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ailij nm Jtt u 11 lit a i n jfumw. VOLUME I. Freedom: its Interests, its Rights, and its Honor. NUMBER 3. BY C. W. WILLARD. IflONTPELIEK, TT., APRIL 17, 1801. PRICE, TWO CEKT8. CARRIAGES AND SS.E1IIS BY THE J1EST WORKMEN I.N THE COUNTRY. Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturing will be carried on by the subscriber opposite the Court House juai-e, Montpeller, "Vt. Those in want of wirmnt'd Carriage nn-l bhigh, will pe bar s ilo well to call and see what is being done at the old stand of Gi lman & Camp. All orders promptly attended to. JOHN W. CLARKE. GEO. W. SCOTT, Having purchased the of the MERCANTILE UNION, Will continue the business at their ola stand. HEAB 02P STATE STXJLDB3BT where the business will be conducted On tbc principle of Small Profils for Ready Pay ! In the name of SCOTT & CO. Montpelier, March 15, 1861. SPRING STYLE ! SPRING STYLE ! CARPETS! CARPETS ! ! ajphiij g, iogi. We have now the Largest, and BEST SELECTED STOCK OP CABPBTXHGS, COMPRISING TAPESTRY, THREE-PLY, Super, Superfine and Extra-Fine, COTTOST AND STAIR CARPETS, Oil Carpels, nil widths, Rugs & lints. Which we offer at prices that defy competition. Corpd Made and put down in the best Manner, J. W. ELLIS a Co. The Alexandre Organ ! Patented in the United States, May od, 18G0. Adapted to the use of Drawing Roma, Churches, Chap- tis ana scnonis. mis instrument is superior to any oth er reed instrument ever invented. GEO. W. WILDER has just received one of these Organs containing 13 stops and will be pleased to exhibit the Instrument at his Mu sic Kt;re to iill desirous of hearing it A CAKM. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and patrons that he has removed to Montpelier, Vt., where he has opened an Oillce in the Freeman Building, and wfll give his individual attention to Ihe practice of the l.awin Washing-ton and the surrounding counties. All business entrusted to his care will receive prompt and efficient at tentin. F. V. RANDALL. Montpemkr, Oct. ISOO. f250rm i X W. GILBERT. '.SUSS E I I E NTIST AO. 13 P.ILYE'S BLOCK, Hflyl NOPTHF1ELD. VT. Sash, Doors and Blinds. The pine- to purchase the BEST QUALITY of Sash, Doors and Blinds made of the best WESTERN VIXE, and in a good Workmanlike Manner is at the Factory of J TV f.T.OftSTWJ. Opposite V. II Wildrv'a Mill, Montjiclier, Where may be found at all tlmss a good assortment of bash, Doors and liiinds ; also, Tubes for Chain rumps, Kave Sp'Jnts, 4:c. Planing, Jointing, Grooving, and Tenoning done in the best workmanlike manner While thankf illy ncknowledging a constant increase ot custom for tiie past four years, I would earnestly solici persons who reside in towns adjacent to Montpelicr, in want of the above articles, not to fail to consult me, in person, or by letter, before purchasing elsewhere. It ehallbe my purpose to furnish good work at low priees. J. D. CL0GST0N. Montpelier. March lSiil- 272 STYLES, DAVIS & STYLES, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS! (Successors to S. 0. ITersey,) Ellis' Block, Monfpclici. ALSO 7 AT BTJBLINGTO.V AND T. ALBANS. TUB sntacribers are prepraed to execute any kind Picture made by the PHOTOGRAPHIC ART. mom limn LONG EXPERIENCE, SUPERIOR APPARATUS AND WELL FURNISHED GALLERIES, they offer their services with confidence that they, can please all who may favor thorn with their patronage. O. B. DAVIS, Montpoler. 236yl A. i. utilbh. ttur niton. A.J. STYLES, St. Albani. fcKJsxio KklioxiaBaS' ll.l.lB The Celestial Army. Tin following little poem in the London Critic, from the pen of Mr. Read, possesses exceeding vividness of fancy, set off and balanced by simplicity of expression :J I STOOD by the open casement, And looked npon the night, And saw the westward going stars Pass slowly out of sight. Slowly the bright procession Went down the gleaming arch, And my soul discerned the music Of the long triumphal march ; Till the great celestial army, Stretching far beyond the poles, Became the eternal symbol Of the mighty march of souls. Onward, forever onward, Red Mars led down his clan ; And the Moon, like a mailed maiden, Was riding to the van. And some were bright in beauty, And some were faint and small. But these might be in their great hights The noblest of them all. Downward, forever downward, Behind earth's dusky shore, They passed into the unknown night, They pissed and were no more. No more ! oh ! say not so ! And downward is not just; For the sight is weak and the sense Is dim