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plank of the wreck on which they cling for
safety.
This sub Treasury scheme is new in
vehtlon, unknown TO such men as Jefferson
and Madison. In their opinions the gov
eminent emlnated from the people, was Of
them and for them. 1t was left for Ken
dali, Blair and Van Buren,, TO discover this
scheme. II made its appearance with
Brandreth's Pills, and is about us much
Iauded. It is impossible to dlcuss The sub.
Treasury scheme seriously, it has no serl.
Gus merits. Has any sensible benefit to
the people ever been pointed out as the re.
suit of this measure? Can any be pointed
out? There is one effect that is so obvious
that it ought to excite alarm, it increases
the power Of the Executive, it gives him
command over the purse of the nation. 1t
is for this that the government are SO in
tent to carry this measure.
Among the strange events Of the day.
the extraordinary position of Mr.. Calhoun
may be mentioned as growing out of this
subtreasury scheme, having an important
bearing on the business of the north and 1t
may be. having an effect upon our liberties
With Mr.. Calhoun's previous views in re-
lation to the currency and the banks, with
his expressed opinions of the administra
ton, its extravaganza, its abuses OF patron
age, and false principles Of government, he
could not be expected to form coalition
with them without some great object in
view. That object was to cripple the bust
ness Of the north-and when we call to
mind the superior political power that we
have acceded to he south, the subject as.
sumcs threatening appearance. Why is
it that Mr.. Van Buren, courts the south-ls
so willing to favor their peculiar Institutions
that he proffers his services to veto bills in
their favor, even at the expense of human
berry? Does he wish to decrease their
political ascendency9 Does he wish TO
array one part against another? The plain
English of all this is, he is anxious to obtain
second election for his purpose he is
counting the south, iavors their projects,
throws himself into their arms--and they,
in return, favor his sub treasury scheme:--
and both have the same object in view, to
cripple the business of the north, destroy
our political power and then maintain their
own ascendancy Good men ought to allay
sectional jealousics rather than inflame
them; but we cannot avoid seeing that the
south consider their interests as in some
measure opposed to ours. They do not re-
gard the sub treasury scheme for any benc
fit it will be to them, but rather for lis
effect upon us. 1t is important that nor'h>
ern men should see things in their true
light, that while they regard the interests
of all, they should defend their own rights.
A reasonable Jealousy OF executive power
is always laudable bu: when we see evi
dent strides towards consolidation, resist
ance becomes a vlrtue-lhat resistance
warranted by the constitution the resist
ance Of the ballot box. SENEX.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

country in its proper and legitimate sense.
g. In what dictionary do you find your
defnition!
a. In no dictionary. We wan, no such
trash as Webs,er's, Walkers, or Johnson's
dictionaries. They were all rank aristo
Gratis, and that is enough for the true de.
mocracv.
@. Do you hold TO the doctrine that the
democracy Of numbers, or. as II. Blocker
quantity ais it, King numbers, is the true
test in a republican country as to what the
People wan, and ought to have?
"A. It was once he doctrine when our
party was in the majority, but it has been
since exploded.
Q. Why so?
ii. Why-because-beceuse il is rather
now an announcement doctrine.
9. Please explain?
"A. Well. if the truth must out, we
have lost already twenty States in the re.
cent elections, and we are confoundedly
afraid that we shall soon lose the remaining
six. We now incline to the opinion that
the "minori,y Of numbers" should govern.
Q. Do YOU consider President Is orders
and opinions to be always defintive and
conclusive upon the party:
"A. Certainly; so long as he processes
our democracy.
9. What do you consider the Bible of
your democracy
n. The Globe and Argus.
9. Do you believe all they say'
"A. Certainly.
Q. But when they contradict them.
selves, how do you then manage?
"A. We take their last assertions TO be
the true democracy. We follow, in this,
the Revised Statutes, land remember Mr.
Butler was one Of the revisors,) "the last
clause, or section, shall prevail"
9, Good day, sir may ask you, per-
baps, at another time, few more guess
tions.
"A. | shall answer them with great
pleasure. @.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

