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Observation-Disclosures is absorb
ing the great body of the migration to
such an extent that Michigan finds
herself rather neglected, and the pa
pers of that State arc discussing means
for diverting the stream of settlers tc
their own vacant lands. Accordina
to the Detroit Free Press, much of the
popularity of Wisconsin with emigrant.
is to be ascribed to the judicious law:
passed by the Legislature of that
State to encourage emigration thither.
The Detroit Free Press says that 200
Norwegians passed through Buffalo
from Quebec few days ago, on their
way to Wisconsin.
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COMPLAINTS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
That the new administration has dis.
appointed everybody at home has long
been settled. In attempting to sit not
upon two, but dozen stools, it has
come to the ground. But we did not
suppose that the dissatisfaction had OK.
tended to the British allies of the Presi,
dent. So it seems, however, by the
following article from the London Dis.
patch, paper that, like most Of the
London press, looked with great hope
to the election of Gen. Pierce, and re-
joiccd that the old hero whom the
British could not beat was, at last,
overthrow by his own countrymcn:
Prov. Jour.
"Men, parties, and countries, should
always be diffidcnt of great success.
Some reverse, reaction, or, at least,
disparagement, generally waits upon a
triumph. More has been taken than
was due, and there is a balance to be
repaid. This appears to be the case with
General Franklin Pierce and the A
merican Democratic party. When that
gentleman was elected to the Prcsidcn-
cy, not only did he distance all oppo-
sition, but the very faction of Wings
was declared to be annihilatcd. 1t is
tue that General Franklin Pierce had
never. done anything very extraordina.
ry but then il was absolutely reckon,
cd merit that he was unknown. Tie
'omne ignotum pro magnifico' was new
or more literally taken. lie could have
done verifying, and had escaped al
enmity and envy by doing little OIL
nothing. All this, it seems, was toe
good 10 last; that terrible proof of the
pudding the eating thereof, does no
come up TO the promise Of the volum
nous smoke in which it was ushered t
the dining table. If we are TO believe
the Times correspondent, the Presi
dents ancient panegyrist, Genera
Franklin Pierce falls rather fat. Their,
: is something in conducting the affair
OF a mighty country which is not to b
! learned in a small provincial circle
, We have had our misgivings for som
time. There was too much talk abou
the government, and especially in il
chief. We all remember the defiar
speech which he flung in the face {
foreign ambassadors, when he address
: cd the crowd, upon his inauguratio
), at Washington. This is not the wa
d in which great policy is opened
: the world. However, we said an
d thought what We could on his behal
I and waited. Then came his invitatic
IS to the dinner of Meagher, one of IL
n Irish scditionists, escaped from tran
= portation. This might DO intended I
: an elegant compliment to the 'old cou
try as much as to say that even h
discarded and punished we're CUES
K and companions for the chief magi
n trate Of America but it was not SO a
cepted here. Then tho announcemel
t, that Mr.. Buchanan, appointed Mini
. Ter at this Court was TO astonish us Q
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r4s- The New York San has

