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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

GF~Thc following very impcrtinent notice
appears in the n Y. Day Book. We insist
that the interference is wholly unwarrantabe
and improper he ladies possess an indefcas-
ible right to judge for themselves IN the parts
culav alluded to. In the case mentioned there
is no prctcnsion that the lady was injured, and
it is quite likely that she crpcc'ei to be "blowed
up" as she had perfect right to be. The Day
Book ought to be ashamed of itself.
LADIES BEWARE OF Gus CoTToN.-The
buyers of cotton pctticoats are cautioned against
purchasing these articles. One worn by lady
crossing Broomc street, on Wednesday last,
Jletc up.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

CT Sentinel of this morning congratr-
lates its readers on the failure Of the attempt in
Congress, the other day, to modify the existing
Free Trade Tariff, so as to secure some sort of
protection 10 American industry
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

1t has been a matter of extreme regret, with
many of our citizens that, in town so large as
Burlington, the long winter evenings should be
permitted to pass away without those means of
popular information and improvement which are
supplied by PUBIC LECTURES by competent
gentlemen. 1t ought to be a cause of mortii>
cation to us that other towns, far smaller in
point of population, give far higher evidence of
cultivation. In several villages in Vermont,
Young Mems Associations are formed, through
the agency of winch instructive and interest
ing Lectures are given to the Public. e
ought to be ashamed of ourselves! Burlington
ought to possess Young Mems Association
strong in numbers, efficient in means, and ben,
Efficient in influence. But she doscn't, and VIC
csn only lament it
We have received note from the Rev.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07
The Peoples Song TO Dewey.


We thank thee, Dewey, dear.
For the rich and dainty cheer
You provide
We wish you such through life,
With soon little wife
BY your side.
We We lots of pretty girls,
With, or without the curls,
As you please;
II there's one that suits your eye,
You may have her--or may try
But mt tease.
We know you re not "a blood"
But os sober and "us good
As the wheat"
And, for sly and quiet jokes,
Such as tickle tick fish olks,
Can t be beat.
~.
And with hcp.mcet kind
You would not be behind
Any one
You could share your fun and laughter
With. perhaps little " daftcr,"
Or son.
V.
y our Store would then look nentcr,
Your Butcr.balls taste swerter
Tnan they do;
The " leetle mare would come,
Your "Shad' would stay at home,
And you too.
VI.
Thus, then, you d nothing lack,
All ihings would have smack"
New and strange
So Dewey take n wife,
And lead double life
Just for "chlnge."
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

INVITATION TO PRESIDENT FTLLMoRE.-
The London News gives the following notice
of an invitation to President Fillmore to vis
England at the time Of the great Fair, with his
answer declining the invitation
The following letter from the President of
the United States prccludes, we regret to say
at least for tie present, the hope that London
will during the coming exhibition, be Lonorcd
by the presence of TIE executive mead Of the
great republic. Mr.. Stcll, the gentleman tc
whom the letter is addressed, is an American
who has been for upwards Of twenty years
resident III this country, during most OF which
time he has been at the head Of one Of the
largest and most respectable commission hous-
Cs IN Manchester, engaged in the American
trade Although seeinT much in this country
to admire and respect, ana being himself held
in the highest esteem by the community
amongst whom he resides he Is one of the
few Americans who, after a somewhat length,
oncd contact with European society, continue
to hold fast by cir political principles, or It
retain any affection for the democracy OF thci
country. Conics>cdly opposed to President
Fillmore in politics, vet anxious that every
possible step should be taken to draw closer
TIC ties which bind the two countries together
he took the liberty Of suggesting to the Prcs
dent that the Exhibition would present
fitting opportunity for visit from the head OF
the republic to the capital of futhcrland II
common with others, both English AMI Ameri
can, he believed that 81 h an event would pave
the way for visit from her Majesty to the city
of New York; the citizens of which would vic
with each other in giving her II rapturous ant
NATIONAL reception 1t is not the first time tina
to take tripto her North American province,
and should she ever fulfil her Intention he
easiest and safest way of reaching Canad;
would be by first proceeding to New York. |
! is obvious how much such intcrchangcs o
courtesy on the part oft respective heads O
the two nations would tend to strengthen tn,
bonds of sympathy and good feeling between
them. From the following, however, which i
the Presidents reply, 1t would appear that th(
first step towards such result Is not likely u
be Immediately taken.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. |, 1850.

