Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-06-24

SPIRITUAL SETrLEMENT.-On FRIDAY vo
met with gentleman from Western Visg;n;o
making purchases OF dry goods aud groceries
for store, the connections of which are wor,h
noticing A colony of sixty persons. gathered
from Northampton, Mass, Bronklyn and Amh"rn
N. Y, all firm believers IN what is termed the
Spiritual Philosophy, tannountcd by A. ] Dav;s
ct ais have purchased 5000 acres of land in =
splendid location, about forty miles from steam
BOAT navigation on the Kenha wa, and tifty miles
from Charleston, Va, upoE which thew have 60,
'ieo' They do not have community of proper.
ty, but each man is steward of his own su6sanca
Peace. D'""' VI
In general they receive all their spiritual and
temporal advice from the spirit world, although
they do not consider directions from this source
.hallOle' but submit every communication -
to the test of reason. Most OF the parties in
'erested IN this movement are men of some
wealth, and are all said to be well educated and
rehned people. The object stated is spiritual
ana integral development, which they expect to
promote by living in one community. On the
property purchased are mills, tavern stand, most
once and store, and is for the latter that our
informant was purchasing supplies. Among the
emlgrants is Rev. T. L. Harris, of New York,
who is to edit weekly paper soon to be estab-
llshed by the Society.-Cincinnati Gazette.
CHINESE IN PLACE OF SLAvEs.-The New
Orleans Delta noticing the extensive immigration
OF the Chinese TO California, thus significantly
closes it's articles:
I" We are perfectly satisfied that, before long,
the attention of the Louisiana planter will be
coeFceG to the consideration of new and improved
plans OF management; and among them, and in
the very first rank, we expect 10 find this one Of
Chinese labor, which, in almost every respect,
economy inclusive, Is superior to that now given
by the African. At all events, we think an ad-
mixture of the two will be found worth trial
as an experiment, involving no dungeons conse-
quences.
MONUMENT TO Col. RICHARD M. JoHNsoN.-
We stated some time SINCE that Launitz, the
sculptor, was engaged upon monument of the
late Col. Johnson, ordered by the Legislature
of the State of Kentucky. We now learn from
the Lexington (Ky.) Standard, that the Legisla-
ture of that state appropriated the sum of only
nine hundred dollars toward the work. The rel
atlves of the deceased hearing this, and learning
this sum was insufficient to erect suitable les.
timonial, voluntarily added the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars, which secures the fine monu-
ment upon which Launilz is engaged.
A boy residing near Plttsburg who has been
very deaf for years, recently received kick from
horse, which fractured his shull, sine which
time he hears as acuteIy as ordinary persons.
1t seems that there are over IL 900 male, and
1900 female insane and ldiotic persons in the
United States. New England furnishes the ma.
iorty. Cause.-The ,SmS that deIuge that land
of theory and crude learning. Drunk deep, or
taste not" &c.
Hon. ABBOTT LAWRENCE" Merrimack,"
the Boston correspondent of the Newburyport
Herald says THAI Hon. Abbott Lawrence has
signifed to the President desire to return 10
this country, and next October has been deter
mined upon as the period when his resignation
will take effect.
A PHENOMENON IN HYDRAULIcs.-In Buffalo
on the morning Of June Cd, while the workmen
were engaged In pulling down the walls of the
old Eagle Street Theatre, portion of the back
wall came down, falling into pool or spring at
its base, whereupon a column of water burst
forth to the helghth Of from 200 to 300 feet. So
great was the force that distance of 80 feet from
the pool, Mr.. Ladd, who was experimenting the
removal Of the dirt, was thrown distance of Is
feet, and lodged in pile Of bricks The water
crossed Eagle street, throwing down about 40
feet of fence surrounding Mr., Authurs garden,
besides doing considerable other damage. For-
tunately the torrent was somewhat checked BY
large pile of bricks on Eagle street, but for
which more serious consequences would have
ensued. Mr.. Ladd, though no; seriously injured
is considerably bruised.
A GREAT BRIDGE.-There is about to be
commenced, in the neghborhood of Dirchau, in
Prussia, suspension bridge over the Vistula,
which will be PROFESSIONALLY the largest that
has ever been constructed in Europe The
bridge over which will pass the railway of the
State, will be $500 feet in length, by GO in
breadth, and will be supported by six pillars, at
a distance of 500 feet apart, four of which will
be fixed in the bed of the river. The construc
ton alone of this colossal bridge will cost 1900,
600 fr., and the works to be executed on the two
banks will amount to IL 400, 000f-in all 10000
900.
The Rochester american says: Mr.. Catlin,
the celebrated collector OF Indian relics, whose
museum has long been one of the attractions Of
London, is now in prison for debt. 1t appears
that Mr. Cutlin, in his zeal to enhance the value
of his collection, has involved himself in pecun-
iary difficulties to such an extent, that unless
Congress speedily interferes, all his paintings
and curosities must be sold at auction, and ire
claimably scattered.