The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-25
western Correspondence.

tNoASo SANSbOb hoo Nv sNhh~1
passed by, and the community seems
to be enjoying its repose quite satis>
factorlly. The elections wero carried
on quite deccntly this year so far as
black eyes and smashed noses are con.
cerncd; {; though, generally, this ddy is
more remarkable for bruised shins,
broken heads, whiskey drinking and
large fines at tho polio court the next
morning, than for almost anything
else that appears. There was very
little rowdying around tho polls and
very little excitement worthy Of fnotice,
apparent; yet quiet as everything
seemed to be there was evidently o
more powerful feeling at work beneath
the surface than has been known here
, for many year. The Know Moth
ing victory was complete. The OLD
Line, Nebraska tanned democracy
were completely used up. Party tics
seemed like tow in the fame. Tho
American Reform ticket swept tho
field like tempest and left their ru-
incd opponents the miserable consola-
ton of lamenting in peace the broken
remains of their shipwrecked fortunes.
The Catholic vote was very heavy but
all to no purpose.
The late loss of the Steamer Are.
tic has produced profound sensation
throughout the community here. Seve-
raj we'll known Cincinnatians were on
board the ill-fated vessel, and so far
as now heard from, were among the
unfortunate missing ones. The mag
uitude Of the calamity, even in this
life destroying day, seems to strike
all with amazement. a Mr.. SPRING
er, wealthy and influential merchant
here, is supposed to be mong the lost.
A dreadful event ACQUIRED the oth<
er day. just across the river in tho
city Of Newport, opposite Cincinnati.
in Kentucky: A little boy twelve
years ofage,was returning from school
with his companions,a land in their plays
happened, in some way, To excite the
spleen of a large burly German, stand.
ind in front Of a grocery. The mon
took after the boys, and catching this
little fellow, threw him down, and
caught his shinncy stick, and beat him
over the head, and kicked him in the
side, and stamped upon him, until he
was almost dead. The boy was taken
home immediately, but died in tho G.
vcning, in consequence of bis injuries.
Several of his ribs we're broken, and
likewise his collar bone, and his skull
was fractured, and the marks OF the
iron nails in the heavy boot heels,
found in a half q dozen places over his
body. The brutal wretch was imme-
diately arrested and committed to Jail.
The inhabitants of the city we're dread.
fully excited, and assembled in o fu.
rious mob, and marched to drag the
prisoner from his confinement, and ad.
minister Lynch law. The police
however, and moro sober citizens,
gathered together and by strouous ex.
crtions, succeeded in quellins the dis
turbancc and keeping the criminal
secure. In about one week he will be-
tried. There seems but little doubt
but that he will be hung. The poor
scamp has no host ofinHuential friends
among the first families, to bring to bis
assistance some John j. Crittenden,
nor wealth enough to buy up the law>
yers,and bribe the jury,as in the Ward
case, and so l suppose justice will be
permitted to take its proper course.
1t will undoubtedly be an immense
pleasure to you and your host of read.
ers, to know that that prince of ras-
Gals, and arch villain, Kissane, the
head contriver of the Martha WASH
ington conspiracy, and his chief COM
petitors have again been arrested.
Finding Cincinnati too hot a place for
any more of his villanies, ,he and some
of his gang went to New York city to
ply their ncfarious trade. They
tried their hands at forgery of some
$50, 900, on some Of the houses there,
and succeeded in getting a large a.
mount into thir hands. But they
seem, however, in some way to have
carried the scent of sin with them
which touched the keen nostrils Of
the New York detectories, and they
were quickly on the track. The rogues
came to this city in high glec, but our
city marshall, having been informed
of the case, scented his game, and
soon had them in limbo, where trus.
they will remain until due expiation
has been madc for their many crimes.
The money market is now very
tight. Many are failing every day.