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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-28

The Boston Mercantile Journal relates the fol-
lowing anecdole:
The course pursued by the Southern members
OF Congress in relation to Mr.. Adams reminds
us of an anecdOe.
Gabriel Jones was lawyer whe prac,ised In
the County Courts Of Virginia, about half CEN
fury ago, and bore in some Of them an almost I'M
bounded influence. On trial of case before
one of the courts, md in which he and Mr.. Hand
ly then recently come to the bari were opposed
TO each other, he was worsed in some of his dis
cushions became greatly irrtaed-and outraged
all decorum, by cursing and swearing aloud Mr..
Handy, after waiting some time in the expecia-
ton TINT the court would take some step for the
preservation ofits dignity 10 suggest to The
justices that the respect which they owed TO them
sslyes, required of them not to permit such con-
duct 10 pass unnoticed Their worships thus ur-
ged, went into solemn council. upon the matter,
the result of which was announced by tho presi.
ding iusIice-"It is the opinion of the court, MIR.
Handy, that you mustn't plague and vex Mr. Jones,
and make him curse and swear so-if you do,
sir. Toe ,oiH put you inIthe stocks
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-28

John Quincy adams. This gentleman has seen
more diplomatic service than any other American.
At the early age OF seventeen he was Secretary 10
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-28

Francis Dana, Minister to Russia. In 1871 he
was appointed by Washington, Minister Resident
at the Hague In I796 by the same, Minister to
Portugal. In 1897, by John Adams, Minister to
Prussia. IN 1907, by Mr.. Madison, Minister to
Russia. In 1873 by the same mn Envoy Exraor-
binary and Minister Plenipotetiary TO negotiate
treaty of peace with Great Britain. In 1915, by
the saIne, Minister to Great Britain, where he re-
manned until the accession of Mr.. Monroe, to the
Presidency in 1917, aud by whom he was appoin-
ted Secretary Of Slnte.
II is well to recur to the past and learn what OIL
der men aud sages of the Revolution have said of
this eloquent, but vili6ed statesman. The follow
ing letter was addressed TO John Adams on his
election as President Of the United States, by none
other than Washington:
MoNpAY, Feb Goth, 1897.
"Dcar sir i thank you for giving me the pc
rusal of the enclosed. The sentiments do honor
Ia the bend and heart of the writer; and If my
pishes coudbe Of any dudii, they should go 10 you
IN strong hope that you DiH mol toiihotd merit from
DIR. John q. Adams because he is your son Tor,
without intending to compliment the father or the
mother, or To censure any others, give Il as my
decided opinion that w. adams Is the most uaiudbie
public character zoe hare abroad and there remains
no doubt in my mind that he ,oiH prove himsefto be
the dblest Of our diplomatic corps II he was now
to he brought into that line OF into amy other
public walk, should not, upon The principle which
has regulated my own conduct, disapprove the
caution which is limited at IN the letter. But he is
already entured-the public more and more rs he
is Known, are approaching his talents and his
worth and his country would sustain loss 1t
these were TO he checked by over-deIlcacy on
your part.
With sincere esteem md affectionute regard, |
am ever yours, GEO WASHINGTON"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-28


