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THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
POETRY.
from E. M. Chandler's Works.
THE CONFESSIONS OF THE YEAR. .
The gray old year the dying year.
His sands were well nigh run ;
When there came by one in priestly weed,
To ask of the deeds he'd done.
" Now tell me, ere thou treadst the patU
Thy brethren all have trode,
The scenes that life has sliown to the
Upon thine onward road."
" I've seen the sunbeam rise and set.
As it rose and set before ,
And the hearts of men bent earthwardly.
As they have been evermore;
Tho Christian raised his haHow'd fanes,
And bent the knee to God;
But his hand was strong, and guilt and wrong
Defaced the earth be trod.
"The Indian, by his forest streams.
Still chased the good red deer;
Orturn'daway to knee! and pray
With the Christian's faith and fear;
The hunting knife ho flung aside,
Ho dropped the warrior blade,
And delved for bread the soil o'er which,
His fathers idly stray'd.
" The white man saw that gold was there.
And sought, with savage hand,
To drive his guiltless brother forth,
A wanderer o'er the land.
I taw and gavo the talc of sham .
To swell on. history 's p&ge,
A blot upon Columbia's nam.
For many a future age.
' With aching brow ani Wearied limb,
The slave his toil pursued;
And oft I saw the cruel scourge
Deep in his blood imbrued;
He till'd oppression's soil, whero men
For liberty had bled,
And the eaglo wing of Freedom wared
In mockery, o'er his head.
" The earth was CU'd with the triumph shout
Of men who had burst their chains;
But liis, tho heaviest of them all,
Still lay on his burning veins;
In his roaster's hall there was luxury,
And wealth, and mental light;
$ut the very book of tho Christian law
Was hidden from him, in night.
V In his master's hall there was win and mirth,
And songs for tho newly free;
But his own low cabin was desolate.
Of all but misery.
H felt it all and to bitterness
His heart withinhim'turn'd,
While the panting wish for liberty
Like a, fire in his bosom, burn'd.
"The haunting thought of his wrongs grew changed
To a darker and fiercer hue,
Till the horrible shape it sometimes wore
At last familiar grew;
There was darkness all within his heart,
And madness in his soul,
And tho demon spark, in his bosom, ourted,
BJazcd up beyond control.
" Then came a scene oh! such a scene!
I would I might forget
The ringing sound of the midnight scream.
And the hearth-stone redly wet!
The mother slain while she sjiripji'd in. tain
For her infant's threalen'd life,
And tho flying form of tho frighted child,
Struck down by the bloody knifj.
" There's many a heart that yet will start J
From its troubled sleep, at night,
As the horrid form of tho vengeful slave
Comes in dreams beforo the sight.
The slave was crushed, and his fstters' link
Drawn tighter than before;.
Ajid the bloody earth again was drench'd
With the streams of his flowing gre.
' Ah! know they not, that the tightest band
Must burst with tho wildest power?
That tho moro tho slavo is oppress'd and wrong'd,
Will be fiercer his rising hour?
They may thurst him back with the arm of might,
They may drench the earth with his blood,
But tho best and purest of their own,
Will blend with the sanguine flood.
"Icould tell thoe more, hot my strength Is gone,
And my breath is wasting fast :
Long ere tho darkness to-night has fled,
Will my lifo from the earth have pass'd;
But this, tho sum of all I have learn'd,
Ere I go I will toll to thee";
l tyrants Would hope for tranquil hearts,
Tjiey must let the oppress'd go free."
We turn one thought away,
To dwell on holy, heavenly themes,,
Which all of earth's outweigh.
'Tis when Religion's silver tone
Falls sweet upon the ear,
And lures the weary wanderer home,
From sin, and doubt, and fear.
'Tis whenby faith our oyes behold
The gift of pardoning love,
The robe, the harp, tho crown of gold,
Reserved for us above.
From the Emancipator.
Revival in Baltimore.
From the Lady's Book.
When are We Happy.
Tis not when gems diffuse their rays,
Whon diamonds shed their light,
When we. on radient beauty gaze,
Then sweetest joys unite
Tis not when regal pomp appears,
With dignity replete,
When all a star-like radiance wears.
