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Worcester, So. Probate Office, December 8, 1s4e.
10 all persons interested in the Estate of SAMUEL
BROWN, late of West Roylston, deceased, Greeting
VOU are cited to appear at a Court of Probate to be
holden at Worcester the first Tuesday of January
next to show why the first account rendered by
Moses A. Brown the Administrator of his ADMINISTERS
ton of said Estate, and his claim a creditor, should
not be allowed.
DI6d CHAS G. PRENTISS pec
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Notice.


TIVE CoPartnership heretofore existing under the firm
J. Of C. Brigham d. Co., dissolved on the first day
Of July last The affairs of the firm will be settled by c.
q j. NJ. Brigham. G. d J. M. BRIGHAM,
FRANCIS P. STOWELL.
Worcester Dec ~, l948
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BOARD.

GENERAL single Gentlemen can be accommodated will
- Board and pleasant Rooms at No. PARK STREET.
Nov I6, DIFF
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Wanted Immediately,

A N American Girl, to do the house work of a small
N family. Inquire of MRS. NJ. R. WILLIAMS l2l
Main st. Dec 5.
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Here il is.

Here il is--That shot from one Of the
Jefiersonians guns which has terminated
fatally to our existence. We give i, en-
tire, so that it may be seen, our physicians
are not TO blame they did all in their pow
er to keepour spiri, in its murdered cell, F"
but The wound was mortal, our case hope.
less. Here i, is:
"We have sometimes been asked why
we never notice any thing which appears
in our Wing contemporary Of this place.
To this our reply is-we dontthink itworth
while. 1t would be fooishness to get into
squabble with every little boy who may
Jump up in crowd, and blow penny
whistle, besides, there is nothing truer than
the old addage that if you wrestle with
sweep, you will be sure TO get blackened,
whether uppermost or undermost. More.
over, we have no time to waste, and the
proverb further saith "put a fool upon
horseback, and he'll ride to the gentlemen
in black, OF his own accord, which is YER.
lied in the case Of our amiable friend who
already boasts Of tuo devils connected with
his editorial department, not forgetting
that enierprlsing gentleman called "Mike."
We suppose Jenny Critus is turned
on, to grass.
Now, IN the name Of all that is motley,
does any enc expect that we should scr.
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The Free Soil Movement I'm n. G.

The climax Of audaciiy is reached by
the Democrats, when they charge that the
Free Soil movement in this State has been
first put in agitation by the Wings. The
Wings have no more 10 do with lis incep-
tion, than the Democrats usually have to
do with fairness and honesty. 1t is but
the part and parcel Of pIo, concocied
some years ago a, the North, by Leading
members Of the Democratic party. We
boldly charge it, and unhes,ta,ing call for
respectable proof to the contrary. 1t can.
DOT be adduced.
Who heads this Free Soil movement, in
the S ate now VIM. II. Haywood. Who
is Wm. ii. Haywood A Democratic ex.
Senator I" And thereby hangs taIe."-
Yes, and both head and tail of this move.
ment.
After Van Buren, was defeated in the
l544 Baltimore Convention, as might DO
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HARRISBURG CLUB.

