Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-03

DISASTERS ON THE LAKES Tho steamer
Southerner, on Sunday morning, May 23d, off
Truth Island passed the tow Steamer Telegraph
on fire. The Southerner ran up to her as near
as possible. but saw no one on board and, it is
supposed, that her crew, eight in number, have
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The Chicago papers report a wreck of
chooner off Waukegan, supposed to be either
the Baltic or the ]. p. Porter the wreck was
capsized, and the crew were clinging to her bot
tom.
A severe gale at the time prevented any as
sistance being rendered. and the men undoubt-
eddy persisted.
The schooner President is ashore at Pierre
Marquette the fate of the crew is unknown.
POWDER MILL ExPLosIoN-Th powder
mill and magazine of Messrs. Loffins g. Smith,
at Saugerties, n Y. recently exploded. Several
thousand kegs of powder were destroyed but
no lives were lost, there being no one at work
in the immediate vicinity at the time. Seven
buildings were blown up. There was not
house left in the neighborhood with whole
window or an uninjured wall. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000
THE JAPAN ExPEDITIoN.-The New York
|, Herald is informed by the officers OF the Dutch
ITlBdlC L FIlCe vi OTduH6, luaL tue Emperor OF
Japan has strongly fortified every part of his
coast, and has body of well equipped soldiers
ready to give the American expedition under
Commodore Perry, warm greeting The
5 Dutch officers all think our force despatched to
that quarter as utterly inadequate to the task oil
forcing an entry into the city OF Jeddo.
A Canadian paper records the death of Mr.
Charles Boucher, of Bcrlhler, District of Mon
treal, at the advanced age of l07 years. lie
9 was married to three wives, with whom he hat
II 60 children! He leaves to deplore his loss A.
children, 60 grand children, ID great grand
: children; 2S nephews, 70 grand nephews, and
l. arre circle of friends, who assisted at his fune
raj, which took place on the llth Of April witt
great soemnlly
,s A Young woman, says the Philadelphia Agu
emploved at the Mint, who has been deaf ant
h dpub for several years, occasioned by scarlet f.
re yer, few days since, while engaged at her usr
At al occupation, exclaimed" Oh, believe ca
20 speak p The astonishment of those in tn
or apartment with her was so great that orc oi N
es females tainted, and most Of them were surprise
cl beyond measure, She has since entirely rec0'
x. cred her speech.
IT. RUSSIAN CLEMENcY According TO leJe
set from Warsaw Of the 231 ut., the C2ar h
~ shown mercy-imperla mercy-to number
as Polish noblemsn now in Siberia, whittier the
by were sent, with many others, who have sn(
Or, died, in 1884 The unhappy men are to con
ay back to what was their home, but not iarthir
ed of the revenue Of their estates will they be q
al, lowed TO handle. the government having lor
On since appropriated the whole as rewards to
pc military and civil employees.
~. ~" A telescope comet was discovered on We
nesdav. Nav 19lh. at the Cambridge Observ
N tory. by G. P. Bond, which is the eleventh
:, twelfth first seen by HIM before informant
Nv thereof had reached this country.
The The Savannah .Vctos says that Senator b
rien has resigned his seat in The Senate, a
led that Robert NJ Charlton has been appointed
ion Governor Cobb to fill the vacancy until the Sd
lie. March next, when Mr.. Toomb's term commenc
'eo HANNAH DusTIN The citizens of Eiav
90 ~ hin, Mass, are taking measures to erect
W monument to the memory of Hannah Dns
'u0 upon the site Of the old house, from which {
.o1 was carried by the Indians.
rom The Fairmont Vrginian says-Col. Ha
. TO mond has discovered opposite that place, on
banks Of the river where the soil had been wa
,tor ed away, the remains of a regularly McAdj
,bis ised road 16 feet wide and well graded.
With ARRIVAL OF CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES
ow- Twenty-seven priests and twelve nuns have
not rived at New Orleans from Hayre They
sire to be located IN Texas and Missouri.
w A child one year of age, was killed at Sc
l I'n;, Boston lately by rat, which attacked 1t "
ned, asleep ~ ''' '1''''
to A fibusterng ASSOCIATION has been organ
at St louis