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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-16
THE FREE PRESS,
BURLINGTON !

FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY lc, 1857.

The Convention for acting on tho amend
mcnts to the Constitution which we're pro-
poscd ly the Council Of Ccnsors, met at
Montpelier on the 7th inst. We take from
the Ha'chmcu the list Of delegates, and the
account Of tho official vote, and condenso
from it an account Of their proceedings
DELEGATES TO TIE CONSTITUTIONAL CON-
VENTION.
ADDISON COUNTY o'ANGE corNfY.
VIM. i. Bascom, Middle William llebard, Chelsea,
bury Lyman IIinlley, ThotGord,
rolli1 f. Jones, Cornwall Aral Stcbbins, Bradford,
T,,l1 Ifl5y,. -boraham, lt. NJ. Bill, Topsham,
T.Sn C,non. Go.bep. s. T. Field, Washington,
NoxisT smith. tfonkton. james hutchinson, jr,
Oliver smith, New llaYcn, l.ralntrcc,
Uorli, Ncellam, i ia- x. p, Howard, Randolph.
tol ORLEANS COUNTY.
rryytyGrov rouvIY Elijah Cleveland, Coycn-
Iy.nh Barber. Pswuul. try,
1l5ago Al Iipsdill. Bennins Nelson Rand, Craftsbury
ton. Horace Pierce, Barton,
Bcoj. +. oln, shaftsbury, Frederick Fuller, Troy,
4. &. Beebc. Rupcrt John l.. Edwards, Derby
C. C. Wheeler Wiuhall, RUTLAND COUNTY
B. +. Mclaughlin, Sun Loyal c. kellogg, Bcnsln
dcrand. \. W. Gray, Middetown,
CALEDONIA COUNTY. David L. Nicholson, Wal
At,,ev, ,'o,illan p,n Hngfufd,
yIIe Jerome u. bromley, Paw
MJ,G' Inbr.tnr. Tg'''''S' David Hall, pi,tsforl,
T. Jefferson Cree, Whcc. Jesse l.. Billings, Ru'-
lock, iahd;
A. L. Jadcyinc, Hard John i. Boaman, Pouit-
wick, hcy, ,.
George Cowlcs, Ryccatc, L. Il, Rockwell Pitts
John c. Thbetts. Sutton, Held
Thoa. Bartlett, jr., Lyn- wAsniNGroS COUNTY.
don. Oramc H. Smith, Mont
cnrrENpEN COUNTY. reiior,
Hector Adams. Milton, faul bHIHBuam, NalII-
Wyliys Lyman, Bu'hng- Dury' c,,.. ,v.:.-
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-16

The Chinese are a queer people to go to
market \ man at Canton writes home u "A
friend, that ncIghbor Of his had just laid
in his winter proyisions-a hind quarter of "a
horse and two barrels OF bulldogs, The
latter saltcd to keep
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-16
TIE FREE PRESS.
F'OH}TEGE.


As ono Mt nooutjdc, on stubb'y lea,
erect the faint fragrance borne from distant
flowers,
Amcmory of my boyhool's brightest hours
To-day Is floating from the past % me.
She sang my flvoritc songs she read the hooks
loved to real she answered t'e garc.s
Which told her moro cham words could w5li OK
press
With the u.utc toopcu.c ,fte"dc. looks.
cannot call her ralsc VIC lrootacl no VOW,
Nor words Of love were on her lips or mine
Yet neither thought anothcr's hand should twinc
The wreath Of orange blossoms round her brow.
All well loss lonely was the weary WY
trul along tho desert, while n hala
OF dreams aud hopes from youth enchanted land
Were with mc hut t.e dearest j'es today. E.u.r.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-16

\ lady asked her gardener why the weeds
always outgrew and covered up the flowers,
Madam, answered he, the soll is mother OF
tho weeds, but only step-mothcr Of the flow
ors.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-16

AICNT NlllIo, IUUnsUn.
OFFICIAL VOTE FOR DELEGATES.
We classify the vote for and aga'a" the
amendments, and pnpiedged, taking the high
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Drinking among Youne Men

AHS dangerous habit is fearfulIv ;ncrg
sing Every day our young men are beeom'N
ing more and more IN the habit of taking
tnelr regular glass. 1t is nothing more than
. custom fastened upon the depraved anne
tie. There can be no amusement in il T.
Is not the wad e1uberanes Of voutb tbo4
prompts them. 1t is not the youthful imnuIse
TO SOW wild oats. Is is a eonSr,oo5 -.
1hefe Is DO ]oility ehliveniBg the faces az
'"oSe wac group around the bar. Tbs com.
pounds are mixed, the glasses touched and
eaeh swallows his potion as a matter aF
course They drink because IT has become.
tneif custom. 1t is doing its work. Our
young men are becoming dissofute and de-
PFaVef- The mark of the curse Is set n,on.
tnem- Nature will net be silently outra God
one cries opt against the poison that is bpr-
A4ng within, and throws out a glaring beo-
cen hgAs of distress. The deadly plagu.
spot burns brighter and brighter anon the
faces or many of euv must promising vouap
The lrVid spSoteh tells its own fearful
story, that unless the habit rs at once and
erevsSssandoned, agreater harvest Of dr,nL
an ever before
terrible sheafi IA
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Typographical Errors.

