Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-01-03
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MOBILE, Dec. %
Tmme1ce excitement has been created here
tl,is Inorrir, hv the ASSASSINATION Of Judge
Richard Busted, formerly Of New ork, IN tins
ritv judge Busted was shot in front of the
most Office at nine O'Clock this morning; BY
district Attorney Mart IN. There had been
some difficulty between the parties growing out
Of proceedings in Judge Bustceis Court, and
Mr.. Martin claims 20 have been grossly insulted
bv the Judge The feeling has been growing in
intensity for some days, and this morning.
when the parties met in front Of the post Office,
Martin accostel Judge Busted i" Judge,
will YOU allow that Indictment against me to
judge Busted replied, Sc Sir, the law must
take its course. ''
Martin then drew hi- revolver and fired upon
the judge who fell TO the pavement, having
received two shots. one telpw the breast bone,
and another in the right lee.
Martin had been indicted ly the L. 5. Grand
Jury for revenue frauds and eNtortion- He Is
now in Jail.
Judge Bu-teel's wound, are not considered
NEW YcsS. Dec. 81.
Washington dispatches say: Tomorrow
o,cr $50 men who who were notified on Tues
Jlv last viii De discharged from their en-
rIl.mcut I'm thr Ordnance Bureau of the
Navy Yard
The Bureau Of steam Engineering will also
di-charg- a large number.
BY order of the Secretary Of the Navy the
salaries Of all mechanics in the Navy Yard
here. will he reduced - per cent after Janu-
ary lst. next. They viii accept. IA their
places viii DE- else filed by other mechanics
VIII, are out Of employ
Much satisfaction is expressed nj the speedy
arrival Of representative from Great Britain.
The serious question as 10 the more efficient
protection Of American citizens in the United
kingdom and other international questions Of
Importance require the presence of the head
of legation Mr. Thornton i expected to
arrive here about Jan. 20th.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81.
Il il quite probable that the President viii
send To- Congress when it ro-assembles a spec
ial message on the subject Of the restitution
at the south. and suggesting some kind Of
legislation 90 relieve the suffering there.
The President has received a large amount
of-evidcncc from all parts of the South pres
enting state Of facts well nigh bordering on
anarchy and famine.
NEW York Dec. 81 .
The Panama star Of the 25th is received.
South American news j. of no special import
ancc The new volcano about - miles east
Of Leon, Nicaragua. had been in violent and
grand eruption throwing out FIRE and cinders
from two craters and lately had sent out a
heavy shower of black sand which reached
Leon covering the streets Of that place to
the depth Of half an inch.
NEW YoRE. Jan. Washington specials
state that Gen Sheridan telegraphed to the
President to-day from New Orleans stating
that if an order was not issued before Janu-
arv LIST, reinstating Gov Wells in Louisiana,
authorizing a loan Of three millions for the
repair of the leyee would cease TO be opera
tive with the present year.
The law III question requires that the bonds
should receive the signature Of Governor
| Wells to make them valid.
The telegram from Gen. Steedman was Tt
ferred u Gen. Grant.
Some active measures are being taken to
brsng the coustitutiOnality of the Reconstruc-
tion Acts before the supreme Count of the
| United States The parties moving in the
matter claim to have the sympathy Of the
President, and have engaged eminent coun-
ell. but as vet no test case Is ON the docket.
NEw YORK, Jan. l.
\ private telegram from Mobile, Ala,
dated Yesterday. states that Judge Busted is
in a critical condition His wife and brother
left here yesterday to visit him.
New YORK Jan. ..
Yesterday young man named VIM. H.
Feale was found frozen to death on sleigh
in Graham avenue near Stilman street.
Brooklyn.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, JAN /
OF the twenty-three nominations made by
the late Republican conventions all but II
have declined to he candidates.
BosToN, Jan. >.
Hon. j. L. Chamberlain, of Brunswick.
was inaugurated Governor Of Maine for the
current year at noon to-day.
BALTIMORE, Jany. l.
The Legislature assembled at \ annapolis at
noon to-day.
New York, Jany. ,.
\ despatch from Yokohama, Japan, Dee
6, says the Tycoon of Japan has resigned his
governing power into the hands Of the Mika-
The banks of the elbow river in Shant,ng
province have burst and the country is suR
merged to the extent of thirty miles.
The demand for arms and ammunition has
been good since the receipt of the news of the
abdication of the Tycoon.
LONDON, Dec. 81 IS67-Midnight.
Two head centers and five captains of the
fenan organization have been arrested at
Merthyr, In South Wales
The government has determined to proceed
with the prosecutions against Mr.. Sullivan,
Of the Dublin Nation, and other persons who
have taken & conspicuous part in the recent
funeral professions in honor Of the Fenians ex-
ecuted at Manchester.
1t is reported that the man who stormed
the Martelle Tower, near Cork, and broke in
10 the ganshop in that city, all came from the
United States, having been sent over by the
i'esiag Brotherhood in that country.
PARIS, Dec 81.
BY degree Of the Emperor, published in
the MonieT this morning, the Corps Lesis-
latif Tor the next FIVE years is to consist of two
hundred and ninets.twe members. In the
Of seats aa,one tho different
d the empire, the city Of Paris
Is entitled to send nine representatives, the |
.nne number which she has in the present
Corps iegislatii.