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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
Sugar Making.

The amount of maple sugar made annually
in Vermont, according to the best estimates we
can obtain, is about five millions of pounds
Our present population is not far from three hun
dred thousand. This will give a fraction over
l6 pounds to each inhabitant Of the State, or
about 100 pounds to every family of six, and TO
all other families proportional amount This
cannot be more than half the quantity which is
consumed by the inhabitants. With our noble
mapla forests, the finest, perhaps, in the world,
and with the inducemGut to furnish themselves
and others with sweet more pure, and exqui-
site in flavor, than can be extracted from any
other substance on earh will not our farmers
this season try to swell the amount heretofore
made? Let those, whose tastes so decide, use
other sugars if they will; you can, after supply
ing yourselves, send the surplus, by our coming
rail road, to the cities, where, if it is well made,
it will always command handsome prices.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
The Season.

The winter which is now passing away, tho
less snowy and tempestuous than many others.
has yet been one, so far as it regards its average
GOODNESS, of remarkable severity. Doctor Rob-
bins, the Librarian of the Hartford Atleneum
who is now so years old, and has kept journal
of the weather &c. from his youth, publishes a
note, in which he states that the winter has been
colder than ally one since he kept record
The same story has reached US from all parts of
the country; and our own observations, made
through the winter on a tested thermometer, to-
gether with the more papable doings of the
Frost king everywhere observable around us,
all 90 to confirm the statement. More than half
the acqueducts in this vicinity have either been
frozen up solid, or so deranged by the action of
the frost as to be useless. Our honest old grave
digger informs lbs, that he finds this winter, in
the village grave yard, which has been pretty
deeply covered with drlft.snow, one foot Of fro
zen ground, where, in ordinary seasons, little or
none has been found. One of our villagers re-
Gently undertook to dig down to the leadpipe
conveying water to the house, and found the
earth, though only partially trod by foot-travel,
frozen down to the astonishing depth Of four
feet, by exact measurement. We noticed one
block Of ice taken from the mill-pond, the last
DAYS oil February, which lacked but few IN
ches of one yard in thickness. The earth IL
some places in the vicinity, has been rent Ossun-
der with the noise of exploding cannon. Every
thing, indeed on which the frost can act. exhb
its indubltable evidence of its unusual intensity
And, in addition to its GOODNESS, the atmos
phere has been extremely dry, harsh, and haz
zlrdous to health and life. 1t has been this
state of the air, doubtless that has caused the
wide spread influenza that has prevailed, affect
ing the well, proving a severe test to the infrn
of all ages, and sweeping off our old men IL
fearful proportions, to the grave. We long tt
hear once more, the voice of the thunder fol
with 1t will come the equalizing flow of the e.
ectric fluid, difusng heat and moisture througF
the air, qulckening all animated nature, ant
bringing health and animal comfort to our pinch
ed and shivering systems. In short, we long 10
spring; and in our impatielce, often find our
selves exclaiming with Montgomery, the poet;
so, why, unfoeling Winter, why,
Still flags thy torpid wing?
Fly, melancholy season, fly,
And leave the year to Spring"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
The Fast Proclamation,

Perhaps we owe an apology to Gov. Cool
idge, for inserting in ourpresent number what
purports to be his Fast Proclamation, with
out receiving an authentic copy. His Elk
ccllency may not be aware that such a pa
per as the Freeman is published at the Cap
ital; or he may not suppose the Free Soil
party sufficiently elevated in the scale ofre-
ligious perceptions to appreciate any such
procedure. But we would respectfully in
form him, that there is actually such a pa
per here with quite respectable circulation,
and that its readers now entertain conside-
rable correct notions of the Deity he pro.
poses to invoke, on the occasion referred to !;
so that hereafter they may be appropriate
ly ranked with the Christian community at
large.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
January ThaWs.

