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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-04

II is now some years since Mr..
Lancaster first constructed rifle small.
arms, totally devoid of those ridges or
furrows which hitherto had been con-
sidcred an essential part of rifle guns.
A casual observer, looking at the muz
zlc of one Of MIR Lancastcr's rifle small
arms will fail to see in what respect it
differs from an ordinary muskct or
fowling-picce. The bore is absolutely
smooth, and its oval contour is so sli.ht
as not to be discoverable, except when
very narrowly scrutinizcd. Owing to
this slight deviation from a true cir-
cular form, Lancaster S oval rifles ma
be employed for bird shooting, with
small shot.
The mere adoption of an oval bore
would have been attended with but
small results, had the oval not been
made to assume the spiral twist of an
ordinary riAed gun. Lancaster's oval
bored firearms then are rihed fire.
arms devoid of the ordinary channels,
tie necessary rotation of the projcctilc
bains accomplished through tho a.
gency of a revolving oval.
The great advantage of riacd small
arms over those having smooth borcs,
is so well acknowledged that all argu
mcnt on that point is unnecessary. l,
was natural, therefore, that attempts
should have been made to apply the
same principle to cannons. Before
the discovery, however, of Lancaster's
principle Of oval,boring,tlle attempts
were unattended with success. We
have neither time nor space to explain
these reasons. Most of them have
reference to the circumstance that
cannon>balls are made of iron, and
smallarm balls of lead. Now, lead
being n soft material, easily receive:
impressions from the ridges and linden
tations of the ordinary life barrels
whereas iron is not SO accommodating
Mr.. Lancaster's principle of oval 10
ring nbvates much of this difficulty
and enables canoidal masses of iron tc
be shot from rifled ordnance,as canoi-
dal masses of lead are shot from rfed
small>arms. Lancaster's cannon oc
cupies the same relation to ordinary
cannons that MIME Iifcs do to ordina.
nary muskets. The preceding out
line indicates sufficiently the nature
and properties of the new gun.
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EarThe eggs and bones of a huge
bird have been discovered in Malta
gascar. The natives declare that the
bones are the remains of q bird which
still exists in the interior Of tho coun-
try, and is large enough and strong
enough to carry Of COW. The eggs
hold three pints and become exceed
ingly hard when boiled. 1t is stated
that the Jefards family have sent a
special agent to Madagascar to pro-
cure dozen. The Cyaue has. been
ordered on a cruise to intercept him
on his return.-Boston Nail.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-04

SrIRlrUAIIsM-This magniiicen Mt hum.
bug, is at last showing itself in its true
colors The Spiritual Telegraph, dc,
voted to the science ~. and whose chief
merit is in being So singularly profound
that the writer's of its columns do not
understand what they themselves say.
contains an article from which We take
the following paragraph as sample of
its quality. 1t purports to be from a
manifestation made to Joseph d. Stiles.
of Weymouth, Massachusetts
Foreigners are now watching with
intense anxiety the moment they can
strike, and thus get the States under Po.
pish and Catholic rule. Ships after ships
bring over hundreds Of them, to help to
work out American destruction Honor
and principle will be laid aside. They
are studying their lessons we'll, Their
preachers are their teachers. They are
vending their way into your national
councils, filling important trusts in your
uavies and arsenals,t thus furnishing them
with facilities for speedy outbreak and
bloody revolution"
The above extract bears the signature
OF no less person than Daniel Webster:
but 1t seems that even his great shade
was not enough to satisfy Mr.. Stiles. Sc
he is honored by further communica,
tion. as follows:
81 indorsc all that friend Webster
has said. GEORGE WASHINGTON.
If the spiritualists desire to proceed
long in their imposiures, they must Sc
lee cleverer fellows than Mr.. Joseph d
Stiles for their agents The idea of suel
spirits as those Of Webster and Wash
ington paying a visit at oil to such .
noodle head as Mr. Stiles shows himself
to be. is preposterous, not 10 say any
thing of their advocating such iom.fool
cry as We 6nd seriously committed tc
paper, BY tie equally deranged editors ol
the TelcgraPh.-San Fa,eisco Herald
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NATHAN DRAKE Addison County
rs. }court June Term,
: 1 NT-EI a nVtEE n 1874

