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81 First Baptist Church, 10Th st.
The Rev. Alexander Smith will preach in he Lee
ING, at O'clock an d the Rev Edward Kinssf I'd
DID, on TUESDAY evening. Preaching may also
he expected every evening during the week at same
hour. The public are invited to attend.
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IN the UDi-cd states. giving full and compre-
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and Res ,Hrces of the American Conied-rscy-s4
The Year BOOK Of ths American CONGREGATIONAL
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~ metropolitan Mechanics, In.
H sfttute.-A regular monthly meeting #
he Metropolitan Mechanics Institute will be hold
at the Institute Rooms. over Parkers Store at ~
o'clock, on WEDNESDAY EVENING. the Sth inst
The members generally are particularly relue.t.d
to be in attendance.
P. NJ. PEARSON, Rec Sec.
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~ Washington Highlander At.
tentton !-fou are hereby notified to attend
meeting of the company at the armory OF the
Washington Light Infantry, on WEDNESDAY EVE
MING, the sth March, at O'clock for the transae.
ton Of special business.
The members are particularly requested to attend
and AL others who feel disposed to join the co,nan,
j. Balm. Chairman
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DOARDlNG.-serera large, airy, and well.
I'D furnished Rooms, can be had on moderate
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VIM. X. WOODWARD,
A Z tor M y at. l. q w,
Office on Louisiana avenue, six doors east of Siat
street
Residence on 9Th, between and streets
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-31
"OId Addison Awake.

The freemen of Addison County, OPP
posed to the domineering aristocracy of
American Slavery, to the desecraton
of the free wilds of Nebraska and Kan
sa,. by fastening upon those Territories
the whitening curse of Slavery, opposed
to the repeal of the time honored Mis-
souri, Compromise, and the consequent
spread and power of American oppres-
sion, blasting the hopes of millions of
frecmen, and forging manacles and cof-
hes for Slaves in favor of the principles
embraced in the Pittsburgh Platform Of
1852 such are requested to meet at the
Town Room in Middlebury, on Wednes-
day, the 9TH day of june next, at | o.
clock p NJ, to nominate candidates for
County Officers, to be supported by the
freemen of Addison County at the ensu-
ing September election,
1t is hoped every man feeling any in
terest whatever in the welfare of his
country and race, will let his presence be
seen, and Uo,ce heard, in the meeting
RALLY, then. freemen Of sold
ADDISON p Show to tho world your
patriotic devotion to correct principles,
and your fearless determination to sup
port them. Let the long, loud cry of
A." Green Mountain Boys" echo from our
own green hills and roll along in thun-
der tones to the seat of the Federal Gov
eminent, sounding in the ears of South
ern Compromise regulators and North
ern allies, just and stern rebuke to
their designs against the happiness and
pcrmanenee of our Republic, in breaking
compacts, and throwing wide open tho
door to the spread of the Slave Power
in our land Again we say, rally to the
County meeting
JAMES ~. SLADE,
Ceanfy Committee
Middlebury, May ~, 1884.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Rev. F. W. SHELTON, the accom-
phshed writer of the "Rector of St.
Bardolph's,' Salander," and other
delightful books, has accepted an invi.
tation to the Rcctorship of Christ's
Church in Montpelier.
The St. Louis Democrat is author.
thorized to announce Col. Benton as q
candidate for recollection to Congress
at the expiration of his present term,
and also a candidate to the United
States Senate, to succeed Senator
Atchison.
The Mortified Bank went into ops
Grafton on tho 18th inst, with Calvin
Ainsworth, of Williamstown for Pres
ident, and II. NJ. Bates, formerly of
Irasburgh. for Cashier, both well
known as successful business men.
There is an inscription on tomb
stone at La Point, Lake Superior,
which reads as follows: " JOHN
PHILLIPS, accidentally shot as
mark of affection bv his brother"
D..
heV' JoSepn d, blttlnGer, formerly
professor IN Middlebury College, was
installed as pastor of the Euclid st.
0L;o on n'a OCH ~. - - e''i''
'''0' Wv '''N '''' "'''
The wheat crop OF Michigan prom
ises to be larger this season than usual.
ii- Bell diyulsed the fact that all
V . Senators were originally on.
..- 10 the repeal OF he Missouri com
promise except Toombs. but we're forced
in because it was Southern question.
- Cor. w. y 1f'5""c
NJ Clayton, the loading member of
the Senate committee on foreign rela-
Tors ., 1t IS sa'd; Is ct opin''n that war
", w., d. %p''" VIII commence "''u'" nine
y N"S'
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The Voice OF Connecticut.

