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CROSSING TUE OcEAN ~ a lAcnr-The
Liverpool Post of July 29th, says

The arrival at this port, yesterday, ol
the yacht Charter Oak, from New York,
furnishes striking proof of what perseye-
renee can accomplish, and shows to us Eng
hsh the sort Of stuff our transatlantic oous
ins are made Of The Charter Oak is "A
little vessel, l3 feet long, - lcet wide, !
feet 3 inches deep. and measures % tons
She WAS built and Iigged by her captain
and owner, Mr. Webb, Of Connecticut, and
BY lin and one man brought safely across
the stormy Atlantic in thirty-seyen days
She started with the captain and two men
but one Of them was unfortunately lost
oven board the first day. To.most men thil
would have been enough TO Iighten then
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

FJua lJrNG LADIES DRowNED Thurs
day evening Of last week, seven young la
dies of Wateryille. Me, went into strcIm
to battle, and four of them were drowned.
'iwo were daughters of Mr., b, f. S)ule
the other two OF Mr.. Grant. Mrs Grant,
the mother Of two OF the girls, rushed into
the water to rescue them, and was herself
saved with great difficulty, nearly exhaust
ted. Their ages varied from eleven to four
teen
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

CorNIrErIr Com DVlLARs are beng
circulated in Baltimore in large numbers.
They are made Of tin, of the size Of the new
emission, and galvanized and pre easily
bent with the fingers
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

NoopIorE ECuT lNANTM A compa-
nv Of volunteers has been organized in
Woodstock under the above title, of about
sixty men, Tor whom tho Age promises
great things, one Of these days,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

Poor or \ CANNoN.-A gun cast at Al
gor- lounIry,S. BostJn,onc oi lot east Tor
the t. :. Government, has been lately
proved at Castle island under the direction
Of Capt Hitchcock Of the | $ Navy Depart
mcnt. 1t was required to endure one thou
sand round. of ten pounds Of powder, and
a rroiectile OF seventy TWO pounds, or IT
would not be accepted 1t bore 1900
rounds, and the effect produced upon it has
lcen so slight, that it would probably en-
duro another thousand rounds.
The cost to the government IN proving
THE gun has been nearly $1,000.
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HE ClTllENsHP OF TIE NEGRO. To the
able article in the Boston Lau Rcporie,
upon the Dred Scot case Charles +. Adams
furnishes an appendix, calling attention to
the remarkable fact that three Of the first
live Presidents treated negroes as citizens
IN their negotiations with Great Britain
concerning one of the prominent difficulties
leading to the war Of lel2. We quote a
portion
since that part of the foregoing review
which relates to the citizenship of free ne
grOes WAS printed, our attention has been
directed to the case of the seamen taken
out of the American frigate Chesapeake. by
the British sl0op of war Leopard in lS07
which was the beginning OF the difficulty
between the United States and Great Brit
ain, that ultimately led to the war of 1872
The Committee Of the House OF Represen-
tativcs, to whom the subject was referred
reported to the House that it has been in
cputestlb.y proven. as the accompanying
printed document No : will show, that
three Of the men taken (namng then.) are
citizens Of the United States. BY the dJcu
inent referred to, it appears that two of
these three men were cOlUrcd, one of them
the child Of Il female slave, and who bad
himself formerly been held as slave. See
E"lort OF the Committee, ,pp 2l--3G, i3, IT
~. President Jefferson in his procllml-
tOn iEtcrdicting our harbours and waters
TO British armed vessels, issued immcdi-
ately alter the outrage, saii-'That no cir
cumotancc might be wanting to mark its
character, it had been previously ascertain.
cI that the seamen demanded were native
OF the United States, ?. e. Ttis prociama-
tlon was countersigned by Mr.. Madison,
then Secretary OF State.
MIR Madison, in his letter to Mr. Monroe
then the minister Of the United States at
London, inStructing him to demand repa-
ration oi the British Government, dwclls
upon the fact that these men were citizens
ol the tnitcd States and Mr. Monroe in
his formal demand upon the British Gov
ernment, said i have the honor to trans
init you documents which will, presume,
satisfy You that they were American citi-
ztns.' Correspondence between Mr.. Madi-
son. Mr.. Monroe and Mr. Canning, on the
subject OF the attack on the Chesapeake, PIP.
&. 10. -. All the above references are to
the public documents printed by order of
the House Of Representatives, at the first
session of the tenth Congress. 1t thus ap-
pears, not only that three of the first five
Presidents of the United States, two of them
men who had taken as great part as any in
framing our national policy and system OF
government, spoke Of colored men as cti-
zehs OF the United States; but that the
government made the defence of their rights
as citizens a cause for putting the nation
IN hostileattitude towards foreign. power.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

