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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-09-24
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Night.

BY HENRY w. LoNGrELLow.
The day is done, and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night,
As a feather is waited DOWN ard
From an eagle in its fight.
see the lights ofthc village
CLEAN through the rain and the mist,
And feeling of sadness comes DER me,
That my heart cannot resist
A feeling of sadness and longing
That is not akin to pain,
But resembles sorrow only
AS the mist resembles the rain.
Come read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And Danish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.
For, like strains Of martial music,
Their mighty thought suggest
Lies endless toll and cndeavor
And tonight | long for rest.
r ad from some humber poet,
Whose songs gush from his heart
AS showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the cyclids start;
Who, through long days Of labor,
And nights devoid Of case,
Still heard in his soul the music
OF wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse Of care,
And come like the bcncdiction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of the voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that inicSt the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And AS silently steal away.
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The Big Tree" was fclled some years
ago. about seven feet from the ground,
by boring with large augers and saving
the space between. 1t then took huge
wedge ard lattcrine ram to make it fall.
The bark is stripped and taken away for
exhibition
TIE stump has been smoo,hcd for
dancing floor and would hold four sets
Of dancers. 1t took Eve men twenty.
five days to fell it. 1t measures ninety
six feet in circumference, The solid wood
being twenty five feet in diameter. On
the body Of the tree a house has been
bpit ard two tOn-pin alleys, eighty -one
feet long are easily accommodated.
The Miners Cabin is named from a
cavity in the trunk seventeen fact across
the entrance aud forty feet ligh. The
"mother Of the forest" has been strip
ped of the bark for l20 feet, and by
wooden pins set in You can 20 to where
the bark begins Though stripped in
1854. the tree has now a fail aud new
supply Of foliage.
The father Of the forest" has long
been fat upon the ground The roots
extend high in the air and you can see
the enormous surface it covered when
standing. I, is followed ty action Of
fire for 200 feet or more. a spring of
water wells up inside, and for twenty
ive feet or more it was three feet deep.
In falling the old gentleman hit one Of
his sons, ten feet thick. and Knocked
him endways You walk upon the trunk
as though on cne,story house. The
father ard mother are Immediately sur
rounded by tweuty-four children. all
thriving and lusty. the youngest not less
than twelve feet in diameter.
"Hcrcules" is the noLlc-t standing
tree of the grove. carrying his size for
100 feet or more above the lu't. Other
trees have their reculitrites, but | have
not time to specify. a few we're named
by Iarties from Sacramento There
are ninety altogether of this species. diff
feriug entirely from those about them,
both in color and feeling of the bark, as
also in size. Neither on your approach
to the grove, nor beyond. outside Of the
the rim Of the saucer containing them
are any others to he fonnd For near
1 1000 years these hcrvy monarchs have
nourishcd, insulated from their kindred
aud sheltered from sight. The burnt
trunks and bros'n heads some of them
exhibit show what elemental conflicts
they have suhstained. while the lesser
| growth Of trees about them Indicate
some saving property in their thick
spongy bark.
The 'horseback ride" through the
trunk Of one tree. about seventy five feet
was exciting. Our two carriage horses
we're put through, ourselves upon them
one at time.-one of them measuring
sixteen hands high
There were two or three infants, say
fifteen feet high only, growing in the
grove. The seed were very small and
fat. Cones, young and old, containing
them, were abundant.
Like TIE Cave, no description is ade
quate to give one more than faint con
ception of the inImensity of these trees
They are SO symmetrical you cannot il
looking at them realize they are so tall
and the moro often you walk around
measure or sight them, the larger they
seem.
Mine host, Mr.. Dayi', keeps a fine
house, aud the eating department. excel
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autland Brass Band.
uE nL ALLEN, Leader.

