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TUESDAY, June II, 1853.

TUESDAY, June II, 1855.
The debate on Slavery has ragged all
day with great vehemence. On the part
of the South it has been conducted with
much fearlessness and power Foster and
Wilson of Massachusetts,, and Ford of
Ohio, have made magnificent speeches,
showing the impossibility of union on the
majority resolutions, denouncing the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise and
demanding its restoration. The n. Y.
Delegates have been riddled fore and aft
for their doughfrccism. The South is
cowed completely, and the doughfaces are
thinning out wonderfully Men here are
beginning to find out that the North are
in earnest. Seymour of New York has
deserted his associates and come on to the
restoration platform. Pennsylvania has
seen new light, and says she can be saved
only on that platform. Fosters speech
was admirable. Wilson came down with
crushing force on the New Workers, and
Ford swept the field. Richmond of Mas
sachusetts, Cumback of Indiana, Barker
of New York, and Cunningham of South
Carolina have been among the other
speakers. Kenneth Raynor has felt stiff
fened up by dispatch from reliable
friend. in New York, saying that not a
single Free State can be carried on the
majority platform. The South are on
their knees asking for a compromise. It
is impossible to describe the effect of the
days debate. The talk of the North has
been of the plainest and most vigorous
sort.
A third session has just commenced,
and the debate goes on.
Ten O'clock, p. M-The Council is
still discussing the Slavery question. Ma
ny delegates yet desire to speak. Sperry
of Connecticut spoke well tonight, de-
nying the spinal complaint and demand
ing the restoration for Kansas as the least
concession to Connecticut. Kenneth Ray
ner created q great storm among the
Southern members to-day by declaring the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise not
only uncalled for, but an outrage. The
question will be reached tomorrow. The
probability is that both The majority and
minority resolutions will be rejected, and
milk and water attempted.
The reports which prevailed this after
noon, that portion of the members Of the
Convention had seeded, and that there
was prospect of the Convention break
ing up in q row, is contradicted. The
Slavery debate was not resumed, the Con-
vention being engaged in discussing the
naturalization laws-pending which the
Platform Committee made their final re-
port, which was laid on the table, and
will not be taken up until the naturaliza-
ton question is settled. a.z.s
FRIDAY, June Is, 1855.
i The Know Nothing platform published
embraces the majority resolutions on slave.
ry; declare that the principles of the or,
der are henceforth to be openly avowed
members are at liberty to declare member
lship, and there is to be no concealmen
in regard to places of meeting.
i The Boston seeding delegates return
ed home. The delegates from the fret
States recommended concentrate actor
in the present crisis of affairs.
Il
Revolution in Northern Mexico.
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FROM S. AMERICA. The steamer uli-
nois brings full files of papers from the
Southern coast, but they contain nothing
of interest, beyond the following:
Lima has lately been in quite ferment
in consequence of the prospect Of imne-
diate trouble between Peru and her next
neighbor, Ecuador. General Flores, the
inglorious hero of the expedition against
Ecuador in 1852, is now in Lima, and il
is said is actively engaged in maturing
his plans for another campaign. It is
more than suspected that he is endeayor-
ing to secure the aid ofthe Peruvian gov
ernment in his behalf
Be this as it may, his presence in Lima
was regarded by the Ecuadorian minister
as an insult to the government and he ac-
cordingly addressed letter to the minis-
ter of Foreign aoairs, asking that Flores
should be Immediately expelled from Peru,
in accordance with treaty existing be-
tween the two countries This wns de-
clined an the part of Peruvian government
whereupon the Ecuadorian minister de-
manded and received his passports and
left for home on the last steamer. z: $.
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New oRLEANs, June Deaths ist;
week, s76, inc lpding goo ~ cholera, -
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sea for Wanf Of Patrolnasre. ,t,.' 4. !.

The Ge<eHe, published at Beverly, Washing
ton county, Ohio died last week for. want Of
1sFonage The Gazette was q neat little paper,
s1d s1fted by : clever fellow; but it unfortu-
n4tslf Joined its fate to, the Know, Nothings,
ard fell when, its party went into decline.
HOPE ycn VIII engage in a betterscause next
time. E6.. and be more successful -. =. :,
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The Cholera st new orleans.

