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The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-09-30
THE GALAXY.
MIDDLEBURY. VT.
Tuesday,ISept, 80. l845.
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
Boston. SEPT. 25, 1915.
OUR RAILROAD.

The meeting called for the benefit of the
Boston. 1t is said TO have been the largest
railroad meeting ever held in the city. The
Mail Of this morning SAYS" whether you
look at numbers, character, influence, or APP
parent enthusiasm, no meeting yet held can
match it." From conversations we have had
with our commissioners, and several other
gentlemen, we believe the influence of the
meeting TO have been highly favorable. The
courage and acknowledgements ofour
commissioners and agents here, whatever
might be the final result certainly entities
them TO the warmest thanks of every man
West of the Green Mountains. To remove
the prejudices which Paine, Walton, FELTON,,
and others have heaped mountain high upon
the Rutland route, has been a Herculean
task. But we have reason 10 believe that ii
has been so far accomplished, as to place our
road in far more enviable condition. than
The Central. Since the meeting, several of
the most Influential men in Boston have come
up 10 the rescue. One gentlemen has de-
clared that he will be one Of hundred TO
take million Of oGr stock. The opIn;on now
generally is that the stock will be taken soon
to n large amount, and eventually the whole.
Confide nee in the ability and good faith o(ihe
managers orthe Central TO carry out The most
unnatural, and so far as the Rutland road is
concerned, the most reasonable coalition ev-
er formed, has been seriously shaken. The
assessments on a considerable amount OF
stock still remains nnraii, and there is great
reason 10 believe it never will be. As yet,
we have not learnt what amount ofthe Rut-
land stock has been taken, but the capitalists
and business men in Boston are taking hold
in earnest. We should not be surprised if
several hundred thousand dollars should be
subscribed within week. We do not wish
10 give too much encouragement OF IFS spec
dy construction, but we doubt not that even
tually our road will be built.
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Says the Boston Atlas:-The Tariff Of 40
itcan no longer be doubted, is to be assaulted
in the next Congress with all the power
which the administration can muster to bear
against it. The word has gone forth. The
Union chronicles the stupendous labors Of
MIR. Secretary Walker, in marshalling figures
and statistics to prove that the country
prosperous now in all its ndustry-is suffer-
ing under the unjust taxation of protective
tariff and all the official, presses are in full
cry for free trade. The composition of the
cabinet is Of evil omen; the President is free
trade, Notwithstanding Dir. Buchanan's GER
tifcate in Pennsylvania, during the election.
that he was as good tariff man as Mr.. Clay,)
and all the cabinet, except Br. Buchanan, are
either original free traders,or converts to that
doctrine. OF course, under such auspices,
the claims of protection will find no favsr.
What the result may be, is thus Swallowed
forth in the well written brief and pithy lead
ing paper in the American Review for this
month.
That tho country ia 10 be convulsed with a
fresh anti-tarlf crusade is, therefore, inevita-
BILE. The subaltern officers of the host which
triumphed in Mr. Folks election-the cap
taius Of fifties, and the file leaders OF tens
who manufacture the public opinion Of the
par.y-wil never rest satisfied Till They have
signnlized their victory by some decided at
tack OH the nations prosperity. General
thrift and contcutment are TO them sore Ca
Iamiiies. Let the people mainly be well en-
ployed, fairly paid, satisfied with their condi-
ton, and steadily, though moderately, i'm
proving their circumstances-the more ell
cieut buying land and builuing houses, while
even the humblest are putting away trltle,
in the savings bank or some cracked teapot
against a rainy day-and your village dema-
gogue dwindles into a very paltry insignih-
canoe. What avails the dignity Of bar
room oracle, if the laboring class are at work
week days and at church on the Sabbath!
