The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-01-07

to six, seven, and with moonlight to eight
aud even nine at night. This Consul
Dunlop has seen repeatedly, and he adds
1t is painful and melancholy to witness.
1t must, however, be remembered that as
regards hours Of labor the slave in Cuba
has not more reason to complain than
the railway official in England, and his
fatigue though painful to himself is not
dangerous to the public.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF SronM.-Thc
Scandinavian correspondence prints some
sad details regarding the ravage5 wrought
By the terrible hurricane which visited
the Danish coast on the night Of the 18th
-l3th ultino, and the following day. At
Copenhagen much damage was done by
the rain and wind, and the sea ran very
high, causing injury to the shipping, but
On the whole the capital escaped any
very serious calamity. At Kj@ge Tor
kioge) five Danish miles southwest of
Copenhagen, the whole lower part of the
town, the ba Dor and the railway station
were submerged, and all communications
interrupted. Ga the Wednesday even
ing at SIX o'clock, the water was foot
aud halt above the rails, and took a
week to repair the damage done. At
Svend6org, at Assens, in the island Of
funen' at Sreanekc in the island Of Am
ack, and elsewhere, the waves invaded
the streets, causing great injury to the
public buildings, especially the custom
house establishments and harbor works.
one small Island falster' disappeared
under the waters and the Inhabitants,
comprising several families, are believed
10 nave perisheI. iwo towns particular
y suffered from the storm. These are
fr"aStae, ulnc and half miles southwest
oil copenhagen, ana hocdby,on the south
ern eoa', OF the island OF Laaland. The
%ao'e OF the latter town with its envlrons
ior mile round was under wave for
twelve hours. The water IN the middle
OF tue town rose TO height OF three me-
houses noar tbo .boro An ,ho ;nLobit
ants fortr,.tolv vo-o e,rod br+ thn loss
ot nronort,. VS. ;,,r,onso proastao ,ros
almo,t destrovc1 Rv carly norn;nc on
Wednesday tho wotor covoroa tbo lowor
narts oftbc town and by n;5.dov f,ll
baIf Of il wos srbmorcod Dosno;r;ra 81
helm from v;tbon, The neonla sonabt 70
save tbomsolvos on foo,;na raf,s wh,t
eyer ofrsrcd Tho towrs si,uatod On ,ho
RaItic have sufrerod n,o.t thoso on ,ho
Kattco,t bav;nc osc,nod with comrora.
tivclv sl;rbt Iossos Ofcourso tbe d;s,s.
tors ot sco have far surnosscd those on
sboro Abor. hurdroi uosso,s ohSorr
ed m tbo coas, of ,ho ;sland % Pornholn,
b.e,re III, storn, ,raro aftorwards caUnJ
to bore a;s,nnoarod dur;n, ,bo brrr;cano
and th. uboIa oos, ,oast ~ Zaolona on1
tLo so,,.L 81 H., ho,ar E;a,..o 1o~ K;sanI
wos s,rowc1 with wrccLs Tbo nm, Sor
of victims who b,ve neri ,bsd is Of course
unknown Tho S,eomc, ,Iv;nr bo,waou
Sroctbolm ,nJ Conenharon vas los, ~
the co,st Of Swednn Win all hands
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HE RECENT ELECTION IN SwITzER-
LAND.-The triumph Of the extreme radi.
Gals in the recent elections at Geneva,
Switzerland is entirely attributable to
the attempted encroachments of NJ. Mer-
millod and Bishop Merilley op the rights
Of the State. The Independents, who
had been in power for several years, af-
iec'ed to consider the usurpations of the
Church to be Of little Importance, but the
mass Of the voters were Of a different
opinion. It is not alone the non-Catho-
lies whom the ultramontane clergy have
thus walked up An organization called
has boon formed wb;oh onnonnoos as ;,s
nrocrammo. To withdraw children from
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