1t IS next to an impossibility to detect all
the typographical errors that occur in the
hurried composition for a ~wspape and
the hasty proof-reading that Editors are com
PEELED TO give such matter. In looking over
our last paper after it had gone to press, we
noticed several errors, notwithstanding we
had given every article a careful reading in
the proof, and we became satisfied that the
most praetised and critical eye will fail to
discover every error that may occur. None
of the errors we noticed were serious, but
some Of them violated the rules Of orthogra-
ply and syntax most provokingfy. But
these errors are not to be wondered at. The
establishment, rather, is, that more dc not
occur, when it is remembered that each col
umn In our paper contains some eight or ten
thousand separate pieces of metal, or letters.
1t is said that it was determined in Lon.
don, once, to print a book that should not
contain a single typographical error. The
proof sheet of each page was carefully read
and re-read in the Office Of publication, AMI
then sent to Oxford University, to be seru
tinized by the Faculty and Students of tina
renowned seat Of learning, and a large re
ward offered for every error detected. Th
book of course was rigidly criticised and wa
finally PUBLISHED /; when 10 ! on It's appear
ance before the public, a typographical erro
Nas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tbs gqyt
1es"rfn OUR paper, they are but tb.
common accidenss incident 30 the prinsinI
art.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
The Crop Prospects.

HE cry of short crops which was being
made throughout the country n sb.art tipse
SINCE Is changed very materially since the
favorable season has visited the crops. We
believe all our State exchanges, as web as
those from all other parts of the Union, speak
mostehcouragingly ofthe grain prospects now.
q gentleman in our Office, a few DAYS since,
told us that since the cold days of some three
weeks ago, the chinch bug had almost entire.
~ disappeared in his section tCaswell coun-
ty,l which statement the Milton Chronicle
also eorroborates and our informant further
stated, that the ants have appeared in i'm
mense numbers and are discovered engaged
in the destruction of the chinch bug eggs =
We hope this is the case all over the country
and that it may result in the total extermin
alton, for all time to come, of this cause o
terror to farmers-the eradication of which
has dehed all efforts and experiments tina
have been made for their destruction. Shout,
this be the case, the planting communit,
Will have cause to remember with g~ratitud
the late,. cold Spring of 1857 and it vii
demonstrate the wisdom and goodness of Co
IN his ~providenees to his ereatusss. -
cious as the iDdicationAss
finite minds. Besides our own State and fh
States adjoining. a gentleman who has ira,
eled quite extensively over the Western
States, writes to the Cincinnati Gazette, tba
IN his Judgment, in Ohio, Indiana, ILlinoi
Fad Kentucky, there will be a larger crop o
wheat harvested the coming harvest than e,
er befor e.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
There can be no Ezsggeratioa

