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GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF PArER FROM STRAW OR GRAss-We were
yesterday shown some specimens Of paper
made entirely of straw also some of grass, Of
a superior quality, and nearly as good, 81
far as We could Judge, as rag paper The ex-
hibitor, practi, al chemist, informs us that
he can produce paper for all purposes, of a
superior quality, from straw or grass for
about hall the cost of rag paper, The merit
that he claims is a means Of deprivng the
straw of its aIeT and other qualities which
interfere to produce paper strong, Opaque
and pliable enough for any usc.-N Y.
Tunes.
P,rFB OF Woop. .-Platncr Il Smith of Ice,
have realized the idea Of Julius Roth Of Phi
ladclv hia, and made some paper entirely OF
wood II il made by Mr., ROth's process, in
winch i've has boon eNrrrim 'ntng for slS
years, and Tor which he has obtained a
patcnt The North Adams Transcript des
rrihcr the product uS strong and quite white
il is di!hcult to realize that 1t is, as actual
ly is, made entirely of wood -SPr'ngfelC
Rpvbh'on
PAPER FROM IHE PL,NrnN. We sac i
stated, on the authority of the Demcrar'
| ROYAL Gdsefte, that paper nj good quaht!
/ has been successfully manufactured in tina
region from the plantlin, whose spontancou
growth in almost every country renders II
cheap substitute for the articles nt Presrn
used,
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the whisting OF the wind puuscd out Of dcore
and hearing and seeing all kinds of strange
things. till the chimes went to the quarter
after two
Soon after that | saw little shining lirht
moving about at the bottom Of The church.
1t came nearer to NE, ti;i heard Il tOOtstrp
! had iGncied 50 many things, that was not
sure yet whether was deceived again but
now heard some one call 'Abraham Sted-
man! Abraham Stedmnn three timce. It
was the rectcrs voice, and answered MIN :
bit he did not know where ! was till called
to him to come into the vcstry-room. He
held up his lamp. and was much surpri"ed to
find me a4 woS, related to him what had
hrn,rNri and hc unbound me. He told me
hc had lain awake since midnight wondering
to hear no bells ringing. and had grown un-
easy for he thought could not have failed
to keep my word, and he knew that I was in
the church alone. So ut last, he had deter
mined to come in search Of mo.
This affair made great stir in Chorry.-
But we could get no clue to the PARTIES nor
to their object in mutiating the register -
They had taken out 90 many leaves that it
was Impossible tc tell what particular ,ntrv
they wanted to destroy BUTT was curious
thing, that on examining the skeleton index,
we found that although thoro we're as maov
as thirty entries in those six leaves every one
of them began with three letters Th- was
IL very small clue, and the marriages of that
part were all of many years back go that no
one could evet tell What the names were. 1t
was no wonder that we could get no trace Of
the two men. Before the next year came
round. Chorlcy people had got something else
to talk about as no one came for a copy of
the missing entries in the register, they be-
gan to forget all about my adventure
Eighteen months ottet the night which ]
was bound IN the vcstry-room, old Mr. Godbv
sent for me one night and told Inc he thought
he might yet be able to trace the two strang-
ers. He had got copy of q London news.
paper, in which there was an advertisement
addressed to parish clerks, .induiring for the
marriage register df Mr., MaclcnnI which
took place about thirty years before. The
initial Of that name was one Of our three
letters but as the advertisement mentioned
no place. that would seem II very small mat
ter to 20 upon. But had always thought
that the entry which the two strangers lad
searched for was on the first Of the leaves
which they tore out, and that it wa. the 9TH
or leaves underneath which we're torn with
it, to nut n. off the sccnt Now an tho frs,
mage. we found that there were two entries
both beginning with NJ which wns sometime
more Resides. Mr. Godhv rro.nnoj tbot =
rna;star about ubicb rho rar,;os ,r.aros, a
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-25

