The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-27

the present code, but intends to induce
the June convention to submit their work
to a vote Of the people. II the people,
by a fair vote ratify il, well-if not they
must try again. Iu the second trial he
AYERS the real voters shall have fair
chance. 1t is proposed, by way Of com.
promise, to add to the southern portion
of Kansas largo slice Of the Indian
territory, form two States, one free, the
other slave, and admit them 10 to the
Union at the same time.
| Extraordinary FscUNDrTY.-The
last Mexican news includes tho alarming
item that, on the goth nlt., q woman at
the ca pital gave birth at once to sercn
| children.
Gas MADE FROM WATER A French
chemist, NJ Gillard. has at last discover.
ed, and put into practical use. the gas
made from water, not 10 the labratory or
at an exhibition. but in illuminating a
whole town. The ancient city of Mar
bonnc, France, glories in the light, tho
elements Of which are drawn from it, an
,iqne and beautiful canal, the fame look.
ing like the electric light, dazzling but
not tiresome, as white as can be, Without
vaci!lation or smell all barners being
similar to so many planets Courier DIES
Etats Unis.
Scarcity OF GRAIN-Thc Chicago
Tribune says the quantity of grain to be
brought to that market the present sea.
son will not equal the general expecta.
tions. There already exists a scarcity of
grain in Illinois aud Iowa.
Tho winter has exceeded its usual
length by full forty DAYS, aue the cattle
have eaten up the surplus corn, oats, Sc.
In Iowa entire herds are dying from star.
walton.
The Avenir d'Anvors states that an
antwerp lady has just given birth to her
twenty.ninth child.
How singular it is that people who
were never alarmed that whskey should
poison men, douounce tho poisoning of
pigs with the grain from the distillcries.
and think that the law should punish the
offtnco.
SINGULAR DiscovERY OF SKELETONS
"A recent Iowa paper gives the follow.
ing account ofau interesting discovery in
Burlington, Iowa.
In oxcavating for a cellar for Gov
Grimes new house, the workmen came
upon an arched vault some 0 feet square
which, on being opened, was found to con.
tain eight human skeletons Of gigantic
proportion. The wall of the vault is a.
bout IA inches thich, well laid up with
cement or understandable morter. The
vault is about six feet from tho b,se to
the arch The skeletons are ia a state Of
preservation, and are the largest human
remains ever found being little over
eight feet long"
In TROUBLE The ancient aristocra.
cy Of Virginia are greatly alarmed at
the prospect of a change in the basis of
senatorial representation, arising from the
provision that the reop'e shall decide the
question by vote. The house is chosen
on the white basis, but in apportioning
the senate districts the slaves are counted
equally with the whites by this means
eastern Virginia, have more slaves, con,
trolls the senate, aud western Virginia.
having more whites, controls the house
The Shareholders are in state of tropid
alton lest, when the change takes place.
there should be ian instruction Of poor
whites OF the polls. demanding education
for their children at the public expense
and perfect equality Of taxes and of all
the burdens Of goyernmcnt."-Er.
...-During some OF
the evenings last week, the telegraph
lines through Canada, New York, Ohio.
Michigan and Illinois, have been work.
ing direct from Chicago to Quebec via
Buffalo, Toronto and Montreal, a di..
tame. by the telegraphic route of 400
mile. The object was to establish the
correct longitude, by solar observation
Of tho different places. Lieut.. Ashe Of
Quebec, conducted the observations in
Chicago. The operators say that the
signals went through as ins.antaneou>ly
as though the distance was IA instead Of
l400 miles The longest stretch of the
Atlantic submarine cable will hardly ex
coed 1900 miles.
The ILLINOIS GENITAL RAILROAD
The Chicago (Ill) Tribune says:
OF the . 700, 900 acres of land grant.
ed by the the State to aid the construc.
ton of the Illinois Central Railroad,
over 900 900 yet remain unsold TAX
ing the sales made since the land Office
of the company opened in this city as a
test, the fund realized from the lands
alone will not fall short Of s45 1000, 600
1t is thought that the road, completed
and fully equipped, will be clear profit to
the company, tc say nothing of $50 OOO,'
600 of money that will in due time bs
piled up in the treasury. This great
work promises to be the mos. successful
speculation of the age"
"A little girl nine year, old, having
attended soiree. being asked by her
mother on returning, how she enjoyed
herself, answered II am full Of happi'
ness. couldn't be any happier upless
| could grow"
The CATTLE DISORDER IN Europe
Great fears are expressed in England,
lest the Marian, which is raging among
the neat cattle, in that part Of Europe
lying on the Gulf OF Finland and be-
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