uMo NowSATIoNs.-ln tn. El.pacm
State Convention held at Columbus, iu,..
IL, Hon. Salmon f. Chase was re u0mina,-
el by acoMmltiJn lJr Governor M5,es p.
Walker was nominated tlr Lieut., Govern
or Judge Milton satin for Judge os tl.
Supreme Court \. SON. for State Treas
rrcr =. Russell i9r Secretary Of state
ana Jacob BIyckens for Commissioner in
the Board Of Public Works.
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IT. L,uls, Aug. l2.-AlIi1e, from al.
Laramie Of - u.t. state that CJl Sumner
had arrived at B.nt's fJr;, AMI wJulI Leave
on the l2:h for head quarters VI N.pIJN.
can Fork IN pursuit of the CAayenaes The
California trains hIi allTlssel L.r4ni. IN
good health. The Cleyeuao lndilus ver,
scattered along the entire route between
Forts LARAMIE AMI kelru,y, bi: they hal
done but little dlmlss = the tr4ius, de
they were afraid to attack large PARTIES 4
war lad broken ,ut again Letween the
Crows an! Sioux. several surveying par
ties were seen bl. nI:l;nt heard Of the
murders reported lA:, week NJ;h;1-
later from Jtlh
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

1t strikes Us that the inn udencc Of the
City Council OF Loayeuwurth, in refusing to
pay the Governors bill Tor brandy aud
champagne, AID giving such reason for SO
doing, ought to be taken notice Of 10y the
democracy OF this State. 1t might be
treated Of either US u case Of Maine LAW
fanaticism or of rebellion agains. the III.
ted States Government.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

POISONED BY mrsuRoous The Bellows
alls Argus says two children, IL boy anu
a girl, named Fitzgerald, residing south o +
tie Island House, in this village, on Friday
last gathered lot of poisonous mushrooms.
oHos toad stools, cooked and ate them. and
Immediately after were taken sick. Ga
Sunday DR.. Nichols was called in but 10 0
late, the poison had done its work. They
both died on Monday. The boy was aged
anl the girl H.
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THE FREE PRESS
BURLINGTON

FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 81, 1857.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

y New York Editor thinks, from the
manner IN which shirts are made in that
city, there should be an " Inspector of
sewers lie says he went to the expense
Of new shirt the other day, and found
himseli when he awoke the next morning,
crawling out between two Of the shortest
stitches
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

BrRGLARIors ATTEMrr.-The b. F. Argus
relates the arrest and confinement under
bonds Tor $500 each, of four individuals for
burglaiious attempt on the house Of Pres
colt Head Of Chester, on the Sd inst, to
take thcrclrom some liquor that had been
seized and placed there for safe keeping.
Tie Argus says 8 Here is another Of
the evils of our liquor law portrayed" "
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-21

The Cincinnati Gazette states that rat
killing has become a staple amusement Of
that city, which now contains not less
than twelve public iat-rts, an lihu lly
patIVnlzed
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-04-25
NO. IL.
VOL "

TuE END OF THE WORLD AT HANn
Paris is very much excited by AN as
tronomical controversy At which aii d"
not laugh The most eminent astr,.h'~
mcrs, one of France, the other of 'tcr'
many, are arguing whether the world X
to comc to IA end on the thirteenth ot
June next. All the scientific world, IT
appears have long been uneasy atths "p
pro.ch Of the Comet 10 our earth : ami
thongh it Is conceded by the dissa''yei>
that the contact must take place in ,'uu,
next, they argue Cor Mons. Bobinat. the
French astronomers, for thcm) that a.
comets are but atmospheric affairs, it viii
not materially effect us. The Gcr1ssea
on the contrary, says that it will noe
merely be the passing Of sentlesnsn
who smokes, but that It's centre Is so.t
fire and that the surice Of the earth w.jI
be turned into a sea of fire lava, by his
formidable cigar,--Home Journak
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infAliible Rnle for Detectin; Counterfeit
.-e4E #z..sH s#I Notes. s
Mr.. John s. Dye, of New York, has

