Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-03-10
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

- NEsTERa ELoqUfNcE.-As a speci
men of Western newspaper eloquence, take
the following from the Chicago Conrant, ellcl-
ted by the statement in the papers that Ko.ztl
was out OF employment and IN distress. I'VE
wish "a see no stain upon this koszto incident
suIlying the proud blazonry Of that convoca-
tion OF urs that waved over the head of lngra.
ham when he announced 10 the minions of
Joseph that the man A,arin must be surrender
ed disenlhrAiled and made untrampe-abe
when the genius of'lhe Eagle screams defiance
10 all European Tyrannies. Ko-zta came here,
was welcomed as an American cioyen recog-
nlaed dramatically by the Secretary of State
Execurvely BY the President Of the sls,er-hooi
Of T"iry-Onr. ~, .I.- tI.as,'-.. i.~.
rived at nothing that promises to Keep him
from nendicl,y or starvation. Millions for
kossutn --liow much for Koszta? Alexander
and The robbcr. Let me reflect"
TUE SMALL Pox still prevails in the
Northeast part of the State, and 4. b. Barber
.tlil continues to wDite long apologies for truck.
md dlcker. From both of which calalnites
the Hu''and Herald pmys that the good people
OF It's Stale may soon be delivered.
--TuE WAsniNoToN STAR states that but
twenty four Northern votes are wanted in
the House to pass the Nebraska bill, that the
y. y. i!ards, and more or less Western men
are it's firm friends, and that its defeat is an
impossibility.
--THR So JouH.' .Ni,rs understands that
next season all the Champlain Steamboats, will
run 10 K fuses Point, instead Of as heretofore
10 Pittsburgh, Moreover, that the seambo t
propretors on the Hudson propose 10 place on
the ST. lawrence three of the largest vessels
which have been running between New York
and Albany; these are. the IIendrick Hudson
the New World, and the Isluc Newton.
--lI Is STATED by the Telegraph that two
children Of a Mr.. Cr.tuold were bitten by IA
mad do in West Springfield, w., on Thurs
day last. Several dogs were also bitten be-
fore the Iabii dog Was killed. The children
were bitten while IN the chamber of their own
residence.
-ruE REcoEns Of The New YORK Land
Office show that EN-Sen1tpr Brand.eth Is liz"
posse9sor Of 'wenty,.nur thousand acres OF
wild land IN Northern New York. On the
Largln Of far lrke therein, he has erected
iodge-Cowper might nave zone lhlther, for
Al 10 in a "sasr wilderness" All of winch
comes fiom judlcionsy advertising. and no,
taking hls lii lie pills.
~ S MnsDAY, Of last week, Mrs. eliza.
- az ll,,.,t l..
bnrnt To death BY der clio hes taking fire winnie
gh ing her pipe. She was one h1nirei ant
.ftunyears old aud qulIe ocllve for an old la.
ny. SLe had TWO sons born befure the Rryo.
Iuronary var, IN which her husband WIS
sol i,ef,
-MANY TYPosRA' meat errors which ur,
pear ~ newspaper reports, ale nus,ug. On
the .HrAing Post were Dr. l.udng, lint
scholar, and Mr., FazI GERALD. When re
20 Ter finishes his manuscript he notes upon Il
who ls lrs Successor 50 that me printer may
join the copy together correctly aud in rbl,
,latIuco, the doctor beng first wrote short -
"Fuz. follows ficn.." which he ireiul proc
rnlrr corrected 10 "tns follows pi,egn !" II
wh,ci' onhography II WAS published n XXI morn
in, To the great bewlidernenl of the readers
ASHAMED OF MS NAME.-Since Senator
Douglas monster act Of perfidy, Fredericl
D ,ua!as says, but that Mrs. Douglas nov
lie in prison iur teaching colored children T.
read the bible, should, considering the SQUIRE
OF this ill, almost be ashamed Ol my name.
"A PARAGON Of cruelty is Frederick Pierce
q 10y Of respectable rarentage in Dorchester
Mss, who is Is years old, and has long bee
The terror Of the ,ighborhood, Some month
since he vas rnt under $500 bends 70
cruelty to a.playHate, neaiber Of a i"~'
military company, OF which ~
tain, lad whom - Zen
Qbedier-' ierce was G.
oil, " disciplined" for d
.,e by tieing him and burning'hs a,
severely with lamp. On Monday of i
week, as the papers relate, he with the aid
a companion of his own age, took another1
with whom Pierce had had difficulty, t
him hand and foot, carried him into THE
on an unlrcquented road, dashed him to tt
stripped him entirely naked, and was abb
to execute threat that he would fog i