The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-08-06

apostolic age, But the Eastern Church
has remained immutable. Tho clergy
are married its creed is still that of
Constantine and of Nice the worship of
Mary has never been allowed to over
shadow the purer rites Of a cultivated
age; the priest has never aspired to a
temporal supremacy the Scriptures arc
still read in the national language in its
churches the authority of the sultan or
the czar is admitted in the selection of
its patriarches and bishops. The mild
genius of Constantine founded and cccles-
astical system that for fifteen centuries
has obeyed his precepts and reverenced
his famc.-EuGESE LAWRENCE, in Har-
pers Magazine far Augut.
@ Lights and Shadows of New York
Ltic; or the Sights and Sensations Of
the Great City a work descriptive
OF New York city in all it4 various
pha-cs Its Splendors and Wretcbed-
ness its High and Low Life; Its
Marble Palaces and Dark Dens Its
Attracti.us and Dangers; Rings and
Frauds; Its Leading Men and Politi.
clans; Its Adventures Its Mysteries
aud Crimes. BY James D. Mcuabe,
Jr.
The National Publishing Co, of Phil
adelphia, have just issued one of the most
remarkable and attractive books Of the
day. bearing the above title 1t is COM
prised in one large octave volume of $50
pages, aud illustrated with nearly 200
iue engraviugs Of noted places, life and
scenes in New York.
TO Mr.. McCibe is due the credit Of
having produced the most complete and
graphic account of the great city, and its
busy and varied life that it has been our
fortune to meet with. His book is brim
full of solid and useful information, and
abounds in descriptions of the various
public buildings of New York its palaces,
prisons, hotels. churches stores, hospitals,
&c.
The work sets forth in glowing colors
the noble work for suffering humanity,
which is going on every day in the great
city, and reveals with bold hand the
terrible crime 4; the dark mysteries, and
the hidden sins Of metropolitan life. We
are introduced into the home Of the Fifth
Avenue millionaire, aud carried with
equal interest to the squalid cellar of the
Five Points beggar. We are brought
face to face with the good and bad, the
high and the low, with leading merchants
bankers, editors, aud actors, with bum
mers, thieves, detectives and murderers,
with with working women, ballet girls, ,ad-
venturesses, and host Of others, and we
seem to be listening to their stories from
their own lips, so thoroughly does the au-
thor enchain our interest. Our warmest
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tails of their deeds of virtue anl vice
TIE history and frauds of the famous
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worth the price of the book.
In fact the book is New York in mini
ature. The authority has penetrated,
under the protection of the police, into
the darkest and most dangerous haunts of
crime in the city, and has thus been en-
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Visitors of New York, cannot hope to
sec or know as much of the city as they
learn by pcrusal of this book. To all
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for its information and for its powerful
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Those who cannot see New York for
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paid for that priva,ion by reading this
work. 1t is published in both English
aud German; sold by subscription only,
aud the publishers want agent in every
couuty.-Erchange.
4 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE,
Nor MENTIONED IN THE HISTORIES. In
1852 William r. King was elected Vice
President of the United States, on the
;cket with Franklin Pierce. The death
of Mr.. King made David II Atchison,
Of Missolri, temporary President OF the
Senate, and to all intear- aud purposes was
Vice President of the United States dur
ing the remainder Of Mr.. Pierce's term
A newspaper man called OF Mr.. Atchisou
the other day, and after some couyersa.
tion said:
"You were President of the United
States for about thirty-six hours, were
you not %
Mr.. Atchison replied "Yes, You sec
| Mr.. Pierce's time expired at midnight
Saturday, aud this being Christian
country, of course nothing was done on
Sunday. Mr. Buchanan, was inaugurated
at noon on Monday. Therefore, rs Pres
ident of the Senate | succeeded to the
Presidency when Mr. Pierce's term was
out Laughter. But | had no reaizator
of my high position until about IL
O'Clock Sunday morning. We had been
hard at work in the Senate, finishing ~
business, aud having lost much sleep
probably would have slept all day had
| not been wakened up by some persona
4 (, iends who came to congratulate NE anc
secure positions FIR certain parties. In
order to do everything in proper style,
appointed full Cabinet, aud then il j,
SAID my administration was the most sue
cesslul aud popular one ever known
there not being removal or au appoint
ment during my whole term"
kitty BRowN" the new popular son.
by the author of "Belle Mlhone," Fad
ed Coat of Blue etc, is issued by Pon.
& Co., New York.