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THE
FREEDOM
POETRY
From the Herald of Freedom.
The following verses are from an anti-slavery Hard, the
other side of the-water the Scottish VVIiiltier, Xhomai
Puingle. Ho was the son of a farmer in Scotland, where,
as Eli.ur Wright savs, " the muses drive plough." lie
wrote the-verses in Africa. The " Bush-boy" it the des
ignation of a class of the natives about the Cape of Hood
Hope. The "Bush-men" rather "boy" being the voting
one for they have not learned there to call an old man of
fourscore, "boy. Unit is a fashion of civilization and
Christianity further advanced. That is one of the fash
ions of American liberty. Africa is not up to th.it yet
unless at Liberia where republicanism has made a begin
ning with a colon V of "old bovs.
Thomas Pringlo was an abolitionist. lie had none of
tho colorphobia in his veins. He was never bit by the
mad doff the United States. Ho was born in .Scotland
Tlint "nrnirin dfirr" novor wtta fnm.il ill Scotland. He is
neculiar to the land of liberty whore they all got bit by
him. and the phobia is indelible. The population are blue
with it. The siirht of Hannibal would throw them into fet.
Vitus' dance into a universal hornpipe. They could not
bear it right in among them (unless it was on a slave) any
more than a poor dog in the last stages of the rabies cairn,
.1 . . 1 V:.., f.llj It irn.ll.l ll.pnw
conn, near t if n nu ui intuitu ..vu... ....v..
them into a ecncral fit of tho mobocracy.
Thomas Pringle had as dainty a sense as your every day
republican. Yet he could amalgate with the Bush-hoy,
as black as the raven, and ride along with him afar in the
desert. We wish he could have seen our slavery, and left
no, iu verso the shock it would have given his spirit. After
all, verses are the sword to slay these hydraB Voltaire
said he would upturn a country, if they would allow mm
the making of the ballads. Our anti-slavory numbers wear
a loftier name than ballad. But they are in the hands of
the vvhittiers and the I lerponls. And slavery shivers as
sho sees them reach to take down the " Harps of the
North."
Should not our Bards strike out something to be set to
an anti-slavery Marseilles, for the people to sing for the
eallant bovs to sing on the way to scool, and to cow-dri
ving the girl at her wheel and her piano. We have no
ballad singers like the old world. The young people hero
should sing slavery's death-song. We hint it to Ficrpont
and Whittier. " Sat verbum" Poctae.
From Pringlo's Poetical Works.
Afar in the Desert.
Afar in the Desert I love to ride,
With the silent Bush-boy alono by my side;
When the sorrows of life the soul o'creast,
And, sick of the Present, I cling to tho Past;
When the eye is suffused with regretful tears,
From tho fond recollections of former years;
And shadows of things that have long since fled,
Flit over the brain, like ghosts of the dead:
Bright visions of glory that vanished too soon;
Day-dreams that departed ere manhood's noon;
Attachments by fate or by falsehood reft:
Companions of early days lost or left;
And my native land whose magical name
Thrills to the heart like electric flame,
The home of my childhood; the haunls of my prime;
All the passions and scenes of that rapturous time
When the feelings were young and the world was new,
Like the fresh bowers of Eden uufolding to view;
All all now forsaken forgotten forgone!
And I a lone exile, remembered by none
My high aims abandoned my good acts undone
Aweary of all that is under the sun
With that sadness of heart which no stranger may scan,
I fly to the Desert afar from man !
Afar in the Desert I love to rule,.
With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side;
When the wild turmoil of this w earisome life,
With its scenes of oppression, corruption, and strife
The proud man's frown, and the base man's fear
The scorner's laugh, and the sufferer's tear
And malice, and meanness, and falsehood and folly,
Dispose me to musing and dark melancholy;
When my bosom is full, and my thoughts arc high
And my soul is sick with the bondman's Eigli
Oh! then there is freedom, and joy, and pride,
Afar in the Desert alone to ride!
There is rapture to vault on the champing steed.
And to bound away with the eagle's speed,
With the death-fraught firelock in my hand
The only law of the Desert land!
Afar in the Desert I lovo to ride,
With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side:
Away away from the dwellings of men,
By the wild deer's haunt, by the buffalo's glen;
By valleys remote where the oribi plays,
Where the gun, tho gazelle, and the l.artcbecst graze,
And the kudu and eland unliuntcd recline
By the skirts of grey forests o'ci hung with wild-vine;
Where the elephant browses at peace in his wood,
And the river-horse gambols unscarcd in the flood,
And the mighty rhinoceros wallows at w ill
In the fen whom the wild asa is drinking his fill.
