Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-02-08
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.

Webster completed The last proof sheet OF his great
Dictionary, which contains $500 words, being
% 900 more than Todd's Johnson, and 10000
more than Walkers DR.. Webster is now So
years of age.
On the Let inst there was not single person in
Suffolk CO. (Boston,) Mass. Jail for debt.
The National Temperance Convention will I've
holden at Saratoga Springs the last Tuesday OF
July.
AT the Court of Oyer and Terlniuer holden in
platsburab. N. Y. last week, Miss Mary Moore,
of Castleton, VI, recovered $500 damages of Hen
ny Lawrence for breach of marriage prcmise.-
Austin l.. Woodward was mulc,ed in $500, on
private suit for seduction. The last did not go
to the jury; had it, it is said much larger sum
would have been awarded.
More economy. The Secretary Of WAL has ask
ed an appropriation of only $4,000 for the pay of
two influential persons for two monthsto treat with
the Florida Indians.
The dcings Of Conscience. ltrppcars by n let
ter in the Boston Atlas, that George Evans, mem.
her of Congress from Maine, has received encos
ell in letter, without date signature. post mark
ol Boston, the sum Of one hundred and eighty dol
lars, due to The United States Tor duties short paid,
some years ago, WIFI u request tUht J. SHouHi pe
paid INTO the Treasury of the United States which
was accordingly done.
There seems to he but three why's for uuion TO
acquire wealth the first by war, ms the Romans
did, in plunderng their conquered neighbors this
is robbery; the second Ivy commerce, which is
generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the
honest way, wherein man receives reni increase
ofthc seeds thrown into the ground in hind Of
continual miracle, wrought Tor his innocent lie
and his virluous industry Franklin.
PIES. Pies made of the red sugar beet said
10 be delicious somewhat resembling rhubarb e
in flavor, though more rich and substantial. 1t is
seasoned with vinegar, sugar aud spices to suit The
palate. The root may be used without boiling, be-
ing chopped fine. Prepare the crust aud bake ms
you would green apple pic
The New Cabinet. Extract of letter from
member OF Congress- writing under date oile 2eth
ult
''General Harrison is believed to have made up
his mind as to part of his cabinet Mr. Webster is
TO be Secretary of Stnte MIR Bell, Secretary Of
War; and MIR Crittenden, Attorney General. -
Thus far think, there is no doubt. Who are to
fill the other departments is still question OF
uncertainty. The best instructed public opinion,
us understand, seems to have fixed upon MIR Ew-
ing as Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Stevens
as Postmaster General. Mr. Stanley is now talked
of for Secretary of the Navy" Baltimore Pat
Formerly, women were prohibited from marry
ing, I'LL tllty nau spun TepuluT sel vi
lure, and, till their marriages, were consequently
called spins:ers which continues TO this day, in
legal proceedings.
The estimate of loss by the late freshe, at, and
near the Croton dam, is S672, 900: of which loss
$500000 is for damage to the surrounding lands,
buildings, &c.
Massachusetts Locofoco paper congratuIntes
itself and its party, by saying that Mr.. Van Buren,
has carried all the States in the Union. except nine
teen.
An honorable example. The following we find
in the Maysville Eagle. 1t is related OF MIR. Grad
dock, member Of the Kentucky Senate from the
counties of Hardin and Meade, who had been
making speech Oh the Bank question:
eSlr, said Mr. G. what have said here TO day
has been said in rough way,and il 1t has wound
ed any Senator, hope he will attribute it to no
unkind feelings, but TO my want of the polish OF
education. Sir, your Superintendent of Common
Schools has said that there many men of fam
lily in this Commonwe alih, who can neither read
nor write, and it is but too true; my own marriage
bond has my mark to it, and my son, who now
sits in The other House, was a stout boy when
~>iearned TO read"
Mr. c. is now not only respectable Senator
hut good lawyer. What mole need be said in
his praise?
james Morris, who was lately hanged at PHI
lndelphia for the dreadful crime of murder, de-
clared under the gallows that lac was led 10 com
There are in the State of Missouri more thar
twenty thousand persons, over twenty years o.
nge, who can neither read nor write.
NJ, medicine for Love- certain lady waited
on physician in great trouble about her dnugh-
ter. what ails her" said the doctor. Alas
DOCTOR cannot tell but she has lost her humor
her looks, her stomach her strength consumes
every day, so that we fear she cannot live. why
do YOU not marry her?' Alas, doctor that we
ia DIN hnv hrrn .
match as she could expect, but she will no
hear of MARRYING. Is there 10 other, do yot
think, that she would be content TO marry?' 'Ah
doctor! that is what troubles us !; for there is
young gentleman we doubt not she loves, that he
father and can never consent to- why, ool
you madam replied the doctor gravely (bein:
amongst oil his books in his closet then the east
is this, your daughter would marry one man, ant
you would have her marry another: in all M,
books find no remedy for such disease us this.
Palestine. Some OF the leading British jour
nails now propose that the Jews should be allow
ed 10 purchase the land of Palestine. As Turk
ey is in want of money, this could he easily efec
ted and Great Britain would have noble prelex
for protecting them in their former country. Fo
this purpose, she would be obliged to hold Acr
aud one or two other strong points on the coast q
Syria, and thus her darling policy would be main
TONED with the show of public expediency. I'm
less her present government bieak faith with thei
Tory advisers some very sound reason will h
found for holding st. Jean de Acre, or else Gil
raltar aud Malta furnish no historical preceden
Baptist ADVOCATE.
Palaces in Europe. The largest palace in Eu
rope was that of the Emperor of kussia in S
Petersburg, which was burnt down in 1887.
was flushed in 1852, and measured 707 feet
length and $50 in breadth. II covered an area
G54, 2H square feet; while the Vatican in ROM
together with the Belv.dere, measure only 473, ~
the Imperial castle at Vienna only $4,000; til
Castle at Caserta in the kingdom Of Naples omI
400,4S0; the Royal Palace ut Munich only 294,
GOO; the Louvre in Paris only 260,l00. But iii
ruins of the Imperial Palace of Rome are large
than all they cover an areS of l,365,OOO squar