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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
I he Purchase of Breadstuffs,

III the amount that is annually sent out of
this State for the purchase of the indspen.
sable articles cf breadstuiTs, could be saved
among us, and go into the pockets of our
own farmers, it would add materially to the
wealth and independence of. the State. 1t
would soon pay off all our debts, and furn-
ish capital enough for enlargmg and impro.
wing our various business operations. If
bat portion of this capital was judicious-
" expended III the improvement Of our soil .
we might have bread enough and to spare, )
OF our own raising. For several years past
the farmers. meeting with some Discourage
menls, such as the grain worm and potato
rot, have been too much Inclined we think
to underratc the resources aud capacity of
the State, and to settle quietly down in the
opihi"h mat we must always be dependent
upon the farmers of the West for great
portion OF our bread There is, we are
confident, no actual necessity for this. We
cannot always stand this constant drain of
money without being impoverished, and
that too, for articles, which in ordinary sea.
sons we can produce at home 1t is a
shame tor a farmer to rest satisfied with
going to New York to mill" Better
rouse up aud make determined effort
Try and raise little spring wheat, little
winter wheat, some rye, buckwheat and
barley, aud if you don't get enough Of these
articles, live on J0hnay-eake and potatoes,
something that you can raise-rather than
be thus miserably dependent.
The following article from our friend
Samuel Moody, Esq. of Lisbon, we copy
from Il late number Of the Lewiston Jour
nal -
SAVE THAT SO 3.S!-Flour Flour !!
Flour l!!-Where's the money to come
from TO buy flour from this time till next
September
Inc Western Mllers have already the
avalls OF the old steer, and the two years
old heller, safely deposited in their long
purses aud we have nothing more to sell
but lew oats which the old horse ought to
have.
Send me down some of your rood yellow
corn, raised on your own hills. and see if
mig new mill and Aunt Sally WORT make a
new, sweet corn cake, better for health and
strength than old Genesee -four and salera-
tus.
Mind and SOW lot Of wheat next snr;no
brother farmers, aud see if we will be IN
SO bad fix for bread again Who will 90
and collect a thousand bushels of qooJ
clean seed wheatl The weevils are ali
teal ?--Maine Farmer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

ed away. The sun threw down bundle
OF golden arrows that fell upon the Tree
The ice-cakes glittered as they came. Ev
cry one was shattered by shaft, and UNI
locked itself upon the limb. They melted
aud were gone.
Spring had come to reign Her blessed
ministers were abroad in the earth. They
lowered in the air. They blended their
beautiful tints, and cast a new-created glo-
ry on the face of the blue heavens.
The Tree was rewarded for her trust
The Angel was true to the object of his
love. He returned-he bestowed on her
another robe. 1t was bright, glossy, aud
unsullied. The dust of summer had never
ut upon it; the scorching heat had never
faded 1t; the moth had not profaned it /; the
Tree stood again in its liveliness she was
dressed in more than her former beauty.
She was very fair. Joy smiled around her
on every side. The birds flew back to her
bosom, and sung among her branches their
hymns to the ANGEL OF THE LEAVES.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
The Contradictory Couple.

i DO believe said he, taking the spoor
out OF his glass, and tossing il on the table
That OF all the obstinate, positive, wrong
headed creatures that ever was born, YOU
are the'most so, Charlotte
Certainly, certainly, have it your own
way, pray. You see how much contradict
you, said the lady.
vi course, you didn't contradict me al
dinner time, oh no, not you, said the gen.
tleman.
Yes | did, said the lady.
Oh, you did!' cried the gentleman
You admit thatp
If YOU call that contradiction, do an
swered the lady; and say again, Edward,
mat when you are wrong, will contradict
you; am not your slave
Not my slave = repeated the gentleman.
bitterly; and you still mean that in Black
burns new house, there are not more than
fourteen doors, including the door of the
wine cellarP
mean to say retorted the lady, beat
ing time with her hair brush on the palm of
her hand, " that in that house there are four
teen doors, aud no more p
well. then cried the gentleman, rising
IN despair, and pacing the room with rapid
strides, this is enough to destroy a mans
intellect, and drive HIM mad
ny and by the gentleman comes TO a
little, and passing his hand across his fore
head, finally reseits himself in his former
char There is a long silence, and this
time the lady begins:
i appealed to Mr. jenkins, who sat next
N La Al,
ing tea
Morgan, you mean interrupted the
gentleman.
do not mean anything Of the kind
answered the lady.
Now by all that IS aggravating and inn
possible to bear! cried the gentleman.
clenching his hands and looking upward in
agony, she is going to insist upon it that
Morgan is Jenkins =
Do you take me to be a perfect fool p
exclaimed the lady; do you suppose
d"ht know one from the other! Do YOU
suppose that don't know the man with the
blue coat was Mr. jenkins Z!
jenkins in blue coatp cried the gen
teman, with a grorn, jenkins in blue
coat a man who would suffer death, rather
'"du wear anything Out brown !!
DO you charge Inc with telling an I'M
truth demanded the lady bursting into
tears.
charge you, ma'am,' retorted the gen
tieman, starting up, with being a contra
dictlon, monster of aggravaton, a-a-a-
Jenkins IN a blue coat What have done
that / should he doomed to bear such per-
petua tormentsr
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
})ulitifal.
For the Waterman & Journul.

