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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

0@THE FRFsuETs AT THE EsT.-Cin-
cinnI,i papers of the 29lh ut., brings Us further
account Of the destrnct on Of property by floods
OF the damage at Cincinnati, the Times OF the
29th says;
"rhe spectacle presented from the mouth
of the Mi-creek to the upper part OF Fulton, Is
awning but cheering al present, and no one
Cal form n correct Idea OF lis drearlneSs with
oui witnessing It, We not only find families
and business men driven from their quarters
but much property floating around at the mer-
cv of the water. All the snpynrds, sawmll',
manufactures, together with Shreve, Steele q
COS extensive rolling mills, have had to dis
continue their business and turn their atten-
ton to saving their properly. All the lumber
belonging to Johnston g. Wostons and Ash
craft mills, is afioat, and hands have been
Yesterday and to-day SO securing II that It may
not float away.
Many houses IN Fulton, Brooklyn, Newport
COvington, ana in the lower parts of our city
have had to be deserted for places more secure
Much valuable lumber has fl ated away from
the wards about Fulton, and If the rise contln'
ucs, of winch there Is every evidence, the los:
will be incalcuablc. At ciIht o'c ock hi,
morning the water had reached the south curl
stone at the corners of Butler and Front ana
Pike and Front streets, and was then using n
tie rate or iva inchos per honr. ltlsup tn ii,
cap of the Deer creek bridge, and two fee
more will bring ii over the toy. The scene "a
the lcyeo is anything bot gratifying, The
boats are lying two or three tiers deep, ana th'
prospects for loading and unloading are decI
dediy -lrw."
At Louisville, an immense amount of ran
had fallen, and on the 10Th of December thu
river had isen ten feet, and was sui rising Il
the rate of four inches per hour. A vas
amount of damage had been done. All thu
houses on Water street were inundated, an'
one or two wharves were under water. Forty
hogsheads of sugar were destroyed on one o
the wharvcs, and 1900 bushels of coal weT'
sunk on board Il steamer. Another steame
had broken from her mornings and been swep
away. The LomSriHe Courier Of the 2Ot
says:
"Out exchanges cone TO us filled with ac
counts of the dlmages done by the freshet O
last week. The destruction OF property m eve
ry direction has been very great, accompanied
IN some Instances with loss of lie, and we tea
that half has not been told us. We hear tia
| portion of the track of the New Albany an
Si'em Railroad, at the Muddy Fork of Silve
Creek, has been wa5hed away. We could no
learn the extent Of the INJURY"
I here was prospect OF heavy rise a
Wabash, on the 25th ait. There was i've fee
Of water "a tho river, anu II wl' Tau!af narC
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

GA recent steamer brought information
of the death of DR.. WesselhnN, OF the Brattle,
boro' Water Cure Est lblIshnent, at Leipsg
Germany. lilo had partial upoplet,c attack
year since, which seriously oTacte his mind
and his journey to Europe was undertaken in
the Fall, in the hope of beneftt,ng his health
HIS Water Cure Establishment is to be con.
Quoted BY Mrs. Wesseihpi, under the super
VISION Of experienced physc.ans.-B Boston n
las
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07
Death of Mir. Van Ness.

Tho CoNov;r,, 10 ,bo ,,,;l ,,oo,,r, or .bo
~ - '''e ol'' va C-'o''' VI Wv
proceedings OF the adjourned meeting held al
tho Cnpr, JJ,,so ., rr,osd,,, ,,s, ho,dod
0's 49,
10 us ny the ioecfet1ry, Mr.. SAKE, tins morn
mo.
Pursuant To adiourntonpt the rrpctinr as.
,, -,
S'"UIeu VI 'ie OouFt HOUSE Oh iuesday eve
nin-, Dec, 2Sth when il being announced bv
,L. ft..t., - -,
We O'aT that tlc Secrclary. zen. OLAhkE' was
absent from town. JouN G.. SAKE ESQ. was
/ ....:..,., 4, =,
"PPO'"'' o"crcC'iy' ana We hePo'l Vi the
Committee on Resolutions benr called for
A. C,r, t-:
! " H"A"9 'eou 'ie 'oil""'"S
! God III his Providence has of late OFT remin led
us that talent .ind worth, and distinction. avail no.
tnrg against TIT claims ui the last destroyer. The
nation has once ;'ld again been called 10 mourn
the loss ct those VITO, 10y zeal aud devotion IN It's
service, have gwen It distinction aud entitled 1t to
respect
Ims community AZ. panied to learn that our late
n'll hJol aud liltnd, hon. CoRNELlUs j. VAN Mss
has suddenly uoe' summoned rom HE, and IS nov
"'i,T Tn@ "i.n I'' uea' ...i.... .,,o..
was endcared to WIDE crcle OF irends By tat
o 90" ',a, ~, A.' ~
rs Chief Judge OF the supreme Court, lie brought
Inont of mo Inir,",y G,r w wv ,r i ~,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07
JoHN G.. sane, :, - &t

