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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-01-07

The Methodist Missionary committee have
appropriated for the year 1869, $4,000 dols
lars for foreign missions and 1871, 600 dollars
for home Missions. -. ii.
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"A writer in the Sierra (cal.l Citizen, under
she title of Yeung Men and Tree Frogs,' gives
sbetter seTanon, betteralecture on morality,
and b better essay on nleatal philosophy, all in
asjew lines, thaR are sometimes found in as
many volumes ofstandard authors: es $50
The tree frog acquires the color of whatever
ftadheres to for short time; if it IS found on
thesoakssit viii bear theseolor of that trees if
ontshe sycamores or. cypress. it will be whi-
tish brown; and " hen. it is found on the grow
ing corntit is sure to be green. Just.so it is
with yonng men, ,theirconp paniohs tell as what
their character is: if they associate with the
Vulgar. the Icentious and the profane, then
Their hearts are already sta ined with their
guilt and shame, and they win the mselves be-
conc alike vicious. The study eff bad books,
OF the love of wicked con. panions, is the broad
est and most eertainToad to ruin that young
rlerscan travel, and a few well directed les
sons III either will lead them on step BY step
to the gate of destruction. Our moral and
physicai laws show US how important it is to
have proper associations of every kind, espe-
ciaIly in youth. How dangerous it is to gaze
ofl a picture or a scene that pollutes the inn
agitation or blunts the moral perceptions, or
has q tendency to weaken a sense of our duty
20 God and to man. - q
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

the letter. that l should concur with it. 1
agree with MIR. Smith that moral suasion IL
hopeless. 1don't think the people OF the
slave States will ever consider the subject OF
slavery in its true light till some other argu-
ments is resOrted to, than moral suasion.
Reporter of the Herald do not wish to
annoy you but if you have anything fur
ther you would like to say. will report it.
al. Brown have nothing to say only,
that | claim TO be herr in carrying out a
measure 1 believe perfectly justifable, and
not TO act the part of an incendiary or ruff
fan, but to aid those ST. ffering great wrong.
I irish 10 say, furthermore, that you had better
tell your people Of the South. prepare yourselves
for a settlement of that question that must come
up for settlement sooner Than you are prepared
for II. The sooner you IRE prepared the bet
ter. You may dispose 4 me very easily. /
am nearly disposed Of now but this ques-
ton is still to be settled this negro question
mean the end of IL { is not yet. 1heSe
mounds 1oere inflicted u,On me-50h SayTe
u on M head and bayOnet STATS IN different
parts of nv body-soms minutes after 1 had
ceased fighting and had consented 10 a Sur'e'-
der. for the benefit of others, not for my own
(This statement was vehemently dchleu ~
all around.l / believe the MAJOR (meah'hg
Lieut.. j. B. Stuart, Of the United ota'es
Cavalrv.) would not have been alive
could have killed him Just as easy as a mos
quito when be came in, but | supposed he
came in only to receive our surrender. There
had been loud and long calls of Surrender
from us-as loud as men could yell-but IN
the confusion and excitement | suppose we
were not heard. | do not think the Major,
,,o,r. 20 hr foIqr n flor vCn had
surrendered.
An officer here stated that the orders to
the marines were not to shoot anybody but
when they were fred upon by Browns men
and one Of them killed, they were obliged TO
return the compliment.
Mr.. Brown insisted that the marines fred
first.
@. Brown, suppose you had every Niger
in the United States, what would you do
with them? A. Set them free.
Q. Your intention was to carry them of
and free them? A. Not at all.
4 Bystander-To set them free would
sacrifice the life Of every man in this com
munity.
Mr.. Brown do not think SO.
Bystander-I know it. think you are
fanatical.
MIR. Brown-And | think you are fanati-
cal. Whom the gods would destroy they
first mad" And you are mad.
@. Was it your only object to free the ne
groes? 4. Absolutely our only object.
Q. But you demanded and took Col.
W~ashington's silver watch? \. Yes are
intended freely TO appropriate the property Of
Shareholders 10 carry ont our object. 1t was
for that, and only that, and with no design
to enrich ourselves with any plumber what
ever.
@. Did you know Sherrod in Kansas? [
understand you killed him. A. | killed no
man except in fair fight l fought at Black
Jack Point and Ossawattomie, and if killed
anybody, it was at one Of these places.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

