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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

TnE NAPOLEON DYNAsTY.-1 his is
the title of handsome volume, contain
ing biographies of the most prominent
members of the Bonapartc family, inclu.
ding the French President. 1t contains
y portraits, which are to be relied on
the publishers say, as correct likencsscs
There are ga pages Of reading matter
1t is book of great interest and worth
and receives high commentator from
the press generally. We commend it t.
all readers, as one of the most entertain
ing historical works ever published
Published by Cornish, Lamport and Co.
New York.
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For the Middlcbury Register.
College Students and the Right of Suf-
fraRe.
Mr.. BARRETT,
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir
The near approach
of Election awakens some "reminiscences
of the last September election at Mid
dlebury, which, as they appear to us, are
neither creditable to the Board of Justi-
ces, nor just to those concerned The
facts you are doubtless acquainted WITH
and therefore we shall not particularizc,
but give the main features, and you or
any of the Learned Body whence they
originated may explain them away if
possible.
At the election held last fall, several
Students were deprived the privilege of
voting, who supposed that they possessed
that common right of freemen until they
appeared before the Judicial Board of
Middlebury They were rejected, not
on the ground that students have not
the right to vote, for that point was not
questioned, nor because they were not
quiet, peace-loving gentlemen, nor from
the want of any legal requisition (at
least out of Middlebury), but because
there were certain persons who took sufli-
Gent interest in them to assist them pecu-
niarily. The test question asked and re-
asked was, whether they received any as
sistance from their parents. If so, the
die was cast and the student was depriv-
ed of his right entirely, or in part, as
the case might be- The question for
you or any of that Board to answer is
whether such decisions are just, equal
, right or legal. If just or lawful, we ad-
f nit the stupidity of not being able to see
( or find it in any compilation of Vermont
a laws, Nor are we able to discover any
? statute giving to the Board the a'ttho'it,
Of dcpyiring any freeman of his right
to vote, because undcrlike circumstances
> they had rejected another. Such wer'
4 the arguments employed and upon which
8 several students lost their votes.
n If such board acts under the law
y like other officers, and their course can
c not be supported by law, all that is ask
> ed is, that this gouging and gagging gam'
may be no longer practiced. What if {
:, student gets pair of socks, or has hi
!, clothes mended at home once year, OF
even now and then receives few dol
K lars in hand in solid CASH. How is hi
@ right of citizenship affected thereby l
e his individual rights are in the least i'm
a. paired, II is certainly point not gene
D. rally understood, and which would bea
= somewhat wider application than Il
= the few students cooped up in brick am
= stone, and patrimonial assistance woul'
n be in somewhat less repute than now
Ie For how many of the boosted sons o
D. the sturdy yeomanry of Vermont re
n eeive now and then in from the pa
d ternal crib
We further protest against any ogree
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Rutland and Burlington Railroad.

O-~-
We have received the fifth Annual
Report of the Directors of the Rut-
land and burlington Railroad, which
shows a prosperous condition of the
affairs of the company. This road,
says the Boston Post, has gained
greatly in income and in financial pc
sition within a twelvemonth, and the
time seems coming when its stock will
pay an income to its proprietors. The
net earnings of last year were 3 IL
per cent upon the total cost, and the
gross earnings were 80 per cent, more
than in the year ending June /,
1851. More than this, the receipts
of the last few months of the year end.
ing June 1, 1862, as we are informed,
show even a greater increase over those
of the corresponding months of 1851.
The total cost of the Rutland, inclu.
ding interest, interest dividends to
stockholders, discount on bonds, &C.,
&C., is now 4,S47 ,4O1, represented
as we understand it, as follows =
Common stock, 81 100000 /; 8 pei
cent. preferred $362,700; 6 pei
cent. do. $465, 200; 6 per cent. bonds
81 ,086,788 7 per cent. mortgage
do. 1915, 800 interest do. $50, 700
floating debt, $562,213. A dividend
has been paid, in due course, on boil
classes of the preferred stock, the in
terest on all the bonds has been met
and SUCH of the bonds as have matureC
have been promptly PAID. Abou
100000 of the 6 per cent. preferre'
stock has been taken by those who hav
availed themselves Of the privilege o
paying for it in common stock and 81
per cent. bonds, and the subscription
is still going on, BY this measure tn
, directors are reducing their bonde
debt, and paying a fair dividend t
some Of their staunchest stockholders
while they are keeping the 6 per cent
bonds in good demand, and at goo
prices. With the continued success
of the road, the whole of the commo
. stock, it is probable, will be eventual
: changed into preferred do, as in tn
case of the Norwich and Worcestel
and Nashua roads.
In the mean time, more than 5000
900 Of the 7 per cent.mortgage bono
are yet unissued, and it is suppose
that this reserve will be ample to Ii
= uidate the floating debt and pay sue
D of the 6 per cent. bonds as may not |
G transferred to preferred stock. III
e road is now well equipped with tive
r, ty locomotives, and freight and passe
e ger cars in proportion. The earning
y of the year were 1924, 791-the Q
: penses S159,451. Tho net incom
" therefore, was $165, $40, as set dow
in the report, though We should be ]
elined, in estimating the present Walt
Is of the Rutland stock, to make a co
Is siderable deduction, in view of the j
y evitable wear and tear, freshets an
accidents, in a term of years.
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SCIENTIFIC AMERIcAN-This widely
circulated and important journal com
mcnecs its cighM volume on the 18th Of
September. One of the chief excellen
cics Of this paper, says an exchange, is
the thoroughncss and ability with which
it Sits prctensioDs to discoveries and
improvements in mechanics and science
and we know of no paper of the kind ii
the world we would so soon recommend
Terms, $500 per annum. Published
weekly by MUM & Co., New York.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

