The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-01-03
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MIDDLEBURY, JAN. 8, 1855.
Addison County Agricultural So
ciety-Annua] Meeting.

Addison County Agricultural So
ciety-Annual Meeting.
The twelfth annual meeting of the Ad
olson County Agricultural Society viii
be held at the Town Room in Middle
bury, on Wednesday, the l1th day .
January, 1855.
JOSEPH II. BARRETT, Scc
Middlcbury. Dec. &c, 1854.
Washington News and Gossip.
Congress has been doing little The
! past week, as usual during tho holidays
The appropriation bills have mostly
passed tho House. at the very beginning
! of the session. Whether this has hap
pened from sincere desire to hasten the
, the public business, or from a desire to
get them passed in advance Of some in
tended legislation which might be other
wise hozardcd, we do not know Mr.
Groelcy's plan Of repeating the abroga-
tion Of the Missouri Compromise, by
lacking clause Of that import to one OF
the appropriation bills isprotty likely to
be forestaled BY this prompt action
and the coast will lie left clear for fur.
Their work, worthy Of the Congress that
passed the Nebraska act.
Mr.. Summers resolution, proposing
the mediation of our government be.
tween Russia and the Western Powers
was to come IN yesterday 1t seem to
be regarded with favor.
! The Frerch Minister, Saitiges. takes
no part in the correspondence Stain. Cd
ioctions to the annexation Of the SanA.
wich Islands. It proceeds from the
British Minister alone. Congress. it Is
said, is in TO haste to consummaio tie
proro7ol annexation while thc admins
tration i anxious to Hurry it forward
.Atchi~un declines the rcsidency oil
The Senate. although Mr. Bright offers
J to restore it.
Col. S'cpioc's friends say that he Will
certainly decline the GoteraorsDip OF
Utah.
! Tie rrorosad appointment Of Mr.
Gfund to the MarSeiles cousul4hip caus-
cs the administration no ltile trouble
The President promised the pace, bat
Davis DohhiA and Guthrie have oa,rg t
ically protested aga;rst tie o!poiu.
meni Of 4 foreigner
4 challenge from Com. Moore awaits
zen Houston in Washington, but i j.
thought the Senator's recent baptism
will prevent tie Interchange Of bullets
! Some donbt is expressed Of tie truth
Of the story that Mr. Soud WAS cordial
iy received at Madrid. The corrcspon.
dents of the London papers say nothing
abou. it,
In reply to Mr. Molina. Envoy from
Costa Rica, who protested against the
Kinney cXpodiiion Secretary Marcy has
written letter, in which he speaks of
the proposed undertaking as leacei,
enterprise, involving. possibly. agricul
tural, mining and commercial sprcula
ton, but contemplating DO measure
which will render ihem amonpLlc to til,
neutrality laws Of the United States
1t is said that Mr.. Cost Johnson Aa'
been elected President of the Company
]. is not rropabIc that DE-. Gwin vii
be in his seat in the Senate during the
present session The election of L. S
Senator in California takes place upon
the 18th Of January
According to Il special despatch tt
tie Herald, majority of the Cabinet il
in favor of an immediate negotiation 70
the purchase Of Cuba. with Gushing Il
the champion Marcy has, it is said
consented 10 the negotiation. and me,
sage on the subject may soon be expect
cd.
Constitutional Amendments.
The following platform of ConsritJ