Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-03-02
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MASSACHUSETTS, Freaner the bearer Of
the peace treaty, brings news of the death of Major
Edward Webster, son of the Hon Daniel Webster
of the Massachusetts Volunteers. He died of typhus
fever Letters received in Boston, confirm the state
ment of his death.
The adams House in Boston, has burst up" or at
least its propretors have 1t is said they owe $4,000
for liquors.
Taking CMorotorm for Fun.-The New Bedford
Mercury relates case wherein young man clerk
in an opohecary5 shop undertook to divert his friends
by an exhibition Of the effects of choloroform few
evenings since lie breathed it, and the effects were,
to throw him into violent convulsionss which lasted
without intermission for s'rteen hours
CONNECTICUT. Since 1885, the Assessors val
uaton of property in Now-Hayen has increased from
$4343l47 to $1,000 239 and the number of buildings
from 1888 to 1924.
Some villain in New Haven not having the fear of
st. Valentine before his eyes, poured bucket of wa
ter into the box at the Post Office where the Valen
tines were left between Saturday night and Monday
morning. saturating them so that the whole mass of
pager became mere pulp. The ladies talk of holding
IN indignation meeting.
NEW TORK-Thomas Cole, the artist, died at
his residence in C.ttskill on Saturday
Mr.. Astor has laid ASIDE nearly half a million for
the establishment of free libr&y in the city Of New
York He has wisely limited the cosS Of the building
to 3G0,GG0 SO that his benefcenco shall no. like Mr.
Girard's, be thrown away on marble and mortar"
JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, of the New York Herald
has sued Bishop Hughes for S2O0OO for libel pub
lishod in the Catholic Herald, owned by Hughes
In New-York there arc twelve daily papers, IS
weekly and mi-ni0nthly and IS monthly publications
Of various descriptions.
There are $500 tavorns in the State of New York,
253 COO farmers $4,000 merchants, $1,000 manutac-
turors, l25000 mechanics $500 lawyers, 1900 doc
tors, and 1900 preachers Of the gospel.
The Albany Knickerbocker says that on Thursday
the shef went to Bene to sell some property belong
ing to one OF The aannor tenants. On reaching the
place he found about 500 persons collected They
offered no resistance lie could not sell the property,
however for they would not bid on it.
Seven Of the Josults recently expelled from Swift
zerland, arrived at New-York in the French steamer
Missouri.
NEW JERSEY.-Since the lst Of December, two
hundred and fifteen persons have united with the
Methodist Church, at Burlington
PENNSYLVANIA-The Philadelphia Times
says that the large number of hundred and thirty
people of color were baptized in the Delaware the
Jersey shore. on Sunday last
OHIO.-The death of Hon. Andrew Kennedy, at
indianapolis, from small poX, recently announced
Mr., x. was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in
1910, and at the age of 10 was ut work at the anvil
unable to read or write lie dropped the sledge-ham-
lner and took to books read law, and soon became al
popular advocate. lie removed to Indiana, was soon
sent to the Legislature, and from the assembly was
to Congress- where he served three full
terms.
uLINOIS.-Tho Chicago Daily Tribune says that
David Kemison one the survivors Of the famous par
ty who made dish of tea in Boston IIarbor is living
in that city at the advanced age Of III years. His
memory of the doings Of the Tea Party and Of the
Revolution is still very distinct.
WIsCONSIN.-A very valuable deposit iron
has been discovered nef IlUICOuj DOuSG CO' LIZ
Milwaukee Sentinel says the deposit, as far as can be
Judged by the eye covers space Of 200 acres the
whole extent is believed to be not less than GOO acres
1t is found to contain 50 per cent Of iron, and to be
free from all impurities
VIRGINIA.-A horse belonging to a MIR. White,
of Baltimore, made leap at Charestown, few days
SINCE which is close akin to the famous leap made by
Putnams horse in revolutionary times Running off
from fright he encountered mill race II feet in
depth, which he attempted to leap 10 feet from its
edge, but striking the opposite bank with his head
d5ocatcd his neck; and fell back and expired. The
distance he jumped is said to be % feet.
LOUISIANA.-Tho Wings must be poor party
managers With majority in the Louisiana Legis-
alure of two, they could elect neither their Senator
or State Printer
MIS5OURL-A number. Of colorod persons, both
free and slave, were arrested in New Orleans on Sun
day the 8h ins, for the crime of assembling to wor-
ship God A New Orleans paper mentions as AMI
evidence Of their crminaty, TINT one of them had
Bible and three prayer books