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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

II rumored that plan exists amorg the
officers IN tho army to desert with their ptvat'-
and Join the Southern States. which ma
prompta common threat OF marching an arm
10 destroy Northern eitiee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
Speech Of Senator toIatd.


DAY ast Mr. Seward i2aes a irm, manly
Stand, AMI set cJus sm8laratiaa and Fafb.ar.
oucs The Sr.ooh Il devoid ~ an i,it.ti...
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cach mnsAih' II la warmly commented hy
conservative men Of all parties, and viii bo read
with deem interest by tLe whole cooptrv
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-, ,,..' sI".'a lG@' .le Dl. ea"n. aa saved
l,N'..H 'l'io',''i,''' ~ me eft'taalHet o.
over the subject Of slavery in the ferrorica. or
discussing the night Of the Federal Government
to cocrcc seeding States into obedience, he says
il disunion is TO 60 on the latter question viii
give way to the more practical one whether ma
ny seeding States harc right 10 eoerce there
mining Stairs 10 acqm"ce N dssohaoa. lie
abhorrcd civil war, dldnot know what the Union
would be worth if saved by the sword yet he
aid not agree with those who with desire to
avert that great calamity, advise conventional or
unopposed separation, with the view Of what
they call " recogsTuction.' The Union can 30
dissolved, not by secession, but only By the vol
untary consentoi the people OF the nitcd States
Congress ought not to remain lmpassiye ought
if it can, to redress any real grievances OF offend
ed States, and then ought t0supp'y The President
rH al means necessary to maintain the Mon,
in the ull exhibition and discreet exercise Of ou-
thorty.
Beyond this. with rtouer pcti,ity- IN ti.o,,rt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

Pfr1SBuRG, Pa, Jan. IL. An immense mass
convention OF workmgmen was held tonight.
II, McCarty presided, and W ii. Moody of the
Typographical Society was Secretary. Union
resolutions were Adopted, and the call for "a Ma
tional Workingmen's Convention endorsed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

Letters from Charleston announce that pri-
vate Holmes was accidentally shot dead by o
sentinel ut Castle Pinckney.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17

FRog Cuatoe>m The Pony Expy from
san Francisco Dee. ooh, arrived at For,
keamey Jan. lta
Tine weather lad inrro,cl but business Yas
dull. Business transactions had been very
light sales bad been lorccd at very low rate
The stock Of Eastern pork and bacon was suii.
cieut Tor the whole year, and there was q large
supply Of every Other article. Operations IN
produce had been entirely suspended.
Money is easy and IN good demand
The steamer Of Jan. lst, for Panama, will
take one million and halt in treasure
The secession news from the Eastern States
attracts great attention. The declaration Of
Mr.. Latham, that California would adhere to
the North and West is generally commended
by the newspapers anda majority of the people.
The Legislature meets on the first Monday in
January, when an exciting contest for Mr.
Gwn scat IN he Senate will take place
There is a large number of candidates.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-01-17
Suffering in South Carolina.


The evidence increases that the people Of
South Carol ina, both high and low are suffer
ing from great pecuniary distress, Tor which
there is no hope Of present relief The Wash
ington correspondent of the " Y. Express
writes
. A relative Of Col John Preston Of South
Carolina, states that in a recent interview with
that gentleman, he informed him that he re-
gardcd himself rs u bankrupt, and that all his
friends i'll South Carolina were in the same
condition including his brother in law Wade
Hampton, always regarded as one OF the wealth
lest men Of the South that there was no
money in circulation, and NJ possibility of coli
Letting debs Col Preston is . State Rights
man and co.operationist, bu, he was not ultra
enough to be elected in the Convention. BY
his marriage with the daughter OF the lte
zen. Hampton, he is the PISS s)r OF very
large estate. Ii he, md otlospf equal wealth
arc suil ring for want Of money 1t may easily
b. imagined what is the condition Of person,
Of moderate means.
The Washington comcspn .utoi the Worth
nraes tAecoltents Of a private Letter from
south JlrcIiaa, IN which writer says uat
persons who, 40 otncr Ill s. are wen 10, are
sary em 1rrles.d ior thcuu ari.s Of lile FIR
tsnms hcs aad their dcpcnlas Their. Is but
litdamoacy in circulation, Hl when our sem.
tysieek d provisions i goao whore to ga' q
fresh supply none Of us cantll The prumo-
milton Of impending calamity weighs downmy
spirits, and makes my nights wakeful' The
writer makes tbs following ggestion
i" think il the act 4 uagnanimity would
not be interpreted as f4lnt, or construed into
s &o o5 q 70 'S s"S 's%S Be :. ys s%'a
ress1 tcih bytadsfgfS, Send them 10 Charles
ton, 10 he ds'r'Jlged among hc poorcr classts. as
an evidence Of TIE lratonal affection which
would be revived in full force. if South Caro-
lima would give up her unnatural position
The Washington star stat $ on the authority
Of a letter from a distinguished gentleman now
in CIarli ston, that bcmcrchants anticipate a
speedy and general bankruptcy, and those who
ear arc cndeUJgins to get out OF Tho State Will
As much OF their property as possible, in order
70 escape theclrent and impending extra tax.
alton. Sickness prevails u an alarming &.
tent, and 5a. stlry.iyo cents per pound
, 1861-03-28
HOUSTON AND TIE REBELs.

