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process. In cnsc, however, thia remedy or any
oilier should to fixed upon, I would respectfully
suggest the propriety of making it prospective only
in lis operation. It is true that a provision for a
new snd mote effectual moJo of recovering tack
usurious Interest, inasmuch as law was violated in
taking it, could not strictly to regarded as attach
ing any new penalty to an offence after it had teen
committed, lint It is crcr desirable to avoid dis
turbing past transactions entered into with duo re
gard to the estimate which the law, cither express
ly or impliedly, lias placed upon them. And as in
this cue tin; statute teems almost to sanction the
taking of usurious interest by tho utter inadequacy
of its provisions for preventing the practice, con
tracts, made under the law as it is, might be re
girded as having received a guarantees almost
equivalent to a plcdgo of public faith, that they
should never be called in question. Whether this
view of tho subject, however, be tenable or not, it
is believed that a remedy looking only to tho fu
ture would be more likely to tc received with la
vor, becauso awakening no apprehension that tran
sactions supposed lo be completed wero to be
brought into controversy. If the wrongs of the
Cast aro not redressed under this plan, it will still
e no small attainment to guard against like
wrongs for tho future.
It is a matter of just gratification to bo able to
say that the Geological Survey of the State has
been progressing during the past season with a
good decree of rapidity, and that it appears to bo
accomplishing all those useful results which were
anticipated from it by the most ardent friends of
the measure.
The ends proposed to be attained by this survey
may justly be regarded as of no insignificant im
portance. Tho great object contemplated was to
present to tha people of the State as much practi
cal and available information as possible, in re
gard to our rocks, soils, and mineral products, with
a view to the immediate benefits which would flow
to the ureal interests of agriculture and manu
factures more especially the former by way of
diverting laoor irom projects and enterprises that
would end in disappointment and loss, and direct
ing it into proper and profitable channels. The
correction, too, of injudicious modes of cultivation,
tending to gradual deterioration and ultimate ex
haustion of the soil, and tho substitution for them
of practices and methods of management calculated
steadily to lertilize and improve it, while it should,
at the same time, be yielding to the laborer a pros
cnt reward was one of the modes in which it was
believed the benefits of the surrey would be realiz
cd. And these benefits will continue to diffuse
hemsclves, and reach far bevond the period when
the expenditure which secured them shall cease to
be needed, because they rest upon the only sure
foundation of alt solid and permanent improvement
that ol increased Knowledge, i hey operate not
merely by urging industry to moro vigorous ef
forts, but by guiding it in such a direction as to
make its etlorts most availing, with the least ex
penditurc oi sweat and toil.
That agriculture is intrinsically an important in
tcrcst and worthy of legislative encouragement, so
far as this may be necessary to sustain it, can
scarcely be questioned. It is the first step in the
progress of society to civilization, and as an em
ployment, it must lie at the foundation of all oth
ers that go to Torm the fabric of national greatness
and prosperity. Vitally important then as the em
ployment in question is to the welfare of humanity,
and intimately blended as its interests arc with all
the great interests of an elevated and advanced
civilization, ue might hope that under tho con
joined aid of theory and practice, it would in due
lima be enabled to partake of tho certainly of the
exact sciences, as well as be ranked amorg the
most elevated and honorable of human pursuits.
And while this interest is confessedly one oi
such vast general importance, it certainly cannot
to doubted that it is essential to the prosperity of
Vermont. And perhaps in no Stale in the Union
is it moro preeminently important thai the cultiva
tion of the soil should be conducted in accordance
with'sound principles in agricultural science. The
prairie and other alluvial soils which abound in
many of the Slates, being richly charged with all
those various mineral elements which enter into
different' vegetable products, msy, even if no cor
rect principles ol science sre applied in their cul
tivation, continue to yield abundant harvests for a
long scries of years although doubtless liable to
be ultimately exhausted. Hut the soils of Vermont,
chiefly primitive in their character, less deep and
less abounding in those ingredients essential to
prolonged spontaneous fertility, require that cor
rect practical principles bo brought to bear upon
their cultivation, it we would secure their incrcas
ed productiveness, or even save them from deteri-
oration. What nature, however, has not done for
our Stale, acience can do. Let its light then be
diffused, and its guidance be followed, and, under
an adequate system of protection to this interest in
connection ilh others, Vermont has nothing lo
fear for her continued and increasing prosperity.
Her valleys and plains will teem with unsurpassed
fertility, and sheep and cattle graze, in countless
thousands, on her hillsides, while the busy hum of
prosperous industry shall be heard Irom all her
thriving villages. And if the survey, whose bear
ings and influence have, in view of their impor
tance, been thus considered at length, shall aid, as
it is confidently believed it will, in secu.ing such
scauus, uu ciutrii tan icei mat u uas ueen uuuer
taken and prosecuted in vain.
The contributions made by the survey to the
now rapidly unfolding science of geology, and the
aid afforded by It in solving problems of deep in
terest to the scientific world, although ranking- as
secondary considerations, are yet in no danger of
uciiig uittiuiuu iu uui vuiuaiu ui iitcir impor
tance. I am not apprized that any further appropriation
will be required in order to complete satisfactorily
the field-labor of the survey, unless, perchance, on
making up the final report, it should be found that
some facts were wanting to complete the chain of
oviucnco in regaru iu certain conclusions, so tnal
some flying excursions should be deemed necessa
ry to supply the deficiency. If so, a small sum
might be needed for tho purpose.
On the publication of the final report, such a
form can be given it, and such provisions made for
its distribution, as may-at the tunc be deemed de
sirable and expedient.
The report of the State Superintendent of Com
mon Schools will immediately be laid beforo you.
In regard to that great interest of the Slste which
forms the subject of this report, it is sufficient for
me here to say, that all the beneficial purposes and
results which it could reasonably have been ex
pected should be accomplished at so early a stage
of the common shool enterprise, as connected with
our recently adopted system of supervision, it is
believed have been fully realized. A very lauda
ble degree of interest for the improvement of their
schools has been awakened among the people in
many parts or the Slate ; a deeper anxiety exists
among teachers to secure a proper qualification for
their work 5 and. the general impulse has extended
its quickening influence to the schools themselves,
impsrling lo their pursuits a lire snd animation un
known and unfclt before. And I cannot forbear
earnestly to express my deep and firm conviction,
that the highest and best interest of the Stste de
mands the continued maintenance of measures cal
culated to elevate the character of our common
schools, in viow of the vast influence which these
institutions must exert upon our unfolding and ad
vancing destinies.
fTuheveporU oT.Ul? ''" nd Superintendent
or the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, which have
been forwarded to me, exhibit a prosperous and
flattering condition of that Institution, lis build
ings recently erected are now completed, so that
ample accommodations are provided for three
hundred patients; and it is giving, th results
of its operations, ample evidence that the beuefac.