Two weeks ago, Hon. James Dixon
from the Committee on Federal Rela
tions, in the Connecticut Senate report
ed series of resolutions on the Nsbras
ka Bill They were adopted in tic Sen
ate. BY vote of IL to /, and subsequen.
ly passed the House, by vote of las to
81. They are manly significant and com
prehensive, and express the feelings of
the great mass Of the people, north Of
the Potomac
Whereas, bill is now pending in tho
Congress Of the United States for the
organization of the Territories of Kan
sas and Nebraska, by whichrthe eighth
section of the Act preparatory to the ad
mission of Missouri, approved March 6
1920, is declared imperative and void
ReSo(ced,6y This General assembly,
That the form Of the prohibition of Slav.
cry, in the Act of $50, as well as its in,
corporation in an act designed to be ir.
repealable, pledged the public faith, to
the whole extent of the powor of Con.
gress so to do, against any repeal of the
prohibition SO enacted, aud that the peo.
pie of Connecticut have, therefore, relied
upon the perpetuity of that enactment
with full confidence in the integrity and
honor, both of the National Government
and of those States which sustain the
institution of Slavery within their own
jurisdiction.
Resoired-That in the name, and in
behalf of the people of this State, we
protest againt the proposed repeal of the
prohibition of Slavery in the Act pre-.
paratory to the admission Of Missouri
us violation of the national faith, as
destructive ofmutual confidence between
the States Of this Union, as exposing tho
Union itself to imminent peril, and as
inconsistent with the fundamental prin.
clples of natural justice
ReSo(ced-That We declare our fixed
purpose never to consent to the legal or
actual admission of Slavery into the ter,
ritory from which it was excluded by the
act of 1920, or to the admission of slave
holding States from any portion of the
same.
ReSoiced-That the attempt to OK
tend Slavery over vast region, from
which it has been by law excluded with
the consent of the slaveholding States
ought to awaken the people of Connect
cut to the aggressive character Of Slavery
as political power, and to unite them
in determined hostility to its extension
and to its existence whenever it come.
constitutionally within the reach of Fed
eral legislation,
Resolred-That this General Assem-
bly, hereby declares itself ready to co
operate with other States, in any legal
and constitutional measures, which the
existing crisis or its consequences shall
demand, for the preservation of our
rights, and in defence of liberty.
Resoired-That our Senators ia Con
gress be instructed, and that our Repre-
sentatives be earnestly requested to op,
pose. by all lawful means, and to the last
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-31

