Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-05-31
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.


Catholic Clergy man at Juliet is said to have OBJ
tanned above 600 new names 10 the abstinence
pledge.
Bank of Michigdn.--Wo learn from the De-
troit Free Press, that Saturday last, the State
Officers of Michigan put final extinguisher up
on the credit Of the Bank of Michigan, by prohb-
ng the reception oil its notes at the Treasury Tor
taxes, railroad tolls, and public revenue generally.
The Free Press adds that it is understood that the
Bank will go into liquidation.
t5-The New Hampshire Bank, PORTSMOUTH,
which has been in existence nearly fly years,
has advertised that lis charter will expire on the
third day OF January next ; my bill which is not
presented on or before that day. will not be paid
afterwards. If you have any bills on the New
Hampshire bank, Just send them home, or to us
in pay for papers.
Prentice of the Louisville Journal makes the
following home thrust ut Blair aud Kendal:
ave have heard Of couple of horse thieves
swearing for each otlier in a court Of Justice =
Blair and Kendall taking the hint, have exchnng-
ed certificates of each others good character, md
then published them in the columns Of HE
GlChc."
| "A Strong Erp ession.-A marine on board of
one Of our men of war, having been sentenced TO
three dozen lnshCs, 10y court martial, asked,
after the punishment had been inflicted, how lie
felt upon receiving tie first lash. Ills reply WIS.
"he felt as il II cart load OF lightning had been
dumped oil his bare back" We defy the English
language 10 furnish II stronger expression.
Nothing so much dstresses the quark ms the
idea Of being compelled to take his own medicine.
| 1t is just 70 in politics. The fellows who have
been preaching up rotation and public good TO
! Justify the prescription introduced Ivy Jackson aud
Van Burbn, now, when tie rule IN applied 10
themselves for the purpose Of reform! they cry
murder as heartily us thiei in bear trap.
Joshua Baldwin, the able and upright Record
er of The Second Municipality OF New Orleans, has
S omitted t. the Legislature a memorial in favor Of
The utter suppression Of gambling IN that city, point
u.g out the means of rendering such a suppies-
sion edecIual and final.
Important Decision on Slarery.-At the recent
term OF the Supreme Court of Ohio-Judges Lane
and Hitchcock on the Bench Judge Lane dev
cred the opinion Of the Court on u slave cause as
! follows:
! "That fthe owner of n slave voluntarily bring
him into this State, or permit to come, although,
it should be only for the purpose of visiting or
travelling through from one State to another, The
slave becomes II free man the moment he touches
the soil of Ohio"
Travelling Gratis.-A fellow without money,
having colsidernll lie distance TO travel. fastened
n chain and paddock TO his legs and lay down i'll
field. lie was apprehended upon suspicion of
his heng convict, and conveyed gratis to Jail in
the town where lie desired TO 60.
/ The amount Of stack in Trade. The States of
New Hampshire South Corolina, Missouri, Ar
kansas and Alabama, constitute the stock in trade
which is lett in the Locoioco party.
Virginia. ashamed of the bad company she
was accidentally caught in last November, avail
ed herself Of the earliest opportunity to rank her
self under the proper Uanner.- Petersburg lnfelA-
gencer
"A Reminisc.nce.-ln 1882 the legislature of
Alabama passed Resolutions in favor of Nation
al Bank OF One Hundred Millions Capital, Of
which serenity Millions were to be owned by the
Federal Government. The proposition was in
troduced and supported 10y Hon. John Mckinley,
now Loco Foco Justice of The U. s. Supreme
Court, and voted for by Col. ". W. Payne, now
Loco Foco candidate for Congress. W y Trt-
hume.
Liberal Donation.- Edmund Wallis, deceased,
of Richmond, Va. left to the Female Orphan As
yrm of that city the sum of $4,000.
The man who killed the Rev. Mr. Griswold, at
Cincinnati by II stone thrown at another, has been
arrested. Ills name is Lyon.
4 Brandy Drinkers. II is said TINT the blood Of
brandy driuker will burn with blue flame, like
, brandy.
Ayc-brandy makeh the nose the eyes, and
the cheeks blue and it is not rare that the whole
man of the brandy .drinker is essentially blue.
Extract from the euogy of Rev. Mr. Kirk up
on President Harrison, delivered at New York.
America atheistical America, she has been
caed-America who has National church.
J 10 National creed no National clergy-America
is now in the dust before God. To our friends
and 10 our foes in Europe, who ask, Where ia
your Religion without an establishment? we re-
ply, Behold it in the hearts of our People with
you il may he wise State policy 10 appoint aud
observe fast but with US none can doubt it is n
genuine expression of public sentiment. Here is
no royal patronage TO encourage our People-iti is
free fast, to which we are invited by man who
I,p, I.,fp 81. .a.1os
common Father. And we have obeyed because
we feel that God has afflicted u on account of
S Our siEs
Some of the Yankees who go "Out West
, thinking they TO find perfect Ell ID RADIO, do
not make ont well after all. One of them,
who recently returned to his native town, was in
crrogated us follows hy all old friend and school
. fellow:
, "Well Zeph, how have you made out by your
Journey"
5 GLOW have made QUIZ"
ayes"
"Why, I've made ont darnaton WELL Tue made
out 10 get hum 0gfn, and that's what call DUN a
plaugy good business considcrin' every thng"-
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t Heary Damages Important to pogabonds.-
, Some time last year an elopement took place, of
T.. ID. David, Esq. of Montreal, harrister and Ma
! jor in the Montreal cnvalry and Mrs. Harris, wife
Of Captain Harris 24th regiment. Cupt. Harris
entered an action against Mr.. d., which was tried
on the 9th inst, ut Montreal, and resulted in ver
/ diet Of thirty thousand dollars damages Kings
I Ion Herald.
. Al the summit works of the Western Rail
Road, in the township of Washington, Berkshire
. County. an lrishman the other day, being iniox-
3 Gated, stumbled on the bank of the "deep GU"
and fell about IS feet upon projecting rock ard
thence TO the bottom of the cut about rs feet, ma
king in all fall of 60 feet upon Il bottom of a
{ solid rock. Strange TO say hut one limb was bro
ken
Rats. So Ingenious ale rats that they have
{ been known TO extract corks from casks of sweet
oil mud take it away with their tails, feeding them
a selves fat with all the gus,o OF the good liver.
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