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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

HORRIBLE DEArH-A VICTIM OF Hi DRoPBoBIA-This
dreadful Of all maades exhibited yesterday in
all its horrors in the person of John Cookson late fore
man OF semple oundery. The particulars are these.
About nine weeks since, Nj Cookson one evening in
returning from the foundry his house the
of the plank road attacked by large and ferocous
dog VITO bit hun in the leg thigh and arm besides nct-
ing slight wound in bis face, and literally tearing his
clothes into ribbons. The wounds however did no, in
oapaciiae Mr. Cookson from attending TO his business,
and he forgot the occurrence. On Thursay evening"
upon entering his home he complained feeling very
unwe and retired early to bed. The night however
almost sleeploss one interrupted by horrid dreams and
nervous stnrs and early IN the morning the first symptoms
OF hydIoI hoba made their appearance. Medical all
procuroGin fact some half dozen physicians the
spot the became known but he grew rap
idly lie was bled and for few minutes appeared
somewhat caner but the horrid fiji returned and
feaTiu sight TO behold the wretshed ioaming at
the mouth casting himself upon the ground and endeayor-
pitoously II were possible 20 enhance the horrors OF
tie scene that The unhappy being entirely
being conscious Of his dreadful situation and ear
nesty entreong the horried spectators 10 keep away
lest be might Involuntary do them an injury.
lie was tied down 20 the bed but he succeeded ak
ing the cords until finally strong men holding him
down. obloroorm administered 10 him. under the in
huenoe Of which he slept for half an hour When he
awoke It vas but to breathe his last. few conclusive
gasps and nervous twitohngs the rigid features and
mouonless limbs proclaimed that his suerngs were at an
end. This occurred little after one o clock p NJ
he deceased whom Mr.. semple states, was the most
valuable he ever bad in his employ but % years
OF age wife ana two children entirely dependent upon
h Tor support live 10 his untmely fate The low
melancholy sobs Of the bereaved one she with her
face buried in her hands told how hopeless the f
iure, and how deep her agony.
Inc ratid animal has, we understand, bitten several
oher persons one man named Johnson and il is said
mat at IN. present time the dog is alive and at large
such an Inc dcnt this proclans in thunder notes. the
imperative necessity Of vganty enforcing the ordinance
against dogs running at large. cincinnati Enquirer
Mise Kate Darling married at Memphis, TeHn)
recently TO Madison NJ. Wales.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

FOUR and Arkansas makes very easy matter for slave
holders 20 with their slaves, while their reroienexs
obstacls TO their speedy settlement by northern feeen.
The appointment OF savehcdng officers for the territories
will be Immediately followed by the election Of savehod.
ing council in each and slavery will be established and
regulated by territorial law. Squa;ter sovereignty IL
SO fly defined and recognized that the laws OF the ter
tories cannot be submitted Congress for revision, and
as the last act in the Nebraska tragedy Slavery estab
ebed in Nebraska and Kanxas territories beyond the hope
Of eradication Ann Arbor Mich Wing, May 81.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

SALE or SLAVES FOR NEBRAsXA-A young man for
merry in our employ in whose veracity have all con.
hdence, informs that while at ST. Louis few DAYS
sinee, he number Of gangs Of slaves en- route Tor
Nebraska under the charge OF their owners This Is the
way IN which Nebraska and kanzas are 70 be made ssv
erIores Their contgaty TO the slave states of Mis-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06
NJ, I've Niease
M I've Nitene
Tsv vVSNiN 80, rsM No, w.

