Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-16

New IIANPsHRE-G Governors Message
We have received the Message of the new
Governor Of New Hampshire. lie treats Of
various topics, but we cannot find that he
says anything in reference to Nebraska
We have looked carefully under the only
two heads Of the Message where the subject
would be likely to be treated. namely the
National Administration. and the State
Prison, and we find no allusion to it. The
Governor evidently fights shy Of that ques-
tom Tribune.
NFw IIAMPsmRr LrGisLATURE.- Con-
cord W H., June 10, | p. NJ. The House
has refused to lay the Anti-Nebraska reso-
luton on the table by vote of l5S to AZ:
Four Democrats and one Wing absent
Evening. The Anti-Nebraska resolutions
have been under discussion all day-lhe
speeches being mostly from the Coalition
side Of the House.
IN the matter of the United States Sena.
tor, ii Is pretty well decided that Wings and
Free Sp.ers VIII unite on Hon. Joel East
man. Webster Wing and Hon. Geo w.
Morrison. of Manchester. The latter is a
strong Antl-Nebmskian Democrat, and had
been selected with reference 10 securing the
vote of the tender-tocd,n in the Democratic
ranks if such there be in the House.
( .Ntir orleans. June 1.-THE Presidents
1 Proclamation has caused considerable ex-
ctement among the leading illibusters. but
their movements are organized so as not to
violate the law.
our President Democratic pa
pers are enthusiastic in the praise Of the
proclamation of President Pierce against
/ flhbustering ON Cuba, which is all well
enough Many of these same papers, 1t
should be remembered, bestowed much vio-
lent abuse on his predecessor, Willard Fill
more, for doing the same thing, when the cx-
/ igency was much more threatening than nj
present. But then II was the Whig Bull that
gored the Democratic Ox--an entirely differ
ent thing.
a letter in the n. Y. Tribune from Jack
son. Miss, says. the great Cuban army
will soou be ready to start, under command
of our former Governor, General Qutman.
There is no secret about the movement. All
who have been to New Orleans state he a.
mount of money subscribed by the merchants
to be very heavy"
Inrasion Of Cuba.-The Courier's Wash
ngion correspondent writes as follows;
The muster polls of the Organization for
the invasion of Cuba. show a list of fighting
men 10000 strong; 1t is supposed that ten
per cent Of this nnn,har Is available Cor ir1-
lmcuiate service. The subscriptions to the
fund amount to : 100000, bu, smni part
of which has yet been collected. ASSESS
menis are made upon the subscriptions by
Junla or Committee Of the executive officers
Of the Lone Star Association. In return for
4 a.. l. a..
the conquest of Cuba, and signed by the
| President, Secretary, and Treasurer Of the
Association. Gen, Quintmsn stands at the
head of the military organization
The Delaware Journal says the total loss
OF property by the late explosion at VIII
mington, is from $4,000 to $4,000.
Famine in The East The Advertiser
states that measures are about to be taken
for the purpose of afIordng relief 10 the star
wing inhabitants Of Zante and Cephalonia, in
the lonan Islands. We learn from an ex-
tract of letter from Palestine, published ia
the Corrier, that the Jews Of the Holy Land
are also suffering great distress from desi-
tuition. Their sniferngs have been occa-
/. stoned partly by the failure of the harvest,
and partly by the present political dlstnrban-
ces, which have cut of their sources Of sup
ply.-.hids
Mr. Benton has formally abandoned the
Pacific Railroad. This is another victim Of
the Nebraska outrage. Mr.. Benton per-
ceives and admits the utter fuiility of all eff
forts to carry any scheme through Congress,
and will henceiorward confne himself to the
advocacy of wagon road, with stations for
the protection of emigrants.
.SGrery in Kansas. Richard Mendenhall.
missionary teacher at the friends Shawnee
Mission writes to the National Era, under
date Of the 18th ult, from that station, that
slavery exists IN Kansas, and did so before
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, not.
wlthsianding the institution was illegal. lie
says that Thomas Johnson, who has been at
Washington all this session, claiming a seat
as an elected Representative from Nebras-
ka, Is the superintendent of an extensive
missionary establishment in Kansas, under
the direction of the Southern Methodist f.
piscopa Church, at which sleves lhaye long
been kept to do the mental service
LATER IRON MExco.-.New Orleans,
June II "A steamer has arrived from Vera
Cruz, with dates fro the City of Mexico 10
the 9Th inst.
1t was rumored that the Gadsden treaty
was not accepted, but returned to Washing
ton by Santa Anna, with amendments.
ANOTHER FATAL CASE OF CHOLERA IN
WoBURN. A correspondent Informs the
Journal, that DR.. Augustus Plympton died
in Woburn on Monday night. after an H.
ness Ct eighteen hours, of disease which
he himself pronounced to be Asiatic cholera,
and IN which opinion Drs. Bigelow of Bos.
ton, and Plympton of Cambridge, who we're
called, in consultation, conceded. - Boston
alias.
Cholera IN Schenectady. we learn says
the Albany Express of Monday, that Mrs.
Elwood, wife of DR.. ElwooG of Schendcta
dy, died in that city on Saturday of Asialic
Cholera. 1t is said to have been clear case
of that disease.
The New York Express makes the follow
ing complimentary remarks upon the late
speech Of Hon Solouan Foot of this State.
in the Senate of the United States, on the
Presidents veto message returning the Insane
Bill:
"The lntelligencer of to-day publishes
the able speech Of Mr.. Foot of Vermont on
the veto message. Mr. Foot is one of The
most laboroas members of the Senate, and
although he seldom appears in debate, yet
when he does address the Senate he never
fails TO make an Impression, by the clearness
of his statement and the solidty of his argu-
ment. He is a member Of three important
committees, and has made more reports than
any Senator at the present session. Being
deprived Of a colleague, by the refusal of
the Vermont Legislature to Gil the vacancy |
created by the death of Mr.. Uphan, he has
double duty to perform, and he performs it
we'll"
DrolSned.--Rodney l.. Clogston. from
Vermont, an operative in the Prescott
Mills, was drowned, yesterday morning, at
Hunts Falls, on the Merrimack River lie
was taking morning bath, and while diving
struck his head against stone with such