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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

UTAH TERRIToRY.-The St. Louis
Republican announces the departure
from that City for Council Bluffs, of a
number Of gentlemen connected with
the Territorial Government OF Utah, and
the Indian Department in that quarter,
several persons engaged in the commerce
of the Salt Lake Valley, together with
Elder Pratt and a number of Mormons,
aud says:
The overland emigration to California
this season will be small, but the num-
her going out to Utah, Oregon and New
Mexico will be considerable. The Lars
gest portion will 90 to the Salt Lake.
The great rush to that quarter is not
confined TO members of the Church of
Latter Day Saints, but embraces men of
various pursuits and professions. The
time is near when the whole valley of the
Salt Lake and base of the Rocky Noun
tains will be closely settled by white men.
Notwithstanding all that is said of the
ruggedness and b%arrenness of much of
that country, a population is pouring
into it, the extent OF which no one not
familiar with, or informed in regard To
it,, would believe, and which, in a few
years, by its W. aggregation, II unaided
bl continuous accessions, would neces-
sarily spread over an immense territory.
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COMBUSTION OF Oxygen IN THE AT
MosPnERE.-Mr. Paine, who claims tn
have invented a method of producing
light and heat by the combustion of wa
ter, not satisfied with this discovery, has
hi, upon a still cheaper and more album
dant fuel. The Worcester Spy oil Tues-
day says: Although the patent of the
lily ro-Electric Light has been secured,
MIR. Paine has moi RENTED his invests
cations, and at last has discovered a
process Of catalizing the oxygen Of the
atmosphere, and rendering it high
" luminilerous at mere nominal ex-
pense, without the cost Of machinery, or
any other apparatus than an air receiver,
capable of holding common air. We
saw il in operation last evening in our
office, examined it infinitely, catalized
the oxygen %ourseIf, and read by the light
SO produced, which is equal, if not su>
perior, To the hest gas burned in the
cities. The flame is peculiarly white
and brilliant, burns with a clear. steady
light, is entirely inodorous, and during
the half hour that we watched its upe.
ration, we could see no consumption Of
the catalizing metal. The whole appa-
ratus which we saw could not have cost
more than couple of dollars, aud it was
capable of furnishing all the light need.
ed for the illumination of an ordinary
sized room"
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False Rumors.

The Washington Republic very empha,-
ically denies the rumor which have been
sci on fool respecting Mr.. Secretary Cor
win having an interest in n claim how be-
fore The Treasury Department, and aIso the
allie gation that some GOODNESS had crept in
between the President and Secretary OF
Siutc. II says:
There is one Florida claim for an incon-
siderable amount nov pending befurc the
Treasury Department, alleged 10 grow out
of the treaty Of 1924. The question in.
volved in this case. and in others which look
10 this for the establishment OF a precedent.
is whether under the law and practice oil
nations the claimania are entitled 10 DANA
ges for the detention Of their dues; and the
lowest measure of damages is alleged 10
be The legal intere.t Of the country.
Mr.. Corwin, before he became a mem
Der oil the Cabinet, had given an opinion
rs counsel on this question; but he has no
interest, direct or indirect, positive or con-
ingent, Of any name or nature, in lis settle
ment. This we are authorized TO say. We
will add that, from feelings Of deiicacy in
The premises, and to remove the most re-
mote suspicion ofany improper bias in this
adjudication, The whole subject during the
illness of MIR. Corwin was referred, a. his
request, to the Secretary Of the Navy, who
has taken on the point the opinion Of the
Attorney General. We are entirely salts
fed that the connection Of Mr.. Corwin with
this matter, will be found one that in every
point OF view will " bear the light"
Other articles have appeared in Norlh>
ern journals alleging thai jealousies and
il-feeling were growing up between the
President and the Secretary or State; and
that the resignation Of Mr.. Webster has
been openly called for and talked about.
1t has been rumored in print that other
Cabinet changes were in contemplation, il
consequence Of this state Of feeling; and
that Mr., Fillmore even took occasion 10 in
timaie 10 Mr.. Webster that he did not ap-
prove of his recent visit 10 The North OH the
ground Of Ito being a political tour. 1t has
even been alleged that Mr.. Fillmore was
disposed 10 recede from The Union platform,
and is ialtering in his Onion policy.
We are auIhorized to state thai all ofthe
above rumoTs, anJ all other rumors Of a
similar Lenor. or designed 10 convey SINH
lar impressions, are not only entirely false
in laci aud in inference, but that they are
all destitute ofihe least foundation in truth
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" The Union of Wings for the sake of the
Uuion.n

