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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-04-08

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TOR SALE OR RENT.-The subscriber is desrous OF
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Hunter fronting north "a feet c. and 100 feet 3D.
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Dec IS-eOtfif
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A LWANs IN TlME.-The subscriber has just received
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He has also hand about 900 bushels of good ice and
in expectation OF 800 of northern ice, which will be
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March 2l-2awJw JOHN PETTIBONE.
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DIGEsT Of the Maryland Reports-Embracing all the
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To the above articles, with many others suitable
the present and coming would call the aiten-
those who want, assuring them there snh DC
pains spared give all satisfaction IN regard 70 ne guar
ties and prices of goods, w. M rihLAiS
March 29-3i
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-03-04
THE EFFECT UPON THE PEOPLE OF A
WEAK ADMINISTRATIVE

The administration at Washington plunge
deeper, or lher let us say sinks deeper and
deeper ever day It's position is only known by
the few above who hold on the line TO which
IL is pendant. Man after man, and section after
section, leave it SO that those who, in December
last. presented bold front, with overwhelming
majorities in Congress, now stand a little over
two months, with only a very small minority, to
announce its wishes, and is compelled to accept
whatever II gets as an offering to the country
through suspected channel. No vote OF sup
plies of any kind passes Congress, without
containing rebuke, without bearing along in
almost every section, some proof that it is grudg
ingly bestowed: and from one end of the House
10 the other, those who were warm in support
of Mr.. Folks election now seek occasion tc
manifest their dissppoin tment, their distrust
their hostility. And this comes from the man.
hifest exigencies into which their weaknes and
party partiality have allowed the nation to
fall. The result of all things we cannot forsee
butwe apprei end that lter wasting all the pub.
lie advantages that should result from the pres
ent favorable aspect Of mercantile affairs and ar
Ter the squandering of the public treasury
there viii be another receding of the wave
Ii is natural that all seasons of commercial ac-
tivlty as we now enjoy, should be succeeded
by reaction. but generally, it has happened
that the public prosperity has been such that
though the individual losses and distress should
result therefrom. there has been such fund o
public benefit collected. that the misfortune has
been mitIgated to individual endurance, as
in ancient Egypt, the generator public aceumu.
lauon OF seven years prosperity seemed 10
prevent the individual misery that might have
resulted from the succeeding disastrous year.
But most unfortunately, the gains upon
which our country nigh calculate from the
cmmerce with Europe. are spent upon wal
with Mexico, and III public debts fast accu-
1nnating in time of great commercial pros
PerHy.f And we see certain end of the
expenditure any more than we discover prop
or END for it, Es tf--
We are aware that national debt does MOI
necessarily involve individual INCONVENIENCE but
IL must be rememb ere6 that the avow ed policy Of
this country is 10 have no national de bi and
therefore, the public funds accumulated from
dutles. land sales, &C., instead OF being dirsc-
ted 10 works OF public Improvement, will be
used for the payment OF the national debt and
il must furthermore beaunderstood, that IN UGH o
the money devoted to this war is spent beyond
the boundaries OF the country, SO that it does
not flow through the channels that benefit ou
own people, and thus compensate few for the
injuries done 10 the many. Csssuf asss
e There must be reaction, we suppose. anc
the Government will be in no situation TO breal
the force of the evil which il causes aug
ments.
no 551y 15F .r Ia. sfr frre1Ef
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-03-04

MAHoMErAN PARABLE.-We do not recollect
ever to have seen more forcible Illustration Of
the tenaelty withwhich the lust Of power capable
Of seizng upon the mind, that the following.
exhibited in the form ofan Oriental parable =
"a grind signor caused his vizier's arm to
be cut off and proclaimed .thatsihe arm should be
thrown up and whoever caught THEFT falling
should succeed IN the vizier's place; but upon
terms TO be served the as his predecessor at the
expiration OF the yenr.-Wheh the crowd was
come together to catch the arm, one man more
diligent dextrons than the rest caught IL So
he was vizier; and at the years end, his right
urn was cut off, and thrown up as before and
he himself win his Left arm caught it again
and after his second year his LETT arm was
cut offand thrown up, andhe caught it with his
mouth"
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-03-04

