Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-12-13
BY LAST MAILS.

Washington, Friday, Dec. 6th.---French
St. Evan, has been appointed chief clerk
in the Pension Office, vice Mr.. Howe,
lately appointed 10 that clerkship, aud now
transferred to another office.
About two thirds of the members Of Con
gress seemed to have determined upon
amending the Bounty Land Act passed at
the last session, so as to allow the transfer
of land warrants, previous to the location
Of the titles.
Ouo CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONAL
Cincinnati, Dec. Gth.---In the Convention,
the article upon education has been con
sidcred by sections, and amended. The
article, as amended yesterday, provided
that the public schools should be free on
y to all the white children in the State.
This has to day been modified, requiring
the General Assembly to secure a thor
ough and efficient system of common
school education, without reference to the
classes Of children to be educated.
LITTLE FAILS, Dee. It'll This fore
noon, when the mail train going East was
within four miles of this place, the cngin-
ccr discovered some lrishmcn placing
stones on the track. lie Immediately
stopped the train, and, with the assistance
of others secured the miScreants. They
We're examined and commit ed 10 Jail for
trial.
The heavy rain throughout the day and
still continuing. has greatly affected the
Southern lines, so that we have no news
by them.
u-Dr. Foote, late Charge TO b gotta, is in
! Washington. lie shortly II turns to Buffalo, to
resume his editorial abors. John c. Clark
now Solicitor, is mentioned as his successor al
| Begota, and John A. Collier as Solicitor.
IL Frederick Francis, one of the crew of the
| U, ). frigate Brandywne is in custody on
board said vessel, charged with having taken
| the life of another seaman OF the vessel named
| Edward Iced, by stabblng him in the abdomen
while both were clenched and lying on the
ground, during fight between them at Mon
! tevldeO.
IL The Wing majority on assembly vote al
tie late election in New York is 9 1865.
The GREAT Survive are happy to learn
that an interview which The Central Comm iitee
on the London Exhibition had yesterday with
the Secretary Of the Navy, that officer informs
ed the Committee that if Congress should see
Fl, to make an adequate appropriation for fitting
out lie pennsylvania lot Tue purpose, lie would
cheer.ully detail that magnificent ship for the
transportation OF contributions, &C., to the
Worlds Exhibition, instead of the s,oreshp
Fredona, which was some lime since desgnat-
ed for the service, but has not returned from
the Pacific. We should be proud, indeed, to
see the grandest ship in our navy, and the
grandest in the world, we believe, despatched
on a mission which will mark the benign spirit
of the present century; and we should feel no
less pride in having such an emblem of our ma
tional power exhibited in Europe. This grea,
ship was built many years ago, at a cost OF six
or eight hundred thousand dollars, and has ever
since been used at Norfolk, merely as receiv'
ny ship, without ever having rendered days
service at sea, or been sent out OF our own wa
teri. 1t would be pity, and a reproich too
; il such noble specimen of naval architecture
and Of naval strength should have been bull
merely to be permitted to rot and sink in tn,
mud, unseen and unknown to the world. w,
venture 10 express the hope that the public
spirited views Of the Secretary Of the Nav,
may be promptly seconded by Congress in The
way suggested.-NationaI IateAigencer.