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American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-03

NJ D. tt IS Respectfully Illuminated 70 the Supernten-
dants OF the numerous Sabbath Schools that an
rangement might be made to have the children under
their charge formed upon the footway along Baltimore
street. and execute one or more Temperance Odes as
the procession passes. Such an arrangement would
doubtless be as gratifying to the children rs it would
be acceptable to those in the procession. ie23wsth4t
American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-03

tbs CELEBRATIONS Tomorrow. As usna.
wo shall give a full account Of the various CO.
Isb.auons Of our National anniversary, winch
r,4ytaNc place tomorrow, in and near the city,
aal therefore respectfully request those eonnce-
he'd with Sunday Schools, Temperance and L.
lc,asy Societies ana other benevolent and rcli-
g.ons bodies, as well as the military, to favor u
with short, concise and accurate accounts of the
DOING, OF the day" at As early an hour on Sa-
s,rt3y rs practicable.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

The English mail for Canada, which left
Liverpool or the 5th inst, arrived at this
port, overland from Boston, on. Wednesday
evening, at 8 o'clock, whence it was shipped
on board the Saranac steamer for St. Johns,
and probably reached Montreal at IL o.
clock, yesterday. This mail is made up at
Liverpool-the letter packages soldered up
in tin boxes, the newspapers and other mat
ter sealed in canvass bags, and accompanied
by an English guard, who surrender its Gus.
,ody only to the Postmaster at Montreal.-
To those of our readers who have formed their
ideas of " mail" from the little leather
pouches which circulate through our noun.
tain passes, 1t may not be amiss to remark
that this is altogether another affair. Its
weight was near fur fons-loading down
two of Cottrill & Shatiuck's best six-horse
teams! Our government receives a very
liberal bonus for the privilege of transit
across the country /; and, we presume, the
contractors meant to secure an adequate
compensation for the conveyance. But il
this is to be taken as a sample of the service
to be performed, they will hardly live by it,
we imagine.
Such an arrival would, of course, produce
some little excitement in a quiet inland towr
like our own /; and we are willing to regart
it as not altogether an Insignificant affair
not because it is an English mail, in tn
boxes, and guarded by ou,ridcrs-bu, be
cause it comes this way at all. We regaro
it as an unequivocal recognition of the i'm
portance of our local position, and the supe
riority Of this over the other routes named
for Canada communication. Ii may indeed
be regarded as a railroad arrival, in advanc,
Of the cars land we venture the prediction
that no man now living will ever see a Can
ada mail transported from Boston Tor Port
land to Montreal, except by way of Bur
lington-while we are equally confident tina
within five years the iron horse will whisk
across the country in ten or twelve hours
and set it down in Montreal inside of 2.
hours from the time the steamer touches tn
wharf at Boston.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

Lowell LAND SALE.-Thc Lowell Courier says:-.
We learn from q proper source that the land sale oil
the Locks and Canals Company, in this city, lnc'u'
ding that which was sold at private sale-the Mcrri'
mack House-the city purchase, all amounts 10 with
in a fraction or two Of three hundred thousand dol
lars.
GREAT SLAuaHrER.-The steamboat Julia Choteau
arrived at ST. Louis, on the 9TH inst, with fourteen
tons Of skins. a part Of sixty tons purchased in Ar
kansas. These skins weigh about three pounds ave.
rage so that forty thousand deer were killed to sup
ply the sixty tons.
The Globe says that Mr.. Richie, the 4 new organ.
list" will not take charge of the " official organ" until
sometime in May. In the meantime The "old player
will continue 10 work the keys, taking care, however,
not TO touch upon any doubtful tune, or TO give forth
any new notes."
MicHIaAS.-The Hon. John Norvell has been np-
pointed u. s. District Attorney for the District oil
Michigan. He was one Of the U. ). Senators from
that State.
Hoax IN WALL sTREET.-Just before the Stock
Exchange closed, on Thursday, a report wns put in
circulation that a letter had been received from Ha-
vana, via Charleston, that Mexico had declared war
ana that The ships Rapid and Alabama had been cap
turcd. The story made quite a sensation IN the street
and knocked down Stocks | to per cent, but
thorough search into the authority proved i, TO be
hoax.
New Youx C~ANALs-Fyrst Day The number o
boats cleared at West Troy, on Tuesday. was ga
and the amount of tolls received was SIC, 764 10. A
Albany, there were ten arrivals of canal boats. ant
eighty clearances issued from the Collectors office II
that city. The amount of tolls received there wa
S5,54s.
LES PERrrpEs AveLAls!-The Rouen journals stat
that The fol oui ing curious notice was lately proclaim
ed bv the town crier of Yvetot (Seine 1nferieure).-
"A considerable number of Englishmen being abon
10 be employed on the railroad, the Mayor engage
the ladies', both Young and old. not 10 walk in tn
streets after nine O'Clock in the evening"
Letters from Michigan represent the crop of whea
as promising a bOuntliul harvest.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
DEFENCE OF THE NORTHERN FRoNrIE

