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Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-10-15
MARYLAND Election The Legislature

stands as follows 50 Ear a, heard from:
SENATE
Wig. Dem.
Two to be heard from.
In the House, so Ear as heard from, 81
Wings, 90 Democrats, and four lndcpcnd
enls
The Wing gain so far is ~ The Wing
majority las, year was 4 and If there be no
other change their minority will BE- 20.
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VERMONT LEGISLATURE

VERMONT LEGISLATURE.
Plnusp,lo tho CJas,itut,on, both How
t~s mel ntheir respective rooms ut 10 o..
clock on Thursday the s,h OF October
SESATt --Ahcr Prsyer by the Rev
John Gudlcy the members elect Of the
Senate were called to order by tho Seefe-
iary, - w G Clarke and after beng
sworn were directed 10 The election Of q
Presden, pro lempote.
Mr. Bradley nominated the Hon. Geo.
T Hotg,s OF Rutland County, and Mr
Sa . latairatrd the Hon lev, b Villas
OF O.angc County. On the tiise ballot
Hon. GEORGE T. HODGES
was elected For Mr. Hodges %, Mt.
NiIsi G, Mr Bradley /, ADD Mr. Smith !.
Whoteupon The President was conducted
to the char by Mcssrs Bradley and Villas
On motion Of Mr. Bradley, the rules Of
the Ias, Senate were adopted for The time
beng.
On the nomination Of the President, the
following Senators were appointed on the
part OF the Senate to canva. The votes FOR
s,ne officers, 10 wit
NIDdhan 90 Mr. Howe.
Bennington, MIR Brownell
Windsor, Mr. Cushman.
Rutland, Nj Fox.
Addison, MIR Nash.
oradee, NJ Fiseld.
ChIitendcn, MIR Onion.
Washington, Mr. Smith.
Caledonia, Mr. Bcmis
Franklin, Mr. Foster.
Orleans, MIR Slmonds
Llmolle Mr. Miner
Essex, MIR Hlbbard
Grand Isle, Mr. Harrington
Ga motion Of Mr.. Onion. the Scnae
proceeded 10 the cleclicn OF Secretary fer
the year ensuing Mr. Onion NOMINATED
-. W. & Clarke Of Burlington, and Mr..
Villas nominated S,oddard b Colby. OF
Montpelier On the first ballot,
ID w G CLARKE
was elected, and was sworn for Mr. Chrk
22, Mr. CoIby7.
On motion OF Mr. Smith, the Secretary
was dat, clcd 10 inform the House Of the or
ganlziilon Of the Scuatc
NJ Bradley introduced n resolution for
a joint assembly al 8 o'clock this afternoon
to near the report the canvasslng COM
mlttee which was passed.
Mr. Union introduced a resolution for The
printing 400 copies of the Legislative d..
rectory. Amended at the suggestion Of Mr.
Villas by fixing the number al coo, and
passed
Mr. Fox introduce! resolution br one
daily aud one week y newspaper for each
Senalor and the Secretary aud Assistant
Secretary which was passed.
The election OF Assistant Secretary and
Chaplain, after some conversation between
Messfs Onion, Foster Villas and Cam,
was pos poued until tomorrow morning.
Ga motion OF NJ Onion, ordered ,ha,
when the Senate ad oufns, it adjourn 10
meet al 3 o'clock tins afternoon.
Adjourned
HousE.-Thc members having conven.
Ell were called to order at 10 o'clock A. NJ
by James Mem ShnGer Esq, Secretary oil
So, ard the hrone Ul Grace was ad
dless,rt by the Rev Geo. b. Manscr OIL
Montpeie.-
The Hous' proceed TO the election oil
Speaker. Mr. S'oddard nominated Ebcne
ger N. Briggs of l. random, Mr. Bill nom
mated Mr. Caleb b Harrington OF M'dd!e
town, md mir Strong nominated "m' II
H. French Of WIlston.
Mcssrs Taylor and Jones were oppom
ted telers The result OF The ba. 'o''ng
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1892 433 1882 1928

