Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-01
Review Of the Week

"aatIurper.sI Co be che reply of Secretary
Ssh 20 Es-. C-suyil as uo.e, vas published IN
London Friday. Tie memorials O. british
claimants under the Treaty are orl..cl 90 be
E.cl ty N,rcl -t-Iae Paris Gsul is has
5s.n &c, wed under s-a;ler uau.e--A serious
.i., Las occurred 10 Ber-e. ssi,ss.,4ai. - The
reports from the African diamond 6e'is aie en-
cyurscinr.--The Climb1ri demonstration
c1alies crest uuesanes, in Alte55r.-Iaai --
slrrecu.a Of the Lo,rhis,, in lala, is at go
cnI.-Tbs Americans iu N5lt-esl eel hratal
Wasl .ast5l'l sirthl.y with religious services
aul a tAr4ul;- The people Of Lower O..
tlruia are greatly excited ever reports Of
Threatened hiI5usteriur expedition from Cali
forria The Secretary Of ,le Treasury has
directed the payment Of the iuteres, due Harca
]. on the tar-iorties, from Monday next, without
rebate. From 5000 to $1,000 people Wit
nssaei he laying Of the cornerstone Of the new
City Hall, San Francisco, ca TLa1,l4y Three
thousand Masons 10 resllia were IL line.--The
friends If Prohibition 10 Massachusetts, have sp-
pointed State Central Committee composed Of
leading temperance men, for Che promotion cf
NATIONAL legislation Tor tuqpreis.lg iltenFer-
auce.-Prucs Bismarck proposes &c i.s1e IT,
yital,ous to the powers Cor an international Coz
g1csa 70 cs'ab'i,h a system Of cheap ard uni:.r-a
rates os postage, and TO facilitate the traHsm.s-
sion ard exchange Of malls -Nr William
Cullen Bryant ,suel from Hsvaus or Vera
Cruz on saturisy.-Ihe icc-ooat Qu ITu
vaa the New-Hsnbarg Clab teen,y-ale race
on Saturday. Time, forty-se7en minutes
The news Of the discovery If gold mine is
sweeping through Broome county, y w.
Galveston hs, delicious IiPo Strawberries s.
One Of the jewish papers publishes letter from
Senator Sumner, in which he says he vii, pre-
sent With pleasure and sympathy petition
sgainst the proposed Christian amendment to TIE
Federal C1astitudan.-Q1eea Victoris has
conferred the honor u ksig-th5oi upon Lord
Mayor Gbb5us-The King OF Italy has con-
lerred the decoration u the Order Of Savoy on
Prince Frederic Charles Of Prussia. Tie
Bishop Of Jamaica. who has been stopping at
TorQuay icr the benefit OF bis health. died al
thai place on Ssturday.-Gsn. Sherman. Adj
miral Alden, Lieut.. Grant, and party OF Amer
icau residents and visitors went to P0mpeii on
/ Saturday, and hal picnic smlns The ruins
I Special excavations were inside 70 give the visit
+ ors an opportunity of Witnessing the PROCESS
and making discoveries.--John II. surratt
teaches school in Msrylani.-The Cape Cod
/ folks are spoutiHg shout a whale recently seen
/ there.--An auction sale Of o7er 100 carats
Of Cape diamonds, IN London, realized $3.50.
--Pri4ce johann Schwsrl zenberg oilers 1000
forms for the hes, beet root sugar To be sent 10
the Vienna Exposition in 1873 bslieying prob
ably, with P0loaus, that if 3 mAa beet root
himself, he cannot thea he false TO anybody else.
-Ihe sculptor Sheshan is constructing a
group o. statuSry, for FechteI's new theatre in
New York, representing Poetry, Painting, Sculp-
ture, Commerce snd Music, which will Adoru the
exterior Of the building. The casting Of the
st4tuary will be in bronze, after the style Of The
De Groot-Vanderht medallion, at cost OF SO >
0O0.-The fret Protestant baptism ever per-
formed in Cuba WAS soemnized Eesr Havana,
by an Episcopal clergyman, few days ago
The workingman who wSs killed by Minor in
London England, on Saturday night, having
left family in very destitute circumstances, the
Americans residing in that city are subscribing
funds to relieve the wants Of the sufferers