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Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

ISBUMAN CONDUCT OF SLAYER
In the latter part of Septembe n .. ~
Spit6re came across a brigantlne Cd ~ h"ac
Blight Benin, which was suspected OF -h,rlsi
a SLAYER. The Drigantine was C'srp basri
at Top. NJ, on the 30th, when tpe ,beir
ing officers found nothing to sustain, nn,,srsr.
suspicious The next morning nj TIA,
III, officers of the steamer ascert'ih'' ,rl
the brigantine had actually taken Oh -o11p.
a cargo of slaves tn previous a.'' The
when chase was Immediately gwen lid
same afternoon the brigantine was - ~;
by Lieu. Chapman OF the SFitfre, ~' by tbs
5eing satisfied with the answers gwen ne - w.
person supposed to be the master ,r,, a I'D, ne
sci. who said he had M papers, dire re- NINE
matches to be opened, whence lssug Sr,ndrsds
diately, the frantic cries of sitting ,r ere had
of wretched human beings, WAo WIZ
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
THE REPUBLICAN CALL.

The call of the National Republican m
mittee for a rational Convention At Chicago,
on the % If June, meets with strong APP
prevail among those t. whoa 10 Is addressed
The Democratic papers do not like 1t, which
is not to BE- wondered at. We have noticed
in the =. Y. Tribune some objec-
ton 70 the time designated for the conven-
ton to assemble, june 18th. The Tribune
thinks the Committee ought { ge-a~semble
and set the day d month arli6r. 1t Is, of
course. of no sort Of consequence TO the Re
publicans of fhis state when the convention
meets but we think the Ir75lne makes a
deal more Of objection To the 18th OF Jane
than there Is ground for. It j. four days
earlier than the Convention 81 1856 WAS
held, and fire months. lacking many days,
before the election. OF course the proper
agencies should be- at work energetically
presenting before the people ia ali doubtful
regions the grounds on which they ought to
decide how thew will vote for the two Chief
officers of the nation. Republican principles
are not dependent on the particular men who
are to be nominated, and there Is gpodly
list OF able men 20 choose from OF course, TOO,
there will be reasons why one man is to be
preferred rather than another, and, other
things being equal, that point can be more
prudently settled at a reasonably late day
than at very carly one. \ great deal OF
work CAN be done in five months after the
candidates are proclaimed, ana probably
quite as much 1riH be done as would be if a
longer time were to Toe taken. One thing Is
sure, Vermont will roll up her immense ma
jority for the Republican nominees just the
same, be the day of nomination June 18Th
or any other day, sooner or later.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONvEN-
TInN

A National Republican Convention will
meet at Chicago. on Wednesday, the thir-
teenth (l3th) day of June next, at - o.
clock, (noon,) for the nomination of candi-
dates to be supported for President and Vice
President of the United States at the next
election.
The Republican electors of the several
States, the members of the Peoples party Of
Pennsylvania, and the Opposition party of
New Jersey. ami all others who are willing
to cooperate with them in support of the
candidates which shall there be nominated,
and are opposed to the policy of the present
administration, to federal corruption and
usurpation, to the extension of slavery into
the territories-tO the new and dangerous
political doctrine that the Constitution. OF
Its own force. carries Slavery into all the
Territories of the United Sates-tO the re
opening of the African slave trade-to any
inequality Of rights among citizens; and who
are in favor of the immediate admission Of
Kansas under the Constitution recently a.
dopted by its people-of restoring the feder-
al administration to a system Of rigid econ0-
my, and to the principles of Washington and
Jeferson--of maintaining inviolate the rights
Of the states and defending the soil of every
state and territory from lawless INVASION
and Of preserving the integrity of the Union,
and the supremacy Of the constitution and
laws passed in pursuance thereof, against
the conspiracy of the eaders of a sectional
party to resist the majority principle as es-
tablshed by the government, even at the ex-
pense of its existence, are invited to send
from each state two delegates from every
Congressional district, and four delegates at
large to the convention.
Signed, EDWIN D, MORGAN. New York.
JOSEPH BARTLETT, Maine
GEORGE G. FOGG, New Hampshire
LAWRENCE BRAINERD, Vermont
JOHN Z. GOODRICH, Massachusetts
GIDEON WILLIS, Connecticut.
JAMES T. SHERMAN, New Jersey.
THOMAS WILLIAMS, Pennsylvania.
GEORGE HARRIS, Maryland.
ALFRED CALDWELL, Virginia.
THOMAS SPO0NER, Ohio.
CASSTUS NJ. CLAY, Kentucky,
JAMES RITCHIE, indiana.
NORMAN B. JUDD, Illinois.
ZACHARIA CHANDLER, Michigan.
JOHN II. TWEEDY, Wisconsin
ALEXANDER RAMSEY. Minnesota.
ANDREW J. STEVENS, Missouri.
MARTIN T. CONWAY, Kansas.
LEWIS OLEPHANE, b. c.
t.1. T-f4
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

