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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
From the Daily Of Wednesday.
ASSEMBLING OFTHE LEGISLATURE.

The annual session Of the legislature of
Vermont begins tomorrow. the 18th inst.
In one respect the session will open under
p~leasanter circumstances than did the three
sessions Immediately preceding 1t. The two
Bodies which compose the legislature will
not be obliged to meet, this time. in build
ines remote from each other, and arranged
for entirely different purposes; but will oc-
eunv their own rooms in the State House.
Since the destruction Of the former house
though every thing has been done, we believe,
which could be done, to make convenient
temporary arrangements for the House of
REPRESENTATIVES and the Senate, for the Com
mittees and the various officers connected with
the Legislature, at best those arrangements
have been very imperfect and unsuitable.
We congratulate the Members and all con-
cerned, on entering into their new and pleas
ant quarters. The former State House was
not nearly as convenient and agreeable in Its
interior arrangements as SO expensive a build
ing ought to have been. There is much more
room in the new one, and we hope it will
meet the expectations Of all throughout and
that the glories Of the new house, whether
its architectural character, or the character
Of its legislation or that of the men who
within its walls shall represent the talent,
integrity and patriotism Of the State, be spo-
ken Of, will be found to eclipse the glory OF
its predecessor.
As to the business of the session., we are
not aware Of any thing which will be likely
t. excite any extraordinary commotion, either
at the outset or during it's progress.
Il viii not take long for the House to elect
its Speaker twho, we presume, Of course,
viii be Hon. Geo. F. Elmunds, Of
this place, the able and accomplished speak
cr Of the last two sessions), and for both
Houses to get ready for active work. The
Canvassing Committee will be able to report
on Friday that Gov. Hall is re-elected-bv a
pretty large majority, too, and the Govern
or'sMessage viii probably be read on Saturday
morning. The Senate Committees will
hardly fail to have been formed before Sat
urday noon. The appointing of House Com
mittees necessarily takes more time. Mon
day, in all probability, the Speaker viii be
able to announce most of them, and the work
of the session will then have been fairly be-
gun.
We wish the Members a pleasant time
during its continuance, and that both they
and the State which they represent will be
held in honor hereafter because of their sens
IDLE and patriotic doings. We ask nothing
more of them We anticipate from them
nothing less.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

SUICIDE IN MILTON. Two weeks ago Monday,
Mr.. Henry Lyon, a farmer residing in the
northern part Of Milton, took his rifle, at an
early hour in the morning, and left his house,
as was supposed, to go hunting. He did not
return, however, and search was made for
him without success. 1t was then supposed
that he might have gone across the lake,
where he had talked of going, for a visit to
some friends. His prolonged absence, how
ever, excited fears of some calamity, and on
further search, his body was found Mon
day, in the hayloft of a barn, used only for
the storing ofhay, on his farm. The appear
ance of the corpse plainly indicated that
he died by his own hand. He had
taken off his neck-kerchief and hung it from
a small window or door in the barn, possibly
to direct attention to the whereabouts of his
body, had then apparently placed the muzzle
of his gun under his chin and discharged it,
blowing off the upper part of the skull. The
rife was found by his side, his money and
other valuables in his pockets, and every
thing undisturbed, apparently, as he fell.
He was between fifty and sixty years of age,
was in comfortable circumstances, and left a
wife and three children. We understand that
the act of self-destruction is attributed to de-
lirium tremens. No inquest was considered
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

VERDANCY IN INDIANA.-An insurance
agent in this city, a gentleman well and ia
vorably known as a man of truth and vera
city, tells the following, IN illustration of the
verdancy of a gentleman in Pike Co., Ind,
with whom he had effected a policy of insur-
ance
IT. the list of printed questions in the
C%ompany's blanks, there is one like this
"Ashes-how kept" The Pike County
gentleman was burned out, and after the
fire discovered this question in his policy,
and resolving to make a sure thing of his
premium, wrote our informant some thing
in this wise ''Dear Sir-I was burned out
N the day Of, and according 10 your
laos / hare kept the ashes. They are in bar
rels. what shall ] do with them ?"-Peoria
Union.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
THE DEATH OF FREDERICK.

