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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

The LATE SECRETARY OF STATE
Ferrand +. Merrill, ESD, who was, last
week, in common with the other candi
dat es of his party for State Offices, su.
pcrseded, through the varying fortunes
of political warfare, in the Office of Sec
rotary of State, should not be permitted
to retire, even for the present. from a
post which he has filled so long and SO
acceptably, without some acknowledge
ment of the value Of his public services.
Accomplished to an unusal degree for
the business Of this department, assidu.
GUS and faithful in the discharge of its
duties, and courteous and attentive to all
with whom those duties brought him in
contact. Mr.. Merrill has made not on.
ly a popular, but a valuable State off
Ger, and one who need not shrink from a
comparison with any of the many who
have excessively been his predecessor
ia office since the organization Of the Gov.
ernment.- Freeman.
The above testimonial, from Mr.
Merrill's successor in Office, and a politi.
cal opponent, is alike honorable to its
author and just to the retiring Secre.
tary. Mr.. Nerrill-than whom the
State has never had q more competent,
faithful and courteous oficer-may rea.
sonably except q still higher promotion
in the public service, at no distant day,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23
MI. Soule's Presentation to the Queen
of Spain,

On the evening of the 22d, Mr.. Soulo.
Minister of tho United States to Spain,
was admitted to an audience with the
Queen. The Queen was attended by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After
being ushered in with the usual ccrcmo-
MES. Mr.. Soule handed to the Queen the
Presidents letter %accrediting him as En-
voy to the Spanish Court, and then adj
dressed her as follows, in the English
language -
Mddam-In delivering the letter
which accredits me as Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotcntiary OF
the United States of America to the
Court of your Majesty, l cannot dis
pense with expressing the satisfaction
experience in having only to give the
most friendly assurances to your royal
person. and to the people confidcd to
your direction and solicitudc. The re.
spectcd chief who at this moment pre-
sides over the destinics of America, an
xiously desires that the best undcrstan-
ding should characterize the relations Of
his government with that of your Males
ty and it would be to me a qualification
as it is a duty, to cultivate and dcveloI
every event calculated to render NOR,
intimate the ties of interest which exist
between Spain and the United States
and to strengthen the bonds which unitt
the two powers. [ offer, Madam, tc
your Majesty, my sincere wishes fol
the welfare of your royal person and au
gust family. May the reign of you
Majesty be fortunate and fruitful in C
vents destined to render your people
happy and prosperous"
To this address the Queen replied II,
follows
Monsieur the Minister Il hav,
heard with satisfaction the assurance
you have given to me relative to tn,
friendly sentiments of the President o
the United States, and ] feel pleasure il
assuring you that they are not surpass
ed by those which animate me for hi,
person and for your country. Thos,
e assurances, always grateful to me
convince me more and more of the inter
est which Spain, as we'll as the Unitet
States, have to preserve and draw Gle
ser their former relations. In RIO ror
Excelleucy will find the dis ,it;on an
in my Government, the sincercst coon,
ration for the accor., plishment of so in
portaut anu so ~aesirable. an obiect.n
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. - The news
that goes out from here to your city
press, in relation to the contents of the
forthcoming Presidents message, and
the reports of the Secretary is sufficient
ly amusing One correspondent testi-
tes confidently that Mr.. Secretary Guth-
RE will recommend a reduction of the
duty ON iron. Another denies the state
ment i'll toto, and asserts that he will do
no such thing. The fact is, that one
correspondent knows just as much as
the other on this subject, and that is
nothing at all So, too, with the tumble
of topics, and the mode of treating of
them, that is predicted of the message.
To credit the reports, M must believe
that the President runs about town
showing a synopsis of his annual mess
age, in advance, even before it is written.
No proposition has been received for
the annexation of the Sandwich Islands.
The Hawaiian Council have not had the
subject before them during the late agi-
tation but one, and then only in a mega
tive form. The Council did not vote
for annexation, but simply voted down a
proposition to commit the Council a
gainst it Meantime, neither the King
nor the heir apparent are disposed to
make any advances looking towards a
cession of the Islands. Their prejudices
and fears are constantly played upon by
the British aud French Officials, in or
der to prevent such act.-Cor. ". Y
Tribune.
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Tie SANDWICH ISLANDS r,ur con.
tcmporarles are very EXCESSIVELY discuss.
ing the position Of th.s Sandwich Island
affairs And We. are surprised to iiud
how easily sJme of thcm-very indiciou,
ana se..siblc writer's too-fall in with
thr notion that the independence of the
islands cannot long be maintained and
that it is therefore desirable. as the is.
lands must fall into somebody's hand
that they should be annexed to the Unit
ed States. Why should it be believed
SO readily that these Islands cannot re
tain their ndependcntnationa cxistencel
Why, VT are told the natives are rapid.
ly dying away, and the race will soon be
extinct. Well, suppose this to be true
though we believe the danger to be
much exaggerated-it will require many
years to depopulate these islands of the
native inhabitants; and in the meat
time other inhabitants will be gradually
gathering at the island to occupy the va.
CAM plac s.nade by death; and why may
not the prescn, independence of the IIa.
waiian kingdom be continued in those
who succeed the present inhabitants OF
the islands ? We can sec no reason why
but in the restless fllibustering spirit Of
a portion of that Universal Yankee Ma.
ton. 1t is manifestly for the interest
Of the commercial world that these is
lands, directly in the track of the trade
between China and the Western World
so conveniently located and adapted to
accommodate whalers and other ship,
which frequently visit the Pacific and
Arctic oceans, should remain indepen
dent and open ports for all the shipping
of the world, and all the grca, marine Pow.
ers Of the world would doubtless readil,
unite in a guaranty Of this independence
If the scheming Yankees of the islanc
would allow matters to take their nat
ural course. Our own convictions ar,
most decidedly that the only reason why
annexation to the United States is deem
ed so necessary by certain American res
idents ON the Sandwich Islands is, tina.
such a step would subserve their&riyat,
interest Boston TrdrcLcr.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

