Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-21

the Tehusntepec River. Now that the PROJECT
for Canal at Darien seems abandoned, greater
responsibility rests on the officers Of this expe-
dtion to make it's surveys complete and decisive
: For some time past certain Western and
r Southern politicians snd editors have been clam
. oring for more currency" Congress, at its
= las, session, resolved to crafty snd silence them
= 1t passed law providing for s56, 100000 ofnew
national bank capital, but only Ss,o0o,0O0 Of
thi. amount has yet been called for, and part Of
+ this is from the Northeastern states The ma
tural inference is that the sections in question
/ did not need currency half so badly as was pre-
d tended
, There are reports Of a successful sor,ie from
! Paris on the 7th inst, but they come in too
= doubtful form for entire belief They repre-
r sent that battle occurred on the above date,
4 between Fort Mont du Vslerien and St. Cloud,
, on the west side OF Paris, in which the French,
= under Gen Ducrot, completely defeated the
Prusssns and forced them to retreat to Versailles
5 entirely surrendering the position they bad ate
" occupied, and from which they might have
. sheed the western part of Paris. Il is added
thst the messenger bringing the intelligence,
which comes to Us from Tours. permitted to
pass through the Prus.isn lines. This, ofcourse.
will st once throw doubt on the truth Of the
story.
II it only cost two hundred dollars 70 repair
the damage which the Glerriere sustained by
grounding on Nantucket shoals, very grave
business has had decidedly LUCKY termiua-
ton. Such an scciieut might have caused her
total loss As is, she seems to have come out .
with the minimum Of damage The court Of in .
quiry, which is to open its investigation Of the .
csse on Saturday, will undoubtedly place the
blame where it belongs snd it is TO be hoped
that the singulary trihing loss in which the sf
fair has resulted, viii not be SLOWED to excuse the
culpabe parties from just condemnation. When
vessel is run aground in broad day, ami in well
known waters. there must be gross neg igeace or
incspacity somewhere
A New York evening journal. in enumerstng
what it calls the &" live issues Of the CANVASS
ttH hLlluA lutlA tlit lu44NN ~ - W. .
The Federal administration, being held ,ogc-
Their by the brute force Of arms sn1 arbitrary
laws. is not worthy the respect. confidence or
support Of the people.
This startling announcement i male without
= single word Of comment or explanation. We
we're under the impression that We had cleo
/ ton few years ago, and that one Of the two
gentlemen who were minated for the Presi-
deney was elected by an overwhelming majority
Of the voters Of the country that on the 4ih Of
March, 1859, he was duly insugurA'ei. and
took the same oath to support the Constitution
and enforce the laws that sll our residents have
taken from Washington to Lincoln but this is
delusion, We are told If il is We At least
have the consolation oflearniug, through the re-
cent elections that we share the deusion with
large majority of otherwise very sensible fellow
citizens.
The naturalization treaty with the United '
States recently signed by the Austrian Govern C
ment is similar to the naturalization treaties :
which were established last yesr with the Gov
ernments Of Prussia, England, Bavaria and q
Wurtemberg 1t secures to Austrian-born sub
jec,s who may be nsturalizei American citi-
the same rights, privileges and immunities t
on Austrian soil as belong to natve-born Amer T
lean citizens The principle involved is not only I
just in itself, but may at any time become Of I
great practical importsnce-for example, during b
the progress of such war as that now raging a
between Francesnd Prussia. Our government has
been for two years engaged in trying to secure !,
the recognition of this principle by all the gov h
ernments of Europe It has thus far met with !,
remarkable success Il
The National I1ielligsacer, Of Washington. y
after seventy years Of existence through various -
phases, is to change its locality well as Its CT
character 1t is to be published in New York. p
as weekly paper, and not as formerly. daily :,
The only resemblance between the old paper IA
and the new one. judging from the advanced 81
number issued, is in the solid character Of the U
articles. 1t has more the appearance, both in 3,
the matter and makeup, Of weekly review of
than newspaper The managing editor is Mr.. OF
Alexander Delmsr, the we'll known statistican ~
and former head Of the Bureau Of Statistics in co
Washington. The editor, or the principal writer it
in the first number, is understood to be Mr.. A. ~,
H. Louis, formerly editor and proprietor of the Of
London Spectator, gentleman of fine scho- Be
lsrly sttsinments and of that liberal school Gu
Of young English journalists and thinkers who ~
ook to the United States as the overshsdowing cir
power and hope OF the world. isl
The Massachusetts democrats met in conven- to
ion at Fitchburg on Wednesday, and paid Mr. We
John Quincy Adams the compliment of unsni- 70,
nous nomination for Governor James Chatta-
way of Springfield, who is sso on the Labor Re- 30
orm ticket for the same office, was nominated
or Lieutenant Governor The platform adopted get
denounced the administration, condemned the era
epubcsn and e1tolled the democratic party, in the
he usual manner 1t had, however, one fea- hs'
ure in common with that of its political oppo- cou
tents, in the absence of woman suffrage plank. wit
he advocates Of this reform were on hand, but
he reception accorded their resolution the sio
everse Of encouraging. A week or so before the wo
epublcsn convention at Worcester had listened rep
especially to the lady delegates, but the Fitch
urg delegation was not SO patient. The reading in
( their memorial by Mr.. Cox was interrupted EXP
nth derisive shouts and laughter and the reso- ne
utiOn he submitted impatiently despatched to ors
be committee of resolutions without debate 1t scr
'as rather fortunate that ladies were present nj
the convention, their might have tingled the
little at the jok es which this memorial appears Ho
D have suggested to some members of it. The Ary
ction of the convention forcibly illustrates the
oliticsl ssgacity Of tho woman suffrage reform
rs They recently agreed to formally present -,
heir cause to both republicans and democrats,
nd ally their forces with the party which adopt
it. As the result Of this wise move, the moral
Import which their respectful treatment at Una
Worcester gave them, has been almost DESTROYED
the ridicue cast on their cause at Fitchbure 10"
Fourteen Of the Emperor Napoleon's horses,
Did in England, brought only $50 guineas His Yer
ravelling and baggage wagons found no pur- s
hasers, probably because the Imperial crest had
cen painted out on them 1