Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-03


q bDis-tionorable George Briggs, N. c. from
N~ York assaulted and several times struck
me Post Master General Hubbard, in some of
he passes If The Capitol. The offence Briggs
,ledged against Hubbard was that the latter re-
l dsed to receive respectful petition of sundry
| New York merchants tor some new postal ar.
raugemeut, and treated hlm cavalierly. Where
upon Briggs communicated the aff.ir to the
House and was clearly in the way to pl4ce the
Posi- Master G neral N the wrong. Bu no,
content with that, he must needs, like fool
fall tn p,nnmelllng the other the first time he met
him in the Capitol aud now nobody will care a
copper which gets worssed.
F. County, COMMISSIONER 1t will he seen by
OIL. paper to-day that he Convention hid here
last week to present n candidate for Commission
er under ,he new Liquor Law, unanimously nom
mated the Hon. Dan iel Baldwin, fr that office.
4 We think It would have been difficult to select
better man for the place; and we earnestly
hnpe the frecmen of this County will give him
generous support at the polls next Tuesday.
The cALoRIC SHIP =" ERIcssoN This YES
sci left New York on Wednesday, 18th inst.
and, RON accounts received, it would seem that
ker trial trip" has been entirely successful -
We find the following in the Boston Journal
tpegraphed from New York, on the 22nd in
aant:--
The Ericsson arrived at Alexandra last eve
ping frn, the mouth If the p tonac, where she
had heen at anchor for twrnty-seven hours, dar.
ing the late SNOW. storm and thick weather. -
Captain LOwb weighed anchor at Sandy Hook
at halt pasl'nine on "Wednesday evening and
soon stood to the eastward IN hp flee Of strong
gale and he IVY sea. keeping this course FIR 81
miles, when the wind shifted to the north west
The Ericsson then stced in shore. the Wind still
blowing gale. Daring the gale the ship so'd the
test nobly, her englnes making six and, hall
revolutions minute with the utmost regularity
not the slig ,tsst moi was perceptible IN the
frame work and braclngof the engines.
After The ship and the engines were thus f'll
" tested Captain L,wbet shaped his course fnl
1.-THE Chesapeake, and IN go,ng up the Bay aga lns
Id EHlf luU ltt ~. LN G's VNCuuu"tou p" N'"s
srnw storm On approaching the month 1T the
poiomac. tie weather became so thick that thu
blot declined to take ship further. and she came
Y anchor at ten o'clock on Saturday morning. =
" engines had then been in operation seven
wight hours. without being stopped for mo
men r requiring the oil rhtest adjustment Oh
~ c'frenan was ou duty at a tine during the
w"p'eN,. The consumption was under five
tons nv hours. Captain Sands Of the Navy
~h" waSn board, Is highly pleased, and say.
"e "o"'dpngly ~ to California in her,"
The sh'Avas visited on the 25h by the P -es
id'nf, headAt the Departments, Gen. Pierce
and many Nsal Officers. and other men of note
and the Voice ee,ned to be unanimous in tavo
OF the new pnrsip'e. For all this however. VI
are rol without our fears about its success 70
the practical purposes, Ed.
TX President Van Bnre,, says the Alban,
Atlas, wl'''.ar for Europe mex. m~ntb. II,
WI" ACCOMPANY r. son. NJ artin Van Buren,, Jr.
whose impaired heah> i, is thmyh,. will h
ben fitted by the Enrope%a tour. M. Van Bu
rem himself, retains all his ..yor ot mind an,
body. and his constitutional chee,fulpess. Tn,
ex.President will be the only one q the chic
magistrates Of the public, we believe. H., .ve
visited Europe after his retirement from office
The ERIcssoNs BRoTHERs.-As pertainin.
to The app''er IF the calonc principle. this para
"Erlcsson's only brother is the most disl'n
gush d engineer in Sweden. H. has Lately
completed mlss!ve and magnificent sluice o
lock IF marble which untes the fresh water OF
one side If Stockholm with the salt water oI
the other and is now engaged. at the request
the Emperor of Russia. IN building canal tt
counec, the Interior lakes OF Finland with tn
Baltic. So great are the r atural obstfncto" Una
no engineer hss vet venIured to attempt thu
latter undertaking. The house in which ines
two brothers we're burn has been purchased D.
the Swedish government tor preservation as
public monument.
New PENSION LAw-By an act OF Congress
of February 3 1853, the following persons ar
enti'ed to Pensions:
Frst-The widows Of Revolutionary officer
and soldiers who were married since the yea
1900. The restriction which heretofore con
fined pensions 10 those widows who married DC
fore 1900, has been removed, and now all WIG
ows. w,hou, regard to the date OF their marriage
are entitled to pensions IT their husoahos serve
SIX months or more
.Scond- The widows OF all officers and soldier
WIN served IN any of The Indians wars sl"c
1890. or who served in the war OF 1917, or
the war with Mpxicn, are entitled 7" pensions
nrop;ded their husbands were killed or died
service. or died (afier being honorably dmcha
ged) fun wounds received, or disease cohtrac'e
in the line OF duty.
.sHYpE AND-SEEK." There was gre'
GATHERING OF all the Hyd"s. IN THIS country,
the United States Hotel. Bos on. Tuesday
raise means to send an agent to Lng'and, 10 "a
anime records there tor the purposes OF asce
tanning whether or M, thew, (the Hydes Oh W
country are b. irs at law to the large ESTATE
and unclaimed dividends IN the b INK OF Ens
land. and IN the East India Stocks, which nav
been LAYING there tor years awaiting clannan'
There have been advertise menfs III the Lohoo
Times several times in the last nifty years, u
heirs to the above named estates and DIVIDEND
which amount IN the aggregate TO several 'ni''i"'
of dollars The Traveller says there wei
nearly three hundred present. coming from
parts # the Unred States finance coIn'h'se
was chosen, and liberal amount was sdbscrl'
ed f,r The inrheraDce of the above proJec'io
-LoweF .4meric0n.
loNcgvIrY ExTRAORDINARY.--On Tuesda
the 18th insI Harry negro, WI" had oeen u
seysnt nf the late Claibourn House, deparf'
this life. He had been niaintalni fnr sone'i'
BY an appropriation from the estate OF M
mas,eA h. died at the reldence OF Mrs H"is
few miles west of this city. nj Il very advance
age Of ope hundred and twenty years. AIS
at the resldence OF WIN. F. Lyttle, In this Wei
lty. on the --insiant, family servant wo',a
in her one hurried and tb'ree'tb year'--.ni
frvesboro' Tsmn Neps.
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN CiRoAsstA.
The Jat.s, accounts from Clrcassia, general
suppressed il the Russian journals, are to II
effect TINT the Rus-lans have recently met wi
several severe shocks at the hands oil the -
cass,ans. having been obis"d to ahaesses'' maj