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IN Aireed as to their verdict. they should be g.
chased. The Judge remarking that q sealed vers
dict was strictly epsakluR, verd ct At alt refused
TO diechaIge the jury, and sent them cut again. his
ruling being snhjeGt co al legs- exceptions
The jury retired, aud upon return again the Juror
who had on the first occasion answered. mot guilty"
now answered guilty" and mot guilty" Rltern ately,
~ often as question was put to him. It being dis
covered that this gentleman labored under a men tai
disability he saying that he could not retain anything
IN his mind for moment, the Judge discharged them
rom further consideration OF the case.
The Judge said TO the Jurors that this n very
serious matter and not evident that the dsa-
greement was caused by mental afictlon In of
their number, those who dissented from the sealed
verdict might have been subject TO punishment for
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Coal Mining and Mining Accidents In
EuRlana,

An English Blue Book reports that 320,663
men and DUys are employed in 1892 coal mines
in England and Wales. The coal brought to
the surface IN 1866 was slightly In excess of
100 0OO, 900 tons One serious accident takes
place Tor every 1887 tons, and one lite is lost
for every 67 677 ions so raised throughout the
kiDgdom; but This AVERAGE is the mean between
WIoely divergent extremes. The East Scotland
colheries give 625, and tho.e of South Dur
ham l29, ,626 tons OF coal for every life they take.
West Scotland aud the midland counties of
England stand pretty nearly on par at ISL, 900
tons per life. In NUrthum berland and North
Durham, where the seams are more fiery than
any hers, the rate Is one lie lost for every
1887 ions. In North Lancashire it is ooe to
9S, l7S, and IN South StaHOrdshTe one to 94,495.
In Monmouth and South Wales the proportion is
between $4,000 ana 7s0C0, while the rest OF the
districts show a diminishing yield per lie, till
We pet TO North Staffordshire, where 1t Is 30 387
and winds no with Yorkshire, where II is only
~ ESQ. In other words, for every two coliers
killed last year in East Scotland, rather more
than three were killed in raising pTopOrIiOnate
quantity Of coal IN England.
There are I00 volunteer RfGSsTs retained
A.
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Seizure of a Coal Oil DistiIlery.

BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 2O.--The st. Abans
Coal Oil Distillery was seized on Friday last
by the Collector of Internal Revenue, for
making fraudulent returns. Horace H. Farms
worth, Inspector of Coal Oil and Assistant
Assessor, has been arrested on suspicion of COM
plicity in the frauds. He waived an examination
before Judge Smalley, and gave bonds for his
appearance. 1t is alleged that the Company
recently made returns of about half the amount
thew distilled,
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HAYTI.
Details OF the MuT der of General Leon
MOntss-His Brother Chained Down ON
the Bloody Bed.


HAVANA, Dec. 19.-By an arrival on Tuesday
last al ManZanillo, Cuba, we have advces from
Jamaica TO the 18th instant, and from Hayti to
the 7th.
The intelligence received consrms the report
of the horrible murder committed on the per-
son of General Leon Monies, in his dungeon at
Cape Hayden. Although he had been kept
without iood for four DAYS, the poison that was
at length administered TO him proved Intellectual.
Salnave finally oroered Delorme to smother
him, but in this he conld not succeed.
Having tailed in all other plans, he stabbed
him IN the skull with cbsel. Even this was
done so roughly that Monies suffered the most
atrocous torments. The body was delivered to
his friends almost entirely naked, beng even
shHt,ess and bootless. 1t was conveyed on
boar6s 10 the cemetery by his friends, who in-
sisted on buryiug it without even being ooffined.
Drunk was supplied freely by them to the people,
who kept shouting that the President of the
Cacos was dead.
Sapave has been successful thus far in put
ting down the revoutionlsts at the Cape. The
brother of General Monies has been captured
and chained down in the bloody bed of the late
murdered prisoner. The parents and friends of
these men, who are Dominicans, are reported to
have been driven to desperation by the fate OF
these men.
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Duration OF Life In ItaIv,