Afar in the Desert I. love to ridr,
With theailent Bush-boy alone by my side;
O'er th brown Karroo.where tho fleeting cry
Of the springbok's fawn sounds plaintively:
And the timorous, quapga's shrill whistling neigh,
Is heard by the fountain at twilight grey;
Where the zebra wantonly tosses his manr.
With wild hoof scouring the desolate plain;
And the Moot-footed ostrich over the wasto
Speeds like a horseman wlid-.travrls in haste
Hieing away to the home of her rest4
Where sho and her mate have scoped their nest,
Far hid from the pitiless plunderer's view,
Li the pathless depths of parched Karroo.
Afar in the Desert I love to ride,
With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side;
Away away in Ihe wilderness vast,
Where the white man's foot hath never passed'.
And tho quivered Cornnna or Bechuan
Hath rarely crossed with his roving clan:
A region of emptiness, howling and diear,
That man hath abandoned from famine and fear;
Which tho snake and the lizard inhabit alone,
( With the twilight bat from the yawning stone;
whero grass, nor herb, nor shrub takes root,
Save poisonous thorns tliat piorce the foot;
And the bitter melon, for food and drin't,
Is the pilgrim's faro by the salt lake's brink:
A region of drought where no river glides, .
Nor rippling brook with osicred sides;.
where sodgy pool, nor bubbling fount,
Nor tree, nor cloud, nor misty mount,
Appears, to refresh the aching eye;
But the barren earth, and. the burning sky,
And the blank horizon, round and Vound,
Spread void of living light or sound. '
And here, while night winds round me sigh,
And tho stars burn bright in tho raid-night skv
As I sit apart by the-desert stono,
Like Elijah at Horeb's cave, alone,
'A still small voice' comes through tUn wild,
(Like a father consoling his fretful child,)
which banishes bitternoss, wrath and frar
Saying Man is distant, but God is neaii!
From the U. S. Magazine and Democratic Review.
SONNET.
THE VEsTAI. LAMP.
As, far within- a templo's solemn dome,
Is one deep shrine where sunbeam entorulh not,
where never common step nor sound may come,
To break tho acred' silence of the spot,
Homo of tho temple's own divinity,
whose holy calm no broalh profane may stir,
Nor, save rts own veiled vestal minister,
May mortal eye its untold mysteries sec,
Thcro ever glows, imperishably bright,
One quenchless lamp before the shrine suspended,
My purest essence fed lhat living light,
By purest hand the hear'nward flama is tenddr
fMich in my heart's deep shrino one sacrfd ray,
Undimmed, undying, burne'h still alway!
MISCELLANEOUS.
Robert Hall's atlricc to Sabbath
School Teachers.
Wliiln WR insist on the absolute necessity of an
fifminintrmpfi with the word of (jocl.wearo equal
lv convinced it is but an instrument, which like
every other, requires a hand to wield it, ant! that
important as it is, in tne uruer ui iiifuns, me ojm-
it of Christ only can make it ellectual, whose
nid oucht therefore to be earnestly invoiced
for that purpose. Opc?i mine eyes, sailh the Psal-
mist, and I shall behold ivondcrous things out of
thy law. Vve trust it will be your care who have jjaense she preferred to die in the bosom of Ilei
tis conduct of the school we are recommending famjiy why should the stag, pierced to the
to the patronage of this audience, to impress on m,.n .l,;,.!,,,, RPf4- n refurre in the
.1 . I ! I 1 1 . . f il, 1
tnesc cmiunyi a ueep conviction ui men nimcui
corruption, and ol the necessity ot the agency ol
the Spirit, to render the knowledge they acquire,
practical and experimental. In the morning, sow
your seed, in the evening withhold not your hands,
but remember that neither he that soiveth, nor he
that walcrcth is anything, it is God that giveth
the increase. Be not satisfied with makinff them
. ,
read a lesson, or repeat a prayer. By every thing
tender and solemn in religion ; by a dueadtnixture
ot tne awiui considerations urawn iiom me pros-
. i f i i . t r.
pect of death and judgment, with others of a msre
pleasing nature, aim to hx serious impressions
on their hearts. Aim to produce a religious con
cern, carefully watch its progress, and endeavor to
conduct it to a prosperous issue. Lead them to
the footstool of the Savior, teach them to rely, as
guilty creatures, on his merits alone, and to com
mit their eternal interest entirely into his hands
Let the salvation of these children be the object ; tiful garments for the grave. The hectic flush,
to which every word of your instructions, every the snowy brow, the brilliant eye ; who could be
exertioti of your authority, is directed. Despise iCve that these were death's precursors, the sig
the profane clamor, which would deter you from net of the conqueror! It invests the patient with
attempting to render them serious, from an appre- a preternatural patience and sweetness under suf-
hension ol its making them melancholy, not doubt-
ins; for a moment, that the fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom, and that the path to true
happiness lies through purity, humility, and devo-
lion. Meditate the worth of souls : meditate
deeply the lessons the Scriptures n fiord on their
nconceivable value and eternal duration. While
the philosopher wearies himself with endless spec -
millions on tneir physical properties aim nature,
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while the Politician only contemplates the social
arrangements of mankind and the shifting forms
nf nnlinr. fiV .r airnntinn nn tho indivi.liml im.
