Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-02


elected, IL are Administration men and 6S
opposition; of the remaining Ids, ono-Ilalf
will come from the South, and one-has iroln
the North, and probably "a of them will he
Administration men, at least on the Nebraska
question This will give in the next House,
an ant-Administration majority of 81. On
any anti-slavery issue the opposition will lose
some of the Missouri votes, but will be likely
to gain nearly as many from Northern sham
Democrats
The KNOW NoTHINGs seem to have been at
work in North Carolina. At a special cleo.
ton IN Hanover County for member of the
Legislature, DR.. Peter Walker, the Democrat
ic nominee, was the only candidate named
until the morning of the election. Mr. Nc
MILAN was then brought forward and elected
by a majority of two to one. The usual Dem
ocratic majority in the county is about 1000.
THE MONTPELIER TRorTING MATCH &C., on
Tuesday of last week, was we'll atteuded-the
toot-race, however, proving the most attract
i've feature.
LIST Match-S. Towns mare Humbird and
b. Hubbard's horse Michigan Boy-won by
Humhird; time LIST heat 2.52, I'd 2.54.
I'd Match.-E Gilman's Yankee Boy j.
Morses Young Champion, not presented
Yankee Boys time 2.4S, 2.49
Sd Matca.-Wm Rogers Yankee Bill,and
j. Ro5inson's Lady Pierce-won by Yankee
Bill; time 800, sos.
Foot Racc.-Lorenzo Stow Charles NJ.
Fisher, Abram Buswel and Charles Moves.
TIE latter withdrew after the first heat. Won
~ Sow, best three heats; time 500, 5.45,
3..,f.
U,iso ELEcrIoNs.--All the counties but four
'' , have been heard from, showing a
..lo. " Of 10000 for Judge Swan. The
i .;.i ,1,.j:mit Beacoa says Of the Ohio del
,.o.:
The Olio delegation in the next Congress
will com pare favorably with any other State.
1t is the abest Ohio has made for many
years. When Galloway, Day, Campbell, Sher-
man. Giddings Watson, Wade, Bingham,
Stanton and Nichols take their seats in the
House of Representatives, it will be we'll for
fre-eating gentlemen from the plantations to
bear themselves cautiously. Not one of these
but is fully able to cope with any man in the
present Congress south Of Mason and Dixon's
line. 1t is extremely gratifying to note this
change in the grade Of men sent from the free
States.
At Jerusalem, Va, lately, Boston mer-
chant bearing the name OF Theodore Parker,
but having D for a middle name, was mis-
taken for Parker, the Boston divine and phi
lanthroplst, and was therefore in peril Of the
Lynch law. He extricated himself by insist
ing, with some trepilation, upon the D., and
then was admonished that, if he would travel
safely in Virginia, he must take care to keep
the d. uppermost, when writing his name in
hotel registers.
Fanny Fern is writing domestic novel
entitled Ruth Hail." to be issued in six
weeks Or 50.
The Pirates in the East Iudies, in spite Of
all the warfare waged against them by Eu
ropeans, seem to swarm and manifest great
daring in their undertakings. Lately, band
located on the Island of Kailung, about thirty
miles from Macao, took Spanish vessel with
quantity Of treasure on board. In conso
queuce Of this the U. $. brig Porpoise. the
Portuguese armed lorcha, Amazana, with
three or four chartered lorchas, manned by
one hundred of the crew of the French frigat(
La Jean dare, left Macao for the stronghold
Of those pirates and, no doubt, we shall soot
hear something Of desperate battle.
Gov. German, of Monnesota, gives the
following account Of the crops in that terri
tory
"All the cereals have matured finely anC
yielded large crops, and so with all the escu
Tents. Our wheat crop will reach about 179.
GOO bushels; corn about $4,000 to 10000
potatoes,th yield is very large and OF choice
quality, estimated at 100000 bushels. There
will also be a large yield of cranberries. Tur
nips, rutabagas and pumpkins have yielded
the largest crop to the acre. generally, hav'
seen grow in any part of the continent. Ou
turnip and rutabaga crop cannot fall short 0
100000 bushels but these are mostly fed II
our cattle during the winter"
Fifteen hundred 6llhusters have been dis
banded at Louisville for want of money t.
support their organization. -
EAnTHQuAKEIN NEW HAMPsHIRE.-Keene
". H., Oct 25th-A slight shock was fel
here about 10 o'clock last night. In Lynn
several buildings were considerably shaken.
A feet of sixteen pirate junks in the CHM
Sea has been dispersed, and two Of them cap
tured, by division Of American French ,an'
Portuguese vessels.
A new telescope comet was discovered Of
the 18th ultilno, by NJ. Bruhns at the obser
vatory of Berlin.
There has been u sort of female Insured
ton in Brazil, where one Of the principal Q
Womans Rights seems to have been energet
i;a!Iy asserted. This is the right to MARI
as they choose. ...+
MARTIN VAN BUEEN--A writer from Pa
ris states that Martin Van Buren, is now q
Vcvay, in Switzerland, land although his healt
is not materially better. is laborng earnestl
upon his autobiography, in which he has a
ready advanced some two or three hundre
pages. They will not be published during h
life time The writer says the retiremei
from public life seems to have Invested tt
old gentleman of all his old partisan amino
tiles and prejudices.
Robert Schuyler is said to be aoarishing
Paris.
The fourth party for Kansas numbering abo
ona bn,dred men. women and children. le
Boston on Tuesday Of last week. They mu
tered at the Worcester Railroad depot an
after some time spent in praying and slngln
L., 10 a. ON Nov Wupiand homeg