The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-12-29
News of the Week.

I'm Thursday Of last week, a small
wooden building belonging to Mr., VIM.
Russell's Powder Mill, in Bennington vii.
lage. took fire. The building which con.
tanned nearly thousand bushels of coal
was entirely destroyed, as was also about
half of the coal.-ArguS.
On Saturday, the IA inst. Joseph
Cressey while on his way from Benning.
ton to his home in Woodford, fell dead in
the road. He was under the influence of
rum.
A whole family by the name of
0 Rourke, in Chicopee, Mass, was pois.
oned on Wednesday last by eating biscuit
into which fy-poison had been put by mis-.
take instead of saleratus. One Of the
daughters died on Friday the other mem.
bers of the family will possibly recover.
Some of the biscuit was given to the pigs
causing the death Of two of them.
In the Prussian standing army of one
hundred and twenty-six thousand men. but
two soldiers are unable to read; and of
two millions nine hundred thousand chill.
dren between the ages of seven and four.
teen, at the last census, two million three
hundred and twentyeight thousand were
actually attending the schools.
The new governor Of South Carolina,
Gist. says, in his inaugural message: 1t
is to be hoped that no occasion will arise
required the State to call upon her sons
for defence of her rights and institutions
but believing that the hope will prove
fallacous, he continues: "We should not
only endeavor to unite tho State, but the
entire South, so that when we can no long.
err retain our places in the confederacy.
we will be prepared to form more per.
fec union, under the style and title of the
United States Of the South"
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
in recent decision, in case of Islander,
said it was no defence that the party sued
had only reported common rumor. IF
the story is false and slanderous, it is re.
peated at the persons peril
The friends of Dartmouth College
are making an effort to raise a fund of
100000 for its benefit.
GOLD IN ROCKINGHAM There is much
reason to believe that we are dawning I'D.
on the discovery Of gold in this town.
During the last season certain persons who
understand mining some Of whom have
had experience in California, have pros.
pected over portion of our town, and find
the first symptoms very favorable, In
fact Mr.. Henderson who has worked the
mines at Plymouth, actually found one
piece of gold within mile of this village,
at Cold River, on the New Hampshire
sids; and much confidence is felt in all the
streams in this town which flow into the
river Saxton's River will be a good field
of operation, and tho streams north of here
are thought TO be still better. 1t is also
thought that gold may be found in some
parts of Grafton. Further examination
will doubtless be made next year, and we
see nothing to hinder Bellows Falls from
becoming second San Francisco -
Times.
-Faubert, young man of color from
Hayti' obtained the highest prize of honor
at the concourse of all the colleges in
France, held at Paris. On the reception
of this news the Emperor Immediately sent
him one hundred and fifty handsomely
bound volumes. A company of National
Guards were dispatched to wait upon him
with band of music, and be was invited
to dine with the Minister of Public In.
struction, occupying a piece between his
lady and Prince Napoleon.
Besides this young man, two other Young
Haytiens also took prizes. In country
like France. of the highest culture, where
the course of stndy is severe, and hence
honor is everything, and the contest for
it very great this achievement does credit
to the Haytiens.
A VETERAN FEDERALIsT.-The Tran
scyipt tells the following good story of an
old Federalist =" A short time since, an
elderly gentleman, whose movements indi-
Gated he was not an experienced, traveller,
was in the day train between Boston and
New York. After passing Springfield,
and crossing the Connecticut River, he
made the inquiry, whenever the cars stop
ped. rs this Hartford? 2 At length that
pleasant city was reached, and the neigh
bors of the old gentleman informed him of
thefact, presuming, from the interest he
had evinced about Hartford, that he in