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WAsuryGToS. Feb. 25.


SESArE.-rhc Post Route Bill passed 81
to 25, embracing the increase in the rates
postage proposed by the Post Office Commi
tee Of this branch.
Lieut.. Branc, commander of the Ninco'
nes. how at Norfolk, has furnished the Nay
Departm mt the details Of his capture Of Il
Julia Dean on the coast of Africa. The d
partment has sent orders to Lieut.. Brain
to turn over the hands on the Dean to u
L. 5. Marshal, for trial. 1t is supposed TIL
the Deane is owned in Charleston.
The rumor that all the available Nav
force. including the Sloop of War Vincenne
has been ordered to the Gulf. seems strengt
encd by remark made by the Chairman {
WAYS and Means on Friday, that this Anne
lean Sea. rs he termed it, belongs to the l S
and that we will and must exercise contr
over it.
The next arrival from Mexico will, it
anticirated, bring highly important INTEL
rencc in connection with the French al
English fleets. and requiring larger Amc
lean naval force than has been hnretoto
kept in that quarter.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
MORRILL'S BILL VETOED; CUB
BILL DEAD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
Mr.. slidell made a long personal expland
ton touching yesterdays proceedings on tn
Cuba bill, announcing at the same time thu
he should make no further attempt to brin|
up that bill
The President transmitted a Message, ri
turning with his objections, the bill gran
NC lands to the several States in aid OF Col
leges for the benefit of Agriculture and
the promotion of the Mechanic Arts.
The President has issued Proclamatio
declaring that an extraordinary occasion
ouires that the Senate shall convene, and ad
upon such communications as have been, o
may be made to it on the part of the Execu
tive. The meeting is called for the 4th O
March at noon.
flanagan, formerly L. S. Senator fror
Indiana, died at the Planters House, in ST
Louis on Friday night.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
E2ecLnd March 1. 1910.

ISFttftH 4HfTtTF y IUvV'
MILToN .-1oDn Cierk-N. w. Fairchild :
Selcotmen and Orersecrs Of the Poor-Ell
Barnum L. A. Writer'S; j. II. Booth.
Town Treasurer-Lyman Burgess. Consta-
be-S. NJ. st. Johns. Listers-Il. L. Ioxie
Orsamus wilkins jeremiah Flynn. Audit
ors-D. ii. Onion f. L. Ilobrook b. 5.
Lincoln. I'o,en Agent-lra Writer'S. Tiu,-
led. ii. Onion Superintendent Of Schools
Rev. Geo. W. Ranslow.
Voted ten cents on dollar Of the Grand
List of the Town, to dcfray its expenses the
coming year.
SHELBURNE.-C1erk and Tredsurer-Wm.
Harmon Se'cctmen-Lee Tracy: f. Fletcher;
NJ. L. Miner. Listcrs--J. L. hlrstow Guy
Tracy F. Peters. Constable and Collector
Ii. A. Lyon.
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There has boon paid out for labor on the
Farm, over and above the superintendent S
salary, about S8O-a portion of this in Hay
ing and Harvesting. and the balance in pre-
pairing and ploushing up portion Of the
old pasture, and in ditching.
Accompanying this report will be found
an Inventory of the Property on your Farm
When we take into consideration the num-
Der admitted to your Poor House, and the
fact that some of these have been sick the
greater part of the year, and through the
cold weather three or four sick at time-and
GO families in the village assisted more or
less, we feel confident that the Taxpayers
will feel no cause of complaint at the amount
expended but that everybody will be salts
fed, we do not believe. We have not been so
careful to look after the results Of our acts
as we have to know that we were laboring
for the best interests of the town, with due
regard to the necessities Of those dependent
upon your sympathics. and to hold ourselves
in readiness to give reason for every official
act.
From our peculiar locality we may
never hope to BIO rid of large cassof poor
that ought to be elsewhere, but by constant
watchiulncss we may in part deter our
neishbors from shifting their poor on to us.
Some of them have boen caught at this work
during the past year, and are now smarting
under thc caustic applied by your Town
agent,
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
S. HUNTINGTON,
Ouerscer of the Poor.
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and sculptures and inscriptions, arc connec-
ted all that there Is or has boon Of Prague
IT," higotry and bitterness Of religious STRIFE,
which the times previous to the reformation
created everywhere, before learning and free
thought discovered tho light shining in dark
ness, was nowhere exhibited in greater as
pcrty than here. There Is in one Of the
libiaries here Hustle liturgy snlendidly il
Illuminated On one of It's pages occur three
striking and significant miniatures suggest
ing the subimest of moral views. They arc
Wicklif striking iight--Iiuss blowing it to
flame--Luther holding the blazing torch.
500 years ago,'in what darkness, Wicklif
struck that light 1T was 40 years after his
death that Huss, in tho centre Of learning
and of civilization blew that light into liv-
ing Aame ;-l20 years after he died at the
stake, Luther waved that torch aloft till all
Europe was enlightened by its rays, and now
wherever has been heard the glad tdings Of
great JOY to all people, there the torch Of Lu-
Their sheds light in which the nations re-
joicc; for whore it is held in the greatest alb
florence, all but its enemies see that it modi-
fies and meliorates that system of christian
ity with which it is in the most irrcconcilablc
antagonism.
Yours, &C.,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

