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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17
THE ENTERPRISE OF RUSSIA.

Recent accounts from Russia give detailed
plan of the proposed telegraph, which, under
the special superintendent of the Gar, will
connect Moscow in Europe with the mouth of
the Amoor in Asia, distance exceeding 2600
leagues, over 1900 miles. Not content with
this grand project the Russians propose con-
tinuing the line to the coast of America. This
link of magnetic wire, when completed, will do
more to stamp the name of Alexander than all
the victories on tented fields, or all the triumphs
in diplomatic courts, were he to gain them for
a century to come. 1t is with peculiar pleasure
that Americans look on these peaceful conquests
Of a ar-thinking and liberal monarch. We
know that when the Russian government wish
ed skilfu mechanics, they turned the cold shoul-
der to the hosts of English offers from Birming-
ham and Manchester. and sought them out in
the workshops of Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The poor mechanics of a few years ago are now
millionares in Russia, commanding respect as
much BY their gentlemanliness as by their skill.
We know that when Russia wished for models
Of speed and strength, to replace the poor hulks
in her navy, she sought them in the commercial
emporium of the New World, and "Kams-
chatka' and more recently General Admi-
ral,' attested proudly that her search was not
in vain When that mystic chain of civilization,
the telegraph, was required in her vast domains,
Snt sought again the skill ana tne genius VI our
own Morse, and promptly was the demand COM
piled with. Hand in hand with the abolition of
serfdom, has Alexander introduced the Jewelers.
of space, and the yanquishers of time. For
these reforms, moral, political, and social, the
people of Russia are largely indebted to the
genius of America, nor are they slow in ac-
knowledging the justness of the claim. When
the American traveller reaches Europe, and
lands at Liverpool or London, he is respected
with a certain qualification which has a tinge
of jealousy; when he reaches Paris, Vienna,
Florence or Rome, or even Berlin, he is teted
partly from his being a certain wonder, and
partly also from his being very free and easy,
and prodigal of his money, but when he reaches
st. Petersburg, then he is absolutely idolized.-
The Russian, be he noble or serf, cannot show
him too much attention, cannot really caress
him sufficiently. Thus chain of sympathy is
rapidly being cemented between absolute Rus
sia and democratic America, which is the Won
der of European despots, and even puzzle to
superficial Americans. To the thinker, the
cause is obvious, and foreshadows union of
sympathies and interests which time only will
render more permanent-Red, White and Blue.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17
WHAT Is TO BECOME OF THE C0L0RED
RACEP

Senator DooL1TTLE, of Wisconsin, followed
up the very enlightened speech of the Hon. +.
Z. BLAIR, of Missouri, with Resolutions which
look to Central America as q Home for the
Colored Race. The subject is discussed in an
article which we copy from the Chicago Press
and Tribune 1t is subject which must be
generally discussed ere long, for it will force
itself upon public attention. Instead of the
miserable abortive efforts at Colonization in AZ
rica, we must provide for the welfare of Free
People of Color nearer home. Or, rather, we
must avail ourselves Of Land already provided
by benefcent Providence-a land flowing with
"milk and honey, fertile soil and genial
climate invite population and labor. Central
America presents numerous and strong attrac-
tions to Race whose constitutions fit them TOR
usefulness, in developing, and happiness, in the
enjoyment of its treasures. We can send to
the partially unoccupied portions of Central
America a race vastly SUPERIOR physically and
intellectually, to its dwarted and imbece natives.
There, our Free People of Color can enjoy
Country and Government of their own. There,
industry will find quick and abundant reward.
Instead of the scattered fragments of Emanci-
patton, banished to Liberia, Yucatan would at
tract thousands of willing hands and cheerful
hearts. The expense of sending an hundred
Colonsts to Africa would plant FIVE times that
nuIllDeT III 1tAkldl Lei US pIONlut
for the Emigration of Colored People to Homes
of their own, to which they will go from choice,
and in ten years we should be in the enjoyment
of Commerce with Central America more val
liable than our present trade with the whole of
South America.
This question opens up wide field of labor
for Statesmen and Philanthropists. We have,
among US, many hundreds of thousands of Free
People of Color, whose condition, though Free,
is one of painful disabilities. They are not re-
oognised, politically or socially as equals. We
deny to them the rights and privileges which
we enjoy ourselves. In no sense do they possess
the "inalienabe" rights of "life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" for by a Decision of
the highest Judicial Tribunal, they are cut of
from erery civil right, and degraded to the level
of "beasts of tie fields"
To demand the Emancipation of more Slaves,
without providing homes, occupation and per-
feet Freedom for them, is mockery. The
Emancipation Slaves, turned Into States where
all doors are closed against them; where Laws
exist which subject them to constant persecution,
renders their condition little if any better than
that from which they had escaped But pro-
vide a country for them in which they will po-
ssess the attributes of Freedom; whose soil and
climate is suited to their constitution and hab-
its; where they can enjoy health happiness and
prosperity, and then we may, with justice and
reason, not only invite Free People of Color to
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Sam cody received his doubloons back again,
and pnt them in his belt together with the
planters check for ten thousand dollars, which
was afterwards duly IGNORED.
lie offered to bet on another race, but there
were no takers For this, however, he was
compensated by the most liberal offers for his
horse. Five hundred dollars, a thousand, ff-
teen hundred, two thousand; were bid for him.
This last figure being the highest, Sam accept
ed it.
On his return to the brig Sam learnt that no
one of the crew but himself had been at the ra-
ces As soon as he came on board the usual
bantering began.
"Well, Sam" said the cook, chow about that
venture?"
81 guess it will do, "reped Sam.
as that awful ugly horse sold yet?" said the
second mate.
"Shouldn't wonder if he was," said Sam.
"You don't say so. How much did he fetch?"
said the second mate.
Guess" replied Sam.
"Twenty dollars"
"More than that, Guess again."
Fifty"
"More than that. Guess again"
"A hundred"
"A great deal more than that. You don't
know nothing about Yarmouth hosses. Guess
again"
1.-TWO hundred"
"Oh, it's no use your guessing. That awful
ugly hoss brought two thousand dollars, besides
the ten thousand won on him at the races.
So you fellows had better shut up and say no
more about Sam Varney's venture"
And they did shut up. Sam, on the passage
home was treated with marked respect. The
worst that was said of him among the sailors,
was, "Cute fellow that Sam. His eye teeth is
cut"
Sam went to sea no more. He bought farm
in the Green Mountain State married a rosy
checked Green Mountain girl, and had many
sons and daughters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17

