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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
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MIDDLEBURY. APRIL %, 1855
Cuba

We have given but little attention TO
the late rnmors as to the designs of the
Administration in regard to Cuba. Per.
hars more was demanded but this sub
ject has for few years past given rise
to so much talk, so much excitement, so
many rumcrs, coming to nothing sub.
stantial at last, that we have grown tir.
cd of repeating the endless variations Of
the theme.
If wc m,y believe reports that appear
vol authent Gated, the Cuban anthori.
tics are in constant dread of fillibustcr
invasion. They arc constantly vipilant
III cndeovoring to ward off all such dan
ger. They are over excited and over
active. They carry too far their system
of overhauling suspected vessels aud
thor attempts to interfere with Amcri-
can citizens pursuing lawful commerce
in that region. They have fred orey
some vessels that refused to submit to
this unwarrantable procedure. 1t can.
not DO denied that, under the proyoca.
tions they have received. and under the
influence of an alarm We fear not alto.
gsthcr unfjnndcl, they have been guilty
of outrages' upon some Of our citizens
aud Our shipping.
Commodore McCaulcy has been order.
cd to the Gulf, with naval force. to
look aftor this business in future, As
10 the purrort of his instructions and
the drift Of his mission. rumors. as usual.
are conflicting. According to one YER
sion, this is decidedly war measure and
the President and the Cabinet are unit
cd in the determination to bring on i'm
mediate hostilitics for the redress of our
uation's grievances. 1t is plausbly ar
guod that the administration. now fallen
into disgrace everywhere. i. bent on do
ing something to turn the tide in its
favor, or at least to arrest the public at
tcntiou from is former mis- ioings. The
acquisition of Cuba Is earnestly desired
at the South, and the Southern will is
pretty ooscquiou,ly regarded by this Al.
ministration. Bat on the other hand it
is affirmed that the instruc; ions Of Com.
mod9re MsCau|cy arc such as to guard
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The Vermont Press.

THE Windsor Jo,rnol fnds
"much in the profcssed ain, Of the
Known othing or American party"
which ii can cordially sympathzc with"
1t can approve aud applaud whatever
Of good" it sees in the order, but is ''not
bound to blindly approyc,or oppose iudis-
criminatcly 1.-THE same paper sees in
recent Developments at Albany and
Boston, evidence that the Legislature Of
Vermont is not the only body that is
guilty of occasional follies
THE Irasburgh gazette advises
X. Ms to drop the religious clement
and become an open party. so that all
who please may take part in its coun-
ellis" 1t quotes the notoriops Ned
BuntlnoA on its side Of this q1cstion--.
calling him the organizer" Of the order.
We guess not
Tile Bennington Bonpcr rcioicrs
over the passage Of a prohibitory liquor
law by the Legislature of New Y ork and
thinks that after the 4th of July next,
when the law goes into effect, the liquor
dealers must either shut up shop or have
hard timo Of it. 1t thinks the law
more stringent than that of this State.
-Tho St. Johnsbury Ca1cdoniau
has some fears as TO the relations Of
this country and Spain, and that the
precedent established in the case Of the
Mexican war may encourage the present
Administration to get involved in hos
tilities in its anxiety to get possession Of
Cuba.
-The press generally, through the
State, arc urging the proprie,y of setting
ont trees for ornamonting villages and
wnysides. Associations arc formed for
this laudable purpose in some places.
-The Rutland HvaM thinks the
spread Of X. \ ism in this State not at
all remarkable, considering the peculiar
state of parties last year, and tie gross
evils in our political affairs which it is
designed to correct 1t seems to think,
however that a great many young men
have joined the order, half in sport and
half in earnest, whose continuance in the
same is somewhat dependent upon cir
cumstanccs.
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Important to Bounty Land Appli-
cnutS


