The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-12-07


which Webster defines to be "a twisting
OF the intestines." Not content with
having caught Old Brown, bound him
hand and foot, tried and condemned him.
and with the certain surety Of hanaine
him next Friday. for the promotion of the
security and pacifcation, ns well as for
the vndication OF the power and dignity,
the State, Virginia is still absolutely be-
side herself with panic and perturbation,
Her intcstines are dreadfuly twisted
To Judge from the diagnosis she is "past
surgery" Her nervous system is COM
pletely shattered, and the least noise, or
rumor of noise, distracts her at once and
brings on the ragiugest type of fever.
Nothing less antiphlogistic than ice is
indicated" by her inhammatory condi-
ton Wet cloths, and effervescent bath
ing, are evidently insufficient The
dreadful idea Of RESCUE" of old
Brown dreamed Of nowhere under the
blue heavens except in Virginia has com
pletely upset her. aud she has received im-
aginary warnings from Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania and imaginary protiers of help
from those States in her dismal and i'm
aginary emergency, that have contributed
to place her in an alarming condition of
acute infammatory belly-ache. Cover
nor Wise, embodyinP the combined cholc
Of the whole State and agitated accor-
dinghy, has concentrated the militia Of
Virginia, under the command of General
| No ebt 4 10 Hap
Ferry, with reserve under General
jackson, Count Rochambeau, and james
Gordon Bennett, at Charestown, to pre-.
vent an imaginary rescue OF poor Did
Brown Several thousand of the "chiv-
airy" Of the Old Dominion are now
- cooked and primed" to meet and dis
comft an army of " abolitionists" who are
quietly engaged in minding their own
business at home, and who have about as
much intention of rescuing" Brown as
they have of voting for Gov, Wise for
President
Bur the tumult aud fright in Virginia
are JUS as real and exhausting as though
they were well founded According to
the old maxim. you might as well kill
man as to scare him TO death, and Vir-
ginia has been scared to death fol weeks
past We are sorry for her. We wish
she had more pluck and nerve We are
panied to see her so unnecessarily pros
trated by the browncreeturs We are
panied to see Governor Wise vibrating
with such restless agitation between Rich
mond and Charlestown. and nervousy or.
dering out such countless nun 0ers of the
gallant militia of the mot of Presi-
dents" to prove tn; t Virgin is able to
hang Old Brown IN short, ge are pain
ed 10 see Virginia so desperately afflicted
with the muligrubs. Nobopy is disputing
either her right or her power to hang Old
Brown, though everybody sees that it is
the very worst use she can make of that
heroic old frantic
On the whole, We are sorry to say it,
Virginia is making precious fool of her
SELL BnrhngtOn 1fmes.
A case Is on trial before the u
S. circuit court at New York city, in,
volving the title to all that part of
Buffalo known as " Buffalo Point" some
30 acres in all. now thicklv settled
and valued at two or three million
dollars. The plaintiffs claim title un-
der an old Indian grant to Martin
M,ddangh, in l7SS, am propose call
Ing an Indian of the S,naca nation,
now l04 years old, to testify concer-