Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-10-05
NUMBER FOURTEEN.

y passenger car on the train going east
from Pittsburgh, on Saturday ran off an
emoankment about % feet high, fatally in
JurinS a brakeman, and slightly wounding
some 30 passengers.
y very strange thing is reported of the
committee OF COuncilmen, who went from
New York to Boston nominally to attend the
sanitary Convention. blt really to edifv
themselves in ways not prescribed By sanitary
ork,-they have returned to the treasury
part of the money appropriated to the pay
ment of their expenses.
We presume there will still be - cakes and
aIe," however "yea, and ginger shall be
hot i the mouth, too"
Key West, which is popularity supposed to
! live By " wrecking " has some decent trade,
too. The Key Of The Gulf states that the
sponge trade alone for the past year, amount
ed to So 600 and the trade in live fish to
snmething considerable.
Well, good many larger places live by
sponging, too.
Providence, r. l., was filed with star
gazers the other day. from 10 A. NJ, till
noon. looking for Venus, which was said to
be visible. Some affirmed sro1tly that they
saw it, while others declared tlat the
whole thing was ga sell. -
The New York Express says a fine lady mp
town has ordered dress to BE- worn ar the
Renfrew ball, which will east three thousand
dollars. The committee of arrangements, 1t
is said, measured the hall, allowed circle
Of five feet in diameter for each lady counted
the triangles made by these circles touching
each other, for the gentlemen and issued in-
yitation cards accordingly.
\ correspondent Of the Iriilns says that
the copper mine at Acton, Canada, was
sold Il year ago by the owner tor few hum
dred dollars, payment conditioned on success
in working the mine. It has Just changed
hands again for over $500 coo.
\ Mobile PAPER says an envoy arrived
there lately from tho kingdom Of Hayti,
whose business was 20 promote the emigra-
ton Of free negroes to Hayti, and he repre-
santcd that a vessel was il readiness to trans
port emigrants thither. But the sheriff in
formed him that the laws Of the State OF Ala
blIaG did not recognize or look fayorably up
on the objects Of his embassy, and tine chief
of p9licc escorted him % the boat, forthwith.
Alabama can't spare any negroes.
The Boston HeraU says that a clerk emr
pioyed in she preparation Of an index IN the
Office Of the Register Of Deeds, the other
dav, discovered between the leaves Of an an
cIent volume of record a note of the bank Of
England bearing date Of 1913, for E10O.-
As the bank is still in existence, the full
value Of the note in question viii berealized
TO the lucky finder.
The "UDi.ary Household" about which
some noise was made by tho y. Y. papers
two years ago. has been broken up. L. was
elaimed that the system would reduce tho
cost of living 50 per cent, and four largo
houses were purchased to try. Those who
were sincere in their attempt have with
drawn. and aver that "the household" be-
came grossly corrupt, outrageous alike 10
sound morals and good taste, and amenable
20 criminal law.
Thirty clerks Will be discharged from the
land Office at Washington on the 18th OF
)ct. \ law of Congress Of five years ago,
has expired and they are no longer needed.
\ splendid meteor was seen at Fort Garry.
Canada, on Monday night visible for several
minutes. It is described as a bright b0dYof
ire, spheroid4l in form, two feet in dame
ter, and having a luminous tail from ten t.
fifteen feet in length, moving toward the
north ''as fast as Il trOttiHg horse, and at
n altitude Of about three hundrel feet from
he earth
\ brig was brought into the port Of Norfolk,
" ednesday, in charge Of Lieut.. HUGHEs, of
he steamer San Ja-iHto, by which vessel the
aDture was effected of the Congo River.
The cargo Of slaves, GI9 in number,
we're landed at Nonrovi4. Lieut.. HUCurs
-lso brings intelligence Of the capture of the
hip Erie by the steamer WoHicaa. She had
vcr 500 negroes on board, who were ike
wise landed at Mour3vil.
The Detroit Trijlse mentions the recent
,urning of Sunday school library in south
IN Illinois as another Douglas victory. It
GEMS that there was q picture Of an African
ishOp in one of the books, and tho crowd
imposed the entire collection must he incen-
lary.