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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

Tuesday last was day long TO lie remember
cd BY the citizens Of Braitleboro and its vicinity
On that day, the Iron llorse made bis first APP
pearance in our village, and was hailed with de-
light by large concoursc Of people assembled
10 welcome him; on Tuesday next, be commen-
ees his regular visits
Wen may the friends OF the Road, the stock.
holders snd inhabitants Of the adjacent county.
indulge in rejoicing and congratulations at the
final triumph Of the enterprise. In every step
IT its progress, it has encountered ob.,ruc-
lions aud endorsements, growing out Of, no,
only the ordinary pecuniary commissions and
'icpres-ions of the times, but the powerful and
interchangeable opposition Of rival enterprises, tina,
nothing, We are justified in saying, but the in
'lonilable perseverance and mistaken frmness
Of the President and Directors Of the Road, could
have overcome.
To the undated energy OF Col. Alvah Crock
er, the Presiden, Of the Company, upon whom
de,olvcd the chief responsibility of spperiniend.
ing and directing its operations, is due in an
especial dcgrec, the final consummation OF the en-
teprise. Nor is less credit due to the Board Of
Directors, who though surrounded at times by
darkness and gloom, never hositaied or faltered
II would be unjust to omit in this notice Mr.
5. I. johnson, the Engineer of the Road, and
its present Superintendent II Is said, and 50 far
VIC have been able to judgc,with truth, that the
structure Of the Road, in solid substantial work
inanship finish and durability, is at least equal,
il not superior to any Road yet built in this
country, and the same may be said with equal
Truth Of the pas,ssger cans upon the Road
The i'seotofsS.-ss paid just compliment TO
Mr. johnson, and no doubt consulted the best
interests As well as the wishes Of the Siockhold-
ers, by appointing Mr johnson Superintendent
OF the Road
From this date commences a new era in the
character and business Of this part Of the coun-
try, and our citizens should prepare for II. We
are in truth, in respect to travel, brought within
twenty, and in respect to freight, within ten
miles Of Bosion-ihat is, to-day, we are by Rail
road four hours distance from Boston and that
time upon the road would make upon the average
not over twenty miles, without, or ten with
freight, and the same ratio viii hold good rs to
expense. We MUS; calculate, therefore, what
advantage we can take of the markets Of Boston
for our products and manufactures, when loca-
ted within ten or twenty miles Oft.
There is yet small link to be completed,
which the interests Of the Roads North and
South Of us on the river will soon accomplish,
and then with the completion Of those under
way, what an exciting future opens upon the
hitherto sequestcred hills and valleys of the
Green Mountain State.
The Connecticut River Railroad Company,
have within the past year continued their Road
to the State line at Vernon, and it is now in
successful operation, bringing New York with
in eight hours of us-a few years since it was n
weeks travel to 60 there.
Surely this is an age of progress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

GETTING SICK or IT.-An immediate and
extra session of the Legislature of Mississippi is
demanded by many OF the citizens of Hancock
county, in that State, for the purpose of enact
ing laws prohibiting the further ingress of slaves
from the border States of the South. In their
petition TO the Governor, they represent that
the States OF Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and
Missouri, where slavery has ceased TO be profta-
bic, are now throwing an immense eolored popu-
lalion on the extreme Southern States, which is
destined To increase with great rapidly,
Judge IIydenfelt, prominent and leading
Democrat Of Alabama, has addressed through
the newspapers letter to Gov Chapman, urg-
ing the propriety and necessity of law to pre-
vent the further immigration Of slaves into that
State, either for trade or settlement.
We envy not John C. Calhoun's sensations
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

