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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

One Of the most ridiculous palms-of upon the
public sympathy and generosity Of which Ullmsn
has been guilty, has been the humbug about the
free Singing School Of the Academy IT was adver-
tscd ms such generous enterprise, disinterested
and as doing 30 much good, whereas IL consisted OF
Of this horrible city, who brought together
twice a week for the pur Of cracking jokes,
chewing tobacco splitting the floor, and laughing
at the remarks of n u1de-brancd Dutchman or an
Anticipated Trishman (somctimcs both together,)
and then, after few weeks, brought on to the
stage as the "magnifcent chorus numbering thrs0
hundred voices" instead Of really being, which they
were parcel Of ighened green horns dressed ir'
domnos and acting as mere supernumeraries, being
actually prohibited from making noise, (although
they were carefully instructed to open their mou'hs)
reminding ono very much Of the aristocratic men,
hers Of amateur London orchcstras, who appear to
he the most efficient of the first volns, until it is
known that they have creased tt,ir fiddle botrs -
But will not weary your readers with any more
such artistically enormous disclosures at PRESENT;
only do not let any young country enthusiast per
NIT his heart to palpitate or to tingle, a.
rusing any of the great Ullman's flaming announce.
boil it down over a slow fire for eighteen consccu-
tive hours, then divide and dilute ad minimum,
and just appreciate moety of the reality may,
perhaps. he partially arrived at.
TIMOTHY TRrLL-
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FROM WASHINGTON The following is from
the Washington correspondence of the New
York Tribune;
"There is good deal of talk about the
Democratic leaders being alarmed at the ex-
citement which their blow at the anti-Le-
compton Democrats has caused. Such talk
is absurd. The blow has been given deliber-
atey, and will not be smoothed over. The
prescription of Douglas would have been con-
summated in open Senate to-day, but it is re-
ouirad that the committees be announced on
the second Monday of December.
The States declares that the act will have
the most disastrous effect upon the Demo-
cratic party will revive an extinct issue !;
will encourage Black Republicanism, and
give it a renewed assurance OF triumph
over the disorganized democracy.
The Republican Senators held caucus to-
day to consider the question OF committees,
1t was decided to vote against the unfair ar
rangement of committees proposed by the
Democrats They were unanimously OPP
posed to backing Douglas in his fight with
his own party.
His abuse of the Republicans during the
canvass, and his attempt in his Southern
speeches to concliate tine hre-eaters, has ma
terially weakened his position. The leading
anti-Lecompton Democrats in Congress open
lv complain of his conduct. They think
that he talks too much about the organ'Ia-
ton of the party.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

The PRESIDENTS IDEAs OF ECoNoNY MIR.
Buchanan, in his message, admits that the
revenue of the country is wholly inadcq uate
to the expenditures of the country upon their
present scale. The public debt on the first Of
July, in the present year was S5l.9lO,T2,-
&c, to which sum that Of SO, 900 600, the
remaining half of the loan authorized on the
14th of June, is to be added. making the to-
tai public debt within few dollars Of sixty
five millions. Upon this state of things the
President observes, first, that to resort to
loans to meet the ordinary expenses of gov
eminent would b, ruinous policy second,
that the revenue must be increased by an
amendment Of the tariff in some particulars ;
and third, t;At It rigid economy nust b.
practiced, On this latter point he dwells
with some minuteness The objects Of ez-
penditure should be reduced in number. and
what appropriations are necessary should be
strictly scrutlnized. He has instructed the
Departments to cut down their estimates
and promises to aid Congress to do thiN to
even a greater extent.
This reads well. But now let us sec how
the President practices what he recommends
to Congress, bearing in mind that the public
debt is already sixty-fvc millions Of dollars,
and the public revenue is not adeq uate to the
| public expenditures even OF the most Ortina-
ry character. Under these circumstances he
| accompanies his homily on economy with the
| following recommendations, and these in adj
dition to the ordinary appropriation bills -
/. The purchase of Cuba.
?. Payment to Spain for the Amistad ne
groes
3. The establishment of an indefinite num-
Der of military posts in Sonora and Chihuhua,
and the support Of an army to occupy them.
/. The employment Of the army and navy
to open and keep open the Nicaragua transit
route.
5. The employment of the army and navy
| for the same purpose with reference to the
| Panama route.
6. The employment of the army and navy
for the same purposa with respect to the Te-
| huantepec route.
:. 4 resort to war with Costa RIGA and
Nicaragua, if our demands are not complied
with at AN carly day.
s. The construction Of more war steamers.
9. Tie construction by government aid of
the great Pacific railroad.
10. Some underlined boons to the District
of Columbia.
The President is quite anxious that a rigid
economy should be exercised, and intimates
to his Secretaries that they must cut down
their estimates rs closely as possible-they
must not ask anything from Congress beyond
the bare appropriations for their respective
hfG sco- is he himsef launches out
cost, for not more than one of which there i.
reason or necessity. Suppose all or half o
the Presidents recommendations are com
piled with, can the expenditures of the coun
try be possibly kept within the revenue p
And what will be the amount of the publi
debt five years hence
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THE LAWS.

