Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-05-13

oral Banking law oil the last session OF the lcgis-
loture. a bank with n cnphnl Of fifty thousand
dollars, has been regularly and legally establish
ed and is in operation at South Royaiton. The
notes are well engraved and the vgnetts well
collected Some of them bear the image and SUI
prescription OF Daniel Tnrbell, Jr., the Presi-
dent of the Institution, and some the portraiture
and inscription of Solomon Downer, one of the
principal ockholders.-Hoodstock Mercury
The Suffolk Bank does no, receive the bills of
tho South Royalton. Vt, Bank. This bank has
been recently established under the new general
banking law of Vermont. 1t has capital of on
" s50OO0.- Boston .Atos
Under the general Banking Law of Vermont
the banks have the option of redeemng in Bost-
on or paying tax to the State. The South
Royaton bank chooses the last alternative.
Fatal .accideni.-On Monday forenoon last
Samuel b. Jenness, aged IL, son of William and
Olive Jenness, of Brookield, while engaged in
hauling manure for s. w. Cobb, of this place,
in crossing the railroad, lost his foothold and
fell forward, frightening his horse, and was
drawn or rods when he fell under the wag-
on, both wheels passing over him. He died
Tuesday, at half past twelve A. MI. Ran
dolph Egis.
A man calling himself Asa w. Barry, of Rut-
land VT, was arrested at Claremont, N. H. last
week charged with breaking into and robbing
the Union Store and jewelry shop, in that vii
lare. After his arrest he stated that he belong
ed to n combination of robbers recently formed
E,rsystematic operations in various quarters, and
that Thursday night Of this week was designated
BY them as a time to make descent upon still
another jewelry store in that place. lie was
held to answer in the sum of $500, in default Of
which he was committed.
Counterfeit threes on the franklin County
Bank" st. Albans Bay, VT, have made their
appearance.
Pom tho calelouian.
Mn EDIroR:-Randolph needn't boast her
"nerve" in the execution Of the Vermont License
Law. She has done no better, propably, in pro-
portion to the number of violations of the law.
within her precincts than Barnet. who never
boasts. A certain lnnkeeper who has sold spir-
ituous liquors openly without license, ever since
the law went into operation, was lately prosecu-
ted and fined $500 for numerous offences. and,
like the dealer in Randolph, has appealed the suits
to the County Court BETA.
ga correspondent at Cleveland, Ohio, writ
ing to leading dry goods house 10 Boston says;
The Ogdenshurgh route is becoming very
popular here, and il the Vermont Central line
holds out as well as il has commenced this sea.
son it will get nearly all the freight for this sec
ton the coming fall Most Of the merchants
have received their goods purchased in Boston,
while those purchased in New York, At an eariier
date, are still lying at Dunkirk. Goods have
come through VIA Ogdensburg very promptly"
The Wheeling VA Gazette, in speaking Of
the arrival of freight, at Cleavcand, from Bos-
ton, says, "The Ogdensburg route is an mpor-
tan, one, opening it does new and fayora bic
route to Boston the best market for the purchase
Of merchandise and the sale Of produce. The
-four from this country will generally take that
route, and the Sacketts Harbor route this year,
as will large share Of the merchandise going
west"
r A. Stanshury Esq, Of the burlington
Courier, gives notice that his connection with that
paper will cease with the last number in juno.
We regret to lose Sansbury from the fraternity,
though his pen Is occasionally dipped in gall, he
himself is a warm hearted and whole souled man.
-Eggie.
The Mesrss Jameson, editors and publishers
Of the Orleans Co Gazette, have retired from that
journal which they have conducted with credit,
and len it in the hands OF Mr. James VI. Dana, late
Of this village.
The editor of the Post has seen a Pickerel,
caught in IIubbardton Pond, the 9th inst which
weighed % lbs, and measured from tip to tip
three feet and six inches.
Mail RoBBERY. Russell Benjamin, bag
gage master on the Vermont & Massachusetts
Railroad presented to the Bank Of Bntileboro, on
Wednesday morning last, a check drawn by the
Franklin Co. Bank, at Greenf ED, Mass. or the
Merchants Bank at Boston, for S6O2S2, payable
10 the order of the cashier Of the Boylston Bank.
From the hurried appearance OF Benjamin and the
absence Of the proper endorsement, Mr. Wells.
the Cashier Of this Bank was led TO suppose ali
was not right, and he Immediately telegmphed
the particulars To the Bank by whom the check
was drawn. lie learned in reply that a check,
answering to that description had been drawn,
and he was requested to keep watch OF It's pos
SCISSOR. In the mean time Benjamin had left IN
the morning train, us was subsequently ascer-
tanned, for Boston, where a telcgraphic despatch
was sent to Marshal Devens to be on the look
ont for him. lie left Boston IN the Thursday
morning tram for Fitchburg, and arrived at this
village about six in the evening. Here he re-
ceyed an intmation from some one Of the ma
mre Of the proceedings instituted for his appre
hension. he Immediately got on board the
freight train that left for CIRCUITS Corner, and
was carried about a mile below South Vernon,
when he got off and walked back to the latter
place. lie arrived Just in season to be arrested
By Deputy Sheriff Crandall and S. VI. Wait,
who were in pursuit of him. He was taken to
Greenfield Friday, and from thence TO Boston, by
the direction of the Marsha. - BrufueborO' Eagle
Nay
pauable Fook Of Sheep. 100 sheep, which
NT Jewett, of Addison county, Vt. has Just i'm
ported from Spain, passed through Salem, Wash
lngton County, N Y. on "Wednesday last. on
board the freight train in charge of Spanish
shepherd. Mr. Jewett paid $4,000 for the
hock There was one buck which cos! 5000
and would shear "a pounds of wool.
The following County appointments were
made at the late term of Wiudham County
Count: Clerk, Royal Tyler of Buttleboro
Treasurer, Marshall Newton; .ludiior, Asa
keyes; Turnpike Inspectors, John Roberts,
VIM Harris Samuel Knight Jail commission
trs, Nahum iloughton, Timothy III. Whitney,
Ephram c. Walker