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The State COnyention.

The Scni'nci gives distorted account Of
the late State Convention. characterstically
spccd with bad grammar. bad spelling and
bad proof-reading 1t speaks in one place Of
the &c want of enthusiasm - displayed, but
iorgets itself toward the end of its article,
md says that "what the convention lacked in
numbers it made up in zeal The senti-
ments of the resolutions it calls foul " and
says the people Of the State, ''if properly ap-
pealed to" will Indignantly repudiate' them.
We intend that the people Of the State, 50
lar rs we can reach them, shall be- 'properly
appealed to, and we are quite willing tn
leave them and the future TO decide whether
the expression Of free Northern Sentiment
on the subject Of slavery aggression. Shall he
rerudated or not by them The Sentinel
does well to make the most Of the pleasures
OF anticipation, on that point. The objections
Of the w. Pai,iot-whom nothing seems Ia
suit nowadays. except the Administration
and others, are well replied to in the follow
ing from the Waterman
Wis \is.
Tho resolutions tof the State Convention pt
Huflngtonl were good SO lar as tLcy went but thcv
lacked that imperative demand II the times.
strong American plank, which they cannot AFFORD TO
spare -Ntar NJ |''mouf, II, y
That is pretty good answer to TIN, G,Il.v.
n@ whopper
lho liindoos triumphod over the Wbip iutlu-
rucc ma the fedcal-knuw-N Nothing Convention l., 4
Ne"n'-d hy at Burlington. v. Paiy,~.
The distinctions of Wing, Democrat. X. \
or American, Free Soilcr or hhpliuouist were
entirely ignored at Burlington. Called as Il
Convention of Friends of Freedom. without
distinction Of party, who desire to act To-
gethrr Tor freedoms cause at the next Sen.
TENDER and Presidential elections. the CON
NehtI'n rms precisely what it was designed
To- he. Nobody asked and nobody cared
whether the nominees were h. rs. or nnti-k
Nor whether they hm lc,n Wbia,
Democrats or Free Sellers they were select
"d as men who can be coniided in ms men or
genuine Vermont grit-wLn
can AMI viii abide by the cause of Freedom
against every foe. of course there was no
contest. and uo " llindoo triumph, as the
Patriot falsely and foolishly asserts. The
nominations were unanimously and heartily
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-13

The Vermont and Canada Railroad Com
pany has taken possession Of the entire prop
erty Of the Vermont Central and Vermont
and Canada Roads. On the morning Of the
I'd. Hon. Lawrence Braincrd, chairman Of
special committee appointed Ivy the directors
Of the Canada Company. presented himself
at the office at Mortified and demanded Of
Mr.. Lee, one Of the Trustees of the First Mort
gage Bonds, possession Of the property, in
virtue of an order made by Chancellor Po-
land, on May 18th last,cnjoining the Trustees
not to resist the entry Of the Vermont and
Canada Company \ letter from Mr. Lee to
the Boston Traveller states that Mr.. Lee re-
fused to surrender the property, and read
protest against the proceedings of tho Canada
Co., denying the legality of the order under
which that company claimed possession. -
Mr. Brainerd took possession however. the
protest to the contrary Notwithstanding The
Vermont and Canada Company now hold TIE
Roads, and will continue to, we trust, till
daylight is let into their affairs. Mr. Sher-
burne, tho former excellent Superintendent,
Of the Vermont Central, continues Supcrintou-
dent of the Roads under the new manage
ment.
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made, both in Committee and Convention,
without one word of complaint, one lisp of
dlSSent, aud we trust they will be ratified by
inc people III the same harmonious and cnthu-
siastlc fashion. In word, the men of the
burlington Convention were bent upon har-
inoniMng and concentrating the Frccmcn of
vermont as IA band of brothcrs-an invincibc
phaIanN of Frccmcn, pledged above all things
else Tor Frccdom's cause. That is Just what
the Patriot fears SO it catches grccdiy at Il
contemplate lie against Gov Royce. and
manufactures an imaginary " llindoo tri-
umrh The Patriot will lie in vain. Let
1t save all its strength for the defence of the
" liindoo' Platform Of the Slavocratic major
ity at Philadelphia. Now word rs to
Vermont X. Ms We trust they are not
llindoos.' that they repel the Ilindoo
Platform and the llindoo organization that
they sustain Wilson and Gardner and Ford,
ana the intrepid band of Northern frcemcn
who dared to beard the black beast in the
Philadelphia den We trust, too, that they
will justly appreciate the action of the Bur
hngton Convention True it is, that they
might have been pleased by recognition Of
some of their distinctive principles by that
Convention. Equally true it is that the anti
h. Ms. would have been pleased by distinct
condemnation OF some of those features of X.
Nlsm which they abomnatc. Had the Con
ycntion bc.n cniInd C,r tbn rurrnsc of sham
inc n scheme nf nniitirs wa confsss Tint n
nnr n,,;;nr IL ,io,,lI ho,o hco,, ,,oss;IIo ~
bring tbc arcat boJy Of tLo K n nnd arti'
k Xs IN an ogree,Hcnt cyon now -, ,"mcl
have many of fbr X X vieldoJ rocontivl"
their secrecy their noths md tbcir intaicr.
''e ulucIcntcS pc'"otn .licIn ana
will remove nil obstacles But the Cunyen-
ton was not called to make up II scheme of
politics. II was designed simply to bring
eoseioo, I''oaV N'o utN'iu ~ co,o leI"t' vi
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pcckln frcc Dress.
STATE NOMINATIONS.
ron GOVERNOR.