We attended meeting Of this Club on
Saturday evening last, aud were much
pleased with its proceedings. II had been
reported to The prejudice ofthe Wing par.
", as well as rejecting on his consistency,
thu, E. c. Davidson Esq lately from Mex.
leo, had changed his politics, had become
enamored with and embraced the preten.
sons Of Democracy. Mr.. Davidson was
present on this occasion and Indignantly
denied the Truth Of the charge. He wish
ed it distinctly understood, that he was,
ever had been, and remained Wing and
wilh0u, much wiser reasons than any that
had ye, presented themselves to induce
change, should appeal to him, he should
ever remain Wing; true TO his own hon
est, and he believed carefully formed opin'
ions. true to The great Whigpar'y and true
10 those principles which invoied the best
interests Of his country. He looked with
contempt upon The charge. He had by no
aciion or word given authority TO ii he
had never given any one authority SO to
represen, him. He took his stand with the
Wings for Taylo and his Country. He
had fel, extremely mortified lha, his friends
should have been so imposed upon as to
be made believe he had proven derelict to
the obligations that rested upon him as a
member the Wing party. He now and
forever stamped the base falsehood, let
il have been started for what purpose i,
NAV, with its true character. He wished
his friends particularly SO to understand
the matter. Mr.. Davidson closed with a
beautiful tribute 10 General Tay Tor whom
he knew and revered, whom he knew better
than his revllers who have never seen him.
Mr.. D. pledged himself to give Old lack
his vote on the 9TH.
Mr.. Dayidson's remarks afforded consid.
cradle satisfaction TO those present. After
he had taken his seat Mr.. VIM. l.. David
son was called for, who, rose and made some
quite appropriate Temaks. He alluded ii
a very feeling manner to the pride true
patriot takes IN his country, to the interest
Americans took in theirs but feared that
should Cass be elected our pride would bc
humbled and all the interest we might takt
would then be Intellectual in saving US from
the ruInous consequences which would Ell
sue his election.
Some further remarks were nude by
others who were called on, after which thC
Club adjourned in the best spirits We have
seen any where exhibited.
BY the way most Of the changes which
have been reported among the y. c. vol
unteers are Just such as this Of Lieutenau
Ddiidson's.
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foucault. Horace or Cicero and il NAV 1.
moreover opined, that oil the presen, w.;
ter knows Of those authors has been iuh,,
cd, from having troddsn the ground srd
brea,hed the air, made classic BY the .ro s
sence Of the Jsiiersonian. r'
John ia his third epislle. wrote Of On.
Dio,rephes, belonging to a certain cbu,rS
/" who--said he-love,h TO have tho NJ
eminence among them" Ia lha, d.y r. =.
and in this, persons Of that charac,e, 20. ~
der themselves obnoxious to the anim.s
versions Of the people, and to the cha,..
Of self exal,ine vanity and obliusive. m.S
ding presumption. A Daguerreo,, "a as
Diotrephes would be o good minaiu,. &c
the Jeifersonian.
A fly once, being upon Chario, vbeo,
that was revolving very rapidly, shook i.
tiny wings and exclaimed in The loude,,
accents Of fly language: "Ye Gods wis,
a dus, zee raise" The JefIersonian ,s.,.s
on the hub Of the Chario, wheel Of a.
mocracy, cries out "Clear the way =.
Carolina Wings. what noise and souia.
sion re makes"
/ A parcel Of apples were once floating
down q stream, accompanied by,a no, yer,
homogeneous. companion, a sort Of dis.a,a
comrade-h having the figure nearly, bu,
not the substance Of an apple. and The I,,e,
complacen,ly remarked. How rs oppl,,
swim" II can DO imagined how eompl,.
Gently the JcfIersoninn locke Al the UuiOo
and Standard" and says TO himself
" How porerfui WE are"
The Jefiersonian says: Carolina WL;s
should know, plain folly 10 no, w.t." Ir.
ac,ly what have been aiming q, NOT 10
that kind Of folly which is dressed I'D in
the gaudy colours Of eeofi'm. wit. The
no Mr.. F., may have so endeavoured to die.
guise plain folly !" nor is arrogance
greofncss, nor 10 presumption, merit a,
leas, ,hey are not so defined abou, here. .,
! he will one day learn, when he gsn ode,
IL not wiser.
II may be true rs the JeiT.isonian sery
learncdly and eloquenily remarks that
L" have no brains " b. the posersl I" hos
could | have, when hc has the part. lba,
was to have fallen to my shsfs bu, Il sseA
is The case, and he even have all The bralss,
there are eyes enough in the community
to distinguish genuine greatness, i.om 4
mask, AMI which are mol to be cheated -
to the belief,h a, painted domino as 10 Ii,
ease, covers any thing else but selfagsnu.
died pretonsions.
CAROLINA WIG
P.S. The letter .onian has conferred
on me the degree OF A. $. s. aud has 'aa.
cd my diploma with his signature" JOhs
Donkey :" Knowing as he does, that, Il
: takes professor Of the came character, 10
confer q degree like in kind" CIV.
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Communication.
YoR rur CHARLOTTE JOURNAL.
" Every now and thon --JU0oasor.


