Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-03-27

for the payment of the remaining s00ol. 81
year by year as the money should become IL
due. et
Mr.. Samuel Inniss, a merchant of this D
town. (Bridgeton, Barb.) was so much m
terrified at the shareholders bugbears of Il
liberty, that he was on the point OF giving e
up business and making his escape. A
black merchant, Mr.. Bourne, with diff
Guilty dlssuaded him. His business has
since very considerably increased, and five
weeks ago he joined his brother in pur- S
chasing Welsh town estate for i36, 1000
currency. They sold ii soon afterwards
Tor $4,000, and Mr.. ST. John who pur-
chased Ii from them, has since been offer
ed 5000 advance upon his bargain. Sim
liar cases are numerous. The prices now
given and offered, are indeed extravaganza
They do not denote the sanity of the peo-
| pie, but they emphalicaly attest the conf
dence which is telt in the superior advan-
tages OF Liberty over Slavery.
The Profit of War BustIins.
Solomon long ago gave the wholesome
advice, Let contention alone before i. is !
meddled with" There never was war,
or preparation for one, which did not
illustrate the correctness of this advice
Contention by force. either on large or
small scale, is a dear business. Our good
friends down east begin to find it so. as
the following paragraph from late letter
shows. Such facts as these will cool their
hot blood, and those who must ultimately
g foot the bill,'' will begin TO clap their
: hands on their purses. We suspect the
days Of valor, and prospective exploits. and
, of 'eagerness to meet the foe are about
over, and the next era will be that of pa
thetic appeals to Massachusetts or to Con-
gress, to help pay the expense.-Ch.
: Great difficulty is experienced at pres
ent, in sending forward provisions suffi-
! cient for the troops. The badness ofthe
: travelling, the length of the way and the
= grea! amount required, render it extremely
o dificul.to keep UP full supply atlhe camp.
i Almost every team in the vicinity is put
y in requston. The expense, TOO, is very
IS great, the cost of transportation being
about $50 per ton, and daily increasing as
It the travelling grows worse. The snow OF
y which there has been but small quantity
le at any time during the winter. is now about
e. all gone, and the frost is already coming
"a out of the ground. OF course the roads
must be bid for long time 10 come. The
distance from the city to the camp on
Township H by way of Houlton, is abou
$50 miles,
Nothing Of importace has transpired ir
relation to the boundary question, since
our last. The prospect now is we shall
have no war.-Ch. Waterman
AN AWFUL SPECIALIZATION Frida,
n the 9Th of February, Archibald L. Bate
was pnbliclv executed at Bennington, VT
IT'S for the murder of his brothers wife.
al A petition for his pardon or a commu
OF taton of his punishment had been for
ed warded 10 the Governor of Vermont.
counter petition, of remonstrances Wa
Immediately got up, and the three fir
er- signatures were his fathers, brothers. an
IN sisters
re- No pardon or computation being oil
;ur tanned, Bates was taken from prison to til
Or gallows, and the sentence of the law ext
err, cuted upon him.
to Our informants, who attended the ex
cution, represented the scene as one awit
vas and appalling and the conduct the spe
md tators as degrading TO human nature. III
Ia number of people assembled, (some
at whom we are sorry to saw were female
to See fellow being in robust health al
nu- gigantic strength, Instantly launched in
nee eternity was various,y estimated from t,
tied to twenty-five thousand! Just before Il
ave prisoner was brought oat, some ofthe spe
gis- lators were singing and dancing Jim Crc
ord to thoughtless crowds as kind of prelu
to the solemn spectacle about to be W
heir messed.
ssa, Bates was large, portly, good lookil
- man and when he entered the throng
area about the gallows with all the hab
,een iments ofthe grave about him-the shroV
ton the dirge, the death cap, the coffin
nge thrill OF horror must have crept over Il
e. portion OF The multitude who claimed a
the affinity 10 humanity.
The The prisoner was in the act of supli
wit ton when the drop fell and ushered h
shut into the presence of God.
Ten or more of the spectators we le;
par were committed TO the jail in Benning
lem, tor drinking aud lighting during the d
they The assembling of such number of p
gang pie could hardly be expected to be ate
iaces ed with other results gbui
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