Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-02-24

CASH We must suggest TO the advocates
Of the superior value Of specie over paper,
that they should send agents to correct the
people OF the South and West, who have all
of them fallen into sad mistakes on this
point. In Savannah for instance, paper
draft on New York for 500, payable ten
days after it gets here, and then in nothing
but paper, will actually sell for hundred
and one silver dollars. II is shame that
people should be so imposed upon. Specie
has real, intrinsic value. II is the constitu-
tional currency; it is the available curren-
cy; in short, il is real cash Paper has no
value Ii is mere representation OF some
thing, being itself nothing. Yet the people
in Savannah have become so crazy that for
this nominal something but real nothing,
they are paying away Jackson gold and sill
yer, not dollar for dollar merely. but spe-
Gle dollar and copper cent to boot for
paper dollar. We appeal to Col. Benton
and the Editor of the Globe, whether these
rags Fought not to be suppressed; for moth
ing is palmer than that specie can never be
made to circulate between Savannah and
New York, so long as the people are so
strongly bent on circulating paper. And
ask them to consider whether the state of
the currency between these two places can
ever be made sound, healthy and consttu
tional unless at least considerable quanti-
" OF the precious metals shall be occupied
10 passing back and forth.
NJ Y Jour. Of Com.
Iuhuman Crueltg-The Bangor Wing
saws, we understand that few days since,
man with team bound from the country
4 .&f md uf1r.l
ing al house he came in sight Of for lodg
ing, he was coolly refused, and directed BY
way OF path through the woods 10 his des-
tination, said by the occupant TO be sac miles
distant The man departed on his way,
cold and hungry, with hungry cattle, to
make his way through deep unbroken
snow, distance as it afterwards appeared
of tsoenty miles. The individual not hav.
ing arrived as expected, a degree of alarm
was felt for his safety; the owner of the
team went in pursuit in sleigh, and finally
succeeded in tracing the track and overtak-
ing the man just alive, and the oxen so
weak as to be unable to proceed, both hav-
ing been exposed to intense cold and hunger
for more than tioo days and nights Every
thing the nature of the case would admit of
was done for the sufferer. but his case is yet
considered extremely doubtful
An English paper tells the following Gu
rious story An inquest was recently held
over the body of young man in Bristol
(Eng) named James Mitchell. Upon evil
dence it was stated. that the deceased had
said TO his sister, that people had often told |
him that ne was too great coward TO hang
himself And to prove himself no coward
he had in Joke taken a string and fastened
1t around his neck as he stood on chair
and falling from the chair was actually
hung. Verdict-Accidenia death, caused
by hanging himself in joke :
Horrid Death-We learn through gen.
tenan from Palmer the following case oil
suicide. Mr. Oliver Rogers. person who ,
for period past has given unequyoca evi.
dence of mental alteration late in the night
OF Saturday, stole away from, his bed fellow, !
a Mr. Webster, left his room, took with him {
a foot stove, went to the barn. assembled the I
hay-oft, set fire to the hay and persisted iu !
the confagration The body was almost :
entirely consumed when discovered H, !
had on the night previous attempted suicide i
by drowning, but the water was so cold as s
quence of this determination to commit VIC. v
Ience on his person. that an individual was S
procured 10 sleep with him. The fire con-
sumed the barn, quantity of hay, very Il
valuable horse and eight cows. Rogers a
had in the pockets Of his clothes which Il
we're left in his room. in money and notes.
! sum varying little from $1,000 ~
Hampden Wing. q
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