Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-04-07

DESTRUCTIVE AVALANCHE IN THE PYRE-
NEEs. Au enormous avalancne # SNOW Tell u
t'w davs ago IRON one IF the gil mountains at
keooui. department of the Aregr. 1t swep,
away crops, tres. a ddetscket honses, and cnin
plttelv brred the hamlet with all It's populations
Four hundred men trom tie adiaceut village.
immediately assembled. aud, alter great deal
ut labor. succeeded IN resculng twelve persons /;
they were all sadly bruised, and partly frozen,
hui 1t Is hoped they will recover. Nine dead
bodies, three Of them children, we're dug ont nf
me RUNS; AS were also number at horses and
oxen. The amnnnt If ,Ss was very great A
leti"l from Burgess. OF tn, 10Th, states that two
aV"hnchr> had fallen fon the mountain ut MI
dan (tlautrs-Pyrrnrs>l m the preceding week,
aud crushed n number of houses. II is believed
thai Twelve houses at least have been destroyed,
and number of sheep have persisted in the
sum- G1'ignani's Messenger.
EXPLOSION AND loss OF LIFE.-R ,dfirld's
p,to''rhnlc establishment, at Willlanlsburgh,
N Y blew up "u the Both OF March, killing two
PERSONS, gir aud bow and fatally inlnring, as
Is supposed. on" Ut the oorknen. the adjon
'ng hndng known as the ODD North Ameri
can Hotel" was much damaged.
| '"oN' 'C dhNhNCt III HuU mas iHHdT'tu
good deal OF anlmaion to the business ct the
IruIl- in ESSEX county. N. Y. The fires sew
eral years fxngul>hcd IN the furnn rs rolling
mills aud other works are to be rekDdch the
present Sc son. There is a BRISK deuand for
ore aud ore beds ard some TINT not long since
e"ld t'r $40 600, cannot now be- purchased for
$40 600.
Brave Boy BURNED TO DEATH.-- The
house If jesse Windsor, m Cas-. county, was
DESTROYED by fire on Monday night, and with il
one "i his sous, about twelve or ihi,teen years Ut
age The lad having rescued Iwo of iiis Younger
brothers, rushed In auld the LINES thinking that
third brother WAS lett, but was overpowered
and never returned. Such affection and haro
Ism deserve Il monument Savunnah Repubh-
Can
Acc unis from Western Africa state that
thirty varieties of cotton have been found grow
lng Spontaneously in that country. A missionary
says he has stood erect I'm er the branches of
cotton tree, IN Couch village, 50 he tvlIy laden
with b"lIs that II was propped up with forkrd
sticks to prevent 1t from breaking down under its
own weight. The cotton was equal to that OF
any country. The natives manufacture cotton
goods x'ei,Svely. Western Africa also abounds
in coffee. The whole land is said to be covered
with ii. In Erravala and Kaffl two hundred
pounds can be purchased for ii dollar A sin
gle tree IN Mnrovia yielded four and a halt
bushels IN the hull at Que time, which made
thirty one pounds when sheIIed and dried
The Down EAST TRoTTER. MAc.-It is stated
that the famous tr"lllng horse, " Mac" has re-
Gently been purchased BY Boston man, of
rh"s K. F"sset of Philadelphia, tor $4,000.
Think of hat! This is the horse that was
raised in the town IF Jay Oxford county He
was sired by the h rise commonly known as The
Ry"rson h,rsr," aud was from a mare owed BY
Mr.. Co" lse. She WAS trof6tiiie. Messn0,r
stock. We believe he has beatal thsacE&
'r"ters IN America 10,
furnish d our spniting ,tat
Bnnun is pntlnguPa
The Crystal Pala .e, ,hrees
the top Of which visitors
steam engine no evidenei
unless Of the pubIIc's SD
A "sght disturbance e
tween Senator Phelps Of % n'no.
dme Moore " of the Texas A" at Washing.
tOn-aI ahnut snup 70 NJ, 70 !. ~ tho tnr,,or on,