Mr.. WALTON Il have Just been read
ing the Vermont Patriot, and have been
amused at the exhibition of the cloven foo,
by the coalition leaders, and disappointed
office seekers. 1t is just as | supposed.
when the coalition was formed on the 3lsi
OF May last, thought that there was nc
sincerity in the men who brought it about
i thought then, that the love of the slave,
and oil his emancipation, was all pretence-
l suspected that the real motive at the lead.
ers who got up the amagamation, was to
lick the wings" ito get IA few paltry Off
ces Tor themselves. | did not believe the
whole Locoloco party. who for twenty years
have been fighting i'll the ranks of the
South to sustain slavery, could be so sudden
~ converted to the cause of freedom, as
sincere antl-slavery men, by simple re-
solve OF the truck and dicker convention
therefore gave my vote to sustain the party
which had always stood by the interests of
Vermont, of New England and of freedom.
by looking at the last Vermont Patriot |
ma that was right in supposing that the
coalition was formed for the spols aud for
the spolls only. The hypocricy of the Goa
lltion papers can no longer be concealed.
The office seekers had got SO hnngry in
fighting only one campaign, under the aus.
plces OF truck aud dicker, that they made a
scramble for the county offices. Such a
ctlapper-clawing, "humLugging," log-rol-
ing, trading set of oilice-seekers as were
gathered together at the capital from the
ranks OF the coalition, at the recent session
OF the Legislature, were never congregated
IN vermont before went to the capital
to see what truck and dicker would do |
mad heard that the Wings were resolved to
vote Tor wings for county officers; and that
inc coalition had given out in speeches that
they could not elect one if they tried.
knew that the wings had about sixty major
ily in the Legislature; and knew that the
constitution made it the duty of the Legis-
lature to elect county officers; and that
where there was more than one candidate
the election was made by ballot. | knew
ALI this, and supposed that every Senator
and Representative had the right to vote
Tor whom he pleased. So l asked my
neighbor, coalitlonst, how it was that
the coalition were going TO elect their can
ddates Well said he, don't know, but
Villas, and 10, Poland, and 10. Danforth
and'Milton Brown are at Montpelier, and
they have been appointed committee to
prevent the success of The long team, and
they will do it, if they have to sell their
souls for it. Well, Mr.. Walton, | had
heard what smart, cute, and INSCRIPTIONS
fellows this committee consisted of, aud
had the curiosity to go down to Montpelier
10 see how they would manage TO break
down the wings, | took the stage and
went to Montpelier, but when arrived the
contest was over, aud the wings, and law
and the constitution had triumphed The
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
Captain Suffer.

