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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

In the House, on Monday, the 25th,
Mr.. Eliot introduced a bill to create
Department of Indian Affairs, and to
provide for the consolidation, civilza-
ton, ana government of the Indian
tribes. The head of this department is
to be called the Secretary of Indian At
fairs. The bill has been read twice, and
referred to the Committee on Indian
Affairs. 1t provides for the better gov
eminent of the Indian tribes, their edu-
cation and advancement i'm the arts of
civilization, and the more efficient con-
troll of the moneys appropriated for their
use. 1t is, on the whole, good bill;
and, should it be adopted, will go far to
remedy our Indian troubles, and put us
on a more satisfactory footing in regard
to the management of this very trouble
some and much neglected portion of
our population. One clause of this bill,
and one which we think the most inn
portant, provides-
'That the Secretary Of Indian Affairs shall
y
States the condition Of the respective Indian
trlr"s, in a tlbuler statement, showing dis
tipctly the sepeIate objects Of expenditure of
all moneys appropriated or used unGer his
supervision, and how much disbursed for each
object, describing the articles and quantity Of
each that have been purchased, and giving the
nHu-e of each person to whom any money has
been paid, as far as practicable, ana the amount
paid 70 each, and for what object, so far AS they
relate to the disbursement ofany Iunds apprO-
priatcd by Congress for the incidental contin-
gent, or miscellaneous expenses of the Indian
service during the fiscal year next preceding
the report. And also report the number Of
schools that have been opened and in progress
in the respective tribes during the year; the
names, ages, place Of birth. and compensation
o. each teacher; the number of weeks the
school has been open for children during the
year; the number, names, and ages Of the
children that have attended each school, and
the studies pursued, and the progress made
and the average attendance per day during the
time each school has been kept open, a nd such
other matters as shall be considered by him Of
general interest to the people of the United
states or the Indians, which report or reports
shall be laid before Congress by the President
at the opening of its regular sessions, If not
before"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

THE ACCESSION OF CUBA.-Accor-
ding to report from Washington, Secre-
tary Seward again denies that there are
any negotiations going on for the pur-
chase of Cuba. 1t appears that some
six or eight months ago overtures were
made through our Minister toll Span
ish Government relative to purchase
Of that Island. The Spanish Govern
ment declined to entertain the PROPOSE
ton, since which time our Government
has not renewed the overtures. The
impression Of those in authority is,
that if the revolutionists in Cuba sue
ceed, and from information in posses
sion of the Government it is believed
they will succeed, that they will speed
lily ask to be annexed TO the United
States. The policy of our Government
is to await events.
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The Lincoln Assassination.

1t is said that John II. Surrattt is pre-
paring statement of his connection with
j. Wilkes Booth, and his knowledge Of
the conspiracy that endel in the death OF
Mr.. Lincoln, and the execution of those
convicted of the murder,
The New York Times publishes the
confession of Samuel b. Arnold, now a
prisoner at the Dry Tortugas, and of At
zerott, made in Jail the night before hi'
execution.
The confession of Arnold shows thai
there was conspiracy to abduct Pres
ident Lincoln, and carry him TO Virgi'
MIA. to be delivered to the Confederate
authorities. 1t was first proposed to Ar
mold by Booth in August or September,
1861
No attempt was made to carry the plot
into execution until January The plan
was to 90 to the theatre, enter the box oil
Mr.. Lincoln, seize AMI handcuf him.
lower him to the stage, take him out
through the rear entrance, put him into a
wagon, and carry uim over the long
bridge into Virginia. Arnold at first
agreed 10 aid in the alb lucion, but consid-
ering the proposed plan impracticable,
he refused to engage in it, and on Sun
day, April lst. went from Baltimore to
Fortress Monroe. ie says the object
was to kidnap the President without vio-
lence. He never heard Booth talk about
killing him
The confession of Atzerott, shows that
the first plan was to kidnap. The Presl-
dent was to be taken when he was on Il
visit to the camp, put into n coach, when
Surratt was TO mount the box, and drive
the coach through the fields to Long
Bridge. He says that O'Laughln, Ar
mold, Payne, Surrdtt, Booth, himself and
Harold once went to Long Bridge, with
two carriages, and there waited till mid
night, but the attempt failed.
lie says that Booth first proposed the
murder on the fourteenth of April, and
appointed himself and Harold to kill
johnson. lie refused. lie was with
Booth and Harold several times on the
night of the murder, lie does not impl
cate Surrait, except by the statement Of
Booth, who told him that Surralt was TO
help at the box.
Their confessions are not, OF course,
good evidence against anybody in a legal
sense. And yet they connect all the par
ties named with the conspiracy to kidnap
which ended in murder. Booth did
kill Lincoln. Payne nearly killed Sew>
ard and his son. If Harold attempted
to kill johnson H. failed to find his
room. 1t is plain from these two conspi-
racies that several murders were fully in
tended,
It would appear thot John II. Surratt
was on intimate terms with Booth, and
his story will perhaps throw some further
light on this transaction But we shall
no. be disposed to believe him. His inter
est TO clear himself, and to cxculpate his
mother, is too great.
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Correspondence.
improvements m Hancock.
IT, The Edi,or oCthe Rsgisier.

