Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-05-26

-TnE NEW BILLS of the recently estab-
shed banks Of Mortified and Waterhurv
re in circulation and are found to he not
ad to take" The neat designs Of the bills
tract notice. One Of the Mortified bills
ears beautifully executed head Of the late
Governor Paine. The vigncttc Of the ones of
he Waterbury bank represents u cupid roll
ng a single silver dollar. while in the back
round Is seen train of cars attempting to
ycrtakc it. The twos have n vignctte with
wo cupids. ono having "A representation of a
ilvor dollar Ms shield, the other standing
m another dollar and throwing lance. The
hrees bear three silver dollars as their
'igncttc.
AMo>G the Patents issued from tho
Patent Office under date Of May 10th, 1854,
$ one to Saith \. skinner, Of Bloomington,
t., for improvement in surgical fplints,
md another to David NJ. Smith, Of Spring
field VT, for improved lathe dog.
--CnAs. II. Blows, a lad Of ! year,,
,on Of John Brown, Of Rutland, fell before
at the Railroad Station, in that
llagc ON Friday and his leg from the knee
'lownwards, was 70 shockingly mangIcd that
he died on Tuesday the 10th inst
-O>E OF The means used by the Prcs-
dent to influence votes for the svindle, is
stated on the authority of the Washington
.Tar to have been the threat that if the Ne
braska bill did not pass. he would turn out
all the Post Masters and other Office holders
who obtained office through the solicitation of
the Democrats who voted against the bill
" hat a lovely administration
-Tnr TELEGR,rnrc report of the speaking Of
the steamer City of Glasgow" turns out to
he not exactly so. A steamer was seen, not
spoken, April 2lst, about 400 miles from the
Azores, by the Captain Of an Irish vessel
Its dcscriptio however does not corresI ond
with that of the missing steamer, and but lit
tie hope for the ultimate safety of the Getty
|of Glasgow is gathered by her friends on
this side the Atlantic.
-BuRGLARs are prowling about the other
side of the mountain. They recently broke
into tho hotel of Mr.. Pease, at White River
Village, and stole some twenty dollars from
his pantaloons pocket. We hear Of other
deprcdations further up the White river
valley, and also at Charleston, n. H., and
they have made several not very successful
attempts in Windsor.
-S,TuRDAY's New York papers contain
accounts of four five ships ashore on the
coast, and Of several wrecks at sea, without
loss of life, and the shipping intelligence Of
the Swanton (Vt.) HeroH mentions the sink
ing of the - vessel Mncrra off the coast Of
Alhurgh, in five fathoms water, some two
weeks since. She has since been raised and
her cargo of Isle La Motto marble found un
damaged
TUE NoRwALK disaster has already cost
the New Haven Railroad two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and further sum of
fifty thousand yet remain, to he paid by the
Company for damages received in the catas-
trophc. The number of deaths was about
hfty-four, and the serious injuries for which
the company were made liable, were proha-
bly, half as many more. Only one suit was
suffered to be prosecuted to Judgment against
the company, and that arose from a disagree
ment az to thu extent of injury
-TmE New YoRK Herald ha. raised its
price to three cents copy, in consequence
of the great increase in the cost of paper,
| type and labor. The other two-p penny dailics
of New York will probably be obliged to follow
suit before long.
-TuE SMALL Po1 has broken out at Cas-
/ Teton 1t is not necessary for people to get
up panic. but is is necessary that erery on-
/ he protected against the disease by repeated
vaccination so long as the virus will operate
upon the system.
People are daily arriving in our villages
from Canada or other places where the Small
/ Pox always prevails, and it becomes the duty
of every one, whether old or young, to see to
it that they are thoroughly armed against
this loathsome disease, by vaccination. -Ruf-
/ land Herald
"lr Is STATED that town meeting in
Warcham, Mass, recently took action upon
the dog question, and according to the town
records, it was voted that ''all person.
within the town, owning dogs. shall be muz-
zled.'
A SURE remedy for the potatoe rot, is
to d" pillow deep, manure highly, and-plant
with Indian corn"
The LAST CENSUS gives the number of
insane persons in the United States at Is ,76s
and of the idiotic, l5,706, making total OF
most miserable and hel pless class, of 81 =
i74, intended to be benefited by the ten mil
lion acre bill. But the Constitution Of the
United States being in the way of our re-
markably punctilous President, he can't sign
it, and so the poor lunatics and idiots 60 by
the board.
The NEW ORLEANS Crescent thinks Mr.
Douglas must have got the hint for his wise
Nebraska hill as means to hell himself into
the Presidential chair, in the school where
they teach little boys to catch birds by put.
ting salt on their tails.
News of the Week
by Telegraph to the Free Press.