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The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-21

INExHAUsTIBLE FoUNrAIN-At all times
and seasons faith and prayer find funess Of
mercy, and pardon, and Of grace to sanctify,
in Jesus Christ. The supply is incxhausti-
ble Mountain, have been exhausted of their
gold, mines of their diamonds, and the depths
of ocean Of their pearly gems The demand
has cmptied the supply. Over once busy
scenes silence and solitude now reign the
cayarns ring no longer to the miners ham
mer, nor is The song Of the pearl fisher heard
upon the deep. But the riches of grace are
incxhaustibe. All that has gone before us
have not made them less, and we shall make
them no less to those that follow U.S. When
they have supplied the wants Of unborn mil
lions, the las Of Adams race, that lonely man,
over whose head the sun is dying, beneath
whose feet the earth is reeing, sha stand by
as full fountain as to-day invites you to
drink and live. to wash and be clean.-Dr.
Guthrie
The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-05-21

QUIET CONVERSE oNs.-A writer of Plan
tation Sermons in the Southern Preshs teri
an, is describing the the new birth, as some
are born again But often God does his
great work in sinners hearts so still and
gently, that nobody can tell just when it was
done. They often doubt about themselves
they wonder whether there can be the new
heart: they're al aid they have made some
mistake. Especially when some young Coris-
tian make such great, sudden change, it
makes others say, If that is the way We
have to be converted, can't be Christian.
Now, | want to clear up that troucle for you.
Often the change in feelings is
just as quiet as the sun going over our
heads at twelve o'clock it makes no noise
at ALL but the shadows begin to fall the other
way"
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
Where Shall We Be!

Where shall we be when our names have
been forgotten and passed into oblivion, our
bodies moulded into earth, and moss and
ivy growing upon our lomb-stones?
Where shall we be when the Empires,
Kingdoms and States that are now reared
like proud fabrics over the earth have pas
sed away-their emperors kings, princes
aud statesmen laid low in. the dust-lheir
thrones sub'ered, and their scepires bro
kent
Where shall we be when the little birds
which sung so sweetiy, have hushed their
merry songs forever. the brooks lorgel their
complaining, and zephyrs their whispers
Where shall we be when the fountains OF
oceans, lakes and rivers will be dried up
When tightening will no longer fash
aihwar The heavens, or play among the
clouds, and the thunders cease TO roll in the
vaunied depths of air! When hills and
and mountains, daes and valleys, trees and
flowers have passed awsyl
When pail, black as the clouds that
hover DER Stygian lake, shall veil the sun,
OBSCURE llS HOOHs ddu wrap Tue "OIIu III
Tarrarian gloom When the great arch.
angel, with trumpet and sonorous voice
shall summon from their coral beds, be-
meath The slumbering waves of the mighty
main, the marble sepulchre and the mossy
tomb, the dead, both small and great.
When the white cloud, the angels, and
the glory of His Father shall descend, the
throne be set; the Judge be seated, the
books opened; and he myriads that have
lived on earth since the beginning, all
called TO judgement! Ard when the scythe
and glass of Time will he laid by, the just
taken home to God, natures's grand laws
destroyed and amid confusion and conster
nation of element, the wicked driven TO
dreary domain of eternal night-reader,
where then, shall YOU be!
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
Romantic ElOpement on an Ox-Sled.

The Detroit Press relates the following,
for the truth of which it vouches, but we
don't
An OK team attached 10 a lumber sled
and bearing astrde its cross beam coarse
grained young man and a buXom girl OF
eighteen, dragged ils slow length along
Larned street yesterday and halted in front
OF Justice Hard's Office. The couple dis
mounted and entered The office where they
made known their wishes, and requested
to be married Immediately The expec
tani bridegroom said he had come to town
with load of produce for his employer,
who owned the team, and as Susan wanted
TO buy kaIiker dress he had brought her
along on the top of the bags On The way
they had talked The mater oyer aud IN
view of the fact they sorter liked each 9th
er, and had done considerable courln' on
the sly, concluded 10 get married. They
declared themselves OF age, and took the
bonds for better or for worser. The bride,
groom was very much elated, and kissed
the bride an unreasonable number OF times
Then he requested The Court TO kiss her,
and even went so far as 10 intimate that all
respectable persons among the spectators
might enjoy the same privilege.
He was especially elale on the newspa.
per question. "Put'er in" he said, in a
reckless manner. 'Puler in the paper
and make Susan's name all capitals. l'll
pay Tor big letters. What's the use 10 be-
ing married TO pretty gal uuless you can
get il in the papers r'
In the midst OF this jubilation :he thought
of The old man struck him, and he sobered
down as though a shower-bath had fallen
on his head Come, SUSAN" he said, Ia
king her hand, LETS go home anu see ii
out. Lord won't he be mad 2" And he
drew a sigh and switched up the caltle
whose slow gait seemed 100 fast for his pal
pitaiing hopes and fears.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

