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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12

Tn CARSON lTA6UE 1t is said ~ 10 the intention
~ the Con Lessue hereafter 70 have the Of the
bqaoI sellers uiAs Necessary Il convict them
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12

1RE BRooxLYH Sour AssoCtATfos.-Ih's Assocs.
ioa has now perfected II necessary engemeu' .1d 80
ssmn.uoe opein,ious dav l. ocOck when s hoe 10
~h' detet quanty o. slTp tan
ELI aud have thsiT wants sppped O1e k~tue u the -
viii blled order 10 1--WE the prol"c atrial t.
6sr keules csp-he Of ho tug r bt1es ~ soaps I'D,
ID Guild iheie be suieiout demand the Nh0e WI hr ed
each suhss Quoht The Asso-tou invite The PM
cell and che sher scheme The
Asa'e 10 II tho OF the cry n tel tuoa ct neO bo
City Hall
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12

NEw-JERsrY STATE PRIsoS.-The number of con
sets in the State Prison Dee ST. 1855 2i7 snce which
there have been received s; dis hsrred pardoed
leaving Sc IN prison the S OF Dec. 1854 TIE prsoo
tAs secs Brefsatly SsrsSsd during the pas; year.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12

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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

~ FRoN CALIroRNIA. The Northern Light
which arrived at New York on the 18th,
brought word of the almost entire prostraton
Of business, owing to the suspension OF five
banking houses. The news Of the suspension
of Page Bacon Of St. Louis, reached San
Francisco ON the Eth, causing great run on
Messrs. Page Bacon q Co, Of San Francisco.
They met the run, and pnid out half "A mil
lion Of dollars. a meeting Of merchants and
bankers was held, and declared the house
sound, restoring confidence, and matters wore
u better aspect. On the 22d, however,
Mcssrs. Page, Bacon & Co., suspended pay
ment followed on the 23d by Messrs Adams
& Co., Wells, Fargo & Co., Robinson II Co.,
and Weights Miners Deposit.
The excitement was intense. Adams & Co.,
closed all their branches without paying y
dollar, except at San Francisco, where on the
23d, they stood run Of 5000 900. Wells,
Fargo Co.. announced that they would re-
sumo payment in San Francisco on the Goth
1t is feared Adams q Co., could not resume
payment under sixty days, il at all. Page,
Bacon Co, would probably resume pay
ment in few days, depositors having
granted time on 800 900. Their assets
were large.
The San Francisco Price Current, Of the
evening Of tie 2ith, denies that there have
been any failures orpurcly mercantile houses.
Owing to the scarcity of water, but little
gold had been taken from the mines, but
heavy rains commenced falling on the 25th,
and still continued when the steamer left.
There has been no election of a L. 5. Sen
ator, the joint Convention having adjourned
sine die ON the Goth, by a vote of G3 to A,
On the morning of the 18th, the st. Charles
Hotel, and Williams Hotel, in San Francis
co, were destroyed by fire. In Nevada, 1t
| houses were burned on the 10th, and in Stock
ton, % houses were destroyed by fire on the
| Dist Loss, $50 900.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

The Death ofihe Emperor Nicholn..

