Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-10-28
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MAINE. At the request of the Attorney
General of Maine, Marshal Turkey instituted a
search in the shop of Mr.. Joseph Burnett, an
apothecary in Augusta, where he found a letter
from DR.. V. P. Coolridge, dated Sept. 80, re-
questing Mr.. Burnett to send him (Coolridge)
one ounce of prussic acid "strong as it can be-"
Mr.. Burnett sent the poison as directed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. Gov. Colby having
declined denomination for Governor, a Wing
Convention at Concord, on "Wednesday, nomina-
ted Nathaniel s.. Berry, of Hebron, who had pre-
viously been nominated by the Independent
Democrats.
MASSACHUSETTS,. Capt. Stevens, on the
Bay State Corpo ration estimates that he has six
acres of floor to lay the present season. This is
understood to include only the hard pine floor
ing. Beneath this is a four inch plank flooring,
doweled together, and secured to the beams with
large spikes. Then, probably, the sheathing in
the mills is equal to the top flooring. Taken
altogether-plank and top flooring and sheathing
the Bay State Mills will cover the present year
a surface of about eighteen acres.
The Chicopee Telegraph states that the gigan-
tic plan Of the Company who have the CONTROL
Of the new city, enterprise at HadIey Falls
contemplate water power for %fity-siX large cotton
mills, IS by 800 feet, six storis high. The pres
ent company has a capital of two and half mil
ions, all of which is subscribed, and the stock is
at a premium. No lame has been fixed upon
for the city. Hampden and Holyoke have been
suggested.
NEW YORK. The North Adams Trans
cript states that the Iron company in that village
are now manufacturing about forty tons per week,
which is said to be equal if not superior to any
in the market. A pudding furnace is about to
be established there, i'll which iron is to made
from the ore.
The friends of A ] Davis, the clairvoyant, are
about to establish a weekly paper in New York
city, under the title of The UaigGc@lum. 1t
is to be published by an association, with S. B.
Britain as publishing editor and twelve associate
editors, of whom Mr.. Davis will be one. Mr..
D. will occupy a place in the columns of The
Univercnlum with his claravoyant revelations.
OHIO. The North Star is the title of a new
Ant-Slavery paper, to be published at Cleveland,
by Frederick Douglass. If he make as good a
paper as he does speech, it will be capital one.
The Clarion Of Freedom has been suppressed
by the mob, and the editor compelled to remove
his property from the town.
The Wing majority in the Ohio Senate it is
now said, will be two, and in the House six
Last year the same in the House, and a tie in
the Senate
The Catalogue of Obcrlin Institute for l847
and '4S, exhibits the following summary of stu
dents ;-Theolgical-27. ~Collcge-93. Teach
er's Department-l0. Shorter Course-l.-
Young Ladies' Course-l25. Ladies Prepare.
tory-l5O. Whole number of ~males-200.-
Whole number of Fcmales-l5I.-Totol AL.
MICHIGAN. The Mormon prophet, Strang
has ordered all his followers to Beaver Island, il
Lake Michigan. He has bought up that spot
containing forty square miles, and expects tt
gather the Mormons there this fall.
IOWA. The Iowa Sentinel says, that a col
ony of Hollanders, amounting to about 1000
have purchased two entire townships in Marion
county, Iowa. They bring their own mechanic
and %artizans with them, and have selected thu
site for Town.
The whole of the crops of wheat and oats o
four Of the Mormon farmers, who are settled il
Iowa, were set on fire and destroyed on the nigh
Of the l4th ult.
VIRGINIA. A man named James L. An
drews, who processes to be from Ohio, was exam
at BarryviIIe, Va, on Monday last, from e%nticiny
away slaves from their owners. The evidenc,
against him was of pretty positive character ant
he was remanded to Jail to await his trial il
March next.
MISSOURI. The Mormons are said to b
i'll a aourishing condition in their new locatio
on the fine lands of the Pottawattamie purchase
j above Council Bluffs, Missouri. They hay
. planted immense fields of corn-to the extent,
is estimated, Of 10000 acres-and other graz
and produce. They have also built a town cal
o ed "Winter-quarter," which already contains
d population Of some 1000 souls. This town
0 entirely picketed in.