No., Asv IN, seyNes,. II the South
s.r.A victory with Nrsse" month
WA.t e,swsn have they sia'n
v.A., s.,,,,s,,,,s mcnarch ecmes to-day
e,x,,t h, 81 this riewcd array
cg sss,s and wcsrcrcd me"
- A.,.,ls, oece heard them ring
M. n,s,..e. ,ia, aud savNec King
,.s,.,A ecm cw ,hrSsi HE grip
..,s,. .Aesw,d then r,ckc,s io,l
~ ~, ,A., rcA,e,i once mcr IL ten
M ,Wesy vi the whip
III.
,a.,,sa Asm IN The center there
IN. Nsssrs>l image Of despair,
WAsc rcuud him reilly Rows.
rsa - CAi,s,ry, the Scuthorns hcas,--
Ara ~ the ass ,ha, leads the host
ne name ri " tNrds~ glcws
".
Az head him where the hlscs bloom
Arvasa Noun, Vernon allen, tomh-
tsrvea tc ,hcsc irccs and tfcsh
Aud ther,,. With s~ihs IS hcrs as deep,
SSlwsc ,Ae mcasicriuS tenants s'ccr
With bids t'r human 'lcsh
V.
VIE caics ht E,sscn though her cry.
Nss ~aai u, bitter sgeny.
Ihroash all the wclkin swcl's
~, ,Ssvs ~, iSee our shci,ed guns
We ,i,cwn 'Ac marmar ot her sons
VIII sAcuts aud changing bells
~.
NJ rs,4.t--uo sWrCCasc vt woe;
All shSi !. IL forever ~
Wss his nc Pilgrim faith
SNsN FrSc1Cuss vo:ari,s s;sl despair
~ wSs; he living North yet bear
his ,cAe With moral death
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-06

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER
Fros Oose-..so b. staS,e TArm0m,ieys No Chsness
~ JOIN 6. ~ soSEErTI
1904. sAw I'M sPN.
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
Narrow Escape from a Bull.

The Ontario (Ca.) Reporter of the
3rd, records the following narrow escape
from an infuriated bull -
On Sunday last Mr.. John Hcslop OF
this township came near being gored to
death by furious bull, belonging to
Mr.. Anderson of the second Concession
The bull came came into the premises
of Mr. Heslop who undertook to drive
him to pound, kept by Mr., VIM. Bal
mcr, his bull refused to enter at the
proper gate, and went into the yard
Mr.. Balmer being present assisted to
drive him into the gate. when, probably
being an old acquaintance of that gentle.
man, he made dash at him, and Mr..
Balmcr took refuge on the opposite side
of the fence with extraordinary agility.
The bull now ran into Mr.. BIS wheat
feld followed by Mr., Heslop-Here a
fearful encounter took place. The bull
turned on Mr.. Hesop, and at first charge
brought the gentleman to the ground,
the horns fortunately passing by his side
Before Mr.. H., could get up, the infuri-
ated animal had recovered himself, and
with fearfnl roar made second lunge
with such force that he fell on top of Mr..
H., burying his horns deep in the ground,
aud tearing it up with rnge. Mr.. Hes,
lop could not STIR being pressed between
the fore legs Of the bull, and to speak
lightly of "a serious matter he felt him.
self between the horns of very danger.
Gus dilemma. Mr. H., never lost his
presence of mind, and although it is re-
commendable in many difficult cases in
life to take the bull by the horns" Mr..
Heslop preferred in this instance to take
him BY the nose 90 managing to get his
fogers into shat organize brought his an
tagorist to his senses at least, aud both
came to their feet The struggle for the
mastery was fearful, but Mr.. H.. is a
strong man, and his life depended on his
efforts After a severe tussel, the en-.
ragged beast was backed against tue fence,
which Mr.. Heslop placed between him.
self and his antagonist at once fortunate.
ly without any injury, farther than
few slight bruises Mr.. Balmor was
unacquairted with the struggle in the
wheat fold until it was over The bull
ran few rods and drop. dead from rage
and exhaustion.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
III istrIlann.
Miss Tod, M D., Or disease OF the heart.
FROM THE PORTFOLIO OF YOUNG lawyer.


