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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
The Trout Stream-What was
caught in it.

A poor student with empty purse.
thread bare coat, lofty aspirations.
wasted form and pallid cheek, appli-
ed at Monsieur Dallis' boarding
house, bur as ne could not "pay
down." was required To give bonds
for his board, ar seek il elsewhere.
The somewhat factions bui wlthll
benevolent DR.. b heard The c"nver-
sation between the student aud the
landlord, aud compassIonaling the
poor fellows condition, said To him :
SIR, | will board you without
bonds." The student turned To the
Doctor with hopeful air, lnqulring
his terms, when the Doctor replied,
They are simple, yet imperative !
shall require punctnal payments
weekly"
MIR LANCE, for so was the student
addressed began TO look anxious, but
DR.. b. good naturally continued -
4" You shall pa, me every week b,
IrouIs caught 10y your own hands in
sufficient qianlIty 10 furnish our Ia
BILE with one dinner per week ~
Mr.. LANCE looked little perplexed
at first, but s,on rallied aud agreed To
tie proposition, aud very cheerlully
accompanied the Doctor home To
dinner, where he was introduced To
the good Doctors wife and her
neice, schoolgirl oi some sixteen
Summers, aud possibly as many
Wniers-though ia speaking Of the
young, believe they are considered
to know no Winter, or at least the
novelist, so Ear as my memory serves,
gives them only summers. while the
aged as invariably have all the WIN
tiers To their share. Is this fair p
Is i, jusli
Cur hero was devoIed student,
and 50 assliuousl had he bowed a,
learning's shrine, tina, he WAS, though
almost unconscIously, running ms
health aud destroying his consii,u
ton iorevers But his comical en-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

IMPORTANT TO LOTTERY Sprcu-
,ToRs.-A decislon was given in
New York on Saturday last by Judge
W oodruh, on a motion to advocate
arrest in suit brought against Josiah
Perham FOR violating the statute a.
eainsl lotteries. 1t shows that Mr..
Perham's attempt to evade the laws,
is not likely to succeed after all, and
it should be warning TO spectators
on the score Of "Gilt Enterprises,
which have sprung up Of late, es
well as To those who are foolish
enough to put money into :" gift tick
cts"
The circumstances in this case
are well known. Mr.. Perham bro
iessed Ia be the owner Of the Sever
Mile Mirror, farm, a trottiug horse,
Jcwelry. and other property which he
propose to distribute by lot among
100, 0OD purchasers Of 3 | tickets
The property was turned over to
committee, who proceeded 10 George
town. ID. c., and there distributed
the "g,its" by lot. The Judge de.
cIded as follows
"Thc Court is called upon, under
this state of facts, to say that tho
stature prohibiting any game of chacc
"r lotteries has not been violated by
defendant, and thai the arrest should
be vacated. ii considers that the in
ienllon was to evade The law.
II schemes like the present are
successful, we may expect to see Off
ces upon Every corner, and allure
mcui, held out, TO attract our ciiIzens
10 engage in an old vice under new
hame, I'LL this species of gambling is
as common as 1t is pern,clous. Nei-
ther courts nor jurles can, for this
reason, make laws, but they may and
ought TO he vigiIant To see that the
laws We have are not violated with
impunIiy.
The motion to discharge the or
der OF arrest. must be denied, with
costs to either party, to ABIDE the e.
vent Of the suit"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
The Cuba QUESTION.

