Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-08-31


tee, and Gilmore, Associate, with isaacs,
/ Disric Attorney, have, in response TO a res
olution by the two houses, gwen opinions
fully sustaining the legality OF the action Of
the Legislature in adisurning To this place.
This will put the question at rest. 1t needed
no such high authority to satisfy the members,
or any man with thimble full of brains 1t
was desired to give no excuse to the poor
fools VINO might have been misled by Reeder.
II IL said that Governor Reeder flatters
himself that he will return to Pennsylvania
a martyr, and will be elected to the Senate
this fall Old Conestogn is not quite 50 Gull
as TO do anything of this kind"
Judge Johnson, from Ohio dissenied from
the opinion sustaining the legality of the adj
iournms nt of the Legislature to Shawnee.
The members of the Legislature hearing
of Dawsons refusal TO serve as Governor.
have signed petition To Pierce in favor of
Woodson, the Secretary of the Territory.
! he town OF Lccompton has been selected
as the permanent scat Of Government l,e-
compton Is named from Judge Lecompte. of
the Supreme Court Of Kansas. Ii is situated
on kanaas river, about sixty miles from
Westport, and thirty south of Atchison.
The town site Is beautiful. Timber abounds.
Water is plenty. Both timber and water
are OF the most excellent quality. Shares in
the Lecompton Town Company have gone
up from 800 to $1,000. and men have be.
come rich very rapidly.
A letter dated Westpor, August 10Th,
saws:
Among the bills which passed the House
today, was one to exempt the homestcads
and certain other property from execution.
Ky th'e oct ono hundred aud SIXTY acres Of
land, outside VI town or city. j. exempted
from execution; house or lot within a town
or chy, worth no mpre than fifteen hundred
dollars, Is exempted from sutton. and. also
every mans wearing apparel and working
tools.
Day before yesterday, the bill to regulate
elections passed. t. provides that any free
white male citizen of the United States. and
any free male Indian who is made a ciizen
by treaty or otherwise, over the age nftweniv
one years. who shall be an inhabltanf of this
territory, and who shall have paid territorial
tax, shall be qualified clector f ali cleo
tive offices" When any voter is challapped.
and he may be challenged BY any other voter.
he shall be required to take an oath To sun
port the Constitution Of the United States.
he Kansas .Ntbraska .7ci, and Fngihpe Stare
Lnw. send you a copy of tins bill, and
will send you a cory Of the Slave Property
bill when can get ~
The Kansas Herald Of Freedom SAYS the
free settlers on the Wakarusa, and al liicko.
~ Point, are forming military companies 10
protect themselves from invaders. that the
Free State Executive Committee were or
gnnizing throughout the territory. ard that
The tide Of pro slavery emigration towards
Kansas has begun TO ehb, aud at this time
The slave State emigration is larger fiom
Kansas % Missouri than vice versa. LISA
notorious fact that there is not an elective
district in Kansas territory today but would
poll three votes of the actual rioters In such
districts for freedom 10 one tor slavery"
--latest from Icrqs.-The Texas papers
Of the I lth give an account of quite a Sc
we're battle IN Mexico, at Salullo on the I'D
and 2:id Of July, between the Insurgents un.
der Gen. Nidaufi and the government troops.
The result was The overthrow and fight of
the latter, and the capture Of two pieces of
artillery. The Liberaturs lost 100 Killed
and wounded. From six to twelve hundred
government troops were M the vicinity of
Ma'amorss, and would be attacked BY the
Liherators The Mexican correspondent, OF
the New York Tribune says that the rich
planters IN the vicinity Of san Antonio have
sent an agent 10 Nldauyt with a proposition
that # he viii make treaty guaranteeing
the surrender of fugitive slaves on the Mex
can side, they vii reciprocale by returning
all persons who escape TO Texas, aud also
place coo troops az ms Disposal, equipped
aud Differed ~ the same manner as the re-
gular troops Of the United States $780,
OuO having been raised fur the purpose. II
81 else. s'atad thai f'-----J-l nGu uEigree-
ment with Vlduur and had retired m dis
gust The latter wuuij march INTO the IN
terror as far us San Luis puiusi
The Texas election was held August 9Th.
The Democrats aud Conservative Wings
united have elected their entire State ticket
by large impurities.
The holern at Fort R1ey-The accounts
from Fort Riley, Kansas, should be received
with great caution. The War department
has received official intelligence from For
Riley, and the only deaths from Cholera
officially reported are those Of Major Ogden,
g.. 5 Qnarermaster at Fort Riley, the wife
of MAJOR Aunstead. and fifty Of the laborers
who had Just arrived, under the command of
Major Ogden.
MAJOR Moods had lefi Fort Riley with
hIs Command on the 18th of July. for Fort
kearney. about 200 miles west Of Fort RI
ley, and Major Arnstead had alsn left with
his command.
Major Ogden was in command. and DR..
Summons, u. : Surgeon. and Rev Mn
GARRISON, we're the only officers at Fort Ri
ley, when the cholera broke out on the 3lst
of July.
The reports that the Army money chest
was broken open, that men had deserted,
and committed various oltrages, are not
credited at the Department, as no such Off
cal information had been received.
Judge hdae'S Pictim.--Passnore William
$40, who committed contempt Of Judge
hane's Court by telling the truth IN H. Is
about 80 years OF aye, aud has a wife and
two children. lie IL described by his friends
as man Of integrity and courage-nelher
rash, selfish nor ianaiical and will show
hrnness that wal do credit to the best age
OF nariyrdom. This Is the man whose term
OF imprisonment Is only hunted by the will
OF Judge Kane. The people have been
getting the IMPRESSION for sometime past
that our Courts need undermining. A
few such cases as this of Williamson will
induce the people to take the regulation of
court etiquette and court rules into their
own control An olIgarchy of Judges with
absolute power over the personal liberty of
the citizen is not the most desirable form of
despotism Springfield Republican.
Important .uerican .Ntics-O perthros of
Santa .4nna Fuller adyices from Mexi-
60 informs US that Santa Anna has left the
capital, on the Pre,enoe Of proceeding IN
person TO quell the revolution in Vera Cruz.
On the 2lst inst, The citizens OF Mexico
adopted the plan OF Ayuntama.
during the excitement following Santa
Annals deserton, the office of the Universal
newspaper, and upwards Of forty other build
ings, were demolished, when the military IN
teriered, killing forty persons, and woundlng
many more.
I Delegates met in the city of Mexico, on
! The lllIn In cnnl..rulltu ..ltL a rnoulst 81 IL.