The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-29

liamston, on Friday night of last wet.
were frozen t" death, on the mountains,a
few miles from tho latter place, Their
bodies we're found on Saturday morning,
but as tue place in which they were
found was just over the line, it bec,me
necessary. or at least il was thought best
to send to Troy for Coroner, couse.
quently the bodies were not removed un-
Ill Monday afternoon. A dog of Mr..
Ballou, which was with them, was found
at the time the bodies were discovered
lying close to his master, where he 70.
NAMED keeping vigilant watch. until
the bodies we're removed, and it was
with much difficulty that they we're al.
lowed to approach the dogs master
Cor informant says that two or three
bottles of he "ciittcr were found in
their possession, although from every ap.
pearancc he did not Judge that they had
been drinking very fro, ly.-B Bennington
Banner.
The Rrsn WEsTwARDLY- Our citi.
zcns. have no idea of the crowd which l.
daily rushing to the West through this
city. On yesterday morning the trail,
from Buffalo, numbered 81 cars, aud
this morning 26--All crowded Oar
II otcls are full the second class even
filling their floors every night. Yester.
day fourteen emigrant wagons passed the
gate on the Twinsburgh plank road, all
bound to Kansas. aud this mDruAg ten
cn,igrant wagons in one string passed
a. al ,,sI,
grant, and their household goods Tne
railroad men tell US, that about one.
fourth on the cars arc bound direct for
Kansas, and the rest destined for the
West generally-Iowa getting the grea-
ter share, The money market is getting
tighter and tighter daily, owing to the
drain Of specie, aud there is no telling
what this exodus may lead to- CIcrc.
Mnd UcroM
a PIcrUrE OF SUNDAY LIFE IN Cni.
CAGo Here is n picture of Sunday life
in Chicago, furnished by the Times
Ilcte i'll Chicago on Sunday we have
81 churches open burning the forenoon
aud evening but at the same time there
are no less than so ball rooms, in each
of which the " band "plays from morning
till midnight, and Waiting goes Oh with
out utcrmission. In addition to these
festivities we have to theatres, each
with its performers in tights and very
short garments, rivaling Elslor in THAR
graceful evolutious. Saloons have their
trout doors closed by proclamation, but
do thriving business through side en-
frances.
In the Pennsylvania Legislature n
bill has been introduced which confcrs
upon the proper authorities in every
township, town, borough. or city, the
power to levy a tax of not more than
Que dpllar and not less than City cents
upon each taxable inEahitant, for the os
Enlistment Of library to be devoted
to and kept for the public use Ea,h
township, town, borough, or city is en-,
powered to take and hold any gift, de.
wise or beques', which is donated for tho
promotion or establishment of such an
object.
WINES. The Chateau wines Of L fit.
tie. Margaux and Datour, of 1856, have
all boon sold at 800 francs per tun Of 4
hogsheads, or 1000 bottles These are
"rins SIR lie" wines on the lees, and will
not be fit to bottle until four years at
least, from the year Of vintage. Taking
into account the loss sustained by racks
ing the wines off the lees fning, leakage,
interest of the money. &C., it is always
estimated the wines will cost double the
original price when ready for bo,tling.
This will make the value Of the wine it.
self about two dollars and FIVE cents per
bottle in France, irrespective of the cost
of bottling, cases &c. Add to these
shipping expenses, aud duties here at 40
per cent, and then what will these wines
be worth in 1902
The Pctcrsburgh (Va) Express
says -" Our citizens are beginning to
observe the unusual number of slaves
that are constantly passing through Pc
tersburgh on their way South and to
the minds of many the result appears in.
eyitablo that it will need but the work of
ten or twenty years to clear Virginia
completely of that part of her population.
A company CT one hundred passed
through on Saturday"
MINNESOTA PREPARrNG TO BE A STATE
We fad in the St. Paul papers the
following proclamation from Gov. Cor
man:
An extraordinary emergency having
arisen in the affairs Of the territory of
Minnesota requiring an extra session of
the Legislature for the purpose of pro.
viding by law for holding Courts, and
for enacting such laws as may be doemed
necessary to enable the people to form a
State Constitution, preparatory to being
admitted into the Union as a State; al
SO, for tho purpose of disposing of the
grant Of lands made by the Congress of
the United States at its last session, to
aid the Territory of Minnesota in con.
siructirg certain designated railroads
therein, the members of the Council and
House of Representatives are therefore
required to meet at St. Paul on Monday
the Goth of April, 1857, and take into
consideration the subjects above speci
fed.
WILL