PRAIRIE CHICKENS AT WAsBlsroS.-The
astonished hackmen say 'ihese Black Re-
publ:cans are poor trash, !or they are walk
ers They walk 10 the white honse, they
walk 10 the Capitol they walk TO they Navy
Yard, they walk 10 Georgetown, they walk
the avenue all day, and then walk 10 ball,
and walk home, and take another walk af.
ter they get there to straighten their legs
before going TO bed. Such chaps are good
for shoemakers, but poor set for the hack.
man. One of these prairie chickens can
walk down any hack in Washington =
Guess they all walked in here from Califor-
MIA.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
A Terrible Romance.

In the year 1865, a young girl of very
prepossessing appearance from one of the
Interior provinces of France, was placed at
Paris in the service of a man deprsved by
all the vices of that corrupt metropolis =
Smiiten with her charms, he attempted her
ruin, but was unsuccessful. Incensed at
his defeaI he determ ined on revenge, and
in furiherance of his desisgn, secretly plac-
ed in her trunk articles belonging 10 him,
and marked with his name He then de-
nounced her 10 a magistrate, who caused
her to be arrested and the missing articles
being fonnd in her possession, she was
brought 10 trial. In her defence she could
only assert her ignorance of the manner in
which the properly came into her trunk
and protested her innocence. She was
found guilty, and the sentence of death was
pronounced upon her. The hangman's Of
flee was inefficieEtly performed, il being
the first attempt of the executioner's SON.
The body was delivered over TO a surgeon,
by whom it had been purchased. He inn
medialely conveyed ii home, and was pro
slight warmth about the heart By prompt
use of proper remedies he restored the sus-
pended animation. In the meantime he
had sent for trustworthy priest, and when
the unfortunate girl opened her eyes she
sppo~ed herself in another world, and al
dressing the priest (who was man of
marked and majestic countenance,) ex
claimed "EierEal Father, you know my
innocence; have pity on me?' In her
simplicity beleveing she beheld her Maker
she continued to sue for mercy, and il was
some time before she realized she was still
in the land OF the living. The surgeon an d
priest, being fully convinced Of her inno.
cence, she retired 10 a village far distant
from The scene of her unjust punishment.
The community subsequently, became ac-
| quainted with her story, and the author oi
| her misery became an object of reproach
and contempt, rhoogh it does not appear
that any attempt was made TO bring him to
Justice
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
4 Chinese Kitchen.

Charles Dickens in his weekly paper is
telling curious and cruel stories abou, Chi
nese cookery. When anxious TO cook a
lamb in the highest style of the arr, the Chi
nese il is said, build low mud wall, in
closing a space of two or three feet across,
of about two feet, wide, in which ihey set
pots containing wine, vinegar, soy sau ce,
and so forth. In the inner space they light
a good fire, and in the circus thus prepared
put live lamb. The lamb naturally be-
comes thirsty from lhe great heat of the fire
and drinks what he fluids as he runs back
ward and forward in search of means of
escape When the drinks are all swallow
ed and dried into the animals flesh, the
lamb becomes exhausted, falls down dead,
and in a very short time is completely
roasted.
Turtle may be prepared according 10 the
same authority, by placing il over the FIRE
in pot OF water, in the lid of which there
is hole large enough TO allow the turtle 10
put his head. As the water becomes hot,
the turtle naturally thrusts his head out 10
get cooler air, when he is fed with species
wine aud soy sauce, which he drinks read
lily as a relief from the heat This goes on
as long as he has strength TO keep his head
up, and as the turtle does not part with lite
easily, he seldom, fails 10 90 on stuffing
himself till he is cooked.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
UlIBIA COUNTY, PA, WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 1861.