FROM THE PORTFOLIO OF Young LAWYER
The days Of my cIerkshp were ended;
my examination was over | was admit.
ted wrote myself Nehemiah Hubs,
Attorney" put up my new bright little
sign, and in my native village began
my professional career No. | did not
either; ] am mistaken; | intcRdcd to
pursue the honorable practice of the no.
bic profession to which l had dedicated
my talents and learning. in the place of
my birth. but never was truer word pen
ned than the time honored proverb, A
prophet has no houor il his own coun.
try" ] believe if I had remained in the
village of Green Briar Till my head was
white, they would have thought of me
as nothing but boy and would have
feared to trust me- Even after my sign
was put up, nobody called me Mr. HnJ6S;
| was still Ne" with old aud young,
and " Ne" wbould have remained to
this day, had | remained in Green Briar
Only one case claimed my attention
during the three months of my patient
continuance in Green Briar. after being
admitted to the bar, and that was the
case of an unjustly impounded pig
feloniously abstracted, your honor, from
the small but secure spot in which my
client had trustipgly deposited him, and
maliciously driven to tie public enros-
ufe called a pound, for the vile purpose
doubtless ofcompelling my client in his
poverty and destitution, to pay the
enormous fee which has been demanded
of him, in order to extricate the animal
from his unpleasant position and restore
him to the bosom of his family |"
BY this | meant the clients family,
the pig having none of his own it was
figure of speech undoubtedly, the family
not inhabiting an Irish cabin, but still it
rounded off the period, and sounded well
to meas repeated over and over again
my maiden speech pacing up and down
the floor of my little office. In this, my
first case, | was successful SO far as to
rescue the impounded animal and save
my client from the payment of an unjust
demand but it brought no silver to my
pocket, neither, to my surprise, did it
seem to bring honor to my name Tie
eloquonco Of my speech did not form the
theme, as | fondly hoped it would, of
paragraphs in the village papers,or of dis.
cussion at the corner of the streets,
neither did it bring to my office the rush
OF clients for which each day vainly
made ready. 1t was plain that should
never rise to distinction in Green Briar,
and so | came to the sudden determine.
tion to remove from that pleasant spot,
and settle in some great city where no.
body knew or had ever heard of me /;
where, above all, there was not a soul to
call me Ne"
There | was more successful and
soon had the opportunity of forming a
very advantageous partnership business
increased money began 10 come in slow at
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woman herself had walked into il. I
could no longer blind herself to the fact
and whtl she once told me that Twas now
off the sick list, and ont of her hands. |
determined that she should not so easily
get out of mine.
So | told her that as she had now Civ
en- ease to my heart in one respect, she
must not leave till she had done so in an.
other, or | should be worse off than
was before. The little woman looked
perplcxcd.
Then Istatcd my case, and explained
my symptoms q second time, showing
her the distressed state of nv heart and
she alone could cure 1t. The former
disease she had removed by an OCCASION
al visit, the latter could only be cure BY
her promising to come and take up her
abode with me. as resident physician
She understood me now, and by the way
she pressed her hand on her own little
fluttering heart, one would have thought
the disease contagious and verify be.
lieve it was. So now we determined to
cure each other and next we are
both to apply to clergyman, who S TO
form between us = life-partnership, as
lawyer and physician.
But one thing troubles me, of which
| had not thought till now that it is
necessary to have our cards engraved.
Married people are usually Mr.. and
Mrs so and So" or " Mr.. such an one
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING
Done in modern style and at short motto
Law of Newspapers.

|. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
III. If subscribers order the discontinuancc
of their papers, the publisher may continue
to send them till all that is due be paid
Ill Ii 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
pcrS discontinued.
". If subscribers move TO other places,
without informing the publisher, and the pa
per is sent to the formcr direction, they are
held responsible.
V. The courts have decided that refusing
to take paper from the Office or removing
and leaving it uncallcd for, is prilna facie ev-
idcnce of intentional fraud.
VI A Postmaster neglecting to inform
publisher when his paper is not taken from
the Office, makes himself liable for the sub
scription price.
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y ortrp. o
To the Mooking Bird.
by ALBERT PIKE.