The plans of the Spanish Gov
eminent in regard 10 Cuba, as en-
bodied in several DEGREES just pub
lished, aud which are quite minute
in their de ais, may be embraced
under four heads, rs follows
|. BY II encouragement of the
poll-taXeS upon slaves, To discour-
age their use as domestic servants,
aud so leave mole hands for laoor
ia the fields.
g Connected with this system of
taxation is one OF premiums and ex-
emplions, intended 10 encourage
marriages of slaves. III order that,
by increased propagation, the cessa-
llon of imports from Africa may he
in some measure Compensated
With this part of the enactment are
Connected regulations tending TO en-
courage humanity to the ayes, and
to render their good treatmentspro-
fitable TO their owners. One of the
premiums (which are to be paid by
the poll-tax) is to be allotted to that
proprietor of slaves, who, possessing
the largest number, has had proper
tionately the fewest deaths Among
them IN the course of the year.
3. A very long decree contains
re ulations Tor the convey auce, pay
menr, good treatment and security
Ia all respects of laborers aud ser
wants, whose introduction into the
colony from the mother country,
China and Yucaran, the Govern
ment desires Ia encourage.
A. Under this head come the reg
ulations, comprised in fifty-six arti-
Giles, for the registration of The
slaves. Registers are to be opened
in the chief towns of the various
provinces or Governments of the Is
laud of Cuba. After certain peri
cd, ann ly sufficient to permit slave
owners TO have their slaves inscrib
ed, the registers will be closed, and
thencelorward all blacks who are
not set down i'll them will be con-
sidered as free men, to whom none
can lay claim.
The registers are to be kept by
persons appointed by royal order
upon the recommendation of the
Captain General of Cuba. They
are subject to heavy fines for amy
faults or Irregularities they may
commit. A slave who by neg
ligence is left unregistered obtains
his freedom, but the registrar must
pay his value to his owner.
The closing articles of the decree
order the Captain General of Cuba
Ia put them into immediate execu-
ton, Professionally appointing regis
Iars. and fixing the amount of Sc
curiiy they are to give, and report
ing progress to the home Govern
ment.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

Now Is THE TiME.-The clerk OF
the weather predicts great drouth
the coming summer Droulh or no
drouih, he that is wise, should pro-
vide for himself and his stock, and
SOW IN drills, three feel apart,
green sweet corn, as food for his
cattle, especially for his mich COWS.
Common corn will do well, Vt sweet
corn seed cannot be had. Now is
the time to SOW il. Try it, brother
farmers. Try it. We know, from
experience, that the practice is a
good one, and SO do the cattle
The hes, aud most reliable substitute
for grass and hay is Indian corn,
sowu in drills sufficiently Ear apart
To admi, the Cultlvaior between the
rows. Next Ia corn, oats are recon-
mended, 10 be cut when the grain
is in the milk aud feed unthrashed.
Either corn or oats, thus raised and
fed, are equal, ton for ton, il not
superior to the bes, Of hay. Run
the stocks through straw cutter
and So also with The oats. The
cows will more than pay the labor.
in milk, butter and cheese. Try the
experiment and see if they don't.- .
Every farmer should raise, Of this
kind of feed, at least three months
supply and then, come rain or sun
shine, droulh and dearIh, il will be
found that the &c merciful man kas
regarded the life Of his beast"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

Mr. SHdeUs Ptan for Ameri-
caniSiag cuba Having succeed
ed i'll persuadmg himself that Eng
laud AID France are plotting The
AirlcauzatIon" of Cuba Mr.. Sill
dell proposes to head them off, aud
to AmerlcanIze 1t, by repeaIl g our
neutrality laws, and opening upon
the devoted island the floodga. es OF
filibusterism and piracy. The fol-
lowing article from the Charleston
Mercury, a high-toned democratic
journal, shows that Mr. Slidell will
not be sustained by the unanimous
appreciation of the South :-Tra-
Ueiier.
" The resolution introduced by
Mr.. Sideil, a senator from Louisla-
ia, authorizing the President to sus-
pending the neutrality avs, GER
talnly merits the attention 1t has IT.
ceived, aud III our judgment, calls
lnr a stern rebuke from those who
cannot compIace"tly see the Gov
ernmeut committed TO such a course
The cIrcums auces aud disastrous
results OF the Lopez expedition are
distinct III the minds of all, aud
their graves are YET fresh, who III
defiance of law aud under the in-
faluatl',n OF laisehoods, wasted their
lives III that miserable EXPEDITION
Ii was disgrace to the country, a
libel upon the orderly character
which should belong 10 the cIIize 5
OF Repubhc, and, IN the judgment
OF sober men, called for the active
enforcement of our neutrality laws
To have sanctioned such an en-
terprlse was to commit the sentl-
meut OF the whole couutr, IN favor
OF project which how yer worthy
IN some OF Its aspects, was blackeu-
ed by the spirit aud passions OF
mere robbery. But the failure OF
the Lopez expedition only sharpen.
ed the appetltes OF tillibuslerlsm, and
made IL more rational ia its plans
more resolnte IN IT'S temper And
how stands the case now Is II
not a fact wed known that in some
of the cities of the Union there eX-
ISL secret but powerful organizations
eagerly watching for the first op-
portuniy which offers to pounce
down upon their prey Is it not
also well known that The existence
OF our neutrality laws, their enforce
ment durl g the Lopez expedition
and The dead of this now, alone
I keeps these adventures within
bounds, aud saves The country iron
the violation of ire ties and from
War ?. But again: FIllibusterism
while darkly vlcubatlng on our At
lahllc coast, has recently invaded
with fire and sword the province 81
a sister Republic, with whom ques.
I tlons OF most sensitive nature are
now pending, the peaceable settle.
ment OF which has been emDarrass
ed by these oulrages. 1t is at such
a time and with all these facts il
broad light before us, that a propo-
sition is introduced in the Senate tC
authorize the President to suspend
the neutrality laws, and thereby tC
let loose upon sea and land pirate.
aud marauders.n
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1854.

