Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-10-19
Items Of News.

The propeller Mount Vernon, on Ler way
from Detroit to Buffalo. burst her boile,
TUESDAY morning, killing Theodore Reese
second engineer, james Conklin. fireman
and slightly injuring several others. The
vessel sunk Immediately. Her cargo, which
consisted of 10000 bushels Of corn. and 500
barrels of flour is a total loss.
The inhabitants OF Norfolk, Va. have been
in some excitement from fear of negro insur.
reetions. \ number of arrests Of negroes
have been made. Nearly all the negroes on
few plantations have fed to the woods from
fright. patrol force has gone IN search Of
them. The rising was contemplated fol
Sunday night last. A patrol party shot q
man named Flynn dead at a suspected camp,
a negro at the same time escaping. ! ile-
negro named Smith was also shot.
The schooner Lamar;ine, arrived aJ Boston
yesterday, and reports that she lcll In with
the burning steamer Connaught, on Sunday
night. she was then mass Of flame; and
remained by her till Monday morning, when
she went down with loud explosion. The
only remnants seen floating Of her afterward,
was boat bottom upwards and few trunks.
with other light portions Of the deck, cargo,
etc.
The largest raft arrived the other day at
! DuJuqu that ever came down the Mississippi.
| Il contained ! 100000 feet Of lumber, and
$50, 600 shingles and lath.
At the Western Railroad Depot at Spring
field Mass. Monday morning, one Of tie
engineers had wickedJy purlo;nod an OIL
barrel, which lie intended purify
ing and filing with cider and TO
ct the thing free from the TASTE
and smell Of Oil, he filed It with unslac
lime and water, which ingredients formed an
immediate and powerful gas, causing the
barrel to explode, and throwing the engineer
some twenty feet in the air and landing him
astride Of a locomotive smoke stack, with
hoop in each hand. His engine was covered
with lime, oil aud dirty water. and was only
cleaned in season fer its carly journey by
liberal application Of financial soap, and
judiciJus use Of the remaining hour.
There was Great fire in Troy Thursday
morning, about S O'Clock, SAID 20 be the
largest fire in that place since the great one
of 1854. Al immense factory on Iia Hill.
occupied by Andrew Mclean, 7. W
F4rnham and Wm. Cockro't in mauuhc-ur-
ing Hosiery and Mosquito Meetings.. va,
bnrned. The fire caught accidentally in the
packing rom Two hundred hands are
thrown cut Of ,mploymert hvit. The total
lose viii De $4,000; the Insurance is about
$4,000
Aliens Iron WORKS inStL5ais. Mis-, were
huruco on Wednesday, caused by the furnace
wall giving way. L-ss $4,000 to $4,000.
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have presented beautiful silver p 10 .le
little daughter of Mr. G.. b. Narle.. lrln-
cipal of the NORTHAMPTON Ei-h school Mis-.
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the graduates Of that class.
4 terrible gale Is reported u.s. .-'.as ul-
curfTed IN the Gull OF D. Lawrence 90 t.'
ON and tn INST. Al Shedlac q "aaII ".s
destroyed and several buildings were .i'"n
Gown small craft were driven Aiga and
GFy up INTO the heids. Two schooner WINCH
IeIt port snort time before Tie = i- DIN.
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ibose arrestad IN condition ~ an s7-.,-.i
in the AMIR maxine = ,,clean breast d.. r.
and satisfy the Faculty ana himreh t-~t
ms solS sLllI no1 De laili'eT in9-.S'-o cum,
their connection win the coAe2e. i".h.y
OF 'he students sent IN IN d paper 70 '.' '.-t-.-
y coi''lSS5s com p,lSi'{ Inn, In .'.' "I-..
TEN, and part Of them beng allowed to re-
main in college on probation.
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Troy oatI t g ,'r '''. d i','-5 1'
anc-, A''-cAS WcIe MAJ On ''--
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licemen in procession. At last "a shower Of
stones broke the ranks and the parade was
at an end Torches; capes, ana every ing
that might denote W lde Awake were ia-
stapty tAroWu away by more tn"n "aA o.
TIE precision ana the Hight was general.
Several were badly bruised, one having a no
6Tgicn-
lnefe are various accounts Oh 1A5 "1'i,
without proyocation, while others aver that
the Wide Awakes by insulting words and
gestures provoked the crowd. The Mayor
issues a proclamation warning bysanjoIs
against any interference with any political