The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-04-19


suited in the triumph OF the Wing ticket
Charles A. Hoppin (~lig) was elected mayor
by s majority over the popular Bianton Nc
Alpin. Mr.. Cohen {whig) was chosen city
marshal. and Tie wings have carried ma
iorily of the Common Councll.-N. Y. Er.
The Meeting upon Mr. Gidding's case.-In
our columns is faithful report Of the doings
of the meeting on Thursday night at Washing
ton Hail. They are rather lujcrous, but not
exaggerated, we fbeleve, for i, is difficult, if
not impossible,,o exaggcraio the description of
Pubic Meeting, where disturbance occurs.
The meeting was not large, but composed of
highly respectable and intelligent men. The
Hon. STEPHEN ALLEN, the President is well
known to the country, as having held.high Of
fec under Mr. Van Buren,, and also in this c-
iy. The Vice-Presidenis have among them
the names of the Editors of the Evening Post
and the New York American.
The meeting. it will be seen, ended in great
confusion, the President abandoning The Chair,
and Two among the most prominent of the ABB
ol,ionist of the city. disclaiming any respon-
sibity for the course Of remarks taken by the
princi pal speaker. This speaker, MIR. Bur-
leigh, it seems, is an Abolition Lecturer, who
without any sense of the fitness of time and
place, delivered an GRAFTON upon slavery. OF
course nobody can be responsible for his i'm
propricty; but the result was 10 disarm the
meeting of all moral Power, and rather TO wea-
ken, than strengthen, the case Of Mr.. Gid
dings. This alr. Buroigh. we understand
was a Farmers Boy in Connecticut. w!o hap
pening 10 attend an Abolition meeting, sudden
ly became inspired, and mounting The back OF
pew, spouted with SO much eloquence. that
the Aboliiionis!s caught him. and made lee
turer of him at once. II was unfortunate that
with his inspiration for speaking, he was no,
at The SINE time inspired with good manners,
and had moi had some innate sense of dcc0rum.
N Y. Erpre:s.
Mr.. Edwards, who it will be remembered,
was seized by the Chinese, and i'll treated, on
suspicion Of being and Englishman, has arri
we'd in ,hel Hannibal.
We understand MIR. Edwards says, that n
number of French Engineers, who have been
taught in France to speak the, Chinese Ian
gusge, have appeared in China, SO. shaved and
dressed, that II is almost, ifnot quite, imposs-
BILE, TO distinguish them from the Chinese.
The impression of Mr.. Edwards is, that the
war will be long one; and it is not at all i'm
probable that France, and more particularly
Russia. may have hand il before it is over.
The sudden appearance Of a French Envoy n,
Macao in French ship Of war, indicates the
| interest France feels in the contes,.-N. Y.
Express.
OLD HICKORY IN THE FIELD FOR A THIRD
TERM.-lt is thought by many at Washing
ton, that the object of the present visit of
Messrs. Van Buren,, Butler. and other men,
bers of the Constellation of American Rascal.
iiy,' 10 General Jackson, is 10 induce that old
gentleman 10 become candidate for the Pres.
idency a third time. viii the General standl
We shall see. Stranger things than these
have happened.
SUSPENSION OF MANUFACTURES. We learn
from different sources that several manufac tor
les in New England and this stale have sus-
pended operations in part or in whole, owing
TO the impossi5iliy of securing an adequate re-
turn for their manufactures. Thus thousands
of operatives will be thrown out of employ
ment for want of an adequate protective ia
rif.-Trcy Wing.
The MARKEr-We find no variations in the
market worth mentioning since last week The
quotations of wool are the same as for three
months past with a tendency downward. Here
after we shall give the market prices regular
whenever a variation occurs.