The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-07-27
WHY'S OF THE Wick.

| yesterday.
Col. Bush has appointed G.. d. Gin.
hons OF Rutland, to the omco OF paynes-
i ter, with the rank of Col.
! FATAL Acc1DrNT.--.Mr. Thos. Heath,
while in the act Of shifting the main belt,
IN NJ. A. g. Bagley's manufacturing o..
tablishment in Mendon, was caught be.
tween the belt and the pulley, causing
| instant death. He was alone at the time
of the accident, and was last seen a little
after 10 o'clock, 4. VI. He was found
| by his wife at 2 o'clock, y. VI. The de-
ceased was respected by all who knew
him. He leaves a wife and four children,
with many relatives and friends TO mourn
his !oss.-Rptia"d C2ariey.
Ii. DAT the Commencement of
Harvard University on the goth inst. the
honorary degree of L.. D. was conferred
on our distinguished townsman. George
! r. Marsh. These College honors have,
In these latter days, been distributed with
such indiscriminate profusion that it IL
refreshing to record an instance of so fit
and appropriate bestowmcnt of them as
this
The Boston Duiig Adrs,t,se,, com.
menting upon the Honorary Degrees at
Harvard College" says:-
Mr.. Marsh is graduate Of Mldlebury.
The most distinguished American stu1ep
Of the languages of the Scandinavian
families, he collected many years since
library of the Morse literature, almost
unique in it's completeness. In the midst
of such studies he was sent TO CONGRESS.
where with our townsman, now so freshly
/ lamented, he concerted and set in mo. ion
the magnificent plan for the Nationn,
Library on the Smithson foundation.
Under President Taylor's administration
he was sent as our min'ste 10 CONSTANT.
nople, where he distinguished himself BY
his charge Of our affairs IN the diplomatic
and commercial complications which final
~ led to the late Eastern war. He had
recently been appointed Professor of Eng.
lish language and literature 10 Columbis
College in New York.
The Adrerfiser falls into two errors ia
the preceding paragraph. Mr.. Marsh il
a graduate Of Dartmouth. and is not
Professor in Columbia, or any other Col
lege.- huntington Times.
The Rutland HeraH say. Within
q few days past we have been shown
several specimen IF gold obtained from
the bed Of Cold River, in Clarendon.
1T is said thst Nr. Choate's If. was
insured for $4,000.
NR CLARKE: Sir Perhaps II NAV
be an item worth mentioning in your na.
per 10 say that it is understood that Mrs.
Brorkham. the woman who about II
months since ha four children at one
birth, has recently heen delivered Of three
more. all reported to he living" A
fruitful vine" Of the aex truly! J.
Huntington, July IA. 1859.
Bnriincton Times.
Tho Congregational church al Lower
Waterford was destroyed by IN iuceudi.
airy fire on Thursday week.
WATERFOWL. N. Y, Julv 2I. =
Mr.. LaMounfaine is here. reconstruct.
ing the Atlantic for an ascension from this
place, August llth. Parties from New
York are here and propose to place in his
hands any amount,no to exceed $40 00n,
for the immediate construction of a new
Balloon for Transatlantic voyage this
| season.
The present imrerial Bonaparte
family have hitherto refused to recognize
the American Bonapartists, the decep.
dents OF Miss Patterson. But it is said
this difficulty is in way of being &C.
commodated. The Emperor offers to
make her son Duke, and her grandson
a Count.
We see il annourced in the Ny.
Tribune that Daniel E. Sickes has he.
come reconciled with his wife and that
they are again living together. In con.
sequence of this, the Tribune saws. Mr..
Sickles' political and persona friends. who
adhered to him through bis recent troubles
are abandoning him.
The kansas DIsrrgBANcEs.-Ar m.
mission appoint ] nv the Kansas Lc,,'.l.
suiS oop oSSh ~ S't'sdtHP i1e Claims "
damages incurred during the d.turban...
Of 1886. 4 correspondent Of ~,
Traveller gives the following SUMMARY Of
the result, which mas been reported % -
Constitutional Convention
1.-THE total amount of the claims & 81
before the Boards amount to the Gum Of
Sl,250.900 sc. The amount rw r1ed IS
shout 100000. The remainder of t,e
claims we're either fraudulent, or presented
by citizens Of Missouri. The total number
of cases is between 400 and 100; of these
the Free State men have 1856 pro slavery
49, The value Of corps destroyed $50.
052 60; horses stolen $40; cattle 4O5
head. Fifty-three houses and saw.mil!s
were burned. The largest amount awarded
is to Col. Eldridge, proprietor of the Free
State, who receives $4,000. The
smallest was to person who claimed over
$4,000, and was awarded So
~ rich merchant of BOSTON forty
years old, mprrd he daughter of his
lawyer on the 4'h of July aud started on
western tour. Arriving at Milw ukie
they visited lawyer and signed papers
Of separation. Il gave her $1,000 in
cash, settled upon her 800, 400 in Boston
nionertv an she ratnrnaI hcma Tba