Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-28
Che Nous 0ieaner.
BENTON's LECTURE IN BOSTON.


to previous announcement, last "Wednesday eve
ming, before the Mercantile Library Association,
who, at the close of the performance, rendered
him $3OO-which he promptly declined accept
ing. The whole of that vast Hall, capable of
holding 1000 persons, was filed to overlooking,
and the reception they gave him, was one we'll
beftting the great, unbought statesman of the
West. His subject was the geography of the
great wild West, its feasibility for the Pacific
Railroad in the Central Route, and its capabili-
ty for making and maintaining along the lines,
FIVE new first class States, with unlimited popu-
lations. And through lecture of two hours
and ten minutes duration, delivered without
scrap Of manuscri pt-sound in argument, and
rich in illustration-he made good his positions,
to the entire satisfaction of his immense and
highly intelligent auditory.
Mr.. Benton is man Of a fine and imposing
appearance, being over six feet high, with no.
bic head and faultless figure throughout He
still appears stout and robust, and more like Il
man of sixty, than of 70 or y, which we be-
leve is his age. His voice, thou Oh not, perhaps,
the heaviest we have heard, is still one of good
compass, sonorous and pleasant, and his man.
ner Of speaking animated and agreeable
We have never listened to lecture with more
pleasure and instruction.
A Cold WEEK FOR DzcRxBRR.--Last week
was doubtless one of the very coolest ever expe-
rienced in the country in December. On the
Coast, the thermometer was nearly at zero, night
and day, the whole week, and running down on
Wednesday morning. in some places, to 20 deg.
below. In Vermont, on that morning, the cold
was still much greater. In ST. Johnsbury the
mercury stood at &c deg below zero-in North
field 80 deg. below, and generally about the
same at Montpelier but in one locality, abou t
half mile from the village, on the North
Branch. it fell, in the welltested Thermometer
of Mr.. Ezra Marsh, to the very extraordinary
point of SO deg. below zero, or within two de-
greesof congealation. The mercury has reached
the point of congealation, in Montpelier. three
times within the last twenty years, in 1857
and "A, we think, all in the month of January
But We have no recollection of its being below
80 degrees in the month of December.
The STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION is to be
held on the 18th day Of january, al St. Albans,
whose people, it has been announced, will give a
hearty welcome to all who may be disposed to
) attend.
SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT last week
Thursday, the heavy iron tire of the engine
6 Gov. Paine," while under full speed near the
Williston station, flew off, and broke into pie
ces, one OF which, passing through the cab,
struck down, senseless, Engineer Flint, breaking
his arm and jaw, and otherwise mutilation him.
E But we learn he is doing WE'LL and will probably
recover.
, CoRREcTIoN.-Th noxt meeting of the Wash
ington County Teachers Association is to be
held at Waterbury, Jan 10th, instead of the
10th, as our typos of last week were, by some
mistake, mode to annouce it.
TALKING TURKEY TO THE PEINTER A spirited
3 patron in Orleans County has sent US, the pas
r week, the following letter, bringing safe t.
hand the money therein specified
Mr.. THoMpSoN :-Sr,-To atone for past neg
ligence in part, now send you, with the pay
for my paper the past and coming year, tn,
, names of two new subscribers, with the money
, advance pay for the same)-yiz. +: II. c. of -
! and S. A. J. of -. Enclosed is 5000.
| Yours, &c. A. c. j.
We thank our friend sincerely, and can onl,
say we wish good examples were as catching a
bad ones.
DANIEL WEBsrER's ESTATE turns oat sadly
minus. His debts were $l35 900, and Their
r appears but $35, 900 to pay them with. 1t wa
I. said, after Webster's death, that his friend
o would club together, pay his debts, aud cea
/, his Marshfeld place for his family. But tn
: lion being dead, they were unwilling, it seems
c to pay so much for stufing the skin The fac
: is, Webster rode his friends half to death Will,
living, and they resolved not to be rode afte
= he was dead.
GEN. WHITFIELD, the illegally elected Dele
gate to Congress from Kanzas, came on las
week to Washington, with his credentials, ant
/ was admitted to his scat in the House withou
e one word Of opposition Had Free Soil maj
! presented himself for a seat under such circum
stances, the South would have torn the worl(
down to prevent him from taking seat III Con
sress.
the advertisement of this gentleman in anohe,
column. lie is The proprietor of "'Schenck'
Pulmonic Syrup" a world-renowned remedy fo
: the cure of Pulmonary Consumption, Liver Com
: plants, Coughs. Colds. Bronchitis, &c. He is
also the inventor of "Schencks r. spirometer.'
scientific instrument for the detection of disease.
Of the Lungs and respiratory organs. His Syr-
= up has performed some of the most remarkable
cures on record; even where regular practiion
els have despaired of success. This fact is sub
Stimulated by the most rrspec abe witnesses who's,
certificates have appeared in the most popula
pri is of the day. His Respirome,er has beer
endorsed by the Faculty, and is admitted to b,
the most perfect instrument, of the kind ever in
vented. We are glad to learn tina, h. will max,
professional tour through the PRINCIPAL New
!. England cities and towns during The winter.
Ma. WM. B PAGE, printer of New Orleans
died OF cholera on the 4th inst, after few hours
Q illness. Mr. p was known" saws the N. q
'reseent, las perhaps the most rapid composite
. in the United Sla,es,"