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AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT.

Tho Boston papers OF Wednesday contain
the following interesting letter, which OK
plains itself. Mr.. Gardner, who is said tc
be the KnOwNothing Candidate for Governor
Of Massachusetts,, has been accused Of be-
ing rum man and Pro-Slavery Hunker
Wing, His letter is an indignant denial oil
these charges, and shows him to DO on the
right side of these important questions oil
slavery and rum. We were apprehensive
that the Know Nothings Of Massachusetts,
had made blunder in nominating him, bu,
Mr., G's letter puts different aspect upon
the matter. This, and another which he has
written to the State Temperance Committee,
which Is said to be satisfactory, shows clear.
ly, that neither tho friends Of temperance or
the friends of freedom will have cause for
should he be elected Governor of
Massachusetts,. The advice which he says
he gave to the leaders OF the wing party,
" to call a convention Of the opponents of
the Nebraska bill to nominate fusion candi.
dates fer State officers, as was done in Ohio,
&c. ;" indicates that no is man Of sense,
and not so obstinately welded to party as to
be willing to endanger' the success Of prin.
ciplcs by logged adherence to cid party
organizations,
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he had been robbed Of his reason and his

he had been robbed Of his reason and his
money.
Peter Mahon, Of Waier,own, was, a few
days since committed 10 The Jail Of Jefferson
Co., on a charge OF numbering his wife
Her skull was broken. her face horribly
beaten TO jelly, and her throa, exhibited
marks Of sirangnlaiion. Such says the
Wa,sr,on Reiormer, " is the work Of in,em.
perance." Both Mahon and his wife were
addicted 10 the use Of strong liquor.
The following is related BY Thurlow w.
Brown, Esq, in areceni number OF the
Cayuga Chief
while on tho cars the other morning,
another illustration Of Seymourism came to
my knowledge. a beyy Of young bloods
were on their way 10 New York, each q
flask 10 his pocket. They were eloquent
for the sanciiiy Of private dwellings, nalu.
raj rights, and the constitution. One oil
their number, in the darkness OF the night,
had walked off the platform of the cars and
been ground 10 atoms, leaving his boy, a
child Of some ten years Of age, 10 be sent
back an orphan. Strange thar - made
q D. fool OF himself was the careless
comment, Of the dead mans drunken com.
panion. When he lost his life, he was no
drunken than they. And so the few drains
Of rum properly in the flask, 30 constitution.
ally sacred in Gov. Seymeur's estimation,
hurled human being under the crushing
iron, and made another child an orphan
The wreiched grog Of more value than life
and all the interests depending thereon !! -
David T. Pierce, Of Recloriown, Fauquier
Co., Va, recently shot his father with a
double. bauelled gun, wounling HIM in the
thigh, because the laller had reprovod him
for drunkenness. He could not brook such
unconstitutional interference with his rights,
so retoed the reproof and The reprover.
A man named Lane, Of very in,empera,e
habits, was found dead, a few DAYS since
in the vicinity Of Liberty, in the same coun.
~ and State. The buzzards had nearly de.
voured him.
William Dairy, of Buffalo, was sentenced
on the 9Th ult., 10 be hung on the last day
OF this month, tNovember) for the brutal
murder Of his wife. Dairy was an in,em.
peraie man, and in lis drunken feroci,y,
literally bea, her 10 death.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
New YORK, Oct. 80


The Collins steamship Pacific. Captain
Nye, from Liverpool 18th inst, arrived here
this forenoon.
There is absolutely no news from the sea,
Of war, The dispatches, such rs they are,
being altogether conflicting. II is, howev-
er, authentic, that up 10 the 9Th nothing hail
been accomplished.
The Allies now number 10000 men IN
the Crimea. They occupy strong position
South of SebasiopoI, and have all their seise
apparatus landed.
Menschikof continues TO hold tho field
North of the Sebastodol, with $4,000 men,
expecting a reinforcement of 10000 more.
