Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-03-11
Domestir Gompen0.

N, HAMPSHIRE,-Th election took place last
Tuesday, but we have as yet no returns.
The Portsmouth Gazette says" We understand
that Hon. Franklin Pierce, who has been appointed
Colone of the New England regiment to be raised
under the new army bill, has accepted the appointment"
His head quarters have been established al Ports
mouth, and Theodore f. Rowe of that town has re-
ceiyed commission as Captain, with authority to en-
list one of the two companies from the state under the
ten-regiment" law.
MASSACHUSETTS, Governor has appoint
ed Thursday the 8rh day of April next to be observed
as day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer
The Chronotypc says that when Col. Cushing was
examined by the surgeon, to ascertain whether he had
the required soundness of wind and limb, the use Of
tie sethescope revealed the fact that he had heart
but instead, great lump of selfshness, The sur
geons dare not dssect it out for fear there would be
nothing tct1 IF him!
NEW YORK; The Brooklyn Advertisers avs that
servant girl in the family of Gen. II. B. Duyea, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, last week sent all her earnings, $50
to her friends in Ireland, and only Monday received
information thlt her father, mother brothers and sis
teis, eight in number, had died of starvation The
poor girl, as may be expected, is frantic.
Another girl in the family of N. B. Morse received
information that two of her sisters had died Of starya,
ton.
The new packet ship Constitution and the steamer
Sarah Sands sailed from New York for Liverpool on
Wednesday. The former took out 10000 bushels of
wheat $500 do corn 2700 Dbls. corn meal and 49,
900 bbs. -four. The latter, 1900 bbs -four COO do
corn meal, 1000 bushels corn 400 boxes cheese, and
quantities of bacon, potatoes onions, rice &c.
The large gun cast in England to replace the
Peacemaker" which exploded on board the Prince
ton, has BEEN or will at once be, put on board the
bomb kech at Brooklyn, ard taken to the Gulf, to be
used at Vera Cruz.
The Journal Of Commerce says, the Atantics bell,
which toed so long and doIefny over the sad scene
of the wreck has been purchased for an Episcopal
floating chapel
MISUNDERSTANDING, Ingham county, has been
chosen the capital of the State of Michigan
GNDIANA--Gn corn is worth uco dollars and
s.ricen cents busle in England, and but little more
than n'ne cents in Illinois.
DELAW ARE-The bill for the abolition of slave
ry has been lost in the Senate by tie vote. The
number Of slaves is 2G05.
Observation-Disclosures e. Cooper, aged 81, and
81 yeors preacher recently died in Philadelphia, sup
posed to be the Oldest methodist minister in the coun-
try
They have giant girl in Philadelphia, eleven years
old, who weighs Three hundred pounds.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has appropriated
$1,000 for the distressed families of their volunteers
in Mexico.
Early on Sunday morning last, Martins Hotel, adj
joining the County Jail, in Carlisle, took fire. and
shortly both buildings were entirely wrapped in flames
In the excitement the prisoners in the Jail were en-
tirey forgotten and three were consumed amid the
falling timbers. Tie loss of County property was
about 8GC0O not insured.
VlRGINIA.-Eig slaves recently run away from
Mr. James, Of Wood county, and are probably BY this
time near Canada.
LOUISIANA.-A negro slave was recently tried at
Thbodaux, by two Justices of the Peace and ten
shareholders, and condemned to be hung, for resisting
and striking with spade the overscer, who was en-
doayonrng to chasse him.