The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-06-09
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New York, Tuesday.
The grand Lodge Of Free Masons of
The United States commenced ii session
At New York, Tuesday.
Carl Zcrrahn, the well known must
ral conductor, sails, to-day, for Europe
and will return i'm November
Many of the bakers of New York have
to raise the wages of their
journcymen who have been ON astrike.
Gen Joe Hooker returns from Europe
to-day, with his own health much inn
proved, while that of his wife has COM
pletcly broken down.
The steamer Montana sailed from
San Francisco for Panama, Tuesday, |
with ~ 5000 i'm treasure and Sl4 pas
sengers for New York.
A sufficient number of birds have |
been secured for the New York state |
sportsmen's convention, and it will he
gin at Buffalo, on Monday, June 8.
The Paraguayan government pub
fishes lists of women who have asked to
he taught the use of fire arms, that they
may assist the army in the field.
Rev Edwin Downcr, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Westfield, n. j.
died suddenly, Sunday in the course of
the usual service, which he was con-
Quoting.
The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the
nomination of Henry Stanbcry, to be
attorney general the principal ground
of opposition TO him being his hostility
to the reconstruction acts.
The House military committee have
authorized Gen Logan to report Il bill
Transferring The Indian bureau to the
war department. The committee also
| agreed To report hill continuing the
80 per cent increase of pay to officers of
| the army, and also IA bill to pay non
| commissioned officers who were COM
mssioned but not mustered into the
service during the war
| Alta meeting of the investigating
| committee ON Tuesday Gen Adams tes-
| titled that he never proposed to Thur
low Weed, or anybody else, to purchase
| the votes of senators.
Gems Hancock and Emery and their
Staff, and the House committeeon mil
| itary affairs, called at the war depart
ment, Tuesday, and paid their respects
to Gen SchOticld.
The president informed the House,
| Tuesday, that the ten days constitutions
al limit having expired, the bill to make
| appropriations To supply the deficien-
| cies for the execution of the reconstruc-
| ton acts had become law without his
| signature.
Th president on Tuesday nominated
| TO the Senate Robert l. Matthews of In
diana to lac consul at Naples.
Mayor Hoffman of New York, in Il
| message to the common council on
| Tuesday, announced the death of James
| buchanan, and appropriate resolutions
| were adopted and II committee appuin-
ted to attend the funeral.
The national typographical conven-
| ton is now in session in Washington,
| with the following officers: President
| Robert Mcl<echnic of New York treas
urcr, John Collins, of Cmnnti 4; secreta-
ry, William \ Turner of philapclpha.
Gen Raiac, at the head of the Ncne-
zuclan rcVolutionists, has entered Car
raccas, and the parti2ans of the govern
mcnt, fearing trcachcry, subsequently
fled from the city. The fighting is not
ended, and much hloodshcd is expected
Gen Falcon has escaped 10 the Dutch
island of Oruba.
| The Hudson River steamer Drew
collidcd with lumber barge below
| Poughkccpsic, Sunday morning, which
| broke in twenty-five feet of her side Il
little aft of the wheel house None OF
| the passengers ON the Drew were ilillr-
ed, though all wo"e "a'' i.'"""l.l" f'i'-'.'
| "Ilic railroad companies between New
| \ DIRK and Washington have conSolida-
| tcd t heir through travel and traffic, un-
| der the charge of William L Smith rs
general manager with headquarters at
| washington. There is ample room for
| al Ih'rciorms W+licharc literally prom
| ised.
Ihc practice squadron of the naval
school at Annapolis, consisting of the
| savannah, Macedonia and the Dale, will
sail for its summer cruise, next week.
gong first TO West Point, where the
graduating elias of 50 will take final
leave Ofthc school. The fleet will then
sail for the Azores, and will return to
Annapolis about the first of September.
Woolcy is delighted with the homage
Wllicl me democrats are paying him,
ana hlSllly enjoys the martyr process.
lie says that he will run for CONGRESS
this fall, in his district, the second Ohio
now mlsrcprcscntcd by Gen Sam Cary.
The republicans of West Virginia
have nominated Gen | II Duvall for
Congress from the first district and J G.
Mct'rcW from the secoud
one oil the lady reporters, at the re-
cent woman's rights convention at New
\ DIRK, was dressed in Orange colored
sick-silk Knickcrbocker pants, loose
vest, and fiowingtunic tiehtenedarouud
the waist The knickerbocker pants
are finished by elastic4, the remainder
of the leg encased in thin nesh-colored
skin-tight stockings. The reporter who
belongs TO the Revolution dresses in
black, without hoops, immense Pana-
ma hat, disheveled hair. green stock
ing7 and prunclla gaiters.
EX-Gov solomon and Matt II Carpen-
ter are the leading rivals for the Wis
consin senatorship. now held by Doc
little.
Rev Gilbert DE La Matyr the repub-
lican candidate for prison inspector of
New York, last year, has been appoin-
ted pastor of the Sands street Methodist
church at New York.
Mcclellan begs the democrats not to
nominate him for president. He was
whipped in 1854, and is willing that
somebody else should take it next time.
Senator Henderson left Washington
Tuesday, for st Louis, on eight DAYS
leave of absence.
The place of Senator Fowler of Ten
nessee upon the national republican
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