The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-04-23

from lie having been accidentally saturated |
with OIL Cotton in ships holds often gets |
on FIRE in this wsy; and IL is 90 common
for tho oily cotton waste in factories TO get
on FIRE spontaneously, that il Is usual 10 slip
ulaie In the insurance thai It shall not be
suffered 10 accumulate IN the building, but
shall be removed ne often as often NJ once
| IN 4s hours.
Many " unaccountable conAagrations -
| undoubtedly are occaeioned by the care
Tess and improper manner in which fric.
tion matches are put up. The UNDER
writers ought to. have increased their FIRE
premiums l-2 per cent. oil round, when
these phosphorus lights were invented.
They were very properly called Lucifer
matches. Knocked about as they are ia
the stores where they are sold, il IL won
der they do not accidentally ignite more
frequently than they do. Rats and mice
enawing into a paper Of them, may set
them a6re. A porter. once, on locking up
the store which he had in charge, saw
mouse on M upper shelf nibbling at
package. In n moment il was on fire, and
had the man left the store minute earlier,
il might have burnt to the ground, and the
little iour.leegej incendiary in il.
Il Fires are much more numerous since
| tNttt NcFy COuNcUttut tuutCuGt CNtnc lutO
use, and exceed the increase Of the lacili-
, ties for exiinguishing them.
, Steamship Georgia sailed Yesterday for
Havana and New Oflesus, with S,imson
i, l&Co.'s Express ffcig n and The u. s. Mails.
! She took also a large Ctagres freight
] Steamship Union will leave here OIL the
] 18th inst. aud make the run down to New
n Orleans in seven days. The new Steam
err Winfield Scott, for the New York ant
= New Orleans trade, will make her maider
Il trip on May Day. WIN. B.Dhsmore, Esq
+ OF the firm Of Adams & Co. 10 now on hi.
+ way home from New Orleans, where h,
2 has leased the whole Of The fine edifice No
72 Camp Street, and fitted il up Tor thei
l. California express. This large expires
> firm have made nearly half million Of dol
e lars by their business during the last tel
l. or twelve years. II embraces five partners
y viz. Alvar Adams, Boston; w. b. Dins
j. more, New York; +, S. Sanford, Phila
$, dolphin; Samuel N. Shoemaker, Baltimore
III and d. II. Haskell, San francesca.
Is They propose 10 complete their faciliie
2 and strength in the South by connecting
ID tina, quarter with Stimson & Co. oil Ne'
j. Orleane and Mobile.
TX The marriage Of Lake Erie 10 Hudso
&c, River is near at hand. The union will
re contaminated in few days by the compl'
It's ton Of the last half section. There will B
40 u great festival on the occasion. IL is
very important work. and will be the NEAR
a OF restoring 10 New Y ork City the freigl
n which has been diverted 10 Boston.
" A gentleman Of this city has sent 10 III
ID. Worlds Fair a sample Of American new
oil papers, consisting Of several from eaC
On State in the Urion.
r. Kossuths services, suHerings, and pre-
ent condition and prospects,, so interestir
TX 10 every lover Of liberty, are the subject
re u lecture 10 be delivered next Monday
81 F. Taylor, personal friend Of the gre
N. Hungarian Exile.
at Al q Presbyterian meeting IN this Gil
las, evening, Jew. Of very intelligent Al
rat respectable appearance, came toward. pr
u. nounced confession Of faith in our Lo
ci. and Saviour Jesus Christ, and was be
nd tized member OF the Christian churt
i'i- Conversions from the errors Of Judaism Q
or very rare.
lch In nv letters 10 you have occasiona
re- made mention Of Rev. DR.. Springs adm
The able lectures on First Things. There w
ING sixteenoi them altogether, and attract
am grsat crowds Of people Of all denOmii
'a' iions to his church in Beesman Street d
4 7hg the space of four months past. Thu
Of lectures have been published within {
ar. days by NJ. w. Dodd, the bookseller
OF City Hall Square. and make two lar
.i'e handsome volumes, equal in mechan
Dr; appearance 10 the best edition Of MI
mo adiny's History Of England. They az
ars valuable addition TO theological libra
no "A cruel swindle was put upon labor
the men named James Byrne the other d
nd Wanting 10 deposi, $2l5 in the Savi
the Bank he found il closed and took il to
Bowery Bank 10 leave over night. lt'
ere past banking hours and he could not get
'ieh so he lett il with man in the basem
IN, IN, who told him it was all right, and q
o,s' him a receipt for il. hut now processes
'he tire ignorance OF the transaction.