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EXECaTOE's SALE.
= Acres OsU.anL.

As this immediate vicinity is an improving and
rapidly progressive nri.hb"rh"od. an opp"rinn-
ity is offered Ia an Industrious Mechanic to To-
cate himself permanently.
The TERMS Of sale will he one thr'' "r
thr purchase money in Cash on the day OF sale;
one third IN six mouths, and the remaining
third in nine months, with interest from the
day Of Sal-. Notes with approved security
will be taken for credit payments, and Cool
and Suilicirnt Tale, will he made ON the final
IA ymrnt of the purchase money.
IFYS. SITES, Executor Of
Jan. u, lS54-ts. EH:1beih Taylor e'cd.
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NUM ELASTIC COATS, PANTS; and Leg
" yin:., Tor sale By WM. ToRBkkr
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION AT
NORTH EAsT.-We have overlooked the
mentioning of the Sunday School Gel.
ebration at North East A corresl o..
dent writes us that it was very inter.
esting meeting. 1t was under the charge
Of Rev. Mr.. Mullen assisted by Rev.
Mr.. lnskip. Over $50 were raised and
four life members made the two preach.
ers, Mrs. Storks and Mrs. Hyland.
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Lead, Enc, Iron Paint
CT, and COfOrS,

FRANCIS : LEWIS 4 CO..
Represented by Lewis, jams & Co.,
1875 South Front Street
PHILADELPHIA.
DRDES thankfully rctivel--punc,nnl!y at
" icrIed to, guaranteed to give satistnct'"n.
an offered for sale on the most Liberal terms.
For samples and particulars. base address
as above. Jan Ia 3m
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D1 Anger Ia an affected madness, COM
pounded of pride and folly, and an intention
to do commonly more mischief than it can
bring to pass; and without doubt, of all pas
slons, which actually disturb the mind of
man, it is most in our power to extinguish, at
least, to suppress and correct our anger:
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1 remain yours, SCRAGGs
SYCAMORE, lizard Co., Ark, Jan. 7th "a.

FLowEKs.-Flowers in all ages have been
made the representatives of innocence and
purity. We decorate the bride, and strew
her path with flowers; we present the unde-
filed blossoms as a similitude of her beauty
and untainted mind, trusting that her destiny
through life will be like theirs, grateful and
pleasing to all. We scatter them over the
coffin, the bier, and the earth, when we con-
sign our mortal blossoms to the dust, as EN-.
blems of transient joy, fading pleasures, with
cred hopes; yet rest in sure and certain trust
that each in due season will be renewed again.
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OA Strong Will-one with couple hun
drcd thousand in it.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts.
giving statistical view, with instrucA
tons to print and circulate.
Resolved, That the Executive Com.
mittce be Authorized to appropriate
from the funds about to be raised, such
sum Of money as shall in their opin-
ion, be a suitable compensation for
some person to be selected as an asso.
ciate Editor Of the Temperance Stand.
ard, agreeably to the wishes expressed
by the present Editor to this Conyen.
ton. Adopted.
Whereas, The maintenance of n
strong temperance sentiment among
the masses Of the people is requisite
to the efficiency of the present TEN.
perance Law, and,
Whereas, The efficiency of public
meetings for this purposes demonstrat.
cd by the sanitary effect upon the
public mind which has attended them;
therefore,
Resolcei, That We do earnestly
recommend to our friends throu yhout
! the State, to institute as many such
meetings. and in as many locations. as
these facts in their judgments seems
to demand, to watch against any un
due declension from that course of
earnest activity which preceded the a.
doption Of the present law.
Reso'red, That the several newspa-
pers in this State are hereby request
ed to publish the Proceedings of this
Meeting of the Vermont State Tenn
perance t:ociety, in their respective
journals, and that the Secretary is
hereby directed to furnish copy of
the same to each Of the said papers.
Re%oired,That the heartfelt thanks
OF this Society are hereby rendered to
the Congregational Church of Mont.
peIicr for the use of their Meeting
House on this occasion-also, to the
people Of Montpelier, for their hospi.
tally to us during our attendance at
this Convention, and to the choir for
their very acceptable services in the
meeting.
On motion, adjourned to meet at St.
Adams, on the 3D. Wednesday of Jan.
uary, 1855.
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the floor and resumed his remarks in re-.
t,1v 10 NJ r,,t:,o

