Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-03-25
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ABoLIsHINc ALcouoL.-The town of Hard
wick, at its recent town meeting, instructed the
Selectmen to request the County Commissioner
not to license any person to sell liquors in that
town for the ensuing year-resolving that they
would not have it in town for any purpose
whatever We further learn that a Rev. gem
last twenty years, says he has not in that time
seen one of its citizens worse for liquor; not
but what there may have been a few such cases,
but they are exceedingly rare.
RELIGIOUS REyiyAL.-Our religious exchanges
are now filled with advices of extensive religious
reyivals in all parts of the Northern States. 1t
is such time of renewed interest in religious
matters as is greatly needed in the alarming
strides of sin and corruption which beset our
nation; and it is this return to morality which
must revert and restore the county to its ancient
regard for Liberty and Christianity. May we
not hope the wave is nearly spent, and with the
now certain downfall of the last of the two great
political parties new era will be inaugurated.
LIBEL.-There appears an intimation in the
Burlington Sentinel that Judge Smalley is to
sue the editors of the Free Press for libel.
RAILROAD House, BARToN.-We are glad to
learn of the good fortune of our friend, H. Nye,
who keeps the Railroad House, in Barton, mas
much as the new Railroad is bringing him we'll
deserved amount of custom.
enough for the present. Many of those we
have received are 50 torn and solled that they
cannot be used. We shall not be expected to
pay for such, of course. Any one wishing back
numbers can now be supplied to the commence
of the story.
Which is the heaviest, one pound Troy, Or one
pound avoirdupois ?-an ounce avoirdupois OIL
an ounce Troy?
PROMPT PAY.-Every body knows how PLEASED
they are to have prompt pay for their labor
and where every body pays everybody can pay
We have large demands upon us daily for cash
and no one, unless he has been in the business
can know how much it costs to carry on ancws
paper publication, even in the country where
little is expected All this expense comes to the
publisher in little driblets of rs cents, 81 so
&C., &C., and goes from him by $25, $50, $l0(
and so on. There is greater need of conscien-
tious prom ptness in all matters of money. We
need all our pay without the trouble Of dun.
ming or legal collection, and must have it. There
are many who have promised the pay that still
neglect. There are about 200 others who owe
us for over years paper, who can pay if they
choose, but who steadily refuse, notwithstand
ing our frequent calls. To those we say, tina
unless the pay is forthcoming by the first weel
in April, we shall leave what are colectable will
an attorney for collection, and put the rest il
black list for the protection of other publish
ers. The name of man who willfully cheat
an editor out of his pay should be handed roun'
and he be compelled to pay in advance, or hav
no papers to read.
Thirty-four cases were tried at the Marcl
Term of the Supreme Court at Chelsea. TIL
Court rose on Saturday, March 10th. The fol
lowing divorces were granted Seth Monkey Us
Diantha Monkey; Abda Smith u.s. Adelin
Smith; Hannah McNiece U.s. Isaac McNiece
Amanda P. Hale Us. John I. Hale and Bctso
r. McIntire as. III. B. McIntre.
The party now in power in Mexico are pro
posing to the United States the sale of som
further portion of that Republic, and it is un
dersood that the President intends appointin
some one with power to negotiate.
Advices from California contain The followin
notice of recent decision in regard to fugi
tive slave:
g The Supreme Court of this State has recent
ly rendered decision in fugitive slave case
which has excited much remark G. A. Stova
left Mississippi in 1857, for California, with
negro body-servant, named " Archy he tray
eled across the Plains, and arrived in Sacramen
to on the first of October subsequent. On hi
way he stopped at Carson Valley, and thcr
bought ranch, on which he placed some cattl
he had brought with him. In Sacramento h
opened School, and advertised for scholars
He also hired out Archy, and received pay fo
him several months. Lately he concluded to re
turn to Mississippi and Archy running off fror
him. he had him arrested and nut in prison a
fugitive slave. writ Of habeas corpus 70
Archy alteration, carried the matter eventual
before the Supreme Cortland two of the Ju'
ticcs decide that, although Stovall's action ha
undoubtedly entitled the negro to his frecdor
according to law, as this is the first case, an
Stoyall is in bad health--wby, the negro must
delivered up to his master. They say, however
that St,vall's case shall not form precedent
and that in future they shall be governor b
the law"