4 SINGULAR DEATH.-The old song relates
how - the weaver got hung in his yarn,
and the following from the London Nrrs, tells
how the baker got drowned in his dough
\ few days ago considerable excitement
was caused in Nellingb0rough, by the re-
markable mann r in which Il respectable
Young man named William Nee. about p
years Of age, met with his death. The de-
ceased who was a baker, was, it appears, ac-
customed to rise early for the purpose Of
preparatory measures for batch of bread
On the morning of the painful occurrence he
rose apparently as well as usual, and com
menced preparing the dough for baking. On
others going INTO the baking house they
found their companion in the dough trough,
sutfocated and quite dead Itls supposed that
deceased, who had been subject to fits, was
similarly seized on the morning in question,
and fell head foremos; into mixture of yeast,
four and water.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
MR.. BIGLER'S BILL.

The Washington Reporter for the Associa-
ted Press gives synopsis of Senator bigger :
bill preferred to under our congressional
head), to prevent and punish invaslons oil
anv State or Territory by citizens OF any
State or Territory.
1.-THE first section provides that whenever
anv state or territory is invaded, or IN I'M
minent danger of invasion from external or
internal foes. it shall be lawful for the Presi-
dent TO call out the militia of the state or
states nearest to the point of danger, and al
so to employ the land or naval forces OF the
United States.
This of course gives the President power
to send his troops into any State whenever
he says there is danger of invasion, without
waiting for a call from the State authority,
power which if granted, will give addi-
tional force to the centralizing influences at
Washington, already sufficiently dangerous
to the authority proper of the several States
The other sections punish with DEATH
as guilty Of treason, all persons enga ged IN
any hostile military expedition rom one
State or Territory into another; and with
severe imprisonment or heavy fine, as guilty
of misprision of treason, all who
know of such treason and do not reveal
it at the earliest possible moment
and as guilty of felony, all persons who shall
furnish means or money for such expeditions
or get others to engage in them.
What hanging, imprsoning, and inning
there would have been among the Democracy
Of Missouri and other Slave States, II such
| law had been in force at the time OF the Nan
sas inyasions, and if all the border ruilans
their aiders and abettors, had been dealt VIII
according TO Its requirements
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

Almost every northern newspaper, we sup
pose, has more or less experience of the stop
ping of subscriptions by southern readers,
who do not dare to take a northern paper, in
the reign of terror and post.ofice espionage
which prevails in the South. The Spring
field Republican copies the letter of 4 subscri-
Der down there, who says: I'VE are very
sorry we cannot haveit 1.-THE Republican, any
more, as we like the paper very much, except
its abolitionism. 4" and adds:
We commiserate the intellectual famine
which Is closing in upon the South, with
only such poor fodder from the North as they
get in the Herald and Observer. Half a CEN
fury of such non-intercourse as they are now
striving for will give them right smart
chance for return to primitive barbarism.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

