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Washington telegraph., 1851-07-30

A FATAL DUEL.-We are grieved to
notice the lamentable issue Of q meeting
that took place yesterday, in the vicinity
of the Barracks. between pr. Hunt and
MIR. Frost, Editor of the Crescent. 1t
has been anticipated for some time past
that repcontre would take place; for TO
such an extent had personal animosity
been aggravated, that a hostile meeting
seemed inevitable, but no one was pre-
pared for the derlorable issue. The par
ties, accompanied by their respective
friends, met in the rear of the United
States Barracks yesterday noon; the
weapons used, were shot guns loaded
with balls, the distance forty yards
Two shots We're exchanged--the FIRST
fire was Intellectual, pei,her party being
touched; at the second fire, Mr.. Frost
was shot through the breast, the ball pas
sing near the region of the heart; he liv
ed about twenty minutes. DR.. Hunt es.
capped unhurt.
Both of the gentlemen implicated in
this calamitous affair. We're among our
prominent and most respected citizens
and the issue was watched with painful
solicitpde. Our acquaintance with the
deceased was very limited; for young
man. during his short residence in this
city, he had acquired considerable repu-.
tation. particularly as a forcble, anima.
ted speaker. and Jealous party man
His intimate friends and associates speak
in high terms Of his companionable quail
lues and his generous impulses. Mr.
Frost was widower, and has left two
children TO mourn his untlmely death.
N. o. Bulletin 11th.
Washington telegraph., 1851-07-30
JOHN PRESTON, JR.
z w JOHNSON.
OLD HEMPsTEAD! TO THE POLLS!

VLD HEMTSIEAD! IO IbE- L A7OLAI''
INDEPENDENCE at the Polls has ever
characterized the people of Hampstead.
They will not be driven nor gulled into
the support of what they believe TO- be
wrong. They spprn the letters which
would bind them to the gaudy chariot of
any political aspirant, and they demand
the freemaps privilege of thinking and
acting FOR themselves
We doubt not that their vote on Mon
day next will be signalized by their usual
independence and Judgment. We doubt
not that the patriotism for which they are
distinguished will find voice which will
peal like thunder liz the ears of all DIS
UNIONISTS.
People of Hempsteadt to the Polls
You have ever been ready in cases OF
emergencv, to express decided opinion
in favos of good cause. You have
pever held back when the Country re-
quired your aid,
On Monday next a good cause de-
mands your assistance. Your Country
demands your influence against the h1de
oass spirit of Disunion. Come, and hear
the speeches. You will see j % III "
PR Il 8 u bearing aloft the star
ny flag under whose glittering folds our
fathers triumphed, with the words Of
Jackson, as its motto--"iHE UNION
MUST AND SHALL. BE PRESERV-
ED" and you will see Robert W. John
son shaking dis6gured and tattered
flag, glaring with the words-'THlS
UNION OUGHT AND WILL DIS
SOLVE"
Washington telegraph., 1851-07-30

Mr.. WEBSTER AGAIN.-We publish in another
column a second speech of Mr.. Webster at Capon
Springs, Virginia, on subject in which every
Southerner feels deep, an absorbing interest
the fugitive slave law-which, if strictly observed
and faithfully executed will, more than any thing
ese, tend to preserve and perpetuate this Union
The views of Mr.. Webster on this, as well as all
other portions of the Compromise, are sound,
national and patriotic. His giant intellect is cir
cumscribed by no geographical lines-t compre-
hends the whole country, and while his voice is
raised in urging upon the people of the North a
strict observance and support of the Constitution
and laws, he creates in the breasts of the most
doubling and responding at the South renewed
confidence that their rights under the Constitution
will be protected We ask an attentive perusa
of Mr.. Webster's remarks.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Horrible Accident.