The Washington correspondent of.the ;Baltl-
more Patriot says: - es-
II is understood that new carricature is com
ing out in the American Puach. 1t represents
the high bird OF liberty descending with wreath
OF laurel TO place upon the head of glorious Old
Zachnry Taylor, while Mr.. Pc X aud Mr. BEN
ton and Mr.. Marcy are striving with all their
might TO urge their official editor forward to
clutch at the wreath aud destroy il! In the
background, pretty well covered with bushes
or chapparel are Mr.. Ficklin, MIR. Thompson, OF
Miss, and one two. others, with pop-gnns
hiring away with great energy at the TANKS
and rear Of old Trough and Ready who does nj
seem at all to notice them!
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1847-03-04
MONDAY, MARCH A.. 1917.

q 0.3-Mr. SAVER, in the course ofabis remarks
in the u. S. Senate, said that the three millions
asked for by Mr.. Polk was wanted for the pur>
pose Of paying the expenses of tho Mexican
army. fI- ia .'9@ -ss2 l.a
The Baltimore American, upon this fact, we'll
says: 80
Mr. Polk is carrying on this Mexican war in
fine styie!-He not only has furnished Lieuten.
antGeneralH for this Mexican army and ask ed
Congress TO give hlm one Tor our army, but he
wants Congress to appropriate money 10 pay moi
only our troops, but to pay !, the Mexican
troops also This is inct-a liked fac t''-and
il il isn't rich one, then would likeIo know
whalis! eet9- s.-.E-ftF h-- .tet .ses
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22
Sra T@R1ERWASS
SATU RDAY, MAY 90, lS47.

TmE PREsIDENCY Among the Wings
there is more or less speculation in all sections
of the country respecting the Presidency
The inquiry has been started, "who shall be
the Wing candidatc?" Gen. TAYLOR has
been named in some sections, and his nominn-
ton is urged with zeul-while with many
Judge McLEAN, of Ohio, is the favoritc; in the
minds ofothers, Gen. Scott is the man. -
The talk on all hands in favor of either is con.
fined to single papers and petty conventions
consequently no one of the three seems to have
much prominence ofthe others.
The Hon. JoHN MCLEAN has friends in most
of the States-and in Pennsylvania and Ohio
especially, is now considered as a prominent
candidate, and efforts ola somewhat noiseless
character are being made to bring him forth at
the right time, and these efforts are not without
promise of success Judge Mclean is not
only good man, but he is a popular man
popular because of his goodness, uprightness
and well known ability.
Messrs. Webster and Clay are seldom spok-
en- of as candidates-the latter would not,
probably, on any consideration, accept a nom.
nation, while the former has the place he
likes and adorns, and which his friends desire
him to retain, for the present,a least
The question of the Presidency may, with
proprety, be left undisturbed for months yet,
and we are glad to see paper so prominent
and influential as is the Boston Atlas, take
ground against so early an agitation of the
subject. q, i5.,ai 49,.
The prospect of success to the Wings new.
er was bctter-a strict adherence TO sound
course ofpolicy in the nomination off candi-
date will most assuredy crown their efforts
with n triumph, not only to themselves, but
to the country. That their candidate will be
THE oNE--a man of NORTHERN and RIGHT
NATIONAL PRINCIPLES, we see no good reason
to doubt.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

petty postmaster in the country, are INDUCED
almost to the extent of sending their dirty
linen by mail from one end of the continent
90 the other.
The distinction thus made between office
l,olders who are fatlening Mt the public crib,
and tho citizen whose money is tnken TO pay
tle salaries, il absolutely insulting. The
principle ofjusiice and equality is thus Ut
ierly abandoned by this law, The luwmak-
ers pay nothing, while from the people eve
ny thing that they dare extort is taken. When
shall this government he administered upon
The principle of equal right and justice to all
men, or with even haitian eye 10 the public
good.-.DfiddLebuy Gaidrry.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

GJ'It appears that the vote in New York up
on the License question was only in part
of the towns. The law provides that new
vote may be taken each year in towns where
one fourth of the voters shall request the
question to be tried again-of course such
towns only as were more strongly in favor of
Licenses asked for another trial-and hence
the reason why larger portion of them voted
at the late election for licenses.
P.S. The Legislature has repealed the
License law-it was rather unpopular on ac-
count of its operations being confined to single
towns and State Law like that of Vermont
is called for-one that will be more equal and
efiectual.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