WILLIAM S. SrELL, ESQ, Manchester:
Ny Dear Sir ! have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your kind letter of the Sth
ult., through Mr.. Randall, expressing the hope
that might visit the Worlds Fair in London,
in May next, and assuring me that if do shall
receive cordial welcome from my countrymen
in England, and rendering me the hoSpitallties
of your house whilst remain at Manchester.
Previous to the death of my lamentcd prcde-
cessor, had anticipated the pleasure visiting
London at the tim of the fair; but deem it
now impossible to leave my official duties
here; and your kind letter eau 'es n still deep
or regret at my disappointment. Were it pos
sible for me to be absent for such length of
time, nothing could be more graf flying than to
accept your protiered hosptllity. well re-
collect meeting you and your lady in the fall OF
1887, and should be extremely happy to renew
the acquaintance. Independent Of that have
always felt a strong desire to visit Great Brit
ain. Is soil is classic ground to me, and
should be most happy to be able to make a
personal COMPARISON between the leading men
of that country and my own, and to see how
far we have improved upon the pol teal insti-
tutions of the mother country. But this mus
be deferred till more convenient season.
Accept my thanks for your kindness; remem
Der me most cordially to your lady, and believe
me, truly yours, WILLARD FILLMORE.
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Ihut Spur. and that Trunk


We have received, from highly esteemed
and valued friend, who has no worse fault IN
the world than being always as sure he is right
and "going ahead" and being, also, a pretty
thorough-gong VI. and Canada railroad man,
private letter, from which we cannot refrain
from making an extract, as follows:
-" have read your reply to FINDER in refer
'euce to the abomnable me.arran gements. &c.
con the Vt. and Canada road-,hat spur, that run,
25 or 30 miles and stops.
Il feel some apprehension for your sanity, my
"denr fellow, and shall 90 down to Burlington with
"sraight jacket tor you forthwith You are decid.
"edly bilious and should take bex or two of Bran.
"dreth's Pills, and swallow the agent
Speaking Of trunks = Why General, the VI.
"and Canada is the only trunk-roa in Vermont
the branches OF which are the Central the Ru,-
Gland, the Ogdensburgh, the Champain and St
Lawrence, and few others leading towards Bos.
"ton New York, and oihcrv villages We read about.
Trunks indeed you ought to be ashamed oil your
Sell to speak Of such things, much more to print
CHEM"
What follows, in our earnest and emphatic
friends letter. in alusion to disasters that some-
times betal trunks" we omit. But we have
given enough. We concede the point, and
only wish to say that the old Trunk don't seem
to treat its 'branches" with equal fairness 1t
seems to show itself a sort f step-mo,her to
its Rutland 'branch,' which, I'VE submit to our
friends sense Of ustice) isn't fl,rl
rs to Tint "stra ght>jncket we respect :
fully suggest that it be taken in little and
handed over to Nindex, together with the
Pills" We have no particular objection, if
it will oblge our friend, to swallowing the
"Agcnt'-though what he prescribes is gcner>
ally found to be rather 'hard to swallow"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-02-07