a. COMPARATIVE ARIA AND POPULATION
area Of the Uniiel States IS but one-seventh
less than that Of the who of Europe. including
the Islands. Its population, however, is less
than ono-eleyenth large. The population
Of Europe averages seven'y-one to the square
mile, while thtt of the United States is but
seven. Russia has nearly eight times as much
European territory MS any other nation, and
twenty millions more Of population. Her pop
uiation, however, is but thirty to the square
mile while that of Belgium Is 3Sl.
OF the United States. Massachusetts is the
most densely peopled, having l27 inhabitants
to the square mile. Texas, the largest in area
of the States, has 10000 square miles more
territory than the empire of France and near,
" twice as much as the United Kingdom of
Gre Britain and Ireland, The population of
the United States VIII surppss that of Great
Britain within five years, and probably over
take that of France by The next national CEN
Sus.
If the whole territory Of the United States
were equally distributed Among the inhabitants.
1t would give every man, woman and child,
freeman and slave, farm OF 90 acres while
in Europe each individual would receive but
nine If this country was as densely popula-
as Belgium, the number would make the enor-
nous aggregate of | 227 ,9l6,la7; a sum
equal to the present inhabitants Of the whole
world
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

LATER FIR NJ SoUTH AMERICA Dates have
been received from Buenos Ayres 10 the 18th
Of November, Rio Janeiro 10 the 22I, and Ba-
hs to the 18Th, We seec, few items Of
news;
Several fatal cases Of lIYdrophobia had oc.
Cured.
The accounts stale that there had been much
excitement on lhs subject Of the elections in
Braz !, VIII ca we're sad TO be going against
the governments
On the 2O,h OF October the Emperor Of Bra
I'll received the committee sent from England,
by The Sncjely of Friends, to lay before him
manifesto against The slave trade.
An enormous number Of auctions had AIKEN
pace At RIO in October, amounting in the as-
gtegate To- 10000
Tue roads ~ the interior were almost totally
mpas abe. and tins circumstance, added to the
extreme want VI labor IN gathering the coffee,
had been OF tie most serious consequence 10
the planters.
Inc ecrlons for Presidento Buenos A yres
had resulted IN favor Of DR.. Alslna, uho was
understood to be favorable TO the system OF un-
restricted commerce, which, It was expected,
in conformity with the resolutions OF the Cham
Der OF Deputies, would be carried out TO the full
est extent. Genera! Urqulza, the ex-govet-
nor, WAS residing IN the province OF Entretos,
and Appeared 10 have gwen up a idea OF re
covering MS nrmcr position, conten!lng him.
self with retaining the government vi Entrerl'
o., when he sllIl held.
The following gentlemen had been aelectsd
for the Ministry Don Bttt0lume Mltre, Min
l,'er Of State; Don Bautlsta Pena, Minister o
Finance; Don jose Maria Flores, Minister o.
War and Marine
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07
The Lake Shore Railroad.

Some three weeks ago, meeting was held
in keesevle to further the project OF construct
ing Railroad from Pia,tsburLh along the
Western shore of the Like to whitehall 1t was
attended by class Of men from Troy and IN
termcdlnte places who are in the habit ot "mak-
lng their mark" Mr. W, G. WATSON was
Chairman and G.. VI. DAWSON of Saratoga
and C.. b. RICHARDS Of TROY, were appointed
Secretaries.
The meeting was very fully attended, aud It's
object was fully and freely discussed by gen
tencn of the vicinity aud from Troy and Mon,
ueal. A significant amount Of capital mt ~
.Rucuce was represented, as the list Of Directors
appointed proves. They are Messrs. l.. Il. b.
Troy, GovERNEuR MoRRIs and Gto. L.
ScuvYLrR, New York. q +. BLouNr, White
hrI, J. G. IlAWd,ND, C:oyn Point. G. ".
Corr, Port Henry. WV. No. soN and JA', FEU-
ToulrNsoN, Kesseyllle, AMI l.. Myers, Phtls
burgh.
When We consider the interest that Tro,
and Albany, respectfully Troy have in the pros
eculion of tbs important work, it Is hardly SEN
! sble to doubt that 1t will be speedily compile
ted. We never get knew any public enterprise
fail which Troy deemed essential to her pros
perity, AMI we therefore look upon the Lake
| Shor1 RAILROAD ms "a fixed fact"
| We learn that the subscription for the re
CURED amount of Stock on the line, some 20
Or 100000 do.lars-Is encouragnsly progress
/ sing.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

