Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-05-18
domestic Gomprno.


Seth inst, to Keene, on which occasion the stock
holders, with invited guests, will have free pas
sage over the road.
At the town meeting in Concord, on Saturda,
last, resolutions were adopted, nearly unanimous
: ly, instructlng the selectmen to appoint com
mittee to prosecute all violators of the license
Incorporating $500 to pay the expense o
such prosecution and also to appoint a commit
tee to prosecute keepers Of bowling saloons.
MASSACHUSETTS-An insane woman by
the name of Gordon, living in Second street. Fal
River, drowned two of her children on Wednes
day, and then cut her own throat.
Five dead bodies have been found in Boston
in single week. In no case is the cause Of
death distinctly known. Besides several infants
have been either buried surrepttiousy or found
floating in the water.
Fourteen young ladies from Massachusetts,
says the Buffalo Herald of the LIST ins,., are now
in this city, on their way West as teachers, I'M
der the auspicies Of the American Society for
the promotion of Popular Education. They are
bound, principally, for Indiana and Illinois.
Rabbi from jerusalem, dressed in oriental
costume is attracting much attention in Boston
His name is M, M. Lusic, and his object in Wis
ting this country is the collection of money for
the relief Of the poor of his native city.
The Chronotype states that young lady of
wealthy connections, was detected lately in the
act of secreting pair of hose while in the store
of an extensive dry goods dealer in Washington
street, Boston. The fashionable shopIifter beg
ged hard to be let off, and the matter was finally
compromised by the young lady's paying a bill
of over 500, which was the value of articles
plundered from the store at various times, of
which the shopkeeper had kept a correct ac-
count.
No less than 1929 emigrants arrived at Bos-
ton on the 18th inst.
At the dedication of the Hancock School, in
Boston, Mr.. Mann stated an interesting fact, that
for the last ten years. the expenditures of the
city of Boston, for schools, were equal to the
whole expenditure for schools in England, by the
Government, for 100000 Of people. They
hid kept pace with each other from year to year.
NEW YORK-Sxty-fve fires occurred in
New York, last month, the majority of them the
work of incendiaries.
The profits Of the N. York and Washington
Telegraph Company are reported to amount to
$1,000 per month, The Western Telegraph
Company is, however, doing better business
than this.
Gerrit Smith of New York, has sent to tie
editor of the Chronotype $500 towards the fund
for the defence Of the captain and two men off
the New Jersey sloop that carried off the slaves
from Washington; and says he will pay more III
necessary.
Property has been purchased in Rochester for
9l4, 900 by the Roman Catholics, for Education
al purposes. A preparatory school is to be open
ed now. In few years college in Ohio is toI
be removed to Rochester
Forty coored families are to leave New York
this spring to locate on Gerritt Smiths lands in
Franklin and Essex counties.
PENNSYLVANIA meeting was recent
ly held by the colored people of Philadelphia at
the same time with the whites, listened to speech
es, and adopted resolutions of congratulations
upon the political emancipation in Europe.
MICHIGAN-A Geographic despatch to the
Traveller, dated at Detroit, May 9, says" Alter
rible fire is now raging here. Forty buildings
are already consumed. The Steamboat Hotel
and the American Hotel are in flames. One
third of the city is threatened with Instruction
The Advertiser office is destroyed The fire is
still raging.
IOWA.-The exemption of homestead of
eighty acres from sale on execution, &c. was
lost in the Convention which framed State Con
stitution for Iowa in 1874, by vote Of 40 to So
OHIO.-A fellow tried to play the ghost
few nights since in Cincinnati, by winding al
sheet around him; but being caught, was beaten
so severely that it is feared he will become
ghost in earnest
A stone resembling black flint, and weighing
10 pounds, fell Oh Wednesday night, near Car
thage in Ohio 1t is supposed to have been dis
charged from the volcanoes in the moon
INDIANA-A young lady of Lawrenceburg
had several teeth extracted recently while under
the influence Of chlorotorm. For several days
she remained in the lchargc state, and has since
lost the sight of one of her eyes.
VIRGINIA-JamesH PLunkett, recently on
trial before the United States Court at Richmond,
for piracy and slave trading, having been brought
from Rio Janeiro, has been acquitted
Henry A. Wise is the delegate from Accomac
district, Virginia, to the Baltimore democratic
Convention.
The Quakers in Virginia seem to be placed
in peculiar relation to the laws of Virginia.
The Yearly Meeting of Baltimore to which they
belong, has charged all its members to educate
the free colored people. The laws of Virginia
forbid it; and the Friends have addressed me-
mortal to the General Assembly Of the State of
Virginia, asking liberty to pursue the advice of
their Yearly Meeting. If liberty is nat given,
we do not know what course the Friends will
take.
KENTUCKY.-One of the largest meetings
ever held in Louisville, KY, took place last week
in answer to call to raise volunteers for Ire
land.
A Panther was killed recently about seven
miles from Lexington, Ky. 1t measured, in
length, three feet and in height, two feet SIX
inches. Its color was yellowish gray
SOUTH CAROLINA.-At Charleston, on
Tuesday last, hail fell in sufficient quantities to
whten the streets. Some of the stones were Z
10 inches in circumference and weighed over
two ounces.
NORTH CAROllNA.-Muchc concern pre-
walls among the turpentine producers and dealers
in all this section of the State, account of the
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