0JTThe Concord IN. H) papers mention
the decease of fine war horse that had been
presented to Gen, Pierce. II cost or $500,
1t had been used freely one afternoon and was
found sick the next day,nnd it soon died-of
lung fever, as the disease proved to be upon a
post mortem examination by surgeons. The
horse had been fed for year or two upon
buildings, &C., and used very little, and was
doubtless much better prepared for peace
than for Il war horse. Another horse was
looked up for the GeneEu, when he set out for
Mexico.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

VIRGINIA. The votes in nil but two
Congressional Districts in Virginia have been
officially canvassed. Fulton, has carried his
District by six majority. This gives to the
Wings six members of Congress. In the
4th District, the Richmond Wing claims
the election of Irving, Whig-but the
official vote has not been declared and the
same paper adds: "The Sheriffs have ad-
journed to the 18th inst, on account of infor-
malty in some of the polls, and to ascertain
facts ia relation to double rOting"-for which
it may be remarked, some ofthe Locos in that
district are somewhat notorious. The result
is therefore still in doubt.
As for the second, theWhig states that a
letter from Mecklenburg has been received,
stating that an error had been detected in the
polls of that district, the correction of which
elects Mr. Bolling( Whig)to Congress,by 8 votes
instead of Mr. Dromgoole by 81. The Rich.
moRd Enquirer, on the contrary, claims that
Gen. Dromgoole was elected by l6 majority
which if true would leave one vacancy, which
rs probable.
We have therefore, six Wings, who are Ger
fanny electeu 10 the next congress from VIZ
ginia, and z adherents of Polk, one district
in doubt, and one vacancy In the last Con
gress, there was but one Wing to fourteen Loco
Focos. '-r'
The Legislature of Virginia will be tied or
joint ballot-the Wings having 10 majority il
the house, and in consequence ofso many 10
cofocos holding over in the Senate there will
be 10 locofoco majority in that body. This
circumstance barely saved the locos from
| Buena Vista rout in Virginia.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22
Post Office Law.

In nothing is the extraordinary character
off government like ours which takes care
of itself while the people are left 10 take care
ofthemselves so strikingly illustrated as in
the last Post Office Law. One great object
ofthe frst reform was more free transmits
sion ofintelligence through the nation. To
this purpose was directed the exemption from
postage of newspapers within 80 miles of
the place of publication. This privilege has
been highly priced by the people oftfe coun-
try who are thus enabled TO furnish them
selves with public journal at rate which
could be easily borne by our least wealthy
citizens. The consequence has been that
the country press has Obtained liberal sup.
port and greatly enlarged and improved in
its appearance. No one lisped note of
complaint except the proprietors of city pa
pers who for years having fattened to obesity
upon tiae wreck of the country presses which
they have themselves created. Nor can it be
considered among the smallest advantages
of an unrestricted circulation of country pa.
pers that the people receive their sentiments
through medium which is not liable to be
polluted through the corrupting influences
OF city atmosphere. But of this popular
privilege the people have been unceremoni
ously deprived after scarcely an hours dis
cussion at the very heel of the session.
But while the government has been thus
dlsregarding the people in remodeiling the
post office law, it has well regarded itself
The Franking privilege, whose enormous a.
buse was the occasion of the repeal of the
old law, is enlarged to an extent as plenary
as ever. Members Of Congress-, and every
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

GJ'The Canada papers estimate that some
four hundred British soldiers have deserted
from the regiments in Canada to the U. States
to enlist for the Mexican War. If this esti-
mate be true the British have outvied in pat
riotism their locofoco friends in the States--if
not in numbers they are willing 10 fight for
that for which they did not actually vote while
a few only of our nati1e locofocos seem to have
the courage to fight as they voted. One regi-
ment stationed at Kingston lost about S0,when
it was removed for safety to Laprairie from
whence thirty more escaped
These 80 enlisted in our army at Burlington,
say these papers. Ifso many British soldiers are
counted in the Vermont company of70 or so,
we should like to know if as many as ten loco.
focos who voted for the war in this State
are to be found in its ranks? We have heard
it suggested that there could not be found more
than ten locofoco natiUe voters in the compa-
ny-besdes the officers appointed with good
salaries by Polk
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

