The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-06-09

N~N-E ~ Nak EAaAE was LAgNn uOMbt anu /
10 persons killed, and several fatally IN
jured.
The village contains 500 inhabitants,
and report says none of them escaped in
jury. 1t is impossible TO procure p%articu-
lars. The excitement in the vicinity is
intense.
S~PrRfrUALlsM DrNouvcEp. - Quite a
commotion was recently excited among the
spiritualists of Plymouth, Mass. by the
announcement of Miss Lizzie Doton, the
principal medium Of that place, that sho
could not consistently ppeak to them again
as a medium. She sid hat /" she feared
she had been laboring under a delusion,
and as she considered herself responsible
to God for what her lips uttered, and for
the influence which her words exerted up
on those who heard her, she was unwil-
ling to be made the medium of any spirit
than her own. If say. she, the angel
Gabriel should stand by my side, aud ask
me to deliver a message TO YOU from him,
I should reply, Gabriel, speak for your
self" Hereafter | shall only address
you in my own natural and conscious style.
To BE THOUGHT oF.-The Harbors of
our Lakes are all in an unfinished ccndi-
ton, rendering the navigation Of these
waters unsafe and improbable. So Of the
Rivers. A million of dollars would bo a
liberal appointment for them, and would
save life md property Of immense value.
But not a dollar will Congress appropri-
ate. The Rivers and Lakes are left TO
Nature and chance-the Government can
not spare tho money. But it can spare
several millions to send an army across
the plains to Utah, with no conceivable
object beyond a desire to show off to the
miserable inhabitants Of Salt Lake City.
The suffering and loss of life in this ex.
petition are only a fit appendpge to the
whole. Inhumanity, immortality and prod.
igality are the great features of this Ad.
ministration. To enslave men, to extend
slavery over new territory, to wantonly
waste life, it freely puts forth all its pow
ers. To liberate the enslaved, to extend
liberty, to bind up the broken-hearted, to
save life, to do good, it will do nothing.
In all that Governments are designed to
do, it is powerless, worthless. In all they
should not do, it is, efficient, spirited and
prompt.-Ashta5ula, (O.) Sentinel.
Col. Benton, in speaking Of congre
sional matters, said he never paired OFF
but once in his life, and that was with a
young woman, the night he got married.
Virginia appropriated 50, 900 to have
the birth place of Washington and the
family vault enclosed. Gov. Wise will
superintend the ceremonies.
There are Ave hundred and ffty.six
lighthouses on our Atlantic and lake
coasts, each of which consumes about one
thousand gallons of oil per mum
SHARP PRAcTIcE.-The Glen's Fails Re-
Publican gives a long account Of a novel
way of paying old debts, the substance of
which is as follows: A citizen of stand
ing" whose autograph was in the possess
sion of q large humber of gentlemen resi-
ding iu and about Glen's Falls. suddenly
became melancholy" md spent most Of
his time in lone y meditation beside lamp
posts and sundry other convenient leaning
places. while it began to be whispered that
he was insane, and the remark I" poor fell
low" fell from the lips Of all his friends
and acquaintance. At length the melan-
choly gentleman disappeared, and it was
feared that he had made way" with
himself, and the aforesaid holders of his
autograph offered to dispose of the same
at a ruinous discount. Fortunately for
them, as they then supposed, IA person was
found who offered to purchase the demands
against the missing man, and did 80 for a
mere tri6e. A few days utter all the notes
and accounts had been purchased, the mis-
anthrope again made his appearance, and
hunting up his friend who had run the
risk of purchasing the afor, said demands,
promptly handed over to him the amount
advanced, and thus paid all his debts at a
discount of rs per cent, und is now ready
to commence operations anew, with hand
some cash capital.
TIE MoRMoNs.-There remains hardly
a doubt that the Mormon war is ended be-
fore it was fairly begun. The only serious
attack has been upon the treasury. and
the loss will be pretty equally divided be-
tween the people, who will have TO pay
for what has been expe nded, and the ad.
ministration. which will loose the patron
age that would have followed from the
enormous sums that were to be expended.
The troops have suffered from no enemies
but cold and exposure.
Thus has one man Of peace accomplished
without cost and without suffering, what
a whole army could have effected only at
q great sacrifice of life, if at all. fla
military commander had done as much by
warlike means, he would be promoted and
honored, the thanks of Congress would be
presented to him, and for every Mormon
killed a Thousand acres of the public land
would be donated to the soldiers. Shall
no honors await the soldier Of peace, him
who risked his own life without endauger-
ing that of Others, who left his home and
civilization, and without encouragement
and with doubtful prospects of success,
bravsd so much on u mission of good will
to a deluded and fanatical and Justly des-
pissed people.-ProSiience Journal
Numerous destructive foods are re-
ported by the Western papers. The IL