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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

A party of gentlemen Japs from Jed
do are at Annapolis, Md, ON u visit to
the japanese cadets that are in the Ma
val Academy at that place.
An unreconstructed Alabama paper
thinks Cakes Ames could obtain more
votes for President than any other man
in the United States,
William Chapman, though aged SO, is
laborer for the Butterfly Iron Com
pany, in Derbyshire, England. He
never drank and never smoked.
Senator Sumner, it is said, feels the
absence of comment by the press on
his health, and thinks like Republics
the members are ever ungrateful.
A Chicago clergyman has given dig
nifty to the game of billiards by speak
ing of the Calculation of angels de
scribed by the infringement of spherical
surfaces" Lord, what thing learn
ing Is.
Mr. John Livingstone. the brother OF
the African explorer, has met with 4
heavy disaster, in the destruction by
fire of his business establishment IN
Listowell, Canada, recently. The SAINT
fire destroyed n great part of the bust
ness section of the town.
The German geographical! socieiie.
ropose TO send an expedition 10 eN-
plore the western part of frica ant
supplement the discoveries of DR.. Xiv
ingstone. A considerable sum OF mon
ey has already been rail- ed to meet thl
expenses of the undertaking.
tSennr Emilia CASTELAR, has Issued il
81 anish "Iifenf Lord Byron which
Is said, will he one of The most oligina
monuments of Spanish literature. !
is volume Of 10 pages. senior Caste
lar Is not only q mort wonderful oraio"
but u deep student In literary history
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

The Greenfield Gazette and Courier
speaking of the exhibition at the clos
ing of the Powers Institute at Bern
ardston of which Prof. a. J. Sanborn
is Principal says: Powers Institute is
we'll worthy of the high esteem in
which it is held, and is deserving the
patronage of the public. 1t has never
been favored with better corps of in
structors than at the present time. The
Principal is LIVE MAN, with admira-
BILE qualifications for his position full
of energy and enthusiasm, working
wisely and faithfully for the good of
his scholars. Under the management
and with such assistance as he now has
in the different departments of instruc-
ton, the school cannot be otherwise
than prosperous and highly beneficial
to those who attend regularly. Facili-
ties are here enjoyed for receiving an
education that will fit those who i'm
prove them, either for business, for
teaching or for college. 1t would be
difficult to find school located in a
village more pleasant and healthfuI
with moral influences so pure and ele-
waiting. At the recent examination
the students acquitted themselves no.
ply. No labored preparation was made
for a splendid exhibition at the close OF
the winter term, this being considered
by Mr.. Sanborn as waste of the stu
dents time, without leaving any per
manent benefit behind,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25
4 SSIGNEE'S SALE.

win he sold at Public auction in Whiting, on
Wednesday March 2tth, 1873 at the residence
Of T.. A. Casey, the following described real es-
a.o. viz:
The home farm, now occupied by Il. A. Casey,
nppo-ed to contain ~ acres Of land Also ono
uiher piece or land, containing % acres Also
t,yo bis in Whiting swamp, one containing Z
ncros, tho other acres of land.
Sale 10 commence at ! o'clock II. m. Terms
mad, known ON day Of sale.
r. BROOKINs Assignee.
shar'llm, March 10, 1919 5li3w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

The LAW OF LIBEL -ln order to sat
isfy some who are anxious to know if We
are not liable to prosecution for libel, for
reporting certain facts which were no
credit to the parties implicated, we give
Sec. 96 Of Chap 80 General Statutes,
as follows:
when any person shall be prosecuted
by indictment or information, for uttering
and publishing any libel, or defamlng the
civil authority OF this state, the respon-
dent may plead the general issue, not
guilty, aud may give in evidence to the
jury the truth Of the words contained in
such supposed libel, as set forth in such
indictment or information and if the
truth of the words contained in such sup
posed libel, as set forth in such indict-
ment or information. is proved to the
satisfaction of the jury, they shall bring
in their verdict not guilty"
There is another point which is only
implicitly stated in the above section, but
upon which the practice Of the Vermont
Courts, we believe, corresponds with the
New York law which reads as follows :
mo reporter, editor, or proprietor OF
any newspaper shall be liable to any &C.
ton, civil or criminal, for fair or true
report in such newspaper, fany judicial,
legislative, or other public official pro-
ceedings, or any statement, speech ar
gument, or debate in the course of the
same, except upon actual proof Of malice. u
In general, we might add, that nc
journalist 10 Vermont is in danger OF
having to pay more than nominal damag'
es for any statements he may make in the
ordinary narration ofincidentS and events
unless it becomes evident to the court
that he did not exercise reasonable care
to give correct version, or that he was
Influenced by malice. Public men aud
their official acts are always Legitimate
nbjects of criticism. a libel suit in the
courts at Rutland has lately resulted in
verdict of nominal damages for the
plaintiff.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