Mississippi Legislation. --Repujiation goes on
swmmDgly in this State of swlndlers The Lo-
co. Foro Committee in The House have mnde re-
port on the subject Of the State Bonds, and have
appended resolution soleinnly denying any oh
LEGATION ofIhs State the People TO pay the Bonds
and formally repndialing the whole debt OF
this document $500 copies were ordered printed.
During dehate which succeeded, Mr.. Mnrchi-
son (Whig) made some remarks which offended
one Flournoy, pro-swindler, who waited ill the
adJonrnmeIt and provided himself with large
leaden inkstnnd, which he threw at Mr. NJ. as he
was descending the steps. II missed its mark and
hit another person. The Vicksburgh Wing says
there is "itte hope Of amendment so long as the
People send TO The Legislature men who are fools
by nature and blackgunrds by education
A scene in The IoDa Legisaiurs.--One verplank
Antwerp, brawng locoioco Dutchman aud ed
itor OF the "Iowa Capitol Reporter" reflected in
his columns upon the Hon. Mortimer Bainbridge
member the Council from Dubuque. Balm
bridge pronounced him Flying puppy" Van
thereupon merched up to cambridge, in the
Council Chamber, and demanded retraction Of
the epiihet at the mouth of loaded pistol. Balm
bridge jumped upon the Dutchmap, wrested his
pistol from him, and kicked him out OF doors with
az little ceremony as old Peter Stuyvesant with
| his wooden Leg kicked the Dutchman out of the
Council Chamber OF New Amsterdam, as related
by that sage historian, Diedrich Knickerbocker.
Rhode Isiand.--The Judges of the Supreme
Court, with the Attorney General. have given o.
pnions adverse TO the validity Of tho Peoples or
Free Suffrage Constitution. The Providence
Journal states that all six OF the surviving ex- Gov
ernors with the present Governor, are Of the same
| opinion. The regular Constitution is to be voted
for on the 2lst 22d, and 23d inst
, 1842-11-19

TRADE IN New YoRK.--The Elk.
press of Friday, the asth, says
"There is no new feature in our mar.
ket. The fall trade, which is falling
off, has been very light. There is
also a general complaint that The pay
for goods solids last season has been
bad. The produce of u country
is so very low, that the producers
have not the means to purchase. As
the season Of canal navigation must
in a few weeks close, u receipts o.
produce are very large. Flour and
provisions are arriving in large guam
titles. Prices, it is true, are very
low, but at these prices they sell free.
ly.
, 1842-11-19
The N. York Sun of the 5,h ms

The N. York Sun of the 5,h inst,
says: "On Thursday evening, the
9th ult., two genteel strangers ar.
rived at Easton, Pa, from this city.
and putting up at different hotels,
gave their names Geo. Williams and
Henry Barker. On the following
day the passed at five different stores.
in payment for small purchases, as
many counterfeit $40 notes on the
Union Bank OF New York. In the
evening they hired a horse and wag.
on ''to 60 10 Clinton on urgent bust
ness" but they had not left more
than half an hour, before it was dis
covered that all the notes were coun-
terfeit. They were pursued by those
who had been swindled, and overta.
ken at S%omerville, N. j., about three
o'clock in the morning. Williams
succeeded in making his escape from
his captors, but Barker was takan
back to Easton, and after an examin-
alton, was committed to JAIL
Counterfeit $40 bills, purpor,ing to
be on the Tradesmen's Bank ofNew.
York, are afoat.
, 1842-11-19

RHonE .AND.-The Legislature
of this State will commence its Octo.
Der session at East Greenwich, on
Thurday next. The adjourned ses,
sion of the State Convention, for
forming a new Constitution, will also
assemble there at the same time.
when their labors will be terminated
and a Constitution will be submitted
TO the people of the State for their
adoption or rejection.
, 1842-11-19

Hon. DANIEL WEnsrER.-This dis.
tinguished statesman has declined the
invitation from a large committee Of
the merchants Of New York, to par.
take of a public dinner on his way to
Washington. The letter Of invita-.
ton expresses the high qualification
which Mr.. Webster has afforded them
in the discharge Of his official duties,
and particularly in his successful ne
gotiations with Lord Ashburton.-
Mr.. Webster's reply is in excellent
taste; and he assigns as his reasons
for declining the invitation, his deli.
cate health, and the necessity of his
immediate attention to the duties oil
his office.
, 1842-11-19
Arrival Of the Caledonia.

