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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-11
Windsor County Convention.

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The Windsor County Wing Convention, held
at Woodstock, last Wednesday, was one Of the
best we have ever attended. fr
The best spirit OF harmony, Of mutual conf
dence, anu Of confidence 10 the State and Ma
:ional Administrations, was manifested. AMONG
the delegates we were pleased to notice num-
Der of our friends, who, two years ago, could not
support the Wing nomination for the Presidency.
The virtues Of Zachary Tay lor have been nut
to severe and practical test, and all that was
hoped by his warmest Northern friends has been
fully realized, while all that was feared by the
sincerely doubling among Northern Wings. has
been dispelled. The truth Of this wa confirm
ed by the words and countenances of the dele.
gates. The belief is now very general, and is
daily gaining ground, that no President, since
the days Of Washington, has within the briee
space Of sixteen months, secured Z deeter hold
in the affections Of the Northern people, than
has President Taylor, BY his wise and prudent
course, since his accession to the chiet Ma9is-
tracy Of the Nation "The signs OF the timesr
are truly favorable and augur well for the Why
cause. - -
The proceedings of the Convention were
Throughout by spirit Of mutual concession and
forbearance, aud although several candidates for
the came Office were presented in the Committee
Room, yet when the nominations were made BY
the Committee, and presented to theConvention,
they were unanimously rati6ed, with deter.
mined resolution on the past II every Whie
present. TO 60 into tne work and uiumphautIy
elect them. The gsnllemen pot in nomination
ara all Of the right stump and stronger tick
ct or one more deserving the support Of The pss-
pie Of the County could DOT veil be nade. sa
Compelled to pesspons thaelicisl proceedings
till neat week, We now msrsiy a6uounes lie
nominations, which are a. follows:
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

The Wing freemen Of Washington County
are invited to meet in Convention at Montpelier,
Wednesday, July l7th, IL o'clock noun, to nomin-
ate ticket of Senators and county officers to
be supported at the September election. Dele
gates are desired from every town in the coun-
ty.
WIN. r. BURNHAM,) 9ai e
.. w. ELLIS, fC0uniy Committee.
F. A. WRIGHT, .ane
July 9Th, 1850. aa.
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The following are the Assistant Marshals thai
have been already appointed. The list is jhcom
plete, but shows us an efficient and worthy body
OF active and capable men:
Zadock Thompson, Burlington,
Ira Shattuck, do.
Abel Lyman, Randolph,
Avian Drury, Barre,
A. s. Campbell, Newfane,
Samuel l.. Hunt, Guilford,
Andrew J. Willard, Lyndon,
Barron Moulton, Waterford,
Samuel Cbamberlain, Barron.
WIN. Moone jr-, Newport,
q. a. Collanier. Bristol,
Cyrus Blrge. Middlebury,
Martin G. Rice, Sudbury,
Geo. Capron, Tinmouih,
Albert A. Cross, Montpelier,
VIM. Gilmore, Rutland,
o. +. Robinson, nighgate,
ID. 5. Church, Middleb1ry,
NJ. &. Hall, Arlington,
J. X. Parish, Randolph,
Jonah Brooas, Luuenburgh.
Free Press
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County Officers. are some county off,
GERS whose duties have direct bearing upon the
subject OF intemperance- the assistant Judges
and the States attorney, and 1t Is well for the
friends not only of temperance, but of Law and
order generally, to have an eye to these, for the
purpose of eecting men who will faithfully and
honestly execute the laws of the State. it
strikes us that that should be required of all
candidates, if required, we see no neces-
s,y or proprcty for distinct ticket aichnan
aud State Journal.
"If required" says the Watchman. "That
If is an important word, y those in favor OF u
distinct ticket in Washington County, doubtless
reply. The friends of Temperance may "re-
aulre," i. e. ask, the nomination OF safe men, and
be denied by the political parties. What shall
they do then? We do not believe that the
friends OF Temperance are disposed to make any
unnecessary trouble 10 the political parties; and
any nominations they may make would doubt
less be dropped if equally safe men should be
nominated by all the politlcal parties. Vermont
Chronicle.
Aye-all hangs upon the eff" yet it is very
easy TO knock out that little word and require all
that it is desirable. With no more labor than
was required to write the call of this Conven-
ton toe the newspa pers in Montpelier, the gen.
,lemen concerned could respectfully invite each
candidate OF all parties to say whether il elect
ed, he will faithfully and honestly execute the
laws on this subject The answer, or a refusal
to answer, would settle the matter as to each
candidate.
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Last week Va pgpii6c In Csuyso fisns- -she
0ird being holden on Saturday. 1t was Wash-
ington County convention II ~ At he ~ self
styled Democratic parties. Last year this ooe
was known as the free democracy. alias the Goa
lition-this year We can only say, judging from
the persons concerned, that it was democracy of
the striped sort, if democracy At all The tick
ct nominated is striped, too. as will appear next
week when we shall give the official list from
one Of the organs here. Suffice it to say now,
that the state of feeling at and after the conven.
ton was not entirely satisfactory.
P. s. The editor Of the Vermont Patriot was
not nominated for Senator! s
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Vermont Central Railroad.

