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Land Tenure IN England.

Far are aware Of the character Oh the an
c;ent Land Tenure of England and OF the
consequences which have followed the change
n the condition Of modern times. Very
,nc;entlv the entire land Of the kingdom was
considered Is belonging to the crown, as the
representative authority Of the nation. In
dividual ownership Of the land, as Of per-
sonaI property, was unknown. All the peo-
ME had a right to use of the land, to pro-
cure therefrom the means Of subsistence,
and all the Inhabitants were bound to render
money or service in some form for the sup
mort Of the crown in peace and in war.
Generally speaking large tracts Of coun-
try were granted by the King to powerful
and influential vassals who We're bound as a
condition of their tenure to render service to
the crown n time Of war, and to contribute
in case Of need from their incomes to the
royal support. The military forces were
therefore in great measure made up OF
bodies of iaen-at-arms, brought into the field
and maintained there by these powerful
vassals usually toe, commanded by them
OF course these retainers were occupants OF
lands granted to them by their lords for
their support. The tenant gave of his labor
and Of tie products of the land a portion, for
the support Of his superior, and also military
service when called for. II tie lord did well
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

The last exploit Of our friend, the "feud in hu-
man shape, was carried into execution last We'd
nesday on Howard street. He was planking
sidewalk, when woman in gorgeous apparel
stopped near the scene Of his lsbors to chat with
a friend. Her train hung over the edge Of the
last plank he had put in position, and he quietly
slid another one alongside Of 1t and securely
spiked it down. The hend then went away TO
dDner.-San Francisco paper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02
State Board Of Education

appointed by the Governor, by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate
FIRST istrict-NIerritt Clark Of Poultney,
George N. Weber of Middlebury-
Second District. - Benz amin II. Steele Of
Hsrtlsnd, Benjamin F. Bingham of Brattleboro
Third Observation-Disclosures II. Backham Of
Burlington. William A. Robinson Of Barton.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02
Is the Chinaman Coming ?

There has been good deal Of discussion
abolt John Chinaman. and L.s future 81 II =
gard. this country; some thinking t'iar he
era Of cheap and good iaborers and e55-e all
house servants has already begun, and that
we are soon. T. have Chinese instead If Irish
IL cyerv kitchcn-while Others derrcaa5 The
..s-.odnotion of SO foreign and heaJh,ni an
element as likely % he Productive tie
worst result- But tile labor and rec riches
Of one man, at leas., who has given a good
deal Of time and attention f the o. 4etical
question Of getting Gilman Aen from Caligo--
MIA. % to show that both the Danger and the
blessing are remote. T. is zenIe'ern, Mr..
Palmer Of Boston, ha j number q a-drrs
from Bostonians to : ct them Cl-nl-e house
servants. and wro.' to tue eress en- i--aut
firm of Koapmar n coop S Co, san Francis
c.; they refii ed at first that they eo1ld send
them, bat ter wards said sc Ne tried very
havi TO aotai, servants for yoa. but az pre-
sent tn. Chi ncse, one and all. rci-=e 20 90
on" Mr.. '.'alae- declares
The a. h .stben Chinoe," despite lis name,
looks On u a. the outside hsr6t7ians. Sumu-
late INN grafton to its highest pitch and IL
will be = long time before the rsce viii overTnn
tho land they will come in colonies. and IL TINS
way Or 5ve wholesome check upon the tyranny
Of trade s-unious ; they msy come as fervAnts 10
locate IN the immediate vicinity Of colony oil
their countrTmen but there will ne'ar ne any
DANGER Of the .. horles Of coolies, against
whose " Importation the politician tecI'inl,
that mighty army is more Of myth man me
ghost in Hamlet The Cinnamon are um'l
they are not aggressive, however general may he
their immigration 10 coast washed ny the ssme
ocean which reaches westward 10 the middle
kingdom; they have their companies' their
friends. q coin currency there. snd are within
thirty day. Of home. Here all is different ana
twill he many yesrs before they vii hsve c'u-
rage to travel over three thousand miles through
apsran country, to settle sn-ly With us POOR
barbsrisns
While. therefore, I shall continue TO impart M
formation to the public concerning this interest
ing people, and supply labor 10 quantity II de-
sired to manufacturers OF farmers- i crleves me
TO think that I shall Lot be able 10 give house
keepers sny present prospect Of relief from their
domestic troubes
1t will grieve many housekeefeTs 30 I;te
to hear il.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

