done, we have only
to destroy the remaining one by finding pre-
text for quarrel, the issue of which cannot be
doubtful, as Russia will then be already in the
absolute possession of the East and of the best
part of Europe.
"l4. Should the improbable case happen of
both rejecting the propositions of Russia, then
our policy will be to set one against the other,
and make them tear each other to pieces Rus
sa must then watch and seize the favorable mo-
ment, and pour her already assembled hosts into
Germany, while two immense fleets laden with
Asatic hordes and conveyed by the armed squad
rons of Euxine and the Baltic, set sail simulta-
neously from the Sea of Azoff and the harbor OF
Archange. Sweeping along the Mediterranean
and the Atlantic, they will overrun France on
the one side, while Germany is overpowered on
the other. Whom these countries are fully con-
quered, the rest of Earepe must fall easily and
without struggle under our yoke. Thus Eu-
rope can and must be subjugated.'
"Man proposes but God disposes, y is a max
i'm to be commended to Russian consideration. n
Literary Museum.
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That is bad religion which makes US hate
the religion Of other people. That is bad
sect of Christians which encourages its members
to think contemptously Of all other sects of
Christians.
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One hour gained by early hours is worth
more than month in the year.
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Conceit is proud that it has learned so much
wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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