Who SO made us to hope to hold a locofoco
majority, wnere the cniioren ulVlue tneu SEC
ular hours between work and school, and are
constant at church aud the Sunday school
Stony ground this for your Ely Moores. Da-
vezacs, and DORIS, to work upon; they will
never get back their seed. Let the great
mass be quietly at work, with plenty in their
homes, aud God in their hearts, and the ora
toricaI champions of Working Mems Rights
the 'Toiling Millions and all that, will be
driven to the dine necessity of going to work
themselves, instead of figuring and fluttering
as tide walters, postmasters, etc., on the
stength oftheir asserted influence over the
people, aud the number of votes they control
and secure to the party
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STARVATION IN SoUrH CARoLIyA.-We
are sorry to hear that so many of our worthy
aud wealthy citizens are making up their
minds to leave our district on account of the
failure Of the corn crop. Ii is most true we
arc In "a tight squeeze" but relief will be
had. The Legislature will furnish the means,
and agents Of the State will bring a supply of
corn, at least to Columbia. A loan was made
TO Charleston in her calamity. The same
will not refused the upper country, in her ten
fold worse condition. But what are those to
do who have no means TO pay, and no credit
to sustain theml There's the rub. Our ad
vice now is, make all the industry you can in
the fall crops-use all economy-rely on the
justice ofthe Legislature, and not on its char
ity, and finally, keep cool and don't despoud.
-YoTkriue Is. c. Miscellany, Aug. %.
A letter in The Charleston Mercury speaks
OF the distress, and consequent excitement
experienced by the farmers of Spartansburg,
IN consequence of the failure OF their crops,
and the excessive price Of provisions. which
prevents the poor from purchasing, and twas
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JOHN 3. COUGH.

Many Of our readers are undoubtedly anx-
ious TO learn the Whereabouts Of this unfor-
tuDate young man whose career has been so
brilliant since he dashed the poisonous bowl
from his lips. and commenced the labor of
love- in endeavoring to rescue his fellow men
from the desperate grasp of Rum. Without
regarding the many flying stories which are
abroad which may be found in almost every
catch-penny city paper we take up, we give
statement made before the Massachusetts
Temperance Convention which. assembled at
Worcester on the 10Th inst, by Rev Mr..
Marsh, who said that he had had an inter
view with MIR. Cough within day or two,
and that be was slowly recovering, physically,
but the anguish of his mind was SO great,
that he wept like child continually, and
could reply to the interrogatories OF his
friends in no other language than, Il have
nothing to say in excuse, nothing-l can say
nothing He hoped there had been no great
moral delinquency on the part Of MIR. Cough.
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A Coon ONE.-A very good anecdote is
told in connection with the Presidents late
tour Of inspection through one OF the Depart
ments at Washington. Entering one of the
rooms, the excellent head ofthat particular
branch Of the public service, was assiduous
in his attentions to the President, and partic-
ularly anxious to impress upon him the neces-
sity Of newer and better and safer accommo-
dations for the papers. &C. of the office, than
The building now contains. See now, Mr..
President said he, approaching large,ta-
BILE, which contained number OF drawers
it is in these unsafe, and insecure places, that
we have 10 keep the most valuable public
Gocuments'-wlcn suiting the action 10 the
word, he pulled open one ofIhe drawers-and
10 and behold it was found 10 contain-a bot
lie of porter, and a respectable luncheon OF
crackers and checse!! The ntrestemps
brought up the worthy officer with a 'round
turn and the President laughing heartily at
the joke, consoled him with the consolation,
that fire proof buildings were hardly necessa-
ry for such valuable public documents.
Grandma Gazette.
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He believed that this painful event had ex-
cited spirit ofprayer,t that had not for long
time existed among those who make temper
ance subject of prayer; and That it would be
overuled for good.
John Hawkins a brother Washing toLian,
arose in the Convention and said, if there
was man in the world who needed encour-
agement and support, il was, of all others, tn
reformed inebriate. He said he was blessed
with an iron constitution, and his tempera-
mentwas such, that he was not easily led into
temptation; but there were feelings which
sometimes came over him that made him
trembe from the crown of his head to the
soles of his feet, lest some sudden and un-
forseen temptation should overcome his
good resolutions and drag him again into the
gutter. The reformed inebriate needed
props and supporters all around him. A kind
word was better to him, than gold-it made
him strong in virtue. He could imagine how
easy it was for man of Coughs tempera-
ment to fall away, but, said he, did he fall
thousand times, l would the thousandth
time pick him up, and tell him he was still
man, and bid him go oil in Gods name.
