Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-31
OFFICIAL C~osrrRMArr,ss by H SENATE

OFFICIAL CoNFIRMATIoNs BY THE SENATE
The Washington papers announces officially
: e following confr,naiiphs by the U. ). Senate
Ex-tinveror Anderson. of Maine, as Commits
sloaer of Customs.
Dudley Mann, as Assistant Secretary of
s ate.
Isaac Siurges, Assistant Treasurer for the
United States at vt. Louis.
Il. Wilson, U. s. Marshall for Illinois.
N &. Upham. of New Hampshire, U s Com
missioner for The settlement Of claims with Eng
land.
Robert Lasgnarsar, Of Tennessee, Secretary Of
the new Territory IF Washington
John Ciendenis, OF Lou,sana, u. S Attorney
TOR do.
The appointments for the more prominent
~nnsSiaiis, it Is stated on good authority. will not
be made for several weeks.
Robert Wilson Fraser of Massachusetts,, to
be consul If the Unit d States at Halifax. Nova
Scotia. IN place of L. B. Livingston, deceased.
A formidable disease, called by physicians
congestion Of the spine, prevails In Worcester.
and ais" IN Rhode Island l. is generally fatal,
CARVING MI tue patient N from twenty to thirty
hours flon the time OF the first attack.
Amos Carten hung himself /, Bath. N. Y.
with his pocket In, dkerchiet. When found
inc youns man was hressed'in female attire. and
a novel lhld near him IN which he had been read
ING an account Of a suicide.
Rev. DR.. Wavlane. President Of Brown Unit
%versltv, has been examining the table tipping
expert ',ea s. %uruaIly attributed to electricity ~
SPIRIT He decides that it is not electriclty, but
thinks 1t Is governed by some heretofore undis.
covered law of nature.
SINGULAR CLAIM.--The landlord of the Ir
wing House, Washington D. c., has presented
a ciain to Congress for damage. based nr,on the
fact that Scnstor Upham, of Vermont, was sick
ana died at his house, of smallpox, and that in
consequences thereof he has lost a large amount
OF cnSlon.
The vrstry of Trinity church, New York city
are about erecting a large monument Of ma rhIe
in 'hrir ward, Broadway, near their ne b hiding.
in honor Of the New York soldiers OF the Revo-
l~ntinnary war.
MAPLE SUGAR BY the late census, it ap
pears that HE prndnction of maple sugar in this
country. IN 1850, was within A small fraction IF
H'' il' w UUlHlS An OTCnlTu III
ntple trees has been found almost equal, mere
for acre. with the sugar cane in producing sugar
and molasses.
The New York Tribune is to be enlarged to
the size of the London Times, and printed on
similar type 1t is compelled to this agreeable
necessity by The constant pressure of advertising
patronage. The Tribune ia now worth 300,-
mn and hu tho npI,rxo,,t - ,,;J u,.h,kJ,
rise to the value of half a million in a year or
two.
New USE OF MLK.-A novel discovery has
recently been madr. which is likely to effect a
revolution in the MIX trade. In consequence ~
the advance in tn price Of olive oil. from Gao
TO E70 per ton. a manufacturer Of vuolen cloths,
in the nelghbarhood of Thnrls,onc. near Peni
stone. England, tried whether milk mixed wi h
oil would not answer tho purpose. The expert
ment exceeded his most sanguine expectations.
the mixture being Tar better for the purpose thar
olive oil alone. The consequence has been, that
milk has advanced TO is al per gallon in the
neighbOrh0od of some Of weolen cloth mills.
and cows are being bought up in all directions.
ILLEGALITY OF STRIKES --Bnihmore. March.
15+-Ross W,nans has addressed a letie, tn
Rcvsrdv Johnson. to J. L V Mcmahon. and j
l. 3 Latrobe, inqni',ng their opinion a. to the
Legality OF the recent strike, and the protection
which he is entitled to form the CITY. They
gave their opinion, that combinations to RAISE
the prices are Illegal. and indlctablr as crimes,
and that the city is bound to project the men
who go to work at the old prices. Corporations
also are responsible for all damage done bv
those who impose the worknen. All establish
ments except Ross w mans and Adams Dentnead,
now gives the prices demanded.
According to the official statistics Of Boston.
the number of marriages occurring during the
wear 1852, was 1856; the number of deaths3,
726. and The number of births 5J308.
A bill was passed by the Lower House OF
the Canada Legislature, to permit lenders to
charge what Interest they please, b ut 8 per cent,
only to be rec Q b" by law.