The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-09-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

ger of renewed hosti!ities in Germany i.
myth. Napoleon has just issued cir
cular quite pacific in its character. The
rebellion to the Turkish authority in the
island Of Gambia still continues, and rein
forcemcnts have been sent to the Turkish
forces. The inhabitants of the island
want TO be annexed to Greece. The man
who tried to assassinate the czar of Rus.
sra some time since has been executed,
the people expressing great joy at the
preservation of the emperor and the pun
ishment of his would-be m urdcrer-From
England about the only items Of interest
are that Mr.. Bright has accepted nm in
viiaton TO attend public reform banquet
at Dublin, sometime in October, and that
preparations are making to hold grand
reform demonstration at London. The
cholera continues prevalent in various
parts Of Italy.-The London Times ad-
mits that the Mexican empire has wither-
ed away; and altogether the prevailing
opinion seems TO be that the time has
nearly arrived to administer on the effects
Of Macmillan. From Mexico itself the
news is all against him and in favor of
the liberals, and it does not look as though
the emperor could retain foothold in the
country three months longer.-In South
America the Paraguayans have again
badly defeated Brazil and her allies and
public opinion and the press in Chill
urge the continuance of the war with
Spain There is new and alarming
revolution in HAITI The town Of Con
aives has been laid in ashes, and fires
occur almost daily at Port au Prince.
SOUTHERN NEws.-There was another
tlight disturbance at New Orleans last
week, Wednesday evening, caused by the
arrest of two colored women by the police
unsuccessful attempt on the part
VI rome coiored suiI>ors to rescue them.
Inc military are furnishing severely the
negroes who participated in tho rece,,
riot, but we do not hear that any of the
police or other white assassins have r,-
ccived their just deserts. North
Carolina courts martial have in most
cases acquitted those on trial but the de-
cision is unaccountably withheld from the
public. -rhere is new hitch in the trial
Of jeff Davis and growing probability
that the chief traitor will soon bc released
on parole or bail.-rhe cholera is disap-
pcaring in all parts of the South, and
will probably be eradicaled entirely with
the advent Of cool NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF injury to the cotton crop continue pen-
~ from all quarters, but after it is sold
the figures will record a very fair yield.
ACCIDENTS AT Jamestown Pa when
the presidential party was passin. through,
bridge fell on which were several
hundred persons. Thirteen were killed
outright, while some ninety were more
or less severely hurt-There was a
steamboat explosion on the Ohio, four
miles below Gallipolis, Saturday, by
which two of the crew and one passenger
were killed and nine of the crew and
three passenger were wounded.
1t appears to have rained all over the
country this week but storm has been
especially severe in Ohio aud Indiana,
where a great deal of rain has fallen, the
streams have been raised tn a great hight,
and much damage done 10 property.
The damages at indianapolis are particu.
larry heavy, and at Cincinnati and Louis
vile 1t is reported as the heaviest rain
storm known for years. The railroads
have suffered very severely BY the wash
ing away of bridges and embankments.
MISCELLANEOUS Sioux, Arrapa.
hoes and Cheynnes have taken the war
path against the ranchmen, several
traders have been killed, much stock run
oH,and while in fight with che Sioux fifteen
Of them were killed. One of the stages
had been attacked, a passenger killed
mud the horses shot, and all the stage
stock at a station west of Cottonwood
had been stolen. The bank of Upper
Canada, at Toronto, suspended payments
on Tuesday, but there will be no loss to
either depositors or holders of the bills
Work on the Huron and Ontario ship
canal was formally commenced On We'd
nesday.-Maj. Gen. O. A. Gilmore is al
Fortress Monroe, conducting a series OF
experiments with fifteen-inch guns and
rihed pieces of ordnance. against an iron.
clad stone target erected near the fortress.
The great event Of the week at New
York has been the FIRST appearance in ihi,