Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-04-13

asked by a New York hackman last week,
for conveying gentleman from St. Adams
and his party, seven in ALL including chill
dren, from the foot of Cortlandt Street to the
Hudson River r. r. Dcpot in that city The
hackman got his mo-. for the time being,
and soon nft1 got free admission to the
Tombs, in default of ten dollars fine imposed
by Mayor Wood, on complaint Of the gentle
man.
- Is GALENA, H., Mr. Murphy, q
stranger in the place, fell into a WE'LL tie
other day. After "a hours he was discovered
and drawn up. lie went down drunk-he
came up sober. Nothing was charged him
for the twenty four hours lodging, which, as
the well was 20 feet deep, must be considered
very lon. 1t is thus strangers are taken
in at the West
COT. FREnoSr's great land claim, to
the Mariposas tract in California, has been
declared valid by the Supreme Court Of the
United States, reversing the decree Of the
District Court. 1t makes the Col. one oftho
largest land holders in the Country.
- IRAAhEN1UA, Is new brIlcle Vi luei
comp posed of common clay and some chemical
substance, recently invented in New Orleans.
A small quantity of it made steam enough to
run the presses of the True Delta for several
hours. That paper considers it preferable to
coal, as it produces no smoke or sparks, and
small proportion Of ashes. Its proprietors
can furnish it at 25 cents barrel. Let Mr.
Paine hurry up his gas, and with light from
water and heat from mud, thing. can be
kept moving while longer.
~ rArER published in Charlottetown,
Prince Edwards Islands, n. b, says that re-
Gently the crew and passengers of a mail boat
attempting to cross the straits Of Northum-
berland we're for three days exposed to a
storm without other food than spaniel dog,
which they killed and ate raw. One of the
passengers died from exhaustion, Mr.. James
Henry Hazard o student in the medical col
lego Of Harvard University, eighteen years Of
age, and young man of rare abilities.
"A YOUNG soldier belonging to Glasgow
Scotland. sent home from the Crimea q pistol
bullet firmly imbedded in q teetotal medal
He carried in his walstcoat pocket this medal +,
which arrested the bullet, and, it is to ho
presumed saved his life.
~ HuIdltO NUIHuii. III ~. iJOule, hhlbcu
Margaret Sullivan, recently gave birth to
T four living children-two boys and two girls.
Their father is a white man, and the mother
is 80 little colored as hardly to be distin-
, guished from white woman. She and the
babes are reported all we'll.
-FAsrEsr TINE on RECORD The race
$ horse Lexington last week, at New Orleans
ran four miles in 7:l9a, or Ct seconds better
than the time of the famous Lecompte. The
purse was 100000
t --ErIoUB11E.-The National InteAhgen.
n Ger has correspondent who has written a
series of letters to that paper on this subject
n lie makes three points, viz =
: l. Before you bow to q lady in the street
" permit her to decide whether you may do sc
r or not, by at least look of recognition.
.. Excuse my glove" is an unnecessary
d apology for the glove should not be with
;, drawn to shake hands.
o 3. When your companion bows to lady
you should do the same. When gentleman
bows to lady in your company, always bow
to him in return.
-" Bridget" " Marin - " Come
have you those nuts cracked yet - " Marin
they amt only half cracked, and me tatht
y are a most out of me head aready,"
d a LITTLE son Of Edwin and Ruth
q Allen. Of Pomlret, Vt, has eleven grand
parents, all living-fve grand-fathers and 81,
= grand mothers.
" --PuScH says Poverty must be a woman
o 1t is so fond Of pinching person.
MIR. p, Il wealthy citizen Of P
. n. H., married few years ago, at the age @
/ seventy five, his fourth wife, maiden o
lie sixty. Mr. died in less than year, an
u lately his widow purchased lot in the ney
and beautiful cemetery at p, and pro
&c cured the interment there of Mr.. P anC
IT her predecessors. They lie in four graves
il and space has been left next that of M
p for the survivors, final resting place
A monument has been erected, giving on on
IS side the names Of the deceased, and on tn
y other the simple and appropriate epitaph
"a " Our HUSBAND"
D " An old woman, writes a correspondent
a from Lecdsville, New York; not man
-, miles from here, went to the store to pur
u chase some crockery. There was none, how
7, ever, that quite suited her. There was on
n set that would be :" Jest the thing, only the
rere so hght-eolored, they'd sho,c dirt.' Tn
merchant replaced his earthen-ware, de.
~ pairing of suiting so fasi'diou, a customer.
y, The estimate placed by Yanke
r stump speaker upon political opponent, &C
v curately measures the Concord attorney a
- the head of our government "that man don
amount to a sum IN arithmetic /; add HIM u
and he' is nothing 10 carry
m -FArAL AocIpENr.-A singular an
m fatal accident occurred this afternoon at tn
- Rifle Factory in this town. As one Of tn
workmen, an Engishman, named John Ches
y ter, was attempting to mend belt with a
a awl, his hand slipped and the awl pierced hi
heart. He walked about thirty feet, fe
down, and expired in about ten minutes. II
u leavos a vita tuo ch,1drap and s;star uh
n depended upon him for their support.-Hdrt
J, ford Times.
ID -" My SON." said Mr.. n. I" how coul
). you marry an Irish Grlr' why, father,
said the son, :. IN not able to keep two VIC
men-if I'd married a Yankee girl, d had t
10 have hired an Irish girl to take care of her.
T, A BUSINESS MANA commercial gentle
n man recently arrived at Niagara Falls Just be
I fore d-night He Immediately bought
globe lantern, crossed to Goat Island, exam
ined the cataract and in thirty seven min
n utes had finished up the great American won
n der, and was once more on his way to Albany
n - The RIGHT SORT OF TExPERANoE.-Th
= other day, we heard fact respecting tn
- proprietor of the Corn Exchange COTE
b House in William street, which we take tn
e liberty of mentioning without saying b
h your leave for it is to his credit. We
= not know the gentlemans name, but he 60
. into good company during revival at tn
" church he attends, looked at liquor sellin,
r though n new medium, pulled down his ba
h and dismissed his bottles, and ventures tn
is risk of making his business pay by increased
care and attention to it, That is the righ
way.-N. Y, Spectator,
:. The Boo-Hoos.
= The New York Tribune has invented new