Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-11-24

ing is the pirate letter from Mr.. Van Buren,
to friend in Virginia, which the Richmond
Enquirer, having first stated its substance,
has been compelled to publish entire. | saws
it does so without Mr.. V. BIS leave, or that
of the person addressed, whose name il refuses
to disclose.-N ever mind: Here is Mr.. Van
BuIen's declaration mot intended Tor the pub
lie eye
ALBANY, Feb. 90, 1913.
My Dean SIR--l thank you very kindly for
your friendly letter. have at no time, nor
any where, hesitated 10 cypress my decided
Interpretation cffhe Tariff .Act of the last
Session, as ,reH in respect Of he princi-
pie upon chich IL is formed, as 10 its details.
In good time you will have my views in respect
TO that and other subjects before the public.
In the meantime, believe me to be,
Very sincerely your friend and ob't servant,
Nj. VAN buren,.
Van refers in this to his Indiana Letter,
which amplifes and mystifies, but il is imbued
with the same spirit And now tciH those
Loco-Focos who profess TO be in favor of
Protection and who say Mr. Van Buren, is as
much so as MIR. Clay, just contrast the above
with Mr. Clay's recent Letter-(to Georgia,
mind you,) in which he expressly approves
the present Tariff as in the main, 'wise aud
proper p We offer no comments, prelerring that
the reader should make his own.- Tribune.
DEATH FROM DISEASED PorAToEs.-The
Utica, IN. W Gazette, notices the appear
ance, in that neighborhood of a singular dis
ease among the potatoes, which has already de-
stroyed thousands of bushels. The disease first
manfests itself by black spot on the surface
of the potatoe, which rapidly spreads till the
whole root becomes soft and worthless MANY
farmers have lost their entire crops, the dis
eosa in mnnV caspS dast tha ant;ra roo,
while in the ground, and large quantities have
also been destroyed after having been dug or
buried in heaps or stored in cellars. Potatoes
affected with the disease are very poisonous,
large numbers of hogs having died after eat
ting of them. Is not this subject worthy the
attention of agriculturists'
QUEsTIoN SErTLED.-Two years since,
Mr.. Morris applied to the Court of Common
Pleas OF Brown county, (Ohio) for license
to be granted TO colored preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to perform the
marriage ceremony. The court were divided
in opinion, and the application was rejected.
Mr.. Morris Immediately laid the case before
the Supreme Court, asking a conditional man
damus directing the lower court TO grant the
licence, or show reasons for not doing il. The
latter course was adopted, and their reasons
were laid before the Supreme Court, which.
deemlng them lnconclusve, at the last term,
sent down perenptory mandamus, com
handing the inferior court to grant the license.
! Thus again has our Supreme Court vindi-
Gated the constitution, and rebuked that spirit
of oppression which seeks to insult and crush
the colored man, Phiianthropist.
story is going the rounds of the Loco
Foco papers that Hon SAMUEL w. KING, ex-
Governor of Rhode Island, is in prison for de-
lrauding corporation Of which he was an Of
hcer! The Providence Journal Of Saturday de-
nounces this as most infamous fabrication,
without even color of justification-one which
no paper in Rhode Island would dare utter.