Thou glorious mockcr of the world hear
Thy many voices ringing through the gloom.
OF these green solitudes--and all the clear
Bright ioyance Of their song cnthralls the car
And floods the heart Over the sphered tombs
Of vanish'd nations rolls thy music tide,
No light from history's starlike page ilumcs
The memory of those naiions-they have
died.
None cares for them but thou and thou mays
sing,
Perhaps DER meas now thy song doth ring
Over their bones by whom thou once vast
deifed.
Thou scorner of all citicsl Thou dost leave
The worlds turmoil and never ceasng din,
Where one from others no existence wcavcs
Where the old sigbs, the young turns gray
and grievcs.
Where misery gnaws the maidon's heart
within:
And thou dost flee into the broad green woods
And with thy soul Of music thou dost win
Their heart to harmony--no jar mtrudes
Upon thy sounding melody O. where,
Amid the sweet musicians Of the air
Is one so dear as thee to these old solitudcs.
Ha what burst was that the Eoian strain
Goes floating through the tangled passages
VI the lone woods-and now it comes again
multtudinous melody--likc a rain
OF glossy music under cchoing trees,
over raging lake. it wraps the soul
With bright harmony of happiness
Even as gem is wrapt, when round it roll
Their waves of brilliant hame-til we become.
Fen with the excess of our deep pleasure,
dumb,
And pant like some swift runner clnging TO
the goal
would, sweet bird, that might live with
thee,
Amid the eloquent grandeur Of the shades,
Alone with naturc--but it may not be;
l have to struggle with the tumbing sea
of human life, until existence fades
Into deaths darkness Thou wilt sing and
soar
Through the thick woods and shadow check
cred gladcs,
While naught of sorrow casts n dmncss DER
The brilliancc of Thy hcart--bul must wear.
AS now, my garmcntilg of pain and care
As penitents of old their calling sackcloth
wore.
Yet why complain What though fond hopcs
deferred
Have ovcrshadow'd Youths green paths with
gloom;
Still joys rich music is not all unhcard,
There is n voice swcotcr than thine, sweet
bird,
TO welcome me, within my humble home;
There is an eye with loves devotion bright,
The darkness Of existence to ilume
Then who complain When death shall cast
his blight
Over the spirit, then my bones shall rest
Beneath these trees and from thy swelling
breast,
Der them my song shall pour like a rich food
Of light
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23

There is one duty we would ear,
nestly urge upon the calm good sense
and just feeling of our adopted citi-
zens. 1t is the duty of thoroughly
Americanizing themselves. They
merge all prejudices and all feelings
of race and nation into the one para
mount feeling, that they have become
by their own choice, American citi
zens-have made this country their
home and the birth-land for their chill
dren and children's children. They
should Undue themselves with Ameri>
can feelings. They should not herd
themselves together for the preserva-
tlon Of the customs, habit and langua-
ges of the country from which they
came. They should learn themselves
as fast as they can, and teach their
children to speak American speech,
to breathe American sentiments-to
understand American ways-to enter
into the spirit of our American life
and habits of thought and feeling.
In this point Of view it always
strikes us unpleasantly, and we doubt
not it does all thoughtful Americans,
to see military companies moving a
bout our streets composed exclusively
of lrishmen or Germans. 1t takes q
momentary effort ofrecollection to o.
vercomc the first impression that it is
a foreign armed force we see treading
our soil. 1t does not look as though
such men were taking kindly root a
mong us-blending themselves with
us, fusing themselves with our nation.
al spirit and life, becoming truly and
thoroughly American citizens. 1t
suggests to our apprehension possibil>
tiles of conflict-contingencies when
these different nationalities may come
into hostile collision. At all events,
it tends to keep up the feeling of dis.
tinct nationalities which ought not to
be cherished.
In short, such military organizations
on the basis of foreign nationalitics are
all wrong. They stand in the way of
the thorough Americanization Of our
adopted citizens. They involve ten.
denotes to evil. 1t is a great pity
have ever been formed ; and it would
be a most desirable thing, in every
point Of view, if they could be volun-
tarily given up by those who ought
not to wish any other distinction than
that Of being American citizcns.-N
Y. Times.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23
From the Vermont Chronicle.
49, nAr ST.

