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State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-05-31

FRANKLIN COUNTY. 7 he Van Buren,
convention in Franklin County have nomi-
mated as candidates for Senator'S Joshua
w. Sheldon, Nathan Smile, and jesse
Carpenter. This is certainly a strange
nomination. Joshua w. Sheldon iraS n
ieader of the aOhigS in the Legislature last fail,
and was untlinching in his opposition to
the antimasonic and democratic parties.
There is not drop of democratic blood in
him. Nathan Smile is democrat and
antimason. Of Jesse Carpenter we know
nothing. Md Free Press.
IfNathan Smile is an an Anlimason, he
has an odd way of showing it. A gentle
man from Franklin county informs us that
he has voted uniformly against antinasons
for four years past. Jesse Carpenter is
very much such an antimason as the ma
lority OF tue Van Barren candidates now up
for Senators--a mason of the bluest kind.
The antimasons who have dissentcd from
the regular nominations can now see how
much is to be gained by dallyng about the
whirlpool of Van Burenism.
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Mir BELLS SPEECH, which we have
commenced publishing this week, is very
handsome production, from an original
Jackson man. 1t shows very conclusively
that the policy of the present administration
is identlcally the same as that Of the ultra
federalists Of I79S-or rather that it is ten
fold more alarming and dangerous. We
commend this speech to the candid notice
of the Editor of the North Star, and all
other protested republicans, who are sus-
tanning the strong federal policy of the
present administration under the name of
Democracy.
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Uhats the matter there? Neighbor Barber
not withstanding his late marriage with the
fascinating lady Miss Van Burenism seems
disposed TO affect some shyness of his con-
sorts relations unless they agree to espouse
his sister AnIimasonry in return, when they
meet attheir tea party in Montpelier in June
In plain prose he has declared his intention
not TO fellowship the nominations abou! to
be made Ivy the original Van Buren, party
unless they come OH to antimasonic footing,
or to use his own phrase, walk up on to the
democratic PLATFORM Then we would adj
wise friend Scrapechin to lie: fall the Van
Buren, flag, step back over his own side of
the ditch, divorce his new bride, and tur-
ming his razor right end foremost set it
again, and applying good coat THE lath-
er of consistency, fall 10 removing some Of
the bristles OF absurdity from the faces OF
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LETTER OF MIR. GRANGER.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1886

WAsHINGTON, March 81, 1886.
Sir: Your letter informing me that the
State Convention recently assembled at
Montpelier, had placed me in nomination
for the office of Vice President, was recei-
we'd II few days since.
Gratifying as have been the similar ex-
pressions Of public confidence manifested
towards me by other States, there has been
no one which has excited Il proudcr feeling
Of gratitude than the testimonial enanatiug
from that portion of my feIlow-ctizens
whom you represent. During the various
political conflicts which have agitated the
nation, they have been found true to those
principles which so early distinguished the
hardy sons of the Green Mountains, and
which have always placed them among the
most efficient supporters Of the Supremacy
of the Laws and of the Constitution of our
Country. Freemen who so well under
stand not only the theory, but the practical
benefits of our republican institutions,
need not to be reminded of the means by
which alone such institutions can be pre-
served; and we have ample assurance in
the past, that the Citizens of Vermont, are
always impressed with the important poit-
ical truth, that eternal vigilance is not only
the price, but the gerarantec of freedom.
With my highest esteem, be pleased to
accept my thanks for the manner of your
communication.
Your obidient servant,
+. GRANGER.
G. l.. KNAPP. ESQ.
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IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA.

