Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-23

Lake Champlain. 1t needs but the COM
plcti5n Of the link between thcSt. Lawrence
and Lake Champaign, and tie charging Of
the Champaign canal, to secure the passage
without breaking bulk, of the mineral
wealth and the grain Of the West, through
to the ocean. In view Of these facts, the
Society pray that the necessary legislative
and executive action maybe had on the
SUBJECT.
The RAILRoADs.-The detentions of trains
by the storm Of Monday were Of course
numerous and great. The mail train from
Boston yesterday morning over the Lowell
road with seven engines, had, at seven last
night, as we learn by telegraph, got but
three or four miles from Boston. No
trains left Boston by the Fitchburgh route
yesterday. No trains passed over the road
between Troy and Rutland yesterday.
y tram from Rutland yesterday morning
reached here about half past three Z. NJ.
Trains came in from Rouses Point and North
field between nine and ten last evening the
latter haying spent the day with four en-
gines in coming from Mortified to Essex
Junction. The mail train from here East
reached Jonesyillc in the course of the dav
and then returned.
oh inc 'Siehsourgh road we learn that
INC STORM was not So severe and the trains
The Storm was onn,rcntlv mucb mora
severe East and S,utb than boro.
i"h STORM we nave experienced a
STORM OIL unusual severity On Saturday
'"i temperature OIL the air began to TALL rap
lIu'y towards hISh''ahd on sunday morning
'"' mercury SVood al H'eNty .tonr dcErecs
''''' -'''' Al TWO T. VI on sunday the
mercury Stood nj ~ below zero, and we
suppose ltdid notrlse above that during the
DAY At nine L. NJ, 1t stood ID below,
"lth rising gale which blew hard all
night and still continues. Monday morning
broke through n driving snow storm, at "A
temperature oil II below zero. 81 high
Il Wlhd ana snow, ut such a lowtemncrature
are exceedingly uncommon in this place.
Sound to mind
III" fAssCNPsi' kAlLRoAD.-Ihe Boston
ioS' says t"at measures are completed for
inc extension Of the Connecticut and Pas
sumpslc l%'aIlroad to the Canada line. Mr..
y, i. Bllch, the well known contractor,
has prosecuted the work SO successfully
that thrpa IturtIs of tl, payU trn,1- :, ]
graded orders have gone out for the
ral'7 ana he Will commence laying them
in the spring. The location did not proceed
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- lama. uorm,n1 oa.Ior ~n~S1~I|
otb,r Adams tho oh;or - a..
comr,nv whose doc;s;on shoH1 ho eaaI
Tboy horo doc,1od ,or ,rtnt ~ -
., The Yos,orr Porto b., a. -
Nownort which viu c;ro onnoo...;L
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toruinotaa ",aLa p.;Is go"
location tovordo ,ho Conado rao,. h;n.
left anon Cor tho nrosoot
"OuR ENrMrrs."-This is the term that
the Richmond Inquirer applies to the North
ern people, not to the BLACK Republicans
merely, but to the people who have develop
ed the resources and accumulated the wealth
of New England. Speaking of the Merri-
mac, and the Immense use that is made of
its power, ii Inquirer recommends a SINH
lar employment of the rivers of Virginia,
and says
.Le US earn a useful lesson from the untiring
The storm WAS much more severe south
of us than here, On the coast it must
have been terrific. More than thirty vessels