Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-02-13
CHIPS AND CLIPPINGS.


Scott os the Wing candidate for the next Presi-
dency.
o. Counterfeit ten cent pieces, it is reported, !
have been issued from n secret mint IN Connect !
lcut, They bear the dates, respectively, of lSl7 |
and 1913, are well executed. aud passed withc ut
any difficulty. The principal feature proving |
their spurious character, Is the absence Of the
circlet of stars around the figure Of Liberty, |
which the genuine ten cent pieces have.
o. Gov. Quitman has arrived IN New Or
leans in charge of Z. S. Marshal Fielding Davis.
who arrested him upon the warrant issued by
Judge GholsOn. A proclamation and protest a.
gainst his arrest is expected soon.
o. Rev. j. u. Butler. A. NJ, of Norwich.
has accepted the invitation Of the Second Con-
gregational church in Danvers, Mass, 10 become
their pastor, and will remove thither in April
next
o. The next Vermont Annual Conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church is to be held at
Woodstock, the 18th Of June next, aud Bishop
james, Of New York Is expected - preside.
The Thrift Qualification. Tho n. y. Eyeninp
Post. frce-trade paper. savs;
From Washington we hear tat the pros
poets Of the protecuonists are somewhat bright
or by the modification which has been lately a.
greed on 10 the labbies, giving the owncus Of
the cotton mills the advantage of duty of 80
/ per cent. nd palorem. Some eight or ten nem-
bers who would not have voted for the scheme
are now counted as IFS friends. The rcprcsen-
tatvcs Of the Eastern cotton factories were not
well pleased with the comparatively small pro-
portion ofbeneft which they were to derive from
IT, and said that the bin was to them at least,
hardly worth the trouble Of passing. These will
now give it their best support"
A Washington correspondent Of the same pa
per intimates tbst Messrs Cass and Buchanan,
VINO were 10 favor Of the project Of Mr. Strong
VIII not commit themselves M favor Of the aineu-
lcd project
Henry Senispce-A despatch from Elmirn, n.
York. dated Feb Sd says -" Christopher Fran
cscus, an engineer on the New York and Erie
Railroad, who was arrested about ycar ago. for
setting fire to a barn, which consumed liainhi's
/ Mansion House, and was convicted some months
ago. but retained in jail as evidence in regard 10
an individual who was supposed TO be un acces-
{ sorry, was this day sentenced 20 fifteen years and
four months hard labor ia the Auburn Slate Prs
on"
TIE CuJrn .qflir IN Mr. Ori,ane The new
trial of Gen Henderson was fixed for the 9th
ult. in New Orleans. On the 22d. judge Coles
worth PIucknry smith, who came from MlsSis-
spp TO stand his trial for being concerned n the
Cuban invasion business, finding that some time
would elapse before his c1se would come on. in-
formed the Court that d was necessary that he
should return 90 Als-ssppi 10 attend 10 his pub
hc duties, and desiring to be admitted % boil the
Court fixed The amount at $1,000, and the Judge
entered into recoguzanccs to appear ios trial on
the first MonIay OF May next
Ohio e. s. Columbus. Feb lth.-
The Legislative Convention adjourned sue die
on Friday, without masking choice Of L. 5.
Senator IA en.h end la-l ba.iot stood as fol-
lows; Gnswold, Wing - Payne. Democrat,
ug cannot BE- hld uuii both houses shah agree
upon O day. which probably will not be lhe pres
cut session.
Ne" Orleans mails Of tie 9th and 2s,h ult
arc received
= Only thrae jurors were Outlined out Of CITY
summoned, lor General Heuderson's second tri-
a Sprular aud Sui9ep Deaih.-On Sandgv eve
F.. ming, the 26th nt. Young man named Staples
. belonging 10 FAi River Mass. called al the
Z house of a friend On THAI town To- hear She "splr
f 1t mppngs Nhla IN communication with tht
"sprt," DE suddenly Gen 90 the floor and OK
s pred, whether from eXchement OF not is no
b known.
: a. The Free Soilers-Alicn Root Gliding.
Il r;,.43, .l.,. ,.I,,,, 90, 49,, ~. H.,
r ''.. "f
G Gas. ions HENnFRsoN, in his defence be
e fore the New-Odcans Jury, maintained that
, though he was the agent for the purchase OF th'
u Creole he contributed himself no means to th'
q Cuban expedition. But he assumed finally the
T. higher ground that the act under which be wa
b. indicted had not been violated al all, for no mil
D. iary expedition had been formed In and carrie,
S on from the United States. Ii the neutrality O
r amy country bod been violated, it was that %
5 Mexico, whence the expedition sailed Owe
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Thus SPuNE Is TIsHoNiNeo. The Tisho
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PATENT DrvurRY.-A new thing has laten
# presented itself 10 public favor, which is as com
Z plete specimen Of nlicnt deyiltrv as human in
4 rcnufy can deyise-sn internal mlchine, com
. pared with which In is capacity for dealing de
q S''N "gn anu gvA'l' we "c''0e Vi lesch
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