Mr.. John s. Dye, of New York, ha.
como before the public with a new plan
for detecting counterfeit, spurious, ant
altered notes. He presented it in Dye
Wall Street Broker, and he plcdgee
himself to take every counterfeit, new o.
old at its full value, that is not thorughl,
described in his publication 50 clearly a.
to be detected; and it is to make no differ
ence whether the bill is now in existence
or should come into existence months oI
a year hence. The plan of deEedtion i:
set forth in English, German and French
The character of all minutely described
Seven rules for detection are given, al
follows:
ist. Examine the form aud feature
of all human figures Oh the note. If the
forms are graceful and features distinct
examine the drapery--see if the folds
are laid natural; aud the hair of the head
should be observed, and sec if the fine
strands can be seen
I'd. Examine the lettering, TIE title Of
the Bank, or the round hand writing on
the face of the note. On all genuine
bills the work is done with great skill and
perfectness, and there has never been a
counterfeit but was defective in the
latter
3D.. The imprint or engraver's name
by observing the great perfection of the
different company names-ln the even.
ness and shape of the fine letters, coun.
terfoiters never get the imprint perfect
This rule alone, if strictly observed, will
detect every conterfeit note in existence
4th. The shading in the back ground
Of the vignette, over or around the
lettrs forming the name of the bank Oh
a good bill is even and perfect, on :
counterfeit irregular and imperfect,
4th. Examine the figures on the parts
of the note containing the denomination
all letters. Examine well the die work
around the figures which stand for the
denomination, to see if it is Of the same
character as that which forms the orna
mental word surrounding it.
9Th. Never take bill that is deficient
in any of the above points, and if youl
impression is bad when you first see it
You had better be careful how you bccom,
convinced, to change your mind-whetheI
your opinion is not altered as you become
confused in looking into the texture o
the workmanship of the bill
7th. Examine the name Of the State
name of the bank, and name of the towl
where the bank is located. Ifit has becl
altered from broken bank, the effect
can plainly be seen, as the alteration vii
show that it has been stamped on.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-04-25

PEGSIANA.--The redoubtable John
Phunix, i'll late letter, gives the follow
Ing account Of the meeting between a
Memphis man aud his better half, at the
st. Charles, in New Orleans. Comment
is useless
Accompanied by my old friend But
tcrfeld, who had joined Us at Memphis.
| landed at New Orleans, and proceeded
forth with to the St. Charles Hotel. At
this great tavern Amos expected to meet
his wife who had arrived from Califor-
MIA, to rejoin after three months separa-
tion. never have seen IA man SO ner-
yous. He rode Oh the outside of the
coach with the driver. that he might OBJ
tain the earliest view Of the building that
contained his adored one. 1t was with
difficulty that | kept pace with him as he
" tumuItuous'y rushed - up the steps to
the Rotunda. In an Instant he was at
the office aud gasping Mrs. Buttcrfeld, -
"ln the parlor, sir; replied Dan, and he
was off followed aud saw him stor
with surprise As he came to the door. In,
the centre Of the parlor stood Mrs But.
terheld. That admirable woman had
adopted the very latest and most voluni
nous style; and having on a rich silk Of d
greenish hue looked like a lovely bust OF
the summit Of new mown hay stack. .--
Butterfeld was appalled, for a moment, but
hearing her cry "Amos," he answered
Historically, " Ny Amander"' and rush
ed on. He ran three times around Mrs
Butterfeld, but it was Of no use, he coulc
not get in. He tried to climb her, bu
the hoops gave way aud frustrated tn,
attempt. lie extended his arms to her
she held out hers to him; tears were il
their eyes; it was the most affecting thins
ever witnessed. Finally Mrs Butter
field sat down, aud Amos got behind tn
chair and kissed her, until their offspring
by bowling and biting the calf of his lee
created diversion. They were happy
SO were the people iu the parlor Every
body appeared delightful; and small bo,
year or two older than little Amos
jumped up and down like whip-saw ,au,
halloa'd Hoop eel" with all his might.
"ButterAeld,' said |, an hour or tw
later, | suspect that Mrs. Butterfeld ha
adopted hoops
"Oh! yes answered he, l saw tha
sticking out Perhaps it will obs late tn
little tendency she has to blow up. | al
clad of it.
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billy HE LEAVES OR ! LEAVES.