"A Free Democrat writes to the Vernon
journal in the following style-slashng, but
sensible:
Stalking abroad through III land is hide
Gus monster that has made his way to the very
vltals OF our free institutions, and If fast con-
sunng them. y matter who has led and nouT-
lshed him I'LL he has come to irlS present g-an-
nc promotions. No matter when his savage
demonstrations first revealed /" people their
danger. All are now conscious that he must
be killed, III order to save our lives. What
folly to waste precious limo contendlng about
he mode of attack 1t matters not whether 1t
be Wing or Free Soil rope that strangl's
HIM, 1t will take our combined strength to do
It.-I.et US take the one which has the most
men hold oft. ! am told that the Wings will
swallow me but | fear II not. have been
swallow ed too many times. The locoiocos
have swallowed me, Van Burenswallowed me,
and now | have the same lnt1eXlbe deter
nlnaiion as ever TO contend against the pur-
pose Of the slave power TO the bitter end. Let
the v higs swallow me whlle Their appetite is
| keen ! give them due notice that they must
keep straight along, and turn neither to the
r,rht nor 10 the left or the operation will kill
| them and their carcasses VIII be LEFT for trucr
men to dispose of, Believing that the Rut-
! land nominees stand on the same platform with
| themselves, and can concentrate the largest
! anti slavery vote, and not caring to give the
men who last year elected Administration men
| to the offices OF Governor and 1t. Governor
| a chance to do any more mischief goody
portion of the Free Democrats among whom Is
| Lawrence Brsinard, whose name the other por
ton were obliged to use IN spite OF hlmso tc
| give their proceedings characterl desire tosup
port theu To the cty raised that we are tur'
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TIE KANSAS EMIGRANTS.

AY J, q. WHITTIER.
We cross the prairie as of old
Tn" Pilgrims crossed the sea,
To make the West, as they the East.
The homestead OF the free.
We 20 to rear n wall ofmcn
On Freedoms southern linz,
And plant beside the cotton tree
The ragged Northern pine.
Wc'cr flowing from our native hills
As our free rivers flow
The blessing ot our muthcr-land
l. ON Us as We 90.
We 60 to plant her common schuls
On distant rrpirie swclls,
And give the Sahhaths Of the wild
The music of her bells.
Jpbearing. like the Ark Of old,
The Bible in our van,
We go to test the truth of God
Against the fraud Of man.
No pause, nor rest. save where the stream,
That feed the Kansas run,
Save where our Pilgrim goufalun
shall huut the setting sun
Well sweep the prairie as of old
Our fathers swept the sea,
And 'nake the West, as they the East
The homestead of the free
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Ono square, 10 lines or less in minion solid.
three insertions, 81 90
Each insertion after the third, cts. per line.
Legal notices ten cents line, more or less, for
three weeks.
Yearly advertisers occupying four squares or
m with privilege Of change, Mt fair discount.
II The privilege of yearly advertisers is limitc!
to their immediate business, in their own namcp
ard oil advertisements for the benefit of other per-
sons as we'll as legal advertisements and advertise"
m"nt. of suction sales and advertisements with the
nlme Of other persons, sent in by them, must he
pnid for at the usual rates.
No report, resolutions or proceedings "t hny cor
porstion, society," association or public meeting. and
NO communication designed to call attention to any
N utter Of limited individual interest can ho ill.,
serted unless paid for as nn advertisement.
no advertisement can be inserted cratuitously for
charitable or other societies, public institution, or
companies.
Contracts for yearly advertising will not he di--
continued unless order to that effect is left at the
Office and when discontinued in less than ycnr, thr
pure Of a whole y,or mH be charErd..
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MISCELLANY.