EleUen Days Later From Europe
The Treaty Ratifed!-From tn
New York Herald Extra of the 81
inst. we extract the following foreigl
news, brought by the Caledonia.
Mr.. Webster has received infor
nation that the Ashburton Treat,
was ratified by the British Govern
ment on the IA Oct.
From the manufacturing district.
we continue to receive very satisfac
tory reports as 10 the operations O
the factories and mills, while the Liv
erpool cotton market remains dul
and inactive. During the past fort
night the transactions have been on
such a very limited scale as 10 afford
no scope for remark. The late ex.
plosion Of the Manchester Bank. has
tended to paralvZe trade.
The American Chamber of Com
merce at Liverpool have addressed a
memorial TO Sir Robert Peel, urging
the necessity of a reduction of the
present enormous duty on tobacco.
No answer has been, as vet, returned
to the memorialisls, We believe.
The attempts TO navigate the Eu-
pirates and Tigris by can have
teen abandoned-the impediments
to the navigation being found too
numerous to overcome.
The American Tariff and the Ash.
burton treaty continue to be pr"mi
nent subjects Of discussion in the
Paris journals.
The French %frIgate Creole. which
sent TO Tripo'i to demand salts
for an insult received bv n
French officer. returned without al.
the purpose.
The Emperor of China hasat length
been heard of. He boasts. in an i'm.
perial edict, that a great officer called
China. in a rencounter with the En-
glish forces, ''put to death all the
~5arbarians, and seized alive
many Of the black rebels"
A good deal of public attention has,
the last ten days, been direct
ed against the Chartists taken prison.
ers during the recent disturbances in
the manufacturing districts. Special
commissions have been held in the
counties Of Chester, Lancaster and
Stafford.
The marriage Of the Princes Mary
IF Prussia with the Prince Royal of
Bavaria, was celebrated at Berlin on
he 5th ultimo. The Royal couple
eft shortly afterwards for Munich,
they were to be married on
he 18th, according to the rites of the
Catholic Church, in the Chapel OF All
, 1842-11-19

LATER X o CHiNA.-The packet
ship Vile de Lyon, arrived at New
York on Sunday from Havre, bring
ing Paris dates TO the 7lh ult. We
learn from the correspondence of the
U. S. Gazette, that the only news OF
interest by this arrival is that brought
by the Overland mail from India, be-
ing Of the 9th of August from Bonn
bay, Afghanistan to the Sd Of that
month, and from China 10 the 9TH of
June.
The Chinese town of Chapo, has
been captured by the English after a
slight resistance. The town is de-
scribed as the celebrated city and
mart Of the Chinese trade with Japan.
All quiet in Canton. The Canton
Price Current gives the following ac-
count of the Tea and Coffee barter.
Teas are rather dearer in conse.
quence Of the anxiety lately shown
to sell Bombay Cotton, and for which
parties are compelled to take Teas:
as the teamen are fully aware of the
quantity of Cotton on its wav here,
they will doubtless hold out frr high.
er rates fer Teas, which in the pres
ent scarcity of cash parties, will be
compelled to take for their Cotton"
II was the general impression at
Bombay that the British forces would
advance on Cabul; they had an over
whelming force collected for this pur-
pose, but experienced great difficulty
from the want Of camels for trans.
portation.
The English prisoners in the hands
of the Affghans were treated with
the utmost kindness and considera-
lion.
AGerman diamond merchant. man,
ed Walfe, on the evening Of the 5,h
inst, while in Covent Garden Thea.
tire, had his pocket picked ola tin box.
containing $4,000 worth of dia.
monds.
A Spanish paper states that the
between the U. States
and the Emperor of Morocco, have
been nearly brought to a satisfactory
termination, by the dismissal Of the
Vice Governor Of Tangiers.
The Condor Money market look.
I'd rather better, in consequence off
The fears Of further failures among
The corn dealers having been allay,
I'd.
, 1842-11-19

LAND OFFICE IN PLATTE COUNTY
We learn from the last Platte Eagle, that
the President has directed the new Land
Office to be located at Pittsburgh, in
Clinton county. Heretofore it was gen.
orally supposed it would have been To-
Gated at Platte City, in Platte county.
The Secretary says the recommendations
in favor of Pittsburgh were the strong
est.
, 1842-11-19

