Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-04-25
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Correspondent Of the Express.
Washington, April l6, 1s45.
The following appointments have come to
my knowledge since my last, viz:
Maj. Davezac, Charge d. AHares to the
Hague.
VIM. II. Stiles, late member of Congress,
Charge d. Affaires TO Vienna.
Geo. w. Jones, Surveyor General Of Iowa
and Wisconsin.
A. M. Rogers, Collector of Buffalo, in plaza
ofMr Lathrop, removed.
Mr. Emore, Of S. c., Minister to London
Mr. Stiles sought the Consulship of Havana,
now held by Mr. Cambell. II is probable,
therefore, that the President has determined
not to remove the last named gentleman.
am told that Cave johnson has abolished the
Office Of Travelling Agent Of his Department.
" true, we shall have some evidence that good
can come.out Of Nazareth. Never was there
Offices more useless than those referred to.
MExIco-The New Orleans papers Of Sat-
urday, the 18th instant, bring Us some addition
al items from the Mexican papers, brought by
the Waterwich. II appears that the Mexican
government had learned the final passage OF the
Texas resolutions through both Houses OF Con-
gress On the 21st March the subject was for
mally introduced in the Chamber Of Deputies,
and Resolutions were presented declaring that
the provisions Of the treaty OF 1881 are at an
end; requiring that the ports Of Mexico should
be closed ag anst all vessels OF the United States;
Erohihiii9g the introduction into the republic
in substance that no proposition for the restora-
ton Of friendly relations between Inc Two gov
dition that the United States would abandon
altogether the project OF annexation.
We see no mention made OF the adoption of
these resolutions, and if adodted they would
not probably be executed, as resolutions of a
more warlike character have often been offered
and adopted in favor of the invasion OF Texas.
In announcing TO the Mexican Congress tho
passage of the measure OF annexation, Senior
Crevas took occasion to express the views of
the administration of Gen Herrera. He said
that the government would at once address an
energetic protest to all friendly nations, as we'll
as 10 the United States, against annexation :;
that diplomatic relations with this country
would thereupon terminate. He said the gov
eminent felt itself strong enough for the emer-
gency, without the grant of additional powers,
and trusted, that, instead of grievous calami-
ty, annexation might really prove blessing to
Mexico, by uniting all her people in a deter
mined effort to maintain their rights and pre-
serve the integrity OF the territory of the Re-
public. The Presidents Of the two Chambers
responded in much the same strain.
THE PILoT OF THE SWALLOW. The Grand
Jury of the United States Circuit Court, yes
terday brought in true bill against William
Burnett, late pilot of the Swallow, charging
him with manslaughter. The Indictment char
ges that "the said William Burnett Gid by his
misconduct, negligence, or inattention, cause
the death, on the night of the 7th of April last
by drowning or suffocation," &c. We are
glad TO find that the Grand Jury have so
promptly done their duty. Their action will
have more influence on steamboat officers, than
any legislative report whatever
Neao- York Commercial .Adpertiscr.
ERIE CANAL-At meeting of boatmen re-
Gently held at Syracuse, for the purpose Of es-
tablishng the prices Of freight and passage for
the coming season, it was resolved that the price
of PASSAGE including board, be 10 cents per
mile, or cent per mile without board, and that
the price of freight be 10 cents per 100 lbs for
100 miles. The Canal Board have resolved not
TO make any change in the rates oftolls as estab-
lished in 1914, until the LIST of July next.
Transplanting and Grating Forest Irees-The
fact is not perhaps generally known as il de-
serves TO be- that more OF our indigenous nut-bear-
ing trees, easily susceptible Of Improvement
by transplantng and grating, as fruit trees are
The oak, the beach, the walnut and the chestnut
may, by these means, be made TO produce fruit far
superior to any matured in uncultivated or natu
raj state. We have seen beech-nuts nearly twice
the size of those ordinarily grown in the forests,
from tree of twenty years growth in a cultivated
soil. The same is known to be common result in
reference to other indigenous deciduous trees
Maine Cxt
SOioing Grass Seed.--If you desire bountiful
crop Of grass, don't by any means be parsmonious
in the matter Of seed, Half the crops in the cotn-
try injured, at least for the first two or three
years, by neglecting to sow enough AS, on most
soils Of light TEXTURE there is always portion of
the grains that do not yegetate either from not be,
| ing covered sufficiently deep, OF from the impurity
Of the seed ITSELF enough should be sown to obyi-
ate as far as possible, these contingencies.-B,
Al the recent town meeting at Springfield, Mass
the town voted almost unanimously 10 instruct the
selectmen not to appreciate the sale of sprituous
| liquors.
Dr. Hitchcock, the new President Of Amherst
College, was a poor young man, and had not the
advantages of College education.