Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-04-18

8u'shcu citizen and soldier, Gen. Wjnfel,
scott, arrived in Pittsburr ON Friday evening"
y" steamer from Brownsville, and was warm.
" welcomed by large crowd which had as.
'emOIed, with music and the firing of cannon.
procession was formed, and Gen. Scott. g.
corled by the Hon. Moses Hampton and Gen.
h'rImer' proceeded to the Monongahela House,
a'n'dst loud cheering. lie returned thanks for
inc enthusiastic welcome in brief speecb.
lie lett on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
Inc soldiers Of the late war escorted him TO the
boat.-BOSton Mus.
~ LIE FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsE.--All was oui
ct and orderly around the Court Hose Yesterday
commissioner Curtis will give his decision in
the case on Friday The Mount WASHINGTON
uuard' Capt. CasseI were on duty on Tuesday,
ana were relieved at night by the Washington
L'ght Guard, Capt. Kelsey. The Mechanic
hlllemen, Capt. Adams, were on duty yes,er.
day, and the boston Light Guard, Capt. Clarke
last night. Tomorrow, the Norfolk Guards
VIII be on duty, and be relieved at night BY the
Massachusetts, Volunteers, Capt. Poore.-fBs-
TON AtiaS
We hope Law and Order will be maintained
out cannot help thi mixing there must be some
t'lhg wrong somewhere, either in the charac
Ter OF the laws, or the moral sense of the poo.
PEE when the imposing array of military GI,c
mentioned above, Is deeur.J ,,,,-,-,...
'iiun'ty IKE that of Bo>ton-thc next friend"
OF the "New England blarney-stone," Plymouth
Rock! Massachusetts has the reputation.
abroad, OF being State that stands up to all
her obligations. The presumption, therefore.
Is against laws that whip her Inhabitants into
Slavery, without "beneft of clergy" Habeas
Corpus, or Trial by Jury. We 60 for the IN,
conditional EErEAL OF all such laws
W We received, this morning, the follow.
ing communication
Burlington, March llih, 1851.
Gen. CLAREE:-YoI have doubtless with, ssed tie
representation of that beautiful play, entitled the
Lady OF Lyons, by Du.wer and remember the ms
s1ge wherein he replies to her requl st that he should
describe his palace by the Lake OF Como. II com.
menccs thus; "Nay, dearest, nay" VIII Won
! H.
err the " lady did neigh" or NOT The 81 bi4ct
you VIII perceive Is an important one, as your an
sNer VIII determine an Important question J. g.
Does LIoness ever neigh! An early answer will
obIge A,ue,
That the Lady was respectfully, and even
tenderIy requested 10 neigh, is of course ndis-
putablc. Bulwer himself, however does not
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inform US whether she complied with the re-
quest Our impression is that being so civlly
| lmportuned, she must have tried it, and net
making out much beyond " holerinr." the
matter was dropped. A. to whether"a Lion,ss
ever nelghS,' the animal is always spoken of
IN Spain as being very numerous in the neinh
boring Continent of Africa, and we suppose
that must settle the question.
liTThe Hudson river was very high at Trov
on Tuesday. The river rose at that place on
Monday night some three feet, and all the prn.
cipaI docks were overlooked, and the easements
OF the houses fronting The river near the docks
inundated. The river was still rising.
GIVE picked up, this morning, a cunning
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intended for human being not mo-e than
day or two cd. As our children haven't got
any leads, we don't want i, and the maternal
~ P',v."a' ancestor Of '"e "ear'r can nave 1t
y '''""s a' our ONCE IL Is ABOUT big enough
tor a large cat.
UF7A ROLAND FOR an OLIVER. TIE Sen
t"a'' edled by the bunker States Attorney"
speaking OF the late immense failure iacetious-
" called " Mass C'nvention,' fooishly got
up by o"r HnIuckIY friends Barber and STAN !
oury' anG OF the reso' utlons that were adopted,
IFfeverenuy says -
"Yong in his" Night Thoughts" speaks of Ger. |
tam me" VINO
l,'' '-'''o,''-''''' "'e the same
diton-do What i, s9ay II viii De- ibr stlaf con-
did nothing"
Whereupor, IL, Courier kicke,h back as fol-
lows -
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