Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-01-05
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Last week was marked by the death and funeral
of Hon. B. Campbell, Representative from
Tenness ,e, also by the introduction, for future
action, of several important measures, among
we have adverted in another place, and that of
Mr.. Seward for the construction of the Pacific
Railroad, to run wholly north of the parallel of
40 degrees, and b, made to unite the action of
corporations and Governmental aid.
PRoF. BRowN's LEcruRE.-Prof. s. G. Brown,
of Dartmouth College, gave us a splendid lee
sature before the new Literary Institute, in this
village, last Friday evening, on the eiequencc of
Burke. The next Lecture is to b, Friday eve
ming tAis week, by Prof Sanborn of the
SAND ION Moral Epidemics.
GREAT SNow STORM on THE COAST. Last week
Wednesday the whole of the New England
coast was visited with one CT the greatest SHOW
storms that have occurred fer the last twenty
years. The snow fell to the depth Of two feet
in Boston, and deeper probably in many other
parts, blocking up the roads, suspending travel
ing bsxailfead and otherwise: and leading to
many wrecks and disasters at sea-
n MELANCHOLY ACCIBENT.-On the Goth of De-
cember Mr.. William Eggleston, of Mendon,
while telling trees on the mountains, lodged one
tree on another when on going to the latter,
and striking few blows into it, the tree sud
denly split up, and falling with the other,
struck him in the back, and nearly severed his
body, causing his instant death. His neighbors
speak of him as very worthy man. His age
was A years, and he leaves wife and seven
children to mourn his untimely death.
For the Green Mountain Freeman.
At the birth Of daughter of A. E. and c.
L. Kinney, Sept. Is, lS49, the following new
connections occurred, viz. one child, two pa
rents, four grandparents, six great grandparents,
nine unclea and aunts, forty-one great uncles
and au4ts; and thirty-sevcn great great uncle'
and aunts; total one hundred. (She has not
and never had, brother, sister, or cousins.l
PlainfeM, Dec. %, 1858.
We see by the Court Records, that the two
counterfeitcrs, Wife, of Buffalo, and Lawrence
of Epping, N. H., have been placed under ten
thousand dollar bonds, each, fer making anc
selling, limitations of AYERS CHERRY PBcro
RAJ. This is right. If the law should pro
tect men from imposition at all, it should Ger
tainly protect them from being imposed upor
by a worthless counterfeit of such medicine a,
Ayers Cherry Pcctoral. We can only complain
that the punishment is not half enough. The
villain, who would for paltry gain, deliberately
trihe with the health of his fellow men, by tax
ing from their lips, the cup of hope, when the,
are sinking, and substituting falsehood-aI
utter delusion, should be punished at least a
severely as he who countcrfeits the coin of tn
country.-Grcen Co. Banner, CarroAtcn, III
SrNouLAR CIxcrMsrAN, s.---'rhe Belfast Jour
nal states that great cemmotion has been re
Gently noticed at point in the Penobscot, nca
Prospect Fcrry-the surface being much disturb
ed and stones and earth apparently thrown u
from the bottcm. This upboiling still continue
at intervaies and experiments show that leas
an acre of the river bed has sunk from dept
of seven to depth Of fourteen fathoms.
sulpheric gas ia emitted from the water durn
its periods of commoticn, and it is said that tw
distinct shocks of an earthquake have occur
red since the commencement of the phenomena
USE OF CONFIDENTIAL LErTERs-Ina rulin
upon this subject, in the U. S. Circuit Court il
Boston, on Thursday ..taorning, Judge Spragu
decided that person exhibiting to another
letter marked confidential, or otherwise usn
its contents thus publicly, to the injury of tn
writer or third party, was guilty of a gros
violation of privileges, and might be held pccu
niarily Liable for damages resulting from suc
breech of confidence. The legal construction O
the term confidential, is in perfect accordanc
with the definition of the word given by Web
ster-
In this town, week before last two men an
a woman were arrested an the street for bein
drunk. They went to the County confessional
and told the truth These who sold the liquo
were fined $50 and costs, which went into tn
town treasury.
About 100 gallons of liquor were seized an
poured into the gutter, without taking me
there also, as it usually does.-Rstlond Herald
Mrs Ward, q respectable woman living
Ashly county, Arkansas, was, as she supposed
a informed by spirit" that her left hand ha
offended her Maker, and that to make her peatt
she must part with it. Mrs Ward immediatcl
got out of bed, procured an axe, and cut
her hand to the wrist.