outside pressure. The accounts having
all ben regularly audited and approved
by u committee elected annually by the
boudholders themselves for that purpose,
they are esiopped from any further pro-
cedure at present. Al the testimony in
troluced by the petitioners failed entire
ly to sustain any of the charges made
against the trustees and MANNERS
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Tue VERMONT CENTRAL LITIGATION -
The hearing Of the petition of the Yer
mont and Canada railroad against the
Managers Of the Vermont Central and
Vermont and Canada railroad, for the
payment of Sl2 900 rent due last Deem
Der also, their petition for the summary
removal Of the managers, and the petition
of the first mortgage bond-holders for the
removal Of the managers. was terminal
cd Friday by the withdrawal Of all the
petitions, the Court ruling that the charg.
es made against the trustees were a mat.
ter Of accounting. 1t was ordered that
the managers file their accounts in court
4,rthwith, when the Vermont aud Canada
will have the right to object to any item
and bring the matter properly before the
Court, and upon proof Of fraud or i'm
proper accounting, simple motion will
be sufficient to have the managers re-
moved. The President Of the Vermont
and Canada railroad ,hereupon made a
short speech in reply to the ruling, re-
fectiDg somewhat upon the Court md
stating that an accounting was not " hat
they wanted. WhereupoD the Coari
withdrew the order for the manager to
Tile accounts. This makes i. APPEAR nj
that the Vermont and Canada railroad
officers are satisfied that the accounts oil
the managers are all right, and thai they
would not find anything objectionabla Il
them, and shows that they only hoped tc
casy their point and Gust the trustees by
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

NEWSPAPER POSTAGE far rs we
can learn, the only change made in
npstQtlice regulations so far as postage
following clause attache1 'tSRea by the
appropriation bill:
PROVIDED, That all laws and parts
of laws permitting the transmission by
mail of any free matter whatever be.
and the same are hereby repealed from
and after June 30th, 1878.
This provision is an important one to
newspaper proprietors, who will be re-
quired to pay postage on exchanges.
Weekly newspapers, too, which now
go through the mails free within the
counties in which they are printed will
lose that privilege. Subscribers on and
after July lst, next, will be obliged to
pay on weekles five cents quarterly, no
matter where the same are printed.
The postage on dailies also remains at
80 cents n quarter.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Commenting upon the Presidents
Cabinet appointments, TIE SPRING
FIELD REPUBLICAN says, 1--WE share
the undisguised suspicion of the whole
country that the nomination of Mr..
Richardson is one of the worst ever
made by the President not that there
is anything offensive in the character
of Mr., Richardson, but that he is an
imitator and a small edition of his pre-
decessor, when the country cannot af-
ford limitations and abridgements. The
country Is in that position when it
needs to get the best unabridged.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

a complete account Of the cruise in
search of the steamer George S. Wright
confirms the fears that she has been lost,
with ull on board. Portions Of the wreck
of the steamer have been seen scattered
along the coast hundreds of miles north
of Cape Caution, where it is supposed
the vessel was lost, and sign.board,
with the name printed on it, was picked
up by the captain Of the steamer Gussic
Telfair.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