LATEsT.-L Latest dates state that Gen. Can
robert had ordered The Russian ouiposis 10
be driven in on the oh, and seige batteries
erected.
Ten thousand additional French troops
are TO be shipped Immediately for Marseilles,
TO the Crimea.
Il is confirmed that the Baltic feet will
return home without further operations.
Omar Pacha is preparing 10 operate on
three points. the Prulb, Dobradcha and tho
Sea.
russia is amassing troops on the Austrian
frontier.
II is surmised that France and England
are q, present organizing the re-es,ablish-
mcnt Of The Independent Kingdom Of Pc.
land.
Jerome Bonaparie had been re na,uralized
as Frenchman.
Messrs. divers and McHenry's affairs
look more unfavorable.
Messrs. Perrins & Wright, and FIVE other
firms in Dublin, have failed, and panic
prevails there, which is considered only
temporary.
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% The Oxford Democrat. condemns, as
does every o,herpaper in the State, the Ellis
worth outrage, and The spirit which prompted
it, and at the same time speaks poiniedIy
asains, the attempts being made by some
presses ID make political capital on, Of Il, as
will beseen from the following exlrac, which
is made from recent editorial in ,ha, pa.
per
"The atiemp. 10 maize political capital
out OF transactions OF this character, and 10
regard thing OF this nature rs an act jus.
tilted or defended by any religious class Of
the community, is certainly Too small bust.
ness for men Of common intelligence
That such an ali,mpt is made Is fact Too
obvious 10 be overlooked. Their attempts
are made when men charge such actions 10
the Pedestrians Of the community, or TO any
social or political organization have ten.
dency TO uphold such outrages - il they
have by word or deed given encouragement
to them, and DO now in any way counienane
them, we say, le, the highest displeasure Of
an insuled people be visited upon their
doctrines, principles and policy. But II
neither the proieslanis nor any political or
ganizaion approve of such conduct as they
in fact do Not. the base attempt 10 make them
responsible for il, should be viewed as tho
offspring Of prejudice and hypocrisy.
Ii has become quite fashionable OF late IN
certain quarters 10 charge every such out.
rage as the one 10 which we have referred,
tha Vpn,,, Nnth,nus Wh..th.,s st...,
guilty Of them or not, we do no, know
II they are We hope they will receive their
just reward. No society or organization,
whether political or religions, can or ought
10 be tolerated in this country which upholds
such ouiIages. II would seem, however,
much more candid and charitable, much
more in accordance with true American
policy rs well as religious liberation to view
the principles Of this organization in the
light in which their own published organs
present them, rather than in the light of
assumption aud prejudice The organ Of
that assoc ia,ion says :-"We do no, oppose
the Catholic religion, but we oppose lis fol.
lowers, because they aliemp, 10 incorporate
il into the political elements Of the country.
We oppose il tooth and nail-not rs a 70.
ligion, but rs il is-a ireacherous mine OF
political capital" According TO this there
is no effort on their part 10 wage war on the
Catholic religion - on foreigners in geneIal
in their proper place, or on the consciences
OF men, bui they firmly oppose the designs
and efforts Of religious sect, managed by
Foreigners, when il attempts TO gain by
intrigue or otherwise the ascendency in The
policy and politics Of the country. While,
therefore, there is nothing in their principles,
arguments or declarations, which can war.
ran, these fashionable charges and ipnuen-
does Illuminated agains, an American asso.
citation, it is certainly to be hoped ,ha, the
American people will no, be frustrated in
the pursuit Of any good objec, or measure
by clamor and political prejudice.
