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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21

Government they may enjoy whatever OF conso>
lation can be afforded by sympathy for their
suiicrngs, and that assistance in their nccc SSH
ties which Tins people have never been late IN
offering t., any, and which they arc now called
upon not for tho first time 10 render. Accus-
toned. themselves. TO high ideas of national III
dependence, the people of the United States
would regret to 'c the government OF the vast
empire Of Turkey constrained by orce OF CIR
cuustances to exercise the duty Of keeping
PRISONERS for other powers
You will further say to the Sublime Porte
thrt if, as this government hopes and believes.
Mr. Kos 'rth and his companions are allowed to
depart from the domnions of his imperial ma
.l"sy at the expiration of the year commencing
u May. 1850, they will find conveyance to the
l'n'cd States in some of its national ships, row
~ the Mediterranean sea, which can be spared
for that purpose and you will, On receiving AS
stlrances that these persons will be permitted
to embark, ascertain precisely their number,
Hnd Immediately give motto to tire commander
Of the United States squadron on that station,
who will receive from tho proper authorities to
he present with such OF The ships as may be
necessary, or can leave the station, to furnish
conveyance for kossuth and his companions to
the United States DhNIEL WEBSTER
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Correspondence Of the Free Press.

BosroN, March II 1851.
Dean GENERAL Did tatter myself that more
frequent glance AT the events OF this ankre CiIy
would be gratifying to your readers, might comm
uicae them o.encr and more in detail As am
not hablIually Lew spaper correspondent, ! hope
neither You nor your readers vii expect me to make
myself rery interesting; but should an occasional
summary OF passing events furnish either amusement
or Information to your readers, should be fully re
paid Tor an occasional halt hour spent in their ser
vice and your own. make it optional with yon TO
insert my communications in the Fire or the Free
Press
The pms, month has been one of great dear,h IN
the way OF business There has perhaps been less
southern trade than Is usual owing to the cour Sc
adopted 10y few ultra aud reckless ahoIltonisrs.-
1t is deeply To be regretted that the business Interests
should softer Tor the grauicalion OF political ambl-
tlon under On" ,tlb oi humanity.
The srocl. uIIhrls here, during the last month
exhibited a d"gr," oi elasticity rarely known. Can
/ ton and EdGwuIh land stocks, have been strained
beyond their capacity, and, natural consequence
have hurst, and some OF their friends, from the same
cause, hGre Saarci tie same tltc. wn.c p,aer> ~
tam feeble grasp, in hopes their Invalid prOtese'
may yet revive AT present the is hopeless
Vermont Central has fallen of more than any 9th
er Railroad stock in the market, and one time, last
we, X, touched point AS low as thirty two and on'
hall. This, 10 It's friends, seemed quite incompre
hensble, and Tor day or two, produced quite pa
/ nc hut from the fact that the prospects and earn
! lngs OF the Road are improving, it may be nere
that the price Of this stock yisded to the efforts o
some combination whose interest was best promote,
by such results Osdensburgn maintains more tina
srelaIye value, and many ,sagaclous operators cN
press the opinion that it must yet recede to hrty-ivt
OF the Rutland and Burlington, htIle can be sal,
As II seldom makes lis appearance in the markets
aud seems Ia maintain almost uniform rate, and /
stand well in the estimation of the public.
The question is often dscusst in the street rs I
| the probability OF the adjustment, at Burlington
! the existing difficulties without further outlay Their
Stems to be general belief that the officers oil bot
1 Roadr arr trying to brlug about an auicablc ouang,
meut. llub- g.I.ij-iii., and IL uujoi o hoi
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Mn. EDITOR Since our townsmen have, by their
late action IN town meeting, taken initatory steps
in regard to the pursuance OF system in the I'M
provrment OF our streets generally, | take the
liberty OF suggesting for the consideration of the
Commissioners appointed TO the duty OF conducting
that work. and to the public, some ideas which nave
presented themselves 10 my mind, in regard 10 tie
improvement OF Church street, wherein the public
now do, and probably viii continue to mostly con-
Gregac :; and therefore it is particularly desirable
that in the expenditure OF money therein, an eve
should be had to system, permaaency and beauty,
in their proper order. Now. taking this tor granted
| suggest to the Commissioners alluded to, and &c
the public who are more interested than they, to
take position in Church street between ill.,. house
OF J y. Pomeroy, Esq. and the Baptist Church.
they will there find, in locking M the stTeet to tn,
Unitarian Church that the lower story ii that Chucl
is invisible occasoned by the rise OF the iace OF tn
street between College and Cherry sis They wi
find, also, that upon that street. near and south OF
the Court House, and upon t. e south east corner q
the Court House Square, 'ere exists quite a deprcs
sion upon the surface wnich depression may, by III
grading OF Church street between College and Cher
ry, be filled, 50 that standing al the point before in
dcaled' the eye may rest upon the whole surface
the street, M 20 the Unitarian Church, where waite
may be con ducied over properly constructed wa
ter course, through the street, from said Church
the ray me south OF said Pomeroy's. Any excess
earth that there may he in making this grade att,
filing the depression alluded to will be required
nuke the fill over the culvert which must be INN,
dately constructed over the road between the Cou
House Square aud the Female Seminary
: In connection with this subject 1 make anolh
suggestion, which 10 my mind, Is worthy OF cons,
: eralion aud may be considered desirable mprov
=, ment 1t is well known that, at the time the Con-
HonSe was erected, the street east thereof "
nearly impossible, aud the Court House inappronc
ahic an the cast 50 thai al IINi tmc an enhance
+, 20 lhc Noor o h" hol.c above lbc ht~rm,ul Wa- ny
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DAILY FREE PRESS-MARCII l.. ISL


