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Prohibition OF License

OF the large number Of witnesses o.llai by
the petitioners, the majority Of them are of SUI
Accent public eminence and worth to make the
PREE Pass recede from its former dogmatic
assertion that the opposition TO the Maine law s
essentially made up either Of rummies or those
in sympathy with rummes TINES,
March liM.
We beg our neighbor's qayton-tbe tAEE
Pass has reoedod from no assertion IN this
matter, and it never made the one above
quoted. We hare noted occaslonally the
fact that in this state the call for repeal
of the prohibitory law has been mainly con-
fined to those who sell and drink liquor, aad
the Tias-, we believe, has never dared deny
1t squarely.
We doubt not that 1t might be added with
perfect truth, that in Massachusetts, also,
any and every effort for the repeal of the
law has the unanimous and hearty approval
of every man Of those whom the Times calls
3. ruuuIes.
The Tiaes makes some garbled extract;
| from our article OF last week, and re
plies in the following powerful strain
We submit whether common sense men d.
not make distinction between the laws that ar
radically capable Of enforcement in society %
cause really public opinion, laEs that hing
upon principle 0, seli-integest, touching al
alike, that is their nerve Of life, and laws OF th'
nature Of sumptuary ensctments. II the "sVer
age public opinion is in favor Of the law IL
Vermont, Why Is " the average public" lntem
perance on the steady increase IN our large
communities, wherever the evil existed befor
its enactment If the average public opinion
is IN favor Of the law why do the prohihitioa.st
shrink back from It's Impartial enforcement
whv is the miserable retail yender OF the " cor
. trsband" heavily fined for selling that whic
the wholesale manufacturer Of is lett totally VI
disturbed.
The evidence Of the little communities
Vermont who have not and never had cay 81
prec;able intem2erance to deal With is Of no Walt
, when opposed e Tai Of communities where y
evil has always been too palpably present. II
J, honest friends of prohibition would grow di
: gusted with prohibitory law conventions II tn'
knew how many members OF the coryea1'
' that nominated our Co-niy Commissioner
= coursged By their presence and example 90
before the convention and after its adlournmer
= the violation Of the law to which they bad y
'e pledged their hearty support and in which tn
,e had just expressed their fervent faith we
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

But the most terrible flood was in East
Tennessee and South West Virginia. last
week, where over two millions dollars worth
OF property were destroyed; farmers on
French and IIOlston rivers lost everything /;
one hundred houses were washed away, and
scores of bridges. Chattanooga was under
water TO the second stories.
On the llth the water was from twelve to
twenty feet deep and many houses toppling
over and Others floating away The Mayor
with a posse of citizens and soldiers was for
aging among the loaded cars for food The
agen' OF the road protested but the Mayor
sand the people were starving.
twenty-five dead bodies were seen floating
down the river at Bridgeport. Alabama, on
the l2th. General Carlin at Nashville, was
making efforts to send rAt.ons through to
Chattanooga
seven days ineessdnt raining sweiled the
mountain streams until the valleys became
one vast riyer-bed The uolston river.
from Its head waters in West Virginia TO the
the mouth. was higher than ever before
kpown at -ome points it was over fifty feet
deep.
Vast Quantities Of corn had been gathered /
and stored ON the river banks. waiting Tor
high water All this corn, thousands Of
bushels, On the Clinch. Holston and French
Broad rivers. was swept away. The water
IN the rivers was twelve feet higher than in
the food af lsI5 This flood extended all
'hrough West Virginia and Tennessee, sad
was the most damaging ever knowa,
On the Arkansas River, ,he country Is
entirely oyeiaowed. with great loss of pro-
Per'y aHd suffering among the inhabitants.
Twenty-seYen lives had been lost at
Helena Arkansas, by the flood, mostly
reedmen.
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The 6ree Rress.
G.. C.. s Il. L. BENEDICT.
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEToEs.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH %, 1867.
New Hampshire Election.

