Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1838-07-06
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Blair, in reference to the public printing, N
Crockett said -
Sir, by way of illustrating the basene'
and perfidy OF this official editor, [ will r
late a trick that he played off on me at II
commencement OF this session. ! hope tn
fact is not forgotten by the House or til
country that the President refused to allo,
10 the printer Of this House a copy Of hi
Message under the ordinary injunction:
previously to its being read, as was show
by a correspondence in the Madisonian 500
after. This | then believed, and still believe
was low and ptifu maneuvre OF His Elk
cellency, TO throw patronage in the way o
the Globe. The consequence was that thu
printer OF this Honse was unable TO suppl,
the Members with the Message until h,
could print them after II was delivered, un
less be would allow them to be furnished
by the favored editor of the Globe. Owing
to this fact, and many others were com
PEELED either to submit to the delay, or buy
from the Globe office. Knowing the great
anxiety OF my continents to see the Mess
age as soon as possible, adopted the latter
alternative. ordered some two or three
hundred, and they were sent TO me, already
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two or three, before opened one Of them
and, sir, what do you imagine my nstonish-
ment was when discovered prospectus
OF the Extra Globe struggled in i'll Thus
you see, sir, by gross fraud upon the Gov
ernment and base imposition upon me, |
was made TO frank to my constituents, for
aught know, some two or three hundred
prospecluses for the Extra Globe spoke
of tito several gentlemen. who informed me
that the same trick had been played off upon
them. Now. sir, (said Mr. c. can any man
believe that wretch who is capable of such
smuggling, fraud, and treachery as this, in
small matters, would not be capable OF any
crime, no matter how infamous, ifhe thought
he could escape detection and punishment
From the Columbus (ohio) Statesman, June ~.
Broke Jaii-and an Assault on The Jaiior
On Sunday evening, between eight and
nine o'clock, Mr. Graham, our sheriff, and
who is also jallor, as usual, went into the
room before retiring 10 rest. where Houk,
the notorious mail robber, detected last March
in robbing several ofthe nolhern mails, and
horse thief were confined The JAIL as
too many Of our country jails are, being a
mere excuse for such building, Mr. Ora.
ham was in the practice OF making nightly
examinations before retiring TO rest, see ifI
all was right, and very frequently changed
their rooms so as TO prevent escape at night |
from any preparations Of the day. On en-
tering the room on Sunday evening, he dis
covered quantity of water in distant cor |
ner OF the room on the floor, and while his
eyes were directed tina, way. and at the mo-
ment OF his making inquiry about it, Houk
struck him with concealed club, piece OF .
cherry plank from the frame of table, cut
ting his head badly but not bringing him to
the floor. A most bloody scuffle then en-
sued between the two prisoners and the
sheriff. Passing out ofthe room in which
they were confined, they came into another.
the outer door Of which the sheriff had the
precaution TO lock as he passed info this
they were making. lie called to his wife,
the only grown person in the house except
himself and prisoners, 10 prevent their I'M
locking it. 1t was an iron door. through
which one could easily thrust an arm. AT
this point Mrs. Graham became engaged.
and on the outside ofthe door; and from the
bruises and cuts on her hands and arms, she
must have exhibited heroism not often seen
IN female. One of her wrists is badly
sprained, and her hands look as thoughthey
might have been drawn through the Jaws of
a tiger. But what spectacle She was
risking her LIE and exciting her strength to
The Imminent danger Of her husband, who
was locked in the room struggling with the
prisoners, in fact 10 his almost certain de.
struction though he was encouraging her TO
do her best The Thoughts OF this, she
says, unnerved her, and she could not ex.
ert herself as she otherwise might have
done. The door was forced and Houk es
capped. Asthe last resort, the sheriff threw
his arms round the legs of the other, for
there was no clothes left to hold BY, and Sc
cured him for moment when assistance ,
arrived {
The sheriff is most horribly cut on the
back OF his head, and large portion of the j
right ear nearly cut off Eie was complete /
y exhausted and carried 10 bed We be- t
eve, however there is no doubt of his spee. /
ly recovery.
Houk took TO the woods. He was seen
by the driver of the northern stage, a few Ii
miles northeast Of this town. without hat or I
;oat, under full trot But until the driver !
arrived in town he was ignorant of the
;ause number are out after him, but as I
yet, nothing farther is heard Five hun. It
bred dollars reward are offered for him, and s
nandblls sent in every direction c
Z Late from Jamaica.-By the polteness
81 a gentleman arrived from jamaica. we
nave files of the Despatch 10 the 9th inst lt
ne paper ofihe last named date conta;,s -