The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-02-03

4 az ~ VI aEIs' tfttt ibi VI NOui u has ttlD
escape, Chapman joined in the conversa-
ton, and sat there drinking and talking
Of tho escape until nine o'clock--Do ono
suspecting him He then left, walked up
to the jail, and deliberately ruug the bell
Of the front door of the jailors house A
son of the jailor opened the door, when
Chapman remarked that he thought 1t was
bout time to lock up, and he had come
home 70 60 10 bed. Of course be
ives welcome. When afterwardr asked
why lie returned, he said it was a cold
night, and he thought it would be more
comfortable in bed in jail, then out in thA
woods without any coat"
The editor Of the Il'atcAnian and
State .fournai, writing from Washington
in speaking of receptions by the President,
hits the "nail on the head" after the fol-
lowing manner;
Exceptions arc ridiculous better rig
up pump to represent the President
clap on a stove-pipe hat with q spread
eagle on top and let every man, woman
and child take turn at the pump handle
in honor Of the President. -Wouldnt the
President be honored Wouldn't he save
elbow greese and the rheumatism p
Wouldn't he be grat,fed into the bar
gain ? The pump is just the thing"
"A project is on foot to introduce
large number Of camels into Texas, Ari-
zonia and Now Mexico, at private ven
ture. Lieut.. Beale's experiment with
these animals in constructing his Wagon
road has proved their superiority over
mules which are now used mainly for trans.
portation Of passengers and merchandise
across the sterile plains toward California
1t is stated that there are ten times
as many newspapers printed in the Ger
man language in the United States as there
are in Germany
An UNUSUAL OcCuRRENcE.-On Mon
day II inst, two large focks of wild
geese were seen flying over East Hartford
on their way northward If the flight of
these birds has, as many persons suppose,
a connection with the general character of
the weather which is to follow, then this
unusual northward migration in January
may serve as sign OF continued mild
weather. HoYt. Times. -
-Four large school boys in EddingtaD,
Me-, endeavored to put their teacher FROM
the school-room, when three young ladies,
two of whom had taught school, came to
, the rescue, and with the help Of billet Of
wood, which they used to good purpose
upon the rufians, laid them out straight
} on the floor and caused them to give In
beat, =;
HARTFORD, Conn.,, Jan. 23.lS5H
The large hve-story building o&nsEby
Willis Thrall, and occupied by seFeral
manufactures, was totally destroyed BY
. fire lat uight. Lose about 100000.
, wAsHIsoToS Jan. 10.
Over 1900 invitations were issued for
t Mrs. Douglass party tonight. All the
. members Of both Houses of Congress are
bid to the feast.
! MOBILE Saturday, Jan. %, 1858.
+. Gen. Walker arrived here yesterday
a and was welcomed by national salute,
s and rendered the inequalities of the city
;. He was arrested to-day by an order from
9 New Orleans, but was afterward di.ehare
:. ed on writ Of habeas corpus. Subse,
h quen'ly, Judge Gale quashed the proceed
!. ings.
q KANSAS NEBRASKA HIsroRY.-The fol
:. lowing paragraph from the New Yora
q Com aor ami Enquirer is commended t.
;. the attention Of those Democrats In Con
"a gress who are preparing to swallow th,
pill presented by the pro-slavery party un
> der the guiss Of the Le0ompton Constitu
e ton:
II "Of the THIRTEEN Northern mensJe,
&c If tbs Senate tcho poted for the kansd
3 Nebraska Bill three ycars and hai
fe aga: 6W -FOUR noto hare seats in thd
- body. These four are Senator Stewart Q
Michigan, Senator Jones of Iowa, Senate
ly Douglas of Illinois, and Senator Thomr
ge Of New Jersey. The only reason WI
8. the three first Of these have not lost thei
he seats, is simply because their terms hav
or not expired, and the. . has been no oppol
tuuity to elect other men. Of'hs FORT
be TWO members of tie Houss from III
on Northern States i0Iio rotel for this BIZ
CHI but THREE are members Of tie prsses
1t. House. These are J.. Clancy Jons
rse t, B. Florence of Pennsylvania and "
as H. English of Indiana. Upon all the 9th.
on thirty nine the waters of political oblivio
or. have closed forever. Now the Lsoompto
to Constitution is yet more obnoxious to Il
great body of the people than was
Kansas Nebraska Bill"