Dehln Oh f1oH. I.Ntlt Z
The " indsor Journal announces the death
of Hon HoRAcE EVERETT, at his residence in
that village, on Thursday last, the Both ult af-
ter an illness of about ten days.
The Journal says:
Mr.. Everett was at his death one of the
oldes members of the Vermont Bar and du-
RING the earlier days of his professional career,
which he afterwards partially abandoned on ac-
count of his Congressional duties, he disting-
us ed himself as one of the ablcst and most
successful Jury advocates in Vermont. For
fourteen consecutive years Mr.. Everett repre-
scented this District in the Congress of the Uni-
ted States, d"rng which period he won for
himself place in the very front rank among the
members of that body. There were, indeed,
few ADLER parliamentary debatcrs in Congress,
and fc more thoroughly acquainted with the
political history of the country, than Mr.. Everett.
TAccompanyi ng the subjoned outrage
came to our Office one Of the most self-sufli-
Glen, and bel gerent-!ooking HAMS that was
ever rubbed against fence! 1t landed upon
our table with an audible grunt, and, with utter
establishment, but in our b'andest and most
conciliating manner, we perused the following
ferocious note: -
Mr.. EDITOR:
Indignation will limit this "article" to the
mere statement Of the fact that your wanton
jnke-thirstness will this day receive meat
recompense-Your Tongue" Sir, is execra-
BILE allow me TO recommend little gam
mon"
| Self respect suggests that my signature be
withheld and withhold it, most emphaticaHy.
February 3, 1851.
In this threatening aspect Of affairs, we
throw ourselves upon the public for protection.
If Editors are to be mauled in this way by an.
nonymous hammers, it is time that somebody
should do something. We don't pretend that
we are afraid; not at all. We have saved
our Bacon But if Dewey is to be tolerated
in anonymous outrages of this character, wo
think there is occasion for public meaiins.
We cut the following paragraph from the
Boston Atlas -
uF0Mr Edmund Quincy, in letter from
Boston to the Anti-Savery Standard, writes
The Free Sellers have at least done one thing.
| They have given Massachusetts a trihe the
meanest two iacedest Governor she ever had.
| lie seems TO be neither fish, flesh nor good red
| herring"
The Montpelier Patro, and Burlington
Courier will please coPy.".wirh "ierse and ap'
propriate remarks
We should be glad to know, however, how
the Free Sellers and Loco Focos combined
corR elect any thing else but "two-iaccd"
candidate
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grec pres s,
BURLINGTON VT.

FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7, 1851
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o. The Money article Of a late Boston Post
al'udng 10 the bridging Of Lake Champlain
says -
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-07