Fuller returns from the election in New
Hampshire on Tuesday give Hartman 5000
majority in q total vote of g. ,0O0.-a larger
vote than last year. The Republican mem
/ bcrs of Congress are elected by 1000 major
ity each and the Republicans have four Of
the five State Councillors, eight of the
twelve Senators. and eighty majority in the
llous, they have carried every city in the
State, aud seven Of the eleven counties.
Mur.mack county, which was lRepublican
last year, gives Democratic majority th.s
year sud the Democrats have made small
gum elsewhere, amounting to less than
2luu in .ic whole State, over the vote of last
year
ltvl- 10 1888 that New Hampshire, al
ways tlysct fore Democratic gave Il majority
.ar ,ae i,,iabiioan party. al her sta1e Gle.
u.u. and hor vote las been republican f,r
uir.c,u years. Yet the Democracy keei
ur .h..r orsanintion, fight hard, and now
aal t.,a -el. nigh succeed in carrying an
election This time they made especial
efforts tacy had settled all their own party
dill.ac.- and presented an united front.
ltl. there was some disaiicction in the /.
RcIu.l,su RANKS ue.auae air, Stearrs was ]
usr nominated Tor Governor they eApcoted |
to carry with them what c0nse yatiye
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

The GEORGETOWN ELEcrIoS.-At the cleo
tion held last June in Georgetown, District
Of Columbia, one man only voted in favor of
equal suffrage, When the result OF the late
election Cor Mayor and Council of that city
was announced the solitary voter remarked.
quietly, that the egg he laid last summer
had hatched This election was peculiarly
interesting, and it has shown distinctly two
things-that the colored citizen is intelli-
gent enough to know his interest, and inde-
pendent enough TO act accordingly. The
horrible consequences of the vice and ignor-
ance of colored voters are not vet apparent,
and the theory that they would vote just as
"massa" dictated is eiiectually annihilated.
Harper's Weekly.
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OUrwIrrrSG LAwrEK.-0ne Of our up
town LAWYERS made an agreement with
couple of smart lads to keep bis sidewalks
free from snow during the winter. agreeing
to pay them a certain sum fixed upon Tor
the season. After the first storm In March
the boys were on hand, and, having cleared
the snow from his walks, knocked at the
door and demanded the pay. "But," said
our lawyer. 'you agreed to do it BY the
iob.'' $50 we did, " replied the lads, ''but
for the uiater only, and this is spring,
which has nothing to do with our bargain-" I"
The lawyer saw the force Of the argument
and shslled out the psy.-PortLasd paper.
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Tug STARVING CRErANs From letter
written by the United States Consul at
Capea We extract the following facts IN Tela-
tion to the suferings Of the Cretan eziles /;
"From ten thousand to twenty thousand
refugees are now in Z state Of the most abJecs
poverty their property having been either con-
hseated or they unable to return 10 their bones
The women and children, in particular, are
suffering severely; the Turkish government re-
| tusing 10 allow them 10 return TO Crete, OF tC
leave the insurgent lines unless their able bodied
male relations accompany them. This, o.
course, cannot be, and the result is c contInu
auce Of barbsrites on the part CT the Mussul
mans and greater calamity tie the refugees Tn,
| Consul writes that contributions should he il
food and clothes-in the latter Gaze blue Merri
macs, drlllings and dark cotton cloths being til
best that can be sent.
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A vr1o PIcruHE.-A Washington lett'

A yETo PIcruRE.-A Washington letter
says
Does everybody know. Iwonder. that Mr.
johnson had his memorable veto Of the Freed
mans Bureau bill printed on large sheet, ID
coarse type, and cheaply framed. to hang in the
ante-chanber Of his business cfice, There 1t
hangs to-day and to me, seeing it first this
morning, it seemed like the defiant banner Of
my policy hung on the outer wall when ths,
policy was frst distinctly enunciated, and not to
be taken down until that final surrender Of the
Presidents resistance TO the people % often pre-
dicted but still 20 far of,-a notification TO al
visitors that the Chief Magistrate Of the nation
plants his back against the apostacy Of a veal
and half ago. and 10 not to be reminded OF any
pledges Of an earlier date than that first veto.
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Poetry.
Dawn, Noon, and Twilight.