That richest ploasarcs meet ;
Bui 'tis when friendship' brightest gtaara
Illumes lifo 's dreary way,
When deep afToction's warmest beam,
Dispels the wintry day;
When kindred souls each other greet
With undisguised delight,
That all nor dearest pleasures meet.
Our fondest hope grow bright.
Til not when philosophic lor
With wonder chains the mind
When earth unlocks her hidden tor,
That greatest wealth we find;
Bnt 'lie wktn tired ef werldly dreams,
The religious papers of different denominations
have been lor some weeks much occupied.and in
terested with the details of ri great and powerful
revival of religion among the Baptists in Balti
more, under the preaching of Elder Knapp, of
this State. The Baptist Ilecord of Philadelphia,
says,
" Brother Knapp has preached 70 sermons with
in the last five weeks, and that 130 have been
baptised. The meetings are crowded, and hund
reds are drinking deeply of the truths of the Gos
pel. May this revival be for " the glory of God,
and the permament establishment of a -Baptist
interest in that monumental-city, of the right
stamp."
From our Knowledge of Brother Knapp's s.n
cerityand fearless integrity in maintaining the
whole gospel, we presumed from the first, that
even his anxisty to see a revival in Baltimore
would not deter him from pursuing his usual
course with regard to the sins of slavery and caste.
And so we find it. The Pennsylvania Freeman,
says,
"A Clergyman of the Baptist persuasion has
been for some weeks preaching in Baltimore,
drawing around him immense audiences, of all
colors and classes, both bond and free. He is bold,
eloquent, and impressive rebuking a popularity
seeking and time-serving clergy and denounc
ing those who make merchandize of their fellow-
beings as ' men-stealers. In one oi his sermons
he took up the subject of prejudice, and ' respect
of persons,' and gave many anecdotes, demonstra
ting the vincibi!ity(of prejudice against color. He
allows of no distinction in this respect in his con
gregation, declaring that the God whom he serves
is no respector of persons, and that no ditinctions
of color exist in Heaven. We understand an ex
tensive and almost unprecedented revival of reli
gious feeling has resulted from his labors.
And a correspondent of the Union Herald,
speaking of his passage up the North River a few
days since, says,
"I was agreeably favored with the company of
our beloved brother Knapp from New York: Vie
being on his return from Baltimore, where he has
recently held a very successful meeting, of about
two months continuance. He did'nol fail, as we
knew he would not, to preach the whule truth on
the subject of Abolition. He saw at first, there
were some symptoms of a mob, but tho Lord pre
vented." Now, we see how fule and faithless is the slan
der that Abolition is q hindrance to religion.
A letter from brother Knapp. in the New York
Baptist Register, giving an ararant of the work,
makes no mention of the Anti-Slavery bearings of
his preaching. Indeed, we do not know that such
a statement could have found admittance in the
Regisier, for so unanimously are the churches uf
the North opposed to slavery, that they dare not
hear any thing unfavorable- to its continuance.
Brother Knapp says, that over 200 were bapti-
1
zed.
"Many abandoned the theatre, the eamine-ta-
ble, the cotillion party, and the bacchanalian revel
and came to the house of God to hear the word of
life. Rum-sellers began to complain that their
customers had left them, and that they were ruin
ed. Many stores were ciored, and it le:ame a
common answer, when any gentleman was incjui-
refi alter, lie has gone to Lhurch.
lie publishes, also.the following letter of a voung
man, written just after Jus baptism.
" Baltimore, Nov. 19, 39
Rev. and vekv dear Sir Enclosed vou will
find n bank note for one thousand dollars, five
hundred dollars of whirh please appropriate to the
order of foreign, and the other five hundred dol
lars lor the benefit of domestic missions. You
having been the instrument, in God's hands, ofn
wakening me from nature's darkness, to the liuh
of divine truth, must be my apology for selecting
you as the ehnnnel lor transmitting the enclosed
donation, in place of my sending it dirjetly to the
agents of the different boards.
" A Young O nvert."
Report of the American Board of Missions.