MEIAxcmoLY SmiPwREck-LosSo Of fifteen
Lircs - u. Setter, Of ship Annawan. from
New Or,e.l,> which arrived at this port yos-
terday afternoon, states that on the 3lst Of De-
cembcr, at ! 7 NJ, when III lat. 40 p, lon. II,
he fell III with a boat containing portion of
the crew of ship Amulet, of and for Boston, 81
days from Cete, france, winch vessel had
sprung "A lea and sunk. and fHeen Of her c. cIc
had persisted in he i'll fdted sh P' The follow,
lng are the names of the officers OF the vessel,
who alone were saved and picked up II the
boat Paul li0wes. ulisler Thos. :. iioweS,
LIST mate, ebert b. Folk, % mate; John
Williams, 81 mate. The survivors were in the
boat thlrty,slx hours Def re they were picked
up.
Cant. How es. the commander Of the Amulet,
says that the ship had sprung leak during
heavy north vest gale on the 2cth December.
She commenced leaking at midnight, and as
the water continued to increase 50 rapidly tn It
all the pumps of the SNIP, well mlnned, could
not free her, or prevent her sinking, he gave
orders to the crew TO save themselves by The
boats and abandon ship. The captain md
IN. GERS took the quarter bont and succeed
t. / in clearing the ship without damage; but
the crew were not So foriur''o IN ihcr cifoit'
10 save themselves. The only two re nln,nT
balls were both Swamped and stove to pieces,
! while being got over the SIDE at the vessel
aud at SIX o'clock IN the morning the ship went
down with all who renamed on board, uun-
/ berng fifteen persons. The follow ng Is list
/ Of those lost stephen Miller, John Powers,
James Mcl.qne, William North, Jessie Marie,
! Thomas Cuban, Robert Per ms, John Mar
shah. Thomas Tanning, Wlhm West and
John West, Sc men; John Constable, steward;
John Kenney, cook and two others, names
unknown who had secreted themselves on
/ DO rd at Cctte.
The Amulet was an old ship, aud is proha-
| bly insured IN this city for h r fall value. She
had q cargo OF sat conslguod Ia a house n
tins city.
e. From II,vANA.-.Thc .Nfr Orleans
| Pic1yltne publishes Havana news Of the E'h
ali some items of which we condcnsc. The
ugllsh fleet have taken three slaycrs, Just tit
! ted out for the African coast one OF them IS a
schooner called the Vest j.
The Havana press deny the rumor thathe
/ eral Canedo viii he removed. II Is asSefte,
that the Spanish government Is entirely salts
fled with the course of the Caplaln-Gcnera
during the recent difficulties.
The usual Christmas visit 10 the prison wa
20 c"umcnco on the liza. Tae reason .o' be
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

e. Our despatch from New Orleans shows
rhlr IN Tam uIpls and thn RIO Grande Coun-
try of Mexico the insurgents are carrying the
day. They have taken tire Governor ana mne
of ms leading friends pr soners, WINE tnc state
,c Tam,u mas is sald to have declared for the
Provisional Government Of Mexico. but for
what one. we are not informed. The War
steamer Sta:e of Mexico and war schooner
mad also come into the hand Of the insurgents
pBci gives them rJum'ul u the uauouaI
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-07

