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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-06-30
The State Convention.


Our State Convention, il will be seen
from the Official call, meets at Burlington,
on Wednesday neat, July 9TH. 1t is
desirable that every county in the State
should be well represented We call up
on the chairmen of the several Town
Committees Of this county "a list of
which will be found in another column)
to sec that meetings are called, and del
egatcs to the State Convention appoint
ed, in each of their towns respectively
The place of holding the convention is
very convenient,to people residing in this
county. The expense of going and re-
turning from this place. will be only
one dollar-and from Vcrgennes and sta
tons north, of course, still less.
Wings Of Old Addison let us COM
mence this campaign in earnest What
if the National Convention has not given
us the Presidential candidate we wishcdl
we are Wings still and must stand
firmly by our colors,--relaxing no cner.
gy and % batting not jot of heart or
hope"
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Railroads North and East. b

AT Rouse's Point, the eastern terminus
of the Northern Railroad, a railroad
about 40 miles in length connects with
Montreala and two pleasant popular routes
are offered to the traveller 80 Boston
A line of fine steamers runs into Bur
lington, a flourishing town on lake Cham
plain. Here the Rutland and Burling-
ton railway extends to Bellows Falls, on
the Connecticut river, a distance of 100
miles 1t was opened through. January
LIST, 1850 Cost s3,455.256. Income
for the year 1851. s350,O0O This rail
way passes through scenery Of unrivallcd
beauty, and is the direct route to many
of the old standard places Of interest
1t oerleaps the barriers of the Green
Mountains. and opens a country rich in
agricultural productions-of countless
flocks, inexhaustible iron ore and marble
quarries, to the markets and enterprise
of Boston, through the F.tcbburg, or
West North Western Line This line,
with the branch railroads worked by the
Fitchburg company, comprises l65l milcs
of Railway Total cost, sI0024,643.
Income in 1850 s937,6l6
The other route is by the Vermont
Central Railroad from Burlington to
Windsor, a distauceo of ll7milcs. costing
for track and equipments sj,77S.96i.
twas opened through January LIST, 1850
The traveller has the choice of steamer
or the Vermont and Canada Railroad
from Rousc's Point to Burlington BY
steamer, he stops over night at Burliug-
ton: if BY railroad he sleeps at North6cld
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ton. John Van Buren, intends to stump
New York, for Pierce and King for
which service, If these gentlemen are
elected, he will probably be appointed
Attorney General of the United States.
In view of this bargain, the old fox of
Undertook will keep quiet and we
shall hear nothing more of frcc-soil from
Mat quarter for fear of spelling the pros
poets of Prince John. .I.rI
The news from California is satisfacto-
r.. Quartz mining is destined to be-
come the business of the State, and in
vestments are eagerly sought for irgood
companies The claims" in and a.
round Grass Valley are generally CONGO
ded to be the most Immediately produc-
tive. and to promise better future results
than those in any other portion of the
State The best paying claims at
present worked are those of the Quartz
Mining Company, formerly owned by
Mr.. Crosset of Boston, and Mr.. Cook Of
Nantucket. These gentlemen threw
their claims together, got up COM
pany, and commenced to crush the quartz
rock under many inconvenience but,
notwithstanding this. they have SO man
aged it, that the stockholders already
receive ten per cent month on their in
vestments. Of course, such stock is
not purchnsable at any price
The land on which the entire city Of
Kingston, in Upper Canada, now stands
was sold by discharged British soldier
for bottle of rum He had received it
as land warrant for services. This is
no fight of fancy, as the archives of that
city will prove to any one who will take
the trouble to examine them The i'm
mense increase in the value of that prop
erty could not, however, have been FORE
seen. But, l think that a person Of
even ordinary sagacity cannot fail to
perceive that immense fortunes must DO
made out of gold mining in California.
This business has this advantage over all
others-there is no difficulty about dis
posing of the dust" when it is once got.
Many New orkers have made snug lit
tie fortunes already, by investments in
these companies. Greeley of the 7rit-
unc is doing little something in quiet
way. He is the treasurer Of new COM
pany called the " Manhattan Company
that has an Office at 205 Broadway. 1t
has any quantity of "claims " in Grass
Valley, and its shares are going off like
hot cakes. Yours truly, o.
