The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-02-18
New York Correspondence of the
Register
New Yonk. Feb. II, 1852.

New Yonk. Feb. IL, 1852.
Mn. EpIToR
The Temperance Alliance held
great meeting last night at Triper Hall
From three to five thousand persons were
present, nearly half of whom were la.
dies, although the streets are in hurrld
condition, both for pedestrians and We
hicles. Several cergymen addressed
the meeting, aud exhurted the audience
TO vote for no man for any office. VIII,
was not in favor Of the Maine Liquor
Law.
The friends Of Kossnlh are looking
with good deal Of anxiety, for re.
ply to the letter Of NJ. Szcmere, one
Of his late Cabinet, aud thorough
republican. He brings grave charges
against Kossulh, and, considering their
source, they must be refuled or explained
away, before kossuth can expect much
more money TO be entrusted To his kxeep.
ing, for the future, MD IT The Hungarian
canse.---7ts- Btihyani is known to he,
and avows himself All arstocrat, his let
Ter made little or M impression here
but that Of NJ. Szemtre has created a
profound sensation.
John Van Buren, is generally consid-
cred to have lost caste. az a lawyer OF
the first class, by his bad management
of, and failure in, the Forrest divorce
case. The fact is, that John is too for.d
Of the pleasures Of the table aud their
usual concomitants, to be trusted with
an important suit, or in an important po-
litical office. When on the stump, he is
good, because he has 10 one to reply To
him but before Court or a Jury, he
cuts sorry figure, when opposed to a
man Of facts aud figures, and an "earn-
est man." MS the Tribune people say,
such as Charles O'Conor.
John Van Buren's head is too thick
throug the base. which gives his animal
propensities an undue preponderance
over the moral and intellectual organs.
Even when he takes the stump, it is
more Tor the sake Of ENJOYING the phys
ical excitement of addressing large au>
diences, or for the purpose of gratifying
some selfish purpose, than tor That Of
carrying out II moral conviction, or an
intellectual deduction. O'Conor is Ia
have n service Of plate presented 10 him
by several members Of the New York
bar, " for his generosity aud mastery
defence of Mrs. Forrest"
had no idea, before last Saturday
morning, tina, New York had so mumer-
Gus an underground population. AS |
was passing one Of the markets oh,
served three wagon loi ds of rats carried
off. Heaven only knows where they were
going but there was no mistake al all in
the fact that they came from The sewer.
under the market, and | was informed
that they were all the product OF lwc
hours labor. that morning. was Gu
rlous TO enquire how they were all
caught, and as am known Ia the n0i
GERS of The market to be a scribber foi
the press, they introduced me to Mr.
Henry Il. Costar, Ia whose discoverie:
they told me they were indebted for then
freedom from the inlruders whose car.
cases filled the wagons before me. Ia
answer to question, Mr.. Cuslar inform
ed me that lie had an engagement, JUS
then up town, and asked me Ia 90 witt
him. aud witness his mode of killing
yermln. We Jumped into nm omnibus
and soon arrived at princely mansion
in Uhion Square, which we entered, fol
lowed by Two of Mr.. Cosiar's men VIII,
had come in cart. aud were provi,e,
with large baskets.
The family had taken rooms at tn
New York Hotel, aud the carpets wer
all up. Mr.. Cosiar aud his men ihet
took oil their coats aud welt TO work
III huslness-lIke manner, strewlng owe
the floors Of every room in the house
from the aillcs tn the cellar, a chemlca
preparation. While they were dom
this. | heard great commoton in III
wainscolting of The different rooms, un
der the floors and between the laihs an
plaster. After The whole house an
stairs had been thoroughly visited, W
all ascended 10 the atlics, which we hn
first entered, MIR Costar aud his me
carrying baskets aud clubs. On arriv
ing there, the sight witnessed battle
my descriptive powers. Rats. mice
cockroaches. beetles. bugs. and varel
of manuscript vermin were promiscu
orsly reeliug about the floor, quite drunI
as it were, making all sorts Of nolsei
aud then lying down quietly to die. NJ
3. Costar's preparation has, it seems, III
effect of forcing or rather irressliblY G.
> tracing vermin towards it, when the
: devour it, and death is the inevitable al
: nearly immediate consequence. The
n do not die in their holes, but come OF
and die near the preparation.
The dead rats aud mice were put in,
the baskets, aud those which we're lor
dying were assisted in their labors, |
u clubs. The other vermin we're swe
up into heap in the fireplace. son
iurpentine was thrown over them, az
10 then they were burned up. In one hol
and half, over one thousand rats az
" mice were thus destroyed. about Gig
hundred Of which were in the celia
But it was wonderful TO me TO see Il
n curious and unthought-of places son
Of them came from. Many jumped fro