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and would ultimately ruin, the southern states thst
.ne southern people would be the mere 'hewe's u
woou ana drawers OF water or the slaves OF the east
e ecuu nra h ,Ie that the latter states q. n ha =. already read
Una, ,he rapia increase of the population Of these states
or the nom slaveliolding states. world render this State
ol lnlngs permanent, II the Union continued that, IN
consequence OF these advantages, md the greater cap
ital Of the northern and eastern states, they had al
ready ilonopolized a large portion of The proper trade
OF the south, and every year would render 1t worse
The Judg endeavored TO enforce and illustrate these
opinions, by reference to a great many facts and by
much reasoning"
To this is added a letter from Mr.. C.. M.
B~raxton, who says that the Judge was a
Boosting advocate of disunion F:
"Conversinp with Judge Upshur some years since,
in the streets of Norfolk, on the subjec, of notification,
| said l considered the doctrine of notification a here.
sy, dangerous in this, that many persons who had
not access 10 correct information would be led OIL by
the plausible arguments by which il was supported
for al have ther fle-leadcrs. The Judge said, l have
no file leader. / replied, you have no occasion for a
fle-leader, as your situation in life enables you to OBJ
tain correct Information for yourself; although, said
], %jestingly, some say Mr.. Calhoun is your file-leader.
Judge Up,hur then made use Of the fgurativc express
sion of which | have spoken "No, | have no file
leader, and l claim The credit Of being the first Viz
glnian who ran up the flag Of disunion." What was
intended by this expression / cannot say. 1t was
used. as | have said, in connexion with the subject of
notification, and if any qualification accompanied the
remark, 1t has escaped me-"
Finally, by a letter from Edward w.
Johnson, detailing the circumstances that led
in 1886 to an effort to revive the Southern
Review, he says;
"A corps of the ablest writers that could be brough,
10 the defence Of the south was, of course, to be en-
listed. Most Of ihose who were fitted to aid in such
a design were consulted, either directly or through
those who could 8 ieak for them. 1t was in forming
this list that, while canvasslng the a sistance # Judge
Upshur, | earned what was, in Carolina, among his
closer friends, reputod to he the length TO which his
opinions went. ! was told tina, he had passed far be
yond notification; that he now regarded dlsunion as
the only sn!ety for the south and that he had deter
mined 10 devote his future life TO that cruise"
Mr.. Upshur has published a letter requesting the
public to suspend their judgment upon the case
presented by Mr.. Bolts letter, ill he can pre-
pare a rep to The charges made and the evidence
adduced against him in that document.
tits said that he will deny the authorship of one Of
the articles attributed to him BY Mr.. Bolts, and ad-
duce evidence in opposition 10 some Of the allegations
made by that gentleman and his friends.
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District Of Columbia. Hence we now see
the Tory members of Congress from tho
FREQ States uniting with Southern Slave
holders in an inglorious war against pro-
tccting the free labor of the North, against
the right Of petition, the right of free dis
%cussion, and the liberty of the press-and
against Ex-Presidcnt ADAMS, the great
champion of all. But let these Philis,ines
come upon us with rabid feroci,y, we are
prepared to meet them on this issue. Let
the Shareholders of the South and the tories
OF the free States unite with ferocious fury
IN an unholy war against the rights and the
labor of the North-against all who are more
industrious, and, therefore. more prosperous,
than themselves, and, clated with the pros
poet of anticipated %triumph-an easy victo-
ry, let them aim their desperate attacks a,
the foundation Of our social prosperity and
cndeayor to reduce all TO a level with their
own proiligatc and liccntious indulgence.
Let them prosecute their insane war upon
our domestic industry-lct them endeavor
to Still the music" of the shuttle and The
loom, to strike the tool from the hand of the
mechanic, and close the shop of the trader,
by destroying that credit by which alone he
is enabled to enter upon the business to
which he has been educated and by which he
hopes to live and thrive. The great mass
OF the Wing party are ready to meet them,
to do their duty and maintain their princi-
pies 10 the last. They nave sworn uncom-
promising hostility to a party which is en-
deavoring to trample down their rights, to gag
the freemen Of the North and grind them tc
powdcr-and there will Sc no retreating
no hincling. The harder they are pushed
the more furious the assault, the more spir-
tied and vigorous will be their resistance,
and they will contend to the death for the
grca, cause in which they arc united. Sucl
is the determination of the Wings of YER
mont, and we have no doubt such is the
spirit which animatcs all New England.
