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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-05-29

LATER FROM CANToN.-The ship Fbon Preble,
Captain CROKER, arrived Yesterday from Canton
having sailed on the 81 of February, and bringing
advices about a fortnight later than our last ac-
counts. The blockade Of the port, which had been
declared by the British, had been raised on the
following day, in consequence the III erat on by
the Chinese of The British subject. whose dettn-
ton was the alleged cause OF the blockade. Sc
veral American vessels then hurried TO Canton
without cargoeS, a circumstance which puzzled
the Chinese, the previous arrivals having brought
full cargoes, and they in Consequence, issued a
chop iorblding the Ann McKm, Valparaiso and
Llnlin, taking away more cargo than each had
roueht specie TO pay for, requiring that the specie
lie in the first instance placed in the possession OF
The hong merchants. This occurrence had con
termed many in the opinion that the Chinese pro-
ccedings against OPIUM, were in reality cau> ell by
the exploration oiSicca silver, and that the health
and morals of the people were IA mere pretcXt.
The British superintendent had receive de>p atchc>
from his government, conveying to him their APP
prol alton uflhe course Of conduct he had adopted
| and announcing to him the approaching arrival OF
a large British force. One of the Britt. slips Of
war had sailed from Canton, in .earch ii was CIV
en- ont by Capt. ELLIOTT Of the remains Of an
English ,hip which he alleged he had lclrd was
wrecked on some part OF the coast, Tut it Is sup.
| posed that the real object was 10 put herself in
communication with the BRUSH vessels as they
arrived.
| The Chinese were endeavourihg 10 purchase
three or four foreign vessels TO convert them niC
hoatinglatteries and anchor them within the Bogue
to resist The expected attack from the EnglishT The
| general belief among the foreign residents, how
| ever, was that The Chinese would submit on the
arrival ofthe British forces. The High Comms-
| sioner LINN had been sent 10 the Province o
| Tong as Wee Roy, and another officer had taken
his place at Canton, who the Chinese merchants
| apprchcndel woudle still less favorahly incllnct
towards them than his predecessor. There wa.
no change in the market at Canton when the
FBoN PREBIE sal lied, and the quotations for export,
| were entirely nominal. Little Of interest indect
can now eexpeccd TO reach "a from China, unl
the arriva. OF the British squadron. Accounts O
| the occurrences which will then cn>ue, will lie eX.
pered with great Anxiety Y the whole civilized
word. Whilst on this SUBJECT, we may add tina
LORD PAIMEksToN the British Secretary for For.
eign Affairs, on Icing asked if any diplomatic
communications had passed with the Government
| of the United States on the subject OF Chinese at.
| fairs, replied, none other than information Of
request from the Americans resident at Canton, Il
their Government, that it would support the pro
ceedngs Of the Britt, h.-COuier & Eng.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-05-29

VERY OMINoUs.-The Nation Intel
ligenccr contains the following advertise
mcnt: -
TO RentWThc House on Capitol Hill, occupied
at present by the Vice President. Possession will
he given on the 18th Of June. Apply TO Henry
Dangerlicd, Alexandria.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21
JOURNEY OVER LAND no INDIA

This route to Bombay will soon become
general and popular. The London Time,
states that it takes eleven days to 90 from
that place to Marscilcs, and costs SO: from
Marseilles to Alexandria, by steam, IA day,
at an expense Of 500; from Alexandra to
Suez, days, costs $50; and from Suez to
Bombay, 10 days, costs $500. The expense
Is high, but the route is sure and easy and
will become popular. Half way bctwcu
Caro- and Sucz there is a Hotel, kept by a
Yankee, at which all travellers stop who are
hunting for antiquities, or bound down the
Red Sea. What new interests arc create
by the new route-a traveller writes:
owe anchored here this morning, after
voyage OF seven days from Sucz. The hea,
down the Red Sea was excessive. On Chris.
mas day, while you were blowing your finger,
and seeking warm corner, we were looking
around for some shade, and seeking for cold
water to battle. Our steamboat can accom-.
MEDIATE between 80 and 80 passengers. W.
are 48 now, including ladies'. Nearly 4.
gentlemen sleep on deck, where, notvil.
standing the crowd, good humor prevails.
"Adcn is an interesting place, and bcm.
a peninsula, is easily defended. The heat
very great. The troops are generally healthy
This will soon be one of the most importan
points on the way to India, being half wa
to Bombay. ~. Y Erening Star.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21
THE OREGON TERRITORY.