TEMPERANCE AND HAPPiSEss--The Var
mouth (Cape Cob Register gives haitering
and highly encouraging account Of the progress
Of industry and education in the town Of Har-
witch, where but a few years ago nearly one half
Of the taxable property was owned by some ii-
teen individuals. They then had only WORKOUT
land, and but few fishing vessels, and more
money was spent for Intoxicating liquors thsn
tor educational purposes" Not 20 now. Anew
and temperate race has sprung up, and n sur
prsing change has taken place The houses
are neat and comfortable; every thing indicates
thrift; every man owns vessel, or part OF one
they have their well cultivated fields, excellent
schools, and n houTishing academy.
So it will be every where, as the greatest SOW
CIR Of evil Is dried mp, or even its bancful streams
essentially stayed.--Reene Sentinel
INrEMpRRANcE AND MIsERY.-A man by
the name Of William Newhall, of Saugus, Mass,
was found frozen to death near the Lynn aims
house, on Wednesday afternoon, Sist ult BY
his side was a Tum-boltle.
A woman named Mary Sands came to her
death in Providence, on the 9Th inst, from the
effects Of intemperRncc and exposure"
VIM. o. Chaplin has pleaded guilty at Hart
| ford, Ct, to committing an outrage on little
girl II years of age, in that city, last fall. He
was under the influence Of liquor at the time.
The penalty is imprisonment for life.
A man, name not given, in Lewis co., n Y,
while riding home in a state Of intoxicaiion, was
thrown from his sleigh, and was found with his
neck and head broken, and the sleigh with its
load upon his breast.
Daius Nelson was murdered in Robeson CO.,
N. c., by his brother, John Nelson, while i'm
bruited by ardent spirits.
At Port Stanley, Canada West Mr. George
Bostwick murdered his wife, attempted the
murder Of his child, and afterwards cut his own
throat-all during fit OF dclirium tremens.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

NAVAL PRoDIoALITY.-M Greeley writes
as follows from Washington Feb G. in regard to
the action OF the House on the Naval Appropri-
alton bill:
Nearly two days have been spent upon it
since it was gone through by sectons--speni
mainly in desperate attempts on one side to open
wide the lood-gates Of Naval promotion to gen
tlemen Of the quarterback, TO enlarge appro-
priations, increase patronage, and in every way
swell the expenditures for this branch Of the
National service. a stranger who had dropped
into the gallery for the first time to-day or last
Thursday, would have been led TO beeve-if
previously unaequainied with the subjec,--tha,
our Navy was an ill-uscd halfstarycd, kicked
ahd-cuiled concern, which all the demagogue.
and dundeiheads in the land were bent on des-
troying. lie could not, surely, have been led
TO suspect that our Naval Captains receive far
higher salaries than the average Of our State
Governors, Chief Justices or L. s. District
Judges, although only about half of these Cap
tains have any thing in The world to do lie
could not have gucssed--whGt Is the naked truth
that there is not in the wide world another
Navy which costs % much in proportion to its
efficiency and capacity for service, as this same
Navy OF the United States lie would never
have imagined that It's cost for this present year,
or the next, for which the House was now pro-
viding, is about equal to hree times its cost only
twenty years ago. And yet we are told that
promotion is very slow, and urged to take oil
the restraint imposed upon it by the glorious
eth Congress, and let the President and Sec
rotary push every Passed MidshipuSa up to be
a Lieutenant, every Lieutenant TO be Com.
mander, every Commander 10 be CRptain, Ssc.
without check or restriction-in short, to restore
tho vicious system under which the Navy be-
came the sore burihen it now is. Congress new
Ill IL
the expense Of the Navy in a time of profound
peace should be rapidly swelled from three mil
lions per annum to nine or ten millions, but it
has been done; and it is only by the most rsso-
lutte and pcrscvering exertions that farther in
crease has been defeated"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

Books u.s. BLooD.--A man Of science in his
closet, can do greater things thhn general at
the head Of an army. For is it not greater
thing to bless men than to butcher them ?-to
fill their heads with knowledge and their hearts
with enjoyment, than to blow their heads of with
cannon balls and run their hearts through with
bayonets? What is the battle Of Waterloo, com
pared with the kite experiment Of Franklin
And where is the " joumeyman throai.cutter "
that deserves to stand on the scroll of true fame
beside him who first broke in, harnessed, and
led forth the steam horse
Manchester ~ II. Messenger.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