LOVE OF CoUNTRY,-There is a love of coun-
try which comes uncalled for, one knows not
how. 1t comes in with the very air, the eye,
the ear; the instincts, the first taste of mothers
milk, the first beetings of the heart. The faces
of brothers and sisters, and the loved father
and mother,-the laugh of playmates, the old
willow-tree, and we and school-house, the bees
at work in the spring, the note of the robin at
evening, the lullaby, the cows coming home, the
singing book, the catechsm, the visits of neigh
bors. the general training,-all things which
make childhood happy, begin it; and then as
the age of passions and the age of the reason
draw on, and love and the sense of home and
security, and of property under law comes to
life;-and as the story goes round, and as the
book or newspaper relates the less favored lot
of other lands, and the public and private sense
OF man is forming and formed, there is type
of patriotism already Thus they had imbibed
it who stood that charge at Concord, and they
who hung deadly on the retreat, and they who
threw up hasty and imperfect redoubt on Bunker
Hill by night, set on it the blood-red provincial
flag, and passed so calmly with Prescott and
Putnam and Warren through the experiences of
the first fire.-Rnfus Choate.
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more money, in the improved pelt and carcass
of mutton, than though they had been sold off
directly for cash, and there is the manure left
to give back to the farm. Then again, sheep
manure is peculiarly active, and inclined to fer
mentation, and mixed with the other farm yard
manures it quickens the effects of the whole
upon the soil and crops. might say more
about this, but must pass on.
There is the feeding of cattle for beef, which
has always been successfully practised and ev-
cry farmer knows how much more powerful is
the effect upon the soil of the manure from fat
ting cattle, than that from cattle which only
have hay and other forage.
1t is generally quite profitable to rear young
cattle of good breed, for their growth and i'm
provement, feeding them little grain along
with the forage crops. Their growth and gen
era Improvement often pays large profit on
the cost Of making it.
There is the keeping of sheep, to a greater
or less extent, for their wool and increase /;
where things are right for keeping a flock of
sheep how they will make the farm shine
But have not space to extend these remarks
about feeding. In some of these, or other ways,
the principal part, at least, of the grain and
other crops of the farm may, generally speak
ing, be more advantageously fed out, and the
manure they will make given back to the land,
than to sell them off so largely as is often DONE
And think farmer had generally better have
his capital mostly invested and actively employ
ed in farming highly cultivated land, and in
good stock, feeding out his crops on the fa'm,
and deriving his income through the stock,
than to have it partly in poor, run down farm,
and partly perhaps, in money at interest, or in
stocks and other outside matters.
Bsattleboro July 20, 1859.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17
Emigrate but, in the right spirit, advocate En-
ancipation. albany Erening Journal