Wing gain thus Mr 1916 PoIks mnjon'
ty in tia, Safe 10 1874 was 1919 IL
will be seen ,ha, the vote this year IS very
small
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Whcfcul0 On mr. Ruggs WAS declared e.
Icc,ed and too k tho oath Of Office.
The House then proceeded to the cleo
ton Of Clerk pro tcmpore mr.. Russell
nomlnl,cd Frrrand e Merrll, mr. llarriog'
ton nominated +. a ,NmbaII, mr. Strong
nominated S Pearl Laii. rop, messrs Rus
sell aud Harrington were appointed ieIIeTs,
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mr. Merrill was accordingly declared
elected, aud took the oath OF office.
The House aud Senate exchanged al.
HOMOGENEOUS Of their orgnnlzalion
The following gentlemen were appoin'
ted by the chair and confirmed by The
House. as Canvnssing Committee
Bennington Co, messrs Ayirsworh,
Harwood, Mclaughlin
Windham Co., messrs Earl, Howard
Barrows.
Windsor Co, messrs Adams, Walker,
Baldwin
Rmland Co, me.'m Coleman, cspen.
Brown
Addison Co. me,srs Foot, Wright, Ba
con
ornnge Co, messrs s,ebbins, Bill, Eos
ter,
Chaeoden Co, messr Hartman, fetch
er, French
Washington Co, meuu Phelps, Had.
ley smrh
Caicdonia Co, mes.rs Newell Merrill,
Kimball Of Lyndon
Franklin Co. messrs Drury, Bridges,
PLAT
odran' Co, merrs Nelson, Bates.
i G..r
L'molie Co, messn Terrell, Russell,
BENJAMIN
EsseI Co, messfS Benton, Rich, Fry.
Grand Isle Co. messn DAVIS, Reypoids,
! Robinson
TIE committee appeared and were
sworn
/ Resolutions. BY mr. Fairbanks, tina,
The rules Of the last session be sjoped as
the rulrs OF the preseui, until others are
substituted passed. BY Mr. Bill that the
ioin, rules ofIhs lSst sess,on be sdoprd a.
The joint rules Of his uhl,l the pdop,iOa o
Others p1s'ed Ry the same. ptovid N .
for The publication Of 400 copies ofs Les
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A message was received from lhe GOV
ernor, announcing that he would take his
oath Of Office at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
Thai hc would deliver his annual Message
on Saturday nj 10 o'clock A. ", and also
that he appointed Frederick Billings, Sec
relary oil CIVIL and Military Afl's
M Benton introduced "A b,Il amending
Sect IL, Chap AZ Of the Revised Statutes
so as to rxemp, fifty bnshels Of po,alo,s
one plough, aud CERTAIN other agricultural
Implements from attachment, referred to
committee on the Judiciary.
I. Pehloos were presented from mere hanls
and Others IN Burlington, Iopsham, Wood
stock, Rlchfofd, Bakersfield, Derby, Hal,
h.N HIuiord, Sho"hnm, Charleston
Wa. ,s6plI, Burke, Elnesburgh, LInen.
burgh, HlghgaIe, G'orgIa, Cabo, and
Braulcb, 70 praying for an INCREASE OF the
amour, to "a PAID for pedlefs licenses and
also Of the ,1enaties Tor p'ddling without
license reieff.i 10 the commIuce on ways
aud means
The Senate cam, 10 and the following
appointments were made
SILAs Il. Hodges, ESQ
Of Rutland, Auditor OF \ ceoun's for NJ
Hodges 1871, Ira DAVIS, Esq. oil NorSIch,
DC, scattering 8
PETER I. WAsHBURN, esq
o. Woodstock, Reporter Of drcIsi,ns Of the
Supreme Colu Tor MI Washbun, l3s
Edward u. Barber, 6s.
The Senate rered and tho House al.
journed.
senate afternoon. Ma and I'D
Jourped.
Hour B,ls Introduced BY NJ
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Tho votes OF BNdpoTl, Shafoh anu fiOI'
\ md were not reIurned,l
Mr. klmball presented resolution pro
ydin.r (or q JoInl assembly at 4 o'clock 10
elect Governor Leul. Gov. & Treasurer
passed.
The Senate came in, and the following
slee,inns wero made for the year ensuing;
HORACE EATON, Governor,
LEONARD SA.PGENTS, Lieut.. Con.
ELISHA T. JE,VETT, Treasurer.
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The Senate Withdrew, and The House al
journed
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isla,ire Directory Cor the ue Of the ,~o
flssses passed Ffom the Srnate provr
ding for JON, assembly al , o'clock Ihn
aitesDooo to hear the report of the canvas
sseg Commute coneutrd ~.
Mr. Lawrence noN,d that when the
House adjourn, II b. to meet nt3 o'clock
Carried
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-03
FROM TEXAS.
From the New Orleans Picayune of Oc-
tOber IA.


