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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

PROPOSED R~AILRoAD.-The Orleans Coun-
ty Standard says that {" among other things
that are dreamed of, talked about, and de-
clared to be dead certainties,' is n railway
from Montpelier to intersect with the Pas
sumpsic road at the head of Lake Mem
phremagog." The Standard thinks the
project feasible-that following up the
North branch to Worcester and through
Elmore, South Hardwick, Craftsbury and
the valley of the Black river to the lake, a
route fifty miles in length would be OBJ
tanned, and that nowhere in New England
can a railway, for an equal distance, be
constructed, or kept in repair so cheaply
by one third as on the projected route.-lt
may be reasonably calculated, it thinks too,
that Portland, Montpelier and the interests
Unidentified with the Central, Vermont and
Canada and Ogdensburgh railways will come
to the aid of local interests with strong and
efficient support in aid Of such an
enterprise. We are not aware of any
rail road IN the country which was not
considered by its projectors remarkable
for its superiority in most respects above
all other roads which were ever made. We
do not see why the advocates of the pro
posed road should be stopped fro IN
INDUCING in similar prophesyings, nor any
reason why whoever wishes to spend
money that way should not have liberty to
do SO,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

WATER SPOUT IN CANADA.-The Quebec
Jo",na( contains a thrilling description of
the progress OF a water spout which devas-
tated the parish ofSt. Eleazor, on the 18th
ult. Beauce county. The information is
FURNISHED ny tho rriest of tho parish, who
states that the first warning the people had
was a noise, like that of the sea in a storm -,
proceeding from a large and dark cloud
Overlapping the place. Soon the cloud
seemed to burst. letting fall tow ards the
earth II long train, somewhat in the shape
of a funnel, with the small end turned
downwards. 1t rcyolved rapidly, kissing
like escaping steam, and swinging to and
fro, and initiating the contor.ions of a
snake. When the small end reached the
ground, it lifted and carried away in it's re-
volvlng impetus what ever it came. in con-
tact with. Boards, timber, stones and
portions OF houses were whirled in the air
and thrown at a distance with a fearful re-
port, Several houses were thus raised to
the ground. On horse and three cows
were drawn by the power of suction to the
water-sl out, and alter being raised high in
the are were let gradually down; they es-
capped uninjured and were only covered
with mud. Five carts were carried to a
great hight and thrown across some fields
into the woods, being smashed by the fall.
Large trees, such as naples, were uprooted
and removed Il distance of five acres. This
phenomenon, although disastrous and aw-
full, must, however, have been q sublime
sight,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

zen. JACKsON's GOLD Box is to be given,
ne the Committee Of the n. Y. City Coun-
Gil decides, to Major Garrett W. Dyckman
not because he was absolutely the bravest
man in the n. Y. regiment which served in
the Mexican war, but because he was as
brave as any body and a ~tirstrate soldier and
officer in all respects-all which is quite
likely to be true.
Quite a stir has sprung up among the
survivors of the n. York Regiment of
Mexican Volunteers. Many Of them say
that Maj. Dyckman is not as worthy to
receive it as some others. OF course they
get up meetings, and make remonstrances
against the decision Of the committee of
the Common Council.
All those who appiied for the box, it
seems, fail Of getting it. Starved EN-
right
The gold box is now in the possession Of
Andrew jackson, Jr., the adopted son of
the old General, to whom it had been com
mitted for safe keeping, and who intends
to bring it to New York in person. The
presentation will take place on the 18th Of
September with great display.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

A CATALOGUE Of Rutland Union Hieh
School for 1867, has been sent to US
1t is a handsome pamphlet, giving tho
names of pupils for the year, tho course of
study, list of text books, rules and reeula-
lions &c. 1t is remarked that the school
has been in successful operation for two
years. has more than realized the e1pec-
tations of its warmest friends, confirmed the
wavering as to the success of the system
and obtained the confidence of the whole
community in its utility, permanence and
efficacy" The Union District is formed BY
the Union Of four districts. 1t has a consid-
cradle library and apparatus for the use
and benefit Of the pupils.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

