Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-11
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Boston, Feb. LIST. l847.

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/ MAINE.-The recent Liberty State Convention
presented the name of Cen Fessendcn to the Nation
al Liberty Convention as suitable candidate for
President.
/ N. HAMPSHlRE,-The rails, locomotives, cars,
&C., for the Cheshire road have been contracted for
and the work will be vigorously prosecuted as soon as
spring opens.
4 A pine tree was talled in Hopkinton, measuring 7
feet through at the butt and l07 feet long 1t had al
so three branches nearly four feet through It was
estimated that the whole tree would yield from 70O0
to 5000 feet of lumber.
/ MASSACHUSETTS, amount of subscrip-
ton for the sufferers by the Nantucket fire was about
$4,000. The whole number of buildings burned was
more than 360 and the whole amount of property de-
5troyed about Sl,CC0OOO.
N. YORK,-Monroe Edwards, known from his
crimes through the whole country, died on Friday
morning in the Sing Sing prison His disease was
originally, it was said of the lungs He has been de-
ous for the last three weeks and he finally died in
much agony a raving maniac.
Gov Young has pardoned the anti-rcnt conyicts out
of state prison,
The Legislature have passed resolutions almost
unanimously in favor of prosecuting the Mexican war,
and also against the acquisition Of any new Slave ter
ritory
Seven prisoners escaped from the Jail in Albany on
Tuesday night One broke his leg by falling, and was
caught $50 reward is offered for each of the more
fortunate of the eg-bai offenders.
R. I9LAND.-The House of Representatives have
passed bin. 46 to ), that no fugitive slave shall be
surrendered by any officer of that State.
ONO The Ohio House Of Representatives by a
vote Of % to - have passed resolutions instructing
their representatives in Congress, to vote for the eX-
clusion of slavery in the territory of Oregon, and also
from any other lie 'rltory that is may be herea
ter annexed to the United States.
The project of repeating the cruel g black laws
of this State is likely to fall after all the loud bca tngs
of the whigs-the whole subject having been indef-
nitoly postponed in one branch Of the Legislature.
Fifteen hatboatmen were drowned and frozen to
death in severe gale and storm on the Ohio river.
LOUISTANA.-The towboat Phrnix, having in
tow the ships Manchester Ironsidos and barquc Leon
low New Orleans, on the 2lst ut,, killing about twen-
ty persons and badly wounding number Of others.
Judge McEIenry, of New Orleans, has decided that
slave having gone cut Of the country and land
ed upon free soil, upon return is no longer slave
This decision was made in case where Il slave was
taken to Europe. The free States we suppose, are
not free SOIL
PENNSYLVANIA.--A Postmaster in Pcnnsylva-
MIA has recently been compelled to pay several years
subscription to distant paper, in consequence of not
having given the notice required by law to discontinue
it, bat continued to receive the papers and sell them
for the postage.
WISCONSlN.-In 1886 the population of Wiscon-
sin was l2300 sous at the census of last Juneit was
over $4,000 emitting horto three representatives. No
territory Of the United States, has been populated with
the same mpldty, in the same period of time.