Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-08-20

JEALOUSY AND MuRDER.-There was
shocking double murder at Hamptonburg, y.
Y, on Friday evening. The family Of
Charles Reeves was away from home, having
left the house in the care of the servants,
William Saunders. Peter Shoreck and Mar
garet Healy. Peter and Margaret were to be
married next week. and they had been Wis
iting together, in the room of the latter. At
about O'Clock, Just as he was leaving Mar
garet's room Peter was met at the door by
William, who without a word passing, shot
him through the right breast Peter tur-
ming back, opened tho door through which
he had Just passed, and fell dad across the
threshold The murderer, rushing into the
room over the dead body of his first victim
shot Margaret also through the breast, the
ball passing out behind Just below the shout
del blade. She turned, jumping out of the
open window to the ground, some twenty
feet, managed to crawl through the garden
and orchard nearly quarter of mile, to the
house Of Mr. Case who Immediately gave the
alarm. The whole country are aroused and
searching for the murderer. Margaret could
survive but a few hours. Saunders wanted
to marry Margaret himself, and was stimu-
lated to the terrible crime by envy and .iea-
| ousy
A SrRASGER's IMPRESSION OF the HOUSE OF
COMMONS If one desires to get most IN
favorable view of the members of the House
of Commons, and become impressed with the
| idea that they are a most mediocre-nav,
below mediocre set Of men in their personal
appearance, he has only to sit awhile in the
strangers or speakers gallery, and have no
opportunity of correcting his impression by
closer observation. Seen thence, Lord Pal
| hos tho 1oolr &C. 1,,,loor ,.al
| lectual, frowzy sort of an individual, with
vanity enough to dye his whiskers after he
had become old enough to give it up. Corn
wall Lewis, with sharp visage and long nose,
looks fit for a villain in an opera or playa
veritab.e cut-throat. Kean would make his
fortune by giving him the second cut-throat
business to do. Lord John looks only fit for
postilion. The others on his side off the
house look like very good sort Of respectable
ninnies and mediocrities with here and there
a dandifed young lordling scattered in to fla
vor the dish. Bright have not seen. On
the other side sits Gladstone, a very common
place sort of gentleman as seen from the
gallery Though he improved on closer in
spection next day, in the British Museum y
Sir James Graham who seemed thence a very
respectable, farmer-like parsonage Lord
Stanley, who has almost an insignificant
| look, inherited his fathers snort, perked up
nose, with other features on somewhat
diminutive and unimpressive scale Bulwer
Lytton so closely resembled his portraits,
that recognized him Immediately, though
in the dim, distant light he looked rumpled
second hand edition of himself Sir John
Pakington is rather dandifed little gentle
man, and Mr.. Walpole does not strike the
bchol'ler as n remarkable man. Disraeli,
alone out of the whole House, doomed out Of
the mist as a man fit TO lead. His head is a
study. There Is something wonderful in it,
All the lines of his face are hard and deeply
drawn, as if the face had been exercised like
the thews of an athletes leg or back. The
brain is massed up in front like tower, and
one feels, as he sits there impasslve, and
seeming scarcely to heed what is going on +,
as if one gazed on lion or q tiger in rerose,
who would use teeth or claws terribly if oc-
casion came You would scarcely pronounce
his face that of good man-for it is sinis-
ter and forbiding withal-but there is on it
the clear stamp Of intellect, and of strong
will to put that intellect to use.-London
Cor. Montreal Gazette.