Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-12-20

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men, who IRE now subscribers to the best perlou-
icals in the Union Louisville (Ky) Journal
"On the ever memorable 4lh Of july lV6
when that band OF enlightened patriots ana sages,
called the Continental Congress, with sad hearts
aud detected countenanccs, were deupGraling on
the Declaration of American Independence, ihey
reached point pending these deliberations when
all hearts were faint, aud all couulennnces deeply
sad, and it WIS feared by mnny that The decision
would I've against that instrument. lie destiny
of the nation being in even balances, the slightest
influence would have thrown our fate either way.
We had reached The point that was to decide our
destiny for weal or woe. At HAT solemn, awful,
yet awfulIy evenlful crisis, that patriot, sage,
statesman, and philosopher, and, we trust, CHRIS
Iian, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, rose in his place ana
moved. zoe hare prdyer.'--The motion was car
red without dissenting voice. DIR. j. wilmer |
spoon, n Scotch PRESBYTERIAN clergyman, who
was member OF HAT Congress- was called upon
to offer upa prayer. While thht prayer was OIL
tered up, American Independence was hnrn.-
These noble men rose from their Blended knees,
and sgued in solemn silence The Declaration that
sealed our Independence aud mnde us Il free peo-
pie"
Suricors Of Bunker Hill Baue.-In addition
To the seventeen survivors Of this baule whose
names have been published in onr columns, cor;
respondent orthe Boston Transcript mentions the
follow ing, making a total OF 81.
| John Slade, Brookheld, VI; Gen. Gideon Fos-
Ter, Danvers, Mass ; Ebeuezer Bean, Cornish, ~
| H.. Isaac Andrews. Ilillsborough, N. II. Urlall
Wright, Brooklino, n. II. 49, Smith, Mass.
! Stephen Wood, of Salem, who was in the bat
tie, died month or two since, ut tie age oil "a
The Smithsonian BequeSt. - The money for the
Smithsonian Request was received by the govern
ment in BRIrisn GOLD which, with that horror
OF British gold which distinguished The admins
raon of Van Buren,, was at once exchanged Tor
! DEMOCRATIC PAPER, viz: the btnds Of the Loco
ioco State of Arkansas. These bonds are now
worth about half what they were taken for 10y
the Government, and if Iie Mississippi doctrine
Of Republication prevails, are worth Just nothing
! This is specimen of LOcuiOco financlerlng-
Providence journal.
l Home Industry. American mechanics, even al
present prices do bur c more than secure n
comfortable support. Those who rcnch much
beyond This, are doomed TO severe toll and often
break down with the labor which is eXncted by
accumulation. After next July, the duty on
boots, shoes, hats, wearing npparel mad furniture
will he so reduced, that the American market will
be guted with the foreign article. The price OF
! industry in Europe is much less than in onr own
! country.-'rhis will cnabIe competition from n
2 broad to suppant home Industry, and from that
/ period of time. the toll OF the American medium
&c will meet with but poor reward. TIE farmer,
manufacturer and mechanic, have all an immedi-
ate interest in this matter. They are the classes
WIN VIII sullCI ny lllS lHNuSOI VI ONI iu"l hf'
;, with the prnducts OF European industry 1t is
well that this subject should he carefully examin,
ed and its results fully understood
Au English paper says that the people are Sc
duh in the State of Vermont thai it takes ten men
to make a joke. At Pittsburgh the British
found that ten times that number Of Vermonters
y was no joke.
Internal Improvements Of The United StaieS.I
is not more than twenty -four years since The cara
/ of New York was commenced, and il is not til
teen years since the ralroad lines bave been CON
a nlenced in all extensive manner. The following
. is the astonishing amount in the United States:
ls OF Canals, there are finished about 3,70(
miles.
OF those canals, the largest part, nearly tire,
iourths, are in the States Of Pennsylvania, New
York and Ohio.
/ 3D. OF Railroads, there is no less ;lan 4,50
IS miles finished, or nearly They have there
fore, already outrun, in quantity, the canals. Th
largest amount Of railroads are in the States o
T. Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia and Mnssachu
sells.
rs The longest railroad III the United States, or il
is the world is (tbc greater part III operation, an
the whole nearly finished,) from 'rIsmoulh, Ne,
W Hampshire, to Boston, aud from Boston, throug
Ig1 Albany, Ulica and Rochester, To Huilao. TIL
III road is more than 600 miles in length, and H.
whole Distance will he traycrsed comfortably ali
cheuply IN less than tUo days.
The next longest is from the Potomac rive
through Richmond, Petersburgh, and Raleigh,
Wilmington, North Carolina Thus there are
Il the Unned States, more Than eight thousand mile
which is equivalent to the diameter of lhe earth
he III raj roads and canals.
re These are The work of twenty years, and hay
tn cost about one hundred and sixty millions OF do
us lars. No country on earh ancient or moder
can produce any thing in physical achievement
IS at all comparable TO this. The monuments of I
m gypt are nothing in the SCALE and the brazen co
o. umns OF Napoleon become insignificant. - CT
no Chr0n.
he Tobacco a remedy for Arsenic A young lady
is, New Hampshire fell into the mistake, ollt
cal committed, of eating n portion of arsenic whi'
ell had been prepared for The destruction Of IA
Nv Painful symptoms soon led 10 enquiry and b
he mistake vas discovered. An elderly lady WI
IA was present, advised that she should be made
aid volnlt as speedily as possible, and ms she had
n.t ways felt perfect loathing for tobacco in
shape, it was supposed that this would ut once
feet the purpose pipe was used. but wiiho
producing nausea. She next chcwed lar
portion of strong tobacco, and swallowed the juit
and that even without sensation Of disgust
A strong decoction was then made of hot W
ter, OF which sho drank perhaps half pint. 81
there was neither nausea nor dizziness, nor did
operate al all, either as mn emetIc or cathart
H. The painful sensations at her stomach, howev
Inns subsidized aud she began 10 feel well. On the
icul rival OF physclnns, an emeIic OF blue vIrlOl
the administered, aud produced one operation. q
Ter or TWO days alter there was discharge OF IA
of green color, approaching to black. NO Ill con
quences followed.
Another case occurred in the same place a {
years subsequent, in which arsenic was TAX
through mIsnte, by sick person, aud she {
played tobacco with the same success. She, I
IL, had always oatIed the article bur now chewed
the .s -, ,i, s,,'i ~ t,n ' ~
l. bnr flu I,,, a.I
and ~" ~" NY ''"'' 't.'''! '''''''''' ''''"'''
I'd. "Iwo thousand Pigs = In village not M
., miles distant from this grea, western merOpo
:, 49, dwell II barber, who was IN moderate clrcuulst
ros res, ana possessed moreover OF II beuutI al
''pecooliar lthp," Us hG callei ii IN this Iowu
- III larger Giles, II was The peculiar province OF