The Times Of Tuesday thinks we are
running altogether wide Of the mark, when
we say that in the bill for amending the Vt.
& Canada r. R. charter, there should be a
provision requiring that $50 far as the run
ming Of the Vt. Central R. r. is at any time
under the control of the Directors Of the Vt.
& Canada Road or whoever manages it for
the benefit of the two roads, through passen-
ger trains shall be run to and from Burling-
ton Eastward as far at least as Mortified. as
well as between Burlington and Rouse's
Point" The Times don't see that that
has ''any obvious c%onnexion with legislation,
the object and interest of which is to pro-
vide for the fulflment of the charter obliga-
tions of the Vt. & Canada Road to the Rut-
land & Burlington, and to the public. -
Well, if the Times does not see it, we do, and
many others see it too, and still more
will see it if they will open their eyes to the
obligations $50 the pu5Fc,' which every
railroad should be laid under by a Legisla-
ture elected by the public, to look after the
public good. The Times seems to have be-
come obliVious all at once, of a certain FIJI
TY YEARS LEASE or contract between the Vt.
& Canada and the Vt. Central, where
by the running of both corporations
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

\ WoLF IN SLEEPS CLorHrNG.-A jew
impOst0r, DAVID Silverstein, claiming To be
the agent Of q society for the promotion of
Christian knowledge among the Jews, -
preached and received collections in all the
churches of Essex, y. Y. last Sunday week
and so ingratiated himself in the affections
Of a good family that he at once won the
promise of their daughter in marriage (al-
though the young lady was 10th to c%onsent)
and would have been married to her in a few
days had not Rev. Mr.. Cope of Essex caused
him to be arrested on suspicion, when all
the facts Of his base hypocrisy came out. He
not only had a Jewess wife living, but had
been stopping in Plattsburgh with another
woman not his. \ warrant was procured
against him for an attempt to commit big
amy. and an officer despatched To apprehend
him.
Silverstein got wind that his real charac-
ter was becoming known, and took French
leave. He was %overtaken in Rutland county,
Vermont, and brought back to Essex, where
al examination was had; but because of the
insufhciency Of proof as to a prior marriage,
he was discharged and went his way. He is
below the medium stature, black whiskers
and hair, talks rapidly and with a strong
foreign accent.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
VERMONT ITEMS.

Henry Washburn, Of Guildhall was kicked
in the face by a horse he was leading into the
barn on the 18th. The cheek bone was bro
ken and the skull was fractured. SO that Mr..
Washhuru's recovery was thought doubtful.
VIM. Montague, Of Bennington, was
thrown from his wagon on the Eth. by the
breaking Of an axle, was caught in the reius
and dragged about forty rods before ne could
free himself. The horses continued 20 run
till one Of them fell, breaking his leg, rem
4ering it necessary to shoot him. Mr.. Mon
tague fortunately escaped without serious
injury.
An old bear weighing 200 pounds, and her
cub, weighing 60 lbs. We're shot LAST week on
Bald Mountain, near Rutland.
A semi-weekly paper was been started at
Swanton, called " The Synodronist," which
has reached its fifth number. John Sawyer.
IT., is Editor and Proprietor. W wish Mr..
Sawyer success in his enterprise. The novel
title Of his sheet shows that ne means to be
up with the times.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
IN ITALY.


