The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-21

MARRIAGE ExTRAo:DINARY.-W find
the following singular announcement in
one of our exchange papers:
MAERlEp-In the public highway at
Green Hollow, in Voluntown. Conn, on
Sunday, the 9Th inst, about o'clock, p.
NJ the rain pouring in torrents from the
CLOUDS, with high winds from the south>
east, by Elder Charles S. Weaver, while
or his way TO attend the funeral of Mrs
Amy E. Gallup, wife of Benjamin Gallup,
I'd, ESQ. of NolrnIown, who died Nov. 3.
aged 90 years, Mr. JouN TANNER, of the
former place, to Miss MARY CARTER OF
Hnpkiniou, County of Washington, and
State of Rhode Island.
- Under the head of i" Intelligence by the
mills the y. Y. True Sun tliunker) says:
We continue to receive from all parts of the
country the most favorable assurances of the sue
tess of our candidate,-hHt perhaps it may be Us
well TO add that the papers containing these
surancrs all of a date PRIOR 20 the 9Th inst"
St Lawrence county. New York. the home OF
abe late Siias Wright, gives to Van Burcn COCO
major ty CaSs, and 2l50 over the united vote
of Cass and Taylo-.
OFFICIAL WIT.-The messenger al>
aached to the War Department at Wash
ington, is wag of the first water. A
part of his business is TO introduce stran-
gers having business at the war office, TO
Secretary Marcy. On one occasion, wish
ang to see Gov. Marcy, and not finding
him in his rom, the messenger rushed up
TO the clerk. and placing himself in the
-atrical attitude, in the wor.ls of Watts
celebrated HYMN, exclaimed
The MARCY to others show,
That MARCY show to ME"
This successful effort at parody was
greeted with shouts of laughter, in which
none Joined more heartily than the Sec
aetary, who entered the room in time 10
catch the whole scene.
g The potato rot, contrary 10 the
expectations Of month or two ago, has
prevailed quite extensively in this region
destroying large proportion of the
crnp.-BnfaLO Com. Adrerfiser.
Why is an umbrella like good Caih-
.olic! Because it will keep Lent.
The abolition of slavery in Missouri
through gradual emancipation, is being
discussed in the St. Louis papers.
@ The Washington correspondent OF
the N. Y Commercial says that Congress,
at its next Session, will be called upon to
raise loan of at least THIRTY MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS, to meet the vast
expenditures growing out Of the Mexican
war 1t is limited that Mr.. Walker, Sec
retary of the Treasury, is DESTROYS Of es-
Gaping the utter shipwreck in which he
has involved the finances of the country,
by resigning.
GRATIFYING INFoRMArIox.-We UNDER
stand. says the Roston Daily Advertiser,
. that letters were received by the Hibernia
from Mr. Bancroft, United States Minis
Ger at London, announcing that he had
effected with the British Government |
settlement of the difficulties in relation to
the hostages by the British and United
States mail steamers.
MULES TO BE OBSERVED ON GOING IN !
IIoA PRINrING OFFICE. In the first place,
hhock at the door, as every person knows
mat no one should enter an Office, or
Snurch' or mill, without first knocking.
me next thing to be done when he is In,
Is TO talk awhile TO each cotnpositor. Then
he must, by all means, read all the manu-
script which is in the Office. And then
he should pick up goodly number of
type, and after examining each one on the
wrong end, and asking what letter it
makes, throw, it into the wong box Last.
ly, throw half column info pi. and clear
out as quick as possible.
DANIEL B: BUCKLEY, ESQ. has been ap-
pointed Clerk of the County of Cbitten.
Gen, rtcc EpyIen A Er