Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-06-07
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Personal.
Hon. A. P. Lyman of Bennington. has
been appointed and confirmed as Register Of
Bankruptcy for the first Congressional Dis
trict. No other appointments Of Registers
have as yet been made in the State.
John Hay, Esq, formerly Private secre-
tary to President Lincoln, has been appointed
Charge d'Afa1res to Vienna, Austria, to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation Of Mr..
Motley.
Queen Victoria has conferred on Sir Ben
iamIn Guinness, the famous porter brewer
OF Dublin, the hereditary right to bear sup
pOrters to the family arms, distinction lin
tied. except in special eases, to the peers Of
the realm This favor is granted in rccog-
milton of his munifcence in restoring St.
Patrick's Cathedral.
Col Aldace T. Walker. his many friends
here will be glad to learn, has opened law
Office at l6l Broadway, New York. lie is
Notary Public. and Commissioner for Yer
mont
James NJ. Putnam has resigned the pos
ition Of Route Agent on the K. & W. R.R,
and Gilbert MIllington, Of Salisbury, has
been appointed in his place
The courts decide that Edwin Forrest must
pay aliuony to his divorced wife as ordered
at the trial for divorce, some years since.
Parepa-Rosa is singing in Chicago. The
report that she had been retained for Dr.
Tyng's choir it is now stated was a sheer in
vention.
John TatlOck. LII. D., for thirty years
past professor of mathematics in Williams
College, it is said will resign in August.
JEFF Davis is not received 50 ostentatiously
by the citizens of Montreal as was expected.
He keeps rather quiet, and some of his
friends got hint that the loyal Americans
in the city wouldn't like it if much fuss was
made over him
Lawrence Barnes, Of Burlington, is Yer
mont's richest man. He returns ST. 600
income. An agrieulturist, he - has been
pulling down his barns and bnilding great
er. '-BrOOkiyr Union.
There's no pull down to Mr.. Barnes, and
the chief crops he raises are logs and planks.
PERsoNAL.-Ne understand that Mr. NJ.
II. Stone is about to resign his position as
assistant postmaster, in this city, with a
view Of removing and going into business in
New York city. Mr.. Stone Is one Of the
most faithful and comp, ,cnt pest Office man
ayers in the country, and having the uniyor-
sal confidence and esteem u oar citizens, hi-
departure will be much regretted We be
heye no permanent selecu IN " his successor
has been made as yet by the Postmaster
REMARKABLE MURDER Trial Our readers
may remember the remarkable murder OF
Mrs Coriell, the wife Of an esteemed phys
ician in Brunswick, New jersey, in Februa-
~ last. The circumstances at the tune
pointed strongly to the servant girl. named
Bridget Durgan, who has now had her trial,
and upon mass of circumstantal evidence,
the production Of which before the jury Oc-
cupied ten days, has been Pronounced guilty
A strong point against the girl was the .aot
that in addition TO stats and bruises all over
the body of the murdered woman, the marks
of teeth were found upon her throat \ cast
was subsequently, taken Of Budgets teeth
by dentist, and they were found 10 CORES
pond closely with the marks upon the
corpse. The jury upon this and other eqlal
ly c)gont evidence brought in a yeI,.ic. of
guilty of murder in the first degree NJ
ADEQUATE motive for the crime, however, was
developed, and there is mystery hanging
about it, which it i to be hoped may be
cleared up During the delivery of tbs
Judges charge, which was strongly against
the prisoner, Bridget sat with covered face
but when her doom was pronounced, not a
tear, CULVER OF the lip or the twitch Of the
hand were observable. She sat down by tie
side of her counsel, and whispered 4 lew
words to him. lie arose and said, ..She de-
sired to say that the jury have found her
guilty. but she never committed the crime"
The papers say that after Bridget was taken
20 Jail she broke down under The excitement
and wept very much. The trial has created
intense excitement in that section Of the /
country.