DHAm FROM ABoRuoN.-Tne recent
death at Wolc1lt, Of Ida, daughter Of G,
Y. PeeS, gigi of eighteen years caused
much excitement, which at leugth led t.
action on the p,gt oftho authorities At
f st her Aocease vas attributed to Ct,
bus the dl.rolt stories relative to tho
matter, some Of which were traced to her
ogn family, led people TO suspect that
SOM thing wls wrong Hence u conf
pAia, wi- entered TO States Attorney
Niles, a. olusel . post ortem examin-
a.ion to be made, ana the physicians un'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

A lovely, but unfortunate woman
who for reasons didn't reside with her
husband, in Hartford, Conn, recently
sent him little souvenir to soothe his
solitude. This token of affection is
thus described: "The box was divided
by partition in the center, and con-
tanned three pounds gunpowder, The
under side of the cover was spread with
sand-paper, and bearing against it were
matches, so arranged that as the cover
should slide it would pull the matches
up with force and cause them to ig-
mite" This aimable casket was sus-
pected at once, and the matron's little
plan to become widow frustrated.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

The appointment of ex-senator Saw
yer of South Carolina to be Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury is another of
those surprises which the President
probably enjoys. Mr.. Sawyer has not
been specially prominent in financial
affairs since he has been IN the Senate.
lie distinguished himself however, by
opposing the thieving rings of his own
State, and has secured such a reputa-
ton for exact honesty that he goes into
the Treasury Department with great
deal to be said in his favor,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Congress has failed to define the rela-
tive jurisdiction of the Federal and
Territorial Courts in Utah, so the two
systems of judicious administration are
once more in confusion. Offenders
convicted and sentenced by one court
are released by another, and neither
rogues nor honest men are likely to get
their dues. This is an aggravating case
of Congressional neglect.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

THE New HAMPSHIRE ELEcrIoN.-lt
appears from the full official returns OF
the New Hampshire election that the Re-
rublicans have carried the Governor, a
majority of the councils, and both branch
es of the Legislature by small majorities.
In the Congressional canvass they made
a gain of one, if not of two members. and
it is generally conceded that it had not
been for the back.pay vote of Congress
the State would have gone Republican
by several thousand. One of the lessons
of this campaign is that the people of the
United States rer ain permanently divided
into two almost equal parties, and that
popular dissatisfaction is always manifest
ed by the success of the previous mlnorl'
ty, more as punishment than in the
hope of obtaining relief. Another lesson
is, tina. the party which has majority
in both houses of Congress is held respon.
sible for the character of the laws enacted
Notwithstanding the record shows that
only minority of the members OF the
majority party voted for their enactment.
This is not altogether just, because it re-
lieves the minority from all responsible
tY, and euables it to secure unpopular leg
few members -6cio6gngb!tain the aid of +
party.
1t is to be horcd that individual men,
hers will be held mole strictly accounta.
bic for incoDsiderate legislation, aid that
party names will not shield them from re-
pudiation by their constituencies.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Mat Torpey,who was hanged by lynch
ers near Monterey, Cal, Monday, made
will giving $1,000 to Nicholson, the
husband of his victim. Nicholson wit
messed the lynching, and Torpey begged
his forgiveness, and asked him to place
his hands on his head as he knelt, which
the former did. The people of Montery
strongly condemn the action of the mob
in hanging Torpey.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Some San Francisco law students
had spirited debate recently, on the
most judicious line of defence that
might have been adopted in the Cain
Abel case, according to the evidence
presented. One earnest speaker advo-
Gated the iustifiable homicide view, and
another built up plausible suicide
theory. illustrating his argument with
ingenious handling of a large club and
diagrams of battered skulls. The meet
ing finally decided in favor of the emo
tional insanity line, as the best adapted
to the confounding of the average ante
diluvian juryman.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25
MIDDLE Blu RY,

Bring here your old pictures of friends who are
gone,
We'll copy and frame them, or get them well done
In Ink. Oil, or Crayon, to suit any taste.
IT'S better by far than foolishly waste
Any money outof-town swindlcrs Just call
And leave all such orders Mt Poverty Hall.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

