Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-06-09
Vermont Gold.


region he writes as follows:
1.-THE discovery Of GOLD here was made last
fall, by a Mr. Kennedy; and was mad" known
TO the public through the newspapers by com
munlcullon from Prof. Hubbard. If Dartmouth
CoreP. The. gold Is innnd IN the range Of ia |
cnsr slate and Seatite. which Is known 10 extend |
through the entire length # the STATE fun north
"a south. Tnl- range p sS,S through Bridgrwa
ter near the mode, and the gold locality Is but
a sh"rr distance fom the centre Of the township
ownrds the southwest. The gold ~ disseminated |
aery sparlngIv, in veins. or seams. of qnarlz, and
is assnclat with the sulUhurfs Of lead. iron
and cnpper Fhe STRATA ut Stale. between which
the onariz rs interspnrspd, dip some So deg. to- +
wards the ensl. a'd the seams of quaiz vary
much in thickness aud are sourwhat irregular
Gold has vet been ioun in only few OF these
seams and most which has hren obtained was
from single seam. IN winch several hands are
now at work This is from Ten 10 twenty inches
wide. and snnr. portions OF il are flied very
abundan,ly. with gaena, or su phuret Of lead.
At blast made in this seam, while was pres
ent, more than ne hundred pounds of pure ga
lena was thrown ou, with the quartz together
with some sulphrret of iron and very small par
tces If gold but whether gold or lead will he
found ia sufficient quantities to pay working, is
yet probiea,lcal. By the sale OF privileges 10
dg tor the precious metal, some OF the owners ot
the land are re celvng handsome benefit with
out iucurring any expenditure but whether they
who do the digging will derive an equal benefit,
remains TO be seen. About mile to the north
OF these d,ggngS there is an extensive bed of
excellent soapstone, which will at some future
day, pay for working, whether the gold mines
do or not"
AT Troy N. Y. a short time SINCE woman
named Robinson induced nan named Timothy
flanagan and girl named Victorine Llbn 10
drink beer INTO which she put arsenic, telling
theal it was the incest kind of sugar. They
both died. 1t was done out of hatred towards
L,nagan's wife, whom she also tried to make
drink at the same time. The murderess IS IN
prison.
ExHUMATIoN OF A SKELEToN.-As the work |
men engaged in laying a sewer, in Princeton ST..
Ets 'son not long since, reached depth of
about foot below the surface. they fund the
skeleton of a man in q sitting position, and in a
gond state of preservation. The bones Indicated |
that he wus above the ordinary size of men. The
location fthe spnt where the homes we're found
is upon the side hill fronting the Southeast and
overlooking The sea and it IL nu' Improbable
that 1t was formerly the burial place Of the red
men who roaneu through the primeval forest -
Boston Journal.
The New II .mpshi,e Legislature convened at
Concord on tho 25th ut. and was organized by
chunsng J. NJ RICE nf Lancaster, as President
of the Senpte. and |. Everett Sergeant, Of Went
worth, as Speaker. Geo. C. Williams. Of Ian
caster, was chosen Clerk. and c. Doe, of Rol-
l,nsfnrd, assistant Clerk of the Senate, and E. A.
Hi,bard, OF Meredith was appointed Clerk, and
A. ) Marshal, of Concord, ass slant Clerk OF
the House.
SINGULAR On the 5h ult., as n stranger was
lecturlng on temperance IN The old Marke, House
in Camden N. ] h. remarked that it had been
n years since he saw his mother. when ON look
ing around he espied some one in the crowd,
whom he thought he recognized as her. When
he was done speaking he went down and spoke
to her. and strange as It was. she was his moth
er, who bid recently come from the old country.
and could not speak word Of English.
LrE INsNRANcE.-Th lf. insurance upon
persons killed AZ the Norwalk slaughter, we see
it stated amount to more than $50 900. 1t is
also stated thar the L'fa Insurance. Connan ies
have determined to prosecute the Railroad COM
pany 10 recover their losses. Hope they mny
be successful such careleseness should meet its
due reward.
A female operative in one of the Cohoes facto-
RES tell lhrol.h the Rarmd bridge ct thai
place, distance of f'om ninety To one hundred
feet, lnin the Mohawk River. on last week Sum
day and ESCAPED with the loss of a few OF her
teeth, broken jaw, and some other bruises.
From CUBA. letter from Cardenas OF May
18Th states that there are exciting reports al that
place of mysterious movements IF troops To Va
rlons points under the apprehension OF another
hllIbusier INVASION.
1t was SAID also that printed appeals calling
on the soldiers to IN the pc pie IN all Intended
outbreak on the l,Ih, the anniversary o. the
landing Of L,prz, had been thrown into the
windows Of the barracks.
GAMBLING IN CINCrNNATI.-The annual re-
port of The Secretary If the Association for the
suppression OF Gambling in Cincinnati, states
that there .a'e five hundred and forty eight gamb
ling establish nen,s IN that city. This report
seems to have aroused the people of the citv.
and we see BY the GuzeGe that u public meet
ing was called last week to take measures to
suppress this evil.
Directors of Railroad company in England
were recently convicted of .Mansiaughter, in
case where an engine driver and stroker"
lost their lives by an accident.
BALTIMORE. June 4h The storm that passed
over this city yesterday P. M caused great dan
age, both in the city and lts vicinity. Houses
were blown down, others unruoffed. trees and
fences demolished. and Other property swept
away or damaged.
WAsHINGroN June 4h Orders have been
issued by Tie Navy Department for the nne-
date return to the United States OF the fngaie
San Jacinto, which, at last accounts, was living
off Alexandria, Egypt 1t Is currently rumored
that new administration paper is about TO be
stated in this city, with Beverly Tucker for its
editor.
BLESSED News AN but two of the passen
gers ot me nj f,teh William and Mary were res
cued by wreckng scn0oners, while the ship was
d,t,iyg ~~d halssa it wen. down. s4---s-ss@ -4
The greatest railroad speed yet attained in
this conntry was made recently on the New
York and Eie Railroad The Cincinnati Elk
press tram ran from H,nnellsvic 20 Susqnehan
M, one hundred and torty-hve miles, in one
hundred and sixty one minutes. No lives lost.
II is said that young lady Of fashion in Paris
Mdile. Vlrgne de T.. having died very sudden
y her friends decided upon post-mortem exam
ina.non. It wa, found that three OF The RIBS had
eucroached upon the liver to such an extent as
to produce death. The young lady died Of tigh
laclng.
THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD The
Charleston Is. G Standard thinks that Mrs.
Singleton, now lIpin1 IL HE Wla nsburg dis
trlct. 10 that State. is the Oldest woman in the
world. She is now in the one hundred and Nir
ty-f1st year OF her age. Her nrnlal faculties
are sun unlnpalred and she retains all her sens.
es except that of sigh, Of whicn she was de-
prlved at the advanced age OF ninety-n'ne years,
BY an attack If measles. Her bodily energy