Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-02-01
Items Of News.

The business Of extinguishing fires in Phil-
adaphia is TO be given 10 a company who
offer for $50, ,000a year TO do the whole work
1t costs the city much more, under present
arrangements.
4 man uamsd Wilcox was fatally injured
in BuflAlo recently, by striking against q bar
laid across q gateway, through which he
was running. 1t was dark, and not seeing
the bar, he hit his head against IL with full
force, knocking him back 10 feet.
'ihe Rhode Island House of Representa-
tives has cOncurred with the Senate in the
repeal Of the Personal Liberty law of that
| State. The majority was very declded-43
| TO l8.
Mr.. F. C. Treadwell, lawyer of New
York, has sworn TO an affidavit charging
treason upon various members of Congress
and others from the States of South CaroIi-
na, Georgia, and other seeding States. The
affidavit was presented to Chief Justice Ia
uev, who returned it, deeming it ian i'm
proper paper to be offered TO the court"
A letter received from gentleman at
Key West, dated January IA, states that
Fort TAYLOR has Just been reinforced with
United States troops and proyisiOns-the
writer thinks enough to withstand siege OF
three years.
4 day or two ago, small box was brought
from Baltimore by the Adams Express Co.,
directed to The Governor of fMassachusetts"
On opening it, his Excellency found that the
box contained some two dozen Minnie rife
balls, but not word as to who sent them
The Worcester Spy says there is thrifty
cotton tree growing in the Claflin Mill, IN .
New England Village. 1t sprung from
cotton seed thrown outside with the refuse,
aud yields steady though limited supplyof
the cotton wool-considerably finer than
that which comes from Carolina.
A keg of powder containing fifty poun1s,
was placed beneath the North Market House
in St. Louis, one night recently. strip oil
cloth saturated with spirits, placed In con-
nection, and fred but the fire went out OF
itself, and the building was saved.
The depth of snow in some parts of New
Hampshire is nearly SIX feet
The muskcts seized on board the steamer
Monticello last week are stated to be part
Of a quantity manufactured for the British
Government. AZ Windsor, Vermont, bat re-
iected as unseryiccahle. After being trans-
ferred from on party to another, they vere
finally. after % year or so, purchased by the
Adiutau,-ts. %. raj Of the State OF Georgia,
and were hing shipped pursuant TO his
order.
II is said another robbery was discovered
in the land office at Washington on Friday,
though not on the usual magnificent scale
It appears that DIR. Dowling, of Georgia,
now in iaiI OF another charge. while clerk
there, took three warrants for Indian lands
and Intoxicated them. The warrants came
back 10 the Office, when fraud was discover
ed. The government loses nothing.
A letter received from Key West, states
that Judge Marvin, late United States Judge
of admiralty Of Florida, was defeated for the
Florida convention by the vote Of the Key
West wreckers, who trcre told BY agents Of fss
Florida Senators that thereby they would get
rid of the United States court and the light
houses. which, of course, are great injury
to their infamous business.
ItI by such petty trickery as this that the
cause of secession is urged on
The customary morning inquiry IN WASH.
inoton. Of s.IIow is the Presidents health
has been changed into "How Is the Pre1-
dents backbone
The Harlem r. R. was completely blocked
up by snow on Thursday. One train left
Albany at iP. NJ, and came back to that
city. unable to 20 on, at 3 the next morning.
The drifts were or 10 feet deep, and the ssi-
ecraph wires broken down. On Friday
notice vas given in Albany that no tram
vou!I leave till the train which Isft New
York on Thursday arrived
Stebbins, Kellogg and Kinney, the men on
trial at Bridgeport, Ct., for the robbery Of
the Adams Express Company's safe, were
sentenced on Tuesday to years hard labor
in States Prison. -s--.
A cattle train on the Rutland burlington
Railroad. consisting of IA cars, broke through
,Lo br;dge between Bellows Falls and Ches-
tar w. on Monday. cars went through,
tiIi;ng so sheep and cattle. No injury
was sustained b, the men on the train.
The eveninz train from Troy to North
Adams, ran off the track in drift on Mon
day, about miles from Adams. No one
was hurt The train stopped only 10 tees
from the bank of the Hoosic river, sf tnat
place 80 feet high The tender was over,
turned, and the wood dumped against ana
into a house close by the track. An oid
man in bed in the house. frightened py tna
racket. Jumped out and ran, pann IN ons
hand and boots In the other-