To The Edi'or Of The Register.
Mr.. EDIToR,-In recent numbers of
the Register are noticed some of the
improvements made in Hancock but
all has not been said. There are other
improvements quite as real and more
substantial and enduring, than those
named. The empire of mind is no less
important than the realm of matter.
The progressive elements, and the moral
and religious questions of the day, have
taken root, are blossoming, and some
of them have already borne ripe fruits.
We are no longer n "by-word and re-
proach" because of intemperance. In
this we have already travelled the great
highway of improvement. Madame
Grundy and busy-bodies are at dis =
count. We are becoming more united
and benevolent, independent of organi-
cations and great teachers with which
many towns are favored. Entirely free
from certain Objectionable classes of So
ciety found in many larger towns, we
nearly approach to modern Acadia 4;
and we have our Evangelines. Our
taxes are comparatively light, and we
are not favored with the usual number
of Clowns poor" There is an opening
for manufactures, some ofwhich would
be more lucrative than in rail way
towns. We would invite capitalists tc
visit our town for these purposes. Mr.
Wright keeps an excellent Hotel in one
of the most favored localities in the
state as a summer resort. Let thai
toll-gate be removed. Let men o
staunch integrity be encouraged t.
come in, and the destiny of Hancocl
shall be upward and onward
w. NJ.
Hancock VT, Jan. 80, 1869.
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We cut the following from the Eren-
ing Sun, Washington, DC. Mr. II. NJ.
Slade is brother to Judge Slade, of our
village, who for years past has madeOhio
his home. We hope he may succeed
II, NJ. Slade. Esq, of the Solicitors
Office, Treasury Department, was NOM
mated to-day by the President ms Sec
rotary of Wyoming. Mr.. Shade is a son
of the late Ex-Governor Slade, of YER
mont, and belongs TO II family who
have figured largely in important Off
cial positions of the nation. Mr.. Slade
is himselfa man of liabilities and high
personal character. The appointment
will strike everybody who knows him
as AN excellent one.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

About fifty members of the Missouri
legislature have expressed their will
ingness to submit the question Of. fq'
male suffrage to the people o. tAa!
State.
A New York paper says that vii
liam c. Bryant, James Gordon Bennett
and Horace Greeley, all intend TO retire
from their respective journals during the
present year
London is growing so rapidly that
its population will soon be 1000, OOO.-
The metropolitan police of 7 SOC member
have to control and patrol district of
thirty miles in diameter
Brigham Young is indeed n pillar
of Salt Lake. His idea OF "A wife is
Lois
God is sure paymaster, ard yet
he expects wo shall sue him before he will
pay.
Why are old maids the most charm
ing of people Because they are match
less.
Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri have
but one Congregational Doctor OF Div
unity, Kansas none, and California but
Two.
Mr., Clafin will be the twenty-fourth
Governor of Massachusetts since the.adop-
ton Of the State constitution in 1850.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
Union Pacific RailrOad--One Thousand
Miles Completed-The Years Earn
ings Over Five Million DSiIars.


