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miss dying characters to Heaven, they
hno1c and have been long seeking, than to
commit them as wanderers into II univer-
sal Unknown, in quest of the spirit of
universal Love, which is so distributed
everywhere, that it has no peculiar abode
We may say in conclusion, and, at the
risk of slight repetition, we have new
or met with an American tale with so
much of the dramatic element in it.
The scenes seem to glide along before
the eye, as if the real had an endless
power of sclf-reproduction The work
bears too evident marks Of hasty COM
position Slp-shod sentences come in
and 90 out, much to the shame of her,
who should have seen them ready for
company. We may safely attribute all
this to haste, for there is commendablo
air of neatness about other short sketch
es from the pen of Mrs Stowe, which
have previously fallen under our notice.
We think it much out of taste, and in
unchristian temper, that tho author has
suffered the foot-margin of one of her
pages to be converted into pillory for
the name of Reverend gentleman, now
settled in New York Such things al
ways have recoil to them On the
whole, we cannot forbear to commend
the work 1t was a most difficult thing
to write. and, Notwithstanding our strict
urcs, there is no doubt of its success
j T.. II.
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II Marvel's Portrait.

TX Marvel is decidedly good looking
He is slightly above The average height;
in form inclining to the slender. He is
of graceful, though not commanding
figure His face is full-call it fat, if
YOU willard fair and pale. He e"wears"
his black hair IL Dickens, longish and
iauntily; and his black whiskers, q IL
Buiccr, luxuriant and "dll the way
round.n Imperial and mustache are hap
PLY wanting The finest feature of his
face is that one which is most prominent
in a profile. 1t is large and beautifully
formed He may be twenty-eight, thir
ty-possible. thirty-fve-years of age.
But there is bright, winning, kindly
look in his pale countenancc, that give
him more youthful aspect than he is
entitled to. Distant reader, Tx Marvel
looks very much as you would naturally
expect the author of the "Revcries" to
look,
There is little, very little, but still
littlc-of the dandy in his appearance.
He buttons his dark frock-coat in the
careless mode, by one or two buttons,
which shows his figure to advantage, and
allows his white handkerchief to nestle
in his bosom But he looks like a gen
tleman and like an author; and he is
both-I0me JOnrnat
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The Beautiful in Grounds.

The Horticulturist has an article on
this subject which is worth reading Mr.
Downing sums up as follows:
Prectically-the rules we would de-
duce are the following TO select al
ways, if possible, surface varied by gen
tie curves and undulations If some
thing of this character already exists, it
may often be greatly heightened or i'm
proved at little cost Very often, too.
nearly level surface may, by very trih-
ing addition,-only adding a few inches
in certain points, be raised to character
of positive beauty-by simply following
these hints given by nature.
"When surface is quite level by ma
ture, we must, usually, content ourselves
with trusting to planting and the arrange
ment of walks, buildings, &c, to produce
beauty and variety. and we would al
ways, in such cases, rather expend money
in introducing beautiful vases, statues,
and other works of positive artistic merit,
than to terrace and unmake what char
actcr nature has stamped on the ground
" Positively ugly and forbidding sur
faces of ground may be rendered highly
interesting and beautiful, only by
changing their character entirely, by
planting. Such ground, after this has
been done, becomes only the skeleton Of
the fair outside beauty and verdure that
covers the forbidding original. Some of
the most picturesque ravines and rocky
hill-sides if stripped entirely Of their fol-
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The Loved and Lost.

