Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-14
Che Nem9 Olcnucr.
Notes and Comments

VERMONT Central Rail ROAD We have
received the 9TH Annual Report, of this, great
and, to the public and especially our agricultural
interest, truly important corporation. The ex-
hibit it makes, after all the stlom,nls that have
been made, thai the receipts did not pay expen-
ses, and that the corporation was irreIrjeylbly
bankrupt is certainly an encouraging one
showing balance of over $4,000 Of receipts
over all expenses Of running, losses by fire, ac-
cldenls Sc, even from the time the first car was
started, The part devoted 10 a reply to Quincy,
the author Of the greatest misfortune which ever
happened to the Road. is u conclusive one
against that gentleman and we hope the pub
lie will now, in Wow of this Report, and the
verbal report made at the late meeting at Norh.
field, which place the President, and the other
present managers of the Road, on high ground,
be more inclined to place the Chief blame where
it belongs, and not, where, it never belonged,
on Gov Paine, but for whom the Road would
never have been bniIt, and but for whose ulyjd,
ual energy and perseverance,, it would have long
sincgeone by the bo,rG.
The FIRST MYRrYR OF THE RryoLurtov-
A movement, we are gratiisd to learn, is being
made, in the southern part of the State, for The
erection OF a monument over the remlins Of Wn.
French, who was slain at what has been termed
the massacre at Westm;nister on the l}th Of
March, l775,-the eventual day which forever
terminated the British rule ia vermont Although
historians, cur own among the number, have
treated this memorable event as a lracas grow
Ing out OF the York Controversy, aad 81 failed
to give It any prominence as Revolutionary
incident, yeta careful examination Of the faces
and circumstances out Of wh.ch il arose, cannot
fail, we think, to convince all, that it as much
deserved to be classed auous the events nt the
Revolution, as the taking oil TiconlcDga,
month or two afterwards. This bein. the case,
the date of French's death, shows han 10 have
been the first martyr in our wal Of Independence
und we hope the people Of Vermont, WI persist
in their claim to this honor, I'LL they 6nd them
selves set right in history, and The incident IN
question receive the prominence It deserves, rs
the opening scene in the great political dnma,
which resulted IN mixing US one Of the in
dependent nations of the earth, with prospec.
tive destiny outrivllling them IN NIL in greatness
and spendor. For these reasons, we hopa the
PROJECT OF erecting Il monument over French,
VII be pushed forward in earnest and if it can
somehow be made to receive the sanction, it not
The AID OF our Legislature, the present Session
1t VIII stu further tend 10 give Importance to The
object, and pub'i:i,v to the event Intended to he
thus cumnemnlated
a BASE SINGER ENoulRrp ron Ann rorvp.--
oSSian Dodge Of the Boston Museum, recently
put or'h III his piper grave notice of the wsn'
" good base singer with the singular qanlit
cal'on That one hom Vermont wouli be prefer
red As far as voice j. ronccrca, we think
We have found one, that if he can only be prop
e'ly trained, Will answer the pn.p5se. Tas
discovery was made on this vista few weeks
ogo' oeng "osa down win labor an4pexed bal,
o0' OF orr HE with csr g, and politics. we carsl
'of oar team, aud thrusimg fresh Museum ia
our pocket oread at leisure. we srrpck q lime ia
Inc mountains, nor slockenej our speed al ".
mao reached the vicinity OF Cranberry m.sda4
pond u ne good iowa Of Woodbury.. when V
Pot Up oar pony, and with our G,liny rear. stt
VI o'i "No9sh swamp thicaot for the pond