The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-06-02

House granting charters to railroads OF
water routes unless the applications ioI
he same are supported BY wealth and
he endorsement Of people living along
he proposed line, to a sufficient extent IL
warrant the belief that they will be taken
mp and pushed to completion.
The president has nominated William
Cooper Howell of Ohio to be consul III
Quebec Harry II. Davis Of Pennsylva.
nia, to be consul at Valencia, Spain, and
James B. Mexican, chief justice Of tn,
supreme court Of Utah territory.
Loss OF THE SNIP |. n. SEYMouR.-The
wreck Of the ship |. n. Seymour off Say
oruok Point Long Island, Monday, May
18th, was sad and most thrilling dis
,,ter 1t is stated that no less than
eighteen lives were lost a gentleman
who ca,ne to the New York san Office
RON Saybrook to-day was an eye witness
20 the disaster, and gives vivid dcScrip.
lou Of the narrowing scene. He says
that the vessel went down with all on
board in plain sight of large number Of
people who were on the shore, but who
were wholly unable to render any assist
ance, The signals Of distress were first
seen from Mt. Sinai, a village located a
short distance from Saybrook. Instantly
the village was in a iurore Of excitement.
as the entire crew Of the vessel had
shipped from that place, aud anxious rela
Iives used every means in their power to
ascertain the truth Of the rumor. Al
twelve o'clock word was received in Mt.
Sinai from Say brook .tating that the Sey.
mour foundered off the point during h
heavy squat, with all on board.
The ship had cargo Of lumber, and
was bound for Glen Cove she had been
but few hours out when she sprung d
bad leak aft, which required the utmost
excrtiops Of the crew to keep the vessel
from filling. At length the water gained
20 rapidly that Capt. Jos. Wells resolved
to abandon her, and the people who gath.
cred on the beach saw them attempt to
sunch small boat, but it was instantly
'wumped An effort wa] made by tne
Say brook people to send out boat, bu'
wing to the heavy sea it was impossibl,
do 30, aud it was abandoned. signals
# distress were sent up from the i'll iated
vessel, which it was impossible for the
rowds on shore to answer, and after she
had been tossed on the waves like shell
.bUu' 20 minutes, She gave great urcf
nd disappeared. Two or three met
acre floating about for several minute
II'on pieces Of tin. Der, ard it was hopec
hat they would eventually reach land
'ut unable TO hold on longer they dropped
# aud were drowned. The names Of
ONE OF the persons on board were a.
follows Joseph Wells, captain j. W.
Davis, steward John Wells, the cap.
aim ION. aud six Others ii j. Kline,
Z. J. Davis.
WITcncgAF IN MExIc1.-Thc Mexican
town OF Jacobbo 10 the state oil Sinala,
Is making rapid back progress in civiliza
ton. and just at present seems TO have
reached the Puritan stand point. Th,
alcaude has officially reported to the pre-
feet OF his district that on Apri b,
arrested, tried, and burned alive Jost
Maria Bonilla and his wife for sorcery.
and since then several families 10 tn,
town have compelled the officer to burn
another old woman and her son for TIT
,ame cause. The general government
has asked the authorities OF Sinalao to
lend detailed report OF these proceed
ngs, and to take measures to protect the
lives Of perosns threatened with similar
violence
Miss Kate Stanton is going to lecture
in England. this summer aud will be like.
y to make sensation among the stolid
Britishers. She also proposes to gather
materials for new lecture, next winter
in visit to Mr.. Godin's industrial pal.
ace or working-men's home in Frapce
where the conflicts Of capital and labor
seem to have been harmonized on a small
scale. Her lecture field at home, the
past season, has been unusually wide from
St. Paul MIMI, in the West, to Halifax
Nova Scotia, in the East. and her discourse
on The Abolition of Poverty has beer
in particular favor with her audience, al
the realization of the title would natural.
ly be with most people,
The father of the pranpers and III,