Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-08-10
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NOVEL ASSAULT AT WASHINGTON. Last Sat-
urday, as President Pierce WAS leaving the Cap
itol, he was accosted by one S. C. Jeffards,
South Carolinian, who shook hands with tho
President and invited him to take drink,
which the latter declined, and turned to 20
away when Jcifards threw hard-boiled egg
at him, which hit and knocked off his hat. JEFF
fards was arrested, but being very penitent after
no got sober, he was discharged at the instance
OF the President. Accidents will happen in the
best of families, and sometimes among the most
congenial friends
koYALToN AcADENY.-We would invite the
attention of the reader to the advertisement Of
this Institution in another column. WITH the
qualifications of the Principal, E. p. Stone, and
his assistants, together with the new and strong
Board of Trustees, and the new and commodi.
Gus Academy Building, now about to be oecu-
pied, there is every prospect that this School
will sti further add to the progress and i'm.
provement it has been making the past year
and become one of the first Academies in tbo
State.
TIE EUROPEAN News of this week is i,tcrss,-
ing. The prospect now is that the Russ;,n.
will not evacuate the principalities and th..
they must soon be the seat of the chisr tuo If
the war.
Tho great Sewing Machine controversy be-
tween Messrs. Howe and |. NJ. Sinr - h a. In.
at last been settled by fall lice,ss from Howe
to use his invention in connection with S's adj
mlraba and nenqualled machines, which must.
without doubt, greatly increase the already
great demand for them. For year mast, the
manufacturers, |. NJ. Singer & Co, have been
unable to supply them as fast as ordered We
understand Messrs. S. & Go. will immediately
prosecute every Infringement on their various
patents, and us nearly every other machine has
lntringed more or less them, there will be s.a
good time for the lnlringers. Those WHO have
no desire to have trouble in using machines
should procure one Of Singers. Stone.
TIE LATEST Fashions. -Thosc of orr readers
who have an eye to the fashions, will find at
YAK Ian Boston, all the latest and most an
proved styl IS OF every dcscril tion Of garments,
anu ene rates at which they are sid, make it
very a'"'fa ~ Tor those In want, to purchas, at
this place.
LIME WATER REMEDY Fur DiApRgE,.-In
a letter The harleston 6 c. Mercurv J Lar.
tig as"e Is that lime water is an excel emf rem.
d'y for the above disease. lie does not claim it
: as something new, it being first suggested 10 his
: mind by reading Youatt writer on the ..l,rse
. Mr.. l., believes it is also good for the cholera
: for which he has tried it personally, with the
following expert nee - The first case in which
= tried 1t, he says, 'w"s We interesting. The
patient m1n Of about rty years of aye, was
taken with the most pious excavations. He
l. said that another would be his end. | ,houpht
so too, as The last AMI several of prece linz ones
were very NO ent. gave him half pint of III.
solution ct qulckiime, as strong as the unslacked
lime would make it. but perfectly clear of the
sediment lie had scarcely swallowed it before
he began to sneeze VIZ emily, and said that he
= was frying III his stomach. lie never had anoth
c ef operate mo few r. aud was we | in ha an
~ hour except AS 10 debi iiy, have had occasion
to try 1t this sumner ith similar success In
> one c'se il was checked too soon and produced
l. lever. but The pltlen soon recovered of that >
o am no alvoclte of quack medicines, nor am
l. | believer in panaceas but | eve this rem
edy ctn be account'd for on chemical principles
!, n G.. N
is GRAssnoPPEEs.-ln some parts of New Emo
" ma theSe Insects are becoming vrIy destructive
4 he 81. Johnsbury (Ft) Calcdonian saws that
N IN liial town they have entirely DESTROYED the
Y ed III many Of the pastures. leaving the ground
!; IN some places as free from vegetable life as a
hald travelled road. Lat'rly having fed close
r y the pastures, they are making for the fields
!. ,aNNExA rioN OF THE SADwlcn IsLaNps-
y washington July ID, 1871 have positive
ana umcnlabH Information, from the highest
sources at Honolulu. to ihe effect that Treaty.
Is about concluded between Mr. Gregg. the
s United States commissioners. and the Guye,n
IN III o Inc Is alds, tor their annexation TO the
$ United States forthwith The onv unseuled
y question IN relation 10 he annexation is Whether
tne islahts shall come in as L. rltory Or a
o'a'e VIZ ''regg Insists on The former The
" administration here at Washington is perfectly
ADVISED as to the position of the negotiations
t . MS Is kept profound secret at Honolulu 10
J., al out OF tn" court circle. The King and Prvv
l. Conhc We the constitutional power to make
me treaty, and in fear of Fl libuslerin. or some
'hihR else IN the way of foreign invasion. thew
are exercising 1t. The native popua,ion is I'M
: doubtedIy opposed to the annexation. whic the
majority OF the foreign residences desire it,
> Titus Pomeroy, of Westield, Mass. has lost
: his right eye in very singular manner. while
u as eep at midnight, cat jump upon his bed.
e aud putting on" of her avs into his rve tore
The sight completely out
: CALIFORNIA GoLD. Since the discovery of
god IN 'allturnia, the yield has averaged abou,
: soo.H0 oo0 year or $4,000 OCu "a month.
b sl.25o 600 week. $'lSs 52l dav, or $1,000
h an hour or hundred and twenty four dol airs
minute!
d MADAME SoNrAi For several DAYS ru-
e NOR has nc Heating through our exchanges that
! Madame sontag and Signor Pezzolin came to
f tNelr deaths by poison The story was started
= ny an Italian paper in New York. The Satur-
gay Eccn'ng Gdsctte speaks of The matter ia the
: following positive manner -
we r1gret 10 say that VIC have The best rea.
$ son 10 believe. that the awful whisper relating
: to oontag and Pozzoni of their deaths being
:. caused by POISON, is NOT mere Italian inyen-
!, llon, but has foundation in fact From
, trend who arrived in the city to-day. we hear
l. that in New York. it is believed among musical
people. that jealousy caused this act and this be-
d lle' IS based upon information received direct
n from Mexico, VIII ch positively asserts that pre-.
Y Vio"s 10 her deaf Sontag Exp ess"d feal hat
she had been poisoned Ii is 3 $50 further stated.
4 by gentleman in New York thai The bodies of
both has been disinierred and evidence found to
settle The question beyond doilb that both met
y an 'lntllnely death, Count Ross vas last heard
OF In st. Louis, and when he reaches New York,
It 'n's mystery v i'll he cleared up Did We not
i suppose there was truth in this vet vague rumor,
4 we should not give it publ civ -
e MoRaoNisM IN DENMARK --Mormonsm is
SAID To be making very great progress in Den
mark; there are now Mormons in the smallest
: hamets In the Isle Of Amack, which is situa-
ted quite close TO Copenhagen, almost all The