A petition was lately presented to the
Senate OF the United States, and ordered to
be printed, from Charles BuIlinch and Others.
in which they represent that they were the
owners, or are the heirs and legal rcprcscn.
ta'lvcs of the owners of the ship Columbia
and sloop Washington, which in the ycar;
1889, go, and '9l, made voyage to the
Northwest Coast, explored the coast to q
considerable extent, and the masters of which
made purchases of lands from the native,
making payment therefor in muskets, iron
copper, and clothing. On one or more Of
the tracts of land so purchased, on the bank,
of the river which they named the Columbia.
taking possession of them IN the name of the
United States, the crews of the said yessc,
erected forts, and resided for some time, cr
aiming The country and trading with the ma
t'cs The petition is accompaniedwth scy'
cral documents, in proof of the allegations
therein contained, and describing the adyca'
lures referred to, more in detail. ANON.
the documents are the descriptive parts Of
the deeds, by which the several tracts of land
were purchased These deeds are to Capt
John kendrick, master of the Columbia, an'
afterwards of the Washington. They con
'ey lIvc distinct tracts of land, three of whc
are 10 miles square, one is circular, of a dr.
ametcr of miles, and the fifth is 36 mile
square The first has in its centre the har
Dor OF Chastactoos, the second the harbor q
Chcnerkintan, the third the harbor of IIoCI
see-css, IN lat. 80 deg, 46 min the fourth
whIch Is circular, has the village of Cashcc
IN the centre, and the fifth has the village oil
Opls'lac in the centre.
me mcmorlalists, in behalf of thcmseye'.
ana the heirs Of the original owners, and d
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21
THE POLYNESIAN.

he i'm manner under the direction OF
Methodist missionaries from New Eng
land. The people of tlc United States
are. however, not to be accused of want
of energy on account of the indifference
with which they have hitherto regarded
this vast and fertile region. as that indii-
ference has arisen solely from the circuin-
stance that they held at their disposal
lands equally good, and under a better
climate i'm their immediate vicinity.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21
LITERATURE IN TIE PACIFIC

Numipuain Superintendent Tmash j,
the title OF new work, printed at L.apwa
1910, and handed us recently, and from
which we make the following interesting cv.
tract. The truth and the beauty of the sen.
tmcnt cannot but strike every one who read,
the article, and we recommend the wboo
work to a carciuIperusal.
"Wiaat tamaunin. Alta Jus huiauka fix
tamausa. Ahnanib silakt, maah lauk H.
wapaliksa Mis- kinch kala hiwihnasa." II
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

1t was supposed that the difficulties which
existed between Great Britain and the Uni.
ted States, relative to the n. f.. Boundary
would be amicably settled by negotiation.
>. Z. Adams had expressed such an opinion
on the floor of Congress. The commercial in
tcrcsts OF the two countries would be so deem
~ involved in case of such an event, that
war will be avoided if possible.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

An excellent portrait of Kalnchamclo
has lately been struck off, on "copper" a, Ia.
hainaluna. Those who have seen the old
warrior-king, call it striking likeness. A
very good engraving Of the mission buiIdmr,
at Eiilo, has also been executed
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

The flags of the Nincenncs and Pcacocl
and of the American vessels in the harho,
were hoistcd hall-mast on the 18th inst a. -,
mark ofrcspoct to the memory of Commo.
dorc Chauncy, late of the u. S. Navy.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