The death of Senator Broderick of Cali
fornia is a lamentable affair in every aspect
IN which it can be regarded.
1t is lamentable that such an exhibition of
mere barbarism as that of settling a dispute
or the ill feeling arising from Incorporate
language, by trying which of two men could
be most successful in an attempt to kill the
other by a pistol shot, should be made by
anybody. Still more is it lamentable to see
such a lawless and violent act committed by
men holding eminent public stations-the one
a Senator of the United States, the other a
Judge of the Supreme Court of a Sovereign
State. The example is a most vicious one.
We care not as to the merits of the personal
controversy between the men. 1t grew out
of angry and violent remarks in political
speeches and is neither better nor worse on
that account.
The death of Broderick will give our pro-
slavery Administration another Senatorial
vote. Broderick, though a member of the
democratic party from his youth, had lately
shown that there were depths of political in
fanny which he was not willing to descend
to, although those who had long been his
leaders should lead the way and his open
and sturdy resistance to their demands. es-
pecially on the Lecompton Constitution
question, made him au object of bitter ha-
tired to those who upheld that great %iniqui-
ty. 1t is even said that his death, if it had
not come from Terry's pistol, would have
come before long from some other, for it
was determined to have him got out of the
way. The Administration party being now
in power in California, some one will be APP
pointed to fill his place, who will be as I'M
scrupulous a follower as Gwin himself. Of
this there can be no doubt.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
Gov. BANKs' EXPERIENCE AT BURLINGTON.

Gov. BANKS EXPERIENCE AT BURLINGTON.
While Gov. Banks was at Burlington dur
ing the State Fair he was accompanied in
his ride among the horses by the venerable
man whose name is so intimately associated
with ''Black Hawk horses, and who is sup
posed to know by heart the pedigrees that
are in the remotest degree allied to the pro-
genitor of that noble, almost royal. family.
The results of this drive led the Governor to
tell the Greenfield people, in his address at
the Franklin County Fair last week, that
from his observations at Burlington, he was
satisfied that there was some danger of car
ryIng admiration for the horse too far. so as
to lose even due regard for our own race.
Vermont was famous for its fine horses, and
the people seemed to think of little else COM
paratively. Of this he found amusing illus
~trations at Burlington, for, on observing a
noble looking man, whose appearance indi-
Gated him to be one of natures noblemen,
he inquired who he was, and was answered,
.sthat is a 2 year old" Soon after, he saw
a lady of majestic gait and magnificent form,
c~rossin. the street. "Who is that?' said
he to his friend. "Thdt's a 4 year old, sired
bv Filing Morgan" was the reply. On
asking the driver of the fast trottlng horse,
Woodchuck, whether the speed was in the
horse or in the driver, he replied, ga little
of both, for we have both got the best trOt
ting blood in the State. '-BrdtAebOro Pie
n1I.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
From the N. Y. Express, Oct. 9Th.

Mr.. C. JEROME HOPKINS, the accomplished
o~rganist of the Church of the Incarnation in
this city. has, we see, oeen giving a very sue
cessful Organ Soiree in Newark, n. j. His
entertainment drew an unprecedented crowd
TO the Methodist Church, and the audience
several times forgot the sacred character OF
the house SO far as to indulge in the most
unmistakable applause. The Newark Daily
Advertiser says that
s.Tte organist and his instrument were So
completely packed in by the crowd Of admir-
ing friends that they were hidden fom the
on tsiders, who composed the main body of
the audience-and who were favored with
a few of the disjOinted strains of music that
struggled through"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

WI notice in the window of Brinsmaid &
Hildreth's store, two elegant belts, procured
by Ethan Allen Engine Co. No. 4, for presen-
tation to the two Montreal companies, Pro-
lection No. 3 and Queen No, 5, whose guests
they were on their receut visit to hat city.
The belts are of red, white and blue enamel
led leather, each bearing, within a star, the
names of the Ethan Allen Co. and of the COM
pany to whom the belt is presented, encirclng
a silver ornament representing hands clasped
IN fraternal concord. They will doubtless be
hung in the engine-rooms of the Montreal
fremen ,as mementoos of the visit of the Bur
lington boys.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

