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The EUROPEAN News. The foreign news
we publish this week is Of very exciting
character. The warlke preparations Of
France and England are on The most gigan.
tic scale, and Nicholas is preparing to meet
the allied armies with q corresponding vigor.
All hope for adjusting the differences seems
to have been given over, and u general war
seems inevitable. Russia, strong in her po-
sision, strong in the executive will which can
marshall us ono man her numerous hosts,
and bring into use her great resources, will
not be easily overcome by the allied powers.
The war is popular among the masses. II
/, not now simply war she wages against
o weak neighbor, but the mishties. powers
in Europe are arrayed against her. War
will be no child's play, no more than 1t was
when the triumphant eagles Of France waved
over the fields Of Australia and Lodi, and
the bayouets Of the imperial guard Clustered
on II plains Of Poland. Engines Tor destroy.
ing armies have been invented more power
ful than ever before were used, and which
cannot fail Of making war moro deadly than
ever a.t -..t
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10 EXCHANGES.

Tho attention Of our Exchanges 10 called
particularly 10 the fact thas our paper Is
now Published in The thriving town Of Bid
deford, Instead Of Saoo. We wish is TO 30
understood that Bddssord Is place Of Il.
self, has Post Office on It's own hook, and q
Post Master whose greatest fault is his pol
itics. These are aboot N bad as they well
can be, but % he il just rs ready TO 1ue1
our Mail m,tter into our box. a. he II to
put tho Mail matter Of others into their
boxes. we respectfully ask 'osr Exchanges,
ono and all, TO address their iavors to Bidde-
ford. We make this request particularly Of
the publishers Of the Portland Advertiser,
Argus. Boston Atlas, and generally Of oil
with whom We have the mutual honor Of an
s1ohsnss. y. .s~ ~ - .sss.,gi.
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teri II .roud not do for that. Why not
Il was what call rotten trater, Have ygq
ssen thartsdter dipped up and carried spy.
wherei I have seen Il taken Ia hogshsads
into the malt-houss = poured through q
the end Of the malt house" s so &
@. w. HARvKY, who had dipped wates
from the pond for the malicious, testi6es {:
{" Were than any paddles il front Of .tiss
grace yards. that you got water from + Yes.
Anything Offensive that drained into the
lpuddies near Judson's slAughter-house p
Part of tho o6d Of he slaughter house
drained into the pond from which water was
taken, near tho slaughtsr. You drew
water from the big pond Yes. How
longi Four or Eve seasons. The pond in
the vicinity Of the malt housed Yes. What
was the character Of tho water in that pond
Very bad. How sol Bod, from the fact
that Il was receiving almost all the DIAL from
the hill dead hogs and dogs and cats
horses oil drawn very near the pond. and
with sun on it. making them exceedingly
foul, so that in drawing It, frequently nude
me sick" -
ISRAEL Smith (elder in Rev. Mr., Kirk,
churcIi) tcstifies =" Witness knew the
pond called the big pond. Generally wher
|, witness had seen it, the water looked fhhy
Had frequently seen dead animals IN it, u.
ho was riding by-dogs, hogs and cats
| Had frequently seen carcasses Of dead horses
lying on the margin Of it.">
GARREr MIDDLEroS ,esti6es =" Saw th'
water ~ in through tho gutter to the stecl
tub. 1t wa, very dirty water = stagnant :
3 all turned green. Have seen dead dogs INT
cats in this pond" .-y
AMOS FAssErr (elder in Rev. DR.. ]. N
: Campbell's churcb) tes,i8es -" Have see
}. the poor.house creek frequently. Som
seasons Of The year very unwholesome.
}, Particularly when the slaughterhouso wa
i nployed. The efd and blood re, wer
o thrown out, and the creek being lower, It v
descended Of course into The creek. Hay
seen also dead animals on the creek. Shout
II think that the trash Of some Of The grd,
:. yards drained into the creek. Have sec
water drawn from the pond TO the malthou,
Nc the North end. The waterl should CO
9 very impure. II has always been bad.
h have known it for great number Of year
!. II was place Of general deposit for all kint
Of dead animals, at oil seasons Of the yea
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'INff.NERRISKA MFRTING.