the floor and resumed his remarks in re.
ply to Mr.. Cutting
! Thursday, Jan. 10.
StNATE.-Mr. Brodhead presented
petitions from Philadelphia against the
ablishment Of Mint in New. Y ork.
Mr.. Gwin introduced resolution in.
During of the Navy Department what
force we have now on the Pacific coast,
and whether it could be made efficient
to prevent jllibustering expeditions from
leaving California aud attacking the pos
sessions of Mexico, upon which warm
debate sprung up, in which Senators
Petit, Brodhead, Mason, aud several
other Senators participated. At the
conclusion of the debate, a short exccu.
tive session was held and the Senate
adjourned over until Monday.
House No business of any general
importance was transacted Mr.. Keitt
of South Carolina, having the floor. pro-
ceeded to address the House On the Low.
atty of South Carolina to the Union =
Mr.. Hughes of New York, followed on
the subject of New York politics, when
quite an exciting debate took place which
lasted till the House adjourned
Friday Jan. 20
SENATE not in session, having adjourn
ed ever until Monday.
HousE.-Aftcr the disposal of the
usual routine of business the House went
into Committee of the Whole Mr.. Cut.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

TIE END OF KoszrA We under.
stand that the far.famed Martin Koszta
is now il this city in state of utter
dcstitution. An application has been
made to US on his behalf by a friend of
his for petty clerkship in our establish
meut worth five dollars week. We
are sorry to say that we have no vacan,
cies but surely between Commander
Ingraham, who obtained medal and
ever so much glory, and Mr.. Marcy, who
procured ready-madc reputation as a
statesman, solely and entirely out of
koszta, something might be done for the
poor fellow. lie has raised two men to
pinnacle of fame they never could have
reached without him is he to be left to
starve himselfl Who wouldn't be n
patriot,-N. y Herald
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the sale ofliquor to him, yonr Maine
Law didn't do that, ha, ha BE quick
gentlemen, and pronounce q verdict,
for | have a deal of business on hand.
Perhaps I'll have work for you again.
You think you can easily break glass
bottles like me, but | can break heads
and hearts. You can't cork me 81
tightly but liquor seller will uncorl;
me. ! shall break in human heads un.
til you break in barrels heads" And
the old bottle told the truth.-Rmt-
land Herald.
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From the Washington Union, 10Th inst.
Important Proclamation.

