Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-08-18
NEWS"
From One Husdred and Twenty odd
Years Ago,

This morning, for wonder the FREE
PRESS did not come to hand. 1t was inn
possible therefore to know where the ''sales
ladies'" were taking their vacations, what
congressman had boon slipping whiekey and
water, and what baseball team won a vic
tory yesterday on the "rhomb oidal field u
So in default Of the usual accompaniment
to the matutinal cup of coffee, resort wa:
had Ia little later to wad Of old paper
which more than Il century ago was com
pacted by tho art of the trunk maker into
as dense a mass could be made by help OF
a lumpy paste. BY means of long soaking
in warm water, and deal of patience the
conglomerate was at last resolved into three
slips of printed paper each 7 inches by 8,
and proved to be portions of the Boston
Weekly News Letter for June T. 1869, and
June 20, IN, and of the Massachusetts Ca
zette for March ., l712. The very dates were
suggestive of lively times. Surely some
thing interesting, if not strictly now or
fresh, could be deciphored from these scraps
of dirty brown paper. Even tho advertise
ments were found to have a racy flavor of
their own, as could easily be shown by
quotations. But prefer 10 cite matter Of
historic interest.
Item l. London, April 4, 1863. 1t is
said that Lord C--m hath declared his
disapprobation of a late measure, in terms
that will open the eyes OF the present ad-
ministration.
Item 2. Paris, March 81 Areport pre-
walls, that the English Ministry propose to
restore Canada 10 France for the sum OF
Twenty Millions.
Item 3. Paris, March II. The Infant
Duke has suppressed the Office OF the In
QUESTION in his Dominion.
tho Inhabitants of lAlbanyl having heard
that Mr.. NanScaack, of that Place, Mar
chant had applied for the Office OF Dis
tr. butor Of the Stamps there, number of
them went to him and demanded u Resigna
ton OF the Office if he had it, and a solemn
Engagement that he nor any for him should
ever act in it. That he would not enter into
such an engagement without some Reserve,
in case the Act should hereafter take place {;
which by no Means satisfying the People,
| several hundreds of them assembled the
next Monday Evening, and again insisted
on his absolute Remuneration of the Office;
which he not complying with, they put a
Halter about his Neck, drag'd him through
the Town, and it was thought would abso-
lutely have hanged him, if he had not found
Means to make his Escape, and take Sane
| tuary i'll the Fort. This so enragel the
Multitude, that they returned to his House,
and demolished all his Furniture that they
could find, to the Value of or 800
pounds 1.-Two other Persons there, we
hear, had also applied FIR Employments in
the Stamp Office OF which was very
roughly used, and the other had fled
Item 5. From the Connects Gazettel
Whereas | have lately received two anony
nous letters, calling on me among other
q O fu tbavu
surance with regard to my intentions about
exercising the office of distributor of stamps
| for this colony, as some others have done
since receiving our commissions or deputa-
tons of office for that purpose; and that |
confirm tue same by oath. And altho'
didn't think it best ordinarily to take no
tlce of sucn letters, nor yet to take oatns
upon such kind of occasions; yet as | have
good reason to thiuh those letters came
from large number of People belonging
to this colony, and do respect d sub ject Of a
very interesting nature, and the present
times being peculiarly difficult and critical,
and ! myself at no loss of d---ty about
making known my resolutions and inten-
| ton respecting the matter aforesad) | have
concluded to make the following dcclara-
| ton and to confirm the same by an oath
| that is to say.
L
even willing, to hold or exercise the afore-
said office, contrary to the mind and in
clination of the general body of the here
the fragment ends.
Item e. This fragment begins abruptly. 7
We hear he has on board 10 packages of the
detestable stamp'd Papers, &c. The Cap
tain excuses himself by saying that when
he took them on board there was no talk of
any Dissatisfaction of the Colonies on ac-
count of them.
About twelve O'clock last Night com
pany of armed Men went on board Capt.
Huviland's Brig, lying at or near Crugers
Dock, and after obliging the People to de
liver up the keys, and get Lights, they
opened the Matches, searched the Vessel
from stem to stearn, aud seized the stamped
papers for this Province and Connecticut,
amounting to ten Boxes, with which they
loaded a large Boat, and proceeded with
them up the River to the Shlp-yards, where
they broke the packages to pieces and with
some tar barrels and other combustibles,
made a Bonfire of them and their CON
tents--W hen the Whole was entirely con
sumed, they all quietly dispersed, without
doing any MISCHIEF, or even alarming the
City.
Item !. a Vessel is arrived at Falmouth,
from England, who brings Advice that j onn
Wilkes. Esq; was chosen again the 18th of
April, IA member for Middlesex and ex-
PEELED the Parliament the 4th Time.
Item 5. Tuesday the Gath ult. Joseph An
drews was executed at New y ork, and at
forwards hung in Chains, according to the
Sentence of the Court.
The custom of hanging in chains was not
abolished in England until 1884
Item 8. stephen Porter the Evening be-
fore his trial hanged himself in Gaol The
Jury Of Inquest having brought their Yer
dict in Self Murder, his Body was buried In
the Highway. and a Stake drove thro' it.
Item 10. We find part of an Address
of welcome and congratulation FROM His
Majesty's Justices of the Court of General
Sessions and the Common Pleas of the coun-
ties of Hampshire ana Bristol TO His Excel
lency THOMAS HUTCHINSON, ESQ; Cap
tain General and Commander-in in Chief in
and over His Majesrys Province of Massa-
chusetts Bay, in England. Hutchinson be-
came governor in l,1l,l lSuch was the
custom, or common law in England until
1923.
Item | l. fCOmfort for NJ C. 4 who uea