Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-07-08

neeued' II may be found by comparing cur cable
kilograms on this subject for the week past.
For instance, despatch from London, of We'd
nesday's date, on the authority Of another direct
from Rome, contradicts in manner as positive a,
the statements corrected had been asserted pre-
vlously, that the dogma Of pspal infallibiliy had
been pressed for an early decision, or that the
"preyious question: so to speak, bad been
moved upon it. Whether this statement is en-
titled to any credence over those of contrary
tenor which have lately come by the cable, it i.
= Of course impossible to say. The proceedings Of
the council are supposed to be secret, and the
wildly contradictory reports which are daily set
afoat concerning them, would indicate that they
are so. Newspaper correspondents are there
fore compelled to fall back upon their own imag-
inatioH or town gossip for the substance of their
letters and dispatches.
The y. Y. UOrH mention, the fact that
last Saturday evening that city was visited with
preliminary esrthquake-' preliminary -
says the World, 50 because all,eIperience goes
to show that when the earth begins to quake,
however slightly, it never gives up quaking till
1t has qgakel 90 some purpose" It then goes
on in the most cold boolei manner to prove
that Neo Yor. INNS, ,,r..,,,,.,.. h. e,-r,l,b,5
in some CONFUSION of nature, because the ZONE
known as the zone Of earthquakes hiss been
steadily and perceptbiy tending uorthward and
westward far fifteen y..-. mast Recent A.
mospherio spres-sness too. We are told. flrssbov
the fate Of the doomed eitv. such IS that the hues
Of the sunset the 5qv in question were of a deptb
snd intensity Of ,olo, such As has rarely b,.p
observed out Of the tr5pics. and the atmosphere
was SINGULAR. Ike the le,aen. oppressiye At
uosphere which always prcceies and accom-
panies the seyerest displays Of the interior
forces " OF The globe e We have no preosu-
tons to propose, - concludes the IgorH I've
merely siyise all residents in toar-story New
York houses to have an eye to their ceilings and
their chandeliers, and TO NE i.tate On the mu-
liability Of human affairs "
The Soptb American States e.ne,r Fl, be in
their usual condition Of cbrori. disturbance and
revolution. At last dates quarrel was immi-
neut between Bolivia and Peru, and VenezueA
was IN a state Of complete anarchy As presi-
iental elections are generally settled in the latter
State more by the bullet than the ballot, there
il nothing surprising in the f.ci reported that
five armed candidates are IN the field, really TO
fight for the uncertain honor Of the presidency
OF that wretchel republic The anti-aimIuis-
tration party having fortified themselves in
part Of the town Of L'guayra' according 20 latest
"lyiees were engaged in the Cheerful. amuse-
ment Of firing on the other parts Of the city.
&eanwAile the Jmtet States has little h'l. OF
some 'wo millions az 'nst Nenfzuea' ami a reso-
luton Is now pending in Congress insrruc'ing
the President TO enforce theco.cc.iJn Of the debt
. by force Of arms. Should this be adopted. tie
speedy appearance Of The o. S. navy oft the coast
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The IS 7. Nation. in a notice Of the little
book entitled vermont at ttys.ursh, say,
The author puts 10 YCmort's claim 10 the chief
credit If repu'sing the advance Of the enemy on
. .-g ', oi ',i M. ,' , -. az "; .,y r
took part in the fight. S.snnsrIs Vermont
brigade, which this book particularly celebrates.
1e--lSyi 20 iAe iir.t C9ris, Aai we INNS {
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conspicuous than theirs ia checking she enemy
on the second day. while Second corps soldiers
w., 1, ', - ,I. . ,,' " -5.. - .-.r.
itself on the third lav.
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