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discharged its entire duty to itself, to
the party it represents, and to the coun-
try at large, if 1t should adjourn without
an expression of its profound regret at
the irreparablc bereavement the nation
is likely soon to sustain in the loss of
Henry Clay, the illustrious founder of
our party, whose consistency to his prin-
ciples, fidelity to his friends, devotion to
his country, whose enlarged and bound
less patriotism, and whose pre-eminent
and unrequited services have not only
erdearcd him to his party and secured
the respect and confidence of the nation,
but have commanded the admiration of
the world.
RcsOirca, That to the venerable pa
triot in his last moments we tender the
language of our inexpressiblc sympathy
and regard with the assurance that when
he may be no more on earth in our
hearts, and in the hearts of our children,
he will never die"
Resolecd That WILLARD FILLMORE,
President of the United States. deserves
our hearty and enthusiastic gratitude for
the truly constitutional and patriotic
principles upon which he has administer
ed the Government, and the Wings of
the United States will ever look upon
his A administration as one of the most
successful and patriotic in our history"
ReSolUcd. That second, and only
second, to the illustrious Clay, in the es-
timaton of the Wings of Louisiana and
of the Union of the United States, in
his connection with the past struggles of
their party and with the Compromise
WEBSTER, whose fame fills the Union /;
whose patriotism embraces the length and
breadth of the land whose pure self-de-
votion on recent memorable occasion
proved that he knew no North, no South,
and who will at all times be named with
praise in every land and on every sea in
which the banner of the Union may be
uufurled."
WIG NATIONAL. COMMITTEE.
A proposition was made to hold the
next National Convention at Louisville,
Ky, but was rejected, and the time and
place referred to the following COM
mittee:
Chairman, s. F. Vinton. of Ohio !;
Maine, VIM. p. Fessenden; New Hamp-
shire, Aaron f. Stevens Vermont, Geo
T. Hodges ; Massachusetts. Hon. f..
Lincoln. Jr.; Rhode Island, Robt. B.
Francis; Connecticut, A. G. Hazard
New York. Simeon Draper New Jer-
sey, VIM n Wood: Pennsylvania, A
G. Curtis; Delaware, John NJ. Clayton;
Maryland, Hon. Alex Evans; Virginia,
VIM. H. Mcfarland; North Carolina,
II. W. Miller; South Carolina, George
s. Bryan; Georgia, Seaton Grant
land Alabama, Colonel j. Daring
ton Mississippi, William A. Lake
louisiana, j. G. Seymour Ohio, William
I. Bascom: Kentucky, James Harlan !;
Tennessee, George + Zollicoffer India
na j. d. Dcfrees; Illinois. Abram Lin
coin; Missouri, A. b. Chambers Ar
kansas, General Thomas James Michi-
gan, j. NJ. Edwards; Florida, b. f
Allen; Texas, Colonel James Riley
Iowa, s. NJ. Ballard Wisconsin, iona
than f. Arnold California, Colonel r.
Fl. Taylor.
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about to pitch my tent near some suspi-
cious looking holes, but | had it removed
TO clear open space not far distant In
the morning, as Achmet was about roll
ing up my mattress, he suddenly let it
drop and rushed out of the tent, cxclaim-
ing " Oh master. come out, come out !
There is great snake in your bed 7"
looked, and true enough, there was an
ugly spotted reptile coiled up in the
straw mating The men heard the a.
iarm, and my servant Ali Immediately
came running up with a club. AS he
was afraid to enter the tent he threw it
to me, and with one blow put the snake
beyond the power of doing harm. 1t
was not more than two feet long but
thick and club-shaped, with back COW
cred with green brown and yellow scales,
very hard and bright. The Arabs, who
by this time came to the rescue, said it
was q most venomous creature, its bite
causing instant death "Allah kercen p'
(God is merciful } exclaimed, and they
all heartily responded, "God be praised p'
They said the occurrence denoted long
life to me. Although no birds were to
be seen at the time, not ten minutes had
elapsed before two large crows appeared
and alighted near the snake. They walk
ed around it at distance, occasionally
exchanging glances and turning up their
heads in a shrewd manner, which plainly
said, " No you don't, old fellow want
TO make us believe you're dead do you ?"
They bantered each other to take hold
of it first, and at last the boldcst seized
it suddenly by the tail. jumped backward
two or three feet and then let it fall He
looked at the other, as much as to say,
If he's not dead it's a capital sham l''
The other made similar essay, after
which they alternately dragged and shook
it, and consulted some time before they
agreed that it was actually dead One
of them took it by the tail and sailed off
through the air, its scales glittering in
the sun as it dangled downward.
