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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-12-15


New PRINTING Press We saw yes
terday, in operation, at the Office of the
Morning News, a new printing press,
which we think will prove valuable to
the fraternity" and profitable to. the in
vcntors. Mr. Abram Reach, practi-
cal printer, originated the general prin-
ciples of this new press but for impor-
tant aid in giving form and practicability
to his minds model, and bringing out a
good working machine, he is indebted
to Mr.. Charles G. Sargent, one of the
best practical machinists in the country.
This press Quilt for experiment. is
about tue size Of Ruggles largest en-
CINE. Another, of dimensions to print
large newspaper, is soon to be brought
out. This press is very simple in con.
struction, but its main advantage over
any other press we have seen, is its
cheapness 1t can be afforded at less
than two-thirds the present prices of the
Adams presses. 1.-THE larger size works
as successfully as the small model just
put in operation promises to do, the in
vcntors will be able to supply 4 large
class of printers who have hitherto been
excluded from the benefits of power press
os on account Of their great cost We
subjoin brief description of the new
press:
The method Of operating different
from the Adams press is that the nip
pers are rotary. being carried round the
platcn by IA chain gcarcd upon pullies-
there being two pairs, by which means
impressions arc given as fast as the roll.
ers are driven across the farm one way
one nippcr taking in a sheet while the
other is carrying out the first on the
opposite side. The sheet, after being
printed. is carried by the nipper over
fly and thrown off, without any betting
or bellows arrangement. The impress
sions are given by the moving up of the
bed of the press, operated by the com
mon toggle joint, while the lever which
drives up the togglc is shipped" from
one pin or driver in the side of the main
shaft gear, to another on the opposite
side. y stationary friskct keeps the
sheet from dropping upon mixing rollers
The nippcrs are simple clamp fingers, OPP
Grated by spiral wire spring--Lo'rcll
DaiiY Jou, nal
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FIRE.-The dwelling of Mr.. George
X. Bennett, in Montpelier, was nearly
destroyed by fire on Thursday night
last. The house had just been painted,
and the fire, having caught in loose
hay in the barn, spread so rapidly as tc
defy the efforts of the fremen. Mr..
Bennett was insured in the Farmers
Mutual for $3.50 on the house, and
500 on the furniture. Peter Dumas
was a tenant, and lost most of his fur
niture.- Waterman.
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Tell him." said Daniel Webster, but
few hours before he expir ID, tell him
my dying message, that from the I'd No
vember, the wing party, as national
party, will cease to exist. 1t will live
only in history" That prediction seems
to be already verified, and the political
combination of which Mr.. Clay and Mr.
Webster were the illustrious leaders and
ornaments has scarcely survived the ter
mination of their lives. They had fol
lowed in the footsteps of the federalists
who had laid the solid foundations of the
Union aud gave it Il place among nations.
-L0ndon Times.
No Democratic print in this coun
try seems to regard the success of Pierce
with more solid satisfaction than the
great Free Trade organ of England 1t
appears to think the Protoctonist part,
in the United States as thoroughly de
feated as that of England was in the e.
cent parliamentary elections. If Dem
ocrats arc looking forward joyfully and
greedily to the spoils of Office, SO are
the London Times aud the British Free
Traders to golden harvest from the
great field of American trade, unre-
strained by competition, and undiminish
ed by taxation. Hence their mutual
glorifcation at the result of the Prcsi
Dental election.
Mr.. Webster, during his last sickness
may have used the language above at
tributed to him. But how this predic
ton has been verified we do not see
Horace Greeley and his Tribune have
formally withdrawn from the Wing
party, it is true, and pronounced it de-
funet. He may have few followers
We know Of no other " verifcation'' -
and had MiS event been foreseen
by Mr. Webster, we dare say the pros
pect would have appeared to him much
less gloomy. The party may well con-
graduate itself on the open avowal Of
an aposiacy, which, Greeley now admits,
was long since fully consummated in his
own thoughts. For he declares that it
has long been his "settled conviction
that both parties ought to be broken up
Whatever form parties may hereafter
assume, one thing may be set down as Ger
tain A party will always exist based
on the fundamental principles now held
by the Nhig party. That party,
too, will exert a sanitary, conservative
influence 10 the affairs Of the nation No
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the land so entered shall have been, upon
the faith ofthe registers certificate, improve
by the party in interest under said certificate
and that the said land is not claimed by all
verse parties.