Pur.uan, 70 . public call " for The mem.
bers ofths.PreeWill Baptist Socisiy in Saco,
together with such other Of their fellow-ci,i.
zens . are opposed TO The passage of,he Ne
bra.ka and Kansas bills" 10 come together,
a meeting wa. held in tho Freewill Bapiis,
Church, Temple ST., Saco, on Wednesday
evening, April 10Th. Il.
The meeting was called 10 order BY Mr..
James T. Nichols, On whose motion, Mr..
Elijah Smith was chosen President, Prayer
was then offered by Rev. Charles II. Smith.
The meeting was further organised by the
choice Of Freedom Parcher as Vice Presi.
dent and Ira A. Philbrick, Secretary. The
following gentlemen were chosen Com
mi,iee on Resolutions, viz, Charles H.
Smith, Thomas Kimball, James NJ. Deer
Ing, John II. Gowan, Samuel S. Jordan
who subsequently, reported the following
Resolves: ....-
Whcreas, The bill now before Congress.
known rs the Nebraska bill, not only vic
laies The plighled faith, but strikes dowI
the safeguards Of freedom. and opens III,
food.g gales through which tide Of SLAYER,
may flow in upon the vast territory oveI
which its provisions shall extend:
Resolved, That as good ciizens, we d'
hereby mos, solemnly protes, against the
passage Of this, or any other bill containing
a repeal Of that part Of The Missouri Com
promise by which slavery is prohibited j
The territory north OF acc 3d., known a
The Nebraska Territory.
Resolved, That we will use all praciicabl
and constitutional means in our power
prevent The consummalion Of this glarin
outrage upon justice aud humanity.
The meeting was then addressed, o
} cal, on the general subjects involved in III
. Nebraska bill, by Louis o. Cowan, Tr'
cy Hewes and Rev. C. H. Smith, and III
resolves unanimously adopted.
The following resolve was also passed:
I Resolved, That the proceedings of III
? meeting signed by the officers, be forwar,
, ed 10 the Representative in Congress fror
this district, Tor presentation in the Hous
OF Representatives, and that The Secretar
be instructed 10 request their publication
the Saco Democrat, and Union and Journa
ELIJAH SMITH. President,
IL. F. PARcHER, Vice President,
, ]. A. PnILpRIcK, Secretary.
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GA meeting Of the whig member,
Of tho L-gisla' AZURE, held al Augusta o few
days ago, the following named gentlemen
were unanimously chosen Wing STATE
Committee for the ensuing year:
Washington, Noah F. Smith, Calais.-
Hancock. Charles A. Spon1rd, Deer Isle
.iroostook, Stephen Pateo, Fort Fairfield
Piseataquis, John Sherwood, Dorer Ian
coin, J. NJ. Carleton, Whitsfeld; York, d
E. Somes. Biddsford;; Cumberland, Chas
j. Gilman, Brunswick Frankin, Joseph
Covali, jay; Oxford, Mark II. Dunnell
Hebron Waldo, Joseph Williamson, Jr.
Belfast; Psnobseol, George w. Ingersoll
Bangor; Somerset, Marcellus Steward, NORTH
.Anss,, Kennebse. Noah Woods, Gardiner
4indroseoggin. Charles Clark, Ddnrille
Sogadhoe. Israel Putnam, Bath. f
Ono from each County in tho State.
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fhef-posnioux, vns1ib5 6safied Of all par.
ties should break from this party harness,
and show BIZ lhsis .xpiss, iheu. conienPt 4,
all who seek to attain base purposes and
official stations by the misuse Of the power
Of party organization.
Horace Greedy, in q recent article on
Politics in the future, pi,hly observes = !.
Party organization is the fools iyrant,
The knave's wand the clear-si;hied pat.
riots facility for giving expression and force
10 his ria,ured convictions. The blind
slave Of patty who " always votes the reg,
u!ar ticket and never scraichs, seems Il
Us quite as rational as the selfwilled bigo
who Is so Immensely independent that hs
either can find no one good enough 10 vol.
for OF 90 voles that his ballot IS habitually
classed with the " Scaitering.'f In oul
view, the Elective Franchise is an impor
tan, and sacred trust. 10 be exercised no
only conscienliorsly bu, wisely,
lis precisely because that the Dem
ocraiic leaders have made their organiza
lion ",he FOOLS tyran,," "'he knave'
wand" instead Of giving ''the clear-sigh,e'
patriots facility for giving expression ant
force 10 his ma,ured convictions" that the.
