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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-27
Nh, bill from the Senate, taxing steamboat stock

1hc bill from the Senate, taxing steamboat S'ooh
&c was ordered to II Sd reading.
Eugrossed bills. Rotating 10 bills o! divorce
supported by Mr. Chandler OF w, and opposed ny
Mess rs SNIli and Clossou, when MI Hebhfd NOV
ed 10 commit the bill 10 be- amended by striking
on the provision that when tho parties have rest,
dcd as husband and wife within this State one lu'i
wear at any o,r tiue n bill OF divorce may be giant
ed: agreed to- when Mr. Hebard supported hnd hlr
Swt opposed the bill, and il wns passed, ayes l@S'
nues go. .
SENATE The Act extending the jurisdiction
of ius,,ces of peace in criminal cases, consid.
cred in committee ~ the whole, debated, aud IL
mendrd; aud the amendments reported Whlch we've
adopted and The bill passed 10 be engrossed
Rils &C. From :La House, bill IN relation t"
divorce read and referred to judiciary committee
\ bill 10 pay for ceitain military services on inc
northern frontier, rund aud referred To committee
ON finance. A iointresolu,iou Tor The collection OF
the the claims due tho school limd, read and
concurrGd in, -
Thursday, sOct %, A. NJ
SENATE The resolution TO adjourn The Leg
! ;sature was called up, aud having been previous
I 10 amended by fixing on Tuesday morning next al
3 o'clock was after some desuilory debate hna'Iy
adopted
The bill relating TO indictments of highways
was called up by Mi Dana, when another spirited
debate on its passage, Messrs Dana Palmer,
Butler, Swii, Eaton Of " supporting, and Niessis
Clark, Wooster, Eaton of Franklin, Miner, Marsh,
Engrossed BHs. 70 extend Jurisdiction of
Justices in criminal cases read and passed; to au
horize central union school districts, read and pass
ed.
Thursday Oct. 90, 4, NJ.
HOUSE. Bills-Appl opriaiug 2la0 Tor geolos
zeal survey Of the State, ordered 10 third reading
Senate bill 10 prevent damage by lumber on Con
~: III rl dina
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-27

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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-27

HOUSE. Bills. From the Senate taxing
steam boat stock, ordered to Sd reading. To pay
for certain military services on the Northern front
Ter, supported by Messrs. Kendall, Sabin, and
Buckma ster, opposed by Mr. Hodges, on the
ground that the application should be made to Con
gross; il was ordered to Sd reading.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-10-27

FOR PRESIDENT,
VIM. Henry Harrison,
OF OHIO.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
THE PALACE ADDRESS.

by way of contrasting the conduct of the
federal oflice-holders Convention with that of
the great Harrison Gathering Of the People, the
Globe tells us that the former adopted an adj
dress declaratory of their principles, fairly, frank
~ and without concealment" Now, Mr. Off
clal, stand forth, and answer these plain cues
tons:
Was not the address submitted TO the Presi-
dent of the United States for his consideration .
Did il not receive revision, and undergo aIte
ratons by certain councillors, assembled at the
White House for that purpose2
Is this what you call declaring principles
frankly and freely" to submit these declarations
TO the revision Of the very man whose election
the address containing them is designed TO pro-
mote 2-to adopt whatever suggestions, altera-
tons and additions, the President and his adj
visers may think proper to makel
The people have an interest in these queries
being fully answered, Let Mr.. Van Buren's
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
RUMOURSa!