= From. the beginning Of the Secession
movement Gov. Houston has thrown the
whole weight-of his personal and official
influence against it. He refused to call a
Convention, but finally yielded 80 far to the
pressure brought to bear upon him as to-
recognize it after, assembling. But when
that body, after passing a Secession ordi:
nance, undertook to set up its authority as
supreme, and to require all State officers
and members of the Legislature to take the
oath q allegiance to the Revolutionary Gov
ernnlent be not only refused to Do 80, but
declared his purpose Of resisting it to the
last extremity and atevery hazard:; There
,upon,the Convention depesed. him from
office, and the telegraph informs us that
the. Legislature has indorsed the action OF
the Convention. But the traitors still fear
the power. Of old San Jacinto; and to get
rid Of him it is proposed in certain high
Confederate quarters, to arrest, try and exc
cute him for tcasonl # they should At
tempt to put this threat into execution,
:thers will doubtless be bloody scenes en-
acted in Texae, The oldsoldiers who aided
Houston in securing the Independence :o1
that State, as well as: the; unconditional
Union men: of whom the number Is moi
small, would rally to his defence as one
man and bid defiance to the rebels. The
disunion vote at the. election for ConTen
ton was less than half Of the legal voter
Of the State If Gov. Houston makes 6
| decided stand in defence Of the Union anc
against rebellion, secession will be crushed
out III Texas. - ::
, 1861-03-28

ton of the French garrison, when Rome
will become the capital OF Italy: The We.
netian problem will then: only remain to
be solved. Prince Napq1eon in the same
speech hints at how thakmay be settled:
>Fhe situation 81 Tenice, he remarked, is
:Sae Of. lie greatest nisfortmes of modern
times. His plan is this: :: Give1taly Pc
3rf;d trff9d Of peace, TO enable Emanuel and Ca:
Touf u ''develope her force, organize her
army, replenish her treasury, improve her
resources and prepare herself for the de-
cisive struggle. Then when she has 900,-
COO -Hell trained and equipped soldiers,
ready to take the field, and proper III
'defstanidmg with her great ally, France,
let her again demand from Austria the ees;
sion of Venice, and If refused, let slip the
dogs pf war and settle the question with
the sword. d.--------.,----- ., -
1tseems now asif both the Italian ques'
rtions would be disposed of the:mannef and
| in the order designated by the cousin o.
the Emperor Regenerated Italy has taken
| herplace among the leading powers in the
world hs q democratic, constitutional mon
/ -.
, 1861-03-28

/ have seen to-day for. the first time, an In
teresting relic Of the lnte Secretary Marcy. It
is literary, paper, entitled, 'The Reyerie,"
written by him at, his farm near: Albany in
1889, just after his retirement from the Office
of Governor Of New York: The Governor re-
presents; himself in his study, rejecting on the
benefit Of more systematic. reading for the
thought would last for the remainder Of his
:; life. He represents himself, as falling into
reverie, when the books in his Library with
which he Was familiar undergo metamorphosis
md assume the shape. of their authord, and
each comes forward to greet him and cfEer him
:. Tie imazg gi1nary, conversation . which The
dreamer curtis on III turn with his i1lustrious
old friends, the poets, historians, political
economists philosophers, essayists, diyiues
and lurists, shows a most nice and dlscrimina-
tive appreciation Of the great men with whose
minds, Notwithstanding the ayocatlons Of Of
merce. The style is perfetly Addisoniaa in
plainness, simplicity and delicate strokes Of
humor:"' All the principal posts from Spenser
ITO Byron, the historians from Tacitus to Rob-
eftson, the essayists. from Bacon TO johnson
few noyelists snch as Scott, Ceryantes and
Lie Sage, together with the classic French au-
thors, dlvii1es from Dr.. South to. Robert Hall,
are characterized In very happy vein of criti-,
clsn.. Mr: Marcy's postAumous correspon.
dence and papers are vo1nminous, and will,
when published, possess quite as much inter-
ct for literary and general readers as for the
statesman and, politician. I'm his diary, begun
III 1888, observe 313 pages devoted to litera-
.Ty topics, notes on authors read daily, aud not
two: hundred given TO- political, official and
miscellaneous matters: Cor. n Y.
Et49ing Eba. .~.s
, 1861-03-28