~ loPy W numerous inquiries from
al P''''' " '"c mon III regard TO tho
meaning '" '"c ""'uS RECORD evidence,
49, go ~ ,"' ',"t'S ''"u nct III March
o. ;. ,oJ' u, O sni, "'u' has sub
"''''I wv '''''" I "P',lon
c.; 'N v ollich' "rr'f2' le'':
SIR y" nave a,S'ieu me TO give
~! pm" "s W nc ',"' 'n'"i,n.g OF
luz ,',m 'e'ofu .' uc.cc. as uScu"' tue
'"nI 1I r,?''o'' VI 'no act P"'i'''a an act
~ nuu''''" '" o.''"'' n.' ; granting noun
~, ''" IT,, ~ evr'a'i oil'setS ana soldiers
WIZ" "".o ",o" ene'Scn III me military
SI'''vc III 'uc oh'''u @'a'eS' approved
d" are" o. CO. :.
h'cc'uS, '.',c''y SPo"hlne' are rcglS'
VIZ u orr.''' VI iuo',c transactions
'''a"' " oisoG'" appointed Tor mat pur'
Po'e' anu VI '"' '.'''s'r''ohS VI sucl OIL
W.: Us "'o ''Iu'Iou u! "a" 10 register
.'e" Wv" p'oo'o"" y i'"nscriP's OF
'uoeo 'eI'''ei,' properly "u'heh''ca'ca'
a,o ieoo '.;a o.'ueueo h'e,S'o,s o' mil
Wy To- Iee az uou'.'y ''"uc ny an ON
w. WIZ '"' '"S's1 Vi '"' iiuS'cr RON o,
'.ui'9 ocoN 'no company, UT P'yroll
~ 'ne 'V <, ., corps 10 wnich he be-
'"hss' Aeso 'o ~, are mace con'cmro'
: :'"eons,y WIN we transaction ,hey arc
ln, ,. 20 Pg'!,'ua'e' ana as tney are
eIoJ'e' W 'ne o"'iy supervision OF those
Mnose selS.o.s are more narrated ana
sney uie ,.sa'ueu as possessing as h'gh
oN''enee .. 'ei''y AZ any record these
are, ,neIc'o'r r. record evidence OF militia
y se :en liansGrip's from these rolls,
e .t ny pup'lc ch1er' with whom
.ncy ".r iosa'iy uepoS'tcu' or sworn cop
''o VI ' ~, 'oiis' "'"ue ny c'euio'e per-
suns M'iI W .':eI'.u af 'eeo'u e'iuehco
oi 'm'.''a'y s'i'.ee unucr Sa'u ace'
pu' s"o'e ""y pe o'ner RECORD evil
ucnco ol ln''',ary service Tor instance
the RECORDS OF many towns snow that
CERTAIN 'nuiViuua's served as INC quota
Tor suen lowps IN the re'oIu''onary war
lhe h's'oricHi soc,e'ieS IN many OF the
states contain evidence OF Inc military
service OF ihulV'uuais whose names are
not iound on me muster or payroiis OF
any corps Many well'acercdlted his
tories furnish evidence Of individual mil
i'ary service that cannot be else,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25
To Applicants for Bounty Lands
Important Circular.

From general explanatory circular.
just issued by Commissioner Waldo, We
make the following extracts:
REGULARLY MUSTERED INTO SIN.
vicE.-The fact that PERSONS name ap.
pears on the rolls of an organized mill
tary company. called into existence by
lawful requisition for a specific object,
and that the members Of said company
werc paid by the government of the
United States for their services while so
organized, is regarded a sufficient evi>
dence that lie was regularly mustered
into service
"TnE PATRIOT AND AGoosTooK VANS.
The benefits of the act are extended
to all officers and men, whether of the
army or navy. who were engaged in any
of the wars in which this country has
bocn involved since 1870. In this broad
and compr chcnsive scheme Of national
reward. those who were engaged in any
Of our Indian wars, as we'll as that nor
ton of the militia of the States of New
York and Maine who served during the
so-callcd patriot and Aroostook warfare
included. In the last named elias, of
benefcaries this Office docs not recognize
the armed police of Maine. This was
not voluntary, but hired civil force.
commanded by civil officer. and were
called out for civil service. and. whilst
engaged in that service. were under the
protection Of State and federal troops.
" TnE INVASION or PLATTsBuRG.-
Something more is necessary than the
mere assertion or the actual proof of
presence at tie invasion of Plnttshnrp
by the British army in September. 1874.
Some might have been drawn there from
idle curiosity, ana others may have been
there unwilling spectators, As the act
rcads-and it is only susceptible Of one
intcrpretation-it will not be sufficient
if the applicant for bounty land proves
that he was near Plattsburg or that he
was on his way to Plattsbnrgh, at the
time, but he must furnish satisfactory CIV.
idencc that he was at the invasion Of
Plattsburg under some recognized mil
itary organization.
EVIDENCE ALREADY FrnNlsnrD -
In the case of person applying for ad
diiional land. under the new act rene.
tltion of evidence is not required Where
the necessary evidence is on file in this or
any other executive Office at the seat of
government. a reference in the npplica
tion to such state of facts will be su(Ti.
cicnt"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