Mn. EDITOR -" How the CALLED jade
winces." may in The opinion Of the JEFF.
lersonlan be o very small affair. think
ashumbly Of myself. lie may be lion, bu,
so small thing as gnat has been known
to get into the nostrils Of a lion, and tease
hun almost 10 desperation. | do not say
1t is IN The power Of the Carolina Wing. to
act so important part as the gnai, but Il
may, wllhuu, any reservation be said, let
the Jetiersonlan DO ever so magnificent a
lion, he is still vulnerable in some sensitive
parts, and open 10 the attacks Of smaller
animals than his dignfed self.
II strikes mo the Jcfersonian meas.
ures other peoples corn By bis half bush.
ell" in more chaste language, measures
other 5 motives, by his Otrn rdniiy Feel.
ing lha, he ought 10 be acknos lodged, the
"head and front OF all learning, he looks
upon every reflection upon his conduct, as
an nfringcmen,upon his prescrplIye right,
and as an unwurrauled dctrac,ion from his
just prerogatIve; but he may as well come
on, from the glare Of that imaginary glory
he has thrown around himself into plain
common day light, and learn that in this
country, where lions may roar bu, mol gos.
ern, the actions Ct every one are amena.
bic TO the inspection and remark Of oil /;
and that person renders himself notorl.
ously ridiculous, when he puts on the airs
0! village bUrgo.mnSter, or thinks him.
sell pre.ominentiy tho paragon Of excel.
lence md wisdom: hut to the matter of
measure alluded 10. Vain himself he in.
Inmates in his last paper, that was cndea.
vourIng TO appear learned. Dear Editor
Just a word or two, aud the community
cannot misconceire the drft Of the last ar
,icle wrote The Jeilersonlan is at libor.
~ TO intimate wha, he pIesses.
1t will be seen by reference, that in
the first article made only few quota.
tons; and they were as familiar to church
going people as their pews; they we're prn.
cipaIly from that old book The Bible. The
Jeffersonian replies, or notices, or has his
Joke, as he calls Il, over, that and to dis.
play hts vast lore, quotes learnedy from
Shakespeare, to show he could threw nv
homeiy quotations in the back ground. -
Now the next article Of Carolina Wing
quoted few, very few authors, with whom
It was presumed tho JefIorsonian was peru
familiar, as he was so learned. TWAS by
no means intended to impress upon the
community the idea, that the writer was
learned all its aim, was to accord with the
taste and vast requirements OF the learned
gentleman who pres,llcs over tho des,inies
OF tho Jeforsonian. If you choose, 1t was
opIncd, that no one but genus of his cal.
,bre, one who had drank deeply Of the
ficrlan spring, had ever heard Of Roche.
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be CONSIDERED doubtful -

The Boston Atlas says, that the loss
Of Pennsylvania would not make the con
les, by any means desperate. The loss Of
it to the Castles, destroys their las, rem
nnnt OF hope" Tay lor then has $50 votes,
by no means doubtful, sufficient to cleo.
him. Coun, the following: Georgia 10,
Florida 3, Ohio % and Iowa which viii!
in all probability vote for Taylor and we
have 100 electoral votes for our candidate.
Wings be Of good cheer bright day is
dawnng.
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GEORGIA.
Not much TO Fire 1900 guns over.

The Charleston Courier. OF Monday,
SAYS "Our friend Of tie Macon Journal
and Messenger informs US lha, the whole OF
the counties in Georgia have been heard
from, and the aggregate vote shows a ma.
iority of 26l votes for the Democrats.
The Charlotte JclTersonian claims the
honor Of having fred "the first" of those
1900 guns. Recen, and moro authentic
accounts, reduce the majority below 26l
votes, which makes i, about @ gnnsto vote.
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reasonably expected, party sprung up IN
his favor at the North, which was to man.
age the wires adroitly for q successful op.
era,ion of his in lsis. Northern interests
and northern tariff men were to be ccncil.
lated, and consequently affiliated with the
movement. In accordapcs'with this plan,
right-.Van Buren's Northern ally,
voted for the lsi2 Tariff; and Haywood,
his Southern right hand man, refused to
vo,e asans, it. Not being sufficiently pres.
Gent to forcsee the casualties, which have
since frustrated the consummation Of it du-
ring the present year, high hopes were en-
,ertained that they would succeed. Hay.
wood was to carry BY ancient affection the
Democrats of the South, and by his refusal
TO vote agains. the AZ Tariff, some Of the
Southern Wings, and reconcile the North
to his influence: and Wright by his vote
in that Tariffs favor, was to effect similar
result. Then their united efforts were to
elect Van Buren,, one or tho other Of them
being Vice President, and one or the other
Secretary Of State. In the mean time,
Van Buren, was to take hold Of the first alb.
clifton movement, and by the prestige OF
his name, and the CO operation Of the other
two, make ii popular. Such is an insight
into their plan, which is easily apprehen-
ded by any one taking the trouble TO inves.
,igate the circumstances.
Wright died, the ls46 Tariff was passed,
which made Haywood Unexpectedly fall
into disfavor with his old friends. Had
the 46 Tariff not passed, Haywood could
easily have satisfied his constituents about
his position. These unforeseen casualties
initiated agains, their schemes, so far as
ls4s is concerned; but the scheme is 10
existence vel, and as Mr.. Barrinsor re.
marked in his speech: Evan Buren, is not
playi ing game now for ls46, bu, for 1852
or 1856"
HAYWOOD a Democratic ex-senator is
heading the Democratic movement IN this
State. The game is playing. The Wings
wash their hands of it. They are clear OF
it. Although Haywood may be glad to gel
every Wing he can influence, to Join the
National Democratic Van Buren, Free
Soil standard"
Let the Wing press Of the State SPEAK
gu, in clarion tones on this subject. lie
them charge this movement back upon i,
instgators, aiders and abet;ors.
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what are orr Prospects NOw.3