note . decline. "
Ts.s.No arrivals This article Is much wanted
INDIA dooDs- n fair request
FunrirunE carpeting and olcloth some sales, not
covering over freight and charges
FsrIchTs On gold dust to New York. 2xs., and 10
per cen. primsge TO Valparaiso, per cent, pe
sEAhrr's wsors.-Lons voyages s25 Dor month.
VESSELS on sale are In lees demand
MoNEY MARKET.
Drafts on the Atlantic cities, par do, on England
sight s5, s. do do. co days 2 per cent less DO on
France sight 5fr. per 5; do do 90 days, az dis do
on Hamburg sight az per s; do, do. 60 days az less
DO on Valparaiso, 30 days, per cent prem do. on
silver $l5 SIS 60 douboons $40; soveregns 81 %:
90 franc pieces 81 gudsr pieces ST. 10 thsler pieces
IS; bfrAns pieces 95o. Short loans per cent per
month.
sAcs.Msrro MApKrr. Nov 2s-Business during the
past ntsen days hss been very brss and ali kinds OF
desirable goods In fair demand Provisions In de-
mand and where good, meet wkh ready saie ut fair
rates.
amply adequate for the demand. without overstock-
ing the market. Large quantities OF building mate
rsls have continued to low in, and sales he ve been
made at prices which would not stray expenses
clippers losiI FIRST cost and frequently more. The
arrivals OF toar have continued equal to the demand
and prices have declined. notwithstanding the pre-
dicted scarcity. Heavy clothing and long thick boots
are now needed the rainy has probably fair
iy set in. The supply at present 10 rather slim al
though large invoices are on their way, and daily
looked for.
The money market continues easy among the busi-
ness community, bat no rales OF consequence have
been effected b real estate there appearing to be
position to purchase while holders oking for
ward to the spriug and summer for more activity.
Forced sales are made, at very heavy sacridces.
Business during the rainy season must be dull
was the during the past winter. Many merchants
closing out with the intention OF rs-opening in
the spripg-anticipating heavy business.
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m {.
From the Alta Csligog MIA Dec l.
Since the departure OF the tennessee on the 18th
ut there have transpired 20 very stirring events In
slifornis, bsyend the ordinary course Of thing.
ute general hope seems 70 be entertained by many
ersons whose want of ss~ess In attempts to drain
he rivers has been heresvrc@ noticed that theJ can
ecover their lost ground g. ~ fortune, by
! winters campaign In the noun'atns smoug tn. dry
tigsings This seems 20 b. general idea' ard ~ .
consequence very large popui~tisu will winter 1t
the placefs alsrge portion having already parchaei
their winter supplies erected their houses and gone
into partial hibernation. A. matter oi course. y
have much smaller G'atng populAtiss. comparative
iy. than year ago when ~ itr8e PORTION ~ me
niners lett the drgings at ths approach of the rainy
season. 70 spend the winter snd their dust In ths
elites aud towns.
Since our ls'. steamer pspsr the cholera hs, al
most or entirely disappeared from Sacramento City,
where u had ragged tor several weeks with great ms-
Lightly. Since the di.appeasnc- o. thi. tetTiole
rcourge business IN sacraaento has revived, and at
last accounts that hourishng sy IN the full tide
Of success. and prosperity It's citizens feel safe rom
fully believe that their ward march VII heacsiorth
b. no more ob,tructed May u b. ~. But V has met
With heavy calamity IN the tssth Of ~ Mayor Hsr.
assessed The conadencs 70 his feo~ cis,xsns is an
tminent degree, and deserv' dy AMI IN The perform
tnce Of what he conceived hi- 1uty 10 them and his
tstion, experienced the coumtncenens Of those TO
srses Witch have st lsngh iaiHhm IN hts grave, re-
our own city also Witch wssM At one time rather
shaken with fears Of the cholera ad that 10
have a simiar visitation vith nat oi Sacramento
has Fuaer com psrativeiy lte rom that cause. ,r
although there have been auits nuInbsr o. sudden
deaths stil have hal no ~fidetoic aad the dslfhs
have not been as nume-ous IN proportion 70 oar 20.
pulation a. they wers twelve months ago Our city
. In a much more hopeful CONDITION ior pa"ege
hreugh a rainy season thea " va y.ar aso
Many Of our principal strerts hsve been pantfd and
ide.valkr made cuivsrts construstef and other TN
provenents Of kindred character ~ individuals ss
well the suthorities whea sli clnd1ce very much
q comfort and convsuisns. Good houses and a..
ommodstors are plentiful and there need bs but
nsnt. Sarip9 tbs O r,ps ss"sop resss have cSss,.s
good dry dwellings leaky cloth u tiles ana slste
