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Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07

The New York "Courier and Enquirer" denounces the
absurdtiessof the Subeasuy, and depicts the mischief
does The money market and the currency ii says put
by under the control OF Mr. WALKER and the power he
has under il is too great for any human being The
"Courier' says:
"The absurdty of the Subreasury system is daily wit
messed in the carng from the banks the and
back again the identical dollars and quarter dollars and dimes
which paid out the banks their The loss
Of time and the labor aud expense OF this extraordinary and
unnecessary movement Of specie falls heavily upon
chants Frequently clerk obliged 10 stand several houIs
in order 10 pay his duties, and must when his come,
wait until the gold and silver counted piece by piece,
10y the SubteasurcT Of his clerks II perchance
or more Of these pieces should not be American coin, he is
sent tack TO replace them, and must again wait his turn
he can conclude his business So in the Of the payment
o he semannual interest the public debt the drafts
on tie Treasury. We have known old gentlemen who
Obliged TO wait at the time Of the payment Of the six months
nieres; several hours and know Of where who
was entitled thirty five dollars half yearly his stock,
obliged 70 sand three hours before be could receive his money
Besides the individual injury lnic,s, is Of
nous injury to the money market AT this time the pay
ments to the crsomhouse for duties large but the pay
niens by the Government slow, ard the accumulation Of
nearly three millions of dollars Of il taken from the
banks Is very serious and alarming evidence Of the power
| Of the system 10 do evil.
The money market contracted consequence and the
stocks OF the United States fall under the pressure"
The "Courer then dwels upon this curious mode
ing up nearly three millions 10 SPECIE in Subeasuy vaults
when tie use Of needed for the business Of the community
Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Washington city.
NOTES,
Orderof right ofte relatipes Of q deceased soldnr

Orderof right ofthe relatives Of deceased soldier.
l. His widow and children. If he left children their
names and ages must be given If no widow survives
proof must be produced Of that fact in establishing the
claim OF the children child If no child survives then
that fact must be Proved establish the sole heshp Of the
widow.
neither wife child of the soldier living then his
ather entitled and he prove that the soldier has left
neither wife child surviving him.
g. The soldiers mother who must in like manner prove
that neither wife, child, nor father survives
a. Brothers and sisters who must prove that neither wife,
child, father mother survives and they must also fur
nis proof that the application contains the of all the
brothers and sisters Of the soldier who living at the time
OF his death he left neither Of the abovenamed relatives
surviving him. no land is due.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07

Lieut.. J. F. scHEscK, U. ~, bearer of dispatches
from the Pacific to our GOvern arrived at Philadelphia
on Saturday in the barque Emilio Kingston, Jamaica
Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07

PALEr's Natural THEotoer PL.grAnrss.-A cor
respondent Of the London Ahensum has discovered that this
work is copied from series Of papers which appeared about
the end Of the seventeenth century, in the Lepsic Transac
tons, BY Dutch philosopher named NExwrsrrr It's
extraordinary that this discovery made before seeing
tha, the papers, after having been published at Amsterdam
about the year l700 afterwards translated into English
by Mr. Chsmberlayne and published by Iongman & Co in
lsis about fifteen years after Paleys Natural Theology ap
peaed As Pacy quotes DR.. Nienwcdyt from the Lepsic
Transactions be- Of course have known Of and perused
them Parallel passages printed side by side in the Athe
nsum, for the purpose Of proving the case.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-10-07