That looks through heated dust. The stars and the mailed moon, Though they seem to fall and die, Still sweep with their embattled lines An endless reach of sky. And though the hills of Death May hide the bright array, The marshaled brotherhood of souls Still keeps its onward way. Upward, forever upward, I tee their march sublime, And here the glorious music Of the conquerors of Time. Aud long let me remember, That the palest fainting o:ie May to diviner vision be A bright and blazing sun. iltisccllcmi). A Biography as is a Biography. Ceorge 11. Crown, the editor of tho Liroton Mercury has tried his hand at his own biogra phy. Here is tho result : "Brown was the son of the first man who pe titioned the Massachusetts Legislature in rela tion to the Jlowage of the meadows on Concord and Sudbury rivers, who emigrated to this coun try for that purpose from New Zealand in 1775. Brown's mother was a Smith (J. Smith's daughter), who was a near relative of tho bravest and boldest soldiers in Sumter's army in tho Revolution, who were intimately acquain ted with Mrs. Pocahontas, and belonged to some of the first families in Virginia. Brown hub a cousin on the Smith side, with red hair, who recently married in a fit of pass ion, while engaged with Pareons of Lawrence, in an argument on tho origin of tho Back Bay Lands, lie is a connection, wo think oi Brown the Apothecary, who so ably translated 7000 newspaper, notices into eleven different languages abiiut Troches. The lirst thing Brown did after weeing day light was to run a darning needle info tho left eye of his curse, while the old lady was singing to him one cf Dr. Watts Hymns. To our knowledge during his schoolboy days, he never robbed a hen-roost, but ho had a habit of throw ing paper balls at the heads of his schoolmas ters. On arriving at years of discretion, ho wont through Harvard College, where ' lie met with the President, who told him that lie was destined for something, and Heaven only knows what. He afterward pursued the study of (he technicalities of law, and defended his first ease with a sagacious washerwoman, who tuod him for two, years washing. He got his case, which added materially to his fame. On tho strength of this he went into tho sausago business, and was quite successful till the dog law was en forced . Brown is between twenty-five and fifty 3'ears of age unobtrusive in manners walks erect and carries a blue umbrella. Is rather flashy, and of fair complexion. Has twice refused the Consulship at llayli, fearful that tho climate might change tho color of his complexion. Ilo is often taken for Stone of Dedham(one of those kind of men who will never be forgotten as long as lho generation lasts) whom he much re sembles. Brown is benevolent and true hearted, though he has nothing to give. When he puts on spec tacles he looks precisely liko Rogers of the Glou cester Tdegiaph. He has recently mislaid one of his glasses, which is attended with inconven ience, rendering him liable to bo deceived by those members who get on tho blind sidoof him. lie is an inoffensive man in favor of buck wheat cakes, and drinks green tea, strong. Brown, as an editor, is well known was first brought into notice by writing an article in fa vor of Barnuin's Musaim and tho Fitchburrr Railroad. At this moment he is emra-'od in defending gas companies, quack medicines, horso railroads and Walker & Johnson's Dic tionaries, and haa a froo pass to tho Museum and Menagerie, and the Fitchburg depot.'.' A brothor lawyer onco told John G, Saxe, that a board was unprofessional. " Right," said Saxe, " a lawyer cannot be too bare faced.' A Substantial Compliment. Our readers will remjmher that a few weeks since, Rev. Mr. Beecher, in replying to certain strictures upon his ministerial course, stated " that regardless of opinions, threats or scowls, he should apply the doctrines of tho Gospel, Hissing hoi, to all affairs.'' As an agreeable sequence to that the reverend, and lortunato or ator received from a friend, on New Year's day, a superb an.l exquisite silver goblet, lined with gold, on a massive and appropriately engraved salvor, accompanied by tho following poetica tribute: Tawncy as tli Roman river, Ancient 'liber's classic tide. Tawney as the Alric lion's Shaggy mine and creeping hide ; Tawney as the doonimj col r Of t) e Southern bondsman's skin. Be the coffee hot and creamy, Thiit is poured ill s cup with.'n. Long may lie who quaffs the coSTes Lion liearle 1 be and strong, Like the orntors and heroes Honored in old Roman song : Still may he ' apply tho Gospel hisfing hot to all affaiis." 