Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-05-05

and carcened till the water rushed in to her
ports and she filled aud sank within 600 ward.
Of Jersey city, whore at last account, ,hc
lay with her upper deck just under water
Those on board were taken off 10y boats from
the shore. Several smaller vessels wcre cal.
sized in Eas; river with loss OF two lives.
-Tnt BFro Gjomorgoa Of Now Yoil.
arrived at Boston on saturday. She vas
seized on the Coast OF Afica bv tho 4 s hrI.
Parry on suspicion Of being SLAYER. and sent
home for trial. The Captain, hi, mate. arpl
two scanen. have been examined before the
United States Commissioner aud bound over
for trial.
~ TERRIBLE Dl,,,rLR occurred at
fire in New York on Tuesday night last. The
clothing store of .JENNi>Gs a Co.. broadway.
just above the Astor House. took fire and
with the building next wa. consumed. During
the progress, Of the fire partition wall fell.
buryng number Of frcmen in the c,lir
killing fourteen, and seriously iuiuriu.
twcnty-une others. some of whom were in
iured while rushing in to save their COM
rades. The scenes attending the catastrophe
are described as most narrowing and exciting
by the New York papers. who comment
severe upon the defective style Of erecting
buildings Of which such disaster, are the
direct result. The loss of property by the
fire was Sl4j, 06O-lulIy insured
-WfDNEsDAY last was recommended by
the clergymen of Montreal as day of huml
liation and prayer for the success of the British
arms in the struggle in which they are now en-
gagged. Queen Victoria has also proclaimed
day for National humiliation and prayer for the
same object, but the Gar has got the start Of
her, however, for he called upon his SUBJECTS
both army and people, to invoke the Divine
blessing upon his cause some tine since.
-LtT1LE BER>ARD CASSIDY tried to swallow
common marble of medium size, in Albany
last week, and though every effort was mad,
/. to relieve him he literally choked to death in
less than twenty-five minutes. \ warnin.
to boys.
TUB SuGiR tRor i said to ho abundant
III the Eastern part of the State. but in tho
opinion of the Rutland III, oM, is light IN the,
Western part.
- Nh. F. y. BARRIER -av- the Elitor Of
the Springfield Telegraph has hurled a Far
THAN and poisoned arrow" at him. However
that may be, it is evident that the Telegraph
man mrrcilessly persists in ''stirkin. it into
him"
- THl Editor of the Chicago Ty,iurr
has been ON an extensive excursion through
part of Canada, New, York. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey. Delaware, Virginia, Ohio. and
Indiana, and says there have been few spring
within period of fifteen years, when the
wheat crop looked more promising in the
States mentioned. than it doe, at this time
The high price which wheat has commanded
/ since last harvest. has caused an increase on
the number of acres sown. of at least one
fifth over hast year,
-llENRy Harris, Il colorrd man. an
legal voter of the town of Bozhoro. Mas,
who went to Boston to work in the summer
of loj2, and whose name was consequently
stricken from the list of voters. recently re
covered S'lS, from the Sclectmen Of the town.
in the Supreme Court, for refusing To receive
his vote at the presidential election of -
How the sum of SIS was arrived at ~. the.
value of a vote for John p. Hale. is not stated
- PASSENGER on board the schooner
C0nton from Jamaica, now at New York re-
ports seeing near Castle Island, Bahamas a
large screw steamer, apparently at anchor or
aground, and which it is hoped will prove t.
be the missing steamship City of GLASGOW
jaws CLorGn was executed at Tuu.
ton Mass, last Friday for shooting an officer
He made no confession, exhibited no emotion,
and when on the drop, actually under the
gallows rope, looked up to the grated window.
of the Jail and smiled at some of the prisoners
who were looking down on him.
-THE STEAMSHIP Baltic. of the Collins
line, is being thoroughly overhauled for the
first time since she was built. During the
last three years the Baltic has crossed the
Atlantic forty eight times running, more than
one hundred and fifty thousfhd miles equal
to six times the circumference of the world
She has averaged trip across the ocean every
three weeks.
We FIND in an exchange the following
lucid and ludicrou. commentary on the letter
of the Pope S Nuncio, in which he alludes to
" miraculous movement of the pupils
speaking of the eyes of portrait of the Viz
gin, which he says winked at him
"Bedini, in his fantasticA epistlc, refers
to the, moving Of pulpit.." This is another
miracle in the mesmerising art IF table NOV
ing These pulpits were influenced by the
benignant smiles of the enchanted portrait of
his Lady of Rumini We expect soon t,
hear of Bedini playing the lvre, like Orpheus.
and moving stocks, stones, TEMPLES and trees.
like so many Jim Crows, and all following the
magic pictures.
-AsorHER REMEDr.-We copy Ii fol-
loving from the Boston Post:
Hydrophobia. The following is sand TO be
preventative, discovered by French physician,
NJ. Coesdr Take two table spoous-tull OF
fresh chloride oflime, IN powder-mlN q, with
haifa punt of water, and with this wash Keep
the wound constantly batheG, and frequently
renewed. This wash should be applied ~ soon
as possible after the infection OF the bite Tine
following are the results of tins Treatment
From $50 to ls2l the number Of persons ad
united into the Breslau hospital, Ia of whom
only two died l7S3 to 1887 into thu hospitals
at Zurich 223 persons bitten by dlficreu; uul-
mails, tls2 by dogs, of whom only four dlcd.
A, ATE TIoNArE MA>.-Tho Nv
Hampshire papers are making tun of President
Pierce for the very "afectonlte" manner IN
which he franks documents to entire strangers
IN that State. As remarkable instance of bis
affection the Independent democrat mentions
that they have seen several copies of Moses Nor
rlS rutiianly speech in favor OF the Nebraska
bill. which were 'franked' by N. Hampshlre-
favorte son" to Free Ssd members OF the next
House OF Representatives. In addition to the
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