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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23

We learn from The Albany Argus that Gideon j.
Tucker Esq., formerly one OF the editors and propre-
tors Of hat paper is about to assume the editorial
chair of The National Democrat, of this City, Mr..
Burr lite present editor, retiring.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23

THE REVELATIONS OF ScIEScE.-Dr. j. + Sood-
gaze delivered lecture on his subject before the Me-
chanics Institute last evening. Ii was curious as
well a. instructive grouping OF scientific facts, with
their applications to everyday life a. revealed by
natural philosophy chemistry AID the other branches.
II was well calculsted 10 stimulate the younger men,
bers of the Institute particularly to renewed use Of
their excellent scientific library and the other adyan
tspes afforded them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23

their evidence was important 10 me, they implored
me not TO call them, pleaded non M ricOrdo, and
neany sluuk away, and could not be persuaded to
come upon the witness stand He says too, I'D as
"meny witnesses as | wanted, and they swore the
"thi &c wanted.' i believe all my witnesses were
honest people who if they i've, will testify on the
second tral 10 good purpose as they did on the rst
And although ." the laws delay which Shakspere
made Han let include among the causes for suicide
still remains unreformed usage of dark age, die
graceful to the enlightenment and progress of the
Nine'sentL Century and although Bennett, with bis
Dl.go,ien wealth and his army of lawyers, may
obsuuct yet longer the course of justice,
in The hope that Of my witnesses may be taken
of by DEATH he must also take into account that the
lapse Of tine that thus deprves me OF NY witnesses de-
velops the character of his For, since the trial,
have had placed at my command the docuaen q,
copied fiom the archives Of the Paris courts of jus
tee, and properly sutbenticat by the French su
tnores and the American Consul, proving that Bene-
dict II my Revolt Bennetts chief witness and agent,
whose 'ettimopy if the Jury believed it, was more
important to him than that of all his other witnesses
put togett err was some twelve years ago, 10 Paris
tried and convcttd for robber eof gold medal aud
other articles of value When afterward he left his
country for his counnys good and arrived in New
York, Of course be found asylum in The Herald
Office where he soon became the right.hsad man
and confidential black ms, agent of Bennett, and in
that capacity circulated among the artists of my
Opera company and obtained ateri ais for his sser
to n anufaciuie lies and libels This cs,if was Ben
netts chief witness. and his character for verscty
when questioned on the trial, to by all the
other editorial employees OF The Herald.
And now, IN conclusion. LET me assure James Cor
don Bennett that, poor as am, and rich as he "a.
have .till the means and the determination to
tnue the suit ill he shall be suitably punished. Poll
ii lane prov erbisy base and time serving, may qasl
3 fore biu; craven managers of thesters may still
= sillsuimous'y pay him vast sums OF blAck-mal 10
erch~gts on their bill-printiugi lawyers msy fear
n, and some Witnesses like vile towards, may DOT
re TO give the testimony that would etfectu My
ist him. but still have full faith thu. another in
ligeut Jury, whether composed, Ike the first, CT
wYork mechanics, or of the class who's he has
- Dramatically vfed, under the title Of the coddsa
" 1ris'ocrscy, will not only award large verdict
a. the first but will gse one for the whole amount
claim Ian determined to go with the suit, be the
tn0e longer or shorter, till get justice; and be ~ill
Eveto learn that there 10 at least one man who does
no, fear bin. and ths. man Is
k'v Yct February %. 1855 ,EDwAKD r. Fry.
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Cornwall, Aug. 81. l85s

