Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-15

) Mrs. Mary Prewett the edtress of Missis-
supp paper dominates Mia Fillmore for the
Presidency.
! EMIGRATION TO NEBRASKA Seven hundred
and thirty German cmigrdnts passed through
Cincinnati "a Saturday. Oh tl.er way to Ne
braska
! Our RELATIONS WITH SPAIN-The Wash
rngton Star alludes to the fact that a special
commission to the Court of MaJrid is talked of,
and says, we have good reason for believing
that the announcement of the names of two dis
tlngulshed statesmen in connection with that Com
mission, has more substantial foundation than
mere rumOr.
| The Washington correspondent of the Jour
nal of Commerce says:
'' The new Spanish Minister presented his
credentials to the President to-day The story
that special commission is to be sent to Spain
for the purchase of Cuba, or TO its speedy ac-
QUESTION by force, has obtained much credence
here.
The measure was adopted on Friday last it is
said, as an alternative to an immediate blockade
of The ports of Cuba, which the President had
prepared, and which three of the Cabinet had
agreed TO.
An offer of three hundred millions for the
purchase of the island is to be made but not
until some threats shall be thrown out of its
forcibe seznre.'
| 1t is stated that French gentleman, by his
will leaves 100, 900 frances to airy person who
discovers the means of curing Asiatic cholera.
The power of ava ding The prize has been con-
| farrod tha Ipct;,nta of and r. into
of it, until it has been award d is to constitute
an annual prize to be given TO those who advance
the knowledge of the cause of cholera and its
remedy. Ha#f
A house near Vcksburg, Miss, was struck by
lightning on the 9Th instant, and pretty much de-
mo shed. A loaded gun was fired off and bro
ken to pec's; flask containing powder expIod
ed; key of powder had two hoops knocked of
it, but did not explode. Six persons were sleep
ing in the house, none Of whom were injured by
the stroke.
Five cases of Asiatic cholera are reported in
one family in Bro klyn, N. Y, two of which
had proved fatal, and two more were expected to-
The house where these cases occurred was sur
rounded with tn.
There were in the United States, by the last
census, about "a 900 lawyers, $4,000 clergy
men, 80 600 teachers, and 10000 physicians,
making in all about l2l 900 engaged in the four
leading literary professions.
A LARGE RAFr-The Alton Qll.,) Courier
says that raft, said to be the largest ever float
ed down the mississippi, arrived at Alton on the
18th. 1t contains 800 900 feet of lumber, besides
800 coo laths, and 100000 shingles. About
half of il was sold there, and the balance was
taken to St. Louis. 1t was under the direction
of Msssrs, Willis and Allen, with 80 men. 1t
was from the Chippawa river, and foated from
Lake Pepin to Alton in 70 days.
In Perry county, Illinois, a woman has been
elected constable. Practical woman's rights.
The American Association of Science has
come to the conclusion that the phenomenon of
Esprit rappings is an epidemic disease, govern
ed by the same natural laws as cholera yellow
fever, measles, and the like. They leave the
cure to the M. DIS.
From communication recently submitted to
the House by Secretary Davis, it is be ieved that
the annual loss of property from steamboat dis
asters on the Mississippi and its tributaries, ex
ceeds rather than falls short of, three millions of
dollars.
Over two hundred human lives, and million
and quarter of property, have been lost on the
Western rivers by steamboat disasters, since the
first of January. One hundred and sixty one
vessels in all have been wrecked
A Detroit paper announces that thirty goods
and chattels" passed through there on May 4th,
per underground railroad.' and that large
numbers are continually attracted to that route
by the " cheap fare," gentlemanly conductors"
&c.
A cow in Henniker recently brought forth
three calves at one birth, the aggregate weight
of which was one hundred and thirty pounds.
All alive and kicking. That is one of the cows.
The citizens of Louisville, Ky, are collecting
subscriptions for erecting monument to the
memory of their murdered teacher, Prof W. H.
G. Butler, and for assisting his wife and child.
The New York Time says it is thought the
number of emigrants arrived in this country dur
ing the past year could not be less than half a
million, and they have brought capital of &c.
000, 900 with them.
;, Mrs Emily c. Judson. e. Fanny Forester ~
died at Hamilton, N. Y, May 3lst
A French physician writes that he has cured
hydrophobia by the vapor bath heated to one
hundred and seventy degrees of Fahrenheit.
1t is said that there were 23l ,79l soldiers en-
gagged in the revolutionary War. Of this num-
Der there are now less than 400 living, whose
ages must average 80 years. Seventy three have
died during the present year.
(. WILL. r. u,G NJ TT .J,.x.;.. Al 49,
the Nashua Gazette that any woman wishing II
E be married can secure chance by directing lin
to him and the Gazette says he is really in earn
est.
| TUBULAR IRON BRIDGE.-The construction O
the Great Tubular Iron Bridge across the st Law
renee, opposite Montreal, has commenced. On
of the immense Golfer dams, made of timber, i
which the piers are to be built, was launche
last Friday, June Cd, and towed to its place, an
, O. hers are in progress Some 1900 men will,
is said be employed on the bridge the comn
summer.
&, Between forty and fifty Vermonters have jus
t started from Underhill to settle in Wisconsin.
There is boy in Chicago, fifteen years of age
who measures six feet eight inches. His fathe
and mother are both taller.
A gentleman of St. Louis, some eight year
= ago, patented an improvement in the mode {
= making boxes and axles for machinery, but fai
g ing in his attempts to introduce it into gener
g use, finally gave it up, and departed for low;
:, where he was absent several years Returning
after time, he found that his invention was ben
V used upon all the steamboats, and railroads of tt
:. West He imme diately procured an extensic
!, of his patent, and is now rapidly anassing fro
It it a pendd fortune.
- The Philadelphia Ledger says that bet q
= feet long constructed of India rubber and gntt
= percha, was recently manufactured in that cit
- The stoutest belt ever manufactured of indl
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