SHOOTING CAsUALTY.-A wealthy farmer
named Joseph Smith, = resident Of the coun-
tv of Kent, C. W, was lied on Monday
last, He had a farm on which was an album
dance of fruit and grapes, on which depred-
ations had been committed. On the day in
question, as he arose from the supper table
be directed his servant to shoot the first per-
son who approached the grapes. On his re
turn from the fields Mr.. S. entered the prem
Uses by the back way, and went directly to
the grape vines. The girl was watching
with the CUR in her hand, and not being able
to recognize him in the dus Of the evening,
fired, the charge of shot taking effect in the
thigh and terminating his life in a few min
es.-Detrot Free Press.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

DANGEROUS FREIGHr. The kankakee
Gazette says that on Friday last a freight
car on the Illinois Central rail road took
FIRE about eight miles north of that city,
and came in all ablaze. II was taken TO the
water frank, and subjected 70 a bath, which
soon distinguished the flames. 4 considerable
portion Of the car was burned through. and
a portion of the freight consumed. The car
contained two kegs Of gunpowIer marked
goldfish The box contained the kegs was
charred through, and on being taken out fell
10 pieces.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
personal.
lanes +. Stark, a prominent lawyer u
psnn;ncton. has removed to Chicago

James L.. CbdIh, "
Renninrton. has removed to Chicago'
omhsrs Of our State legislature
,rhiob meets this week, (three Representa-
,ives and one s~enator) married sisters the
doncbtsrs Of David Cobb. of Windham' the
n.oaont Secretary of State also taking one oil
the family. Although this "panel Is exhaust
od,, ,hore ,re lots more of excellent m
girls left.
It. is well known that not one IN Ten ol III
annlications from lecture committees 10 new
TT W. Beecher, to lecture, are successful
Ono sbrewd Committeeman enclosed MIR. Is.
q check for two lectures, briefly asking
When will you Gomez" Mr.. Beecher
letter is characteristic
B., Sept. IL, 80.
Nh Dear SRI have set down Nov.
% for Boston and ROxbury. Cheeks GuIy
received. Long live common sense-and no
bother. Very truly yours, ---
One of our exchanges gives an aneedote oil
w eDStPr WnlC0 We HdNb HDb WV
Writing to the editor of a newspaper, when
had referred to his private affairs, and eSpe-
cially to his not paying his debts he SAID
substantially 1t is true that | have not
always paid my debts punetually' and that l
owe money. One cause of this is, that have
not pressed those who owe me for payment.
As an instance of this, I enclose your fathers
note, made to me thirty years ago, for money
lent him to educate his boys"
Professor Hedrick, who was driven out OF
North Carolina for the exercise of free thought
and free speech on the subject of Slavery, has
been appointed Professor of Mathematics IN
the Cooper Institute, New York.
Benton once SAID that Senator Douglas
would never be President, " because his coat
tails were too near the ground" II . mt
tie giant " evidently acting on this hint, has
| adopted a roundabout habit.-SPirlt Of The
Times.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

There are in Egypt 800 miles of Railroad.
When the running of the trains wos COM
menced, mummies were used for fuel, and re
said to mike a very hot fire. The supply is
almost inexhaustible. and thev are used by
the cord. What a destiny. Think of devo-
ting ones existence to providing fuel for a
locomotive.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14
We cut the following from the St. Johns

We cut the following from the St. Johns
&c. e. Ncl0s
THE Hon. I. B. BowDIsH. COLLECTOR FOR
THE STATE OF VERMoNT.-The public will be
pleased to learn that they are indebted IN a
great measure, if not wholly, TO the services
of this gentleman at Washington, for the
removal of that most obnoxious Impost-the
tax of two dollars hitherto levied in the form
of a consular certificate upon horses and 9th
er stock, exceeding in value one hundred dol
lars. purchased in Canada for expectation TO
the United States, and also for the reduction
to half a dollar for a similar certificate IN
the case of lumber. grain, and general mer-
chandize and that to apply only in cases
where the purchase amount to two hundred
dollars. Mr.. Bowdish has fully entitled him
self to the thanks of the community for this
very judicious proceeding.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

