Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-02-05

E-Ir Mayor Tiemann Of New York an
nounces his determination TO extcrminate,
root and branch, the lottery policy business
in his municipality. The effort ought to be
sustained by every good citizen.
One hundred and ffty-sevon unhappy mar
ried people have applied for divorce at Cincin-
matt up to the sth inst A reporter says
Early in the morning the courtroom was
thronged with those Unmatched pairs, who
looked anything else but loving towards one
another. Frowns disfgured the faces where
smiles should have been, and those who should
have walked hand-in-hand adown the pathway
Of life until they reached the shores of eter-
nifty, took seats as far removed from each
other as possible.
WHAT PRoMorRs OLD AGE.-Ex- Presi-
dent Fillmore attributes his interrupted bodi-
ly vigor to an education On farm aud life
long habit Of regularity and temperance. He
says -
Throughout all my public life maintain
ed the same regular and systematic habits of
living to which had previously been accus-
toned. | never allowed my usual hours for
sleep to be interrupted. The Sabbath | al
ways kept as a day of rest. Besides being
religious duty, it was essential to health
- On Monday last, as a two horse team
loaded with stone was crossing Lake Bomba-
sine in Castlcton. the ice broke under them
the sled went TO the bottom, but the horses
broke loose, and ran, plunging in their fright
into an airhole a few rods off, where they
were drowned The horses were estimated
to be worth $500. Four men were upon the
load, all Of whom escaped unhurt, after get
ting considerably wet. The water at the
place where the accident occurred was some
thirty or forty feet deep-Free Press.
WELL MERrrED PUNIsHNENr.-Six years
ago. last September, Nicholas Hiney, paint
er doing a fair business Albany, married
worthy young lady Two years since the
villain basely deserted her and two small
children. Recently the wife learned that the
truant was living in Milwaukee, where he
had again married a wife. She Immediately
started thither. assisted by few friends, had
her husband arrested, and confronted him to
his face He was brought into court, and
seeing the determined conduct Of his wife. at
once plead guilty, and on Friday last was
sentenced to State Prison for two years at
hard labor.-Iroy Budget
SENATOR Gw1N AND HIS S1AvEs.-Sena-
tor Gwin some years ago, carried several
slaves with him to California, who, after work
ing about year sued him for wages. The
case has lately been decided by Judge Norton
of San Francisco, who, in his decision stated
that no contract was proved, and that the cir
cumstances Of these ex-slaves bore an anao-
gy to those of adult children who remained
with their parents and worked for them
The law would not imply promise to pay
wages and some proof of contract or request
must be proved to justify a judgment in favor
of the claimant.
FUNERAL DEFERRRD.-Rebecca ID. Riggs
young lady Of I years, died suddenly at
Manchester, n. H., on the l4th inst, suppos-
ed from heart disease, and was removed to
Windham, in this State, for burial A letter
to the Salem Gazette says, all the funeral ar
rangements were made the bell was tolled
the friends assembled. and the clergyman
came, but, on looking at the corpse, such life
like expression still fingered on the counte-
nance. the cheeks being flushed with rosy
hue, the limbs, though cold. still timber as in
life, he could not perform the service The
funeral was deferred, and the corpse still re-
mains Jan. 18th uninterred, retaining much
the same appearance.
The lady has since been buried.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRINTING Arr
Among the latest improvements in the art
typographical, we notice that of printing on
glass, and pictures in oil colors. A New
York gentleman has discovered new process
by which he is enabled to print letters and
figures of various designs on glass in multi
colors, with facility almost equal to ordina-
I hoIp bo tol
by this process directly on bottles of any
size or form. These have the appearance of
having been placed there by the hand, and
are indellible, Lettering on glass, by the
new process, can be done at less than one
third the present cost. The Tribune notices
a picture tinted with nine oil colors, which
was done on the hand printing-press 1t is
executed with all the skill of a steel engrav-
ing, and is sold for twenty-five cents. Done
by hand, the same picture would cost dollars.
A WHITE GIRL IN INDIAN CAPTIVITY.
Mr.. Achner, an Indian trader, who recently
arrived at Fort Jefferson, Mo, from Fort
Laramie, reports that on his way he met be-
tween six and seven hundred Cheyenne and
Camanche Indians returning from Great Salt
Lake to their villages on the Black Walnut
Hills, and that in the camp of the Cheyennes
was white girl about nine years of age,
dressed as an Indian. She represented to
him that her parents were from Green county,
Ill.,, and that she was stolen from them by
the Indians when the train of emigrants was
crossing the Plains-but that she did not
know whether her parents were living or dead
Mr.. Aehner was unable to rescue her by
force, or to purchase her, her captor being
absent on hunt; but he was quite confident
Of being able to do so on his next expedition
among the Indians
CANDID NERDIcr-SPEcIAL Provision
FOR FAMILY.-We find in the Toronto
Globe and the Montreal Transcript some in
teresting details of another action against the
Great Western Railroad Company, to recover
damages for the death of Mr.. Alexander
Grant, caused by the terrible accident at the
Desiardins Bridge. The action was brought
by Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, the widow of the
deceased 1t appears in evidence that Mr..
Grant was man Of great industry, ability
and foresight. He had commenced business
as gardener, penniless, seventeen years ago,
but he realized sufficient to commence a curl
osity store ON Goat Island. at the Niagara
Falls In it he acquired considerable amount
of property, and at the time of his death was
making $4,000 to $4,000 per annum in the
regular course of his business. He left be-
hind property worth about $33 900, and debts
to the amount of $4,000. But he was not