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

was delivered by w Taylor, Esq, Of Flats
burgh on the rise, progress, and the benefits
of the Masonic Society, and several gentlemen
were installed into Office, with all due form
and ceremony.
---TnE NATIONAL Intclligencer is OF
opinion that the son of Nichods who sue
ceeds to the imperial throne of Russia, Wilt
consider the war bequeathcd to him as a sacred
duty, to be prosecuted with redoublcd vigor
and to the last extremity, and that he will
listen to no terms of adjustment short of those
which his father would have exacted.
Tine STEAMER City of Boston" has
been sold recently to the United States Gov
eminent, for the expedition in search Of DR..
Kane. She is 55S tons, p years old, is a
double decked vessel, her frames diagonally
braced with heavy plates of iron, and is con-
sidercd admirably adapted for the service for
which she is to be been employed.
"A BILL has been introduced into the
Legislature of Massachusetts,. to establish
Courts of Mediation. a certain number of
persons are to be elected in each town by the
is to be one of honor and not of proft-no fee
TO be received except for personal expenses
or disbursements. The causes of action of
which this Court is to take cognizuncc are
libel, SANDER, malicious persecution, breach of
promise of marriage, assault and battery, false
Imprisonment, and actions of contract on
claims not exceeding $lG0 reconciliation
effected before this Court is to be final
determination of the matter in controversy.
--TuE n. Y. Post understands that Put
nam has sold his magazine for $4,000.
-NAssAu HALL, the main building of
Princeton College, venerable ediice, was
burned to the ground on the 10th inst. The
students, except those on the lowest entry,
lost most of their books, clothes and furni-
ture. $4,000 will hardly cover their loss
The loss to the college will be about 500 900
of which SIC 900 is covered by insurance.
"A MEMBER of the New York City Conn-
Gil, and police officer, in Jail in New
York, on a charge of afording aid to Baker,
the murderer of Poole. The New York news
papers having made all the pennies possible
out Of the life, death and burial OF pugilist
Poole, have now changed their note, and,
growing moral, are demonstrating the danger
of paying public honors to champions Of the
prize-ring. Five columns of prurent de.-
criPtion yesterday, hardly be atoned for
by a ecant half column of preaching to-day.
AR SPIRITUAL circle in Hope Chapel
New York, on Friday evening, the spirit of
Sontag favored the company with a song,
through the " organ of Miss jay, who gave
utterance to an audible gurgle, without
opening her mouth. The wicked critics say
that Sontag has not improved in her singing
Ton CARLEY says; MAKE yourself
a good man, and then you may be sure there
is one ra seal less in the world
---Ir is announced that great prepara-
tion is making for a race soon to come off be-
tween the celebrated horse Chestnut and his
prominent little rival horse Radish. Each
will be furnished with saddle Of venison
and rodo by Messrs. Cranberry Sauce, and
being ''urged on by the spur of the moment"
no doubt the race will be exciting. The af-
fair will come off over the course of human
events" and the man who " seized an oppor-
tunity" will hold the (beef-)stukcs.
--FIRsT NATIONAL COMPLIMENT TO POWERS.
One of the last acts of the last Congress on
the last night of its session, was to authorize
the President to contract with Hiram Powers
for some work of art, executed or to be execu-
ted, for the ornament of the new capitol at
Washington, at a price not exceeding $25,-
900. 1t was incorporated into the Civil and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill, on motion of
Senator Chase of Ohio, as an amendment
This is the first token of regard which our
great American sculptor has ever received
from his government. We understand that
he is expected to revisit the United States
during the current summer.-N. Y Post.
SUDDEN DEATH.-IIere was a Russian
on one knee, in the act of taking aim the
muzzle of his frelock rested on forked stick
lie was dead the side of his head had been
knocked and the remaining part of his
face still looked sternly along the firelock
1t was an astonishing sight-every one that
could, came to look at him Extract of n
letter from the Crimea.
-HoRRIBLE. AT Genesee, n. Y, is a
drunkery kept by cripple. While .'dead
drunk, and lying helpless on the track =,
both his legs were run over and severed from
his body. The legless sot, seated on stool
now, by the aid of his wife. does what he can
for the injury of others. Last Sunday he
sold rum to boy fourteen years Of age
While drunk, the boy froscto death. The
corpse, as it was carried home, was the first
news which greeted his friends The imagi-
nation shrinks from the contemplation of the
scene-the unuttcrable agony of the mother
as she kissed the frozen lips Of her boy How
the touch of that cheek of ice must have
pierced her heart-Cayugo Chief.
"A single pound of haxen thread, in
tended for the finest specimens of French
lace, is valued at six hundred dollars, and the
length of the thread is about two hundred
and twenty-sx miles. One pound of thin
thread is more valuable than two pounds o.
gold.
-LrIERARY.-James Montgomery, The
English poet, who died last year, left an es
tate, of 10000. Times have changed
since johnson exclaimed on hearing tina
Goldsmith died E3, 900 in debt, was eve
poet so trusted before !" Southey died wortl
about 81 900, and Wordsworth as much
while Rogers is millionaire.
Washington Irving has nearly completed {
life of General Washington, upon which h'
has been long engaged.
The Harpers have in press a volume O
miscellanies from Mr.. Bancrofts pen, writ
ten from time to time within the last thirt
years, and in the compilation of which h
has been chiefly occupied since the compile
ton OF his History of the United States,
-" julius was you ever in war ~ " You
better believe it. distinguished myself q
the battle of New Orleans, did" " YO
did, " didn't noting else,I furnished Gen
eral Jackson with two aids on this occasion
What aids were the-what was der names
Der names I" " Yes der names of thei
aids" "Well, den, if der niger mu,
know-dey was Lemon AIDES Now 80
got particulars, hold your hush, or II ca,
your head in wild de door mat"
One of our western railroad contra
tors, being just now out of employment, q