.. There were II ,475 marriages in Msssachu-
setts in 1859, a decrease Of 634 from the aver
age Of the tlye previous years. ISixty-two per-
sons were married Thirty Y-one |nlatriaees) on
every day Of the year on an average. There
vera more weddings IN October, November
and December than in other months. Less
widows and; widowers than usual were mar
ried second time last year; ninety-one out
Of one hundred Of the women: married were
brides .foF the first time, and "a out of 100
Of the men who had not been married before !.
90 ont of 100 bach elors selected maids, and
only 4 per cent: chose brides who had been
brides before: ca ont OF 100 widowgrs selected
maids, and 81 3 married widows. Ofthe maids,
So in 100 were united to bachelors, aud IL in
100 were wedlocked with Widowelu, Of the
widows, 90 in 100 were chosen By bachelors,
aud 5S in 100, became the wives of ithose
who bud been husbands hefofe. OF the 10
widows under 20 years Of age 9 married
hachelors-of the Us widows between the
ages of,2o and 25, no less than II married
bachelors. =, -:
81 married to girl only Il years Of age-one
man'ot 35 to agirl Of 13--one Of is to girl OF
l7!-one Of 53 fifth msrfiagel to maid Of 10
a bachelor. under 50 to maid over 7O-a
wiaower over 70 to a widow under Is years
+ old. = - !: :. s>s'= 80 90
l85 boys married before they we're 81 years
Of age-tlye of5Whom were only 16 years old,
Of IT, and 80 Of Is years. ~
= 40 girls were married beforei they were Is
years DID, one OF whom wns only u Yeare,
Of 49, 4 of'14, n Of ID, 12e:of 16, e85 Of II
, 1861-03-28
Emancipatio.r or fhe serfs.

=, The correspondent, Of the No,a, at St. Pc
tersburgh, sends an account Of the closing SIT
ting of the Council of the Empire, held on the
25th nit, upon the question Of the: serfs. It
was decided. that the latter should receive
their personal Liberty, and that ali the rcla-
tions between them and their proprietors
should cease at one stroke that the peasants
on each property shall receive the Inclosure,
limits, the house they inhabit and the Kitchen
garden attaehed to it; that there shah be al
1otted to them, nt price fixed by ths Govern
ment,' the fourth Of the quantity Of ground
which Was fixed IN the plan elaborated by tue
commissions, that is, from one to two hee.
tGres, according to the provinces This allo.
cation Is obligatory; The other tertitoriol a.
Engagements are optional. The imperial mani
fssto which will publish these decisions is a.
ready printed at st. Fctershurgh, but it will
not appear il the present week, which is that
Of the Russian carnival The publication will
take place in Lent, in about fifteen days, per
haps, at . time Of meditation and sobrfety for
the Russian people, the opportnnencss Of
which for the proclamation there Is no need
to point out, :; - -
, 1861-03-28
The Collection OF Revenue,

Judge Bates has given no opiu&on a. to the
power Of the President to collect the revenue
on board vessel Of war, or at any other point
but the port Of entry designated by law. The
question has, however, been referred.to him
BY the President. 1t can. hardly be doubted,
utter the forcing act Of 1882, in which the fore
most statesmen participated, That additional
view It would be either necessary to convene
an extra session, or to allow the prezent status
TO eontinne until Congress shall meet In De-
The tariff Of the Cotton Confedetacy cannot
pass and 60 into operation under two months,
ports at New Orleans during. the summer, All
the apprehenslons about the diversion Of trade
from its natural and recognized centers are
exaggerated, and intended to excite prejudice
against our new tarlfE-1}ashington Cor, N r
Tribune 3 i- '
, 1861-03-28

