Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-12-27

trucks. The rear car was Throw ~ men
side None Of the passengers wers t u ne
but sJme u or II injured. The Come
Enmons Metcalf received severe iniuris.
NEw YoRk, Dec. q
Harriet Howard ofLOweI who cor-..
TED suicide yesterday by poison confess 1
fore dying that she had also poisonsl y
lover one Augustus STRAINS, who Is mis-
OGDENsBUEcH. Dec. d
destructive FIRE broke out in the rr-
Of Cha;eaugay, Franklin County. a. I.
o'clock last night, burning the store -.
pied by John Hughes, Hall i Child.
Miller, aud the dwellings Of r. Nj
and d. George HOwe.-L0ss SOS. OO0
sured in the Aetna $1,000, y. Y. Ca-.---'
$4,000, Home $1,000, Phoenix S2l06 -.
Franklin Mutual $1,000
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2--E
Mr.. johnson finding that Con-.
would not pr0l0ng Its session has r-.-.s
himself Of the chance to again Sc ra-s.--
the bill striking the word 4" whit .-
al the laws OF the District, as BE- f
July last He has. however. only 5s--
action and caused unnecessary expen-
Congress Will certainly pass the bill -.-s
time. and when 1t has been vetoes "a
su4c, IL by large majority.
Tic Senate did nothing on the rer.-.
the cotton tax OF on the passage If ...
.ousa Supplementary Reconstruc-iJ- Ri
NV YORK, Dee. o.
Washington specials state that score.
nominations have been sent from W..
street against the clauses Of Mr.. Sl.-r.-.
I'D providing for the taxation Of bluI- All
13lcctiug u the bill in general. F--
canvass oi the House a majority are i- ..-.-
Of that section Of the bill and thlu-a ...
laws say they shall not be subject % SAT-.
municipal taxation the Statutes now Ge--
that they shall 5e liable 20 taxation by Co.
gress If deemed advisable.
There Is strong disposition % subject ----
O. taxation now and before the f-.r u
rlurument OF the present session take= --,,-
Representatives OF the finance lr-a-....
are urging the state department AMI r..
Pres. 70 recommend Congress % f.--.-r
thar reparation shall be made by The B-.-.-
government Tor the Impris0nmeu; and NM
der OF American citizens IN England
An important question has been r-z-a-..r
to Mr. Seward relative 20 she recent .a.---.
Of British vessels in New ll-k 11 ,-s 1000
that they had carried an excess .r r-.----
gers contrary 10 the provisions lf Ola. .F-
Congress. Ii Is stated by The .va-.
these vessels that they have c.----a-
the English passenger law and Ga. a.-.--
British registers they should be- EXEMPT .-.-
seizure. The questions indeed 4r. ---.
ant and viii doubtless be the sub
custom in the Cabinet
BosroN. De-.
For several weeks past q gang %. -..--
have been operating II Have-hi- ST.
The frequency OF such occurrences l.-
putting % an extra secret watch. L
tnis 4. " az Two Of tie seIct w4t.l1s-
uaued sales and BurnLau. were r--
~ tae Nerl.uack Bank. an ezr'.-. a r.
heard Indicating the blowing open
a-tc. Scales guarded the 'front.' ana a...-
l..l wert O. chs rear Just IN time O.. ---
,lure- rae escaping burglar, VIII l---
n--uaaul killing him instantly. Sal.
gave chase bat the murderer escaped.
SPEAKER Clliax has written d Letter -
which De says tie reconstruction law OIL
r- essentially modified.
a t-s Do salem Saturday night tl----
r-1rcrlay valued a, $4,000.
y despatch from New York l-IIl j
day stated t--- 1t w-s showing
Iu this city 10 is mild AID Iica--1i
W-sENarJS, Dee. o.
Tie Deu1c.l,= here are discussing o..
prophecy Ut having The National Demr.-a--
&c Convention called % meet az Iudi4u-t i-
10 June The Eastern Democrat, want
Boston. and the southern men are ur-lu-
BllUmlre-
]; appears that ,lrle oils haze oeen h..
IN The Presidents hands b. the r-.--.
though they are ali q uni1p1rtant i1-a-..
except the Equal Rights bill. Co1---
VII have TO Tass them over again.
WASHINGTON, Dee
There has been another failure 10 tie Oh.
ret ilr the Parker-Slcke-t marriage. g.
moor the church was crowded By an III
meuse array Of fashionable bus d. hrIl-
groom o- briic arrived. and finally j., wl-
announced that the parties wer- I-i7a-l-.
married No Q O'Clock, and h4s l-ic .l- New
York.
Alex. II. stephens j. toby % biz way.
Phll4deII lis where be has decided o. a.
dress the Constitutional Union Ass1cia-..-
DC b. the country
Gen. Miles 1i Mas. Commission ~ ,aa
e Re. lneu s Bureau ir North Carolina La
written letter g. Gen. Howard. urging the
continuance o. tlt Freedmen e Bureau. 10
regard 20 the need of tie freedmen .1r pro
-ect0n he says that Occupying still L-t.c
lave huts under tie shadow Of their ICY
ner masters mansions tv -ud.raucg lrl
without the protecting arm Of tie govern
nent they are almost Is much within .l
grasp Of their old owners as In tie DAYS 81,
slavery.
NEW Y0zE, De-. q.
) Havana special SAYS ad7icls u--
Y enezel-a Of the 9th inst. have been rJ-
ceived. The pres Of that country dsma--
Of the government t1- u4E.1-
three political ar-ests luring period ot tl-
utmost tranquility.
Several shocks Of earthquake were Gel. .-
the l9;1 o.. November Do The east dl-i--
which the sea rose SIX feet.
Dates from Porto E.cJ Ji che lS,a state
that shocks eff earthquake we've tel- -c Oh.
lOth and llth mst-
EEwYoaa, Dec -
Some so Young naval apprentices from
he friEate Sabine while Oh a sound Steamer
we're robbed Of their money by decE-l4u-s
It was all the funds the boys had wiz.
which % enjoy themselves while visiting
heir parents - Christmas.
WASHINGTON. Disc -j-h.
4 ease Is soon 20 come before the >Irr-uf
Court here that VIII decide as % the Con-
Of the Reconstruct Law
9 Is that Of an editor Of Satvhc1 Mis-
3 ho called zen. Ord q military satrlT. an
minated that he w0nid have 70 sni5-os bis
measures at the point Of the bay1ne;. an-
laI the people would not submit O. biz
laking a Poland OF Mississippi. tie Wa
rresjej by order Of Gen Ord. but 5e.0rs
c could be tried BY military commlssi.r
writ Of habeas corpus was sued OUT ard
n an examination before Judge hill Of t-e
nited States District Court of Mississippi,
e held that the law was constitutional an
smande1 the prisoner % custody, tL--
Is bail at $1,000 The case Is now % b.
mt here on awrit OF error. The hearing
sf1re Chief uslc Chase and his Ass5si-
les viii excite great interest from tie lal'
lat it Will b. tho first case that has c3me
sf0re this Court involving the conslt1u9n-
' Of the reconstruction laws.i
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