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PORTRAIT OF DANIEL WEBSTER.

Extract from speech of Mr. Clemens, in the
Legislature of Alabama, in reply to an eulogy on
the character of Webster, by federalis,;-
81 have said that when Gen. Harrison died my
opposition died with him. The moment he was
called from this, as earnestly hope TO purer and
holier sphere laid aside the feelings of the parl-
Eau, and remembered him only as the commander
of an American army, and the Chief Magistrate Of
the American Republic
I" But there is another individual whose name
has been dragged into this discussion, Of whom
have the right TO speak. lie is still living, is still
an actor on the political arena, and open 10 what
ever censure his public conduct may have nerited
] speak of Daniel Webster, the man who the gen.
teman from Green says. has shed halo Of glory
around the American name The gentleman may
have peculiar notions Of glory, and Daniel Web
ster's career may have caught hs fancy, but for
the sake of my country, hope those notions have
not as yet been widely spread. When and where
has Mr. Webster added anything TO our stock Of
national gory' Was it as the plotter Of the Hart
ford Convention TREASON, "a the author of the
Rockingham circular, as the reporter of resolutions
at Bunlwood, juslifying the public enemy, and de-
nouncng his own government Or if this consti-
tutes no pat Of that WREATH or NATIONAL
GLORY he has woven for his country, is it to be
found in the memorable speech in which he rejoic-
ed over the defeat and massacre Of the American
troops and with the malignant exuaton of a fiend,
exclaimed, "1his is not the entertainment 10 uhich
ire rere inrited - No, the gentleman will not
look here; enamonred as he is of the character of
Webster, even he will pause as his eve rests upon
this portion of his history and drop tear upon the
record Of his treason. Perhaps then he must look
to his votes in the National Legislature for the evil
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CONGRESS--EXTRA SESSION.
Correspondence of The New York Tribune,

correspondence Of me Nep YORK tribune.
WASHINGTON, Saturday, July 3, 1871.
In the SENATE, to-day, Mr.. Linn offered re-
solution relative to the bullion trade of the West
with Mexico. He spoke at some length and did
not conclude, and the resolution was laid over and
with that Of Mr.. Buchanan, relative 10 removals
from Office, will serve to occupy for some time the
morning hour.
Mr.. Bayard offered resolution, which was adop-
ted, appointing select committee of five members,
to take into consideration the vote Of the Senate,
relative to the admission Of reporters to the floor of
the Chamber. Briefremarks were made by Messsrs
Bayard and Walker, which latter gentleman refer
red to the Misrepresentation of the proceedings of
the Senate, by letter WRITER'S and stated his belief
that correct reports would never be furnished until
a corps of reporters were employed by the govern
ment.
Mr.. Clay referred to report which had been
placed in his hands, given in a Washington paper
which he scarcely ever read, misrepresenting him
and the Senator from Massachusetts (AIr Choa,o)
in the conversation between them yesterday, and
stating the facts Of the case by way Of correction
10 regretted any excitement that had taken place
in the debate, and expressed his pleasure that the
disagreement of tho two Senators from Virginia,
(lessrs Rives and Archer) had been settled.
Messrs Archer and Ryes seyerally made expla-
nations expressing their regret at what had occur
red, and their desire tina, i, should not again hap
PEN
The Bank Bill was then taken up, and Mr. Bay
ard spoke at some length, concidng substantially
with the amendment of Mr. Riyes now pending, and
offering slight verbal amendment.
Mr. Huntington opposed the amendment.
The Senate then went into Executive Session,
after which it adjourned til, Tuesday.
1t is understood that the following appointments
were confirmed:
General Winfield Scott, to be Genoral-n- Chief
of the United States Army.
Judge Huntington, of Indiana, Commissioner Of
the General Land Office, vice J. Whilcomb, reno
we'd.
p. r. Fendal, U. s. Distric, Attorney for this
district, vice +. S. Key
The House. were were engaged ia the consider
alton of the distribution and presumption bill during
the day. Messrs IIabersham, McKeon, and Davis
of n. Y. opposed the bill; and Mr. Underwood ad-
vocated it.
The House adjourned TO Monday.
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LATER FROM EUROPE.
The House adjourned to Monday.