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ANOTHER MATRIMONIAL V~IcrrN.--An inter
esting divorce case was be lore the New JERSEY
legislature on Tuesday, of which the Newark
Advertisers correspondents gives the following
account :
A foreigner of very gentlemanly appearance,
and of great pretensions, by false representa-
tions ingratiated himself into the affections of a
young orphan girl ofl7, beautiful, accomplished
and an heiress. Her step-father required ref.
erences from him, and sent 10 France for certi-
Iicates of his character. a package Of letters
came, all Of which spoke highly Of him but
from this package, it was afterward, discovered,
letters from an eminent American, then in
France, had been distracted, which would, if
they had been received, have placed him in
such q light as to prevent the unhappy conse-
quence to her and her family. They were mar.
ried, and in 4 or 5months it was discovered that
he had committed forgery to a large amount.--
He fled to New Orleans, and then to France in
the forecastle Of a ship thus aiming a deadly
blow at the happiness OF his aflectionate wife and
unborn child. And it was Afterwards discovered
from letters in his apartments that he had con-
federates engaged in a conspiracy to perpetrate
forgeries to a large amount. Two years have
passed, and nothing has been heard from him.
And this divorce was sought and granted (by a
vote 30 to o. to prevent any claim by him here
after to the property OF his wife or the person
of her child.
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GFThc point in issue between the
Waterman and us was whether VIC had con-
dcmned Mr.. Young in an article we wrote
some three or four weeks since in regard to
the repeal of the Bankrupt Law. The
Waterman says, or did say, yea, we say
nay-and we cheerfully submit the decision
of the question to the readers of the Free
Press, not wishing to prolong the controversy
with our neighbor. We will, however, say
that, in the article in question, we simply
expressed the almost unanimous opinion of
the Wings of this distr let. This we knom.
Nor do we wish to %retract, modify, or ex-
plain a single sentence of that article. The
Waterman, however, thinks that, in express
ing our concurrence in the sentiment of ii
paragraph taken from the same paper in
which he so kindly volunteered to dctend
Mr.. Young against our attack, we implied
ly condemned him, (Mr. Young,) as
much as he did. And so we did, as far as
his, (Mr. Y.'s) vote on the Bankrupt Law
was concerned, though we did not intend to
do so at the time. The w. will, however,
r~ecollect that we did not say, "strictly
speaking," that the paragraph in question
condemned Mr.. Young. We said it was
more scccre upon him than any thing TIE had
previously mritten, and that is still our opin-
ion. The Watchman says, though, that it
did not in that sentence, condemn the rotcs
even Of the Tories. lie only meant to say
that "thcir votes were given withoutretercnce
to the merits of the bill, IN a tactious
spirit and tor aparty end" That's ALL
Now the Waterman will excuse us for say
ing that this TO us Is an abstraction, the force
of which we can not fully comprehend.-
Nevertheless, &c checrfully reciprocatc the
courtesy of our %neighbor, and say sire arc
bound to presence there is something in it,
since he says there is. The Watclman
closes its rejoinder by the sagaclous obser-
walton that "if the Bankrupt Law were half
as necessary and popular as it is said to BE-,
the people would soon find means to force it
through Congress" And have not the pco-
pie forced it through Congress! And did
they not literally '.Jorce" the Senate to pre-
vent its repeal!
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FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY, le 1912.
COUNCIL OF CENSORS.

The Council of Censors closed its adj
journed session in this town on Tuesday
morning of this week. They have proposed
several important changes in our Cons,itu-
ton and voted to call a Convention to decide
upon their adoption. The following out
line, we believe. embraces all the essential
alterations which they recommend to the
people TO incorporate into their Constitution.
l. An extension of the term of service of
the Judges Of the Supreme Court from one
year to seven years.
III. An extension of the term of service
of Senators in our State Legislature, from
one TO three years-one third of the whole
number to be elected annually.
