Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-03-26

each true Hibernian sat his buxom wife or
r smiling maiden, and which was throughout a
decorous, orderly and pleasant as any gathering
= of any elias, of our citizens, could be- We saw
no tipsy men, and heard no shouting or profan
, ity in our streets on St. Patricks Day Such ,
celebration is very greatly to the credit of ouI
Irish citizens, and of the Hibernian Society, an.
it did not differ in these respects from former oc
casions of the kind.
The same praise is due to our French Cana
dian citizens, and the St Johns and St. Joseph >,
Societies, for the good order Of their celebration
yesterday.
The UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.-The Pal
NAL Ga=ette, commenting on the criticisms
made IN this country upon Mr.. Reveriy john
sons course, offers some general views, which
are worthy, at least, of consideration
When feeling enters into the relations be
tween nations, it is singularly apt to turn sour
upon slight provocation, and when it has once
become embtterel the consequences are apt
TO be very serious indeed. If it had not been for
our common language and our common origin !:
II the Americans had not been inclined, upon
various grounds to pay exceptional attention to
liged to interpret foreign language before they
could ascertain what those opinions were, the
probability is that We should never have had
quarrels at all. A common interest plus per-
sonai indifference is by no means bad founda-
ton for the transaction Of business There is
more chance or quarrelng with a man with whom
you do business, if, as the schoolboys say, YOU
know him. than if your relations are confined
to the shop or the office.
For these reasons it seems TO US on all accounts
desirable to studiously sober and quiet Ian
| gusge as to the relations between England and
the United States, and to leave the community
language and that Of race, in so far as it exists
TO produce its own effects in a natural way upon
the private relations which it obviously faci-
tates between individual members Of the two na-
tons. Besides the general reasons which exist
for this and which we have Just explained, there
/ are certain special reasons Of considerable i'm
portance arising out Of the present condition Of
American life. The strongest Of these is that the
/ relation between the two countries has actually
| changed considerably within the last few wears.
and Is still changing in a direction which docs
not tend to bring them together Down to the
war the more cultivated parts Of America, and
in particular the New England States, stood,
intellectually, in a sort Of provincial relation to
England They lived to a great extent upon
English books and ideas, on account Of the want
of distinct American cast ofthought. The
war has entirely altered this 1t has. for good
or for evil, converted the United States intoone
nation in a sense in which they were never one
nation before and the effect of this has natural
ly been to teach them, intellectually and moral
", TO stand upon their OWE legs, and TO under
stand, realize and act upon their own principles
Of life and conduct The nation has become in
tellectually as well politically independent
and the old commonplace which represented
England and America As mother and child why
nations should not be men instead Of women. if
they must be distractions, we do not know)
which were once not altogether inappropriate.
are now altogether out Of place The American
type Of character isfully formed and clearly and
radically distinct from the English type There
are plenty Of obvious reasonsflr this ofwhich the
different circumstances Of the two countries. and
the enormous infusion Of Irish and continental
blood into the United States which has taken
place Of late years, are perhaps the most promi-
nent but the fact being 50 the closeuess Of the
connection between us Is considerably diminish
ed. We are morally and intellectually iuiepend-
ent Of each other
SINGULAR SUICIDES II SAN Francisco Two .
officers Of the regular army have lately commit
ted suicide in san Francisco. both Of them un-
Lieut. John f. Small was found in his room,
dressed in full uniform and completely covered
by the clothing Of the bed. On a stand near
the head Of the couch was large vial which had
contained chloroform. lie left several letters,
one addressed % his brother, leaving hi, effects
to him. but giving no reason for the suicide 4
part Of the Counterpart hal been saturated with
he had also covered his face with
it, and this passed of into the sleep Of dealh
lie had plenty Of means and held an honorable
position, and no reason is known why be should
have destroyed his own life.
The same day the body Of Lieut. Col John G.
Scott was found on his bed with both his wrists
cut on both sides, completely seyering the arte-
ries, the blood from which had flowed into
washing bowl at one side and In the water pitch
ar on the other. Everything went to show that
after cutting his wrists he must have held them
over the two vessels until life became almost ex-
tinct, and it must have required wonderful
,ooness, considering his terrible position An
empty bottle marked laudanum and poison, and
half bottle Of chloroform were found in the
room, but there was no evidence that be had
taken poison.
STRANGE FREAK or A MASnc-A Young man
named Dichenor, in Vernon, Township, Sussex
County. went crazy last week and while in that
condition seized "a double-barrelei shotgun,
with which he compelled his father and the other
two members Of the family to crouch in a corn
ar Of the room for two days lie fired at them
aiming closely as possible without
hitting, the shot sometimes striking the walls
within six inches Of their heads He threatened
# they moved or cried out he would blow out
their brains. He had plenty of ammunition,
and kept one barrel loaded all the time, firing
from each alternately. Finally he was dsarm-
ID by a neighbyr, and is now safe in an asylum
Trenton N ~ Gazette.