Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-03-22

'"JS 1ue noatlng battery mas nOs SUNK, but IS
ready for action.
1t is said that MIR Douglas held Mr.. Lin
coins hat during the entire reading Of the
Inaugural The pressure around the new
President was such that, if placed upon the
stage, it would probably have been rendered
- shocking bad hat and so Mr.. Douglas
extended his kindly Offices in Its behalf.
Did he think how Lincoln might hav,
been holding Douglas hat, f.
The Land Offices at the West are reeei7lnr
numerous letters from the South, inquirine
about desirable locations. Some of thes-
come from as far south as Louisiana aud
Texas. and indicate that there will be g
stampede from Secessia for the free West. II
the disunionists continue in power.
The wife of President Davis, emulating
the custom OF the White House, is giving
receptions at the Executive Mansion 10
Montgomery.
An Ice Machine, Harrison's Invention. IS
at work IN London, producing with q ten
horse steam engine, & 200 pounds Of Ice IL q
hours. at q total expense of 81 so per ton.
which is said TO be 50 per cent cheaper than
imported ice.
Latham. captain of the SLAYER Cora
made his escape from one OF Marshal
| Rvnder's officers, the other day. While
tba marshal was in Washingtl1.
one Callahan an officer Of his, TOOK the CAP
tam to a tailor's to purchase some clothing.
| and while there certain persons told the ot1cs-
that he might select q suit OF clothes t5r
himself. As he was engaged in looking over
the articles, Latham escaped from the store
and made off in a carriage, and has not been
heard Of since.
The Philadelphia Greys had a superb p1r
trait Of Twiggs in their srmoryr the position
| of which. on hearing Of his treason, they
reversed turning it, as Captain Goldman
said, ..forked eend upwards.
The seeding States are IN a fine condition.
| surely-S0uth Carolina owing over Hr NIL
| liens, Georgia over three millions, Alahama
over fire millions, Mississippi over 3srsn
millions (unrepudiIted), Louisiana over tsr
millions.
MuIligan, the y. Y. bully recently sen
! fenced to States prison, has been brought
out on a writ Of error, and Is TO have a new
trial which of course Will secure his liberia
I
that Mulligan did not pull the trigger ofths
ristoI he held. To aim pistol at mans
/ breast. and to threaten TO kill him on the
snot. does not, according to this decision.
| constitute the offense OF attempting 70 dis
/ charge anv kind of frearm with intent O.
| kill or main - it is not an attempt 70 dis
/ charge, but only preparation 70 dlscha-e
The Grove Works, a large factor ar
Hartford. was burned on Thursday, CAUSE
a loss Of $50, 000 A young man namsi
! Cowles was burned TO death.
despatch from AtchisOn, Kansas, dr.
18th, saws the Relief COMMITTEES have T.
csived over 5000 bushels Of seed vha1-.
about equal to the amount received pre7I1- '-
II. Ten thousand bushels were shipped IL.
dav for Lea7enworth for distribution
Ieavenworth and Douglas COUNTIES. Tie
/ demand for potatoes for seed IS very l--.=.
/ and there Is scarcely any on hand. The SUI
/ NV of provisions Is small thougA 3TI--a-
/ mons are more pressing than e7eT-
In Belfast. Me, Young man named Page
got caught while adjusting pully 10 Rus
sells paper mill, and everything he hs- On
was stripped from him except his necs -s
his boots and stockings What is mora cs
markable Is that he received no injuries =
cept q slight chafng of the skin Of his .s.s
and one his arms.
1t is stated that the trunks of the passs-
gers BY the steamer K. K, Cuyler, On hai
last passage from New York to savanna
were opened By the custom house oh'srs 0.
the latter port and submitted TO q rigid q
animation. Nothing but the strictly Ie--
sOnal effects Of the passengers were Ieru--
ted to pass the custom house
The Mobile Advertiser tells how at the r.
cepti0n of Gen. Twiggs IN New Orleans tas
other day, a file of the soldiers were shane
fully treated. Close IN their rear as ths-
were drawn up in the street, was a lo1S
mortar bed, two feet deep ready for t5s
wOrkmeu. The space between the files 10
the passage Of the carriages being ratha
/ narrow, the officer ordered the men 70 taks
c step back They did so, and about twenty
feet Of ''soiers'' instantaneously disappears1
from sight backwards into the mortar. Ths7
took cabs and went home instanter.
There is an oil fever in Canada as vel a.
in Pennsylvania. The district where oil e
found is about 80 miles S. E. of Port Sarnia,
in a fiat, swampy country. The oil IS found
! IN an underlying deposit OF tenacious Gay,
at depths ranging from 80 to 20 feet
| geolOgist named Denton, who has examl1sc
1 the place, says it Is not coal oil, but 'ar5
| oil, secreted by the coral insects, aud driven
/ by heat and pressure into the reservoirs sn1
| crevlces where 1t Is found.
/ An Irishman, wishing to reach Spring
/ field. Mass, from Albany, by the Western
rail road a few days since seecretsd himself
| in q car loaded with live hogs. lie ta-
| asleep from fatigue and when discovered the
hogs had gnawed of his boots, destroyed rs
clothing ard mutilated his fac and hands.
The Southern students. seven or eight Il
number, have "seceded' from Dartmouth
College.
There have been 13j lost children returned
TO their parents through the police telegraph
in New York city thus far this month.
There was heavy snowstOrm n the nelsh-
borhoOd Of Boston on Saturday, q. Least
eight inches having fallen. The storm ca
not extend farther wes- than Lowell
At the dead letter Office there were received
last wear Q. go letters containing money The
amount being $50, l54 SO. 49,,
More than nine-tenths Of the above letter,
and money have been sent out and delivered
N the writer's thereof. Those letters contain
ing money, the owners Of which cannot y
found. are fled. to await the application q
the owners.
\ student of Harvard College, Chas: Z.
Faulkner. Of So. Acton, Mass, was kiIle1 "
Porter's station Oh the Eltchburgh K. H. %
Saturday. lie started to cross thet track dlrac'iJ
before a locomotive&was nearly cut IN tTo'l'
is thought hardly possible that he a'i 1''
know What he was doing, but there -
reason assigned for the suicide.
There are still 802 gentlemen Of Southern
origin in Government pay, and dong army
duty. while only l27, all tod have reslgnsl.
The block of marble that Louisiana sent
to be placed in the Washington monumen''
has the following in criptiOn on It's sIls