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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

Tho meeting ofthe American State Council
took place at Montpelier Tuesday We
learn that there were II delegates present, that
Il proposition to nominate ticket for State
officers was carried after long debate by 80
10 9,-and that the Council nominated Hon
Ryland Fletcher for Governor, James NJ
Slade for Lieut., Governor, and H. NJ Bates
for Treasurer. Though the meeting was not
an open one, we presume some account of it
will appear in some Of the newspapers before
long. We do not care to say much on this
proceeding now, and so far as the gentlemen
proposed by the Council for State officers ,lare
concerned, we shall say not word till we
learn what action they shall seyerally take
for themselves in the matter We believe
that only one of them, Mr. Slade, was pres
ent.
One thing however, we say no,0, and say it
plainly. The people oGthe State of Vermont
know lChdt the issue before the cOuntry is
and they are alOakc 10 as tremendous i'm
poridnce, Whoever believes that they will
allow mole-like clique to turn them aside
from the natural and usual mode of express
ing their sentiments in the selection of their
state officers, and by trick to lead them to
subordinate their love of man their love of
freedom and of the greatest interest of their
common country, to the promotion of indiyi-
dual and selfish ends, will be likely to know
them better before many months pass away
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
The War in Kansas.

Correspondence from the spot up to within
four days Of the time when it is stated that
Lawrence was destroyed, show that armed
bands Of Missourians, Buiords men and
other S)utherncrs were assembling in large
numbers with the declared intent of burning
Lawrence that its citizens had sent fire
TUNES to Col. Sumner, iutrcatins him to protect
t city, and that his one reply to every ar-
I,nol tl,". 80 l..' ""tnullty 10 inter
Zero, -tlat the free state men, dispirtcd
by the absence Of their leaders, who are
either prisoners, or fleeing for their lives,
and lacking ammunition and arms were in no
condition to protect their property, and
could make but d divided and Intellectual re-
sstance. Fuller intelligence is waited fer
now with the intcnsest anxiety.
ST. LOUIS, May $3.-Ihe st. Louis Repl-
lican of this morning publishes despatch
from Wcstport'of the Goth giving an account
OF AN encounter on the road between Lecomu-
ton and Franklin. The correspondent Of the
Republican says: Mr.. CosgrJyc and DR.. Bran
son, while going from LccomptJn to Franklin
We're hailed by a party Of Free State men who
demanded their names and destination. Be
INK dlNNtItl, llc COMMANDER OF the party
turned to his men. asking their motto. lhey
replied, "Sharrc' 5 rifles, and Immediately
fired on CoSgroye and Brlnson. Branson was
wounded when Cosgroye shot the leader of
the party through the head and the remain
der fled.
y Free State man was shot at Blanton's
Bridge, on the l9th. Particulars not given
50 many men had responded to the procla-
nation Of Marshal Donaldson, and gone to
aid him against the people of Lawrence. that
the towns of kickapoo, Leavcnworth, Doni,
phan and AtchsOn were almost deserted.
\ gentleman who arrived from jefferson
City yesterday informs the editor of the
Democrat, that Il despatch had been received
from Lawrence stating that battle had been
fought at Lawrence aud number Of per-
sons had been killed on both sides. lie was
unable to give particulars.
Ii i, said the Free State men are gathering
at Topeka, and will attack the invaders il
they dare to execute their threats ON Law
renee. Settlers Mt Van Bpnsl, recently from
New Haven, will send one hundred men to
aid them, and Manhattan about the same
number
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
The District Convention.

