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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

Douglas seems to be in rather tight place
after all his boosted success in Illinois. That
success is not yet a success. While he is now
specializing through the South on negroes and
aligators, in a foolish attempt to gain their sup
port the people at home, and Senators in Con-
gress, are dealing double warfare upon his head
His professions South don t agree with his pro-
fessons North. The Democratic Congressional
Caucus set him aside as Chairman of the Com
mittee on Territories, and put on Stephens of
Georgia. The truth is, il he could not carry
Illinois in 1858, the South do not believe he can
in 1860
In the State election, Peoria, one of the
largest cities in the State, gave the Douglas
ticket $50 majority. Last week, after Douglas
defined his position at st. Louis, Peoria went
Republican by 300 majority
The official vote of Illinois shows Douglas in
minority of over 10000. The Republican
ticket for State officers is elected by the same
plurality.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23
Off and On.

We wish the Freeman would attend to his
uneasy and restless brother of the Burlington
IimeS, and keep that sheet Somewhere within a
"row OF apple trees " Of political consistency.
One day it is in neck and heels for abolishing
Slavery in Vermont, and would seem to outbid
the Freeman tself, in opposition to the "pe-
cutler institutions of the SOUTH and the next,
after pleasant dreams, and honest and manly
reflections of his happy sojourn in the land of
Texas, he feels very much inclined to repudiate
the whole Abolition crew, including Senator
Seward, whom the Times is apprehensiye, can
never reach the White House, by " going
trough the rye, or the 'wheat fields - of
Massachusetts, and New York.
The Times, we should judge, is of the opin-
ion, that Mr. Crittenden would command more
votes than Mr.. Seward, with his repudiated
doctrine of all Slavery or no Sdrery, and
thinks that
MIR. Sargent might be employed in a great
deal worse business than in endeavormg to as
certain whether some common ground of polit-
cal action cannot be formed on which gentle
men, both of the North and South, can stand
together. >
Yes, that is i. Youy platform is too narrow,
even for gentlemen Of the North to stand
upon, ana Senator Seward must De thrOWn over
hoard, like Jonah of old, to save the sectional
Republican ship and her crew from destruction.
The Times has very recently found out, that
There are gentlemen at the South, as well
as at the North, who abomnate sectionalisn,
and desire that the administration Of the gov
eminent should always be the representative Of
u nat'onai party, party that shall number aid
herents in Louisiana and Vermont, in South
Carolina and Massachusetts,. "
| Why where is Senator Nicholson, the gen.
tleman from Brandon, and the editor of the
Freeman, that they don't keep their Abolition
brother from kicking out of the traces? The
Times is off and on so often that we should not
be surprised if it got off the Abolition handle
and sought shelter in the tirae-honored Demo-
cratic Ark, where gentlemen, both of the
North and South can stand together. "-Rut-
land Courier.
No. Mr.. Courier, to keep the Times on is a
task we have found impossible, and now we are
bringing out all the " feas,"" rips, poodles ~
and grass boppers - in cur possession, to keep
him of. Can't you help us?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

BREAKING STEl Rs.-To break steers, gen.
tlcness and patience must have "thcir perfect
work. Take one at time, on q barn floor
or small yard, and tame them by great gen.
tleoess, fee ling from the hand, &C. Then
commence driving, very gently, an hour each
day. till they obey perfectly. Drive singly
and otherwise till they so well. Before yok-
ing, hang the bows on their necks till they
are familiar with them. Then put on the
yoke and take it off. learning them to stand
perfectly quiet during the operation The
too common practice of yoking steers when
commencing to break them, and whipping and
yelling at them,--they running and being run
after alternately Ought to be dispensed
with. Steers should be learned to obey by
speaking to them. This can be done only by
constant drilling, always making them do as
told. Cattle, to become handy at all kinds
Of work, must have experience. Do not ex-
poet steers to become oxen at once. Like
''TrainerS," they may perform their evolu-
tons well, but for field fighting they must
learn the tug Of war;"
To make yoke it Il very simple thing
should take Eastwood, season under cover,
AMI make by we'll shaped yoke to look at.
The patent yokes are highly recommended for
ease to cattle.
The best way to fasten the cattle is to have
the stalls partitioned separately, with bars,
(gates are the most conveniently allowing
them Sufficient liberty to lie down with ease.
Make their racks SO they cannot waste their
fodder, aud bed them with dry straw, leaves
OF sawdust. Feed well and your cattle will
show their keeping, and your amount of ma
nure will be largely Unconstitutional.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