At GAINESVILLE at the " Eagle" a goat
was kept about tho stables. onc day thu
host and "usual crowd" in the har-rooru
were startled by the Dutch hostlcr, rosll-
ing in. almost breathless, and exclaimin2,
at the top Of his voice, "Mcest1r Bortcr
Billy he leaves or leaves. 20 up IA de-
stable, and dcrc vas Billy, Isay, 20 down
he says bah-bah~wa and shust gifts upon
his hind feet. say again, Billy you 20
down, and sttikes at him NIT De pitch
fork, when de stinznum sheep pitch into
me and butts me down satirs 'mong DC
mule jccks, who all kick me more hard
dan de goat So, Mister Bor.cr, Billy he
leaves or | leaves!
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DagD SccTr, This notorious indi-
vidual lives in st. Louis. The suit fer
his freedom was commenced some ten
years ago, and it has cost him 5000 In
cash basiaes about tho same amount of
labor, He says 1T has given him heap
Of trouble, and If had known it was gwine
to last So long, he would not have
brought the suit And now his snit is
over, he is troubled 10 know whose prop
erty he IL. lie says if he was allowed O.
operate on his own hook, he could make
thousands of dollars hy travelling over the
country and telling who he was Two
daughters Of his did not trouble them,
selves over questions as to whom they
belonged, nor even to await the result OF
the trial but were wise in time. and
made themselves '!scarce" long ago.
Kcokuk Grte r,tg.
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The following is the Costa Rican account
of the engagement in Nicaragua, IN
which TIrus, the rufian, showed the
white feather. 1t is rich:
"Col Titus, the Kansas buIly, went
to San Francisco on the Sierra Nevada
having, it is said, been cashicred By
Lockbridgo for cowardicc. The follow
ing account of his attack on Castillo |
translate from the Album Seminal ot
San Jose After describing the first
attack of Titus upon Castillo, which was
defended by only 30 men, and the talking
of the river steamboat by the filibusters,
which the Costa Riean commander says
was so riddIed with ball as to make her
useless, he goes on: "About midday
Col Titus sent in flag of truce, and
modestly demanded an unconditional sur
render.
replied that this was impossible without
the consent of the commanding General
and asked for twenty-four hours to Get
his decision.
[ went down to the lines of the fortiica-
ton, and took drink with Col Titus,
He told me he had large battery Of can
non, Of great calibre, mounted for the
attack, and his force consisted of one
thousand men. This appeared so gassy,
that paid no attention to it, but re-
solved to resist to the last. At 100 clock
on Thursday we heard firing on the hills,
and loud shouts and uiras for Costa Rica
which we answered, and in half an hour
afterwards Captains Alvarez and ortiz,
with 60 men, came to our succor, having
driven the enemy from his position at the
point of the bayonot.
The flibustcrs fed, threw away
their arms, ammunition, and provisions, so
that the road for two miles down the
river was strcwn with them Fortunate
ly for Colonel Titus, steamboat arrived
at the embarcadero just in time to take
them off, On Saturday We received 10
more men, and are now secure agaDist all
the filibustcrism in the world. The fl
ibusters lost 40 men. Our loss was tri-
fling, except that an officer, Salvador R2jas,
was killed.
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ONO LEGisLATuRE.--A report has
been made by Brown Of Portage, and
Garfield of Medina, from the Senate, and
Plumb, Guthrie, Littler and Mygatt OF
the House, on kelley's resolution respect,
ing the Dred Scott decision, repudlatine
in every point the opinion of Judge
fancy, and in resolutions and by means
of bill, resisting its application to Ohio
in all respects, except 50 far as the official
authority Of United States officer is
| concerned.
In addition to this, Senator Griswold
has reported to the Senate resolutions
which, in view of Kansas outrages, SlO1
600 for the protection of Ohio citizens
to be employed by the Governor as hi,
discretion may dictate
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Two SPORTING MES OF ALBANY
Taylor and Dalton--started on horses,
from the Exchange, on Monday morning
at clock, for a one hundred mile race,
without rest or food. The bets aras250U
a side Whitestown, Oneida county,
was the termination of the race. The
horses passed Fonda, 43 miles of the
distance, at .. ID, A. NJ; time, 1 hours
15 minutes-Dalten Falls at II min
uets past Il, the Dalton horse Il little
ahead, but in bad condition. Taylor :
horse arrived at Whitestown at ). 80 Z.
NJ, making the loo miles in III hours,
and winning the race. Dalten's horse
was a quarter of mile behind.
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VIhLA,,E OF WoMAN.--Ihe Au@s-
burg Gaxettc affirm that the Village vi
Mad2na, which is about slNty-niue
Engli,h miles from Eustehuck, ia Wal
lachia. has been inhabited solely by wv-
men for the last thirty years. Al one
period tie population was two hundred,
tho ladics are not warriors like the Am
azor of old but have avoided I'll iuter-
course with mon, and drive tron
their territory all who appear with 'nH,-
rimopid intentions.
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SUGAR GOING Up.-The New Orleans
ficaynne says:-"Our intelligence from
all sources, public and private, ia very
unfayorable to the growing sugar crop Of
Cuba. Travellers direct from the island
reiterate with the confidence of those who
have seen with their own eyes the stat
ments already made public, that expacta-
tions formed, in the early part of the seas.
on will not be realized Some say the
crop in many districts viii show deficit
of one-third, others of one half, while al
agree that the whole crop will not exceed
that of the last year, which has fallen
short, as anticipated, about 100, 900 boxes
Of that Of 1850"
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Ny Early Love.
~ wIDEs WORTH.