The stockholders special meeting Oh Tues
day was well attended, and The lease of ihe VI
and Canada Road was confirmed by unanimous
vote. The Directors we're instructed to call the
regular annual meeting as soon as they shall
Judge best after the completion of the road ia
the wharf 10 Burlington: probably the meeting
will be holden somewhere between the middle
of September and the middle of October. Ii
was stated that the work has progressed SO sue
cessfully on the Vermont and Canada and Og-
densburgh roads as TO warrant the expectation
that both will be completed for running in Octo-
Der. The prospect is also iair for an early open
ing from Rouse's Point 10 ST. Johns. $3.50
Montpelier and Rsils River Railroad. An ad.
jouned meeting was to be holden at Wells Riv.
er yesterday, wednesday, We shall publish
the proceedings in our next-ifS~e can get
them. ~ .57sl
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Fugitive Slave Case.

We have placed on the first page an account
of fugitive slave case, just decided by the U.
s. District Court for Indiana-Judge Mclean
presiding. If under the present law slsvehol-
der can take his slave where he can find him, and
make those pay for the slave who venture to aid
his escape, it strikes Us that the South need no
more stringent law. The necessity rather is, for
provisions to protect free blacks against unlawful
arrests, and free whites against swindling.
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Dishonsrabie Trick The files of the Post
Office Department are always open to members
Of Congress, and indeed to the public for exam
inaiion as to any and every matter in which they
are interested. We are sorry to say that this
privilege has been grossly abused by 4 member
of the House-n less parsonage than Joshua
II. Giddings Of Ohio,-who distracted papers
from The office and sent them under his frank to
Ohio. II such is the conduct of Members of
Congress, the result must be that they will be
refused access 10 the papers of the Department.
1t will be seen from the Congressional proceed
ings that Mr.. 6. has asked IN Investigation,
which the House declined, for want of jurisdic-
ton. p. The I'd Assistant P. N. General
has demanded Investigation, and The House has
agreed to it. .,-,.... ...,.,.ss
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O. The postmaster at CIRCUITS Corner, Mass.
has been convicted Of stealing money from The
mails, and goes to stale prison for ten years. He
was detected through the agency of the Hon.
Solomon Foot, who, by The way, has been very
efficient in catching post Office rosaes. N. B.
This was locofuco postmaster: instead ofturn-
ing out too many, it seems Judge Collamcr had
not turned out enough-by ono, at least.
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Working Of the Loeofoeo Fra Trade of 1886.
The following are the results Of detailed state.
ment of the imports Of foreign goods into the
port of New York and consumed for the years
ending June 80, Is49, and June 80, 1850:
1850. $50 96O,32e
1919, 4l,9l6,546
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In regard to an inimation, in the Patriot, about
free tickets held by " Windsor Editors" we have
TO say that we never rode mile on any railroad
without paying full price.-VL Chronicle.
We hold freepass rendered by Massachu-
sets road for one trip, which we mean to use on
the first opportunity. As yet, we have never
ridden mile on any railroad, stage or steamboat,
on an editorial pass
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The 18th.

