Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-26

Young Nous Chris. Assocauon 397
Female Masdalcn society. 5000 1854
Am. Congregational Union, 1000 2.o5
luhrmary for women and children, 5000
American Temperance Union, lii37 2,0li
Society Tor ainelioratng The condition Of -
the Jcws. 100 l1.0l9
Children Aid s1cicty, tO,iGl ll,li2
Systematic huoiecucc society, LIP
Society for education of coorcd children, oll
Total. si,750.g-l si972Sls
Increase of 1857 over 1856 s2i5ln
RATHER SIcK-A friend tells MS the fol-
lowing good story. The scene was at Wood
stock, W., and cannot fail to afford amuse-
ment among the citizens Of that quiet viii
logo
Some fellow sent for barrel Of whiskey,
and the night it came NJ. and II. got their
eyes on it, tapped it, and after getting what
they wanted to drink. went and told another
covoy where he could get a suck - but he
chanced 20 be one of the owners, and wish
ing to have a little fun at NJ. and lis ex-
pensc, ho told them that the barrel contained
subject for Dr. r., and If they had been
drinking any Of the liquid, they would be as
dead as smelts in a short time if they didn't
take an emetic Immediately and it wasn't
but few minutes before they were vomiting
at a furious rate They are not particularly
fond of hearing about DR.. r. IS subject.
LolreH journal.
GENERAL Assembly or THE PnFsnyrE-
RAN CHuBcu, NEw ScuooL.-CIrEIANp.
June .. Tenh Dgy-Adanooa Session
Mr. Dewitt of Pa, spoke Of the slavery re-
port taking Southern ground.
Mr. Newton of Ohio replied.
Ei8cnh Day - Morning Session. - Mr..
Chase Of Va, spoke for three hours ON the
slavery report.
No important business done.
CLEyELAND June 3.--IwlW Day. A
vote on the slavery question was taken, re-
sulting as follows Yeas, l67. nays. 26. The
North voted yea unanimously: the South
protested against the vote.
OLD ScHooL PBEsBYrERiAN AssEMB1Y.-
LENINoToN, KY, June 9. The Presbyterian
General Assembly, Old School. has adjourned
to meet at Now Orleans next May. Two new
Presbytcrie- have been formed in Kansas, one
in Minnesota. and one in Western Africa.
All correspondence with the New England
Congregationalists for the present viii be dis
continued
WAmuNoroN, JuNr Correspondence
of the New York Courier a. Enqmrc) The
force destined for the conquest and re-annex-
alton OF Utah win consist of about 25OO
men. 1t viii probably be under command of
Gen. Harney. The command rill concentrate
at Fort Lcavenworth as soon as practicable,
and will move westward as soon as the subsi-
dance of the june floods renders the passage
of the rivers practicable Col Sumner and
the 2d Dragons viii accompany the expedi-
tion. The arrangements Of the details of the
movement are made by Cen Scott. who says
if be were young enough he would prefer the
service himself.
WA,HINGroN, june 3.-loseph Williams
of Iowa, is appointed Associate Justice of tho
supreme Court ia Kansas, vice Cunningham
resigned Calvin f. Burns United State.
Attorney General of Eastern District Of Mis-
souri, vice Reynolds resigned.
~ The Missouri Democrat mentions, as q
fact not generally known. that Governor
Walker goes 20 Kansas backed up 10y larg,
amount Of Wall Street capital, pledged tC
cooperate with him in a giant land spccula
ton.
The iron steamboat running between Yer
gonncs and Westport was burnt while lyin.
at her wharf in Wcstport. ON Wednesday
the 18th ut. She was owned by the Captain
VIM. Finn, and was not insured.
The election at Washington resulted in tn.
b success of the Union or "anti-Know Nothing
ticket. The "antis elected their Collector
Register and Surveyor, and have obtained
large majority of the city Council
A writer in the Baltimore american recon
f. monds catnip, bruised and applied to th
. wound, as certain cure for the bite of
spider. He SAYS he has frequently apple,
this remedy to those suffering from the bite
. of spiders, and in every instance they hay
, obtained relief
Philip Rump, who managed considerable O
the fraudulent voting by which the democrat
y carried Pennsylvania last fall has been con
victed of perjury for swearing falsely in re
gard to certain unnaturalized voters.
), Two Young girls in Patterson, n. j., wor
b. arrested, on Monday convicted and fined 70
D. stealing flowers from a cemetery. Much pain
IN had been taken by mother to ornament th
is grave of her son, and just as the flowers wcr
"a blooming most beautifully, they were all TAX
en- away by these thoughtless young girls.
=, ~ A curious table, which is given for tn
FIRST time in the Irish consus indicates tn
decay Of the Irish language. Less than fy
per cent of the population have returne
- themselves as ignorant of English, and not
ID fourth of the whole are able to speak tn
: original language of their country.
n, 70 Sam Green, free negro of Dorchest'
ca county, Maryland, has been convicted Of I'll
Is, crime of having a copy of "Uncle Tom
Tor Cabin" in his possession, and sentenced to tc
years Imprisonment in the Pcnitentiary.
AooIDENr.-A man named Richard Gu
'O len, one of the Section men on the Rmlroa
II between Motpelier and Middlesex, was wall
ing on the track last Friday, p. M, when
Freight Train came up behind him. l.
nd waited until the engine was very near IN
p and stepped over ono side of the track as
eei happened on a piece Of loose plank, viii
u, ~ tipped, so that he fell with his legs on
to track and the engine passed over them
sly died the next morning The Repositol
,ie, which gives these facts, says
This is q warning to all people, walki
"p- on the Railroad, to keep good lookout a
(. be sure and get off the track in season.
The workmen have broken ground up
HE the site chosen for the new Court House,
be erected in this village. The site is OPT
,n,l on site the Windsor House, and better o