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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
Probate Courts for Randolph
District.

DRoBATE CoIJRTs within and for the District Of Ran
doph the year ensuing, will be holden follows
At the Probate ONCE in Washington, on the third Tuesday
the first Tuesday in each month; at the HOTEL in West
Randolph, on the second Tuesday in each MONTH at the
Orange County HOTEL Chelsea, the fourth Tuesday
In each month BY order Of Court,
A. CLEAV ELAND, Register.
Washington Decamher |. 1857,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29

There is no affection SO small, but we
should sink under it, if God upheld us not
and there is no sin so great, but we should
commit it, if God restrained us not.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
Father Adam.

He laid him down and slept-and from his side
A woman in her magic beauty rose
Dazzled and charmed he called that woman bride,
And his first sleep became his last repose.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
Dottlcal.
Written for the Green Mountain Freeman.
Watching.
By EAuT R. PAGE,

By BnLr R. PAGE.
Dear ones, as the night comes on,
Full Of silence, dim and sweet,
Light the mellow evening lamps,
And listen for his coming feet.
Place for him the accustomed chair
Where the cheerful freight lies;
Smile-for soon his heart will read
Tender welcome in your eyes,
In the blue, the thick, ming stars
Brighten, as the hours advance;
He has tarried-held by cares,
Or some gentle deed, perchance.
o'er the hills the full moon hangs
Surely, he will soon be here;
Even now, his pleasant voice
Seems to reach the waiting ear:
Seems for all the firelight's glsw
Long ago in dimness set.
And the chair beside the hearth
Vacant stands-he comes not yet
Still the lamps burn low and faint
And he fingers, strangely late,
But we know that he win come,
And we bless him as we wait.
Dear ones, how can any words
Still the anguish dumb and cold
That will fail upon your hearts,
When the dreary truth is toldt
Treasure henceforth from the world
Every tender look he gave;
Sacred each remembered word,
When between US lies the grave
Cover from your aching eyes
All the sweet familiar things
That were his--till, haply, Time
May bring healing on his wings.
Set no more his favorite chair
Where the yellow freight falls !;
Greater splendor round him floats
From the City's silver walls,
There is need no more for you
Any kindly smiles to wear
For the dear one who has met
Angels welcomes-pure as prayer.
Watch no more with greeting sweet
For the lips grown white and du NIB
Nor at nightfall, listening wait
For the feet that cannot come.
Yet, oh dear ones, try to think
That-though here, your watch Is vain,-
Passing through the gates OF pearl
You will see him, soon, again.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29

LIGHT AND LIFF.-When one was about to
construct light house he was asked what
was his object. "My object" said he, is
to give light and save ife."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
Nathan CIafIin,s Estate.

STATE OF VERMONT In Probae Count holden II
WAsHiNeroS District aiontpelier within and for said
District, on the LIST day Of July, A. D. 1858.
DUDLEY MARSHALL, Administrator on the Z tate ri
~ Nathan Caan,, late IF Marsbfed, in said District
deceased presents his administration account Tor settle
nenl; Whereupon orde ed thai The same he referred
the 2ItI day Of July d. 1858, at tn Probate Office IN
SAID Montpelier for examination and allowance and
mat all concerned be notified hereof by the publication
OF this order In the Green Mountain Fireman. printed
Montpeer, three weeks successfully, may be
that they may appear, and at said time and place IT they
see cause, object thereto.
By order Of Court,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
p-ot,afe Cnurts

STATE OF VERMONT, Probate Courts within and for
LAMoLE DIsrRcr S. the District Of Lamoille for the
year ensuing will be holden at the Probate Office in John
son, in said district, on the first Monday of each month
By order of the Court,
Decemher lRhI HOLM l. GLEED. Regiser.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29

STATE or VERMONT, DROBArE COURTS within
WASHINGTON DIsrgIcr IS. and for the District afore
said be holden al the Probate Office, in honpelier in
said District on Tuesday of each week. during the
ensuing. HARVEY TlLDEN, Judge.
December 1 I9A7
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29

There is an alchemy in a high heart which
transmutes other things to its own quality
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
LUCY Gales Estate.