The people of Montpelier, by their repres,n-
tatlve Mr.. Merrill, in order to secure the pos
session OF the Stats House, and the Stat CIpi.
tai, volunteered to rebuild the burnt ediiice, ON
the plan to be approved by the State Commits
sioners, and without expense to tho State -
Upon this offer, and upon nothing else, the State
House was ordered to be rebuilt in Montpeher
darlington Times, Dec. I.
The great mistake on this question, was laade
at the extra session Of the legislature. At
that time they should have taken the g0und
that the State would build its own Capltt, ANDY
then located it whers. in their Indignant y
would best convene the State. But instead Of :"
this they settled down upon the narrow policy
OF having some town gre the State CaAitol.
Montpelier proposed to do this, and gained the
location. 1t is well understood thai under no
other circumstances would the Capitol have bsen
placed there,and now we say, let them carry oOt
a contract which they have voluntarily imposed
on themselves, and thus fulfill the expectations
OF the people.-Beliows Fails Times, Dec. 10.
These are precious items for papers to send
out in utter defiance of both truth and history.
1t is just as well known by every member of
that extra session that burlington came to
Montpelier with its first proposals to romove the
Capitol, and build it, free of expense to the
State, as it is that few citizens of Montpelier
made any proposal at all. Rutland Bellows
Falls. and some other towns made the same pro-
posai, ana it was understood that any other
town would give bonds to do the same thing, as
1T was repeatedly said that the State Of Yer
mont would never consent that any town should
build her House. Hence this buncomhe and
the proposal of Montpelier to offset others
But the State decided, with a complete knowl
edge Of all this, to let it remain where it was.
There was no location, nor relocation about it
it was simply whether sufficient inducement,
could be offered to remove it, and there could
not. With all these proposals there was no nd.
vantage for or against Montpelier, aud thu
House was ordered to be built on the question
of simply, where the State would be best con
\ vened.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23
A Precious Scamp.

The Editor of the Burlington Times is one
of those " essence pcdlers whose perfume we
dislike, but the eifluvia of whose presence be-
comes too disagreeable at times to be peacefully
endured. We see in his issue of the 18th that
he has received the Freeman of last week, hut
do not sec that he dares deny the = conditions
upon which he became guest of Col Bout
wells hospitablc house, nor do we learn that he
has yet paid his board bill But he skips over
all thes2 and gives the following introduction
to another article:
"sg-Wa think it advisable to copy the fol-
lowing article, entire, from Montpelier paper
of the 10th irst j., in order that our readers, in
different parts of the State may see the style Of
mendacious and vulgar blackguardism with
which it is thought to he good taste and good
policy, in Montpelier, to assail members of the
late Legislature. and the Town of Burlington.
We don wish to risk weakening the effect Of
snch literature as this, by Offering syllable
of comment or reply. fhe piece is from the
Montpelier Freeman. '"
Now he did not copy the article /" entire"
but only such portions as would best serve his
ends. What he did copy he took the ''manda-
cous ~ liberty to derange, pervert and change
to further suit his purposes. Afraid of the
truth Of the article as it WAS, We find it changed
as follows in the Times
=" What lesson she learned when the story
of the Man and the adder was verified in Mont
pelier taking into her bosom and nursing that
adder into the House. Every move that was
made WAS made with the Speakers Chair, with
all the fair promises Of no further opposition
Every committee was appointed with reference
to the State same intention.
Any one will sec the pickle that Editor was
in by comparing the above with it as it appeared
in the Freeman
"What lesson she learned when the story
OF the man and the adder was verified in Mont
paller taking into her bosom and nursing that
adder into the Speakers Chair, with all the
fair promises of no further opposition. Every
committee was appointed with reference to the
State House Every move that was made was
made with the same Intention
Thinking that we should not take the trouble
to read it over to see if he had copied it en-
tire y and as ii was, - sosk the unmannerly
liberty to change it H above, and if he is man
he will correct it, But this amende honorable
we do not expect, we know the man too well
but it shows how awfully driven to the wall he
is for something to say about the Freeman and
Montpelier, and how afraid Burlington is of the
truth that article contains. Not darinq to de-
nya word of it, it is altered to an unmeanng
tumble and sent out. But We defy all his ne
farious schemes and squandercd fortunes, with
the aid of " New York passengers - to boot
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

