The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-22

vUfk. bringing the h~toff ~ our uaneh
down TO the present year. Il is illustrated
ey more than ,~o hundred cnrravings, thus
uniting the besu,ifal with the useful The
author Is baunaie in the division Of b..
work, treating cf our nations history IN
distinct periods, which are again happily
divided in point Of arrangement, and chro
poicgy. The mode Of dcyclopcuen, V
philosophical and interesting, tracing the
causes. as well as stating the facts Of our
national ppgrcss.
10 the fco,.no,cs We find what We have
often looked lor in vain IN many hisioncs--
relation of facts which do not property be-
long TO the tex, Of sehcol-bcok by ,hcm
and the references connected with thcm
we are led to associate time, place and
event in such manner that they are all
fixed in the memory. while either alone
would have been forgotten.
------tiRrrrowS. One OF the reasons
given by Prcsidon, Pierce for his Sarbarous
otNaNN On tEtNNoN " t'as W. WnusHdfHS
rer, blacks or Of a mirod race. As II gueh
a population was not human. We all
know for what latitude tina, remark was in.
tended. I, is certain that thus far the bonn
bardmen, has been followed by none of the
benefits expected to flow from ii. The
"ncs, Of pirates and ficcbooterse has no,
been broken up. The Inhabitants have re-
turned, and are rebuilding them. The
British have not been driven TO abandon the
protcc,orte, but have exercised more
open authority over the place, since the
burning than before. Nor has any glory
or renown. been added to the American
arms.
Rev. DIR. Clark was conserated Bish-
op Of Rhode Island. in Providence, on
"Wednesday morning. The sermon was
preached by Bishop Hopkins. A large
number of clcrgymen were present from
neighboring dloceses, and crowded con.
grega,ion testified to the interest of the
services.
Ono thousand and sixty dollars have
just been received Mt the pension Office in
Washington, on account of moneys fraudu-
lently obtained from that bureau, BY Jacob
Singerland, who is now is now in the peni-
Tertiary of Vermont, having been convicted
on forged pension cases
Tho election Of Gen. Whitfield as
delegate to congress from Kansas. should |
by no means be considered decisive as to |
popular feeling there on the slavery ques-
ton. He was the principal candidate in
the field, had the advantage OF others upon
some local matters, and his election gives
no ground OF encouragement to the friends
of freedom.
-RAcINr, WIS Dec. 1s. The schr.
Whirlwind. arrived here to-day, with a
part Of the crew Of the propeller West.
Inoreland. She reports the sinking Of the
propeller in twenty five fathoms of water,
eighteen miles this side of Sleeping Bear,
""' ''o ioss VI rtNcitcen lives.
Nav YoRK, Dec. 10. The train on
the Hudson River Railroad, which left
Albany at seven o'clock Sunday evening,
did not arrive here till late hour yesterday
morning, owing to the depth of snow on
the track.
have been OF the most trying kind. when
about halfway to Hudson, the snow was so
deep that the conductor was obliged to send
back to Albany for snow-plow. II is said
that in some places the snow was piled
upon the track eight feet deep. While
the train was waiting at this point, the suf-
fenngs of the passengers, from cold, are
to have been severe in the ex-
tremc. Thetrin was literally embedded
in the snow, with n piercing cold wind from
the northwest.
One Of the brakemen, named John Doyle
was frozen 10 death. Two Of the passengers
were also badly frost bitten.