Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-01-27

mortgage, Ill place OF John Il. Thayer, Esq.
resigned"
On the 10th inst, the Great Western (Can
ada) Road will be opened from Niagara Fall,
to opposite Detroit. On the 18th. reeula,
passenger trains will commence running
when the travelling public will be able to get
around the Arabs at Erie.
The number Of railroad accidents during
the year 1853, was 1873. The number of per-
sons killed, 234 wounded 400.
-TnE New QUARTERLY REVIEW has a
long and able article in favor of continuing
the search for Sir John Franklin and his men.
Everything (says the artce) indicates that
they will be found by prosecuting the search
up Wellington Channel
-FIREs. An Engine House on the Al.
bany and Rutland road was burnt at Castle
ton last Tuesday. Loss S4OO.-A block Of
wooden buildings and the First PRESBYTERIAN
church IN Detroit were destroyed by fire on
the 10th inst. Loss S35 900. Insured for
S23 ,O00.-Thc new building of the Albion.
(Nlich.,) Female Collegiate Institute valued
at Sl1 200 was recently burned. Insurance
$4,000. The loss by fire in New York city
since the 18th, of October last hasamounted
to nearly five millions, of dollars, of which
about two millions were covered by in
surance.
-CorNTERFEITs AND CovNTERFErTFRs. -
Ono dollar bills Of the Custlcton Bank altered
to tens have been detected Simon Lord of
Vermont has been committed to iail in Bos-
ton, for attempting to pass Il 81 counterfeit
bill ON the Orange County, Vermont. Bank
Two men have been arrested at Bath. Me-.
III whose possession were found counterfeit
3's on the Montpelier and White River Banks
and 5's on the Fall River Bank Two men
named Doodle and Williams were arrested
last week i'll Oglcnsburgh, who had Succeeded
IN getting cashed at the Bank there draft ON
another Bank altered from some small amount
to $500. They had tried the same game on
the Swanton Bank and the Malone Bank.
without success. They were nabbrd on in
formation from II woman who overheard them
dividing the spoil. \ package one had left
at the express Office was opened and found to
contain counterfeit bills to a larrc amount
One dollar bills ON the Gcncscc County Bank.
altered to tens, are again in circulation.
-BrRGLARY AND ATTEMPTED SrIcipr.-A
young man nmGccn years old whose real
name is not known, who in July last, in five
nights broke into as many houses and stole
money, jcwelry &c in one case in Cavcndish
entering lady's room and stealing cold
watch and chain while she was sleeping. WAS
sentenced on the lth by the County court in
session at Woodstock. to hard labor for five
years in the State Prison. 4 correspondent
of the Windsor JournM saws that he received
the sentence with some little emotion and on
being remandeI to Jail. attempted suicide lv
opening Il vein in his arm. When discovered,
he had bled nearly quart and was coolly
awaiting the result Such deprayity in one
so young is sad
Tins ALLIED FrEEr.-A letter from Con.
stantinoplc says: " People ask what are the
French and English fleets doing here and
the answer is, their crews are getting drunk
in the streets, insulting the women, and
the sanctity Of houses. These hccts
enable the ambassadors to menace the Turks.
and ronstrain them to such an arrangement
AS the two powers choose to dictate
- IN ITALIAN MISUNDERSTANDING the
of Glribald who were made
prisoners, was priest named Ugo Bassi, who
had distinguished himself during the Sierc of
Rome by riding unarmcd among the combat
ants. consoling and assisting the diving and
wounded. lie was sent to Bologna, where.
by order of the Papal authorities, he had the
skin peeled from the crown of his head and
from the thumb and two first FINGERS of his
right hand. and. when this Christian-likc
ceremony was criormcd-which was cunsd-
cred to remove his priesthood was turned
over to the Austrians to be shot
-THE PIPE OF PEAcE-A late number of
the London Punch contains an excellent carl
cature which lisa capital hit against the pres
nnt English Ministry, Aberdeen is represent
ted as quietly seated on large barrel, smoking
a pipe, the paper with which he has lighted i;
is one of the notes or protocols of the "tour
great powers 1t is slowly burning towards
the barrel which is marked Gmpo~der. The
whole is styled " the Pipe of Peace" !
- MoNTREAL.-Tho Montreal IIarhor
Commissioners recommend the construction of
il new harbor for that city, deep enough to
accommodate sea going vessels, and including
an area of some eighteen or twenty acres,
They propose that the harbor be constructed
between Nuns lslandund the main land. Here.
besides being convenient to the railway trade,
it would be connected with the canal, winch
is an important consideration. The harbor is
expected To cost 900.
1t is announced that Parliament will meet
at Quebec, on the 10th of February.