John Van Buren,, the son of the President. is,
we see, .feted in common with the Duke de Ne.
M,nrs. Prince Eserhazy. Prince Schwarlzenberg,
the Dukes Of Damalia, Wellington, and Others
At the Grand Entertainment TO The Ambassadors AT
Guildhal. by the Corporation of London, John is
sci down among the very chosen few on the right
hand of The Lord Mayor.
INSTRUMENTATION party profess TO BIO great
Democrats, and much opposed TO the aristo-
cracy of wealth and rank. Ecce signum!-
The Presidents son going over to the Royal
Coronation and feasting with Princes and
Dukes This is democracy with vengeance.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

We learn from the Toronto correspon.
dence Of the Commercial Advertiser that
sixteen of the state prisoners were on Sat
urday last sentenced to death; four are
Americans and twelve subjects of the
Queen.
81 was favored" says the correspondent,
"wlth very eligible seat, and | was sur
prlsed to find so many OF the prisoners very
young men- some of them mere 5oys-and
two or three looked more deserving the
ordinary chastlsement Of parent, than the
heavy penalty about to be adjudged them,
Two or three were handsome, and with
few exceptions, nothing unfavorable could
be drawn from their appearance. They
were all well dressed.
After the crier had made proclamation
for "all persons to keep silence while his
lordshlp the queens justice pronounced the
sentence of DEATH" Mr. Justice Jones called
over the names of four American citizens,
who had been tried under the act of the las
session of The provincial parliament. The
first was Linus Wilson Miller. After a
brief rocaplluOation OF the evidence, he
sentence of death should not now be pro.
nounced on him. After pausing few mo.
ments, he spoke.
| The statute under which he had been
tried he commended was unconstitutional, as
it had not received the sanction of the Sow
ereign. He pleaded his youth and nexpe-
rience, and his desire, when he became
sensible of his error, to return home. He
had not, he said, been guilty ofthe death of
any one, and he stood convicted on the ev.
idence Of man who had become his accu-
ser to save his own life.
After short reply by the Court in an.
swer to objections raised by Miller, Mr.
Justice Jones ordered Linus Wilson Miller,
George Cooley, Norman Mallary and VIM.
Reynolds to be executed on Saturday the
25th inst.
Mr., Solicitor General Draper then moved
the court that sentenced be passed on the
following persons, convicted ofhightreason:
Samuel Chandler Benjamin Wait, James
Gamble, John Grant, Murdoch McFadon,
John James McNuIty, George Buck, Da-
vld Taylor, James Wagner, GaIret Van
Camp, John Vernon, and Alexander Nc.
Leod.
After the usual question had been put
TO them why sentence should not be pas
sed, the Court pronounced the following
sentence upon them all.
THAT You and each Of you be taken TO
the jail from whence you came, and that
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
From the Albany Evening Journal.
OUT OF A POLITICAL
CATECHISM.

Question. Pray, sir, what politics do you
profess
.4nsuer. Sir, am democrat.
Q. In what does your democracy con
a. TO be call things lat ,mes] to all
men," TO advocate the establishment and
utility of national bank in 1916, and to
repudlate it in 1898. TO oppose sub,
Treasury in 1884. aud to laud 1t to the
skies in 1887. TO advocate the democra
cy of August and September, 1887, as then
declared and expounded by the Albany and
New York republican committees, and to
advocate what it was declared and ex-
pounded to be by the republican commit.
tees in December, 1887 after The Locoio.
fos (which were till then the tail end IF all
parties, as pronounced by the Globe and
Argus,) we're admitted into our ranks.
q. What, then, is your definition of a
Locofoco?
a. The present definition is equivalent
to democrat. Before this was found out by
Van Buren, to be the case, we called them
Agrarians Fanny Wrighl.men, lnfde's,
Radicals, Flour, barrel party, &C.. but Mr.
Ming and Mr.. Samm, and their associates
satisfied Mr.. Van Buren, they were the true
Democratic party, and, therefore, the Con.
servatives were turned out Of the party.
Q, What do you mean by Conservatires'
ii. mean party that supported Van
Buren, for President, through thick and
thin, and afterwards would not obey his or
ders to support the sub Treasury system.
z. What do you mean by the sub
Treasury system?
ii. ] mean system that would concen.
trate the whole money power with the
sword, IN the hands OF the Executive, and
ruin all the banks-a power that would
enable the Executive to accumulate patron
age and power to an extent that would per
peluate him and as in Office.
q. Thought that the Constitution gave
Congress the power of regulating the
Treasury'
A. So it did according to its ancient
construction. but we have found shorter
way, that is "to conslrue the Constitution
as we understand it," And surely the par
" can only understand it in such manner
as it shall answer best The good of The party
Ask Mr.. Buller-the former, ! mean The
present Attorney General of the Unite,
States I'LL September-whelher this is moi
the true definition; and Mr.. Butler is Ger
la'nly the best expounder of constitutions
law we have ever had in the country.
q, Is then the Constitution TO be 81
construed as to subserve only the INTEREST,"
of The party?
, "A. Certainly.
q. Has not the country at large some
} thing to say about this affair,
r "A. The country at large has nothing Il
| do with it. We, the democracy, are III
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
Real Estate at Auction.