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its name to Fort George This post was
restored as formally TO the United States
in October, Isis, by order of the British
Governments agrccably to the treaty of
Ghcnt, without any reservation or cXcep-
ton whatsoever, as the act of delivery.
signed by the commander OF the British
ship-of-war Blossom, and tAc chief agent
ofthc Northwest Company, clearly proves.
No attempt to rc-occupy it has, however,
been since made on the part OF The Unit
cd States, or OF any of lis citizens; and it
has been almost abandoned by the British
who still maintain the other posts formed
by the Americans in ISL on the north
crn branches of the Columbia.
In the same month of October, 1919.
a convention between the British and
American Governments was signed at
London, by which all territories on the
northwest coasts of America, claimed by
either party, Were to remain, during the
ensuing tea years, free and open TO the
citizens and subjects of both, without
prejudice to the rights OF any third power
This arrangement was, in 1877. renewed
for an Indefinite period. each party being
at liberty TO annu and abrogate it. on
giving twelve mouths notice of its intCn-
tons to the other, and it still remains i'm
force. by the same convention, the forty
ninth parallel of latitude was fixed as the
tine of separation between the territories
OF the United States on the south side.
and those of Great Britain on the north.
from the meridian of the northwest cx-
trcmity of the Lake of the Woods wcs-
tward to the Rocky mountains. This
parallel was chosen chiefly in consequence
OF a supposition entirely without lounda-
ton, that the said line had been sct;I-
ed by commissioners appointed in l7l1,
aSrceably to the tenth article of the treaty
OF Utrecht, as the northern boundary of
the French possessions in America west
of Lake Superior.
In 1919, a treaty, commonly called the
Florida treaty, was concluded between
Spain and the United States, by which,
line drawn along the forty-sccond paral-
lei OF latitude, from the meridian of the
source of the river Arkansas. westward
to the Pacific, was fixed as the dividing
line between the territories of the two
powers In that part of America; Spain
ccding and renouncing to the United
States all her rights, claims, and prctcn-
Sous to territories north of that line and
the United States, in like manner. ccdinr
and rcnouncing to Spain all their rights,
and claims, and pretcnsions to territories
south of the same. This arrangement
has been confirmed by subsequent trca-
ty between the United States and Mex
leo, which latter succeeded to the rights
and pretensions of Spain in that part of
America.
Since the conclusion of the Florida
treaty, two attempts have been made to
settle by common accord, some line cx-
tending from the Rocky mountains to the
Pacific, south ofwhich the territory should
belong exclusively to the United States.
while that lying north of it should become
the property of Grcat-Britain. No ar
rangement which would meet the views
OF both parties has, however, been devils
ed. The United States claim the mhole
territory 'ratered By the Columbia and its
branches, in virtue of the first discovery
n H..
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

The submarine dress belonging to the
Exploring Squadron, has been again used
turing this week, for repairing the coppcr Of
the Peacock.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

weeks since in the Polyncsian, excepting fl,
transfer of Acting Master Knox to the rh
ing Fish, and Acting Master Sinclair take,
his place on board the Porpoise.
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21

The I, 5. Brig Porpoisc, Lieut. Com
hl"gsold, sailed on cruise, on the 9Th inst
The officers arc the same as published few
The Polynesian., 1840-11-21
TIE POLYNESIAN.
SATURDAY. NOV. II, 1910.

We fill our columns this week mostly with
extracts from the late papers from the Uni
ted States, received by the Phanthropc.
The general aspect of affairs appears much
the same as by previous dates The strug-
gle of England with the Chinese creates
much interest, and all parties seem to be
anXiously awaiting the progress of events.
However. unjust the occasion of it may be.
we cannot but think that the results will be
productive of good to the Chinese them
selves, by opening their empire to the intro
dnction of the arts, sciences, and improve
mcnts of chrstcndom. This done, and the
exclusive policy of Japan will likewise per-
ish, and thus these two powerful countries
be restored to the civilized world. The
brutal treatment OF the American Ship Nor
rison, while on &c c .s. OF the latter, is
making ii noise, AM sd, writer's urge the
occasion as one which requires the presence
of an American envoy and armed force, to
demand satisfaction, or at least secure the
civil treatment Of American citizens, should
accident ever drive them upon their shores.
General Harrison's chance for being elected
President was daily growing stronger, though
it still remained quite doubtful. John Tyler.
of Virginia, is the whig candidate for the
Vice Presidency. Governor Morton, of
Massachusetts, was elected by majority
of ONE. The fifteen gallon license law has
been repealed. Business was dull but i'm
proving. All goods are very low. Cotton
from to 81 cents. Domestic goods from
to cents, such as formerly brought 10 to ii
cents-so say our private letters.
The pressure of the money market and
great scarcity of money still continue. Sew
eral banks have suspended specie payments.
1t was thought the sub-treasury bill would
pass both Houses of Congress.
Hon. Amos Kendall has resigned his Of
flee of Post Master General, and was to act
as Editor of the Er'ra Globe, until after the
Presidential Election He states in his let
ter that ill-hcaIth compcls him to resign.
The Court Martial on Com. Elliott was in
session at Philadelphia, in May last.
Judge White, late Senator in CONGRESS-
from Tennessee, died at his residence, in
April.
The following deaths of officers in the Ma
Wy, were reported in the papers Commo-
dorcs Pattersonand Chauncy. Capt David
Deacon Commander John White. Lieu
tenants X. r. Pinkham, and - Lambert.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17
Agricultural.

