Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-11

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nlcations relative to the required character of a
Prize Tale 10 he written for the Literary Museum.
replies that he has no choice as to the locality Of
the plot. All candidates will be judged solely
BY the amount of thrilling interest and literary
ability manifested in their offerings, either seri-
Gus or humorous, without preference for either
vein, for subject, or for time.
Literary Prize--s500.
The undersigned hereby offers the sum OF
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the best Original
Tale. serious or humorous, which shall be writ
ten for The Literary Museum, and received by
him. prior to the 10Th of October. 1853 himself
to be the judge, and all unaccepted MSS. to be
returned, or otherwise bargained for. The
public will remember that a prize OF 1907 was
last year awarded by the subscriber to Caroline
Lee Henlz on the same terms as above proposed
and any author wishing now to be a competitor
will receive surety Of the perfect good faith Of
this offer, if by him desired. II is the subscri-
ber's object to encourage american Literature,
less than to further the prosperity OF the Literary
Museum. The columns of this journal being
small, the story is required to occupy about two
hundred columns. OssIAN E. DoDsE,
Editor of Dodge's Literary Museum.
MONUMENT AT CoNcoRD "A marble monu.
ment, in the form Of an obelisk, has recently
been put up in the old burying ground in Com
cord. N H., to mark the spot where lie the re-
mains of the son OF President Pierce, who lost
his life at the accident on the Boston and Maine
Railroad, near Andover, in January last. The
monument bears the fhlnwing ~inscripi m:
"Beninmin Pierce born April l3, 1871 died
January 6, 1853: Go thy way, Thy son lireth."
Washington July 30.-The President has
concluded a contract with Clark Mills, for the
erection of u Colossal equestrian statue Of
Washington, at the cost of $4,000.
The mouth of July was on the average a coal
month, or nearly a degree colder than usual,
therefore mUre below the mean temperature
than any month since August last. The high
est altitude Of the thermometer 1877 12 on the
9tb) was the lowest MAXIMUM in any July since
1914, when 1t was the same. In Jnly i848 and
1850, the did not Use above 81,
but in a large mi Ttiy of unr summers it rises
in July above 80,
The LATE Gov. PAIyE.-The Austin TEX
as) Amefican OF The lilh inst, after mentioning
the death Of Ey Gov Paine. adds
sit may be a pleasure to his friends to
know that Gov. Paine received every kindness
and at:entl ion from the citizens VI Waco and the
officers Of the ad j4cent military post could be-
stow. DR.. Sc ner, Surgeon U. s. A., gave his
attention unren,itlngly. AL that friendship
and sympathy could do, was done. The death
Of no comparatively stranger could have caused
more regret III this state than will that OF Ex-
Governor PANE"
The American further suites that the remaip s
we're to be conveyed TO the North, IN charge Of
Gen. d. W. e. Clark, who had t~ai,nfully watch
ed over him during all his Illness.
The Syracuse Star learns that the Supreme
Court OF the otate OF New York, ut It's sitting,
held a week or Two since, pronounced n decision
distinctly atfll ming the conststntionallty Of the
Fugitive Slave Law Of 1850.
CROPS IN THE WEsr.-The wasfern papers
speak neurly unanimously Vi the great yield of
wheat this ycur, and a Rochester paper observes
that If 1t were not Tor the lntux Of gold, The price
would PROBABLY not exceed Is cents a bushel.
The farmers huve done well. More than
fifty Thousand dollars have been paid 10 the
farmers OF Wyoming county, New York, for
wool alone, this seasvB.
h e'crops IN the Eastern Township are look.
ing finely. The Hay crop is much heavier than
last year, and Of excellent quality.
A paper entitled the Protestant Times is short
y to be commenced at Quebec .-.Sianstead Jour.
nal
4g The body of Andrep Herman, ono OF the
unfortunate bciDgs who persisted by beng car.
ried over the Falls at Niagara lately, was found
below the Fails, near the landing or " Maid of
the MIat," On Tuesday last. 1t was horribly
mangled, his head badly cut and bruised, and a
sharp stone had pierced through hi. body, either
IN descending the preclpice or as he was dashed
into The abyss below.
A county treasurer in Ohio, who is a defiuIter
in the sum of 81 1000, very lnnocently says =" he
has 10 idea how it occurred"
TIE LAW SCHOOL The committee TO ex.
anime and Judge the Essay offered for prize by
the Students vi the Law School, Cambridge,
T were for the present year: Elk Chancellor Wal
worth, OF Setatuga d. B. Etton, E.q, of New
York. and Joel p. Bishop, Esq Of Bos' on. The
prizes were awarded as foIlows:-
For the hest Essay on the Rights and Obliga,
tons OF Riparian Proprletors, 10 Henry Wood
ruff, Of Cincinnati, sixty dollars. For the sec.
ond best Essay on The same subject, TO DAME
Clarke, Of Prince GYorge's Co, Maryland, fifty
dollars.
. For the hes, Essay on the Rights and Liabil
tiles OF parents IN respect to their minor chill
dren, to George Francis Richardson, OF Low
ell, ity dollars. For the second best Essay OF
the same subject, 10 Charles Augustus Norton
! Of Ravenna, Ohio, forty dollars.
The nunoer of the graduates from the Law
. school, this year, was fifty one.
Sir Hudson Lowe. as every one knows, wal
the Governor OF st. Helena during the captivity
|, of Napoleon. HIS papers have recently beer
published, and from the reviews we have see,
of them, We conclude that Napoleon's complaint
Of the Governors inpertcnence aud tyranny
: were we'll founded The publication OF ,hes
papers has made an immense sensation in Eng
land. IRON the evidence they contain, that mem
r bers Of the government of that period eaeoEag
, ed individually in the fallen E,nperor's househol
| TO report his private conversation.
We recently slw tn. successful result Of
surgical operu,i IN Of so novel and ingenious
, character as to deserve mention in our columns
1t was performed by DR.. Dixon, editor Of ,b
D Scalpa, upon Mf. D. Hyslop, Of this city. for
E cancer OF eight years standing. involving tn
S whole of the lower lip. The membrane inin.
n the lip being sound, the operation consisted il
Y dlsseciing off the diseased part and removing il
=. leaving the membrane in its natural place. The
Il two l~ncisions were made downward from IN
corners OF The mouth TO the chin, and the ski
h covering he latter, being loSsencd on each sid,
was crowded up, and by few delicate stltche
connected with the membrane. When we sa'
9 it the lip was nearly well, and was perfectly ma
J, aral and symmetrical and when entirely heale
d a slight scar from the cut on each side of the chi
will be the only trace OF the disease. or Of III
n operation for It's renewal, 1t forms a strik,n
! Illustration of the resources Of both nature M
y art.-1ribune.
g Accounts from New Orleans state that II
a yellow lever Is still raging terribly there. Mar
OF the inhabitants we're leaving, aud The NAV,
had Enrhidian thu -