Inc Frsenan Ieproduces, IRON the origin
manuscript, the following written by the la
vs.. c. BnAnLry, some years since.
Imprisoned il a living jail,
4 lusty. kicking son Of earth,
Ready TO wake ami weep and wall.
Ny Limits sre struggling TO The birth
Let me pass.
N1w on my feet lettering stand
TIL. by eutIcameuts bolder grown,
. omit the watchfll mothers hand,
And 10 learn 10 60 alone,
Let me pass.
N5n m youths luoyaut. merry round,
with gu.ckeucl pulse my steps advance
Where music, wine sad Wit abound.
And blooming beauty leads the dance
Let me pass
NON. ..i.sl V'.a D-Iisen, wife and friends,
Ambition ursing Go the van,
Z strive 90 walk vAsr, duty tends,
with love Of God. g5-! will TO man.
Let Ge psss-
auI nov my better home draws nigh,
Free Ilu presumption and desrair,
Ilt weary. Saint. 4 yait Go die
taI leave t... world aud all lis care
Let me pass.
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Protection OF Fish.
CIRCULAR

The New England Commissioners Of River
Fisheries wish to bespeak the attention and the
assistance Of all persons who are interested ID
the restocking Of our fresh waters with valuable
hsh, such as the salmon, sha1. herring, aleTife,
trout, black bass. striped bass, and lamprey eel
These hsh, half a century ago, furnished
abundant and wholesome food to the people; ;
but, by the erection Of impossible dams, the
needless pollution Of ponds and rivers, and by
reckless fishing, in all ways and at all times,
our streams and lakes have been pretty much
depopulated
Luckily, the immense natural increase Of
hshes opens a way 10 their restoration We
have only to remove the cause Of their destruc-
ton, and they will multiply enormously. with
out any care at all.
The causes Of destruction are chiefly as fol-
lows
!. impossible dams Over these, fish ways
may he built with but little waste Of water.
=. Pollution OF water by lime, dyes, soap,
saw dust, and other mill refuse. Much OF these
should not be thrown at all into the water. As
TO the dirty water from wool or cloth washing.
it may be confined to one side Of the river by a
plank screen placed opposite the racewsy.
3. Destruction Of young hsh by mill-vhesls.
which may be avoided by lattice plsced seross
the mouth Of the mill canal
!. Destructive modes Of fishing, among
which We may include gill-nets, weirs, very
long seines. pots, set-hooks, fre-fshing, and
hshing through the ice; all Of which should be
BY law forbidden.
.. Fishing too much, and at wrong seasons
For migratory fish, certain dsys in each week
should be " closed is to say. no fishing
shoIld then be allowed; and the taking Of trout
IN their spawning beds should be vigorously in
terdicted.
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have S.
ready passed laws for the opening of the Merri-
mack and the Connecticut to ses fish, and for
the encouragement Of the breeding Of valuable
fresh-Watsr fish. FIshways have BEEN erected
upon the Merrimack, and many thousand sal
mon eggs have been planted in it's upper waters.
By the interest and the assistance Of the
people at large, these cheap snd important re-
forms may be carried through
" W. FosrER,
CHAs. G. ATKINS,
Commissioners Of Maine.
II. 4. BELLOWS, Chairman.
W. \. SASB0RS,
Commissioners OF y. H.
ALBERT D. HAGgR,
CHARLES BARRETT,
Commissioners Of VI.
THEODORE LYMAN, Sec'y,
ALFRED K. FIELD.
Commissioners Of Mass
E W. RUSSELL,
HENRY c. ROBINSON,
Commissioners OF Conn.
Boston, Feb. 10th, 1867.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

