The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-28

New YoRK, July 20.

MARX INC ua)' ! NC iHpch luHcIdl VI 'lc
lamcnted Clay will be attended with all
display possible and appropriate to
Il public ceremonial of this sombre de-
scrption. Early last night, the occu-
pants of Broadway, Chatham st. and the
Bowcry commenced arrayiug the extcri-
or Of their premises in black and white.
At the immense marble cdlicc opposite
the Irving House the clc,ks were cnga-
ged all night in fcstoonirs il with black
and the effect of the contrast upon tic
white stone is very imposing TIE As
tor House presents one almost ~ broken
appearance Of black, having its front Gu
tircly covered The same public spirit,
though in a less degree. appears to have
animated the most of the tenants on the
route of the process sion.
The hcarsc--a magnificent affair
drawn by 2 horses, each led by black
groom and surrounded by 81 pail bear
crs and the Light Guard, will be cscor-
ted by II regiments of military, and fol-
lowed by the Common Councils of scve-
raj cities; the heads of the dcpartm ents
of state, the surviving cx-prcsidcnts of
U. s., our state legislature, and the Con-
grcss of the L. S, the Clergy, the Off
GERS of the Army and Navy, the City
Government, foreign ministers and CON
suls, the Judiciary, the Colleges and
pul lie schools, the Chamber of Commerce.
several political associations both wing
and democratic, and large number OF
trades unions, and other societies, en-
bracing all classes and nations
"Would that the living would remem-
Der that they, too, are mortal The
news by the steamer Humboldt, arrived
yesterday, has had no apparent effect on
this market, except perhaps to diminish
the expectation of specie.
The influx of gold dust has not left
more than current average of 2 mil
lions with cur city banks, but their
loans and issues are four times that
amount.
Steamship Illinois will leave to-day
for the Isthmus. Steamer VIM Penn
also, takes her departure this p. NJ. foi
New Orleans, with Adams & Cos Elk
press freight.
We feel confident, here that our very
able Secretary of State will settle tina
hash on the New Foundland banks with
out delay. for he is too fond of chowde
to suffer any serious embargo upon tn,
} fisheries. I once had the honor of eat
ing of the same chowder with the grea
Expounder 1t was. as one might say
of his own cooking; being sort of pic
mic which he and his neghbors got u
in shady grove in Franklin, where h
had one of the finest farms and lot Q
live stock that could be started.
Some interest is felt in regard t
: Flores buccaneering expedition agains
) Ecuador The disclaimer of Peru, q
vowing no sympathy with him. is disbt
lieved. For several reasons. most i'm
pOrtant of which is the daily increasin
value of the Guano trade (now wort
millions of dollars per annum) we have
great deal more Mt stake in that rcgio
of the Pacific. than has yet become obv
Gus even to Congress. We must tax
5 care and not let California dust blin
our eyes to a little game which certai
British merchants and diplomatists ar
!, playing in conjunction with Peru to eA
clude our commerce from the Guam
trade with the Lobos Islands over whic
the Peruvian government egged on III
, doubtedly by the English have recent
claimed jurisdiction
The British government has wonder
full faculty of extending its influence an
: getting its spoon into other people
sweet-meats. Some may not regard til
Guano business as coming under this st
worry category; but mark how skilfull
she has played her cards and is still
playing them, not only to strengthen he
ill-gotten position in China, but to obtai
the supreme, though it may be the cor
cealed, power there. No one here be
lieves that the British influence in CHI
; ma has been cast against the formidabl
instruction which has rendered the En-
: peror almost powerless, aud led him, o
leh and others acting for him, to the hu
initiating (aud shall we say ruipous
resource of calling in British interfer
ence The day is not far distant whel
England will be as potent in China as sh
now is in her East India quarry.
T \ couple of citizens of San Sslvado
have been recently doing up some prett,
tall swearing before a justice in Philadel
pha in regard to the two Aztec Children
so called-Maximo and Bartola-who
one of the petitioners asserts, are his Owl
flesh and blood, and he demands tina
Mr. Joseph Morris, their exhibitor, SHOULD
give them up to his parental keeping Il
is represented in the petition, that under