THE property lateiy o,oned by Lemuel
Il Curtis in burlington, consisting of a
large brick store and building occupied
as a shoe shop, and the land on aohich Tho
same stand, and no,c holden by The subscriber
in trust for certain creditors of said Curtis,
,cW be erposed for sale at public auc-
ton at the store on The same premises, on
Saturday The first dry of September nert at
B o'ciock IL. the afternoon. SAID property
is under an incumbrance Of Eighieen hun
dred dollars. and ,oiH be SOLD subject to said
incunbrance The iwo buidiags aoiH be sold
together or separately 10 suit the purchasers.
NOBLE LOTELY, Trusted.
Burlington. august 8. 1888.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
CALIFORNIAN COIINTY.

ITO our friends in other parts Of The
SAFE we have to say that the Democrat
Whlgs of Caledonia County are fully armed
and ready for the battle, confident in their
own strcngth-unied and determined to
rescue the County from Locofoco misru,c.
Two years are quite enough TO have been
subjected to It's leaden influence. The
People are determined to have no more Of
it, Last year a spirited rally was made in
several towns-a small majority was given
to the Wing State ticket and the Wing
Senatorial ticket would have succeeded had
1t not been for an untoward occurrence a
few weeks previous to the election, which
greatly perplexed and embarrassed our
friends and afforded full scope for the in
trigues of our opponents. No man &C
quainted with the circumstances doubts
that the result was controlled by that event.
1t has hundred times been distinctly
admitted by Van Buren, men best acquant
ed with the circumstances that they owe
their narrow escape to the occurrence allu
ded to. There is nothing now in the way
of bringing up t he Wing Phalanx to a solid
body. The note Of preparation was early
sOunded-our clans have been sometime
gatherlDg-the genuine spirit of &c which
has achieved such wonders in other States
is abroad among us. There is no, a Wing
with whom we have conversed that enter.
tains any doubt Of successful result.
CdiedOnidn.
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on the 25th day of the present month of
August, you and each OF yon be d,awn on
a hurdle to The place Of execution, and Tint
you be there hanged by The neck until you
are dead; then your bodies are TO be quar-.
tered, and may God have mercy on your
souls"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

THELLER AND SoUTHERLAND.-The
Montreal Courier of Tuesday, suys-"A
report was pretty current yesterday that
Lord Durham has received instructions bv
the Great Western, to order the execution
of Switzerland and Theler." This is in.
deed painful intelligence, and we would
fan believe there is some mistake about it.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

Cartouch. Present arms!
j.. She would doubtless look 10 you for
C. Support!
l.. And then what heavy burden you
would have To-
G.. Garry!
l.. Your butcher and baker would have
To-
C. Charge!
l.. Your prospects Of course, would not
G.. Advance!
l.. And you'd have TO-
G. Bout face!
l.. And never have any
G. Rest!
L. Now, Corporal, pray give me your
G.. Attention
l., A man OF your years is not able to
bear such T.
G. Load
l.. You are not in your
c. Prime
l.. Your wife may
G. Bout!
l.. Leave you, but she will soon-
C. Return!
l.. And then you'd have TO bear all on
your
G.. Shoulder!
l.. Would you be-
G. Ready!
l.. ! think you would have some other
G.. Aim
l., And you'd throw all your eris,les
into the
G. Fre Fires the musket.)
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
PROPOSALS
FOR RREAKWATER MATERIALS

VT Burlington. Tor 1889.
CEALED proposals will be received at the
- subscribers Office in Burlington. until the
first day ofOctober, 1888, for the delivery a,
some safe and convenient place in the vicinity
TO be designated, the following articles:
PITCH PINE OR HEMLoCK TIMBER.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
REAL ESTATE.