MiDDLgBURY Female SEMINARY &
MiDDLEBURY AoAnEMy.-Thc attention
of our readers is called to the advertise.
ment of the Institutions in our columns.
The winter term begins Dec. 9Th, and
we learn that a large attendance is ex.
pected. The unprecedented prosperity
of the Fall Term justi6es us in saying
that the experiment of uniting the two
Schools under one Principal, has been
successfully tried. We trust that our
fellow citizens of Addison County will
no longer deemit necessary to send theii
sons and daughters to distant aud cost
ly Schools, when they have, in their
midst, Institutions 50 entirely success
full, amply furnished with Instructors
and, for these times, extremely moderate
in their charges.
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The PRESIDENTS NEXT NJ

The PRESIDENTS NEXT MESSAGE.
-Gossippers are already discussing
the contents of President Pierce's next
message. OF course it is quite puz.
cling to know how those wiseacres get
their information, since the probability
is that the President, if he has at all
penned the document, has not let a
syllable Of it out. Nevertheless We
give the gossip of the gossippers
1T will not say much on the sub
ject of the Pacific Railroad, and will
not hold a veto suspended in terrorem
ovcr the head of Congress. 1t will
surely take ground directly opposite
to that assumed by Col. Davis in his
Crystal Palace procession speech, and
declare his opposition to have the road
bull: by Government means. That no
may veto any bill on that subject
which may be matured during the
present Congress, is not at all unlikely,
but the announcement Of such a reso-
luton would bring him at once in col.
lision with a considerable party in Con,
grcss. The malcontents will seize upon
anything for the purpose of organizing
an opposition to the present administers
ton, and great caution and forecast
must be used not to furnish them with
a handle"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

The ENDLESS PREss.-1his is the
name Of a newly invented printing
press, which is now in full operation,
at the corner Of franklin and Center
streets. The author Of it is Jeptha
Wilkinson, Esq, one Of the most in
g%enious mechanics the world has thus
fan Produced. lie is the inventor Of
the reed machines-an Invention which
Produced an absolute resolution iu the
manufacture Of cotton both il England
and in America.
The Endless Pless will, with the
utmost ease, throw of twenty thousand
copies Of 4 newspaper, printed on both
sides, ~ an hour. We saw it in Gp
Grafton the other day, and are prepar
ed to say that it is destined to omutstri;
every other press in the known world
The impressions We saw tho other day
Possessed a slight defect in column
rule impressions and, there Appeared
to be an error in tue distribution q
INK. These defects, however, can be
easily rcmedied, aud We predict tina
the Endless Press will become the ex.
elusive agent Of all prcssmen in a few
years. The PAPER is placed on a cyl
inder, and forms endless sheet-henc,
the name Of the press. Nou can prin
by it any edition you desire, from fiji
teen hundred to fifteen hundred mil
lion.-N. Y. Samday Atlas.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