One of the most horrible accidents it has
| been our duty to record, occurred at the steam
! mill of Messrs. Reed & Co., of this town on
Saturday afternoon last young man by the
name of Charles Coffin, who vas in the tenn
porary charge of the engine, perceiving that a
belt designed for carrying a grind stone had
become coled around the shaft to which il
was attached, and thinking it might endanger
another young man who was engaged in mend
ing another belt in its immediate vicinity. at
tempted TO seize 1t, and in so doing had his left
arm caught in it. folds and was instantly drawn
around the shaft which makes at its ordinary
speed one hundred and eighty revolutions per
minute. The shaft passes about midway be.
tween the floor and ceiling, and is about two
and half feet removed from each, leaving lust
space enough for the body to revolve withou,
coming in contact with either, but not enough
to prevent the exlremi;es from coming in con-
tact with the beams above The result was
that the feet and ANGLES were horribly mangled,
both ANGLE joints literally destroyed, the right
knee joint dislocated, and the left arm severed
from the body five six inches from the shoul-
der. 1t is estimated that he must have been
carried around the shaft at least one hundred
and ten times, for it is certain that he did not
fall from his attachment until Mr.. Small, the
young man mentioned above. had crawed un-
der drum only eighteen inches from the floor
over pile of scantlings some four feet high,
run seventy feet, shutting off the steam, and
returned distance of twenty feet or more -
What is little remarkable, the young man
did not lose his consciousness, and there is
some little prospect that he may survive
LeCiston Journal.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Democratic Conscientiousness.

The Tribune breaches sermon upon this
subject, in which it takes occasion to censure
the New York Democratic Senators for resign
ing their seats to prevent the passage of the
Erie canal Enlargement bill, and says that 'thev
have forgotten the doctrine of Jefferson, which
was a strict adherence to the majority" Our
neighbor must bear in mind that it is some.
times unsuitable to depart from a standard
course of policy, and we think that the resign
ing members show, in their protest, that the
circumstances of the case fully justified them
IN Their dernier reso, l to what must be conced-
eu TO be bold measure, and which should on
y DC resortcd to in rem arkable emergencies.
ne protest, although somewhat lengthy. is
all interesting document, and will repay peru
'a'' consequently we append it entire -
oiR-ihe undersigned, members Of The
senate OIL The State Of New York cons;,isr
inc Dill, now about to be put 10 lie Anal 10, !.
Authorizing loan Of nine millions NJ d,,,,a :
on pledge Of the remainder nr H.. "o.'"'s
revenues ~ each fiscal year, as clear. d.
recl, and fragrant violation OF The Mai ~, vi
ineligible financial provisions of N. con "
stitution. The 18th section oil The IN sr,; :.
Gle of tliat.instfument, and which we were iii
sworn to support when we took our ,sea,s
IN this senate, declares that, except the de6,s
specified in the 10Th and ltb sections ofthai
article, (which are debts to meet casual de-.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Restoration of Thomas w. Dorr

In the Senate of Rhode Island on Thursday,
the lieutenant governor presented the follow
ing act
1t is enacted by the general assembly as
follows:-All civil and political disabilities
growing out of the sentence of the supreme
cour; passed against Thomas w. Dorr are here
by removed; ard the said Thomas W. Dorr is
hereby restored to his civil and political rights
IN as fuil manner and with the same effect as
Ii sentence had not been passed..
The ayes and nays were taken, and the act
passed by majority Of seven. Ayes ls-Nays
IL.
On Friday the house concurred in the act by
vote of 80 TO 80. Four wings voted in the
affirmative. We congratulate Mr.. Dorr, and
the state of Rhode Island, which at length
honors herselfin doing justice to her long per-
secuted but true and talented son.
Salutes were fired at Providence during the
day on Saturday, in honor of MIR. DORIS res
toration to citizenship. Upon his return to
Providence from Newport on Saturday, the
new democratic governor. Mr.. Allen, who
signed the restoration act, was escorted to his
house by fine procession of his friends. With
other members of The state government he rode
in barouche drawn by foar white horses
The legislature has adjourned. after session
of FIVE days. The wing Office holders have
mostly been discarded, and Rhode Island
stands forth disenthralled
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
FOREIGN NEWS.
A Week Later from Euror.


