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THE VOICE OF FREEDOM
POET It Y
From tho Herald of Freedom.
We nro not in tlio habit of dealing with " traders in the
wairon." Indeed, we hnd occasion to rank thorn in our
Inst iek's with the politicians, and to Bay of both, that
they were generally pro-slavery, lint we have since then
lit on one, as it were, who struck us at first sight as an ex
caption to our rule. lie seemed an abuliliouist and there
was nothing of the ordinary loco-motive trailia about his
cart or li is cut. In fact, .as ws caught his eve, it savored
wore of tho " fine frenzy," than of the dissolute, lack-scru
ple leor of the llryco Snailfoot brotherhood. He had noth
ing that we " cared to buy," and we had nothing by us to
pay withal. But as " wo had some talk," we offered him,
" rather than not trade," a year's Herald, if ho would
reel us oft' a pair of anti-slavery verses,, of his own spin
ning, lor wo Jelt that the creature was a poet, bays he,
U's " A Bargain," and he glanced his grey eye " from
heaven to earth- from earth to heaven," and handed over
those following, quicker than lightning ever shivered a
white pine. Thought we, mister Pedlar, you are as the
musician cried, when ho .heard a stroller strike the Harlrem
organ either the " d lor Handel." You are cither
the unaccountable, or Burns come back, or Cowper on
tho whole you are Cowper, It is the keen argument, tho
significant satire, th? Vesuvian fire of Poetry half smother
ed in the eruption tho restrainings of calling and of con
stitutional delicacy. Finally, and on the whole, we char
ged our " Pedlar" as the shade of Cowper.
A Bargain I
Twelve hundred million dollars! Mr. Clay
Says that's the prico we freemen (?) ought to pay
(All levied from tho free Stales by a tax)
As compensation, if the south relax
Twenty-four hundred thousand negro backs
From their accustomed rate of raw-hide dressing,
And ' turn their slaves all loose,' with freedom's blessing!
A pretty bargain this! for it appears
That a slave 'clears himself onco in five years.
Take, then, 'a boy,' that is like most slaves bred,
Up wilh tho light, and very lato to bed,
Fed quito as full, and clothed about as dirty
And, between fifteen years and five-ad-th.irly,
If we have rightly reckoned in our rhymes,
He pays, his master for himself four times !
For for the master's tenderness and cares,
His kind attentions and his daily prayers,
His counsels, and his hominy, we ween,
Ho is well paid before tho boy's fifteen;
So,.nt that age, says Equity, who sits
In judgment here, the man and thing are quits.
All beyond this, then, is clear profit, wrung
From nerves and muscles, nerves and muscles strung
To their full tension by the twisted lash,
That on the limbs leaves many a gory gash;
And this that what the Lord ordained at first,
As man's great blessing, may bo so reversed,
That the rich few, exempt from labor now,
May eat their (?) bread without a sweating brow,
Whilo the poor many must, with drooping head,
And sweating facet toil without eating bread!
Things, then, of human aspoct that survive-
The kick and cow-skin till they're thirty-five,
Whether they've toil'd at cotton or at rico,
Have four times bought themselves at market price:-
Yet, not a limb, a muscle, or a bone
That God made for them is, as yet, their own;
Yet their frail hearts and brittle hopes are shivered;
For, though they're paid for, they are not delivered;
And now, forsooth, boforo they go away,
(Such are the terms proposed by Mr. Clay )
They, or their friends for them again must pay!
It is, indeed, a very pretty sum!
State it again, " it doth the mouth become."
Forty-eight hundred million dollars, laid
Down at your feet and yet you are not paid;
But, ere you open to the slave his door,
Must have twelvo hundred million dollars mpro 1 .
Nay, friend, we think, if we tho truth must tell,
Thia looks as though you did'nt mean to sell.
We think that, dealing on so large a scale,
You might propose some better " terms of sale,"
For, if you don't wo cannot trade we guess :
Can't you, good sir, now, take a lietle less?
Pedlar.
MISCELLANEOUS
From the Rural Repository.
THE THEMHLING EYE-LID.
BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNE JT.
