Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-12-04

hiOHS Nh~ JOAN6s r. NAhARS ~ AS0 NA'~ASN
and most pernicious gambling in this city is the
system of lottery policies. Hundreds Of men
are making easy fortunes in this despicable bust
ness, and tens of thousands of poor wretches
pour into the hands Of these arch villains the
miserable pittance for which their children i'm
plore in vain.
Conn. o. Coz. Bald,Oin, of Connecticut,
in a letter addressed to the Wing State Central
Committee, declines being considered a candi-
date for reelection.
Omo.-In the case Of the men seized in Ohio
and carried to Virginia for assisting slaves to
escape, the jury by consent of parties rendered
a special verdict, that if the Court in full bench
should decide that the place where they were
seized was within the territory of Virginia then
they were guilty but if not, then the verdict is
not guilty. The Court is to decide this ques-
ton shortly at Richmond.
A stranger was found dead on turnpike road
in Ohio. In one of his pockets was found a
paper on which vas written in a legible hand as
follows -" Gentlemen and ladies-A deaf and
dumb man humbly asks few cents charity. l
had my collar bone broken, and a rib; and the
collar bone was not set right. A wagon upset
with me | was educated in the deaf and dumb
school in Philadelphia. Joseph Miller is my
name, If you wish to ask me anything, | have
a little slate"
The exports from Ohio of its various produc-
: lions, are expected to reach 90 600 bbls. -four,
and pork, cattle, wool, &c, amounting to SILL
800, 900 and this is regarded as a low estimate.
P~A.-Something of a riot occurred at the fire
in Charles street on Sunday night, in which the
High Constable, Capt. Clifford, and some of his
officers, were struck with bricks, &c, in the
discharge of their duty. Pistols were fred and
some persons were hurt, though not dangerously.
The officers could not find out the guilty parties.
A paper-mill at Morristown is manufacturing
paper out Of broom corn. The Philadelphia In
buirer says it is an excellent article, remarkable
for toughness, A~exibility and body, and another
important matter, Offered at a very low rate.
: ELrER KNAPP, who is preaching in the Grant
: st. Baptist Church, has met with great success
5 and quite a revival is in progress in that congre-
+ cation. Eleven were baptized on Sabbath last
j, Pittsburgh paper.
S About the year 1854, the Legislature of Penn
e %sylvania, passed a resolution that "no member
e thereof should come to the House barefoot or ea
his bread and cheese on the steps"
N. J.-Mr. William Compton, a livery sta
bic keeper at Newark, has recently lost % valu
able horses within a few months, as is supposed
by poison mixed with their food by some mali
cious person. His aggregate loss is $500.
The Newton paper says "A panther ha.
been proving about in the vicinity of this will
age, during the past week, committing sundry
depredations. On Wednesday, a COW of thu
late DIR. Hedges was torn by the animal, within
a mile of his house.
N. C. James Cannings Fuller, we'll known
by reputation to most of our readers, stopped
:, daV in this city on his return Gom North Caro-
lima, where he had just been to attend the Year
ly Meeting. He gives a most encouraging &C
count of his visit and the state of the cause il
+ that part of the country. He says he has neve
attended a Yearly Meeting in this country, wher
n there was so much said against slavery, ant
where there seemed t. be a better anti-sIaver
spirit among the members. In this respect he
= was most delightfully."- disappointed. Where h
: expected frowns, he met a cordial reception, an,
S where he looked for opposition he found sympa
thy.-PG. Fr, cman.
i" S. C. Forgery is still a capital crime il
> South Carolina. A man has recently been sen
fenced at Charleston, to be hung on the 10Th o
{ January. for a crime of that description.
Southern O6ciOusncss.-The South Carolin
Il newspapers, at least some of the Democrat
ones, are terribly provoked at the appointment G
;, Gov, Morton to the Collectorship Of Boston,
!. They fear he is too much of an a5olitiOnist, am
feel quite indignant at the fact. We woul'
like to know what business South Carolina ha
e to do with it if he is? Is she the dictator of tn
2 nation!
Tenn, The Nashville Orthopolitan announ
ces the death of the Hon. Joseph H. Peyton
member of Congress from Tennessee-wbic
s. took place on Wednesday night last, at his res
y idence in Sumner county.
GEO. The Legislature of Georgia has refu
> sed to accept Mr.. Berrien's resignation; and h
remains till March, lS47.
o Mich. The population of Michigan has in
creased more than 81 900, since 1910! a
X increase of about eighty per cent!
WISCONSIN. The Milwaukee Courier is GU
: in favor of immediate measures for the organ
cation of a State Government. The editor eN
presses the opinion that if the next Territorii
= Legislature take the necessary steps, Wisconsi
D will be a sovereign State of tho Union on tn
" 4th day of July, 1916. He vouches that sue
is the will of the people.