A lady was riding some years since,
through Connecticut, in her fathers car
riage, when they were brought to a stop
by woman, coming from a cottage, near
which they had passed, and beckoning to
them. Drawing the rein tight and stop
ping his horse, Mr. T. waited her ap-
proach. As she came nearer, her face
appeared intelligent and very attractive,
but melancholy withal, and her eye was
restless and rowing but as she reached
the side of the carriage, and laid her
hand on the window edge, she gazed
with intense earnestness into the face of
the lady and asked, Have you seen
William, any where p
Startling as the proximity of a de-
ranged person manifestly must have
been, the lady had sufficient presence of
mind to assure her that she had not seen
William, and the poor watcher by the
roadside turned away with a sigh
Years had passed, and the incident
was almost forgotten, when few weeks
ago, the same lady, now the wife of a
lawyer in this city, was riding through
Fulton street, in Brooklyn. A loud cry
attracted her attention, and looking at
the sidewalk she saw a woman with
streaming hair and wild eye running
down the street, screaming, willy, Will
ly, Willy" in voice that seemed, as she
described it to be, so unutterably mourn
full and thrilling that it must reach the
ear of him she called, unless that ear
was sealed in the silence of death.
Was it the same person she had met
long ago in Connecticut and had her
poor wandering brain been searching all
these years for the boy she loved, and
searching all in vain ? Who was he, and
where on the broad earth could he keep
himself out of the reach of that wild
love ? She had asked million persons
if they had seen him, and none knew
him She had called him in the forest,
in the crowded city, in the day and in
the night, now hopefully, now mournful-
ly, and always he had answered her not
Or was he, perchance, beyond answer
ing and did the voice reach him in that
land whence he might not reply to her,
however much his soul might yearn to
her ? Mayhap, if so it be, and he strive
hard, ,-mayhap some pleasant evening,
when she sits all alone and murmurs his
name in accents of unchanging affection,
God may grant to him utterance in tones
that will reach her worn old heart, and
then, then how it will spring back
through the lonesome years, and with
tho freshness and beauty of youth and
youthful love 60 forth to meet him Or,
as these lines viii in one day GO further
than she can in thousand, II William
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For the Middlebury Register.
"Uncle Toms Cabin"

10 aVOW oneself 0uiltV of n sncOu1 no
rusal of n new work is in those dororo.
rate days. equivalent to littlc olso tbon
an admission of uuftness to cr;ticisc Il
Inane eeperalitios arc nrcferrcd to die.
eliminating estimates the result Of care
full and indepepdent investioation Rool,s
of fiction are valuable for first ;mnres.
sions. Indeed. in our davs few will bc9r
candid and scrutinizinG y,eaxominotion
However there is this ncril ATTENDING =
searching review of our first impressions
of a book. and the occasion Of them If
upon first reading if proved nndnlv or
even extremely fascinating to rs at = Ia.
ter dav. and perbaps in another mood we
are prone to wreol - LITTLE snite unon i
for betraying MS into what now seams
puerile ecstacy. We are we'll aware of
this danger and write our article in fnlI
view of It. THOUGH we have not rho vonitv
to suppose we shall wholly escone f,ll;ng
into it. TO he frank too we n,cCs, to
err in direction onposite tbe ono in
which most of those who have undertn.
ken to notice Uncle Toms Cabin have
been manifestly tending
Seldom has work of native or;o;r
been greeted with sucb uncou;vocol tn.
kens Of appreciation as thislast and most
considerable one Of Mrs stowe Tho
fftieth thousand is ALREADY rurnin,,
through the press when if IS now hn7
the ninth week since the first conv saw.
the liobt Its publication bos Loon Lry -" !"
all res6ects welI.timed 4 faw montha h.
previous and what the outbor cost unon
the waters would likely have boon s,yopn,, ,H
ed in an angry SURGE She tarr;ed NTH
the white crest had n LITTLE nassod md
then the fruit she gave Them was swent
strongly to the shore II is y dificnIt
and almost thankless task to cr;t;c;so
such A book and in truth wc bovo coon
no comments upon it that made anv nre.
tensions to be critical If has received
little else than wholesale endorsement
on all hands. Mrs. Stowe baying can't.
waited the emotiye sentiments ofLer reod.
ers. has gone uncballeneed throueb all
GRADES of nubI;cot;on Not;oas "
surely. it REQUIRES no little couroge to
face one IS arraved FEELINGS which so ma.
ny pathetic touches have tborouGhIv a
reused, and coolly canvass the merits and
dement's of the work Wbv we have
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-02

