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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-06
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GO TAKE this method Of answering the frequent nqui-
res, by letef and otherwise, to my opinion upon
the various notices through tho paPeFs, Of the Stationary
Knife Pianug Machines attempted be palmed oil upon
several ignofant u heIfTue worth. would state
to of the inqnfers that they will had sub
stsniay machine offered b. several offending
veuors described 10 the 0th volume Of the RspeoTy Of
Arts invented BY Samuel cnthan "a the year 1891 Ike
machine patented la this countfy Jy kuglef
years since aud smother put BY Aiben Rich
aids Of Vest Toy, n " aud abandoned about the
IL ought satisfy the public 10 know that after nj
eight experimenting these machnes not one
IN is Of aay value tor the purposes contemplated
- 1 will furnish Stationary KNIFE Machine efua TO any
ia offered by the pretending Inventors al
the Of the machine aud hse per cent Tor my trouble
JAMES q. WILSON,
May 10, lsf9. Philadelphia.
DENY thal any peTsoa heard o. such a ma
chine as mine un Invented the Said mHehian was
operated 10 month OF August, 1885, aud machine oe
fore this much WORK and do as wen as nine
reply the above advertisement and 10 o,aus hst 'hs
public may he assured that mean What say VA, ohei 10
pledge ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS against an equal
mount from said Wi,on, that ONE of my machines viii
nlane or tongue and groove " IN the less power Is
much lumbe m and DO u as we'll or better
th.n TWO Of the Ms.odwouh" machlGes. The tral to
4. made Al m, steam MIL Border St., East Boston, Mass
or al such other place may be convenient for such tsL
JOSEPH L. WOODBURY.,
s.., Boston. Mass. August IA, 1851. 4o.Iy.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-06

" have receivedhy Express ps Do LANES aud mar
W oge DE LAlNES,-neN and brauufnl STYLES. Shall
slo receive this week gcnoa assortment Of Dy Goo
Suitable ft the season. LYMAN RING
April -, 1852 "a
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Correspondence Of the Southern Standard.
II

W lOOS.
The Senate have Mt last passed the
bills granting alternate sections of the
public lands to aid in the construction
of railroads Nearly all the States
having public lands within their limits
are included in the bills.
Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, made his
debut in the Senate today, on the
doctrine of intervention. He opposed
it with much energy, and in the course
OF his speech animadverted, in terms
OF unusual severity, on the equivocating
policy of General Cass.
The House has spent most of this
week in discussing the Presidential
election, and in defining the positions
Of parties in the South. Mr.. Hyllier,
Of Georgia, spoke on Wcdncsday-ap,
proved tho Union organization in
Georgia, but disagreed with Mr,
Stephens as to the propriety of going
into the Baltimore Convention. He
was of opinion that the Union party
should send delegates or ambassadors
to that meeting. Col. Jackson, of that
State, defended the State Rights men
and Governor Mcdonald. Mr.. Ap.
pleton, Of Maine, yesterday made
a speech in favor of buchanan; Mr.
Gcddings n rantng free antifugi
tive slave law speech. IIo says that
they intend agitating until they effect
1T repeal. Townsend, OF Ohio, followed
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TERMS,
the bills passed some years ago, it
s,o, ,~o,,sJoJ 49, :c ~. Ck.Io .olJ