A1
|, is with unfeigned satisfaction that we
notice signs Of returning harmony and good
feeling in the Wing party. There has
not been any real difference of political
sentiment ,otwarrant the bitter sirile tina,
has been raging among The Wings 81 New
York aud Massachusetts, the past eight or
nine months, Personal jealousies and RI
%valries, those curses OF large commercial
cities, have been at The bottom Of political
troubles in those States; and tie attempt
of two or three Wing papers in Vermont
TO Introduce them here, has been most un>
fortunate. But now that the skies are
Frightening over The heads OF New York
and Massachusetts " higs-now that po-
lilical brethren there have discovered that
they have heen misunderstood and misrep-
resented, we hope the papers alluded 10 in
this State, and those who synpntliise with
them, willact more in unison With this i'm
proved stale Of feeling. The unwarraut-
able conduct Of Locoloco members Of the
New York Senate has had It's proper in
hucnce towards the restoration Of harmony
lhere-it has reminded the recently discor-
dant Wings Of an enemy they have in times
past been wontto umIcdly contehd against.
The ton Of the Wing press in New York
has decidedly improved, and the omens are
suspicious for the future,
Ia Massachusetts, the thick gathering
clouds have suddenly disappeared, and a
bright clear sky now spans the Old Bay
State" The recent excitement in Boston,
the ianatiral appeals 10 arms and blood
TO resist the execution of the laws,
have not becn without their influence.
Among the favorable signs in Massachu-
sets, we may instance The very recently
impro, ed tone Of The Boston Atlas. Speak
ing Of the fugitive slave law, thai paper
says:- HtndSor Journal
mi .,,.
800" "u "a'"s 'n's 1tr'1, d :
.o"s "e o.au P".".e' s"s" .nt &c ,aW'
W., Nv e 80, tneaiLtn we o'''e is
n. ~ |" "San',. .o'..u.e 'esis'"oce or
'" ,,i, o,on"a ""1 '";a res's'anee are
norsons h mo- 80 E.",g u
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

DAGUERREoTYPEs OF THE Moon
W. have had The pleasure of examining
several beautiful daguerreoiype likeness
es of the moon, recently taken by Mr..
J. A. Whipple Of Boston, under the di-
reclion Of Mr.. Bond, of the Observatory.
The daguerreotypes are very perfect, ex-
hibning with much disiinctness the ine>
qualities and striking peculiariies of the
moons surface, and affordlng one an adj
mirable idea Of the appearance of the
moon when seen through a powerful tel-
Escape. The great Equatorial inslru-
meni, at the Cambridge Observatory,
was used in obtaining these pictures ;
aud Mr.. Whipple aud his assistants de-
serve much credit for the admirable man.
ner in which they performed their work
which has cost them much labor and
trouble.-Bosfon Traveller.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

The YANKEES WANTED.-It appears by
the following paragraph from the Woonsock-
Ell Patriot, that some enterprlsing Yankee
will make an honest penny out of the nulli-
flying and seeding temper Of South Caro-
lima. With all The preparations for indepen-
dence, South Carolina cannot manufacture
her own arms, but is compelled 10 60 to the
very State of which she most complains.
ARMS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. - Our
readers are aware that the State of South
Carolina recently appropriated $500. 900 for
fire arms, for defence against Northern ag-
gressions." A friend informs US that Messrs.
Waters, of Millbury, Mass, have obtain ed
the contr act for the small arms, to number
as follows, viz 5000 muskeis, 5000 rifles,
and 1000 pistols. The field artillery are 10
be made in South Carolina, and the author
tiles were verv anxious that Messrs. Waters
should manufacture the small arms there al.
90 but this could not be and get the arms
completed within the time allotted by the
contract.
Messrs. Waters, however, have contracted
TO establish an armory in South Carolina af-
ter the completion of this order.
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Proclamation Of the President Of the
United States.

