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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22
For the Register.
A Voice from Michigan.
HOWELL. August 2nd. 1855

HOWELL, August End, 1855.
Mr. EDIToR The slave ndministra.
ton has done its worst. There is scarce.
ly room for further treachery. The re-.
moval Of Gov. REEDER is the last act
and the conSummaiion of acts. What
it will do hereafter is more than we can
prognostica,e But what it has done is
evident to all 1t has shown us that al
though upon the great question Of Lbcr-
ty, there Moad be no North, aud 10
South. there is get that distinction
Nothing else could divide us. The
Pretexts set forth by the Administration
for its late conduct are unsatisfactory
In Our State the most rabid of the slave
pro- agandists are beginning to show
sigus Of mutny.
The Lansing state JouyRal, a news
paper printed at the Capitol (aud indeed
the regular State parer) copies articles
from various sources condcmning the
conduct of Prcsideu, Pierce. 1t must
be remembered too, that this has been
the most efficient Democratic paper in
the State. But these things are mere
prcmonitions Of that which is TO follow
The issue is before us. 1t was before
us last year, and success crowned the
efforts Of the anti slavery party. 1t is
an issue from which the Administration
raphot slrirk--it is before the people
it will be kept before fte peoplc--and
the people will rise here as elsewhere. in
their might, and drive back the minions
of Slavery. W.
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ELEGANT Ex1RAcrs"-We tako the
following elegant extracts from re.
cent article in the Bank organ-sigred
3D." TO denote that it was written by
Mr.. Judd" and thereby distinguished
from the editorials usually appearing
in that paper
Like street. acine, all the swoeter when
a friend is by 10 share tile cup, a magni-
hcont prospect must be looked upon by
more than one pair of eyes"
In the excursion referred to. wo had
good company Ministers are gcneral2y
such, and Western editors proverbially.
and both professions were represented,
while the ladcs-where are they not de-
sirable acquisitions 2-rcmorc The spar.
hfe and e6e' reSccnce from CataicJa.
and i0hat as ieft?-prevented us from
complaining of fatigue, by heroically and
silently bearing it, and by Characteristic
animation gave additional zest to the
epjoyableness of the trip
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Time and progress bring into use new
words occasionally-showng that old
things sometimes have to be christencd
anew, though there may be mo new
thing under the SUM-" The word at the
head of this article has come to be very
expressive one-we hardly know how the
world could have gone on 80 long with.
out it. Noah Webster had never heard
or seen it-Walker ignores its. It's or.
igin is in much doubt. But it has be-
come a " fixed fact"
At first it had always the prefix sold"
along with it-as though age were one
of its essential conditions. Experience
has changed all that Men have learn.
cd that fogy is fogy-young or old.
1t is certain definite and unmistakablc
character which may, indeed, have first
been discovered in an old subject, but for
which, it is quite probable, he was as
much distinguished wien a great many
years younger.
Your true fogy used sometimes to be
called San afternoon man. lie is al
ways in the rear o. every movement. He
goes into horrors. at the idea of any devi.
alton from the old trcadmill track. in
which lie wants to plod on, with asinine
patience, TO the end Of his days lie
would cling to sinking ship, rather
than leap into another along side which
he had never before seen. He has no
tact to look forward into coming time,
and strike out path at his own risk.
lie must always wait until the multitude
have beaten the way-aud then he fol.
lows, not from perception of the real
benefit of the change, but only from
dread to be left alone.
The genuine fogy is found everywhere,
but in no place is he so sure to turn up
as in politics, OF all forms of fogyism,
the political has been chiefly observed,
and its symptoms and character especial.
ly noted. The statesman, of all men in
the world, should be sup to the times. 4"
The man who cannot readily see tho de.
mands of the hour, the changing phases
of public affairs, the very pivot and turp-
ing point OF the movements going on al
given moment, and promptly take his
stand where his aid is most needed. is
no fit servant Of the people. The fogy
statesman cannot even follow, at any
prompt rate, but Tags feebly in the rear
-cursing the idea of movement at all
and always wishing things back where
they used to be-"
The recent farce in this State, entitled
Wing State Convention" might
rather, perhaps if there was nything in
the least Romantic or marvellous about
it be called, as a fiction founded on fact
The Last Of the Fogios," If ever fogy.
