The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-06

public might know It's true condition.
A FRIEND OF SCIENCE.
Brandon, d" Prospect Hill" June ls4l.
DECLINING TO BE DEFEATED.
Mr.. Benton has been requested to become
candidate for the Presidency by some of the
opposition party in Philadelphia. The follow
ing is a reply in part to the intended nomina-
ton:
Washington City, June s, 1S41.
"Your kind letter of the 4th inst. in relation
to the democratic meeting at Spring Garden,
on the evening of the Sd, and the resolve there
adopted to hold a meeting of the democracy
of the city and county of Philadelphia to form
an association to promote my nomination and
election to the Presidency Of the United States
in the year 1874, has been received, and while
| am duly sensible of the honor done me by
these proceedings, and extremely grateful for
the kind motives which induced them, vet |
must hasten to DO every thing in my power to
arrest at the commencement proceeding
which, howsoever honorable to me, cannot in
my opinion be beneficial to the cause of de-
mocracy. Contentious for the first place have
in all ages and in all countries, been the bane
of elective governments, and have been fully
determined ever since | have been on the
stage of public affairs to have nothing to do
with such contentions.I have always seen and
now see in the ranks of the democratic party
many eminent citizens who are worthy to fill
the place of President !; and it is my purpose
now, as it has been heretofore, to promote the
election, and to support the administration Gf
elected) of some of these citizens. Private let
tiers to this effect | have written to many
friends in different parts of the Union, in an
swer to their enquiries; and what | now write
to you is nothing but repetition of what
have already said and written to many Others
PRINTERS TEMPERANCE SoCIETY.-We
see by the New York Tattler that the Jour-
neymen printers of that city have formed a
temperance association, the fundamental prin-
ciple of which is total abstinence from all that
can intoxicate. We are sorry to say it, but
the members of the craft are, as class, a little
too fond of the cup, and need, we fear, more
than almost any other body of artists or me-
chanics the good influences of the temperance
principle. 1t is suggested, with good reason,
that some additional features be incorporated
with the temperance associations. 4 society
held together by mere pledge not to drink is
a mere skeleton. People, even if they have
frequent meetings, tire, after while, of talk
ing entirely upon one subject. Let something
else be incorporated in the purposes of these in
situations. Make them benevolent societies
for instance, and assess the members small
monthly sum, to form fund for the aid of their
members, or their families. Or make them
literary associations-to do any thing to keep
up a continual interest in the association a.
mong its members. In Baltimore, whole lodg-
es of Odd Fellows have taken the Temperance
pledge, and thus made their associations Tenn
perance as well as Beneficial societies.
BEWARE OF GLAZED DIsHEs.-The family
of Mrs. Walton, of Salem, n. j., and daugh-
ter of Francis Cooper of Philadelphia, have
been all of them more or less ill for several
days past, in consequence of partaking of a
pie which had been baked in glazed earthen-
ware dish, and in which, during the process of
baking, portion of the glazing matter must
have been incorporated, as it was found entire
ly off the inside of the vessel.
PRopUcT1oS AND MoNEY.-The value of
the annual agricultural product of the United
States, fairly estimated, IS screen hundred mil
hons of dollars! The whole amount of Bank
debts is about five hundred millions of dollars;
and the whole amount of paper money circu-
lated, is about one hundred millions.
The MoRMoNs.-A letter published in the
Journal of Commerce states that 10 Smith, the
famous Mormon leader, has been arrested in
Illinois on requisition from the Governor of
Missouri. Great excitement prevails in Hi
nois relative to the Mormons. The Journal
of Commerce says:
There is tract of 10000 acres ofbeauti-
full land lying directly opposite the Mormon