A recent letter from Florence saws
"WhereveE GaribaldI appears in his pro-
gress through R0magna. be sends an electric
spark through the hands of all Italian
youth. Every one who sees or hears him
becomes q soldier. The language of his har-
argues is short and uncouth, but it is to the
purpose. 1.-The priests and the foreigners, -
he SAYS, "have always been and are at the
bottom of all our evil. 1t Is time TO settle
accounts with them, and to make short work
ofit. let every one who counts himself an
Italian stand up and follow me. I have seen
both the French and the Austrians face to
face more than once. They are brave troops
both Of them, but are no more than men,
and men Ne are too. Their ranks are hume
rous, but we have a Just cause and God on
our side. [ offer myself as your guide
Those who come after me will be at no loss
as to where the e-emy is
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
THE sIRREPRESSIBLE con-
FLICT."

The Providence Journal, like the sensible
and witty paper that it is, takes exactly the
right tack with the Democratic journals,
which, for lack Of other capital, are attemp-
ting to make something out of the Harper's
Ferry outbreak. 1t says:
''The Democratic papers, with their usual
candor and sagacity. charge the crazy folly
and wickedness Of ''Old Brown upon Mr..
Seward, and affirm that the outbreak at
Harper's Ferry is in the direct line of the
programme laid down in the famous speech
in which Mr.. Seward declared that in all
history there had existed an "irrepressible
conflict between right and wrong, light
and darkness, freedom and slavery. Why
don't these paners state the truth? VIII y
do they keep back from an indignant public
the fact that Mr.. Seward is now in Egypt ?
What is he there for? What can he he
there for. unless it is to engage the locusts
and the frogs, and the plaques of Egypt in
general. to take part in this conflict? TIL
Boston Trareler, n Black Republican paper,
~incautiouslv admitted, last week. that Mr..
Seward had gone to Egypt to hold a little
private conversation with the Sphvnx and
what reasonable Democrat. what man who
has swallowed the other stories about him,
can doubt that his real purp So, is not only
to talk with the Sphynx-b but to bring it over,
and the pyramids and Cleopatra's needle
and Pompey's pillar to aid in the enforce
ment Of the "blooiv and brutal doctrine
that freed m is preferable to slavery
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

CAUGHT IN Hrs Own TRAP. Once two
ministers of the gospel were conversing on
extempOraneOu preaching.
"Well," said the old divine. waxing warm g..
- you are running Yourself by writing your
sermon and reading them IF. Your congrega-
ton eannot become interested in your preach
ing and if You were called upOn to preach
unexpectedly, unless YOU could get hold Ofan
old sermon, you would be completely con-
fused"
The young divine used all his elOquence,
but in vain, 10 convince the old gentleman
that the written sermon expressed his own
thoughts and feelings, and if called upOn. he
could preach extemporaneously.
&" As we are Of the same faith said the
Young minister, suppose You try me next Sab
bath morning. On ascending the pulpit
Won can hand me a text from any part the
Bible. and | will convince you that can
preach without having looked at the text
before I stood up. Likewise Unjust be allow
ed the.same privilege with you, and see who
will make the best Of it."
The idea seemed to delight the old gentle
man. and it was Immediately agreed upon.
The following Sabbath. on mounting the
pulpit. his senior brother handed him a slip
Of paper. on which was written " And the
ass opened his mouth and spake;' from
which he preached n glorious sermon. chain
ing the attention Of his delightful hearers.
and charming his old friend with his elo-
quence.
In the afternoon, the Young brother, who
was sitting below the pulpit, handed his slip.
After rising and o%rening the Bible, the Old
man looked sadly around-"Am not thine
asp Pausing a few minutes. he ran his
fingers through his hair. Strengthened his
coll r, blew his nose ike tbs last trumpet .
and read aloud Am | not thine ass?' An
other pause. in which a deadly silence
reicned. After reading the third time Gam
I not thine ass?'' he looked over the pulpit
at his friend and in a doleful voice slid-'' |
think I am, brother.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

viii you allow r.
mcdium Of your columns. 10 rs,ze
the Inhabitants generally. mail H.
tieulir. # Darlington
Would IL mo-. b, far bs-
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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

