Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-04
Death of Editors,


MAJOR NoAH.-Ths event has been antici-
pated for several weeks and on Saturday night
at half past eleven o'clock, he brcathed his last
The great length of time during which Ma
jor Noah was connected with the Press of this
City, has rendered his name familiar to our
whole country, and superccdes the necessity of
any obituary of mere words Like all who are
connected with the Press in our country, the err
rors Of Major n oah-tor he was human-are
more widely known than his virtues. But we,
who knew him well, can bear witness that a
kinder heart never beat in the breast of man;
and that the kindness of his nature exposed him
to the designs Of more cunning and less scru-
puous men. lie never saw distress that he did
not seek to relieve it: and the great aim of his
| life was to lncuiCatc benevolence, and to ln-
| ducc care for the masses. Ills errors were
! all of the head; while his virtues sprang spon-
taneouSly from the heart, and will cause many
a tear to be dropped to his memory-.E Y.
CoW s. Enquirer
JoHN S. SXINNER.-Our Baltimore cores
pondcnt sent us word last night, as will be seen
by reference to his letter in another column,
that most melancholy accident had betallcn
John $. Skinner, ESQ.,, the venerable. editor Of
the American Farmer, and Of the Plough, Loom
and Anvil; and a tclcgMphlc despatch, recclv-
ed at later hour, informed MS that he had died
in consequence Of the injuries which he receiv-
ed. Mr.. Skinner was well known to the coun-
try as an able political and agricultural writer,
and rCutlomau of untirnr industry and great
bcnoyolencc of character. Mr.. Skinner was
for many years postmaster of Baltimore, and
subsequently, we believe, Assistant Postmaster
General. - RcpubIic (UaShingtoa.)
: Isaac IlILL-Thc Hon. Isaac Hill, Of New
Hampshire, died in the city of Washington on
Saturday last, at the age Of about 20 years.
Mr.. Hill for many years exercised a very
powerful political influence in New lIamp-
shire, as the leader of the Democratic party
) chiefly through his able writings in the New
Hampshire Patriot, which had an extensive
circulation throughout the State. He also
! maintained an active cooperation with the po-
litcal organization of the party, and was re-
peltedly chosen to responsible offices.
The Boston Advertiser of Yesterday contains
the following picture,-plcasing for SoutI
r Carolina to contemplate, and doubtless true tc
j the life. Our very respectable Cotton Slstc
. had better hold up" little. By-and-b!
> something may give way.
r WASHINGTON, March 25th, lS5l.--Tht
= letter OF Col. I. W. liayne, the Attorney
, General of South Carolina, to the Southern
Patriot, appears today, and will attract atten
ton,
The Colonel tells the people of 5. c., tina
they have lost one chance for rebellion, anC
will soon have another "Nly policy" he says
y would be to teach that disunlon was thin!
Vt certain in the future" He advises preparation
u for physical contest" But Mr.. lIayn
1t rcckons without his host, when he says that thu
> President, Mr. Webster, Gen. Scott, Mr. Clay
e Mr.. Cass, and others, are determined to Civ
y them chance for" flat rebellion"
i col. llayne honestly shows his hand. Tn
II parties above named will show him a gam
worth two of his. South Carolina may seced
! tomorrow, and will undertake to say that tn
. movement will be in no way noticed by the
It 5, Government, except by the withdrawal o
u the United States military force from FoI
Noultrc, and the placing ii L, $, steam veSsc
- off the harbors of Charleston, Beaufort, and =
Helena, to collect the revenue.
- The state of things will then be this Tn
L. 5. Mail will be taken from Wilmington,
u c., to Savannah. The Banks of South Carolln
will suspend, because their creditors cannC
I pay them. The cotton crops will be sent, q
u great expense, to Savannah. Houses in Char
lesion will become of little value,-tor hC
trade will cease. The slaves will becom
vaIuelcss and burdensome, and their master
10 Will drive them OF, or run away from tneul :
il the very state of things that John Randolp
, predicted. Taxes were doubled for 1851 bl
D. for the next year, they must become destructll
10 Of all business and property; and the State ca
IN neither borrow nor pay. The South Carolir
m revolution cannot be sustained beyond on
,o crop.
no 1t is rumored that Gen. Caleb Gushing, OF
T. of the heroes of Mexico, went on to Washln!
If ton, not long ago, to lay before the MeXica
, Commissioners claim for his robbery, as
49, came home though Mexico of the Mss jou
=, nal of his residence in China as America
Commissioner Whereupon II Socretario Il
N, Washington correspondent of the Richmol
H. Wing, pounccs upon the gallant General t
u. follows:
or " I've been plmdered in Mexico-robbd ly bar
dlu"
Poor Ca shng your case most heartily pliy :
10 YES; they uhcd aud stole all my manu- err
lCaNr.
4, Then. Caleb ultN. not YOU but 'lt ihiuNUs'