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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

| The BRITISH FURRY, -Discusslon
over the new departure in our relation
with Great Britain continue to absorb
a large amount of space in the columns Of
the leading journals of Gotham.
The Times says, in this connection, two
facts now stand out very clearly-num-
Der one, that England will not consent to
refer the claims to arbitration as they at
present stand, and number two, that the
United States Government will not mod
iiy its cease" 1t argues, therefore, that
"tho Geneva Conference is a failure ~
aud believes the Alabama claims are des-
tined to be included among the numerous
permanently unsettled disputes which
cause ill-iecling between nations and
threatens the peace Of the world.
The Herald, commenting on the Eng
lish cease says that it is merely "a plea
in abatement Of a judgment which Eng
land seems to anticipate will be decided
against her. and "read by the Premier
Gladstonc's bitter and insulting charac-
torizaton OF our case, il shows how Eng
lands traditional insincerity proclaims
the holowncss Of her professions of friend
ship" The Herald is satisfied that "if
the treaty is thrown overheard it will not
surprise us so much as the result of leav-
ing the question for a future day to set
tie will astonish them
The Tribune'S Washington correspon-
dent takes different and somewhat I'M
American view of the subject. He as
serts that while President Grant has de-
clarcd that our position must be main
tanned, and the sentiment Of Congress
strongly supports him, that nevertheless
seven among the best friends Of the Ad.
ministration the conviction is gaining
ground that the business has been wretch
eddy managed And the writer goes on
to say that eve have presented doubt
full bill, Of such enormous magnitude that
all Europe stands amazed at it = that
''tho English journals have reason for
exclaiming that total subjugation would
not have cost them so much" and that
"a Senator who has devoted some time
to the study of the American case re-
pOIt> lidt tnc CutlIc sum Cidiulcu III tlai
document amounts to about 81 800, 000,-
000;' that that no politician Or states
man or member Of the Administration
who has intelligcntly considered the sub
ject believes now, or ever has believed,
that the arbitrator will award us dol
lar of consequential damages" and that
not even Senator Sumner had any such
expectation even before the present cx-
citement. These statements would be en-
titled to more consideration were it not
that their author is clearly hostile to the
Administration, and more intent on doing
injury, if possible, to the President than
getting at the merits of the question at
issue between the two governments.
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local legislation, over Two centuries old
In view Of these very ancien, preccdcnts,
cited from Ocal igon's translation Of the
local laws Of New Netherlands we may
well enquire, if excise laws in relation
to tho sale of liquors are not constitu-
tional?
The right Of the taking power, to real.
izo means for the support Of government
out OF this business, 90 the capital invest
mcnt therein tie same as out of any
other branch of business is not the aues.
ton. For oil conccdc that the manufac.
ture aud sale Of liquor, should not be cx-
cludcd from taxation, to tho prejudice of
other industries, it is claimed by our
national government, and not disputed by
any that the government is tho ulti.
mate judge of how much or how littlo of
the public burdens. should be born by a
particular branch of business.
But tho question is, has the govern.
ment national or State the right to sub.
ect the manufacture and sale of liquors,
and Intoxicating drinks to police regula-
tons not applicable to other branches of
business by requiring in addition to the
internal revenue license, given to any one
on payment of the government tax.
Special license from local municipal au.
thority predicated on the assumption that
such pursuit is unsafe to the community,
if left open and free like other employ.
ments ; and on the necessity of restricting
their trade to persons possessing certain
qualifications requires by law to be judged
of by boards of excise ?
The proposition wo maintain is, that
the government has the right to regulate
and even to prohibit the sale ofintoxicat.
ing drinks.
Your constitutional advocates of free
trade in liquor, might with equal propri-
city advocate the free sale to all claims Of
persons. Every other species Of poison
without any respect 10 prescribed regula'
tons of labels, and notice to purchasers
of the character or danger of the COM
munity so dealt out. How restricting the
sale of gun-powder, are equally uuconsti.
tutional. Improperly is the only interest
to be protected By law; then all regard
in statutes to the public wealth, and pub.
lie morals, where the value Of property
or Its sale, may be affected are equally
unconstitutional Though since the cele
bratcd decision, in the interest of thu
liquor trade, no law has been enacted to
bring up this question before our highes
Courtyet fit ever comes up again, such
a light reflected on the character of oul
civilization as that cmcnating from tina
decision, will not likely 60 down to pos
terity. The interests of public moral,
and the happiness Of society will receiv,
in any future judgment better rccogni
ton than in this case, in Kernon-tha
smack so significantly with the liquo
sellers philosophy Iftimc permit, may
show further, the prcrogatives, claimed
by our colonial and State governments
on this subject, as entirely consistent will
prohibitory law, but must not for tho
present
Williamsburgh, n. Y, Jan. 20, 1872
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The Anglo-American FURY.

