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Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15

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Sunday Tor bis deslI6al,sh y 'oH
Various confederation, IL.
believe that Mexico /, ma, ''.N
his moment 70 renew bo, ala''u
laliOns with the United s,s,p, oa't
menl, and 10 treat directly le,s enl
boundary between the Two t,,,.,''a
vii pfob1 bly, appear In tlms,b.,'a's
President Herrera nor Gen
entertained lota moment lbo ' ',h
accompanying Texas, nor sbs, ,5p0'la
surprised 70 learn that there b,' "
Informal understanding bctwss.' ' \
Taylor aud Arisla that tho lsl,.,
make no aggression on the "a. W
tho Rio Grando which could nj "0'
lillos-nolhng thu, should loot ' NJ y =
permanent occupation Of n. W
bank small dotochmonvs sen, az, az,
tect against the incursons Of tbo " " y
chos would not violate the lena, yam y
such understanding,
The Mexican Goyornmon, /, An.
pressed with the determlnalo, y
Government and the entire neon.
the Western limit Of Texas mus, NM |.
Rio Gronde. Mexico is fully inS,n,.
the alOcrity with which an urmv II, ~
unteers would hasten lhither "a ~.
such boundary, and tina! /, mus, /. ~
tanned as a matter o! national ricb, !,
honor. If she consents then "a ns,ai'
with full understanding on this po.s
is TO be presumed that she looks ia q,
measures Of concession from lbe rn,I
States by which she may freed bsr
from her obligations Ior inlempte,
citizens Of the United States, and no,b,
receive an equivalent in money for
relinquis hment Of such title as she \
make to territory this side the Rio Gran
| t has been said that ten ortwelve mlIn
would be deemed by ner ample for n
purpose.
The Tropic is of the opinion that !.
much talked Of instalment Of the inde,
nifty due the Mexican claiments has hs
paid in good faith by the Government 4
Mexico. We can learn nothing to JUSTLY
this opinion, and after some pains Taxa
TO learn the facts, we believe il will n
found that no other payment has ba|
made than by various diShonored dah
but we shall be very glad 10 learn haE
are mistaken in the premises -Prlga
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15
WILLIAM LEGGETT.

The following are said to have , Os'"
last lines ever penned by the '''"'''
William Leggett, mn,
WHAT is DEATH
Why, what is Death but Lie ,,so,
In other forms of being3 Ll'e T 'sa All
The coarser attributes OF man. wv n;ob bot
And momentIy decaying frame ~G !, do 70
The ethereal spirit in, and Ong 2,. = ASA .,
To brotherhood with brutes! l"HHaI.k
Such thing as Death; what's 50 ca. = fresh d
The beginning Of new existence y change
Segment in the eternal round Oh Wv"
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15

THE MEXICAN INDEylrT-The CT
respondent of the New York Journal
Commerce writes from Washington, III
the Executive has at length delermaa
to despatch special agent to Mexico
the purpose Of makinsa formal denu
upon that Government for the paym
of the indemnity due to us under the a
ty concluded on the 9Th Of April, 1881
This demand, says the writer, hasE
badly been withheld by this gOvetnn
upon the supposition that Mexico Z
about TO carry into execution her thru
of a declaration Of war against the q
ted States. An appeal TO war would
course, set aside all treaty stIpuIa III
but, as the present administrator Of y
mock Government Of Mexico issupPA
TO be, in fact, Of pacific dlsPosIi
whether from preference or from BE-
lesSness, it becomes necessary and PFa
for our Government to make this 10y
withheld demand. -Picayats.
., ------------------
Who planned and fix'd the Texas bomb
Who on the touch.hole held his thumb
Until the line was fair and plumb,
When firing, it blew to kingdom como
Matty, and struck John Tyler dumb
Bob Walks
Who writ the Kane letter for Jas n f0S'
To fool the Pennsylv ania folk,
By crying, "Pshaw, twas al! a Joke
Bob Wake
Who stood the favored go.between'
'Twixt the conservatives so green
And Jim, Young Hickory | mean
Bob Walks
Who kept Flagg out of the admln'S'f''"D'
And got old Uncle Billy in station
And himself the Treasury situation
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ANorHBR t" Book. THE New w,