It was the day before Christmas, in the year
1 tlint fliivinrr mil no r r P T?itm1ii t lMt nrx - fr
.) Miitk ""N urn tn- vi Ails jmitlij nil ciLiii-
cJ vessel sailed out of the port of Boston. She
was strongly built, and carried twenty guns, with
a well-appointed crew, of more than ar hundred,
and provisions for a cruise of six months.. As she
spread hor broad, white sails, and steered, from
the harbor, with a fair, fresh breeze she made
a noble appearance. Many . throbbing hearts
breathed a blessing'on her voyage ; for she bore a
company of as bold and skilful seamen, as ever
dared the perils of the deep. But soon the north
wind blew, and brought a heavy sea into the bay.
The night proved dark, and they came to anchor
with difficulty near the harbor of Plymouth. The
strong gale thai buffeted them, became a storm,
and the storm, a hurricane.
Snow fell, and the cold was terribly severe. The
vessel was driven from her moorings and struck
en n reef of rocks. She began to fill with wa
ter, and they were obliged to cut away her masts.
The sea rose above th.c main deck, sweeping over
it at every surge- They made every exertion that
courage could prompt, or. hardihood endure. But
so fearful were the wind and cold, that the stout
est man was not able to strike more than two blows
in cutting away the masts, without being relieved
by another. I he wretched people turotmeu to
gcther upon the quarter-deck, which was crowd
ed almost to suffocation. 1 hey were exhausted
with toil and suffering, but could obtain neither pro
visions or fresh water.- They were- all covered
by the deep sea, when the vessel, became a wreck.
But unfortunately the crew got access to ardent
spirits, and many of them, drank to intoxication.
Insubordination, mutiny and madness ensued.
1 he officers remained clear-minded, but lost all au
thority over the crew, who raved around them.
A more frightful scene can scarcely be imagined.
The dark sky, the raging storm, the waves break
, ing wildly over the rooks, and threatening every
moment to swallow up the broken vessel, and the
half frozen beings who maintained their icy hold on
life, lost to reason, and to duty, or fighting fierce
ly with each other. Some lay in disgusting stu
pidity, others, with fiery faces, blasphemed God.
Some in temporary delirium, fancied themselves'
in palaces, surrounded bv luxury, and brutally abu
sod the servants, who they supposed refused to do
their bidding. Others there were, who ninid the
beating of that pitiless tempest, believed themselves
in the home that thev never more must see, anu
with hollow, reproachful voices, besought bread,
and wondered why water was withheld from them
bv tho hands that were most dear. A few whose
worst nassions were quickened by nlcohol to a
fiend-like furv, assaulted or wounded those' who
came in their way, making their shrieks of defi
ance and their curses heard above the roar of the
storm. Intemperance never displayed itself in
more distressing attitudes. At length, Death be
gan to do his work. J he miserable creatures fell
dead every hour upon the deck, being frozen still"
and hard. Each corpse, as it became breathless,
was laid upon tin; heap of dead, that more space
might bo left for the survivors. Those who
drank most freely were the first toJ perish. On
the third day of these horrors,, the inhabitants of
Plymouth, after making many ineffectual atleinpt
reached the wreck, not without danger. What
a mchmoholly spectacle ! Lifeless bodies, stiflen-
ed into every form, that suffering could devise
.Many lay in a vast pile. Others sat, wilh their
heads reclining on their knees ; others grasping
the ice-covered ropes; some in a posture of defence
like the dying gladiator; others, with hands held
up to heaven, as if deprecating their fate. Orders
were given to search earnestly for every mark or
sign of life. One boy was distinguished amid the
mass of dead, only by the tremblm? of one of
his eye-lids. The poor survivors were kindly re
ceived into the houses of the people of Plymouth,
and everv cllort used for their restoration, lii
Captain and Lieutenant, and a few others, who
had abstained from the use of ardent spirits, sur
vived. The remainder were buried, some in sep
arate graves, and others in a large pit, whoso hoi
low is still to be seen, on the south west side of
the burial-ground in Plymouth. The funeral
obsequies were most solemn. When the clergy
man who was to perform the last services, first
entered, and saw more than seventy dead bodies,
some fixing upon him their stony eyes, and others
with faces sliflencd into the horrible expression of
their last mortal agony, he was so affected as to
faint.