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verance, and will have reason TO believe result In
further and substantial bsnsnt 30 the city.
With an earnest recommendation for the exercise
Of the most stringent economy svery OF
the city government carefully avoiding all unnsoss
ssry and experimental expsnditurss leave the sub
Ject OF the finances OF the city to the wisdom pru-
deDce and discretion Of your honorabls body believ-
ing that the strongest argument onsv In favor a
all measures OF retrenchment and reforu,' viii be
found in tho annexed statement Of the OF
the city, which has been furnished to me by the
Comptroller;
sTocKs AND SECURITIES COMMISSIONERS
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The following persons died in San francisco. be-
tween the 18th OF November and Let ~ December -
George Smith Nova Scotia. cholera John Brown. Bos-
ton. eyed 20. eholsrs jos Perdus. Los Angeles, IS
okolera, John II stevens, choers. Patrick O'keily,
chronic diarrhUai John Casey ~, intemperanoe ssd
dyssntefy EdNd n Mitchell fsI River. Mass, 20;
Euen iilimsn II, diarrhos; Siss A Rhodes cholera;
Jthu White; A. y. Rexord Mas Sj absces. Of heart;
9 stanheld, Illinois, 20 cholsra: unsnewa man
found irownsd; daughter Of y. d Mills New York 10,
typhoid fever; John Dodls Scotland -, dysentery,
Capt W. u. Chstd, England, 81, cholera; francisco
Dominique, t0 cholera, Mrs Mary stark. 26, bilious
fevtri Mrs Do Ia Due. France; Edward Luce, Mass !,
&C, typhoid isver; Isaac n. Cu.hnan Mas 25 dyses
nic di.rrhcs Levi Small. saeo, Maine 80, cholerai
Henry Montgomery. New York "a dysentery; Louis
Blair, France 36 Capt. Joseph Hilson, Wm Jachsoni
Jshn Belchsr, England, 80 cholera william Adson,
EnglsDd, ~, cholera, Joseph Pringi@. England bg,
cheers Ezra Tbompsos; ssraL Cooper. Piince IA.
usrd,s leland. al cholera. Csptain u j. Coupland
New York q, cholera; Mary Ann Danovan, sidney, 7;
Thomas Lsdlo~. Nsw Yerk, 22 cholera, Domingo
spro spain IS, dysentcryi Maria Gartasco. chit IL,
consumptian ID, Argu. New York, 36 anknorni
Miles IL nil. Vermont 81 dysentery, James N. Haley
tion Of brain Juan Garcia Pennsylvanis A. cholera;
Augustus Wheeler Conn, J5 lung fever; Edwin
Hatch. lark Maine, - cholera Daniel wsrrsn. Mass,
10 oholera Captain " Vs. Hicks, Virginia 81 cholerai
charles wilcox England rs; saml. Woodbury. Mass
b7 chronic diArrhua BoBiscic Ayla Cali % CD 0era
Lincoln Mitchell Nantucket 81. typhoid f4vst. Jacob
snrsry. Germany. IS, cholera. Michael HcDossli,
Michigan. ~, cbolers MsoHsl LoyeE, Mexico 90
chtl.Ie; james Oliver, Auklsud =, 90. cholera Jos
cholera; Dr. Thomas, Enlsn1 80, ohol.ra; Ignacio
Nefa, Mexico. ~, dyssntery; kliss rhomas ~, N"w
York dysenteryi Mexican child, 10 days Hannah
Hughes, England 81 John Segeta Canada, II. casrrsi
John Donnell, Sydney 3. W o. cholera John
Bsfghan,en week, coRyuisi9nsi Felix andsr.
hosvtn. Belgium 40, cholera Gso Williams Hanover,
cholera; John Miller, New fok. 81 choiera William
II. Oontoy. Mass, -, cholera Q. sslvor, Chill fs
cholera; John Etady, Wiscontin rs cholera; SAMUEL
Quincy, Mas ~ dierrs0s; VI r Marr. scctlsod,
~ cholws; j. b Ningetod ~. fall frsm horse Isaac
Morsan Ccnn 20 choiers; Chss Johu.on dsine rs,
daIrhma; Edward ". Jones. Gloucester, 20, darrhws
George Burns cholera Vega, Chill. ~, hlierai
- Nelson. New York. %, cholera; Wa sherman,
Nantucket 36 inflammation of stomsoh; James Jones,
Delaware, 3s, disrrhas; Joseph stock England un.
known; child Of Nr Courtier, jos Murray, child 10
months dysentery; Margaret Gibbipson, Englani -,
mania potu; James Nurrsy Baltimore. -, cholera;
Mrs Nssley; eu.enpah Davis, EnglAud. 10. cholera,
Mr.. strsgman Louis Lsmctte, 1artlniaus, 35, lever
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ON the 2sth oct, In Yubs City, by the Rev Jothgs
Wilson, the Rev George NJ. Hanson, TO Mrs Jane =.
Russell, formerly Of st Louis.
In San Francisco. Nov. 18th. by th 9 Rev. william
Taylor Mr.. Marcus Lowell, OF Western New York, TO
Mrs Ellen Holman. ~ this place.
BY the Rev j. II Warren cn bcard the brig Flora,
Nov 9th, Mr. Geo. Jarass Robertson, to Miss Matilda
Baillie
In San Francisco. Nov 2ith, by tho Rev Mr. Hu.
aard Capt Itrael Diayton OF Masfa shu,etts to Miss
Mary Emelis susa, daughter Of Capt joseph susa, Of
LiEbon
In San Francsco, Nov. 11th, by the Rev wiiam
Taylor, Jsseph Brewer 70 Miss Julia Ann Abbott.
In san Francisco, by Rev 0sgoad church Wheeler,
or Nov 2uh VIM W Hsnoy 20 Margaret Brown
ny the ZANE, the evening, az the City Hotel,
q NJ Gtrrifh TO Elizabeth Gordon.
Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-06-23
From California.

