The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-12-23
News of the Week,

refusal to sanction the nomipa,iou Of
Fernando Wood
Tue Legislature of Kansas prompt
w assembled, at the call Of the acting
Governor We have ~ yet learned but
little of their Proceedings, but i, seems
qui IT, probable that they will be such as
to give somowha, new phase TO the
preseut complication Of affairs
On Tuesday night, of last week the
barn Of Nelson Thayer, 10 Bennington.
was burned together with large quan.
tity of hay grain and, carriages. also a
span of horses valued at $500. Total
loss about $4,000 insured at $500 Sup.
posed to be the work of an iucendisry
On Monday, og last week, Thomas
Savel 10 Sheburne, was killed by the
falling Of a tree while chopping with bis
brother.
Mrs Andrews, The propris,ress Of a
Millinery store at Jsnesville, III COW
hiaed John p Holt, we'll known bank
er Of that city. The lady wss brought
before thePolics Cour, fined e50lud costs,
which sum was promptly paid by the oft
liens. The cause Of the difficulty vas
sharp practice by the banker with amor,
gage.
SLAVERY VoTED ouI or ORraos -
The constitutional election 10 Oregon
has resulted in the adoption by TIE PEG
OF the constitution prepared by the con.
venti0n, synopsis Of which la. been
published. The anti slavery clause ha,
been adopted by three to one vote.
nearly. The anti free uegro clause i.
also adopted by large majority.
On Monday, the 7th lust, the build
ing owned by Mr. Stimp.on, Of Water.
bury, and occupied BY him o, 40 eYtsu.
sive dry goods store was burned to the
ground,
THE DESTINATION or rHr MonaaN. --
1t having been stated that the Norm, ms
would leave SALE Lake Valley for some
point IN the Russian possessions on the
opening If Spring, Washington CORES
pendent, we know mol upou what author.
ity, Gays
1T has been thrown out that the Nor.
mons upon abandoning Salt Lake void
60 to the Russian possessions where hoy
would be very likely to staree to Heath.
They have no idea, aowevsr of toing
anything Of the sort 90 the contrary
they intend tn pass to the southwark into
the Mexican province Of 5onorA Hore
is tilibustering expedition on large
scale. Once there, the Mexican Gov
eminent will find it difficult, il not in
possible to tislodpe them, and the end
in all probability will be that Mexico
will sell the county to the United States
for song 10 order TO get rid of it, new
settlers
CASE Of TRANsFUsioN. - The delic,ie
and interesting operation Of tran.insiog
blood from one person to another has
again been successfully performed by Mr..
! s. Whestcroft, surgeon, Cannock, as,is
ted by Mr. J Blsckford and Mr. Sam
uel Whsateron. The patient was Mrs
Benton Of Canhock. Wher apparently
| expiring from loss Of blood about 2
pounds Of blood wa, trsnsfased from the
veins Of her husband into her veins with
the happies. result. 10 q few minutes
after the current of blood began to dow
and the ebbing Of life was checked the
circulation being reeslablis he'd, and de
liverence from apparently certain and up.
proachiCg dissolution secured The op.
peration was performed ou!'he 20th ulti.
mo. Mr.. Whsatcroft suggests the trial Of
this operation 10 the last stage of low
typhns and the collapse of Asiatic cholera
when al other means have failed Vol.
re'hamPton Eng) Nronicie.
A LARGE Pho Mr.. Ezra Hines, Of
this town informs US that be killed. Dig.
few days sinee, tbst was eight mouths
and two days old, and wei ghed 4O5 lbs
Rutland Courier.
On Thursday, 10th inst, a barn he
longing to ar Billings, of Rutland was
burned, together with about 10 tons Of
hay, several hundred bnshels Of oats, aud
/ sOnie stock.
The lire vas caused by d COW kicking
over u lantern whereby the hay va. set
on lire.
Mr.. Allen Gould, of NsWbury, kill,
ed pig. last week. eight months sni two
days old, which weighed when dressed
3ss pounds
On the nigh. Of Dec 81 The shoe
store Of John b. Parker. Of Woodstock
was broken, open aud upwards OF Que
hundred dollars worth of boots shoes
and leather stolen. Mr. Parker offers u
reward of twenty five dollars tor the Be
lection Of the thief
There is 10 Richmond, Va family
Of juvenile slases, seven 10 nauber, who
play on The SAKE horn. Sixty thousand
dollars have been offered for them bat
they are to be sent to Europe, wh7re il
is expected that their musical talents
from the fact of their being slaves. wall
create q sensation
THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The
next attempt to lay the Atlantic tele>
graph is to be commenced from the
centre of the ocean. The amount