the bills passed some years ago, it
was provided that if the State sold
the lands and did not construct the
road, it should refund to the Treasu-
fy Of the United States whatever
money it had received, a relation
which never should be created be-
tween the Federal and State govern.
nents--if for no other reasons than
The universal dependence of the deb
tor On the whims and caprice of the
creditor.
Now, with all these advantag ges,
what good objection can exist to ma.
king these donations 1t does not
cost you farthing. 1t does not alb
stract any revenue from the Federal
Treasury. 1t does not reduce the re-
sources of the Treasury at all. All
experience demonstrates that when you
have constructed these railroads, the
lands through which they pass will sell
more readily for So SO an aero than
they will for 81 25 per acre without
the railroads. With this view of the
case-the constitutional difficulties be-
ing removed-looking to the great ad-
vantage which you can render to these
States-looking to the immense boon
that you can give to them without i'm
poverishing yourselves ask, what
good reason can be given for not pass
ing the bill and making the donation
We ask that the bill shall be put up
on its passage now, without going to
the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union. Those members
who are at all familiar with proceedings
here know, if 1aay be allowed to ap-
ply quotation that is used upon moro
solemn occasions, that when bill is
sent from this House to the Committee
on the Whole on the state of the
Union, unless it is universal favorite
or an appropriation bill, it has gone to
0that undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller ever returns.'-
Every mcmber who has had any expo
rience here knows this to be u fact.
have now, | believe, presented
most ofthe views of this matter that I
desired to present, and all have to
say in conclusion, is, that I trust the
= House will IDEAL literally and gener-
lpuslY towards, eur. fair ds1qgnhters Of the
West: and have no doubt that we
shall never have cause to be ashamed
of or to repudiate them.
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Next President.

Newspaper editors have been in
dulging i'll speculations in regard to
the next presidential election; express
ing opinions of, and concerning the
chances of these who have been spoken
of as likely to take part in the race.
Hence, some have proposed the policy
of non-intcrvcntion to this State, advi-
sing lis to stand aloof from this political
scramble for place and power. They
propose to take no part i'll the election
of one of the highest officers known to
the Constitution, for the reason that in
the discharge of the duties devolving
upon him he is the executive of gov
crnmcnt, destructive of the rights of
the South, and opposed to her best in
tercst. We believe the party test in
the canvass will be the finality of the
compromise-in other words-no one
can receive the support of either Wings
or Democrats as a party, who does not
believe the compromise measure ought
to be permanent arrangement Of the
great question between the North
and the South. Now it is unuucs-
tionably true, that no man hold
ing such opinions can receive the sup
port of South Carolina as her deliberate
choice, yet there may be a chain of
evils; we might prefer WEBSTER to
HousroN, nr DOUGLAS to CAss, or
BucnANNAN to either of them. We
have seen e speech OF Mr.. SMITH, Of
Alabama, in which he desires Mr.. CAss
to retire from the contest. If we were
to give advice it would he about the
same as that advanced by Mr. SMITH.
We think it is the duty of this State
to cast her vote i'll the coming election,
because VIC arc yet one of the States
which make up this Government, we
are yet i'll the Union and whilst VIC COM
plain that the Federal Government has
utterly failed in performing its duties
to the separate States, VIC should be
careful lest the imputation should be
successfully made against us-tllat we
are wanting in performing our duties
towards the general Government. We
do not think it prudent or necessary to
express an opinion in regard to any
of the names yet brought forward as
candidates. The parties will make
nominations, and it will be all that we
can do, to choose between those whose
names have been brought before tie
people. According to present indica
tons. BrcuASAN or DouGLAs will be the
nominee of the Democratic party.
We will await the development which
time and trickcry may make.
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THE SUMTER BANNER.
Sumterville, So. Ca.
JOHN 7. GREEN, ED1ToR.
TUESDAY, MARCH, 80, 1852.
Our PRINCIPLES.