| had once a long search to make among
the register books of Chorlev Parish. 1t ex-
tended over many wears, and kept me poring,
day after day. over the mustv pages in the
old vestry room. Abraham Stcdman. the
clerk whom we all know very well in Choir
lcv-kcpt me company all the whole time :
and in one Of my midday pauscs. when we
were sharing some bread and cheese and beer
over the yestry fire, he told me the following
passage in his life -
| have lived in the parish. said he. going
on now for seventy years. When think of
past times, my present friends in the place
seem strangers to me- Our old acurain-
tanccs die off one bv one. and new ones come
into their places so gradually. that we scarce
lv miss them but one dav we look round. .
aud find that the world has PASSED into
strange hands
At this point Abraham Stcdman PAUSED
and looked at the ycstry fire for IA few mo-
mcnts | was silent, waiting for him to pro-
coed.
The story am roinr to tell YOU is wonder
full enough, though there are no ghosts in it.
[ do not believe in ghosts. If any man ought
to have seen Ghosts. | ought for. | NAV say.
without any offence to my kind friends of to-
dav. that all NV trucst and oldest friends
are zone to the ghost.mnd and am sure
they would pay me IA visit if they could. Be-
sides. | never feared to walk about an old
house in the dark at midnight. or to 90 at
that silent time through the churchvard
where most of NV friends lie. or even into
the church if had occasion.
On Christmas Eye--I cannot say exactly
how many years ago it is now, but it was
not very long after | was made clerk-thc
rector (that was poor Mr.. Godby) told me he
was in a little prrplexity about the sexton 5
/ l,,,.. II, ,.,,,lI a., "a, ,,.
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EYES IN FRENCH Soup A few dsys
since a person was fined su.-gn francs IN a
Partisan court for assau -ng the cook Of res
taurant, whose unpalstsb'. method Of putting
cues into h,s soup nau reused his ire. Tbs
cook, in reply 10 a ques'..a r ne mas s..sls.
admitted that he was giving eyes to the soup
but as our readers may not all be yesed IN the
mysteries of a Psrslsn kitchen cabinet vs
quote from a correspondent Of the New ork
Times an account of the proces referred ~,
a. given by the defendant in this case, who.
upon the above admission Of the cook, ex-
claimed
"Ah! that's what wanted HIM to seknowl.
edge. Tie was giving eyes to the soup, Nov
let me Just explstera,e the clean way he vas
doing 1t. No one can say that the cooking NJ
Marn B,p'istc is good on The c)Gtrsi! It's
indccatlv I4G, specially the '-''c. Is
made ou, vf bones that hsvp t.tr r' ioy 'o -.
already, alj Of old dcr!Ocs az ."ch ,iE' s'.t-
culeut materials, eni OF cou'-a taere aeTe, n
any shaocw ot an eye Upon il, 80 the coos
makes eye. ~ it. And csush. MIN doing il.
having stepped into the kitchia to see. why tho
soup did not come He put q huitoil il his
N II h, held his head over the pot, and then
snapped his cheeks, which made the oil spit
out 10 drop. Nil over the soup, ard that nale'
the eyes Don, YOU think when | cav that
I that, | had q GOOD hight to come down or him
| | kicked him behind, and spatted his two
cheeks with my two hands, which brought az
the rest Of the eyes out of his mouth
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-25