Some were brought on shore alive, and received
every attention, but survived only a short time
Others were restored after long sickness, but with
their limbs so injured by the frost, as to become
cripples lor hie.
In a village, at some distance from Plymouth,
a widowed mother, with her daughter, were seen
constantly attending a couch on which lay a suffer
cr. It was the boy whose trembling eye-lid at
traded the notice of pity, as he 1 ly among the
dead.
" Mother," he said, in a feeble tone, " God bless
you for having taught ine to avoid ardent spirits
It was this that saved me. After those around
me grew intoxicated, I had enough to do to pro
tect mysell irom tliem. borne attacked and dared
me to fight. Others pressed the poisonous draught
to my lips, and bade me drink. My lips and throat
were parched with thirst. Hut 1 knew if I drank
with them, I must lose my reason, as they did
and perhaps blaspheme my Maker.
' One by one, they died, those poor, infuriated
wretches. Their shrieksand groans still seem to
ring in my ears. It was in vain that the Captain
and other officers, and a few good men, warned
them of what would ensue,-if they thus continued
to drink and tried every method in their power
to restore them to order, lhey still led upon the
intoxicating liquor, lhey grew delirious they
died in heaps.
" Dear mother, our sufferings from hunger and
coldyon cannot imagine. After my feet were fro
zen., but before I Inst the use of my hands, I dis
covered a box, among fragments of the wreck,
far under water. I toiled with a rope to drag it
up. But my strength was not sufficient. A com
rade, who was still ablo to move a little, assisted
me. At length it came within our reach. We
hoped that it might contain bread, and took cour
age. Li tilting- our strength, we hurst it open.
It contained only a few bottles of olive oil. Yet
we gave God thanks. For we found that by occa
sionally moistening our lips with it, and swallow
ing a little, it allayed the gnawing burning pain
in the stomach. Then my comrade died. AnC
I lay beside him, as one dead, surrounded by corp
ses. Presently, the violence of the tempest, that
had so long raged, subsided and 1 heard nine
footsteps and strange voices amid the wreck where
we lay. 1 hey were the blessed people of Ply
mouth, who had dared every danger to save us
lhey hlted'in their arms, and wrapped in blani
els, nil who could speak. Then they earnestly
sought all who could move. But every drunk
ard was among the dead. And I was so exhaust
ed wilh toil, and suffer injr, and cold, that I could
not stretch a hand to my deliverers. They pass
ed me aqain and again. 1 hey carried the living
to the boat. 1 feared that 1 was Jelt behind. I hen
I prayed earnestly in my heart, 'Oh Lord, for the
sake cf my widowed mother, for the sake of my
dear sister, save me.' Methought the last man had
gone, and I besought the Redeemer to receive my
pint. But 1 felt a warm breath on my face.
trained every nerve. My whole soul strove and
shuddered within me. aim my hotly was im
moveable as marble. Then a loud voice said
' Come back, and help mo out with this poor lad.
One ot Ins eye-lids trembles he lives. Oh, the
music of that sweet voice to me ! The trembling
eye-lid the prayer to God, and your lessons ol
temperance, my mother, saved me.
I hen the loving sister embraced him with
tears and the mother said, "praise be to Hiin who
hath spared my son to lie the com ort of inj age.
Hartford, June olh, lixsLH
Goodness of Heart.
