Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-09-26
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on the 18th inst, was quite fully attended,
Hon. Horace Mann was CHOSEN President, and
delivered an address, The votes for Cnbcr-
nltori Il can1idlte stood as follows: Whole
number $50; J. G. Paipy had Gil; Wm.
jackson "a /; Horace Mann 3d. scattering 40.
Nj Pltrey WIS then unanimously nominated
by the Convention. Hon. Amasa " alker was
nommted for Lieutenant Governor, by accla
nation.
Il following gentlemen were selected de-
egates At large to the Free Soil Nationrl Con-
yent5n: c. +. Adams. Charles Selgwick
S. c. Phillips, Charles Allen, Henry Wilson,
]. W. Graves, G. b. Weston, WIN b. Spoon
er, J. H. Shaw.
Ito nominate is one thing, to elect is quite
another.
TIM PREsrDENr's RrGArrA.-We learn
th,t to dry, during the excursion Of the Presl-
dent and city authorize: of Boston down the
h,rbor, great regatta will come off, IN which
all the yachts in New York and the neighbor-
Ing cities have been inyitel to join. The prize
to be awarded is the Presidents Pitcher, val
uod at 500.
BOSTON papers contain little that does
not pertain to the jubilee.
- DR.. Sylvester Grham the author Of
the celebrated vegetable diet system, died IN
Northampton, Mass, on Wednesday night, the
lot inst He was about fifty years of age, and
leaves n wife AMI several children.
Father Richie, late of the Washington
Union, has declined bain.'a c,nlidrte for
Governor of Virginia. He s1vs-"l am &c to
say, at once, that could not be the Governor
Of Virginia, if ,could, and l ,could not, i /
could"
"A Washington despatch says at is re-
ported in well informed circles here, that Hon.
Geo. Ashmun, of Massachusetts, will probably
get the vacant seat on the Supreme Court
Bench.
- The extensive silk house of Chces-
brough, Stearns & Co., Broadway, New York,
failed on the 10th inst, for S75O000.
- The friends of Louis Napoleon express
increasing doubt of his prospects of reelection.
There are still strong anticipations that the
Prince dc Joinvile will become candidate,
although at present he positively refuses either
to sanction or to decline nomination. In that
clse, by the division created, the opposition to
the pres mt incr nbent of the Presidential Office
might possibly achieve thu nrh.
800. d. A. J. Uphln, Of Mw lu;ec, late
Mayor of tn t tlv, hrs been nominated by the
Democratic purity, as Il clnlidAte for Governor
Of lsconsn.
There is an important rumor from Mex
leo, to the effect that President Arista applied
to the British Minister to know whit course
Bingham would pursue in case TINS country
houIl declare war aglns Mexico for annul-
ing the Teh ,un,epcc treaty The reply Is
sud to hive been TINT rnglanl would hive
nothing to i" with the qnlrrcl.-I Troy Post
--MlcHIGAN.-I ho " higs of Michigan
hive nominated Thomas f, Gin, Ely, of J 'ck
son. for Governor, and GroRGE II. llAZLi TON
Of Flint, for Lieut.. Governor; and appointed
David Smart and lIczokrh q. Wells dele
rates at large to the Wing National Conyen.
ton.
---EDwrN FoRREsT-This tragcAln has
rcturncd to the stage. He appeared at til"
3.o'dwy Theatre on Monday night in the
cllrActcr of Damon
Appreciated Famine in Alablmr.
EALTiu1tE. Mon ~, Sep. II, ISL.
A f,mu' Is unprecedented in PicScns County
AIlb rml, AMI public meeting Wis held, AT
VIII n 1t was proposed to crll an Extra Session
Of the Legislature, to procure loln to buy
Corn.
---'THr STATE FAIR at Rochester, y. V,
is sud to hive been more nnnerouslv attended
than any previous one. Ofthe Stock ana ar
rIclcs on exhibition we have no PARTICULARS.
-IAe first Locomotive ever used in the
United States is still employed on the Little
>chuylkliI railway. 1t was built in Liverpool,
England, by Edmund Bury, ana Is a little over
twenty years old.
"A correspondent has furnished us with
the snhj"iued very neat and tlierably faithful
t usailon OF the beautifully ver,ited latin
p ',er composed by Mary Of Scotland whl
a1-'uer in Lrculevrn Castle. Oar corresIon-
de Il calls The =" last prayer OF Mary, Queen
of '>cos," We hope not The unfortunate
} 'oen lived good While after composing thu
tou; ing prayer, and made, we hope, man>
nt;erS.
We give the original, as furnished by Of r
correspondent, correcting his version of it,
somewhat barOarons atIniry, as ne will per
cni,e:-
Last Prayer of Mary Queen of s. otis.
90, DONNIE Deus Spruvi in tie
o, Carr mi Jrsu nunc liberia me
In dura catsna, in misera ppna,
DesIero tie
LGnguendo, gemrnlo, ct genuAectendo,
Adore, imporo,
u librrrs me :"
(Iranslution)
Oh Lord my Creator! my hope is in thee;
Oh Jesus, dear Savior deliver thou ms
n u1llinu in