"' " ni'i'i aug ~, 1000.
Mr.. Error | perceive III some towns
there is an effort making to unite the
Wings and Democrats, professedly for
sake of union, for the bare putbose Of
defeating the X. Ms. Whowith oDe eye
open, does not see that the X. n = have
adopted the same grounds the Unionists
did one year since 2-tbat is, opposition
10 The N>Jroska JiU and ,cpcal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the erten.
SION ~ .NGrery: and who, with tho
Other eye shut. does not see that there
are Northern Democrats who would not
only sell the North to the South, but
their whole country. to secure the for.
cign rOte, if thus they could get but thu
five loaves and two SnaH fishes
What has made New York like q
wcather-cock The foreign vote What
has raised Gen. Pierce to the Presidep.
tial chair, but Slavery, the foreign vote.
and Northern Democrats Sir, | think
it becomes every truc-hearted citizen to
look well to his steps and ponder the
paths of his feet. If Slavery is extend.
ed, the area of emigration is diminished
in the same proportion. Free labor and
Slavery cannot 60 together.
1t becomes, therefore, every true A.
merican to see that our sons are not shut
out from our new States and Territories.
1t becomes every foreigner to see to il
their children, and their brothers from
over the great waters. are not shut out
by Slavery from our new States and Ter.
ritorlcs. / might 60 on and attempt to
show the comparative thrift of Free and
Slave States. bu. leave it for ADLER
pens But l will add one word. Sir.
the South have nothing to fear from for.
elgn emigration, therefore they cater for
the foreign vote. Foreigners will not
settle with the blacks. They come hero
to be frecmen-lhey and their posterty.
Amen, say we. But let them become
"atnr0liccI. But let the present tide
of emigration continue, with no more
stringent Naturalization Laws. and
soon we shall have our Offices. from high
est to lowest, controlled by foreigners
and papists l.. x.
L. 5. Since writing the above have
seen Democrat who thinks Mr.. War.
ncr will be elected and they will repeal
the Liquor Law. He says New York
aud Massachusetts don't regard the law
at all. Now, we know that is not so.
But that all good citizens in both those
States are now looking to Vermont. .tba.
they should continue the temperance
law fight on against the cncroachments
of Slavery and 60 for the reDodeIling
Of the Naturalization Laws 1t be.
comes therefore. every good citizen to
see that his town is represented by
thorough going temperance man, a friend
to the Slave, friend to foreigners, and
FREUD to his own offspring TX
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For the Register.
" Vulcan, are you there ?"

Mr.. EDrroK " Vulcan is the chosen
cognomen Of a writer in the Norgennes
CHicen, who occupies nearly column
FOR the purpose of whitewashing Judge
Tilden, and throwing the sediment upon
the drapery of" Argus"
Now, Vulcan" in that you were sin
terested in " Argus" you are with the
multitude and in your want OF under.
standing" not alone, although Argus
is generally understood by quite small
boys. Your attempt to parse a sen.
tence was premature. Your class has
not yet got so far But with figura-
tive style you are entirely befogged.
This you illustrate by your maiden ef-
fort" and talk about Matching figures"
and cooking efforts" For mercy's
sake don't try again or if you must. do
sit yourself on borrowed eggs, next time.
But vulcan" for moro than thirty
years your name has in my mind been
associated with the incident limited at
by my caption.
Jenny Houston, the tailor, with his
accustomed bottle of liquid fire, had just
entered his garnet, shut the door and
pulled in the string aud was just getting
into the bottle or the bottle into him,
when old Captain Eells, the watch man,
taking the odor and knowing the clement
Of Jenny. ratified Justify at the door and
cried out, Jemmy-yoU OLD Vulcan
are you there ?"
Now let him that can understand, read;
but Vulcan" had better not trouble
his brains with fgurative yle," or at
tempt to "parse " this sentence. And
Nj Judd, should Vulcan insist upon
your cooking his produce, you will do
well to advise him to hoe his small pota-
toes once more before he harvests, and
then spare the cook. IIo'll need the
whole for seed. But Mr. Judd, if
you have done with your rams horns I"
and have drummed up a real live Yul-
can" you may afford to let him run out
his blast, if he'll then be advised to stop
his forge, and take time to puddle his
pigs, before he attempts anything with
edged tools.
But Vulcans for the forge and cooks
for the kitchen Your "school boys,n
when promoted to the Third Part" or
when old enough to read the newspapers,
will learn that the principles of the
American party are like the school boys
snow ball, the further it rolls the larger
it grows, and every Vulcan's son will
sooner or later pull to it or under it.
Down with political Popery, Slavery and
Rum, is soon to he the motto of every
flag moved BY Northern breeze.
But now, Vulcan, let us come down,
and in plain terms, inquire after plain
truth; leave the shades of Lindley
Murray" betake yourself, if you will, to
the witch and. ghost of Eudor, aud tell
us if you can.
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American State Council.