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The FRANKFORT HoSIcIpT. DR.. Thayer
indicted FOR causing the death Of Leason al
Frankfort on the alh Of July las, been found
guilty at Belfast Of sssaul, and battery only,
the jury believing tina, with deceased, death
was caused by weakness induced by liquor
and drugs. u will be recollectcd, tina, Lea
son, former husband Of Mrs. Thayer, was
traves,ying the part OF physician in a
party OF fourth Of July maqueraders, seper.
a,ed from his party came TO Thayer's house
and was holding communication with his
children when the Doctor struck him, or
pulled him from his horse, and soon amer no
died,
But Leason had been dissipa,ed 10 the last
degree for y long time before his death. He
had drank much liquor-such rs IS sold. i,
had used up the stamina OF his sysiemj and
the jury found the murder long anterior to
Dr.. Thayer's assault: Murder was sold 10
him by the glass.
Some time since coroners inques, was
held on a confirmed inebriaie found dead
in this city. We learn from the physician
into whose hands his remains fell, that hi.
ribs nj the time Of his death was so brittle
that they woud snap in the fingers like a
pipe stem. The fall, even, from chair,
In the physicians opinion, might have
COS, him his life, 10 such straits had strong
drink reduced his sys,em.-Bangor Mer,u.
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dozen, and the record Of commitments 10
the county Jail is RAPIDLY lessening.

,ioxen. and the record of commitments 10
the county Jail is rapidly lessening.
But this is not all our retail temperance
groceries find their business largely on
the Increase, since the law came into oper-
siion, and are now receiving weekly pay.
inenis on accounts before considered worth
less ihnr the paper on which they were ea.
tered
We were informed By store keeper a
few days since, thai men were now trading
with him who had owed him Two years, hav'
inc become Incorporate and lelt ham ioI
other places where rum could be procured
in connection with groceries, II indeed their
money held out to buy the later, alter get
in. supply Of the former, who since the
first oil August, had returned 10 his store,
paying promptly for what they cot, and
also making weekly payments in liquida-
ton OF their old accounts, and that his trade
had increased almos, one half during
the past two months. Here is The differ.
ence between rum rule and prohibition, and
here the difference between met when
sober and when under the influence Of in.
,onicaiiou. We have asked others in the
tcsh' wy S'OSClD uuriicsS, anu W. hO UO'
know Of an exception where the reply has
not been trade is better than before The
law passed" The secret is easily iold-
men now spend their money to supply the
wants Of their families, whereas before, il
they had any, j, went into the ill OF the
liquor shop.
An ex-dramssller was asked few days
ago wha, had become oil his customers
quite number OF whom might be found
hanging about the shop. His reply was
o. EN-. suppose they've gone 10
work" The expression rough aud heart
less as i, was, contained much Of truth
"Gone 10 work 4" aud whyl The carcass
Is removed-ihe article that called them 10
hover around his grocery, and there TO
spend their time TO The neglect OF all else,
is under the ban Of an iron law, aud not
being able to procure il, they find no occa.
sion TO laze away the hours OF either day or
night in the neglect Of their families, al his
shop, or TO longer bes,ow their patronage
upon the Que who taking advantage Of their
weakness has done so much 10 debase and
destroy them"
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Gbe mnion aua spurnal.
FRIDAY MORNING, NoV. ., "a.
The Next Elections.

Elections for members Of Congress ant
State officers IRE to be held on Tuesday neg
in the States Of New York, New Jersey
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, and Or
the Monday following in Massachusetts. Ii
all of these States, there is more or les.
confusion, growing out Of the Temperance
Slavery. and other questions. Illinois seem,
to be the great battle-ground Of the con
tending armies. Douglas has exerted him
self to the utmost to prevent the people O
his State from passing judgmen, against hi.
Nebraska swindle; and the State has beer
thoroughly canvassed by himself, his friends
and by others in opposition to tho Nebraska
Bill. and for The republican, movement
Cass, too, has been in the field, exerting biz
influence to beat back the triumphant march
Of the people and to ratrieva the ground
which has been lost by tho administration
by elections in other States.
In the States Of Illinois, Michigan ant
Wisconsin the opposition to the administra
ton seems TO be concentrated as it was il
Ohio and Indiana, and we have good rea
son to believe, that the republican move
ment will be successful, or if not entirely so
that tie administration will receive meritct
rebukes in the election Of members OF Con,
gress.
