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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05

THE Errrrr or NAcEArrox-The
PHILADELPHIA No4I lnl.rsr. relate. an amu-
.ing instance of tine no,yor of IMAGINATION
A salesman omplovod I'm al lar.,, iobbin.r hons,
in Market stroet like papl's cspari.l net
youn, Timothy has "oGen inGrnitio." " and
,b1otoinal opains-or porbaps like a noted
ol,r,yro,p has n compi,int of tine tbroat-
which he asspa,os Win n morpiny dram of
Co..r,c +, s,,,l, oc which bo l,pf ip n srug
placo o,sy Of acces. IL banponad however
tt,t "a nor+.r named nm vas arlictod Inv tbe
.,rnc i,srroities and cl,ndostin.lv drey, NM
oo tbo clerks medicinal barera.,o to spob an
extent al. t, seriously annoy him. The sales
man determined to mako BIN the victim of a
tricl, and f,r this purpose removed the BRAN
dv and substituted I'm it, place about a quart
of yorv ro,k ,ybiskev and ,yator. which was
coiorsd with burnt sugar. This tu porter.
at two visits. absorbed the whole OF, evident
ly disappointed in its strength.
"Shortly after. the salesman pretended to
discover the loss and with a countenanco up
on which was depicted an expression OF the
greatest alarm, he inquired who has been
taking my bottle of Iat poison what rat
poison : asked all the porter Bill among the
number. why. the bottle of arsenic and
whiskey under the counter here And had
that bottle any arsenic iu it I: asked Bill, his
face turning CHASTITY pale, and his knees
knocking together with mortal fear. Had
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05
But-did'nt thc rlsEy poison Bill:

PERSONAL InENTITY.--Ihcrc are no Quos-
tions in which greater mistakes are commit
ted. and greater injustice done, than in those
of personal identity The body of the wo-
man found near Newburg was fully identified
by her own sister, not only by the form and
features but by peculiar marks that one
would think could not be mistaken. On tho
strength of this testimony, man who had
been last seen with Miss Bloom was arrested ;
and soon afterwards she appeared, alive and
we'll Many men have been hung on such
testimony.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05

Grv JEs,ur oN EUROPEAN AnNrEs.-
After reading the exposition of Marshal Vail
LIANT, the French Minister of War, of the
whole administrative arrangements for the
late war in the East, Gen. Jessup writes to
friend a. follows
81 hope our country may never have occas-
sion to go to war again; but the more closely
] look into the details, as well ms the strato-
gle combinations of European armies, the loss
/ fear war. Those armies have fair stock of
professional intelligence, but if they have gee
Mus, think it genius in its dccrcpitudc.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05

KNo1Y GANE.-II. s. Berry, of this city,
and H. Porter, of Ferrisburgh, were hunting
at the mouth Of Otter Creek, Wednesday
week. when they esped two large Bald Ea-
giles in the ncighborhood. One of them was
seen to alight, and after q long trial. a sue
ccssiul shot from Porter's double-barrelod
gun brought the noble bird down. Though
badly wounded, it was difficult to keep the
eagle in the boat, and before thcy were aware
of its ability to escape it had left the boat
and gained the woods Another cnarge of
shot was found necessary to secure it, From
tip to tip of the wings it measured serca feet
and hoo inches. The talons average an inch
and quarter in length, and we have a quill
taken from one wing, which is over eighteen
inches long Though of such huge dimcn-
sions, this one was considered far inferior to
the two male birds seen by the huntors They
have their eyrie on the beetling cliffs forming
the Western boundary of the Lake, nearly
opposite the point where the above bird was
taken TagcpHcs Citizen.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05

NfAccnt for the sale of Wllam's Celebrated Monthly
and Semi Annual Baea of fdsh0Hs, the only true re-
port lur this country,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-06-05
VERY NICE DRINKS.