The steamship BRITANNIA, Capt r. d. Gle
land, arrived at Boston at half past o clock on
Saturday morning, in 10 l2 days from Liverpool
whence she sailed on the 10Th ult. She arrived
ont on the 9th, in | | days from Halifax, where, il
will be remembered, she wa. detained several days
by injuries caused by running upon rocks in enter
ing the harbor. Great anxiety had begun to be
felt for her in England before her arrival. The
Caledonia, Capt. McKcar, arrived at Liverpool a,
O'Clock on the l6th or in just 10 days from Bos-
ton.
Nothing farther had been heard from the Pre-
siden, and the last hope of her safety is now ADAM
doned. 1t appears tina, the vessel seen near the
Azores by the Portuguese ship Condo de Palma
was the French steamer Tonnere, on her return
from Rio and Brazil. She reached Gibraltar on
the I'd in "a days from Rio and SO from Bahia
The news by this arrival is very meagre, except
in two important items. The Wing Ministry has
been beaten on direct vote of No Confidence, and
must now dissolve Paramen: or resign. They
choose the former, acting under the advice or en-
treaties of the Queen. The other importan, item
Is the Improvement in the Cotton Market, which is
decided and seems likely to be sustained.
The grea, debate in the House Of Commons on
Sir Robert Pee's motion that the present Ministry
do no, sufficiently possess the confidence of Par
Lament TO enable them to carry into effect meas
ures deemed by them important to the public wei
fare, was brought to close at half past three
o 'cock on the morning Of the 9th ult. The House
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-09
MAJOR JOSEPH HOPKINs--FEDERA
REFORM.

This hardy veteran of the last war, we learn from
the .New Era, has been removed from place in
the New York customs, in which he barely earned
substance for himself and family, by Edward
Curtis.
Major Hopkins was raised in Vermont, in the
town of Hartford, two miles below the mouth of
White River, and eight miles above Windsor,
where the great and immortal Edward Curtis was
also born At the time that Curtis was years
DID, Hopkins was Of the age of Is, and enlisted in
the army as volunteer to defend Edward Curtis
and the frontier from the attacks OF the Indians and
British. lie was in all the principal battles that
were fought on the frontier in the last war, and for
his bravery was promoted by the commanding Of
fcer.
Is this the "reform'' that was promised before
the election Oh the kindness! Oh the generosity I!
Oh the justice! displayed by Curtis, the repsesen-
atve of the Administration in the New York COL
lectorship, in dlsmissing Hopkins at so years of
age, from the employment of that government and
country he had bled to defend, and by whose pa
ronage he was barely able to supply his family
with the necessaries of life Shame. Shame !!
Shame In the name Of all that dares ask
companionship with gratitude, how can the mean
est wretch of the dominant party hold up his head
in the face and eyes of such atrocous proceedings
as these We met an old war-worn veteran the
other day" Thank God and my own hands,"
said he, that | depended upon no public office
for living when Daniel Webster came into power,
for honestly believe he means, if he can, to sarve
every man who opposed him and the British in the
last war" And so it would seem; for wherever
Revolutionary patriot, or q soldier Of the last war
can be found in office, he is turned out with the
speed of lightning, and if sarye, the better for
the malignant demon whom some fate has set over
us, to insult, abuse, curse and disgrace us, for
time. We know not how the people of New York
look upon such treatment of old soldiers, but in
this section where both are known, such
miserable little shipper snapper Ned Curtis, ca
efcising his brief authority over such men as
Major Hopkins, excites no other feelings than those
of ridcule aud contempt,
We are pleased to learn howaver, that the old
political "talking ground" known all over the
country as the "Pewler Mug" in Frankfort street,
in the rear of Tammany Hall, has fallen into the
hands of Major Hopkins, and that he has fitted it
up in the old fashioned but neat STYLE Let the
friends of Major H., whenevr they visit the city,
give him call.
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VERY CONSISTENT,

