Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-08
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s. C.-Hon. w. c. Preston has been appointed to
the Presidency of Columbia College.
The Legislature adjourned on the 18th ult having a.
dopted by a vote of two to one, the report in favor of
transferring the election of electors of President and
Vice President, from the house to the people.
Omo.-A letter from the Rev. DR.. Beecher of Lane
Seminary, received the present week, informs us that
/" the Students are again for the third time visited with
a special shedding abroad of the love of Christ in their
hearts, and their influence as preachers and pastors,
begins to tell powerfully in the churches"
Elder David Marks recently died at Oberlin Ohio.
He was a distinguished Freewill Baptist preacher, pi-
Gus and useful, and for twelve years an assistant edi-
tor of the Morning Star. He died triumphantly.
A Kentucky heifer, weighing sixteen hundred
pounds, was seryedup at Cincinnati, during the Christ
mas holidays.
Flour at Cincinnati is selling at $3.50 5.
A great effort has been made to raise the $4,000
by New Years day for the relief of the Oberlin Col
legiate Institute. About $4,000 was subscribed at O.
berlin, and several gentlemen in Rochester, Troy Bos-
ton and N. York put down $1,000 each, and other
smaller sums, so that the effort is likely to prove sue
%cessful.
The present term of the Court Of Common Pleas for
Hamilton county bna seventv cases of divorce upon
the trial docket.
MD.-A beautiful snuff-box has been presented by
the colored people of Baltimore to the Rev. R. J.
Breckenridge, to testify their esteem for his interest and
services in their behalf. 1t is made of very fine gold,
beautifully embossed and chased, and has on the sides
the following inscription: " The gift Of gratitude
Presented to the Rev. R.. ], Breckenridge, the Chris
tan philanthropist by the Colored People of Balti-
more, Dec. 18th, 1915"
N. Y. The Comptroller of New York city
estimates the expenses of the city government
for the coming year at S2,362, 1872 ,46-which
will require a tax of 90 cents on the hundred
dollars.
G7The propGss held by Trinity Church in
N. Y, city is. estn TO be worth one hundred
millions of dolIas, IA estate, $50, 600, 900,
other properg A.0dd 00a
The Hudson 10 Newburg.
and there is exacselIll uce to Al
bany.
A RcversaA-The Coz ~ eFr ios
of Errors has reversed, by
the judgment obtained by ], IN
the late Col. VIM. L.. Stone, for BBe
suit was pending against Col. Stone aeh
died; and since his decease has been conkealI
by his widow.
, Flour in New York is worth 1915 pc
f barrel.
N. c. The Raleigh and Castor Railroad
was sold yesterday by the Treasurer ofthe State
pursuant to advertisement heretofore made. Hi
Excellency Governor Graham bid 1868 900
the amount due the State under the last mort
gage, with accruing interest; and no other bic
being made, the road was accordingly knocked
I down to the State.
LA, For the first time a day of Genera
Thanksgiving has been appointed by the Gov
ernor of this State.
The st. Louis Peoples Organ says: Yester
day one of the female slaves of J. B. Bran
came up missing, under circumstances whicl
= lead to the suspicion that she has taken tn
"underground" for Queen Vic's provinces,
The New Orleans Bee of the 28th inst, say
: Tirrell is still in Jail in that city, and continues
: to maintain a logged silence. Besides this, h
d appears haggard and %care-woln, as if laborin,
under mental suffering.
R. l, An India rubber factory in Providence
g manufactures 600 pairs Of shoes daily. TIL
a India rubber being first mashed, is Dissolved i
camphine, and passes several times between tw
n iron rollers. 1t is then run off in a very thi
y web by passing it between heavy rolls upon clotf
o where it is kept in place until several layers ar
g made, so as to obtain the desired thickness
During this operation, the material is mad
warm by steam, One girl makes from ten t
fifteen pairs of men's rubber shoes per day afte
e the material is prepared.
Mass. Ninth District.-Full returns fror
e the District give for Hale, 1854; Pierce, 1925
Wheaton, 594 Scattering ITO. The majorit
IF against Mr.. Hale is 16I, and his net gain sine
the last trial is 1856. The vote of the DistriC
y is a third less than at the November trial.
The Legislature convened at the State Hout
yesterday