The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-04-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
FoEriGN Affairs. great Paris
exhibition was formally Opened on Mon
day, by the Emperor Napoleon, and
good many people were out 10 see the
ceremonies, n long account Of which is
sent by the cable. The opening seems TO
have been premature in all respects. The
luiltling is still full OF rubbish, not half
the articles arc really for exhibition, and
it will be month yet before things are
really got ready for visitors.-Ihc other
principal items by the cable are that
America. George of Greece is soon
to marry n ncice Of Queen Victoria
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, is to
I've crowned as king of Hungary in July;
Count Walcwski has resigned the prcsi-
dcncy Of the French corps lcgslaif,
Prussia is agit tied over placards insulting
to that government, and tavuring alliance
with France, placed III the streets ol
Luxembcrg the Gracian government has
asked the leading powers of Europe to
intervene for the prevention for further
blockade against Gambia; there has been
terrible storm in the Black sea. in which
several vessels were wrecked and some
lives lost and the steamer Scralva, from
Clyde for Boston. sunk ut sea during II
severe storm Oil the 20lh.-Therc is
nothing decisive from Mexico, yet. The
last OF the French troops left the country,
March Is, and since then Vera Cruz and
the City of Mexico have as good us been
in state of siege by the liberals
PoLrICAI-T The Norwich Bullclin
takes defeat good naturally, and scattcrs
its jokes and jibes about freely. 1t says
of tho governor elect "Ar English has
now splendid opportunity for statesman
ship. lie and A. johnson are similarly
.ituatcd. Neither of them ,s backed 10y
legislative support, AMI the most that
either can d. is to issue recommendations
Mr.. English is at perfect liberty TO recon-
mend anything lie pcascs II the Lcgis-
iaourc al pts his recommendations they
divide the responsibility with him, and if
they don't adopt them, he can't heIp it.
ness on al questions--can recommend a
license law, dog law, cight-hour law, Or
any other kind of law, with perfect
impunity-if it isn't passed it won't be
remembered, and if it is, why, n republic
can Legislature does it. SO Mr.. English
Aas a very soft thing All that he has
to do, of any real moment, is TO ride bis
horse gracefully ut the election paradc."-
The New York Sun, most read by work
ing men. which leans towards the rcpub
lican party, says of the Connecticut cleo
ton: "Thcrc is no doubt that many
thoughtful and prudent men in Conn.
voted the democratic ticket this year
because Of their disgust for such men a.
Butler, Stevens, Ashley, and other radical
leaders. Sensible people, who think much
and say but little, will not long follow
party which permits itself to he controlled
by such leaders. A convention for
woman suffrage is in session at Topeka,
Kansas, ut which Mrs. Lucy Stone and
her husband are present and speaking
An association has been formed for cam
wasting the state before the election, when
the people will vote upon admitting ne
groes and women TO suffrage.
SOUTHERN NEws.-A citizen writing
TO an Atlanta (GD paper says that within
the last month five goo', honest citizens
-Mcssrs Plaster, Elliott, Cheshire,
spence and lIoover-have been brutally
assaulted, stabbed, and some of them
killed, in open daylight, for only few
dollar lie offers to become one Of ten
or twenty persons to give 500 each for
the capture of any one, black or white,
guilty Of these outrages. -Soon Robinson
WAS at the great meeting OF colored men
in Charleston, 5. G., last week, ant. his
speech made great SENSATIONAL Nir
g,nla state senator proposed to compromise
with the colored voters, ard give them all
the members of congress, if they wi
leave white men in possession of the state
government. The Natchez Miss Couri-
err pleads for delay in accepting recon-
struction, and says: "Why this haste !
Mississippi cannot be struck at before
Virginia and Alabama are.-Gen joseph
r. johnson has published long letter
defending himself and Gen stonewall
jackson against imputailons of cowardice
in not moving on TO the capture Of Wash
inston after the first battle of Bull run.
lie says it would have been madness to
rush on the strong Notifications on the
Virginia side of the river, and that they
had no means for crossing the river. The
sInion army was less dlsorganized, lie
says, by defeat than the confederate army
by its triumph, and thousands Of the latter
left and went home, thinking tho war at
an end.--Gcn. Carlin, bureau agent in
Tennessee. reports the freedmen to be
generally in good condition.
CoNGREss.-Few matters Of interest
were perfected in the last two days Of the
SESSION, the only bills passed being those
TO appropriate $4,000 for the partial sup.
port Of the soldiers and sailors orphan
home Of the District of Columbia, extend
ing to Nebraska the benefits Of tho agri-
cultural college act, allowing the eh lplain
OF the House of Representatives TO draw
lis salary for the present year, anil to
provide for amending the organic act OIL
Colorado territory, Joint resolutions