The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-11-30

Upwards OF two thousand namesae
the retotal pledge in Havcrill, N. H.
In Pittsford, VT. the excitement on Inc
,omneraree for a few weeks past mas oeeh o"''''"e
weoL after week, the Congregational 0hurch mas
h.o, ,,iformly well filed. Between hve and SIX
h,.od SIGNATURES have lean obtained; and OF these
os ,.o,o considered hard cases. The tavern keep
and merchants have come in of their own &C.
cord. and signed the pledge. Nearly one hundred
were frcqHent lplers Tic enthusiasm las reached
other towns.
The Bunker Hill Aurora says, the Irish have Two
millions Of deposites in dollars the Boston banks.
The locos are indulging spprehensions that Gov.
Seward will Tylerize the acts Of the N. Y. iegi'ia-
ture.
.ho,,, ANN nersons within few months have
;o;od ,to Tomnerance society in Cincinnati. Ohio
When shall we Siltncss such things in this section
Too GOOD TO BE TRUE. 1t is stated in some oil The
ENGLISH papers, that the greater proportion oil the
six millions Of dollars paid TO the British by tie
Chinese. turns out 10 be bad silver. John Bull de-
.erves to be shaved in this transaction
Cour,et,on of Edtcard Boiling. notorious
villain, of whom our readers have do o iess
ba, been tried for big my, and iound guInY' &c
was sentenced 10 be branded with the irt'e' y W
his left cheek. (Which was carried in!o rHeeu''o
in presence OF the court.yto be imprisoned '"'e'
years. and receive 80 lnshes.
Medical Schools.-The number OF medical
schools in Philadelphia is much larger man las'
wear. There are about 800 in the PENNSYLVANIA
University. I6O at The Jefferson School, and 10
ar The Pennsylvania College Students are
COllPTe
located at Gin, nnati, opened on The lSt instant
in very fatterng manner Seventy stucsnis
are already in attendance.
< Rank, doun.-The Commercial Bank o. Buff
@falo. the last bank ia the city, has been thrown
5.,;t nv the brokers' The Commercial IS safety
fund hank. lis assrts VII be sufhci-nt 10 pay
debts. but the stock holders will sustain heavy
loss. The Bank of Olean has also been thrown
out.
The Binghampton paper states that not enc OF
the colored persons that town voted the alb III
lion ticket.
Semmes. the murderer OF Prof Davis, at the
University OF Virginia. AMI who escaped a con-
vie i'm by forfeiture of his bail, (S25000 is in
Texas.
There was collected fer toll on The NewY"k
stan, caual-, durlng the LIST week ia Nov. s.. 600
dollars.
Charles F. Mitchell. late member of congess
has been tried for forgery and convicted.
ONO. a mistake occurred in our last weeks
paper in stating that the whig majority IN the
ponular vote was 5000. 1t is now ascertained
to be something above 1000.
THE MAp1soy1AS.-A correspondent of the
Tinted States Gazette, writing from Wash
az, =. al horo baf a
"pcr is rather a voice IN than from the mite
"fIogso," &c. Such we trust rs the Fact. o
say nothing of the frequent and malignant at
tacks Of the Madsonian upon MIR. CLAY, a iate
number of that paper contains paragraph
that must be particularly gratifying to the
whole WING party. After exPending COL
umn in an cndeavor TO heap ridicule upon inc
name Of VINO, the Madlsonian concludes
thus:
1--WE never we're at all in love with the name
Ct Wing and we have no belief that TINS name
had any particular spell in winning the gFea;
victory in favor Of Harrison. The charm II
aoy were used, may be found, we think, IN the
names of
TTppecanoe and Tyler TOOL" u!
Considering the little affection that the
cannot but marvel that it should have so lar
conquered its repugnance as to consent 10 re-
ceive the public printing at the hands OF inc
"WuIG" Senate last March!
HicI,EoD.-We learn that this individual Is
again in trouble, having been arrested on cap
IA at Niagara for his defalcations in Canada
MORE ILLINOIS STATE BoNDs.-The Spring
field Nll Journal saws that sit is rumored that
the Governor has made another issue of State
Bonds"
SHEET. The Warren (Ohio) Chronicle
snys ON Friday last. flock OF over one
thousand merino sheep passed through our vii
lage, on their way to Illinois. They belonged
to an enterpriSing farmer from Massachusetts,.
and were driven from that State. They will
be valuable acquisition to the State of Illinois,
and we trust the enterprising Yankee will be
well rewarded for his exertions In introducing
them into the West"
The Louisville Journal has paragraph tc
the effect that Mr.. Clay is anxious to leave the
Senate but that he has not decided what he
will do in the mean time, his friends from al
parts Of the country are writing 20 him urging
him to remain at his post.
BANK OF BUFFALo.-The Rochester Dem
ocrat of Thursday says, 'Vice Chancellor Wnrr.
TLEsEY made out an order for the appointment
of Receiver for the Bank of Buffalo yester.
dav. An order has also been issued TO the
Comptroller to redeem the circulation of The
bank out of the salty fund in his possession
A great Temperance Convention was recent
ly held at Mddetown, Conn, and among the
speakers on the occasion was the Hon. Henry
w. Dwight, Of Stockbridge. Mr.. Dwight is