Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-02-16

Skating is not as fashionable in G.-.a
this winter as in former years.

Skating is not as fashionable in G.-.a
this winter as in former years.
The Telegraph Companies between N.r
York and Boston have reduced their rates r..
half, from 90 to 80 cents.
y large sale of ordinance took place a-
FORTRESS MonSOe, last week. About 500
old cannOn-Iebei and oJherwisl-s.l .l-
! to > l-3c per pound.
The confectioners Of Paris have
with missionary society u i1scr. Cs-7.-.
from religious works in their blu-t.s- r..
stead Of sentimental notices.
Mr.. Phelps, agent Of the American -z
press at s. Mary's, Canada West. has
seconded, taking $4,000, and has s.r.
Europe.
\ petition has been received by th- r.s-
dent. asking the pardon Of John G. B....a-
ridge signed by upwards of sc,.-.s members
OF the Kentucky Legislature.
The rsappsaranoe Of rei,I unions .a
the streets " Richmond made necessary o.
button rand there the other day. A mill
tsry guard went through TIE streets arrest
M all persons wearing rebel buttons. act
took them 70 Libby prison where the button
were cut of and she parties dismissed
young lady on Thursday last was
Ihrown of her balance by the weight Of her
water tall at s.. Louis, and fell into % cis.,-u
where she came near being drowned. S-r
learned the difference between e water fall
and a fall IN the water
General Butler declined to attend lie
leyee Of General Grant IN these word. &c.
General Butler has the honor 20 Gscl.1.
the invitation Of Lieutenant General Grant
General Butler has now no desire tor r1r.
Their acquaintance"
Excavations now making at P0mpeu han
brought 10 light several vestigcs % Gle ar-
Gent Christians. In the palace OF the Ellie
Pansa, IN the Via Fortuna, an unfinished
seulptured cross has been found on one
the walls, As well as abusive Inscr.p.iln-
ami clrlactures ridicuhng cruci6sd Cod.
a heavy delalcation has been brought. t.
Light in the Office Of the United States Sub
Treasurer in San Francisco. bv William
Macy, cashier in the office. 80 lar as dis
covered the delalcation amounts TO about
$4,000. Macy has abscondcd to parts
unknown.
Gen. Butler has closed negotiations r--
valuable mill property On the James River
near richmond, Intending to egset extensive
cotton factories. Tie Cox fum, cen-ail.r-
2.sOO acres, through which runs Dutch 0sl
canal, has been offered TO the General. sul
ne has IN contemplation its purchase. New
England families and mill operators Will .s
settled upon it.
The Richmond Times complains Of the ,z-
travagance Of the fair damsels of that ci.-.
come OF whom are sand TO have their L1-
eurled at an expense Of from 50 10 SIS .-r
each operation. If we have not been m.s.1-
formed the hair Of some Of the dam-eis o..
that city eurls naturally, which must Ie
a great thing, where such extravlSlnt fish
ions prevail.
Society in Peru Is somewhat complicated.
each race becoming caste Of its own. and
the catalogue Of classes including whites, ne
grOes, Indians, Chinese, mulat0es. mcsriz7s.
chino-blancOs, chinO-chol0s, zamb0-chinCs.
cuarteroons, creOIes, chino-oscuros, nestle
claros, zambO negroes, and mulatt0-oscur0s-
Among all these it is somewhat difficult 70
find the Peruvlans.
\ pension Of eight dollars per month has
been gwen to Isabella Hall, Of Maine, who
has served laboriouslY and steadily during
the war as a nurse. Whilst travelling upon
the Mississippi, Mrs Hall accidentally tell
through the hatchway Of the vessel, and re-
eeiyed lasting bodily injury. The House
considered her clam TO a pension WAS vlii.
and accordingly placed her upon the list.
Some body-snatchers at Norwalk, Conn,
undertook a few nights ago to dig up the
body Of a young lady who had died sudden
ly, and they succeeded admirably. But
when they took her out of the coffin expo
sure to the cold air aroused her from q cat
eleptic fit, which had been mistaken for
death. The resurrectonists fled and she
walked home, but her parents refused 90 al
NIT her to their house, thinking her a ghost.
She Jared better at the house of q Young
man to whom she was engaged, and they
have since been married.
Last month little boy in Minnesota, who
was returning home from a neighbOr'ss
mile and half distant, fell into an oil IN
covered well over which the snow had drii'-
ed, where he remained five days and nights
lie heard teams passing and called for help
but no one came to him till the firth day
when neighbor heard hin call. His hands
and feet were frozen and he thought ne
must die but had determined TO call for help
to the last. His parents supposed he had
at the house where he had been
visiting on account of the stormy weather.