WHAT Rum DOES IN THE STATE OF
New YoEK.-The annual cost of pau
perism in this State is more than $780,
600. Of this sum upwards of 100000
are set down to the account of iutem.
perancc. Our average number of pau
pers is over 10000. More than three
tourths of all the crime committed in
the State, can be traced directly to in
temperance. Nearly all the business of
Grand Juries, Sheriffs, C~onstables, aud
almost the entire Police system in all
the cities, is chargeable to |intemperance,
Of ls0,646 persons committed in six
and-a-half years, in the city of New
York, lao, 1873 were offences resulting
almost entirely from the use of liquor
in dram shops. In this estimate of tho
appalling evils resulting from the sale
of intoxicating liquors, VT leave entire
ly out of the account the incalculable A.
mount of poverty, and wretchedness, and
sorrow, which the liquor traffic iutrodu-
ces into the family Of the drunkard-an
aggregate too terrific to contemplate
Name Lar LdcOnicS.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

TIE WeStminiStcr Rericw.--Octobe
Number has arrived. Ia bic of contents
Religion in Italy The Progress of Fic
ton as an Art Partnership with Lin
tied Liability The Book of Job, Schoo
Gains of Languages Ancient aud
Modern German Mysticism in the Sev
enteenth Century The Universal Pos
tutate The Progress Of Russia ; Con
temporary Literature of America Con
temporary Literature of Germany Con
temporary Literature of Frencc.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

A vorE ON THE LIoUoR LAVA vote
was taken in committee, last Thursday
evening, on the question of an a bsolute
repeal of the Liquor Law. The com
mittee--conslsting of nine members
stood, for repeal 3, against it, 6. Those
who voted for repeal are Mcssrs. Field.
Plimpton, and Merrill (of Colchester).
Mr.. B0rbcy voted NO. Before election,
certain Wigs in Middlebury declared
that they would vote for 10 man who
was not in favor Of an unconditional
repeal Of the law. Notifications, of any
kind, would not satisfy them. Those
same persons-cxercising an uudoubted
right, and for which it does not become
us to ccnsure them-fouud i. ID. BarJc,
to be just the man they wanted. They G.
lccted him as the advocat and champ.
ion of unconditional repeal" And the
first time the question is directly
raised; Shall the law be repealed Mr.
Barber votes NO.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

WlscoNslN.-We learn that a large
portion Of the democrats Of this vigorous
young State are in a condition If open re.
volt against the administration The larls
are said to be everywhere in asccndancy.
from Lake Michigan to the NJ >sissippi.
The Courier. Il spirited and fiue looking
sheet, published at Oshkosh, takes strong
ground against the administration. Re.
probating the prescription of Judge
BRONSON and his political associates III
this State, the C0Hricr says
Papers of the stamp above mention
cd free %soilers may speak f%ippantly Of
the democracy Of the Empire State, and
try to make their readers believe that
the party cal maintain its ascendamcy ia
the nation without their aid but the
causes which operate to distract aud de-
moralize the party there. will have the
same effect to Il greater or less extent in
every state in the Union. No party ev.
er elected Il President who failed to re.
ceive the vote of New York, and it is
absurd to except that the influence, ex-
ample and moral weight of the ALTMAN
tines will not be felt in other States. In
the West, are thousands active inhuen-
tial democrats, who once lived in New
York, and who are identified with the
old line democrats of that state by car
ly association-their sympathies will be
excited, the disatfection will spread, and
the usefulness of the democratic party
under its present organization will be
entirely destroyed"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23
Important from China.

