The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-08-05

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oi -hcrp. vca. io ai Carson valley. oH
tlr other side ut Sicra Nevada. hut viu
probably hc n Within t,w dlt-. The
winter. hr,oui ,hc Rocky Mountains. hls
been of unprecedented seventy. sud this
cause val probably delay tn arrival oi
the States immigration.
On iho 2la al. the Dcmocrntc State
Convention asscmhicd At Rcmcia. ANcfa
stormy session vt two DAYS, John Nclcr
was rcuominatcl as Governor Nnuthcr
day was consumed IN nominating other
state officers
I be- Wing state Convention was 60 have
assembled ON the 9Th Of Julv. Capt, Wi
liam Waldo, hong public spirited, cncr-
rctic and honest citizen VI the State. Is
the most prominent candidate spoken OF Tor
the gubcrnatonal nomination.
\ horrible murder was committed Ia
Sacramento. on the night of the 2Oh inst
4 mon named Joseph NJ. Stride. inflicted
a horrible wound with an axe upon the per-
son 81 bis brother. then killed his brothers
wife, and afterwards cut his own throat
with a razor
1t seems Henry T.. Stride and wife were
the occupants ola frame residence. They
had retired TO rest m the rear portion Of the
house, and fallen asleep. About the hour
Of three o'clock in the morning, Mrs. ),
was aroused by the entrance Of a man in
TO the room through the window She
gave the alarm by screaming, but was in
an instant knocked down by It blow from
au axe \ second blow aimed at her hus-
band. struck him across the temple and
forehead, inthc,ing deep and almost sim
liar wound, but lac was enabled To leap
from the same window that the murderer
had entered, aud effected prcscn, escape.
The murderer followed him a short distance,
/ but returning with a razor, completed his
hcndsh work upon Mrs Stride, by cutting
her throat tiil her head was almos, severed
from her body. He then got outside OF the
house, and attempted TO commit suicide.
by cutting his own throat. Horrible Us the
statement may appear, this incarnntc devil
was none other than brother 10 the man
and wife against whom his bloody hands
were raised.
The whole community have been thrown
! into most irycrsh excitement bv the
| bloody deed, tor which no motives have as
/ yet been publicly assigned.
In the mining districts, juno Is usually
! the dulest season of the year. on account
/ of the scarcity of water in the "dry Dig
! glngs, and the height of the mining
streams, but the present season Is an cN-
ccpuon. Numerous canals have bccncum-
plctcd within the last few months which
afford abundance of wnter for rich deposits
heretofore destitute of this element. The
streams are even yet high, and II will be
very late IN the summer before the miners
! get to work IA their beds.
The city of Sacramento is rapidly rccov-
| cring from her series of dircfu disasters,
and permanent and substantial improve
mcuts are going on in every part Of the
/ town. The streets are being graded and
! plankcd, and there is no doubt she can
/ hereafter bid defiance 10 the ravagcs of the
watcry element.
! made recently to fire San Francisco, but
! have been detected before much damage
/ was done.
The Times and Transcript says tina,
! Bishop Alcinany estimates the Catholic
/ population of San Francisco at $1,000 -
which includes 1000 French, 1000 Spanish,
/ and 800 German Catholics, all of whom are
addressed from the pulpit in their own Ian
/ guagc.
The HvaH announces the departure of
/ Capt. Aubrcy,-thc far famed traveller and
Sanic Fec tradcr,-for New Mexico.
! 1t Is his intention To strike across the
country, over region heretofore untrayel-
ed, with view to the discovery of good
route for the Pacific railroad. lie takes
with him twenty tred men and forty picked
animals, and relying on his own indom-
1 table spirit and powers Of endurance, will
| know no such word as fail
AusTR.LIA.-Thc following is taken
from the Melbourne .1,gus, Of Aprli DIST,
/ which arrived at Panama, via Calao, in
/ 90 days from NJ. to ca Melbourne, per
burquc Thames. Nothing is said touching
miners or mining:
The number Of the .1rgus before US does
not contain a word of news from the mines.
! An editorial purposes that "runs" on which
/ gold ~ discovered should be taken from the
/ squattor--to whom a Jury should award
1 compassionate after il had been care
/ fully geologlcally surveyed, that the non
aurlierous lands should be sold IN lois for
/ farms by public sale, and that If afterwards
the purchasers found gold on their lots they
/ should be permitted to work il, on payment
] Oi reasonable license 4 corresnond.u,