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The n, Y. World is at best a very molcr-
ate paper, SO far as favoring any positive
measures for the determination of slavery
goes. But the following on the course tax
en- by the advocates and apologists for the
pernicious and unrighteous system, is well
said:
But it as long since been proved that the
institution of slavery is like nothing else IN
der the American canopy. Its interests.
when in question, demand reversal of all
the ordinary modes OF human conduct Nay,
it, interests should never be in question at
all They should simply be recognized, and
implicitly submitted to. Immobility is its
law. 1t has right TO change all things,
but itself is unchangeable. 1t knows no ne
cesslties but its own; and before these the
tongue must Ike ? silence; and the reason
vail itself There never was pagan shrine
that lald claim to half the inviUlabilitv that
Is claimed by the guardians Of this modern
institution; never an earthly powers heds-
ed with divinity. The image which NEB-
UcHADNEzzAR the King set up on the plains
OF Babylon, and before which he commanded
1.-The princes, the governors, and the captains,
1.-the judges, the treasurers, the cJuuselors,
1.-THE sheriffs, and all the rulers of the prov
inces' to fall down and worship, on pain
Of fiery furnace, is a fair symbol of the
ebony idol erected south Of us, for winch
universal homage is demanded under the
yenalty OF blood beyond measure.
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TIE PLOT AGAINST THE PRESI-
DENTS LIFE

Correspondence Of the New Y ork Evening Post
BALTIMORE March -, 1862
For long time it was believed that an
Italian ba.oer Of this city was the Orsini
who undertook to slay President Lincoln on
his journey to the Capital in FEBRUARY. 1851,
and it is possible he was one OF the plotters :.
but 1t came out on a recent trial of a man
named Byrne in Richmond, that he was the
captain of the band that was to take the life
OF Mr. LIMO This Byrne used to be a no
torious gambler Of Baltimore, and emigra-
ted to Richmond shortly aitcr the 10Th of
April. of bloody memory. He was recently
arrested in jeff Davis capital ON a charge Of
Keeping a gambling house and Of disloyalty
to the chief traitors pretended government.
Niglall testified to Byrne's loyalty to the
rebel cause. and gave in evidence that Byrne
was the captain of the gang who were to kill
Mr. Lincoln, and upon this evidence, it ap-
pears, be was let 20. of course, 70 be
guilty of such an intended crime is a mantle
large enough to cover pall sins against
society and the Divine law. So Wirfall
has revealed the Baltimore Orsini at last
What will your VIdocq say to this? Weare,
nevertheless, grateful to Mr.. Kennedy for his
successful prevention of the scheme Of assass-
lnatlon.
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down; but this hope will be the last resort
resort to which the government will betake itself
only when the less barbarous and bloody modes Of
warfare shall prove insufficient.
What 1 would say then is this. Let the war
be vigorously prosecuted for the purposes already
and openly declared by the government without
the thought Of compromising mat tors, and till the
surrender of every rebel State is full and uncon-
dirional-then let the framework Of the govern
ment and its institutions be made compatible with
the principles of eternal right and justice, and we
shall have done one thing at time, and all that
the most ardent lovers of human liberty have a
right to ask. And one word as to the debt. 1t
will be vast. But let no one be overmuch anxious
in relation to it. Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof" With all the youth and vigor and
resources of the patton there is no occasion for
serious panic on that A heavy national
debt may be better and safer for the republic than
full and overlooking treasures. Be that as it may,
of one thing feel certain. This rH Be north
more 10 The nation than Il costs! More in the home
and foreign respect it will secure More in the
to the rebels and to the nation. at large More
in the disciplined forces and the munitions Of
war made ready not only for self preservation but
for the stormy and perilous period through which
the world in all probability is about to pass; but
more especially in the important notifications
and changes it must necessarily effect in our in
ternal policy, institutions and rela ions.
LIT hen the government b. supported nth nueon-
planning hart and language IN this great frai Of IFS
prtne and rs por,r.
Let our military commanders who have more
at stake in the issues of this war than any Of the
people, Be trusted certainly while things are NOV
lug so majestically and prOsperOusly on. Let our
man dtPeudeHes be not primarily and chiefly in
our brave army, but in SrPrsme Poiscr. in whose
hands 4" the nations a very little thing, who
putteth down one and raissth up another" and 1t
our prayers iHesssantiy arse for His giadIses and
AsssrSg, and all ,riH be trei.