Approved, May %, 1852
No. l5.-AH Act 10 rciinquisi 10 the Stats At
Iotcd The Lands rcserred for Sail Springs
MereiH,
BE it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States of A.
mcrica in Congress assembled, That the
twelve Salt Springs, and six sections of land
adjoining or contiguous thereto, the use OF
which was granted to the State of Iowa, by
by the act entitled An act supplemental to
the act for the admission of the States of Iowa
and Florida into the Union approved March
third, eighteen hundred and folty-five shall
be, and the same are hereby granted in fec
simple, to the said State of Iowa, to be dis
posed of, and the proceeds to be applied rs
the Legislature Of that State shall direct
Proridcd, That nothing in this act contained
shall be so construed rs TO interfere with the
rights of their parties And proridcd further,
That if any of the lands which have been sc
lccted by the authorities oftlie State Of Iowa
under tbs act aforesaid, shall have been lc-
gally claimed by presumption or otherwise
the State shall be authorized to select other
lands in lieu thereof
Approved, May ~, 1852.
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FuGIrWE SLAvEs-Judge GniER, in
a late case, decided that the mere ex-
tending to fugitives the common charities
of life does not make persons liable I'M
der the law. As the language he employs
is important, VIC quote it.
1T is too plain for argument that this
act docs not intend to make common
charity a crime, or treat that man gull
ty of an oifense against his neghbor
who merely furnishes food, lodging or
meit to the lu CRY, weary or naked
wandercr. though he be an apprentice or
slave On the contrary it contemplatcs
not only an escape of the slave but the
intention Of his master to reclaim him.
1t points out the mode in which his re-
clamation is to be made, and it is for an
unlawful interference or hindrancc of
this right Of reclamation, secured to the
master by the constitution and laws
that this action is given. The harbor.
ing made criminal by this act then, re-
quires some other ingredient besides a
mere kindness or charity rendered to the
fugitive. The intention or purpose
which accompanies the act must be to
encourage the fugitive in his deserton of
his master, to further his escape and i'm
pede and Illustrate his reclamation -
This act must evince an intention to
elude the vigilance of the master, and
be calculated to obtain the object
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E& The lecture season of the Young
Mems Association was opened on Thurs
day evening. by JONI G. SANE, Esq, by
a poem on Yankee land" The house
was densely crowded at an early hour,
by audience filled with eager expecta-
ton, The Poem was one of the finest
that has been produced by its gifted au-
thor, and its delivery was frequently in
terrupted by applause. 1t was easy and
flowing in its observation-disclosures in its
satire, and its mixture of the beautiful
and the humorous Though it filled
three quarters of an hour, there was a
unive rsal feeling of regret that it was
not much longer.-Ogdensbmrgh Senti-
NIL
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yet comparatively a wilderness filed with
valuable minerals, timber and other
sources of wealth. A railroad through
that country will instantly open it to the
world and bring its vast resources within
scaboard. No one who has not oxamin-
ed the country can form any correct opin-
ion Of its Importance or predict the i'm
mcnsc business that will spring up as
soon a feasible avenue for transpor-
tation passes through or long its bord-
ers. The lumber business alone will form
a very important trade. This has been
the principal business of Clinton Co. for
the last 40 years and yet such are the
timber resources of the county that in
1850 6,267 800 pieces of lumber were
cut in this county The amount cut
during the last and present season was
still greater. How great will that bus
mess be in Essex when railroad, run.
ming direct to the seaboard, penetrates
its, as yet, unexplored forests
The iron business will also afford an.
other source of local freight to this road
The present capacity of FORCES and fur.
aces in Clinton and Essex counties is
$4,000 tons per year. In lSiS the &C
tual make was 10000 tons. With the
present prices of iron railroad would
double the make of lS4S at once largo
portion Of which would seek and pass
over the road. We might mention a
mong other sources of local business
tanneries, cheaply supplied with bark. lash
cries, &c, &c. But our present object
is not to write up these roads, or any
one Of them. We merely refer now tt
the subject that our readers may know
what projects are on foot to connect the
north with scaboald by line of roads OF
the western side of Lake Champlain.