A Friend has placed at our disposal a
Letter from DIR. Parker Secretary to the
United States Legation at Canton, Of
which the following is a copy -
81 have what | am assured is con.
tanned in a private letter from Picking
that Heen Fung, the present Emperor
on the I'd Of August, fed to Gehul, in
Tartary, and that Prince Wei Chin, fifth
brother Of Taou Kwang. was left in
charge of the Empire. and that the in
surgent troops were within six days Of
Picking at that date.
This news hears marks of the prob
ability, and the source of my informa
ton is as reliable as any We can ordina
rily get in China.
" In speaking with the British cousu.
this evening, he informed me that he
heard the same news two or three day,
since, which corresponds with the time
my informant states the intelligence
reached this city.
Mr.. Robertson seemed to receive
the intelligence with some doubt. | car
oaly say that | think it very likely tC
prove true, and that Prince Wei Chin i,
THE man of all others who would be most
likely to be called to take the roins Of
government.
lie is the man who is said to have
written Taou Kwang's answer to the
Presidents letter, delivered i'll 1914 by
Mr.. Gushing"
DR.. Parker's letter is dated at l(
minutes to ~ O'clock" ON the 3D. OF
September, and was addressed to a mem
Der of the branch house of Il large mcr
camille firm in this city, in response to I
note despatched to him at half past IL
the same nightly Y. OOur. g. Eng
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

Tile Peoples .Lournal, a New Month
ly, devoted to Agriculture, Mechanics
and subjects of general interest, has just
been startca in New York. Farmers
Mechanics and others will find it a valu.
able and interesting Journal. 1t is fine
~ illustrated and contains a very valu-
able selection of articles on the various
subjects usually treated of in Journals Of
the kind. See advertisement.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

A DEMOCRATIC PAPER ON PRESIDENT
PIERoE-The State of Maine" says /.
-"We blush for the honor of the coun.
try-we feel ashamed of our American
nam C that 1t is thus furnished in the
person of its Chief Magistrate. We
must hereafter admit, in reply to the
taunts of foreigners, that the Office of
President Of the United States has been
filed by a man who unites the duplici-
ty Of a knave with the Of n
traitor. franklin Pierce has fallen
from his high eminence to the lowest
place in the scale of political prostitu-
ton, and will hereafter be regarded by
all honorable men, in the same category
as Aaron Burr avid Bcredic' A. 1'Af
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23
EC John Van Buren, is badly

LI John Van Buren, is badly in
want of . place, since the New York G.
lection we judge from an advertise.
ment in the N. Y, Tribune. Don't the
gentleman from Africa, out Professor,
beautifully and skillfuly rersed in man.
ufaeture of Candy. who whileth away
his leisure in selling peanuts, want an
apprentice W. should judge the cot
or of their several political views would
harmonic.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

Wing TRIUMPH IN THE Nav IoRK
ELEcTIoN The Tribune figures the
result of the recent election as follows
Total vote estimated-Whig, 1885,
600 Hard, $4,000 Soft, 81 .000.
In rouna numbers the Senate stands
w higs 22i llards, ) Softs, 2; not
decided, 3. The assembly-Wbigs, so
Hards, rs Sofis, 20 Free Democrats,
2.
The Tribune believes that not less
less than 20 Of the 81 Senators, and of
the 1873 Assomblymen, are in favor of
the speedy enactment Of the Maine Law
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23
What the Masses think of 1t.

The unprincipled and vcnal coalition
Of Field, Barber & Co., with the Hun.
ker Democracy, by means of which the
eutire L.ocofoco ticket was elected at the
price of a few two'penuy Offices, and the
only chance to elect Oscar L. Sllafter as
L. 5. Senator was thrown away, is ex.
citing very general Indignation among
the Frersoii masses. The Burlington
Courier and the Springfield Telegraph
Free Soil organs) openly denounce this
iniquity, this open betrayal of the party,
10y leaders once Democrats, to their old
associates. The Freeman and the Bran
don Post, whose editors had each of
them "part of the bacon" defend the
transaction, as well as they can, but not
to the satisfaction Of their readers, as
the Ecemtdn seem to admit. in its re
marks to the "screTaL " correspondents
who have DENOUNCED this upostacy.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

PoLITIcs IL CALIFoRYIA.-They
appear to have a very free aud easy
style of doing business in the Golden
State. \ gentleman writing home to
his friends in llcrkiIner County. New
York, from lolo County, California,
says:
- attended the polls, which we
held under some shade trees, three
miles below our rancho. One man,
being obliged to 20 home before the
pol opened, LIFT his vote sticking in
the side of the shanty near by. The
Judge decided that it should be taken.
aud 1t wra sel. fer @!l deposited in
the b x"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

&c The Legislature of Vermont
has some notion of harmony, notwith'
standing they have had such a distract
ed state of things there. They gave au
dience to the Bakers and laid aside for
the time, the weighty matters, which
claimed attention. for the more agreeable
amusement of hearing songs. Coufound
Legislation, they say, what have we got
to do with Legislation. Scramble fol
Office, electioneer and adjourn for any
fun THAI comes along-that's much more
amusing The State foots the bill.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

