Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-08-18

Ou0as VI ~ Will De dDOIISleQ LOT LhGTl.-s
When the 100000 slaves there start I'D
into free men, how will the slave-holding
South fare in the neighborhood Of the two
millions of free blacks in the West In
dies Ohio Philantaropist
Steam Observation-Disclosures and Pa
cyee.-The first steamers. the Peru and
Chill, of zoe tons, and nearly 200 horse
power, reached the port of Talcahuano,
March 10th, after a passage of 55 days
from London. through the straits of Mag
|etianl The establishment Of steam-naVi-
CATION in the Pacific is an event of great
importance; and will be productive Of
great consequences. especially if the At
lantic and Pacific should be united al the
lslhmus of Panama. A writer in Talca-
huano, says dtlanthropist.
i have occular evidence that the juno
ton can be effected with infinitely less
difficulty than is imagined. passed over
the lsthmuS on my return TO this country
without overcoming height of forty feet,
and distance of twenty -eight miles. This
IS but a barrier Of straw when compared
to the vast results which will be produced.
| sincerely hope that one of the first acts
OF the Government will be to investigate
this, to us more than to any other nation
in the world. all important matter. Our
statesmen can not but look forward to the
period when our Western frontiers will
reach the Pacific, and when the popula-
ton of the United States reaches that coast
of what infinite value will a water COM
munication through the Isthmus of Pana-
ma be to US. 1t may perhaps be thought
too speculative to indulge In such views
but when reflect that twenty years only,
the time which have resided on this
coast, has witnessed one of The most i'm
portant political and commercial reVolu-.
tons which have ever taken place, | can
not but view the period of these great
changes to which have referred, as much
nearer than we imagine
!" Impo1 taut At true.''-The N. Y. Ex-
press relates remark of Mr.. Clay in the
u. S. Senate, which, if correct, does
greater honor to the distinguished Senator
than any speech he ever made. He stated
that for twenty or thirty years neither he
Both of them, many years gone by, had
come to the conclusion, that the best prin-
ciple Of economy was this, never get
into debt. To indulge your wants when
you were able to DO so, and to repress
them when you are not able to indulge
them" The example is not only an ex-
cellent one for itself, but comes from a
high source.
We are very glad if Mr. Clay has paid
up all his debts; more on account OF the
! JOY it must have caused of his numerous
taborers, whose wages he has hereto
fore kept back, than for the example,
though that is important.-Ch. Reflector.
! DEATH OF MARY S. PARKER.-Tbe
( death Of Miss Mary S. Parker, formerly
President Of the Boston Female Anti
| Slavery Society, is announced in the Free
i American of Wednesday. She died of a
Lingering consumption at her mothers
residence in Jafrey. n. H., aged 80. In
the troublous times of mobocracy. she ex-
hibited courageous and serene front
and the remarkable composure with
which she Tin company with other mem
UCIo Vi tIlG DOSeOl IA. DOCICtyJ tlSt
i the brutal assaults of mob of five thou
sand gentlemen Of property and standing
in this city, in 1885, is chronicled in en-.
during characters, and will be seen and
known by posterity She is represented
: as having met death in calm aud happy
) frame, dIves,ed of all his terrors.
FRoM CANADA proposition for in
PRODUCING the system Of voting by ballo
at the elections has been defeated by I
very small majority. The Kingston
Herald deplores this result, and seems tt
. imagine tina: it is the system of voting By
ballot that lies at the foundation of goot
order in the elections Of the United States
This is an error. In those states which
continue the rarG roce system, order a
S 1.-THE elections is as marked as where thu
ballot prevails.
The committee on the state of the cur
rency of the provinces had presented thei
report. They propose measures for as
! seuing the real value of the gold and sill
! yer coins circulating in the provinces
which have hitherto been current at va
rious, and sometimes fictitious values
! 'Rhey also propose arepeal Of all the ex
isting laws upon the subject of currency.
lit seems that BY a recent law, most 0
: the gold and silver coins excepl America
e and Msxican) are fixed much beyond thei
! par value. The sovereign is fixed a
: gI A 5, or ten per cent above par; it
Z value IN currency is 81 2 2 23. Eng
I lish. crowns pass for 6s. cuTrency,or abou
!, nine per cent above par the consequenc
e is. tha.to pay debt due Ia England Q
a $1,000, il will be necessary to remit i
gold G1l00l
The Government project for provin
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