NIF n..hL ALLEN, Leader.
go you'd take this method to in
lo.n INC tblc that they are now pre-
ired to furnish Nnsic for
""a Ctrto Paradcs, Professions,
F'e-.V'e Partie, Excursions,
49, all occasions where bass Band services
=. required, on the most r,asonablc terms.
appllcatlon made to Geo. IL. Cole, r. ]
a"'n, s,,n Or ~ Weeks, Clerk, will receive promp
Rutland, June 4, 1856. I1.r
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Never, believe me,
Appear the immortals,
Never alone &c,
had not been dining out. l had re
fused Iloratio Tidd's invitation to step
round to the club and have supper which
was Tidd's practice. | had returned
home at the moral hour Of eleven, and
after taking little Morning Post (the
best Of sodatives) had SLIPPED quietly
into the sheets aud that was the eld Of
me until seven A. NJ
At that hour | awokc, with my eyes
turned toward the ceiling, and Instantly
began to repeat the lines have quoted
Come, Cranberry said to myself,
this is little absnld for you, who have
to 60 down town and arrange the means
Of getting dinner, to lie here in BED and
babble hca,henish hymns, as If life were
only luxurious nap. advise you to
get up
Cortaiuly,' replied 1 to myself, if
you thipk best. So here goes
Aud | sprang up, aud sat moment
upon the edge Of the bed. Yet instant
ly | began again
Never, believe me-
and away went, Lalf musing half NUT.
terirg. until felt little chilly about
the ankles.
Now, | am a reasonable man, I be-
I lieve. Andrew Cranberry, attorney-a,
law, is not held to be supcrstitious but
there was something peculiar in this con.
staut occurrences of my mind to poem
that | had not read for years.
What does it portend p inquired |
as | wiped my face with damp towel
and walked meditaiively towards the
shower bath.
Splash came the shower as | spoke |
had inadvertently pulled the cord.
But the water did not wash away the
subject of my thoughts. The sun shonc
brightly through tie windows. I felt
without seeing. the beauty of the day. |
knew that the life of Bah Ion was al
ready coursing along the veins-,hose
stony veins called streets. knew that
men had been hard at work since sun
] rise-since day-break-toiling heavily al
, labor that should not end until their
lives ended confined in close aud noisomc
places, in which day was never very
bright, and their hopes grew daily dark
err | knew that in the green parks and
gardens-under the trees and upon the
margin Of fountains children in bright
dresses were playing in the sun, shout
ing, singing and frolicking, I knew that
the endless miles of monotonous rec
brick wall which makes the exterior o
the city houses, inclosed every kind aus
degree of joy and sorrow; that the stree
door saw gay equipages, aud smiling an(
perfumed fashion, and an air of fiesta
content, as if Babylon were Paradise
while the chamber door witnessed Litte
euvies, and cold chickering's, aud loveles
lives.
All these images came TO my mind a
/ slowly dressed myself, and half shud
dered to feel that was one of them
that the inevitable course Of events wen
on that the stream of life, an aggregat,
of infinite drops-mine as large as an!
-aowed steadily forward and that NJ
power, no prayer could arrest it,
| may as wcll confess it now and hero
l lived in boarding house.
Fancy it, my dear second cousin Luc,
Arrowroot. invalid widow Of Nee Brit
! chlz, ancient book kecper--you who li7e
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the angular bedstead the square wash
stand. the square bureau, with the square
portrait lever it upon the dingy wall.
You, pale Lucy, once the rosest of vii
lage girls arch ccquctte-whose ringing
laugh now hushed makes that country
silence sad Zone day | shall tell your
story) you who lived in the sunshine
like flower, and whom now only rarely
and by stealth, creeping between chin.
noys aud along dark walls, a sunbeam
visits-will you please fancy how you
would shrivcl up with lerror-like bird
before a snake-at the very idea Of an
etornity of boarding house.
! mean. of course, no reflections upon
Lucy's landlady, estimablo Mrs. Frizzle
Front, one of whose dismal back rooms
| occupied until prolonged fit of de-
preston of spirits seriously alarmed my
physician for my sanity--and whom |
til creforc knew worry we'll 1t is the ma
turc Of boarding houses to be dismal and
the landlady caunot help it.
