Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-08-18

sweet, you know. We mortals cant always
have our own way in all matters. Disap-
pointment meets with disappointment, and
To avoid shipwreck, we must learn to be
content with our lot and make the most Of
it. The General thought he was his own
keeper, and had a right to do what he did,
and so he did it--and "did IL up bro,cn."-
If you have any objections, Just put them IN
your pipe and smoke them.- Bennington
Banner.
Grounding N, Morners." The Rutland
Herald has commenced republication of
the nfidel writings Of DR.. Powers. The
first article is an Grafton delivered on the an
niversary Of Tom Pahle's birth day, accom-
panied by " sentiments" IN which the cler-
gy, orthodoxy, and the Bible are handled
Just about as tenderly as he now handles
rum sellers and rum drinkers. We protest
against the proceeding Of the Herald, not
only because cruel and unusual punishment
is forbidden by the constitution, but because
striking a man when he is down is inconsis.
tent with all the rules ofpugilism. - Windsor
Journal.
The Kansas Emigrdnts.-W learn from
the correspondence of the Rochester Demo
crst, that the pioneer party of the Massa-
chusetts Emigrant Aid Company arrived at
Kansas on the 2sth ult., in excellent health
not case of sickness occurred during the
trip. On the following morning they were
making preparations for travelling thirty
miles to the Waharousa territory.
The writer says -
would say to the reader Of this, that on
coming up The Missouri saw solendd land,
but never did see anything like the land
here. II costs man not less than $40 or
$50 to come here and return.
Flour is S3,75 per cwt., butter II IL
cents per pound, beef 3 cents, wood $3.50
cents per cord sc. never expected to see
such corn. No rain has fallen for fifty days,
winch is very uncommon, but the black soil
is many feet deep
Those thinking Of coming had better keep
cool this hot weather, and make preparations
TO meet some difficulties, and receive in re-
turn l60 acres of excellent land.
Kansas Terrifory.-Some of the adventu-
rers from the East to the Kansas Territory,
are beginning to turn their faces eastward
again. Several of them were passengers IN
the Polar Star day before yesterday. They
had abandoned their potaloe and corn patches
in Kansas, thinking it too dry country for
them.-.St Louis Republican 5h
Upon this, the Rochester Democrat says
"TLe st Louis Republican has been one
of the most bitter and unfair sheets in re-
gard to the Nebraska and Kansas questions.
1t will turn out that no adventurer' from the
East has " abandoned his claim. Some who
went out merely as agents, for the purpose
of acqu ring information for the benefit OF
others, may have returned, as II was expect.
ed they would
We are aware that every representation
which the slave interest can devise will be-
made to dis-uade the freeman Of the North
from going into that territory. IL the slave
holders were base enough to violate a sacred
compact for the purpose Of crushing out
freedom they will be found base enough 10
inven, any iasehood for the same object
But We trust that the friends OF freedom will
not heed such representations. The land Is
represented as fertile the country delightful
and the climate healthy and we hope that
the sons of the pilgrims and the exiles from
oppression abroad, will flock there 10 such
numbers as to secure freedom TO that beau
tiful country. This can easily be done anC
we trust will be- Boston .3tids.
AccIpFNT.-SLsvEs IN KANsAs.-A de
spaich in the Platte Argus, dated at Kansas
on the 2lst Of July, says that some time II
the afternoon OF the previous day, Judg,
/ Walderan, IN the pursuit of runaway ne
groes, when attempting to dlsmount fro
his horse discharged his gun, and eight bucl
aud sixteen goose shot penetrated his body
llc-died the same night
The Destruction Of Grsytoten. A Wash
ington writer SAYS;
learn that the reclamations, for the de
struction OF property belonging To Frenct
subjects at San Juan. exceed somewhat thi
round sum Of S6OO,000 NJ, de Barrouvelle
whose warehouses there was some attemp
to spare amid the general sack, for the rea
son that he had protested against the bot
Ting of Borland, comes 10 for 100000
The amount of the English reclamations i
not yet sent forward, but 1t will much ex
coed tina, of the French one English meF
chant had cghly-sx large packages of val
able merchandise there on the way to tn,
western coast. There were also some Ora
madam aud Spanish merchants who wer
heavy losers | hear that 1t Is probable tina
malt million Of dollars will not more thar
cover the damage suffered by them. Tn
claims of American citizens will doubtless
be much larger than those of any other ella IS
since the principal part OF the buildings be
longed 20 them | Judge that they will cal
Cor million and half or two millions
The entire loss by the victory Of ilolhns
Marcy and Borlan D., may thus be set down a
not less than three million Of dollars, TO b
paid by the American Bostol
.4las.
.4rre,t Of Counterfeiiers. We learn fror
the Portland Advertiser that great haul q
counterfelters has been made at Sherbrook
Canada. One printing press, twen'y-sl
Plates for paper money. one machine 70
stamping gold and silver, (which weighe
eight hundred pounds.) twenty-four mould
for running hard money, DIES, ink, paper, en-
gravers tools, and thousands Of dollars \
counterfeit money were seized.
A correspondent of the Traveller assert
that these gangs, for there were two arrest
ed, were the authors of the commercials o
the Nashua Bank, Of which $4,000 wort
have been issued since the middle of June.
FuGITIvE SLAVE Decision. CinciRnd
Aug. 9.-Judge Sheppard +. Norris, Dem
ocratic candidate for supreme Judge m tai
State, has decided that slave brought /
Ohio with the consent of the owner, and a
forwards escaping from a slave state, is FREE
and cannot be remanded to slavery.
It is said that the cholera at the We
has created some considerable alarm anon
the friends Of Pierce and Douglas. In hi
own State, where Douglas is said to hav
pledged himself to take the stump in fave
Of any candidate whose motto is .NebrdSk
and Uhiskeg" the cholera has, by lis raw
ges, alarmed the whiskey drinkers an
many of them have been forced 10 hold u
from the known fact that that disease rage
most among the incorporate. And It hG
been observed that the disuse of whlske
creates dlsrelsh for Nebraska. II WI
said by the faithful IN New Hampshire, tn
drugged rum defeated the election of &c
Pierce's favorite candidates for the Sena
in that State, aud it may turn cut that wh
key drugged with cholera will defeat tn