The Steamship Neptune arrived yes
terdav evening from Galveston. We
need not say that very general joy was
diflused throughout the city upon learn
ing Of the. safety Of a ship which most
nautical men had given up as lost For
the critical situation in which the Neptune
was placed, and her escape from peril,
we refer TO the report of the captain.
From the Galveston News, extra, of
the 10th instant, we learn that the schoo-
ner BLANCHE L. SAYRE arrived there the
evening previous, from Brasos Island. ha-
wing left there on the 7th instant-two
days after the Mckim. BY this schoo-
ner the Galveston papers have second
hand accounts of the battle of Monterey,
but they are by no means so full as those
we have published, nor from so good
sources Of information.
From Texas there is but little intelli-
gence. We read in the News" of the
9th instant as follows:
The editor of the Texas Democrat
saws that Gen. Wools advance division,
under Col. Harney, would leave San An
tonic on the 9th September. The route
will be by the Presidio, from which place
the passes Of the mountains are distant
not more than forty miles. which can be
defended by few resoute men against
great odds. The editor of the Democrat
says many suppose resistance will be
made, but he does not know where the
Mexicans can raise troops 10 give battle
any where on the route to Chihuahua
He, however, admits that it is problemat-
ical whether the necessary provisions and
forage can be procured after crossing the
Rio Grande. The editor is himself at
San Antonio, and SAYS that there are ac-
tualy many complaints of irregularities
in giving and executing orders" &c.
Such are the reports of the Texas pa
pers. We received no papers by the
Neptune.
A grand barbacue was gwen to Senator
HousToy, at Huntsville, Texas. on the
26!h ullimo, at which the General spoke
for an hour and half.
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MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

There appears to be no doubt that the
Government has, within few weeks, or
dered an expedition from the Rio Grande,
under General PATTERSON. TO move down
the coast. and, in cooperation with part
of the naval force blockading Vera Cruz.
to take possession of the town Of Tam
pico. This place is about two hundred
and eighty miles south of Matamoras,
and nearly the same distance. north, from
Vera Cruz. West of Tampico, about
one hundred and forty miles in the inte-
rior, and near the head Of the river Panu-
CO, (al the mouth Of which Tarnpico is
situated, lies the city Of San Luis Poto-
ST, an important point on General TAY-
LoR's line Of march TO the city Of Mexi-
co. Il is therefore highly probable that
the force, or great part of it, under Ge-
neral PATTERSON, after capturing Tampi-
co, where they will probably meet with
no serious resisiance,) will advance inland
and 'orm a ajuncton with General TAYLOR
at San Luis. Ii this be the plan of the
Government, it will be fortunate one:
for now that the Ceuds and distractions OF
Mexico have been reconciled, and lis
whole people united, by the return OF
SANTA ANA, whose restoration cur CO.
vegnment unfortunately aided or connived
at, General TAYLOR will have need. we
fear, of all the reinlorcements at the com
mand of the Government, to enable him
TO triumph over the impediments of SC
long march through difficult and hos
tile country. What energy, courage and
prudence can do, we know that Genera
Taylor and his brave, and now severely
tried army, will effect; and TO these we
trust to carry him victoriously through
the arduous and perilous task before him
Compelledas we are to condemn the wal
itself as unnecessary, and It's originator.
as answerable for all the blood that ha:
been shed, the hearts that have been be
reaved and broken, and the treasure tha
has becn wasted by il, we trust that on
arms may every where triumph, that vic
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vol. 4.--No. 81,
Pleasures of Soldering.