The Federal Loco-foco Convention at Balti-
more is likely to produce some unexpected re-
suits. The dissatisfaction openly expressed in
that Convention, has made the President and
some of his friends anxious to do something &c
conciliate. 1t is rumored that changes in the
Cabinet will be inevitable. II is even said tina,
meeting has taken place to facilitate that OBJ
ject, and that members of the party including
sirfy-eight Loco-focomembers of Congress have
partment and that Messrs. Kendall and Wood
bury, one or both, are threatening toresign How
much truth there is in these rumours, we do not
pretend to vouch. That dissatisfaction and
confusion are extending in the camp of the ad-
versary, we think is quite apparent. II cannot
well be otherwise. And if the whole are dis
banded and dsgraced, it will be but just pun
ishment for their outrageous attempt to cheat
the People out Of Vice President
" Union and concert Of action" says Mr..
Forsyth in his letter, are not nop to be aafici-
pdfed. according 10 The present state of things,
no friend Of the administration can hope for
an election by The people,
The chiefs of the party had better therefore
administer upon their political estate as soon as
practicable, and prepare TO withdraw with what
decency they can On the 4th of March, 1874 /,
the Government will be restored to its Republi-
can tack, and under the Administration OF Gen.
Harrison, the country will take fresh start, re-
sumo its former prosperity, and take its high
and just stand among the nations of the earth.
Since the above was composed, we have
learnt that Mr.. KENDALL has actually resigned
the office of Postmaster General, and that Gen.
Armstrong, of Tennessee, is to be his successor
Gen. Armstrong was aid de-camp to Gen. Jack
son, and run against Cannon for the governor
ship of Tennessee, and was defeated.
II is said that Mr.. Kendall is to be more com
fortably and proftably provided for with the mis-
sion TO Spain, which, in the residue Of the term
left TO the party, will give him $4,000.
We have also been informed that distin-
guished members of the party in the South have
expressed bitter dissatisfaction with Mr.. Poinset
and his scheme of 2Oo,o 900 United States militia
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
the TRUE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
FOR PREsIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Our readers will find on the first page the let
ter or rather the card of the Secretary Of State,
defining his position in reference TO the VICE
Presidency. II is curious in itself, but still more
SO in the circumstances attending its publication.
II is characterized by the point and terseness
usual in Mr.. Forsyth's productions. II is short,
peremptory, disdainful He is too proud to be
made eats paw of; and he says SO. He will
not subject himself toa paltry scuffle of local in
hnence for the chance Of coming into the Vice
Presidency upon fragment of his party, or for
the chance of controlling his State to the ambi-
tious purposes Of others. The card imports that
whatever others may do the writer will main
tain his personal dignity. Although Mr.. Polk,
Mr.. King, and others may, willingly, become
cats paws, it intimates, John Forsyth will not.
The spirit and temper of this composition are
altogether different from the usual productions
of the party" Its tone is not that of non-re-
sistance and passive obedience. On the con
trary, it has a smack Of honest emotion and
honorable independence 1t is curious prob
lem of political morals-whether the writer can
act with those who act on principles which he
thus scornfully REJECTS.
The circumstances of the publication are pc
culiarly notable. 1t appears in the tGlobe,"
without comment or reference to it in an OBJ
scure part of the paper-like an advertisement
Of quack medicine The Secretary of State
a nominee for the Vice Presidency-is slipped
into remote corner of the official paper, with
on, the slightest allusion TO him. The subject
of the letter, viz, the Vice Presidency, is edi-
torially treated in the same paper-but no men
ton of Mr.. FORSYTH! In the next paper, the
same subject is editorially discussed, yet no
mention of Mr.. Forsyth! Mesars. KING, Polk,
JOHNSON, are spoken of-but Mr.. FoRsyTH is
dropped. If the temper of his card is natural
to his soul, he will hardly sue for restoration
of the smiles of the Globe.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
From the Richmord Wing Of May g.
THE POPULAR VOTE OF VIRGINIA in
FAVOR OF HARRISON
To DocToR DODGE,
Of Dodgeville, N. C.

Whatever may take place nerf fall, or next year. or
the year after, we will not undertake to predict-we
leave that to venerable contemporary Of the En-
quirer, who, finding comfort in the present looks
TO the future for tbut this we assert in respect to
the past if the Presidential election had depended
upon the vote Of Virginia just cast Harrison would
have obtained that vote by from 500 to 1000 MAORI
ty. Wespcak by the card-we speak from thorough
investigation Of the popular vote Just given-makng
the most liberal allowance to the Administration in
the counties contested this spring. and Gen. Har
rson would have received the vote Of the State by
500 majority.
In confirmation of what we say, we submit the fol
lowing statement Of the in the 70 contested
ties and the of 1886 in the non-contested
ties From the vote in the 70 contested counties, it
appears that the Wing gain surpasses our most
guine antcipations. In these counties, in 1885, the
Wing majorities were 1913, the Van Buren, MAORI
ties !, l67, giving clear Van Buren, majority Of
1854 NoI, the tables are turned The Wing ma
jorities are 5627, and the Van Buren, majorities
1888; leaving clear Wing majority of 3,644, and
Wing gain Of nearly 5000! This is what we call
rcyolutiOn
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
LOCO-FOCO COMPLAINTS.