In Massachusetts, and New York the tenn
perance as well as the Nebraska question
absorbs the attention Of the voters; and
this, together with the old organizations
has led to multiplicity Of tickets, and divi
siOus even, among those who, in the main
agree, which may result badly; and, in I'D
dition to this, the Know Nothings, it is said
are in the Geld with their lists of nomina.
tions. We fear there has been some want
of practical sagacity in the action of some Of
the opponents of the administration in these
States. a short sightedness which may affect
some Of the Congressional cleo.
tiOns, and perhaps prejudice the cause oil
also. In New York there are
Eve Candidates for Governor. We sincerely
hope that Clark, who is supported by the
men, and temperance men,
will be elected. His defeat, and the election
Of Seymour, who will receive oil of the anti.
strength, would be cause Of
much regret.
There is little or no danger tho. any Ne.
braska men will be elected to Congress from
- but the confusion which,
exists with respect to State matters, may
cad to some unfortunate results. There are
.hree Candidates for Governor in the field,
washburns, Wing; Wilson, Freesoil and
Know Nothing. The result, will
probably be 20 choice. Who will DO ulti.
mately successful, 1t is impossible to predict.
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Hard Times. Keeping Account.

Seldom has il happened that there Ia:
been SO general an advance Of PRICES FOL
the necessaries Of life rs we have Of late
been suffering. Hard Times, whose sbad
ow is never off the hearth Of the poor, now
darken the halls Of those who have been
accounted rich, aud subdpe the usual gay
lights that illuminate their parlors. Not
that there is yet much positive suffering
among US, but there certainly is marvel
lous "siringency" with many who have moi
ofen felt any cons,raint upon their expen-
di,ures. Wages were good through the
summer. and business was plenty. The
thrifty are pretty well provided for, bu, the
thrihless, aud they, though minority, are
very respectable for numbers, lean 100 heav-
lily for comfort on the hope that the abund.
ant crops and plentiful harves,s will tame
prices essentially, and nullify the rough
ways Of the times.
Now let the young man who has work
enough 10 do, and Is paid for il, remember
that il is not what he earns, but wha, he
spends, that settles his accounts at the end
Of the year. Let him be assured that re-
spectacle wages ought TO support him, and
unless there are extraordinary weights for
him TO carr,-as Of deb, or large family
he ought itom than 10 lay up something
agains, hard times, that the curiained future
may conceal. II is hard for him now
with perfect health, and small family, and
enjoying the fpllness ofyouthfpl energy, 10
lay up any thing, how much tougher will
il he 10 make n saving when the natural
force is aba,ed, and little ones clinging C
his arms, hinder his full stroke, and pain:
and aches come and settle in all his joints
There is much, indeed, 10 hinder his saw
ing something, besides the size Of the bills
to, be paid for potatoes and beef, house-ren
and necessary clothing. There is pride and
the lust OF admiration, and n silly hope Of
appearing better otfihan he really is--whici
are bitter enemies 10 his prosperity than
either hunger or nakedncss. Let every
young man overhaul his expenses, and
pick GU, from wha, are absolutely outside oil
his control those which he can choke down
and ESPECIALLY those which his better Judge
ment condemns.
Not one knows how much he nigh, save.
nor indeed how much he spends for things
thai he would himself pronounce useless,
until he comes 10 note item by item. The
habit OF keeping exact accounts is grea,
block Of foolish expenses. Though no ef.
fort is made TO contract, the change willslip
less easily through the fingers if il Is on the
NEXT morning TO be noted, and If next Sat.
ufday the memorandum Is sure TO be re-
viewed. Tue daily account-book, is the
grea, an,idoie 10 Hard Times; and the habit
Of keeping !, is not worth less than an adj
diiional dollar per week 10 the salary. Try
j, young bachelors, and new house. keepers,
and il you do not find II so. doubt the wis.
dom Of the old folks and Of those who think
they know.-Er.
