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The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-05-27
DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION.

According to previous notice given by The State
Committee, the democratic party assembled,
through their delegates at the Methodist meeting
House, in Montpelier, on the 10th of May, a. d.
1912, at 10 o'cock, A. NJ.
The Convention was called to order BY J. 7,
MARsToN, esq, for the State Committee, and
upon motion Of Hon DANIEL Conn, of Strahord,
Hon. JONATHAN JENNEss, Of Topsham, was
called to the chair, and c. G. EASTMAN, of Wood
stock, appointed Secretary, pro tenn,
Upon motion ofG w. BARKER, of Montpelier,
a Committee of one from each County was appon-r
ted to report officers for the permanent organization
oflhe Convention, which committee repol ted ms
follows.
For President!
LUTHER B. HUNT, of 81 Adams
For Vice Presidents,
JONATHAN JENNEss, of Topsham,
ID. w. AIKEN, of Ilardwck,
PHILIP SpRAGUE, of Hartford,
A. W. HYDE, of Burlington.
For Secretaries.
c. &. EASTMAN, Of Woodstock,
w. II. H. BINGHAM, of Stowe.
Tine report of the Committee was accepted, and
the officers elected by the convention unanimous
ly.
On motion of Mr. BRADLEY, of St. Adams, a
committee of seven, consisting Of MARTIN FLINT,
Of Randolph, p, C. TUCKER, of Vergcnnes
HENRY ADAMS, of ST. Albans, WILLIAM
RAYMOND, ofStowe, PAUL DILLINGHAM, JR
of Waterbury, CALVIN BLoDGETT, of Chelsea
DANIEL Conn, of Stafford, were appointed a
committee to report business for the Convcn
ton.
On motion, it was resolved that the nomination o
State Ticket be made by II joint committee con
sistng Of Two delegates from each county.
The Committee appointed to report business
recommended lhata committee of five be appoin-
led TO draft Resolutions, expressive of the sense
the Convention, and that State Committee, con
sisng Of three be appointed for the ensuing year.
The report was accepted. The Convention
appointed on the committee of Resolutions, N1essrs
ID. p, THOMPSON, ROYAL HATCH, c. G
EASTMAN, PAUL DILLINGHAM, and N. II
EATON.
On motion, adjourned till 2 O'Clock, P. NJ.
The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-05-27

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The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
I" WHAT'S IN A NAME ?"

Among men of intelligence, it has never, un-
til recently, been deemed Of any sort of conse-
quence what might be the nance of an indiy ldual in
The community whether that individual was the
incumbent of public station, or occupying the
retirement of private life But it seems in these
ultra Wing times the Federal presses will make
the principle go with the christening.
Mr.. BRYAN, the newly appointed Postmas-
ter General, is put down as JOHN ADAMS BRYAN,
with the evident design Of associating him with
the old Adams arstocracy that placed Clay into
the Office of Secretary of State by virtue of
particular contract. Mr. Bryan's name is JOHN
ALEXANDER, and not ''JoHN ADAMS BRyAN,"-
and, when another quiz shall be seriously at
tempted a, the expense of old JOHNNY QUILL, it
must, at least so far as Mr. BRYAN is concerned,
lose all its intended force.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
A FISH STORY.

The Detroit Advertiser of the 18th says: A
Frcnchman caught catfish yesterday with a hook
and line in the river this city, which weighed
1877 pounds II was doubtful for some minutes whe-
Their the Frenc man would catch catfish or the cat
fish Frenchman--it was pull catfish, pull French
man-but the Frenchman triumphed."
Only few months since an editor was seen
fishing in the roaring Tiber for a Lord, aud it
was not lon before he had a bite from very
heavy red nobeman. 1t was doubtful for some
time whether the editor would ca ch the Lord,
or the Lord al editor-it was pull Lord, pull edl-
tor-bul the Lord ev ntually succeeded and the
editor tumblrd neck and heels into the boiling
stream, and has not since been heard of among
Americans though report says that he was
seen breasting the gales of the Atlantic, on a
lee line for London When last observed, he
was following the frigate Warspte and was
very red. The editors of the Intelligencer are
out Of town.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
From the Baltimore Republican & .4,gus.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWIXT MIR. TYLEF
AND SOME OLE HIS OFFICERS