The excitement over the claim for con.
sequentia damages by the United States
in the Alabama arbitrations now in pro-
gress at Geneva, has partially subsidized
in England and the agitation in this
country, in consequence, is materially
lessencd. The amount of the claims
naturally astonishcd John Bull, but We
apprehend that all the buster Of the
English press for the last two weeks has
been rather with the idea of Lying us
into q concession, or the arbitrators into
n more favorable decision for them. We
do not believe they have ever contemplat.
ed SO foolish thing as the reputation
Of the treaty because unexpected claims
have been presented.
The English side of the case drawn up
for the consideration of the Geneva Court
of Arbitration is the opposite in nearly
all respects of that on the American side,
which has been making recently such an
uproar in England. 1t denies that Eng
land is in any degree responsible for the
Georgia and Shenandoah cruisers. The
Alabama and Florida, it says, though
suitable by their construction for vessels
of-war, were not armed for war when
they respectively departed from the
waters Of the United Kingdom. They
had then no armament whatever, and
they did not receive any until after they
had arrived at places very remote from
Great Britain and out Of the control Of
Her Majesty's Government. The case
details the course Of Minister Adams
with respect to the Alabama from the
British point Of vciw. 1t narrates the
difficulties Of dealing with such ascs,and
tries 10 explain away the hospitality ac-
corded to rebel cruisers in British ports,
as being in accordance with strict British
neutrality. 1t affirms that no serious
cndeavors to intercept or capture any OF
these vessels during the times of their re-
spective cruises appear to have been made
by the Government of the United States
and the losses inflicted by them would
probably have been in great measure
averted had reasonable activity and dill
gence been exerted by that Government
and its officers for that purpose.
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LONDON, Feb. 0. The Post regrets
the vehcmence of the English press in its
attack on America, because it may stand
in the way Of an amicablc settlement.
The Standard sees in the difficulty so
suddenly risen source Of grave anxiety
and great possible danger, as an unfortu-
nate accident might at any moment pre-
cipitate quarrel. 1t feels sure the Uni
ted States will not withdraw their claims
and it advises all parties to support the
Government in maintaining the position
Great Britain has assumed.
BERLIN, Feb. 0. In the Dict to-day
during a debate on the education bill
Bismarck said that the Government was
disposed to propitiatc the Roman Catho-
lies, but its patience was exhausted. He
announced it as the policy of Prussia
hereafter TO Germanize the Polish schools
as France had Gallicised those of Alsace
and Lorraine.
PARIS, Feb. 8. The Patrie says that
the committee of the National Assembly
investigating tho facts connected with
the capitulation Of the French fortified
tons and armies during The recent wal
has obtained proof of Marshal Bazaine'l
treachery to the republic.
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The COUNTY TEMPERANCE Society
Let it be remembered holds its annual
meeting on Wednesday, the 2lst instant
Let it not be forgotten. Let those who
occupy public positions, cergymen, Sun.
day School Superintendent, Officers Of
temperance organizations, and of Christ.
ian Associations, all see to it that special
notice be given of this meeting accom-
panied with earnest, rousing exhortations
to attend.
Let no one think that this is to be q
meeting for merely eecting the officers iii
the formal, dull, usual style, by dozen
venerable citizens, who will meet, shake
hand coolly, on cool day, over a cold
subject, look blue and discouraged, talk
in whispers huskily, and with suspicious
of being reported too literally, and that
they may possibly catch the mortal dis.
temper Of the cause. and so soon die
themselves.
1t will not be anything of this sort, il
all live temperance men, who read this
and other notices, will attend and do all
they can, to secure the attendance Of
others. Especially will not it not be So
if those who claim to be "tbe light Of thu
icorld," and "Fhe salt ofthe earth," and
who know Of this meeting, make it sub.
ject Of special, earnest prayer and
thought, and rally their churches to attend
And 'chy uW you nOt2 1t will not be
such meeting as we have described, il
parents will bring out their sons and
daughters, and thus avail themselves Of
its instrumentality, to aid them, in lead
ing their children to love temperance, and
hate intcmpcrance And mW you mol
DO so?
Finally it Will be no meager affair il
the iadies Of the County alone, will take
this matter Of attendance into their hands
and by their effective, though mild per.
suasions, induce their lords and families
to be there. II'W mt the ladies thus
act -
We expect 10 have live speeches from
live and earnest men, who will adapt
themselves to the audience before them
So that each shall have the portion
they need Among them, Rev Mr.
Stone, agent of the State Society will be
present
Let not then, the love of money, OF
the love ofpleasure, or any other adverse
affection, get before and in their way oil
a cause so important as that which will
be represented on the 2lst. Why should
not Addison County be the banner Coun.
ty for temperance, as well as virtue, NOR.
atty, religion ? And will not, and does moi
the effective advocacy ofthe temperance
cause, 60 far towards the promotion O.
all good things? Sure it is, if rum is tc
sweep on unchecked, our hope of any
thing good, will sink and die, while uni
versal i'll will spread its blight and curs'
on every side. Rally, Rally
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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1872.