ANOTHER Book. "-The N'" ~,rk
Tribune has received a curious 1S.li., Dyp,
sixty.four pages on the : psyela,iops
ty." 1t is styled, More eSs ESsp'afTi sot
and purports to be the and CORR
of the Perfdies, lntrigue', a"' with D.
lions of the Tyler Dynasty, cOnn,s
Mysteries of Washington ZION mas
ed with that vile Admlnls'fsa' .'jos Prs.
rios of Letters to the ez,A '..i,h Ihs u
dent, by one most familiar v"
iect." NJ
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15

TENNESSEE SENAToR.--The legislature
of this State has at last, after much ttou.
BILE, succeeded in electiug United States
Senator. Hopkins l.. Turney, loco, is
the lucky man. HIS election has caused
much angry pickering in the ocofoco
ranks Of, that State,
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15

FIRST JUDICIAL Observation-Disclosures
Posey, Esq, of Wilkinson, is elected
Judge of this Judicial District, by hand.
some majority.
William 7. Martin, of Adams, is olec.
ted District Attorney for the same Dis.
trict, by six or eight hundred majority.
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1845-11-15

I, is rumorcd at Saratoga y, ,on,y, y
Hon y, c Cbesseldon Ellis, of that , cO"1''
been appointed Governor Of Nv
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
THE CLOVEN FOOT AGAIN.

"Henceforth the liberty party holds the wing
party its enemy forever; and the complete and full
separation from its aims, its purposes, its political
economy, its measures, and its men, is what, in my
opinion is necessary to the self-preservaton, the
growth and the ultimate success of the liberty par
Emdncipaior.
There is so much in abolitionism which has our
sympathy says the Rochester Democrat, that we
are deeply mortified on reading paragraphs like
this from the recognised organs of the liberty par
ty. We had hoped, that the friends of petition
of extending the elective franchse-of further re
stricting the slave trade-and oS abolisbino the
curse from the Capitol-might have, ultimately.
been found acting together But the locorocos who
control the liberty party are determined that this
shall not be. Garrison of the Liberator says:
Gas Mr.. Leavitt does not express any dissent
from this declaration, it is fair to infer that he en-
dorses it. 1t fully sustains charge that the war
fare of the psuedo liberty party is not SO much a.
ganst the pro-sldUery of the two great parties as
against The ,Dhg party ITSELF Its aims, its purposes
its political economy, It's measures, and its mem
whatever it may say do, either in its local or gen
eral action, in behalf Of the anti slavery movement
Not word is said or intmaled about treating the
democratic party in the same hostile spirit though
its aims its purposes, its political economy, its
measures, and its men, all included in our sem
tence--the Annexation of Texas, alias the renew
al Of the Slave Trade, both foreign and dome site,
and the extension and perpetuation Of SLAVE
! RY!!! A liberty party forsooth"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
THOMAS w. DORR-

The SUI rene Court of the United States refused
TO grant the motion of DORIS counsel for writ of
habeas corpus, on the ground of want of iursdic-
ton. Mr. Justice Mclean announced the unani-
nous opinion Of the Court on Friday last. From
that opinion we extract the following passage:
"The power given to the u. s. Courts in the
18th section of the Judiciary Act of 1889, to issue
wrs Of Scire Jacias, hdbeas corpus, &c as regards
the writ of hdJedS corpus, is restricted by the pro-
vso to cases where the prisoner is in custody
under or by authority Of the United States, or has
been committed for trial before some Court of the
same, or is necessary TO be brought into Court TO
testify This is so clear from the language of the
section, that any illustration of it would seem to be
unnecessary.
The words Of the proviso are unambguous.-
They admit of but one construction, and that they
qualify and restrict the preceding provisions of the
section is indsputable. Neither this nor any other
Court Of the United States, or judge thereof, can
issue a hdbeds corpus to bring up prisoner who is
in custody under a sentence of execution of State
Court for any other purpose than to be used as a
witness And it is immateral whether the impris-
onment be under civil or criminal process. rs
the Go no,O stands an individual ,cho may be idict-
ed in Circuit Court, as beyond The pOirer Of Feder-
al Courts end Judges, If he be in custody under The
authority Of d slate. Dorr is in confinement under
the sentence of the Supreme Court of Rhode Is
land consequently this Court has no power to is
sue Il habeaS corpus to bring him before it,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10