u o'clock Thursday night, at the sge Of d.
Mr. ". was bonn On Copp's Hill, in Boston,
on the .1st Of January, 1900. tthe age OF ~
he was appreuticed ton morocco dresser IN !
Charlestown, but not liking his position ne was
taken BY his mother and apprenttced to
fled aand ran away, He WIS then hpprenticed to
Mi. Abel Baker, a boot maker, ,ot tBoston> with
i. whom ha remained until he Was q Jea1n pfage.
:Mr. ". WH8' educated IN the f1l faith Of New
England Orthodoxy shnt he became acquaint-
ed with Rev. HoseaS Ba1lou, and under his
preaching heards doetrmes which were more
congeuia1 to his own mind, and he embraced
them heartily. At Mr. Ballou'a suggestion he
commenced bis preparations for the ministry,
and three weeks before he was tWenty-one he
soon as his apprenticeship expired he left his
trade and entered Mr. -Balluu's family; where
he continued his studies. In few month";
(Aprn 1871, he was settled at Milford, Mass
After ependipga year at Milford, he removed
to ;cambridgaport. and took charge, OF the :
ttons, here continued ;nine years; when; he re-
signed, but has resided In the plaee ever since
IN 1873 he originated and started the Irunape7
-the weekly Uni4ersalist newspapeT which
he has edited md published until within
rev Eeeka since, When be disposed Of it to
as its editor aud publisher thirty three years
meanwhile preaching. nearly every sabbath
Mt. WhittemoFc REPRESENTED Cambridge
several years In the Legislature, and also
serve edtas, ,Se1ect1nan under the town uganiza<E
ton, and as Alderman aince Cambridge be-
came city. For many years he was the Presl-
dent Of the Cambridge Bank, and also Pres1-
dent Of. the Vermont and Massachusetts,
Railroad, always being strong in the
/ faith that That unfortunate corporation
would in time work itself clear of
It's eInbarrassments and become good prop
erty. Mr. Whittemore was Q man Of Fcmaxk-
able industry ard energy of character, and OF
superior business ta1ents. He Was successful
In his business enterpries, aud lit is UNDER
stood, acquired handsome property.-Baston
Journal. 4 :
= The Portland papers announce the death
Of Rev. Joahua Taylor, after m Illness Of years,
in the 9th year of his age. The Arsus gives
the following account Of his Life and labors: &
Father Taylor {as he vas universally. called)
| Was for many years minister Of the Netho-
| dist dissemination; in his early life travelling
| in this connection through the rough circuits
OF Maine, and In later years cfficiating as 10
| cal preacher. HeWas also an acceptable teach
| er Ofyouth in this city for 1nany Yeare. He
was chosen electo1 Of President and Vice Pres
dent in this district In 1924, on the John Quin-
ey, Adams ticket, after q hard contest-his
competitor being the late Judge Preble, whose
predictions were for William FL Crawford.
1fr. T-swas man who, through his long life,
maintained OIL unb1emished character; up
right and Christinnllke in all his walks Of life,
he had come to be looked upon years ago, as
ian lsraelte indeed In whom there WAS no
guile
, 1861-03-28
The Fort Sumter Question.


A correspondent Of ours is much disturbed
with the Idea that 1t may be inconsistent to
ceusuro Mr. Buchanan for not relieving Fort
Sumter and yet allow Mr.. Lincoln to be excu-
cable for taking the Same course
an miKht, without the e1east difficulty, hare enpS
Piled Et Sumter With troops md provisions for
q siege Of any, length pf time and that ;K Is
only In consequence Of his delay in doing this
that it haspoTt become u difficult and danger
GUS, If not al Imp saib16 undertaking:
NJ Buchanan, @ man, Pyakkiing ki, hmely tS measures,
and strengthened it agaiust attacks he might
have ga1rlsoned Castle Ffnckuey and occupied
Fort Sumter with all the so1d1e1y> necessary
for it, -defencs, and We should IN. that case
Iave held to this moment The command Of the
!, harbor Of Charleston. Mr.. Buchanan was well
i aware Of this. The exposed condition Of Fort
Mouitrie and Castle Plnckney WINS fully stated
In theneWspapers~+it:W WEE Mattr OF common
talk. There vas fhen no obstruction to the
sfeesf Gcommunieatdn between the federal
government aud these forts. Men, provisions,
AIMS, ammunition, military stores Of every
and, the rebels would have hid no power to
fter MsjGr si; Adsison had evacuated Font
Moultrie and retired TO Fort SUMTER there
whs still an opportunity Of ofreinforeing his new
position !, The instant, he was In Fort Sumter,
trIe IN any condition. to do mischief, before
they had even gotta singla gun in order, men
I and provisions should have been, poured into
Fort Sumter sufficient to enable it to hold ont
as long is the tnndness IT secession lasts Tie
RESOLUTION should have been taken the very
hour thnt news, Of the abandonment Of Fort
Moultrie arrived, and it SHOULD have been car
ried into execution without delay and without
notice. mot a dropaof blood need have been
shed if prompt measures had been taken Un-
, 1861-03-28