STATE NOMINATIONS.
ron GOVERNOR.
Hon. STEPHEN ROYCE.
or East Berkshire
FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR,
Hon. RYLAND FLETCHER
OF CdrcndjSh
FOR TREASURER,
Hon. Henry NJ. Bates, of Mortified.
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-gruE change for the better in the Public
House at Essex junction Is very evident
The clean and well arranged tables, the
wholesome fare. and the careful attendance
at the dinner provided for the Convention
Wednesday, were very creditnblc to Mr.
KMBALL and right comfortable for his guests
We know Of no better place for Il county
Convention, than at Essex Junction
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Republican County Convcntion.

BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, July 10. 1853.
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- REEDER AND STRINGFELLow The 81.
Louis Republican confirms the rumor Of 4
personal rencountre between Gov Recdcr of
kanzas and the notorious Missourian bully,
Strngtellow. The parties met at Westport :;
Gen. Stringielow demanded from Gov Reedcr
a retracton Of charges or imputauons made
against him by the latter in some one Of his
Eastern speeches. Gov. Reeder declined 10
make any retraction, or to give satisfaction,
and then followed the personal rencontre, in
which the Governor was pretty severely ham
died Both parties are well matched in size,
though StrngfcIow i the smallest man.
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The Convention came to order at the time
appointed While waiting for the reports
Of Committees, cxcelent and spirited re-
marks, upon the importance Of united and
straight forward action, on the part Of all
the opponents of Slavery aggression aud
friends Of freedom, were made by the Chair
man, by j, 5. Adams, Esq, Rev Mr. Wood
ward, and Mr.. Beecher Mr.. Armstead, him
self born a slave and the son Of hi master,
made few remarks on the evils Of Southern
Slavery,
The Committee on Resolutions then re
ported the following
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COUNTY NOMINATIONS.

Hon. Henry NJ. Bates, of Mortified
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Hon. STEPHEN ROYCE.
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FOR LIEUT.. GOVERNOR.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06
AN INcoRRIGIBLE ABoLlTIoNIsT.

S. NJ. Booth, editor of an abolition paper al
Milwaukee, has been sent to Jail for one month
besides being fined a thousand dollars for VIC.
lating the Fugitive Slave law, in aiding in the
forcible rescue from custody Of fugitive slave.
In his paper Of a recent date, he says:
"Welll We are in jail for the second time,
on the charge of aiding human being to es-
cape from bondage And now that we can say
it without having our motives impugned, we
pledge ourself to aid openly every fugitive to
escape that we have an opportunity to aid |!
And this fugitive act, which has developed the
iniquity Of federal Judges and officers, we pledge
ourself to oppose while we live, till it is re-
pealed."
The Detroit Free Press remarks as follows
on the above:
No one, we presume, will make any objec-
ton to Booths opposing the Fugitive Slave law
as long as he lives, provided that opposition be
confined within legal bounds. II, however, as
he pledges himself to do, he shall carry his OPP
position beyond those bounds, he should be
made to suffer, and that severely too, therefor.
If he shall ever again be guilty Of an offence
similar to the one for which he is now impris-
oned, we trust that punishment Will be i'm.
posed upon him still greater than the one under
which he is now suffering. If, for every repe.
tition of the crime, the punishment shall be in
tensi6ed, we think that Mr.. Booth, in the course
of time, will give up law breaking as decidedly
Improbable business"
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06

