The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-10
Miscellaneous Items.

William Arrison. convicted at Clncin-
natl If sending the Internal machine
which destroyed Mr.. and Mrs. Allison.
has bern sentenced to be hung on the
/ til day of May next
The cost of the diamonds and pearIs
in the crown of England, cxcIu.ive If
the metal is put down at $4,000
The interest in the Investment in tho
British crown, is S33 0n0 per annum--
enough to pay the salaries Of the Prtsi.
dcut and secretary Of State-and treat
them to new republican, crown quarter
y.
Col Richardson. of Illinois. announ-
c,s that he shall retire to private life If
ter he shall have served out the term for
which he is elected to Congress
1t was rumorel that Gen Houston
was to resign bis place in the L. 5 Sen.
ate the resignation to take effect Mt the
close Of the present Session The RI.
mour is now coutradlctcd. though not
authoriiatiycly.
The editor Of the New Hampshire Pa
Hiot says that he expects to grow fat "a
long as he lives An yes, but when he
dies will not he,fat be in the fire p
LJHiSrtHc J0HrHaL
Somebody advises the Know Nothinss
who indulge IN pure liquors, TO beware
Of Foreign influence"
The line beginning Mr. Bryant's last
poem
" Stand here 10y my side and turn. I pray
is not addressed to I. c Pray. Esq. as
might be supposed by the superficial
reader BoStoa Past.
PRESERVATION FOR AR.r>rIXG CAM
NAL E W Benedict, Esq who caught
the inccudiary Wilson "A, he was in the
act OF firing some buildings in O.irns
burgh Il few weeks since. was, on Mon.
day, presented by the crizeus with
beautiful set of plate. two gold watches,
aud $500, as testimJuia, due to his
services.
The man who imacincs himself wise.
because he detected some typographical
errors in newspaper, has gone East to
get perpendicular view of the rainbow.
IrlrArH
Here lies, cut down like unlipc fruit,
The wife ct Deacon Amos Shutc:
She died orthuudcr srnt from Heaven,
Iii seventeen hundred an seventy -s.r-I.
The RlGnr Roam English traveller
- II say sir ham hi ON the right road
to ArifJrd ?" Jonathan-" y ell. il
you tnrn round ard e. t'ntler way you'll
have to travel abeouJ ten miles But if
you keep on the way you're going. you'll
have to go abeout eight thousand. [ reck-
OF" -
OrEN AMERICAN OIGAYizAT1oN.-Tho
New York 1mcyicdH Sentinel suggests
that a National American Convention be
held on the iih Of July next, for tho
definite onunciaticn Of principles that
shalt commend themselves to the Ma
tional heart, from Maine to Texas.
Mn. HIRAM MILLER, of Troy, has
been pointed Treasurer ofthe Baptist
Missionary Convention of the State Of
New York, III place of Mr.. William
Richardson, declined.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 81. The par
don of DR.. Beale has not yet been
officially received, but his friends con-
fidently expect it Tomorrow. Judges
Black, Lewis, and Woodward, of the
Supreme Court, have given written
opinions in the case, styling the verdict
of the jury illegal.
CRIMINALS IN VERMONT. The jails
in three counties, Lamoil!e, Essex and
Grand Isle, are empty; Rutland county
ty has twenty prisoners Orange seven,
Chittenden six, Franklin and Windsor
four each, Caledonia and Addison two
each, Wiadham and Washington one
each, No state in the Union, of the size
of Vermont, can show cleaner criminal
list
BosToN, Defender 29.-The Free
Sellers of this city held large and, it
is said enthusiastic meeting last night,
at which it was resolved to maintain
the distinct organization of the party.
The meeting also passed a resolution
repudiating Know-Nothiugism,