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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07
Alirtrllaup.
Studies of STYLES

To young writer desrous Of entering the
hsld OF literature with some popularity about
his writings which shall preserve his individual.
ity, i, must be exceedingly embarrassing to
decide what style he shall adopt and make his
own. Hosea Biglow, Sam Slick, Artsmus
Ward, 0rpheus C. Kerr, Doestieks, Josh Bill
lings and many others, have chosen distinctive
methods and have achieved notorety If not
fame. Whether they sdi TO the permanent
riches OF literature may be squsstion, but there
is no doubt that they amuse and IN some degree
instruct the living generation.
THI KITRAvAoASr STYLE.
The extrayagances OF style-similie or hyper.
bOle run mad-are old and familiar, but are
still in use. Curran describes q politician as
"one who, buoysnt by putrefacti0n, rises as he
ross." Belthazer Grstan, in discussing the
rocOnditc subjec, Of mental philosophy, says
" Thoughts flow from the extensive coasts OF
Memory, embark on the sea Of maginstion, ar
rive at the port ofGenius, to ba registered at the
custom-house Of the understanding Mather
says g We often childishy cry for knife to
cut the fingers ofour souls. A German writer
says that ysung girl is a fshingrod the
eyes are the hook, the smile the bait, the lover
the eudgson, and marriage the batter in which
he is fried A young gentleman ouco began a
romance in the following 6guratiye style
"Albert rode with the speed Of an arrow to
the garden, sprang like the wind from his stsed
like squirrel over the hedge, writhed ike &
snake through the pslngs, flew like hawk to
the arbor, crept up to her all unseen, threw him
self passlonaley at her feet, swore iranticy tha,
he would shoot himself, was, however, i'm
medately heard, seated hinselfIn blessed delight
AZ her side, sank on her bosom, swan in sea OF
bliss all this tras hs ,oork of second"
The AlxED.roErIc STYLE.
The first exhibitions of poetic genius are gen
orally rather striking. An editor gives few
apecimen verses of poem which ne cruelty re.
jeCted.
had dreme
thought ! was alone, alone;
Oh, 1t did seme
30 sad away from home, from home
My he'd upon my hand
lent | lent
My lse upon the sand
bent, bent.
thor. of other days
Aud things, and things
ol happy childish phase,
And strings, and strings"
thl' is neither 50 bold in conception nor s.
Affecting 10 its conclusion as the following:
:" Poor Jonathan Snow
Away did go
All on the ragen name.
With other males
All Tor to k6tch wales
& mere come back agen.
The wind bloc hi,
The billers tost
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

DEVOTION TO CoUNIRY.-Durng ths reign Of
Queen Anne, when Captain Hardy was stationed
of Lagos Bay, he received certain intelligersa o.
some Spanish galeons having arrived m the har-
Dor Of Vigo, under the protection OF seventeen
men OF war. lie set ,ail Immediately, without
any authority for SO doing, aud gave intelligence
to Sir John Rookie, who was then commander-in-
chief in the Mediterranean. Acting upon this
information the Admiral made the best of bis way
to Vgo, where he took or destroyed the whoe
tlest.
Sir George was sensible OF the value Of the in
formation communicated but after the fight was
ended, aud the victory secured, he ordered Capt.
Hardy on board bis ship and said 10 him sisrGly
-" You have done, sir, very important piece o.
service you have added 10 the honor aud glory
q your country by your diligence but don't you
know you are liable 70 be shot for quitting your
post p "He is unworthy" replied Captais lar-
dy, Ito bear a commission under Her Majesty,
who holds his life as anything when the glory aud
interest Of bis country require him to hazard it,
For this intrepid answer, the Admiral dispatched
him with the news Of the victory and rscomondu-
ticn to The Queen, who Immediately conferred
spon him the honor Of knighihood, aud afterward
made MIN rear admiral.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