ToMAToEs.--This delicious, wholesome veg
ctablc is spoiled by the manner it is served upon
the table. 1t is not one time in hundred more
than halt cooked. 1t is simply scalded, and
served as sour porridge. 1t should be cooked
three hours-it cannot be cooked in one. The
fruit should be cut in halves and the seeds
scraped out. The mucilage of the pulp may be
saved If desired by straining out the seeds, AID
adding it to the fruit, which should boil rapidly
for IN hour and simmer three hours more until
the water is dissolved, and the contents of the
saucepan pulp Of muclagnous matter, which
is much improved by putting in the pan, either
before putting in the fruit or while it is cooking
an ounce of butter and half Il pound of fat
bacon cut fine, to half peck of tomatoes and
pepper pod, with salt to suit the taste. The
fat adds pleasant flavor, and makes the dish
actual food, instead Of a mere relish The pan
must he carefully watched and but little fire used,
and the mass stirred often to prevent burning,
toward the last, when the water is nearly all
evaporated The dish may be rendered still
more attractive and rich as food by breaking in
two or three eggs and stirring vigorously just
time enough to allow the eggs to become well
cooked.
Tomatoes, thoroughly cooked, may be put in
tight cans, and kept any length of time; or the
pulp may be spread upon plates and dried in
the sun, Or slow oven, and kept as well as
dried pumpkin, dried apples, peaches, or pears,
and will be found equally excellent in Winter.
For everyday use, quantity sufficient for the
use of family week may be cooked at once,
and aftcrward eaten cold, or warmed over We
beg of those who use this excellent fruit to try
what cooking will do for it. 1t has been eaten
half-cooked long enough. 1t never should be
dished until dry enough to be taken from the
dish to the plates, with fork instead of a
spoon.-N j. Tribune.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17

The WITcHERY OF LovE.-A student turns
out from college with honors on his head, his
mind replete with learning, and not stir in
his affections excepting for his kindred. A dam
sci passes his track and takes his heart along
with her. How is this phenomenon to be ac-
counted for? Atranscendentalistw walks out from
his library, stock full of the deepest metaphys-
les. He finds on his way a little satin shoe of
the incest shape, and before he has time to count
ten. some bright-eyed creature whom he never
saw takes complete possession of his soul. To
what shall we attribute this witchery2 A miser
of sixty years, and several millions sterling who
never did generous act, sees blue ribbon
neatly fastened with common brass pin around
the waist of girl not worth sixpence, and
before three days he makes her mistress of all
his wealth, and turns out to be a happy jovial
person. Who can give logical history of this
proceeding? stern warrior, welded to moth
ing but strict dicipline for the glory of bis coun-
try, enteres ball room in foreign cline, where
he meets Spanish girl of sixteen, who takes
away his old, stout, honest heart, with a simple
twirl of her fan. Can we get the mathematical
demonstration of the maneuyring by which the
conquest was affected.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-09-17
INDIAN CORN.

Heap high the farmers Wintry hoard!
Heap high the golden Corn
No richer gift has Autumn poured
From out her lavish hornl
We dropped the seeds DER hill and plain,
Beneath the sun Of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The rObber crows away,
All through the long bright days Of June,
Its leaves grew green and fair,
And waved, in hot midsummer's noon,
It's soft aud silken hair.
And now with Autumn's moonlit ewes,
It, harvest time has come,
We pluck away the frosted leaves,
And bear the treasure home.
Let earth withhold her goodly root,
Let mildew blight the rye,
Give to the worm the orchards fruit,
The wheat-fcll 10 the fly;
But let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod.
Still let us for his Golden Corn.
Send up our thanks to Gop!
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Pc Z T r Y.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
ROBINSON OF LEYDEN.

