The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-06

norta part OF Concord, upon which he
intends to erect fine mansion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson made his
appearance in the pulpit Of the Rev.
Theodore Parker last Sunday NJ En-.
erson was formerly Unitarian clergy.
man, but left the pulpit fifteen sears or
more ago. Mr.. Emerson discoursed, on
the present occasion, to crowded audi.
enco. There was no reading OF Scrip.
ture, prayer, or benediction attending
the service. Mr.. Emerson is his own
God, and preached the gospel of ego,ism
with all the faith of self-suficieut mo.
tive.
The Hon. Stephen A. Douglas has
been invited by the Tennessee State Az.
ricultural Bureau to deliver the annual
address to the State Fair, in October
"A young lady was short time since
riding in London omnibus, when her
attention was drawn to magnificent
diamond ring worn by a gentleman cit.
ting near her. la tho course of the day,
having occasion TO use hor purse, which
contained some S75, she discovered that
1T was gone, but found instead, the iden.
teal ring which she had observed, worth
about $500 There is no doub, that
the gentleman" had picked her pocket,
and that the ring was the fruit CT some
previous robbery but being too large
for The thiefs finger, had slipped IF,
while he was abstrac,ing the lady's
purse.
The LOUISIANA SUGAR CRor.--Accor-
ding to the latest accounts, the damage
by the recent frosts in Louisiana has no.
been so great at to diminish the produo.
tiveness Of the cane essentially. At first
material curtailment of the crop was
predicted. No doubt the yourg cane
was severely bitten, but as a general
rule it promises to regain its vigor. OF ct
least to fair proportion Of saecharins
juice
TnE PolsoNlNG AT WASHINGTON 1T
isnow believed (says the n Y. Mtrrorl
that no less than seven hundred persons
have been seriously and dangerously af.
fccted by the National Hotel poison, at
| Washington aud some twenty or thirty
deaths have occurred in conseq uencc.
| There are several persons very seriously
| Ill in this city, whose recovery is donbt.
ful. Among others the Hon. Robert
D Walker is not yet entirely recovered
from his severe attack. Senator Hale
OF New Hampshire has become n thin,
lean mar. under its ravagcs. 1t is now
the opinion of many persons that there
| was deliberate purpose to poisson Mr..
buchanan and that the diaLoical
scoundrel hazarded the lives Of thoi.
| sands in the attempt
SLAVERY TO BE FOUGHT OUT " IN
KENrrcTY.--The Newport (Ky.) News
| states that" a proposition is in contem-
| platon to buy the land and uecroos
owned BY Shareholders in Kcntucky a.
their present valuation and if three.
| fHurths of the Shareholders in tie State
will ageee to sell the proposed company
| will advance sum of money cqral to
ouc.half If the estimated value Of both.
aud i'll one year after pay the whole bal.
ance The Saves will BE- set free and
the land sold at an advanced price, in
view Ut the State becoming free in ono
| year after the first payment to the mas.
| tiers, and the State become settlod with
real industrious, euterprislng free pco.
ple."
IMPROVED RAILROAD Music. Mr.. A.
l.. Deney, Of New Orleans, has made an
Improvement calliopo" The improved
instrument does not produce those harsh
grating sounds which was so much of an.
noyance TO tender ears, the pressure be-
| ing reduced from one hundred and fifty
to fifty pounds. 1t is furthermore so
arranged that instead Of playing only a
given number of pieces, like street.or
gan, it has key board on which. like on
piano, the performer can play any com.
| positions Mr.. Deney has taken out a
patent for his continuance.
During State existence of thirty.six
years, Missouri has baG but six persons
to represent her in the Senate of the
| United States. Thomas H. Benton sery-
ed thirty years, followed by H. s. Geyer
for six years the other seat having been
filled by David Barton eight Years, Alex.
| Buckner, four years, Lewis f. Linn ten
years, d II. Atchison twelve years, and
vacant two years The vacancies are
now filed by Trusten Polk, and j. S
| Green.
OuTRAGks UPON Christians IN TuR-
KEY Complaints are made Of shocking
outrages upon Christians, in several in.
stances. in Turkey, where they bave at.
tempted to exercise the privileges lately
accorded to them. The proper represeD.
tations were made to the government,
but the corrupt forms of justice, and the
old prejudices against Christians, not
only prevented any redress, but led to
fresh insults and injuries The circum.
stances hive been laid before the Porte,
and what is of considerable more impor.
lance, before Lord Stratford de Red.
ciffe. the Brit ish ambassador. He is
a power iu Turkey, although there may
not be any other,
Tue GREAT IRoN STEAMER.-The fol-
lowing are some of the main particulars of
the enormous iron steam-s ship now in