The Director of The Ilal an Life Assurance
Society has Published some in eresting statistics
showing the average duration of lite 10 Italy a.,
compared With that OF other countries, from
which II appears that the mortality Ut Italians
IS exceptionally great. He chow that IN Itsly
224 per cent of the infant population ole arly,
and that. even in the heaithest districts, tue
AVERAGE duration OF lie is 33'43 years onlv, while
IN France it is 1888, at Geneva 4202, aud in
GnglaDd 39'3l. The number of birtn+, too, Is
relatively much smaller in Italy than in England
ana France.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Stocks active. Chicago and
Rock Island, 9S5S Reading. $50; Canton Company
ae1s; Erie 7ss: Cleveland aud toledo. lo2 Cleveland
Michigan Central, 113: Michigan Southern, 8S3S; New
York CeLtrai, ll7sl; 1noIsCentra 1919; Cumberland
preferred l2s; Missouri S. S79<; Hudson River, I3%
IT, g. Fve-twentie 1852, lOs4; do 1854 1851 do 1885
1885, Ten-fortes, 1916 Seven-thlrttes 1919. Gold
ls41 Money, s0T per cent. Exchange, ll016.
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Transfer of an Officer.

FORTRESS MONROE, Dec. 1s.-General Lucius
W. Harren Captain 39Jh U. s. Infantry, who for
the past few months had been recruiting colored
troops in Norfolk and vicinity has been ordered
to lejoin his regiment at New Orleans.
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EMBLms.-Tbe Governor of PetrikaD, in the
kingdom of Poland, has issued an order pro-
hibitiDg the use of certain emblems which are
regarded as revolutionary. They COnsiat
chiefly Of rings and CrossSs,
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ST. DOMINGO.
War with HRyti-CRbral Executes On
OF the BaeZ Brothers.

HAVANA, Dec. 19.-PTesident Cabral is re-
ported to he marcnlng against Hayti at the
head of Dominican army. There was also a
rumor that he had captured aud shot a General
Saez, hut it was not stated which OF the
brothers of that name.
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ARRIVED WIS MoRNrNo.

ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
City ice Boat. Schellenger, arrived O'Clock this
barque Goraiio eprAgu-. nor san Francisco aud len
her at the piers last evening Ia Company with schf
Pckwick for Odessa Tne Ice Ia the is all ahoat
Correspondence Of the Philadelphia Erchan0e
LEWIS Del. Dec l3-6 T.. M.-The following vessela
remain ~ The Break wAter:-Barques Irma, from
mouth for do; MYRTLE and Phiena before reported;
briggs A A. Lane. frem SearspOrt Pnadepnia: q.
Amos. from PntlAdephia tor POrtland schrs Fanny
Bake from Calais for New York with loss part Of
New ' ork; ]. b, Van Dusen, from New York ior
Nassau; Lucy Ames do. for BAtimOre; w Severe.
rom Jersey CITY for Virginia; UerrO GOrdo, Lanes
Vile Phlade epba: Cora htta (three nasted) from
Rockland Tor thiadelphis; aud 5attertnwAite, from
BsTaue cornw aIis from Liverpool for Philadelphia.
The Five FathOm Bank llghtbOat parted her chains
ard arrived at the BreAk~ater this mornInR with
of quarter boat wlnuass pals unset, and other
damage on deck. JOSEPH LAFErRA.
MEMORANDA >...
Steamship saxon, Matthews, hence, arrived at Bos-
ton yesterday.
Bsrque ROyaIst, Tucker, from London for PhIadeI-
pba, aL Plymouth 81 inst.
ported at the BreAkwaer l3 dHvs from Remedies re.
ports having experienced terrific weather OF Hat
teras was hove 70 81 hours: passed large Quantities
spars. sails. and other wrecked stun of Fenwck's g
Island. Left a. the Breakwater at 2 p NJ yesterday.
In addition To others before fepOTLpd-brigs
E Hale from Bangor for Pntladelphia; Abby Ellen:
Vana New YORK. with buiwarks star chions and
rail gone. sails blown away, steering gear ROna
and Iudder head twisted-is completely disabled haa
sent to New York for assistance.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
NEW YORK, Dec 10 9-Arrfved, steamship GeoFEIa
DE- ken, from Vera Cruz
ship David Crock EFT. BuTgess. from San FFancIsco.
Ship City OF sydney, Brown, from Calcutta.
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Nomination for United States Senator.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.-The Democratic
caucus tonight nominated Eugene Casserly for
United States Senator.
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LLTEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Fo4. additional Marine NetOs see Inside Pages.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA....-...DE DEoEM BER 20.
STATE OF rHERAokErEk AT THE EvKNINe rELH-
eRAFH OFFICE
"a NJ % IL A. n M...,..,... s2l9 p. ~. a6
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FIRST EDITION
ID i - a - II H R .

