Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-03-30
foreign Mems.

Ahs rug he"rptper having charged MEM
bers Of the State Senate with bribery in vot-
ing against the specific contract specie act, an
investigating committee was appointed, and
d. o. Mccarthy, its editor, was called upon
to tell who his witnesses were TO sustain the
charges. He refused and was imprisoned.-
| After being in prison a month the Senate has
released him and has promised to 20 on with
the investigation. Mccarthy will, it is stated,
/ produce ais witnesses as the investigation
/ progresses.
New YoRK, March 20.
/ The Steam Ship Australian from Liverpool
/ 10th via Queenstown the 1lth has arrived
! The share holders Of the Atlantic Telegraph
! Company unanimously adopted a resolution
| approving the arrange msnts Of the Dirscsors
with the Anglo American Telegraph Company
/ for laying the cable this year. Upwards Of
/ 100 miles OF cable are being manufactured per
/ week, and the last week in June is fixed for
| the great Eastern TO leave Sheerness Un-
diminished confidence is generally expressed
in its success.
President Johnsons speech at the WASH
ing'on meeting Is very generally applauded.
The Times warmly eulogises 1t. The Daily
News gives very grati6ed approval and Bit
terly deuounces Mr.. Bancroft's Grafton. In
the House Of Commons the Parliamentary oath
bill was read a second time after DeIsraeli
had given nstce of an amendment which will
make the oath recognizs the supremacy of
the Queen and acknowledge allegiance to her
successors. The reform question is actively
discussed by the papers. The Irish Police
continue 60 carry out their extraordinary
power with great vigor. Arrests are numer-
Gus. New men were arrested a. Cork Just
after landing from America.
/ Two crown commissioners at Queenstown
had been arrested. There are various rumors
in regard to Stephens, one is that he very re-
Gently escaped to France but the Police be-
lieve him to be still in Dublin and keep up
the search. IL stated that the Austrian
Minister Of Foreign affairs had been author
lied to make fresh treaty with the Mexican
! Government for the completion of the Aus
trian volunteer corps for Mexico.
NEW YORK, March 23.
/ Tn steamer Arizona from Aspnwsll the
! l5th, brings the California mail, passengers
aud treasure of March lat. The gold excite
ment at Barbacoas continues. The crews Of
the Spanish feet on the Chilian coast are
suffering from confinement and want Of pro-
visions. The Spanish Frigates have been re-
pulsed in an attack on the Chilian fortifca-
tlons at the mouth of the river, in which was
the allied feet.
Bolivia has allied herself with Chilli and
Peru for off ince and defence. Peru was rap
idly preparing to take a full share in the war
! The Oolumbia Congress has rejected the
proposition to declare war against Spain.
A FEMALE BANDIr.-In a recent skirmish
between soma Papal troops aud band of
| brigands, two of the latter were killed. Ons
of the individuals thus shot was found to be
a strapping peasant woman Of about 80, armed
and dressed like the male members Of the
band. She was subsequently recognized to
be the wife Of the chief, Cedrone, who is now
iuconsoabe for his loss, and has been seen
(according to reports Of peasants) weeping
bitterly, and surrounded by his followers,
who in vain endeavor to console him with
suggestions that his Clorinda is not dead, out
only prisoner.
A Banffshire (Scotland) paper records
curious fact bearing on the habits of the wea-
sell A workman was ploughing field on the
Home Farm Of Nethermair. aud he turned
up weasel's nest with the animal in it.
/ The nest was Of comfortable build, and care
fully lined with feathers. In it was slowed
away dsld mouse, blackbird, aud twenty
five small birds. the head of the black bird
was severed from its body, but all the other
birds were entire. The feathers that lined
the nest seem to have been plucked from
previously destroyed birds.
The cholera still prevails 10 Southern
Russia, where the mdness Of the winter has
produced great deal Of illness. At Moscow
there have been so many CAGES OF TYPHOID
fever lately that the hospitals are full.
THE RsoENT STORM IN THE WRsT.-Du-
ring the recent severe storm ia Illinois hail
as large as hens eggs fell few miles from
Chicago; and while they fell, says the Jour
nal +" the thunder shook the houses, terrific
lightning leaped from clouds, the early after
noon was as dark as evening, the lake rolled,
tumbled, mosned and roared, and altogether
it was one Of tbs mos' awe-inspiring orches-
trail demonstrations with which Nature ever
filled the ears and amazed the souls OF men.
Hot.houses we're merclessly pelted aud
smashed, and much injury was done to plants
and trees, some of which were entirely strip
ped of their branches"
LARGE FAMlLY-ONLY 81 CHILDREN The
st. Johnsbury Caledonian says: John
Whitehill was born in lncheman. Scotland, in
1897. lie came to America when II years
old with his parents, who settled in Ryegate.
He was married to Anna Welch of Groton in
1878. Ihey hhu twelve chlluren, all OF whOm
lived to be married and have families. The
mother died in 1927 He Afterwards married
Betsey Emery Of Groton, who had nine chill
dren, including a pair Of twin boys. The
most Of them are married aud have families.
Mr.. Whitehilps children are twelve girls and
nine boys. lie moved to Morgan in 1874"
PERsoNAL.-Hon. Geo. V. Hoyle. so long
the popular Superintendent OF the Ogdens-
bursh and Lake Champlain K. R., has ten
dered his resignation to the Board Of Direct
ors, to take effect upon the appointment Of
his successor. The stop is induced ii is said
by difference of opinion between the parties
as TO the management of the Road.
THE CoEcoRD BAsK RoBBER.-The Wal
than Sentinel says: "We learn that but a
faw days since Moore WAS married to lady
in Cochituate, or near by, and is now spread
ing himself with his span OF nice horses"
GoLp DIscoyERY, Gov. McTayish recent-
ly passed through ST. Paul, Mimi, for Eng
land, He reports the discovery Of large
, nuggets of gold near Fort Geary, in British
America, on the lands Of the Hudson Bay
Company. Il has been kept secret for some
! time, but the discovery has finally leaked out.