The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-07-25
Miscellaneous Items.

received from General Simpson on tho
Goth. Lord Raglan had been suffering
from lndisposition. but until p NJ. on
the 2Stb his Lordship progressed to tho
satisfaction of his medical attendants.
Afterwards alarming symptoms devcl-
oped themselves attended with difficulty
OF breathing which gradually increased
From o'ehck p NJ. ho was unconscious
ana from that period he gradually sank.
until twenty-five minutes before nine at
which hour he died.
1t is stated that Major General Simp-
son has succeeded Lord Raglan. pro ten.
The original search, seizure. and dc.
struction clauses of the Maine Law ore
found in an act of Congress, passed dur.
ing JACKsoN's administration and signed
by him. which authoized and commanded
all United States officers to seize con6s.
cate and destroy, without benefit of Jury
or right of appeal, all sprituous liquors
found upon Indian territory. This dem.
ocratlc statute is still in full force. and
ITS constitutiouality has never been called
IN question.
MAXINE a FcrTuNE.-The Gilman.
ton girl and snakes it is said. have al.
ready produced $4,000 to the ayaricious
parents of the former.
Florence Nightingale is not Roman
Catholic as some have supposed, but Il
Protestant Of the most ultra class. She
belongs to dissenting family and is her.
parself Unitarian.
A NATURAL BARuMErrn.-They have
in Germany small green frog, termed
tho leaf frog" which, when caugh, is
placed in small glass jar, partly filled
with water, and steps erected on which
the little chap sits Ifthc weather is to
be clear and fine, he rcclincs on the up.
pet step. but if storm is approaching
no goes down half way, and if the storm
10 to be severe one. he goes to the bot
tom. lIe is seldom more than an inch or
an inch and half long, and his rations
consist of one fy per day.
TnE RrGisrRArloN or trrrrrs-
The Washington Union announces that
in the new system of registration. with
each letter bill sent to the mailing office.
a blank letter bin is sent, which should
be filled up at the Office of delivery nc.
cordlng to Instructions, and returncd to
the mailing Office from which i, was 70.
ceivcd.
The Chicago Times announces John
Wentworth as a candidate for the U. g.
Senate in 1859, in place Of Judge Doug.
lass.
Riches take wings and hy away
The truth of this axiom was fully excm.
pllhcd yesterday by the sight and peru
sal of private schedule of railroad
stocks and bonds belonging to an indi.
vidual, and valued eighteen months aro
at little over S37l.OO0. the market
value of which to-day is only about sli3..
600, showing depreciation of s26l 900
in one year and half, besides the loss
of interest These securities were p!edg-
ed as collateral security for borrowed
money, and as they declined in value,
other property was placed with them to
Keep the margins good, until the unfor.
tunate borrower could respond no fur.
iher, and was finally obliged to fail
fCDotbft 1DN'N
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION The
election in North Carolina will take
place next month. Ths following arc
given as the names Of the candidates for
Congress in the various districts of the
State:
kaor-lNotbinr. Anfi- Knor- Nof6ipg.
!. Robert T. Paine, W. ]. II NJ. Shaw, DcIn.
, Thos. J. Latham, 2. Thos. Rufiin, Dem.
j. David Reid, Dem. 3. Warren Winslow, D.
Jas.B shepard BEN l.. o b Branch Dem.
.. Edward G.Roalc,w g. John Kerr, Mhig.
6. II. C. Purycar wing g. A. VI. Scales, Dem.
!. 5. y. Stowe, Dem. I. Burton Craiee Dem.
S. L. B.Carinichael, w. s. T. l.. Clinsman.
ArTEMrT AT MURDER AND EoBBgRY.
On Sunday evening, July 18th, Thorn
as Cook an Englishman, entered the
house of Chauncey Wood in Fairhavcp,
and struck him with an axe while in bed,
evidently intending to kill him. Mr..
Wood was not billed, but very danger.
Dusty hurt. The Selcctmcn Of Fairha.
ven have offered reward of $50 for tho
arrest of Cook.
7. s Cook was taken on Tuesday
morning in the town of Rupert. After
an examination the same day he was
lodged in the Jail at Rutland, to await
his trial -Rntland Herald.
L Many lives might be saved BY
knowledge of this simple receipt A
large a-spoonful of mustard mix ed in u
tumber Of warm water and swallowed
as soon as possible acts as an instant
ometic sufficient to remove all that is
lodged in the stomach.
PEosPEcT IN Ouo.-Speaking Of the
prospect for the Ticket nominated by
the Republican Convention on the l9th,
the Cincinnati Times, a leading Aaaeti-
can journal, says:
Time will disclose whether or not We
speak the truth. The rejection of Amer
icanism from the platform of the 18th
July Convention, will prove fatal to
CHASE. The rest Of Ma Ticket is unex-
ccptionable,
LuNAcy AND LONGEVITY Lnsatiss
live provcrbally to a good old age, and
one of the proverbs upon which the fact
is founded is, wo suppose, the old house.
hold truism that Cracked vessels last
the longest "-PHach.
ENTERTAlN great respect for what is
Ol1 but moot what Ia Naw with n ,rar,,.