NiE subscribers having been appointed by the honorable
Probate Court for the District of Lanlole, Com
mssioners to receive, examine and adjust all claims and
demands of all persons against the Estate Of LUCY
COLE, late Of Morrstown in said District, deceased
represented insolyen and the of six month, the
18th day Of July 1853, being allowed by said Court
the creditors Of said deceased to exhibit prove their
respective claims before usgivc notice that will attend
t. the duties f our appointment, at the Monsvlle
House, in MotistVwn, in said District, the third
Wednesdays of August and December next oclock
in the forenoon OH each ofsaid days.
REUBEN G. BENTON, )o,
| ALEXANDER RIDDLE, 'o"" ''
Morrsowu, July H. A. u. 1858 l34N3
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29

Gold gives ready PASSPORT to any gate
except Heavens.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
FURNISHING GOODS

EDWARD DEWEY
IJAS just returned from New York and Boston with Il
III well-seleced stock of FURNISHING GOODS, such as
are wanted for this market.
No. 8 State Street, April, 1858.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-29
BOOTS, SEaOES, &c.
Young Bullrusll Morgan.
Fine Gold Jewelrv,

Nd SILVER SPOONS Of every kind manufactured to
" order. Diamonds, Rubies and Pearls set In
any form desired. All kinds OF BADGE PINS manufac
tured with great care by II. c. PHINNEY.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
Dying Hours of Aaron Burr.

III Iepiy 10 the inquiry made in our columns ;
iew 1eeks ago for more definite information re-
i spectIng the religious views and experiences q
Aaron Burr in the last hours of life. ladv n
great intelligence and worth, a relative of tbe
family and of Ogden E. Edwards. who IVA.
burr's last friend, writes to us q letter. from
winch we make a few extracts. The fact,
mere stated are thrilling in their own interest
ana they are sufficient to stamp as it deserves
.ne great crime against society committed by
lhe recent biography of that bad man. Out
correspondent writes:
,e'd My--' Ogden f. Edwards, who died in
.Ic' ielt grateIul interest in Col. Burr, frouI
'ne TACT OF his having, in his prosperous davs
aided my grandfather Timothy Edwards. in no.
cunIary difficulties. He admired also the mind
Uod had given him, which. in all his degrada-
'ion' shone forth in the most brilliant and fasci-
natIng narations He spent week at nv ia.
.ner after he was 70, and my impression OF
Nun and Off he said and did, is very vivid
lie was hater OF Ill mankind, trfer with all
"omanklnd, and violated all the rites of bospi-
tdilty III the license of his beha vior partol's
OooK IS tissue OF lies, as far as family matters
are related, and oh how evil in its influence
Upon young men. My father used to saw that
Burr's killing Hamilton was the least Of his
crimes. "''
:" Mr.. Edwards found that Burr was continu.
ally annoyed when he lived in Nassau street bv
set OF miserable beings, who pretended In
nave claims upon his charity One morning
there were l8 or 20, each telling the story Of
his or her wrongs. The larger part were wo.
men. lie snatched shilling from under his
Plllow and threw it among them, saving, with
one OF his withered looks, There. We barpies
take the last cent have" Mr.. Z. then re.
moved him to Richmond, Staten Island; EN-.
pioyed faithful Irish nurse to attend him. and
went down every day to see him. One dav as
ne approached The hotel, the nurse met him
near the door, saying, Indade, sir, he's verv
bad he wants the priest Mr. E. sent her for
tne Dutch clergyman, and Immediately entered
Col. Burr's room.
lie found hun struggling with death, and
all he could understand was, Call the priest
call the priest. The nurse soon returned with
a Catholic priest, but he did not enter the
room. My--added with shudder. il WAS
fearful scene, and never wish to speak of il
again. My mother told me, three months be.
fore her death, that Ogden Edwards mentioned
precisely The same circumstance to her.
we would gladly that the grave shonld
hlde all the dark catalogue. But the life ofl
Col. Burr is study of no mean interest and i'm.
portance, and is it not of fea ru impoit that the
Snoal upon which SO gifted being was wreck.
ed should be discovered 2"
Such is the testimony that has now been de.
Veloped, and although it merely lifts the cnr.
tam for moment upon the last hours of Burr.
hat moment is sufficient to show us the diving
sinner struggling with the great enemy, and
calling help from the religion he had all his life
rampIed under fcot.-N. y. Observer.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
Ecclesiastical Troubles.

