Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-04-08

DESTRUCTION OF fremont TEMPLE The
Boston Journal gives tul details of the burning
of fremont Temple, at Boston, on Wednesday
of last week.
The fire was first discovered in room on the
third floor, in the northwest corner Of the build.
ing, occupied by portrait painter. AS we are
informed, person was filing lighted lamp
with burning fluid, when an explosion took
place, and fire was immediately communicated
TO the room. The Superintendent Of the Ten.
pie, however, is inclined 10 the opinion that the
fire caught from some defect in Aue.
fremont Temple, as is we'll known, was for
merly the home of the drama, having been built
as a theatre IN 1927, and was used as such till
1913, when it was sold to the Baptists for public
worship for $55,OOO
There was insurance on the building to the
amount of $4,000. The loss of property can
not fall short Of 100000.
A block of brick dwelling. houses going up in
Thiny.Second Street, New York, fell to the
ground on Saturday, Just as the workmen had
returned from dinner, burylng them in the ruins.
Two men we're taken from the ruins, dead and
several others seriously injured.
EPIDEMIC LUNG DIsEAsE.-A Petersburgh,
Va. paper says -" Pneumonia has for several
months prevailed in Petersburgh, and, as far as
we can learn, throughout the country, TO an un-
precedented extent, and with maliguity and
fitalitv unknown to our Oldest Inhabitants, 1t
visited US in the form of an epidemic, and
ravapes have been dreadful. We do not
believe that The cholera, when it was among us,
saept away as many victims as this terrible
maisdy OF which we are speaking has DONE"
MURDER TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL.-The trial
Of w. B. Radclf for the murder of David Ross
at Milwaukee, was brought to close on Tues
day night, and at three o'clock on the following
m@ping the verdict was brought into court
To the Infinite astonshment of the large crowd
the verdict was, Not Guilty" The Judge
looked at the paper FIVE minutes steadily, theI
eyed the jury sterny and said
Gentlemen Of the jury, is this your verdict?
Foreman" Yes, your honor"
Judge" All have to say, (ifit is so') 49, ma.
God have mercy on your conscences."
A very great excitement prevailed durini
Wednesday, and in the afternoon large publr
meeting was held in front OF the City Hotel
A remarkable phenomenon occurred at Homo
lol, recentIv. The sea was observed TO b.
rapidiv rising; and wave after wave rolled ir
each higher than the preceding, until the usua
Aoundafv of the highest tide was passed an
the ordinarily dry land submerged. The It'd
must have risen some 20 to IS ieet above It
usuatboands Five houses were swept away
aud fences and other property destroyed to
considerable amount
Az AaED PENsTONER.--There is now Twin
in Townshend, VT, an Ethiopian woman name
Susanna Huzzey, who has attained to the az
OF l05 years. Her husband was slave !
Massachusetts, and won his freedom by enIistn
IN the revolutionary service, and serving throng
the var The old woman now enjoys pensi0
OF 500 per annum, and has recently made appl
cation for bounty land, under an old statute G
Massachusetts, -ef
II is said that the Directors of the Suffol
Bank, of Boston, have discovered defalca,ior
amounting to $s3 200, and are still investi gatin
the Affairs of the corporation.
The slave trade is still carried on at a fearf
rate in Cuba. Two vessels recently broug
upwards of 400 slaves to different parts of Il
Island.
A motion is soon to be argued by the couns
Of Mrs. Gaines, for new trial. 1t is thong
however, that it will not be granted.