The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-03-02

suites HlI. BulDllh, UdibOr OF DUcupH
Aytc-, thus aludc, Zoo q serious difficulty
which may ari-" 60 oh.uuct the Paraguay
expedition, and reveals quito change Of
public sentiment in that part % South
America relot We to our expedition
" Now, ] have plunged into this geo.
graphical medley, for the .ako Of demon.
stot'ue how this great expedition haa 10
pass through two hundred leagues Of the
territory Of neutral powc.. IN cot Mt tho
nasty little vhllct who has been troubling
our porentou- uncle; and should that
government (hc Argentine) object TO
such an act ON our part, o perhaps they
have a right, and should the governments
Of Ruenos Ayres and Uruguay also pro.
test against the assembly Of hostile fleet
in their ports to perato against an ally so
near q ucighbor and Of interests so identi.
cal with their own, we shall be involved
in war Of paper, that the Dons known
so much better how to manage than their
white-skinned brethren of Anglo-Saxon
lineage. Until recently, these neighbor
powers were loud in praise Of tbs No,fe
Americans (tho North Americans. You
must remember that these folks are ez-
ceodinrlv Jealous of the title American,
aud take considerable umbrage at our as
sumption of such national designation
Until lew weeks aro they spoke highly
of ue, but their tune has since markedly
changed One knows not whether it is the
sympathy Of blood that operates to enlist
men in the cause Of their prosecuted con-
genlrs or whether they are influenced by
the threats Of wholesome chastisement
which our journals unreservedly promise
TO all the insignificant republics of South
and central America at the hands Of the
present expedition, and which are transla-
ted into good Spanish and circulated
throughout these countries as fast as each
mail arrives,
Certain Il is that, whereas month ago
we could have enlisted ten thousand VOL
unteers in this one State for service against
Paraguay, it is now probable full as many
will be disposed to assist her. Stroling
along the streets, ones ears are often sa-
lutcd by anything but complimentary re.
ferenoes to the fllibusters of the North
and anything but healthful prayers for
their future
Tho strong feeling which exists in
California against the Chinese has again
found vent in violence, some of them hav.
ing recently been forcibly expelled from
Diamond Springs by the miners
"A letter from Utah says that the
Legislature has passed an act, and it has
been approved by the Governor, providing
that persons serving on juries shall have
resided Two years in the territory, be DOS.
sessed Of certain amount of property
and shall be married The bill virtually
excludes for the present at least persons
not Mormons from serving on juries.
1t is said that gold mine, of unusual
richness, has been discovered about mid
way between Camp Floyd and Salt Lake
City. The discovery was made by Gen.
tile, Charles Mayo, who washed out
handful Of the metal from two pansfull of
earth.
We take the following from the N.
Y. Ti1iTne which is in answer to the
inquirers Of 4 correspondent for inf:rma.
ton relative to mining at Pixies Peak;
Though the " Pixies Peak" region has
as yet been mag cduatcly prospected. we
believe it will he found less prolific in
Gold than the Mining region of California.
We infer this IRON the geology and topog.
raphy Of the country, as aIio from the
fact that the average yield thus far has
been meager indeed.
Still, there is Gold in Western Kansas
probably great deal Of it-and tens
Of thousands will soon DO in hot pursuit Of
it. Some of these will doubtless come
back with money in their pocksts-thrice
as many without cent---while a good
many will not return at all. On the whole
We do not believe the emigrants to Pixies
Peak" in 1859 will average a net yield
of fifty cents per day over their expenses
from the time they leave home till they
get back again. We cannot doubt that
nine.tenths of them might do decidedly
better, and make money easier by hiring
out for the bes. wages they could COM
mand just where they are to day, than
they will by going to Pixies Peak We
say this, with no hope Of desire that any
Who have caught the gold fever will be
cured by any thing We can say. Like
the daughter, whose mother had seen the
folly of dancing, and wished her on that
account to let it alone, they will insist on
seeing the folly of it too. There are GER
tain popular manias for which experience
is the only cure. Golddigging is one of
them. So, instead of seeking to dissuade
any, we urge all the infected to 90 ahead.
Those of them who are good for anything
will mainly return cool, sober, reasonably
wise, aud convinced that potato.digging
is a much easier and surer road to wealth
than gold-digging. The other sort for
the most part, will not return at all.
or course, We do not think it "advi.
sable" for men who can find work on this
side of the Mississippi to 60 rowing after
gold TO Pixies Peak. We agree with a
Western friend who dryly observed that
he didn't want to 60 to Pixies Peak after
gold, as there was more of that article in
Michigan than he could get hold Of.
Whoever has useful employment that af-
lords him decent living may far better
stick to it. But there are thousands of
inyeterate idlers, loaiors, gamblers, tipplers