Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-04-23

Twenty-Five horses have recently been M.
chased at st. Johnsbury, and 40 at Barton, h..
parties residing in Philadelphia, at an average n
800 each The same party have paid s20Ooo
for horses in Vermont within short time
| A deaf and dumb boy son Of Mr. Ragao. m
employee nthe Passumpsic railroad, was struck
by an engine on Monday at st Johnsbury Center.
and fatally injured.
A destructive incendiary fire occurred at Gro.
ton on Monday morning, consuming barn and
S4OO horse belonging to A. ]. Bailey, cabinet
shop occupied by John Carrick, dwelling and
barn owned by Josiah Paul, and barn and shed
of VIM Darling.
Alba Nichols dwelling, shed and horse barn.
were burnt at Barre on Thursday night. The
family barely escaped with part of their cloth.
ing.
A peddler's wagon, belonging to Mr. Austin.
was robbed few nights since, at Casteton Cor.
ners, of about $500 worth of furs.
William Smith of Proctorsvle has sold bis
wooden mill and water power to Tucker, Newton
& Co. of Boston.
VIM s. Downs of west Fitchburg, Mass,
farmer in good circumstances, who has been an
ted suicide on Wednesday, of last week by thru,.
ting a knife through his neck, serving the jugu.
lar vein.
Not long ago man of low character and no o..
tensible vocation, managed to get into debt to
some of the merchants in Rutland and then ran
away. The fact OF his absconding being men.
toned soon after, in hearing of an Irishman who
happened to know the delinquent party, Dennis
stated the case with great accuracy by exclaim-
ing" Faith, Sir I'm thinking the loss of him
will be an addition to the town." The Senate
concurred.
The railroads from Boston into New Hamp-
shier have combined to raise their charges for
freight and passengers, the former 30c per ton
and the people are quite indignant thereat.
Wood cannot be brought from places above Con-
bord, where it is selling for 81, so or 50 per cord
and sold in Boston at a profit. The freight on
potatossfrom northern New Hampshire has been
increased within six years from 81 1-2 and AZ
cents to 62 and IS cents per barrel, and few are
now sent forward.
We observe that B. Gratz Brown, Esq has re-
tired from the editorial department of the St.
Louis Democrat. Mr.. Browns services in fur
thering the cause of free labor in Missouri have
been conspicuous and most effective for several
years, although he is quite young man. He
says he shall still be devoted to the cause, in
whatever avocations he may engage.
The intimation OF the Providence Journal,
that the unconciatory course of the "Republi-
cans" of Rhode Island is part Of Presidential
movement in behalf of Governor Chase, attracts
much attention from the press. We wish that
proper disayowal might put an end to that
bearing of the matter, or, better still, that the
differences in Rhode Island would be healed.
William b. Astor of New York, who is worth
sixty millions Of dollars recently requested Rev.
MIR. Chapin's society not to anticipate the pay
ment of debt of $4,000 due him, as they de-
sired to do, but to continue paying only the in
terest as it became due. He said he had more
money than he could take care Of We know
some clever fellows who have just the opposite
trouble and would be very glad to relieve Mr.
Astor of part of his burden.
The death of Mrs. Foster wife of United
States Senator Foster of Connecticut, who died
at Norwich on Monday, was caused by mali
giant pustule,' the strange disease is called in
Providence. She returned home from Boston
last Friday evening, fatigued, and with a severe
cold which produced pimpe upon the upper
lip, supposed to be "cold sore On Sunday
the symptoms became alarming, and before
Monday morning had dawned her spirit had
passed away.
When Henry Ward Beecher resided in the
West some IA years since, he edited several vol
umes OF the "Western Farmer and Gardener"
His writings for that paper on the subject of
agriculture, horticulture and rural affairs, are
soon to be published in a popular volume for
the people, entitled 4" Plain aud Pleasant Talk
to Farmers and Gardeners" by Henry Ward
Beecher. Derby & Jackson are the New York
publishers, and Brown. Taggard & Chase the
New England publishers of all Of Mr.. Beecher's
works. In addition to the above, these firms
have in press, and nearly ready, a new volume
of Star Papers, a volume of his sermons, and a
volume of his most popular lectures.
The coolest thing from Pixies Peak that we
have seen is the following from letter, which is
going the rounds of the press
In Arrapahoe County there are from eight
to twelve hundred poor devils, like myself, hun
ting gold, but not finding any At present, we
are preparing to skin the spring emigration,
which is to be done by disposng of town sites
and bad whisky
The Louisville Democrat says that the King of
Naples is growing thin and failing even on diet
of ass's milk. Whereupon The journal inquiries
what the effect of that diet is on the readers of
The Democrat.
We report by telegraph democratic success
IN the election OF mayor. We are thankful
indeed could crow for policeman Boston
Post.
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