or the rec fre>s.
Ma CLARGL-ln your paper OF last evening, | no
tcc cortus announcement OF the return ol John
Andrew Graham, l.. l. D., from London to Rutland
in Eel. \ VINO ever knew Dr. Graham, will see
once that il Is characteristic OF the man Personal
vanity constituted the great bemSh in his character.
Aside from this he was a very respectable aud USE
tul citizen
In your statement, il | am rightly informed, there
alr some slight inaccuracies. While in Vermont
RptiaHd believe Was his only place OF residence.
Having studied law in Connecticut, his native State,
lie came To Vermont about the beginning at the year
I7-6, and located himself, Tor the practice OF his pro-
ics,iuu in Rutland. In January, 1884 he was APP
pointed and de camp to his EXceIIeucy Gov. Chit
t-ndrn, with the rank OF Lieut.. Colonel, and in the
fall oi that year, he went out to England as Agent
u the Protestant Episcopa. Church IN Vermont, in
relation to the rights OF land granted in this State
the Society for the propagation the gospel in foreign
parts, and to the conservation OF Bishop of that
Church in Vermont While in England, he wrote
his" Descriptive Sketch OF the them present State OF
Vermont" It does not purport to be history of the
State, but is chiefly made up OF briet notices oil the
leading men in the different towns lie wrote his
sketch in the tom OF letters, aud being iattercd by
! the honors heaped upon him. and by the attentions
he received in London, he dedicated 1t to His Grace
! the Duke OF Monuosr, from whose uobe lineage he
| hmse claimed to be descended 1t elegantly
printed, on excellent paper with fine copper plate
likeness OF the author, aud was published in London
in 1877. His degree OF h. l., ID. was not obtained
from an Irish University, as stated in your paper
but from the.C olege ct Aberdeen in Scotland
DR. Graham returned 10 Rutland about the begin
ming OF 1901 aud alter remrnining there one or two
years, went think, TO the city OF New York, where
| was told, a lew years since, he was then living a
an adyunccdagc 1T,
Norl By THE EpIToR.--Our esteemed cor
respondent is undoubtedly correct. The fey
words Introductory to the extract in Yesterday
paper from ian old file of the I, y. Gazette,
were written by friend who sent them to u
by mail, and being in some doubt as 10 tn
identity of ,Ioia Graham with ,iobu /. Graham
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21

considered necessary. A present. however, The lace
OF things has vastly changed Church suee, at this
point, has become place OF much business, and it
Is now desirable 10 have an entrance from Church
street on to the floor alluded TO- by fright Of steps
slmlIarto those on the west side OF the ,uIdng It
has often been remarked OF late, by persons in Chpe
street, that It is necessary for them 90 round to
the back side OF the Court House to find al entrance
1t may at once be perceived that by making this Or.
rangement Of an enhance into the house from the
east, an Improvement may be made in the internal
arrangement OF Tint floor. by having hail extend
through the bul ldug from east to west, and the off
ces upon that iOor enlarged in size or increased in
number and let there be KEEP, the Office of the Town
Clerk, where the Records Of the Town will be con-.
parati'ey secure against fire. II ibese suggestions
have merits, let US have them adopted
NouIs, =
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DAILY FREE PRESS. MARCH u, 1851
The Union safe.