ism was clearly developed, as a separate
and distinct thing, in this State, it was
at the White River JUNCTION meeting,
two weeks ago. What business have
sensible men, at this day, to be tagging
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GE That travelling stranger who
is so well posted as to the position of the
voters in Cornwall Bridport, Shorcham
and Orwell ;" who is SO familiar with
the orderly proceedings of their March
meetings aud who has such fine opin.
ion Of the citizens of those towns in gcu.
cral may like to know what a leading
citizen Of one Of those towns thinks of
him. As it is understood that he is
still tarrying in tits ucighborhood we
will give him GLIMPSE Of a paragraph
from a business letter wo received last
week, from one Of the most prominent
men i'll that section of the county.
lie says; Sd. S. BIS article was too
silly for sober man to write. 7 am
of the opinion that the writer of that
article undertakes the Intelligence of the
people Of the county Of Addison. Per.
hars, though, he is excusablc, by reason
of having no other standard of measure
except his own capacity. War
ner's Grand List report would have killed
him without any other issue. But now
that the Cttisen backs up his loings in
relation to that matter, he is doubly dead
-ho is past surgery"
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LlrERAGY-Tbe first volume of the
= Letters of Daniel Webster" edited by
his literary executors, is expected to an.
pear before the end Of the year Two
volumes of Prescott's new work." His.
tory of Philip II."--are already sterco-
typed.-ik Marvcl's " History of Ven.
ice is in forward state of preparation.
The Four Gospels" are to be pub.
lished IN one magnificent volume, illus.
trated By forty splendid engravings on
steel. This work is to be edited BY Dr.
Osgood, of New York. - Lossing's
" Field Book of the War of 1912" is in
progress; and n greatly improved edition
of his " Revolution" is nearly ready
Mr.. c. F. Adams has completed bis long
expected 4" Life of John Adams" aud it
will be published in few montbs-
DR. Colton's Life and Letters of Henry
Clay" has been long in preparation, and,
it Is said, will soon be given to the pub.
lie Mr.. John c. Hamilton is about
to publish the remaining volumes of his
father, Alexander Hamilton new
novel by Dickens, and two additional
volumes of Macaulay's History of Eng.
land" are promised
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CHAMPLAIN Sur CANAL.-Tbe Toledo
BLADE has an interesting CON munication
from engineer j. w. Scott, on the sinh.
ject of the Champlain Ship Canal. AT.
ter noticing the construction of tho
Sault Ste Marie Canal, the Welland Ca.
nal, and the Canal around the falls Of
st. Lawrence, Mr.. Scott states that IN
complete the noble enterprise, the Shin
Canal connecting the St Lawrence with
Lake Cham2lain, must be constructed
lie affirms that when this is done. a Ca.
pal, connecting Lake Uhamplain will then
be constructed, thus opening an uninter.
rupted ship navigation from the Lake
to the ocean. He says that New York
Will sec too many advantages to her
commerce to allow the Southwestern
terminus of interior ship navigation to-
stop at Whitehall To maintain her no.
siiion as the great focus for foreign com.
merce for this continent. she will atpre.
clate the necessity of making herself az
much os possible, the gathering point of
domestic trade.
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TnE FokErGN Ngws.-The weeks nd.
dltional foreign news, furnished by tele
graph from Halifax gives very little note
OF Importance in European affairs. Sc.
bia,stopol still held out, and all that the
allies have to say is that they have al.
vanced their works so as to attack tho
Malakoff Tower, which thus far hn, re.
NAMED impregnablc, but which as tho
allied accounts state, is doomed to sud.
den aud sure destruction--butt the end
has not yet come.
The British news il of very little H.
tercst, but We learn from France that
the Turkish loan, as guaranteed by the
two governments, was taken with great
avidity-a fact which manifested much
opinion in favor of the government Of
Louis Napoleon.