The federal nomination for Governor this year,
is beautiful exempfcation Of federal profession
and federal practice.
During the late Presidential election, it was re-
pealedly charged upon the modern wing party, that
their leaders were of the old Blue Light stamp;
that they never gave an old democrat an office or
nomination, when they could possibly help it. All
these charges the wings denied, claiming to be the
original democratic party Net to say any thing of
The General Government, removing from the offices
of Marshal, Collector, and District Attorney, thiee
old democrats, and appointing in their places three
old feds, look at the nomination, for Governor, of
man out of the family of John Adams Alien and
Sedon Law federalism A man, federal in all
his predictions, an arstocrat in dealing, feeling,
and practice. One of the regular-bred sharpers,
schemers, spectators; man who has shaved more
out of the farmers, the very class upon whom he
relies for support, by taking advantage of the times
his bank friends have brought about, than any 9TH
or ten men in the State. And this is the man the
Wings ask the old democratic farmers of the State
to support for Governor, to show in how great es-
timaton they are held by their lords and masters.
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mciiea by Bank of the United States, so long as
they continue TO be the local circulating medium
1T is great TO suppose that it Ga bank) can
afford generally uniform currency, or one which
SHALL at the same time, be of the same value in all
places" :" The fluctuations in the rates of ex-
change, like those in the market price of commod-
tiles, depend upon the relative amount of supply
and densnd; amp again on the relative indebted
ness and actual remlttances.
But much more to the purpoee speaks Mr., APP
ploton. TO a large National Bank, there are de-
ci1ei objections. As a regulator Of the currency,
it is of doubtful utility Again, "a National Bank
has no direct power of coercion. II can only act
by moral force--,he force of good example upon
public opinion With correct public opinion, it
is wholly uRReceSary.' The power of the bank
in the restoration of specie payments in 1871 is
much oyerrated' 1T is gratuitous assumption,
that there would have been no suspension had a
bank been in existence at that time Another
argument much dweIt upon in favor of National
Bank, is its necessity TO equalize the exchanges.
There is not much in this There is no difficulty
with the exchanges where The banks pay specie.
Another argument in favor of great bank, is that
it may furnish paper medium which will crcu-
late throughout the whole United States Its I'M
portance in this respect is equally overrated. 1t
- curious fact, that the general currency of the
United States Bank notes was considered great
eril, both by the bank and the community. For
six years the bank was petilionng Congress for an
alteration of its charter so that this might he pre-
vented. Tho danger of suspension of specie
payment is much greater with great national bank
than without it, 'Our experience under the last
Bank of the United States is not such to give us
any great warrant of the future As regulator
of the currency, ils success was not remarkable.
Sercre rerulSioaS took place in 1926, 1929 ard
1882, and the Bank of the United States took its
full share of the expansions which preceded them
-H,ryord Times.
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iEJe Many of our brother editors have about
them sundry fictitious fellows upon whom they
father all their wilicsms, and whom they make say
Il great many sharp things. One calls my man Of
straw, Dig6y; another, Krant:; another, Spudge,
sc. Well, make your boys DO their best, gentle
men, but mind ye, there's geesome- lassie, COM
monty called Sour SIS" the merest twinkle Of
whose bonnie blue cen will eNlingush your Dig
Jys and Spuiges, as the glorious old sun takes
the shine off, the iainest spark of the lightning
bug. Boys may go out.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-09
THE BETTER CURRENCY.

The Albany Argus says that the notes of the
United States Bank with all the "odor of nation
ahy abou, them are selling in Philadelphia at a
which falls on those who have exchanged their Ia
Dor and their produce for paper trash which the
bank wing presses and orators declared over and
over again, was better than gold or silver. Thou
sands Of people believed the lie, and have been
humJuggel by loss of % cents on dollur. This,
as poor Richard would say, is paying dear for the
paper whistle.
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BETTER AND BETTER!

Last year the farmer could get eighteen cents a
pound for his butter: this year about tsa' Cheese
brought from ten TO twelve cents last year from
three to four now Pork and beef about five dol
lars per hundred less this year than last, and wool
going for about thirty cents that sold for forty
last year! These are your promised better times,
10 bring about which the farmers of Vermont cider
ed themselves into voting for coon skins.
The truth is, the farmer was never so well off
as under Mr. Van Buren's Administration, and so
he will find to his cost, before long, Compare the
Judge how deeply and rrcparaby he was ruined
by Mr. Van Buren,, and how completely and irium-
phantly his fortunes have been retrieved by hard
cider
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NATIONAL BANK--HENRY CLAY.

