The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-03-02
NEWSPAPER PURcnAsED.-Dr. i. G

cnHSIu. anu VIII SOOu itSuStllhIt,tne DrHV.
ford Thg,Uth. which has lain dormant
since the death of Dr. Mann. brother
Butler has the necessary tact aud ability
to make good newspaper, and we arc
glad the paper has fallen into his hands.
He will make il an efficient advocate of
correct political principles
So says the Bellows Falls A,g"..
1t is IL evidence before the select ma
val investigation committee that Mr. Blu.
chauan sent y letter to Mr.. Toucey in
September last urging that n contract for
building the machinery Of the phiadpl-
phia sloop-oi-war be taken from the Nov
city Iron WORKS, New York who were
the lowest bidders, and given to Merrck
4 Sons, Philadelphia, aud it was so u
warded 1t is also in evidence before the
same committee that j. Clancy Jones
when member of Congress, was for pro.
curing contracts with the government for
the Reading Forge in Pennsylvania, re-
cciving ten per cent. for his services.
A TRIBUTE TO Gov. SLADE-" Ex.Gov.
ernor Slade, Of Vermont, is dead. He
was bitter opponent of our cause. Peace
to his ashes"
The above is from the Boston Pti1t,
Roman Catholic paper. 1t is notable
record to make O. man of marked char
acter both as a civilian and Christian. To
earn distinction. however, in both these
respects, is never to put one in harmony
with Romanism. On the contrary, the
more one does for the moral enliphten-
ment and elevation OF his race, the more
is he an object of Papal dislike. An easy
version of the above is: Ex-Governor
Slade is dead. We are glad He was
bitter opponent Of our cause. He sent
whole regiment of female school teachers
from New England into the valley of the
Mississippi--a valley that we have marked
as the seat of our future dominion. BIT
his work in this respect is ended. He
sought to food the West with intelligence,
but he will do no more of that he is
gone; "peace to his ashes" How en-
tirely characteristic-al but the printed
confession Wotchman and Reflector.
CAUGHT IN HIS Own TARA Town
TREASURER KILIED.-The Oconomowoe
Free Press relates remarkable occur.
renee which took place in Erin, Washing
ton county, Wisconsin. on the night of
the LIST Of February, and the particulars
Of which are derived from reliable source.
In the afternoon he told his wife he was
going to distant part of the town and
would not be back till the next day. That
evening pedlar we'll known in the neigh.
borhood, and who had been in the habit,
when in that place, Of stopping at the
treasurer's house, came along, and as usual
put up his team and retired to bed. In
the night three men, disguised, entered the
house, two Of them seized the woman and
threatened to shoot her if she made any
noise. The pedlar was aroused, came
out with revolver, fred and killed one
of the robbers ON the stairs, when the other
two instantly fed. A light was procured
and upon examination, the dead robber
was found to be the town treasurer him.
self. There is quite an excitement in the
neighborhood, and strong efforts are being
made to discover his two accomplices.
Ono Of the humanitarian movements
OF the times although little known as such
can hardly be over estimated in its i'm.
portance upon tho well being of our widely
scattered communities. The population
Of the American States is in many sections
so sparce, that skilful Physicians are hard
ly available to them. Vast numbers of
our people, are obliged to employ in
sickness, such medical relief as they can
hear Of from each other, or indeed any
they can get from any quarter. Hence
arises the great consumption of Patent
Medicines among us greater by far than in
any Of the old countries, where skilful
physicians are accessible to all classes
Unprincipled men have long avaied them.
selves of this necessity, to palm off their
worthless nostlums, until the word has be.
come synonymous with imposition and
cheat. One OF our leading Chemists in
the East, DR.. Ayers, is pursuing a course
which defeats this iniquity He brings not
only his own but the best skill ofour times
to bear, for the production of the best
remedies which can be made. These are
supplied to the world, in converient form
at low prices, and the people will no more
buy poor medicines instead of good, at the
same cost than they will bran instead Of
-four, The inevitable consequence of this
is that the vile compounds that food our
country are discarded for those which
honestly accomplish the end in view
which cure. Do we over estimate its i'm.
portance, in believing that this prospect of
snpplanting the by.word medicines, with
those Of actual worth and virtue, 10 frought
with immense consequence for good, to the
masses OF our people, Gazette and
Chronicle. Peru, la.
Mr.. MoRPHY.-The Paris correspon.
dent Of the National MtelRgencer fur.
nishes the following anecdote ofMr. Nor.
ply and his contest with Prof. Andersen
"In the course of one Of the games be.
tween Messrs. Morphy and Andersen, a
move Of the former excited much surprise
among the bystanders. He had declined
to take piece, which, although apparent.
ly an exchange Of knights would have
resulted, it was thought conclusively in
his favor. The game proceeded, neverthe-
less without verbal comment, and was
rapidly won by Mr., Morphy. No sooner