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Correspondence.
GARDINER, Jan. 90 1861.

GARDINER, Jan. % 1861.
SR:-In view of the present disturbed ant
threatening aspect of affairs In the country
it is highly important that Maine should b.
prepared to furnish her quota Of troops t.
maintain the constitution and laws ut tb,
Federal capital. ~
As any general movement Of the Militia
would be Flow, and embarrassed by many
draw backs in this State, l would suggest for
your approval, and the approval Of the Leg.
islature, the enrolment Of ono thousand vol
unteers, to be in readiness at q moments
warning to march to any point where their
services may be required. will guarantee
that number of resolute, determined men,
ready for the field in ten days. Ten thou
sand men would readily volunteer to march
to any part of the country for the defence Of
tho constitution and laws, but in my opinion,
thousand from Maine would bc our pro-
portion to meet any emergency likely to
arisc.
Threats are made that Mr.. Lincoln shall
not be inaugunted in Washington; and
should Virginia secede before the 4th oi
March, there can be no great doubt Of con-
llct IOT pDnctrciou Va thc eols
II the friends Of the Union are not prepared,
and the revolving States succeed in its cap
turc, we should have an usurper in pos
secession Of the archives Of government, and
the constitutional President q wanderer in
the land, presenting to the world state OF
things similar to Mexico for the past three
years,-a government dc facto, with wan
dcring, itncrant constitutional Presiden,
with little power to enforce the laws any.
where.
Although there is good reason to believe
there is an organized plan and troops prepar.
ed to bring about this state Of things, u Is to
be hoped moderate councils will prevail and
love for the Union may be strong enough in
Virginia and Maryland, to overcome the
But common prudence would dictate the
propricty Of being prepared for the worst
There Il too much at stake to leave anything
10 chance. A sufficient force should bc on
the ground to ensure the safety OF the Capt.
toI, and the Inauguration Of the President
Who was constitntionally elected. l-l..zi
Timid people arc alarmed at military pro
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BIDDEFORD, MAINE, FRIDAY
most ingeniously disguised, but evidently the
motive power Of the mechanism.

most ingeniously disguised, but evidently the
motive power Of the mechanism.
.Why, Hugh this isn't perpetual motion.
This spring in the little box makes II co.
And the wiic looked up in utter surprise.
The monomaniac glared back with an ex-
preston in which wild rage shame and scorn,
struggled and writhed for control of his fea-
lures. Lifting his hand with tragic air,
he brought his finger to point at the
frightened and covering woman, and said in
slow, unearthly tone:
Its lie.'
Then bright dagger cleaned in the wax
light, and with the lightning quickness OF
insanity was plunged into the bosom Of his
wife.
lie carried her home in his arms, laid her
upon her own bed, and invited the neigh
dors with bland smile to come in and pre-
pare her for burial. He was Mistaken
She was not dead, for the aim had been un.
true.
IL you had called at the cottage thirty
years after, you would have met an old man
with much dignity of bearing, and woman
somewhat beyond the prime of life, living
tncIc, hHu w IiCho-
ant and useful. Talking with the old man,
you would have been struck with the sense
and beauty Of his thoughts and the ease of
his expression. If the conversation had
leaned in the least degree to any topic sug-
gestive of mechanism, your host would have
said blandly:
Il discovered perpetual motion. Would
you like to see the machine, ,sir?' and, rising,
would have led the way to small, window
less room, and there, with tho words: Be
Observation-Disclosures" would have sud-
denly removed the side of a wooden box and
thrown the light OF six wax candles upon q
beautiful combination of wheels in regular
and graceful motion.
Then the matron would have pointed out
its qualities. saying: 1T has been running
thirty years, sir, and must be perpetual, =
looking into your face all the while to see If
you understood her. She would say truly
that 1t had been running thirty years, for
every Sabbath morning she had stolen in and
wound the spring herself.
l ventured to ask her once, il she had not
been afraid to live with him after her terrible
danger
20, no. she said. Il understand him per-
fectly now. never cross him on that point.
am proud OF him now, SIR
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Quetrp.
SONG OF THE HUsKERs.
nv Jous q. WHITTIER.