BLOODHOUND CHAsE.-lhe rebel prsctes
Of chasing Onion prsoners OF war with blood
hounds is thus illustrated in letter from Sher-
mans army to the Cincinnati Gazette
"0ur escaped prisoners are hunted BY blood
hounds. These are kept at all the pens for that
purpose. To kill one Of them is certain death il
discovered. On one occasion two were killed at
Andersonville, and the authorities not bsiug able
to fud those who committed the act, placed the
csrcassss of the dogs outside the dead line in the
brook which supplied the camp With water, snd
allowed them to rot there.
"Hundreds OF our officers and men have been
chased by these dogs. They are kept at all guard
stations and pickst-poss throughout the South,
and especially at the ferries and iords Of the rivers
and are used to hun, both our meu and deserters
from the rebsl army.
ave have space only for one case Of blood
hound chase. The parties who had escaped we're
privatss Crummit and Harris Of the Ninth Illinois
cavalry Martin Cloes, Third Illinois, and Patter.
son. of the Second New York. Two OF thess
soldiers were eighteen years old, one twenty and
one only seventeen. They were chased by fifteen
dogs, in charge of some twenty men.
"Ons man, fnding the dogs close upon thsm
and no chance OF escape presenting itself, climbed
on the porch Of houss and waited till the party
came up. Eursgsd that their thirst for Yankee
blood had not been grauGed, they made Crummit
coma down to lhsm, than knocked him on she
head with muskst, formed ring, put the doss
in il, and threw him to them lie was terribly
torn, and soon after died Harri, and Coe, were
treated in the same way aud badly torn.
Patterson who was mere boy, kueeed down
and prayed these human 6ends 10, to let the dogs
tear him but to no purpose, lie wm forced
down, and on undertaking 10 regain tbs porch
was kicksj in the face, all his front tseth broken
cut and he rendered insensible, and in that state
thrown into the ring. The dogs had mtialed
themselves with blood, and refused to touch him.
This is only "A single ca,s Of many which could he
related
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

Az 0LEioNous JoKe.-president Lincoln at-
tended Bishop Simpsons lecture on cur "Na-
tiona Conflict the other nigh.. The Bishops
lecture marks down the discovery Of California
gold the invention Of We telegraph, improve
ments in ordnance, aud many other solid things,
as special prOvidenees designed by Deity to help
US through with the National conflict, . foreseen
and prepared Tor by him After the Bishop was
through, Mir Litcoln walked up, shook hands
and addressed ha thus Bishop, that was a
good lecture roy good lecture but one hing
Jou omitted. Among all your special proyiden.
ees. you never once struck he" There was si-
lence in the auditorium for the space Of five sec
ouds. and then On oleaginous smlo broke over
the Bishops countcnance - Washington Corr,
J indianapolis Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

Amt Cor no TINk To SEND FOR WnIrS
MANA Nashville, correspondent OF lhe tin
cinnati pagers relates the following good thing
During the recent little skirmish IN the recon
nosssuce made BY Gen. Sioadman, on our Left,
a couple OF soldiers of the coored brigade came
upon three rebels whose guns were uuloadod, sud
demanded their surrender 0ne Of them ndig.
nSutly refused to 'urronder to "nlgger.
Berry sorry m,ssa, said Sambo, bringing his
piece to ready, "bui we're in great hurry,
and ain Z got no time to send for a whlto man. -
The ominous click that accompanied this remark
brought the scion Of ehivalry to time, and he
was brought in crying and swearing oil the way
that his father would kill him il lo ever heard
that he had surrendered 10 a Niger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

CuiRloul lMAos.--Ne have had the pleasure
Of examining quantity OF gold received by DR..
j. & Aver Il Co., FROM Honduras, in payment
Tor Their medicines, which ore extensively cold
throughout Central America. Among massive
crosses, bracelets and chains, are the rude
images which have been taken from the graves
OF the Chluqai chiefs--blrds, turtles, serpents,
bugs aud reptiles done In solid gold. They
carry us back beyond historic times, to periods
and places where barharism reigned supreme.
They seem to come here now in muto appeal
from thu winding sheets Of their ancestors, to
ask for the simple Indians in the mountains
medical protection from early graves. Ignorant
aud unlettered as they are, they have learned Of
the white man enough to know where to apply
for relioi, and what will bring il. Our well
known townsmen, above named, inform US that
they require remittances from foreign countries
now to be made in silver and gold.-[ Lowell
Aass) Sentinel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07
i1Oetrp.
Driving Home the Cows.