The Cholera at New Orleans.
At a meeting of the Board of Health
of the State of Louisiana, held May 80,
the following resolution was passed, de-
claring the Cholera an epidemic in this
city: -.
Resolved That the Board of Health mo-
titles the public through the Press Of the
city, of the existence of epidemic Cholera
in our midst, and that it recommends to
all persons the observance of precaution-
ary measures against the attacks Of the
disease mentioned.
The Board also called upon the Coun-
Gil to appoint Health Officer for the city,
but at the meeting of our Know Nothing
and do nothing Aldermen, they postponed
the consideration Of the subject for one
week.
We hear of heavy rains above Us. and
hope our turn will come soon. The report
of the Charity hospital this week shows
no increase of deaths. The disease soon
runs its course, and does not permit Of pa
tients being removed to q hospital.
Our streets are as dirty as ever, and no
doubt will remain so. - s.
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11Gun1kSk Ne aboScs sEcturns are doubtless,
very incorlestssizin somedf fthe townships the
4anfnsprdannsa isabus' q very litticlmore than
tKs edinsry xotess5 II the returns were aeon
nnstAhsaggsegafs would not be less than 5000.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-05

The GREATEST INTEREsr.-From
the returns of the census it appears
thht the number Of persons engaged,
and the amount Of capital invested
in the one great interest of Agricul-
ture in the United States, exceeds,
by far, all the other great industrial
interests Of the nation. Commerce,
Manufactures, Mechanics, and the
Arts, with all the various professions
combined, do not equal, in amount,
the interests Of those usually denom-
mated Farmers. While we would
not detract an iota from The import
ance of protecting, aiding, and en-
couraging, on the part Of the general
and state governments, all the inter-
ests, in proportion to their value, we
do insist upon the importance Of
encouragement in this noble calling,
in some degree, at least, commensur-
ate to its value, and the number Of
persons and amount of labor and
capital invested in it. II seems to
US that Congress and the state legis-
latures pay too little attention to the
advancement Of this, Of all others,
the greatest and the most important
of all the industrial interests of the
country. The Amy, the navy, COM
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-05

How TO RAISE MELoNs.-Make a
box OF boards four or five inches
wide, that is, side and ends of box,
six by eight or seven by nine inches
in size, and place it centrally over
your hill, and lay a square of glass
upon the top Of it. You then have
your plants secured from the cold,
from the little black lice that destroy
SO much Of our labor, the worm that
frequently cuts them off at the roots,
and the yellow bug that is SO destruc-
tive to vines. Coarse millinet tackled
upon the top Of the box will answer
instead Of glass. BY these little
pains in early starting and securing
vines, we have known watermelons
weighing from 90 to 40 pounds per-
fectly ripened at an early season for
such fruits in central Vermont, almost
under the shadow Of her Green
Mountains, and a plat of one or two
hundred hills succeed almost without
the failure Of a hill. Muskmelons,
cantelopes and cucumbers have sue
ceeded equally we'll by the same
means. Hills secured by the box
covered with millinet have flourlshed
and grown rapidly, while all around
them utterly persisted in few days
by the lice and bugs. A sufficiency
Of such fruit for a famiIy's use may
be secured with very trifling care and
expense.
Reader, the above is to DE read
this winter, and remembered next
spring, as soon as the frost is out Of
the ground.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-05
A BARNARD Scene.