ingS Over Five Million DSiIars.
The last bulletin ofprogress upon the
Union Pacific Railroad gives some re-
markable facts. The first is that one
thousand miles are finished and in ope-
ration west of Omaha, reaching across
and beyond the Rocky Mountains and
into the valley of Great Salt Lake
Great rs is this fact, it can only be duly
appreciated when we consider how short
has been the time within which it has
been accomplished Three years ago.
only forty miles were built, two hun
dred and siXty-fve miles were added in
1866, two hundred and scventy-five in
1857, and about five hundred miles in
1865. Such rapidity of construction has
had no parallel in all the history of
railroad engineering. But even these
statistics, startling as they are in their
magnitude, do not tell the whole story,
1t is when we bear constantly in mind
| the TACT that the starting-pOint of this
! road had no railroad communication
when the work was begun that the
road was built out beyond settlements
or improvements that it has carried
its own resident population, and made
its own business in country totally
devoid of development before the loco
motive penetrated therein, and that the
greater part off its material has been car
ried more than one thousand miles be-
fore reaching the point of its employ
ment that we get any clear idea of the
vastness ofthe undertaking which has
been carried on so wonderfully across
the plains and mountains. Such great
results could only be attained by the
use of an army of laborers such as have
been in the service of the Union Pacific
Company, orga lized and managed with
cOnsummate skill.
Another fact, of still greater interest
to the financier and to all who are con.
cerned in the material growth of oui
western country, is that the Union Pa.
ciiic road, as yet incomplete, and depen.
dent, as we have said, upon the bushes:
which it has itself created or stimulated
earned, in the year 1868 more than five
million dollars, the details of which ar,
| rs follows
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SUMMARY OF NEWS,

The town of Mont Vernon, n, H..
voted recently, five per cent of its valu-
alton III aid of the Mont Vernon Rail-
road.
"A few days ago a Pittsfield Mas. J
lady picked on her premises violet
and other flowers, grown in the open
air.
A three-year old youngster saw n
drunken man "tacking' through the
street. Mother" said he, "did God
make that man ?" She replied in the
Affirmative. The little fellow reflected
for Il moment, and then exclaimed: Il
wouldn't have done it,
A mother reproved her three-year
oldster for eating icicles. The analvti-
cal infant replied: II didn't eat jem
mamma; only sucked thejuice out of
'em."
In Chicago the picllpockets attend
church professionally.
The Yo Semitic Valley excites the
admiration of all tourists You see
mighty few valleys to compare with it.
says the Cincinnati Times.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Jail at Wiscasset, Me-, last week. They
Knocked down one of the jailers who
was visiting the cells, and escaped while
ne was lhsenslble.
--"Good evening, Gen. Grant" said
pleasant Office seeker the other night
to the President elect / have not been
to see you, General since election =,
PLENTY have" said Grant "I've not
Henry ward Beecher says he thinks
the coming man" is coming on velO-
sa pe a. Sn ~ n ,, eiouid nv wonuer IL
9ot;on "f p euc on 1u VI .ie coisre
saen stou-ina 'o owa, N thnir mHuiu 2e
machines in proper quarter.
There is n trial in nrograss In Con-
necticut tho noint Of whici iS The IN
uuiry whether or not man is manner
He says lie is not a pauper somebody
else says he is, and meantime he is kept
III prison in the almshouse. Who says
poverty Is not crime?
The New York police authorities
are confident they will soon make
n nav.ii al .iie lacts coihecteo WIN !he
az ,Ha ,iuuei anu secuie'ie conVic'ioh
VI ''ie oiiiiiin"i'
,n,,i Lo o.; uispa.cn says mere Is , no
S et,.i IN 'ne iePplt .naV Jay uUulu mas
Nashville Railroad, and that the gauge
will be changed
Objects of charity are an numerous
in New York this winter that the he.
nevoIent observation-disclosures fail to reach
more than half Of them
~, ~ :,
-Ihe NorioriK journal reports hu
merous purchases OF CITY properly ana
vegetable farms there by Northern par
'les'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
MlDDLEBURY, by
IR 4 W. G L y r X ,

and in New York, at the Company's dice, No,
20 Nassau st., and by JoHN J. CISCO & Sos,
Bankers, No % Wall st., and by the Company's
ADVERT ell age + ihrougho ut tie United States.
Bonds sent free, but parties subscribing through
local agents, VIII lovS to them for their safe de
livery
4 new PamI het aul Map was issued Oct. 1t,
containing report OF the progress of the work to
that date. and Nero complete st tement in re-
lation to the value Of the bonds than can he given
in an advertisement, which will he sent free APP
plication at the Companys offices, or to any Of
The advert sd az ITS.
rzJ- The Coupons Of tile First Mortgage Bonds
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, due Jan.
l,t 1869 will he paid on and after that date, IL
CON Corr, free If Government Tax, at the Com
Dany's Office No. 20 Nassau ST., MY.
JOHN J. CISCO, Treasurer, New York.
JAN 29th, 1869. 39m3
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

