Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-04-23

QWiok Uork.-Df G. II. Van Paiitn. q SUI
econ Dentist. VINO had fot the lss, two yssfs been
resident o. this town, tPsuerson. n. j.. was
on Thursday morning last sentenced 10 three years
imprisonment. a, hard 'ahot 10 the State Pnsnu.
Tor forgery. On tho Thursday previous he offered
note FOR $50 for discount TO broker 10 this
towa. upon which he received S95 down. and the
remainder was 10 be paid by tatee o'clock in the
afternoon. In the mean time the suspicious Of The
broker became excited Sc 70 tie genuineness Of
The note and upon making inquiries of one Of tho
persons whosc name signed TO IL, Re at once
denied all know ledge oft. Van Patien was I'm
n.cdisiely apprsheuded bBd taken before q msgis.
rate. before whom. upon examination. lie partial.
~ admitted having committed the forgery. The
Grsnd Jury being IN session at the time the mat
Ter was Immediately laid before them bill found
sgains, him, and on the Tuesday following he was
tried and convicted. Van Pauen was doing a good
sssiness in this town, and by a lulo pSodenoe
might have lsd w considerable, bu, being fond Of
showing OF, be ran through with all ho earned,
aud IN order TO Keep Up appearances, resotied 10
forgery, the consequence Of which imprUdcui act
is the State Prison and eiornal dsgtase.
lSEJ@Hen Pstien was q studen; IN the Casletor
dceical Academy. in This Counly.l
Fire men gore orer Niagara FaAs.-The St.
Catharne's ~ C) Journal of the 9th inst. Gays
thst just before sunret on Thursday morning last,
boat with two mon IN it was discovered IN the
middle Of the river, above the falls, vaint endcsv.
oring TO make their way through the ice, with
which they were enclosed 10 the Canada shore
Their utmost exertions proved uuaysng and in
short time they were seen to enter the cascades
l..s. IL. IN
other boat with three men in it, was discovered in
the same awful siuntion and trying TO gain the
Canada side but IN a few moments shared the mel
ancholy fate of the other. On the 9th, the body
of man picked up in the Whirlpool, suppcs-
ed TO be one oftlTesr unfortunate men, having a.
bout his person, $500. and a yaluablo gold watch.
| Burned .7Hpe. yesterday the remains of Lieut..
G"rnier we're consigned to the tomb, and as the
concoUrse of persons who he'd assembled to witness
he ceremony, were preparing to return TO their
homes, their attention @as attracted by The noise
o! gToans OF some person in distress which appear
ed to come from coffin that had just been depos-
tied in the earth. II was immediately opened, and
on examination, found to contain the body of ne
gro woman, who rad, i, is supposed, fallen into a
ethatgc sleep, and considered dead, but was ava
kened by the enhance of water into the coffin
She was taken out and brought to the city. and
there is now every prospect of her recovery.-N
q. paper.
a Hamburg paper announces the death, at n
York. of John jacob Astor, at the advanced age o
50 years Ii is added. that Mr. Astor leaves
property estimated G, 500 600 900.
BY the last accounts from The Mexican capital
conduc,a with So. O00. 900, in specie expec
ted to leave that city shortly Tor Vera Cruz.
! Durinc V. b. procession nj Seneca Falls
few nights since, a lad named Brace vas rua Owe
by man on horseback, aud Instantly killed. Thu
rider thrown from his horse, his ara, was bro
ken. and he was otherwise considerably injured.
sale OF lots in the Common Of St. Louis tool
place on the 2lst u. the result OF which show
the Hourshing condition Of that town. Abon
1873 acres were sold at prices ranging from So5
D down to Sl3l per acre, and producing sggre
gate Of S53 900 Fifteen acres were bought b
the Academy of Natural Sciences" for BUtan
n cal Garden.
+ James II. Hathaway, the young man from Ne'
5 Bedford, eho sbscondcd, after committing severn
forgeres 10 an amount collectively Of sewers
}, y. Y, and ha. been committed for examination
The Montreal Transcript. says there is no tru'
IN the story about a COLLISION between par:y
is volunteers lad body Of VermoneTs.
g Melanch0iv. Hon Luther Lawrence, Mayor
n Lowell was recently killed by falling into .he ~he
X pit Of one Of the factories of The MIddlesex Man
n. featuring Company in tina, cuy. He was yewir
re some new works Of the factory, when he tripp'
e and fell INFO the machinery, aud died IN about
s. minutes elterw ards.-B. Cur.
O. Rolon Poia,oes, are about as much "lhe rag
es as Mulberry trees. They are rarely bought
The bushel because that would involve too great
expenditure. but by the dozen or the single on
d. M Augastos Clark 10 this town Is selling the
r. as high as Elk pennies piece or 15cis per doze
n. which any reader tell better than We can VII
n. rey would reach by the bushel. But after