The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-12-31
News of the Week.


points house and Rutland after a state
Of uncxampled fever, may now rest again.
AFTER THE FAlR.-A chap advertises
that he will address tho people Of Rat
land, on the subject of tho outrages IN
Kansas, at a certain time, and place.
He has Just returned from the wars;
was the hero Of six BATTLES, dispersed
| Col Titus and his gang. and has on ex-
| hibition choice assortment Of trophies.
| Front seats resumed for ladies' and pos
itively no postpoDcment ON account of
the weather.
- The people in Burlington, have in
stitutcd series of parties at the Amer
lean Hotel, and are disposed to cheer
up the winter in social way a Christ
mas ride was hal over the Vernon, Val.
ley Road, bu. We have not learned with
what SUCCESS, or how many went
- Rev. Joel Fisk of Plaiuliell, for.
merly a Clergyman of this county, died
at his residence on Tuesday week The
UatcAmaa says Eis loss is deeply felt
go The papers contain a choice little
bit of correspondence between the Edit
or of the New York Times, and T. f.
Meagher, growing out of a remark in
the Times that Meagher would run
away withou, breaking his parole" The
belligerent Irishman demanded an cx.
PLANTATION the Editor sent curt reply
refusing it; the Irishman pitched in with
a look as it he really meant Pistols and
coffee The Editor came down by i'm
preccptablc degrees, and wound up by
a positive disclaimer of nearing any
thing whatever.
This startling fact which we take
from the Windsor Journal is rccommen.
del to the plilanthropic individuals who
think early Vermont training inferior
to that of other states. The foundation
of thi, sort of success can be laid only in
early life -
At the late exainina ion of the Fresh
man class of Dlrtmon,h College, there
were only ten Of the sixty in the class
from Vermont. Yet, Of the seven upon
whom the honor of perfect scholarship
was conferred, four were Green Noun
TAIN BOYS.
- Tho past week has been prolific of
disasters at sea. The Nc,c York n Liv.
erpool packed with 307 souls aboard
was driven on shore near the rity Of
N1w York ard became total wreck.
The passengers all escaped drowning;
but ore poor fellow lost his life by ex.
posture aud cold Another vessel named
the Iusso owned in the British Prov
inccs. from Honduras to New York
was likewise wrecked. Six persons
were lost. The Steamship Amcricn
bound hither, when off Cape Clear Gu
countered storm. which so disabled
her, that she was obliged to pm, back to
Liverpool. Another Liverpool packet
ship, the Aaria;ic was wrecked ON tho
coast of ireland with loss Of three men.
FoREiGN.-Tho captain and Is others
of the lost ship Ly0anais were picked
up at sea, are nov safe at Bordeaux
The London Times acknowledges the
hoax of the famous Georgia Rail Road
duels, and backs straight out Of its state,
ments. FATHER Mathew the great
postle of Temperance died at Cork on the
Sth inst The British Government are
preparing to lay Telcgraphic cable
across the Persian Gulf An unsuccess
full attempt to assassinate the King 81
Naples was made by soldier who rush
ed from the ranks during a military re
view on the 9Th inst. lie leveled hi:
gun at the King, but was struck dead
before he had an opportunity of carrying
out his design. The inhabitants of Ports
mouth England, have given banquet il
honor of the American officers, who
brought home the ResofHte, sent thithel
by act of Congress,
A marvellous account Of the receE
discovery Of large quantities of gold il
New Mexico, is going the rounds of thu
, papers. The Santa Fe gazette say
f that a Mexican woman who has been a
mong the Indians eight years, escape
, recently and communicated the ipformo
: ton. An officer iu the army immediate
4 ly organized party and went in ques
0 of the golden laud. The report Of Tia
y,mau was c,ri 'nol ava a large uum
Der VI golI bulicts obtained from tn
. Indians was brought back, The accouu
states that the natives would not ALLOW
= the party to dig for gold, but were read,
a to trade for it to any extent. The stor,
= is doubtful