Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-07-05

red on the Saturday before, near ianesyle.
Il. man who had long resi- ed in Pennington,
Wisconsin,, has been occupied for considerable
period in rafting lumber on Rock river, between
| its head wa ers in Wisconsin and Rockford
This man, whose name our informant had for
gotten. and who is well known to many citizens
Of Rockford and was highly respected by all
with whom he had any business relations, came
to thar city on Friday, and disposed of a raft of
lumber, for which he vas paid six hundred dol
lars On Saturday he went homewards in a
buggy, and When little way beyond Evansville
overlook pedestrian, who asked the lumber-man
if he would give hin seat in his buggy for a
short way. J he request was complied with
the stranger, on taking his seat offered bottle
of whiskey 10 his obgng driver, who, when en-
gagged in taking portion of it, was treacherous
! ly' struck on the head with Ratchet, which the
rufhan had secreled under his coat The blow
took EFFECT rendering the unfortunate man
lnsensible, when his body was dragged out by
his murderer and Il repetition of blows made, so
that life was soon extinct. The murderer then
proceeded to strip his victim, and actually dres-
sed himself in the clothes of the murdered man,
got into his buggy, turned back and remained
during the same night at New Milford, village
five miles from Rockford, and where he had been
employed on the farm of a man named Macomb
The murderer is named Mayberry. He is
notorious horse thief aud has been repeatedly in
the penitenildry for various crimes. During his
penal servitude at Alton, he had formed an acA
qualntance with another convict named MaeombN
His term of sentence having expired on Christ
mas last, he was, upon the recomepdatioAusf}
\ AfaconIt,, employed on his father farm "A
New Milford and il was to this place that he re-l
| wit tha coni,c Il hic to,rdarad
Saturday evening
some surprise. Being drunk and garrulous. in
answer to Macomb's inquiries he informed him
in full of all the foregoing particulars, with the
addition that he was now well fitted up with
g good raise, and was bound for the South
where he wond make better hand The old
man, Macomb, Mortified at the recital of the ruff
fans deed, seemed to acquiesce in his proposed
plans, and the latter, deeming himself in safe
quarters, was induced to go to bed, The Sheriff
4 of Winnebago and his posse were sent for in hot
haste, and they succeeded in securing the MUIR
derer in bed He was removed to Rockford, and
at the present is lyngheavily ironed in the Jail
of that city On his person, besides the clothes
; If his victim, FIVE hundred and fif weight dollars
was found, aud which has been identified as the
property of the murdered man. He acknowl-
edged the truth of the foregoing particulars to
the authorities of Rockford, described the place
where the murder was committed, and where he
secreted the body Officers went to visit the spot
and recover the body.
Maybcrry is an American, and has been con-
nected with the Mormon troubles at Nauvoo; is
about thirty years of age, and is described as a
daring and desperate man.
VIM H Warburlon alias Bristol Bill, was
lately taken from the State Prison to Danville,
, to be tried for hi. assault on Bliss N Davis, at
the time of the trial of the prisoner in 1850. A
motion was made by his council to change the
venue and hold the trial in another county, but
the motion was not granted. Another motion
! was made to have the case continued to another
term of the Court, which was granted, and the
prisoner was taken back to Windsor to await his
trial, 1t is presumed that the Governor will not
grant the pardon which he had contemplated for
the remainder of the term for which the prisoner
is serving, until after the pending trial is had
Star.
Lost OVER THE FALLS "A man went over
the American Falls on the 23dof june He was
in the act of landing from skif just above
: the Rapids, when he was carried away by the
current, and his boat capslzed His name is I'M
KNOWN but he is supposed to have been on his
way from Canada with vegetables.
Horace GREELEY IN PRIsoN-Mr ,hGree ey
writes 70 The Tribune an entertaining account
l his - -, confnpment in the ia
" NJ !. :, 81. -l>sisa,,- -f.,r
by, Paris He SUBJ
Ill.|( most philosophical man
/, NJ possI5le! Mr. Gfeeey was arres at the
n suit of Mons Lechesoe, a sculptor, ND sent a
statue to the New York exhibition, and he affirm.
ed that it had been broken, and he could not get
. it back, He laid his damages at $500, and
d sued MIR Greeley as Il director of the Crystal
:, Palace Association. The tribunal, on state
ment of facts IN the case, discharged Mr. Gree
" ley at once.
> MIR. Greeley says that the only American con
y fined in Clchy was gentleman from Boston, who
t would probably be liberated soon, through the
i instrumentality of American friends in Paris.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF VERMoNT.-The annual Course of Medical
Lectures has just closed. and it is a pleasure to
announce the tlatiering prospects of this depart
ment of the University. The number of students
, in attendance has very much increased from that
i of last year We regard Burlington AS better
y adapted to the wants of Medical School thar
s any other town in the State, possessing as il
, does, greater popul ton, and from the occupa
2 ton of many of is inhabitants ahordng many
cases for surgical opera'ion and medical observ
1 alton. During this season twenty-slx surgica
r operations have been performed by DR.. Thaye
. in the presence Of the NJ edical class among
which may be mentioned amputations of the foo
! fingers and toes removal of diseased bones, tn
mors. lonsils &C., cataract, and other operations
on the eye. We are informed that the Chair O
IL Surgery become vacant by the resignation o
IT DR.. Nelson but that it will be supplied previous
J. to the commencement of the next annual session
e The private course of medical instruction will
81 commence abont the 18th of July and will con
sist OF readings. recltatlons, and occasional lee
IS lures on medicine and lis c@ilaera sciences -
Chemistry and Microscopy will receive particu
lar attenton.-Free Press.
,e 4" subscriber" (whom we suspect to be som
a narrow minded Leech) asks us why we adver
I'd Use DIR. AYERS Puls, and we will give him on
10 seven reasons for so doing The first secon
e and third are that we paid for it. The fourt
at is, we know them by experience to be good Th
IS fifth is that Dr. Ayers preparations being recon
mended by better men than weby physicians
\ the highest talent and the deepest learning in III
al idhu, we are wen susidiileu III uur own coh''
=, tons of their value The sixth is that they al
=. cheap as well as useful. The last but not lea
" is that they have done and are doing an anasD'
of good in this community which our old fog
10 friend if he could repeat himself ten thousan
times might never hope to equal and we trus
he by making them known, to render some servlt
w. to our readers as well as ourselves .-Christid
he Herald.
ok New BANK with the title of the Bank
ed Mortified is soon to be opened in Northfe
no under the Free Banking Law of the State.
hd BEAGs.--lt is said that hears are more plen
Gu in Vermont this year than they have been +
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