The Crescent City arrived at New York
on the 18th inst, bringing 527 passengers
and $4,000 in gold dust
San Francisco has been visited by ano-
Their freightul confragration. The Alta
California says: at is impossible to even
guess at the number of buildings or the a.
mount ofproperty destroyed A thousand
buldingsi is within the bounds of truth, we
Judge, and S1o,000,O0O could not replace
the terrible destruction. Some place it
twice or three times as high. 1t is suffi-
cient to say, that more than three fourths Of
the business part of the city is nothing but
Wondering cinders. Every newspaper
office, except the Office of the Alta Caliior-
MIA, and nearly Or quite all the banks, were
in the burnt district. Scarcely fire proof
building in the whole burnt district has
stood the test. Such as have are the Cali
fornia Exchange, Ell Dorado, Verandah,
and the buildings of Captain Howard, in
which was the United States Assaying Of
fee Of Mofatt & Co., on Montgomery street.
The officers of the custom house saved the
specie of the office by casting it into well.
About Sl,000,000 were saved in this way.
Six men were burned to death in one
building. Many individuals were serious.
ly burnt and otherwise injured, among them
Gen. Jas. Wilson.
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Heated and fatigued, we prepared for a
general bathe-asa private party; for the
pilgrims determined to reserve their ener-
gies for the sacred Jordan, the lake ofSod-
ON being held by them in horror and u
domination. The bad odor in which the
lake was held. did not, however, deter us,
and having called halt, we plunged like
youngducks into the liquid element, Paulo
chuckGng like an old hen on the banks.
We plunged! Disastrous was the plunge;
rapidly enough head after head popped
up from the execrable waters; with hair
mattered, eyes smarting, and tongues burn
ing, from the intense sulphurous bitter
sadness of detesteble liquid in which we
were immersed. Water it was not, nor
bitumcn, nor salt, nor sulphur, but a dis
gushing compound Of all four.
A hogshead would serve as an cmetic
for all a sia Minor, and leave some gallons
to spare against the next epcdimic; YOU
could neither sink nor swim in it. Talk of
hy IN moiasses. or wasp in a barrel of
tar can find no parallel for bath in
the Dead Sea. But the sufferings of nv
companions were q tritle to what felt: cut
and manned in consequence of my superior
Craftsmanship. l jumped into the water as
raw as beefsteak, and jumped out of i,
as if | were Aayed alive. However, let
me be just to this abominab!e mixture; if
smarted for it my wounds were effectual-
ly cauterizcd, completely skinned over
The cure was perfec, to a miracle. We
dressed with the comfortable sensation OF
men who had been web coated with NUT
ton suct-stif, greasy. and entirely out Of
sorts, with tngling. creeping feeling over
the skin; and rcmounting turned our steps
to the fords ofthe Jordan.-Dr6iin Uxi;rer-
sty Nay.