III To tal.o from tho LEGISLATURE the
appointment of Sherifls and High Bailins,
and give the election Of those officers TO the
people of the several coun,ies-also to give
the election of Justices of the Peace to the
people of the towns in which they reside.
Nv. To change the time for e%lecting
State Officers from the first Tuesday of Sep
TENDER to the first Tuesday of October, and
the time for the meeting of the Legislature
from the second Thursday of October to the
fist Thursday of January.
V. To enable the Governor, Lieu,enan,
Governor. Treasurer, Judges of the Su-
preme, County, and Probate Courts, Sccre-
tary Of State and several other State and
County Officers, to hold their respective Of
fees until their successors are elected and
qualified.
VI. To dispense with the forwarding 20
the State Legislature the ballots for Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer
requiring only the several presiding officers
certificates of the number of votes cast for
each candidate for those offices respectively.
VII. To submit all amendments, which
succeeding Councils may hereafter recon-
mend, directly to the PEOPLE themselves.
instead of subjecting them to the supervision
of a Convention of Delegates.
These, we believe, comprise all the essen
tial changes in the Constitution which the
present Council of Censors have determined
to recommend. Other alterations, some of
more importance, some Of less, were pro-
posed, discussed and rejected. In regard to
the innovations which the Council have
voted to recommend, we have, at present,
but a remark or two TO make. The seventh
article of the proposed amendments, as we
have arranged them, strikes us as a more de-
clded Improvement than either of the others,
and we hope it will be adopted by acclama-
ton. 1t Is certainly in harmony with the
theory of all our institutions, both State and
National-that, in establishing the funda-
mental Law, the DEMOCRACY OF NUMBERS
should govern. We shall advert again soon
to the subject of the proposed alterations
| We believe the Council fixed upon the first
| Wednesday in January for the Convention Of
Delegates to assemble at Montpelier, for the
purpose of deciding upon the amendments
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0FThe Woodstock Spirit of the Age,
seconds the call upon the people we made
some time slice to mark the division Of par.
ties on the Tariff question, admits its Tory
the slave interest of the South in opposition
10 the protective system, and embarks in tho
discussion against the Tariff policy with its
usual spirit and ability. This is frank and
above board. We have not room this week
to notice the argument of the Age against
protecting free Labor-we shall take up tho
subject at an early day ,howcvcr,and endeav-
or to show the falacy Of its reasoning.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-02-18

THREE LIVES LOST BY TIE FLOOD Mr..
William V. Shaver, a respectable citizen of
Little Falls, who had been with two of his sons
in a Wagon to visit a Daughter, returning
home on Sunday night in attempting to ford a
swollen stream which cmpties into the Mohawk
got into a deep, rapid current from which he
could not rescue himself. His cries for reli eff
were heard, but no relief could reach him, The
nelghbors however, rallied and extricated the
horses alive, and in the course of the night found
the remains of one Of the boys; and in the
morning they found the body of Mr.. Shaver,
with that Of his youngest son cliuging, in death,
10 his back And thus persisted the Father and
two Sons. The boy was tied to his Fathers
back with the whiplash.-Ere, Journal.
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~EX-PRESlDENT ADAMS.

The Resolutions of the Shareholders to
censurc Mn. ADAMS for doing his duty, has
been laid upon the table Cor ever, by a vote
of LOG to 93. Every Tory member from
the free States with frc exceptions, voted
with Southern Shareholders against such a
disposition of the resolutions. During the
whole discussion the Northern Tories with
hardly an exception, have been the mere
tools of the Slave Notwithstanding them, vo-
ting with them and doing every thing to cm-
barrass Mr.. ADAMS, while the Northern
Wings have rallied to the defence of the
veteran legislator with a spirit and unanimity
which has gained for them the lasting grail
tude of the venerable old man.