Steamship Europa, Capt. Lott, arrival
New York on Thursday forenoon, from liz
pool April 26, making the passage in ,r.lx,
days.
The news by the steamer, in a political AZ.
pect, does not present single feature of i'm.
portance. The only item of interest is the
complete failure of the insurrection in Portu-
gal, attempted by Gen Saldanha, who at last
accounts was making his way over the Spanish
lronuer. The king Of Portugal was in pursuit,
down.
&c rom rom france we have the customary rumors
S .ears OF revolution, outbreak, &C., which,
s oeeh so often repeated are unworthy of
any serious attention. Lamartne has publish
eu an article exhorting all parties to mutual
.o'eraIioh ana postponement of their ;na;v;dn.i
interests ur ana aims In presence of the law
The London correspondent of Tho ~.
Commercial, under date of April o. sa ao,"
cording TO the positive assurance v;van - az
Turkish government, it is understood ,"e
kossuth and his companions are to he f.naS
from their detention at Kutayia at the END .se
the present month, and it is of course presumed
they will immediately avail themselves of the
vessel of war granted by the United States gov
eminent.
The prime object of attention in England
was the approaching Exhibition. The ar.
rangement to have the season ticket holders
admitted to the opening exercise seems to have
given great satisfaction, and that event is look.
ed forward to with much interest. r-
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Cuban Matters.

letter dated at Havana, on the 3Oth of
April last, asserts that The most alarming
revolutionary movement prevails lhrouehout
the island, and on this account that govern
ment is in stale OF great excitement. AZ
ter staring that Cubans and Americans are
watched there by the Spanish spies, which
swarm everywhere, the letter goes into the
following particulars 50
Several gentlemen, three Cuban Indies
from the central parI of the island, priest
and some policemen had been imprisoned up
TO that date. A man called Monies de Oca,
charged with being an agent Of General Lo-
pei, was executed after being tortured in the
Spanish fashion. So vile an action caused
great excitement and the deepest indigna-
ton against The captain general. who allow
ed NOT only that unfortunate man to be put
TO death after an unfair Iril, but tortured him
before the execution, to tear from him The
confession which the prosecuting officer
wished tor. This excitement became almost
an outbreak, when the people here learned
that three American searnen were seized, he.
cause they were assembled with several Gu
bans enjoying themselves in retired square
aud two of those American sailors died soon
after their imprisonment, because they were
confined by their necks in the stocks.
The government here does not know what
to do; all is trepidation, and OF course there
is tyranny. This is such, that the very ciea-
lures Of the government begin to destroy
each other. The 9th of the present month,
April, sailed from Mariel towards the Afri-
can coast, one of the many vessels which nj
present are being fitted out for the slave trade
in every rort of this island and the SLAYER,
when few hours out Of port. met whh the
Spanish frigate "Perla," which was looking
out to ntlack any "piralicap vessel, as hey
call that which might appear there bearing
General o,ez and his comrades, and there's
FIRE the "Per;a" had concealed her flag
The SLAYER. which did not see any flag, sup
nos.d her Spanish friend 10 be dreadful
Enal;sh foe, and fired upon her. Then the
.perIa - probably thinking the SLAYER TO be
The nitrate whom she was looking for, began
70 fire so briskly and powerfully that in ten
minutes the SLAYER and her crew were de-
stroyed and sunk. Nothing Of this truly pi-
raIical vessel was saved!
The mistake Of the "Perla' was soon
known. and the case was much regretted ny
the negro traders and the government. which
is making every exeriion to conceal this
scandalous fact. But il is not possible 10
conceal such thing. because all Havana
knows it, and besides am writing 10 YOU
about the subject, 10 circulate il through the
agency Of the free American press. N, H..
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Rare Curiosities.

A piece Of the railing of the Bath Tribune.
A reflection of the Bath Mirror.
A gray hair from the Age.
A brass button from the coat of the Eastport
Sentinel.
The mouth-piece of the Democratic Clarion.
A little of the extract of whiggery from the
Skowhegan Press.
One of the teeth of the Hallowell Cultivator
A stray leaf from the Belfast Journal.
A few drops from the Gardiner Fountain.
One of the oars of the Pleasure Boat.
The flagstaff of the Gospel Banner.
A cabbage raised by the Maine Farmer.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15

and justice of the act 10 the impartial judg-
ment OF those whose interests and rights we
were sent here to represent and protect.
1t will be seen that both parties desire the
enlargement of the canal, but the difficulty is,
that While the democrats wish to see it done
gradually, and according to the constitution,
the wing party are for doing it Immediately,
and to accomplish their purpose, resort to
most objectionable 'twistifcation" of the state
constitution. True, Mr.. Webster and other
wing ia,oyers have decided in their favor, but
what question can be produced so clearly one
sided, that this class of individuals cannot be
found to take antagonistical principles upon 7
The simple fact is, that the constitution clear
ly forbids the creation of debt, but the wings
seek to make debt and call it something else,
and thus attempt to Grade the constitution
Such occasions as these show to admirable eff
feet, the virtue of the democratic policy, Of
abiding by strict construction of the constitution
under all circumstances. 1t matters little how
the people decide the question of this canal
enlargement, if so be the opportunity is fur
nished them of depressing their opinions upon
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Adjournment of the Legislature.