We havereceivtd a conv of the thirteenth nn.
nual report of the American Board of Commissi.
ers for Foreign Missions, the largest, and we sup-
..it uiucji uiyuiiiiuuun in our country lor
missionary operations anions the heathen. Tho
details which it gives of extensive and costly ope
rations, conducted under the practical control ofn
committee of seven men in Boston, and sustained
entirely by tho voluntary contributions of individ
ual cnriaiians, at an expense ol !rom two-hundred
and fifty to three-hundred thousand dollars a year,
in Western Africa, South Africa, Greece, Turkey',
Syria, Persia, Bombay, Madras, Ceylon. Siarn
Singapore, Borneo, China, the Sandwich Islands!
the Oregon, and a dozen different tribes of Amer
ican Indians, affords numerous topics of interest
to the benevolent Christian, and of instructive
study to any philosophic mind that feels the truth
of the poet's words-" The proper study of man
kind is man., Such an institution is not to be
rationally disposed of by a sneer or a witticism,
nor to be properly appreciated by one who fixes'
his attention merely on one or two points of con
duct which he may think objectionable or unprof
itableforming his opinion against them, perhaps,
without being able to comprehend the' place they
occupy in thy general scheme of proceeding. We
have time to gather only a few practical sugges
tions, bearing more or less directly on our own
peculiar field ol labor.
One thought which strikes us, is the fine exhibi
tion of confidence which is displayed in the con
tinued support of this Board, with increasing re-J
sources, lor thirty years, i wo ol the original
members remain, aod ten others who came into
the Board during its first ten years. The gener
al policy of the Board has never been changed;
and we believe there has never been nn individu
al left out of the acting committee but in eonse
iiuenoa of death, or of some chanrre of rpslrlpnrp
i ... . - - .
or rolnl4rm in tho inniviilnnf. '
Of the donations to the Board, the anxiliarv so
cieties in Maine contributed 82r15; Nw Hamp
shire, $5,914; Vermont, 5,285; Massachussettss
133,133 ; Connecticut, 31,730 ; New Yor. $ 32 ,
969; Virginia, 1,450: and S. Carolina, $f2'120.
We oelieve the churches of a single denomina
tion in the small State of Connecticut, hi the midst
ot the hard times of 183S-9, contributed to a s n,
gle object more than all the churches of the slave
holders to all the objects of religious, benevoleru-e.
Those who have watched and studied the de
velopments of character and feeling elicited among
our countrymen by the efforts for the abolition of
American Slavery, have doubtless observed how
readily things, heretofore highly prized, have
been abandoned, so soon as it was seen that they
could be employed to promote the downfall of
slavery. Such has been the fact in regard
to the principle of voluntary association for any
benevolsnt purposes, 'nad the employment of
efforts to correct public opinion respecting vice,
as a means of reforming that vice. We do not
recollect anything like a combined and general
clamor against the employment of ioiterant agents
to promote the objects of various societies, until
about the time that the American Anti-Slavery
Society sent forth its agents on the breadth of the
land. Then the pastors of churches became all at
once alarmed ut the multiplicity of agents abroad,
and fearful lest their iufluence should be with
drawn and their office rendered useless, unless
they put forth their resolutions against the whole
system. We are pleased to see, in the late pro
ceedings of the Board, a recognition by so influen
tial a body, of the necessity, utility and propriety
of employing initerant agents, as the only means
of drawing forth the contributions of Christians
for the great objects of benevolence.. They say,
" no associations, however good, will suffice, la
king the country at large, without a vigilant su
perintendence" by travelling agents. We have no
doubt the Anti-Slavery enterprise is destined to
a similar experience.
It is with the sincerestand the most affection
ate regret we notice, that notwithstanding' the for
mal withdrawal of the auxiliary societies of the
slavcholding territory from the support of the
Board, the prudential committee persists in main
taining agencies for the direct solicitation of funds,
where it must he known that the greater part of
the money obtained is wrung by the lash from the
unwilling and unpaid laborers, while the contri
butions themselves are given as peace offering or
commutation, for the continuance of the system of
violence and pollution, under the sanction of that
Christian countenance which the very establish
ment of these agencies conveys. After the re
cent disclosures ot 1 slavery as it is, it is an out
rage upon Christian decency to say of a commu
nity of slaveholders, "the committee deern it to be
their duty and their privilege to afford eve
ry facility in their power for co-operotion with us."