ANOTHER BLOODY BATTLE -DEFEAr OF
THE INDIANs-Two HUNDRED SLANT!
The following important intelligence is
from the Mobile Mercantile Advertiser of
the 10Th instant:
LATER FROM FLORIDA. BY an arrival
from Tampa Bay of several of the Voun-
tcer Troops from this State last night, we
learn that a serious battle was fought about
II miles from Fort Brooke on the 9th
April, with the Indians. The engagement
was between the regiment OF volunteers
from Tuscaloosa, and, AS near as could be
judged, about 400 Indians
We have not learned all the particulars
only that the indians were routed with
about 200 killed and wounded, and only 3
killed and 90 wounded on our side. The
Indians attacked the regiment while under
march and by surprise. We shall learn
the details 10y the first arrival, which will
he tomorrow, or next day at fathest, if
not sooner.
Since the above was written we have
been favored with the following official
statement:
Arrived at this port last evening the
sloops Eagle and Magclla, from Tampa
Bay, from which port they sailed ON the
evening of the 9th with the Fayette and
Pickens companies o. volunteers. DIR G..
l.. Strother Assistant Surgeon, informs us
that general battle took place on the 9th
ult at Clento Lassa creek, near camp Chel-
ton, between the army composed of the
Alabama volunteers and two companies of
the regulars, and large body of Indians,
in which the latter were totally defeated
and driven trOp1 the FIELD
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the Presidency resorting to such means to
secure his own election?

SbCuTC Ills OWL tltCllOu
WHrrEwAsH1No. The late structures of
the North Star upon the Royal Arch nom
nations of the Van Buren, men in this
county, have given rise to n rather amusing
expose from the editor of the Patriot. MIR
Marston ntimates, in the first place, that
he don't mean to be outdone in exhibitions
of "liberdiity" and concession as it respects
union aud harmony among the members of
the democratic family" lie then tells how
he has extended the right hand of fellow
ship to those anlinIasons who, like himself,
are pure democrats, and hints that it is about
time for such cordially and friendship
to be reciprocatCd. "These expressions
and evidences of confidence and friendship
must be mutual, or cease altogether 1t
will not do to harbor feelings of disrust
and jealousy toward each other and enter
up u judgment OF grave and serious
charge, against n friend and ally, without
due caution and deberation. There is
crisis trhen .forLeUdnce ceases to be virtue"
[Whew ]
The anlimusonic veteran of the Patriot
next proceeds to notice the "grave and
serious charge" brought against Mr. Water
man, Of his being an adhering Royal Arch
Mason. Hear him:
ave have never considered Mr. w. MS
an adherng mason, nor is he, to our knowl-
edge, so considered in this community"
Again:
"Mr Thompson declared in our county
convention that his ballot was deposited for
Mr. W., even in preference to an original
antmaSon asd sound democrat and we
have but to appeal to the caIunIns of the
Star for a full and ample vindication Of Mr.
rs ant!nasonry."
The mkt witness is the editor of the
Middlebury Free Press, who generously
deposes and says,
" Mr. Waterman has been mason, but
has, we have reason to believe, long since
abandoned and renounccd the order. He
has made to MS personally the most une-
quivocal declarations against the longer
continuance of the institution"
So you see Mr. Waterman, after all, turns
out to be an antinason of the first water
TO be sure, he was run on the masonic
coalition ticket of 1893, got up for the sole
purpose Of putting down antimasonry, and
has been leading bar-room dcclaimer
against us from the beginning, but these
things surely ought not to disparage his
antimaSonry in tie view of any one who
means to promote harmony among friends
and allies
Unfortunately, the Patriot does not favor
the public with any testimonials respecting
the other candidate for Senator, but it is
currently reported that both the nominees
are daily expected TO renounce.
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NOTICE.

The Antmasons of Orleans County and
all others, favourable to the nominations
made by the Autmasonic State Convention,
at Montpelier Oh the oath day of Feb. last,
are notified that Convention will be hold
en- at the court house in Irasburgh, on
Tuesday the l4th day of Jane next, at
o'clock =. NJ, to nominate a suitable can
didate for Senator for said county, and to
confer upon measures proper to he adopted
to insure the success of the principles
which have ever been supported by the
Antimasonlc party.
LEMUEL RICHMOND, } County
MOODY B. KlMBALL, : Commit
w. J. HASTINGS, tee.
MIR EAToS,
SIR:- Please insert the above in the Star
and obligc, yours respectfully,
w. J, HASTINGS,
Craftsbury, MAY ODD, 1886
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DIED.

