The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-07-30
Miscellaneous Items.


The Native American Convention at
Harrisburg, Pa, on Wednesday, unani-
| nously adopted resolutions declaring strong
ly tor The Union and the Compromise
measures. The disturbance at the begin
| ming Of the session was in consequence of
| the house being divided on the policy OF
making State nominations, each party be-
ing anxious TO secure The Presidency Of
the Convention. Those in favor of State
nomination were defeated and retired to
| another hall. Here they Organized, aud
nominated kmber Cleaver Of Schu, Ter
County, for Governor and Nr Mcdonald
OF Armstrong; Tor Canal Commissioner.
The Committee on resolutions rccommen-
ded Garrett Davis Of Kentucky, ms candi-
| date Tor the Presidency and Rcynel Coates
OF New Jersey Tor the Vice Presidency.
The New Bedford Standard say. that
recently in that city a married woman be-
came enraacd because her husband refused
10 stay in the house, as she wished, caught
mp their child, an infant sixteen months old,
aud prccipitaied it out Of second story
window. The child fell upon the earth, in
the yard, beneath the window, and strange
20 say, was but lutte hurt. The slrangest
part of the story is that the child had been
uuwell, but since lis precipitation from the
window ny the mother, it has entirely It.
covered lis health.
An Iowa paper says tue village where it
is printed has recently been visited by
Boomer lieshet" On being questioned
as to what he meant. the editor says" The
water was knee high in the streets.
A new phase has occurred at Shasta,
California, in gold digging. The gold
grows 10 the roots fthe grass. The grass
is pulled up, and the gold shaken off, MS the
gardeners pull up the vines TO shake oil
young potatoes! This is told for sober
truth in a recent California paper.
Mr.. Webster closed his lelter, read Mt
the recent Hughes banquet, in New York,
with the following toast.
Religious liberation and CHARITY. Let
all Christians remember, that they have
one Lord, one faith, one baptism"
The Mr.. Gardiner arrested at Washing>
on for alleged fraud upon the Board Of
Mexican Claims Commissioners, has been
held to bail in the sum of $4,000 for trial.
The negro boy Long who killed the
white boy Rumpf so shockinsly at Balli-
more has been sentenced TO be hung, but
the Governor will commute ito life i'm
prisonmenL
Oliver NJ. Whipple, the great powder
man in Lowell, believes the potato disease
is caused by a small green insect that preys
upon the leaves, and kills them and the
stalk, and the potato having too much sap
before arriving al maturity, the rot follows
ing.
Capt. Alden Partridge has called Cons
venlion Of all his old military pupNs, 10 as
semble at Norwich, Aug. IS.
5. NJ. Hewlett, the Temperance Lecturer,
who has made some noise in the world IN
the temperance cause, has arrived in this
city, and will probably 5000 commence
operations. There is wide hell Tor his
labors in this quarter. -I'hhdeiPh'a Ledger.
The Whigsot Massachusetts hold their
State Conv ention at Springfield on the 10th
Of September; the Democrats at Worcester.
August 10Th; and The Coalition at the
same Place Sept. 10th.
Commencement al Burlington occurs
next Wednesday, Aug. 9th. E. p. WuIP-
PIE, Esq, sto address the Literary So
cielies, and Rev. JoHN PEIRPoNr is 10 pro.
nounce the Poem. Dodworfh's COrnet
Band, from New York. las beeu engaged
for the occasion.
The political canvass in Mississippi is
going on very spiritedy. Foot and Quit
man, the rival candidates for GovernorSre-
Gently had personal rencontre at Sledge-
vile. The telegraph says "neilher were
fortunately injured"
MIR. Corwin arrived a. Washington on
Thursday. His health is much improved
Late New CLEANS papers state ,hal VI,
Hunt had been liberated on ten 'housanu
dollars bail, TO appear for trial upon The
charge OF killing Mr.. Frost in The late duel.
Col. PIERsoN B. READlSG has accept.
ed The Wing nomination for Governor oil
California, and is about to stump the. State
His election is considered certain. The
Democrats appear 10 have no confidence
in their Slate ticket, and to be qulIe unable
TO raise any enthusiasm in lis behalf