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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-30
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The Springfield Ballad.

In the History of Western Massachu-
sets" we find the following account Of a
well-known ballad
On the 7th Of August, 1851, occurred an
event which has been celebrated in song. 1t
is doubtful whether any piece of American
doggerel has been so fortunate in the term
of its perpe tuation. Ii relates to the death
of Timothy Merrick, from the bite Of n lat
tlesnakc, and has been added to, and modi-
fled until the versions of IL are numbcrless.
The verses are said to have been written by
n young woman TO whom the unfortunate
man was engaged to be married A grave
stone still marks the place where he sleeps,
but the ballad, Of which the following is an
authentic copy, preserved in the family, bids
fair to outlast the marble
On Springfield mountains there did dwell
A likely youth was known full well
Lieutenant Merrick onley son
A lkeley youth near twcnty-one.
" One friday morning he did go
in to the mellow and did NOW
A round or two then he did feal
A pisen serpent at his heal.
When he received his deadly wound
he dropt his sythe upon the ground
And stratc for home vase his intent
Calling aoude still as he went.
" tho all around his voys was hcred
but none Of his friends to him apcrd
they thought it vase some workmcn called
aud there poor Timothy must fall.
So soon his Carfull father went
to steak his son with discomfort
and there his fond only son he found
dcd as stone a pom the ground.
" And there lac lay down spose to rest
wilhe both his hands AcruSt his b7cst
his mouth ami eyes CLOSED fast
Aud there poor Ian SLEPT his last
his father yicude lis track with create
cUHcorue
Where he had ran across the corn
unevin tracks where he did go
did appear to stagger two and frow.
" The seventh of August sixty-one
this f.tull axidint was done
Let this waning be to all
TO be prepared when god does call"
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Chased by a Catamount,

SCENE IN THE LIFE OF PIONEER.
vas once told thrilling adventure
Of one Of the settlers in Paris Maine.
with n catamount. Although I cannot
relate it with that lively effect with
which it was told me-. still I have en-.
bo6ie1 the facts in this sketch.
had been on n hunting excursion.
and, az I was returning. | fell in with
that often described rersorage. I" tho
oldest inhabitant" He kindly accosted
me, and entered gladly into converse.
tion with him.
Young man." said he, "wben I first
visited this town there were only three
families in it. You. who live in case,
can never know the hardships and peril.
Gus scenes through which the earlier set.
tiers passed Come with me-" he con-
tinued. sand will show you the exact
spot where the first hut ever erected in
this town was located" I followed
slowly until the old man reached the
bottom ofthe west side Of Paris Hill.
There" said he. On this spot was
erected the hut. shall never forget
the first time I visited it, and the story
l was told"
What is it ?" asked
IL will toll you When the first set.
tlor moved here, his nearest cicbbor
lived twenty miles distant, in the pres.
ent town Of Rumford. and the only road
between the two neighbors was a path
that ho had cut himself, so that in case
OF want or sickness bo might get nssis-
tance. One spring. I think it was the
third season after he had settled here he
was obliged to 20 to Rumford after pro-
visions lie arose early one morning,
and started for his nenrcst nciphhor
People OF the present day would think
1t hard to make journey of twenty
miles for bag Of potatoes. on foot too /;
but such was the errand of the irst set.
tier. He arrived before noon, was sue.
cessful in getting his potatoes, got some
refresbment and started home. But II
was not very easy TO travel with load
ofpotatoes; and finally. at sundowp, he
threw of his load, and resolved to make
a shelter and spend The night. have
been with him to the exact locality Of It;
il was situated just on the other side of
the stream on which are mills, in the
village now known as Pinhook in Wood.
stock. He built shelter, struck a ERE.
and took out of bis sack a piece of meat
to ronst. Ah young man, you little
know with what a relish a man eats his
food in the woods, but. as was saying.
he commenced roasting his meat. when
he was startled by cry so shrill that
he knew at once that it wasa catamount.
! will relate it to you as I can. IN the
language Of tho old settler himself
81 listened a moment" said he, G and
il was repeated even louder. and it seem.
ed nearer than before NY first thought
was for my own safety, But what was
to do2 was at least ten miles from
my home, and there was not single hu.
man being nearer than that to me. In
a moment concluded to start for home.
for I knew the nature Of the catamouut
too we'll to think should stand the
least chancs' to escape il I remained
10 the camp ] knew, too, that be would
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-30