The official accounted the Convention of the
Sd Congressional District, held to elect dis
tTict delegates to the National Convention,
and to the State Convention of June Sd,
gives in substance all that is necessary to be
said about the meeting. 1t was not large
perhaps % or 90 persons composed it. and
there were none from the northwestern
counties, Probably they felt sure there that
the object Of the convention would be well
accomplished without their taking an incon-
convenient journey at n busy season of the
year. The absence Of all persons from the
counties referred to, led the committee of
nomination to propose no one of the district
delegates from that quarter. 1t was impor-
tant, they said, to appoint persons who could
give assur noes that they would 60 to Phila-
delphiu, if appointed in the election Of de-
lcsates at large, by the State Convention,
there would be an opportunity to provide for
that part Of the State to have Il voice in the
deliberations and action OF the National Con-
vention.
After the delegates were appointed Mr..
Seymour Of St Adams, said that, inasmuch
rs 1t is notorious that there is an organiza-
ton in the communicative ow-Nothlng
rganlzation-whose operations are not of
public character, and whose members are un-
derstood, at least by many, to be under obi
cation to act politically, when in other or
CARNATIONS, not with perfect freedom but
with reference to the aims of the private
BODY Of which they are members,-it seemed
proper that the delegates chosen should let
their own views on this subject be known--it
being Of the highest consequence that men re
presenting the Republicans of Vermont shall
be Tree, and hearty in their cooperation with
Others in the republican ranks
Mr.. Reynolds said that lie had never been
connected with any such organizaton-was
willing to work heartily With all men, what
ever their other connection. may have BEEN
who truly unite for The great cause which
alone he should labor.
Mr.. Sowles said he presumed the inquiry
had more particular reference to himself.
Like many Others he joined such an organiza-
ton some time ago and attended two or three
meetings-had latterly given it little attcn-
tion, though he had not formally discon-
Hectad himself from it. But he wished to he
distinctly understood that he disayowed all
sympathy with such private methods of ap-
pointing delegates and endcayors to control
the community-he believed an open aud
frank dealing was alone proper in all polIti-
cal arrangements, lie stood in this matter
On the republican ground and nowhere else
Mr. Chttenden said he was authorized by
Mr.. Gleason to say for him that he was en-
tirely free from all connexion with any such
organization as had been referred to-should
know no other than the republican organiza-
ton on the issue before the country, and as
far as IN him lay should look only to the
good Of the country in all he should do
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

\ WRITER from Kansas to the Boston Jour
nal under date Of May s, gives an account of
Judge Lecompte's charge to the Grand Jury
as follows:
After calling them before him in the COM
modiouS Court room Of Lecompton which is
about twelve feet square, he very gravely
pointed out to them the importance of laws,
and the lmperativenes Of yielding obedience
to them. lie very shrewdly spread out his
ground work of general principles, then made
his application as we had already anticipated
him, by declaring that all who had taken anv
part in the Free State movement in Kansas in
opposition to the Territorial laws. were law
breakers, and deserved such fate as the law
would give them He then went on to efne
reaSoH. and made out clear case that
all who oppose the Territorial laws are
guilty OF treason against the government
OF the United States, for he maintained
That there was no shade of difference be-
tween the laws made at the Shawnee school
room, and acts of Congress. His whole labor
was to show that these Free State men were
all guilty Of treason, and then followed very
significant remark. SAID he Don't hest
tate in the least when these ca SEES come beflre
goa, ON account Of any doubt of our -
a5lc 10 execute the rerd'ctS 10 the fuiea lettet1f
the lar, for we have assurance that there u,H
be noth'nS wGrtinc IN that respect" We must
all hang then, forsooth, and what host will
appear IN answer to such charge
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
T HE F RE e PRESS.
BURLINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY so, Is


There is no doubt that Lawrence, X T has
been partlydcstroyed and its inhabitants sub
.lected to acts of violence that bring to mind
the most atrocious outrages Of the American
REVOLUTION, and of the worst wars of CEN
tury or two ago in Europe. The reign of ter
ror is in force throughout Kansas, and every
man in 1t or near it is in peril of his liberty
and life from armed and ferocious mobs, un-
less with them he upholds the iniquitous
acts of all who mean to subduc Kansas to
Slavery, There is no doubt that all the
power which the t. S. Government exerts
there is to protect and help the actors in
these villanies,-to disarm, to Cypress and to
destroy those who but exercise the rights of
American citizens under the constitution and
laws Of the land and the rights of common
humanity. There is no doubt that it is the
settled purpose Of those who act for the
Slave power at Washington and throughout
the nation,t to commit any outrages against in
dividuals and communities which they be-
leye will silence the tongues and palsy
the hands of the men of the free
States in the strife between Slavery and free
dom which is now begun.
If with some the flashing eye, the burning
check, and the knitted brow, as they read or
hear of these outrages, show that the farth-
est line Of lorbearance is almost reached, in
others the deep silence betoken the inward
foreboding Of q time of trial in our
country such as none but our Oldest men
have any adequate conception Of
lie who ruleth in, the Heavens and in the
Earth may avert from our beloved country the
threatning cloud Of calamity which hovers
over it. 1t ought to be the earnest prayer
ofall that lie will do so. We confess we see
no tokens of such relief Every day s
events point with more emphatic gesture to
the only alternative.
\ few months will decide the question. If
from fear, from corruption, or delusion, the
power of the Nation shall be continued in
hands pledged to continuance Of the policy
which is hurryng the Union to destruction,
we think the time is near by when "he that
hath no sword will feel it wise "to sell his
garment and buy one for he will be likely
to need it to protect his own life and his
country's liberties. If the Nation shall awake
and hurl the guilty ones from their places
OF abused power. and put in their stead men
who will apply their authority and influence
TO turn back the floods Of violence and ruin
now pouring themselves over the land, We
may hope still longer.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
ALBERT SOWLES. 'ecre'ari