But of all sights in the world, none is al
once more curious and more frighlful than
an encounter between two boas, which are
contending for the possession of a female
oroi buffalo.
Don Jose Pinto and | Witnessed an en-
counter of this kind one evening, taking
care, however: to keep al a respectful dis-
lance.
We took up our position on lofty Belvi
dere, from whence, though at a distance Of
about a thousand footsteps from the scene
OF action, we could hear the sonorous his
sing-more like gusts OF wind than any,
thing ese--of combatants, about to enter
the lists. We saw the scattered branches
on the ground rising like whirwiud in mid
air, impelled by The rapid evolutions OF the
two infnriated complaints, and flying ike
rockets in all directions. The two boas
reached at bound, The solid branches of a
couple of trees standing near each other !;
and then there was kind of lull, only in
terrupted by the feverish rustlng of the
thick foliage, in which the terrible combat
ants lay ensconced.
On sudden the trees quivered all over,
and two sturdy cables rushed at each other.
These cables were The two inveierale foes
hanging by the last ring of their tails, each
TO branch entwined in each others folds,
like cemented stones of bridge; and poi--
ed above the abyss below. Sometimes
they formed a convex, and at other times
a concave arch, then they remained mo
tionless awhile yei even during their ap-
parent immobility, they would crush and
each others's Iines, and under this seeming
calm there was rage, despair, and gnash-
ing OF teeth. The body of one of the boas
must drop lifeless to the ground and the
other fall asleep beside his vanquished foe.
The struggle had lasted for about qusr-
ter of an hour. when the two champions, as
if by mutual agreement, loosened their hold
mer station, ill the hostilitles should be re-
sumed. The war-cry was kind of slaed
hiss, but more prolonged than the two first
we had heard, after which both monsters
sI'o GOWN ule einootD iIuuk oI the uee 'hey
+ al chosen for the field OF battle ana then
followed violent attack rapid as light
ning's fierce onslaught, aud the last agonies
of one of the combaiants seemed almost
simultaneous. One of he reptiles had
drawn his adversary within his vortex. and
the rings of his tail were relaxing their hold
by slow degrees. The bodies of the two
stretched at full length One was motion
less ; the other more agitated, and after
carefully coiling himself round the tree, he
a: length sIfed his adversary within his
deadly embrace.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
Poison in SpirltuOuS Liquors,

In communication 10 the Medical and
Sugical journal, Dr. HAYES, State Assayer
of Massachusetts, states that he has made
a some what extended series of analytical
observations on spirits, and in no case had
he found that any deleterious body had
been added ~ manufacturers TO distilled
liquors. Cases Of sudden poisoning by low
priced common spirits frequently occnr
but these are caused by he fuse oil which
is produced by the fermentation of mixed
grams. American distilled liquors when
allowed to become old, are less dsleterious
than most of the On brandies In newly
distilled spirits, however, there is a source
OF great danger which should be generally
known, as it is OF special interest to the
medical profession. Ol these. DR.. Hays
says that The newly distilled spirits, of the
mos. common kind, often contain salts OF
copper, of lead or tin, derived from the
coudensers in which the vapors are reduced
10 a fluid form. The quantity of copper
sall contained in the bulk usually taken as
a draught is sufficient to produce the minor
effects of metallic poisoning, and the cumi
lative character OF these poisons may even
lead 10 fatal consequences. In the sold
spirits" examined by DR.. Hayes, he found
tha; those metallic salts had all deposited to
the bottom of the cask. New Epiriiuous
liquors and the dregs at the bottom of the
cask may, therefore, be considered highly
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
Gboile portrp.
THG REPULSE.
BY SAMUEL woaDswoaD.

when first I sought my Lydia's love,
talked of flames and rapture;
And with unceasing ardor sirove
Her gentle heart to capture.
stIil quit the world If rm denied ~
said, without reflection
cas- you think best" the fair replied,
''l'ye not the least objection"
@Eard hearted girl for your embrace,
TO bastard lear 3 stranger,
Arabia's desert sand l'll race,
Andilaugh at every danger:
Or scale the Andes sieepest side,
To me rii your affection 70
s'As you think best.'' she still replied,
'sI've not The leastiohection."
Can nothing move you is he doomed
To years of gloom and sorrow,
Who fondIy iho't you would have bloomed
His lovely bride TO morrowl
NV family, with JOY and pride.
Expect the blest connection "
s'.is you think best" she smiling cried,
"Pve not the least objeciion.n
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
NUMBER IA.
A Snoring Wife.