Mr. Tyler, throughout his whole political life, with
the exception Of the brief time he acted with the
Wings, acted with the Democratic party, and avow-
ed and supported Democratic principles. He de-
ella es now, and we believe him. that for the
short time he was with the Wings that he was De-
mocrat that he entertained and acted on Democratic
principles that the Wings knew it, and that it was
they, and not he that d. ceived the people the sub
ect Of his political principles. This is made very
manifest by the recent Address of Mr. Wise TO his
constituents who states that Mr.. Tyler, while the
Presidential contest was going on, in letter, which
sent to Mr. Wise and shown to the Wing mem
bers of Congress- declared his opinions on the sub
ect of the United States Bank unchanged and that,
if lie were President, he mould sign Charter for
one, phiis the Constitution remained irhathis. I5@The
Wing members of Congress would not allow this let
ter to go the People.
In cutting his connexion then, with the Wings,
when he found that they wished him to act on Federal
principles, Mr. Tyler was true to his principles,
and to the principles Of the Democratic party His
falling back, therefore, on his old Democratic
friends, and acting with them, is very natural and
proper. There was no change of principles neces-
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PLEssIs, IN. W Sept. "a, 1912

PLEssIs, On. Y) Sept. "a, 1912
J. b. JONES, Esq
SIR--Enclosed send you five dollars for which
request you to send me your semi-weeky paper, one
year.
want to know of President Tyler from the
official journal of his administration, than can 9TH
erwise know, particularly when see him so firm
in his purposes and principles in maintaining the Con-
sttution of beloved country inviointo from the
combined efforts Of the moneyed aristocracy Of the
country
Every true Democrat and lover of his country can
not but desire to know much of the man whose name
cannot but stand on the page of history with the
Father of his Country and the noble benefacors of
mankind The frmness OF the President in his de-
voton to the principles of the Constitution will
der him dear to the American people, when they
to know, from the right source, his devotion to
"he cause Of Truth and Justice, Religion and Pa
tr'iOtiSm."
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

n5r 1t is well that the Inteligencer has given
notice of the absence of the editors, and rhey do
not soon return dreadful will be the consequence,
Tor the new hands, whoever they are, have start
ed off on the old English track These gentle
men must indeed be inexperienced, as they are
making up a money indignaton--a scheme long
since exploded. They publish letter from
London, declaring that no capitalist of Europe
can touch Cat presently the American loan, and
in another column they give paragraph from
the Journal of Commerce stating that the Gov
eminent has received offers to take the who'll Of
the six per cent. loan at par. The schooImaster
must indeed be abroad, and the sooner he gets
home the better
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

We find The following conjuralion in the Bal
timore American, and we have observed hints
in sundry ClLy-whg papers that Colonel John
son would actually support Mr. Clay, if he was
not run himself. The Wings do not know Col
Johnson
"lf Colonel Johnson is thrown off the track, and
must support one for the Presidency, in the alb
of all probability of reaching il hms If, lei
him abjure tie Sub-Treasury and all such hurtlu
experiments, advocate sound Tariff and go foI
Henry Clay, his fellow Kentuckian.n
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
Very respectfully, sc.
GOETHE.
triOtis,,l.

A correspondent of the Paris Journal DIES Debats
states that the Governments of Austria, Prussia,
Saxony, Bavaria and of Wertemberg, have concerted
to purchase, at public expense the house that Goethe
possessed at Weimar, and the rich scientific coec-
tons and works of taste that he brought together,
for the purpose of forming national and public Mu-
scum the direction of which should be confined to
the German Diet. The heirs Of Goethe, in consde-
ration of the noble that the five governments pro-
pose to make Of the House, and of the collections,
have offered to give them up at the moderate price of
800 600 forms, 800 600 francs which is only two
thirds of their estimated value.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

I5TOne of the temporary editors of the In
telligencer confesses that he is sore puzzled IN
finding out The reason for the removal OF the
Postmaster at Cleveland, Ohio. We doubt not
his anxiety is real but, then, he might with
much more convenience to himself, have applied
for information at the proper office Argus"
though possessed of a hundred eyes, colld not
see his own footprints
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SIGNIFICANT.