A most horrid murder was perpe.
trated at Sheridan, rear Buffalo, on
the 96th ult. The murderer was a
transient person named Sanders OF
Sanderson, said to be at times de.
ranged. He killed his victim, ia boy
IA years old, named Dodge,) with a
pltchfork, with which he inflicted
about SIXTY mounds, besides giving
two stabs with a knife. He buried
the corpse under the barn floor, and
then fled; but he was seen the next
day near Cattaraugus Creek, and is
probably arrested, as there were num-
beers in pursuit.
, 1842-11-19

Messmerism. and Mormonism, and
Joe Smith, bustles, lard lamps and
suicides, we are still open to convic-
ton. But the Mississippi river and
the price Of cotton we're never lower
than at this time. and never ought to
be. These are a few cannons from
our creed and faith. Don't you like
rs altogether better than ever, now,
friend Union?
, 1842-11-19

The steamboats, from the east are
landing settlers by hundreds, almost
daily. The Great Western, on FRI
day morning last, left two hundred
and sixty; and the Wisconsin, on the
day but one previous, landed over
one hundred. The prospec. now i,
that there will land, at this port alone.
during this month, full three thousand
wis Ceu.
, 1842-11-19

News FROM MIssfoNARIEs.-InteIli.
gence was received by the last En-.
glish Steamer, from Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurie, who left here in July last, in
the ship Susan Jane, for Smyrna
They arrived at Smyrna on the 9Th
of September, after a very pleasant
passage. They are destined for
Mosul, to join the HISTORIAN mission.
They found at Smyrna letters from
DIR. Grant, urging them to hasten
their progress.--Bos!o Recorder.
, 1842-11-19

The TREArY.-The news ofthe rati-
ication of the treaty between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, is confirm
ed. A salute of one hundred guns was
fired from the Battery, New York, on
the 4th, in honor of the occasion; all the
shipping in the harbor being decorated
with flags.
, 1842-11-19

LAMENTABLE CAsUALTY.-On We'd
nesday evening last, a very interesting
little girl, aged about two years, daugh-
ter of Doct. Jno. Adams, of Ashley, in
this county, was accidentally scalded in
SO shocking a manner as TO accession
her death in q few hours after the acct
dent.
, 1842-11-19

SNow.-The St. Louis Ledger, says
the steamer Boreas reports the snow six
inches deep at Keokuk, Iowa, on Sun
day morning last. We can beat that
four inches-and as to cold wealth
er-the last two days, Thursday and
Fridy,) would beat the world.
, 1842-11-19

We are disappointed in not being able
to give our readers something of the re-
suits of the elections in New-York and
Massachusetts. We shall most likely
receive full returns from the above nam
ed states in the course of next week.
, 1842-11-19

ARKANSAS ELEcrIoN.-The New
Orleans Picayune of the Cd inst says:
The vote for Congress stands--Cross,
(dem.) s,9le; Cummins, (Whig,) S..
IA; Evans, (neutral) 1.497-two
counties to hear from; the Little Rock
Gazette says they will increase the
majority OF Cross.
The Gazette classes the members
elected to the House-democrats 40,
wings 2O-ties 8.
, 1842-11-19

HoLD! HoLD!-The Louisville Jour.
nal speaks in the following positive
and unqualified manner of the admin
istrations of Van Buren, and Tyler:
"The present Congress must not ne
elect to cause the contracts for the
supply of the army and navy TO be
published. The contractors OF all
kinds were suffered to swindle the ma
ton on a grand scale under Van Bu-
rem, but this was nothing compared
to the rascalities that will take place
under the present Administration.
We knou something of what we write.
There is a set of s%coundrels, todies of
Tyler and inmates OF the palace, who
will get all the contracts on their own
terms, and who will make thousands
and hundreds of thousands Of dollars
every year CT this administration, by
swindIing the Government. unless
their plans are thwarted by the wings
of Congress. Corruption is the or
der Of the day. Rulers hlt do not
to the most nefarious political
tergiversation will not stick at any
vilIainy TO make money. Political
morality is set at naught in high pla-
ces, and the infection penetrates into
the very core of private morals"
, 1842-11-19