WEsTERN Corn AND GRAPE CRoP.-A cor
respondent Of the Albany Eve. Journal, who
has travelled, recently, through several of
the Western States, and had good opportu-
mites to form correct opinions on the corn
crop Of this year in those States, says
''In Michigan and the greater portions Of
Illinois, the crop is fully equal to the aver
age. In Indiana the crop has never been
excelled in the quantity planted. and in
quality. 1t viii be an mmense yield. 1t is
a curiosity to look at in the Wabash Valley,
and the Railroads there viii have ample
business in getting it to market through the
tall and winter. In Ohio the crop Of Corn
is very large, and will also furnish q large
business for the Railroads. In Iowa it is
only an average crop. 1t viii yield fairly
however. though not by far 50 much as Ohio
OF Indiana.
The Grape crop in Ohio, this year, is
larger and more abundant than it has been
since 1851. The quantity of Wine made in
Ohio will be very large, and in value viii
amount TO several hundred thousand dol
lars.
Many acres on L0ngwor5h's vineyard viii
yield from six to nine hundred bushels per
acre! The Grapes are not only abundant.
but they are Of fine size and flavor.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

The YACHT WANDERER on -El T.
AGAIN.-Accounts of the mysteriou
ure of the famous yacht Wanderer a.
in the Savannah papers, but they
throw much light on the nau Of Oh g.
action. What Mr.. Lamar, the Own-- E
Is to be taken for the fact IS, that tta r.
has been stolen by a skipper from BE e.
of Maine, but the circumstance sl-
suspicion that Mr.. Lamar could tell q z.
reasonable story ifhe would. ltssz; q
undOubJed that the vessel has a crew d.
men and is well supplied with arms. am
milton and stores for a trip TO the c-E
Africa. For some time there had -
suspicion that she would be used for c.
ing off the men now ii Jail waiting the,-
al for being concerned in her former q
and a revenue cutter had heen waJcl.l,
But Just at the right moment, when she
ready for sea, the revenue cutter VS.
out Of the way by sending her on q cs-
trip, with no particular object, an E
Wanderer dropped down the harbo- y
Lamar protested TO be greatly excite e
urged the CO lector Of the port to sen
cutter in pursuit, very well undersl
that there was no cutter TO be sent. B
sailing vessel was chartered by the c0-
on which Mr.. Lamar and his lrien1s r
down the river and saw the yacht saa
The next heard of her probably viii 7s q
she has landed a cargo of Congo ls
somewhere on the cast.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

AGO. REGULATION. An old clock was sold
at auction the ether day in New York which
the fortunate purchaser found to contain,
concealed in the back in Bank of England
notes, $4,000. The notes were dated in the
reign of Queen Anne. The sum at 6 per
cent compound interest from that date,
would amount to $50, OOO, 600. This is
what the banks would call "a good c%ircula-
ton, and any of them would be willing to
discount almost any paper with "a guaranty
that the bills should remain for $50 years in
the back of a clock case.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

The following is set down as the relative
heating values of different kinds of Ameri-
can wood Shellbark hickory, being taken
as the highest standard, 100; pignut hIck-
oiy, 95 white oak. 81; white ash, II; dog
wood, 70; scrub oak. 10; white hazel, 2;
apple tree, 20, red oak, 90; white beech, 65 &;
black walnut, &c; black birch, 90; yellow
oak, 60; hard maple, SO; white elm, IS; red
cedar. so; wild cherry, A; yellow pine, 81;
chestnut, so yellow poplar, 50; butternut,
81; white birch, 40; white pine,42. There
are two stages in the burning of the wood :;
in the first the heat comes chiefly from the
flame, in the second from red hot Goals
Soft woods are much more active in the
first stage than hard, and hard woods more
active in the second stage than soft. The
soft woods burn with q voluminous flame,
and leave but little coal, while the hard
woods produce less fame and q larger mass
of coal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
New Publications.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for November, CON-
pletes the nineteenth volume of that popular
and attractive publication. "The Virgin
ians " is concluded, fortunately, during the
authors lifetime, and the problem " who is
to run 1t when Thackeray is dead is for
ever set at rest. The illustrated articles are
The Rice Lands of the South and 1.-THE
Volcanoes OF Central America" For sale by
Fuller.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

of 100 feet from the ground to the top of the
statue. exceeding, it is said, the height of
anv monumental column ancient or modern,
except that on the Fish-street hill, London,
by Sir Christopher Wren in c~ommemoration
of the great fire of London in 1866, which is
2O2 feet high. The corner stone of the pres
ent Monument was laid Oct. 18th, 1858.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