lnE Rochester American has been for
some years owned and edited by Daniel Lac
Alexander Mann and Chester p. Dewey.
According to a late notice the co partner
ship ; dissolved. Mr. Mann has gone to
take charge of the Statesman, at Albany.
Mr. Dewey announces himself as the sole
owner and editor of the American. The
American has been paper of ability and we
doubt not will continue to be So Unfortunate
ly its influence has been for some time thrown
on the wrong side, it being one of the Bit
terest American papers Of the ultra pro-
slavery stamp which we see-and we see no
prospect of change in that respect, vet
awhile. 1t is smitten with such thorough
blindness, to speak charitably, that it quotes
with exultatiOn a late declaration of the
Franklin County journal in this state, that
" there will be a sufficient number of the
honest, hard-tisted yeomanry among the
Green Mountains to carry the State for Fill
more in the coming contest The stolidity
Of the Franklin County journal in saving so,
we can appreciate, but we should not have
supposed the Rochester American Ounce
enough to believe it.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
Doings of the Republican Caucus.

Pursuant to the publlshed call for that
purpose, the Republicans assembled in eau
Gus, at the Town Hall, on Saturday evening,
May oath,
John N. Pomeroy, Esq, was called to the
chair, and j. S. Adams appointed Secretary
On motion a committee of three to propose
list of delegates to the District Convention
at St Adams, on the eth inst. were ap-
pointed by the chair.
The committee reported, and the meeting
elected, as such delegates, Messrs Geo W.
Benedict, Levi Underwood, S H. Parkhurst,
c. +. Davey, Geo, +, Edmunds, W. II.
French, w. Weston, and I Z. Wales,
After abiding to the Importance of the
attendance of full delegation, on motion of
Mr.. Edmunds, it was resolved that the dele.
gates thus appointed, be authorized to fill
any vacancies that may occur in their num-
Der, by appointment,
Whereupon the meeting adjourned.
j. s. ADAMS, Secretary.
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inc time has como when tsa duty they owe alike to
themselves and to the country t1 ASSET and if tc.
ee'sary to vindicrtc this great Constitutional priy.
ilcsc, and to be in situation at all times. cnecual
y !" protect Themselves from the Bully and Assas.
y despatch from Columbia S. c. says that
contributions arc making in Charleston and
Columbia Tor the purpose Of getting up Il
testimonial for presentation to Preston S.
Brooks whose course is very generally ap-
proved in that locality
Tho New Bedford Standard is responsible
for the following
BROOK 4 PEplGREE. Some of the papers
are discussing the pedigree of tins assassin.
we take 1t that he belongs to that family.
-" Whose blood
las crcp through scoundrols ever since the food
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

The COOLEST THING OF THE SEASON The
Woodstock Age has a long article under this
head, being history OF the rise and progress
Of the Northern Farmer which paper the
Age states was issued little more than a
year ago, by y. IL. Crosby, under the false
presentations, that he had the subscription
list of an Agricultural paper in n H. as
basis, and the former editor of that paper
an uncle Of Mr., Crosby as his hacker to any
extent Mr., Crosby, is charged with inatten
tion to his br siness inability to"tell the truth
even in elation to the most trining matter, ="
and now with forging his fathers name to
the amount of $1,000, The office of the
Northern Farmer is in the hands of the
Sheriff
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