TUE RATES or PosTAGE.-Wbilo com.
plants arc made that the post Office dc.
partment does not support itself-which
means support itself and carry all the
ranked matter gratis and proposition
IS before the House. from Mr.. ODDS. To
raise the rates OF postage. bill has been
passed to increase the pay Of the minor
p'sllnasters, which will add $500 600 to
tie cost of the department. Here will be
another argument against cheap postage
by those wise and economical gentlemen
who think that the post Office ought 70
support itself We never heard that tho
navy ought to support itself, or that the
army ought to support itself or that the
judiciary ought to support itself; and VIC
DO not see by what reasoning the post
oihcc ought to support itself.
we are not in favor of abolshing the
Thanking privilege enjoyed by mem bcrs
of Congress. 1t is rather burthcn to
them, but it is great convenience to the
people, whom it enables to receive the
public documents, many of which are of
real and increasing value. If it be right
to print them in SO large quantities, it is
certainly right to distribute them. Fer
this distribution the government should
pay There is no more reason in charg.
ing the cost Of the distribution upon the
private correspondence of the country,
than there is in charging the printing to
the same account. Nor do We object TO
increasing the pay Of the postmastcrs,
although it must be remembers that for
all these places there are crowds Of ap.
plicants, at the present compensation =
Every village is the scene of severe
struggle for the post office. However
limited may be the money pay, the post
office brings custom to store, or adds
Importance to tavern.
We can hardly believe it rossible
that any serious effort will be made 10 ad-
vance the rates of postage Mr.. Olds
should strike the final letter from his
name and add fay to itTho people will
know how to bring it down again, if the
members of Congress should 30 far mis-.
take popular opinion as to enact such a
bill as lie proposes. But of this We have
no fear -BTOr l0,lyyi1Z
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on them, as much as to say, Who'd "a
thought Of seeing you -
At 4 o'clock there began to be seen
signs Of preparation for returning home.
The lads and misses were busy in trim.
ming the wagons with green boughs,
while the horses were being hitcbed to
the carriages. II was gratifying to find
that out of that large number on the
ground, ESTIMATED at about 30O) no &C.
cident had befallen any one.
The word was given aud the teams
moved carefully towards home. On
reaching the town, the wagons passed
through the various prominent streets
of the village in body, until they came
near where they started from in the
morning,when they dispersed in different
directions Thus ended a day long to
be remembered by the Methodist Sab.
bath School. E~
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State Convention,

The State Convention meets next
week on Wednesday. We hope Old
Addison will be we'll represented. There
will probably be difference of opinion a,
to the candidate for Governor We be-
lieve there will be little as to the platform.
The Montpelier IEatchman, St. Adams
Messenger, Brattleboro Statesman,
Woodstock Mercury. and ST. Johnsbury
Ca<edon'an, take essentially the same
ground we have all along occupied on
this question We believe the Brattlc.
boro Eagle, Burlington Free Press and
Bradford Inquirer. are also not avcrsc
to cutting aloof from the Baltimore
platform. What the Windsor Journal
and Rutland Herald really want, is not
so easy to determine. The Herald has
long since confessed that tile Wings of
the North have hitherto yielded too much
f1 the sake of union and harmony; while
the Journal seems to think the party
has always been just right, aud should
everlastingly stand still in It's old shoes
Wo suppose, therefore, that this last pa
per will De the last to appreciate and to
comply with the demand, of the time.
As to tho candidates, we only say, let
us have worthy men, on whom all opppo.
nents of tho Nebraska iniquity and Ad-
ministration nuisance can cordially un.
ite give us a platform Cup to the
times" and let us 60 to work with a
hearty goodwill, to roll up majority
for the nominees which shall startle the
trlcksters at Washington, and show tie
world that Nebraskaism can never be
aconmated iB VERMONT
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Congress.

