Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-28

ling. whom favofitistn had raised to the
dignity OF quarter-master IN a regiment OF
infantry, wishing, one parade day, TO dis
mount from his charger for the purpose
of wetting his whistle and adjusting his
spurs. called out in very commanding
tone to spectator who was near him
"Here, feilow-hold this horse"
Does he kickp drawled out the per-
son addressed.
kick! No! Take hold Of him"
docs be bite?'
mo! Take hold of the bride, l say"
"Does it take two to hold him2"
Nor
"1Ken hold him yourssLf:"
MoDEsTY.-Think not that you can
impress others with any higher sense of
your importance, by assuming conse-
quential. .care-for-nobody sort OF swagger;
the turkey is really no bigger when it
struts than at any other time, and strut as
he will, every one knows that he is only
turkey after all. Modesty is the surest
indication of worth, aud the moral mag
net which attracts esteem.
WHEAT and RYE are arriving at New
York in large quantities. The NewJer-
sey of this port, from Liverpool. brought
! eight thousand eight hundred and ninety
three sacks of wheat; the Galliot Betty,
from Bremen, 2668 bags of wheat; the
bark Bertha, from London, 1886 bags of
rye; 2l44 do wheat. Wheat commands
one dollar and fifty cents in Newly
market, giving the importer profit.
We would not assume the responsible
ity" Of having written President Way
lands new work on the Limitations of Hu.
man esponsbility, for all the wealth
that sinews, bought and sold, have ever
earned" 1t will prove mill-stone bout
the neck of his reputation. Verify, the
rabies of the land are all smitten with
fooIishness.
DEATH OF THE Hon. 7. J. CARTER
A letter from Washington to a relative of
Mr.. Carter, announces his decease on
Wednesday evening. He represented the
Oxford district, in the State of Maine
Thus in less than a mouth, has death de-
prived that State of two out of eight of her
Representatives in Congress-. Com.
A Liverpool paper of the oath, speaks
of the present as the coolest season known
for years. The frost had closed the ca
mails, suspended all operations in building
and outdoor work, thrown a vast number
of the industrious poor out of employment,
and caused distress in some quarters OF
the town great beyond precedent.
New PRoFEssoR-We are authorized
to say that MIR Solomon Stoddard has been
appointed to the Painter Professorship OF
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in
Middlebury College; and that Mr.. S. has
accepted the appointment, and will imme.
diately enter upon the duties Of the Office.
Vermont Argus and Free Press.
A friend in Vermont, has literally
pledged to the A. s. Society 800 annu
all y, and by will given $500 TO the cause
Let others who have property at theil
disposal, do likewise, and cheer the hearts
ofthose who are laboring for the emanci.
patton of the sIave.-Eman
Gov. Edwards of Connecticut has ap.
pointed Friday, April 18th, to be observ
ed as a day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer. Gov Kent of Maine has appoint
ed Thursday, the 18th Of April.
: The Pennsylvania Reporter gives the
vote on the resolution for the resumption
of specie payments on the 10th of May
Is yeas in favor of resumptian, and IL
nays against it.
The New Y ork Journal of Commerce
of Wednesday states, as some evidence
that business is not extinct in that city
that that paper of the previous day con
, tanned 24l new advertisements, beside:
ships, auctions and steamboats,.
REDUCTION OF PosrAGE-The rate
Of postage in England on all letters con.
veyed short distances is four pence. The
British government has resolved 10 reduce
the four penny postage, by way of expert
ment, to two pence.
CONGREss.-Int the Senate, on Wednes
day, Mr. Norvell introduced a resolution
that no person engaged in duel ought af
forwards to be appointed to any office in
the United States
There has been a severe shock of ar
earthquake felt in Mexico, which has al
, most total y destroyed the town of Acapul
CO. The capital of the country was sub
ject to violent and prolonged shock, tho
no injury to that city was the conse
quence.
The eminent Mathematician, DR.. Ma
thaaiel Bowditch, the translator of Ii
= Place, died at his residence in this city
a yesterday noon.-Bos Press.
CoNGREss-From Thursday, the 18th
to Monday, the 18th, there was no bust
,, ness done. in consequence of the death o
{ Mr. Carter Of Maine Press