E.a.- The New York San has all
alOug pretended to know that President
PlEncE sympathised in its ultra Fill
buster views but at last it has become
dissatisfied, and its disgust and indigna-
ton are thus expressed:
Nationally, the Administration is fast
falling under suspicious of imbccility
The Fishery Question which Mr.. Ever
cit was prosecuting with zeal to favor.
able conclusion, may lingcr on and be.
come legacy to the next Administra-
ton. In the meantime, England and
the Colonies line the fishing grounds
with armed vessels and the fishing
season is partly over before the Cabinet
at Washington can take any steps tc
show that it will protect American
rights 1t listens to the professions OF
the British Minister; and while his
government is backing up its pretension'
by an imposing naval force, it trusts tC
the discretion and courtesy of the Brit
ish officers for The immunity of Ameri
can fishermen from injustice and out
rage"
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E& AWashington letter writer says
that the accounts of Mr.. DRAPER
contract with the government for the
purchase of stock are closed, and that
twenty-four thousand dollars Lave been
saved to the government in interest
through bis agency. This is one OF
the transactions OF the Treasury De.
partment, under the administration OF
Mr.. CoRwIN, that the Union and 9th.
err partizan papers have made the sub
jet Of such severe criticism. 1t was
sanctioned By Mr.. CoRwIN's success
sor, nevertheless, and the result shows
the wisdom of the proceeding.
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EE A correspondent of the Montpe-
lier WGtchmon, writing of the liquor
law, says ave are Wing of the
''straitest sect" and somewhat advanced
in years but it is our firm and honest
conviction that the Vermont liquor law,
exceptionable as it may be in some of
its provisions, and susceptible Of amend
ment for the better, is doing more good
to the great mass of the people in the
state than all the mere party politicians
Of all parties, in the commonwealth. Let
the law stand or fall upon its own mer
its, unconnected, as much as possible, will
political questions"
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Misunderstanding of bores, we
can scarcely imagine one capable of in
ficting more twisting misery than an
inveterato whistler. A fife We can stand,
when all the EARNED and equipped,
So, on training day, and drum, with its
flag, flag, flag, serves to drown its screams
but to listen to poor air, badly muir
dered by poorer quicker, We prefer
death in some easier if not quicker way
We always think of the French stage
driver, who, being very much annoyed b,
such bore, suddenly turned upon hin
with My frieu- vat for you all tim,
visscll You loss your dog, ch ~
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EE Certain papers of the State are
cndeavoring to excite prejudice against
Gov. FAlRBANKs, BY circulating story
that he struck out from his message last
fall, a recommendation of the Maine law,
by request Of some Wings. We know
this to be sheer fabrication. Nothing
Of the kind ever occurred. Certain Tenn
pcrance men wished such recommen-
dation inserted, after the message in its
present form was actually printed
strikes us as a very different matter.
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PREVALENCE OF BALDNEss.-From
some cause or other, badness seems to
befal much younger men now than it
did thirty Or forty years ago. A very
obscrvant halter informed us, short
time since, that be imagined much of
it was owing to the common use of
wearing silk bats, which, from their
impermeability to the air, keep the
head at a much higher temperature
than the old beaver structures, which,
he also informed us. went out princi-
pally because we had used up all the
beavers in the Hudson Bay Company's
territories.-The adoption of silk hats
has, however, given them time, it
seems, to rcplenish the breed. This
fact affords singular instance of the
influence of fashion upon the animals
of remote continent. 1t would be
more singular still if the silk-hat the
DRY of badness has any truth in it, as
it would then turn out that We were
sacrificing our own natural nap in Or
der that the beaver may recover his.
Without endorsing the speculativc
opinion Of our halter, We may, we be-
lieve, state it as we'll ascertained cir
cumstancc, that soldiers in helmetted
regiments are oftener bald than any
other of our heroic defenders.-Lon-
don Quarterly Revie,0.
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MoRr HARMoNY-On Thursday week,
the Democracy of Bennington County
met in Convention, and after rejecting
two or three nominations made by their
Committee, promptly laid resolution
approving their State ticket on the table,
aud adjourned in highly pleasant state
of feeling. Mr. Robinson, their candi-
date for Governor. was a member Of the
convention, and doubtless felt highly
complimented by the proceedings 1t is
a somewhat significant fact that only ono
or two County Conventions in this State
have made any allusion whatever, in
their resolutions, to the national admi-
nistration-B rattic5oro Eagle.
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The ENGLrsn CLIMATE.--Dr. Bal
ley Of the National Era, in one Of his
letters, thus compares the climate Of
England, in point Of agrceablcncss and
health, with the climate Of the United
States:
"With all duo regard for my Eng
lish friends, / must say that the climate,
so far as my experience goes, is simply
dctcstablc F; and were il not for the
pleasures of social intercourse, not all
the sights and sounds Of London could
tempt me to endure it twcnty.four
hours. 1t is city Of smoke and fog,
and clouds and rain, and rain and
clouds, and fog aud smoke. Here in
the month Of juno, when American
skies are heavenly, and American
weather bland and luxurious, We take
to great coats, woolens and fires, and
now and then catch q glimpse at the
sun shorn Of his beams, and looking
bald and dirty through the murky
gloom.
They say that Englishmcn hang
themselves in November; they deserve
great credit for not hanging themselves
every month in the year. But human
nature gets used to everything. The
Londoner would hardly know how to
breathe an atmosphere which did not
contain q certain amount of coal smoke
and smut land would feel rather uncom
Portable out of fog. But said a
sturdy Englishman, in defence of his
climate lit is wholesome anyhow our
people look healthy you sec, and have
good stomachs.' He did not say that
they looked and were more robust than
Americans but l know he thought it;
and why not ?-English tourists have
so often asserted it, and American
travellers admitted it,that few English.
men doubt it. Indeed, have heard
some good people in Boston lament
the physical degeneracy of the race.
They should visit the interior of New
England and the great West; they
would then correct some Of their thco-
RIGS. l have soon more ruddy faces
here than in the cities of America, but
also more pale and sickly ones. A
clear and healthy complexion is just as
common in our country as in England.
There are here more fat, but not more
muscular people, than at home. BY
measurement, the English would prob.
ably have the advantage round the
waist, Americans about the chest and
shoulders the droop shoulder being
more common among the former, the
square among the latter. So far as
vitality and strength are concerned, l
can see no indication of deterioration
of the race in the new world. And
this conclusion is confirmed by refer.
cnce to the tables of longevity and ex-
pcctation of life, which show that in
these respects there is scarcely any
difference between New England and
England and France, while in Mary
land the longevity is somewhat greater
than in any of the countries named"
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THE New YonK JouRNAL-This is
the title of handsome illustrated week
ly paper, octave form, just started in
New York; d. Orvis, Publisher, rs
Nassau Street. 1t is printed on excel
lent paper, is filled with very readable
matter, aud its illustrations are decided
ly good 1t is the cheapest paper We
know of, being only s Il year, in advance
1t will contain Tales, Biographies, Com
ic illustrations, Fashions (by Mrs
Ann s Stophens), Music, &c, SC
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-03

AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE
U. S. PATENT OFFICE Our friends
of the press have very generally ap-
pointed the senior editor of this paper
w. S. King] to the charge Of the
Agricultural Affairs in the Patent Of.
fee in Washington The report sprang
from the fact, that the Presidents Of
six State Agricultural Societies, togeth.
er with the President Of the United
States Agricultural Society, and the
Board Of Trustees Of the American
Institute, had requested such appoint
mcnt at the hands of the Commission.
er Of Patents. That officer thereupon
appointed Mr.. d. J. Browne. Of
New York, who is undoubtedly a good
democrat, and will prepare as good a
Report for the country, as any of his
predecessors.
This fact is worthy of note, for one
reason that it will prove to the ag-
ricultural interest of the United States,
precisely the value that is set upon
their po'cer by politicians Boston
Jour. Of agriculture.
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EN- The word tariff is taken from
a fortress which is situated on the Straits
of Gibraltar, promontory which, from
its position, is admirably adapted for
commanding the entrance Of the Medi'
terranean sea, and watching the exit and
entrance Of all ships. II was the custom
of the Moors to watch from this point
all merchant ships going into or coming
out Of the Midland sea and, issuing
from this stronghold to levy a certain
fixed scale Of duty on all merchandise
passing in and out of the Straits, and
this was called, from the place whore il
was levied, tariff" or tariff" aud il
this way we have acquired the word
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The Vatican.

The wor6 "Vatican" is often used
but there are many who do not under.
stand its import. The term refers to
collection of buildings on one of the
seven hills Of Rome, which cover q
space Of 1900 feet in length and 1000
in breadth. 1t is built on the spot once
occupied by the garden of the crue'
Nero. 1t owes its origin to the Bish-
op of Rome, who in the early part Of
the sixth century erected humble res.
idence on its site. About the year
1850, Pope Eugenius rebuilt it on a
magnificent scale. Innocent H., a few
years afterwards, gave it up as lodg-
ing to Peter H., King of Arragon.-
In 1905. Clement ", at the instiga-
ton of the King of France, removed
the Papal Sec from Rome to Avignon,
when the Vatican remained in a con-
dition of obscurity and neglect for
more than seventy years. But soon
after the return of the pontifcal court
to Rome, an event which had been so
earnestly prayed for by the poor Pc
trarch, and which finally took place in
1876, the Vatican was put into a state
Of repair, again enlarged, and it was
thenceforward considered as the regu.
lar palace and residence of the Popes,
who, one after the other, added fresh
buildings to it, and gradually enriched
it with antiquities, statues, pictures
and books, until it became the richest
depository in the world.
The library of the Vatican was com.
menccd fourteen hundred years ago.
1t contains 10000 manuscripts ,among
which are some by Pliny, St. Thomas,
St. Charles Borramee, and many He
brew, Syriac, Arabian and Armenian
bibles. The whole of the immense
buildings composing the Vatican are
filled with statues, found beneath the
ruins of ancien. Rome; with paintings
by the masters, and with curious med
ais and antiquities of almost every de-
scription. When it is known that there
have been exhumed more than 70, 00O
statues from the ruined temples and
palaces Of Rome, the reader can form
some idea of the riches of the Vatican
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-03