The statement that strychninc Is used by
whisky makers 20 increase the quantity of the
liquor, is denied. The Ohio legislature seems
to have had good evidence Of the fact, or IL
would not have found IL necessary Co pass
stringent law against il. and the sudden
deaths of the hogs kept about certain whisky
distilories. either from that or some other
poison, confirm the statement. Some of Che
whisky manufacturers can honestly deny. no
doubt, chat they use strychninc, or amy other
poison. ia choir business. But that strych-
nine has been and is employed TO am alarming
extent i'm the manufacture Of whisky 90 the
West and South, is a pretty well established
fact. The effect of such an abominablo mix
ture upon the human stomach Is not a matter
of doubt It's consumers will go thc way tho
swine Of the distileries have gone before
them.
Bot strychnino is not the only poison swal-
lowed at bars and groggcrics. Most of the
brandies arc mixture of diabolioal ingredi-
ents, caustic enough 90 burn oak chips, Co say
nothing of thc delicate Tissues oi thc human
body. no secret is made % this business.
Tho drug dealers of Now York advertise
ononly the compounds by means of which the
vile limitations of spirituous liquors are made.
a circular from ono OF these drug houses in
form stho world chat bundy-uotone of The best
sort, wc take it, Is made of "oil of brandy
% poisonous ether, oil of bitter almonds as
poisonous as prussic acid) otherial VINO. al
cohol, sugar aud Malaga wine. No. 2.-on
of brandy, acctic ether, tamarinds, cherry
juice, sugar. all colorcd with burnt sugor. No.
Soil of brandy, otherial oil, bitter almonds,
elder flowers, and tannin. No. 4.-oil of
brandy arctic otnar oil of pa4ch and alcO-
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

GOLD AND SILVER HoARDED.-The
New York Tribune has a long article
on the look offinancial affairs, from which
we make few extracts: ...
According to the Treasury estimates,
there are in the country about $3.50, ooo,-
600 of gold, Of which little more than a
fifth is in the banks-leaving little short
of 5000, 100000 to be found elsewhere.
The Treasury boards very commonly
from twenty to twenty-five millions
leaving probably $175, 100000 to be
sought among the people. Where,
however, are these numerous and boast
ed millions? In use? That the gold
and silver in actual use does not exceed
one dollar per head of the population,
our readers may be readily satisfied
oavoid cayil, however, we will make
1t $50, 100000, or nearly two dollars per
head-being at least twice the quantity
that is in actual use. There remains,
however, more than $4,000, 900
Where are they? Hoarded by the peo-
pie in imitation of the Government, and
to an extent six times exceeding the
Treasury boards. Why are they hoard
ed! Because no man among us has any
confidence In the future.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

The bill accepts the terms prescribed
by the act of Congress, and then dispos-
es of the land as follows:
For the railroad by the way of Hills
dale and Lansing, from Amboy, to some
point on or near Traverse Bay, to the
Amboy, Lansing and Traverse Bay Rail
road Company. For the railroad from
Grand Hdeen TO Flint, and thence to
Port Huron, TO the Detroit and Mihcoa-
nee II. II. Co., and the Port Huron and
Hilarduhee II. II. Go. For the railroad
from Pere Marquette to Flint, and
thence to Port Huron, to the Flint and
and Pere Marquette Railroad Co. For
the railroad from Grand Rapids to Trav-
erse Bay, to the Grand Rapids and In
diana Railroad Co. For the Railroad
from Marquette to the Wisconsin State
Line, to the Marquette and State Line
Railroad Co. For the road from Onton-
agon to the Wisconsin State Line. to
the Ontonagon and State Line Railroad
Go. For railroad from Little Bay de
Noquet to Marquette, to the Bay de
Noquet and Marquette r. Road Co.
For railroad from Marquette to On
tonagon, to the Marquette and Onton-
agon Railroad Co. The eight railroads
are to be built by the eight Companies
above named. Four of these roads are
in the Upper Peninsula, and four in the
lower. Each of these roads are to be
First class" railroads, and are to be
built with r or continuous rail, and
each one made free highways for mill
far
The Grant is over 100000 of acres,
and will immensely aid the railway sys-
TEN of Michigan.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
Great CONFEDERATION in Mobile.

On the 9th inst, about o'clock p. Nj.
a fire broke out in the Montgomery
Warehouse at Mobile, Ala This ware
house was closely packed with cotton,
and the flames soon spread to the Hunt
Warehouse, next South, and then to the
Planters Warehouse, all of which were
destroyed.
The quantity of cotton consumed is
varously estimated, but from the most
reliable date we can obtain, we believe
the following a fair statement:
Montgomery Warehouse, capacity .6.5O5
Hunts "a 5000
Planters :" 5000
1t is believed that these warehouses
were all well filled and that not more
than four or five hundred bales were
saved from them also that $4,000
bales is very moderate estimate of the
loss. This at about SOL, 25 Der bale
about the present value of cotton-would
amount to some $735, 900 loss-besides
the value of the warehouses themselves,
which, however, is comparatively incon-
siderable. The Montgomery, and
Hunts warehouses are attached to the
Shippers Press, owned by Messrs. Orvis
u Magee-the other belonged to the
Planters Press. .... ...
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