To SELECT GooD Cows-Of all marks for
ascertainins good cows, (ssys Masnc) the
best are afforded by the blood vessels. If the
veins which surround the udier are large.
winding and varicose, (dilated at intervals,)
they show that the glands receive much blood.
and, consequently, that their functions Hrs
active, and that tho milk ID abundant. Good
and supple SIX in and by tissues rather relaxed
than rigid.
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PIERCE AND BoRLAND, WAsnISGTor ASn
GREYrowS-A PARALLrL.-The following
Resolution and the preceding speech sustaining
it, which is said to have been delivered in
Lumbervillc, y. H., on the Dh inst, by
Mr.. JoruAh PIERCE, are decidedly to the
point. The parallel IS worthy Of PLUTARcn
although not precisely in his style.
"tn cog. fcllow-citzcns, has been cast
upon the Hot of our honored President BY this
base act the valuable Hat of His Excellency
has been seriously damaged. bat his insult has
deeper ,neauing aud wider range-thr
Government nsclfls lnsutod, and by whom?
ask. sir, by whom? VIII you tell Inc that
the wretch vino throw the egg is the party Of
whom redress should be sought? scorn The
conclusion How would such proceedings be-
regarded by foreign potentates' What would
the Emperor Nicholas say to It The city OF
Washington. sir, Is th'n responsible for thl-
insult Her inhabitants are guilty OF the
crime. and shall they escape deserved punish
ment: No. Ic, Washington, like Greytown, b.
blo,tcd out. lmm,Hae dppilpss Let the world
know that our Government, from the lowest To-
the highc.' OF its otlicul5. Is not TO be lnsnIted
with impuulty. T. may be sad that some
Of the people u' Wn-hinr'on are American
clt'IcHS ana lOl'C'hl on l' JiliI'. - "'I'' IVY
Of Greytown. Is there anything n'hc charrctr,
IT the city which sails for mercy: 1t was
SAID of Greytown that most ofltS inhahltcnts
were pecuaors dsordcrly perspus and ulggers,
Can that be denied of Washington: | ask,
why should Greytown he destroyed and
Washington spared; l. the nose ofan obscure
chap like Blrland Of higher national i'm
por'aucc thanthe Hat ofour honored President
Sir, offer the following resolution:
" Rcsoird, In view of the cnormity Of the outrage
offered To- President Pierce by the city Of ashngton
that Secretary Dobbiu should be directed t" Instruct
Commander lollins to proceed with the soop-o-n IT
CvuHe to that city aud tn open upon it with all his
guns for hours without ntcruission and in case
anything should then remain Standing To- land par
ty of marines and burn and destroy the residue and
remainder, uni IS the authorities shall humoly beg
pardon Of the President, and purchase for him a
new Hat of such quality and cost As he shall select
and approve"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-08-25

y TmE JpASEsE made 1t point, when
entertained on board the American vessels, 10
taste of every dish, also take notes Of every
thing. One of them drank a wine glass Of
sweet oil, and some one being curious 10 know
what comment he made upon It, applied for an
Interpretation, when it was found to read, this
10 the worst wine they have got
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FURNITURE WAREHOUSE.
N. PARKER,

XETHOLES tLE AND RETAIL DEALER ihN"ia'
w Diyans, Tete-a-tctes, Ottomans, Mahogany
and Cane seat Chairs, Center, Pier and Card Tables
witt Marble, Mahogany and Black Walnut l"p.'-
Furniture of all kinds, Painted Chamber Hctt', Mat
ire ..e. Feather, Willow Ware, Nindow-Cornice,
10, ingtilns,e- Cloc s. Picture Frames, Bird Cages
Tut. pals, Boxes, Brooo- &c. Also, Plan" fotc''
"B Iudoir Pcoolo" aud square, from the Manniacto-
Hes of the most celebrated BUston makers
ITHe.. aide of Court-hOuse square,
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4 HrsBAND AwAspEp.-Among the re-
wards at the late celebration OF the JACKSON
p,Ue IN Female Seminary, was the follow
ing {" To Miss Hattie j, Hine, for meek
ness of disposition, kind-heartedneSs and al,
fection, a husband-Mr. Austin Rockwell
If such magnificent prizes are annually awar-
ded, that school will become very populsr'
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Vermont Italian Marble.
L Ii