The Union safe.
The Boston Ddiy Advertiser thus quo'e,
md comments on the Free Press -
"Slaycry and the South have got all they demand.
81, and Freedom and The North have got--OofLing !
dow long mus; these things last Quuc,QtI. TAN.
Dem ABClERE, CATALINA, PArILNTiA NoSrRA ~ Bur
tngt9n Free Press.
Onr friend has read the "iypc book" at least u
he has read no other LATIN 1--WE may venture ~
reply to hIS 'luonsque, 10 descend to English and
answer his "huw lOng p wlli tell him that these
mugs. mat l., the system OF measures by winch
ms administration Ilayr avcrtcd dlsuuiun will prob
ably last until the Burlington Free Press l. printed
on donbn sheet, and there is bridge Oyei Lake
Champian.
Printers are very apt to read the "typc book
though ~c have never yet found anything in
that classical depository about "captatoreS rer-
6oum.' New editions will be likely to be bet
ter supplied with popular latin. We happen to
know, however, that the Editor of the Advert
ser has no occasion TO refresh his memory Of
the rudmental, or even the reconcile classics,
by reference to "type books" lie is too near
the Groves of the Academy, certainly, to be ig-
norant of any Of Cicero'S familiar lessons,
though he consents to become "captator ver>
b, in the present instance, for the benefit Of
| the anti-brid1ites, and in dsparagemeut OF our
prospects for double.sheet - But no matter
We can cheerfully postpone both bridge and
double Sheet 10 be assured that the Union is
safe though we hope it will be found confer
ring its blessings upon mankind long after both
the contingencies named have happened
neither of which is unlikely to happen.
But does our friend Of the Advertise
really think that "the system of measures" al
luded to, for the pacifcation of the Country
embodies about the best practical wisdom Their,
IS in the Country? Would it not have been
better system, if it had embraced some Sigh
concession to the great INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS
Of the Union? Is Slavery the only "interes,'
that is worth pacifying? We enquire in orJe
to become better informed.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21
JOHN GRAHAM, L. l.. D.

RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, and
the citizens in general of the Newengland
States and the State of Newyork, that he is re-
turned to his former residence at Rutland, in
Vermont, from London, where he is now seated
down, and will continue business in the lne Of
his profession as Lawyer. lie begs leave to
solicit the favcurs of his old Clients, Merchants,
&c, & c., should they be under the disagreeable
necessity of employing counsel, or stand in
need OF the aid Of the law 10 the collection OF
their demands &C., they NAV be assured that
every order with which he may be honored
shah be executed with the utmost fidelity and
punctuality
Doctor Graham tlattars himself that his hav-
ing attended at the different Courts in Great
BRITAIN for the last sig ysars, the more to per-
feet himself in the science of the law, for the
service OF the pubic) can be no objection to hi.
being employed by those who may in some dc,
grep differ from him in opinion On polilca
subjects.
Whm'er is best administered is bcs.--Popc.
Rutland, Vermont, May 20, 1901.
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MIR. kInney's Canoes,

We cannot refrain from again calling atten
ton to the extraordinary artistic ability of Mr.
B. ii. KINNEY, of whose Canoes and other
works of Art we have before spoken. We le-
gard Mr., KINNEY as emphatcaly man Of ge-
Mus, and should be glad if Burlington would
recognize the fac; by larger patronage than
can be given to him anywhere else, within his
own State. Those OF our readers who have
seen his Busts, Statuettcs, and Canoes, can
have formed but one opinion of his merit as an
Artist. Besides the Cameo Of Mr.. SANE, which
is lie-like and finished to a high degree, Mr..
KINNEY has executed Canoes Of others of our
citizens and citi:eneSSeS that are wonderful &C
curate as likenesses, and beautiful as works Of
art, Without syllable Of solicitation from him
we take pleasure in inviting our readers to cal
and see his admirable works. The time will
assuredly come when they will be sorry to have
omitted it. We can tell them that such Artist.
don't meet them in the streets every day.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-03-21

