Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-10-05
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NEW HAMPSHIRE. The report of the
School Commissioner Of New Hampshire, Prof.
l., s. Rust, containing returns from nearly every
town in the state, furnishes the following Stats,
tics
Whole number of scho odstrcts reported, p
1872; number of scholars in the winter schools,
70 $40; average attendance in the winter schools,
BOSS; number of scholars in the summer
schools, 59,231; average attendance in the sum-
mer schools, 46,Oll; average length of the whit
er schools in weeks, 8 10; average length of the
summer schools in weeks 3-5 average month
ly wages of male teachers, exclusive of board,
Sl3,56; average monthly wages of female teach
ers, exclusive of board, $780, number of male
teachers employed in the winter schools, $40;
number Of female teachers employed in the win
ter schools, 776; amount of money raised by tax
es for the schools, SI26, sos IL amount contrib
local fund, SIS, 40l 49, amount of literary fund
$50, 449,2 amount raised for the Teachers In
stitutes, about 81 900; whole amount raised for
the benefit of the schools during the year, $l47,-
744,S
MASSACHUSETTS, Harvard University,
says a correspondent of the Hartford Herald, was
founded forty years ago, and has educated ten
hundred and thirty eight ministers, eight humid
red and sxty.five of whom are now living OF
this number, ninety-seven have been, or now
are foreign missionaries; and ffty-seven Pres
dens or Professors in Colleges and Theological
Seminaries.
A Copper Mine has recently been discovered
within the limits OF Carlisle 1t was first observed
by boy driving cows in pasture, who discover
ed the mineral before woodchuck hole, whence
it had been thrown out in digging.
At the recent term of the Court of Common
Pleas in Taunton, five individuals were several
ly fined 500 each for selling liquor without
license.
NEW YORK A host of Postmasters in the
interior of New York have received walking pa
pers from Washington 1t will be fuel to the fire
which is devorng Hunkerism
A child of Mr. A. G. Moore, in Havana, died
on Wednesday night from swallowing a common
white bean. 1t was found swollen to an enorm-
Gus size
The Proprietors of the N. Y. Morning Star
gave to the Albany Relief Committee the pro-
ceeds Of one days publication of their paper
1858 copies were sold; and advertisements &c,
1921 so.
The Empire State, (which is now buildino at
Buffalo, exceeds all the steamers on the Western
lakes Her length in $40 feet, 81 eet beam,
100 tons burthen-~ will carry 1000 barrels of
freight, 400 cabin and 400 Storage passengers.
She has 1870 state rooms each feet by 7, with
elegant double beds. OF these state rooms thr-
ty are double rooms for families
Slaight, who murdered his wife in New York
few days ago, by shooting her, has since starv-
ed himself to DEATH He was eleven days with.
out food, notwithstanding every inducement was
held out to him to take it.
The ship Finland, from Liverpool, which ar
rived at New York on Friday, had on board 35
orphan children, entirely destitute of means
They were placed on board by some person I'M
known.
:, OHIO. Within a few weeks twenty-six dis
charged volunteers have died in Cincinnati of
dysentery.
John Conley was shot at Henbeavillc, by an
old woman, whose house he attempted to enter
by force The old ladys young and beautiful
daughter was the innocent cause of the dreadful
tragedy
PENNSYLVANIA. Some democrats of
Tioga, Pa, have set up Jonah Brewster as an
opposition candidate for Congress, against Will
mot.
INDIANA. A young man by the name of
Sparks. in the employ of MIR Geo. Hikes of
> Clark county, shot two boys, sons of John Liman
: and John Grsmore, of the same county, wound
! ing them slightly with the shot with which the
gun was loaded. The boys were committing a
trespass at the time upon Hikes vineyard
Sparks was tried on the 5th ut before Esquire
Smith, for shooting the boys, who fined him $40
and costs
TENNESSEE The Memphis steamer Con-
corda exploded on the 18th ut near Plaquemi-
4 mes Some ten or fifteen persons were instant
9 ly killed, and several more were among the mis-
sing. None of the cabin passengers were hurt
KENTUCKY. Rev Turner Roberts, the
: free negro recently sold at Louisville, has been
/, set at liberty. The law was declared unconsti.
a tutlonal.
n LOUISIANA. The sugar crop of Louisiana
has been so extensively injured that il is estima.
ted about $50, 900 hogsheads will be gathered.
MISSISSIPPI. The editor ofthe vicksbure
J. Sentinel has been killed in the street during I
n political quarrel.
MISSOURI. The Missourians are discuss
ing the question whether the interests of that state
}. would not be promoted by legislative act de
= claring that no person born in that state aftel
1860 shall he held as a slave
l. ALABAMA. Hon Dixon H. Lewis. Loco
g Foco Senator in Congress from Alabama, weigh.
quarter of ton, or upwards of five hundred
at pounds
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