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poriance 01 man, as tne creatine 01 vjou, aim a
andidate for immortality. Let it be your high-
est ambition to tram up these children lor an un-
changing condition of being. Sparc no pains to
recover them to the image of God ; render famil-
iar to their minds, in all its extent, tho various
branches ol that holiness without which none shall
see ate juia. iiiciul.hu uiu uuuij,u.uii, uuu en-
leavor to inspire me love 01 mat recuiuue wnicn
was wuii uou ueiore nine uegau, was euiuouieu m
n i i. . c .: i i .1
the person of his Son and, in its lower communi
cations, will survive every sublunary change,
emerge in the dissolution ol all things, and be im
pressed, in refulgent characters, on the new heavens
ruid the newc-arth, in ichich dwclleth righteousness
I- l r fulfill v 1 1 1 1 iiiftiii film nir iiii-mii. iifin rfwiimii
them of the inconceivable advantage attached to
J . . " ' . . . ' . :
that exercise. Accustom them to a punctual and
reverential attendance at the house ot uod : insist
on their sanetifieation of the Sabbath, by such a
disposition of lime, as is suitable to a day of rest
. - i i c .t ; . i . . l
aim uevouou. oui vey iiiem wiui a vi"ikuh uuu
, i i f
tender eye, checking every appearance of an evil
nnd depraved dispo,. ion the moment it springs
,.p, and encouraging the daw.1 of piety and Virtue
Lty inns iruiHtii! lteii lip ill iie u-iiii irteu anvuia
"O.yoil may reasonably hone that, When Old, tiri,
. ,
wilt not depart from
. ' ' "
VOVl it
Means of Reviving Ilclu'ioi).
One of the good effects resulting from intelli-
gence recently circulated of the revival of God's
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woric 111 various n aces, has been a so icitni e
.unong Christians 111 towns not yet
VJlteU Willi
the blessing, that something may be don 3 to.seeitre
it, and the inquiry what that something shall be
i Ins leeling and inquiry are certainly appropriate ;
and we have heard various sup;Q:estions ollered in
reply. Hut among them all, it is a long time
since we have heard lamily instruction and disci
pline- mentioned, as important means of reviving
religion, ihis is the more remarkable, as it is a
means which God instituted, commanded, and
promised to bless in a manner the most assured
ind unequivocal. lie assigned it as a reason win-
he selected Abraham to make a covenant with
him, and constitute him not only the father of many
ii.iuoiis, out mojauter oj uic jauij ill ; "1 Know
.. I ... .1 . i ,1 1 . 1 ' . . j f 1 ..r "
him, that he will command his children, and hit
household after him." This beiiir done, Jehovah
adds, and they shall keep Ihe vay of the Lord. I!
we wish, religion to revive, it seems a clear case
where we should begin ; if we would keen it from
i..i 1 . . '
lui-ieiibiuii, wnere wo must continue to oper
ate.
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II the position hero taken does not commend,
tself to every man's concience, we could fortify il
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1)V a ( lol.-i linn mm mm n in mns nitinmn nnJ
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successful revival preachers, that this or any other
nation overproduced. Hear what Jonathan Ed-
wains snvs :
. VT7. . T 1 . 1 ' t .1 1 1
ve nave nnu great uispuics now the church
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c
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your lanuiies is no less, and in some respects, is
much greater importance. Every Christian
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.V"""u " ""-" b
il M ) I It Oil irtt I J-1 it M( irrfni n inmi evt 4 Itn . w "
.inn 1 ijii,iioii(.hii ii;(iiv Wf 't' tfcCii"ir- s I ttl L((ri
oflhi: means of srracc.. If these fail, nil other means
are likely to prove inellbctual. If these are duly
maintaiiied, all the means of grace will be likely
to prosper and be successful. Let me now there-
lore, once more repeat the counsel which I have so
lieu urged on the heads of families, to use great
aieminess in tcachmsr. warmmr. nnd directum-
. i. i i , . . ' . a '. a I
ocr, mat as ye would not have all your instructions
and counsels ineffectual, there must L- fmw.
menl as well as instructions, which must be main- of
uiiiieu wuii un even iiuuii uuu steady resolution, as
a ground to the religion and morals of the family,
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uuu i.iu Buti.iui i u. us y.fuu uiut-i-. nine need
that it be not with any of yon as it was with Eli
ol old, who reproved his children hut restrained 1
them not; and by this means you do hot bring
the like curse on your tamuies, that he did on
his."