We finish to-day the publication of the
designated for publication in the newspapers
by the Secretary of State. In all they
occupy some thirteen columns of our
Daily paper, and for this large Apr opria-
ton of space, how much do our read
ers suppose the State pays =? Why the
very munificent sum of fifteen dollars We
do not believe there is any other State in the
Union where the newspaper press is dealt
with on so niggardly scale by the State
Legislature as in Vermont. In most States it
is thought to be of public service to do some
thing handsome in the way of supporting the
press-an institution which spends so much
meagerly paid labor and so much money to
diffuse information among the people; and
hence there is large amount of government
advertising done at fair rates. True in
many, perhaps in most cases, large
share of that patronage is given to papers
which harmonize with the dominant party
for the time being. That Partially is avoi-
ded in this State by sponging from papers of
all parties alike.
Perhaps that word, "spong,ng, may sound
harsh, but it seems to express the case very
fairly. IL the State did not authorize the
payment of anything for publishing newly
passed acts in the newspapers, of course the
papers would publish only now and then an
act,-such only as to their readers were ex-
pected to be of special interest But the State
now offers the sum named to every paper which
will publish such acts as the Secretary of
State shall designate. If one begins to
publish them, every other paper feels con-
strained to follow, and thus all publish them
and no one gets more than small fraction
of what it ought to be paid for the work.
To make the matter worse either from in
advertance or from a desire to be very gcner-
GUS to the people, without any regard to the
interests of the newspaper publishers, it has
become the fashion for the Secretary of State
to furnish for publication in the newspapers
not only the more important public acts, but
large number which are of no consequence
whatever save to few neighborhoods or a
few individuals. We beg the Secretary of
State to show little moro mercy another
year
1t is all very we'll to have the acts published
in all the newspapers-aH the acts enacted, if
it is thought best and the newspapers would
be willing to publish them at low rate but
it is neither right nor creditable for the State
to gets Its work done for such beggarly sum
as it now pays
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the face, out comes the N. Y. Tribune with
a new scheme for uniting all the opposition to
the democratic party, by trade for the Pres
idency and Vice Presidency, between the Re-
publicans on the one hand and tho Ameri-
cans, 80 far as there any left, on the other;
like two hunters in company, "you take one
bird and will take the other. Since the
days of John Tyler, when to unite all the op-
position against Van Buren, Tyler was
placed on the same ticket with Harrison, al
though he had all his days upheld the same
principles as the men he was set up to over
power, was there ever more absurd propo-
stion made? Did the Tribune ever hear of
such thing as Tylerising party?
The Republican party has grown stronger
and stronger from the beginning. 1t is
stronger now than it ever was, and it has so
grown because it has welcomed all
good and true hearted men who be-
lieve in it's principles to its ranks,
and kept its march steadily onward.
So long as it keeps those principles clearly
in sight, it will become more and moro ter
ror to the enemies of national Justice ma
tional honor and national freedom, and to
all who are ready to sacrifice any and all OF
these in order to secure individual profit and
sectional power; in the end it will be victo-
rious. Turning away from its principles and
seeking to rely on "horses and men from
Egypt it will surely meet the fate of those
who did so in the days of ancient Israel.
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New Publications.
TIMOTHY TRrLL

