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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15
COUNCIL OF CENsoRs.

The Council of Censors at tbeir second session
held at Montpelier, in October last, agreed upon
the following propositions Of amendment to the
Constitution Of this State:
First-That Sheriffs shall be annually elected
by the f:eemen of their respective Counties, at
the same time and in the same manner, as Sena-
tors are now chosen. The person having the
greatest number of votes, shall be declared duly
elected.
Second-That Justices of the Peace shall be
annually elected by the frecnen of their rcspec-
tive towns, and until otherwise provided by law,
their election shall be made on the day that the
Representatives of the General Assembly are cho
sen; provided that no town having less than 1000
iDhubi'a nts shall have more than live Justices OF
the Peace, and no town having, not TO exceed 100
Inhabitants shall have no more than seven Justi-
Ces of the Pence and no town shall have more
than twelve Justices of the Peace-provided also,
that any town may, at their annual March meet
Ing, determine by vote or resolution to elect n
less number of Justices at their next freemen's
meeting, than the number above limited and pro-
vided also, that said Justices shall in all cases be
elected by plurality OF votes
Third-That Senators shall he elected Tor three
years by the freemen Of their respective counties !;
that the members OF lhe Senate shall he divided
INTO three equal claSsrs, aud so arranged that one
third of the whole Senate shall go ont of Office ut
the expiration Of each year The Senators shall
he apporoneG to tie several counties according to
dsHsCeGluIlICu ny IUe CELSIUS taken
under the authority of Congress, regard being al.
ways had in such upportionment TO the counties
having the greatest fraction, always giving each
county one Senator at least
Fourth-Thut the Freeinens meeting for the
election of Stale officers aud the members of the
General Assembly shall be holden on the second
Tuesday OF October annually forever. Aud the
General Assembly shall commCnc, their session
on the first Thursday Of the succeeding January.
Fifth That whenever any Council OF Ccnsos
shall propose any amendment, explanation or adj
dltion to the Constitution Of this State they shall
propose the same directly to the people for their
adoption instead Of calling Convention TO adopt
the same.
The Council of Cnnsors did not, at their SEES.
sion in October, resolve upon calling a Conven-
ton, but ms they hld several other propositions OF
amendment under consideration, md as the Con
siution required that they should hold session
after the rising OF the legislature, they adjourned
to meet at Burlington, OH the 9th doy OF February
next,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

The following from member of the Legisla-
ture speaks well, and justly 100, of The exceen,
management Of the Temperance House, kept by
Mrs Stafford in this village, and we publish it
with pleasure Eds.
Messrs WALTON g. Sons.
You no doubt are aware of the great prejudice
that has existed against temperance houses.
am one of those persons that have always been
willing 10 find fault with the fare aud manner
which they have been furnished and conducted,
and perhaps NOT without cause.
But were all the temperance houses conducted
as well as the one kept by Mrs. Stafford in your
village, the time would soon come when that pre-
JUDGE that now exists in the public mind would
be no more.
Allow me to say to the weary traveller, if you
wish to set 10y good fare, dine at able furnished
with the best the country affords, and find some
one qitoays Uiting and ready to administer your
comfort, call at the Temperance House, Montpe-
lier VI. kept by Mrs. SAFEoRD.
friend OF temper ance, and member Of the
Legislature
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

Brighton Market, .Nou. s. At market 2700 beef
cattle, 100 Stores $500 sheep, and 555 swine
Prices-beef cattle, first quality S. so to Sec
ond quality "a so to IS 25; third quality SO to
"a rs. Barrelling cattle, Mess, "a Is; No. l, SO
H. and No. 9, so so. Stores, two year old SO to
Sl5 three year old $l4 to $23. Sheep, rs cents,
81 03, 25, SO, So and 225. Swine, l-2 to
43.4
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

IeraS. The Natchez Free Trader states that a
proposition will be made at the next session of
Congress, by dislin 5uised member, for The I'm
ion of Texas and the United States We beg
leave to hint TINT Vermont will Object to the banns,
ut least until the black marks in the Constitution
of Texas ale expunged
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

