Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-03
AN INCIDENT AT SEA.

this port on Friday last left Manila on the l'tn OF
July OF course the officers and passengers haa
received no news of the political movements which
preceded our Presidential election; and as they
drew near home were naturally anxious to Know
the result On the 10Th inst. they spoke the snip
Finland four DAYS out of Charleston, bound to IA
yre and after the usual enquiries and replies, ',ro
the speaking trumpet the question Vas aSK n".
"Who's the next PresdentW "JSmcs M IN,
was the replys For moment tbs querlsis ,J
Whether nor not thew were undergoing i'ouS, Sae
had barrel yttne 20 thunder uut No question, mno
James X. Polk? and receive the reply; IA.
more than we tell YOU" GRE me TWO sh rS PAY
ed on their different courses.-Boston .3ttdS'
FLORIDA. This territory is now an applicant TO
Congress for admission into the Union as Ntate,
and as the subject of slavery will undoubtedly be
oo,tated in connection with her admission, we pub
ish all we can find in her proposed State consii-
tuition referring to the subject 1t occurs under the
head of
ART. XVI General Provisions.
l. The General assembly shall hare po'rer to
pass lars for the emancipation Of Sldres.
9 They shall have no power to prevent emil
grants IRON this State from brinoin with them such
persons as may be deemed slaves by the laws OF
any one of the United States provided they shall
have power to enact laws to prevent the introduce
ton ofany slaves who may have committed crimes
in ether states.
8. The General Assembly shall have power to
pass laws to prevent free negroes, mulattoes and
other persons of color from mmigrating TO this
state, or from being discharged from OH board any
vessel in any Of the ports ofSFlorda.
COB MEAL.
3fessrs EdiIors-I noticed sometime since, an ar
tcle in your paper, editorial think,) in which it
urged upon farmers to grind their co6S, as the
meal was valuable for many purposes the farm
particularly for poultry, hogs aud stock.
On the strength OF this suggestion, acted, and
can assure you, well satisfied am | with
the result that my cobs will never, heretofore,
be uselessy thrown away. AS grind my cobs
with the corn, cannot speak definitely as TO the
value of cob meal, when used in its unmixel state,
but am satisfied that there is very important
saving attained by grinding the cobS. | have, dur
ing the last three months, fed corn and cob meal
to my horses cattle, hogs and calves and as have
large stock this winter, the saving to me, from
this simple suggestion, has, assure you, been of
no small value as regards the purse.-.Naine CM.
DREADFUL STEAMBOAT AccDENT--THRTY.
ONE LIVES LosT--A collision took place the
14th ult. on the Mississippi between the Belle, Of
Clarksvllle and the Louisiana, by which the form
er was entirely demolished, her hull going down
almost Immediately.
The Louisiana took from the fragments all the
persons on them. AS far as can be ascertained 81
lives were LOST, nearly all of whom were residents
of West Tennessee.
RESULT OF A JokE.-At Norwich 9Th ult.
children, three of whom he destroyed by smashing
their heads with hammer, and the fourth, in
FAINT, by putting its head into water. Acquitted on
,arata hn, Had ear i,rc, ,;.o hnon sh9r n"o'n
r., 49, .'o IT,, = 'o,s -. ~ 49,. D y, :
ina1, uiu ,aI zen % ''ao sma,l'"irg
JOKE had the effect OF producing the dreadful ca
lanty detailed above, and he is now perfect ma
MAC. Oh, ye tempter', beware.-M Y. Organ.
South Cnroli,ln On the 10Th inst Mr. Pickens
iV'o.1" my ,e ,2. Oaio.i'u oe"
Ite vi .'e seocot y. ''e poli',on pe'Itio'S; anu
cnnp b VI umg VI t hoI iI oy @ Soc,,o t,
nnv movement bv CONGRESS toward rho ahol,ion ot
Slavery in the District of Columbia. will be reward
ed by that State as virtual dissolution of the I'm
ion. The Senate unanimously adopted them. The
House has agreed to consider them.
Remarkable Loupe,;i,, Mr. Joshua u;gbtower
&c Moror~o co,,,tS A iShr,a AL ~; 49,. ~,
having attained The remarkable oge IF one b,,,-
d,ed and fuenfu-e;r ,eoye He was sodior ~ ,ho
revolutionary War-was at Rraddocl,s defeat and
received wound in that battle, His ace can he
estaoiished by an authentic family record.
a Mem Article of .Npfs. A London flrrier. adj
yertisnp his commodities informs those Indies
"who wish to have really good article" that he
will be happy to make them mufs. boas. &c. of
"their own skins" In another version he saws.
ladies wishing to have really neuuine article
can select the'r own SKINS.
Joseph Bonaparte's first fife The Boston Cou
rier says: We find no mention in the will of Jo-
seph Bonapartc, of his daughter by his first wife.
whom his brother Napoleon, with his usual disres
pect of person, previlepes the laws comnelled
him to divorce This lady resides at Rosie. N. Y.
is highly accomplished and lovely in pcrson-and
Ieilects lnucn more credit on lhe Bonaparte family
as,, "' u '"' VI ''e' u'''D'''ouS a'iioh-
ees'
Putting out The Flash. The Rev. Thomas Allen.
who was at the battle of Bennington. nnder Gen
Stark, was asked if he ever killed anv one. flo m.
swered that He did no, know butthat, observing
a flash often repeated in bush hard by. which
seemed to be succeeded eoch time nv n fail Of snon