~ Tile editor Of the Brandon Post
is hereby informcd-onco more-that IL
rs not true that we have ever. at any
time or in any place, had ga hand in
nominating" more than one candidate on
any ticket for council of censors. and
that for this county alone. 10 is not
true, that we were ever anywhere, know
ing to any plan. or to the proposal ofany
plan, (such as the Post charges for Sc.
curing the nomination, in open conven.
ti'ni OF ticket secretly nominated, or
Of any member Of such ticket in any par
tieular county. We do not believe any
such thing was ever "agrocd upon,n at
Mortified or elsewhere Only about
score Of individuals attended the county
convention here, at which Mr.. Slade was
nominated, though call had been pub
lished three weeks SUCCESSFULLY invit.
ing all citizens of the county to attend.
This certainly does not look like " dis
graceful game" II il was, it could not
have been more indifIerenily played.
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FURTHER RUMoRs OF WAR.-The n.
Y Evening p 1st has information that
prominent merchant in Louisville, XIV,
an intimate friend of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, has received letters from
a high source at Washington, assuring
him that the war party in the Cabinet
will prevail, and advising him to close
up his extensive business as speedily as
possible, as war with Spain is inevitable
within from co to 90 days.
The Post in the same connection pub.
fishes information coming indirectly
from an officer of the u. S. Army, TO
the effect that pending the Soule Difficult,
ties several thousand troops were quiet.
ly concentrated in Florida, ready for
cmbarkation. and two sailing vessels,
laden with munitions of war. were kept
in readiness to pounce upon Cuba. Quit.
man and others were in the secret, and
the plan was to establish a foothold in
Cuba, and then call for volunteers The
writer further iutimates that the sudden
adoption of a more peaceable policy was
mere outward seeming and expresses the
opinion, in view of the tardy movements
in respect TO the Sioux campaign, and
the necessity for coup d'ctat, to save
the Administration from the fate of the
Tylerites, that Pierce "will go over,
sure, with strong South wind.", The
Post is inclined TO credit these rumors
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

| trust that if you get this before you ro-
cciye that, that you will return it to my
address at this place without opening it,
If, perchancc, it should have reached
you and you should have opened it,
will be under lasting obligations to you
if you will re-enclose and return it to
me, for which service / will remit you
ten dollars as soon as | get it.
Yours truly, G. w. JOHNS
The editor of the Bucyrus Journal de-
termincd to prove the matter and ascer-
tain who this G. W. Johns was. and
what was his business. SO lie visited
Mansfield and Ashland and ascertaincd
that he was at the present time clerk
in the employ of the Administration at
Washington, but engaged just now in
the business of organizing Sag Melt
Societies in Ohio
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

MORGAN PEDlGGrr --Wo have the
following from a gentleman in Connect
cut to elucifaic the pedigree of the Nor
gaus. 1t brings the matter near home
to the J"@iH, being taken from contcm.
poTary documents = Beautiful, Bay. the
sire Of the Justin Morgan, was by i'm
ported Traveller, owned in New Jersey,
dam Dclonccy's imported racer, stood at
Sclah Norton's in East Hartford, 1871 ::
hod Icr" hNm in Springfield. The dam
of the Justin Morgan is said to be BY
Diamond, by Wild Air, [Wild decr]
Wild deer was by Killdccr, dam thor
ough bred, by imp'rtel b ,llr,ck. Kill.
deer was imported from the Kings sta
Bile, was kept at Clavcrack, afterwards
sold IN Virginia for cjG0 1t would
seem Wild deer also was imported.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

CoNssTENcY."-The Montpelier Pa
htot processes great anxiety lest Yer.
mont sholld become Pyo-Mtrcry and
continues to support this empha,icaly
ProSlavery Administration cbraska
and all-with increasing energy. The
Patr'ot also protcnds great alarm lest
the Wing party" (whose death and bu-
rial it has several times snnounced)
should lose the aSccnleAcy in this STATED
The same number Of that paper has
something to say about consstency"-
a quality it evidently appreciates very
highly. This was seen in its support of
Cass one year, and its coalition with the
Van Buren, Frccsoilcrs the next its do.
sertion of the latter two years later
whom it abused like pickpockets, to join
the Pro-Slavcry Democracy aud now
as the Administration draws to a close.
and TIE Postmasicrship begins to look
dubious-ia onxiously counting an Anti
Slavery Wing alliance, while at the
same time pretending most yealously to
sustain the Pro-Slavcry Democracy I
1t will probably succeed.
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TREES FOR THE COUNTRY. Where
there are public grounds to be planted,
the aim should be to do it up we'll. ot
once For this purpose meeting should
be had Of those interest ed - don't be dis
couraged if but few attend: tuo are bet
ter than one at which the work should
be Ibid out and distributed At such a
meeting. the localities where trees If
proper size and character ma, be found,
may he communicated. the preparation
of soil to plant in be discussed aud AS.
signed, the protection Of the trees WHEN
set, 10y frames or thorough stalking. ard
from the summers drought by chip man-
urc on the surface, an important thing,
as much as that good trees of sufficient VA.
rieIies. with good roots should be obtair-
ed. Then let day be given to the OBJ.
ject by those concerned. and carry out
the plan. each doing his own par, and
helping out the whole. and nature will
soon begin to net, and your works will
praise you. Instead of rcgrctting your
fathers rcmissncss. whose business il
was to fell tees. you will have living
witnesses. and may multiply them'frum
year to year, 20 disprove your own
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New Books and Periodicals.