Going ahead.-At late Temperance m,e ing
in Fayetteville, W., 20 incorporate persons came
forward with others, and signed the pledge, and
and two merchants, who sold ardent spirits.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

Virginia. The Journal of Commerce states
that Tyler CO. has defeated the election of Parrio,
(whig) to the Senate. Ifso, the Senate stands ns
before-tied.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

New York. The Albany Advertiser states the
result as follows; Senale-Locos IL, Wings Is
House, Locos "a, Wings 80, and counties to be
heard from.
In the Ontario district, Hon. Francis Granger
late Postmaster General, has been elected to Con-
gress by about 500 majority.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

MASSACHUSETTS, UNINTERRUPTED.
The Boston Atlas Of Tuesday gives sufficient
returns TO authorize us in saying that the Wings
have again succeeded throughout.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-11-15

.Nec Jersey Gov. Pennington Nv hig) has been
Reelected
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
The late Charles Ogie. OF Pa,

The fendish malignty, says the Richmond
Wing with which the memory of this man is
pursued by the Locofocos, would excite abhor-
renee in the bosoms of savage people He
was scarcely cold in the grave, before with one
accord they opened upon him their batteries Of
Vlificallon and traductlon.---Some Of them even
anticipated that solemn and melancholy event,
i and sought to embllter his last moments by her.
aiding, in staring capitals, and with a spirit
which could only actuate demons-that 'the in
famous Charles Ogle was about to de-" &C.
When the clod had fallen upon the coffin, the
fact was announced with shout Of triumph, ac-
companied by every opprobious epllhet which
a copious Billingsgate vocabulary could supply
When Congress met, the game of detracilon
was removed from the newspapers TO the Hall
of Representatyes-Thes honorable gentle
men seemed to take pleasure in blackenlng the
name of the dead, and in narrowing up the feel
ings of the living. The motion of a Mr.. Sny-
der when the bill for the relief of Mrs. Harri-
son was pending, cannot have escaped the re-
collection of The reader The severe and just
castiga,ion which that individual received al the
hands of colleague, would, we had supposed,
have deferred all others from following in his
footsteps. But it appears that it failed OF that
effect. We observe in the Washington papers,
that TO borrow one Of Col Joe Watkins phra-
ses) "a black km0uth Locofoco from Tennessee,
Mr.. Watterson, had revived the subject and IN
,roduced, letter published in this paper, to give
countenance to his defamation That same let
ter has been fruitful topic for Locofoco out
bursts ever since its publication. l, has been
going the round of the whole Locofoco PRESS
with exclamation: "See what Whiq saws to
Ogle's lies"-Now, We have but word 10 say
to Mr.. Watterson and the rest touching this let
ter: IL ,0aS not arrttten by WMg---and if il
were, there is no conflict between its state
ments and those Of Mr.. OgFe The difference
is only apparent, not real. Mr.. Ogle gave, from
official vouchers, the list of gorgeous articles
purchased by the late dynasty for the White
House The letter describes the present tat
tered and dilapidated condition of those articles
The statement of the former referred to the pur-
chase; that of the latter TO the bad usage, which
had soiled and dimmed their lustre. And this
so far from extenuating the original prodigality,
is an aggravation Of it.
We beg of these jackalls of faction, if they
are determined to persist in their airocious at
tack upon the dead, that in future they forbear
to connect this paper, or any of its correspon-
dents, even though they be Locos, in any wise
with their inhuman and unchristian persecution.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
Bank Bill Carried.

