Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-24


+ Admiral Lee Of the West India squadrcn hs
: arrived at Key West, and being telegraphed t,
q replied mo news Of the Tennessee None ex
a pected till the Tybee returns from san Domingo
= the last Of the month. to New York teliev,
$ she is all right"
Many are the tests of inebriety, and the latest
= is proposed by cOlored resideu: of Troy, on'
"Whistling jim jim being hauled from The
gutter to the ltstion house on 4 charge Of inoxi
D cation. there protested that be was perfectly
sober. and to prove his assertion ASKED leave tc
stand on his hesd, which be declared to be beyond
, the poTer Of any drunken man to DO.
There was an interesting debate in the Senste
Tuesday On tie joint resolution to admit Mr..
Miller Of Georgia Senator Carpenter rtai an
elaborate argumen; to show that the test oath
in it application to the case was unconstitutional
The arguments Of Eesgrs Elmunds, Couklir :
and Morton were to the effect th4t Dr. Miller,
when elected, IVES Ineligible AMI consequently
the election was null aud void, and no subse-
qusnt action Of Congress could give it validity
The resolution finally passed the Senate.
The project Of cs,ablisaiuga grand museum
Of art in New York is receiving fresh discussion.
Mr.. Jaryes, the art critic ia a letter from
Florence presents the general outline Of plan
for the museum. The scheme has been IL conrse
Of development for some time gnisr the auspices
Of several Of the most wealthy and cultivated
gentlemen Of the metropolis and a sufficient
sum Of money has already baea subscribed to
ensure the probable initiation Of the enterprise
The work Is one which has an interest FIR TIE
whole country, and its success viii be e7ery-
where welcomed as valuable element in the
advance Of culture snd refinement
The Washington correspondent Of the Boston
TrareHer says he has been iaf,rlei in high
otis;sl quarters tAat lot only viii the subject Of
the purchase of all the British territory west Of
= line 70 be drawn from the southern end Of
Hudson By to the northeast side Of Lake So
/ perior by our government, be submitted to the
/ joint e,mmiss.oa, but proposition nalr, if this
is flvorably received, Tor the withdrawal Of the
British Gag from The whole Of North America,
and that President Gran; gives his entire ap-
proval to this proposed action en- the part Of the
/ Commissioners This announcement viii have
90 be taken c.n grc-5 sails.
l, j. announced tia, Ear le Gray, aal Pref
Montague Bsru4-i. English members Of the
joint commission. sailed from Liverpool fo- New
York on Saturday. Sir staff ri So-tbc1ts.
Mp, takes Sir Jo5a R ss's place OF the joint
commission. Eld le Grey j. a liberal states
man Of respectable ,alent-, AMI occupies in Mr.
Glalstone's cabine: tie position Of president Of
the council Prof Bernard is professor Of Inc
transitional law a, tie University q Ozt-i, sad
is Tie author Of history o. the relations between
his Own country ani the United States during
the rebellion. which is an elaborate defence Of
the cause Of tie British government during our
civil war. sir stafford E1rthe..e has hell
several responsible cficss ir England, and is
among tie frs. Of ,be se,oai class Of British
statesmen.
When Ger. Bu,,sr declare. himself woman
safr.gist, he nsie dee;isihil His feminine
constituent have su,s,ri5el for jos, 900 copies
Of his minority repl-. on the elective franchise
for women, sui letters By the hundred arc sad .
10 be pouring in upon him expressive Of the en-
thusilsa vhi;h be hal excited N the -a1ks Of .
the fair sex. The General seems TO lie firly IN .
fer il, arl sc0fsrs al the great cause hsi better
stsnI from under, As the hon. member flr the .
sixth Mae district is known t1 BIT hlrl snd
heavy sometimes. 7; vii De astonishing. fer in
stance, if he don't very soon fall Ike thousand
Ct brick on Mr. Rogers Of Arkansas, who object
Ell the Other dsy to having the room Of the com
mittee Of elaeat5u and lab,r appropriated by
" certain Women az he called Mrs wooihuI
& Co.
The annual report Of tie lumber business Of
the Saginaw valley and Luke Huron shore,
which supply the great lumber mArke, Of
Detroit, hss been published for $50 The
s1r.e-aies are iuuer5e The whole amount q
lumber cai in the two districts during the year
amounted 70 704. 100000 feet. More than fur
thousand men were engaged IN The mills. which
aauber lis Seventy gsng-ssws and ~ cir-
sular saws were employed, besides so single
avn The quantity Of small lumber manutsc-
urei is also veg great. The following sie
some q the larger items shingles, 20, 100000;
.;aves, II 100000; laih, 81 100000; Picke's,
100000 The Saginaw aIleyis likewise gteat
alt predicting region. sni no less than $4,000
srrels we're pIo1acel in $50
AyoIHER DiAsrsa on rHE HvpsoS RIVER 4
smash Up snd burning Of a G
alsce car. took place On the Hudson River f
load, near Greelbush On Thursday night .
he sccileH; was caused by broken rail, o.
hich thres the train from the track, and at a.
,r running ab,ut twenty rods upon the ties t,
le rear coach swaag agains. the enblnkneut j
o the right, and became detached. 10 the q
eautime the tender became uaoouplei from hi
.e baggage car, and that car and the paisce Il
II tumbleI dowa into the rsTire. The palace it
IL Immediately took FIRE from the gasoline on hi
ard, sni both cars were burned. The pass tb
gers, however. escaped through the win "
US Alirsi iulyari Of Pennsylvania, upon til
turning into the car for his baggage, was n
verey burned about the head snd neck, but SC
Il fatally. Ia
ACCIDENT ON rHE NoRrHEEy y. H. ROAD 81
the passenger train on the Northern y. H. III
lilroa1 was approaching North Boscaven ear gu
Friday morning. the engineer, by means Of M
rear signal light, discovered a freight train '''
the track ahead Of him. Is soon as he saw
Burt, the engineer, reversed the machine, Ga
" the whistle several times, and turning TO nc
fireman, said, Walker, we must jump" u
! both, in the darkness, lesped from the en- III
e. Tie passenger train went on and struck vi
freight train, the rear merchandise cars be- sd
well shaken up and the passenger engine say
lily smashed. Neither engine nor cars were L.,
own from the track. Tie shock was lessened the
u the fact thst the freight train was moving SO
ward. Burt was found to be badly bruised, VII
perhaps injured internally. The fremsn The
5 urharmed. The freight WAS on the psssen- are
trains time. you
yea
'EysIoNs FOE THE SOLDIERS OF lSl2-Con- OF
go For
Ia O. ''-9' feiis'0'eu tue sOiu'eis Vi lol-' hus
. law provides that the Secretary of the Inte and
shall place on the pension rel. the names turr
the surviving officers, enlisted AID drafted ~
:, including military and naval service, who mo,
Ted sixty dsys in the war Of 1872, aud we're raj
orably discharged, snd the names Of such mot
sr officers and soldiers as may have been per- is'l
ally nsmed in any resolution of Congress for upo
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