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RUTLAND, VT.. THURSDAY MORNING, DKOKMBER I!), is I.
I'KIC'K
T1IKEK CKNTS
AUK TO HAVK NV AH WITH
ENGLAND:
We are rt llirtMiillv compelled to
Uheve that - 1 11 ir t ii of Great Brit
ain art with tin- Smii l in the emu- which
is raging in thi- eouiitrv. Flit antip.utiy
ot England tn tin- Fniled State- has -t i
manifested in variou- way-- ever miicc tli
Revolution of 177t't, ami flu n i- a secret
feeling of satisfaction prevalent nut only a
mong ili- nobility, hut among tin masses
of that Empire, at th- thought that ihe
present rebellion i- to r.uli in the down
tall ot Republican In -f ittit it in-. There is
not a people, in Christendom which ha so
rejoiced at the calamity which has befallen
US RS the English people have. our COlls-
Lns anil our progenitor? though they he.
We were prepared to learn that the
capture of Mes?r.?. Mason A: Slidell would
occasion some excitement in England, but
we hoped thai the subject would he dis
cussed with that dignity ami calmness
which belong to u neutral power. Not
m, however. It needed but an occasion
like that afforded by the boarding ot the
Trent by the San Jacinto, to call forth the
hitherto latent sympathy of the English
rieople with the Southern rebellion. Not
withstanding it is admitted by the London
Times that the taking of Mason At Slidcll
finds many precedent- in the former ac
tion of the British Government, that paper
insults ucbv sa itg. with the utmost cool-nes.-,
that the English precedents were af
forded at a time when she was struggling
for her existence, and so not parallel with
the present case; just as though we, too,
are jot-aa ,na t ion, struggling for oar ex
istence. The Time says that Great Brit
ain wH!N&W "repudiate her own prece
dent Bui the Ixmdois News if tin most tie
liferent. It demands the restoration of
Messrs. Mason Ar. Slidell, and adisavowa 1
of the act of Corn, Wilkes, by the Gov
ernment at Washington as the only alter
native ot war with us ! This i- the more
singular from tin lad that tin New? has
hitherio -nlc--eti ni t"t friendly to the
North. and Ha- In it it 1 1 y advocated its cause.
Its present position looks very much as
though it only wanted a pretext to join in
tlufyopuiar cut rent. The. whole spirit of its
article shows that is is not any supposed
outrage to the British Hag, hut the cap
ture of the lit I). 1 Commissioners which
electrifies the pen oi him who writes its
editorial?. Tie- New? ?avs that " we have
-struck our best friend u the tace." If
our "best friend" exhibits " lriend
thip'' by serving the cause of our enemies
in carrying their Ambassadors on missions
of hostility to us, the News may rest as
sured we do not set a very high value on
uch " friendship.' And our "best friend"
will undoubtedly " get struck in the face "
very time he undertakes to exhibit his
friendship in mat peculiar way. It is a
u friendship " that deserves no other re
ward than a " blow in ihe face.'"
Hut not oni the l're?s of England: the
meeting in Liveri-ooi to. funi.?hes the
enme eili'iu nli iinultaiieouj that
the heart ot .lolm Hull i? with tiiose who
are trying to overthrow popular govern
ment in America.
"We are no alarmists : nor i it pleasant
to be, at any time, a prophet of evil.
But the evidence of British sympathy
with the rebellion, afforded by the con
current demonstration in England on the
ccasion of the arrival of the intelligence
of the capture of Ma-son mid Slidell is of
a very conclusive character. It is a sjton
taneous outbur?t of feel i tie, and comes
from the heart. It ?1iows conclusively,
that the United State- huve nothing to
expect from the friend-ship of England
It shows that her professions of neutrality
are a hollow mockery. It shows that she
rejoices in our calamities and is only uk
noxious to lend a helping hand to the en
emies of our Republic. Though we re
gret the position which England asmimes,
we are gLtd axi occasion had been prewnt
1 to tti her false thongli -Ot-tfcaitatio is
profe? r.-u . : i '
j shall kno'.v that she is our enemy, ready
and willing in all ways she dares, without
j sef ming openly to offer to us the wager of
; battle, to give aid and comfort to those in
! arms against the " Great Republic."