Our pcnoo} System.
To the People of the State of Vermont:
The time has come when the cause of
education demands thorough revision
Of our system Of common schools A
few thoughts in relation thereto may be
the cause of deeper and more general
thought on the subject, whereby our too
much complicated school system may be
abolished, and one more simple in its
construction and details be substituted
in its place
The divisions Of towns into school
districts, is, and always has been, fruit.
full source of contention in town meet
ings, and attended often with more or
less expense, aud individual, disadvant-
age and the locating and the building
Of seheol houses in the districts have
been always attended with discomfort =,
and the houses SO badly constructed as
to incommoda both The teachers and
scholars. And then, the towns in this
State will average about four or five
school districts to each town and each
district has its collector of taxes-only
'hihk. thousahu COLLECTORS OF school
taxes and the same number of petty
clerks, and host of Prudential Commit
tee and not always those of the most
elevated intellect and prudence for
school districts have always had the
Democratic notion that the burthen of
an oihec must be shared By all members,
especially when 1t IS not lucrative
Now what would propose to have
done is, to have the school districts in
eaeh OF the several towns IN this State
abolished, and the law dividing the
towns into school districts, repealed To
give the town Superintendent of common
schools the sole charge OF the several
schools III each town. supplying them
with competent teachers, and removing
those who are compctent-having au.
thorty to draw money from the treasury
OF the town to defray the expenses OF the
several schools under his charge, and to
perform other duties which may be
thought necessary for the benefit of said
schools To constitute the selectmen
and justices of the peace in each town a
board having the power to locate and
contruct, (when necessary and also, to
furnish and keep in suitable repair, the
several school houses in their respective
towns, at the expense of said towns. Aud
furthermore, to constitute the Governor
of the State, the State Superintendent
OF common schools III the State Of Yer
mont" who shall have general super.
vision OF all the schools in said State,
and to whom the several town Supern-
tendents shall make their reports of the
condition of the several schools in each
of their towns, returnable, at a certain
time, annually.
The benefits resulting from such
change III the school system would be,
the placing the collection of the school
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23

That was very singular and anu.
sing circumstance which happened
several years ago near the town Of
Northampton, Massachusetts. 1t will
strike the ladies', we think, as an in.
stance of popping the question" un-
der difficulties:
As a party Of pleasure were ascen-
dlng Mount Tom few days ago, a
well-dressed man, furnished with a
fishing tackle, accostcd lady one of
the party, who had loitered behind
her companions to enjoy without inte-
ruption the beautiful scenery which lay
along the rich valley Of the Conncc-
tlcut
Good morning, madam said the
fisherman, touching his hat"
Good morning. Sir," replied the
lady, with dignity of manner which
would have been considered perfect
at the court Of Queen Elisabeth.
''lt is fine morning." continued
the gentleman. Il saw your bonnet
at the foot of the hill, and | thought !
should Ike to marry the lady who
wore that bonnet. 1t struck my fan
cy, and | walked up here to ask if
you would like to enter the blessed
state with me-"
The lady was somewhat startled at
the abrul tness Of this proposition, and
her first impulse was to hurry on to
her companions; but her dignity and
seli-posScssion prevailed, aud she qui.
etly turned to the stranger and
said il:
This is very serious proposal to
come from one whom ! have never
seen, ana one who has never seen me
before
but have seen your bonnet"
said he, land l know you will suit
me. l have money and good house
at the foot of yonder hill. My wife
and children are dead. | am all a.
lone. If you outlive me, you shall
nave all my property. l just got
new grav-stone for the grave of my
wife, for which | gave $2G! l buy
all my things for the house by the
quantity. You shall be well provi-
ded for in everything. l don't think
you could do better"
The lady had seen much of the
world-had held command in the
fashionable circles of the Southland
1.-THE chivalry" had bended the knee
to her beauty and accomplishments,
and the learr.ed to the intelligence
and cultivation of her mind. She
had sailed triumphant and unconquer.
ed everywhere, and to be thus way
laid and as it were entrapped into
matrlnony, was a thing not to be
thought Of for moment and so she
raised her form to more than its usu-
al height, and giving additional dig
nifty to her head, she bowed good
by" to the fishing widower, and left
him to bestow himself and his grave
stones upon some one else
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-23

AN EvENTFUL CAREER.-At a late
term of the Supreme Court in Lownl
des county, Georgia, a man by the
name of Graham was convicted Of man.
slaughter, and sentenced to the peni,
tentiary, at the age of nineteen years.
The Wakulla (Fla.) Times, gives a
few incidents in the life of this young
man, which are we'll calculated to ex-
cite sympathy in his misfortunes:
At the age of thirteen he was at
tackled by tiger, who after tearing
him badly and crushing both his jaws,
left him for dead under covering of
leaves which he had piled on him.
Subsequently he was caught in a SUI,
gar mill and lost one arm, was bitten
twice by rattlesnakes, and struck
senseiess by lightning. His greatest
calamity occurred few months ago,
when he killed one of his neighbors in
drunken frolic by stabbing. Since
then he has laid in Prison, and has
now term of years to serve at some
trade suited 10 his peculiar physical
condition.