The possession of a virtuous heart, as defined
in our last, is of the first importance in our exam
ination of moral and religious subjec ts. Goodness
of heart, as then stated, is an attachment to virtue
for its own sake it is the entire subjection of a
the powers to God's will, however that will is re-
revealed. I he great uifiuirv of a mind in this
state will be, what is the will of God what is du
ty what is right ? Who does not see, at a glance,
that this state is in tho highest possible degree favorable-
to the embracing of right opinions ? What
hetter preparation could the mind have ? A fact
comes before- such a mind. How does that mind
disposo of it ? The person dares not pass it unex
amined. He feels that rights of greater or less mag
nitude are involved. They may be his own rights
lhey may be the rights of his neighbor orlliey
may be the rights of God. But by the supposition
this makes no difference with him. His inquiry
is, what rights are involved, and they are ns dear
to his heart, if they are his neighbor s, as if they
are Ins own. , I o a full examination ol these right
ho feels sacredly bound. To a hearty recognition
of them his heart is strongly set. Suppose, for
illustration, that the case to be examined is a claim
of-a poor and suflering stfanger. A man whom
he has never seen before kneels before him and
implores his pity. He dares not, nor has he any
disposition to turn him away without examining
into his claims. He may, to be sure, be nn iin
postor but he may also be a real object of chari
ty. And.be feels nn obligation, and a strong de-
sire to know just the truth. Is it not morally cer
tain that such a man will hold the case before his
mind till he has data for mailing a right decision
Let a selfish man have the same case presented
to linn, jus inquiry is not what are the claims
of the sufferer? what i3 duty what is right but
how will my interest be affected by it? If not at
all, lie feels mdilierent if unfavorable, he feels op
posed ; and the more unfavorably the more oppos
ed. JNow is it not morally certain that ho w
dismiss the subject without sufficient examination
to know the truth ?
Suppose the case be some question of practical
concern, aflecting the person s own spiritual char
actcr, and the reputation of God. Suppose it be
the question of his obligation to apply to their fu
extent those provisions of grace made for purifying
his own heart from sin, and fitting him to be
witness fur God. The benevolent heart feels that
he may not dismiss the subject till he knows what
those provisions are, and fully tests the power of
grace to keep him from sin. He knows that his
own spiritual improvement, his influence as a wit
ness lor uod, and of course God s reputation do
mands this course. He slops not to ask what self
ish pursuits must be abandoned what lusts cru
cilied what unholy prejudices subdued, or what
ambitious and wicked hopes relinquished. Any
thing ivhich conflicts with duty he is ready and
anxious to put away. Let the same question come
before a selfish mind. His selfishness, and just
in proportion as lie is selfish, will make him ask
not what is duty, but, can J make the sacrifice?
How differently will these minds dispose of the
same evidence ? How certain is it, that in view
of the same proofs they will embrace opposite con
elusions ! Or rather, how certain is it that the
one will examine the proofs and welcome the truth
while the other refuses to listen, lest he should be
forced to a conclusion against which his will is
strongly set !
Take a still farther illustration of these two states
of mind. It is found in the disposition made of
the miracle wrought by Peter and John, just after
the ascension of our baviour, and which has been
alluded to before. A lame man was healed under
such circumstances as to evince a sliper-human
agency to show the heaven-commissioned errand
of the Apostles. As such it should have been
examined, and its full force admitted. Manifest
ly every honest heart would have inquired; what
truth aoes the working of the miracle establish
No effort would be made to conceal the miracle
or evade the truth it was designed and adapted to
teach. Instead of saying, "but that it spread no
further, let us threaten them the Aposllcs not to
speak again in the name of then divine Master
they would have been anxious to know more of
these men taken their place as disciples of these
same despised teachers and devoted themselves
to the service of their Master. This was the lion
est course, and this course nothing but the want
of virtuous hearts prevented them from taking.
A virtuous heart, then, has much to do with
securing that measure of attention to moral and
practical subjects, which shall secure a right de
cision. Who in these days has not been pained
to see his brother voluntarily exclude from his at
tcntion truths which were ot the highest import
ance for him to know ? Who has not went at the
refusal of a brother to examine the arguments ih
support of important principles of moral action
in closing Ins eyes and hardening his heart
against the convictions which must have attended
an examination of the subject? Who would not
be pained to see a drowing man push back the
hand stretched out to save him? We could not do
otherwise than pity as well as blame him. But
when a man rejects those truths which concern
his immortal well being when he voluntarily
excludes the light when he determinedly push
es back the hand of Jesus Lhrist, kindly reached
out to lift bun up from the degradation of sin
when he absolutely refuses to receive tiie full par
uon anu peace ol me gospel, now mucn more
guilty is he than the man who refuses to be sav
ed lrom a watery grave, and how much more
should we pity, even though we might be com
pelled to blame him. Oberlin Evangelist.