We copy the following article from the
Mass. Temperance Standard, which may
be relied upon, with regard to Mr.. Cough:
JOHN 3. GoUGH.-Our readers will be aDx-
ious to hear about this unfortunate young
man, who has been the subject of so much
remark. AS yet, nothing has appeared un-
der his own signature respecting his unhappy
fall, thous h, as we have been Informed, from
a reliable source, he will soon furnish the
public with his own statement. 1t will be
well for the community 10 pay no attention
to the thousand and one idle rumors and
base fabrications, got up g. hawked about the
streets under the title of Confession latest
news of J. B. Cough and the like. Mr..
Cough has returned to Roxbury and is gradu-
ally recovering his strength.
We arc sorry to see disposition, in GER
tain individuals, TO take this opportunity TO
turn the temperance cause into rioicule, and
make sport Of the sufierings of Mr.. Cough.
The true friends of humanity, while they
commiserate his condition, and sympathze
with his friends in their distress. see nothing
in his downfall, be Involuntary or involuntary.
to diminish their confidence in the ultimate
triumph Of Temperance, or to cause them to
feel that theirobject is not one of which they
may well be proud. and in whose promoticn
they may labor with redoubled energy and 4
warmer zeaI-a zcal commensurate with the
increasing grandeur of The undertaking, and
kindled into ten-fold intensity by the malice
of its foes and the occasional overthrow and
discontinue Of some OF its renowned and
most eloquest defenders.
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A GaSrAr LAsr-The Madison Bapn,

A GIANT AT LAsT-The M adison Banner
states on the most reliable authority, that a
person in Franklin county, Tenn, while dig
gIng a well, Il few weeks since, found hu-
man skeleton. at the depth of fifty feet, which
measures eighteen feet in length. The i'm
mense skeleton was entire with an unimpor-
tant exception in one Of the extremeties. 1t
has been visited by several of the principle
members Of the medical faculty in Nashville,
and pronounced uuequivocaIly, by all, the
skeleton of large man. The bone Of the
thigh measured five feet; and il was compu-
ted that the hight of the living man, making
the proper allowance for muscles, must have
been al least twenty feet. The finder had
been offered eight thousand dollars for it, but
determined not to sell it at any price until
first exhibiting it for twelve months. He is
now having The different parts wired together
for this purpose. These unwritten records
of the men and animals of other ages, that
are from time to time dug out OF the bowels
sf the earth, put conjecture to confusion, and
almost must surpass imagination itself.
The 'bones' must be seen before this story
can be belicved.-[Boston Mail.
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LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS.

The New Orleans Tropic' of the 9th fur.
nishes the following extracts from the Texas
papers,which will be found of no inconsidera-
BILE interest to our readers:
The 'Brasos Planter says the convention
has fixed the seat Of government at the CITY
of Austin until the year 1850. Thirty six
votes were given in favor of Austin, and a
scattering vote for other places.
AN important document from the land
office at Austin has been laid before the con-
yention. From it, we learn that the superb
cIa extent of Texas, as comprised within the
limits defined by the statute of the LIST Texan
congress. comprises, in round numbers;
3o|,0OO square miles, or 254, 2SI,I66 acres,
that the total amount of land issued oy the
various boards of land commissioners is 43.-
o43 $40 acres; that the total amount of the
above, recommended as good and la,rful
cams, l9,2l2,2O6 acres; issued by the de-
Partment Of war, as bounty and donation
claims, 6.oOJ,O00 acres; amount of legal
claims to land issued by Texas, %. $50, 993
acres; amount issued, and supposed to be
fraudulent, 24,33l.764 acres; issued by the
authorities of Mexico, portion Of which il
supposed to, be invalid, 22,0e0,0O0 acres; and
that the total amount of the public domain
subject to location and unsurveyed, is 49,
99l,403 acres. The officer of the land Office.
in communicating the above statement, saws
that he has no means of knowing the whole
amount of scrip that has been issued by the
Texas government. but thinks that the
amount yet out is about one-eight of that
shows to be in his Office, and that the same is
the case with reference to bounty lands.'
