Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-04-01

unite in driving off the insurgents. There was
no prospect OF the siege being raised, as Ur-
quiza, the nstgator OF the instruction, has
immense influence with the country people
Hides are scarce.
~ a Catching DisEAsE.-Out of forty
person, male and female, employed in single
boot and shoe mandatory IN tins city, we are
informed that % have been married within the
last half year! Tnnk Of that, old bachelors
and wcep.-Spring. feH Rep.
CFSOllicial reports show that the average
number Of passengers carried duly by the
seven railways running into Boston, is 10000
ITEMS AZ NOME AND ABROAD.
Fins At LUDLow.-At an early hour
Monday morning, fire broke out IN the third
loft Of four story building, connected with
the manufacturing establishment of Geo Coffin,
Esq. In five minutes the whole roof was in
fumes; bnt owing to the prompt and manly
efforts of the fire companies, assisted by the
citizens, the fire was stayed on reaching the
second story, Loss estimated at about : 600
mostly covered by insurance. A Mr.. Fletcher,
Ia JIlt tIupDh VI lllC tSluullSHutlls IL NOIllIy
and Industrious man, being in the upper loft of
the dwelling aud finding his escape cut off by
the fumes, after being badly burned leapcd
from a window IN the fourth story, breaking
both his legs in most shocking manner and
Otherwise lnuring him. He is still in a pre-
carious situation. A subscription was started
for his relief, and over one hundred dollars
raised on the ground.
-FIRE IN New EIAvEN.-A dwelling
house, barns, and shed, belonging to Amos
Bates, in New Haven village, were destroyed
by fire carly on the morning Of Friday last.
The fire was discovered at about 3 o'clock, A.
NJ. Cause unknown. Insured for about Sli00
in the Vermont Mutual -Rmland Herald
---FEARruL ExpLosroN.-We learn from
the Portland Advertiser, that the boiler of the
locomotive Or'ord connected with a freight
train on the Androscoggin and Kennebec rail-
road, exploded on Thursday, shvering the ma
chine to atoms. The engineer. Francis Frank
was whirled into the air several yards. He
was taken up for dead, but on being bathed with
cold water, revived; his face is severely cut,
and his eyes are blackened with cinders AMI
ashes, so as nearly to deprive him of sight. but
o,bnrw;s, tn opnc,ranco no is no, v,rv snrious-
~ injured. Tue fireman was also blown into
he arr, anl fell upon one of the box cars. from
which he rolled off upon the miry ground. 4
piece Of iron vas driven by the explosion into
,bo bsc,; If his hand Tb;s ba ov,r,c,od him.
s,lf nm! althouoL tine wound is nre,tv severe
he received no other injury. The conductor
escaped without bruse.
According to the late census, there is
one church in the United States for every 557
! rec inhabitants. The average value Of the
ediiices is $4,000. The total aggregate value
Of church property is eighty-seven millions Of
dollars. For every Roman ltholc Church in
the Chll'd states there are thirty two devote
/ 10 Professionalism. The lreSoyterlans hive tour
the Boptisls have eight and the Metho1I8'S
nave e'e'eh times as many c"uFcheS aS the
C4,ho'IcS'
TIM Nrw YoRK TINES denies the story
that the lIarp.rs hive cone to the rescue Of that
paper with an addition of 50 1000 to its capital
! Thc Times says that it was started on a capita
Of 500 GOO, of which good part yet remains,
that il has not sunk 5000, or anything like
tAat sum ana that it is firmly established, and
doing an excellent business. A son of one of
the IIarpers. has purchased an interest in the
Fines from which the story probably origina-
ted lhe INES Is a very excellent paper,
and bears the evidence OF prosperity.
----Rr,,cs.- There il in the Ehr,rv no.
,org;ng 70 tho Academy ot Gorm,nst,wn pa
the identical telas,ona n.ed nv General Wash.
IInoton a, the b,ttle Of Germon,own. Octobor
Ill., II Is cumbrous instrument md
must have required considerable muscular poy-
er for Ms use. There is in the same library n
COPY Of the Rjble-Ccuoya edition. 1910.
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