The people's press, and Addison County Democrat. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1838-1841, 1840-01-07

done the Shipping was great, especially at
Boston. One vessel of coo tons. broke from
her fastenings and cut her way through
Charleston bridge, carrying away two Piers'
and bringing up agains. Warren bridge, with
out material damage to herself. We have
seen no accounts of any loss oflife.
gentleman who arrived in Albany from
Boston, on Friday last, after journey OF hve
DAYS and four nights, stated that about twenty
miles from Boston, he met several members OF
the Legislature travelling in snow shoes, and
dragging their baggage after them on hand
sled.
THE SPEAKER. The course of Mr.. Hunter
as Speaker, promises TO be OF dignIiled
and liberal character. The standing COM
mittees of the House exhibit honorable
evidence of this. The Speaker has gwen
the administration maiorities on all the
Executive committees-thoseof Ways and
Means, Indian, Military and Naval Affairs,
and Foreign Rclations-and placed ma
iority of Wings on the others. He has
given the Wings the chairman in % OF the
SO committees, and majority iii 81 We
are glad to sec the Wings make tenn
pei ale and honorable use of power, when
they get any. 1t may shame their oPPo-
nents into an imitation of their example.
1t will al last prevent their forgetting what
are the evidences of these characteristics.
ROBERTS WORLD OF ROMANCE.
This periodical. the prospectus of which
will be found in another column, cannot
fail of wide and general circulation among
the novel reading community. 1t is all
that the prospectus promises, and such an
opportunity for the readers of romance to
supply themselves with the latest works,
cannot be overlooked by the economical.
The LADIES Book, published at Phil; =
delphia, is taking stand completely at the
head of all Ameritan periodicals of It's
character, especially since Mrs. Sigourney
has had charge Of it. Its plates of the
Fashions are monthly. and arc more full
and beautiful than Those of any other publ
~
Tine Bosroy ALMANAC. FOa 1910, is the
best and neatest article We have seen
bearing the name Of Almanac. The map
of Boston is worth the cost Of the book.
We have used i; for 4 New Years present.
The WEATHFR-Ne have accounts Of
very severe winter weather, from ali dircc-
tons. In this place on Friday morning,
the thermometer vases degrees below
zero. = We believe this is colder than we
had last winter; and it shouid admonis,i
those to whom the seventies Of winter
bring no suffering, that ".NO.o's The time 10
remember the poor.
MASSACHUSETTS. The Legislature met on
The first inst. Daniel p. King (wlig) was
elected president Of the senate, and Robert Z
Winthrop (whig) speaker ofihe House. The
wing majority in the house is between 80 and
40. In the 9th congressional district Baker
(whig) has majority of Al.
EWOOD OF GRAIN, will be taken in
payment for papers, if delivered soon. Our
subscribers will do well 10 take advantage
of this offer while they can, for we shall with
draw i, as soon as our wood pile a1monishes
US 10 DO so.
meeting of the Wing members of The
Kentucky legislature, on the 18th ult. pass-d
the following resolution -
ResoIred, by the Wing party Of both Houses
of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the
present position ofihe Wing party in Kentucky
requires that they should respond promptly to
the nomination Of the recent Convention at
Harrisburg, and accept the same.
GEN. HARRISON. the manner in which
the nomination of this excellent man is recelv-
ed by the Wings throughout the country, has
been serious damPcr to the hopes of the
off ce. holders. They expected 10 gee diSsstiS
faction and division in our ranks. They took
it for granted that the friends of Mr.. Clay and
Gen. Scott would not take hold and labor in
good faith for the advancement of Gen. Harri-