THE LEvEE, at the Corner Store, comm
ences in good season every morning and
holds on through the day and evening.
What is more, 1t appears to be always crowd
ed, a circumstance which will not appear
mysterious after you have read the list of
attractions offered by LYMAN, in another
column
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A tremendously large bed of oysters, said to
be three or four miles square, was discovered
recently off Huntington, Long Island. by a
party of fishermen from Norwalk. CT. The
value of the placer is said to be more than a
million of dollars. a hundred boats or more
were, on Saturday, busily at work, diminish
ing the value of this discovery as rapidly as
hands could work.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

The coal consumed in Manchester, Eng
land, and its envIrons. for motive steam pow
er, is 300, 600 tons per day, and Is equal IN
power to !. 200 900 horses. The transatlan-
tic steamers consume 700. 900 tons per year,
and the manufacture of gas 10000 900 tuns
per year. 1t is estimated that England alone
could furnish coal enough tor the consump-
tion Of the whole of Europe for 1000 years.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A London Journal, discussing American
politics, has the following valuable in
formation
''The Presidential nominations form the
chief topic of conversation in America.
There are three candi iates in the field
Wire, Douglas. and Bolts. At the last
accounts Bolts was a little ahead"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

An OLD FASHIONED CUsroM REsUNED.-A
young lady Of this city has just returned
from a summer ur, having rode on horse
back from Brattleboro, Vermont, without
being fatigued. She was accompanied by a
gentleman from the green hills, whose
suparior skill has placed him at the head Of
the farming interest Of that State.-Pr0rid-
ence Journal.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A book is shortly to be published, in Phil
adelphia, which will expose the frauds per-
p%etrated by the Democrats three years ago,
and to the success of which Mr.. Buchanan
was indebted for his election. 1t will con-
tnn letters written by the President, and by
distinguished men oflesser stations, including
Cabinet officers, lawyers, editors, and others.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

In Rockbridge County, Va, a maj was
bitten on his right hand by a copper-head
snake, last Friday afternoon. and died in
precisely twenty-four hours afterwards. \
quart of whiskey was administered to him,
and the attending physician thought that
death death was caused by tn whiskey.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

The Alton Qllinois) Courier learns that
five slaves recently escaped from Missouri
and made their way across the Mississippi
into Randolph county. On Sunday night,
18th ult., their pursuers overlook them
about five miles from Chester, and fred on
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A LATIN PUN.-Tom Moore, in his diary
makes the following record: "A very agree
able day; some good Latin puns of Jektry's.
Upon hearing that Logger taught thorough
bass in three lessons, he SAID it contradicted
the saying of Juvenal
"tNemo fuit repente turpissimus."
No one becomes suddenly thoroughly
base"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A GENTLE REPRooF "A good sermon
was preached to-day" remarked Il deacon
in New Haven, Conn, a few Sundays since,
to an old lady-(he had been asleep nearly
the whole time of its delivery.) Il should
think you rather liked it," replied she,
'.for I saw you nodding assent several times"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

ANNIvERsARIEs.-The Twentieth Anniver-
sary Of the Vermont Historical Society is an
nounced to be held in Montpelier on the
18th inst. Hon. George Folsom of n. Y. is
30 deliver thu annual address. The Times
says also that Mr.. Henry Clark, of Poultney,
will on the invitation Of the Society, read a
Memoir of Rollin C. Mallory. The Freeman
says further, that Hon. Robert Pierpont of
Rutland, has been invited to read a Paper,
on ''the Life and Public Services OF Richard
Skinner" and Hon. D.. P. Thompson, of
Montpelier, another, on "the Discovery,
Name, and First Settlement of Vermont"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A Connecticut editor, having got into a
controversy with a Contemporary, congratu-
latid himself that his head was safe from a
.'donkey's heels" HIS contemporary astute-
ly inferred from this that he was unable s'to
make both ends meet"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

them as they attempted to escape. One OF
them fell MORALLY wounded with about two
hundred .hots in his body, and died on Thurs
day morning following. Two OF those who
escaped were also wounded.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

An Illinois editor says his party (the Dem
o%cratic) Is on the verge Of a precipice, but
calls upon it to march ''steddily ahead. y
Good we second the motion.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

