Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-05-16

me -ntctHHe.-l he secretary OI HE
Treasury, under date of the LIST usl. states
that the RECEIPTS ol the Treasury, Tor the
month OF March last, were, from the Gus
toms ~ 1897 ,S09, and from lands 81 ,229,-
063, making total ol 1925, 500.
The receipts for The quarter ending March
81, were, from customs 1891 ,S26, from
lands So, 472 ,499, miscellaneous $2S0,000,
total $S,76S, 1876. The expenditures Tor
the quartet amounted To about 81 ,409,7
leaving an excess Of receipts over The ex-
pendiiures Of 81 1858, 59l. Tie receipts
fer the month Of April are supposed 10 he
less than the expenditure.
The balance Of money applicable to ap-
preparations, III thcTreasury and on dcpos-
il, in the tanks and in the mint, on the LAT
of May, after deducing what is 10 be paid
to The States, is stated 10 be almost Sc ,057,-
GIG. Bost. Patriot.
Acddtmy If DCsign.-"Deacon Giles
Distillery, all original painting by Mr.. +.
Agate, is much admired. The deacon is
represented in ,he act of drawing gallon
of whishey, and The dim outline OF Satan,
is visible, tiling up the cask 10 give the
deacon good measure. Dea,h is also re-
presented, tapping his Satanic majesty ON
The shoulder, by way Of encouragement.
AWFUL EvENT.-Mr. John Mcclure, Of
Knox county, la. went into his cellar aud
shot himself while his wife WIS lying dead
in the house. He has left nine children
Louisville jour.
Mn, RANDoLPH's WnL.--We arc intor-
med, says the Alexandria Phenix, that Mr..
Randolph's will, Of 1929, by which his
slaves were liberated, has been established
bv tie Court of Appeals OF Virginia.
ContradGted.
Massacre ofSeuenty MisSioparies The
New Bedford Mercury OF Saturday contains
a statement OF the most liorrid massacre o.
seventy native missionaries at Wallis ISL
| and in The South Sea, in August, 1885.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Barnard, formerly second Of
The ship Selma, of New Bedford, who arr-
we'd there ia the Parachute n few DAYS since,
furnished The statement to the Mercury.
IL appears from his journal that the Eng
EMBELLISHMENTS al Keppt IslandWne Of the
Friendly group conceived he benevolent
plan OF attempting 10 introduce Christianity
al Wallis Island by sending native teach
ers and missionaries, thinking they would
meet with less opposition than foreigners.
They procured passage 10 the lard, tu',
! hoirld to relate, soon alter they landed the
whole number was murdered in The mosl
barbarlOuS. and inhunan manner. Mr..
Barnard was AT The island at the time the
massacre took place, and lett in the sloop y +
war Vincennes, when she touched at the
place. He left lie latter vessel ut Cape
Town.
M. Biddie's Fishto Washington.--Thc
American speaking apparently by aulhori-
g. A -, 4 Al.
some other business at Washington,
Mr.. Bid lie took occasion 10 call on the
President Of the United States, 10 pay his
respects to him in that character, and Is.
prcially to afford The President an opporlu-
nifty, il he chose 10 embrace il, To speak OF
the present stale of things, and 10 confer, if
he Saw fit, with The head of the largest
banking institution in The country-and
that the institution to which general app-
cation has been made for relief. During
the interview, however, the President re-
maine profoundly silent upon The grea,
and interesting topic OF the day, and as Mr..
Bddle did not think il his business Ia in
| lroduce them, not word in relation TO
! them was said"
alarming fl ON Florida.-Thc Charleston
| Mercury says: The most important fact
in The last account from Florda, is that a
! large negro equal To t,co d,carf ones) had
been seen proving about. Fortunately
the army did not get in his way, so that he
did comparatively little damage. We are
mol Informed Of his exact size"
"A Deserted Boy. The Boston Atlas says
that a small boy, calling himself james
Murphy, aged 5years, poorly clad, without
stockings or shoes, was found wandering
I abDul the streets on Saturday, and sent 10
the House Of Industry. He says his father
| is dead, that his mother, IAN Irish woman)
a brother and sister, came with him 10 the
city, from Montpelier on ioot-that they
put up at house in Mlk-stieet; had been
in The city two nights, and on Saturday
morning his mother took him out 10 walk
with her, and conirived to get away from
him, and lose him in the street. lie says
she went down The road, and got out of
sight: since that lime he had been walking
about in search ol her and the house they
slept in, but could find neither. lie had
been without food ali day, until taken up
just at nightial on Saturday.
Two hundred and twcnly-fuur unemploy-
ed laborcrs, in New York, pellioncd lie
Common Council of that city for some re-
lief.
The gross amount of failures in n. Or
leans, up to the 4th uli. from a careful es-
innate is rrckoned at 81 millions. Ii is now
considerably over 100 millions.
At a late meeting of the Royal Geograph-
ical Society IN London, papers were read
from his Majcsiy's surveying ship Bena-
gal and Advertiser, stating that the Pat
agonians are really race OF giants, gener-
ally averaging seven feet in height.
Specie at the Wca.-On the 25lh March,
lie Banks ot Indiana, with an aggregate
caniinI OF 3 [ 1Ol 600 had an nnnrrnnIr nl