The annual meeting of the American
Party at Bellows Fal's,on the 2lst inst,
WAS well attended, and all its delibera.
tions terminated harmoniously. 1t is un-
dcrstood that important changes we're
made in tho rules and forms of the order.
bringing it more nearly on to the usual
footing of political parties.
On the question ofnomnating State
Ticket, it is understood that, after full
and mature deliberation, il was agreed,
by very nearly a unanimous vote, to
make no new nomination. We think this
result will be very generally satisfactory
to the party in this county, and will bo
hailed throughout the State as evidence
of a determination to unite, if consistent
ly possible, all opponents of the Admin.
nisirstion, in the approaching Presiden-
tial election, though at sacrifice of par
~ feeling. 1t was on this grou nd alone,
VIC believe, that no now ticket was pre-.
scented The Amer lean party is undoubt-
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Death of Edward d. Barber. ESQ.

Death of Edward d. Barber, Esq.
1t is our painful duty to record the
death of still another. who was for years
one of our most prominent and active
citizens, and whose dcccose we announce
with the most sincere regret and sorrow.
EDWARD D. BARBER died at Lake
Dunmore. at about eleven o'clock on tho
night of Thursday last, Aug. Esd. lie
had been i'll of dyseutcry, for two weeks.
and for the last few days had lain at the
point of death, his recovery being de-
SPARED Of Mr.. BARBERs death is the
seventh from among the ranks of our
leading citizens since January last This
coincidence is remarkable, and uuparal
lel!ed, SO far as we know, in the history
of our town.
Edward Downing Barber was born in
Greenwich, n. Y, August so, 1906, and
was consequently within one week of the
completion of his fortyninth year. lie
was graduate of Middlcbury College,
Of the class of 1920. Immediately af.
ter graduating he became editor of the
Anti Masonic Republican. in this place,
at the same time reading law. lie was
admitted to the bar in 1884. aud had
since been in practice at the bar of this
county. He was editor of the Middle.
bury Free Press. from 1892 to 1856 In
1881, lie was Secretary of the Governor
and Council. In 1882 and 1888. be was
a member Of the House of Representa-.
tivos from the town Of Middlebury, and
again in 1853. lie was clerk of the
General Assembly in 1884
Mr. Barber was a man Of much nat.
ural generosity of character and Of
Kind, social disposition. lie was a ready
and versatile writer. and successful ad
vocatc at the bar During n considera
bic part of his life, he had mingled in
political aiflirs. and. had he belonged to
the dominant party, during those years.
would probably have been selected FIR
more important trusts in the service of
the people
His funeral, on Saturday afternoon,
was attended by a large concourse of cit.
liens including the bar Of this county.
aud several members Of the bar from
Rutland and Chittendcn counties. At
his late residence, at Lake Dunmorc,
prayer was offered by Rev. G. w. Bar.
rows, Of Salisbury. An impressive and
eloquent funeral sermon was preached
at the Congregational Church in this vii
lage, by Rev r S Kendall
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abundantly proved; and yet you uDblush-
ingly declare that you have never solicit
ed aid from any one at any convention !
This is either paltry bubble to deceive
the people, or something infinitely worse.
Take which horn of the dilemma you
choose,
If you expected, under all these cir
cumstances. to sail on smooth waters, be-
fore the popular breeze, troubled neither
by opposition nor controversy" your
lack of foresight ard sagacity is certain
ly very striking
Having thus come before tho people,
would it not suit yonr purpose-as we'll
as satisfy an inquiring public--to add
your views on the pro slavery policy Of
the Administration, " so emphatically
endorsed and approved by the convention
of the Pierce Democracy from which
you persevcringly sought and at last OBJ
tanned, nomination on which you base
your only hope of an election Rumors
entirely ptcjudicial to you in that re.
gard, are aaoat and if you have given
any" written statement to secure that
nomination, ought not the people to know
what it isl
Entertaining towards you, personally,
no unkind feeling, and regrctting as sin.
ccrely as you do that any controversy
should have thus arisen between us,
| am, respectfully, yours,
EDIToR OF THE REGISTER.
Aug 81, 1855.
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The Election,