Out of the clover and blue eyed grass
lie turned them into the river lane;
One after another he let them pass,
Then fastened the meadow bars again
Under the willows, and over the hill,
He patiently followed their sober pace
The merry whistle for once was still,
And something shadowed the sunny face.
Only boy and his father had sad
lie never could Jet his youngest 70
Two already were lying dead
Under tho feet OF the trampliDg foe.
But after the evening work was done,
And the frogs we're loud in the meadow-swamp,
Over his shoulder he sung his gun
And stealibily followed the f0ot-path damp
Across the clover, and through the wheat,
it'll resolute heart and purpose grim,
Though cold was the dew on his hurrying feet,
Aud the blind bats fitting startled him.
Thrice since then had the lanes been white,
And the orchards sweet with appl3-blOom
And now, when the COWS came back 81 night,
The feeble father drove them hcme.
For news had come to the lonely farm
That three were lying where Two had LAM
And the old man 5 tremulous palsied arm
Could never lean on a sons AGAIN
The summer day grew cool and late.
lie went for the cows when the work was done !
But down the lane, as he opened the gate,
lie saw them coming one by one
Brindle, Ebony, SpeckIe, oni Bess,
Shaking their horns in tho evening wind
Cropping the butter-cups cut OF the grass-
Blu. who was it following close behind 7
Loosely swung in the idle all
The empty sleeve OF army blue
And worn and pale, from the crlsping hair,
Looked out face that the father knew.
For southern prisons will sometimes yawn,
And yield their dead unto life gain
And the day that comes with cloudy dawn
Ia golden glory at last may Wane.
The great tears sprang to their meeting eyes
For the heart mus. speak her the lips are
dumb,
And under the silent evening skies
Together they followed the cattle home.
HUpsr' s for March.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

A SYALL SALARr.-Tho Boston Watch
man anil Reflector tells Of Baptist clergy,
man In Mass. with a wife aud five children
trying to live on salary oil 1850 year
They were recently reduced to plain corr
bread, because they had no money to buy -four
until somebody sent them barrel OF a1d,
aud rich Baptist in Boston sent them 6lty
dollar bill. For this rescue the minister an,
his wife express great gratitude but whal
shall be said of Christian parish in Mass
chusetts that allows its pastor to be reduce
to such straits
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

FEMALE CoLLEcroRs- was lately stated.
at Bible association anniversary, that cal.
culation had been made respecting the pro.
porIionate value Of the services OF gentlemen
aud ladies as collectors for charitable and re-
ligious purposes, when il was found that one
lady is worth thirteen gentlemen and a halt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07
Ny Heavenly Bird.

Ny Heavenly Bird.
Out OF the deeps Of heaven
\ bird has h0Sn to my door,
As twice in the rlToalng summers
lts mates have flown before
Why has it down to my dwelling,
Nor it nor may know
And only the silent angels
Can tell when it shall 70
That it will rot siraightway vanish,
But fold its wings With me,
And 'ing IN the greenest branches
TIL the axe is laid to the tree,
Is the prayer Of my love and terror,
For my soul Is sore dlstrest,
Lest ! wake some dreadful morning,
And find but It's empty mes
our Young FJik'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

Thoss who desire scientific discussion, in
which learned tsrminology is employed, will find
1t in Herbert Spsnc''s answer to the inquiry,
d" What ia slectricity'" in which the profound
and ingenious author sets forth bis new theory ia
relation to forces, applied to electricity Their.
it, however, much more entertaining il zot mora
profitable reading in "Noel Ra.hl.gh's Wedding,
and GOing TO the Cattle-Show." The poetry o
this number, though not mslodious in its rhythm
is delightful in sentiment and invites to dreamJ
contemplation. "History OF Painting 10 Iialy
and Group OF French Painters" will be eagerly
read by the artists, while those who love Words
worth, Tennyson and Browning, will find muci
to strengthen their admiration Of these celebrated
pset', in the articIs comparing these worIhies
and critically Judging and classifying their styles
There is much other entertainment ia the number
July justIfying tbs editors judgmen. in ts Sc
iectou.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

The Eclectic for March, published by W II.
BdweIl, New York, is received. /! is embellish
ed with striking portrait Of Prince Gorchakofi
Of Russia, next to the Emperor the most inpor
tant parsonage in the empire, The s.lectioa CT
artices is adapted to the taste Of every cultivated
esder,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07
Teach me 10 feel another's woe,
To hide that fault sect
That mercy to others show,
That mercy show 10 ne,

Aid ,hould be immediate. There is no time
to lose. We, the Executive Committee Of the
National Freedmen's Relief Association, pledge
ourselves that contributions, whether OF money
or other effeots, shall be appropriated 10 the
NEST speedy and the most judicious manner pos
slble
Donations OF money may be sent to Geo. Il.
Baker, Esq, disburslug clerk Of ihe State De-
psrtmeut, and donations Of clothing, bedding,
snd other articles may be sent to Mrs. Grdiu.
rs Indiana avenue.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-03-07

