Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-05
Che Nous NIeauer.

THE NEW LEGISLATURE of New Hampshire is
pronounced to be the ablest that has ever been
electeted in that State formany years while the
delegation for Congress are not only able but
true free soil men,
COUNCIL OF CENsoRs ELECTED The following
gentlemen, comprising, as it is understood, the
the entire Know Nothing OR American ticket,
are doubtless elected by large majority of the
vote given
james NJ. Slade, Addison county John W.
Vail, Bennington Charles S. Dana, Caledonia
David Fish, Chittenden David lIibbard, Essex
William G. Wilson, Franklin Thomas Gleed,
Lamoille John B. Hutchinson, Orange; Ma
thanie p Nelson, Orleans; Evelyn Pierpont,
Rutland; William w. Wells. Washington;
Lafayette Ward, Windham; Thomas F. Ham
mond, Windsor
The case of Judge Loring is still further post
poned in the Massachusetts, Legislature. A ma
jority of the committee have reported for his re-
moval but we fear it will be close vote.
Hon. JOHN P. HALE delivered two lectures at
Northfeld last week, one literary. and the 9TH
political, which are highly spoken of.
The STORY OF THE MINIATURE WILD MAN, said
to have been caught in Maine, is now thought
to be a hoax.
ALTERED BILLs.-Bills on the Mortified Bank
altered from ones to fves, are in circulation
look out for them.
HE CONNECTICUT ELECTION took place on
Monday, and scattering returns, saws the tele-
graph, indicate the success of the Know Moth
ing ticket.
Gro. W. WARREN & Co.-Reader, have YOU
ever visited, while in Boston, this princely Dry
Goods Establishment, with its regiment of clerks,
It's army OF customers and long vista of richly
loaded shelves! If not, read their advertise.
ment in this paper give them call the first
opportunity, whether your motive is curiosity.
or desire to purchase the best of goods at the
fairest of prices. We have often traded there
and mean to do SO again.
WINTER LINGERING IN THE LAP OF Appu
Monday April I'd was one of the most snowy.
cold and tempetuous days that has occurred in
Vermont since last November.
oAiTTED RECEIPTS. In our last we Rnd the
following receipts of the Freeman were acct.
dentally omitted, viz IS. H. Nye, and H Rich
ardson, 81 ,25 EACH
FROM CuBA-Nep Orleans, March 3O.-Tbe
steamer Crescent City has arrived here with Ha
vana dates TO the 18th inst. Ramon Pinto was
garroted on the 22d The steamer Ell Dorado
has again been compelled to heave to BY Spanish
man ot-wai, and submit her papers for examna-
ton at Cape Antonio.
The State Prison at Nashville Ky took FIRE
about o'clock on the morning or March Goth,
and is now completely in ruins A prisoner nam
ed Conner, was smothsred to death, The loss
on buildings tools, &c, is estimated at 500, 600
ARREST AND DISCHARGES OF A FueIrIyE,
cinnati March 29h.-Rosetta, colored girl.
who who was sometime since brought into this
State from Kentucky by an agent of her master,
and declared free by State Court at Columbus,
and a guardian appointed, was to-day arrested
under the Fugitive Slave Act. The case came
before Judge Parker, who decided that the girl
was entitled TO her freedom, having been brought
into this State by her owner or by his representa-
tive. Some excitement was created BY the u. 8.
Marshal attempting to arrest her after the decis-
ion, and riot was apprehended The girl how
ever, was safely conveyed tn the care of her
friends.
At the last town meeting in Palners Mass. ii
was voted to abolish the liquor agency, bee use,
as the Palmer Journal says some of the LIQUOR
would not bum, some would freeze, and il was
limited strongly that some would eat holes thro'
horse blanket, ard take the hair from the ami
NAL VIII ch it covered.
Middleton or Tops6eld. in Essex county Mass
appears to be the grand seat of supernatural
wonders. 1t was in this neighborhood that Sa.
lem wlichcraft sprung up; spiritual rappinrs still
extensively pervade the place, and Joseph Smith.
the founder of Mormonism, was born there.
A letter from Rome says :-"Ther ara var;-
Gus rumors that the city of Catania in Sicily has
been well nigh destroyed by an eruption of Etna.
The rumors come chiefly from Naples and a
gentleman who arrived yesterday from Gena told
me that the same intelligence was received on
the day of his departure, by steamer from Pal.
ermo."
man named Stedman, cabinet maker. a,
Aurora, Portage CO., Ohio one day last week re-
marked to Homeopathic physician there III can
take any quantity of your pills without iniury."
The doctor replied, IF you were take such a
quantity of this" pointing to special medicine.
sit would kill you" The foolish man swallow.
ed the medicine before he could be prevented and
F.! died the same day,