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Congress.

The published proceedings in either
house Of Congress are not yet of mucl
general interest. On Monday, the Sen
ate was called to order by Hon. w II
King. The credentials of Hon. Archi
bald Dixon, ( Whig,) elected by the Leg
slaturo of Kentucky to succeed Mr. Cha,
after the time his resignation was t.
take effect, were presented and gave ris'
to debate, which, with the reading o
the Presidents Message, occupied tn,
rest of the sitting Mr.. Dixon's seat i.
contested by Mr. Merriwether (Dem.)
who was appointed by the Governor OF
Kentucky to serve out the uncxpircd
term of Mr.. Clay, up to the time fixed
for his resignation, in September. What
Democratic Senate may do in the prem
Uses is uncertain. The equity of tho
case is plain-In the House, Mr.. Hall
gave notice of Il bill to organize the
Territory of Platte.
On 7ucSday, the Senate spent the
day chiefly in debating the Kentucky
case, without deciding it. Mr. Clemens
I'VE notice of resolution colfcrring
the rank of brevet Lieut. General on
Major General Winfield Scott. Rev. G.
NJ. Butler( Episcopalian)wa made chap
lain, having received 81 out of 40 votes.
The House referred the Presi>clt S
Message (aftcr long discussion and an
unavailhg attempt Of Mr.. Brooks-yeas
rs, nays 90-to have the Tariff portion
referred to select committec) to the
committee of the whole Mr.. King of
\. Y. made a report exculpating Mr..
Corwin from all blame in the matter of
the Gardiner fraud. Rev. James Gal
laghcr (Prcsbytcrian) was chosen chap
lain
On Ucdncsclay Mr.. Clemens intro
uuCCu MS DIcNtl lSsulullOll-dHu u luT-
thcr debate was had on the Kentucky
contested seat, which question was final
ly deferred until Monday. The House
passed a bill appropriating $4,000 to
pay the messengers for carrying TO
Washington the votes of the electoral
colleges for President and Vice Presi-
dant--tho pay being 25 cts. mile. Mr.
ScudGer announced the death during the
rccess-of his colleague, Hon Grin Fowl
er of Massachusetts. After the custom
airy proceedings, the House adjourned.
On IH"fSclay, the Senate, after some
unimportant business had been transact
ed and an executive session held, adjourn
ed to Monday. In the House, Mr.. Dun
can announced the death of his colleague,
Hon. BENZ Thompson of Massachusetts,
and after eulogies and the Customary
resolutions, the House adjourned.
On Friday (Scnate not in session,
the House, in committee of the whole,
proceeded to refer various parts of the
Presidents message Mr. Brooks mo-
we'd to refer that portion relating to the
tariff and revenues from customs to Sc
lcct committee. The rest of the sitting
was occupied chiefly with discussion of
this motion, and, without coming to
conclusion, the committee rose, and the
House adjourned till Monday.
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szB- The English press notices at
length the election of General Perc
to the Presidency. Their specula-
tons are not, however, very valuable,
though some of them are amusing.
The London Times considers the cleo
ton as indicative of the supremacy of
Free Trade, and rejoices thcreat, but
fears that the foreign policy of the
Democratic party will be much more
dangerous to the peace of the world
than the policy of the Wing rarty
would have been. The Morning
Chronicle shows its knowledge of A.
merican politics, by stating that the
Wings have never elected Presi-
dent since 1910. Mr.. Polk and Gen
eral Taylor are represented as Demo
Gratis, elected by the Democratic party
to the Presidency. The general tone
of the London press is friendly toward
the new President. They expect of
MIN still further development of prac-
teal Free Trade, and from his admin
istration they predict the downfall of
the protective system in this country.
boston Atlas.