We will state with candor and frankness,
what we think the "sisns Of tse times
indicate, and Sc, down withou, the bias Of
Partially, or the influence Of prejudice,
such states for Taylor, and such only, as it
must be conceded recent developments
fairly en,ltle him 10. The result, in Penn.
sylvania it may be said, has decided the
contest for President. II has been looked
upon as the State, where was to be fought
the Buena Vista Battle Of the Compression
al elections: i, has resulted in the defeat
Of the enemy and the Santa Anna Of De-
mocracy-the aggadocio, in other words,
Of Democracy-has retired withou, hopes.
Here are the States not one Of which can
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Daniel webster on Abolition.


Daniel Webster on ADoiitio"'
A grea, parade was made Of Daniel
Webster's speech at Marshheld and Inc
futile attempt was made, to convince the
public that he was an Abolitionisi, that ne
was in favor of Taylor, and that conse'
quenlly, the General was not to be trusted
on tina, question. We did not trouble our
self nor our readers. with refutation oil
what so plainly carried the Cain like mark
on its face, and left il, to go with the rest
of Democ ratio forgors aud lorgsries, TO The
Land of Nod.
The following, by those who love hon.
esty and truth more than they do political
dishonesty and chicunery, will be read with
interest.
Hon. Daniel Webster said in n late speech !:
81 say that oil ngita,ions and attempts
10 disturb tho relations between master
and slave, by persons no, living IN The slave
States. are unconstitutional in their spirit,
and, in my opinion, productive OF nothing
but evil aud miseh ief. | countennnce none
Of them. The manner 10 which the Gov
eminent Of those States where slavery ex.
lists are to regulate il, is for their own con-
sideraton under their responsibility 10 their
constituents. 10 the general laws Of propri.
ETY., humanity and just &C, and TO God
Associations formed elsewhere, spf'nsing
from feeling Of humanity, or any other
cau.c, have nothing whatsserto do with It.
They have never received any encourage.
mcnt from me, and they never will. In my
opinion, they have done nothing but TO delay
and deieu, their own protested"
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Dialogues Of Devils.
(Printer's Deriis.)

Jake-Whu, are YOU examining
Mlke-Tho Charlotte exchange. II
represents the editor as shooting pop gun
a, d" boy who jumped up in crowd and
blew penny whistle"
Nike have a connundrum 10 propose.
II "Carolina Wing has no brains"
how long would il take. Northern man
who is no boy, 10 acquire " Southern prin
eipiss'"
Jake-Abou, as long as i, would take a
neophy,e "pIiest to road out Of tho Dem.
cratic church oil Of the elders" tha, had
been serving for go years"
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ALABAMA

The Wings are making exertions 10 this
Safe, which should be an example to their
brethren in Virginia. Persons recently
from the Northern part Of the State, speak
OF II as blaze Of Wbiggery. The Wings,
they say, are confident Of carrying the
State. After the Pennsylvania election,
nothing can astonsh us.--Riek. Wig.
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OUrs, IfuIy,
REVERDY JOHNSON.
AdJu,an, General Jones, Washington.
ADJ utant General JOaes's reply.
WASHINGTON. Ger. 9. ls4s

WASHINGTON, Ger. 9, l545.
Dea, Sir: duly received your letter
OF the 30th uliimo. and, having examined
the article Of the " Union Of September
2- referred TO, have no hesitation in saying
that all the pay and allowances specified
as having been received by Major General
Taylor were in strict conformity to law
and the regulations Of the War Depart.
ment made pursuan, thereto and are pre-.
eiseiy such as any other officer similarly
situated would have been entitled to re.
ceive.
am, SIR, very respectfully, your obed.
ent servant,
X. JONES, Adj. General.
Hon. r. Johnson, Baltimore, Md.
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Il We are authorized TO announce Mr.. SAM
UEL w. RODGERS, as Candidate fOr the Office
Of County Surveyor
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~ Several communications not Of .
political nature, are deferred until the Po'
li,icaI excitement has somewhat subsidized
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FRIDAY. OCTOBER 81, ls4s.
WING ELECTORS.