6ad their party divided, disen'egrated ant
crumoling away.
The Aye,in recon, article on Organize
ton, SAYS what is mos, wanted at this lin
is " a thorough internal paeifeation Of IA
party" II the Age had said that ihorous
internal parifeaiion Of party is The gre'
want, i, would have spoken more correctly
All parties need more or less Of this pur
fica,ion from the effects Of IDEAS at wa
with the progress Of our race, Of sent
, menis at variance with the best social IL
,eres,s, from views which tend to degrad
politics into mere scramble for spoili
The Democratic party most, for it is mo-
corrupt. Until this publication is ob,aine,
par,izan leaders and presses may CRY
vain to the masses 10 adhere 10 regula
nominations, and flourish the party viii
over those who show some disposition ,
, break from the party harness.
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/ O. The Democra, has correspondent
who is great traveller. He has been into
every Slave State IN the Union almost, and
doesn't believe that the shareholders want
to euigrate to Kansas and Nebraska. lie
says: t..
kansas would be in the same latitude
as Virginia. Now, It does not seem reason.
able, that while slavery is dying out in Vir.
ginia, it would gain lasting loot hold in
Kansas, il tho people there should be dis.
posed to let it."
Because slavery is dying out in Virginia,
our traveller argues that it will mot 60 into
Kansas. Now, is slavery dying out! This
is an important question to settle, because,
If it is not dying out, it follows that slavery
can go into Kansas. This is as plain as a
pike staff The only evidence we have
Of the matter is the census. That gives the
number of slaves in the Mother of Presi.
DENTS" in 1910, at 449,0s7. In 1850, al
Az, 52s, being an increase Of 23.44l only,
not counting the little yellow boys and girl'
who have been sold of during the period
from 1910 to 1850, by the breeders in Old
Virginia. But perhaps nigcers are moi
worth so much rs they we're some years ago
and, therefore, slavery is dying out. Our
traveller is q hero.-and we advise him u
write again. II nothing else, ho is doing
the subscr ibers Of the Democrat service, by
giving them the extent Of the territory
which the Nebraska and Kansas bills open
70 slavery. a..H.
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From Me National Inislisener.
LETTER FROM COL. FREMONT.
sPARAwAs. Iron County, u. r.. Feb

sPARAwAS. Iron County, u. ..Feb.9
My Dear Sir II have had the good fof-
tune to meet here our friend, Mr.. Babbiti,
the Secretary of the Territory, who is on
his way TO Washington, in charge Of the
mail and other very interesting dispatches
the importance Of which is urging him for
ward with extreme rapidity. He passes
directly on this morning, and have barely
few moments TO give you Intelligence OF
our safe arrival and Of our general good
health and reasonable success in tho object
Of our expedition. -
This winter has happened 10 DO one Of
extreme and unusual cold. Here, the ci,i.
zens inform me, il has been altogether the
severest since the settlement Of this valley.
Consequently, so far as the SHOWS are con.
cerned, the main condition Of our cxplora-
ton has been fulfilled. We entered the
mountain regions on the Huerfano river on
the 81 Of December, and issued from IL
here on the 7lh Of this month, arriving hsre
yesterday afternoon. We went through
the Coochaioope Pass on The 18th Dacem.
Der, with four inches-nol feet, take notice,
but inches-of snow on the level, among
the pines and in tho shade on the summit
Of the Pass This decides what you consid.
er the great question, and falfis the lead.
ing condition Of my explorations; and
therefore 60 no further into details in this
letter. $3.50. I,..
congratulate you on this veri6cation Of
your Judgement. and the good prospect u
holds out Of final success IN carrying the
road BY this central line. Nature has been
bountiinl to this region in accommodating
here, within Tow miles Of whore ! an
writing, vast deposits Of iron, and coal, aud
timber, all OF the most excellent quality (;
and q great and powerful inferior Stale
will spring up Immediately in the steps Of
the Congressional action which should dc.
eide to carry the road through this region.