IHl.f ARRESTED "A man by the name
Of White, suspected of being the person
who robbed and set fire to the store
Of Day ~ Hines. where the Post Office is
kept, at Colchester Centre. was arrested by
Sheriff Muns0n this morning. The man
offered to sell quantity Of postage stamps
at the Pos. Office IN this city yesterday,
which led to suspicion, and when arrested
he produced nearly fifty dollars worth of the
same lie is now in jail awaiting further e1
animation.
One Nelson Cook was arrested the other
day Tor selling liquor contrary to law in St.
Albans. he aycrs,d that what he sold was
not intoxicating liquor, tor he had kept live
minnows in it and bad 10 strain it because
his customers objected 10 the minnows and
his WITNESSES proved ,hc fact. We have
heard Of minnows IN the m,lk-can before,
bat never in the whi-key jug
Cooks excuse didn't clear him however,
iog be admitted hawrg sold one glass Of
wLiskcy unm'nu.w6cd. aud that fetched a
tine on him
BURCARY.-An attempt was made on the
night Of the 9Th INST, ta break open the
vault of the Fret National Bank Of St. Al
bans, which failed all the burglar got was
a revolver and some stamps from drawer
in the counting room piece OF the outer
door Of the vault va> broken of, and a hole
about two inches deep cut in the back Of
the vault The only instrument use ,dapPar-
entity, was an axe and the burglar soor
got discouraged
Tie bank oii,ers. on discovering what hat
been ATTEMPTED, sand nothing To any ont
but the sheuG, thinking an at'cmp. woulC
be made to eel the revolver and On Wednes
day one Lewis Martin was arrested, VIII,
| offered it at q grocery. lie l. a carpenter
and joiner has lived in town about u year
previously served IN the 18th Vermont. en-
listing from Colchester
RUTLAND & WASHINGTON RAiLKoAD.-Th
bondholders and PARTIES in interest Of th
Rutland nd Warrington Railroad Com
pany, assembled in this city on the l2t
inst, and r,organiz,d ,aid company in pur
suance OF the laws Of the State, under th
name Of the Salem * RUTLAND RailrOa
Company.
The following persons were appointe
Directors
Jacob Sleeper, Boston.
Peter Butler, -
George F. Edmunds. Burlington,
Lemuel B. Platt, "
Thos. III. Garfield, "
The Board was organized by the eleetio
of
Geo. +. Edmunds, President.
Peter Butler. Vice President.
Thos. II. Garfield, Treasurer.
r. s. Peabody, Clerk.
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The store at Colchester, which was burned
"Wednesday night, it is now thought, was
broken open and robbed and set on FIRE to
hide the robbery. Messrs. Day & Hines
lose about $500 on their stock, on which
there Wa. $4,000 insurance. There was no
insurance on the building. which was owned
by Mrs. d. Bates.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

THE FLOoD in the Western Rivers is very
great. The leyee Of the Ohio broke near
Mouad City Wednesday morning and it was
thought the town would be inundated. At
Louisville the river was still rising and had
reached within four feet Of the great freshet
Of lSi7. 10 Cincinnati and Covington hun
dreds of houses are under water.
Between New Albany and Evansville she
river is 80 miles wide. Thousands OF cattle,
sh ep and hogs have been drowned, and vast
quantities Of grain lost. The country Il
covered with floating stacks Of hay, wheat
and oats. Nearly all the steamboat land
iugs are under water, and boats cannot make
their landings. ShawneetCwn is completely
inundated 10 the lower part.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