SOPHOMORE EXHIBITIONS weather ia
to hear them, Thursday, contrary to its usual
wont of late years. The Chapel was filled
with interested listeners, both afternoon and
evening, The pieces were quite as good
taken together, as usual, and many say
better, 1--WE heard but portion and so
cannot say how that island all passed off
pleasantly. We subjoin a list of subjects.
ORDER OF EXERCISES.
]. National Benefactors, William Skinner lIazcn
2. Men responsible for their opinions.
John De Forest Bracket
g. Egyptian Culture in 1900 before Christ, as iudi-
Gated by the Embalming of Jacob.
Henry Stanley Pitkn.
4. Republican Governments more easily instituted
than maintained John sawyer, Jr.
5.Adherence to ones Convictions Of right.
John Curtis Farrar
G. The Fate of Reformers. Alfred Little smith.
Z. The Spaniard. as shown in the Conquest Of Ora
da' Alfred Bowers Thompson.
g. The Athenians at Marathon.
Henry Clinton Webster
0. Influence of great scenes and events upon the
formation of character. Milton Rising TYLER
~, Martin Luther, an disqualification Of Saxon
character, John Paine Torrey
II. Obligation of Country to her Literary Men.
George Mason
r. Iimoleon at Syracuse. Joseph Henry Thorp
l3. John Randolph. George Henry Bisclow
EVENING.
]. Pcrmanenco of Literary Fame Davis Moore
=. The Early Settlers of Virginia
Cornelius Wickware Morse.
D. handel ana his successors. Edward Clark.
A. silent Cities. Daniel butcher.
.. Greek Literature in the Century of Pcrices
Charles Albert Hoyt.
G. The Sources of Poetic Inspiration.
Dwight Smith Head.
:. The Distinguished Noveists of the Nineteenth
Century, Richard Lockhart Hand.
S. Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales.
james Reid Ilickok.
o. The Greatness Of Athens due to her free lutitu-
tons Martin Flint Villas,
10. Intellectual Independence. William Richmond
IL. Courage, Physical and Moral.
Allen Page Bi,scll
II. Hannibal "a Poem.) William shaler johnson
ID, Immortality necessity of Mans being.
Henry Augustus Pearson TorTey
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

SrRlrs can be deceived, sometimes, it
seems. The depository says post mortem
examination was held in Essex, by Drs Bur
dick and Thompson, on the body of a young
man, whose disease was pronounced by Dr.
Kingsley, Spiritualist, "canker or decay
of the liver and stomach and not consump-
tion, as three physicians had decided it to be,
before his decease. One lung was found
ent'rely gone, and part of the other hepatzcd
the liver and stomach being perfectly heahhy.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

-, From the New York Courier AMI Enquirer
IHE RIGnT Man IN THE RIGHT PLAcE-We
nominate Tow HYER for Congress We are
ambitious tnat the Fourth District Of New
York shonld be represented more respectfully
than the Fourth District of South Carolina,
1t is not to be endured that such an artist as
PRESTON ). Books should be the champion
of the Congressional ring. True he ''travels
on his muscle splendidly He is regular
bruiser But he lacks chivalry He takes
advantage. When he 'sails in he does it
like coward He is worse than Yankee
Sullivan. Yankee" ungentlcmanly as he
was, never sailed in unless the man wa.
on his feet, and had some notice. The late
lamented WILLIAM Pool would have treated
PRESTON 5. Books as a trickish, bastard
ly desricable bully-a disgrace to 1.-THE
noble art of selfdefence" Books must
be made to respect the laws Of the
ring and Mr.. HYER is the man to &c
complish this. lie has spirit that rises
in indignation against such lurking bru.
tality as he sees at Washington He con-
siders it pure scoundrelism. Mr.. Hyer is a
citizen who gives no pledges but his life
it, that he would not prove untaithfuI her
pugilistic honor, He would vindi" e tho
fair repute of the ring, and punish"
Brooks. True, we could not expect that with
his sentiments towards the man, Mr.. Hyer
would condesccnd to deal him a regular
sockdologcr. The science he loves would
hardly allow of that. Ben Caunt ami the
best authorities all agree that the foot only
must be employed in such cases. But that
is sufficient FL pete Hercules and Mr.
liver can even thus show something Of his
proves, as well as his contempt, for one
whom his education teaches him to look upon
as a caitf. Mr.. iIyer must 60 to Washing
ton.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

y DISPLAY OF VALUABLE IloRsEs came of
in Ncrgcnncs a short time since. Some
eleven or twelve beautiful and noble horses
were brought together mostly of Black Hawk
and Morgan stock, forming show superior
to that Of many State Fair \ trial OF
speed was had between a Black Hawk be-
longing to Mr., Beach of Charlotte, and
one belonging to Messrs. Tobias & Everest OF
Ncrgenners, won by the latter-a horse ncrcr
rmncd-with ease.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

