Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-12-22
News of the Week
by Telegraph to the Free Press,
Further Details of the P>cifc's News.

j uItneT Ibtthlt> VI INC j mes News.
BosIoN, Dee. II.
We have full details Of the news by the
Pacific.
The English and French Governments in
notify ing Austria, Prussia, and the lesser
German Governments, that they are no longer
willing to treat on the basis Of the four
points. state that they intend to hold the
Crimea, and will in their own time dictate
the terms of peace.
The allied Generals have demanded an e1-
PLANTATION Of Prince Menschikoff respecting
an order said to have b een issued by him, to
give no quarter.
a Russian Major, who gave orders to his
men to kill the wounded, has been taken pri-
soncr and hanged.
Prince Menschikoff telc:raphs to ot. Pc
tcrsburglI that on the 18th the fire OF the be-
seigcrs at Scbastopol had almost entirely
ceased. Ominous rumurs are prevalent in
Highland Of Il SO 900 900 sterling loan and ii
ten per cent income tax.
An Egyptian war steamer luundcred in a
gale Oct. 10Th. with 200 men on board.
It is believed that when both armies in the
Crimtu are reinforced there will tc more
sanguinary struggles.
In the battle of Inacrmanu the Russian
loss in killed and wounded Is stated at Il 900
by the English accounts.
John Bright, N. T., the advocate Of Peace,
has been burned in cfj.y at Manchester, En-
gland.
Tooklart, the ton-inl4w of Walter Scott,
Is dead.
Governor Of Jteh.
The Washington correspondent Of tho \.
Y. Evening Post sage that Col. Steptoe of
the army has been appointed GOV. Of Utah
IN place Of Brigham Young.
FROM CaIifornis.--Indian Ms..acrcs,
California new 10 Nov. Gath. Mining
news continued good. Business depressed,
Advices from Oregon state that the nuuer-
Gus and powerful tribe Of Indians called the
Snakes, had commenced war upon the whites
and had slaughtered "a whole train Of emf
grants.
Wendell Phillips Arrested.
BosToS, Dec. 10.
Wendell Phillips appeared in the |. S.
Court to-day, and gave bail in 81 800, to an
swcr to a charge Of resistance at the time Of
the rendition OF Burns.
y shoemaker, named Isaac Smith, vas ar.
rested in Boston to-day, charged with nur.
dlring his i~llesitimate child,
steamer Forfeited.
NEW YORK. Dec. -.
Judge ~lncars,l lac declared the English
propeller Alps, as forfeited on account of L
smuggling transaction. It is supposed thai
tho President wIll remit the penalty.
Great Fire.
\ great lire occurred IN PhiiudrlpiiL last
night, destroying property Of the value o
half d million. l. commenced at los Chest
nut street, destroying The entire block anC
among other places the Hall, where Jefer
sJn 81 suel the Declaration of independence
From california.
Nav NoHt, Dec. Ii.
TI,. steamer Northern LigM arrived her,
iast c,enns. win fail details Of California
news 10 No,. "i,u. She brings $4,000 II
gold.
The mluing new IS good. on Salmon EH
CT the average Is 500 per day 10 each miner
aud t,urc Is room for 1000.
A,,)utc Of u guns was Ifed on board IT,,
hu.rcan sirp IrnoLio, III houur Of tic Ali
ct Seias,op,l. Iuc Russian Consul and othc
.uc-'. vcfc ,nIultaincd ~Ea 4 collation. Z,
'o,r; auo the Russian ~ AS ,Uu up.
Il ., thought that the Indian masescre, O.