Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-09-17
August 10th, 1858.


fair of the Champlain Valley Agricultural So
ciety is perfect success Not less than six
thousand people listened to Mr.. Halcs adj
dress. This afternoon His Excollency Gov
ernor Fletcher and his honor Lieut.. Governor
Slade, Jonas Smith, Esq, and +. f. Wood
bridge, Esq. were severaly called upon and
eloquently responded Governor Fletcher's
remarks were peculiarly felcitous and were
enthusiastically received. The display Of
horses was never surpassed in the State
The exhibition Of cattle was unusually good.
Floral Hall far surpassed last year in the
quantity of articles exhibited. and Mechanics
Hall was filled with specimens of mechanical
genius and agricultural productions Great
trial of speed comes off tomorrow.
CHAMPLArN VALLEY HoRrrcULrURAI So
c1ErY.-We learn from the Rutland Herald
that the next Exhibition Of this Society is to
be held in Rutland about the LIST of October.
NEW Mar or NORTHERN VERMONT
The publishers Of the new map of Essex, Or
leans and Lamolle Counties, are vigorously
prosecuting the work ofsurveys, and the peo-
pie will soon be called upon to subscribe to
the creditabe undertaking. The map is to
comprise the three counties on one sheet, and
will give every river, stream, road and noun
tain, and the exact location of each persons
dwelling in the Counties. This is an under
taking which should be encouraged by the
people of the State, not only because it is a
poor-paying enterprise to the publishers, but
IL will bring part of the State into notice
which is thinly inhabited, bat the best calcu-
lated for dense population of any portion Of
the State. No one who is acquainted with
the territory Of which we speak. but will a.
gree with us, and we hope the enterprise will
be literally encouraged.
The RUTLAND RAILROAD. - A dispatch
has been received from Vermont, stating that
1.-THE Rutland Confirmation case is decided to
be unconstitutional. This means, we sup
pose, that the law passed by the legislature Of
Vermont last winter, giving bondholders a
right to elect their own Trustees, to manage
railroads under mortgage. is decided by the
Court to be unconstitutional. The second
mortgage bondholdcrs of the Rutland N Bur
lington Railroad becoming dissatisfied with
the present managers of the road, elected last
spring. under this new law, new Trustees
The old Trustees refused to resign and the
bondhoders went to the Court to have the
election confirmed and the present Trustees
removed. The case has been decided as
above.-Bos. jour.
{ CoUNTERrEIr.-Two men we're arrested in
Troy, n. Y, last Saturday, charged with
passing spurious bills, on the Brandon Bank,
VT, At a number of places. The bills are
described as being remarkably well done (;
dated may |, 1858 having large figure two
nearly in the center Of the bill, over the word
bank also picture of man washing sheep
on the upper left corner the word two on
the lower left corner figure two on the up
per right corner and picture of black
smith on the lower right corner
To Jonathan r. Sanford, who died at
Rodding, VT, Aug 10th, aged IS, was elect
ed Treasurer and Clerk Of the town in De-
cembcr, 1908, and retained both offices with
out interruption until his death. He was
Democrat in politics, but was always support
ed by all parties.
FATAL AcorDENT.-Last Friday. in Low
ell, VT, young man named Mcclure, was at
work in making slash or hedge fence, and
while engaged in telling tree, limb fell on
his head, causing his death about IL o'clock,
forenoon. His age was ls.-North Star
ORANGE County FArR.--rhe Annual Ex-
hibiton Of the Orange County Agricultural
Society is to be held at Chelsea. on Wednes-
day and Thursday, Sept 22d and 23d. Hon.
Jacob Colamer will be present and address
the Society.
~ Tho republicans of Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, president Buchanan's home, J
have nominated Thaddeus Stevens for Con-
gress. Mr.. Stevens is native of Caledonia
county, and is well known to many of our
readers,
A few days since a son of Horace Howe of
Ware, found in his fathers barn hens nest
containing one hundred and hiry,frc eggs
They were all sound and good
In Bradford, on Sunday the 5th, as Mr..
John Underwood was going to church with
his family, the whfIlctree of his wagon broke
loose. The horse ran, pulling Mr. Under
wood out of the wagon, which was immediate
ly turned bottom upwards by the shafts strik-
ing the ground. No bones were broken, and
the horse was stopped after running far
enough to show that he could Ego it while
he's oid'-he is only twenty-six.
The same day, Mrs. George Corliss and
Mrs Clough were thrown from wagon, their
horse having taken fright and run down Co
shen Hill. They were taken up insensible,
but it was thought not seriously injured.
! Emancipation OF FoRrY-NINE SLAVES
BY LADY. - On Wednesday, forty-nine
, slaves, having been granted their manumis-
4 sion by Kentucky lady Whose name our in
formant had forgotten passed through Gov
ington in charge Of Dr. Price, on their way
to Green County, Ohio They came from
I Fayette County, Ky, and consisted mainly O
women and children. With this batch the
emancipated colony Of Green County number
now eight hundred and forty-nine. Cincin
Q aah Enquirer.
= ST. JoHNsBURy, Sept. ll.-Our village
7 was visited last evening by a severe fire.
S The residence of Judge Moses Kittredge, to
: gether with all his barns and outbuildings
: with two valuable horses, were destroyed
n Judge Kittrodgo's residence was large bricl
d building, located in the pleasantest part o
J. our town, and was one Of the finest residen
ces in the place 1t was undoubtedly free
by an incendiary, The fire was discovered il
@ one of the barns about hafpast | and al
h though we have a very efficient fire depart
It ment, and one that would have quelled tn
d flames in very few minutes if they had onl
70 had water, yet the lack Of this all-importon
J. element in subduing fire caused total DIES
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