The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-05-26
CURRENT News.

An individual named Franklin
Pierce living in New Hampshire, has
written Il long letter to the democratic
party, urging them most solcmnlY to
act "wiacly" at hcnational convention
at New York. The letter is of little
consequence and has its only interest in
the fact that lis writer once spent four
wears in the service of the party at
Washington.
\ severe storm prevailed at lInVauu,
Tuesday. several lives were lost in the
harbor, and many Ships and steamers
dragged their anchors.
The baseball match al priuceton y
j, Thursday, between the Columbia
and Nassau college mines, was won 10y
the latter - to l..
There are Il couple of blaming girls
at IeClairc. La, who row across The
Mississippi to Port Byron, III, every
morning, in Il skin, handling the oars in
the most approved style, teach Il school
of ninety scholars all day, and iuw back
again in the evening.
\ large number of delegates from the
South and West To the general assembly
of the old school PRESBYTERIAN church
at Albany, Thursday, arrived at New
York, Tuesday, en- route thither Much
interest is manifested in the subject ui
the union of the two branches of the
church, which j. expected to lac acted
upon.
Rev DrJ Newton Brown. proni-
ncut Baptist clergyman, and author OF
Lle Encyclopedia of Ecli"iout kuoWl
! ".i,s-, e'i' 4 - ''.- ...-tn''". r,'.. 1h"'-
| day, aged 90,
The late Bishop OF Havana, who went
| To Spain a few weeks Since on account
] IA, a I..,
! Lcrsundi. viii not return. hut has hccI
appointed bishop of -rpo>ia.
Mr. ReldnY, of the London hankinu
house Of Heldms. Keith ~ Co., hat ah
seconded, taking with linn all the avail.
able funds, and Keith, who was IN Ho-.
tom at the time, hn- lclt nor London
| The extent of the los is not Lscrrtainco
1t Isl singular fact that two Kmea,
senators, the one the successor of the
other, have committed suicide, one
Lane il dead; tho other, Ross, is living
\ Wisconsin editor remarked. last
week "if Andrew johnson ret- clear il
will not affect our politics, BUTT willgiN,
our religion an awiul strain
The Boston correspondent al the col
ulnhus, O., journal say that the new
book Massachusetts ia the Rebellion,
I w TN nul ~ hS pllii'i P'i'N INV l'''"''i
the four years u iliH!Wa.'' '''' '"r''''
\ secret meeting of the MON lctsu,
was held al Chicago, Tuesday night
and was addressed 10y Gallsha \ Grow
Gems Mexican and Stokes, and Thoma
W Conway of Louisiana. The usua
strong resolutions were adopted.
Sheridan Shock, collector of mtcrma
revenue of New York, says that tn
statement that hc directly or Indirect,
received SIG, 600 from { W Woolcy o
Cincinnati To assist in breaking down
impeachment, is entirely unloundcd.
\ dispatch from Rome states tina
the Pope has asked the Roman Cathoi,
Bishops Of this country to raise 100 00
volunteers for the PapaI Army.
Home, the spiritual medium, la
been required blythe English Court q
Chamcery to refund goo, 900 to Mrs. Leon
the old lady whom lac had induced t,
endow him with all her Worlly goods.
Mrs Fanny Kcmble has recently re
ceived intelligence from England tina
she has Inherited Il valuable painting
Icy Sir Thomas Lawrence, and II pair o
gloves worn by Shakespeare while per
, forming upon the stage, which hav,
} successfully been the ineStmablc treas
, ure of Garrick, Mrs Siddons and LADY
r of rank lately deceased in that country