The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-06-28


STORMY Scene IN rnr EcrMrNlcA,,
CouNoIL.-- Roman correspondent of
the Pail Mall Gasette writes that on the
2sth of May violent scene took place in
the Ecumcnical Council on the delivery
of speech by Bishop Nerot of Savannah
Georgia. This discourse, pronounced in
voice audible through the hall, vehcm.
emily assailcd the dogma Of inhllibility,
declaring that all the bishops who voted
in its favor would BE- guilty of sacrilege.
The majority met this imputation with
protesting cries, aud the clamor became
so furious that the President Lcgate rang
his bell, and called on the speaker to re.
tract the expression Supported by Mon
signor Strossmeyer, the Bishop Of Savan-
nah refused, maintaining that he was en-
titled to express his conscientious opinion.
He said he was the citizen OF country
where every opinion was free, and that,
trained in freedom, he would preserve his
independence even in the Ecumenical
Council NIonsignor Senestrey, Bishop
of Ratsbon, spoke with equal force, but
in more guarded language, against the
dogma, affirming that he expressed the
sentiments of the vast majority of German
Catholics. The sitting broke up in great
agitation.
REPORTED KILLING OF CELEBRATED
UNION ScoUr.-A communication in the
Galveston Texas Daily Ne,cS of the ID
inst, dated at Clinton, June Z, mentions
the fact that that place has been plunged
into the greatest excitement" over the
killing Of c. S. Bell, the famous Union
scout and spy, by FIVE men who waylaid
and attacked the intrepid mau in the
Guadalupe bottom, about two miles from
Clinton \ silver handled navy revolver
was found near the scene of conflict, with
&C. 5. Bell, scout engraved on the
handle. Five barrels of the pistol had
been freshly discharged. A negro who
witnessed the attack says that one man
was shot off his horse and fell, and then
five men rode off, leading the fallen man 5
horse they passed near him, and three
of the party were wounded and bleeding.
1t was generally believed that Bell was
the party killed A sheriff"s posse had
started in pursuit of the murderers. Bell
was very brave and sagacious man, and
performed mast signal service for the
Onion cause during the war. Some OF
exploits were reeounted in the columns OF
literary paper a year or two since and
attracted much attention.
A Vienna correspondent writes that
the Prince Lobkowitz was lately the hero
of somewhat mixed adventure. \ lit.
tie Jewish boy dipped pitcher into the
Danube, but in lifting it the handle broke
off and the pitcher fell into the river.
The child in trying to recover it lost his
balance and fell in. Prince Lobkowitz
who was riding by at the time, jumped
out of his carriage, unbuckled his sword
as he ran, plunged into the river after
the child and restored him to the arms
Of his mother, who stood on the bank
frantic with grief But instead of cover.
ing her restored treasure with kisses, this
economically.minded mother gave him q
sound thrashiug for breaking the pitcher
Y. NJ. G. 4. INTERNATIONAL CoNvEN.
TIoN.-At the session Of the Young
Mems Christian Association Convention
at indianapolis ON Saturday Washington
D. c., Was selected as place for holding
the next convention. The time of hold.
ing is left to the discretion of the Execu.
tive Committee. Z. James Clayton
Montreal, j. o. Wood, Edgerton, n. Y,
J. n. Harris, New London, Ct, were ap.
pointed delegates to general conference
of the Young Mems Christian Association
to DO at Amsterdam on the 25th August
next
Thi- session closed the bushes, of Ia,
Convention.
An actor is not always acting in 4
friendly spirit when he takes another ac.
tors part
Somebody says the women make very
good street-sweepers when they are trained
to do it
Pittsburgh has plous old lady under
arrest for stealing large illustrated Bi.
BILE She said hers was too fine print
and she couldn't get any consolation Out
of il.
The Virginia Enterp,iSe summarizes a
new pastime in Nevada Our friend
Perkins went out yesterday to practice
throwing boomerang sent him by hi:
brother in Australia. The physician;
think his nose can he patched and straigh.
tened up, hut say his eyes are entirely
gone"
They have new paper i'll San Diego
Cal, the scene of John Phenix's far
famed battle with the editor The paper
is modest-very 1t puts the matter
thus The advent of the Bulletin in
San Diego is an era in her history which
will be looked back upon by future gen.
erations as one of the most important
and as such should receive the support oil
each and every resident"
A singular accident occurred at the
ferry slip in Hoboken, \ j., a day OF
two since 4 man was approaching the
ferry, hen the wind blew his hat down
The adjoining slip He gave chase with
such impetuosity that he could not stop
himself on the bridge and fell in head
irst, his head sticking fast III the mud at
bottom of the slip, When fshed out, 4
ew minutes later, life was extinct