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THE UPPER IsTHMus.-Col Sloo, as
has already been mentionedha obtained
from both branches of the Mexican Con
gress the exclusive right of way across
the Isthmus of Tchuantepec for forty
years, with grant of a league of land
on each side Of the road He binds him.
self, in one year, to build plank road a
cross the Isthmus,an as soon as the trav.
ell will justify it a railroad Mexico is
to receive, for forty years, twoffths Of
the receipts of the route, and at the ex.
piration of that time the road is to revert
to Mexico, who is to pay the grantee, or
his heirs, two-fifths of the receipts for
forty years. The other features of the
grant, in relation to transit duties, &c,
are similar to those in the Garay grant
Both parties to the grant are to be rep.
resented in the management of the com.
pany.
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GENERAL WAsHINGToN's APPEARANCE.
We find in the Courier des Etas Unis
fragment of a Journal of NJ. De Brog-
lie, written in 1882, in which the person
al appearance and manners of Washing
ton are described as they appeared to a
Frcnchman, who noticed at once the Hght
shake hand.
The General is about forty-nnc years
Of age he is large, finely made, very
well proportional. His figure is more
pleasing than the portraits represent it..
He was fine looking until within about
three years and, although those who
have been constantly with him since that
time say that he seems to them to have
grown old fast it is undcniable that the
general is still fresh and active as a
young man.
His physiognomy is pleasant and Open
his address is cold, through polite his
pensive eye is more attentive than spark
ling but his aspect is kind, noble, and
composed. He maintains in his private
department, that polite and attractive
decency which satisfies all, and that re-
served dignity which does not offend. He
is the enemy of ostentation and vain glo-
ry, His character is always equal he
ever manifests the best humor modest
even to humility, he seems not to esti-
mate himself duly he receives with good
grace the Difference paid to him, but rath-
or shuns than courts it. His society is
agreeable aud pleasing. Always serious,
never constrained; always free and affa-
bic, without being familiar, the respect
which he inspires never becomes painful
He talks little, in general, and in very
low tone of voice, but he is so attentive
to what is said to him that you are sat
isfed that he understands you, and are
almost willing to dispense with reply
This conduct has often been of advan-
tage to him in various circumstances /;
no one has more occasion than he to use
circumspection, and to weigh his words.
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eign nations, or among the States--such i'm
provements being, in every instance, national
and general In their character.
Serenth--The Federal and State Govern
mcnts are parts Of one system, alike ncccssa-
ry for the common prosperity, peace and Sc
curity, and ought 10 be regarded alike with
cordial and immovcablc attachment. Res
pect for the authority of each, and acquies-
cnce in the constitutional measures Of
each, are duties required by the planest con
siderations of National, State and individual ]
welfare.
Eightt--The series Of acts of the 31st Con-
gross, commonly known as the Comprom sc or
Adjustment, (the act for the recovery Of flu
gitivcs from labor included) are received
and acquiesced in by the Wing party of the
United States, as a final settlement, in princi-
pie and substance, of the subjects to which
they relate, and, so far as these acts are CON
cerncd, we will maintain them, and insist up
on their strict enforcement until time and
experience shall demonstrate the necessity OF
further legislation, to guard against the eva
sion of the laws on the one hand, and the a
buse of their powers on the other, not impair
ing their present efficiency to carry out the
requirements Of the constitution and we dep
recatc all further agitation Of the ques-
tons thus settled, AS dangerous to our
peace and will discountenancc all efforts to
continue or renew such agitation. whenever.
wherever, or however made and we will
maintain this settlement as essential to the IA
tionality of the Wing party and to the intcgri-
ty OK tie Unol
After an eloquent and warmly ap
plauded speech in favor of the compro
mise, by Hon Rufus Choate, of Massa-
chusetts, and further discussion by Hon
John NJ. Bolts, of Virginia, and others,
the report was adopted-aycs 227, noes
&C. Below is the vote by States
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Tho Result.

