Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-03-25
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A New D1sEAsE.-Tne Jonesboro, Tenn,
D Democrat of the 10Th ult, says, that.a few days
previous, disease similar to theACad Plague, !.
b oke out in the family Of Rev. Wp Reed, q :
Washington County, of which three of his chill
dren died within few hours after they were a. 4
tackled A fourth child was attacked with this
mysterious disclose while returning
neral and died shortly afterwardssI ylp he fu-
crat says others have been attaak With the
same malady, but does not stat Iiat, extent
, it has spread, or the aIisbteF ~ GAYS fallen
victims, eSsl.ss .ssIssv.sss If4 fearful in
. its oasfations aiI those il
attacks Gin earth, u spi a - selnedy our
physicians have yet prescribed."
DIsTREssIss CAsuALrY.--Ils snter r 4
Hulchins, Of Peacham, VT, beng sick, two
! female acquaintances called upon her on Tues.
day evening last, to inquire after her health.
5 One of them, holding a candle in her hand,
approached the bed when the alcohol which had
recently been applied to the person of the sick
3 woman took fire, and she was developed in
t flames in an instant. She was so badly burned
) that she died before morning.
> A Shoemaker, named James White, living in
Baltimore, recently while drunk, cut the threats
4 Of his daughter, aged Is, aud his son aged
9 years He then set FIRE to the house, and after
~ wards cut his own throat All three were burned
g to a cnder.
d A most heart.rending scene lately occurred
g near Lockport, N. Y. The dwelling of William
a Gibson cau1ht fire-hmself and wife both being
ID absent-and three only children, the oldest five
g and the Youngest one year old, were Smothered
W % death before the unhappy father could rescue
p them,
70 A shanty owned by man named Gould, in
We Sonthwlck, and occupied by himself, hog and
for several fowls, was burnt on the morning of the
III 5th inst. His neIghbors rescued the pig from
to the dcvourlng element but the contrary animal
nC as soon as released, rushed back into the flames
he ard persisted Commonwealth.
49," Hon. Alexander Duncan, several years in
ose Congress from the Cincinnati District, was
TOR drowned on the I'd inst, while attempting to
draw from the water a duck he had shot.
- low Hon Harry Baxter President of the Peoples
nav Bank at Derby Line, died at his residence in
., Barton, ON Wednesday the 10th inst
ion, A box was recently sent to the Madison and
lent Indianapolis Railroad Depot, which, not being
ore called for, and attracting notice by its peculiar
nu- SMELL was opened and found to contain corpse
10 III u SOIneWUdL ulutIluLGu COuulLlOl. lb Hetu
we was severed from the body, and other parts cut
5hty oil SO as.to adjust it to the box.
woman in California lately shot the seducer
az ~ of her daughter. the wound not proving i'm
NE tDediately fatal, he married to his victira,
d" a. Immediately after which he died.
Murder, robbery and almost every species of
). Violence seem unusually prevalent, Just now, IN
New Orleans
The JAPAN ExPEDruN.-ltis understood at
. washington that the large squadron which IS
aoopt beng fitted out under Com. Perry, with
worcestershire and primary purpose Of s,iliag
- Japan Is also designed to keep all ei Z On the
Pa sandwich Islands, and to be in readiness to
late check any movements which Louis Napoleon or
= any other foreign power may be disp posed 10
isk 8aDake against that nation
FeS- ssrhc Americans who were sent to Spain as
prisoners, convicted as participayors in the inva-
seer sion Of Cuba, under Lopez, recently arrived in
ny New York, from Vlge, Spain, in the ship Prem
ing tice.'
the s
ken It is estimated that the repairs to the Con-
gfessonal Library at Washington, will cost
1in- S72500. The alcoves, cases, galleries, doors,
but window shutters, ceilings and brackets that sup
port them, are all designed to be of cast iron ;
left the shelves for the books Of thick plate glass or
art enameed from the framing Of the roof, Of
e of wrought iron; the sheathlng Of "copper" and
the floor of stone. .
IT, DEFEAT OF CARAvAJAL.-The American
my Consul at New Orleans has received information
re- re- that Caravajpl attacked Camargo with about 500
'n'S men but he had been repused. and obliged to
retreat, with the loss of his artillery and ammu-
' rom milton.
Lvor The Louisiana Democratic Convention have
red elected delegates to the National Convention,
tile who are favorable to Lewis CasS for the Presi-
dency.
tent The Senate has confirmed the nominations Of
ing Mr. Adams of Massachusetts, as Cansul at Sin.
gapore, and Mr.. Irwin of Kentucky as Consul at
0nu Ravenna. Treaties have also been ratified with
claI Persia and Costa Rica.
Dor At late meeting of the Directors of the
State Agricultural Society, 1t was determined to
two hold Fair at Rutland on the first, second and
lore third days Of September next.
ofy CURIOUS CIRCUMsTANCE.-A correspondent
OF the Chicago Tribune tells of little girl, ten
re- years of age, whose only subsistence since in
Ac- fancy, has been sugar and milk-some ubstruc-
re tons or disease of her throat having led here al
lra- ways to refuse anything more substantial She
sui is stated to be as large children of her age
'uy usually are, and as healthy, bright and active
as those whose food would be considered more
ue' lnwgorating
'er-
900 Capt. Stephen Holt of Pittsfed, VT,
dis caught in steel traps during the past year, two
was large golden eagles eighty.two hen-hawks, and
seven large owls He uses the common fox
- trap, which he bats by placing upon the pan
to squirrel in standing natural position, at which
and the birds will dive, and pungng their feet into
to the trap they are detained,
der USEFUL MAcHINE.-A Mr.. Smell of Abing.
IAN ton, Mass, has invented machine for manufac-
10 turing boot counters, which will cut and skive ,
oh 1000 pairs Of counters in three hours lit being
ehu days work to skve three pairs by handy and
Sc will save one fifth of the stock.
Ius. Ten and twenty dollar gold pieces, with holes
asst bored through them, and then filled up with
non composition, have been circulated in Pittsburg,
,Sns, Pa, and other places.
par LARGE SwINE.-A pork packer of Mt Tabor,
NIT Iowa, offered premium for the heaviest hog
ndl' killed at his house. There were five competlt
to ors for the PREMIUM and the weight of the lar
title ges hogs ranged from 7l9 to no lbs.
4, - Us PRoLIF1c EwE-The Bradford Inquirer says
. ~ that eve belonging to Mr.. George Baldwin of
sO that town, has had four pairs of twin lambs in
, two years and nine months, making eight lambs
al in all, and all doing we'll The first pair Of
twins now weigh over three hundred lbs.
tok The sum Of 800 has been raised for the en-
~ dowment of OberIn College.