A CoNrRAsr.-General Washington was
and James Buchanan is tho President of the
United States. On the evening Of the pas
sage of the bill, a few days since, admitting
and "serenaded' Washington's successor,
who thereupon '.made speech" to them
from q window of the White House. He
made three points. Point first he congra-
tulated them on the admission of state
"flled with noble democrats. Point second:
he told them that all who are opposed to an
unlimited extension of our territory "are
towards Point third. he concluded by
calling on the band to play Yankee Doodle. ,
This dignifed discourse was by the Presi-
dent of the United States. Washington 8
style and themes would probably have been
somewhat different. N. Y. Zee. Post.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

A naval officer, writing from Hong Kong
to the Philadelphia Ledger, relates the fol-
towing incident, illustrative of tine ingenuity
of the japanese in mechanical contrivances
"Before leaving Japan we saw most inter
csting display ola winter evening amuse-
mcnt for children One of our Dutch friends
had presented us with small box, containing
what looked like several hundred pieces of
broom straw, from 3Sths to an inch in
length. Throw one of these in that cup Of
hot water he said We did as desired, and
it had no sooner touched the surface jhan
itexpanded into periect,representation OF
japanese woman in full dress. Another
proved to be very huiialo-like COW; II third
was a sword, an a ionrth handsome walk
ing-cane. Throw in dozen at Il time, said
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ington and yet the President has sent
message hero to-day to strike down the bill,
perhaps the only one proposed for the cs-
peciol benefit of Agriculture. The President
has committed, if not crime. at least a
bundcr. Mr.. Morrill, then briefly replied to
some of the Presidents objections.
The question was then taken on the pas
sage of the bill, Notwithstanding the Prcsi-
dents veto to the contrary.
The result was-Ycas 105, nays 06, and
this not being a two-thrds majority, as re-
quircd by the Constitution, the Speaker de-
clarcd the bill rejected
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
LATEST FROM EUROPE

HALIFAX, feb. ~.
The Canada, which left Liverpool on the
18th, arrived at this port this evening The
session of the French Legislature opened on
the sth with an important speech from the
Emperor.
Ths speech is vAriously commented upon
by the P'ess. Notwithstanding its pacific
language, ITS effect upon the funds was not
favorable.
The London Times has "a playful editorial
N the proposed appropriation of $50 900,
900 To negotiate for the purchase Of Cuba,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
PARAGUAY NEWS.