Abolition Books in demand in a Slave State.
The Jjcarcn Spreading. How Mr. Clay's ex
tra effort is regarded. A gontleman in Missou
ri, to' whom we sent the work named below, writes
as follows ;
" I was much pleased with the work of Thome
& Kimball, and 1 must confess it has given me
somewhat new views on the subject. Not so
much, however, from any particular facts disclos
ed or any arguments contained therein, as from
reflections which it excited. On one point I am
fully convinced. Heretofore,' I have been a great
stickler for gradual emancipation, honestly belie
ving that some preparation was indespensably ne
cessary. Now lam fully persuaded that if slave
ry is to he abolished, immediate, full and uncon
ditional emancipation is the most feasible plan ;
and lam induced to wonder by what process of
reasoning I ever arrived at a different conclusion.
I will add, that since I read the book, it has been
lent out constantly, and is now some twenty-five
miles hence in an adjacent county. I also road
with peculiar interest the speech of Mr. Morris in
reply to Mr. Clay, in the Emancipator. If pos
terity should have no other means of judging
of those men, but these speeches, 1 can have no
doubt to whom the laurel will be awarded. 1 ac
knowledge I may be warped somewhat by preju
dice, in deciding on the merits of II. Clay; for
I cannot divest myself of the opinion that he is the
most profligate politician ot the present day.
That he sought the occasion to propitiate south
ern feeling, with a view to the next presidential
election, I have no doubt. That the abolition
whigs of llic north will support him, after all, 1
lave as little doubt. This he believed also, or we
hould never have seon such a speech from the
great pacificator." Am. Citizen.
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From the Rev. I. A Sprague, Pastor of the fourth
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Dr. G. 7?. Phelps,
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TEN good, steady and faithful workmon. to whom.
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Monlpelier, April 22d, 1839.
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IV ot ice .
W. STORRS having received into co-partnership
JAMES R. and GEORGE LANGDON, will con
tinue business at the Langdon store recently occupied by
Baylies & Storrb, under the firm of STORRS &
LANGDONS. And the patronage of their friends and th
public generally, is respectfully solicited.
C. W. STORRS,
JAMES R. LANGDON,
GEORGE LANGDON.
Montpelier, April 1. 1839.
Wanted
N 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 !
A FEW gentleman boarders can be accommodated with
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terms.
Montpelier Village,
Jan. 5, 1839.
A. CARTER.
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MILITARY STAFF UNIFORM !
MADE up aaccording the present mode, established for
the Militia of this State, by R. R. RIKER,
May, 1839.
(State street, opposite the Bank.)
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ALLEN & POLAND,
IBooft, Jc fi) SWSgdtel-liW
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MAYING procured from Boston new and elegant founts
of the most FASHIONABLE TVPE, are prepared to
prosecute the above business, in all its branches : and liar
no hesitation in saying that all work entrusted to them will
be executed in a style not interior to that of any oth
er establishment in Vermont. -
$CJ Office, one door West from the Post-Oflice State it,
Montpelier, January 5th, 1829.
The Missionaries at the Sandwich I.-'titiids have
it incontemplfition to send oucoi'llieir jirintiiu; pivs-
so to the iNez forces .Mission, wert o t he ivocuv
Mountains.
Second Letter from Dr. Eaton, dated Eroolfield, Ms
March 29, 1839.
Dr. Phelps Dear Sir Your Pills are in great demand
I have but a few on hand : no one who has taken them but
aro perfectly satisfied with their beneficial effects in remov
inK diseaso, however long standing, I shall bo at Hart
ford about tho 15th of next month, and I will bring with
mo a number of certificates frm persons of the first res
pectability, of cures which they have performed, some
ten. twelve and of twenty vears standing. The one last
mentioned is a Mr. Luther Stowell of South Brookfield
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 I shall bring with me,
Please send me six dozen boxes more, on the receipt of
this, and oblige, Yours, &c.
