The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-06-01

"A burglar, one G. H. Burbank. of
oxford, N. H., was arrested in Burlington
on Sunday Of last week, on requisition of
Gov. Halle.
Returns from Virginia Election
Indicate that Letcher, the administration
candidate for Governor will have a ma.
jority of from three to four thousand over
Goggin, opposition.
The prophecies OF disappointment
and distress among the deluded Kansas
gold hunters are quite too early realized.
The following extracts give a sickening
view OF what has already been and more
of what may be expected
ST LOUIS, May "a. The regular cor.
respondent of the Democrat, writing from
Denver City on the 9th inst, recounts a
most deplorable condition of things on the
plains. Many of the emigrants were dy.
ing OF starvation, whilst oilers we're sub.
sisting on prickly pears and wild onions
found along the road. The stage agent
reported picking up a man named Blue,
who was reduced to a skeleton from star.
walton. He had started with his two
brothers; one of them died, and the re.
naming two ate his body. Another died
and he in turn was devoured by the sur.
vivor.
A man named Gibbs had reached the
mines 10 a starving condition, and he ex.
pressed the opinion that his party, num-
berlng nine, had all persisted. MANY
graves are reported along the rout, and
much property had been abandoned and
destroyed on the road. The writer of the
letter says the departures from the mines
are about equal to the arrivals. About
i've hundred returning emigrants reached
st. Josephs on Saturday, all of whom con.
hrm the previous accounts of the suffer.
ing and privations on the claims.
The New Haven Nevs publishes a
letter dated Denver City, April Is, writ.
ten by Geo, j. Stephens Of New Haven.
Of mining he says:
al have prospected all over the conn.
try where gold dust is found, and thus far
with but little success. What has been
obtained is wash gold, and comes from
the mountains. 1t is sought by thousands
who on an ave,age, do not earn enough to
pay them. Some have realized five dol.
lars per day, but there are many who do
not earn one quarter that sum, and vet
work hard. There are many exaggerated
reports, but you can safely set them all
down as false, l think, however, there is
gold in the south part of the Territory.
some hundred miles west Of Pixies Peak"
I'm Sunday afternoon and evening
last, there was one of the most disgrace.
ful drunken rows which has occurred in
our village for years. 1t appears that
there was a gathering of the FREE and ca
sy at the house of one McCaully, Among
whom we're several tender h.artsa women.
The affair was so ridiculously disgusting.
that we refrain from giving details prefer
ring to let the authorities remove these
nuisances. They have commenced the
good work by placing in the lookup, that
red headed bag, Mrs. McMakin, and we
trnst that they will not relax in their ef
forts, until our village is entirely rid of
these drunken vagabons.-S. Adams
Democrat.
The TRANSATLANTIC BALLOON. The
Lansingburg Gazette gives the following
particulars OF the balloon now in process
Of construction by Mr.. La Mountain, with
which he proposes to cross the Atlantic /: |
"The balloon will be 65 feet in diane. |
ter, and when inflated the car and balloo,,
will be 100 feet high, There will be am
ployed 1850 yards of silk-wide Oh naW
the best ever used for such purpose The
silk was put in oil last Friday. The ,sr
or boat is of unique consv notion. and
very strong. 1t is 10 feet LONG, A feet
wide and is capable of Carrying twelve
men in the very r0ugbe's st sea. The boat
will be in this ylllAgp within two weeks.
lo..ooo crI,oic feet of gas will be required
10 mate the balloon, giving it an ascend
ing power Of about 8 IL tons
We understand that the Messrs. Hay |
ward, recently doing business at Middle |
bury, are about removing their somewhat |
extensive stave factory to Rutland, and
that they design locating the same at the
Center village,