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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
Mr.. Wise aud the Vermont Resolutions

The resolutions passed 10y our Legislature.
on So much Of Governor Rryce's Message a.
related to Slavery, and directed to he sent to
the Governor of each State in the onion, to
he laid before the Legislature thereof, were
in due season received by Governor Wise Of
Virginia, and transmitted to the General As
sembly Of that State, with II letter, which we
copy below Tho resolutions, (the tone Of
which our readers doubtless remember were
not drawn up with a view to the approval of
Gov. Wise, and do not seem entirely to suit
him.
We confess We can sec no very good reason
for sending such document, to the Southern
States, They understand the position Oliver
mont on the great issue without such remind
ers Our legislature, however. had perfect
right to send them II they chose, and the Viz
ginia Legislature hal night to receive
them as they did, and Gle them away without
ordering them to be printed.
But Mr.. Wise is mistaken in tlnnkin, that
these resolutions were the production of
" fanatics or Of men fatally bent on treas
on They cmboly the s1hgr, but stern. re
publican sentiment otthe state--aul nothing
more. At any rate hey, Che last man r., r.,lI,
Of treason and ianatici-m,
fol o"ce MT 4se' IRE cater that he l., Is
calm-sublimely 50. There is no appeal to
ti,w,rl Of virginia or tlyG,I of hItt les
IIo 8. ro,rs ,,,,, 40 ,,,,,,l,. =,
- us u''e'
Tor once Ae eoHhS'1' " patient c1mpo5urc.
If lie vii! practire on his own advice ne vii
doubtless save himself considerable wcor md
tc,r of to,,n,- IN tl, ,,.;n., ti,,o.,.I;.I ,.,.a
jug ''''''' INV" arc
10 -'me,
In me ~ aaIe an" HonS' az D"'gqt'S of the
general Assemhlg Of th' CammoH~sahb Of
'HS'H'G
GENTLE1EN II hesitate to decide uron
complying with the request If the Governor
and Legislature OF Vermont, to lay before YOU
the accompanying resolutions OF that ) late.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

- luL erFAKEKSuir.-A stormy caucua
Of the Democratic members was held on
"Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Richardson
withdrew his name as a candidate, and the
name of MIR. ORR, Of South Carolina. was
substituted. \ resolution pledsrns the De.
mocrarc members to support the plurality
rule in the event Of the withdrawal of Banks
by the Americans, was ncgatiycd
Mr. Greeley telegraphs on the evening of
the 23d.
The southern Americans have had meet.
lng' and resolved to stick to Mr. Fuller.
They would 90 Extra Billy smith. but not
Mr.. Orr, on the Richardson platform. Some
oi them may vote for Orr. if the plurality
rule is adopted others will not. We chai-
lehse them to propose and adopt the rule.
The Antl-NeJraskI caucus this evening
was more harmonious and determined than
ever before. Three who have been esteemed
shaky made speeches declaring themselves
themselves hencciorth cordially for Banks
The caucus finally adjourned without dly, it
beng settled that the Anti-Ncbraska Mem.
hrrs Will vote solid for Banks till March b..
1917 unless Speaker shall in the meantime
be chosen.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
The Climate of Oregon.

\ Nermonter. now resident near tha Co
lun,lia in Orernn urdor data oc \o,.,.,t,
och ,,;,,. -. ,;i:t
IN IN" MAN, this climate Is ne fine any climate
e"uld be- From the middle Of February until now,
we have had nothing that would pn's for winter
any ""ef'' excepting FURRY Of snow that went as
came " '''S' OF '"'' tha' would ina" out IN the
""y' i''"'! '"'"s nave I'"1n' Out no colder than
w." n",' !" ''n''"' '' any time OF Tie year In"
KAN i "''I'h' from summer IN the sh'rtness Of the
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01


