The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-09-01
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Pierre democracy ucrer looked ~
contemplate ~ the people - !, docs no~,
AMI We prodlc, when the fan elections src
all over, that the only pu',ly aiaiai'iru 4
foa victory TIA, P,c-c, viii be able to
h,as, ur. vii BE- the naval victory at Cry 4
to,rn. where he PAL 10 Ought sc.no three
hundred unoffsndinr n,gross. and brrui 4
fA,ir hats - Hoodsioot Mercury.
The Crystal Palace Directors have |
authorized their Prcs,din, to sell the en-
tre concern, with al the fixtures and prop.
erty Of the Ascension deliverable on or
amer the 1T Of November next, f1r one-half
It's actual cost The first cost Is under.
stood 10 have been nnou, 100000.
"A mon WAS recently tired Tor forge
~ in Ireland, bu, II turned out tina, be had
forged the signature Of a man Who could
neither read nor write, which the Judge
ruled was No forgery a, ALL
The Secretary Of the navy has is
sued an order advancing the rates Of pay
TO sesmen and others IN the navy.
----Messrs. r. A. a A. Z. Smith, of
this town, have the greatest crop Of hops
ever known in the county. il is estima-
ted by competent judges at 10000 pounds.
Hops are worth from - to 30 cents per
ponnd. This crop grows on twenty acres
Of land. Eight or nine thousand dollars is
round sum TO realize from only 20 acres.
B,atcrto,rn, ~ ~ Dem. Union.
~ NV SrArE.---A correspondent,
Of the Cleveland Paindealer, writing from
La Point, on Lake Superior, states that the
white inhabitants on the shore OF the lake
are now agitating the question of forming
State separate and apart from the pres
en-, organization, taking what OF Michigan
lies west ofLake Michigan and the points
of Wisconsin and Minnesota, bordering on
the lake, aud appropriately named the State
of Superior.
-CoLUMBiA, August %, 1854. Our
letters from Savannah state that the yellow
fever IL exceedingly virulent there, and
that IT is confined to no section Of the city.
-THE FIRST SERMON. Rev. s. Black,
Southern Methodist minister lately
preached sermon on Williams river, in
Nicholas county, which was the first ever
delivered IN that region of country, though
it had been settled for fifty years Rich
mond Enquirer.
The Salem, Mass. Gazette understands
it rs IN contemplation to invite the Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress from
that State to public dinner, us n mark of
approval Of their course in relation to the
Nebraska periidy.
-"SIS IN 4 FippLE."-When n violin
was first introduced into the choir of the
church, the innovation gave great offence
to some Of the worthy parishioners. Espe-
cially was the player of the bass vol exer-
ciscd with sorrow and indignation, when
the frivolous and profane fiddle first took
lis place IN the house of God, by the side
OF his sedate and portly instrument. He
accordingly land the case before the par
pnys, re- Be i's'e7i e ; s,hrsy :" bic com
SIT don't know but you are right but #
you are, 1t strikes me he greaier he .ftidle
me greater The SIN !" The hero of the " big
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-BALTIMoRE, August 81, 1854. We
hau glorious rain storm here this after
hoon' OF two hours duration. 1t still looks
cloudy, and the prospects are that we shall
have another before long.
1t is said that the national administrn.
ION viii "sustain" Capt. TIollins in the
sun brought against him for damapes
ms puts us IN mind Of the drunken man
VINO undertook to hold up n lamp post
The administration has more than it can
do to sustain" itself.--.,iah
NV YoRK, Aug. 20 Over 2iOO
emigrants arrived at this port to-day, some
1900 OF whom were from Liverpool.
From the report OF the Chief of Police
OF Boston, for the month of July, 1t sppears
that t'oenty-Dree hundred aud eigii foreign-
ers were arrested IN that period and only
45l Amencans--about one.ftih as many.
-AwFuL ToRsApo.-A sudden md
strong wind visited Louisville. Ky., on
Sunday last. One church was blown down
md twenty persons killed. and nearly
ms many badly injured. Over one hundred
houses were unrooied.
-NEw ORLEANS, Aug. %. By an ar
rlval from the Rio Gsande, with dates 10
the l9th instant, we learn that the reyou-
ZION IN Iamauhpas was spreading, several
towns having adhered
fight took place on the I2th. near
Mata'noras, IN which the insurgents were
victorious.
We are IN receipt Of Galveston dates to
the 18th instant.
The Governor had issued proclamation
for the enrolment of the new troou, called
for by General Smith.
Considerable yellow fever was prevail.
i 'a'r ~ N'NAN'oA'Aif utI tue JONfllfI advises
strangers 10 stay away.
-ALBASr. Aug. %. The Express train
on the Central road, which reached thi.
city al 2 o'clock this evening, ran over two
ladies nj Canasiota, seven miles this side
I OF Syracuse, instantly killing them The
ladies' were Just descending from the Mail
IRAN. going West, which was waiting for
me Express tram Ia pass unfortunately,
they got out on the wrong side Of the cars,
and were caught by the passing Express
I tam, and horribly tnangled. They were
literally torn ssunder, their limbs being
+ rent from their bodies.
--CISciSNATi, Tuesday, Aug. 29.--Ad-
vices from Tennessee, Alabana aud Gcor.
gia speak favorable OF the corn erops. and