The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-03-09

caught urcs anu DuIuN W AuO NhttT tugt !
OF Conrod's Point, near Baton Rouge, on
Saturday morning Four hundred pas.
seneers were on board of her at the time,
two hundred whom are lost and missing
mostly resident of Louisiana and Missis
sippi. A large number Of those on board
were ladies'
New ORLEANS, March |. Many OF the
wounded by the catastrophe to the steam
err Princess are dying from their injuries.
The whole forward part Of the boat was |
blown to pieces, but the after part was un-
injured hence there are but few ladies
anonp the sufferers. The boat is now
ashore.
LATER FROM NExIco.-Ncio Orleans,
Mnrch |. Later ndyices from Vera Cruz
confirm the previous statements of the
hostile attitude of the British and French
fleets towards the uarez government 1t
is reported they have interrupted reinforce
ments for the Liberal rmy, and 10 other
ways we're favoring Miramon.
The latter threatens to sack the city, in
consequence of which the inhabitants APP
piled to the commanders of the fleets for
protection, but it was refused.
1t was not supposed, however, that the
fleets would join openly with Miramon in
his attact upon the city.
The Boston Jouraol ssys The
Rev. @. II. Spurgeon has abandoned his
contemplated tip to America, certainly
for the present year.
The Albany Evening Sfo'esmo".
speaking Of the recent murder In Wash.
ington. says:
1.-THE career of the individual who so
pompously enacts the character of the i'm
jured husband in this domestic turmoil Is
familiar to our citizens, as, indeed. it is
known to the people of the entire State.
He has reputation for everything IT,
integrity. honor, morality and manhood.
IF there is a moral vice with which he is
not convsrsant -praOtically fa,niliar-we
think it must be indeed modern. Those
who are familiar with the libsrtine career
which first gave him possession Of the un-
fortunate woman whom he now calls wife,
will not be surprised at the dpnoumen, OF
his married life. How she could so long
preserve her purity through such en- ex.
ample. lie matter Of conjecture. In a
misfortune which ordinarily commands
for q man 80 injured the sympathy Of
every human creature, he seems less en-.
titled to the consolation to be derived
from the coincidence Of his fellow citizens,
than any man we ever knew"
The New York Evening Past signia.
cantly remarks that /" it is certain that
the man who makes no scruple to invade
and destroy the domestic peace Of others
has little right to complain, when the mis-
chief which he carries without scruple in
TO other families. enters his own"
WARRINGTON. March 2.-Ths Senate
was nominaHy in session this morning
until 2 o'clock. an passed the Appropria
, ton bills, with a variety Of amendments
The House had remained at work until 9
the evening previous, on the same jobs
and now the committees of conference vii
commence their labors. BY this system
of legislation, not one member in ten o
, either the Senate or the House knows any
thing about thu greater part of the appro
priations for which he votes. and then si1
men generally political managers, actually
! settle the whole amount Of national ex
penditures.
Now is the time for tho lobby to sop
crate" The preliminary L" engineering
season is over, and the harvest time is a
hand. Votes have been blrgained for anC
, sxchanged-wine m erchants have presen
ted members with little bills" accom-
panied by hints that if certain other bill
could be "put through" no one neeo
mind hifing accon"fs-puff writer
have claimed votes in return for their ser
vices-and fascinating fair one. ciihel
sweetly implore aid, or beyuilo obstinate
Soons into visits to the greenhouse or else
where, when some particular vote is to be
taken. And thus it is that the Congress
of the United States OF America legslate
{ for tho country. each member receivin,
three thousand dollars per annum, will
mileage, books. stationery, newspapers
and Hower.seeds or the cash value dds
counted J, of the four last items.
The prjgat' ca/enrler remains neglected
for who cares for claimants who have no
. offered per centage to the lobby. VIVA
matters it if the widows Of our defenier
ask in vain for petty pension, or if al
honest claimant finds himself beggar
They have nothing to do with the comm!
Presidential election, and Congress ha
not time to attend to them. Yet Congress
had time to go JOLLY home for a ten day
Christmas frolic, and Congress has foun'
time to vote its own extravagant expense,
including saddle horses, hair.brushes ant
mirrors.
A POWDER ExPLosios-On the lStl
inst. there was an explosion Of lively,
thousand pounds Of powder ut the work
T of the Austin Company, near Akron, Ill.
but, most fortunately, no person was in
, jured. The buildings in the neighborhooC
In the neighbOrhood were all injured, anC
, it is said that school house forty rod
/ distant was pretty much demolished. Thu
account from which we copy says;
Col. Sidney Edgerton was passing along
the road, driving buggy. and saw th'
building on fire. He gave the alarm, o.
course, and urged his horse to his full
speed. The workmsn took shelter in eel
lars, and awaited the effect II was hv,
| ,ninuta. ftar the alarm hefora the axnlo