Ma. CoLMAN-Sir-I have seen in
one OF the N. Z. Farmers that you should
Ike 70 have a statement of the produce of
some Of our farms. My farm IS ia New
Duty aDout one mile south Of Newbury-
port nave about 20 acres Of good I'll
lage land, and about Is acres OF grass land
TOO clayey for easy tillage. i have 90
ACRES Of salt and black grass meadow .
The remainder is pasture and Woodland
containing in the whole about ITO acres
on which has been raised the present
season 200 bushels Of corr on about five
acres, MANFRED in the hill. / think thar
the storm Of the 28ih Of August. destroyed
one-afth Of the crop. Six acres planted
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17

with potatoes, amanured partly in hills and
partly ploughed in, produced l5Oo bush
els. One acre and three.quarters oil on
ions. TAO bushels; one acre Of winter rye,
90 bushels three acres barley, lOO bush
els; one acre of oats, IS bushels one
other acre cut for fodder, not thrasned.-
The oats were raised on pasture land
never ploughed but once, and planted
with potatoes the last year, and manfred
in hills. this year narrowed, and 200
bushels of leached ashes spread on. l
have 40 tons of English hay, cut the
present season; 16 tons OF black grass
hav, Is tons of salt and fresh hay, 10
barrels of winter apples, II barrels OF
| cider. 40 bushels of beets and carrots,
some pears, grapes and plums. keep |
| horse. a oxen, 9 cows; calves sold so
! dollars: milk sold at the house 1900
gallons at IA cents; and made some cheese
in the hot weather. l have a son who
takes the principal care of the farming
We hire twosmen seven months, at Ii 81
l8 dollars per month. We buy manure
in Newburyport at 81 Is and So per load
of half a cord or more; ashes 6 cents a
bushel. l sell hay at Sl4 per ton. On
ions are sold at SO cents a bushel. On
ions ground we manure with about IL
loads to the acre; plough it in the fall
about 10Th of April plough it again and
sow when the ground is fit. | sow in
rows 16 inches apart, three pounds of seed
to the acre two pounds are enough i
we were sure all would be right: l think
if we have plenty of manure it is best tc
plough it in; if we have not a plenty
make the best Of it and put it in the hills
then we shall not miss unless a very dry
, season. To cultivate an acre of onions
on my ground, would cost about Is day
(; labor.
Summary Of the oboOe.
2 No. of acres, 10.
Products-Corn, on 5 acres, 200 bushels
Potatoes, 6 acres, 1900 bushels.
Onions, | ga acre, 74O
Beets and carrots, 40
9 Winter rye, one acre, &c
Barley, 3 acres, 100
: Oats. l acre, IS
English hay. 40 tons.
Black grass, l6 /"
Salt and fresh hay, Is
It Winter apples, barrels 60
Cider, IL
N Milk sold at the house at Id cts. pc
gall, 1900 gallons.
: Calves sold, SO dollars.
raise plenty of peas, beans, cabbage.
turnips, squashes, &c.
l should like to find some machine
dig potatoes with oxen or horses.
November %, 1899.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17

