The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-03
Miscellaneous Items.

uCr morally certain Tue defeat OF Mr..
Seward for U S. Senator for New York.
aud Wise for Governor of Virginia
An old lady demanded specie at the
Webster Bunk for bill, and said she
heard Mr.. Webster was dead, his estate
insolycnt, and that his bank must fail
Henry Ward Bccchcr is down on +"
the Know Nothings in letter in the IN
d'Pcadcnt lie calls them " Protestant
Jesuits"
Dayard Taylor, III traveller, SAYS
that he prefers Mexico for the beauty of
its scercry, Germany for its society. Cal
ifornia, specially for its climate. and the
United States for its government.
Gen. Whitfield the Kansas delegate.
is six feet five inches high, and Il Ne.
braska Democrat lie is thus both
moral aud physical monster.
General Sam Houston the distinguish.
cd Senator in Congress from Texas. was
recently baptized by immersion at In.
dependence, Texas.
Hard times is just now thc-turlen
Of the newspapers. from almost every
part ofthc country. Money is not only
scarce with business men "a state Of
Things not of itself implying much actual
suffering. except among those who have
heavy notes to pay,l but want and dis
tress are beginning to stare the poor in
the face, with familiarity happily rare
in this country.
Napoleon. through. medium. states
that " Ere three months have PASSED.
dating from this hour, an assassination
Of a crowned head will astoni,h aud be.
wilder the magnatos of Europe"
Dr. Ivcs. late Bishop. las been ap
poiueI Professor in the Roman Catho-
lie College at Fordham, near New York
Miss Buckley. tho Nun who recently
escaped from the Convent ut Frederick
is writing long letter in reply to THAT
Of the SUPERIOR Of the Convent. publish.
ell few DAYS since She Intends giving
a complete narrative of & luyant life.
Hon. David /. Yu'o, has hcc, ola ,.
Cd to the United Strt.- Senate t. n,
Legislature of i'lorilo lie is D,m,.
cfat, and succeeds iion ] ch,on Morton.
Wig whose term ofotiice vii, expire on
the llh of March next
Near Amhera;Lurr. Canada. few
days ag', 4 man was clipping with
young woman when their sleigh was
overturned. The girls neck vas broken
causing her instant death; tho man ,ns.
fcrcd a fracture Of the leg. and was talscn
to hotel in Amhcr>b.Hgh, where his
wife is NV kindly attending him. in fll:
lilmcnt Of Ter marriage Vow
1t is said that W. r. Sapr, " C..
from Ohio; will soon introduce bill to
reduce the pay of members lrom eight to
six dollars day. He will be called
sup head
Tile Mortca Dfy ofMc lrur --Ol
Thursday occurred the Water so,s,ic3
the sun being only nine hours aul fenr-
teen inmates above the horiz,n-rising
at 2 aud setting at 80
Senator Atch;son arrived q. Washing.
ton Friday, aud took his seat in the sen.
ate.
Hon Jesse d. Bright, President pro
TEN Of the L. s. Senate, was born in
the VILLAGE Of piattsburgh. lis father
was the second Sheriff Of the county
after its organization. in 1888. Gins
ton county then included within its
boundaries the present coun.ics of Es>
sex and Franklin.
\ gentleman, in a private letter from
the Sandwich Islands, speaking of King
kamehameha, says; "IIc loas around
the town of IIonolulu-pecps into n tav
erin, and is ready to take a nip Will
any that asks Kim. lie isn't worth :
continental and auctionecrs won
take lis bid al an auction."
Ephra;m iit.ielield. the rrincipa
witness against Prof. Webster, on Iii
trial for the murder OF DR., Parkmnn
has become insane.
Santa Anna has been almost lin
animously elected President Of Mexico
The death Of Thomas W. Dor, o
=, Rhode Island, is announced as havin
occurred at Providence on Wedncsla
last. lie will be remembered by OIL
readers as the leader ola party which
, twelve or thirteen years ago, attemptc
= to overthrow the Government of Rhod
T. Island BY revolutionary and violen
! means, in which purpose he was defeat
ed by the people Of the State, VIII
: resorted to arms in defence Of law an
order.
TIE ToRPEDo CASE AT CINCINNA7
-ARRIsoN FOUND GUILTY The tri;
of VIM Ariison, charged with causin
the death OF Isaac Allison and his vii
p by sending them torpedo box, WI
n concluded at Cincinnati on the GOT
E ult. 1t had occupied the court nj
!, days, and a great deal Of testimon
was elected. lie was found guilty
murder in the first degree.
# The Supreme Court Of Rhode Islam
has decided the clause in the Liqu'
N Law of that state, which authorizes Il
seizure and destruction of liquor, to
m unconstitutional.
II SIN +. w. HEAD, the new Govern
% General of Canada, took the oath
Office at Quebec, on Wednesday.
"a The distress among the poor
~ New York city is shown not only |
ii the news items which tell of childrt
+, frozen and mothers starved 10 deaf