Professor AeAssz Of the greatest Of modern natural
s has been deghng our learned by his valuable con-
tnbuton TO science, at the meeting held in Philadelphia for
ITS promotion He remarks upon the fishes Of our lakes are
truly valuable Some time ago remember reading an sc-
count Of hs m visit to Niagara and bis seeing there for the
hrst time garpke He asserts 0 b, reported cor
rec'y) that North America is the only country where this
hs hvesPobaby he said where this particular species lives
This would be correct He also said that The gapke is the
only representative ofthe period when =" that fish only lived
He added that he bad dis, twelve new kinds Of fishes
in Lake Superior
AuDuDos, the great conpeer Of Agass, is now residing
at Harlem His house is perfect museum OF natural his
tory We regret to say his powerful mind exhibits symptoms
OF sudden decay. His personal health il roodNY Post
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sgneo usce OF the peace for the county and above
menuoned -, who. being duly according to law,
declares tha' he y the identical who was - in the
company commanded by Captain -, in the regiment -
commanded BY -; that he enlisted on the -- day of
-, or the term OF - and discharged at - on the
- day Of ---, by reason of -
Sworn to and subscribed before the day end year above
written. -
II Is proper to stae for the information of om.n,
under the 9th section of the act Of February IL 1877 ba,
IN every instance in which volunteer soldier was asbarosi
on surgeons certificate, that paper must be sent y, m
Pension Office, with the claimants affidavit unass !, h
been otherwise disposed Of II lost he should state the fact
under OATH '
Q The official character and signature Of the magistrate
who may administer oath must be certified by the pronar
ohcer under his seal of Office The certificate must accn
every case and be attached the paper on which th
aidavitis is written. No affidavit taken before notary publc
can be admitted evidence except the States Hamp
she Connecticut Virginia. South Carolina Wisconsin and
Indiana, in which States laws have passed giving such officers
power to administer oaths for general purposes.
g. The REIMBURSEMENT of the right bounty land must he
signed by the CLAIMANT he wishes to receive scrip lieu Of
land and the REIMBURSEMENT be witnessed by some one
who writes legble hand.
A. Volunteers in some have been discharged from
the service without ever having received certificate to that
effect from the officer who discharged them Such have
occurred where entire regiment has been mustered out of
the service In such the claimant must make the oath
ofdeny required by the regulations and add to the state
ment to his service the following words 81 never received
any discharge. The regiment to which belonged was mus
tered out OF the service"
g. No assignment Of land scrip be made until after
land warrant has been issued from the Pension Office or
certificate Of scrip, as the case may be.
3. As there months volunteers who did NOT
march to the seat of war; ndpensaby necessary that
every soldier who engaged should produce the ceri
hcae OF the commanding officer Of the regiment or company
to which he belonged showing that he at the seat Of
The post which the soldier marched should be mem
toned
A
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Declaration Of The Soldier.

" -, county OF --.
On this - day Of -, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and -, personally appeared before me- the under
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
South CarOlima--YRr Calhoun.

The enemies Of Gen. Taylor are busily prop
agating false reports in relation to the attitude
of South Carolina, or which is the same thing,
John c. Calhoun, towards Gen. Taylor. They
pretend he is for Taylor. There is no truth
in the pretcnsion. The Locoloco press Of S,
Carolina, so far as we can learn, unitedly sup
port Cass, and as uniformly oppose Gen. Tay-
lor on the ground that he is unsound-i.c., is
not pledged, like Cass, against the Wimot Pro-
viso, The Wing Press (and one neutral pa
per in South Carolna) support Taylor, though
before the nomination they were for Clay.
No one suspects S. Carolina will vote for
TayIor-and for the reason that he stands, on
the Wilmot Proviso question, directly the re-
verse ofthe stand taken by Cass in his letter
pledging his veto to the Proviso should Con
grcss pass bill cmbodymg the principle en-
braced in it.
Mr. Lathrop, of n. Orleans, remarked at the
Wing Convention, that the Calhoun party had
been anxious to draw out Gen. Taylor on this
question, and on their side, that h" had not,
nor never would, acccdc to their wishes that
Gen. Taylor had resided so long in the free
States he had been convinced slavery should
not be extended over free territory.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

