Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-12-16

W lSe looks ike MIN.
NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-The steamship At
lantic has arrived from Aspnwall 4th inst.
bringing over 500 passengers, s sos 900 II
specie, and the California mails.
Among the passengers are Lieut.. Gen
Scott and staff, and Capt Lander
Gen. Scott arrived at San Francisco on the
Goth, on the steamer Republic. San Juan
Island is virtually in the JOINT occupancy OF
the representatives OF England and the Uni
ted States The United States troops arC
withdrawn, EXCEPT a few under Capt. Ghoot
who remains to protect the settlers from the
Indians. Gen. Scott proposed to Gov. Doug
lass to send an equal number OF British
troops Tor the purpose of joint occupancy
leaving the matter to Gov. Douglass 5 discre
ton. In the settlement Of the question, the
right of our people to maintain magistrat re
was fully cone ded, but his jurisdiction il
limited to people Of our own nationality
who are amenable to our own laws on Slr
Juan Island, its jurisdiction being in dispute
but the Treasury official is there 70 prevent,
if he can, smuggling to Ports on the Sound
Col. Lay, OF Gen. SCOTS staff was cor
daily received at Victoria.
LIE lSIHNl Us NUNS rum Llli NSHiA " "a
diggin.s j., that the graves nave en- desert
ed for the gold washings Of the Guacas o
Gormez.
Some $50. 900 worth Of gold images ha.
arrived at Panama
CHuI.-Naipariso dates are to Nov. l.
The damage by the earthquake at Copmp'
was estimated at 81 500 Geo.
Thorr 'v-s mIch uneISinesS IN Chill, bu
no fresh outbreak had occurred.
Mr.. Bigler. United States Minister ha,
settled the affair of the American ship Frank
I'm, now some thirty years in dispute, anc
Capt. Mcclure takes home the money il
payment TOR the claim. Our other dispute
with Chilli are in a fair way for adjustment
BoLvIA.-Gan Echenique continued re
cruitins an army the purpose of invadin.
Peru.
CaIlao dates are to Nov. u There wa
every prospect that Peru would soon be in
| VOWED in foreign and civil war Gen. Gas
tilla had sailed f 7 Guayaquil with ten thou
sand men and fourteen war vessels. Tin
next advices will probably bring intelligence
Of an engagement.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.
ST. Louis. Dee l2-The overland mai
with san Francisco dates Of the 18th ult.
arrived last night. The steamship Corte
with the New York mails and passengers %
Oct. 90, had not arrived at San Francisc,
when the mail left
The tax OF goods owned abroad and sol,
| by San Francisco comm sson merchants ha,
| been decided to be Unconstitutional
Twenty thousand francs worth OF diamond
recently Struggled into San Francisco baC
been forfeited to the government.
Z u - AZ
ing Co, involving the title to Col. Fremont
estate and the exclusive right to the mineral
contained therein, the Supreme Court hav,
declared that the charge Of fraud in the sur
vey is not substantiated, and argue that i
there had been fraud it would not invalidat,
the patent The court only partially NEE
the point as to the ownership of the miner
ais, but substantially give the gold as wei
as the land to Col Fremont, and clearly de
cided that private grants of land are no
epen to the public to search for minerals.
Accounts from Carson Valley say that th,
election on the 18th ult for delegate t,
Congress from the Nevada Territory resulted
as far a. heard from in the unanimous cleo
tan of John j. Musser.
The Territorial Enterprise published a
Genoa says a rich silver lode supposed to be
continuation of the Comstock vein ha
been discovered just east of that place, and :
stampede of the entire population of GenO5
and Carson Valley had taken place.
HELPER's Book, THE Impending Crisis, ,
goes ike bot cakes since the n Y Heralc
and the democrats in Congress made bust
ness of denouncing it. A Bookseller coulC
afford to pay good sum for so thorough
Traveller says:
Mr. Helper must be much tickled at tn,
notoriety which his book is getting through
the ATTACKS made upon it by democrats il
Congress. Tie book is good one, as W,
said on its first appearance, but we do moi
! know whether it has been appreciated. Blu
/ it matters little whether it has been known
and profitable volume or not; it is sure L
| be so now. All that is necessary to make
! book profitable is, that its enemies SHOULD
/ aenounce it, and hold 1t up while endeavor
/ mr. to put it down as something very wicked
and as being full of those luciler matchet
! and that klndling stuff which are 50 necessa
! " 10 the success Of ''incendiarism. Thert
! is no rmpr3nlatur like that of the prosecutor
| The censor 5 permission has been the ruin o
many an author, who would have becom,
famous and fortunate if he could have go
/ that lunctionarv to head the list of his de
nouncers. The fire in which the hangman
consumes books is almost sure to light theil
writer's to opulence. The books that art
most sought after are those the titles OF which
are on forbidden lists Mr.. Helper will find
now that he has been denounced by tn,
South in Congress, that he is made man
lie couldn have done for himself the hun.
dredth part oil what his enemies are doing
for him. worked he ever so industriously anC
skiiiu!iv, and no matter how much he might
have been aided by his friends.
On the 18th of November twl gentlemen
Mr. Biedsoe and Mr.. Bishop went out hun
TIM. IN taeir shirt sleeves in SuntiOwer cuun
ty, Miss, aud getting lost, were overtaker
by ste sud ZEN cold spell and frozen to death
before they were discovered. The day was
one of the coolest that has been known t.
that locality for years.