The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-08-13

Indiana, says that the destruction Of the
Hotel and newspaper Office in Lawrence
was entirely without process and unau.
thorizcd by him.
- l.. d. Campbell is out in a lettor.
in which he says that he thinks the peo-
pie of.~Ohio cannot under the circum-
stances, do better, than to vote for Free
mont --r
- The Commencement of the Uuiver- |
sity at Burlington, occurred last week
The Society of Religious Inquiry was ad-
dressed by Rev. William James of Al,
bany, N. Y: the Sigma Phi,.by Rev.
james Douglass of Rutland, N. Y, with
poem by Rev. A, C. Kendrick of
Rochester University. President Pease
was inaugurated and invested with the
keys by Rev. Dr. Wheeler He deliver.
ed his inaugural on Tuesday. Before
the Literary Societies, Rev. J p.
Thompson was the orator and J. s. D.
Taylor Of Plattsburgh, was the poet.
- The State Fair Of New Hampshire
will be held at Concord, on the 9Th. 9th
and 10th days Of October next. The
Grafton will be pronounced by Hon.
Geo. p. Marsh Of Vermont
A great Fillmore Meeting was held
at FaneniI Hall, Boston, last week. Ad.
Dresses we're made by David Paul Brown,
A. B. Ely and others.
ANOTHER BRiTisu SHIpMAsTER En-.
FORGING THE FuGirIvE SLAVE Law -
The Pensacola Democrat of the oath
ult says; ,..
The English ship Sarah, bound to
Barcelona, which was towed out over the
Bar on Sunday last by the Cuba. re.
turned day before yesterday and made
signs for pilot outside After having
gone about hundred miles the captain
discovered negro man, who had secret
ed himself on board. He was taken
charge of by one of our pilots and brought
to the city. This we consider very hand
some conduct on the part of the captain
especially as he had suffered much an
poyaucc from the dcsertion of his owl
crew. white Eere. from the lack of effici
ent legal aid in recovering the desert
crs."
Hon. EDWARD CuRTls, formerly o
Windsor w.. died in New York on Sat
urday last. Mr.. Curtis graduated a
Schenectady, in the same class with Gov
ernor Seward. aud soon after commence,
the practice Of law in New York. II
was for long time a member Of tn
Common Council of that City Pres
dent Of the Board of Assistant Alder
mar; was elected to Congress in 1886
SO served as chairman of the Commit
tee Of Commerce, and was afterward
under the Administration of Gen'l Har
rison, made Collector ofsthe Port {
New York Rutland Herald. r
NEemoNrERs ABROAD 1T is som'
! what remarkable and note worthy tbs
the best letter writors from Europe fC
the New York press are Vcrmonter
TIE Sigma letters 10 New York Cou
Ter & Enquirer. which attracted muc
, attention n S4w Yeas ago we're from ii
ren Of JAMES X. SPALDiNG, Of Montp
lier, and the present Rome corre>Ho'
dent Of the New York Tribune is Mrs
SOPHIA HIrcHcocK. the accomphshe
daughter of Henry Stevens, of Barne
VT, the old and iudefatigsble antiqu;
, riun. ....-
!, Hon. VIM. Howard, who was chat
man of the Kansas Investigating Con
mite, addressed Fremont and Dayto
meeting at Elizabethtown, N. " @
t Wednesday evening. When he appeare
on the stand, gang Of rowdies made a
attempt to break up the meeting by how
, ling, grooming, aud in other ways iDsul
l ing tho speaker. They met, boweve
with a we'll merited rebuke from him
for. fixing his eye in the direction frci
whence the noise came, he said
: How long have you lived in Wester
T. Missouri When did you get back frol
!, Kansas You,are i'll government GU
r ploy are you not9 If you arc not bo
der ruffiaDs you are their equivalent
. y gu have got a bad cause, aud are,
they say, only wbistling to keep yor
D courage up. rt9t.
1t is perhaps unnecessary to add tn;
Tiers was DO further disturbance.
| &C. l.. Brace, the we'll known pl
, lanthropis., writing to the n. Y. Su
!, from Norway, speaks thus Of the
TALK Amour AMsKIca. The disgruc
full and cowardly sssu,t on Sumner
Brooks is described in ali2ost every ?
per of Europe especially in these mort
y ern papers. There was most sca'hln
article on American freedom and II
manners Of American gentlemen in Il
Christians Afler Blan of Saturday, e
: pecially quoting the articles of the Soutl
5 ern papers, Richmond Wing and Exam
| liner, approving the assault, Tie poin
which it made were rather sarcasm
than arguments still bitterly true
against tho freedom OF speech" and ii
Courtesy Of manners" in tho America
. Republic.