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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-01-05
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FROM THE
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BY THE LATE
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HON. ALEXANDER FRASER TYLER,
Senator ofhe College of Justice and Lord Commiss
Toner of .Jlsticiary in Scotland and former Profess
or of Civa History, and Greet and Roman Antqui-
Ties in tie University Of Edin5urg.
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DENTISTRY.

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ADVANTAGES OF NEwsPAPERs.-Some
years ago. lady noticing neighbor Of
hers was not in her seat at church on the
Sabbath, called. on her return home, to en-
quire what should detain so punctual an at
iendant. On entering the house she found
the family all busy at work. She was sur
prised when her friend addressed her with
"Why, Ia where have you been to-day,
dressed in your Sabbath day clothes 7"
"ro meeting"
"Why, what day is IN"
Sabbath day."
"Sal, stop washing this minute.-Sab-
bath day Well, don't know, for my
husband has got so plaguy stingy, he won't
take the papers now, and we know nothing
Well, who preached 7"
"Mr MSS
"Whai did he preach about!"
"On the death Of the Saviour"
"Why, is he dead Well, well, all Gre
alton might be dead, and we know nothing
about il. II won't do; we must have the
papers again, for every thing goes wrong
without them. Bill has almost lost his
readin', and Polly has got moPish again,
because she has got no poetry and stories
to read. Well, if we have to take cart
load of potatoes and onions TO market, 1
tciH hare newspaper"
MoRAL.--Those who do not take news
paper don't certainly know anything.
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NUMBER go.

The old gentleman and his wife came
hume la rAOeitent spiIi,s, iusi-s s.~~-L rris0
had become the purchaser OF their former
abode, Mr. Middleions mind quite al ease
respecting his favorite elm trees; and when
they learned further Of all that had occur
red during their absence, and how their dar-
ling Sophy-now so smiling aud happy
was to become the mistress once more Of
the dear "old place." their cup Of Joy and
contentmenl seemed full TO OVERLOOKING
Grandmother reminded Sophy that "she
had told her year ago that Archie Harris
would make the best husband in the world
always excepting her old man !" while
grandfather could only clasp his wi,hered
hands, and raise his sightess eyes in silent
CALCULATIONS Of gratitude and love.
Genuine lovers Of love stories like 10
hear OF that devouily-wisbed for censuma-
,ion--a wedding; but editors, and some
other people, best fancy jumping at the
conclusion at once. So, most kind reader,
whoever you may be, please 10 imagine
Archie Harris and his bride quietly settled
at Brookvile before the autumn commenc-
ed-the hoppiest people in the wide world /;
while grandmother is busiest Of the busy,
all day long, in her accustomed haunts I;
and grandfather sits under the shadow Of
his beloved elms, almost forgetting his
misfortunes of their year OF exile, in the
added happiness Of his darling Sophy.
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ANOTHER OF 'EM.-"Got a paper 10