nv Jous q, WHITTIER,
ueap high the farmers wihtry hoard,
Heap high the golden corn
No richer giit has Autumn poured
From ous her lavish horn.
Let other lands. exultlng. CLEAN
The apple from the pine,
The orange from the glossy green.
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gif,
Our rugged wales bestOw,
To cheer us when the storm shall drin
Our harvest fields With snow.
Through wales OF grass and mesds Of nowers,
Our plOws their burrows made,
While o'er the hills the sun and shower
Ofehsnssfal April played
We dropped the seed DER hill and plain.
.nS STnfsi frlsSisDsd @ T from n our sprOutlns grain
The Iobber erOws away.
All through the long bright days Of June,
Its leaves grew strong and fair,
And waved Ia hot midsumner's noon,
Itssoft and yellos hair.
And nov, with Autumn's moonln eyes,
Its harvest time has GOMEZ
We pluck away the frosted leave.
Ard bear the treasure home.
There richer than the fahled gins
Apollo shOsered Of old,
Fair hands the broken grain shall SIN,
And kneae Its neal OF gold.
Let Yapid idlers loll In silk,
Around their costly board,
Give us the bowl Of samp AMI milk,
By homespun beauty poured.
where'er the wide old kitchen hearth
Sends up Its smoky curls,
Who will not thaak the kinily earth,
And bless the farmer girls
Then shame on all the proud and yaln.
Whose folly laughs tO >c0rn
These blessings Of oar hardy grain
Our wealth Oi golden corn.
And let the gpOd old crop adorn
The bills o1r fathers trOd
still Jet Ms fsr His golden corn
send up our thanks tO GOd'
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MORNING, FEBRUARY Is, 1861.

gentleman, and and as he is now a national
man (,e never was n sectional one) | may b'
excused for saying that he is not less belov'
ed and honored in private life than in public
lie is an exception to general rule. Fol
more than twenty years leader in political
life. he has lived strictly within his incom,
and has accumulated property, which J
small in large city, is large in smai
town. He carries his broad and liberia
views into the small transactions oflife. ~
public man he possesses, in an eminent de-
gree that faculty which enables one to iorm
correct opinion of past and passing events
lie has never lost an election.
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Hon. I. Washburn, Jr., !
Governor of Maine. (
AUGUSTA, Jan. q, 1861.
i. 4. L.ALLY.

AUGUSTA, Jan. ~, looi'
DEAR SR IL desire to thank you ioryour
admirable letter of the 25d inst. 1t speaks
words OF wisdom and patriotism. For who
ever may have been wrong In the past, our
first and great duty in this emergency is,
without doubt, to uphold the Government
and preserve the Union. The people of this
State Of all parties, with exceptions relative
ly less numerous thanh the persons Of tho
cowboys and traitors Of the Revolution, were
the exceptions to the rule in that day, are
for maintaining the government and cnforc-
ing tho laws. They are true, brave aud pat.
riotic. They all love their country and their
whole country. And they will never
assent that its government shall be subyerted
either directly or by violence, or indirectly
and by practical admission that Its con-
tinuance is dependent upon terms and condi-
tions not found in the Constitution.
Agreeing with you that'common prudence
would dictate the propriety OF being prcpar.
ed for the worst and that .there is foomuci
at stake 10 ieare anything 10 chance. | shall
give your suggestions the most careful con-
sideration. And shall be happy to confer
with you personally at any time that may
suit your convenience, as TO the best way
for carrying your views into effect.
Very truly,
Your obd't servant,
/. WAsnBuRN, JR.
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Scene at a Railway Station.