.'lions of the State to it have not been unworthily
bestowed.
During the year it appears that 107 have teen
admitted into the Asylum, and ICO hare been dis
charged. Of thoso discharged, 01 had recovered
and ill were improved. There are now in the in
stitution 391, of whom 123 aro beneficiaries, shar
ing in tho continued munificence of the State.
It cannot but bo gratilymg to llio Iricndi 01 hu
manity that the institution, free from debt, and with
accommodations so complete as it now possesses,
has entered upon a full and unembarrassed career
of usefulness, and is now, from week lo week, giv
ing back to society, to usefulness aim to Happiness,
thoso who had entered within its walls under the
darkening of mind and soul, tho propensity tn mis
chief, and perchance tho ferocity, which chirac-,
terize the unhappy maniac. Or where the cloud of
darkness has settled permanently dow 11 upon the
soul of the unfortunate inmate, so that in the ut
tcrness of his mental ruin no such favorable result,
as wo hare supposed, can be realized, our human
ity may yet be consoled by the reflection that a re
fuge is afforded him tho best adapted to his condi
tion, and the best calculated to contribute to his
comfort and happiness, that benevolence could
provide or devise.
Out Vermont, aide from the interests which her
domestic policy can reach and guard, has others,
growing out of her relations to tho general govern
ment, of high importance. And these interests
have been deeply affected ty the prominent meas
ures which, during the past year, have teen con
summated in the Congress of the United Slates.
Among those measures, and first in the train, is
that by which the institution of Slavery has been so
distinctly recognized as 0110 of the elements of
national policy, and adopted as one of the objects
of the nation's care. Dythus prostituting the na
tion's power, and applying its energies to the un
constitutional and unhallowed purpose of extending
the limits and increasing the political influence ol
this institution, the government has encroached up
on our own just rights, as well as committed an
oulrsge upon the moral feelings of our citizens.
Against slavery itself, as a sistem wrong in prac
tice and wrong in principle, Vermont hss taken
the ground of irreconcilable hostility ; and she must
and will continue to maintain it. Educated under
a Slate constitution which breathes the spirit of free
dom in every tine, her people have deeply imbibed
that spirit. In defending and maintaining lict
position, she would infringe on no constitutional
rights; she would dissuade from all lawless violence.
Her abhorrence of slavery will manifest itself nei
ther in words of insolence, nor acts of outrage. Il
is embodied in a calm, though stern and settled
purpose, earnestly to advocate the cause of human
rights, and hrmly ami icatlessly to resist any en
croachmcnt upon her own. And tins it is her hi
ed determination lo do by whalcrer means she can
rightfully and lawfully cammand.
It is true that the unjust measure alluded lo has
been consummated, and as one of its disastrous
consequences already realized, we have been involv.
cd in an unhappy war with a neighboring kepub.
lie. Hut if the past is tcyond retrieve, ue still
have duties lo perform for the future. We have
yet 10 engage in iresh conllicts. J he measure
already consummated, wo are reluctantly compelled
to believe, is but one of a series of measures yet
impending, designed to give to tho slsvo system
still greater influence in the general government,
and to secure tho perpetuity of its power. Hn
coursged ty past success, slavery appears to be
projecting schemes for the extension of her do
mains over yet wider space, and for an increase of
the already disproportionate amount ol political
power conceded 10 the territory which has been re
cenlly acquired.
I submit then the inquiry whether the occasion
docs not demand some action on the part of the
Legislature, at this time, by way of resisting the
further progress of this dangerous snd growing
evil, which now threatens to absorb ciery nlher in
terest of the government, and to bind the nation's
energies lo the unworthy and odious task ol inin
ittering to its own unholy purposes and demands.
Should not the Slate pruclaim 10 tho country
that she persists in the determination "to oppose
the admission into the Union of any State whoso
constitution tolerates domestic slavery 1" And
should not such declaration go forth accompanied
with tho declaration that Vermont begins to feel,
in relation to this subject, that "there is a point
beyond which forbearance ceases to be a virtue 1"
That this p-round of unvieldiu? oDDOsilion is the
ground which right and justice and the honor ol
the State require us to maintain, there can be no
question. And uo scarcely need slop to make
the inquiry whether a public avowal of our position,
or any other action on our part, will avail to resist
the insatiable demands of slavery, and stay the
present floodtide of her power, It would stand
recorded more to the honor of the descendants of
patriotic and worthy sires, that they esrnestlr and
unwaveringly struggled, though in vain, for the
right, than that they added, or even tamely sub-
muted to, the wrong. Ana while we are reaping,
as wo hare began to do, the hitler fruits of the
measure which lias already been consummated in
defiance of the wishes ol Vermont, and in opposi
tion to her earnest appeals to national justice and
national magnanimity, it is to her no source of re
gret, but rather one of just and honest pride, that
she remonstrated against the measure in advance,
and exerted her best energies to prevent its con
summation. And her regrets under the calamities
which have followed tho deed of wrong, may be
alleviated ty me rcitection that Ihey are not of her
own procuring.
There is, however, 110 occasion to despair for
future efforts. In the lessons of wisdom which the
past may have impressed, and in the gradual prog
ress of enlightened views snd just sentiments in re.
gard to the intrinsic wrong of slavery and its un
worthiness of a rank among the interests ofiho na
tion, we may sec fair pesages, for the future, of
mure auspicious results.