We yield TO none in alteration of the
memory of George Washington and his
hatchet; but 1t must he said that al
though he drew his salary with COM
mendablc promptness and regularity,
he never proclaimed AN intention to de
vote any Of his back pay 10 benevolent
purpOsse.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Our MEMBER AND THE SALARY STEAL.
Our member, Mr.. Willard, has gone
south through Virginia, the Carolinas
and Georgia to Florida. lie purposes
to visit New Orleans before his return
north and may be absent until May. We
are glad to learn that he has not drawn
his part Of the salary steal. If it is to
be drawn and devoted to some purpose
designed to benefit his constituents as he
purposes, we can conceive Of No way in
which this commendable purpose could
he better accomplished than by founding
a scholarship IN Middlebury College for
each county in bis district, as he has
thought of doing We don't wonder that
some Of the more conscientious Congress
men feel little delcacy about handling
the aocursed price Of dishonor-not their
own, we are happy to say,-but of their
associates who voted for the bill.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25
DIED.

In Panton, the 18th inst, johnson @. Walker,
in the Goth year Of his ago.
In Burlington, tho llth inst, Mrs. Lydia S.
Grant, widow Of the late Deacon Charles Grant,
aged SO years.
In Salisbury, March 10, William p. Dewey.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Blackheads and Fleshworms, use Perrys lmprov-
ed medonc and Pmple Remedy, tho great skin
medicine. Prepared only by DR.. b. C. Perry,
Dermatologist 40 Bond street. n. Y. Sold by
Druggists everywhere. Ism
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

We read of n snnguinary duel fought
i'm the Boulevard de CourcelIcs. Paris.
Two women had uuarrcled tof course)
about man, and agreed to decide their
dispute with knives. They set to their
bloody work Ia house, and one of them
was MORALLY, the other dangerously
wounded. As usual, the man suffers
also, and for some reason has been ar
rested, though to be loved by two wom-
en- at the same time would seem to be
punishment enough in itself.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25
Mioolrburp Heelster
TUESDAY. MARCH rs, 1879.

x-An exciting case at Urbaua, Ohio,
which occupied the present term of court
for several days, uodor the Adair Liquor
Law. wherein Margaret Martin, OF St.
Paris, sued Johu Briddie for five thou
saud dollars damage for selling liquor to
her husband, has been decided, the jury
awarding tho plaintiff one thousand dol
lars.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25
STUDIO,

Here are smaller card pictures and photographs
framed,
And all of tho types" that Webster has named,
Stereoscopes, frames, and stereo-yiews
Of scenes about home, and abroad, if you choose.
The place to buy pictures life size or small,
Is in unprotending old Poverty Hall"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

anlmously agreed that she died from the
effects of an abortion Her family deni.
cd all knowledge of the matter at FIRST
but afterwards said the mischief had been
done while she was at work at the wash.
board, and then that she fell from chair
while hanging up clothes, injuring herself
SO that she lost two quarts of blood in ten
minutes.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

BACK Pay. AS an illustration Of the
manner in which the Congressional back
pay steal is regarded by thepcople, the Leg
islaturc of Illinois, now in session. prompt
ly passed censure nron all member.
from tina, state who voted for the bill and
the Legislature Of Ohio not only censures
the members from that state who voted
for it but all who took it after voting
against it, We are glad to note the fact
that Hon. W. b. Roberts, of the 9th. New
York district not only refused to receive
the $4,000, but ordered its return to the
United States treasury. We TAIL to find
much consolation in the virtue o. some
members who take the money and devote
it to some public or charitable purpose.
1t looks little as though they were en-
deavoring TO place it where it will do the
most good" No doubt they are aware that
there is to be another election in their
district, in the not very remote future.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Their maine is legion" may be applied to
those who die annually of Consumption although
science has of late years sensibly diminished their
number. 1t is gratifying to know that he gen.
eral use of DR.. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry Is
largely instrumental in attaining this end,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

OR SALE. The Cheshire Marble
| quarry. large Marble MIL win elgh'
eral tenement houses in good condition, some
Marble Stock, a blacksmith shop and TOOLS ana
All the fixtures tlcleto belonging,
Inquire Of J.. =, krspp, Ira ". CiarN, o. w,
Mnleh,hev. nj as n.ee Of the Vermont Mhpi
Co. 80,
Midil,bury, Vt, Nov' Is is'l'
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

