Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1853-02-23

ASuN-BEAM IN CONGRESSIONAL PRoCEEDINGs.-U Wash !
fngton, FEB. 17.NIr Underwood reported bill for the
relief of Sophia Kerby lie said her husband SOL
dier of the evouton and died in December last 80
years of age He received pension Of 500 year. He
said these parties had 13 children, 80 grand children,
and so great grand children, making in all 458 descend
during his life lie asked the Senate to do the
act of kndncssto give this old lady, 90 years of age
500 year for the balance of her life.
Cries of ''agreed ''agreed
The bill taken up.
Mr.. Borland said 500 not enough. He moved TO
make it 800 year.
Voices, ''Agreed, ''fvc hundred - ''two hundred
Mr. Borland's motion agreed to- and the bill pass
ed unanimously, the whole proceedings occupying three
minutes and half
The two new territories for the establishment of which
bills before Congress- thus described One is the
Territory of Nebraska to embrace all the territory lying
West of the States of Iowa and Missouri to the Rocky
Mountains running South Utah and North latitude
43 deg The other is the Territory of Washington, which
is to embrace all of Oregon lying North of the Columbia
River, Eastward to the Rocky Mountains the line of
Az deg NJ from the point where the river touches that
parallel of latitude.
HuRRAH CARrET!-We learn that up to last
evening one hundred and thrtyseven signatures of legal
voters to the remonsance against the repeal of the liquor
law had been obtained from the Lowell Carpet Corpora
ton. The list embraced the entire number of legal
tiers employed by that Corporation, with the exception of
half dozen Lowell is going against the repeal of
the law most unanimously. -.NeWs, 9Th
Texas advces say that Capt Newton, of the ID drag
OOnS, ana his commando Mlllle scouting on the
of the Nueces about 10 miles from San Antonio the
Doth ut fell in with party of Lipan Indians, 300 in
number who coming down the country The troops
fired upon Them killing three and woundng several The
Indians returned the fire without effect and then fed eav
ing man, nineteen and children, and 100 head
of horses and mules behind them.
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.The demand for this work shows
no sign of abatement We learn that large orders
beginning to in from the South The purcha-
have Just received order from Vicksburg Miss
another from New Orleans another from bookseller in
Georgia. 1t triumphs slayerys Iader ErpargatO-
: rius all the nObler elements of human nature every
where being in league with it, and it will be circulated
widely among the readers in the South in the North
. Commonwealth.
Three hundred Hydes, or less met in Convention
at the United States Hotel, in Boston, Wednesday, t
adopt to secure their rights heirs at law t
large estates untold dividends and countless stocks il
England finance committee chosen, and liberia
amount subscribed for the furtheiance Of the object
10 ~ One hundred and fifty Of Castleton slate hav
u been carried to Boston market within the past week,
king $50 tons in two weeks the Rutland Cheshir
~ and Ftchburg roads. gang of 500 men to be EN-
" poyed in getting out this slate the coming SUMMER.
. Brandon Post
new novel By the author of ''Jane Pyre'' under tn
title of Vilee, is to be published the present month
Upwards of four millions of dollars have been apprc
et priaed by the Virginia Legislature for railroads.
ry The Postmaster at Mobile is said to be defauer
the amount OF nearly $4,000