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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

CAuTIoN.-The Guard of Liberty.
stated at Rutland, managed, through
agents and otherwise, to get up a large
subscription and pay in aacance, and
then lied, rockcting considerable
sum by the operation. The country
Is full OF agents Of worthless concerns,
got up by way Of speculation. The
lrasburgh Gaz~tte notices the nice
swindilng operations Of tho Guard as
follows:
The Guard had a large number of
latrons in this place and vicinity, who
also paid in advance" We hope
this experience will teach them to be-
ware Of such "catch.penuy" concerns.
for the future. A little figuring ought
to have satisfied them. that whether
the proprietor was honest or not the
concern could not survive. Hot.house
papers may as well not be paid for in
advance, as a general thing for it is
seldom that they survive longer than
few months. Papers that start with
great flourish Of Irumpets, and send
their prospcctuses far and near, usual,
~ tarry i'll this cold world but a
brief little day.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

MAssAcHrsETTs.-The bill which gives
to jurors the power TO judge both of the
law and the evidence was, on Saturday.
signed by Governor Gardner, aud is now
law.
NlGcINM.-Poytsmomb, Ia. ApyR
5.-Elcction for mayor and members of
the city council took place yesterday, and
resulted in the success Of the American
party by f5l majority
KENTucKY.-LouisrWs, Ky, AprH
The election is progressing quietly.
Barber the X, n. candidate for Mayor.
is without doubt elected. Speed. the
anti X. n. and the present Incumbent,
refused to run, on the ground that his
term of Office had not yet expired. The
X. Ms will most probably carry the CT.
'y by large majority.
MAEyLAND.-The anniversary Of tho
Pilgrims of Maryland, at St, Mary. Uhcs.
apeake Bay, is tc be celebrated in May
next. The Hon Joseph r. Chandler
is to deliver an Grafton on the OCCASION
KENrUckY The Hon James Harlan.
Chairman Of the Wing State Central
Committee, has addressed n letter to II.
NJ. McCariy. stating that under existing
circumstances, it would be inexrcdient
to nominate Wing ticket at the cusu.
ing State election.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