gagement with DR.. B. interrupted
the closeness OF his application To
books written by man, and brought
him into near proximity to some pa
ges of the Almigh,y's ever open vol
une. HIS heart was warmed with
new life as he looked upon the
closely written leaves of n iurr, and
the breath OF heaven tanning his
cheek, gave II natural glow as un-
like the hectic flush as the steady
shining star is TO the lighining's e.
ralc flash. Mr.. LANCE was an Indll-
fereni angler, quite 50, aud cons
quen,ly II required hun oil tunes
many hours exercise u, the banks ol
the silver stream" Ia enlrap suf
ficieni wary trout Tor dluner, 10 order
TO the irlfillmeni uf his contract with
DIR. b, who never allowed him To
forget tie arrangement.
" eeks passed, and instead oi a
dreaded task, AID his patrons irouic
laugh, as rot unirequenib LANCE re
turned EN- ~ insirad oi feeling his
iime mus employed TO tie thrown
away, MIR. La @ began I" look foi
h's appointed angling hours with
something uf the sptt WIN winch
a old lzaak Walton daIned GA the
banks of The Dive"
Blu not alone were all ihc SUI
deni'> raubIcs 10y the babblmg
r,an,. The shync,s of "tnelia.
the good Doctor u,ice, had = aduaI-
y worn away b, dnit oi the p"l"ng-
ed dinner huur AID the cheerful
hat, The vii and intelligence that
flowed at at social hour, aud t4c
pleasant twilight conversations about
the departed poets, the sweet bards
of other DAYS" the wandering
minstrel, aud the shepherd and his
song, even back tn David, "the
sweet Psalmist OF Israel" ! heir
thoughts mus hurmomously pleading,
Mr.. l.auge begal To tmnk that Cor
helIa ought To learn 10 augie like The
ladies of ulden TIM, az her uncle
suggesting that fine opportunity
was I.r,se Ted Tor lie pursuit o. bot
any under Mr. l.ange's tuition, ia,
o. glI = rod VAS almost daily IN re-
qu,ilIot, and loads oi wild flow, IS
adurr d the table on uielr return,
ava ing " d.ss, clio as the Doctor
persisted IN calling inr process Of Az
anl, ziig a flower much Ia the am
40, auce of Cornella.
But need not prolong my sketch.
nue may "see through the good
Doctors plan 10, this lin,c, whlca
" s, sImpl, To restore health to The
Young s'uden, bs driving hlm from a
peni-up room out into Gods pure
sunshine aud the rob1sl lurin,
swarIhy check aud liquid eye ol Mr..
lauge gave ample evidence that Dr..
Is : llnn succeeded admirably ANA
Tor the lovers OF matchmaking. !
will leave them ON the qai UiUe 10
know whether Coruclll ev.r married
he sludrin or not. sluce II VAS no
In'entlon oi NINE 10 write rove
story, but SIMPLY to give one Exam
pie out OF tie MACY OF the beneficial
results uf exercise IA the open air
CEDAR HILL, VI. C E.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

The DEGREES do not provide for
the importation of negroes under
any name or pretence. All blacks
except those registered as now
slaves, aud their descendants, to be
free.
Mr.. Senator Sidell would antici-
pat this change in Cuba by bring
ing about another. Ii is known
that men in the United States are
ready to make a piratical descent
upon the Island and Mr.. Slidell
proposes that the President be au-
thorlsed to suspend all laws that re-
strain them,--in other words to au-
lhorlze and invite the fiilIbusters to
go ahead. This, of course, is new
matter of agitation respecting slave
ry but is not brought forward by
northern agency The North is
content that the law should stand
as 1t is aud be faithfully executed.
Ii is the South that demands a
change,-that gets up an agitation
o'' 'hc slavery question
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02
4uRtrp.
NOW.