THE MERCHANTS CLERK AND THE
PLowBoY-The young man who leaves
the farm-field for the merchants desk or
the lawyers or doctors office, thinking
to dignity or onnoble his toll, makes a
sad mistake He passes, by that step,
from independence to vassalage He
barters natural for an artificial pur-
suit, and he must be the slave of the
caprice of customers and the chicane of
trade, either to support himself or to ac-
quirc a fortune The more artificial
mans pursuit, the moro debasing is it
morally and physically To test it,
contrast the merchants clerk and the
plow-boy The former may have the
most exterior polish, but the latter, UNI
der his rough outside, possesses the tru-
er stamina lie is the freer, franker,
happier, and noblcr man. Would that
young men might judge of the dignity
of labor by its usefulness aud manliness,
rather than by the superficial CLOSES it
wears Therefore, We never see mans
nobility in his kid gloves and toilet a.
dornments, but in that sinewy arm, whose
outlines, browned by the sun, bctoken a
hardy, honest toiler, under whose farm
er's or mechanics vest kingliest heart
may beat.-Hart's MrctariS. Mage
-ire
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s u m m er d ays.

In summer, when the days were long,
We walked together in the wood;
Our heart was light, our step was strong,
Sweet nutterngs were there in our blood
In summer when the days were long.
We straycd from morn till evening came,
We gathered flowers, and wovc us crowns;
We walked mid poppes red as flame,
Or sat upon the yellow downs,
And always wished our life the same
In summer, when the days were long,
We leapt the hcdgerow, crost the brook ;
And still her voice flowed forth in song,
Or else she read some graceful book,
In summer, when the days were long.
And then we sat beneath the trees
With shadows lessening in the noon
And in the sunlight and the breeze
We feasted many a gorgeous June,
While larks were singing DER the leas.
In summer, when the days were long,
On dainty chicken, snow-white bread,
We ftasted, with no grace but song;
Wepluck'd wild Strawberries, ripe and rcd,
In summer when the days were long.
We loved, and yet we knew it not
For loving seemed like breathing, then
We found heaven in every spot,
Saw angels, too, in all good men,
And drcamt Of God in grove and grot
In summer, when the days are long,
Alone | wander, muse alone
| see her not but that old song,
Under the fragrant wind is blown,
In summer, when the days are long.
Alone l wander in the wood
But one fair spirit hears my sighs,
And half | see, so glad and good
The honest daylight of her eyes,
That charmed me under earlier skies.
In summer when the days are long,
| love her rs we loved of old
My heart is light, my step is strong
For love brings back those hours of gold,
In summer when the days are long.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-02
Rules for Health by Scotch Philoso-
pher who has tried them all.

Never drink anything but water.
Never eat anything but oatmeal
Wear the thickest boots.
Walk fifteen miles regularly every
day.
Avoid all excitement consequently
it is best to remain single, for then you
will be free from all household cares and
matrimonial troubles, and you will have
no children to worry you
The same rule applies to smoking, TAX
ing snuff. playing at cards, and arguing
with an Irishman, They are all strong
excitements, which must be rigidly avoid
ed, if you value in the least your health.
By attending carefully to the above
rules, there is every probability that you
may live to hundred years, and that
you will enjoy your hundredth year fully
as much as you did your twenty-frst.-
PURch
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SrRucE GuM-This article is now pro
pared expressly for chewing, and in this
form is extensively used in this country
We have seen it stated that 500 600
worth is annually consumed in the Unit
ed States,which is altogether too much to
expend on so foolish and disgusting an
appetite To be sure. gum-chewing is
not so bad as tobacco-chewing, but very
little can be said in favor of either hab-
it. If our countrymen would chew their
food more,and other substances less, their
jaws and stomach would both gain by
the operation N J.. Farmer
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tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
III. If subscribers order the discontinuance
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send them till all that is due be paid
III. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pers discontinued.
". If subscribers move to other places,
without informing the publisher and the pa
per is sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
TO take paper from the Office, or removing
and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie cvi-
dence of intentional fraud.
VI. A Postmaster neglecting to inform a
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the Office, makes himself liable for his sub
scrption price.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-02