Perhaps Henry Clay, the dictator Of the Senate,
and his tool, White, whom he placed in the Speak
eis chair of the other house, NAV succeed in fasten-
ing upon the country another curse, in the shape of
u National Bank; but we still entertain hope that
their efforts will be frustrated. With the aid Of the
snb-treasury supporters, there is sufficient number
Of Senators who have heretofore declared an Uni
ted States Bank 10 be unconstitutional TO form
majority, and thus prevent IL establishment We
DO not remember that the Senate has ever been
charged with corruption: but should men, who have
declared Bank 10 be unconstitutional, be found
voting for one would they not be Justly liable 10 the
inputation' We hope, for the honor and dignity
Of the Senate, no member will be found violating
his conscience "A to Henry Clay. he has done
more 10 impede the national prosperity, aud 10 dis
tress numbers Of his fellow citizens than the united
efforts Of all Others. Ever since his advocacy of the
high tariff Of 1924, be has been proposing one ruin
Gus measure after another. His former high stand
inga democrat, and able man, gave him In
fuence over immense numbers Of democrats. As
be had shown himself able in some matters. they
inferred he was able in ALL BIT il was a sad mis-
take. Tie is as ignorant donkey Of political
economy. lie knows nothing at all Of the laws Of
trnde or Of the nature and office Of money. except
ie spend il and gamble with il. He has no talent for
any branch Of mathematics consequently, for no
science Of which they are component part. lie
has kept the country in n continued agitation, from
1924 10 the present time Say, the great political
economist, SAYS "The interference Of public au-
horily, is not The road TO alluence; which results
from activity Of production. seconded by the spirit
Of frugaliiy from habits Of industry pervading eve
nv channel of occupa.on, and Of frugaliiy tending
10 accumulation Of capital" In times Of political
confusion, many will prefer 10 keep their capital in
active, and unprodnctive; undertakings however
promising and well planned, become too hazardous;
new ones are altogether discouraged; old ones feel
Elimination Of profits and consumpiiens in general
fall Of, in consequence OF the general uncertainty
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OH, NO!

COL Paine is not, and never has been, an amb-
tious seeker for Office Faichman.
Perhaps not. We have heard it in,imaed that
he has been figuring for the nomination for Govern
or this long time, but of course we don't pretend
to know any thing about it. We have also heard
it minated that the CHAMPAIGN DINNERS he
has given the elite of the members of the Legisa-
ture the two or three past sessions, not got up
without an object; but perhaps they were, we don't
know.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-09

Of future measures. What individual more than
any other, or all others, has kept the public mind
in suspense Why, Henry Clay. This mans
pcrlurbed spirit and ambition 10 reach the Presiden-
cy, unsettled all kinds of business. He has been a
nuisance to the country ut large, ever since 1924
And no will continue 10 be it for three years more,
which, we think, will be the length Of his tether.
The remainder of his days, he will perhaps, pass in
the same kind of retirement as did Aaron Burr In
TRUTH there is much resemblance between these two
individuals. Alas how fallen from his hlgh estate!
Phil. Times.
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In drunken frolic the people of the U. Stato

In drunken frolic the people of the U. Statos
lost sight of their libercs.-Spirit Of the Age.
Were it not tina, the locofoco state convention
had deliberately adopted a similar sentiment, couch
ed in less plain language, we should be disposed to
say that the Age editor himself must have been
drunk when he penned this charge. Jpatchman,
1t msdes it rather bad for our good friends Of the
Udtchmaa, happening as i, does, that Z" the .4gc
editor" never penned the charge in question:
Trulh-loving gentlemen, those editors of the
Ipatchmas; very much so.
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TELL TO TIE PEOPLE,

That the list of nominations now before the Sen
ate has been compared with the number of remov-
ais made by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Mad
ison, Monroe, J. q. Adams, Jackson. and Van Bu-
rem, And THAT THE RECORDS PRO VE
THAT GEN HARRISON md JOHN
TYLER Ha re MADE MORE RENO y
ALS FROM OFFICE IN THR Z Z
THAN THOSE EIGHT PRE-
SID E.NTS DID L.NFIFTY TWO YEARS.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-09

iD7 Our friends complain of the irrcgulurity
with which they receive their papers. They should
reflect that the late disarrangements Of the POST
Office has ERASED CAIN with all regularity and
dispatch. The Administration have seen fit TO fill
the PostoIlices of the State with set of idle, lazy,
incompetent vagabonds, whose blunders, careless
ness and ignorance, we must beai year or two as
patiently as we can.
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ADDISON COUNTY.

