Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-11-10
News Items.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has not decided the question whether man
who keeps poll parrot is made subject to a
double poll tax.
Punch properly styles this the worst thing
out Why is the Atlantic Cable like Rail-
road across Valley? Because it's a wire
ducked.
Senator Henry Wilson of Mass celebrated
his silver wedding on Monday. 1t was not
all silver, one of the presents being a purse
containing $1,000 in greenbacks, which was
collected of visitors during the evening.
There was an extensive fire at Keen.e n.
ii. Thursday night and Friday morning of
last week, destroying several buildings above
the Cheshire House. The Post Office was pull
ed down to stop the devouring element. Total
loss $4,000.
In New Orleans lately, Judge Duplantier
decided that the value OF a pew in church
might depend in a great degree on the
legitimate pride of a father to establish a
gifted daughter with the benefit to he de-
rived from the conspicuous position in
question. Not new, but the first Judicial
statement of the fact.
The revived Richmond Examiner promises
TO be highly conservative sheet. even in
its spelling. The prospectus includes such
words as 'labOur, honour, vigour, heroick,
topick, publIck, patriotick, politicks, &c,
and one of its clauses states that the paper
will even aim TO teach the Southern people
''pure and classIck English, distinct from
the models, and redeemed from the innova-
tions OF Northern Instructors
The old dodgers IN Hartford Conn, had
Jolly time on Saturday afternoon, in the
form of muffin game of base ball There
were twenty pursy old gents,-doctors. law
yers, mayors, bankers. merchants, peda-
gogues,-fortifed with a ten gallon demi-
jGhn of the "Tincture of Arnica,'' to mend
the rents in their trousers with bats as big
as barn-dOors, and balls as large as school
globes.
The funeral service attendant on the re-
interment of the body of the gallant young
Colonel Uric Dahlgren,, son of Admiral
Dahlgren, who was killed in front of
Richmond during General Kilpahick's
famous raid around that city early in the
year 1861, were celebrated IN Washington
Tuesday. There was a large assemblage
present, including the President, nearly all
the members of the Cabinet. army and navy
officers of all grades, and many other per-
sons of distinction. The funeral sermon
was preached by the Rev Henry Ward
Beecher. The remains were taken to Phil
adelphia for interment
As the Vermont Central cattle tram. in
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tween West and South Acton on the Fitch
burg railroad, Tuesday morning about five
O'Clock, it was run into by the Rutland and
Burlington cattle train going In the same
direction. The saloon car of the former as
which was in the rear Of the train, and in
which were about fifteen persons, were COM
pletely smashed, but fortunately no pers n
received any injury except few slight
bruises. The two cars next to the saloon
car were uninjured, but the fourth, fifth
and sixth cars, which were filled with cat
tie and sheep valued at about $1,000, the
property of Mr.. F. + Trumble of Malone.
y. Y. were entirely demolished, aud the
cattle thrown in every direction, many being
killed and nearly all having their LEGS broken.
The engin oof the rear train was also badly
injured.
\ feet Of naval vessels, consisting Of the
steamers Vanderbilt and P0whatan. the
sloOp-of-war Tuscarora and the Monitor Mo-
nadnoc, will shortly, If it has not already.
sail from Fortress Monroe. by way of st.
Thomas, Vest Indies, for San Francisco aad
Other Pacific ports, to attend to our national
interests on that side of the continent
II Is said that the War Department has
ordered stop to be put 10 the sales of all
manner Of army transportation material
There is still considerable supply remain
ing in possession Of the government. for
which it would appear General Grant and /.
the Secretary think We may have use.
The Secretary Of War has designated the 1
Brooklyn Navy Yard as the rendezvous olall /
surplus vessels of the navy, at
which place auction sales will take place /.
when a sufficient number of vessels have been .
collected for this purpose In this way all I
the vessels drawn from our merchant marine 4
during the rebellion will be disposed Of. /
The sales OF vessels at the Brooklyn Yard .
within the past three months have reached |
nearly million Of dollars.