SUIT AGAINST NICHOLAS BIpDLE.--
The Philadelphia Ledger says that
the assignees of the Bank of the U.
States filed a bill Of discovery, IN the
nature of an equity proceeding, in
the district court, against Nicholas
Biddle. Esq. asking that he may be
called upon 10 answer, under oath.
how and for what purpose he expend-
ed large sums of money belonging TO
the late bank, obtained by him upon
certain checks. tickets, receipts, and
orders. passed between him and John
Andrews, first assistant cashier OF the
bank. The sums which the plaintiffs
say Mr.. Bddle thus drew from TIE
bank amount 10 S396,oOO; the whole
Of which they say was applied to un.
lawful purposes, and TO promote Mr..
Biddle's own private views. They
also state that these sums were drawn
from the bank without any authority.
and by ccllUsion between the defend
ant and Mr.. Andrews. The tickets,
orders, &c. are set forth in the bill,
and are the same as those exhibited
before the recorder when Mr.. Biddle
was under examination with others,
on a charge Of conspiracy to defraud
the bank. On the 3lst, the trustees
of the bank commenced an action
against Thomas Dunlap. but have not
vet fled \ claim in that case.
, 1842-11-19

FRIGHrFUL HYMENrAL EPIDEMIC
The Lancaster Union records TWEEN.
ty-four marriages, which had taken
place within a few days. IF they
60 on at this rate, Lancaster County
will be depopulated-there will not
be a single person in IT'D.
, 1842-11-19

The Hon. c. Gushing says in a let.
ter addressed TO the citizens Of Brad.
ford Mass:
"And / believe that ere long the
honest and upright people, whose
minds have been prejudiced and their
passions inflamed about nothing at all
the honest and upright people will
look back with shame and sorrow on
the extravagances committed by THEN
State. County, and District Conven-
tions.n
, 1842-11-19

A judgment of the district court Of
Philadelphia, gives Immediately to the
proper owners, Brown, Brothers, and
others, the money found in Col. Mon
roe Edwards possession at the time
Of his arrest.
, 1842-11-19

BosToN.-ln an article descriptive
OF the onward career Of Boston, the
Transcript Of hat city says:-"Real
estate is a dear article in Boston, and
always has been; but it is rising at
this moment. IN welcome as the intel.
lIgencc may be. Store property is
acknowledged, by good Judges, to be
constantly increasing in value. Two
thousand dollars is paid in some parts
OF the city, where one thosand would
have been called an exorbiant rent
with less than two years-and, not.
outstanding the croakings Of such as
discover nothing but a general bank.
ruptcy, and terrible cases Of individu.
al ruin, growing out of this extrava.
gance in rental kinds of rents,
from The ten-footers to State street
offices, will be considerably higher
and continue so a long time, before
they diminish in value. Absolute
necessity will produce this result
Tor the city is enlarging faster in
population than the accommodations
increase"
, 1842-11-19

The American Eagle, published a,
Fort Pickering, Tenn gives the fol-
lowing summary ofhis political creed
lie will find many who coincide with
his orthodoxy.
The Editor Of the Nashville Un-
ion is taking quite Il liking to US OF
late, and praises us "mightily." lie
is certainly becoming very clever
and sensible, and shows a charming
taste and nice discrimination. We
"go for Clay against the world" as
things now stand; for a National Bank,
we'll restricted, against any other cur.
rency scheme we have ye: seen. We
60 also for a protective Tariff r"iu-
dIclous," of course,) and for a protec.
ton of American labor and interests
at all hazzards-lhis we are willing
to 60 "bIind." We 60 for no pros.
cription by the President, because
men will be Clay men; for one Presi.
dental term, for a mixture of specie
and Bank paper currency; for "roast
beet and two dollars a day to the Ia
boring mar when he earns it, for the
election of Senators to Congress bv
the Tennessee Legislature, the .same
way it has always been done.
we 60 against all sorts of stay or re-
pudlatlng laws not founded in strict
equity; for the punishment OF all VII
laIny' political or penal; for good men
and good measures; and, finally, for
pretty women and ("God bless them
all the world over" as brother Baker
says christian mothers. As for
, 1842-11-19

