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ITEMS At HOME AND ABROAD.

II vLRv substantial and crrditahlc
piece OF mason work has recently been COM
pleted, in the Hollow in Church street. near
the Female Seminary The waters which
have repeatedly washed ont the embankmcnt
Of the road, are now carried under the high
way in a substantial culvcrt, with a water
way of lo4 feet long, covered for IS feet by a
solid and handsome stone arch, five feet high,
four feet wide and three feet thick, contain
ing 300 perch Of stone. The work is credit
to the town, to the Selectmen, who directed it,
to Mr.. j ID. Allen, street commissioner. who
laid it out, and to Mr.. $. II Baker who super
intended the construction. The cost of it
is, we learn, about $1,000, 4 large outlay
and thorough work was the only true econo-
my in this case.
-TnE VERMONT Central Railroad DIrec-
tors have elected j. Francis Tuckerman as
Treasurer and Transfer Agent and voted to
open the Transfer books forthwith. but have
instructed the President and Treasurer To
transfer no shares unless they, in connection
with Mr. Putnam, the Attorney of the Cor
poration, shall consider them genuine The
Trustees have fully complied with the request
of the Directors, and at the desire of the
former. Committee, consisting Of Mcssrs
Dexter, Whitmore and Stearns. ha. been ap-
pointed I" cooperate W tn them in the man
agement of the company's affairs.
Among the conspicuous men in the pre-.
sent Legislature. is Mr.. b. &. BRIGHAM, Of
Fairfield. The Rafldnd H,raH SAYS that he
owns and cult,atrs thirteen hundred acres
OF land. lie owns some two hundred and
twenty cows, twenty-five horses, and drives
five yoke OF oxen It. his dairy he makes
butter only. The average Yield of butter
from the milk of each COW, is one hundred
and fifty pounds. The cows are mostly of
the native breed. Two huge "da.her" churns
arcsst IN action by iva "horsepowers, and
the butter is "G rked" ly the old fashioned
".at:l".' II. stock Of animals consume
about five hundred tons Of bay annually.
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~ THH rRrK PRESS.
The University of Tennessee.

SHKLBNNILLy, Tenn, Oct. IA, 1854
H, Editor :-Considering that the columns Of
the Free Press closed to the Interests of
educational institutions, l have thought perhap,
that the following might not be wholly without in
toTcst,
f,elin. strong curiosity to witness some literary
celebration at the south, have had II rare oppor-
tunty Of gratifying that curiosity on the occ .ion
Of the dedication of the University Of Tennessee,
Which took place at Nashville ON the Ath inst. Ex-
tensivs prcparations had be, made At the Capitol
aud the towns Of note round about, AMI everything
contributed to make it the great event Of the sea
son. The people OF the South arc by ne me ans back
ward in literary demonsr at0ns, and II they shoui9
fall behind the North in the number md excellence
OF their literary Institutions, owing perhaps to no
fault Of thairs but to the fore. Of surrounding cir
rum'tarccs, still they show a spirit Of appreciation
and manifest sympathy for thc. literary in.titu-
ti"n, that is not SUI passed even at the North
The University WAS first established u. an Acade-
my by North Carolina, it afterward. became Cum
hcrlaud College and is now known the University
Of tennessee. 1t has seen pr, spcrcus days and at
one time, it took high stand anon: the literary
Institutions # the South. Eut, like other Uniyer-
't'', has experienced the chilling blasts ,f adj
,"rsity. The numhcr Of It's students Lad decreased
to mere few, and this, added to some pccunis,y
rmhairasm,ut>, made the nt, 1t strenuous cx,rtons
On the part Of IT, friend, necessary even to its cx.-
hnco, At pc NJ, u'Nccr, it is undergoing a
p'o - oi rc-u-ctLtioJ. It. treuds, alarmed at the
apr Hn"n OF no,.tailc N,nctiou, ii LET, to itself,
nave ii'en mp t. administer general aid and
courascmert to II, Noble ctgort, Aud, nov, with
trac"cd age anu increased m,ans, II lids fair to
outcr upon it. w".k If uscfuur,, with the prospect
ol Meeting large success Identical with the iusti-
tuition, is School Of Medicine, aud also one oflar.
both Of which are. believe, rourishing.
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The Stewards Settlement.

