The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-07-22

mon destination. The ljgious servic.
es. prior to the embarkati.u, were cou
Quoted by the Rev. Mr. Wood, one of
the Secretaries of the Board
FRoM WAsnlNGToN 49, WASHINGTON,
Jviy 16--(HeraM correspoudeuce.)
The Secretary of War contemplates
ieuding Col. Johnson. who is now in
command in Texas, to Itch, instead of
Gen, Harvey This change is deemed
necessary, owing to the troubles that are
apprebended 10 Kansas, 10 case he should
leave the Territory,
Tribune correspondence.( Mr.. Clay,
at Peru will soon be recall ed, and Col.
Morgan of Ohio, will probably succeed
him. The department approves the
course of MIR. Eames, Minister to Ven
ezuela. and will Insist on the payment of
the Shelton guano claim.
The BUREiNG OF THE MONTREAL
VERDICT OF MANsLAUGHTEn.-M Montreal
July 1.-THE Coroner's Jury last even.
ing at Quebec, returned a verdict of
mansiaughter against Wilson, the ownor
of the steamer Montreal, Capt. Rudolf,
Dorval the pilot, and Roberge the mate,
and strongly censuring Wilson, the SEN
-ior controlling Agent The verdict also
recommends stringent enforcement of
the steamboat law. The parties impli-
Gated will be indicted at the present ses.
sion of the Court of Queens Bench.
"A very amusing incident took place
at the public speaking of the congress.
sional candidates in Hickman Kentucky.
The editor Of the Times published an
account of the speeches. and how Grimes,
his favorite, had used Burnett up, some
three hours before the speaking com.
menced Unfortunately for him, Bur.
nett got copy of the paper, and was
cruel enough to read it to his audience.
"A British vessel lately arrived at
Chicago, direct from Liverpool
The Louisiana papers say that the
sugar crop promises to be very large; it
looks spleudidly everywhere.
In the United States Circuit Court
now sitting in Chicago, Judge Mclean
sustained the demurrer in the case of
Mitchell VS.. Lamar, thereby deciding
that negro might be citizen of Hin.
ois and could sue in the Federal
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Judge Mclean held that this case
differed from the bred Scott case, as
there was no allegation that the plain.
tiff was a slave, and in a free state the
presumption is that every man, whatev.
er be his color is free, although where
color is badge of slavery, the presump
ton is otherwise.
A New MACHINE We have had the
pleasure of seeing at Mr.. Luke Buzzcll's
machine shop the operation of an inge.
MUS - loom, we suppose it must be
called, inasmuch as it makes cloth tho
tho material which it uses is all warp
and no filing it can hardly be called,
with strict propricty, loom The cloth
which it makes is called guernsey cloth,
and the manner of making comes nearer
to knitting than anything else, so that
the most suitable name for the machine
is knitting machine Knitting by ma.
chinery is not new invention. but this
machine contains several new features.
introduced by Mr. Buzzell. Almost ev.
cry part of it is ofiron, in which respec.
1t differs from all other knitting ma.
chimes 1t is much moro simple in its
construction than one would suppose
machine to be, in order to do the work
of three hundred sets of womens fingers,
and as piece of machinist's work it is
every way creditable to Mr.. Buzzell's es.
Enlistment, 1t was made to order for
the Barnet Manufacturing Company,
which is largely engaged in making the
kind of goods above mentioned. Gale.
DOMAIN
An Ohio river steamer was Just sink.
ing FROM the effects of collision, near
Cottonwood Bar, recently when young
man picked up lady and swan ashore
with her, distance of nearly a mile,
another Gentleman doing the same With
his bride.
A NOVEL BEEHlvE.-In q house up
town, swarms of bees have appropriated
one of the chimneys for their own use
and behoof. The chimney Aues occu.
pied by the industrious insects have new
er been used by the occupants of the
house, and it is supposed that they have
swarmed there for three years, having
been kept warm in the winter by the
heat from the adjoining fues. On re.
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rooms, it was found that the aue they
occupied was full of honey.comb, which
was hanging down into the fire. place and
the honey dropping from it; proceeding
to the top of the house, the fue was
ftund to be full of comb to the top. and
the bees still industriously at work. It
Is estimated that there are in the two
fues from 100000 to $4,000 bess, and
from two to three thousand pounds Of
honey State of Maine.
Southern Kansas is becoming liter
ally crowded with live men searching for
homes, Thousands OF claims have been
taken since May, and it is difficult to
find any timber that is unclaimed within
100 miles of Lawrence; but prairie
claims can be found within three or four
miles of Burlington or Napoleon. Tim
Der claims can be bought of pro-savery
men on the southern rivers at moder.
ate price; for they invariably offer to
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