The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-01-13
nlisrcIIautous Items.

The execution Of James /. lic,t. CON
,ir;el VI The murder of Suun NcNcllr. 81
Fixed for the 2sih inst. IN he To,nhs. Nrv
Nori. -Four u,hcs persons arc confined n
tho same prison on csphal charges Thrcc
executions were 10 take place in Virginia
yesterday.
Tho ferry muster II nr'mi, ovs that
at lcas, nine hundred fugitive slaves had
crussod a, Tia, poiu, into Canada during
the pas; year. 1t Is also estimated thu,
some two hundred and ilay had crosol over
at Cleveland. II these statements are cor
rect, no, less than two thousand slaves, alta
market value Of two millions or dollars.
have passed. into Canada during the past
year
Tho New York Timss learns from
private sources entitled to credit, that Gov.
kossu,h lcf, London for Cons,antinoplc ON
the I3l Of December. Ot course hc would
not have taken this step without an iniima-
ton from the Sultan thaih essence there
would be welcome
Capt. Mckay. the builder aud owner
Of the Great Republic, has issued orders
for immediate preparations To- be made for
the laying of keel of another vessel, To
be built precisely similar in every respect,
to the plan Of the one destroyed.
The Postage Stamps sold throughout
[ the United States last year, amounted to
/ Sl,9j9,Oo0 amount OF Stamped Envelopes
sold S2a5,292,O9.
Punch says that Adam had one great
advantage over all the other married cou-
/ ples--an advantage which has been lost to
Ms with paradisc-he had no mother IN
lar.
"A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held in New York on Friday evening in
favor of Ocean Penny Postage ElIhu
Bunitt and others addressed 1t.
A man was tarrcd and fcathcrcd at
Clyde, Wayne Co., \. V, on Saturday, for
whipping his wife Served him right.
Richard p. Robinson, the alleged
murderer of Ellen Jewctt, has been appoint
ed policeman in San Francisco.
The New York Herald states that a
severe article upon Gen. Scott, which ap-
pcared in that paper during the last Pres
idential campaign, was written by Gov
Marcy.
The Worcester Transcript offers a
SOW and remarkable hitter of pigs which
were lately killed at Northbridgc, as evi-
dence that we shave bourbon among us.
We give it up.
The number of railroad accidents du-
ring the year, ms stated by the New York
Herald, was l3S. Number of persons
killed, 23i wounded, 497. The number
of steamboat accidents is stated at 81
$40 persons were killed, and - injured
Seventy three revolutionary patriots have
died during the year and thlrty-four per
sons whose ages range from one hundred
and twenty-three years each. There have
been during the year, sixty-onc executions
The largest number, ten, having taker
place in each of the months of Scptembei
and October.
DR.. Mott has made donation to Unior
College of 100000. 1t is just fifty year.
says the Albany Journal, since DIR. N. wa
called from the Presbyterian Church in Al
bany to the Presidency of Union College
He gave up brilliant professional carec
and devoted mis- time and great abilities Il
the College and to Christian education.
occupied By cnpf Alden p Aas sa, az
military School, were destroyed by fir,
Thursday, of last week. The scholars
were mostly absent for the holidays.
Accounts from England report that thu
winter thus far has been rather colder thar
usual. The first part of December was at
tended with sharp frost and some snow
and at the latest dates the temperature wa'
quite low. In France the weather ha,
been extremely cold, and on the 22d o
December snow remained on the grounl
near Paris. Building has been suspended
for the present in that city, and the Arch
bishop of Paris, considering the severity o
the season, has authoized the faithful {,
eat meat on Friday, till Lent. lie deem.
that the body is better able to bear the cold
if well fortified within.
A misery old fellow down east In,
Int upon an experiment to save candles.-
lie uses the light OF other days. Brook
Ign Journal.
Something like your using, second hand
the editorials of your other paper--from
the copies left after kite time."-I Boston
Mail.
Rev. DIR. Sprague, who recently died
at DrewsvIle, in Walpolc, bequeathcd
$4,000 by will 10 the Episcopal Church
near Dartmouth College.
1t is better to sustain tho life ofgcnius
than to erect tombstones and monuments
upon its grave.
There is still great complaint at San
Francisco, of the immense quantity of
goods sent there from the Eastward, and
also Of the inferior quality of many articles.
The papers are denouncing the practice of
rcpaeking flour, as in many cases Of a
/ fraudulent character.
There is a man in Hull whose voice is
so husky that he is always suspected Of
being coried. The other day he was
Hreshed 10 mike him shell om.
"A bill has been introduced into tho
Virginia House Of Delegates, providing for
/ the purchase Of Mount Vernon.
About 100000 feet of the best white
pine plank are annually sold by the lumber
merchants of New Haven. Ct, for the
manufacture Of the American Friction
Matches in that vicinity.
"A broken bottle and a copy Of the