But this is partly disgressivo. l left
myself coming down to breakfast. \
boarding house breakfast is-but no mat
''t nie =, . VI ~ ~ 'T"sequ'n1' a''nS
D'c'hi"s' o'er' l oIuaneu MY h"t, Pu'
general effect of Andrew Cranberry in
the square mirror, and opened the door.
How warm and kindly strcamod the sun
against mc-hearty, broad, and cordial
as Carlos welcome upon my annual visit
70 hin,' IL put me Ill a gay goou humor
o'rec''!
Never, believe me,
appear ,he in''hPi'"'S'
,'e,'' "'0lo :,
w.lsIe'eu 10 nnyse"' ~ l s'cPPeu
prish'E oowh '"e s',ee'' e"Joying e'ou
"e"' oi J'N'"s o"u i"G8ni"e w''n "'yS'Ii
a' my own 'Ni''uso' l'' n''P'"e W con-
s'"u''y "l"o 'no NUS
At 'na' 'po''e''. Il onrN ooJcc, ieil
ilu''cr'nl ~ my i'f'' 1. was d oiack
lace 'e',' |o,ch l 'Vs' 10 l''h' III picking
uP' ana lo'N'nS "o'u' 'or 'ne owner
Nooouy cou'a nave urofped IL out a wo'
man OF s'isu' hs"rc'ahd arFssed In bI'ck,
whom l saw hu'f f!'pe a'ong the street,
ana VINO must nave unconscionsIy drop,
pea IL as sho passed me- vi course, L
instantly mat urea 'neory OF 'ne per-
icct youth and oenu,Y OF 'ne s"gnt iauy
IN black, ana hurriea aitor her with the
most gallant OF Dlahu smiles upon my
face
Permit me- madam, saia l accos''ng
her and holding my hat httIe removed
from my head, Is this, possibly, your
veil
y lair OF SURPRISED piacN eyes an
swered me with glance so expressive
that my nat came quite on IN my hand,
and L ended my address with most re-
spcc'inl bow
'Ihaik y'u' IT Is nine, was all the re-
spouse L received anu 'he next moment
the dark sIlght hgure was Heating along
as BEFORE ana Andrew cranberry STOOD
alone ulon the slde'wGiK,
Bat tor moment only 10 Jecr at
myself Tor stopping ana staring Instead
ot investigating further the history OF
the surprised black eyes, was the bnsl'
ness OF hee'ing instans-to follow aud
pr9ifcr courteous attentions was tho ac-
tion OF the next
Fair reader be not alarmed, moi fear
that when you chance to drop your veIl
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DIR. WIN. Nj. BASS

Wonld inform the citizens of this village and
vicinity, that his present residence is the
first door south OF the Court House whcro he
will he in readiness to attend calls in his pro-
fe>sion, and will accept gratefully a shareot
public patronage.
Middlcbury April %, 1856. ltf
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The Richmond Enquirer gloats over
the anticipated destruction of the Free
State men in Kansas. in the following
words ;
"Tho timely action of the President
has Disconnected these plans, and put a
new face on affairs. The army is still
on foot in Kansas, aud we are glad TO see
that Col. Summer, tho Abolition com
mauder at Fort Leavenworth, has got
leave of absence from the seat of troubles,
which we hope is of indefinite duration
Lane and Brown, aud their army of laz,
zaroni and thieves, will have to face the
Federal troops on one side, while tic
inturiated Pro Savcry men, acho arc
mastering By thousands 10 aVenge them.
SelreS, aciH attack them in NE roar.
They HAVE sowEp THE wHlRLwINp LET
THEN REAr THE STORM"
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I'll isfrlloup j .
Cranberry's Adventure,

I could never tell why. but l arose
that morning. repeated Coleridge's trans
laiion Of Schiilcr's Hymn to Bacchus =
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For each nation. tho true classical
81 iri' must DO found in the gonils Of
its own romance --rBRilerr.
