The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-04-12

1870 the slave population of Kentucky
amounted to 2l0, 9Sl BY a recent
State census it appears That the slaves
row number less than 100000. giving a
decrease of about II 900 within the las,
four years. The above figures indicate
a large slave emigration from the State.
- Susan Nippcr says the Russians
have an awful responsibility resting on
them for killing the Turks-for every
Turk who is killed leaves n dozen wild.
ows
Great men are always postered BY au.
tograph-huntets Henry CLAY was ever
beset by them the Duke Of Wellington
was perpctually complaining Of them
late DANIEL OCoNNEL got so weary Of
them that he refused to listen to all
further applications. and like a true Ir.
ishman. replied to one-"I III sec YOU Il
ID first. ID. OCoSxEL."--
-PlEEcE. DorGLAs & Co.. are. it
is said, charged double price for shaving
by the Washington BARRIERS, since the
New Hampshire election, because their
faces arc SO much longer than usual.
MlssouRL-The prohibitory question
is beginning to be talked of in Missouri.
One or two large and very respectable
temperance papers have recently been
started in the State, and like other
States, the question Of prohibition will
soon be the great question of the people.
An Albany editor, speaking of the
late storm, says the only reason why bis
dwelling was not blown away on Satur-
day, was because there was a heavy
mortagc on it
TnE Japan squadron, it is reported,
has been re. called, but it is supposed
Com. Perry will pay his second visit to
Japan before lie receives his recall.
THE BLACK WAnnror.-It is stated
that Capt. Bullock, of this steamer, lays
his damage at 5000 900, for her seizure
aud detention at Havana.
Fifty-ninc clergymcn in Pittsburgh
have demonstrated" against the Ne
braska bill.
of the fifty newspapers published in
the State of Maine. only five are in favor
of the Nebraska bill, of which papers
each of the five is pensioned by govern.
ment In this way the Administration
wins many golden opinions"
The BEARD MoveMEXr--A Beard
mon" is in course of formation at Ed
iuburgh, its object being " to form By all
legitimate means the cause of the beard.
aud b. union to overcome the foolish
prejudice against that manly ornament"
The third principle OF the association
is rs follows That a Soi,ce shall take
place by public notice, but no sooner than
three months after the union is formed.
to allow time for the full d~cvclopcment
Of the boards and mustaches of the mem.
bers.
Tie Troy Wig says that the Maine.
Law las been pronounced unconstitu-
tionnl i'll every state where it has been en-
acted Not III Nermont-it agrees with
every constitution in the State.
Forty.scyen tons of silver, va uo one
million five hundred thousand dollars. ar
rived at Louisville fiUm New Orleans. on
Saturday, in charge Of Adams & Co.'S
Express. 1t is on the way to the mint
in Philadelphia.
John Van Buren, asked Wheeler, n
member Of Congress from New York
city. why he did not support the admin
i>tration, Feithp said he. Il lave
been trying to find it all winter, but
hayn't made out yet"
A few freight ears run off the track
on the Rutland and Burlington II. r.
last week The brakeman was thrown
into the water at the same time, but re-
fused to stay there.
\ gentleman who was convcrsing with
Senator Douglas. told him that his at.
tack on the New England clergy was
very much Ike kicking over a bee hive.
all alive with bees. just for the fun Of
the thing.
There is n patient in the Insane asv-
lum at Utica. who was been employed
for the last two years in getting up a
steamboat wh-sc engine shall be worked
with EPSON salts Another gentleman
in an adjoining room proposes to put ell
iptie springs under Niagara, Ito ease
the water when i; jumps +" while another
is busily engaged for a six Naded
horse aud 4 leather frying pan.
REMEMBER HIN Mr. Hunt (wbie)
of Louisiana came out body on Thurs.
day of last week, against the Nebraska
bill as a violation of the p~lighted faith
of the government.
PENHY COLLECTION Ole Bull at
tended the Scandinavian Lutheran
Church, Rev. Paul Anderson's on Sun
day last, and as usual a penny collection
was taken up after the services. On
looking over the contribution box a $40
gold piece was found among the pennies
Suspicion rests upon the distinguished
violinist, and little doubt exists that he
was guilty of making the said deposit
Chicago Dem. Press.
A Paris correspondent of the New
York Commercial says sit seems
likely that the plan of transporting
small packages through a pipe, by the
exhaustion of air, will soon be tried in
France. An engineer, named Gally
Cazalat, has perfected a scheme for the
purpose of trying the experiment on a
small scale. lie thinks of construc-
ting a pipe from Paris to Severe,
about three miles, and forwarding the
imperial mails through it, With a
pipe of eight inches bore, he calculates
that a steam pump ofhalf Of one horse
power would easily exhaust the air."