The Senate, on Wednesday, concurred
in the House bill organizing the terri
tories Of Nebraska snd Kansas, So to
l3. A motion to amend by striking out
that part of the bill allowing foreign
squatters to vote in the territories was
rejected by the following vote.
Yr4s-Messrs. Bayard. Bell, Brodhead
Brown, Clayton, Pearce, Thompson of Ken.
tucky-7.
NArs-Messrs. Allen, Atchison, BENJAMIN,
Butler, Cas-, Chase, Day, Dawson, Dodge OF
Wisconsin, Douglas Fish, Fitzpatrick, Foot,
Gillette, Gwin, Hunter, James, Johnson, Jones
Of Iowa, Zones of Tennessee. Mallory, Mason,
Morton. Norris, Petit, Pratt, Rusk. Sebas.
tlan, Seward, Shields, Slidell Stuart Sumner,
Thompson Of New Jersey, Toombs, Toncev'
Wade, Walker. Weller, Williams, wright-4l.
During tho same sitting, warm de,
bate ensusd between Messrs. Seward.
Clayton and Benjamin, on the rosolu-
tion of tho Louisiana Legislature con
corning tho Authorization of Cuba.
Thsro is little else of general intsres.
i'll the proceedings of'either House du.
ring the past week
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The Nebraska outrage is now accom-
plished. The SENATE concur with tho
House, and the Executive approves their
net. II rests with the people of the
Free States, still, 10 say whether this
shall be substantial victory to the
propagaDdists of Slavery. The future,
if tho freemon of the North arc true to
themselves, and win in measure con.
quer their party prejudces, is still in
our power. We can still say-and give
effect to the declaration-that no Slave
State shall ever be admitted, from the
territories just organized. We can res.
olutely refuse to grant any further act
for tho strengthening of the Slave Pow
er. On our determination, and on our
vigilance and harmony in carrying it in.
to effect, everything depends
First Of all, the people of the North
must mctc out rigid JUSTICE to the rccrc.
ant Representatives who have betrayed
them. Ncxt,thcy must see to i:,that their
votes are hereafter given for TRUE MEN,
whether such are nominated by party
machinery or not. We must also de-
clare our unaltorablo determination to
resist all further spread of Slavery. We
mus. upAinchingly act up to this resolu.
ton. Our conventions must take EN-.
phatic ground on this point--otherwise
they will deserve no popular support
This is emphatically THE ISSUE of the
times
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WASHINGTON RUMoRs.-The Wash
ington correspondent of tho Courier n
Enquirer writes on Thursday night -
The latest rumor which 1 regard as
authentic is that G. NJ. Dallas and Ex-
Governor Cobb are to be despatched to
Spain as Special Commissioners with tho
ultimatum of this government relative
to Cuba. In the meantime the Pres
ident will issue proclamation against
illibusters.
The fillibuster organs pretend that
they will have new expedition organ
nized under the command of Gen. Quit.
man, and that they have raised one mill
lion dollars by bonds of the provisional
Cuban government
The Supreme Court has overthrow
the Locofoco Bank Tax Law of Ohio.
The decision is of much Importance.
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CIR Rr9igttr.
MIDDLEBURY, MAY 81, 1854.
Wing State Convention.

The annual State Convention of the
Wings of Vermont will be held at Rut.
land on Wednesday, the 9TH day of June
next. at u o'clock in the afternoon, to
nominate candidates for State Officers
for the ensuing political year, and also
to transact such other business as the
Convention, when assembled, may deem
proper preparatory to the next annual
State Election.
f. n. BplGGs, I
GEO. WAnDNER, Wig
b ID. Harris, : Central
II. NJ. BATES, Committee.
Z c. II. HAYDEN. X
May LIST, 1854.
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PnnADELPmA, May 2s,-A terrible
scene was witnessed on board the steam
boa, Star this evening. The boat,
returning from Red Bank, with nearly
one thousand passengers on board, took
fire around the smoke stack, when about
one mile from her landing, Prompt
measures were taken to extinguish the
flames and the boat was headed for the
nearest wharf, where the passengers were
safely landed and the fire was extinguish.
ed. During the excitement on board
the steamer, many of the passengers
could hardly be restrained from leaping
overheard
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-31

E& The answer of Mr. Valley of
Massachusetts, to question of Mr.. Ste.
phcns of Georgia, while the former wa.
speaking in Congress on Wednesday,was
settler" Mr., w. had affirmed that
at the time of the adoption of the Mis-
souri, compromise, it was agreed to by
members enough from the North, united
with those from tie South, to carry. at
was adopted" said Mr. VALLEY, land be-
came substantially binding agreement
Mr. stephons-'Binding agreement p
Mr. WaliSy-'Yes, sir, binding Mr.
Stephcns-Biading upon actom. Mr..
Misunderstanding upon all honorable
men, Mr.. Stephens made no reply
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-05-31