ANOTHER OF 'EM.-"Got a paper 10
spare ?"
Eyes, sir; here's one Of our last
Would you like to subscribe, sir, and take
it regularity"
al would-bul | am too poor"
That man had just returned from the cir
Gus, cost so cents; lost time from his farm.
so cents whisky, judging from the smell,
at least so cents-making dollar and
half actually thrown away, and then beg
ging for a newspaper, alleging that he was
too poor TO pay for il
That's what we call Saving at the Spite
and losing at the bung.hole."
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sY mister, will you lend pa your news
paper He only wants it TO send to his
uncle in the country" 90, certainly /!
And ask your father il he'll just lend me
the roof Of his house, only want the
shingles 10 make the tea-ketlle boil"
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e1 Good newspapers have been called
the only paper currency that Is worm "o'e
than gold and silver.
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Fsr The best cure for hard times Is TO
cbea, the Doctor by being temperate, the
LAWYER by keeping out of debt, and the
Demapogue by voting for honest men but
PAY TaE PalsrRR, ii you wish to prosper
and be happy.
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sa-A man who would deliberately cheat
the Printer, has soul small enough to dance
hornpipc in a musquiio's ws,ch'iob-
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The FoLKs VINO DON'T TAKE News
PAPERs.-The Locoioco Representative
from Florida, Berkshire CO., Mass, did not
attend the recent extra session Of the Legis-
ature, as he had not heard Of ii II seems
he didn't take paper. So Gen. Cass lost
a vote, and the intelligent Representative
lost his pay and mileage, amounting 10 some
s43 l-Springfeld Republican.
We have known numerous instances Of
this sort A somewhat extensive Flour
dealer in Western County, was so SUI
premely parsimonous that he pertinacious-
y refused, though frequently solicited, to
take daily paper The result was that he
was behind his neighbors in the receipt Of
the sudden rise in the price Of breadstufs
in lS47.
An intelligent patron Of the press took
advantage Of this fact, purchased thou
sand barrels of flour from him before break
fast, upon which he realized a profit Of
: 500 in four days
Determined not 10 be caught in this
manner again, the parsimonious dealer was
in the habit of visiting a certain barber's
shop in the neigborbood Of his residence,
to steal the news. This kept him properly
advised for time, and 10 one overreached
him. Upon a certain occasion, however,
news was received which depressed the
market; and some wags determined to pun
nlsh the man who wouldn't take the papers
They accordingly assembled la the barber's
shop earlier than usual, and awaited the ar
rival Of their victim. The moment he
presented himself, one OF the conspirators
commenced reading what he called the lat
est Geographic despatch, announcing an adj
vance in the price of Flour. The instant
he heard this, the victim decamped, pounc-
ed upon the first dealer he met, (who hap
pened to be in the plot,) offered him the
ruling price Of the day previous for thou
sand barrels, struck the bargain and paid
over before he discovered that he would
lose nearly $1,000, because ihe morning
paper was not lefi at his house
Albany Ereaing Journal
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RYTHER d PLATT.
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OFF C Emo. wHEELER's STONE BUILDING.
TERMs.-To single subscribers, $500 year. To
Companies, and those who pay in advance, liberal
discount will be made.
Indiana State sentinel., 1849-09-06
Pub,ic seu,iu,ent---Gem. Lane.

Gen. LANE, gallant old Jo-the noble hearted
leader whom his brave men delighted to call the
"Marcn of the war'-has been removed by the pre-
sent Heroic administration y from the governor
ship of Oregon. This done after the reception
of intelligence that Mexican wbiggery had been
swept from old JOS state, chaf is scattered by the
whiflwind The deep chagrin felt by the cabinet up
Oh thus being let down by the true-hearted democracy
of Indiana, could only work itself off in exhibitions
of petty spite against distinguished Indiana demo-
crat. Hence the removal of Gen. Lane; and if this
was not the cause of his removal, what was! Does
he lack the Essential prerequisites2" No Whig
dare say it, Did he not cover himself with glory as
with mantle, by his intrepid bearing during his
whole connexion with armies in Mexico, and is
it proper and just for Gen. Taylor-who gained the
capital which made ham PRESIDENT on the same thea
tre-to thus prescribe for opinions sake, brother In
arms! Is this the mugnanimity of soldier or is
it rather the act of vindctive and mean-sprIicd
man, who cannot understand the nature of that 'nice
of honor which peculiarly distinguished the
profession of arms! We look upon the removal Of
Gen. Lane by Gen. Taylor violation of honor,
and whether the responsibility of the act rests with
the executive directly his advisers, he is equally
disgraced by ii. Ii it mas been done by Taylor him.
self, then is there for him. If by the cab
net then is the position of the President even
disgracefuI in the eyes of all honest men, for he has
not the manliness TO power for the exercise
of which the country holds him responsible. We
greaty mistake lne spirit OF tnc people Oh 1huIanh D.
they do not in addition 10 what they have already
done give Tayorsm to understand that it can't, from
this time forward hope for guarantees within thei
borders. Hamilton, o., Telegraph.
| Many of our contemporaries express surprise fha
Gen. Tavlor should allow man, who rendered sucf
important aid to him when in Mexico TO be removed
notwithstanding he was unfortun'te enough to be
Democrat For part, we are not surprised at an,
thing this administration has done, nor can we be a
anything it may do. The greater the service a mar
has rendered his country the odous is he in bt
! eyes Of the eight powers which now control the des
TIMES Of This nation. What right, then. had Gen
Lane, or his friends to expect that he would be re
ianed as Governor of Oregon! Had he taken th'
side against his country it is said his successor
did, then there might have been some hope for him
but he fought the wrong side to please the "Secon
Wnshngtou's' cabinet, and consequently he has beer
made to feel their wrath. "Thero is good tim
cuming"-M Vernon, O., Banner.
Indiana State sentinel., 1849-09-06
The Public Lands.

