Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-10-23

The editor OF the Puu-hkeepsie n y }
Journal relates the annexed unique auecdaie
or story lie says that be iatci, saw, while
passing near sand bank, a boy >hue..ing
sand with al his might, aud on nearer ap-
proach discovered Iwo legs projecting up
ward, ihe body almost bured aud out of
slghi. We we've alarmed at such a specia-
Gle, and lost no time "a dragging The htiie
it.low nom his pertlous situation. nearly ex-
hausled, where bee could not have renamed
much longer without pesshing. Aller the
excitement had partially abaied, we heard
rom the boys the pulluI reason lor the act.
10 appeared there had been three plaYmales
who had spent most of their time together :;
that one bad removed To another part Of the
village, leaving these two 10 pass their hour,
~ what they considered solitude Ia order to
remedy this they formed plan for lncreas-
ing their number. One was to be planted,
leaving his legs out Of ground, from winch
iao boys would grow, aud restore lhelr
io'mer number. The one planted had vol
unleered To be the victim OF transformation.
Ills part was to DIG hole and crawl an, and
Tie other cover HIN up. Al first they were
indignant at oar Interference but after a
iamihar dissertation on cause aud effect,
The boys became reconciled Ia Us, aud prom
lsed they would never again undertake this
KIND OF Horticulture.
arrest o The Syracuse Riofers --inburA,
Od. 10th Some twenty prominent CIT
izens OF Syracuse arrived here tins morning
40 the custody OF The IT, 5. Marshal, charged
Wlh treason, in connection with the rescue
OF Tie fugitive slave Jerry They are 10 I'M
defgo A examination tomorrow morning,
before Judge Conklin, and IN the mean lime
they were held to bail each IN $1,000 for
their appearance.
Charleston, OL 18th. !Soufh Carolina
E.'tcfi0a-At our State election, held yes
'crday, Messrs Acorn aHd Pouer Co-opera-
lion candidates for the Southern Congress,
We're elected over Messrs. Ash and Palmer,
Resistance candidates, by l462 malonty.-
lhe State has probably gone lwo-lhrds IN
iayor of the Cooperation party. There was
a very full vote poled all over the State, and
The Co-operaiionisls have elected their can
aidaIes generally by large maorlIIes
Dcad Letters Eight hundred and twenty
bushels of dead letters were burnt IN the open
ar at Washington, the other day, for want OF
o~nerr. The post -oiiice authorities have decid
I'd that dead letters, like dead men, should tel
no tales; and so fire was set to the mountain Of
,epsues. Surprising thai each letter Of the SO
bushels contained "a peck Of love-" how many
slghs went up IN that flame
Il Patriarch. The Richmond Despatch says
mere Is lamplghter in that city who has hat
ue'"een twenty-five and thirty children. an'
raised them all He had five sons who fought
through the Mexican war, and came back sount
sna well. lie lives happy with his second wife
Waohes his numerous progeny to read and write
'lu cleans the lamps at dollar day.
The amount of gold received for coinage a
me I. 5. Mint in Philadelphia from the LIST Il
lle 10th inst was S2,5l0,000. At the SAINT
100000.
W Mr.. Walkley, senior, who was nearly mur
ge'ed by his son, at Springfield, Mass. on Satur
Jay was better on Monday, and there is nov
eaSon to hope that, terrible as the wound was
he will survive.
Inc wife Of Lopez, from whom she had beef
.ong since separated, is at the present momen
ses1ing IN Paris She belongs to wealth,
family IN Havana.
a Inc Washington Telegraph says, the new
NV"sui Tor Havana has not yet been nominated.
one oil the Cuban prisoners, writing from OF
yvllu vessel about to start for Spain, says h'
'4'nAs al the prisoners will soon return home.