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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

THE JAPAN ExPEDITIoN.-The sto-
ry that the Princeton had been con-
demned as unfit for service is contra
dicted. 1t is now said that she is rapid.
ly fitting for sea, to be the flag ship Of
Com. Perry, in the expedition to ia
pan. The expedition, it is said, is to
consist of three superior war steamers,
viz: The U. S. steamer Mississippi,
Capt. Long, which will leave New
York from the 1st to the 10th of No
vemter. The U. s. steamship Prince.
ton, Commodore Perry, which will ac
company the Mississippi as flagship
and is now at Baltimore receiving hel
boilers. The third steamer is the Al
leghany, which is now undergoing re
pairs at the Gosport Navy Yard, ant
will sail in January.
Another account states that Capt
Long is to command the Saranac, now
lying at Philadelphia, and shortly tc
sail for Rio, to carry out the Brazilian
Minister.-Boston Traveller.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

e. The St Adams Messenger says
that on the night ofthc It'll inst, "A trunk
belonging to j. R. Benjamin, of New
York city, was taken from the coach on
its way to st. Adams Bay FROM st AL
bans. The night was very dark and
rainy, and the trunk was not missed un.
til the coach reached the Bay, Mr..
Benjamin returned to search for the
trunk and while riding slowly along in
an open wagon, blow was aimed at his
head by some person unknown, with a
large fence stake. The stake fell with
such force upon his shoulder that il
broke. The trunk was found in an ad
joining field, rifed of its contents, part
carried away and the remainder tramp
led in the mud Suspicion rests strong
ly on a man named Frank Murray, tink
er by trade
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
EI Tie Musical World q Time,

IL Tie Musical World q. Times
is published every Saturday, at 257
Broadway, New York, for SO year in
advance two copies s.; five copies
$40 The Music it yearly gives would
alone cost s25, if purchased at the stores;
and its Musical Instruction, Criticisms
and General Miscellany are exceedingly
valuable To give additional spice and
variety to their journal, the publishers
have secured the exclusive services of
the celebrated anonymous writer 80 wide
ly known as FANNY FERN, whose very
readable articles have created such stir
in literary circles, and have been copied
far and wide. Address Dyer & Willis,
257 Broadway, New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

IMPORTANT FACTS FOR VoTERs.-
(Gathered from Hawthorne's Life Of
Picrce.)-1. {" He Pierce was a
beautiful boy, with blue eyes, ligh;
curling hair, and sweet expression Of
face"
2. In the year 1920 he had ga fair
complexion, white light hair that had a
curl in it,"
B. His chum was Zenas Caldwell.
4. He was chairman of the standing
committee of the AtheLeum Society Of
Bowdoin College!
8. His chief friend was named Little.
6. On his return from Mexico he
"darted" across the street to shake
hands with a man who used to live with
his father.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

PRESERVING PEACHES. We are
confident of the thanks of every nota.
Bile housewife for the following receipt
for preserving peaches, which we OBJ.
tanned from the wife Of an experienced
fruit grower in this vicinity last au.
tumn, and have ever since regretted
that we did not preserve bushcl in
stead of peck.
To twelve pounds of peaches take
six pounds of clean brown sugar, and
one pint of best cider vinegar. Sim
mer the sugar and vinegar together,
which will make clear syrup. Pour
boiling water upon the peaches, and
remove them in two minutes from the
water, and wipe them dry without
breaking the skin. Put them into the
syrup and boil gently till the fruit is
cooked to the stone. Keep the pre-
serves in jars, which must be kept close
] ! covered and in a cool place. They
should be inspected occasionally, and
if a white mould appears upon the sur
face Of the syrup, it must be carefully
skinned of, and the syrup scaldeC
and returned to the peaches. TIL,
peaches tried last fall were a scedlin,
variety ripened the last of October
They were acid, but preserved tn,
peach flavor in high degree, whicl
was retained by this method of pre-
serving in the most perfect manner
This is the most economical, and t
our taste, the very best preserve W
know ot.-Providence Journal.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
For Presidential Electors,
PORTUS BAXTER,
A. y. l. TMAN.
u. =. WILTON,
ED WARD KIRKLAND,
SiMUEL ADAMS.