Upon commercial matters we notice a
further decline of l.l6th to an lsd in
cotton at Liverpool. Broadstuffs were
quiet, with easier rates for wheat and
flour. The British harvest was not en-.
tireIy certain in product, but the pros.
poets were good Boston Courier
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L An awful case Of scan mag has
recently been disclosed in England
Mrs Beatrice Jane Jones, the daughter
of a Church Of England clergyman resid.
ing at Douglas, Isle Of Man became
convert to Roman Catholicism and, as
the same time, the mother of a lovely
babe. having turned a too ready ear 10
the ibculcarions Of Catholic Priest
named the Rev. Richard Singleton, to
whom she sworo it, and be vas 5esrssd
to provide for its support Blu, be sp.
pealed and tried all sorts Of schemes TO
avoid the responsibility, but 10 vain. -
The county magistrates confirmed the
previous order, directing Mr.. Singleton
to pay halfa-crown per week during
thirteen years for tho maintenance Of
the child.
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EH Governor Reeder's letter in 70.
Ply to Secretary Marcy is Published
feeder says, in relation to the charge
that he had bought half breed Kansa,
lands, that no has purchased no such
lands at all" lie says that, with 9th.
ers' he did agree to purchase them = in
case the contemplated purchase should
receive the sanction of the President"
and adds that; the Government has
been Tor years in tie habit of approving
such contracts"
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behind at so dull poce2 What excuse
has any hUing man for being ignorant
that not even the ghost Of a Wing par.
ty, as SUCH can ever be raised in Yer.
mont? Every well.informod man under.
stands that certain questions are now di.
rectly in ISSUE. and must be met and set
tied No amount of galvanism can i'm.
part even spasmodic motion to mere dry
bones 1t is useless to try it, y could
do no good, if the experiment should sue
coed. 1t would bring no aid to the set
Element of the great issues now pending
between Liberty and Slavory-be-
tween Spiritual Freedom and Romish
Experimentation q Government by
Americans ard a Government by Foreign.
ers.
When these are the great points to be
settled. it is no time to make a parade
Of political remains. 1t is never an honor
TO 60 tagging behind in a movement
that discerning men have long seen to
be inevitable and in which they have had
courage to take stand in the van Bet
ter lead than follow It is better to have
an independent opinion, and act on it,
:han to wait for your neighbors, and see
where the majority is going But dttcr
everybody else has taken position, and
all the world have become convinced,
and acted--then to play the fogy, on so
contemplate a scale That is indeed
too bad
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The Candidates for Judge of Pro-
bate


Esq for Judge of Probate, by the A..
merican Convention, was probably as un-
expected to him as to his competitor. lie
had not sought tho nomination. lie had
not considered himself candidate. To
us, also, his nomination was a surprise.
for the reason that we knew active
efforts had been made to secure the nom.
ination of Judge Tildcn. and no other
candidate had been prominently named.
In accordance with the avowed spirit Of
the order, the nomination was bestowed
on man i. deemed fl candidate, none
the less readily because it had not been
sought
Mr.. CoNRoE's experience, as a promi.
mont member of the Wisconsin Lcgisla-
turc. for years. will at least compare,
favorably with Judge Tilden's service as
o member Of our own House Mr.. Con
EoE'S skill in business, nobody will call
in question-whatevcr they may say of
Judge Tilden lie is as familiar with
Probate business, we think, as the latter.
In practical judgment in promptness
and dispatch, in industry and integrity,
no man who knows the two will deny
tha'he is fully the equal Of Judge Til1en
We think the people will find Mr., Con-
roe as atlablc and apprcachablc, and
quite as agreeable man to do business
with. as Judge Tldon
We learn that the story as been cur
rently told that We opposed Judge Til
denis nomination by the May convention,
becodse he would not agree to appoint
us his Register, if elected This is
false, in toto We did nat oppose his
nomination, We had scarcely doubt
that he would be nominated. Judge r.
knows we never minated to him wish
to receive the appointment of Register
often as he has given the opportunity,
while seeking our support On the con
traiy. We presume he knows whether n
friend of his ehdcavorci, confidential.
ly,' to persuade us to work for bis nomi.
nation over Judge Seymour. last year,
with an understanding that we should
have that appointment. We were a mem
terof the nominating committee. last year,
and rotci for Julgc Scymours gcnon,.
mofion, Notwithstanding. No friend
of o"rS has asked him to give us the APP
pontment, if elected Judge, with orr
Laoulcdsc.
Equally false is the statement or in
situation that any such understanding,
express or implied, was ever had between
Mr.. Conroe and ourself We have ox-
pressly declared (beforc the 9th of June
cohvention). that we would not accent
that office if rendered us. 1t is an ap.
pointmeut wa do not desire - one that
we have never sought-one that W. couM
not be confined to, by reason of our 9th
CT business.