Last week. our readers saw at the
head of our columns the names Of the
Wing candidates for President and Vice
President, selected, after long and Ia
borious session, by duly constituted
National Convention The result, we do
not need to say, is other than we desir-
ed. 1t is other than the Wings of Yer
mont, we believe, would have preferred
1t is other than a majority of her dele
gatcs-carrying out the views they were
underst God to entertain when chosen-la-
bored to accomplish But the nomina-
tons are made AS true Wings, we'are
left no alternative but cordial acquies-
cence
Our candidate is man long known
and tried in the public service. As a
military commander, he has probably no
superior living His fame is wide as the
world. Nor is he wholly inexperienced
in civil affairs He has, for long while,
spent much Of his time in Washington.
and has made himself familiar, undoubt-
edly, with the genius and operation of
our political institutions, and of our gov
eminent as there administered He has
been the medium of conducting delicate
negotiations, and has always acquitted
himself honorably and successfully. AS
military governor of Mexico, he showed
executive talent of high order, and Sc
cured great confidence and esteom-
Should he be elected, we are sure the Re-
public would receive no detriment at his
hands.
Mr.. Graham is great favorite in his
own state, and will much strengthen the
ticket at the South He is the present
Secretary ofthe Navy, and has been gov
ernor of North Carolina, and member
of both houses of Congress He is a
man of ability, and a consistent Wing
From the proceedings ofthe convention,
which we publish this week at consid-
cradle length, it will be noticed that the
friends of Webster and Fillmore had
clear majority over those of Scott The
preliminary organization was snatcbed by
the Scott men. The permanent Presi-
dent, Gen. Chapman, was strong advo-
cate for the nomination of Fillmore. The
committees generally-when appointed
by States--stood 10 for, and Is against
Scott The combination of the friends
of Webster and Fillmore upon either, or
upon new candidate, was problem i'm.
possible of solution. Twenty or more of
the Southern Fillmore delegates PREFER
ed Scott to Webster, while several of the
Webster delegates, north, preferred Scott
to Fillmore. The attempt to unite these
forces against Scott, is the secret of so
many ballotings, and of the adjournment
from Saturday to Monday. Finally, the
delegates from Missouri, Tennessee, and
Kentucky, began to yield, as Virginia
had already done-giving Scott within
one vote of the number necessary to
choice New Hampshire followed, CON-
pleting what the South had begun
The platform does not very material
ly differ from that adopted by our State
Convention last June. II received the
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EN Strangers attending the District
Convention, to-day, will make due allow
ances, we trust, for the want of as com
plete accommodations as We could wish
to fnrnish--our largest Hotel being now
undergoing repairs, aud closed to vis-
tiers. Our citizens, we believe, will not
be wanting in such private hospitality as
may be in their power to bcstow. The
convention was called here, as the most
central point, and III accordance with the
decided wishes of majority of the COM
mittee.
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TuNNELNc THE HoosAcK--A cores
pondent Of The Springfield RepnJii-
can gives the following account Of the
state of operations at the projected Hoo
sack tunnel
"The boring machinei is on the ground,
but as yet hardly resolved into its com
ponent parts. A mass of cast iron
spokes, cogs, wheels, shafts, bolts, ETC.,
etc, lay around us, out of which the
workmen were slowly flor nearly every
piece required derrick and pulleys to
got it into place. reconstructing the pom
derous wonder The carriage for opera
ting the machine is in place, facing a
perpendicular side of solid rock, just off
the actual line of the road, which has
been prepared for the first actual exper-
iment Tho immense shaft was being
hoisted into position, and then would
come the wheel and its accomplishments
and then the driving power, which con.
sists of engines of l00-horse power, and
for which building was being erected.
There have hseu many delays 10 getting
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OProsITroN CoNvENTIoNs-We arc
requested to say that the Free Democ.
racy" of this State will hold conven.
tion at Montpelier, on the 9TH pronimo.
The Democrats have their State Conven.
ton at Burlington, on the sth of July
the day after the Wing Convention.