The London journals, BY the Niagara, devote
colums and colums to the Confessional"
which is getting to be one of the most exciting
questions of the day all through England. The
23d inst, had been fixed for the opening of the
commission of inquiry into the charges brought
against the Rev. Mr.. West, of BoynhIll Church
The Daily Nea0S thinks crisis is coming -
in the Established Church-.-the results OF
which, religious and political, it is impossible
just now to calculate. As an offset TO the
above from an lnquiring Clergyman, we have
the following in the News:
"As the words of the Prayer book at present
stand, any clergyman who feels it his duty to
do so is authorised both to receive the confess
sIons of ell who choose to come to him d to
give them absolulion IN the words of the Ser.
vice for the Visitation of the Sick. II is for
gotten that the apologists of the Church of
England have always maintained against the
Jesuits, that her priests had exactly the same
authority as those of Rome to absolve in the
name OF Christ, and that (to use the words Of
Archbishop Usher) the Church of England re.
fused no sort of confession, either public or pri-
vate? The fact is, that the only difference be-
tween the doctrine,of the two churches on this
point is, that in the Roman Church confession ID
compulsory, while in the English Church it is
not" Et
The Times takes strong ground against tho
High Church party. TheDaiiy NeWs, though
proverbially evangelical in its tendencies, ap
pears to lean the other way.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
Church Scandal.
BISHOP DoANE AND THE REV. MR. can,

i'hoF OoANE AND THE REV. Mr.. GARDEN,
Docrinal dlfferences,-it is a sad thing N
'~eouletimes lead the clergy,-eyen of the
'd'ne church,-to attack one another which ,,,,
can not but think, would make even The 49,, ~
recKIess laymen of the secular press bIrsb Co.
shame. We published few davs since 90
p'r' % OF me news of the day, an admonition from,
'"e ~. heV' the Bishop Doane, of New Jersey
uGureSstd TO Rev. Mr.. Garden, of PbiladcI'
P"'d' "ho' as we gather from the Bishop's state.
49, VI the Case was guilty of "act of msbe.
"a.'pt ~ inviting a Methodist minister TO as.
sis' hiin III administering the Communio, i,
the DInccss of New Jersey. Mr. C,rIar 'iI ~
hoi appear to enter on his Justification in Db;I,
ue'P"'"'--Wh' r. he resdes,-but opens his bat.
'erieS np"i HE bishop IN the Protestant Church.
"'4", VI 'h'S CITY, III the following terms.
lle'e Is Bishop who was presented fo-
"'I' "y 'hree OF his peers, all of uBblernisbed
""c e"o"cu reputation, under charges of Oross-
" tMm0r"t co2duct, dishonesty, and drVnLn,.
ness Ills accuSers declared publicly tbattbo,,
believed him gully. ana stood ready 10 nrovs
Tue cnar9rS 'i+y L@0 brought. lie s6ruDk fam
an investigation, ara by desperate wriToi;n,-
escaped H. thereby 5r'"glng stigma upon his
order. "" "Po" us
1"S b'ahop allows one of his own presbv.
r !" % d Proh:;.eht thuich m the largest civ
- -'"N'''' 1" UtSS race tHe Church Lay
tmperdHce, md raises no uoico of roL,:5L ""'
Dut 10 pFesby'cr OF another Diocese happens
IN place Of public resort on the extron1o
Poln' o lIt'if spur of the State that forms his
Diocese, to commit what at most was hnt
tr'ulng breach Of ecclesiastical order. and ont
comes a ridiculous ard empty interdict.
we say an empty in'erdict, for what force
VIII II carry None whatever No nor.I
lorce' Tor It's source and character both nrocImda
.hat. NO legal force, for the day has moi VET
come whena single Bishop can make canons
u"u uo. execute 'h@m' When Bishop becomes
Such an absolute monarch in his Diocese. that
no Presbyler can oficiatc in it in the smallest
act without his consent, it will be refreshinn -
DC De made aware OF it. We doubt not that the
heV' Mr.. Garden will treat the affair with Tho
aisfespect 1t so richly merits"
ms !" pretty se'ere,-and the better to an.
preclate rs t"Il meaning, it may be added
mat The Protestant Churchn0n is ed;Ied h.,
lmree lt, eminent cIergymen OF the Epjsconai
Church'-Rev. DR.. Tyng. Rev. Dr. AnIhon a"d
Rev. Dr.. CantieId.-Erpress.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
The Comet.
AS SEEN BY PROF. MITCHELL, THE AsrRoNoMER
AT THE CINcINNATI OBSERVATORY.

