Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-03

Mr.. Churchwell, Dem Of Tenn, intro
duced a bill granting public lands to the
several States for IL permanent and efficient
system Of common schools. Referred to the
Committee on Public Lands.
Items Of the Week..Foreisn .,nd Domestic.
Four Days Later from Europe.
NEW York. Jan 9th.
Steamer Atlantic arrived here at half past
10 this morning, from Liverpool the llth.
1t is stated lrom Vienna, seemingly anthem
tically, that Austria had asked Russia if she
would consent to u European protectorate over
the Christians in Turkey. 70 this the Car re-
piled that he wJuld cols,nt to NJ ~inttrfe-
renee whatever between himself and Turkey.
On the Danube little WAS dling, owing to
the weather There had been three slight af-
fairs, one between an escort and some Cos
sacks, another a sally from Sislowa, and the
third IN action between u steamer and . gun
boats, and the shore batteries Of the Danube.
In all three cas.s the Turks were successful.
There is a report that the Turks had
stormcd Karakas, but though likely it is not
confirmed.
Prussia is conce-ting n course of action
with Denmark and Sweden in view of a
coming war.
News from China arg to Dec. 10Th. The
Insurgents had evacuated Annoy and the Ian
periAlists perpetrlted hors,3lc in lsslcres upon
those they met with.
Canton was quiet.
Riots had occurred III FngianI OK account
OF the dearness of bread. In some places
mobs of women had threatened the bakers.
LIVERPOOL MARKET. -Brcadstuffs have ad-
vanced again Wheat six pence per ous'rcl.
Flour % per barrel. Indian corn 2s per
quarter. Baltimore and Philadelphia and
Ohio, AS. Western Canal ASS Gd a As.
White Wheat lbs i l3s. Red lis Il rs per
70 lbs. White Indian Cora sis. Yellow
Sos. Mixed 500.
The Erie Mob.
ERIE, Jan. 2f:.h.
There has been great excitement hese to-
day, conscg uent upon the return Ct the
kirkpatricks and Others from Pittsburgh.
Cannons were fired to notify the ~coun:ry to
turn out and give them Il reception. The
crowd made IA sush to tear down the State
Street bridge but Judge Thompson and
others intertcred and stopped them. The
crowd then dispersed. Messrs. Walker and
Tracy, Directors Of the Railroad. were mott
fled by a committee last night to leave town
but they refused to 90 and there are strong
indications of their being mobhcd.
Terrible EIplosiOn-.Sevcntern Lives Lost.
New York, jap. 30th.
A terrible ao.idcnt occurred at Frcnch's
,oall-cartridSc factory at Rlyenswood, Long
Island, Friday afternoon. The factory OK
plodcd killing scveptecn persons, who w,.re hor-
.rlbly mansled- Others were badly mutilAtcd
and are lying in a precarious condition. The
dead are mostly hoys and girls employed in
filling the cartridges, The h~uilding was
blown to atoms, the fragments with liSjointcd
limbs of human bodies being scattered about
the fields. Many of the buildings in the vi
cinity were badly injured,
The details Of the explosion are sick
ening. Some twenty persons, aged from ~
to ~ years, were at work in the factory at the
time, and seventeen are known to be dead.
Heads were thrown to the distance Of a hun
bred yards, bowels hung dangling from the
trees near by, and blood and brains besmcared
the fences, The body of one man was throyn
200 feet against the side Of a house. The re-
mains were gathered up into barrels. The
reporter of IA New York paper says;
We gazed into those barrels, and there Law
the mortal remains of near a dozen human
beings. The eyes rested on IA cold and pallid
hand, a piece OF a jaw. the forehead Ola iiu-
man being all clothed with blood, IA foot, IA
bunch Of fingers, eyes torn from their socketz,
brains scoopcd up, forming Il jelly like mass,
and chunks OF flesh burned aud crisped, form
ing IL spectacle Of horror.
Some 800 zoe cartridges aud four or five
kegs of powder were in the factory, togethes
Nth q hot store end lighted lamps!
Fir in Worcester.
A fire broke out at ane o'clock yesterday
morning in FIagg's splendid block on MuU
greet, Worcester, occupied by a large number
Of occupants, WHICH, with c%ontents, was totally
destroyed. Loss, $4,000.
Arrival on the Asia.
New YONG, Jan. 81.
Steamer Asia arrived here this mo. ling,
with days later news
In England the ~breadrtuG market was not
SO active, and prices had somewhat receded,
The advance Of the week ending Jan. 18th,
uns Is aud cd on -four, and Is on corn.
The allied hets up to the Sd inst. could
not enter the Black sea, owing 70 storms, but