Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-08-28

/ Judge Shctb burno offered q resolution prOVld-
! ing for the appointment Of a Committee Of
/ Conference to wait upon a similar Committee
appointed by the Republicans in order to sf-
feet compromise, for the submission of but
one Constitution to the people. After an ani-
mated debate the proposition was voted down
/ by three majority The subject was TO come
mp again on Monday when the proposition
probably be adopted
Little Crow and his band of warriors had
returned from the expedition in search Of
lnk-pu-du-tah. They found his camp and
killed four Of his band of murdcrers. Little
Grow brought the scalps TO the supcrinten-
dent of the Lower Sioux Agency.
A band Of fifteen disaiiccted Chippewas is
1 plundoring the settlers so miles north Of St.
Pauls.
ST. LOUIS. Aug l4.-The Kansas CORES
pondent OF the Democrat says that Judge
Cato has published an opinion, stating that
the payment of taxes is essential TO the rights
Of voters The Sheriff af Douglas county
has given notice Of his Intention TO collect the
taxes
Rumor says that Generals Lane and Rob
inson, and Mcssrs. Philips, Conway, Blood
and others have been indicted by the Grand
Jury at Lecompton.
In "a dispatch of tho 9Th inst Gop Taro
announced tbc org,1;,,,;or NJ n ooo n,o-, M
protect the polls ~ NE election i'm Octohor
and stated tb,t tle ,,,,,,Lrr could Io ;,,cro.s'
/ ed to 2j,000.
0ANDN ioH ISLANDS Inc ha"anah MIS-
I slohary society mas been chartered by the
government. ne ommerclal AoFcrtser
/ says some change IN the relations exist
ing between the American Board OF Missions
ana tho sandwich Island Mission has been
sought ior ny the former but the difficulty OF
hNlnE upon any satisfactory mode has as yet
/ prevented such change. Ii is proposed
now by the parent society TO make the HaW-
aiian Missionary Society its executive or a.
gent in disbursing the funds. which have
heretofore been given directly to its missiou-
aries. The Hawaiian Missionary Society viii
thon become the guardian of the American
missiona1ies on this group a. well as those
stationed in Micronesia and the Marquesos.
The Sandwich island mission +, becoming
every year loss dependent for its support on
the American society. and will be eventually
disconnected from it.
Tur Dr,ru or Cr> prsy Tt. c,llo,--
inc particulars Of the dc,tb of Con Rnsk
are from an eytra of tbo N,cogdocbos CLyoD.
I'll of T,,Iy qo
"a ,,re,t c,l.roi+,. haze t.f,llo,, +bo S4,4o "a
Tevas One of bor r,osf dis,in,n;sled aDd
nobIos+ sons has c,la, Tho,.s. pa.i' ~ ~
M r,oro
Con R,sl has ovor s;,oo tbo aoo+b ofbis
lody snferod ND ,,,o,taI l,lr.sl,, ,,,;ot
N ti,oos hore ti,, low, h,,,,;i, h. ,,o;,,bt
IT, ms N Great cxtent socl9Jod binseIt
IRON, soo,.,, ,nd l,tol,. tl,t do.,,,,,l,,s,, I,,
miliar with him. A severe illness from which
he was inst recovering. had prostrated him
for weeks. and he was suffering yreatly from
rising on the back oe his neck.
On yesterday afternoon. uN,o,s o'rioeL
his family hearing the report Of gun and the
fail of "a body, ran to the spot and tound him
lying dead upon the ground, behind the gall
!ery at the back part OF the house, with ri-
he under HIM A Coroner jury was sum-
moned' from whose verdict we extract the fol-
lowing
The cause of his death was a gun-shot
rihcl wound on the fore part Of the head in
fhcted from a rife gun held IN has own hands,
and discharged by himself.
No further clue can be given 20 ths mys-
terry no papers or writings OF the Same day
have been found, except Il letter addressed To
90 t' t'-N-1-''N --' -'-' '''-'f '''i '.-7 20 r--
stone for has VIE with TINS inscription
blessed are the pure IN heart Tor they shall
see God
an ''''l.'oi! VI an nus properly was i0"i'u
IN PoLVon9' ana 'no '|ue OIL .ne same u'-
N'"eu Oy 'Ie nuu'oeI o' ms chuofen' ne
was oul''u 'h'S evening win masonic no"o[S
An o0ttu@1y auoIe79 was ueu'eleu oy INC
non " d, Oo"'l'ieo'
SALE OF FoRr sNELLlNG.-Ihe New ork
Tribune says
I'VE have obtained by inquiry some fur
ther information with regard to the sale oil
Fort Smelling, Minnesota The reservation
covers eight thousand acres of beautiful land
at the junction of the Mississippi with It's
most important tributary north Of the Hi
nois, the inevitable site Of a future city and
worth at least 500 per acre now, OF SS0O,0OO
in gross, which sum we believe it would have
brought if duly advertised and put up IN lots
60 l -, - IN. e.,
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