Among the recent measures or the general gov
ernment, Vermont cannot but deeply feel that of
uie overinrow 01 mat system 01 protective policy
under which she had been enjoying such unwonted
prosperity. This must be regarded as one of tho
bitter results of that addition, already spoken of.
which has been made lo a political power in ihe
government wmcn we must expect will ever be
hostile to the interests of free labor. But Vermont
ctuinot see her interests crushed and her prosper!
ly staved, without uttering her clear and deeo.ion,
ed condemnation or Ihe ruinous policy under which
ner prospects are mus uiighlcd, She Itai insisted,
and will .till insist, upon protection, as a true and
correct sjeiein 01 national policy, iter convictions
Doth in regard lo its utility and the obligations of
tho government to yield to her its benefits. havn
teen loo clear Ic allow her to te shaken in her be-
net, or Irightened into quiet submission by a dis
tinct and open repudiation of the protective prin
ciple. In regard lo Ihe advantages of ihe system, no
proposition, it would seem, could he mora clear
and palpable than that the nation which protects
t. I 1 r :. i... ,. , r. '
imc ,iuu, ui us uyvii jjuuuiauon, wmcn tosters anil
encourages its own industry in all its various nur.
suits, and aims in ita whole policy lo secure so far
as practicable the production, within its own limits,
of every article requisite for tho supply or ils own
wants, will be likely lo increase in wealth and its
attendant means of enjoyment more rapidly thst one
which coiuiy turns away irom its own industrial
fiursuils, withholding Its fostering care, nndpursu
ng a course of policy rather calculated to itimu
lalo the industry or other countri-s, by opening to
them a msrket in which all restrictions against a
ruinous competition have teen removed. No doubt
could well te entertained in regard lo Ihe result,
And in consideration or the large proportionals
amount of the products of a nation's labor which is
required Tor immediate consumption, the effect of
adding, by such encouragement, but a fraction lo
the ordinary amount of that labor, is to add toils
surplus products, and to increase a nation's wealth
in the shape of permanent improvements and ac
cumulated means of ministering to the higher wants,
in a much greater proportion than, at a hasty
giance, wouiu uo apparent.
Dut no argument or theory could ho needed when
wo have sucli amplo cvjdcnco upon the point in our
experience under the protective tariff of 1812. A
general prosperity, beforo unknown, hero exhibits
itself, and asserts, in unequivocal language, the
wisdom and beneficence of the policy embodied in
that measure. Under il, industry lias been reap
ing, in every depaitmcnl of labor, a competent and
sure reward for her toils ; and an lucrcaso or the
comforts of life among all classes has been so pal
pably and so universally apparent thst the least ob
servant could not Tail tn perceive il, nor could the
hardiest dare to deny ils reality. And why has a
blight teen wantonly thrown over this cheerful and
gratifying prospect T
To deny to the Congress of the Uuilcd Stales
the right, in levying duties upon imports, to dis
criminate, in the adjustment of those duties, for the
specific and distinct purpose or protecting such
useful tranches of industry as msy require this
protection in order to ensure their prosperity, is
not only lo deny to il a right inherent in every gov
ernment, but to rcqudiatc 0110 nflhe leading pur
poses and ends for which tho confederacy was
formed, and to discharge it from one of its highest
and most sacred obligations. Vermont trill de
nounce the doctrine wherever she meets il, thai
any government in which alio is concerned was in
stituted to provide for its own wants, while- the
interests of the people w ere to be regarded as be
yond the scopo of its purposes. Indeed, the here
tical proposition bears upon its ficc the stamp of
its own absurdity. Yet this regard lor the indus
trial interests or the country, which tie ask or the
government, is in no practical shape incompatible
with a provision for ils own distinct wants. We
arc content thai Congress should impose such an
amount of duties, and such only, as ill raise a
sufficient revenue to meet the expenditures of the
general government, while wc insist that discrimi
nations be made for the distinct and prominent
purpose of granting protection wherever it is need
ed. Let the relative sealonf duties he fixed in ac
cordance with this principle, and the absolute rate
wc cheerlully leave to bo determined oj me neces
sities of the case.
The rejoicing, in foreign lands, which has been
elicited under Ihe assumption that "henceforth the
principle of duties for protection must be consider
ed as abandoned 111 the l. stales," is not without
sufficient occasion, if this abandonment is, in truth,
destined to be perpetual. Under it, ue surrender
to tc shared with other nations, no small portion
or ihe benefits justly accruing to us from the in
dustrious and enterprising habits of our population
dividing the fruits or a toil which in Ihe other
wise favorable circumstances under which il is be
stowed, ought lo raise us aboro Ihe common lot of
humanity 111 Ihe enjoyment ol the comlorts and bles
sings of life.
Il cannot however be supposed, that those who
adrocale and sustain the free trade policy, con
template this result as a primary and direct object
of pursuit. Dut tho important consideration that
this policy benefits oilier lands at the expense of
our own, is overlooked ty tho supporters of the
system in their earnest desire to accomplish coin
cident purposes or their own, or purposes at teal
or local and limited utility, to the attainment of
which ihey are ready to sacrifice the welfare of the
country.
liut whatever te the motive which prompts lo
this cold desertion of the interests of the country,
or rather to tho unnatural warfare which is waged
gainst them, Vermont will raise her voice and
exert her energies against such an unjust and heart
less policy as has now gained ihe ascendancy, until
she sees the restoration of lint system nfprotection
to American industry which the "Fathers or the
Republic" adopted without misgivings, and pur
sued without wavering. Her confidence that suc
cess wilt finally crown her efforts is founded upon
her strong conviction that tho policy or which she
demands the adoption, is not merely a local but
national policy, and that henco she cannot want
for aid in the rc-cstablishnient of a system so be
ning in its operations, and so vitally essential to her
own and the general welfare.
Whether any specific action is requisite in re
gard to this iinportsnt subject, or to others not ad
verted lo, in which our interests are involved by
our connection with the general government, is
cheerfully confided to your decisibn. to be determ-
' ined by your own judgement in regard to what the
interest 01 the state may demand.
l'ermit me to assure you that I shall cordially
co-operate in all your measures designed to promote
the welfare and prosperity or our people. And in
the discharge or all our official duties, may we be
guided ty such motives, and te enlightened with
such wisdom, that, with the divine blessing to
crown our efforts, none or ihe great interests or
ine state ner industry, education, morals, or re
ligionshall suffer at our hands.
HORACE EATON.
Executive CiMMntn, I
Montpclier, October 10th, 1840.
The Late Storm.
The storm or Tuesday night or last week, ap
pears to have been very destructive to properly in
various sections of the country.
The Springfield Republican furnishes the fol
lowing particulars of the damage lo the Hartford
and New-Haven, and 10 the Connecticut River
Railroads :
First and most important, as well as most re
markable, is the destruction or tho cutiro super
structure or the bridge over the Connecticut river
at Enfield, for ihe track of the Hartford and New
Haven Railroad. This was entirely blown off and
nearly destroyed. But few of the timbers or boards
comprising it, are left unbroken. The bridge w as
new, of course, and was very high. The track was
constructed on the top, which, with tho sides, was
tightly boarded up. The bottom was, however,
left uncovered, and the wind gelling underneath,
lifted ihe entire structure off, and threw it over 10
the north side of the piers. Nothing remains perfect
tut the masonry, and that part of Ihe bndgo which
is over tho canal ; this wss unhurt. The track lies
in the river, Ihe greater pari of il as straight as
ever. Tho channel of the riter was dammed by
tho hroken bridge, and the water rose a Toot or
moro, but the obstructions are being removed, and
the boats can pass us usual. The accident occur
red about 7 o'clock, after the last train for the day
from Hartford had passed, tut before tho last train
fioni Springfield. The latter was obliged 10 re
turn, Under Ihe most favorable circumstances, it will
take all through the coming winter to replace the
bridge. New timbers must be procured, and the
whole structure re-made. The loss to the company
must therefore be very great, as well for the bridge
itself as Tor the extra expeuso and delay, which
must te snbmilled, in carrying passengers and
freight over the line. Teams have been provided
for conveying travelers from tho bridge lo the fer
ry, about a mile below, where Ihey aro crossed and
again tako Iho cars. Tho delay thus caused is
about half an hour perhaps a little longer.