The Death ofthe Emperor Nicholas.
Probably the death Of no other man could
have produced the sensation throughout the
civilized world, which has been caused by
the announcement of the death Of Nicholas
ofRussa. TIC event Of the sudden death of
Louis Napoleon, with the consequences Which
must follow it, might possibly equal this in
importance it could NOT surpass it, II the
Intelligence is true, and, even with the Srhas-
topol hoax in vivid remembrance, there seems
to be no good reason to question it, the old
est, The ahlcst, the graat'st, AMI the mist
absolute sovereign in Europe, is no more. lie
has ruled withlrO sway. for - years, an En-
prc Of 62 100000 Of people, speaking more
than thirty languages and dialects, and scat
tered over a territory more than four times
greater than the settled portions of the terri
tory claimed by the United States. lie was
great man, and In como respects good
sovereign for the people he ruled over. He
encouraged art, science, and literature. lie
has constructed railroads, teegraphs, canals
and Ships, and has largely contributed to
build up Russian power and influence, to en-
large the military resources Of the country
and to increase its wealth. It was to his am
bition to extend his dominion and to achieve
the hereditary policy of his house, that the
present war in Europe must be attributed
With lovers of liberty, he will mainly be
remembered as the ezecutoncr of Poland, the
destroyer of hungarian independence, and
the strong foe of Liberty and Professionalism
in Europe.
Many Of our exchanges intimate the posi-
bility ofhis having persisted like his father and
grandfather, by assassination instead Of dis
case. The y. Y. Courier 4 Enquirer, is in
basins its doubt on the improbability
| that the Russian Government, controlling as
| 1t does, the Russian end of the telegraph line
should permit misfortune to it Of such ex-
treme gravity, to be heralded all over Europe
on the day of its occurrence.
The great question Of course is, how will
this event affect the prospects of Peace il
Europe. The successor to the lmperia
throne will decide that question, and it is 0
little use to speculate upon it. The n. Y
T,idvt, whose articles upon European
ulToirs have been very able, assumes tia
Alexander, the late Cars eldest son, vii
reign in his stead and believes that he vii
fully carry out his fathers policy, and tina
the death Of Nicholas will but add fuel to tn
fame of war. 1t is said, however, that Con
sion, as eldest son of the reign,Hg sovereign
his brother having been born before the acce'
sion Of Nicholas. The next steamer, whic
will solve all doubts, will be waited for wit
impatcnce.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

Russia had suffered no injury and that GlO,-
900, 900 had gone from Great Britain to that
country. The right Of search was urged ms q
necessity, in order to prevent the introduce
ton Of Russian goods into Great Britain
Destitution in England had almost reached
it's height, from the combined causes of an
unusually severe winter, the very high prices
of all description of provisions, and total
stagnation Of trade. The poor were in a most
deplorable condition. Many thousands Of
laborers had been for weeks without food =,
excepting the supplies of charity. A bread
riot Of two or three days duration had
occurred in Liverpool, and in London some
distress had occurred among the unem Toyed.
At the time the Pacific sailed, o change for
the better had taken place.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

The trotting match for purse of $50
between the two year old Morgan Colt owned
by Mr. McNasser Of Burlington, and the two
year old Black Hawk. Of Mr. Myrick Of
Bridport, came on as advertised on the ice
in the bay on Wednesday afternoon. \
crowd of over a thousand persons was pre-
sent. The first start was bad one the
Black Hawk coming through alone. Tie
first heat was taken with apparent case ly
the Morgan Colt. The last two heats were
won by the Black Hawk, the Morgan break
ing badly. Tho Black Hawk Colt showed
much superior training.
Time, 3 %, 3.l5, Sd heat not taken
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
New York State Prisons.

Last year, the Legislature of New York APP
pointed Il committee to look into tho pecu-
mary affairs of the State Prisons The re-
suit Of their investigation is volume of one
thousand pages, from which the people of
that State can learn a good deal which
most of them did not know before
The entertainments, frauds, perjuies, to say
nothing of other offences disgraceful orough,
if not equally atrocious, which the commit
tee brought to light, especially in the affairs
of Sing Sing Prison, are astonishing. Guilty
villains no doubt are kept in durauce there :;
and the quicker such rascals as Lockwood,
Storms, Clark, Stanton, and others like them,
take up a permanent residence within the
prison walls, the better the State will be of
Inspectors, agent, clerk, and many subordi-
nate officers and guards, were found to have
been habitually incorporate, in addition TO
their outlines in the above named offences,
Bolder and grosser populations we never saw
unveiled. Highway robbery would be no
worse.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
GRIFFITH.
tcoRREsPoNDESCE or THE FREE PRgss.l
From the Alleghanies.
NO. NJ.