The Boston Atlas, a Clay Journal supported
by the 'sFederal merchant princes" publishes a
letter written in Baltimore, stigmatlsing the late
great indignation meeting held in Monument
Square. Mr. Vansant, among others, IS select
ed particularly by the writer TO expend his wrath
upon. He calls him e a hatter" Give US the
mechanics say, we! The skaters" are par'l-
cularly obnoxious TO slhose old cooNsW
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

The Patriot and American silent on the sub
ject. Will not the Sun and Republican and Argus
vouch for the responsibility of the citizens who
'took the lead" in the great meeting i-.Nadisonia
Yes, we will vouch for them--and we will also
vouch for the fact, that they are, of them of
the 'same stamp" as either the Dortmoor editor of
the American, or the miserable scrbbler of the Pa
trot-Repubican and Argus.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
ENCOUR AGING.
Correspondence of the MadIsOnian.

BATH, New YORK, Sept 25, 1912
J. b. JONES, Esq,
My DEAR SIR: Enclosed | hand you s. 90, to
change my semi-weekly paper to daily. do not
get the news often enough. | shall be able to en-
large your subscription list soon, and if you don't get
your reward in this world, God will give it to you in
the next for defending honest man from the cal
jimmy of his enemies.
especially your obedient servant
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GETTING RIcHr.-The Providence Chronicle COM
plains sadly that many of those who resisted Dorr
Chepachet, have since come out in support of suf-
frage principles II is evident that free principles
cannot be long smothered where free discussion is
allowed, and that peaceablc means to accomplish
any change more effectual than recourse to
forcble ones.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
THE PROVIDENCE EXPRESS.

This able and courageous journal is very
Justly and with much effect, returning The hre
of the Federal press in New York and other
places. They will find il an ugly customer
before it is done with them.
Why don't the ~ Y. American call again Tor
the publication Of stha, letter."
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

The Boston Daily Advertiser, speaking oil
Gen. Scott, remarks:
'sThe General is doubtless right in declining the
Vice Presidency. His present Office IS much petter
suited to bis education his habits and his capacity
The Vice Presidency is Office which belongs TO
man who has been accustomed to political duties,
and is conyersant with legislative proceedings"
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
Dte0.

On the 29th September, SELAH only son of S
r. HoBBrE, aged sixteen months.
Friday, the 30th September, at the residence
of SAML. MioKuM, on twentysecond street. her sons
Mrs. HENRIETTA MICkUM, in the SOD year of
her age. Her friends and acquaintance respect
fully invited to attend her funeral Saturday Octo-
Der ls this day. at O'Clock, p. NJ without farther
notice.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

We postpone other matter prepared for this
days paper 10 give place to the following arti-
Gle, copied from the GLosE of Thursday We
need not say the writer wieds powerful pen,
and is engaged in good cause. The head
and the heart of the reader will readily admit
both
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

The President of the United States is expect
ed to arrive in Washington in a few days
We are gratifed to learn that his health is
quite good.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
Err NOE

The Duke de Nemours will be % years old The
25th of October.
The Count of Paris, now heir presumptive to the
throne OF France, became FIVE years old the 25h Au
gust last.
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
LIST OF I,ETTER &

Remaining in the Post Office, Washington city,
October |, 1912.
3JPersons inquiring for letters in the following
list will please say they are advertised.
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EUGENE ARAM.-This is the fifth number of Har
pers' Library of select novels at IS cents per copy
They may be had. of Franck Taylor of this city
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01

In THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL LET THERE
az uSrrr-M EoN-EssEsTIALs, LIBERTY AND IN ALL
THINGS cHARirY.-Augustin
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-01
A FEW HINTS IN ANSWER

To Reverdy Johnson, William Price, Ashton Alex
ander, George Howard, Robert w. Bowie, james
Moores, James N. q oldsborough, and J. Bozman
Kerr, Wing delegates from Maryland to the flar
risburg Convention in December, 1899
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
THE FARMERS FRIEND.