Thcc are weighty words. They deserve the
most serious consideration. Ihey distinctly rec- gy
ogriize the divine plan for reviving, extending, and tho
perpetuating religion in the world. So long nslnow
tneir ciuiuren ; bringing them up in the nurture the skies with a heaven-insulting glory, its inl
and admonition of tho Lord, beginning early, pious spires and unhallowed domes, burnished
where there is yet opportunity, and maintaining a with gold wrung from the sweat and toil of the
constant diligence in labors of this kind. Remem- defenceless, flash defyingly in the sun. It seems to
this is nesrlccted, whatever besides, the church
may do, her prosperity can be only fitful and tem
porary, her creed erroneous, or else unpracticeu,
and held in unrighteousness. If she' gains an ad
vantage through the abounding mercy of God, she
will not hold it. There will be no Mihsrlatuin on
which to build. The temple cannot go up for
want of a foundation. There will be no increment
for want of nucleus. Christian Mirror,
My Mother's Grave.
T .m1T1im, :,, 11,, tu0 pirr.nmsinnr.ns of her de
rnna,nntinn l.r.,1 nlreadv done its now-
-, , Unlike man v who are smitten bv this
1 I J -WI fc 1 . . , .
, ,pnnr ... i t0 b e(l to , eiUh ? jt )S a wrong
idea this, of searching in a land of strangers for
health which is ' clean gone forever.' How ma
ny are thus yearly cut down in the midst ot their
wanderings ! In some desolate chamber, they lie
in the agonies of death. No soft hand presses
their brow ; no familiar voice whispers in their
. . . . , r . . I . r. 1
Gill , I1U lIIVJJ IOIJL.-U Jlt.lV. iv,iityit..u wt.v... .t...w....
ob ies D(lUh js ;n,CC( bitter, under such
i,n: ,vi,,n,,t its usual alleviations.
ear; no cherished menu penorms ineir miierai
Itis a swccl col)c0lation to die at home.
" On some fond breast the parting soul relies,"
Some pious drops the closing eyes require;
Even from the tomb the voice of nature cries,
Even in their ashes live their wonted fires."
There is something dreadful, yet beautiful in
consumption. It comes stealing on so sollly and
so silently. It comes, too, in the garb ol mockery
and dereiition. nnd clothes its victims in the beau-
ferjngS) keeping alive, at the same time, in her
)irpnst the illusion of hone. Even in the moments
0f keenest sufferings, she looks forward todays
0f returnit,o; happiness; and while the worm is
forever nreviirr at the core, and her slender form
becomes each day more feeble and attenuate, she
lns , before her a p-ilded nrosnect. and the mind
Lni spirits are boyant with the thought. But
I - . w . . i i
1pn the (inn strup-o-e has at hist commenced,
,n. cul.limo ihn snprlnrls ! Tn behold tho im-
mm.tni m:n.i so calm, so trannuil.and so triumph-
L... . i..:. .1 i.:i !, . v.;l.
uiu; wa.niy uii.iu.i, n.iiiy u.u ..uu..v .....
contains it is but a poor and Hcshless skeleton ; to
i)Ph0,l the eve beaming with undiminished lustre
to,..ani thf, ol.incts of its affection, until the soul at
nS!, i)lirsts .hr-Vlmmcd vault which has too lonrr con-
fined it, takes one triumphant bound. Then is
,hr bndv still nnd silent. The feather is unruffled
by ti,e breath, and the glass retains its polish ; for
, llst lns retnmni tn dust nrrnin. am the spirit un
,n Ond w in rave f. Knickerbocker.
PlETY. As to your piety, it must be manifest-
ly real and senuine. The fire that burns on the
altar of your heart must be of no questionable or-
yQnX escclU Wflhout piet a raan would
linn : but by Us tervency and constancy, attest its
i . .. t i
sinni excluded roin the ministry bv a mora un
fitness. His acceptance of it, in such a case,
wnnbl lin nn imnious intrusion, which no human
..ui.,.,.; ,1,1 ,ln,,.nin1i- c,-,.i;nn mnl,n rnli.l
rr ui:.. 1 1... 1 .t 1.1.-...1 .1 l.ll Ut, C.ll
ii me uiinu luim uiu u.ii.u, ..uy ..a.i uuu. n n in-
to
i the ditch ;" the one lor his presumption, in at-
. , i i . ,!,, .i, i:k" ,. ,i.
iciiiiiLin.'' lu ii-'uu hui.i-mii. uiu iiiiaii..i.uL.u.. iiiu
' , , ,. .
for ,)is ca(or; An Ullc0nvcrted Minister has
much more inJ tQ cmdmh n nQ
i i . i , rr . .
s " f nsi i -e ne r un nve n r ri n ivsri pi n
. ., , - --- j -r
i -wi. umn. t m i.ii v.tijiitii.iv-ftii
n'inn . i fiiiioi'uritfn i in vi nm nrtn i mo r
muor in vain, ail(t ppenu HIS sircnui-Il ior nouirni ;
he will have no share in the honor or the iov.