"If any further assailed by the ul-
ira Wings, | shall consider it as an in,
vitation to me, 10 take the field a.
gainst my ~assailants, and, if occasion
requires, shall defend myself at all
hazards. whatever may be the effect
on the politics Of the commonwealth"
, 1842-11-19
"Here centres the hopes Of OUT
friends all over the Union.n

"Here centres the hopes Of our
friends all over the Union.''
The above is from the State paper.
letter for letter, comma for comma.
and grammar for grammar. II il
part of Il ieremiad on the result in
Ohlo-and, under these circums,an.
ces. the liberties taken with the Kings
English, are perhaps excusable even
in the ''grand action" mouth, piece Of
the coon-skin party in the Empire
State. -
But the meaning is obvious enough
and we hold it up as a caution TO
our friends. The coon, be il remem.
bered, "the same old coon," that ha,
been pursued from state to state, and
finally killed in Ohio, is not yet Sdone
Tor" The hunters of Maine, New.
Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor.
ela, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri,
indiana, and lllinois-have secured
these States Of the "varmin,." Ohio,
where II last found a Judgment, has
had the honor of dealing the death
blow. 1t remains fer New York TO
bury The animal! Mark that! Ohio
hands over to US the carcass OF tho
';sacred emblem" for interment.-
Ohio has Il right to expect that this
sacred duty will be discharged sde-
Gently and in ORDER" But efectuaI.
ly, nevertheless that it will be no
mere ch'ld's play or holiday pageant,
but a sober, stern, fatal reality-a
final finish" of the last coon. Let
the grave be dug broad and deep
Ply the spade and the mattock--and
pile on the earth, until there shall be
no place to scratch out. IF il be
true that the hopes Of Federal Whige.
ry all centre here in N. York, see to
it democrats that they converge to
the smallest possible point. Let the
watch-word be bury The coon! that
Tor four long years has been domesti-
in your high places-living
without labor upon the fruits Of hon
est MISUNDERSTANDING your grana-
rles, your corn fields, and your poul.
try yards-stealing into your safes
and kneading troughs under cover of
the nlghs-and whether in your gra-
mares or coinfields or cupboards,
wantonly destroying ten times more
than he consumes, and leaving every
where his 'odor Of nationality
The hunt is up, it is true. Ohio has
The brush of the animal-but New
York. we repeat, has the grave to
dig, and the undertaking to do. To
work Democrats! Massachusetts
yes Massachusetts--will take care
Df the epitaph.-Albany Argus.
, 1842-11-19

1t stated that Capt. Gallagher, of
the Navy, committed suicide, by
straVing himself to death, in conse-
quenee of the calumnies of his perse-
cutors. He took no sustinance for IF.
teen days before bis death.
, 1842-11-19

"a Farmer of Pike" will be attended
to next week.
, 1842-11-19

1t is stated in the Norfolk Herald
that Com. Elliott, now under suspen.
sion, has resigned his commission, in
tending to devote himself 10 his farm
in PENNSYLVANIA.
, 1842-11-19

The last number of the Madison
ian says: We learn that the account.
ing officers Of the Treasury have ad'
justed the accounts of the States and
Territories under the distribution act,
and that the Governors have been
notified by the Treasury Department,
Of the amounts payable to their re.
spective States. The amount to be
divided is S693,444 10 cents; exclu.
slve of the ten per centum to the
States to which the lands have been
sold.