The suhjoined important proclama.
ton. issued by the President Of the U.
nited States, will be read with interest
1t relates to a subject which has attrac.
ted large share of public attention.
and will be received with general appro.
baton. 1t shows that the President is
determined to interposc to maintain the
integrity of the laws against violation
and to this end, he calls upon all good
citizens to discountcnance the proceed
ings alluded to, requiring all public off
GERS to exert their authority to arrest
and bring to trial all offenders. This
step was called for by the intelligence
received by the President, ard will be
properly appreciated
BY TnEPREsIDEYT or THE UNITED STATES.
PEoCLANArfoN.
Whereas information has been receiy
cd by me that an unlawful expedition
has been fitted out in the State of Cali
fornia, with view to invade Mexco-a
nation maintaining friendly relations
with the United Statcs-and that other
expeditions ara organizing within the
United States for the same unlawful
purpose and whereas, certain citizens
aud Inhabitants of this country, unmind
full of their obligations aud duties. and
of the rights Of a friendly power, have
participated, and are about to partici
pate, in these enterprises, so dcrogatory
to our national character and 50 threat
cnipg to our tranquility, aud are there
by mourning the severe Penalties i'm
posed by law against such offenders
Now, therefore, |, Franklin Pierce
President Of the United States, have is
sued this my proclamation, warning all
persons VINO shall connect thcmselvc.
with any such enterprise or expedition
that the penalties of the law denounced
against such criminal conduct, will be
rlgldly enforced and | cxhort all good
citizens, as they regard our national
character, as they respect our laws OF
the laws OF nations, rs they value the
blessings of peace and the welfare Of
their country, to discoTntcnancc, and by
all lawful means prevent, such criminal
enterprises and | call upon the officer,
of this Government, civil and military
to use any efforts which may be in then
power, to arrest for trial and punish,
ment every such offender
Given under my hand and the seal oil
the United States at Washing
ton, this eighteenth day Of
January, in tie year Of Out
f.. s.] Lord Que thousand eight hun
drcd and ffty.four, and the
seyenty-oghth of the indopend
ence of the United States
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
BY the President
w. L. MARCY, Secretary of State.
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During the administration Of Pres
ideut Fillmore, reliable intelligence was
received of the intended descent of a H.
libustering expedition, fitted out in this
country, upon the island of Cuba Mr..
Fillmore issued his proclamation, cal,
ling upon all good citizcns to obey the
laws, to maintain the faith of treaties.
and to assist III supprcssing all combina-
tons and movements in contravcntion of
such obligations. The event showed
that this was timely act on the part
of the government Yet this measure
was made the occasion of bitter denunci-
alton and abuse of the administration BY
a largo class Of mcn-thc fllibusters
and scccssionists-who were most zeal
Gus advocates of the election Of Gen
Pierce, and whose favor and APPRECIATION
he, in turn, las most zealously courtcd
in his distribution Of the offices in lii.
gift
Last week President Pierce issued {
proclamation almost identical in Ian
guage, and entirely SO in spirit witt
those Of President Fillmore, in relation
to the iiratica! expedition, we suppose
Of e PRESIDENT Walker and thirty OF
forty others, which has actually LANDED
in Lower California. and there taken vi
client possession, killing and driving Of
Mexican rulers and establishing an in
dependent republic" Now. all this was
done. and became matter Of common no
toriety, several weeks ago. Why have
these executive thundcrs been 70 lona
delayed Or. il aimed at some new
scheme Of murder and robbery not yet
consummatcd, why is this last singled
out for rebukc and the other allowcC
to pass unnoticed In fact. the Union
tho Official organ, declares expressly tia,
the proclamation relates 10 subject
,rhjch has dttracicf0 Mrgc sIarc ~
I PNJ(ic dtcNiioa' The decd was moi
merely planned bat executed, and pub
lie opinion was already fully formed il
relation to it. before our vplurous nation
al rulers saw fit to intcrpose even a re
commentator Of obedience to the laws
and the preservation of peace with a
ncighboring republic.
This tardy measure, on the part of the
administration seems to have been in
. tcndsd rather to save its own credit with
the people, than to intimidate or arrest
irccbootlns adventures in their wild
schemes Of piracy and treason 1t will
very likely be 30 understood by the ii
rates themselves. They know they
leave large party behind them who de.
nounccd like proclamations, SeasonaJIy
isSncd, by previous administration
and they will expect these mutual
friends" to take care that the executive
does them no harm.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