Will any of our readers, who are curious en-
quirers into the operations of nature, and capa-
bic of giving the reasons of things, furnish us
with philosophical explanation of the fact flor
fact we suppose it will be admitted to be,) Of the
invariable occurrence, each year, of a thaw in
January, while thaws in all the other winter
months are uncertain and frequently fail to hap
penn We should be pleased to publish salts
factory solution.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

to be Jed away under an ill-founded apprehen-
under the protecting egis OF the Constitution,
and suffer slavery to be made the instrument for
the overthrow Of this the most noble political
structure ever built up by the hands of man
the pride of America, and the wonder of the
world; they had better beware, that on the day
they announce the Union at an end, they do not
send forth decree as certain as any that ever
emanated from the Almighty, proclaiming free
doom to every slave in the South"
This is the kind of talk we like to hear. Let
rlaveholders understand distinctly that the first
blow they strike to dissolve the Union, will be
followed by blow that will break off the chains
from every slave.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

bors-lf it tends to impovcrish the states where
1t ezists-if it shuts out capital and checks en-.
terpTiso--if it threatens the destruction of the
slaveholding states and endapgers our otherwise
glorious Union, it should be removed imlnedl.
ately. But if Providence has designed to con-
tinue this evil a century more for the purpose of
accomplishing his benevolent purposes toward
Africa, then we must submit but we are ex-
pecting stronger demonstration against slave
ry than Mr.. Clay letter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
RAILROAD MEETING

The citizens Of Montpelier and vicinity,
who desire to have Railroad built from
this place to some point on the Passumpsic
Railroad, are requested to meet at the
Grand Jury Room at the Court House, on
Saturday evening next, at 7 o'clock.
J; B; D9ANF0RTH, s.crat.,;..
R. r. KEITH, secretaries
March 20, lS49.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
Grand Temperance Leyee.

We understand that Public Levee, to cele
brate the triumph of No-License, has been re-
solved upon by the "Sons of Temperance" Of
this village, 10 be held at their Hall, on the eve
ning of Wednesday, April 4. Other Divisions
in the vicinity, and the friends of temperance
are invited and expected to ioin in
such celebration, for which great preparations
are being made. Tickets of admission verv
Success to them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

t-B'7It will be seen by advertisements in
another column of our paper, that Major
Burhham has just returned from Boston with
fresh supply of spring goods. We were
not aware till recently of the extent of this
establishment, or the inducement it offers
to purchasers in this part of the State
With ? or 300 hats and 500 caps, of all de-
grees of quality and finish, before him to
choose from, and with prices actually lower
than those of city retailers, he must be a
difficult wight who can't here be suited.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

Our neighbor ofthe Patriot has recently
opened battery of hot shot upon the Camp
of the Central Railroad Managers. When
they get more than they deserve we will in
terfere.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22
NOTICE.

All Communications to the
Freeman, whether on business of the
paper, or republication, should be address
ed, postpaid to the Editors,
Montpelier, Vt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

Vice need not tremble in the bosom of a
man over so; for she will not thereafter be
driven from her seat.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-03-22

CENSUS OF MONTPELIER WEST AND OF THE
VLLAGE,-By vote of the new town of
Montpelier, census of said town, and
of the village proper, has been accurately
taken by Col. Washburn, with the follow
ing result:
No. OF inhabitants of the whole of said new
town, 2242
No. of inhabitants in the village, 1894
Showing the town to contain beyond -
the village, limits but 3Oo
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12
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The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12

"You know what physical training Is. Of
course, mrs Parting, onl said the doc st,r 81. i
mild way. t.Oh yes" !" replied she; I'VE ;iest
seen picture Of a whole family of twelve
children that took nothing upon airth but pills
for thirty years! phc . was physical traii,s
ing for you. The doctor shock his head las
If increiulous. What aort ef pilIs 3n,itsass
they be- sp hatFiclousHs syeg. .ctabla pills
st6oesnret" was ths yeeponse gsayely uttered.
and the doctor rushed from HE house frantic.
Wheiher she meant q pm, OF iat, ialy al, tSjt,
but the seassa.le noes were yGry se s;eus-
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12

Bayard Taylor, ina letter from C,.ifaYnia,
says that ihose who return home disappointed
say they have been humbngged about tlse
gold. The fact is, they havo hun.buegcti
themselves about the work. IL they expect
to make money ont Of tho earth without SCI
we're labor they ore ssoftllIy mistaken. OF
all classes OF men, those who pave streets
and quarry lip.estonc arc best aaaptcd for
gold diggers.
The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-12-12

The Pope blessed the Neapnltan army on
their flight from Roman territory, as follows:
II bless'd yon marching 10 The fray.
bless you now you've run away;
l( other honor you hupe not,
You'll always be q blessed lot,, "a
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
Decision of the supreme Court.

