Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-06-11
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ME.--The two houses cannot agree on U. s. Sen
atorthe Senate have chosen H. j. Anderson, the Gov
ernor and the House H. Hambln.
N. H.--A State Peace Convention is to be holden
at Concord on the 11th and 18th insts
For Legislative news, see correspondence
MAss-The editor of the Boston Traveller counted
400 sail of vessels small and large all outward bound
in Boston harbor last week. The Boston Courier I'M
derstands that Edward B. Webster, the youngest son
of the Senator from Mass has arrived in that city for
the purpose of raising recruits.
The shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt by
many persons in this city, on Saturday morning. be-
tween one and two oclock-so they say. 1t was suf-
icienty powerful to jar the houses and cause very
perceptbe trembling Salem Reg.
Conn., Widow Lucy Moran, of Merden, was re-
Gently burned to death by her bedcothes taking fire.
N, Y.-The Convention elected for the purpose of
revising the Constitution of the Empire State" met
at Albany on Monday and organized by the election
of the Hon. John Tracy, of Chenango formerly Lieut.
Gov) President and ]. F. Starbuck of Jefferson, and
II. w. Strong of Rensselaer, secretaries.
The advices by the Hibernia had a tendency to de-
press the grain market Flour ranges from S43I to
AIS. Indian corn is selling at SIS cts Rye at 65 cts
a bushel.
n 1.-THE body of woman was recently found in
house in Newark, in an advanced state of decompo-
sition, yermn appearing uponthe corpse while her
puted husband lay upon bed near by, where he had
been for several days, in state of starvation. The
coroners jury gave the opinion, that she had been
dered by her husband
Pain the U, S. District Court, at Philadelphia, on
Saturday, Eben H. Clark, convicted of the embezzle
ment Of letter while he was postmaster at Sherry
Ridge, Wayne county, was sentenced to ten years i'm
prsonment at hard labor in the eastern penltcntary
We learn from the Pittsburg papers that there has
been recently sudden rise in the Allegheny attended
with great loss of property and several lives.
Great efforts to be made to meet the august in
terest on the State debt.
OHe.-Accounts from all parts of the State agree
that the prospect of the growing wheat crop is of
unexampled abundance.
There was hard frost at Cleveland on the 18th ut
Fears entertained for the fruit in that region.
1LL.-The St. Louis Republican says, that the num-
Der OF Mormons who left Nauvoo during the week end
ing the 18th inst, may be set down at thirteen hun
dred and fifty souls.
We learn from the Alton Telegraph that Mr.. WASH
ington Parkinson, an old and respectable citizen of
Highland, shot while sitting in his house, by
some unknown person, who, under cover of darkness
discharged gun loaded with ball through the window
WlscoNsIN-A Mr.. Bouham of Lisbon, deliberate
ly raised his gun and shot Mr. Keene recently in
consequence of quarrel about the possession of
sawmll. The murderer is in prison at Milwaukee.
KY.-Major General Leslie Coombs, 1.-THE wing
champion and orator of l844) has ordered out the
whole of his division to meet the requston made by
the Government upon that State for troops for the
Mexican war.---Penn. Inquirer.
Mr.. Enoch Gore, Wilson Samuels Esq., and other
farmers of this county, inform us that species OF
has lately taken up its quarters in their apple
chards and is destroying their whole crops of young
apples. This worm is different from any thing that
has been known in this region heretofore, and its
name is characterization Gazette.
MIss.-The Natchez Free Trader says sc persons
were killed by tornado at Grenada, and so wounded
many of them fatally. Miss Dix, the lady SO distn-
guished for her philanthropy, in Jackson, the
10th inst and visited the State Prison at that place.
S. Cat Charleston Thursday last the heat was
excessive, the mercury in the thermometer standing at
ninety in the shade. They have begun to have green
corn in Charleston, and all those vegetable luxunes
that we are glad to get, even in midsummer.
LATHE Legislature of Louisiana, on the 26th ut
made an appropriation of $500 for the purchase of
sword behalf of the State, to be presented to Gen.
Taylor
1t is stated that the Secretary of the Treasury has
directed the deposit banks of the East and West to
place one million of dollars at New Orleans
TExAs.-The Cherokees have commenced demon
STATIONS of hostility upon the borders ofthe State
and requisition has been sent to the neighboring
counties for men to defend the frontier.
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