1t was m ardent boyish love.
That faded as life grew older;
My heart fed TO her like dove.
And lighted on her beauteous shoulder
Or slipped the honey from her lips
Or in her eyes found heavenly graces--
lloved her to her finger tips
Iloved her very footprint traces.
Her features were q rapturous charm.
Her smile made all within me autter
In rounded beauty was her arm,
Her little hand was fat rs butter.
No wonder that loved her SO,
But she was false a. she was pretty,
And soon she sacked her little beau,
And took big one from the city.
caught him out one gloomy night
Twas one OF loves EXTREMIST phases
I aggrav ated him to fight
But oh he larraped me like blazes
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THR RICHEST COMMUNITY IN THI
WoRLD.--Lo the poor Inlian!---A day
or two since We had occasion to mention
that the result of the late sale of Della
ware( Indians) trust lands was $40, 900
The lands sold were only those comprised
in the eastern division of this great re-
servation. The western division is now
advertised to be sold That contains
some $50, 900 acres and will undoubtedly
bring an aggregate of at least 5000, 900
The tribe are also the owners of home
reservation almost Immediately adjoining
Leavenworth City, forty miles long by
ten broad. That would sell tomorrow
readily for SO per acre; or an aggregate
of $4,000. Thus their total wealth, in,
dependent of personal property-and
some of them are men of considerable in.
dividual means-is about S4,OTO, 900
They number in all some nine hundred
souls; and from the real estate described
above are worth an average of 81, 4O pc,
soul, or 81, 22O to each family of five
persons among them Wash Star.
THE RUSH TO KANsAs.-The St 10.
seph (Md.) correspondent of the Mis-.
souri, Republican, writing from St
Joseph, under date of March l4th says:
1.-The emigration to Kansas reminds
me of that to Californ in the days oi
its greatest allurements. Trains upon
trains tire pouring in from every quarter
but particularly from the Free States.
had once thought, as | used to write you
/ ffhs. Kansas would be IA Slave State, but
| am forced to alter my opinion from the
overwhelming evidences to the contrary
that force themselves upon me every
day"
"Our ferry boats are busily cngagot
from day Ii ght until dark in carryins
over trains, and the proportion Of Ere,
Soil to the Pro-Slavery emigrants is al
fifteen to one. This, is not confined alon,
to our point of crossing, but is So a
every other that | can hear from, and !;
satisfies me that the political destiny o
Kansas is fixed beyond all question.
WARS and runrors Of wars she will know
no more, .Et peace will brood over he
beautiful prari-s, and prosperity vii
reign throughout her borders. am
pro-slavery man, aud would prefer to SCI
my fayorite institution established there
but am nevertheless, convinced that til,
energetic, enterprising Yankee viii de
velop the resources and build up tn
country sooner than we could do, an,
by living in harmony with them as ou
neighbors they will do us no injury il
our peculiar property"
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As couple from Marion wero being
married at the parish church Of Polutoh.
le-f.yde, on Wodne.lay week, the bride
groom, instead Of saying Il viii - waen
asked by the clergyman, if he woul d love
comfort and honor his chosen spouse,
pertly replied, II II do my best, 3" The
minister severely reprimanded tho nam
for his lovity, aud threatened to stop the
ceremony; but an apology induced him To
make the couple zone flesh.
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popularity, as y man, As Judge, as a
hero, and as politician, went ON rapidly
increasing, till eolipsing the oldest and
most powerful names, it set ON the bloody
eve of Buena Vista. asm--