The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-03-28
Miscellaneous Items.

Emma Moore. 80 long missing at
Rochester, N. Y, was drowned at that
place, the body having been found under
tho ice
St Patrick's Day passed without dis,
tutbaLce in New York, severe storm
having prevented the usual procession.
The rage for executions in the abstract
spares nobody, and the venerable st.
Patrick, with string of potatoes about
his neck was suspended in Poughkeep-
sic on Saturday, the l7th.
Navigation has commenced on III.
Hudson, from New York to Albany.
The New Hampslite Patriot came to
US. before the election proclaiming that
Satan's Kingdom was tumbliug down. "
We infer from the result Of the election
that the Patriots assurance has become
reality - Californian.
TnE LQuoR Law IN MAINE Tho
new prohibitivo liquor bill of Maine pass.
ca the Senate unanimously, and tho
House by vote of 90 to %. 1t pro.
vides for Imprisonment for the first Of
fence for the third not less Than three
nor more than six months. and for tn.
fourth and every subsequent conviction,
1000 fne and one year in the States
Prison. The bill received the signature
of the Governor on Saturday last.
The Washington correspondent of tie
Journal Of Commerce says Captain l. in
ney has resigned his command Of the
Central American Colonization Com.
pany. w. Cost johnson, temporary
President, has also resigned. and cx.Sen.
ator Cooper has been appointed, with
full powers.
Tho Commissioner of Pensions will
no, be prepared to issue Land War
rants, under the late Bouuty Land Bill.
for three months to come The plates
arc to be engraved the blank Warrants
printed tie force of the Department in,
creased. and other necessary Preparations
to be made.
The Railroad Suspension Bridge, Nj.
agara, is nearly completed. On Friday
locomotive with Il passenger car, fill
cd with guests, crossed and recross ID it.
The structure was found 20 be yer,
steady, sinking less than three inches ut
the middle as the train passed over. 1t
Is estimated that it is capable Of sus.
tanning weight of 1900 tons.
Brattleborc is to have Town HILL
los feet by 40. 1t will cost SIG 900.
There cannot lie surcr proof of low
origin or Of an innate meanness Of dis.
position than to he always talking aud
thinking Of being geu;ocl,
Brigham Young, the Prophet. thinks
that st. Paul, in saying that a bishop
should be the husband of one wife meant
not to in'crdct him from having any
more, but that he should have at least
one wife to begin with
A bill to secure to women equal rights
with the sterner sex, making marriage n
spaclcs Of limited partnership, with pri.
vatc aud joint property. securing to Wild
ows the guardianship Of their children,
has been ordered to third reading in
the House of New Jersey Legislature
Mayor Wood says, in a letter to
member Of the New York Legislature,
that the number of places kept open on
the Sabbath for the sale of liquors in
New York has been reduced by him
from $500 at the Commencement Of his
administration to " twenty six
a Kansas Emigration Society was
formed at Montpelier on Wednesday
last. Forty persons are preparing to
leave Randolph for Kansas at the OPEN
ing of the .priug
ANNEXATioN Tho Boston atlas apt.
ly remarks that the magnificent auncxa-
tion schemes Of the Administration have
finally dwindied down to nothing at ALL
We cannot obtain Cuba the new King
Of the Sandwich Islands turns up his
magnificent nose at us, and we are left to
console ourselves with that sweet charm
ing fertile acluistion-thc Mesilla val.
ley r.
MoTEY PASic ~ CALIFORNIA The
/ pressure in business which has been So
severe in the Atlantic States for several
mouths has found it way across the Pa
citic, and is causing great excitement and
CONSERVATION in California among tho
business population Some of the best
business firms in San Francisco have
been obliged TO suspend operations on
account Of this unlooked-for visitor. A.
mong them are Page & Bacon, Wells,
Fargo & Co., and Adams & Co. 1t is
| probable smaller houses followed imme-
diateiy, aud in considerable numbers.
NAME LAW ~ BrRLINaroN.-On
Thursday last, VIM Corners, who had
been committed to Jail in default of $50
fIe for violation Of the liquor law, paid
the cash and was released. On Saturday
he was arrested again, tried before JUS
ticc Holleubeck, found guilty and fincd
! $40 and costs.-Fiee Press.
1t is rumored that orders 90 out to
Havana for the naval force there TO seek
PREPARATION for the FL Dorado Outrage
The steamer Princeton, with ten heavy
guns, is already there The steamer Full
ton, with five guns the frieate Colun;-
bia, with fifty guns, aud the sloop Fall
mouth, with twenty guns, are either
there cow or will be very soon. They
arc all under. command of Commodore
Newton. There is an additional force
Of ffty four guns at Norfolk ready, if
wanted, at short notice
The somewhat famous trottiug marc
Lady Suffolk, recently the roper
ty of Mr. Hill of Brdport, died last
week very suddenly She was an I'M.
calmly appearing beast. with nothing no.