Major Forsyth, the editor Of the Col
umbus, Georgia, Times, has written sew
eral letters which rank high for graphic
power and spirited details. From recent
letter the Richmond Enquirer extracts
few passages, showing how rich field
Mexico presents for lover Of EniomolO-
gy and Natural History -
This country is distinguished, above
all other particulars, by its myriads of
crawling, flying, singing and biting
things. Every thing you touch has .
spider on it. We are killing them all
day in our tents. We never Care draw
on boot or put on hat or a garment
without close search for some poisonous
reptile or insect crouehing in their folds
or corners. 1t is wonderful that we ara
not stung twenty times day. Yesterday
morning, while standing up at breakfast,
1--WE never sit at meals for the want where
with to make seat,) felt some strange
thing crawling up nv leg abou! the knee.
1t did not take me long to seize it with my
hand and to disrobe. Looking into the
leg of my ofTdrawer, | beheld villainous
locking creature of black and yellow,
with long 5ony tail. called my mess
to look at it, when DR.. Hoxey, who had
been before in this reptile country, pro-
nounced it Mexican scorpion, and told
me for my comfort that it was as poison
Gus as a rattlesnake. His sting was out,
and no doubt when | clenched him in my
hand he stuck out at my clothes, instead
of my flesh. Thinks to myself there's
an escape. Besides these we have spi-
ders, centipedes, hordes of flies, and eve.
rylhing else that crawls, fys, bites, and
makes noise. A gang of locusts have
donflciled themselves in our camp, and
kept up a sleepless claiter ali night. To
this is joined the music Of frogs, and the
barking Of prairie dogs. A few nights
since panther came smelling up to the
lines of our sentries All these small
nuisances are universally pronounced in
camp as death to ones patriotic emotions,
and a right hard fight with the enemy, TO
be followed by radiance of this pestilent
country, would be hailed by the whole
regiment as a consummation of Joy & much
happiness. But here we are to stay fight
ing her insects and verInin, with no pres
ent prospect Of finding their masters, (our
enemy for whose special use and aPpro-
PIRATE comfort they seem to hays been
formed by nature. Some few Of our of
fcers profess to be enamored Of this coun-
try. The air here, near the sea-coast, is
certainly fine, and one is at loss 10 ac-
count for the sickness: but, aside from
that, would willingly forego the posses
sion of all the rich acres have seen to
get hack from this land of half-bred bugs.
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FIRING OFF THE MAMMOTH
MORTAR CANNON.

The great gun lately cast at Ayers
foundry was fired a few times at South
Boston Point yesterday afternoon. Shells
12 inches In diameter, and $50 pounds
in weight, were thrown various distances,
according to the charge, elevations ana
length Of fuse used. With charge OF
30 pounds Of powder, 20 seconds iGse'
a, an elevation Of % degrees, a shell was
thrown 81 miles, and buried deep IN the
earth At Squantum. a rIcochet shot was
tried with 10 seconds fuse, 20 pounds
Of powder charge, and 7 pounds in the
she'll. II dashed through and over the
water al an awful rate, and exploded at
distance Of about two miles in the water.
throwing the fragments several hundred
Yards in every direction. The regular
service charge is Is pounds. which al a
due elevation, viii project the shelf some
thing between three and half and tour
miles. The firing vas under be dlfee-
tion Of Colonel Bomford, The inventor oil
this formidabie speeies Of ordnance, IN
ierded fos hsrbof dG GeEcs. s.--Bos.on f0st:
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THE WARTS CHARACTER,
PLANS AND PROGRESS.
FROM THE Pennsylvania INQUIRER

