Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-04-22

"Si "hu uieli lhleIluGe represent
atoms of the manners, notions, &C., ofthe blacks
on the Southern plantations extremely life.lke
1t is quite the best company of the kind we have
ever seen in this part of the country.
The pretty dancing of the pretty Mrs. Davis,
IN the Highland Fling, &C., forms an additional
attraction.
I5@Marks & Platt, the new clothing Store,
is now open and thronged with customers-
read over their advertisement and give them
q call.
THE FIRE AT ST.. ALBANs.-The account O,
the destructive fire that occurred at ST. Adams
on the 9Th INST was accidentally omitted in cur
last. The following, from the St. Adams
Democrat is list Of the losses and amount of
insurance.
A. Church, Cabinet manufacturer, loss So
000--insured in the farmers W. Mutual ST..
$50, Braihard Il Tuler, merchants, loss $4,000
fully insured 81 200 1.-THE Farmers Vi. Mutual,
Sl500 in the Vt Mutual Mr. Graves g. Son
loss $3.50, no instance. Theodore w. Smiths
building, used as store by Swift A Co., nsur-
ed 81 $780, $1,000 in the Etna Insurance Co
and $500 in the Vt Mutual. Twift g. Co mer-
chants, loss from to So 900, insurance on goods
81 900, supposed to cover entire loss. M. S.
Earrow's goods and building insured $4,000.
John Watson's Tailor Shop over Swift & Co.'S
store, loss S75' The whole loss is estimated at
about 9200G0.-ST. Adams Democrat, 7th.
ANOTHER FIRE IN THE CAPITOL AT three
o'clock wednesday morning fire broke out in
the Capitol at Washington, in the room occu.
pied by the clerk OF the Supreme Count The
fire was extingulshed by the police force of the
Capitol, after destroying most of the furniture.
Nothing of meteria value was destroyed. The
origin of the fire is mystery.
Destructive FGRE.-On Thursday, April
LIST, destructive fire broke out in ChlIlicothe,
Ohio, which consumed one third of the business
portion of the town, including the two principal
hotels,
A destructive freshet recently occurred in
Morganlown, Virginia, sixteen houses were
swept away. The village of Riversve, in
Larlnn county, was almost entirely destroyed.
The loss is represented as very heavy.
The walls of the building in Hartford, CT.
occupied by Hose Company No 2, recently fell
10 the ground burying five children beneath
the ruins, two of whom have died; two Others
lie in hopeless condition. while the fifth will
probable recover.
Loss OF LIFE ON WESTERN RIvERs.-There
were more lives lost on the Western Rivers du.
ring tho year 1851, than on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts of the United States and the Gulf
of Mexico. The number in the former was
628, in the latter, 3l8.
Iron WAR VEssELs.-Some experiments
recently made at Washington, go to show the
unhtness of iron material for the hulls of vessels
of war. An eight inch shell being fired at a
condemned iron vessel, made such large rag
ged hole that 1t is thought the fragment of iron
would be more dangerous than the shot Of the
enemy.
HIGH PRIcEs.--The New York papers are
complaining of the high price Of provisions in
that city. Butter is selling at 80 81 cents the
pound, and it is difficult to get good article at
that. You cannot buy, says the Express, good
beefsteak for less than Is cents pound Veal,
mutton, and others meats are proportonately
high. Potatoes are also scarce and dear-says
Sl,25 the bushel.
THE CAPTURER OF LOPEZ. The man named
to Cuba from Spain, laden with fonors. The
Queen gave him Sc 900, and made him cap
tain in the rural militia with a salary of $110
month; 10 negroes and tract OF land have
been given to him.
The WORLDS FAIR IN NEW YoRK-The
New York Legislature has granted charter to
an association of gentleman for The purpose of
an Industrial Exhibition in New York city. upon
the plan of the great Industrial Exhibition at
London The capital of the Company is $780,
600, divided into shars of 500 each. Theodore
Sedgwick is President and William Whetten
Secretary.
The " Ohio Stage company" have held NEE
ting at Columbus, to consider a proposition fol
running line of coaches through from the Sta
ties to some point in California. 1t will require
about two thousand horses. The Wheeling Ga
zette learns that the enterprise will be carried
out and thinks it will be successful.
OLp pEopLE.-There are thirteen persons
out of one hundred and ninety residing in ont
school district in Canterbury, N. H., whose
united ages amount to 1904 years, being ar
averase OF over 81.
The Maine Liquor Law passed the Massa
chusetts House OF Representative on Tuesday
by SO majority.
OLD jury BoxEs.-The jury Box now ii
use in the city of Lynn, has been kept for it
present purpose, l20 years. The one used il
Portsmouth, ~, H., was made IN the year 1880
and has been in regular use for l22 years.
YALE CoLLEGE.-We learn from the New
Haven Palladium that all the members of tn
Kappa Sigma Fhate Slcety" in Yale College,
have been expelled. There are about twenty
of them in number. Their offence was tie pub
LEGATION recently of little sheet called Tn
Yale Bangor"
Mr. Daniel C. Holmes, of the Sophomore class
of Yale College, New Haven, was married.
few evenings since, to Miss Ezilda L. NJ. Plumb
On the evening following this event, the Sopho
more class met and adopted suitable resolutions
one of which was;-" Resolved That in consd
Grafton of the crying euiis which naturally resul
from such unions, we present him with cradle
which, like the purse of Fortunatus, we trust ma
never be empty"
The CINCINNATI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
citi7en of that place has lately sent off 500 dog
to California on speculation,
The first staging by Kossuth and suite i
America, was between West Point, Ala, an
Newman, Geo, AZ miles. For the first time il
America, the HunSarians were changed for far
on a railroad, IN Georgia
A r0edical writer in England is endeavorin
to prove thaa salt was the " forbidden fruit,
anu that If it was no longer used by the huma
race, their beauty, bodily perfection aud pow
er of mind" would exceed any era befor
known in the world.
By slide at PoultnGy last week OH the Rut
land and Washington R. r. the entire trai
was carried down, and of 30 workmen killed
IxDIGo-CURioUs FACT.-The indigo plu,
was native of South Carolina. 1t grew 500,
taneousy among its weeds and woods. MOI
Than one hundred years ago the planters the
oo,,p,enoad tia cultivation In I74S Sont