The IcE BnoKEN.-Anti-Staoery Meeting in
friends Of emancipation in Kentucky, was held
in Louisville on the l4th ult The Courthouse,
where the meeting was held, was crowded, and
among those present (says the JournaD were
many of the most respectable, intelligent, and
influential citizens. The meeting was prelimi-
nary in its character, and Committee was APP
pointed to report, on an adjourned evening, an
address to the people ON the subject Of negro
emAncipation
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

No MoEE CoMPRoNisrs!- Speaking of the
return Of Mr. Clay to the L. s. Senate, and OF
an inimation by the Louisville Journal that he
goes there to settle sectional controversies, the
Albany Evening journal sternly says;
" This does not mean, we hope, that there is
to be another Missouri Compromise The world
is thirty years older than it was when that saeri-
fee was made to Slavery; and FREEpoM has
endured its eneroachments for that length OF
time. The present issue is a very simple one.
The soil obtained from Mexico is Free il must
not be subjected TO Slavery"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

Rum AND THE CHOLERA arc twin brothers,
and most amicably do they agree in the destruc-
ton Of the human race Ailer the cholera had
ceased in Albany, in 1892, an inquiry was insti-
tuted into the habits of every person swept away
by the disease The following which we find
in the National Era is the result:
Incorporate 40; free drinkers So; mod cra'o
drinkers (mostly haLiluaD 1871; strictly temp p.
ate Gail but one committed some excess IN 80
ing, that one was neglected by an iutemperul,.
hushand) ; members Of temperance societies
2; idiot unknown 2--total $50.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

"a King Polk has been exercising his bump
of Seercti'eness in most disgraceful and I'M
heard-of manner-nothng less than making a
private agreement with Mexico, by a protocol"
attached to the Trist treaty, unbeknown TO the
U. S. Senate OF course, that instrument is
null and void far as this country is concerned,
though poor, pundercd, deluded Mexico may
rely upon its stipulations. But with what indel-
ible infamy will the Duck River Hero retire to
private lie He began war unconstituiion-
ally, and ended il by asiretch of arbitrary pow
or from which the "Autocrst Of all the RusSias'
would shrink. ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

TEMPERANCE BELIs.-We have been in
formed on good authority, that a large proper
ton Of the copper now used in casting bells, at
Meneeley's foundry, West Troy, is old copper
from disiilleries which the Temperance reform
has converted to better purposes. These old
offenders are now transformed, and elevated
into the towers of Christian sanetuaries, calling
their former victims TO the house Of prayer, and
sending forth their soothing, consoatoly tones
to ths hearts Of thousands.--N y. Organ.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16
FRIpAY, Feb. 9.

SENATE-A resolution was received from
the House, agreeing to the plan adopted by the
Senate for counting the Presidential Votes.
Mr. Hale presented sundry petitions FROM citi.
zens OF Buffalo, Rochester, Troy, and other
places in New York for the adjustment Of spir-
ituous liquors and hogging from the Army and
Navy-so that our Government shall no longer
carry on the drunkard manufacture, and then
punish men for being what it has made them
After some remarks on the subject, the petitions
were referred.
Mr. Davis reported bill granting relief to the
widows and orphans of soldiers and officers who
died, or may die, irom injuries received in the
war with Mexico. Also bill providing for
compensation for horses and other property lost
in the military service.
Mr. Badger offered a resolution for devisng
some means for lettering the condition Of the
various tribes of Indians referred to the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs.
The HOUSE went into Committee of the
Whole.
Mr. Cobb moved to take up the Fertilization
hill, which was negatived by the casting vote OF
Mr. Burt, the chairman.
The amendments 10 the bill establishing a
Commission on private claims, were then consid,
cred. The Committee rose, aud the bill was Or
dered to he engrossed. Adjourned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