Wv. ". FLOYD. Judge of tue Fourth Circuit.
 In the case of the of the State Of Arkansas es. Mm. W. Floyd. .-0n writ of aae narraato, the Chief Justice and Judge Scott, on last Thu rsday, delivered separate opinions, (Walker absentl de- cidpg that Floyd was the rightful and legal judge of the fourth judicial circuit. The chief justice held that the legislature possesses no constitutional Fight to sbolish circuit during the term for which
 circuit judge is elected, and thereby oust him from office; and that Foyd, though nOmnally the judge of the fourth Is, in reality. the judge of the seventh, and rghtfulIy continues in office until the expira- ton of the term to which he was elected by the legislature.
 Judge Scott held that the legislature possesses the right to abolish circuit, and deprive the judge of his ofice but that in this case, the seventh circuit not abolished by the act of the legislature but that only its uumercal designation is changed-its identity is the same. He concurs with the chief justice that Floyd is the legal judge of the fourth circuit.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
caliAruEa Reuse,

We are rsmiaaad, every day, by the number of emigrantS who pass hrongh our city, and the pre- vang oPiuisn ol thfpress, Of the grea. advantages of the Califospia rCus through Arkansas over any other which has baa proposed. The following article from the Stisouis Union of the 2Ith ult. will show to those who think of going by Iodepen- dence. the diienllie, which they will encounter in taking that direction We are informed that those who have already ststed with wagons on the route by Fort SSnith, have been heard from far Little siver, and to that pint, distance of about one hundred and sevehty.fve miles, they had met with no ohsffleiions to tier advance. The party pio- nseriug and cpeniuga military road, is supplied by the government wah competent engineers, and to take the most accessible and easiest way for wagons. The Union sayst
 "Last evening we had the pleasure of few mo- ments' conyersatioa with Capt. James kirker. the experienced mounhIneer. We learn from the cap tain that the roads between here and Independence as well as beyond that point far persons have Taversed them, are in eoadition almost unpTece- denily bad. Not sBs oC the several parties which eit heres some of ham thirty odd days since, design ing 10 make the entire trip by land. had reached Independence whsn the captainieft there on Moncay
 
 longing 10 the parties will sustain grsater amount of suffering and injury between this and their inal siariing pont than will tall 10 their lots for the mainder Of the tTip 10 California, So bad are the roads, and even The streets si Independence, that the party, cf which the captain was a member. broke the tongues of two their wagons and pair of hounds while passing through that town.
 From the fact that the new grass on the plains is never very nntricioas. and always acts upon the animals as stIong purgatve, it is the impression oi the captain ha, will not be advisable fer parties to enter upon their journey the plains prior to the hst of May, yet some are talking of starting from the vicinity oi Independence about the 18th prux.
 The market at Independence is well supplied with every necessary article for the trip, except, perhaps. rife powder. which is selling at Sl per canister, while it may be had in this city for fifty cents.
 There are at the present time for sale in the neghborllood of Independence, fifteen hundred head of mules, with large number of oxen; the former command from S55 to Sse per head, the latter from $4o to $45 Boarding and lodging ranges from $l 50 to s per week.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
New xorkers for califerria.

