Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
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'""'' ""c'eNcI VIE wings tduc 'W"'''".'"''' .
aud we're in the field as a party, they have been, ,
almost without exception, successful.
PENNSYLVANIA HALL.-TYie ruins Of this eel
lot, was aold at auction, in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday, for $4,000.
Recent town elections in Ohio show great
Wing gains, compared. even, with the contest
last fall, and give assurance that the Wings will
sweep every IA~abl<oAe them in the next gen.
eral election in the Stale.
1t is stated in The Richmond Enquirer that
President Polk will not remove Mr.. Wise from
his mission as Minister TO Brazil.
The RIchm md (va.) Enquirer publishes a
correspondence between fourteen American
firms at Canton, and Capt. Foxhall A.. Parker,
commanding the U. s. frigate BraNdywine, in
the Chinese seas. The letter of the merchants
expresses a strong sense of gratitude Tor his
careful and unceaslng attention to American IN
%teres's, and is accomplished with a beautiful
service Of plate, valued at 5000. The answer
Of Capt. Parker, Of course, breaihes the senti.
men.s which such a gift, so accompanied, would
naturally excite.
The wretch who lately deserted his wife. at
New Orleans, leaving her in the hands OF his
slave paramour, Pauline, for maltrea'ing whom,
Pauline is under sentence of death, was caught,
a few days since, prowli,g about his house, aud
was arrested, and sent to prison. HIS object,
probably, was, TO see his wife but, whether TOR
good or evil, no one could know though, most
likely, for The latter purpose. AT any rate, ii
is most gratifying TO learn that the rascal has
been sent to jail-and we do not think much in
Justice would he ake U he vera RaIaID take
P%aullnc's place on The gallows.
ANTI-RENT MATTERs.-A house in Anch.
ram, Columbia county, New York, was pulled
down, on Friday or Sunday last, by seven men.
disguised as Indians. The property had re-
Gently been purchased by another person., which
So incensed the anti-renters, that they met, and
destroyed the house.
The SwALLow.-Men and apparatus have
been sent up from New York city TO Athens. and
they are now engaged in eft,ris to raise the
Swallow. The ed tor Of the Troy Budget, who
went down with the legislative committee, the
other day, thinks the boat will be raised-and,
with new bows, ard other repairs. she will be as
good as ever. Her timbcrs are firm, and all her
machinery is in the same position as before she
struck. She is but nine years old, and was built
Of the best oak, locust, and cedar. About &c.
600 were expended in improvements during the
} past winter.
Senator Barrow, of Louisiana, had arrived at
New Orleans, and Senator Crit'enden, of ken>
! lucky, was expected there within a short space.
. REPORTED LOSS OF A U. S. VESSEL OF WAR.
:. The correspondent Of he Baltimore Patriot,
n at Kingston, Jamaica, writes, under date OF 18Th
= Of March, that a Colombian vessel arrived al
that place on the l4th of March,, bringing a re-
' port that a U. S. schooner Of war had been
wrecked on the coast Of San Bias, and that all
. her officers and crew had persisted. The cap
tain who brought this report did not recollcc
}, the name of the lost vessel but he was sure
G that it was not the Flirt. We hope that the re
n polt may prove 10 be incorrect.
}. Noble. A servant, girl, who had lived fol
v some time in the family of DR.. Heron, at Pitts
burgh, went to him, since the fire, and lnforme'
him that she had saved several hundred dollars
which she wished him to take and distribute
!" among the sufferers.
Canal Breach. There was a breach in tn
canal at Gospor', about 7 miles from LockporI
I, on Monday, which swept off about 40 feet 9th
a towing path, aud a portion Of The bed Of the ca
se nal.
j. Amful Conaagration. Nearly half of the tow
70 of London, in Canada West, was consumed o
Sunday, the 18th inst. The fire broke out
Ie the " Robinson Hall Hotel" about noon, Will
most OF the inhabitants were attending divin
~ service, and beforer%6Nid be e%ubdued, reduce
" to ashes four squares and portions Of three otf
a ers, covering an area Of about thirty acres
OF ground.
at Hon. Willis Green reached Lexington, XIV
n on the 10th inst, on his way home, and soon a
" ter his arrival, discharged the duty imposed upo
him, by the members Of the Clay Clubs OF Ne
York city, of presenting to Henry Clay the AZ
~ dress prepared by them for him.
e. Banks in Ohio. The Cincinnati Gazette sa,
N, that it seems probable that some fifteen or tweI
y, " new banks will be immediately organized
different parts of the State of Ohio, nearly equ
u numbers as branches Of the State Bank, and
no independent Banks. The engraving for the Il
dependent Banks has been gwen by the Urea
urer, part TO Rawdon, Wright, Hatch g. Co., al
he part to a Philadelphian'
u. A WindfaH 10 Fanny Wright. Quite a win
nd fall has Come to Fanny Wright. An uncle
Scotland has recently died, and left her a pro
10 er,y worth fl00yOO0. She is now in Jerse
Civ, and will remain in this country for a fe
4. weeks. 70, the purpose Of taking certain nece
md sary legal steps preliminary to taking p~ossessi'
m of this IN unifcent tegwcy.
as Shooting and SiaJbing. On the 10Th ult.
n 10 man by The name of Trainer attacked Mr. '
pre- Burriss, near Big Creek, Arkansas. and sh
the bim--,he ball entering the shoulder and passi'
OF GU, through the arm with a knife he then C
ers his hands. arms aud breast. Trainer iTmediai
~ fed, and had not been found. Mr.. b. is CO
m sidered out OF danger.
nse More Pistohing. A respectable planter
,H the parish of ~lbervllle, La, and a young lawy
y" from Franklin, had a rencontre a few days a
at P%laquemine, in which the former struck 1
other over the head with a cane, upon WIN
the latter drew a pistol and shot his antagon
yes in the breast. The wound, however, is not CO
tu. sidered dangerous.
MICHIGAN. There seems no reason to dou'
from further returns received, that the rece
rim. town elections in Michigan have resulted in
led signal gain 10 the Wings, if not a decided II
der jorty. There is hardly a County in which
the Wings have not done better than last year.
lion
re- The Mayor O! Baltimore has received fC
Mr.. Peale, OF the Museum, in that city, VII
for the relief the sufferers by the fire at RI
as burg and also Ss,63 rom The Razor Sir
pre- Man, for the same object.
I'VE learn says the Norfolk Courier. fr'
aus A friend who has received a letter from N. 70
e tha, the Clergy ofthe Diocese OF New York a
out about to raise $4,000 a year for Bishop Ond.
will donk, until matters in his case can be settled
und provided he does not resign, which he Will
10 do"
HEATHER LAND. A recent report OF the Ia
don Missionary Society, which expends alb,
.-.r 100000 annually, acknowledges The rece
during the year Of $7s,s0l, from contribut
. " at it's various missionary stations.
ring AMERICAN BOARD OF Missions. The recei
IS for the present financial year are 100000 gre
pris. err than they were last year at this time.