FMRFAN.-The Musical Association of ST.
Adams, under the direction of Mr.. E. P
PHILIrs, assisted by Mr.. II. l. PRocToR,
Pianist, Of Burlington, gave a grand concert
in the iIall Of the New Hampton Institute,
on Wednesday evening, where they rendered
;ha celebrated cantata of The Hay-mak-
ere % The delight of large audience.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

sabbath school Union.
The annual meeting Of the Chittendeu County
; 5 Union was holden at Colchester on the 18th
aud 18th inst, ard Was well attended
The forenoon Of the sr.t day Was devoted to
preliminary matters, and the Reports Of the
Secretary and Treasurer, H. W. Prindle Of
Charlotte.
The fact that only twepty-onS out OF the
forty-tWo SCHOOLS Of the Union had furnished
the Secretary with statistical reports, shows 3
lack ~ interest in the work Of the Union on
the Fi.t Of somebody and it seems that Il all
Superiutendents DO not feel an interest in the
work Of the Union. they should remember that
the Union Is interested in the success Of their
Schools. and desires to have &" the figures" il
nothing more. The Seeretary's Report. if CON-
plete, would furnish reliable snd valuable III
de1 Of the progress OF the Sabbath School work
from year to year.
The afternoon Of the aTsI day vas devoted
chiefly t. the children. OF whom a large number
were present from the three churches at Col
chester The exercises were singing and short
speeches.
In he evening an interesting and instructive
address was delivered by Rev. L, II. Elliot
Of Winooski, on " mission schools in New
Yo,- sity.'' subject on which Mr. E. exper-
ience enabled him to speak with authority.
The forenoon of the second day was occupied
with devotional exercises, and the discussion o.
''saIbath School work as related to pastors and
| churcie,''
in .Ee Afternoon, 1.-THE duties, respC nsibilities
SC, Of teachers was fully discussed. and con
siderable int crest was awakened upon the ques
ton, whether persons, not protesting Christians
should be employed as teachers.
All the exercises Of the Union we're pleasAn
and profitable almost all present had some
thing 10 say on some one of the various topics
and it is to be regretted that more schools wer
not represented.
The next meeting was appointed for the FIRE
week of February 1868.
The officers for the year are as follows
PresiGeEi-Des L. A. Fuller, Burlington.
wee PTesidenis-Des. Simeon Bliss, Essex
Rev. L. S. Walker, williston.
Secretary and TreGsuTG-H. W. Prindl'
Charlotte.
Erecutire Commiiitc-Prof NJ. II. Buei
ham, Burlington A. c. Ballard, WinoOski
Rev. J. Chase, Colchester Dea. NJ. Davh
Burlington Dea. Z. Hungerford, Colchester.
The people Of Colchester Hospitality entertain
ed the attendants on the meeting from sbroa'
who will remember with pleasure their vis
there.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

PETER NASSAU, eolored man, supposed
to be the oldest person in Vermont, died at
Pomtet, Feb. 4th. His age is not definitely
known, but he is believed by persons well in
formed, who have known him for forty years.
to have been upward Of 10 years old. lie
had been a pauper for thirty-one years.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-03-22