A better looking or more gen,emanly set of men have not passed through our city than the Haviab Mining Company" Of New York. They form a joint sock company, consisting of ihirty-four mem bers. each of whom has paid into the general fund five hundred dollars, thus giving the company capital uponwhieh to start of seventeen thousand dollars. Their organization is complete. and their tool. and machinery have heen shipped to the Pa cifc coast. from whence they will be conveyed 10 the piaeers where 1t is intended to operate. An acquaintance formed with several members of the company induce to believe that with intelligence they combine energy and determination enough to accomplish provisional government and achieve fortune One of the company has furnished us with the following for publication, in order that their friends may know of theiI safe passage thus far;
 Dr.dohn Conger, Josiah W. Thompsos, Henrv c. Langley, WoOisey Teller, David Hoyt. William B. Grant, Henry Vandevere, John s. West, Win. Faueeti, Edgar T. LAsak, J. BrinkerhOf, jr-, Amos $. Miller, William D. Coleman, John J. Lott, Tho s Parsons, Cernelius H. Van Wyck, Charles R. TuppeR. Henry 8. Cohee, Geo T Sniden, Francis Hoyt. George K ,PattisoD,. ,.B. L. Noe. James II. Macdonald, Charles W 4Ehrenstroem, John George Biting. William Wear. J., Edward Norton, Earl Miles, lilly Alien. Frederick w. Gorssgorer, J. GrOts Carely, Jacob F. Randolph George II. An iseWs, C. Stryker Schenek.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
Beau,iful Extract.

Ths Indepe ndent Order of Odd Fellows eoas' Y a peculiar philosophy, but which Is nothing fes'' than Christian beneyoience. under another aSl"s as is plain from the following elegant and g'oss, description of it, taken from the orston ef a'0'' of the Order: ,A.
 l Mere is calm, s=ss. realm. Here are '", oreen pastures and siiil watcfs--hsfe lns ~s1s Dteasaatness and the paths of peace ne g" which she tiiis is the human aeayi, zDd D' - which she seatssrs will bear thsir !ra.i in hes.' Here are not the Pomp of science, us sPi'Sso yealas. the glitter of wealth, the nght "' "S With her pale finger she poiais to the an "ai' o' ' ea.i. sad they all become as the ch"h "P'I hosom of the wind. Yea--she stops ''s a. SDeaks she now iH tones as solemn as H,N"s T. bs,i, of the nothingsess.sf human greatness .,a
 ei, again, aud ye shall hear hef elafion Seas claiming aloud, iaat human virtas hs's' sa. Aepsars she aeE with shadows of death sf0S .,,., hand. and the history of tho world sPsh a's S v" ', to teach hoxg pIifnl Is iDdis idpal ambition shall behold her descending uRoa her sHgsa '.D.s of Lovo and Chsri ," to gather the s sss family beneath their ample lolda iCespes sn s,p ip t,e shape Of hosry pkiIesePhsF, SSfa ss 1s.,s wi,h the weigh. of ysassl Lo she comes i,a ,he shape of minisiesing angel. with sfos sf s.a sy,opalhy, and tears of pity, 10 the ssoo'" and the house of death '
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10

The Cabiaef's Dtcsttings.-Tbe Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia North American gives these items concerning the domestic arrange ments of the members of the Cabinet:
 The members of the Cabinet beginning to be domeeed. and by the next session of Congress wi,l be prepared to extend the hospitality of their sta tions in a becoiaing and dignifed manner. Mir. Clayton Ia about to establish himself n the former residence of Mir. Buchanan. MT. Meredith has taken the well known mansion of Mir. s. Clair Clarke, on Presidents Square. Mir Preston has ceeced Mir Mason, not only in office, but in his household. Mir Johnson has been established dur ing the winter Capitol Hiii, and will do well keep himself above the atmosphere of the city. Tue other members have not yet located them selves.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10

The Cabinet Badly Distrfbsted New York Tribune, during the pendency of the question, objected to the selection of Reyerdy Johnson, oi Maryland, for Attorney General. tor the following reason:
 '' But again. MT. Johnsens location is nhfortu- nate. 1T aproiated, lour of the seven seats in the cabinet will be filled from four coetgnous Atantic Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Three of the members live within six or eight hours ride oi each other. All this time the Great West has but single representative in the cabinet, wh,je containing half ihe population and thres-iourths of the territory of the uniop This is be filled from the West---say Caleb B Sfnnb, cs Indiana, Edward Bates, of Missouri, or Meredith P Gentry, of Tennessee. !"
 This" depierable error " was committed no,with- standing the warning ofthe Tribune. .--Raii. Repsb
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
A Xill WnInan.

