The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-08
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Essros. Nov. ~ 10 me tnfteH cfse's
csrcais Cesrl "a .asy. Judge spragse pre-
siding. Rcs.Thrcicrc Parkes ~~assr~igned
on q charge cf melting 10 ncs, aud With
aiding the sstcmpA 10 rescue the Fugitive
.isvs. Anthony Barns. from the nands Of
the U United States authorities. Mr.. Parker
vaivcd the rcsding Of the indictment
against him. and gave bail In the sua OF
1880 to appear foe trial At the March
term Of the Cour- Mc>srs. Samuel May,
Francis Jackson, and John X. Manly be-
came HE bond-mcd.
The loss Of human life BY ~shirwrcck
during the last twelve month"; excccds fssr
thousand. The City Of Glasgow numbered
in one vast ocean grave, $40, the Tsylcar,
so; the ssafsorAsh,rc. ieo the Brkcnhcad
a vast multitude and besides these are the
San Francisco, Arctic, Powhsttan, New
Era, Victoria, Yankee Blade, and a grca,
number Of others.
Louis Napoleon is reported to have
stopped the mouth Of ono Of his ministers,
who had suggested tina withdrawal Of tho
army from tho Cumca, by declaring that, y
necessary, he would send 100000 men
more, rather than give up Scbss,opol.
The Charleston Mercury Is arguing
the re-opening Of the African slave trade,
~ a measure necessary to tho stability Of
the peculiar institution.
Al the close Of a fair held by the Free
Will Baptist society in Manchester, N. H..
q few evenings since, the pastor, Rev. Mr..
Davis. was asked whether dancing would
be allowed. His answer was no for dane
ing did no good, il was n barbarous custom,
and the first Baptist Of whom we have any
account, lost his head BY dancing, The
audience was satisfied with the reason.
A Dutchman, at Amhcrstburg, Canada,
hearing Of the accident on the Great Wcst-
ern railway, and Of the largo sums paid to
the relatives Of parties killed, in the warmth
Of his heart exclaimed, "Oh, I wish mine
wife had been there-I would have got fifty
toussnd dollsrm The wife hearing Of Il,
called him to account, when he denied the
fidelity Of the report No, mine dcar--I
said e5O,O00," when the good woman
seemed well pleased to find how highly she
was estimated.
The statistics Of connubial bliss in
London, for the last year, arc given as fol-
lows: runaway wives, 1882; runaway hus-
bands 234s married persons legally di.
vorccd, 4l75; living in open warfare, l7,345;
living In private Misunderstanding, 1880;
mutually Indifferent 55,l75 regarded as
happy, 3l75; nearly happy, III; perfectly
happy, Is.
Tho Springfield (Tl.) Register an
ounces that Douglas has len for his plant
alton in Mississippi, whereupop "Long
John expresses, in the columns Of the Chi
cago Democrat the hope that he may find
his Two hundred and ~thirty-four slaves all
we'll.
IA FREQ negro, according to Judge
Drummond, Of the U. 8. Circuit Court for
Illinois, is not q citizen of the United States
aud cannot maintain an action in the Cir
cult Court. Judge Bicknell, Of Indiana,
has also decided that railroad companies
may require coIored passengers to produce
evidence Of their freedom, after the man.
ner Of the odious passport system Of Eu-
rope"
We should like to sec IN attempt made
tocarry out that doctrine in Vermont. The
descendants Of "Judge Harrington . are
here yet.
The ship Great Republic has been re-
built, and is loading in New York for San
Francisco.
New ORLEANs, Nov. @-Two men
were fruzen to death at Mobile last week,
while out cunning in q boat.
1t has been found possible to telegraph
In opposite directions simultaneously on the
same wirc.
The General Missionary Committee of
the Methodist Episcopal church at their
annual session In New York last week,
appropriated for the year 1855. for foreign
missions 75,907, for domestic missions
el64,1. Total e26O,O0O.
Tho annual receipts Of tho American
Board Of Foreign Missions for the two
past years have somewhat exceeded $780,
900. Al the close Of the last financial year
it, debt was more than el2,00O. To liqui-
date this debt and to sustain the missions
tn current financial year, at least $780,
600 arc indispensable. To obtain this
amount within the year, the monthly aver.
age receipts must be nearly 100000. For
the first t~o months Of the year, they have
been in all, a. acknowledged In the Mission
airy Herald, e22, 1891 OF = monthly aver
age Of ~ellf394,5e! Al this nate the close
of the year viii show results most disas-
trous.
Those l60 subscribers, who have nev-
or paid Us cent, are not lost sight of. The
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