Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-09-09

s The actual fighting in Europe has lasted les
h than a month In yigor, bloOdshed, and irnpor
lie lance of results, the campaign has been equse'
" by nothing since the wars Of the FIRST Napoleon.
II Marshall O. Roberts, in published card, de
Of ill.,. :. ..,,;,.,o e,r c:oro,no- Of Nov
y York, the condition of his health, as be says
l. utterly forbiddng it. We judge that with Mr.
q Roberts out of the field, Mr.. Greeley is nov
n pretty sure to be the Republican nominee.
; doubtful rumor, published 10y the Albany
J. Journal, states that Hiram Walbridge of New
York, is thought of as Secretary OF State in plac,
e of Mr.. Fish Mr. Walbridge is described By tn,
Is ": y. Commercial as Sc the mcst immense poll
e teal wind instrument in the republican bras:
;, band -
: 1t is too early to predict the immediate conse-
5 quences of the cspitulstion of the Emperor and
l. mis- main army. 1t can hardly be that thecity Of
t Paris will attempt to Withstand a seige, when the
= field armies Of France have succumbed The
j Napoleonic dynasty, of course, is at an end, but
with what government or attempts at gov
c eminent, it will he replaced, remains to be
! seen.
The Democratic canal managers of New ork
State have used up 2O9, 600 on the first section
= of the Chsmplain Canal in fifteen months. If
, honestly expended, this large sum would have
? made the canal deep enough 70 Goat the largest
canal craft But squaniersd as it vas, it was
Of so little service that few days ago hundred
AMI fifty boats were aground on that section.
F This is fair specimen Of Democratic manage
ment.
despatch from London Of the 5lst says
England is likely to have an Alabama issue with
Prussia A note has been received by Earl
Granville demonstrating agaius: Eagland's dis
regard Of her obligations as neutral, declaring
that Prussia will not accept the legal quibbes Of
the law officers Of the Grown, and summoning
England to fulfl her neutral obligations or take
the consequences. The question is diplomatic
one. the note Sils and must be promptly
solved as such.
The attractions Of summer retreats appear to
have almost exhausted Wall Street Of its opera
tors The New York pspers say that the aver
age attendance at the Stock Exchange on Mon /
day is about ten brokers' let the board COM
prses about three THOUSAND members. In the .
/ Gold Room the average attendance after Clearing
House time il about twenty-five cut Of a total .
membership Of twenty-five hundred The tide .
Of summer travel is ebbing however, and the .
| bulls and bears will son he trloling back to .
their accustomed haGnts.
The New York Erclng Foif speaking as b.
authority, gives an explanation Of the manner Of .
/ Mr.. Motley's removal Of which contradictory
accounts we're given in print r. is 70 the effect
that Nj Motley received by mail an .utimatiou
from the State Department that his resignation
would he accepted, only the DAY before he heard
by Telegraph that Mr. Frelinghuyscn hal been
nominated 20 the Senate. The minister tele-
graphel TO Washington THAI 90 resign under such
circumstances would be only " TO dismiss him
self which be declined to DO The Post fur
thur says tina, Mr. Motley declares he hs,
obeyei instruction. without any qualifications
whatever
We're strong, true aGi permanen; republic
present possibility in France. We should hope
to see it now established buff the French qe5-
pie we're ready for a republic, Bismarck sni
King William are no more in favor Of French
republic than Of Pra-siln one The Orleans
family could not sccept a restoration ~ the
hands o. the German. The C5m'e be p4ri. il
as hostile 70 Germany as any other Frenchuln.
OF course the other powers wll n.t allow France
to become a Prussisn province nor could the
French people be thus permanently sutjusa.ei.
There may be as much trouble in settling the
form OF government 10 France a- there has been
and is, III Spain.
A letter from some rogues who have the pms T
peot before them Of serving olt q long time In !
Sng-Sing las jus, been made public. Itssetches '
nest plan for escaping justice, and is interest b
ing as showing how such little affairs are MAI Il
agei in New York. The letter is addressed t5y f.
friend If the writer. Tbo is lucky enough % Be I
still breathing free air aul suggests that ae send
certain Ike Robinson 20 tine District Attorneys 4,
Office with ffty dolsr., 90 %. she papers pigeon
hoei until other friends succeed IN Gripping the d
by the removal u witnesses. ed Ike -
Robinson i- said 30 be an Alderman Of New :,
York. And such is the complexion e efii5e arl
justice in tia; happy city b.
The defeat Of NacNI.hou opens the way for d
the unmolesteI march Of the Prlss..u armies to u
he walls Of Paris he bad an army estimated ="
by NJ Gaillsriet. the correspondent; Of the C,lr- o.
-isr sss Etlts I--fs, ~ 10000; but thethree !
armies .of the Grown Prince al Prince Royal u
If Prussia and the Grown Prince Of SaHouy) J!
thrown upon him. doubtless exceeded he in j
numbers by from 100000 TO 10000 His de- ''
eat is not surprising under such odds, but it is 81
apparently decisive The siege Of Paris is u
probably the uo,t great event iu order with 90 IL
ne can tell what 10 the way Of efforts at inter ed
ention by foreign powers, resistance by the u.
french people, possible anarchy in the city, ami gu
alarm and turmoil throughout Che nation. The re
rsis Of the var seems to be near at hand. ''
There is a very pretty qusrse. gong On GU
'etween the principal New York dailies &C.
n the suJisct Of special dispatches The an
rr.Juue. though MT. smsIey. its Lon tie
lon agent has organized corps Of BY
orrespo udeuts on the continent whose COM PI
.uuicatious be SITS, and ieegrsphs the results Of
! special dispatches TO the paper with which Co
C is connected These dispatches. however. are he
ent under the rules Of the Associated Press As tn
ociaiion, and the other papers, co-partners in vi
his organization. claim an equal rightto them, VII
ccording 70 the rules Of the Association, by sti
hariug the expense Thus it is Tie Tribune as
ally charges its contemporaries with something to
cry little short Of theft, 90 which they retort VI,
it'll accusations Of trckery and attempted fraud. ha
the matter stands, the Tribune is one against the
any but if the report be true that lis crculs- CIV,
on has Increased 1900 since the wal in ON
urope began, it would appear to have secured ag'
lie substantial advantages Of this newspaper con- tai
let. AMI It deserves them. dot
Pr
Mr. Thurlow Weed, in an interesting letter On,
ON Montreal, published in the y. J. CONNER =.
al -3irsriiser, wonders why on earth articles 49,
domestic use should be so much dearer in the =
nited States than in Canada, Other people ~
I'VE been quite much puzzled on that subject a.
r a long period past. Beef in Montreal costs 70,