Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-08-29
ITEMS Ar HOMEAND ABROAD.

ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The ,ceight Of the Free Soil shot so ex-
plosvely sent into JoHN LYMAN by very noted
Free Soil Locofoco Rocket>maker, will be tes-
ted on Tuesday next IfMr. LYMAN falls much
behind his ticket great many people will be
disappointed! And great many sensible
folks, also, are of the opinion that even our
friend RA som JONES, who sits, like practs-
ed equestrian, d.strdddie Of tlco horses going
different ,rays, must look out for the dumping
place" These double-hcadcd monsters have
not groom in the affections of the people du-
ring the last twelvsmcnth. Yankees are apt to
prefer straight forward dealing, in the long
run,-an open friend or an open foe
At the adjourned meeting of the Free
Soilers last evening, SAM'L S. HUNTI GroN,
Esq, was nominated for Town Representative.
Mr.. HU>rrNe is highly respectable c'i
zen, and will undoubtedly receive the full vote
of his party-if anybody can determine what
that is
The Old Liners met, last evening, at the
Howard House and dourned to some "peer
furiod " without making any nomination 1t is
said that our extremely sagacous friends are
waiting to see whom the Wings will put in
nomination. If the Wings nominate A. they
will nominate minus If b. they will nomi-
nate plus y, Political algebra is getting pop
ular in these diggings
* nrUcky Election The official ma
jority of Powell, (Opp,l for Governor, in the
whole State Except Letchcr County is SO /;
and of Thompson (Whig) for Lieut. Governor,
6,233. By comparing the vote for Governor
and Lieut.. Governor, it will be seen that the
election was not conducted on strict party
principles. Had this been the case, Kentucky
would have been n wing. We now have
handsome majority in the Legislature.
-TENSrssEE ELECTION In this State
the election was purely POLITICAL The wings
have the Legislature. Campbell (whigJis cleo
ted Governor by ma ority OF 200.
In the Third District Churchwcll, Opp, is
elected to Congress, over Anderson, (whig) by
u majority which leaves the Congressional
Delegation the same as in the last Congress.
-FIRE ~ CoycoRD, n. 1.-THE n. II
Patriot, Extra, furnishes us few facts, in add-
ton to those contained in our tecgraphic dis
patch, last evening relative to the fire In Con-
cord, night before last. The loss Is estimated
at 100000 to Sl5),000. A large proportion
was probably insured. The Patriot adds -
"7His fire pas IN oubiedy the ,rork Of an incen-
diary. A negro called Jack Robinson is sus-
pectcd, and has been arrested"
-GEN CLARK. Ct Sandy Hill, has been chosen
as delegate to the D-mocrltc State Convention,
from the Second District OF Washington County -
The Gen. is one OF the most stubborn old llunkers
in the Stnte, and hates Free Soiler heartily as
removed office holder hates Fillmor,- Aljdny
4hnickerJocker.
The General is certainly toleraby Johnso>
nian hater Of the hybrid class of politicians
mentioned by the knicherbockcr, and even car
ries his resentments so far as hardly to recog-
nize the fair distinction between Wing and
something that he looks upon as worse He is
great lover of the Union, however, and we
indulge strong hopes that the recent elections
in the Southern States, where nearly all the
USIoy Candidates were Uhigs and the Secs
sIoyTsTs Locc 'oco, will have opened his eyes a
'fcet' or 50,
- The Wings Of SHELBURNE are ac-
lively in the field. They will not again be
caught mapping.
by the way, are our friends, throughout
the county, bcstirring themselves? a full vote
Is always Wing Victory and let us have it,
THIS TIME, with vengeance. LET IT
II
.feld, our Free Soil" opponents jumped from
the frying pan into the fre.-MR. REDFIELD
AGREES WITH Mr.. PECK, and has repeat
cdly said so.
- The Wings of gallan. old CHAR
LOTTE are wide-awake for the contest, NEXT
TUESDAY. They have their ticket for Rep
resentatiye and Justices nominated and will
elect it, too, withom hro baiIotings. MIDAS
PRlND f, Esq, than whom no better Wing
can be found viii represent them in the Lcgis-
lature, and they have nominated Ezra Holt,
DAVID Cook, ABNER SQUiRE, EzRk ALTMAN /
DER, EzBoN PRINDLE, J. S. SHAW and CALVIN
STEBBINs as their board Of Justices. Let no.
body agtate himself about Charlotte.
- y w o DERfU VI INSTANCE or ELONG A. !
rIoN.-Thc Burlington Sentnco the 25th inst.
says the Vermont Valley Railroad, (which OK
tends from Bratteboro' to Bellows Falls, in
Windham County is TWO THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED AND sIXTY>Nr>E MILES in length. If
So the length of the road has increased since
It's entire completion, just a hundred fold A
like increase in the iengM of 'old line" Loco
focos would enable them to make tall show
on the first Tuesday of September next, and a
like increase in their numbers would no doubt,
give them now and then justice of the peace.
Isaac p ATT, Esq, the Editor of the
Poughkeepsie Eagle, one of the most efficient
and abIy-conducted Wing papers in New
York, honored our sanctum, few days ago, on
his way homewards from pleasure excursion
around by the Falls ana through portion of
Her Majesty's Province of Canada.
Vactardav our friend IL n