The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-01
miscellaneous 1ieuis.

horn. ninc fee, 10 lengih. and gate smooth
with the exception Of shout three fee, cfthe
butt end. which Was surrounded with rdgcs
similar to ,hosc on sheep. The horn was
two fec, in circumference a, the largest
part A tooth vas found which was Eve
feet in length and two inches in diameter,
having the appearance ola fir, jaw tooth.
A piece Of bone. eleven fee, In length was
also found which vas though, to have been
a portion Of the jaw.
--Tur Errrcr OF CHAtLrSotss. The
Milwaukee Seaiinei says tina, nearly eigh
hundred illegal votes were offered al the
different polls in Milwaukee, at the election
on the 9th inst, and the ScIsfiad adds
with scarcely an exception these votes
were for the strAigh, Democratic ticket;
and were kept out Of the ballot-box only
by prompt and determined challenging"
1T is believed iha, the forthcoming
report Of the Postmaster General will make
a remarkably good exhibit of its operations
Of the last year. The revenue from the
Cheap Postage System has increased, and
will soon be adequate, in connection with
the presen, judicioas administration Of the
department, TO meet all the expenses. The
friends of the Cheap postage System may
be congratulated upon this fact.
--Mared in Fletcher, Nov. Is, by X.
7. Bingham, Esq, Mr.. Chester 5. Lamb,
and Miss Julia Thomas, both of Fletcher.
Thus joined In one. the siay's told
May Iiymeh prove no mock,
Lot little LAMBS increase the fold,
Up to numerous flock.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 2l.-Robert w.
Johnson, democrat, has been unanimously
elected to the U. 3. Senate, by the Legis-
lature Of Arkansas.
-OoDESsBURo, Nov. 22.-This morn
ing, about 4.o'clock, one of our citizens, and
for many years a resident here, was caught
IN the act Of firing building. The public
opinion is, that to the individual now caught
we are to look for an explanation of nearly
all the fires which have rapidly swept our
village for several years past, all of which
have happened about o'clock in the NOR
ming.
--CINcINsArr, Nov. %.- The Know
| ~ L.. Z.
cret session here for the past two weeks,
adjourned. The attendance has been large,
every State in the Union being fully repre-
scented. Among the representatives are
Messrs. Clayton, Of Delaware; Ullmann, of
New York Brown, of Pennsylvania Lums.
den, Of New Orleans; Mayor Conrad, of
Philadelphia. The utmost harmony pre-
vailed. Important alterations were made
in the constitution Of the order, a new rit-
ual adopted, and complete change made
In the pass word, signs, &c. The matter
oil the Presidential candidate had not vet
been brought up.
--RALEIoH. N. c., Nov. 24.-Dayid 8.
Reid has been elected u. 8. Senator for
four years by the Legislature of this State,
by majority of II votes.
--CoLT's REvoLvERs.-The English
papers state that the number OF the repeat-
ing pistols, or revolvers, manufactured by
Mr.. Colt during the last two years, amounts
to two hundred thousand. The Viceroy OF
Egypt has lately ordered 5000 of them for
the equipment of his cavalry and the Brit
ish Board of Ordinance dispatched, some
time ago, ten thousand to the Baltic fleet.
-.NeW Hapen Register.
We are told that the profit on each Of
these pistols at the Wholesale price cunno,
be estimated at less than five dollars, in
which case Col. Colts profits on the 200, O0C
mentioned above as manufactured in two
years would amount to million dollars
These figures seem almost incredible
Advertiser.
The Mexicans intend erecting a mon.
ument celebrating their victory at Buena
Vista. The Boston Atlas intends, in imi.
tation of the Mexicans, to erect monu
ment in memory Of the late Wing victory
in Mass
On Saturday last couple of eccentric
individuals, passed through our street.
mounted upon two of the sbaggiest ponies
ODE found anywhere. They were all broke
out, at the toes, heels, knees, waist, shout.
ders, elbows, and wore shocking bad hats,
and Seymour blossoms" on their noses.-
They were tied upon their ponies with hay
ropes, and left the town bound westward
From the fact that news had just been re.
ceived that Clark was elected Gov, we tool
them to be lords and masters who would no,
allow their liberties TO be abridged, and
were emigiating to Pennsylyania.-Og.
deasburg Sentinel.
"A PITnr ErisrLE.-Somebod pub
fishes the following letter TO the Washing.
ton Union in the Concord Democrat:
! DEAR UsIos -"Bighty breaks the
morning. was your exultant cock n. doc
die-doo over the last New Hampshire cleo.
ton. Now let us hear You ''crow" over tn,
,oestern sun-sd!
Yours alas. UNCLE SAN.
T.. y. My love TO the "little GIANT
and all the lesser ones--fhai are alipe.
"A Nur ron NATIVE AnERIcArs.-
Americans are represented abroad as fol,
lows'-by frenchman in Spain, by al
Italian in Italy, by a German Jew At III,
Hague, by Scotchman at Naples, and by
al Isishmsn in Portugal. Sickles and San
dersY we are sorry 10 say, were born in TIL,