The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-07-02
NeWs of the Week

meetnB vi tno nepuUilcauS was ncIu III
New York City. The Tabernacle was
completely packed with people, and the
crowd outside was so great as to require
a division into two outside meetings.
Hiram Kelchum called the meeting to
order, and T. B. Stillman with "A Vice
Presidents and nine Secretaries presided
over the main meeting. Judge Emmett
who was temporary Chairman of the
Philadelphia Convention, reported pro-
gress and made a speech which was re.
ceived with the %Doisiest demonstrations.
with the loudest kind Of cheers for Ere.
mont. VIM. A. Howard, tho Chairman
of the Congressional Committee of Kan
sas Investigation, who formerly was in
College here, and whom the boys of FL.
teen years ago used to style Old How
ard" was present on his return from
Kansas. lie declined to make any
speech for reasons connected with his o..
flee, but iutimated that the free settlers
in Kansas had had a hard time of it.
Judge Edmonds reported some %resolu-
tions adopting the Cincinnati Platform.
and speeches we're made by Senator
Trumbull of ILL.,, and by Kimbali of
Ohio. The crowd then resolved itself
into a procession, and at ii o'clock
reached Col. Fremont's residence, where
they called him out, and finally the
crowd demanded to see Mrs. Fremont
and she was obliged to show herself at
the window, where at the people bawled
and screamed and cheerod enough to take
the roof, off all the buildings ia the Fifth
Avenue. The band played an appropri-
ate air and the meeting dissolved.
- Ex-President Fillmore had q pub.
lie reception of a aatteriug character in
Now York aud in Brooklyn. A large
collection Of people assem- bed to do him
honor.
- The season has commenced ia good
earnest at Saratoga. In the course ola
week or so the city papers will be filed
with namby-pamby articles abou. dress,
fashion, balls and the like, with q sprink
ling in each, of that sentimental morali.
ty which is sure to turn the stomach of
a healthy organization.
"A steamboat from Pittsburgh
Penn last week passed from Lake Mich
igan into the Mississippi River. The
people of Green Bay had a celebration
in honor of the event.
- One hundred and fifty Fillibustcrs
left New York on Tuesday of last week,
for Nicaragua, The Minister Padre
Vigil, who has made SO much sensation
at Washington, went in the steamer with
them, on account Of his health. as it is
said.
Mr.. a A. LAWRENCE of Boston,
has written a temperate but straight out
letter to Atchison, the man of bad emf
neuce in Missouri, on the subject Of the
Kansas difficulties. Assuring him that
all has been fair, honorable and above
board at :ho east, he bogs tina, the con.
test may be conducted on civilized priu.
ciples. ATcHIsoN replies with a surly
attempt at politeness which is truly
laughablc. He says he and his friends
are bound to make Kansas a slave state,
any how He advises Lawrence to buy
up 100000 worth of slaves and move in.
to Missouri, where he, Atchison and
Lawrence can have the benefit of each
others society.
- A momber of a business firm in
New York has been arrested Cor being
engaged in the African slave trade. The
firm is a foreign one, either Spanish or
Portuguese. One of the crew of the YES
sci employed, has betrayed his employ
ers. 1t seems that the crew were engag-
ed to go to South America, but when
they had been some days at sea, they
were informed that their destination was
the coast of Africa. The captain pro-
cured the acluiescencc Of the sailors, by
promises of 5000, for the trip, each sail
or to be entitled to two slaves, and on ar.
rival at Cuba might sell the same, and
have his passage paid to New York.
Some lumber.on board was converted in.
to a Slave Deck and the vessel was thor
oughly armed. After receiving cargo,
the vessel was captured, off Brazil, by a
Brazilian man-ofwar, and tho captain
and crew are now imprisoned in Brazil.
The witness who tells the story, desert.
ed the ship. in Africa. lie visited a
slave %iactorj', or Blrracoon, and had full
opportunity to learn about the trade.
He says, parents will sell their children,
and husbands their wives. The price OF
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