Au.e Tor me day Is passing
While you he dreaming on
You bro,b Is arc ea-ed IN amor,
Asd fofih Ia fight are eone
You pl ia the H. awaits you,
E,eh IA u ha- pat to Vlayi
The = aud the future are nothing
H. the face Of the stem to da,.
Arise h,-m you dreams e The future
VI gsin,ug d haid { ugh, ID,
OF sio ming the az, orr -
Or biad,ng, h giant y'vldi
You flture H.. deeds Of glo y,
o. mn, tGod -Iaut II nay y
hut our arm WI never b. stiongcrA
o needed as now-to day.
Arise II the pat detaia you,
Her Sunshine aud storms foge;
No chains so unworthy to held ,os
A. hose ID vain regreti
Sod OF blight, she Is liisie-s rssri
Cast hes phanloa arms away,
Nor IooA ek. save TO leara the Lesson
OF a noblri strife o'dny.
Arse fof the hour is passing
The sauud that you dull, hear,
T. y.ur soemy maIch,ug to biule
hie' rise 70, the foe Is near
stay not to brighten you weapons,
Or he houi viii ,trike al lat,
Aud from the cams Of a coming battle,
You viii waken, aud Dad il past.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

SoMtrHISG ABOUT CARERS
Perhaps eight out IF every ten OF
newspaper readers have experien-
ced the annoyance Of laying dawn
carpets; have felt the rush Of blood
10 The head---the srfaining of neither
gafnenis-ihe unpleasant rapping of
The tops of fingers instead Of tops OF
The iarks, which that employment is
heir to. The FOREIGN correspondent
Of the Newark Adriser, wiring from
Florence, suggests The basis of re-
form which all housekeepers will ap-
preciate and desire. Here" he
says, iron rings are fastened in the
floors when the carpets are laid. and
they have hooks in the binding, for
which these rings are eyes, so that
there is no taking out and mailing in
of iacks, and carpets are raised and
laid as noiselessly and easy as bed
covers" There are good many
people about this time, we imagine,
who will approve of the hook and
eye system for carpets, and the abo-
li'ion of tack-hammers and bruised
fingers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

And IN my poor way. in an under
tone OF voice tina, The gay around
mlaht moi hear. | talked with this
gentle spirit Of the spiri'.world. I'LL
the curtain Of evening fell, and we
came 10 The end Of orr journey for
the day. The mex, morning, stepping
into the cars, saw her leaning on
the am Of her father, abont to take a
train in snother direciion. She
~av, d her hand TO me us farewell,
aud Then she pointed up,oard. l
never saw her again.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

AFFECTING lNCiDrNr.-Irenaus.
of the New York Observe, IN a lei
ter, written after leaving Cologne 10
PASS up the Rhine, relates the follow
my occurrence:
On the following day my visit to
this cathedral, | was in steamer ON
the Rhine one of an English family
on board was Dung lady, an Invalid.
She was lovely To look on, though
thin aud pale; the brghtncss Of her
dark eyes and her expression so spirit
ueite, had often caught my attention,
and when could be of any service
To her, there was pleasure in minister
ing TO stranger III this world, and
near better. II was at sunset; we
had been adnlring The casilsd hills
and picturesque scenery of the Rhine,
when che quoted Longiellow, and |
sand II was PHEASANT TO hear the bards
Of my own country repeated in a
foreign land
Z" think him," said she, "the frs,
Of living poets. And as you are al
American tell M Your impressions
of urope: you have been at Coloe n
whaI think You OF the cathedral 7
" Beautiful exceedingly" | said
even glorious, and a thing 10 he re-
mrinbered life time but Americans
are worshippers Of utility, aud | fear
thai many OF as GA that account, do
not odmlre. as YOU do, the vasiness
aud grand, ur of a temple thai is MOI
demanded by the wants of The peo-
pie"
Sine replied with soft but earnest
tones, do uoi associate utility
with such a temple Is not merel,
to worship in: i, is worship iself--n
is an anihem-pralslng God as II
stands. silently, like the stars thu
have no speech bul are heard in their
evening songs forever singing AS
they shine" Her pale lace was
hall crImsoned us she spoke, aud
gathering strength ste added, f" shall
never see anything so beautiful
F" Never" ! asked, "do you mean
never :"
she looked at me thoughifully. and
co'nprehendIng my question, said.
All, yes +: hope to see it-heaven,
heaven"
The building continued, " not
made with hands its gales are pearl :
It's dome is a sun, aud every pinnacle
is star How mean these earthl,
temples are when once compared with
Heaven. Aud the Anthem TO hear
II in the choir OF that house-lhe an
them OF angels, and the spirits Of the
pure who have gone up there To JOIN
in the song of-but you will think
am preaching"
No. no" she cried, "if that is
preaching | would hear more Of it,
they tell me thu, ! am gaining health
and strength; but ] know better
my Thoughts are more up there than
here-tell lne of Heaven"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