PER'oNAL.-the board Of visitors to the
West Point military academy, for this year,
includes William II. Duncan Of New lamp
SHIRE, John Wheeler Of Vermont, and Thomas
p. Shepard Of Ri de I>laud--thc only New
England members John Mitchell, the Irish
man who prayed for plantation aud slaves,
is On a small farm in East tennessee, and is
in very straitcncd circumstances. The oldest
man IN louisiana Il slave called Dr. jim.
died at Shreveport recently lie was PA
years Of age and was the body servant Of Capt.
Carter IN the revolution.-Mr. Dallas has
shown his good sense by appearing at Queen
Nictoria's leyccs in plain dress.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

SINGULAR TREE.-rhcre is to be seen in
Nergenncs, white oak tree which has taken
turn horizontally, about three feet from
the root, thrown out i branches equidi.tant
from each other, and about II feet from the
bend again turned upwards. 1t grew in
Charlotte, is about l foot in diameter, and if
erect would be nearly 40 feet high 1t was
procured and placed where it is, by Daniel
buckley, Esq. The Citizen says he intended
placing 1t IN the Park IN burlington, but de-
cided in favor Of its present location.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

NEnrr-During early Spring weather, that Pc
culinr requisite Of the American people aud eharac
ter, termed Nerve" Will often leave the frame Of
even the strong and healthy. The mind also feels
the loss in sympathy with the body. Aruold's Vital
Fluid will restore the wanting u,t, and infusc Vi
talty. The Globutes should be taken in connection
usually.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30
SAD ACCIDENT. A little girl, daughter Of

SAD ACCIDENT. "A little girl, daughter OF
a Mr., Fish, of Chester, was playing with her
sister in a pasture near the house, on the
9TH, when her shawl caught fire from burn
ing stump, and before assistance came, she
was badly burned as to survive only five
hours Her father, who is in California, had
never seen her.
PRoF. TOWNSEND who adyertises some Free
lectures, ON Phrenology in Concert Hall
this week, is gentleman and an entertain
ing lecturer. Those who hear him will be
entertained and instructed, whether their
faith in Phrenology as a science be little or
great
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

All the 'dgd5oHds, pduperS, and dis
charged conri0S who infested the Northern
cities were shaken together and precipitated
upon Kansas For time, honest immi
grants were sufiocated by the load of nth
and stencil and although they partially re-
covered their energies, there is danger lest
they be at last overbornc by an incessant
supply of refuse from the pen,ienharie, Of
New England.
., The issue before the people of the South
is simply this: shall we remain idle specta-
tors of the struggle in Kansas, until the gal.
liant spirits from Missouri are crushed by a
mutltudinous ho,de Of barbarians from the
North In the name of the people of Viz
gina, we respond with an unhesitating and
emphatic 40
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

FlRE.-Thc Advent meeting house in North
Springfield, Nt,was burned Saturday morning
of week before last. Supposed to have been
the work of an incendiary.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

FoURTH OF JUIN.-Please notice the adver-
tsement Of Messrs, Sanderson Il Lanergan.
the well known Pyrotechnists to the city of
Boston, They are the most extensive Py-
rotechnists in the United States.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

While all other so-called Rheumatic Liniments
have had their time and have gone down to forget
fulness and disuse, the Mountain Indian Liniment,
from the memory Of the good deeds, stands fresh in
the recollection z 'll who have used it, The
season for Rheumati, Neuragc diseases being
now at hand, this Linime4. % he Outlined fresh
and genuine at the Depot
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

GREAT PREPARATIONS are making by the
Masons in Montpelier for a Masonic Celebra-
ton on st. Johns day, June 9th, at Mont
peier.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-30

RUTLAND RAN RoAD.-A new and conyen-
lent arrangement Of trains commences to-
day on the Rutland road. Our readers will
observe, by looking at the advertisement
that the "a train from Boston now leaves at
p. NJ, giving business men the bigger por-
ton of the day in the city and an opportunity
to reach Rutland the same night