The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-10-22
News of the Week.

pieces Of silver plate are to be dstriLu.
ted as prizes, is to come IF at that place
on the gath inst. The fremen Of Yer
mont, and Western New Hampshire are
invited to compete.
L - The uevtnor has appointed Will
liam @. Shaw, of Burlington, Secretary
Of civil andhilitary affairs.
y Rufus choatc was uomin utod by
the Dcnrccrats Of his district for Con.
grtss. 10 has declined the nomination. |
r Prof IIcdrick, of the University
of NORTH Carolina, and a Carolnian
borb, has come out in letter, avowiug
himtelf as little better than 4 black
republican, and insisting that he now
occupies tho ground once occupied by
all the leading statesmen Of the south.
The Remainder of the faculty have pass
ed rfsolutions of censure upon him, and
recoh bend his immediate expulsion from
bis chair The corporation will no doubt
cxpfll him.
I Prof VIM, G. Fowler, formerly of
M adlebury College. has received the
Fillmore nomination for Congress, in
Massachusetts,, where he now lives.
| - Considerable dissatisfaction is OK.
pressed, in some quarters, with the ad.
ministration of Gov. Geary in Kansas.
He does not command the confidence of
the Free State men, and private letters
say he does net receive them into his
c1unsels. The pro slavery candidate
for Congress is undoubtedly elected, as
the free state men declined to vote. 1t
was necessary under tho laws of the DO.
gns Legislature to take certain onths,
which white men are not in the habit Of
taking in this country.
- Dr. Middleton Goldsmith, former
ly Of Castleton, but now of Rutland has
been elected TO the chair Of Surgery in the
Kentucky school of Medicine. We un.
derstanl the Doctor has accepted tho
appointment.
- A fugitive slave was found in a
box, where he had secrctcd himself on
the steamer Roanoke, while she was ".
ing at Norfolk. On arrival at New
York, the captain of the vessel boxed
him up and sent him back again. The
Times votes the captain leather medal
- The Governor of New Hampshire
has appointed Thanksgiving day in tina,
state. the goth Of November
john Minor Bolts, of Virginia
having been challenged to duel, by the
editor of Richmond Enquirer declines
the honor on eight different grounds
ono of which is, that he should derive nc
= comfort in making the editors children
fatherless, and wishes, for family reasons
to preserve his own life in, his present
happy condition.
Vino CONVENTIONAL Wing Con
vention was holden at Montpelier. Oct
9Th. for the nomination Of o Fillmore
elecor ticket.-Thc meeting was call
ed to order by Harry Bradley. OF Bur
lipgton, and organized by tho appoint
mont of Dir. Bigclow Of Bennington
Chairman, and Geo. +. Houghton o
St. Adams, Secretary.
On motion Of Rev DR. Wheeler o.
Burlington, Messrs Wheeler, Ormsbec
and Harmon, were appointed a Commit
tee to report resolutions.
On motion of Mr. Ormsbee Mesa s
Bradley. Pettcs, Bigelow Tildou. and
E J. B. Wheeler, were appointed to nomi
nate nm Electoral Ticket.
The following electoral ticket wa.
nominated John Wheeler. Of Burling
ton. Arad Stcbbins. of Bradford. Mahlor
Cottrill of Montpelier, Daniel Tilden
OF Hartford, and Asahcl S. Hyde, of St
: Adams.
VERMONT EMIGRATION TO KANSAS -
The second party Of eighteen left
Rutland, on Tuesday last. to join the
Vermont colony in Kansas, ard other
parties may be expected to leave from
time to time this fall and winter Nearly
one hundred persons, we understand
have already sigrilied their intention to
the Agent of joining the colony, as soon
as the necessary preparation can be com
p,eted. Those persons who have al
= ready left, are cf the right stampede
ing men in the prime Of life-and will
= carry with them large share of New
England enterprise and industry. Some
portion have left families behind. with
the Intention of sending for them a:
soon as preparations can be made tc
r make them comfortable upon their arri
val in Kansas --Rmiand Herold.