Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-22

supposed 10 be rab.d. Nulh'i'''' al '"t ''I
part Of last month. The m.u''itiioH citIc l.,
private letter. Remeditl measures were
speedily adopted, but the result of the bite can
not be known for some time to come.
AR CorrrRAs Hill, straHord Vt. there
is annually manufactured three millions
pounds Of copperas. Thirty men are employ
ed in making copporas, and twenty in raising
the copper ore. 70 melt the COPPER orc two
thousand five hundred cords of wood are an
nually burned.
Fine ~ ST. J~uHNsBURY.-Ihc black
smith shop Of Stephen Marstou, Of ST. johns
bury, was burned on Wednesday morning Last,
with 1000 bushels of coal and stock aul tools.
in all valued at : 900. Insured for S?0J III
the Vermont Mutual. This is the fourth fire
which has broken out in that VILLAGE within Il
few days, which the Caledonidn ssys, Is no
right nor in accordance with the Village
regulations"
-SCALts. \ new comtrlvancC tor weiglI'
ins, for which a United States Patent vas
Granted IN July lest, is being embodied IN
suitable form and dimension by a -killful me.
chanic of Ncrgenues, under tho direction OF
the inventor, Mr.. Eluathan Sampson, OF Wind
sor in this State. 4 company has been formed
III Vergennes, who arc about 10 embark in the
scaly business Of ina nuidctudng and bringing
this invention before the public.
Last Friday was the day Sc, for he ad.
lournlnent of the Canadian Parliament. Lord
Elg,n has delayed his departure IN order 70
slsnalizc the close of his Administration by
the signing Of the Clergy Reserves blil, and
the bill aboliohing Feudal Tcnnres lie viii
then resign, giving place TO Sir Edmund Head.
Lord Elgin will 20 to Europe By The Cunard
steamer of the 9th instant.
-PRLsipEa1 Picrcc'e las. communication
TO Congress, is the first annual message which
hasfbeen delivered by any President within
the last quarter of u century, in which the
-'ord SLAVERY does not once occur. The
fact that the President concluded for once not
10 crown Indignantly upon all agitation Of
the Slavery question, suggests the conclusion
that he may have - hcard soooth'0g drOg'
since his last annual message.
liz OL'NNi' 'uii' Va ,''Nl''N'
the most elevated as well IA the most tormi-
dable volcano in the world, l. now in full
progress Of successful eruption. and throw
ing out over the plains Of Gallo,
masses of rock, torrents Of hrackish water,
and burning lava. At last accounts, thcvol-
cano was vomiting forth fire night and day,
filling the inhabitants Of the country with
terror.
-RoBEEr CHAMBERS, in his recent vol
ume on Things in America" remarks that
a person accustomed to visit among the mid
die classes in Great Britain, is astonished at
the profuston at the table in all quarters Of
America. There is," he says, "no ~stinting
as to food" He adds, alt was often pressed
to my notice in the United States, that the
hired laborers in the field are provided with
better fare than falls to the lot of thousands
Of the 'gentecF classes in England"
-THk COLLINS STLAMiRs.-It is report
cd that some Of the governments OF Europe
have offered the Liverpool agents Of the Col
Inns line ofsteamcrs Eli0,00G each, or $780,
900, for the three steamers thut constitute that
line, to be used as transport ships and that Mr..
Collins has gone 10 Washington to notify our
government that unless It continues lis bonus
Of 100000 10 the company annually, the offer
will be accepted.
STA SickHEss though hard to bear, Is
popularity supposed to be d harmless sickness,
of which nobody ever did or would die. Bat
u green hand on board a New Bedford ship
was so badly affected by it as 10 be not only
unable 10 stand, but with difficulty could speak.
The ship was absent fourteen days, and during
that time he wac unable 10 retain tic least
uourlshlneut. Shortly aflcr hi. return he died
III spite OF medical aid.
-lhr Washington >tlt says that one
thousand and siAty dollars have beCn received
at the Pension Office, on account of money
fraudulentlv obtained from that bureau by ia
cob Slingerland, who is now IN the Vernon
State Prison, having been convicted for forgm i,
pension cases. These receipts arc supposed 70
be effects Ct the sale Of real estate HAT DC.
longed to Sllnsrrland's wife, before her mar
riase.
-IloRACE GRZhLEY owns d farm on Uud-
son River, and knows better than to mana.e
it himself. lie has rented it to G. +. WARM.
who has recently published a School book on
Agriculture, a copy Of which was orieredby
our last Legislature for each town ~supcrin-
tendcnt Of Schools in the State. We wish
Mr.. Waring success in putting his princi-
pies and theories into practice.
-DR. KANE's Arctic ExprDIrios.-rhe
New York chamber Of Commerce have re-
solved to memorabilia Congress for an appro-
|priation to fit out an expedition in search oi
DR.. Kane, to consist Of Il steam propeller and
a storeship, and a movement is on foot il
Boston, Philadelphia ami Baltimore, to assis
in urging the matter ON the attention Of CJu
gress. DR.. Kane sailed from New York il
the brig Advance on the 3lst Of May loj3
and has not been heard from for fourteen
months. His party consisted Of seventeen
persons, the four under officers and surs,oi
being connected with the United States navy
f.. Merriam, meteorological observer, thinAs
the Advance has frozen in, aud as the .rca
drift Of ice Of the 1vo Of l.jG-t has ceused
that DR.. Kane has no means to come ava,
until another hoc and years may cllpsc b,
tore such another takes place.
---ThE Norwich, Conn, ENlmAer -Jr
proves upon the burning oil barn belongin.
TO u grand juror who had been active III prose-
cutting the liquor sellers, as follows:
"There can be but little doubt. but that til
bAJ-m,g harm with lie contents valued at ahou
$3.50, ruth the cov beiioring IN osong fror
which she could not be relieved, should b'
hung upon the northern branch of the Conucr
tlcut Run tree. as It's lr"itim1ic fruit"
-BARHrn's statement Of tic receipts t.
tue Jenny Lind concerts IN tic Uul;cd Stat,
aud Havana shows an aggregate o. SEN