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HIRAM PowERs.-Rcv DR.. Smith. of
Marietta College, writes Of Powers. from
Florence as follows Mr.. Powers is a
gentleman As years of age, moderately
stout built, of medium stature, with
strongly marked features, and dark
eye. at once mild and lustrous With
the modesty Of genius, be seemed to
shrink from compliment, and from the
simple straight-forwardness of his man
ner, you are sure, Notwithstanding his
brilliant reputation, that his thoughts
are much more occupied with the crea-
tions of his chiscl, than the fame which
they have securcdn Z HI4
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MAINE LAw-The Providence Jour.
nal states that it is expected that the
decision of the Circuit Court of Rhode
Island, in thequestion involving the con-
stitutonality of the liquor law, will be
given in a few weeks The case may be
decided upon technical grounds, and
without reaching the point of the
constitutionality of the law. The
counsel requested, however, that decis
ion might be rendered upon all thepoints
raised, and it is supposed the court will
comply The contrary decisions of the
Supreme Courts Of Maine and New
Hampshire, the former in favor of the
law, the latter against it, have somewhat
unsettled the public mind, and the opin-
ion of the Circuit Court is looked for
with unusual interest.
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THE JAPANESE EXPEDITION.-The
following statement is said to exhibit
the effective force of the squadron
which is shortly to sail for Japan,
under the command Of Commodore
Perry;
The Vermont with &C guns and 500
men Mississippi, 375 men; Susque.
hanna, $50 men: Princeton, 100 men;
Allegheny, 100 men; Saratoga, -
guns and 100 men; st. Mary's, %
guns and 100 men; Vincennes, %
guns and 100 men ; Macedonian, %
guns and $50 men Porpoise, 1 guns
and 20 men ; Southampton, 1 guns !;
Lexington. 4 guns; and Talbot already
sailed, 4 guns. Total, 206 guns aud
1906 men. The three last named
vessels are storeships. There are to
be added to the ships companies seven
hundred marines, which, with the CON-
'plement Of the storcships, officers, sci
dntlfic corps, and others attached to
the expedition, will make an effectual
force of 1000 men and 430 guns,
mostly heavy ordnance. The steam
ers are each to mount a couple of
Paixhan shell guns of largest calibrc,
an placed on revolving trucks, so as
to sweep the horizon. These guns are
intended to be used for the discharge
of shells 90 and 100 pounds each, and
long 42's, making % guns to each
steamer. Each ship is provided with
two brass "a pound field pieces, to be
used for shells or canister shot.
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ED-Mr. Benton is understood TO
take strong ground against the agita-
tion'by which the fiibustering inAuen'
ces of the country are endeavoring to
plunge it into a war with Spa in, for
reasons growing out of the Havana
difficulty.
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TIE american Wig Rerieio, for De-
cember, has very interesting article on
Daniel Webster with an excellent like
ness] written by Prof G. c. FELTON,, of
Cambridge. 1t has also variety of
other literary and political articles of
value.-Champion Bissell, Publisher,
100 Nassau Street, New York-s3
year in advance Now is good time to
subscribe.
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Many of our readers will remember
that stranger calling himself Man
chester Houghton," stayed at the hotel
in this place for some weeks, year or
two since. lie professed to be an Eng.
fish gentleman of fortune. and, though
strongly suspected by many of our citi-
zcns to be villain, succeeded in gain
ing some crcdenco to his pretences The
following article, from the Boston Conr-
Ter, will show what he is, and where he
is now stopping"
Az EXTRAORDINARY SwINDLER.-
There has been arrested near St Louis,
a man calling himself Houghton, who
had short time before victmized some
wealthy citizens of Bloomington. illinois,
out of $4,000 to 100000, under the
pretencc that he was wealthy English
gentleman, and was about to establish Il
bank there under the new banking law
of the state. a large portion of the pro-
perty has been recovered. He has pur-
sued his business in many places, with
much skill and address for some time.