DEFENCE OF THE NORTHERN FRONTIER.
Nov that the British, by means of locks
and canals, can pass their vessels of war up
the St. Lawrence and the Niagara into the
upper lakes, The question arises how is our
Northern frontier 10 be defended in case of
war with England. This subject is attract
ing the attention ofwri,erson military science,
some propose fortresses at various points, and
some a ship canal from the Mississippi to
Lake Michigan. Our opinion is that we had
better keep the peace with England, and all
other powers, IL we can, but il we cannot We
must take possession Of the St. Lawrence
canals, and cut of The inlet of the British ma
w to the lakes. Meantime il is all nonsens,
to be building forts, or naval vessels for thu
lakes. Better mind our own business, but j
we once get into a war with England W,
must have the Canadas, and an administra
ton which will turn the tide Of war in tia
direction and no, 10 the southwest. Let III
South bring into requisition the forces al
ways so ready for aggression upon Mexico
The strength of the North will be wanted i
the North. Canada will make three or fou
free States, New Brunswick and Nova SEQ
tia two more, and we will leave Newfound
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

Fires are raging in the Dismal Swamp
near Suffolk, Va, with great fury, and great
damage has been done to lumber, frewood
&c.
Over one hundred thousand acres of tins
Der lands have been burnt over in the State
of New Jersey, destroying an immense
amount of properiy-such as fences, barns,
hay. cut wood, and shanties. which are laid
IN ruins. Many poor people have been driv-
en- to seek shelter in other places, with no
covering at present, save the canopy OF
heaven.
The Boonsboro' Ohio Odd Fellow says,
{ we learn that the Cumberland Mountains
are on fire, and doing a vast amount Of DAM
age and where il may end, is hard to tell.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
For the Free Press.
April l6, 1915.

Ma. EpiroR THE reason you assigned for usino
q-u-o-i to spell the last syllable Of Mlssis-co, is moi
entirely satisfactory. hold that the orihoprapby Of
words which we adopt from foreign languages should
conform TO our established pronunciation, and no, TO
the manner in which they were spoken OF written by
those OF whom we borrowed the terms. Aud thai il
is far better, especially in words of unsettled os,hoq.
raphy, 10 adopt that spelling which best agrees with
our pronunciation, and the genus of our language,
than to preserve an unspeakabie form 10 show how
an Indian opened his mouth, a Frenchman nodded
his head, or q Greek placed his lips when he arlicu-
lated.
Plants and animals when removed from a colder
TO a warmer OF from a warmer TO a colder climate,
necessarily undergo various notifications, which fits
them to the change, or they die out in The process OF
acclimatlon. So IL should lie with words. And so
II would be, but Ter the pride of learning Of hose who
have acquired a knowledge of the languages 10 which
such words belong. Men who have studied Latin,
French or Greek, feel a sort Of pslernal objection for
the stray members OF The household with Which they
are familiar, and regard the efforts Of The vulgar TO
naiuralize them as sacr llgious. A distinguished In
glish writer acknowledges that "Classcal quotations
are the watchwords of scholars, by which they dis,
ilnsuished each other from the ignorant and illiteraie,"
like the grand ha'ling sign of Masonry, or The card
of the Odd Fellows. Such men Of course like 10 see
FOREIGN words retain their foreign dress and such are
the men whom we take as the standards of speaking
and writing. Is il strange, then. that our Language
spelling, little dependence can be placed upon tho
incest ear, or the best memory, unless aided by con
stan' practice and that so few, comparatively, can
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
CANADA TRADE.

