Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-09-16
Domesttt Gompen0.


MAINE.-At leastlO 900 men, says the Ban
gor Wing, are actively engaged in the numbering
business on the Penobscot river and its tributa-
ries
NEW HAMPSHIRE,-The Governor and
Council of N. Hampshire, have appointed Thurs
day, Nov 25, as the day Of annual Thanksgiving
in that State
MASSACHUSETTS, The Greenfield Dem
ocrat of to-day, says the potato rot is becoming
quite extensive in the northern part of Franklin
County, and some fields in that vicinity are very
much affected. Mr., Apollos Burnham of Mon
tague, says that on Thursday last in passing
over his potato ground, he found the stencil so
lntolerabc as to oblige him to leave it.
NEW YORK; number of the friends Of
Hon. Shas Wright residing in New York city,
recently determined TO present him with ser
vice of plate as a testimony of their appreciation
of his public and private worth. 1t is now near
y ready, but the one for whom it was prepared
has passed from earthly rewards.
A Mr.. Glatz Of New York city, has a child
which offers a singular example of the caprces
of nature. It's hardly twenty-five months old,
and is thirty-nine inches in height. Recently it
grew five inches in three days, and then after
twelve days mtermission it grew four inches more
in week
The members OF the class which has lust been
graduated at West Point, have been commission
Jed and ordered to the seat of war
Rev. II, II. Garnet has declined the invitation
to become Pastor Of the list Presbyterian Church
of colored people, in New York city.
Gov Wright had completed the address which
he was to deliver before the State Agricultural
Society, previous to his death, and it will be read
on that occasion.
Mr.. NIIhelmus Simmons of Taghkanc, New
York, found large hornets nest under the
leaves Of his barn. on Tuesday, and determined
to destroy it, So he took some matches, tied
them to apole, and with them set fire to the nest
and totally destroyed it, Unfortunately, howcy-
er, the barn was also burned, together with a
thousand bushels Of oats, large quantity ofrye
hay, &c. Less from 1920 to $500; no in
surance.
A correspondent Of the journal Of Commerce.
writing from Oswego county, N. Y, states that
the rot has commenced in his vicinity, aud pota-
toes were offered at IL 10 cents busheI at Os-
wego, and refused, from the fear Of their perish
ing in the hands Of the purchaser. The writer
adds that the disease had not attacked the lady
finger and the negto-toe, two species of potato
which he cultivated
There are now over six thousand inmates in
the New York Aims house
PENNSYLVANIA-Prof McClintock, who
was indicated at Carlisle, Pa for being engaged,
with others, in an attempt to secure the freedom
Of Slave, has been acquitted. Twelve negroes,
indicated with him, were convicted
OIlIO,-Thc wheat crop is said not to be 50
large in quantity, but enough better in quality
to equal an average yield.
MICEIIGAN.-The Michigan Railroad Com
pany are building at Detroit a brick depot, or
freight warehouse, which will be 500 feet long
400 wide--much the largest building in the
country.
WlSCONSIN.-Amos Lawrence of Boston,
who pledged 900 for an institution of learn
inc in Wisconsin, in case like sum should be
raised in the territory by lands or otherwise, has
paid over the money. The institution has been
eIigibly located.
MARYLAND.-The Cecil (Md) Wing places
the name Of Henry Clay at the head of its col
umns for President in 1913.
KENTUCKY.-Th Governor of Kentucky
has issued his proclamation for raising two more
regiments Of Volunteer Infantry to be sent for
ward by the Goth ofSepember
GEORGIA.-The Georgia Wing nominatcs
Henry Clay for President, and John Mclean
for Vice President.
LOUISIANA.-The Yellow Fever still RACES
in New Orleans. The deaths range from 40 tc
Is per day, and all the citizens who could were
leaving the city at the latest dates.
The Secretary Of the Treasury, since the first
of January last, has sent upwards of twelve
millions of dollars to New Oreans--an amount
unprecedented since the government was organ
lzcd
VlRGINIA-About forty enerprising agri
cultursts Of the vicinity Of Brooklyn, New York
who are to be joined by party Of three hundred
immigrants now on their way from Bristol, En-
gland, will in few weeks proceed to Western
Virginia, for the purpose Of forming a settle
ment to be called Brooklyn. Each has pur
chased tract Of land for s 1, ~ -2per acre, ant
among the party are some wealthy, and substan
tial farmers, who are amply provided with mean
and appliances to subdue the difficulties of lores
life. Their lands are situated on the banks c
the Ohio River