Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-05-05

surely, where no such question is submitted,
1t IS groundless inference that it has been
voted upon. A President or Representative
may be reelected notwithstanding particu-
lar acts are universally dsapproved, and this
either on account of undue popularity, or be-
cause the People have been pleased to weigh
the good actions Of the candidate against his
bad ones"
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From TExAs.-The Texas Telegraph
gives an account of skermish between
Texan reconnoitering party and the enemy,
which lasted 40 minutes the Mexicans
were beaten off with the loss Of 10 killed
and 20 horses taken The party had re-
turned to Bazaar The schr. Bonny Boat,
CaptY Thompson, from New Orleans for
MelagOrda, was overhauled by a Mexican
schooner of war, and compelled to receive
6 passengers from the schr. Louisiana which.
was captured for violating the bloc kade.-
Capt Davis Of the Mexican schr. told Capt
Thompson that he had previously captured
the American schr. Champion for having
on board munitions of war and provisions,
and sent her in. The schr Tampco was
also boarded by the blockading squadron,
consisting of three vessels, and being in
ballast was allowed to pass.
FROM FLoRIDA-Another Horrid Indian
MUrder.--1he chiefs came into Tampa
not Fort Drane, as stated by last accounts
The house of MIR William Clemmons, 25
miles from Livingston's Ferry, on the Su-
wannee, was attacked by struggling In
dams, April Sth. Mrs Clemmons and
children, and little orphan living with
them, were murdered Mr. c. was from
! home, and returning the 10Th, found to his
horror the bodies scattered near the house
They had been shot in attempting to escape
They were unscalped. The children's
SOULS were literally blown Off And to add
to the horror of the sight, and anguish of
the bereaved husband and father, the body Of
the youngest child, babe, was almost de-
voured and the arm of the mother eaten off
by the hogs. What a scene was this p
What duty, heart-rending duty was there
to be performed by the husband, the father
To collect the mulilated bodies of the wife
and five children, four of them his own, and
place them in a corn house till he could go
eight miles for assistance to bury the dead /
Meanwhile 1900 of these Seminoles are
uIdWlnB IdtlOuS Ut ldHpu.
Melancholy Ercnt-A woman named
Knaf, residing about FIVE miles from War.
rem Co. Pennsylvania, hung herself on the
banks of the Conowango. Her friends had
feared her insanity and had watched her
closely. We learn from the Bulletin, that
on the night Of the melancholy event, her
husband had taken the precaution to fasten
the door previous to retiring, but by some
means she succeeded in opening it, and
made her escape. She went down to the
Conewango, walked out over the stream on
q log, where the current was very rapid
and fastened her handkerchief to the limb
of tree and tied it round her neck with a
single bow knot Her reason for choosing
such position, were probably, that if the
handkerchief did not hold her, she wour
be shure Of being drowned, by falling into
the stream. When found she was not cold
as the inmates of the house had discover
ed that she was missing soon after her es
cape, and had commenced search-but the
vital spark of life was extinct, and her sou
had winged its way to The eternal world
Dreadful Slaughter and Canni6alism in Ne,l
adjustment of Mr.. Jones at Sydney, was at
tackled by 800 of the nation of Waikattoo, Mata
mata & Touranga. Of120in the establishment
every man was killed and the women and children
made prisoners, which latter were savagely
butchered with tomahawks; their heads anC
limbs scattered about in every direction. Or
their return, they fell in with Is of hostile
tribe whom they murdered and then Toasted OF
their flesh which they baked in ovens.
A MAIDEN RoBBED.-The Haverhill Gazett
states that some villain-a few nights since
entered the dwelling house Of Miss Hannal
Greenought, solitary maiden in Bradford
She was alone in the house, and on hearing
the stir, sprung from her bed, and fastened tn
door Of her room, which was no sooner don
than the rascal was beating upon the door, an
demanding entrace She let him in on hi
promising not to hurt her. He demanded he
money and she gave him about nine shillings
telling him it was all she had, but he deman
ded more, and while he was searching a ches
in pursuit of more money she made her escap
from the house and ran to the nearest neigh
Dor. No further damage was done.
According to the last advices from Washing
ton, there is no probability that the adminstrt
ton will in any way relax its policy toward
the business classrs. The Globe seems to e2
ut at the result OF the late meeting at N. YoT
and insolently asks, "what is the object of Nj
Bidde 10 rallying his troops, in the large cities
TO march down in companies oflilties to w ash
ingtonl'' So much for the sympathy expresse
by Mr.. Van Buren's official organ
The Hen Thieves are SO annoying in Ne,
Jersey, that large traps are set to catch then
The following notice in the Jersey Blue, ind
Gates the fate of one Of them -