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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

Isaac HUI. We commend the follow
inc extract from a late number of Hills n.
II. Patriot. to the attention of the editor of
the Budget. Governor Hill, since he turn
ed farmer, has opened hisc!es to the real in
terest of the country.
"Let the manufacturing industry and cap
ital be fos,cred' and in ten years from 'lIis
time the products will be double and perhaps
,reblc-a market will he created and kept
up within our borders that will pay higher
price for the surplus of our farmers than they
can obtain at the seapor,s IN Massachusetts.
LIE, railroads he extended through the natur-
al valley the whole length of the siate-lrt
other improvement go on and every acre of
land will rise in value some twenty-five, some
fifty, and some an hundred per cent. There
are certain men who would now seem to wish
to present as the "oniy political question,
whether candidate for public office will or
will not throw every obstruction in the way
Of great public Improvement. Will the peo-
pie choose for public servants those only whd
are DESTROYS Of driving away the capital of
other States which seeks to employ itself on
our numerous waterfalls, to build up and
beaulify numerous villages, which furnish q
support for the tarmrs surrounding Them
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.

We mentioned yesterday the explosion Of the
North Star near Tuscaloosa, By which fifteen
persons were killed. The tuscaloosa Fl1l
contains a letter from Thomas Maxwell, a sur
vivor, who By his cooIncss and unparalleled eNer-
tons, saved the lives many oi his companions,
which gives full account oil the catastrophe.-
The facts are as already stated She had SIN
teen cabin passengers, with three ladies' am
two children. Both boilers burst with an ey
ploson like artillery, and in an instant tive
thirds of the beautiful boat was hurled into the
air in atoms One of the boilers was blown one
hundred and fifty yards over the tops of the
highest trees into the open field
The false sides, says the letter, were blasted
into mere atoms, and were already filed up
with water; the main deck was shyered into
spl nters, and the heads, legs and arms of appa
rentlv dozen human beings, belonging to the
crew, were projecting out here aud there from
the mass of lnlammahe substances that had
now fallen into the hull, and IN a confused pile
were ingllng with red hot embers from the
furnace, while their groans aud their cries for
helm ca e horribly and awfuily To my ears
Nv Urea, eXertions all the ladies', the children
and the men who could move were got on
shore.
| Bat the tale is yet untold the boat was nov
entirely nycluped in the flames from stem tC
stern il was one mighty mass Of that dread Gle
ment Aud be fore our eyes, IN that abyss o
. flame, there were not less than ten or twelve q
our ielo" beings burning into cnders. | sa"
! before me three of them burning in the bright
est hames--one OF them apparently IN sIu'h4
( position. The groans, the sicknlng cries
others could be heard, uho could not ne seen'an'
we could render them no ASSISTANCE Whatever
From the moment OF explosion until she wa
burnt down TO the warer's edge, not more than
twenty minutes elapsed
Fifteen persons were kilied ana severely
uonnded.--N. y Tribune.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25
WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN,