Ia difficult to find tho consistency
....s nniinn or tbn tI,uso 90, c ....l.. ,,
U" Saturuay MI
bJNN OF lhuldnn, offered three resolves the
Grs. ,r,s L.,,o,, H., ...,.
carried 10y one: the third tei,ctod bv ma.
iority orihrcc-yiz
R.s.ic,y Tbo, ro,,.,,,.. A.. tat,
plcyion of tho present House of Ronre.ont,ti.os
Indicating the uudoubtrd .cnti,,,'nt ~ 80 as
i,rty ut t,e peopc of the Tn,rJ .li 80 ' .,
sct OF the CON, rc.. rn,I, w. s',us' ino
kl!"s' slavery Ia tle Territories Of klnzas and
man ought 10 be chosen speaker Of tn BODY 1h ,o
does not fully and heartily harmonilo with that SEN
c.,'v Tor t, rc.,,,,, ,Iot i,;''.,til earn
..r in a,,b. t,r.n i III vi iis
E,.l.y 'rI.,,,f1. r,.;..;.
stared ID. 49,, net nr ,,.,.,o d, ali H. go w. W re-
I.it.l -t,f,. .,.., -. Ill., ''' lt9PIc oi Tue
r,triyIi.,, ,,j ,,Ii',tti -, IL VI l"' Nl,'""l'
9.r ,., in, ,,., ,l ,'"'' Ut '"' great states
mc'us of ro'iyug TINT concord aud harmony among
VI ,.,, ''' A'''l.'h Union winch arc essen
ot our institution.
.r t i'n, " useless ana i'cti9es asita-
i. uawi.a an unjust t, portion Of the Amsriean
I'g ' , M '9H' VNt i injurious to every Sec
countcutuccd but until the Ni..nu, rcs,,ic1i, ~
H.. Nh, . l,,r,; "a ''ct or n substance
uy amt s ,iy To- that cycnt and far thar n Ia'
r1,e' !, Us e. ''Is"n duty NJ owe to the past, the
,r ,'r,,t, -'-"'''y ana u'h'y 10 persist III
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
Freedom of speccb in tico,uckv.

Freedom of Speech in Kentucky.
No Northern schoolmasters have been shot
very recently in Kentucky, but the men who
60 from the Free States to onlightcn the men,
tai and moral darkness there, are still nude
to realize that they are on missionary ground,
or worse; for we believe few, il any. helthen
tribes are guilty Of such oulragas as the one
described below. 1t seems TINT Mr. Brady,
the principal of public school in Louisville.
and native Of Ohio, wrote tJ the oxford
CHiscn, IN Ohio paper, desert pdon of
negro sale in Louisville. His punishment is
thus described By himself
On Friday night last, about . O'Clock.
while he was at lis room, iu tho house of "a
friend, there was knock ut the door aud It
cOlored boy appeared, and sail tnlt t'je chair
man of the school committee wished to BIZ.
Mr.. Brady. Mr.. Brady Thought the summons
strange, and unsuspcctiugly went 60 the door.
when he was seized and dragged through the
front yard to the street, there ing not more
than seven or eight persons engaged in lhc
work Of violence. He was ama2 = ard could
not think hat that nc WIS the victim of some
queer practical joke, yet be did not know who
would take such liberties with him. When
he was in the street, DE was thrown down,
and lac then began to call for help, when one
of the ruihIns told him if lie did not shut his
mouth his throat would he cut He sin
continued to shout for a-.i-tIucc, however,
and was then severely chokel.
No one answered his cries for y lp. and
some Of the hair was torn from his scalp. and
then a small quantity of black paint was
poured over his head. This ran down and
stained his face, and to some extent sJiird
his clothes, which were also considerably
torn in the sculllo. But he was not striped.
nor was his bead shaved, nci,hcr WAS he tar
red, and not feather was used. As the party
were leaving him, he asked what he had done
that he should be treated in that manner, and
| he was told ~ gu wrote that Oxford letter.
Such was the revelation to him of his great
! crime. On returning to the hpus. he dis
covered that he vas ina deIlornbic condition.
| lie was almost srcechlcss FROM the terrible
choking he had suffered, aud his Jaw was dis
! located, and panied him excessively Ills
/ face was also scratched in places and the
! yillanous compound was drcadlully Disagree
able. lie sent for "A physician; and the stain
! is removed from his face aud head while only
huarsencss indicates the severity Of the
rullianly treatment Of his throat.
The following is the offensive part of the
letter which Mr.. Brady wrote, and which was
considered sufficient cause for this outrage
The writer had described the Christmas fes-
ti'ities, and thus proceeds.
Curiosity at behodinS crowd so much
| dcnser than at the church, attracted my at
tentiun, and led he to halt a moment, when
10 there came to my ears the huars' notes
Of an auctioneer, selling n fellow creature, Il
I,,,, h.tr, ., ; La Ia
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

