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" When l am dead, oh ! then I can get
No good rum-oh no good rum
When l am dead, oh /! no good rum,
No r,ora e,aaJ ,,,,, ra, 49,.
No more good rum for me-


This was sung in dead dismal sort of tone,
as if the songster was even then croaking from
the tombs, and undergoing the privation so
much lamented.
1t is stated that once in while the story was
circulated that this strange vessel wanted hands,
and was about to set sail for some port up or
down the coast. No such official intelligence was
ever issued but in some mysterious way the re-
port got about that the brig of Cape Horn (as
the dark spot was called) wanted two hands.
Always, at the time these reports were propaga-
ted, something like life could be seen on board
the Domingo. stage would be swung over the
side, and lump of tar and duck resembling a
man could be seen either scraping as if slowly
and obviously preparing tho vessel for sea-
Then some poor sailor aaoat in Valparaiso, who
had sold his last shirt to buy meal or bottle
OF duguadente, and who had long been rejected
by all the landlords in the town, would hurry
on board and offer himself as q seaman. Anoth-
er and another would follow. These sailors
were always accepted, for the Choler who served
as boatman always came back without his men,
Still the Domingo never put to sea. There sho
lay silent and dismal as ever The painting and
scraplng gradually ceased, the half raised top
mast slowly descended to the deck, and for some
reason unknown, she kept her moorings Some
talk was created by these circumstances. Then
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08
CLEARING LAND,

MEssRs. EDITORS in this invention age,
cannot some cheap means be devised for telling
timber! The slow process of hand-choppng
seems to be unworthy of the spirit Of the times.
Inventive genius has turned its mind to dis
covering means for making, but here in this
wooded county, our greatest primary want is
machine for destroying. There is not an acre
of our Western forest lands that is not dearly
paid for in the terrible labor of getting rid of
the timber.
We have seen q lifting locomotive hosting
machine in our cities, and it has occurred to US
that a circular saw could be so connected as to
answer for cutting trees. If even single cut
to the center Of the tree, on ono side, were
all that could be relied upon, it would be
great saving of time and money.
Where the timber is not heavy, the ordinary
stump extractor might perhaps be applicable,
with some modification. The top seems as
if it would help the fall of the tree, when the
root is loosened.
Again, when we see vast blocks of iron cut
in twain, as thread is severed by the scissors, it
inspires hope Chat something may be contrved,
a little in that order of mechanical power, to
achieve so valuable an object as the cheap and
speedy clearing of forest lands. If there be
hope, the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN can inspire it;
and one who has derived priceless benefits from
Al, tn .oba thss a.>rao1 kn
its kindness, trusting it will see in the sugges-
tions offered, both interest to its readers and
probable field of profit to inventors.
Philadelphia. ANTHRAX.
Two patents have been taken out for circular
saws to fell standing timber-ons by Jas. Hamil-
ton, of this city, juno 26, 1885, and the other
by Walter Hunt, also of this city, on the 9th
OF January following. These are the only in
ventions of which we have any knowledge, that
have been proposed for telling timber by ma.
chinery. They no doubt were defective in prn-
ciple and action, or we would have heard more
about them. A common circular saw could not
fell standing timber, be the power applied to IT.
as great as that for driving the largest locomo-
tive. Machinery for cutting down standing
timber, must embrace very peculiar features, as
eyery person knows, who is acquainted with
chopping. Most trees can be cut SO as to fall
| in three directions; while a perfectly straight
tree can be made to fall in any direction. In
telling tree, it is necessary to make the first
cut Of such form as will incline it (the tree)
in given direction this is done by the wide
cut made by the axe, which causes the greatest
weight of the tree to settle to the one side.
There is ne fear Of binding an axe in the cleft,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