NUS FOR THE Know NoTntNGs.-It
is'evdcnt from the writings of Jefferson,
that had Sam" been about in the days
Of this great statesman, their intimacy
would have been close at least such is
tie inference we draw from tho follow.
ing remarks. which We extract from a
petition of the citizens Of Albemarle.
Amherst, Fluvanna ard Goochland coun-
ties, Virginia, drawn up by Thomas JEFF.
terson in 1897, as appears by his writ.
ings, just published. BY this it will ap-
pear that the author was of opinion that
mono but native born citizens of the L..
nited States should be eligible as Jurors
in "grond or petty, civil or criminal"
cases.
"And your petitioners farther submi,
to the wisdom Of the two Houses of As.
sembly, whether the safety of the citizens
of this Commonwealth, iu their persons,
their property, their laws and government
docs not require that tie capacity to act,
in the importan, office of q juror, grand
or petty, civil or criminal, should be re-
strained i'll future 10 native citizens Of the
United States, or such as were citizens
at the date of the treaty of peace which
closed our revolutionary war, and whcth,
or the ignorance Of our laws and natural
Iartialliy to the countries of their birth,
arc not reasonable causes for declaring
this TO be one Of the rights ncomm uni,
cable in future to adopuve citizens -
Jegfrson's Urit'n9s. IoL X, p. 453
But the next extract, which is taken
from san act establishing elementary
schools" also drawn by Jefferson, is still
moro to the point. BY this he would
limit citizenship to those who could
read readily"
And il is declared and enact, d tba t
no person unborn, or under the ago of
twelve years at the passage of this act,
and also who is con,pos nieAtis, shall, af.
ter the age Of fifteen years, bc a citizen
OF this Commonwealth, unloss he or she
can read readily in some tongue, native
or acquired.'- INiiings, Tol. TX, p
4o4
What value the Enforcement of Joffer.
son gives TO the doctrine of the Know
Nothings is question which We will not
discuss, but will leave that to our Demo
cratic friends, who are more interested
IN the matter.-PrOridence .lournal
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A GALLANT PoErEAIT A correspon.
dent of the Philadelphia North Ameri.
can draws the following portrait of the
French Empress, as seen Oh her visit to
England
AS for Eugeuie, she has been the
theme of all tongues, each outclamoring
the other in her praise. Such beauty,
to begin with, has never been seen at
least so it is said. and the saying doesn't
exceed the truth as it is in the sayers.
1t is beauty that combines all styles,
and excels in each 1t unites tho roman.
tic gravity of the Moresque Spaniard
with the airy piquancy of the Partisan !;
the reserve Of the British belle with the
abandon of the Continental Southern.
Her complexion is at once blonde and
olive, and comprises the charms Of both.
The expression Of her face is at once
winning and commanding. confding and
dignifed. Her stature aud figure are
all that could be wished III a woman or
desired in monarch; and each dress
she has appeared in public in seems OK.
actly the one of all others that sue
should never appear out Of, if the specta.
tor at the moment had his way. More.
tho several traces ns ,bo sox eS m"tn ~
blend into ncrfnc,ion arJ I rban a ',I' ~" d; !;
m;nut;on mr. .dd;t;on aInaa. n'n VIZ" ~ IT,. w.
would ;mrlr fnrfo;,u.n "',".'' ns ~. -" uou,
tribute essential ~ ,ho oonn,o,;o 0"O i"o a "f
the real and ,be IDEAL tho nno,;osI and
,lo ..;.I u'"'i '"o p"o"o'' anu
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APPEARANcEs.-Upon the subject
Of dress and appearances the N. Y.
Times thus remarks:
" A coat that has the marks of use
upon it is a recommendation to people
Of sense, and hat with too smooth
nap and too high lustre is a deroga-
tory circumstance. The best coats in
Broadway are on the backs of pennless
fops, broken down merchants, clerks
with pitiful salaries, and men that
don't pay up. The heaviest gold
chains danglc from the fobs Of gau>
blers and gentlemen Of very limited
means costly ornaments on the la
dies indicates to eyes that are we'll
open, the fact CT silly lover or hus-
band cIamped for funds. And when
pretty woman goes by in a suit Of
plain and neat apparel, it is a sign
that she has fair expectations and a
husband that can shew a balance in
his favor For women are like books
too much gliding makes men suspi-
cious that the binding is the most i'm.
portant point"
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The Two Pictures.
Battle of Inkerman

