Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-02-12
New Publications.


HARPER's NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for Feb
ruary,
Has an attractive table of contents. The
leading article. Simon Kenton, is a memoir
of one of those daring adventures, Of whom
the early history of the Western States has
SO much to say. Episode Farming is lively
narrative, by little Frenchman of the city,
of his experience in farming. Mehitabe
Rogers Cranberry Swamp is Cape Cod
story, the stirring part of it beng the sea
experience of two brothers. Trollope's
Small house at Arlington is continued. The
Monthly Record of Events, Editors Drawer,
&c. accord with the times.
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DARING AND SUFFERING. \ History of the
Great Railroad Adventure By Lieut.. W
Pittenger, one of the Adventures. Phil
adelphia ). W. Daughaday.
In the fore part of April, 1862, twenty
TWO persons, all but one or two in the United
States Military Service, were detailed from
the Union forces at Murfreesboro', Tenn,
who, under the charge Of one who had expe-
rience in the secret service, penetrated to
the centre of the Rebel Couicderacy, their
object heing, by adroitness or force to seize
the engine, tender and baggage-cars OF
train az OF near Atlanta. in Georgia. and TO
make their way rapidly thence to Chattanoo-
"a and beyond, burning the bridges on their
FIXING route. and thus u sever efectually the
connection between the East and Beaureeard's
forces az Corinth, and thus To make the re-
ciuD clear for an important movement Of the
o., Onion forces in East Tennessee. The
e4terpriz, succeeded so far a. the seizure OF
thc train WIS concerned. and with their
prize Tine daring advcnturers sped their way
u'r.hvari, cutting tine telegraph wires
g. present communication from being sent
aheid ct them. Unexpectedly. however,
tAey lad soon 10 meet an unusual number
Of freight trains, by which they were 20 de-
layei that the accomplishment Of their main
purpose was frustrated. on the point Of
being oyertaken by pursuing train, they
had, after q run Of about lee miles, to seek
safety 10y scattered flight into the woods
But the country was soon thoroughly arous-
ed all around them, and they all were sue
cessiveiy captured, after severe suferings
from hunger and exposure. \ subsection to
gross indignities and abuse, and confinement
in loathsome dungeons (where they found
loyal Tcnncsseans long immured for the
crime of refusing to be traitors) Immediately
followed. Beaten and starved by the inhu-
man rebels who had them in their possession,
eight of them ere long underwent the mock
cry Of trial. and were harbarously hung
\ like fate awaited the Others. though the
form of a trial had not been gone through
with. In a bold attempt o escape certain !
death, eight OF them succeeded the other |
six were retaken and sent to Richmond: and |
finally, after eleven months of unexampled !
suffering and outrage, they were exchanged |
and restored to their friends. who had long |
supposed them dead. The book before Us
was written by one of the survivors, and is
a vivid narrative Of their daring, their suf |
ferings and their endurance. 1t will be read |
with intense interest, and will give fresh |
views of the atrocious character Of the men
engaged in the rebellion against the rightiul
government Of their country.
For sale by Huntington
Tns WoRSs OF Francis BAcox. Baron Of
Neruiam, DC, Vol. VIII Boston. TAG
GAED * IHoNPsoN. 1868.
We have spoken 50 many times Of the
beauty and excellence Of this edition of Lord
Baeun's Works, edited by Messrs. Speeding.
Ellis & Heath, that we have no need to re-
peat our former praise. This volume is oc-
cupled with TRANSACTIONS in English Of some
OF Bacon Philosophical works which were
written by hin IN Latin 1t will be welcome
10 many students, who are not sufficiently
familiar with the language IN which they
were written to master in that form, the
thoughts Of the author clearly and with case
The TRANSACTIONS contained in this volume.
are those Of the Great Instauration. The
New orgnon The Preparatiyc towards
Natural and Experimental History :, and
Books 2d and Sd of The Dignity and Ad-
vncement Of Learning.
Two more volumes, the 9th and lOth. will
complete the work--the llth to the 18th,
inclusive, being the volumes first published I
All the volumes printed are obtainable of
Fuller.
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