All hands wers lost,
And he was one
A spritely lad
Nigh 81"
Lines may be shortened or heightened to ex.
press the idea, ss in tho odes to Commodore Mutt
and tho Giant at Blrnum's, Ono Commences
Hail, small man
Short 'un, but
Great though small
Hail, 0 NuH!'
The other begins
Phenomenon egregous EIongae and gigantic
Mammoth man ot muscle. @ immense in os-
.9iogy
Surprising all the tall 'uDs IN tho chronicles
romantic
With genudsotl0os BUNDLED and with terrified
apology,
DiminuHye sIx-iootera with trembling knees be-
hold thee,
Aud take az observation Of thy longitude ex-
tensiyo
Being struck with admiration that thy pant
aIoons will hold thee,
And wondering who made EN-, and if they came
expensive
The manner Of" Hiawsths" is easy to in.
tate, as FOR instance, 10 description OF cat
and Jog fight by the author Of rom Hyarwstber.
beginning,
Meath a tree as was wanderin,
Spde { maultee grmann
Ga. Of q venerable kullof
Meath the great umbrsus shader
Then she walked lpon the creme sod
B9rfid depe IN contemplation
IJI. Kin on the pas. and futur
Ilarei' q specimen Of involuntary rhyme
Dld.I ye ever SEQ 4 steamboat
GJes 70 Albary and back,
And Whens, ye see il
The smokes black'
\ method By which persons with short memo
lies may rilg songs which have been partly for
gotten, and also supply rhymes is suggested by
the following
"Ohr il had a iumty tum umty tum too
In the laad Of tae olive aod fix,
would sing OF the iumpt tum tumpti to You
And play on the thing umyjg.
And it in the lumty tum battle fall,
A tumpt tum'5 all that ! crave
Oh, bury nae deep 10 vh4t-you.may.cail
And plant thingum5obs over my grave
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-19
Seven Thirties,

On Saturday last $50, 45l, $40 of the
popular Seven Thirty loan was disposed
of, which closed out the second series of
$500, coz, 900, placed on the market so
short q time ago as the lst of April. Last
week the sales amounted to S9S, 900, 900
the week before $40, 0OO,OO0. 1t has
been decided by the Secretary Of the
Treasury to issue the balance Of the loan
authorized by act of Congress in March
last, amounting to S230,0l0,000 which
will go to the people on precisely the
same grounds as did the Seven Thirties
already sold, excepting that Govern
ment will reserve the right to pay the
interest in gold coin at the rate Of six
per cent. instead of seven and three
tenths in currency. This provision is
made Us the surplus Of gold in the Treas
ury is increasing, the balance now
amounting to about S32,O0O,O0O. 1t is
confidently expected that the whole OF
this new issue will be taken in the next
sixty or ninety days, and when it is alb
sorbed the last opportunity for invest
ment in these profitable securities will
be past.
1t il surprising to note the enormous
sales of Seven Thirties for the past two
weeks, ranging as they have between
Sl5, 100000 and $50, 0oo,0 900 daily. What
striking evidence do these enormous
furnish Of the confidence
of the people in the stability and integ-
rity of this Government! The figures
daily to Mr.. Jay Cooke speak
and trumpet-tongued. We
catch therein glimpse of the strength,
resources and recuperative powers Of
this great people. AS entirely unable
as history is to furnish parallel to the
of the recent struggle for the
of the life of the Republic,
it will he as completely impossible for
it to exhibit a parallel to the wonderful
and ease of the Governments
and return to sound finan-
cial principles. .#
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-19
News by Last Nights Mall.

The advance of Gen. Sherman's ar
my has reached Washington.
The pirate Stonewall left Havana on
the 18th for Galveston.
Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, has
been arrested by detachment of Kill
patrick's cavalry, and is now on his
way for Washington to be tried for
treason.
In the case Of the assassination con-
splrators it is thought the testimony on
the part of the prosecution will be con-
cluded this week, and that of the de-
Tense next week. E..
The rebel Gen. Joe Johnston wants
to go to Canada, but Uncle Sam won't
let him.
President Johnson has respited MILL
gan and Bowles, the Indiana conspira-
tors, to the I'd of June, and commuted
the sentence of Horsey to imprisonment
for life.
The pirate Semmes is trying to reach
the coast and escape the country.
The Richmond rebels feel very much
mortified at the ridiculous manner in
which Jelr Davis was captured.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-19
Eapture Of Jefferson Davis,