Since we alluded to this subject, few weeks
since, the matter has received pretty public
consideration by the press. No dictatorial dis
position, has, as yet, been manifested, but
general willingness expressed to leave the
question to be settled according to the best
judgment of the Legislature. Among the ar
guments that have been adduced, pro and con,
one Of constitutional nature has been offered
by the Maine Farmer. This paper says, that
"adjourn or not adj ourn, the Legislature must
come together Oh the first Wednesday of Janu-
airy next, in obedience to what will then be the
Constitution" Now we respect the spirit
that dictated resort to the Constitution to set
Tie this mooted question, but if the above posi-
u'n Is the strength of the argument, we rather
opihe that the question will turn, after all, up
on other considerations. We think that an ex-
animation into the matter will satisfy any one,
as 10 the C'ns'autionahty of the question. for.
according 10 our view oft, there is no force in
the Farmer argument that the Cons,;,u,;o,
requires meeting of the Legislature in lam
AIRY next.
The amendaiory Resolves submitted bv ,bo
last Legislature to the people, and which TO-
ceived their approval, provided expressly tina,
''the Governor and other State officers elected
for the political year, commencing on the I'd
Wednesday of May, 1851, shall hold Office un-
til the first Wednesday of January, 1853, and
in the same manner as now provided, and that
there shall be no election of the same in 1851. d"
The Legislature having convened, according to
the present requirement, on the Cd Wednesday
of May, the report of the vote on this question
will be made t. it-when the amendment will
60 into immediate effect, and thus the tenure
of the present State government be fixed, ac-
cording to the resolution, unnI the first We'd.
aesdav Of January 1853. The adoption of This
of course, repeats all prior amendments that
conflict with it. vra t4,o. 4T
How was it, we might ask, in le45, when
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
The Cuban Expedition.

The Savannah .Ne,os of the sth says
"On Saturday considerable number of men
supposed to be connected with the Cuoan ex-
petition, arrived in this city from the SOUTH
ihis circumstance, together with other indica-
tons. has led to the belief here that the expe-
dition, so far the organization on our coast il
concerned, has been abandoned, at least for the
present. The watchfulness and active inter-
ference of our own government, together with
the system of espionage that has been institut-
en- by the Spanish authorities, it would seem,
have frustrated the plans of the expedtionists,
and prevented concentration and organiza-
ton OF their forces, leaving them no alterna-
tive but to disband.
We learn from Florida that the men who
were at Jacksonville are dispensing, and that
but few are in that neighborhood at present
Where the men are who came down from the
interior of this State to join The expedition is
not known, but It is supposed that they have
returned to their homes"
The cargo of the steamer Cleopatra, at New
York, has been ordered to be delivered to any
person who can prove ownership in it ; and Mr..
Talmadse is now awaiting instructions from
Washington respecting the final disposition of
the vessel.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15

the change from winter to summer sessions was
effected! In March, ls45, the Legislature
declared the Constitution amended, so as to
read, "the Legislature shall convene on the
"a Wednesday Of May, annually, now ac-
cordlng to the Farmers" reasoning, it was
bound 10 assemble the coming May-instead
OF doing which, however, according to the
manifest intention of the clause, it adjourned
over 10 May, 1916. rs
As to there being any constitutional difficult
tv, one way or the other, we do not apprehend
any, and like our brethren of the press, we are
perfectly willing to leave the matter entirely in
the hands of the proper arbiters-the members
themselves.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15

