Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-09

his sutferings.
The mail was stolen from the Montpelier
and Danvile stage last Tuesday night.
The particulars, as far as we are able to
learn, are as follows Shortly after tho
stage left Montpelier person asked FOR .
ride After going two or three miles, he
got off; and when the stage arrived at
P,ainfeld, it was discovered that the mail
had been stolen. As yet nothing of the
thief has yet been discovered.
STORE RoBBEp.--On Thursday night
the store Of S. L. Harris, of Bennington,
was broken into, and goods TO the estimated
amount Of $3.50 taken thorefrom. Tbs
mode Of ingress was by removing a pane
fof glass Z. t'ie west S9fa-r % ths from.
window. Among the articles taken were
two pieces of cashmere, valued at s65,
and considerable quantity of gloves and
mttens. No clue has yet been gained to
the perpetrators.
The bells of nearly all the churches and
public buildings in Burlington were rung
for an hour on Thursday, lst instant iu
honor Of the consumston Of the policy Of
the Government in regard to Slavery.
A few days since, Mr.. John N. Hills, of
Burlington, caught, in Ave hours, sixty-three
pounds OF pickerel One of them weighed
9 10 pounds and measured over two feet
iu length.
SUPPOSED WIFE MURDER.-The Caledo-
niaa says that one John Smith of Concord
was arrested on Tuesday for supposed wife
murder. Mrs. Smith was found Monday
on the cellar bottom with her neck broken,
and it was alleged by her husband that che
fell down the stairs; but some circumstances
made the neighbors suspect foul play,
which led to the arrest of the husband
As examination had not taken place the last
we heard from there we cannot give the
result. The suspected murderer is an old
man some 20 years old, and the victim Is
or 30 years younger. Smith has been in-
temperate in his habits, and if the foul
crime was committed of which he is charged,
rum was the cause of it, as it has been Of
nineteen-twentieths of II the murders that
have beeu committed the present century,
TO say nothing of the multitude of lesser
crimes of which it is the instigator.
j, GOOD FOR VERMONT TRoors.-The
Burlington Times says Brig. Gen Brooks
: formerly in command of the lst Vermont
brigade has lately peen appointed 10 the
command of Gen. Slocums old division.
The Gen. is a notoriously rough man in
speech, and was wont formerly to character
ize the Vermont boys when things did not
go TO suit him as id cornstak militia.
On the occasion of his taking command of
: this new division recently, there was grand
division review, in which brigade of New
Jersey troops in span-new uniforms made a
very fine appearance. Lieut.. Parsons.
7 Vermont officer on Cen Brooks staff.
accordingly remarked to him, "Those are
fine looking troops, Gen. Brooks. They
look rather better than the Vermont bri.
gade.' mot by id sight sir" said the
bluff General. Il would give you to UNDER
stand, sir, that | consider the Vermont
brigade next to the regulars r
The grand july of Windsor Co have pre-
sented the Jail at Woodstock as unfit for use.
We have known men before who did not
consider the Jail desirable place TO live in.
- Caledonian.
> ATTEMPT ARSON IN RocHEsTER.-The
! new grist mill, in Rochester, owned by
. Messrs. Chaffee was about o'clock Sunday
/ morning, the 28th, discovered to be on fire.
but fortunately, before it had done great
| damage, the fire was eztinguished. The
, fire was the work of an incendary. A Mr..
Andrus, o. Rochester, has been arrested,
and circumstances are strongly against him.
Two mills have been burned on the same
. site -one only little more than year ago.
; Sbameful.-Fifteen young apple trees !,
belonging TO Mr.. j. n. Smith, Addison,
were grdled by some scoundrel or scound-
rels, about three weeks since Words are
incapable of expressing the meanness of
such transaction. A short time previous
} Ar. Smith had buffalo robe cut to pieces.
Vergenaes Vermonter.
FATAL Benjamin Ladd, of