The Pacific News gives the following
sketch of the celebrated Capt Suffer:
The distinguished Capt Suffer is now in
town, and is one of the fathers of his coun-
try. A brief sketch of his past life NAV
not be undressing to our readers, as his
name is as familiar as household word all
over the United States. John A. Suffer is
a Swiss by birth, and possesses the love of
liberty inspired by the air of his native
mountains. He early sought foreign SER
vice, and was a lieutenant in the infantry
OF France, during the reign Of Charles X.
and after battling like a hero at GrenobIe,
with fidelity for which the Swiss are truly
remarkable, he only capitulated when the
revolution was consummated and Charles
an exile. He then embarked for the Upi-
ted States, of whose institutions he has ever
been warm and patriotic admirer, and en-
gagged in various pursuits, and encountering
many vicisstudes and freaks of fortune. he
concluded to move TO Oregon, from whence
he migrated to California. With chiyal
rons daring he took up his abode in the val
ley of the Sacramento as its first white in
habitant. lie made two attempts to ascend
the river, and in the first he was lost in one
OF the celebrated StueS that are unpleasant
customers at the present time. The first
act OF his was to make treaties with the In
dams, over whom he acquired great inhu-
ence, and with his knowledge of the Euro
pean, system Of ratification, lie built his
Tort on the most approved model, and made
war upon the refractory tribes by which he
was surrounded. Such an instance of in
dvldual heroism is only equalled by the
tenant Of Djouni the wonderful Lady Hes
ter Stanhope, who by the Arabs was crown
cd Queen of Palmyra; or Daniel Boone of
the wllds Of Kentucky; or Sam Houston.
the hero of San Jacinto. He may be truly
looked upon as belonging to another age,
Tor his energy and daring.
Alcr the completion of his fort, lie began
to attract the attention of the Mexican rov-
eminent, who, to conciIiate him, wisely |
made him military commandant of the post
that he had created He was the first who |
taught the Indians the rudiments of arr- |
culture, manufactures and arms, and finally
the government offered to change with him
the fertile mineral lands of San Jose near
the Pueblo OF that name, with considera-
b!e d0nnS, but he wisely declined the offer. |
lbs unbounded hospitality ha, been chrcn-
icled by every American who has written
about the country, and his warm attachment
aud devotion to republican institutions
AS soon as the late investure of the coun-
try commenced, lie was among the first to
ana our army IN every possible way, and
contributed to It's permanent conquests-
aud we are happy to state is IA delegate to the !
Convention for forming the Constitution of
California. AS the gaIlan, soldier, the back
woodsman, the ieudal baron or the repub-
lcan IN each phase, he has the respect AID
esteem of all who have the happiness of
knowing him.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

wings had out voted the coalition on every
ballot. The long team drew well II was
a lilte too long for truck and decker
When they formed the coalition on the
thrty-first of May last, they thought their
two teams when hitched together would be
the longest They calculated to lick the
wings and take all the state and county Of
iices to themselves The people refused TO
be sold out to these lick spitles of the Goa
lltion; and the coalition suffered an inplo-
rlous defeat Such has always been. and
such always will be, the fate of an unholy.
wicked and corrupt coalition. Justice re-
CURED that the unprincipled cormorants
who hung about the honest voter with prom-
lses of office and favor, and hypocrltical
pretensions OF sincere love for the slave.
should receive none of the spoils, to obtain
which they had bargained away all polit.
Cal honesty and integrity The people of
all parties, who had not joined the coalition
demanded the defeat of the candidates of
truck and dicker. They haxe prostituted
the generosity and magnanimity of the wing
party, heretofore extended TO them, to cor
cnpt party purposes God bless the wings
Tor their flrmness and independence in put
ting on the long team it was a simple act
ct justice. You need not be alarmed. Mr.
Editor, at the rawlings of the Patriot--its le-
glon OF editors has got hungry. They
want to feed at the public crib. All they
ask is one suck at the treasury. They can
get enough at one suck to last them until
another Texas is annexed. The people of
The State are with the wings. when the
long team is fairly hitched on to the whig
car, let the coalition look out for the En-
glne and clear the track. Poor truck and
dIckerltes! They have no COW to milk
no teats TO suck-no crib to feed from
How pity them. They ought to learn
wisdom from the history ofthe past. They
should remember that the wing team is
long one and strong one, when the young
men pat their shoulders to the wheel. The
wings OF the revolution htched Oh the long
team to lick the British, and Indians, and
llesSlans, and they did it, In 1910 the
wing team was again htched on, to elect
Old Tip and defeat little Van, the captain
OF the coalition forces, and they did it, In
1913 the long wing team elected old Zach
airy Taylor aud defeated Cass and Cuba,
Calhoun and Slavery, Van Buren, and cor
rnption, aud direct taxation In !Si0 the
coalition leaders thought the whig team
was worn out and broken up, so they form
ed coalition team to break down the wings,
and distribute the offices among themselves.
The mingling of the black spirits and
white, the blue spirits and grey" to obtain
an unprlncipled and temporary victory over
the wings, aroused the gallant young wings
OF lS49, and the honest aud independent
democrats and liberty men who were not
willing to be sold out to the spoilsmen.--
They hltchcd on the long team, and put
the wings through by da..!ight, and the CO.
alIilon up Salt river. They are ready to do
1t again Please tell the patriotic Major to
Keep shady, as we shall give him terrible
licking next September, with that same old
wing team.
A LIBERTY WING.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
Advantages of thorough Drain
ing.