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''were well nigh deserted and every interest
of society lauguished. But no soonerIhad
that measure gone into full operation, than
bene6cent effects were felt and seen; and the
business and population of the place has con-
tinued to Increase ever since" All that the
manufactures of Newark ask tsays rhe'Ad
vertiser) is, THAI the Tariff policy of the cOun-
try should temain as it is. andisrurbed, for
few years longer. when they will be abundaur
ly able in common with the whole countrv,to
protect. themselves
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American Railroad Journal.-The propri-
etOr of this journal,-the only one of its kind
in the United States,-has recently made an
effort to obtain for it more efficient support
In the multitude OF railroad proprierors At
the present day, enough should be found to
keep alive paper entirely devoted to tLeir
interests,& which contains mass ofinforma-
ton relative to all business of railroads, both
IN Europe and America.
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The RELIGIOUS AGITATION IN GERMANY
ike that in Switzerland is one of the intcres-
ling events of the day. Ronge has become
Il Reiormcr, and though not of the mind OF
mettle of Luther, a Re,ormer nevertheless
and with thousands 10 stand BY him. His
cry at llaberstadt on the 9th OF August was
Rome and her supremacy shall and mus!
FALL "Amen," said the preacher. and a
men, responded his followers. The answer
10 this declaration, from one of the populace
il is true, was that Rome will not fall sosoon
as you" His enemies then attempted 10 mob
him, and here begun the scene which We have
described elsewhere The Prussan govern
nent, it is said, has taken vigorous measures
10 repress the agitation. All scctarian con-
iroversies are 10 be excluded from the secu-
lar press. and the schismatics have been pre-
vented from publishing announcements or re-
ports Of their proceedings. With nine men
murdered and ten dangerously wounded
while defending the faith. agitation will moi
be so easily checked. sour God is for
tresS," the psalm of Luther, and the popular
air OF the old German Reformation, is YET
sung in the highways and bye-ways OF the
land until il awakens IL spirit ofenthusiasm in
The bosom of every dissenter. The blows
which RonGe has received will make for ev
cry blow thousand converts 10 his doctrines
The Catholics will be the loser in any such
conflict Of force, and .the government will gain
nothing but IFS determination TO coerce the
people to be silent. How much wiser is Swe-
den than Prussia upon this subject. The
S;orihing at Stockholm have Just decreed
protection for all religious opinions, and here.
after in that government every man will be
allowed 10 worship under his own vine and
tig tree. Not so in Germany, and hence the
scenes Of strife already begun and which may
increase until they terminate in civil war;
Religious federation sooner or later Of neccs
SHY will have 10 be granted and guaranteed
by every governmen,-ErpresS.
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~ The public has long since suspected
that same disclosure, like that foreshadowed
below, whenever Mr.. Clay considered the
reasons for his silence, whether matter OF
honor and confidence. or merely sell imposed,
rs al an end. The National Intelligencer
has received specimen sheet of Colion's
Life Of the greatest Statesman of our times
and at IFS page 80, vol. l, find the following
passage:
"Numerous have been the occasions, as all
know, when Mr.. Clay might have taken the
popular breeze, and been waited 10 The high
est pinnacle of popular anbition-when, TOO.
rs was thought and argued by his friends, he
might have done it without reproach- when,
indeed, it was urged upon him as n duty 10
his country. to his friends, 10 himself. But
always Judging for himself, as every man
must do in all cases of casuistry, which can
be settled only by the feelings oil his own
cart, his answer has uniformly been when
compelled by the decision of conscience L.
dissent from others, in such debate: E. | had
rather be right than be President" His
magnaHimiiy has, on more occasions than
one, barred The door 10 his advancement. In
il'e case ri III. Notorious charge OF '6dredin,"
FOR the election Of Mr.. Adams, in 1925, it has
ioI nearly quarter vi IL CENTURY, oeeh III iue
Tuw-r oi Mr.. Clay al any moment. to prove
by positive evidence that the dishonofGhLc
proposals were made by those who brought
The charge; but who, having been spurned
and anticipating an arraignment on the same
count, were first in court, with gross fabri-
cation in their RICH, hand. But magnanimi-
ty, and that 10 political opponent, who was
himself The agent in this transaction, has hiIh-
erto kept the key TO this secret. In future
page oithis work il will be unlocked.
