Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-04-18

A DARING FEAT.-We lArn that one OF
the conductors on the Balipore aud Ohio
Railroad enacted a daring fet Oh the is ult
Attached to the train he hahn charge was
an iron magazine car cou''nIng large
quantity "fpnwder in kegs 81 some safety
fuses. When the train hadgone short
distance beyond HedgesviIIS he discovered
that the door of the car wa open, giving
vent to clouds Of smoke. q examination
he found that some mslicllls person had
bored several holes in the Top OF the car,
and that n SHARK from the locomotive had
entered one If tbesa and inited the fuses,
and that it was probable theCo"o"SS'o" 'lau
fore d the door open. Witbu' il'omeht
hesitation he entered the CT, and happily
su ceeded in throwing ou the fuses ana
saving his train MartinSArg Gazette.
MORE GoLD,-The Cheokee was hard
y snug in her berth be(orelhe Empire City
made her appearance from Cnagres, BRING
ing 1913 passengers and illtloIl In gold.
Her news from California no latter than
that by the Cherokee
VALUABLE SOIL The Washington cor
respondent Of the J0urRdtd Commerce says:
Gentlemen from CaIfornl nov in WASH
ington, say that Col Frepaont is the rich
est man III the world. Hi gold mine will
probably be saIeable. in ara years al six
millions an acre. Mr. Wright says also
that he knows of spots belonging to the gov
eminent, which are worth six millions of
dollars an acre, and will produce from ten
to twenty per cent a yearon that sum.
A FORMIDABLE MovE.--At the last NEE
ting of our City Council petition from
nearly fifteen hundred ladies was presented
and read, praying that licenses for the sale
OF intoxicating drinks be dened--and that
every violation Of the Excise Law be rig
orusly punished. -BnfdioC Onrier.
- In round numbers, he distance from
New York to San Francisco is sixteen hun
DIR d miles greater by the hnama than by
the Tehuanlepec route, md ten hundred
greater than by the canal rale of Nicaugna
which last route is six hunted miles shorter
than the Panama
PLANK RoADs.-The Secretary of State
Of New York has articles d association filed
in his office, which CONTEMPLATE The conslruc.
ton ol two thousand mlIesof plank road in
} that Stlte, the cost of With will be about
f SO, 900, 900.
70 According TO some English statistics
as many persons have dietbefore their 2Oit
, year, where the factory setem extensively
prevails. as before their 4On year elsewhere
A SEVERE SENTENCE Albert G. Gas
king, who was convicted aChnrIeston S c
: on four indictments of ubbing the U. S
, mail, has been sentenced tortv yeari i'm
, prisonment at hard labor h Edgetield j1il.
~ The Albany Jonrn, says the North
} ern Railroad is progre'sIu, rapidly towar,
!, Ogdensburgh. By the fhtof May, the 10
E connective will be in ope' aIon to the viIlag
of Chaeausay, As miles from Lake Chm
plain.
FATAL AccIDrNr IL New York Mir
rot says that young law. about twent
Ninth street. New York went out on III
roof Of the house on Sunay afternoon, wit
j. her brothers, and it is Supposed that. Will
standing near the edge, she became dizz
: aud fell to the sidewalk. The distance wa
so great, it being five story house, tina
when picked up, she was perfectly insensi
bic, and died shortly afterwards. 1t wa
rumored on Monday that he young lady ha
thrown herself from tho rof, but such wa
not the case, VIC believe, She had been t
, ST Marks church that sAcrnoon, aud ha
E only just returned. She is said to hav
/ been most accomplished amlabIe CIR
LOST PEAnLs.-On thtbIade Of the peck
ct knife taken from PrpiSsor Webster ar
I two mottoS on one SIDE" DO unto either
? as you mOuLdth OthrFbuH do unto 90 u
: on the other side, " ~ an opp0rtanit
oftrS itseT to do a gOOd at neur fail to in
, prouc it. How many Fright young hope
r have been crnshsd by ~ simple violatio
of that " golden rnIeP which, instead {
cleaning from the uIe aeeI blade, shout
have been engraven uIto' the heart of 1t
owner
EV MAIL CARRIED p DoGs.-The s.
Paul (Minscta) Pioneer las late dates fror
the Sekirk settementsIF the arrival of a
+. express mail in eighteen phys, the sled beln
g drawn hY dngs. which made SO miles a DAY