Awtrrg
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in the 18th district is elected. Two union
representatives, are elected.
Personal.

Col. JONAS p. HOLIDAY, of the lst Vt.
cavalry, news of whose melancholy death
by suicide, on Saturday, reaches US by telc-
graph from Winchester, Va, was New
Yorker, graduate of West Point, and was
captain in the % U. S. Cavalry at the
time of his appointment to the command of
the Vermont Cavalry, on the resignation of
Col. Platt, tive months since. lie has al
ways been described to US as n very capable
officer, and man of strictly temperate habits
and fine personal qualities. A letter received
by us from an officer of the regiment, last
week, spoke of the state of Col. Holidays
health as not good, but they hoped it was
improving. The despatch announcing his
death, speaks of the act as having been COM
mitted during " temporary fit of despond-
eney."
Col. B. B. SMALLEY, of the Governor
Staff, returned home Saturday from visit to
Fort Monroe. He represents the Vermont
Brigade as in a very fine condition of health
and discipline, and all eager for the active
work now cut out for them The Burlington
boys in the several regiments were well,
without exception.
MAJ. BENJAMIN ALyoRD, Of Rutland, Vt =,
has been appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Maj. Alvord is graduate of West Point, and
WIS for time Professor of that Institution :;
served with credit in the Florida and Mexican
wars, and for some years past has served as
Paymaster in the army, at Fort Vancouver,
Oregon. lie bears high reputation.
CAPT. TRUMAN SEYMOUR, of Fort Sum or
fame, has also been appointed Brigadier
General. lie is Vermonter, and a son of
Rev. Truman Seymour, formerly of this
town.
Lieut.. Col. Ransom, who COMMANDED the
llth Illinois at Fort Donelson, aud was
wounded in the breast during the fight, is
son OF the lamented Col Truman B. Ransom.
who fell at Chepultepec.
1t is not believed in prominent circles that
Ex-senator Gwin has arrived at Richmond
as announced from Fortress Monroe.
Gen. Sherman and staff have returned to
New York from Port Royal, having been &c
leased of his command by Gen. Hunter.
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PROGRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY.

New LIBRARY BUILDING. REPAlRs.-The
friends of the University of Vermont will be
glad to learn that the new Library building
50 long needed, has Just been contracted for,
and the materials are in rapid preparation.
The building is to be forty feet by sixty, two
stories nigh ; the lower story of twelve feet
in height, for the collections in Natural His
tory, and the upper of sixteen feet, for the
Library, to be handsomely finished with al
coyes in modern style. The whole will be a
neat substantial brick edIfce, with slated
roof, and ircn window caps and sllls, 'front.'
ing to the west, and on a line with the other
buildings, at some distance TO the north of
them. The building when completed in accor-
dance with the plan, will be constructed with
wings, in the form of cross, and Will cost
some $4,000. 1t is proposed now to erect
only the centre building, and to finish it so
far as to accommodate the Library, by the
lst of August, next.
Means have also been secured during the
last lew months to commence thorough re-
pairs in the old buildings. One division has
already been overhauled, new floors and
stairwaYs built, and the SPACE for students
rooms re-distributed, SO as to form sets of
rooms, each consisting Of study, bedroom,
and closets for wood and clothes, with other
conveniences. This amounts to complete
reconstruction of the interior. Warm wealth
er only is waited for to go on with plastering
and painting. A second division will be ia
ken in hand the next term.
Itcannot fail to be very cheering to the
Faculty, and to the friends of the University
generally, to find 50 hearty a response in
such times, to the call for means wherewitb
to put the College buildings in proper con-
dition for the use of students, and especially
to provide for the security of the choice and |
valuable library of the University.
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GAS to the guarantees of slavery, which the
constitution gives to sour fellow citizens OF the
South, and which the Senfind is so anxious to
preserve-will the Sentinel oblige us by quoting
for our benefit and that Of its readers generally,
the words in the constitution, which guarantee
slavery in any form or degree to any State or to
any body whatever? We don't want the diefd of
Toombs, or Davis, or Mason, or Slidell, or the
opinions of Judge Daniels,or of Judge fancy even,
or the interpretations and gOssings of any of the
"scribes and pharisees." We want the language OF
the Constitution, pure and undefled. We chal-
lenge the Sentinel to produce it. The Constitu
ton was made in the interests of justice and lber
ty, not in those of injustice and slayery-however
much it has been perverted to serve the latter
Daily Free Press March is.
