Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-01

tlCH tthoht dhu Ills uhpiiihS iuouStiJ, Has dCCu-
muated enough to purchase this old and favor
lite Tavern Stand, at Middlesex Mills Let him
be encouraged and patronized, else what re-
ward hath he more than others -
r1fRgIBLE SIEANBoAT EXPLOSION IN OREGON. -
a. yssfsy
published by our friend, the Hon. John
0. Waterman, that on the 9Th of April, the
steamer Gazall, while lying at the wharf of
Canenah, a landing on the Columbia, suddenly
exploded, killing about forty persons, and badly
if not fatally injuring many Others. Among the
killed are David p. Fuller, one of the principal
citizens of Portland, and Mr.. Page, the Presi-
dent Of the steamboat company.
~ We shall probably be enabled to publish
call for Free Democratic State Convention
next week.
IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN RATES OF FARE TO
CALIFORNIA 1t will be seen by reference to c.
j. Barteu's advertisement in to day paper, that
the United States Mail Steamship Company have
made arrangements to forward their passengers
across the lsthmus, besides materially reducing
the price of tickets A passenger can now pur-
chase ticket of Mr.. Bartlett for the very low
price of $50 Persons bound to the gold regions
would do well to give him Il call MIR. Bartlett
is vel known to the mercantile community, and
his statements are entitled 10 confidence.
The following letter from the celebrated DR.
James G. Aver, gives the. honest side of the
Nosrum question. Since the Public will use
these remedies we wish for the sake of suffering
humanity there were more Of them like his Cher
RI Pectoral and Cathartic Pills. which require
no secrecy to make them go down.
LOWELL, 26th April 1854.
Messrs * Co.,
New York City,
GENTLEMEN Yours of the 22d inst, asking
me to 10 in combination to put down the Ohio
Nosttum Bill, comes duly to hand ! canaot &C
cede to the request for the following reasons:
The law requiring that the composition shall
be publish d, Of every medicine sold in the State,
cannot work to the injury OF anybody who de
serves protection. have published the recipes
of my medicines for fifteen years, and believe
this 10 b. the honest way of making their virtues
known 10 the community. The Medical Pro-
ftssion publish their discoveries 10 the world as
soon as made, for the benefit of al mankind
Why should we not! The Law which you fear
will destroy your business, can injure only those
who falsely pretend to discoveries and secrets
which they have not 1t will expose the empti
ness of such pretensions and the public will turn
aside from such preparations as are found to be
worthless when their composition is known. II
medicines have real worth, they will be only the
better appreciated and the better patronized by
laying their composition open to the Public, tina
they may Judge for themselves If they have
not real merit, it is due in common justice to the
suffering sick, to the public health and to the
cause of humanity, that the people should know
them to avoid them. Youss Respectfully,
JAMES c. AVER.
DEATH OF JAMES MONTGOMERY THE PoET.-
James Montgomery, the wel-known poet, die
at his residences in Sheffield, Eng and, on the 30tl
ult at the age of 80 years
A CURIOUS EXHIBITION 1t is said that one O
the most interesting departments Of the crysta
Palace exhibition is that which is assigned to los
articles picked up by the police. Among thes
there ure about three hundred lace cambria hand
kerchiefs. some valued at $50 There are also a
m,ny wells, large stock Of gloves, an extensiv
assortment Of babies shoes and stockings an
some hundred articles of jewelry, pieces of whic
range as high as 800 in value. Locks of falls
hair are intrrspersed with other wearing Apparel
and bottle of brandy occupies conspicuous pc
sltion. Specimens of almost every thing whlc
is capable of being lost may be seen there
Boston journal.
The condition of slavery has been set up as
defence for bigamy, by colored man who wa
lately tried FIR that offence in chicago Tn
ground was taken that as a Save hewas not capabl
Of contracting marriage when he became connec
ted with his first wife The jury could not agree
and were discharged.
The Galcna Advertiser says that on the 81
inst at evening, little before eight o'clock,
singular phenomenon was Witnessed by sever;
persons who were sitting on the guards Of tn
steamer War Eagle II consisted Of an irnmens
bill of light. which suddenly appeared in tn
heavens at an angie of about As degrees, and fe
from tn nee to the horizon, leaving behind it, NJ
ierv tail as is usual with such phenomena. bs
track Of dense white smoke, which kept il
position in the sky for about thre
"a then slowly curled itself mp like
a and in about ten minutes vanished
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN HAvERHILL TIL
wife of Mr. Loud of Haverhill Mass, left HI
house on Monday morning. taking with her
daughter eight years of age, and proceeded to
pond in the neighborhood, where she dashed ii
child TO herself and then plunged into the waite
Both mother and child were drowned III
mother had exhibited symptoms Of insanity.
A BABY SHow.--They had bay show in b.
town Canada. on the End ult. The prizes wei
$50 each to the hree largest, latest and han'
somest babies in town There were but two b
bes presented, one 10 and the other seventies
months old. each of whom received prize.
ter appropriate speeches by the Judges, and luc!
exhibitors, one of them announced that 81
Should have another baby TO show at The san
. time and place next year, if there was premlu
to be given VIII ch caused rounds OF appaus
LEGISLATIVE ExTRAvAGANcR The incident
expenses of the New Jersey Legislature include
among other things, between four and five tho
sand dollars for stntionery--or fifty two doiia
and fifty nine cents for the statiOnsry expenses
each member during session Of about slxty-th
days-almost dollar day for paper, pens' a.
H.. In addition to this amount, the State 81
pied them with S757 worth Of postage stamps
which would give each member 3l5 stamps du
Ing the session. or FIVE stamps day, include
Sundays.
Leonard Houslet shot himself at Hameltew
near Cincinnati, in his rage because the moui
in which he was running candles burst. h
wife was present, BY, was pe'rifisd BY the mar
horrible curses.