Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-09-14
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MASSACHUSETTS, We hear that the 10Th |
of October is the day fixed upon for the celebra-
ton of the Introduction of Long Pond Water
into the city, and that measures are already in
progress to render the occasion worthy of the
event to be celebrated.
CONNECTICUTT.-At New Haven and
vicinity, severe drought is prevailing, while at
Hartford, and even at Meriden, (the latter only
fifteen miles from New Haven) there has been
good supply of rain.
NEW YORK.-The Democrats have nom-
mated Exchancellor Reuben H. Walworth for
Gov and Charles O'Conor Lieut.
In an official announcement, the Board of
Health declare that no case of yellow fever exists
in New Y rk. That city is affirmed to be healthy
in an extraordinary degree, as is established by
the fact that in fifty-seyen days of the present
season, ending August 25th, there were 1866
fever deaths less than during the corresponding
period of last year.
The Buffalo people, too, are thinking of get.
ting a supply of water for their own city from the
"Chochituate Lake" For Buffalo it is estma-
ted that the cost of the undertaking would be
about $500, 900, provided the citizens went gen.
orally into the arrangement For Boston, the
expenditures are about six millions of dollars.
Two lads, VIM. Barnes and Andrew Mckay,
aged Is and II years, were arrested last week in
| New York, and committed to prison on a charge
of having presented three forged checks at the
Mechanics Bank, and received cash for two of
them, for the respective amounts for which they
were drawn.
OHIO-Moses Corwin Esq, the cousin to
Tom, is the Wing candidate for Congress in the
Champaign district, Ohio. He is opposed by
his own son, John A. Corwin, who we take it, is
a Democrat. If the old gentleman had whipped
his son little oftener in his boyhood, he might
have saved himself the necessity of whipping him
at the next election.
PENNSYLVANIA.-Thc Philadelphia Ledg-
er says that the new experiment of executing the
printing of Congress by contract, which went in.
to operation at the beginning of the last session,
has saved to the government already nearly $780,
000
lLLlNOlS.-TheP Potato Rot says the Peoria
Register, "has made its appearance in our coun.
try. In several neighborhoods in different Sec
tons Of the country the potatoes are all diseased
and the whole crop will be lost
! our OF seven members OF congress recently
elected from Illinois, were in the field of Mexico
One Wing is elected in Democratic district
and Democrat in Wing district.
MARYLAND.-A State Cattle Show anC
Fair is to be held at Baltimore, in November, il
connection with the exhibition of the Mechanic
Arts, the first of the kind ever held in Maryland
NEW JERSEY.-A meeting of the Newarl
Anti Slavery Society was dispersed the othe
night, by crowd of men and boys, who rushed
into the room, and commenced yelling, upsettinI
the benches, &c, and not content with this the
took the books belonging to the society, carrie
them into the streets and burned them.
The Newark Advertiser says that the prevail
ing drought in that State is destroying the crop
of corn, buckwheat and potatoes. The pastur
is drying up, and the mills are crippled by the d
minishing supply Of water. The crops will nc
produce more than half the usual quantity.
SOUTH CAROLINA-The Cheraw Gazett
states, that in addition to the advantages of tn
tomato for table use, the vine is Of great value 70
food for cattle, especially for cows 1t is sal
that COW fed on tomato vines will give NOR
milk, and yield butter Of finer favor, and il