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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-10-09
REMARKABLE CURE OF DEAFNESS.

From the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times
Mr. r. N Lyman 81 Commerce street, cured total deaf
of fifteen years standing, by few TASKS of Dr. Nc Nas
Acoustic Oil He had short time before returned from Boston,
where he had spent @ had the tons of his out and
many oterexpomgnts tried with the faculty. but without
He had also spsn 800 the city the faculty. but he
o in the when they through He then despair
tho g he would thing before he gave up and poc
red flask of DR.. McNars Acoustic oil and hefs cured.
Sold by Comsock Ross No 10 fremont Row. Boston, and by
S. X Collins, Montpelier.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-10-09
I. NUILIlNoj WUnIWTItTi VI.
BALM OF COLUMBIA

Ladies and gen'men viii you be without the genuine og
Of Columbia your hair? You may depend upon ~
artC prevent badness and keep the head
free from dandf We have known it restore hair the bald
heads seventy years ofageComstock Ross refer
rncc any that ws those that have been perfectly bald for
and have had their hair restored within the last months
Be sureand get the genuine, with the sllturc t CtMick
on or yet
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Receipts for the Freeman,


NOT PREVIOUSLY ACKNoWLEDGEp'l
S Grinnell, Collins, 7 Fairbanks, Rawson D
Cove, $50 each A Bliss, 75c; D LOOMS, 81, 40;
R. R. Kingsley, Csc; N P Harlow, 1885, Curtss,
&c; w N Brock, $3.50; Bishop, SOC.
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]. w. HOW ES.

NMTILL be opening this week and next a very exten
Wv sive assortment of n w
H5U Va ETH GS GDUD ED &s6o
Sept. 8. l845. 80
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AN EFFICIENT SARCASM.

pastry cook in London had cat which he found very
mIschlevoas among his pastry, and being tired the re-
peaied depredaons Of her tender foot breaking through the
tops OF his tender paitc his interest got the better
his affection to puss and he ordered his apprentice her
IN bag, and carry her half mile from home and then
turn her loose in the street The expeden did succeed
the cat was home the boy though the experiment
was often repeated and the distance of her removal greatly
extended One day. upon seeing the Unexpectedly return
home the poor pastry cook who had twenty years
cat were in the court o cancery; she would never
get out OF that Place The apprentice hearing his
wish, and being he provoked that his former attempts had
Jailed but quite ignorant Of the wit of his MASTER instantly
set oil with the cat into Lncons Inn Hail. and turned her
adrih III
The cat who found the full Of lawyers as her mas
ers shop Of tar like mad thing from side 10 side
OF the court and length the Chanceors lsp threw
down his ink, dsoered his notes. and SO much con
fusion in the court that ior time put stop to all plead
Dgs till at length ihe Chancellor with more warmth than
became his high station (but he had natural an
npaty TO cats asked who had brought the cat
poor boy who had waited how puss conducted her
SELF terrified that he thought best to confess and &C
corngy told the Chancellor that his had often sent him
out to lose the cat but she constantly returned and hearing
his master say that morning If he could get the cat the
court OF chance he she would get again.
he had in obedience his WISH though not his or
ders turned her out among them The Chancellor n
man OF humo and upon nquring the Of the pastry
cook ne found he plaintiff 10 of long standing
paste against Puff which he Immediately ordered TO be sot
down for hearing and happened that he decreed in favor of
faste though the whole counsel unanimous for Puff
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sUIcInE AT HoRoKEs.-Mr Peter Rose the welknown
cutler and manufacturer Of surgical Instruments Of No 4l2
Broadway, formerly Of William street. committed suicide yes
teday afternoon between four and five o'clock at Hoboken
by shooting himself through the heart with pistol The
dreadful deed committed within few yards Of the Sybs
Cave, while hundreds passing and epassng and after
the first sentiments Of horror had passed away the body was
conveyed the house Of the coroner where an inquest was
held, and verdict rendered accordingly In the pockets of
thsdeceased found two cards which he had written
NV words, giving for thus ushering himself into
eternity, that he nearsghted and had appre
had that his family would to The body Of the
unfortunate gentleman delivered his son:who had been
s for and conveyed to his late residence in this CITY,
Mr. Rose has left large family his untimely end
which doubtless FASTENED by monomana as 10 his pc
cay affairs his appehensens in that regard being entirely
gndess he was OF the best manufacturers Of sre
cnsrumens in the country and had large share Of pub
III patronage. Courier and Enquirer.
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A TRAGlCAL WEDDING. TRULY.

