Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-10-27

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OF Hun. Robert MrLane, OF MARYLAND. as United
States Minister to China. was officially announced
on the 2Oh. II is understood that the nominee
accepts the appointment, and that he will leave
tor his post in few weeks.
Artemas Leonard. OF Ssxton River, w., re
Gently placed piece of White paper, three inch
es long by two inches vide. a distance of one
hundred yards and in five successive shots drove
Inc naIl twice, and The other three balls struck
within quarter OF an inch of the exact centre.
Bea' II who can.
YELLOW FEVER AT THE SouTB. ac-
counts from the southwestern part of Louisiana
are very distressing. 10 the little wn of
washington, IN the west side of the Msslslp-
pl a little back from the river, about in the Iati-
t"de of Bayou Sara. SO had been buried in the
Course of three weeks, 27O were sick on the
2o'h ut leaving only about eleven well men
IN the whole township!
Ia Vernllllonsville, parish of LAFAYETTE. it is
sa'd that over one fourth OF all the nhabtan,s
Of the place had ded The greatest alarm pre-
vailed, and all that uId, were fleeing from the
neiybborhood.
nt the 'ever at Port Gibson, Miss,ssippl.
| ~ WV oo'b u't 'iIclC iIuu Uttt TfHUy fPctnI
cases and the fever was spreading rapidly aud
,a'allv on The nelghbor'ng DanlatlnBs. A slip
from the Port Gibson Herald SAYS that he tnwn
appears to be deserted The stores are all closed,
ana OF the population at present IN town, about
fwo thirds are either sick or convalescant. OF
'he number who are well, nearly all are worn
out with fatigue from nursing.
The Natchez Caarier states the oraity OF
| hat n Nh
have been 268 OF which 239 were the fesoh of
yellow Fever The total present population Of
the city is set down al 3,4i3
AT Mobile and in florida generally. the sick
hess had materially, abaled at the latest dates.
LONG BRIDGE.-A contract has been made
tor bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Is
land, to be completed by December I5i, 1857.
The slough on the east side of he snnd Is to
he crossed by three spans of one hundred aud
h'ty feet each. and The main channels of hp river
by five spans Of Two hundred and fittr feet each,
and draw tor the passage OF vessels The to-
tai length ol the main bridge will be fifteen hun
dfed and eighty leet
Hon. Tristram Burgess Of Rhode Island, died
the IL inst, in the 64th year of his age.
DEATH OF ARAGo-The Atlantic brings ac.
counts OF the death OF NJ. Araeo, the Astrono-
Iner and member Of the Provisional Government
after the overthrow OF Louis Philippe
Tie ceremony of presenting gold medal to
Hon. john p. Hale, for his efforts to abolish
foggng in the navy. came off at fremont TEN
pie, Boston, on Thursday evening.
Miss Hannah 'Tapin Of Corntl, aged about
IN ttad e,icila th,r h.,
hanging herself She was very excellen, W.T.
man but having been for some time IN vi health,
1t 10 supposed she was at the lime Temporarily
deranged.-- Bradford Inquirer
Two Irishmen got to fighting a, Ellsworth Me-,
last Sunday, in which me Of the combatanls bit
off the others nose and swallowed II. While
the preparation of this act was on his way to the
lock up. he attempted to cut his own throat with
penknlfe.
1t is said that the disaster at Norwalk has al.
ready cot the New Haven Railroad Company
5000 600.
CHoLERA,-Ship Sahadahock, Capt. Fisher,
from tlenbnrg tor Boston, los' during the pas
sage, So passengers from Cholera.
William Chambers, of Chambers Journal,
Edinburgh, was a passen .er IN the America.
He proposes to make the tour Of the United
States.
Hon. Simon GrAenlenf, late Professor of Law
in Cambridge. aud author IF several law books,
died of apoplexy Oh the l4h inst, at the
age Oh II years. s---i ~7
The Portsmouth Chronicle states that in
garden in that city. is 81 Andrews pear tree
which has borne three crops OF pears the present
season, and is now ii bud for the fourth crop.
The cholera in Great Britain is steadily ad.
vanclnI.
John Mitchell, the fourth of the Irish patriots,
has escaped from Australia.
The Free Sellers of New Hampshire hold
their State Convention at Concord, Oh Thursday.
the 9th instant.
AN ANCIENT TURTLE.--M s. Lincoln ESQ.,.
who has resided The pasl summer IN W,I"hao,
Mass few days since found snal! box tur.
tie on II platform that surrounds his honse
Knocking with his head against tn kitchen door
THIS was very singular and Presunpiuous IN the
animal, and Mr.. Lincoln had the curiosity to
examine him more closely. He found upon the
under portion of his shell, the characters 'B =,
1882" roughly scratched. st L" aud wv :"
Ine two letters bore no date. but 1t is shows
thar the az L" was made by Flmnthy Thatcher
an old inhabltant OF Wareban, more than sixty
wears ago, as Mr.. Thalcher's son. who was there
on a visit from Saratoga ind nl6ed this turtle
by suudry marks as one he had seen fifty yeats
ago. and again twenty five years since. Othe'
characters we're upon the shell, which from their
talnIness could no, be decphered. Mr.. Lincon
wrote his initials with the rest, to he chrOnlcled
p rhaps hundred years hence Post.
| The sun of FIVE thousand pounds was recent.
" placed in the hands OF the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, BY Queen Victoria, for distribution IN
the Dublin charities.
PleEoNs "A Michigan p per states that the
pigeons are SO numerous IN that section, that
many have to employ men with guns to keep the
birds from The wheat fields while the wheat is
being gathered.
floss, F. Chandler, of Menson, has ripen-
ed In his garden tbs SEASON about evenly green
hgs. One is & Ia inches in circumference.
They are plump, soft, sweet and rich, and alto
gether different matter from the dry fly. The
tree must be housed in winter, and the rull is
two seasons IN coming to maturity.
WOMEN HAIRY EsTING In consequence ofthe
extraordinary scarcity of tarm-aborers, the grain
CT, Fps to the westward of Galway have been this
son cut ala, ~ v,,d he tyntu m