Battle of Inkerman
As the day came up, struggling with
the gloom Of clouds, the vanguard had
given alarm Of that onslaught, which be.
fore the day was done should make In
herman second only to Waterloo
Through the faggy, drizzly dark, had
burs. the blast of busles, and drums and
ffes, and rattliug musketry; and the
transition from sleep to battle had been
a transient interval Of Consideration not
the Consideration of cowardicc, however,
but Of sudden surprise.
To arms To the summoning martial
music-drums, whose hurried roll, and
flies, whose thrilling shrek make the
blood beat and surge in the veins-to
the glorious martial music, man after
man, column after column, company after
company, they wheel into array. Swift.
ly and nightly, as though hurled by the
power Of thunder, horse and plumed ri.
der sweep over the field aad along the
line, bearing the hoarse, loud command :;
and quick as thought there follow charg.
cs, evolutioas, and sublime preparations
for blood.
Oh the battle of Inksrman would
have been spleadid sight to see in q
broad field and bright sun. But tho
nature OF the ground and the darkness
OF the day rendered It impossible to take
In more than small scene Of the grand
and terrible drama at one view. Many
a heroic deed was performed that day, in
obscure and solitary places. that left %
record but death. II you found, in some
gloomy glen, flush harvest of carnage.
corpses lying thick as sheaves after the
sickles, you knew there had been great
achievements there but they will not
illumins the pages of history for their
memory sleeps in the burial trenches
with those who died snactiDg them.
Thirst Of glory, such as Is slaked by
blood, had lured young Cecil Gray from
his happy home 10 Old England, to the
camp and the field. He wss an officer
in the Fifth Dragons: and as We have
an interest in him now, lot US watch the
performance Of the Fifth on that day Of
Inkerman.
Isit not they on the heighl2 Lee, us
get nearer them, for this dismal day is
SO like twilight that we cannot distiu.
guish the figure on their buttons. Yes,
It is S. What noble fellows How
proudly they sit on their horses With
what an air Of impatisnos they lean for
ward as tho battles din increases How
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Jane Eyre, it will be remembered,
was published anonymously, and the
utmost curiosity prevailed to discover
the real author. Of course the most alb
surd guesses were made. The story,
however, that gained most ground
and was most eagerly listened to aud
repeated, was, that the work was the
production Of lady formerly governess
in the family of Mr.. Thackeray, who,
having been portrayed by the great
satirist as Becky in VANITY Fair"
took her revenge by also writing a
book, in which her dstractor was re-
presented as "Mr. Rochester" Tho
fact of "Jane Eyre" being dedicated
to Mr.. Thackeray, and one or two
other circumstances, gave some color
to the story; but the London Weekly
Chronicle says: 1--WE can positively
state, that the lady and gentleman
never met.or had the slightest acquain,
tance, until long after both Of their
respective stories had been published"
.. s, lnfLcs. al
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The ATTRACTIONS OF RED HAZE. - In
ancient timos. says an exchange paper,
the nations who were the most polished,
the most civilized and the most skilful
in the arts, were passionatey y fond Of rod
hair. The Gauls. the ancestors Of tue
modern French, had ths same prefer
enco, though the color is now 10 disrs.
pute by their descendants, who like
black hair. A taste for red hair, how.
ever, still exists In extensive regions.
The Turks, for example, are fond Of VIC.
men who have rcd hair, while the M MODERN
Persians have strong aversion to IL.
The inhabitants of Topoli, who proba bly,
learned 1t from the Turks, give thoir
hair red tinge by the aid of vermllion.
The woman of Seinde and Deecan are
fond of dyeiug their hair red and yellow,
as tho Romans did. in imitation of Ger,
man hair. There is among Europeans
generally strong dislike to red hair ,
but in Spain, red hair is admired almost
to alteration, and there is a story told of
oue Of our naval commanders, who luxu.
rated 10 fiery locks, being idolizcd and
caressed in consequence by the Spanish
women, and looked upon MS perfect
Adopis.
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COLONEL KINNEY.-The Chicago
Journal gives biography of the life
of this noted adventurer, from which
we learn that he was born and educa,
ted in Pennsylvania. In early man.
hood his rowing disposition led him to
Texas, and he became one Of the pio>
neers in the colonization of that State.
He was first known to the public as an
earnest advocate ofthe annexation Of
Texas to our country. He afterwards
contracted for the excavation Of the
canal basin at La Sale, and at later
period established sort of smuggling
contraband trading post for supplying
the northern States of Mexico with
goods. This post was so strongly
garrisoncd and armed that it de6ed
the public authorities of the country
for considerable time, but it was at
length betrayed & captured by Mex
lean guerilla party. When the Mexi-
can-war commenced, Colonel Kinney
owned a large tract of land in New
Mexico, obtained by grant from the
Mexican government, and it is said
that the plains actually swarmed with
cattle and pack mules, belonging TO
him, which he sold at high prices for
the use of the American army. Now,
tired of his speculations on the Ameri-
can frontier, he wishes to extend his
operations still further, even to the
comparatively new and distant coun-
try Of Nicaragua.
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Gigantic TELEGRAru ENTERrRIsE.
The recent completion Of the telegraph
from London 10 the Crimea nav DC con-
sidered as one of the wonders of the age.
The short time taken to lay down the
wires is another triumph of the skill and
energy which characlerizes the move.
ments of the day. This great line Of
telegraph is about 2400 miles in length,
passing entirely across the European
continent, over an arm Of the sea con.
Meeting it with England, aud upwards of
three hundred miles across the Black
Sea to Balaklava. This experiment viii,
test the feasibility of laying down a sub.
marine cable along the bottom Of the
Atlantic, an idea long entertained, and
for the accomplishment Of which We be.
lieve company has alread dy been form.
ed. Should the shoal, Of which New.
foundland is portion, extend ao.oss, or
nearly SO, to tue shores Of Europe, there
seems no difficulty in tho way Of accom-.
plishing this great work. A great dc
preston or cavity, five or six miles in
depth, such as is known to exist in the
Atlantic few degrees further South,
might prove an insnrmountable inpedi-
ment in which case it will be necessary
to carry the wires to Greenland, and
thence across by the Orkney and Shet.
land Islands TO Scotland, We believe
these efforts will be crowned with success.
ano within three years We shall get news
from London, Paris, Constantinople,
and, indeed from all parts Of Europe,
within few hours Of its occurrence
Baltimore Jour.
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From the Philadelphia New Church Herald
DIR. Tying and DIR. Cumming on the
Second Coming.