We have searched the columns of the Sen
tinel very carefully for the last two weeks, to
find the quotation from the Constitution
above requested, but do not find it. In fact
the Sentinel does not allude to our request,
and al the thanks we get for making lis to be
called an "abolitionist :" Just think of that
once. The FREE Press called an Abolition
ist paper by the Sentinel! What is the
world coming to
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ONWARD.

Gen. Mcclellan is beseigiDg Yorktown.
Two new Departments have been created and
assigned to Banks and Mcdowell, leaving
for Mcclellan to take care of, only the. south
eastern part Of Virginia, from the line OF
the Fredericksburgh r. r. lie is on the
peninsula between the Rappahannock and
James River, with a large army, probably
100, 900 men, and will no doubt aim direct
for Richmond. At Yorktown is the rebel
Magruder, with 80, 600 men it is said, and
now besieged by Mcclellan, his OutpOsts tax
en-, and the capture Of the place is inevitable
and not far distant.
Com. Foote has drawn the seige of
Island No. 10 to close. Having sent steam
boats past the rebel batteries and through
the swamps, he furnished Gen. Pope
with means to put his troops in rear of the
rebel position, and the surrender of that
place can not be far distant, was mede Mon
day A. NJ.
Gen. Buell's advance guard has already
Joined Gen. Grant at Savannah, Tenn. A
large rebel force under Beauregard is concen-
trating at Corinth, Miss, in opposition, and
a terrible battle has already taken place
Of which we have yet no particulars.
Com. Dupont's guns are laundering at
Fort Pulaski, if indeed 1t has not passed into
our possession. and the capture of Savannah
follows surely and soon.
Com Porter is probably attacking the de-
fences Of New Orleans before this time
The next arrival from the Gulf may bring
intelligence Of the success of his powerful
mortar feet and the occupation Of the city
by Federal arms.
The rebels have been driven out of Mis-
souri,. out Of Kentucky and nearly all of
Tennessee steadily our forces are pressing
them back from Virginia, while the waves
of the ocean of the Union have already
washed over Florida and are eating with ter
rible rapldIty into the line of the Southern
coast from Matamoras to Fortress Monroe
The Armies of the Union are marching on
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-FOUR Army Correspondence
FROM THE CAVALRY REGIMENT.
HFADouARrERs, Corps of Observation, Co. A. ,
POoLEsvILLE, March 2sth, 1862 {

HFADQUARrERs, Corps Of Observation, Co. A. ,
POoLEsvILLE, March 2sth, 1862.
-Ne.srs. Editors Of the Ere, Pas
At II midnight, last night, we got marching
orders. Those who were asleep were soon awak-
ened by the continued noises and cheering, and
rest was Suspended for the remainder of the night.
The line of march is supposed to he direct from
here to the Point of Rocks, and if the telegraph
wires do so decree, we shall cross the Potomac
there, or take the cars for Harpers Ferry. The
shortest route to the moving column of Banks,
via Winchester, Va, will doubtless be the most
practicable. Several members Of our company On
special and detached service have not vet Come
in. The camp is a scene of wild confusion; all
seem to hail the orders with delight.
The unimpaired effective condition of both men
and horses is well suited to the march and bivouac
jackson and Co. are still retreating, as per the
latest telegram here.
Sharpening sabres is the order u the night.
Our cheese Fnives" are not made Of the best ma
tersl; but we don't expect to meet superior metal
in the rebel ranks, and our six shooters are
prime (d)
The first Vermont Cavalry stands a fair chance
for acting its part in the drama. We form column
at dsyligh t,-the reveille is sounding cheeriIy.
Yours, &c, q. W.
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Crow STORY We noticed the other day
what we thought pretty large story OF crow
murder, in Shrewsbury, VT; but we haye
now bigger one from nearer home. On
Wednesday, March Goth Mr.. John Ii. Thorp
of Charlotte, in two shots killed outright
thirty-troo crows and wounded e9h SO tina.
they could not rise. The first shot killed 10
and wounded second shot killed ~ and
wounded 5. We know the man who did IT.,
and the truth of he story is further attested
by a subscribing witness Beat it who
cam
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EMANCIPATION IN THE DISTRICT
OF COIT'MHIA.