Sz..The especial ground on which we,
in New England, have been asking for
the denomination Of President Grant are
not his craftsmanship, his briliancy Of
talents, or his morality in general, but
because we have supposed him to be a
man of rare integrity. Charges Of dis.
honesty arc cheap. Anyone can make
them. Usually they need not be denied,
for the evidence of their falsity accom-
pany the charges. But there is charge
to which we referred last week, which
processes to be backed up by positive
proofs, that is damaging in the extreme.
We refer to the appointment of James
f. Lcgate as Governor Of Washington
Territory. Will not the especial organs
of the Post Office Department in this
section Of the country, Messrs Free Press
and Fermontcr at least say that the
statements of the Tribune correspondent
which we published last week are false
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

AMERICAN STEEL MANuFAcruRE.-At
the present time Great Britain has six
hundred furnaces annually consuming up
ward of 100000 tons of ore, and
bringing out product in pig metal Of
5,500,000 tons, valued at more than
s675,000,000. This production is not
so great as that of the United States
and in the last ten years the increase of
the manufacture in the latter country has
been 30 per cent, while that Of Great
Britain has only reached A per cent.
Several enthusiastic Americans lay this,
evidently with much reason to the limit
cd supply Of good ores in Great Britain,
and the increased expense of raising them
from the beds below the surface. Eng
land is now importing all the best grades
of ores she cannot furnish any which
are fit for the higher grades Of steel and
companies have even been organized by
British manufacturers for importation of
these ores from Spain. America has an
opportunity to usurp much of the field
heretofore occupied by the English, mas
much ia as Indiana, in Missouri and on
the borders Of Lake Superior there are
vast deposits Of ore, free from phosphorus
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