Further Details OF the Appalling Calamity
on the Lake Shore RailrOad-PrO4
bable Loss OF Sixty Lives
TWenty.three Of the Bodies
Burned Beyond ReCOgui-
tlOn-Elghteen OF the
Killed Identified,
Etc. Etc. Etc.
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Arrival ofthe Africa.
Markets by Telegraph.

BosToN, Dec. 2O.-The steamship Africa, from
Liverpool via Halifax, has arrived,
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There are 200 volunteer RiSssrs retained
IN We RTnEs
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Domestic Mus.


FORT LARAMIE, Dec. 26.
A terrible massacre occurred on the 22d, inst,
near Fort Phil Kearney. Lieut. Col. Fetterman,
Capt. Brown aud Lieut.. Grmmond of the 18th
Infantry, with 30 enlisted men OF the 2d Cavalry
and 18th iutaptry, were surrounded by Indians
and every officer and man killed.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 26.
A posse Of men took a negro from Lebanon
jail, who shot the ocerwhile arresting him for the
murder of another negro, and hung him on a tree.
NEW YoRk, Dec 27
A wagon containing four men ran of bridge
near St Paul, Monday night, and was precipitated
with its occupants depth of $50 feet All the
men were injured, but only one was killed.
TRoY. n. Y, Dec. 2s.
Two feet Of snow Streets blockaded. Trains
Of ears within few miles OF the city, but cannot
reach here. No trains have arrived since yester-
day noon, aud none left Greatest storm in
twenty years, still continues.
WAsHINGroN Dec, 2S.
Last night was terribly cold and clustering the
most severe for two years.
The Senate finance committee speak iavorably
of the proposed tarlr bill. 1t is considered toll
erably fair compromise between the conflicting in
terests
The Ways aud Means committee are inclined to
favor higher rate of duty on certain articles
than was fixed
Nav oR1EANs, Dec, 27.
MeXiean news Of the 2lst has heen received
MaNmiian, ia his circular says he accepted the
throne being assured that such wa' the national
will. Civil war. he says, nevertheless continued,
which compelled him to incur great expense Sub
sequently the Emperor Napoleon announced that
he would discontinue the aid he had advanced -
He, MaXimilian, was therefore obliged TO with
draw his troops, and his opponents occupied a
number Of cities thus abandoned. This encour-
aged them to increase their efforts to overthrow
the government Then came the action OF the IT,
States towards securing a republican form Of gov
ernment
An ausion is made to the manifesto on the sub
ject of a national Congress, previously issued
YIcKsnURG Miss, Dec q.
The steamer Fashion" vessel engaged in
the trade between this city aud New Orleans, was
burned this morning about " miles above Baton
Rouge. Twenty lives were lost, but the names of
the sufferers are not yet ascertained
The Captain, aud other officers of the boat were
saved The cargo, consisting Of 2600 bales of
cotton, was a total loss.
HAeTFoRD CoNN, Dec 20.
There a shocking tragedy in Glastonbury
early last evening, Lieut. Robert Weller, son Of
Ihaddeus Weller, of Glastonbury, shot himself
through the head with pistol. in his fathers stu
dy lie entered the room, pistol in hand threw
his arm around his fathers neck kissed him, and
exclaimed farewell and putting the pistol TO his
right temple fred the ball passing through his
head and into the bookcase.
Lieut. Weller was ~ years OF aye, and highly
esteemed. lie gained his rank in the regular
army.
Sr. LouIs, Mo, Dec. 2s..
Governor Fletcher to-day promised the with
drawal Of the militia.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

