Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-01-19
News Items.

The Richmond Times earnestly calls upol
the virginia Legislature 10 pension rebe
soldiers who were crippled in the service.
4 curious motion was made before Judgt
Sutherland in New York last week, being nc
L. than TO compel Rev Antoine Nerren
r-stor OF the French Episcopal church du St
spirit, TO call a meeting of his vestry and
reside thereat, 1t was denied.
A woman in Mareneo, Wayne & Co., y.
l., who lett her child alone two days IN the
recent ccld snap. without fire or nourish-
ment, the child DYING in consequence, has
been held for murder.
Miss Harriet Lane, who dispensed the
hospitality of the White House during the
administration Of Mr.. Buchanan, was mar
ried at Wheatland, on Thursday. to Edward
Johnston, Esq, a banker of Baltimore.
Mr.. Buchanan gave away the bride.
OF the 5000 post-ofices in the dsloyal
States, about 1000 have been reopened
Nearly 300 Of these have received post
mistresscs, because no man could be found
who could take the oath that be had not
borne arms against his country The ladies,
though as rebolliOus in spirit, are able to
take the oath.
Some Of the oil companies Of Pennsylva-
MIA make deplorable exhibit 20 the Auditor
General The same stock which a few
months ago was represented by the directors
to be cheap at ten dollars per share, Is now
valued by the same directors at FIRE cents
per share.
John Rose. Brooklyn lad, nine years
old and worth fifty thousand dollars in his
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boarding school in Northampton, Mass.
Not liking his new place Of residence, he set
fire 20 it the day be got there and it was
burnt down. The proprietor has Just re-
covered $ll 800 damages for the little ras-
calls act.
Louisville gentleman last week put
an interesting question 70 Mr.. Seward. Secre-
tary Of State. Mr.. Seward replied Il |
must answer sou diI lonatically, and he |
did. d" And now. slid the gentleman, .. |
will ask you another question, and you can /
answer a. automatically as YOU please
Arc We 70 have war; ~ No =" replied the 1
Secretary. Nothing Diplomatic about that
Ia Boston, the other day, Thomas Burns
whacked over the head with a sabre a man
who said he wished JEFF Davis was presi-
dent now. Burns was hauled III for the
assault. On the trial i; was shown THAI he
had rendered gallant service as scout in
the war; was five times an inmate of rebel
prisons, and On one occasion was hung by
the neck TO tree for 4 spy, but cut down
by the order Of the rebel General HOkc.
barely in time TO save his life, after which
be was one Of the little crew who aided the
gallant Cushing in the destruction Of the
rebel ram Albemare. For ali which he
Il . Irsaf .n-Na.
both the Secretary Of the Navy and the Sc
cretary of War. The Judge without com
ment imposed ere OF one cent without
costs.
Last week, as a railroad train was stop
ing at Gordousyille. Va. to put of the mail,
quite a crowd who had assembled there made
an assault On the mail agent, who was a
Northern mau-as the POst-ofhcc Department
appoint none who cannot take the oath.
They informed him that they would rot al
low any Yankees to run on their roads {
Words led 70 blows, and the train moving q
of the mail agent escaped with his life. On J
reporting this to the P0st-Ofico Department. I
Gov. Randall Immediately struck Gordons- !
vile from the Inst Of post-oficcs, and trains
now run by that point.
The Hera'dS Washington correspondent
says the true story OF the attempted assassi- ,
nation Of Senator Wade partakcs rather Of
the character Of farce than Of tragedy.
lusty, half-craoked individual. quite well ,
known in circles lower than Mr.. Wade's. .
did call on the Senator. and imp0rtuned him
Tor some sort OF a recommendation more
after the manner Of q biz, teasing boy. than E
desperate, blOodthirsty man. Mr. Wade T
exercised him with a kick whercupon he o
betook himself to Wilson, and told him he {
had been to see " Old Wade on this bust ;
ness, that he had treated him shabLily. and Il
he couldn't understand it. The city papers t
Tortured this into an attempt to assassinate a
Wade. f
An important decision has been rendered s.
n Eng land, which determines that diane r,
Ter OF sc zen feet Is not unreasonably large D.
Ter lady { hoop skirt. 4 lady, walking d
along the street in London, caught her dress b.
On a nail Of packing box, which a merchant -
had left on tie sidewalk, and sued for dam
ages The merchant showed that the box
occupied only three feet on the inner side Of ?,
the sidewalk, and that seven feet were left ~
for the lady, and claimed that the accident :,
was due to her negligence. But the court a.
decided in favor Of the lady, holding that II
seven feet was not an unreasonable space foT
her to cover. The New York Tunes begs n
the ladies to claim at least that space in the ~
cars aid church pews at their legal right 10