Now, we cannot but ask what is the
reason Of the zeal OF the present Regis.
ter Of Probate in favor of a candidate
who last year was intending to cast him
aside, in overriding Judge Seymour
The inference is natural and easy-yet,
we have no certain knowledge that
bargain has been struck between the two.
We leave every man t o form such an o.
piuon as he thinks most reasonable.
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TUE BURNEo WILD MEN These
remarkable living curiositics were visit
ed, at this place, by a large number of
people, during commencement week. Va
rlous opinions we're formed as to the or.
igin and nature Of these little men,
They are certainly mysterious beings,
whatever theory is adopted. Their
strength is almost incredible. After all
they appeared to us very much like mere
human dwarfs--though it is certain that
they were not raised in ills county. as
was reported. At least, no one 70.
sponded to the challenge to appear and
identify them Bristol, Comnccticm,
mot Nermont.) is the rumored place Of
their birth, as first given out by the pa.
pers, but probably without any suflicqn.
reason. At all events, they are emf.
nently worth seeing
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EE 1t isunderstood that a meeting
Of the American State Council was held
at Bellows Falls yesterday We have no
report of its doings, as we 90 to press.
Our readers should be on their guard
against flying rumors as to the action of
that convention Any important pro.
cecdings, should such be bad, will no
doubt be officially published, in good
time.
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o. J. A. Vail, Esq. of Montpelier
who has been at the asylum short time
on account of intemperance, was discharg-
ed few days since, and immediately got
out writ of habeos corpus at MOntpe.
lier, to bring up one Of the luuatics, upon
the charge that no was sane, and improp.
ly confined DIR. Rockwell and large
number Of others we're summoned as wit.
nesses. The lunatic was examined, ana
showed insanity SO plainly that he was
at once rcmanded.
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TT We caution our friends against
that kind of confidence in the success of
our county ticket which will make them
negligent Of voting themselves, or Of see
ing that every vote is cast, that would
go to swell the anticipated majority.
Extravagent boasts have been made on
the other side, as to the power of money
to carry the election and hence the need
Of unceasing vigilance and activity, to
the end. The question is to be decided
in only one week from next Tuesday.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22

EE Mr.. Warmers city organ at
Nergeunes took occasion, last week. to
insult the inhabitants of Waltham in
the mass-as it had before insutcd some
of its leading citizens, individually. 1t
inslrua,cs, in its peculiar reckless way
aud in a sncering tone, that nearly all
the voters III that town are now engaged
in an anxious scramble to secure the Of
flee of town representative. Waltham
is not so large as some other towns, but
is entitled to just as respectful treat.
ment as any. Some Of tho most enter.
prlsing, intelligent and thrifty farmers in
the county live within its limits. They
will hardly relish such wholesale fling
merely because some few of their mum.
Der have seen fit to stop the Vergcnnes
paper aud subscribe for ,urs.
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SUDDEN DEATn-Miss Margery T..
Christie, daughter Of John aud Margaret
Christie, aged % years,died suddenly, at
the Paper Mill village (near this placcl,
on the morning of commencement day,
August 9Th She was apparently in
good health the evening previous. At
four or five o'clock the next morning, she
came down from her room, and called to
her mo,her,sayiDg she was dying. She
lived but few minutes afterward. The
cause of her death is supposed to have
been the rupture ola blood vessel, in her
lungs,inducing suffocatiOn. Miss Christie
was cnusistentmember Of tho Methodist
Church, amiablc, intelligent and much
beloved. Her remains we're taken to
Troy for burial, the evening after her
death.
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Cool ASD CoMpAcr-The Springfield
Republican says 1t has always been a
marvel with us how Christian men could
sport with the melancholy hallucinations
and inirmites of their fellow men. az
those for instance, who are melting the
hopes of DR.. Mellen, Daniel Pratt and
franklin Pierce of success as Presidcu.
tial candidates in 1856.