The row Boafd OF Agriculture, Mining
and Manufactures, instituted by the General
assembly, can DO a good work for our State,
IF visoly ami efficiently managed. Much
will depend upon it's selection Of sccro-
tary. With a bright, active, intelligent, .iu-
dicious and well-insormed man in tLat Office,
the reports Of tie Board viii be something
worth while, and it can exert an iu1acuce
in fostering and developing the material TO-
sources Of cur State which will reTay its cost
. hundred fold. We give elsewhere tho rep II
Of the Senate committee on the subject "a,
the creation Of the Board, and the act c7eai-
ing it,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

In the capitulation of Thionville, the last fort
ress held by the French in Lorraine has fallen,
and the only remaining obstacle to undisturbed
communication between the headquarters Of the
Prussian army and its capital is removed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

Weston, the wakist and failist, hes 50 fzzled''
again. The 400 miles which he proposed to
walk in FIVE consecutive days he failed to 50 get
over He failed to make ll2 miles in twenty
four hours. He commonly fails.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

TIE lugubrieus prophecies and speculations a
few months ago over the consequences that
would follow the oyerrunuing of this country by
the Chinese look queerly alongside the fact that
the arrivals of Chinese have steadily fallen off
for some time past, being 'ess this year than
L.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02
From Montpelier.
MONTPELIER, Nov. 23rd, 1870.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION,

MONTPELIER, Nov. 23rd, 1870.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.
The Legislature adjourned without day this
morning, after continuous session (broken only
by adjournment for mealsl of eighteen hours
lasting through the night Of the results, es-
pecially the failure to amend the listing lsw,
and the crowding through, by the power OF o
=. long team" of a so-cailed Equalization y OF
the county lists, which is as outrageous piece
Of injustice and Inequality as was ever perPe-
trated, you will doubtless have something to say
hereafter
The majority repor; Of TIE State Equalization
Committee to average the appraisal Of real estate,
was called up in the House last evening Earnest
protests against its adoption were made Mr.. Bal
lard Of Fairfax, DR.. Carpenter OF Huntington and
Mr. Whitemore of Milton. The report was sus-
taiped by Juige Kellogg Of Benson and Mr. Hyde
Of Castleton, and vas adopted l4S to So. By
this action the County Of Chit.anden. which as
finally averaged by the county equal.zing com
mittee, hal been put into the Lists at an increase
of - per cent. over the appraisal Of lSj5-the
greatest increase Of say county in the State
was Subjected to further increase Of fdy per
cent The county Of Franklin, which hal listed
its properly At an increase Of l. per ceu'--a
greater increase than that Of any other county III
.be State except Chit,ea Zen aud Caledonia, was
put up thirty PEI cent. The great and growing
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General llo5ke- also wants TO take Can
ada by c5nt-a., IN sixty days, and offers
hundred t1,usarl soldiers from Ohio for the
purpose. The Batlcr- and Ilookers are
dong all they can 10 prevent the peaceful
annexation Of Cluaia-the only way in
which our northern aeiEhbors ought to be.
or are likely to he, made members Of cur
Union. " En5icing with a pi;calors, Will
not work wei 10 this case.
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Luther and the Reformation.


c.Aimed sny intention cf discussing The persona
motives Of Leo the Tenth or Martin Luther tn
Question to be trestei is one Of principie,-tb
causes which separated 50 many Christians frou
the Church in the 10th century. The Caurch
continued the syelker, like its Divine founder
Is COMPOSED Of divine and human elements. IL
laying It's foundations Christ impaired O. ]
Unity. likeuine it 10 q sheapfo!d Under one shep
herd He Impaired lavulnerability, dee.a7iu.
that the gates Of hell SHOULD not prevail azsias
it He impaired Sarc;ity and PemaHenc5, pro
mi'.ng TO &c with it even to the consummstiaI
Of the world. The Caarch, then, is indiyisi5is
permanent, and inIestructble without ,rss'
Urerozztives il could not have carried out i.
mission without these gifts Christianity would
hive bee1 stidsi in It's cradle. On the human
SIDE the Church is u.xei Of cool ami evil; VI.
must expect abuses, weakness and corruption
mea will trespass against each other, and mus;
ask ustual :5rciyensss With the wA-st o..
.sres viii grow, aud So IL is with TIE Church 1t
Is her part 10 ,utesycr to make her children
good and worthy sne er4ss ID ~t 'H'7' '-- CT
canno. compel is she therefore to CO; ci PM
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posed % d' ".,- 'ne '1i' avs %
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ID. Church. "a rs human side, ao'a free
f-.u ,-Ior AMI weakness "n1 N--.+, "77
On earth o. have ue denial of P.-e., Tie
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With Ca-ists chosen APOSTLE I; such vas the
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brethren t-en' there were Ani'-cAl-sis see me
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02


