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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02
fancy in 1843 VS.. fancy in 1857.

Chlef-Justice fancy turns bred Scott out Of
court on the ground that he is negro and a
slave, and consequently not citizen, and not
en- to recover his freedom-the Court having
no jurisdiction in such cases. The best an
swer to this is Chief Justice Taney's own de-
cision in similar case that came before him in
lS43.
James Ash, Maryland negro and slave,
sued for his freedom in the Circuit Court of the
District Of Columbia, as bred Scott did in that
OF Missouri The case was in like manner car
rled up to the United States Supreme Court.
But met with different decision.
MIR. Chef-Justice fancy delivered the opin-
lou of the Court 1--WE quote from Williams
VS.. Ash, Towards Reports, vol. i, PIP. I2-I4.)
This case" said his Honor, sis brought
here by writ of error from the Circuit Court,
and came before that Court upon petition for
freedom. 1t appeared upon the trial that the
petitioner was the property of Mary Ann Green.
field, of Prince Georges County, in the State
OF Maryland, who died in 1924, having first du.
~ made her last will and Testament, whereby
among other things, she bequeathed the peli,
TONER, with sundry other slaves, to her nephew
u L. Greenfield, with proviso in the follow
Ing words; Provided, he shall not carry them
out OF the State of Maryland, or sell them To
any one, in either of which events will and
devise the said negroes to be free for life. >
Upon the death of the iesiatrix, G. Il. Green.
field took possession of the petitioner pame,
ASH until December, 1885, when he sold The
petitioner to the defendant (Wiliams,) and The
petition for freedom was filed shortly after the
sale.
upon this evidence the Circuit Court in
s'ructed the Jury, that by the fact of such sale
oil the petitioner, the estate or property of thu
petitioner, so bequeaihed to Greenfield ceaset
and determined, and he therefore became emit
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02
Cgt Otrmont 49eniT.
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1857.
Utah and the Mormons.

The most embarrassing question: Mt least Of n
domestic nature, that our government will soon be
called upon to decide, is that presented by the
fusal of the Mormons to submit to the laws of the
United States. The Developments recently made
by Judge Drummond, in his letter of resignation,
come in form too authoritative to be disregarded,
while they but confirm the truth Of the rumors in re-
lation to the same people, that have generally pre-
vailed during the past three or four years. The
much as in its consideration the proicsscdly rclg
ious character Of Mormonism is involved.
That modern delusion of equally as modern de-
mocracy-"squatter soyereignty"-has come to
the aid Of Mormonism in its extremity. and fur
nishes Brigham Young with quite plausible grounds
in resisting the authority of the federal government
If the people Of the territories have the exclusive
right of choosing their own rulers, and Of modelling
their Institutions, then the inhabitants Of Utah
cannot properly be made an exception, however
repugnant those institutions may be to the people
of the conederacy, hostile to the moral sense of
the civilized world. If the squater sovereigns Of
Kansas can legalize slavery in territory that was
heretofore free from its blight, why cannot the
Mormons make poyglmy legal notw outstanding its
polluton' This is the view taken Of the matter by
the Prophet himself. The Desert Mus, his Or
gan. assumes defiant and warlike tone, and de-
clarcs that the principle of squatter sovereignty
shall be INDICATED by the Mormons.
But we not of the number of those who be-
lieye in the infillibility of the creed promulgated
by the Diet of Cincinnati. We hold that Congress
has the power to make all needful rules and regu-
laton for the inhabitants Of the territories as well
as for the soil itself Believing thus, we further
more hold to the duty of the general government
to see that the laws Of the United States are en-
forced in Utah that our Courts be protected in
the administration Of justice, and their mandates
enforccd-peaceably if it can be done, forcby il it
must.
The Washington Union says that the President
has rendered the appointment Of Governor Of Utah
to May Ben. Mccullough, formerly of the Texan
Rangers, and that he will probably accept the APP
pointment, notwithstanding all the rumors Of his
deccnsion. If the gallant major can be protected
and his authority enforced by suitable number Of
troops, we have no doubt that the laws Of the
United States can and will be enforced. In such
a case Brigham Young would speedily have speci-
al revelation from the Lord saying, "Brigham
Young. you need not be governor any longer"
We take this opportunity to commend to the
attention Of our readers an article in another col
umn from the Boston Post, giving some data re-
specting the rapid increase in population and pow
or Of this deluded people.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02
A Womans Question The Mormon Mon
frosty.