Advices from Buenos Ayres to Jan. Att
state that Commissioner Bowlin and CONNIE
dorc Shubrick had gone up the river to hol
an interview with President Lopez of Par
quay, taking the brigs Dolphin and PER-
which would be taken into the forks OF Il
river by the steamer Fulton and Water Wife
the rest of the fleet at Montevideo.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

1t strongly recommends the system to tn
notice Of Emperor Napoleon, and says thu
America has certainly decpencd science ar
enlarged the Jurisdiction Of money. III
number Of ships Of War in commission
French ports was 300.
The correspondence Of the London Pre-
looks warlike. Their is great diversity
opinion, and it is believed that hostiliti
will commence before the end of the year.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
News of the Week.
By;Tclegraph TO she Daily Free Press

New YoNK. Feb. %.
The Presidents of the New York Central
Ere, Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
railroads met yesterday, Charles Moran,
Chairman. The President of the Hudson
River Road appeared before tho convention
and stated that the directors of that road had
resolved to be no longer bound by its rules.
Attempts have been made to coerce them but
the failure will break up the combination.
Mr.. Henley, the English electrician in
charge of the Atlantic Gable, tolegraphs as
follows;
ST. JOINS, Feb %
have sent tho instrument which |
brought ovlr from England to Trinity Bay
by sea, and shall start for that place on Mon
day. Signed, HENLEY.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
HORRIBLE STEAMBOAT
DISASTER.
TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

The Steamboat Princess, from Vicksburgh
to New Orleans, exploded her boiler, caught
fire and burned to the waters edge, at Con-
rails Point, near Baton Rogue, on Sunday
m ornin5 Four hundred passengers were on
board OF her at the time; two hundred Of
whom ara lost aud missing-resldents Of
Louisiana and Mississippi. A large number
of those on board were ladies'. A Large num-
b,r w,re bA lily scald, and oth'rwis, injured.
The boat AMI cargo are a total loss. Tho
boat was of the finest on the river.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

The SpRrNorrELp REPUBLICAN,, taking it all
in all, provides more bountifully an accept
ably for its readers than any other New
England journal within our knowledge,
It will be seen from an advertisement
in another column, that new series OF
" Titcomb papers" has commenced in tho
Republican
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CONt:lkESSIONAI..

ASHINoToN, Feb. 2I.
Those northern Senators who were prepare
to speak on the Kansas question Inst Nigh
concluded to let the democrats fight the ba
tie among themselves. Douglas stood II
against all odds, bat the detlar'
tons of Senators Mason and Davis cxtinguisl
all hope OF his nomination at Charleston.
The Pennsylvania delegation met ycstc
day and all but two agreed to oppose Apr
priations until the duties on coal and ir'
are revised New England men hope
change will be made
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

The couple that for half an hour kissed
each other in the gallery of the House of Re-
presentatives, came from Long Island; an
old bachelor and widow, who had recently
been married, and were making bridal tour
to Washington. They were constituents of
Mr.. Soaring, who was overwhelmed with
congratulations over the conjugal affection
that prevails in his district.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
WASHINGTON, Feb. %

Tho tie vote of l04 for and against for sus-
pending the rules for taking up the Fishing
Bounty Abolition bill in the House, shows
that the TWO thirds necessary cannot be OBJ
tanned but if the Committee Of Commerce
is called the bill will come up regularly, and
probably DO passed. Mr.. Davis will again
endeavor to get up the Private Bounty bill.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
SHOOTING AT WASHINGTON.

BosroN, Feb. IS.
The District Attorney for the District Of
Columbia, Mr.. Phillip P. Key, was shot
yesterday, by Daniel F. Sickles, of New
York. Sickles charged Key with having
dishonored his wife. Great deal OF excite
ment Mt Washington on account of it.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
New Publications.

The EDINBURGH REVIEW, Leonard Scott
& Co. S. Reprint, New York. The January
number contains Helps Spanish Conquest in
America Life Assurance The Church Rate
Question The Roman Catacombs; The Hud-
son Bay Territory; Lord Liverpool's Admin
istration in 1922; Library of the British
Museum Life and Organization History
and Prospects of Parliamentary Reform.
The ATLANTIC MoNrHIY.-Phillips, Samp-
son & Co., Boston. The March number of
this prime periodical continues " The Minis
ter's Wooing," by Mrs. Stowe, and 4" The
Professor of the Breakfast Table" by DR..
Holmes. The - Utah Expedition" is the
political article. Some of the other articles
are, Holbein and the Dance of Death Lizzy
Griswold's Thanksgiving Achmcd and his
Mare; Charles Lamb and Sidney Smith /;
Bulls and Bears The Waterfall The Win
ter Birds The New Life of Dante and a
lengthy review of Sawyer's New Testament.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

