Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-09-02
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Letters from China state that gold and sill
YER mines have been discovered in the neigh
horhood Of the open fort Of Chefoo. Some
excitement has been occasioned thereby, and
about ten thousand Cinnamon had gone to
work them. The new coal mines in the North
are still closed to foreigners and the Ameri-
can Minister arrival is anxiously looked for,
in the hope that he would prevail on the au-
thoritics to have them opened The steamer
BcRqres was wrecked and lost ON the 23d Of
May.
NEW YORK, Sept l.
Gold, s1444
4 Yokohama letter of July 25th states
that hostiities have been resumed with vigor
The Mikados adhorcnts after capturing Yed-
do, had burned nearly third Of it. Three
large armies opposing them were IN the field.
NEw YoRR, Sept, l.
Some alarm existed at Monterey at the re-
port that Quirogo was over the Rio Grande
with an organization of fllibusters and with
/ lIenry's Rifles.
/ \ letter from the city of Mexico, dated
August 10, says it is reported that NJ. Atm
mano will be appointed minister to the United
States.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.
The Department of State has been officially
advised that in consequence Of the prevalence
Of contagious disease among horned cattle
| in this country, the Canadian government has
prohibited temporarily the importationof such
cattle into that province from the L. 5.
MONTREAL, Aug 20.
n.,..,t,. No, NI.-.haI noria -,-os arro.fo1
on charge of incendiarism last evening. II
is thought that he set fire to several buildings
in order to get the fees for investigation In
formation has been received from New York,
stating that warrants are out for his arrest
for perjury while employed in the excise SER
vice there.
Hon. Chief Justice Duyall, of the court of
Queens Bench, of Quebec, is dangerously ILL.,
ST. LOUIS, Aug, 30.
The steamer j Il. Robinson exploded her
boiler yesterday afternoon near Jersey Land
ing, ILL.,, on the Mississippi river. The en-
gineer and fireman were badly scalded, the
latter it is thought fatally.
\ Cheyenne dispatch to the Republican
says six hundred Sioux Indians are on the
war path. They crossed the railroad near
| fOrt sanders on lrluul. lheJ ultdNhou lhS
wood choppers some miles from Fort Sanders
and one Indian was killed. Indians are NOV
ing down in force from North. Three men
we're killed and two hundred head of stock
were run off on the brig Thompson on the
9th inst. An Indian war is generally looked
for. Volunteers are to be raised at Cheyenne.
DETROIT, Aug. &c.
A horrible tragedy occurred last night at
Belle River, small station on the Great
Western railroad in Canada The saw and
grist mill of f. Van Orden was burned and
Van Orden, his wife and nephew were con-
sumed in the flames. 1t is supposed they
were murdered and robbed and the mill then
fired.
ToRoNro, Aug. 81
The fires in the Canadian woods have again
broken out. On Saturday Sunnngdale sta
ton and village was burned, and a mile OF the
track destroyed, and other villages are in inn
minent danger.
Gideon Granger, son of Hon Francis
Granger, who died at Canandaigua on the
2Sth inst, died this morning at the same
place.
Letters from Paraguay deny that domes.
T tic conspiracy against the government OF
President Lopez had been discovered, and
pronounce all reports to that effect pure false
hoods of the enemy.