i Her hatred of Slavery even, is, not so in
I tense a? to prevent her joining hands w ith
j the confederate leaders' who have declared
: to the world that the are nrhtinj fir the
existent e ot a great Slave Empiu .iu which
Slav rv ?hali be toivver the chief Corner
Stone. It -he does not worship the Baal
of old. she exhibits a remarkable willim;-
ne- to kneel to the cotton hale
We are aware that it remains to be
seen whether the extraordinary position
taken by the British pre?, will receive the
endorsement of the Ministry. It is to be
hoped that though the gtrnpatiifs of Great
Britain might carry her that length, she
will regard her interest sufficiently not to
provoke a war with the United State?.
But if the return of Ma?oii and Slidell is
the only alternative of war. then we may
look upon war with England as inevitable.
And it it must come, s e must he prepared
to meet it with brave hearts and stcjt
arm?. It will be a stem ordeal, but with
God's blessing, we are btrong enough to
overcome all enemies, whether at home or
abroad. We need perhaps the stimulus
of a foreign war to awaken the full ener
gies ot our people.' and to infuse a spirit
ami an arder into our army that shall
hurl it with resistless force against the
rebel, preparatory to paying its compli
ments to John Bull. Let Great Britain
bewai't of precipitating a conflict with
twenty millions of tree people, struggling
for the maintenance oi liepuhliean insti
tutions. There i? re eluiiouary material
enough in Kurope to overthrow every one
ot' its Governments. If England chooses to
join ;iins u. in the assault which the
despotism ot slavery is making upon our
institutions, she may evoke u spirit that
will call back her armies to fight for her
own National existence. Republican in
stitutions are on trial, and Republicans
everywhere, whether in Europe or Amer
ica, are concerned in the result. If the
monarchies of Europe will -'tand aloof,
we can light the battle without the aid of
the masses of Europe. But if they inter
fere, those masses will not he against us.
HOW TO TUF.N " RAGS " INTO
(I OLD
The age of wonders has not ceased. A
new invention, provided it he at the same
time useful, conleis a positive benefit upon
mankind. Our Southern brethren (quon
dam brethren, we mean,) have not hith
erto excelled in this particular pursuit,
the inventive genius cf ihe country ha ing
been mainly developed in the North But
the Southern States always making hon
orable exception of 14 Old Kentuck," Mis
souri, Maryland, and a fragment of Vir
ginii, having improvised, and stilted up
the skeleton o an independent govern
ernment, and among other things estab
lished a Patent Office, it is fair to presume
that the inventive faculties of the lords o
the lash are to be brought at once into
full play.
Now, that a people so inttnsely aristo
cratic as the Southrons should employ
their brains in the invention of anything
purely ''mechanical is a notion which
would do them great injustice. There is
a " refinement" and4' elevation " in their
inventive genius, which places them far
above the vile Yankees of the Northern
States. No'hing les than the revival of
the science of Alchemy, which from the
thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries,
comprehended the 41 aristocracy," that
is, the more sublime and difficult parts, of
chemistry, could be expected from a peo
ple so superior as the nabobs of the South
ern rebellion. And "Alchemy" seems
to be, ad Sam Welle r would say, the
special wanity " which the Southern in
ventive genius takes to, as most suited to
its exaltation and dignity.
Now, all our readers are aware, that
the science of Alchemy related to the
transmutation of the baser metal into
gold, the finding a universal remedy fur
diftaase, and an rJkahesi, or uniTerwil sol
vent, and other things in thf- ?otr A9 i
el into life under the genial and fructify
ing sun of the Southern Confederacy.
