The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-09-22

ry clear evening from Z to 81 o'clock, in
the n. N. W., is the same met which is
visible in the northeast at daybreak. We
should say not, but there is no accounting
for the eccentricites of comets. and they
may possibly be tho same. Who will in
form us and the public p Boston Jour.
nal,
Wecsnnot see what the " cceentricitics"
Of the comet have 10 do with its appear.
ing both morning aud evening. IN this
latitude, within circle of nearly ninety
degrees in diameter (tho north stair being
the centor,) none of the etars ever set at
all. he farther they are removed from
the polar star, the longer do they remain
under tho horizon. In this respect, the
comet only follows the example of the
stars in its own vicinity, which set after
the sun, and rise before it. The NETS
have sins enough fathered upon them with.
out being charged with making an inno-
walton of this sort. We might as well
talk about the " eccentricities" of the north
star itself
BROKE JAIL.-Three men named John
Roach, Samuel Donel and William Stone,
escaped from the Jail in this village, on
the night Of Thursday last They were
confined in the new part of the building,
and escaped by digging through the brick
wa al the South West corner. The in
plemcnts used were an old stove leg ard
steel cane, with which, We should Judge,
the soft brick and softer mortar was easily
enough removed Roach was confined
for assault OH Mr. Clement. of Center
Rutland the othel s for Larceny Doncl
was caught at Fort Ann, N, Y, and
brought back on Tuesday last, by Mr..
Green. The others are at large.-Rut
laad Herald.
THE LAW IN REGARD TO SLAvRs.-The
act Of 1919 prcscribes the adjudication to
be made by the U. S. Courts in such cases
as that of the SLAYER Echo" According
to its terms the vessel is confscated aud
must he sold the crew are guilty of ri.
racy, and punishable with death a bonn.
ty at the rate Of S25 Tor each negro res.
cued alive, is to be paid to tho officers
and men of the U. S. ship making the
capture /; and finally it is made the duty
of the President TO make srrsnqsme nts
" for the safe keeping, support, AMI re-
moval beyond the limits of the United
States of all such negroes, mulsttoes, or
. persons of color as may be delivered and
brought within their jurisdiction, and may
appoint pl oper person or persons resi-
ding on the coast of Africa as agent or
agents for receiving them"
/ The CHESS CONTEST IN ENGLAND.-From
information received by the Vanderbilt
we learn that Paul Norphy, the young
American chess player, won the match he
was playing with Herr Loewenthall, the
score at the close standing thus:
Morphy -. ........S
Lowenthall ,..... ........3
Drawn .........Z
The match was for $500.
The Birmingham chess tournament has
resulted (much to the surprise of the Eng
fish chess world) in Herr Loewenthal win
! ming the first prize--a circumstance that
must do much to reconcile him to his loss
of the match with Norpby. Mr.. Siaun.
ton the great player who so unSparingly
criticised both Morphy and Loewenthall in
the columns of the WuStrnteG L0ndon
Meas, was beaten handsomely by the last
| named gentleman, who scored two straight
games-thus winning the prize. Some
81 / .lon Al
habit of receiving the odds of the pawn
and move from Staunton, but now there
seems to be but little difference between
them; if any they are in LoeweDthall's
favor,
Mr. Morphy's feat of playing eight
blindfolded games is astonishing all Eng.
land. Seven of them he won and one no
lost. He is now in Paris, where he will
play with Harwitz and other continental
players. The match between Staunton
and Morphy for $4,000 will be played in
London, commencing the first week in No
vember. In the meantime the young
American has engaged to play match Of
twenty.games with Prof Anderson Of
Photographed to be the best player
| in the WORLDLY. I. Hcrai9.
-Four men, on board the pilot boat
Eliza King of this city, caught in four
hours, Tuesday afternoon, about fifteen
miles southeast of Block Island, twenty
five hundred pounds of Goldfish. The feb
were brought to this city and shipped to
New York and acknowledgement Ne,cs
1911.
The New York papers publish an in
teresting decision upon the construction Of
anvil The testator left portion of his
estate to be equally divided between his
two sons. In case either of the sons died
without issue, one half of his portion was
to revert to his brother and the other half
to the Roman Catholic Church for the
benefit Of the testator's soul. One Of the
sons died without leaving an children,
and the other Gains the whole portion Of
his deceased brother. archbishop Hughes
and the trustees of St. Peters church
claim the devise either for st. Peters
church, as the church which the tsstaior
attended during his lifetime or for the