In making my expedition 10 this point I
save nearly q parallel Of latitude, shorten.
ing the usual distance from Green river %
this poin. by over bundled miles. In cross
ing to the Sierra Nevada shall 20 by an
UNEMPLOYED route aiming to strike directly
tho TETON Passes, at the head Of the San
Joaquin valley, through which in 1850, ]
drove from two 10 three thousand head Of
cattle thai I delivered 10 the Indian Com.
missioners | shall make what speed I
possibly can, going light, and abandoning
tho moro elaborate survey Of my previous
line, 10 gain speed. 49, -. ',-g !.
Until within about o hundred miles Of
this place We had daguerrsosyped tho coun.
try over which .we passed, but were forced
TO abandon all DOR heavy baggage to ave
the men, and I shall not stop to send back
forit. The DeIawares all come in sound,
but the whites Of my party were al exhaust
cd and broken up, and more o. isss iroa
bitten. ] lost ons, Mr.. Fuller, OF 81. Louis,
Misiouri Who died on catering this valley.
He died Ikea man, 90 horysbaek, IN h'sI
saddle, and will b buried like so'disE COL
% spot whsrs 10 is'l. .,egn. Al ~ fessI
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Nominations BY the Governor.
~: TUESDAY, April II.
Bank Commissioners.
Thomas Jewet, South Berwick; Jane
Hovey, waldoboro'.
ASpRoscoooIS CouSTI.rss1
a5 County Commissioners. lapis'
Emery s. Warren, Durham; Job Chase
Turner. 81. oi rs1 f'I /" a-F '.''
LINCOLN CorSrY. 80,
County Commissioner. ss,q
James Erskine, Bristol. 1851 .aat si ta,9,
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~ Oliver C. Doe, Esq, Of West Par
|sons6eld, has lamb, which weighed when
four days old, fourteen pounds - when Ave
weeks old, .,wsn,yssvsn pounds. I'isPsr'.
|blsodsd Lsicesieh ,---..f''" z sls ss.t
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6. s s. P mS,Is.s' Secretaries. I. 3

We publish tho above because We wish 10
give our neighbor another bone tn pick. and
because We feel called on BY the spirit Of the
last resolution to give il IN insertion in our
columns. II our paper Is not Democratic We
ask where 10 one to 30 found ' -
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-22
2goks, StatignerU, &f.
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II
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H SToRY
OF DEMOCRACY In THE UNITED STATES.
BY the Author OF the Republic of the
United States. sc.

TNHlS important work is now in press, the first
Il volume of which will be issued early IN the
antumn of 1854
The publication of this work will be continued
by the subscribers and in due time they will pub
iish in the several States complete list ofagents,
who will be prepared 10 furnish copies promptly
in every part OF the Union.
That the author may have ample time TO prepare
his work according TO his views of completeness !;
that the publishers may be enabled 10 issue the
numbers with prompiness and at stated periods,
thereby protecting the interest Of their agents. the
following arrangement is announced in the full
confidence that il will prove acceptable to all, viz
To stereotype the next six numbers, making ten
in all, thus completing the first volume before any
more are published
The numbers will then be issued monthly, with
out interruption, TO the end. Those who prefer
the volume bound will be accommodated without
extra charge for binding and the numbers already
published, from one 10 four will be taken in part
pay if not injured their full cost to subscribers.
In announcing this unavoidable delay for few
months, the publishers not unmindful of the
earnest desire of many speedily TO possess the
work The necessity of accommodating the au-
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vioss TO all without particular explanation.
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Mar l5-tf*
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SALE OF PArENT-RIGHTs FOR THE

- use of Seelys Patent Lime and Cement
kin.-The practicability and utility of the above
invention, for the speedy and economical manu-
facture OF the best and purest lime and cement,
having been fully demonstrated by the working
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patent, in the city of Washington, he now offers
10 the public generally an opportunity 10 purchase
the patentrights for the several States of the
Union. Rights for counties will be sold separate
ly If desired. The kiln is capable of burning more
lime than any three kilns in the country combined
The average product OF the one built in Washing.
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day. with consumption Of only tive cords of wood
as fuel. Cement kiln. built upon this principle,
will burn between two hundred and fifty and two
hundred and ninety barrels Of cement per day.
For the manufacture of lime il is capable of cal
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oyster shells.
Persons desiring 10 purchase rights may confer
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or address him TO box $50 OF the post Office in said
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WASHINGTON, u. c., February 22 1854.
Feb 22--lm