SAMUEL q. DRAKE. A. ID. 1854.
Samuel q Drake of the State Of Califor-
mia, attached TO answer to Nathan Drake Of
Bristol, in the county Of Addison, in an ac
tion Of tr"spass Oh the ease, upon \ promis-
sorry note for 1856 dollars dated at Bristol,
October l2ih, A. u. 1S4?, made and signed
by said Samuel O. Drake and PAYABLE to said
Nathan Drake or order in one day from the
date thereof
In the above entitled cause, it being made
to appear To the court, that said defendant
WAS absent from the State at the time of the
service of the writ, and las not returned
within the same. 1t is ordered that said
cause be continued until the next term Of
this court, to be held on the second Tuesday
Of December, A ID. 1854, and that in the
m"antnc notice Of the pending thereof be
given 'aid defendant. by the publication of
this order and the substance OF the plaintiffs
dcclara tion, three weeks successfully in the
Miidlcbury Register, public newspaper
printed at Middlcbury, in said county of Adj
Olson, tho last of which publications shall be
At least thirty days prior To said next term.
GEO. S. SWIFT, Clerk.
HORATiO NErrulu, Atty for plh. % 33t
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llooD's PuSs.-A London cores.
,ondcnt Of the New York Tribune er.
humes some Of Hoods inimitable puns
from an old volume Of the London
Magazine, which at one time was ed
tied By him. Among the answers to
correspondents in ono number vac the
following:
The Echo, we fear, will not an
swcr !" "W.'s Tears Of Sensibility'
had better be dropped :" "B, is snrc-
ly hummins;" "The Night Thoughts
are not admired because the author
WAS youug;" "T. says that his tale is
out Of his hcad-is lie a tadpole,'"Y.
Y, word to the Us is sufficient
-"l'he Essay on the Funeral Cercuo-
mics should be printed in dead Ian
guagc-we decline i, on the part Of
the English" "R. complains that wo
are backward IN forwarding his Ia
pcr'-does he mean BY the clause TO
take us for crabs!" Tho Sonnet t,.
Miss Tree it forwarded to her by the
Two-Pcnny POST" .. The Captse' i,
ready toSb be rcstored;' Tho Essny
On Agricultural Distress would only
increase it." .sf sr..7-l. } 10 .tlH
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Er-Don't trifle with tho ,ff.o,ioD,

EE Don't triae with tho affections
OF young ladies. They are institutions
that never were established for any such
purpose. II you don't contemplate mar.
riagc certificates and the parsou, French
bedsteads, five hundred dollar house.
rent, and prospective home for the old
folks, just take your hat aud leave
You've no more right to go on trifing
with copfling calico, than hoilyhock
has to pass itselffor rose
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%'London is first mentioned as a
Roman settlement or garrison in ,l,o
reign Of Nero, A. Dol. But bei,re
that period, it was q lace Of residence
for traders and merchants from Ger.
many and Gaul. MUGS
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The Nevada journal., 1854-01-13
&l.242.3S9 a
Total amount.

1t is deemed proper, in this connection, to cx-
pam the causes of tue APPARENT increase of
State Indebtedness within the last two years and
in don so, 1t may be ssary to enter more into
detail than has heretofore been the custom of the
executive.
Before recapitulation the several items and
dates necessary TO q correct understanding of the
subject may be allowed to remark that the re-
sponsibility, whatever it NAV be, rests entirely
with those agents of the state who contracted the
debts, and not upon those who, subsequently, in
obedience to law. merely adjusted and issued
warrants upon the treasury In payment of them.
With the latter there was certainly no discretion
nrv power; whether it existed with the former, it
is not necessary for me now to enquire. The faith
of the State had been pledged for Indebtedness
incurred, and without actual reputation, there
was no other course TO be pursued by the present
agents of The State than TO issue warrants on the
treasury in compliance with law.
The explanations deemed proper WILL in part,
be found in statements A, B and c, herewith
transmitted.
Statement A exhibits the various debts con-
tracted prior to the lst of January, lS42, but
which were not audited by the proper officer until
after that date, amounting, in the aggregate to
the sum of one million fifty two thousand four
hundred and ninety dollars and nineiy-two cents.
Statement B exhibits the several amounts ap-
propriated by the legislature Of 1852 and 1858,
for special objects, having no necessary connec'
ton with the administration of the State Govern
ment, amounting in the aggregate to the sum OF
S436, $50 7S.
Statement exhibits the expenses OF the seve'
raj departments of the State Government since Its
organization.
RECAPITULATroN.
The lst day of Jan, 1852, sl.242,sss -
Amount oflndebtednsss incurred pri-
or, bur not audit, until after Jan. lst,
1859, l,052,4s0 90
Amt of actual debt, Jan. l, 1861, e2.294, $50 So
Amount Appropriated by the legislature OF
1852 and 1888 for special objects uuconnected
@sh the. administration cf ihs State Gov'nt 4s655o Is
The Nevada journal., 1854-01-13

