Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-04-25

/ .isr64 zsrrd.r. A correspondent OF the Ese,or
Ness Letter mentions the murder, at Yves: Hop
I katoa IN. H.) Israel H. Russell. eyed Is. oy
Joha =. Tieomb. young man aged shout 20 Tor
( merry Of Nrwburypcu. Russell aud 1teomb
were both single men. had laborod t"ge'hefh TIC
ooopering business, ard boarded together. On
Friday, shout half osst ten o'clock, A. NJ, young
man Of their acquaintance wac IN the shop, aud
found them discussing the question. whether pco-
pic arc predisposcd 10 morder each oiher for aon-
eyi During o short discussion. Ticomb remarked
( that people would sometimes commit murder with
GU, any hope gain. This remask. however. made
no Impression on tho young msns mind, and he
/ withdrew, leaving R-isseli and Thcomb busy.ni
their work. About eleven O'Clock. the proprietor
Of The shop was in and found them quietly al work
At twelve O'clock Titcomb wen, to his boarding
house, washed and shaved himself, and seemed so
much Disconnected as to lesdsthe mistress Of the
house, TO enquire what had happened that he look
cd so pale, and Appeared so much ngitaied! This
Disconnected hin, and he e,srDsd Immediately to
the shop. from which he was soon called todinner,
and when he atkcd why Russell had not come
with him, he replied that he rems ned behind TO
shaving thfce ror staves that compIcfed
certain lot. FIe eat quickly returned to the shop
set on fire. and walked into the street. The fire
was soon discovered, and the alarm given, when
the people collected in great numbers, Tiioomb u.
mong the rest fhe- roof fell n,a and the flames
were soon exteguished, waen the body of Russell
was found burnt badly, beneath the bench at the
side OF the shop, where ii had been thrown by Tit
comb, aud covered with shavngs and slaves to
some depth. Both legs were broken above the
knees and both arms above the elbows evidently
showing that the murderer attempted to put the
body into barrel TO conceal it,. II was apparent
also that Russell was killed by several blows in.
hcted on the head whilst seated the shave horse
without having made the least resistance. A jug
of rum was in the shop (which Ttcomb had drunk
en- freely. Russell for the last three or four months
had aba ndons I'D the of Intoxicating liquors and
was mild nofiensive an.---Boston Transcript
Loss Of tho ship Comdidus, of 7homaston. Tho
brig Maria Theresa, arrived at this por, Yesterday
from New Orleans, brought in the officers and crew
of the above vessel. The particulars we learn
from the City Hall Reading Room books. The
Maria Theresa fell in with the Csndidus, Webb, Oh
the LIST inst. She from N. Orleans, bound
for Liverpool, fire. having becn struck by light
ming the night before. was blowing so hard a,
the time, that ii thought impossible for boat
to livs, and they 10y by he- for some time but the
fire gained fast that part ofthe crew were for
ced into their boat, and keeping before tho sea they
succeeded in getting on board the brig. In this
way, the ship and brig alternately lay under each
others leo, SO that the boats could 60 to and fro
before the wind and seq. ani all hands were ena-
| bled to make their escape. In twenty minutes az.
ter the last boat len the ship. her fell over
her SIDES, and she Was completely envelped in flames.
Tho M. T. lay by her until 70 o'clock A. NJ,
when the FIRE was bursting through her sides, and
her deck had fallen in.
The Candidus was new vessel Of 800 tons, on
her FIRST voyage, and had cargo Of 800 bales of
cotton. She sailed from N. Orleans on the Goth,
| and from the bar on the 22d ul. She was struck
by lightning on the night of 3lst, abou, IL o'clock
IN lat. 30 20. lon. 70 40, while scuddng under
bare poles the electric fluid descended The main
top-gallant mast and man-mast into the hold split
ting the mast and pump. Smoke soon after issued
from the hold which indicated that she was on fire.
All hands were Immediately employed in pouring
in water. but with no effect. and every crev:ce was
then stopped 10 the hope Of smothering the flames
In this situation she fallen in with the Maria
Theresa and her crew p,ovidentially rescued from
destruction. This is the vessel which the Alpha
at Charleston, reported TO be the 'Nahan,, of New
London.'-Bost Post.
Book publishing in The United States. We tool
The following estimates from the report Of Colone
: Stones Speech at the late Booksellers dinner il
. New York.
!, The number Of new American publications IRE
printed and Originally per annuw, is already halt
. the number Issued in Great Britain ; and The whole
number of volumes printed is believed to be near
n equal in both countries. We think the balance is
% in favor.
~ II is believed that the amount Of American pub
\, fishing has more than doubled within the period o
Is the last ten years. The aggregate sales Of NV
bookselling houses in the year 1895, amounted Il
one million three hundred and fifty thousand dol
il lars. The subjects OF books published ia the yea
q. lsa4, were the following proportion
t. Original american, Reprints.
of Education 73 8
10 Theology 81 Is
he Novels and Tales 10 90
History Biogphy Ia II
Law. 30 3
g. Medicine 10 3
10 Poetry s 3
C. Voyages & Travels 8 10