Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-04-02

/ The freshet was tremendous in Broome county.
great number of bridges were carried away. new
one five miles above Binghamton one across the Sus
ouehanna, at Bnghamton; also at Great Bend, Wind
sor Nineveh, South cambridge, cambridge, on the
same river. There are also accounts of bridges car
ried away by the flood in Chenango county. The
damage in all that section of country is immense.
The recent high water at Ithaca has disintened
box containing the bodies of a woman and child, hor-
rbly manged and disfgured They have been iden-
titled as the wife and child of man who was tried
few weeks since for their abduction and sentenced to
the Auburn State Prison for ten years It was sup
posed at the time that they murdered but the
bodies could not be found he only tried for les
ser offence. The name of the murderer is Edward H.
Rulof. He resided about two miles from Ithaca, and
kept school, and was also a practitioner of the
Tnompsonian system of medicine.
The citizens of the city of Schenectady have raised
100000 by subscription, with which to establish
cotton factory at that place.
The packet ship Henry CLAW was wrecked off Squam
Beach on the 22d inst, and six lives lost.
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says that the
damage is ovenated, and does not exceed $25,OO0
The Indian Queen, aground at Black Rock, and the
Chautauque, sunk, to which most damage done
pre fourh-rate steamboats,, and of little value
COMA Mrs. King, of Waterford recently elop-
ed With two Mormon elders, leaving husband and
child behind
Friday the 10th of Aprilha been appointed for the
annual Fast in Connecticut
PA-A lecture upon slavery Vas delivered last weel
from the deck of the captured SLAYER Pons" now ly
ing at the wharf in Philadelphia. The damage to the
Bridges in the interior has been very great, but the
probability is that the canal has not suffered mucl
damage at first feared The river at Pittsburg
has II feet of water In the channel, and Spring bust
ness has commenced with good degree of animation
1000 barrels of Flour were sold last week at Pttsbue
at $685. At Philadelphia prices remain about The
same.
On Saturday last, another destructive fire occurred
at Pittsburgh which destroyed sixteen houses, most o.
them new, and many of them of the better class o
| frame buildings
The ward elections are over; and the Native Ameri
can party have succeeded in carrying every ward il
Southwark, six in Kensngton, and five in Spring Gar
den. They have also carried some of the outer dis
tricts, such as Passyunk, West Philadelphia in part
and held their own in the city.
We regret to learn from Washington, that Err;
Holden, Esq, editor of the Philadelphia Saturday
Courier died in that city on Friday, after an illness
but few days.
4 The Pensylvapian estimates the amount of damages
in Pennsylvania by the late reshet as follows: Thc
damage to the public works will not exceed $4,000
TO private corporations about 100000 to counties
about $4,000, and to individuals half million Of dol
lars
IL1.-The "Chicago Citizen is to be enlarged
The friends of liberty in that section are active AM
the ladies not whit behind the lords of crea
ton," in their efforts to promote the cause of emanci
patton, if may Judge from the fact that the adie
of St Charles propose present banner OF the Stat
Convention, to that precinct which shall furnish thu
largest list of subscribers to the Citizen on the Cam
paign plan, by the time of holding the Convention.
r We learn says the Warsaw Signal of the 4th inst
that the Saints took their line of march from their en-
campment in Iowa, on Saturday morning last. Abou
t 1000 went along.
Omo-From the year 1919 to and including 1876
there were 43 vessels built in Geagua district, O. thu
tonnage of which is 7203-three are steamers, eigh
. briggs, and the residue schooners.
The shipments of Lard at Cincinnati, from the Is
Of September to the LIST of February last season Isl
months amounted to 20,264 barrels and 120Ol6 kegs
against 1874 barrels and 1852 kegs for the sam
period this season.
Thomas, one of the murderers of Mr.. Edwards il
his store at Chicothe was executed on the 9th inst
> The night previous to his execution he attempted t
commit suicide ; having obtained possession of pen
knife, he severed one of the arteries of his arm Hi
situation was soon discovered and the blood staunch
S ed
" The scarlet fever RACES to great extent in som
parts of the State attended with unusual fatality
/ the neighborhood of Chicothe, one hundred childre
have died in the short space of a month.
$ M-There have been found, near Evansville,
quantity of FOSSIL bones of an immense animal Gale
l. Dinotherum the race of which is extinct, but tn
= bones of which have been found In different portion
: of the world.
n WIscoNsIN-Wisconsin, with population tl
l. exceeding 100000, has fifteen newspapers, and tw
more are to be started There are soon to be five il
' Racine county, with population of 10000. The PEG
pie will vote for or against forming State government
r on Tuesday, the 9TH of April.
" Milwaukee has been made city by the late egisla
!. ture- It has populatisn Of 10000.
e MB.-Mr. Allen, soldier in the revolutionary wal
= died at his residence in Piney Neck, Queen Ann
county, Maryland, last week, aged so years,
VA.-Young Richie, the murderer of Peasants, ha
given himself up to trial for the deed His trial wa
, to commence on Wednesday.
- slave recently died in Cumberland county age