Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-03-25
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

. I"itu"lHg dppToprldiIOIlS:- or the erection OF
deaf and dumb asylum $50. 100; unatic asy-
Ian, $500; blind asylum, $4,000 to for,
ward products to the worlds fair, $1,000 ; to
State agricultural fair, $1,000 to geological
survey Of the State, $1,000.
/ The three c&tortionists, two men and
a "oman-who recently attempted to do(ane
the character Of and cXtort money from, Sam
ucl Blgeow, "A merchant from Boston, have
been sentenced to the House of Correction.
the men for some three years each, ana the wo =
man to two years and six months.
-The Cleveland Herald says an mtelli-
gent buyer informs it that three-quarters of the
Wool in Northern Ohio has already been con-
traciod for, at prices ranging from Ii to So cts
per 10. In one instance, a lot of wool which
was offered and refused us 10 cts, was since
sold at % Cts.
Oh the whole we think we rather ad-
miro the GOODNESS of the man, who, upon find,
i'm it necessary to ''post" his wife for sundry
| violations of connubal uprghtnoss, did so by
putting written notices of caution not to barber
or trust &c, upon the walls of his sleeping
apartment, and who upon being reminded tina t
1t would be necessary to have them posted up
in some pubEc place, replied that he had put
them in the most public place he knew Of
Springfield Republican.
--THE CHEAP DEFENCE OF NATIONS
DIR. Franklin said, "\Vhere see house well
furnished with books and newspapers, there |
see intelligent and well informed children but
it there are no books or papers, the children
are ignorant, if not prohigate."
"A man who has no bills against him, be
longs to the order of nobility in more than
one sense.
--Bulwcr makes one Of his characters di-
vide the human family into classes, those who
are wise and those who are not. This is equal
to the French qnack doctor, who divided all
diseases into two classes, VIZ: "Of one you die
of the other you DON'T
This reminds rs Of the man who could only
recognize two tunes, one Of which was Old
Hundred, and the other wasn't
~ Coop IDEA.--Thcrc is a gentleman in
this city who gives twenty-five cents to some
charitable purpose whenever he uses proflne
word. The Secretary AMI General Agent Of
the Boston Providcnt Association acknowledge
cs the receipt of scventy-iivc cents from this
individual. The idea is an excellent one, and
might be adopted by thousands in this city, to
the advantage Of their morals, and to the ben
cit Of our public chlritic:.-Boston .Journa'.
Tile money market, last week, in New
York and Boston, is represented as having been
very stringent, and as high rates as one ana
half per cent month have been paid. 1t is
not supposed that it will be of long continu-
ancc.
-.NloRE VINO TRIUMPus IN MANS
Noah Smith, j., Wing, was chosen Speaker of
the Maine Legislature on Friday last, by a vote
of 50 to 81 Suppose the Legislature should
new give Mr. Fessenden anothe- try.
--Ey President FrLLMoRE.-Thc Southern
pres d, almost without distinction of party, urge
a warm and hearty reception of cx-PreSdcnt
Fillmore, AMI IN many of the Southern cities
preparations are making to receive him.
1t is stated that the whole numhcr of
books published in the United States during
! year La was l2SS. OF these 322 were re-
| prints of English books and Transitions, lcav-
ing the 96G as the number Of American works,
"A letter from the Cherokee nation dated
+ Feb. -, says that the Clmlnche Indians had
attacked Fort Arbuckle and captured a number
Of cattle They were, however, driven off with
the loss Of several mon.
-Asbury Dickens was reelected Clerk
of the United States Senate on Thursday last,
post he hast held for the last G,teen years
Col McNair was at the same time elected
srgeant-at-Hrms
1t is stated that tho annual cost Of the
army and navy of the United States per
head for the population, is sixty-scvcn cents
The cxpencc of the same establishments tn
Great Britain and ireland per head, is S2,5G
To France, $40, To Germany 1928.
The Nova Sco'l House of Assembly
dcfcrtol by vote of q to 10, bill chariering
an opposition Telegraph Company across tho
Province. This act probably seals the fate o
the Sub marine Telegraph from Newfounl-
land.
} Tho Senate al Delaware has passed ,
bill granting to Roman Catholic Societies al
the corporate rights and privileges of other re
Ii lous societies of that State.
Tile late law in Illinois rel tive to Tho
blacks is producnga good deal of excitemcn
both in and ont IF the State. A gentleman
writing to Chicago for one of the papers, say
that it Will not be regarded in the least in Nor
tAern Illinois.
: -LAQuoa FAcrs,-There are in n. \
) city 572l liccnced places where liquor is sold
3jl where it is sold without license; anu s. l6i
places open on Sunday, contrary to the ordn
anco of the city. The Whole number of places
licensed GTd uncep 'ed, where the poison
) sold and drunk, is 6,575 Tie Fourth War
bears the palm in grog-shoPs.
-MAssAcAusErTS.-Thc Delegates jus
chosen to the Constitutional Convention of TIT
Old Bay State are politically classified as 70