The Senate at the close of long session
Thursday, reached a vote on the passages Of
the bill for the adjustment of slavery in the
District of Columbia. The bill was passed
by a vote of 2S yeas to II nays. Among the
amendments to the bill as reported from the
committee, which were adopted, was one in
troduced by Senator Collamer near the close
of the Session to the effect that those claim
ing to own persons held to service shall put
upon file the name and DESCRIPTION of the
person liberated by the bill. within twenty
days after making a claim for the payment, or
within such time as the Commissioners may
limit, under the penalty Of forfeiture of the
claim, and that the Clerk of the Court shall
issue certificates of manumission to the per-
sons liberated.
On the passage of the bill the vote was as
follows:
YEAs-Anthony of R. l., Rep; Browning Of
ILL.,, Rep; Chandler of Mich, Rep; Clark Of
N. H., Rep; Collamer eff Vt, Rep; Dixon of
Conn, Rep; Doolittle of Wis, Rep; Fessenden
Of Me, Rep; Foot of Vt, Rep; Foster Of
Conn, Rep; Grimes of Iowa, Rep; Hale Of n.
H., Rep. Harlan of Iowa, Rep; Harris of n.
Y, Rep; Howard of Mich, Rep; Howe Of
Wis, Rep; King Of N. Y, Rep. Lane of Ind,
Rep; Lane of Kansas, Rep; Morrill, of Ne,
Rep; Pomeroy of Kansas, Rep; sherman #
Ohio, Rep; Sumner of Mass, Rep; Ten Eyck
of n. J.. Rep; 1rumbull of H., Rep; AIDE If
Ohio, Rep; Wilkinson of Min, Rep; Wilu,ot
of Penn, hep; Wilson of Mass, Rep.-29-
NArs-Bayard of Del, Opp; Carlile of Va.
Union, Davis of ny, Union; Henderson OF Mo-,
Union; Kennedy of Md, Union; Latham OF Cal,
egon, Opp; Powell Of Ky, Union; Salisbury OF
Del, Opp; starke Of Oregon, OPP; Wiley Of
Va, Union; Wilson of Mo, Union Wright Of
Ind, Union.--I4.
The bill was introduced by Senator Wilson
about the middle of December last, and
though several amendments have been made
10 il, we believe none of them alter the main
features Of the original. Its purpose and
scope are not essentially altered. The bill |
may be delayed while in the House. but
we see no present reason to doubt that SUBJ
stantially as it now is 1t will pass that body !
and become aw. And when it shall, one
black and disgracefuI stain on the National
escutcheon, so long pointed at with sorrowfdl |
reproach or malignant scorn by the people |
of other nations, will have been erased. God |
speed the day. IL will be a day long to be
held in remembrance by the friends of hu-
manity and justice throughout the bounda-
Iies of this great nation.
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SUSPENSION OF VOLUNTEER RE-
CRUITING.

Major Austine, General Superintendent oil
the Recruiting Service in Vermont, received
by telegraph from the War Department FIJI
day, an order directing the immediate ces-
satiOn of volunteer recruiting. We under
stand this is to be a general order for the
country. Mr.. Wilson, Chairman OF the
Military Committee of the Senate, stated
the other day in the Senate that there were
one hundred and fifty thousand more men IN
our army than could be effectively employed
The army is supposed to number over "r
hundred thousand men. The great expedi-
tons of the Spring campaign are all under
way, and, it is to be presumed, are in sutil-
cient force. Under these circumstances 1t is
obviously a judicious policy to draw no more
men from the cultivation of the soil and
their customary avocatiOns, during the Sum
mer. And before another winter, we trust
that the necessity for further levies will be
obviated by the substantial overthrow OF the
rebellion.
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CONNECTICUT ELEcTIoNs.-The returns 50
far as received show that Gov Buckingham
is reelected by largely incr ased majority
over last year. Iu Hartford Buckingham
had l04 majority, and one Democratic and
one Union Representative are elected. Last
year the democrats carried Hartford by 1856
majority.
LOOMS, the Democratic candidate. is said
to be secessiOnist in his sympathies.
Erastus d. Avery, republican, is elected
Senator in the Seventh District, by a large
majority. The union candidate for Senator
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"But how has it been, good neighbor, with "of-
fees of prominence and profit" not in the army
These the disinterested and patriotic Republicans
have quietly taken all to themselves, not permit
ting "the superior skill of DeRpcrats'' to push
themselves into any Of them.-Sennnsi, Apul
4fh.