The civilized world is now filled with reformers,
and their associations, and their writings and speech
es and their grand theme is the poverty Of the many
the superfuous wealth of the few and the tendency
of modern institutions TO promote this difference
between thern and the amount and increase of crime
and misery produced by this difference. Most Of their
assertions about the existence of crime and misery
about poverty their cause, and existing institutions
as promoting the cause, are true but we do not
subscribe to the morality practcabily of many of
their remedial propositions. And while all this Is
staring every American legislator in the face, and
while he continually urges that institutions
are better than any others for perverting mitigating
these evils, we find American Legislators doing their
almost to promote them, in the very thing, the public
lands, in which they might operate most efcacioUsly
for their prevention. We find them doing their ut
most to throw the public land~ into the hands of
wealthy capitalists of the Cities of trading, self
seeking politicians and 10 keep them out Of the hands
of the poor. They sell MILL of acres to rich capi-
talsts, banks and public officers, at government
prices" well knowing that every acre thus sold will
be doubled in price to the poor cuvaor and is bought
by the speculaor for no other purpose. Never had
government powerful engine for protecting the
poor aud restraining the rich. than has in the
public lands. And never was u government more
faithless TO its trust with anything, than ours has
been with this instrument.
Every man, in voting for bis rulers, Presidents,
Vice Presidents and members Of Congress, and Stale
Legislators who elect members of Congress, should
look, with steady eye, TO the sale Of ihepublic lands
10 actual settlers only, and in quantities moi exceeding
a square mile, section which contains six hundred
and forty acres, 70 each purchaser. Within these
limits, we wish that every in country with
out farm, a trade or business as profitable as u
farm would be, would "voie himself farm" of the
public lands which not yet sold. The millions of
of these lands, divided into farms of six bun
dred and forty, or three hundred and twenty, even
one hundred and sixty acres, would afford all excellent
| To he tens of xvh
cities and large towns in poverty.-Pa Ledger.
Indiana State sentinel., 1849-09-06
The Navy.

TO the Editor Of The Union:
Permit me, a friend to Justice, to call The atten-
ton of Congress its neglect of the navy, and its
partial legislation favor U the army at the close of
the Mexican war--a in which both branches Of
our military service were engaged, and where all
were heroes and worthy of the laurel. The Mexican
not a of prizes. Mexico had neither
navy commerce.; and, With a few miserable ex-
ceptons, the captures made by navy entirely
valueess The train Of wagons that bore the silver
from city IN the wake of the conquerOr, is sup
posed 10 have exceeded the value of all the prizes
captured by our fleets in the Mexican war I; and yet.
while the navy watched the shore and Joined land
expeditions carrying the into the interior, fight
ing bleeding and dying-the pompon and blue jacket
together-the army has received promotion, brevets,
extra pay, aud land warrants and the navy has had
expressive silence and cruel neglect. Is this right
Is it honest Is it worthy of country the age
in which we live! Twenty years ago | was a sub
ordinate officer in the civil branch of navy; now,
am entirely separated from it, and am supposed,
because will not pallae its abuses TO be its enemy.
Friend or enemy, as 1t is right wrong, cannot, as
an American citizen, look with cold Indifference,
and see merit unrewarded and valor forgotten How
long is 1t since the navy became such an unpopular
institution! Was it in the with Algiers and
Morocco, with Tunis and Tripoi Was it so when
/ the La Vengeance went dow In tine midnight fight
when the Good Man Richard became the household
word of the world; when the Corsair struck her
| OlOody nag 10 the Guerrlere lay pow
eress wreck upon the sea Oh no. Nor would il
be so now, if nation had been engaged in battle
| with frst-rate foreign power. Beating along q
sbiPles shore breastiug the surf of inaccessible
coasts; wrestling with nOrhers; warping up pestl-
| lential rivers; pent up in narrow quarters; and
obliged TO take to another element to fight the foe
our present navy performed more labor endured
fatigue, suffered more sickness, and sustained more
losses of men in the war with Mexico than the navy
of 1850 or 1912. And has commodore a lieu
tenant been breveted promoted Has petty Off
Ger received certificate of inertia midshipman
sword. or a gratuity in money! How diff
feren the in the land forces! There the brevet
and the promotions were like "leaves in Vallam
brosa." There. certificates of merit like the patents
of the Legion of Honor, everywhere to be seen
There, land given for each enlistment in case
honorable discharge, by death otherwise, from th
service; and there three months extra pay was al
lowed from the outgoing general TO the drummer boz
on his last parade.
Was it because the navy had but little political in
fuence and could not be of service 10 either part
during the last election, that it was away with
out proper acknowledgment of its bravery and it
promptituGe | hope not. | feel confident that
was not; and yet it looks terribly like it.
| ]. Z. d.
Indiana State sentinel., 1849-09-06
Latest from the PIacers-AnOthcr Letter
from one Of the IRhOYS.