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GOLD AND SULPHUR IN MEx3oo Mex.
lean papers state that within a short
time immense placers of pure gold havo
been discovered in the southern portion
of the State OF Guerrero. Attention is
called to the sulphur b ds which exist
at and around the volcano Of Popocat-
apetl, and which are said.to be iuexhaus.
tible. The United States pays S s,000,-
600 annually for the sulphuric acid for
mechanical uses, and it is said that il
Mexican energy could be stirred up by
some American capital to work these
mines We could have much better srli-
Gle Of sulphur at less cost than what We
now get from Italy N O. Orleans.
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THE REGrsTER will be sent one year, by
mail, or delivered at the office, where ay-
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Delivered by carrier, paid strictly IN at
If not paid within six months, 30 cents ad-
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sENopaper discontinued until arrearagcs
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tors.
r~All communications must be post paid.
egV. b, PALMER is agent for this paper
in Boston, Newly ork and Philadelphia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-18

ABUSE or THE FRANKING PRTvILEGE.--The
franking privilege extended to members Of Con-
gress is an unmitigated humbug at all times, but
about the time Of a Presidential election il de-
generates to something worse. We notice that
Mr. Solomon G. Ravens, Of Buffalo, the law
partner Of Mr.. Fillmore, is distributing
under his own frank three pleasant docu-
ments. The first Is speech by Ed
ward G. Delavan, at meeting of the
friends of Mr.. Fillmore. Mr.. Deavan Is well
known as Maine law apostle, and his speech Is
expected to have weight with the temperance
men. Next, is a somewhat different document,
being speech by Mr. Erastus Brooks. Next, for
the original Simon Pure Know Nothings, who
wish to abolish the Pope and hang all the Roman
Catholics in the United States Mr.. Havens franks
a tremendous bombshell -" Fremont's Roman
ism established; acknowledged by Archbishop
Hughes" The moral effect of this last named
brochure will be somewhat damaged by Arch
bishop Hughes late letter, wherein he states
that Fremont il o hereto, and takes Master
McMastcrs TO task for his statement to the con-
trary. Mr.. Ravens, however, will do well to
make the most of his Thanking privilege. The
people of his district will be careful TO see that
he does not enjoy the luxury Of making them pay
bis electioneering expenses longer than thirty
days after the 4th Of March next
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Mr.. BUCHANAN AND THE HERALD.-We notice
that Alderman Libby g oyster house organ makes
great cackling over some old articles Of ours 10
which we speak well of Mr.. Bucbanans appoint
ment to England, and enlogize his talents. Why
notg We have always considered Mr.. Buchanan
a very respectable man and a statesman Of fair
average attainm@nts; and at the time he was sent
to England we entertained a still higher opinion
Of him than his Ostend manifesto aud his failure
to settle the difficulties which Mr. Dallas has set
tied in three months, now permit us TO hold. But
there is a world Of difference between approving
his appointment as Minister to foreign court.