The call is extended only to" All who
will support Frank Pierce, the Dung
Hickory Of the Granite Hills" and Viii
liam r. King, the experienced and able
Democratic Statesman of Alabama, for
President and Vice President, and the
National democratic platform upon which
they were nominated"
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On The SD ballot, Scott had n major.
ity of the votes cast, but not of the ell,
tire electoral vote, which, by a rule Of
the invention, was made necessary to a
choice. On the sd ballot, New Hamp-
shire gave Scott her five votes-Securing
his northumberland was followed by
Vermont, from which state he had not,
on any previous ballot, received more
than two votes. Our delegates stood
firm-and voted as they were expected
to vote when elected We believe they
very correctly represented the Wing SEN
timent of Vermont
The nomination was made unanimous
all the States cordially giving in their
adhesion to the result
NOMINATION OF vIcE-PREsIDENT.
laballot,--Edward Bates of Missouri,
81, VIM. A. Graham of North Carolina,
79,J. A. Pearce of Maryland %, Mangum
10, Crittenden 10, Stanly Ia, Bell 4,
Latimer ,Pettigru s,Crockett 10 Stuart
2, Badger |, Brown 3, Jones 5, Williams
3, billiard 2, Richardson 3, Pratt 3
I'd ballot-Graham 1872, Bates SO.
Pearce 4. Afterwards all changed for
Graham.
On the first ballot, the Vermont dele
CATION voted, for Graham 8, for Bates 2
On the second ballot, all were for Ora
ham.
RESOLUTIONS.
In addition to the platform, the fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted
q Resolred, That this convention, rep
resepting the whole Wing party Of the
United States, feel that it will not bsvs
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otal ...13l l33

Total see. ...l III l33 ~
On the ID, 81, 4th and 9th ballots there was
no material change.
The following is the fifth ballot Fillmore,
1873 Scott, 1870; Webster 30.
Sixth ballot Fillmore, 1873; Scott, l3l !;
Webster, 20,
Forty ballots were had on Saturday,
with no very material change, On the
34th ballot, Crittcnden received votes,
and on the 40th Choatc had /. During
several of the votes, the Vermont dele
cation stood-Webster 4, Scott the
vote for Fillmore having been transferred
to Webster On the 4lst ballot Scott
received 1872, Fillmore 1913, and Web
ster 80. At late hour on Saturday
evening, no choice having been effected,
the con yertion adjourned until Monday
i7,-noes las. Seven more ballot
ings were had on Monday, as follows.
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An INNovATIoN-An italian has
introduced on the New York Boards
performances in the histrionic art by
monkeys and dogs A process for in
junction was procured, the case fully ar
gued, and motion dcnied-thus leaving
the field clear for the display of the tai
cnts of those animals The legal pro-
ccedings have given the thing notori-
ETY., and the Opera House is crowded
nightly, by fashionable audience.
One of the scenes is particularly worthy
of notice, as showing the remarkable in
tclligencc of these animals. and the ex-
cellent manner in which they have been
trained. This was called the Death of
the Descrter. The character of the de-
serter was presented by Monsieur Bow
WOW, who certainly exhibited as much as
canine creature could, the woful extrcm-
ity to which he had been reduced, and
his fear of the penalty attendant upon his
violation of military law When he came
upon the stage. there could be no mis-
take about his being the criminal, and
the more juvenile portion Of the audience
showed considerable sympathy for his
fate.
IL the utmost humiliation. and with
his paws raised, he went to the Captain
Of the execution, Mons lie Magot d.
Antique, and duplicated in the most
touching manner for pardon, but that of
nscr was memorable, the fate of the de-
serter was fixed, and he must die A
grave monkey, habited as clergyman,
entered, and administered consolation
to the condemned, who now became
more resigned A bandagc was then
placed over his eyes, the word of COM
mand given, and soldier, armed with
gun of most diminutivc, size, fired. When
the smoke cleared away, poor Mons
Bow-wow was seen lying on the stage,
while not a motion could be observed
that gave signs of life. lie was dead
A dead-cart, drawn by monkey, was
brought in, and the remains of the de-
serter were deposited, and wheeled off
the stage, the officers, soldiers and others
following in slow and solemn succession
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Delegates to tn. District Convention.

At meeting of the Wings of Mid
dlebury, duly warned and holden at the
Town Room, on Friday evening, June
25th, Hon IRA STEWART was appointed
chairman, and n. II HAND, Secretary.
On motion, it was roted, to appoint five
delegates to represent this town in the
nominating committee of the District
convention to be held at this place on
Wednesday next. The following persons
were duly chosen, as such delegates, viz !.
ID s CHUacH, j. s. BUSHNELL, j. H.
BARRETT, ]. w. STEWART, J. A. BECK
WITH
Voted, That said delegates shall have
power to appoint substitutes.
At the same meeting, a committee of
seven was appointed, to see that suitable
accommodations are provided for those
from distance who attend the conven-
ton.