TIE QUIZ QUlzED. swell clerk,
from the city of New York, who was
spending an evening in country tav-
ern, cast about him for some amuse-
ment. Feeling secure in the posses
sion of the most money, he made the
following offer; .,.a..a,s
" will drop money into hat with
any man in the room. The one who
holds out the longest shall take the
whole and treat the company"
" III do it," said an old farmer.
The cockncy dropped in a quarter
the countrymau followed with a"Bung-
town copper.
" Go on," said the cockncy.
81 WON'T" said the farmer stake
the whole and treat the company"
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Educational.

The second annual meeting of the
holden in st Johnsbury, commencing ON
Tuesday and continuing three days.
The attendance was mainly of gentlemen
connected with our Academies and high
er institutions of learning, and teachers
of our common schools The object of
the association is the Improvement of
Teachers in their profession, and the pro-
motion of the cause Of education in the
State. ,
The forenoon session on Tuesday was
devoted t. IN s,ellaneous busines In the
afternoon the Convention listened to an
address by Mr.. L. o. Stevens of Hard
wick His topic was, The Vermont
School System" ln the evening, Prof
H. s. Noyes, of the Newbury Seminary
and Female Collegiate Institute, deliver
ed an address upon the necessity of leg
islative action to make our educational
system efficient
On Wednesday forenoon, the Rev. +
Cutler, Of St. Adams, addressed the As
ISOLATION. The leading point of Mr.
Cutters address was the elueidation OF
what constituted true education III,
maintained the necessity of moral al
well as intellectual education. In tn,
afternoon the address was By Prof J. B
Bittingcr, of Middlebury College. Sub
ject, Accomplishments The Rev
j. Bourne, Of Norwich University, oc
cupied the evening session by an address
comparing collegiate education in Grea
Britain and the United States.
Thursday forenoon and afternoo
were devoted by the Associa ton to dis
cussions and business
At the solicitation Of many who di
and did not hear Prof Bittinger's az
dress, he kindly consented to repeat
on Thursday evening.
The time hot occupied in the addressC
was given to business and the discussio
OF topics sppertaining to education. III
addresses were, mostly, Of a very hig
order. II would be out Of place for l
to particularize, but we are sure TIN
those who were permitted to listen
them enjoyed rich intellectual fcas
The effect Of such meetings must
good The free interchange Of ideas
nong teachers will tend to further Il
cause Of education Our Academies wi
be better conducted, and our cominf
schools feel the influence Of these oee
sions. 1t il gratifying TO know--and 4
interested in the prosperity Of our Sta
cannot but feel so--that there is so mu'
talent and devotion TO the cause ut d
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

AsININE-At the recent convention Of
the. Rutland County Free Democracy,
Loyal c. Kellogg, Esq.. of Benson, was
selected by the Nominating Committee,
as Senatorial Candidate, but on the re-
port being made to the Convention, Mr..
Kellogg was rejected because he had vo-
ted for the repeal of our habeas corpus
act. To make the thing still more far
cical, the Convention decided that the
party could not support any man who
voted for the repeal of that act and pre-
scrre ITS consistency. Mr.. Kellogg is
one of the ablest lawyers and most tai
cnted men in Vermont and we presume
his vote against the habeos corpus act
was given as lawyer, and not as n poll
tician The empty honor of the nomina-
tion would not add to his reputation nor
will his rejection diminish, in the slight
est degree, the high estimation in which
he is held by all who know him.-Brat-
lcJOro Eagle.
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To Persons tending to exhibit Animals
or Articles at the Vermont State Fair.