show'd him the gentleman and scholar"

show'd him the gentleman and Scholar"
and we are sorry that our remarks were thought
to be of 50 extensive nature as to include
him Or the more staid portion of the town, who
are willing to abide honorable compromises and
the decisions Of the majority. Wc are not at
all surprised that the Free Press Editor knew
nothing of the drunk y on Friday night, nor
of the Vaccinations of Gen. Clarke and his
evil crew, at the Legislature. The Free Press
Editor was not here hanging round water
closets, peeping through key-holes, and doing
all sorts of dirty tricks, and then sneaking of
without walking up to the Colonel's Office and
settling. And further, the Free Press would
not 50 loudly complain that citizens of this
town were imputing bad motives to his COM
ings, like angels visits, few and far between
had he known the extent and mcanness of the
schemes Of II few residents of Burlington
To the wholesale contradictions of the Ere,
Press of our statements as regards those who
have come here to look after the interests
Burlington, we simply say that we knew where
OF we spoke, and challenge the Free Press tt
publish any evidence to the contrary. The de
vising way and means to get the State Hous
removed to Burlington, should perhaps, hav
read, to Dloye it to Burlington and Rutland al
ternately.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CoMpANy.-The
crowded state Of our columns prevented an
earlier notice of the Annual Report of this now
wel-established Institution, which wus present.
ed to the Legislature in November last, it being
their Ninth Annual Report. We learn that
the accumuations from business, after the pay
ment of all losses and expenses, is now more
than 100000, all safely and proftably invest
ed. The interest received, paid the losses the
last year, and left balance of twenty-one
hundred dollars, Il thing which has boon done
by no other Company of which we have any
knewledge We notice that most of the assets
are in bottom mortgages. We know the Di-
rectors and Officers of the Company to be among
the most intelligent and worthy in the commit
nifty. whose characters are sure guarantee to
the public that its affairs will he properly con-
Quoted and cannot do more agreeable service
than t, advise all to insure in this Company
which we know to be all right, in preference to
any other, Of any State or country. We in
tended to have published the Report in full,
but for the present this hasty notice must sui
! fee
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

All Montpelier does not get its manners from
the Pavilion, nor its policy from the Freeman.
Indeed, the Tayern-keeper and the Editor, being
about on par, for stupidity, are, we are bound
views of things II it were mol SO, the town
would run under y in ninety days.-Burling
ton Times.
Does oil Burlington get its policy from the
Times? | 50, we have no wonder that it run
under more than ninety days " ago. Have
You settled that little board bill?
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

OaraI1 OF THE CARTER PorAroEs-About
thirty years ago, more or less, John Carter,
a resident Of Savoy, in the country Of Bsrk-
shire, experimental for the purpose Of the
improvement Of potatoes by planting potato
balls and ut harvesting the first year he found
that he had advanced one step towards bring
ing out new potato. He therefore, the
next year, planted the seed raised the first,
and so on for several year !, till he produced
the potato now distinguished us the Carter.
Mr.. Carter died soon after, and therefore did
not enjoy the full glory Of his discovery.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