The great scarcity of gold in Jeff Davis'
dominions, is probably the immediate oc
casion of the activity of the inventive 1
genius of the F. P. V's being turned in
this direction. The editor of the Rich-
mond Dispatch, fully comprehending the j
financial difficulties which beset the path- j
way o! the confederacy, has devised a
most ingenious plan whereby every man
will have his pockets crammed with gold,
or its equally avnildble equivalent, while
the confederate exchequer will constantly
overflow, like the inundations of the Nile,
with thejlike metallic "shiners." The
editor of the Dispatch is even ahead o
the old Alchemists, lor while they pro
fessed to be able to turn only metal? into
gold, this modern Alchemist Kt Richmond
has invented a method of turning paper
rags. Confederate shin-plasters and such
like .vorthless tra-h. into that precious
metal. Here is the "plan" of the Dis
patch :
Let Oongresis declare, by solemn
act.-, that whoever shall ask or receive a
per cent in consideration of the exchange
of one sort of money lor another, whether
it shall be specie lor paper money or one
sort ot pi per money lor another, shall be
guilty of treason arid punished w ith death."
Now this simple plan ecbraces the
whole system of Alchemy. It turnsnot
only the baser metals, but rags, into gold ;
gold is the "universal remedy " for the
"disease" of the confedt rate body olitic,
that i? tosjiy, itconstitttb's the very breath
of it? life; and the "gallows" is the
" universal solvent." The only wonder
is that such a sim- le process of ' making
money "' haa never before been di?tovered.
If u man with a " gold eaple " in hi?
pocket i- met in the street by Mr. Burst
up who offers him in exchange lor his gold
a small bit of "commercial note" bearing
v. few dirty cabalistic signs, with Mr.
Burst-up's promise to pay ten dollars
written thereon, and refuses to make the
exchange, let frirn be hung, for prefer ig
the gold instead of the worthless paper !
By this admirable process, the Southern
Confederacy will be able to confound all
distinctions of vulue, and reduced 4 ex
change " to one universal law.
COMHISSAUY DrPAKTMENT SKVtMIt
Regimkkt. We have already announced
that Edmund A. Morse, Quattermaster of
the first Vermont Regiment, which per
formed gallant service at Newport New-,
and who wa.s an especial favorite w ith the
Regiment and performed his duties so well
as to n reive the special commendation of
Gen. PLelps and of the Governor of this
State, has been appointed by Gov. Ilol
brook Quartermaster of the Seventh Ver
mont Regiment. We are informed that
Col. Robert?, on the recommendation of
Quartermaster Morse, has appointed Sam
uel Buel cf Rutland Quartermaster Ser
geant. Mr. Buel served as cle.k to Quar
termaster Morse during the three months
service of the Frst Vermont Regimeuf,
and Mr. Morse recommended him for this
position on account of his (Quartermaster
Morse'-) personal knowledge of his pecul
iar qualifications, Buel J. Derby, well
known to our citizens n.s a c!cik in the
Rutland Post Office, is to be commissary
Serjeant.
Christmas Bali.. There is tj be a
Ball at the Franklin House Hall, in this
plac, Wedneuday evening Dec. 2oth,
18C1. The music will be furnished by
the Rutland Quadrille Band. The 0.
tillon Party which was to have taken
place at Cole's Hall oa Friday next, has
been po?tnoned indefinitely, on account of
the Quadrille Rand being engaged else
where on that evening. The superiority
of this Band is becoming too well known
to need "puffing." They "blow their
own bugle " better than we can do it for
them.
ISTMr. II. II. Gculd of this village,
killed a hog yesterday, thirteen and
one half uiont he old, flat wtigl.id alt
hundred and thirty-six j tunes. Ltm
some one can out-hog Mr. Gould'd shoat,
it wJI be Maeleas' to ttend us &nj more
items of this kind ! And if ow brethren
of tho press under tM biqqtr story
COMMENTS OF THE LONDON
STAR.
The following article from the London
Star of Nov. 28, is a full eoncession of
the legality of the capture of Mason and
Slidell by the commander of the San Ja
cinto, mid in this respect, as well as in its
temper and tone, is in happy contrast with
the angry and belligerent articles which
have appeared in most of the English pa
pers. The policy which the Star advises
the. Engliah Government to pursue in the
premises, is the only course which can he
adopted by a high minded and honorable
Nation.' How different this from the
meanness of the Times, which, while it
admits that the action of the San Jacinto
is abundantly sustained by numerous Eng
lish precedents, yet gravely averts that
these precedent are not lo be binding as
against England. In other words, the
Time, a-k- the Government not fo per
mit the United Suite? to do precisely
what -he ! ts tor one hundred years been
constantly doing herself. The article from
the fyondon Star i? subjoined :
Kl-Gm 'lie l.on.inn Stir of Not . 'Ji.
