Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-10
A MorHsa DESERVING HER CHILDREN


AT New York, on Tuesday, an English conan
came IN shore from an ernlgrant vessel living not
far from Fulton ferry. WIN her five children.
She let, them on board OF the Fulton ferry boat
aud returned 10 The ship Alter wandering about
Tor sometlme,an officer put them on boid the ship
from which they landed, ana there found their
mother She reprimanied the officer severely
Tor returning them, as she did not want them
Or AZ 509,302 passengers conveyed on rail
ways In EnsI4nd in one year only seventeen
were killed; While IN New York State, Accord
653 were carried on the railroads, and 1862 were
killed. In England, the chances of beng killed
on railroad are as | to 285 027
The INDIA RUBBER CAsE..-This Gaze is
said to be finally decided IN favor of Horace Il (.
Day. by the Commissioners of Patents. The
Interest involved is said to be about S. 100000.
The application for the extension of Goodyea i
patent, was dismissed, and The public will here
after have the free use of the invention.
The NUMBER OF NEwsPAPERs.-The follow
ing is supposed to be the number of newspape
in the word:-ren in Austria, fourteen IN Africa,
twenty-four in Spain, twenty in Portugal thirty
in Asia, sixty FIVE in Belgium, eighty five in
Denmark, ninety in Russin and Poland, three
hundred in Prussia, three hundred and twenty
in other Germanic States, five hundred in Great
Britain and Ireland and eighteen hundred in the
United States.
In work by the late Walter Cotton who was
Chaplain in the Navy. Deeing girl
of thirteen years, who was me mother of two
children. Size had been married at the age of
ten to man of sixty five.
Mr.. Putnam, publisher of Putnam's Monthly,
has received letter from the Duke de JolnvlIlc,
in which he brushes all claims of Rev. Mr..
Williams to Bourbon honor
WINDFALL.-An Irish girl about 20 years
old, IN Barre, Mass, recently received the in
teligence OF the death OF mden aunt in the
old country leaving to her and her brother and
sisters; SIX IN number. Gl6,000, or about $780,
600.
1t Is in serious contemplation to cut tunnel
under the city of Cincinnati, to form a junction
with the st. Louis and Parkersbnrg and BAlti-
more Railroads. 1t is to commence at the foot
OF Sky street, and run through to Deer Creek
Valley.
ENUMERATING MACHINE.-Mr. ]. Norton has
invented machine, which he calls an Indicator
of Numbers and Distances, and which is ap-
proved by the London Society of Arts. 1t will
tell the number of persons passing through a
door, or travelling in an omnibus, and in this
case the distance passed over also. 1t is easily
adjusted, and is pronounced to be infallible in
its results.
Under resolution adopted by the last Leg.
isature, authorizing the Governor 10 report to
the General Assembly at its next session such
provisions and amendments in regard TO plead
ings and practice IN courts, as IN their Judgment
will be beneficial. Gov. Fairbanks has appointed
Hon. Stephen Royce Of Berkshire, Hon. l.. B.
Peck Of Montpelier, Hon. James Barrett Of
Woodst ,ck.
William Kirkpatrick, the grandfather Of the
present Empress of France, was appointed U. s.
Consul at Malaga, by Pre- ldent John Adams In
1900 and held the Office unlll 1918.
CoLoNIzATIoN.-A bill IS now before the
New York Senate, approprlatlng $50 to detray
The expenses Of each cDlored lnh lbitant Of this
State above ten years OF age, or $25 If oeos
that age, who may voluntarily emigrate to Lbe.
ria.
Black coats have been banishcd from the sa!
looms OF Paris, by his Mightness. Napoleon III
Blue velvet, sing breasted, Standing collar
steel buttons, braided and gilt, eoa's now in
vogue.
1t is said that singular musical novelty has
been introduced into musical performance al
Rome. In Verdls new opera Of the Irouba.
dour, an anuiI chorus. with an accompaniment,
of sIedge-hammers, is introduced.
Longevity of Farmers. 1t appears from the
Massachusetts registry Of births and deaths fo
1851 that the duration of the lives of agrlcul
turists was IL years above the general average
nearly 10 above that Of common labOrers, ant
10 per cent. above the average at DEATH of me
canlcs.
Paine, the spiritual banker at Chicago, ha
been reased from prison. his bank Is aga
open, and te notes are being redeemed.
A"dead letter" containing $2500 was dis
covered in the dead letter office at Washington
last week.
1t is said that the health of Vice Presider
King IS such that he is enabled to walk daily t
the sugar-boing establishment of Mantanzas.
A young lady. worth al least $4,000,
advertises in the " Y. Tribune for husbunt
The applicant must be good looking, and
Presbyterian or Dutch Reformed would be pre-
felred The advertiser says she is serious, an
calls upon the unblessed to address "a.
Albany, N. Y"
A bill of indictment has been found BY Il,
Grand Jury against the city of Bangor, as
common seller of liquor, by Its agents.
Mrs. Pierce lett New York Tuesday mornin,
, for Philadelphia, and is now tarrvlDg IN Bait
more.
BEET Roof SUGAR.-The production of be-
root sugar Is increasing in France. Factorie
at work on The LIST of December, 10 1851, wei
254, and on the LIST of December last year, the
numbered 1886, all increase of 81 The quaint
ty of sugar made in 1851 was 10 millions {
, pounds, while that of last year will not be Fl
+ from 81 millions of pounds. The best qua
- retalls al Is cent pound.
FEMALES WHALERs.-At one time ther
7. have been enumerated IN Honolulu, says Il
u Honolulu Friend. the wives of twenty-five 81
. captains. From such asips.ion can
} obtained, it is supposed that one in six of g
l. whaling captains is accompanied by his vii
!, The practice is annually increasing. This IS
:, new feature in the prosecution of the whallr
:, u business Probably a score of American ladl
a have visited the Arctic Ocean during the p,
u summer.
i The Duke of Sutherland has offered to I'll
e fishermen on his estate supply of coffee d.
e ring the fishing season, as well a. the apparal
necessary for preparing 1t. providing that the
will give up the supply of whisky no gallon