The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-04-26
SUMMARY.

Fox nation of Indians have made application to |
the War Department at Washington, to be |
permitted to visit the seat of government, with |
the view of concluding treaty for the cession
of portion of the country at present owned
by them to the general government.
An OLD PIoNEER.--By the Lexington (Ky.)
Gazette of the 9th ut., we are informed that
a man by the name of John Stufflebear, passed
through that place on that day, on his way TO
Illinois. He is now in his hundred and ninth
year; was born on the Hudson river, on the
18th February, l734-has raised fifteen child
rem, the youngest of whom is thirty-six years
of age.
WHEAT AT THE COMING HARvEsT.-A gen.
tleman in Buffalo, who has Just returned from
an extensive tour through the states of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, says that the wheat crop
never looked more promising for an abundant
harvest than it now does throughout the whole
wheat districts at the west.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
Petitioner to be declared bankrupt at
Windsor, on the Oath of May.
Clark Balch, Chester.
The Presidency. The friends of Mr.. Buch-
anan have recently held a very large meeting
at Harrisburgh, Pa. Decided resolutions in ia
yor of Mr.. Buchanan's nomination as the dem:
ocratte candidate for the presidency were ad
opted.
"Democratic" was this man who
was for reducing the wages of labor
CURIOUS TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. An ed
ition of the Bible was printed in England in
fhox .l Al.
Bible. This name was given it from the fact,
that the parable of the Vineyard is printed the
parable of the Vinegar.
There is another edition in which the verb
mol is omitted in the 9TH commandment, which
makes it read ''thou shalt commit adultery.
An edition of the Bible was printed in Ger
many, in which the sentence of subsection to
her husband pronounced upon Eve was altered
by the printers widow who took an opportun-
ty of going INTO the Office one night. so as to
make it read "and he shall be thy fool, instead
of ''and he shall be thy lord" Lo,oeH Jour.
THE MURDERER DISCHARGED. James R.
Vineyard, the member of the Wisconsin Ex-
eculive Council. who most barbarously muir.
derered Mr.. Arndt, another member of the
same body, by shooting him with pistol, has
been discharged on a bail of $4,000. Such
law may suit the atmosphere of Wisconsin,
but we doubt its being popular in the Old Bay
| State.-LolceH Jour.
No LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF SPIRITUoUs
LIQUORS IN BosToN We are glad to learn
from the Boston papers, that the Mayor and
Alderman of that city have resolved to grant
no licenses for the sale of spurious liquors the
aufh tya
would saw, sec THOU AND DO LIKEWISE"
CONNECTICUT The Locofoco ticket lin
this State has about the same number of votes
as Van Buren, received in 1S40, when the
Wings carried the State by 5000 majority
Let the Wings give full vote and they can
carry the State any day.
The North Carolina Wing Convention which
assembled at Raleigh on the 4th inst, nominal
ted HENRY CLAY for President of the United
States. The following resolutions was adop-
ted:
Resolved, This this Convention do for them
selves and the Wings of North Carolina, pro-
pose and nominate the said HENRY CLAY for
the next President of the United States, and do
pledge themselves to give the nomination
hearty and persevering support. And this
Convention does earnestly and respectfully
urge upon the Wing party Of the Union to
unite with their brethren of North Carolina in
this nomination, and its steady and constant
efforts to promote its success"
The Town elections in Washtenaw County,
Michigan, have resulted favorably to the
Wings. Seven of the eight townships have CIV
en- Wing maiorities. Last fall five of the eight
towns were Locofoco.
| The BOUNDARY QUEsTIoN.-The Boston
Transcript of Monday evening, on the author
ity ola gentleman from the state of Maine,
says that Gov. Fairfield was about to convene
the Legislature Of that state. in consequence
of dispatches Just received by him from Mr..
Webster, stating that Lord Ashburton was full
| ly authorized to settle the boundary question,
and that there was every prospect that this
long disputed matter would be soon adjusted
to the satisfaction of all parties.
| RHODE IsLAND.--The State election takes
place to-day. The election of the suffrage
party" was held on Monday, and every thing
went on very quietly, nobody voting but those
of their own party, and even they did not rally
as their leaders had anticipated, notwithstand-
ing the infamatory appeals of their organ, the
Providence Express, to be prepared to meet
every emer,e ncy. The prospect now Is, that
all will pass off quietly, and that the legality
or illegality of the proceedings of the suffrage
party will be handed over to Washington for
decision. Albany ADJ.
Doctor Franklin had some queer notions.
For example, he thought the judges ought to
be appointed by the lawyers; for added the