The American Agriculturst for November con-
taned portrait ofthe Merino ram 'Golden Fleece"
owned by y S. Stowell Of Cornwall Vt. This an-
mal is four years old and the best exhibited at
the last State Fair. His fleece of 1866 weighed
2G l-2 pounds unwashed $4,000 have been re-
/, sed for this "Goldon Fleece" Whew
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3oultttcal.
a LEGEND or NOT WAFER.

BY p. C. 0vERMAN.
Should you ask me whence these stories,
Whence these legends and traditions,
With their frequent repctitions,
And their wild rcverbcrations
AS Of thunder in the mountains,
Telling of a swinging Monarch,
Though au humble individual,
All composed of little pr0nouns,
Swinging swinging round the circle
should answer. / should tell You,
In the pocket of one Moses,
Low down in his brceche- pocket,
an ths knowledge IL was found there,
md one William Seward also;
lie was there TO guard these legends,
Way low down ia Moses pocket
There TO watch this mighty treasure
AN his soul and an his giz1arl
Reveled far down n this abyss,
There arranging these traditions.
Sixty days it occupied him,
Aud his gzzard hoo within him,
Like "a living coal IBIS gizz rd.
VOW upon a summer evening,
This same humble Individual
This same Moses of the dUkcy-
Took some stirs from Hell and Heaven,
Thrty-siN Doe took in number
Good and bad. and al together
And upon % Gag ho placed them,
Tine hcayeu-horn Doe placed nc the bottom,
And placed above the hell-begotten.
Low down now into his pocket
Moses thrust his rcd prohoscs.
And go tones OF thunder beloved
William Seward, William ~ewardl
Have you there a Constitution,
Good old-hshoncd Constitution,
Kind they have in South Car'lina,
Thlt will let us ilog a uigger,
Ease our gizzard logging Dinah2
lfyou have, wen take journey
To the doorway of the West wind,
70 the portals of the sunset,
To the grave of the great Douglas"
Moses wcpt as ho thus ended
Thus hc ended in @ blubher.
Seward answered thus his master
can ypn ask. o great Dictator,
Il already at your service.
q Great Moses. force ont with us
Names 20 draw crowd around us.
Let us have the Great Ulysses.
Hero Of the Northern people.
Force him out 90 go long with us,
Force some others also with him,
So we1i get q crowd 90 see us.
Wrap thi. Bag around your middle,
Az one corner wrap it round ynui
Tie tbe other round nay ankle,
Close around my ankle bind IL;
Thus suspend me in your pocket.
Your capseiou. hrecche- pocket
Head end lownwurl % tho bottom,
M1ng thc treasures of Great Moses,
Suuiiing after bread aud butter.
Thu, wcll swing around tine circle,
fdnEing Srrs and Consultations,
Thirty siH no every hinlin.
At tnc stubborn common people,
AT tue lah0rng ml.ses Westward.
Thus weI. triy and awe themi
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Nav PATENr.-Among reccnt patents issued was
one to Mr.. 4. G. Ryer of Burlington for lu-
buar Extension Whip, with an attachment, by
means of which driver can loose the check-rein
of hs horse and hook tagain without getting out
of the vehicle. 1t is simple eontriyance and an
effective one for the purpose
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after her admission alter it 40 any timef Can ue make
such permanent regulation with regard To suifrage
here that will continue aganst the will OF the state At
Ter her admiasiouY
