Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-20
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prosperity of their paper.
FIVE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS We now print
the very respectable number of five thousand
copies of the Freeman per week, which is con-
siderably larger number than was ever before
issued.
Our PRIZE SroRY,-We have been rather
tardy in announcing the result of the offered
prize of fifty dollars for the best original story,
but have the result at last. Two original His
torical Tales, both Of great merit, are nearly
ready for publication, They are entitled MATT
WARD; or the Tory's Doom" and The VIC
WAN; or the Home of the Red Man." The
Committee have been unable to decide which
should receive the prize, and we have made ar
rangements to publish them both, and let our
readers decide as to their merits One of them
will be commenced with the second paper in
june They are written expressly for US, and
are both copyrighted and will appear only in
the Freeman.
New SURscRIBERs.-Now is the time to OBJ
tain new names. Remember we will credit any
one twenty-five cents each, for all they obtain.
REVIVAL HYMNs.-From the publishers, Phil
lips, Sampson & Co., of Boston, we have col
lection Of some 400 Revival Hymns, arranged
by Henry Ward Beecher. They are suited toy
all seasons of religious occasions, while they
are peculiarly appropriate at this time. 1t is
neatly and substantially bound, and may be
had through our booksellers
John Smith of St. Adams, presented the
Ransom Guards of that village splendid Ma
tional Flag and Standard, on the 4th.
J. G. Boswell of Barton, Ebeneezer Bick~
ford Of Montpelier, R. D. Waters of Calais and
Moses Wallace of Topsham, were arrested a few
days since, ON warrants issued by the District
Attorney, for fraudulently procuring Bounty
Land Warrants. Waters has been bound up.
The Telegraph announces the appearance of
the "wheel-barrow man " on IL survey of
Orange County for large Typographical map of
the County. This is an enterprise truly worthy
of patronage.
Some ten persons were killed and large
number wounded by the crushing of bridge
near Utica, N. Y, on the 18th.
The Senator's from Minnesota were sworn in
on Wednesday of last week. Mr.. Rice, one of
the Senators from the new State, is native of
Waitsfeld, in this State. Aswill be seen by
reference to the proceedings, he has been early
brought before the public gaze, and has good
opportunity to commence an active course.
The Washington County Grammar School, at
this place, commences this week. Barre Acad-
envy the same. Mortified Institution on the
Goth These schools are in nourishing con-
dtion.
A British War Steamer fred into the Schoon-
er Mobile, off Key West, April 20.
Advices from Mexico report an alarming con-
dition of affairs "Wars and rumors of wars. u
New MUsIc.-From the popular and extensive
Music publishers, Messrs. Oliver Ditson & Co.,
of Boston, we have received the following
pieces of new music: Merry Cotton Field; The
Young Recruit; Under Hedge; The Flint
Harmonic Club Polka; LIE Galapin and Jes
sizes Dream-or the relief of Lucknow beau
tiful Scotch Song all of which may be had by
mail of the publishers, or of Geo. W. Wilder
Montpelier.
RECKLEssNEss.-Two young gents by thenam'
of Pero and Wing, employed in the Foundry
at Waterbury, were arrested in this village OF
Friday night for recklessly running over de
ranged man near the outskirts of the village
They were tried on Monday and bound up
one in $500, and the other $500 bonds, to ap
pear at Court in June.
FIRE.-The alarm of fire in this village OIL
Monday, proceeded from the partial burning 0
a playhouse belonging to Wilder's Mills.
ADvERT1sENENT.-After giving our usua
amount of reading matter, we have devoted
portion of our advertising columns on the las
page, to the publication of one of those kind G
advertisements which pay the printer, provok
the reader, and pass for something which the
are not. This one purports to be the detail c
Indian massacres, when in fact it is only tn
most fascinating portion of a clap-trap city pa
per story, given to induce the reader to blu
some fifty papers to get the rest of it. on
readers will, therefore, consider it the same
they would any other advertisement.
The amount of Maple Sugar forwarded fro
the station Of Vt. & Mass. railroad Brattl
boro, in the month of April 1857, was "a toi
and 1880 pounds In 1858 the amount was
tons, lOl5 pounds
The Annual Meeting of the New Englar
Anti-Slavery Convention will be held in Bo
ton, in Mercantile Hall, Summer street,
Wednesday and Thursday, May Goth and 27t
commencing at 10 o'clock, a. IN. each day.
The Citizen says man in Burlington CT
his throat last Monday in fit of delirium tr
mems.
EXTENSIVE RAILROAD SwINDLE.-Henl
Dwight, q Wall street Broker, was arrests
at New York, May 18th, on charge of embt
element, fraud and perjury, in connection wi
the Chicago, Alton and St Louis Railroad
which bondholders and creditors of that conn
ny, as well as several New England Banks al
New York merchants, are sufferers to t
amount of millions of dollars. Warrants ha
been issued for the arrest of Henry Hotchk
and Hamilton Spencer, charged with compl
ity in the same affair.
WHERE ARE ETHAN ALIENS REMAINS ?-Th,
hos boon considerahle e2ntanent In Rurinr