We have heard Of very tagcal occurrence in
Washington county, Indiana According 10 the statement
made to us, young couple in ha county went to house
and were married last Thursday night and large number Of
persons agreeabY TO prevalent CUSTOM surrounded the
house with Tin horns &c, and gave what IS commonly called
chayan" Subsequently, the annayers placed themselves
in wood through which the bridal party pass
their return home and the approach Of the party sailed
out with loud noise The bride instantly thrown from
her horse, and her foot catching the sup she drag
ged upon the ground killed. and horribly manged the az
ghted horse continuing to until he finally shot II
is added that young and young woman, who waited
the bride and bridegroom, also thrown from their
horses and killed, and that the bridegroom though not killed.
considerably injured We have heard no names, and we
trust that the circumstances Of the greatly ex
aggerated. Louisville Journal
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Some Of the Ohio papers are tickling Senator
ALLEN with the notion Of putting him up for the
Presidency, and he enters into the project with
great satisfaction He thinks, as Mr.. Polk Is to
be out of The way, and as the old horses of 1874
will be broken down. il would be quite well that
young and vigorous horse" like himself, should
be put upon the turf.
MIKE Walsh, the Chief Of the Suhterraneans,
thinks il more than probable that Ae will be in the
Presidential chair Now there's some sense in
this, MIKE is a bold spirit, and "speaks right
out !" and to the little matter of the Constitution
requiring to be native, why that's of no sor,
of consequence. The Constitution is only BIT OF
paper, and since its late stretching to admit for
eign State, is considered pretty much like the con-
science of modern Demoerat-elastic enough for
any thing.-Richmond Whig.
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MURDER Ann ARsoN.-About two O'Clock last Sunday
morning the large store-room Of Messrs. PUTRRBAusH d
ALLISON lat xena 0ho,) was consumed by fire, together
with large Of goods and several other buildings oc
cuped and dwellings Two clerks slept the store
Of Puterbaugh Alison both Of whom lost their lives under
been first committed and the store then on fire TO
the decd When the flames first discovered and the
door burst open, JAMES KESSrr, Of these young men,
found lying against the front door, senseles cut and
bruised to considerable extent he was conveyed 10 dye
ling not far off, where he breahed his last without being able
to give any information how the fire commenced The other
young man, Wn STEELE discovered lying in bed pro-
badly enseess but could be rescued in
the flames His body afterwards discovered in the cellar
where il had fallen through
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THE STEAMER GREAT BRITAIN.

NJ. GAILLARDET, the Editor of the Courier DIES
Etms onis, OF New York, who went out in the
Caieuohia on her last trip, thus writes concerning
the Great Britain.
IN entering the port Of Liverpool that which Immediately
arrested my aenuon was not the forest masts the
JOCKS unparalleled elsewhere in the world but that hco
man Oh the seas the monsrous steamer Great Britain that
great maritime problem its solution Hardly had
landed before paid my visit there. 1t ia spnoe thing
magnificent thought compass NV authorizations
far surpassed by the reality | do not give Won the
figures OF dimensions for these have all been published here
ooe but what cannot be described the impression produced
upon the eyes and the mind by this immense Noahs Aby
this Of iron floating the water with its mass MS
ing like the skies The upper deck presents pro
menade Of than 800 feet long by so broad In looking
this immense space is surprised that the English
whose character is eccentric did not think Of having
BILE board least railroad for this deck
horseback in would attract
Beneath this deck Is second, offering equally fine covered
promenade the sides Of which rise double Of
saeroom richly decorated but not large conveniently
arranged as those Of of the packets third deck be-
meath this presents the dining ROOM worthy in every thing Of
palace But what is still remarkable, is the moving
power OF this vast vessel which screw and not wheels
The power is equal to that Of 200 horses that OF the Great
Western 450 Of the Cunard boats 420 but the Great B
tain Is twice large the Western and three times large
as the Cnnardsneasurng ), 500 tons This
seems to inspire much terror admiration to the English
here and many the sinister predictions about her
These seem to me the result of -wl exaggeration.
have faith insncivey in the maritime Of this ggan-
tic structure about It's commercial success speculation,
doubtful The papers continue 10 fix the departure
Of the Great Britain for the 26h July but the general opinion
she he ready by that there are many things
yet to be finished the delay be longer than fortnight
and think you will this wonder New York about the
first Of September Meantime there is charge Of Is Cd
head for all who visit the ship throughout which brings in
very large sum- Probably like will be charged in
New York"
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A LANDsMAN IN A GALE AT SEA