snperstrucIllre he built up and ccmcnted, let
each stone be raised and riveled, in spirit
ofnaiural brotherhood And may the earl-
est ray Of the rising sun---til that sun shall
set to rise no morc-draw forth from it daily
ns from the tabled statue ofaniquity, strain
olnationnl harmony, which shall strike res
ponsyo chord in every heart throughout the
Republic
Proceed, then, fellow citizens, with the
work for which you have assembled. Lay
tho corner stone of II monument which shall
adequately bospeuk tho gratitude o! the whole
American people to the ilustrious Father of
his country Build it to the skies you can
not onlrcach the holiness of his principles !!
Found it upon the massive and eternal rock;
you cannot make it more enduring than his
fame Construct it of the peerless Puriau
marble you cannot make it purer than his
life Exhaust upon il tho rules and princi-
pies Of ancient aud of modern art; you can
not mike it more proportonate than Ills char
actcr
But let NOT your homage TO his memory
end here. Think not to transfer to n tablet
or n column the tribute which is duo from
yourselves. Just honor to Washington can
only he rendered by observing his precopts
and Initiating his example. Simatudtne de-
C0remus He has built his own monument.
We and those who came after us, in success
legged guardians. The widespread Republic |
~ The true monument TO Washington. Main
tain its independence. Uphold its conslitu- !
tion. Preserve its union. Sefcud its liber- ,
ry. Let it stand before the world in all
its original streng h and beauty, securing
peace, order, equality and freedom all with
in its boundaries, and shedding light, and
hope and joy upon tho pathway of human
liberty throughout the world; and Washing
ton needs no other monument Others srruc-
lures may ftly testify our veneration for him
his this alone can adequately illustrate his
services TO mankind.
Nor does he need even this. The Repuh-
tic may perish the wide arch ofour ranged
Union may fall star by star its glories may
expire stone by stone its columns and its
4,api'ol may moulder and crumhle all other
names which adorn its annals may he for
gotten but rs long as human hearts shall
any where pant, or human tongues shall amy
where plead for true, rational constitutions
al, liberty those hearts shall cnsIlrne the
sncmory, and those tongues prolong the fame,
WASHINGTON
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
For the Gale DOMAIN.

MIR Editor: Perhaps some ofyour readers,
many Of them, think, will be interested in
looking Mt the following statistics of last win
ter schools in st. Johnsbury. Number of Dis
tricts IS; Families 202; children of School age
657; Number of weeks school taught by Male
Teachers l2lj weeks by Female Teachers 206
Amount of wages paid Males 1929; wages paid
Females t4i8, Al; cost fTeachers Board $5l2,-
49, cost Of Fuel Sl42,62. Amount of public
money appropriated$GO9,3
Cost of winter schools including only the a.
bove items, $l50I,41. Average wages paid
Males per week 1915. Average paid Females
81 Al. Average for each child of school age
$2;43. All this for one winter In view of
the large amount of money paid, and for other
reasons more weighty even than money, how
important that good and faithful Teachers be
selected, and our schools guarded with
watchful care and n wise supervision re
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

n-jsThc Buffalo Convention will undoubted-
~ be large--for the Sd party have some 49, or
20 600 voters in New York, near by, and the
Barnburncrs in the same State will turn in al
so; yet we have seen nothing that looks any
thing like the nominees of that Convention
being able to carry the electoral vote ofony one
State; therefore 30 far as Wings go into it, in
wing States they will but contribute to the
election Of Cass. We have always congratulate
ed ourselves, and had an easy conscience IN
the matter, thatin 1914, we did not even vote
in a Side,oay, or haif 'oay manner, for the an
ncxaton ofTexas, for the extension OF slav'
dry and the horrors Of the Mexican war, and
never mean to put ourselves in such position.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
THE NEW STEAMSHIP EUROPA,

Arrived at Boston on the 9th nit from T.iv.
crpool She brought no later news of any i'm
portancc. Paris remained in a comparatively
quiet statc;---thc cholera was raging in Rus
STA and ConstantnopIe, attacking such as used
green fruit too freely, but it was less violent
and fatal than on some former occasions:-thc
crops Of Europe are represented as generally
good; in Ireland new potatoes were in market,
and cheap too; in England money was plenty,
specie arriving and the manufacturing bust
ness improving, OF course, manufacturing
would he good and money plenty, as our loco
foco tariff invites British manufactures freely
into our country, and the producers ask and
take OFF orr specie TO pay for them. There are
enough of British Broadcloths in our country
now to last one year, and to satisfy, we should
think, any of our wool growers who have sup
ported the Polk Tariff;-or if they are not vet
satisfied, the prospect is that they will have a
chance to be, at least, so long as they support
the locofoco British Tariff policy.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
n Hi " G. A L. n I'D ID n \ "A ~
The Way the Southern Cass
Organ Talks.