MIssIssIpPI.-Tho Wing State Con,
vention, recently adjourned, made the
following nominations
For Governor, Francis NJ. Rogers
Secretary of State, James A. Horne
Auditor Of Public Accounts, Dan. r,
Russell State Treasurer, Daniel Me-
Laurin ; Attorney General, George II,
Foote.
Among the resolutions we select one
as specimen
RESOLVED, That We condemn, ant
hold up to stern popular rebuke, the
appointment, by President Pierce, o.
e-Soilers and Secessionists to office
and Of those who so lately signalized
themselves in their ultra opposition and
resistance to the great peace measures
Iof 1850. The more especially as i
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MAssAcHusETTs.- Gov CLIFroRD,who
reluctantly consented to be the Wing
candidate last fall, declines a renomina'
ton for Governor. Hon Rufus Choate
Hon. George Ashmun and Hon. Abbott
Lawrence are among those prominently
named as candidates for the succession.
Mr. Choate would not probably accept
the Office.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-03

MARK HURDLEsToNE, by MRs NooDlE,
author of "Roughing it in the Bush. -
"Thc work of MIS-. Noodle, which was a
delineation of pioneer life in Canada, con.
tined SO much vigorous originality aud
graphic power of description, that it ere
nted sensation in the literary world
scarcely inferior to @Jane Eyre" II
had m Immense run, and everybody has
since boon on the tip-toe of expectation
for the next work that should appear
from hor pen. "Mark Hurdlestone' has
not disappointed the expectations rais
ed by "ROughing il in the Bush" "Marl
Hurdlestone" is FAR more dramatic thar
its predecessors
Published by Dewitt f. Davenport
leo s. i62, Nassau street New York: =
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PAVILION, MoNIrELiER-This is one
of the largest hotels in New England,
out of Boston, and we are pleased to say
that its proprietor, NJ Cottrill, we'll
known stage proprietor and hotel keeper
for many years, has added extensively
to his rooms, and put the house in first
rate order. 1t is not kept on the Euro
pean plan, French or English, and no
attempt is made to ape city fashions; but
If any body is suited with clean. neat
and quiet house, and table abuudantly
furnished with substantial articles and
each the best of its kind, let him try the
Pavilion. WatchDian
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g9-Mr. Stubbs, who meanly fur

B4-Mr. Stubs, who meanly fur
nished Chas. ]. Ingersoll with gossip
from the State Department with which
to exc out that mans famous attack
upon Mr.. Webster in Congress some
years ago (when Mr.. Ashmun distin-
guishOd himself in reply), has been
restored to his old place in the State
Department by the Pierce Administra
ton, a favorite clerk of Mr.. Webster's
being displaced therefor. How the
democrats do love Mr.. Webster and
revere his memory
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grIIczekiah G. Seymour. late State

ZG IIczekiah c. Seymour. late State
Engineer of New York, died at his resid-
ence in Piermont on Sunday evening.
The New York Express says - Mr..
Seymour has three railroad contracts at
present that between Cincinnati and
st. Louis, 100000 contract that
between Maysvillo aud Lexington, KY
and that between Toronto and the st.
Lawrence. lie was the principal engin'
ecr on the New York aud Eric Railroad
lie was one Of the most accomplished Of
icers engaged in his department in the
country.
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IMPEACHMENT CAsE.-Verv {

