Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-07-02
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MAINE-A man in Watewille, who signs himself
&C. s" wishes to inform President Polk that he will
take the war by contract and agree to thrash the Mex
leans into perfect submission, for twenty millions, Or
for ten millions with the "pickingS md Stcangs" in.
cluded,-.NetoJmWod Courier.
NEW HAMPSHIRE In the New Hampshire
Legislature on Tuesday, the bill to district the State,
in accordance with the resolution of Congress, passed
to third reading by vote of 1872 yeas to IS nays
MASSACHUSETTS, livery stable was burned
al Roxbury last week, in which Is valuable horses
were lost.
A Sheep only fifteen months old has been shearcd
in Northampton, of fleece which weighed eleven
pounds and thirteen ounces.
NEW YORK.-During severe thunder gust at
Rochester, on Friday afternoon the roof Of school
house blew off, and the chlmneys and gable end were
driven into the room occupied by the female depart
mcnt There were one hundred children in the apart
mont at the tme and the brick and timbers fell in all
parts of the school, woundng almost every pupil in it,
and killing one. The whole number of children re-
ported to be injured is "a all but three four is
believed will recover.
The boys department was but slightly injured in the
roof and no one was hurt. Masses of the roof were
carried 200 yards, and the heaviest portion 20 or sc
feet--Rocle8ter Daily .Advetisr.
During the last week -four has experienced further
decline of Cd per barrel prices range from S. to S42;
at wholesale in N. York city. Indian Corn 40 to &c
cts bushel.
Wyatt the convict murderer, has been sentenced tC
be hung at Auburn, on Monday, the 18th of Angus
next, between the hours of l and in the afternoon
Mr.. Ierrick, Member of Congress from Rensselaer,
County, in this State, died at Washington Saturday
evening at o'clock.
NEW JERSEY.-The HeSsia' Fly.-The Railway
:, Advocate says: "Ths destructive insect is making
sad havoc among the wheat fields in this vicinity
One field of twelve acres, which fortnight ago gave
promise of $50 to 300 bushels, will not probably be
worth putting the cradle into. So far we hear the
entire crop in this vicinity, at least will be cut off
is some eight years since this Fly has appear
ed in this quarter"
CONNECTICUT-The Legislature closed its ses
sion at o'clock on the morning of the 18th, Th
House, on Wednesday, passed a resolution appropra
ting $1,000 towards the erection of monument to tn
memory of Capt Nathan Hale, who was executed as
Spy in the Revolutionary War, saying with his las
BREATH that his only regret was, he had but one life
give to his country.
PENNSYLVANIA.-A young lady named Marth
Whitman, while out picnic party, on the bank
of the Wissahickon, accidentally slipped off shelving
of rocks and before assistance could be rendered.
drowned. The body was recovered.
A violent hurricane swept over a portion of Buck
county, on Saturday afternoon blowing down trees an
fences, and leveling fields of grain and grass
completely as if cut with a scyhe.
OIIIO-The Columbus Journal gives good repol
: of the crops in that region. The wheat nearl
ready for the sickle, the backward, but fey
days would bring it up and rye and oats looked wei
MARYLAND.-The Hagerstown Pledge says tn
"rust" is doing much damage among the wheat in tina
section The Mediterranean wheat was IN advance
the other kinds, and it was believed would not sufft
much. The corn wanted sun, and no doubt has got
f before this.
n The farmers of Maryland and Virginia compal
bitterly of wet weather and rust in wheat sho
and poor grain crop is anticipated generally, thong
there are some exceptions,