!, John Halfpenny, Steward Of the steamer Cana
da, en- Lake Champaign, say, that on the evening of
the 18th Oct. 1854, the sail steamer lett Rouse
Point for Whitehall, and, that among the passen-
gers were thirteen Of the Arctic GROW. supper was
served to the cabin passengers soon after leaving
port.
On rising from the table, Captain Foster directed
me tn set the table, ana get good supper tor the
A'ctc frew-and that lac would send "a plain lis
dale down with them. Captain Fosters orders were
complied with, and not hearing I,o Captain Iisdae
OF OF the said crew, sent OF the walters ON
deck to inquire why they did not come down, who
returned, and told me that tue declined coming
down to the cabin for supper, and the table was
cleared of
soon after this, Captain Foster into the cab
in, and told me that he understood that the Arctics
crew had not had their supper and enquicd the rea-
'on-which wa given. he tlen directed me to get
good suppci for thciu and set II ia the Mess Room
ana let them know when II was ready. 1t was done
immediately, ana Captain Foster stood By to rec
that they went in, and directed me To stay by them
aud see that their wants all supplied and that
said orders were faithfully attended TO-
JOHN HAlIPENNY.
Ott. IA, 1884.
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MoSTPPLIKR, Oct. .


The opinion was freely expressed before
the meeting of the Legislature that little or
no change would be made, tins year, in those
Offices which are filled by either House, or
by the joint Assembly The influence Of
prevalent custom in the State, to give man
in Office second election, if he desires it and
i. not Objectionable on some special or party
grounds, would be united with disposition
20 keep clear Of strife among those who
heartily worked together, on tie basis Of
common sentiment, to elect the chief officers
of the State, and who are determined to avoid
causes of irritation among friends as far as
possible, Few changes would be the natural
consequence,
Such has been the reality. To-day all the
remaining Offices were filed, save one, (that
of Reporter to the supreme Court which
waits till friday and without any strife
For the Sergeant-at-Arms three balloting,
were required. For the Adjutant General
only one. Several persons were nominated,
but the member from Ncwlane said he must
again remind the Joint assembly of the I'M
worthy restitution Of Wndham Co. This
Office was small orulnb indeed but small
fayors were better than none. lie would
nominate George b Kellogg, of Rockingham,
and was able to vouch for him as ga sound
whig-and as particularly sound on the
Maine Ldw." This, COR General, was not
to be lost 81 int If, and added to the personal
good qualities Of the nominee, ensured his
triumphant success on the first ballot. A
member remarked afterwards that there was
but one objection. His father, Hon. d. KEEL
logg, reioices also in the title Of General, and
two Generals in the family might make con-
fusion It might be got around he thought,
by having the father run for the office of
Deacon the power Of that title to root out
all others being well known.
The other Offices were filled by acclamation,
Possibly this fast rate OF progress was helped
ny there being rather thin Assembly. The
Ihird H,,s. had got up an exhibition of
fast hoCy,s md Jast men and had trotted of
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The business of the General Assembly
seems to be PRO, rossing with steadincss and
rapidity, 1t is greatly helped by the good
feeling which seems to prevail among the
members generally. Doubtless this is pro-
NOTED by the ease with which appointments
to the different offices at the disposal of the
legislature have been made. These appoint
ments, so long as they are unsettled, always
absorb great deal Of attention and interfere
with other business. Only one, that Of Sec
rotary Of State, has caused any special stir.
Til. is not yet disposed of Several causes
have combined to make it more trouble
s0ms matter than the amount Of salary con-
'erned would seem to justify, and what will
como OF it, is by no means clear. Though
the more obvious duties of it mayem Sc only
10 require ready cerkship and an accurate
and prompt performance Of certain duties Of
mere form, occasions frequently arise when
other capabilities Chose named, being far
more important however, to the good progress
OF business than many are aware Of of a diff
ferent order, are sometimes very necessary
1t was well remarked by member yesterday,
that in contingency, the Secretary of State
has oil the power of the Governor and might
be called upon so to act for considerable
period.
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J. IT. oANBUKN.



