The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-05-07

uOUS OIL u uccluculy hHtl'SldfcIy CHdlhc-
ter we're passed.
The last steamer from California
brings in about two millions of Treasure,
and about thousand passengers. Pub
lie meetings have been held to consider
and memorabilia Congress Cor a Pacific
Rail Road Shut off from their coun.
trymen by a strip of desert, and subject
to such disasters Of transit as is above
recorded, it is no wonder our friends in
California begin to be impatient for a
road In a military point Of view alone,
the value Of such communication is in
calculable. 1t is to be hoped that as
soon as our Legislators have achieved
the more important business Of prcsi.
dent making, they will give their serious
attention to this matter.
A great fire occurred in Philadelphia,
May list, some forty buildings were dc.
stroycd Loss estimated at about one
million of dollars.
The New York papers announces the
death of OGpES HorFMAN, one of the
most distinguished lawyers of that state
The Western Vermont transcript is
ogain revived, at Brandon, under the cd
itorial charge Of Rev A. c, Rose. 1t
appears well.
The Emperor Napoleon has bestowed
medals Of gold of the first aud second
class, upon the captain. mate and four
sailors Of the American ship No: :hamp-
ton, as a reward for rcscuing the crew of
the French ship Eugene, which was
sinking from the injuries sustained in
collision with another vessel, on the 10Th
December, 1865.
SUGAR AND CorroN PROSPECTS, We
were surprised to learn few days since
Of the utter hopelessness Of the sugar
crop in this parish the coming year. The
great majority Of planters absolutely an
ticipate raising 10 cane whatever. y
great many are blowing up their cane
fields and planting them in corn and
some in cotton A ru;nous year, with
ont doubt for sugar. while according 10
ali accounts the cotton crop will be great
Is augmented In West Baton Rouge,
we learn they are going largely in the
latter lusincss-also on Bayou Maran-
gouin, where not particle Of sugar will
be raised III. Sentinel.
The shocking steamboat disaster which
recently occurred on the Delaware is TO
be made the subject of a judicial investi-
CATION. The father Of one &C the victims
has sworn aflidavits against the directors
and superintendent of the company. with
the Inspector of Boilers and Machinery,
and they have been arrested and held to
bail each in a sum Of $4,000.
Mrs. care, tie poet. gives the use of
tobacco a deserved counterbast in TIE
St. Louis Democrat, in which she says :
-" In our city is a church where cards
are placed upon the back of each pew
The gentlemen (heaven save the marfD
are requested by the ladies not to spit
upon the carpets. "
MONTREAL. April O-7Hc ncr .Sns,
pension Brdgc over the Falls of Mont.
morcucy gave way this morning and the
whole structure, with man. woman,
horse and cart were carried over the
Falls. The bodies of the man and wo-
man have not yet been found
A dispatch from Washington states
that Gen. Sam Houston will run as an in
dependent candidate for the Presidency,
trusting for his election to the grea.
body Of the people and regulating all
caucuses aud conventions.
The United States Treasurer reports
the amount on hand, subject to draft on
the 2lst ult, as S24,SSj, 1000.
MARYLANp,-Tho Wings of Mary
lard, in Convention at Baltimore. brought
their session to a close on Wednesday
They adopted a series Of resolutions in
dorsing the platform Of the Wings of
Kentucky; against the introduction of
religion into politics, deprecatug the
agitation of the Slavery question; affirm
ing their infexible fidelity to Wing prin,
ciples and recommending the various
Counties of the State to send delegates
to a Convention to be held On the second
Thursday in July, for the purpose Of de-
termining finally upon the course to be
pursued by the Wings Of Maryland in
view Of the issues then presented. N.
T. Times,
The Providence JouTNaL in an ar
ticlc on modern spirituaiism, declares
that its importance in the United States
and in Europe. exceeds that which any
other philosophical or religious system
Of delusion, as some prefer to call it.,
ever reached in SO brief period as that
which has elapsed since it first came in
TO notice. No other sect issues SO many
newspapers and periodicals, and the
number of believers in the United States
is estimated at two millions.
Tho President Of the Fitchburg and
Worcester Railroad declined valuable
present. rendered to him by he empln,-
es; On the ground that his du y to the
Company aud the relations existing be-
tween himself and the employees, were of
| eucb n no,nra that he ooulI uol oonSci.