The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-27

The BURDgLL CASE The Albany
Journal says Of this case: IL conyicts
everybody buttho criminals, and of every.
thing bat the crime in question. Farrell
witness is convicted Of illegal voting.
Rev Mr.. Marvine is convicted Of careless
marrying. Connery the Cononer, is con.
victed Of indecency aud incompetsrcy,
Eckel of libertiusm. Mrs Cunningham
Of secreting papers that did not belong
to Der, and SDodgross of recklessness and
bad habits Even the murdered man Of
past frauds and dshonesties. But while
all these minor sins with which the pub
lie has no immediate concern are brought
to light the great villainy which oil arc
laboring to detect is sbrouded in ss i'm.
penetrable obscurity rs ever.
MokE FiLLIBusTERlNe-AW ashibg.
ton letter.writer says:
Private advices we're received hero
from California by the last stvamer sta.
ting that the clipper.ship Ocean Bird had
sailed from San Francisco for San Juan
del Sur with 293 men we'll differed,
equipped aud provisioned, to aid Gen.
Walker. Considerable excitement pre-.
vailed in San Francisco, and tho Calfor.
aus we're determined to take forcible pos
session of the Nicaragua route TO insure
tho safety Of travel ard the transit Gifts
treasure Whether Walker is " wiped
out' or not, they are determined that the
Cosa Ricans shall not hold Tossessiou Of
the right of way TO their exclusion. 1
am Informed that q similar movement is
being made in our Southern States, and
in short period we may look couseq-
uently for important developments"
A GRANDMOTHER At Twenty Nine
An English paper reports tho case of
Mrs. Patrick Casey. who was brought be-
fore the magistrates at Wigan. for as.
sault, who was married at tho age Of
fourteen, had child 10 seven months.
and since then has had eleucn other chill.
dren. Her first was q daughter, who
married when a little more than thirteen
and has now two children, the eldest OF
whom is nearly two years of age. Mr..
Casey is therefore at the age of twenty
nine, the mother Of twelve, and the grand.
mother Of two children. Mrs. Casey
ought to have a pension from the com.
bincd Agricultural Fairs of the country.
A RsMAnKABLE MIRAGE The o.
VEGA Times on Monday snys:
The phenomenon Of mirage on Lake
Ontario was witnessed by many Of our
citizens yesterday to degree mover be-.
fore heard Of From the high point
near the fort, Prince Edwards Island,
completely across the Lake on the Can.
ada shore, could he distinctly seen. The
Duck and Gallon Islands we're so plainly
marked out that tue trees anu small OBJ
jects on the shore were plainly seen.
Even tho ice in the S,oney Island pas
sage leading to Sacke.t's Hatbor wa.
vissblc. The distance from O.wego to
Stoney Island, is about thirty.fvs miles
that across the lake must be Sixty or
mo Q.
GOLDEN RuLE.-A distinguished wri
ter saws: "There is but one passage in
the Bible where the girls are command
ed to k IS the men, and that is tho
golden rule , Whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you, do ye So
unto them"
DoN'T CoNFouND YOUR Is AND J's-
Nine persons out Of ten write the capi-
tails and j precisely alike. and nino
out OF ten who do So, thereby show an
utter lack of consideration and dissfisr.,,
nation, for there is as p.nfl 49,. -
between INC ''.."tSsa letters.
Always carry the body of ths below
the line Windsor Journal
SERIOUS CASE OF HYDRornoBIA In
New York city. on Monday afternoon =
wealthy gentleman named Beach, rosid-
ing in the Fifth Avenue. near Thirtieth
street was suddenly attacked BY bis dog,
a large one oftbe Newfoundland species,
while standing in the Fourth Avenue.
Mr.. Beach rcbuked the animal not in-
agining that ho was affected with mad.
ness, and not until after several success
i've leaps, the whole side of his check
was torn out by the beast, did he seek
safety by rushing into the Westrhcster
House. A yonng man 10 the street was
tho next object Of attack, but running
into the New Haven house, be slipped
behind the front door, and the dog pass
ed up stairs without noticing him. Re-
turning down stairs the dog perceived
tho frightened bar-keeper mounted on
the counter for safety and made several
unsuccessful leaps at him Then pass
ing into the street again. threw the
neighborhood into state of excitement,
and was finally brought to the ground
by Mr. RIbert Hoyt, train. master. with
i've balls of revolver, which the latter
had hastily borrowed from gentleman
IN the Westches.er House. A blow
from crowbar settled his fate,
Mr., Beach was instantly taken to the
residence of his physician for treatment,
though it would seem as if tho locality
Of the wound is such as almost to render
hopeless any attemp, to save him from
death-a doatb toward which DO may
journey in the full possession Of all his
faculties and agonizinely conscious Of
its approach, and that death one Of the
most horrible known to human expert.
encc. lie stated that his dog was bitten
By another about eight or niue days
ago, but he had appreheuded no serious
consequences - Traveller.