The curtain Of the Great Rebellion
falls, and the actors disappear from the
stage with the enactment of the most
supremacy ridiculous farce that ever
tickled human risibilities. Who would
have thought that Jefferson Davis
would have went into the "last ditch "
in his wife's clothes? Just think of
this representative of Southern chival-
~ making for the woods at 2::i0 gait,
his petticoats sticking straight out be-
hind, displaying to the admiring gaze
Of Col. Pritchard's cavalry those horrid
boots of which he had not rid himself.
But to yield like woman, too; poor
wretch! he couldn't think of dying
with sangjroM-couldn't get his cour-
age up to the sticking point; and, the
hand which clutched the knife falling
nervelessly at the impudent prescnta-
alton of few revolvers, he squeaked
out from under his crinoline that he had
believed our Government too magnani-
NOUS 10 hunt down women and chill
tlren! Mrs. Davis thought it would not
answer to provoke Mr.. Davis, as he
might hurt somebody! Wonder he
didn't get provoked at his boots! But
there is no danger Mrs. ID. AS fully as
he had proved himself q traitor and a
knave, he has proved himself not less
completely a coward. Bold as he was,
surrounded by the bayonets of Lee, he
is chicken-hearted enough in the midst
Of Union cavalry. Then HE remorsc-
lessly caused the murder of Union men
and the butchery and starvation of I'm
ion soldiers; now he quakes in his un
lucky boots, and piteously speaks OF the
magnanimity of the Government he
has outraged and sought to usurp and
overthrow by every foul means that the
mind of demon could devise. Mag
nanimity, surely! Saltpeter couldn't
save him, and petticoats wouldn't. He
is the laughing stock of the world.
Jefferson Davis is a prisoner; now
what is to be done with him? Tried
for high treason we hope, and summa-
rily executed. The question ought not
to bother any one. If ever a man since
the days of Cain deserved to suffer death
Jefferson Davis is that man. Think of
the innocent blood, and the bereft and
broken hearts that rise up against this
man, and answer, Shall he live? shall
he be shown mercy? The loyal people
Of the land with one voice cry No! and
we echo Amen! What more worthy
subject for example than Jefferson Da-
Wis? Let the generations to come after
as know that such as he are not to be
unpublished for their crimes, and taken
back INTO confidence and fellowship
with trusting, loving hearts. If he had
million lives they all would not pay
the debt he owes to justice. We should
like to see him tried on the charge OF
completely with the foul plot of assas.
sination; but We prefer to see him exc
euted on proof Of treason. No other
man of the Rebellion is SO guilty as he.
He stood at its head and directed its af-
fairs. How hellishly he directed them
IL patent to the world.
Jefferson Darts hzs no rights Wtich a
schite man is bound to respect!
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-05-19
STATE CONVENTION.

The Ninth Annual Republican State Con.
eention will be held ut Des Moines, on Wednes-
day, June IA, ls6i for the purpose Of placing in
ces to be filled Mt the ensuing General election,
viz:
One person for the office Of Governor:
one person for the office OF Lieutenant Gov
ernor:
One person for the office Of Judge of the su-
prcme Court: "A ..-..- ..
One person for the office of Superintendent
Of Public Instruction.
The Electors of the several Counties of the
State who cordially support the Federal Gov
.rmenf in every effort to maintain the integri
~ Of the Union, and heartily approve the policy
Of treating treason as a heinous crime, will he
entitled to representation In the following ra-
ito: One delegate for each County and one adj
ditlonal delegate for every hundred votes and
fractional part of n hundred over fifty, includ-
ing the Soldiers vote, cast at the late Presi-
dental election for the Union electoral ticket
The armies of the enemy are broken and
dispersed. hut the spirit of slavery, which
prompts the destruction of those whom 1t cam
not control, must be destroyed; and the en-
bleiis OF mourning which now enshroud the
nation for its loss of ABRAHAM LINCOLN
whose name is a SYNONYM for the purest prn-
ciples of Republican ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~ suggest q duty to those who revere his men,
DRY and cherish his faith. 49,.
. BY order of the Republican state Central
Committee. II. W. HOMIE,
Chairman.
Tlac Sgoipca Mae 1eGJ T.