"were my daughter to marry Gentle, would
save her in this kinglom namely, cut her throat
from ear to ear" Brigham Young.
The above pleasant piece of atrocity is one
Of the many specimens Of Mormon socio-rcligio.
political morality that we find in our exanina.
#tio1 of the theory of those intolerabe Sound
rcs. We could load our pages with princ-
pies equally disgusting but we do not deem it
necessary To annoy our readers, or ourselves,
with ultiplicaton-iable of horrors
10 A. d. 1857 with Christian preachers in
any quantity, in any number Of counties in the
thrty-one States of the Union with govern
ment Of laws-laws the result of morality and
Christianity, combined with new Adminslra.
ton, fresh from this People of law and civil
cation, With abundant liberty in our hands, and
abundant hands to make that liberty thing
forever, we cannot deny that we have in our
midst--in the midst of all this health, morally
and physically-a fostering sore, corrupting
disease, and that we have allowed it to gather
force from all the loathsome avenues Of The low
est condition of human nature, and from all the
foul and reeking regions of the overpopulaied
countries beyond the seas The wonderful truth
exists, in the history of the last Administration,
that it allowed this blot to blacken and extends
and as yet no positive step, of peculiar and effect
ua force, has been taken by The new Admins
tration TO heal and eradicate the error. The
sword is not TO do 1.-THE law has not done it.
Society, liz its purest mood and chastesi
tense, alone can do it, Society, with political
organization of lis men, cannot effect il /; bn
society with feminine attributes with its angel
ic gendcrism, can do it, and must do it. We
invoke the assistance of that higher law, Wo
MAN, to unite in one deep and potent organ "a
ton, and we ask them TO appeal 10 Government
as Government was never before appealed To-
and shake down this edfce of sin, this Mormon
temple of devilment and forever after close the
public ear, the youthful ear and heart of the
rising age, from the abominable orgies that have
spread over the land from terrible and detesta
bic Utah. . There is something solemnly sick.
ening in the view in which this affair is pre-.
scented to our mind and though it may not ex.
acily be within the special province of this pa
per 10 preach, we certainly have right, in com
mon with all mankind, to pray, and pray we do
to oLr beautiful countrywomen-the intelligent
and pure women of America, whose cause i.
most al stake in this abuse-to come forward
and by an expression Of their united detestaior
and reproach, call upon the Administration tc
expnnge from the bosom OF our land, the in.
cubus that thus pollutes 1.-THE Mormon icen.
tiousness, that degrades the character of woman
brutalise that of man. and Ignores the existence
of God.-Porier's Spirit
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

very distinguished democrat, just from Wash
ington, expresses to us the opinion that Mr. Bu-
chanan will not live much longer. He says that
the labors of office and the tremendous pressure Of
offce-seekers are bearing very heavily upon Mr.
BIS health and that the disease contracted by him
at the National Hotel appears to be fastening his
inevitable fate.
President Pierce, soon after his inauguration,
set ono example which President Buchanan, we
think, would have done exceedingly well to initiate.
The former, finding himself miserably beset by the
oifice-seekers, proclaimed through his organ that
the claims of no applicant would be considered who
should be found in Washington after named day.
The effect was magical. The dispersion was most
marvellous. Railroads and turnpikes were throng-
ed by the broken and flying army, and, before the
rise of the sun ON the morning of the designated
day, there not within the limits of the District
Of Columbia a single applicant for Office. Thus
Mr. Pierce saved what may may not have been
worth saying-his life 1t seems pity that Mr.
Buchanan should not have sense enough to profit
by the only smart thing Frank Pierce ever did
Louisville Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

The Indian troubles in Iowa, Minnesota and Ne
braska are very serious, and general border war
fare with the Sioux and Pawnees seems imminent.
According to the dispatches published in another
column it will be seen that several families have
been murdered, others wounded, and number of
women taken captive by the Sioux. In northern
Iowa there has been Wholesale slaughter of white
settlers by the same savages. At last accounts
the troops were in pursuit of the offenders, and
peace and safety had been restored to the alarmed
residents in the region of Spirit Lake. Gen.
Shields has taken command of a company and gone
in pursuit of the Indians.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