Towards evening the wind freshens About nine o'clock
becomes stormy. About halfpast nine there was cry Of
vessel coming upon midships What ou,cry from our
people theirs now perceive Some board gave up all
hope but the brs rights herself and drops by our stera
harbreadth escape Immediate joyful exclamation Of ALL
WELL As the night advances the storm increases The
WIND blows what the sailors call great guns All possible
san taken In but the vessel rolls and pitches Tremendously
Inc captain confesses II 10 be fearful gale. Were the tackle
tau' and m would matter little, but he knows cannot be
depended and should any thing break we must
ashore The gale in teeth and we are compelled go
with the wind In this are driven by the tempest
from near Eddysone Lighthouse back the Isle Of Wight,
MY miles The glass is going every attempt to
stand or walk Is perfectly ridiculous and it not too awful
Tune would I'LL us with laughter There is more slipping
and sliding than at Christmas umbng than
performed ny mountebanks Many bump received now IS
not iet until afterwards. Every thing liberty now uses It,
Inc eaiables for which have stomach are seen with
t'e remorse opsy urvy the floor the dishes uppemost
y confusion confounded chaos come again The
decks oveowed every thing wet that we touch and
are Thunder 90 the the buwarks, they
sweep, wildly and widely covering the decks The
dread phosphoc illumination. subimely beautifully grand
the very spray turning nnumebe peary all the
ship Hopi sJownacfa royage 10 Van Dep,n,s Land
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ANOTHER WATERING PLACE. NEARLY DESTROY FIR 4.
Very recently the fine hotel at of fashionable
places Of resort (Reeds Fort Hamilton HoteD nearly
burnt down. and escaped only by the presence Of mind Of its
proprietor As the case, we believe, at the Ocean House,
vessel full Of fat was overturned by the negligence Of one Of
the cooks assistants and the wood work Of the kitchen chin
ney in an instant fire. The poprietor with the ut
most prompude ordered all the servants down stairs closed
the DOORS procured sufficient supply Of waer and had the
flames eKngused before Of his hoarde was aware Of the
accident The whole thing In five minutes but
the fire broke out Immediately beneath the dining room when
all the inmates seated the table, the may
be readily imagined had not presence of mind and adequate
energy been al hand in the emergencY.-M y HeraM
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FIVE lSpIASs KLLKD.-We learn from the Eastern
CLARION that five Indians killed in Neshoba during the
week ending 18th July One Of them had killed two Of his
comrades In fight The murderer condemned DEATH
but allowed to shoot himself which he freely did Another
Indian killed his man by blow aimed with billet of wood.
The aggressor in this instance also put to death, making
altogether five deaths These very among
the Indians in State, and suspect that nemperance
has been Of the Of the unfortunate disaster
jackson { Mss y Refor,1fr
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with Texas the basis Of independence But the appear
ance Of United States troops the Rio Gande will present
new question for Mexico has contemplated the recog
milton Of any boundary westward Of the Nueces
"When Mr. ADAMS made effort to Texas, he
considered the Nueces the boundary and offered so much
for Texas with that boundary, and double the sum with the
Rio del Norte for the boundary Mr. BEsTos also, in his
project Of anneaon considered and the Nueces as
the proper boundary have doubt that Mexico will re-
s this invasion Of what she deems her rights and il
she will fight for any thing, she will fight against this en-
croaclment.o
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FarAL AcciDESr AT CoLumprA, PA.) Jon Sunday night
last a about eleven O'clock Michael Schoat, employ
ed in the warehouse of d. Leech Co., at Columbia,
from his bed in the second story Of the sore hearing he
supposed canal boat just arriving, for which he the
lookout and being, is believed In state Of but partial
sciousnes from half recovered sleep, he msook the place.
and walked over, falling the end Of tho iron brakehande
Of railroad standing immediately against the side Of the
houses the iron handle, projecting upwards, passed entirely
through his bdy entering the stomach and coming al
the lons. lie survived until Monday morning
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THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.