PROPRIETORS, MANCHESTER vt.
4 EXTENSIVE MILL AND TCRES,
N have recently been erected aud the proprictors
are now prepared to furnish any description of Mar
BILE in any quantity style desired.
Ther are satishcd that their facilities will enable
them to furnish Marble of a superior quality, for
Building Purposes, aud for MnUn'nfs especially, on
a. favorable terms the poorer qualities of other
Quarres can he obtained and on account of the
verv excellent quality Of this Marble, they have
every reason to believe that great demand will be
scared for the same
Orders may be addressed to CLARK DODGE,
Factory Point, Vermont or TO EDWIN CRANSION,
our Agent at No. 5 Platt Street, New York.
March !, 1854. d6wn
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y VERMONT ARTILLERY MAN IN THE BRITISH
NAvY.-The Brandon Post extracts the fol-
lowing from a letter received by W W.
Mccall, Of that village, from his brother. who
was formerly for time resident there:
LIVERPOOL. Sd July. lSi4
| shipped on board II. NJ. Steam Frigate
Gladiator on the 2i Of June, and since then
we have been cruising in the North Sea and
along the Norwegian coast ON the look out
for Russian vessels. Our Captain name is
Brookc-son of the Captain who took the
Chesapeake, in the engagement between her
and the Shannon. They have rated me First
Class Petty Officer, as Captain of the Main
Top. Our guns are very heavy calibre, being
Is Founders. They can throw a ball FIVE
miles, and do fearful execution at three miles,
We have two swivel guns ol the same size on
the bow and stern, that can be fired in any
direction. When boarding each man is armed
with ono of Colt'o rovol~oIo besides hls cut
lass and boarding pike, don't know how
this war will terminate, or whether | shall
ever see an engagement but must take nv
chance with the rest, and you may be sure |
wont be the last in the melee. We had big
gun practise at sea; | am second captain OF
one of the broadsidc quarterback guns, and
had the privilege Of firing three rounds at a
target at 1000 yards by the Captain S
express order. | am happy to tell you that
got great praise from every officer in the
ship, rs my shot fell just around the flag on
the cask and they all thought | had been ac-
customcd to firing guns. The Captain asked
me next day whore had fired guns, and
told him | belonged t. AN Independent Ar,il-
lery Company in the States.
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- Soxr Of the bachelors in the ohis Le;s>
isature are for a tax on "bustles." We neVcs
knew bachelor yet, save the editor Of tho
Shsnghail that hsdn', something TO say ahou,
ladies behiad their bscks,
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New England Type
S TEREOTIpE FOUNDRY,
Established in ls2i
HOB a ROBNINS.

NO 66 CONGRESS STREET, BoSTDN, MASS
Eieotrofyp'ag 4 Tgpe CoPperfo' 3D.
aIN ~ H. HoBiNT. Iosnru '" ,OyINs
BAreh -, lS1l d%"ly
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PROCTOR Il W O0D.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS

FnE THt sALEoF
WOOL AND COUNFRY PRODUCE,
NO 1876 STATE STREET
A. s. PROCTOR BOSTON
ts wuop,
IT HEY solicit consignment, Of all kinds Of Coun-
i try Produce, for which cash advances will be
ma O. and to the sale and returns of which prompt
ATTIC iition will be given.
REFERENCES.
heNsrs. Hitchcock, Cobb Winslow,
90 X. +. Fletcher Co.., p
Z" \ Blanchard, Converse Co., "'''o''
" y. +. Rice,
g. n. Seymour Sons, Osden,burg, y. "
f" Cox lIubhell, Putsdam, y. !.
Masigs a Wead, Malone, y. Y.
Reeves 4 stevens, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Hodges 4 Owen, Rutland, Vt.
f" H. b, SSowles, Esq, st. Albans,Nt
Samuel Morgan, Esq, Vergennes, VI.
p. V. LaSkton, Agent,
d&wf OdpgNSHuWGu,N. Y.
March 81, 1854. dtf
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SourH CARoLISA.-We always like to peep
INTO the papers of tins chivalrlc State. We
lind so much that is RICH in morals and in poll
tics, that it repays us we'll late number OF
the Charleston Mercury contains an account
Of a celebration of the Ilh of July, at Orange
burg Court House Among the sentiments we
noticed the following
"The Free Negro MatS.-We envy them not
institutions whose fruits mob violence, murder,
and every crime which disgraccs humanity
The N,braska and Kansas BH.-Though right in
principle the only benefit expect from 1t is the
union of the South in resistance to the aggressions
to which we hope it will excite our enemies.
Blu, II was left to Capt. Moss to develop the
true theory of freedom. Hear his language,
and be asionlshed at the brazen impudence OF
this true representative of the empire of South
! Caroliua
4" The Institution Of Siavry.-The strongest ee-
| meut in republican Government the one Is ahso'
! lutcly essential to the existence of the other
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lucckln frrc Dress.
P,iui,d at No. 6 Coii,s, Street. Burlington, ".
GEORGE w. BENEDICT,
EnlruR ANp PRUPRIEToR.