A Train for the Free Transportation
of Freight for the State Fair, will leave
Burlington for Rutland, on the afternoon
of Tuesday, August 81, at a o'clock, p
NJ Persons intending to exhibit, should
be at the Stations along the road with
their Stock in season to prevent delays
The Superintendent has given notice
that no Freight or Cattle Trains will be
run during the Exhibition. The return
Cattle Train will leave Rutland on the
morning subsequent to the close of the
Exhibition, at ) o'clock.
Hay will be provided at Rutland with
out charge to the exhibitor
j. \. BECKWITH,
Secretary ". State Ag. Soc
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

WILLIAMS CoLLEGE.-Commence-
mcnt at Williamstown occurred last
Wednesday. There were ffty-one
graduates. The address before the
Adelphic Union Society was delivered
by Wendell Phillips, the Abolitionist.
The following honorary degrees were
conferred f: LII. d. to Abbott Law.
renee; D. d. to Rev. Amos Blanchard,
of Lowell, and Rev. James McGregor
Bertham, English missionary at st.
Helena.
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Essy- The American CRYSTAL PalaC

BD- The American Crystal Palace
enterprise is going ahead at New
York. A large fund has been raised,
an Association formed (of which The
odore Sedgewick is President), an Of
fee established -(53 Broadway, and
a magnificent building for holding the
show put under way.-Thc association
has issued a circular notifying exhib-
itors that they are ready to receive
applications for space, &C., that the
exhibition will be opened next May,
that they have arranged with Charles
Busehek, Austrian Commissioner al
the London Exhibition, for procuring
and arranging contributions from a.
broad, that machinery will be exhibi-
ted in motion, and, in short, that the
arrangements will be on a large and
perfect scale, to the end that the Elk.
hibition shall be the greatest and mos
attractive display Of the productions o
art ever seen on this Continent.
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ZES. NJ. must excuse us from as
suming the responsibility of proving the
accuracy of his representations respect
ing the Brottleboro Asylum for the In
sane. If he is prepared with proof, it
would be better to present his case di
rectly to the Legislature. Our friend
therefore, cannot fail to see, on further
reflection, that the publication he asks
would be inexpedient.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

At the annual meeting Of the Society,
at the Chapel, on Wednesday, Aug. 18th,
the following board of officers, for the
ensuing year, was chosen by a unani-
nous vote:
President,
BRADFonD L. Wales, NJ. d., of Ran
dolph Mass. '..a
Vice Presidents,
Hon. MYRoN LAWRENCE, of Bclchcr.
town, Mass,
Hon. JAMES MEAcHAM, Middlebury,
Rev. MiLo j. HlckoK, " Rochester
Correspondence Secretary,
Purir BArrELL, Esq. of Middlcbury
Recording Secretary,
GEORGE S. SWIFT, of .Middlcbury.
Treasurer,
CHALEs L. ALI EN, NJ. D, ,of Middle
bury.
Central C0ntWttee,
julius A. BEcKwIrn, Esq. of Middle
bury,
Josnrn II. BAnnsrr, Esq, "
Rev =. j.. H. MYERS, Z"
The following appointments were
made for the next anniversary
Orator, Rev. HARVEY d. KlrchgLL,
of Detroit, Mich.
Substitute, DANIEL RosgaTs, Jr, Esq,
of Manchester.
Poet, +. s. sAynrs, ESP, of Mont
gomcry, Ala.
Substitute, GEoRGr w. PARKER, Esq,
of Owego, n. Y.
George s. Swift, Charles L. Allen,
and Hiram Mead were appointed com
mittce to procure subscriptions for the
publication of the English Catalogue of
the Alumni
On motion Of p. Battell, ESP, resolu-
ton welcoming to our meeting our form
er beloved Professor-Dr. HouGu-was
unanimously adopted. DIR. HouGH re-
sponded to the resolution in fclicitous
and characteristic manner.
AT the close of the Academicm exer-
ciscs, the Alumni listened to an Grafton
from the Rev Thomas j. SAWYER. ID, d.,
President of Tufts College, Mass, and
to Poem from JosEPH Ii. BARRETT, Esq,
of Middlebury.
On motion of Il. d. Barber, Esq, a
resolution rendering the thanks of the A.
lumni to the Orator and Poet, and request
ing copies of their respective productions
for publication, was unanimously adopt.
ed. On the nomination of Dr. Sawyer
Rev. L. II. CHARM, of New York--and
on the nomination of Mr.. Barrett, b. ID
Harris, Esq, of Brattleboro,-wert
chosen honorary members of the Associ
atcd Alumni GEo. s. SWIFT, .Sccy
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

