Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-12-10
DOM ESTIC MATTERS.

W M l. ) L u M A Il Il EKS.
Cinncnaii Chronicle complies from Treasury reports
some very valuable statistics regarding the commerce
OF the United Stntcs with Canada. From these 1t
appears that one foH II of the whole Tonnage entering
the ports oflhe United States is from CANADA the
whole is given at $50 309 and that from England is
only 4S9 773the Immense value Of tho fine goods
imported from England being assigned by the Chron-
clc as the plain reason for the disparity between the
value IF the goods imported and the tonnage en-
ployed: The value of imports from Canada is
s2,0O1,167, while our exports to the same country
1t shonld be borne in mind that great share ofthc
goods exported from this country to Canada taken
,hi,her merely TO avoid the pnyncn, of high English
duties; Provincial gram &c. being ADMITTED INTO
British ports free of duty, by paying the low duties
demanded at the Canadian ports, and reaching Eng
land by the st. Lawrence heavy duty is escaped
In the present state of our canal not half the surplus
grain of the Wosl can find its way TO the seaboard by
this communication and until its enlargement is
completed may look for n continuedand fapid i'll
crease in tho amoint Of produce taken to England
by way ofthe ST. Lawrence.
From the New World
MR.. COOPER AND HIS LIBEL SUITS.
We approach this subject with serious re-
luctance. No single reader of this journal can
be more weary than we are with "the mild and
handsome Mr.. Effingham." Yet justice to our
| contemporaries demands some notice of the is
sue of the two libel suits which have just been
tried in Montgomery county in this state In
the case of James Fennmore Cooper, vs.-.-
Thurlow Weed, the defendant did not appear,
and judgment went by default The jury gave
a verdict against Mr.. Weed of 500. The
reason Of The defendants non-appearancc ut The
trial tcas the serious ndisposuion Of his Uite ana
the dangerous illness ofhiS daughter. This fac,
was stated to the Court by the defendants coun-
sci but, as the day of trial had been agreed
upon, the Court could not interfere. The coun.
sci then appealed to Mr.. Cooper's humanity
but he might as well have appealed to the red
dest Of the Great Novclist's Indians, when the
war-paint was on him, and the scalps of the
paleiaces hung rocking at his belt How Gle.
waited must have been the justice of that case
which could not bear to be deferred for rea-
son that would excuse sold er for deserving !
What cared the author of alone as Found
that his enemy stood watching over the bed
of his suffering chill J--that his heart was panied
to BURSTING land his brow wet W it'll the dew OF
anguish Could the life of child be weighed
against libel upon the Most illustrious Nov.
elst of America! No it was the fathers duty
to desert the sufferer---to leave his home and
the grefs which made it more precious thar
ever and wait upon Court and Jury abide
the stare and the noise, the cold delay the pet.
ulant striving of a continued and disappointed
iiiiS illi, al vi II III sensitive
mind in its happiest frame
From the Boston Transcript
| o. X. NOT o. K.-A singular mistake occurred in
this city on Thursday last, which goes to prove that
| we should not always trust to outward appearances
The ship Saracen, Capt. Oliver Heating sailed from
this port that day for Manila and Canton When tn.
ship was ready 10 start, the Captain sent cartman
to the Pearl Street House, where he had been board
ing, for his baggage.
| The cartman accordingly went to Capt KS room
and took his things, which were all packed up, and
IN coming out Of the room he in the entry, near
the door two boxes marked o. X, the initials Of the
Captains name, OLIVER Keating) and supposing the
belonged to him. and that it was Oh Korrect he tool,
the boxes, carried them down and put them on board
the ship with the Captains baggage, and the vessel
Immediately afterwards went to sea. An hour or
two after she had sailed it was discovered that tho
boxes did not belong to the Captain but to anothe,
gentleman who was stopping at the Pearl Stree,
House, and that they contained complete set OF
Daguerreotype apparatus winch the owner was abouI
to put IN operation in this city. 1t was however too
late to correct the mistake and the boxes, Dapucr
reotypc apparatus and all, now on their wav 10
| Manila.
AwruI. ACCIDENT AT NIAGARA FALLS
THREE MEN OVER 1T is stated in the Buffalo
| Commercial Advertiser that boat with three
men went over the Falls Of Niagara on the night
of Monday, Nov. % They had started from
Schlosser at 9 o'clock, intending to cross ovel
to fludson's tavern, two miles above Chippewa
Shortly after they left the shore, cries from
the river were heard at Fields tavern, near by,
but excited no attention, as similar noises arc
very common in that quarter from boatman pas
sing to and fro. No suspicion of the accident
was had until Thursday, when inquiry began tc
arise, and on Friday awful evidence of the fate
of the boat and her devoted crew was presented
in the fragments found in the eddy below the
Falls.
1t is supposed that the boat was struck by 9
squall, and being heavily loaded with six bar
rels OF whiskey, sunk-the wretched men or
board being swept by the resistless curr EN-
down the American rapids and over the fright
full precipice below The names of the two
were Jehiel d. Kinney and John York, and the
other was stranger, who had merely taker
passage for Canada. The two former we're
rom Nova Scotia-kinney had kept a taverr
elg , mles below the Falls for two years past
and lett wife and three children. Part of one
of the manged bodies is said to have beer
found.
From the Nachi,oches Herald
Observation-Disclosures LAW-LASl
OF THE YOAKUM GANG
We have been put in possession of the fact
in relation to this affair, which is one amonf
the last Texas tragedies. The citizens of JET
lerson County, it appears, have long suffered
from their numbers and total recklessness O
character, it seemed impossible to arrest the
injuries by the hand OF civil power. Cattle ha,
been stolen, robberies committed, and citizen.
insulted and murdered but still, whenever an,
were arrested on the charge, the gang came
forward with Perured oaths, and they were ac
quilted. "Ioakum'' was hardened into the
most inveteratc degree of crime, and seemed
but to reap enjoyment in pursuing the mos
fendsh acts of robbery and murder. 1t is a
most singular instance of the effects of habit