Louis Napoleon and The Snttdn
Descended from American dnces-
tors The past history of the tan-
lies of Louis Napoleon and the Sui
tan of Turkey is full of interesting
and marvellous incidents, some of
which are probably not generally
known to our readers.
These two monarchs, now so cor
daily united IN the struggle TO
maintain the integrity of the Quo
man empire, are both grandsons Of
American ladies'. These ladies' were
born and raised in the same neigh
borhood, on The island OF Martinique,
one of the Wesl Indies. They
were of French origin, aud COM
panious aud intimate friends in
childhood and youth. They were
Josephine de Tascher and IA Miss
s.
The history Of Josephine is gen-
orally known She Went TO France
and was married to Nj. de Beauhar-
mans, by whom she had one son,
Eugene, end a daughter, lortense.
Some TIM alter the death of Beau
harnals, Jusephrne. was married to
Napoleon Bonapa,te, and became
Empress of France. Her daughter
Hortense was married To Ions
Bonaparte then King of Holland,
aud the present Eni error of France
is her son by that marriage.
Miss S. quilted the Island of Mar
Unique some Time before her friend
But the vessel that was carrying her
Ia France was attacked aud taken
by the Algerine Corsairs. a1d the
crew and passengers made prison.
ers. But this Corsalr ship was IN
turn attacked and piliaged by Tun-
Is pirates aud Miss ) was caried
by them To Constanliu0ple, and Of
lered for sale as a slave. Her eX-
Iraordinoly beauty and accomplish
meuls found her a purchaser III the
Sultan and she soon became the
chief lady OF the Seraglio, q Sultan
ess of Turkey. Mahmoud IL was
her son, and the present Sultan, Alb
duI Mejid, is the son of Mahmoud.
Thus the two sovereigns, who
now occupy so large a space IN the
worlds eye, are grandsons of two
American creole girls, who were
playmates Ia then youth, and were
as remarkable for their beauty aud
excellent disposition, as for their
varied aud singular fortunes.
Both of these women, in the
height of their power, remember
ed all the friends of their youth.
aud provided munificently for their
welfare Many of the relatives of
this Sultaness lett the Island OF
Martinique and settled at Constanti-
uople, where their descendants still
reside aud enjoy the favor of the
Sultan
The Sultaness died in ISL, the
Empress in 1874, and their grand
soLs now rule over two wide and
powerful empires, and are entering,
as friends and allies. upon one of
the most momentons and sanguina-
ry struggles in which Europe was
ever involved -PiusJarg Post.
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

A crown II isa hollow hing,
And hollow heads on wesrii;
The hollow title Of King
Wha' hollow hearts Of, bear i'll
No hollow wiles, or boneyed smiles
of ladie. fair. follow
For beauty sweet .iill hides deceit,
TITS holliw, hollow. hollow.
The hollow leader but beirays
The hollow dupes WIN heed him;
The hollow critic vends his praise
To hollow f,ols who feed hin;
The holio. IL III who takes your hand,
I. but summer swallow
WI te'ef ! see l. like his tree,
Al hollow. hollow. hollow
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-06-02

which kind of expedition every civ
ilized nation IN the world by their
laws have declared to be piratical (;
and The proposition of Mr. Slidel'
divesled of all attempt TO cloak u
over with specious arguments, is
nothing more nor less. IN its naked
deformity, than inviting the organi-
cation aud equipment of plratlcal ex-
petitions to redress real or pretend
ed, actual or apprehended national
wrong. We are TO invoke private
individuals to congregate IN our
ports for the purpose OF waging war
with a friendly Power, with the
full knowledge of the fact that all
parties engaged in such proceedings,
who cannot procure national COM
missions aud national authority are
deemed and considered as prales.
and liable to capital punishment as
such if captured"