Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-02-23
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
From the New York American.
THE UNION.

| We do not know how others may be
affected 6y the scenes ofIhe last few days
at Washington, but, we confess. they affec
US with profound melancholy. rss.-
! 1t must be obvious to the most careless
observer that the horror which used to
thrill through all sound hearts at the bare
mention OF disGnion. can no longer be ex-
Cited. We have heard so much and so
often from the South--upon the slightest
occasions-of threats of separation, of cal.
culatlng the value of the Union, and OF
/ the Sonth's ability to exist by herself and
for herself--that the North has been forced,
as 1t were, to reflect upon what would be
the issue of such breaking up of our re-
public; and, sooth to say, reflection has
brought the conviction to very, very many
minds, that if calculation of sectional pride
and power must determine this great DO.
IItlcal and social p:obem-the NORTH
the free States--the horticultural, manu-
featuring and commercial States-would
gain power, wealth. and Importance by
cutting loose from the weaker and depend
ent South, now admitted to an equality
with them. -
This conviction of reason, moreover, is,
in some ardent minos exasperated almost
into d passionate desire, by the insolence
and intolerance of the averepresentalives
in Congress. d. 49,.
1t is to feelings of this sort that we are
to ascrlbe in part the petition presented by
Mr.. Adams, which has occasioned the
violent debate in the House, asking for a
dissolution ofthe Union rather than longer
submission to unequal, oppressive, over
bearing Legislation, dictated by Southern
interest and carried by the cohesion of the
common bond OF slavery. -@- ~s..-
And what was thus formally embodied
by these petitioners, is floating loosely and
large! among the elements that 90 to
make up puoIic opinion in the North
Repulse at first because of the loyalty to
the Union, which enters into the education
and hopes. as it were, of every Northern
man--lt comes again and again, at such
successive manifestation of Southern in
Tolerance, TO force an entrance, and at each
attempt finds resistance more and more
feeble.
1t is this consderation-that at both ex-
tremties Of the Union attachment to the
bond that makes US one people is daily
dermIning-Wbich saddens our heart.
We love the Union-and would stand
by it at every risk, but that of being in.
suited and betrayed in its name-and
therefore it is we now say to the South
BeaoGre-yo~ haze taught us TO calcuLut
the 0Gtue Of the Union, AND WE HAVE
CALCULATED IT-Push as not to the con
ctusion 49,. r-. ~-
| Flour SPEcULATIoN.-The Bunker
Hill Aurora (Which is first rate authority
for all things appertaining 20 railroads and
steam ships) saysthat by means of our
steam ships and the Western railroad, the
price of flour in the European markets is
carried TO the producers at the west DIS
soon as It is 10 the spectators in New
York. Their business is therefore " done
up,' and the growers and manufacturers
will hereafter look TO Boston and not tc
New York, for prices by whichto regu
late their sales Boston, for the present
at least, must become the head quarters oil
western produce. Vessels detained at A |
fsbanv by ice, are now discharging theil
cargoes of -four that itmay be sent to Bos
ton by railroad. You have got the keys
forsooth
t CoPv1NG.-A new mode of copying ha:
been invented in Prussia by which a fac
simile of printed or illuminated page can
be taken with facility and correctness
which almost exceeds belief. AS the in
vention will completely destroy all the ad
vantages of copyright, the Prussian gov
ern ment has forbidden the practice of the
art within It's erritory.-Bapt5st Adro
CATE
The FREsHET In the Mohawk valley
swept away the paper mill at Little Falls
and did considerable damage al Canaio
/ barrie, and some other places. Two OF
three lives were also lost by the flood. In
the Chenango valley there was much de-
struction ofproperty likewise. Sheep and
cattle were swept off, and one man lost his
life. The Use in the Genesee river is
spoken of as having done some damage to
the ship yards of Rochester.-N Y. Bap
Register o.
The EXTRAORDINARY WEATHER oil
this winter is spoken OF in the papers in
all directions. We have rarely had a win
ter SO mild and yet so changeable. Every
kind of weather. sunshine rain and snow,
is sometimes seen all in one day.-N Y,
Bap. Reg. z-...
A very remarkable decrease in the use
of wines occurred in England last year
The consumption was 295,662 gallons
less than in 1840.-Christian Watchmau
The Banks of ChiIicothe, GAINESVILLE
and Commercial Bank Of Lake Erie. have
all come TO the conclusion to wind up-Ib