~ The Post Master General has is.ued
circular to fost Masters, by which it is clear
~ Indicated that the purpose of the mail sery.
ice is to carry letters and other mail matter
to the persons for whom it is designed Til,
circular says
Our attention has been called to the fact
that some Pustnasters are in the habit Of
sending back t. the mailing office letters
reaching them for delivery because they were
not prepaid hy stamps, but By money. This
l. wrong ana arrives from a mislnproben
son OF the law. la no case, indeed, ,hould u
letter after 1t has reached the Office of deliv
cry, be returned for postage, much less should
~ returned because the postage was not
pad by stamps
1t is the general duty Of postmasters to see
'""t ict'tr' are prepaid by stamps, but when
having been pre- paid in cash either through
iSnorance Of the law, inadycrtanca or want
Of stamps ON the part Of the mailing rost-
mihteI) they reach their destination, it is
the dutyoi the postmaster to deliver them the
SAM "H though prepaid Wy stamps. 1t will
necessarily happen, in the Introduction Of
the stamp prepayment system, that supplies
OF stamps Will iall to reach some Of the small
ana remote olLces at the proper time, and 1t
would be doing violence to the citizens Of
those locdlltles to return. and thus DELAY
'"er correspondence, because OF a circum-
stance 80 unavoidable. Entertaining, this
We" oI the subject, the department has in
Structcd post-mastcrs, not having stalurs. In
forward letters as heretofore, when pre paid
by money. II an unpaid letter, from any
chust, gets into the mani and reaches its dos
un1tl'"' it should be delivered On payment OF
postage at prepaid rates
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01
" AI;I)ENS
CIerf and Treasure,
; II. PARKuuRsr.
= II " . IDNi INulrW0r
,. PARKnrRer, Sec,eiarv.

MORE ORR FOR SLAVERY TO DO The ps
pers OF Arkansas are threatening the eyter-
mination Of the Cherokee Indians and endea
'oriug to stimulate the Shareholders t, the
enactment OF so great a crime The Difficult.
y Is That portion Of the tribe. including
the intelligent chief John Ross. are becoming
a1pltlonlz Il, and their Christian examrIe
may lnpcnl southern institutions Recently
under the pressure of pro slavery Influences,
the Cherokee council passed an act declaring
the Cherokees to be slaveholdinr peo,,lo
ana excluding teachers and missionaric.
tainted with anti-sllvery opinions from the
ltnhs OF the tribe. The act was vetoed hv
the chirt, and an attempt was made 10 ra5,
II over his veto, but without success The
consequence Is that the bloodhuunds Of slavery
are rowling on the track Of John Ross. arG,
openly threatening that he must and sh IN H.,
deposed irtin tie office and expelled from tLo
territory, or the Shareholders Of Arkansa,
and south west will wage a war of exterm,n.
atlon upon the whole tribe. This is another
Illustration Of what slavery democrats mean
ny popular sovereignty, - and an Indication
OF what we are to look for a. the result Of the
new policy inaugurateI under Pierce and
Atchison. Slavery is girling itself for a
desperate struggle along the western border
and 1t will stick at no enormity that NAV
promise success.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

- g. NJ, CHASE, late L, S. Consul at the
port Of Lahaina, Sandwich Islands died there
recently after an illness Of three days. lie
was about so years Of age. Mr. Chase was
born in Vermont but resided many years in
Maine which State he has represented in
Congress
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

ne would manifest in a case Of common head
7'' l'"n and wrote this lacOnic note
q, Hlf-Don,t alarm yourself If aftyr
.I weeks the bullet is not removed. Give
''I - 10y charge Of ppwler Yours. 6c.
Don aim the boy tanybolv."
e1ona iIIenI Ferguson having much con-
d9ctor IT., u 'ne ekiIl and experience Of the
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

Annual Meeting Of Burlington Tirc Go
Inc Annual Meeting Of tho Burlington
IRE Company was held at firenans Hall. on
Wednesday Evening January Odd when the
''I'"'ns officers were elected Cor tn, ensuing
y.I~
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

After the outrage. til, School Committee
compelled MIR. Brady to resign his place, and
it was with some difficulty that he left the
city without being mobbci.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-02-01

THE message of tn, President has produoeI
no more influence in forwarding an organiza-
ton, than the Growing of a cock would have
had. The general expression was, after it
was read 1t amounts TO nothing after ali %
Tho Banks men stand firm. The adninistra.
ton leaders are sorely disappointed, and are
lairiy begging for Banks to get out of the
way, merely to break the force Of their fall.
The Co'"icr's correspondent teegraphs
"lhe Presidents Message on Kansas affairs
is simply a sectional pro-slavery manifesto,
when only agsrayates the existing disord,r
Southern men complain that it endorses
squatter Sovereignty. Northern men de.
nounce it as a malignant attack ON the Free
State settlers
New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02
ELECTION In NICARAGUA.