TnE SLAVE OF THE LAMP: a Post.
humous Novel, by William North. New
York Ii. Long & Brother.
This is book Of much power, and pos.
sesses an especial interest from the up.
fortunate career Of the author. termip.
ated last November by suicide Mr..
North was an Englishman, and had &C.
quirod considerable literary fame in his
own country before coming to the Unit
ed States. He was thoroughly educated,
was descendant of Lord North, and
once in possession of considerable cs-
tate which he appears to have squander-
ed. His style of thought is rather of
the German cast,and his principles were
apparently not very definitely fixed
TnE Lire AND BEAUTIES OF FANNY
FERN New York H. Long and
Brother.
This work may be regarded. in part.
as the " other side" of Ruth Hall. 1t
is not only published without her con.
sent, but is somewhat pointed and per.
sonal in relation to the life and charac.
ter Of its heroine"
GopEV's LADY's Book, for May, is re.
ccivod. 1t is full of excellent illustra.
tons and interesting and valuable lit.
crary articles. as usual 1t is great
favoritc with the ladies', and deservcdy
so. as no other magazine is conducted
with such special reference to their
tastes. Its circulation this year is 20.
000 greater than that Of last. Mrs.
Sarah j. Hale continues to give her time
to its cditorshir.
TIM NATIONAL MAGAzlyE is also sea-
sonably at hand 1t is ably edited, and
worthy, both from its literary and moral
cxccllcnccs, to be read at every Preside
in the union. Carlton and PHILIPS,
New York, Publishers.
TIE AMERICAN MANrAL is well r,in.
ted pamphlet containing the IT, S. Con.
stitution, and ali the acts of Congress re.
lating to Slavory-thc Ncbraska-K
sos bill included. Published by D NJ
Dewey. Rochester, N Y, at 10 CT,
The Eighth Annual Report of the
General Agent of the Board of Nation
al Popular Education is issued. The
Constitution Of the Board is prcfixed.
and a variety Of information regarding
its operations is embraced IN the pam.
phlet. Owing to the protractcd illness
of Gov Slalc, the class that was to have
assembled the 23d of March is merged
in the ono which is to assemble in Au
gust, and 90 west the 22i of September.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

THE New TROUBLE WITH CUDA.-
The Government organ puts on all its
pedals and stops, and plays .tortissimo
a war polacca on the late insult offered
to the Ell Dorado bya Spanish fligatc.
We have heard this same old tune
so often. that We are not at all fright>
ened when the Union talks Of going to
war with Spain, France and England.
boston Atias.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

b0- The Washington Sentinel calls
the pioneers from New England, who
have gone to Kansas to settle there,
hireling Migrants" " gutter vaga-
'onds," aud, as the climax Of all, sab
olitionists > the people who went over
from Missouri to vote down the legal
electors, and to force slavery upon
territory where the people did not
want it, the Sentinel calls sturdy,
honest and Intelligent"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

E..- The New York Legislature has
adjourned The Tribune thinks that a.
bout its only praiscworihy public acts
are the reelection of Seward and the
enactment Of the Maine law.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

EN A large number Of the young
men Of Bennington have united in the
formation of IA Young Mems Pablic
Temperance Association " it is re-
vival, in substance. Of the earlier TEN.
pcrance movement.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

THE RUMoEs OF WAR WITH SPAIN,
the New York Post justly observes,
are DONG greater injury to our CONS
mcrce than the Spanish cruisers. The
same paper, referring to the doubtful
character Of the Washington Union
now regarded as the organ of the adj
ministration, now rcpudiatcd says tina;
committee Of merchants should 20 to
Washington and frankly inquire of the
President if there is any just cause for
the alarm that is created by the arti-
Gle in the Union.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