IBE friends of whiskey FREQUENTLY com,
pain 'nas temperance writer's and temper.
ance orators ~exaggerate the evils of intem-
peranee. Of a curse so terrible thera c,n, he.
no ezaggeration and had it come Bno, No
llnSlSSher manner than through the graft
ne"f~Dof a sensual appetite and a ihTrsF
Tor gam, the shadow Of mourning sackc,o,h
would have long since darkened the land
should a combination Sf comets. ~whilwinds
storms, tempests, earthquakes, tornadoes.
thunders and hail rush over eur favored land
once ayear, and leave in their frightful wake
the blasted wreck of fifty millions worth of
property, and human lives not a few. the fear
ful news would thrill the world and be sno-
Zen OF as the rain of o nation. Ii Ireland
was thus sc0arged, America would pour her
bounty of grain at her feet; and if it vas.our
own unhappy lot to be thus tried. would
not the ships of other nations bring bread to
our furnishing children and whole acres Of
coincidence under seal? Who mourns. who
TsnsFaiss it about as a great calamity. when
'IntemPerance destroys every rolling year an
hundred millions Of property, and human be-
lngs without number2 The mind reels in
vafnly striving to comprehend what has beer
destroyed by this terrible curse within he
last halt century. Crime has c0ubled Mon
crime and an incense of murdered blood has
ever been rising up to an insulted Heaven.
A beaten highway has ever been crowded
with a reehng host pressing on to a grave
thas has DO hope, and to an eternity of woe
that has no end.
From a reliable statistical table published
by the British Parliament we learn, that
while the annual expenses of that kingdom
for bread were one hundred and thirty mill
IONS of dollars. the expenses for Intoxicating
: liquors were t1eo hundred and fifty millions.
A report based upon the consumption OF
these articles in oar favored land would
present an array of figures no less s~tartlin,
and no less iattering to our national char
aeteF for sobriety. The mind is incapahl
Of conprehsndiGg the vast am9uataf Grind
G this food of intoxIeasLag beverages IT.
g ""oSe ear is ever open and whose eye sleep
hos' alone can comprehend ito Him alan,
'ne countless tears, the sighs, she groans ar,
made known. Think for a memep. of six,
'nous ana human beings, being sent BY tbi
terrible scourge every year, from a Ian,
o where the glorious gospel light always shines
9 80 the darkness of the drunkard's grave an
Tue terr0rs of a drunkad's eternity, and a,
7 SWer the question fairly, can the evils ftbi,
Q curse be exaggerated?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
How to Tell.

Here is "bit of advice" to young ladies,
setting forth how they may know whether
a young gallant is really &c 'urting" them,
or only paying them "polite attentions. =
The ~confounding the one with the other
has been the source of very much trouble,
both before and since the era of Pickwick
aud Mrs. Bardell:
A young man admires 4 pretty girl, and
must man ifest it. He can't help doing so
for the life of him. The young lady has
a tender heart, reaching out like tendrils
for something to cling to. She sees the
admiration is f~attered begins soon to
love expects some tender avowal and
perhaps gets so far as to decide that she
will choose u "white satin under the
gauze, &c, at the very moment that the
gallant she half loves is popping the ques-
ton to another damsel ten miles off
Now the difficulty lies in not precisely
understanding the difference between "po-
lite attentions and the tender manifesto
tions Of love. Admitting a beautiful girl,
and wishing to make a wife of her, are not
always the same thing; and therefore it is
necessary that the damSel should be on the
alert to discover to which class the atten.
tions paid her by handsome and fashion.
able young gentlemen belong.
First, then, if a young man greets you
in loud, free and hearty tone if he knows
precisely where to put his hands if hi
stares You straight in the eye, with hi
mouth wide open if he turns his back t.
speak to another if he tells you VIII,
made his coat; if he squeezes your hand
if he eats heartily in, your presence; i
he fails to talk very kindly to your mother
if, in short, he sneezes when you are sing
ing, criticises your curls, or fails to be foo
ish fifty times every hour, then don't fal
in love with him for the world! He onl
admires you, let him say what he will.
On the other hand, if he be merry wit
everybody else, but quiet with you if h
r be anxious to see if your tea is sufficient
sweetened, and your dear person well wral
E ped up when you 60 out into the Geld ;
8 he talks very low and never looks you ste;
oily in the eye; if his cheeks are red an
: his nose only bushes, it is enough. If /
= romps with your sister, signs like a pair
' old bellows, looks solemn when you are a
e dressed by another gentleman, and in ia
is the most still, awkward, stupid, yet an
d ious of all your male friends, you may
ahead, and make the poor fellow too hapl
for his skin to hold him
: Young ladies keep your hearts in
i case Of good leather, or some other tou;
substance, until the right one is found
rs yond a doubt, after which you can go
10 and love, and ''court" and be married, al
In happy without the least bit of trouble.
We consider this advice SO sensible, th
i. although it is somewhat open to the char
re of bluntness, we have no hesitation
er pressing it upon the attention of our la
readers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
e.. 44.

Ia We have received the prospectus ola
new sheet to be called The NoRra CaRoLr-
Ms PRESBYTERIAN" The paper is 60 be the
organ of the Presbyterian church of this
State, and will be issued in Fayetteville as
soon as 1900 subscribers are obtained This
number, among 1900 comannieants. we
presume will soon be procured, 1T will
advocate" srys the prospectus, :" the con-
sentative, orthordox. Cid School doctrines
and order Of the Church." A fund Of 5000
has been subscribed as a permanent capital
1t is to be edited by Rev. VIM. N. Mebane
and Rev. George McNeill. Terms 50 per
annum in advance 50, so in siz months. and
50 at the end Of the year. A discount of 10
per cent will be allowed to clubs of % when
sent to one address.
Address, Editors of the North Carolina
Presbyterian, Fayetteville n. c,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Courage