ScoTr ON THE SrUMP-For the first
time in the history of this country, a
candidate of one of the two great par
ties has taken the stump in his own
behalf - Burlington Sentinel
The Sentinel has n bad memory.
Only four years ago last May, Lewis
Cass, Immediately after his nomination,
made tour through New York, speak
ing repeatedly to public gatherings on
his route, and on politic9 | S~yects-his
own position as candidate being specially
included Gen. Scott has done nothing
of the kind lie makes no political
speeches, and avoids party topics-mere.
ly responding in brief terms to the calls
ofcrowds spontaneously greeting him.
What particular reason is there just
no ,r, that the site for military Asy-
lum must be chosen cat II'cst How
does it happen that an Asylum is 50 much
more needed attic H'cSt, than elsewhere
Again if such necessity does exist,why
is it that nobody but Gen Scott is com.
petent to select it 2 Is it true that the
Gencral-in- Chief of the Army of the
United States mua be the agent. and
the only one to make every sclec ton of
this kind Must he leave his head
quarters at Washington and travel to
the most distant parts of the Union to
perform this petty aud this insignificant
service. because it cana0t be done by
any other person
The nairctc of the above is
charming. The Scuincls editor, then
does hot know that COngrcSS-a Demo-
cratic Congress, too, remember-has
ong since answered all the above inno-
cent questions During the session of
lSj0-jl, an act was passed providing
that "the GcNcrUIm- CHEF of the Ar
my. the General Of the Eastern and
Western Divisions, the Quartermaster
General, the Commissary-Gencral of
Subsistence the Paymastcr-Goneral, the
Surgco:- General and the Adjutant-Ge :
eral arc to be, &c o6icio, Board of Com
missioners," to have general control of
a certain Asylum for sick and disabled
soldiers of the Army of the United
States At the last session. an act was
passed for the examination, by the above
board, of ''thc Blue Lick Springs lin
Kentucky and the lands attached there
to-" and providing that, if the same be
found eligible for the purpose" &c. they
may locate thereon the Western Mill.
tary Asylum. Titus the Sentinel has
direct answer to its hard questions "
In utter ignorance of all this, however,
the Sentinel, ludicrously enough, goes on
to charge this movement upon "whig
wire pullcrs at Washington" and espec-
tally upon Truman SmHh!
But if the General is damaging
his own cause by responding to calls of
the people on his way-as some Jealous
Dcmocra tic Iapcrs pretend to believe
why are they so exasperated What
objection have they2 The plain truth
is, for all their boasting they are getting
Jad/y frightened. And they have good
reason.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

a New QrIRK. The Portland, Me
Air, says, that at the camp meeting at
Bethel last week, it was noticed that
some New Testamcnts" which were
hawked about near the camp ground sold
rapidly especially to the unconvcrted;and
it turned out that they were " earthen
vessels in the form of books, filed with
liquor. Two persons who were engaged
in the business were arrested and fined
$40 and costs
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

H0-The greatest case of delicacy
we have heard OF, is that of the New
Hampshire clergyman, who omits the
twenty-fourth chapter of Proverbs in
his pulpit readings, lest some of his
congregation should charge him with
mcddling with politics, and meaning
to cast reflection if he should read
the tenth verse, which insinuates that
a man who taints in battle, is weak in
war, and rather feeble in peace.
-Brattleboro Eagle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

THE New LIQUoR LAW TO GO BEFORE
THE SUPREME CoURT-Two eases Il
gainst Joseph Drew, of Boston, for vio-
lation of the liquor law of 1852, came
up in the Municipal Court, by appeal
from the Police Court, BY consent of
parties, a pro forna verdict was render
ed upon one indictment, and the case or
dered to be sent to the Supreme Court.
The second indictment was mol. pros'd.
-Ftchb"rg (lHass.) RcrciHc,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

IL The people of Orange County
are notified that application will be made
to have said County divided into two
Counties, to have additions made to the
new Counties thus formed by towns set
thereto from Windsor, Washington and
Caledonia Counties. Also, application
will be made to have two shire towns
established in Orange County, as at
present constituted, having one located
at Bradford, and the other at West Ran
dolph.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
A Trick of the Pierce Men exposed.