Remember the day, Wings. The campaign
of 1850 in Vermont will turn out especially
the signs of the times. Let the Wings be rea-
dy to do their part well.
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The Steamer Griffith Arad Parks Of Mont
gomery, VT. was ON board this Inflated boat
He was saved. We understand that fears are
entertained that two persons Of Moretown, in
this county. we're lost The Cleveland Plain
Dealer has the annexed paragraph. We have
made several inquiries whether wool dealer by
the name of Haskell is known in this quarter
but in vain:
A letter dated Montpelier, W., May 18th, was
found directed to Mr.. Haskell" o. the outside
is this memorandum, in pencil. "Sunday, June
l6, 1850: left Buffalo at 10 A. NJ. on the steam
er Griffith, for sfoiedo" Other memorandum
show that he was dealer in wool.
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@ Hon. Horace Everett of Windsor report
ed the ex-iree sail state ticket Is this the same
Horace Everett who was frequently spoken of
in the Vermont Patriot in other days as " a blue
light d-Conveniion-F ederalist % II he
is the same man, has Horace been converted to
democracy, or has the Patriot been converted to
Federalism? These are the questions that ago.
nize the democracy. -
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| TIE Sentiment of Pennsyluania.-The Wings
LOT PENNSYLVANIA have recently held State Con-
vention, to nominate candidates for Canal Com
missioner, &c. We have already given the
names Of the nominees. The resolutions passed
10y the Convention werc Of the true Wing stamp.
Among them re the following:
Resolved, That in electing General Taylor, we
chose him without reference to sectional feel
ings, which Pennsylvania, on all questions un-
der the Constitution expressly and earnestly re-
pudiates but with reference to his national
character earned on the field Of his country's
battles, by long life of severe public service in
the cause of he whole country-and nobly has
our confidence been repaid His heart, swelling
beyond mere local influence, has beat high in
unison with the nations feelings, and never fall
tered in Its devotion TO the Constitutions, the Un-
ion, and the interests OF the whole country. II
is the placid dignity and energy of his charac-
ter, attested in scenes of trial and danger, in
other sphere, mingled with his utter restitution
Of mere sectional feelings, and his generous and
constitutional patriotism, which nov: rebuke and
always will restrain extremes of faction or fanat-
icism, let them come from what quarter or in
what form they may. 1t is part of the choice
blessings OF Providence, that in crisis like this,
the nation reposes with entire confidence on such
a President
RESOLVED, That this Convention cordially ap-
prove the recommendation of General Taylor
for the admission of California into heUnion with
her present boundaries that we hold it to be the
duty of Congress to receive her with the free
Constitution that her citizens have formed, with
out imposing upon them any conditions or res
trictions of any kind, it being the inalienable
right OF the citizens off every State t, make such
provision for their security and welfare as they
may deem expedienI, and subject only to the
propositions and guarantees expressly set forth
in the Constitution of the United States. That
as the soil of the territory ceded by the treaty
OF Guadalupe Hldalgo was free when it was ac-
CURED from Mexico, we do solemnly protest a
gainst any policy by which the laws of Texas,
carrying with them the institution of slavery,
may be extended over any part Of it.
Other resolutions, in favor of the Tariff COM
plirnentary to Secretary Meredith, Gov. Johnson,
&C., were also adopted. The Wings of Penn
sylvania hold fast to the true Wing faith.
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S5,3S8,522