Nc1t Tuesday, the people Of this
State are called upon to elect their
State and County officers for the cnsu-
ing year. The great political issue to be
decided is, Shall the Administration and
its Pro-Slavery measures and acts be su,-
tanned by the libcrty,loving frcomcn Of
Vermontl
Americans and Republicans make com
mon cause on this issue. The American
party, with great unanimity resolved last
week at its annual conrontion, to pres
cnt no new nomination, FOR State officers
RorcE FLETcnrR aud BATE, are the on
ly special representatives Of AntiNc-
braska sentiments now in the field, as
candidates for State officers
In most of The counties, there is a cor
dial union of both these parties on one
Anti Nebraska County ticket. We trust
there will be the same union in the cleo
ton of town representatives. Let usall
work together for the common cause
Let US make our reprobation Of the Ma
tional administration marked and dis
tinct, Let US declare Enthusiastically our
detcstation Of the great Nebraska mi
guilty Of the Missouri invasion and usur-
patton In Kansas and Of its virtual APP
prevail by the Administration in rcmoy-
ing Gov. Reederwho had the frmncss to
rcsi't the Pro-Slavery despotlsm install,
led by the Mis.ourians.
Frcemen of Addison County Let
US also show our opinion of the men who
have courtod the alliance Of this Ne
brnska party in the courtyard who have
nimbIy mounted on an Administration
Nebraska platform, to make sure of a
majority of your ssffrages viii you
sanction such base coalition? Will
YOU be in any manner IMPLICATED in
so disgraceful bargain, by giving your
vote for the Warner and Tilden ticket
Consider well, and then promptly act.
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Warner on the Listing Law.

The following record will be found on
page l55, of the Journal OF the House
of Representatives for lS50-iu which
year JoScph Warner was the represent
ative from Middlebury, and a member of
the Committee of Ways and Means
Ii. 4l.-Mr. Warner. from tho Com
mittee of Ways and hleabs, to which
was referred tho petition of T. Jefferson
Cree and others, praying for an altera,
tion of the laws in relation to the Grand
List, and the bill I'll. 4D entitled "an
act to repeal so much of the Laws Reg.
ulating the Grand List as allows a De.
dhction for Debts Owed" reported IN
faror Of the prayer Of said petitioners,
AND OF THE PASSAGE OF SAID BILL:
Mr.. Howe of Shoreham moved to dis
miss said bill and the question being ia
ken,
1t was decided in the affirmative.
So said bill was dismissed
Mr.. Warmers hired organ, in reply to
the remarks of correspondent of our
paper, on the above, approves Mr. War
ners report, and says the measure is SO
be again revive2," and thinks it will sue.
coed The effect of the act will be to
diminish the taxes Of the moneyed
capitalist, and to increase the taxes
of all who are in debt.
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1t i. now dwclt upon with great unc-
tion by Mr.. Warner md Mr.. Tidcn
that they alone are entitled TO the sup
port of the American order because the
decision of the 9th of June convention
was to be final, and that the members Of
the order were not bound to support any
of the candidates nominated by their
own convention unless they were ro.uom-
mated on the 9th of June
Surprising the arguments true that the
decision of the June convention. fairly
expressed, ecaS to be binding upon the A.
merican party can il even then be de-
MED that Mr.. Warner and Mr. Tildcn
were bound by every obligation of honor
to support the candidate of the May
convention until after the june conven
ton ? And is it not VIGOROUSLY true
that both these gentlemen not only did
not support those candidates, but active.
ly and stealthily worked before the June
convention TO defeat the candidates for
Senator and Judge Of Probate named
by the American convention, and endeav-
ored BY dishonorabe means to get them
selves nominated instead
Is it not true, then, that by their OVID
arguments they are condemned, and have
forfeited all claims TO the support not
only Of " the order" but of all honest and
fair-dealing menu
Is it not also true that men who will
thus betray their own party for the sake
of obtaining Office, will also betray the
interests Of freedom, or of their constitu
ents, at any moment, for a similar pur-
pose JARED.
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Shall the Banks have all P

Must the Banks have both our Sena.
tors Mr.. Warner is the Cashier at
Middlebury, and Mr.. Pierpoint is Bank
Director at VergepDes. Ga the other
hand, Mr.. Barrett is identified with the
agricultural interests Of the county, and
is not connected with any Bank. Mr..
Pierpoint is sure to be elected, and let
him represent one class of interests in
the Senate, and Mr.. Barrett ours.
A FARMER.
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Facts for the People to Consider.
Aug 81, 1855.