Tha, love for the people which j. !.
claimed by all parties, was recently tcs!.
ed by proposition Of Mr.. TAR 6ha.
II any foreign nation would I'D
corn, flour, and sa',ed o1isid y.
shout! be imposed in our portssa -
OF the growth or manufacture Of su
!lon. here was al opportunity ri
cd to afford substantial proof Of al
ment TO the great lmount AGREED =
interests Of the .cJuhtry, waite, al 8
same time, ii offered tempting relief to-
the starving millions Of Europe. Cd ,tio.
tioa Of Mr.. MEER1cK, unnanutac.ured -.
bacao was included among the enumera-
ted articles. Yet the proposition Of NJ.
IAsPAS, solibcrai, SO phi|snthropic, =
favorable TO the substantial interest Il
our own ana other countries, was reject.
ed. alnong-others, by :.lc vote Of tl,p
Ssns,or OF Mary land, who thus expector-
ated his own fayorite ,abacco. The vote
on tho motion was, ayes is, noes Go
The following Senators in the negufive:
Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates. Bay.
ard, Choate, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts. Crit.
,enien, Dayton, Evans, Gratau,, HUM.
ins,on. Kerr, Mangum, Merrick, More,
head, Miler, Phelps, Porter, Preston.
Summons, Smith OF Indiana, Spraeue.
ialln,adge, and Wl,itc-26.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
5..:. EDITORS AND PROPRIETORs.
FEDERALlsNi>-ANr ILLUSTRATION.
When Gen. Jackson's friends, q few

FEDERALlSNt>-AN ILLUs1K ATOM.
When Gen. Jackson's friends, a few
weeks since, sought to obtain justice for
the Old Hero, at the hands Of Congress,
in the matter Of the fine imposed upod
him by vniic,ive Judge, Cor the sue.
cessful and brilliant dcfencc Of New Or.
cans-the judiciary committee oil the U.
8. Senate, true to their federal instl,itss;
reported against refunding the money
aud the tedoralists in the Senate, wtet
the question came up for action, carried
out the Suggestions Of their associate par
tizans on The committee, aud Killed tho
bill.
Not. long afterwards, the represents
tives Of Gen. VIM. Hull, pre- scented 20.
iition TO the U. 8. Senate. asking Cod.
gress 10 pay them Gen Iluli's sslarv az
Governor q! the Territory Of A1ichiRan1
from the time Of his arrest for. the ssr.
render Of the Territory 10 elie British.
down to the period when he was Tried and
sentenced to death for treaclicry. ~.
During tie entire period covered By
the claim. the Territory OF Michigan was
in fact British provence made such BY
the pertily or cbwardice of Gen. land
his representatives had the face 10 ask
congress 10 pay them, i.o, Tor any seryic.
actually rendered by lheir ancestor, bn,
for having bascIy disabled, himself iro,n
rendering any service as Governor Of tho
Territory. This c'u!m csr constructive
service went TO The same Judiciary. coz,
ml,tec that had previously reported AGENT
rclundiny the iine 10 Gen. Jackson. ssaul
that committee reported .tacorab!v. q. Il!
Thus robbing the Hero lin the language
OF Mr.. Cahoun who Terminated the was
with glory. and rewarding with extra pay
'hs. man who commenced 1 isgraco.
-ltramy .Alg1s.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
BADGERING AN IRISH VOTER.
'.You're Roman Catho!ic?"
Gam o.. 81 II fha foIln.,,

BADGERING AN IRISH VOTER.
"You'rea Roman Ca,holic?''
''Aw ?" said the fellow
':Are you no,?" demanded the agent.
''You say ] am was the answer.
''Comc, sir, unswer-whal's your reIi.
gion?"
.''1'he true religion
''What religion is :hat?"
'.Mv religion
Sand what's your rcligion?''
"My mothers religion
"And whatwas your mothers religion:''
'She Tux 1ch,shey IN her tay.':
''Come, now, III find you out. as cum
ming as you are,'' said the agent, piqued
into an encounter OF wits with this fellow,
whose battling Of every question pleased
the crowd. You bless yourself, dom,
you?'
"When I'm done with you | think
ought.''
''What place Of worship do you go ,o9''
e~Ihe most convaynient.
~But Of wha: persuasion are vou?''
'My persuasion is that you won't find
il out ''
what is your belief?''
SsMy belief is that you are puzzleL."
''Do you contess?'
.'Not to YOU"
''Come! nov have you. Who would
you send for if you we're likely TO dic?''
''Doc,or Growing"
''No, for the pries,?''
Il must first get messenger"
"Conlound your quibb!ng!-tell me,
then. what your opinions arc-your con
sc!entous opinions mean?''
''lhey are the same as my landlords. $
"And whatare Your landlords opinions? Z
';Faix. his opinion is, that wont pay
him the last haIl-year's rint, and I'm OF
the same opinion myself" A roar OF
laughter followed This answer, aud dumb
ioundered the age for time; bull; an
gered u, the successful clubbing of the
sturdy and willy fellow before him, lie a.
last declared, with much severity Of man
ner, that he must have direct reply.
II insist, sir. on your answering at
once, are you Roman Ea,ho!ic?''
Il am,'' said the fellow.
s'And could you not say so at once?'' re
pea.ed Inc officer.
''You never axed me-. returned the
other.
Il did," said the officer.
''lndced you didn't. You said | was
a grea; many things, bat you never ared
me -ycr wor dhriyin' Grass words and
cru led questiens at me, and gev answers
to match EN-; for sure thought it was
manners to cut out my behacor on your
own patthern," ~ Handy indy.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03