Total amount of Gold dust ship
ped in 1858, S82,30O,399 AZ
These important facts obtained from official
records, and reliable sources, if so presented as
to induce examination of the whole subject, can
not tail, it is believed, to secure for the claims
of California, the favorable consideration of
Congress
In view, however, Of the very many subjects,
which must necessarily engage great portion
of the time and labor of our Delegat in Con
gress, ! feel called upon to say, that regard it
as almost impossible for them to make to indi-
vidual members Of the two Houses of Congress
the explanations requisite to correct under
standing OF the question, and to remove the er-
The Nevada journal., 1854-01-13

Amount of Gold Dust shipped
from California in 1853, -. 81, 300, ,3e9 AZ
Estimated amt in private hands, $4,000, 900 90
The Nevada journal., 1854-01-13
Amount of actual debt on the 1st of yanu.

Amount of actual debt on the 1st of Janu-
airy. 1852 and special appropriations by the
legislatures of 1852 and 1858, 2,73l,1sl "A
Since the 1st of January 1882 Of the then ad
justed debt. in the shape of three per cent.
Bonds redeemed, including interest, there has
been paid in coin. e72s76 IL
In seven per cent. Bonds due in 1855, and
redeemed there has been paid in coin since
January /, so, 1900 90
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-05

not quite yet gone against allopathy by default
before the popular tribunal of this section.
am, Messrs. Editors, yours, respectfully,
SAMUEL BURNS, Sexton.
NArcHEz, January 20, 1854.
The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Adams County:
Personally appeared before me, William G.
Coffin, clerk of the circuit court of Adams
county, State aforesaid, the within-named Sam
uel Burns, sexton of the city of Natchez, to
me well known, who acknowledged that he
signed the foregoing and annexed statement
and | further certify that said Samuel Burns is
the sexton of said city, and that all his official
statements, as such, are entitled to full faith
and credit.
In testimony Whereof / have hereunto set
my hand and the seal of said circuit court, at
the city of Natchez, this 23rd day Of January,
A. d. 1854.
[sEAL. WIN. C. COFFIN, Clerk.
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-05

the States of Chihuahua. Sonora, Sinaloa, Ja
lisco Guerrero, Durango, Zacatecas, and the
territory Of Calima shall be sent.
"A band of Indians had been committing
depredations in Durango. They had murdered
several persons, and taken others into cap
tivity s*
"The Eco understands that the supreme
government is making arrangements with the
mixed company of A. G. Sloo for the imme.
diate opening of the road to connect the two
oceans, by the way Of the isthmus Of Tehuan.
tepec, and that workmen are expected, with
the material from New York, to commence the
work Immediately.
During the past year, says the Unirersal,
there were coined in the mint at Guanaiuato,
in silver aud gold, $6,979,000.
: The railroad from the capital of Zacubaya
is shortly to be commenced. Preparations for
its speedy completion, when it shall have been
commenced, are being made by the govern
ment This will be the first railway in Mex.
leo.
project has been submitted TO the gov
ernment to colonize certain portions Of the
republic. by Asiatic colonists.
. 1t is contemplated to dig canal from
Vera Cruz to Alvarado.
"The government has ordered the organza.
tion of a board of theatrical censors in Vera
Cruz, whose duty it shall be to revise all pieces
before their production in public, and see tina,
nothing immoral or political is presented"
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-05
From the Taunton (Mass) Democrat.
The Democratic Territorial Policy.