WILLIAM WRIT AND Tom CoRwIN-It is said
that Tom Corwin, as he is familiarity called, was
once trying case in which he was opposed to the
late Mr.. Writ, when the latter tried somewhat
novel mode of discrediting the evidence of Mr. Cor
wins chief witness, on whose accuracy and dis
elimination everything turned, by showing that he
was person of astonishing credulity.
Wirt--liaye you read Robinson Crusoe'
Witness-Yes.
Wirt-Do you believe it alb
witness-Well, yes, Squire; don't know but
what do
The same answer was returned rs to Gulliyer's
Travels, and several other works of fiction, Corwn
all the while fdgeting and getting hot. Presently
MIR. Writ, considering the man entirely tattened
out, resigned him with bland smile.
MIR. Corwin said he had only one question to ask,
and put it
Mr.. Corwin-Have you read Wirt's Life of Pat
rick Henry!
Witness-Yes.
Corwin-Do you believe it all?
Wi'ness-Why, no, Squire; can't 60 that.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

tod to his freedom We think the bequcst in
the will was conditional Limitation of freedom
to the petitioner, and that it took effect The mo-
ment he was sold. The judgment Of The Cir
cut Court is therefore qDirmed.'
So that this same Chief Justice then held
that negro might not only be party TO a suit
before the u. S. Supreme Court, like any 9TH
er citizen, but that slave might 20 there and
recover his freedom
Which is the law-ihat expoundcd by Ia
ney in 1919, or his fiat contradiction of himself
in lS57.-AHanv Eroning Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

COMET CoLLIsIoS.-In certain quarters consd-
cradle excitement has prevailed Of late lest one of
the comets that is to make its appearance during
the present year, should so far forget what is due
to the proprieties of n common passage through
space, should give. the earth brush For the
quietude Of weak nerves we will announce the fact
that the telcseonic comet, rcoe-.'- -,.'--''. -
papers, passed its peiihelion few nights ago and
has now turned tail and is making of US fast as he
can for parts unknown. lie did not succeed in
creating any commotion among the planets, or even
in getting up any excitement among the inhabitants
But then he is not that big fellow that is to aston
ish the world about these days on his return from
other and somewhat distant portions ofthe universe,
after an absence of about three centuries. This
last must be the fellow of which the poet-doctor
Holmes sang in the following stanza:-
"The Comet! lie is ON his way,
And singing as he flies;
The whzzng planets shrink before
The spectre of the skies;
All! well may regal orbs burn blue,
And satellites turn pale,
Ten million cubic miles of head,
Ten billion leagues of tail!'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

SMALL CIRcUMsTANcE.--As the crack little
steamer Montreal, Capt. Lot Chamberlain, was on
her way up the Lake on Monday night, with load
of something over two hundred passengers, some
what unusual stir was observed among the female
passengers. AT Benson the boat stopped, "Capt
Lott dispatched a messenger who brought ply
stefan, and shortly after the boat proceeded on her
way with no greater load, and yet with one more
passenger than before. At Whitehall the mother,
a hearty Irish woman, shouldered her baby and
walked ashore. showing that both had made an I'M
usually favorable passage. If boy, the child
should be named after ''the Commodore" and if
the heartiness and energy allotted to Capt. Lot
should also fall to the lot of his namesake, the
world will not be likely to complain if there should
be lots more Lots Burlington Free Press.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

cl will be distinguished by tower. The style pro-
posed is the collegiate gothic, and when finished
must present very imposing exterior. The esti-
mated cost is $4,000.
A resolution was passed by the board cordially
accepting the legacy Of 1900 of the late DR..
Amherst wiouglby, of East Berkshire, for the
support of Theological Profcssorship, md declar-
ing that said Profcssorship shall bear the name Of
the donor. The Rev. Albert II. Bailey, Rector OF
st. James, Church, Hydeyillc, was unanimously
elected to the chair of this Professorship.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