A HoRRIp MURDER IN IowA.-A Mr.
Kellogg, of Delaware county, Iowa, was
most brutally murdered by his wife, in
the night of January 8. 1t seems they
had lived very unhappily together for
some time, and at the time of the murder
occupied different beds. The heads Of
the beds were at some distance from the
wall, and she, during his sleep, deliber-
ately chopped his head with an axe in q
most frightful manner. One blow infiic.
ted deep wound directly into the brain
over the left eye, extending to the tor
of the head. Two Others were on the
right of the seull, causing immediate in
lsensibility. though he retained life for
shout eighteen hours. The circumstan
ces are rendered more painful by the
fact that the woman expected hourly tc
assume the newrelation of mother, which
has since transpired.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
More Border Ruffianism in Kansas

Sl. Louis, rep. 20.
A Jefferson city correspondent of the
Democrat, learns by passenger from
Kansas, that the difficulty between Gov.
Geary and Sherrard, growing out of the
refusal to appoint the latter Sheriff as de-
sired by the Legislature, had fatal tes-
mination. Sherrad avowed his purpose
of killing Coy. Geary, and meeting the
Governor i'll the street SPIT in his face.
Geary did not resist, but his friends got
up an Indignation meeting on Thursday,
10th inst.
Sheriff Jones, Sherrard and others, at
tempted to interrupt the meeting, and in
the ARRAY Sherrard shot Mr.. Sheppard,
one of Geary's friends, four times, woun-
ding others. Mr.. Jones, Governors Sec
rotary then shot Sherrard through the
the head, killing him instantly. Great
excitement prevails at Lecompton. A
general fight was anticipated that night.
Gov. Geary's residence was guarded by
the United States troops.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

A CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION
No one would believe the fact, did we
not gravely announce it as a positive
fact, that DIR. Rae, the arctic traveller,
aided by the contributions of his kind
friends, is building in Kingston Dock
Yard an Arctic schooner, to be ready in
May, to 60 down to Quebec, thence to
the Arctic regions, to make one more
search for the remains of Captain Frank
Inns party, dead or alive. DIR. Rae is to
command the schooner, and the party of
hardy Adventures to accompany him
and man his vessel, are selected and en-
gagged. We say, to search for Captain
Franklin and his men; because as for the
ships Terror and Erebus, they were I'M
questionably seen i'll 1851, attached to
an iceberg, drifting to the south in the
same way as was the Resol,ste.-hing-
ston Wig. - s -@f
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

nothing to cover it-without considera-
bic loss, and the beast had bitten me
severely. protest, that from that mo-
ment, freightfnl as my position was, it
did not move me so much as the refiec-
ton of the honors that would be show
cred down on that vile creature. KNEW
that he would be considered by Lucy
and the rest as sort of dog of Montar-
gis, an affectionate and sagacious crea-
ture, waiting patiently at his appointed
post for the beloved master that would
never again return to him.
Presently they all came back, Lucy
and her mother, and all the maid ser
wants from the inn. Besides my fellow
students and fishermen with drag nets,
and a medical man with blankets and
brandy Chow | envied the blankets and
the brandy. As | expected, neither the
women's cries nor the mems labor in
vain distressed me half so much as the
patting and caressing of Towser. |
could not repress groan of horror and
Indignation: ''Hush,. hush," said Lucy,
and there was silence, through which /
could distinctly hear Towser licking his
chops. was desperate by this time and
halloed out to my friend Sanford San
ford and nobody else'-to come into the
copse with blanket.
| remember nothing more distinctly.
Immediately peals of laughter, now
smothered, now breaking irrepressibly
forth; expressions of thankfulness, of at.
faction of sympotbu baoipn;no. HIT
never finished-burst in upon. as It were
by floods of merriment; and the barking
the eternal barking, of that execrable
dog. | left Killarney that same evening:
Lucy, and the mother of Lucy, and my
fellowstudents and the abomnable Tow
ser; | left them for good and all; and
that was how my engagement was bro
ken off, and why there is no Mrs. Peony
Flush, concluded the curate, who had
turned from rose color to deep carna-
ton, and from that to almost black du-
ring the recital
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

Missouri to be Free.