Connecticut is IN many respects a mo-
del state. She wants new State House
Like other states she has obcyed the
Scripture injunction and counted the
cost thereof; but unlike most other
states, she refuses to build a House she
has not the money to pay for. Her Cap
itol Commission have rejected all the
plans that have been offered and decided
that unless they can build for $1,000
they will not build at all.
The Memphis Appeal says the reform,
possum, passive movement pervades In
diana quotes the Nashville Union to
show how it is spreading in Tennessee,
and speaks for itself as follows: 1.-The
South has everything to gain and nothing
to loo by any political revolution, and
We are, therefore, content TO await dcvel-
opments and accept any suggestion or
approve any fusion of parties that will
surely relieve us of the autocracy OF
viilainy.'.
An American now travelling in Eng
land says the drinking habits Of her peo-
plc are enough to shock eve the moder.
ate drinker Of the United States, and
drive him, if anything can, to a belief in
total abstinence At concert in theatre,
and in tho railway carriage, it is no I'M
common, but a very usual sight, to sec
the well-dresscd lady take a bottle of
brandy or sherry from her pocket or her
bag aud suck it unblushingly. 1t takes
considerable brass, and Indifference to So
cial degradation, for man to dare to do
that with us. Cergymou tipple the no.
bic aud the ignoble are equally addicted
to drink, and beggars think more Of a
dram than dinner.
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and the other noxious Ingredients which
render the English ores so useless for the
manufacture of steel In natural ami
artificial communications, it is claimed,
this iron region is surpassed by none on
earth. Indiana, it is predicted, will be
the future seat Of steel manufacturing, as
there lies vast body of fossil fuel which
has all the merits Of charc,a! as Il rcduc-
ing agent.
Ex-senator james w. Grimes Of Iowa
died at his home in Burlington IN that
state Wednesday night. He was ma.
tive Of Francestown' \. H., where he was
born in 1916, aud graduate Of Dart.
mouth college in 1886, soon after which
date he removed to the West He was
governor Of Iowa from 1854 to 1859, be.
ing elected to the United States Senate
in the latter year. He was reelected for
the senatorial term expiring in 1871, but
was obliged to resign some years ago on
account of i'll health, and has since trav.
eled in Europe with the vain hope Of throw.
ing off the disease that has at length
proved fatal. Before going to Iowa
young Grimes studied law with james
Walker at Petcrboro, n H., and was
one of the first educated attorney,
who practiced in the courts of that terri
tory. He traverscd its whole extent aud
when he was chosen governor of the
state in 1854 was probably better known
to its citizens than any other Iowan a:
governor he was o practical and rad
ical Of the most advanced kind, and ii
1856 allowed some hundreds Of state
muskets to be sent over the border into
Nebraska and Kansas to arm the free
state settlers against the border ruf6ans
In the Senate he became much more con
sentative, and in the latter years Of hi
senatorship was good deal criticised
for his course. His special duty ii
the Senate was on the naval committee
but he was prominent in general debate
being a man of strong sense, clear heac
and positive convictions.
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Dental Notice.

GAS! Gas! GAs!-Dr. II. Turrll, of
Middlebury will be the first TO use 10
dental operations the Liquid Nitrous
Oxide, the first use of which, in this
country, was made by DR.. j. NJ. Sims,
Of New York, Oct. l3th,in surgery. The
process Of liquifying the Nitrous Oxide
was discovered by an English chemist,
about two years ago, and it was used in
this form with success by the army surg.
cons 10 the Franco Prussiau war.
DR.. Cotton, of New York, reports bav.
ing administered it to 54,977 patients
without single accident. 45;4w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

The New York Times, referring tc
the new departure of the Connecticut
Democracy, says that in addition to this
"ticklish compromise with the Missouri
intrigue they labor under very pa pa
bic disadvantage in the breakdown OF
the Tammany treasury and the Tammany
reserve of rcpeaters. Tweed, and Wood
ward and Ingersoll, and Garvey, and
many other members Of the gorgeous
Americas Club, whose members rallied
every spring to help the party in the
State which was honorcd with their sum.
mer dissipation, will not this year shed
the efFulgence Of their stolen diamond:
about the pools of Norwich. Not only
is the trick of the Democracy desperate
and dangerous one, but it is made in the
face of united Republican party, and
with resources heavily reduced by the de
ieat Of their allies in this State"
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merely tho work that is immoral--it is
the place Whenever we paint men, lhorc
must be a grossness. which counot be
placed before all eyes and whenever the
thcater is elevated and loyal, it can live
only by using the coors Of truth The
theater being the picture or the statue OF
the passions and social manners, it must
ever be immoral, the passions and social
manners, being themselves immoral"
Let those who plead for thcaters, eli.
ther as place for instruction on innocent
amusement, ponder well the testimony Of
this reluctant yet truthful witness.
A. +. BAILEY.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

