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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
Fragments from an Antediluvian Diary
by MISS JEWSDCRY.

RcRcctiOns Of McthuSelah in his youtj
in milti6c age-and IN oil arc.
To day | am a hundred years old
How blissful are the feelings of boyhood
My senses are as acute as the tree with
the shrinking leaf. My Blood bound.
through my veins as tho river pour.
through the valley, rejoicing in its
strength Life lies before me like aDoth-
or plain of Shinar-vast, unoccupled, in
vitlng-I will fill it up with achievements
and pleasures ! In about sixty years it
viii! be time for me to think of marry
ing; my kinswoman Rillah will by that
time have emerged from girlhood she
already gives promise, L hear, of comel.
ness and discretion-twenty years hence
will pay visit to her father, that
may see how she grows, meanwhile,
will build city to receive her when she
becomes my wife
Nearly three centuries have passed
since my marriage. Can it boz 1t
seems but vest terday since l sported like
young antelope round my fathers tent,
or, climbing the dark cedars, nestled
like bird among the thick boughs-and
now am man in authority, as well as
in the prime of life. / lead out nv
trained servants to the fight, and sit
head Of the council, beneath the very
tree where, as an infant, my mother laid
me to sleep. Jazcd, my youngest born,
lovely babe of thirty summers; is dead,
but | have four goodly sons remaining.
Aud my three daughters are fair as their
mother, when | first met her in the Ac-
acia grove, where now stands one OF my
city watch-towers. They are the pride
of the plain, no less for their acquire
ments than their beauty. No damsel
carries the pitcher from the fountains
with the grace of the Adah, none can
dry the summer fruit like Azubah-and
none can fashion a robe of skins with the
skill of Micah. When their cousin Ma
haleel has seen another half century, he
shall take the choice of the three
My eight hundrcdth birthday And
now l feel the approach of age and in
trinity. My beard is become white as
the blossoms of the almon tree. am
W uoO II stan Wucu lOuf-
ney, the stars look less bright than for
merly the flowers smell less odof GUS; |
have laid Zillah in the tomb of the rock;
Milcah is gone to the dwelling of Maha-
leel my sons take my place at the coun
Gil and in the field all is changed. The
long future is become the short past.
The earth is full of violence the an
cient and the honorable are sinking be-
meath the young and the vicious. The
giants stalk through the length and
breadth of the land, where once dwelt
quiet people all is changed The beasts
of the fields, and the monsters of the deep,
growl and press on us with unwonted fu- |
ry; traditions, visions and threatenings
are abroad
What fearful doom hangs over this
fair world, | know hot it is enough that |
am leaving it yet another five or
eight score years, and the tale will be
But have I, in very deed
trod this earth nearly u thousand yearsl |
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1t is false, am yet boy. have had
a dream-a long, long busy dream oi
buying and selling marrying and Civ
ing in marriage; of building and plant
ing fcasting and warring sorrowing
and rejoicing loving and hating; but
it is false to call it life Go to-ii
has been a vision Of the night and now
that l am awake, l will forget it. "La
mech, my son, how long is it since We
planted the garden of oaks, beside the
river WAS it not yesterday ?" "My
father dost thou sport Those oaks cast
broad shadow when my sister carried
me beneath them in her arms, and wov,
me chaplets of their leaves"
"Thou art right, my son, and I an
old Lead me to thy mothers toni, and
there leave me to mediate. What am
| the better for my past length of boingl
Where will be its records when l am
gomez They are yondcr-on all sides.
viii these massy towers fall Will
these golden plains become desolatc
Will the children that call Inc Asthor,
forget ? The secrs utter dark sayings
upon their harps, and they sing of the
future they say our descendants will be
men of dwndled stature that the years
of their lives shall be contracted to the
span of our boyhood but what is that
future TO me ? l have listened TO the
tales of Paradisc--nay, in the blue dis.
tance, / have seen the dark tops of its
ccdars. have heard the solemn mclo-
dies Of Jubal when he sat on the sea
shore, and the sound Of the waves ming
led with his harping. l have seen an
gels the visitants of mcn--havc seen an
end ofall rcrfcction--what is the future
to me-"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

