Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-12-09
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.


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A National Thanksgiving. The time seems to
be rapidly approaching wien we shall have n
National Thanksgiving throughout the UniUn n-
stead Of the partinl and sectional demonstrations TO
tho Deity which now take place. This would IN
deed become us rs an enlightened nation ol Chris
tinns. Last year, MS is stated Ivy a New York CO.
temporary, all the Stntes north of Pennsylvania
md the Ohio river, observed this ancient festival,
aud this yenr the States OF Maryland, North aud
South Carolina have adopted it.-GeoygetoDn ID.
c. 4fuocdie.
Attempt 10 bride SheriG-SherT Hart was Of
fefed itco thousand dollars il he would refuse 10
hang Colt. An anonymous lrtier enclosing one
thousand dollars, aud promising much more,
was received nv him shortly before the day fixed
for Coils execution. The money has been depos-
tied in the City Treasury.
A Critical OPERATION. An elderly gentle
man of Bucks COMFY. Pa. was recently choked by
piece Of roast beef lodging in his wndpipe: his
breathing was almost Immediately arrested, aud in
The course of ten or twelve minutes the Unciions
Of life were entirely suspended. AT this critical
Iluncure, VIM. > Ilendre Immediately opened The
lrarhen, and by initiating he lungs repeatedly, in
the course OF three MIMI e., respiration
eslnbshed when the obstruction was pushed ny
aud d.Iodgrd from he lIront Of the patient Tbs
~ on d rapidly healed, and the individual has suf-
| iercd no Inconvenience from the oper ton.
A iue presence of mind on such occasions
will often save llle
/ The young lady who disappeared myserously
| from Mmersville, Pa, few day since has reap
penred AT Philadelphia, dressed in male attire.
| Her name is sarah EasIwood--her age Ameeen.
| She went TO public house Tor lodgings, where
declining TO sleep IN II chamber win male lodg-
erS she compelled TO make known her sex TO
the landlady, who IhrreupOn provided her with n
proper dress, and takes ut her She SAID she
had been nnkindly treated at hume, aud came
down to enlist IN the Navy.
A Sore JOB. The Iocofocos of Champaign
county, Ohio. got up n"coOn skin celebration"
short time since which proved IN the end u sorry
affair Having procured a couple OF rncoons,
they proceeded in lie most felIslI aud nhumIau
munurr to torture them to death by sknny
them alive One ofthe animals hnwever attempt
ed to rculiatp, aud Succeeded in Decorating the
Il, sh Of one of his tOrnIeulors in such II manner
MS Will force the wretch 10 carry meuirnlo Of
hi- bafhariIy with him 10 his grave. To close
this p,lilying spectacle the head of one OF the
fortunate nniinnlS was put ntu six pound r, Il
piece of State ordnance us we understand, which,
in the hurry aud uyericatrd Zeal OF the snrrt-
rrrs hnd been improperly loaded the consequence
was, that upon ap9N ing The match the cannon
must IN some halld.zsn pieces, though srangetO
say, no one seriously Injured by the accident.
Ihls was NJ once an omlnuus 0Ud unlocked Tor IT,
uale item in the bill 81 fare entirely unprOvi-
dpd lnr aud not caring to listen TO the bilscrotis
merrnenl and cutting peers OF the wing by-iand-
ers the participants III the h rid Qualification
sneakcd IF To their 'veraI homes 10 envahlc
ulood: each one wondering in his mind, duubiers,
how on eai ill., under present circumstances, they
were to raise the "wherewilh" 10 the tune OF sew
rrnI hundre! dollars, 10 indemnify the State for
The damages done to her arms. Sidney .4arora.
Rhode Island-1he vote on the Constitution
las altogether exceeded our expectations ; it will
amount to nearly, ii not quite, seven thuiIslnd,
iOhich is considerably larger than The rote giren far
| n al Io,cl
This is not OF any importance, 10 be sure, mas
much us the one vote being legal, aud the other
Illegal, no comparison Gun be Instituted hetw cen
lIIem; bur, according TO the principles OF DORIS
Constitution, the fact is conclusive, as showing
that the supporters 81 that instrument IRE now IN
the minority. We doubt if the insurrectionary
party could have brought ON over three or four
thousand votes, had they ventured into the cor
test while the result would have been To swell tho
vote for The Constitution 10 ten thousand.--Pgou-
idence jourHdt
Vote of.Ne,O York.-The vote in the State, poll
ell at The last election. has been about four hun
dred and one thousand. The number Of niules in
the State over twenty-one years Of age, is live
hundred aud nil eiy-Onc thousand II hIly thou
sand is deducted from this number, it will leave
the enormous number OF one hundred aud forty
thousand that have not voed.-.N T. EIpreSs
The Lynch Murder in .Alabama.-The Hartford
Review Of Saturday states on the authority of
letter from the scene of the tragedy, that warrants
have been issued for the arrest OF ali the parties
concerned in The hanging Of George w. Lore, aud
that the sheriff has orders raise sufficient force
10 ensure their capture. he letter also says that
one OF the Mitchells, who were the Hccusers of
Mr.. Lore, is very strongly suspected of the murder
OF Blake, Tor which Lore three Times tried.
Pofispie, Pa, Nor. 25.-.4 Girl II years Of age
ushed 10 death on the Rail Rodd-At Schuylkill
Haven on Saturday night about O'Clock, two of
The daughters OF William O'Bryan, OF This place,
were crossing the bridge, and when about one
third of their way on The bridge, the lumber train
of cars from Phllaelphia came upon tie opposite
end of the bridge. They were observed hy The
engineer and conductor. who Immediately check
ed the steam, and seeing that there WAS not room
Tor The girls 10 pass (lhe other track being occu-
ped,) called to them 10 run back The call was
observed, hut in the fright and confusion The youn-
gest sister, ni interesting girl Of some IA years,
turned 10 the wrong side, aud came IN contact with
the first car, and was knocked doAn The wheel
passed over the thigh, clearing the flesh from The
bone aud then struck The head, crushing the skull
aud causing instant death.
The citizens of Norfolk, with the Mayor nj their
head have called public meeting To consider the
A." outrageous proceedings of the AhotlOnSIs and
tire High Sheriff and other authorizes of Boston,
IN The case at Lnlmer. n runaway slave, the prop
erty OF Mr., james b. Gray, II citizen OF that Bur-
ough.n The good people Of Norfolk seem 10
think, because Nirginin is disgrdced by the exis-
ltenre of slavery, that the reu Stale of Massachu-
seus, too, should rest under the same sligm,.-.4!-
las
TnE DUEL AFFAIR-7tOo more Mfic'mrnfs -
The Delaware SttIu Journal snys, We uddei-
stand HAT the Grand Jury of Newcastle Co have
found true bs against Cot. Webb, Mr.. Marshall,
aud their associates, for violation OF The laws OF
Delaware IL relation to dueng."
The Philadelphia u 5. Gazette OF Saturday last
says, "We see ins in The proceeding, of the
nho\ O Jury about the duel"
The Grand Jury of Delaware county, Pa, have
alsn presented the lion. 1homas +. Marshall, Tor
fighting a duel. Col. Webb escaped The like
tice by reason of his having occupied position
On the other side of the line of the Stale, during
llhe fight Al; contradic,cd]