Tue ADMINISTRATIONS AT TIE SoUTn.
-Ex-Senator Foot of Mississippi (who
has just sailed for California; addressed
the Hard Shells of Newly ork last Thurs
day evening. lii the course of his re.
marks he said
IL was lately detained accident.
ally at Sumptervillc, S. c., in which
State had been much revled.
did not expect to find there any sym
pathy yet | was waited on by COM
mittcc of gentlemen, who requested me
to address them. | replied | was of one
way Of talking, and that | perhaps would
De obliged to say some things which
would hurt their scnsibilitics but they
INSISTED, and spoke to them, without
pmitting my views on Free Soil nomiu.
htons and secession. | found. to my
surprise, that my feelings and views ac-
corded with theirs so much so that they
requested me to furnish them with a
copy Of my address"
! And again;
General Pierce was elected on the sol.
cmn pledge to do all in his power to pro.
mote the Compromise. or peace measures
OF $50. In his Inaugural, with what
glowing cloqucnce did he not speak Of
them How he denounced all hcreses
which might tend to dissolve the Unonl
How valiantly he struck double blow
at the secession spirit both North and
South How he undertook to give
strength and pcrmanency to those meas
ures Has he done it? no 10 4
If he has done it, he has earned eternal
lhurels; if not, he has earned eternal in
fanny. lie has committed a worse crime
than ever did Catalina. IChcers. ....
Throughout the South there is an un
iversal disgust at what they deem a per
iidious violation of pledges. and an at
tempt TO degrade those who defended
the Union at time when the junction
against it of two States would have been
fatal to it."
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Addison County Agricultural Society.
The annual meeting of the Addison
County Agricultural Society, held at this
place last W ednesday was well attended,
and it's doings harmonious. The Socic-
ty has not been in so prosperous a con-
dition for years, sither pccuniarily, or
with reference to the great objects of
Agricultural emulation and improve
ment which it was designed to promote
The election of Mr. Hammond as
President will give general satisfaction.
The Society has had no moro constant
and active friend since its formation
than he.
From the official statement of the
Trcasurcr's accounts, it will be seen that
there Is now a handsome surplus (about
$1,000 in the treasury We regard this
rs properly result Of the permanent
location Of tho Fairs Of the Society
with the charge of an admission fee to
spectators Other societies arc adopting
this plan. In turn, VIC shall do well Gin
ordance with the unanimous wish OK
pressed at the annual meeting) to adopt
the nearly universal practice of CON
tinuiug the Fair through two days Ex-
periencc has clearly proved that one
day is altogether insufficient.
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E The New England Farmer says
of the Presidents Message. that it can
not but express surprise and regret that
the recent message entirely overlooked
the most important interest of the ma
ton that of Agriculture This great
pursuit underlies and sustains all 9th
ers, and yet. in this document. delibor
ately written and pretending to touch
all the leading interests of the people
no allusion whatever is made to it. I'VE
find 1t stated, that, taking the last cen,
sus as the basis of calculation. there are
at this time about sic hn,dred millions
dollarS worth of live stock in the United
States. Their value exceeds that OF all
the manufacturing establishments in the
country, and also, exceeds the capital
employed in commerce, both inland and
foreign-And yet Agriculture is not
acknowledged as having any existence
in our pursuits.
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Me-. BAGnrR EorsED. ThcFrccsoil.
ers ali over the State having denounced
Mr. Barber as a b" traitor" and Locofo
co in Frccsoil clothing, he has commcnc.
cd his defence in an article Of some four
columns in the Springfield (FrcesoiD Tel
CSfaPh. That paper sums up the whole
import of the communication thus:
1T explains nothing, exhibits no Iefcn-
slve facts, or anything of the sort but
seems rather to be an effort to show that
1t was no worse to unite with tho demo-
Gratis than with the wings, in point of
PrinciP/c ; and no loss. in point of poll
cy, because we got greater nnmJer Of
Offices p
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Destructive Fire in CastIeton.

One the evening of Friday last, about
7 o'clock fire broke out in the village
of Castletou, and strong wind prevail.
ing at the time, was not entirely subdued
until Saturday morning Some twelve
buildings were destroyed during the
night. and the loss Of property is great
The FIRE originated. we learn, in the
block Of buildings occupied By Messrs
Root aud Tominson. merchants. and o.
theirs The whole block, comprising five
buildings was destroyed also, the build
ngs of Mr. Burt and Mr.. Preston. The
conhagration was checked and FINAL,
extnguished at Mr.. Prcston's. The Of
flee Of the Register Of Probate for the
Fairhaven District was in the burnt block
but, fortunately, the records were al
saved.
Westover's Hotel, which adjoins the
house of Mr.. Prest on. narrowly ESCAPED
destruction.
We are not informed as to the origin
Of the fire, nor are we able to give any
estimate of the losses sustained.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