1 loRtiing or the csufo cf Freedom In lira lermons and his prnyers New burg, Jan. 1,1861. Ancient Schools. Luther used to say that he was once whipped lourteen times in one forenoon at school. The old German schools were frightf ul dens of barbarism. An obituary in one of their school journals, as late as 1785, contains tho following singular statement of ed ucational exertions : " Died, Uauberle, assistant teacher in a vil lago in Suabia. During ti e 51 years 7 months of his official life he had by a moderate com pulation, inflicted 911,527 blows with a cane, 124,010 blows with a rod, 20,989 blows and raps with a ruler, 13G.715 blows wsth tho hand 10,235 blows over the mouth 7905 boxes on the car, 1 15,800 raps on tho head and 22,703 noLnbenes i.e., knooks) with the Bible cate chism, singing-book and grammar, lie had 7 77 times made boys kneel on peas, and G13 times on a three cornered pieco of wood had made 5001 'wear the jackass,' and 1707 hold tho rod up ; not to enumerate various more un usti il punishments which he c intrived on the bpur of tho moment. lie had about 3000 ex pressions Co scold with of which he had found about two-thirds ready made in his native lan guage, and the rest he had invented himself." A student being absent Irom recitation was marked by tho Professor, who was pompous and unpopular. Tho student called and requested the mark to be removed, as he was necessarily detained. The Professor replied to his request, " What I have written, I have written ' " So said Pontius Pilate," replied tl.e student, and submitted to tin sentence. Macau my and Mrs. Beeches Stowjj. Not withstanding Macaulay's reputation for conver sational power, he appears t) have uttjrod lew bon mots, to have made few conversational points which are repeated and remembered. Ono of the very lew stories current of him is tho fol lowing : It is said that he met Mrs. Beecher Stowe at Sir Charles Trevclyan's, and rallied her on hor admiration of Shakespeare. "Which of his characters do you likebest ? '' said lie. " Desdemona," said tho lady. " Ah of course,'' was the reply, " for she was tho only ono who ran after a black man." Coal Gas. Peoplo who use furnaces, of stoves made tight by dampers should be careful not to throw the gas into their rooms, especially into their sleeping apartments. Many have been the cases where death has been caused in this way, and many more where it has resulted in ill health. Probably the chief reason of tho unhtalthiness of coal so often complained of is from the exhalation of gas. A few days since three persons in the family of Mr. Georgo Man ning in Ward 1, sleeping in a room where coal was burning in a stove with tho gas thrown into tho room by dampers in the funnel, camo near dying. Not answering to a call in tho morning their room was opened and all three found insensible, and probably in one half hour more would have been dead. It was some time before they could walk or speak. New buryport Herald. The Atlantic Telkokai'ii Company. Tho annual report of this company states thai the only liability outstanding against it is tho sum of $875 advanced by tho directors at their own risk to meet current expenses of the company the past year. About five miles of cable were recovered when tho attempt was made to repair it, which has been stripped and carefully exam ined without finding the slightest symptom of deterioration or decay in any part of the gutta percha. A severe electrical test showed that an actual improvement had taken place in its con dit'rri s5s)n it was laid down. As the company is possessed oi valuable privileges nnd con tracts, it is deemed best to con tin uo tho or ganization for somo time to come on an econom ical footing. Tho report slates that a cable could bo constructed without difficult', and worked between Ireland and Newfoundland at the rate of fifteen to twenty words per minute. The balance sheet shows that 471,840 had been expended, including 303. 