IlIGlLY lNTEREsTIN FROM TrEJAP-
AN EXpEDITloN.-By the overland In
dian mail received in England, We
learn that the United States cxpedi-
ton sailed from Loo-choo on July 8,
for Japan. The Commodore's fleet.
consisting of the steamers Susquehan.
ma and Princeton, ships Plymouth and
Saratoga, to be followed by the Pow
haitian and Vanlalia.
The North China Herald, of July
9th, says, "Information has reached
US privately, that while the United
States feet was in the neighborhood
Of Napican (Napakian), the Susque-
hanna and Saratoga went on a cruise
eastward, and touched at several beau.
tiful islands, where they distributed
live stock. They also touched at an
island named Bonean. TO their sur
prise, they discovered few European
residents, consisting of English, Scotch,
Irish and Spanish, who had left whal-
crs and established themselves there.
Among them were about eleven women
The Governor of the island is Scotch.
man. lie claims the island as his own,
and has been settled there about twen-
ty years. lie has family of seven
children, one of whom was drowned a
few days before the Susquchanna
touched there, in cndeavoring to cross
the bar.
The Commodore has made pur-
chase of piece of land, containing
about ten acres. for fifty dollars. It's
in good situation, on one of the best
sites of the harbor, and is intended
for a government boat depot. The is.
land is mountainous, and the harbor
excellent, having from eighteen to
twenty fathoms of water at the anchor
age. Shells, such as Holsters and cray
fish, abound ; on land plenty of wild
boars are to be found Plumbs, ban
nanas, plantains. and other varieties of
fruit, are abundant on the island.
The Russian frigatc CalIus, and
Russian brig of war, Immediately fol-
lowed the American squadron.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

Too MUCH TRUTH In THE PICTURE a
writer in the Dublin UnircrSity Mag
aeiac, speaking Of our American ladies',
says:
The unnatural length and ridiculous
smallness Of their waists battle descrip-
tion. A waist that could be spanned is
an English mctaphorical expression used
in novel, but is an American fact and
SO alarming docs it appear to an Eng.
lishman, that my first sentiment, on view
ing the phenomenon, was one Of pity for
unfortunate beings who might possibly
break off in the middle, like flowers from
the stalk, before the evening concluded.
No less extraordinary is the size of tho
ladies' arms. saw many which were
scarce thicker than moderate sized walk
ing-sticks. Yet strange to say, when
these ladies pass the age Of forty, they
frequently attain an enormous size. The
whole economy of their structure is
then reversed, their waists and arms be-
coming the thickcst part of their body"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
Law of Newspapers.

I. Subscribers WHO do not give express no
tice TO the contrary, are considered as wishing
TO continue their subscription.
H. If subscribers order the disconinuance
of their papers, the publisher may continue to
send them till all that is due be paid
Ill. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled their bills and ordered their pa
pers discontinued
~. If subscribers move to other places,
without 'Y'"rming the publisher, and the pa
per if nj TO The former direction, they arc
hcll neporsibr.
n. lh" COURT, havc decided that refusing
10 i,@c iap,r from lhc oilicc, or removing
and leaving it rnralcl for, is prima f:,cie evil
dcnce of intentional iraud.
u. A Postmaster ncglccting to inform u
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the office, makes himself liable for his sub
crintion price.
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III srfllanp y.


A most popular actor, This name will
be known by and by,) who had just play
cd series of characters with great cf
feet, had remarked every evening in from
OF the curtain, young person of extrem,
beauty, who had watched his playing
with at attention to which it was diff
cult to believe the motive single one
Our actor knew well that he had inspir
cd profound passion, and he did moi
hesitate to respond to it with full heart
although completely ignorant who the
young and charming lady was, that night
after night, cast OF him her burning
looks.
In the meantime, wealthy person,
age wished our actor to put himself to
the trouble of calling at his residence.
Monsieur" said the banker, i have
an immense service to ask you. 1t is to
name the sum that will induce you to
leave the city for a few years ?"
10 this strange proposition the artist
replied, with loud laugh
What do you think, Monsieur2 l
am now at the climax of my reputation
and my glory, which are my fortune.
would not leave for a million !"
We'll, | offer it to you Leave, and
will instantly count you out million
that will matcrialize the fumes of glo.
ry."
but, Monsieur, can l know the pow.
erful motives that induce you to make
me such an offer ?"
Yes, l will tell you. Ny daughter.
my only daughter, | wish to marry to
her cousin, young man destined for
the highest Office in the kingdom. NV
daughter is foolishly cuamored of you.
| cannot give her to sou, 1t is necessa.
ry, therefore, that you should leave !"
Monsieur" replied the actor, after he
had surmounted the first promptings of
his pride, ''if that be all. make your
mind easy. / will not leaye-you will
not spend a million-and your daughter
shall marry her cousin"
What do you mean 2"
"Dctain me for dinner, to-day, and
place me near her."
At first, the banker dared not to trust
him but the actor insisted, and the
other yielded. There we're many of the
wealthy to partake of the dinner-a.
mong Others, several bankers and their
wives. The guests had already arrived,
and the young lady of the house appear
ed at the same time
But what WAS the surprise, the cha
grin, and regret Of the actor, in recogni-
zlng in this young lady the very one of
whom he had b0en SO passiona.ely enam-
ored in front Of the scenery of his thea
ter!
She, stupe6ed at seeing him at her fa-
theirs, stammered out few words, and
accepted his arm to go to the table, for
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