LlQUoR Law AMENDMENTS. 49, The
Montpelier Ii'atchmon, commenting on
the doings of the late State Temperate e
Convention, very appropriately says:
" The repeal of the 23d and 25th
sections of the act of 1852 was magni.
fled over much TO treat that as great
sacrifice. at least until experience proves
it was so, is not Wise. The friends of
the law in the lcgialalurc.with few oxccp.
tions, votod for this amendment some Of
them (iikc Mr.. Miner because they re-
gardcd these sections as Of little use. and
as standing imputatlou upon prescott.
ing oiicers; but others. and most of
them. because by this concession they
expected to secure tic rest Of the Till.
We are aware that the editor of the
Temperance Standard preferred the dc.
feat ofthe rhole biH but our impression
is.that out ofall the friends of the law in
the House, there were but two who con.
cured with him in opinion 1t is very
easy for men, who do not appreciate the
circumstances III which the friends Of the
law in tie House were placed on that
occasion. to scohI; bet it would be far
wiser to look ont for rcmcciy for tic
repeal Of the 23l aud 2jth sections
There is statute Low in free. impos.
ing penalty Of $500 upon officers for
wiliully aud corrurtly refusing to do
their duty use it, when occasion offers
Aud better still, whenever possiLle-sce
to it that men are elected Us mags
tratcs, shcriii'S. and consiablcs. who 1rIl
faithfully perform their whole duty. pen.
atty or DO penalty"
- We have already explicitly stat,
ed our regret that Mr. Miner offered
his amendment, believing the bill of the
Senate might have passed the House
without that concession. Yet we deem
ed the matter altogether too unimpor.
tant to require the sacrifice Of the other
amendments, merely on this account
Such is the opinion ofncarly every TEN
rerance man whose individual opinion
We have learned
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

GIVING AWAY LIQUOR. John and
Patrick Kelley were yesterday arrest
ed by Sheriff Bowman, for irating"
their friend Thomas Fitzgerald. They
were brought before Justice Adams,
and each find ten dollars and costs. Fitz.
gerald is a noted drunkard and had been
only about six hours out ofjail, where
he had been confined, for drunkenness
and abuse of his family, for more than
a week.-Burlington Free Press, 20h
inst.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

EE' We learn from southern pa
per that son of the late Richard Hen,
ry Wilde has in preparation the Life
Letters andLiterary Remains of that ac.
complished gentleman and elegant schol-
Mr.. Wilde IS known to have left nearly
completed a critical memoir of Dante
similar in character, we presume, to his
admirable work on Tasso, and besides
his graceful and original poems, col,
lection of Italian songs which he had
translated while residing in Tuscany
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

SUDDEN DEATn-MrJ ohm lIcrrick,
a man about seventy years ofage, was
found dead in his own house, in Rut.
land On Monday Of this week. lie
had lived alone for many years. The
Jury of Inquest decided that he died
in consequence of excessive drinking
of intoxicating liquor.
lie was a soldier in the war Of
1912, and lost an arm in an engage
ment. From the general government
he received an annual pension OF nine,
ty six dollars, from which he had saved
sufficient to supply the necessarics and
comforts of life.
BY the beside stood an empty bot
tie, staring at the hfeless old man,
wearing vitreous, impudent face, and
seemed to say" Gentlemen of the
Jury, you need not look so wise, nor
need you examine far and wide to
learn what did it. 1t did it, ha, ha
| did it, can drive away wife and
children, and make man homeless.
I can ruin business and make man
fricndless. ! can spoil the world Cor
any man, put pains in his body-thorns
in his pillow. GRIFFIN his heart and put
him into q long-tieep. have stopped
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-01-25

NrRMoY SrNAroRsmr-The consid-
Grafton Of The case of Judge Phelps has
been postponed, on account ofhis illness,
until the 25th inst. (to-day,) a major
ity OF Che Judiciary Committee have re-
ported in favor of his right to seat.
They take the ground that tho appoint
ment Of the Governor, IN all cases, en-.
titles the appointee to scat until the va
cancy is actually filled by tho I.egisla-
ture, or the term expires. Messrs..
Petit, Geyor and Williams sigued the
majority report. A minority report was
made By Messrs Butler aud Bayard