082 for the ca ble, leaving a balance of JL'903 in hand. Lord Campbell said ho himself heard a Judge at Stafford thus sentenco a prisoner to death for forgery : " And I trust through tho merits and mediation of our blessed Redeemer, you may experience that mercy in another world which a due regard to the credit of. tho- paper currency oi the county forbidi you to hopo for hero." Don't Care." There was a little boy who always had a naughty phrase in his mouth. I will give you a lew specimens of tho way ho used it. "Oh Chariie ! you broke a pane ol g'ass when you threw that snow ball." " I don't care," said Charlie: " there is plenty more where that carnie from." " You must not cat any more cake, my dear," said Charlie's mother. " Rut I want more," paid Charlie. " But it wiil make you poorly." " I don't care if it does is Charlie's reply. " Please tshow me where my lesson is," he said to his sister : " 1 cau't find it," " No I won't. 1 don't care it you can't find it she said to (Jhariie one day. " Here get up out of my seat I had it first." "I don't care if you had, I fchant get up,'" said Charlie one day to his sister. " Little brother cried this morning be cause I ran away from ; but I don't care said Charlie to his schoolmates one morning. " Mother said it was wicked for me to frighten liitlo sister so but J don't care said Charlie after pretending to be a ghost. " My cousin beat me running down hiil j but Idon t care." ' Father wouldn't (ako me riding with him yesterday, because I staid out too long at my piay ; but I don't care : there's more ways than ono to get a ride. " My sister always knows her lessons bel ter than I do ; but 2 don't care." " I missed my lesson this morning and got down lo the foot of tho class for talking ; but Idon t care." " Dou't care, Charlie ?" sail I to him one Jay. " Don't care, did you say ? You surely did not stop to think of tho impor tance of these little words. When you go to your father, and tell him you arc hungry, does he say, ' I do?i't care ?" When you go to your mother, and tell her you arc 6i'ck, does she 6ay, " J don't care ?" If she did yo i would open your eyes in astonishment to find her turning you off in that manner; but if it would s-iund strangely for your parents iO talk so, it certainly does for a child, and especially not to care when you forget to say your prayers." I hope none of my little readers will have iccnsion to point to any of Charlie's sayings, That belongs to mc." I won't even sup pose that one nf our little Sunday-school scholars would say, " I don't care." It must be ihoso little children who like Charlie, don't go to Sabbath school, who make use of such words , but you may, de:tr reader, be tempt ed to ; aud if you are at any lime, just keep your lips shut, and pray in your heart until the temptation has passed away. Gone Yes ! gone ! A long wagon, draped with black, and a rider, ouo solitary rider, clad in somber colors, came, unbidden by you, before your door, and the tread of hurried feet told you that they placed something you once clasped to your bosom within that sable cov ering. Then it drove away, and you could count the revolutions ol its wheels by your own hcart-tbro'os, and everything around you whispered one word yona Gone ! 'tis but a little word, yet how much sorrow and des olation are comprised in its four letters ! Grone ! the sunny hours enjoyed with one beloved ; gone ! the touch ot the gentle hand upon your bowed head; gone! tbo tender soothing tones of tho loving voice. All gone ! save a voice, whispering low to our bruised heart : " Weep uot, I am with my Father onrl tho l?!tlinr until vnv find nnd t.hrr find' " Look up, thou sorrow-stricken one, beyond the scenes of earth, and list to the song of the angels and Ihy sainted ono. Soon the vail will be rent, and thy imprisoned soul will sing the sons of tho Now Jerusalem. When this little word is inscribed on anoth er's home and heart, deal kindly and tender ly with the bending reed ! None can tell how soon a ncw-mude grave may bour above its fresh sod a marble slab, and carved upon its surface a name like thine own, and you find written on every step in life that single wnrd rrnnrt t But list ! a soft voice, ringing clear Above the tempest's wail, Speaks peace surpassing earthly weal, When lifted is the vuil ; The vail that hides from mortal sight, The" Lity pared with gold," And pearly gates are lifted high, Its glory to unfold A glory that th' enraptured soul Will find forever new, When loosened from its prison-house, It bids the world adieu. There aro many who say more thau tho truth on somo occasions, and balance tho ac count with their consciences by saying less than tho truth on others. Ohio. Tho population of this State, accor ding to tho recent consus, is 2,344,000, in round numbers , being an increase ol 364,000 over 1850, or nearly nineteen per cent. Cincinnati ans aro dissatisfied with the result of the canvass in that city and are having the census retaken, bat tho national count cannot be changed. It is thought Ohio will lose two Congressmen un der a new apportionment. Agricultural. Large or Small Corn Mr. Editoh : I noticed in reading the Fanner, an article headed, Which to plant, large or small corn ? " The writer goes on to show that the 12 rowed is the most profit, able, and yields 30 bushels to the acre ; he takes nothing into consideration but the corn shelled. 