The affair of the Nashville ha? been
superseded by one of far superior interest
and importance. If federalist?, and con
federate's have not actually come to blows
witl in British waters, they have drawn
sword? u on the deck ol a British ship.
1 he Commissioners vst re carried off by
tore-, and under protect from the captain
of the Trent an 1 Command'T Williams.
The latter called upon tin officers and
pas-t nger present to take not! of his dec
laration, as the representative of her Maj-estv"-
Government, that the act they had
witnessed was unla ful and piratical.
But the American officer seemed so far
dewroUs of keeping within the ,-trict let
ter of his instruction? that tie did ,!
search for t lit dispatches carried y '
VoMMt'ssioners. and ichict Imve, iu .-
qwtdly, rtathed England by the La Vic'--The
svent has not been unanticipat !.
It was, indeed, exp-cted to have come ofr 1
on this sid of the Atlantic. It is eotori
ou that federal ships have left our own
or;s to watch for the mail steamer, witli
the deliberat- intention of taking from her
the coinmi-sioners. The opinion of t'tc
Is.iir Officers of our Crown has iifen tak
en on the subject ; and ice are assured that
t is clearly in Jiicor of the rigid assumed
by the United St tits. Government. We
do not see on what interpretation of the
law! ot nations ami the privileges ot bel
ligerents a contrary opinion could be sus
tained. However disagreeable the arrest
of an English steamer on the common
?ea-, and the forcible r moval from under
her flag, again.?! the protest ot her officer-,
of gentlemen who had probably
made themselves very agreeable fellow
vovagers however consonant with Eng
lish spirit and images the declaration of
Commander Williams the question of
right is not one to be decided on a quar
ter deck, or under the infl'ience of irrita
ted feeling. Our submission to such un
toward incidents is only a part of the gen
eral penalty exacted of civilized nations
by us in any part of fhe world. Thecaji
tain of the San Jacinto did but act upon
principles which have always been assert
ed by his own Government, frequently ex
ercised by ours, and are probably insep
arable from maratime warfare. The right
of belligerents to search neutral vessels
for contraband persons and other articles
is but too well established.
Undoubtedly, the Confederate Com-mis-ioncrs
and their despatches do not
come under the primary definition of con
traband, which requires that ''the destina
tion of the goods should be to a hostile
port." As no European Power is at war
with the United States, and the Trent was
bound lor a European harbor, this defini
tion certainly exempts the mail steamer
from liiibiliiv to arrest and search. But
there will be found in hooks on interna
tional law chapters on Qua.?i-contraband
le.-patches, passengers."
Under this head Pratt remarks, in his
valuable woil' on contraband, that assist
ance may be rendered to an enemy by a
neutral in many other ways than by the
conveyance ol stores or munitions to a
hostile port "particularly by the commu
nication of information and orders from
the belligerent Government to its officers
abroad, or the conveyance Jf military pas
seng rs." The eonveyanceof despatches
is especially prohibited to neutrals, as
"these are 'capable of producing the most
imjiortaiit consequences in the operations
of the enemy." An exception is made
where the despatches are from an ambas
sador in a neutral country to his own gov ernment,
but which can hardly be extend
ed to the ciedentials and instiuctious of
officers proceeding from a belligerent to a
neutral jwrtonthe business of the bellig
erent Power.
The effieera of the San Jaeinto appear,
however, lo have, abstained from tre paw
ing on th'w soioewha. delateable ground, j
-. 1T ft- -
merely private capacity, nrir on private
bnsiness ; not escaping fromj the troubles
of war, or seekir.g a home lor their fami
lies in a neutral country, but notoriously
eommissioned t(j procure recognition and
succor for their 'Government.
