The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-05-17

ofthe items which are US follows:
Silver watches, 1886 o.
: Repairing do, 40 D
; Chronometers $50 Oh
: Repairing do, As 8
: Muslin, 20 u
Musqueto bars l2O o.
, Dry goods, LOG o
Carving, 200
Painting office sign, go
Diving, 10 0.
Ness beef. Jog OF
!, Omnibus tickets, 97'
Hire of carriage, SO OF
Hosiery, % OF
Refreshments for men, 25 OF
PORT WINE, 20 2!
OYSTERS, SIS!
Fines TO Sheriff of Charleston S. C.. l4lt
Glass tunnels, 55(
Glass jars, 35(
Hardware. 1921 OF
Justly they say. 'the committee cannot come
10 the conclusion that such expenditures were
intended by Congress TO DO in pursuance o.
the appropriation which they made, 'to remove
distractions from the mouth of The Mississippi
river The large expenditures here made
/
mand at the hands of those who made and
those who approved them. an accountability
for the disregard of the public interests here
manifested
The existence of the Florida war; say the
Committee, has afforded an ample occasion for
draining the public treasury. In every de-.
par,ment ofihc service connected with it, cx.
travagance Of the most unprecedented charac-
Ter has been INDUCED. Already has there
been expended many millions of dollars, in
prosccuiio of war against a band of sava-
ges. which from the outset has not furnished
so many hundred warriors 10 oppose. The
committee have ascertained that, within five
years from the outbreak Of hostilities in that
Territory, between the first Of January, 1886,
and Inc first of January. lS4l, there have been
employ cd in the transportation service seven
hundred and thirty steamboats,, briggs and
schooners. Many Of them have been employed
al per diem pay, until the price Of their hire
mas ouadrupled the sum al which originally
they could have been purchased. In reference
TO the hire of the steamboat John Crowell.
General Jesup, in reply 10 the committee says
that The boat was hired at the price Of three
hundred dollars day and her expenses and
insurance. She was not worth fifteen thousand
dollars, and one hundred dollars n day would
have been an extravaganza hire for her, For
he entire period she was in service. tae Gov
eminent has paid eighty-two thousand hive
hundred and fity-ivc dollars.
RHODE acknowledgement Arnold, Jr. re-
preventative from the Fifth Ward 10 the pre-
tended General Assembl., was arrested yes
terday morning on a warrant issued by Justice
Bowen, on complaint of the City Marshall. He
was charged with violation of The second Sec
ton of the &C: for furnishing offences against
the sovereign power of the State. He pleaded
not gully and was defended by Gen. Carpen-
ter. lie was required to find bail in the sum
of $4,000. After two hours reflection, he de-
cided not 10 give bail, although it was offered
on the spot. He preferred TO 90 to prison, and
was accordingly committed. A considerable
crowd assembled round the office, but no al.
tempt was made TO rescue him.
Welcome D. Sayles, Speaker of the House
of Representatives under tho pretended PEG.
PIES Constitution, was arrested yesterday
morning by Amos Cooke, deputy sheriff. He
requested to 60 to Mr.. Whites office. about
three quarters of a mile distant, TO consult with
him. The request was granted, and after an
hours delay, Mr.. Cooke proceeded 10 the off.
ice of Mr.. White, where Mr.. Sayles was. A
large crowd had assembled and declared their
determination 10 rescue Mr.. Sayles. The
officer being alone and opposed by so large a
number, he deemed it imprudent 10 enforce
his authority. Our own impression is that Inc
officer was deceived both as TO the number and
the determination of the crowd Providence
Jour.
LATEST FROM RHODE lsLAND-MoRE ARRESTS.
Providence May l6. 1912.
Mr.. Sayles, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives under the peoples Constitution"
who was arrested yesterday, but suffered to
escape, through the mismanagement of the of.
ficer, has gone 10 Washington. He left this
morning al 8 o'clock by the Norwich Railroad
MIR. Brown one ofthc most prominent mem.
bers of the same General Assembly from Glou.
ces,er has left the State. Mr.. Yeaw, member
OF the same from Scituate, has resigned. Hez.
ekiah Willard, Senator from this city under the
peoples constitution" was this day arrested on
charge oil hig h treason. He was examined
before Judge Burgess of the court of Common
Pleas and committed, the magistrate not hav.
ing power under the statute TO admit him TO
bail. Judge Staples Of the Supreme Court is
in town and has power 10 admit him to bail,
and Mr.. Willard will have no difficulty in pro.
curing it, unless, like Mr. Arnold, he proposes
10 be made martyr of. An attempt was made