Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-08-24
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.-Miss Harriet Lvermore,
who has made two pgrimages to jerusalem, is now
ecurng in order to obtain funds to make third visit
to the same city.
MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield Sentinel
has hauled down the Cass and Butler flag, and goes
for Free Soil. 1t is of the most influential demo-
cratic journals in Massachusetts.
The Boston Daily Wing has changed its name to
Boston Daily Republican.
There were exported from Boston, during the month
of july 1904 tons of ice, of which 1850 tons
to New Orleans. The quantity exported since Janua-
ry is 1885 TONS
NEW YORK.-The N. Y. Express is defending
Willard Fillmore against the charges made by southern
Cass men that he is an aboltonst!
A tremendous meeting was held at N. Y. city OH
Monday night last for the purpose of creating sympa
thy and raising funds for the assistance of the irish
Fifty seven hundred dollars we're collected. Bishop
Hughes made an address and gave $500.
A Sign-Hon Zadoc Pratt, the Hunker favort0
candidate for Governor of New York, had declined
nomination.
The number of licenses granted in N. Y city to sell
lHtOAiCatttS uLuIhoS 10 OtC%-uSihS
by three hundred than ever granted before.
OHIO.-There are fifteen anti Taylor wing papers
in the State, as follows True Democrat Elyria Couri.
er, Painsvile Telegraph, Ohio Star, Summit Beacon,
Ashabua Sentinel, Western Reserve Chronicle, Me-
dina Wing, Hamilton Intelligencer Lebanon Star,
Saturday Clipper, Meigs County Times, Marietta In
telgencer, Seneca County Standard, and Mt. Vernon
Times.
The Dayton Transcript says that on Wednesday
night week, swarms of white "mers," attracted by
the lights made their way into the houses wherever
they could find ingress. In some of the stores they
looked like snow fakes on the floors, which were liter.
allv covered with Them
ILIINOIS.-The Chicago Tribune of the 18th
says Gen. James Wilson, wing representative from
New Hampshire, passed through that place few days
before, and on being invited to make speech at
Taylor meeting, replied, "No, cannot | do not be-
long there" He expressed his willingness if it had
been convenient for him to have remained TO make
Free Soil Speech
KENTUCKY. Some sixty slaves ofLexington have
illustrated their "contentmenl" by running away
They went off on the night of the 18th inst Others
were missing from neighboriug places. reward was
offered and few have been recapured.
MISSISSIPPI.-The cultivation of the grape, and
the manufacture of wine has been commenced with
success.
TEXAS.-The sugar crop of Texas this year will
be more than double that of l947. The first exporta
ton of sugar from that section Of the Union was made
in 1885, and amounted to only fifty hogsheads the crop
of ls47 amounted to two thousand hogsheads, of which
between five and six hundred hogsheads were export
ed The crop of this year isestimaed at five thousand
} hogsheads.
In consequence Of the low price of grain and cotton,
the farmers in Western Texas are turning their aen
ton to the raising of sheep 1t is estimated that more
than 10000 sheep have been taken into Texas this
year. 9s
A Mormon settlement has been made in Texas,
leading to the erection already of several mills and
houses and the cultivation Of some 5000 Of land