=. There q one point on which there can be no
dipersify Of opinion in The South among those
mho gre true 10 her, or ,rho haze made up their
minds NOT TO De stares; that is IF pe should be
Jorced 10 choose betreer resisfancc and submission
zee should fake resistance at all hasards."-
CALHOUN.
I" To do that, concert of action must be necessn-
Ty' not TO saUe the Union, for II would then be
100 tate, out to saue ourselres Thus in my picr,
ooacGrt,s the one thing eedfui."-CALHoUN.
phdf rs the remedy7 ansvcr secession,
nnied secession of the slupcholding States or a
large nnn1oer Of them. Nothing else ,r,u be ,rise-
nof"'ng else w,H be practicable. ie."-CmEvEs.
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TIE FRENcH ELEcTIoS.-T The
apathy which characterized the late
French election is subject of serious
annoyance to Louis Napoleon. In
Paris, out Of three hundred and Thirty,
three thousand voters, one hundred
thousand abstaincd from the polls.-
In many of the rural districts the same
indifference as TO the elections has
been manifested, though not to so
great an extent. The return of Ca
vaignac, and the heavy vote pollcd for
Carnot, have also irritatcd the Prcsi-
dent, though one of his creature editors
has declared that such indications of
the revolutionary spirit call for contin-
ued repression. On the whole, the
state of France may be considered cx-
trcmely unsettled. The snllen apathy
of SO large n minority Of the people is
the most fatal incident that has vet
attended Louis Napolem's rule. The
sign is ominous in another respect
War is contcsscdly the last card of the
Prince President; he is only holding
it back for the inevitable crisis; and
the present condition of affairs looks rs
if he would be compelled to play his
trump soon, or lose the game. I,ldif
ference, We must rccollcct, means as
much i'll France as often opposition
elsewhere. 1t is the prelude to disas-
ter and disgrace, and this Louis Ma
polcon evidently knows.-Phiiuacl-
lhia BuiicNn.
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COLD AGAIS-Wc mentioned in
our last, says the AbbcviIle Banner of
the 10Th inst, that the mine so sue
ccsstully worked by Mr.. Dorm, was in
Edgcficld, since then we have seen Mr..
Dorm himself, who informs us the mine
is in this district, and that in ten
weeks I've .ts realized the sum of
ten thousand dollars and upwards from
his operation with eight hands. The
work of two days alone yielded him
something over three thousand dollars.
independent of the gold, there is ut
this mine incXhaustiblc quantities OF
maganise, which commands q ready
sale, in the Northern markets, and OF
itself would be fortune.
Gold has been discovered in various
portions of our District; and VIC have
no doubt when cotton ceases to occupy
30 much of the attention four farmers
mines will be found within our borders
which will bless with their golden
treasures the lucky owners.
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New Arramgclnacsnt.

On and after the first ofncxt month
there will be stage line running be-
tween Mayes' Turn Out ON the Will
mington and Manchester Rail Road
and Darlington c.. II.
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eW" Messrs. A. WHITE g. Co., are
Agents for the Banner in Snmterville.

sY WE have received the last
number of GoDEY's Lady Book. 1t is
equal, if it does not surpass any of the
previous numbers.
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lloRKIBLE DESTRUCTION OF TWO
CHILDREN, by THEIR MornER-TnoM-
ASTON, GA, MARcn l2.-On Satur
day last the citizens of Upsm county
had torciblc illustration of the indis-
pcnsIblc necessity of well endowed
Lnnatic Asylums. a respectable Ia
dy, by the name of Magnan, about two
months ago attempted to commit sui
eide, in a fit of insanity, by cutting her
throat; but recovering from the effects
OF the wound, she remained in men
tai condition, sometimes better, and
sometimes worse, until Saturday last,
when she WAS supposed To- be better
than usual. On that day, taking her
four little children, the eldest being
about five or six years of age, she went
to P"ttcr's Mill-pond, about three
miles distant, and plunged them all in,
intending to drown herself Forum
ately, a young man by the name of
Alfred Wilson, (who deserves a great
deal of credit, was fishing at a consid-
cradle distance, and was attracted bv
the cries of the children. He hasten
cd to their assistance, and heroically
plunged into the water, which was very
deep, and succeeded in saving the lives
of two OF the children, recovering the
dead body Of the third, and rcscuing
the unhappy woman. All attempts to
find the body of the smallest child
were tr,litless.-4Hucon Telegraph.
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Correspondence Of the Southern Standard.

