New Hampshire Statesman And Concord Register

U. S. SENATOR FOR VERMONT.

We learnt by the last stage from Montpelier, that the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of that State, was elected Senator in Congress for six years from the 4th of March next. His majority, we understand, was 22. His appointment, we think, must meet the decided approbation of the friends of the American System, Internal Improvements, and the rights of the Indians. We have lately conversed with a gentleman who knows Judge Prentiss's opinion on these subjects, and he is decidedly friendly to all of them. He may be claimed and probably will be, as a Jacksonian, but if he is, we have but to refer any one so claiming him, to the Jackson vote for Governor, and let that vote decide, whether he would have been elected, had he been known to be a Jacksonian. His sentiments were distinctly made known to the members before the vote was taken.—N. H. Post.