SACREDNEss OF TEARs.-Dr. johnson observes:
" There is a sacredness it tears" They are not
mark of weakness, but of power. They speak
more sloqueutly than ten thousand tongues.
They are the messengers of overwhelming grief,
of deep contrition, of unspeakable love. If
there were wanting any argument to prove that
man is not mortal, / would look for it in the
strong, convulsive emotions of tho breast, when
the soul has been deeply agitated, when the
fountains of feelings are rising, and when the
tears are gushing forth in crystal streams. Oh,
speak not harshly to the stricken one, weeping
in silence! Break not the deep solemnity by
rude laughter or intrusive footsteps. Despise
not woman's tears-they are what make her an
angel. Scoff not if the stern heart of manhood
is sometimes melted to tears-they are wha
help to elevate him above the brute. love tt
see tears Of affection. They are painted tokens
but still most holy. There is pleasure in tear
AN awful pleasure. If there were none OF
earth to shed tear for me, should be 10th t,
live; and if no one might weep over my grave
could never die in peace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.-When the summer Of
youth is slowly wasting away into nightfall of
age, and the shadow of past years grows deeper
and deeper, as life wears on to its close, it is
pleasant to look back through the vista of time
upon the sorrows and felicities of our earlier
years. If we have home to shelter us, and
hearts to rejoice with MS, and friends have been
gathered together around our fresides, then
the rough places Of our wayfaring will have
been worn and smoothed away, in the twilight
of life, while the sunny spots VIC have passed
through, will grow brighter and more bcauti.
fnl. Happy indeed are they whose intercourse
with the world has not changed the tone of thcil
hollier feelings, Or broken those musical chords
of the heart, whose vibrations are SO melodious
so tender and touching in the evening of age.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

The following are specimens, and very pretty
ones, too, of the contents of the Excelsior, a
little sheet made up wholly by contributions of
the pupils of the Northfeld Academy.
Ed. OF FRxEmAN.
My LITTLE SIsTER.-Four years ago, bad a
little sister. She was taken sick, and we were
very sorry, for we loved her much. When she
died, and we followed her to the Church, and
took our last look at her pale face | wept, for
| knew should never see her again. Then they
carried her to the graveyard, and laid her in
the cold ground, and we returned home. But
it did not seem like home, for our little sister
was not there.
They tell me, we shall all see her when we
meet in heayen.-Ann Jane Kidder.
A CAVE IN VERMoNT,-There is only one oays
in Vermont Of any considerable size AS have
had the pleasure of visiting this cave, will en-
deavor to give you short description Of it.
1t is about one and half miles from Highgate
Springs The height of the rock is more than
on0 hohuiou anu HlUy ieoo' Iho hreo room VIC
enter, is about twenty feet square, and nine
feet in height. There is gallery above this
room, and another room beyond, which is not
quite SO large. The entrance to the second
room is only large enough for man to crawl
through. A person six feet in height, can 60
into this room one hundred and fifty feet and
stand erect; went in only about ssventy-fve
feet, some boys, with the aid Of lanterns, once
went into this cave three hundred feet, which
is the farthest it has ever been explored. In
this first room were stalactities three feet in
length, formed from the constant dropping Of
water on the limestone, with which the cave is
lined. On one side of the cave is an arch and
passage, leading from it, which serves as fire.
place. Many fires have been built here, and
many names are carved upon the rock, by per-
sons who have visited this cave.-Geo. w.
BrOyn
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