County CoMMIssIoNER.--T vote in this
town for County Commissioner, March LIST,
was as follows
James Mitcholli $50
B. B. Smalley,
John Soragcn,
The vote Of Milton was Mitchell ~, r.
Bascom, /.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

FIKE.-The Railroad Bridge at Mid
dlebury, together with four empty box cars
were destroyed by fire is supposed to have
originated from fire dropped from the
Locomotive that passed over it the previous
evening. The bridge was insured in Boston
for $500.
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TOWN OFFICERS.

We shall be glad to publish the names of
the officers elected by the several towns Of
Chittenden County, if the Town Clerks or
others Interested will forward us lists of the
same,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

The report that Judge Mclean and. Ju Judge
fancy have an intention Of resgning their
seats Oh the Bench of the Supreme Court is
denied.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

4 STAMPEDE FOR CALIFORNIA We are
informed that no less than twenty-seven
young men, sons of the most respectable
.forehanded' families in Williston, will leave
for California, the present month.-Sentinel
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

That CAucUs-The meeting called by
''many voters was held at the Town Hall
Monday evening at the close of the meeting of
the Fire District. 1t was quite numerously
attended, and the proceedings were intensely
interesting. The assemblage was called to
order by GEN. ID. w. c. CLARKE, who with
some brief remarks introduced j. w. HEX
OK. ESQ. who addressed the "caucus." At
the close of Mr.. IIickok's remarks, it was
moved by j. b. Wheeler, Esq. that the meet
ing now adjourn, which it Immediately pro-
ceeded without delay forthwith monument
ly to do upon the spot, and darkness and 81
lencc were allowed to take possession of the
Hall. On the whole it was a decidedly mys-
FERROUS and romantic affair.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

FIRE DISTRICT, No. Am adjourned
meeting ofthe District was held in the Town
Hall Monday evening. The Report of the Com
mittee on cisterns was made by Mr.. Hun
tinston. recommending the construction by
the District of three additional cisterns at
proper points in the District. Tho Report
was accepted and adopted. The meeting soon
after adjourned without making any appro-
pration for the purpose of constructing the
oisterns, thu. leaving the matter in stdtu
quo.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

What i. the difference between good
soldier and fashionable lady? Ans. One
faces the powder, and the other powders the
face
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

GREAT SALE or VIOLA great sale of
wool, said to he the largest which ever took
place in Boston. WAS made in that city On
Thursday Of last week, ut the warehouse of
Bingham Joy 4 Co. The wareroom was
filed with buyers from all parts Of the coun-
try the bidding was very spirited and the
prices satisfactory The whole amount of
wool was about 400 900 pounds. We notice
that some lots of fine wool FROM Vermont sold
as high rs 81 cents.
Il an getting fat" as the loaler said,
when he was stealing lard.
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RETURNS.

Will the Town Clerks of the several towns
in the County oblige us with tho vote for
County Commissioner in their respective
towns
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04
ST. LOUIS. Feb. %.

The overland mail from California arrived
at noon with San Francisco dates Of the 3lst
ult. The news is unimportLnt.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

