Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-04-27

FIRE IN EAST MoNrPELnR. dwelling
house, barns and shed of Mr.. Alonzo Rsdawav.
were wholly consumed by fire on the 18th instant.
together with his furniture, hay, one horse and
hog Insurance to the amount of about Sl7.-
w. About enough probably to cover the loss,
Ihere are some suspicion we understand that it
was the work of an incendiary.
HE COAST STORM OF LAST WEEK.-Wbile we.
IN the interior, were injoying calm weather with
only sprinkling of snow, the whole Atlantic
coast seems last week to have been visited with
severe storm of wind and snow, the latter
falling IN some places four and others even ten
inches deep. The following are some of the
disasters reported:
Philadelphia, April ia despatch received
at the Ledger Office from Long Beach states that
ehe snip Powhattan came ashore on Sunday
morning near Egg Harbor Light she had 200
emlgrants on board, not one of whom was
saved. Thirty-three bodies have been washed
at Long Beach. Not vestage of the wreck
is left
New York, April IA despatch from
Philadelphia says the vessel lost at Barnegat, is
supposed to be the Bremen ship Humboldt"
She had from three to four hundred passengers
on board, all of whom it is supposed are lost.
Ne,o York, April 20.-Intelfigence was re-
ceived to-day of the loss of the ship Robert L.
Law, from this port for New Orleans She went
ashore on Berry Island, ner Nassau, Goth March.
She was built in this city last year, and was
valued at $780, 00 At last accounts, wreckers
were around her taking out her cargo
The latest report from Absekom says that the
whole number of bodies recovered is log.
The BEST RAILROAD ROUTE TO New YORK.
We invite the attention of all going to Troy,
Albany, the West, and city of New York, to
the advertisement of the managers of the Wes-
tern Vt. Railroad, in our Advertising columns.
In distance, fares, and other conveniences, it
presents advantages over all other routes in that
direction and we would advise travellers to avail
themselves of the opportunity thus afforded.
A DEAD MAN FouND.-The body of an I'M
known man was found last Tuesday on the bank
of Onion River, on the farm of Mr. Jonas Good
enow, in Berlin, having disappearance of hav-
ing been lodged there among the ice at the late
breaking up of the river. lie was about six
feet high, well dressed, with satin vest, frock
coat, and checked silk cravat. 1t is coniectur-
ed to be one Daniel Pineo, an insane man, who
was at the Union House, in January, threaten
ing to Kill himself before he would be sent to
Brattleboro, and has not since been heard of.
Nearly a thousand dogs were killed in Boston
last week. Strichnine was the poison used,
and in nearly every case it proved tatal-gener-
ally in from ten to fifteen minutes. More than
three quarters of the dogs owned in that city
belong to persons who "from the SLIGHTEST causes
are liable to be thrown upon the city for sup
, port"
Ten cases of death by hydrophobia have re-
, Gently been reported to the Buffalo Common
Council by the physicians of that city. The
board has adopted resolution to pay bounty
of twenty-five cents for killing dogs. One death
8 resulted from the bite of rabid cat.
: The Mayor and Aldermen of New Bedford
have directed the police to destroy all dog
: found running at large without muzzles
}, CONNECTICUT ELEcTIoN-The result of thu
9 election is officially announced as follows: fol
|. Governor, Dutton, (Whig,) l9,465; Ingham
y Democracy 1888; Chapman, Temperance, ),
. 1862; Hooker, (Free-Soiler, $500 Majorit,
; against Ingham, 4,O99
3 g. We are given to understand" says thu
! Citizen of the 10th Of February, EAST Indie
v paper,) "that the famous car of Juggcrnaut
OF Muhes, near Serampore was totally destroy
y ed by fire on the night of Monday last, and tn,
'odekuries,' or proprietors of the Juggernaut
+ have been merged in grief attributing the &C
r cident to the fury of the god, for causes O
e which they are not recognizant."
r The Washington Star says that Admiral Ma
It pier, who commands the British fleet in tn,
! Baltic, figured in the war against the United
y States in 1912, and not very creditably, as he
n was joined with Cochrane and Cockburn II
!; making war upon farm-houses and hen-roostl
q of the Virginia farmers.
IS Sir John Fanklin and his expedition have
been stricken from the books of the British
navy and are given up for dead.
u The Hon. John Davis late U. S. Senator
+ from Massachusetts,, died at his residence il
d Worcester, on Wednesday afternoon, of las
week, of bilious cholic, after an illness of only
a few hours.
a The list of visitors to the West Point Acade
-, my for June LIST next is announced Anon!
~ them we notice the names of Hon. VIM. C
Clarke, of New Hampshire, Rev. Robert Al
I lynn, of East Greenwich, r. l., and Jacob Kent
,e Esq, of Wells River, Vt.
lie The Washington correspondence of the N. Y
:, IrJIunp n VIC that tho - n
- quite belligerent character. A quarrel ha
&c taken place between the Consul Robertson an
he the Captain General, and the commander of tn
r frigate Columbia refused on that account t
v, salute the Spanish flag.
at PRESIDENTIAL VETo.- Washington, April &c
ar The grant Of ten millions acres of publ
80 land, to be distributed among the States t
&c ameliorate the condition Of the indigen
cd insane, passed by the House yesterday, an
en- known as Miss Dix's bill, failed to become
NO law, the Presidents signiture being denied
it.
We During the Thunderstorm on the 9th inst, fou
, track, in Westfeld, Mass, when fash of ligh
III ming knocked them down, and one was instan
On ly killed. Of the remainder two have recovered
ut while the third still suffers from the effects
the shock.
est DEATH OF THE DUKE OF PARXA-Late foreie
ts. papers have the following account of the rece
assassination of the Duke of Parma
at was in a sort of low wine shop, frequen
'u- ed by the lowest people, that the event occu
ng red. The Duke entered the common room, al
was recognized by soldier who was readin
%. and who Immediately rose and saluted him, al
'.' then sitting down again, continued the perus
ui- of the journal he was engaged with The Dul
his then, it appears went up to him and said :
What, you go on reading before your prince
80 The soldier replied in low tone - In seeil
~ your royal highness enter such place,
thou yht you dasirad To wanna Il, ood