PLANTATION BfrrERs, combined rare medi-
cinal virtues with delicious aroma, and a IA
vor grateful to the palate 1t is purely vegc-
table, and in its composition all the requisites
of science have been complied with. 1t il
suitable for all ages and sexes. 1t is gentle
stimulating and soothing. All dyspeptic dis
order are cured by it, and it repairs and re-
stores natures wasted powers. PLANTATION
B'TTERs are increasing daily in favor with all
classes. 1t relieves suffering. renders life n
luxury, brightens the present, and throws a
hopeful light on the future.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are in
debted to L. S. Dana, Esq, Assist. Clerk
U. $. II. II, for valuable Congressional
papers, and TO Hon. a. b, Wicker of
Illinois, for reports of the Illinois In
stitution for the Education ofthe Blind,
and other interesting state documents,
for which we tender thanks.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
PAYABLE IN GOLD,

Such securities are generally valuable in proper
ton to the length Of time they have to run. The
longest six per cent. gold interest bonds Of the
U. s. (the sl',) will he due in II wears. and they
are worth ll2, if they had 80 years TO run. they
would stand at rot less than 1875 perfectly
safe First Mortgage Bond like the Union Pacific
should approach this rate The demand for Euro
pean investment is already considerable, and on
The completion Of the work will doubtless carry
the price to a large premium.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
SECURITY OF THE BONDS

1t needs no argument to show that First
Mortg ige Of s2G, 800 per mile upon what ior
long time must he the only railroad connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific States is PERFECTLY sE-
CURE. The entire amount OF the mortgage will he
about $50. 900 GOO, and the interest 81 300, COO
per annun in gold. The present currency cost Ct
this interest is less than % 500 600 per annum,
while the gross earnings Tor the year 1858, from
way business only, on an AVERAGE Of less than 200
miles OF road in operation, were more than
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS,
, details of which are as follows:


This large amount is only an indication of the
immense traffic that must 20 over the through
lie in a tcw months, when the great tide of Paci-
C coast travel and trade will legin. 1t is estima-
I'D that this business must make the earnings OF
,.,r road from FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MILLIONS
YEAR.
As the supply Of these Bonus VIII soon cease,
rlrties who desire to invest in item will find it
~ their interest to DO so at once.
The price for the preset, il Par and accrued IL
tcrest rer cert from July |. ls6S, in currency.
Subscriptions will he received in
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The books Of subscription to the Capital
stock OF the Addison Railroad will he open for
subscriptions to the said Stock at the Inn in Bird
port, On the lth ay of February. A. d. 1869. Il
10 o'clock, am. at L. W. Bin. CHAINS store, IN
West Cornwall, February l2ih at 10 o'clock, n
M at l.. >pencer's store in West Salisbury.
February 18th at 10 o'clNck, am at Within,
Station, February 10th, at 10 o'clock. am. at
Gasca Rich's store, Richville, February 10th. at
10 o'clock, al. at f. S. Atwood & Sons store,
Shoreham, February 18th, at 10 o'clock, IN. !:
and at Col. Geo. A. Merrls office, in Rutland. on
February 18th, at II o'clock m.
J VI. DYER,
GASCA RICH,
JOHN HOWE,
John L. HAMMOND,
N. W {. WRIGHT
Commissioners to receive subscriptions to the
capital stock. 45y2
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

To Beauify and Dress the Hair and Re
store it to its natural color, and inpart that
beautiful gloss, odor, ETC., use Mrs. s. A. Al
LENS lMPRovtD(hew style) HAIR REgroRgR o,
DRtssrNc, I'm one bottle, Every Druggist sell,
it. Price One Dollar. AN
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02