Traveller New YORK; planking the
price of ticket. Ths>ticket clerk jerks out
u ticket. and jerks in the money almost in
an instant, without word, and the traveller
leaves his place for the next conner, who per-
haps has the same destination, but who ,oc-
cupies much more time in making his wants
known, something after this style:
What's the fare to New York;
Four dollars
How long aiorc you starty
Ten minutes
'Ah--er-can you change fity-dollar
note p
Yes, Sir -Ha..L .'
Give me change in Boston money, Cay-
ing out the iiity) and in five dollar bills 1t
you can"
Change is made and the ticket thrown out
in almost q second of time.
Do you get to New York as early now
as usual?'
Yes SIR
What time does the Filidclfy train leave
tomorrow morpin'!'
Seven thirty q
BY this time the qucrist has gathered up
his bank notes, folded them up, put them
smoothly iuto pocket book, poked his um-
o,vsla into 'nc sioGav;o " 80 ,.a;,;na
u lrom 'nv ,nh;aa lua, ' s;,a ,na " hr ,hs dslaS
herNosS, oon,hu i,D.,;nn n, ,c I ho,t ao,,n othc,
causeu 'no 0o.;eI''on .,o.n VI "N'' '''''
aPPtl.'nsS Ps. so,,,". ~. a" ,,n oo,,,,,m,,s trrn
IBrcathlesslyl-" Ticket for Bonton
You are in Boston now, SIR
.Oh oh-cr! Yes ha! ha! ha! I want
10 co 10 plimpton-yille'.-.no show of mon.
ey'
evo oon,. 9,-fwoit;no for show of
e,.i.N ''
'uJ o, III, ,ole one ticket.
Yos arr for,v.fiyc cents
Rr ,l';s ,;mc t6e cent from the rural dis.
,.;a;, onmnrabords tbe cash in advance nrin.
cinle odon,ed NJ ali well.reeulated railway
stations = and fishing into the profound
Jan,Ss Of his nan,oloon nocket witbdraws. in
n c'noc;ous hand n miscellaneous collection
which from n hosty Glance appears to be
comno.sd % Of n niece Of cayendish tobacco, a
ioad nsnc;I n niece of red chalk. large lack
knife. I = paiitieal medal, leather shoe,string,
= onu,Io or buttons. a .rsnender buckle. and
so,ns Chance From the latter n twenty-five
cent cent niece two halcdimes. two threc.cent
- and eonr cen,s oro l,hor;ouslv extract-
'' "a and a. dcnositsd On the counter. from
which thew pye dc,,erously swept by three
". annr - os the hanJ Who turns 10 serve
" !, ,"Sn ,UE, p"'''' VI '''' A"' ""' '
,, .,.,.. . p-.,.;,o,oo ~
want muy sucket W rlo''uehVo,
depositing hve-doiiar note. CLERK throws
out lazy ucket whieh oears s'rnAs
resemblance 10; anu indeed wou,d oe cai'eu is, y
twin brotner ol' tne Seh'ielnai 'ehe', anu
aiso the cnahse ~ 'hc sa'nc '''no' W
cautiously examines u pank l'o'e ,ny mu,s, r.'
received IN eAchahSe- ~ 'i's soou Im
Vertainiy' maaam, "ogne ,o''e T o'"e..
Lady rctires perfectly sausneu. tho heA'
customer Is an iiiostrious exile, WHOM W.
have every reason 10 suppose mas reeen"
Jared sumptously upon repast IN Wnicn
onions must have figured conspicuousiy US
vegetable. and moderate priced whiskey Us
the principal beverage: ,,,.
sure what sthe price oil 'h'cke' " N'"
iarM Ga
Deck passage, TWO collars ana my
cents; ,,,-.;..,
wouldn't ye take a dollar ana s'',hH'
iiveI shure It's aii the money ive go'' W an'
at all.
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limo for cutting Timber.

Inoticed in your paper quito a long article
ON the subject OF cutting timber, the best
time To do Il. &c. have had more or less
experience for many years in cutting wood
and timber, and making fence, ~ that what
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prssosAL.-The President has granted to
Capt. John A. Holmes. who was sentenced
to the State Prison,at Thomaston for Life, =
full and unconditional pardon.
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Prepare for Spring.