1 am a fanner, and a miller also. I have had a chance to sco 8 and 12 rowed corn brought to mill in the car, and I can say that not more than one grist in ten comes to mill of tho 12 rowed but what gets mouldy before the cob is seasoned. Another consid eration is the fodder. Ihe 12 rowed stalks grow so large, the cattle will not eat more than two thirds of them, while on tho other hand they will cat every ono ol the 8 rowed stalks, which is quite an item. The 8 rowed will bear planting nearer together, with more stalks in a hill, and requires from 2 to 3 weeks less time to bring it to maturity than tho 12 rowed, on the same kind of soil. I venture to say that I can raise as many bush els on an acre of perfectly sound corn, that is, shelled corn, as Mr 4 Matsapoag' can of tho 12 rowed variety, and the fodder worth one-third more. It is not half tho trouble to cover it, and it is better corn when shelled, for market. p, d. p. Shelburne, Vt., Jan , 1861. Farmers, Attend ! All improvements whose end is to facili tate the business of farming, aro real and positive benefits. Mr. Myron R. Ilubbell, of Wolcott, has invented and patented a ma chine for cuttin? potatoes, turnips, or any other roots which are intended to be fed to stock, which is indeed a labor-saving ma chine. With this machine, v.hich will cost not more than six or eight dollars, a farmer can cut a bushel ol potatoes or turnips into thin slices in ten minutes. Tho machine works easy, and tho operator baa nothing to do but to put his potatoes into a hopper, and with an easily motion prepare them to feed out, taking them, from a box underneath. All farmers should be provided with this machine, for it is no humbug. The want of such a machine has been long felt, and now that want is amply supplied. Potatoes or any roots may be fed without the danger so often incurred, or choking, ant' losing valuable stock. n. rt i i conscquenlly, Thk Potato Disease. A correspondent of the Bristol (English) Times draws atten tion to a method emplyoed in Russia to pre vent tho disease. Prof. Rollmon, of St. Petersburg!!, planted somo potatoes which had been accidentally dried near a stove fill it was thought they would bo quite useless for seed. They grew, however, and while all tho other potatoes in the neighborhood were very much distressed, these remained sound. The Professor afterwards adopted the principle of drying his seed potatoes at a high temperature, and the plan has never failed. IJis example was followed by various other persons with the same success ; and on many estates drying houses have now been built to carry ou tho process. It is said that tho progress of tho disease on potatoes par tially attacked is completely checked by tbc heat. Tho experiment is very simple, and it has this advantage it may be tested without any serious amount of trouble or loss. What is Lawful Soundness of a Horse? In reply to this question by a correspon dent, the American Stock Journal publishes tho following : On consulting Oliphant,' on the law of horses, you will sco that ho defines ' sound ness as follows : We may define a horse to be sound when ho is free from hereditary disease, is in the possession of his natural and constituiional healt i,and has as much bodily perfection as is consistent with his natural formation. Another definition of soimdness ' That horse is sound in which there is no defect nor disease, that shall impair his present or fu ture usclulnc.. A thhd definition of 'soundness.' That horso is sound that is perfect in structure and function. Acco ding to the above definitions of ' soundness,' it would bo a matter of impos sibility to find a sound horso ; therefore I adviso you not to warrant an animal which you supposo has a corn. Trimming) Fruit Trees. Some people are now trimming their trees, not because this is the best time, but because they have more loisuro. Young and thrifty trees should not bo trimmed till planting is over. When the leaves appear they will take up tho sap that circulates in the trco, and tho wounds trimming will not bleed. Ploughman on