WHIG ELEC KOkNS.
Distrt No. i-KENNETH RAYNER.
No. 2-EDWARD STANLf.
Ne. 3-nEN2Y w. MILLER.
No. Nv. u. WASHINGTON.
No, 5-GEORGE DAVIS.
No. s-JOHN WINSLOW.
No. JOHN KERR.
No. s-RAWLEY GALLOWAY.
No, 9-JaMES w. OSBORNE.
No. l0-TODD r CALDW ELL.
No. ll-JOHN BAXTER.
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A DREAM.

yos ruR casnLorrE IouiSlL.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-29
TlXE CONTRAST.
'AYLoR PREFERABLE TO CAss.

Both in their general views then, and o n the
most momenous and urgent questions Of the
day, Cass and Taylor arc antagonists. Gen.
Cass arms himselfwith 4 veto, to thwart the will
of the people, to override the decisions of Con.
gress and set up as supreme law the will of cor
rupt party leaders whose supple too he has con-
sened TO be. What would it avail, then, were
the people OF this nation TO rise in their might
and elect Congress bound to adopt anew the
glorious ordinance of 'e7, if Lewis Cass shall sit
in the Executive Chair?-a Northern man and
two years ago an ayowed proviso man, but now
traitor to freedom and himself stripped of The
power 10 assent TO the Wilnlot Proviso and
bound TO Veto it, BY affirming that it is uncon-
stitutional But could we have Congress sound
on this question If LEWIS CAss is TO be cleo
ted 1t is doubtful whether Free Soil ma
orlty in the House could be carried in that O.
vent: the same causes that would elect Cass,
an avowed Ssvocratic dough face as he is,
would be likely to carry the House also AT
least it would carry the Y,ee Presdenf,-a sla-
vocrat by birth and education, and by far the no.
oiSl iHuH OF tne Two. I1OW tntn WOulu VIC
stand BY the annexation of Texas, the Slav-
ocracy has balanced the poirer in The Senate !;
there are thirty Senators from the free States
and thirty from the slave and the Baltimore
caucus has decreed the casting role 10 The Siavoc
racy! We say, therefore, that with the election
OF CAss and BUTLER ALL is LosT--clearly, I'M
questionably, now and forever. Though the
House might be carried, the Senate would prob
ably be against U.S. aud were both branches
sound, the Executive stands bound TO crush the
last hope of freedom by the tyranica Veto.
On the other hand GEN. TAYLOR is pledged
against The Peio. lie is to stand on neutral
ground as President of the United States, bound
only to respect the will of the people. lie
leaves the people Of all parties perfectly free to
make up the issue ON this momentous Slavery
question: and TO decide it for themselves. Let
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-29

1NCENDrARiEs IN SPORT. On Tuesday eve
ming two buildings in the heart of the village
were set on fire by The boys playing with fire.
balls. Another dangerous sport IL the explosion
Of fire-crackers in the public streets. This will
never do, boys. Either go ON TO the hlllO where
no harm can be done, or give up the sport en-
tirey Ii you endanger lives and property in
this fashion, you will compel older people to
play the dangerous game OF grdb-and- lock up
wllh YOU That is rather solemn fun.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-29

NEw-YoRK PoLITlcs. good friend of ours,
a resident of New-York, Insists that we must
make the dmfnde for allowing eight tenths of The
locos of New-iork 10 the Barnburners. He is
a liunker-not very old though, and clever
iellow TO boot; but rather TOO clever for his own
side in claiming that only one tenth is due to the
Barnburners. Since both factions are to run
separate tickets there will be fine chance of
deciding the question: guess we will wait awhile
and see the votes counted,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-29
June oath, iS45.
The first Railroad i'm Vermont.

The passenger cars of the Vermont Central
Railroad run to Bethel on Monday last for the
first time. There was no celebration set down
in the bill, nevertheless several of the Boston
friends would come up, and good number of
the people from the neighborhoot would be there
to see. Gentlemen capable of judging ex-
pressed complete satisfaction with this trial of
the road. II any body doubts about there being
a railroad in Vermont, and first rate one, so ia r
as completed, let them 60 and see for them
selves
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-29

WoNpERs OF SCIENCE. MOrses Telegraph,
Rays Phonetic Telegraph flor transmission OF
sound) and sundry other remarkable scientific
discoveries will be exhibited at the Free Church
On Monday evening next at ell ht o'clock. by
Mr., }. X. Raw, public lecturer on Natural Sci
ence. The Telegraphs of both sorts will be put
into operation, SO as to be witnessed and under
stood by ALL We know nothing Of Mr.. Ray, but
il he does what is here promised in his behalf,
none will go away uninterested.
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o. William J. Graves has been appointed
by Gov Owsley of KY, to succeed Mr.. CrItten-
den in the U. 5. Senate. Mr. Clay declined.