AS SEEN BY PROF. MITCHELL, THE ASTRONOMER
AT THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY.
Professor Mitchell, of the Cincinnati Obser
vatory, has been observing the comet, and ht
gives The following description of it. He say,
It has been steadily approaching the earth. an,
IN direction SO nearly concdent with th,
visual ray, that but for the reliable computation,
OF astronomers. might well excite anticipa ito,
OF some fearful collision with our own planet
Indeed, throughout the present month it seems
to have been plunging downward 50 exactly to-
ward the earth, that it scarcely changed its a o.
parent place among the fixed stars by a quau.
tlty larger than two or three times the appa.
rent diameter Of the moon.
1T will reach its nearest approach 10 the sun
IN few days. Its brilliancy will! increase ra.
pldly up to the close of the first week in Octo.
ber, when 1t will put on its most splendid ap.
pearance, and will then rival in grandeur the
famous comet Cf HALEY, at its last return in
1886 The Comet will soon commence to
change direction, at first slowly, aiterwp rd more
rapidly, as seen from the earth when sweeping
swiftly round the sun it will regain those dis.
tant regions of space wherein vast proportion
Ot It's orbit lies far beyond the reach of telesco-
pic vision.
"On the evening of the 25th of September
The appearance of the comet, in the great re-
Tractor OF the Cincinnati Observatory, was es.
pecially interesting. The central portion. or
nucleus, was examined with powers varying
from one hundred to five hundred, without pre-
Sentng any evidence of a well defined plane
tary disc. 1t was q brilliant glow of lrht.
darting and flashing forward in the direction of
the motion toward the sun, and leaving the re-
glon behind in comparative obscurty. But the
most wonderful physical feature presented was
a portion OF nearly circular, ne6ulous ring,
with its vortex directed toward the sun, the
bright nucleus being in the center, while the
imperfect ring swept more than half way round
the luminous center. This nebuous ring re-
sembled those which sometimes escape from
steampipe, aud did not exhibit the appearance
which ought to be presented by hollow hemis-
pherlcal envelope Of nebulous matter. There
was an evident concentration of light in the
central portions OF the ring, while, in the case
OF hollow envelope, the brightest portion
should be at the outer edge. By micrometrca!
measurement, the distance from the central
point TO the circumference of the ring was found
to be about 5000 miles. This would give
diameter of eighteen thousand miles, in case
the ring was entire. Similar measurements.
made on the evening of the 26th of September,
Indicated a decided increase in the radius of
the ring, which was now not less than twelve
thousand miles in length.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07

lance OF 3OOO miles, and through the very hear
OF the great empire; and before another yea
closes, English steamboats, will be seen PUSHING
up towards its source, and into all its great tr
butaries.
EieVen new ports are also opened to com.
merce. have not time to give the names.
Missionaries, Protestant and Catholic, are to
oe allowed to diffuse Christianity throughout
'he empire, without perse :ution or annoyance,
and the Chinese are also allowed to embrace it
without any injury to their persons or property.
ms is a grand achievement, and augurs bet
ter future to this stcreotyped mass of humanity.
Inc French are to receive a pecuniary in-
demnlty for the murder of their Bishop some
years since, with the utmost liberty and securi-
" 10 French missionaries in future.
The Chinese are to pay the English five mil
lions sterling $25,OOO,OOO) for the expenses
OF the war, and the English are to retain Can.
ton til this sum is paid.
There is shrewd suspicion that the Treaty
was agreed TO, only TO get rid of the Barbarians
IN The Pei-ho, and that they will have to take
'"' '"ci' i"uelhhIty III :" promises TO pay" The
reason tor this suspician is, in fact that this in
demnIty is dependent upon the collection OF
customs dues At Canton, where there is every
reason to believe its receipt will not only be
dubous, but where the strongest feeling of dis
like of the English and French among the ra
tIves, is likely to break out in fresh acts of hos
tlIIty.-thus, 1t may be, compelling the outside
bdrbaFlans 10 begin the war anew. These sus-
picIons are finding free vent in the London
journals, we see,--and there is a loud cry.
there, against the withdrawal of the allied
squadron, from the vicinity of the Capital. until
the Treaty is SO amended as TO change the
"en"e for collecting the indemnity from Canton
10 Pekin.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
A Logical Baggage Master.

