The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-06-02

often very imperfect in its construction.
There is a great liability,in making them,
to have air in the tubes, which prevents
their indicating the true state of the at
mosphere. A Nlercurial Thermometer, if
not made right at first, cannot be inn
proved, the tube broken, it is useless. In
sudden aud .frcguem transitions from
heat to cold, the Mercurial Thermometer
becomes defective. This arises from con.
traction and expansion of the glass tube
and bulb. This the Metallic Thermoms-
ter is not subject to, it gives correct
transition from the extremes of heat and
cold with as many repetitions as desirable,
and ot,oays correctly. We look upon
this Thermometer as ono Of THE inven-
tons of the age and it must prove a
blessing to the world. 1t will without
doubt, fud its way rapidly into public ia
vors, and secure for its inventor that re-
ward he 80 justly merits for his patient
thought, application and skill
Several of these Thermometers can be
seen Mt the shop of Mr.. Holton, in this
village, who will soon take measures to in
troduce them to the public.
About the. time Of our going to press,
we learn of a most shocking casualty. On
Monday, in the afternoon, Mr.. Jonathan
R. Furnall set f,e to a follow, The fire
necessarily burning near the barn, he d.
rected his son, lad of twelve or four.
teen, to stay there and watch till he should
return from another part, which he pro-
posed to attend to-. He did not return at
ALL and the next day, Oh search, be was
found, literally burned to DEATH He was a
prominent citizen o. Ripton and leaves II
wife and one child.
The following resolutions adopted by
the NJ. E. Conference held in this place,
were handed US for publication
/. Resolred, That we reject the doc.
trine of the rightfulness of slavery, as as.
sumed in southern portions Of this coun-
try, and pronounce slavery sin, crying
sin, vast moral evil excused by no cir.
cumstunces.
2. Reso'ved, That we regard it as hui
initiating aud appalling that, in this en-
lightened age and nation, over three mil,
lions Of human beings are held in that re-
lntion, thereby doomed to the condition Of
property, to concubinage, and, in every
/. respect, to mental and moral degradation
4; while at the same time, the influences o.
slavery are corrupting and ruinou', moi
only to the whites Of the south, but to the
whole nation; and that in efforts made tc
nationalize, perpetuate and extend the sys'
TEN, and to reopen the slave-trade direct
with Africa, we see additional reasons fol
ala m. e..
8. Resoi,ed, That there is cause for
grief and .coptrition in the fact that the
church, in its different branches, as it ex.
lists in this. country,-with some encour-
/. aging exceptions-not only fails to rebuke
. this erroneous wickednesa. but throws heI
sanction over it,thereby contributing more
: perhaps, than any other cause. to til
strength and continuance; and that We
utterly abhor the practice Of such pro
tossed ministers of the gospel as attempt
to defend slavery from the bible, or on tb'
ground of right.
4. Re,oirri, That 1t is our boundei
duty to use ali wise and prudent means fol
the overthrow of this evil, and especial,
for its entire severance from the M,tho
dist Episcopal Church; and that for tn
accomplishment of this latter object, W,
instruct our delegates to the next Genera
| Conference to make every proper effort 70
the insertion, in the place Of the rresen
general rule on slavery, Of rule who'll.
and Enthusiastically separating aud oeclar
ing slavery from our church, and for th
repeal of the section on slavery.
S. Resofred, That we unquali6edly ap
prove Of the anti.siavery stand taken b
some of our church periodicals, and W
do hereby express our especia approve
of the course pursued, Of late; by the ed
itor of the Qaa,tct'y Reoiet0 on the sui
ject Of slavery.