The lntelligencer of Thursday last, says
The Bill TO establish the Fiscal Bank of The
United States finally passed the Senate yester-
presentatives. This is another very important
step made in the progress of the business of
the Extra Session. We have no means of
Judging with certainty of the fate of the bill in
the House; but, from the visible satisfaction in
countenances and the audible congratulations of
members of that body, we augur the passage of
the bill by decided majority. Whether with
or without amendment, we cannot say. But
we feel authorized, by appearances, in connex-
ion with the passage Of the bill in the Senate, to
assure our readers that WE SHALL HAVE BANK
The following is the vote on the final pas
sage of the bill.
YEAS---Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Bayard,
Berrien, Choate, Clay, of Kentucky; Dxson,
Evans, Graham, Henderson, Huntingdon, Kerr,
Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps,
Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Simmons, Smith, of
Indiana; Southard, Tallmadge, White, Wood
bridge---26.
NAYS---Messrs. Allen, Archer, Benton, Bu-
chanan, Calhoun, Clay, Of Alabama; Fulton,
King, Linn, McRober;s, Mouton, Nicholson,
Pierce, Rives, Sewer, Smith, of Connecticut;
Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Williams, Wood
bury, Wright, Young23.
AS soon as the vote was announced, there
was considerable sensation of applause in the
galleries, which occasioned one or two faint
cries from below of "Clear the galleries" No
attempt, however, was made to do so.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
The yveafhercOck turned again.

The assailants of Judge Banks, are at per-
feet loss TO find vulnerable point of attack.
Standing SO immeasurably superior to their pet
ty assaults, guarded by his rectitude of charac-
ter and defended by troops of friends, the shafts
Of malignity fall harmless around>him. He has
on an armor which cannot be peneirated--he is
clothed with the protecting love of the people,
and the egs of truth is interposed between him
and those ribald attacks, which compose the
weapons of his political adversares As John
Banks stands thus proof to the shock on his in
dividuai merits, the strangest contorions are
apparent among the locos, to identify him and
his principles with somebody else! He has
been at times denounced as the tool of everv
person, against whom locofocoism had settled
and abiding hatred; but as no great amount of
capital has been made by the operation, the po-
lltlcal weathercock is now turned towards
new point, and Daniel Webster and the McLe-
cd Case are made arguments against the cleo
ton of John Banks
With this new cue, by which TO "tune their
distressful notes." The whole pack has opened
TO the chase. The cry now is, the murderer
Mcleod, the traitor Webster and their friend
John Banks! And can any one tell the motive
of this movement! why has this false issue been
joined or what has it to do with our state poll
tics? 1T is TO KEEP THE PUBLIC
GAZE OFF THE ROBBERIES AND Pee
| ULATIONS OF GOV. PORTER AND HIS
CANAL COMMISSIONERS. 1t is to raise
dust and smoke, under the cover Of which the
base transactions of the Moorheads, Packers,
Camerons, Porters, &c. may be concealed! II
is because they are afraid to face the true issue
like men, but sneak and dodge about like the
sarages amid the hammocks of Florida.
People of Pennsylvania, be not deceived by
this manoeuyrei Keep steadily before you the
real issue OF the present contest-it is not
whether John Banks is the friend of Daniel
Webster, but whether David r. Porter is not
the enemy Of The Keystone-n0t whether Web
ster gave wrong advice to his Attorney Gener-
al, but whether Porter and his Attorney Gener-
al are again TO mlsrule the Keystone; not wheth.
er Mcleod is murderer, but whether we ap.
prove of Gov. Porter for opening ails and pen.
iientiaries TO Overrun society with pardoned fel
oDs. The issue is not with Mr.. Webster, bu
between David r. Porter and his plunderinf
!; Canal Board, and the candidate who has beer
f chosen with unprecedented unanimly by The
People, as their champion in the cause of Re
t form John Banks Pa Tel
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04