Let them send this report to the heathen world,
telling the idolaters of China, the black natives of
Hiiulnostan, the hunted tiibes of Africa, that in
establishing their Christi-n missions, they have
studiously sought to secure the co-operation of
slaveholders as fellow-laborers in the blessed work,
and we venture to say that the moral sense of
heathenism itself will reject with loathing the hor
rid association. .
We have before adverted to the distinct testimo
ny against the colonization scheme, which the
board have incorporated in their report on West
em Africa. The following additional remark,
showing c pernicious influence of a civilized and
secular colony in the neighborhood ofa missiona
ry establishment, is taken from a letter of Mr. Wil
son, written in Febuary last :
"The people have grown 'averse to attending
preaching, and for the most p irt we have no oth
er audience on the Sabbath, than the boys and girls
connected with the school. Every Sabbath even
ing I have a meeting in the native town foraclns-s
of men who speak broken English. The atten
dance upon this is from ten to twenty, and gener
ally solemn nnd interesting."
It is curious tocornpire the obstructions thrown
in the way of missions in Turkey, with the simi
lar obstructions maintained in the very regions of
our own country, whose co-operation the board 'u
so anxious to secure for sending the gospel among
the subjects of the Porte. The remarks on p. 75.
on tho necessity of a living exemplification of
Christianity as it is, in order to tho success of
missions, shows how impossible it is .to suppose
that the slaveholding and slavery-sanctioning
Christianity of the United States can ever convert
the world. " These churches must be reformed.
Lights must be made to burn once more upon
thnre candlesticks that remain. I he fire or
r i . . .1 i 1 1 i .i
pure nnsiianuv must De reKinclleJ unon those
Christian altars." " Hence a comprehensive and
wise system ot enorts lor the conversion of Juo
nameaans ana the heathen abroad, " will em
brace a system of efforts for the spiritual renova
Hon ol the slavehol((ma and slavery sanction
ing American "churches."
Emancipator.
PROSPECTUS OF A NEW PERIODICAL
DENOMINATED THE
BIS;
OR MORAL EXPURGATOR, AND SCIEN
TIFIC AND LITERARY EXPOSITOR.
T is in contemplation to commence the issue of a sem-
I. monthly Periodical, upon tho first of January, 1840,
with the foregoing unique ccgnotnon, and which is design
ed to be entirely origin!, and to be presented to its patrons
in (he state of a well executed royal octavo of sixteen double-column
pay s, amouniing, in the year, to nearly one
thousand of thoje ordinarily presented in the hook firm;-
constitutmg a volume winch, it is intended, shall bo as
useful as ample, and which is offered to subscribers, a)
the uncmnpensatorv price cf two dollars a year, payable
however, iinexccptionably in advance.
The object ot tho present enterprise is not io create s
substitute for thoso more elaborate, volumiuous and supe
rior Periodicals, with which persons who are able may be
abundantly supplied from abroad; but to afford a cheap
and convenient vehicle for recording and circulaling the
readable lucubrations of our sectional Literati; and which,
wo hope, will be, the more abundantly elicited ir. thechar
acter of manuscript contributions, by the proffered oppor-
unity for promulgation.
Tho character oftho worn is designed to oo neitlicr It. c-
ological, political, sectaiian nor partial; and, therefore,
open to universal, chaste discussion and recuperative irony,
lis columns arc intended tobe, mostly, appropriated to the
investigation of physical and inlc'lecttial humanity; to the
contemplation of man as a moral and social being, whelm
ed in responsibilities, ignorance and delinquency, with
their, inevitablv, disastrous consequences; to expose and
reform the ignorance, error and vices of society, by rciicc-
ting, convincingly , upon each, its deformity, Iia.urus and
cataotrophies, and to scourge or ridicule, both, fashionable
and unfashionable licentiousness and folley, out of credit
with their votaries, and out of humor with themselves: In
fine, it is intended as an oracle, through which, truth may
be fearlessly uttered; and in whose responses, Virtue shall
find ample encouragement to emulation, while Vice shall
see Mcne Tekcl written on every wall of its habitation.