We dccp'y lament that our nAanmable Pa
triots who every few months are aroused to the
hangers OF British domination on the seas. Brit
lsh arrogance. British graSping at universal do
;ainion, Sc. &c. canuot he persuaded TO act
with consistent and calm regard to their own
echeme Mt representations. Unhapply, we re-
gre, 20 perceive that their red heat subsidies
suddenly AS it is kindled, and all is icy ndIffer-
cnce Till another fever fit ovcrcomeS them, To
he followed instantly by three months torpor
81 teiDsc.
Our own view of the subject is entirely differ
unt from this. We are not blind TO the char
acter of British policy and pretensions--we APP
prenend our vision in that regard is as clear and
as earnest az our neighbors,--but We insist
that i. is not BY these flashes Of bosterous bel
!i.erency that her unseeplng, insidlous projects
uf SCI aggrandizenIent are to be iolled. Mel
ther have we much faith in resisting her by
offensive warfare War is kngly glme--it is
title suited TO the genius of a true Republic, In
ile dcfcnCs OF our own soil, We are match iJr
combined Europe; away from that soil, we
have never vet amounted to much, and It IL
hoped we never wl---for one victorious cam
pairn abroad would be the grave Of our Free
dom. We do not need any addition 10 our pres
ent stock of National vanity and seli-conceit
OF all the means and app ances Of foreign an'
marine War, Great Britain po- sesses ten 10 on
one--wherhe. it he Money, Credit trained 50.
diers, Ships, Ordnance or untlons. Her Tor
,rcs-as bel, the worlI--her A,ets whiien ever,
sea--har mi thy steamers hover thlckly eyel
oaa,r shores. Uudouhtad' y we can match thes
five viii BAT 70 do it We must incur bHr'hen
s,c,l as vc have never Enuwn--our land mus
swarm Ike hers with -gahcrers our laborer
like hers 90 suppcrless TO rugged beds. w
cannot doubt that there is more excellent wa
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25
USURY.

The assignee of an nsolvcnt, in Boston,
fndi NC that large usnry had been paid to "a
certain person by the insolvent, Immediately
instituted IA sui, against the moncy-lendor, for
three times the amount of the extra interest
paid by the insoven,. The defence was, that
the assignee had nothing to do with trans
action which had taken place some time be-
fore, of which no par, was unsettled. But the
Jud ge decided tina, the right TO the suit pass
ed in the assignment ofall the effects OF the in
solvent, AID judgment went against the de-
PENDANT for $500,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

STEAM FRrGArES.--The government
steamers Missouri and Mississippi are now
both in port at New YORK, and are to 60 to
sea in a few days, as part of the home
squadron. The former was built and equip
ped at New York, and the latter at Ph,ladel-
phia. They are both Of the same size, and
of similar armament, but their engines are
different in form. The Mssipp has been TO
Norfolk, and back to New York. The
Missouri made an experimental trip of few
miles on Friday. The result Of the expert
ments of both, thus far is satisfactory. Fur
ther experiments will soon test their quail
tiles
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

Owe noticed that the Spirit of the Age
of the l1th instant, contained reply to a
communication which appeared in this paper
over the signature of" Wcsiord Farmer"
We sent the paper which contained the re-
ply to our correspondent, and he has made "A
rejoinder, which came too late for our this
weeks paper, but shall appear in our next.
We have thought proper to give this notice
that our friend, the Major, may be preparing
to meet the fate which awaits him. lie is
a used up man." to dead certainty.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

Mr.. EVANS, the Senator from Maine, has
Just made most admirable speech on Mr..
Claws resolutions. He made a complete
chowder of Woodbury. and Calhoun. He
showed up Master Lewis figures and cst-
mates while Secretary Of the Treasury, and
MS indiscree, reference to them in the Sem
ate, in a style which made the ex-secre'ary
look rather Nreaked round the eyes. He
spoke of the compromise act as we like to
hear it spoken of-as mere act OF Con-
grcss, which, although some gentlemen re-
cardeded it as much more scored even than
the Constitution, he considered as possessing
no such sanctiry at all. We shall give an
abstract of his speech mex, week.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

GFTherc is no better Hotel in this Sec
ton of the state than the PEARL STREET
House. Our friend Roof does the fair thing
by his customers. If any one doubts our
word let him call and see for himself
n. B. By the above we don't mean to IN.
siaicate any thing against our other Hotels,
for they have all treated us well, before we
joined the Temperance Society, that is-or
rather that was.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

C~Thcrc was a large Tariff meeting at
Woodstock, in Windsor county, on the 18th
instant. Hon. CHARLES MARSH presided,
and Hon. WILLIAM JARVIS wrote an address
which was read on the occasion. We shall
endcavor to publish part or the whole of
1t next week. Similar meetings are to be
held at Montpelier and st. Adams to-day.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