We understand that the delegates to the
Wing State, Convention on the 9Th will be
served like the rest on the Central Road. They
will pay half fare.
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The President has sent an officer express to
Col. Munroe, at Santa Fe, to sustain the author
lty of the United States against the force which
Texas will use
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Turkey and Tie Uaiied .Nates-W ashington.
July 1.-The InteIligencer OF this morning says
that the Sublime Porte, jealous OF European
powers, and favorable to %, has, at the request
|of odf minister, despatched Z public agent 10
|shs United 6sates to examins and report on or
aavy. resources. industry. &C.
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S9,O43,782
Increase of imports

YHcrease OF Imports $J,O30,Io<
The greatest increase has been in The very ar
hcle which ought to be least-to wit, woolens:
Wooden goods imported in 1850. Sl4,S77,I2
I" lS4y, 9.4S5,600
Increase nearly 40 per cent $685., 522
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The Washington correspondent of the New
York Commercial writes, under dale Of June
Both:
The parties from Maine and Massachusetts,
who are here urging the action of the Govern
ment . aid them in the recovery Of the two ves-
sells Owned by them, and captured of Contoy
island, a. having belonged to Lopez's expedi-
ton, have every assurance that their property
will be restored them immediately sitter The next
thorities in Cuba and the Minister here are sup
posed to be waiting for orders, which they will
20 doubt receive, 10 afford the fullest satisfaction
to the American Government. 1t madness should
rule the councils Of Spain, some Of the PRISON.
ers near Contoy would be shot. That would
lead to var, which would sssuredly promptly ex-
tinguish her dominion in Cuba.
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I'd Congressional District Wing Convention
at Manchester, July "a
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A Short Lecture to Parents.

Train up child in the way he should po !.
and when he is old be will not depart from it,
''-f- Proverbs, 22.6.
sChasten thy son while there is hope, and let
NOT thy sou! spare for hs crying.-Froperbs,
1918. e4 III il,s .r4I5 ~. :. rel =.
"a quickness and violence of temper has
been the besetting sin of my life. was an on
" child, much INDUCED, and I have never &C.
CURED the control over my passions that ought
10 have sequirsd early-and the consequence IL
--all this I'D. jobs p. He6stx's conIessien ef
The killing Of Dr.. Parkman. See first page.
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Imporiani from Harana-TMsasened .4ss.