HARRIsBURGH, Penn, March. 1855.
To the Eito, ofthe Free Press
session Of a hundred days is now nearly three
fourths spent, aud not of the important nes-
sures Of the season have been commenced The
House Of Representatives, composed of one hundred
members, was this year filled with men,
the great majority of whom were inexperienced in
the machinery of legislation; consequently progress
has been slow. The election Of United States Sem
ator has largely interfered with the harmonious
working Of that body. Nevertheless, it will not
differ much from all preceding Legislatures, for it
has ever been the practice to crowd all the mpor-
tan business Of the session into the few last days
of it, being. Perhaps thi, is Legislative history
everywhere; it is certainly true Of our National
Council.
The important business ofour present Legislature
is conceded by alt, to consist in disposition of
the prohbitory liquor question,-the sale Of the
main line of our State Improyements-ths abolish
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
Nav IInmnShire

a very severe Know Nothing and anti
Nebraska tornado took the four corners ofthe
Administration cob house in New Hampshire
on Tuesday 1t was lettering last year This
year it fell, and great was the fall Of it. 1t
will be difficult to collect again, very soon,
the scattered ruins and re-erect them into Il
structure which shall have strength enough
to stand alone. Mr.. Pierce's own State-his
stronghold-has turned against him. Before
the passage of the Nebraska bill, nothing
could have turned her from her allegiance to
him. Now he has tried his best to hold her,
and failed. The returns are not all published,
but we have enough to make it sure, that
Metcalf bitter opponent Of the Admins
trdtion, is elected governor. The three Ad-
ministratiun Congressman, in the late Con-
grcss, were all candidates for reelection and
are all defeated. In the lst Congressional
district, Pike, "A strong anti-Nebraska man,
nominated by the Know Nothings and sup
ported by the Wings, succeeds kittredgc. In
the ID district, hpIan, the candidate of the
Wings, antiNebraska men and Americans,
succeeds MOrrlson. In the Sd, Cragln, w ing
X. N, succeeds Harry llibhard, who was
elected in 1853 by two thousand majority
The opposition have also both branches Of
the Legislature, and will see TO it that two
anti-Administration men are elected to the
L $ Senate,
The rout is complete, aud it has been
brought about by the Nebraska bill The
Ncbraska-men, will perhaps refuse to ac-
knowledge the fact they will lay their de-
feat, doubtless, entirely to Know Nothingism;
but it is nevertheless true, that the ant-Ne-
"Americans' their power. Probably nothing
but the Nebraska cnormity could have over
thrown the dominant party, in the State where
they have So long had entire control
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

Congress is conceded to the opposition, as
well as four Of the five Councillors, aud ten
oftho twelve Senator'S. The Aijassa
" The new Legislature is one Of the ablest
bodies that ever assembled in tho State
Instead Of prescribing the talent aud intellect
of New Hampshire, the dominant rarity have
invited the ohlcst u.n Of the State to places
Of honor and trust. Tho soundcst, trucat
and most experienced men are among the
members Of the new Lcgisllture--and IL a
tree is known by its fruits, the revolution
which places in the hands Of such mon the
dcstrnics Of the State is certainly not to be
rogntded In the Iight of n cllnmily.n
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

G5-The following gentlemen have refused
10 be considered candidates for membership
Of the Council of Censors
John S. Robinson, VIM. Haywood, Inland
Hall, julius Converse, Erastus Fairbanks,
Royal Hatch, Portus Baxter, L. c. Kellogg
Luke P. Poland, James Barrett.
There may be others whom we have not
noticed. There are first rate men among
them whose names we should have been glad
TO retain But we see no use in voting for
men who refuse to serve.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
1--WE are obliged to Hon. solomon Foot
for important Congressional documents.