SHOE AND LEATHER Dealers CoNvEN-
tion.-A large committee, appointed ny the
late convention held in this city of Shoe and
Leather Dealers has published an address to
the people of Massachusetts,, in which they
argue the question of protection to American
industry. The committee state the follow :
ing facts in proof Of the rapid increase in the
importation offorrign shoes, and to show that
under the operation of the compromise act,
all the finer description of boots and shoes
will be imported from Francc.-BOst. Daily
"As an instance, we would state that an in
dvidual in Boeton who in 1884 sold bat three
hundred dollar worth of French boots, during
the last year imported and sold more than ten
thousand dollars worth of that article alone.
"ln the last vessel that arrived in the port o
Boston from France, contained about five thou
sand pairs of Paris Boots and shoes ~
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

by the gate Of Struenus.
The above sentence is engraved on a copper
plate. On one side are written these words
"a similar plate is sent 10 each tribe.) II was
found in an antique vase Of white marble. while
excavatlng in The ancient city Of Adui!a, in the
kingdom of Naples, in The year ESQ, and was
discovered by the Comr,ssaries of Arts attach
ca TO the French armies at the expedition OF
Naples 1t was found enclosed in box Of ehn-
ny IN the Sacristy OF Chartrcm. The vase is in
the Chapel of Caseria, The French translation
was made by the members of the Commission
OF Arts. The original is in the Hebrew Ian
guage. The Chartrem requested earnestly
that the plate should not be taken away from
them. The request was granted, az a reward
Tor the sacrifices they had made for the army
NJ Demon, one Of the Swans, caused plate to
be made of the same model, on which he had
engraved the above sentence. At the sale OF
his collection of antiquities, &c. it was bought
Ivy Lord Howard for $3.50 francs Translated
from the Courier DIES Etaies Unis.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

tina, the petition be referred and printed
This motion was opposed with great bitter
ness 10y the Northern doneh-faccs and the
anti Tariff chvalry Of the South. But the
motion prevailed notwithstanding, by vote
OF " to 6S, which we regard as very IA
vorabe indication on the part Of the House.
Who can he surprised at such an apparent
change of feeling in Congress, when he con-
sidcrs the indications of public sentiment in
all sections of the country. A correspond
ent of the Commercial Advertiser, writing
from Mobile, Alabama, under date of the
9Th inst. says:
"A great change is going forward here,
and believe in the South generally, on the
subject of protection to home industry in all
its various branches. We are becoming
more american, and less local and selfish in
our views of general policy. We now sec
that we have too long followed the visiona, y
theories of Calhoun, McDulle, and others
which, though they look well on paper, sup.
ported as they are by the plausible and So
phistical arguments of those able gentlemen
and their worshippers, do not answer il
practice"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

GIVE knew man in Massachusetts who
made IA good living by mnding his own bu-
sncss. Moral. There are certain editors
IN this state who would do well to initiate
his example.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

rate of newspaper postage as il now is, for
papers of the usual newspaper size but on
those of the man,mol, sizr, one cent extra
is to be imposed for every five square inches
of excess.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

We take the following from the CONNER
cial article of the Buffalo Com. of Tuesday:
"One Of our merchants, who has just re-
turned from an extensive Yves crn tour, conf
=, .r;-,,rs some important flcjs in regard 10
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

WELL MATCHED The census Of Washing
ton County, Vt. for 1880, shows the following
singular result We doubt whether any other
county in the Union is so nicely poised. 1t is
what I'VE call Ucln.o vbav inpp
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

"The Lord has taken our President" re-
marked Wing the other day, "the Locos
have got our Vice President, and for any
thing can see, the D. has got u.s."
albany Argus.
And the Vice President has fallen INTO the
wors, hands, remarked another Wing.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-03-25