II The Ship jamestown, Capt. Forbes, re-
turned from her voyage of mercy to Ireland,
and reached Boston the morning fthe 10TH
No accident occurred except the loss of sea-
man, who fell overheard on her return pas.
sage. She was absent from Boston seven
weeks. The jamestown, says the Atlas, "left
Cork on the 22d ult, and brings no later dates
from London or the continent In the Cork
Constitution of the 22nd, we learn by brief
correspondence between Capt. Forbes and the
officers of the Association, who took charge of
the distribution of the cargo of the Jamestown
that it would be distributed throughout the
whole of the county of Cork embracing tie nth
of the population of Ireland, and affording re.
lief to hundreds of thousands of the starving
poor.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

GJThe friends of 1t. Hopkins of the Yer
fore he left Rutland. 1t. II. is spoken of as
person fit for his station, and as the one who
should have taken the head instead of the tail
of the company. The Free Press, whose edi-
tor appears to be acquainted with 1t. Hopkins,
remarks;-Leut. Hopkins will prove himself,
unquestionably, an active, efficient officer and
if Captain KimJaH o. should happen to get
the Rheumatism wen answer for the Vermont
company"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

EMIGRATION TO OREGON. The Indepen-
denco (Mo.) Expositor of the 18th ult. says
"Our town for the past two weeks has been
crowded with strangers from almost every
State in the Union, and our streets bear more
the aspect ola city than a small inland town
hot so small, either, for it contains popu-
| laton of near two thousand. On Thursday:
last company of emigrants landed at our
landing of about twenty families, who are des-
tined for Oregon. From the number of en-
igrants already in this vicinity, and the daily
additions, the company will be very large
larger, perhaps, than any that has ever yet
gone out"
REDUCTION OF FAMILIES. The Burlington
Free Press has the following:-"The large
handful of the Bakers contains a notice that
"Lmge families acM receiue liberal reduction. ~
Darby desires us to say that he took his wife
and eleven children to the Concert the other
evening, but does not find the family reduc-
ed in consequence, either in size or numbers
He thinks there must be some "catch" abou,
it,"
The Albany IN. W Statesman of May 10
says-"Within the lest three days more than
one hundred canal boats, heavily lreighted
with breadstnffs and provisions, have left this
port in tow for New York. In addition to
this must be added, within the same period
oftime. extensive transportations here"
MODEL LEGISLATURE. The General As
sembly of Rhode Island adjourned on Satur
day, after fatiguing session of four and {
half days.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

MA letter from a p M. within 80 miles of
us, says; "the Caledonian is not taken from
this Office. RoGsOa--Mr - -, has enlist
ed for the war and gone towards Mexico
This il the only person that we have heard
of, who has gone to Mexico from within 80
miles of us. There are within this circle some
but instead of going off to fight many ofthem
are content to expend their patriotism in call
ing those who thought it not best to vote for
Texas, Polk, War, and a Hundred Million
Dobt-Mexicnn WhigsI" Are they not pat
rots-great friends of their country Why,
they pretend they are.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22
THE ALE DO MA n.

0y~The Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER was at
Charleston, s, c., on the 18th inst. on which
day he was 10 leave for Savannah. lie WINS
treated at Charleston with great respect
After passing through several States no Will
return home via Cincinnati He is not on a
political tour, but went South to see portion
of the country he has never before visited,and
consequently is treated by men of all parties
with the consideration due to his distinguish
ed abilities
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

u We imagine that they have had terri
BILE rain up North, for the Vermont and North
ern papers are little the worst looking things
out, after they have passed through the mails.
Manchester american.
Ono, Adams, you are mistaken. At this
time, Monday night, May IL, we have been
without rain for month or so, and our streets
are so dry and dusty that traveIIingis render
ed disagreeable unless with a fleet horse
There must be terrible mud holes g. snow drifts
intention, Rumney &c. in the Granite State for
our people who come up through these towns
look ten years older for their ride and attribute
all to the long 'ointer in New Hampshire. AS
to our Vermont winter, spring wheat is peer
ing up couple of inches or more, the hills
and vaaies are all carpeted with green in our
neighborhood, and pomgranate trees between
our Office and the Post Office,we have noticed,
are in full bloom.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-05-22

0PThe Eagle, an American paper pub
isted at Vera Cruz, says there are between a
Thousand and twelve hundred of our Army
sick ut Vera Cruz-and numbers of officers
and soldiers are obliged to get discharges the
climate is so destructive to their constitutions.