Col. BENTON ON WATER DRINKING.-The
Mercantile Library Association of New York,
presented Col Benton with silver Pitcher and
Salver, as an acknowledgement of the favor he
had done them in lecturing before them In re-
ply, after expressing his thanks for tho gener-
Gus and tasteful gift, he said:
"In making these Acknowledgements 1 beg
leave to say, there was an appropriatenessin the
selection of the particular article for the testi-
monial, beyond what might have been un-
derstood when the pitcher was fixed upon,
and which is this: When was young became
what DR.. Franklin was-my only point of re-
semblance to that illustrious man-when he
worked at his early calling in London, an aquat-
,c-the term which his comrades applied to des-
ignate him as water-drinker. also drank
water, and nothing stronger, in the early part
of my life-the first half of it, and to that ab-
stinence from all vinous, spirituous and fermsnt-
ed fluids l attribute the good hsalth which
now enjoy.
As this alluson touches point at which a
word might be nseful to other young men desir-
ons to advance themselves is life, and to have
good health in old age, will go on to say that,
at that time, and in the South, it was the GUS
tom in every house to offer something to drink
to all visitors-even boys; and that excuses were
no defense for those who would refuse. Pres
sure, importantly, custom broke down all excus-
es, and it became necessary to oppose ,oiA where
reason was unavailing SO made law for my
self that would drink nothing until should
ba in the deeliaa Of Life, and might need IT,;
and l resolutely pleaded that law. Iafterwards
escaped importantly. 1t was the first stand,
''solitary and alone," that had ever made !;
but not the latt. was young enough, and sill
ly enough, at that time, to suppoee that this de-
cline would come upon me at thirty, and SO fix
ed that age as the limit for my law. When
thirty came-I did not feel the decline, and ex-
tended the time; and eventually relaxed into
temperance and have remained at that point ever
since. Thus, the first half of my life was ab-
stinent-the second half temperate; and to these
conditions attribute whatever of mental and
bodily vigor may now have, and whatever of
business application have ever shown.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

STALE FLouR.-A London miller AYERS that
the cause of Cholera is the consumption of stale
-four and breadstufs. He states that in 1882
he purchased large quantity of old foreign
-four in bond, and while tasting it for the pur-
pose of separating the fresh from the stale, both
he and his men were seized with excessive sali-
walton, accompanied by disordered bowels. He
tried some Of the same old -four in his family,
and theconsequence was that three of his chill
dren were seized with violent purgings and sick
ness, as in the case Of cholera, which disease
soon after made its appearance in London. On
one occasion he became aware that quantity
Of stale wheat was about being shipped to
Leeds, and he foretold that il that wheat should
be allowed to reach its destination the cholera
would follow in its wake. Within fifteen days
after the Cholera broke cut in Leeds with great
virulerce.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

removed, and portions of the slaves allowed to
repose at night on on deck, while the crew ID
armed to watch the sleepers.
Handouts are rarely used on shipbcard. It
Is the common custom to secure slaves in the
oavdcOons, and while shipping, by chaning ten
in gang; but as these platoons would be ex-
tremely inconvenient at sea, the manacles are
Immediately taken off and replaced byleg-irons,
which fasten them in pairs by the feet. Shackles
are never used but for ful-gro,on men, while
'oomen and boys are set at liberty as soon as
they embark. II frequently happens that when
the behavior of male slaves warrants thier free
dom, they are released from all fastonings long
before they arrived, Irons are altogethe dis
pensed with on many Brasihsn slaves, as ne
groes from Anjuda, Benin and Angola are mild
and unaddicted to revolt like those who dwell
east OF tne Uape Ut Horsir Of -siac- a~aa-es~-..
Indeed, knowing trader will never use chains
but when compelled, for the longer slave is
ironed the more he deteriorates and, as his sole
object is to land healthy cargo, pecuniary in
terest, as well us natural feelings, urges the
sparing of metal"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08
From Canot's Twenty Years in an African SLAYER.
LIFE ABOARD sLAvE-sHIPs.

"As am now fairly embarked in a trade
which absorbed SO many Of my most vigorous
years, suppose the reader will not be 10th to
learn little Of my experience in the alleged
cruelties Of this commerce and the first ques-
ton, in all likelihood, that rises to the lips, is
solicitation to be apprised of the embarkation
and treatment of slaves on the dreaded voyage.
:" An African factor Of fair repute is ever
careful to select his human cargo with consum-
mate prudence, so as not only to supply his
employers with atletic laborers, but to avoid
any taint of disease that may affect tho slaves
in their transit to Cuba or the American main.
Two days before ombarkation, the head of
every male and female is neatly shaved and, if
the cargo belongs to several owners each man s
brand is impressed on the body of his respective
negro This operation is performed with pieces
of silver wire, or small irons fashioned into the
merchants initials, heated just hot enough to
blister without burning the skin. When the
entire cargo is the venture of but one proprie-
tor, the branding is always dispensed with.
"On the appointed day, the barracoon, or
slave pen, is made joyous by the abundant feed
which signalizes the negro's last hours in his
native country. The feast over, they are taken
alongside the vessel in canoes and as they
touch the deck, they are entirely stripped,
SO that women as we'll as men 60 out of Africa
as they camo into it--naked. This precaution,
it will DO understood, is Indispensable for per-
feet nudity, during the whole voyage, is the on
ly means of securing cleanliness and health. In
this state, they are Immediately ordered below,
the men to the hold and tho women to the cab.
in, while boys and girls day and night are KEEP.
on deck, where their sole protection from the
elements is sail in fair weather, and tar
Up ouhn in foul.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