Our friends of the Great National Harrison
Convention, will be grieved to hear how much
dissatisfaction they have given to the Federal
Loco-Focos, by not publishing an Address"
"Why did you not put forth an Address" asks
Mr.. Grundy, of every Wing acquaintance he
meets. The official organ catches up the note
"No Address They have resolved to work
out their designs in darknessm The s'yenera-
BILE contemporary" Of the Richmond Enquirer,
echoes the strain, they have framed no Ad-
dress"! and is followed, full mouthed, by the Lo-
co-Foco journals in every quarter.
If it could be imagined for a moment, that
these people are sincere, we might ask, what is
it they wish to learn of the principles Of the OPP
position-what Of their opinions on political
questions-what Of their purposes, that they
have been SO anxious for an Address, declaring
them? Is it necessary, at this time of day, to
be publishing long addresses in order to make
known the principles on which the opposition of
the honest republicans to this Administration is
founded or to vindicate the hostility of an OPP
pressed and impoverished people to the sposmen
and experimenters? 1t may be important for
seekers, to whom Mr. Van Buren, looks for sup
port-who have no principles, and never had
any-who, as Mr. CALHOUN Justly described
them, are united only by the cohesive power OF
the plumber of the public-may be necessary
to such a hodge-podge party, to have a new set
OF promises, meper to be performed, and OF
professions, nerer TO be prdcticed, paraded in
an address but the high political principles,
and the sentiments Of patriotism and public mo-
rality, which bind together the great opposition
party of the Union, and inspire them with zeal
and enthusiasm in devotion to their cause, and
attachment to the eminent citizen whom they
have selected to bear on their banner to victory
are known to the whole country-They are EN-
blazoned on our shields, and engraven on our
bucklers. The time for formal addresses is over
with the adversaries of msrule and corruption
Action, organization and union, are what they
are now determined upon.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12

"THE TIPPEcANoE TExr Book, compiled from
Niles Register, and other authentic records, by Will
liam Ogden Niles, is the title Of valuable pamphlet
just published by ID. Green, Baltimore. specimen
of the work may be found first page, under
the head Of Anecdotes and Incidents" which we
found in the appendix
THE HARRISON ALMANAC, FOR lS4l-A copy OF
this handsomely gotup annual lies before adorned
with number Of prints representing the prominent
scenes in the life Of Gen HARRISON II is published
at New York, by J P. Citing, at Sc Gold street and
the price, we see, is "a per hundred copies.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
Gftp Nous.
FIRST WARD-MAY 7, 1910.

At meeting of the voters Of the First Ward, con-
vened for the purpose Of nominating suitable person
for the office Of Mayor Of the City, c, w. GoLps-
BOROUGH, Esq, called to the Chair, and F. How
ARD chosen Secretary.
Whereupon the following nominations were made
JOHN p INGLE, WIN. w, SEAToN, and THOMAS Can
Berry The question being then taken, by ballot, the
result WAS "a votes given, OF which John 7. Inge.
received 49, VIM. W. Seaton IL Thomas Carbery 4.
Mr.. lnge received majority of the votes given in,
therefore declared to be the choice of the meet
ing.
When, on notion it Resoired, That delcga-
ton of five be appointed TO meet in convention such
delegates may be appointed from the other Wards
of the city, for the purpose of uniting suitable
candidate for the office Of Mayor, and that the dele
gates from this Ward be instructed to their nfu-
encc TO secure the choice of John p. lngle
The following compose the delegation, viz Captain
w. Easily, L. Hanly, VIM. Wilson, J. ID. Barclay,
and F. Howard
On motion, the meeting then adjourned
c. W. GoLDSBOROUGH, Chairman.
F. Howard, Secretary.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
LoCO-FOCo DEsTRUCTTvEs.