The SECOND COMING OF THE LORD
II may sound strange to some of our
readers to be reminded that some of the
most eminent Doctors of the Old Dispen.
satiou are still maintaining that the day
of the Lords literal personal appearance
is rapidly approaching. We sec it men
TONED that DR.. Cumming. an eloquent
Scotch preacher, aud popular thcolo.
gical writer. has published work on
the Signs Of the Times" in which he
affiliates very closely with the views of
the Milleritcs
His theory is that Christ will come in
Is6d-tlat the advent will be what is
termed pre-nilcnrial or, in other
words, that Christ will come before the
millennium, and the millcnuial glories
will consist of Christ's personal reign
on earth for thousand years--ihat tho
Jews will be literally gathered to Jcru
salem to be convcricd-that tho Mos,qm
power is about 10 expire, not by dcstruc.
tion of the Turks, but by their CONVEX
sion and absorption into the Church
that Popcry will be destroyed by Christ's
coming, and not before it.
Strange as their visionary phantosics
may sound to ono whose mind has been
even in the least degree opened to the
reception Of the rational light of the
New Dispensation. yet such nonnns are
still extensively promul gated through
the pulpit and the press. and not simply
by the deludcd Millerites'' but by
men who are highly esteemed for their
learning and cloquence. DR.. Tying,
formerly of this city. now of New York,
has, within the last few years. publicly
and earnestly advocated doctrine iden.
tical in its main features with the one
referred to above
Several of the Episcopal bishops hold
and teach the same doctrine.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-30
INTENSE HEATIN AUSTRALIA

