Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-05-07
LETTERS FROM THE METROPOLIS.

New iokK, May LIST, 1871.
The pas, week with us has been as dull as Dutch
commentary on Shakespeare. am cna led therefore
to present you treat viz short letter. In
politics, 10 speak in the language OF the market moth
ing is doing Or citizens anxousy awaiting the
approaching session of Congress, and but little of
general interest is expected until then. The members
of the opposition in this city, well as elsewhere
seem to have given over as lmpr1ctcable Their at
tempt at which for while they labored with much
zeal, to make Loco Foco out Of President Tyler
they have very generally settled down in the belief
that corruption profgacy and official misconduct,
have but little chance Of escape at his hands, and they
rcconcng themselves to this sad view tf the
with as good grace and as speedily as possible His
Inaugural Address was so explicit, so direct, and 20
republican, that even party malice can discover no
astounding heresy in it, and their avorte cry of abo
lltion, is most effec,ualy slenced They have no
resource but to vent their malice by abuse Of the dead
and by battling windmls Of their CREATION
We had a melancholy disaster here on Monday
evening, which resulted in the death of and the
serious injury of several her viduaIs The steam
BOAT Henry Eckford one of the Oldest boats on tho
| river, having been used some seventeen years rs
tow boat, just she was preparing leave tho dock
| blew up with tremendous explosion. Her whole
upper works and machinery walking beam, deck
cabin, whee-hou>e and all were blown instantly into
| the river. The captain standing on dec> was blown
more than sixty feet across boat in tow ard across
a ship in the liver; his leg was rokcn and no was
otherwise seriously, thou h not finally bruised. -
One individual standing Oh the wharf was struck
BY piece of the broken cylinder and Instantly
killed. Many Others were severely lruscd, bu,
believe al will recover. Upon close examna-
ton Of tho case by coToners JIry II WAS found, as
usual, that no to blame; bu; | have heard
on good authority that the testimony Of one person
who could have told different story was no. calco
for. There gross carelessu,ss the Pa;tof the
engineer, and still GU able neglect the par
of the inspector Of steam boat appointed under &C
of Congress. You have already heard of the disas
ter on board the South America. In that cass, be
levo no one in charge Of the loaf could be Justly
blamed.
The returns Of the Virginia election are slow il
coming in Wehave heard enough, however t. show
the probable complexion Of the State. In Congress
the delegation will probably stand 10 VIII; TO 10 op
position, and r. NJ. T. Hunter, In the Stat. Senate
the administration is of majority Of two, aLt
will and fair chance for four. In the House o
Delegates cannot probably lay claim to lea
minority, Returns have been received from ST coun
ties which show wing loss Of four emhers w
shall know the result in f,w DAYS The same caus
has operated there here and elsewhere throughout
the Union. \ general apathy pcrya!e, the VIII.
Many of them seem to regard All lntoerable bur
den 10 elect their rulers, aud probably think il nuc
easier to be gorsrrtA than u govern hems,iyes
The anxiety wiki regard 10 the fate Of the steam
ship President, is becoming intense At the atca
at.s from Liverpool sh. had been on, twenty sevc
days and II hoped tina, she had sailed Tor til
West Indies for fresh supply Of coal. But this no.
, seems nearly dssaatd fJr late arrival from tina
quarter brin.s intelligence whatever. There
indeed much reason to suppose that she has been los
at sea, and that no tidns- viii Q cr he heard OF he
fate. The Great Western sailed for England 'o-day
No special change hls occurred in the markets f.
a few days pss Yours, &c. vrRAosr.