On Sunday last large table, covered with q red
cloth and surrounded by officers attracted considerable
attention from the Americans as they walkei up and
down the coonade of the row of buildings on the west
side Of the plaza. Papers thrown sose upon the
cloth and every other while the clerks would seize
their pens and write. The people of the country, the
simple market women the beggas on the corners, the
eper of the nrmary, all knew what it meant, but We
the editor of the newspaper the great facto.um of
county town, completely in the dark a. to the
import Of the red table, its officers and papers.
II was the SOLE NH election of the Republic.
The people Were exercising their greatest preroga-
tive of ell, citing the officers that shall rule them for
other term Of Office. In this country the elective
franchise extends to every male nbabant of eighteen
yeas sganst whom there is no criminal prosecution,
and who is not charged with being dssoute and
vicious man. The voters elect delegates, who assem-
Bile in the capitals of the different departments and
elect Retresentstves, Senators and President. A
man must be % years old TO be delegate % to be
Repre- sentative, and 30 to be Senator or PRESIDENT
The election on Sunday last-as most public days in
the Republic come on Sunday-was conclude 1 with the
greatest decorum The candidates for the Presidency
were all of the same political faith the only dispute
being between the Democrats of Leon and those OF
Granada. Don PatrciO Rivas, the present popular
Pre- side Mt supported by the people Of Granada,
and Gen. Mariana Saizar, a great fayori'e, by the
people of Leon. few votes have been east for Don
Noideste Ramirez of Leon. The struggle u between
Rivas and Sazar, and is impossible to determine at
present who will be the next President of Nicaragua.
The election in Granada proceeded by cantons, or
wards, each ward of 1000 persons eectng one dele
gate The people generally took great interest in the
result and the number OF votes ran larger than at any
election held in Granada To the governments aud
people abroad this significant fact cannot be avoided
that the Republic of Nicaragua expresses the will Of
tie people. All it, actions emanate from their silent
exIltsson, and every movement 1t has made has been
undertaken by the concurrence OF the great boGy OF
the people, To ignore then, the fact of absolute
ind, pendence is to deny the inha oitans of Near
qua the right of selfgove rnment.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02

in conqueriDg her sufficient remuneration 70, all
the trials and hardshps Of the war will oe OBJ
taired; and a. every soldier in Wslxers army
seems fully confident they are destined to whip
her, they are aDxiously waiting for the time in
which they are to be led on. There is not likely
to be any more skulkiDg as at Rivss, as the men
are beginning to be well disciplined and the Off
GERS have by this time learned their duty Besides,
there is probably not man in the army who has
not made it part of his creed that Walker is
destined to be yet at the head Of confederation oil
Central American States. Full of this idea, they
look up to him with respect that amounts almost
to reverence.
For bong time great deal Of uneasiness was
manifested about the arrival Of the Sierra Nevada
steamer from San Francisco. On the morning OF
May ~, all doubts were dspeed by the news OF her
ariiral st San Juan del Sur with about 800 passen-
gers, including reinforcement of 60 men for the
NkaragusD army. The intelligence of her arrival
vas hailed with JOY by those Who were obliged to
wait long, dreary and uncertain month at Grana-
da. A steamer was dispatched immediately to bring
them to Virgin Bay. The number of the through
| passengers who died while at Granada exceeded
| seventy; two died on the steamer between that
town and Virgin Bay, while the state OF health in
which many appear to be justifes me in thinking
that they will die before they reach San Francisco.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02

