Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-01-05

Jury Of inquest add to their report tina, a
building used for confinement should be
thoroughly fre-rroot
It is reported that Col. O'Mahony has re-
ceived dispatch from Stephens, the Irish
Head Centre, calling for prompt and decisive
action by the Feusns. The crisis lie said to
be near at hand.
At the anniversary Of the landing Of the
Pilgrims, in New York, Senator Lane, OF In
diana, in the course Of his speech before the
New England Society, abiding to the great
questions Of the hour, endorsed the policy Of
the President and showed that his views
were substantially in harmony with those
thu, will guide the action Of Congress.
A Florida paper says vessels lying for come
time off the coast Of the Gulf, waiting for
Emigrants to Brazil, we're neither more nor
pecting negroes for transportation to Cuba
and sale in the market there.
TsAeIo SETTLEMENT OF FAMILY QUAR-
REL he fearful affair described below took
place few days ago in Jackson county, Flor.
da: The parties concerned we're two men by
the name of Williams, and one named Glare,
on one side, and two Hams, father and son
on the other, The cause was an old fend ex-
isting for some time. For the purpose o.
settlement they met at the precinct on cleo
ton day, armed with rifles and double bar
relied guns. At the first FIRE one of the Will.
liams was killed, and Ham, SEN, firing at the
other brother, Newton Williams, missed biz
aim, the ball unfortunately taking effect OF
the body Of a Bapits preacher named Gran
than, and infictiug what is believed to be 9
mortal wound. Meanwhile the younger Han
was shot down, and his father standing oVer
him defended his body with dubbed but empty
gun. While thus engaged, Newton Williams
approached. and firing one barrel with fatal
effect into the breast Of the father, turned anC
discharged the other through the head of th'
PROSTATE and disabled son. This ended tht
difficulty. Newton Williams remained OF
the ground nearly all the day, assisted in tbs
burial Of his brother, and defed arrest. Mex
day Captain Rawn, Of the Seventh Infantry
in command at Marianne, with file Of men
proceeded to the spot, and arrested Williams
st bis own house. Glare, at last accounts
was still at large.
At a meeting OF the Executive Council
held on the morning of the I'd inst, on th'
question Of committing the sentence Of Ed
ward W. Green to imprisonment in the Stat,
Prison for life, it was voted not to commute
his sentence. The vote stood three in tn,
affirmative to six in the negative.
Geo. A. Dingley, Of Waterville, Me-, hal
been sentenced to six months Imprisonment
for doing business as a retail liquor dealer
without license, as provided by the lnterna
Revenue Laws of the United States.
Hoe CHOLERA. The Providence Bulletin
says that the hog cholera is quite prevalen
in various parts of Rhode Island. Two mel
Of North Providence have lost two Thousand
dollars worth Of hogs by the disease within
short time.
Ii is stated that debssed gold is on thu
market to a considerable amount. It's with
drawal as circulation has given time to expert
in counteIfeiting to manufacture large quaint
ties of filed coin. The payment of custom
duties, in gold, in consequence of the scarcit.
of demand notes, keeps the false coin in com
pany with the genuine, and the counterfeit
are so we'll made that none but experts cal
detect them.