The Vermont Patriot thinks we made
mistake in publishing Mr.. Young's letter.
We think not.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

de v;,s The resi- 81 q. We are 100 apt
TO forget these gentle considerations when
talking Of public criminals.
The deep shadow that rests on the
memory of this unfoftunale man. is lighn.
ed by one bright CLEAN. He wished to'
make all the atonement he could for the
wrong he had done Caroline Henshaw.
They were married "a few hours, before.
his death. in that gloomy cell. with the
grim spectre of the gallows before them.
Alb, what bridal was thatl How fear
fully must hare echoed the words, /" What
God has joinsdstogether, let not man put
asunder ~ They took their last farewell,
with an Intensity of anguish and despair,
heaTt-fending to witness. His last words
were an entrelly that she would love his
child, and rear him yirluously. May God
help her to keep the promise she made
under circumstances of such awful solem-
nifty ~
The prisoner maintained 10 the last that
he did not intend TO kill Adams and said
be was willing to carry this assertion 10 the
bar of God. whether man ever believed it
or not. He wrote long letter to his son,
which he left with his poor heart broken
wife, with instructions that it should not
be opened till the boy was old enough
to understand it.
Another ray gilds this mournfui tradge-
| DIV. The brothers of John G. Colt, all OF
them respectablemen, in the genteeL walks
of life. never forsook their disgraced and
suffering brother; bu: sustained him
throughout by their presence and sympa-
thy; aud made almost suuerhuman efforts
to save him from his untimely end. A
few hours before MS death, one of them
gave him $500, as present for his wife
and child. Let Us be thankful far these
CLEANS through the darkness. Are we
not all children of The same father2 And
shall we not pity those who, among pit.
falls, lose their way hone!-L. M. c.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07
The LORDS President.

lis said that John K. Converse, COngFs,
gailonal minister in Burlington, in a prayer
insconnection with the late commencement
al the Vermont University, informed Toe
Lord, crihe people, that John Tyler vas
made President by the Lord! | believe lnl'
is quitesa prevailing seplimeat with class,
Now suppose VIM. Henry Harrison, insleau
OF coming to his end as be did, had s~'i
lowed arsenic - or bad cut his own throa'
with razor = or had died in a drunken ~
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

Have been well attended. The audi.
ences have been disturbed and conpused
by no sectarian bouncing o. priestIy bed
lamism. Everything has been quieres'
and good order. The people were there,
prepared 10 Judge for themselves whether
the truth was spoken or not.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

blindness and pervefseness. they bring 10
this passage against Non-Rssistaace. -
This monstrous abSurdity, and perversioni
of scripture and reason, j. a consistent
part Of the theology Of the schools, which
is terrible nightmare upon Chrislendom.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

80 - = ~ ekss,s
Non Resistants are the only class who
DO not hold TO . violation ofihis scriptur-
al command. All'others hold to violent
resistance Of "1he powers that be- at
their own discretion. And yet. in. their
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

The PRIzR FIGHTERs were having
their trial 10 Westchester county before
the Court of Oyer and Terminer-Judge
Ruggels presiding. The examination
shows depiorabie state of society, and
from many who were present better things
would have been expected than a relish
for a spectacle so barbarous as a prizs
fight. Conviction will no doubt follow
lhe,trial, and-the sentence oflhe court we
trust will put an end TO the practice in fu.
ture.
We have since learned that the persons
concerned in the ARRAY between Lilly and
Mccoy, w. Sullivan. McCleesler, and
kensett, tried before Judge RuggeIs, have
been convicted of manslaughter, and sen.
fenced 10 two years imprisonment in che
State prlson.-N Y. Bap. Reg.
Wonder if governor Seward will par
don these 6slicuf: fighters. after pardoning
the powder-and-ball fghters2 II will be
seen that the penalty is the same.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

this country" = OF to oil the Pedo. bao ti,,
n the world. After the Baptist Advoca,.
has looked ur the pspscy Of the Ped
baptists, sin The high prsrogatives GLAZING
By the clergy, The attention TO form,
and the Substitution q Ecclesiastical dists
ton for Che erppess recelation Of Heae.u
he will do well TO give a moie.y of alien
tion to Baptists in the same matter.
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07


