The Vermont freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1842-1843, 1842-12-10


in the habit of sending it his in Cynthiana,
Ky. The papers sent to the were charged with
letter postage because they I'd the of the father
written upon them,-no by him, but by the publishers
He therenpon addressed letter to MIR. Wicklie the
postmaster general, desiring to know whether the
charge legal. Mr. Wicklife replies that it was
and adds:
upon looking at the mischief which the law inten-
ded to remedy, in all its various forms, was
PEELED to adopt this general rule Whenever the writing,
whatever it either much little, conveyed idea
to the person to whom the paper sent, inform
ed him of any distinct fact it was writing
orandum within the provisions of the law of 1925. If
write his name on the margin of paper, and send
that to friend by mail, he conveys to him several
distinct ideas and facts first that he is still alive
second, that he we'll enough to write third, that
he remembers him. though distant; fourth that he has
sent him by mail the very newspaper upon which he
has written his name, caused it to be done; and
fifth, he tells his friend where he is. No other rule
principle be adopted whereby to test the question
of the violation of the law of 1926. The fact of its vi
oIaton cannot be made to depend upon the length of
the sentence, number of words names written.
The only true and safe principle u.s. does the writing
on the paper convey to the person to whom it is
fact, any intelligence, dea from the person sending
it? Your name written by yourself on the margin of
a newspaper sent to your son. communicates to him
the fact that you still alive, and in sufficiently
good health to write, and that you have sent him the
paper, Sc &C., Query,-does this Interpretation of
the law, Tx the postmaster general, forbid person to
write his awn na%,e upon college catalogue, sermon
lyceum lecture, Or other printed pamphlet, when ne
may wish to send it to friend? 1t would seem so.
THE TRIAL OF THE PRIzE-FIeHTERs,. charged
with aiding ana abetting in the murder Of the purilis
M'Coy is now proceeding at West Chester, N. Y
The evidence is reported in some of the New York
papers length anal the details of the combat being
of most horrid and disgusting nature, we'll cal
cuated keep alive the morbid excitement in that city,
The N. Y. Commercial says 1.-The whole history of
the fight, given by the Witnesses is horrible to read
and one is shocked at finding such unntyated bru-
tality existing among many hundreds of people
that of the lookers-on being, to mind,
revolving that of the immediate actors"
Their trial. we learn. has resulted in a verdict of
mansaughter in the fourth degree, but they
ncnded to mercy. The maximum punishment for this
offtnce is two years in the State prison.
The Mercantile Journal avs:-A letter has been
received in this city from MAJ ltlan, dated in Septe-
her, mentioning the arrival at that port of the schoon
Shaw, from the Snlwch Islands, bringing pissen-
gers, Mr. Richards, and the kings secretary, HahiIie
who are bounl secret mission with all speed to
the United States
The ne plus ultra in the parer stove line appears to
have been at last attained Mr. Foote of Seneca
Falls has produced selEregulating store, which,
cordng to the description of the Bufilo Commercial
Advertiser possesses the remarkable property of gov
erning lis heat to maintain without varia-
ton. the precise degree which may be required. This
effected by means Of the expansion and contraction
of brass rod which, when the heat rises high,
acts upon levers by which the damper that the
admission of air is closed should the heat fall
low the contraction of the rod opens the damper and
admits the requisite draft. Thus the wood placed in
the stove consume no faster than in required
ito. The exact degree of heat which may be wished
be maintained and changed at will by simply
moving index, which renders different degree Of
expansion, and of course a different degree of heat,
necessary TO close open the dsmper.
"The 'Self-Reguating Stove, as this is termed, is
highly ornamental, we'll substantial in appearance
and the regulating apparatus sud to be liable to
get out of order. The saving of fuel is of very
great scarcely any heat being lost by passing into the
chimney; and t-akine and trouble necessary to keep
----' -77I''1r;, u,ry recurring 70 De FED
once in twelve hours So"
1t would seem tn It this article left nothing farther to
be desired in the line of such contrvances.
SrGSs IN THE SrARs-During the last two or three
centuries, more than thirteen fixed have disap-
peared One of them situated in the northern hems-
phere, presented a peculiar brliancy, and so
bright to be seen by the naked eye at mid day. 1t
seemed to be fire, appearing at first of dazzling
white, then of reddish yellow, and lastly of ashy
pale color. La Place supposes it was burning up, as
1t has never been seen since. The conaagration
visible about sixteen months.
toned in of the eastern papers, the opinion Of
an astronomer, that something is going among the
planets rather unusual. Hcrschel it is thought is
about to leave the solar SYSTEM and content himself
with some other dynasty of stars. And it said, also
that there union contemplated between Venus and
Mercury; what terms, we do not understand. Our
readers will also recoect that large fires have recent
y been discovered the moon, fires and combustion
without atmosphere and there may be some changes
going on, some removals. as we say, in this Mundane
Snhor No v0yt tboff bnro hao
out" above beautiful star, that many years shone
in the constellation of Cassiopea, dismissed, reap
pointed, and dismissed And then Of the Pleiades
turned out and has never been replaced that we
know of. Why, them should there not be a continu-
ance of these changes? The stars themselves may
wish for little promotion. With them rotation in
office may he rule; and term principle may
now operate to dismiss planet two from ita present
position. Or they may change from mere love of
change,
"St,r grown tired Of pastimes Oympical,
Stars and planets that beautifully shine
may wish to roll in another orbit Or the planets,
weary of solitary life may wish for union, snch the
fixed stars enjoy and hence it is possible that the
whole system will be altered. Who knows? Not
we, indeed. And only speculate upon it. because
others who know as little We, talk if they knew
the ordinances of heaven. could set the dominion
thereof on the earth.-U. S. GaZ.
| MORE SHOOTING Mr.. John Hanna, of Yazoo City,
Miles, was snot ana dangerously wounded on the 18th
ultim", by Mr.. Elijah Bay. There was an "old
grudge tween the parties, which led to the
occurrence. Ray gave himself up to the officers of
justice, and after 5n examination required give
bail for his appearance at the Circuit Court the
of $4,000; not obtaining this he committed the
county Jail at Benton.
| MIcHIGAN.-A Wing gain The Democrats have
elected all the Senators that to elect and they had
before all that held over The Wings have iectcd
three members of the House Last year they had but
two. Clear gain, Huzzah for Henry Clay -
Ohio Free Press.
! LErrEk PROM Elk President ApAMs-The numer-
GUS invitations, which honored townsman has re-
ceved to lecture before literary associations has
PEELED him to publish the exed card.
| QUIScY, Nov. 18th, 1912.
81 am constrs ned to ask the indulgence of numer.
Gus Lyceums, and other literary and political associa
tons, within and without the Common wealth. who