The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-19

oil maintaining amica0ie relations with Tins
country, am sure it will be felt as fully by
the American Government as it has been by
the Government of England. that proceedin gs
Of the nature of that 10 which | have been just
abiding cannot be repeated aid ought 10 be
persevered in.--The Governments of both
countri being thus agreed there cannot,
imagine, arise between the m any cause Of war.
There cannot, should hope, be any cause Of
difference between two countries where thcre
so evidently exists strong desire to maintain
peace.
Sir Robert Peel, the new Prime Minister.
replied to Lord John Russell.
With respect TO our relations with the United
States, (he said,) I view the existing state Of
them as the noble lord. with great anxiety. Il
appears 10 be so manifes,ly the interest Of those
two grea; countries, united together BY somasy
ties, by the community Of language, and the
community of interest, 10 maintain peace-so
little can be gained by war, thai the wound
which one nf1icts on the other is reflected hack
on the hand which makes it, and cannot hope
but that the prevailing good sense of each
community will influence the Government of
each iif the Government of each wants such
adventurous aid.) md that, upon the whole.
the result will be the maintenance of amicabla
relations. ! say no more that is nv sincere
desire. Yet n, the same time, | feel also the
obligation of making no concession affecting
the Independence or the henor of this country
for the purpose of pur chasing temporary tram
guilty.
loud cheers
The sickness at New Orleans by the dates
was increasing. The mortality was great and
the victims were increased by constant arrivals
from the north In one day two ships from
New York, and one from Philadelphia, arrived.
Each had large number of passengers and
full crews On the 18th there were 800 pa
tients in the Charity Hospital. Most of them
down with yellow fever.
New ORLEANs.-The number ofinterments
at New Orleans for the twenty -four hours en-
ding on the 18th instant, was 40, OF which "a
were deaths by yellow fever.
RETURN OF FANNY ELssLER.-The ''lost
Plead" is back again. The "divine Fanny"
is at the Aston.
CHURCH BURNT AT ALBANY.-The beauti-
full church of the third Reformed Dutch con-
gregation in Albany was totally consumed by
fire on Tuesday morning. The building cost
$4,000 three years ago. 1t was insured for
5000. The fire caught from spark from
burning chimney.
ELECTIoNs.-Besides the elections which
have taken place in Maine, Vermont, and ILL.,
nOis, number of others occur during tho
months of October and November Rext. In
October, Maryland, Georgia and Pennsylvania
choose Governors and Legislatures. Ia tbs
same month South Carolina, Ohio and New
jersey elect Legislatures only. In November,
New York chooses members of the Legisla-
ture. In Massachusetts,, in the same month,
an election of Governor and Legislature will
come on. In Delaware and Mississippi also
elections for Legislatures will occur.--N. Y
Express.
CoLr, THE MURDERER.-1he Bridgeport
Standard says" His father is an aged man.
whose years have been emblttered by the folly
of his son, and this last horrible act has filled
up the measure of his cup of SORROW which
may soon lay him in his grave. We are in
formed that the intelligence of the arrest OF
his son, which he first learned by hearing
stranger read it at the City Hotel, has COM
pleteIy driven his reason from its throne, and
made wreck of all his earthly peace and
happiness"
Health OF Nerc Orleans. Forty-four inter-
ments were reported to the Board of Health
for the day ending at noon of the 2Sth ult;
twenty-seven of these were of yellow fever.
The fever is apparently on the decline.
From the Boston Advertiser.
NUTMEGs.-A correspondent at North Var
mouth wishes to caution the public through
the medium of our paper, against the delcter.
ious effects of too free use of nutmeg. Ho
says -
''Having recently purchased the article,
took broken one and put it in my pocket,
and in the course of six hours, had eaten a
bout half of one. Soon after, felt a dizzi-
ness. and an unaccountabe arrangement OF
loss of memory-yet per. %
feet consciousness of all that said, or did.
become remarkably Ioauacious and seemed to