We take the following life-like
picture from one Of Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher's letters to the N. Y.
Independent, written from bis farm
in Lenox, Mass:
When we were here in August,
the odorous barns were full of new
mown hay, and the hay was full of
buried crickets and locusts, that
chirped away as merrily from the
smothered now as if il were no prison.
The barns now are still. The field
crickets are dead, the locust is gone,
and the hay has lost its clover-smell.
In August, we loved to throw wide
open the doors, upon the threshing
floor, and let the wind through. But
now, only the sunny door looking
south stands open. No little swallow
twitters in and out, or in his swift
fight, marks dark circles in the sky
gone as soon as made.
There ore two barns. The floor
OF one is covered with shocks Of corn,
whose golden ears, split through the
husk, are showing their FURNISHED
rows of grain. The other floor is
heaped with unwinnowed buckwheat.
oh what cakes shall yet rise out of
that dusky pile But now the buck
wheat that is (buckwhest, its kernels
being shaped like beech-nuts) lies in
chaf that swells the bulk, but dimin-
ishes the value. II we could sell
grain in the chaff as we can books,
would be very profitable.
l love to sit just within the sunny
edge of the south door, whose pros
pect is large and beautiful, with an
unread book for company. For q
book, like a milestone 10 = scythe, 10
meant, not to feed, but to sharpen
The appetite A wagon rolls past,
rattling over the stones.-From un-
der unthreshed straw, mice squeak
and quarrel; lonesome spiders are 70.
pairing their webs in the window that
catch nothing but dust and chat.
Yet these bumbailiffs have grown
plump on something. wonder what
! spider is thinking about, for hours
down in the dark throat Of
his web, where he lies a. still a. il he
was dead.
Our old Shanghai steps up with .
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-05

HoPs HoPs The raising of
hops is getting to be big business,
among the farmers, in many towns in
Vermont. According to a state
ment in the "Plow, Loom, and An
viii" by Doct. Ariel Hunton Of
Hydepark, there were, in that town,
the past season, 100 persons engaged
in Hop culture-quantity raised IS
,ons-and price received 26 cts. per
ID. amounts to about $4,000 re-
ceived by the farmers of that town,
for this one article, in single year.
Cash paid for Hops, raised in the
County Of Lamoille, the past season,
estimated at 100000.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-01-05
VOL. XIX, NO. 6.....wHoLE NO. 25l6.

merce, manufactures, and Uncle
Sam himself, are annually nursed and
cherished, with a mothers bounty
and affection, by appropriations Of
millions upon millions Of the peoples
money, while the one great interest
Of the producer, the farmer, that in
value and importance far outweighs
them all, is left to take care OF ITSELF,
10 fight its own battles, raise food
for the many, pay taxes for the sup
port of government,and the poor, and
having taken care Of the crest Of
mankind" they are told, by word, or
by neglect, to push ahead with their
calling, at their own expense, without
asking aid or encouragement from
the government, state or NATIONAL
Is this right ! Is it just and equal +?
Should the greatest national interest
receive the least attention
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purtrp.
The May Sun sheds an Amber
Light.

Light.
BY. W. c. BRYANT.
The Nav Sun sheds an amber light,
On new leaved woods and lawns between I;
But she who, with a smile more bright,
Welcomed g. watched the sprnging green,
Is in her grave,
Low in he grave.
The fair white blossoms of the wood,
In groups beside the pathway stand;
But one, the gentle and the good,
Who cropped them with fairer hand;
Is in her grave,
Low in her grave
Upon the woodlands morning airs
The small birds mingled notes are flung /;
But she, whose voice more sweet than theirs,
Once babe her listen, while they sung,
Is in her grave,
Low in her grave.
That music of the early year
Brings tears of anguish to my eyes;
My heart aches when the flowers appear,
For then think of her who lies
Within her grave,
Low in her grave.
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Northern, n. IL, Railroad.