Erie, aug. 20.-The steamer At
lantic, at two o'clock this morning,
came in collision on the Lake with the
propeller Ogdensburgh, and sunk in
half an hour. The Atlantic had Oh
board 500 passengers, a large number
of whom were lost. The remainder
succeeded in getting on board the Og.
densburgh with nothing on but their
night clothes, ard were brought in
here this morning. The Ogdensburgh
was somewhat injured, but lost none
of her passengers.
At the time of the collision dense
fog was prevailing. The passenger;
we're all in bed, and the Atlantic wa:
in the charge of the first mate. I'm
mediately following the collision the
utmost confusion prevailed among the
steerage and deck passengers, very
large proportion of whom were Norwe
gian emigrants. Many of them, il
their terror, jumped overheard instant
ly.
Buffalo, Aug. 90, 9 P. M.-Noth
ing certain has been ascertained as t.
the number of deaths by the collision
Nine OF the crew and % of the cabil
passengers are known to be lost.
Steamer Clinton has returned iron
the wreck of the Atlantic, and report
her entirely disappeared and sunk il
% fathoms of water. The boat be
longed to Messrs. Wards, owners of tn
Caspian, lately lost at Cleveland
She was valued at $50, 900, and wa
not insured.
Among those known to be save
are r. White and wife, of Orwell, VI
Among those feared to be lost are HI
mer Carley and sister, East Randolph
IVt.
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OXYGENATED BITTERS IN EUROPE.
Letter from Rev. L. poolittle,a highly respect
able Clergyman.

Letter from Rev L. Doolittle,a highly respect
able Clergyman
PARIS, NoremJer l, 1851.
Dear Sir,-About two years since | made
use of few bottles Of Your Oxygenaied Bit
tiers, for u stomach complaint, which was at
that time relieved During the past year,
having suffered somewhat in my general health,
INV medical advisers recommended a sea yoy-
age and some twelve months respite from pub
lie duty.
Since my stay in England and France,
have found my old enemy, irritability of the
stomach, returning again. have not found
any prescription to afford me relief, and
made inquiries in London for your 0xygenated
Btters, but could not find any. write now
to beg you will do me the favor to send by the
earliest steamer to lIavrc, half dozen bot
ties, care of Livingston, Wells & Co., 8 Place
de la Bourse, Paris,
An old friend of mine in Enaland, Captain
jackson, of the British Army, found, on my
arrival, suffering from Asthma, manifestly the
result of Dyspepsia. If you have mind to
send an additional half dozen bottles, |
should like to have the Captain try the med-
cine. l should not have tronbled you with
this but for wish to be quite sure of obtain
ing the genuine Nticlei and together with the
hope of my own relief, extend benefit to o.
Their sufferers like myself.
beg to observe, as | am not awarethat my
name is known to you, that have been the
resident clergyman for some twenty-three
years, in Shcrbrook and LennoxNillc, Canada
East, to which charge hope to be able to ro-
turn In the spring OF summer next following.
lremain, dear sir, your ob't serv't.
L. DO0LIrTLE.
DIR. g. b. GREEN, Windsor, Vermont.
REED AUSTIN, & Co, WHOLESALE
Druggists, No. &c Merchants Row,
Boston, General Agents. Price, 81 per
bottle six bottles for IS.
aAG - L.
DIALOGUE IN A SICK MANS CHAMBER.
- q seK M1c q I ~
Alas this Cough grows stronger day BY day,
| As grow weaker. AN the weary night,
Bathed IA cold sweat aud breathingpainfuliy,
! coyet sleep In vain.
| vsIrER.
Bamisk despair
Thousandswho thus have suffered nov restored
Smile at their former fears. 4, -it
lti- slcK NAN. $3.50
IIat can Il bel
But no these Lungs inaamcd and overtaskedi
With phlegm oppressed, mufle the iAboring
I'll breath,
And every pulsation seems the kneli
OF Hope, the Comforter. n
yIsrfER.
tr - q All say not that
: Behold n CURE in whose bland clements
4 Abidcs lifc-giving balm, A Syrup rarc,
OF potent herbs, aud roots, aud healing TAX
: Composed with wondrous skill The suffer
vi ing owe tli 80 .,f.fr
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