Talk about your scolding wives and yonr
smoky chimneys, but the ain'i Lowhere-
they amt circumstance would rather
have chimney that emits smoke enough
to cure The whole family, and be forced 10
live with dozen Xanrppes all together
let them be ever so much predispo-ed in
favor of "sprinkling" with (ur) 'sholy wa
ter''-tlan TO have TO put up" with snor-
ing wife Oh The very idea makes
nervous man tremble from the Top OF his
stove pipe hat to about foot below the
soles of his boots a snoring wife Boo
But started out 10 Tell story, and am
going 10 do it,
Well, "In life's morning march when
my bosom was young" | wooed and won
the beautiful and accomplished Miss Ann
Dash. The difficulties of the courtship |
will moi here ennmerate, for they will not
weave into the plan of this story, which is
intended 10 be short-very short.
The appointed lime for the wedding ar
rived. and hundreds of young people, from
far and near, assembled at the mansion of
the old man Dash 10 witness the ceremony,
and "trip the light fantastic toe" II was a
brilliant wedding and ''happiuess-our be-
ing's end and aim"-was ours When a
couple really love, their day is the happest
OF their lives and If they should be unfor-
tunate in after life. they look back to that
day as bright oasis in the desert OF thes
memory. About two O'Clock in the morn
ing the company broke up and We went to
bed. +
Before got 10 sleep, Nancy began to
snose
was dumbfounded. "Great God %
rnentallay calculated, sis this reality 3
Is it possible that am bound mp for lie 10
woman who sno,es!n / was miserable
| thonghl over Pope's coupiet:
| On thoughiess mortal ever blind 10 fate,
| Too soon detected aud 100 soon elale %
| Here had been jus; moment before in
ecsiacies over the possession of, as | tho't,
treasure! Can love her asked of my
heart. And the answer instantly came -
! Ii is impossible !" ! debated with myself
whether or not should .'secede," but snor-
ing was not a ground of divorce 1t ought
to be-'you can bet" sat up in the bed,
and from thinking, J went to talking
a can't and wort stand This I'll Just
get up and leave, let the consequences be
what they may. loved her, know, but
did not know that she snoreif'
! About this time noticed that she had
quit snoring, and was shaking the bed with
suppressed laughter.
And began see that was sold. There
never was poor wight before nor since
that rejolced more at discovering lha, he
had been sold
''Why,' said she, 81 thought you promis-
ed to take me for better or for worse, but
here YOU are raising a row, and threatening
to leave me at the first little fault you find
about me-"
"WeE," said |, al will make the same
promise again, il you won't snore; but I'll
he hanged if would live with a snoring
wife ter. minutes ~
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
POStmaSter'S Fees.

From remarks which we frequently hear;
as 10 the pecuniary value 10 the incumbenis
of our largest post offices, it is evident that
the subject is about as little understood as
any o:her connected with post-office mat
ters. For instance, quite an intelligent
merchant recently insisted, in our hearing,
that the New York post office was worth
all The way from Sc 600 $4,000 per an
mum TO the postmaster" The facts are
simply these This mater of the compen-
satlon OF posimaslers is entirely regulated
and controlled by law. All Offices where
the commissions amount TO 1900 and up
wards, are designated as salary offices, So,
600 being the maximum pay allowed from
that source, and an additional 50 900 10 be
taken out of the receipts for book rents
making 81 900 the highest compensation
10 any postmaster A larger sam ;han this
cannot be realized without resonng TO acts
made criminal and lelonous by laws of
Congress, and punished by the severest
penalties. Even were postmaster inclin-
ed 10 lake the risk Of such penalties, as well
as the ruin Of private and official character,
such are the checks and restraints now en-.
forced that the 'pickings and stealings"
which many outsiders so fippantly talk
about are entirely out oi the question:
And if ii were not so, the indulgence in
such practices would involve perjury. as
postmaster is required TO make oath that he
has kept nothing from the government, in
fees or emoluments OF any kind, TO which
he is not legally entitled. 1t will thus be
seen that the New York post Office, with its
23S clerks, III pehny-posts, $1,000 900
annual revenue collected, and its $4,000
bonds, under an honest administration o.
its duties, cannot be made 10 net much, if
any, more than some other offices with per.
haps dozen clerks, few thousand col~
Iections, and required sureties of one-fifth
the amount We intend soon to prepare
statement of the emoluments received an
nually at the large post offices in the sew
eral Staies.-HoBrook Mail
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

