The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-08-06

cry. $500 in steel works, 48 900 in ship
building, and about 200, 900 In various
branches of iron and steel manufac-
ture, making about SIC, 200 in all. The
mining population is about $50, 900, and
the laborers in cotton mills about
600,C0U
An incident which occurred recently
in Paris shows with what aversion COM
pulsory military service is regarded by
industrial classes in France. A young
seller of sponges, aged twenty-one,
shot himself with revolver in prefer
ence to taking his turn of military SER
vice according TO law. Death was in
stantaneous.
Sherrard Clemens. who died in St
Louis hospital short time ago, was a
notable figure in the politics of twenty
years ago. He represented Virginia
district in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty
sixth Congresses and was one of the
most promising orators of his day. In
1856 he fought a duel with o. Jennings
Wise, son of Henry A. Wise, receiving
a wound that lamed him for life. Wise,
who was also man of brilliant talents.
edited the Richmond Enquirer, lived to
Roanoke island. Clemens never for
gave himself for his part in the duel,
being at heart opposed to that method
of settling disputes. The last years oj
his life were passed in obscurity.
Tristan d'Acunha is the name OF o
small group of islands lying midway be-
tween South America and the African
coast. Two years ago the ship Mabel
Clark was wrecked on one of these
islands, and the crew kindly rescued by
the islanders, for which noble conduct
they received suitable reward from
the United States government. These
islanders are estimated at 100 in num-
her, mostly defendants ofone Hayes, an
English corporal, and one of garrison
placed there by Great Britain while
Napoleon was n prisoner Mt st. Helena.
There have been but four deaths there
in thirteen years, says the Foreign Mis-
sio,sary, and no death in infancy has
ever been known on the island, even
though no vermifuge or soothing syrup
was ever known to those mothers and
nurses. The greatest want felt there is
that OF missionary or some clergyman,
whose services are much desired, and
for whom not few woulG-be brides
anu lC tnAtOuSlJ WuhilHp-
The Argentine Republic, in which
civil war is reported to have broken
out, is n confederation OF the Rio de Ia
Plata, fourteen states or provinces con-
tanning population in 1870 of about
100000. Its area is some 543, 600
square miles, and it is situated between
Bolivia on the north and Patagonia on
the south, the latter country being
claimed rs part of its possessions
There are in the Republic about 200,-
600 foreigners-Americans, Italians.
Spaniards, French, English, Swiss and
Germans. Except the Andes, in the
west, and other mountainous ranges
in the northwest, the whole region is
composed of vast plains, covered alter
nately with rich pasturage and huge
thistles. The climates both temperate
and tropical. AS agriculture is very
backward, less than l-l,000 of the soil
being under cultivation, rearing live
stock is the chief employment of the
people. Millions of cattle Craze on the
plains, along with great herds of mules
aud horses. Mines of rock salt, which
plentifully incrusts the broad levels, are
ofmuch benefit to the roaming beasts.
The name, River of Silver, is misno-
mer, though silver, with gold, copper,
sulphur and coal, is found to a moderate
extent near the Andes. Very little
mining has yet been done.