Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-10-22
INDIANA- ELECTInN-

DNnllcANHs
INDIANA ELECTION.
INDMNAroLs. oct lG.-Omcial returns
from thirty counties arc received, indicating
the probability of small opposition majority
in the Legislature.
ST. LOUIS, Oct lG.-Tho Central Com
mittee Of Kansas have called Free State
Delegate Convention. TO bee held at Lawrence,
Nov. 10. for the purpose of discussing the va
rious questions connected with the present
political organizations in tine territory Of de-
termining the true policy of the party. and
considering the question of the speedy admis-
sion of Kansas into the Union as a free State
MABRirp.-Our friend, Mr. Thos J. Tiff
fanny, Editor of the bennington Runner, was
married, on the 9th inst, TO Miss Mary +.
Cook of Bcnnington-Rcv. DR.. Manser of the
Episcopal Church, in that village, officiating.
.g The ST. Adams Messenger speaks in
the following high terms Of the address de-
liyerod before the recent Fair Of the Franklin
County Agricultural Society, by Hon. Daniel
Nccdham of Hartford.
"Thc address o., Mr.. Ncedaan. was one n superior
r.ceI euec, aud was listened 1 with ro most profound
iug was ably discussed, lnuns the impression ON hc
minds Of AID who heard To- th1t Vermont b, very good
Place n which 90 reside l'r either pleasure or profit and
should mon bee abandoned without careful and attentive
consideration. copy u che address requested for
publication, lnd hope soon 20 have hr pleasure a
seeing it iu print and widely crculaird The urodue-
ton cannot ul of adlns thc already widely extended
reputation of Mr.. Nctdhau. pruoucal aud vigorous
wtrrou the subjected Agriculture aud One chose r.alV
pen destined % exert extensive influence through
uut Ncw England The farmers of Franklin county who
had thc good fortune 20 hcu DPS address. Will remember
. h'm with pleasure as long as they I.ye
Col. Neodhum U.s. We believe a Massachu-
setts man, by birth, who removed to Hartford,
W., whore he owns and conducts fine large
farm. lie is o cultivated gentleman as we'll
as scientific farmer, and will be one of the
prominent men in the present Legislature, OF
which he is a member.-Free Press.
~ Foley, the Indiana Congressman, is
"mucaated." In his famous letter asking a
denomination he said "all want is to be
turned loaso in my deestrick. The people
have turned him "loase.'
FIRE IN PLYMoUTH.-Th house on the
"Old Morrison farm, in Plymouth, owned
by Mr.. r. p. POLLARD, and occupied by Mr..
IHos. BARKER, was totally destroyed by fire
at noon on the 9Th inst. together with the
wood-shed and hog-pen adjoining.
AUGUSTA, GA, Oct l5.-John y. Ash
mead has been elected to Congress in Col.
Orr's district, the latter gentleman declining
denomination. The rest of the South Ca
rolina delegation is unchanged
FrRE.-A house and barn in w. Randolph.
belonging to j. p. KDDER and j. w. Mann.
was destroyed by fire on the night of the 9TH
inst Loss about 5000
OswEoo, Oct 9.-The freight steamer
Hercules, running on the st. Lawrence river
from Montreal, new and very large boat,
blew up this morning while passing up the
Dn Platte Rapids, eighteen miles below Og-
deusburg All the crew are missing but two.
who are so badly burned that it was doubtful
II they will survive. vessel that arrived
at Ogdensburg this morning reports seeing
floating in the lower end of Lake Ontario the
upper works OF steamer. As several freight
and other boats are not heard from, fears are
entertained for their safety. The gale has
but slightly subsidized
MONTREAL, Oct. lO.-Elevon lives were
lost by the explosion of the steamer Hercules
yesterday.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. l0.-The Independence
correspondent Of the Republican saws that tho
santa re mail arrived on the Sd inst The
NayaJoe Indians still refuse to surrender tho
murderers OF Major Brooks servant.
On the goth of August fight occurred
between small detachment of troons nndor
Mayor McLesn and the Indians at Rear
Springs in which Mclean was severely
wounded and six or eight Nayaioes killed.
New YORK, Oct. 8-A printer of good
standing was arrested here Yesterday, at the
instance. Of the Turkish government, on a
charge OF printing counterfeit notes of that
government to the amount of l2.OOO. 00o
plastres. The work was done for Moldavi-
an woman named Seyast, alias Zaifmen. who
sojoulned here last summer. This woman
was arrested recently at Constantinonlo after
having passed 10000 worth of the forced
paper in that city
ABOUT ForAToEs.-Mr S. p. Corey of
Nestheld obtained five seeding potatoes
two years ago this MONTH in Worcester conn
~ Mass, and raised from them, last fall
three pecks, which he planted last spring. and
raised nom them 80 l-2 bushels this fall.
Mr.. A. McClary of Albany, informs us that
he has potato at his abode which weighs
three and half pounds Either one of them
the potato or the story-ls a whopper = /
hosbargh Sfaadard