During the splendid and inspiring scenes Of
the celebration Of the victory Of Fort Megs, in
New York, Loco ocoism exhibited the same
spirit of violence and brutality which il did du-
ring the memorable two days Of our great Ma
nonal Convention. The New York Express
says:
We are obliged to add that the procession
was not allowed TO pass through the streets IN
disturbed. Gangs Of Loco-Focos assailed the
different Clubs with mud and stones, and en-
deavored TO break up the march, and, in one or
two Instances, succeeded in mutilatiEg the ban
ners and breaking up the transparencies. We
learn that several persons were good deal in
Jured by blows from clubs and stones thrown by
the mob"
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
THE KEY STONE STATE COMING
HEAR THE GUN FROM BEDFORD!

HEAR THE GUN FROM BEDFORD!
The special election to supply the place of
Mr.. McElwee, (the late Loco-foco member OF
the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, expelled, has
resulted in the triumphant and unexpected sue
cess Of the Harrison candidate! This county
has long been attached to the Administration,
and Mr.. McElwee who was one Of the leading
members of the Van Buren, party in the Legis-
lature, carried it last year by majority Of 1872.
Mr.. Ogle the present Wing member of Con
gress from the same District, was beaten, we
understand, at the last federal election in that
county, 500 votes.
So confident have been the Loco-Focos of
carrying the county, at this election, that they
have frequently told US "you talk of changes
in Pennsylvania-wait until you hear from Bed
ford, and we will show you what sort of changes
are going on"
The result, therefore, is unexpected. II is
the more gratifying, because Mr.. McElwee was
not candidate The trial has, therefore, been
fair one upon the merits of the Presidential
election. The result is, Mr.. DANIEL WAsHA
BAuoH, the Harrison candidate, is elected by q
majority Of about 700! This exhibits change
in favor Of Harrison, since last year, of about
1000 votes This is the kind of change we
like. II goes far to prove, what was confidently
predicted at the Baltimore Convention, thai
Pennsylvania will give large majority for Gen
Harrison.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
4s4i
THE BALL ROLLING.

Yesterday afternoon, an immense number Of Wings
assembled the foot Of Dock street to look al the
Great Ball that had been rolled from Allegheny
county, Maryland to the Baltimore Convention, and
thence to this city
The delegates TO Baltimore assembled also with
their banner and martial music and procession
formed and the ball rolled through the city II will
be taken this morning to New York and thence TO
Massachusetts. 1t is magnificent ball. ten feet in
diameter, and richly decorated. We regret to learn
that certain persons who do not like the progress Of
Harrisonisni, took occasion to exhibit a bad spirit
while the procession moving At the corner of
Chestnut and Third street, brick bat was thrown at
Mr.. q. b. Hall in the procession which struck him
on the head, cut through his hat, and wounded his
forehead. We learn that Mr.. II. caught the often
der, and administered an acknowledgement of favors
received. One or two other assaults were made the
last was in Dock below Second street 1.-THE Wings
understood their own rights and defended them,
making their assailents scamper rather hurriedy.
The ball is in notion and the People are at the
axles and behind it. A few months more and the
great work will have been accomplished. Phil. u.
s. Gazette, May g.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
A CHILD COME BACK TO IT'S FATHER