TERMS The FREEMAN Is issued weekly at 81 so per
year. strictly in advance, $500 at the years. end
SO 90 will pay for years if paid at the close of the
FIRST year No account allowed to year
paid No paper sent out Of the State unless paid in ad
vance, commission of twenty-five cents each is allowed
to all who interest themselves in obtaining subscrb
ers. Any obtaining Eve new names will receive a
sixth COPY free
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

We respectfully inform the Age, and SON
other papers, that the !" Reply to the Invest
eating Committee 7" was first printed in tn
freeman, and that DR.. Powers was not its Nv
thor
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

LOAF CAKE.-One cup butter 2 of sugar;
3 of dough; A eggs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-12-23

Since October 18th, forty fugitive slaves have
p,ss'd through Albany for Canada says an Al
bany paper.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20
AEOTEER RAILROAD BRIDGE ACCI
DENT.

F,,- IN, Dg,--p-, Crli Dr-s-,, H.
1se Rsstsrr night tain on the Ct;ceeo and Hcx
issana Railroad met VITA q terrible accident on
b,es' Gear Peru ou 1hrrs'sy night shout II oeloSA.
6ieusa Darby Conrelly, was sefsovsy. If rot tassI,y
Eju,ed, AID Daniel lockwood, express ~ msssenseF
vn badly burt. The particulars vii be foune Ia y
s.assueut Of A. G. Noyss. Conductor
TIE rsNerssrtran OF tre Chicago sad Rock lsland
Ralytc be urd ess. ~ Thursday night. a. II oc'ooS,
rea ca tie track at Spring Creek, SIX mules es', OF
Pe'n. Tie accident ccourec en- tie ofiSe over me
eisss AID U supposed &c have been caused oy CON ~
is tt.tsc. Si.h a. obstruction on the track ine en,
gxs sd tsrdsr went over tLe oriSs dr.sroe OF
seoc, . feet into tho be Of tue crek csriy;rg aoog
With then The srgneer. Mr.. Baxter, sud the a'efnao'
Darby ConneLy
Tie bsggess car in which the eSpress messenger
sit;.I Z, WAS y!ooGt.y hurled on rts side
e.il however, reusipiIg on the bridge Ore freight
csr VISA also thrown toto tae bed Of tia stres
The remaining csr-, winch wee occupied BY large
nrmsef al lassergeis, although tsIt thrown oil the
track, cid tot go over tee bridge.
After TIE momerta!y psrayzlng excitement; hsd
pssato ses,ch was inmeoistey mace by The con-
ductc,s sud passengers among lie rias 10 the stream
below.
family when ext,ics.ed Va. lieess and the fireman,
sso rescir. IN Rock iflsHd wss seiisusly II 1ot IA
tally Injured. Tie express nesserges. Daniel Locs
weed, was s!so bsely hut. No Passengers we's
Ancrg tie property destroyed ir he freight csr
Was ysluAb.e horse, wo,,h 81 ~. which IL.
s.sutly killed.
The bridge wss tsderei ore Of TIE saisst upon
the road al exam nation subsequent 20 the acci-
dsr' proved ths, the imbers snd etrpg pieces in
seusnd cordton. and that the bridge only detec-
tive where the plspks torn oil by the engine in
iaLIg into tire creek.
The ACCIDENT undoubtedly caused by an OBJ
structicu p.sc,d upor the track by soTe malicious
per.cr. The frst ntmation OF Danger, ~ sisted by
Tie wcurdec hfemer, sten the engine stuck the
obstruction
No nterrupt:on s expected the running Of trains,
a. tie repairs Necessary 70 ths bridge srs slight, and
out Two lergtts Ct rail were tern up.
TIE rsn,xIrs Of the engineer together with the ure'
msn ard express mesareer, we've brought 10 Rock
IslsId by the train q ye-tercsy rlCLlpg. Baxter
leaves large family. Connolly has also large
iainily.
ARAirrotp TRus THRows Ogr THE Ta,cE-Two
M. KILLED ANU SftgRAL lNJUREp.-We learn that
ca Saturday uight last al accident occaired on tie
Ohio ara Mississippi Railroad, which resulted 10 the
death Of two persons and the injury CT ssyea heis.
Ii appe srs that villain had spiked 70 the track,
near Ouey Station, an irou railroad char, and that
a wood train was thereby throSn Of the track. Two
llisLmep, whose names We 6id not learn, employed
upon The trsn killed two others were badly ir'
jlred. sni five considerably bruised. lCin. GsI
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20
Cnnrs Is NnsrnEEN Nfw.YnRK..