Impsrfanf from Harana- Threatened .4ssas-
sination OF the american Consul New Orleans,
July 1.-The British steamer arrived at Mobile,
yesterday, with dates from Havana to the 9th
ult The Con;oy prisoners are still closely con-
fined. and the Consul is not allowed to commu-
nIcate with them. Gen. Campoell's correspon-
dence with Mr. Clayton has embltlered the Span
lards against him, and they have openly threat.
ened to assassinate him. The Germantown is
at anchor in the harbor, ready 10 receive him in
the event of his leaving the city. Havana is
still in Il stale of serge. Cholera has almost
disappeared. Mr.. Edmund Doyle, an American
merchant at Cardenas, has been imprisoned OH
some charge. MIR. Gerard, of New Orleans,
merchant, has beeu released, and returned home
today. The "Falcon" sailed for Havana and
Chagres, with lao passengers on board. Twen-
ty-s,x Spanish deserters from Carlenas have ar
rived here from Key West
The following extracts from private letters,
received by late arrival from Havana, we find
in the N. .. Com. Bulletin:
Whilst the American Consul takes high
ground under his instructions, and the people of
the United States may become more excited,
the minds Of men here are becoming more and
more satisfied that decided contest between
the two nations is preferable to a constant state
of anxiety, and that it, in the end, Spain is to
lose her colony, it IS better to have it at once
decided how it Is to be lost. and in what situa-
uon IT is to be left to the conquering party.
repeat that the prisoners will be released,
but they will retain the vessels, and the return
OF the latter will be referred to Madrid. 10 be
the subject of diplomatic correspondence.
The proceedings and evidence in the trial 90
by the Falcon, and l am told they contain
weighiy and abundant proof against the parties,
but whether what is considered ss proof here,
will be SO regarded in the United States, is an
other thing.
Great Indignation is felt here, and especially
oy the authorities, at the Infamous report pub
iished in the Unied States, that some OF the
prisoners had been subjected to torture in order
to obtain confession. The Admiral feels par
licularly outraged by the publication, US tho
prisoners were more especially under hls charge.
The report was SO improbable and absurd, that
II IS surprising that American newspapers should
have given any circulation to it. The prisoners
are well treated, and know they have received
supplies OF money TO add To their comforts.
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FFasta;s cesats. Wing Convention At Shell
don, Friday. July 10, 10 AN. sra III,
Esss4 CSaniy. wing Conversion !. i, LINEN u I.
burgh, July b.
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Our Relations trifh Cuba.-The latest news
from Cuoa now is, that the authorities of that
Island insist upon formal trial of the prisoners
of Contoy, and in this determination they are
said to be secretly backed by Great Britain. 1t
is understood, however, that no executions will
take place, and no final decision will be made
until the Spanish government have had time to
act in the premises. The Savannah News con-
tains the following:
Spanish outrage on .4merican rrssels The
schooner Gen. Taylor, Capt. Wright, arrived at
our port yesterday afternoon, in 80 days from
Chagres. She was bound to Turks Island, but
shifted her ballast at sea, and put in for fresh
supply. When off Cape Antony on the 18th
inst. she was boarded by Lieutenant and Mid
shiFman, and eight Spanish soldiers, armed with
carblnes, cullasses, and boarding pixies, from
Spanish war steamer. The captain Of the Gen.
Taylor produced his papers, but this did not sat-
isfy the insolent Spanards, who were insulting
and overbearing in their department towards
Captain Wright and his crew. They persisted
in overhauling his vessel, and searching her
from stem to stern. aad finally demanded the
schooner roll. After remaining on board for
nearly all hour they took their departure.
The Gen. Taylor was in company, off Cape
Antony, with the brig Nereus, (of Beverly, Ms.)
from Mansanla, Cuba, bound to Boston. The
Spanish man-of war also overhauIed the brig, and
detained her in Ike manner.
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Col. Benton's Speeeh-The Missouri Senator
proves most conclusively that Texas never had
the least shadow Of a rightful claim to that por-
ton Of New Mexico lying this side of the Rio
Grande. This ridiculous claim was the only
pretext for justifying the commencement of the
late war with Mexico. ''Mexicans had shed
American blood on American SOIL" was the To-
cofoco cry.
This question is doubly interesting, just now,
while New Mexico is preparing for admission
into the Union as a free State, and resisting the
claims of Texas to the Valley of the Rio Grande,
which she wishes TO keep free from the intru-
sion of Texan Slavery. tits gratifying to know
that President Taylor and his Cabinet have re-
ceived the good news from New Mexico with
extreme pleasure, while the pro-slavery dlsun-
ionists of the South are ia great trouble. The
Locofocos at Washington disown Benton, and
accuse him Of being Wing.
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Assistant Marshals.

eve do no, understand Mr.. Clay to have said 80.
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Half Fare.

Increase nearly 40 per cent.
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,hI,II l.
suo .sn oe 'lee. =,
me question was taken on M. ones au ls,
'nen.' ana decided In the aiilrmatise o., 70 oN
Inc Yeas and Nays were men taSen On aglee-
ing 10 toe resolution as amenoed' ana de'ideu !"
tne amrmative-94 to|S.
Ar. Holmes asked leave TO SUBMIT Ieso'u''op'
'hat Inc Comih'ltee on foreign huairS DC III
siructed to enquire into, and report as to the ex-
Pediency OF placing at the disposal OF 'ne riesi-
dent, such naval forces as may De necessary 70