Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-01-15

tant news by this arrival has been anticipated
via New Orleans.-The gold exports from San
Francisco for the current year, up to Dec. 20,
were nearly forty-cight milions.-rhe weather
at california has been quite cold. and snow had
fallen to the depth, in some places Of three feet.
Dates from British Columbia are to Oct II.
Mining on Fraser River was improving, but
weather very inclement, and provisions scarce
and dear Gov. Douglas has authorized levy
of certain duties on goods imported into British
Columbia. Merchandise generally is charged
ten per cent but Victoria is declared free port,
and no duties are charged on good entered for
Vancouver Island.
Mr.. Clark who was burned out Of house and
home by the carelessness of his children, at
Manchester, VT, on Sunday week, was formerly
a resident of North Adams where he met with
similar misfortune.
During the last year, 2, 81 ,677 his of but
ter and Jos, $40 lbs. of cheese were forwarded
from the st. Adams station of the Vermont
Central railroad.
A thief who had stolen horse and sleigh at
Mortified, VT, on Saturday morning, was pur-
sued and when oycrtaken one of his feet was
found so badly frozen that amputation will be
necessary.
The Connecticut River Railroad Company
have declared a dividend of per cent. on the
preferred stock, and per cent on the common
stock, payable on the LIST of February, 1859, to
holders of stock at the close of business on the
Goth of January.
The profits of the Etna insurance company of
Hartford for 1858, are $674.0O0, of whichS250,
900 or % per cent has been given to stockhold-
ers, and the balance added to the surplus, now
S75G,000 This company has nearly two mil
lions dollars money invested nearly half in bank
stock The Etna and the PhenX insurance
companies Of Hartford both made 10 per cent
dividends, and the City and Connecticut five
last week.
John Mari of Mechanicvile, Saratoga Co.,
n. Y, has been detected by mail agent Hol-
brook in robbing the mails at the Mechanicvile
post office. He was arrested Saturday night
and committed to the Troy Jail. His depreda-
tons have been extensive.
The State democratic convention at Frank
fort, KY, on Saturday, Saturday, nominated
Beriah Magoffn for governor, and Linn Boyd
for lieutenant governor.
On Thursday, Mrs, Rebecca Killum, wife of
the late Daniel Killum of llillsborough, n. H.,
died at her residence, at the advanced age Of
l02 wears, / months and q days. She was a
native of Bilorica, Mass, where she was mar
ried 81 years ago. Her husband was drafted
for the army soon after, and while encamped
near Boston, under Gen. Washington, Mrs. X
walked from Billerica TO the camp, carrying his
supply of clothing. She retained her faculties
and the use of her limbs till few weeks since
The Hon. Theodore Atkinson, formerly one
of the most wealthy men in New Hampshire
and who died at Portsmouth, l799 left lega-
cy of about 81 900 to the Episcopal Church in
Portsmouth to be expended in bread to be dis
tributed on Sunday to the poor of the parish.
This distribution of more than dollars value
in bread every Sabbath, has now been regular
ly made for about 60 years.
DIR. Bright, physician extraordinary to the
Queen, has Just died in his 10th year, after a
few days illness. He was the leading authority
on all affections of the kidneys. One common
and very fatal form of disease of those organs,
having been exclusively discovered by himself,
+ has always been termed "Bright's disease"
During the recent election for United States
; Senators in South Carolina, one for the long
, term and the other for the unexpred term of
Judge Evans, there were many ballotings and
much excitement A gay, dashing young
widow, of great personal attraction, was in Co.
lumbia at the time, and the nephew of one of
the contestants became confused between
the calls of love and the lobby, that he actually
declared himself to the lady as ga candidate for
the unexpired term of her late husband" We
3 are pleased to say he was elected to the vacan-
cy on the first ballot.
Lord Lyons, born in 1917 is two years older
than Lord Napier. At the age of ~, there
r fore, he may be considered as a desirable man
at Washington, for he is unmarried. Lord
Napier is removed from salary of f4,5OO in
this country to one of f3,6O0 in Hollands
most undoubted declension, the couses of which
ypt IN hp nb IL
Lyons is said to be positively advanced. He
leaves Tuscany, where he was only hiyd-claSs
diplomatist Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenpotentiary), to assume the position at
Washington, of a second-claSs man, and rises
t from a salary of f2,000 at Florence, to one of
r "a, 800 year at Washington
One of the most immense organs in the world
is now in course of construction for the new
+, town hall in Leeds, Eng. The swell-box of the
u instrument having been completed, the builders
and designers conceived the idea of giving a
dinner inside of it, at which sixteen gentlemen
7 sat down. The work, so far as it has vet pro-
crossed, comprises--nineteen sound boards be-
longing to the manual organs the bellows and
twenty-one reservoirs for the different pressures
: of wind the long movement frame, with action
u and pneumatics the boxes for swell and solo
u organ all the roller boards and back falls the
= whole of the metal and wood pipes for the man.
: : uals. with the exception of those stops which
. form portion of the speaking pipes in front of
= the case.
IS The wealth of the two great centres, Boston
n and New York, amounts to eight hundred mil
lions of dollars-New York having S525, 0OO,-
600; Boston S275,000,OOO, or "A little more
than one-half Of New York. The property of
+ Boston is one hundred millions more than that
: of the city of Philadelphia, and nearly three
s. times that Of nalt;ncra II ie so;1 tbot nos
J ton has more property, per capita, than any
e other city in the world.
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