Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-01-08
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miscellaneous Ftrms.
10 Ashbcl p. Willard, governor of India
ma was Mt Cairo. ILL.,. a few days since. in
state Of incbriety. bearing around up his back
a large turtle which he informed the inhabit-
ants he intended to take to indianapolis.
~ The New Orleans Courier, the leading
Democratic paper in New Orleans, insists that
President Buchanan must acquire Cuba, as an
Offset TO Kansas, which it comedies will come
in as free state.
~ Douglass speech is making quite a
sensation among the democracy Of n. Hamp-
shire. One of them informed us the other
day that he spent the last Sunday in reading
it, and that d" there was no getting around it. ~
Doro Enquirer
REsrGNArroN OF Mr.. BANKS. Hon n.
p Banks, Governor elect, has resigned his
office of Representative in Congress- and his
resignation has been transmitted to the Gov
ernor Probably Gov Gardner will imme-
diately issue his proclamation, ordering an
| election, and it will occur about the 9Th of
January.
~ The receipts of the Vermont and Can
I ada railroad, now in possession Of the first
bond-holdcrs of the Vermont Central road.
for the last year, were SSOS,327, expenses.
S6i7, 1856, net income SlGO,57O; and the road
and its property have been increased in value
since they were in present hands over $780,
600
FATAL AccIDENr-As Thomas Lavel and
his brother Austin were falling trees in Shell
burne, on Monday last, Thomas being engaged
at the limbs of fallen tree while Austin was
chopping down another, Thomas being dis
concerted by the cry that the tree was falling.
ran directly in the way of it, and was crush
ed instantly to death He was man of, per-
haps, forty years of age and left wife,-no
children.
DEPRECIATION IN STocK.--A farmer in
Wilmington has recently sold pair of oxen,
weighing about $40 paunds, at four and a
half cents per pound, for which he was offer
ed six cents per pound in September. Anoth-
er sold pair for $3.50, being fifty dollars less
than the same cattle were estimated to be
worth three months since. Butter has been
sold in the same town for fifteen and half
to twenty cents.-Ihenir,
A MORMON THREAr-Tho boldest and
most insolent threat of all yet made by the
Mormon leaders is made in deposition of
Mr.. Ellis Eames, published in the Los An
gclos star This gentleman says that one
DR. Dunon, who was Surgeon General 20
Brigham Noungs army, had informed him
that arrangements were already entered into
that, provided the army should enter the set
Elements, every city, town and village in the
States of California, Missouri and Iowa,
should be Immediately burned that they had
men to do this who were not known to be
Mormons"
FfRE.-About ten o'clock, Dec. "a, the
long woodshed at the Rutland g. Burlington
( II. X. Depot was discovered to be on fire
Tho alarm was instantly given but before
any assistance arrived, the roof burst into
flames from one end to the other. The shed
was about 800 feet long, full to the roof of
wood mostly sawed for use, amounting to
/ nearly 1000 cords, as we are informed. But
| very little was saved. as the fire, famed by a
strong northwest wind, burnt with great ra-
/ pidity and fury. The adjacent machine shops
were kept wet by the engines and were saved.
DARING RoBnEnY ny NOVEL MErnop.
Mr.. Luther Smith, Of Frankfort c. w,
was returning from Trenton in buggy. about
a week since, when he overlook footman.
and was induced to allow him to ride. His
I
one to Mr.. Smith, which he ate, liking il We
ry much. second was proiforod and accep-
ted. but Mr.. Smith found it bitter, and spat
it from his mouth. After this he was entire
| ly unconscious, His buggy was driven up to
/ his door in Frankfort, and The family going
out, found him entirely unconscious Upon
examination, he found that he had been rob
bed of $50. Since that time he has been
| very unwel, and has not recovered the use of
/ his limbs The robber has not been discov-
cred
IMPORTANT TO SonooL TEAcurRs-A
case was tried last week at Albany, which has
an interest to parents of children at school
A teacher was in the habit Of keeping chill
dren in school after dismissal, until they
could learn imperiectly rccited lessons. The
father of one of these little prisoners called
at the school and demanded his child. which
the teacher refused to give up, and an assault
was the consequence. The case came TO a
trial, when the court ruled that the keeping
Of the child until the lessons of the day were
perfected was legal; that the parent in at
tempting to enter the school-room. in oppo-
sition to the will of the master, was wrong
that child placed at school by the parents.
is under the control of the master until reg
ularly dismissed; and that parent cannot
withdraw the child from school during the
day, against the masters WILL except through
| the Intervention of an officer and the school
committee. The defendant was fined $50
and costs.
~ The Messenger in its notice Of the
burning of Mr.. Simpsons building at Wa
terbury, says; The fire took from stove
funnel connected with stove that had re-
Gently been put in the building, for the pur-
pose of fitting up a printing office The
press and fixtures had been put into the
apartment and weekly paper to be called
the WiHooshi Paliey" was to have made it's
debut in few days. The press and office
materials belonging to DIR. j. Brockway and
A. Hoffman, valued at 5000, were destroyed.
no portion of which was covered with insu-
rance Mr. Simpson, we learn was insured
on the store and goods some $4,000 of the
latter portion was saved.