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Letter from Henry ]. Gardner, ESQ.
to Hon. Charles Allen.

BOSTON, Oct. 81, "a
Hon. CHARLES ALLEN Sir: On nv
return home, after some days absence,
have been shown copy of the Boston Dai.
" Advertiser Of Friday last, containing an
extract from the Worcester Spy, purporting
to DO o sketch Of speech recently made by
you. am further informed that you up.
piled the remarks to me by name.
The extract is as follows, -" What has
been the result thus far! They have me,
in Convention n Boston, and nominated O
man, as the representative Of their princi'
pies, who was one of the FIRST subscribers to
the fund 20 establish the Chronicle, started
with the avowed purpose Of repeating the
Maine Law. And then, as to his WORTH.
ness on the subject Of slavery = his life !:
covered all over with the badges Of the
STAKEHOLDER. am credibly informed that
he was one Of the Marshal's body guard
when man like ourselves was kidnapped
in Boston, and carried through the streets tc
be consigned to endless slavery, until heav
en-, in its mercy, shall effect his liberation
through the portals Of the grave. He has
yindicated by speech and vote the Fugitive
Slave Law, and gone rs far as any man in
this Commonwealth in support OF the com.
promiscsh '''''
I had supposed, from yonr high reputa.
ton for integrity and probity, you would
not willingly have made statements concern
ing any man based only on mere electioneer.
ing gossip, and ] am fully assured you will
promptly and cheeriully give as extensive
publicity to the denial Of the charges, as to
their original assertion.
To the FIRST statement reply, nsrer sub.
scribed dollar to the fund TO establish the
Boston Chronicle. ! was nsvsr asked 10
subscribe. / never knew there was such q
subscription, or such fund. DO not know
by sight, and was never introduced to, q
single person connected with that paper,
either as proprietor, editor or publisher.
The assertion that was one OF tho body
guard Of Sims, or any other fugitive, on hi,
return to slavery, I pronounce false as q
whole. and false in allits parts-false in its
aggregate and false in every detail. IL has
no shadow Of basis Of any sort, kind or de-
gree, and its originator, whoever no was,
coined the libel Out Of pure, unauthorized
| Were the same charge made against your
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EXCITEMENT IN WORCESTER. MIR. But.
man Of Boston, who took part inl carrying
off Anthony Burns, went 10 Worcester on
Saturday las, 10 summon witnesses Tor tho
United States Cont, when he was attacked
by several colored men and rather severely
handled. A ielegraphic despatch TO tho
Boston Journal says a number Of colored
men fell upon him and would undoubtedly
have taken his lie but for the interference
o, Martin Slowell, Jos. A. Rowland, Mr..
Hoar, Rev. T. w. Higgeson, and Stephen
S. Foster, all Aboliiionists. Bulman was
hustled into carriage, accom- panied py
Mr.. Higgerson, and escaped with his life.
Mr.. Higgenon was considerably cut and
bruised by missiles thrown at the carriage,
and Bu,mnn was pelted with rotten eggs
and stones, and was kicked and beaten al-
mos, 10 death. He promised never 10 visit
Worcester again.
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a round shot, seemed principally concerned
for The loss Of his gold snuff box. This,
believe, has since been restored 10 him.
The men say they were badly handled, and
had no general 10 direct them. Menchi'
coli LOST his head in 6guraiive sense
The officers displayed great gallaniry, and
the anen fought with logged courage
characteristic of,he Russian infantry, bull
they We're utterly deficient IN elan and dash.
| am not quite sure the names sen, you
per las, list Of The generals commanding
was correct, but believe j, 10 be SO now.
Our loss is 1900 and l,400. The enemy
have los, upwards Of 5000. Had We had
but lille brigade Of cavalry more, we
might have converted the retreat into an
utter roni, and taken some 5000 prisoners,
guns and standards rs trophies Of our vicio-
~. The traops bivouacked on the field not
lar from the scene Of their triumphs.