P"tnam's lIagaeinc, for April, was
duly received. It's contents are spirited
and varied, as usual. 1t contains tho
likeness of not very good-looking CON
tributor, Z. w. Ellsworth. On the
first OF May, tho proprictorshp is to be
transferred to Mossrs Dix & Edwards.
and the editorial management is also to
be entirely changed.
1t will be the aim of the Publishers.
they say, to attain greater excellence in
m the general direction hitherto pur.
sued The Magazine will not assume a
partlzan character, but will hold de,ided
opinions, and will treat all great public
questions as matters of principle and
not of party. In all de partments of
elegant literature, criticism, popular in.
struction and amusement, the new man.
aagemont hasalready secured cooperation
from the best of writer's.
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Es. The Montpelier TVatchman in.
quircs whether we are now ready to co
operatc' with it. on the Republican"
basis, as we did last year We know not
what changes may have come over the
U0tchmdn since the last September O.
lection, or what new associations its edi.
tor may have formed but for ourselfwe
have assumed no new obligations, or
formed any new political connections
since we then so cordially acted togeth-
err. Further than this, we have not
abatcd one jot or title of the principles
which impellcd us to that "co-opcrntion,"
and which were distinctly recognized in
the Montpelier platform of the 18th of
July. If the ITatchmam contemplates
new fusion" or has secretly joined
any new league, we may be compelled to
part company. We certainly cannot
"fuse" with the supporters of this I'm ,
righteous and degenerate administration.
(as the Hiatchman has expressed its
willingness to do,) nor with any body of
men whatever, whose position is in hos
tility to the plaiucst principles of right
and justice, Unless thc-- IIatchmaa,
therefore, has some such unaccountable
purpose--from personal or other unpa.
trlotic motives--we see no pcrtiucncy in
its inquiry.
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American TRiUapus The late cleo.
lion in New Orleans resulted il com.
pleto triumph of the Known things.
The charter election in Annapolis, Md,
on the Cd inst, had like result by 81
majority. In Portland and C,lais, Me-,
last week, the Know-Nothings revailcd
Tho same result is reported in Columbia,
sc. Connection! and Rhodel slrnd have
gone the Same way, after the fashion of
New Hampshire. In Cincinnati. serious
disturbances took place, but 1'ay lor, tho
X n. candidate for mayor, was thought to
be fairly electsd.by small majority. In
Cleveland and Columbus, O., the Amer.
loan ticket prevailed, In the State of
New York generally, tho Spring cleo.
tions have gone the same way
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AN UNFORTUNATE AND SINGULAR Mis-.
TAKE.-Two years ago, says an exchange.
ayoung Englishman was arrested in Bos-
ton, for passing counterfeit money. tried.
convicted and sentenced to the States
Prison. The money which be passed
was five dollar bill on the Western
Bank, which was taken by the person re-
ceiyihg it to the Suffolk bank for deposit.
The teller of the Suffolk pronounced it
counterfeit, and wrote counterfeit" a.
cross the face of it. On the trial the
mark of the teller was called to prove
the bill counterfeit, and the tellers stamp
went for evidence About a month ago.
the bill, which had been safely kept in
the District Attorneys office, by accident.
fell into the hands Of the former cashier
of the bank, when he Immediately pro-
bounced them genuine. Whereupon the
young Euglishman was set at liberty, af-
ter confinement in the States Prison
for nearly two years. The question now
is, who ought to pay the damages, the
State or the Suffolk Bank
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ERIcssoN.-The Ericsson experts
ment is at an end. The invention. is
conceded to be failure, and poor
Ericsson is a ruined man. He has
spent all his fortune in building his
caloric ship and in the experiments he
has made on the vessel. lie has done
more, he has spent all his wife's fer.
tune, which was great, and she. too, is
beggared. But the worst of all is that
it has led to such recrimination and
alienation that they have separated
never to be united again, perhaps.
Had he been successful his name
would have been enrolled with that of
Columbus, Newton, Fulton and other
men Of illustrious renown. But he has
failed; he has lost all; he has introdu.
ced ruin into once loving and hap.
py home; and the world coldly looks
on, and says, 4" told you So"
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IE The Brandon Post is hereby in.
formed that the 'oditor Of the Register"
has neither asked any man to vote any
particular ticket for Council of Censors,
nor has he--or any one connected with
this pnper-written or suggested a word
against the right or the good taste of er-
traordinary sisetianeering sxertions on
the part Of gosernmeat official, A
worthy eorresropdent put some pertinent
queries 90 the subject, through our col
umnsi on,the strength of which, Pat in.
sinuates Trace of faisehoods. So pow
erful Ia tho fierce of ,sympa!hy--and SO
mean and malignant has the Post always
shswn itself. a-W t..a4 ...
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

Tie Ncw York Quarterly Repie,o,
for April, is received. TLis quarterly,
commenced three years since, with the
design of furnishing the American PEG.
pie with an American work of the first
class has already gained decided foot
hold among thinking men, and deserves
to BIO literally sustained. The topics
treated in tho present number are
New York Governed !" Post. Office
Improvements; !" "The Works and
Home Of Irving !" Medieval Athens ;
notices of "Contemporaneous Litera
ture;" Sc, &C.
Published by James G. Reed, "a;
Broadway, Now York, at SO year,
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Tho Attack on Cuba.

Special Dispatch to the y. Y Tribune.
WAsnlNoroN, Tuesday, April 3, 1855.
have trustworthy information from
the South to the effect that the plans of
the filIibusicrs are not affected 10y the re-.
cent discoveries in Cuba, nor by the Sc.
verify with which Gen Concha is punish.
ing their accomplices in the island. |
nm informed that a large expedition is
about to sail from New Orleans and 9th.
er Southern ports. Stores Of arms and
ammunition have been sent forward to an
island near Cuba, and as soon as. adviccs
are received that these articles are safely
landed, thu men will set out. The mill.
iary organization is represented as being
complete. and many of the officers have
seen service in the American army. |
am promised perfect list Of the force as
soon as il has set sail.
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Work for April.