PusEV1sM our OF The CHURCH OF
ENeLAND.-h is an erroneous o7inion
thatthe influence of Puseyism is confined
to Episcopaiians. II is spreading over
the whole Christian world. We think
that j, nay be worth cur while some day,
to endeavorlo show The influence whichi;
has already hadover Pado baptist demon.
nations in England anil this country. 40
the high prerogatives claimed by The cler.
gy, the attention to forms. and the subsii.
tulion Of ecciesiastical dictation for the ex-
press revelation Of Heaven. Baptist Ad-
c0cGte = as
POseyism is the Papacy of Episcopali-
anism Il is not only an erroneous opin-
ion that the influence or the papal power
oftlle priesthood and The popular church
Is is coafned TO Episcopalians" and Cath
olics = butalike erroneous 70 suppose that
this influence is confined 10 the Pedo.
baptist denominations in. England and
Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-12-07

What thing, human jus,icel-in
nockery so called. Money, and the in,
fiuence and power which money gives, is
The whole of it!
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-07-19
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN UP.
PER CANADA.


Sixty Tico Lives Lost by the blo,oing uo
Of a Steamboat :!
We copy the following acnu9t of deplora
bic accident, from the Montreal Herald Of
Monday last.
1t is our duty to announce to our readers, a
calamity unprecedented IN extent in British
America. which occurred in our waters on Sat
urday last. We have been at great q iIns to
ascertain the exact particulars, and we now
pro iced tc communicate them to the public.
The steamer Shamrock, left the Canal Ba-
SIN at Montreal, on FRIDAY evening and The
locks al Lachine early on Saturday morning,
having in tow three barees. one empty and
one partially laden. The Shamrock carried
no cargo besides the luggage Of passengers,
whose number, We understand, am united to
100 souls. About eleven O'Clock, when the
steamer had proceeded only about five miles
from Lachine, her boiler exploded, scatterln g
deai b and destruction. So sudden were the
effects thai in less than five minutes, sixty
two human beings were prrcipitaed into eIer-
nifty. The passengers were English, Irish
and Scotch Immigrsnis, bur principally Eng
Ii b.
The explosion carried away the decks, and
and opened the sides, so that The vessel imme-
diately went down. The loss fell principally
upon the English who were in The bows; the
ihIee women aud two men in the cabin per-
ished. and all who were beween decks. with
the exception of three lrishmen.
The Captain dropped two barges which he
had in tow. and made all haste 10 carry sue
car. When the Dolphin reached the scene of
the disaster, the sight was APPALLING, the unfor-
tunate steamer had disappeared and the surface
OF the water was covered with living and dead
bodies the living clinging 10 fragments of the
wreck, and TO The sides of two barges winch
rem lined uniuparcd. Bv The humane and
laudable exerIions of The master and crew OF
the Dolph'n,s bout sixty PERSONS OF different a
ges and sexes were picked up OF these, a.
bout thirty are more or less inJured,aud about
thirty, principally l'ish escaped unhurt.
The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-07-19
From THE NATIONAL INrELL1eENcER.

Samuel l.. Southland. the beloved and re-
spected Senator from the State of New Jer-
sey, and late President of the body of which
he had long been distinguished ornament.
is no more. Our forebodings OF the fatal
termination of the illness under which he
had long suffered have been realized. He
oied at Fredericksburg, in Virginia, in the
midst OF his friends, and surrounded by all
'ie family, on Sunday last, at about ten o.
Clock In the morning.
lie was, TO our personal knowledge, with
few equals IN all the relations of Son. HIS.
band, and Father and he was, of all things.
as true Friend as ever enjoyed the biubest
estimation and his abilities are best nroved
by the elevated stations to which they have
introduced his fellow citizens successfully
TO call him.
The age of Mr.. Southland was about So
years. He must have been generally
thought to be much older,so young for this
country did he attain high rcputation,and