The friends of Frank Pierce in Con-
cord n. IL Franks honey recently got
up a letter for the purpose of bringing
over Irishmen to the support of Pierce.
This letter was dated Aug. Is, 1852; it
was addressed to John White, Milwau.
kec, Wisconsin, and was published in the
New-Hampshire Patriot, with the names
of "thirty-six Catholics" of Concord at
tached The purport of the letter was
that the signers feel deeply indebted to
Gen. Pierce for his support to the propo-
scd amendment to the Constitution OF
Ncw-Hampshire, removing the anti Cath
olice Test thercfrom.
Now for the other side. The n. II
Statesman extra of Sept. 25th publishes Il
card Of three persons, whose names were
attached to the above described letter
who state under oath, that "they never
signed said letter, nor gave any person
liberty to sign it for them; and that, Sc
far as they are concerned, the whole is a
base forgery, and its statements false u
In addition, the Statesman also publish
es card of ONE HUNDRED AND ONE Cath
Ollie citizens of Concord and vicinity, in
which they declare that in their estima
ton Gen. Pierce "has done nothing tc
merit their support; indeed, in 1885, hi.
own party in the State Legislature pass
ed a law depriving unnaturalized citizens
of what little suffrage was theirs, up to
July 4th of that year" The Statesman
promises like cards from the Catholic:
and Irishmen of Manchester, Dover
Newmarket and Nashua.
When next the Concord locofocos at
tempt the game of forgery, we rather
guess they won't venture to run agains
the Irishmen.-Montpclicr Watchnian
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

GEN. ScoTr IN VGRGINIA.--As sign
of the state of feeling in old Virginia
towards her native son, whom her Legis-
lature has delighted to honor, it is sta
ted that five true Democrats who were
placed on the Committee of Vigilance by
their party in Kanawha county, have
publicly declined the honor, and express
their determination to vote and work for
the hero of Lundys Lane.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

EAWe grieve to hear of the death
of Mrs Miner, the amiable and accom-
plished wife of Hon. A. l.. Miner Of
Manchester Her sickness, which was
severe and painful, terminated fatally OIL
the 10th inst Mr. Miner himself, worn
out by protracted watching at the bed
side of his dying wife, has been danger
ously sick, but is now convalesccnt.-
Brdtthe50ro Eagle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

s@~The Union says Gen. Scott
was selected on account Of his military
successes, and nothing else. Gen.
Pierce was selected for exactly the
same qualifications excepting the
military successes"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

WHITE RIVER ADvERTlsER.-This is
the name of new Democratic paper, just
started at White River Junction, Wind
sor County. 1t is edited by Ira Davis,
and + Southworth, and supports Pierce
and King. 1t makes very good APP
pearance.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

SARDINEs.-This delicious fish
abounds on the coast from L'Orient
to Brest, in Brittany; and the com
merce in this article of food is stated to
amount to three millions Of francs an
nnally. The preserving in oil is almost
all done at Nantes.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

HoPs.-The price of Hops at Alba
ny, n. Y, on the 25th ut. was, fol
new, % and % cents. The market
said to be unsettled. They were quo
ted in Boston on the 28th ult, at q
cents. Potatoes were also quoted il
Boston, on the 28th, at G5 for common
whites, and IS cents per bushel fol
Chcnangocs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

EEA person has 100 rods of wall
to build, for which he pays 500 Now
one end is worth l,l2 J per rods to
build, the other end is 81 ! cents per
rod. How many rods must each build
thai they may receive $50, each. A So
luton is re-, uested. ..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

OHIo-A very spirited canvass is 60
ing on in Ohio, which is regarded as the
most important battlefield of the Presi-
Dental campaign. Horace Greeley is
making speeches in the Western Reserve
counties. The State election is next
Tuesday.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

s3~A new Irish-American paper
is announced as forthcoming in New
York. 1t starts-so says the Tribune
with 5000 subscribers, and will go
for Scott and Graham, and Wing prin.
ciples.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

