Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-02
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURES
Thursday. Feb. 10, lS4I


In The House, Dr.. w. B. Durgan, of
Quincy, submitted the following order,
which was passed in concurrence, not
more than six or eight voting in the mega
tive. We shall look with much interest.
for the report of that committee. which is
to express the senseour Legislature enter
tains of subject so important 10 Massoc-
husetts. The order is as follows:
Ordered, That the Commitlee to whom
was referred the petition of Francis jack
son and others, be instructed to draft re-
solutions expressive of the sense which
the Legislature entertains of the insult and
indignHy offered 10 Massachusetts, in the
attempt in the House of Representatives of
the United States, to fasten upon her
venerable and worIJ-honored citizen and
distinguished representative, John Quincy
Adams, the charge Of subonation of per-
jury and high treason, for having present
ed, in the faithful discharge of his duty, a
memorial from citizens of this common
| wealth. ze
Also that this Committee fur;ferm
be instructed TO inquire whether this as,
SAUL upon ex-President Adams for main =
tanning the right Of his constituents to "as-
sembte and petition Congress tor redress
OF their grievances is not one of series
| Of aggressions upon the rights and in
teres,s Of the free States, on the part of the
slave interest of the southern portion of the
United States, by which the right OF petit
tion-lhe ri 5ht Of free discussion-of IN.
molested travel anC sojourn-the freedom
Of debate in Congress- and The use Of the
United States mail, together with the
general political and pecuniary Interests
of free labor, bave been abridged and in
some cases destroyed as incompatible with
the existence of the institution of domestic
slavery. Emaa and Free american.
! STAKEHOLDER CoNvENr1oN.-Tht
Shareholders famous Convention has cx
cited much dissatisfaction in Nlaryan -
The F.iends in Baltimore have memoir
allied the House of Delegates against ths
: ctactments recommended by the Convcn
ton, A Shareholder comes out in tn,
Baltimore Patriot, and denounces its pro
ceedings and we hear, Convention ha
been called on the Eastern shore Of Ma
rvIand,.i opposition to it, So goes it.
Every movt,t ent of the slave-interest onI,
hurres its Observation-Disclosures
If we are not misinformed, the Virgini;
banks arenow suffering from the non poy
= ment of some large sums furnished for tn
{, purchase ofslayes, who were sold on
credit in Mississippi, and have never We
been paid for.-N. Y, Spectator.
DEATH FROM SWALLOWING A CENT
A child about three years old, onsof Nh
Barnsby, decreased, formerly Of this city
residing with its uncle. mechanic, en-
gagged al the coach making establishment
of MIR. Forcs, swallowed cent some si
f or eight days since, from the effects q
which it died on Sunday afternoon. A
! Access formed 10 the side Of the little SUI
ferer. caused. it is supposed, by the cen
lodging in that region, which, previous t.
its death, became exceeding y painful
The child did not complain much until
dav or two previous 10 us death. Medica
aid wascalied in, bat without avail.-Ball
imore Patriot.
e CHEEsE-After June next unless Their
/ should be some change in the :aw,) chees
{ will be imported almost duty free; and
g is said that foreign cheese can then be i'm
b ported and sold at from four to five cent
a pound. L. Vermont Chronicle.
e Slavery at Washingtom.-The Wash
|. ington correspondent, of the N. 7. Evan
IS gelist says:-"My heart is daily paine
s with the exhibitions of slavery around me
al On Wednesday a man. belonging to th
al late Secretary Of Stale, MIR. Forsyth, wa