AsnurLor RAmRoAD-A meeting Of the
citizens of our village. interested IN the project
to connect the great lines above US with those
below, on the Connecticut, was held a, the Che
shire House, on Monday evening, 9th. There
was a large attendance and strong intcres, felt
in its success. Its merits were discussed, re-
port of progress made by the officers, aud com
mi,tee chosen to solicit subscriptions in addition
10 those already received. There is every rea-
sou to believe that the road will be contracted
for to Winchester. early in the spring, il those
who are a6undantly able, assist according to
their means.-keene Sentinel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

A NOBLE ExpRrssIoN.-Cassius NJ. Clay, Of
Kentucky, has again moved in reference TO eman-
CITATION ia that State. The following sentiment
in his letter, is AS magnanimous as il is true;
"Whie we urge every reason in favor Of lib
eriy, drawn from the development of our physi-
cal, moral and intellectual well-being, let us not
by cowardice be driven from our lotiest and
safest ground-to liberate our sldces because il is
RIGHT"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

BRANDY Us. CnoLrRA.--The Southron says
there is man in jackson, Miss, in whose head
the bump of Caution is so strongly developed,
that be has been drinking brandy for some years
past, as preventive Of Asiatic cholera. The
nearer the disease approaches, the larger are bis
doses
He might as well expect to quench fire by
pouring camphene over it, or warm his cold toes
by thrnsting them into a snow-drift-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

s7S This ,sorlG Is full Of Inconsistencies. The
elected servants Of Republic, in one important
respect atleasi, fare better than the born rulers
of Monarchy. For in England no Member
of the House Of Lords, nor the High Chanccl-
Tor, nor even Her Majesty the Queen, possesses
she franking privilege.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

a New LEAK-Paying LOcotoco Missiona.
ries from ae Ireasury.--0n the 18th alt, MIR
Underwood brought before the Senate the fact
that Lewis j. Grnnd, who went ont to Wiscon.
sin to advise the Germans to vote for Gen Cas-,
had received the sum of Sl972 rs from the Post
Office Department, lcittow is bong stated plai
JI.' The matter is to come up again, and may
elicit some curious facts
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

EY"I have lost dayp said the Roman En-
peror sadly, rejecting that in the day just past
or closing, no good deed had by him been done.
How frequently penitential wsings would arise
from Congress, II the loss of day sufieed to
evoke theml But it don't--M y, Tifbuae.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

A VETERAN EDIToR.--John II. Prentiss
Who has conducted the Cooperstown On. W
journal for Al years, has sold that establishment
"Hd rcOred from newspaper Life. He was for
merry member Of Congress, Jta rapidly rose
nnH nc attained a respectable position as an Ed
nmor,-a noble example of perseverance, under
AsPfess'ne -elscnmstRne es.--F itehburg Sentinel
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

A CARGO FOR AFRIcA.-Ihe brig Messen-
ger, which cleared from Boston on the sth for
Africa, took cargo, consisting in part Of 81 900
gallons of rum, 100000 yards Of domestics, 49,
900 pounds Of poloder, &c. &c. Is It surprising
that the native African race does not arise from
its wallowing in the mire, by intercourse with
us2--lforRing Star.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

HST Gen. Taylor is on his way to Washington,
and was at the last accounts at Louisville. lie
is greeted by mutitudes, with great enthusiasm,
wherever he goes.
Major Bliss and lady have arrived at Wash.
ingion Gen. Taylor's family are at Baltimore,
where they will remain until the Inauguration.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

"OF One BLooDi"-It Is not true that the
blood of some ia celestial ichor, to which that
circulating in the veins of others is but as base
puddle. opprcssorl what are you crushing
Bigot what are you crushing? The image Of
God in your brothers perzop.--Jsrrold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

H5- The eagerness with which Mr. Polk grasps
the remnant Of power lefl him before he retires
to private life, in crowding upon the Senate all
the appointments he finds it possible to make,
cannot fail to elicit general remark. 1t would
be in better taste, and eyince some little sense
Of highmindedness for him TO leave the appoint
ment of officers, whose services are not going to
be required under his administration, to the new
President We rejoice that we are so soon 10
be rid of such mere partizan Presidents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16
MosDAY, Feb. 70.