ENGLISH IRoN.-The Troy Wing says that
an examination shows that the iron rods
serving for girders to the immense roof Of the
Union Depot which fell down a few days
since were Of English iron of poorest quality
so brittle that a single blow across an an
vii would snap them like pipe stems. The
roof was built under oontract-given to the
lo,ce,t bidder. The contractors of course
sought for iron where they could purchase
the cheapest.
1--WE are informed says the Wing, THAT
the builders of the roof Contractors by viz
tue of being the lowest bidders) were in the
habit OF supplying themselves with their
own iron IN roof building, from their estab-
lishment in Springfeld but for these grid
ers they went to Rochester, and were sup
nlied At an exceedingly low price. The iron
was ,.o,~ g..,ur be sold low; and II as
MANY suppose, t escaped paying custom
house duty by being imported by way of
Quebec, and then being struggled INTO Roch-
ester bv way of Lake Ontario, that was an
other reason Tor its cheapneSs.
But this is only one OF a thousand instan-
ces of similar character, and teaching the
same lesson. 1t is undisputed, we believe,
that American Railway Iron is the hest Iron
in the world yet we see by the table of i'm
ports that we buy millions of dollars worth
of English K. r. Iron every year To the
amazemeut of foreigners. and to the infinite
discredit Of our own enterprise and of an I'M
friendly general government which scouts
protection to our home industry-the fact
exists, that half Of the Rail- Roads of Penn
sylvania run over inferior English rails and
these rails are laid down over the finest Iron
and Coal beds in the world.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

The END OF 4 LONG STRIFE.-When Bona
parte seized the Spanish throne, the ColOnists
of the La Plata Provinces threw off their
allegiance to it. But they only exchanged
despotism for anarchy.
Buenos Ayres, the Province controlling
the mouths of the Rivers, and concentrating
the most wealth, commerce and population,
undertook also to arrogate the most power.
The inland Provinces refused to be dOmlneer-
ed over. War between City and Country
broke out. They have been fighting each
other with occasional intervals for half a
century, sometimes as distinct States, some
times as Confederation, sometimes as a Con-
stitutiona Union, sometimes as subjects of
Dictatorship. Success at first perched alter
natelv on the banner of each section; but,
later. Rosas. as Captain General, welded an
imperious sceptre in behalf of Buenos Ayres
over all the rest.
The inland Provinces at last asked help of
foreign bayonets. England, France, Brazil,
Paraguay and Uruguay come to their aid.
Before such a coalition, OF course, the power
of Buenos Ayres went down. Rosas was ex-
lied few years ago, and Urquiza, the leader
of the inland Provinces has gradually gained
one adv utage after another, until finally,
his sway has become undisputed.
The last arrival announces the formal
withdrawal of Buenos Ayrean pretensions.
II reafter the metropolitan province consents
to be on equality with the rest. The armies
are to be disbandeC, Constitution adopted,
the Debts paid, and Peace promises at
last to prevail on what has been nearly fifty
year the theatre of War-AB Eoe. Jour.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
THE LAWRENCE DISASTER.

The further testimony in the case Of the
Lawrence catastrophe does not improve the
moral aspect oft Each new witness dis
closes some fresh defect in the building, Ell
Their Of which would seem to have been suf-
fcient to cause its destruction. And each
day adds to the long list Of the killed, wound
ed and missing. 1t is now supposed that Of
all in the building less than three hundred
escaped uninjured. The following figures
from the Lawrence Sentinel represent the
-
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
A TEMPERANCE CONTENTION

We again ask the attention o. opr Cb;+
tenden County readers to the caa for a con-
vention. to meet in the Town Hall N
Burlington on TUESDAY next. to uo1ninat.
County Commissioner.
The object of the Convention is an in.
portant one. deserving Of itself the interos,
and attendance of th' Temperance. lovir,
freemen Of the County But it is in
tended that il shall be som chin,
more than II business meeting. The dav
besides the nomination Of n Commissions
will he occupied in practical discussions on
vital questions connected with the Temper-
anee movement, which cannot fail To DO
both interesting and Instructive in a vorr
high degree. We have used the nhrase
''Temperauca Movement. - but there is room
for doubt whether thera IS zlch mo7ama,,
in this county as a whole-whethor n.
progress, If there is aav. is no' nr,,r.es
backward
Therea evidences of great increase in .r.,
use of intoxicating liquors IN our community
A worthy citizen Of the county said r, rs
a few days since. Il used TO think that vbs,
the generation Of o!d rum drinkers died a
there would he an end Of drinki7- br,
tell you there is crop Of young drunka-5.
now growing which j. worse than the old ,-
and we fear he is not mistaken. But there
can be and must be. a. there was in former
days. Temperance Increment here. Of whose
POWER and direction there need he M doubt
and we trust it wilt date from this NEE TIM
VIII the intelligent and order-loving frearle7
Of the County be present and say whether it
shall be so. or not ?
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
NO SPEAKER YET.