Draining, as understood thirty years acc
IN England land to this day with us, )merej,
meant the making of channels to carry of
surface water, and underground drains, ia
dry boys, or cut off springs. 1t has now
an entirely different meaning III the agrcul-
tnrol world. Mr.. Smith, of Deanston. near
Edlnburg, was among the first to practice
ana explain Thorough Draining, as it is
called. His system is that all land requires
drainlng-that the depth of loan, or soil
containing the food of plants, seldom ex-
ceedS lew inches, resting on subsol, or
pan OF clay, or hard gravel, saturated with
water. BY making drains from two and a
nall to hive feet in depth, at every twenty or
tiIlrty feet, the land becomes dry; air takes
the place OF water; every shower furnished
WIN stock OF ammonia, permeates the
SOL, and the result is that instead of n few
inches there are as many feet of fertile loan,
the action OF the atmosphere being sufficient
OF itself to produce the change, although to
hasten the process, subsoi ploughhg il
made part of the system.
he change produced by the introduction
OF thorough draining in Britain, is said to
be truly astonishing. Not only has the
produce been greatly increased, but wheat
and turnlps have been grown at ELEVATIONS
and IN districts, where their cultivation was
not before thought possible. BY it, crops
have been less liable to disease, and harvest
has been forwarded nearly a month. This
will be better understood, if we reflect that
when water is allowed to remain in the soil
unlll removed by evaporation, the heat of
the sun and air, instead Of being impaired
to the land, will actually, through this pro-
cess, produce an intense degree of cold
Oh the other hand, were the soil So dry as
to allow the rain to pass through, it would
lmoloe heat from every ray that fell upon it.
The British government has considered
tins Improvement of SO great importance,
as, the last three years, to grant large sums
to all applicants, to be expended in drain
age, under the superintendent of inspec-
tors These loans are repaid by annual IN
stalments of q l-2 per cent for about twenty
years; and as the money is borrowed by the
government at three per cent, these pay
ments cancel the loan and nterest-Rob.
Jardlne.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
Affecting Incident at Whales
Back Lighthouse, New Hamp-
shire.

Near the entrance of Portsmouth harbor
about mile and~a half south east of Fort
Constitution, this light house rises amid
the waves, showing nothing of the rocky
basis upon which it is reared, except at low
water Being open to the ocean, the storms
beat heavily against it, at times throwing
the spray over the lantern and sweeping the
sheathing from It's side.
few months since Capt. Jedediah
Rand, of Rye, was appointed keeper 1t
not beng very desirable place for family,
he has usually kept one q! his children with
hlm, making change every few weeks, each
desirous of an opportunity to visit the ro-
mantle resort. Early in September came
the turn of his only daughter, Elizabeth
Jane, young lady who had been three
years in her teens.
After spending three weeks with her
father, on the 25th Of September they pre-
pared to go to the main land. The boat
was lowered in which they proposed to 90
to Newcastle, aud the daughter seated
awaiting her father, when high sea upset
the boat, and she was thrown into the
ocean Her tIther sprang in, swan to his
daughter, caught her, got on the bottom of
the boat, ank drew her up by his side. In
lew moments another sea turned the boat
over right side up, aud threw them again
INTO the ocean. The daughter sank her
anxious father caught her as she came up.
swan with her to the boat, got in himself,
aud While endeavoring to get her in, anoth-
er sea turned the boat bottom up, leaving
them IN the ocean. Again the young lady
sank, and when her father reached her as
she came, was SO exhausted that she could
make no farther effort to sustain herself
Once more on the bottom of the boat. her
father held her by the right arm aud kept
ler head above, but was unable to prevent
the surf beating continually over her. Here
hope OF rescue departed from her and she
looked upon death as inevitable. "Father,
DO not love you !" said she at this moment
land want to 90 To heaven" were her
last expressions before she became insensi-
Bile.
The cry was heard on board a schooner.
winch was going at that critical hour out of
the harbor A boat was Instantly despatch
ed from the schooner by Capt. Frisbee, and
III short time the father and daughter we're
relieved from their perions situation, taken
INTO the boat aud brought to Newcastle.
The father sitting on the side of the boat,
laid his apparently llfeIess child across his
knees with her face downwards, and as the
boat proceeded she vomiteG, and revived SO
as to speak before reaching the land. And
Notwithstanding the perils she had UNDER
gone, her attachment to her father led her
To choose TO return with him to his post of
duty, that afternoon, rather than remain
with strangers separated from hun.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
opne,s of Cattle bound 10 Keen them off RAJ;

