Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-09-22

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says that MIR. Buchanan IS pre-
pairing an elaborate reply to the recent manifesto
of Mr.. Douglas on Squatter Sovereignty, and
has sent to New York for Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett to aid him in putting the matter in the
best form for the public eye. 1t is on this bust
ness that Mr.. Bennett has been closeted with the
President daily for the last week. Mr.. Brown
the editor of The Constitution, has also been
detained at home on the same business, though
he had made arrangements for brief visit to
the North
A new emancipation journal has been estab-
lshed at St. Joseph, Missouri. called the ''Free
Democrat
The Charleston Mercury, speaking of the
adroit use Sam Houston made of the African
slave trade issue, says Of that issue:
" In this instance it has paralyzed the State
Rights party of Texas, and raised to power one
of the greatest enemies of the South and most
uulululRuecu uCIuuSOSuSo Wiuuih oui UOAuOio
Southern Freesoiler.'
The New York Courier q Enquirer of a re-
cent date has long and strong article in favor
of the election of Mr.. Seward to the Presidency.
1t regards his nomination and election as fixed
fact, and regrets to lose his services in the Sem
ate after 1861.
We understand that the committee appoi nted
to purchase suitable library for Washington
County Grammar School. with the legacy left
for that purpose by G. j. Keith, Esq, have
purchased some 1900 volumes, part of which
are already in Montpelier, and the remainder
will soon lie here. This will render the Wash
ington County Grammar School Library one of
the best School libraries in this section
Waterman.
A correspondent Of the Boston Journal writes
that the meteoric phenomena recently observed
at Troy, N. Y, was witnessed at STAFFORD, VT,
on the same day. The writer says the eye-wit-
nesses saw "a very brilliant object descending
in q southwesterly direction, and resembling
very much what is called golden rain in rock
ct, only many times larger, and followed by u
long train of light. Although the sun was
shining brightly, still so intense was the brill
fancy of this meteor, or whatever 1T might have
been, that it had the appearance OF not being
over half mile off, and we were fully expect
ing to feel the effects of some great explosion
but it's distance was 80 much greater than We
had apprehended, that no shock was experience
ed
Rev. James Hobart of Berlin, 81 years old
walked from Berlin to Washington, distanc,
} of Is miles, on Friday, the Sd inst, to preact
the following Sabbath.-Pairiot.
We hear that an aged woman named Ward
of West Derby, was burned to death on Frida.
last, by her clothes taking fire accidentally.
The Boston Advertiser says, that the Brazil
ian butterfly presented to Professor Agassiz, ant
said to measure ten feet from the tip of on
wing to the tip of the other, is in fact smalle
{ by nine feet and two inches.
There is living in the town of Stratton ON oil
revolutionary soldier aged l04 years, who wa
!. one Of the captors of Gen. Prescott. He was O
IS the battle of New London, was badly wounded
: and he remained in the army till the close I
2 the war in 1885, and yet this soldier has neve
> $50 soeixsA a ,aeDsian. .s.,n
GAs.-The gas works put into this villat
u within the last three months, are now fairly
10 successful operation. 1t has been built by Il
Rhode Island Gas Company, under the supe
intendcnce Of Mr.. James Barbour, who has d
10 a., x-.k o. Oh.
=, tho general acceptance of our citizens.
:. most of our stores and many of our dwelin
10 the gus, which is made from rosin, is alreat
as burning, and all appear to be highly pleas
lie with it. The light is not 30 dazzling as ttl
~ made from coal-more steady ST. Adams NJ
senger.
at The QUESTION SETTLED.-Those eminent me
ed DIR. James Clark, Physician to Queen Victor
and DR.. Hughes Bennett, say that consumpti
can be cured. DR.. Wistar knew this when
a. Il. discovered his Balsam of Wild Cherry, and .
=, perience has proved the CORRECTNESS Of his OPT
ion.
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Francis NJ. Strong and Thos. Ross of Brand,
for design for scales.
en-
- Mrs. NJ. j. Hill, Of Derby, drowned hors
on tho 3lst ult
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ne The Republicans of Wisconsin nominal
Alex. W. Randall, for Governor ON the 3lst