Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-15

NEW YORK ELEcTIoN.-The returns from
about half the States indicate the almost GER
tain success of the American ticket. with tho
exception. perhaps, Of one of the Judges of APP
peals, on the candidate for which both branches
OF the Democrats united. The vote sn far re-
eelvsd foots up thus; American SO 900 Repub-
can $4,000, Sohs 80 900, Hards 50, 900. 1t
would seem, from the returns, that in the Legis-
lature the Republicans will stand better than
their State vote would seem to indicate.
Abraham Soles of Schenectady, N. Y, is
buying up horses for the British government
having received an order from the British min
lister at Washington to purchase twenty thou
sand.
JUDeE KANE SUED Foa FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
BY PAssMoRE WILLIAMSON An action has been
instituted by Passmore Williamson against judge
Kane, for false Imprisonment. The writ was
served upon Judge Kane in Delaware County,
where the Judge will of course be tried
The Baton Rouge Comet speaks of plant
which seems tie be the connecting Ink between
the animal and vegetable kingdoms. The plant
is about three feet high, and its stamen reaches
the ground. Atthe end it is armed with small
sharp substance with which it pierces insects and
lifts them into the calyx, where they are grasped
by tho plant, and appropriated to its support!
DR. Kane's party, while in the Arctic, last
winter, one day killed ferocious white bear
which had been providing around for their previ.
sions They thought it nothing but fair to have
a good dinner out Of the intruder In defsncs of
the tradition that the bears liver poisonous they
made hearty meal of that part of the animal.
They all fell sick and strange to say, the disease
caused the peeng off of the entire cuticle of their
bodies. They were completely skinned.
The Rev. WIN. C. Clark, who was so brutally
maltreated by the Kauzas ruffiaas, was formerly
settled at Exeter, N. H., and mol recently at
Elliot, Nc, where he is now stopping with his
friends. He still suffers severely from the effect
ofthe outrage; and it is feared by his friends that
he will never entirely recover Mr.. Clark had in
tended to settle in Kanzas, but it is doubtful wheth-
or his physical condition will admit Off
WIFE KILLED On Sunday desperate mur-
der took phase at East Boston. A man named
David Merrill has been to California and recently
returned. Having made sons threats, it appears
that he went into the house and locked the door.
After some minutes he stabbed his wife, with a
knife in thirteen different places Mrs. Merrill
was taken to the Hospital, but she died on Tues
day, she was an lsh woman about 30 years
old
He is said to be native Of Ossipee, N. H
The cowardly assassin tried afterwards to des
troy himself but he yet lives and is under arrest
to answer for his crimes
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN ST. LOUISA
few days since German shoemaker of St. Louis
stabbed his wife in five places with sharp poin.
ted knife, and then fled to the river and drowned
himself. When he first jumped in he was drag
ged out by larg Newfoundland dog, belonging
to him who followed him to the river. In reward
for this noble act his master plunged a knife int
the animal and killed him on the spot He then
made second and successful attempt at selfmu
der.
MACHINE UNDER THE REDAN.-An extract o
letter from Sevastopol, processes to show how
the Redan escaped being blown up by the Rus
slams, like other forts; "A sapper, who was ex
ploring the batteries of the Redan just as tn
Russians were evacuating the town, discovered
large cable, which he cut in two by blow OF a
axe, and then called the attention Of an officer t.
il On further examination it was found to be
thick metallic wire, covered with coating q
gutta percha. This wire led to very large pow
der magazine, dug under the Redan the discov
ery of which made the bodies, tremble, whe
they thought Of the frightful explosion from whic
they had escaped. The wire came from acros
the town as far as the sea, which it crossed to tn
other shore, from whence the electric spark wa
to be dispatched to set fire to that volcano.
was discovered just at the nick of time, as tn
last so der had not yet evacuated the town whe
the forts blew up one after the other, filing th
trenches with the ruins. The Careering Fo1
the Flagstaff Battery, the Central Bastion, tn
forts of the bay, the arsenals, and all the primo
pal edfces, crumbled to the ground beneah tn
combined action of shells, FIRE, and mines. Tn
Redan and Malakoff alone remained outstanding
and the latter saved bv shell, which, directe
The great comet Of 1856, which was expects
in 1913, and OH account of the non appearance
which Sir John Herche put Grape on his tel
scope, Mr.. BONNIE, distinguished German
tronomer, finds not to be due until 1858 WI
immense labor he has gone over all the intrca
calculations, and estimates that the comet won
be retarded TO that extern, by the influence Of u
planets The periods of the return have rang
from 299 to 1913 years, and if it shall not retu
before 1858. its present period will be longer
nine years than ever before.
The Macon (Ga,) Telegraph Of Thursda
says: "A young gentleman, yclept Alonso Gr
fin. having expressed sentiments hostile to " u
peculiar institution" and given various indie
tons more congenial to the atmosphere of Mass
chusetts than Georgia was ordered out OF Il
city on Friday last, and was escorted to the cal
on Saturday, by large number of our citizeI
In consequence of his youth and weak head,
volont measures were resorted to- the people on
commanding that he should make tractst Mort
ward.
Col. Nathan Boone, the Oldest and only 81
vivng son of the glorious old pioneer of Ke
tueky, is still living in Greene county, Nilsson
He is seventy six years of age.