We published tie first letter of the following cor
respondent of the New York Times. 1t is proper
should give his second episile of course
BANK OF SANTTcLAUs,l
UPPER CALIFORNIA, May II, IS49.}
Eddyturs Of the Sunday Times II bleve told
you in my last letter bout Gineral Persevere Smiths
procamashuns ngin furrenirs. There's bin Diff
kulty between him an ma or part of the minors,
sense then. He wanted TO rivet tacks the furren
minors, and they wOodent submit TO the imposition.
U, there was an orfu time! He told 'em he the
Konkeror of Coniraries, and woodent submit 10 no
contradiction. He also shode 'em the authority Of
the government, an ast 'em if they'd dispute that!
They said no, they woodent dispute nuihin but
they'd dig as much gold they'd a mnd too and #
he lnieriered with their sftin, his sand 'ud soon
be run.
The rush to the diggins continues, and the provis-
ionS Is getting skarse much so that fat begins
10 be regarded with avarshs eyes Infants if pump,
woodeut be safe, of the fellers look a the
two or three young wlmmen We have in the settle
ment jest as if they wanted to eat 'em. Appetiies
no respecter of persons as n young man from ST. Jo-
sephs who cit his grandmother on The pains remark
ed to me the other day. 'The old oomsn," says he,
twas dry, very dry, but there's no sarse like hunger.
and without lntendin 10 make game of old age,
must say, she tasted like venson."
The lnluns has been troublesome lately. The Ticker
havin given out, the dnrned red skins refused to dig
and fit with US. In coarse used 'em up, and now
the cussed ungrateful devils wont US. Aint
it too bad, seen how done for 'em. But it's SO
all the world over. I've good mind never to make
an aborldglnee drunk again. or net the part of
chrystn by any o. the vile mule stealing lasso throw
ing, skull skinnin, copper heads again while live
We have moose by the Callforny steamer that
mense quantity of grub and spirits is cummin out
from the States. If we get it in time we mean to
have glorious blow out on the Fourth of July Al
tho we have found temporary hum in Californy, we
feel cheap when we reflect upon the dear we left
behind. Sometimes man of family dreams that he
is agin with his wife and children, but in the morning
the delushun vsnshes and he finds himself still in a
Pacific State. Others who left the partners of their
buszums, fancyin they had for jealosey, would
willingly bubble the Horn to clasp them in their arms
wuncc more.
As menshund in my last letter have akwired
suffishen wellh, long for the sweets of connubia
bliss Love is stronger than Cupidity. At present,
my effeckshuns embrace wimmen generally, when
get hum they will soon come to focus.
Please bear my wife in mind mean the one you
are to select for l will write and let you know
when | expect to be at Panyma, and would like her
to jine me there, aud be united at wunst without
waiting till we get to the United States
Yours, DISBANDED VOLUNTEER.