For Village Subscribers, supplied by the
Carrier, - 'u
If aid ,trirfip in advance. oo
For Mail Subscribers, and those who take 1T
at the Office, oo
If paid strctiV in advance, 30
WHO pay not in advance but before six months, -
After six months 90
Interest chargcablc after the years
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Excessive PoLITENIss A California poet
gives the following lesson on politeness TO
Tive iuyeniles OF the gold region

the Juveniles OF the gold region
Indeed, nv fricnds. far bcttor it would seem
Were YOU TO choose tie other great extreme
Like Que down east, who ar umbrella took,
And from the rain gave shelter to Tduek
Who to a limping dog once lent his arm.
And to sitting hen, said, don't rise, ma'am
Nor e'cn to lifeless things respect did lack
said always To his chair, " excuse my hack
Excuse my curiosity" he said to books,
A nd to the looking glass, excuse my looks
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The y. Y. Erening Post publishes the
statement of Vim. NJ. Miller, an intelligent
New York merchant, who was on board the
Routh and witnessed the shooting case at San
Juan The statement is clear and iuteligi
ble, and makes out as clear case Of deli
bcrate murder against Captain Smith as was
ever perpetrated. The following is an cx-
tract.
VIM L. Miller, residing at $50 Houston
street. in the city of New York, states | was
on board the steamer Routh, when Antonio
the pilot was shot. took passage in the
Routh at Machuca Rapids. About two
O'Clock in the forenoon. was sitting i'll
nv hammock below, ! heard loud talking on
icck, and from some hungos which appeared
to lie alongside Presently two colored boys
came in and took out three pistols, two of
which they concealed in their breast. ! asked
them what was the excitement They told
me Capt Smith was turning the boat around
to 20 back and shoot Antonio the patronc of
the bungo We had just now passed, asked
the reasons of his shooting him, They said
that Capt, Smith aud he quarrellcd every
time they met that he once worked on the
boat with Capt p'ni.h .h". .hey bad -
quarrel, and quarrellcd every time they met
afterwards The boat went on back up the
| river for about half an hour, when she turned
round and ran right down, bows into the
| broadsde of Antonio's bungo. had gone
| out on the guard There were two bungos
| living together, Antonio s outside. 1t sounded
| as if the boat was smashing the bungos all
| TO pieces. Antonio kept sitting on the stern
| of hs boat-the chopa. lie did not rise until
the steamer struck his bungo, when he rose
up, held up his left hand to Capt. Smith,
and said Cuidadd, captain. usted rompe nic
Jango.' Take care, captain, you break
my bungo."
| He was about to repeat the same express
sion, and got out the word " cuidado. when
q ball entered the nipple of the left breast
While standing in this position he had in his
right hand gle-barrelled gun on half
cock, the butt end of il resting on the chopa
of the hungo, his right hand graspng the
barrel about three or four inches from his
mouth,
The instant tho shot entered him he took
two steps forward, and was in the act OF
taking the third, when he tumbled head fore
most into the other bunga next the bank
The steamer then went on. As far as | SAN
in looking back, he remained in the same po
stion with his feet up.
Mr. Miller also states that the murderer il
no more an American than his victim, but
mulatto, Portuguese and Negro.