After Oct. ,, 1854, up Passenger trains leave
Concord at 10 As A. NJ. aud 3 NJ, arrival Of
trains from Boston Worcester, Lowell, Lawrence, q c
connecting with the trains the Vermont Central
and Passumus,c Railroads.
Leave White River Junction, at 7.05 A. NJ. and
1890 p NJ. arrival OF tue Cars from she Og-
densburgh, VT Central, PassnmPsie aud " bite Noun
tain Railroads.
Both tho Down T.ains over this Road connect at
Nashua wuh Trains to Groton Junction, Worcester,
Norwich, NewXork, Providence, Springfield &c, also
1t Concord with trains TO Portsmouth, Manchester,
Lawrence aud Salem and TO Nashua, Lowell and Dos
ton
oNsLOW sTEARNS, Agent.
Concord, y. II. Sent. 30 1854
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u EVERY FRIDAY mOkN1N9
TERMs.-si ,sOsash inadvance 5000 ifpaymen'
snot made ia advance interest always charged from
end ofthe ycai.
Anneted is list of agents to receive subscriptions
advertisements and eommu ncation., and acknowiadgs
paymentfor the same.
Bakersfield, }. N. POMERoY,
Brookdeld, :. II. SMITH,
Cabot, c. c. BROWN,
Danville, CHARLES 5. DANA,
Elmore, ;. G. SCOTT,
nyiepatk, EDWARD D. SAWYER,
johnson, c. w. SCOTT,
Marshfcld, f. n. PUTNAM,
Worthwhile, J. c. MOVES,
Middlesex, JESSE JOHNSON, Jr
Mortified, f. SMITH,
Orange, CARLOS CARPENTER,
Plainfeld, A. r. BANCROFT,
South Hardwck, c. sHIPMAN,
Stowe, JOSEPH c. RAYMOND,
straGord, WILLIAM ROLLINS,
South strafTotd, DANIELW. JUDD,
Tanbtidge, AARON n. KING,
Waisfed and Fayston. ORANGE SMITH
Warren, FRANKLIN A. WRIGHT,
Waterbury and DuKbury,
wiiiiamstown, DARIUS PRIDE,
Worcester. JONAS ABBOTT.
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From the Rutland Herald.
Criminals in Confinement in
Vermont.

BY the kindness Of the gentlemen
who have the superintendence Of our
State Prison, and the County Jails,
we are able 10 give our readers the
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apatrbnuau K Statr suurnaI.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
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cir plum < tbs aSus.
BY l.. T.. WALTON.

'He that by the Pillow would thriYe
Himseifmust either HOLD or pHIvr.n
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TERMs.-sl ,sOsash in advance $1,000 IL payment
snot made ia advance interest always charged from
end ofthe ycai
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24
The True Wife.

She is no true wife who sustains not
her husband in the day Of calamity {;
who is not, when the worlds great frown
makes the heart chill with anguish, his
guardian angel, growing brighter and
more beautiful as misior,unes crowd
along his path. Then is the time for
trial of her gentleness, then is the time
for testing whether the sweetness Of her
temper beams only with transient
light, and like the steady glory Of the
morning star, shines as brightly under
the clouds. Has she smiles just as
charming? Does she say "AIllic'on
cannot touch our purity. and should
not qucnch our love 2 Does she Try
by happy little inventions to lift from!
his sensitive spirit the burden ofthousht
There are wives-no there are be-
ings who, when dark hours come, fall
10 repinng and upbraidins-thus adding
TO outside anxiety the narrowing scene.
Of domestic str!e-as If all the blame
in the world would make one hair white
or black, or change the decree gone
forth.
Such know not that darkness il
heavens light; our trials are but step
in a golden ladder, by which, if VI
rightly ascend, we may at last gain ,ha
eternal Jig hit, and bathe forever in ii
fullness and beauty.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24
Ready.Made Clothing.
Fashionable Millinery.

WE particularly invite he attention Of lady rcnd-
w ers who intend visiting Cincinnati this Spring or
Summer. TO the extensive stock of Mrs. J. A. HEN
DERSoN, Late Mrs RICH, consisting Of
BoNNETs, RIBBONS, FLOWERS & TRIMMINGS
or the latest Paris and New York Styles. lie
stock is by far the largest in the City, and is
kept constantly full by daily arrivals from the
East, of the Newest Pattern Bonne,s, English
Straws, Swiss, Tuscan, aud Satin Braids, Blond
and French Laces, together with the most
choice Bonnet, Cap, and Trimming Ribbons,
and French Artificial Flowers impaIted; oil of
which she will sell 25 per cent lower than an y
other establishment n.Cinci1nati. Her store is
No. 20i, Fifth st., between Elm and Plum.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24
Woman's Power.