WAsHISoToN, March 20, 1852.
The speech of Gov. Jones against
intervention has taken remarkable well,
and his assault upon Gen. Cass is not
regarded rs at all misplaced. The
old General had to explain, and now
his non-intcrvcntinn is the most harm
less and inoffcnsivc thing in all neture.
He read speech on Friday rs com
mentary upon the late letter of Jcfler-
son Davis. He thanked Davis for
saying that he did not deceive the
South in his Nicholson letter. You know
Davis was one Of the few Southern
men who rcpudiatcd the Nicholson let
ter when first published, and the con-
struction subsequently placed upon that
letter by the partisans of Gen. Cass in
the South is a striking illustration of
the danger of supporting an objcctiona-
bio man. They first disowned tho
principle, next apologized for it, and
lastly perversed and advocated it. He
rciterates his doctrine of "squatter
sovereignty" He intimates in tho
speech that no man of common capaci-
ty could ever have construed his letter
to mean anything else than squatter
sovereignty, as it has been sneeringly
dubbed.
The House was engaged on the pri.
vate calendar, on Friday, on the claim
Of Gen. Watson; and to-day they had
speeches from johnson, of Arkansas,
and Brooks, ofNew York. The latter
gentleman made an elaborate defence
OF the present administration, and
charged that the heavy expenses incur
red had been devolved upon this by
the preceding administrations, and
growing out OF the Mexican war. This
speech, in connection with a latc one
by Mr.. Marshall, Of Kentucky, Go
Whig,) in defence of Mr.. Fillmore, in.
dicatcs very clearly that n powerful
effort will be made hv his friend. 10
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AS Mrs. Mowatt was returning to
Boston on Friday from an excursion
ON Ilorsebaels the horse reared and
fell upon her, breaking three ribs. 1t
is expected 'hat the lady will recover
from. her injuries.
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MONEY MIscARRIED.-All who have
lost money in transmitting it by mail
had better apply to the Post Office
Department, rs ten thousand dollars
have been found in the dead letter
Office during The present quarter.
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CALIFoRSIA AND SLAvERY.-Thc Flu
gitivc Slave law, which has lately
passed the California Assembly, pro-
vidcs that slaves brought in the State
prior to the adoption of the State Con
stitution, shall he liable to the pro-
visions of the Congressional Fugitive
Slave law. This, it is alleged, is an
intiraction of the Constitution, which
says that neither slavery no i'll
voluntary servitude, except for crime,
shall ever be tolerated in the State.
In the California Assembly, Feb
ruary 10th, Mr.. Peachy presented a
memorial from number offarmcrs or
planters of South Carolina and Florida,
asking the privilege to bring their
families and colored domcstics into
that State, and that they may be
protected in their property. The
memorial was referred 10 a Committee
on Federal Relations.
"A bill has also been introduced into
the Legislature to call convention
to revise the Constitution, the object
being to divide the State, and set apart
the Southern portion for Slave State.
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AuausrA BRlDeE.-The Hamburg
Republican States that the case of II !.
T., Butlcr, vs.. James Jones and j.. T..
Kennedy, for the recovery Of toll paid
at the South Carolina end Of fthc Angus
'a Bridge, tried in a Magistrates Court,
has sec@deeided ud,e' scly to the plain :
iiI1
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The Wakulla (Fla.) Times thus
refers to the Indian troubles in
that State:
"TnE INDIAN DELEoATIoS.-We
learn that the Seminole delegation
from Arkansas, left Sara Soto for Cal
loosahatchcc on the 9th, and probably
arrived ut the latter place on the
LIST instant, from whence they were to
proceed Immediately into the nation.
The delegates laugh at the predictions
which have been made, that they
would be put to death as soon rs
they enter the nation. Jumper, who
is now acting as principal chief OF
the nation, old Abram, and sister of
Billy Bow Legs, are among the dell
egates. They are confident of being
able to induce Billy Bow Legs and
Sam Jones to emigratc. AS an in
duccment, Jumper will pledge to
Bow Legs that his slaves shall be
restored to him, and that he Will
resisn his authority as Chief to him
as soon Us they arrive in the West. j
It is supposed that Billy's sister will
have considerable influence over him.
Capt. Jernigan has gone down with
a small party to drive the 'out-liers.'
into the nation, or else capture them.
1t is not his intention TO go into
the nation with his party"
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GEN. CAss sN VIRGINIA. demo-
Gratis of Brooke county, Va, have
adopted resolutions in favor of Gen'l.
Cass Tor the Presidency.
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MORE BRITISH PHILANTHROPF.-lhe
British papers announce that the town
of Lagos, on the west coast Of Africa,
was almost totally destroyed by the
British:squadron on the 26th and 9th
December. The English ships, how
ever, sustained severe losses, having
30 killed and 66 wounded. This great
casualty was caused by one of the
steamers having grounded within range
of a battery ofI3 guns. These hostiI-
tiles were Iundertaken in consequence
of the King having refused to ratify a
treaty Of peace for the suppression of
the slave trade. An immense number
of natives were killed during the two
days fighting, and the King or Chief
was deposed, and another one substi-
tuted.'
Here ne have striking cxcmplif-
cation Of the philanthropy of the Brit
ish government. The King Of Lagos,
rs he is called, who, it is to be presum-
cd, knows no more of treaty than
that paragon of ignorance, the man in
the moon,' for refusing to ratify one
debating by the commander of a Brit
isEs val force, is attacked by that
doughty diplomatist sword in hand, an
immense number Of the natives kill
ert,' the town destroyed, and himself
deposed All this was done on the
score of philanthropy, and to arrest
the slave trade in that quarter. A
town is destroyed, and hundred En-
glishmen killed and, wounded, besides
an immense number of negroes, to pre-
vent a;small number ofncgroes being
made slaves. John Bull will certain
ly reform the world, by process of
dcpopulation, as he has done in Hin
dostan and Ireland Southern Press.
rB. The Grand Jury for Anderson
District in their prescntmcnt laid be-
fore the Court Of Common Pleas, at
its recent Session at Anderson G. H..
state that although not coming in the
ordinary course Of their duty, they
would beg nevertheless to call the at
tention of the public to the policy Of
extending the Greenville and Colum-
bia Rail Road to the valley of the
great west by way Of the Rabun Gap.
They regard such an enterprise as one
eminently calculated to promote the
interests ofthe whole State, and as such,
feel no hesitation in recommending that
measures should at once be adopted by
the people of this State to secure it's
speedy complexion. Though opposed to
the State engaging in internal improve
mcnts alone, yet as far as grand jurors
are allowed to express their opinions
us citizens, they warmly recommend
that the State government should lend
n willing and liberal hand to this great
enterprise.
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where. The interests of all parties,