~ .
H.. arm ,S.I l"rI :; use Wdt oId
P'o" ,ynsei 10 pau economy repairs
original cost and still !, IL ~ Iii ,;oI.
etty blow. II always did rnn ~ I.nJn
90 much. and always will. perplexinp
the plowman and fretting the team. it
has a radical defect, past all cure of in.
ventor of mechanic. DO not work with
heavy, uncouth iinplcments-thcy drag
down the body like a perpetual sorrow
upon the mind. Boys often acquire a
disgust for farming, merely from The use
OF the miserable implements placed in
Their hands. The lighter the tool. the
Detter' II strong enough 70: the work for
when 1t wos intended. The workman
who uses his shovel to prs up a stone,
ana breaks u, should be required to pay
ior H. ana the next time, If not incorri-
glpiY iaHy. he VIII probabl y use the bar.
use leht bridesmaids OF good material,
ana so OF hoes, spades, scufilers, and all
1,nor implements we have beaten the
hnshsn III me construction OF our agrl-
cultural lmplcments,in their adaptation to
WI H.. .n '"o
Hay ~ y ny ~ an le"'i'--i' eoS'S lcsS
N',."'''
ORoPs-liave you assigned the par
'cu'ar crops to your helds9
PLowiNG -" am determined to 20
one inch dccDcr this sprinp than T ala
last" We'll that is capital resolution
carry II out Do not be IN haste a
bout rIowing the wet heavy land, be-
ranse the sun, wind, and evaporation will
brihg 1t INTO suitable condition for plant
ing or sowing, quicker than you can.
h'TcnfN GARDEN. If you have
brought forward plants in hot beds. you
may tr"nsp ant to the open ground, Thu.
month, carly cucumbers. melons. cab
pages, cauifiowcrs, lettuce. radishes sc !;
n"t 'hey mus be watched and protected
II '"e h'Hn's are too cold. Clean out
the strawberry beds, the curran's. rasp-
berries ana gooscbcrrleS Stick down
cuttings pientiiuIIy OF such fruits as you
wlSh TO PROPAGATE The cherry cutting
,L.,s 'o" II pun uo"u III moist and
"f0''
fLowErs.- Encourage the women and
ch''dreh To cultivate few flowers. by
lfcp'rlng suitable place and procuring
me seeds or roots. Depend upon it they
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

CINCINNATI Rlors AT the muaicipal
election in Cincinnati, Ohio, last week.
collisions occurred between the native
and foreign population. In one of the
wards the foreigners prevented the dis
tribution Of X. n, votes, wbcreupon soma
of the natives took possession OF the bal.
lot boxes, and destroyed the ballots.
Some gun-pOwder was also burnt, but no
one killed. Next day, hostiIitios were
resumed, the foreigners taking posses
sion Of a cannon that had been taken
from thom by Americans on election day
The final result Of the conflict is not
very clearly reported by telegraph, but
there appears to have been some blood
shed, if not actual loss of life. DR..
Brown, reported killed, is likely to re-
cover. The Democratic ticket appears
to be elected, by a small majority and
by great deal of fraud.
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Gbr Rt9lster.
MIDDLEBURY, APRIL II, 1855.
The Kansas Election.

Amiablc apologists for the Nebraska
swindle, ut tho North, have loudly as.
serted the impossibility of the introduc.
tion of Slavery into any of the territory
embraced within the provisions of that
truce-breaking act They would have us
believe, forsooth, that the reputation of
The Missouri compact was picus fraud,
OF which the end was to be an immense
benefit to the cause OF freedom. Tho
Sentinel and PStyioi, in this State, have
insolently snecred at the vohemcncc
with which that infamous act has been
here denounced, as a useless, even ma
licious agitation, based on ignorance and
fanaticism, or else the means employed
by demngogues to turn these sinister
qualities to their own benefit.
We doubt no, some honest people have
been deluded by theae miserable pre-.
texts of tho authors and supporters of
the Nebraska outrage This delusicn
oan continue no longer. The first terri.
torial Legislature Of Kansas is elected,
and large majority Of tho MEMBERS
If not every solitary member, as is con.
fdently claimed-are. beyond doubt.n
favor. Of legaliziug the crime and curse
Of Negro Slavery within that territory,
sheltered and protected by most sol.
emn engagement from that incalculablo
evil until tho administration and its
eoplotters had the base lardihood to an.
nul that contraction which the consider.
alton had bcen received
Whether the action of the Legislature
so chosen is final or not, an immense ad.
vantage is gained by authorizing slavery
in Kansas from the start. 1t will bo
hardly possible to override that action
Thon comes the great struggle over tho
admission Of Kansas as a Slave State
sectional warfare, we venture to pre-.
Dict, IN comparison with which all other
sectional agitations heretofore are as
noihing-"nless the good sense of the
South, its convictions of right and jus.
tice, shall induce thom to recede And this
who expects1 The North ,riU mol sub.
MI to the consummaiion IF this wrong
by the admission Of Kansas as a.Slave
State. The next IIouse of Represents
lives, we believe, will be emphatic in its
opposition to this measure, and wo trust
that no man who is not distinctly known
10 be unyielding on this point will here
after be elected to Congress frem tho
Free States.
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The Late Mrs. Judson and
Mr. III afohor