Friday Jan Is. Mr.. Pennington (Rep.l
of New Jersey moved that the House now
proceed to vote, and if there be no election,
then on Monday next a selection shall be
made from the two can ldates highest on the
vote
Fillibu.tering objections We're at once
started by several democrats, and the end of
all was that Mr. Hickman, after remarklng
that it was plain there would be no vote on
for points of order could be raised and dis
cussed indefinitely and considering also the
declaration made from the Democratic side
that no vote should be taken on the plurall-
" rule, moved to adjourn. And the House
adjourned until Monday
The Watchman reports that the Village Of
Montpelier has lately purchased two new
fire engines of the Button & Blake manutac-
ture, Waterford, n. Y. One Of them j04
cubic inches, cylinder IA inches IN diane
ter, : II inches stroke, cross bars, % feet
folding brakes The other As cubic inches,
cylinder inches in diameter, inches
stroke, two cross bars, 90 feet folding
brakes.
Two new companies NOD, and Nos, were
organized to man the new engines, the evil
lage' bye-laws having been so altered as to
allow of FIVE companies.
The total cost of the Montpelier Union
School House, including furniture and grad
ing land. is reported by R. Richardson,
Chairman of Building Committee, to amount
to Sl9, 419 Is.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

it? Can they support open and avowed dis
unionists for Speaker and save themselves at
home? Messrs. Bocock and Millson both be-
long to that Virginia delegation which MIR.
Leake claimed to speak in behalf of.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

A California paper declares that it mus
have been VIM. NJ. Thackersy who got up
the Harper's Ferry instruction, sending o.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

A gentleman once introduced his son to
Rowland Hill, by letter, as a youth Of great
promise. and likely to do honor to the Univer-
sity of which ne was u member; ''hut he is
shy" added the father, land | fear buries
his talents in napkin
A short time afterwards, the parent, anx
ious for his opinion, inquired what ne thought
of his son. II have shaken the Napkin"
said Rowland, lat all the corners, and there
is nothing in it."
BeIarmne-so merciless 70 heretics-'' al
lowcj. says Southey, ''free right of pasture
ON his clrpor,ai domains to 6eas. He thought
thew were created to afford exercise for our
patience, and. moreover, that it WAS unjust
to interrupt them in their enjoyment here
when they have no other Paradise to expect.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

Old Harvard - Is intensely excited over
the arrest OF William II. Forbes, a student,
tor a violation Of the college chapel, and his
detention for trial on the still more heinous
charge of deadly assault upon the officers IN
e re of the building 1t seems that some
students of Harvard and Yale were having q
great frolic by exchanging Bibles from their
respective college chapels The Appleton
chapel at Harvard had been visited, and IN
addition to the loss of Bibles, had been grossly
desecrated. The faculty therefore put
police officer in charge at night, unbeknown
to the students. Last Wednesday night
there was TO be a final exchange of the large
pulpit Bibles, and Forbes was intruStcd with
the Ya.e copy which was to be left upon the
desk and the Harvard copy removed. Othcer
Hilton let the young man enter, which ne did
bv breaking a window. and then arrested him
after a severe tussle, during which the stu
dent struck him a deadly blow on the head
with a " billy" The officer fired his pistol
in the air, and thus ntimidated, young
Forbes surrendered. He had pot of lamp
black with which to smear the desk, and the
bible was already duly inscribed in dirty
paint as present from the president of Yale
college" Forbes is the son OF John NJ. Forbes
mot Robert B. wealthy citizen of Boston.
lie has been held to bail in $4,000, and Is, of
course dismissed from the college.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20
FIRE DIS RIOT NO. /

