The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-12-07


journals in Madrid have been permitted
to reappear.
The Chinese Embassy, with Mr.. Bur
lingame, presented their credentials to
the King of Prussia Friday, and was re-
ceived with the usual formalities.
Carlist conspiracies have again been
discovered in Spain, Madrid dispatch
says, and several arrests have been made
and measures taken to prevent fresh
The difficulty arising out of the land
ing of the French telegraph cable on
American shores has, according to n tele.
gram from Paris, been adjusted in an
manner
The Portuguese Government is prepar.
ing to lay cable from Portugal to Amer
lea by the way Of the Azores and tenders
are invited for the construction and having
Of the cable
y dispatch from Ottawa, Canada saws
important dispatches are expected from
England regarding the Red River revolt.
The Grand Vicar, Thebault, of Montreal
Colonel Ermatinger and Colonel de Sal
aberry are to proceed to the Northwest
to endever to effect settlement of the
with the half. breeds.
In the Tennessee Legislature, Friday,
a resolution requesting the Constitutional
Convention to confer suffrage on women
was referred TO special committee. The
House resolution, asking the removal, by
Congress, of disabilities under the -Four.
tecnth Amendment, was passed by the
Senate. A bill reducing the taxes from
four to two mills on the dollar, passed to
n third reading
The French Corps Legislatif was agi.
tated Friday by demand from NJ. Roch.
effort that the National Guard be ordered
to guard the hall Of the Corps in future,
for the protection of the members.
Cheers and derisive cries followed, after
the first burst Of astonishment from all
parts Of the hall. The Opposition APP
plauded, but the majority protested
against the demand and the favor with
which it had been received. The fears
of Baudin riots were not realized Friday
in Paris.
a London dispatch says that a pre-
synodal Conference was held in Rome.
when an allocution was delivered and the
officers Of the Ecumenical Council took
the official oaths. The London Tine,
says that Gallicanism is rampant in Rome;
the German and Austrian Bishops demur
to the infallibility; discord among the
Italians is feared, and things look omin.
Gus for the Council. 1t is not clear
whether the Council will bring peace OIL
a sword to the church.
Mayor Shurtleff Of Boston, was Fri
day night renominated as the "citizens
candidate for Mayer.
A number of Mormons from Utah have
settled in Jackson County, Kansas, and
obtained possession of some of the property
tormerlyownedb by them there. They repu.
date polygamy.
\ new Postal Convention, has Just beer
agreed upon with Great Britain, by which
the ocean postage between the United
States and Great Britain is reduced to
six cents, if paid in advance, with fine
Of six cents added for temperament
the arrangement to take effect January
|, 1870.
A murderous ARRAY among Democratic
politicians occurred in Donahue's liquor sa,
loon, corner Of Twenty-third-street and
Second-avenue, Friday night, in which
Florence Scannel, a candidate for Alder.
man, received II probably fatal pistol shot
and several others were badly injured.
The British man-of-war -Nonaith with
the body of the late Mr.. Peabody OH
board, is ready TO sail, but she will pro.
badly await the arrival Of the other yes.
sells of the squadron. Her cabins have
been draped in black cloth and white
silk.
Funeral services over the remains OF
Albert D. Richardson took place in q
paror Of the Astor Housel New York
Friday, Rev. Mr.. rockingham and Rev
Henry Ward Beecher officiating. Both
spoke at considerable length of character
OF the deceased and the circumstances con,
nected with his untimely death.
Advices from Wennepeg by way of St.
Paul, MIMI, and Toronto, represent that
the insurgents, on the 10Th of November
held a council which was adjourned tc
the 18th without definite action. A proc.
lamation issued by Governor McTavish
calling upon the people to do nothing con.
trary to law, produced a marked effect.
The insurgents number 500, of whom but
800 are armed, and are said to have be-
come rather lax in their watch of the
frontier. A dispatch by way of Chicago
represents them as still very defiant and
disposed TO yield to nothing but force.
The election Of Aleorn by such Il large
majority and the general success of the
Republican ticket in Mississippi signife,
more than the defeat of Dent and the
failure Of the fraud Of which his nomin,
alton was the outward and visible sign
1t indicates the complete and immediate
restoration of the State on basis that
insures faithful local government, and
cordial harmony between State and Fed
eral authority.
In Texas, the contest was between Re
publicans, under leaders whose devotion
to the principles of the party could moi
be questioned.
We trust that with Hamilton as tn,
Governor elect, and with a Constitution
which meets all just requirements, Texas
will be readmitted to the Union simulta
neously with Mississippi.
\. u. Richardson the newspaper re
porter and author, was shot in the Tri
bune Office on Thursday, November %