If such an amount of paying traffic
can be derived from local business, up
on an average distance in operation of
less than 100 miles, there can be no
possible doubt of the road having all its
carrying facilities taxed to the utmost,
when the whole line is finished, to
move the vast local and through freight
which will then be offered. The work
of construction is not stopped during
the winter On the contrary, SO large a
force is engaged that the gap of about
two hundred and fifty miles now re-
naming between the tracks of the I'm
ion Pacific and Central Pacific will be
closed, and the whole line to the Pacific
in operation by the carly days of the
ensuing summer. The project, which
was so ridiculed during all the years
when it was simply proposal, so dis
couraged when its projectors urged it
upon the attention Of nioneyed men in
lSG2-65, and so maligned by those en-
Vious of its success since that success
was assured, will then he magnificent
fact, beyond contradiction or cavil.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

W The attention of our readers is dlrecte !
to the advertisement of GOES COUGH BAL
SAM and GOES DYSPEPSIA CURE in ano-
Their part OF this pauer.
These truly Valuable Medicines are recommeu.
ded by all who use them. lead the certificates
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

To be Finished to Open the Grand Through Line
to the Pacific This Opening will certainly take
place early This season.
Besides donation from the Govt, of u 800
acres Of land per mile, the Company is entitled to
n subsidy in US Bonds on its line as completed
and accepted, at the average rate of about S2G,-
900 er mile, according to The difficulties encoun-
tered, for which the Government takes A second
lien as security. Whether subsidies are given TO
any other companies or not, the Government will
comply with all lis contracts with the Union Pa
cifc Railroad Company Nearly the whole
amount OF bonds TO which the Company will be
entitled have already been delivered,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

Every family in town should keep bottle
OF Renne's Pain-Klling Magic Oil in the house
Directions for use will be found on each bottle.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

The Rev,Dr Doane is to be consecra
ted, Cd. W, Bishop of Albany, in st.
Peters church, Albany, to-day, Tues
day, it being festival of the church.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

MAGNOLIA wATER-Superior to the best i'm
ported German Cologne, and sold at halt the
price
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MARRIED.
DIED,
NEW AID VERT. SENEN7 S.

A DDlSON COUNTY TEMPER
L n ANCE SOCIETY.
The Annual Meeting ct this Society will he helo
at the Cou House, in Mid4ilebury, on Wedne,
DAY, the 18th inst, commencing at 10 o'clock n
m The condition Of the Temperance cause in tho
County renders it desirable that the Towns should
be numerously represented.
A Convention to nominate a candidate for
County Commissioner will meet on the sane day,
at ] 4 o'clock. pm.
Feb. l. 1869. 4jw3
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NEW AD VERT, SElHBNTS.
1000 MILES
OF THE
UNION PACIFIC
r A | l. r O A ID
ARE now COMPLETED.
267 MILES REMAIN

AZ 30 niles of the western portion Of the line,
be inning at Sacramento, are also done, but
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-02-02

Hancock VT, Jan. 80, 1869.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-15
PERFECT COMBUSTION OF COAL.

Consequently, with half the fuel they will
make double the heat Of any other contrivance
for house-warming ever invented.
/. Their operation is simple and kindling an
annual ceremony only.
2 Light fire in autumn, replenish coal ana
remove the ashes once daily, and they go on
burning until spring.
g. They radiate an even, gentle and healthtul
heat with none of that sbominable smell OF gas
and burnt iron, go usual in common stoves.
T. They will burn as bri.kly by day and as
slow by night as is desired, and can be regu-
lated TO give the degree of heat required in any
climate.
g. They completely Ventlate and illuminate
the room, thus making them as healthy and
cheerful as an open fire.
g. They are made entirely of Cast Iron, and
will not rust out as will Sheet Iron Stoves.
l. Based Upon scientific study and expert
ment, they must necessarily supcrsede all
others
8. Made in Baltimore, repairs car always be
had readily and at small cost while the cost
OF getting repairs for stoves made at q distance
generally makes it preferable to buy new ones.
Q. Their rapidly increasing popularity having
induced many to initiate them, the public
should beware. Ask for and buy only the
"MORNING GLORY !"
For sale by ENOCH GRIM
oct 6--2aw2m Nc 46 King st.