AA TIME subscriber offers for
III l. sale The house and lot on
;:i:I which he now resides, situated
Asr8 in Hlnesburgh village short
distance west of Miles tavern The prop.
erly consists ofaboul "A acre ofIand good
house, barn, jonerS shop, and suitable out
bulldlngs-a good well of water, cistern.
&C. aud would furnish an excellen, location
for mechanic. Terms very liberal, as
the proprietor Is about TO leave this part Of
the country, Apply to the subscriber
at present on the premises
JERVIS HICKOK.
HneSburgk, Aug, s, 1883. CIV
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Hollow ware.

A good assortment ofslove and fire place hollow
IA ware and iron Furnaces this day received and
for sale by ROBERT MOODY.
August 8.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

inches al the large
end.
l the above described Pitch Pine, Hemlock
or Round White Pine Timber is delivered by
wa .er, the different sizes to be kept separate
10 each crib there must be at least three trau.
erse poles, the outer ones of which must be
placed four feet from the end, and three knock
downs 10 each log.
Square Whue Pine Timber.
240 Sticks White Pine, TO be sixteen inches
square, counter hewed or sawed. to be from
thirty to forty feet, must average thrty.fve,
free from sap, of sound green timber.
WhHe Oak Piank.
$4,000 feet board measure, White Oak
Plank, three inches thick. eleven feet long,
square edged, sound firm green timber free
from sap.
Whue Oak Tunnels.
10000 pieces of Butt White Oak Tunnels,
to be of sound green timber rived out, two
feet long and brought to the standard Of two
and half inches square.
Stone.
$4,000 Perch of Stone, suitable for said
work, to be dcliveed in the course of next sum.
mer in such quantities and at such times as
may be necessary for the work.
Proposals will be received for a part or for
the whole ofthe above materials, 10 be dev-
cred by the first of May, 1889, or may be de.
livered as soon as the navigation opens in the
spring.
Proposals to be subject to tho approval Of
the Department al Washington.
Approved security will be required on all
contracts Persons making proposals will re-
duco them to writing, (endorsng them Break,
waier Proposais) stating explicitly tho price
and quantity they propose delivering, and
name their security. All communications
must be post paid.
Payments will be made as follows On tho
delivery and acceptance ofmaterials so per
cent, will be paid, 90 per cent being reserved
for the iulfiment of the contract, when the
whole will be paid. No money will he paid
in advance. N. b. HASWELL.
y. 5. agent for said pork.
Burlington, August l. 1858.
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THE WAR IN FLoRiDA.-G Jessup
has published an account OF his Florida
campaign, in which he defends himself
from the censure cast upon him for the
capture of Oseola. The taking of that
chief. i, appears from his statement, was
not breach of faith on the part of the
American Army, as 1t has generally been
supposed, but a fair capture by Gen Jessup
of an enemy, who. driven to the necessity
of surronderng, wished to gain time by
asking for parIey. This was positively
refused, and the arrest of Oseola on his
coming in was according to the rules Of
civilized warfare and highly proper.
1t appears, from the letter of General
Jessup, that during the time he had the
command in Florida the whole number Of
Indians and negroes killed and taken was
about 2400. The expense of the war
during this time is found, on careful esti
mate, TO be about 100000 900. From
this, it seems, that The cost of killing and
capturing each of these Indians and negroes
was a traction more than So 1913 So
Rather expensive business Bali ChrOn
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

THE PRISONER OF ROCHELLE. Here is a
scene from the Vaudeville f"The Prison
er of ochelle"-whlch kept the audience
in roar of laughter each night of its per-
Torrance. We copy it with The permission
of Miss Bunyle, for whom the play was
expressly written by ], II. Hewitt, Esq
Corporal Cartouch amuscs herself WIN
gong through the manual exercise, while
Leza, seated at her workable, abstract eddy
questions him concerning malrlmony'-
Bat. Trans.
Leza, If a girl were to fall in love with
you, Corporal, what would you do'
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

HYDRAULIC CEMENT.
NOR sale at the Burlington Mill Com.
IL pany's Plaster Mill. WinooskI Falls.
GEO. MOORE, Agent
August 0, 1883.
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Truly we Upper Canadians cut a sorry
figure 10 the public eye, disguise it as we
like. We are torn by intestine factions
all business is at n sland--our finances are
exhausted, our credit beggared, our country
covered with soldiers, our jalls foil of pris-
oners, and our iaverns of militia men our
magistrates are partisans, our mechanics
red hot politicians. and more treasure is
spent and spending over us than we are
worth or ever shall be. We are one Of the
Queens hard bargains Toronto Mirror.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17
ROUND WHITE PINE TIMBER.

