The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-17

thas been confined to his bedroom Cor WI"
thine by illness, is now laborino unS So.lie
lderanged state of mind, BORDERING o,'
SANITY. His physician made afidar;, "
the fact, and obtained warrant 10 ni.oa
the poet in Lunatic Asylum. His DIV
Imestic relations have been of such -
ture as to shut him out from sce.e,r Il,
Fsome years.
| TRor AND RUTLAND RAn-Roap..
notion was made s, carried to re-cons;d,
er the vote on the bill for this Road, in, 10
fSepate, yesterday, but it had been signed
by the Governor and transmitted 10 tho
Secretary Of States Ofice.--lt was, there
fore, law, and could not be reached, ey-
cept By an act of both Houses of the Les.
isature for its repeal.-Troy Post, Of
Thursday.
e. Near Sandy Hill. Maryland,
dispute arose between Rev. Charles Bur,
rows, Methodist, and James Bishop Bish-
op threatened to whip him-on which
Burrows armed himself with pistol, and
when they next met, the old quarrel COM.
menced, and Burrows shot B., who lived
but few minutes. Burrows was secured.
and his plea will be that he did the deed
in self.deience.
Understandable learn by telegraph
that on Monday night last, Miss Caroline
Newton, of Bennington, while in her sleep,
left The house of her parents, and in at
tempting To cross river on log, lost her
balance, fell in and vas drowned. She
was respectfully connected.-Rmla and
Herald
o. The Quincy (lll,) Wig says that
Judge Young has written home, announ>
cling his intention TO resign his place as
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee, on the Goth Of the present month.
1t is said that lie will be candidate for the
Senate of the United States. it is be-
lieved that an Extra Session of the Leg.
islature will be called next Winter TO elect
Senator.
MuRDEE.-The Portland Argus, of
lac date states that Mrs Nancy, wife of
George Plowman, of Scarboro', was muir
dered probably by her hus5and) on the
9TH inst. They we're both drmknds,
and lived in wretchedness and strife. He
is an Englishman, 60 years of age. He
was arrested and is in jail
u There was severe gale on Lake
Erie on the night of the 9Th inst. The
steamers Lexington, Champion. and
Chautauque. in the vicinity OF Buffalo,
sustained some damage.
a. Four newspapers at Syracuse have
declined taking further news 10y telc-
graph, on account of the high prices
charged and the mcagrc accounts furnish
cd.
CANADA-A despatch Of the 9th. from
Montreal, has been received. The report
is, that the first steps had been taken to-
wards National Convention, aud the for
nation of an association for political ac~
ton, to be called the " British I.cag4c. -
e. The Brook Farm, ," situated in
West Roxbury. and belonging to the
Of Associationists, has teen
sold at auction. for little over SIG, 900.
The farm contains 202 acres.
80 ST Paul is The name nr the capital
IF Minnesota Territory. A prospectus has
been already issued for newspaper there.
EzT Mr. SouiEE, the new Charge to
was formerly editor of the
Chilicothe Gazette, and also of the Hart
ford Journal
81 A fire broke out on Wednesday az
ternoon in River street, Troy, which con
sumed four stores and did other damage.
L1ss estimated at $780, 900.
eg- The Courier, Lafayette, Ia, gives
an account of tornado, which common
ced at Walnut Grove, and proceeded
north easterly, sweeping everything before
it. Cattle were taken IN, and carried
a quarter Of a mile a; houses were unroof,
ed and Frustrated; barns and oni>h uses.
orchards, fences, Sc, were
generally destroyed. No lives were re-
ported to have been lost, nor the amount
of property destroyed stated.
INsCRRECTIoN-The British steamer
Thames, which arrived at Mobile direct
from Havana. brings intelligence of a
negro Instruction at St. Lucia, West
Indies, on the 18th ult., which was direct
a1 orainSf tho tvhitaa
The authorities sent 10 Barbados for
assistance. Two hundred British soldiers
were despatched to St. Lucia. who fired
upon the rioters. killing and wounding
many, which efectuaily quelled the OUT
break.
FoR CALIFoRNIA--From ten TO twen-
ty-fve wagons pass through this place dat
ly, on their way to Californla-generally
to 90 Uia ST. JosePh.-We learn
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