Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-04
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N. H. Election for Rep. to Con. last Sat.
We have no returns except from Dover.
Goodwin, w. 3O5, Hale 43O, Woodbury.
24O-Majority against w. AIS, loss since last
trial, A.
A gentleman who came from there this morn
ing, states that Woodbury's vote has greatly fall
len off, and the other parties have gained.
~ The Nashua and Lowell Rai!rlad Corporation
has declared a seAli-annual dividend of five per
cent, payable Dec, LIST.
largest Factory Building in the World J.
The central part of the Portsmouth Steam Fac
tory, which is 204 feet long, is now two-thirds
up, and should the weather continue favorable
will be covered before Christmas. The Eastern
wing of $50 feet, will be built in the spring;
and the Western wing, of $50 feet, will probably
be built in the course Of next year. The centre
pert is to be six stories high, the wings five stories.
Hight of the lower story 10 feet, of the other
stories IL feet. The length of the front will
be 5O4 feet, or about a tenth of a mile. There
will be about a acres of flooring in the Ports
mouth Factory. Number Of %splndles, 50,O00;
AuHlOC VI OpGI dllfGS run lSUU ~ lOJU. ,
Mass. Our city and neighborhood are
s%"arming with bold and cunning thieves. Eve
ry man should be on the look out to secure his
own property and to protect that of his neigh
bors.-BOSton Sun.
A fine little snow storm visited our city yes.
terday afternoon, and the wind whistled shrilly
through the streets, thus giving an appropriate
welcome to the infant winter which this day
ushers into existence.-U.
N. Y.-Alexander Wells, member elect to
the Legislature, met Fernando Wood, ex-mem-
her of Congress, in front of the Merchants Bank
in Wall street, Wednesday morning, and attack
ed HIM with a cowhide. We understand that
Mr.. Wood was considerably injured.
From Oct. II to Nov. 24of the present year,
1here were discharged from the Sing-Sing State
Prison "a %convicts; 8 were pardoned and 8
died. The whole number of prisoners is now
95l-of whom 100 are males and 81 females.
Flour advanced fifty to Seventy-fve cents per
barrel in Albany on the arrival of the foreign
mail, last Friday. The market left off at 81
Tor Mlcnlgan ana tennessee. Immense quantl-
ties of bread-stufS are arriving.
Geo. Bourne, who is so we'll known for his
jealous opposition to slavery and Popery, died
suddenly of appoplexy in the Office of the Chris
tian Intelligencer on Thursday afternoon.
They have good %sleighing at Buffalo,
The Erie Canal tolls received during the I'd
week of November show the enormous sum Of
$l43,273, an excess over the corresponding
week last year of $47,475. The aggregate fol
the season to the 34th inst. inclusive is SO $40.
1871, being an excess of 6 1857 over the total
receipts of last year.
DayidaF airchild, Esq. an old and highly re-
spected inhabitant of Augusta, was found dead
10 his hog-pen on the 10th inst. most horribly
torn and mangled by the hogs, of whom there
were several in the pen. He was a very ole
man, about rs, and it is supposed he vent IL
for the purpose of throwing out the snow, wher
be must have either had a fit, or his foot slipped
aud he was unable to rise.
GAMBLING, That moral curse, (says the N. Y