T. II, Editor Of the Free Press:
SIR A story having been put in circulation i'm
putting to Capt. Foster, of the Steamer Canada,
gross want Of hospiabity i'll his treatment of thr-
tceu Of the Arctic's crew passing through the Lake
on tho l4th in'. deem it but an act Of simple
Justice to Capt. Foster, state what the facts were
so far a. they came within my knowledge wa. on
board the Boat that occasion coming from Rou.es
Point to Plattsbursh. / was seated next to the
Captain at supper. and heard him tell the Steward
TO give the Arctic. Crew their SUPPER and said 81
will have them sent down Immediately" Captain
Foster and my'ef then went IN deck and the Captain
said to John DE Fcy, first deck hand, tell Captain
Tisdale, to take the Arctics Crew right down TO
supper" Capt. Foster then went Immediately up
to the Pilot house as it very dark and the
Boat running under check. ! thought nothing more
Oh tho subject till about so minutes when one of the
Engineers came to and said, The Arctic's Crew
have not had any SUPPER and / replied that if
they had not, there must be some mistake about it
for heard the Captain order the Steward to give
it to them. He said will 60 down into the cabin
and see about it," which he did and back, and
said that the Steward had cleared of the table
then said will speak to the Captain about it, and
started to got the Pilot house, but met the CAPTAIN
coming down, and said to him, These men have
not had tA'ir supper" lie replied "thoy shall have
their supper. supposed they lad had it long ago
gave orders for Capt Tisdao ia take them down to
supper De Roy then said that lac did not tell Cant
Tisialc chat Capt. Foster wished him TO take .b,n
down TO supper as he hal gone TO bed, but that he
hmse II had ticd to get thom to go down to sumner
but they did not like to go into the Passenger Cabin
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We very chcerfully give place to the fol
lowing Communication in reply to one signed
=" Third House." in last Wednesdays Free
Press. 1t strikes us that Alpha makes a
very serious business ofreplyipg to what was
apparently burlesquc--that a lighter beetle
would have served to demoish the dollhouse
At this distance from the State House, too. it
is difficult to see why what Alpha calls ga
Silver Grey.faction. should, as such, be stri-
wing to defeat Mr.. Barrctt's election. The
term Silver Grey, we believe, belongs pccu-
liarly to Newly politics. So far as used
IN New England, it has been commonly taken
to apply to those who in 1852, were DESTROYS
of the nomination and election of Daniel
Webster, to the Presidency Of tho United
States, and opposed to the nomination OF Gen.
Scott. Now, if our memory serves us, Mr.
Blrrett's journal, the Register, was one of
the strongest defenders of MIR. Webster's
claims for the Presidency. in the State, and
its Editor should accordingly, have at least
Unequal claim, with Mr.. Harris, upon the
support Of A" Silver Grey Wings" We do
not, however, profess to know much about
the controversy now agitated at Montpelier
and what is mysterious to us may be perfect
~ clear to those upon the ground.
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/, Seth II. Foster, Captain Of the Steamer Canada
on Lake Champlain. say, that on Saturday evening,
Oct l4th 1854. left Houses Point, for Whitehall,
in charge of said steamer, at u o'clock, with pas
sengers and frc ht, and among the passengers were
thirteen of the Crew of the wrecked steamer Arctic.
supper was served for the Cabin passengers soon
after leaving port On rising from the supper table,
] instructed the Steward Of the Boat, to set the
table over, and to provide a good supper for the
Crew of the Arctic then went to the Office to re-
ccvc fare, and called John Defoy my first deck
hand and told him to tell Capt Tisdaio, to take the
Arotc's Grow down to supper, heard nothing more,
until abont half hour after, when was surprised
to learn that the were still without their sup
per. ! Immediately went to the Steward to learn the
cause, and directed him to get good supper at
once for them in the Mess Room. II was done, and
| stood by until the men went in, when directed
the Steward to stand by them and that nil their
wtrts were supplied, and believe my orders were
full 4 faithfully, and nothing was asked or re-
ooiNtd from them.
:. H. FOSTER.
Oct. 10th 1854.
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Reply TO "Third House."
MONTPELIER, Oct. -, 1885,,