.4nti !S'avery in Virginia. A writer in the AL
cxu9dria Gazette, who signs himself IA Virgini-
an" appeals to his fellow citizens in favor of the
Abolition Of Slavery. correspondent of the
Christian Watchman gives the following abstract
of his article;
"The writer thinks his Southern friends too sem
sve on the subject few years ago they were
seriously thinking of Emancipation; but now that
others have undertaken TO dictate to them, they
have grown irritable, and sought TO defend Slave
ny. But through the Improbable system of en-
ploying unnterested aborers, they see the popula-
ton of Eastern Virginia diminishing at the rate of
10000 in ten years, and many portions of country
formerly cultivated, now covered with forest, and
Astounding with deer and other game. There have
been frequent appeals 10 Northern farmers to come
out and settle upon these lands and about fifty
families have recently come and settled down in
Fairfax County IA County adjoining the District.)
These amers are prospecting, but the young men
who come to labor for them returning North, so
strong is the influence of the odium resting on
white labor. Northern farmers will not be induced
to settle in Virginia, unless there can be some sure
prospect that the system of slavery will somehow
| be brought to a termination. France, Denmark,
and even Portugal, are making efforts for the Alb
clifton of Slavery, and We the must hoastful of our
freedom, are farthest in tie back ground. The main
difficult point is, the plan for compensation. He
commends the suggestion of Rufus King of New
York, made in the Senate many years ago. that the
proceeds of the sales Of the public lands be devot-
ed to this object"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10


PETITION FOR LAND-The people of Illinois
are circulating petitions praying Congress to grant
to the State Of Illinois five hundred thousand acres
of land to enable the State to finish some of its
internal improvements and TO pay portion Of its
debt The principal object, and certainly lauda-
BILE one, is to secure funds for finishing the Illinois
and Michigan canal, in the completion of which the
nation is interested.
Suppose Ve,mont should petition for like guam
tity 10 be put in market, and the avails 10 go for
the railroads projected through the State? We
do not doubt that such petition would be hooted
out of Congress as quick as the votes could be ia
ken. And ,ehy has not Vermont as clear rigM to
such grants as any other State? She has undoubt-
eddy, and so has every of the old thirteen. The
difficulty IS that the people of the old States do not
demand their rights. Misled by loco foco dema-
gogues, they reject their proportion of the public
domain. We do not object to liberal grants to the
new States, in addition even to their just proportion
but we think it is time TO begin to insist that
they shall receive nothing more until they consent
to do justice to the older sisters in the Union -
Hitherto the members Of Congress Of the old States,
especially from New England, have been extreme
y liberal in voting for grants Of lands for educa-
ton and internal improvements in the new States
Is it not time to inquire whether such lberality is
due to States which repay it with ingratitude and
Injustice?
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.

Mr. Cushing has furnished New York papers
with a crcumstantal account of the revolution 60
ing on in Mexico and of its causes. BY civil war
in ls41, Bustamente was displaced and Santa An
ma came into power under an arrangement called
the Basis of Tacubaya; June ~, le43 new Con-
stituton was formed and Santa Anna was immedi-
atoly elected President; Jan. 1874 Congress as
sembled, and on the Presidents requiring loan of
ten millions, heavy opposition arose against him,
and he retired to his private estate, when General
Vaentin Canalizo was elected provisional Presi-
dent-Santa Anna remaining President proprietor
l. c. could execute the duties of the Office when he
chose TO do so. By the 9th article of the basis of
Tacubaya it was provided that the provisional ex.
ecutive should be responsible to Congress, and Nov.
j. 1874, the department of Jalisco proposed that
this article should be enforced and certain Consti
tutional reforms made. This was in fact revolli-
ton designed to overthrow Santa Anna The five
northern departments agreed to it, and took up
arms against Santa Anna under Gen. Parades
with q force OF 400 men, Nov. Z, Santa Anna
was invested with the command of an army agains
Parades by the provisional President, and set GU
for Queretaro to concentrate an army of 1900
Hlen COHBreSS tASn iHlcIposeu, ueclarlng ina
Santa Anna must proceed constitudonaly. TIL,
constitution requires that the President shall no
command an army except with the consent of Con
gress-Santa Anna had violated this provision, an
Nov. %, Congress impeached the Minister of Wa
for issuing orders TO Santa Anna and voted to re
celve the project of Jalisco.
On arriving at Queretaro, Santa Anna require
the government junto Of the department to pre-
nounce in his favor, and on refusal sent the men
bers off to the Castle Of Perote as prisoners, Cor
gress immediately instituted an inquiry as 70 tn
authority by which this was done, when the pre-
vlsional President Canaizo closed Congress b
force and declared Santa Anna Dictator I'm fe
days, hewever, the garrison and people rose again
the Government Congress re-assembled Cener
Herara assumed the duties of President. a, NO
ministry was appointed, and Canalizo with San
Annals ministers was imprisoned.
Santa Anna is still President proprietor, b
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
Death of The Hon. JAMS Fisk. The Nationo