Ralph Waldo Emerson remarked, in a
recent lecture, that our trust IN physicians
was not confidence in their skill, but despair
of our Own
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-14

A good woman, who is fond OF using largo
ache, the result of a violent fall, she assured
us that she ''fell down and struck her head
with such exceeding violence on the steps
that she wasn't conscientious for some
hours" 1t occurred to us that if falls
were productive of that condition, a large
portion of the human family must be in the
daily habit of knocking their heads on the
steps.-The Scalpei.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-03-23

CANT MAN THINK WHAT HE PLEAsEs lin
the spring of 1857, (ouI authority is explicitly
an exciting municipal election was held in
Princeton, Indiana. The all-absorbing COM
pound question to be answered by the electors,
was: ''Whiskey ?-oi no Whiskey 70 Ow-
ing TO the fact that sundrv grogshops had been
mobbed, and their contents destroyed by the
fair Amazons of the village, during the preee-
ding fall and winter "a vast quantity Of bad blood
had been engendered ,and the election was Bit
terly contested. Conspicuous among the cham
pions of '.FreeLager," was aDutchman by the
name OF Dasche. Dasche, ..mit his vrow,''
had his .slocal habitation'' beyond the corpo-
rate limits of the village aforesaid and, by
consequence, had no right TO vote in Prince
ton. But Dasche had not the remotest idea
of limiting his exertions TO the field of ssmor-
al suasion," and he therefore voted plumper
for "Free Whiskey," in all its phases. Da-
schc was tried for the offence in the Court OF
Common Pleas of Gibson County, Judge p.
presiding, and found guilty. Dasche was en-
ragged; and gave vent to his feelings in Ian
guage wherein it was hard TO say whether bad
English or broken Dutch predominated. The
Court ordered him to be silent, the only reply
was yoliey of fragmentary polygiot anathe-
mas. His Honor again rebuked him, and
threatened imprisonment, unless he held his
peace. Dasche rose, and aaked, meekly:
s'Judge, can't man dink vat he bleases 7''
ssCertsinly," replied the court, ssyou may
think whatever you like"
"Den," replied Dasche, a smile of triumph
flashing across his Teutonc features as he
glanced at the judge and jury, 'sI dinks you ish
all set Of inrerlGi schoundreis? ?''
"Time," was suddenly, SCALED on him.
but his speech was finished.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-03-23

'sMr. lie Roy" she said, hurriedly, ssI can
not let you go away misunderstanding me, as
L see you do. If l was silent while you hum
bly, apologized for the noble, generous, and
honorable delcacy of your conduct, it was
not from anger, believe me, but because was
at first too much astonished, afterwards too
much moved and grateful to speak. l owe
you more than can say, and should be mis-
cradle, indeed, if a false shame, which you
see has not prevented my telling you this,
should prevent you from continuing an ac-
quaintance so strangely begun. Trust me,
sir, speak the TRUTH
1 don't know what answer 1 made, for the
revulsion Of my feeling was almost too great
for words, and the rapture of knowing, as |
looked down upon that lovely face that it was
not for the last time, quite took away the lit
tie sense had remaining. If you want to
know how felt, ask a man who is going to be
hung, how he would feel to be reprieved.
Wen, how time flies ! 1t certainly does not
seem five years since all this happened, yet
cousin Jenny, (ny cousin Jenny, now,) SO bit
terly reproaches us in her last letter for not
visiting her in all that time that we have again
undertaken the journey, but under different
auspices, since Florence is Florence Dundard
no more, and sleeps on my arm in the cars no
more blushingly, but with the confidence of a
wife of hearty five years standing, and l re-
gister our names in the hotel book, as ssMr.
and Mrs. lie Roy" and bless my lucky stars,
as | read it over. Even while | write, Flor
ence, loveler than ever, as l think, makes q
grand pretence of arranging our baggage at
the hotel where we stop, (and which has re-
minded me, by past transactions, to write down
this story,) or comes leaning over me to call
me ssdear CHESTER" instead of ssdear cousin
Frank" as five years before, and to scold me
for being so stupid as to sit and write, instead
of talking with her. Stupid, indeed, to pre-
fer black pen to those rosy lips. Was ever
a man so happy in ssSlight Mistake 20