In Castleton, VT Jonathan Doming, Esq.
a patriot of the revolution, aged 80.
In Leicester, May G, Mr. Caleb Barton,
q revolutionary pensioner, aged 10.
In Sterling, April 10, Mrs Ruth +. wife
of MIR Charles Powers, aged %.
Near Peoria III. in the 9th year of his
age, Mr. Saxton Kellogg, father of Rev.
Sherman Kellogg of this town, formerly of
Castleton, VI. He died in the triunlphs
OF Christian faith, after Witnessing the
hopeful conversion of his numerous family.
In Warren, Dorance Marictte Elizabeth,
daughter of DAVIS and RoXelana Tucker,
aged 6 months.
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From the Columbus (Ga.l Herald of May 10,
INDIAN MURDERS.

1t becomes our painful dnty to announce
the death by violence, of Major William
Fluurney, formerly of Putnam county,
Georgia
He was on his way to Fort Mitchell to
complain of indian depredations, and was
brutally murdered and scalped 10y some of
the Greeks, a few miles below that place.
a Mr. Hobbs had also been murdered,
while asleep, by the same treacherous foe.
A young man lying in bed with Mr. Hobbs
made his escape by Immediately rising u
plank on the floor and creeping under the
house.
More than a hundred individuals, includ-
ing whites and negroes, have fled to Geor-
gla for safety; others are coming in and
war seems inevilabl'. These individuals,
including Rev E.Glen, DIR Richardson, Col.
A. b. Dawson, Mr. Pitts, DIR Battle, Colonel
Richardson, and many others, have left
behind them several hundred acres of land
in state of cultivation to become u dcsoa-
ton and a waste.
General Ambcrcombie was deputed u
week or two since to visit the Governor OF
Alabama, and make known the perilous
situation of the deiencelcss settlers. He
went and begged for projections but in vain.
Rev. J. f.. Dawson left here last Saturday
on the same mission. We wish him more
success.
n. b. The settlers have nearly all come
in-several were murdered on the road
yesterday.
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WHAT NEXT ?

Some wolf in Sleeps clothing has sent
n conciiatory letter to the North Star, of
which the following is a specimen:
I'll feel it important that you should
understand the precise relation IN which
MIR Waterman stands to the Masonic lnstl-
tuition. | have had long personal ac-
quaintance with him, and | believe | am
fully acquainted with his feelings upon the
subject of Masonry. Ever since the Nor
gan outrage, MIR Waterman has been OPP
posed to the Masonic Institution, and has
JcdrieSSly expressed his opinion. lie was
an efficient opposer OF the Masonic candi-
date for Congress, and wrote several COM
nunicutlons for your paper, which were
published, against Mr. Prentiss' election.
His influence in this place has done much
to destroy the institution"
Bah Such statements are too ridiculous
to be seriously noticed. Opposed to the
masonic institution and still running on
mongrel union masonic ticket in 1888, got
up by Jackson and Clay masons expressly
to put down antimasonry What smart
clever antimason such man must be :!
There seems to be nothing too fool-hardy
for these new-hedged antimasons to attempt
by way of humbugging the people. Mr.
Waterman has actually wrote electioneer-
ing pieces for the North Star! lla, Ina, hal
We shall next he told that he has joined
the temperance society.
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CONGRESS.

Both Houses have been chiefly occupied
on appropriation and private bills. Mr.
Pinckney, from the select Committee on
abolitionism, has made long report, which
is likely TO be the subject of much debate.
1t denies the power of Congress to inter-
fere with slavery in the States, and the ex-
pedency of interference with it in the
District Of Co'umha, leaving jao ow-. TO
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his customers, whose boards from inhaling
the hot vopors of Jacksonism must if neg.
lected become ere long edge proof againss
the power of any tool bat broad ax, for
we are mistaken if the standing Van Buren,
Jackson men will many of them come to-
his mark. Friend Barber ought to know
and he probably will leanl that those who
go to Join new mess must eat such ms is
set before them. .4utogrdph.
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Re?7aOU0E.

