Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-06-02
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fellow citizens on the Improvement Wnicn Is
making in the exterior appearance OF the VIII
lage Post Ofice-an improvement the more
striking as being entirely unexpected, the
building having 80 long maintained its singu-
larry plain appearance, amidst the taste and
neatness by which it is surrounded, and which
characterize the village. This is almost the
only spot In the whole village where the car
penter's hammer is to be heard, and il seems to
indicate peculiar prosperity in one department
of business at least. This reminds US of an
anecdote Of countryman, who once went TO
Boston in search of business, and after looking
about town, being asked what he intended to
do, he said he believed he should open Post
Office, as that seemed to be the best business
doing-and il was cash business, and more
over there was no compettionl
We would however suggest for the benefit
of the parties, that the Post Office and Bank
should exchange places Of business-the former
being now the only institution which deals in
specie, the vaults would be convenient By
the way, according to all the rules Of archi-
lecture, where pillars or columns are used for
the support of piazza, there should always
be an even number, as two, four, six, &c. We
notice three in front OF the Post OfHce-but
our Postmaster is an odd man and therefore
we suppose he chose an odd number
The cause Of our peeuniary troubies.-It is
well known that Pennsylvania was one OF the
states that assisted in elevating Mr.. Van Buren,
TO the Presidency. Hear her governors opia-
ion, as TO the cause Of the present arrangement
in business. Having been applied to, to call an
extra session of the Legislature for the purpose
of devising some mode of relief, he has issued
his proclamation in which he Gays, that he has
come to the conclusion, notwithstanding the
embarrassments Of the times, that il is inexpe-
dent for the present, to convoke the LegisIa-
ture, "because the evils under which the peo-
pie suffer have not been produced by the acts
of the State government, BUT MAINLY
BY THE UNNECESSARY AND UN-
AUTHORIZED INTERFERENCE OF
THE GEN. GOVERNMENT, WITH
THE CURRENCY & MONIED TRANS
ACTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, and are
consequently of such nature that they cannot
be relieved by the State Legislature" He ex-
horts the directors Of the banks 10 judicious
and cautious administration Of the concerns Of
their respective institutions, to guard against
the evils which are to be unprecedented from a
suspension of specie payments, and to enable
them as soon as possible to restore the curren-
cy TO its healthy condition.
A Singular Saet.--A piece of earthen plate
was extracted from a lady's heel (the wife Of
Capt. Chandler Seaver Of Halifax, VIZ by
DR.. Moses Chamberlain, few days snce-I
inch in length, half an inch broad at the base,
and equally taperiDg on each side to point
About years since she stepped upon this
piece Of earthen, and being barefoot, it pierced
her heel, and TO such depth that she did not
until lately mistrust there was any extraneous
substance in her heel, for it healed about as
kindly as any punctured wound of that size;
and she has been able to walk as well on that as
the other foot. But not long since il maturated
anddischarged, and by her own and other exam
nations, she found there was some hard sub
stance in her heel, and deemed it important to
call surgical aid. She is now doing well.
SPEcn.-lt is with regret we have learned
that Of the little specie which was in cifcula-
ton among us, a considerable portion has been
collected within week or two past at premi-
um, in the street, to be sent to the far west for
the purchase of more lands by some persons
who have not yet been cured of the fever of
speculation. This is an exemplification of the
beauties Of the Treasury Order. We were TO
have a specie circulation in consequence of the
superintendent instead OF that, what little
we have Of the precious metals, must be carried
off to swell the vast hoard which has already
accumulated at the west.
TEMrERAscE.-Af full meeting of the Village
Temperance Society was held on Tuesday
evening last. The question, ''the propriety of
laws prohibiting the traffic in Ardent Spirits,
was decided in the affirmative by nearly unan-
imous vote.
"A frank admission. THE New York Plain
Dealer, Van Buren, and Loco Foco journal,
contains the following frank admissions as TO
the prospects of The Party, since the expiration
Of General Jackson's Presidential term:
circumstances have since arisen which rem
der our foothold slippery, and place our oppo-
nents on vantage ground, or at least on ground
where they have better chance of waging
successful battle. than on any they have occu-
pied in many years BEFORE"
NATIONAL BANK.-The Schenectady Cabi-
net states that a Van Buren, member of Com
gress elect, from this state, has asserted. that
meeting OF the Van Buren, members from this