The AGE OF CHivALRY. Part I. King Ar
thur and his Knights. Part II. The Ma
binogeon, or Welsh popular Tales. By
Thomas Bulfnch. Boston Crosby, Mich
OILS e. Co.
The object of this work, as the compiler
states, is, to bring before the popular mind
some Of the romantic tales which formed
main part of the literary entertainment Of
the higher classes, during what he calls the
second age Of Fable'-that is q period an
terror to that Of most Of the governments
which now have sway in Europe. Long be.
fore the art Of printing and for considerable
time afterwards, these extravagant ictions Of
knights, dragons, enchanted castles, and
cruel giants, of imprisoned ladies of high
degree and their valiant deliverers were re-
hearsed in the halls Of the courtly the rich
and the powerful with all the interest that
veritabe history of later days e1cites in
those Of our OWE times
The style is Of course modernized consider
ably, and the ictions have undergone prun-
ing and condensation. Readers in general
will quite likely be better suited by this
means, though the antiquarian scholar may
think the ancient fable would appear better
in more thoroughly ancient dress In fact
we think SO ourselves. The volume is hand
somely got up by the publishers, and the il
Illustrations show the brilliant colors of oil
paintings.
A WILL AND WAY.-Tales translated
from the German.
SEED TINE AND HARVEST. Tales translated
from the German of Rosalie Kock and Maria.
Burg.
These are two volumes of translated Ger
man Tales for the young, issued by the sams
Publishers. They are very pretty volumes,
and are furnished with snowy illustrations.
The tales are intended to interest the young
and at the same time to produce wholesome
effect on their minds. If there was more of
this sort of reading for the young. and less of
the "Avenger of the Seas" 1.-The Tyrant's
Vault" and srrh lilo o.t-arasant etorios,
which are distributed by tens and, hundreds Of
thousands over the land, in pam phlets and in
weekly sheets, it would be far better
All these are to be found at E. A. Fuller's
Book KEEPING by SINGLE ENTRY. Com
mon School edition. By L. B. Hanaford and
j. W. Payson. Boston Crosby, Nichols &
Co.
A comprehensive knowledge Of Book Keep
ing is rarely to be obtained in Common
Schools. 1t must be sought for in the pro-
fessional Mercantile School, or in the Count
ing room where it comes daily into use New
ertheless, every person, male or female, who
enjoys the ordinary advantages Of Common
School education, may with great propriety
be taught how to keep plain accounts in
single entry and yet comparatively few in
the community can keep such accounts in
diligently, or make out an ordinary bill
neatly. To make it easy to remedy 50 gene
raj defect, this small volume is published !.
and it seems to us very we'll adapted to ita
object.
To be found at Fuller's.
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of his coming North, in any contingency
saying nothing of his becoming an abolition
lists too bad to think Of
UNIFORMITY OF SCHOOL BOOKS.