boro during the past ycar-both chargcablo
to the State, we paying the expenses of get
ting them there. We havo now 81 persons
in the Poor House.
Tho great question Of how shall "thc Poor
be best cared for" will be annually presented
to your confederation until the Town shall in
its wisdom provide some suitable and eco
nomlcal place for the sick and lazy and aged
poor, now and ever to be with us.
We need some rooms for disciplinary pur
poses, as we frequently have indolent per-
sons that are able to work, and refuse to do 80.
The importance of bath or wash rooms and
suitable out houses is too apparent to require
word from me. have only to shy that
your Poor House has neither of these conve-
nicnces.
There is one other consideration which |
will call to your attention. There is great
number Of families that are now assisted in
the village Tin small amounts it is true, but
large in the aggregated, very many of whom
would rely upon their own resources, if they
knew we had suitable place for them,
and that their asking assistance from the
Town. would in reality b, asking permission
to 20 to the Poor House. 1t is true that
many persons are glad, even now, to get into
our Poor House, and we by no means allow
every applicant admission; if we did we
should have half tho paupers of tho Cham
plain Valley. Yet, while we exclude rgidly
from our Poor House all piupers belonging
to other Towns and States, we ought to have
a place where we can insist upon taking our
own popr, and where they can be more
economically md ham lnrly cared for. TO
insist upon taking family to the Poor
HpuS,, merely rs a subterfuge to get rid of
them, when you have no place for them, is
something that you ought not to call any
man to do. That you will always have oc
casion to distribute wood among the sick and
unfortunate of our Town, is probably true
for variety of reasons, that will suggest
themselves to you; but this amount can be
greatly reduced with suitable Poor House.
Your Farm has produced tho past year
300 bushels Ears of Corn
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Yours, &c.,


SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND NARROW EscApE.-
On Sunday afternoon as an omnibus, con-
tanning several young persons, was return
inr from tt..c funeral Of the infant child of
Mr. W. W. Partridge, the horses took fright
as the wheels struck the pavement in Church
Street at the Bank Street crossing, and ran
violently in spite Of the drivers efforts down
the street, through the hollow, and past the
Seminary, where, on turning the corner into
Cedar Street, the vehicle was upset, its top
torn off, and its living load scattered in the
street. OF the occupants of the omnibus,
five in number, one, Miss S. B. Peck, was
taken up inscnsible and suffering from Sc
we're cut, some three inches in length, on the
side of her head; Miss Caroline Blackman
received some serious contusions Mr.. j.
Alexander had thumb put out of joint;
while two Misses Platt escaped with compar-
atvcly slight bruises. Under the circum-
stances the escape Of the party without bro
ken bones is wonderful. The driver was of
course thrown from his seat, but chung to
the rcins and was dragged some distance I'M
til obliged to let go, when the horses con-
tnued their course down Shelburne Street
till they were fortunately Stopped in front of
Mr.. Morscs, by the reins becoming entan-
glcd in wheel.
Mr.. Ladukc, to whom the horses belong,
informs us that he bought them two or three
weeks since; that they were recommended
to him as kind and well broken team, and
that he had seen nothing in them to indicate
the contrary that the driver, Murphy, is
careful and sober man and that credit Is
given him for steadiness and energy by those
who witnessed his efforts to stop the fright
encd animals. Mr.. Ladukc also wishes us
to assure the numerous customers of his
Livery Stable, that the horses will not be let
again from his stable, and that he shall dis
pose Of them as soon as possible.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-04

FATAL ACCIDENT FROM FLUID.-A few days
ago, at Brush's Mills, N. Y, Mrs. Zcnas
Dow was burned so badly by fluid that she
died on the following morning. Her hus-
band was filling a fluid can from jug, she
holding light. The fluid caught fire from
the lamp-e1ploding the vessels. Mr.. Dow
was badly injured by inhaling the flames, but
it is thought he will recover.
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and Ship ChaEdlers,
s Stone Kaahumanu and Merchant sts-
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TO LET AT LAHAINA.
IA THE STORE BELONGING TO MR.. L..
fH H. Antfon, Hawaiian Hotel Premises, Lahaina
2A occupied by Messrs Utai & Co. given
the 10th inst For terms, ETC., apply to
l32-tf TIL. C. HEUCK.
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PITCH AND TAR.
00 BARRELS Of each, just arrived per clipper ship
1s,lis cHAs. BREWER IN.
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MANILA CORDAGE.
0 ~ COILS. assorted sizes, made to order, just re
O0O eeived per clipper ship . asyrsn,n for se,s by
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Storfs, 9utIllngs, d., to gft.

PLEASANT RESIDENCE To LET.
o. THE HOUSE IN NUCANU. LATEIY
S occupied by Judge Robertson opposite Mr. HalIs. In
4zsA quire OF ll45-nl H. DIMoND