Seven ladies had already been taken from
the ruins of the Steamboat Hotel. The
loss on board the Flat Boats must have
been awful, as it is reasonable to presume
that at least two persons were on each
boat. which would make the number lost
in this manner upwards of two hundred.
The estimates on the spot, by the citizens
of Natchez, varied from three to seven
hundred.
From the Louisville Journal.
1t is said there.were fifty persons buried
in one of the hotels. Seven were taken
dead from the railroad depot, and seven
dead and one injured from the hotel under
the hill. Rumor says, that in all, 200
persons have been taken dead from the
ruins. OF course manynot killed were
more or less Injured.
1t is stated that the family of Mr.. H. p.
Postlethwaite was preserved in this singu-
lar way One Of the children became
frantic or alarmed and ran into the cellar
the other members of the family fol-
lowed, and just as they all reached the
cellar the house was blown off. Tire
family of Mr.. Watt, of the firm of Burke,
Watt & Co, were accidentally led to leave
the dinner table and GO out into the yard
and instantly the room they had left was
blown down.
1t is stated that many persons were
blown from the streets into the river.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17

Vt. Lit. and Sci. Institution.
ME Summer Term of this School
- will commence IN Monday the 18th
day of May. C. PARKER.
Brandon, Mag 4, 1910. SO
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-06-17
MisceIla
From the Herald of Freedom.
THE VOICE OF GOD.

In a manner almost supernatural it
would seem, God is now speaking 20 our
guilty nation; especially to that portion
Of it which like Egypt Though with ten
fold more damning guilty is practising
oppression. The destruction of properly
and human life that has been occasioned
by hail and tempest, fire and flood during
a few months past at the South, can not
but remind US of the beautiful and i'm
pressive lines of the poet Cowper, In his
4" Negroes Complaint"
as there as we sometimes tell us,
Is there one who rules on high!
Has he bid you buy and sell us,
Speaking from his throne, the sky?
Ask him if your knotted scourges,
Matches, blood-extorting screws
Are the means which duty urges
Agents of his will to use?
Hark! he answers wild tornadoes
StreWlng yonder sea with wrecks,
Wasting towns, plantations, meadows,
Are the voice with which he speaks.
lie toreseeing what vexations
Afric's sons must undergo, s
Fixed their tyrant's habitation
where his whiHwinds answer, MOI"
The papers from the South and West
abound with account such as The follow
ing :-P.
From The Cincinnati Chronicle.
The TORNADO AT NATCHEs.-The
tornado destroyed about two-thirds of all
the buildings in the city amongst them
was every building under the hill, except
Mr.. Cotton's grocery, IA small building
which was partially injured y the beauti-
tul grove of trees around the Court House
IS wholly Frustrated; and the Court House
itself partially destroyed-all the Banks.
except the Commercial,-everv Hotel,
except the Mansion House, which was
partially blown down. The Planters
and Parker's Hotel were completely OBJ
liberated, and nothing left but a pile of
bricks. The fine grove of trees, and the
handsome buildings adjoining the Plant
ers' Hotel, were all destroyed. The long
row OF China trees that lined the brow Of
the hill, and made so beautiful an appear
ance from the river, were all DESTROYED !:
also the Light House, erected by the U.
>. Government some twenty years since {;
the Cotton Press,-both Steam Saw Mills
-tne steeple OF the Second Presbyterian
Church. and a part of the building itself,
was also destroyed. The Railroad Depot
was blown down. and nine dead bodies
nave been taken from the ruins.
Tn the river, in front of the CITY. the
effects of the tornado We're equally awful.
The steamboat Kinds was blown into the
river and sunk, and the crew and passen-
gers except four men, were lost; the
number of passengers on board was not
known. The captain was said to be on
shore at the time, but had not been seen.
The destruction of property, of course.
y Immense, and no estimate can VET be
lonna OF It's amount land we regret to
aod that the number of lives LOST is also
very great. The William French passed
INalchez only twelve hours after, and that
lRe citizens were entirely engaged n
taxing eutthe dead bodies from the ruins