Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-10-16
Che Ncw5 Blyuurr.
Notes and Com n ents.
Executive CHAMBER, Montpelier
October IL. 1851.

KossUrH 1t is now ascertaned that Kossuth
is on the way to our shores in the Mississippi,
the national vessel 81 appropriately sent to re
ceive han The President has ordered sllutes
10 be fred from all the naval stations by which
he shall pass. Great preparations are making
to receive him in New York and other cities on
the route to Washington. where, as the nations
guest, he will be received into the Presidential
mansion No one, since the visit of La Fayette,
will be more warmly welcomed to the embrace
Of the American people than the great and good
Kossnth; and no one can more richly deserve
the tribute. Let the acclamatons of our greet
ing, then, rise as one mighty voice and roll on
ward till it reach the old world, and fall in with
ering rebuke on the ears of the detested tyrants
who would crush and STAY this noble son oil lib
erty.
FLAX COrroN.-A gentleman who was in
Montpelier The other day, showed US some beau
tfuI specimens of the llax-coiton, and several
kinds Of cloth manufactured frotn it wholly, and
in combination with wool, and ordinary cotton.
These specimens OF cloth, both for summer aud
winter use, we're beyond our expectation, strong
and beautiful, and from the examination and
accompanying explanations, We for the first time
became confident of the success of this impor-
tant discovery. The Cotton GIN, tits SAID, nv
tied the chains of the Southern slave why may
not this, in the ordering Of Providence, be a
potent instrument to unoose them?
: A rSusaHsrtoN TO. bEd1sbSAsass-- lille
reading the very judcious Suggestions OIL Gov
Williams in his message, in relation to the par
doning power, in case of Imprisonment, for tines
auI costs, which The prisoner is unable to pay,
the question occurred to us Rhether i would
, not be still another Improvement in our criminal
code, to make all partons conditional on the
subsequent gond behavior of the released con-
vict. instead of absolute as now so that he
could be still kept under the supervision Of the
executives OF the law and without new sentence,
T. be remanded, upon breach Of the. peace or
It less crime than the original offence? We but
! suggest the principle and raise the question
a whether, such an actif judcously carried out in
the details would not operate to insure in great
d degree the the permanent reformation of pardon.
Q ed criminals, too many of whom soon relapse
+. into their f)rmer wees and crimes,
= STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. -
IS When the present State Superintendent OF com
}, mon schools was elected, OF soon afer It was
r SAID he was not the man for the pIace-hat he
g was an agent for sundry school book publish
n ers, and would favor particular interests, an,
spend his time in selling the books Of such pub
d fishers. or his own arithmetic, to the exclusion
:, of others and perhaps better ones, &C., &c.
n These remarks and the interest we luke in tn,
l. educational matters, have led us 10 notice tn,
e Superntendunt's course the past year far NOR
~ particularly than we should have done, and in
pr duced us to attend with him some Of the insti
h tutes, that we might Judge for oursef of hi
:. capacity and faithiulness. And weare free t,
IS say that, we have found every unfavorabe re