The most interesting question now before
Congress is involved in the consideration of the
bill reported by Mr.. Douglas, in the Senate, for
the organization of the territories of Kansas
and Nebraska. AS now modified by the mover,
this bill provides for the erection of two terri
tories, instead of one as at first proposed, and
guarantees their admission into the Union, as
States, with or without slavery, as may be pro-
vided in their respective constitutions. 1t de-
clares that the provision of the eighth section
of the act commonly called the Missouri COM
promise Of 1920 was suspended by the prin-
ciples of the legislation of 1850, and is now
imperative. 1t places the subject of slavery
entirely under the regulation of the people of
the Territories themselves, as was provided in
the organization of Utah and New Mexico, and
proceeds upon the ground that the non-inter-
vention doctrine Of the compromise of 1850 is
to be the only rule for the future. This is the
true democratic doctrine, and the only doc
trine which has been found sufficient to meet at
all the question of slavery in the Territories.
We do not see upon what other ground the
committee could have proceeded at all. If the
two compromises Of 1920 and 1850 are found
to conflict in their operation the last must GER
tainly supersede the first. We have no vene-
ration for the Missouri compromise which would
lead US 'to feel any great concern in its fate.
The principle Of the non-intervention of Con-
gress with the subject Of slavery in the Terrific
ries is one which has always been-in accord
ance with our own ideas. We have yet to see
any good reason why the people of a Territory
should not possess the control of this question
as well as Of other domestic institutions and
manage affairs in their own way. Their will
is, or ought to be, superior to the will of Con-
gress. They are supposed to know and under
stand their own interests and wishes, and we
should be the last to propose an interference.
The bill before Congress will be likely to
elicit an able discussion, but we believe it will
be conducted in the right spirit. We do not
believe it is in the power of any party to lash
the country into another excitement on the
question at the present time, if the bill be con-
sidered and disposed Of upon its merits.
Washington sentinel., 1854-02-05
From the Lynchburg (ya) Republican.
The Nebraska Bill-Judge Douglas.

The slavery question seems an eternal apple
of discord. As Anteus of old gathered strength
from every fall, abolitionism seems to have been
strengthened by every compromise. Not hav-
ing been of those who sung hosannahs to the
adjustment of 1850, or believed that it operated
in any more favorable manner than that of an
opiate, we are not at all astonished at the re-
newal of the controversy. Fire covered over
with ashes, so far from being extinguished, is
preserved. And fanaticism must be crushed
or it increases. We must kill not scotch the
snake, or its efforts to coil around US will be
ever renewing. AS the issue had to be made,
we are glad that it is made at once. The south
should now insist upon the practical affirma-
ton of their rights, and put to test the sincerity
of those who assume to recognise them in good
faith
Compromise and Cancellation have been tried,
until all sensible people must be convinced
that additional experiments of that character
would be absolute madness. The question is
now made. The issue has to be decided. Let
there be no dodging, no miserable and shuf
fling putting off of the day of trial. The south
is getting weaker and weaker every day. Every
postponement weakens the moral force of her
position, every compromise gives abolitionism
stronger foothold. Unless the south is de-
mented, she will demand the passage Of the
Nebraska bill as amended, and make the re-
cognition of that demand test of loyalty.
We are glad that Senator Douglas has thus
amended his bill. In assuming the response
bility of amending it, he has acted in conso-
nance with the past frankness of his character
and added another to the many claims he has
upon the confidence. and gratitude of the peo
pie of the south He has met the question as
became the,statesman, and deserves our thanks.
We hope thatwhig politicians and whig editors,
who were so loyal to southern rights, and so
boastful of that loyalty when Bronson was re-
moved, will join hands with southern demo-
Gratis in urging this practical recognition Of
southern rights.
Here is practical question. If whig mem
bers fail to support this bill as amended, and
whig editors fail to urge it, the inference from
such position will be that their fuss about the
removal of Bronson was hypocrisy, and that
they have betrayed and deserted the south.
We intend to make these gentlemen face the
music. As we always like to commence at
home, we ask the Virginian if it supports the
bill of Senator Douglas as amended, and if it
does not regard the failure to support it by any
member of Congress as disloyalty to the south.
Come, neighbor, we want an answer.