A REMARKABLE Observation-Disclosures
the Washington correspondent ofthe New York
Courier and Enquirer, says that he was inform
ed by "a member Of the late Cabinet" that the
contingency of Spanish war upon Mexico
Twas eagerly watched by the Pierce Admins
iraion," and that "Comonfort was encouraged
10 resist all Spanish reclamations" by 'disinct
assurances of American support, in case of
hostilties resulting. The high character of
'Inspector" entities his direct assertion of fact
TO implicit credence.
The Pierce Administration is thus convicted
by the testimony of one of its members of nsti-
eating and doing everything ii could 10 bring
about for the sake Of its own miserable ulteror
aims war between two Powers with which
We are and were AT profound peace. Out ofits
own mouth it is proved guilty OF deliberately at
tempting to stir up quarrel between Two friend
ly nations, in Older 10 profit by the extremiles
of EACH Can anything in our history match
the meanness and nfamy of this We sup
pose the Pierce Administration designed, if it
succeeded in its anxious effort to embroil Spain
and Mexico in deadly conflict, to seize Cuba as
The ally of Mexico, and then insist upon half of
Mexico as the price of the alliance The thing
was nothing more or less than cold-blooded
scheme of perfdy and robbery. How any per-
son less dead to all honorable impulses than a
cuipurse or cutthroat could have voluntarily
admitted his participation in it is beyond our
conception.
1t is hardly worth while to spend contempt
on the Pierce Administration but really, if the
country is TO be cursed with many more such,
the sooner it is cursed TO death by them the
better for its own sake, and everybody elses.-
Louisville Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

New HAMPSHIRE STATE FAIR.-We learn from
the Manchester American that the eighth annual
fair Ofthe New Hampshire Agricultural Society will
be held at Concord on the ground occupied last
year, on the 18th. 9Th, and 9th days of October
General Henry X. Oliver, of Lawrence, has accept
ed an invitation to deliver the annual address,
which will be on the second day of the Fair Ma
thaniel White of Concord has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the arrangements, and Colonel
benjamin Grover has been named by the Concord
people as Chief Marshal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

VERMONT EPISCOPAL CoNvENToN.-We learn
from the correspondence of the Church Journal,
IN. ~ that at q meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Vermont Episcopal Institute, held in
Burlington on the 26th ult.. plan for the edifce
was laid before the Board by Bishop Hopkins, and
accepted The edifce is to be built of stone, and
Is to be l2O feet in length, and 45 in BREADTH with
the house of the Professor at one end. and the Ii
brary and chapel at the other. The height will be
three Stories including the basement but the chap
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

Prentice, of the Louisville Journal thus
speaks Of gentleman with whom he is not on
very good terms
He is not a notorious coward-he talks as
if his diet were lion steaks, seasoned with gun
powder and broiled on burning lava, whereas
his actual diet is probably rabbits vers, Sleeps
plucks, and pigeons gizzards,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

Major Nc Culloch, the new Governor of Utah,
Is resident of Texas and well known Indian
fighter The Journal of Commerce says he is as
brave as Cesar, but at the same time possesses as
large bump of moderation as can be expected of
such temperamehts.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

Thus far it would seem there is clear path
and beyond question public opinion would sus-
tain the general government in insisting on obe-
dicnce to the constituted authorities in Utah.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Posi- OrrrCE AND OTHER ApPoINTMENTs.-T
Bellows Falls Argus chronicles the appointment
of Paul II. Chudworth as Postmaster at Jackson
Vile in place Of Ira Stafford resigned, and c. +.
Bruce at Marlboro in place Of Zabna Wallace, re-
moved. OF the first appointment the Argus says
it "s good ONE; of the second, ga most desira-
bic change, and one that will give general satisfac-
ton" We see il announced in the same journal
that "David +. Cushing is now p. NJ. at Cam
bridgeport" and further on we read, at is ju-
dcious appointment, and is heartily approved by
the Democracy of that vicinity" How recently
Mr. c. received his appointment we are not inform
ed. He held the same Office in the same village
under the last Wing administration
We are glad to observe that the arduous duties
dcvoyng upon the President and his Cabinet, in
the appointment of such responsible officers ms
Deputy Postmasters, where the entire income Of
the office frequently reaches the enormous sum Of
"four and six quarter, meets with such de-
served appreciation. The Importance Of consider
ing, in Cabinet council, the magnitude of the in-
terests involved, and of looking to the remote as
well as the immediate consequences Of acts so
fraught with momentous results, cannot well be
oyer-rated. The keen foresight, enlarged views,
and discerning patriotism displayed in filling these
Offices so judciously, should be matter of pro-
found qualification on the part of every citizen
II he can manifest his gratitude in no other way
he can at least admire the wisdom Of Providence
displayed in the works of his creation.
In the same issue of the above journal, the edit
or, in announcing the appointment Of II Z. Slough
ton as District Attorney, says Thus far all the
appointments Of Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet
have been eminertly judicious." OF course the
appointment Of Postmaster at Bellows Falls is no
exception to the rule. We once heard of man
who always voted for himself, on the ground that
voting for any other person would be direct vio-
lation Of his Freeman's oath. Our neighbor Of the
argus must put himself forward or his modesty
will prove his ruin
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