MANS AND BAGGAGB BURNED The mail
and baggage car, attached TO one of the
trains on the Pennsylvania Railroad, ran
off the track near Altona, on Thursday
night last. and before the train could be
stopped the stove was upset by the jolting
of the car, and the mail bags were SET on
fire. The baggage master, who had the
mails also in charge, was in one part OF the
car, and made narrow escape with his
life from the fire and smoke. About thirty
mail pouches and the baggage of about
eighty passengers was destroyed, The
remnants of the mails were scraped togeth-
er and sent to the dead letter Office. at
Washington. The total amount of the loss
has not yet been ascertained.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

PiLGeIMaGF OF THE ENPREssoF THE FRENCH
To JERUsALEM-We have good reason to
believe that a part, at least of the object of
Admiral La Ronciere lie Nourry's late visit
10 ConstantinopIe had reference TO the FOR
some Time intended pilgrimage of the En-
press of the French Jerusalem. Her Ma
iesty is said 10 have had such journey in
view ever since the death of her sister, the
Duchess d Alba, and the official rumor
now is, that her intention is 10 be carried
into effect before the French troops leave
Syria. AS the Imperial voyage, however,
March, this fact is put forward asmone rea.
son for stretching the term fixed for General
Beauforl's departure by the Convention
On the other hand, our information is that
The Porte disposes of This insinuated neces.
sity by the amplest offers of escort and m u
ni6cent care OF her Majesty during her ST ay
in It's territory. 1t is said that the Empress
like another Helena-intends 10 com
memoraie her visit to the Holy Places by
the foundation of either hospital or
church worthy Of Imperial Ftance, and, in
fact 10 make a progress" whose effects
shall be at once striking and durable. She
will, it is said, replace the diamond star
stolen according TO Consrl Botta-by the
orthodox Greeks from the Cave of the Ma
iivity at Bethlehem, by another of greatly
superior value, and make, also most costly
additions to the decorations of the Holy
Sepulcher itself. Monsignore Brunoni, the
Const antirople vicar apostolic. NJ. Bore,
chief of the Lazarisls, and the Bulgarian
unioHist archimandrte, Macaries, are it is
said, 10 meet her Majesty at Jaffa, TO tender
10 her the Fluctuations of the Latin clergy
LeUant Herald,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
Popping the Question.

Fair Sally and her lover Mat.
Close by the fire in silence sat
dish of apples rosy faced,
Was tween them on table placed
In vain poor Mat essayed to speak,
While bushes manlled Saliy's cheek
For well she knew what Mat would say,
II he could only find the way
To him she cast siGelong look,
Then from the dish an apple took,
And deity slicing it in twain,
She passed half TO the silent swain.
Mat looked confused, then frightened up,
And SAID as he the apple took,
''Now. Sally, dearest unto me
As kind as 70 this pippin be-
You've HALvED the apple-pray HAVE me
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

Losr CHnDREE.-The following beautiful
sentiment, in regard TO the future condition
of children, is from the pen OF Henry Ward
Beecher:
"When God gives me a babe, say,
thank God for this lamp lit in my family"
And when, after it has been a light in my
household for two or three years,if it pIeases
God to take il away, can take the cup,
bitter or sweet; can say, My light has
gone out; my heart is sacked my hopes
are desolated my child is lost-my child
is lost lp-or | can say in The spirit of Job
"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken
away blessed be the name of the Lord I"
1t has pleased God to take five children
from me, but never lost one, and never
shall When have child Christ covets,
with divine coveting, and he says TO me,
in words OF tenderness, "Will you not give
me the child, and let me take care OF il
instead OF yourself 2" my flesh may remon-
strate, but my heart says, "Lord, take it
aud adapt IL" | have lived long enough
since the taking away of my children, to
find that il is better as it Is, than that
they should have renamed with me.
have seen grea, many cares and troubles
for person of my years, but | bear wit
ness that God has put TO trial upon me,
which has not been good for me to endnre.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

v Don't Believe 1.-THE Cincinnati Dali
ly News tells the story of an editor who
recently go, married, aud being somewhat
confused, he headed the marriage notice,
"DreadFul Calamity The next day his
vie gave him proof Of bis mistake By box
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10

II No, word more of reProaches-
forget and forgive. Remove is but instant
grautication, but forgiveness is pleasure for
life.