The Washington Unon-the Cuss organ
south, published at Wushington-in an appeal
to the South against Gen. Taylor, and Jo'
Cass, says;
The picture Of GEN. Taylor agaiRSt the unaU.
hOri.ed USo IF The Dct0 pOicer is .cGicHiatcd 10
expose TIA wh0ic South to the WiimOt Proot$o !!'
Upon this, the marlborough Eagle justly
comments as follows!
Exactly So The Washington UniOa talks
to and for the benefit of the South, and it's tcs'
timony on this point deserves the consideration
cfevery Northern man The inference ofLhc
URi0n is we'll founded and inevitable from the
recorded opinions and pledges Of Gen. Taylor
Congress, and Congress alone has the power
of giving force to the Wilmot Proviso, in legal
shape, and the only question for Provso men
to ask, in connection with Presidential candi-
dates, is, will this candidate or the other, if
elected, carry out the expressed will of Con
grcss by signing any bill this body may pass,
affirming the principles of this measure, In
this case, the battle is between Lewis Coss and
Gen. Tlylor-onc or the other must be elect
ed, Cass, in his Nicholson letter pledges him
self TO veto any bill Congress may pass pro-
hibiting the extension of Slavery into the Ter
ritorics, while Gen, Taylor, in his Allison let
ter, so pledges himself against the use Of the
veto power to insure his signature to any
bill that Congress may pass for this Object
We say that the U"ion is entirely correct in
sounding the alarm to the South as it does,and
declaring that the election Of Taylor will ser
pose the ~hoic South 10 the Uiimot Pr0cis0. -
Declarations like these, coming from South.
crn sources, ought to be heard and needed by
the Liberty folks ofalI parties, who intend, by
supporting third candidates, to throw the in
the only candidate, according to such pro-
slavery authority as the Washington onion,
who can save the whole South from the VIII
mot Hroviso.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

n-TNothng can be more false than the in
sinuntion, that the support of Gen. Taylor, by
the Wings, implies an abandonment OF the
princplcs of the ordnance of 1887, or in other
words, the Wilmot Proviso, Put the worst
construction you possibly can upon Taylor's
position upon this question, you can make II
no worse than that he is neutralj and neu-
trail is much preferable to Cass, pledged to We
TO n proviso of this sort. II is eith,r Taylor or
Cass, and can be nothing else under present
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
4 I Il Z W HIG