A number of instances are given of his
swindlng operations. among which is the
following -
H0ughion in Jcrmont "A gentle
man at st. Louis, from Vermont, has
given information of some of lIoughton's
operations about two years since in that
state. He became acquainted with Il
citizen of Burlington, VT. on a steamer
in the st. Lawrence river. and travelled
with him as far as Middlcbury, where he
icrt young lauy, VINO nau peen Piaceu
,ha n'' 1I nan q" w." ,hara far son,a t:a
and was nearly successful in inducing
the daughter of gentleman of Middle
bury to marry num- railing, however,
nv ie'S io' nu'''''s'o,.' VIC 10 ',o 'J''
Enrland he lived in Liph stvle and by
his correspondence with some heavy
dealers in Canada, and elsewhere, waf
peiicveu 10 DC very wealthy "h'c'i inf
to dcs;re to correct He nrocnred thS
endorsement of IA gentleman named Mci
kenzie, on draft payable at Liverpool
ior inc sum OF Souo, "hich was SOFA a'l
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THE LIQUOR LAW CONSTITUTIONAL
In the Police Court, yesterday, ii
the case of Edgar Cummings, whose
liquors were seized some time since
an opinion was delivered upon the OBJ
jections raised to the law by S. d. Par
ker. All the three justices-Rogers
Gushing and Russell-agree as to thu
constitutionality of the law in the
main,-BostOn Courier.
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RETTRED.-George Wilkins Ken
dali, of the New Orleans Picayune, is
about to marry and retire to his vast
sheep raising farms in Texas. Ken
dali has surely seen the world, and a
little more I; is about forty-eight, and
possesses a fortune of 100000.
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HI-Thc stamped envelopes, which
the new postage law requires the de-
partment to place in the hands Of the
postmasters for sale, will be ready in
January.
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Running THE THING INTO THE GROUND.
The coalitionists in Pitts6eld, says
the Springfield Republican, in their ca
gernoss to rake in votes for their ticket,
last week, went after one man who has
been dead and buried these three months
They did not get him-the ground be-
inc frozen.
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JIG The aggregate vote for Hale for
President is about $50 00O The vote
for Van Buren,, the free soil candidate
in 1913. was. in round number ,293 900.
The loss of the Free sellers in this State
alone is about 5000.
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ACCIDENTALLY SHoT-A son of Gid
con NJ Lee, of Chester, aged eight years,
was fatally injured on the 26th ult., by
the accidental discharge of gun which
he was taking down from its place. He
survived but a few hours
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OFThc Green Mountain Culturist
has been disposed of tothe proprietor of
the Journal of Agriculture, Boston,-onc
of the best agricultural papers ever pub
lished We presume the arrangement
will be satisfactory to the subscribers of
the tirstnamed journal
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e The message of Gov. Means, to
the South Carolina Legislature, breathes
strongly of notification. The Governor
thinks the time will soon come when the
South will band together, and form a
Southern Republic.
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EE Punch defines an Austrian Heav-
en- to be kingdom where one can travel
without a passport The sa me Lon
don gentleman says Abd-el-Kader was
shown some precious relics at the Mad
eleine Church in Paris. One of the most
precious was the broken oath of Louis
Napoleon, in a phial of spirits.
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Eve have received the first num-
Der of paper styled The Country Gen
tleman, a weekly journal for the Farm,
the Garden. and the Preside" published
by Luther Tucker, Albany, at 81 a year
in advance. We believe it will be found
a very valuable periodical 1t is print
ed in large octave form, l6 pages to
each number
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e. The New York Tribune has ia
ken formal leave of the Wing party. and
now assumes an independent" position.
Mr. Greeley We think, was tolcrably in
dependent before.
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EXHIBITION

OF THE
Vermont State Agricultural Society
for 1853.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the
Board of Directors will meet at the
Addison House, Middlebury, on the
third Tuesday of January 1858, at
six O'Clock p. NJ, for the purpose Of
arranging schedules Of Premiums, and
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EA If all the money spent III Eng
land for intoxicating liquors,were dcvot-
ed to the payment of her immense debt
for fourteen years. the entire sum-four
billions of dollars-would be cancelled.
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The total vote of Maine for
President, on the I'd ult., falls $4,000
short of the vote for Governor, in Sep
TENDER, when the Maine law was the
question at issue.
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S%-"M Mark Sutherland. in the Ma
tional Era, is written by Mrs. South
worth, and not by Mrs. Stowe, as has
been stated
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EEWe learn from the spiritual
rappers" that Napoleon and Wellington
agree no better now than when in this
world
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HB~It is good idea, that of Mr..
Pierce's Boston friends, getting him a
carriage to ride in on the day of his
Inauguration.