Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-04-07
-TuyRr ARE in Canada $4,000 furi,,,.

-THERE ARE in Canada 1000 fugitive
slaves most Of whom are engaged on the
lines of Railway now building in the Province.
In the new abolition town Of Buxton, there
ire 1870 Glmlics-cscaped slaves-who own
tract Of 5000 acres Of land. The whole
amount Of land in Canada West, Owned Wy
the fugitiycs, is said to be % 900 acre.
a Bill has been introduced into Il.
New York Legislature, to consolidate the Rut
land g. Washington with the Albany Northern
Railroad, making but one corpor alton throuth
the entire route now known as the Albany g.
Rutland Railrond, under the SUPERINTENDENT
Of Thos II. Garfield, Esq
TIM MANAGrRs Of the State Fair have
VIC understand, decided to hold the next Fair q,
Bellows Falls ON the l}th, 18th, and 18th Of
September next.
- IT is RrroRrEn that very extensive
organization is IN progress in New York,
mung the IRISH, that computes have been
| formed, and that military exercises arr con
SANITY practiccd. with the mention to STR Up
md aid II rbeiiiou in Canadu, whenever The
condition OF sif,irs IN he East shall secm
nost propl'iuus for such movement.
TIM F,rRcI,r, and most relentless Nd-
,ocatc of the Nebraska bill, among the news.
ospcr press OF Ohio is tho Cleveland Pinin-
itoi,r heretofore the leading Free Sol paper
N that state. Re1Son uty,--lts Editor has re
cervcd the appointment Of Post Master at
Cleveland.
No., al l,,,- vol ~ ~
ind four years, children OF C1a'es Denton
Methodist preacher III Newport. X. recently
lsapcatcI nyscuou-ly. They are supposed
. have bccu forced on board of two vessel,
which vailed for Southern por's on the night OF
heir dls7ppc ar,ncp, with the conilvdnoe (
their father, who Is now III lai on charge OF
biramy. The Mayor has offered reward Of
slUO for their recovery and great excitement
prevails among the coored pnpuriun
A REMoN.rR,S agaius, the Infamous
Nebraska Bill, measuring ouer n'neie,n ftt in
'ength, and signed by sEvEN Nus RED Of the
women of Northampton Mass. forwarded
as, week, to the Represent otlve in Congress
IRON that district.
"A PArE>r ELAsric Horseshoe the in
vention Of j. q. Jones, has been patented
both in England and the United States. 1t IL
composed of German spring steel, with a cav
ity opening at the toe and heel Of the shoe
' 1t affords a great relief TO tho horses foot,
especially on the ra7cmcnts and hard frozen
ground.
- Nix. CHoA1E is said to have oDe de
scrib"d the boundary limo between Rhode Isl
and and Massachusetts in this language -
WHY" said he, ait is like starting at 4
d bush. from thence to a blue jay, from thenct
ic to hive Of bees in swarming time, and trvir
thence to three hundred foxes with hrebrand
:, 1T their tails
- LORD ELGIN, Governor General Of Ca
. NADIA, is expected to return to Canada, from
=, England. next month, and counterfeit COL
: dollar, are circulating in Western New York
~, - "WH,r NOVELIST" say, the GATES
- heat Oj>crr,r, "wuuld venture to relate tina
mt "A widow and mother, who lost her hus'an
I'd and the father of her children by an cridcm
No ic. and lost IA child by death five months a
forwards, took a second husband to her be
~ on the day after her child died, and buried
on the day after her wedding Yet this It
nance has been acted on the Tyne and on
he . day this week, the women had what ur
=. American brothers call an indignant NEE
J" ing and hooted the bride in the streets.
% -TmE CoNuTrEr on Public Lands vii
~, it is stated from Washington, report again
:. Senator Foot's bill for the Relief of the Ind
GENT Insane. commonly known rs Miss Dix
Ten Million Bill. which proposes to donate
the several States and Territories ten millc
Ne acres Of public lands for the support of il
III situations for the relief of the Insane. II
or chief grounds Of opposition are the uncor
~ stitutionality of the proposed grants, and Il
s. danger of opening door for class Of n
or rlicatons which will include vast numb
Ct of unworthy objects.