The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-12-07

'ihe peoples conventions" but according TO IFS
own profession, ii represents only about 7OOo
men; and it presents no evidence even Of that,
or that those men are legal citizens ofthe state.
! 1t appears now that the question will be fairly
decided, not whether there shall be an extension
of suffrage in this Stale, but whether body Of
men have right, without any form of law, 10
declare a new mode of government upon their
own assertion that the people desire it,"
N. Y. Express.
Il Boat and fte Men in the Mouth of
Whale. The Hayre Journal mentions an IN
cident which occurred to some whale hsh ers
during a recent voyage, which, it observes
would be incredible if it were not attested by
the captain and crew. Capt. Deglos, OF the
Gustave whaler, was fishing off the coast OF
New Holland, and was giving chase, IN boat
with five men, TO a large cachalOt whale, and
soon came up with and harpooned it. Tho
animal. as soon as he felt the instrument,
went down perpendicularly, and carried out a
great quantity of line. The crew remained
with heir oars raised, waiting for his reappcaf-
ancc, when on sudden they saw an enor+
nous jaw rise ON each side of the beat, fat
above the gunwale, which was thus caught IN
the mouth of the whale, and was ready to be
crushed in an instant, The men wcro so par
alyzed by fear that they could not obey the
captains order to get out their saws and work
away at the animals mouth; but gradually the
Jaws began to sink, and after giving the boats
side terrible grating, disappeared beneath
the water. One of the men tainted away on
his scat when all was over. The whale was
taken, and produced rs barrels Of oil and
spermaceti, and the boat still bears the marks
of his Jaws Il Nat. Int.
Miss Sedgwick relates a thrilling story IN
her recently published volumes. Abiding to
visit to the Cathedral at Milan, she describes
her progress UP the staircase within the cen'
trail and loftiest spirc, and proceeds;
"Once c. paused, and placing his hand
on a balustrade, said, DO you like tragedies
Young people always do, and ours looking ilke
eager listeners as they were, he proceeded
Two years ago there was young Mllanese
passionately attached to young married wo-
man of our city, whose husband became ]eai'
Gus and fearful ofthe lovers. In the madness
of their passion and despair they agreed 10
meet here and throw themselves of. Both
were true to their appointment; but when th'
woman saw before her the terrible death TO
which she had consented, her nerves were not
strong enough, and she tried to escape from
her lover His resolve, however, was unshak-
en-. For an hour he pursued, she flying thro'
these galleries, over the terraces, running up
these long staircases and gliding down, now
hiding, now gliding out again but finally he
caught her, dragged her here, and while she
was shrieking, clasped her in his arms and
leapcd from this balustrade-lOok down and
you may imagine the horrors of the DEATH
We looked down to the jutting points that an.
terrupt the descent to the pavement, and oil
turned away silent and shuddering.
FLoRIDA.-Thc correspondent of the Sa-
vannah Georgian, writing on the 18th instant,
enumerates among the recent comings IN OF
the Indians, Par-sar-imico, late one OF SAM
Jones' companions, with &c warriors and 80