Olrners of Cattle bound 10 keep them off Rail
roads,-New jersey Supreme July, 1870 term,
Vandegritt VS.. Redikcr.
This was an action of trespass brought against
the engineer of locomotive for running against
and killing the plaintiffs cow The COW was
at large, aud had strayod upon an Enclosed part
Of the Camden & Amboy railroad, near Borden
town, just as the tram, at It's usual speed, was
approaching. The railroad at the place of the
accident runs along the public highway, and the
view along tho track is unobstructed for quar-
ter uf mile each way. The bell was tapped.
and the engine reversed, few seconds before
the collision, but not IN time to Stop the cars
The engineer was proved to bea generally care
ful man in his business. The opinion of the
court was delivered at the present (Julyl term,
by Mr.. Justice Carpenter, the result OF which
Is that the owner OF cattle is bound to keep them
on his own premises at his peril that an engi-
ncer IN charge OF locomotive is not liable for
an accdenta INJURY TO a COW, which, suffered TO
20 at large, has strayed On railroad; and that
nothing but wlliulnes on his part will make hun
liable Tor the loss OF a COW go exposed by the
fault OF the owner-Hanfs Magazine.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

BLEEDING AT THE NosE. DIR. Samuel r
Tompkinsvllle, Staten Island, New York, CON.
nnlnIcates 10 the Boston Medlcal Journal me.
,hod OF stopping bleeding at the nose, which he
learned OF an old shlpmaser. His process was
to roll up piece Of paper and place 1t under the
upper lip DR. Smith stopped bleeding which
had continued four days, by tying a knot IN a
bandage and applying It on the upper lip and
tying It round the head. The rationale of this
treatment Is, thai pressure at the point mention
ed congresses the artery furnishing the blood.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06
1oortrp.
nun tho HUmo journal.
THE INDIAN SUMMER.

There is a time, just ere the fiost
Prepares TO pave old Winters way,
When autumn, in rcvery lost,
The mellow daytime dreams away.
When Summer Genes, IN muting mind,
To gaze once moio on hill aud dell,
To mark how many sheavos thoy bind,
Aud see if all is riDoned we'll
With balmy breath Tho whispers low
The dying flowers look up and give
Their sweetest incrbsc, Gro they 20,
For her who babe their beauties live,
She bends above the quiet pool
In which the ril iorgots TO play;
The fOlic eddles quickly school
Thtir eyes of glass; her ransicnt stay.
she enters meath the woodland shade;
Her zeplyrs hft the lingering leaf,
Aud bear It gently where are laid
Tho loved ind lost on.s oil lis grief
Sic seeks the shore oil ocean heavts,
In glndness huge his mighty breast,
Prisons his wild winds in their caves,
Aud busking in her smiles, is blesi.
Al last old Autumn, rousiug, takes
Again his sccptre and his throne;
With hois'rrous hand tho tree he shakes,
Intent on gathering all his own.
Sweet summer, si!hing, flies tho plain,
And waiting Winter, eaunt and grim,
Sees niscr Autumn hoa,d his grain,
And smiles to think 'ils al; Tor him!
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-12-06

The CALiFoRNIA CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvLN-
TON, OF as members, was thus co,rst,tuted-
From New York. 7; Maryland, 5; Kentucky, 4;
Ono, 3; New Jersey, 3 Connecticut, 2; Yer
m,nl, 2; Virginia, 2; Massachusetts, 3
Tennessee, Rhode Island, Pennsy vania, Ind-
ana, Missouri, Maine, each have one, aud the
remainder are from California, Ireland, France,
&c. In the whole number there are IA lawyers
aud physicians.
Vermont is credited with two members--we
can find only one Vermonter in the list but ho
as the post Of honor