and supporting him on his present platform with
his present affiliations and under present circnm-
stances for President Of the United states. We
will put the case In such shape that Alderman
Libby shall understand IL. lie might have a
cook for instance so excellent an artist IN the
kitchen Of his hotel, that be could no, speak OF
him without praise: yet would he therefore agree
10 make him cashier OF the establishment or
Mayor Of the city, We think not: and Just 80
we could speak we'll Of Mr., Buchanan when ne
was cent abroad as foreign Minister, and yet deem
him most ineligible candidate for the Preeden-
cy on the platform Of secession, blood, murder
aud military desrotism in Kansas. and with John
W Forney a. bis high priest, and Mare da Pala,s
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CHEvALIER WEBB AND OTHER SMPLEroNs.-
The folly that is being committed in this canvass
by the political partizans of Fremont is only
equalled by the shamelesness and infamy that
are illustrated in the course Of the friends OF
Fillmore. Here we have had for some weeks, q
parcel Of twopenny politicians and editors
writing letters and articles by the yard to prove
that Col. Fremont is not Catholic, when the
least reflection ought TO have satisfied them that
they were pursuing the very course best calcu-
lated to encourage their opponents, and injure
their candidate. The least common sense should
have told them--what we all see now plainly
enough-that to deny such charges as this was
absolute waste Of time; falsely imagined In the
origin, they were certain to be falsely perscvered
in, and falsely repeated, in the teeth Of any and
every proof Of their falsehood, 50 long as they
could serve the purpose Of their utterers. For
instance there is now on record a mass of evil
dence to which there can be no answer, in sup
port Of Col Fremonts Protestantism- certificates
from the clergy, letters from old acquaintance,
and reiterated statements from Col Fremont
himself, and from every one connected with him
yet is there any cessation to the charges OF
Catholicism in the Express and such
Journalist Quite the contrary. The Broolses
are lying harder than ever; and even
If revelation from heaven were TO as-
sure them of Fremont's Professionalism, they
would still continue to lie till the end Of the can
vass. To notice such creatures is to feed them ;
they should be let severely alone, allowed to lie
in silence-in contempt-in their own mire; they
should not even be kicked.
Another piece Of folly on the part Of the Ere
mont managers is the conduct Of some Of the
leading men. There Is Chevalicr Webb, for in
stance: couldn't he be got to keep quiet, by pro-
miscs, or coaxing or somehow, till after the cleo
toni The idea Of such a simpleton as that
worthy old gentleman being allowed to go loose
over the country, firing off tremendous speeches,
and telling everybody what he said to Jessie, and
what Jessie said to him--as though that were Of
the slightest consequence to him or any one, or
of the least pertinency at the present time-is
very alarming to sincere friends Of Fremont
The fact is, Col Fremont wants more discipline
in bis canvass; the democrats order these matters
better But for this difference, the victories in
Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana would have been
far more overwhelming.
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UP Town REsrDEycEs.--We have had gradu-
ally growing up new city above Fourteenth
street, and there is a. much difference between
New York above this line, and New York down
town as there is between splendid mansion In
the Fifth avenue and squalid howell in Little
Water street. Thousands Of our merchants and
professional men reside between Fourteenth and
Sixtieth streets, and find there pure. fresh air.
clean streets and other similar luxuries altogether
unknown down town. The broad streets running
from river to river--the magnificent avenues.
stretching away 10 Harlem, give free circulation
to the air, which by constant agitation il kept
pure and highly rarifed. The people up town
generally clean the streets themselves. They are
convinced that reliance upon any official s de.
pending upon q reed shaking in the wind. Then
the houses are nearly all new. and most of them
are built with careful attention TO light. clean.
liness, ventilation and other sanitary aids. The
utter absudiiy Of going out Of town, shutting
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"A RAT--A RAr."-We publish elsewhere in
these columns the circular of the Executive Com
mittee Of the protective society of the working
printers Of this city against Epastus Brooks, the
Know Nothing candidate for Governor. They
prove him a rat reducer Of workingmens
wages, an employer with the stigma of a grind
ing oppressor upon his name-a bogus American
"a sknfnta dirty and contemplate rat. Let
this printers manifesto be circulated-let II be
ditIused among the workingmcn Of all avocation
,hr,uqhout the State, and We haze no doubt their
verdict viii be that Of Hamlet against the soy
behr 4 the .creen--"A rata rat,-dead, Cor a
ducat, dcadv
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ON embrace The received by mail and telegraph
- Office during the previous week. and 70 tho hour OF
uuh6oation.
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Farat Acuprvr--An inquest was held AZ the Third
ward station house yesterday By Coroner H upon the
body Of upknswn mao, supposed 70 be John Hughes
vho was killed by the falling OF bale Of hay upon him
The deceased received fracture Of the verebra Of tho
neck causing almost instant death. Deceased about
50 years Of age light compexoned had light sandy
hair had sore his right hand, while the nail o. one
OF the fingers gone The jury 10 this rendered
q verdict IN &C cordance Win the above iacs.