Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-23
ITEMS OF NEWS.

4 swIndler named Gantz was arrested IN
Albany on Wednesday who had been prac-
ticng his trade successfully for two wee6s,
getting hardware boot, shoes, &c, under
various pretences.
\ man in Springfield, Mass, advertised
the other day, that be would give one OF al
most every kind of tool in his hardware
store, 50 old newspapers, 3 cents and lit
towards the Rocky Mountains with the toe
Of his boot. to the individual who made q
practice Of stealing the daily paper from bis
door, If lie could learn who 1t was. \
policeman saved the dealer the trouble of full
filling his agreement, and the thief, a young
man named John Glen, was sentenced u
pay fine of SIS and costs.
Five Of q band of ten thieves have been
arrested in New York, who are regularly en-
rolled and banded together for stealing. Tbey
have 3 written constitution and bylaws,
and a set Of rules defining each mans duties
and privileges. Written schemes for COM
mItting la-cenies were found in their rendez-
v0us.
The consumption of tobacco in France in
creases in an immense proportion. In 1915
it was only ffty-tb1ee million francs in val
ne, and in 1873 cne hundred and seventy
three millions, having in that time mere
than tripled.
\ great soap and candle factory, near ST.
Louis, was burned on Wednesday. Loss
$50 coo. Many wicked works must have
been seen in the light then.
The young ladies in Mount Holyoke Fe-
male Seminary, at South Hadley, Mass ez-
temporsed Wide Awake display on hear
inc of Lircoln's election. About $50 of
them provided themselves with lamps and
marched through the entire building, from
the basement 10 the fourth story. About 80
who were supporters of Mr.. Douglas, did all
they could to blow out the lamps, but with
ont effect. Next day these disappointed
ones appeared at table dressed in deep mourn
ing, to signify their grief at the Little
Giants" defeat
Mr.. b. NJ. Sherman, Wall street opera
tor, while one a recent visit to his son, an
assayist on Nayeda Gulch, Pixies Peak, saw
4 sign swinging over 4 small log cabin, with
rather an attractive name upon it. viz:
- Saints Rest; - he hurried toward the en-
trance and opened the door. but imagine his
surprise to tind Earty Of miners busily en-
gagged with cards, gambling, swearing.
smoking aud drinking.
The Plattsbursh ScniIacJ says that many
horses are sent fron Vermont 10 be winterel
in New York, where hay IL more plenty.
Fifty went owe. in one load ON Thursday.
The New ORLEANS Delta of the 9th states
that an exhibition of the portraits Of Lincoln
there so exasperated the people that the
exhibitor barely escaped with his life.
Seventy stand of arms are said to have
been discovered under negro cabins On
plantation in Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
About co tons OF provisions arrived at
Atchison last week, for the relief Of the suf-
fering in Kansas. The supplies are given
only to those having the proper credentials,
showing tina. they are settlers. The inhab-
itants in some portions Of the Territory viii
need help throughout the winter.
The postage collected in the State OF South
Carolina for the last year of which we have
official returns, amounted to 81 500. The
cost of Transporting the mails throughout the
State was 1892, ,2l6 In Massachusetts, the
same year, the Post Office receipts were
$532, ,184, and the expenses S153,09l!
Tn Monday, While : NUMBER OF men were
engaged in covering bridge on the State
line, at Pownal, VT, the staging upon which
two of them were standing gave way, and
they fell a distance of Is or 20 feet. One of
them, named Brimer had his skull fractured,
and sustained other injuries, so that he died
on Wednesday. The other, Mr.. Lanpson,
falling sidewise, had an arm and leg badly
broken, and is in a very dangerous condition.
The Charleston Mercury has already de-
signed the following flag for the new repub-
lie ''The ground entirely blue, with a
golden palmetto in the center, golden rat
tlesnako twining round the stem Of the pal
metto, with its rattle sprung, head erect and
tongue protruded. In the background, TO
the rear OF the tree and the snake, gold
eu spread eagle, and single golden star in
the upper right corner, with tie words
Room for Moro,' on the opposite" The
symbols are rot explained, but seem 70 indi-
cate that the Eagle of the Union is destined
to be swallowed by the South Carolina rattle
snake.
A dry goods house in Boston, who had a
claim Of $1,000 egainst Southern trader.
and could not colec. it, sent word to their
attorney to attach a slave belonging to the
trader, for the debt, cause him to be sold,
buy him for the firm, and send him to
Northern city. The anti-slayery principles
forbade their receiving the price of fellow
man, and SO they determined to turn their
claim to good account by freeing q slave