Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-23
News, Notes, and Varieties.

| Our exchanges in this State continue 10 con,o;u
numerous statistics relative to the manufacture 80
maple sugar. We have condensed the most inv
tant items, MS folows:--
District No. in Woodstock, produced II lao
pounds, of which Lyman Cobb made 1850 nourd.
from 100 trees.-Dstrict IL, in the same ,ow,,
made SIG pounds.-Elisha Smith, of pomsro,
has made 6 ,165 pounds. -Messrs. Hale & Broo,
cit, of Waterford, have made Ala pounds from
so trccs-Wm. Davis, Of PittsGeld, has made 1ooo
hounds from 153 trees district No. H. so,n.
Woodstock, has made IA 900 pounds.-E Thovor
Of Moretown, has two boys. one IA and tbo otbor
20, who have made 800 pounds from 60 trees.-I
Carpenter, of Rutland, has made 1000 pound.
from 100 trees.-The small town Of Hancock fso
voters,) has made &c ,819 pounds. ]. G. Robbi,s
made 1852 pounds from 225 trees, being over 10
pounds to a tree.-'rhe town of Cambridge, in Ia.
noble county, has made l52, 900 pounds, which =
correspondent of the Boston Journal writes, "i,
not over one-quarter Of the quantity made in ,bo
county, This would give over 800 tons "A ,bs
product of the county.
Franklin county is the land flowing with milk
and butter For the month ending May 18th.
there was shipped from the ST. Adams station
247 048 pounds of butter and this before the green
grass has made its appearance. The average price
of this butter at the above place, was 20 cents per
pound-realuing nearly $4,000.
A riot, resulting fatally, occurred SATURDAY.
night, 9th inst, at Bakersfield. A party of men
and boys serenaded Mr.. Solomon Seedlings, who
had in some way become obnoxious to them, with
tin pans and the like, and being supplied with
Dutch courage went far as to break the windows.
and fire guns into the house. In return, Mr.. Steb
bngs discharged heavily loaded shot gun, slight
ly woundng several Of the rioters, and seyerinc
from the body the arm of youth Of IS years, man,
ed Perley Chids, who died the next day in conse
quence. Mr. Stebbings has since been arrested
and given bail for trial.
The Albany argus recently had some figures on
the sugar crop, both cane and maple. 1t estimates
the product of the latter this Spring in the State
of New York at 90, 900 900 lbs. and the value ut
c S2,50O,OO0 1t puts down the whole yield of the
Union ut ,OO0 900 lbs, nearly half the cane
crop of Louisiana last year. The total value Of the
( maple crops placed at So, 562 900.
Mr.. Rufus Mead, Jr., has become associate pro-
u
y Mr.. Manly retires from the Mortified Messenger,
= and is succeeded by Rev. Mr.. Webster. The Bran
e dor .4drocdte, which, though excellent paper,
: failed to sustain itself under its recent manage
y ment, has passed into the hands Of Rev. VIM.
4 Ford. The Caiedonidn, one Of our most highly
$ prized exchanges, appears in new typographical
dress. The Cdiedonian deserves its prosperity.
# We learn from the Free Press that the corpora
ton of the Vermont University intend, at the CON-
e ing commencement, to institute new professor
ship Of Languages, giving separate chairs to the
Latin and Greek and to fill the vacant professor
n ship of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy. We
arc gratihed at these indications of prosperity in
S the affairs of this worthy Institute:
: COMMENCEMENT at Middlebury College occurs Oh
the 18th day Of August next. The graduating
class consists oftwenty-one members. We under
stand large Freshman class is expected. The f.
u nances of the institution in much better stu
C alton than at any time before and the College,
is der the guidance Of its excellent Faculty, gives ey-
:, cry indication of renewed and hopeful life. Rev.
HAtJ p R is 'hs he eyslay a0d Assoeatsa
- Alumni, at their next anniversary Register.
Col. Geo. II. Paul has been elected Mayor of Ke-
't nosha, Wisconsin. Mr.. Paul graduated at the Un-
IS iversity of Vermont in the class Of ls47, and in
: the Patriot school of politics in lS49-50. He has,
II since his emigration west, been editor Of the Keno
u sha Democrat in which position he has done credit
/ to his professional Alma Water.
'' The Secretary of the Interior has appointed B..
u" T. Blodgett, cashier of the Bradford Bank, Pen
e sion Agent for the Eastern District of Vermont,
u vice W. H. II. Brigham, removed. This is sup
. posed to be EVERY judcious appointment"
Ira P. Harrington and Eliphalet Hewett of Bar
re, to furnish the granite for the State House,
" and the contractors engaged in removing the old
a walls are to construct the new.
il The present Postmaster General has removed q
lady from the office of P. NJ, at Barre, and ap-
Of pointed Ephraim E. French to the vacancy thus
made, notwithstanding the remonstrance of all bu.
re eighteen out fthe four hundred voters in tina.
il town. Judicious.
q There is older citizen than Peter Nassau Of
Pomfret, in Wisconsin. He is called ''Old Crele "
Of and was born in Montreal 1870 years ago. His
p memory is distinct for period of III years. He
was married at New-OIleans a century ago, and
~ now resides with one of his grandchildren, who s
d upward of sixty years cid. He is still hale and
he hearty, and does not appear TO be over TO- Sc
~ says The Madison (wis.) Argus.
Rev. j. s. Lee has been settled as Pastor over tn
" Uniyersrlist Church at Woodstock
o. Rev. J. P. Huntington has accepted unan
imous invitation to the Passionate of the Baptis
Church in Londonderry.
'J The Democratic State Convention win meet
ed Concord, N. H., on the 10th of June to nominal
TO- o candidate for governor, &C. The legislature wi
Oh then be in session.
The New York legislature has abolished days
h grace bills of exchange drafts, and declare
re it competent for the holder of unpaid paper to no
he y the endorser through the mail instead of ben
of obliged to make personal service of its nSn-pa
le. ment.
to 1t is said letters have been received at Washing
Is ton announcing that Col Ben McCulloch, of Tex
IS as will accept the goyeTnorship fUtah-and tina