10 the Editor Of The Free Press.
Noticing a communication from this place, IN your
Daily paper Of the 18th inst, the signature Of
"THIRD llorsE," which surprised everybody but
those who are alone capable of desc ndlng To such
scurrility, deem it propriety that the facts of
the whole matter to which it relates, should he laid
before the public through your columns.
At the opening Of the Legislature it was we'll I'M
derstood that MIR. Harris, Mr. Barrett, MIR. Thomp.
son and Mr.. Sampson, would be proposed By their
respective friends for the office Of Secretary Of State
Mr. Barrett last year was appointed Secretary Of
the Senate, and would by virtue oi the Constitution
hold the Office until his successor was appointed
But on the first day.o the session, without the So
lic'ation or desire Of Mr.. Barrett the senate p,o-
ceeded to the election oi Secretary, and gave him
their unanimous. vote.
On Monday evening last caucus was held for tho
nomination of Secretary of state, and other Officers
On Monday afternoon, Nj. ElIutt tendei ed his re-
signation To the Lieut. Governor, Cen Fletcher, re-
questing him to lay it before the senate MIR.
Fletcher, aud others in the Senate requesting that
the announcement Of the resignation he deferred as
long as possible in order that the services OF al &
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a Studied Piece of Non-C ommitt ali.m."

The Temperance Standard in commenting
on the Know-Nothing movement, holds the
following language
of the Order, we Of course, know
nothing except what we have seen of its
power to ovcrtHrn old political parties to the
great discontinue of demagogucs of every
stripe This we rather liked. and hoped no
injury would result from it to the great cause
of Prohibition, which we hold 50 high above
all the other questions Of the day
With the views of the Standard concerning
the Order alluded to, we have nothing to do,
but cannot help calling the attention of the
genuine friends of Temperance to the extraor-
binary and significant yagueness of its Ian
guage ON anothcrpoint, 1t holds high" The
cause Of ProhiJihon,' and SO perhaps does
Governor Seymour of Ncw-York, and Cover
nor Biglcr OF Pennsylvania yet both are hi.-
tcrly opposed to the Name lar as it is called
We defy the Chronicle or any body else. to
show from the above quoted document. that
the Standard is in favor Of any thing more
than the cause Of Prohibition. without the
remotcst inkling ofwhat should be the means
or appliances for SUSANNA or cnforc,,le that
policy. In the name Of common sense, if Mr.
Powers is in favor of THE LAW, why dom
he say sol This miserable higgling about
d" the cause of Prohibition" il beneath the
dignity Of his station and we do not hesitate
to say..so, though it may call down upon our
head the thunder of fall the Standards in
Vermont, "Ephraim is ioincd to his idols.
Let him alone
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of the First Deck Hand.