"a ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO Moss. y
Well, what of that? Who wants to be mes
sy old stone away in some damp corner Of
pasture where sunshine and fresh air never
ceme, for the cows to rub themselves against,
for snails and bugs to crawl over, and for toa
to squat under among the spoisOnous weeds
1t is far better to be smooth and polished stone,
rolling along in the brawling steam of life, wear
ing off the rough corners, bringing out the firm
crystalline structure Of the granite, or the del
ioate veins of the agate or chaicedony. 1t ID
this perpetual chafng and rubbing in the whirl-
wind current that shows what sort of grit a
man is made Of, and what use he is good for
The sandstone and soapstone are ground down
to sand and mud, but the firm rock is selected
for the towering fortress, and the diamond il
cut and polished for the monarch's crown.
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D. ?. THOMPSON, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.

certainty Of life, that veil which cuts the igno-
rance of what it may bring forth, should have
salutary effect upon themselves Oh there
be few who live to the age of three score years
and ten, health and youth are not to be relied on,
for the nipping frost often destroys in an hour
the fsirest flower, and the lightning from heaven
often rends the sturdy oak. If we place our
hearts upon the riches Of the world. they fade
away before our sight, and the hard earnings
of years are in moment swept away.
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EARTHLY BLISS. The pleasures of this world
are so transltory and Aeeting, that it seems
crime for a man to pass his days in frivolous
pursuits, or set, as many do, their whole soul
upon what, before to-morrow's sun shall 90
down, will become mist and vapor. The un
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Then from the grasp Of Rudiger
The little infant falls RuDroAR.
LONG will be the day and mighty the change
in human things before the people in and about
Valparaiso, will forget the subject of my nara
tive.
Though some forty yeary have passed since
the occurrence of the events which / relate,
still there g not an old denizen of the town, not
dark-browed teamster that wends his slow way
over the Cordilleras, not a brown girl of the
hills, who has not heard the tale. She pauses
ever her guitar-her fingers cease their nimble
motion at the mention of the word Domingo J;
while the old crone shakes her withered head
and stirS her farina with palsied hand.
There was heap of black rocks to the east
ward Of the town, and short distance from it
dismal and lonely spot, which ships at anchor
are particularly anxious to avoid when norther
blows them into the harbor.
There had been for long time a craft of
rather anomalous character lying off the rocks,
distant quarter Of mile, solitary and seldom
visited, thougn boats passing to and from the
shore went within distant hail of her.
She was generally called hermaphrodite
brig, though there was neither yard nor top
mast aloft, and her rigging was in an incom-
plete and disordered state, what little there was
Of it. She was moored head and stern, and re-
sisted the west gales with apparent ease.
Few persons paid any attention to her, and
her name was seldom uttered. One or two sea-
men who had been on board of her told their
fellow beach cOn'bers that they had seen dog
ged old fellow lounging about her decks, now
splicing rope and leaving the ends of il
to whip into the oakun, or pretending to
strap block, or wash down the decks, and
somebody who had passed near the vessel in q
boat, had heard dull song and caught tht
/ words ..
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While the heather had their gods many, and
their lords many, their god of wisdom, their
goddess of beauty, their god of courage, and so
on. they had no god of holiness.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

Christian benevolence, like the meal-barrel Of
her that refreshed Gods holy prophet, even
ministereth comforts to the needy and still the
supply is undiminished,
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Tbe Gami!n Gtrfle.