OFrlcE OF THE METROPOLITAN RAILROAD Co.,
GxoRoETowr, Dist. or Col, Dec. 90, 1854.
FAILED PROPOSALS FOR THE
~ Grading, Masonry, and Bridging Of forty three
and halt (43 miles Of his road will be received at
the Office Of the Company until three O'Clock, p m.
on the 18th day of February next.
The maps, profles, plans, and specifications,
will be ready for inspection on and after the 9Th
day of February.
THR METROPOLITAN RAILROAD is designed 10
extend from the cities Of Washington and George.
town 10 the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by an
easy and direct route connecting with the latter
road east Of the Point of Rocks" on the Potomac
river, and making saving Of distance on the first
ninety miles Of the present travelled route from
the Capitol 10 the Western and Northwestern
States of forty-fve miles.
proceeding from the point Of intersection with
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the route ex.
tends 10 the City of Frederick, and passing
through the richest agricultural districts oil Mary
land, terminates in the City of Hagerstown where
il connects with lines railroads, now in operation,
extending TO Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Cen.
iral Railroad. etc.
The portion OF the road for which proposals are
now invited. extends from the westerly line of the
District of Columbia (32 miles from Georpetowpl
TO the City of Frederick. Proposals viii be re.
ceived for the work in sections Of one mile each,
or for the entire distance OF orty-three and halt
miles.
The work is generally OF medium character
LOT this part OF the country, with some heavy cut
ting I'm earth and rock) and bridging and every
facility exists for prosecuting il vigorously and
with economy at all seasons of the year The
country is elevated and rolling, well watered, and
remarkably healthy.
The time conditioned for the completion Of the
contracts will be from one TO two wears.
Any further information desired by persons pro.
posing for the work will be furnished at the Office,
or may be had by addressing the President Of the
Company by letter, prior 10 the day Of letting.
BY order Of the Board of Directors
FRANCIS DODGE, President.
EDMUND FRENCH, Chief Engineer.
Dec 29-2awt5thFeb
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06

pQr MIR. Mott, who but few months since
was elected by an overwhelming majority, to the
office Of Canal Commissioner Of Pennsylvania
seems to be in some danger Of losing his Office
Although opposed to the new secret order, he
received their vote, his competitor, turning out
to be foreigner. The support rendered to
him by the Know-nothings gave rise to sus
picions against his soundness as Democrat
and many thought that if not member Of
the order, he had at least made overtures and
promises to it. These suspicious he, however
promptly scattered to the winds by letter
which we published at the time of its appear.
ance. His denials of being Know nothing
and the denunciatiohs contained in his letter
have so irritated the members of the order
that they have introduced into the Legislature
bill to abolish his Office. We are sorry to
learn that there is every indication that it will
be passed by a large majority in both houses
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06
JUDGE CAsKIE AND THE METROPOL.
ITAN DISTRICT.