IMPEACHMENT CAsE.-Very emf
nent counsel are announced in the case
of Mr.. Mather, the New York Canal
Commissioner, who has been impcach
ed upon the charge of using his offic-
ial station for the purpose of giving
very advantageous contracts to hi:
friends. The counsel are For Mr.
Mather, James 7. Brady, Rufus w
Peckham, and John II. Reynolds. OPP
posed: Nicholas Hill, Jr., John Var
Buren,, and Martin Grover.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-08-03

FATHER GAvAzzfs LECTURES IN New
YoRK. Dewitt s. Davenport, New York
have published full report of Gavazzi's
Lectures in New York, with life of the
author, sc. Those interested in the
subject and in the lecturer will no doubt
find this edition all they can desire. Ii
is work of about 800 pages~-in paper
covers, so cts, in cloth, rs cts.
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Addison County WING Ticket.

For Senator'S,
ERASMUS D. WARNER, New Haven,
RoIiLIN JONES, Cornwall.
For Assistant Judges,
JOSEPH HAYWARD, Panten,
ROSWELL BOTTUM, JR., Orwell.
Fer Sheriff,
DAVID S. CHURCH., Miidlebury.
Fer States AitWney,
JOHN W. STEWART, Middlcbury.
For High BailiG
GAIUS A. C0LLAMER, Bristol.
FIR Judge Of Probate, addison District,
HORATIO SEYMOUR, Middlcbury.
For Jadgc Of Probate, Ncr Hdren District,
HARVEY MUNSILL, Bristol.
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EEWe learn that an application
will be made at the next session of Leg
islature of this State, for q Charter of
a Railroad from Windsor to connect
with the Rutland and Burlington Rail
road, at some point in the town Of
Cavendish.
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yond all doubt, that which / have laid
down. II is this--tlat those men who
distinguish themselves most in acadcm.
ical competition, when they aro young
arc the men who, in after life, distin.
guish themselves most in the COMPETE
ton of tho world
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RAJ 1t is reported and believed at
Washington that General Dix has re-
signed the subtreasurership of New
York, and will be appointed to the
French mission, but that the appoint
ment will not be made until after the
North Carolina, Kentucky and Tcnncs
see elections.
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PEA-DAG DURsT.-We have heard
many good anecdotes about "pea oof-
fee" but, until last week, always sup
posed they were the result Of some
fruitful imagination.
, Adjoining our Office is an extensive
coffee establishment, where they burn
and grind coffee, and do it up in small
packages for the wholesale and retail
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EE Sterne's Uncle Toby says that
one of the tricks of women is, to pre-
tend that they have accidentally got
something in their eye, and induce a
man to look for it, and he says the man
is sure gone if he looks there for that
something.
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Gbe Rtgisttr.
MIDDLEBURY, AUGUST 3, 1853.
WING STATE NOMINATIONS.

For GOrcraOr,
EKAsTus FAIRBANKS, 81. Johusbury.
Fer LicHicndnt Gorcra0r,
WILLIAM c. KIT TREDGE, Fairhaven.
f1r Treasurer,
GEORGE iOWES, Montpelier.
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dcvclopes a policy utterly at war with
the professions Of the Inaugural Ad.
dress with reference to those measures,
professions which unquestionably met
the sanction Of the great conservative
body Of the American people.
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Troy AND BosroN RALRoAp.--W. s.
johnson, late of the Western Vermont
Railroad, has been appointed temperate
ly to succeed Mr. Loyett, as Acting Su.
perindent of the Troy and Boston Rail
road. Col johnson is favorably known
to the public.
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Ia Joseph G. Fuller, Free-Soil,
has been appointed Postmaster at st.
Johnsbury, in place of MI. Jewett,
Wing, removed. George @. Barney,
"National Democrat" wanted the Of.
fee, and his friends are very sore al
his disappointment.
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RO-A Correspondent wishes us to

B0-A correspondent wishes US to
suggest to Railroad Companies, tho
propriety of cheap Railroad excursions,
to the annual College commandments.
He thinks many more would attend on
such occasions, were plans of cheap
excursions adopted: and that such
plans would prove beneficial to the
Railroad Companies themselves.
- Windsor journal.
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1D- Hon. Neil S. Brown, late Min
lister to Russia, has arrived at Wash
ington, and despatch says che is
firm in the opinion that there will be
no actual hostilities between Russia and
Turkey"