A large oak tree was blown across the track of
the Comiectlcul-lliver uauroad, a law miles above
Northampton, and the engine of tho last .tram down
struck it and broke il in two, but was furccd offthe
track by tho concussion and plunged deep into a
sand bank on Ihe other side. The second class
and baggage cars were broken to pieces. No one
was injured but the fireman, and he not very seri
ously, as wo understand.
The Boston Traveller, gives over a column ol
notices or the effects of Ihe gale In Boston and
vicinity, at Worcester ond Prof idence. The new
depot building at Stoughton, Mass. was destroyed,
loss $3,500. Many other buildings about Boston
were blown down.
The fflle was cndallv severe at New York Phil
adelphia, Baltimore and Washington, blowing down
buildings,, unrooting houses and doing much uam
age to the shipping along the coast.
THE IEGISL,ATUUE.
StTcansv. October. 10.
SENATE. Mr Miner introduced a bill In amend
ment ol Ihe act of 1 84 i, relslir.g In Common Schools,
wlilch wss read twlrc anil lelerred tn the Committee
on Education, This till is to irpeal the provisions of
the act requiring County Supcfintendents.
Home. The Governor' Message was communi
cated, re id and S00 copies ordered tn be printed.
The Senate came in and Ihe following appointments
were made:
flF.NNI.MITO.N COUNTY",
H. V. Morgan, ) Assistant Judges oflne County Court.
Major llswlev, J
Jssper Vlall.tioraelt, Sheriff.
Aaron Deiilo, High Ilailitr.
A I' Lyman, Bute's Attorney.
WINDSOR COU.NTV.
Walter I'slnier, Assis'l Judges of the County Court.
Thomas 1 . ll-irirtl, ) J
Oilman llenrv, Woodstock, Sheriff.
Joseph Churchill, Mich llallift.
Julius Converse, State's Attorney.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the District of
winasnr.
George K. Walrs, Judge of rnb.lt for the Dislilclofllsit.
loru.
Lyndon A Marsh, Naliuin lliikell, Blmon Warren, Jail
lomnnssionrrs.
RUTLAND COUNTY,
-irs Juni. 1 v..j r,i. i-A.-.i.
Ambrose!, Hrown,) J
Jacob Edgrrton. lluiland, Sheriff.
r.dar I,. urmsuer, Disie aiumie.
Wilbsm Mali. Judge ofTrobsle for Ihe District of llutland.
Almnn Warner, Judge of I'robate for the District of Fair-
hsven.
William 1111, Charles Hurt, I'd in Ldgtrlon, Jail Com
missioners Mr llarrinolnn nresented a resolution ihst ho much
ol the Governor's Mrs-age as relates to Ihe war wilh
Mexico snd Ihe annexation ni 1 exai be telerreti to me
abolition members of ihe House consisting of Messrs.
Strong, Russell of Stowe, Terrell. Smith or Waits
field, llincher, Henry, nf Rochester, French, Rider,
Ric, Barrows, tarnn,and Feleh. Ruled by Ihe Chair
out nf order, ss conflicting with the rule of ihe ilouse
which requires the Spesker 10 appoint an committees, i
and also as bring Indecorous lo certsin members of Ihe
Ilouse. Mr Harringlnn appealed; the decision wss
sustained by a rote of 157 lo 29.
Thai portion nflhe Governor's message relating to
Slavery and the war with Mexico was referred lo the
joint committer under rule; thst rrlsting to usury lo
the General C-immiitee; and that relating to the
Geological Suivry lo Ihe Committee on Agriculture.
Moxdiy, October 13.
SENATE. Uii7i inrrotited. Ity Mr Brownell,
to Incorporate Ihe Green Mountain Dank, to be loca
ted si Bennington; referred to Committee on Banks.
By Mr Smith, that the owner of a sheep, worried,
wounded, or killed by t dog may bring an action to
recover Just damsges rrom the owner ol Ihe ilng and
that any person, alter such recovery, may kill such
dog wiih impunity 1 relerrrd to Commiltreon Agricul
ture llctoluthni. 11 y Mr H"we, tn refer so much or the
Governor's Message as relates to public accounts to
Committee on Finance! passed. By Mr Hodget, to
reler so much as relates in the Asylum for the Insane
and to the Geological Surrey to Ihe Committee on Fi
nance: passed. Bv Mr Howe, lo refer so much ss re
lates In usury to Judiciary Committee: pawed. By
Mr Hodges, ssrigning 10 o'clock on Wednewlsy morn
ing next, to elect Judges of Ihe Supreme Court: pass
ed. Hocst. Standing Cotnmilltti. The Speaker an
nounced ihe Standing Committees as Inflows:
Of M'ayl and Mr am. Messrs. Cleveland, Smilie,
Harmon. Atbee ol Westminster, Aiken.
On .Military JVairi. Messrs. Lawrence, Bill, Mc
Daniels, Hunt, hippie.
Judiciary Commiltte. Messrs. Miner of.Msnchcs
ter, Russell of Uurlington, Harrington or MiJJlctovvn,
Tyler, Jones ol Chelara.
'On Claimi. Meiurs. Walker, Thomas, Langdon,
Fletcher, Osvisnf Albnich-
On Itoadt. Messrs. Chrerer, Wright or Shore
ham, Rohan, Hadtey, Merrill.
On Danki Messrs. Stoddard, Hubbard, Cleve
land, Danfurth, Henry of Rochrsler.
On Manufacture!. Messrs. Kail, Henry, ol Weath
ersfielJ, Dortvin, Brown ol' Shrewsbury, Gregory.
On .Igriculture. Messrs .Chuichill, Billings, Mid
dlrhrook, Squire, Claik ol Georgia.
On Land Taict. Messrs. Nelson, Fry, Phelps,
Goodrich, Strong of Sisrksboro'.