4 grcst deaf is lst for the want OF co,-.,o
TO go ahead. IF a mar would make nro,ress
towards fame, he FAUST push ahead himself
ana not wait for somebody else 20 push him
many men have died ia obseari.y who. bpt
'Sr o false sense Of modesty and timiditv
might have stood high on the mount of fame
10 90 any thing worth doing. a nan must
not stand back sAiVsring and TREMBLING cal
the cold, the danger and the chance
be must spr,ng forward and ser,mhla
along the best ne can. 1t dans bstte, u
'ore the rood, when men lived almost a shop.
SAND years, TO spend some time in e-aIcYla
ing nre points if q failure was made exon
alter that, there were still a measure ID
years left Tor other trials. but now a man
must be up and doing on his own resna.~i
oliity, OF he will find Iims elf three sr,ra rnnn
~ lille II he Waite To eOnsuFt hrs uncIss5
ms troop OF particular friends. Keen ~
head clear and the heart clean ana - me
courage to push ahead. me
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Printing Materials

a GREAT BARGAIN can be had Of the Editor
OF this paper, BY any one desiring to nur.
chase Press, Types. and every article for fit
tlng out an extensive Printing Establisbmen NJ
.neitber ter a Newspaper, Book or Job O65ee
Much OF the material is as good as new. and
can be had for so per cent less than cost. a
portion, only. will be sold to one person Is
ne does not desire the whole establisbment
we see the Prospectus of several new ra.
pers proposed to be established in tbis S,a,a-
Iheir projectors would do well to have an
eye to the bargain here offered. Addre..
SDITos SPIRIT OF TIE AGE, Raleigh, n. q.
See Advertisement in another column.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Wake Forest ColIeee.

We learn from a card in the Recorder. bv
Mr. Purify, that the Board of Trustees will
meet on Tuesday the 9th of June, at 9 O'Clock.
A full attendance is desirable, important hu-
siness will claim their attention.
On Wednesday, at Ii O'Clock, VIM. Hoop-
er, D. d., will deliver the address before the
two Literary Societies and at night, Rev.
A. NJ. Poindexter will preach the Annual
sermon before the graduating class.
On Thursday, the graduating class will
deliver their speeches, and at night the stu
dents give a social party.
The discipline and order of the College ere
stated to have been good during the session.
No student has been dismissed during the
session, and there has been, no case requiring
severe discipline.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Of tBfAge,
a a L Ell G H,E.c.
WapagBeAg. ggHg 10.
a PositiYe ADVANCEMENT.

Subscribers receiving their paper with a CROSS
MARK, are thereby notified that in four weeks
from the receipt of the flSl number thus marked.
their subscription years will expire; and unless
renewed within that time, the paper will be dis
continued. This rule viii be i~naexibly adhered IA.
BS- We received several Communications
last week, but had not time to examine them
so as to decide upon their merits for insar-
ton in this number. We shall sit m
judgment" soon, and render unto each ao.
cording to his deserts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

HES FEyER.-The most remarkablasasooe
hen fever that we have ever heard Of -. o..
oil the man who suffered himself imposed ~
on by a wicked boy who traded him p.r
zard eggs Tor veritable shanghaies I If r.
feverish victim discovers the imposi,;aa
MS "biddleS" grow up, we advise tAat 49,
Keep beyond the range of the gentlenan,s
walking stick. Oh Shanghai
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

Bg- We have just printed a supply of H.
latest edition OF the Copstitution of Subordip-
ate Divisions which we offer for sale at s4
per nundred-postage prepaid. There are
many DIVISIONS working under the old Con-
stitution, which contains MANY -art;.,os 49,
have been repealed, and others that have been
materially changed asd modified. 1t is Inn.
portant oa should conform their actions to
the preseDs law, and hence we have nrenar.
cd ourselves to supply Divisions with III
latest edition. Send on and get Is, SEQ
100 copies. g
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Educate the whole Man.

Everybody should have his head, his heart,
aud his hand educated let this truth never
DO forgotten.
BY tue proper education of his head, he
will be taught what is good, and what is
oyil-what is wise and what is foolish-what
is right and what is wrong. BY the proper
education Of his heart, he will be taught to
love what is good, wise, and right, and to
hate what is evil, foolish and wrong and by
the proper eudcation Of his hand, he will be
enabled to supply his wants, to add to his
comforts, and to assist those who are around
him.
The highest objects Of a good education
are to reverence and obey God, and to love
and serve mankind everything that help:
US IN attaining these objects is Of great val
us, and everything that binders us is com
paratiyely worthless. When wisdom reignl
in the bead, the hand is ever ready to d.
good order and peace smile around, aud sir
and sorrow are almost unknown.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

Se2 A eotemporary. talking of the rieb
men of New York saws s. VIM At. ~ =
joys the income of 5000 day." He nav
have it, but it is extremely doubtful wbetber
he ENJOYS it, c'est une ausre chose, as the French
saw.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10
Modern Poetry.