Uut. even 1 io does succeed in some mm mstrin.
, I
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o us iniserv at the ast dav ? " V hat Iuk st thnn
" What liadst thou
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. . .1 tt ot n 1 r i
t,';vuiiJiii iulu iu uiuuui . win uu iiiu uuu lull im-I
ing liiterroaative of the Judge. And then, while
untinr, nmi,Ul d, tl,l.- nl nvn,.ml;nn0 nfit,
M........a ... wAvt.itiiiuu.1 v.1 uiuac
uuo nave nerisueu uy tneir uenenuence on 111s
,. t.l 11 1 I'l
unnaiioweti ministry, now uiueriy win lie he re-
ii 1 . 1 1...1 .ui 1
proached for his inconsistency by the few who
have been strangely converted by it, and whose
happy condition will present a most mortifying
contrast to Ins own I
lie carefully onyourguard aranst the benumb
ing eltecton your own piety of the constancy and
snnipnpss of rnur nllirinl p-r.rrin Wlmim-nr ;
of regular and frequent recurrence is apt to pro-
1 . - 1. .
mi(n n 1 1 ul mcennce it-, 10 urn' ni'mumn . hn tmm I
7: . . ' ..."........v.,. .iv .....iu,
by familiarity and force of habit, enters upon its
engagements without taking any particular inter-
est ill them, Or seeking to associate with them the
nroner emotions. A nvofossinnnl snrt nf nintv. in-
.. . ... . , 1 . I
uceti, is cultivated to save appearances; uut woe
to you, it you be deceived by this, or rest content-
Oil with it. Your chief preservative from this I
htate lies in the fervency of your private devotion.
v- i 1 i... . :
T . ' 7'-'."-" ) '
till SU H .1.1 II U MilCM, 1 llt'HCU VUII lliuai unlit I
. . ... J. .
KieS. llienCCVOU rilUSl Ul-lne
:.,.,, t,
t'omcsfov
those
resources mat Will recruit U3 iiimuireu
its faiutlll'1' spirit uphold. You must
oinc forth from your closet, like Moses descend-
intr rotn the mount, or jiue tne sun irom tne
.1 . ...1 r ,u l,io nn
Mil IlllL'l UI LUI tu iniiciiv. 1110 umiu.ti v..uiot
w ih und m n shed vijor and cnergv. Ha vapid
, rn,,iirl rnntPllt -UU a ndifrinn that lives
L..i.. : .,i.i:' 1...1 ..:.,.., ; t.-oii.. .! .1..11
M.lliy III .M.ui.u, uiu .11 'li'Wllu l.T ...?m.t?.T ami uui.
nnd your ministry will soon become proportiona-
v sn r l ess and nefficac ous.. Dr. Lie child
The day that shall witness the triumph of pub-
hi: opinion over slavery is last approaching, from
the eminence on which I now stand, I see in the
far oil distance the great prison house ol death, its
gloomy walls, built upon human hearts ami cc-
niented bv human tears and hlootl, tower up into
. . . ' . . . . , . , t . . . .
mock the power of the earthquake and the storm,
11m whilo I mizo. I see the heaving of the ocean
public opinion, beneath rny feet. The great foun-
tains ol its deep are breaking up. . i near me moan
of the coming tempest as it musters the storms afar
. n' , .i . .. i i i . i i l
on ; nnu tne skics gamer uiaciuiess uuove my neuu.
The billows go sweeping on in majesty and might,
he surge beats upon the. base ol that proud edihco
The indignant tempest goes careering over the
lace ol the moved waters. 1 he ronrol the roused
ocean comes thundering upon the ear. The
wavesj crested with fury, beat with restless oner-
upon its massive structures. Ihe waters and
storm are up in their wrath and speak
with nn 'earthquake voice. 1 see that uas-
tile of human hearts tremble from its base. Its
walls are shaking in the elemental war. Behold
its towers and turrets nod and tonnle to their fall.
See ! its foundations give way it reels, it sinks,
ii pimigeh, is gone, and the waters pass over it and
hide it forever! The spirit of peace and love
broods over the tempest and it is hushed. - The
ocean sinks into unruffled calmness and the fury
of the storm is stilled. And hark ! strains of the
sweetest harmony break upon the ear. A chorus
of millions of voices comes swelling upon the calm,
still air, hymning praises and thanksgivings. It
is the music of redeemed hearts and disenthralled
spirits. Oh ! the sublimity of that song of the free !
