Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-14


sacbusetts House, we trust will become
law without vote in. he psgaiiye., The
treating alter election is bsd custom.
which ought 10 be banishei from every
moral socie,y.-Bost0ss Press.
An act concerning the purity OF Elections
Be it enacted, Sc. Any person, being
candidate for any elective office n mis-
Commonwealth, who shall. immediately
previous, or pending, or af,eraan e!ections
treat with intoxicating drink any person
attending such. election, shall be punished
bv a fine not exceeding one hundred dol
lars. .--~ >..s ...aa, ..s...,. ~ - - :
Growth OF NEw- YoRK-In 1893.
law was passed TO preserve the hs1 IN
Fresh Water. Pond now Canal street,
and the streets contiguous. ssSf5
In I745, there was only one coach in
New York.
In 1888, Murray street constituted the
northern boundary Of the city.
10 1871. the exports from New York
to foreign ports, amounted to 2505 dollars.
There are now only six cities in Eu-
,! rope more popuIous than the city of New
York, viz; London, Paris, Constantinople.
St. !oetersburgh. Naples aud Vienna
Jour. o. CON- u
WINTER At THE SouTH.-At Mobile.
on the 2ist U limo, it showed, for the fra,
time SINCE March, 1885.
AT St. Augustine, on the 10th ultimo,
the mercury STOOD at 2s, and the ice was
half an inc thick. The orange shoots
which had put out were alt~bilghted, but
young buds were bursting forth to supply
their places.-N. Y. Spec. . ! - -
Nox1ous AN1MALs-The number Of
noxious animals killed in Massachusetts,
since the passage of the bounty act f
April 4, 1885, is thus stated in a late Off
cial documen, :-S84s foxes "a wild cas-,
2 wolves, and bear. The bounty pa d
for the destruction Of these animals ez-
ceeds S4500.-N. Y Spec.
CouNTERFE1T NoTEs-James Hop
kins was arrested at Utica on Wednesday.
for passing counterfeit fves, fairly execu;-
ed, on the Bank Of Chenango, and threes,
Bank of Windsor, Vermont badly exc
cuted. ,.zazs
On Thursday, VIM. A. Ford was ar
rested at Rome, for passing counterfeit
fves, ChenaDgo, threes, Bank of Orwell,
Vermont and twos, Eagle Bank, Boston.
NY. Spec. .st
NEw-JERsEY LEeIsLATURE.-Ab bill
to abolish capita! Punishments in certain
cases passed the Assembly on Monday,
by vote of AZ to 4. The bill recogniz-
es three degrees of murder. the first TO be
4 L Al +
solitary Imprisonment for lite at hard la
bor-the third with Imprisonment a! hard
labor for 20 ears.,-N YSpee. 80
The small bill law has finally passed
both branches of the New-York Legis-
, lature, in a form which enables the hold
ers to demand specie for them; and atths
expiration of the year, from 28th Feb1u-
ary, all bills under five dollars to %
again prohibited. 80
| The Albany banks Immediately is.sed
their one. two and three dollar Bills
Boston Press. -'- '-~~ &.
| AURORA AND MlaRoR.-The two
Temperance papers in this State, the Au-
rora published at Concord and the Mirror.
at Dover, have been united, and will be
published hereafter under the above name,
at Concord, edited by D. S, Farmer, Esq.
and Rev. E. Mack, editors of the former
p'pers.-N. II. Bap Reg. -.
The Legislature of Virginia have pass
ed an act abolishing the punishment Of
burning in the hand, IN all cases. Il is
pleasing TO see the Draconian severity Of
the law beginning to relax 10 the Old Do,
minion.-Emancipator. -
c. C. BnrIeigh and Lewis G. Gum
have arrived safe at Hayti, and in usual
health. Interesting information may DO
expected from thetn.-N Y Eran.
All the gambling houses in Paris wers
shut up by order Of the government on
the LIST of January last.-N YEran
The New Y ork city banks have an
nounced their discrimination to resume
specie payments on or before the 10th OF
May next.-BoSton Press. as-s,
SPECIE PAYmENTs.-Allt the banks at
Albany have resumed paying their notes
in specie.-N. YErGn.
The portion ofthe Cherokee country ly.
ing in North Carolina comprises PIC, 292
acres.-N. YEran.