"lt is reported that the Wings and Know
nothings in this Congressional district are con
certing arrangements for the defeat Of Judge
Caskie. We dare say the rumor is reliable.
The plan OF revolution disclosed by the Lynch
burg VUginian, embraces Offices of every
grade, from the highest to the lowest; and II
is scarcely possible that SO distinguished q
champion Of the Democratic party as the Re.
preventative from this district, will escape with
out opposition. We know of more than one
Whig lawyer and Know-nothing demagogue
who covet the distinction Of Representative
from the Metropolitan district. Judge Caskie
is the son Of an adopted citizen, and it matters
not that his father illustrates in his character
every private and public virtue Of an American
freeman. He is Of foreign extraction, which is
crime enough in the proscriptive code Of
know-nothingism, to condemn him to exclu-
sion from every public trust or employment.
:" 1t is the set purpose Of the Democracy Of
this District to send Judge Caskie back to
Congress. He is capable and faithful repre-
sentative, is never absent from the post Of
duty, and is equally respected for purity Of
character and vigor of intellect. We may
affirm, without suggesting any invidious COM
parson, that the interests of Richmond and OF
the entire District were never more efficiently
represented in the Congress of the United
States. No man of any party can accuse him
of neglect Of public duty. 1t is in the malice,
but is not in the power of Know-nothingism to
harm him. The Democracy, to whose prin.
ciples he has adhered with undertaking devo-
ton, and whose interest he has served with
equal fidelity and efficiency, will not suffer him
to be stricken down by the asassin's stab of
Know-nothingism. There will be need in the
next Congress Of just such men from the South
as John s. Caskie."
We copy the above from the Richmond En-
quirer. 1t is a fit tribute to a gentleman who
in his political and personal career, has Illus
trated all the best attributes of Virginia
character Judge Caskie is not only gentle
man Of fine talents, but Of great cultivation
and eminent integrity. AS Democrat he has
always been firm and unyieldng. AS a repre-
sentative in Congress, he has been infexible
in his fidelity and devotion to those great politi
cal principles that constitute the only sound
school of politics--the rights and the union of
the States.
That such man should be defeated by the
old, or the new opposition, or by corrupt
coalition of the two, would be a reproach to the
distinguished Metropolitan District which he
represents. We have faith in the integrity of
the people, and the people of the Richmond Dis
trct must have faith in the fidelity, integrity and
ability OF their representative Caskie
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06
THE FRENCH LOAN.

The news reported by the telegraph that the
bankers Barring d Brothers, in London, have
issued circular 10 the English subscribers OF
the French loan, because it was said to be en-
tirely taken in France, is still doubtful The
Paris Moniteur, of January 18th, announces
that the sum total of the subscription to the
National loan, amounts to 2,l75, 1000, 900 francs.
One hundred and seventy-seven persons took
part in the loan. Algeria, Corsica, and the
offers Of some Of the departments to subscribe
during the last few days, are not comprised in
that amount
The departments furnished 10000 subscri-
bers, the subscriptions Of whom gives capital
of III 1000 ,o0Of. At Paris there were ffty-one
thousand subscribers, with a capital of $780,.
100000 francs.
The foreign subscriptions are comprised in
that amount England provided capital OF
l50,000,000f., and Germany, Belgium, Swift
zerland, and Co., similar amount.
The subscriptions of 500 francs, Zone hun.
dred dolars,) alone reach the enormous
amount Of s36, ,O0O--336, 100000 more than
the figures set forth in the loan. A capital Of
l,675, 5,000, 900 was then subscribed above the
amount Of the loan, which, as is known, was
set down at 5Oo,0OO,000. According to the
article Of the decree of December 81, the 500
francs lone hundred dollars) stocks and all
sums below are entitled to the privilege Of pre-
cedence. All amounts above 500 dollars will
consequently be null.
The causes which have contributed to that
loan, and produced such unexpected results,
are various. They prove frst that the war is
popular; second, that the speculation is good
third, that the credit Of France is firmly settled
in public opinion. 1t must not be forgotten,
however, that the borrowers Of the first loan Of
,250, 1000, 900, have grown rich by exchange
operations, and by selling their stock to Inn
mense per centage. The trade and agriculture
Of France are so much compressed at the
present time, that capitalists, unable to place
conveniently, their money, have seized upon this
opportunity with eagerness. The unprecedented
benefits derived by the stockholders from the
first loan were incentives to their taking shares
in the second, and hence the results thai
annear
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06
Peace and Union.


