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

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son, in Westchester, New York. Ellen
is daughter Of John Bull, alias Dim.
mock, the person who claims to have
been taken prisoner on board the
English sloop-of,war Peacock, in 1912,
and subsequently, sold into slavery
Miss Kerr, in her testimony, says she
had long since heared of Dimmock's
having been on board the Peacock,
when she was taken by the Hornet,
and she believed the story to de true.
Madeline Smith has returned to ih.
residence Of Der parents in Glasgow. and
SO great is the sympathy felt 10 her csse
that the Scots, though noted for praotio.
al economy, propose to raise her, nice
plum, IN the shape ola $50 600 subsorip.
tion. Miss Smith and Mrs. Cunnina-
ham who would not be o womau7
The number Of locomotives running
in the United States is 5000. Western
roads have a locomotive 10 every throe
to Eve miles Of road. Eastern roads
more. and the Reading has many more
than it has miles Of road.
The MARIposA GRANr.-We learn
that share of this fomou estate, which
is variously estimated as worth any
amount, from ten up to twenty Eve mil.
lions of dollars, has been purcha sed from
Col. Fremont by Mr. Benjamin Wood,
brother of the Mayor of New York city,
Col Fremont left for California in the
steamer which sailed on the 5th inst and
it is the intention Of the parties inter.
ested to render the grant in question a.
productive as possible. 1t comprises, a.
it is known, the whole of Mariposs Coun.
ty, embracing over Al 900 acres Of gold
land, and including seven towns within
its circumference.
GovERNoRsHlP OF WIscoNsrN.-Wis.
consin holds State election next fall,
and the political waters are again be.
ginning to be agitated. Both parties
are fast trottipg out their aspiran.s for
gnbernatorial nomination. The Re.
publicans have thus far proposed the fol.
lowing gentlemen. Governor Rashford.
Hon, W, D, McTndoe of Wausau, E. D.
Holton, Esq of Milwaukee, Hon, L. 2,
Harvey of Shopiere, and Judge A. W.
Randall Of Waukesha. Some Of these
are able men, and some again are very
poor timber to make governors Of The
Democrats have named the following
gentlemen: John H. Rountree Of Grant,
j. c. Fairchild and L. P. Villas Of Md.
ison, j. B. Cross and H. l.. Palmer Of
Milwaukee, and H. C. Hobart of Ca.
lumte.
The American Scientific Associa-
ton convened in Montreal Wsdnes-
day August 18th.
ST. PAULs, MIN, August 13.-The
Republican Constitutional Convention
today passed unanimously Judge Sher.
bune's resolution to appoint Commit
tee Of Conference, composed of mem.
bers Of both Conventions. The res
olution was rejected on Saturday in
the Democratic Convention, but they
will probably pass it tomorrow.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August Ii
The Southern Commercial Convention
in session here, have adopted resolu-
tons urging the government to with.
draw the squadron from the coast of
Africa, and to fortify the harbors Of
Port Royal, S. c., and Mobile. Res.
olutions were offered and referred to the
committee endorsing Dudley Mann's
steamer scheme, advocating govern
ment patronage for Southern steamers,
and the repeal of fishing bounties.
AUGUSTA, Geo., August SAMUEL
G. Scott, Postmaster at Golfers, s. c.,
has been arrested for robbing the mail,
and is now in Jail in this city.
Capt, Joshua A. Patten, whose
misfortune and sufferings, in connec-
ton with the ship Nsptune's Car,
have been the theme of much public
comment, died at the Mclean Asylum,
Summerville, Mass, on Sunday morn
ing, aged 80 years and 3 months
The Boston Courier adds these COM
ments "Deaf and blind and sick as
he has been for months past, his hero
ic wife refused, nevertheless, to sur.
render him to the care of strangers
and it was not until on Friday, when
it was apparent that his reason was
gone, and he was utterly unmanagea-
Bic that she consented to his removal
to the Asylum. Mrs. Pattsn herself
is slowly recovering from the effects
Of fever"
The Presidents APPROVAL OF
Gov. WALKER.-We copy the follow
ing paragraph from an article in the
Cincinnati Enquirer :-"Now, wo hap.
pened to know, in the most certain
and direct manner, that while Mr..
Buchanan regrets certain expressions
which have fallen from Governor
Walker in his speeches, he has not the
slightest hesitation in justifying. sus-
tanning and unfolding the whole con-
duct and policy adopted by tho Gov
ernor in Kansas, and on that ground
he and his friends are ready to do
battle against all opposers."
Col. J. Prince, a member of the