The state1nent in the New York evening
papers that the Erie Rallsosd Company have
purchased the entire; line: LOT railway ftosm
Hornel1sVille to Buffalo, 80 miles in length
costing 81 ooo, ,ooo-ior $125 900, is not correct,
The facts ere these ,~'~.--
Tie road sold was the Buffalo and New Fork
City Railroad from Hnrnelisyil to Atties; 60
miles. The sale was made under a decree OF
foreclosure Of the first mortgage for s$T00, COO
and interest ncr}1ed; and :the, purchase waa
made By, outside parties On behaH OF the Erfe
.R..<R Co, with the assent Of the present mnn-
ngers OF that property, at the sum Of $11s 600,
being: II per eent: on The par yalue Of the prtn-
cipd sum Of the bonds, Of 20 per cent: oi the
accrued interest and the legal expenses. The
bondholders arc to be paid at theif option IL
cash, o., in a bond secured by mortgage m
the property, for 20 per cent On the amount
of their present bonds without interest," The
road viii be transferred whenever there is an:
organized Ene Railroad Company to receive
It's Ehts, Is an 7important movement of:the
snianasets OF the Erie road;S as 1t brings their
line within 50 miles Of RpflMos. and it L. quite
probable that the Patchen road will ultimately
be absorbed, and thus give direct ::eommnnI:
cation with Buffalo By the Eric road. ), ,.:I.;, /,
, 1861-03-28
:. PERSONAL

= The famous Paris Unipe1s, which Is supposed
to be well posted in American matters, says
that the last hours Of Lola Montez were
soothed .by the kind. attentions: Of Mrs. Bnch-
anan, toits Of The President Of tae United States
: Hon Ephraim Williams, formerly Repre-
sentative IN Congress from Connecticut, died
1T his residence In stonington On the 23d
instant,
= : -" Timothy Titeomb,'F (DE. Holland} has
commenced new work: II the Springfield
(Maza.) Republican, which lie styles "Rumin-
atoms; Or Essays upon Human Lite.'' 49,:
The Prince Of Wales does not forget Ca
nadh- We have pleasure In stating that he
has Just sent Mrs Hatt; dauehter Of Colonel
de salabelry, and Ms. Laura secord e1o0 stg:
eaeh, as mark Of sympathy for these ladies
in their Strengthened circumstances Quebec
Chronicle. 80 I: 80
The approaching marriage Ii announced
Of The reisnIng Prince Of Leichtenstein with
the Princess Mathilde, Of Baya1ia, sister Of tho
Emperor Of Austria; also that of. the Count
Of Moran with the Princess 1ichtenztein.
The chronic troubles in. DE-, =Cheeyer's
church, In New York, have agnin broke out
There WAS meeting Of the Church Of the
Putitans last night, when Mr.. E.. ~: Chester
offered paper calling for mutual council to
settle existing difficulties, and to consider the
:proptiety OF dissolving the relations between
Dr. CheeTeE and the church, ); ;Another paper
was also offered BY committee previously ap-
lpointed to settle the tIuub1es, in which theY
set forth that every effort had. failed in conse-
queuce Of the course m certain factions ludi-
Viduals. The report was adopted; and the fol-
lowing brethren were suspended ftum church
Fellowship until they ehalI giSe evidence OF
peniteuce: E. ". Chester; G. R Harvey, Chas,
,Abernethy, Thos. Rigney,; Geo. H White and
Rev. Joel Rlackmer:- York Ehzsing Fbst.
=: The Hon. Charles Francis Adams is the
sixth citizen Of Massachusetts who has been
selected as Americans Minister at the British
Court John Adams was the first Minister to
England after. the peace of 1888. He was
recognized by George Ill IN l7B5. John
Quincy Adams Was the Resident Minister in
1915 and 1876, He returned early in 1877 to
take tha post Of Secretary Of State under
Monroe, which office be held for eight years.
AR Everett was appointed Minister to Eng
J land IN 1871, George Bancroft in 1916, and All
bott Lawrence In 1s49, The newly appointed
Minister was lad of eight years when he ac-
'companied his parents to England and. it has
always been said dsthat he WIS obliged to fight
his English school fellows in. defence Of the
honor Of america He will now defend that
honor In "a. syeryn different t.manner.--Bosso5s
!; ;z1asssztg-.,: ::..z,- ,,,;5., :,
!. The Rev, Thomas Whittemofe. one Of the
most ESTEEMED and: well known "Uuiye1Eallst
ministers b: New Engfaud died 1t hts rtat-'
denee In Canbrtdgeport, Atae9ua1ter before