Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-31
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HOMESTEAD AioN.-purng me lls
few months bills have PASSED as follows: N'al'','
h'o,.,. If =, Ito nestead personal prop.
=" ',u ~. ,,nund. Vermont exempts Home
cry T., the v,lue of $500; Iowa and Mnrso
:, "a ,cre, ~ land, or lot; California, $40
"o,, f I,,Jf, or lot worth $4,000; DeSerct
t,.,,,d s.ecurrs a home to every family. Geor
me-, rpxns Michigan Wisconsin, Pennsylvanla
sol C,onnrrf cnt had previously enacted simlr
Ls%s. - ChroaoiWe.
PREsIDENrs MEssAGE.-I seems by the
message says the Petersburg Republican, thai,
we are on very good terns with Great Britain,
and indeed win all NE nations Of the earth ex-
cen, Portugal, whose conduct has assumed u
. gravr aud serious character, which Will prob
ably b. the OCCASION of "a special message
THIS IS to . regretted; for, being :" at peace
with tll the world 1t is uncomInonly singular
aud painful that the "rest Of mankind will MOI
keep quiet.
Curious PEDEs TRTAN TRTAL Savan
nah Republican mentions pedestrian race OF
cnrlun, Character which n:c Irrnd in that city OF
the 9h inst, between MesSrs. Jackson an,
M4nshnId. One hundred hstoes were place
in two parallel rows--each potato one yard iron
the other aud each line ext 'nding one hundred
yard. so thu the distance 10 be traVerSed, IN or
der to place each one separately IN the bhske
at the starting point. wa nearly SIX niles. IN
work was done by Jackson IN IS mlnu'es, o
2I2 minutes less than the time stpnInted.-
HIS conpei,tnr gave over lmn"dl,tely after The
Il. IAut,t turn, Dtl
toes not raised.
NJ Th,ro WIS "smn4b.up" on the Ri,
land and Bn ainIton railroad last Friday. be
tween Rutland and Plttsford Engine bnd'
damaged by cunning off the track-passenge'
not hurt
TuE CENrRAL--The cars on the Vermor
Central ,r nd now run into the town OF Bl
Unvtnn and the road expects, as 1t will recelV
the patronage and regard Of the public Dn
inp the last several months the President OF u
road, assisted by the Directors, has gwen col
saut attention. TO its progress, and exhibited
nersonaI dc.0ton to the duties OF his olhi
scarcely eqn1lled in railroad history. The r
pidity aud r5,4rgy with which the whole line h
been carried forward from Montpelier to Bn
inytnn, through rocks, and banks and nv
streams, and in the face of strong opp"SlI
current Of piblic opinion Ian opinion not unn
cou.aged entirely BY III" press) speaks OF ''St
If the u II and cap city of It's managers. r
pqrticullrs as to time, ~ departure and trrlv
see another column Burlington Sentinel.
DR.. WEBSTER IN LM.-Wc know that
Webster has made frequent complaints to v
Andrews the jIilor, that the occupants OF I
cells in HIS Immediate vicinity are III the ha
of shnltl y Out Ia him nights, utterIng all so
Of unklnd euhet5, such AZ, 'Youre the IN
Vat cut w Dr. Parkn n,"'Ynu're a murdere
YM're a hood thirsty scpundrel," &c.
Andrews had no other knowledge of tt
NJ except what he heard from DR.. Webst
y. night placed two men in the plIsa
y leads to the cells, where they rema
E>qornng, but heard 10 unusual or |
Mses The day following this
a D.. >ted his complaints to Nj Andre
10 n- asst night the same outrages /
tors ~. Mr. Andrews knowing this
dream r3e concludes that the ID
70 pronn@ so wrought upon, or that
III "eoSV an unpleasant character,
sPlrlt 'hat logree mental aberrnIi
an inmate OF N,uch of his buoyancy
ISr,nr. when he first beca
teegrap1c CORES "'
Herald states that N1IrNaARrAN.-7
our Charge at Cousta& the New Y
Sultan of Turkey, and gr has ipstrnc
mission for rhe Hungarnconter with
minIons 10 cone to AmeriLsble ms
Ma CALHOUN, who ia now - $40
.lnEton, II iH Thought, will not
able TO take an ctve part in the, w,
Senate. HIS lungs are consideration
MR. CL,Y-A Washington CORE.
IA the Ch'rl"Slon news, writes on the |
lnws:-Froa M nber OF circulnsta
rchtly trlfing ID Themselves it is uu
that Mr.. Clay will be the Wing ca
the Presidency, independent of con
An immense number of hs portal s
words " Henry clay and no convention
are Travelling though the mails.
STAGE ACCIDENT IN VERMoNr--T
bans stuge while on lis way TO Bur
MONDAY Ahernoon was Il, ertnned: in,
and Kellogg aud John G. S,xe. ESQ
am0ag the passengers, were injured
former so severely as TO be unable to O
the stage. l'he passengers attach nc
the driver.
CANADA.-The municpal plect;on,
thew have been dscertained, hav, 49,
retlrn of about ! l2 reiormers ,nd
The refor ners, as general thing, ar
ers Of Lord Erin aud his adinnistra1i
not all opposed to annex tIon to the U
WASH NGroN NATIONAL MoNUME
total receipr7 Of the National Monur
ciatlon during the past year, we're g
all ot which "ls expended with the
oil S55l.22. The Society holds stocks
to the value IF S576492, in addition
WIsCONsIN The Legislature com