for important Congressional documents.
-g-A correspondent, Fair Play" com-
plains because We do not publish "the entire
ticket OF Council of Censors with which Mr.
Fish is expected to be associated if elected "
We reply that we have not done SO tor the
simple reason that we are not informed who
the men arc if they really exist. Mr., Fish
was nominated at Il convention of a few per-
sons in tins county, who did not nominate
any body else, We believe two or three other
individuals have been nominated in other
counties, pretty much in the same way, but
there has been no general action throughout
the State to mako up a ticket by separate
county nominations. Tho attempt to get a
ticket in that way was an utter failure.
Divers full tickets have been proposed openly
by responsible pcrsons-aud We have given
what seemed to US the hest one, which iud.-
ing from appears in the papers, has any
chance Of hang cieote9. Rumor las il that
the Know Nothing convention formed ticket
for the whole State. We sec no ticket put
forth as theirs in the papers which seem to
be specially interested in that organization.
II they agreed upon ticket aud all Of them
rotc for it, quito likely it will be elected,
simply because there has been no conccu Of
action in favor of any other Our views
about sccrd nomiL atoms agree with those of
" Fair Play. We disregard them entirely.
~ The Iergennes Independent, which has
been conducted during the last eight months
with energy, tact, and industry, is likely to
stop for want of support We regret to see
paper So worthy, obliged to surrender to
the Indifference and stolid old fogyisn of the
City Of Nerscnnes and its suburbs Nergennes
should adopt the language Of John Randolph
80 thank God, there is no newspaper prin-
ted in my District" Let all old logies and
those who will not take Il home newspaper
20 to Ncrgcnnes, and it will become great
city Send in cooked hats, knee buckles,
and pillions to that sleepy place. Let pod
augcrs and high hcelcd shoes return within
that solitary city whore man carry their
hands in their pockets, Let the ears pass hy
it with mufled wheels, and let the whistle be
dumb, 1T the sun shine only six hour- in %
day, for the citizens need un more, aud let tic
owl boot, day and night, lIum t.r top e. the
church spir,, for there can NO newspaper
live in that City which SITS on the banks ol
Otter Creek, like Il sTinster queen drugsed
with opium. Let her coat of arms be-an
owl, n shut eye, and poppy -Rwiond
! Herald
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

u Ma. CuAriNs's LEc1rRE.-The Town
Hall was filled with one of Burlington's best
audiences on Wednesday evening, March
Goth, to hear Rev +. II. Chaplin. His
subject was " Modern Chiraly lie did
not maintain that this is an Age Of Cliy-
airy, but that the present age is hacking
neither in the poetic conditions, spirit, or work
of true Chivalry The great evils Of our age
he believed to be SO prominent, not because
they are really greater than the evils of
former times, but because they are heayed up
against the back ground Of our clearer know
ledge and seen by more sensitive eyes. lie
described with humorous effect some of the
types of false Chivalry among us lie al
luded TO some instances Of noble and chival-
ric selfdevotion in our own day, and we
hoped he would touch on that one which in
nobility and romance and daring, rivals
the most chivalrous exploits Of the Age OF
Chivalry-thc search for Sir John franklin !;
but he passed it over lie closed with des-
cription of the truo Knight Errant of the
present day, stridng into the field before the
frowning battlements OF wrong, and touching
with strong lance the black shield of error
and sin, which thrilled the whole audience by
its fcrvency and eloquence. Mr. Chaplin was
listened to in almost absolute silence and
with intense and undated interest to the
end. 1t was a treat for which the young
gentlemen of the Debating Society deserve
the thanks Of the public.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

o. NEw llAursnIRE.-ln $50 towns,
Mctcalf's majority is 2l20, and the remaining
towns to be heard from will probably increase
this majority. OF 2jj Representatives heard
from, l9l are elected by the orposll n, aud
G5 by the Democrats; leaving 80 to be heard
FROM. The election of the three members Of
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