], John Dc Toy, first deck hand on board the
Steamer Canada, Capt = T. Poster, say, that on the
evening of the l4th Oct. 1884. sqii steamer left
kouses Point, for whitehall, having an board thr-
the cabin passengers had supper, Cart Foster called
me to the Office and di Get, to tell Capt Tsdae
to take the Arctic's into the cabin for their
supper. | did not find Capt TisInlc aud then went
myself TO ask the men "a 20 aud get tleir supper.
they declined, saying that their clothes wcr. moi
good enough to 60 in the Cabin. | told them they
were good enough, but they dccliled goin, down.
did not 30 back to inform Capt, Fos 'er. Sub.c-
guenty capt Foster directed me to see that they
had everything that they wanted
JDII\ nEInN
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How much has been gained iu Ohio 7

The Journal Of Commerce processes to be-
licvc that Notwithstanding the overwhelming
vote for Free Territory in Ohio, Nebraska
stock has been but little damaged by it. 1t
says -
The ohio delegation in the present Congress gave
forr Votes in favor Of the Nebraska bill and four
TEEN against it. Two members absent or not voting
The new delegation cannot make any great advance
upon the old, in their opposition to said bill.
Let us see. The vote on the final passage
OF the bill stood 10 to 100. Had Ohio cast
then. a. it will now, TwESTr-oSE vote. against
it. the Swindle, instead of being passed
would have needed only two vote. to dCteat it f.,
Those two votes had been already gained by
tho filling Of vacancies. So that if there
should be no other change in Congress at all
this victory in Ohio alone would give US tho
House of Representatives in favor of Free in
stead of Slave Territory.
That's ALA Gny JoHrnni
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tCoRREsPoNDENCR or THE FREE rREss1
From Montpelier.
Oct. 10th 1854.



MONTPELIER, Oct. 10, 1854
To the Editor of the Free Press
Meacham, Sabn and Morrill,, are elected to Con.
gress. The only doubt was as to Morrll,--his ma
jorty is about fifty.
The Joint Assembly to-day again balloted with
out effect for Secretary Of State. That election is
postponed till tomorrow
The following officers are elected Hiram II,r-
low, Superintendent of the State Prison j. NJ
Hotchkiss, 7. +. Boguc, and John Dewey, Director.
Of the State Prison and p. d. Bradford, Commits
soncr of the Insane. Mr.. 1Iotchki,s is of Water
vile, and Is an excellent and straightforward man.
Mr.. Bradford is Of Randolph. lie is physician of
high qualification for his Office and i. every inch a
gentleman. The other officers arc not new in their
position, and are we'll known
proposition is | learn about to be brought be.
fore the Legislature, to divide your town. What is
the motive I'VE should like to know. When am
elected to the General Assembly, give notice that
l shall bring in . bill to establish "a town and
| bank in every school district in the State. -.
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[coRREsroSpENCE or THE FREE PREss.l
The News of the Wreck in New York.

NEW YoRk, Oct. 20, 1854
1t is a little more than week since the first news
of the loss Of the Arctic reached New York. and the
impression upon the public mind has begun to die
away. But it will not soon be banshcd from my
mind nor will the impression Of its general effect
upon the city. / shall never forget that first day
The newspapers almost all ofthem little late,
and those who had not been whore they could hear
the rumor which was in the city the night before,
were anticipating the possibility Of their being de-
tanned by some news of the Arctic and when they
did see newspaper, and tho large letters announc-
ing her total loss met their eye, it was like stun
ming blow, and it took some time leforc could
realize that 1t could be really true. Never have
been aware of such sensation in the CITY. On
every face to be read the horror and every ma
seemed to be saying to himself "The Arctic i. lost :"
Business almost stopped, and it is no slight matter
that will ever disturb that current Tho street.
were filled with 'not' of people al speaking Of the
one subject, and when about ten o'clock the tcle.
graph began to give us the news of the arrival of
Baalh,m, all New York seemed standing on tiptoc,
intent to catch tho first and fancst whisper which
should tell them something more of the great ca
lamity.
Other vessel, had left this port and never
returned. The memories Of the Humboldt. the
Franklin, and the San Francisco, were not gone
from mems minds, and there had been wrecks on
the jersey shore, almost within sight Of the Battery
which had strcwn the beach with cornses hut hi,
was the Arctic, the crack shin Of the Collins line
and she had on board those whom we all know. n nd
whom large numbers of Us called friends. 1t wa. a
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News of the Week
Know Nothing Convention in Boston.