The recent discussions of the St. Louis
papers and in the Missouri Legislature,
upon the subject of Negro Emancipation
in that State, give hopeful promise that
the operation of natural causes will, in
very few years, rid Missouri of the
blight which checks her growth and tar
nishes her escutcheon. The German
papers of st. Louis are earnestly enlist
ed in the cause, and one or two of the
English papers hold similar views
The Htelligencer of the 23d instant has
an article on the subject from which we
take one or two extracts:
REMOVAL OF SLAVERY FROM MIssoU-
RI.-The recent demonstrations in Mis-
souri, on the Emancipation question,
have produced prodigious effect in the
Northern and Eastern States. They
are understood to betoken the sure and
speedy extinction of slavery in Missouri.
Thousands and tens of thousands of per-
sons in the East, who have never before
entertained the idea are now seriously
considering the propriety of removal
of themselves and families to the State
of Missouri. We should not wonder if
the operation of this one cause alone
should bring $4,000 inhabitants into
Missouri from the Free States within
eighteen months from this date, and
THAT 100000 additional should follow
from the same cause, within five years.
Let us have no emancipation, but
simply removal of Slaces from Missou-
lri. Instead of raising money to buy
slaves and set them free, or freeing them
by law, let law be passed to discour-
age their importation to this State, and
let small bounty be offered to every
owner who shall permanently remove
has Slaves to a more Southern field of Ia
bor;' and this course will make Missouri
Free. =
The Ltelligencer opposes 'semancipa.
tIon,' but advocates the removal of
slaves from the soil of Missouri. as a
measure of policy however, rather than
of Justice. There is no doubt, that as
question of policy merely, Missouri
would be Immensely the gamer by re-
moving, ii refusing to emancipate her
slaves. MISSOURI Free, with KANSAS,
NEBRASKA and other States yet unborn
on her Western and North Western
borders, all free like herself, ST.. LOUIS
would become the most prosperous and
populous inland city ON our continent.
MI. Sent.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
DR.. Kane's Funeral at Havana.
New York. Feb. 81

NV Il VIh, It GU 70.
The steamer Black Warrior from Ha.
vana 2lst, arrived here last night. The
funeral Of DIR. Kane at Havana, was at
tended by long procession of all the
Americans in that place, as well as by
the vice Captain General of the Island
with many other Spanish officials. The
conduct of Gen. Concha on the occasion,
is spoken of in the highest terms by the
resident Americans. There is no news
of interest.
The report of the decline in the New
York sugar market, brought by the Ca
hawba, spread much excitement among
the sugar spectators.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

An EAL SToRY.--A singular effect OF
of the cold weather is recorded by the
Nantucket Mirror. 1t says that when
the ice broke up last week, the whole
Eastern shore of Long Pond, from
Jeremy's Cove to The Narrows, was
found filed with eels to the depth
of two or three inches, so thick
that spear thrust in at random, by way
OF experiment, took out ten. Where
such an enormous body of cells came
from, is a mystery.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

He DIED AT HIS PosT.-A sad but
beautiful scene was witnessed at the ac-
cident at Du Page bridge In the morn
ing after the accident, the slow tolling
of a bell was heard. On looking to see
whence it came, it was discovered to
proceed from the engine as it Law sub
merged in the water. The waves as
they toamed and surged over the sunk
en- engine swayed the bell, which alone
with the smoke pipe appeared above the
water, and caused it to give a slow toll
ing sound. When the engine was rails
ed from the water, the engineer was
found in a standing posture, with his
stiff, cold, icy hand firmly grasping the
throttle valve, as though amid thick
darkness he had discovered the perilous
situation of the train, and had sprung
to avert the ruin. But it was too late
the engine and train, with its precious
freight of life and property, went
down, and during the dreary night, the
engine bell and the mad rush of waters
rang out a-solemn requiem for the dead,
1t is probable had not the freig ht train
gone down, as it did, the passenger train
from Chicago, due two hours later, wo'd
itself have taken the fatal plunge,-Jok
let Denl0crdt.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

SPANISH SILVER CoIN.-The Pres
ident has approved the bill, in relation
to Spanish and Mexican Silver money.
As it provides that this currency shall
be received at the L. S. Mint, during
the next two years, at its present nom
inal value, there is no longer any reason
why Spanish quarters, shillings and six
pences should not be taken at their face.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
A Polite judge.

