Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-03-28
CHE Ne,ve @leaner.
Notes and Comments.

THE California Fever, it appears from the
papers, Is raging throughout all the great west
this spring worse than ever. 4 ST. Louis CORE
spcndent Of one of the N. Y. papers estimates
that the overland emigration the coming season
will be twice as great as last year. Nor will 1t
be confined to the west. The middle and North
ern states are constantly furnishing their quotas
to swell the great food, which, in spite of all
the death and disaster that has occurred among
those that have gone, still continues to set to
wards the New Eldorada. Numbers in our own
state are preparing to 60, and from the western
part of it especially, we have heard of twenty
to town who hive either already gone or are
on the eve Of starting: There is food for re-
Election in this great ahd unprecedented move
ment of emigration If Higher import than that
which merely relates to Gold There is Prov
idence in it which mikes US ponder over the
probable results not only to the commercial but
political world,
The SEA.SERPENT "A Sea Serpent Of mon
strous sze--nore than 100 feet in length was
seen by the hands and passengers Of the Steam
er William Seabrook as they all report on the
1Ith of March, off against South Carolina
There may be some mistake about this newly
reported case, to be sure; int we firmly believe
in the existence of this wonder of the deep, and
the only thing remarkable about this one, is his
appearance so far south, which is ten degrees
nearer the equator than any place where he was
ever seen before. AS he is the only known ami
NAL that was never captured, perhaps it is omin.
GUS Of coming freedom to those in bondage in
the quarter where he has now appeared, or per-
haps he has come for John c. Calhoun
~ New Gold coin of the denomination OF
$40, has been struck and issued from the Phila-
delphia mint. They are to be called Washing
tonians, say some of the city papers.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BurFALo, occur
red on the 10Th, destroying one church, large
Hotel, store and dwelling houses to the estimat-
ed value Of 100000.
o. Webster's trial. for which great prepl
rations have for weeks been gong on commenc-
ed on the 10Th.
VERMONT SUPPLYING MASSACHUSETTS
WITH APPLEs.-Mr. II. Bruce, Of this village
recently went to Lowell and Boston with 81
barrels of Vermont apples which he sold at a fai
profit.
UNPARALLELED sBARBARITY-B Between u
and 30 human fiends, abou. 2 O'Clock on Sunday
morning, broke into a small dwelling IN 30ih st
near Tenth Avenue, occupied by laborcr nam
ed John Rock, together with his wife and niece
and proc eeded to the bed room of MIR. Rock
dragged him out of bed, beat him severely, ana
bound hun with ropes; after which they put ou
the lights and drew Mrs Rock ont of bed, bea
her dreadfully and abused her, leaving her near
ly dead, they then proceeded to the room Of Miss
Rock, the niece, and served her in the same bar
barous manner. In the morning Rock disengag
ed himself from the ropes, and went for physi
clan who found the females in a shocking con
dtion, and so dIeadfully injured that he consid
ers their recovery very doubtful The niece il
so horribly bruised that her face, arms and othe
parts of her body present dreadful spectacle
of barbarity. The 10th Ward Police havt
been on the look out oil day for the perpetrator
Of this atrocty, and have succeeded in arrestInI
Ne of them who has been identified BY Mr.
r ,ck.-M y Organ.
O. Millions autograph was sold the othe
day in the city Of London for about two hundre
dollars.