I, is related of certain New Eng
land devine. who fourished not many
years ago, and whose matrimonial rela
lions are supposed not TO have been o
the most agreeable kind, that, on Sab
bath mornin, while re aiding to his con
gregalion the parable Of The last supper
in Luke xiv, in which occurs this pass
age :--"And another said, have bous sh'
FIVE yoak Of oxen, and go to prove
them, pray thee to have me excused /;
and anothe said, have married wife
and therefore cannot come, ,"--he sud.
denly paused at the end of this verse,
drew off his spectacles, and looking
around on his hearers, said with empha'
sis. "The fact is, my bre,hern, ono wo'
man can draw a man further from the
kingdom Of heaven than five yoak oI
oxeI !"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24

WAR with the OLD SYSTEM o: building.
w Procure your Carpenter Work ready
made, of seasoned lumber. and save thirty
per cent.
HINKLE, GUILD T. Co.
365 West Front Street, Cincinnati, o.
DOOR, SASH, AND BLIND FACTORY, PLA.
MING MILL AND LUMBER YARD.
Our factory is 60 by $50 feet, six stories high,
with machinery for manufacturing Panel Doors,
Sash, Venition, and Panel Shutters, Door and
Window Frames, Mantels, Base, Piiasters,
Mouldings, Weatherboards White and Yellow
Pine Flooring, and planed boards for the inside
finish of frame or brick houses. Our work is
framed IN the same manner as if made by hand,
and superior 10 any other factory or hand work,
being thoroughly tested in drying house.
Sash, primetl and glazed. With the advantage
of our large Lumber-yard in Fulton, contain
ing several acres of groend, and 700 feet OF
wharf, we are enabled to yard, Manufacture,
and sell cheaper than any other establishment
in the West Orders filled for boards, framing
timber, and joist of every description. We
also manufacture packing boxes, ice chests,
and shower baths. Country merchants will
find it to their interest 10 keep our articles for
sale. Discount to dealers: Terms, Cash.
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA PORTABLE
COTTAGES.
Containing two or more rooms, which can be
put up and taken down in few hours. A
sample can be seen at our factory.
Our bill Of prices can be seen at this office.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24

HEALTH Is WEALTu.--A strong and
sound body-a body capable Of not only
endurance, but capable Of resisting ex.
ternal influences to disease--is capital
for life, the value OF which cannot be
computed IN money. 1t is perpetual
weal,b--it is perpetual pecuniary i.de.
pendence, it is perpetual ability to aid
others in the kind Offices Of friendship
and loye-a perpetual source Of con.
tentment and happiness. This, ] sag
is the first object Of scho0l education.--
Of any education fit to be called educa.
ton while the fact that it is made
neither the frs. nor the last, in our
present system, proves that the present
system is false.-[ Crandalls Work.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-07-24
AL. HAPPINESS is much more equal


ly divided than some Of US imagine
One man shall possess most Of the ma.
terials, but little Of the thing; another
may possess much Of the thing, but very
few OF the materials In this particular
view Of it, happiness has been b auti'
fully compared to the mama in the des'
ert, che that gathered much had nothing
over, and he that gathered little had no
lack :" therefore, TO diminish envy, let
us consider not what others possess, but
what they enjoy; mere riches may be
,he gift fidcky accident or blind chance,
but happiness must be the result of prn'
dent preference and rational desis sn the
highes: happiness we can have has no
other foundation than the deepest wis.
dom and the happiest fool is only as
happy as he knows how to be.
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Getting an Invitation.

n vas observed that certain rich
man never invited any one 10 dine with
him. "l'll lay wager" said q wag,
~ get an invitation from him"
The wsger being accepted, he goes
the next day to the rich mans house
about the time he was 10 dine, unl tells
the servant he must speak with his mas.
Ter immediately, for he could save him
. thousand pounds.
"Sir," said the servant to his master,
"here is q man in a great hurry, who
says he can save you thousand pounds
Out came the master.
"What is that. sir? Can you save
me- a thousand pounds 7"
"Ycs. sir: | can; but Sc, you are
at dinner; will gn myself and dine
and call again"
"Oh pray, sf come in and take din
ner with me-"
"I shall be troublesome.
mot at all."
The invitation was accepted. As
soon as dinner was over, ond the family
retired, the conversation was resumed
"Well, sir" said The man OF the house
snow to your business. Pray let me
know how | am to seve thousand
pounds"
"Why, sir" said tho other. 81 hear
you have daughter to dispose of in
marriage"
IL hive, SIR"
"And that you intend to portion her
with ten thousand pounds"
81 do SIR"
"Why. then, sir, let me have her, and
| will take her at nine thousand.
The master Of the house rose in o
passion and kicked him out Of doors.