The ex Hon. Charles +. Mitchell, was veste,.
day brought before the Recorder at his Cham
bers, on habeas corpus, sued out by order Of
his counsel, Mr.. Manchester to shew cauxe
why he should moi be admitted TO bail There
are three indictments against him for forgery
amounting TO $1,000, and one complaint for the
same offence in $500 more Alter bearing al.
the arguments Of counsel, the Recorder decided
that Mitchell might be admitted 10 bail in 8 500
upon each Indictment, and $1,000 upon the
complaint. The bail TO Justify in double the
amount required, and TO be perfectly satisFacto-
ry to Mr. Whiling, the District Attorney, To
whom due notice of the decision must be Wv
Ell.
To show the laxity Of morals, if it may be
so termed, Of some small lawyers, and to ex-
hlblt the facility with which bail is manufacture
ed for the OCCASION, an incident which occurred
at this hearing. may be worth mentioning by
way Of illustration.
When The Recorder had pronounced his de-
clslon, Mr. Manchester produced bail gem
tleman who ne SAID was ship chandler dong
business III Lewis street, whose name il is not
necessary TO mention, but who was. as Mr.. NJ.
assured the Recorder, good BAIL The Re-
corder asked how long he had resided here
one year---was he ireeholder7 yes. Did he
own properly here! No, but he did in Mad-
son county How long had he known Mr..
Mitchell? Why he could not say be had euer
kno,rn him until no,o How then came he to
offer himself as security? He had beeH asked
to do So The Recorder promptly refused such
bail. remarking 10 Mr.. Manchester that he did
his business very loosely. To which Mitchell,
with significant shrug, said 81 think so too"
This may give one some idea of the way IN
which some of the manufactures are carried
on. The parties are to have hearing before
the Recorder this day, when the bail will be
produced and justifed---COur. d Eng.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
Rather Curious.

The Locofoco papers are laboring with all
the energy they possess, to create a belief that
Mr.. Webster is, or was, willing 10 comply with
the demands of the British minister for the re-
lease of Mcleod Now, we venture to assert,
there is not man in the Union so ignorant as
not to know that this is all destitute of truth, and
intended solely for political effect. The plain
truth is, that Mr.. Webster told the British min
lister in so many words that Mcleod could not
be liberated in any other way Than by due
course of Law. What did he mean by this
declaration? Plainly, that Mcleod should be
tried by the Court having jurisdiction, and if
acquitted, released; if found guilty, hanged.
Turn it and twist it as they please, we defy
all their ingenuity to torture it into any thing
else.
There is something exceedingly ludicrous
in hearing the old anti-war federalists, with
Mr.. Buchanan at their head, belching forth
flames and bloodshed at the present time.---
James Buchanan, the man, who, if report speaks
truth, got the belly ache when the volunteers
were about to march to Baltimore in 1914, and
who miraculously recovered in time TO get there
the day after the battle. By Mars, the idea is
a good one. We cant write another line
Jenny Buchanan, leader of the war party in
Congress, ha! ha! ha!
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
From the Doylsstown Intelligencer.
The Delaware Division.

Mr.. Edtt0r:-l have waited with many 9TH
ers Of my fellow citizens TO hear whether those
who could would make any reply to the many
questions which have been asked concerning
the Delaware Division of the Penn. Canal, but
have waited in vain. There seems to be no
answer to the grave charges that have been made
against those who have that canal i'll their hands.
Silence in such cases generally implies guilt.
After some enquiry into the facts, am satisfied
that the silence of the accused, warrants the
U0rSt construction. They will not answer be-
cause they cannot do so satisfactorily, for the
truth condemns them. There has been sys-
tenn of fayoritism practised along all our public
works, and the Delaware division is an instance
On that Division, men have been brought from
Lancaster and other remote places to receive
contracts for work at high prices, when better
workmen would have done the work in better
manner and at moderate rate on the spot
Why is this! Why have certain individuals
from distance been brought into Bucks coun-
ty, at an expense to the State, and why have
our own nqttUe workmen been treated with ne
glect and contempt'
VIM. T. Rogers, as an officer of the canal,
has given pTiuate contracts to certain fayorites,
who are strangers among US, and for some cause
best known to himself and the Canal Commits
sioners, whose tool he is, has allowed them
much higher prices for their work than the
State should pay--prices that they never could
have obtained, had there been as the law in
tends, fair and honest competition for those
contracts, among those who were willing to do
the work.
If this favoritism was only preference for
certain political friends, at the same price, the
public would not have so much reason TO COM
plain of being shut out from competition for
work; but when the Commonwealth is injured
in having the work badly done by these pets of
the Supervisor, and when the people are obliged
to pay those favorites more than others would
charge for doing the work peU, the evil cries
aloud for reform. There is daily evidence of
the negligence of those employed on the Canal,
and while the daily pay of these inefficient op-
orators is going on, the Delaware Division re-
mains in a useless condition, improbable to the
community, and without prospect of soon be-
ing otherwise | would ask Rogers two or
three questions. Did not breach take place
on your section of the canal, during the last
week? Is not that the THIRD break that has
occurred at the same place since you have had
the management! Has not every break at that
place been the result Of aegligence, and might
they not have been prevented by vigilance and
reasonable carelulness? If you answer these
questions honestly, your own answer will con-
vict you of un6tness for the station you hold.
One ,eho did cote for Porter, and
One who ,oaH not again
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04