The excellent School law, enacted by the
last Legislature of Vermont, contemplates
and is intended to secure, among ether
things, some approach to a uniformity
of School Books throughout the Dis
trict Schools of the State, for five
years to come. 1t directs the Board of Edu-
cation to select a list of Grammars, Geogra-
PIXIES, Arithmetics, Readers, and Spoilers,
which list when duly made and published,
"shall become authoritative and binding up
on the Board of Education, superintendent
and Teachers until January first, A. d.
1864, and Teachers and Superintendent
shall recommend for use in the District
Schools, as new books shall become necessary
for instruction in tho branches named, no
other than books included in said list so es-
tablshed"
The Board of Education met for the pur-
pose in this place last week. A numerous
representation of School-book Publishers
from the Cities were in attendance tho
rough examination and canvasslng of the
merits of divers books and series, was institu-
ted; and list of School Books was made.
We do not understand that the Board
suppose that they have, in all cases, selected
the best book extant for the purpose of com.
mon School instruction in each branch. They
have, indeed, intended to choose none
but good books, while they have very
properly had regard, not only to the
merits of the book, but also to some Other
considerations In the case of Arithmetics
for instance, Greenleaf's Arithmetics are il
very general use throughout the State, anc
are very good Arithmetics. The BoarC
may have thought there were other somewha
superior Arithmetics, which they might hav,
adopted had the field been entirely clear bu
under the circumstances, they did not fee
like recommending that the Schools be re
stocked with new textbooks, in that study
and accordingly they retained the Greenleaf
Arithmetics.
On the whole we think the Board hav,
made an excellent election-one which
will commend itself to the favor of teacher
and parents and scholars. We shall publish
the list tomorrow.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

GENERAL WASHINGTON on THE EXTENSION
OF SLAvERY.-The following is an extract
from letter addressed by President Wash
ington to General Lafayette, in 1898
81 agree with you cordially in your views
in regard to negro slavery. | have long con-
sidcred it a most serious evil, both socially
and politically, and | should rejoice in any
feasible scheme to rid our States of such a
burden
"The Congress of 1887 adopted an ordi-
nance which prohibits the existence of invo-
luntary servitude in our northwestern terri
tory forever. | consider it wise measure.
1t met with the approval and assent of near
ly every member of the States more imme-
diately interested in slave labor. The pre-
vailing opinion in Virginia is against the
spread of slavery into the new territories, and
| trust we shall have confederacy of free
States
What a bloody abolitionist, what a treason
able black republican, General Washington
would be called by our modern democrats if
he were now living. 1t seems he had the
audacity not only to declare against the spread
of slavery but to express hope that the
time would come when the then Slave States
would become Free States. Not only so, but
the eminent statesmen of that day, almost
to man, in both Free and Slave States,
agreed with him. Now, ifN1r. Seward or
any prominent man utters that sentiment,
at once there bursts forth from all the demo-
cratic speakers and presses in the nation, a
I L. I
blood thirsty talk" as they call it.
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To he found at Fuller's.

Some of our readers are aware that Rev.
Joshua Young recently felt called upon to
tender his resignation as pastor of the Uni
tartan church in this place. The matter was
considered at meeting of that society called
for the purpose, on Saturday, which result
ed in an almost unanimous request to Mr..
Young, on the part of the society, to with
draw his resignation. We understand that
Mr.. Young has complied with the request
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

FIRE ~ WuLIsroN We understand that
the slaughter house of Mr. Hewitt in Will
liston, containing some 600 sheep pelts and
a large quantity of mutton. was destroyed
by fire on Saturday morning
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

1t will be observed that No. 50 Of the
laws, published in another column, meets
exactly Gas it was intended to do,) the case
which arose, in our fire department on the
occasion of the recent fire in St. Adams.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

The President allows as little liberty to his
press as the French Emperor permits to the
Paris journals Mr.. Gulick, one OF its edit
ors, is to be discharged from the Washing
ton Union, for the offence of publishing
speech made by Mr.. Douglas.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

IScREAsE OF POSTAGE. The Postmaster
Generals recommendation of an increase of
letter postage to five cents the single letter
will not be pleasantly received in the free
States. The Washington correspondent Of
the Springfield Republican expresses the
general sentiment very truly and torcibly, as
follows
"The free states, at least the older settled
ones, a great deal more than pay their postage
bills nop, and it is going triae too far to ask
them to pay almost double postage their letters
that the states which slavery impoverishes may
have every postal facility, and that giant corpora
tion' may fatten on sea and isthmus contracts, or
that overland company may carry twice week
a few letters down through Texas and upper
Mexico and up again to California at a cost Of
5000, 900 per annum. The Congressman from at
free state, who votes to increase the postage will,
upon his return home, be greeted with such howl
Of execraton as will mako him think he is in Pan
demonium. If the government is bound to carry
tho mails into every new territory and over the
slavery cursed regions of the South let the cost of
the work come out of the national treasury and
not out of the pockets Of those intelligent people
who fit to write letters, in the old and educa-
ed states.
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STATE OF VERMONT.

