Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-04-14

Ho,rid Murder. At Aliegan, Mich
dreadful case of parricide recently occurred
A man named Clements, about 3j years Of
age, killed MS father, an old ma1 OF 40, by
chopping his head 10 pieces with an axe. The
murderer struck his victim thirteen blows
with the edge Of the insirsmen, and when
he had accomplished the dreadful deed, at
tempted to kill his brother also. The man
was arrested. lie insisted that he had done
the act IN perfectly cool blood, and will only
be content when he has destroyed bis broth
err
A" Settler" John Brown, a wide-awake
fenyman, and correspondent Of the New
York Evening Post, puts the following per
uuent question:
understood YOU TO say the other day, in
the Evening Post, that the President was in
favor Of leaving the subject ofslayery in Ne
braska to settlers. VIII you please 10 in
form me whether the New Hampshire cleo
ton is one Of the settlers he refers to
Some OF the papers attribute the rescue Of
fugitive slave from the jail at Milwaukee 10
the passage o. the Nebraska bin by the
Semte-the rescuers taking the giolnd that
II the COMPROMISE OF 1870 is not binding,
that Of 1850 Is not. Whai ia patent machine
for stopping agitation IS the new invention Of
Senator Douglas
Quite a brisk business IN the way of pro-
secutions for violations OF the Liquor Law was
done in this town last week, under the au
spices of the Carson League ii. c. Nash,
c. L. Within and Harris Stockwell. were
severally fined ! TO- and costs, and WIN. 1ol-
ding $50, and costs There was no trial IN
any of these cases, each OF the parties plea.
ding guilty to the charge OF selling " contra o
~ TO the form, force and effect Of the stat
ute IN such case made and provided" p Brat
ueborO Eag'e.
americans in me Fieid.-A Paris cores
ponGent Of the ~ y. Tribune says that al
the close II one Of NJ. Costa's recent lectures
on emhroyolgy, upon the proposal OF a
medical student, twenty young American
medical students volunteered in ten minutes
TO aid the Russians with their uupractlsed
skill. The Turks will propably not be dis
heartened al this. unless, indeed, the Empe
ror should limit the sphere OF their operations
TO the Turkish prisoners. Tie same writel
states that the Americans were leaving eve.
~ day for the Turkish camp mong thos,
who had ne were Col. Nargruder of Mex
lean war celebrity Mr.. Quincy shaw, o
Boston, and Rev. WIN. D. Green, late Uni
tanan Clergyman at West Brookfeld.
EMGRATIoN TO NEsRAsK, he emigra
ton to Nebraska territory Is very large
The St. LOUIS Republican says great mum
Der Of persons have arrived in that city. ol
their way 10 that territory TO settle. Thu
steamboats, were taken up fast as the
arrived, u coayey the cmlgrants to their des
tlnation.
M Jonaihan Harrington. said to be thl
last survivor OF the battle of Bunker Till
which took place April H. l515, died at Lex
inglou, Ms, on Sunday in the 96ih year o
his age lie was born in Lexington, an,
took part IN the battle in that town "a, III
opening of the Revolutionary struggle, hay
ing played the fife IN one OF the companies
Al that time he was only Il years old.
Look Oa-Ten dollar bills Of the Wa
terbury bank onnectcui. altered from ones
are in circulation One of them was posse,
at a store here the other day, By man wh
apparently had large quantity Of tbe sam
Counterfeit fiyes on the Warehan
bank are IN circulation at the West and Il
Boston. !. Spr. Republican.