Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-18
DAY MORNING, JULY Is, 1856

sick Of the cholera at Madison, Ind, has rccov-
cred, his disorder being cholera morbus only
"A clerk in mercantile establishment
writes to his friends at home, "plagucy easy
times now-adays-very little work to do-ow
firm don't ddvcriSer
-- The SPEAKERsHTP.-The Washington
CORE pondont Of the New York Epeaing POST
says that the question Of the Spcakorship of the
House is already being discussed in that city.
Mr. Burt, of South Carolina, appears to be the
favored person among the Democrats. As the
! Wings will be in minority in the House, it is
of little practical interest who may be their can
didatc. Perhaps the hope of being Speaker has
induced Mr.. Burt to modify his views in regard
to disunion-ccrtainly his late Abbcvillc letter
is an Improvement upon his former position
- The state Uhig, published at New
burn, North Carolina, says =" We are author
lied to announce Mr.. Stanly as the candidate
for Congress in this District"
When such men as EDWARD SrAYLY are
sent to Congress, to represent the South, we
ihave no fears for the Union. lie is true
hearted American, every inch of him.
We clip the following from the Chuendcn
comfy whig ticket as it stand and has stood tor the
last week, in the columns OF the Daiiy Free Press
For }Hcman 5ars,ow,
Senator, I \. G.. WhIttemorc.
That it takes nine tailors to make a man." is
fact settled by prnverbia asservaton,--but that it
should take two men 10 make Senator, is dis
| coverv OF the Free Press, and but poor comp-
mcnt to It's candidates for that Office.
We "clip" the foregoing from the Daiiy
SentHd of this morning, and have attended to
our purals, with alacrly, acknowledging the
authority of another maxim (''.fts est aJ haste
doceri,'D which is equally well settled, though
rather by proverbial assereration than by cas-
servation " as our critical neighbor has it,
The Sentinel seems willing to admit that " it
takes nine tailors to make man y, but is sur
prised to learn that at should take two men
! to make Senator" Our witty friend has 90.
something to learn vet. Ii he will carefully
look over his list of Candidates. the day after
The September electiOH, he will discover that it
takes good many more than two Locofo-
cos (Which we suppose means "men ') to make
either tone Senator" or anything else worth
mentioning
The following patriotic lines are given
in the editors table of the Knickerbocker Mag
aznc for July:
"There is that in the ensuing cflusion which
cannot fail to rouse the slumberIng patriotism
of every American heart. 1t was composed hy
a western poet in one hour, by Connecticut
clock -
"What, bust this glorious Union up,
An 90 10 DRAWN triggers,
Just Tor a thundrriu passc Of
Emancpaied nggcrs
The eagle ot Aucrlky,
That llrw across the seas,
An thrOw'd the buddy British lion
k"r-sIunp upon her knees:
Say shall We rcnd him Inn from lim
Wun wing, wun way and wun 'tother,
And every srpperit pin-ether
lying at the other I"
"This is the kind of spirit that is going to
preserve our great and ge-lorious ked 'ntry
from Premature dissolution
THE New York Legislature adjourned
at - o'clock on Friday last, having passed Dis
bills, among which were the Erie and Osweeo
Canals Enlargement Bills, and the Bill for
Ferry at Rouscs Point
BY the way, the Montpelier Waterman says
our friend CAMPBELL's Ferry Boat, to ply be-
tween the two sides of the Lake, at Rouse's
Point, was launched, few days ago, and re-
marks that it Is 300 feet long. As the Ferry
Bill provides for distance between the piers ON
n e SID of In | nj ,fn ol,, ~ /
become question with some curious persons
to decide how much steam will be required to
get this Ferry Boat handsomely across Will
the Waterman examine the subject little and
let us know?
During the Fourth of July, while the clouds
were weepng,asweet little Fountain in the Park
was throwing up It's silvery spray, and remind
ing us how pleasant such an exhibition would
be IN cloudlcss sky and on dusty day. But.
alas it has disappeared, When it was not
needed, it was visible when it would glad-
den the eyes and hearts Of strangers and deni-
zcns it is "dead and gone. Shall this thing
be: We ask you, citizens of Burlington, shall
this thing be:
Tile official census of the State of New
York, published in the n. Y. Tnibune, shows
that respectable settlement to contain THREE
MILLIONS, NINETY-StvEN THOUSAND and NINE
rr-fIvG inhabitants about as many as this |
whole Country began work with. in l775! The |
Village Of New York alone contains 5l5,5l7 |
people, nearly double the entire population of
Vermont! The State can, land probably will
in lSJ2) cast 100000 votes for the next Presi- !
dent,-of which we calculate that about 26O,-
900 will be given to Gen. Scorr, though, of
course, we are as liable to be mistaken as other
people!
Tile WASHINGTON ExGINE COMPANY,
No. !, Of Middlobury, whose visit to Burling-
ton contributed so much to the pcasantncss
and success Of the recent Celebration of the [
Fourth Of July, have caused the subjoincd COM
pIlmcntay Resolutions to be published in the |
Register We recIprocate the kind feeling