The Government has certninly COM
mltted two awkward blunders since the
commencement of the war with Mexico
1t will be remembered that soon after the
difficulty occurred, Gen. Gaines called
out large body of troops, under a
belief that powerful demonstration was
Immediately necessary, and conviction
that such policy, if promptly pursued,
and with the utmost yigor, would lead TO
the speedy termination Of the war. He
was denounced for this course by the
Government: his men were, many Of
them. summary dismissed, and others
stopped in their progress to the seat Of
war, while the General himself was court
martialled, tried and very properly acqui-
ted. Ia brief, his views were regarded
as altogether erroneous under the circum-
stances. And yet judging from present
pearances. the men who were dismiss
ed are now greatly needed as reinforce
menls to Gen. Taylor, and orders, it is
probable, have ere this been issued for
more troops.
The other blunder was the admission
into Vera Cruz Of Santa Anna and Al
monte. These distinguished Mcxicans
were. at the last accounts. making power
ful effort TO re-animale the Republic, and
to raise new army of 10000 men to
march against the United States forces in
Mexico. Indeed, before the entrance OF
Santa Anna, the Mexicans themselves
were divided into factions, and evidently
tumbling TO pieces. But, since his re-
turn, Yucatan has renewed her allegiance
and Santa Anna has become the head and
front of the war party.
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Sergeant Milton exhibited to us the
certificate which the Mexican soldier af-
forwards presented to him. 1t is from
the Treasurer Of Coahuila, certifying that
he belonged 10 the regular cavalry of the
6th regiment and was named Carlos Sill
"a. 1t is dated Saltillo 18th Of April,
1916.
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DROPPING THE PIGEON.

An elderly gentleman who resides in
Ohio and was just returning from visit
to Iowa, was done" out OF $500 on
Mca,Iay morning by two scamps, who
dropped the pigeon" en- him. The
mode of operation is so familiar to all
newspaper readers thatit is scarcely worth
while 10 repeat ii minately. The gentle
man was 4 passenger on the Ohio Mail,
which boat landed at Portland, and re-
luaincd short time, previous TO coming
through the canal. He was there adj
dressed hy gentleman Of quite insinua-
ting manners. who invited him in order
10 while away The time, 10 visit remark
able Sulphur Spring, which he represent
cd as being bul few hundred yards dis
tant. On the way they met drunken
man with pack Of cards, and The two
by their adroit management. obtained the
loan Of the old gentlenlan's purse con-
tanning S26O-and then as soon as possl-
bic gave him the slip. This trick has
been exposed in the newspapers thou-
sand and one times, yet, strange TO say,
we almost daily hear Of lis being played
off successfully on "green ones"-folks
who don't teke the papers, Of coaEse.--
louisville Courier.
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LIEUT.. COL. M'CLUEG,
OF MISSISSIPPI.

This gentleman, who was severely
wounded in the attack on Monterey. it
will be seen, has died OF his Wounds
We take him TO be Alexander McClung,
Of Jackson, Mississippi, who was Mar
shal of the Eastern district, having re.
ceived his appointment from Gen. Harri-
son. If so, he was a nephew Of the late
Chief Justice Marshall, and fell heir to a
large portion of the talent which has rem
dered that family one Of the most remark
able we ever knew. He was 4 lawyor Of
full practice, and was widely known for
his undaunted courage and open d.sPosi.
tion.
We learn from an officer in the army
that those officers who fell at Monterey
were among the very flower of the SER
vice. Highly as we estimate the valor
of these undaunted heroes, for heroes
they certainly were we cannot but de-
plore the evil councils which precipitated
US into a war in which SO much valuable
blood has been shed. No success, how
ever brilliant, can ever compensate the
country for the loss she has sustained in
their persons. We consider the lives OF
such men as Ringgold, Brown, Watson,
McClung, and Barbour as Of more value
than oil the spoils it is possible to obtain
by the acquisition of every province IN
Mexico, with their rude, half civilized,
half Indian population Richm. Wing
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FROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS.