Numerous applications having been made the Post Office
Department for the official Interpretation Of the clauses in The
post office law bearing upon the ranking privileges Of
Senators and Representatives in Congress- the Editor of the
paper has obtained copy Of the following
from the Second Assistant Postmaster General which eIuc-
dates the whole subject: ee.
Posr OFFIcE DEPARTMENT,
APPOINTMENT OYFIcE, JULr %, I845
STA Yours of the nth instant the Postmaster General
has been referred to this Office with directions to answer the
several inquiries therein made. siNof $50 ts
The law recognises distinction between Senator and
Representative in Congress- in relation to the ranking prv
ege The meeting Of the Senate the 4h Of March last
construed to session Of Congress- and confers no
right except to fix the Senatorial term, during which any one
50 transmit free Of postage documents printed by or
der of either House of Congress- per regulation 539
Yourself and the other Senators standing over are authorized
to frank written letters from yourselves without inermis-
sion, until sixty days after the expiration Of your respective
terms of Office, per regulation $40 This privilege does
the Senators who first took their seats at the ex
ira session in March last until within sixty days the
sion Of Congress they standing in this respect the
footing with Representative elect , rs
Senators and Representatives may receive letters
ceedng two weight free Of postage, during the
Of Congress- OF this no privilege al the
present mea recess being construed that period
which ntervenes between the sessions Of the Congress
and not embracing that between two Congresses
All other priveges-whch you will perceive are specif-
caly enumerated in the last clause of regulation 500 Of the
printed nsuconsare confined actual session Of Con-
ges including thirty days before and thirty DAVIS thereafter
| have the honor to be, very respectfully, &c. sf.
| VIM MEDILI.
Hon. JoHS FiIRrIELp.
NorEIhe following the regulations referred to as be-
ing contained in the printed instructions Of the Postmaster
General and now in the hands Of the posmasters
1888 The Vice President Of the United States the ner
bers OF Congress- the delegates from Territories the Secretary
OF the Senate and Clerk Of the House Of Representatives may
transmit free Of postage any documents printed by order of
either Hoase Of Congress This without ton as 10 the
sesaon but the privilege expires with the official They
may send or receive free of POSTAGE any letter. newspaper
OF packet not exceeding two in weight during
SION OF Congress- and for period Of thirty days before the
commencement and thirty days AFTER the termination Of each
session.
o4o The Vice President the members Of Congress and
delegates al Territories may frank ,cnf es trom them
seies during the whole year NJ now .,,bo,x.I - -, -
March 1885, viz from SIXTY days before the commence
ent OF the session of Congress 70 the meeting the next
Congress" -'8- IT.
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TWINS We are assured that private letter
was received in this city yesterday from one of the
most popular and influential members of the Texan
Convention stating that il is in actual contempla-
ton among the leading spirits in that body to d.
vide Texas into two States, making the Rrasns the
dividing line; the State west of that river to be
called Austin, and that on the TO retain the
Of Texas.--New Fork Tribune, august 0.
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As for the defence of Texas, no,o, after what has
passed, we do not see how it is 10 be avoided, The
action OF the Secretary nf the Treasury in declaring
Texas a foreign country far our revenue laws
are concerned, whilst the action of the Secretary Of
War makes it part of our own country, only shows
the difficulties and perplexties in which we have been
involved ever since the Texas business was CON-
menced under ryler's administration Gaz.
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OrHSIEL LOCKER, Sen died the a3d utmo at Pales-
tine Illinois He was born IN New Jersey, October g. 1857
and served five years N the army during the war Of the Re
volution, he emgraed to Hamilton county, Ohio in the
year 1904 and was elected to represent The people Of that