SOLITARY AND ALoNE"- The Phila.
delphia Inquirer says Col. Benton is now
seventy one years old, and adds:
We saw him the other day on the
pavement, near his house in Washington.
lie is the youngest looking man of sew
enty we have ever seen rather fuller in
habit and broader than he used to ap-
pear. He wears his hat with knowing
expression. little on the left side, walks
with deliberate and measured tread.
having something like pride in its see
ming-something that bcspeaks con-
sciousness that he is Thomas Hart Ben
ton. lie feels his powers, and SO does
his country, and so will it ever. His
mark will be left on the era of his life.
Few men Of equal intellectual power and
and knowledge, have appeared on this
stage Of action.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
ELGIN SPRING HOUSE,
TNHE sPRiNG HOUSE is open Cnr thc r,

TNHE SPRING HOUSE is open for the re-
L. ception Of visitors. The proprietor will
spare no expense to make il desirable place
Of resort for invalids or parties Of pleasure.
Tho medicinal qualities of these Springs
are equal 10 any in the world and are highly
recommended by the best physicians in the
state Reference may hc made TO Drs Allen
and Russell Of Middiebury Drs Bradford,
MaXlcld and Hopkins of Vergennes Drs.
Cram and Stone Of Ferrisburgh Drs. Hen
burg and WEIGH, of Burlington DR. Horton
ofColchester DIR. Warner of New Haven !:
Dr. Hazelton Of Bristol Dr. Bromley of
Huntington DR.. Wetherby of Wcstford and
Dr. Cole Of Willision.
The proi rietOr will run a carriage to the
Depot in Vergennes in connection with the
Mail trains of cars. The one moving south
arrives at Vergennes At 8 A, II. That moving
north arrives at 3,55 L. NJ, for the accommo,
daiion Of visitors; or al any other train when
requested Allorlers for water promptly at
tcndel to and forwarded by the bottle or
gallon to any part Of The world.
Post Vilica address. Ncrgenncs. Vi
SOLOMON ALLEN, Proprietor.
Elsm springs, May >, 1853 2:yl.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

A B0LD CArTAIN,-A story is told
of yalorous Militia Captain. whose
experience in the horrors of war was con-
fined to fighting with powder in sham
fights. He was once in real battle and
seemed to enjoy it with keen zest Moth
ing could exceed his ardor he flourish
ed his sword most fiercely he marched,
counter-marched, and biazed AWAY with
the greatest relish
Suddenly bullet whizzed through
his cooked hat. At first, amazement
stupefed him his brains seemed car
ried away then, uncovering, he gazed
at the hole in his chapeau, and with
voice indicative of the fiercest indigna-
tion at such treachery, he exclaimed
BY thunder ! they are firing balls p
and flew as if thund4rbolt was chasing
him.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

A FIRST RATE NoTlcE. The Syra.
cuse Journal draws the following fra
ternal picture of a soft shell delegate to
the Democratic Convention;
We picked out one of the beauties as
the subject Of a mental daguerreotpye.
lie was mechanically lingering his bare
neck and feeling under his left car. His
image sunk into our souls. AH tic Ten
commandments had stamped the i'm.
press Of their broken fragments on each
particular feature. We couldn't safely
trust that man to be merciiul to Qua
ker ladysr superannuated clergyman.
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y Q octrp.