Under a law Of the last Congress, English
goods are allowed to land at any of our ports,
and be transported through the country to
any of the British provinces, without the
payment of duties. Under the operation of
this law, our steamers have been heavily
freighled for some days. and our wharves
and s,ore-houses presented a business aspect
unusual to the season. Merchandise of this
description has to be landed at this port TO
be inspected and receive its clearance for
St. Johns. This arrangement enables the
Montreal merchants to get their goods near
ly a month earlier than by the St. Law
renee, and is destined to work a revolution
in the Canada trade-while it will afford a
rich item Of business for the railroad.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

TURPENTINE AND TAR.-The extraction
Of turpentine from the pine trees which COW
or the region near the seacoast in the South.
ern States, furnishes employment for a great
portion Of the population. especially of the
poorer classes. A Southern paper gives an
account Of the process by which this is eff
fccte1 it is seven simpler than that by which
sugar is manufactured from the sap of the
maple at the North:
Gas soon as the sap begins TO run in the season, a
notch is made near the root Of the tree 10 catch the
turpcntine. This is called boxing the tree. Then it
is dipped out, generally with n simple gourd, into
buckets, which are emptied into the barrels on the
spot. These are ready for market MS soon as they
are filled.
"Ano,her small portion of the tree il then pared of
and the sap then descends freely into these rccepta.
cies. Under this operation, a pine will usually live
for six or seven years, aud is used in this manner un'
III it is thus deprived Of its bark and a email portion
Of its trunk, to the height Of ten or fifteen feet.
"One man, it is calculated, will attend to 700C
boxes in a season, and will collect from 100 to l3(
barrels of turpentlne IN a year,"
When the trees become useless for this
purpose they are feIled and cut up into small
pieces, which are piled in heaps, Sc, on fire
and carefully covered with dirt. As thu
wood slowly burns away, the tar runs from
beneath into cutters prepared for its recep
ton. The kiln, while burning, is CAREFUL,
watched day and night. One hundred bar
rels Of tar are usually made from a singl
kiln, and the remains Of the wood are the
used for charcoal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
CASE OF GoRDoN.-The case Of Nj

CASE OF GoRDoN.-The case Of Nicho-
las S. Gordon, tried for the second time in
Providence, for the murder Of Mr.. Sprague,
was given to The jury at five o'clock on Tues
day afternoon. On Thursday, at half past
ten, A. NJ. they came in and stated that they
could not agree. They stood nine for ac-
a%uittal, and three for conviction. Mr.. Cur
~, in behalf of Nicholas s. Gordon, moved
that he be discharged on his personal recog-
n~izance. He was admitted 10 bail IN the
sum of $40
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

A TERRIBLE DIscovERY.-ln Frankfort,
on the banks of the Penobscot, in Maine, a
gentleman lost his wife by death. Three
days after her interment he had some bust
ness with a physician Of that town. Calling
at his house, he was informed that the doc.
tor had gone ont, but would soon return. He
concluded to wait. and tn pass the time more
agreeably. as he thought, went into the young
physicians studio, and there be be found a
a student with scalpel in hand, in the act of
dissec,ing a dead body. He started back a,
first view as people generally do when com.
ing into the presence of the dead. Recov.
ering from his surprise, he stepped towards
the corpse which the student was cutting,
and. horror of horrors, found the dead body
to be that Of his wife, buried three days be-
fore! His feelings may be imagined. but
cannot be described. The husband imme.
dia,ely took legal measures against both stu
dent and doctor. They we're examined and
bound over to answer.-Kennebec Jour.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