Inc Georgia Crusader COMPLAINS r,ost
heavily at the food of feeble, sicklv and i.
slp'd metre which peurs into that Office fr,n,
byr0"'cot coxconbs, and wonderfully rbvmic
females plagued with an itching Peprosv,
OF verse. We can sympathfze with on,
brothers in trihufation,0 and ioin thor,
IN saying that it seems that the oplv
ambition which modern fiedglings of III.
Song-testher cultivate, Is, to have the los.
word OF two lines in succession barmo
niously Jingle; and to accomplish that clf-
max the kings grammar, poetic license
Castallan fountains, the loftiest IEels.on most
winged Pegasus, and the heights of Hymettus
are outraged, polluted, and most unu,erc;-
1uliy' aud irreverentiaIly desecrated. Their
p'umed muses. make desperate efforts for a
lofty " soar away" bat to preserve the i1aaLe
they are generally affected with a volcan-
lameneSs in the leg; one pes rests upon the
empyrean, and the other descends into tho.
most horrid bathos, inficting upon the read
er the worst Della Cguscan hysteria. q
shades of Billy Byron, Thomas Moore Roe,
seau, and kotzbue, thou vert eIipsed NV tbo
brilliant eorruseations Of poetical een;us
pro-created by the'iitersry Incubation Of tho
nineteenth century.
with a bosom oyer&owing with lacksda;s;-
cal sentimentatsn, and eyes flooded With
crockadlle tears prodaced by a tbonsand
sprung A@H verses, we implore relief from
this deluge Of song
we have sene Correspondents who writ.
9oo6 Poetry-of course they wiu-sst.uaA~
stand that any ailusiou
the foregoing remark
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

E9- One great cause of the high prices of
Agricultural products, is said to be the dispo-
sition of farmers sons, to abandon the bust
ness of their fathers, and resort to city life.
A dangerous experiment. and one that rarely
-,noaadc
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

eI We frequently, of late, receive assn
RANGES from our Correspondents, that the Or
der was never more prosperous in their re-
spective localities than at present. Good
news, indeed; and the same cheering tidings
might greet US from every quarter, if our
members would but make vigorous efforts to
effect it. Arouse, brethren, and shake of the
dew drops that glitter on your garments, and
let us go to work in earnest for God and bleed.
ing humanity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

p6S- Peterson's Magazine for July is al.
ready on our table. His Fashion Plates are
equal to any in the country, and the matter
Interesting. 50 a year-Philadelphia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

la Have You tried any of Williams Pat.
ent Enamelled Collars? If you have not, we
advise you to do so. They are just the thing
See Advertisement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-06-10

sustaining the aFgnment that Woman, in
her sphere, though 1t be retired and subor-
dinate, exerted an untold influence upon the
laws that govern the nation, and the destiny
strong and truthful remark once made by
the President Of our University, Gov. Swain:
1.-The hand that rocks the cradle rocks the
world" We congratulate oar young friend
upon his happy effort, and his success in de,
monstrating that Woman, which is but the
Synonym of Love-" does indeed
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
Manufacture Oh whI.key In ohio

Cincinnati, it is claimed, is the creates.
whiskey market in the world, and the Valley of
the Ohio the greatest whiskey producing region
on the face Of the earth. Tho average time re-.
quired to convert the corn into whiskey is four
days. In one distillery among many in Ohio,
about one thousand bushels of corn are daily
converted into whiskey, producing about four
thousand gallons Of whiskey, giving for that
single establishment, an annual destruction of
three hundred and twelve thousand bushels
of corn, and an annual production Of one mill
lion two hundred and forty eight thousand
gallons OF whiskey. There are other distiller-
les in the neighborhood, the capacities Of which
arc two or three times greater. The quantity Of
whiskey sold during the year, in the Cincnna.
ii market alone, is estimated at nine millions of
gallons. This is probably not more than one.
half the production of Ohio and Indiana alone.
Presaming that the production is eighteen mil
lion gallons, the consumption Of corn must be
four and a half million bushels, to produce
which, requires a million and a quarter acres
good land. 1t is probable that the produc-
ton Of whiskey in the Ohio Valley is fifty mil
lions OF gallons per annum, involving a con.
sumption of twelve and a half millions bushels
of corn, the average value Of which is $4,000,
nnO g.