On Sunday the 10Th day ot February ls1l ,atAHoui
seven O'Clock in the morning observed something
unusue III the Bay, about North, asst from our house
and went out soon after to ascertain what 1t vas
when arrived at the spot found the ICE broken up
for ii space OF alb iut five or six rods IN an irregular
square form. All within tins space was filled with
broken pieces OF ice oi various szcs from large cakes
to very small But what vas most surprising, there
were two large cakes which had been lifted from the
hole and removed Il considerable distance 10 the
east have been o.. his day and taken sundiy
MEASURES and abo.c .lyr drawn a rough diagram OF
the two pieces thrown ont Irou the hole.
The first piece, whci il the most northery, Is an
irregular triangle, measuring, on the north side, II
feet inches and uu the westerly side, 33 feet 1
inches. The other piece is more OF square, with
one corner broken off north side, % feet slN inches
cascry side 80 feet inches westerly side, 80 ieet
i inches, aud about half way across tho middle, 2i
) "ches. Thickness OF the Ice Il inches.
We measured the distance between the hole and
the nearest piece and found it seven rods and nine
Inks Depth OF the water at the edge OF the hole
seventeen feet.
The location is in about the middle of Windmill
Bay, being about milr from Mr. Samuel Mou's
and three iour;hs OF mile from the Railroad rack
The space broken up found to he. as near ds W.
could measure it, SIX rods hy five rods and four links
The ice in the Bay took about thu tenth OF Deem
Der and has been good all the winter, and IS sooc
nov in all places eXcep, this hole.
The wind, on Thursday, February 18Th, blew mod
cu,oly from the south. On Friday 1t Increased, and
on saturday /, blew hard and thawed that water
ran in the road, but the day was cloudy la tn,
evening OF Saturday the wind yeercd round, and
blew IRON the west very hard, Tor little while
Somc,hiu; like a sqlnn, and then moderated, 81.
blowing from the west. We heard no uo..e IN The
/ u!Iht, and the hole is al pace where never knew
any ack in the ice. Il - easy 10 oh,Srly- til,
( place N the hole from which tn larG" cakes Lav,
been removed, and the largest one mas; have bccl
removed least ten rods. II noN lies on the same
side up as 1t roz' ltcuutIlu, at least 0o0O cub,
Get otsoliI ice, and mus! wcIsh more than tweut,
TON, W. +, Morr.
Aturgh, Feb. -, ISL.
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UTThe Courier, "by request OF Many Citi-
zens," calls Mass Meeting of the "Frends of
Freedom" to be held in Burlington on the 9th
an exclamation point after the words Friends
of Freedom" because the grammar tells us that
can exc lamation point is mark of wonder or
surprise as: Oh the folly of sinners :"
mass meeting Of the friends of freedom /!
Just as though there were any enemies of free
dom in Vermont! We hope the next moves
ment " of the Courier will be to &c. up mass
meeting Of the friends of pancakes and mo-
lasses.
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Aiturgh, Feb. -, ISL.