The Lawrence Water Cure in this VILLAGE has
passed to the superintendency of Mr. Paine, who
has been boarder therein for some time Messrs
Grau and Klnge retain connection with the in
stitution.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

The Glass-working Exhibition of the Brothers
wOodrOfie closed at the Town Hall on Tuesday eve
ming. The display of skill in the manufacture of
glass ornaments was of a character interesting to
al
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

The ferry-bOat recently constructed in this vii
lage to supply the loss occasoned by the destruc-
ton of the Hinsdale Bridge in February, has been
launched, and is now in operation 1t is in con-
temptation to have the bridge rebuilt by the LIST of
September
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

Mrs Alma Smith of Rutland, hung herself at
Hardwick, Mass, on Friday of last week, by means
of a cord tied to the rail Of staircase.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

Bills have passed the Massachusetts House of
Representatives, increasing the capital of Miller's
RIVER Bank at Athol, and the Conway Bank at
Conway, each $4,000.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

MORE Ssow.-On Monday severe storm of
rain, mingled at intervals with snow, was experi-
enced in this vicinity. The snow all disappeared
with the storm. To the north of us, however, the
quantity of snow that fell was quite large In Mt.
Holly, and along the ridge of the Green Mountains,
on either side Of the Rutland & Burlington Rail
road, it was from twelve to eighteen inches in
depth.
Considerable quantities of snow are visible on
the highlands in this State, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, in sight of this place
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

VIM. Jacobs of Guilford has p lambs from /
sheep. We have heard of nothing more sheepisl
than this for long time
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

TnE MAIL LETTISGs.-On Friday of last week,
the accepted bids for mail contracts were announc-
ed in the Hall Of the General Post Office at WASH
ington. Among them were the following -
On the route from Braitleboro to Townshend
Oscar o. Wheelock, SIN; from Brattleboro tc
Bennington, Moses Harrington and Calvin Norton
SSGl; from Bratteboro to North Adams, Mass
Luther d. Goodell, 500. In other parts Of tht
State are these Prom Burlington to Vergennes
WIN. Love, $3.50; from Montpelier to Royalton
L. Boutwell,, $780, from Montpelier to Bradford
Daniel Rowland $500 from Montpelier TO Dan.
Vile, Harry F. Boutwell,, 1885; from Montpelier
to Barton, same, 1915; from Montpelier to St
Adams, J. L. sanderson, 5000 Theseare all that
we find announced for Vermont.
COUNTY counT.-1he second case for trial was
Ballou rs. Gillett result. disagreement Of the
Jury.
This weeks work was opened with Londonderry
rs. Andover. This was n case where an appeal
from an order Of removal Of a pauper was taken
II has been tried before, and went to the Supreme
Court ON exceptions. The exceptions were sustain.
ed, and the case remanded at the February Term
1866, for new trial. Verdict for plaintiff
}. Wilder RS. Ros. Hunt was next tried. Tn,
defendant as deputy sheriff attached and sold or
the execution horse as the property of Seymour
Weatherhcad. The plaintiff claimed the horse
hence this suit. The case broke down on account
of the sudden illness of the plaintiff, who was .
principal witness; it was therefore continued