Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-07
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- Go'lR>oR RoHr>so> has appointed
Friday the lith inst. as day Of Public
Ftstiu.; and Prayer in this State.
is THE st. Adams Do,iy Tr,bunc still
published, We received it for three or four
days after it started, but have not seen Il
number for IA long time, although our Daily
is regularly mailed to its address
--WELt,R that brakeman employed
on tn" Vt. Central Road slipped from freight
ear at the Winooski Station Saturday. and
fractured his leg very badly, the broken bone
rrotrudins through the skin. Iii, name was
not given.
- ANOTHER CoNfr A Comet, with
very respectable tail indeed considering the
GOODNESS of the season, was plainly visible in
the West Wednc>lay cvcnin. last. According
to the Celestial mile stones, it was pretty near
the sun; but whether going towards it or
away from it. we could not tell. Towards it
would seem to be tho most sensible move
mcnt considering.
-- Six. CT rrI>n i, said TO be Que of the
accomplished ienccr, and able, says the Mirror
to " nuke Mr. Breckenridge rue this pu,rrel,
whether he prefers pistols, r'fos, 5uall swords,
closed diglts, brlck-buts at twenty PAGES, or
rawhldos at two The knowledge of this fact
may have had something to do IN bringing
about the amlcablc settlement.
- SENATOR FouT Is member of four
lmporlau, committees, has rnadc more reports
from committees, II is SAID. than any other Sen
a,or, aud Presidcn, A,chlson often surrcnders
the char to him.
Ar ST. JUu>sBrRy. on the morning of
the 3Oth ult the Thermometer stood at ten
d'gre's boior zero. and the snow averaged two
feet deep on the face of the surrounding
country.
--THt NEW YoRk Senate has refused to
pass the liquor law over the Governors veto,
by decisive vote, and the question is con-
,idered finished for the session. 50 we must,
for the present, give up the hope that y York
will aid us in checking tho Importation of
liquid misery and crime into our State from
vetoed and now laid aside is considered an
iniudicious one by papers in favor of a pro-
hihtury law, but Governor Seymour would
probably have vetoed any bill of the kind He
says in his message.
"llahit. of intcmpcrlncc cannot lie extir-
pated by prohibitory laws. They arc not
consistent rth sound pr,rc,p'cs of Lccisla-
m int ",
ny unusual and arbitrary measures proves
that tho Legislature is attempting 10 do that
which Is not within its province to enact, or
it's power to enforce. -
~ Bill increasing the compensation
of postmasters passed the House on Monday
1t proposes to give sixty per cent. on the re-
ccirts per quarter of one hundred dollars.
fifty on three hundred dollars, forty ON two
thousand dollars, fifteen on all over twenty
four hundred dollars, and twelve and half
ON letters Tor distribution.
- ACCIDLNIs.-On saturday. the 25th
Mr.. Balch, superintendent of ear repairs ON
the Passump>ic Road, was Instantly killed at
St bloomsbury, by being pinned between the
hunters Of two platform ears He lefta wife
.
named JAY, in the employ of f., a T. Fair
banks n Co., of the same town, while wrest-
ling with comradc, had one of his legs
broken below the knee. His father, who had
been for some time in declining health, was
50 deeply affected 10y the misfortune, that he
became irantically nsauc.--On Monday
" lliam Wells fireman ON the Concord. y
II Road fell from his engine and was killed
the cars running over and seVcring his body
IN ErrLA>p, Pclcg Eddy has recovered
one hundred and twenty dollars and costs in
AN action against Benjamin Fisk for taking
AVA, his wife and certain other articles of
hou- bold furniture and the editor of the
Rutland H'raH has witnessed " shanghai
berry measuring " inches by :.
Tx TrESpN Of last week, the dwelling
hous OF Mr., John Tyler Was burned in Law
renee, It. Lawrence Co., ". Y. Mr.. Tyler, u
wilpv,r with hve children, married widow
with two children, in September last, The
lar'uts went in the evening to ,isit Il neigh.
h,r, leaving the children in bed During
'''''' ''' ne tiNhe' caught llf' h'ui "a
>to'rlirc passing through the floor il il sup
POSED, and horrible to relate all m. children
ef hath parents p,rishod ~ me flames. The
eldest was light years old. We pity thos
hcrca, cd parents.
TnE SANE ufRE.-A lrttcr-wrtrr in Cauad,
West says You can't kuo,k down far
mcr in the whole country, and find less than
$500 in his pocket"