With the utmost desire to put the larg
est interpretation on the rights of neutrals,
if only as a means of procuring the entire
abolition of capture?, at sea, we yet can- :
not understand the fairness of excluding
the Federalists from such an obvious re
sort of belligerent power. It would be
asking too much that they -hould stand
by and make no effort to prevent our ehips
conveying to and fro persons and papers
on the enemy'? service. It is at any rate '
to be desired that questions of this sort
should be discussed without heat, an i de
cided without ha.ste. If it should turn ;
out that the San Jacinto ha? exceded the
authority which the law of nations con
cedes to belligerents over the ordinary
rights of neutrals, we doubt not the Unit
ed States Govejnment will disclaim the
act, and jefuse to take advantage of its
performance. And, in any case, our own
Government and people will do well to
bear in mind the excellent advice given
the other day by Iord Stanley .- -'Not to
show irritation at casual annoyaii -?, ?uch
as must inevitably arise in the outse of
such a struggle ; and to defend our rights,
if they he attacked, temperately and firm
ly, giving time fur angry pa--ion- to evap
orate." Tin- counsel ha- proved mo-t
timely, ami we tru?t it will fx- no le-s po
tent. Attrmitkd Mlkdkij. A volunteer,
who is said to reside at Rutland, ami who
had just entered in the 7th regiment. wa
on a "bender" in town on '.Saturday, in
company with a large and ulu-cular col
ored gentleman. The attentions of this
individual after a while b-aiue rather
borous to the volunteer, ami ;he hinted to
him to retire, which the negro declining
to do. volunteer knocked him down. The
in . -ro swore revenge. About 7 o'clock
Sa; unlay evening, the volunteer had o -ea-ion
to go down uti Nye's dock, when
discovered ihe nogro following him up
pretty t lost. He attempt d to evade
him by getting behind u pile ot lumber ;
but "darky" was loo much fur him, -truck
ou' from th- -boulder, and jumbled vol
unteer info fhe lake. The Volunteer at-
ter ?w iiiuiiii!'.' roui-'i ;
an hour, at l.i-t gra
f ro'.i the dock, to w !:i
three hour-, w I er, !,,
r "ueaT lite neai IV
d a jeg extending
i he hung on -omi
cries for help at-
traded the ai' i ; uui ot some boatmen
who speedily cane to hi? rtlief ami tot'k
him in an almost lifele-s condition to tin
"Lake Hctise," where by tim- aid of Dr.
Thaler, who wa immediately sent for,
he was re?tored to con?t'iousnc-s. At
last accounts he was doing well. Sheriff
Flanagan and officers White and Livoek !
immediately started in piruit ot the n- 1
gro. but had not -.--cured him at a late
hour hist evening. Early je terday
morning tic y arrested a negro on .suspi
cion, but on being confronted with tin
volunteer he declared he wa- not the man
who attacked him. Burlington Times
At 1 H 1 V.i i Vkt.
ITS FIELD AND STAFF.
LEMUEL B. FL ATT. Col
Chester.
Leut. Coloi.el Gko. B. Ki.llo;;,
Brat: h boro.
S.nior Major Wf. I). Coi-LINS,
Bennington.
Junior Major John D. BauTLKTT,
M jntpelier.
Atfjutant Fog au Pitkii, Burlington.
Surgeon Gko. S. Galk; Bridport.
Asst. .Surgeon P. O. Mkaka Epson,
North Chester.
( 'haplnin JoilK N . Wool) WARD,
West fold.
.NOX-COMMWSIONED ST.V1K.
Sergeant Maj. A. II. D.VXKOBTH.
estunnster.
Q. M. Sergeant C. V. II . Sabiv.
Wallingford. I
Coni'y Sergeant JL II. WouCEHTliK,
Brattleboto.
Chief Buglers CvRts Green, St.
Albans ; F. A. Pkolty. Brattleboro.
llospiud Steward Joel II. Fisk,
Hydepaik.
The January number of the Atlantic
Monthly will contain the first of a series ot
articles by anlficer ol Gen. Fremont's
stall, (Maj l'orsheimtr, whose admirable
papers ok Aarhii Burr and Jeffeison, in
the Atlantic Monthly, will be n meiubercd,
describing all the memorable incidents of
the campaign in Missouri with much im
portant matter not, yet revealed tj the
couatry. Gen. Fn moiu't jn o.-td olans o
opetations, had he ictai.ied the command
will al?o be given by hi companion in
arms. Major Dor&heimer is a son ot our
State Treasurer.
