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

The MYSTERIOUS Tracks, Ut appears by /
late foreign papers that the good people in yari-
Gus parts OF England are much excited by the |
appearance of mysterious tracks found in their
gardens, on the walls and tops of buildings, sim
liar in appearance to those which which were
witnessed in this country in 1851. All manner
OF explanations are ressrted to to account for
these mysterious appearances. Some think they
were made by badgers, others by kangaroos,
1.-TWO OF which had escaped from menagerie,)
Others by cranes, and others still, who are incn-
cd to be superstitious, think they are the marks
OF Satan himself, who, IN the language of the
Scripture, is "going about like roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour.'' In some places
the matter has been the subject of pulpit discus
sion, and was creating much excitement.
VACCINATION IN YELLOW FEvER.-A Hava-
ia paper states that DR.. VIM l. Humboldt has
discovered a means of preventing yellow fever
by incubation; and about one thousand of the
newly arrived troops in Cuba have been inoculat-
ed by order of the government. The operation
Is said to be similar to vaccination the virus dis.
covered by DR.. Humboldt being inserted, general.
ly 10 both arms. A few hours after this trihing
operation, the symptoms of a miniature yellow
fever commence and all the pathological conse-
uuences follow rapidly and slightly, rarely ex.
ceeding torty-eight hours in duration, sand with
nothing more than slight feverish action.
The hail storm of Friday the 23d inst. was
the most destructive one that ever visited Louis
vile. The stones fell perpendicular, passed
through the chimueys, and bringing with them
the accumulated SCOT of the whole winter, rolled
on the floors. The storm had burst upon the
city without warning and its dreadful fury aston
ished every one Many ladies tainted as the hail
came dashng unaunounced into their parlors,
bringing with it clouds of soot and smoke
Immense nulnbers of green houses and forcing
beds were utterly destroyed ltwas not circum-
scrbed in It's limits, having extended from seven
ty to ole hundred and fifty miles down the river,
where hail fell, acoirdlng to traveller who saw
it, not only thick and fast, but as large, and much
heavier than hens eggs Patsbnagh (Pd.)
Post. ..,...-
EMMA MOORE, the missing girl whose body
was lately fonnd at Rochester, was encieate, and
had been SO six or seven months. 1t seems she
was engaged 10 be married to. Wm Whitck,
who was taken into custody, but has since been
discharged.
The new prohibitive bill Of Maine, passed the
Senate unanimously, and the House by vote of
80 to 20 ltprovides for Imprisonment for the
first OtfeRce ioF she third not less than three nor
more than six months. and for the fourth and ev-
cry subsequent conviction, $1,000 6ne, and one
year in the State Prison. The bill received the
signature of the Governor week before last
An experiment was made few days ago, by
party OF pioneers, under the direction OF two
engineer officers, to blast with powder the ice on
the Rhine, near Cobletz, which in some places
was not less than fourteen feet thick. The 'ex.
periment was perfectly successful. The expo
sion caused the ice to break up to great extent,
and the current being strong soon carried the
pieces away.
How TO PRONOUNCE .SEBAsropoL Sir
VIM. Molesworth, when in Edinburgh lately,
instructed the sauaas BY his pronunciation of Sc
bastopol. He laid the accent on the penustmate
syllable, calling it Sevastopol. The Russian let
ter 3D., the third letter in The alphabet, is pro
nounced cay. The correct pronunciation is Sc
vaystopol- ....
According to the latest Utah dates Brigham
Yound was still Governor. Col. Steptoe, had
neither accepted nor declined the appointment of
Governor. ..f ...
SrReNeTH OF THE WIND IN ToRNADo OR
CYcIoSE.-On the LIST of January, Bombay was
visited by a cyclone or hurricane, which com
menced about midnight by gale from the S. E.
by E the fecs of the wind then at the Obser-
vatory being 10 pounds on the square foot. At
one o'clock the wind had veered to the 5. E. land
the pressure was is pounds; at 2. the wind was
S. E and the pressure 81 pounds; at 8, S F.
by E., and the pressure IS pounds; at 5, the
pressure had fallen TO % pounds at 6, 10 81
and the wind had got round to w. N. w.; and
at 7, the pressure was only three pounds. 1t is
difficult to realize the effort Of wind pressure Of
IS pounds on each foot. but it is apparent that
nothing living could stand up on open ground
againsth it. man weighing 1872 pounds presents
surface Of about square feet, the pressure OF
which with wind force of 30 pounds on eacl
foot, will be $50, or more than third create
THAI his Weights over he must go. That nigh
will never be forgotten by those who experiences
such visitation for the first time. The vorte,
of the cyclone did not pass over the Observator
and the force of the wind must therefore hav
been greater on the range of the hills formin
the west coast of the island. Indeed, next morn
ing the gardens appeared asst heavy roller ha
passed over them from the South West. and tn
varions directions in which the tall Palmyra tres
had fallen afforded palpabe indication of tn
revolving character of the storm.'-London pr
per.
STREET SWEEPING MAcHlNK.--This invento
now ON trial in New York, is thus described -
Thu apparatus consists of series of br0om
usually about three feet wide, attached to tw
endless chains, running over an upper and low'
set of pueys, which are suspended in frame
wrought iron, behind cart, the body of whic
is detachable, and hangs near the ground.
the upper pulley is geared small pinon, workt
by small cog wheel, tho latter revolving on th
cart axle, inside of the cart wheels as the latt
revolve, they set in motion the cog wheels
means of movable stud. The cog-whe,
working into the pinion sets into motion the pu
lcys carrying the endless chain of brushes; the
being made to bear upon the ground successiv
ly, sweep the streets end carry the soil upon al
thence up an inclined plane or carrier plate, ov
the top Of which it is dropped into the receiv
or cart This, when full, can be expeditions
detached, by vefy simple constrivance, al
removed by the tender. An empty box can bs a
tached to the sweeper on removing the full on
g. VIM. Gray, who was convicted last week
Montreal, of the murder of his wife, has be
sentenced to be executed on The 4th of May ne
A little son Of Edwin and Ruth Allen Of POI
fret. VT, has eleven grandparents, all living
five graad-fathers and six grand-mothers.
The Mexican papers have. recently been pu
fishing census of that country. Population
7,s53,395.
The Abingdon, Va, Democrat, states d
tressing morality exists among the cattle of Il
part Of the State, caused by the want of foe
forty or fifty head Others have preserved
lives of their cattle by telling peculiar kinds
trees The twigs and branches Of which the cal
feed on.