Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-09

GTON, VT, L X EE.
Supreme Court were increased from So,oVo 10
5000. if we recolle,t Alright, in 1870. whion
was during the time for which all three OF 'ne
Senators named were elected. Their terms e1-
pire. Mr.. Hove's and Mr.. Conklins's in 1910
and Mr.. Fdmuuds' in 1870. TIL then they
cannot be appointed to any vacancy in the
Supreme Court, ard they probably know It,
Josh Billings says: Success don't konsist
in never making blunders, but in never making
the same one the seckond time"
The Vienna Prcsse pre.ends to have authentic
information that the Grand-Duke Alexis is en-
pszel to he married to young American
lady.
Three thousand deaths daily from hunger is
/ the ,sd monotone Pertis sounds in the ears Of
the civilized world. which hears but scsrcely
heeds
The Connecticut and P,asumptic Rivers rail-
road has declared dividend Of 3 per cent,
payable February lst, to holders Of preferred
stock January 18th.
| The House Committee on Agriculture has
under consideration the bill, which failed in its
passage e. tine lss; session, to regulate the
/ transportation Of cattle on ihe railroads OF the
United Sta;es The Till hes been greatly modi-
fed. .na Will be reported probably tt the next
| call of the committee.
Mayor Oakley Hail wss cheeIed At the New
Yo.k franklin banquet. Among other things,
he said 4" l thank you, gentlemen. FOR this
assurance that you will not discharge an old
compositor because he has sometimes mixed his
type, or because he hss perhaps slept while the
devil ran away with his copy
The Chic4go Post claims TO have on It's eii-
torial stsif lady Of extraordinary abilities
The editor SAYS he " never knew any one who
could write with equal esse upon 50 singular :
range Of topics vita information go exact in
detail Whereupon AZ enviOus contemporary
asks the Post why it never publishes any Of her
articles?
paN0Ea.-A writer il Scri5ner's .4oHtiiy
says New YORK city Is in Eass danger from the
machinstiont Of rogues than from tie rascality
OF good men. 81 Whist We Of the metropolis have
to fear in the future Is not SO much the snsres
Of krA7es as the almost il1pesoepiibie daily corr
promises with Coincidence on the part Of The BET
ter members Of the community"
The Tribune Almanac FOR 1872 Is out I,is,
besides its election statistics, enriched by many
Of the facts from the last censu4-giyiag among
other things, the population Of tire United
States ty COUNTIES The number is mGie up
with great csre, and Is, Indispensable to p'liti-
Clans, editors, sni IL fsot to ell interested in
/ political movements and legislation.
The last number OF Harper's B'sekly, isa
remarkably gooi enc. Nss;'s cartoon, " H. G.
the editor tende-irg the nomination for the
Pre.idency TO Il. G. the farmer is one Of the
f1nnies. things that has appeared ior long
! time. The expressions on the faces sre study.
So slto are the OK sud the mule htehei up tc-
retber, each in tie others " tackle" to the
plourh which Il. G. the f.rmer ID holding.
The Indian policy Of Presilen, Grsn. has re
,,;,.s, q, hearty crio-ss-rrr,. from democratic
quarter. Mr.. Beck, OF Kentucky, oaa Of the
ablest Democra,s in Congress, declared during
the debate Of Tucsiay that Gsa Grants policy
on this subject vas the bes, il all respects ever
enforced by any Administration. Is = member
Of the Committee on Appropriations lsst yesr. be
i familiar with the details Of its operations, aud
the encomiun coming from such source is
specially notable.
4 writer in the Atlanta (Ga) .Ner Era
maintains " thstit was no; the Southern people
that made war upon tire government. aad got
thrashei GU. but the Democratic party, AID ii
| is line the people know ia proposition the
writer proceeds to dcmonstrsts by reference to
facts, closing with these emphatic words " /
repe.t hen thst the blame and tie crime Of the
var. the blood. the devastation and thrashi1g
out rests upon the great, mad and anarchical
faction called toe Democrat, party aud not upon
the Southern people"
DR.. William 7. Col-ins, late Pension Agan; 1t
Washington has. If dispatches from tie Capital
are true, clouied an hitherto honorable sePata-
ton BY using the public money to sasiain lis
Grqr4 .frru Journal. lie IS ore Of the isE SUI
vi7ors among those who underwent anpu'Aiioa
a; the hip i5.pt duriry the VA, and he evidently
hss not been IN condition to manage Newspaper
and his pension Office At the taus tine, keeping
but one cash accoan; for the ITO. He hAs re-
signed lis pension ,gency. blt net msIe good
his account with the Government
It appears that the l,,e General EEel ws'
sick several days before lis li.eaie Terminated
:atslly. During his sickness, conscious that bis
end was near. be msie his will, after which he
remarked 81 don't want any monument
r,i,ei over me 4; only plain Maidstone and
foot-ttoae. Ike those over the graves Of NJ
father and my z5ther in Virgins. Ny rank
while in the Confederate service might be IA
scribed upon one Of the stones, but wish moth
ing III the inscription which will cast any re-
Fiction upon the government Of the United
States
al is not quiet in Spain. "a the u inst
great mass meeting Of the radical party vac held
in Madrid. Seven thousand people we're present
Senior Eohecaray delivered an address, in which he
alluded TO the atrocities in Cubs, he declared
tina. he had iucoutestible evidence ibst chill
dren had been shot, and demanded that stoP be
put to such outragcs. The speakers generally I
called for extensive reforms at home sul in the /
colonies. Among them we're the abolition Of /
capital punishment and slavery the reduction I
Of taxation and The privilege Of trisl ~ jury
All advocated the continued possession Of Cuba, /
and the maintenance Of Spanish authority IN .
the Antilles.
Order reigns al New Orlsanr The bitter and
protracted legislative struggle seems TO have
really ended. with a complete victory for Gov.
Warmoth at sll points. The CarteEIte members
Of the Senate are back IN their seats, and the
House members Of that faction have also appeared
and asked for permission to return, which has
been granted, ezcept in the case Of Carter and
several Of his chief aheitors The House has
parsed resolution rstifyiug the action Of the
sxtrs session in cxpelling Carter and electing
Brewster Speaker in his plsce, and the courts
have strengthened Wsrmoth's position by de-
,laring that the .ssenblsge over which Carter