The post of baggage master on a railroad
tram Is not an enviable one. There is often
a VIDE difference between the company's repu.
iations and the passengers opinion of what ar.
licles, and what amount of them properly comes
under the denomination of baggage; and this
difference OF opinion frequently subjects the un.
lucky official Of the trunks and band-box de.
Partment to animated discussions with certain
class OF the travelling public. We heard late
~ an anecdote of "George," the affable b. NJ.
on Capt. Cobb's train on the Virginia and Ten.
nes5ee road, which is too good to be lost:
A passenger presented himself at a way sta.
top on The road, with two trunks and saddle.
for which he requested checks. The bappaoe
master promptly checked the trunks, but de-
manded the extra charge oftwenty.five cents
for the saddle. To this the passenger demur
red, and losing his temper, peremptorily ask
ed
"Will you check my baggage, sir"
Are you horse" quietly demanded
George.
"What do you mean, sir !'' exclaimed the
lrate traveller.
You claim to have this saddle checked as
baggage!"
"Certainly-it is baggage" positively re-
turned the passenger.
"Well," said the imperturable George, "by
the company's regulations nothing but wearing
apparel is admitted to be baggage; and if this
saddle is your wearing apparel, of course you
must be horse! Now, sir, allow me to strap
ii on your back, and it shall go to the end of the
road without any extra charge whatever"
The traveller paid his quarter, and offered |
George his hat.-Bri$tOl NeWS.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
(T'O be continued.)

ACCIDENT TO ANOTHER STEAMsHIP.-Tbe
Arabia brings the intelligence of an accident
to another oftbe Hamburg steamships, 10 which
the Austria belonged. The steamer Hammo-
MIA, which left Hamburg on the lIth. the next
steame- after the Austria, exploded her maga-
zine, and five of her passengers were injured,
so that she was forced to put back. In the ac-
cident of the burning of the Austria, the rapid
spread Of the flames was attributed also tothe
explosion of the magazine. This should sug-
gest the prOpriety of dispensing with maga'
zines altogether, or OF reducing the quantity of
powder on board to an amount so small, that no
danger could arise from il in any emergency
1t may be necessary to fire guns as signals in
case OF distress, but the firing of salutes on en-
'ering or leaving harbcr, is not SO important a
eeremony as not to be omitted.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07

THE EDIroR.-Tne Richmond Mall throws
off the following capital illustration:
"They have a steamboat in the western wa
ters named The Editor This is the very
best name ever given to a steamboat. We are
surprised that it has never been thought of be-
fore The editor is working engine, whose
fires are going day and night. Now he sails
against the tide, now with it, until suddenly
he comes-up against some hidden snag, which
entirely shivers his timbers to pieces. When
ever he moves he puts the water in agitation,
and leaves wake of troubled waters behind
MIN. lie serves every one but himself, carries
passengers in any quantity, and goes off, puff
putting down the stream of life. Often his
powers are overtasked, and the boiler bursts, but
fortunately it kills no one but himsels-aEd who
cares for an Editor!''
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07

OPTICAL PHENoMEEoN.--It will be recollec-
ted That an assertion made by young Wise, the
aeronaut, that on one ofhis ascensions from this
city, he could see the bottom of rivers and dis.
Germ the fishes sporting in the water, was re.
ceived with much incredibly. The same fact
however, has been noted by other aeronauts.-
Mr.. IL. M. Spencer. who recently ascended
from Pittsfeld in this State, in his account d
the excursion, remarks as a curious fact thai
while passing over lakes, the lilies and other
water plants were distinctly visible even tc
their stems 10 the water. when objects very
much larger on land could not be Distinguished
Boston Journal.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07

THE MOUNT VERNON EsTATE.-We have
the most encouraging accounts of the progress
making by the ladies of New York State to
raise money to pay off the debt incurred by the
ladies of the country for the estate of George
Washington. The signs of the times are that,
under the wise guidance of the Lady Regent Of
New York, Miss Homilton, New York will sub
scribe even largely beyond her prope 'sion as u
State having the largest population in the
Union.-M Y. Express.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07

SrArIoN IsDIcAToR.--H. l. Howard, OF
Hartford, Conn, has shown US, says the Penn
syisaaian, what we consider a model Station
Indicator, to be placed in railroad cars IN full
view Of the passengers. After passing a sta
lion tie conductor or brakesman pulls cord,
and the name of Tho next station appears. The
sound of bell calls the attention Of the pas.
sengers 10 il. This is an excellent invention,
and worthy the patronage and attention Of rail
faad Companies. We understand the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad company have ordered twenty
ior their road.
Smyrna times., 1858-10-07
- The nnmher Of lanrnnnea annken Is

0~7- The number of languages spoken is
i064. The number of men is about uqual TO
The number OF woman. The average ofhuman
life is thirry-three years, One quarter die be-
tore the age of seven, one-half before the age
Of scyenteea. TO every one thousand persons
one only reaches one hundred years, TO every
ono hundred only six reaches one hundred years,
to every one hundred ooly six reach seventy
five years, aud not more than one in every five
hundred will reach eighty years.