Coy. FORD, ofsIlIinois, tells an anec-
dote of one Of the early Judges of that
State, but does not put upon record the
name Of the considerate magistrate:
At the court over which this Judge
presided, man by the name of Green
was convicted of murder, and the Judge
was obliged to pass sentence Of death
upon the culprit. Calling on the pris-
oner to rise, the Judge said to him:
"Mr. Green, the jury sayyou are gull
ty Of murder, and the law says you are
to be hung. l want you and all of your
friends down on Indian Greek to know
that 1t is not | that condemns; 1t is the
jury and the laws. Mr.. Green, at what
time, sir, would you like to be hung?
The law allows you time for prepare
ton"
The prisoner said;
"May it please your honor, I am ready
at any time: those who kill the body
have no power to kill the soul. My
preparation is made, and you can fix
the time to suit yourself; it is all the
same to me, sir."
''Mr. Green" returned the Judge, cit
is very serious matter to be hung
1t can't happen to man but once in his
life, unless the rope should break before
his neck is broke, !sed you had better
take all the time you can get. Mr..
Clerk, since it makes no difference to
Mr.. Green when he is hung, just look
into the almanac and see whether this
day four weeks comes on Sunday"
The Clerk looked as he was directed,
and reported that that day four weeks
came on Thursday.
"Then,' said the Judge, "Mr. Green,
if you please, You will be hung this day
four weeks, at II O'clock"
The Attorney General, James Tur-
ner, Esq, here intcrposed and said:
"Nay it please the court, on certain
occasions of this sort, it is usual for
courts to pronounce formal sentence,
to remind the prisoner of his perilops
condition, to reprove him against the
judgment of the world to come
ooh, Mr.. Turner" said the Judge.
Mr.. Green understands the whole mat
ter; he knows he's got to be hung. You
understand it Mr.. Green, don't you?'
Certainly, :" said the prisoner.
Mr.. Sheriff, adjourn the court"
-Four weeks from that day Mr.. Green
was hung, but not so much to his own
satisfaction as his appearance promised
on the day of his conviction.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
Capital of Vermont.

Montpelier, FEB. y.
Informal ballot IN House to-day,
to indicate preference for locality
of state House, 116 for Montpelier, 81
Burlington, "a Rutland, ls scattering.
This is supposed to settle the rebuilding
of State House at Montpelier.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

~. Fulton B. Butler was laid in his
shroud and placed in a coffin at Savan-
nah, Ga, recently and sent home to his
bereaved family in Scriven county, to be
inferred. The coffin was opened for
last look at the corpse, when the encoffin-
ed man smiled family, opened his eyes,
was taken out, and is now about his bus
mess as usual. He spent .18 hours in
the coffin.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

CURIoUs.-The winter at Newfound-
land has been remarkably mild and open,
the bay of St. Johns freezing over only
twice, and neither time so strongly as to
interfere with the rowing Of boats. Fish
left on the decks ofships remained with
out freezing, and even had to be sailed
in order to be preserved. ~
Such is the fact also in Lower Canada.
At Quebec and Montreal, the winter has
not been as cold as usual.
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05

The Jackson, Mich.) Patriot says:
1--WE have visited different portions o.
the town since the snow disappeared,
and we never saw the wheat look better;
if present appearancer continue, it vii
be the best crop we have had for years
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-05
REMARKABLE SAGACITY OF A Doc

REMARKABLE SAGACITY OF Doc
A day or two since, Mr.. Case, of this
City, having business at the house of an
acquaintance, short distance in the
country, started out accompanied by his
dog-a large animal, crossed with the
Newfoundland and bull dog. Upon ar
irving at the door, he rang the bell and
was admitted by one of the inmates
leaving his dog on the portico. His
visit was somewhat prolonged, and be-
fore he had completed his business, the
bell rang again.
Surprising that another person was
without, the gentleman of the house
went to the door, when to his utter sur
prise, he found the dog standing on his
hind feet with the bell knob in his mouth.
This was the second opportunity he had
had of witnessing the process by which
his master had gained admittanee into
the house, and being tired of waiting for
his return, he undertook, by the same
means, to effect an entrance himself or
perhaps, to bring his master forth.