pi and its tributaries beng assigned as thu
prltre cause in both cases. In Virginia aud
North Carolina the culture has largely dimln-
ishcd
The product of potatoes has fallen from lOS,-
2J5.UGO bushels IN 1880 to li0.C55,96 BUSH
els IN l>5O; The prevalent dlscusp or "rot,"
being unqurstlonibly the cluse. The quan.i-
ty OF sweet OF potatoes raised in 1850 was 3-,-
3 9.lU6 bushels.
OF vine the total product in 1850 was 22l,
2lO gallons. California and New Mexico gave
W, 10 gallons The increase IN other portions
OF the Union has been but 10000 gallons a
iact winch conflicts with the ordinarily recelv-
CD OPINION IN regard to the production Of this
article in OHIO aud other States.
The qnlntly OF ale and splrituous liquors
produced IN the nited States N the same year
amounted to 5H00Ot 90 gaijuns-beinp AT the
rate OF nearly four gallons per head.
The increase IN the culture Of hops has been
nearly 300 per cent. Almost tie whole of the
increase has been in the State ofNew York.
The returns OF 1910 exhibited 1921 81
ons OF fax and hemp the quantity raised ia
the United States those of 1850 give 30 ,O9}
Of hemp ana 7,1ij,96l pounds Of flax Mr.
, kENNEDY suggests that in the former case the
marshals may have written tons where pounds
were intended.
! ln the culture Of silk there hq. been large
decre1,e, having been only 1868 pounds IN
/ 1880 against 81. 7G} pounds IN IL 10. Connect
lcut Is the only State which has continued the
culture without suspension.
! The cane sugar made according to the CEN
! sps Of lcj was 2i7, 50l 900 lbs, besides ~,
/ 7GO,iO6 gallons Of moasses maple sugar, "a :
259ccG lbs being an aggregate increase IN
ten years of 2j.7}O,077 lbs
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19

TEMPERANCE IN RHODE ISLAND The
Newport correspondent OF the N. Y.
Tribune writes, "They have opened IA
subscription to raise 8 10, 600 dollars, for
the purpose Of employing counsel, II
necessary, in contested cases, and to
remunerate those who are willing TO de-
vote their time to the good work. Ma.
ny gentlemen have subscribed over
thousand liars a piece, and il is quite
probable that the fund 10 be devoted TO
the enforcement of the law will reach
near FWy Thousand Dollars. - Pror.
Posi-.
This is the first intimation which we
have had Of this sfupendom undertake
ing. In the first place, there are but ve-
ry lew friends of the Maine Law in this
town who have got any thousand dollars
to give away Tor this purpose; and those
who have, from what we know Of their
ightncss, in all money matters, will
scarcely give the thousandlh part Of a
thousand dollars for any such purpose
iberaIity is not one of their charac-
teristics.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19
european Nrws,
HALIFAX, May IL

HALIFAX, May II
The steamship Cambria arrived at
noon today with go passengers and
full freight.
The Atlantic arrived out on the 9Th
at II o'clock A. NJ.
Proceedings in Parliament POSSESS
little interest. Lord Palmersion had
stated that no grounds OF prosecution
existed against Kossuth on account ol
tie rocket discovery.
At the Queens levce. Mr.. Ingcrsoll
presented Messrs. Brancron, Davis and
w. w. Gilbert.
Four seamen were drowned from the
ship Daniel Webster F; TWO Engishmen,
and John Campbell, al East Boston,
and George Cook. tf Yarmouth, N. $.
Several quite important. mercantile
failures have occurred.
French advices unimportant. The
Emperor is seriously Ill.
An nsurrcct on had broken out in
Friburg, Switzerland, which was
promptly put down: with thes loss Of
several lives.
Cholera had broken out at Moscow.
Dates from Cons tantinoplc, 18th, re-
port all quiet.
The intelligence from China is i'm
por.ant. The China Mail of Feb. 25ih,
slys that the rebels. 80 900 strong. were
threatening Shanghai. Kwying, the
imperial commander. in. chief, had been
defeated and killed. The Emperor has
issued proclamation, calling on The
reople for help.
The "Fricnd OF China says. that If
America, England, and France, would
offer the Emperor assistance. they
might bind him TO open commerce with
them.
Dates from Australia are 10 Feb. 90.
Everything seems progressing finely
There have been new p!acers OF gold
discovered.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19