FIRST DIsTRIcT.-The Free Soiler'
Of this District held a convention al
this place last week, on Tuesday
Only twenty-five or thirty were pres
ent. After several ballots, j ohm Pier
point, Esq, Of Vergennes, was nomina
ted for member of Congress.
The Democrats met on the same day
at Vergennes, and nominated PhiliI
G. Tucker, Esq, of that city, for the
same office.
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EAThe Corporation Dinner, fur
nished by Mr.. CIRCUIT, on Commence.
ment Day, was very highly commend
ed by the guests generally. When
the Hotel is put in complete order, we
predict that it will have no superior in
the State.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-08-25

E3~ Rev. j. d. Butler, recently of
South Danvers, Mass, has been invi-
ted to become the pastor of a church
in Cincinnati, o., with salary of 49,
600.
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ES5- Major Josef Czreuncr, an ex-
lied Hungarian officer, died on the 9Th
inst, at Brattleboro', after long and
painful sickness, in the 2Sth year of
his age. The primary cause of his
death was a wound received in the ia
nous battle Of Brawyiczko.
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ls5'- 1t is not true, as stated in sew
eral papers, that Judge Cone, of Geor-
gia, prevented senator Seward from
delivering the Grafton at Yale Cole &c
Commencement. Mr.. Seward de-
clincd himself the appointment volun-
tarily, on account Of engagements at
Washington, and the orator was Z. P.
Whipplc, of Boston.
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B1% STATE FAIR at Rutland next
week, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. A number Of special Railroad
trains will be run each way, on those
days. For particulars, see handbills.
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Commencement.

L ~ NANiNicNos VII
Tuesday and Wednesday last, were
attended by unusually large audiences,
and passed of generally in very sat
isfactory manner. We do not remem.
Der to have seen greater number of
the Alumni present, at any time for
several years, with the exception of
the semicentcnnial anniversary two
years ago. The weather was propi-
tious, throughout, and the atmospheric
temperature not so opprcssively warm
as on many similar occasions.
On Sunday afternoon, the Bacca-
laureate sermon was preached by Rev.
DR.. LABAREE, who was listened to
with deep attentio n 10y a large congrc-
cation. The topic of his discourse
was, " The fear of tho Lord the be-
ginning of wisdom"
At . o'clock OH Tuesday afternoon,
the procession Of the Literary Socie-
ties reached the Church, and the an
niversary of the PhilomathosAn Soci-
ETY. was first observed, by an address
from the Rev. j. W. CHIcKERING, of
Portland, Me. His subject was "Na-
ture, as Rccrcativc Study for the
Scholar" In the last term, however,
(the language is our own,) all cduca-
ted and professional men were inclu-
ded, as well as the class to which it
is more strictly confined. Mr.. Chick.
ERING is evidently an admirer and ia
rniliar student Of nature, and has
made successful trial Of the princi
pies so forcibly and elegantly illustra.
ted by his remarks. We have seldom
listened with more pleasure to any
Philomathcsian discourse, and such We
believe was the experience Of the au-
: dience in general.
E Next came the address before the
Philadelphian Society, BY the Rev
c Milo j. ,lIIcKoK, of Rochester, n.
Y. The theme Of his discourse wa.
c the Pcrmancnce Of Christianity ant
! its Progressive Development, amrds
t constant and unending civil and socia
T. Revolutions. His clear and concis,
J preliminary narrative of the politica
: revolutions in Europe, commencing
Il with the downfall of Louis Philippe
, and ending in the present apparent.
s. hopeless relapse to despotism,was wol
:; thy to be preserved as leaf of stan
p dard history. His exposition of til
rs relations of the Nicene and Mcdiev
re Christianity, would have alone merite
Z high praise, without including tn
V. many other collateral topics and illus
C. trations, which were every one apprC
y =, pirate and interesting. Mr.. HIcKo
is close and acute thinker, as well {
on a vigorous and nervous writer an
speaker.
id The Parkerian exhibition took plat
d. in the evening-four members fro
" each of the three lower classes col
les tending for prizes in Defamation
on The orations Of the Juniors were orr
nc inal. Below is the order of OK ercisel
us FRESHMEN.
'at /. Eloquence.-PerkinS.
10 X. q. GRAvEs.
st. H. Transportation of johnson {
a. H. p HooKEn.
ne III. The Storm.-AROn
'ill Il. q. JOHNSON
ION " Address before the Missiona
ca, Society. Oct, isi9.-PhRiPs,
all j. TuPTs.
~ soPnoMoREs.
the V. The Puritans Macauiay
vas r. CoRBIN.
CHI VI. Thanatopsis.-Bryau
j. q. FENToN.
VII. Mexican war-1zomas G.
rim
tn, A. L. RANKIN.
nto VIII. To the Officers Of the Arm