The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-11-29
Miscellaneous Items

Chicago generally have published a card.
declaring that having entire confidence
in the stock.sccured banks Of Illinois
state, and in Chicago banks in particu.
lar. and being Convinced that there are
no just grounds for the present manic.
they will continue to receive the bills Of
all Illinois banks as heretofore. The
firm of Swift 6 Co, has also given no.
tice that it will receive at par all Illinois
bank bills, "achciher suspended or not.'
aud it is stated that the extraordinary
bank excitement is rapidly subsiding in
Chicago.-BoSton Courier.
ELECTION INciDEvr-The Worcester
Spy says the Democrats of that city fred
a salute on Saturday. in honor Of the
election Of Hiram C. Brown, Rerresen.
tative from Tolland. 1t was however.
stated and believed, on Saturday. that
Mr.. Brown turns out to be n Know
Nothing. If so, though the Democrats
lost their powder. they are no worse off
than their friends in New York. who
fired a salute for the election of Sey-
mour.
A FORTHCOMING WONDER Accord.
ing to a correspondent Of Herapath's
(Engllsh) Journal, steam power is to lie
superseded by "Poulson's patent Pendu-
lum 7 lever" which will be brought be-
fore the public in about a month. Two
men in a sitting position will be able
with ease to propel a railway engine
twenty five horse power, with its full
complement Of carriages, at any speed
to be attained by steam power. The
tenders and boilers of the present en-
gines will be no longer required, and the
new engines will be constructed of about
one.fourth the weight, and at say one
sixth or one eight the cost. The wheels
and frames of the present engines will
r be available for the new one.
SUFFERING IN NEBRASKA "A gentle.
man, recently returned from the far
West. informs the New York Mirror
that there is much suffering among the
Nebraska %enigrants for the necessaries
t of life and that the coming wintor
I threatens to prove fatal to a large por-
! ton of the settlers. Without houses to
live in-without markets (if they had
> money! to supply them food. and with
no fish and very little game, the poor EN-
T. iGrants who have gone out there under
} the lead Of anti-slavery must hurry home
0 or die for want of food.
The REClPRoCITy TREATY IN CANADA.
The Sherbrooke Gazette Of the 18th,
observes that now that reciprocity has
= gone INTO effect. under the bonding sys-
d TEN. both in the United States aud Caua-
da. we may anticipate "A great increase Of
\ traffic with our neighbnrs across the Dor.
der. Already great numbers Of cattle
e have been bought up in the townships
>. for expectation, in anticipation OF rcci-
, proci'y. and a GOOD demand may be still
anticipated, especially for young cattle"
DuEL -TwoPhiladelphiaus one Of them
&c n married man. 'occupying a respectable
n position in society" acent out to fight n
duel in New Jersey on SATURDAY, met
near Burlington, and one was shot in the
., left arm aod the other in the left thigh.
:, The affair. which related to Il woman.was
III then "amicahlv arranged" honor being
NJ satisfied on both sides.
, PoTspAM AND WATERrowN RAILROAD.
e. The cars on this road have commenced
" running and regula, trains connect it
n with the Ogdensburg road. A great
10 deal of freight, butter, cheese, grain, &c
20 was waiting transportation.
Is TnE BRANDY TIA Is CoMiNG Tho
following paragraph from the New York
journal of Commerce shows he manner
IN which the deficiency Of the vintage in
, Frasce is to be made up -
III Pure Brandy Since the French
N government have forbidden the distillu-
ton of cereals. a very active export de-
maud has sprung up here for RUIZ achiS-
III key and common rum, and prices have
10 materially advanced, with large freight
a engagements for France. When it comes
ie back it will not be recognized, either by
e the smell ytaste, or price"
. OGnENsBURG, Nov. % Incpndiary
Caught This morning about 4 O'Clock,
= one of u citizens, aud for many years
u n resident here. was caught in The act of
9 firing. a building. The public opinion
e is that to the individual now caught va
d are to look for an explanation of near
ly all the fires which have rapidly swept
our village for several years past, all of
Is which have happened about 4 o'clock in
,r the morning.
to BuRNING OF THE Henry CLARA
g highly important trial of a civil suit for
H. damages laid at $4,000 and SI000.against
l. the owners of the Inflated steamer Heu-
10 ry Clay, that was destroyed by fire on
Il the 2Sth of July, 1852, when near Yon-
, kers, on her trip from Albany to New
York, has been on trial in Goshen
The proceedings were commenced about
- eighteen months ago in the Supreme
Court of Orange county, in the name of
10 the"executors of A J Downing, who lost
&c his life by the terrible disaster. Tho
$4,000 was claimed for the loss of Mr..
}, Downing's life, and the $1,000 for tue
= loss Of valuable baggage belonging to
II deceased, his wife, and others of the fam
lily. The prosecution finally abandoned
the claim for loss of life, and by consent
TT of all parties, the jury returned Il YER
dict, under direction of the Court, of
le $1,000 for the baggage claim.-NeiO
YoEk Times. y
he I FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE.-The dwell
&c ling house of VIM. c. Griswold, Of Or
$ well was destroyed by fire on Monday
la night, the 9th inst, and Miss Abigail
Moon, an estimable young woman Of
- A25 or so years of age, persisted in the
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