To be Of first growth
green timber, TO be
straight and sound,
not less than twelve
inches at the small,
and not oyer eighteen
inches at the large
end.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-17

$40 logs So feet long, |
80 4" 40 " (
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-11-15

lively, than ever; but lei them a. y ::
beggarly nominal gain Of 400. ~ 'ne'F
PENNSYLVANIA wen, opa;r,,
the state elections Of 1876 by 10000 us ~ !. 10
Gen. Harrlson's great personal pon, Inica
reduced ut the Presidential 10 Tsass !y
Now, we are beaten BY the Tor;s s.'--,
Conservatives combined on Porter 10 st and
q 10 5000, by all kinds of foul and do" T'
voting There is a small nominal Ioa
here, but the Wing cause never was ~" ,OSs
y stronger in Pennsylvania than now 'a'
We have now TO glance at the conn.
alive results in part only of the m rT
distant states. "0'e
VIRGINIA wen, for Van Buren, h.
bout 1000 majority. Las, April WI. d
by about 5000. Wing gain, 5000 Jug
NORTH CAROLINA went for w.
Buren, by $500. Now a Wing Govern
is elected by 1900, and Leesla,u,o' T ~
full 5000. Absolute Wing gain, 7 .5N
GEORGIA elected a Van Buren, r..
gress ticket and Legislature in 1885,
~ one member failing, because he wy,
dead. The stale finally went agans, Va a'
Buren,. Now, Wing delegation 10 Cow wv
gross, and probably Legislature has me,
been elected. Gain, EIGHT votes Cor
Wing Speaker, and against the roE,n
Blair for Slae Printer, and all other ran,
itcations of Van Burenism proper wi,b
SIX against the Sub-Treasury Bill "
TENNESSEE, INDIANA and KEN
lucky voled against Van Buren, il
1886. giving an aggregate majority ola.
bout go, 800 votes. They have since elec
ted Governors, Congressman and Lepislo
lures opposed TO him, by majorities a.
mounting to full $4,000 votes. Who
gain 10000.
ILLINOIS gave Van Barren over 5000
majority. 1t has just elected his Cover.
nor by 900. Wing gain, 2,lOO.
MICHIGAN gave him about 3,O0Oma.
iority. 1t has since elected his Goyerno,
and Congressman by 700. Wing gain,
| 300.
LOUISIANA has been redeemed
Gain, 200.
MISSISSIPPI ditto. Gain, l,4Oo.
Shall New York now cover to The lash
of the tyrant? No! Never! Whigs!-
your country demands your sternest ex.
ertions. One cheer for the good old Gauss
Of Liberty and the Constitution, and 90
ahead!
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Fon THE LIBERTY ADVOCATE.

"The Amite Library and Debating So
ciety,n holds its meetings at Col. Caston's,
on the first Saturday every month. Ia
the early part Of the present year, a few
enterprising individuals, animated by lau-
dable zeal to promote the advancement Of
useful knowledge by every possible means,
commenced the foundation of this Society,
which, il is hoped, is destined to flourish
for years TO come. 1t has Il library suit
ed TO the condition Of the neighborhood
selected by men Of taste and competent
knowledge. The meetings are generally
we'll attended, and the debates conducted
with warmth and animation, which throw
into the meetings life and spirit calcuIa-
ted TO increase the interest ofthese occa-
sions, and enlist the feelings in behalf of
the success Of the Society. A large num-
Der Of members are exerting their nnu-
ence to advance the welfare Of the Society;
a comfortable building is about being
erected, which when completed will be
another inducement to ladies and gentle
men 10 attend the meetings and hear the
discussions. The next meeting will be
held on the first saturday in December.
Question for discussion. When Columbus
discovered America, who had the best right
to it the Whiteman or the Indian
A MEMBER.