CRors IS NORTHERN NTw-YoES.-A reeen. letter
from Oswego TO Til, TEIBrSy Gays:
"ihe gralr, corr, beans Ac. IN .his region are be.
IN totally destroyed by the grasshoppers. II you
krow sry reat 3y plssse announce IT il TnE TRiBUSE.
The yeros bvCs destroy our young beets IS soon
they make their appearance S.rsnge as j, may seem
b;rcs are Iot leTo rry useful rs they soeGnes
said 70 be TIE lki,er announce tor the be1e6t o.
thcse ths. Il rk ths. binds Incapable Of doing any
Ierceptible mischief.
lOir remedy for gtssshoppega would be more birds,
especially Of tie genus turkey. Near Oswego, We
should IL giving the fields pretty strong dose Of salt
OF brire from the refuse OF toe Syrscu,e works. We
krow this could rc. be applied 70 nsuy growing plants
but ne believe it might be used as TO prevent the
hstcbipg Of shy grsssboppeIs reNt year. Ed.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20

Mis-, reos.s ss;scsrs t-s l.,,c-'co C'rie.'h-.
csn zee &C ohsCsos Z bs: sc c-,nr ~ SsI "a 10 - -
ses rsy prsssat to CcsE-sss CsBs1,cttc1 isss al!
so hcfesy forr ed. wti5n ga sssD stpyorst oy her
hx r., voter. q. a fairy oosi1cAd slso,,on.
"Or tie subject Of sEln. whiIe an n,s ths s1vo-
css, AZ psotsciioc f.r t-s sIs sake Of p,o,ection
y,. On tia devoted ,r,erd Of rsy.nu. t,rt vl,d
cxtiss 60 arssged a. 70 sEels ssd iaticiors!Yo.i
,,u;,A,e IN favor Of or C productions ard -sui-
fsc,urr. .sI thus Incidentally fostsr anc epoogrsys
tGsr grr,tb sld proepenty ard SHED .hsu t.an ,ss
INJURIOUS oorsequeoces oi siIse e0rPet:;On sisn toe
cheap products ard lsbor OF otAer .anes. rs.ra
ts-s CT 1877 as or wise, inpch,.c, srd highly pr.a
cicA. 70 Psnrsyly aria isterest' .,ov-oo,,
ren.sl3. yoc,s tr-.y W NJ 1870 sN'.
",s,s B. RAs,,y esS, joas ~ b~N@i eel, a. "~s-i~
Co-r,lss."
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20