II is an old saying that in peace we should
be prepared for war. Farmers have more
leisure in the winter season than at other
times. In stormy days they can put their
stables in complete order. And they can re-
pair all their tools under shelter. IL they
have no workshop. they can work in the
wOodhouse. And il they are destitute ol
such convenience, as many farmers are,
they can make use Of the barn floor. for now
the husSs and hay are fed out from this de-
partment.
Prepare all the tools and lay them where
they can be- found in the spring. The plough
is one of the most important implements on
the farm. Ike old wooden ploughs have
yielded TO those Of cast.iron. But even
these must be repaired, and since the smith
lives a mile of, and he cln only furnish nuts
and screws, it will require too much time,
after spring work commences, TO make such
journey for repairs.
The scythes should all hang where they
will not batter one another. The bog hoes
should be ground and hung up, those for the
meadow being ground us sharp as an axe,
the Others should be more blunt, TO work
ON rocky highland. The spades and shoyels
should not lie or stand on the ground alter
/ they have been wiped clean, for rust not on
I ly eats tho edges, but il makes the business
/ Of shOyeling much moro laborious.
Hay rakes may now be repaired. Care
less workmen make much waste in using
rakes, forks, sc. The tines of forks are now
made small and tapcrins in order to save la
/ Dor, and there is such difference between
/ IL e 4, "A kipaa Inrh haU A nd
for manure that farmers can well ahOrd to
change of their old for improved articles.
Yet il Is no easy matter to teach men how
TO use nice tools. They often break iron
bars m digging rocks for want ofskill in use
ing them, and dang forks arc used to dig In
20 the toughest soils. The owner, therefore,
must see to these tools, or they will not be
likely to last long.
Prepare all the farm tools in seasons and
let none secedc for want OF attention or
look. II you find rogue carrying away
YOUR tools without leave, on the ground
that YOU had always been indulgent to bor-
rowers and trespasscrs, bring him up TO jus
ticc at once, and let him know that thieves
must bc taken up Immediately rs an example
10 all.
We hear Of ruler who lost many prov
inces in consequences of not looking out for
rebellion in due seasOn.-PloughmdR.
AsnE.-Ash-buyer-Any ashes to-day
Farmer.-No Sir.
Ash.buycr.-Give YOU eight cents, in cash.
a bushel.
Farmer.-Can got Twenty-Five cents a
bushel.
Ash Buyer.-Guess you are mistaken.
Farmer.-Gucss | amt.
Ash Buyer Who'll give il ?
Farmer.-Smith at the Red Mill.
Ash Buyer. Smith don't buy ashes nor
never did.
Farmer. Yes, but put the ashes on my
corn and wheat, and the ashes makes grain,
and then Smith buys them at all | have said.
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Il DAILY FREEMAN

VIII be published at this office until lurtae!
notice. Two editions will be issued, one to he
ready tor the mail West, and the stages thai
leave Montpelier in the afternoon, the other IN
the morning in season for the morning mails
Each edition will contain the latest teegrapdic
news to the time of going to press
The Terms Will be-
$500 per year, or s 90 for three months, to
man subscribers and those taking the paper from
the Office.
$o,OO per year, or 81 ,25 for three months, to
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GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, Get. "A, 1861.

Unusual RESPONSIBILITIES have dcvolvcd upon him
he has faithfully met them. Almost unlimited
powers were placed in hands-thcy have suffered
no abuse from him, but have been used wisely
and solely for the public good.
As he retircs from the public chair he has 40
well filed, and the office he has so much hon
ored, the benedictions Of the good people OF
Vermont will attend him. May he be spared to
see many useful and honorable years IN the SER
vice Of his Country. And when he andall who
truly love that Country, shall gaze upon it Tor
the last time, may the light Of its glory-rc-
united, restored and enlarged, with every star
shining undinmcd in its place, and our dear
old flag triumphantly indicated, revered at
home and respected abroad, floating like wave
of light from every battlcment, streaming from
every mast head, and tapping its protecting
folds in the brcezcs Of every port-may the light
of it's glory fall on him and us, and the halo Of
its brightness reach onward through the dark
valley till it meets and is lost in the transcend
cnt glory Of the heavenly land. ~.
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SOUTHERN and EASTERN mail closes at 500 a, IA, ~
rreS at IL p.
NORTHERN and WESTERN closes at 3.lj p N. arr y!i
at $50
All matter for these mails must be in TIE office 1e0rC
time Of closing, 10 go the same day.
BARRE mail arrives daily at $50 a. m departs ty?rJ
day or arrival of southern.
BRADFORD mail arrives daily at 10 90 p. N. depac:,
daily at 400 a. n.
DANYILLE arrives Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
at & 2 O'Clock, q. m departs same days jo'cocl
p. II.
BARTON arrives Mondays, Wednesdays ami Fridays i.
$50 J. N. departs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday.
at 0Ij IA. III.
hTpEPiEE, by Worcester and Eimorc, arrives Hondig
"caneSdays and Fridays At 500 p IA. departs SANE "
Barton.
CHELSEA arrives Mondays, Wednesday ana Friday, a.
l.'}0 p. m. departs same Daayille.
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days at 100 p. m. leaves alternate days arrival
Western.
BERLIN from two to six times week
0FFIcE HorGG FROM 100 A. NJ. to 500 r NJ.
JAMES C. FRENCH, r ".
Montpelier, Nay1, 1861.
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MONTPELIER. VT.
MON DAY, OCT. IA, 1861.
TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE

The DAILY FREEMAN, containing the full tel
raphic report 10 the associated press in Bos-
ton, morning end evening, and a full report of
the proceedings of the Legislature, will be fur
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months.
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mail subscribers during the Session for twenty
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at that time be elected, because Of ,,
to be made, and bill pending relerrn, E ~ Yet
officers. y" These
Bills introdoc,d and r,t;rr,d.-p AZ,
an act TO change the name Of Allen R,r Nyes,
stltutiug him the heir of Elisha anJ'' Con,
Maynard; to General Committee All.,
Nichols Of Rutland, an act to postponD =, @'.
ton Of Representative to Congress unit, zee ,9
lst Of March, 1868, that adyantaoss ", "'' The
taken Of bill now pending in Conpro n"' I'e
which more foil representation may BE- ,a;r y
to Judiciary Committee. 0"'"'I
Senate Bill No. 4, an act in relation r.,
proper enlistmen's, was taken up and refa,, ,
to Comm on military affairs, ''s' ~
Revolutionary Mr.. James of Watorsn
that the Clerk be instructed to add to the 9" 2
rectory, the Constitution of the United ST.. ~
amended to include also the Conshtot H,a,''
Vermont; and adopted BY Mr.. Nina. "
of Ilinesburgh, an act relating to the sur p, VI
of families of soldiers to Commsttee on f ,f
tary affairs. Adjourned 'D''
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RAILROAD CAsUALrY.-Gcorge Sherman d,
Waterbury, while attempting to get on bn,,
the passenger train of cars, at Montpelier Jun,
ton, last Saturday afternoon, lost his tcoO,
and fell upon the track. The truck of ore "a.
passed over him, completely cutting off his e,.
just below the knees lie was brought to Il.
village and celyed medical trea,acn, ~ :o,,
as possible. but the injury proved fatal, AID j.,
died the same night.
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Vermont Bible Society.

The Anniversary of the Vermont Bible Soc.
ETY. will be held at Montpelier, on "Wednesday,
the 10th day of October.
The Directors will meet ut the Rooms Of tie
Depository u. 1 o'clock 4. ~ The Society
will meet in the same place at 2 o clock P N,
Anniversary exercises and Sermon in The
Brick Church, at 6 10 o clock in the evening.
W. II. LORD, Sec. Y. B.
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TIE Philadelphia Press SAYS the recent chm,
gas in The commanders Of our block iding sQaai.
rons, which have excited much comment, we
made in order to insure not only the most logai,
but the most vigorous and daring of our CEN.
mandcrs for the important naval expedition,
now fitting ont.
Large purchases Of blankets ior tho tni,ei
States government, and indigo Tor the manuAc.
turers Of army clothing, have been recently
made in Montreal and the market is now ta.
Of both articles.
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ANNIVERSARY WEEk.-Thc present will -
especially to the visiting public probably The
most interesting week Of the Session. The Col.
onizatiou, Bible and Historical Societies viii,
hold their anniversary meeting as heretofore an,
nounced while this is to be the last week a,
the enca mpment of COL Lords 9th regiment
in this place.
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Vermont Historical Society.

Inc twenty second annual meeting OF the
vermont Historical Society will be holden at
the Historical Room in the State House. Mont
l"ilef' ON tuesday, October 18TH 1861 at2
o'clock, P. NJ.
Inc Annual address will be pronounced BY
'he heV. William S. Bulch of Ludlow, VI, ana
several Biographical sketches of distinguished
Fermonters will be read on the occasion.
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We are authorized by COL Lord to state that
no more Regiments will he called Tor by Go,o.
nor Fairbanks. X few vacancies are lcf. in
Companies, although the Regiment is fully y.
ganized Applications can be made at the Of
ice Of the Adiutant General-PaYiion IL1t.
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~ Files of the lntest New York and Boston
papers will be at all times at the FREEMAN Or
rIcz, and those desiring to see these papers can
do so by calling at this office.
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LOOKING LIKE BUSINESS. -The House HAVING
thus early fixed the hour Of meeting, in the
morning, at 9 O'Clock begins to look like bgs,
ness