The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-22
miscellaneous Items.

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,.,-l. upor the ,n,ny disssicrs WHICH have 1
,al,sn upas The couu'r In ,ar u'o'ah q .
Anru~. Il cssiniirs tAs loss BY hss a.
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THO \. Y. Trbsns hss cot dow IT,
ase On sccopni q ths " present esianiiious
depression ia al kinds q business
The orss sni bones Of huge bird
have been discovered IN Madagascar The
natives declarc TIA, the bones arr The re'
4 e,ains Of bird which s,ill exists IN ihe IN
terror Of the country. aud IL lau;e ensagh
Z sna strong enough 70 carry oiis coz. The
eggs hold three pinis and become cSeccd-
inrly hsrd When boiled. Il Is stated TIA,
the JciIarls family have sen; sPccial
agent to Madagascar to procure dozen.
Tho Cyanc has bcon ordered on d cruise
to in,cnecp, him on his rc,nrn.---.nga
-piscoNriSrrp.- Tho Western Vcr-
mont Journal. puhiishcl 81 Casile,cn, has
been discontinued. ur rather fell o victim
h. tha " Hard TUNES among newspaper
publishers. The price Of paper has bern
50 y uch enhanced as well AZ o;hcr articles
u-ed By printers, that without large list
Of paying Subscribers, paper cannot b.
sustained prinlers cannot well vary their
terms 10 the ever changing times, like the
merchants and mechanics generally, and
when the ARTICLES consumed by them bear
an cxhorbitant price, they nust submit,
r-hke--hoping for good time com
ine-or. like the journal, snccniuh 10 inc-
vitable dcs,iny. The subscription list Of
the Journal has been transferred 70 the
Rutland Herald. 1t has fallen into good
comPany,,,-Ca'edonidn.
----Es-Gov. Hubbard. Of n. H.. has re-
covered verdict of over $500 against
the city of Concord, for fractured arm
caused By n fall upon an Icy sidewalk in
that city.
"A live stork was caught on Tuesday
in a garden ~ New Haven. 1t had been
sho, and its left leg broken some time be-
fore. Its plumage is of brownish hne.---
Its wings measure, when fully extended, &
feet 6 in, and It's height from the floor,
when the beak is fully drawn up, 4 fee, 3
in. The skin is to be stuffed for prcserva-
ton.
"A maple shade tree in Rochester,
which lost all It's leaves during the severe
drought, and had the appearance of being
dead, is just now putting forth new buds
After it was supposed TO be nearly dead,
it was watered every day, and the result is
: its complete resuscitation.
-MuNIrIcrNT DoSATIoN.--'rhc Tran
script announces that the executors of the
wi of the late Samuel Appleton, of this
city, have made donation of twenty thou
sand dollars to the Academy at New Ip-
switch, N. II. The institution. since 1850,
has been known as the New Ipswich APP
pleton Academy" Mr.. Appleton made a
donation OF five thousand dollars to the
Seminary four years ago.
--RrvER AND HARBoR IMPROVEMENT.
! The veto Of the River and Iarbor Bill
E by President Pierce not only put stop TO
all improvements contemplated by the bill
in question, but has caused great sacri-
fee Of governme mt property used for the
removal of bars, snags, &c. A few days
since two snag-boats were sold at ST. Lou
i is for $1,000, the cost of which the season
before was $4,000. This Transaction has
uruuscu great deal OF Indignation In the
west, where ii is regarded as giving the f.
nal blow TO all hope that this Adminlstra-
ton would rclent in its hostility to the nee
. essary Improvement Of western rivers.
The SANDWICH MISUNDERSTANDING
u dispatches were received ut Washington
d from the U. .. Commissioner at the Sand
n wich Islands on Monday last, and were the
+ subject Ola Cabinet council.
--UHERE TnE MoNEY Co.'s THE
steamer Washington, which left New Yorl,
on Saturday, took out $4,000 in specie.
. The export for the whole week was ST.
10000 That wonder that money is
: must pay our debts. True, but let us have
less debts TO pay
AMERICAN FoREres MISSIONARY So
}, cIETr.-At the recent meeting of the
n American Board OF Commissioners for For
--r--- sfi~-ians held at Ifarif.rd the fallow
: ing named gentlemen were elected officers
: for the ensuing year;
Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen, President.
+ Hon. Thos. s. Williams, Vice Presi-
dent.
n Hon. VIM. ID. Hubbard, Hon. Chas. stod-
< dard, Hon. John Tappan, Rev. Nehemiah
? Adams, ID. d., Hon. Augustus c. Thomp-
|. son, Hon. WIN. T. Eustis, Hon. Daniel
a Stafford, Hon. Henry Hill Prudential Com
mittee.
a Rev. Rufus Anderson, d. d., Rev. Selah
/ b. Treat, ID. d., Rev. Geo. Wood, d. D.,
i. Corresponding Secretaries.
. Rev. Samuel NJ. Worcester, ID. d., Re-
, cording Secretary.
e James NJ. Gordon, Of Boston Treasurer.
: The following named gentlemen have
r been elected for corporate membership, to
/ fill vacancies:
4 Rev. J. w. Chickeni.g, d. d. Of Maine.
Rev. Seth Swecizer, d. d. of worces-
Ter.
: b,a James ~ Gordon, Esq, Of Boston.
. i Rev, Samuel $. s, Dutton, New Haven.
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