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FRENCH LANGUAGE.-It will be observed,
by reference to our advertising columns.
that Mr.. Bouchett's second course of in
slruction commences on Monday evening"
Of his ability in this line, we have mos, am
pie testimony, in the success which has at
tended his first course, and we do not per-
nit ourselves to doubt that the second will
be even better sustained. The opportunity
should not be neglected by those who have
an interest in the subject.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-02-18

THE QUESTION OF NERAcrTY DErwEE Mn
BORIS AND Mn UrsHuR.-Mr. Bolts is as
good as his word, and appears IN the SIN
DEPENDENT with the proof of falschood with
which he threatened the Secretary of the
Navy. Speaking of the Secrclary's letter,
he says
For inflated arrogance, studied preynricauon, and
unsuarded inconsistency and contradiction, il can find
no parallel IN the writings Of public men, with all the
n~Iuncers and stupidity with which the country has
been cursed for thirteen years
Again he remarks
ALREADY have !, IN a former letter, demurred to the
limitation attempted to be imposed upon me by con-
hnng me III the selection Of my witnesses to men Of
truth but as he will himself he the first witness that
! shall introduce, so shall he be the only one for whose
SeIaclIy will not voach.'
lie then proceeds to demonstrate his
point, viz that the Secretary was ian open
unqualified advocate Of disunion,' by three
separate sorts Of testimony LIST. by extracts
from his acknowledged writings; I'd. by his
conversations when Mr.. Bolts was himself
present; 81. and by the u~ndisguised part
Mhichhe took in the notification movements
from 1928 to 1886.
Under the first head, he cites a great MANY
passages from the Southern Magazine, for
January, 1871, Revolutions IN Disguise"
which 60 more or less to establish his posi-
ton. But under the second head, we have
something more pertinent, in a letter from
Phillip Harrison, of Richmond, who refers
to several occasions on which Judge Upshur
has expressed the opinions charged upon him
particularly at Williamsburg, Va, where he
was holding a court.
He there said, In a conversation not at all private,
or confidential, that the Union Of the States, soon,r
or later, must be Dissolved he believed 1t TO be una
voldable; and, in his opinion, the sooner 1t occurred,
or was brought about, the better for Virginia and the
southern states, or slave holding states that in the
formation oflhe Union, lhenorlhern and eastern states
had obtained great advantages over the southern or,
to use the Judges phrase, the south, in the forma-
ton of the Union, hal made n bad bargain; and that
the administration of the government had made II
worse that the policy of the government and impo
sil.on Of tartf had produced his iwpoyershmrpt
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WooL SToRY.-The following excellent
story is told of Mr.. Sheafe, a grocer in Ports.
mouth, N. II. VIC see it in several of the east.
crn papers {:
at appears that a man had purchased a guam.
tity of wool from MIN, which had been weigh.
ed and paid for, and Mr.. Sheafc had gone TO the
desk to get change for note. Happening TO
turn his head while there, he saw, in a glass
that hung so as TO reflect the shop, a stout arm
reach up and take from the shelf a heavy white
oak cheese. Instead Of appearing suddenly and
rebnklng the man for his theft,as another would,
thereby losing his custom forever, the crafty old
gentleman gave the thief his change as if moth.
ing had happened, and then, under p~rctence of
lifting the bag to lay it on a horse for him, took
mold of it; Oh doing so, it appeared heavier than
he appeared to expect upon which he exclaimed,
"\Nhy, bless me-, | must have reckoned the
weight wrong "Oh, no. said the other, "you
may be sure of that, for | counted them with
YOU" "Well, well we won't dispute about
the matter--il's easily tricd!" replied Mr.. Sheafc,
putting the bag into the scale again. Therc!''
said he, 81 tod you so-knew ! was right
made a mistake of nearly twenty pounds how
ever, if you don't want the whole, You needn't
have It'll take part Of il om!' "No, no." sad
the other, staying the hands of Mr.. Sheafe on his
way to the strings of the bag. 81 rather. guess III
take The uhole !" And this he did, paying for his
r~ascalily by receiving skim milk cheese at the
price of wool ="
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and kicking" and destined for lhe Philadelphia
market.
% cars with 423 barrels foir, wheat, clover
seed dc.
0cars with nails and iron from the works Of
Koilns, Whitaker g. Co.
I'D cars with anthricitc coal from the mines,
the property of Craig, Bellas & Co, (by the way
one OF the most en,crprising companies in the
city.
One car with grain, and twelve with cord
wood.