county in the Senate Of Ohio IA lsta He was afterwards
elected Speaker az ,he Senate, and after the resignation Of
Governor Me'ss IN isi4 became acting Governor of Ohio
tie served Also in the capacity Of Associate Judge Of Hamilton
County Court of Common Pleas for the term Of seven wears
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10. SYKES in a letter from the Ocean House, New
port, says: "The milonares from New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore quite numerous and there
heiresses here, estimated from Sl00 900 upwards
tbqn probably ever met in America for display pleasure
no less than eght at ope ball alley hia morning. knocking
down tenpins Us they were so many bachelors "come
wooing have others bathing and Others driving out
indeed, go where will meet them at every turn"
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lady yesterday afternoon lost pockebook containing $40
money, and check for 5000 for the recovery Of which
areward of $40 wss offered The pocket-book was found
BMr Henry Smith, the era stropman," who called nj
of office This morning for the purpose Of advertising it, where
the loser, who had called for similar purpose The
rendered Mr. Smith the $40, which he refused receive
bat directed the lady No SCOTS Court where ay sick
destitute whom he desired the reward might be paid
which was accordingly done Boston Transcript, dug 81
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The Baltimore American thinks that we shall
get to understand the true of Government some
dag or other, when it will be FOUND that political
power has other ends than 10 turn one set Of Off
GERS out of their places and put in another set
which is about the amount Of present prevailing
ideas on the subject" We hope so. But we travel
slowly. II is literally, with us, the pursuit of
knowledge under difficulties However, let us
live and expect the best-.4lerandria Gazette
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LATRR IRON NEwponr-The lossesp sustained by the
hoaraers at the Ocean House we considering the circum
stances, surprisingly small yet few suffered severely Que
gentleman from New York lost S. 600 money and notes.
and another sufferer the amour, Of nearly S. OOO
Mr. HAzzAnD who was reported have persisted safe and
sound He was not injured in any way No other persons
have heen ascertained to be lost beside Mr. GARprsrn
Messrs BuHRows and CoxaLL, who were injured by the
falling of the ladder are doing well IL
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GREAT FRE AT sr. JoHS.A great Ere ,opk place at ST.
John IN 3D. on the evening of the 29ih ultimo which
destroyed about foryye buildings mostly wooden ani pro
perry estimated at abont 100000. broke at the corner
Of Ward street and Peerss wharf The fire was confined to
THIS street and wharf, Water and Prince William street.
and Johns,ens wharf.
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A NAVAL CouRr MARITAL convened on Tuesday

A NAVAL Court MARITAL convened on Tuesday
morning on board the U. s. ship North Carolina,
in New York harbor. The Courier and Enquirer
says q is the same C9art-C Commodore DowNEs
presding-wheh tried Captain VOORHEES, on the
second set of charges preferred against him. The
sentence and papers have been sent back to the
Court for repisiOn, and the Court ordered to re-
assemble here instead OF at Washington"
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correspondent of the Buffalo Pilot, writing from
Niagara under date Of the lst instant saws.

sThe whirlpool Niagara Falls has ofate become re-
ceptabe Of dead bodies To the human bodies noticed
the 29th ullmo (Which still remain in the grasp Of il
agtaed water added the bodies of two horses and
hog These may be from the bank above passing
FURIOUS circuit Of mile in circumference
succeeding circuit drawing them the vortex Of the
whirlpool until each in their become submerged beneath
the boiling eementagan thrown with violence from its
CRY embrace, to repeat its former evoutons The sight
human bodies in the whirlpool solemn and terrific The blue
waters to hold their prey defiance of human efforts to
dspossess them, until satisfied in revealing with the dead
emts them through its nqrr9w ogtet into the rapids be9w "a
be eniombed in Lake Ontario