How its strains are caught from lip to lip, from val
ley to hill top, from mountain to mountain, until
the whole land is wrapt in its melody and the skies
reverberate with the pealing anthem. E. D. Bar
ber's Oration, 1S3G.
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Gentlemen, Seeing tho very high estimation held forth
by the Agent in this section, and by those who had tho op
portunity of trying Dr. Phelps' Compound Tomato Pills
and being under belief of the firm having restored healthy
secretions of the glandular system more than once, by us
ine the Tomato Apple a3 a vegetable ; I have been induc
ed to trv this medicine in various diseases. In the Autum
nal Interinittcnts, prevalent in this section of the States, I
have no doubt Dr. Phelps' Compound Tomato Pills will, in
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a ereat measure, f not enWelv supersede theuse or ual-
omel, I believe that in diseased liver they are more
prompt in their effect, and as efficient, as Calomel I have
icd them in various other diseases, as itheumalism, Uvs-
. iaull(lic &c- with the most happy effects. As
mv knowledge extends, I have no hesitancy in rec
ommending them as a highly valuable ramily Medicine.
Yours respcctfullv,
THOMAS JOHNSTON.
From a gentleman of high respcclahility ; dated
New York, Nov. 6th, 1838.
To Ii. G. Phelps, Dear Sir : I have used your Com
pound Tomato Pills, the past season, for the Liver com
plaint ; and am happy to add, with decided benefit : and
therefore take great pleasure in recommending them ; as
well from a sense of gratitude to the benevolent Proprietor,
as with a view of serving the cause of philanthropy ; from
a sense of duty I owe the public to bearing my testimony
in favor of this the world's invnluable medicine.
Six years since, I suffered from a malady, pronounced by
the concurrent opinion of a council of physicians, a chron
ic inflammation of the Liver; and underwent a skilful
mercurial trentment ; being confined for many months ;
and at length mainly restored to a tolerable degree of
health, though not without an apprehension that I should
be similarly alllictcd. ly lears have been but too well
cmiimucu uy a recurrence u uea
confirmed by a recurrence of nearly all the symptoms of
jrc.(lful mnndy lhc pBst sllmmer . ,vllcn Ruinntallv
ler ; when ac.culenlnll;
something of their prop-
i heard 0f your Pills, and learning
. . i .i f ,
ernes ana cnaraciers, uuu iiit-.r ruinuiy uict rising ccicnri-
,v , ,.: (,,om vLy- . T b.
nance to resorting again to Calomel, and afler ineffectually
and unsuccessfully trying other medicines professing a
specinc reniooy ior uus coii.pianii, i purciiaseu a uo ui ine
u. . c. . , t n'-n- i .
.iessr. canus, L.nicgisis,corner imam ami imion sirec:s
; i i . ai . : .
uuiy imiiior t.i'u ucniu , nicy jm-auitiin jut?, tu aixuiiiji.i-
y ip io.x, a pampiuei coniaining a gnccincauon, uirec-
hns, kc. I had not taken one box of them before I hap-
i" 1 u b . ,
I I.Burt . tl,nvA.,rT. a nan
aI,u lu,w lIlal 1 nave given
U.HVJ nun iiitib x lime gicil L ui: ill u liiwu'Ugu uiuif van
cheerfully and unhesitatingly pronounce them the very
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v ".vvr0 UB ""'"0 ' s-
,a'T y mc"'c,nc are l"e. Desl Wllu wn.lc . 1 am BC(iu"'m,;u-
. nlmY recommeuoaiion ana soi.ciiauon many 01 my
fr ,lu ....1 ..,,.;l.,,..ll......J,. .1, ...f. . nw .
'..v-' Ul.tt UbiUUIIIIUIItI(B llftlG ItlACII ii.Vllt M3 tt IU11IIIJ .l.vu
;:- ,vi,h nerfec.t s..rci.B. I unni mv nfrmissimi to use
...
tins as you please. Vours trulv,
ISAAC W. AYEflY, 179 William street.
From the Hcv. I. A'. Spraeue, Pastor of the fourth
Congregational Church, Hartford, Conn.
Dr. G. Jt. Phelps,
bir l or several vcars nasi I have found it well to keep
in my family a bottle of castor oil and other simple medi-
cines, and no doubt ther timely use has been greatly bene-
ricif in Pr7crvinR our "". For some time past I have
mado use of vour Comnound Tomato Pills, as a substitute
- . . . ...
for tnosc medicines, and have been so much pleased with
their mild, yet effective operation, that they have become
our family medicine, while others have been laid aside. I
Prefor ,hem for myself and children, to any other medicine
' "r.e evcr nsou f? correcl lue irreguiarii es o. ino so mac.
and bowels. Vours. &c. 1. JN. tlJ7AUtIi.