Tne whole train was drawn by one Of Bald
WINS engines, and weighed $40 tons exclusive
oil the locomotive and tender
The train was probably increased before
reaching Philadelphia by cars loaded with friegh,
at the vorious depots along the line. About &C
ireight cars containing on an average two and a
nan tons each, leaving the Reading depot, twice
a weeR, and he train generally numbers from
81 to 30 by the time it reaches the city.-Read.
ing (Pa.) Jour.
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RAIL-RoAD-Gren Freight Traia--Busiuss
ProsPoets.--liappenlng TO be near the depot oil
thcPhiladelphia and Reading Railroad, on Non
day afternoon last, we were struck with the
length and imposing appearance of a train OF
burden cars about leaving for Philadelphia, and
subsequently procured some more detailed in
formation in regard To it, which may be OF inter
est TO our readers,
The train exc usive Of the engine, tender, and
an extra car with wood and water, consisted of
~ ears, viz
20 cars, carrying 10 tons blooms.
. loaded wth a drove Of fat rorkof.. all "l',e
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TIGER-TAL EscArED.-A letter from
East Florida, dated January 29th. publish
ed in the Savannah Georgian, states that on
the 2lst, at Tampa Bay, during the absence
of Notwithstanding, his brother Tiger
tail had command of the band Of Tallehas-
SLAMS, and on that night made the attempt to
desert. Fortunately, the plan was discov-
cred, and most of the band taken. Tiger
tail however, three warriors and four women,
made good their escape. Mrs. ITger-taH,
and the hope of the royal House of the
Tigers, a lad of fifteen years, were secured,
which may induce the sire Of the Iiger-tails
to return. The letter adds:
Immediately after this break out, all the Indians
al Tampa were put aboard of the transports in the
Bay, amounting TO $40, including 100 warriors. On
the 25th instant, MAJOR Plympton, 2nd Infantry, in
command of eighty men of that regiment, encount-
head Of Hawk Creek, n tributary of ID ms Lake.
east Of the ST. Johns. 4 snug little flint ensled #
forty five minutes, which resulted in the killing of
one soldier, AMI two wounded the capture of two
warriols-one since died.
The troops had to advance from the omen nine
woods, into a dense hammock, on the edge of which
the reptiles were lying IN wait, and at twenty PAGES
received Their deliberate fire, but there was no recoiL,
or, If any was pefceptlble, 1t icaS a lille ahead for
they made the rush into the hammock, and then
were on an equal footing with their savage foe"
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es were examined. In the afternoon tho wit
ness was again called, and the following pro-
ceedings took place, as reported by the paper
above named:
"Mr. Joel Human, counsel for the Petition
or, now rose and stated TO the Court that he
wished the testimony Of Mrs. Leonard futile,
Judge Church asked if the counsel on both
sides could not agree. that the lady might tell
her story without either oath or affirmation. To
this they agreed. His Honor then requested
Mrz. Tuttle to tell what she saw, without go.
ing through the formality of oath or affirmation
To this she replied, " / do not feel at liberty &c
do so."
Judge.-"Do you refuse I"
Mrs. Tuttle,-"I do.'
ment and If | do il, I shall do it with more re.
eret than | have felt in any official act ! have
done. Mr.. Clerk, make out a warrant Of COM
mi'mcnt fer contempt of Court, till she give cv.
idence in this case, or until further order of the
Court, and predicate it upon her refusal to give
evidence either upon oath, or Affirmation, or in
any manner whatsoever"
"The lady was then taken into custody. Mr.
Illnman asked his Honor if the husband Of the
lady might go to jill with her! His Honor an.
s"ered, that he certainly had no objections, i
the jailor had none.
"The cause remains in statu quo; and, un
less the lady gives in, or the Petitioner gives il
must remain so TO ull eternity. The lady's
husband, il is understood, is like his wife, a per
fectionist and noaresistant, recognising no hu
man institution. The lady expressed grea'
satisfaction at the comfortable accommodation,
of Sheriff Curtis, and said they were much bet
ter than those her Savior had. She is deternin
ed to be a martyr Of the nineteeth century, ant
is no doubt now highly enjoying her martyrdon
in her quiet way. And who shall gainsay he
right TO the crown! Is she not suffering, 70
conscience sake, as truly as ever did the pill
grim fathers!
"Mr. Eben c. futile is said TO belong Il
the same creed"