Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-02-24
VERMONT ITEMS.

practical printer and resident Of that County.
We are sorry to lose our friend Bowe from the
editorial ranks of which he was a very worthy
member.
From the Inquirer we learn that Abner
p. Townshend and William G.. Fisk, for
breaking into the store Of II. c. Dwight, Of
Vershire, in November last, having been sem
fenced by the Orange County Court, the former
tc two and the latter TO four years residence in
the State Prison. These criminals broke Jail
in December last, but were soon re-captured in
Tunbridge. Fisk has already served one term
of two years under Col. Harlow, and gradual
ed with the honors Of the Constitution" in June
last. Joseph Hebert Joseph Palmer, and
Moses Shampine were also convicted Of steal
ing and receiving stolen goods from the Rail
road freight cars at and near Brain,ree Sta
ton. They were sentenced in the order above
named to three, two and one years 10 the State
Prison.
AT the February term Of the Supreme
Court for Rutland County, in the case of the
State rs. James Moreion, Samuel Becroft and
Chas. Saxton, the judgment Of the County
Court, sentencing Morton to the State Prison
for seveh years, an Becrof and Saxton for FIVE
Year, each, was affirmed.
The Rutland Herald gives the following in
teresting decision in an appealed liquor case
State Of Vermont U.s. James Conhn. This
was an information for selling liquor, carried
10 the Supreme Court, on exceptions by the
respondent. The opinion Of the Court was de-
livered by Redheld, Chief Justice. The prin-
cipal points were that 10 an information for this
offence il was unnecessary to state the town ia
which the offence was committed, 10 order to
show the jurisdiction of the Court, il is, by le-
gal intendment, understood to be in the County
in which such prosecution originated, unless
Otherwise stated. Article X. of the Bill Of
Rights refers, not to minor offences, unknown
to common law, but only to offences known 10
common law, punished by death, imprisonment
in States Prison, or in disgrace The Bill of
Rights gives the exclusive control Of the inter
nal police Of the State to the Legislature, and
hey have the authority to make suitable laws
TO carry out this object.
A prior conviction for subsequent, offences
= does not bar any offences except such as are
attemted to be proved at such conviction, and
the respondent can give such prior conviction in
evidence, on plea Of not guilty. Judgment
Of County Court reversed.
A specimen Of the red-ihroafed loon was cap
tured under the ice in brook, in Montpelier,
last week, and forwarded to Prof Thompson,
OF Burlington. But one specimen of this rare
bird has been obtained in Vermont, and that, says
the Free Press, shot in Burlington. In
note to the Montpelier Freeman, Professor
Thompson says -
There are several water-birds which are
S known to pass through Vermont, Of which
have not yet been able 10 obtain specimens, and
r which are not described in my history, and
shall ever feel grateful to my friends, who aid
me, by sending me rare specimens in all de-
partmen,s Of Zoology We have, have no
doubt, several quadrupeds, which have not
described as belonging 10 our state. saw in
1912, at Montpelier, two of our native black
rats, Mus Aneriodnus. have been trying ev-
or since to get a specimen Of it, but have not
succeeded'
The Cold Snap.-Our exchanges record
some remarkable descenis of the mercury on
Tuesday and Wednesday. The lowest point
we find reported is 40 deg. below zero, at West
Randolph, Vt. At the mercurial thermometer
I only records as low as 40 deg. below, at which
4 point the mercury freezes, the odd degrees
may be safely taken of. At Mortified il was
81 deg. below, at Montpelier 80 deg, below, at
Island Pond 30 deg. below, at St. Johnsbury
81 deg. below, at Woodstock IS deg. below
In Toronto on the 5th, a stage driver was fro
zen to death on his seat, and another person
was frozen to death in the streets. In New
York stage-driyer was taken from his box so
frozen that he died, and three others were bad
ly frozen In brandon, a COW belonging TO
Deacon Conant, was found on Tuesday morn
ing to have three of her teais frozen solid Mr.
C. has owned cows for more than half centu-
~, but never knew similar case.--Bm. Free
Press.
BY our Or-sled Express by the indefati-
gable labors of the engineer of our Express,
We are able to give, in advance of all other
presses, the result Of the Know Nothing Con-
vention which was held at Mortified, the 9Th
instant.
At II o'clock, in the morning, about four
hundred delegates had assembled from every
section Of the State.
James M. Slade Of Mddlebury. was pres
ent and presided, as he is Grand Sachem of
"the Order" 10 this State. And this is not the
only duty of this ofhcer-he has power to grant
and withhold charters, create and destroy
councils, &c. On taking the chair he made
a furious and absurd speech, which showed
him to be blunderbuss, and a-know moth
ing.
II was deemed prudent to defer the nomina-
tion of County Commissioners ''to more con-
venient season !" the convention therefore i'm
mediately proceeded to nominate candidates for
the Council of Censou. Our Express fails at
this arrival to give the whole tcket-but for
Washington county they nominated William W.
Wells of Waterbury.
This new party which pretends to discard
old party hacks, and eschew old party prejud-
ces, exhibited q curious state Of things al