Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-01-21
VERMONT PHOENIX.
BrattlebOrO, Friday, Jan. 81, IS4S.
Editorial Correspondence.

WAeuf~nroN Ian "A 1919
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only s,aoo. routo xc have found in our ;onrnev
IN his ,loco and !, u.. tho mos, ,od;o,s ,ar, Is
Il tbouob tho railroads south If Wasb;ncton oro
in as bad condition as they well can he.
stopped in Snring6elj and had sone on,or.
tunitv 10 soc the nlace II is ono of tho ear In.
calties that il particularly built nm Inv the ma
sage of n railroad through II. In general. I
believe. the benefits of n railroad are d;fF,,sed
through the surrounding country. but snr;r,.
field seems 10 he AN exception. IL. growth T.
very rapid. and II il destined IN be a.. la-oe c;t,
We arrived in this city on Thursday, the 9th
inst, after brief soourn in New York. The
city exhibited the usual complement of hustle,
noise and dust burglaries, larcenes and frauds /;
wealth in silks, and poverty in rays; elegant Ia
dies in satin sl;nners and srlend;d o,,;ro,,os
lav;sb;,o oorossas o,,,.u,, 49,, l.,5;.l 81
III. - -. =. -,
anu ss" -"oi"."' ei""n"s Mons'
.'''l''neu anu s".er,"g' WIN surviving ennuren
:" '1'" manu- nnP'ori"s' VII" 'sar'"' e!es, 'he
',uinUs 'ia. i'h' iion' 'ne rich man 'aoie
anu alt '"e o'ner extreme contrasts IN 'ne phys
.'", mural anu Soc'Hi co"u'''ol' OF nanknu'"n,ch
" po'sio'e 70 CONCEIVE may 'ake occasion
'" "ou'e so'',e Vi 'hesc ne'eAi'er' ior 'ne oeheh
~ persons VINO a'e iong'ng 10 exchange 'he IA
',on,h anu quiet enloymen's OF country lhe' Tor
'he near'iess' unnatural aruheial and unsatisiy-
ing pleasures Oh Guy existence But al present
we are a' the centre oil the represented wisdom,
.n'e',ee"oe' 'ir'ue anu Pa'riousin Oh inns migh'y
iNePuonc-or' IN sooer prose- at 'he great human
ne'.'ee''e u "'e on'on' anu si'ai, re expected
s'e soiiie aoeouh' Vi inc animals KEPT IN IL
oh .he uAy .. our ARRIVAL ! 'si'eu 'he 'ap'-
'o'' a"u 'ou"u 'd' e'i'v' VI 'A. 'I'nu' uescah'-
ing ~ 'ne senate upon 'ne A'eNicah war; IN re-
ply W ms oo"oague' "ir "onns"n' ne niaue
very eo'u sPeeen' anu n''u All easy 'Ask IN snow
my inc sosuru''y o' ms oo'leaeue Pos'uon' Mr.
o"n"son P'o'ss U" wing Du' usually ac~
-, - an ~ ~, - you rssu nus
.c,rouy h.o,,,, ,,o ,-.r. L. -, -, A.. -
our part the war Is Ju-s and honorable; = and
yet he condemns the President, for, as he SAYS,
"precptating us into the war"-premises, ut
terly inconsistent and aniagonstic, for IL the two
first propositions are true, if Mexico begun hos
tilities, and If the war on our part is "iust and
honorable" then the President in prosecuting 4,
with vigor, is acting Justly and honorably, and
should be upheld and sustained, II is said that
the Legislature of Maryland, now in session, will
soon officially advise Mr. johnson that he does
not represent the opinions of the Wbigs of the
State.
AT the same time of the speech of Mr. Pearce,
there was a scene of great interest in the u. S.
Supreme Court, which was sorry not to wit
ness. A decision was pronounced in the case of
Mrs Gen. Gaines rs. Patterson. before n large
audience, of which Mrs Gaines was one. The
interest of ii to her may be imagined, when it is
considered ,ba, the dec;s;on ;nvolxed bor rich,
to an estate of over hrenty millions of dollars,
and it was final and irrevocable adjudication
upon it; but you cannot enter into her feelings
on hearing, as she did, full, co,npIefe and ri
unlpAant decision in her favor. without knowing
the trials, difficulties and prosecutions size has
encountered in bringing her case before the
Cou,t and y;,ho,, Lnovin,, .,so d., ,ha L.,