On Education. Messrs. Faitbanks,Danfimh,Fair
child, Converse, I lor ton.
To mate up the Grand Li$l. Messrs. Capen,
.Marks, Martin, George, Junes of Windham, Barrows,
Hhr-rtvin, Snuthgate, Bacon, I'npe, Bailer, of Fsiirlee,
Ward, Snrder, Lockwood, dough, Vail, Kimball of
Lyndon, Kimball o! Bsrnet, Bailey ol Montgomery,
Piatt, Merriam, I'aine, Terrell, Benjamin, Ames,
English, Wilier, Robinson.
Central Committee Messis Smith of Weston,
Harwood, Mead, Bullock, Buchanan ol Newbury,
Fish, Clark of Monlpelier, Newell, Drury, Bates,
Keeler, Bentou, Reynolds.
Viitnbuling Committee. Messrs. Field, Mc
Lsughlin, Miller, Shedd, Brown, of Goshen, Hough
loo, Morse, Tuwnend, May, Holmes, Gsge, Cartien
ler, CelviJere, Wrighl of Bl.mnifirld, Hall.
On Bill: .Messrs. Coleman, Foot-
On State't I'riton. Mesirs. Story, Adams, listen,
Chsse, French.
Of llctiiion. Messis. Rnvee, Kendrick, Miles.
Committee under the fflh Jcinljlule. Messrs.
Fairbanks, Thomas, Royee.
Petition! lleferred. Of A. Newell and others, Tor
the annexation ol a small part or Dummerslon lo Put
ney; referred lo a select commit Ire.
llith introduced. Ity Mr Tyler, Incorporating the
Windham Provident Sa'rlngi Institution, reared In
the Judiciary Committee.
Tuesday, October IS.
SENATE. Mr Hodges presented the following
resolution:
Wheieas Ihe members nf Rutlsnd County Bar have
pioeurcil a full length portrait of Chief Justice Will
Isms tn be laken by Mr B. F. Mason and have pre
aenled the same lo Ihe Stale to be placed in the Can
ll.il. ' '
Therefore llciohcd, by the Senate and House ol
Representatives, That the Sergeanl-at-Arms be direc
ted tn place the ssij portrait In the Senate Chamber,
and that the Auditor of Aernunta be directed lo audit
and allow the expenses of the Sergeant-at-Arms for so
doing.
This resolution was passed unanimously.
Iteiolution. Br Mr Foster, thai so much of Ihe
Governor's messsge as relates 10 slavery bo relerrrd to
a Selrcl Committee- offive; passed, and Messrs. Fos
ter, Vilas, Harrington, Cusliman, and Fox wero ap.
Kiinted Ihe Committee.
House. Petition! referred. Ot Ell Ballou and
1400 others, for Ihe abolition or capital punishment, to
Judiciary Committee. Of Thomas Asliton Jr., lo se
lect committee on petition lor annexing part or Dum
merslon to Putney.
The Commissioner (Thomas F. Hammond ol Wind
sor) appointed to ascertsin the true boundary line be
tween Windham vand Bennington counties, reported
that he had been unable to perlorm Ihe services as
signed, by reason of sickness; and MrStory thereupon
introduced a resolution extending Ihe time eleven
months, which was adopted,
Wednesday, October 14.
SENATE.
Petition! referred. Vy Mr Kimball or P. R. Chan
dler ami others in lavor or further restrictions upon
pedlarst relerred to Ihe committee on Finance.
Resolutions. By Mr Birchard, referring so much
rihe Governor's message as relates lo a protective
Tariff lo a select committee or three; passed. By Mr
Buiton, instructing Ihe Military committee lo inquire
whether the present militia law needs alteration; pass
ed. The report of Thomas F, Hammond, committee) to
settle tin boundary line between Bennington and
Windham co-inlles, was communicated from the
House, snj was read In the Senate; anil the resolu
tion or the House, granting eleven months further Tor
the completion or the objccl, was concurred in.
On so much or the Governor's message as relates to
the protective policy, Messrs. Birchard, Vilas, and
Cushman.
Report. By Mr Howe, from Ihe committee on Ag
riculture, In favor or the bill relating to the deatruction
ol sheep by dogs; bill ordered to a 3d reading.
Hocst. Tho chsir nominated and Ihe House con-
firil
ifred ihe following named members as iho committee
on tho Stale Library; Messrs Tyler, Jones ol Chelsea,
aim mntrs.
itis introduced. By Mr Chase, In amendmeut or
the school law town superlnlendentsto visit schools
In place orcounty superintendents, and the pay ol the
latter reduced from 810 to 84 for each town; lelerred
lo committee on Education. Bv Mr Stnrr, Incorpo
rating the Railroad Dank, at Windsor; referred to the
committee on Banks, By Mr Thomas, In relation to
-the insane poor, repealing act oflS-Ui referred lo Gen
eral committee. By Mr Russell ol Burlington, rela
ting to the Judiciary, for six judges or the Supreme
Courl.fourlo be assigned lo each county to hold
eourtj referred to Judiciary committee.
Resolutions. By Mr Bill, for the election nrofficera
of the State Prison and Commissioner of (he Insane
Asvlum, on Friday next, S P.M., pssed. By Mr
Mc'Loud, Instructing Iho committee on Military AT
lairs to Inqulro into the expediency ol reviving the
milills art or 18S7; passed. ...
The Senate came in and Ihe following appointments
were made: ,
JtMts McM, BiurTca, Secretary of Slate.
J. McM. Shafterorilurlinglon, 131, C O. Eastman
nf Monlpelier, 72, Oramel Hutchinson orCheiter, 13,
John L. Buck of Norlhfield, 3.
William T. BoasitAM, Sergeuril.at.Jrmi.
Wm. T. Bumhani.of Monlpelier, Hi, Jonathan C.
Dexter ol Rutland, 74, Wm. P. Badger or Mnnlpe
lier, 13, L. P. Burnham, b, Lerl Boulwell, 6, h. A.
Webb, I, Blank, 1. , m
Jostrn Br.xnr, Auditor in Ihe Treatury Depart-
Joseph Iterrv of Newbury, ISI.Rnysl HalchnrStraf
forJ, 75, A.'O. Aldisof Si. Albans, 13.
11,7, intradural tlv .Mr Tvler. in relation to ac
counts ofexeculors, administrators, trustees and guar
dians, lo be examined on oath as lo correctness ofae-
rounts, and 10 ne ensrgeaoie lor proms sa minr,,
ihougti it msy exceec the raie a.iowcii oy iaw,j icin-
red to Judiciary committee.
llaolutiom. By Mr Tjler, Instructing Iho com
mittee or Ways and Means lo inqulro into Ihe expedi
mr.v nf n mnri- mual valuation of real estate: passed.