The Pennsylvania Legislature had by
joint order decided TO adjourn on Tuesday
the 18th inst. On that day the two houses
sent a committee to Gov. Skunk, requesting
him TO prorogue ,hem-bul his exellency de-
clined, on the gfound that the general APP
preparation bill was not yet transcribed and
signed. This message created some confu-
sion. as many of the members considering
the Legislature actually adjourned by the
force of the joint order, declined to take any
part in continuing its session TO the next day,
The Governor, however, was not to be out
done in tactics, and Immediately issued hi.
proclamation, convening an extra session O
the Legislature, on Wednesday, the 10Th
and on tina, day the appropriation bill hav'
ing been signed, and all necessary business
being done, the Legislature was adjourned
sine die.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
whether these prop' si,ions will receive the apr p
ton of The Diot

whether these propt sitions will receive the epP
ton OF the Dict
ExpLosioN At ALeigns.-On The goth ult. an ex!
son took place at the marine ar,enal at Ale'crs, wnSn
destroyed the light house and did other damage 10 y
considerable extent. The residences oil the comm,s'
sary of marine, the director OF the port and o'heis'
were thrown down.
The explosion took place in two magazines, sepnr.
rated from each other by q ditch. Of the ioot OF WIZ"
the light house stood. Tho origin of the Hire Is un,
known, as the MAJ azines had double doors ana hao
not been entered within fourteen day.. They con
TENED only q small quantity Of powder. Conslderab'e
injury was done in the many enormous stones peing
thrown to a great distance.
Unfortunately the disaster was attended with great
loss of life, vs. the following account from an Algiers
paper shows:
In the buildings inhabited by The three companies
alluded to there " ere killed 43 artillery workmen, III
arrilleryman, 81 pontonniers, and 2 workmen; there
were, BESIDES, 30 wounded.
ISpiA.-The intelligence brough, by the overland
Mail of Feb. LIST. arrived in the metropolis by extra
ordinary express early on Thursday morning. the oth
insiant.
The news brought, is so far as public events are
concerned, little more than the echo OF That s"ppl'a
bv its bi-monthly precursor. The in'riaues by which
the revolution at L,hore had been brought about are
explained; and the anarchy which reiens throughout
that naturally fertile country, and the consequent neg
lect of its resources, and the misery OF lis popnInti9n'
are depicted in glowing colours. Whether SIR II.
Hnrdinge will invade the Punjnnh aud occupy the
country, i rather a matter of speculation than OF GER
tniniy. Akhbar Khan is on the alert, and evidently
ready to pouncc upon Peshawur, and occupy the rieh'
bank of the Indus. The hill country around Cash,
mere is in revolt. Ghoolab Singh seem determined
to secure himself and his territory; and to do so Is
prepared to unite with the strongest. or to MAINTAIN
the defensive, and abide the result. The Mahomme
den population invoke British interference, as the oni,
means of delivering them from the atrocities %perpeiro
ted upon them by the ALTERNATIVE cxac'ions of Thu
sikh soldiers and the ctuelties Of the fanatical Akha
lees.
Letters from Delhi state that the Governor Genera
was cypccted to arrive in the north west province
in MAY; and that the Commander in hief and IN.
| other generals were bus,ly engaged in reviewing al
the troops in those districts, and bringing them mi
a stare Of efficiency. From these preparations an in
tention to engage in war was inferred.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

GA ludicrous effort is made by some of
the Historical Societies and by some portions
of the press to change our national name,
and call it Allcgharia. We don't know how
the proposition will strike the majority of the
people, but for ourselves we think it very
sorry, fiat business, and we don't know
whether to think its advocates serious or not.
If they are so, they are engaged in a poor
war. And we are sorry to see the plan urg-
ed by some from whom we had hoped bet
ter things" The name as originally adop-
ted, is not peculiarly to our fancy; but the
idea Of changing the name of a nation, so
long known among the other nations by one
title,-the idea of changing such a name, by
resolutions and such things is a project wor-
thy ola society Of Pickwickians and Of none
others.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

A FALL.-At Barnard, W., on Saturday
evening, 5,h inst, Prof. Wright was lectur.
ing on galvanism, electricity, &c. in the old
Universalist meeting house, when the false
floor which had been put up between the
galleries gave way, and the audience of $50
persons, apparatus, lights and all, were pre-
cipitated to the floor beneath. One boy was
thrown from the gallery window TO the
ground, and others jumped out, but no bones
we're broken, and none very seriously inju.
red. Mr.. Wright's loss is about $500
Some of the spectators supposed the acct
dent to be part of the performance, and one
fellow who lay sprawling at the bottom of the
melee, sung out, u well he gave us a tremen'
dous shock that time !"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

land TO Offset Cuba, when that island is re.
annexed to the United States. If the acqui-
si,ion Of the latter is necessary to protect and
preserve the "pcculiar institutions of the
South, the acquisition of the island of New
foundland is equally important TO give us the
control of the codfshery. Besides, it is far
more honorable to beard the British lion AT
once than to be aggressing upon more feeble
neighbors, who have not strength to meet us
in the field.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
WHAT 1T ALL MEANS.

