Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-12

/ leats OF valor and bursts of eloquence 20
which your ladyship is probably indebted
for your distinguished name. most of which.
1t is likely would be as new to you as the
art of raising poultry
ihe sarcasm produced deep blush in
sne lace OF the fair scoiier, but it produced
Tor the captive and his countrymcn an indem-
nifty against court ridiculc for the future.
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ARcrIc SEARcH.--The Kingston Wbip
says "Wc announce it as a positive fact.
that DR. Rae. the Arctic traveller. aided by the
contributions Of kind friends. is building in
Kingston dock yard, an Arctic schooner 10
be ready in May, TO go down 20 Quebec.
thence to the Arctic regions, to make one
more search for Captain Franklin's party.
dead or alive. DR.. Rae is to command the
schooner, and the party of hardy Adventures
90 accompany him and man his vessel are Sc
leeted and engaged
Mrs. Franklin is also dcspatchinv a vessel.
She asked the aid Of the British Government
and was refused, and thereupon she devoted
her whole fortune for the equipment of the
ship A subscription has been opened in
London for her aid
scuLrruRrD S1AR PROM NtNrvru
Cesaroa, in Asia Minor, has sent TO Middle
bury College a slab which formed part of one
OF the walls Of the palace of the Assyrian
Kings. probably more than three thousand
years ago. and has been exhumed from the
huge mounds containing the ruins of immense
cities, on the banks Of the Tigris. On il, ac-
cording to Col. Rawlinson, the name of Sar-
danapalus J. is distinctly engrayon, and there
rs little doubt the palace from which it was
taken was built either by him or his near de-
scendants. This King hourishod at least
$50 ytars before Christ. The slab was ship
ped at smyrna, eight months ago in six
pieces, after being transported several hund-
red miles ON the bucks of camels-Free Press
A FUNNY Exr1osiox.-A baggage man
at the Central Depot, yesterday. while hand
ling trunk in the usual slam bang manner.
Of that useful class of citizens, threw it down
with such force as to explode pistol within.
The pistol exploded canister of powder.
and the powder exploded tie trunk. and the
trunk exploded the baggageman, tumbling
him neck over heels and served him right
at that. If such an accident could only hap
pen semi occasionally, it would be a glorious
thing. 1t might kill few baggage-smashers.
but community could endure that loss in CON
sideration of the gentler handling which their
luggage would recoive.-Bu6alo CoB,merciai
A BRACE OF PrcruREs.-AIrs. Nesbit. in
Albony. owns a house which Mrs Scott rents.
On Friday, Mrs. N sent painter to fix up
the house, but Mrs. Scott wouldn't let him
so ahead painter reported progress to Mrs.
N; Mrs. n. put on her bonnet and .f to see
about it; while seeing about it, she got hold
of paint brush and daubed Mrs Scott Mrs
Scott got the other paint brush and daubed
back again; painter rushed to the rescue; ;
Mrs Scott up with the paint pot and deluged
painter with the contents painter rushed of
~ eis I'etiso uIsivv, Dts Nefst ,vt t,..l, ,i4u
two women had painted each other so that
they couldn't tell which was which That's
the last fight we want to hear Of
HEWITT MoRGAN BuRNED.-A fire occur
red at Mount Gilead, Ohio, on the 9th ult..
which burned two barns and nine horses The
Mount Giead Sentinel SAYS "Among the
horses burned was the celebrated Hewitt
Morgan, of Vermont owned by f. Hewitt.
of Windsor County, VT. and his brother-in-
law, p Manchester, of Union County. Ohio.
who valued him at 81 900 lie was a splen-
did animal and was sired by the celebrated
Green Mountain Morgan, and nctted his own
ers $1,000 last season"
LINK SHor.-While our neiphbors of
Rochester and Vergennes are killing bear and
bald eagle, we are doing something in the
line in in these parts A lynx was
shot last week on the farm of Judge Vansick-
lin, but little more than three miles out of
town
The animal is a rare one in this State is
of greyish color, ycllowish white beneath.
with ears ending in tufts of black hair an inch
or more long, standing little more than an
inch high, and measuring three feet in length
1t subsists on hares, rabbits and such small
animals occasionally attacking sheep. or
even deer, which it is said to do by drop
ping on them from branch of tree The
skin is valuable, and the flesh is said to re-
iemble that Of the hare.-free Press.
EFFECTS OF DRED ScorrIsM.--In Michi
gan, the Democracy are having very bad
time of it on the bred Scott decision The
Kalamazoo Gazete (Democrat) went over to
the Republicans The Coldwater Sentinel
does the same, and the Grand Rapids Herald
says
"Ihere is no use in denying the fact that
tae Democratic party of .HchigaR Is IN an er-
cecdiRgly d'spiritod condition and unless there
is some change in its tactics or leaders, many
q long day will elapse before the reign of
Fusionism will cease. AR ocer he State the
'out ana slHtN are discussing these matters
and during the last Democratic Convention at
Detroit, we found, in conversation with Dem
ocrats from various sections, that the same
feelings c1iend 10 uH purts Of lEchigan.n
PAssUMrsGc RAILRoAD.-We learn from
the Burlington Free Press that "a suit has
been commenced against the Trustees Of the
Railroad to prevent them from
fepaying to the corporation the funds with
which the bonds that fell due in December,
S55, were paid. 1t seems that those bonds
we're not wholly paid with the earnings Of the
'oad, bnt with funds which had been procur-
,d for the purpose Of extending the road the
lesign being that when those funds were
wanted for that purpose they should be re-
placed from the earnings. The other bond
holders. however, insisted that those bonds,
,nco paid, were absolutely defunet, and that
whatever the road might earn more than run
ling expenses ought TO be applied to the pay
lont Of the other bonds. They, therefore,
pphod to Judge Poland who issued an in
lnction, iorbidding the trustees to appropri-
te the earnings Of the road to the refunding
he money before advanced, and on a special