Vermont Watchman and State Journal from Montpelier, Vermont • 2

AlAllf OtVI HOfllOlt A VII IJ UIH 111,11 Ul.10UUUV.lij IIU13 Council of Censors allege, the existiiUg law I Committee reported the election of His Excellency RICHARD SKIN NEK, Governor. Honourable WM. CAHOON, Lieut. Governor. ted by a large portion of our inonieitcitizphtl instead of answering any useful purpose it'l productive of serious evil.

As a general' BENJ. SWAN, Esq. easurer ciple, it is inexpedient to return upun XLA Charles Phelps, From Mexico. The Chariest on City Gazette ccntaius the Articles of Adjustment agreed to between O'Donoju, Viceroy of Mexico, and lturbide, Commander in Chief of the Patriots' at Cprdova, on the 21-th of August. By these articles it is agreed that America shall be sovereign and independent, and called the Mexican empire" tbe government to be a constitutional monarchy, and Ferdinand 7th to be sovereign, on condition of his coming to Mexico.

If he declines, the crown is to uius ui mu oiaic an uiciuueiil ft Joseph Warner, Ilenrly Olin, statute reterea to, was designed princimn I Joel I'ratt, John II. Andrus, Aaron Leland, Josiah Dana, Ezra Butler, Timothy Stanley, f'ruman Chittenden, for the benefit and protection of the necesl tous to shield against the opression ndil Seth Wetmore. i iiriirtr iii I clic I tlinea who, from enibarrasJ uuiu cnm3rt3j jusepn oeiry, uwjv Councillors. viivuuiMaiiues, aic tumj.xucu iu apply t0r the mast. A gentleman who.

stood ou tu Jovrerpart ofir, up to tiw middle in water, aud holding on the shroud above with one hand, grasped her by the hair of the head, and. in that position, remained for some mm. met. A ipar floats near bim. Repressed it down with one foot, and placed it under "the back ol the unfortunate woman.

1hi enabled him lupport ber a few minutes longer, but being himself exhaUited, having oolj one band at liberty, he was reluctant-ly compelled to abandon her to her fate. But the most heart rending of all the metan-cholly spectacles witnessed during this dread-ful scene of horror remains to be told. A poor woman named Catherine Grace, wife of John Grace, of Manchester, was in tbe fore part of the vessel. With one arm she held hertwO children, one between two and three years old, and the other an infant at her fcreait and with the other hand the held on by a rope. She was up to the middle in the ita.

the infant suckinc at her breast, and its iiesbis. niKeny, oi n. crown ot w. bove- mcia, nw yuccas uiei lanu, were appouneu a committee to renorl Fa," me sun the unfinished business of last session. sed risk of incurring the penalty would Friday.

October 12. be extorted, if from the provisions oCtheuJ On motion of Mr. Farnswortb, the house was no prospect of escape, or if itWj! wholly repealed and in either case, the proceeded to the election of Speaker, Secre De onerea to nis neirs, oraer. a. provig ional government it to be formed, to consist of a junta, composed of the chief persons of tbe empire.

The junta is to choose a regency of three persons, to exercire the executive powers until the arrival of the monarch, A cessation of hostilities has taken place. Amherst, N. If. Oct. 6.

Tli Superior Coon commenced its session in this town on Tuesday last. Present or. the einpiary citizen, wno ironi principle, ccj io3 ofc upo for' C09 irill Gen ill, tbe fof) port the pure fices on I 5tat as a oft! beet tliii -tht 1 ieq: and setr sess the whi con mui tior an rest 111! alrt ''rau'' niit el' ionns to me law, wouiu enjoy an equal prV lege wnii nun wnose avarice is restrain? by necessity. The unhappy effects of ignorance, an it foil il ii it I piinnnnlidnii nt-isl iiviiiittinl! tary of State, Clerk, and Engrossing Clerk. The following gentlemen were elected Hon.

D. Azro A. Buck, Speaker. Hon. Wm Slade, Secretary of Slate.

Wm. D. Smith, Esq Clerk. Timothy Merrill, Esq. Engrossing Clerk.

The following communication was received from his Excellency the Governor. Hon. D. Azro A. Buck, Speaker of the House of Representstives.

Sir, I herewith transmit the copy of a complaint, made by the Stale's Attorney of the' we uauy wjrness oilier nations, bench, Chief Justice Richardson and Judges tt? I 4 1 Kitremities floating in the water. The eld in men nuui live nucmpis, anu gles, against the relentless rule of those, jj iiuui anu uueeu. i esieraay me Attorney General presented three indictments, one against Benj. danger, for larceny, in stealing power is measured by tiie degrees of djj parity, between their auainment mA and that of their subjects occasion'' frequent recurrence to the approved maxin of freemen; that a geueral diffusion of uSef(r knowledge, and an improved state of sicie afford the best security to civil and nueny. nsguaniians i uie ouue, atwl uil iMicitciin ui us vulsella, 13 uui UUJ 1 adopt such measures, as will most ofTeciualtv est Child was drowned in her aim; bfft she continued to hold its CGrpeyhe innt was soon drowned: but unfortunate mother still dung with maternal grasp, to the lifeless bodies of ber children.

