Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-24

failing to prove it was designed Tor Sa''' "
was duly surrendered to tue several 'IH'm-
ants, to thcii great delight. The owner OF th'
sleigh and the furuishcr OF the hqnVr, were
allowed to depart in peace. W hat Will the
=. Free Press" say to the amendments Of the
Name vumont TriIuRe.
If the TriJuas means to nsinuate that jus
tce Weston did not do his duty, because the
special FIVE hundred dollar penalty, was done
away hy Miners amendments, (the ones which
mainly weakened the law, in the opinion Of Dir.
Powcrs), it shoots wide of the mark. Such
un insinuation will have no weight where
Mr. Weston is known. For the rest, we are
not aware that under the old law, or under
any law in any State, liquor has ever been
condemned, where the furnisher of liquor lived
in another State and there was no proof that
it was intended for sale whether contained
in " d,mijOhns IN Jugs or some other recrp
taclc. Two kegs r,rc, it seems, intended for
sale, and were condemned accordingly
-OrR MINISTER TO EvGI,>p.--Mr. Bu-
chanan, our minister at the Court of st.
James was recently refused admission to the
opening Of Parliament, because in II manly
way he claimed the right to wear plain suit,
such IN he would wear before the President
on State occasions Mr. Seymour, United
States Minister to Russia, in London on his
way to St. Peterborough, was also excluded for
the same cause.
The London Daily Netcs says on tie sub
jcct:
There can be very little doubt that a de-
Ghsrate insult has been offered to the great
nation with which, of all others it becomes
us to entertain the hest relations. We hope,
however, that Il cause Of il'itcling will not
arise between the two great Anglo Saxon ma
tions on II subject which is fitted to he debated
only between IL couple Of chumberlains of de-
iunct principalities of the ancient Germanic
Confederation
- LAND DisTRIBuTIoN-- Richmond
Whig says, ave see 1t estimated that the value
of public lands to Railroads, asked from this
session of Congress, according to the bills in
troduced or projected. amounts to the enormous
sum of $3.50, 100000. That is distribM ng the
public lands, or the proceeds thereof, with
vengeance.
-DIvIDE AGAIN. - In view of the rumor-
ed proposal from the South for II new Com
promise, by which, of the States to be erected
out of ths new territory, one-half shall be
Slave States and the rest Free States the
Providence Journal remarks that L" This con
tinual compromising is like the proposition
which a shiftless fellow once made to man
of great wealth that they should divide for
pnt o,il tho ln+t h.
of little use to you with your habits in
year or two | should have it all back again ;
'Oh then we will diride again., said the
scapegrace. Thus our Southern brethren
having divided tho land between slavery and
freedom, and taken their share, come up with
new proposition to divide the share devoted
to free DOM
--CuIcKSN TRoTTIsC.--The Albany Knick-
erbocker announces as among the performances
to come off at the Chicken gathering in that
city; for the first day, trotting match for
chickens only the best in three heats to take
the purse of $50 for the second day, in the
forenoon race for farrow hens all ages best
in four heats, 81 and to the hen that lays
the largest egg, 81. The egg can be laid any
time during the day. At 3 p. NJ, the grand
race for purse of S20wll be strongly con-
tested for by several fast Shanghaies, spirited
Chitagongs, and Cochin China Cocks, best in
three double heats. At half past eight IL
growing match will take place, aided by II
few distinguished persons from distance -
A committee of six chosen persons to award
the medal to the cock whose voice is most like
the braying OF un ass. All the Judges to be
dsinterested and in no way connected
-TuE PICAYuNE.-Thc New Orleans Pic
dyune is said to be Il model for good manage
ment, and one of the most profitable as wei
as enterprising papers in the Country. 4
New Orleans correspondent of the Bostor
Journal says that not untrcqusntly the Plea
yunc publishes single item Of intelligence,
obtained at cost of hundreds of dollars
while to obtain an item during the Mexican
war, it went to an outlay OF fre MoUsdnd
Its Geographic intelligence alone costs, on Al
average, from fourteen 10 eighteen Housdn,
dollars per annum! which exceeds by doubl,
that Of any paper published either on thu
Eastern or Western Continent. Gao. KEN
DALI, Esq, one of the four proprictors, spend
most Of his time on his extensive sheep farm
in Texas.
-USBQuALLkD ADvANCE.-The receipt
of the Hudson Rirer Raiir0ad for the month
Of January, were SOB 400 against S99 OSI
for the corresponding month Of last year
A., A.. a.. Il 900.
cent.
-RussIAS NIsIToRs.-Seyeral Russian of
tcers visited the L ) ship-of-war Ponns /
,auia ut Norfolk on "Wednesday last, an,
w-rs received with salute They are III
-pecting our ships Of war with the intention
ofbuying number Of vessels for the Russial
navy
-|ERAoNT MARBLE.--The American Yer
Antique Marble Company has been organized
and will soon have its works III operution n
Roxbury, in this county. Verd Antique Man
bic mot serpentine, by the way, though
crops out of what is called the - Serpentin
ledge" " is the stone to be worked Di
jackson has twice examined the stone bot
in place und when finished, and he pronoul
ces it to be the genuine article equal to Il
most valuable Italian. We have seen spec
mems Of both, und To our eye tho Vermont "a
ticle was the best-It. Waichman.
-SoLoS CARLTON, aged %, son of j.
Carlton, Of this town, was found naked,
the snow, near the side walk, last frida
night, between twelve and one O'Clock Il
was taken up and carried into the house o,
cupied by DR., Baxter, where he died in abol
ten minutes, He had been subject to fits SIM
his infancy, and was at times dcrangcd. II
got up from his bed after all had retired AZ
-. Al III
of clothing upon him. lie was at least
quarter of n mile from his residence VIII,
found Windsor Journd.