Late one evening as laid me
In the fire shine on the floor,
Such TICK my fancy played me
AS 1t never played before
For thought me at MoNTPELiER,
Standing by the house of State,
Where host in countless numbers.
Seemed in audience to wait.
Women-children--and no other,
Not father nor u son
Not a husband nor brothcr,-
n-childrcn-evcry one
Gaunt and haggard with starvation,
Thronged the State houses ample floor
And deemed such dcputation
Never waited there before.
There were babes, in beauty tender
Maidens, blightcd in their bloom
Nursing mothers, wan and slender
Matrons, bending towards the tonsb,
Fast they entered, never speaking
And | smiled-how could know
Twas the Maine law they were seeking,
In their poverty and wo.
Then spoke onc-"0h, rulers, hcarken
Nor in anger turn away,
That your wrctched halls we darkcn
With our wretchedncss day
Once for Us were hearth fires burning
Where, when daily toll was done,
To a plentcous board returning,
Came fond husband, sire and son.
"But the tcmpter came and lurcd them,
To the haunts Of evil men
Pressed the wine cup, and assured them
Only once'-and yet again.
Till at last each cheerful dwelling
Grew large and rootless shed
But the poison still was selling,
And our children cried for bread
OFT we wcpt-implorcd, upbraidcd, -
Naincr than the idlcst song
For the tcmptcr still persuaded,
And the appetite was strong;
Now, in f'ricndlcss dcsolation,
Plead We for these fallen mcn,--
ONLY BAR THE fouI. TEMPTATION,
They may be restored again"
Thena child with sunkon features,
And long fingers, slim and pale,
Toward the wond ring Legislators
Turning, followed up the tale
awe are vagrants--Oh, our Rulers,
All your little ones, we know,
Sit in school rooms and in churches,
But We HAVE No CLOTHES To GO
Only give us back our fathers
From the sinks wherein they lie
So, from worship, field and forum,
We may bless you till we die"
Then felt my heart was bleeding,
And my eyes would overflow
For the little children Pleading,
In their poverty and woe.
But woke-and quick upstarting,
Rubbed my eycids with my hand
Saw the hickory Gaggots parting,
And each little severed brand
In an ashcn shroud was lying,
And the taper had burned low;
Yet heard these pleaders crying
For the Maine Law to preserve!
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

with the lower lip, deeper and deeper
inspirations follow, all perceptions
gone, objects may strike the eye, but
no sights are seen: sounds may fall
upon the ear, but no sensations arc ex-
cited and so he passes into sleep dis
turbed and broken, and from which he
awakes to feel tho full knowledge of
the abjcct state and misery he is re-
duccd to-"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
The Destiny of America.

From Mr.. Stewards Grafton at Columbus
If the future which you seek consists
in this that these thirty-one states shall
continue to exist for a period as long as
human foresight is allowed to anticipate
after coming events, that they shall be
all the while free, that they shall remain
distinct and independent in domestic c.
economy, and nevertheless be only one in
commerce and foreign affairs, that there
shall arise from among them and within
their common domain, even more than
thiriy-one other equal states, alike free,
independent and united, that the borders
Of the Federal Republic SO peculiarly
constituted, shall be extended, so that il
shall greet the sun when he TOUCHES the
tropic, and when he sends his gancing
rays towards the polar circle, and shall
include even distant islands in either
ocean, that our population now counted
by tens of millions shall ultimately be
reckoned by hundred of millions, that
our wealth shall increase a thousand fold,
and our commercial connections shall be
multiplied, and our political influence be
enhanced in proportion with this wide
development, and that mankind shall
come to recognize in us, successor of
the few great states which have alternate.
ly borne commanding sway in the world,
ii this, and only this. is desired, then
| am free to say, that if, as you will read. ;
lily promise, our public and private vir-
tues shall bc preserved, nothing seems
to me more certain than the attainment
Of this future, surprisingly comprchen'
sivc and magnificent
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

TRIALS OF New SERVANT. Mis-
trcss My goodness live, Bridget,what
are you doing2 here's my new tea-kettlo
with the bottom melted out.
"Didu't yees tell me to put II on tho
fire for supper, an did aud | thot il
was strange yecs said nothing about a.
bout putting wather in it,"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

At an exhibition given by Grty.two
Choctaw Indians. the other night in New
York, they kindly offered to give spec
linen OF tomahawking aud scalping, if
any lady or gentleman IN the audience
would step forward
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
E&"John. what is gentleman ?"

