Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-12-27
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Notes and Comments.

PV''1 WIN" WHICH AISI VSeo WTteNHely UNt SOou
reius3 to write at all; and asks to be Informed
=" why they behave so, and how they may be cor.
rccted2" In answer, we reply that he is not
aInhe in his troubles, our own patience has been
exhausted long ago and we see hut lntle chance
for the correction Of the evil till something can
be found to pake ink of that will not corrode
and spoil them. We see no way bat to GO back
to the use of the good old grey goose quill, or
wait till the mHes of California shall be the
means of bringing gold pens within the reach of
all.
C. The Rutland Rail Road was opened the
whole way from Bellows Falls to Burliug'cu last
week. Tho Central will be this week. Then
these two rival rail roads will have an opportunity
to shake hlnd4, as we would suggest to them odo
cordially, aud without deIuy.
NREs.-A destructive fire has recently &C
CURED in Concord, N. H., consuming seven
stores, with a loss of thirty or forty thousand
dollars. In New Bedford lhe N. E. Rivet Fac.
tory has also been destroyed, loss $4,000
$li000 insured. Smaller fires have occurred
at Detroit, Baltimore, Charleston, Mass, and 9th
er places. In New York on the %, great Su.
ga Ripeoing Establishment, was wholly con-
sumed at an immense loss.
o. The snow, last Saturday afternoon and
night, fell ten inches deep which when melted
produced, according to our measurement Just one
inch and half of water.
The PARKER MuRDER-THE ARREST OF
Mr. GAGE We stated yesterday, says the
Dwell Courier, that Mr.. Gage, respectable
citizen of Dracut, had beer charged with the
murder of Parker at Manchester, on the strength
ct an affidavit from Mr.. Moorl and constable
Presley OF this city. Mr. Presley informs US
that so far as concerns HIMSELF our informant
was not correct and that he gave n such aft.
davit--hlvlng taken no particular interest in The
matter The same may be true of Mr.. Morrill,
The individual who nstigated the complaint
now pending against Mr.. Gage, is Mr.. Palmer,
of Amherst, N. H., we believe, who thinks the
accused is the same person that called Mr. Par
ker out Of his house on the nigh of the MURDER
to converse with him. There is no doubt thai
against Mr. Gage, and that measures were in
progress to have a requlstion upon the Cover
nor for his surrender. The matter, however was
stayed, as Ineuti med Yesterday, by Mr. Cages
arrest and Imprisonment IN this city for debt
We suspect Mr.. Palmer is altogether on the
wrong track and that the Parker murder, which
creates periodical excl elnnnt, is as great
i mystery as ever.
| CALIFoRNA.-Since the commencement of
th gold excitement within the past yearth, num-
her OF vesstls that have lett the Atlantic ports
Tor California amounts to 730. Of the number
there had arrived at San Francisco up to the
first Of November 265.
About fifty thousand persons have gone to
'alitorna in the above 730 vessels, nv the way
Of Cape Horn, in addition to the thousands that
have gone overland and across the Isthnus of
Panama and The probability is that the emigra-
ton of the ensuing year will exceed that of the
PRESENT. A few will make money, while the
arGer noriioe win ,s.s .hs.seiye --f- ,l''''--
GRANGE from goIu hunting and miners perlls
NJ A great sensation has been created in
The medical faculty, by the discovery, first made,
we believe, in Germany that the liver oil OF The
cod fish is the best remedy yet known in pumo.
nary complaints, ameoratng the character of
f he disease, and often preventing the formation
of tubercles. Its reputation has caused de-
mand for the article beyond the supply, and the
consequences ia, az is too often the case that I'M
prncipled mrn are manufacturing a spurious ar
r hcIe, and selling it for tho genuine.
GF The land on which the Massachusetts
Medical College stands, was given by DR.. Park
man. 1t is valued at $4,000 The Parkman
Professorship OF Surgery was SO much in his
honor.
A STEAM MAN. A mechanic in Russia is
said to have succeeded in making a steam man.
= 1t is probably, says an exchange, one of the
/ most interesting inventions ever offered to he
public. 1t is a colossal statue, tie feet of which
are placed upon wheels upon a railroad, and as
he goes laundering over the course, the steam
comes putting out OF his nostrils in manner
to give the appearance Of 81 tan as pictu, ed in
f Revelation Our own opinion regarding it
. is that there is nothing wonderful about it. There
f are hundreds Of mechanics in our own land who
a could make steam men, if they received orders
to do So, and good pay for their labor; but Of
what utility would 1t re wDen executed.
| Sci. .4merican.
= OPIUM EATING. In conversation few days
ago With an apothecary of this city who does an
! extensive business, We were aS:onshed to learn
to what an immense extent the banefu and des-
tructve practice Of opium eating is INDUCED IN
this community; and were still more amazed
= when he informed us that the chief consumers
Of the poisonous narcotic are females
e ~ Y. Ernn.
l. GEORGIA BURR MILL Stones. A load Of
French Burr Stones having arrived at Savannah
i Geo. correspondent writing to the Repubh-
can, states that they are far inferior 10 the Geor.
I gia Burrs-that he had examine! and compared
II the two made into stones, and found the Geor-
;, gla, Lafayette Co., the best IN every point Of
view.
t SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BuRLINGToN. On
Il Monday afternoon, the tieSsels now in progress
Of erection. to connect the new bridge over the
h Onion, with the grade at WInoOski Falls. fell II
the ground while ten men were at work upon
them.
], Three Of these managed to leap upin the
bridge in time to escape the fall; one got of
9 with trillng injury, while the other TX went
+ down and were crushed among the falling tim
If bers.
+ Mr.. Amos Cutting, ov rsecr, from Lyme,
)t N. H., died befne no conld De carried to
J. house. Juhn Bland, an Irishman, was dreadful.
i y acerated about the lmbs and after suffering
G painful operation, died in the evening.
james Kennedy, of Burlington. had his chest
crushed. and died in a few hours. F. D. Cunlt2
9 late Of Philadelphia, received some injury from
81 tho shock, hut will probably recover.
Of Henry Williams of Colchester suffered com
n pound fracture IF the arm, and VIM. Hoos, 81
II Wlnooski, had his thigh broken IN shocking
le manner.
4 VIRGINrA.--A State Convention, for the pur
pose OF revising the Constltution Of this State
10 we see is proposed The measure is recommen
Mt ded by many Of the Virginia papers There
D however, seems to be considerable difference d
or opinion on the character Of the changes which