Mr. Charles VI. Gay, late associate editor
and proprietor of the Rutland Herald, ha:
purchased an interest in '' Littell's Living
Age" and is now its managing editor.
Mr.. William P. Dillingham; of Water
bury has been appointed Secretary of Civil
and Military Affairs, in place of Charles NJ.
Gay, Esq., resigned.
Moses Burbank. Esq, of Ludlow. died on
the 10Th inst. Mr.. Burbank was for many
years principal Of the Black River Academy.
for some time assistant editor of the Rut-
land Herald, and fer a short time past the
editor and one Of the proprietors Of tie
Ludlow Transcript.
Rev Gilbert Haven has been unanimously
elected TO the vacant chan of Ziou's Herald.
the organ Of the Mettodists Of New England.
He IS said to be one of the ahlest newspaper
writer's o. the country.
Hon. Philip F. Thomas, elected Z. ).
Senator from MARYLAND, was a rebel during
:he recent war.
Mr. CoNRD. nominated for Minister to
Vienna tor the second time. Tuesday, was
rejected. by vote Of II to 80.
Lyman D. Stevens. talked Of for Speaker
of the New Hampshire Legislature, wss
born at PiermOnt, in that State. Is about
iorty-eight years Of age, lawyer of high !
repute, and has resided in Concord many /
years.
Henry Barnard, of Connecticut, has been
a ppointed Commissioner Of the new De-
partment Of Education Mr. Barnard has
been for many years chief educational officer
Of Connecticut, and is widely known in con-
nechon with that cause.
Complimentary resolutions were adopted
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N0RkING GHRoUCH IHE PRoBLEH-Thc
Veteran Observer says In lSjd seven
hundred thousand people got married In
lsdd We built one hundred and fifty thous-
and new buildings FOR Ia IN to live in and
in l'uj wc raised nine hundred millions Of
bushels Of Indian corn to feed them. There
is your problem all solved without the aid
Of gold o- lose.gn uade, Let Congress
''nkcr, and the newspapers declaim, and the
foreign traders Nhine-they will not inter-
ruli, though they may greatly disturb. the
wave Of American soviosy, a it flows on to
Unprecedented grcatno oss-"
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believe that the remedy is to lower the law doUl
to public opinion and then bend our energies &
raising public opinion.
Some of the above il 80 muddled either il
the brain Of the writer OF by the hands Of
the printer-or more probably both-that we
are not sure that We see through it. But
IN reply we repeat, that those who oppose
the prohibitorY law. ou the ground that an
evil which cannot be wholly repressed ought
to be regulated by law, must also, TO he con-
sistent, oppose the laws against gambling
and prostitution-not to say the higher
crimes-for the same reason.
II intemperance is on the IncFea>o ia cur
larger places. it j. probably partly because
the places are larger. IL would increase
much faster, We doubt not. uad,i a iicen-e
law.
We were not aware that there were any
.lesale and undisturbed manufacturers of
L. or in Vermont hut liquors may hc man,
AiactuFed for proper purpose. It Is very
properly the retail dealer who sell for pur-
poses destructive Of morality aud order, that
IS specially aimed at i'll our law. and there
is no partiahty IN such m sim, either IL ths
ItoTis.0n1 OF IN the en,Urocment OF the law
At one time it suits the Tunes to declare
that intrmperancc is on the increase through
out our State, and at another that our little
Vermont communities haze :. little OF 1t,
shat they cant know anything about it and !
their opinion that i, Is no, best to open
their door to the evil, Is ..of no value ''' ]
Consistent Time,
ih2 iul.s' siur at the late convention in
this county strikes us as quite uncalled for.
That there may have been some .'rummies, -
1--WE borrow the Times epithetS) present,
who came perhaps-such thugs have been
iHe,.2 IN Ne.moHt--to help on some antici-
pated possible attempt Of the enemies Oi the
law TO coatrol the convention, Is possible.
But the great mass Of the D.embers were
sincere, consisteut. respected temperance
Aen' VINO can well AFFORD to pass with
'mile OF contempt this attempt to " smut 80
heir character, by insinuation, and to draw
from such petty calumny an argument
against the law.
our neighoor may 20 on in its vain at
empt TO break down a law, which was
naeieI from the purest motives Of good v
.yeiy socd interest among IA, and which
he great mass Of the intelligent, temperate
nd order loving citizens OF our State regard
IS wholesome and effective and, no, subsu-
ate for, moral effort, in The a,,er ending
lnte-t with y,cs anu enmc. Flr our part
,c ,ier to labor nsr, not "tLon, TO
lis- public opinion, whenever 1t is below
be l,scl Of the wholesome law.
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Complimentary resolutions were adopted
by the members Of Rev. DIR. Bartol's society
in Boston on the occasion Of the thirtieth an
niyersary Of his pastcrate last Sunday.