FlRE-PROOF LADIES Dresses. Within a
very short time two young ladies have been
buried in death, owing to their light mus
lin dress catching fire from a lucifer match
one IN London, the other in Colchester
fought to be generally known that all
ladies' light dresses may be made fireproof
at a mere nominal cost, by stepping them or
the linen or cotton used in making them,
in a Diluted solution Of chloride of zinc.
We have seen the very finest cambria so
prepared held in the flame of a candle, and
charred to dust, without the least flame :,
and we have been informed that since Clara
ebster, a dancer, was burned to death,
from her clothes catching fire on the stage,
the muslin dresses of all the dancers at the
best theatres are made iireproof. Our man
utacturers should take the hint.-Medical
Times.
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not often that we feel any disposition to
show up its malevolence and dishonesty
Occasionally we think it e1pedient to do
so.
1t is no new thing for the Sentinel to
abuse those who at any time and in any
way have showed sympathy for the settlers
in Kansas. Last year, when starvation and
exposure were threatening thousands there,
whose homes had been desolated and their
crops and cattle destroyed by %marauders
and murderers from abroad, the generous
ladies of this place raised by the Gale of
refreshments on the 4th Of July, several
hundred dollars-for the express and sole
purpose of " relieving the necessities Of
suffering men, women and children" in the
Territory. Subsequently they sent cloth
ing 70. like purposes. Tho coarseness with
which they were assailed for so doing, by
the Sentinel, will not be soon forgotten by
any who witnessed it.
A ~favorite line of abuse by the pro
slavery journals has been to charge the
IIlHOub W Nv hhNV bOCh pNNullNu ~ h'i'N'
at times, with the work of distributing sup
plies to the needy, with a gross pcryersion
OF their trusts-wlth spending the money
in elcctioneering, in private speculations, in
stirring up rebellion against the United
States Government &c, Those who alone
furnished the aid easily ascortained
from reliable sources how false and malici-
Gus such statements were. Moreover,
there was no lack of public and undeniable
refutations of them. So completely was
their falsity exposed that for some time
the administration journals, pretending to
any deceucy, have ceased for the most part
to make any further ~allusion to them.
Among those refutations there appeared
some months ago an article IN tho Chicogo
Tribune, a journal of high character, which
from its position had a more than ordinary
opportunity to become familiar with the
various operations in Kansas. We publish
that article in to-day's paper, not because
our readers are in any want OF the informa-
ton contained in it, but that they may
compare it with an article from the Sentinel
of last week, which article we quote also
to-day, just as it appears in that paper.
We presume the Sentinel found in some one
of its exchanges, old or new, a reference to
the Tribune's article-probably with q
quotation from it. To blunderingly refer
it to the New York Tribune was natural
enough. To bring forward a meanly garbled
quotation of a single paragraph from that
article as a new discovery and to sound it
forth as a wonderful acknowledgement of
the truth of the old olt-refuted SANDER
was Just as natural, and to wind up with
its characteristic display Of vulgar abuse
was no less SO. We hope our readers will
compare these two articles carefully.
The Mcssrs IIutchinsons, referred to by
the Chicago Tribune, are well known in
this State, having gone from Randolph to
settle in business in Kansas, soon after the
passage OF the Kansas Nebraska bill. five
do not greatly mistake they once called
themselves democrats. They are hearty and
self sa sacrificing friends of freedom now, at all
events.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

VERMONT HORSES FOR THE FRENcn EMPEROR
The n. y. Herald is authority for the re-
port that a pair Of fine Vermont horses
were shipped on board the Vanderbilt a
few days ago, for the use OF Louis Napoleon
of France. They are said to have been pur-
chased in Rutland county, are described as
'geldings Of the pure Morgan breed, which
has furnished 80 many fine horses to the
Aaeg.e-- --n-- Id, They are nearly
seven years old, and are within a fraction of
being sixteen hands high, and have all the
marks peculiar to the Morgan horse. They
are Of a bright bay color and with a white
spot on the forehead, and, as is usual with
horses 20 marked, the near hind foot and
portion ofthe ietlock including the Eastern
joint are also white. In appearance they
are very stately animals, with small
heads, and ears nicely set, thick arched
neck, deep full chest, showing them to be
long winded, clean limbs, with strong mus
cular deyelopements.'
The American purchasers (U Underwood &
of Boston, for reasons best known to
themselve s, and probably with the desire
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

