Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-19


IN the month of February; 1852 there
VIII be five Sundays. A like circnmstance
VIII not again occur ill 1880, twenty-eight
years hence.
horses, and another was knocked from his
morse by a flying s%ignboard. A massive
iron shutter was lifted from its bipges and
blown across the street. The lofty %steeple
OF the Baptist Church, corner of Sixth and
Locust streets, was hurled from its pedestal
ana Tell on Sixth street a perfect wreck
The cost was about 5000, and il was the
most beautiful in the city. Had it fallen
westward, the whole building would have
been demolished. About a hundred build
lings were injured by unroofmg and other
damage, and chimney tops were blown off
without number, In one locality the ioists
OF three valuable brick tenements were
blown out. Few persons were injured and
the wind blew from a quarter which was
not unfavorabIe for the shipping.
TIE CHoLEnA.-A Geographic despatch
briggs intelligence of the increase of this
fatal disease at the West. We learn that
1t prevails on nearly all the boats up from
New Orleans. On board of one boat alone
there had been fifty deaths from cholera.
TN MAINE LEGISLATURE has passed a
liquor law which imprisons a common sell.
er from 30 days to four months, and sub
Jects him to a fine of not less than 800
nor more than 5000.
CULTIVATION OF CoTToN IN AFRIcA.-
A letter dated at Freetown, Sierra Leone,
April 1851, published in the Manchester
Guardian, says:
" You will, | am sure, be glad to learn
that a large number of natives are now pre-
pairing their lands to plant cotton this year;
and have twenty men at work, preparing
forty acres ofland about a mile distant from
Freetown, for a cotton plantation. Every
week applications are made to me for cot
ton seed to plant in the approaching rains.
Some of that which you gave me has been
supplied to a few missionaries in the Shebro
country. They have planted it and intend
to ship the produce to England.-There is
little doubt that a very large quantity of
cotton will be raised this year, both in the
colonies of Sierra Leone and the adjoining
countries"
AT Akron, Ohio, the wool trade has Just
begun. Several lots have been purchased
at thirty to forty cents-being four to FIVE
cents per pound advance on last years pri-
ces.
A little school girl, in McDonough coun-
ty, ILL.,, near the village of Macomb, was
accused by her mistress with stealing a
piece of money, who threatened to hang
her if she did not confess. She protested
her innocence, when the mistress proceed
ed to put a handkerchief around her neck,
with which she lifted the child from the
floor, disIOcating hr neck!
New YoRK SENAToRs,-The result is
that six of the resigning Senators have been
reelected, and five have been superseded.
In the other district, the Goth, Guinnip,
democrat, has 4480, Gilbert 44S0-a tie,
and the district will remain unrepresented.
Only two of the five new senators are
wings. The called session of the Legisla-
ture met en- Tuesday, the 10th.
AT St. Adams, VT, June 9Th, a derrick
fell at the railroad depot, and instantly
killed two young men named Smith and
Martin.
News has been received at San Antonio
of the death of the celebrated Seminole
Tchief, Wildcat. It is said he was murder
ed by a band of Camanches.
INFORMATION WANTED.-Of the where
abouts of Thomas o. Wyman and Ezra
Wyman, by their sister in North Adams,
Mass. The former is supposed to be in
Vermont, and the latter in Michigan.
Will Vt. and Mich. papers please copy.
TERRIFIC GALE.-A most destructive
storm passed over St. Louis lately, striking
suddenly and passing from southwest to
northeast. Chimneys were blown down,
trees levelled, and walls Frustrated. So
severe was the gale that, among other
things, two horsemen were blown from their
A lady by the name of Bowen was killed
by Lightning or Sunday morning, at Ponti-
&C, Michigan. Her husbund also was bad
ly n INJURED. The house in which they lived,
containing five families, was torn to pieces,
but no one else was injured.