Mr f.fttvri-nr raltrd un ihe Senate resolution fixing
the lime for electing Judges of Ihe Supremo Court,
and moved lo amend by lixing upon Saturday next 10
A. M. Agreed to; when Mr Harrington, or M., mov
ed lo lay Ihe resolution upon tho lable, on the ground
Ihst the Judiciary Committee is now engaged In con.
sidering propositions for a new Judicial system: he
hnnl.t n-osrd ih,- nasainf nflhe resolution as instruc
tions against a rhangc. Mr Lawrence thought that
Rsiurdav nrtt tvnutd ffire aninle time to the Commit
tee. Mr Harrington agreed lo that hut it woulj nnl
give lime for deliberation. 1 he motion 01 .Mr u, pre
vailed by a strong rote.
TimssoAY, October 16,
SKNATE.
mil intraduerd Itv Mr Howe, in addition to chat).
77 of It. S. an ihst, by vote of town or school district,
1 all 1'iwn and srhonl district taxes msy be assessed on
the list nexi subvrouentle corm.lelej: referred 10 the
commitlev on Finance.
Mr Vilas nrrsenteil a resolution Instructing the Ju
dirisrv riimmiiipr- to Innnire Into the evils of the nrei-
eni Jtiuicisry system, anu ine inqwr icim-uics.
ssid, thst Ins pariiculsr object in the resolution wss lo
rnb!e the Judirisrr committee of the Senate lo sit in
conjunction wilh thaloflhe Hou, beforewhirh tverc
snout 10 Di-presenteu mc views ui runuviii grimc-iuci,
upon the aubi-ct.
Mr Kirnnan expresoi nimscii in mvur ui u viuiuus
and thorough invesligstion of Ihis subject; yelhe wss
nnl then aware that evils exislid, which it was not in
the power oflhe present executive officers of our courts
In rrmrdr without Iroislslive intervention. He honed
Iher would not proceed hastily.. If an altrralion or
the present system was lo be msde, let it be sueh an
eviuent improvement as win commera iiseu toinc uni-
vrl erenlanef and sunnort nf the tieonle.
1. r. . 1 ; - , - . - . ... j.
Mr 1 as sunnowtt that Ihe itnpellcciions 01 me
present svstem were generally known and acknowl-
edged. In some counties, cases had to he for vejrs
undecided, because, as the law now stands, Ihe Jodg-
ra could not reach them on the dotkel. The ata uie
hunts Ihe stay ol Ihe couit in each county, so thai,
k.-.-.i . .li.lv it n,ku nnt lie wi.iiin n.l hnw,,,, .lit.
""v 'i "," - -
itrrnllv it msv allrnd In Ha duties. Ihe court ijalill un
able to determine but a Traction of the cases before
them.
The resolution was adopted.
Hocst. llcporti.My Geoersl committee, sgainst
bills repealing the act abolishing the bounty on wolves,
Kc, and the act ol 1844 on exhibitions 01 animals and ,
natural cuiiosilies, and Ihe bills were dismissed. Uv 1
Judiciary committer, bills chartering Windham I'rov-j
I lent savings institution, anu relating to suns on ni-
iicisi Dunns, and Ihey were ordered to a I rum reading:
bill relating to election of town representatives wilh a
mendrncnla, providing for an election by plurality on
the third ballot, and requiring a certificate accordingly,
which were adopted, when Mr Aiken moved lo dismiss
Ihe bill, believing that the tri angular political disease
is curing ilself: but at the request cf Mr Harrington of
Middletown, 1 lie? motion was withdrawn and Ihe bill
laid on Ihe lable.
The Senate came in and the following appointment
was made:
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Riciiabd W. Shith, Stale's Attorney.
Mr Stoddard moved tn rrr.onsidrr the vote diamine.
ing ihe bill which is to restore the bounties for the,
destruclinn or bears, U.C. which was agreed to, and
ine 0111 laiu on ine lauie.
Bill introduced. By Mr llaclelt, to repeal Ihe act
r... J. . . ' '
01 -as relating 10 licensing inDHeeiiasw ictaiieri; re-
TcireJ to the General committee.
Hrattlcboro, Thursday, Oct. 22, 181C.
"Glxaioes ItsscLT or Wiucoxar "Vermont is tree
from debt and a bslsnee in Iter treasury, says the Pho-nii.
Aye neighbor, and so the hundreds orihoussnds wlioMook
the benefit" of the Uankrupt Ael are free Irom drbt ; but
do they triumphantly noise abroad that same t I tow would
community rrspond to them if they did How would you,
neighbor, when the exultant bankrupt happtnid to ss a
dtbtar an yaur bookt We have waited to see who would
take up the triumphsnt note, "ftee from debt and a residue
in the trcssurr ;" but not a wbig paper in all Vermont, ex
cept our neighbor's, has whispered Ibe fsct ; they choose
lo consign it to forgetrulnrss, and they are wise. The
least said about this whig liUidslion ol the Vermont Stste
Drbt, the better. Aye, Vermont is free from debt and hss
a rrsulue in her trrssury by the same Ignoble set the dis
chsrging herself front indebtedness to the School Fund a
lund sscrrdly set spart for a special purpose by our fathers ;
snd her treasury is replenished by a seizure ofwhal she had
not alieady appropriated and not even Ihe plea ol poverty
lu extenuate the rubbery I Let the wbigs crow the de
mocracy will hide their hesds fur very shsme Ihsta insjor
ity coufd be found in Ihe towns of old Vermont to m nd
such linkers lo Monlpelier lo mend the pnbbc credit Kv-1
ery raves! in community, if he hfd the power, hss the will
snd the wit lo da ss cute a thing as hss the assembled wis
dom of Vermont Whiggery. Mark thai, neighbor, and
eruw sgain 'Its head day hgki f
ttTWe find tho above candid, truthful, gulltmanly arti
cle in the tsst Democrst. We congratulate our neighbor
on the aeuleness of his morsl perception ; we lejoico that
we live in a community where the healthful influence of
this gusrdisn ot the publio roorsls is Tell ; il is true that the
great game of deception played by his party in 1044, was
passed over by liiin in silence ; to be sure the grsnd nation
al " robbery" of New Mexico and tbe Cahfornias meets
his hesrty approval ; but the holy horror with which he re
gards tbe sequestraUon of the School Fund, is proof posi
tive of the nprighlnrsa of his licsrt, and fully alonea for
any previous obliquity.
