Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-04-09

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Wharton lie d,ed ofa wound received from the aee'-
dental discharge oi pistol His sudden departure -
deeply smeu,ed and has occasoned 10 Teas The loss
Of Of her nhirsi sistcsmtn shd revolutionary patti
os who perilied all and suffered si in tie schicvmcn
of her independent e. Balisfia.
.glirssks, Isrf Saie,-we Learn from the Nlwru.
kee sentinel Of the 10Th 81; hsi the ameunt of money
received the Land Once IN that district during the
late public sale, 500 :Eil. tNineicnihs Of the
land at last Gays the Seniinr hss been purchased by
actual settlers II has 81 been cold too. Nth The
cep,ion, perhaps, Of half section, al the minimum
price Of the government, one dollar and twcniy five
cents per The quantity Of land cold the rsle
has exceeded our most sangune an,eipauons'
Rice Garland Wing, a member Of tho Jas,
Congress and also Of the present Congress. has
been appointed Judge OF the Supremc Court of
Louisiana. This appointment Causes vacancy in
the Congressional delegation Of Louisiana which
will have to be supplied by a new election
Charles Derbrny has also byen appointed Judge
Of the same Court.
Flecfion in he ih District Mass The Boston
Atlas Of las, evening contains full returns, from
which it appears that patmcnicr is elected TO
Congress by majority Of votes.
The Pittsburgh papers Of Thursday las, say la,
tte TiNcFE ana canals are w nNc UdNirhbie NFtcFs
and al no period has that city presented such an
appearance Of active business ns it has done since
The opening Of the navigation. The trade on the
Monongnhcln and Allegheny is vcr, brisk. nine
steamers finding active employment on them, be-
sides great nun Der Of river craft conveying the
products Of the country wO,crcd by those streams.
-aThc Legislature Of Wisconsin have passed a
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parties mutually conserving. This is virtual re-
peal Of :he usury laws; or nearly so.
The travelling hombug. calling himself "The
Wandering piper," died IN the MERGERS Hospital
about the middle OF February.
The Cincinnati Republican mentions the mel
ancholy occurrence of the dceth of a small boy in
that city who was killed by a leopard belonging
To menegeric. II seems Int the lad ventuted
too near the ceFe 10 which the ANNA was con-
fined, and the leopard finding him within his reach,
with srmsle stroke Of the paw severed the Jug
uiar vein, causing his death in the space of ten
inmates,
4 mar in Franklin county, Ohio has invented
1 palr Of walking utensils, which he calls skip
pers,' by which man can run over the ground al
ten knots an hour, Tor ten hOurs. The made
somewhat the plan of the steel spring of car
tiage.- Cincinnati Gazette.
Ihis mast be good news for the leg treasurers.
CounteIJiter .qrrested. "A fellow wca arrested
in Burlington last Friday for uttering counterfeit
notes. Having offered some Of his wares in the
store Of Pongborn s. Brinsmaid, Information was
gwen lie the Sheriff Of Chl'ienden County, wha
proceeded TO his lodgings TO examine his trunk
II contaeed only few pieces of soled linen, and
several large Jumps Of maple sugar. The Sheriff
having TASTE for such matters, proceeded to up.
proprIa,e to hls own use part Of the spoils and
on breaking lump, discovered in the inside q
large roll Of bills. Proceeding with his exomna-
ton lie found several hundred dollars sccre,ed in
the same manner. The ingenious counterfeiieI
was examined and committed for trial at the next
term of the Chiienden County Court Vcrmonfer