Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-12
The News Of the Week,

Since our last, the North America has arrived
from California with 100000 in coin and gold
dust, aud 400 passengers. The miners, in some
parts, were doing well-in others, poorly. The
Legislature was about to adjourn, having passed
a Homestead Exemption Act, and q Usury Act,
allowing 10 per cent. interest as the legal rate,
and permitting l8 per cent. by special contract.
Robberies and murders still continue to be dar-
ing and frequent. The late census is shown
to be defective, and the real population of Cal
ifornia is set down at 100000.
1t has now become pretty well established
that Senator Seward, of New York, is earnestly
engaged in favoring the nomination of Gen.
Scott as candidate for President +; while Web
ster and Fillmore are taking advantage of that
fact with the South and their Hunker followers
at the North, to prevent the Generals nomina-
ton.
The news from France indicates that the
great issue between monarchy and republican,
ism, as involved in the proposed alteration of
the Constitution so as to make LOUIS Napoleon
President for life, is rapidly approaching. A
party is now being organized who 60 openly for
human foresight.
Sundry stock raisers of Addison County have
issued a call for a State Fair, at Middlebury on
the 10th and 1lth of Sept. next, for the exhibit
ton of horses, cattle and sheep, and urge the
farmers and traders in I've stock in all parts of
Vermont, to attend with their best specimens,
and see what can be done towards establishing
a permanent state organization for these purpos-
es.
Dinslnore, the Old Line Democratic candi-
date for Governor, has been elected in joint
ballot, in the New Hampshire Legislature, by
A majority.
The rescue trials are going on in Boston. In
the case of Scott the Jury disagreed, standing
6 and 6. The Free Soil papers charge the off
GERS with an attempt to pack the %juries.
But the most important political occurrence
of the week, perhaps, has been that of the two
State Conventions, in Pennsylvania, which were
held on the 9Th of June-the Democratic at
Reading, and the Wing at Pittsburgh. The
Democrats, with their different divisions Of
Cass and Buchanan men, each rallied in their
full numbers, and tried, at the outset, the strength
of their respective ~fayorites for the Presidency,
when it was found that the Buchanan men were
in a decided majority, and that Cass stood no
chance for a nomination from that State. The
Convention then made their State nominations
accordingly, and resolved directly against their
State law refusing the use of jails for fugitive
slaves, and indirectly in favor of the Comprom-
Use.
The Wing Convention, in the meantime, met
in harmony, resolved to sustain Gov. Johnson,
who refused to sign Il bill to repeal the above
named State law, resolved against the extension
OF slavery, and, saying nothing about the Com
promise, nominated Gen. Scott for the Presi-
dency.
The action of these two conventions, in so
important a State as Pennsylvania, caDnot, we
think, but have an important bearing on the lay.
ing out Of the next Presidential campaign among
the wo old political parties. But at this time
we offer no further comments.