The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-15
News of the Week.

MI. Ellhu Burrltt, the learned
Blacksmith, has recently delivered loo.
tuie TO the 3ostonians, in which he un.
folded a scheme for the peaceful oxtinc.
ton of Slavery. His plan is to set apart
the public lands for the purchase Of
slaves in those communities which are
willing to emancitatc.
The Jury in the case of the Rev.
Mr.. Kallock, indicted for adultery, at
Boston, after prolonged trial, failed to
agree. The Boston congregation of
which he is pastor, have passed rcsolu.
tions of confidence and support.
1t is stated that our Government
do not intend to join the English in
their war with China 1t is their nten-
ton soon to send out Commissioner to
look after the interests of this country.
Mr.. Caleb Gushing is talked of as the
man.
The Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon, the young
English divine, continues to attract i'm
meuse houses in London. LORD John
Russell and many Of the nobility arc
frequently found among his hearers. A
second series Of his sermons has been
published at New York.
"A young mau by the name of Hen.
ny G. Haskins, from Vermont. lately
committed suicide. in cell of the tris.
OIL in Springfield, Mass.
The Connecticut election has result.
ted in Republican majority in the Leg.
islature. Two of the four Congressman
are, however, Democrats, being elected
by very small majoritios.
1t is estimated there are $4,000
persons in Boston alone, who take stock
in Spiritualism.
The Boston people are running in
shoals after the Rev. Mr.. Kallock be.
cause he was not convicted of crime. The
Bee says hs preached all day Sunday to
crowded congregations.
The bill in the Massachusetts, House
of Representatives, in aid of Kansas"
has passed to its third reading, 2O6 to
l09. The contemplated appropriation
is 100000
Tho atlas, Telegraph and Chroni.
Gle are now all merged in the Travcller.
The paper will now, 10 doubt, become
one Of the most influential and readable
journals in the country. 1t is to be pub.
lished morning and evening, semi weekly
and weekly. Boston has long felt the
need of just such a paper as we have
every reason to believe this will be
Kit Karson has been appointed In.
dian Agent for New Mexico.
Pune WHARF.-THE St. Jobnsbury
people are about to have abundance of
water in their thriving village. The
plan is to raise water from the Passump.
sic River by means of a force pump, in-
to reservoir on some hill in the village,
from whence it is to be distributed. The
estimated cost of the work is about sew
en- thousand dollars, which is to be rails.
cd by stock subscriptions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, roet and
philosopher, has been sued in trespass
for wandering in meditation, fancy free,
over his neighbours wood lot.
MIR. Robert j. Walker the recently
appointed Governor Of Kansas, will not
assume the duties of his Office till May.
The Free State men will not participate
in the election about to be held This
course on their part will, in our judg.
ment, embarass the administration more
than any other thing they could possibly
adopt. The immigration of Free State
settlers continues to increase. Letters
from Lawrence assert, that the proper.
ton of Free State to Slave State men in
the Territory, is already more than ten
to one.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN CAsTLEToN. -
Last Monday night, Gaus Briggs while
intoxicated, fell down the stairway into
his cellar, and was so severely injured
that be died in few hours. He was an
old resident of the town and had long
been subject to habits Of intoxicatiop.-
Rutland Herald.
NEWSPAPERS IN HARTfonp There
are ITO newspapers taken in Hartford
The whole number Of votes cast in the
town very seldom exceeds 400. These
figures indicate liberaiity on the part
Of the citizens of the town quite com.
meudable, and Hartford must be consid-
cred the banner town, in this regard,
until further information to the contra
ry is received WindSor Journal.
The directors Of the VT and Cana.
da Railroad Companies have issued a
circular, containing their report to the
stockholders, and giving a statement of
the business operations of these roads
for two years and half, to Dec. 81,
1856.