NE7ILLlAM r. BURNlIAM, has pur-
w chased the shop at the South end OF
the Arch Bridge, Iaiely owned and occupied
by Joseph Freeman, where he will be ready
AT all times to attend TO any orders Tor work
in his line.
EDGED TOOLS, and all other kinds
Of BackSmlhng, at the sh Oltest notice.
rendering his Acknowledgements to the
public for their very liberal patronage here
tOiorc, he will endcavor to merit, and hopes
hereby to ensure a continuance Of the
same.
WILLIAM T. BURNHAM.
Nav 81, 1896. If
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From the New York journal of Commerce, o
May Is
IMPORTANT FROM TIE SOUTH.
The Greek b,di1ns in ,nofion

BY the steamboat VIM. Gibbons, we have
Charleston papers to Saturday evening last.
They bring intelligence Of II general rising
among the Creek Indians, and of many
murders committed by them on the Geor-
gia frontiers. The Seminoles have also
resumed the offensive, and we shall also
find that, hot or cold, sickly or healthy,
they must be speedily met and conquered,
or that the bloody drama is but Just begun.
The Creeks can muster several thousand
warriors, and it is no longer doubted that
they are about to II axe a desperate effort,
in conjunction with the Senlinoles to regain
their lost possessions.
Mobile papers Of the 9TH discredit the
capture of Santa Anna, on the authority OF
a letter from Texas received in n. Orleans
on the 9Th, which says that Santa Anna
was not in the engagement which resulted
in the defeat Of the Mexican troops, but
was then in Mexico.
Colonel White, the delegate to Congress
from Florida, who is mentioned below as
having brought to Charleston the news OF
the murders, &c. by the Creek Indians,
has arrived here in the VIM. Gibbons, and
will proceed Immediately to Washington.
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"CoL. JOHNSON ON HIS BACK"


The Editor ofthe Franklin Journal thinks
"Mr Van Buren, will lose the vote of this
State if part of his friends shall insist on
running him with Col. johnson nm adhering
Mason on his back"-and further, that
"the reasons which make thousands think
it best to support Mr. Van Buren, will induce
those thousands TO oppose Richard NJ.
Johnson" The dissenting antimasons up
pear to have overlooked this grand difficult
ty when they hastily resolved to support
Mr. Van Buren,. The origina! Van Buren,
men have no idea of shaking off the load
of Jolnsonism from Van Burens back.
Mason or not, he must be the yokefellow
of President Juckson's chosen successor.
Z" UlncOmpromiSing opposition to all com
binalions, whether secret or public" &c, in
the mouths Of the Van Buren, leaders, is
thus shown to he sheer pretence-a strap
to catch gulls." That our readers may see
how little prospect the dissenting ontima-
sons have of Kidding themselves OF the load
of johnson, we copy two articles on this
subject from the darlington Sentinel and
Patriot, whose editors seem to be violently
in love with autinasonry about these days
The Sentinel says:
Y The editor of the Franklin Journal
is inclined to think that MIR Van buren, will
lose the vote Of this State if part of his
friends shall insist on running him with
Col. Johnson on his hack" Messrs. Van
Buren, and johnson were nominated by
the same convention for the offices OF Pres
ident and Vice President of the United
States, and it is not presumable that that
convention, composed of delegates appoint
ed for the purpose, intended that either
should ride upon the others "back." We,
ut any rate, 20 upon the ground that both
were nominated in good faith, and should
be supported by the constituents of the
body which selected them
1t is time, perhaps, that it should be I'M
derslood that the democratic party here, ms
| elsewhere, are not disposed to sacrifice any
Of their principles for The purpose of tenn.
porary success that, weak or strong. they
will pursue course which shall entitle
them to success; and that they do not feel
at liberty, nor would they he disposed were
they at liberty, TO purchase the support of
Mr. Van Buren, by abandoning Col. John
son. These are our views, aud we believe
them to be those of the party with which
we act"
The Patriot is quite snappish;
"T5~ The FrGnktin Journal is informed
that we have no idea Of abandoning K. NJ.
Johnson as a candidate for Vice President
The recent conventions of the Van Buren,
party in different parts of the State, all sing
on The same key. Van Buren, and Johnson,
like the dog and his shadow, must go to
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Cores pondence of the N. Y. Jour. of Commerce

