Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-29
News of the Week
by Telegraph to the Free Press.
Interesting Washington News


Nothing of importance ~a5 done IN Con
! gre Yesterday.
Great fears are entertained respecting the
fate of the Spanish Line Of Battle shin. Dobo-
rama, which left Havana on the 23d of August,
with some 100 or eco souls on board and has
not since been heard from.
The Washington correspondent OF the y.
! Y. Evening Post, intmaes that Capt. Gibson s
clalm on the Netherlands Government, Is not
in a situation to be further pressed by our
Government, and it will probably be dropped
where it is.
Importation Of Foreign Conyicts.
Yesterday the Police of New York boarded
ship Rochambeuux, from Antwerp. and took
from her - couvlcs, shipped here by the Bel
gan Government They are to be kept in
custody until they can be sent back.
The Missing Sloop of War.
RosToN Dee. Il.
\ Geographic dispatch from Washington
says that the Navy department have positive
: information that the Slooop of War albany,
was at Carthagcna Oct. 18th.
Non ATriyal OF the America.
No signs Of the America yet A dispatch
from New York says, there is some doubt if
she sailed, she may have been taken up by
England to convey troops.
! Shipwreck.
The ship 81. Pairick from Liverpool was
wrecked on Barnegat on Tuesday night. Her
cmigrant passengers and the officers and crew,
We're saved.
Conviction Of ArrisOn.
Arrison, the internal machine man, has
been convicted Of murder in the first degree,
at CINCINNATI.
Governor OF Nebraska.
Mark lsard, late Marshal of Nebraska. has
been appointed and confirmed Governor Of
that Territory.
Weather at OgdcnsbuIgh.
OGDENsBrRGu. DIST.
Very cold here for the last few days. Now
more moderate and snow falling. River still
partly open.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2lst.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Foot in
PRODUCED ii bill for completing the breakwatcr
at Lake Champaign. Mr.. Sumner Of Mass
offered a resolution that the Committee on
Foreign affairs consider the expedicncy of
the mediation Of the United States between
| the Allies and Russia. Laid over.
The bill to establish a board to inyestigat
private claims has passed.
IN the ho~so the correspondence in the
/ Gibson case was read.
The Judiciary committee were instructed
to inquire whether any additional legislu-
tive action was necessary for the protection
Of officers of the United States engaged in the
execution of the laws.
Petitions are in circulation in New York
praying Congress to authorize the President
10 offer the mediation Of tho United States
between the European bclgcrants
The Unemployed Of New York.
NEW IoRK, DIST.
\ mass meeting of the unemployed labor
lns men of this city was held in the Park
this !. NJ for the purpose of pettloning the
city government to bring forward the project
cd public works and thereby give employment
to Il large number now doing nothing. The
. "'l'HN"hNV W iNSlIl " ruE, Nd5 ldlgC.
~ sigus Of the steamer America at Halifax,
nor Of the Sarah Sands at Portland, Of Wash
inSton at this port, at ] | to-day.
The St. Lawrence,
MONTREAL, Dee 2l-2 T. NJ
The crossing here 4, very bad, and the river
has risen six feet since yesterday, from the
choking of the ice below.
The Mercury stood ! / dcsreco below zero at
o'clock, \. NJ.
Governorship of Utah Mediation in Euro
pcHn Annir,
NAsHI>GToN, Dee. -.
Col. StcptOe was yesterday confirmed as
Governor of tab, on tho assurance that he
would resign lis commission in the army. He
ID SOON to eater upon the duties of Iii, aI-
iJ.utulCnt.
HE memorials t. Congress IA regard to III,
mediation Of this government in Europe, are
receiving numerous and influential signatures,
and the movement Is generally warmly recon-
lAenaed by the pres
Important hom Europe.
M Ia ore Ia ttles
4 lreaig J,tcon iUstri, aud lie .lH~.
Hp,l,,. Dee. 23l. p. NJ.
steamer America arrived at Halifax this
=. n. with ten days latter Intelligence, There
/, uo important news. Matters were at a
stand stiIl at stht-tpol, no now battles ha,-
ia. taken place.
Tive most imTortan, n,,, i, that q treaty
h'- hacn signed between Austria. Enshud