The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-08-19

ulscoVHrtu 10 nave Oeen al the bottom OF
the revolt. which had spread through the
whole Bengal army. The native troops
at Madras continued loyal. Calcutta
was considered in serious danger, in con.
sequence Of the discovery of a conspiracy
there. Patrols were kept up night and
day, and many of the French inhabitants
were embarking. Reports were still
currsnt that Delhi had fallen, but there
were no official advices to that effect.
1t was rumored that the Government
! had dispatched ten tboutand additional
troops to India. A debate on the con.
duct Of the Governor General had taken
place in the House o: Lords.
The Agamemnon and Niagra wore to
commence sinking the Atlantic Tele.
graph cable on the Sd or 4th inst the
experiment Of paying out had been sue.
cessful, and messages had been success.
fully transmitted through the whole
length of the cable after it had been
shipped, in a second.
The Goodwood cup races came off, as
announced, on the 8 lst ult. both Amer.
lean horses we're badly beaten.
In the House of Commons the new
Divorce bill had reached second read.
ing and the Government had been de
feated on the Superauuation bill A
great political lemons traitor in favor of
Universal Suffrage and against rotton
boroughs, had taken place at Rochdale.
The harvest in Franco and Italy were
beyond expectation. Fears we're enter.
tanned with reference to the potato crop
in ireland.
A curious proposition, ostenslbly aim
ing at the obolition Of Slavery in the
Dutch West To dies, is being mooted 10
Holland.
Trouble was brewing between France
and Turkey. The cholera had appeared
at St. Petsrsburgh.
-Advices from Mexico confirm the
report that President Comonfort has
been almost unanimously reelected.
Mrs. Marble, one Of tho Silver Lake
captives among the Indians, is in Wash
ingtoD. She is still suffering in health
from the brutal treatment she received
among the savages.
The city of Leavenwortb, X. t..
refuses TO pay the bill ($2lO) for liquor
with which Gov. Walker treated the
crowd when be arrived there last spring.
REVOLUTION IN ST. DoMINoo-FIeHr.
lNG.-The schooner Castalian arrived
at New York from Port au Platte, re.
ports that q revolution broke out at San.
tiago, south side of Domingo, on the
10th OF July, against President Baez
and that battle had taken place in the
interior, during which $50 mon were kill.
ed. The President had 1000 men be.
fore the city Of St. Domingo
The water Of Lake Michigan is sub.
ject to very great variations in its height.
1t is now very nearly as high as it was
in 1888, when it's rise was SO great as to
kill trees one hundred years old. If a
a strong gale from the North should
now set in, and continue for "a hours,
all the cellars in Chicago would be sub
merged.
SAD ACCIDENT IN MoRErowN,-A
friend writes Us that on Monday morning,
9th ult., Mr.. Michael Finton, of More.
town. went into the woods, to peal hem.
lock bark, without informing bis wife
where he was going As be did not re-
turn to breakfast, SIZE concluded be had
gone into another part of the town to
work at hayiDg. On Tuesday it was
ascertained that be was not where she
supposed. Search was i'm uediately made,
and on Tuesday afternoon, about four
o'clock, he was found in tho woods, dead.
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broken from another tree, by the falling
of the one which he had previously cut
down, fell upon him while at work, frao.
turing bis skull and otherwise mangling
his body. Age about 40. He was a
steady and industrious man-had accu.
mulated some little property-aDd leaves
a wife to mourn his untimsly death
Christian Messenger.
We learn that our friend Mclaughlin
of Clarendon Springs, has disposed of
the Clarendon House and about 40 acres
of land to a Mr.. johnson of Illinois,
We are also informed that Mr.. johnson
has purchased the Union House of our
townsman, R. R. Thrall, Esq, and de.
signs improving and enlarging the &C.
comodation for visitors -Rutland Her.
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AcclDENT.-Noah Pratt, Of Putney,
while riding in his wagon in Vernon on.
last week met with a severe accident -
When attempting to release rein that
had been caught by the horsos tail, the
horse kicked up and struck him in the
lower jaw producing a compound frac.
ture, and rupturing the sub-maIilary
artery-Iimes.
AHEAD "A pair of bay Morgan gel,
dings, within a fraction of l6 hands
high, each, have been purchased In Rot
land County, for the use of Louis Ma.
poleon, and last week were shipped for
Europe-Argus.
Michael Sullivan, residing near the
Valley Railroad track just below this,
village, has a pup with six legs. The
two extra legs are not used but are
naturally formed. 1t is now six weeks
old, and appears lively and healthy. ID.
We hear Of singular case that
happened lately. A party gu, on fish
ing excursion were Frustrated by what