The following, from the Silver Creel
Register, is exceedingly good, of its kind
Be gentle to the ncw-laid egg,
For eggs are brittle things;
They cannot fly until they're hatched,
And have pair of wings
If once you break the tender shell,
The wrong you can't redress
The yolk and white will all run out
And make dreadful mess.
'Tis but little while, at best,
That hens have power to lay
Tomorrow egg may added be-
Although quite fresh to-day.
o let the touch be very light
That takes them from the keg;
There is no hand whose cunning skill
Can mend a broken" egg.
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be any where on earth and his conscience
tells him he is wandering from the love
he owes allegiance to, let him know when
he reads this, that there is ringing
through all the world, now here, now
there, a voice that is calling him mourn
fully, but oh, how lovingly back to arms
that yearn to embrace him.-N Y
JoWr. Of Commerce.
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EQUWocAL- The French excel all
nations in studied cluivoque, but give us
a Yankee for the unintentional kind A
Western New York farmer writes as
follows to a distinguished scientific agri-
culturist, to whom he felt under obliga-
tions for introducing variety of swine
Respected Sir Il went yesterday
to the fair at NJ; found several
pigs of your species there was great
variety of beasts, and | was astonish-
ed at not seeing you there !"
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4 RouNp BLL.-Tom presented his
bill 20 his neighbor Joe, for service rem,
dered. The latter looked it over, and
expressed much surprise at the amount
Why, Tom, it strikes me you have
made out pretty round bill here, eh p
Pm sensible it's round one, quoth
Tom, and have come for the purpose
Of getting it squared &"
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E@ In the streets of Leicester, one
day Dean Swift was accosted by drunk
en- weaver, who, staggering against bis
reverence, said
" | have been spinning i out
" Yes said tho Dean : | see you have,
and now you are reofiHS IL homc r'
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EE 1t is always convenient to bc
able to boast of the quality of your pos
sessions, if You cannot of the quantity
Some one told Zeke the other day that
he didn't know much. +" That muy be-
said Zeke, but what [ do know ~
sooR ''
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Congressional.

WASHINGTON, July 3, 1852.
SENATE In consequence of the absence Of Mr. King
y Nh. Atchison, at his request, took the Chair.
In answer to question, Mr. Felch said that the Com
mittee Public Lands would during the next week. re-
port upon the Homestead bill.
The following bills taken up and ordered to be en-
crossed:
A bill for the relief of Ichabod Weymouth.
bill for the relief of Francis Tibon.
bill for the satisfaction and payment Of Virginia mill
tary land warrants. 20
A bill for the relief Of John Duff.
bill regulating promotions in the engineer and ord
bill liking the time for holding the o. g. courts in
bill amending the charter of the Washington Gas
Company. , z,..
And them after short executive session, the Senate
adjourned
tory Of the postage law of 1851 was postponed until to-
morrow.
Post Roads, reported bill authorizing the Postmaster
General to contract the transportation Of the United
galway in Ireland monthly in rst class steamships
the compensation to exceed ten thousand dollars the
round trip 1t referred to the Committee Of the Whole
, on the state Of the Union.
Mr. Odds from the same committee reported bill de-
carng the bridges the Ohio at wheeling to be law
full structures and post roads, but 1t not disposed Of
before the expiration of the morning hour.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of the Whole
the state Of the Union upon the Deficiency bill, and
considered the Senate's amendment
That appropriatng S265oO for the transportation Of
the United states malls between s and @
rate of S3300 trip created the most interest 1t was
debated under the five minute rule .,o,.o.-..
Mr.. Orr moved an amendment allowing $40 ESQ per trip
for the six additional trps but it was disagreed toyeaa
81, nays76
duco the compensation to $4,000 per trip and pending
its consideration he committee rose.
IT, Bldipgs an, Grounds reported bill masking appro
'giors for pr c buildings and grounds and for othe
NAola on the state of the Union.
The {iouse then adjourned.