Death Of The Hon. Janss Fisk. The National
published at Washington, holds the
following language respecting the life and charac-
ter of the Hon. James Fisk, late of Swanton--
" The mail Of yesterday brought us news of the
death at his residence in Swanton, Vermont, of
the Hon. James Fisk, in the SD year of his age
This gentleman was member of the House of
Representatives of the United States when the
present editors of this paper (Messrs Gales & Sea-
ton) first become connected with it, and was one of
the most active members of the Wing then term
ed Republican,) party. He came into Congress in
1906 and was much and justly confded in by Pres
dent Jefferson during the last term of his admins
tration and by Mr.. Madison, during the trying peri
cd extending from 1871 unt after the close of the
war in 1879 when he retired from Congress. SO
private has been the latter part of his fe that not
having heard of him for many years, we supposed
that he had been long ago called to his Maker
The last Office which he filed was that of Collector
ofthe revenue of the United States for the District
in which he lived.
is due TO his memory TO say that he 'oaS perhaps,
one fHte honeStest men Niat euer Hped and that,
though SeLf-taugM man, he arcs Of great Sa-
gdciiy and natural taient iohich he employed gery
zeaiousy IN The stations 10 rhlch his lelior citizens
called him"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10

Power OF DEsTRUcTIvEs. The following
note was addressed to the editors of the Baltimore
American from Morse's Geographic station on Sat
urday:
Experiments by the aid of Morse's Telegraph
have been made this afternoon by Mr.. Colt, inycn-
tor OF the Sub Marine Battery, which have resulted
in proving, at the distance of forty miles, from
Baltimore to Waslngton,) that by ignltlng gun
powder and other combustible substances, he can
blow up ship with the same celebrity and certainty
as at only few miles. Mr.. Colt has proposed 10
the government to permanently fortfy any harbor
at cost of not exceeding that OF a steamship-oi-
war, and guarantees its security against the com
bined fleets of Europe.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10

At tliooSS2elpsion of his remarks, the committee
rose, when Messrs Tibbatts and Belser each into
ducod proposition for annexing Texas. Mr.. lib
bats, also, offered resolution for protecting Tex
as, until the question of annexation is decided
They were read, and referred to the committee of
the whole. The House then adjourned.
SATURDAY, Jan. a.
The Senate did not sit
House. Texas discussed, the question being on
adopting resolution declaring it cxpedient to an
mex Texas. J. r. Ingersoll (whig) opposed the
resolution and Mr. Payne (oco) sustained it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR.. CLAY.
We find the following Correspondence in the
.Netc Haven Palladium:
LETTER TO MR.. CLAY.
NEw-IIAvEN, Nov. 10th, Il