The following Letter, just received, illustrates in an in
teresting manner, the applicability of this medicine In Tu
mors ami scrr.lulous swellings, anu is another evidence ot
mors anJ
its effects
as an alternative, in changing the action of the
,randular and absorbent systems, n in renovating the
,,:,,,,; in,nlrpil l,v nrotmcteil ilisnasR : nllhni.irh in
i - nnnlillilinn
constitution
same cases it may take considerable time (as it does lor all
remedies which operate as alternatives) to produce its full
and complete effects
The accompanying remarks of Messrs. Cheschrough &
Leonard, will show that the statement of Mr. V redcnburgh
is entitled to our full confidence and is without exaggera
tion.
JfoME, April 27th, 1S39.
CI. II. Phelps, M. I). Dear Sir Herewith we send
vou the statement of .Mr. Andrew Vredcnburgh, a very
respectable farmer of this town. I lis case is considered a
vory remarkable one, and his statements may bo relied up
on with the utmost confidence.
Your Pills have fully established themselves in this vi
cinity ; and the demand for them is constantly increasing,
If desirable, we can send you several other certificates of
cures effected by the use of your Pills.
Wo romain yours, &c.
Chesebhough & Leonard.
Second Li tter from Dr. Eaton, dated Brookfield, ,Ms.
MarchU), 1S39.
Dr. Phelps Dear Sir Your Pills are in groat demand.
I have hut a few on hand : no one who has taken them but
arc perfectly satisfied with their beneficial effects in remov
ing disease, however long standing. I shall be at Hart
ford about the 15th of next month, and I will bring with
me a number of certificates frm persons ol the hrst res
poctabilitv, of cures which they have performed, some
ten, twelve and of twenty years standing. The one last
mentioned i a Mr. Luther Btowell of South Broo!. field
who has had a carious ulcer of a most formidable kind and
has never been one day without bandaging his leg from the
foot to the knee. His certificate 1 shall bring with me,
Please send mo six dozen boxes more, on tho receipt of
this, and oblige, lours, fee.
J. E. Eaton.
SCyFor a full account of this most interesting discove
ry, testimonials, mode of operations, &c, see pamphlets,
which may be had gratis of all who sell these Pills.
None are senuine without the written signature of l.
R. Phelps, M. I)., sols proprietor, Hartford. Conn.
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CAUTION. The unprecedented popularity of these
Pills has induced several persons to prefix the name of To
mato PilU to their various preparations, evidently with tho
intention of deceiving those enquiring for Phelps' Tomato
Pills. The Public cannot be too cautious to avoid all these
anomalous ' Tomato Pills' and ' Extracts of Tomato,' nor
too particular to observe that the original and only genuins
Compound Tomato Pith, are signed by the Proprietor,
G. 11. PHELPS, M. D., Hartford, Conn.
ICPORDI'.lteS directed to SILAS BUUBANK, Jr., or
G. VV. BARKER, Montpelier, Vt. General Agenst for
Washington, Orange, Caleaor.ia, Essex, Orleans, Pianklin
Lamoille, Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, will bo
promptly attended to.
TO HOUSE-JOINERS !
ANTED, at the Joiner and Carpenter Business,
TEN good, steady and faithful workmen, to whom
good encouragement will be given.
JOHN T. MILLER.
Montpelier, April 22d, 1839.
ULL BHAFTOED Riding Saddles a new article and
- superior to any before offered for sale in this vicini
ty. Also 2 doz. Common do. manufactured from first
rate Philadelphia Skirting, and by an experienced work
man, for sale bv CUTLER & JOHNSON
Montpelier, April 27th, 1839.
JOHN T. MILLER,
ARCHITECT & HOUSE CARPENTER,
UARRE STREET,
Montpelier, Vt.
fCP All orders promptly attended to. 12:tf
BROADCLOTHS, CASSIMERES & VEST
INGS ! ! !
R. tt. RIKER,
Stale street, opposite the Bank)
HAS received from New York, a prime assortment of
Broad Cloths, Cassimeres and Testings, of supe
rior qality and texture, which he offers to his customers
and the public generally , on the most accommodating terms.
Gentlemen wishing for clothing are requested to call and
examine his stock of Cloths. Garments made up in tho
latest mode of Fashions. Black satin stocks, shirt bosoms.
Collars iiubber Pantaloon Straps, Tailors Inch Measures,
Drilled Eyed Needles, &c, for sale cheap for Cash.
Cutting done for others to make at short notice, and
warranted to fit. 19:if
Notice.