Washington, Mdy 16.
The intelligence from Texas has produ-
ced a great sensation in Congress. The
southern members in particular, seem to
esteem it as n triumph and an acquisition
on their part. In the debate in the House,
to-day, wherein the subject was alluded to-,
many Of the southern members went so far
as to hail Texas us a Southern State, and
to claim for 1t the countcnancc and support
and protection of the federal government,
preparatory to its admission into the Union.
Mr. Wise and MIR Calhoun of Kentucky,
talked about the sad and gloomy expression
which the intelligence had spread over the
counterances Of the northern members, and
the qualification which it afforded to those
from the south. They said that Texas was
bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh,
and the slavcholding interest ofthe South,
must possess it, and unite with it. In re-
ply to these gentlemen, only one member
seemed to take Il correct view Of the mat
ter. Mr. Nanderpoel said it was too early
to debate the question of the admission
of Texas into the Union; but when it did
come up for deiibcration, he should not
oppose it on the ground that 1t would be
come Il sIaveholding state. lie believed
that its acquisition would have the effect to
circumscribe instead of extending the
slave region and that its first results would
be to add Maryland and Nirginil aud
North Carolina TO the list of non-slavehoId-
ing states.
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act in relntiy1-to the latter untouched. 1t
finds warm advocates both from the North
and the South. The Southern altraists de-
nounce it in violent terms
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The Middebury Free Press thinks this
list comprises probably not one to twenty
of the abolitlonists of New England
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MARRIED

At Hanover, n. II. Wednesday eve, May
18th Rev. Evarts Worcester, of LittIeton,
10 Miss Anne p. daughter of the Rev.
Professor Shrtlcfl, of Dartmouth College.
In this town on the 11th inst by Ly-
man Briggs Esq Mr. Elias Wakefield jr. to
Miss Relief f.. Ormshy, both of this town.
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gether. MIR Brainerd may well exclaim
with an apostle, "Who shall deliver me
from this body of death 2"
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ORLEANS COUNTY. The county com
mittee of Orleans, have called n convention
to be held at Irasburgh on the 18th June.
Other counties are about to convene to
make their Senatorial nominations, appoint
county and town committees, &c. Each
county should be thoroughly organized at
these conventions. The selection Of so ma
ny high adhering masons by the Van Buren,
party should admonish us ofthe importance
Of selecting avowed antimasons for the
Senate Board, throughout. If masonry is
to take refuge in the Van Buren, and John
son party, and chooses again to take the
field we will be the last to shrink from the
conflict. The Aniimasons will rally with
unwonted alacrity, and make short work.
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"NoRTHERN SENTIMENT" The Call to
the New England Anti-Savery Convention
held in Boston last week, is signed by 1884
names Ofthese,
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tween the two countries were removed
Or if il must be communicated now, we
had hoped that the pacific tenor OF the
latest advices from France would have
m parted something Of the same influence
10 the Special message. But alas, no.
The Preside mt indeed talks Of peace, and
of efforts for its pI eservation but at the
same time he recomends, measures which
if adopted, would probably end in war.
But our hope is in the Senate, and in the
House of Representatives. They, we
are sure later the friendly overtures which
have been made by Fance, particularly
in the letter Of the Duke de Broglie, will
not sanction any measures calculated to
precipitate a cricis-at least until it is seen
whether the Message of last December
IS not considered by France as containing
The requisite explanation. And then, if
the parties are likely to come to blows,
England will step in between them and
act the part Of mediator.
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