TAXING THE Census. New ray TO catch a
Rogue Deputy sheriff Wright went to
Springfield. few days since, to arrest female
who was hived in neishborhood Of bad re-
pute. Not knowing the person he after,
except by name, and fearing to inquire for her,
lest she should escape, he assumed The bust
ness of census taker' for the purpose of seek
ing her out. Having procured blank book.
he sailed into the neighborhood of the culprit,
and announced hinselfas having been appoint
ed to take the census of Springfield. After
having enumerated the population of five or six
families, he came upon the person he was after,
who very innocenty gave her name and that
OF her paramour. She was Immediately ar
rested and taken to Northampton. Ifthis is
not a specimen of Yankee shrewdness, we don't
know what is Northampton Gazette, AprH 80.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
FOUR DAYS LATER.
NEW YoRK Nav I

....... New YORK, May IL.
The Arctic, Capt. Luce, arrived at half past
this morning. with four days later news and
fourteen passengers.
She has made the passage in ten days and
nineteen hours, having left Liverpool at half
past 10 on the 30th.
Cotton closed dull and lower The advices
by the Baltic, which represented further in
creased receipts at the shipping ports of the
United States, had given increased desire to
holders to realize. The sales of Saturday, the
10th. were 1000 bale-, including 1000 for ex-
port and speculation. On Monday, the 2Sth,
1000 bales changed hands, and on Tuesday,
the 18th ult.. 25OO found buyers, prices being
lie and l2 OF penny lower.
Nothing of interest from the continent.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
The Southern Convention.

CHARLESTON, May s. The following are the
resolutions adopted by the Convention day
l. For State aciion, with without the CO.
operation of other Southern States
2. That corporation is not worth sacri-
flee of an unanimous submission.
and s. Secession is essential to sovereignty.
4. The Convention is looking to the Legis-
lature to exert its sovereign power.
The Convention formed itself into Central
Association of State, preserving the present or
ganization of delegates and members until a
new appointment. Each association is entitled
to double the State district representation to
form the Central Committee. Nine distin
guished delegates we're appointed. The Con-
vention adjourned sine die, with prayer
Tel to BoS. Jour.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15
Fire.

About three o'clock on Wednesday morning,
nre was discovered in a stable Connected with
the bakery recently occupied by Mr.. b. F. Foote
corner OF Broad and Commercial SITS. Before
the alarm became general, the stable and the
bakery were completely enveloped in flames.
which were Immediately communicated - rho
dwelling house Of DR.. J. Wilkinson on RI
st., and that Of Mrs. Jennings, on Commero;.,
ST., occupied by MIR. Nathaniel Jennings. all Of
which were destroyed. together with mum.
Der of small buildings, in the rear. Mr.. Jen-
nings saved nearly all his furniture-a large
part of Dr. Wilkinsons was consumed.
DR.. WIS loss is about $4,000, on house and
shop-insured for 1000 ,iJ
Mr. Foote lost valuable horse, wagon, sew
eral harnesses, and other properly TO thu
amount of $350-no insurance.
Mrs. Jennings loss is about $3.50. 1t is no
known here whether she is insured or not.
The goods in the store of w. Walker & Co..
were damaged by water, moving &c., to the
amount of $3.50 probably-insured.
Other wooden buildings in the vicinity, were
damaged to a greater or less extent, and the
entire loss must be nearly $4,000.
At the early period of the fire, the possibili.
ty of saving any of the buildings occupying the
square between Arch and Broad, Commercial
and Front SITS seemed almost out of the ques.
ton, but by the promptness and energy with
which our fire department met the devouring
element, in well directed exertions in front and
rear. it was finally subdued with the loss Of
the buildings above enumerated. We doubt il
more efficient fire department exists in the
State. They are worthy, and no doubt receive
the unanimous thanks of our citizens.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-05-15

HIGHWAY RoBBERY IN CHARLEsTowN. On
the night of the 2Sth ult, Mr.. Solomon Leon
ard, of Augusta, Me-, trader, was knocked down
in a street leading from the square in Charles
town, and robbed of few dollars which he
had in his vest pocket. His wallet, in the PAN
falcons pocket. containing a large sum. escap-
ed the fingers OF the highwayman. On the day
on which the assault was committed, Mr. Leon
ard was to have received some eight or nine
hundred dollars for oats, which he had sold,
and he surmises that the person who knocked
him down, was aware Of that fact, and was
after that mouey-but it happened that he did
not get paid for his grain on that day.