Now the editor oflhe Democrat, If he knows anything si
all about the matter, must be aware lhat all this talk of
"robbing the School Fund" and "defrauding Ihe poor man's
children la the merest gammon and the most ridiculous
balderdash. It is perhsps to be expected lhat a Locofoco
editor abould, Jurt htfurt sfrrl07i,deal in such humbugs; but
to talk unctrtty alter such a style, savers inoieor ignorance
than knavery perhaps a Utile of both.
The Stale ol Vermont nally mttr uai in dtbt. Tho
Legislsluro of ISi") established Ihe School Fund, principal,
ly, because ll knew not what else to do with the overplus in
thelrrssury. ll was not a gin, nor was it collected tor
that specific purpose, but was then, snd ever has been, en
tirely al the disposal of Ihe legislature. In the course of
time Ihe Stale concluded to build a new Capitol, and ac
cordingly sn edifice which will stand for ages, for Iho sc.
cominodatlon ol the present and all fulure generations, wss
erected, snd the Stste borrowed from the School Fund to
psy for il. And now the Locofocos ralard Ihe cryof'-Stsle
Debt," and talked largely of" Whig extravagance," albeit
the very perauns who had the mansgeinent ol the whole hu.
siness were I.ocofueos, The consideration thai a long time
must t-tspse before Ihe fund would become available, and
even when that lime should arrive, the fact that all paal
experience lias gnhe to prove lhat u large school fund is a
curso tu the canse of education, and not a blessing, induced
the Lcgialslure of last year to pay oiriho "Stala Debt,"
as It was called, by abolishing Ihis Fund.
Lei us suppose a case. Our neighbor In the abundance
or his posvessioui, has laid by a certain sum, which he in.
tends for his descendents oflhe fiflh generalion; in a few
years ho wishes lo build him a new house ,snd seeing the fol.
ly of providing for children ) el unborn.he swerves fioni Ids
original purpose, snd appropriates his ' Fund" lo his own
use aud for his own bencfil. What would he think of the
man who should accuse him of "robbing his children" and
"plundering the poor" I
Tho Stale of Vermont oicntd a School Fund, and oietd a
mrniirwf ifsir. She took her own property and paid her
dues; and if It Is not matter for congratulation and re
joicing to the editor of tho Democrat, Ibat Vermont Is free
from debt, with a balanco In her treasury, he perhaps would
do well to emigrate to lepudlaling Mississippi or bsnkiupt
Arkansas; where demagngulsm finds a more congenial soil
than among the hills of Aonssf I'trmant.
The article Is certainly an appropriate dedication of his
new press to the service cf modern democracy.
Orilitirilion.
0The ordinstlon of Ihe Iter A. Huntington Clspp ,,
'silor ol Ihe Congregslionsl Church and Hocitly in n,,
-ill L ..I... W.,.lu... Ik. Nil. ...t rri..-..
Invocation
m snd rrsdingof the Scriptures br Ittr J,
Tnwnsheiid ; Introductory I'rsjer 17 uT jj,
urarra 01 1 ownsnenu ; introductory I rayrr by UT Jj(
iiirmcK 01 nionsiiTi, vunu" wt ivct. uco. ty. n
or Boston) Ordaining I'rsyer by Itev Mr Foslrrof Puim.'
Charge to Hie I'aator by Her. Mr Msnin of Wiaebendoa'
Right Hand or rcllawship by tier. Mr Chandler of Wr,t
Ursltrbom i Address to Ihe People by Ret. Mr t!,r,:0 0f
Keene 1 Concluding I'rsyer by Iter. Mr Ungsuoih (
urcrniiei'i , uriiruicuui, uj n,v , ssior.
Mr Illagden's discourse was an admirable esp-isii, i
Ihe relative ilutiea and trials of I'sslor and Tropic, tai Wll
balrnrd lo wilh great interest by a large audirnce
Most of Ilia other ser ? ices were of a high ordrr. but ...
trsctrd beyond our power of endurance 1 a three boon ).
ling Is altogether too long lor our peace of mind, capreiallj
when our dinner is growing cold. The perfbrmanerscf
therhoir, it seemed lo us, (snd we don'i male say gren
pretensions to a knots Irdge oflhe science) did not come q0
to its mull degree of excellence ) Ihe last piece, howrt..
(Itev. Mr fierpoinl's Ordinstion Hymn) wss an eaeeptui
We cinnot but hope thst this connection, commraerd
under such fsvorsblr suspires, will prove of luting UntGt
10 me socieir anu community.
Tbo Democrat comes to us this wetk from a nw u,Mwi,k
an enlarged sheelsnd divers otbtr etterosl iiiiprnvr- . t
wish blm s'l tho ptrtvnat success which hisioOuit- :,!ent,
deserve. As to bis political sentiments we have at. 2:011,
,rs nrrrrinsUI aalUnfot. " fteqaiescat fa Pare
General Zscharlah Taylor has again covered him
self vvitli glory, bv his military operations upon M.
terev. The brilliant achievements or ihe three da
guided by his genius, have shed a new lustre upon i.r
arms, and added new renown lolhe rsme tvhirb he had
already won in the fields of Palo Alto and Itnieid
la Palma. We again congratulate Ih- mutm. u,
Ihe success or our arms, and the glory ;,:-(
have won.
When Gen. Taylor, alter having covered lin..f
ami his army wun laurels, sgreed to a"iemporarycri.
sslion ol hostilities," he was "prompted" to il by ",e
"recent change orgorernment In Mexico, being fai
able lo Ihe interests rr pesce." General Taylor 1
not know, enukl not have known, Ihe failure of IS
overtures for immediate negotiation. He eoolj int
have known that the nets government of Mrxtro hil
transferred lo the new Congress or the 6ih nr Drcrn
bcr, the decision of Ihe question whether Ihey vromi
nr would not nrgoliste with us. He has, in all prob
ability, by this lime, received Ihis inf rmationUiMiili
the despatches which are in Lieutensnt Armstrsd'i
care. And we reat, "ihoie despatches wm doubt
less Induce General Toylor to concentrate his trmps,
and eolleet his resources as rapidly as ouible, vriia t
view ol resuming his operations rigorous! ss rvia as
i 11c itai, 1
! he shsll receive orders to terminate the armiititi.
ti,... i..,. - j.,.,h, n.u 11.. 1. ..
,uei ,rom iya,hingtan. We trust th. v may rrarh
Genersl Tavlor in sixteen day!, the time m whrt.i
c , . EMonpcrformed lhe "ule 10 Washioglna. ,
, ,ach , evrnt iiMc illty ,he vaIII) C1 u mt.
j n , and even lhat liule lime can be usefoll) swat
. . . . . ' '
in aecunog more complete ana curative prepataiiocs.
