Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-08-08
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N'"'cr, writes Us brief account of tha
S'age tricks" Of our neighbor of the Co,y.;,r
III mat vicinity. We have been informed tbo,
''0 'a'Iier ardent and unrefecting gentlemen
named IS going about the County Jr,,,,,,,;.,..
up subscribers for the Courier in the first place.
u"i u'eh DcStowlng vast amount of abusa in
inc " Peck's Attic" style, upon tbe nominee,
OIL the WING party of this county. II 10 s,;1
tAat he Is especially severe upon Jouy Iyv,x
Esq, of Huntington, and couiras,e with o..oo.
l'rce and loquacity his nomination for County
Judge with that Of Mr.. Rqnsom Joues of Rich.
mona -! We have not a word to saw in dis
Pafagemcnt Of Mr. JoyEs, who !. worth,
and excellent citizen, but when the Fdito, of
the Courier makes balloon of himself bv s,,oL
comparisons he only shows that the puncture
/ o. pm would let out all the gas there is in
II! The Courier will pardon us for saving tbo,
abuse to such man as JoHv LYv.x is in ,ba
poorest KIND OF taste especiniy when it is bock-
cd up by such "prctcnce" as Ransom Jonos,
VT Jones has every reason to exclairn: "save
Inc from my friends !" We suppose if tho
Courier orator should not succeed. either in in
creaslng his subscription list, or in de;eating
such staunch Wings and true men as Mr.. I,v.
MAN. ny the course he Is now pursuing, he will
look upon the campagn as rather failure. and
Will write to John Van Buren, and Parker Pills.
oury to that effect All we have to say is that
we hope he will pay the postage.
Tie statement Of the Free Press th,
the position Of Mr.. Rcdhcld is the 3 me thar
Vi Mr' hQGiHS u. Peck Is entirely unfounded
IN fact Darlington Courier
This won't do, my short fellow Our asser-
ton was mt is that Mr.. REDr1ELD has de-
/ cared within the past two weeks, that he nn-
Prorcd the rie,rs Of VI. PICKS letter. What
that gen,leman's position" is no,c. we do not
pretend to say. If he will deny that he t,Aiy
cn1orSed that letter, we will cN on our witness
ses The empty denial of the Courier. (which
we anticipated will not answer. We are talk
ing about .jacis.
Toy. Hunt, of n. Y, bas granted to
JnncS j. OrCWt, who was recently convicted of
arson in Utica, and sentenced to be hung to.
day, respite until the oath of October. A
more dabolical scheme of incenliarjsm tho n
i
that to which circuit was PARTY, was nev-
err connected. The respite was granted for the
purpose Of obtaining additional disclosures, re-
! apcctng this internal combination. The res
plte directs the Sheriff as follows:
sin communicating this fact to the unfortun-
ate criminal, must ask that YOU will distinct
|! inform HIM that he has no reason to look for
+ a further exercise of cicmcncy and admonish
him to employ the additional time now grant
ed, IN preparing for the dreadful future which
awaits him.
Tile .Nonipe'ir Wa!chman calls the nom
nation Of Mr.. REDFIELp, in place ofMr PEcK
by the Free Soil Democracy, the other day,
" the exchange Of peck fol smaller meas
ure." We suppose this is undoubtedly true,
but it isn't polite Mr.. Redfeld is certainly the
biggest measure less than a peck that our un-
fortunate free soil friends have left, and they
are Observing of credit for having done the best
| the could under the circumstances
"A Virginia planter, writing to the N. Y.
Express from London, complains strongly of
the manner in which he has been treated in
| England, and says that he shall take upon him
self the responsibility of treating the first John
| Bull he meets with, as some of his friends have
been treated by his ungentlemanly countrymen.
-CousINs-,female Cousins, we mean of
course,-are perr!exing things, especi lily if
they have dark eyes. We have a pref dice
against dark eyes winch we are afraid we shall
never overcome. Give us, for a cousin. cool
ISL grey eye, that is friendly, without being
| particularly IN earnest. We have been sur
rounded by beyy of Cousins, of both sexes,
within the last "a hours and most of them were
disagrccabe to us! We have prepared a re-
monstrance on the subject, and shall present it
to their respective parents on the first opportu-
nifty. Gen. CLARKE, of Sandy Hill, and Hon.
Mr.. RoGERs, of that ik will oblige us by Civ
ing the matter little preliminary reflection
We don't wish to be hasty, though it appears
to Us that our objections are wcll-tounded!
- In WATERFOWL, Wisconsin, Mr.. Fare
well, money lender from Vermont, while OH
his way to his boarding house at night. was
shot, the ball entering his forehead directly
above one eye, and penetrating the head two
inches. He cannot recover. He had about
S23O in his ockct, which was secured by the
assassin.
- Over $500 omigrants arrived at New
York Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday fore
noon.
e." PUGuIsTIc. Generals FoorE and
! QuIrMAN, opposing democratic candidates for
the Gubcrnatorial chair of Mississippi, have
had fight in conscqucnce of the former giyinr
the lie to the latter. Several blows passed be-
tween them, when they were separated. Quit
man declares he won't speak with Foote again
(Spunky9 1t thought by many Southern pa
perS that Footc, tho Union Candidate, will be
elected over Qutman by a majority of 10000,
- The letter from Mr. WEBSTER, which
was read at the late public dinner givon to
Archbishop Hughes at the Astor House, closed
with the following toast -