The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-03-25
News OF the Week.

-Montpelicr at Its last town NEE.
ting considered the subject of building
a new rail road, leading into the valley
of the Lamoille. The sentiment was
strongly in favor Of tho project
The Standard denies, on au
thority, that Thomas E. Powers is a.
bout to remove to Montpelier It fur.
Their states tina, no Architect has yet
been appointed for the new Capitol.
The new appropriation for Court
Houses at Rutland and Windsor make
tho aggregate sums appropriated for
each s7l,5O0 Mr.. D. c. LINsLEv, Of
this place, editor of the Vermont Stock
Journal has been appointed by the
government, superintendent of construc
tion at Windsor.
The Rutland Herald says that
Mr.. John Cain, tho postmaster Mt that
place, recently returned from Washing.
ton, sick from the effects of tho pois
oned water at the National Hotel, is
still suffering severely.
The St. Adams Messenger in.
forms us shat the potteries Of Mr.. L.
l.. Farrar, formerly of Fairfax, at St.
Johns, have been totally consumed by
fire. Loss about $4,000.
1t is said the net proceeds of
the years business will enable tho Vt.
Central Rail Road to pay the interest
on its frst mortgage bonds Doubtful
Rev. S. w. Bush, pastor of the
Unitarian Church at Brattleboro, has
resigned his charge.
A curious case 10 related in the
papers Of horse which stepped into a
hole in bridge lately, at Cabot, and
in Getting out again pulled his leg off
his hoo. The town paid for Tho horse
aud killed. it.
VISA OF CHRISTIAN PniLAN.
THRoPisr.-Thc Green Mountain Free
mar, after relating how nearly the
President Of tho United States came
to losing his life, by drinking tho
rat poisoned water a. Washington, with
its accustomed elegance, and in a gen.
uine burst Of natural emotion, ex-
claims, pity for the slave. that an.
other rat had not got into the water T.
QuATTLEBuM IN VERMONT. - Tho
same dclcc,able sheet, in view Of the
recent decision in the bred Scott case,
comes out with . cry for a new Con.
stitu,ion Of tho United States, and
conveys the startling intelligence tina.
sit is time for war, strife, anarchy and
dissolution VI How a plant of this OK.
otto character ever found itself in SO
high q latitude as Montpelier We can.
not divine. Its natural soil has been
found, hitherto, in the vicinity of
Charleston, South Carolina. We would
commend this paper to q milk diet,
frequent shower baths, and plenty Of
exercise in the open air.
DAWN AoAlN - Tho Christian
Messenger has discovered At last that
Theodore Parker is not entirely oitho.
dox. Mr., PARKER is no doubt a great
Rcformer, but there seems to be q
slight discrepancy between his methods
Of reform and the old fashioned ways.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - We learn
from tho Bellows Falls Time, that
MIR. Young. State Geologiss, has re
signed in consequence Of i'll health
President Hitchcock, Of Amherst Col.
lego, We are glad to learn, has been
appointed in his place, The survey
will be commepcedsiu Bennington Co.
as soon as the weather permits.
The Supreme Court granted ten
divorces, at its late term 10 Windsor
County.
Tho Watchman says tho Gov
ernor has appointed Messrs. George P
Marsh, N. Williams, and j. Porter
commissioners for rebuilding the State
House. L. is further said they have
had meeting, and i. i, probable the
old plan will DO retained, with enlarge
ment and other improvement.
The BrattlebOro people have late
ly had Fancy Dress Ball at one Of the
Water Cures. The Phoeniz, though q
married man, and above such nonsense
declares the sight was SO fascinating
that he utterly despairs Of a description
The Republican is publishing a
black list Of old subscribers to shat pa
per who have refused to pay up.
MOB Law IN NEsRAsxA-A cor
respondent of the Evening Post write.
that considerable excitement exists al
Omaha City, because claims have beer