New Haven Palladium;
LETTER TO MR.. CLAY.
NEW HAVEN, Nov lGtll 1874.
Sin: 1t is with much pleasure that we execute
the duty assigned to us by the Wings of this city,
of transmitting to or the enclosed proceedings of
a meeting held by them on the evening of the 18th
inst: but this pleasure is mingled with the deepest
regret that we cannot hail you, as we had fondy
hoped rs President of these United States. The
deplorable result of the late election has here as
every where, filled the hearts of your Wing friends
with pain and modification; and this feeling has
not been confined to the voters, only, but has ex-
tended itself through every age and condition of
society.
We were not aware, until we saw our antcipa-
tons of your success blghted, how strong hold
you had upon our affections, and we now feel that
you are PRESIDENT in the hearts Of vast major
| ty of the intelligent and patriotic citizens of the
country where you never can be defeated, and
where the poisoned shafts Of calumny can never
reach you. Had you been called to assume the re-
sponsibilites of the Office of Chief Magistrate of
the Union, we feel sure that the most eminent sue
cess in the discharge of its duties, could not have
increased your fame, or led us to cherish any
warmer feelings than now entertain for your
character and public services.
We are proud, Sir of our city for the vote she
has given you, which is larger than was ever Civ
en- before to any candidate in contested election,
and we are proud of our State, that amid all the
receptions and ISLANDERS which have marked the
course of our opponents throughout the late con
test, she has given you majority worthy of her
character and Of the intelligence of her citizens.
May your valuable life, dear Sir, be spared thro
many years. to bless the country you have so great
ly honorcd, and whose interests in times Of dan
ger you have so often and so nobly upheld.
We tender you, in behalf of yoir friends here
and of ourselves individually, our warmest regards
foryou and yours, and we trust that at an early day
you will find it convenient to visit New England
that you may receive from your friends here the en-
thuslastic greetings that due to the Malone
BenefdciOr, for such in truth you are, and IN oul
affections second only TO the FATHER OF HIS CoUN
!
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POSTAGE.

The new postage bill fixes the rates on single
letters at cents for 500 miles or under, and ten
cents over 500 miles ;doublo and treble letters in
proportion; a package of OF. quadruple those
rites, and each additional nalf ounce at the rate of
single letter. Newspapers 10 regular subscribers
not exceeding 1850 square inches arc chargoable
at mills per hundred miles or under, and cent
if over one hundred miles out of the state where
printed; newspapers sent from period to period,
lin other words, not TO regular subscrbers,) are
charged double these rates. Pamphlets of 16 pa
CESS double newspaper rates, and large pamphlets
in proportion Other printed matter is charged the
same as pamphlets.
At the above rates for letters the postage must be
prepaid and for convenience stamps are 10 be pro-
vidod and sold to those who wish for them
When letters are mol prepaid, double postage is re-
quired:
The following section defines the extent of the
Thanking privilege:
"All letters and packets to and from the Presi-
dent and ex-presdents of the United States; all
letters and packets not exceeding two ounces in
weight, unless they be public documents which
shall be unlimited as to weight directed to each
member of the Senate, including the President and
Secretary thereof, and each member of the House
of Representatives, including the Clerk of the
House and the delegates of the Territories, and
which shall be received by such members during
the session of Congress, and for sixty days prece-
ding and succeeding each session of Congress
all public documents printed by order Of either
house of Congress- which may be iranked by any
member of Congress; all the official correspon.
derce of the Post Office Department, and of each
of the Executive Departments, as now allowed by
law; all letters and packets not exceeding one half
ounce in weight, Greeted to each postmaster, the
emoluments of whose Office did not exceed two
hundred dollars the preceding fiscal year; and all
letters from postmasters not exceeding half ounce
in weight, directed to publishers Of newspapers and
other periodicals relating exclusively to the sub
scrlption of papers printed by such publishers"
There is some prospect of the passage of this
bill
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-10
WATCHMAN & JOURNAL.
n. p. WALTON, JR. EDITOR.
MONTPELIER, FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1916
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.


The returns received of the third trial on Tues
day last show that Mr. Dillingham; is elected, prob
ably by majority Of the votes cast We hoped
for different result-hoped for the 500 Wing
votes which were cast for Mr.. Chandler in Septem'
ber and for the votes at least of that portion OF the
third party which formerly acted with the wings
These votes we believed would have elected Mr.
Chandler now; but alas, too many oil them are
missing. On the other hand, Mr.. Dillingham; re-
ceived the support of nearly all of the loco third
portv men in this section of the distrct-a con-
summation brought about we learn, by Roor-
back story that all the wing aboitionsts would vote
for Mr. Chandler. In one town, we are glad to
say that the wing aboitionsts, when they discov-
cred the trick which the loco foco branch Of their
party was playing them voted for Chandler. Gen
orally, however, we suspect the wing abolitonists
have been duped by their loco brethren; and they
may dl,cas erpect TO be duped tchcn occasions for Il
occur Such lessons as this, and that Of Folks
election by similar means in New York, surely
ought not to pass UNDECIDED.
The following are our returns;