Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-31
CHIPS IL CLIPPINGS.

| wished myself ihunderboi to nv and ami
hilate tho invaders" !!
They have girl eight years old, named Grouse,
at Erie, Pennsylvania, who weighs 223 pounds.
.Nauroo abolished The Mormons Rebuked. In
the Illinois Legislature on the 29h ult the Senate
| repened The law creating the Nauvoo Legion mil
itary corps They also repealed the charter of the
Mormon City Of Nuuvoo The vote in rnyor of
the latter was 20 to l. Members OF tho Senate
were very free in Iheir expressions Of disgust at
Mornonism, and, from appearances, we Judge iIlat
Smith and his dupes will not be supported any
longer by special Legislation in their favor.
An lrishman thus describes n wheeIbarrow-
II is II little carr"ge with one wheel, aud the
horse is n man."
Reading The WiH The will of n rich rentle
man was opened nj AN hotel at the West.erd me
day last week. Each party looked 'unut,erable
! things when tho reader, after lhu usual openinr
began as IollowS
| 81 leave to my dear friend Colonel G.. ten
! thousand pounds, three per cent stock; and to
! my esteemed cousin, George VII, the like
| SUN, md ia consideration Of the uniform kind.
ness of my nephews aud ncicrs / leave them
EACH &c, &c, with The usual requests 10 execu-
tors, Servants, funeral expenses, SC &c. in the
whole, long string OF legacies, with the eternal
good wishes Of the deceased Signed, sealed.
aud delivered hy me in the presence OF SC.
| All parties would have been satisfied. had il
finished thns, hui the reader started and. with II
took OF surprise TOR lac was included in the do
naions) said here is a codcil and with n sjpb
the sincerity at which could, cunscunentIy moi
be donbted, lie read aloud that which his eve ind
hastily scanned --CodciI: il | hnd died pusses-
sea OF the wealth herein stated, should have left
II to these, my dear and valuable friends But |
have hacn iaprulent, and since making this, my
viii, have lost twice the sum therein ST. down.
ana, perhaps. have no more To leave than NAV be
required TO bury me; my dear and kind Gicnds
must therefore, take the toW for the tied %
london Court Guzeife.
Educate yoHr children. The following elegant
extract ought 10 be read ty every parent, aud par
ticnlarly cve'y urner:
" II The tine shall ever come when Ills u,i,Ltv
republic shall ttter; when the beacon which now
rses IN riItar OF fire sight and IL wonder OF the
world, shall wax dim, The cause will be found i'm
the ignorance Of The people II our union is still
TO continue TO cheer The hopes and anjnlaie ihe
efforts Of every nation, if Our fields are to I've un-
trod ny the hireIlugs of dcSpoisn; # yuu would
have lhs Sun continue To shed its unclonded rays
on the faces at freenen then edurus all the chill
dreil III the and This alone siaStles the iyrnnt
IN his dream otFo~er, aud rOuses lhe sunberng
enrrgies Of an oppressed people. II was inte!li
gehcs thai reared up the majestic columns of our
national glory aud this alone can preren, then.
irom cramhliug into Rshes.'- Ptbster.
Ccioied Secret Societies. The Grand jury Of
baltimore huS presented celored Masonic Lodges.
as dangerous, aud ~ the Legislature the Senate.
has reported very severe bill against secret soci
eIies, The hill makes it unlawful for any coored
person to become or continue To be Il neinier OF
any secret society or association whatever in or
without the limits OF the State, penalty, if the
person is a free colored man. OF being sold out OF
tho SIate Tor life, or punished with dirty une
lashes on tie bare bnck A wtIile man who owns
a house IN which any association of the sort shall
assemble, is liable to fine OF Eve hundred dollars
or Imprisonment IN tie penlienarp not exceedinu,
ten years free colored man for the same foriein
has freedom and is liable 10 he sold on, of Tho
State for he.-Bufalo Gazette.
The Laiimer Peiition-D. T. Child. in letter
to The LiberaiOr snys:-
" There are rany, presutae, in the Bay Staae.
who will wish 10 know the fate of the great I.aii
mer Petition. 1t having been delivered sub siie,,.
TO, rs heretofore ,taed, to BE- disposed of as one
man should see fit, ii wRs by him referred to the
Judiciary Committee Aud here | will do Mr.
Speaker White the justice to say, that he has horne
himself meekiy ia his high office. Though das-
pollc power was forced upon him, he has not used
II, but has referred every petition, whether in the
infamous '2ls or not, 10 the committee indicated
by the member presenting il. If am rightly in |
formed, he has returned no petitions the movers
OF them Mr. Barnard, chairman Of the Judicii- |
ny Committee, an able and faithful man, summon.
ed the committee to aleet for the purpose of act
ing on the petition, but he was unable TO get n |
quorum. The Southern members and their mat |
uraI allies GNor,hern Iocofocosl nhsented ,b.,n-
selves on parpose, US am Informed. So the great
La'lmer te''uon stands over. II remains in .he
room OF tue Judiciary Committee
IA appropriate .Sgn--A northerner, on visi,
to Charleston, S. C.. thus writes "a tho eJi,or nr
the Liherator: "As turned the corner of Queen
street, saw what took 10 be a oepro man. hang
ing on the sign-pos of Gnd.,len. Ia slnye ,r,Jsr
broker, and auctioneer) Quite crowd had parh,
cred around it, but i, was soon cut down. i saw
fall and white boy picked it up, and carried it
on Two others, dressed as femnes, were hung
up ON the sisn.poss OF Gchrsl and Ryan ia the !
same street, saw one OF the girls of straw, the !
other was carried off before got there. There
Is a great excitement in Charleston about it, tho |
"n"S ~, "","ne "',l ue ea'd ~ the papers, The
, ,'ai. VI ''"" was 'a"o.cu 4 or saie-S3'5-no |