Er"John. what is a gentleman 2"
Stub toe boots, short tail coat, high
shirt collar, and tight pants"
- What is the chief end Of gentle
man ?"
His coat tail.n
" What is the work Of gentleman p"
"To borrow money,to cat large dinners,
to 60 to the opera, and to petition for
an office
What is the first duty of a gentle
man to himself2
TO buy pair of plaid pantaloons and
to raise huge pair of whiskers."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26

1t is unnecessary to add that both
heads were safely upon their should
ers, and both received rich tokens of
kinsly favor.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
New Ohio Flour.

100 Barrels choice brands Family Flour,
rom new wheat, this day received, and for
FOR sale by T.. yALLETTE.
Sept 8, 1858.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-26
Canes /! Canes I!

Black and Yellow crooked Canes for sale I
The TELEGRAPH OFFICE
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JUsTUs COBB, Publisher,

BY whom all kinds of Book and Job Print
iIg will be done on favorable terms.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-01
D4LY CRESCENT.
rAR FAR Always


7 love 10 Ices on the purple West,
II the gorgeous robes o. the sunset drest;
With ~ crimson pomp and hammered sheen,
E1ks &c lordly state cf . dying Queen
IN distant woods, With their crowns Of gold,
And the hoary hf1ls Times fsstness hold
WRNe pepfyrss brsafhe their low, soft chimes,
i We nay ouly tell Of the golden chimes,
IA that better land, n the realms of day,
Far, far away
love 10 stand on the mountain height,
Ia the magic moon Of summer night;
while vale and meadow are fairy land,
ARA dives come ont on the pebhly strand,
ma faxs arr merry In moonlight dell,
Ara eerth Il witched with a seer-like spell,
Ana Iov a. voice u the sounding sea-
serDcth TO ssy. in Its minstrelsy-
ave only tell u the re aims OF day,
Far, far awayp
I lave 70 look on a young isce fair,
VITA the sunny smile Of childhood there;
10 hear the laugh Of Its careless glee,
Like the eiadsoine shout Of the summer sea,
For il seems TO say, a. they float along.
With mary dance and the murmured song.
eThe land the land by sunset sky,
Where tear are not, and wen no more die
Oh the old grow young, in that realm of day,
Far, far away "
There, starry rivers are murmuring low
10 dsathless flowers that by them blow
And the rephyrs breathe, in their lute-like tones
And hymn the stars on their golden thrones
The sun sings out and there Is no night;
And myriad ones, in robes of white,
Floating along upon azure wings,
Their rapture tell on their trembling strings
~Oh. let us fly to that realm of day
Far far away ~
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-01
MAYeRALrY OF NEW ORLEANS, Feb. ae, 1853.
No. G5l.

No G5I
Resolved, That the amendments proposed by
the Legislature) to the city charter he referred
to a special committee Of four members of tho
Board of Aldermen and lour members of the
Board of Assistants; that said committee be
directed to prepare memorial to the Legisla-
ture, suggesting such amendments to the city
charter as may be deemed requisite, and sub
NIT the same to the Common Council. Commit
tee; Messrs. Clark, Jones, Lugenbuhl and Clai-
borne.
Signed, WI C. G. CLAIBORNE,
President Board of Aldermen
signed, PANS. ALPuEN1E,
President Board Of Assistant Aldermen
Approved Feb. Is 1853.
signed, A. D. CRossMAS, Mayor.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-01

THs Nav Misunderstanding Everett, in answer to
an inquiry respecting Mr.. VIM Fitzpatrick grandfather
Of the Countess of Monto Empress of France officially
confirms the statement already named in the newspapers
namely that he appointed Consul of the United
States for Malaga by President Adams January IS 1890
He retired from the Office the Goth day Of June 1915
his successor being Mr.. George G. Darrell
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-01

Custom Regulation now in force in Genoa gives
considerable trouble to foreign shpmasters there By
they required to exhibit in their manests the quail
ity well the quantity of their cargoes ana the
tents Of every box bs and bundle must be particularly
specified.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-01

A BoLD RAseAL--A few days since Mrs Palley was
Walking along Main street Rochester N the New
England House. when runaway horse came along tbs
sidewalk. She tried to escape, when man seized her
under pretex Of protecting her from the danger and
robbed her Of gold watch chain and pencil In her con-
Hternaion she did not discover the robbery until
too late This done in open daylight and as cool
piece OF raseslity ever heard of