Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-02-02

and on the lat day Of January, there were
confined in the States Prisons and Jail. of our
State. only one hundred and thirteen per
sons. We notice that the number of GRIMM.
ais sentenced In Massachusetts, last year was
over nine hundred. -Ruf'ond Herald
- In NEw Yonx Cry foot of snow
fell last Thursday and the two dav, snbse.
quent sleighing quite drove frantic the excl.
able Oothamites. The practice of snow.
balling passengers in the slcigh. stages. which
tof late years has been carried on in that citv
to an outrageous extent, unheard of else.
where, was INDUCED in to the full, to the in.
jury OF several PERSONS one of whom, lady,
was struck in the fnco by r hard ball with
such force that her forehead was cut to the
bone, and she tainted with the pain. The
sport" was checked little by the arrest of
Il of.the rowdios who were held to bail
in $500 for trial, and still more by the dis
appearance Of the snow on Saturday.
-MR. PEAsE, of the five Points Mission.
n. Y, has acknowledged the receipt Of five
hundred calico dresses the value Of which he
estimates at $500, being those worn at the
Calico Party" The dresses, he SAYS will
be useful in fitting out poor families for resi-.
denees in the country.
-TnE RAILROAD RIo1 on the Buffalo and
Brantford Road has been quelled by the mid
OF one hu"dred government troops The
lrishmcn were assured that legal redress was
within their reach, and promised no further
mole'tation at any point.
Ma. bREckENRIpGE of Nv, who sue
ceeds Mr.. Soule minister to Spain. is enid
to be gentleman Of fine abilities. The Wind
scr Journal remarks that the country knows
but little Of him, except that he was an ar
dent advocate for the Nebraska bill last win.
ter, and manifested an excessive anxiety to
fight dnel with Mr.. Cutting, Of New York
with rifles. lie is perhaps selected on ac-
count Of his fighting qualities. Soule in his
duel with NJ. Turgot, only hit him in the
leg. When Breckenridge tries his Kentucky
rife on French Ambassador, he is probably
expected to take better aim"
- Lieutenant General james Robinson
Arnold n son of Benedict Arnold. died lately
in London
5. NJ. BoorH, editor Of the Wisconsin
Free Democrat, has been found guilty of aid
ing the fugitive Glover to escape. The Jury
brought in a verdict Of guilty on the last two
counts--aiding the escape of Glover-and
not guilty on the first three counts--resisting
I s. process. Mr. Booth was sentenced to
pay fine of one thousand dollars. and be
imprisoned one month. Johr ny 'olu9' iol
.,,a,..,..r,. -., = 1ne Of two hundred dollars
ana ten days imprisonment
"A FIRE broke out in Montreal on the
9th, which destroyed Aliens extensive chair
factory, near the Lachine Canal. The loss lie
SIS 1000, one-fourth insured.
-TnE NAMES of Stephen a. Douglass Of
Illinois, for President, and Thomas j Rusk
Of Texas, for Vice President, in 1856, figure
at the head Of the San Antonio Teran.
--THE idea of music by steam is to be
realized at the fremont Temple in Boston,
The bellows to the great organ is shortly to
be operated by steamrowor.
- The LAST steamer brought news of the
Aoo'h af tho 'voll Lnown and popular English
authoress Mary Russell Milford. She was
about sixty-seven years ofage
---THE steamboat Massachusetts,. living
in the North River at New York, has been
seized by order of the L. S authorities. on
the ground that she was about to participate
in an unlawful expedition, supposed to be
against Cuba. The search among her cargo
has as yet disclosed no arms or ammunition,
and her captain denies the charge IN toto.
- Deer SHOWS have fallen at Chicago.
The train on the Chicago and Mississippi
Railroad, with Il large number Of passengers
and several members Of the Legislature. was
frozen up on the prairie in what the telegraph
calls " Il snow storm some eight feet deep. -"
The passengers burned the cars. and by rob-
bling the cars Of Il consignment of oysters, pre-
served themselves from starvation. BY the last
accounts they are still there relief however
had been sent TO them
- TRAIN upon the Portland and Ken
nebec Railroad in Falmouth. Ne, ran off the
track on Monday last, precipitating the engine
twenty-five feet over the bank into a small
stream. A fireman, named Ames. was killed
outright the engineer, Mr. Small, suffered
some time under the engine, which could not
be removed from his body. The engine al
most completely damned the small stream,
so that the water rose, covering his body and
drowning him.
--THE Coal mountain in Pennsylvania
which has been on fire since since 1898, will
probably soon be extinguished, as the fire is
approaching point which can he submerged
in water. mass Of coal has been consul
med three-eighths of mile long, sixty feet
wide, and three hundred feet deep. equal to
l ,I20 900 tons Of coal.
-HERE is what we want for public SER
wants, Office holders, Legislators all conden-
sod into four lines Of poetry -
Experience, that's stood the test
Conscience, to say what's right;
Intelligence, TO know what's best
Backbone, to stand the fight.
-lhE Washington IN. CO. Star says
g the apple Of dlscord has been thrown into
our midst, and, unles, nipped in the bud,
threatens to break forth into 4 confAgration
that will ieluSc the whole land" COMPARE
son almost paralelied by the remark Of the
Boston Pilot, while congratuluting the Wing
party upon It's non-alliance with Know
NothngiSm, that it had "relu sed to he bound
to the chariot '"drri' Of ms mushroom"
--ONE Of the recent transactions in the
Iowa Legislature was the selection low the
Senate Of two small boys as pages, to whom
the president gravely administered an oath
to support the Constitution of the United
States and the State Of Iowa. and to fold doc
uments and papers to the best of their abili-