The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-04-06


Hopkins dqughter, by ob,igiug her to oe.
cupy lower seat at school. Tho teach III
was invited to Hopkins dwelling to Dos I'd
and in course Of the evening he asked this
teacher " y he made his daughter occupy
the lower seat. Stepped out Of the room.
he got lower chair and usked him to &C.
cupy it, which he refused to do Upon
which Hopkins beat the teacher vith-s
large oak whip stock until be was unable
to resist, and afterwards refused to Jet
him 90, but went before the grand iury
and entered complaint against himsslf;
plead guilty, and was fined sl.00 and
cOsts. The trial Mt the. County Court &C.
cupied three days. On the evening of
the third day the case was given to the
jury who returned verdict for the plain
tiff to recover 800 and costs.--JournaL
1t is said that q man recently walk.
ed across Niagara river on stills one
thousand feet above the Falls on q wager
of fifty dollars against thousand.
DRowsED.-A little boy about six years
old, son Of n. Z. Bradford. of Benning.
ton, was drowned on the 10Th, by falling
from timber on which he was crossing
Roaring Branch, north of the village. to
An Island. His body Was found next
morning caught in fallen tree.top. about
half & mile below.
The yield of maple sugar in Michigan
has been 80 extraordinary this season. that
farmers are selling it for from six to eight
cents per pound. More sugar has been
made in the western counties of Pennsyl-
vania this season than for many years
past.
"A History of Williams College has
been prepared by the Rev. CALVIN Dur.
FEE, Of Wiliamstown, and will be Issued
at an early day.
The persons who passed the altered
800 bills on the Orange County Bank.
at Rutland, two weeks since were pursued
and ono Of them arrested between Burling.
ton and St. Adams, while the other eeca.
ped by jumping from the cars while in
motion.
jus. w. Marsh. son Of the late Presi.
dent Marsh Of Burlington, and a gradu.
ate of the University of Vermont, Of the
Glars Of l84S, died at Honolulu. Sand.
with Islands. Jan. 20. He went TO the
Islands for his health in 1852. and soon
after his arrival was appointed assistant
to the Minister of Education. In 1854
he resigned and established the 6rst ma.
tive newspaper, printed entirely in Hs.
waiian. ever published on tho Island
Soon after this he was elected N member
Of the Hawaiian Parliament, and became
= prominent and leading member Of that
body. In 1855 he entered the profession
Of the law. in which he continued until
bis health gave way.
The Malone Palladium says:
james e. Eldrcdge. convicted Of the muir.
der Of Sarah Gould. died Of Consumption.
in the St Lawrence County jail. on
Wednesday morning Of last week. II is
said that he left q written statement Of
what he alleged to be tho facts in relation
to the murder. which statement he had
prepared some time previous to his death.
This statement is published in pamphlet
form from the Office Of the Canton Plain
Dealer. and is rather an. evssive document
- We understand--nei ther denying nor
confessing any crime. We have not aeen
it.
We have advices from Salt Lake Of
Feb. 18th. The Indians in the vicinity
of Santa Clara. having killed several
white persons, Gov. Cummings had made
a requisition upon Gen. Johnston for
troops to ohastise them. Seventeen white
children. who were taken BY the Indians
at the massacre two years ago at Noun.
tain Meadows, when 40 emigrsnts were
murdered, have been recovered.
Henry. aged II years, son of Mr.. v.
Hale. of Cobot fell from the hay NOW. on
the 18th inst on the sharp point Of
sic stake. which entered tbs lower part
of his bowels. and 30 injured him that no
died the following Tuesday morning.
ACCIDENT AT MARsHTIELD.-Whils Mr..
john Dow was at work at turning lathe,
on the lath. the timber which he was tur-
ming gave way. striking him with such
force as to break in his skull and nose.
His recovery Was considered doubtful.
From information received at Wash.
ington it appears that the business Of i'm.
porting Africans at the South 10 far more
extensive than heretofore supposed. and
that the arrangements for that purpose
are in geniouly devised. Small boats are
employed to relieve the slavers of their
cargoes. and bring them into tho southern
ststes. Our government has been infor.
med ofsome ofthese movements, and "has
taken efficient measures in the premises"
Official dispatches received at
Washington show some interesting facts
relative to emigration to this country.
During the past year the number of emf.
grants from Bremen to New York was
l2.t57; to the United States. 23,l27;
in 1857. 1880 in 1856. $685.
During the past ten years who have re.
ce'ved from Great Britain and ireland
2.756000 emigrantsi from Germany
100000. and from France about 200. 900.
TuI ADIRONDACK CLus.-The Adiron.
dack GLIB. composed of philosophers, an.
thors Swans. artists, and ordinary human
beings, the prominent members of which
are Ralph Waldo Emerson. James Russell
Lowell, Professors Silliam. Agassis and
Wyman, arc about purchasing twelve
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