WHAT IS VEoETiNE?-It is a compound extract
ed from banks, roots and herbs, 1t is Nature;
Remedy 1t is perfectly harmless from any bad
effect upon the system. IL is nourishing ind
Strengthening, II acts directly upon the blood.
1t quiets the nervous system. 1t gives You good,
sweet sleep at night. 1t is great panaoel for
our aged sathers and mothers; for it gives them
strength quiets their nerves, and gives them Ma
lures sweet slecp,-as has been proved by many
an aged person. 1t is the great Blood Purifier
1t is soothing remedy for our children. IL has
relieved thousands. It is very pleasant to take
every child likes il. 1t relieves and cures all di-
seases originating from impure blood. Try the
Vegetine Give it fair trial for your complaints;
then you will say to your friend neighbor and
acquaintance, CRY it, it has cured ue.'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

New YoRK.-Mayor Hall was arraign.
ed, on Saturday last, before Judge Bed.
ford at the General Sessions, in the city
of New York.
The Judge accepted bail for Hall in
the sum Of $4,000, and set down the case
for trial next Monday There were
five indictments handed in against Mayor
Hall for misdemeanor, in having corrupt.
ly neglected to audit certain claims
against the city of New York, in respect
to which certain duties were to be dis.
charged by defendent by virtue of his of,
fee as Mayor OF the city.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-02-13

DIED SUDDENLY OF HEART DISEASE
How common is tho announcement
Thousands are suddenly swept into
eternity by this fatal malady. This dis
ease generally has its origin in impure blood
filled with irritating, poisonous materials,
which, circulating through the heart ir-
ritato its delicate tissues Though the
irritation may al first be only slight, pro-
ducing little palYitation or irregular
action, yet By and By the disease becomes
firmly seated, and inflammation, or hype-
trophy, or thickenng Of the lining mem
branc, or Of the valves, is produced.
How wise to give early attention to a
case of this kind Unnatural throbbing
or pain in the region of the hear; should
admonsh ono that all is not right, and if
you would preserve it from further dis
case, you mnst help it to beat rightly by
the use Of such remedy as shall remove
the cause of the trouble. Use Dr., Piorce's
Golden Medical Discovery before the dis
ease has become too seated. And it
will, by its great blood purifying and
wonderful regulating properties effect a
perfect cure. 1t contains medicinal pro-
pertics which act specifically upon the
tissues Of the heart, bringing about Il
healthy action. Sold By all fret class
Druggists. ISL.
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An investigation into the printing
frauds at Albany shows that the State
printers regularly subsidized the clerks of
the House and Senate. One Armstrong
got s2500 for work put into tho hands Of
the Argus Company, and the small sum
Of $500 was paid Hiram Calkins as a
present, Edward P. Phelps got $40, 900
for lobbying for Weed, Parsons & Co.
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ON PREJuDIcEs ARE DYING our-Now facts
are killing thom Tho idea that invalids weak
ed by disease can be relieved by prostrating them
with destructive drugs, is no longer entertained
except by mon maniaes. Ever since the intro
ducton of DR.. Wllser's Vinegar Ditters II has
been obvious that their regulating and invisorat-
ing properties are all-suficieut for the cure Of
chronic indigestion, rheumatism, constipation,
diarrhea, nervous affections, and mslarous fe-
vers, and they are now the Standard remedy for
these complaints in every section T tho Onion.