Another column of the same number of
the Senh mel contains the announcement of the
appointment of Mr.. James OGrady, simon
pure Democrat, to lucrative consulship
1t would be easy to name number If similar
appointments of Democrats to civil positions,
from Mr.. Stanton's down. We suppose that
Democratic pOstmasters still retain Office in
Vermont, in a much larger proportion than
the ratio of Democrats to Republicans
among our people 1t is not of the slightest
use, however. 1t is utterly impossible to
disabuse the "Yite Barnacle' Democracy of
the idea that they are entitled, by Divine
right, to all the offices. Less than all is
none, for them
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One OF the army correspondents, after a
horseback ride of twenty miles after the adj
vancing column, announces the discovery
that "the difference between sitting on a sofa
and in the saddle is marked in the extreme.
and painful in the same place"
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The TRurH-Nr. Etherldse sand 90 h.'
speech at Nashville that moro negroes hll
been stolen by the rebels under the reign o..
JEFF. Davis than were ever abducted ly tfs
free States since our existence IS Ju0a
That is literally true. The south has by b.
madness weakened slavery more than N
abolltiOnists could have done IL a century
COUNTERFEIT COMA woman, calling
herself Alice Beebe. and just arrived iron
the West, was arrested in Albany las, wees
for passing counterfeit coin. \ search
revealed considerable amount OF coln-
terieit gold dollars, quarter dollars. quar-
ter and half eagles. and one counterfeit
English sovereign, quilted in her clothing
and otherwise concealed in her effects. ~
said she came from Minnesota, where '-'
received all the com from a man whose nan.
she refused to reveal. She was COMMITTEE
The Troy Why says that counterfeit CON
and bills have been unusually plenty m 1T!
OF late. Probably there is gang eneas D"
rushing the business in many places. -
we'll for people to be cautious.
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RHODE ISLAND ELEcrIoX.-At the State
election of April >, Gov. Sprasuc and the
rest Of the ncumbents Of the State Offices
were reelected without opposition. The
vote was light, only about IL 900 votes be-
ing cast. The General Assembly is divided
politically nearly ss it was last year,
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A few days ago the steamer Union ran
into the MycomicO river and brought out
the secesh schooner Isabel She is in good
order and can be very usefully employed by
our Government.
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The CASE OF Rev. GEO. GORDON Senator
Sherman of Ohio, in his speech last week on
the emancipation resolutions of President
Lincoln, made the following statements
George Gordon, the President Of one Of the
colleges of our State, a man Of learning and char
acter, is now held in jail in the city Of Cleve-
land, convicted under your Fugitive Slave law in
the Western Reserve, at Cleveland, of aiding a
fugitive to escape. That conviction was rendered
long after the war commenced, and a Judge sit
ting in Cleveland sentenced him to six months i'm
prisonment and to fine of $500. This man Of
education and learning has suffered four months
in that Jail, and although hundreds and thousands
Of people have petitioned for his pardon although
be took no part in the crime, but simply stood by
and did not raise his hand to prevent it, yet, so
careful have the Administration been to protect the
rights Of the South, and the duties and the obli-
cations Of the Free States to the Slave States that
a clergyman, the head Of a college, a man Of high
character, now suffers a felon in your jail"
The President Immediately after, investi-
gated the facts and issued an unconditional
pardon to Mr.. Gordon.
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THE BIBLE IN HosFITALS.-SJm3 n.,.'
were recently granted at the request oil A',,
Dix FIR distribution among the sick s'il'--.
in the hospitals at Washington. 10 arei % y
letter from that excellent lady, Iel'unS "
the distribution Of the books, she say
cone copy was, a short tins since, easery
ken by sick soldier, at tue Circle Hospi,',
Vermont boy, whose interest in peru-iu= tl' ''
ume was 50 marked as to attract the n'H''
those near him. lie has since dicd, h'.l'us 80
Book in his hand.
Yours, sir, with obligation, D. L. pN'
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The Richmond Enquirer Of the :, % 5o p' al
ouy loss at Winchester, at 1900 t. low ~
theirs from $50 to 400. Among ta.F #
alties are mentioned Col. l.. l. Moor
Winchester, T. Ii. Towner OF the ueu- -
Assembly. killed, and Col. Z. Cheel I'M. =.
9th Virginia, wounded. The ID 'Hs
regiment lost 100 men.