The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-02-25
News of the Week,

necticut Valley Agricultural Association
was held at White River Junction, on
the 9Th inst. Thomas d. Mann, of Ok
ford, N. H., was elected President.
Some miserable wretch destroyed
valuable Black Hawk colt, the proper.
ty Of S: Town. at Montpelier, on the 18th
inst.
We regret to learn Of the death of
the Rev. Mr. Dcbie, which occurred at
St Adams on Tuesday week. The
Messenger suys that during his short
residence at that place. he had gained
large circle of friends, and that his loss
will be deeply felt by tho people of his
charge. His remains were taken to
Pittsburgh for iu,ermcnt.
The Plank Road between St. Al.
bans and Richford, has shared tho usual
fute of corporations in Vermont. The
road was sold at auction on the l7th
inst. for about thirteen thousand dollars
The people of Brattleboro are en-
joyiDg private thoatricals among their
other winter an uscments. The Repub-
hcan speaks very highly Of the amateur
actresses whom he has seen tread the
mimic stage of the parlor; aud forget
ting the tendencies, advises the
repetition of the performances in the
Town Hall
"A man in South Reading, tipped
maple tree, few days in December last,
procured two or three buckets of sap
and boiled it into sugar.
MAN PRoPosEs, But COP DlsPosEs -
The legislature Of Kansas and the south.
ern fanatics have been for year or two
endeavoring to fasten 81 avery On Kan
sas, The laws Of Nature arc stronger
than any Of the Bogus sort On the
18th ult., the thermometer in the terri.
tory indicated 20 degrees below zero
! Slavery connot be profitable and there.
fore cannot live in q climate like this.
A New Orleans paper, in view of this
! fact, and commenting upon the climate
of Kansas, admits that Negro Slavery
is impossible there.
Mr.. Peabody, the rich American of
London, has recently given $500, 900 for
a charitable purpose to the city Of Bal
| timore.
DID You Ever l-Au,he utic despatch.
cs from Paris bring intelligence which
will thrill the hearts of our female read
ers 1t is reported that the Empress
Eugene actually appeared at Court,
some three weeks ago, without crinoliuo
or hoops. 1t is further added, but for
this We will not vouch that the Emper
or himself irterfercd in the matter, and
that the Lady was compelled to the ster,
by absolute command of her Royal mas
ter. However, tho last statement may
be, there is no doubt of the first. Hoops
must now subsiie The endless round
of Fashion" il after all circle which
comes to an end Oar affections will no
longer be entanglod in muslins volumin
Gus and vast, and the ladies will soon
"Fold their tents Ike the Arabs,
And silently steal away"
New COLLECTOR, We understand |
b Bowdish, ESD, has been appointed
Collector Of the Port Of Burlington, in
place of Mr.. Smalley Mr.. Bowdish is
the gentleman who was lately appointed
Consul to Turkey. but VIC presume he
declines that appointment, in order to
accept this.
1t is said that young Snodgrass,
who is implicated in the Burdell murder,
can prove that he was not at the store
where the witness says sho sold him the
dirk, at the time she fixes the sale.
TIE CHINA WAR.--Thc Americans in
Canton are involved in tie British diff
culties. An American vessel with her
colors clearly In si2ht, was hred into by
the Chinese batteries. A couple of U.
S. ships of war imme diately moved up
and bombarded the fort Subsequently
an apology was tendered BY the Chinese
authorities, aud it was asserted that the
affair was mistake. The factories of
the foreign residents have been destroy.
cd by fire, aud all business at Canton is
suspended.
The PERSIAN WAR.-The British are
still prosecuting their hostilities upon
the Persians. They have already taken
several fortified places. Whatever may
be the proximate causes of the war, it is
claimed by some that its real object is
to consolidate the power of the British
Empire in that quarter. with view the
more effectually to meet the desi gus Of