The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-05-13

sugar from 2UU trees. lie made 90
pounds from so pals of sap Martin
Griffin. of Newport, made 700 pounds
from $50 trees-The Orleans Standard
thinks that GO 600 pounds have been
made in that town. We think that over
200, 600 pounds have been made in vii.
ming ton.-Amasa Cummings, of East
Montpelier, made 2200 pounds from $50
trees.-G W. Cbamherlin, Of Wells
River made 1875 pounds from 800 trees
Harry ROys, of Huntington, made
$50 pounds from 100 trees.
Stephen f. Stevens, the Sergeant.
alarms, an honest and pleasant old
Quaker, died suddenly at Montpelier, on
the 30th ult.
CHARTER OAK CRApLE.-Tsaac w.
Stuart, Esq, who was the owner of the
famous Charter Oak, has caused to be
manufactured fjom the wood of that tree.
an elegant cradle. and has presented it
to Col. Samuel Colt, for the use of his
infant SOD. The editor of the Hartford
Press thus describes the cradle:
Il i' canoe shaped, the base bong a
natural limb Of the oak--from the bot
tom beautifully carved acorn depends.
to which are attached two silken cords
which are used to swing it. The sides
are deliberately carved in open work, in
the highest style # art, representing
branches, leaves aud acorn-, of the oak ::
in the centre On one side is Col. Colts
coat of arms On the other a tablet for an
inscription.
Curious ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON.
A correspondent of the Congregational.
ist, writisg from Ashtabu'a county, Ohio,
after giving an account Of a shock of an
earthquake, in that vicinity says:
81 The mos! singular phenomenon con.
nected with it was the falling of large
balls of snow. 1t was showing heavily
at the time, although tho snow was slight
ly moist. The next morning several gen.
tlcman in different parts of the town no
ticed large balls of snow lying scattered
around, MT only in the vicinity Of their
dwellings but in tho open fields; those
who examined them describe some of
them as being nearly as large as a small
chlld's head, and resembling thin layers
of snow rolled together very lightly. and
dropped down. Where they fell upon
the side.hiIl, they had rolled, in some in
stances, two or three feet. mention
these facts as scraps for the curious"
1t is designed to erect aud endow
German University in Cincinnati The
funds are to be raised by subscripsion.
aud the chairs to be filled by i'm porta-
tons from Gottcngin and Halle. The
projectors intend to purchase a college
edi6cc already erected
A college Of agriculture has been es.
tablished in Michigan on a handsome
farm Of seven hundred acres. 1t has an
endowment of $4,000, and in each Of
the last two vears the Legislature has
given it $40 900, Students are admitted
without fee, but ara obliged to labor three
hours each day.
The c~-orn nor.s Of tho thrno c,lo.
mes 10 Australia t-Ne commenced the
Construction Of nearly 1000 miles of
magnetic telegraph, and have selected
Mr.. s. W. McGowan. formerly in charge
of tho Office Of the New York, Albany
and Buffalo Telegraph, as superintendent
OF the construction Of tho lines, which
are to 10 worked under Morses patent.
Information has been received at
San Antonio, Texas, that large placer
of gold has been discovered in the Lagu.
LA dc Tacos, about thirty.two leagues to
the norih and west Of Monc.oya, aud
about 100 miles from San Antonio. The
news las cnusei great EXCITEMENT IN Mon
clova and Monterey, from each Of whiah
points some 500 men were to leave for
the mine on tho 30ih ultimo. The gov.
ernmoni is about to establish a post Of
500 mn for the protection Of miners
while a. work
THE Hot SpBlNGs OF ARKANSAS "A
writer to the New Orleans .Picayune
gives agrhphic account Of these springs
They are situated in deep, rocky glen,
betweei almost perpendicular, thinly
wooded mountains. having for accesso.
RIGS 'retty brawling stream, cOnsd.
cradle village strewed on one side Of the
brook, Inc little mill busilJ at work and
another in runs, and dense cloud Of
NaPoT a'isiHg iToin tno Dase OF one OF tue
mountiins. The main hot springs gush
out of the face of the noun tain about
eighty or ono hundred feet above the
base, The water is pure aud limpii, aud
its entire body would fill pipe of six
teen or eighteen inches diameter if all
issuing at one spot. The temperature
varies from l05 to 1853 of Farenheit
At the foot Of the mountain, and where
there is every reason to believe the hot
water at one time poured out, dense
clouds of hot vapor issue. The water,
although apparently pure to the eye and
the palate, deposits mixture of slick
aud carbonate Of lime, forming lava
like stone. The deposit has evidently
closed up the original outlet, forcing the
water to seek vent higher up among the
assures Of the rock
The OCEAN TELEGRAPH.-Mr. Cyrus
w. Field, who returned from England
in the last steamer, whittier he had gone
on business connected with the New
York Newfoundland and London Tele-
graph Company" gives very encouraging
accounts of the progress of the great AT.
lantic cabla The mauufaotories contin-