The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-05-09
q he 9egister,
WEDNESDAY, MAY o. 1850.
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS. he latest Euro
pean news dates April %. The financial
depression continues to some extent
The dispatches received at the State De-
partment, Washington, from our consul
at London state that the cattle plague is
rapidly decreasing and the expectation is
general that it will soon entirely disap-
pear. The House of Commons has not
yet acted on the reform bill, but its pas
sage is considered worry probable. Ger
man journals continue to discuss the pro-
liabilities of q war between Austria and
Prussia In Berlin, the press by evident
dictation of the government, is warlke
ard great military preparations are being
made throughout the kingdom. In Austria
the government is also making preparation.
to anticipate the coming contest. An
attempt was recently made to assassinate
the Gar of Russia. A peasant turned
aside the assassin's aim and has been re.
warded with nobility. The most i'm
portant South American news is the
dastardly bombardment of Valparaiso by
the Spanish fleet in the Pacific, March
81. There was no resistance, for the
town was not fortified, and had not a
gun with which to reply. The loss of
property to foreign residents was much
greater than that of Gillian subjects.
Our minister, Gen. fitzpatrick, and Com
modore Rogers, the commander of the
American fleet, did all in their power to
prevent the bombardment by remon-
STRANGE to the Spanish commander. The
total amount of property destroyed is es-
t;mated at twenty-five millions of dollars.
The destruction of life was quite small.
News from Mexico tells of two or three
Liberal victories. The Liberals took
chihuahua on the Goth of March after
three days hard fighting, capturing 800
prisoners. At Santa Isabel they captur-
ed l66 prisoners, all the encmy's artillery,
baggage and munitions of war. Bryant,
the French commander, was slain.
From Canada we learn that the termina-
tion of the reciprocity treaty does not
cause the depression expected But they
evidently feel anxious for more free
communication for the export OF lumber
and agricultural products. No serious
troubles are apprehenled about the fish
cries.
SOUTHERN NEws.-Political news from
tho South is Of small Importance. Recent
accounts from Texas tell of outrages on
Union men, who in some cases have been
brutally murdered. The Unipn men
appointed by Gov. Hamilton find it i'm
possible TO perform their duties. From
New Orleans comes reports of attacks by
slung-shot and the whipping of citizens as
of daily occurrence. Many lunatlcs and
robbers released from asylums and prisons
during the war, have congregated in that
city. The Methodist Conference is dis
cussing the Episcopal vetoes. The new
civil rights bill has already been sustained
in two instances at the South, once at
Memphis where the judge decided that
negroes have as much right to keep bill
liarl saloons as whites and at New Or
leaps where the court decided that an act
of incorporation may be given to a colored
church. Northern travellers through the
South report q daily Improvement of So
ciety but say there is much of the old
rebel spirit LEFT yet At recent fremen's
parade at Mobile the confederate colors,
white and red, were alone allowed TO be
displayed. In Memphis, April 18th, the
women generally visited the graves Of
confederate soldiers sirewing flowers upon
them and the same day was generally
observed through the south as day Of
mourning for the southern dead. The
Mobile cadets recently gave a feast in
honor of the pirate Semmes at which
Andrew johnson and JEFF, Davis were
toasted together. The President is par
doning rebels quite freely again. AT the
u. S. district court at Newbern, n. c., a
white man has been convicted of passing
counterfeit national currency, a negro
being the chief witness. Texas legislature
has determined that the school fund OF
that state shall be applied exclusively for
the education of whites and that no per-
ron shall be eligible to Office who has not
been resident of the state five years.
CONGRESS. The post-oilice appropria-
ion bill with clause forbidding the
Noent OF salaries to officers appointed
Nrcsidcnt during the recess Of Con-