Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-08-09

A FEMALE FooT RAcE.-Three sulendid pri-
izesa The leastof. which is S25 in, gold. will be
offered TO the ladies of Seneca county. Ohio. for
The switest running at foot-race. ,Appropos-
they have Miss Bently 10 Cincinnati who has
been walking match against famed pedestrian. (
hllerwaiklng for thirty nine houls it was agreed
shatthey should ttleahe match BY race sig
umes up the hall. Miss b gained the race by
lew steps. and received The prize, when she
sung several songs in her usual clear, sweet
and rich toned voice, the greatfatieue of walking
not having impaired ii the least" ls,.ar
yellow fever has been brought into Pit,sburg
by boats from New Orleans. a ... a''7-
y The Waukegan wis Gazette chronicles
heroic act of boy in that vicinity, who was
carrying the mail As he was driving along in
the edge of the evening, a footpad dashed upon
him with the design Of robbing the mail The
boy drew a hammer handle which he happened
TO have with him, and lcveling ;t at the robber,
threatened to blow his brains out with it. The
robber ran for his life. r.a@....
As three ladies were gathering cherries lately
in the neighborhood of Marksboro, N. j., tree,
upon which two of them were, was struck BY
lightning, and one of the two killed. t'iI}
OHIo The Columbus State Journal of the
% ult says" There is perfect avalanch of
enthusiastic responses to the nominations of the
nominations of the republican Convention of the
18th before us. Such unanimity and ardor,
where new combination of parties has been eff
tected, was never before seen" 1t then gives
quotations fIom 26 newspapers which sustain the
Republican Ticket
Among the marriages recorded at the Regis
ters Office ia Boston, within a few DAYS, is that
of cslored man Of forty to white girl of nine
teen. fio1 a.
| IT Srlcks TO HIM. Sam A. Eliot Of Boston
was the only Massachusetts man who voted for
the Fugitive Slave act; the corporation of Har-
ward have named him for the degree of L. L D.,
but the oyerseers refuse to confirm it. at the
same time they assent to the same degree for R.
e. Winthrop who voted against the bill.
Alta place called Rattlesnake, in Pike county,
man has caught and barreled SO rattlesnakes.
The Dallas Herald says the widow and fami.
ly of Colonel Davy Crockett, the hero of the
Alamo, moved to Texas from Tennessee, last fall
They reside in Ellis county. and are in straight.
ened circumstances The Herald suggests, and
we agree with it, that the Legislature should
make some provision for the relief of the widow
and children. We, who are enjoying the fruits
Of the liberty which Crockett sacrafced his life
to defend, cannot see his children in want with
out extending liberal hand. The State owes
them for the life of their father
BOYS IN THE NAvY.-On the 18th of June,
there had been enlisted under the regulations re-
Gently established by the Secretary of the Navy,
one hundred and twenty seven boys, Of whom
twenty were enlisted in Boston, twenty seven in
New York, fifty-nne in Philadelphia, thirteen
in Baltimore, and eight in Norfolk. .,.
The brig Isabella, from Humacoa, P. R., ar
rived, recently, having on board horse, full
grown, and having but three legs, two hind legs
and one fore leg, there being no appearance Of
any joint or place for the other leg. The beast
is very small, and remarkably active, and man.
ages to get along at respectable gait.-N. Y.
Com. Advertiser ..
A State Agricultural Society is soon to be es;
tabshed in Michigan. The executive COUNT.
tee have purchased section of land near Ian.
4 sing containing 676 ga acres, at $40, $50, o.
SIS per acre, for Farm School; and students
will alternate between mental and mammal labor