Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-24
General Items.

There has been a great fresheti in the James
river. The water rose 10 an unusual height,
sweeping off the bridge connecting the city
of Richmond with Manchester, and doing
great damage in various places.
A Bill is before the Vermont Legislature
to protect the rights of married women. 1t
provides that the rents, issues and profits of
the real estate of any married women, and
the interest of her husband in her right to any
real estate which belonged to her before mar
rage, or which she may have acquired by
gift or inheritance after her marriage, shall
be exempt from attachment for her husbands
debts. The Bill has passed the lower House
and it is thought will become a law.
The Ohio River is about twelve hundred
miles long, with an average breadth of about
53I yards. Its annual range, from low 10
high water mark, is ordinarily about 80 feet.
In the great flood of 1882, the river was high
er than at any other time since the settlement
of the Western country, being 81 feet above
low water mark. The Ohio, with lis tribu-
t%aries, is said 10 drain a region of upwards OF
l20, 600, 200 acres, an area three lines larger
than all New England.
A Bill is said 10 have been before the New
| York Legislature to tax bachelors seven dol
lars a year for the support of orphans. A
bachelor is thus defined -
Every unmarried white male unconvicted
of crime, Of good health and fair physical pro-
p%rotions, and who is between the ages of 90
and Sc years, shall be deemed an old bache-
lor."
The value of imports into the United States
for the year ending in June last, was $l4G,-
545, G3s. Value Of exports for the same time
$685. ,I64.
Total receipts into the Treasury for the past
year, S26,3lG 700. Expenditures, $~59,45l,-
TT, of which $3,522, OS2 were on account of
the public debt.
The amount Of the public debt is now Sl5,-
659, eco, being an increase of $28,970,S59
since the commencement of Folks admins
tralion.
So says the Message.
A servant of a professor of Geology, in de-
scribing to her master how she had stoned a
COW out of the yard, said, 81 saw her come
in, and l threw a specimen at her, and off she
went"
The punishment of death is about being
abolished in San Marine, a small Republic of
Italy, as it has recently been lone in Tusca-
ry. San Marine contains but 1900 inhabi-
tants, and has maintained the same form of
Government for 1900 years. Its people have
never been engaged in war either with for
eigners or among themselves. Their safety
has been in their peace principles. The lit
tie Republic is now taking another step, as
above stated. When will Ohio be ready p
Michigan has been the first, and so far the
only State in this country, 10 sweep from
among her laws this hateful relict of a bar
barous age. How long is she to stand a.
lone!
From a statement published in some of
our exchanges, it appears that there is in the
lower house at Washington, a Wing MAORI
ty of eighteen members, and in the senate a
Democratic majority Of fourteen.
The Chrono,ype gives the following in
stance of professional brevity:
When Mason was preparing the case of f.
X. Avery and had examined about two hun
dred witnesses, somebody called to see him.
The legal gentleman sent word that he was
occupied and could not be interrupted. but
the man is a witness, a Methodist Minister.
Call him up said Mason. well sir, what
can you testifyl
Il have had a vision; two angels have APP
peared to me and told me that brother Avery
, is innocent
r Let them be summoned said Mason, and
= resumed his work.
On Friday evening, the 28th ult, the frs
Telegraphic despatch was received at Phila'
delphia from the banks of the Wabash
There is now an unbroken line of Telegraph
form Philadelphia to Yincennes, a distance
of nine hundred miles!
The North Star.
: The first number of the STAR which WE
!. have been expecting for some weeks, has
come to hand. DR.. Delany formerly editol
of the pittsbur0 Mystery. is associated with