The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-07-12
miscellaneous Items,

Miscellaneous Items.
In the Senate of the United States
on Wednesday, a bill vas passed es.
tablishing a line Of mail steamers be-
tween San Francisco and Shanghae,
touching at japan and the Sandwich
Islands.
The Anniversary Of the Andovcr
Theological Seminary will be held on
Wednesday, the ID of August next
four weeks earlier than in preceding
years.
The Anniversary of the 4th of July
passed of quietly at Richmond and
other Places south. A most intense
heat prevailed and several soldiers
were sun.struck, some of whom died.
The Newark Idccrtiser SAYS, the
Clerical journal English gives its
readers the following definite and sat
isfactory piece Of American news
NEW JERsEY.-A neat and substan-
tial building has recently been erected
in this town, for the worship of AL
mighty God. a debt of a few bun.
ircd dollars still rests uIon the bull
ding
There was a severe thunder storm
at Toronto on the 4th of July. The
C'oionist says '';hc rain fell in tor
rents, and many ornamental trees
throughout the city were broken by
the force Of the wind.
The efforts of Dr. Pennington to re-
cover his brother, scizedin New York
under the fugitive slave law, have
been successful, and Pembroke has
returned to New York "a free man.
1t is said that a German sculptor
established in the ancient city Of Ath.
cns, has again discovered those cele-
bratcd marbles. the red and green aus
tique. the quarrics Of which have been
lost from time immemorial.
THE AMERICAN NATIoN.-The
Westm nster Review. after comparing
the census Of Great Britain and the
United States, says the whole world
owe respect and gratitude to the Uni
ted States for what they are doing in
education. "As for what the Amcri-
can nation is to become at its present
rate Of progress, it is really IN over
whelming idea. There may be a
Democratic Republic If 100000
Of citizens at the end of this century.
KAYsAs.-The Shareholders who
have gone into Kansas have taken
the ground that slavery already ex-
lists there. The judges appointed by
the President will probably conirm
this view.
Az ANCIENT MAINE Law Among
the ancient Germans some two thousand
years ago, there was a tribe or nation
called the Suevians, who would not suf.
fer wine to be brought into their terrific
ry, because said they. it enervates the
mind and units the body for exercise or
labor. Yet these men were classed a.
mong barbarians by the Romans.
Cato, the Censor, only repented
of three things during his life, viz; To
have gone by sea when he could have
gone by land to have passed a day mac
tive and to have told a secret to his
wife.
The Washington correspondent Of
tho New York Express writes -
"The best informed Wings Of North
Carolina are of the opinion that Mr..
Badger will lose his election to the SEN
ate BY the very course he adopted to Sc
cure it, viz his speech in favor of tho
Nebraska bill. The passage of that bill
has destroyed the Wing party of the
South, and consequently the Wings Of
North Carolina have now no particular
object to gain in carrying the Legisla-
ture. 1t is Of no consequence to them
whether Mr.. Badger or Mr., Clingman
be elected to the Senate"
PEXNsYLvANIA.-The Washington cor.
respondent of the N. Y. Express writes
that " the prospect of a thorough Wing
victory in Pennsylvania in October in
creases daily. An experienced politi,
clan of superior advantages for acquiring
information on this subject, has recently
returned from a long visit to that State,
aud gives it as his opinion that the Wing
candidate for Governor, Mr., Pollock, will
beat Gov. Bigler from 10000 to $4,000
votes. He regards this result as newt
able, aud the election Off large majority
Of the delegation to the next Congress
BY the Wings as equally inevitable,