Whereas there isreason to believe that
a military expedition is about TO be fitted
out in the United States, with the inlen-
ton 10 invade the Island of Cuba, n col
ony of Spain, with which this country is
at peace, and whereas it is believed that
this expedition is insiigated and set on
foot by foreigners, who dare 10 make our
shores the scene Of their guilty aud hos
tile preparations against a friendly pow
err, and seek by fdlsehood and misrepre-
senialion TO seduce u own citizens,
and especially the young and inconside>
rate, into their wicked schemes-an un-
grateful return for the benefits conferred
upon them by this people, in permitting
them TO make our country an asylum
from oppression aud in fragrant abuse OF
the hospitality thus extended to them
and whereas such expeditions can only
be regarded as adventures for plumber
and robbery, and must meet The condem-
nation Of the civilized world, whilst they
are derogaiory 10 the character Of our
country, in violation OF, and expressly
prohibited by our laws-our statutes de-
claring that if any person shall. within
the territory of. OF jurisdiction of the
United States. begin. or set on foot, OF
promote. or prepare the means for an,
military expedition or enterprise, 10 be
carried on. from thence, against the ter
rilory or domain Of any foreign Prince
or State, or OF any colony. district ol
people, with whom the United States ar.
at peace, every person so offending shal
he deemed guilty Of a high misdemean
or. and shall be fined not exceedin!
$4,000, and imprisoned not more thai
three years.
Now. therefore, l have issued hi
my proclamation. warning all person
vino shall connect themselves with an,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

tr The IVatchmdn wishes US to state
" kotc the question Of the constitntionaliiy of
II law is to be decided by the proper au-
ihority,' until either the State or an individ-
ual refuses TO obey."-Our meaning was, that
Judge McLean's opinion was not intended
TO authorize disobedience to law, simply OH
the opinion of an individual or a community
that it is unconstitutional. We are legally
bound to obey, in spite of our private opin-
ion-and if we choose to run the risk of dis.
obedience, we cannot be absolved from the
penalty, without a JUDICIAL decision that
the law is unconstitutional On no other
terms, as we conceive, can a law be are
sisted"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

ca When FOURIER, after having foretold
brate the victories of science and industry.
and knit the bonds OF universal amity. lay
upon the lonely death-bed of poverty and
disappointment, he little knew that two
decades would not pass before the crow Of
England would not only concoct but would
personally adm contamination ofthc Worlds
Fair. The world have been invited. All
nations and kindreds Of The earth here as
semble, to pay homage to labor. Side by
side stand Turk and Christian, Radical and
Royalist, he gay Frenchman and the rig
id Puritan. While all the parade and show
is being made in the city of London, the
assembled multitude little think that in
the quiet village of M%iddlebury, lives a man
who is this day bending all his energies to
relieve the dozen -trodden and bring peace
and quietuess to all who wish 10 be benefit
ted by his labors. This man is HARRI-
SON WHITE, who is manufacturing a patent
article to dry clothes after they are washed.
We will name it The Universal Peace Res
forator. or Patent clothes line. 1t works TO
a charm-ocoupies a small space, and is so
constructed that the clio hes will not whip
and wear rs in The ordinary manner of dry
ing. The price OF the whole apparatus Is
from two to three dollars. I.
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Massachusetts abolitionized. - Proci.
deRce Journal.

ANTr-RENT MURDER Down EAsr.-
MIR. John Cousins, of Belfast, Me-, who
recently returned from California, had
purchased a farm in Monroe, and went
with officers TO take possession of it on
the goth of April, when the occupants,
an old man named Jewell and his son.
resisted, and Mr.. Cousins was shot dead
from a window of the house. Gen.
Cunningham, the deputy sheriff, then
procured a larger party, aud proceeded
To the house TO arrest the Jewels. They
at first prepared to resist, but, upon the
sheriff threatening TO fire upon them,
came out and surrendered, and we're
taken 10 jail. The Jewels are said to
be very bad men. Mr.. Cousins had been
married but a few days. The farm for
merly belonged to William Sullivan, of
Boston .-Bosfon Post.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

