Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-08-22
News. Notes. and Varieties.

mother gave an omctic, which seemed TO do WE'LL
but on going to sleep he slept forever.
MIR. Michel Finon Of Morctown having gone in |
to the woods ON the 18th ult. to peel hemock bark,
was found dead the next day. A limb ola tree had
fallen on him and killed him.
The swanton Journal says that NJ Independent
military company is shortly to be organized in /
Swmnton, TO he called THE Green Mountain
Guards.
1t is stated that Senator Rusk ofTcxas, had been
out working with his men. and was heard 10 re-
mark, regrettiugy, that Huston and himself had
heretofore been political friends, but now they we're
political enemies. lie went to his home short
time afterwards, and while standing in the door,
he placed the muzzle Of his rifle to his forehead,
pulled the trigger with string, and fell back
wards into the yard in the agonies Of death
Henry Winter Davis, member of Congress from
Baltimore, has been nominated for reelection,
which we trust he will triumphanty receive lie
unitcs brilliant talents to craftsmanship and in
tcgriy, and besides he does not believe the Union
depends upon the price of of negroes.
Judge Gilchrist Of New Hampshire. Judge Rice
ofAugus,a, and james Hayward of Il son, referees
in the case Of Sewel, Merrill, and others, against
the Atlantic and st Lawrence Railroad, involving
the rights Of parties to the water front Of the har-
Dor side of the track near Fish Pond, have award
cd the plaintiffs $4,000 damages.
The Worcester Spy learns that the estate Of the
late Ex-Governor Sprague Of Rhode Island amounts
to over six millions Of dolars-a most remarkable
fortune to lie accumulated by a single family in
one generation.
The national House of Representatives stands
thus Democrats l2l Republicans 81, Americans
-, and there are three vacancies. This is Dem
ocratc gain over the last house Of 70 members
The Union observes upon this, that, if the Dcmo-
Gratis shall fill the vacancies in Pcnnsy lvania and
Missouri, anu the Republicans the vacancy in In
diana the Democratic strength in n fun house will
be l23, and the combined Republican and Know
Nothing strength Ill Clean Democratic MAORI
tyl2.
A fcic ciampeire recently given at the residence
Of W 5 Wctmorc, in Newport, Il. l, in honor Of
Geo. Peabody, Esq, the wealthy American bank
or in London, England, was a splendid affair. Ihir-
ty-two hundred Invitations were issued, and twen-
t,-f,e hundred guests assembled, among whom
were Lords lieryey and Althropc and other dis
tinguished persons. The earnings numbered up
wards Of three hundred The feie is said to have
cost Mr.. Wetmore nearly ten thousand dollars
An editor, in our eye, says that little garden
patch Of his very profitable the last season.
The snas ate up the cucumbeTS, the neghbors'
cats ate up the chickens and We are now in search
Of something that will eat up the cats Can any
Of our agricultural friends aid US;
Lieut. Hood, Of the second cavalry, with seven
teen incn, had desperate encounter with a band
Of forty-h,e Lipans and Camanches ON the 10Th OF
July, at the head Of Devils River, Texas. The
fight was IL han1-to-hand one. Nine Indians were
killed and ten wounded Lieutenant Hood had one
killed and one missing, and he and three Of his
were wounded. The Indians cnticed him into an
ambush by flag Of truce.
Merchants powder magazine, containing The
whole stock of Halifax, y. s., exploded with ter
rife conclusion, Thursday night One man wa'
killed and fifteen injured; five houses were demo
ishei and ten others partially destroyed. Th'
government magazines and the new barracks wer
much shattered, and nearly all the windows in tn
north part of the city were broken. The damag
= is estimated at 100000. It is supposed 10 hav
been the work Of an incendiary.
A chicken frncier is trying to get up now rae
ofpulles by crossing wcathcr-cocks with Shangha
hens We shall watch his success with much in
terest. This is progressive age.
. An Englishman yesterday had purchased a sma
: john Of whiskey. Being a member Of the flour
teen years standing society he undertook to dis
l. guse the disgnser in bag But the bag not he
ing long enough to cover the neck of the bottle, a
Irishman, who happened to be present, suggeste
: MS means of reducing the size of the package, az
If take few drinks out Of it,
u Edward Stanley, the Republican candidate ft
:. Governor in California, in his first speech, cou
II mented upon the Dred Scott decision, and inform
ed his hearers that during the time when Judg
= fancy said the opinion was entertained that "n'
u groes had no rights which white men were boun
, to respect" they were allowed to vote in Mort
. Carolina.
L. 4 Western correspondent says that in additic
,e to the lizard Shell Bapsts'' there are the "1rc
is Side and the Skillet Head" varieties.
i A remarkably ugly man, ms conceitcd as sill,
Of said to a late Philadelphia wag, who had wit enouq
i for every thing but making money, "Why, smitl
t how thin you are You'll never pay the debt
- nature, I'm afraid, but will dry up and blow away.
at "well, you will pay that debt, at all events ft
ly you owe nature so little
y The Petcrboro IN. H. Transcript announc
that the factories of that town are about to su
as pend operations
John Cain, postmaster at Rutland, has just e
~ tablished democratic weekly paper at that plac
called the Rutland Courier.
to William Slade, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, son
wv ex-gov., Slade of this State has been nominate
he for the state senate by the republicans of Cuyaho
or county.
he The Republicans of Bennington County held
e. convention Mt Manchester, last week, and nomin
or ted L. p. Burton OF Manchester, and Grin Bat
ofPowna for Senators; Dennis J, George ofShaf
bury, and Francis Kilder of Winhall for Assista
&C. Judges: N b. Hall of BENNINGTON for States A