Tho libel suit brought by Il. II. Fotch-
err against the editor of Norton's Liter
airy Register. for certain severe structures
on the former for publishing cheaper
and moro popular life of DR.. Judson than
that of DR.. Wayland in which Mrs. JUDD
son was especially Interested, and not
supposed to interfere essentially with tho
sale Of the latter. las excited considerable
attention. We think, on fair state.
ment of the case, it will be evident that
Mr. Fletcher has been unduly censured
Tho New York Mirror, after abiding
to an article on this subject in the Ere
ming Post, says:
Mrs. Judson was offered for the copy
right of her husbands life the sum of
$4,000 or S25 900, which she refused
to accept, preferring the profits on its
sale She had also in her own right
three shares in ono OF the Calcutta Banks.
amounting in value to over $4,000.
She also owned house and lot in Ham
ilton, in this State, where she resided.
and had over $4,000 in cash besides. In
addition to this, her publishers, subse-
quent to Dec, 1853, had paid her the
sum Of $4,000. Now in view of these
facts, what justice is there in the cry
that Mr. Fletcher was robbing poor
widow. and taking the bread from or.
phass9 When Mrs. Judson wrote to
Mr.. Fletcher what was his answer 2
Even after he had gone some way in the
publishing of the book he offered to give
it up on condition that Mrs. Judson
would herself prepare such work, and
allow it to he published, at the same time
asking that he be remuneratcd only for
his outlay. What more could have been
asked ? We are well aware that the
sympathies of people may be against Mr..
Fletcher, but we really do not see that
Mrs Judson has grounds Cor all the dole
fnl complaints she made, and above all,
we cannot understand why Mr. Fletcher
should DO characterized by such epithets
as the Post of last evening INDUCED in.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

CorSEcTicur ELrcrioN Tho cleo.
tion in Connecticut, on the I'd inst, re.
suited in decided American Republi.
can triumph. -Four X. n. Anti,Ne.
trssha members ofCongrcss are elected,
and decided msjorities of the Legisla.
'ure. in both branches, So far as heard
the Senate stands 10 X. n to 2 Dem;
tho li0rss, ls0 x. N 10 lol of all 9th.
ar stripes, Fer Governor, Minor, X. N,
has about $4,000, Ingham. Dem, 81 900,
Dalton. Wing. $500. Minor will ba
sLossn by the legislature.
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C< The Irasburgh Gazette says
abiding to the X. Ms" the order has
not become numerous in Orleans Coun-
W and We can see no probability that
it is likely to--bu. quite the contrary"
II bases its estimate on the vote of the
County for Council of Cousors, being, as
i. states, about 500 X. N. out of the
700 east The Ga=etc is after that
Kind ofpeopla with sharp stick.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

AMERICAN DEFEArs.-In S,ndusky.
Toledo, and Cuyahoga Falls, o the X.
Ms were defoatcd--in the former place
by the Sag Nichts (Say-Notlings) q
foreign secret society. Rye, and few
other places of like consequence, in New
York boast Of Anti.K. n. victories, by
the aid Of a fusion Of all opposing par
ties. The X. Ms, however, appear to
be fa'. becoming stronger there shan all
other parties combined.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

IL The Detroit advertiser, com.
menting on the recent election iu that
city, says -
AS this will doubtless be claimed as
a glorious Democratic victory, wo will
here remark, that we believe one more
such triumph, by such means. will put
an end to the Democratic party in this
city.
Let American citizens reflect upon
the fact that the 4th, 9TH aud Sth wards,
which contain very large majority of
foreign Catholic population, have on
this occasion decided the contest"
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QUEER DopGE--It has heen disco

QUEER DoDGE.--It has been discov,
cred that a keeper of large beer Gel
lar in the Bowery, for the purpose of
evading the law requiring him to close
his place on Sunday, has been In the
habit of holding pretended religious ser.
vices therein, officiating himself as the
leader of ceremonies. He takes the
Bible, reads chapter or two, serves
each ofh hearers with a glass of beer,
and takes up a collection ! AS the
Constitution probably did not contem-
plate SO mnch liberty of conscience,
the arrangement will be interfered
with by the police New York Con>
rier, w..
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Rhode Island.

