The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-26


piration of the morning hour, the Civil
Rights bill was taken up, Notwithstanding
efforts to have its consideration postponed
speeches in favor Of the bill were made
by Messrs. Flanagan aud Pratt, and by
Mr.. Thurman against it. Iu the house a
resolution, similar TO the Senate rosou-
ton, for adjournment on June %, was
adopted : the consideration of the report
on the Sanborn contracts was postponed
until Thursday; the House went into
Committee Of the Whole on the Post
Office Appropriation bill, and political
debate took place between Mcssrs. Hol-
man, Wood, E II. Roberts, and Randall
the bill was then considered by para
graphs discussion took place on the
frapkipg privilege; an amendment was
agreed to allow the Agricultural Report
to go through the mails free.
For months past the retention of Mr..
Secretary Richardson in the most impor-
tant place in the Cabinet has been pub
lie scandal and disgrace. AT last the
Ways and Means Committee have been
shamed into a resolution of want of conf.
dence, which is to be soon presented to
the House.
The House OF Representatives, does not
seem to be nearly unanimous on the SUBJ
ject Of speedy adjournment. When
the Senate resolution fixing the date at
June % came up, Wednesday, there
were enough unwilling members to pre-.
vent its being considered, and it was only
by passing new resolution that the
House Yves able TO show a majority were
in favor Of the Senate proposition. 1t Is
said that somo of the Western members
are afraid to 20 home, On account of their
failure to show their constituents anything
for the sessions work. II this feeling
were to become general, Congress would
pever adjourn.
Thursday having disposed Of Post.
Office bill without any discussion or i'm
portant change, the committee took up
the pension Appropriation S29,9S9,000.
1t contains q provision that the pension
agents fee Of thirty cents for preparing
vouchers and administering oaths shall be
reduced to twenty cents.
After some considerations Of the pen
sion bill, the committee rose and reported
both the post Office and pension approprl-
alton bills to the house.
An amendment to the post tfiico bill
allowing the agricultural reports to pass
through the mails free, was adopted
1874 to II.
The post oilicc appropriation bill was
then passed.
The House, by two-thirds majority,
passed the bill providing for the admis-
SION OF New Mexico into the Union as u
State The debate was Of a very high
order Of ability. Mr. Elkins, Territorial
Delegate from New Mexico, in speech
quito remarkable for its vigor Of thought
and good delivery, used the arguments oil
all delegates in iauor Of tho admission
that the Territory was loya', popuous
industrious and well deserving besides
the treaty Of Guudaloupe- Hidalgo, under
which New Mexico was annexed to the
United States, distinctly pravided tina
the popuotion should be as speedily Al
possible admitted a. q State Of the Union
FonElGN.-A dispatch from Bayoun'
says that engagements take place daily
between the Carlis,s and the Republicans
for the possession of the commanding
: Bilbao it is claimed that the Carlist
have gained some success.
Dispatches from Paris, in relation to
, ministerial crisis. are cou1iriing au'
> contradictory. The Times dispatch say'
that the cabinet intends to give the as
: sembe the option of acceptance of it
+ programme or dissolution
e y ministry has finally been CONSTITUTES
} as follows; Gen. Cissep, Minister Of Wa
= and ' ice. President of the Council Duk
e de Cazes, Minister Of Foreign Affairs
Magnc, Minister of Finance Engen
t Calloux, Minister Of Public Works
Y Louis Grevart, Minister OF Commerce
/ Viscnnnt Dc Cr,nort AIinistnr of p"hli
! instruction Adrien Toilhaud, Miuistc
n Of Justice,
: The names OF the American student
n drowned in Lake Geneva are VIM. Woot
G bury, John and James Crane. The fir;
| named was the sou Of Gen. Woodbury. {
n the Unitdd States army.
+ THE DAM AT MILL R1yER.-.The Sprinl
Y field RepuJlican makes the suhioine
d statement
o 1T appears, on investigation, tn
. there we're two parties among the mani
V facturers aud mil.owuers in the coustru
e, ton OF the fatal reservoir One, a cot
Is sentative body, led by Mr.. Clement
Northampton and the late Gov. iiaydc
Il who wanted much stronger, larger an
f, more expensive dam than the others, vi
es urged an even lighter dam than the OF
Dt that Was built--so that the real wall W
$. SOFT Of compromise, Mr., Dimmock
II Leeds and Mr. Payson Wiliistou
of northampton are represented as the a
es vocates of the thin wall or light dam, al
it would seem, therefore, that it IS
their mistaken judgment hacked by th'
m perseverance, aud influence, ovcrweighii
a, the objections Of the others, that the vi
i' ley is primarily Indebted Tor its gre
ng disaster
II THIEVES ON THE HUDSON RIVER Boa
is The Poughkeepsie Eagle, in referring
ds the recent robbery on the Dean RI
all n,0nd, says:
al The most Of these robbeiies are PERI
k. trated on the through night lines, a
of what is worse, there seems to be no pl
rs lection from them. One plan Of
ri. thieves is to promenade on the outside
he the upper or berth deck, on hot nigh
ly and reaching in the open window steal
mt mans pantaloon's. If the proceeds
he the robbery are heavy the thief genera
DIS puts life preserver on, and when
ull boat reaches narrow part of the riv