Shortly afterx wards, a tremendous wave washed the mother and the babes from the scene of misery and death. The sea was covered with trunks and dead bodies. The men uniformly sunk but the females floated about with their heads neath tbe water. One boat which went to tbe assistance of tbe wreck took off ten men. The boatman with ropes round their bodies, went upon the wreck and carried the unfortunate men in their arms through the break, ers-to the boat.

The Leg of one man was so dreadfully fractured that the bone pro-truded through his stocking. The total number of persons saved amounted to fifiy four, of whom three were females. secure to posterity, the peculiar blessings d( that free government, which by our'aiictsJ has been wisely established, and transmitted to us. A diligent and perseverin'J iy. atieution to the education of our children il sheep, who plead guilty against Jacob M'-Intire, Jr.

for stealing a pocket book from his father, and was found guilty; and Wm. Cook, an Irishman, a pedlar, foi ao insult with an intent to ravish. It Appeared that he entered a house to offer his goods, and finding a young woman alone with some small children, he attempted his nefarious designs upon her, but meeting with powerful ie-sistance, after a violent struggle, was- defeated, and was making off, when an alarm being given by one of the children, he was stopped and committed. He plead his own cause, and assured the jury he had behaved pretty well ever since became into this country and "it wns a hard thing because lie ivas Irish, and had never done any harm to anybody, but just to go about his regular business that he should be taken up for such a crime. But the jury found him guilty.

The trial of Parmer is necessarily postponed to Tuesday next, when no doubt it will take place. We learn that some of the bar are preparing to make a report of the trial, for publication. It will undoubtedly excite much public interest. Cabinet. County of Iranklin, against Jean Baptiste, jr.

for the crime of inurder, with' the warrant, and return of the officer thereon, thru the same ma) be laid before the General Assembly. I am informed thai the person charged with the attrocious crime, is now imprisoned in the common jail at Montreal, in the province of Lower Canada, and that he will he delivered up only or. the applicaticn of the executive authority of this Stale, to the Governor of said Province, who resides at Quebec. As very considerable exp3nce must arise in making tbe application, and safely return-ing tbe offender and qo appropriation is made by the Legislature for objects of this description, I have considered it my duty to make this communication, that uch mens, ufes may be adopted as the wisdom of rhe Legislature may dictate. I am, very respectfully, yours, RICHARD SKINNER.

that without which, we cannot expect the pt will long retain a repuplican form of goier mcnt. These remarks have not been elicits! by any evidence of a want of regard to subject on the part of the gential Assent pia tun anc call met ma tiot Vej enc the or from a belief, that in point of learning, tM youth 01 tbis state are surpassed by any; by tbe testimony of the Council of Censor that the act of A. D. 1810, for the support FOREIGN DOMESTIC. schools, has not bn duly executed, and tlm the interference of the Lgislature is require As the State possess no public fulid fr Sti oft eve which any portion of the current exper 1 A I I't' Vermont, Council Chamber, October 1 1, 1821.

me povernmeni areaenavea, or to wno sort Can he had in times nf orpnt Which was read and referred to a commit Spanish America. Charleston, Sept. 23. Our dates from Vera Cruz via Havana, are to the 14ih wit. On the 12tb, in consequence of an agreement to that effect Col.

Santana and Hie Viceroy, Gen. the gates of Vera Cruz were thrown open, and free communication was permitted between a direct appeal to them in the form of a tee, Messrs. Williams, Haight, Hall, and Au8tid resorted to annually the General Asset cflnnot too frequently be reminded, of them cessity of a practical, and careful allentionb A number of private petitions were read and referred to committees. A committee of three was appointed to wait on the Rev, Joshua Bates, return him the thanks of the House for his Election Ser economy, in public expenditures At a period like the present, when the price ot every commodity produced in the Mate, depressed almost beyond example, it wills! 10IL thel 'deri slro' exij aril Geo eJf ion tiop evit den From the tor'smouih Oracle It ia probable that George IV will be married again in the course of a few months. He will meet with no difficulty in finding a suitable Bride.

Germany is fertile in Princess and there will probably be Parents e-nough ready to offer their daughters per haps willing victims at the hrine ofambi-. tion. The Emperor of Austria has still daughter unmarried as well as the King rj Saxony The Kiug of Bavaria has six, two of whom at lean are of marriageable age. The King of has one as old as eighteen years. The King of Portugal who is twenty years old.

