The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-02-22
Miscellaneous Items.

The Georgia House of Representa-
tives has passed a bill to remove the seat
of government to Milledgeville, by the
casting vote of the Speaker.
THE CANAL ESLARGrmrNr-Tbo
Canal vote yesterday, though very liph,
all over the State, was a triumphant
vindication of the policy Of the speedy
enlargement Of the Erie Canal. We.
trust that the inter ests of this great
work are row put beyond the reach of
partisan malignity. The amendment to
the Constitution having been secured all
that remains is for the Legislature to
pass a law providing for the execution Of
the work-N Y Times.
CRYSTAL PALACE AFFArRs.-The di.
%rectors Of the Association for The ExLib.
ition of the Industry of all Notions have
published a statement Of the present
situation and future prospects of the
company, for the information Of stock.
holders. From this statement, we learn
that the receipts of the association. from
its incorporation to the LIST Of Deem.
Der, 1853. amounted to s9,S9I .O7O72.
and that from the list of February 1854.
the receipts were S47 ,S02 .33. Ye. the
present Indebtedness of the COMPANY.
over and above ell receipts. including ali
bills presented to this time. which are.
admitted or believed to be due, is stated
to be sl25,OOO.
SEcTs IN MISSEsorA.-The Roman
Catholics in Minnesota far outnumber
all other denominations. Bishop Gre
tin, Of the Catholic Church, has it in
contemplation to build a cathedral at St.
Paul's, during the present year. at a cost
Of 100000. The Methodists have four
separate churches in the Territory, and
two missions among the Indians. The
Prcsbyterians have six churches aud six
missions the Calvinistic Baptists have
three churches. and the Free viii Bap.
lists one the Episcopalians have regular
service at two places, and missionaries
who regularly visit, on foot, every village
in the Territory.
A joker says that the cords of wood
given to the poor are recorded above.
EN The Free sellers of Ma.sachus-
etts hold a convention in Faneuil Hall
Mass, to-day, to demonstrate against the
Nebraska bill. Letters were read from
Hon. S. p. CHASE, Of Ohio, and j. =.
HALE. The Convention was numerous
ly attended
FURTHER News FROM UTAH BY tho
Salt Lake mail of December LIST, we
learn that Mr.. Huntington. who had
been selected by Governor Young to seek
an interview with the Pauvan Indians
for the purpose of ~endeavoring TO recov.
er the lost instruments, &C., Of tho Pa
ciic Railroad Expedition, had returned
to Salt Lake City on the 10Th of Nov.
ember lie was successful in procuring
the Instruments, notes of Survey, Sc,
which the Indians had carried of at the
time OF the massacre of q portion Of
Capt. Gunnison's party on to 26th Oct.
ODER last.
Mr.. FILLMORE To BE MARRIEp-The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald writes as follows -
1t is stated here, on high auth GRITTY,
that Mr.. Fillmore is about to lead to tho
altar Miss Elizabeth Porter, of Niagara
Falls, only daughter of the late Gen.
Peter b Porter; a hero Of tho war of
1912, and Secretary of War under John
Quincy Adams. Miss Porter is 80 years
of age, and n lady of superior intellect.
high cultivation and large fortune. Her
brother and herself are the sole heirs of
their fathers great estate, including
Goat Island and other lucrative property
at Niagara Falls.
Abner T Pearco, the Norwich, Conn,
embezzler and forger, has reached Cali
fornia. and it is even said that he has
sailed thence for Asia.
1t is said that the Mayor and City
Authorities of Erie are about to pass an
ordinance. that no public vehicle shall
enter the State of Pennsylvania, from
any other State, unless all the iron at
tached to the same be Of Pennsylvania
production. Whether this master stroke
Of State policy was devised by Gov.
Bigler on his recent visit to the infected
district, is a question not yet settled.
However, the Governor has told the pub
lie that his sympathy is with the Erie
rioters, male and female Boston Atlas
BALTIMORE, Feb. Is.
The Maryland Legislature to-day, re-
elected JAMES A. PEAEcE United States
Senator, for six years, from the 4th Of
March, 1854.
In the House of Delegates, the pro.
hibitory Liquor Law bill was amended
so as to prevent its going into operation
until May, 1856, and requiring its ap-
prevail by the direct vote of the people.
Is In the Senate of Pennsylvania,
on Wednesday, the prohibitory liquor
law was defeated by a vote Of l6 to Is.
REJEcreD.-George N, Saunders
nomination as Consul to London, was on
Tuesday, rejected by the U. 6. Senate
80 to 10.
CoNFIRMED-The u. s. Senate has
confirmed John l.. OSullivan, ms charge
to Portugal by a vote OF &c to II.
A bill has been introduced into the
Kentucky Senate appropriating $4,000