Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-02
NEWS ITEMS

\ Wall street banker, few days since.
gave $500 as one donation, to the Pease
mission at the Five Points, New York His
wife, on the same day. gave 5000.
On the 2Oth of March, a number Of persons
were assembled at a wake in the top room Of
a house in Dublin, when the floor gave way,
the house fell and u persons were killed.
Mrs Porter, spiritual medium in New
York, has propAcsed that the steamer Ere
son will be burned to the waters edge before
the 26th of the present month.
CAPT William Eaton. respectable citizen
of " els Maine. was cut in two by the saw
in his saving mill and part of his body fell
into the stream below.
gentlemen near Rochester, n Y, has
lost fifteen hundred dollars worth Of trees,
another $500 worth. by the ravages of field
mice, and it is thought that the loss in Mon
roe county, from this cause, will not fall
short Of one hundred thousand dollars
The " Wakcmunites, " Samuel Sly, Widow
Wakeman, and Thankful Ilcrsey, were tried
for murder at New Haven. April l7th, The
Jury returned II verdict of not guilty because
of insanity Il result generally anticipated.
\ late Illinois paper contains the an
nouncement Of the marriage of K. W. Wolf
to Mary |. Lamb The wolf and the lamb
shall lie down together, and a little ch hid
shall lead hem',-attcr while.
We remember once seeing Il very thick
| headed little urchn, struggling to keep his
/ eyes opcn before the school mistress, and to
recall the name Of the letter 4. At last, in
a very abandon of despair, he exclaimed, II
can't read with this darn great apple in my
pocket"
\ Naturalist, describing the Rook, Suys -
"Ile loves the blue cmpyrean, and he quits
/ his lofty height, when he is brought to this
duh earth by the mere force ot cai'rpHiary
attraction"
James p. Williams of New BrunsHick, y
j., was found in the Philadelphia and Pitts
turr cars with his head hanging out of the
the window and blood running from it, hay
IN probably come in contract with some
projecting body. The wife and children OF
the deceased were sleeping on the same seat
with him at the time Of the accident,
DR.. T. y. Ripley and Mr., M'ClallAnI o.
Glencoe, Minnesota, got lost on the prairi,
the last Of February. and the fI:mor perish
el with cold and hunger, his body being partly
eaten ~ wolves when found, the first o
March, M'CleliauI was found nearly dead
butracoycre1, having been obliged howeye
to submit to the amPutltion OF both his feet
which were iroln.
Messrs. Darlington anil Ioaes two editors
in the town Of Camden, Arkansas, got into {
quarrel. Nh. Darlington challenged Jones
WHO declined % fight, One Of his friend
, offered to take his place, and while they wer
settling the preiminlries the parties got il
f to Gsnt wi'4 .sy9lyers ami Clrrlngton wa
! killed.
a project for the abolition Of slavery il
= Russia has been much talked Of, \ ST. Pc
terburg correspondent asserts that the lla
has been submitted to the Emperor Ae2ande
and that the Car has issued ukase, b
which hereafter, the serts will have the pIiy
n ilcse OF suing their masters for their freedom
. before the tribunals OF the realm.
T. We see it stated in number OF our Texa
i exchanges, hom different sections. that III
: destructive wocyil to corn is, beyond Il doub
d totally dead. We have recently converse
t with several Of our farmers on the SUBJECT
p, anj they assure us that j. also the case /
u this country. The cause is attributed to I'll
e severity pI the winter which has Just passed
IS Senator Ben tmin Of Lou Islam, who latel
5 made gross attack upon Professor Silliml
e Of Yale College ,reTre.enting that he had calle
n for arms to resist the government, it seen
t left Yale College many years since undC
y circumstances that should induce him t
IS treat respectfully and courteously not onl
It Its officers but all who know the facts in hi
case. The New Haven Palladium intma t
70 that but for the indulgence Of the officers
Jf the College he would have occupied le
dgnihed quarters than the [, s senate.