The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-09-03

- We omitted 10 state last week that !
twenty llhce students entered Madeleine
ry College At the late Commencement
Is- The Superintendent Of the States
Prison at Windsor, HlnAM HARLOW, Esq,
conttadic's the repnrt which has been SO
current Of late OF difficulties with g Bris.
,ol Bili'-and especially the portion which
relales to the whipping.
Excursion to Lake Dunmore. Maj, Gen.
Wool-Christening Of Lana Cascade"
We do not expect soon again to enjoy so
agreeable u day as that which found us at
Lake Dunmorc, last wcck-onc of small
party who accompanied Major Gcncr-
al Wool on a short visit to that romantic
resort. The sun smiled rropiiionsy through
the day, and the waters of the lake, the
Grand old'moun,ains, the winding stream, and
the snowy cascades, were all in their hol-
day rim." By the aid Of strong arms and
an expert stocrsman, we were soon beyond
he lake, and, crossing the narrow meadow.
winding amidst the low shruLbcry, and
climbing green banks and NOISY rocks. We
assembled the raSinc which has not been here
tofore altogether unknown in prose or
verse; towards the beautiful cascade, famil.
lar to all tourists in this region.
Beneath an ovcrhaneing precipicc, we
stood and gazed upward at the tumblins
waterfall, as it comes whitc-robcd down tie
winding and almost perpendicular groove Of
the mountain, and surcicd our sight with
the beautiful view. Then, ascending still
higher, we came to 4 lovely and secluded la
sin, into which still another cataract uours
from above, and from which, through the
trees, we could discern the beautiful lake
below. Lieut.. SYMMrs, of the L. S. Army
who was Of the party, and who Las spent
several months among the most noted scene
ry Of continental Europe. assured US that he
never saw cascade OF more surprising
beauty, or wilder and more charming scene
r ry.
Here it was proposed, by one of our num-
Der, that the stream, known hitherto by Il
name neither poetic nor ouphonous de
rived from the fish that abound at its mouth
should be chiistcncd anew by our heroic
guest. The motion prevailed by unani-
nous vote. While the General mcditated
the subject, lucky thought suggested itself
TO the mind Of the Lieutenant, which, after
some modest scruples on the part of his su.
pcrior, at length received his assent, and the
unanimous and enthusiastic approval Of the
company. Whereupon, in honor OF Gen.
Wool, the waterfall was, with all the due
ceremonies, christcned Lana Cascade. ~
The health Of our guest having been duly
drank, he responded with hearty and tclicit
ously expressed thanks, which were received
with "throe times three and The Lana
flowed on, rejoicing in proud aud eupho>
nious name, which, hcncciorward it will
neycr lose.
Returning duly TO our inn, we sat down
to an excellent dinher--at which we listened
to an account Of the Buena Vista battle
from the lips of one who was entitled TO say
OF those stirring and immortal scenes--lhough
his modest sense of his services forbade him
so to speak Of his exploits Quoram magma
pays .t,d,"
The fund of anccdoe and historical rem-
niscence with which the party were regaied
that day, will not soon be forgotten. La
mas limpid stream" and the Lana Cascade"
will remain as abiding mcnentoes Of the cX-
cursion, and though its events be forgotten
as those who were there shall "pass away"
the name will endure so long as those pure
waters continue 10 flow, and the spot visited
by Gen. Wool, on the day of its chris,cn-
ing, will be handed down, as the most inter.
esiing of traditions, to future generations.
Reaching home just in season for our
friends to take their scat in the cars, on their
way to visit the military station at Piaits-
bursh, we reluctantly babe farewell, with
cheers FOR the second in command on the H.
lusirious field of Bdena Vista.
Maj. Gen. Wool, though he has seen
veterans service, is yet in the prime of life
and yigor, and none, we are sure, will more
heartily rejoice in the higher honors that
no doubt still await him, than his friends in
Vermont whom he honored with his pres.
cuce on this occasion.
*LaAa is both the Latin and the Spanish for
Wool. During the Mexican war, the Gener-
al was known by the MeXicaus as Gen. Lana
CoALIN NERMoNT.-A vein of coal A.
bout eighteen inches in thickness was struck
upon lew days since, by workmen employed
in mining ore fiom Conant's ore-bed, at
Brandon The appearance Of the coal is
intermediate between that of Charcoal and
Anthracite. 1t burns with tolerable free.
dom, and emis an odor slightly bituminous
and otherwise somewhat peculiar. We are
not aware that the quantity promises to be .
sufficient to make it matter of economical
importance.
The deposit is fifty feet below the surface.
Union Wig.
GEN. WooL The leuer Of this gentle |
man recently published in this paper (says