CATAnHH-Use Rcnne's Paie-Killing Magic
and also nhao the strong odor of the oil fr I'M n
CLOTH time after time, to act on the mucus mem
brane, cleansing and healing; and also mix the
Magic Oil with water, and gnrglo the throat oft
on. Try it for few days, it don't cost much.
Sold by W. NJ Dnv '
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Try THE POPULAR REMEDY for coughs colds.
hoarseness, and all diseases of tho throat and
lungs,-Weeks Magic Compound. 1t relieves
and cures with astonishing rapidity and certain
ty. 1t truly works like Magic. Sold by drug
gists. Ac.on
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

Whereas, some Of our competitors state that our
peatl crockery ware is not imported, but Ameri-
,an make, We offer to any one the above reward
If tliey will find single piece of Maddock's Pearl
Stoue China in our stock that is not imported.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-03-25

ANOTHER Brutal MURpER.-New
York Marcel 2l.-Charles Goodrich,
brother Of W. ". Goodrich, was found
this morning ia the basemen; of one of
row of handsome brown stone dwellings in
Degraw street near Fifth avenue, Brook
lyn, with pistol shot wounh through his
head and deep wouni over the right eye,
leaving little doubt that the me, his death
at the hands Of burglar,
New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-11
FOREIGN,

Liverpool Arrivals-An Independent 4fGs
vana J0urnal-The Restless Spirits OF
Spain-Threats Against the Governs
ment-State Government of Andalusin-z
Bismarck's Speech Yesterday-Li'nit'
ingP0wers of Catholic Ciergy-k Kings
Mother Dead,
LIVERPOOL, March I0.-Arrived-Queen
OF England, from New Orleans; Florence
Nightingale, from New Orleans; British
Queen, from Mobile; Bombay, from Savan.
nah; Kate Troop, from Savannah; Arbitra'
tor, from Savannah; Onward, from Charles
ton; Emily Lothinite, from Charleston;
Cynthia Palmer. from Galveston; jayne
from Galveston Kawee, from Mobile.
HAVANA, March l0.-In answer to certain
propositions, the Tribune announces edit0s
rally that it will not sell itself or it's opins
ions.
PARIS, March 10.-A letter from Madrids
under date of Saturday last, says it was res
ported in that city ON that day that twenty
two of the provinces of Spain had threat
ened to discontinue their recognition of the
government of Madrid if the Assembly is
not dissolved. 1t was also reported that
threats had been made, by the authorities
of Catalonia to declare the independence
OF that province.
MADRID, March l0.-Senor Pi y Margall,
Minister of the Interior, presides over the
Ministerial Council in the absence of Pres
ident Figueras. The Radical Deputies
from Andalusia have called meeting of
all Andalusian deputies in the Assembly to
consider proposition for setting up fed
eral State government in Andalusia based
on free trade and free ports. The federal
lists are organizing revolutionary central
committee in Madrid.
The irrecOncilabes have made attempts
to seduce the troops of the garrison from
their loyalty to the government, but with
out success.
BERLIN, March 10.-Prince Bismarck
made powerful speech to-day, in the upper
house of the Prussian Diet, in support of a
bill limiting the powers of the Roman
Catholic clergy. &
Queen Pauline mother of the King of
Wurtem berg, died to-day, aged seventy
three years.
PARIS, March l0-A dispatch from Bay
onne says the Carlists in the Spanish pro-
vince of Guippuzzoa have cut up the rail
way track and burned several stations
between San Sebastian and Inun. Travel
between these two towns is entirely sus~
| pended.
4 band of insurgents is threatening 1nuEs
| and it is feared the town will fall into theiS
| hands.
LONDON. March iG-Cardinai Cuflen's
pastoral letter strongly derOunces the lrish
University bill.
Strong hopes are entertained that tho
strike of the Welsh miners is about over.
A special from Berlin to the Times says.
Germany refuses to evacuate Belfort til2
the payment of the war indemnity is COM
pleted by France"
The German government appropriates
S0,000,0 900 thalers for the construction OF
ships and shipyards.