The detailed returns in regard to tho
election in Rhode Island, leave us moth
ing to add to the ,elegrapbic despatch
OF Thursday morning Tho Know
Nothings made very nearly clean
sweep, elccting Governor, State officers
Senate, House Of Representatives and
both members Of Cougress-all by
sweeping majorities, with only here and
there an exception. The Wings carry
jamestown and the Democrats Glouces
ter. The Americans" have the balance.
boston AtIaS.
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EFFECTS OF THE WlNTER.-A note
from Mr.. j. +. c. Hyde, the we'll
known Newton Nurseryman, says,
"Ibere is no prospect of any peaches
with us; every bud that examined
was killed. 1t has been hard winter
for grain that was sown late. Trees
have been thrown out by the frost moro
than they generally are. ] find rose 8
and many other things winter killed
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inSH"m pluIAItN, ffi
The total vote will be not far from
$4,000.
There arc, as far as heard from, 1853
American and Wing Rcprosen tativcs @.
lected to the next Legislature and 81
Locos. Of the Senators, 10 are Wing
and *. N, and two Loco, 10Th aud
| lth.
Clarb's plurality in Tie First Con.
gressional District is 673.
In the Second District, Woodruff's
majority is 2305
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-11

E The Montpelier Patriot az.
pears in new type, aud is quite comedy in
its exterior fit would give over the
support of the Administration and of Ne
braskaism, as hopeless case, it would
make still further improvemont-very
acceptable, We have no doubt, to its Yer.
mont readers generally, and decidedly
wise and just in itself considered.
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The Last Bounty Land Law.
LETTER FROM COMMISSIONER WALDO
PENSION OFFICE, Washington,
ALL DC dOEE

TENSION OFFICE, W ashlngton,
March 26, 1855.
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the 21st
was duly received, and l avail myself
Of the information desired. The i'm
preston, ] am aware, is general, that
the recent Bounty Land Act dis poses
Of some two hundred millions of acres
of the public domain. This impression,
doubtless, is derived from a perusal of
several amendments offered and adopt
cd in the Senate or House, during tho
early stages Of the bill, but which we're
subsequently striker out. After con-
sulting the best sources Of information
at my command, l am satisfied that
about thirty-six millions of acres will
cover all the just demands under the
Act Of March 3, 1856. These figures,
of course, are at startling variance with
exaggerated estimates which have al
ready been published in many newspa~
pcrs in various parts of the country
but think they are susceptible of easy
yerifcation, as the subjoined table will
show:
ESTIMATE Of The numb, Of Applications,
and The amount Of Bounty Land claimed
under the Act Of March Q, 1856:
AcRRs.
C0000 applications for SO acres
each ..".................... 100000
10000 applications for 100 acres
each .................. $1,000 900
Applications, under short service,
(lcsS than one month and over
fourtcer days. ...... 10000
Naval service applications 10000
Wagon Masters, &c &c. 10000
Rcvouiionar applications 5000
All others ........ 1900
100000 applications
for 100 acres each ............ 10000 COO
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GraAa0ss Magaaincfor April, has
line engraved likeness of Mary, Queen of
Scots, an entertaining sketch of her life,
and variety of illustrations and litera.
ry articles of merit.
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" SKIES BRIGHrENING." The
Washington Union processes to see a
marked change in the political complex,
ion of Virginia within the last few
weeks, and it rcjoiccs that the fires
OF Democratic zeal are kindled
throughout the State, and that there
is every confidence that they will
light the party on to another brilliant
triumph" The Union said somc-
thing just like this previous to tho
election in New Uampshire.-Bce.
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AT Boston few days ago, an Irish.
man who applied for license to sell ar
dent spirits, being questioned by the
Board Of Excise as to his moral fitness
for the trust replied, All, sure, it is not
much character n man needs to sell
rum"
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PcsrLsSn Ei,torioS -Neal Dow, the
X N. candidate for Mayor of Portland, ,
was elected on the 3iiost., BY &c major,
ity' A most determined opposition was
made to him, aud heavy vote pollcd.
A majority Of Aldermen and Council.
mon Of the same stamp were elected.
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TEMPERANCE IN WIscoNsIN.-Gov.
Barstow has vetoed the prohibitory is
quor law, for second time, although
the Legislature had trimmed it and
locked it to meet his Excelency's first
objections. The liquor vendors of Mil.
waukee convened, and greatly rejoiced
over the second defeat of the bill.