We very cheerfuIiy publish the following ju-
lcous notice Of the international NJ igazine.
AS II is in direct Confederation Of oar own opin-
ION uf this excellent Monthly decidedly The
odcal>. We shall lie glad, always, to nave
our correspondents criticisms ON the current
literature OF the day FL +. p.
For the Free Press
Mr. CLARKE Il have noticed that, from time to
time, you call the attention OF your readers to the
current Periodicals., and there is undoubtedly much
entertaining matter IN ali OF them but such a CON-
biuaon Of the usctul anu entertaining" as is fur
uished by the International" IL to he met with in
no other periodical with which am acquainted.
The work OF the editor, RrFus W. GRIswoLp
is so well DONE that a bld inappropriate piece
does not find It's way into it, Most al the Nonthlirs
from the plan OF Introducing only such pieces as never
hare been printed, are obliged sometimes To admi
those that never 0ugh to be printed. You will find
in the Int irrational" original production that is
not really good.
A valuable feature of this work, and which be
! longs to no other American Periodical IN an equa
degree, s the general summary that is given in 1t
OF every hing important that il gong IN the elite
rnry world" under the head OF iuthors and Books
This Is one Of the useful features OF the Forcigl
Periodicals, and especially the German, renderin!
them equally indispensable to the Scholar and TN
general reader
The chapter OF Recent Deaths" which is also in
troduced from the European Magazines, gives the
International peculiar interest. In the MnIcl
No, yonr readers may find MI elegant notice Of tn
late Rev. WALTER COTTON, so well known To man
OF them, and brief account OF hi. literary carer
The work abOunds in Biographical Notices ot cni
merit men, kind OF reading more generally lnrcrrs
ting as well as more instructive than airy other TIN
account OF the great American OmithoIogisr, AtpU
BoN, by the Editor. and the sketches OF ANuREv
MARVEL, "lhe friend of Milton" by Mrs Han. IN tn
last No, are worth years subscription
! infer from The large quantities which our Book
sellers are png upon their Shelves that al eas
some OF your readers have found the value OF hi
Monthly aud Publication oi tendency so dccl
dcjy go cannot have too =, I" 4 circulation
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a
ted in him ,and h' ouibuidmrs and ienccs gradually
acquire greater air at upatucss The comforts ot
HE city mike the want OF them to he pnlniuy ielt IN
his own homestead, and his wfie and daughters are
awakened To exrrtion by the contrast Indeed in all
the rnmllicationa otie, the contrast with civilization,
brought about By improved communication, cnuses
itself to he felt. In a word. the farmer learns that
there is such thing as progress.
As 10 what Plank Roads do for Stockholders,
Mr.. kngsand shows, by the actual receipts ut
eighteen Plank Roads in New York, which he
enumerates, that dividends are from 10 to %
pr cent. and mentions one road, (the Aliens
Creek Road, Rochester, as giving "such large
returns that The Directors decline 4, ing them
frankly asserting the rcason;' he adds g" Tie
Stoct cannot be purchased"
Now we do not doubt that the Plank Road
between Burlington and Hinesburgh will real.
ze largely the benefits and advantages which
are spoken of above. 1t will penetrate an ac>
tive, enlerprsing, business region, rich in ag-
ricultural and manufacturing wealth and re.
sources, and its Stock, in our judgment, as in.
| formed by the fuctS as respects less favorably
situated and endowed sections of country, will
Ii our readers will examine the subject for
themselves, and use their own native Yankee
shrewdness, they will come to the same con-
clusion, and this Plank Road Stock will com
mand more buyers than Bank Stock
| The way II works.
Burlington is certainly an isolated forsaken
e., l.
and nobody can 60 away, in anything like rea-
sonabe time }!
It's true, Ills pity;
And pity It's, It's true :"
We can't help it, Of course. We are neither
Railroad nor Telegraph, and cannot, there
fore, govern ourset accordingly" We Bur-
lingtonians have to take things as they arc,
and 'not look gift horse in the mouth"
- A subscriber of ours who resides III
Fort Covngton, n. Y, on the line of the Og
densbnrgh Road, called on us, this morning
on his way to Troy, n. Y, and informed us
that he left Fort Covington Yesterday at
o'clock p. NJ, and reached Burlington Gy tho
regular method Of Railroad communication be-
tlreen the hro prints, at 9 o'clock this morning
Fort Coyington is about 100 miles from Bur.
hngton, and he came hither, consequently, al
the rate Of fire miles an hour-inclusive of the
privilege OF sleeping at st, Adams and missing
the Morning Train from Burlington to Troy
He appeared to feel grateful fox these prvile
ges and talked like gentleman who had en-
countered msfortunes before. To.mo~rot
morning, (havng succeeded in perSuading him
self that he in no sort of hurry, he will depart
for Troy. On his return, he has serious thoughts
of chartering the "Pulney Express, "a Stone
boat and yoke OF Steers-tt Bur!ington so as
70 reach home in season to relieve his family OF
any approximations as to his fate.
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0PThe Boston Post, gives the following
touching instance of maternal affection and sa-
gacity, which it says it noticed in the New
Orleans Delta, the other day. Imagine the
feeinks" of this breaved brute, as she az
preached the Sausage Cemetery of her unof-
Tending young! Where's Dewey?
"A dog which had lost a whole litter was seen yes.
tcrdav trying to poke piece OF Grape through the
hundle OF one OF the sausage shops i'll this city"
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o. The following unique affair was cut
from an old file of the United States Gazette
and sent by WILLIAM DUANE, Esq, Of Phladel-
phla, to an antiquarian correspondent in St. Al
bans. II we mistake not, Doctor GRAHAM -
was once a resident Of this town and ST. A bans,
and, probably, some of our Oldest inhabitants
may remember his peculiaritics.
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DAILY FREE PRESS MARCH IL, |
News Hampshire ali hail

The ruut of the Silver GRAY. Cid Line.
,...-c.. -, No.. tt...l.;..
"o'o'ocos Vi NC" lldlilP'l'ro aPP"ir' 10 De
complete, So far rs heard FROM tn. Whius
nave III nlchpcIS oil inc Legislature N to"hs
where last year they had but so and tine Loco,
l.., H.. 81 :; c,-, ,--o,
""Nc 'uI GU IL '"0h"lsc III i'' III lcoo Last
wear, Mr. Dinsnorc was elected Governor by
c.., , II,
between i'Fc a"u SIX thousahu majority - tliS
year he is defeated The Boston Atlas of