EXODUS OF NEGROES From MlssoCA =
St. Louis Democrat of Monday says
ty-fve ehattels Of the peculiar
passed down Locust street yesterday r.
on their way to the sunny S1uta' r.
were a motley group, composed oil "a,
men and children, whose ages rang7l'
emily, from FIVE to forty years. Il7 /.
sion was composed Of fathers, moil's
their little children by the hand yo-
and men. arm Il arm. On the oD5 q
the sight was suggestive OF the
coming for Missouri, but on the 9ll.
awakened the liveliest sympathy Iof 4.
dition of this gang of miserable benz 3
ly every Sabbath morning Witness
dus Of these parties from our mll'''
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

4 CoLD SNAP.-We had an efscu1 ,
minder of the approach of winter. FMS
frozen ground and scattered snow LII
borne on the blasts of a cold nor'1 VII
The fountain in the Park was l1'g VII
%cicles, and poor Neptune seemed d To '7i's
IDLY on his airy pedestal
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

\ paper read before the British
Association on'. Underground IemP
stated that, with u thermometer sun g
depth of three feet, the greatest GOA
perienced in February, while at SIX ri
the greatest cold was in March III
feet feet deep the grea test cold wa q
and at twenty-four f eet the creates
in July.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

Inc THREE LEssoNs.-The Philadelphia
Press says that his own State has afforded to
Mr.. Buchanan three lessons, since his cleo
uou to the presidency. The first was the
election oi GOV. Packer, who stood fairly
upon t1e Cincinnati platform, fairly inter
preC-d; the second WIS the Congressional
election Of 1858. after the administration
hal deserted that platform, and in which
the opposition carried all the members OF
Congress but two; the third is the election
that 1os iast taken place, and which has
again resulted in the Overwhelming defeat
OF the administration. The Press asks ifthe
ionrth lesson is wanted, in the presidential
%riectinn IF 1860.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

When Frank Blair was stumping Mime
sofa, at the close Of one Of his meetings. the
following scene took places \ gentleman
in the audience rose and said that it chad
been charged by the Hunker press that Frank
Blair himself held slaves, . and if he would
not consider it an impertinence, the audience
would like TO be enlightened. Mr.. Blair re-
piled that he was embarrassed to find that
the democracy would not permit him to
form and regulate his own domestic i~nstitu-
tons in his OWN way, subject to the consti-
tuition of the United States TLlurhter.1
But waile it was painful to be called out up
on matters 50 entirely personal to himself.
there was nothing in that record which he
wished 20 conceal. Cheers. He SAID he
inherited slaves from a kind and merciful
father, tina; ha had purchased slaves himself,
but only to prevent the separation Of famil-
les, and ultimately to free them. IGreat
applause. That he had emancipated more
slaves than he now owned-rcheersl-an
that be now only owned such as he was for
hidden t. emancIpate by the laws of Missou-
n, they being either too old or too Young to
take care OF themselves. Here the audience
rose and gave him three hearty cheers. He
said that for four long years he had fought
tie slave power upon its ow ground, carry
ing hs life upon his sleeve for any ufian to
pluck of chat all his powers were consecra-
ted to the emancipation of his native South
from the Chains Of degradation that bore her
down. and thai he expected to live to see
Missouri free soil, the peaceful and prosper
ous a. ode Of hoe men.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28

The Worcester Spy reports that WE
Bacon, whose name has .Or some yel'
familiar to the public, in conn7c-.-
her theory as to the authorship "
speare's plays, died a short time 'Ia'
Insane Retreat at Hartford, where p.
been an inmate since her return ff
land. last spring.