From 'ne Rlciofta t1eHas) Advocate.
 We know mt but our reputation lor veracty may suffer by the following statement but, as we have been laying cf for the last two years 10 give it, we think there IS no use ot waiting any longer It will require some creduliiy to believe the story; bu. can assure the reader ihat what We shal state could be established by the testimony Of some of the oldest and most respectable eiilLsns ot nsighbor ! ing county of Jackson.
 For the last ten years there has lived and the thickeis of inc Navidad bottoms m Jackson county, an animal universally believed to be woman, and though diligeni search has frequently been made, Dot living soul has ever been able 10 see i'; though on one occasion several wears ago. party driving cows through the bottom, cstne so close upon its camp or de. as 10 compel 1t 10 drop Kind ol basket or trunk, which aiiea examination vas !ound 10 be perfect curiosity, containing a most astonishing vaiieiy of little tfInkes such as pins, needles, kuives brushes, and several articles whose entirely unkboan, and all of the most ipgesiouS aEd exquisite wosk manship aud also asmAll pocket Bible. with New Xork" written n It i0 small beautiful hand writing, together with sso guns, one oi which 1t had stocked--having Si0lan an old gun barrel from the settlements,
 The principal reason for believing 1t to be a woIpan arises from it's track, which has often been seen, and which resembles exactly that of a small and delicate female. It frequently visits the neigh hsrshg houses ofnighs. fos the pnsposs Of picking ap such 5tislss as ii can lay Eabds on.- eIothns ,psFtieslsiiy, of wlHch It is supposed, from the aaantiiy missng frosn lime to iime, it has enodgh 10 sci up respectable millinery snor and clothing store.
 About year ago it went into the house of Sam A. Rogers. when lie was absent, opened Lis Insd,- cine chest. took portion of all the medicines in H. carefully pulling back the shoppers, and committing po other damage besnie tba of taking several articles sf clothing. which. after going 10 the edge of the betosl, ,lt appears to have sied osii and left such articles Hanging aPoa stick i; i'id i,o; sssa .o require. tt also came to Mir Roggefs's place recently ssd brought back woo,iea bowl taken nboat ysss s::sce, and trace chain that had te.u missing ier eight years. These aue bat 1.-the of the gsany eeceatseiies Of tke paB womsh or ani.na bat they serve as q sPeeiuen.
 So sure are sAe Psefle sn the NAvidsd that it Is wild hnmaa beiag. thsi we understand reward ol forty eewa and calves has been offered to any one ~ho would captae.it It s supposed by some ths, there vas once and woman, but that the 1nan had died. How true ihls conjeciare is, we cannot say; bat there es1 kardly be do&bi baf wild man M woiasn has inhabited ihe Nssidsd Mustang bottoms, near Texsns, for many yesrs II cannot be negro, male female. because The traek sorbis ihe conclusion. We incline to think st Mexican s&Dinan.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
.rhe Cholers.

Alarming scc&,nis reach us every day ci the progress of this disease in New Orleans. We re- eeve no intelligence through hepspe's oi auu,feds who die every day, and every etfor, is made to sup press the fact that the Cholera prevails at this time 10 greater extent there than it ever has. The steamer Robert Morris, we are informed, in her passage from that port, lost eighteen of her crew and sficen, and Eas obliged to fay up at Lake Providence for the want of hands. Among the latter. regret to say. that Capt John Cochran, so long and es.issaA'y known to our citizens. ss sa efficient and obgas officer. has iaIiea victim, and was baried at Lake Providence. We eouh no, iearn the names of others who died.
The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10

G0- The following announcement, made in the \. I. Herald, is reiterated in the papers Washington:
 We are authorized to state that there is not the slightest feRaaatea for the report that Mir. Ewing claims that the heads of bureaus and clerks trans ferred to the Home Department virtually out of office, their commissions having expired in coase- quence of the transfer. The act Is perfectly ex- plicit upon this point, and neither Mir. Ewing or any other member of the cabinet has ever enter tained such an absardity that the incumbents of the bureaus under his department have been egis- lated out of office.