Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-07

They are very much like the boy who, be-
cause he knew his father when he saw him,
of course every body else did. One
time, having strayed away from his father,
he inquired of stranger" Have you seen |
my dad ?' "Who is your dad 2" repG- |
ed the stranger. "Why!' exclaimed the
surprised boy, @don't you kno'0 my ddd2-)
/ knoa0 him jest as EASY"
Let postmasters give the present address
of subscribers whose names are to be trans
ferred or erased, and then newspaper-pub-
fishers may, perhaps, know "just as easy"
Not without.
MURDER IN HIGH PLACEs.-1n the name of
Christianity and civilization, how long is
drunkenness, and whoredom, and murder
to be tolerated in the Congress of this ma
ton? A short time since, an influential
member of Congress stated in the face of
the people Of this nation, and before Heav-
en-, that large numbers of the representa-
| tives Of the people in Congress are habitual
drunkards! This astounding disclosure was
soon followed by another, setting forth that
| lewdness, among these creatures Of the
people, is not less common than drunken
ness! What next? Why, just what might
have been expected-just what forms a
regular and consistent cimax-hot blooded,
high-handed murder! Where is the bar
barous people,-where the savage tribe on
earth, that would not be disgraced by such
scenes as are becoming everyday transac-
tons at the seat of government and among
the representatives OF the people Of this
civilized and Christian nation? When
or where has the sun shone on such shame
such foul abominations-such atrocious
wickedness, in high places? How long
will the people partake in such damning
sins, by sustaining the vile wretches who
give themselves up to their commission?
Charge me not with "speaking evil o.
dignities"-ask me not to do homage to the
personages who are stained and blackeneC
with such enormous crimes. 1t is time
that rebuke, loud as thunder, and terrific
as lightning, go forth from the press anc
the people, calling for instant and thorough
reformation. Let Congress be called on
. forthwith to expel the murderer and all hi
accomplices and to carry the reform thro
t until drunkenness, and lewdness, and gamb
: ling, and every other abomination be thor
oughly purged out
e These remarks have been elected by tn
|, following, from the New-York Spectator:
e DUEL IN WAsH1NGToN-DEAT O
$ Mr.. C1LLEv.-W Washington, Feb "a
r Saturday night.-A melancholy afai
;. has taken place among the great men {
d the nation. CiIley, of Maine, has bee
killed in duel to-day, by Graves, of Ky
: 1t appears that COL Webb, of the Cou
e rier, challenged CilIey for what he ha
1t said of him in the House, and Graves ca
o ried the challenge. Cilley refused t
t fight such a "bIackguard," as he Gale
: him, and was challenged thereupon b
IS Graves, according to the laws of duelin
IS which challenge he accepted.
Il They fought with rifles, agreeable
e the request OF CiIley, l believe-6rst thre
IS times without injury-the fourth fiji
l. Cilley was shot through the body, tn
$. ball dividing the principal artery leadin
t, to the heart.
a, He placed his hand upon the part whe1
Al the ball entered, exclaiming liam woun'
y ed !"-gasped two or three times and e
W pired. Graves not injured
n Great excitement prevails, as you me
l. suppose. The body OF Cilley was broug
e. in and carried to his lodgings betwee
g FIVE and six this afternoon