MOkDAN, Feb. j =
In the SENATE, Mr. Benton presented pc
titon for conveys to be sent to protect expedi-
,ions TO California. Referred,
The civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
was taken up, and sunday amendments offered
by the Committee were agreed to, with one ex-
ception.
An item for the abolshment of logging in
the Navy was debated at some length, and then
referred to the Naval Committee.
In the HOUSE, Mr. Vinton reported bill
providing for Home Department. II was de.
bated all day, and finally ordered engrossed and
printed.
Mr. Wallace submitted the resolutions of the
S. c. Legislature, in relation 10 Southern rights
After brief debate, they we've laid on the
table and ordered printed Adjourned.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

TnE Cosr OF WAR IN PEAcx-In the
lower House Of Congress, Jan. 20, the Army
Appropriation bill being under consideration,
MIR Greeley moved to strike out the item of
$4,000 for the Recruiting service We APP
pend portion Of his remarks in support Of the
motion, that the hard-handed, tax-paying yeo-
manry may know how much has been drawn
from their pockets for the training aud mainten-
anee Of men to break the Sixth Commandment
"With this Congress closes the sixtieth year
Of our national existence under the Federal Con-
stitution. During these sixty generally
Of Peace, with the exception OF Indian troubles
we have expended, as learn from official
sources;
For the Army and Armed Forces, $500, 3,2e9 a
For the Navy and Naval operations, 2O9,9g4 ,l2s o.
For Pensions - Revolutionary and
other, 81 l69.a34 o.
For the ludian Department, 4s,053, 2ti %
Total for warlike purposes, s5,s9O,s0a 81
"Can any man estimate the enormous amount
of good that might have been effected with these
Six Hundred and Eighty-fye Millions, or even
with the half Of II, bad 20 much been saved from
the cost OF War? What Schools and Semna-
RIGS il might have established What Knowl.
edge it might have difluscd What Canals and
Railroads constructed Bear in mind that most
of il has been expended in times Of profound
Peace Suppose, then, we had only devoted
one-fourth Of this aggregate to Warlikc prepara-
ton, devoting at the same time another fourth
TO the careful, scasonable and thorough removal
Of all causes Of hostility against US on the part
Of other naiions-who can doubt that the other
half might have been saved And IL so, why
not begin saving nowY
Mr. Chairman, we have lately had milan
hostiliiies in Oregon, and have sent troops thith'
nj nv IN
caused them? The President tells us It was
neglect If not positive injustice on our part
We sent our people over to settle in Oregon
but we took no care to compensate or proptiaie
the Aborigines whom they inevitably disposscss
ed We crowded the savages of their lands
until at last they resisted us and what wonder
The President says few thousand dollars early
paid where justly due would have saved all thi'
bIoolshed aud expense. Yet we shall rush ",
on just such calamtics and crimes again and
again relying on our Army to extricate us"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

eSr A woman in Cincinnati recently gave her
husband thrashing for coming home drunk
For once, the boot was on the right leg
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16
THURSDAY, Feb. 8.

In the SENATE, Mr. Westcott offered res
olution requesting the Secretary Of the Navy to
communicate 10 Congress certain dispatches Of
Commodore Stockton, relating to his operations
in California. Adopted.
A resolution was also agreed 10, requesting
from the Executive the result If the examina-
tons Of the Dead Sea Exploring Expedition.
In the HOUSE, an amendment was adopted
TO tho act admitting Iowa into the Union, max
ing provision in regard to school laws
The House in Committee of the Whole pass.
ed bill granting the claim OF New Hampshire
against the general government
A message was received from the President
in reply to the demand of the House for inior-
nation concerning the Protocol attached 10 the
Mexican Treaty. He explains the paper at
length, and does not consider that it annuls the
Treaty.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-02-16

"a The Gold Fever continues to rage all
over our land with no visible abatement; and
that more manageable disease, the Cholera, has
again broken out in Texas.