Facts for the People to Consider.
MIR. Warner is a member of the Amer.
lean Order was candidate for their
nomination for Senator and was defeat
ed, By a large majority, though he was
strongly, and by his own desire, urged
as candidate. BY that nomination.
Mr. Warner was bound in honor, and by
all the obligations he voluntarily assum-
ell in becoming a men. Der of the order
M his 'ce p(edgc ourSc1ccS 10 proyc,
rhcncrer rcqHircd-in spite of all de.
malls.
In the 9th of June convention. Mr..
Warner obtained a bare majority. by
false pretenccs. Violating ali the hon
orablc aud moral obligations by which
hc was bound to support the nominees of
the May convention, and without the
slightest ground for any pretext that the
names of these two candidates were ever.
W SNuoOHVi W cOinc iHtO cblHTCllttuu
again, "a gross falsehood since trumped
up and extensively circulatcd,) he set
himself at work to raise an Anti Know
Nothing breeze and excitement, to fur.
Their his nomination in the " Wing" con-
vention. This excitement was success.
fully got up. Mr.. Warner then express.
ly assured number of the delegates to
that convention that he was nat a Know.
Nothing, and thus barely secured nom
nation, by getting their votes Ne can
obHndantly Substantiatc crc,y onc of
McSc a0tcmeUtS.
The ticket originally nominated was
expressly designed to secure a union of
all the Anti.Nebraska voters of the coun-
ty. There were two leading parties to
be unitcd--the candidates were taken a.
bout half and half from each. The June
convention approved all the nominees Sc
lected to represent its own party. The
two tickets are alike, except the substi'
tuition Of two Americans whom the order
had decsively and deliberately rejected,
for two others the order had selected BIZ
handsome majority. Was this change
fair Was it measure of harmony
Was it not the ground of almost inevita-
bic division and discord? No party would
submit to this interference, where an
honorable compromise was the object.
The first ticket is tue only true and fair
Anti-Nebraska ticket in the field Hence
the pertinacity o. Mr., Warner in seek
ing the Nebraska nomination, and hence
the consent of the Pierce Democracy to
promote him at once to an honorable
rank though a raw recruit in their SER
vice. Mr.. Warmers only Just claim to
tic support Of tie people of addison
County Is, as The REGULAR NEBRASKA
CANDIDATE. No other conclusion is pos
sibe from the foregoing facts.
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~ |OSfW warner, EY
You will undoubtedly expect me
to take some notice of the epistle you
have addressed to me through the col
umns # the Vergennes Ciiecn. In do.
ing so, | must call your attention to the
fact that in your preliminary note to
that paper you state an untruth. l ney.
err informed you that your letter could
not appear in our paper last week, on ac-
count of the pressure Of other matter"
This is wholly fabrication of your own.
said that it would be hardly possible,
but for totally different reason, and re-
fcrred you to Mr.. Cobb, as the difficulty
belonged entirely to his department.
You know the paper had already gone
to press and that ] was reading tho
proof when you came 10.
You complain Of me for repeated
aud unjust attacks" There is no injus-
tico in truth, and there is no harm in its
repetition unless the facts are of an un-
welcome nature. So far from my at
lacking you, your bireling organ, it is
well known, began personal assault up
on myself, some weeks before / uttered
a word as to the county nominations,
even in self-defence. In my replies to
these assaults, / havo indeed uttered
some truths you might naturally wish TO
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TO The Editorof tie Tergennes Citizen:
DEAR SIR.-Will you have the good.
ness to publish the inclosed letter in
your paper. 1t was written for public
alton in tho Middltbury Register, but
have not been able to get it inserted in
the columns of that paper this week,
owing {as the Editor informed mc) to
the pressure of other matter.
Your Obt Serv't,
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First. Arc your favorite candidates.
Warner and Tilden, Wings or Demo
Gratis, Slavery or Anti.Slavery, both or
neither
I'd. Are they X. Ms or Anti.K. Ms,
or cameleon like
Sd. Are they for or against the Maine
Law. astride the fence. or on both sidesl
F'nohy, Can your favorito candidates
adopt opposite platforms, aud be honest
mcn2
Now say, Vulcan, don't you believe
in your heart that these two candidates
wall in the end sympatbise with poor
Dodgo'7 ANGUS.
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Mr.. BARRETT: | take pleasure in sta,
ting, that in an interview with John
Pierpoint, Esq of Vergenpos now
candidate for our Sonatehe with perfect
frankness declared his appreciation Of our
present prohibitory law, his determine
tion to use his place and influence to
enforce it, and bis willingness to adyo-
cate any amendments necessary to its
efficacy. Yours, &c,
j. BRocKwAY.
Middlcbury, Aug 81, 1855. -