The AMERICAN FLAG UPON THE
RUINS OF NINEvEH.-Among The pas
sengers who recently left New York in
the steamer Baltic, for Liverpool, was
Lucius G. Duncan, Esq. of New Or
leans, and a graduate If Yale College.
He has now started on a tour through
the Eastern World, and intends not to
stop until he shall have made his way to
the ruins of Thebes and the pyramids.
Mr.. Duncan carries with him a minia-
ture flag of the United States, made of
costly materials, and also a flag staff,
which was recently cut by President Fill
more. al Mount Vernon, within fifty feet
of the grave of Washington. The staff
was presented by Gen. Scat to Mr.. Dun
can. who has had it neatly arranged in
sections, after the manner OF the fisher
mans rod, aud placed in a very conven-
lent portable case. ready for the pur-
poses to which it is destined IN the SER
vice of the stars and stripes. Mr.. Dun
can means to plant this staff bearing up
on il the costly aud beautiful flag alluded
to above, upon The walls of Nineveh.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

such enterprise or expedition, in viola-
ton OF our laws and national obligations,
that they will thereby subject themselves
to the heavy penalties denounced against
such offenders, aud will forfeit their
claim TO the protection of this Govern
menl or any interference in their behalf,
no matter TO what extremity they may
be reduced in consequence Of their ille-
gal conduct aud therefore | expect all
good citizens, as they regard our ma
tional reputation, as they respect their
own laws aud the laws of nations, as
they value the blessings of peace and the
welfare of their country, to ~discounten-
ance and by all lawful mean prevent any
such enterprise. And | call upon every
officer of this Government, civil and
military, TO use all efforts in his power
TO arrest for trial and punishment every
such offender against the laws of the
country.
Given under my hand the twenty-fhh
day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
one.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
w. S. DgRRiCK,
Acting Secretary Of State.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

CONFLICT WITT RUNAwAY SLAVES
Baltimore. april 2S.-We have by The
SouIhen mai tonight papers from New
Orleans to the 22d inst, aud dates from
Galveston 10 the 18th. The Galveston CT
viliar states that McCulloch's company of
Mounted Rangers overlook, OH the 18th
inst, a gang of runaway negroes near the
river Nuces, on their way to Mexico. The
negroes were challenged by the Rangers
10 surrender, but refused, and in return
opened a fire upon the Rangers, lilline two
and wGunding a third very badly. A gen.
cral engagement then ensued, in which all
lbe negroes were killed. Their number is
not mentioned.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

ED' The Burlington Free Press under,
takes to pervert our qualified endorsement
Of its series Of vaccinations respecting the
future course of Senator Foot, into an insin-
ualion of suspicion against his nationality as
a Wing. OF course the Editor knew that
our doubts had reference to that part OF
his " testimonial which undertook to pledge
the Senator to a : repeal" agitation. With
out contesting the prolectorate of Mr. Fooi's
conscience with tho Free Press, we may say
that we do know him 10 be one of the true
Wings of the Union, who would sooner cut
of his right hand than raise il against such
u Wing Administration as the present, or
lend it 10 the work of undermining, never
so covertly, in any particular, the authority
of the Law aud Constitution Rutland I'm
ion IVhig.
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Several ladies appeared in our streets
yesterday with dresses of a very laconic
pattern, and pantaloons a la Turk. The
new style looks decidedly tidy and neat,
and imparts to the wearer quite a spright-
ly and youthful appearance"
Upon this the Boston Bost, which, as
every body knows, is one of those ultra
conservative papers that have no regard
for woman's rights" or any Other kind
OF progress, says:
eff a gentleman should meet "A lady
dressed as above, would it be an act OF
pellteness TO offer her a cigarl We
think it would. Quere-if this new
practice prevails, what are to become OF
the side.saddles T.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

= JENNY LIND INCoG.-Jenny Lind.
during her s%ojourn in this city, has no'
led the secluded life that has been sup.
posed. While the curious multitude
have imagined the nightingale as being
Gagged all day long in her magnificent
suite OF rooms at the Burnel House, and
as coming out only in the evenings to
charm the assembled throngs at the Ma.
%tional, she herself has been roaming un.
recognised about the city, visiting the
shops, and improving the whole time.
busily. in witnessing every thing we have
that is worth seeing. Many Il %shopkeep-
er, who would have given no small sum
for the pleasure of meeting her, has un-
knowingly held a shopping hte-a.tefe
with her over a piece of goods, and The
crowds who have stood for hours at the
doors of the Burnet House, in the hope
of catching a glimpse Of her as she pass
ed to her carriage, have seen her come
in and 90 out without the least suspicion
Of who or what she was.-C Cincinnati
Chronicle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