EH In the U, S. Circuit Court at
Providence, on Tuesday, Judge Curtis
charged the grand jury in relation to the
law of Congress prohibiting iogging in
the navy and in merchant vessels, and
held that it only refers to punishment
with the scat" and does not prohibit
any other mode of correcting senmen
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

CO The Governor has decided to ap.
point the 9Th Of Dec for Thanksgiving.
This is in order to allow the Legislature
to reverse the engine and wheel back in.
to cdses, so that its constituent parts
may severally %''settle the Turkey cues.
tiou" at home.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

IL As the season is with US, when
all are liable to the Affections that fol.
low colds seated on tie throat aud lungs.
we should keep in mind that Aysy's
Cherry Pictorial is the proper remedy
for those diseases, and that it seldom
fail. TO cure.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

WIscoNsIN.-At a recent election il
the State of Wisconsin, q vote of thu
people was taken upon the Prohibitory
Liquor Law. In some twenty-four cit
les and towns heard from, the vote stood
1929 for the law, to 4443 against it. Oh
this haayy majority against the law, Mil
waukee city, the commercial emporium
of the State, gave the most, having poll
ed s97 votes for the law to 1902 against
IL
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23
The rain Of Sunday

MAss,cmusrrrs The rain Of Sunday
os We nnticinatcd nroduced n raniJ ria
in all tho streams in this v[icin;,y ,s
we'll ne in moro distant loc,I;,;cs
~culvor, n, tho Wo.,ern R,;iroa1 uoar
Wcst6cld was washed owov I'm, wos
ropairc6 in sooson IN allow of ,bo reor.
lor nossogo ~ ,ro;rs Man IS f.,
hr;dgos on ,bo Wos,nrn rnaJ yora snL
n,erScJ duriny sunday hut nonc n
,Lc9 suEnroJ W. i,or ~ Jansana
frnm ,Lo stnrn :, aimee, ornrv H.
,;on Great I,moan Lns hoou 1onn ~
the uonstopic Donbntv md Vouao'
,ncl R,;lroaJs - Tanno,,;""t e.,
on MonJoy ,Lo obstrmct;on 81 tbo ,rai~s
w,s comnIe,e soyn IN Fla lo,sor nor,inn
If tho unuso,om;c rond P
rho br;dro nf ,ho urdson poilro.1
NJ pnrJa r,s sta,;nm onar ,Lo rn',~u
Riy.r was uo u't, .nd ,ha ~ ,n..h
wires with i,
IL, en- Il,
New Hoyeu. Hartford md Snr;UasoIJ
Railroad at Windsor were washed away
on Sunday. obstructing the passage Of
the Sunday night mail cars in each d.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-23

lie FIRE AT KINGSTON, Canada
The Kingston Wig of Saturday gives
the following account of the fire III that
city on Saturday morning -
We stop the press to announce one of
the most terrible confagrations that has
visited Kingston for many years. ~
bout 3 o'clock this morning the store on
ScObells wharf, occupied jointly by the
owner and Mcssrs. John Miller X Co
was discovered to be on fret having
caught from the sparks escaping from
the smokc-pipcs OF the Free Ttalcr.
This store was soon burned. with the sta
bles Of Mr.. Henry Bartiff at the old
Military Hospital. The fire then spread
along the wliaryes, burning down the
st%ore-houses of tho Hon. j Hamilton
and Mcssrs. Macpherson X Crane, cx-
tending thence to the stores both back
and trout of Mr.. llcndry and Mr.. Watts
all Of which were completely destroy
ed these two latter were well known
as the Mcleod and Smith properties.
The stone house of ihe Hon. John
Macaulay, occupied by the Quarternas
ter Generals and Assistant .Adju,ant
Generals Departments. and that % the
opposite corner, the old Kirby property,
were saved. The books Of Mr. llaml-
tons Office were all burned several
steamers and other craft were IN immc-
diate danger, but were fortunately got
out of the way \ large quantity of
undcliycrcd goods belonging to various
merchants in the city were burned. Tie
wind was blowing fresh. and 1t wa,
supposed at one time that the fire would
spread to the end Of the street. We
have barely time to give a mere outline
Of the lisastcr,--ful particulars mus
be CLEANED at leisure.