4 Sour Child "A prisoner before the
police lately IN Philadelphia gave the FOL-
lowing interesting sketch OF his birth
and broughtings up:-
u was born'd weeping. My daddy
used to chaw wormwood aiore was
born, and my mother made practice Of
getting drunk on inegar. When | was
a little boy nobody wouldn't allow me to
nuss their children, Tor they used to say
made 'em dysPep,ic-l looked complete
ly sour-so they said When went to
school was always in for the lickens,
and I d. believe bagged j, iorcycry boy
in the school. Al last got married, and
my wife left me in three months. There's
no use Of asking why. She said there
was no use Of living with me, because is
we hid children they wouldn't be amy
thing but walking vinegar casks il they
were boys, and if they were girls they
would be mere jugs OF crea.a o tarter sat
OH legs to physic all the world by their
phizzes''
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
GA graphic and amusing account o

ora graphic and amusing account Of
being wrecked on the Mississippi, is Civ.
en- by writer in the Spirit o: the Times:
Among other adventures he had been
wrecked, Will. acting as hand on flat
boat, navigating the Mississippi lie said
no had come ri the way from Pittsburgh.
at the head Of the Ohio, to within two or
three hundred miles Of Orleans, without
meeting with any other accident than that
Of get,ng out Of whiskey twice. But one
night the captain Of the fla boat said the
weather was crafty" thing he thought
himself. rs It was most too quiet to last
long After detailing several other par
tlculars he finished his story by being
wrecked as follows: s.After the au.et
weather spoke of lasted little, all of a
sudden it changed, the river as rough as
an alligator's back, thar was the talest
kind OF a noise over head, and the fire
flew up thar like fur in "a cat fight. .Wenl
put on shore,'' said the captain, and we
tried to do il, that's sartin, but the way
we walked off from a tree, whar we might
haye tied up, was u caution 10 steamboats,
keep the current said the captain, aud
let US sweat it out. We went on in this
way some time, when | told the captain,
said !. captain, have never been in these
diggins afore, but ii hayn'l seen the
same landscape three times, then chaw
ne up for bull beef At this The captain
looked hard, and swore We were in an ed
dy and doing nothingsbut whirling round
The Tightening just at this time was very
accommodating, aud showed u, a big tree
in the river thar had stuck fast ana was
bcwing up and down ready to receive US,
and we found ourselves rushing right on
to il.
1.-The owner Of the bacon was Oh board.
and when he saw the .sasDger' he eyed ii
as hard as a small thief would consta.
BILE, says he-'Cap,ain, If that ar fellow
al the sweep (oar)--l'lellow' meant me)
said he, Captain. ii that ur fellow a,
the sweep don't bear on like-and
keep Us Oft thattree, am busted up pork
merchant ! did bear on it us hard as lie
suggested, but the current was too strong,
aud we went on the sawyer all standing.
The boat broke up like dried Leaf would
have done, pork and plumber scattered,
and SWAN, halt choakcd 10 death, ashore.
| lost in the whole operation Just two
shirts. eighteen dollars in wages and haif
a box kentucky tobacker, besides two
game cocks--l tell you what, storm on
that ar Mississippi amt to be sneozed at
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1842-09-03
OnA, sle2

have no doubt9but that i'll could lie per-
nnil'ed to look upon the dry book OF
Heaven, | should see a long book Of sun
dries charged agains, you with the words
Bad and 'Doub,iuI' written all down the
margin. hope, however you will
be enabled TO square all your accounts,
both heavenly and earthly, in fair and
honorable manner; and il you do receive
some pretty hard knocks in this world,
you will have the hope within you to the
last of finding a better. So mote it be-
Dow, JR.