The King of Sardinia one, who is eighteen years old The Grand Dake of Tuscany, tvTo who are marriageable; and besides these, ther is the Widow of the Infant Pierre Charles of Spain, the Widow ford me the hfghest satisfaction tqud, ioev- ry measure calculated to advance the great terest of agriculture. the inhabitants of the city and those of the country. 'At. the same lime, the prisoners on both sides were liberated. On the 6th, two commissioners were sent by the Viceroy, to treat with lturbide.

In the despatches, of which they were the bearers, Gen. O'Donoju staled, that although his age and many sufferings, imperatively demanded repose, he had repaired from the peninsula to the iVlVxican Kingdom, with a view to calm the discontents prevailing there, and if possible re-establish a.nd concord in that once favored country adding, that it was in the power of lturbide, the coin mandolin chief of ihe Imperial army of the three guarantees, to crown himself with eternal laurels, by promoting the happiness' of his couni ry. As remittances for foreign munufactnrft articles, cannot be made by us as heretofw mon, and request a copy for tbe press. The Governor, attended by tbe Lieutenant Governor and Council, appeared in the House, and after having been duly sworo, delivered the following SPEECH. Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of thz Kmt if Representatives, AGAIN, under the auspices of an overruling Providence, we have been permitted to convene, the representatives of the people, in in the usual products of the State thesuccsi of our manufactures is becoming an oujeCloi tio vested with the power of legislation, delegated deep interest, not only to those who arenwra immediately concerned, by an investment 0 their properly, but to the great body of tin citizens.

I am not insensible that the subjec is one over winch the state Legislatures liati but little control and that the proceedings? Congress are necessarily embarraysed, bytt grea: diversity of interest, hrthe different sei lions of this extensive country for which tte; are required to legislate. I am also art that a difference of opinion exists, anions of the Duke de Berri, and the widow ot Na poleoo Bonaparte. If his choice should fall upon the last, he must woo her as Richard III addrejeed the Lady Anne. by the enlightened freemen of the State for the purpost of discharging the duties incident to the important trust; and I can hut indulge the hope, that the improved state of our pub lic statutes, the absence of political dissension and party strife, the spirit of unanimity for iseg coil pec pre civ) vey all siyi of ing Grj trej to which generally is manifested and bv a This desirable end was to ne obtained, uy concluding the armistice, which the Imperial Chief had proposed on the of March, to count Venadilo, the former Viceroy, and the absolute rejection of which was complained of bv the Mexican leader, in an address to his army, dated the 20th of June. And finally, O'Donoju urged lturbide, as possessor of the intermediate country, to permit him to pass unmolested to the where measures should be adopted, and treaties concluded for the suspension of ail hostilities, until the final determination of the King and Cortes.

On the 13th, the Vice Roy received an official letter from Col. florbejon, requesting permission to enter Vera Cruz, in company humhle reliance upon the guidance and favor of the Supreme Bing, by whose peculiar re those who are immediately engaged tntneW smess of manufacturing, as to the propriety i an further interferance on the part" of to government; and that at present, proper! applied to this object, probably produces, income beyond that of any otber. Tf tlieCr gard we have hitherto been distinguished; we shall be enabled to perform the service with unusual harmojiy and ail that dispatch, which izens engaged in the business, already nnt inrnnicftfnt tuifti lorn nur li ftd dlt'flMAn 1 I ti rt I it iv i .1 .1 I In. ATr From the local situation of the State, the BCSB m.rsuiis of its inhabitants beinsr almostxclu- couugeiuwiiaiwiucuyy c8uvcnimcuHs- i sively ngricultural and the generarpreva; ant measure would ue unjust; nut ntnisenc i lence of regular economical illustrious hab MONTPELIEJl: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1821. YE llMOjriLEGISLA TURE.

On Thursday Inst, pursuant to the Constitution and IrtwS of the Slate of Vermont, the General Assembly convened in this place. 9 o'clock, the members presented their credentials and took tlu irsenls. Hon. D. zn A.

Buck, was elected Speaker pro ten. Wm. D. Smith, Esq. Clerk, pro tern.

On motion of Mr. Van Nes, the rules of the House for the last session, were adopted as rules for the present session, until others are provided. The Speaker then proceeded to nominate, and the house appointed the following gentlemen, as Canvassing committee to sort and count the votes for Governor, Lieut Governor, Treasurer, and Cauncillors, viz: Messrs. Underbill, Hinsdiil, Wright, Field, Roberts, Clark, of B. Fisk, Hodges, Hendee, Hatch, CoUairier, Wales, Hoyt, of N.