The following noble lines on Woman, have
been quoted, sung and admired times without
number. The author was an Irish editor in
Dublin, by the name of Barratt, and the lines
are an extract from poem on Woman, pub
lished in 1916. Some of the brightest gems in
the English language have come from Irish
hearts.
She meier with treacherous kiss her Savior stung,
Nor eer denied him with unholy tonuge;
She when apostles shrank, could danger brave;
Last at his cross and earliest at his grave.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-08

The vulgar mind fancies that Judgment is
implied chiefly in the capacity Of censure; and
yet thcre is no Judgment so exquisite as that
which knows properly how to approve.
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For the Green Mountain freeman.

For the Green Mountain freeman.
PRAYi
Thy bark iife is sailing,
Perhaps, Ger sunny seas
With joyous banners floating
On the gentle, passing breeze;
The bright sky bending DER thee,
Ever gemmed with sun and stars,
And not cloud the fairy
Gift Of happiness to mar.
But when life's bow Of promise
Brightly bends above thy way,
Oh think by whom twas given,
Aud forget not then to pray
Or clouds may gather o'er thee
And the lghtnings vivid light
Be the only ray of brightness
Cleaning down thy path of night;
Wild waves may dash around thee
Thy helpless staggering bark
May still drift farther, farther off
Into the unknown dark.
But ONCE the whispered, Peace, Be still !"
Gould make the waves obey
God is a NEvER-cHANGING God
Bow down thy heart and pray BELL.
oretown, Feb "a, 1856.
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The following are specimens, and very pretty
ones, too, of the contents of the Excelsior, a
little sheet made up wholly by contributions of
the pupils of the Northfeld Academy.
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Trnflec,s AaSc.

DY virtuc Of ceftnin deed @ thu OF date Fcbru-
ID AIRY. / lth. lS53 yezecated u eeam a. lodgen
and MARY A ms Hodecn, his wife, t0WmR q. Cham
,esl;n and v. M. PsDdleton to secure to said Cham
berlin is payment sf two sassaa pssanisosy notesf
tho same date with said decd, VIZ: one u thirteen
hundred dollars the other for hundred and eighty
two tlollars, 10th due in two years from date and
ra wing fourteen per cent per snnnn interest," froA
and after the llth Of February, 1854, till laid, and
excrttti ~ mid VIM "a. Hodgtn q sfS cLambcilin
which notes are now due and unpaid I shali SnNthe
2Gsb Day 81 M&seh, ls55, betwcen the hours q 10
O'Clock, A. n and o'clock, r., proceed to cell Il
the Pest Office door in tho city foE Burlington, NS'
Moincs county. State Of lows FOR cash to the highest
bidder the real estate described nssl dcx 4 VI ust,
to wit The sosth part Of the wsf half If the south
west quarter q section sI tsyY' sxy range
three west, containing sixty also part u the
east half of the southeast quarter Of section ere,
township sixty nnc, range four west. esssiniDg
eny five acres also the south part VI the cast half Of
the south east quarter Of section, urteeh, township
rixfy nine, range fo.r wci, containing seven acres in
all one hundred arid forty four situate in tho
County and State aforesaid, 10 satsfy said decd OK
trust and notes. in .cTest ant costs 4
e1@ WIN. b. CHAMBERLIN, Trustee.
Tchraary 18th. l655.-4W. i.
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THs EDITOR VINO SuproRrs 4 CLsRcy,

TIE EDITOR VINO SUPPORTS A CLERGYMAN.
The Banner Of the Cross, an Episcopal pa
per published ct Philadelphia, says that Ger
aid Halloek, (once clergyman himself) one
of the editors and proprietors Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce, resides in New
Haven, Con-, where he supports church and
minister himself. Every Monday morning
the minister is expected to breakfast With
him, and on lifting his plate hs finds his
weekly salary of $42 bensath it.
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The cheapest kind Of 4 horse Is saw
horse. 1t supports itself and good deal Of
fuel. Besides, it amt dangerous to child.
rem, and never runs away.