The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-11

objects.
Our New York merchants. however.
de- not complain oi the dulness Of bus
ness They have no cause for, durin.
the last iorly-eight hours, no lever tina,
six ocean steamers have arrived AT th
port the North 1mericd an | Empir.
ctr from Chagres, The Il dshine,on iron
Bremen, the Marion from Charleston
the Florida from Savannah. aud the Ash
from Liverpool. These steamers brough
about | $50 passengers. and about SO.
600 600, III specie aud gold dust, besides
a large quantity oi freight. Que general
dry goods iirm alone, that Of l.. o. WI
son g. Co, has paid, this week, neat
S50, 900, in duties on imporlations from
Europe over $4,000, on one article,
"Hoyle's Royal Patent Swansdown Sew
ing Cotton"
There was n rumor in England. when
the Asia lett, that Kossu,h is To ne libe-
rated but the German papers do not
speak of 1t.
In France, the Legitimists have pub,
llsheG their determination to support a
motion for the revision of the Consu u
ton. hut they also say that they viii "p
pose the reelection of Louis Napoleon
The moderate party. headed by Cavale'
uac, Lamartlue, and others, are opposed
tn the revision
A friend in Gloucester (Englaud) men
iiuns in his letter, of the 18Th ult, that
AN Amusing incident has recently oc'
Cured IN the above cIiy.-A few day
previous to the dispatch of his lctlcr
while s,roliug along the docks, his nlicn'
ton was directed tot great "nolsc aud
confusion " on board one Of the Greek
ships lying close by and horrible sigh
lpresented usel TO his terrified vision
IN unfortunate sailor. having top,
round his neck, was run up 10 the yard
arm ol the vessel and after few sirug-
giles, apparently terminated his earlhI,
existence, amidst shouts aud ellis ct thu
widest ninth aud satisfaction from TIT
crew AvertIng his eyes from the hor
rid spectacle, my friend was about to es
cape from the vicinity of the cruel scene
when he suddenly beheId three more VIC
TINS simultaneously elevated to slmila
undesrahly high positions, from tn
yard-arms of three neighbnrlna vessels
Alarmed, he fled tn the police Office, an,
returned. in company with seven police
men, Just in time To behold the crew q
a fifth vessel lower the body OF II maj
into the water, and. alter hauling i, nj
ON to the deck, most numerically AM
iendlshly belahor II with ropes ends
capstan- bars, &c &c after which. i
was run up To the yard-arm, as the pre-
ceding victims had recently been. aud
apparently expired in the greatest agony
amidst similar demonstrations of Joy, on
the part ot the crew.
| BY this ume, a great crowd had col
ected, aud the excitement occas,oned
by these wholesale executions was most
intense. One of the policemen tainted
geIher with my humane friend, rushed
boldly on to one OF the ships aud inti-
mated their fixed intention "t appre-
! hending the whole oI the Gu prns. Ii
was, however. satisia torily explained
that the sailors were ouly enaciing Ger
emony OF the Greek Church, invariably
performed by Their nation every Good
Friday The pendant fgures were eff
gees, filled with straw, representing
Judas lscarlnt aud they we're hung Is
AN expression ri adherence of the con
duct of that desplcabie irailot
Mrs s Oakes Smith wll deliver. a
lecture Tonight, at Hope Chapel Her
subject will be Ladies' Dress" aud as
1t is understood that she will have much
to say about the new female Costume
she will Of course, have full house.
nrs Smith is an accomplished writer
having gained several 500 and 500
prizes, Tor the best tale, for magazines
&c. de- not know her personally, anc
regret very much that have always beet
Obliged In decline from press of busI
ness, the repeated offers Of an Introduc
ton to her by her talented husband, my
friend Mr.. Seha Smith the author Of ;
new system OF Geometry, but bette
known To the public. as the author Il
the original " Major Jack Downing
letters, aud. more lately, as the New
York Correspondent Of the N0iOna
MteHgencer.
/ Last Saiu day night. two lrlshmer
" kicked up muss." IN porter houst
IN the neighborhood of the Bowery IL
the course If the fight, the taller of tn
two seized the aural appendage Of HI
more dimlnntve antagonist with HI
teeth, and bit il completely off TIN
, caDuIballs,ic individual was. OF COURSE
arrested ; hut he was subsequently lbe
rated on pay OF snail fine. IN con
sequence of the remark ably rapid cur
of the sufferer A H'bernisn doctor
residing N the upper pari of Chalhar
ST, administered an emetic to the prs
oner, while in jail and he not only sue
E ceeded IN obtaining the missing ear, bu
was also perfectly successful IN re-at
i tachlng 1t to the head OF It's origins
y proprietor, where il Is confidently ex
= pecied that It will soon re-assume II
r regular routine of duties.
e THIS Is one of the most wonderful il
Y stances of surgical skill that has eve
been displayed IN New York. A de
tailed account Of the operation has bee
forwarded la the LOndDn Lancet, and
several other medical journals, upon I'll
Continent.
An ingenious method Of enlighienin
" the npnnla as nractlsed nv the tnust n 4