-
Tho legal voters of Fire District No.
met, in pursuance o! previous notice for
special meeting, in the Town Hall, and
were called to order by the Clerk, an after
the Call had been read VIM Weston, ESQ IF,
was, on motion, app tinted Chairman.
John B. Wheeler then moved that Il tax
of eight cents on the dollar, on the Grand
List of the District, be raised for the purpOs-
es snecifiei in the first article of the Warn
ing;-which motion unanimously prevailed.
A. B. Chaffee then presented the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted, viz
Rssolved That the Prudential Committee of
Fire District No. /, of Burlington be empowered
to paw out of any moneys unappropriated, in the
treasury OF said District, the following sums to
wit: r. Z Il ,omis, twenty three dollars and
seventy six cents, fire bill paid by him, and due
him by the Volunteers.
To the treasurer of Ethan Allen Engine Co.
No l. tlirty-niue dollars and fifty cents, for bills
paid by said Company for painting Engine and
three Rubber Coats.
To the treasurer of Boxer Engine Co. No. 3
seventy two dollars and sixty-two cents for bills
maid by said Company for Brass work upon Hose
TART hanging Bells upon Engine and Hose Cart,
Painting Engine, gallons Oil, and irons for
stilfening brakes
Amounting in all to one hundred and
thirty five dollars and lightweight cents.
The following resolution was then intro
duced by A B Chaffee which, after some
amendments, was passed, viz
P-xofp,d. That all bills for repairs TO the
Engines and Fire Apparatus in this district, shall
he ordered by the Chief Engineer and that bills
Drcsented by the Companies, without the authori =
~ f the Chief Engineer first being procured,
sha not be paid by the district
rhe Collector was motion directed t.
c,llact and pay over % lax, this evening
voted, bv the first day of March.
On motion the meeting adjourned, s'ne DIE q.
CHARLES j. ALGER.
Clerk
SLAVERY IN NEBRAsKA.-The Omaha Ne
broxk,,;u IT the 10th states that the bill abJi-
ish,n.e slavery in Nebraska, which had passed
both branches al the Legislature, mas been
vetoed by Gov. Black.
Gov. Black holds his Office by appointment
,,,n President Buchanan. Gov. Black s
veto is a sample of the popular sovereignty
doctrine, according to the sham democracy.
The people of the Territories are perfectly
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

VICTORIA BRIDGE.-The estimated cost Of
the Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, was on'
million five hundred thousand pound; s'er-
ling. But its actual cost is said to be one
million three hundred thousand pounds ster-
ling. or one million dollars less than the e.
Inmates. Five and three quarters OF million
of dollars is large sum to put into one bridge
any way. A thorough testing of the strength
of the bridge took place last month. A tram
drawn by three powerful locomotives, and
long enough to reach through two spans OF
the bridge, and loaded so as TO make weight
of tll1 to the rnHning foot, was run on %
the bridge. and applied to the several spans
in succession. Careful arrangements had
been made TO measure the amount OF defec-
ton. The result wa highly satisfactory
While in the first tube only, the deheeuon Of
that tube in the middle was se7en-elghtn'
of an inch, the adjoining empty tube being
lifted in the middle three-eighths. The loaa
being placed half over both tubes the dedee--
ton was the same in each, thTee-tOurtfs OF
an inch and when run wholly upon tne
second tube the result was the reverse OF tA1'
in the first The final test was the long on
trial span $3.50 feet), where the dehec'ou
was only one inch and three-eighths In u
instance was the DETECTION greater than I've
eighths Of what it was expected
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

FOREIGN NEws.-By the arrival Of the
Europa at Halifax, Jan. 18th. we have later
news from Europe.
The date for the meeting of the European Con-
gress seems as yet doubtful.
1t was rumored that there we're serious Difficult
ties in the French Cabinet.
The rumOred threatened withdrawal Of the POpe'
Nuncio from Paris is officially denied.
Lord Wacauley died in London the 2Sth, %
disease Of the heart after fortnghts illness The
result sudden and unexpected. lie was only
50 years old. and as he married, his title
becomes extinct
The Milan Gazette announces that the Ex-Duks
of MOdena had advanced with his troops toward
the frontiers Of Modena. Part Of his army
already at a frontier town.
Col. Cadogan, military attache TO the British
legation in Piedmont had been ordered To the head
quarters Of Gen. Fanta, at Bologna. This is re-
garded at Turin q proof ofthe interest taken
By Great Britain in Central Italy.
Vienna letters say that the Austrian statesmen
were beginning to see the impossibilitY Of rest0r-
ing the Italian Dukes, and were almost reconcilsi
to the idea Of the Central Italy organization.
It was reported that the flte Of the aristocrstic
party engaged in Office have resolved TO serve with
out pay in order to tighten the public burdens.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-20

1t is supposed but few more bodies will
be found in the ruins.
The following letter was addressed by
Mayor saunders TO the Boston committee,
who have IN hand the raising Of charitable
aid for the sufferers