CV. STORRS having received into co-partnership
JAMES R. and GEORGE LANGDON, will con
tinue business at the Langdon store recently occupied by
Baylies & Storrs, under the firm of STORRS &
LANGDONS. And the patronage of their friends and tho
public generally, is respectfully solicited.
C. W. STORRS,
JAMES R. LANGDON,
GEORGE LANGDON.
Montpelier, April 1. 1839.
Wanted
IN payment for The Voice of Freedom, by the subscri
bers, a lot of good dry Wood, also, for accomodation of
town subscribers, they will take all articles of produce, us
ually consumed in a boarding house.
ALLEN & POLAND.
Wanted !
AY, WOOD and LUMBER in exchange for Saddles,
Trunks, &c. bv CUTLER & JOHNSON.
Montpelier, April 27th, 1839.
Boarding House !
FEW gentleman boarders can be accommodated with
iS. board, with single rooms if desired, on reasonaMo
terms. A. CARTER.
.Montpelier Village, Jan. 5, 1839. l:tf.
MILITARY STAFF UNIFORM !
MADE up aaccording the present mode, established for
tho Militia of this State, by Ii. R. BIKER,
(State street, opposite the Bank.)
May, 1839.
19:tf
SJADDLERY, Hard Ware, Neat's Oil, Patent Leatbor,
S &c. for sale by CUTLER Si JOHNSON.
Montpcler, April 27th, 1839.
A PRIME LOT Or
Just received and for aale by
JEWETT, HOWES & CO.
18 tf
May 4, 1839.
JS?" Bftl JEM SB 9
AVING procured from Boston new and elegant founts
of the most FASHIONABLE TVPE, are prepared to
prosecute the above business, in all its branches : and hava
no hesitation in saying that all work entrusted to them will
be executed in a style not inferior to that of any oth
er establishment in Vermont.
SCPOdice, one door West from tho Post-OiT.ee Stated.
Montpelier, January 5tli, 1S39.
THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
Is published every Saturday morning, at $2 a year, pay
able in advance. If payment be delayed till the end of
the year, Fifty Cents will be added.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates.
Subscriptions, and all letters relating lo business, should
be addressed to the Publishers : letters relating to the edi
torial department, to the Editor. Communications intend
ed for publication should be signed by the proper name of
the writer. iC7' Postage must be paid in all eases.
Agents of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society, and oflicerc
of local anti-slavery societies throughout the state, are au
thorized to act as agents for this paper.
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AGENTS.
Brandon, Dr Halo.
Derby, Dr Richmond.
Perkinsville, XV M Guilford
Brookfield, D Kingsbury Es
Randolph, C Carpenter, Esq.
East Bethel, E Fowler, Esq.
U'atcrbury, L IIutchins.Esq
E S Newcnmh.
Waitsficld, Col Skinner.
Moretown, Moses Spofford.
Warren, F A Wright, Esq.
Waterford, R C Benton, Esq
East Roibury, S Rnggles..
Ferrisburgh, R T Robinson.
i'ergennrs, J E Roberts.
W'cstficld, O Winslow, Esq.
Corinth, Insley Dow.
Jamaica, L Merrifield, Esq.
Hubbardton, W C Denison.
J'orwich, Sylvester Morris.
Hartford, Geo. Udall, Esq.
Junorulge, llervey Tracy.
Strafford, W Sanborn, Es.i.
Barnct, L P Parks, Esq.
JVforrtsoifn.RevSRohinson
Morrisville, L P Poland, Esq.
Cornwall, B F Haskell.
Craftsbury, W J Hastings,
M ei,ttord, 11 I arnsworth.
Essex, Dr J W Emery.
underhill, Rev E B Baxter,
Barnard, Uev T Gordon.
East Barnard, W Leonard.
IValilen, Perlcv Foster,
Williamstown, J C Farnam.
Chester, J Sledman, Esq.
Starksboro' , Joel Batter,
St. Albans, E I. Jones, Esq
Rutland, R R Thrall, Esq.
Sprmgficld, Noah Safford.
Franklin, Geo S Gale.
Waterville, Moses Fisk, Esq.
Roualton. Bela Hall, C C
ttyaepark. Jot ham Wilson.
Elmore, Abel Camp, Esq,
Carter.
Danville, M Carpontor.
(Hover, Dr Bates.
St. Johnsbury, Rev J Morse.
jMiddlebury, M 1) Gordon.
Cambridge, Martin Wires
Bristl, Joseph Otis.
llinesburgh, John Allen.
llinesburgh, W Dean
Burlington, G A Allen, Esq,
.Montgomery, J Martin.
Lincoln, Beni Tabor.
Calais Rev. Bcnj. Page,
Sudbury, W Au illian.s
Pomfret, Nathan Sno
Johnson, Elder Byington.
S erkshirc, Reev. Mr. Glced.