Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-03
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number OF families were maze hOCsclesS. III is
said little girl, boy and woman persisted in
the flames, while one of the fremen was badly
if not fatally injured. The value of the pro-
perty destroyed is estimated at over 100000.
CONGRESS is now soon to adjourn, and leave
the Administration untramcllcd and free to
work their will on Cuba. We shall then see
what we shall see
Samuel Lewis, the great Freesoil leader of
Ohio. died at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 28th of
July,--a great loss to the cause in that State
THE CHOLERA is abating in the cities, but
probably spreading in the country.
REPUBLICAN STATE CoNvEsrIoN.-Th Pro-
vncial Committee, appointed by the onvention
of the People held at Worcester on the 9th day
of July curr nt call upon the Republicans Of
each of the towns and cities OF The Common
wealth OF Massachusetts, 10 elect number of
Delegates, equal to three times the number of
representatives to which they are entitled in The
General Court to attend 5 IA + CONVEN.
TION at WOREES Err. On THURSDAY,
the It'll dayof SEPT EN- 81 FIR nert, at II O'Clock,
A. M, TO nominate candidates for State officers,
and to take such other action as may be tho, ght
proper, in rider To promote the cause of resls-
lance to the Slave Powe - Commonwealth.
"A FRoa nr WOULD WooiNo GO THE
Manchester Mirror says that as gent enan of
that town few days sine, uncorked a can in
milk which had been left at his house, out Jump.
ed fine plump og. lis frogship however,
seemed to be much art'ed at finding himself
clothed 10 white, and after a iugle glance around
him, turned about and plunged To The bottom Of
tn can II il a matter of serious regret that
milkmen should be so careless hen they scoop
up their water
CEoLtRA AT rFALo-Bufal0. July o.
The funeral of Miss Fillmore took place this
morning. 1t was attended by large concourse
of the leading citizens, More deep fe and gen
era grief has b ell seldom witnessed, than Was
manifest d throughout the city Her uss will
be ong felt Mr.. Fillmore feels it heeny, and
his spirit are much broken
he deaths a, the Poor House yesterday W re
reported as II, but no official information Can be
oba ed h. Board If Health met last night,
and passed resolutions directing an entire reform
in the managem Mt of the Hous.
The deaths by cholera at nh Suspension Bridge
yesterday were ven, all on the Canadian side.
Ex-Gov rnor, George w Towns, of Geor-
gia, recently expired, at the age CT 50.
The Hon D H. Dustin, Attorney Gsnera' of
Minnesota, died of cholera, at st Paul, on the
18th or l4th last,
FROM MExlco.-Nct0 Orleans, July o.
The stca nshlp Orzaba has arrived at this port
with Vera Cruz dates to the 22d, and I ity of
Mrxicu To the l7lh ult.
The revolution 1T Micho2'can continues and
the inhabitants were asking permission to import
grain duty &C. Nothing >aid about the reported
death of Ava.ez
A skirmish is reported, in which the insur-
Gelus were delearrd. A cons tracy is said to
have been discovered IN Vera cruz, and several
arrests made
OVERFLOW OF THE MISSISSIPPI The Pauld-
ing (Nss.) Carioa says the Mississippi over,
flowed isl nks recently in the rich auvia coun-
try Of Bolivar, causing destruction utterly ruin
Gus the p esant season upon many plantations.
Splendid tracts of fertile lands, ripe in promise
for the harvest have been submerged; and where
all was verdure ve,nal beauty few days
previous tlie scent at the period of the inunda-
ton presented vast sheet of desnlang waters,
n " inland sea, upon m ny plantations. The
loss l. estimated at S25 0C0
GREAT DRovE or SHEEP.-A drove of sheen
numbering eleven thousand head passed through
Edwardsvle Illinois on the 9Th inst They
were rom the State of Tennessee, and are 10 be
wnered III Missouri till next sprinr, when they
will be driven o Salt Lake. .....
LIBERALISM AT HARVARD COLLEGE The
Boston correspondent Of the New York Times
mentions rs indications of progress at Harvard
'ollegc, the election of Mr. Sumner as Vice
President of the Alumni tie refusal to shove
Josiah Quincy Jr aside, as some of the Com
nlee dtsred. because he had failed in business;
and the ell ction uf Rev Seth Sweetser, Or,hor-
doX. as one of the directors
A HEALTHY CITY. --Pe,ersbu gh. with a
population in the city proper of seventy thou
sand persans, only average about twenty deaths
in week Not single case of cholera has
occurred in hat city during the pr, sent season.
he e seems To be something in the coal smoke
and atmosphere of Piusburg that is conductive
to health.
A single family in Sangamon county. Illinois,
have seventeen thousand sheep, and all of good
blood Sheep raising is fine business in hi
mons. II Is said that every farmer who has tried
the business has ulpassed fortune.
DIDN'T WANT THE WonAN.-A letter written
by an officer attached 10 Japan squadron, saws
that on the part of the Japanese Commissioners.
II was at first much insisted upou, that the United
States government should allow stipulation that
thai no American lady should ever vis, Japan !
So prcposerous a demand was not coun;enanced
for moment by the gallant Comm dore.
The heap Postage System in Great Britain
went into operation in 1910 The first year $
Operations of the reduced rates produced pro-
ht of $500 789 agalnt Ell 633, for the prior
year. The new order of things has zone on
trom year t" year, until now we find that the
letters mailed have increased 500 per ceut be.
tween 1899 and lS53--viz bcing SO goo 600 in
1889 and 4i0. 900, 500 in 1853, and the increase
is still going on.
TOTAL nEPRAxlTy. wealthy gentleman
from Western New York, died recently at one
OF the hotels in Albany An only son. and the
only relative present at his decease, while the
corpse was warm, offered To sell the boots of the
dead, to the porter OF the hotel at which they
were stopping.
In all the cases Of cholera which have been
observed there is an nhasory or beginning s. age
of diarrhaa. In this stage cholera is easily
cured
FLOCK OF SHEEP kiLLLD ~ LIGHTNING Tho
Rusland (Vt.) Herald states AZ sheep and IA
lambs, worth some $500, were killed near a tree
IN that town, on the 18th ult by Discharge of
lightning, the direction of which was eviden,Iv
from the e'rh, as locks of wool were driven in.
to the tee along which the nuid passed and the
hoers OF the wood were brushed upward and
also that the bodies of animal Killed by nighttime
decay very rapidly as there was only bean of
wool and of dry, feshess bones, left of these
killed WIG