A certain Mr.. Bogy, a man Of some note
in Missouri, has been making a speech at
ST. Louis in favor Of Annexation. We
make the following extract from the synop-
sis of the New Era:
ale then discussed the expediency of Annexation
and its probable effect on the political, pecuniary and
commercial condition Of the United States. He adj
verted 10 the fact that the number Of free and slave
States in the Union was now equal that for a long
time it had been an object to admit an equal NUM- er
of free and slave States, so ms 10 keep up the equilibri.
um OF power in the Senate of the U. States; that this
equilibrium bettceen .Slarery and Freedom could not
be main.lined unless Itras tcas admitted. That
Wisconsin would form Two new States a new Stale
would he formed on the North of Iowa, and another
on the Wesr, and that Nebraska Territory would soon
form another State, and these five States, according
TO the, Missouri compromise, would all be free states
and that there was no territory on the South TO
balance them unless Texas should be obtained. Id
init Ieras, and there lcouiG te ample room to esiab-
lush fire nep Stare States. lie repudi1ted the idea
that any free STATES lrouid be formed in Ierds said
that they must be STARE States, and that although this
would extend the area Of slavery, it would at the
same time extend the area OF Christianity, civilization
aud good government. He expressed the opinion that
our Government was capable of very great extension,
and that forty or fifty States could be well united III
the same conicdvracy."
So it seems that the doctrine Of our De-
c%laration of Independence that " all are cree
aled free and equal" is to be improved by
: Progressive Democracy into an assertion
that o~ne-half are created for Slaves to the
other half, and the great end Of our republi-
can system is to maintain an " equilibrium
between Slavery and Freedom" We cam
go it. - Tribune.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25
PRESENCE OF MIND. The wife of the Sheriff

of Pirsburg, by her promptness, presence of
mind and energy. saved the Jail. and it is thought
the court house, from being destroyed during
the late conaagration. The Gazette says
Sheriff Travlllo was absent, conveying a pris.
oner tothe House of Refuge, in Philade phia /;
the Deputy was also absent on business, and
when the fire got up into that neighborhood,
re-. Travillo had the whole burden on her own
shoulders. At The very height of the danger,
she called all the prisoners who were not in The
cells to the CRATE, and by name let all the va
grants out. That done, she set them to work to
carry water up to the top, and this only saved il,
as the roof was on fire several times. The pris.
oners worked like good fellows. 1t is thus by the
promp,ness Of a lady, that, in all probability,
near $300,OO0, besides human life, were saved
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

F,RE.-A very destructive fire visited
London, Canada, on the l4th mst.-one of
the most destructive ever known in Western
Canada. 1t broke out in Robiuson's Hotel,
and consumed that building together with a
great number Of merchants shops and ware
houses in the immediate vicinity. Three
blocks, with portions Of three others, were
entirely consumed. The area burned over
embraces about thirty acres.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-04-25

G-The following paragraph from the
Paris Constionnel, is, says the N. Y. Cou-
rier, conhrma,ory of what our very able and
well informed Paris correspondent commu.
nicated some weeks since:
FRAScE-The Right Of Search.-The Duke de
Broglie will leave Paris for London towards the end
Of the week. The Duke and DR.. Washington will i'm
medintely mme their labors. We have been as
sured tina, the question Of the right Of search will no,
and that two other questions will occupy much more
Of their attention; namely. the emancipation Of the
slaves in the French colonies, and the annexation oil
Texas. 1t would appear that the British ministers
are rather inclined TO give mp the right Of visitation, i
they can obtain two new compensation; the one al
the expense of our colonies, that Is, a prompt eman-
clpation of the slaves; and The other al the expense
Of America, tina. is, an Intervention, diplomatic al
first, of France against the United States, in the Of
fairs Of Texas.