Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-22

resigned The Professorship last year. The APP
Poih'nlent viii be sent in to the Board of Over
I seers Tomorrow for their confirmation or reec-
ti0a.
'Ahce Ma. LoDgfellow's resignation there have
oeen several applicants for the place, which the
corporation, however, have conferred on Mr..
i1o~eii, without solicitation or expectation on his
part lie has accepted it, we are informed, with
the understanding that he shall be at liberty to
Visit Europe, and spend year in study in Ger
many and Spain, before entering on his duties,
Which are TO consist exclusively in the delivery
OF Lectures, as he will hear no recitations. He
ash probably sail for Europe some time in the
'aonth of May next
CALIFORNIA PEoDucrIoN. correspondent
ct a Maine paper. writing from California, says
that IN one of the markets here are pair of
COW hstns which measure feet and Q inches
tTeln ue to tip, and 10 inches in circumference.
There is also perfectly sound pumpkin at the
4sstlresd House which weighs 1870 pounds and
measures l-2 feet.
| EXTRAORDINARY ENDuRANcE.-On January
3lst, Nathaniel Copp, son of Hays d. Copp, of
tiakkams Grant, near the Glen House, White
Mountains, commenced hunting deer, and was out
4one successive days On the fifth day, he left
AGAIN, for deer killed the day previously about
. hnes from home. He dragged the deer (weigh-
ihg $50 bs) home through the snow, and al one
e'clsck, Z. M. started for another one discovered
near the place where the former was killed, which
ne followed until he lost the track, about dark
lie then found that he had lost hs'own way and
shsald IN all probability be obliged to spend the
night In the woods, the the'mometnr at the time
ranging from 80 to 35 deg below gro.
despair being TO part of his composition, with
peTtect selt-possessl0n and presence of mind, he
commenced walking, having provisions, match
es7 or even a Ratchet, knowing that to remain
quiet was certain death. He soon after heard a
deer, and pursued him by moonlight, overlook
hun, leaped upon his back, and cut his throat.
he then dressed him, and taking out the heart
placed 1t In his pocket for trophy. lie continu
Cd walking tWenty-one hours, and the next day
at about ten o'clock, A. NJ, he came out at near
u Wild River, in Gilead Me-, having walked on
snow-shoes the unparalleled distance of 40 miles
without rest, part of the time through an intri
cate growth of underbrush.
a Ills friends at home, becoming alarmed at his
4 prolonged absence, and the intensity of the cod,
A three of them started in pursuit of him. viz -
Mr.. Hays, ID. Copp, his father; John Goulding
4 and Thomas Culhane. They followed his track
until it was lost in the Darkness and by the aid of
their dog, found the deer which yonng Copp had
killed and dressed. They then built fire and
waited five Or six hours for the moon to rise, to
enable them to continue their search. They a
gain started, with but the faintes! hopes of ever
finding the lost one alive, pursued his track, and
after being out twenty six hours in the intense
cold, found the young man of whom they were
in search
;, 10th &C ho,ll, tbot
is feared he will have to suffer amputation. Mr..
Copp and Mr.. Culhane froze their ears badly No
words can reward the heroic sef-denial and forth
tude with which these men continued an almost
hopeless search, when every moment expecting to
find the stifened corpse of their friend
Young Copp ssems not TO have realized the
great danger he had passed through, and although
his medical advisers say he cannot entirely recov-
er the use of his limbs for from three to six
months, talks with perfect Geo ness of taking part
in hunts which he had planned for the next week.
Portland State Of Maine.
INFAMOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER LADY
On Monday evening, a tall man, dressed in blue
cloak, obtained entrance to the house of Mr., N
c. Bishop, of New York, and opening the par
or door, fired pistol at Mrs Bishop, who was
, alone in the room, and was seated at the piano.
{ The ball fortunately missed its aim This is tn e
second time this lady, who was recently married
has been shot at, and there is no clue to the
would-be murderer. st
ANOTHER CUBA ExPEDrTIoN.-New Orleans
Feb. ga portion of another Cuba expedition
is said to have left this and other Southern ports
and that more will soon follow The total enlist
ment is said to amount to three thousand five
hundred men.
The'E1amilton (Canada) Spectator of thursday
= says " we have heard that one of the brakemer
on the morning express train was found frozer
and stiff, and stuck at his wheel. The corpse
upon the train stopping at the station, fell to TIT
ground"
The growing wheat crop of California is es
timated at 8,439 5S3 bushels acres planted 1876,
024 ; averave yield an OGRE, 25,8l5
< The real estate of the lath Hon Daniel Web
ster in Marshfed is to be sold at auction on thu
l4th of March next.
SINGULAR AccIDENT.-On Tuesday Of las
r week, there were accidents on three of the Rail
4 road leading to Boston in consequence of tn
breaking of the rail by reason of the cold.
There are living in the small village of Ley
ton, Essex, four persons of the name of job
Swan, not at all related and all with woode
legs, although not one has been in army or navy
: The ONO WHEAT CRoP.-The Trumbu
y Democrat remarks that the farmers in that reglo
: Of country say that wheat crop sowed las
Fall looks exceedingly we'll at the present time
and the prospect of good crop is very fattering
= The farmers in Lawrence county, according t.
= the Journal, reports similar news in relation
: the crops there. The fall Of snow is very or
r perfume for this crop, and it is provdental tina
a the fall grows deeper aed more serviceable a
Il yeu advance into the great wheat growing sex
~ tons. The whole crop in the West and NORTH
west is now comfortably clothed with its wints
covering, and everything bids fair to assure us
e bountiful yield.
IS A Coon SUGGESTION. Providential Jou
; aal ia commenting upon the proposition now b.
g fore Congress to raise 5000 volun teers to con
g neRce war of determination upon the lndal
u tribes, at an expense Of millions upon millions
u, dollars, suggest that few hundred thousan
dollars expended in Blankets seeds, agelcultur
~ implements and other useful articles, and di
,n tribpted among the Indians by honest agent
TO would accomplish more than mill spent
h. hostile operations. The Journal prefers for tn
e, WORK, ndlI DOZEN men WHOM IL could sele
it from the Friends Yearly Meeting, proper
de supported, to the best army commanded BY Il
n best generals that were ever armed against Il
poor Indians.
~ Know NothingsmShas reached Kanzas; of Il
We two papers three have taken sides the subjec
D. the Pioneer for, and the Herald against it.
AGED PIONEER Cow" An old subscriber
~ ia Ruckfed, Me-, informs us of the death
!" Jonathaa Record, member of the family
~ Peter R. Tilison, Esq. Had the deceased liv'
~ till Mach god, he would have been one hundr
a" and five years old he was soldier in the rev
o3 lution