Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-05-07

the General Post Office buildings, at Washing
ton on Friday last
From Braitleboro to Townshend; Oscar w.
Wheeuck $444.
From Braltleboro to Bennington; Moses
Harrington and Calvin Norton 1861,
Fiom BrattIeboro to North Adams. Mass
Luther ID. Gordell, $766.
From Burlington to Vergennes William
Lore $3.50
From Montpelier 10 Royaton L. Boutwell,,
5000.
From Montpelier TO Bradford Daniel Row.
land, 300
From Montpelier to Danvile Harry F. Bout
well 1886
From Montpelier to Barton Harry F. Bout
well 375
From Montpelier to 81. Adams; Jarib L.
Sanderson, $500
SCARCITY OF FooDIN WESTERN IowA.-A
correspondent of the ST. Louis Republican wri-
ting from ST. Joseph, Mo, under date of April
18th. says, that while on a recent visit to West
GIN Iowa, he met long trains of wagons going,
as the driver said, - into Egypt 10 purchase
corn" the severe and protracted winter had
pressed hard upon the newly arrived emigranls
who had not had time to prepare for its rigors,
while the almost entire consumption of -four
corn and bacon, had presented the alternative of
famine, or sending into Missouri for supplies
THENGw Custom House. AT BURLINGTON
We gather from the Free Press the following
particulars of the new Custom House and Post
Office in Burlington, hich is now completed
The building is two story structure mcasur
ing sixty feet on Church street by forty.fve on
Main street The foundation and doorsteps are
of Barre Granite the walls of pressed brick;
the outside doors and door castings, window
frames and sls of IRON The building is fire
proof. The floors rest on small segmeGtal arch
es of brick work, rising from wrought iron
beams, which lest upon the exterior walls and
upon massive wrought iron gilders, which are
supported by heavy iron columns, eight in each
The flooring is of Georgia pine. The whole of
the first floor is to be devoted to the Post Office
department
SUICIDE IN ENosBuRGH.- We learn that Mrs
Asabel Whcomb. lady of some GO years of
age was found dead in her room one day last
week. From some of the poison found in her
room and from other indications it was evident
that she had committed suicide by taking strych-
nine. Depression of mind caused by unfounGed
rumors affecting her character, is supposed to
have been the cause of the act.-Free Press.
AN OLD MAN-Peter Nassau, of Pomfret,
VT. aged one hundred and t,oentysir gears
was in town on Monday. Apparently he is as
vigorous as most men at IS or 80 Peter is
colored man--the oldest either" of Yer
mont, and (probably) of the Union. Had Judge
fancy inquired of Peter he would probably
have learned that coored men were citizens
freemen and voters, previous to. at and subse-
quent TO the adoption of the Constitution
Montpelier Watchman
President Pierce, it is stated has purchased
sixty acres of land in the northern part of Con-
cord, N. H., and intends to erect splendid
mansion on the same. 1t is said that he has
saved from his salary as President fifty thousand
dollars
i RAvAGEs OF lNTEMPERANcE AMONG SWINE -
The hog cholera is ating an excitement, not
only out West, but in this and the eastern states
At B rieh,on, On Monday, last the alarm, was SO
grert that $500 hogs offered for sale met with
no buyers at any price In Greenbush we un
derstand that the sick hogs arriving from Illinois
and Ohio amount to one hundred and fifty u
day. large number of them are Slaughtered
in the village and sent to New York and Bos-
ton
The reason of this malady at the West we
are told, has at last been found in this intern
perale habits of the swine. They are very
much addicted to the Stops of the whisky dstii-
lers, barrel of which is said contain enough
strychnne to kill thirty men. That, therefore
: which is a, first merely pleasant tipple, final
" brings death, not only to the porcine, but the
d human family May both hogs and men take
;, warning and mend their ways.
The louisville Journal recollects hearing
y from the late Chief Justice Marshall tina
VI Governor Giles, of Virginia, once addressed ;
}, note of this tenor to Patrick Henry:
% "Sir Il understand that you have called MI
e a boblail politician. | wish TO know if it b,
u tluCs anu ii HuOs Jout mCdIHhS
W VIM. B. GILES
, To which Mr.. Henry replied in this wise
II " Sir: do not recolect having called you
to bobtal politician at any time, but think 1t prob
ir able | have. Not recollecting the time or tn
ar occasion, can't say what did mean; but
i. you will tell me what you think meant, wi
~ say whether you are correct or not.
n Very respectfully, PATRICK HENRY"
% FIeE.-Last Friday April GATH about |
III o'clock A. M the mostly unuccupied building
so known as the" old factory - in this village wa
lg found to be on fire in the roof, having caugl
nd from the smoke pipe of stationary engine
n the saw mil, adjoining Famed by brs
" wind the roof was soon enveloped in the famt
Our two excellent fire companies, however
" less than thirty minutes, had subdued the fir
!. and saved great destruction of properly. Ell
''' gne No. L." threw two streams and the ne
Try engine, " Torrent No. O. threw one. Had III
his engine also had sufficient hose to throw w
ort streams, it would have saved property enough
have paid for the extra hose. As il is this Fl
n'- has demonstrated The wisdom of the purcha
OF of the engine. for it has already paid for itse
re- 1t is the general opinion that one mach
,r, could moi have saved the building The dal
, age may be $500 or 5000 Mr. f. A Wei
"'' had his stove and tin ware store in the fiji
in story. The stock was removed. of course som
on what damaged -Norihfed Messenger.
- The copper mine in Warren N H., is ne
- being worked with good prospect of success
en- A very rich vein has been struck, which appea
riv to be extensive and yields full 90 per cent
~ copper.-Cong. Journal.
day
mi. After the first Of January all the public
ght counts of Canada are 10 be kept in dollars a
nall cents This is one OF the stepping stones
This annexation with this country.