J. LATON.
IrpFor a full account of this most interesting discove
ry, testimonials, moue ot operations, cc, see pauipuieis
Inch may be had gratis of all who sell these 1 ills.
None are genuine without the written signature of G.
R. Phelps, M. D., sole proprietor, Hartford. Conn.
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 the
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 genuine
Compound Tomato Pills, are signed by the Proprietor,
G. R. PHELPS, M. D., Hartford, Conn.
CP-ORDERS directed to SILAS M'RBANK, Jr., or.
G. W. BARKER, Montpelier, Vt. General Aeenft for
Washington, Orange, Caleonnia, Esne, Oilcans, FianUin
Lamoille, Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, wiil lie
promptly attended to.
CUTLER iV JO SIX SOX,
ADJJLJ, HAKJNUSS
AND TRUNK
WJ- r
Stale Street, Opposite the Bank,)
Montpelier, Vt.
TEMPERANCE HOUSE,
THREE DOORS WEST OF THE POST-OFFICE,
A. CARTER.
Jan. 5, 1839. luf.
gJADDLERY, Hard Ware, Neat's Oil, Patent Leather,
3 &c. for sale by CUTLER & JOHNSON.
Montpcler, April 27th, 183a;
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
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Subscriptions, and all letters relating to business, should
be addressed to tho Publishers : letters relating to lh edi-.
torial department, to the Editor. Communications intend
ed for publication should be signed by tha proper nam of
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Agents of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society, and ofEcero
of local anti-slavery societies throughout the state, are u
thorized to act as agents for this paper.
CP Ofuco, one door West from the Post-OiTiee, State it.
AGENTS,
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A PRIME LOT OF
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Just remvr.l and for Ky
IV.H'ETT
Derby, Dr Richmond.
Perkinsville, W AI Guilfor
Brookfield, D Kingsbury Est
Randolph, C Carpenter, Esq'.
East Bethel, E Fowler, Esq.
Watrrburyx L Hutchins.Esq
E S Newcomb.
Waitsfield, Col Skinner.
Moretown, Moses Spofford,
Warren, F A Wright, Esq.
Watcrford, R C Benton.Esq
East Roxbury, S Ruggles.
Ecrrisburgh, R T Robinson.
Vergennes, J E Roberts.
W,,ta,hl nWinalnw. F.JI.
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1 Corinth, Insloy Dow.
ant Barnard, W Leonard. iWilliamstown, J C Farnam,
H'alden, Terlev Foster. IChrster, J Stedman, Esq.
Star.sboro', Joel Rattey. Springfield, Noah bafford.
St. Albans, E I. Jones, Esq. Franklin, Geo S Gale.
Rutland, R R Thrall. Esq. iWaterville, Moses Fisk, Esq.
Brandon, Dr Hale.
Jamaica, L Merrifield, Esq.
Hubbardton, W C Denison.
Norwich, Sylvester Morris.
Hartford, Geo. Udall, Esq.
lunbridge, Ilervey Iracy.
Strafford, W Sanborn, Esq.
Barnet, L P Parks, Esq.
Mornst own, Rev Robinson
Morrisvillc, L P Poland , Esq.
Cornwall, li V Haskell.
:raftsbury, W J Hastings.
IVettford, R Farnsworth.
Essex, Dr J W Emory.
Tunderhill, Rev E B Baxter.
Barnard, Rev T Gordon.
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HOWES & CO.
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Rovnlton, Kola Hal!, C C
Cart it.
llanrillr. M Carpenter.
('Hover, Dr Bates.
SI. .Trim. sbfiry . Hcv J Morse.
Middlduny. M I Gordon.
Camhridgc, Martin Wire.
flristl, Joseph Otis.
Ihncsburgh, John Allen.
Berkshire, tteev. Mr Gleed.
Htdepark, Jotham Wilson.
Elmore, Abel Camp, Esq.
Hinesburgh, W Dean
Burlington, G A Allen, Esq.
Montgomexy, 1 Martin.
Lincoln, Beni Tabor.
Calais, Rev. Benj. Page.
Sudbury, VV A Williams
Pomfret, Nathan Snow
Johnson, Elder Byington.