- I 1
Il'aihingtcin Unim.
Major James Graham left Washington this morn
ing, in Ihe southern train, wjlh despatches lor Geneial
Taylor. It is believed thst lie carries out inilmetioBi
for terminating "the temjiorary cessation of hoiti 1
ties." Ibid.
From the Hartford Time! of Oct. 16IA.
Most Siiockiivo Arena. One oflhe mwtahock.
ing am) horrible affairs that have ever transpired in the
lieacefol city of Hartlord, occurred at the United
States Hotel, this noon, at about half pail IS o'ekvt
Daniel E. Olcotl and Lewis M. Holcornb, had a
difficulty with regard to a note, and business trsnsac.
lions, amounting to serrrsl hundred dollars. The
question came before our courts, and was finally pat
orer 10 ihewintcrtcrmoriheSupciiotCootl. With
in a few days, however, a proposition came from one
of Ihe parlies to settle the mslter, and withdraw the
case Irrra the courts, and a meeting was appoicted
this day, at the room or Mr Hoteomb, at the Uni
ted Stales Hotel, when the proposition was to becoa-
sioereo.
The parties met alone, and were in the rooolar
1 some time. At about half past twelve o'clock tia
I surrcscivr irixiiis ui i-isiuis nric nraiu, mien it mu
I found that Daniel F. Olcutt and Lewis M. Holeoiai,
...,. 1 I 1 I. ..I. .1 1. .1.1 J
writ: 00111 ucu uciut; uum uu. iniumu mc um
It was supposed that Holcornb shot Olcutt sndlhra
immediately shot himself. The pistol bclooged 19
Holcornb, which was a six barrel revolver.
Mr Olcnlt was a single man, about 42 years of age,
Ihe son of Richard Olcoit, deceased, formerly of Sinn
bury, in Ihis Stale. He has been engaged in ihe elxi
business at the South lor many years, but at thistisse
wss in the livery stable business in this cily. liewu
a respectable citizen, and an active business nan,
Mr Holcornb was about 35 years of sge, the ton ct
Sereno Holcornb, or Grsnby, and now engaged il
business in St. Louis, Mo. He has a child about!
years old; his wife died some two yesrs since, and he
was again married two or three weeka ago, in West
Geld, Mass. He loo, is represented as a genllemial;
and respectable mau, of good character and standing.
Flax- On Saturday morning last, the Mills tn YVestport,
(Swsniey) owned and occupied by Messrs John Cbanibrr
Isin, Franklin Holman, Sylrsnus Osrtletl and Alansoa
Whitconib, were destroyed by fire, with sll their ooatrnts.
They consisted of a Grist Mill, Saw Mill, Pnl snd Dsctil,
Peg, (trash. Wood snd Sssh Facbiriea, with their Dry hom
es The file was discovered about 1 o'clock, snd is suppos
ed to have tsken Irom the cinder f alsmp filling somi
hours before on tlir floor of one of the Milts. Tbe me ru
with difficulty slopped from spreading over the villift--Auiong
the goods destroyed were 4 to 5,000 rsils, ss : t
Isrge amount of stock. The loss is conjectured to be ' i
0 lo $10,000. Insurance in the K. II. Mutual $-',000.
Kttnt 5nhsi(
Movtcrev. The cily ol Monterey, which hss just hrt
captured by our arms, is the espital ot the Stale of .frr
Leon. It is on Ibe Fersndo river about 'jrM miles iron m
mouth. It has well paved streets and mostly one ilorj
stone buildings. The population is about 12,000, ini Jfc
city is situstrd on the insin traveling route from UK Rn
Grande lu Ihe cily of Mexico,
Hri in Ortntfitld. The barn and sheds of MrCrpbu
Root in this vlllsge, together with a yoke of oxen, a bnf
wiroa. csrrisrr. sleieh. hsinesses. and several tons offeir,
were destroyed by fire on Saturday evening last Tb
house- which'adjoined the bsrn, wss saved by the teansg
down of the back psrl. The oxen belonged tn Mr D.1
Wail or Deerfield. The firo probably look from a lantt -uaed
by a man in ftcding the oxen. Grtrvfidd Gsr.
Gnat f'irt ol Cotuiatiis, Cut. A destructive fire biolr
out at Columbus, a few days since, which destroyed anrlf
four blocks or buildings on Brosd, Front. St Clsir.Cns.
ford and Thomss sU. Over 60 bouses were b'ovnsptt
arrest the flames.
"All's well that esus wf.ll." We If"
from the Caddo Gazelle, ol Shretcport, thai aibort
lime since a negro man belonging lo Gen. T. T
Williamson, of that place, went don n a drj
about twenty feet deep, on a ladder, and uhentjet
the bottom, felt. His fall was distinctly heard hj
ono or the general's sons, who was standing l)J
well, and il was supposed that ho had occidfntiJj
lost his hold, and on ils being ascertained that "
was unable to speak, a bucket of water was tb'"
upon him, and then a bottle or camphor. H' "J?
heard to breathe very loudly anil as it seemed
much difficulty. This auggested the possibility"
the existence of carbonic acid gas, which )ti0tt'
leterious to animal life, and a bucket or line
then thrown down, and in a short time he wsi J
abledbythe direction and encouragement ol?'
master lo raise his head, and soon to recover so
as to crawl up the ladder.
Death ok a M isANTitnopis. A most 'J1!1?
Fhini-I., n.mml I 11 It A.enda a native Of lt'Ji
died in New Orleans last week, aged firtr-fifC J";
. . . . r
He had been, in early life, crossed in '"'V'
came to this country wilh a mind soured u!""tJ.
poiutment, a hater of the human family. "e.l(
Icred the night watch ofNew Orleans, in i"tD
remained for twenty- six years, during jc 111 .
ho lived as much as Iho nature of hu employ im
would admit of secluded rrom the world, f"1''' '
tbo society or others because il enabled himj v
mass wealth ; even on his dcalh-bed he coul a
bear the idea that his ashes ahould intermingle "
those orhis kind, and ordered lhal his WJ
buried in a part away rrom all oilier iltl
lhat a monument lie erected over il. ' '.i
until, slmnl ft 10 (Will in rn.b. and 815.001
or properly. He willed two thirds of ...
countryman of his in New Orleans, and im (
nnce, alter a few amall donations, lo a ii
whom he had not heard for twenty-two yean.
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ltlayr-Tlays '.sut-Mk.