The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-07
Instantaneous lirme.

70 NeofH'%A'
a writer ff,,m Oregon territory says
,ha, v.as aftianks Is doe 10 Gree, Dot.
ian far taxing the county north II $40"
he represents ,he county a. extremely
bafron.
Nj ~-s. Cutting anl Breckenridge
have consented ,o be paci6cd. \ chalicugo
TO hgls sac sen, by Mr. Cutting, and vas
acetp,cd. Ba, "Alhcd powers" nicricrcd.
aui al Is in sirh, goo ante be'lpsa. Thus
rupture Is cqualcd onS BY the 6gba be-
tween tn, two divisions OF the Russian
army.
Mr. Choaic is sid to have once dcs-
cribcd the boundary hns between Rhode
Island and Massachusetts IN this lsngua ge
"Why.~ said he, ut Is like starting al a
bush. from thence TO blue jay, from
thence TO a hive Of bees in swurming time,
and from thence to three hundred foxes
with III brands at their tails"
Lord Elgin, Goyernor-Ge ncral OF Can
ada, Is expected TO rcturn to Canada, from
England. next month, and counterfeit
gold dollars are circulating ia Western
New York
Seth Twitchcll Of Worcester has gone
10 Charleston. 5. C., to move the state
house on 10 new site. There Is not a
man in the Palmetto state who knows
enough TO do the job.
The Wings, as 1t appears by the latest
intelligence from the Pacific. have obtained
mQjority in the Legislature of the new
territory of Washington, although it is
thought Democratic delegate has been
chosen by small majority.
--Forty-seven tons of silver, value one
million five hundred thousand dollars, ar
rived at Louisville FROM New Orleans, on
Saturday, IN charge of Adams & Cos Ex-
press. 1t Is on the way TO the mint in
Philadelphia.
John Van Buren, asked John Wheeler
a member of Congress from New York
city, why he did not support the admins
tration. Faith" said he, ~ have been
trying to find it all winter, but havn't made
out yet"
-lfyour mothers mother was my moth
er's aunt, what relation would your great
grandfather's nephew be TO my elder broth
er's son-in-law?
A gentleman who was conversing with
Senator Douglass, told him tina, his attack
on the New England clergy was very much
like kicking over a beehive, all alive with
bees, Just for the fun of the thing.
There is patient in the insane asy-
lum at Utica, who has been employed for
the last two years in getting up a steam
boat whose engine shall be worked with
Epson salts. Another gentleman in an
adjoining room proposes to put elliptic
springs under Niagara, ITO ease the water
when it jumps !" while another is buslly
engaged for 'six-bladcd horse and a
leather frying pan.
--Remember ham Mr.. Hunt (whig) of
Louisiana came out boldly OH Thursday of
last week. against the Nebraska bill as
violation Of the plighted faith of the gov
eminent.
A funny story Is told of the Hon.
Harry Hubbard, bosom friend and organ of
the President and would-be Senator from
the Granite State, who, according to ru-
NOR, has been feeling rather shakey on the
Nebraska question, especially since cleo
ton. When this gents name was called
on the vote TO refer the Nebraska bill to
the Committee of the Whole, he answered
four times, first, "Aye" and then "No"-be-
ing finally recorded in the negative, amid
roars of laughter.
The Troy Whig says that the Maine
Law has been pronounced unconstitutional
in every state where it has been enacted.
Not in Vermont,-it agrees with every
constitution in the State.
"A man died lately, somewhere, from
eating too many cloves.
The Russian war will raise the price
of hemp. We can raise it in Vermont,
but we have no use for il here.
Petitions are before the Mass. Legis-
lature, for the increase of bank capital sl7.
100000.
Slavery in Ohio. A Slave was re-
Gently purchased by c. l.. Derby of San
dusky, Ohio, for 5000 1t formerly be-
longed to Hir IN Powers.
The Senate Com. of the n. Y. Lepis-
laturc have reported in favor Of bridge
across the Hudson at Albany.
Gov. Seymour Of New York has vetoed
the anti-Liquor Law
'''ht blH-hN thitS Al NINtNEH-
A letter from Mosul, in the n. Y. Tribune
states that new palace has been uncover
ed in the ruins Of Ninevah-a palace
whose beauty excels any yet found in
Assyria. The letter decrbes the new dis
coyery:
"liuge monsiers-compounds Of the lion,
manand eagle-guard the entrances. The
slabs are IN fine preservation, representing
the King aud hls officers at a lion hunt.
war scene and a victory, a state procession
led by eunuchs, the Kings chariot being
drawn by men, with altars aud priests and
gTiiilns, ~ ilne, picture Of Assyrlan man-
ners and religion as they were three thou
sand years ago. The workmanship is
most exquisite. The slabs are 20 adorn
thu walls Of the British Museum
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