The following just paragraphs are from the
recent Message Of Governor Wright, of Indi-
ana:
we cannot be Indifferent spectators to the
action OF the General Government, and TO the
political events of the day. The past year has
been one OF unusual political excitement; and,
to the patriot, it must be source of regret to
perceive that this excitement has, in no small
degree, evinced dangerous spirit of sectional
ism.
Indiana, as State, has wisely selected her
own domestic policy; and the people feel that
they have the right, from time TO time, to
change or modify that policy. Satisfied with
the degree OF prosperity that we have attained
under our free institutions, we have uniformly
respected the constitutional rights Of each
member of this confederacy; and no lust cause
OF complaint against Indiana can be made by
any State of the Union.
Whatever views may be entertained bv
others, it is my deliberate opinion that, at this
day, the people Of no State are more national
in their political sympathies than are the citi
zens of Indiana. Enjoying the privilege of
making our own laws, in our own way, on all
subjects not prohibited by the Constitution of
the United States, we acknowledge the exist
ence Oh similar right In the people Of every
other State and Territory of the Union. 1
know of no other principle but this, upon
which we can stand with safety and honor. It
is the chief cornerstone on which, under God.
the security and perpstnity of ths Union rcsts.
IL We cannot maintain this position, there is no
hope OF peace and harmony in the future.
whenever we abandon this stand, we shall
lend our influence in invoking that first of all
sympathy of the members of this great confed-
eracy-thus Transforming the moral and fsa
ternal ties that bind us together into mere
CALLING and oppressive physical forces.
Our only hope of perpetuating our institu.
tons in all their original vigor and purity,
rests upon the adoption of that system Of legis-
lation that throws the several States and Terri
tories of the Union more and more upon tbe;r
own resources, and confines the action of the
General Government within the limits defined
by the Constitution.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06

ser What is vauntingly called the superior
enterprise of the Neutral Press, which consists
in nothing but starting idle rumors about
changes in the Cabinet, the opinions Of promi
nent men on important subjects, Cabinet Sc
crets, and other things of general interest, has
for some weeks past been most ridiculousy
illustrated. The same papers have contained
the most positive assertions in one issue, and
the most peremptory denials of them in their
next issue. This is called enterprise. 1t de-
serves another and an uglier name that is
rather too harsh "for ears polite However,
the gossip and the scandal-talker are not easily
dispensed with. They are as much listened to
in politics as they are in the social circle, and
their tales just as little believed.
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06

be obtained within IL hours ride Of BaIaklava,
and they would do the troops world Of good.
Cause OF tho Distress.
With the commonest method and forethoupht
this army might be happy, healthy, and com.
fortable-for hitherto, at any rate, the climate
has not been so bad, considering it is winter
but the men are oyer-worked, wet, illfed, and
without sufficient time to get fuel. This arises
from our having undertaken to do too much
as to the siege, and too little as to the Commits
sariat transport. AT Balaklava there is eyery-
thing, in the camp nothing, or but little, and
that little has constantly to be fetched by send
ing men, just out of the trenches, twelve miles
through nine inches deep of mud and mire,
and keeping them standing or sitting in it for
hours, until they can get what is given to them.
An Episode.
A letter from the Crimea gives the following
episode of the war:
Some time ago the Stromboli was sent in to-
wards the batteries of the harbor with flag
OF truce, in order to take Russian artillery
officer in exchange for Lord Dunkellin. Sir
Edmund Lyons took advantage Of this oppor.
tunity to send as present, a cheese to the
Russian Admiral, with whom he had been ac-
quainted in former days. On the 18th instant
the compliment was returned. A l4-oared
boat came out from the town. and brought a
deer as present back to the Admiral, together
with polite letter from the Russian Admiral
in which | hear the passage occurs, that " The
Russian Admiral remembers with pleasure the
time OF his acquaintance with Sir Edmund
and regrets not to have seen him for so long,
except the other day, when he came in rather
close with the Agamemnon.n
The Wounded at Scptari.
The condition of the wounded in the hospi-
tails at Scutari was far from encouraging. A
letter dated Jan. 8, says
The following return shows the number of
ships that arrived from the army with sick and
wounded, the number died on the passage, and
the number Of burials that have taken place at
Scutari since the formation of the general de-
pot:
Number Of ships arrived d................. SO
Number of wounded and sick conveyed
from the army that originally EN-.
$50
Number died on passage. ...... 654
y Number OF burals at Scutari ............ l,340
Total burials of all persons died at Sou
ari................ -........... ......... 2,O44
Washington sentinel., 1855-02-06
SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.

Mr.. c. g. Mortimir, son Of the publisher
OF the above work, is in the city for the pur-
pose of transacting any busine ess having rea.
ton to it. We perceive by notice in the
July number Of this year that the Office of the
ReU'eac has lately been destroyed by fire, and
the books Of the concern SO mu,ilated that the
publisher finds it impossible to make out full
list of the subscribers names, and places o.
residence. Mr.. Mortimir desires US to state thai
those paying subscribers who have not received
their July number will, by addressing line te
him at the National Hotel, be served immedi
ately. Subscriptions also receired