INTENSE HEATIN AUSTRALIA
Nessrs. Joseph Stilling & Co., of
Adelaide, South Australia, in their
circular for the overland mail, say
" During the last seven days the con.
tinuance Of hot weather has been un-
paralleled since the establishment of
this colony in this period the ther>
mometer has constantly ranged night
and day, in tho shade, from 80 to 120
degrees, accor ding to situation and
from lSO to $50 degrees in the sun.
Many cases Of sun-stroke have occur.
cd in the peighborhood. death being
tho result in some instances. Apples
are also being exhibited as having been
roasted on the trees from the fierce
rays Of the sun, as perfectly as though
they had been in a furnace"
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Prince Menschikoff. whose name

Prince Menschikoff. whose name
has figured SO often of late in certain
obituaries, has received, at Perekop,
a letter from Alexander H., condoling
with him in his personal affection, ad-
ding mupiacently to his estate, and
expressing the wishes of the Gear that
he may soon be able again to aid the
the State with his great abilities and
experience.
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A DUEL IN THE DARK.-A late
California paper mentions duel which
was fought between Yankee and an
Englishman in dark room. The
Yankee not wishing to have blood on
his hands, fred his pistol up the CHM
ney, and to his horror, down came the
EnglishmaH.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-30

Two foreign sailors, examining the
cupols Of Boston State House, one of
them remarked to the other, 'Arrah,
my honey, this is the first time / ever
saw them copper bottom tho top of a
boySs
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CAMBRIDGE HEAD QUARTERS. J
JnlY l7Ih. LIE. {

General Order: The General has
great reason to be displeascd with the
negligence and inattention of the guard
who have been placed as scntiuels on
the outposts-men whose characters he
is not acquainted with. He therefore
orders that for the future none But Ma.
TivEs OF THIS Country be placed on
guard as sentinels, on the outposts.
This order to be considered a standing
one, and the officer, to pay obedience to
it on their ralt
[Signed] Fox
Adj't. Of the day
Countersigned Exeter,
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" Put none but Americans Oh
Guard,O

The above quotation from Washing.
ton has given the enemies of the Ameri-
can Cause a good deal of trouble, and
as the cheapest way of getting along
with it they have set up denial Of it's
authenticity.
A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script refers to this matter, and furnish
es the following explanation of the origin
of the phrase. 1t belongs to Gen. WASH
ING1oN and to no one else:
In 1914 Gen. II A. S. Dearborn,
Of Roxbury. transmitted to Gen. Peter
S. Smith, of Philadelphia, copy of a
manuscript in his possession relating to
this matter. and the samc was published
in the DAILY Ecglc, Gen. Smiths paper.
1t reads as follows, aud it is no doubt
correct, that such an order was promul-
gated by Washington while at Cam
bridge. JM.o.
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A cottage by the Thames.
Inkormaq has been fought, and the
Der lecha patriot. (Allentaun, Pa.) 1848-1859, 1855-02-14
Sefentlt6e SenDn.

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