Wings of Vermont--be firm in principle,
cheerful and conciliatory in temper, Jealous
in action. Never was there time more pro-
aItious for you if wisely improved. Disai-
fiction r0igns among the democracy; the
liberty leaders begin to despair Of their own
organization. Whigs--stnnd fast. Let
AIS hold on To our faith without wavcring: let
AIS abide by the good old republican policy
nf PROTECTION, which the condition Of
she country is now loudly demanding: let us
stick to our hoSiiLdyto Slavery and HtwS for
Conquest; let us go for REFORM III the federal
goverunent-for IN honest, economical, con-
rservative, constitutional, odd fashioned Rcpub-
aican administration; and in our candidates
DOR the state and for the Congress, Jet us have
only such men rs will faithfully, Zcalously 81
sincompromisingy adhere to these principles
AS party we 90 for Gen. TAYLoR,-wc
go for him as an honest, worthy, reliable man
3aedged to be the President of the country,
and to "HoLD HIS HAND" from ali matters re-
latiug to the domestic condition of the cOun-
ary. lie does not himself claim to be party
President; let us not hold him up rs such, hut
Jake him us he iset us denoUncc or Withhold
fellowship from no Wings ifsuch there are,
who think they will not support him; let us
not preclude honest democrats from support
ing ham. by treating Gen. Taylor rs party
Presdcnt. Let this Presidential question
stand where Gen. Taylor puts it. leaving al
political questions 10 be SeH'ed IN Congress by
OW Senator's and Representatives. Then the
dirst and read contest must he in the State and
and Congressional eicctions--in September
an tLat let us all act tremendously, unitedly,
Heaiousy, aud triumphnntly: let us elect our
whole Stale tickct,and Members of Congress
every man decidedly and uncompromising-
iy right on the all absorbing questions of
Slavery, Protection, and no more Wars of
Conquest We ought to carry every Con-
Grcssonal District: we can try, and give the
dong pull, the strong pull, and tho pull alto
gether, in September.
We need not quarrel as 10 the Presidential
qUestion--lhat does not come until Novem-
her. And now word as to that. The
Wings as body have adopted Taylor on his
own ground: they are honest and hearty in it,
as the best thing they can do. Some of our
number may not like it now--they may not
1hink they can go for Taylor in November
We ask them to avoid hasty plcdgcs-to act
"andidiy and consistently as Whigs-to a.
wait the ides of November and ;hcn vote
scogscientionsiy on the Presidential question:
We think they will then have clear sky
and n plain course, we think the line of duty
will he clear--the Wing party entirely har-
inouious;-that old ZACHARY TAYLOR will be
found worthy oftheir confidence and support
and that be will receive not only their votes,
fut some hundreds-nyc, few thousands
from those who do not usually act with the
Wing party. We know of strong men ofthc
iatter class alrcady-somG in our courtyard
with prudent action, the Presidential canvass
will result in n victory which no good Wing
Nill ever find cause TO rcgrct.--yNontpeLier
Uaichmnn.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05
Notice!! Wings of Orleans Co.

to meet in Convention, at the Town Hall in
Irasburgh, on Thursday the 10th day of Au-
gust next, ut one o'clock p NJ, to nominate a
candidate for Senator, to represent the Coun-
ty in the Legislature the ensuing year.
A general attendance is earnestly requested,
as it is expected that the Hon, SOLOMON FooT
viii be present, and address the Convention.
The near approach of another Presidential
election, the mournful experience OF a few
years past, presents to the Wings a very
strong nduccmcnt to make an united and en-
crgctic effort, to put down the present admin
istration of msrulc. BY order of the O, G.
Wing Committee. +. CLEVELAND, Chair
man q July, 1913.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

CuARACTERIsTIc. The Worcester True
Whig gives the following anccdote, which
sounds like truth:
Soon after Cass was made Secretary of
War, Scott meeting Taylor said to him, "Ah!
'raylor--a good appointment, that. We have
q Secretary now who understands our wants."
Taylor has two veins in his forehead, that,
when he is excited, swell out as large as n
Ghild's finger. These veins began to enlarge
81 don't know that, General" said he, he
knows his o,On wants. When he was Gov
sornor ofMichigan territory. he ordered me
to send him twelve of my hest looking and
tallest soldiers. and don't you think the ras-
cal kept six of 'em 10 row his boat for two
years and they were paid by the Government
ms my men,"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

official letter of Gov. Morchcad, informing
him of his nomination for the Presidency by
the Philadelphia Convention The letter was
received by him about the middle of July,
at his headquarters. 1t had been returned to
the Dead Letter Office at Washington, from
whence 1t was rc- forwarded to Gen. Tny !or--
His answer, after its reception by Gov More
head, will no doubt be published
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-08-05

o. Notwithstanding the locofoco Barnburn-
ers, at the Chittcnden County amagomation
Convention rejected the proposed amendment
declaring in favor ofthe abolition OF Slavery
in the District of Columbia, a loGofoco and n
third party mnn-Kasson and French-were
nominated candidates for the Senate The
Sd party men may swallow this, but we do not
believe a wing Convention could be organized
in Vermont that would declare against such
an amendment, or fifty wings found to sup
port ticket got up under such auspices
They are not pro slaUery enough for that