We find the following article going the rounds
Of the papers. We recognize in it an old ac-
quaintance, or rather grown up offspring of our
have made such an impression upon the London
geological Society. In the summer of 1885 a
glass was shown to us containing something
very like a vegetable insect. We made draw
ing Of it, and published description in the New
York Family Magazine of August Of that year,
of which we were then editor. The description of
the London Society is adopted from our own.
We were roundly taken to task in private let
ter for having, as was alleged, exposed some
body's "innocent project" What that project
was, or what the "Natural Curiosity" we de-
scribed really was, we have not to this day been
satisfied We will add however that we now
very much doubt whether there was any such
thing as the plant insect really existing in North
Carolina. The philosophers of the London So
cety may have received the innocent project"
perfected from Maracaibo. We don't undertake
to dispute it any more than we would those
sages of the Royal Society who saw an elephant
in the moon, although Hudibras says il was only
a mouse In tne Telescope! Dut tnlS is the artl-
Gle, which, although copied from the proceedings
of the Geological Society, is our own totidem
perbis. Its travels round the world, and its in
PRODUCTION to a most distinguished society in
Europe, would form a curious history, and we
take especial pride in the rapid progress and
eminent acquaintance our offspring has made,
and in its return unframed to its home:
The PLANT INsEcr-At a very late meeting of the
London Geological Society communication
read from Mr.. Mackey, Of the British consulate at
Maracabo, plant called Projojoy in the country
from which il is derived, and which attains the
dition Of plant from the strange metamorphose of
insect In the insect which described some
of the legs have already changed into roots and in
that state II presented to the contributor II
announced that similar insect had been discovered
in North Carolina. When the creature assumes the
form of insect animal, il is about inch
in length, and must resemble wasp in appear
ance. After it has reached its full length, il dis
appears under the surface Of the ground and dies,
after which the two fore legs begin to sprout and
vegetate the shoots extending upwards and the plants
in short time reaching height of six inches The
branches and the leaves like trcfo and at the ex
tremities Of the former there buds which contain
neither leaves flowers, but an insect which as
grows falls to the ground, remains on its parent
plant feeling the leaves ill the plant is exhausted
when the insect to the earth, and the plant
shoots forth again.
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-12
NoarH CAROLINA, April 2sth, 1910

has been intercepted and handed TO US for publ
cation
| NORTH CAROLINA, April 2sth, 1870.
Uncle Dodge II have been writing TO You for the
space of six years, and yet have not received an
answer IVsed to think that you took sufficient in
ierest in the plan Of my education to make my letters
interesting to you in the days ofyour grey hairs You
are perfectly cxcusabe il you not able TO take the
letters from the Office, otherwise hold you cupable
until hear from you. have written you many fine
things ofbotany phrenoIogy cosmogrophy and things
OF clerical nature and have occasionally given you
small dish Of politics The people tell here that
they have examined the Presidents Message, and the
proceedings Of Congress generally and that they
Of opinion firmly that Mr. Buchanan and Walker in
their remarks on the Subtreasury Bill let the cat
out Of the wallet. II is stated, and no one, Uncle
Tim, pretends 10 deny it, that the immediate passage
of the Sub-treasury Bill would reduce the price of
labor down to sxpence day, as low the wages
in Germany, which is only threepcnce.
The members that voted for the Sub-treasury are
pretty well known, such Mr.. Walker who made
his fortune in better times by the of paper money
in land speculating-now goes in for the " tetotal
abolition of paper" to enable the "fep" TO buy
counties Of land, and hold the populace tenants at
will in place ofbuyng sections and townships for
merly. The people say that the Administration might
well try make them believe that augers and
tenpenny nails with brickbats for sauce the most
wholesome and digestible food for them To try
make them believe that reduction Of the price OF
labor, property, and the produce in general of our
country, is for their common good. For instance,
they say the produce we have to sell is brought
down to one-third Of the present prices and any
English goods that they buy is not at all affected from
the present price, which statement in my opinion, is
correct,
l am frequently asked what Van Buren, wants
with two hundred thousand militia dispersed gene
rally all the United States with twelve thousand
five hundred in actual service, which must cost the
Government something above one hundred and fifty
| thousand dollars month in time of peace with all
nations. tell them that Van Buren, wishes to quel
the refractory Wings, who sometimes come neal
sandering him. The people in this country charge
Van with being guilty Of division of the two million
with Swartwou of the grosses dereliction of duty
in not causing him to make his regular depostes MOI
give bond for nearly three years.
/ Now, uncle, my own opinion goes, think i
Van Buren, don't turn out of Office all the Wing post
masters in this State he will certainly be cut out oil
his election. They scatter news like shot falling
among ducks and they nearly every one Wings
If he would turn them all out and stop the mail
short time and place guards along the side Of tn.
chance Of election.
| RopERIcK Stout.
i To DocToR DODGE,
Of Dodgevile, N. C.