Cincinnati, Dec 17.
It ia reported that our troops are crosaing
Green Rirer and that Buckuer id coming i p
the Railroad to offer battle thij side of Boil
ing Green.
THK NEW SITUATION.
We may be sure the leaders of the re
bellion will gather fresh courage and en
ergy from the late European advices
Hope of foreign aid in their treasonable
work has repeatedly been expressed by
them. "We sell all Europe our produc
tions, and buy from all Europe in return,
why should she not be our friend ?" lias
been the argument. It is idle to under
rate the iniportanee of the South to Eu
rope, not only for its cotton, but a- a mar
ket fcr its manufactured good?. From the
first. British business interests have been
on the ?ide of the rebellion British prin
ciple and sympathy with the North. As
the former huve always proved .stronger
than the latter, we need not be surprised
that at thi? juncture it i; paramount.
England, who has -pent ocean- of tears
over our slavery, and sent its philanthro
pists here to teach us the wickedness of
the "institution," - now quite ready to
join the extreme pro-slavery -ection of
the country, where a man's ire-pectability
is measured by the number at' his human
chattel-, and where to I- in favor of re
opening the slave trade i a pa-, port t
power and influence. Exeter Hall can
eulogj.se our New England Abolitionists,
but Exeter Hail i? ?entimental, not busi
ness, and sentiment i? wak and bu?ine.si
is strong. Mr-,. StoweV, "Uncle Tom" U
pleasant reading to people w ho hav e a
great abhorn-nce of other?' -in-, but "Un
cle Tom" or no, Briti-h busiri ?? -ay? we
must have cotton, and a mar t in return,
to save our millions of man jhteturiiig op
erative? from starvation, our bank- trotn
breaking, am! o,ir -hip? from rotting at
the wharves. j-y;t (;,.,. Tom." "and
out comes the Briti-h Men ot war to five
American slavery a lift in it
7'roo Whig.
extremity.
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At tlioui I jur the win l iiug i oil vfioii
tliines towards Broad -trc-t, .nd .uou
a. '. Amlrews Hall ttxk lire, .ind -ubse-queii'd
the t'.tihulic Cathedral, wiiich -li-
wept The fne tu i'Jt- a clear ?j through
ti e en y laakioL- it- track from Ka-t Bay t-
King street .
The Charle-toa Courier of :! I.;:ti given
a list of bet we i; 20u ami si ilerer... and
sats that the los, j, e-tiiu;, J iron, tive to
steven million-i ol' dollars.
A message wag sent ro The confederal
Corgrei on Friday by President Davi in
relation to the coi.tl lgrati' n. rt;i.'e;niiie!din;
an appropriation in aid ot the vjiToMtig. A
resolution was accordingly un niiaou-lv a
dopteJ by Congress apptoptia ii.g jVl.Uvlv
dollars as an advance on OLnt of t laiiui
of South Carolina upon the ,!iierare
States.
The Lyticbburgh N'irinian ot Friday -ays
that a Maryland iU-'.-imciit has de?ertexl from
Lincoln's army with their arms and equip
ments. It was sent out to do picket duty ar.d
wbeu it reached the fiont our lines it hoistud
the confederate ll g and uiar.be 1 into Ce.a
terville accoinpauied by its Colonel and all
the other officers.
The Latest Invention. The latest
invention is? a chewing machine a little
mill intended for toothless people and
those who cannot properly masticate their
food. Such an article is advertised in the
London Lancet. It i-s fastened to the
dinner table, and goes with a crank, an4
is said to mince thi food very nicely.--
Exchange Paper.
A machine for swallowing,
el seguentia, is next in order.
digosting,
, Two Millions Woktu or Cotton S
ci'keu at ifEAiKoRT.-The Captain of the
steamer Illinois, just in from Beaufjr, nayi
that aM the islands adjacent to Port lioyal,
are occupied by our troop-, and immease
quantities of cotton are being gathered ao4
brought in by our soldiers amounting iu value
to $2,000,000. Th's ia cerfainlr -
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