senate JOuRSAL.-We are informed that
tie journal Of the Senate Tor 1854 s now in
the hands of the County Clerk for distribu-
ton to those who ore by law entitled to
copies,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 0
AMERICA-A PROCLAMATION.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by an act of the Congress of the
United States, approved the fifth day OF Aug
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-four,
entitled - an act to carry into effect treaty
between the United States and Great Britain,
signed on the fifth day of June, eighteen hun
drcd and tifty-four,' it is provided that,
whenever the President Of the United States
shall receive satisfactory evidence that the
Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and the
provincial Parliaments of Canada. New
B.uuswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward
Island have passed laws on their part to give
full effect to the provisions of the aid treaty.
he Is authorized to- issue his proclamation
that he has such evidence
And whereas, satisfactory information has
been received by me that the Imperial Parlla-
ment Of Great Britain, AMI the Provincial
Parliaments of Canada New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, and Prince Edward island have passed
laws on their part to give full effect to the
provisions Of the treaty aforesaid.
Now therefore, | Franklin Pierce, Pres
dent of the United States of America, do
hereby declare and proclaim that, from this
date, the following articles, being the
| g;owth and produce of the said provinces of
! G,,,l, \ni,,. p-u--,,-;,I., s-s~.4 Scotia aud
Prince Edward Island, to wit grain, -four,
| and breadstuffs animals of all kinds . fresh
| smoked and sailed meats; cottonwood
seeds and vegetables undried fruits dried
| fruits fish of all kinds: products of fish and
all other creatures living in the water poul-
| try; eggs hides ; furs skins or tails un-
| dressed ; stone or marble in its crude or un-
wrought state; slate; butter; cheese tai
| low lard horns manures ores of metals
| of all kinds pitch tar turpentine ashes
timber and lumber Of all kinds, round, hewed
and sawed, manufactured in whole or il
part, tirewood: plants; shrubs and trees
] pelts wool fish oil rice broom corn and
! bark; gypsum. ground unground hewr
or wrought or unwrought burr or grind
stones dyestufs flax hemp and tow, un
manufactured manufactured tobacco
rags-shall be introduced into the Cniteo
States free Of duty, SO long as the said treaty
shall remain in force, subject, however, to b'
suspended in relation to the trade Will
Canada, on condition mentioned in the fourth
article Of the said treaty; and that all the
other provisions of the said treaty shall g
into effect and be observed on the part o
the United States
L. s. Given under my hand, at the cit,
of Washington, the sixteenth day Of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eigh
hundred and fifty-fvc, and of the indepen
dcnce Of the United States the seventy ninth
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
By the President W l.. MARCY, Secretar,
Of State
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

The VETO PowER.-During the Presidential
terms of the elder Adams, Mr. jeff rson, Mr..
Munroe, John Quincy Adams and General
Taylor, no bill passed by Congress was vetoed
All the bills which either Mr. Madison or
General jackson ever vetoed, were exclusively
upon Constitutional grounds Washington
never vetoed but one bill, and that was the
Appointment Bill, about which there was a
difference Of opinion in regard to the con
struction to be put upon clause of the Con-
stitution. -Boston Transcript
1t has remained for President Pierce to veto
claims against the Government, which have
been passed by half a dozen Congresses.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23


N5~Iwo weeks ago the Middlebury Regis
ter, nominated as an "cminently able ticket, D."
for
COUNCIL OF CENSORS.
VIM. G. Bradley, L. p. Walton,
Luman Norton, Mordecai Hall,
Titus Hutchinson, John Smith,
John Conant, Nathan Smile.
lioratlo Needhaln. Elijah Cleveland,
Daniel Colt, Samuel Adams
John Peck,
This week it presents the following ticket
for
COUNCIL OF CENSORS.
John NJ. Slade, Addison.
John W. Vail, Bennington
Charles S Dana, Caledonia.
David Fish, Chitteuden,
David lIibbard, Essex.
VIM C. Wilson, Franklin.
Thomas Glced, Lamoille.
John B. Hutchinson, Orange
Nathaniel r. Nelson
Evelyn Pierpont, Rutland
VIM. W. Wells, Washington,
Lafayette Ward, Windhum,
Thomas F Hammond, Windsor.
All the tickets, SO far us we have seen,
have equal authority, Irregularity has
ruled through the whole business. Every
voter will make up his ticket to suit him
self we suppose. Wehope good set Of men
will be elected, and il two or three Of them
shall be taken from one county, no horia
will be done according to our doctrine.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
For Council of Censors.

GILES HARRINGTON, Grand Isle, County
WORTIIINGTON SMITH, FRANKLIN "
GEORGE p. MARSH. Chittenden
HORACE EATON, Addison
SlLAS II. HODGES, Rutland
JOHN w. VAIL, Bennington q"
DANIEL KELLOGG, Windham ."
ANDREW TRACEY, Windsor 4"
WIN. HEBARD, Orange 81"
LUCIUS B. PECK, Washington a."
W. II. II. BINGHAM, Lamoille d"
CHARLES ). DANA, Caledonia
SAMUEL a. WILLARD, Orleans
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23
County Commissioners.
The following County Commissioners have

The above were the Temperance candidates
and, with scarcely an exception, were elected
without any opposition. We concur with
the Chronicle in the hope that the time is not
distant when..men will as soon be found oppos-
ing "a law against counterleitng as on efficient
temperance law
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-23

U~Iwo weeks ago the Middebury r. c,,.
ter, nominated as an "eminently able ticket -
"a