Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-12-31
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

1t is stated that the sum total Of the rnu-
ncpal expenditures in the city OF Paris from
i-l7 to l,5l, inclusive, amounts to DIS $50, Is
francs in round numbers $l6000000. In the
year lSi7 the expenses were 50,452, APP francs.
or about $1,000; las they were reduced to
30 millions and fraction in $40 they rose
to nearly Is millions ; sinking in lS50to a trac-
ton under - mi lions, and rising again in 1851
to ~ million francs or about ten million Of
dc lar
Singleton Mercer, the Young man who
shot lleberon some years since IN Philadel-
phia, for seducing his sister, was shot in the
head at an oyster cellar in the same city on
Friday evening The dispatch does not say
that the wound was fatal.
The Washington correspondent of the
.Nr York Tribune says that Hon. Edward
Stanley, Representative in Congress from
North Carolina, will, at the close of the present
session, remove to Clllfornin, where he viii
practice ms profeason-tl!e law.
We learn that at the session of the t. S.
Court in Providence last week, Judge Curtis
delivered an opinion to the effect that the liquor
law as passed by the Rhode Island Legislature,
is unconstitutional The opinion will shortly
be published.
Col. Benton, speaking recently in cor
versation OF his vigor and health, remarked
Until was thirty, drank nothing but water,
sir Since then have drank only what circum-
stances made it fit should drink. Temperance
and moderat ion keep me in health and strength.
Besides adopt the Roman regmen-balhe
with cold water and rub dry. That's exercise.
None of your common flesh brushes, but such
as they rub horses legs with
- Tie great sale of all lands in Maine
owned by the state of Massachusetts, (the bid,
for which opened in Boston on "Wednesday,
was declared in favor of a gentleman of Ros
ton, and lumber merchant OF Bangor. The
land included in this purchase amounts t, {
million and half of acres or more, The lum
Der upon the land is of immense value, while
the whole sold for song, not yielding quite
81 l2 cents per acre.
- Lola Montez has turned up az IN, dow
south where she has just been sapprg a the
atrical managers face. 1t is now reported tina
she is about to marry again, ard that the hap
py man Is former member of Congress iron
a southern state,
-- The Noya Scotia Legislature Is to NEE
on the Doth Of January,
--- A company has been organized il
Rochester with capital of $4,000, co. 70
constructing a Railway from that city to Troy
800 A letter from London to the n. Y. Tri
bune gives an account of disastrous defeat
Russian army of 10000 men by the noun
, ttincers of Clrcassia,
\ -- 1t costs thirty five millions Of dollars I
f pay the salaries of American lawyers twels
r mi lions of dollars are paid ont annually I
keep our criminals; and ten millions Of dola
to keep the dogs among us alive while on
4 SIX millions of dollars are spent annually
e keep the sixteen thousand preachers in ii
g United States.
@ MARRIA6F. 80 The more married men &c
. have, the fewer crimes there will be. EXar
It inc tue irightful columns of your criminal ca
= endas; you will there find hundred youtl
executed to one father of family, Maria,
- renders men moro yirtuous and more wise
}, The father of family is no, Wiling 10 bin
before lls children. Ne ie afRil g. mad
shame lh,.r inheritance.