,,..
Ret ~. -"
I,,.o,uo,,ood II ,o,oc or ,l,a
u,,,iro ,lo, ,ro Ero,y.Notlir,,s
,.,,d .a..a.,o,,,i..,, :, ..;,,. ,.,,..I
-..,,. q ooo .!'
IIo,,.,I ca.l;',. .'....io,,,.r Oh.
oi,,. ,,..s ,,,,.;.',,., r..'o.- 1911 c;.,....
D.. . F.. ,, t...
Gnrornar AZ. C,.d,s. v.,;. pa.,.,,
. no,,,,...
r,i,u,,s oc uo-,,., HAL. ,,
rin,;,ro,i a.. -
Mr.. p. Il N,nclo.t.r - ,r;,.,,c Lorl.rr
tbis citv st,r,,d ,.,,,..,,.. a.. ,.,,;,,
The Krntuckv Ir.,,s,.,r,o.;o, r,n,ro,,,.
Rank oI.o .u,,,ondod ,,,,,,.. 7, ru..l e..
d,v
Tho Ohio Snvings Rank has olso r.ilcd
There was much excitement in Third st
this afternoon. and a run was commenced uu
one or two private banks, which will rroba-
bly, be renewed tomorrow.
The Heroes orthe Arctic.
NV NoRR l9th
In the Board Of Councilmon, last cvenln,
resolutions euloris,ic of Cant. I.ucc aud IN
favor of rroy,d,ng an opnrnurio,o ,cs,,n,ouiaI
for his conduct IN hoard ,ho Arctic. also ton.
dcring tn him Tho uso or ,ho C,o,cr,,rs ,,,,,,
wherein ,o reccivc tho c,n,r,,nI,,io,s 81 l,.
friends and admirers. were unanimously
adopted. An approximation of $500 was
] mod, t,r ,Io ,,,rr...,
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to the exhibition portion of the peoples
law makers Some proposed to adjourn, on
the plea that a fuller expression was due to
the constituents of the absentecs, if not to
the absentecs themselves But it was no go.
The election went on.
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Extraordinary News From Europe.
The Civilized World HoaXad
SEBA STOPOL NOT FALLEN,,,

SEBASTOPOL NOT FALLE.Nt,'
SANDY Hook, 5Oth, 2 p. NJ.
The British steamer Africa, Cnpt. Harrison,
from Liverpool, 9Th inst. has Just passed this
point. She brings extraordinary news which
has created great sensation tnr ughout Europe
Scbastopol has not been taken and the rumored
destruction OF the Russian fleet was false
The attack UPON and explosion of the forts
at Constantinoplr and the surrender of Men.
schikoff was false re, ort.
Omar Pashas despatch was forgery.
Sebastopo is formally invested by tho
Allied armies, and fighting continues unin'er-
rnp'eP.y,
Breadstuffs Western Canal -four 32s.
Ohio nominally 3Gs. Wheat, firm white
los cd, red - Cd.
Corn flyUrs buycrs nuotnd M 1Os
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The ArCtiC's Crew.

The following statements tell their own
story.
CrsToN HorsE, DIsrrIcr or CHAurLA1N,)
CoLLECroR's OFFICE,
Platt.burgh, October 18TH, 1854.
0. A. BuRroS, ESQ.
Dear sly II have drawn up the following ha.ty
statement Of the facts concerning Capt. Foster.
treatment Of the Arctic. crew. which i. at your SER
vice if you deem it Of any consequence in order to
disabusc the public mind ON the subject
Your Obcdicnt servant,
J. Ii. SANBORN.