Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-03-25

tor Emanuel, as reported. He entertains n
relations whatever with that disobcdicnt so
Of tte church.
Gov. Buckingham Of Connecticut, no
having drawn his salary for the past eigh
teen months, ordered the Treasurer, on Tues
day, to credit the whole sum, amounting Z.
sixteen hundred and fifty dollars. to IN,
State Fund for the benefit Of sick and wound
l ed soldiers.
! Chief Justice Ianey hopes soon to assume
his duties on the Bench Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. He Was eighty
seven years old on Thursday. His lower
limbs are paralyled, but bis health is good
and his mental faculties are in full yigor.
and he is good for l3 years at least.
Five Parsee firms in London have contrib
uted FIVE hundred pounds sterling for the re-
relief Of the emancipated negroes in the
United States. The Parsees are the de-
cendsats in ttss-East Indies Of the fire w5r-
shippers. driven out from Persia on accouut
of their religion
Gen. J. c Fremont WIS en- Friday even
ing formally nominated tor the Presidency
by meeting Of bls friends held at the
Cooper Institute IN New York city.
Sturgeon, the sensation preacher at Lon
don, is coming to this country in May.
There are now living but twelve soldiers
of the Revolution. and on the 4th inst,
Congress passed a vote of thanks to them.
Of which copy was ordered to be sent to
each. Seven and probably eight Of the
number were born in New England The
House Of Representatives recently passed a
bill increasing the pensions of each SlOo
additional per aunum. to cease at their
death
Rev. W H. Daniels Of st. John, Y. B.,
has come on all the way from there to 90 as
a delegate Of the Christian Commission 20
the army without IAF.
The St albans Transcript SAYS that Mr..
John Mozier. an American sculptor resident
in Rome, Italy, who is engaged in modelling
veiled Undlne, which the London Atbe-
neum praises, Is Yermonter, norm in Bur
lington, August 22l, 1872
Mr. Walton, alluding to the fact, mem
toned by Rev. Dr. Witherspoon in his me-
moir of Rev stephen Oln, that Mr. Olin
had an offer 10 make him a Senator Of South
Carolina, as colleague If John C. Calhoun,
says Another inciicnt l. not noticed
and that Is, the sacacity of Mr.. Olin in ST.
lecting Alex stephens, when % poverty
stricken lad, for education, and educating
him. Mr. stephens once acknowledged to-
us his obligations TO Vcrmont's great school
master
4 new publishing firm has jos, been flrm-
cd in New York. tho members Of which arc
Mr.. Henry O. Hou-hton Of the famous
'' Riverside Press" Cambridge. and SIR
MeIancthon ". Hurd, who has just retired
from the frm OF sheldon s Co., 10 New
York. Mr.. Houghtou went abroad, on the
10th inst. to increase the facilities Of his
business He will continue to have the ez-
elusive management Of the stereotypins and .
printing department AZ Riverside, Cam
bridge.
The following merchants Of St. Adams /
have died within few months past,
Messrs. John 5 Foster. ". W Post, Ben |
iamin F. Farrar, William Farrar, Stafford /
Gadcomb, Lawrence r. Brainerd, and Levi 1
Webster.
Among the recent deaths Of prominent |
men in Franklin County are those Of Messrs. /
Joseph Soule and Aaron Burr Of Fairfield, /
OrsOn Carpenter, Esq, of Fast Berkshire, /
Mr. Josiah Houghton Of Bakersfield, ana 4
the Rev JOSIAH Chamberlain, Of Fairfax,
and Eleazer Jewert, Esq. Of St. Adams, /
who was accidentally killed while blasting /.
logs.
Samuel Williams, ESQ, the Governors /
Secretary, has purchased a dwelling in st.
Adams.
Major Willard recently married Miss An
tonia Ford, Of Fairfax Court House, Va, and
had narrow escape from capture by guer-
rillas while on his way to Washington with
the young lady and her father, preparatory
to the marriage