Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-04-06

est confusion said ernst ia both Of these depart
menis The defect in the latter 1t is thought. will .
amount 20 81 100000 The Navy aud War Depart
menis also reported have been very badly man
aged. The most fragrant acts Of corruption having
been committed m the carrying OF the Florida
Some time will probably clapse before an ,Tpote OF
the whole iniquiiy OF Van Burcns administration can
be made. bot our readers may anticipate disclosures
great deal worse than any We, made Awful devcl- /
oPements are vet at hand Troy Wing.
\ correspondent, Of the Richmond Wing puts the
following question. which II will take more than one to
answer
What authority had Nj Van Buren, to nominate
Judge Masou TO the Judgeshp of,he Eastern District
Of Virginia At the time Of nomination, there was no
vacancy-Judpe Daniel not having resigned. Is the
appointment, then, valid, and OF any force Clearly
not unless there be Judges for the sta
lion at one and the time.
Virginia An act has been passed by both Houses
suNJecung New York vessels inspection to prevent
them from carrying off slaves. Foolish and we hope
the Governor will have sense enough to veto II, as
did the Governor Of Georgia similar bill Vermont
Wdt,hnaH.
Pldt.qf Defence 4 merchan, Of New York has
submt,N the President original plan Of defence
for the city. which said 10 have been received with
much appreciation. lie proposes TO erect three towers,
al various points, each To be 200 feet high, and rs
feet square at the base and on the summit Of EACH TO
place guns that will throw shot OF 100 pounds. In
the centre OF each viii be placed steam boiler, 10 de-
iend from attack, and also to heat shot The cost
he thinks, will not exceed 100000 single shot
would send ship in the harbor to the bottom, and
the whole may be completed within sixty or ninety
DAYS
Dongs Of Congress. A complete list of the Acts Of
Congress at the late session, shows what that body
has effected for the public interests for the last three
months Thir,y-six acts are all that were passed -
and nearly all OF these that of public nature
late either the supply the expenditure of the
Treasury. bill providing for the militia claims of
Georgia and Maine, and the pre-emption bill passed
both Houses, but fell through for want of time to
roll them and have them signed.
ffhe whole amount of appropriations for the support
Of the Government for the present year. exclusive of
the Post Office Department, Is sl7,943, 573. The
claims upon the Treasury, il is believed will
TO from 2j to 80 millions of dollars.
Terds The Congress have decreed $40 acres OF
land to all emigrant heads OF families previous to 1912
and $50 to single persons who live and occupy for
three years. They have also enacted general bank
rupt lawhave arrested the collection of foreign debts
for five years, and provided also that the debtor home
may select the kind of property to be sold on execu
ton, which must bring two thirds of the appraised
value. If these do not insure focking tc
Texas, the state pay despair.
Mr. Webster A letter writer from England in the
Portland Advertiser, says he asked an English gentle.
man who heard Mr.. Webs,er's speech at Oxford how
he liked him, and he replied Oh, he is perfect steam
engine in breeches.
Canada. The late election in Canada did not pass
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tackled the radicals, and three killed anC
others dangerously wounded. At other places there
were dsgracefu riots. The Unionsts Crories) have
succeeded in electing large majority. Hon ID. b
Niger radical and until recently confined in prison fol
political Offences has been elected member of Parlia
ment.
Among the appointments by the President we are
glad to see that Of the veteran Gen. Solomon Var
Rensselaer, to be Postmaster at Albany, in place o
Azariah &. Flagg one OF the Albany regency. Flage
tIa NJ. H.,
rem undoubtedly thought it would be cruel to
him so when he lost his office of Secretary of New
York, the late President turned out the brave old sol
der to make way for the ex-secretary. Old Tip has
things rights Jack Downing says.-Vernon
Waterman.
The Old Dominion. According to the late census
Virginia has been almost at stand for the last ter
years. Her population, which now, amounts TO 1891
AL has increased but 2003s since 1880. In the slave
population, which is now 1907, there has been dea
crease of 22,5l7 The Federal population OF the STATE
is therefore, lOi2, 500 and if sixty thousand be fxet
as the next ratio of representation. Virginia will lost
no less than four members OF Congress
Sap, Slick on Smoking The moment man take
pipe, he becomes phelosifer lit is poor man1
frend-it Gains the mind, soohes the temper, an'
makes patient under trouble, 1t has made more
good men. good husbands, kind masters, indulgent ia
theirs, and honest fellers than any other blessed thing
in this universal world.
A Broken Heart Young girl, a German, d &c
lately Baltimore, under circumstances deeply affect
ing. She engaged TO be married 10 young maj
OF Philadelphia, who for reasons best known to him
self communicated to her a short time since, his inen
ton of abandoning her. On receiving this information
she became the child OF sorrow and despair for tel
days when left its seat, and she became an aw
fol maniac increasingly calling on her lover TO com
to her On the evening of her death, she ordered he
! wedding garment to be prepared, saying that sh
wished be dressed in white and that she was
be married o'clock the precise time OF her de
pauure TO a world of spirits
, Astlua-A friend has handed US the following re
ceipt which contrary most things Of that nd,aord
immediate relief "BuIn IN the room sheet OF whit
paper well saturated with a solution Of salPeter, tn
relief but temporary but the frequent use Of sapete
does not lessen its efficacy. The writer Of this ha
witnessed the elief afforded IN many instances tina
he hopes the above receipt may be generally clrcu
for the benefit OF sufferers. = Cincinnati Chronicle
p There are two hundred and six disteres in tn
State Of New York, which annually produce 2,7lOll
1 gallons Of liquor.
: Shocking The North Star Is weeping over tn
probable repeal of the sub-ireasury. II IS certain
Unfortunate (fur the STAR that the democracy OF III