Mr.. EDMUNDs. am very happy to answer the
question Of my honorable friend speaking Tor myself,
have not particle OF doubt that we II We can
not, ia what condition do we hnd uurselvcs{ II We
ctonot aimit states upon condition, WhaI becomes
Of our condition ON the Jeit OF slavery IL W. have
the power TO provide tba, Kansas Neoraska shall
never up lverv have Ne not the power 20 provide
ihst she shall ucycr BET up any other armirly or uu-
just ur unequal distinction smong her c'iiz3usf
Mr. WADE never sdpp1ssi We could prevent a
state setting up slavery unless 13 au alteration ut the
Constitution. Now, OF course sne caunDt DO it, be-
cause the Constitution iOrbds IT, Before That time
supposed that sh could.
Ne EDMUNDS. Gdd not why, sir, We have uni !
f0rmiy admitted States on conditions Every state
that has been admitted, think has been admitted On
some condition other. We nave usually provided If
is true, that hat condition should be incorporated by
Ul ituance revootbc in their c1nsttuti0n, but ~
far as u derives its va idy from that constitution the
people have right to ohangcit az sny time. Inore-
iore, when you 60 back toe root ot the matter, the
binding Obugsu0n upon these ueE State. t1 alhero 90
the oJuitpns W1ch We impose Rld whi1n tney asree
Co, grows out Of the psrtmJuot aud su prem wer ef
iho viii ot lueir crtttDr, the Congress oi the Outei
STATES, exercising its fIuo4oas under the Couatutou
of the untei at's witch declares that itf iage, IN
dependeotot al Satt constitutions aul State Laws. 4.
sh Al be the partuluut law Vi tde itut.
Nov, Me- Ptesdcut, ID ret iru 60 che point to which
was Spreading wu iIre Us ,lIs distinction scr up 10
tuo tlulamentai law su oh che people of tls q, rt5ry
have Drluglt here an l,d upon che dsski NJ nou-
urAh.e trieul from ONO, initiating distinguished 7
ctztn OF Ntsslehuseus, wuD Is nov deaf, tl believing
tntt lle Declaration ot Independence wlsuliy AsOIu
ts apd llitteriug generality. tells us tlit hs ll.y
acre teehu etitYi th.re arc 4o 0ll rel there,
and We are really sticking iu ths bark wlsn W. are
en letvOuug iugrat up ths constitution the peg
pefuu aud siutt .ntd condition that el athty among
sheh nu preserved here; that w. really impe
ding tuf progress VI Nspulatuisn 0y btIug uYsruCe
aD Iut such htte. lnmAcrs trhss tno gig1t men
oft Auy 9treultr race or ollr 90 exercise the u %.
iiicai privileges of citizenship TO the exclusion OF all
others
Nc President [ 10 not regard IL Is an imnaterial
trh. IL t was ofclnscQ ueucu enough % be uiatier
OF deliberate c1nsi ierauuu n cue Territorial C1ugeu-
uoa lf the people of Nebraska as assume tnltl iI
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A ;....;... ..:c . ~, f,. =: a. -.
A' eli'o'e a'I'i0o' az Nono "a, "a NY MUM
am .,,,,s o' e us written n's name
l,s on .l'9 :olI u srJ'' u''SuaU'Vs' ne uiu so
~ oous' , 'uo''ns Je"e' oA''el ''e NlAg'o niV9;
~ II nov lAiset tnan con eooacoo ooA. oy
it,, 'i,'iS '1e so'ueu iu n,gs 9Pen t'n3
a,es hacE a,,in into ia ,,ot Ian nest mis- nrl
derf,l iewef which mn r,, carry in hi. VAST
nocka, cost tle e,t t;ttlo s,,, of on, tbo,,sa,,J
dollars OoI, t,vo Of ,h,.n b,y,. evsr bosn nd
II is singular coincidence, that Major Gen
eral Grant Scotch officer IN the British army, in
l1fc, defeated Gen. Lee, IN command OF the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

