Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-12-01

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The parson soon blessed theshappy twain
and they became one hesh-yery much I
to the delight of all lovers of Thanksgiving
dainties-who in that union foresaw per-
petuation of Josiahs incompatible breed
of turkeys, as well as some other things.
LETTERS BY EXpREss-ImpOrtdt dcciS-
iOn-The sealed verdict of the Jury in the
case of the United States VS.. Adams a. Co,
was opened yesterday morning and found to
be in favor of the defendants, Adams g. Go.
The case was reported in yesterdays pa
per.
The decision will be damper upon the
efforts of the Post Master General to ''pto-
tect the revenue" by forcing letters into the
mails. Judge Belts distinctly charged the
Jury, not only that occasional passengers
may carry as many letters as they please,
without violating the law, but that regular
expresses may carry them in boxes or in
bundles, provided that they do not know
that said bundles or boxes cantain letters
His language is, "they 1.-THE deiendants) are
not liable for letters in packages, concealed
from them unless it is shown that they
knew it contained letters" This is sound
sense,-and sound law too, we have no
doubt. But it gives the expresses all the
latitude they need If man brings them
a naked letter, TO be conveyed to Boston or
elsewhere, they reply, "We can't take tit
is contrary to law" So the man goes a
way, and presently brings back small bun
die which he wishes to forward. The ex.
press takes the bundle and delivers it as d.
rected. Another man receives the letters
Of dozen Of his mercantile friends, puts
them all in box, and sends them by ex-
press to his correspondent in Boston, who
sees that they are promptly delivered. The
next day somebody is as accommodating to
him. These are supposed cases, but sup
position often corresponds with reality. As
the law now stands, the people can drive
coach aud six through it. And Congress
will find it very difficult TO frame any law
which will answer the purpose. The prop
er way is, to reduce the postage so low, that
it will be on the whole, cheaper and better
to make use Of the mails for the conveyance
Of letters, than to send them through other
channels This is the remedy. aud the on
iy remedy available. Try it, Mr. Wickliffe
and it will stop the leaks Of which you COM
plain Jour. Commerce, Nor. Ia. "o
How iNapes are Liberated-The follow
ing is an extract from an article in the ST.
ezra Leone Waterman, giving an account
of matters and things in that African col
ony:
The manner of recruiting for this rcg-
ment, the third West Indian, as il is called,
is sometimes very summary. In July, 1872,
there arrived in the harbor of Sierra Leone
a vessel with lS4 recaptives. They had been
obtained, not from slave ships, but from
slave factories on the land. They were
much pleased, and exhibited enthusiastic
Joy when the ship came to anchor.
They deemed their deliverance at hand. /
visited them Immediately as they anchored ;
this at o'clock A. M. At 2 p. NJ. Of the
same day the governor sent an officer on
board, who selected IS or so of the most
portly and well conditioned, and had them
landed and marched directly to the barracks,
where they were enlisted in tie regiment to
be trained, and in due time will be sent to
take their turn in the West Indies
The Effect Of Wing Measures.-The
National Intelligencer says, and says truly
--"the only measures which the Wings Of
the last Congress were able to carry out
and the most important of those by ma
iority of at most two or three votes in each
House-were those designed to re-establish q
revenue adequate to the wants of the Gov.
eminent, and thereby TO restore the public
credit. The consequences of those mea'
sures has been the immediate and now eff
fective resuscitation of she credit of the
General Government. The six per cent
stock of the United States, which wa,
hawked about both in this country and in
Europe twelve months ago without finding
purchasers at par, is now selling in the
stock market of this country at nineteen pen
cent. ADORE par.-Ncw York AMERICAN
An uncommon Judge.-The Adams Sen
tnel states that while Judge Buchanan wa.
passing sentence of death, few days since
in Cumberland, Md. upon William Chrise
found guilty of the murder of Abraham
Prey, his feelings were so overwhelming a.
: almost to impede utterance. After passing
sentence, the Judge arose. and with him tho
: other members of the Court, the bar, ant
: the whole assembly, when he offered up t.
the Throne of Grace most fervent praye
in behalf of the doomed and unfortunat,
. man. Com. Advertiser.
A gentleman being called on to subscribe 10
course of Lectures, Objected "because," says he
"my wife favoTs me with gratutous lecture ever.
S evening"