Tie Hon. 4. e CstteiI Of New jerfey will GER
tainlv be Gag lldate for reelection go the Unit
ci STATE. Senate. TX Secretary Robesoa desires
i.t55 .uoouaceI tai. he 5. not earlila,e-
Ale,.er ia the Wilmington Commercial re
ports tha- before she election "a Delaware tie
Democrat, ring promised that, should they sue
ceei. d. Clancy Jones should be elected to the
United States senate.
The Washington correspondent Of the Phila-
ielphia Press teleg-aphs that the PRECEDENT, in
conversation with gentleman lately
stated thu, it was not HE intention TO make shy
changes in the Cabinet, at lesst for the present
F.W. Ferry Of Michigan has the largest ms-
jority-Il ,000-1eceiyei by any candidate for
Representative in the last elections. Mr.. Ferry
is a candidate Tor the seat Of Senator Howard,
whose term expires Iext March
OficiGl returns Of the recent election in Mary
land show that l8l,525 votes were ponei for
Representative in Congress-76.796 for the
Democratic candidates and 57,129 for the Re-
publican caaGiIates-showing a Democratic ma
jority Of 1907 The increase in the Republican
vote since the Presi lential election of 1858 is y
POO.
Its generally conceded that the campaign in
Missouri was q mere local episode, and that the
election went of on a side issue, having nothing
to do with the national issues between the two
great parties, and still less with the formation Of
a new one.
Representative Sidney Clarke of Kansas, who
is in Washington, is in doubt as to the result O.
the election soon to occur for successor to Sen
ator Ross He is himself candidate, and the
contest seems to be between him and Mr.. Ross,
although there are many other candidates pos
sessing more or less strength. Senator Pomeroy
who also has arrived in Washington, says on the
same topic that the present incumbent, Senator
Ross, is working hard to be reelected, with little
or no chances Of success. Congressman Clarke
is the most promising candidate, and 50 far sp-
Dears 10 have the best prospect
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

SrABBIxG AFyRAY.-Duriag 3 quarrel p
Growers saloon at White River Junction, on
Friday, Edward Blsisdell was stabbed three ta's
by a man named Timothy Mack.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02
Close of the Session.

must notcl LOT wisdom ana virtue HACK lol
the wisdom, il not Cor the yirtue-dissolved into
scattered mob Of csrpet-bsggers, homewsrd
bound. The fesbpots Of home proved stronger
attractions than;h feshpots Of their Montpelier
Egypt. There were those who cried - stay
with stouter lungs and stronger emphasis than
the maiden to the excelsioric youth Of Mr.
Longfellow's poem but they would not stay
nor agree to come again. The adjournment was
sine die, and i; remains for us to see what the
fifty days O the first b:ennis session have
amounted to for good or i'll. We have space for
but brief and hasty recspitulatiOn-
70 begin with the things not done, the Legs
leture did not pass any listing Law. An indus
tr;ous special committee Of members Of both
Houses worked hard snd long over the subject
AMI near the close Of the session presented "hs'
to our mind was very good bill. But it was
preioomed from the start Every body owned
that our presen; listing system VAS probably the
worst in the United States, and as bad as 1t
could be : but hardly anybody meant to be salts
fed with anything that anybody else might
propose as remedy The House did, to It's
honor, On the last night OF the session. p'ss a
simple BILL requiring listers to take IN o''h IN
advance sud to require an oath Of every tax
payer, and providing for new appraisal IN
1872. This would have teen much better tnan
nothing. It would have given but two years
life AT most to the appraisal Of 1870 the last and
worst one on record, and permitted the S'a'e 10
start afresh' if chose, on uniform and equal
standard OF valuation. This was ki!ei III the
Senate 10 i's shame De II SAID Inc '''' '!
which II was done was rs follows
YES tors ,BIaiiey B-ne-ii L5y"9S'
"a '.'
NAYs-sonators Abcil. Camp Carpenter, Cola
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