dren, mostly all weeping, through the streets, trying
to get ont Of the city. Citizens looked each othsr in
the face and read there the suppressed anger Of each
at the treachery Of Donaldson. Why Jones IN. 4,
the town with an army OF FIVE hundred r,cn. Nt an
effort could now be made for defcose; that wa too
late Jones gave the people an hour to get themselves
out of the hotel :Gst Il had been presented by the
Grand Jury Of Douglas County as a nlissnoe, 70.
getter with The Herald Of Freedom and Free Stat,
and Judge Lecompte wanted them removed.
Further detail is unnecessary now. The lonesH
flag was placed on the Offices of these papers, As
presses destroyed and the type thrown into the ver
They then proceeded to cannonade the Free-Sse Ho-
tel This they tried more than hour, to raze 70 the
ground by this means, but in van for it stood a. firm
az ever They then attempted TO blow it up with
powder. but failed again. They then fired i, and d
burned 10 the ground, amid the shrIeks and hoTs Of
an infuriated mob. The men of Lawrence, deprived
Of their arms, looked on. No resistance was made
not word sad. Those who were not engaged IN tax.
lug care of women and children, looked on at this
succession Of outages a. if they doubted the evidence
ef their senses. II was hard to believe that Code
beautiful earth contained such savages
About o'clock they began to vacste the town. AZ
this hosr-ll p Nall is sil and quiet again; bu.
the Ruflians have set fire TO Gov. Robnsons dwelling.
house on Mount Dread, and hear its tnlbers crack
ling from here. His loss will be about s5, o0o-not e.
timang his library, which was said TO be very vaus
ble The whole loss is estimated by some at tl0o oOo
and by some even more than that. IL is blow we
may not recover from soop, but we will not sink under
it. The sentiment Of the people is, Whipped but
rot conquered POTTER.
New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02
VICTORY OF THE SARAPIQUI.
From 81 .Niea,asuen,s Apys 9i.


On the 10th of the present month the garrison OF
American troops stationed at the mouth OF the Rio
SsrapiQu which empties into the San Juan about 60
mes above San Juan del Norte, ascer.ained that the
enemy were cutting road through the country dwon
to the coast, by which they hoped TO communicate
with Point Arenas. A party was Immediately dis.
patched to reconnoer il discovered that the
Engineer. had progressed - the River Sarapiqui
Two hundred and fifty Costa Ricans su-
tsDei the working party. 1t was immediately
determined TO attack the enemy, and Capt Baldwin
mme diatey led party Of forty men, consisting of
regular soldiers and few volunteers, down to the
nver end awaited the approach Of the enemy When
the Costa Rcsns appeared voley wgs fred by our
uoop., quickly followed by another, and in few
menis the enemy fled. leaving "a men dead on
the FIELD. TIE wounded of the enemy were taken
away, AID il is not possible at present to give any
formation To the total number that suffered at the
hands Of osr gallant boys.
We filed with sorrow in announcing the death
in this engagement OF Lieut.. VIM. Rskestrsw, snd
sl.o of the woundiDg of Lieut. John b. Green. Both
of these officers are spoken Of 10 reports 10 the
highest terms. The gelsnnry Of the troops is also
much eIolled The post on the Sarspiqu II at pres
eDt manned by eighty men, who feel coDfden. OF be-
ing able 10 hold il against any number Of the enemy.
The pos,don is an mpoIta0t one, Sc il commando the
only lou.s tc the ety Of FAT Jose the capital Of Costa
B,cs
New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-02
THE TRIUMPH OF LAW"
spondsnce Of The N. Y. Tribune.

CCrespondence OF Inc NJ l. Inouao
St. LOUIS, Tuesday, May %, 1885,
The law" has been executed in Lawrence! Wb@
pity it is that, after having made such grsss exer'
tons, the result should be merely wanton, inegs'
and Infamous destruction Of private property How
moderate were the Grand Jury at LeeomP'on 10 %
claing the hotel and printing presses IN Lawrence 70
be nusances and in ordering the immortal sherin 'one'
to a6ate them! Why did they not declare the wn0'e
town TO be Q nuisance
1t is to be hoped that, now that the peope % :"s
country understand the nature of the law !" 'hio"
it is required that the people of Kansas 'hai' suom,
there will be a revusion Of public feeling against 'n'
"Free.State" party which has dared 70 'Ah - ~
spect for the same. Let it be knowa to the eoon'y
that under the present system oi law IN hansas
that is necessary to enable the violent partisan
Slavery to accomplish their ends, is TO secure o.
Jury infamous enough 10 declare private proPevJ
be nuissrce, and then the whole power OF the oT
States will be brought to bear to destroy IL ~
difficult to see why they may noe extend ths
discovered principle TO the cases of obnoxious sDA
uas Gov. Robinson or Reeder, OF Lane 'n. ..
instantly be declared nuisancee. Our coumeI''