The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-27

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Powers.
This from the Patriot, in consideration Oh
IL Tho circumstances, is certainly good
We have heard it stated that at the y. iate
celebration of the opening OF inc sullivan
Railroad, at Windsor, one oil the managers
of the Central RAILROAD was heard 10 men
tion the town of MOntPetier SeVerai Dos
ton stockholders in the Central, looked IN the
f,ce of the speaker, and muttered inquiring-
ly, acknowledgements IS that Z
"a small town back Of Northfeld,' was the
reply.
MAIL THROUGH acknowledgements
are making through the west. at chicago,
Milwaukee and in Northern Indiana, to
induce our Government TO send the East
ern mail through Canada. We should
o,in by such an arrangement, from TOUR
70 six days over the ordinary mail route
around the Lakes.-DCtrOH AdU.
Mr.. CLAYTON AND GEN. TAYLOR
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American, speaking
of Gen. TAvLoR's letter to Mr.. CLAYTON,
rendering the place of Secretary of State
under the incoming administration, says
Like all Ger. Taylor's productions, 1t
is brief pertinent and explicit. 1t con-
sists of one hundred and twenty two
words. Gen. Taylor opens by stating that
he had been unable, before III, period of
writing, TO determine defnitively upon
anv arrangements for his Cabinet, (Which
explains why Mr.. e. was not addressed
mon the subject previously and that he
places at Mr.. C.'s disposallhe Department
of State. and hopes that it may be accep-
ted He closes by saying that, in offer
mo Mr.. Clayton the first position IN the
Cabinet, his acceptance will be equally as
gratifying TO the wishes Of the country as
il will be agreeable TO him who tenders It,
AZ Mr.. STEVENS, the Free Soil candI-
date for Congress in the lid. District OF
New-Hampshire, has withdrawn in favor
of Mr.. Peaslee, the present Loco>Foco
incumbent.
~ The Louisville Journal says that
the Slave Question will not embarrass the
administration of General Taylor III the
least-that the settlement belongs not TO
the President and his Cabinet, but to Con-
gress; and to that body alone its settle
ment will be left. The same article dep
recates, in strong terms, the arrest of the
Wilmot Proviso by the Executive veto-a
calamity which would result in the most
terrible condition of political hostllties
between the North and the South. If
any President of the United States were
TO put his veto upon the Wilmot Proviso,
the people of the non-slave-holdlng States.
who have the supremacy Of numbers,
would keep the question in agitation until
the next Presidential election, and then,
hv their strength as a sectional and gees
graphical party, elect man who would
not veto the Proviso The Louisville
Examiner contains a long address, signed
lr several citizens of Kentucky, urging
the people to incorporate a gradual eman-
riprion clause in the new constitut ion.
THE GOLD DOLLAR.
The Editor Of he Tribune. writing from
Washington, under date of Feb. 81, saws -
have seen the GoLD DOLLAR, and very
pretty coin it is. Let us have such coined
irabundance, aud silver ihree-:eut piece
20 match | trust al who are hostile 10 small
/ Bank Noies will go IN for the Gold Dollar
1 and The friends of Cheap Postage Tor the
ihree-cenI piece-or two ii we caa have Post
aye so low have no faith in laws sup
pressing small Bills while the People ind
hem convenient. can perceive no good
reason for such suppression-but | shall very
willingly see them snp2lanted by something
more acceptable. The Silver Dollar is a
clumsy and cumbrous affair; The Gold Dol
lar is new broom which will sweep clean
for Il time. doubt not that its coinage vii
4 be ordered very SOON So prepare for The
4 golden Fhower IN. B. They will have tc
he earned like other dollars, except from Cal
ilornia diggers and traders, and the manu-
taciurers Of wildcat Bank paper. Good
dollars, Specie or Paper, imply The payment
Of an equivalcnt.)
Il The Ihrce-cent piece is greatly desirable
1 not quarteI-dime, as some have contend
ed. With this addition 10 our present COIN
age, it wonld never be necessary 10 give
more than one cent in making change, Let
US have Low Postage and convenient coin
ARAB CANDIDATE FOR PREsIDENT.-One
I Of the votes cast for President of the French
Eepuhlic, at the ballot in Paris, was for ADD
] e Nader. 1t is understood to have been Civ
by the Marquis de la Rocheiaquelin, who, be
ing a sort of French Algerine Arab lndepen
dent Democratic Free Soil Wing, could moi
conscicntiously vote for any regular Christian
candidate.-Bo5fOn Courier.
IMPORTANT DEcIsIoN.-Judge Eldred ,o
Pennsylvania, has decided that listening at q
key hole, though highly indecorous end inn
proper in men is Unsuitable in women, owing
10 the natural curiosity of the sex. The la
Adies, certainly, are indebted 10 the galIahtry
If the worthy Judge for this exception il
their favor.
UsURY.-The Legislature OF Wisconsin
has disposed of The Usuiy question in sum
mary manner. The following brief, but de
rsve ACT, was passed by large maJorilies II
both Houses:
Sec. Any rate ofinterest agreed up or
by parties in contractshall be legal and val
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