Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-15
HE NEXT STATE FAIR is to be held in Rut-
land, on the llth 18th and 18th of Septeuber


land on the llth 18th and 18th of September.
a iHE OLD SoLDIERs' BeuKrY LAND Aor.-
us act, In the shape in which it finally passed,
Il grants 10 all those who have received no lands
J. oe'oFe, one quarter section (I6O acres.) Toa
S these who have received lands already, it grants
= only such quantity as will make 100 acres in
. In the whole.
The persons entitled to these benefits are as
follows surveying Officers, Musicians, Pri-
s Yates, Teamstels, ChaplaiDs, or Indians, either
q OF Regulars, Volunteers, Rangers, or Militia,
' who have been regularly mustered into the SER
: vice OF the United States Officers, Seamen Ma
Il rlnes, Clerks, or Landsmen regularly employed
IN the Navy since 1890 and survivors Of State
Troops, mustered in the U. S. service, in any of
: the wars IN which the United States has been ell
gagged Also Volunteers at the invasion of Plats-
bureh IN 1914, at the battle of Kings Mountain,
In the Revolution, and the battle of Nickoiack
with the Southern Indians, and Volunteers and
!, Flotila men at the attack on Lewiston in Della
ware
In case such persons are not surviving, their
widows In case neither the person nor his wild
: ow survive, their minor child or children (mnor
s at the time of the passage of the act
subsequent marriage deprives the widow of
her claim, unless she be widow at the time of
: making her application.
Deserters and persons dishonorably discharged
are, OF course, excepted from the benefits of this
act
The Land Warrants will be granted, upon
such proof being made, and located on such
terms. as in other cases under existing laws
Albany Foe. Journal.
THE NEw PosTAeE LAW makes some impor
iant changes. All ietters are to be prepaid af-
ter the LIST of July The rules are for any dis
lance not more than 5000 mil s, three cents for
! half an ounce and three cents additional for each
r additional half Cuuce for any distance over 5000
miles, ten cents for half an ounce, and an addi-
tonal ten cents for each additional half ounce -
6. Drop letters are charged with one cent postage,
:. and Advertised letters with one cent in addition
y to the postage
n aer January LIST, 1856, the Postmaster Gen
&c era may require the Postmasters TO afix stamps
Ks to letters which are not stamped BY the person
ID sending them 1t is made penal to sell the stamps
at higher rate than the government price. The
= following provision is in the bill
a. "And be it further enacted That for the great
Of err security of valuable letters posted for trans
ID mission in the mails OF the United States the
Postmaster General be, and hereby is authorized
" TO establish uniform plan for the registration Of
he such letters on application of the parties posting
in the same, to require the prepayment of the post
st age as well the registration fee of five cents
on every such letter or packet, to be accounted
, for by the postmasters receiving the same in such
" manner as the Postmaster General shall direct
of provided, however, that such regstrat on shall
Vi not be compulsory, and it shall not render the
:. Post Office Department or its revenue liable fol
" the loss of such letters or packets or the contents
" thereof. "-TraueHer.
OPENING OF THE lsTHMus R, R.-NetD York
ut Mar. 2d.-'Fhe stermer Empire City arrived al
ed her dock last night. Her dates from Havana art
L. to tn TO the Oath ut., and have anticipated via N
Orleans and Charleston, Among her passengers
IL from New Orleans was 1hos F Meaghel.
be The Empire City brings full details ofthe for
ms NAL opening of the Panama Railroad from ocean
80 TO ocean, received at Havana by the steamship
~ Ell Dorado. The party who left this city by the
George Law for the purpose of taking part in thu
es ceremonies, with numerous others, made tht
o. trip over the line, and were entertained with
de)euner on board the British steamer Bolivia ant
- Il grand banquet in Panama, at which numerous
or speeches, &c, were made
II, Judge Bowlin, U. S. Minister to New Grena
a. da, delivered an appropriate address at the spo
-, selected for a monument to the original gran
A' tees of the line
On the return trip from Panama the engine raj
q. off the track, but, beyond few hours delay
nothing serious resulted. Most of the excursion
VI lists left Aspinwa on their return, in the Ell Do
he RADIO on the 10Th ut., on the evening of whicl
h. day the festivities of the lshmus were to be clos
re ed bp grand ball at Aspinwall.
of On Tuesday, the 9th inst as the Norther
freight train approached this city, man suppos
ed to be L. H. Austin, of Montpelier, Vt, wa
ed run over and killed. He was in charge of tw
e. loads of potatoes for Boston, and was seen t
climb upon the top of a car. 1t was suppose
Is he fell upon the track the wheels taking off tn
en- top of his head, leaving nothing but the chin
he the face--LooeH Courier.
Our Western papers are filled with account
of the dreadful suferings occasioned by the re
N, centcold weather in that section of the country
ed One paper says:
he "1hree persons froze to death on the prairie
a near Georgetown, Missouri. An emigrant nan
ed Howard, came 10 the State late in the season
of and purchased prairie Improvement the hous
be on which was not finished On the Goth ult. til
of SNOW drove In SO as to put out the fire, and h
an had no matches to rekindle in. He started 0
he foot with his family for neighbor's house, b,
I'd the snow and wind in their faces as wso sever
ba that his wife and two children persisted In Pc
It's Co , Mo, two chid ren and servant girl wei
frozen 10 death in attempting to make their wa
p to a neighbours house in the night during a snow
We sorm"
ed
m BRIsToL BILL, the notorious burglar, made
bod attempt to escape confinement on the Cd ms
He succeeded in climbing the wall of the prise
"A yard, but was there discovered and his course a
Ter rested by the guard
~. The mail train on the Rutland and BurlingtC
hy railroad was, on Wednesday the 7lh inst, throw
Ls from the track at Clarendon One passenger C;
I'D 10 led over three times before reaching the DO
IN tom of the embankment yet no person was ser
ously injured.
.lv A requisit;on has been presented to the May
no of Bath, England requesting him to convene
.., public meeting to take into consideration the n
10 cessity of the restoration of the kingdom of p
!, and as an independent State in order to restra
No. the aggressive action of Russia on Europe, al
~ to obtain material guarantee for the durabili
-. of peace. Among the signatures in the requ
49, ton is that of (" WALTER SAVAGE LANDoR ~
,an The Mayor has fixed upon day for holding I
an meeting.
nd. A RASCAL cal ed at the Mansion House in S
at lem, on Tuesday, Feb. Goth, and passed part
md the day and night. He called himself J.
# u Thompson, from Albany N. Y, and on enteri
of left at the bar a good looking package, sup
als scribed with that address, with the addition
on. word samples He left without paying
the BILL and the package was opened, and found
contain two s'ones rallied up in hay.
ck. THE TOOTH BUSINESS That some m
the thrive over the. infrmi,ies of others, the ".
N. Journol of Commerce thinks is proved by the 8
/, tistics of the Tooth manufacturing business in
The city, where there are number of individual
uc- associations extensively engaged in it. At
pace in Broadway there may be seen large roo