ONLY S25 FoR a HOMESTEAD. hr.
Charles Wood, recently proprietor OF the
village Of Hermannyille, on Long Island. to
supply the demands for his lands. has lad
of an additional number of lots, equal IN
size and quality. and adjoining those recent
W disposed OF at that place, which are TO be
sold and divided among the purchasers IN
the same manner. These lands are OF a
good auality-water and wood are abundant
and thew lie directly on the Long Island
Railroad, fifty miles from New York. Ron
konkoma Lake, with abundance of fish and
beautiful transparent water, is one mile 10
the north Great South Bay, with its clans,
oysters and sea fish is four miles to the south !;
while Lakeland, a village recently started,
where many handsome buildings are already
erected, immediately adjoins Hermann"
Vile is therefore a desirable point for the
eye of the capitalist, the gentleman, or the
mechanic, wishing a country residence TO
rest on. We invite their attention to il, and
TO Mr.. Woods advertisement in another
column. eow5l. 3m.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

A BLUE>STooKlNG A~TnkIsT.-It seems
that Miss Martineau has gone over TO A,he-
ism, body and soul. She has svamped her
intellect in the troubled waters Of meta,
physics, and now insists that these is no
God!
The Boston Transcript gives some extracts
from her latest, land it is to be hoped her
lasl work, entitled "Letters on the laws Of
Mans Nature and Development" We are
wrong, however, in ascribing the blasphe-
nous book to Miss NJ. alone, as she has
been aided in her denial of the existence of
a Supreme Being by her fellow in the bonds
Of Atheism, Henry George Atkinson, +. G.,
S.. This work has not yet been republished
in this country, and we trust never will be.
Miss Martineau's soul appears to have been
debauched by her God.forsaken companion.
and the pair of them have produced a vol.
nme TO which the most Infamous of Paul de-
Rocks novels is an innocent and harmless
publication .-New Haven Palladium.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-05-07

Bounty LAND CLAIMS Certain
statements are going the rounds in the
journals, which, W e are authorized to say,
from an official source, do not correctly
represent the action of the Pension Or
fee on the bount, land claims under the
act Of September, 1850. 1t is true, tina,
the applications already received exceed
one hundred thousand in number. and
are increasing al the rate of five humid
red Il day but. so far from the claims
themselves being permitted to slumber,
they are subjected from their first recep>
ton to a rapid process of classification
and arrangement, which, though to SUI
perflcial observers II may appear tedious
and unnecessary, Is essential 80 guard
against error and cnnfn>Iun. and actual.
ly conduces to dispatch. There are
now nearly three hundred warrants il
suing daily, and mears ere " constant
exercise "a swell the humber To four
hundred and upward. Nearly fifteen
thousand warrants have been issued to
various paris vt the country since the
plates were FIRST received from the en-
gravers.-RepubHc.
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BLIss's COMPOUND COD LIVER
OIL ANDY

What good article ever was introduced
that did not find imitalors was not counter
feited? Perhaps the highest compliment
ever paid to DIR. Bliss are the numerous
counierfeits Of his Candy. All these coun
%terleits protesting TO cure coughs, colds. con-
sumption. &c, are mere professions Not
so is il with the genuine article IL does all
its manufacturer claims for il, and even
more. We wish we could reach every ham
lot in the land, with our recommendations
of it, great utility. and with caution against
the spurious articles.
For sale by b. X BLISS. Druggist. Spring
field. Mass. Price 25 cents per package
Also by SIpNsY MooDr, Middisoury
F. Huntington, Vergennes' l. pa"'
Rutland. 80"
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Ca The June number of THE LADIES'
NATIONAL MAGAZINE is before US, with its
usual amount of choice reading, and plates
The Publisher of this Work says
GAS the subscriptions of many per ons ex-
pire with this number, we call their atten.
ton to the fact that the July number will be
issued by1he first Of June, before which time
they will please remit, if they wish TO re-
new. At The first of July The postage of hi,
Magasihe aeiN be only a cent and a halt,
which, with the premiums we offer, will pre-
sent inducements to subscribe, riM uAich no
Other Magazine can compete"
$500 a year. c. j. Peterson, Publisher,
Philadelphia.