Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-02-04

70. The steamship Tennessee from Vera Cruz
list, has arrived, bringing highly important
news from Mexico.
The country was in complete state of anar-
chy. Nearly all the mail stages between Vera
Cruz and the capital had been robbed, Nearly
every State and town in the republic were issu-
ing pronunciamentos against Comonfort, and
the city of Mexico was in state of siege.
All the foreigners in the capital had hoistcd
the flags of their respective countries for pro-
lection
Confusion reigns supreme.
The large two story brick school house in
Straflord upper Village was destroyed by fire on
the night of the Dist, caused by ashes being
left in the wood house, loss estimated about
one thousand dollars.
The annual meeting of the Addison County
Agricultural Society, was held in Middlebury,
on Wednesday of last week. A resolution was
adopted instructing our members of Congress to
support Mr. Morril's land bill.
In Worcester, on the Dist, Mr. A. R. Han
cock was engaged in drawing wood down a steep
hill, he made misstep, and fell in such man
ner that one Of the oxen and the sled, containing
three fourths of cord of green wood, passed
over his body. The OK passed him with but
little injury when the sled struck him, and af-
ter dragging him about sixteen feet passed over
him. 1t was supposed at first his injuries would
prove fatal, but he is now alive and doing well.
= WHchman
A Convention for nomination of candidate
for County Commissioner in Franklin County
has been called to meet at Enosburgh Falls on
the 9th of February
Mr.. M G. Chaplain, proprietor of the Wells
River House, committed suicide by hanging, on
Saturday of last week.
Mexico is reported to have made overtures to-
ward the sale of Sonora and other territory tc
the United States She asks price, however
which the Administration is unwilling to give
The official vote of Oregon was 5000 agains
1000 in favor of the Constitution, and 1906
against the admission of free negroes.
The friends of Temperance in Cabot have in
vited R. L. Perkins, ESQ.,, of Stowe, Agent O
the State Temperance Society, to deliver one OIL
more lectures in that place, and he will speak
there on the evenings of Tuesday and Wcdnes
day, the 9th and 10th of February.
PAY Your POSTAGE IN ADvANCE.-The post
age on the Freeman to any part of the State
out of this County, is but thirteen cents pei
year, if paid quarterly or wholly in advance
in this County, free of postage; out of thu
State, twenty-six cents. If not paid until thu
end of the quarter or year, it is double thes
rates. All papers printed out of the State ar
double postage.
| MORE CARE IN Posi- OFFIcEs-We are quit
often in receipt of letters from our subscriber
informing us of the loss of their papers at TIN
Post Office. Postmasters should have car
that IF the papers come into the Office, they ar
rightly and regularly delivered.
EDITOR FREEMAN Il have question for puz
zlers Taking one pound, avoirdupois weight
for the unit, what will four ounces multiplied
by four ounces produce?
Answers requested.
The Annual Meeting of the Orleans Count
Temperance Society will be held at Coventr.
Falls on the 10th of February.
Some damage was done the Meeting House i
Bennington Village, by fire, on the week prev
Gus to the 10Th ult. The fire caught under tn
floor, and after burning while went out,
Mr.. Stokes of Starksboro' cut down tire
above his house, and severed large portion {
the body, when it commenced sliding down tC
wards the house, and gained such impetus as t
force itself completely through the body of til
house. No one was injured.
A new bridge is to be built on the site of tn
old one, over the Connecticut river, betwee
Hanover and Norwich.
The annual meeting of the Orleans Co. Mt
steal Society will be holden at Barton, o
Wednesday and Thurday, Feb II and Is, con
mencing at 10 O'Clock on Wednesday.
Stephen Marvin of Fairfield has calf of til
native breed, nine months old, weighing S57 l.
pounds.
A convention of the Friends of Temperate
to nominate County Commissioner for Add
son County, is called at Middlebury on the lot
of February.
Coon GRIT.-There is man now living
Barton who has eaten nothing but two sma
biscuit for twenty three days. He takes cop
GUS draughts of water, however. He is one
} The " Seventh day " men, and says that he h;
r had special revelation to eat nothing for
given number of days, though we believe h
starvation period ends tomorrow. His abst
/ nence is to cure stomach difficulty, "
should hate to be the one to furnish him pr
visions when he concludes to eat'-Standard.
J., BURGLARY AT BARNET.-On Friday night IL
4 9th inst, three fellows, by name, Hiram vi
cent, aged fifteen years, Joseph Archer,
Crimean hero, and deserter from an Engi
regiment now stationed at Quebec, aged abo
twenty-five years, and Harrison Beard (bett
: known as TIP, aged about twenty yeal
: entered the freight Depot at Barnet by pryi'
s up a window, and from thence entered the tic
. ct office through the window, and opening t
- drawer by means of false keys, took out fro
: 81 to $40. From this they went to the co
is dictionary room, unlocked the door, and help
d themselves to what change there was in t
drawer, and also to candies and nuts. AT tt
stage of the proceedings, Mr.. Clark, the stati
If agent who lives over the depot, hearing no
g below, went down into the freight room, a
- seeing light shine under the restaurant-roc
10 door, proceeded cautiously up and closed a
I'd locked the door Then going to the windo
he guardeded his prisoners while Mrs. Cha
want flor a cnnstah 1n rNhpv yyare arrnstnd n