.,., ,,sv n.,ted to 70 upon their several e''a'O.
or y;,;t, I. was underssocd taa' Iney "o.,.
.r,;, =. tse boat, at 4 O'Clock. Ihe fn0'a0' -.
,oo u,rs punctual to that appointment 'u'
AZ. I.notter was not The two former re'ufnoa
o.. ,,I.pd lot doubling OF couse thai Tue .n'''
A., Brennan, was accidentally ie'1 oe'ino' VI
,.cs,.sr:Iy delayed BY scme engagement anu ina.
re- would take the next bost at 81 O'CLOCK; ou.
thst boat arrived at the leland without nef "'' c'4
aha sppesr 20 her now wstchfu iflenos "heu 'ne
I,,t hn,t tv which she could reach home on that
d.v ,,,;vsd at o'clock. So unsccountaoe an
absercs naturally created some an1lety' ana 'na'
,,x;.t, ,-sw int, alarm, and then into despair
vbs, they learned the next day, that she actually
,sft tys bouss of friend the afternoon before to go
totss4 o'clock boat but that she was aftsrward
.,sD in Broadway, apparently on her way to
ths boat Of 5I o'clock, ,ince which time the
moe. diEgent search by her friends and by
the po;ioe has completely failed to discover even
Tia sphtest trace Of her. 1t is useless to suggest
.ny Of the many csuses which may have induced
her 70 disappear, or compelled her di'appea'anee,
90 utterly and without leaving a sign behind her;
on til, point the imagination may be left unalded
Bu. this only should be said-tbst there is nothing,
we are assured 10 the relations Of Mrs Brennan to
her family or her friends, nothing in her worldly
circumstances, nothing in her character nothing IN
her state of mind OF state Of health, that admits
for a moment the possibility Of secret departure
or prolonged Absence to be voluntary acts on her
part. She was happy in retired and pleasant
home, where an aged mother and young child re.
qulIed her constant and afectionate care, and the
unvaying ckeerfulness and untiriDg devotion which
abe gave to tbese daily duties forbid the snpposi-
ton that she could have consciously and delloe.
rately abandoned them. We are left, then, to the
widest conjecture as to what e0n have happened
to lady unassumrg, modest, in the sad snd sober
gsrb Ct mourning weeds, but not unattractiye, and
in the prime of womanhood, on 90 public a
thorOugtfsre as Broadway in the broad daylight Of
Sumner afternoon. We doubt if the police Of
London or Paris would have LET such question be
unsoyed for thirty days.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20
A SwplAiSc MAICH.-That even 80 mean bus-
ress that ct Peeping Tom" may turn oct happily

A SwmniSc MATCH.-That even 10 mean boz
ress s.s that ct Peeping Tom" may turn oct hsppy
the following fr9ps TIE Pusbu,gh Dypdtot, proves
At Murdos kayiile, some young ladies bsd sssctsd .
shady took asd were CT oyirg riyss BATH when tss
yoopg fellows, ,t.Oling IN the woods heard an rnus1
p!ssLing in the water, ano. following their ssH. )"
we're amazed s1d-staD we say it l-celighSsd. oo
tuning shsrp bend N the river, 10 behold the wstsr
Bynp6s ostiug the ripping current, fAner than sss
ra..1s and mere enchanting than sirens ConseNpx
theuseves, one of the rascsls vsgefed 20 oa tss
swimming powers OF haxen haired divinity against
a small lark. Jed beauty-the two being the hS1srs
of the party and the UCst expert swimmers. The
wager was accepted the two had struck out fog
long ew:m, a stropg swim and sgIn atogstass whsn
the fair haired she shTiekej, turtle. tufil6
ard terribly heightened, sank under the surface
Il was q struggle between gslsntry and duty With
the yourg men, but the who hsd sccsptsdshs
challenge esped from bis hiding place into the stream,
ard striking out boldly sedsd 10 sezing the iasss
,ble and drowning girl and dragged her 10 the ehefs
OF oourse the remainder Of tho party hsA lied. but
soon returned, took charge Of the nearly nseuass
fern and rssOred her to conEc.0usness. In coosdsr-
a.ion Of the service performed, the young ssiisvs
were prsL.ed absolution. The heroic escrer Of the
youpg lady, however, claimed the 80, 90 the SCORE
ths; his nympb had iairly won he match sot
dust.d Up tia young propose that the aaes sns"
ny Il cyan