The New York Courier mentions the arrival
in that city of queer fish, Gf fish it isl which
has been brought from the river Amazon, the
first of the kind, it is believed, that has ever
been brought here. The following description
is furnished of it.
"Your animal is Lamantin or Sea Cow; the
Manitus AmericanuS of naturalists. It's an ex-
ceedingly timid and inoffensve animal, and soon
abandons places frequenled by man. 1t feeds
on aquatic plants exclusively, and sleeps III
shallow streams. with Its head out of wafer.
The flesh is highly esteemed, resembling veal
in It's favor.-The female brings forth two att
birth. 1t sees very imperfectly, but the defect
is amply compensated by the extreme acute.
ness of its hearing. 1t has teats on its breast
1t is between four and five feet long, ard so
gentle as TO take food such as hay, straw, grass
or other vegetable from the hand. In seizlng
its food it uses both its hands, and also its GU
rious shaped extensible upper lip; lis body ter
inmates in broad rounded tail or fin, and IS
covered thinly with short hairs"
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-08-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
C Correspondence otthe North American.
Washington, Thursday, July %, 1871.

Washington, Thursday, July %, ls4l.
As stated in my letter of last night, the
Bank Bill has passed the Senate by majority
of three. 1t will receive a few amendments in
the House, which will be concurred in by the
Senate, and then pass to the President.
Of its fate with the Executive a difference of
opinion of course prevails. The Locos are
confident of a veto, and the Wings look for an
approval. We shall soon know whether the
friends or foes Of The President are to be graf
fed. From the best information which can
obtain, and have been at no little pains to in
form myself on the subject, | am strong in the
persuation that the President will sign the BILL
He cannot conscientiously with due regard
to the great measures in which the hopes of his
friends, and the interests of ,he country are en-
barked do otherwise. He will not in this mo-
mentcus crisis, disappoint the expectations of
millions. He can, without any inconsistency,
any sacrifice of principle, approve the present
bill, and leave the exercise of the veto till the
passage Of law, if such a law shall ever be
passed, authorising the location of branches in
the States without their assent. This is con-
iingency that may never occur: it will be time
TO deal with it when it arrives
The House is still engaged on the Revenue
Bill, but they viii soon come to a decision.
They manage admirably When a member
gets up for a set speech of an hour which is
intended for those out Of The House, those in
the House very properly retire and cool them
selves IN the lobbies. There were to-day at
one time, but about dozen in their seats; one
half Of those were asleep, and the others ap-
peared 10 be nodding, while the orator went on
Vexing the great dome with the echoes of his
eloquence. When his hour had expired, one
of the sleepers walked up and took his turn.
And yet the House is efficient; they allow
suitable time for speeches, and then act 1t
matters not the least, whether the speeches
have any body TO hear them or not. They
would not probably change single vote, so it
is just as well to be away, or sleep over them
as TO listen. Action comes just as soon, and
just as wisely.
The hot weather has driven strangers off TO-
ward the springs. Still enough remain, espe-
clally of those in quest office Removals ad-
vance slowly, but they will in the end prove
more extensive than some suppose. The men,
bers of the Cabinent are truly hard working
men. They perform vast deal of labor, and
make no noise about it. A more able and la
borious Cabinet has not perhaps been known
They work Intensely, and what is more, they
work tremendously. The music of the marine
band in the grounds of the Presidents house last
evening, was very fine. A host of beautiful la
dies were there to hear it, and gentlemen suf-
ficient to say all the sweet things necessary.
But the editor of the Globe looked troubled as
a porpoise foundering in shallow water.