The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-07-12


After ten days 1t was returned with the
Endorsement "None here"
A nugget of gold, weighing SO o., was
recently plowed up near Baliarat, Aus
tralia. The lump vas only a few inches
below the surface, and has what looks
like ferruginous conglomerate attached to
it, but is nearly all gold, and we'll water
worn.
Mr.. Cuyckanickpucks Yakutskolit-
milks Sakiatskylitmilks Ankachagamuks
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS keeps a hotel at Sit
ka, Alaska. He says the Americans
have the queerest names he ever heard Of,
and it is with the utmost difficulty he can
pronounce them. ..I
1t is stated that, should the dogma o.
the infallibility of the Pope be declared
by the Ecumenical Council, there will be
an extensive return of perverts to the
Church of England. Several well known
quondam Americans are corresponding
with one another on the subject.
A startling method Of dispensing jus.
ticc is announced. Gen. W. F. Bently
ex-Supervisor Of Internal Revenue for
North and South Carolina, was charged
with oppression while in Office. The case
was tried on the oath ult., and the jury
could not agree. The Knoxville CAroni-
Gle, in describing the trial, adds this Sc
rious piece of Information 1.-THE jury is
hung" Such an appalling fact should be
a warning to obstinate jurymen through
out the country.
A contrivance has lately been invented
which prevents persons outside from look
ing into a room without excluding the
light. 1t consists of a number Of glass
rods, arranged either vertically or hori-
zontally, and secured together by appro.
pirate frames, forming a series of cylin.
drical lenses, which break up the light.
and throw it into every part Of the room
thus producing n soft and difused glow
which is very beautiful and pleasant. The
glass rods may be of any color, and by
an arrangement Of the colcrs very beauti-
full effects can be produced.
Prof. Kittredge has been obliged to
suspend his duties at Amherst College on
account of a hemorrhage of the lungs.
Divorces in Terre Hautc are quoted
dull and declining, with receipts of only
eighteen applicants for the August term.
The Tennessee State Government is In
q poor way financially. There is no,
n. money enough in the Treasury to pay the
porters of the State House, four in mum
Der ~
A man at Paterson, n. j., after max.
ing FIVE Intellectual attempts to commit
suicide with guns, ropes, and knives. dice
on Tuesday Of temporary insanity. There
is nothing like perseverance.
Mr.. James Fullerton, a reporter a
GLASGOW, has obtained Gl00 damage.
against a Mr.. Walker for having stated
that a mistake made by the reporter
was willfully made, and for a corrup
purpose.
A girl employed in a cordage factor.
at Elizabeth, N. j., caught her hair il
the shafting of some machinery on Thurs
day, and was completely scalped. Th
scalp was replaced by physicians, but he
recovery is doubtful.
1t is mentioned in England as a GU
rious circumstance, that neither Waite
Scott, Thackeray nor Dickens ever wrot
a play. 1t is a more curious circumstan
&c that such mention should be made wheN
it is q notorious fact that plays were writ
by each.
The Union League, organized a shot
since in Montreal to promote the cause c
to embrace many Of the most intiuentls
men Of the new Observation-Disclosures, bot
as regards social position and wealth
Their programme contemplates persisten
agitation, never doubling but the mothe
country, when she sees her progeny de
termincd to paddle her own canoe,
will give them permission to go 10 peace
The great Australian circus, which ha
!, been exhibiting on Long Island for tn
f last two months, broke up on Tuesday i
| a row. 1t seems that hard feelings exis
, ted between the two proprietors for som
weeks, each accusing the other of dishon
esty, and on that day the matter culmina
ted in an open rupture. The person
engaged by the company left, each goin
where their inclination led a practices
DISARMAMENT of the circus.
, We learn from Manchester that tn
boarders at the Wilton House in Wilto
, went out to ride on Monday. and the hol
ses became unmanageable and the Who'll
load went down one Of the steep banks Q
the Souhegan river, injuriug many of tn
passengers severely.
The Richmond Wing, speaking of th
slight notice of the Fourth made in tina
i, State, says: "Our people got prett,
much out of the habit Of celebrating i
during the war. The day belongs a
, much to the people of the South as
does to those of the North. and they ca
never relinquish their claims upon l
=, without denying their country and plac
ing in the background the services IN
sacrifices of the soldiers and statesme
!, who stamped lustre upon the Revolution
l airy annals"
On the 18th of September next "Th
| General Association Of German Authors
t will hold a convention at Nuremberg
which will last three or four days.
The weather in Calcutta during a wee
had been very oppressive. The thermome
ter had risen to l00 in the shade and bee
. daily above 100. Several deaths frol
cheat apoplexy" occurred.
/ GARNER. the French savant, says ths
in China not only human beings have
5 taste for opium, but pigs and horses dii
5 sipate" with the drug, and languish whe
deprived of their regular constitutional
In consequence of u great scarcity {
: clergyueu in North Germany, the prope
j authorize have been directed by til