Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-04-17

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Chief Justice Chase denies that no ,-.-..
author Of the article in the InfeIj;ocn,'' Do
has never even read it. and
MONTREAL, April 10
Whalen, the man arrested at Ott,n-.
suspicion, was examined YESTERDAY 49,
the request of the prosecution, rera, l,.1 z;
the 10th. A revolver, one barrel I,..I gu
charged. had been taken from him az --
ball found in McGee's door. eyortl- '''4 ne
pended with those vet in the ti.,.I '-
thought he will be proved beyond da.t.
murderer OF Mr.. McGee. \ quan,itv.f'
respondence with New York Feris-.
been unearthed, duplicating GOOD
notables in that organization. FnlI
Of the discovery will be given on Wei
next, in the trial
\ quantity of nitro-glveeri,s
from New York, has been diseors--'II i''.-.
1t was bought in on foreign 9rjars ~ N AgI'
coyery has caused grea, ez,iteno,. t Z; .'.'-
city. 10 The
The entire Government anil an.t.
bers Of the House Of Comma. we Mem
here on Sunday, direct from Or coming
tend Mr.. McGee's funeral, which IN u a.
place on Monday. "Ae
An Ottawa special SAYS Whalen i. ,r.-
ian who belonged to a Quebec lod,e. ar5-s
terward 70 New York circle Tbsr.
very little doubt now but that be is the -.7
culprit. " '.-'
4 plot mas been discovered 70 blow up Oh.
Houses Of Parliament bv means NJ ri+-.
cerine. 1t has produced the most mt.
excitement in every circle, and extreme y.gi
lance Is maintained by the military and r7r
authorities to prevent any outbreak
NEw YoRS, April d.
y despatch from Ottawa Yesterday say.
there Il no doubt but there were man, o..
completes and the authorities expect tl5f-s-
clues to them, Nhalen has openly av.r.4
Fenian Sentiments and hatred o. NcGe. IN
Quebec. Montreal, Ottawa and Harr-.-
In the latter place ne made his arr4ar.-..
about the time Of the Ridgway fight. balm.
from Buffalo, and gave out tina. be- wa.a rs-.
ian and the authorities then arrested I'm
and detained him some day
\ despatch from Montreal SAYS. FL
Devlin, and T. B. McJance, prominer. iii.
zens known to be Fenians, have teenar-s..s+
Correspondence found in Ottawa imrl-.-s.
several prominent citizens.
Mrs. McGee refused TO accept The af-..
Of confidence from the St. Patricss >e..v
as she thinks it primarily respon,5 t,-
husbands murder
Three persons have turned Queel'.g,uease
against Whalen, whose guilt Is alu-, sl-
clusively established.
New YORK, April H.
4 Montreal despatch Of YESTERDAY. SLY,
that at It Eustache, man named ieyal l-i
his wife, who were in the habit Of ro-hl-
and numbering travellers who STOPPED q.
their house, attacked traveller, the rs-
with an axe, ard the wife with a razor. Tie
traveller knocked Leyan down, and the w.
man installing her husband for the travel
cut his throat She has been arrested, a
confessed all Of her past horrible crl-
Three skeletons were found in the house.
CHICAGO, Apr l0
Steamer Seabird, running between here
and Two Rivers, was burned off Wause--
about half-past six yesterday morning te
was seen issuing from a pile of freict, .
| side the ladies cabin. and in ten mina-, ---
| the entire stern Of the boat was wrar1-l z
| flames. All on board became demor1
| even the officers, and no effort was made
| lower the small boats The only SURVIVES
| as far as known are c. \. Chamberlain z-
Edwin llauneburg, passengers from Sae..--
| gan. The former thinks some Goals fr.-s
scuttlc-full Of ashes which he saw a I5--
| empty over the guards, blew into some ,.-z
lying among the freight. Schooner Corisa
distant about five miles. came W and rescue.
| the two survivors, one If whom Va, .l '.-
water and the other on the steamer. Afr
the steamer took fire the helm wa- h.--.
hard port, causing her to whirl around 90
around as long as the engine worked III
Cordelia did not leave the wreck until
burned TO the waters edge
NV YoBk, ArHlr
The HTald'S Washington despatch ST..
The Presidents friends appear S-cr
troubled over the time given to the I--s-
ment trial on Saturday by the ruin @.
the evidence relative 10 the Preside -
templated object in removing Mr. S-a-.-.
| If Gen. Sherman cannot testify 10 g..
point the Cabinet members cannot. and -s
/
er sort TO offer They do not appear taf'e1
however, and continue to take a hopeful
view Of their case.
Mr.. Stevens has been hUsily engaged die
tating the speech he expects TO make N-
Logan has an ll-column address ready i-
the occasion. The motion TO allow o. many
to speak as wish TO. viii probably he PAS
ed. Notwithstanding the vote Of saturday
it Is thought that Gen. Sherman's testimony
will be given to-day probably t's~e1-
animation. The facts which the defense De-
sire 10 show relate to a conversation between
Gen. Sherman. Grant and the President N
the l4th of January, the Jay after NJ
Stanton was re-instated. 1t is alleged tLa.
both Grant and Sherman agreed 10 ai7i~
| Mr.. Stanton 10 resign and that the Presle-.
expressed to them his intention Of resJ''--
TO legal measures to get Mr.. Stanton --
On this point the defence have laid -''--
| stress.
Another Washington despatch state .'
the Navy Department are in receipt 3 s.
vices from Sitka that indicate an Indian F;.
which if not promptly checked, will end l-
summary driving of the Union forces aTa.
unless reinfOrcements are sent them.
WASHINGTON, ApriLll
Gen. Thomas testified regarding testir- 2.
heretofore given, and said very distin.,-.
that what he had heretofore stated before "a,
| House Committee was wholly untrue, an
| also in very many cases cOntradicted what d
had heretofore sworn to. He was mixed u.
inextricably.
Gen. Sherman was next sworn Ills test
mony as to conversation with the Preside1-
! offered bv the defence to show the intent
the President, was objected to by the mans
gers.
Malta, April T.
Admiral Farragut has arrived here on
flag ship Franklin, accompanied by the +
conderoga. He was received with all {;
national honors, and with marked attera
by the authorities and inhabitants. He st
visit Lisbon.
LONDON, AIrIl
The War Office is in receipt Of later lT
patches from the British expediti.1in Ana.
Gen. Napier, with the British iJrcs, La-
reached lat 2Io The Abyssinian ny
Theodorus, was at Magdala ready for 'e-.
His forces consisted Of about 5000 s1t
men and % large guns. Gen. NaFf
completed his plans for general assault
the works.
w AsUINcTON Auril 10. T.