Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-02-21

a MOdeI EnGine.

/ We take from the Syracuse star, OF Feb. |,
an account Of the sean engine "LiaHrNINe:'
/ The lightning came W yes,erdiy afternoon
rom UHca, with a tam Of six e,.h, wheel cars,
wrh d strong head wind IL y-sir minutes
4 THIS Is the greatest speed on record, IN tbs
country or Europe, tasIng the len-'h OF iae rold
% miles. The running speed would oe just u
minutes
/ Her OFFENDERS are Is inches diameter y inch
IS stroke, placed Horizontal. midway OF tie cy-
iindrical part Of the boiler. oue plir Of duyrs
wheels, feet IN diameter, are placed IN ue.ii,s-
iy undec The fire do1r. In IF mt o. the tirs box
are placed par OF bearIng whec,s 4 feet in
diameter The boiler Is supported 10 front by
n wheels OF ) ~ feet IA diameter, IN truck
The eccsnt'ics are placed on the outside vi lie
wheels, attached 10 the crank wheel.
The cost OF this machine, We understand. =
81 500, winch Is certainly low price tor such
a machine.
Breaking up Of The Rirsrs-Tbe Connect
cut is entirely free from even h,iin- ice, 1t
Springfield. and the water Is very high.
On the Hulson,lt Albany. the Terry bol'5 have
renewed their business. The Albany Argus Of
Tuesday says:-
Tie warm rains al The close of last week hive
broken up the Mvhlv,l AMI Hudson. Ga SIl-
day aitern.o1 The zee broke away at Troy, an!
passed away rapidly from that city until lis pr
gress was Checked 81 dam turmed oppos t.
Ball. Were the lcc was h.Ocke J ~ 20 CREST
heig!it, Selling back the waters upon Troy a "a
subm r-ing the lower Portions Of t. city. LIZ
ter IN the evening the dI,u formed at ,tI gave
way, and the Ice pissed gradually OUT of the NV
er opposite tie city. On the IL fats al Caste
ton The ice was again stopped. throning blcktli
wafer upon the city, inanlatinL Qliy sifeet and
the Pier and aging Greenbash completely IN
ft.r l'4a, ls.aaf
comparatively TIFF n, our nerchln,s haT:ng hal
sufficient warning 10 Teuiove their effects Out u
harms way.
Panther killed in Iernlont-A Mr.. BURT
caught panther in bear trap in Manchester
on the 9th inst. The skin OF the animal has
been presented to the University of Vermont,
and placed Ia the Museum of Natural History.
Length Of the Panther. from nose to the TIP Of
the tall, feet and inches. Weight 60 6s
@ The Montreal Gazette complains that
agiators from the United States have come a.
mong the Canadians, for the purpose Of iufihe'-
ing the ends of the annexalionlsis. 1t warns
them that the conduct they are pursuing Is dan
gerous for them, and likely to lead 10 serious
consequences.
.Hr. flanagan. The New York Globe has
the following paragraph:
We perceive that our late Minister 10 Ber-
i" lioH- LiWb'u n. tf1nnegan. mas retufneu W.
ne Europa anta personal friend of ours, VINO
knew him Intimately abroad, authorizes US tosiy
mat The letter deionatory of Mr.. Hannegan, pub
lished In the Whi5 papers of Boston, and copied
elsewhere, makes nothing but statements utterly
without foundation. Mr.. flanagan never tast-
cd drop OF ardent spirits during his whole res
Idence III Europe, ana his conduct was of the
most amicable and exemplary character under
all circumstances. The stories, therefore, OF the
letter writer IN question, are most cruel as well
as UNJUST, and were no doubt the manufacture OF
some personal Ill feeling and malignity."
Neac difficulty tCilh Great Britain-IIon. II.
II. Sibley, delegate to Congress from Minnesota,
complains 10 the Secretary Of State, relative to
the sale of spirituous liquors to the InJians in
our north west territory by the Hudson Bay
Company. Nc. Clayton replies, under dale Of
December llIh, that the United States Mlnlste.
IN London, has been Instructed to address
monstr-nce TO the British Government OH the
SUBJECT The correspondence appears In the
Minnesota Chronicle.
permont Valley Railroads.&c. a meeting Of
the Directors of this Road held at BrattIeboro'
on the 10Th instant. contract was entered into
Win responsible persons 10 prosecute this ilnpor-
tant enterprise forthwith. The parties agreed
mat the entire road should be completed aud IN
readiness for the running Of the cars, within If
teen months at iarthest. This road is 10 extent
IRON Bratileboro,' where II connects with the
northern terminus OF the Vermont and Massa-
chusetts Railroad, along the west bank OF the
Connecticut river TO Bellows Falls, there uniting
nth the Sullivan Railroad at its southern terni-
nus.