These are the self-evidently, laudable objects, for the at
tainment of which our contemplated periodical is to be in
stituted ; and for whose encouragement, we would, confi
dently, yet courteously, present our claim to public, patron
age; not, however, without the provision of its being cheer
fully relinquished, whenever the value of the work shall
havo killed to justify its continuance.
Montpelicr, Ocl.'l839.
By the provisional Editorial Committee
am
SAVING procured from Bi ston new and elegant founts
of the most FASHIONABLE TYPE, is prepared to
prosecute the above business, in all its branches : and has
no hesitation in saying that all work entrusted to him will
be executed m a style not inferior to that of any oth
er establishment in Vermont.
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Sept. 27. 3D:3wis
HAT, CAP AND FUR STORE
STATE St.,
KONTPELIER, Vt.
E. BADGER & SON, have this dav received into
J partnership Mr. DAVID PARTRIDGE; and the
business, at theold Stan. I, will in future be conducted under
tho firm of
BADGER & PARTRIDGE,
who have on hand, and will constantly keep for sale Hats
Caps, Furs, Suspenders, Gloves, Hosiery, &c. Thcv
would return their thanks to the citizens of Montpelicr and
vicinity forthe libera! patronage heretofore extended to this
establishment, and solicit a continuance of the same.
N. B. Merchants supplied with Huts, of all kinds, at
city prios.
All persons indebted to the late firm of J. E. Badger
& Son, are requested to call and settle, and make pay
ments. Montpelier, Oct. 7, 1839. 40:lf
IxTEKESTircG fact, r A correspondent has fur
nislied us with the following statement:
There has recently been formed in North Arl
ington, F Ivmouth county, a congregational church.
iney have just completed an elegant meeting'
house. When it was finished, the nronrictors, a;
usual appraised the pews, and allowed the people
to bid for the privilege of a choice. Now there
is a respectable colored family living near the mee-
ung-nouse, ana the head ol that family came to
the sale. Before the sale commenced, the pro-
prir-tors voted unanimously that the colored man
might have his choice of pews in the house, and
that no one should bid above him ! He according
ly purchased n pew to his own liking. Of course
no" negro pew" was nut unin the house. Our
correspondent thinks that the people of color will
not trouble themselves to inquire whether their
neighbors are abolitionists or not, if they can have
such evidence as this of their willingness to treat
them as equals.
Liberator,
Slave Increase. The increase of the slave
population in the United States, is estimated at
about 80,000 annually. Mr. Clay says the aver
age worth of slaves is ubout 100 each calling
the annual increase only 70,000, their value would
then be twenty eight-millions of dollars ! .' Think
of that, ye who cry out so loudly against monop
olies. If the United States Bank was a danger
ous institution because it wielded a capital of
thirty-five millions of dollars, what think ve of a
certain domestic institution that has an annml
increase of the snug little sum of twenty-eight
millions of dollars ! ! !
American Citizen.
Attention Artillery Companies !
R. R. RIKER,
(Stale sreet, opposite the Bank,)
AS this day received from NEW-YORK, Scarlet
Broad Cloth, for Military Companies' Uniforms, Ar
tillery Buttons, Yellow Wings for Sargeants, Red Cock.
feathers, Red Pompoms, Red 12 inch Vulture Plumes,
Yellow Lace, Yellow Epauletts, Red Sashes &c. for sale
cheap for cash.
SO doz. Infantry Hat Plates, White Coclifeathers, White
Wings for SargoantR, 12 inch White V ulture plumes,
Swords and Bolts, Flat Engle Buttons, Laces, Epauletts,
&c. for sale cheap for cash.
Montpelier, June 10, 1833 24:tf
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the writer. CF" Postage must oe paia m an eases.
Aeonls of tho Vormonl Anti-Slaverv Society, and oflicerr
of local anti-slavery societies throughout the state, are au.
thorized to act as agents for this paper.
Q OBe.e, one door West from the Post-Unice, State st
f .Rome, pril 27th, 1839.
G. R. Phelps, M. D.Dear Sir Herewith wo send
you the statement of Mr. Andrew Vrodenburgh, a very
respectable farmer of this town. His case is considered a
very remarkable one, and his statements may be relied up
on with the utmost confidence. . .