where. Tho interests of all parties,
producers, and manufacturers and
consumers, will be best served by
moderate and regular prices-say, IL
bout ten cents per pound. AT that
price, two-thirds Of his crop will
put more. money into the planters
pocket than would the whole crop
sold at six cents.
have said that the difficulty Of
obtaining concert of action among
planters, so widely separated from
each other, is great; but my confidence
in its practicability is based upon their
obvious interest, and their good
common sense. Although less expert
at figures than the spectators in their
staple, the least informed among
them can sec that ten bales of cotton,
sold at ten cents, will yield more
money than fifteen bales, sold ut
six cents. And, aided by past cx-
pcricnce of the evils resulting from
want of organization, it demands no
extraordinary faith in their good sense
to believe that concert may be OBJ
tanned.
The only objection ever made to
this plan is, "that the planters will not
act in good faith, but will secretly sell
more than their portion of the crops" "
Now, without claiming for cotton
planters higher character for honor
and integrity, may say that they
possess rs much of those qualities us
any other class Of our population. And
although some may and will act bascly,
the number will be small, and their
mfaithfulness will but little affect the
result. may say the same ofanothcr
small class found in every community
Solomons, in their own conccit, who
make it n point Of honor never to
think or act like their ncighbors; and
who will, perhaps, refuse to enter into
the agreement. But if the plan sug-
gestcd be tried, breaches Of faith will
be fewer and fewer every year; and
where e sense of honor will not
restrain, fear Of exposure and shame
will. Without some general concert
of action, no plan can succeed; and that
now proposed presents as few obstacles
as any other. 1t proposes no advance
of moncy-no risk Of loss-and
no change in the pursuits Of the plant
er. If adopted, it must do good.
1t can do no harm. You have. in the
preceding, my plan for regulating
the price of cotton.