Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-01

w 1NcnO' tsHO"hiS up StVuf6 anu earth hLO MI
ing the atmo phere with Ouds of dust and smoke
Inc report vt oae Of the explosions was heard
~ the vicinity At this town few mornings since
distance of 40 or SO miles he earth on the
mountain has sunk to C, nsid rable depth The
people in the vicinity are very much alarmed
These ar" e facts as far as we are able to earn.
but we hope to hear more full, and particular,
in few days hat does il meant Are we to
have valcano in onr State, belchng forth FIRE
and smoke, and hurting red hot sion in the at
mosphere. and filling the valleys around with
mel, d laval
The munster grizz' bear from calf mia. which
has en- xhbit' in various paris of the coun-
try broke loose IN Philadelphia on Thursday of
last week. D'rlug his brief freedom, Bruin gave
an omnibus horse an af1eclionate hug, paid his
respects to mule. stole a joint of beef from a
butcher. and terrified everybody in the vicinity
He allowed himself to be secured however with
rope, which was thrown over his ad and
paws
JENNY LiND.-From plivat' correspondence,
dated Stockholm. Swed II Dec. 18th we learn
that Madame Jenny Goldschmidt was in that CITY
attending % her property She was unaccom-
panied BY her husband the laws of Sw eden for
bid ling the pres nee of a Jew The correspon-
den, adds that Jenny had so changed IN appear
ance, and grown so old in looks that her Oldest
and most intimate friends did not recognise her.
DANIEL TRACY, brother of the Representative
in Congress- from Vermont fell into soap boil
or at Mr.. Aston's mannfactory, at Columbus,
Ohio and was scaided so badly as to cause his
death soon att'r Mr. Tracy formerly resided
int his city. and was Nail Agent on the Boston
Concord aud Montreal Railroad = N II. Patriot.
Quite an affair came off recently in New York
called the Calico DIRTY 1t was given by be-
nevoent lady, for the beueft of tie Five Points
Mission. Many fashionable adirs attended, a |
dressed il Calico and almost entirely without Jew
ely or ornaments of any kind After the party,
these dress were dis rihuted among thu poor.
The affair seems to have resulted in much pleas
ure and probably in much good.
Seven young and fair-lookng women may DO
daily Witnessed at the New York Hospital fol
lowing the physicians and surgeons on their dai-
ly rounds, and are present at all operations on
NAL or females They are permitted TO take
the Hospital Ticket under the restriction that
they do not visit the male venereal wards They
are said to be attending the lectures of the Wa
Ter Cure llege in this city N. Y. Medical
Times
The National Poultry Show, held last week
at arnum's Museum, was in advance of the for
mer one The mos asst nshing birds in the COL
lection were some turk VS. exhibited nv Mr. r.
H Avry, of Madison to, N Y They are a
cross between tn" wild and domestic breeds. and
ar equally wonderful for their size and tn, brit
lancy of their plumage he male weighs 80
pounds
THREE HUNDRED AND Sixty SOLDIERS FRoZ-
EN- TO DEATH General report gives out that on
! the 22ud, and not far from Ode. sa more than 800
foot soldiers and several Jewish carriers persisted
i snow Storm The causes of death were thu
want of adequate warm clothing, and the sudden
set in Of frost; and it is also said that the wag-
on and tea had gone on before the men, who
were thus eft behind, and as the soldie had on
wet ohes from the previous ain hey froze into
a crust Of ice when the frost began. The day
after groups of frozen dra bpdies were found
and between twenty and thirty men lay in each
heap
The Mexican minister at Washington has been
disgraced for taking $40 600 in commissions fnr
recovering the 81 600 900 Unit Statss ndem-
nifty fund The insurgents still resist San An
ma.
The boiler to the engine attached to the ship
Great Repub'l. employed in hosting in cargo,
burst on Tuesday at ernoon of last week. dam
gerously injurine the engineer, and less serious y
two Of the frpmen
The offci i value of wines and spirits imported
into thu United States in 1853 was IS 1893 600
During the last fiscal veal ii amounted to $5675.-
| L,S f,I ,,a
in the import of brandy and Port wine.
HERR DRlFsBACn, the lioE tanner has located
and intends to r. side near PotOs, Wis, having
retired from the menagerc business
1t is computed that more money is annually ex-
: pend d in the United States for cigars than for
all the common schools in the Union.
, From the St.Thom Times we learn that the
Island of Kits was suffering heavy mortality
from cholera. Out of population of "a 900,
as many as 1865 had been carried off within a
t very short time.
A pumpkin was recently sent to the Paris mar
ket. which is said to weigh four hundred and
twenty-eight pounds
The small pox is prevailing extensively in
Massachusetts,
The waters of the Upper Sacramento are TEEN
ing with the hnast salmon which are canght ait
carried into San Francisco where they are sold
at three cents per pound So plenty are they
hat many spoil and are thrown away before be-
fore being sold
The Pittsburgh pa Post SAYS, "A man
named David Bates was convicted, at the las
term of the Indiana 20 Court for bigamy and
sentenced TO twenty two months imprisonment in
% The estern Pc itentlary to which place he wa
y brough, the her day 1t appears he was com
> mtted for the same offense 1851 and had Jus
. got out. He returned 10 the negnbohood D
:. :. Blairsve and by dyeing his whiskers and chang
y lug his name 10 David Be,tly was again mar
ried to young widow, by the very samr Juslic
NJ who married him before One of the witnesse
If on the trial stated that Bates had sepen wives v
ID ing, or even more. -.
:" VALUABLE TESTIMONIALS There is a yer
:. common impression that Patent Mtdicines, a
:, they are termed, are used only by the poor an
e. the ignorant But from tie 70 lowing, it appear
u tnat there is at least one Medicine which ha
q. worked Its way into high CT Giles and it is beln
:. used extensively by the upper ten
- The following conclusive st tement was take
;s from the editorial columns of tn N. Y Courie
ID and Enquirer, of Feb 18th, 1851 edited by 10
s. James Watson Webb, late U. s. Charge des q
flares at Vienna.
:, " We carcfully kept alof from Paten Medicine
no in general, but on the strength of actual p rso
=, ~ trial, we cheerfully recomm nd DR.. Roger Sy
:; up of Liuenwort Tar and Caachaiagua, to a
;, those afflicted with Coughs Colds or Infnen2t
NJ, he medical qua tiles Of the first two ingrcdien
=, are we'll known the last - rlitornan plan
= whose virtues we believe, are not unfamiliar
w thh medical Professions We hare nerer tried
~ remedy for Cold which proved more e0fcacio,
" " in our opn ease than This preparation.
:, The following is letter ffom Major VAs 81
y, rem Brother of the Elk President MARTIN Va
Buren,