The Courier des Efnfs C'nis states
that it has private letters from Havanna,
which show that Santa Anna brought with
him, in the steamer Arab, 10 Vera Cruz,
twenty Spanish officers of distinguished
ahility:among the number Narciso Lopez,
who has acted a distinguished part in the
civil war of Old Spain. From other ac-
counts we learn that these officers, under
Santa Anna, are to have commands in the
attempt 10 expel our columns OF invasion.
One OF Them, it Is added, is very able
cavalry officer, who says that with corps
Of 5000 10 oppose Us, we can never
reach the capital. Others are good artil-
iofists, who ,s!! hurI death npon us i'll
the passes to Saiii!Io, and at Sal,illo or
San L,lis Potosi.
What iniatua!ion could have beset Mr..
Polk that he should have lei in upon us,
by d free pass at Vera Cruz, these ele-
menis of destruction! How many lives
he has thus TO answer for!
Fortunate is il however, that Santa
Anna did not succeed in duping Mr..
Polk out Of the S2.000.000 as well as III
this multer But for "Wimot's proviso''
we should have lost our money as well as
our wits.
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Monterey 10 Mexico

"If nothing but distance were in the
way, that alone presents almost an i'm
possibility 10 the army; but there are 9TH
CT great difficulties IN the way. which it
is hard TO overcome with an army which
left Camargo with only thirty days sup
ply provisions.
"Tn the first place from Monterey TO
Sal:illo is a very difficult road, filed with
defiles. We will suppose THAT has 5ecn
overcome. Then commences the great
est dilIiuclty. The next step is one hum
lred and eighty miles trough country
which is described as an arid plain, al
most without waier,and equally without
inhabitants. On this point we may add
what seems not to be entirely understood,
that nine-ten,hs of the Mexican'people are
south Of San Luis de Potosi and Trenii-
10. This being .he case, very little, we
may say nothing, is gained by our con-
quest short OF the city of Guanaxuato."
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-11-03
FROM THE NEW JERSEY FRIEDMAN.


This most unnecessary aud unjust war
with Mexico, when is il TO terminate
Where is it to lead us! Al what point
shall we stop! What are TO be the con-
sequences of it! These are are all start
ling questions, that should be discussed
and understood. Ii is certain that iii TO
be more serious affair than was at first
counted upon-if, indeed, there were any
calculations on the subject. 1t will roll
up a mighty national debt. 1t will beget
it has begotten already-a most un-
friendly and unchrlstian national temper.
II is war of conquest-a war Of aggran-
dizement-a war of plunder-a war of
power and bravado against weakness and
imbecIity. Ii is also war of assump-
tons and usurpaiions Of the most alarm
ing character. One territory after anoth-
er is oyerun; our Generals become their
Governors: and the whole are, with Q
flourish Of pen, declared to be annexed
to and the permanent possessions OF the
United States! No act of Congress IS
sought for authority; no constitutional
provision is cited TO sustain II, but by
mere will and order of the President or
Commander. iG-chief Of the United States
all these fearful strides are made to an
entire revolution in the physical, polili-
cal, and moral condition of the country !!
Can such things pass over us almost
without a comment-without any spe-
cial wonder-with no popular movement
TO indicate the extreme danger to which
we are verging! And is this the progress
sive Democracy Of the day! Is it for
this that our fathers toled and bled9-
Would the patriots that achieved our free
dom and independence, and those still
more devoted ones that fought 10 cement
secure them under the solemn covenants
and guarantees of constitutional COM
pact, have settled down thus supinely and
submissively under the overshadowing
and crushing power of Executive dicta-
ton and usurpation! Would they have