Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-05-16
Domestic o ElD D ell ID.


N. Y.-An ingenious bell-hanger of this city
has cohtfiVed, in a hotel at Albany, to make two
bells answer for 144 rooms!
The trial of Burnett, pilot of the SwaIlaw, has
been postponed to July.
PGaperism. The amount annually expended in
this State for the relief of pauperism amounts to
the sum of ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS!
One person out Of tWenly-Str IS a pauper!
Some young bloods amused themselves in New
York, Il day or two since, by chasing a negro a
round %severals blocks, who finally escaped. At
night, one Of them, Alexander Read, dreamed that
the negro was chasing him, and rising in his sleep,
he jumped out of fourth story, and injured him
selfso that he died Don after.
Pa. Riots in Philadelphia are beginning again. On
Sunday eve. in Locust st, near Eleventh., there
was one OF the most bloody Fireman's riots that
has ever occurred in this city.
Origin ofhe PjHsburgh Fire.-The great fire
which destroyed so large a portion of Pittsburgh,
is said to have been caused by the carlessness of a
drunken Washer-Woman.
The Legislature passed an act to incorporate the
American Sunday School Union.
A man named Charles Howard, was arrested at
Harrlsburgh for stealing, and there were found in
his boots a number Of checks and drafts that had
been mailed at Pittsburgh for New York; how or
''~' HNO'S' - IN 'pSNl INV AlIOH ltiSijl lE
one for $1,000 from the mayor of Washington
sent for the fire sufferers.
Va. The Democratic candidate for Congress II
elected in Summers district, so that Virginia will
have but one Wing in Congress. The Democrat
&c majority in the House is "a, in the Senate 10, il
joint ballot 81. SO the shareholders 60 for Texas
, But they haven't got it, yet.
; OHIo.-Good news for the great convention.-
We have received a letter (says the Cincinnati
: HeraId) from North Carolina, with several name
. appended to the call for this convention, so thu
! we may hope that five slave StOtes, at least, wi
. be represented. Only think of III a Libety coll
@ventIon in l845, attended by persons from som
ten or twelve free States, and four, five or ST
- slave States. Every thing assures us that it wi
be a great convention.
The Bank ofSt. Clair has failed, with its pre-
n ~prietors, the Smiths Of Cleveland.
: Chicago.-A new Directory got up in Chicag
- shows that that city in December, 1914, contuinc
= 49, 76 inhabitants, 3,242 of whom were Of toreig
birth; ST. new buildings were erected during tt
e year. Total value Of exports, 1878, 504 90,
which wheat aud wool furnished the largest pc
G ton, S9l,995 bushels Of wheat, and 81, 635 lbs.
= wool being shipped to make up the amount.
N. C.-In this State they have no PeniteutiaI
and in Consequence hang men for theft. On Fl
p day last a man was hung for stealing a pair of su
PCluClS LOUi d slOIC: IlOlllDlc!
Bolt. Pat. Thursday.
= MASS. Macon B, ALLEN, a colored man, h
q. been admitted TO the Bar Of Boston.
h, RrGuT.-A man had hecn fined 90, and cost
tn for setting his bog upon a person in Boston.
other has been fined 5, for encouraging his dog
&c fight.
The small pox is prevalent at Newburyport,
AMHERST CoLLEGE.-Rev. DR.. Humphrey state
ms last week, in his valedictory address, as preside
10 Of Amherst College, that of the 765 gradutes
& that college, 400 were now in the ministry or in
oh state of preparation. About one hundred are
TO this moment settled as pastors in Masssachuse e
some were laboring as preachers in at least
k States ofthe Union, and about 80 were employ
is as foreign missionaries.
BosToN, has sent away during the month
n April, So puncheons,3 81 hhds. 90 casks, 1919 b
IS Rum; 92bbls. 5 pipes Gin; 90 hhds. 80 packag
2 baskets, 10 60res, so casks, & 1911 lbIs Liqu
G. 81 bbls, 8 pipes, 6 or. casks Brandy; 968 Or. cas-
395 packages, IS bbls, | pipe Wine, Is hask
at Champai gne;l 10 casks Brown Stout II bbls,
casks Ale; 60 boxes, 6 pipes, so cases, SO bl
70, Cider.
he NH. One hundred and twenty thousand doll
o. of property has been destroyed by fire recently
Portsmouth.