Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-02-14

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were destroyed by FIRE on the 9Th inst.--nothing
saved The paper has been issued, however,
without days delay Good spirit.
ARTS OF BEGGARs IN N. Y. CTY,-A writer
in this city, to New Haven paper, alludes to
two wretched looking women, with emaciated
infants in their arms begging bread, near fash
ionabIe jewellers shop in Broadway, where the
rich were making liberal purchases. In relation
to this allusion, the Tribune has correspondent
who tells this story
"a few months SINCE clergyman in this
city was frequently visited by female, who uni
formly brought in her arms an infant clothed in
rags, and so poor and emaciated that apparent
y, the little sufferers existence could not be ma
ny days prolonged. After suitable relief had
been furnished to the child, in the way of cloth
ing, the clergyman went to another house to make
a call, and there he found the living skeleton
again, he had Just relieved. This time it was in
the hauds of another mother, clothed in rags as
before"
''He investigated the matter, and found that
the child was Starvcd for the purpose of
being used as capital in begging-that four
different families used it for this purpose, each
using different streets to exhibit in; and all claim
ed it as their own. They cleared by the opera
ton about six dollars per ek."-NcaO York
Express,
MD.-Mr. Torrey is allowed to write to his
wife once in three months, and on business mat
tiers oftener, if absolutely necessary. He is not
permitted to answer his correspondents, but will
be permitted to receive their letters provided
1. That the postage is paid; g. That they con-
tain no illusions to slavery derogatory to the
institution; 3. That they contain no information
of what is going on in the world.
s. C.-The South Carolina Conference of
the NJ E. Church, has resolved on division, and
refused to concur in the proposal of the Holston
Conference, to meet in convention at Louisville
next May, to devise some plan of compromise.
N. H-From a recent Survey of the State by
Dr. Jackson, it is believed that no State can
boast of so large catalogue of metals, With
out regarding the metallic bases of the earths g.
alkalies, there are found in New Hampshire,
seventeen metals, viz: iron zinc, copper, lead,
tin, anthony, silver, gold, molybdenum, man.
ganese, chrome, titanium, cadmium, cobalt, ar
senic, tungsten, uranium
Hon j. P. Hale has arrived home at Dover,
and intends, it is said to take the stump, in
that State offering himself as candidate for
Congress at the March election, in defiance Of
the prescription with which he has been visited
for his vote on the Texas question.
ILL-The Illinois House Of Representatives
on the 2lst of January cuncurred in the Sen.
ate bill repeating Internationally the Mormon
charters, 76 to 36.
KEN.--The Legislature has refused to repeal
the law prohibiting the Importation of slaves into
the State.
WIscoNsIN,--We are all interested in the
growth of civilization in our Northwestern terri
} tory. 1t is pleasing thought that no slave car
breathe upon her soil, but that its millions o
acres shall be cultivated by Freemen alone.
The territory of Wisconsin was set off from
Michigan, and organized into Territorial gov
eminent in 1886. Its whole surface is estimat
ed at Al 10000 acres, of which little NOR,
than 10 600, 600 has been surveyed. The frs
sales of public lands took place in 1885; thu
h amount sold from that time till Jan. 1912, wa
:. 2, 200, 4l8 acres for the sum of S2,76l 1862
r The lead mines of the Territory will be an in
exhaustabe source of wealth, According to tn
census of 1910, the whole amount of Lead pre-
duced in the United States and Territories, wa
,t 81 ,239 453 lbs; and the capital invested wa
$l,346,756 OF this amount, Wisconsin pre-
as duced nearly one half, or Is, 1885, $50 lbs; an
% the capital employed by her, was $663,6OO.
O. The Southport Annual Register, No. ], COZ
to tains some interesting statistics in regard to TIN
g. territory,
n The assessed valuation of the real and pc
ne sonal property of all its counties, in the yea
lS43, amounted to $9,077 200.
,r The first Governor was Gen. Henry Dodg
w who held the office from 1886 till l941. ]. l
s. Doty succeeded him, being followed by N.
X Tallmadge; the present Governor,
cd The Democrats have always had the control
Mt the Government their, and their majority in Il
DIS Legislature this year, on joint ballot, I9) is grea
err than it ever was before.
a. Southport is hourishing town on the Yves
"a ern shore of Lake Michigan, SIS miles north
to Chicago IS south of Milwaukee, and is dest
vn ed to become aplacc of great commercial impo
PC lance.
IS The first frame building was erected in til
ed place in August, 1885, and six families settl'
es- there the same year. In Nov, lS43, its pop
raj lation was 1920, having increased in the pre-
,ry Gus ten months sos. In 1886, provisions of
kinds were exceedingly high, not enough bell
raised by the inhabitants for their own support.
Flour sold at $19per barrel, Pork at 80, Poi
toes at 81 so per bushel.
- Now a considerable quantity of Wheat, LIE
10 and Lumber, is shipped from that port. In 49,
VI the exports of these articles were:
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