We venture TO surces, doubt whether it is
best tina, the practice q making presents Of
watches AMI si've-oere ;5tte presiding oth,ers
IF our Legislature. i1su-lrst,l last year iu the
House aal repeated thi. year in both House
and Senate. should become standing custom.
The propositions TO make such presents. do1tt-
less a,ors from kindly aul Iisia,erss;el motives,
in these csses. and prol4b,y most of those who
contributed the purchase money lil go cheer
fully Yet iu every such general subscription
there csu ha7lly fail 20 be some Who feel otL.gsf
to give, fearing that = refusal may be taken as
an iui.csti,n OF positive ill-wiil or parsimany-
bu. who 10 .o' desire to, and who perhaps need
tbenouey, tr.ae though +, be,more than the reci-
p.eut uaeis their share Of the gift For such,
the presentation Of the subscription paper in
such ca,es, i. a kind Of eztortiou. But there
are more serious objections than this 20 the prsc-
ticc The Speaker Of the House sud President
Of the Senate occupy positions Of grave responsi-
biHty. knowledge Of tie fact that they s1e
likely 20 receive a gratuity al the close Of ;he
session. from those over whom they preside, is
certainly net likely to coniucc 20 more absolute
impartialry and independence on their part.
As matters Of taste, too, these presentations are
questionable. There is naturally good deal Of
"slopping over" and excessive mutual aimirs-
ton in the speeches and they ono' look as well
in print SIS they sound st the time. otcourse it
is not very gracious thing TO criticize or object
to such re.formsnces, originating in generous
and kindly motives and IT did not seem to Us
that principle worth noting WIS involved we
would net DO it. But there is reCly no good
reason why the presiding oticers in or General
Assembly should receive presents for doing their
duties courteously AID aoceptably. They have
double pay in addition to the honor Of their Pc
s;tilus. and we doubt no. that generally they are
Herewith content. This sort Of thing is not
customary, we think, in other Legislatures, or in
Congress, and if it we're, we should be still com
PEELED to question its propriety. Would it not
be well to have it understood, by general con-
sent. that there shall be no more Of it in Yer
mont
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

Washington specials represent the Prcsl-
dent as disapproyins Bat,er's speceh-7ead to
him before IL delivery especially the Parts
about the Aatama claims and the Reruhli-
can party.
The \. i. Tri5ms calculates that the
next Congress will stand l3- Republicans
to Jos Democrats giving the Republicans a
majority of$l. II the present Congress the
Republicans have rs members to % Deln-
ocrats, or q majority or7s. There viii thus
have been a change Of almost twenty mem
ber-, IT the figures Prove correct: bat the
results may turn ont tie be somewhat better
when all the States have voted.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

The Episcopalisns Of Massachusetts do not
feel altogether assured of the orthodoxy of Father
Benson ard the other high Church clergy who
recently arrived in Boston from England.
The matter wss referred lo Bishop Eastburn,
and he decides to-day whether these gentlemen
shall be allowed to preach Ia Episcopal churches
IN his diocese.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

feel altogether assured of the orthodoxy of Father
Benson ard the other High Church clergy who
recently arrived in Boston from England.
The matter wss referred to Bishop Eastburn,
and he decides to-day whether these gentlemen
shall be allowed to preach In Episcopal churches
IN his diocese.
Senator Spragua has authorized the statement
that Chief Justice Ch4se viii not. under any
circumstances, resume his seatupon the supreme
Bench for year to come He VIII fully re-es-
taJlish his health before again taking On the
csres and responsibilities Z his official station.
Nothirgis said about his res gaat.on of the Chief
Justiccshir, and it is Hot a: all probable thai he
enteria,ns any such purpose.
There is a rev 6hy-5sut currency counterfeit
tina, is vel calculated to deceive The sea and
blue flores in the rarer O., the genuine are imi-
tated by printing in the counterfeit the .ong
beari Of Secretary Stanton is darker, ari the
figure. 5o'' Oh the right hand are sarmouuted
by Gold tlscE instead Of dre lines, as IN the
genuine
HopFIslr. a correspondent Of he -iirs5ii-
ST., in France says that smorg ;h. wounded Of
srs.b. arg there are thee or four hundred wo-
men aal children in the h.sFiu,s, most night
fully muu,a.eI ly the l.mtarimc,t One
mother lies On 20 mattress vi,l % leg cl, and on
..-.-.,-t.. boz ..is.y-,r, .,ly ono
arm
lvro7rt>r ryprro>.-A tI VS.. passed.
5g-.p, Tia, last i,ys Of the legislature. exempt
ing from paIl tax al q IS, who have i.st % leg
or arm IN the military service and those who
were permanently deprived f .slt. while
the privilege cf tLe elective franchise 5. a.t ia-
tsrfe-e.l with To al such who reside ID 'l.s
+ community. this win be as god a- 1.r-.la If
. six or seven dollars annually.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-12-02

Mrs Wilbur, whose death We record this
week, was very worthy, industrious woman.
Her first husband was Daniel Brown, 10 part
supported by the town, and so was Mr. Wilbur,
her second husband, and having the offer Of
marriage two years since from the same class Of
men, she replied, d" That she had taken care Of
two old men and it seemed as though she had
done her part in that line, and now in her adj
vanced age if she took care of herself she should
do well - and it will be remembered By the
newspspe reader that this answer went the
rounds Of the New England press.-.Nsteport
Express.