Y'our Pills havs fully established themselves in this vi
cinity ; and the demand for them is constantly increasing.
If desirable, wo can send you several other certificates of
cures effected by the use of your Pills.
We remain yours, &c.
CiIi.8EBROVGH & LlCNAKD.
Brandon, Dr Hale
Jamaica, L Merrifield, Esq.
Hubbardton, W C Denison.
JVbrwich, Sylvester Morris.
Hartford, Oeo. Udall, t.sq.
Tunbriuge, Hervev I racy.
Strafford, W Sanborn, Esq.
Barnet, L P Parks, Esq.
JlbrrtsMton.Rcv SRobinson
Morrisvillc, LP Poland, Esq.
Cornwall, U t Haskell.
Craftsbury, W J Hastings.
Westford, li l'arnsworth.
Essex, Dr J W Emery.
Uunaerhill, Kev K II Baxter.
Barnard, Rev T Gordon.
East Barnard, W Leonard.
Walden, Perlev Foster.
Starksboro Jool Battey.
St. Albans, h L Jones, Lsq.
Rutland, R R Thrall, Esq,
Royalton, Bela Hall,
Carter.
Danville, M Carpenter.
Glover, Dr Bates.
St. Johnsbvry, Rev J Morse.
Middlebury, M D Gordon.
Cambridge, Martin Wires.
Bristl, Joseph Otis.
Hiuesburgh, Mr. A lien
AGENTS.
Derby, Dr Richmond.
Perkinsville, W M Guilfori
Brookfield, D Kingsbury Es
Randolph, C Carpenter, Esq.
East. Bethel, E Fowler, Esq.
Walerbury, L Hutchins.Esq
E S Newcomb.
Waitsfield, Col Skinner.
Moretown, Moses Spofford.
Warren, FA Wripjit, Esq.
Waterford, R C Benlon.Esq
East Roxbury, S Ruggles.
Frrrisburgh, R T Robinson.
Vergennes, J E Roberts.
West field, O Winslow, Esa.
I Corinth, Insley Dow.
tlliamstown,! CFarnam.
Chester, J Stedman, Esq.
Springfield, Noah Safford.
Franklin, Geo S Gale.
Waterville, Moses Fisk , Esq.
C CHydepark, Jotham Wilson.
Jumore, Abel Camp,
Hinesburgh, W Dean.
But ling I on, li A Allen
'Montgomery, 3 Martin.
Lincoln, lien) tabor.
Calais, Rev. Beni Psge.
Sudbury, XV A Williams.
Pomfttt, Kallwi bnow.
Btrkshirr, Rvr. JhonGleedpbAnOT, EWer Byington
Second Letter from Br. Eaton, dated Brookfield, Ms.
March 29, 1839.
Dr. I'helps Dear Sir Your Pills are in great domand.
I have but a few on hand : no one who has taken them but
ore perfectly satisfied with their beneficial effects in remov
ing disease, however long standing. I shall be at Hart
ford about tho 15th of next month, and I will bring with
me a numbor of certificates frm persons of tho first res
pectability, of cures which they have performed, some
ten, twelve and of twenty years standing. The one las
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
oot to the knee. His certificate I shall bring with r
Please send me six dozen boxes more, on the rtc .n't of
this, and oblige, Yours, &c.
J. E. EatojT.
ICPFor 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 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' Tcmato
Pills. The Public cannot be too cautious to avoid all these
anomalous Tomalo Pilla and Extracts of Tomato,' nor
loo particular to observe that the original and only genuine
Compound Tomato Pills, are signed by the Proprieter,
G R. PHELPS, M. D., Hartford, Conn.
JCPORDERS directed to SILAS BURBANK, Jr.,
G. W. BARKER, Montpelier, Vt. Gencoal Agent for
Washington, Orange, Caleaonia, Essex, Orleans, Franklin
Lamoille, Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, will be
promptly attended to.
gJADDLERY, Hard Ware, Neat's Oil, Fttent Leather
&e. for sale by CUTLER & JOHNSON. -
Montpeler, April J 7th, 1814