Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-04-14

THE RHODE ISLAND ELECTION for Cover
nor and members Of the legislature, which took
place on Wednesday last, resulted in favor Of
the Law and Order party, and the total defeat
Of the democratic party, embracing the friends
and advocates of Gov. Dorr. The Providence
Journal Of yesterday has the following article
on the subject
The Result. The election which terminated
last Wednesday in the complete success OF the
Law and order ticket is one of the most i'm
portant events in the history OF the State,
and its influence will BE- felt for good, long ai-
ter the men who participated in its exertions
and in its triumphs, have passed away. 1t is
no party triumph. 1t is triumph of law and
order and regulated liberty over anarchy and
violence and mob law 1t is a triumph of
which all parties will share the benefits, and
which will be looked back TO with ust and
honest pride by every true hearted Rhode
Islander. The decisions which have possessed
the minds OF many honest and well meaning
men, among our opponents, cannot last. The
truth is too strong to be shut out and these
men will soon rejoice to the defeat of the prn-
eipes for which they have bndly commended.
As TO the leaders, the men who, for their
own selfish purposes, have plunged the city in
10 violent and continued agitation, we leave
them to the men whom they have deceived and
betrayed, whose time and whose substance
they have wasted in vain attempts at revou-
ton which, had it been successful, would have
ended in their own ruin. II such men can
gain deceive their followers, we shall think
there are no limits to human credulity.
IL is also matter worthy OF particular re-
mark, that in fre Of the seven towns which
the Dorrites have carried, the foreign and
floating population hold more than the balance
of power, and smOthered the voice of the real,
substantial, home-bred population. In all the
agricultural towns but two, the law and order
prox has prevailed.
The colored voters have almost unanimously
voted to maintain the laws, have given the
most satisfactory proof of their fitness for the
exercise Of the franchise which has been con-
ierred upon them. All attempts 10 seduce
them from their allegiance 10 law signally
failed.
CoNNEcTIcUT ELEcTIoN.-The following
article from the New-Haven Herald tells the
whole story about the election which took
place in this State on Monday Iast:-
The Election. We do not know that we
have any thing very particular to say on this
subject at present. There was a time when
there was some inspiration in it-when it was
buoyant with hope and high anticipation
when the good and vTtuous of the land had
voice in our public councils, aud the heart of
the patriot exulted in their success-when
none but the free held the right of suffrage
when the suborned and the prohigae were
equally despised-when the way to the ballot
box was not through caucus-and when the
elective franchise was only bestowed upon the
intelligent and the worthy. But these DAYS
have gone by. The ''lowest, meanest, basest
Of manknd'' have become superior to the best
inasmuch as intelligence and integrity have be-
come criminal offences, and education a sub
ject of Acknowledgement. All we have Ia saw
about the election is, that The Wings are beat
en-we believe entirely. There is a faint hope
that we may save one member of Congress
the Lichfeld and Fairfield District-but
amidst the general wreck there is as yet no
certainty. There possibly may BE- no choice
Ex-Governor by the people, but the indications
are that we have lost both branches of the
Legislature, and all our members of Congress-
We shall, however, have much larger repre-
sentati0n in the House than last year, and if
there is any consolation in that, we NAV enjoy
it. With this general knowledge of the result,
we have little spirit TO canvass the returns,
which are at present in very crude and i'm
perfect state, but giving them as they are, we
shall wait for the official result with all the pa
hence and submission that our whiggery will
permit. We have great notion of attempt
ing to he ga Northern man with Southern
principles" The people seem to like it.
ANOTHER ABsQUATULATIoN.-C Considerable
excitement prevailed at New York and Phila-
delphia on Wednesday and Thursday as to
The whereabouts Of one Jacob Shipman, who,
for the past . years, has been employed as
carrier to the Brokers. 1t was supposed he
had been murdered, but the mystery is thus
explained by the Tribune:
P. S.-We learn by this mornings train
from Philadelphia, that Mr.. Shipman is not
murdered-but that he is on his way post-hase
for Texas, with about $4,000 in his possess
sion! He left Philadelphia as already stated,
at O'Clock Tuesday evening; and on reach
ing Trenton left the cars, and going TO livery
stable, told the keeper (who Of course knew
him well, and suspected nothing,) that he had
forgotten a very valuable package and must
return TO Philadelphia Immediately. He got n
horse and vehicle and arrived in time to take
the II O'Clock train for Pittsburg. But as he
stepped into the cars he saw the President of
the Mechanics Bank at Philadelphia, who said
at once, why Shipman, where are you going
at this time ofnight?' He carelessly answered
that he wished to take ride; but left the cars
and waited for the train that left at O'Clock
on Wednesday morning. He entered his
perfect acquaintance with the route and IA
cilities for travelling, will undoubtedly be able
to reach Texas some days in advance of any
body that may undertake the pursuit. On
Tuesday he took from this city about $40 900
IN French gold, with instructions to deposte it
in the Mint at Philadelphia. Instead of do
ing this, he exchanged it for Treasury Notes,
with which he could more conveniently travel.
lie has left wife and four children in Phila-
delphia, and the amount of money with which
he has eoped, is variousy estimated at from