Mr.. STEPHENs has gone ear
nestly to work to stump the State
Georgia. for Webster and jenkins. He
spoke in Madison the early part of last
week. and in Macon Saturday evening
The Macon Messenger of yesterday con-
tains an abstract of his speech in Macon.
" G. ComnterctM.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

e. The Boston Commonwealth
(FreesoiD says -" Latterly Gen. SCOTS
prospects have so immensely improved
that we regard the defeat of Pierce as
inevitable
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

IL Chauncey Abbott, Esq. formerly
of this State, is the Wing candidate for
Member of Congress in the I'd district
of Wisconsin.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
The Annual Maetin o.

OF the Vermont State Agricultural
Society will be holden at the Court
House, in Montpelier, on Tuesday, the
10th day of Oct. next, at IL o'clock,
AN. Members of the Society and all 9TH
er citizens interested in the prosperity
of the Society, and in its future exhibi-
tions, are earnestly requested to attend.
An opportunity will then be offered for
all to join the Society. Members hold
ing certificates which expire on the Sd
Sept are entitled to participate in the
proceedings.
GEORGE w. STRONG,
Rec. Secretary,
Rutland, Sept Ia, 1852.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

Is In Prussia there are large num-
bers of people engaged in delivering mes
sages from Heaven while they are asleep.
They do not rap" they talk.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

CUTTERs ANATOMY AND PHYsroLoGY,
Revised Stereotype Edition, published
by i. b. Mussey g. Co., Boston, has
been laid on our table. This work had
long since become a standard textbook
in large number of our higher institu-
tons, and in its present improved form
will no doubt be still more valuable and
popular
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

c. Early in life Gen. Pierce began to
imbibc the true spirit OF New England.
Portland Argus.
Well he might, when it only cost TWEEN
ty cents gallon Detroit Adrytiscr
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

GEosGIA.-Ata meeting of the South
ern Rights party, at Columbus, Ga,
last week, the nomination of Troupe and
Quitman was ratified, and electors were
nominated.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

IL The Washington Union speaks
of Hawthornes Life of Pierce as afford
ing as pleasant reading as the best of
the authors romances p That will do !
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

Real fidelity may be rare, but
it exists-in the heart They only deny
its worth and power who never loved
friend, or labored to make a friend hap
ny
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
IttNf s'Ir' WV u
Rutland, Sept. Ia, 1852.

eD~At the New York State Fair
held at Utica, the 'Green Mountain
Morgan owned by Silas Hale, of South
Royalston, Mass, took the first premi.
um-$30,00.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

Zr Gen Persifer F. Smith, who is
now in New Orleans, said the other day,
am democrat, but can never say
or do anything against Gen. ScoTr."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

E<The Duke of Wellington died al
Walmer Castle, on the l4th ult., in the
seth year of his age.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

B0- Prentice says that Senator
Douglas is a man with a mild express
sion of countenance, and legs about
n.ueteen inches long.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

IL The New Hampshire Patriot
says that "whenever General Pierce
speaks upon any question: he covers tho
whole ground We don't know how
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

EE Rev DR.. Hawks, of New York,
has been chosen Bishop of Rhode Island,
in place of the late Bishop Henshaw.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

ILLsnoRo' HAM-G.r. Hawthorne
claims that Frank Pierce was "o"pf'-ed
a soldier in the battle smoke (minuls the
frc) of Mexico. - LOtoeH Courier.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

much ground he covers when he speaks,
but, as often as he undertakes to fight,
he covers as much as his small proper
tions can.-LOnisriYe Journal
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

E<Rev. iona NJ. Wainwright, D.
d., has been chosen Provisional Bishop
of New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
The Chicken Convention.
" Ilark, bark l hear
The strain of strutting Chanticlcrc
a.. r,,i- a donIIn-dnO f-TrNprsT

