Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1841-04-09

DR. Tomorrow The steamers Tor some redsohS
have strange habit of coming into port, in just
such times as shall enable our pestilcnt news
boys to cry their Extras through the streets
on Sunday. The news of most importance cx-
pccted from aboard is concerning the effect on
American credit produced by intelligence OF
our third suspension.
Great excitement was caused in the city yes
terday by the discovery of the torgeries and sud-
den dccampment Of Member of Congress-
The Hon. Charles F. Mitchell, from the Niagara
District in this State, passed, both in Philadel-
pha and in this city, drafts to the amount of some
$4,000 purporting to be drawn by the Bank Of
Albion on the State Bank at Albany-whch on
being presented for payment were pronounced
orgeries. lie suddenly left his lodgings at the !
Astor House on Tuesday, ana nothing has been,
heard Of him since. He addressed letter JUS
before his departure,to the editor Of the Courier,
i'm which he confesses some dreadful deed
though he does not say what it is, boasts Of his|
talents and success in life and says he has gonc|
Ito land where there are many as bad as HIMSELF
and thousand fold better than them he has left
behind. 1t is quite generally believed that this
letter was designed to produce the mpression|
that he had gone to Texas but that he actually
took passage in the Caledonia for England. The
Police have gone to Philadelphia in pursuit IIe|
has never borne good character for honestly
and fair dealing but has been quite notorious all
Washington as a gambler, and in every place.
where he was known as an unprincipled politi-
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port, and an applicant for the Navy Agency in|
this city.
The opposition party held a meeting at Tam
many Hall on Thursday evening to respond TO-
the nomination Of Mr. Morris for Mayor. 1t was
not remarkably we'll attended, and was charac-
terised by the noisy and tumutuous display
which is always exhibited at the gatherings of the
faithful in the odd wigwam.' | saw several there
so drunk that it was with the greatest difficulty
they could be kept within the bounds of even
Tammany decency and order. B. F. Butler was
= one of the prominent speakers. The 'lion' of
the evening" however, was one who called him.
self carman, an Irshman and Catholic, but il
Els said by some who knew him. that he was
neither Of them, but one of these vagabond party
tools, Of whom the wire pullers make whatever
suits their convenience. In no public speech
Lon any occasion, or in any section the country
have ever heard such open profanity and bias
phemous rbaldry as he poured forth amid the long
and loud plaudlts of the assembled christian de
mocracy. The Locos are making very violen
exertions to maintain their foothold in the city
and from the almost entire apathy manifested by
the administration, fear they will be success
full With great portion of the opposition, thu
fact that a man is burglar and an infamous
Judge, weighs not feather against him. have
heard several intelligent members of that party
however avow their belief that Morris conduc
in the Glentworth case, was most culpabe an
that they could not support him for any promin
ent station.
Hon. Daniel Webster was in the city OF
"Wednesday, in consequence of the sickness o
Mrs. Webster's father, lIeman lie Roy ESQ
lie remained, however, only few hours, ben
4imperatively called back to the seat of Govern
ment by the pressing duties of his office. M
lie Roy died ON Thursday lie has long bee
known as one of our prominent merchants
N man of fine abilities, most gentlemanly manner
and of the highest integrity. lie died at tn
good old age of eghty-four.
The scnscless. factous cries Of the dema
gogues in this state that Newly is bankrup
have been most ellactually silenced by an able
lucid report made in the Senate by Mr.. Vel
Splanck He shews the actual debt of the Stat
to be $ll0O5,370: and to balance this, she ha
beside an amount of $63O,OOO,OOO in real an
,personal estate, L. $. Deposite, school and lite
nature Funds, TO the amount of S6,3l3,3lI
a canal revenue of nearly million and hal
sufficient to pay an interest on a debt of $50
100000, and an income from salt works, aucto
: Sdutes, &c. of S300,000. lie proves that tn
] state may appropriate S4.0O0,000 annually
: the prosecution of her works now in progress
their completion, with certainty of paying a
a accrung interest promptly out of the annu
], revenue.
The committee in our Legislature appontc
to consider the question, has reported again'
i bridging the Hudson The matter, howeve
q hos been recommtted to the same committee.
S President Harrison has for some days past.
k we learn from Washington, been seriously i
t The letter writers in the morning papers OF t
: day, represent him still in very critical sitl
G alton. 1t is hoped, however, that through tn
c efforts oihs physicians, and the excellent SCUM
o. ness of his constitution, he may be recovered.
The prospectus of daily paper has been
sued 1t is to be called the New York TRIBUNE d
voted to Politics, Literature and General InelhgcnC
and and will be edited by Horace Greeley of the Ne
y Yorker
rs The Book trade was considerably revived within
10 few days. Besides the works mentioned nmy Ia
!, several other very valuable and important public
tons have been issued. Among them is the Histo
of Society," by W. Cooke Taylor, an English auth
of considerable ability and reputation. 1t is We
useful work, though in many respects superficial al
!, mistaken in its views, new edition of Mrs Austlr
v CHARACTERISTICS of Goethe has lust been brought q
i In rnlladeipha. This is well known TO the lera
n public, having first been published in England ct
" as 1888. 1t consists of TRANSACTIONS by Mrs. Al
Tin, of Memoirs and Recollections of the illustro
German, by Falk, Van Mullen, an dseveral other in
mate friends and distinguished scholars. l bele
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