DR.. LIVINGSTONE gives a very interesting
description of a fight he witnessed in Africa
between a lion and an antelope. The
Doctor and his guest had emerged from a
narrow dcfle between two rocky hills,
when they heard an angry growl, which
they knew to be that of the monarch Of
the forest At the distance of not more
than forty yards in advance of them, a
gemsook stood at bay, while a huge tawny
non was couched on n rocky platform,
above the level OF the plain, evidently medi-
tatlng an attack on the antelope; only n
space OF about twenty feet separated the
two animals. The lion appeared to be
animated with the greatest fury; the gems
box was apparently calm and r~esolute,
presenting his well fortified head to the
enemy.
The lion cautiously changed his position,
descended to the plain and made a %curcuit,
obviously for the purpose Of attacking the
gemsbOk in the rear: but the latter was on
the alert and still turned his head toward
his antagonist. This manmuving lasted
for hall an hour, when it appeared to the
observers that the gemsbok used a stratagem
to induce the lion to make his assault. The
Hank OF the antelope was for a moment
presented to his fierce assailant. As quick as
lightning the lion made a spring, but while
he WAS yet in the air the gemsbok turned
his head, bending his neck so as to present
one OF his spear-like horns at the lions
breast. A terrible liberation was the
consequence; the lion fell back on his
launches, and showed a CHASTITY wound on
the lower part of his neck. lie uttered a
howl Of rage and anguish, and backed off
to a distance of fifty yards, seeming half
dtaraenI ., -;-n 49, tL, 5000 -. -
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

POWER OF GRowTHiS PLANTS. In Water
tons Essay, Isl remarkable statement of a
nut, deposited for winter store by some an.
imal under a milestone which lay in q field
springing up through the centre aperture,
Mr.. Waterton then goes on to say, In or
der, however, that the plant might have a
fair chance of success, | directed that it
should be defended by means off wooden
paling, Year after year it increased in
size and beauty, and when its expansion
entirely filled the hole in the centre of the
milestone, it gradually began to raise the
milestone itself from the seat of its long ie-
pose. The huge mass of stone is now
eighteen inches from the ground, and is en-
tirely supported by the stem of a nut tree,
which has risen to the height of twenty-five
feet, and bears excellent fruit.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

SMOKED OuT.-We have repeatedly asked
the black republican journals and Kansas
shriekers to tell us what had been lone
with the money raised in this and other
states for the suffering settlers in Kansas.
But we got in reply only vituperation and
abuse. We never questioned the right of
the people to give, but maintained that
they had n right to know the disposition
made of their charities. This fact they
never would have learned if the democratic
press had not fcrroted out and exposed the
villany practised by those black republican
demagogues who managed the " Bleeding
Kansas " fund. The New York Tribune,
one Of the chief i%nstigators Of the Kansas
agitation, has at last, been forced to confess
that the money, thus wrung from an in
dustrious but honest and mistaken people,
has been applied to the redemption oil
SCRIP. created in the Kansas rebellion,
and in which the black republican wire
pullers throughout the country were large
dealers. We quote from the Tribune
The second class was called PrOtcc-
non Fund Scrip" 1t WAS created and is
sued by a vote of the Free State citizens of
Kansas to be used to liquidate losses and
expenses incurred during the armed inva-
sion Of Kansas in December, 1855, and the
subsequent Winter. 1t was during the time
that tired mems souls, that
S23 $50 of " Protection Fund Scrip was
issued to procure necessaries OF life.
Gov. Robinson and others managed to
obtain donations in Massachusetts, to re-
deem So 5S of this Z" scrip" There re-
mains outstanding at present $l3 ,59S of it.
Those who hold it are poorly able to sus-
tain the loss"
Here then, we have a clue to the DISPOSE
ton of the money raised to " clothe the
naked and feed the hungry " in Kansas.
Here is where the 5000 went that was
raised by the charitable ladies of Burling-
ton. Here is where the $500 or 300 went
subscribed at a Kansas meeting in this
place after listening to the appeal Of q
travelling Kansas northumberland
to pay the ~rascals who were hired to
- shrek through the country and who
were resisting the L. 5. government in
Kansas. But the Tribune says there is
Sl3 COS more of the scrip to be redeemed
and how do you think, reader, it is pro-
posed to liquidate this sum BY Sell
LING THE CLOTHING contributed to
shield the destitute from the inclemency
of n rigorous climate An order has al
ready been issued, it is said, for this pur-
pose by the National Kansas Committee.
Vermont will do well to keep a sharp
watch upon these black republican phi
lanthropists, or the $50, 600 raised for
- Bleeding Kansas" by our last legisla-
ture may chance to be used in this villain
GUS speculation.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