bh W W holshIos
He sleeps not here; in hope and prayer
His wandering flock had gone before,
But lie, the shepherd might not share,
Their sorrows on the wintry shore.
Before the Speed,ceTs anchor swung,
Ere vet the Mdll0rer's sail was spread,
While round his feet the Pilgrims chung,
The pastor spake and thus he said;
"Mcn, brethren, sisters, children dear!
God calls you hence frCn over sea;
Ye may not build by Ilacrlcm Nicer,
Nor yet along the Zuydcr Zee.
Yc go to bear the saving word
TO tribes unnamed and shores untrod;
Heed well the lessons y6 have heard
From those old teachers taught Of God.
Yet think not unto them was lent
Al light for all the coming days,
Aud Heavens eternal wisdom spent
In making straight the ancient ways.
The living fountain oyerflows
For every flock, for every lamb,
Nor heeds, though angry creeds oppose
With LUTIIER's dixie or CALvIN's dam"
lie spakc; with lingering, long embrace,
With tears Of love and partings fond,
They hOated down the creeping Mas,
Along the isle of \ lsselmond.
They passed the frowning towers Of Briel,
The "lIook OF Hollands" shelf of sand,
Aud grated soon with lifting keel,
The sulcn shores of Fatherland.
No home for these too well they know
The mitred king behind the throne =
The sails were set, the pcnnons flew,
And westward llol for worlds unknown.
And these were they who gave us birth,
The Pilgrims of the sunset wave,
Who won for u this virgin earth,
And freedom with the soil they gave.
The pastor slumhers by the Rhine
In alien earth the cXiles lic,-
Their nnmeless graves our holiest shrine,
His words our noblest battlc-cry!
Still cry them, and the world shall hear,
lc dwcllors by the sio1n-swept sea
Yc have not built BY ilnerlem Nicer,
Nor ON the land-lockcd Zuydcr-Iec
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rVO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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The well established importing house o CHAS BACKMAN,
SO New York. made extensive sale II the
best description Of pure Wiies aud Liquors to Town Agents
in this State justly earning by the character Of the goods
sold reputation r selling only pure liquors and at
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required by law purchase and sell but genuine
Liquors.
Application for Goods may be made to CIlAS. BACK
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DREW WM. ii. ERWIN and TiIOS. ELLIS, who
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Reference may be made in regard to the character and
standing Of the Houses and to the superior quality of the
Liquors, to
EDWARD III NGERFORD, Prof. Of Chemistry, L. V. NJ.
5 ". TIAYER, Nj. D., Dean Of Med. Faculty, L. v. NJ
W. CARPENTEt NJ D., Professor do, L. V. NJ.
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GROWING IN GRAcE.-The bishop presiding
at the conference was the victim of heart dis
ease. Over his heart the sword of Damocles
hung ever suspended by hair, the deaths head
was never absent from his banquet and the
dread of sudden death had discolored all his
ideas of life. He was the morbid and sworn
foe to everything like gaiety, and while not sour
or sullen yet his piety was weighty and lugu-
brious. 1t may well be imagined that such
chairman had trouble to keep in order man
like Peter Cartwright with whom humor and
drollery are as natural as to breath. Brother
Cartwright had the floor one day, and by his
irresistible fun, set the conference in a roar.
Stop Brother Cartwright said the bishop. Il
cannot allow such sin to be committed among
Methodist preachers when ! have charge of
them. l read in the Bible, be angry and sin
not, but | nowhere see, laughter and sin not.
Let us bow down and confess our ofense.
Brother Cartwright, lead in prayer The back
woods preacher kneeled down and repeated the
Lords prayer, and then rising, said: Look
here, Mr. Bishop, when l dig potatoes, l dig
potatoes; when hoe corn, hoe corn, when l
pray, pray; and when | attend to business, l
want to attend to business-l wish you did too,
and don't want you to take such snap judg-
ment on me again Brother said the bishop,
in monitory tone, do you think you are grow
ing in grace" Yes, Bishop, think l AMIN
spots 1t is hardly necessary to add that the
bishop gave him up as incorrigible.-W. II.
MHGHIn.
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A FINE PARrY.-G. M. Curtis thus paints

A FINE PARTY.-G. M. Curtis thus paints a
fashionable crush =
"People poured in. The rooms began to
swarm. There was a warm odor of kid gloves,
scent bags and heliotrope. There was an in
cesSant Auttering of fans and bobbing of heads.
One hundred gentlemen said "How warm it
is /" One hundred ladies of the highest fashion
answered. Every" Fifty young men, who all
wore coats, collars and waistcoats, that seemed
to have been made in the lump, and all after
the same pattern, stood speechless about the
rooms, wondering what under heaven to do
with their hands. Fifty old married men, who
had solved that problem, folded their hands be-
hind their backs, and beamed vaguely about,
nodding their heads whenever they recognized
any other heads and saying, "Good evening"
and then, after little more beaming, "How
are yerP" Walters pushed about with trays
covered with little glasses of lemonade and port
sangaree, which offered favorable openings to-
the unemployed young men and the married
gentlemen, who crowded along with glass in
each hand, frightening all the ladies, and beg
ging everybody's pardon"