Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-04-19

", eight men and several women, accompanied
with circumstances OF great cruelty. The CAT.
ifes to the number of several hund eds took ref
uge in vast cavern two Thousand feet long and
from three hundred to five hundred feet wide. in
which they were bl0ckaded, and finally brought
tosubjectlon, great part of them being DESTROY.
ed The general and his party took large
amount OF booty consisting of large quantity
@eePhanls teeth, the property that had been
captured belonging to the colonists who had been
murdered, and large number of cattle.
III turns out that according TO the books of the
Treasury, Jacob Richardson late collector a,
Oswego, N. T., is defauter to the tune of
soy 700, tor the recovery of which his bail are
now being sued. The ag regdte amount of the
bends under which Richardson's defalcations &C.
curred, IS bnt $45 600, which will doubtless be
recovered, and perhaps something more Rich
ardson died not long since in Canada.
Fms Bunker Hill Engine ca of ChaIlestown,
have erected marble slab in memory of ia.
yorile dog which was formerly sort of fixture
Of the company On the slab is the following
inscription;
In the memory of odd Jack
Who died Feb 8, 1855
kind, good-natured and active fire dog,
lie will always live in the memory
Of the Bunker Hill Boys"
A FIRST OF APRIL SOTO On Sunday the lst
inst, large crowd focked to the Bethel Church
\ in Baltimore as it had been announced that the
Black Swan would there sing the magnificent
solo OF 6 Loot Lirpa," composed expressly for
fhe occasion. BY reading the name of this com
,sition Backwards, the seqael'te the whsle af-
fair will be perceived. - =
ANOTHER NEw FIRE ENGINE A new steam
( fire engine has been invented and recently tested
in Cincinnati which, it is said, throws ali others,
OF whatever kind, into the shade. 1t was pre-
pred for operation in fourteen minutes, and the
maximum rate of throwing was two hundred and
thirty feet, through an inch and threeeiphths
nozzle.
That remarkable phenomenon, the coal noun
tain In Pennsy vania, which has been on fire since
1885 will probably be soon extingushed. as the
fire Is approaching point which can be submerg-
ed in water. A mass of coal has been consum.
ed three-eights of a mile long, go feet wide 300
deep, and equal to ,420, 900 tons of coal.
The Kansas Tribune saws: "Perhaps Law
renee is the only city in America where major
ity of the ladies wear Boomers During pleas
ant day they may be seen in all parts of our
place-not walking out for the novelty of the
thing. but making calls and pursuing their ordi.
nary vacations"
MAYOR WooD.-The Journal of Commerce
declares, and its statements are corroberated by
other New York papers that purse of twenty
thousand dollars has been raised by the policy
dealers, gamblers, and keepers of liquor shops
and houses of bad repute in the city for the pur-
pose of procuring the passage of such laws at
Albany as will drive the present Mayor of New
York from office, or at least feter his power to
work the public veal by destroying their nefari-
GUS trafics.
TIE Portsmouth, N H., Chronicle learns that
considerable interest is manifested, as the time
fixed by some Adventists for the end of the world
draws near. len of their converts were bap-
tized Monday noon They expect to be caught
up on the 18th proximo, while the earth and its
inhabitants are burning up.
REVEALS. Accounts from various parts OF
New England give information that interesting
REVEALS OF religion are in progress in many OF
the churches. In Boston there is increased re-
ligtous interest in several OF the churches. The
Hampshire Gazette states thata revival of reli-
gion is in progress at Sheburne Falls. From
fifty to sixty have iudulged a hope, twenty five
Of whom are students in the Academy. Almost
every day there are new cases of hopeful con-
version Eighteen have united with the Baptist
Church.
How MANY POUNDS IN ToN-The Supreme
Court and United States District Court of Penn
sylvania are at issue as to what constitutes ton
weight of coal. The former have decided it to
be 1000 lbs ; the latter, that in accordance with
the custom of the trade it shonld be 2,240 lbs.
In another part of the State, however, it is ,26e
lbs.
A black man once went to Portland, and at
tended church. He went into good pew, and
the next neighbor asked the man who owned it
why he put niger into his pew! Why, sir
he is Haytien.' Cant help that, he's {
black" Why, sir, he's a correspondent o
mine" Can't help that, he's black" i" lie il
worth million of dollars Introduce me-"
DEATH OF MARTIN VAN buren,, JR.-Mar
tin.van Buren,, Jr., died on Tuesday Goth ut.
at Paris He had long been wasting away from
consumption, but his death was, nevertheless
very sudden, having taken place instantaneous
while he was seated at dinner.
Jenny Lind has been creating an immens
Furore among the Dutch at Rotterdam and else
where The profits Of one of her concerts a
Amsterdam amounted to $4,000. 1t was give
in behalf of the Guelderland and Brabant sui
ferers from inundaton.
FlsHr WITH WILD GAIA young la
in Jonesport, short time since, While In tn
woods, pitched into wild cat, Davy Crocke
fashion, with the breech of his gun after FIRM
the first shot without effect; and after we
contested engagement, with tooth and nail on on
side, and repeated blows on the other. the CO
gave up to young Nmrod who tugged him HON
proud as Lucifer of his well earned victory =
The animal weighed fifty six pounds.-Machid
(Me) Union.
MAMMOTH Ok DEAD.-Departed this life o
Tuesday night of last week, in one of the DO
cars Of the X. & P. Railroad, near the static
house Of this place, leaving his huge mate d
consulate one of a yoke of mammoth oxen, who's
united weight fell but little short of 1000 pound
The cattle were on their way West for exhib
lion, and prior to this untoward mlshap ver
reat show they were. The sight Of the MOI
Gus carcase, Of elephantns proportions, e.
I'd in the beholder the same wonder that tn
Aprince expressed in relation TO his boo
anop, Jack Falstaf "could not so great
IL flesh keep in little life "--Bruns. re
aph.
Dos'r BE TOO LATE.-Consumption for
Runners are Colds, Cough Influenza, Bronchiti
zhtness of the Chest, pain in the left side, 10
Yer, and many other symptoms of like chara
h. Then come Tuberceles in the Lungs, di
organizations, postration of the physical power
and seon the scene closes. That they may n
weep when too late, let the friends of the sit
he yigilent at the outset " hen the fret sym
toms Of Pulmonary Disease are manifested, a
minister DR.. Rogers Syrup of Liverwort, la
aad Canchalagua. One bottle, taken when Il
disease first makes its appearance, will do mo