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The Del NoRrE.-The last Washington
Union discOurses most lippautly about the
boundary, between Texas and Mexico, clos
ing reply to The Intelligancer, as follows
Let there be no mistake about this matter
The Rio del Norte is our boundary; and
neither The arms of the Mericans, nor tie
tongues Of her diplomdtists, nor The P"ay pens
Of the National IateHigeHeeT,, 'rH De suit
cient TO remore our boundary East Of hdt,rir-
err. There our boundary is planted, and the
bullets of the ferieaas, nor the paper shot Of
their friends in this country, ,ciH be able 10
shake he determination Of our Executive upon
this subject
We suppOse, then, that the Executive has
turned over this boundary question to the
official organ. He talks in the style and tenn
per of the Hing, and makes his will a sort Of
law. Suppose Congress DEGREES otherwise,
what then--or suppose that treaty should
determine otherwise, what then! 1t is very
brave and very considerable for the King of
Goose Quilts to talk thus valiautly about
Mexican bullets, especially when be knows
that one will not be fred at him IN. Y.
Express.
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Turkey. A change of great Importance
has taken place in the Turkish ministry
The Seraskier Ria Pacha, who had for FIVE
wears borne an almost unlimited sway in the
Cabinet, and TO whom the re-actionary spirit
dispayed by that government has been sttri-
buted. and has been dismissed. On the morn
ing of the 5,h the Grand Vizar went TO him
in The name of the Sultan, and withdrew all
all insignia of his authority event as
quite unexpected, had caused much sensa-
ton, and is supposed TO have been connected
with the steps taken by the pacifcation of
SYRIA, which have given great satisfaction to
the representatives. of the European powers
and to which Rizia Pacha was opposed.
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PoTAro Ror.-Our Farmers are complain

POTATO Ror.-Our Farmers are complain
ing in this vicinity, about the Potato disease.
1t is making sad havoc among the crops
Some Of our farmers have commenced dig
ging and sorting, others prefer to let them re
main in the ground until the very last Of the
season, and then getting what remains. An
old farmer informed us. few days since, that
last year he did not dig his Potatoes until just
before the ground froze, and then he selected
all the sound Potatoes, put themin his cellar,
and they came out perfectly sound in the
spring. This is good experiment Would
IT not be better to let them remain in the
ground until cool weather, or the very last of
the harvest season belfast (lHe.) Signal.
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FOREIGN NEWS
Important from China

A,sfL confaeration in Cdaton-Ihed
6israt s Fourteen Hundred persons killed
The new Clipper ship RAINBOW Capt
Land arrived here this afternoon al 3 O'Clock
from China.
Capt, Land made the passage out IN lO-
days, bad weather, and suffered severe gall
third day out. He made the home voyage
in lOf days, against the monsoon Best triT
on record,
CONFEDERATION IN CANTON.
From. The Friend Of China, May 3lst.
On Sunday afternoon. fire broke out IN d
theatre within the walls of The city; 1t has
been tha cause Of melancholy loss oil lie,
as wei! as the Obstruction Of much property.
The theatre formed the centre ofthc square
TO which there was only access by one mario"
lane. After the fire was observed the an-
dience endeavored TO escape b. the lane, but
unfortunately the crowd from without were
irving to force their way into the square, and
prevented large number OF those within
from obtaining egress-two bodies appear to
have got damned, the greatest confusion pre-
vailing.
II is supposed that eight hundred live.
we're lost By the fire. the falling timber, or
berne Gown by the crowd and sulfocation.
The bodies are so horribly mutilated that
their friends cannot recognize them; in con
sequence of this, hundreds lay unclaimed,
AMI the worst consequences are to be appfc-
hended from their exposure i'll such eli
mate at this season.
We have had call from gentleman who
left Canton on Tuesday evening, who has IA
vorcd US with further particulars. The total
naabcr Of killed is ,357, including 81 male
and female actors.-Ine wounded are es.i-
mated at .. 100.
On Monday-the day after the fre-part
OF the ruined wall fell and killed thirty more.
1t is rather remarkable that thirty years
ago a similar accident occurred at the same
theatre. AT that tine the authorities forbade
dramatic performances by the inhabitants :;
the present company are outside people. II
is anticipation that an edict will be issued,
strictly prohibiting all such exhibitions in fu
ture.
The authorities have purchased 400 collins
for the bodies that have not been claimed.
aud they will be inferred Immediately. A
large portion Of the dead are females, and it is
feared that not few were murdered BY the
robbers that infest the city, on purpose TO oh
tain their bracelets and other ornaments.