Very Ricu.-The Spiritual Harbin
ger, paper printed in Rochester, N. y.
aud advocating the spiritua. rapping
mania, has the following:
In the twelfth hour the glory OF God.
the life of God. the Lord Of God. The H0-
ly Procedure, shall crown the Tribune
Creator with the perfect dlsclosve ilu-
mination. Then shall the Creation, in
etlulgence above the divine seraphmal,
arise into the dome OF the disclosure IN
one comprehensive revolving galaxy Of
supreme created Beatltudes.
After copying the above paragraph,
the Cayuga Chief responds as follows f:
Then shall blockheads in the Jackas-
ical dome of dsclosive procedure, above
the all fired great lealherlungus oi Peter
Nip-nlnny-go, the Gooseberry Grinder,
rise into the dome Of the disclosure, un-
Ill co-equal and co-extensive, and con-
glomerated lumuXes, in one comprchen-
slve mux, shall assimilate into nothing
and rcvolye like bobtalcd pussycat al-
ter the space where the tail was Can
the Harbinger understand our spiritual
manifestations!
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19

SPEED OF the TRAIN.-It is "a dispu-
ted point how fast the train was going
over the bridge at Norwalk when ,he
late disaster occurred-some staung the
number at fifteen miles an hour, others
AT fifty. Ii is SAID the locomotive leaied
a distance of sixty feet and struck the
abutment on the other side, sixteen feet
below The bridge II this be true, the
speed OF the engine must have been
about forty miles per hour, as a body
falls sixteen feet in the first second OF
time. The fact is determined by the
width Of the draw anI the distance tire
engine icll before striking. II these dis
lances can be accurately determined,
there can be no difficulty in finding the
rate OF speed. ii the train was going
at twenty-five miles an hour, which is
the most probable rate Of speed the YER
tical distance which the locomotive fell
before il struck must have been forty
feet.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19

New HAVEN RAILROAD AND THE
PREss.-The annual meeting Of the
New York and New Haven Railroad
WAS held at New York Thursday. The
entire old board OF officers were elected
AT the meeting discussion arose AS to
extending cour.esies TO the press, by
permitting the members OF the same TO
pass over the road free Of charge. The
shareholders, ior the most part, opposed
the granting Of these couriesies, since.
in return, the press made pubhc dH The
mfsadps ofMe road. II was charged
upon The New York Tribune that it
made reflections on the management Of
the road, and on this accoun. the editor
oi that paper should be excluded. at all
events. The present look is that the
press will have TO p for their own uc-
cidenis, the same us The public generally
do.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-05-19

Rev. Mn. HESsoN's OccuPArios GONE.
The Courier des Eais Lhis publishes
the following affidavit Of Mary Ann
Williams. mother Of the Rev. Eleazer
Williams, claimant 10 the Bourbon
thronA:
State of New York, Franklin Coun-
ty, ss,-Personally appeared before me
the undersigned, one Of the Justices OF
The Peace in and tor said County. Mary
Ann Williams, and, being duly sworn,
deposeih and says liiat she is upward Gi
eighty years o. age, but does not know
her exact age that she is the widow
0i Thomas Williams and that She is
the natural mother Of Rev. Eleazer
Williams and that she il aware Of his
pretcnsions to be the son oi Louis XVI,
and knows them to be false that he
was her fourth child, and born al
Caughnawaga that nj the time OF his
birth her sister took him 10 the priest to
be baptized, and that her sister gave
the priest tile name OF the chlld's god
father, which was Juser, from which
the child took his name that he was
horn in the spring thinks in The month
Of June SAYS that when hn was about
nine years old some OF his fathers friends
from the States came 10 Caughnawaga,
and took him Gnd q younger brother
away, To SEM them TO school that
some time after he returned home, and
had sore leg which made him lame;
that they dociored his leg the sore WIS
on his knee that sometimes II would
heal up, and again break out and that
they suneilmes were fearful II would
never get well that she has 10 recol-
lection how the scar came on his face
and that she never knew of his having
any trunks or medals in his posse ssion
and that her son EleaZer very strongly
resembles his father, ThGs. Williams
and says that no person whatever,
either clergymen or others, ever advised
or influenced her in any manner to say
that he WINS her son that the first init
nation she ever had OF his pretensions
TO royal birth was from one w illiam
Woodman, an Oneida Indian. who came
TO her about three years ago and asked
her i: she would not be willing TO 20
before n magistrate and swear that
EleaZer was not her son but was given
her TO bring up she told him she would
do no such thing, us she knew him % he
her son that ElcaZer has since men
toned 10 her that some Of his friends
thought he was not an Indian, but de-
scended from royal parentage she told
him II WAS no such thing, ti!at he was
her own Sun.