The Democratic Freemcn of Addison County
who are opposed to the repeal of the Independent
Treasury, the establishment of National Bank,
and the many federal schemes Of the present adj
are requested 10 meet at the Town
Room in Nliddlebury, on the l4h day of July inst,
at one o'clock, p. NJ. to nominate candidates for
Senators, and TO transact such other business as
may be deemed necessary at the time.
p. C. TUCKER, } County
HUBBARD COOK, Com
WHITFIELD WALKER miHee.
Nliddlebury, July |, 1911
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TIP In celebrating The fourth Of July at Nor
witch, we regret to learn, two Cadets were seriously
injured by the accidental discharge of the cannon.
The left arm of one was entirely shot away, as we
are informed and the other badly injured.
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Rutland County Convention.

The Democratic Freemen of Rutland County are
requested to meet at the COURT HOUSE, in Rut-
land, on the 10th day of July, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
for the purpose of nominating candidates for Sena-
tors, and of tlansactng any other business that may
be deemed necessary to ensure the triumph Of de-
mocralic principles at the September election.
BY order OF County Committee.
June 2S, 1871.
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n OF ice.

The friends of State Reform in Pomlret, are,
one and all, requested to meet at the Town House
on Saturday the 18th inst. at o'clock, p. NJ, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the coming
election, and making such arrangements as may
seem proper when met, 10 effect the desired OBJ
ject, Let there be general turn out
BY order Town Committee.
Pomlret, July 7, lsli.
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TELL IT TO THE PEOPLE.

That the removals throughout the United States,
a, this time, AMOUNT TO FIVE HUNDRED A
MONTH
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Something was said in this paper the other day
about ga goose. '-Pei. Statesman.
1t is very immodest to talk about yourself, Mr.
Stdte'man; very.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-07-09

soapl-Soap!-so p!"-Riehmond Stor.
Going to wash your face again, are you Corpo-
rail- Well, that's right.
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" Yours respectfully,
" II. EVERETT"

Now, be it known that, before Mr. Everett had
written this letter, he had promised the Postolices
of Norwich, Windsor and Sharon, and we know
not how many more, TO men as a reward for par
,isnn services, whose appointment would remove
officers of the best character for faihfulness in the
discharge Of their duties, and against whom Everett
himself krew no charge but "political opinions"
could, by possibility, be preferred.
We should like TO know if Mr. Everett thinks
either Reuben Weld or Wooster Downer obnox-
ious to any one Of his rules of removal. SO far
from it being the wish Of the people TO have either
Of these men removed, the people knew nothing
about the matter; further neither Everett nor the
candidates darei let the people know anything
about il, till their appointments came. Baxter and
Burton, in particular, could not get one-third Of
their own party to recommend them 10 the Office
of Postmaster, and Everett knew that. SO in the
case of Hebard of East Randolph. The utmost
Indignation is felt by all parties at the infamous and
mean conduct of Everett in the case Of Mr. Glidden.
The people were not allowed 10 have voice in
the matter. Not word can be said against Mr.
Glidden. Almost every instance Of removal in the
State, eyinces like disregard Of the wishes Of the
people. We suppose Mr. Everett would say that
a man "better qualified" holds the Posioilice in
this town, and yet The most influential men in the
place, informed the Postmaster General, again and
again, and adduced undeniable proof in the case,
of Mr. Eaton's perfect and utter incompetency, and
now, it is matter Of general admission. except
perhaps by the Horse jockey Junto that nfest the
Green and rule the county, whose plant tool is
this d" Joel Eaton, Agent - agent for Abram
Stearns in the shoe business, and for the Junio in
The Postoflice
Bat, it is unnecessary 10 pursue this subject fur
Their. The letter and the conduct show Everett to
be mlscrably corrupt hypocriie. or in other words
a modern wing.