Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-02

-SricIpEs.-We regret TO learn that
Mr.. frederick Benjamin of Springfield,
formerly of this town,-put a period 10
his existence on the 18th inst, by hanging.
Mr.. Benjamin was about fifty years Of age.s
man Of respectable property, good habits, and
well respected by all his acquaintance. He
had been for some time apparently in a
gloomy state Of mind, and his intellects prob.
ably became 1Dfdred
On the SAM day Mr.. William L. lyman,
Of Royalton came to his death a. the jury Of
inquest found 'by hanging With his own
hands, between the hours OF half past twelve
and half past two in tho afternoon" He
had been very much troubled about his pecu-
mary matters, and for some days much de-.
iectcd, apparently suffering great mental
affection Woodstock Mercury.
~ young man has been p%eddling books
in Greenfield, and Offering to each person o
ticket in n gift lottery to be drawn in Fitch
burgh. \ committee was sent to Fitchburg
to see fair play and bring back the prizes. Ho
brought back. for the benefit Of the twenty
ticket holders four jack.kniies and three port
monnaies.
-The &3O,o 600 in bad bills found upon
briggs, THE countcrfeiter lately arrested in
Chicago arg said to have been genuine Is
upon good eastern banks, altered by the split
ting and paIsting process to tens, twenties and
ftties. lie is probably the agent Of a gang
of counterfeiters.
-(ExrRA-5uper)- fine writing from ALI old
English novel. "Our hero then turned, and
touching his left hand to the shoulder OF his
horse he rose peri e,2dicularly, like "A pyramid
of fire, and again descended on his seat, as d
flake of snow on a rose bud lie then touched
his white wand to the neck Of his steed, who
instantly mounted the air, like n winged
Pegasus while the Duchess crltd out, think
;r, Inr IJ,rrv "a rOpo man Iut he returned
as composed as though he was seated on q bed
of cotton"
-KAAzAs EstGRArIoS.-Man emigrants
are expected to go to Kanzas from New Eng
land as spring opens. Several parties are to
leave Boston and Maine. The Springfield
Republican thinks 500 emigrants will 60 from
New Hampshire during the season, and the
! Lowell Courier talks of sending enough from
o that city to found a young Lowell.
t --NErorrsM.-The state of Maine says OF
V six Professors and Tutors of Bowdoin College
appointed within the last four or five years
four have been sons of Professors or Of Mem
bers of the Board of Understanding each
appointment separately. One Tutor and one
Professor are the same person.
,e -IN1ERE 1iSG S1A1IsTics.-The number
of languages SPOKEN throughout the world /
) S.OGi of which 5S7 are in Europe, 500 il
Asia, go in Africa, and ,264 in Am,rica.-
II The inhabitants of the globe profess NOR
t than 900 different religions. There ar
&c nearly as many males as females. The inca
n. duration Of human lite is p years. On
fourth part of all children die before tho ag
of : wears. The population OF the CLONE
H.. estimate at nearly ! 900 900 900, OF who
about one-third die every ten years, or mol
than 40 each second. There are more dealt
and births in the night than in the day.
-TuE bids for the loan of one million
dollars payable in 1873 at 6 per cent, for Il
Vi purpose of the \. Y. canal enlargement, wei
r. opened yesterday by the Commissioner Of II
al Canal Fund. There were Sc bids, amour
a ing, in the aggregate, to over S4 900 ,OOO.-
OF the whole amount 1862 900 was taken
M and above Is per cent, premium, and Il
ri remainder, S3lS 900, at and above Sll2,7t
ARHYMISG coxUSDRuN, ny CHARLEY.
ty When is a broker quericd Jimmy Grimes.
NO " Like to a vagrant in the olden times 7"
20 " Dye give it upl Well, when by fortunes shocks.
u, The poor unfortunate gets stuck in stocks -"
-MoRGAS FOUND AGAIN We wond
e. how many times that has happened. tt
he following is the last. Barnum had bett'
is send a special messenger and secure him for h
h. Museum. He would make his fortune by II
an operation. We wonder he never thought
fly such n speculation. Morgan redivivus, wou
be worth q dozen Mermaids or Joice Heths.
lie The Masonic Mirror publishes a story
ho the effect that Mtrgan, who, it was said, w
.N' murdered by the Free Masons, for disclosir
De- their secrets, has been found in Smyrna
res ~Turkey-that he now goes by the name
six Mustapha, and is engaged in teaching tt
English language. The authority given f
his report is one Joseph A. Bloom. Accor
Ter ing to the Mirror, Bloom met Morgan at
Go house in Smyrna, to whom the latter gave
an detailed account Of his adventures. 1t is st
lis ted that Morgan left the country in the sh
" Herriae, which sailed from Boston to Smyrn
and belonged to the firm of Landon i Co.
Mt The Captains name was WEIGH.