Ilark, bark hear
The strain of Strutting Chanticlcrc
Cry, Cock.a-d oodlc-doo. '-TEMPEsr.
The mammoth tent uf Mr. Wright
still rears its huge bulk against the sky.
The gay streamers still Aaunt in the SIN
ny air. But, alas silence reigns with
in those canvass walls, that yesterday
were sonorous with the shrill clarion
crow ofcock and cockerel The spirit
of the reporter silently stalks solitary
and alone along the empty aisles, and
gazes through the telescope spectacles
of memory upon the plumcd and the un-
plumed bipeds that lately graced its av-
enues and adorned its stands.
The Hong Kong, the African, the
Wild and other geeSe,-the buyers and
the bought - the Shanghaie, China
Chittagong aHd other cr0werS,-the ven.
der and the vended, victimiser and vic
tim poultry proprietor and purchaser
the seller and the sold, all are gone and
now
when remember all
The friends 50 LINKED TOGETHER,
feel like one, who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted, dead
Whose lights are fled, whose garlands
And all but he departed"
The last show of The Nelc Englano
!Society for the improvement Of Donies
tic Poultry commenced on Tuesday, thu
seventh day of September. y. ID. 1852
in the Public Gardens of Boston, be
meath Wright'S Mammoth Tent, an,
continued for three days 1t has nov
come to an end and we cannot repres
the presentiment that we are writing ii
epitaph. The departed was just tire
years of age, and has accomplished in it
short life a great deal of goo J, by awaken
ing attention to the importance of
neglected interest, and to the improve
ment of valuable member of our farm
yard stock company This influence
will exist and extend, whether the St
eiety survives or not and therefor
while we may not deplore its decease
we have reason to remember with graft
tude the day of its birth
The beautiful Devons, that roam owe
our Northern hills, and the noble short
horns, that depasture the rich fields 0
the West, were once, without doubt,
scrubby race-small in size, probabl
scraggy, and of all forms and colori
Now IA perseverance in improvement
presents them to us, perfect in their pre-
portions true to their color and othe
} distinguishing points, and 6egetting thei
like, generation after generation. S
will it be, some day, with Domesti
Poultry. Some chicken-fancying Bake
well will arise, some Colling, or Bate
among gaHinaceg and as We hay
Sheep and Short-horns in perfection, S
we shall have Bakewell or other bree
in our lighthouses a breed, or breeds
that will take on most flesh Of the fines
kind at the least expenditure of corn ;
breed that with great size possesses
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

EE Bishop Chase, of Illinois, died
on the Goth ult., aged nearly 7s years
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
GbrRrgistrr.
MIDDLEBURY, OCT. 6, 1852.
Wing Nominations.

Wing Nominations.
ron PRESIDENT,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
ron VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-11-10
S. M. HART & co.

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GRO
w ccries Provisions, Western Produce
and plantation supplies generally--Rcceiv-
ing and Forwarding Commissions Merchants
Baton Rouge La.
In resuming business It is oui purpose to
purchase supplies Of Provisions and Produce
IN the Western Markets, and TO make our
sales exclusively for Cash. Or satisfactory
paper, at prices as low or lower than the
same goods can be purchased for in New
Orleans, with cost Of transportation.
From the Planters we solicit call, and
assure them that any article they may desire
in our line, we will make it to their interest
to purchase here.
1--WE will purchase or sell Sugar. Mo
lasses, Cotton &c, or will make Cash ad-
vances on eonslgnments to our correspond
cnis in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg
Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis
st. Louis or New Orleans. June lily.
The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1852-11-10
Just Arrived.

NTE HAVE now in store, besides our
w large stock Of Western produce.
fine assortment OF Groceries, selected with
special reference 10 supplying the TRAnE
Of this city, which we feel confident Of be-
ing able 70 do, at as fair price rs can be
done elsewhere.
OUR STOCK CONSISTS IN PART OF:
Salt, coarse and fine, Coffee,
Candles, Sperm and Star.
Rice, Soap Sugar crushed and Loaf,
Starch, Butter, &c, &c.. &c.
Merchants and Traders will please give 10
call, before going TO New Orleans OF else
where 70 purchase. s. NJ. HART & Co.
Corner Of Front and Laurel St.
july %, If.