EN Mayor Wood has published his
views in regard to executing the Maine
law, and declares his determination to
enforce it so far as the duty and power
of so doing belong to his office.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-04-25

DEATH OF Mrs. McNEiL.-We
learn that Mrs. Elizabeth Mcneil, wild.
ow of the late Gen. John Mcneil,
died in Concord, on Wednesday after
noon, March 2Sth, at the Eagle IIo-
tel, where she had been stopping sew
eral months. The deceased was the
daughter of the late Governor Benia-
min Pierce, and sister of the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
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One Session Daily for Schools

~ 'SSAACOADs
\ few year, since, we had occasion to
speak of pamphlet by Mr. Il II FAR
EAR, in which it was proposed to substi
tnte for the present system Of two ses-
sions daily in our common schools. (six
hours in all.l one session Of three hours.
the remainder Of the day being given to
physical exercise or labor. Tho plan
was original with Mr. +, and he has
been earnest in urging its adoption, or at
least its trial, in the public schools. Our
opinion, then expressed. that there is
much in this plan to deserve favor.
able consideration and examination. re.
mains unchanged. Since that time. wa
are glad to notice, the subject has at.
trscted the attention of many prominent
educational men, in this State and else
where. Mr. CRANDALL, long one of the
State Superintendent of schools in the
State of New York published not long
since, treatise of considerable length in
favor of this measure, in which he urges
strong reasons for its adoption. His re-.
commcndstion has been favorably com
men'ed on by leading newspapers in that
State.
We suhjoin some further tcstimoni-
ais, equally decided. which we have been
requested to lay before the public. 49,.
The undersigned believe that the un.
ion of mental and physical labor is ne
esssnry in order to render general edn.
cation possible and attainabs. By wav
or Carrying System OF this kind into
operation they would recommend that
IN tho district schools of the coming
summer, parents and toachors should m.
troduce the plan ofhaving classes or On.
tire schools omit the afternoon session
for two weeks or more, and note the re-.
suit. They have strong reasons for be.
licving THAT a continuous daily school
of one daily session of three hours would
promote industry aud education much
better than the present system. and
would therefore be reform as grca. as
it is easy of trial
Apri!, 1855. II EAToN,
j MEAcHAM,
JoHN II. HoPKINs,
w. II. PARKER,
r. S KENDALL,
Jos. III. BARRETT.
Thape no doubt that children we'll
taught during q single session at school,
of three hours each day throughout the
year, (the remaining time being devoted
to exercise or lsbor) would make far
greater progress in learning aud mental
discipline, than they nor do by attend
ing school two sessions day Of three
hours each aud that general education
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Tho Naturalization Iou,

Nothing could better show the ne,
cessity and importance of a fundamcn.
tai alteration Of our Naturalization
Laws, than the case of Estrampcs, the
young man just gorrotcd in Havana
because of confessed treason.
Estraml cs was Creole Cuban, of
a Gallo father and Spanish mother.
He ran away from Cuba to save his
life under a charge Of treason, and went
to New Orleans, where in the usual ho>
cas- 1ocus Of our Courts he was turned
into an american citizen" lie then
ran back to Cuba,-with AIMS and
munitions Of war, to carry on, with
other consvirators there, the treason
he left unfinished on lis first emigration,
but being caught he has been exc.
cuted. There one would suppose the
case would end.
But.-the United States Govern
ent,-twcntv odd millions of people
heie--0re summoned to var withSrain,
and with France and England, because
an American citizen" has been exe>
cutcl in IIlvanl. Now, if such case
did not jeoTard the peace and pros
perlty of us twenty millions of bone fla.
de American citizens, would be farci-
cal, but considering that, therefor, We
are expected to expose our commerce
and trade upon the high seas, and to
pour out our blood for this Estrampes,
the comedy becomes tragedy.
Can any case, however, better show
the necessity and importance Of alters
ing our Naturalization Laws flom the
foot cf the ladder to the top Of it 4!
What have we to do with it! What
have We do do with Estrampcs? What
interest have VIC with him more than
with any other man of the human race!
What concerns his treason to Us
Ought any Saul, Moor. Turk or Tar.
tar come over here run through our
courts. go home again, stir up civil
war among his own countrymen, and
then call on us to revenge his death L?
If such a case docs not show the need
of "Sam" in this country,-why Saul
may as well quit his own home at
once ~ Y. Express.