The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-09-14

are coming, very young Journal vi the
city, however, says that in the persop ':ui
the Leviathan Ur Great Eastern. ! L.
Prince Of Whales will visit our shores
KIDSApprSG CASE IN ClNcISsArr
Stealing free negroes and selling ,tbeu.
into slavery has become a trade along Az
river border round up to st. Louis, and
recent kidnapping case in Cincinnati i'm.
picates two policemen, a United States
Marshal, and others. A free colored boy
named Butler was accosted on Saturday
evening by two officers on Vine street
who told him they wanted him, and be
must make no noise They took him TO
an engine-house, and handcuffed him. He
was then taken to the river, and in ap.wsf
to whistle, man came with skiff tom
the Kentucky shore. and accompanied be-
one of the officers, the negro was taken
across and thrust into Covington in.
The transaction got out, and becoming
alarmed at consequences, the negro was
taken from Jail at midnight on Sunday
night, and returned to Cincinnati. Officers
Slater aud Leonard are charged with lid.
mapping the boy, and Deputy u. 8. Mar.
shall Butts, of Kentucky, came over in he
skitf for him The Gazette says steps
have been taken to arrest all the persona
implicated in the transaction which viii
receive thorough legal investigation.
Slater, who expresses much regret st biz
conduct, claims that the boy Represented
that be was fugitive slave, and wanted
to get back to his master. Handcuff. and
jails are singular instruments for q fue;.
tive to resort to who is anxious to Get
back to slavery - Cleveland Leader.
Aug. 81.
REMARKABLE VNE.--J. 8. Currier. Of
Norwich, has u remarkable grape vine in
his yard. 1t was set out in i847. and
row measures, at the surface of the ground
10 3.4 inchesin circumference, its bra pches
covering surface of 1856 square feet,
making nearly four miles in length Last
year there was gathered from it eleven
bushels OF grapes, which yielded forty-one
gallons of WINE of excellent quality. And
this beside those used in the family, and
given to friends Our friend Ourrier saws ii
e the variety of grape is of the old fash.
Toned Jeffersonian Democratic stamp,
Argus.
"A letter from the Worcester Spv
states that on the Goth ult., boy named
Streeter, IL years of age, living in Lisbon
N. d., went to the pasture to catch colt.
He caught the animal, ami thoughtlessly
put the end Of the rope, on which wac q
sip'knot, around his wrist. when the colt,
from some cause ran at great speed,
throwing the boy at times higher than bis
back. When he stopped the people who
saw the affair ran to rescue the boy, but
was too late He gaspsd once or twice.
and expired -
The STAR THAT NEVER SETS. 1T Il
merely a matter of form that we conrrat.
ulate the glorious State of Vermont Oh.
the result of her election. SAKE, the poo,/
ular Democratic candidate, has gains (,
foar a'otes in twenty-one towns over 40,
year, and We therefore congratulate h;m
The prospect is not so good for his Q, .ction
as it might be, but the gain is gr ,t;tv;na
to him The Republican gain RS
sentatives to the Assembly in .;rtv ,own,
is eferen over last year. II ,is Vii do
Vermont always does as wei as abe has .
mind to and could DO betp sr snv ,;ms !,
she pleased Boston Be
The Collins Steamer. Baltic a.,;.
tic and Atlantic, have been purchased bv
the NORTH ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP CoMp.,y
Ihsy nave been ref tied throughout. and
are now adapted to- the Californig trade.
Those steamers are safe, caracious. and
weIl-HsntilatAd. aud the fact of their being
plao ed upon this route, will undoubtedly
teo to increase the travel 10 Califoru,s
T assengsrs now have speedy transit on
The Isthmus Road, and the Steamer, or,
the Pacific side are already tavorably
| known, The whole line is now well
equipped, and the entire voyage can be
made with the greatest comfort and safety
to health, and without detention. 1t il
anticipated that tn passage will soon be
made in Is days. Gee Advertisement.
CAusH OF THE AURORA BoREALIs.-M
de Ia Rive, the celebrated Frenoh astrop.
omer explains the production Of the An.
rora Borealis in the following manner:
Whea the sun, having passed the
Southern hemisphere. no longer heats our
atmosphere, the aqueous vapors which
have acc umulated during the summer in
this part OF the atmosphere begin to con-
dense, the kind of human cap envelopins
the polar regions extend more and more
and faclh tates the passage of electricity
accumulated in the upper portion of the
air. But in this elevated region, and ss.
peeiaily at this period of the year, the
aqueous vspors must most frequently pass
into the state of the minute particles Of
ice or snow floating in the air, similar to
those which give rise to the halos they
form, as it were, n kind of semi.transpa.
rent mist. These half frozen fogs conduct
the electricity to the surface of the earth,
near the pole, and are at the same time
Illuminated by these currents of electric
discharges. In fact, all observers aQres>
IN asserting that the aurora borealis r.,
constantly preceded by mist, which rise.
from the pole. and the margin of which.
less dense than the remainder, is colored,
the first; and, indeed, it ; very frequent,
near the pole in the winter months. and
In those where there is an abundance of
vapor in the air."
-" Monsieur De Motte" undertake q,