We don't think we ever were much OF
Pierce man. If ever we were, it was
at some period all consciousness Of which
has faded from our recollection. Ger
tainly, if there's such a thing as a pre-
existent state, there's no telling what we
may have done or been, when he wasn't
he, and we weren't We There's no au-
swering for what one did before one was
born, in some world where Mr.. Pierce
was much superior, or some other world
where we were much sadder fellow
than now. We can only speak for
ourselves in actual incarnation; though
we must DO permitted to say, in simple
justice to ourself, that we are unable to
detect anything in our present heart or
mind, that suggests to us any possibility
that we can ever, in whatever previous
being, have been any more Pierce man
than now.
Nevertheless, if people 90 on as they
are doing, and all ill-uso Mr.. Pierce so
cruelty, there's no telling what we shall
do. The fact is, if he can stand it, we
can't and hang US if we will
Everybody seems to have combined
against Mr. Pierce, ard Fate herself 1.-THE
old hunks y to have set her face as a
flint" upon him. lie has no friends a.
broad he has little but enemies at home:
yea, enemies of The very worst sort
enemies in the garb Of friends men to
whom he gave Offices, that they might
betray others; and who will use them to
betray him: true, while they needed
him false from the moment that he
needs them.
But, by tho oldest Of all dilcmmas. it
is they who alone are his firm support.
crs Marcy, Gushing, Guthrie, Davis &
Coz whose friendship is most fatal to
him, and enlisting against him an uni
versal odium ard contempt, is more ruin
Gus than direct eumity itself.
All who do not use him, trample upon
him. John Van Buren,, to destroy him.
leagues with him and laughs at him; has
made him forfeit the Ilards, without get
ting the Softs, and ALLEVIATE the South,
without winning one man in the North
Benton thunders on his front Douglas
plies him in the rear Cass takes him
between wind and water, and sustans or
opposes bin, as he Judges that either
will hurt him the most
In fine it is pal pablo that (savo his
odious CabInet) Mr. Pierce has mono to
uphold any OF his measures, except such
as, ior the tire being, see III those meas
1res themselves the surest means Of
damaging hun.
it must be confessed that the Briga-
dier has an unlreFf .'ud eV"rtth'-
D. 'e.' -' 'a IT,
oei''e ~. ....- II 80 so.."' i,
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FREEsoIL COUNTY CONVENTIONAL
call has been issued for a County
Convention of Freesoilers, to meet
at this place on Wednesday next
1t is not our business to advise in the
matter, but why not wait for the action
of the State Conventions This seems
to be the more worth considering, as no
one can expect the Freesoil party in
this county to elect any portion of its
ticket alone.
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~ REMEMBER--that not q single
Wig rOte from the North was given
for the Nebraska bill ;-that Al
Northern Locofocos voted for it that
a Northern Locofoco President prosti,
tuted the entire influence of his Office to
secure its passage and that the bill
was carried through in spite of the
wELL-KNowN hostility to it of almost
the entire North, and of large portion
of the Southern people. This is de-
mocracy-a government by the PEOPLE
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ESThe idea that it is tho duty OF
the opponents of Slavery Pro2agan-
dism to cooperate seems to be entertain.
ed by several people besides "two or
three whig editors in Vermont" The
Legislature of Connecticut has acted
upon that idea, much to the chagrin of
pensioned organs of the administration.
and we observe that the Boston Atlas
predicts similar results in every free
state So mote it be TIatcinan.
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extremity. the bill under consideration
with the clause abrogating the prohibi
tiou of Slavery, known as the Missouri
Compromise,
Resoired-That copy of these roso-
lutious DO transmitted to the Senators
and Representatives of this State. in the
Congress of the United States. to be by
them laid before that body, and to the
Executives of the several States Of this
Union.
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Er At the time of going to press
we have no later intelligence, of eense
qusnco, from Europe
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EE Do not fail TO read the brief
speech of Col. Benton, on our FIRST page
The grand movement" must be watch
ed
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Whig County Convention.

Tho Wings of Addison County are
hereby notified to meet in convention. ai
the Town Room in Middlebury, on We'd
nesday, the l4th day of june next, at
10 o'clock, A. NJ, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for County OH
GERS to be chosen at the next election,
aud to transact such other business as
may be deemed advisable when assem-
bled.
Middlcbury, May 23, 1854
j. II. BARRETT, |
+ Il. WooDBRIDGr,
G. w. GRANDEY, Uhig
G NJ FLETCHER, Countv
W. f. WRIGHT, Committee.
S. D. HoLcoMB,
j. W. STRONG.
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DAGUERnEoTYPE OF THE EcLlPsE.-
A daguerreotype of the great eclipse was
taken by Mr.. Gilmore, at the Add.
son lIonao, showing the ring in its per-
lection, and accurately representing the
surrounding sky and clouds Call at his
rooms lin Stewards Buildiug) and see
il.