If one gets tipped over in the hustle and hustle
of the world, up and at it again. So j. G. French
thinks, and accordingly the burnt roof has been
dsp.acod by a new and improved one.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

Mn Gro. S. NEWTON, of Montpelier, had abuha-
10 robe stolen from his express sleigh last winter
and ON Friday the 2sth inst, discovered the same
in "a Montpelier mans sleigh. Mr.. Newton informed
officer Davis of the fact who called upon the light
fingered gent. who AZ first asserted that he found
the robe but finding his story notwel authenticated
agreed to pay dollars TO settle the natter
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

The NATIONAL Bank CURRENCy. The sixteen
hundred aud foriy-seyen National Banks now in
active operation had in circulation at the close Of
last week S29S 307 500 secured by United States
The expense of printing these notes during the
fiscal year was 1864, i84 rs, and the paper used
cost S25,75l 80. Over S2,000.000 in mutilated
aud worn-out notes have been returned to the
Treasury, whore they are placed in immense
revolving iron cylinder carefully locked, through
which a heated stream of acids passes, so that the
ink is completely removed and mass of pulp re-
mains. This is bleached and manufactured into
envelopes for the use OF the Treasury Department.
Large amounts Of mutilated aud worn-out frac-
tional currency are thus decomposed and recon
structed into envelopes
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PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBr-The London
Spectator, in aluding to the prospect of our pay
ing mp the national debt ere long, remarks;
q" lt will be the greatest deed democracy has
ver done, the one which will come most clearly
home to property-holders, which viii most rapidly
lis,ipats the idea that democracy is distinguished
uy an ignorant impotence Of taxation, or by an
ndispositou to pay up honorable claims No
iespotsm will bs able 20 show such financial ac-
count, no constitutional monarchy better one,
and successful finance tells heavily with cultivated
mankind. The tide Of immigration will set in with
double rapidiiy, and the last remaining deterrent
10 British North America viii have been removed.
Meanwhile whether the dream is fulfilled or not,
America so long she raises this surplus, pos
sesses force of which il is difficult to estimate the
extent, can for example, spend without loan as
much as the whole outlay of Great Britain upon
her army and navy, can waste every year without
increasing her taxes as much as the loan with
which Napoleon paid for his Italian campaign"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

MurrNY on An ENGLtsH MAN-oF-WAR.-A
Washington special says The government has
been informed by Sir Frederick Bruce that the
English man-of-war Bolivar, while at Laguayra,
was taken possession of by her crew, and had
cleared for parts unknown. Efforts will be made
to detain her should she visit American waters
This is important. Il pirate is ahoat, it will be
well to know it,
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Vienna is a city to be enved. The rats in her
sewers have been so eiiectually destroyed by the
use Of green vuiol that professor in OF the
colleges, who. required somu Of these animals for
experiments, was scarcely able to obtain them at
any price.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.
Frauds upon the revenue are not confined to
whiskey disullers alone. 1t is known that some
OF our largest silk and lace importers perpetrated
huge swindies upon Government by means OF un-
deryalued invoices or other contriyances which
they have invented to meet present emergencies.
One importing house alone was compelled, a few
weeks ago to pay $4,000 in gold for an attempt
to evade the law
New HAVEN, Ct, Dec 29.
Ex-Aiavor Scranton of this city, President Of
the New York aud New Haven Railroad was run
over and instantly killed by the o'clock train
from this city, at South Warwick, this morning
In Jumping upon the car platform he fell aud
swung under the wheels
Two cars passed over him, mangliug his body
terribly
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-01-04

The youth of London light their cigars with a
new invention, called poufre de file 1t consists
OF pyrophorus, which is preserved in a small tin
case, with a narrow oriGce. When small guam
tity of this dark powder is poured out on the end
OF the cigar, and breathed on gently, it becomes
incandesent, and lights the pipe or cigars.