Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-23


WHAT SAYS FATHER BRowN?-In reply to
the remarks of the FREEMAN in relation to the
SentinePs dislike Of having the General Brig
ade Muster of the V. v M. held at Montpelier,
the Sentinel says:
" We have weakness for good joke -
Weappreciate the quiet satire of the Freeman,
as being elnlnently jocose; and we despise the
bullying BLACKBOARD who attempts to be the
Menus of the Watchmdn.''
Two more slavers were brought into New
York last week. One has just landed a cargo
of four hundred Africans
PARoDI CoMNG.-Our readers, in this vicini-
ty especially, will be pleased to learn that we
are to have a visit from the famous Parodi, at
this place, on Wednesday eve, Aug. 22d. She
will be ably assisted, and wo have notlthe least
hesitancy in saying that our people will be sur
prised with such on entertainment as they have
rarely enjoyed.
PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBRoTYPEs, &c., &c.-We
call the especial attention of those wishing
good life like pictures, to the advertisement of
Styles, Davis & Styles, of this place, in this
paper Please call and look over their assert
ment of pictures, at their pleasant gallery, over
Ellis Co. g, State Street.
BLACKLEGs We are requested by victim
to suggest to those in attendance upon the
Menagerie at this place on Thursday next, that
it will be we'll to keeps good lookout for set
of blacklegS, pickpockets, &C., &C., which &C
company it. The first attempt at passing coun
terfeit money should be reported direct to our
authorities.
RETURN OF THE SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION.
S. steamer Bib, with the party on board who
were detailed by the Superintendent of the Coast
Survey to proceed to Labrador and take obser-
vations Of the recent eclipse, reached Newport
on thoir return on Tuesday afternoon, after a
very stormy time. They were successful, how.
ever, in the object of their expedition, and OBJ
tanned fine view of the eclipse.
The Supreme Court of Vermont commenced
its session in Montpelier, on Tuesday, August
18th, His Honor, Isaac F. Redfeld presiding,
and adjourned on Saturday.
VERMONT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. The Tenth
Anniversary of the Vermont State Teachers
Association was held at St. Johnsbury last
week. Gov. Fairbanks welcomed the Associa-
ton to the Inequalities of the town. The ex-
ercises were more than usually interesting, and
large number were in attendance. Hon. j.
S. Morrill, gave the Association very interest
ing address on Thursday
The Corresponding Secretary Of the State Ag-
ricultural Society, being about to prepare list
of the officers of the several County Societies for
the benefit of other State Societies, the Secreta-
ries of the several County Agricultural Socie-
ties will confer favor by forwarding list Of
the officers of their respective Societies to Hon.
Daniel Needham, Quechee, Vt.
The anniversary of the Battle of Bennington
was celebrated, on the old Battle Ground on
Thursday last (l6th) with unusual enthusiasm.
No less than 5000 people were present, TWEEN
ty-nine carloads coming in from Troy, and nine
teen from the Rutland direction. There was q
Procession, an Grafton, (by MIR. Judson of Og-
densburgh,) Dinner, Balloon Ascension,-
oil ending in fight, in which one man was
probably killed by Troy rOwdy who is lodged
njaiI.
The LATEST FROM DAMAsCUs-A letter from
Beirut, of July 10, says that "nOt single
house belonging to Christian has been left in
Damascus. Four thousand Christians there
have been mercilessly butchered. Rev Mr..
Graham, an Irish missionary in Damascus, was
among the number killed, together with all the
Franciscan monks and thirty.six of the native
clergy"
LARKIN G MEAD, Jr's. beautiful statuette of
the Green Mountain Girl is now on exhibition
at the Town Hall in Brattleboro'. The Ph9niG
pronounces it " work of great delicacy of ex-
ecution as well as of conception, and face of
more ETHEREAL beauty has probably never been
cut upon marble"
Orders have been issued for the dlsbanding Of
Company c., Marshfeld Rife Co., Lieut.. D. P.
Spencer commanding, of the lst Regiment; and
Company g., Topsham Rife Co., Capt Geo.
Q. Walton, of the I'd Regiment, for not con-
forming to the statues in several particulars.
The Seventeenth Annual State Convention Of
the Spirituaiyts of Vermont, will be holden at
South Royalton, August Oath, 25th and Goth.
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