MONTPELIER, Nov. p.
hereby certify that the foregoing sixty
two chapters are true copies of acts passed by
the General Assembly Of this State, at its
October session, A. ID. 1858, as appears by
the files and records in this office
BENZ. W. DEAN,
Sec'y Of Slate.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

PREsESrs.-T Sc who propose to make
Christmas and New Years presents, will find
valuable hint for them in our advertising
columns under the heading, Holiday Pres
ents"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

Two Jewish rabbis in New York, Asch aud
Levi, have been arrested and held for trial for
selling lottery tickets. Asch was arrested in
his synagogue, with his priestly robes on and
hundreds of Israelites visited the station
house, demanding the release of the prisoners,
and exclaiming that it was sacrilege to ar
rest rabbi, who could do no wrong
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

Mrs. PARrINoroN has recently expressed
the hope that 'Isaac would not get, led away
by any desolatc companions and 80 become
an unworthy membrane of society
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

Sourn CAROLINA SENAroR.-The Hon.
j. NJ. Chestnut was elected Senator in Con-
gress by the Legislature of South Carolina on
the tenth ballot. This is regarded as a
triumph of the conservatives over the fre-ea-
tiers, as they are called, but fre-faihers, as
they should be called.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-17

" heller & Wilson have Just opened a SUI
pcrb new store at No. sos Broadway, adjoin-
ing the st. Nicholas Hotel. The establish
ment consists of a basement and showroom,
2jx200 feet with entrances on Broadway
aud Mercer street. The showroom is divided
in the center by Inirrored screen. The
walls and ceiling are trescoed and the coun-
tiers, desks and cases are all mahogany. The
floors are covered with Brussels carpet. The
whole is lighted from sky-lghts above, and
by chandeliers. This place has been designed
and furnished without reference to cost, I'M
der the direction Of James Renwick, and re-
fleets credit on the enterprise of Messrs.
Wheeler Il Wilson, who have, We are in
formed more than quadrupled the sales OF
their sewing machines since their large re-
duction in prices in October last.-N. Y.
Tribune.
PUBLIC DocuMENrs.-We make our ac-
acknowledgements to Hon. HOMER E. ROYCE
for the receipt from him of valuable public
documents.
A fire at Chateaugay, n. Y, Saturday
night, destroyed the drug store OLA. b. Jen-
ner & Co, the old Franklin hotel, ID. n.
Pollard's drug and liquor store and the
large tin shop Of D. F. Soper. The Losses
were heavy and there is but little insurance.
The large collection of antiquities from
Nineveh sent to this country by Henry Ste
vens of London, has been purchased by
friends of tho New York Historical society
and will be placed in their rooms. The col
lection is said to be second only to that Of
the British Museum. The British naval
steamer Supply lately took on board forty,
five cases of Punic and Mosaic tablets, at
Tunis, excavated from the ruins Of Car
thage, and consigned to the British Museum
The GouLDY TRAGEDY Monday, Mr. Gouldy
was made aware for the first time, that his
unnatural son, who inflicted the injuries up
on him, consummated his crime by self-mur-
Il r. He has for sometime known the fact
Frank inflicted the murderous blows upon his
head, but supposed that he was in custody,
IT,, fact Of his suicide having been concealed
from i'm through prudential motives. That
day, on being left alone for short time. he
called Coz assistance, and WAS found to he in
gr at terror and excitement, from fear that
frank Vas coming t. finish his work.
Every npi,e heard about the door, produced
this painful impression. To relieve him, once
for all, Of this terror, the physician decided
to inform him Of his sons death