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your children to him as a model man. a
just man, moral man, and a christian
man, with every noble quality that adorn-
private and public life. Till the last
particle of bis monument shall waste a
way, your descendants may point with
pride 10 the place where he rests as the
grave of Horace EAToN.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22

Mss BuNKLEy.-n THE EscArEp NuY.n
Notwithstanding Messrs De Witt &
Davenport have been engaged in vexa.
nous suit at law respecting the publica.
tlon OF book on Nunperiys, they have
finally succeeded. in being able to publish
" The Escaped Nun, or Disclosures Of
Convent Life"--a book of great value,
on account of its authenticity.
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EE We have never stated that G. len.
Fletcher left his name to be appended"
to what is called the Johnston protest /;
but said distincily,or intended to say dis
tinOtly, that he know nothing of that pa
per at all. His name was never attach.
ed to it.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22

EA In Washington County, the
Republican convention has nominated
the American county ticket entire, and
endorsed tho Anti-Slavery position of
the American Party of Vermont 1t is
understood that there is like harmony of
action in Orange and other counties.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22

E% A Womaps Rights Convention
was held at Saratoga last Wednesday,
Martha c. Wright of Auburn presiding
The principal speakers were Mrs. Ern,
estne l.. Rose, Rev. Autoinette i.
Brown, aud r. H. Hieginson.
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r T. DAKNUM.
Gen. Tom Thumb

At the recent Commencement at Dart.
mouth College the honorary degree Of l..
Il. d. was conferred on the Hon. Isaac
+. Redfeld aud Hon. Jacob Collamer
OF Vermont, Hon. Matthew Harvey of
New Hampshire, and Hon. Salmon p.
Chase OF Ohio.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-22
Commencement.

y private spondent, who was
present during all the exercises of Com.
mencement, land whose impressions and
opinions We had asked) writes as fol.
lows, concerning the address before the
Literary Societies
The address of TAyLER LEWIS, ILL.,.
d was elegant aud profound 1t gave
evidence of the ripe scholarship, cxten.
sive learning, and accurate thinking Of
the author 1t fully sustained the very
high reputotion which he has acquired
by his various publications and public
addresses.
DR., LEWIS discussed the "Ilighcr
Law" and exhibited with great clearncss
and force the truth. and the very dan
gerous error. involved N the popular no.
tion of it lie maintained the authnri
ty Of civil government, and showed that
1t IS as necessary to regard the evcr-ya-
rylng circumstances of men. as the i'm
mutable principles which should regulate
their conduct. lie urged upon the Young
men of the society which nc addressed
'he frequent study Of Plato, especially
the Crfo, as one of the richest sources
of instruction. | know of nothing which
could be more valuable to the people of
our country than clear and thorough
popular discussion of the subject. which
was treated by DR. LEWIS in style too
elevated for general reading"
(By the way, we should have stated
that DR.. LEWIS is now Professor in
Union College at Schenectady, instead
of the New York Uniycrsity,with which
he was formerly c'nnccted.)
The address by Rev. BYRON SrY.
DEELAND. before the Philadclphian So
ciety, was listened to with much interest.
and with increasing pleasure to the end.
His subject was rain, as oclaptcI 10
tic human S0Wl. ANIL folmiHg its high.
or Hte, The reputation of the speaker
detained almost the entire audience con-
vcned to hear the address before the
Philadelphiaa Society. Many passages
of Mr.. SuNDEELAYD's discourse held tho
audience in breathless attention. We
have rarely if ever witnessed greater
power Of effect given to even familiar
thoughts HIS manner, especially to
ward the close, was impressive in very
high degree
Mr. SUNDERLAND is graduate of
the college, in the class Of 1898. and
stands in the front rank of a new class
OF pulpit orators very popular at the
present time
"' ! missed several venerable
forms from the corporation, and one from
the Faculty. who was much loved by the
recent graduates, and indeed by all who
knew him.
1t appears to me apparent that there
is an increasing interest felt by the
Alumni in the College and in one an.
other, as is seen by larger annual gath
crings ! DO not believe they have bet
ter times " for commencement week at
any College than at Middlcbury. Gu.
joyed It very much, aud know that 9th
ers did"
WINDSOR CouNTY-Tho following is
the American County ticket in Windsor
County, nominated on the 9Th lust:
For Senators, SnunrL CONVERSE.
MrREIcK GAY, JouN W. SrIcKNrY, joins
WILDER.
Far Asst Juagcs, JAMES LOWELL,
WALTER PALMER
Far Sherry, i. RICHMOND.
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