LYNCH LAW IN TEIAs,-Texas used to be
considered a paradise for rogues, but the
following paragraph from the ind,anohan
OF the llth instant indicates that their for
tunes have changed:
Rumors constantly reach US from the
upper country that the Vigilance Commit
tee are raking the country fore and aft, and
swinging every horse thief and murderer
they can find. A gentleman who came
down the road a few days since, states that
he saw a dozen bodies suspended to one
tree, and on another FIVE. A great many
OF the de%speradoes have passed through this
town on their way to New Orleans, not
considering it healthy for them to remain
any longer
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

AlDERAANIc LITERATURE. The following
is a verbatlmcopy of ZONE resolutions pro-
posed by one of Mayor Woods Aldermen
1857 was seventy.fve thousand Dollars Iiuna sn ,dF
'Hhr As the Roads are a Very Bad
Way and Very full of Ruts and Holes and
Their is Now pleasure to Be had in a Ride
out Of town in Concaquenc of the uneves
and Rufness'
an Hhir as the Riding Public Require
Somthlng for their Money Thirfore
BE Rcsolred that the Road Master b
and he is hear by Requered to have the
Blooming Dale Road and Sd Avenue, put in
the Best Order possible Immediately Or the
streete Commissioner Be Required to report
to this Board the Reson of the Delay at his
Earliest CONVEYANCE Possible
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

The results of the August Elections in
NORTH CAROLINA, KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE
convey a lesson which must not be misinter-
preted. All these are decided Wing States.
having voted for Harrison in 1910, CLAW IN
"A, and Taylor in As. Tennessee and
Kentucky voted for Scott in 80, and North
Carolina, by CliDgman's detection, was
barely carried against him. There is no
reasonable doubt that these States, on the
old party issues, whould be Wing to-day:
yet they have all been carried by what is
termed Democracy by overwhelming
majoritics. The National American
party vas the only formidable opponent,
and that party has virtually ceased to exist
1t has now no State it can call its own,
Maryland excepted.
OF the eight Members of Congress
elected as Democrats in Kentucky, at
least three were staunch Clay Wings
namely James b. Clay, (son of Henry
j. W Stevenson, and Albert &. Talbot.
Each Of these three conservative Southern
States has gone against the National
American party by fully ten thousand
majority. Two U. S. Senator'S will be
chosen by the yictors-in place Of John b.
Thompson OF Ky. and Jome { Jones of Tenn.
-boIh Wings Of old, but only Mr., Thompson
is now an = American OF the twenty-six
Members Of the House from these States,
but five or six are Americans A new
Governor in Tennessee and a Legislature in
that State and in Kentucky are among the
fruits OF the triumph,
Candor compels us to add that we do not
regard these results, emphatic as they are,
as primarily induced by hostility to
Americanism. That they crush out the
: American party is true, but that is an
incident, not their main purpose. 1t is the
Slave Power dominant in those States
which recognizes the ascendency or subordl-
nation OF Slavery in the National councils
as the great political issue of the day, and
dlstrusts, not the disposition, but the power
Of the American party On the other
hand, it recognizes IN the National Demo
cIacy unlailing devotion to its cause,
united with ability to uphold it SO long as
it can be upheld ut all. 1t chooses to fight
under the banner of a strong party rather
than that of Il weak one, Such is the real
meaning and scope OF the Southern Election.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

A SIGHT IN "OLD Rock :" WORTH SErl Nc
a correspondent of the Chicago Tri5yn..
says that being in Rock County, in this
State. one day last week, he went up on
the top of a hill called Mt. Zion, six miles
from GAINESVILLE, and counted on the sur
rounding plain one hundred and fuy-four
horse power reaping machines, busily cut
ting down wheat. There were one thou,.
and men, women and boys following after.
binding and shocking up the golden sheayes.
1t was a sight worth seeing, to behold the
grain falling and being gathered up at the
rate OF two hundred acres per hour.r
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County Ticket.