Walk its, but few subjects are presented, which require the atlehiion of the Legislature. ojjcinciii, aiiuum nac uic cucui, gicanj w- crease, not ihe promts, but the number of ufacturers and manufacturing establishrue thereby nroduce a comnetition of CO The recent revision of the act regulating and governing the militia of this'State, will, it I 1 1 does not now exist to measurably cht is ptesumed, render it unnecessary that much 61 time should be occupied on that subject; my an the course of agricultural pursuits, now sO.J proftahle, by inviting the growth of, and( iiishmg a home market foe raw materiaM with another officer, and a small escort, for the purpose of delivering to H. E. important despatches, touching the interests of both Spains. This request was immediately granted.

Puebla capitulated on the 2Slh of July- And here ends, we regret to state, our in for mation from' that interesting part of- Spanish America. To complete the chain of events from Ihe 15 th to the 24th of August, on which day the armistice was concluded between the Constitutional Royalists and Constitutional Imperialists, we arc in want of the intervening dates between those two periods. This tnav be attributed either to the irregularity observation however, in relation to its opera CO tion, induces me to suggest the propriety, of also a market for that surplus produce adopting some measures, by winch the services has heretofore been exported and to I cure amonest us a specie currency there? of the most efii ctive, and useful, of that part of the citizens, who are supposed to consitute be no doubt of its wisdom and justice, ay Ml the force on which the btate depends tor its defence may be secured. I allude to the fa er of W. Spencer, Harris, Thayer, Newell, cility with which commissions and discharges ii win De necessary mat tue Act cmosi the State into Districts, for electing llepretfj ta tives to Congress, should be repealed)! suspended, at the present Session of theL( nes, Derby, Carpenter, Strong, Waterman, with which political intelligence is published in Havana papers, or to the omission of one Fisk, Bell, -Aiken of H.

Wires, Follelt. Bea- lature as the ratio of representation, v. man, Enos, Cobb, He Forest, May, of the papers composing the regular hie the late census, will probably be chanes It is to be observed, that lturbide; Hie lead-1 Hopknsou, Brown of G. Mott, and Hutch- fore the next session and the number of. cr of the revolutionists, assumes the ins.

the House adjourned to 4 o'clock. 'Chief of the Imperial army of the three Diiiin-r the receos, a procession was formed guarantees:" what these are, is thus exp.atn- at the State liouse, consisting of the Gover- resentatives, to which we are entitled, not be the same. It will also be necessary provide for the Second District, in which election has been made. It may not be ifflj)'1 are obtained, by young gentlemen, the ruost promising, and who, from their influence," a-Uility, and ambition, if retained, would greatly augment the number of those wlu are the pride ornament of the militia. The necessity of having returns of the state of the militia regularly made is apparent aud whether any farther provision in the law, ou tht head, will tend to remedy the evil, arising from the habitual neglect cf this duty, is submitted to your consideration.

The declaration of the Council of Censors, that the law regulating the tale oi interest, is grossly and openly violated," corroborated by the testimony arising from common obser ed in the Havana papers i Ihe three guar-1 nor, t-hapiam, Council, House of Represent- that the House of Bourbon tives, Civil and Military olrlcers, and an una- shuil have the exclusive right of filling the Im- sually lai ge number of citizens strangers, uiv perial throne of New-Spain 2d, that there der the direction of Capt. Doty, of the Wash er to observe, that the repealing of the s'ail not Mi -slit 12( ref Ha i ccr. tor 3 reli I tha tar of A. D. 1818, may perhaps operate as val ot the former statute, In obedience to the direction of the l4 shall be perfect union between European and jugton Artillery, assisted by Sheriff's Deputies, American Spaniards, who shall be equally en- i which moved to the new hrick Meeting house, titled to fill all public offices.

And 3d, that i proceeded by music and the Washington Ar- lature at their last session, I appointed tlie Ecclesiastical establishment shall be again tillery, wheie divine service was performed, Lverett, tsq. to revise the laws relating the probate of wills, and settlement of placed on the looting on hich it stoou the and a met excellent discourse delivered by vation, inspires the hope, that the Legislature will, by an early attention to the subject, be tate and intestate estates from whom 1'' jmi ouo, vtuii au ine iigms aiiu niunuunica n.ev. JUbiiuei oaies, rresJUem OI lulUCieuurs' recently received, and will forthwith it then enjoyed, without any reform or ameh-1 College. enaoled to act definitively thereon. Altho' it niaiiuu mij picbu'.

mg me io.jf itivvtuu uj ai oi me ciock, me House met pursuant is the general opinion, and in which I fully fie InqiiUilkn in full vigour. to you his report. I have received from the Stales of Mjf an4, New-Hampshire, certain to adjournment. Ihe Governor and Council concur, that laws calculated to limit the de attended in the House, aud the Canvasssing mands of money lenders ars beneficial to scv.