Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-05-16

-. uTcdt COMMUNION m rcidfiOn In the Cubdn inrdSiO
: -Ercry5Ody in the Fog Nay-dav in Nelp lOr
r More houses UdRicd-E Emigran,s nRd Bpggar
Ie -R,ch mcR-Jcnay Ljnd-Ndiing of the Pdcif
h Great La~suit- Fat Pickings, Sc, &c.
- New YORK. May 9Th, 1851.
Z EDfroR OF THE FREE Press New York is in rrca
, cominotion on account Of the Cuban INVASION Ev
~ erybody believes there is be an invasion every
body is quite certain that there are scores, and ever
r hSndreds Of meD, now in the City, who are armed tC
If the teeth and ready to sail for the "Pear of the An
d TILES, just soon as the leaders Of the expedition
deem it safe to Cling their banners to the bre,ze ."
r The U 5. Authorities are on the 7 rire to catch the
e "desperadoes;" and not fishing smack, or oyster
boat is allowed to pass through He'll Gate without
d the closest scrutiny. The T. S. Marshal captured
last week, an old Steamboat called the CLEOPATRA
d and a fleet Of oyster boats off Perth Amboy, and
brought them in triumph into port; but, on exami-
nation, nothing of a warke or pratcal nature was
found on board "thc foula !" so they were all let
loose again, with the exception of the Clcopqtrq She
IS to be overhauIed by the Grand Jury, mex, week -
Six warike gentlemen were also arrested last week.
by the L. S. Marshal, as "mvaders," and compelled
to give bail but they will all be discharged when
the Grand Jury me cts
No evidence can be obtained to inplicatc nv one
as being connected with the Cuban expedition. all
being organized in our midst. All sorts Of rumors
are aiioat as to who to be leaders in this enter
prise Governor Quitman of ,,ssissippi. is one dcv
reported to be the generalissmo, and Gen. Samuel
Houston is assigned the chie command on the fol-
lowing day; Noses Y. Beach, owner of the n.
y Sun, is said to be the Treasurer, and Gen Shields
OF Illinois, is appointed, by general rumor, to the ar
duous post OF Quartz rnastcr- general Of the cxped
no ,,ul lt. il a.,
winkcd, blinded, balled, and involved in the mos,
abarynthian mystery, in regard to the whole affair
; Who will give US little light on the subjcctl
Have you ever been in New York on May-day {?
On that day, New York stgarms use the word
Smdrm in the that honey dealers use it, when
they apply it to their bees The first OF May is mov-
ing day in New York Almost every body moves
on that day. The rich and the poor alike change
their aboIes, some for the better others tor worse
Last Thursday, May st, the sidewalks were thronr-
ed from early dawn till past midnight, with men and
boys, women and girls, bearing on their heads under
their arms and in their hands, every conceivable ar-
Gle OF furniture that IS portable, from mustard not
10 wash tub, from Il tea spoon 10 a bedstead, and
from rolIng-pin to a cradle. The streetsSmere
rendered almost impossible by cars laden with house,
I hoId articles OF every description, ranging from the
shattered and dizzy traps OF the poor laborer to
the costly and elegant furniture OF the fashionable
} and das'rng member OF Uppertcn-dom
2 There are more people in New York n present
than ever before AS many as 1000 families are said
to be obliged to board there not being DWELLING
houses enough for their accommodation. But crow
ded as we now are, shall be driven into still co-
ser quarters; tor there appears to be no limit to the
: number OF Immigrants that are being poured into
our midst. During the month ending April Both
lS1l over 10000 emigran,s landed in New York
which Is double the number that arrived during the
same month OF last year and on Sunday last 1926
D msn, women aNI children, most of whom were in a
state OF utter dcsttn,ion, landed upon our whurves
The city is hronged with foreign bcggars whose un.
ceasIng opportunities are becoming perfectly intoler-
able. English tourists have said with sneer that
there are many beggars in New orN as there are
IN London or Paris but they omitted to state that
they are all foreigners Bccgary not indigenous to
America 1t is one oil the "1ranchcs of industry" in
: which a!yc.5on Americans can never hope to
compete with Europeans.
> New York can boast, however, OF rich men, as
well as OF beggars, and while the aerare of foreign
mponaton, the former are indigenous to the soil -
It tappears, from the Published report OF one OF the
r Deputy assessors, that VIM. 3. Asior, DR.. Noii4t
The proprietor Of tn Life Pills and PhDaix Buers,
Stewart the dry goods man, and Hamilton Fish the
. newly elected L. 5 Sena;or, the largest real es-
: tate holders IN the CITY. Asor Yns, probably tn,
: most real estate, but DR.. Motlt thought to be the
e wealthIer man OF the two He owns Bank, some
OF the finest buildings in Broadway, and has float
u ing capital of several millions in his Medicine bus
ness alone, which is said yield him n net profit
100000 per anHn. His mansion IS said to be tn,
u most superb IN America, furniture, stables, carriages
horses and dogs are roughly valued at $500 OO0 -
Don't yon wish you had selected tie Patent Medi
:, cine business as profession!
. Jenny Lind sings at Castle Garden, on "Wednesday
night, ior the first time since her return to New ork
4 She is to remain here two months. The tickets
range from 20 50. She will have to charge uni
If form ice, II she wishes to draw in Gotham oI
g twenty successive nights. | think she would make
h more money in the long ruu, nj 81 per ticket.
y The PaciGc starts for Liverpool on Saturday
when sne wlll cnrry across the Atlantic more pas
L sen4els than any steamer has ever doee before a
. any one time. Every berth in her was cngagec
- early last week, aud many men OF property, lover
OF ease and comfort, going in the stecraae-ther
- being no accommodations tor them in either OF tn
Il cabins, Alderman Herring wiltake over in the Pa
II the British Government to be sen, to tn, Tower o
London. The crown Jewels and other valuable ma
e, uonaI properly are to be kept in these safes
We are to have an important law suit tried her
if on the 18th inst, allule to the case OF the SouArr
= section OF the VI, +. Church, rcrsus the Northern
/ section. The Southcmers are the plaintiffs in thi
case, andhaye engaged as counsel, Rcverly Iohnso
e ot Maryland, Daniel Webster Of Massachusetts, an
Daniel Lord OF New York. The Nor,hcrners hav
secured the services OF Rufus Choatc OF Massuchu
Il sets, and f. l., Faucher and George Wood OF New
- York don't know which party has the right side
= and ought to win ; 10 know that the six lawyer
: will get pretty tat plrlmIs out OF their christian
brethren The probability is that they viii divide
y the oyster between them, and award a shell to eacl
n section OF the Christian iitigan.s.
n Yours, very truly,
i JOSEPH ANDREWS.
e Manufactures in Burlington.
c We most sincerely wish that under mi