Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-04-09

rise of water on the Penobscot The ice has, In sew
eral places in the river, been broken up and formed
large jams which, by the reflex of the waters, has done
and is doing great injury. One of these jams imme-
diatey below Orono village, has already removed a
block of seventeen mills from their foundation and
will probably cause almost entire destruction of
Them The mills are owned principally by New
York company but have been leased for the season to
lumber merchants here
The loss by the freshet is variously estimated from
100000 to 100000 dollars.-Boston Ado.
R. There is no choice of Governor or Lieut..
Governor by the people.
The votes for Governor, stand, Jackson 1891, Di-
man 747O Scattering $50; Dman has more than Jack
son, 70 vote5-less than all others, "a votes. Both
branches of the Legislature have large majorities of
the Law and Order candidates. those not elected by the
people, will be chosenby the General Assembly.
N. H.-The massive stone dam at Great Falls, was
almost destroyed by freshet on the morning of the
2Gth. About fifty feet of the centre were taken out
and washed away.
OHIo.-A respectable coored man who had been
residing at Columbus for Is years was recently kid
mapped and carried off into Kentucky, by persons who
claim him as a slave, The affair has produced much
excitement at Columbus, and one of the kidnappers
has been arrested and imprisoned
PA.-Fanny Forester Miss Chubback) the popular
magazine writer, it is SAID in Philadelphia letter to
the Journal of Commerce, is to be married to Rev. Mr.
Julson and will accompany him on his missionary Ia
bors in India.
h.-Green, the Reformed Gambler, is about estab-
fishing a Literary paper at Lawrenceville
VA.-The Methods Episcopal church at Tazewell
Court House, consumed by fire on the night ofthe
l4th ult 1t was set on fire.
KY.-The Legislature at its recent session, passed
a law making it penal offence for any free negro or
mulatto to be engaged in manufacture or sale of ar
dent spirits This is right, the devil should have his
due; and nothing could be more appropriate than
those who buy and sell their fellow men should enjoy
the exclusive privilege of making drunkards, paupers,
and criminals.
SINGULAR CAsE.-The Cincinnati Times says that
an individual named Nathan Yanskver, living in Gov
ngton, while shaving on Thursday last week. had his
throat cut by his little girl, who, in suddenly opening
the door, drove the razor through and through the iu
gular vein.
Mo.-The Springfield (Mo) Democrat has the fol-
lowing mention Of case ofsad and horrible homicide:
"a murder has been committed in our very midst
that makes ones blood chill to relate On Friday last
George Young, living about ten miles west of this,
struck his little daughter Or years old with hoe,
splitting her skull, following the first blow with others,
beating her head and cutting her neck. The cries of
the child brought the mother to the horrid scene. She
took up her dead child and started to the house. Young
followed, tore the child from his wife, and cut out its
entralls lie then put log chain round his wife's
neck and was only prevented from killing her by the
arrival of some neighbors.
N. "a writer in the Evening Times says: The
small grocers are all changing; not one in five who
kept store five years ago, are in business major
y of the taors are now Europeans, who have arrived
here within four years. The sugar and bread bakers
are Germans. Ofthe carpenters, half are Dutch Al
satnes and Swedes. The French take a large share
of shoe making The porers are all foreign; the Ste
vedores the same.
-Four millions of dollars were expended last year in
carrying on the government of the city of New York.
The city debt is $l2G5l750. The tax required this
year will be nearly equal to the rate of 81 upon every
$lOO worth of property There are now III the eight
institutions belonging to the Aims House Department,
supported by the city, 1923 inmates more than half Of
whom are foreigners.
! he competition among the boats on the river has
already reduced the fare between New York and Al
bany to fifty cents.
The canal is entirely free of ice, and the vast car
ryng trade upon this great work of internal improve
ment will soon commence in good earnest We learn
that eleven hundred and fifty dollars were collected
last bbath at the Allen ST. Methodist church, N. Y
city, for the benefit of the liberated Africans from the
SLAYER "Pons." The receipts at the N. Y. Custom
House, were 100000 last week.
A fagrant outrage was committed on the night o.
the 9th ut, in Broome Co., in kidnapping and running
off with free negro, about II years old The boy
was sent by his father to take some corn to covered
: wagon, on the main Columbia and Fayete road nea
his house, since which time he has not been home.
N, IA wretchod inebrate named Thomas DOUGH
erty, living in Manchester, opposite Paterson, whc
kept miniature dstillery and drinking house, ben.
in company with another person a steep bank boil
in state of inoXicaton together fell into the river
The former pershed the latter with difficulty crawl
cd ashore.
f CONN.-The Office of the Democrat in Norfolk, Ct
:, on Sunday, was partially destroyedby fire.
FOUNDATION the Pensacola Gazette of the l4tl
and 2lst ult we learn that the Saturday previous
as party ofttree men were hunting about ten mile
from East Bay an army of Escambia Bay, some fftee
miles from that place, they were fred upon by the In
dans. One of the party, Mr.. Pitts, was instantly
killed, and his brother severely wounded The other
Mr. Silcox received no injury, and in company wit
, the wounded oman succeeded in escaping.
\ OREaoN.-The actual distance to be sailed from N
York to the mouth of the Columbia river, by way
, Cape Horn, is estimated at $4,000 miles. ship ca