Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-29

ed OF the fate of the sixteen state convicts,
sentenced to be executed on the 18th.
Three of them, Chandler, Wait and
Mcleod, are to be executed on the 18th,
agreeabIy to their sentence
Eight others, including Miller and the
other Americans, to be trans ported to some
one otthe British colonies for life. Three
others to the Penitentiary for three years.
The case of the remaining convict,
WAGNER has not been decided, great ef-
forts having been made by his friends to
! procure his punishment 10 the States.
The trial Of Beamer, who led body of
lancers at the affair of the Short Hills,
comes on to-day or Tomorrow; and the
general belief is that he will be convicted.
and sentenced to be executed. Cor. A.
bang Argus.
The wives of Chandler and Waite,
two OF the condemned prisoners for the
Short Hills affair, went down last night
in the Canada. They intend waiting on
Sir John CoIborne at Sorei, and thence
proceed to Quebec for the purpose of i'm
| pIorlng Lord Durham to spare the lives
of their husbands. One has been mar
rIed only 8 months, the other has fam,
lily Of or Montreal Her.
AS the haifpast five o'clock cars from
CarroIton were passing HertsvilIe verter-
day afternoon, black boy was riding on
horseback near to the track. When the
engine came near the horse, he stumbled
and threw the boy on the middle of the
track-but too late to stop the engine :;
and strange TO relate, the whole train
passed over him without in uring him in
the least. He jumped up, scratched his
head, and exclaimed You can't kill dis
niger anyhow, Master Engine. IN O.
Bulletin
DEsERTERs DRowNED-Six deserters
from the Add British regiment, in Cana
da, attempted to cross the Niagara river
on raft a few days since. Three of
them were drowned, end the other three
reached Lewiston in safetv.-G0s. W.T.
SAM PATCR OUTDoNE-On Tuesday
last, about two miles below the steamboat
landing on the Genesee river, a horse at
;ached to a cart loaded with wood, was
precipi:ated from the bank, cart and all,
to the waters edge below, distance of
; Is feet nearly perpendicular, and after
adjusting himself, commenced browsing
upon the shrubberv, without having re-
cerved the least apparent injury.-Roch-
ester Duly Advertiser.
THE STATE PRIsoN AT SING SING
On the 18th instant, there were in this
prison 7S9 men, and % vomen-totaI
8l7. During the month ending as above
there were pardoned, l3 discharged
: whose time had expired, and | died
t Yesterday IA persons were sent up, wht
q were sentenced at the late general sessions
The Cincinnati Gazette states that the
y steamboat Clinton was sunk on the 18th
f instant a little below the mouth of the
It Ohio. There were no lives lost. He,
# passengers reached Cincinnati in the
= Steamboat Empire.
YALE CoLLEGE-The annual Com
:, menrement of this venerable institution
Il took place on Wednesday las: The nnm
+ Der Of graduates were GO. The GRADUATE
y ing class in theology consists of 30
q Jour- Com.
> The New York E. Post says, "Tht
= Steamer Great Western went to sea yes
h terday with Sc passengers, and it is sale
- her letter postage amounts to two thcusanC
dollars. - Boston Press.
T. NEwBEnFoRn, Mass, Aug. 9, 1893.
h Great excitement prevails here owning
:; to the arrest Of Mr. Thomas Lewis, of thi
place, by Mr.. David RuggIes ofthe New
- York Committee of Vigilance. Rug
=, giles has charged him with kidnapping thrp,
> negro boys who, by the assistance of Cap
! Wilson, of the steamboat New Castle, h.
- has sold to sItvery. Mr.. l.. was or
~ dered to ind bail in 5000, in want O
! which he was lodged in JAIL
e DRowNING.-Two small bows wer
2 fighting near pier No. 5, North River
rs about o'clock yesterday afternoon, whel
one of them, aged about Q years, fell int
the water and Immediately sunk A,
attempt was male by man in the gar
=. Of sailor to save the poor Iad Th
y graphing irons were then brought an
II his body was re oypred-life howeve
80 was extinct-N. Y Times
The deaths in Baltimore during tn
y week ending on Monday were SO
RI which AZ were children under the age O
pr two years.
to lo Philadelphia there were l9l death
. during the week, of which ll9 wer
20 children under two years of age.-Gospe
IN Witness.
he The number of deaths in New Yor
s. last week was 1877. One hundred and te
t. cf these were children under two veal
OF Of agr, thirty nine of which died wit
Sc cholera infantum.-BoS!on Press.