Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-06-27

ou'u'nBs, IncIuung SIX dwelling houses. Most
OF the buildings were new, and some of them
quite costly. Among the losers are Mr.. A..
wood, Mr.. Addison, Rev. Mr. Sias, |. c. vii,
lard and II. c. Johnson.
The Washington correspondent of tho
N. Y. Herald queries whether Gen. Wool will
consent to sit on the trial of Tacott as tho
junior OF Gen. TwIcGs.-1roy Wing.
The "queries" OF the Herald are well founded
Gen. Wool is the senior of Gen Twiscs, BY
nearly quarter Of century, and immensely
his senior in active and valuable public service.
iwlggs is comparatively a norus homo" and
1t there is any such actually as "mtarily
honor" Gen Wool zone of the most able and
gallant OF the heroes of Buena Vista, and
during life time faithful public servant,
will not submit to be ranked" by an accidental
JrereL
--One Of the leading hoel-keepers Of New
fotk, was written TO last week, as follows:-
Sir, the mite eye stopt with u, i left a travling
bag with booknt and a dirty shirinit."
1t there was nothing elseinir, this traveller
was not prepared for muchofatrip, and probably
aeached home with drryshrton
-The Maine Farmer" acknowledge,
The receipt OF bag of popping" corn which
was sent to their Office accompanied by the FOL
lowing rhyme
:, corn Tor the rich man--corn for the poor;
C C ior me chickens around the barn-door
,,orn Tor the In1stcr-Corn for the don
Corn Tor his cate-con for his hog
Corn lOr the grst-nIlI-com for the shon
Corn for the Maine Farmer derils 10 pop',
- There is hotel in Springfield that only
charges half price for lovers and yet the pro-
pHetor says he makes more money out of tbi.
class of boarders than any other people abou,
the house. Let youth, he says, set up with
yellow spencer and blue eyes on Sunday
highland he will feel so heavenly that he wont
get down to pork and beans again till the latter
part of the week.
"A treaty has been concluded BY COL r.
Mckee with the California Indians. Sir ,,ih.s
not only promise and bind themselves to refrai,
IRON the commission OF hostility or aggression
upon the United States, or upon any Of our cit
lzens, but to live on terms of peace and friend.
ship with all the Indian tribes. Relinquisbinp
the title to the lands they held, they consented
to be located on four full townships, lying be.
tween the Mercedo and Tonomnte rivers
Ample provision is to be made BY the United
States Tor their comfort, the avocations Of
! peace are to be encouraged, and schoonasters
| furnished Tor their instruction. The treaty was
made one the 10Th of March.
--THE QUASRArURE OF THE CIRcLE.-
Two or three days ago we had an interesting
visit from two gentlemen Of Puerto Principe,
Cuba, Don Luis de la Torrey Slyas and Senior
Sedano, who are now in the city. Senior de Ia
Iorre who an eminent Cuban mathema tician,
claims TO have discovered the Quadrature of the
Circle, after devoting more or less Of his atten-
ton TO the subject during twenty years. He
brings certificates Of the most latterng charac-
ter from the authorities Of Puerto Principe; but
a more palpabe evidence is furnished by a very
ingeniou. mechanical contrivancc whereby he
illustrates his discovery. 1t consists OF metal,
cut into such forms that precisely the same
pieces, differently disposed, constitute either
square or circle; hence the are Of the two
figures must be precisely the same. Senior de
la Tore processes 10 have discovered the true
bAtO uSbWtclI TIE uldIleltI anu lDe sue OF inc
square. He has also cup in the form Of
truncated cone, and from this, or from a cylin>
drical vessel will give the side of a square yes.
sci of the same DEPTH which shall hold precise
ly the same amount of water. The rules by
which this is accomplished are kept secret, as
it is understood there are several premiums in
reserve in Europe, lone, We believe by the Bri-
fish Government for the fortunate Giscoverer
Of the Qnadrature of the Circle. Whether Sen
or de la Tore has discovered the whole secret
or not we cannot tell, but his experiments are
very ingenious, and well worthy the attention
of those curious in such abstruse matters.
An old maid was heard 10 exclaim,
while sitting at her toilet the other day-"I
can bear adversely, can encounter hardship
and withstand the changes of tickle fortune,
but o, TO live, and droop, and wilt, and die like
a single pink, | can't endure it, and what.
more, won't -
In consequence Of the good behavior Of
the Jun. Editor on his last trip 10 Gotham and
about we have been induced TO let him "go a.
gain y. He is accordingly absent to the mani
fest detriment of that department of the paper
over which he is won't to exercise such .
"terse and appropriate control. We hope no
, will be good boy.
, The Pennsylvania Wing State Conven-
, ton met at Lancaster, on the 9th inst, yester-
day, and Nominated as candidate for Cover
nor at the next election, VIM. F. JOHNSTON, the
I present Governor.
Resolutions were reported, in which pro-
tectlye tariff, and attachment to the constitution,
? and all It's provisions, faithful observance Of
, the adjustment measures, and determination to
S uphold the constitution, are put forth as princ-
pies the Wing party of Pennsylvania.
o A FEMALE PRoFHET.- The Reformation in
; Ladies' Dress has, at last, found leader--ons
OF our foremost and best female intellects fai:y
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