For Senators.
MARTIN WIRES, of Underhill.
FRANCIS WILSON, of H%inesburgh.
LUClUSE. CulTTENDEN, of Burlington
For Assistant justices.
STEPHEN SAYLES, of Huntington.
d. ii. ONION, of Milton.
For Judge of Probate,
VIM IL. FRENCH. of Burlington.
For States Attorney,
ELEAZER r. HARD, of Burlington
For Sheriff,
NOBLE B. FLANAGAN, of I~Iinesburgh.
For High Bailif,
CLARK W. REYNOLDS, of Burlington
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to appear as diplomatic as possible, as BELTS
an agent of on emperor, decline stating
what they paid for these animals but they
would probably bring $4,000 at Bulls head
and more in Wall street, where every bro
ker is a great judge of horses. They are
not fast horses, not being bred for the turf,
but have trotted their mile within three
minutes, in harness.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

COMMON MERcIEs.-A gentleman was
once stopped in the streets of London by a
stranger, who asked him, Did you ever
thank God for your reason p
Il don't know that | ever did, the gen.
tlenan replied.
DO it quickly, then, said the stranger,
for | have lost mine
Though this was spoken by one who had
lost his reason, 1t certainly contains a very
rational sentiment, that should impress
every rational mind. Our common mer-
cies are often ~disregarded, merely because
they are common.
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winter, would be mean, unmanly and dis

Of winter, would be moan, unmanly and dis
honest.
In conclusion, it may be proper to say,
and we have official authority for the state
ment, that notwithstanding the action and
recommendation Of the Kansas Aid Com
mittee' last winter, no part of the dona-
tons made for the relief of suffering in
Kansas, have yet been sold or appropriated
for the redemption of the Protection Fund
Scrip and the citizens of Kansas who
turned out their property during the winter
of $3.50, are still out of pocket S13, 700.
What more have the Chicago Times, AL
bany Argus, and New York Express to say
about IT
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

Several large liquor warehouses in Mem
pins Tenn, were lately destroyed by fire,
aud Il stream Of the burning liquid flowed
down the street for nearly "a mile, Seeing
this lmmens waste, a negro thought he
might as wei. dip in for a free drink 50
he brushed away the floating fire and had
hardly immersed his fiat nose and dense
hips before the dan gave away, there came
u hood of fiery alcohol, and when last seen
the burning darkey was travelling down
Jefferson street, II veritable torch light pro-
c%esslOn.s
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

His coffin was eight feet long; across
the breast thirty.two inches; across tho
loot fourteen inches; its depth thirty FIVE
inches. lie weighed in lS4j eight hundred
and seyenty-one pounds. His height was
seven feet six inches. His weight when he
died, as nearly as could be ascertaincd was
a fraction over one thousand pounds
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-08-14

Tn MARIPosA GRANr.-The New York
Times states that Benjamin Wood, brother
OF the mayor, has purchased a portion Of
the Mariposa tract from Col. Fremont, who,
sailed for California last week for the pur-
pose of making the grant in question "a
productive as possible. 1t comprises, as is
known, the whole of Mariposa county. EN-.
bracing over $4,000 acres Of gold land, and
including seven towns within its circumfer.
anoa
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CHILDISH WIsDoM,-Old Roger was visit
ing IA friend who had a remarkably fine girl.
about three years old, famous for smart
sayings. As usual, she was showing off
before our esteemed friend, What Is papa,'
said the parent, in order to draw out the
precious reply. 'Papa's a humbug,' said
the juvenile. Il declare said old Roger.
i never in my life saw SO young a child
with 80 mature II judgement
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The Special
Agent sent to Minnesota, reports to the De-
partment of the Interior, in u letter receiy-
ed to'day, that no further outrages have
been perpetrated by the Indians in the Ter
ritory. lie says local alarm prevails
amongst the frontier settlers who are daily
deserving their improvements and leaving
the Territory, bnt thinks the ar. ival of the
troops will restore confidence and efectual-
ly oyerawe the Indians.