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FATAL ACCIDENT. On Saturday last ut
Kitery, Lieut.. John Weeks, aged 81, was
accidentally killed by "A falling tree. He was
formerly in the Revenue service. His house
was near til. old meeting house ut Spruce
Creek. in which temple he was worshipper.
Many Yeas ago he planted will"w pos, In
front Of his premises. for the purpose Of las.
tening the horses Of distant friends who rude
thither to meeting. This post topk RIOT and
bec,me tree. and like lie owner, had In tho
lapse Of years waved quite old. lie essayed
to cui It down; but the wear and tear Of
four score yours had 80 enfeebled the strong
man, that. he was cutting what he could, as
the neighbours saw, for several days; On
Saturday. as one passed, The tree was down.
and in its fall had crushed the old IN y TO
The earth, and held him fast. He was 70.
moved and laid helpless on his bed, where
he breathe till evening, when the lamp oil
life went out. Portsmouth Chronitle.
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For ns Usio~ and Journal
IHXLINGa. -.AIl

"Nov comes ihy glory In the summer months,
With light aud heat rcfulgent 1xe~ses.s a
The uncertain Spring made few promi,es
to the husbandman. Winter shaIed her
throne and ruled tho year right sisrnIy.-
But line Introduced q " new order Of
THINGS" Summer usheresl In under
happy auspices, seems determined 10
reign srpems. The sun moJns higher
and shines kindly On The waiting sarth.-
Fires by day aud blankets BY night arc no
longer necessary to health aud comfort. Tho
fields are carpeted with living gr'en-lho
forests have assumed their usual canopy Of
leaves, aud Nature Is holding i,s carnival Of
beauty. gN'HfH
The past week has greatly revive,I tho
hopes Of The farmers. Tho sowr fields
are rapidly taking ereener huc. Com
aud potatoes are coming on apacs. Tho
recent hot days, following the eopious rains
Of Spring, have worked wonders in vegeia-
ton. ..l.r .......
Grass. the farmers staple. looks remsE~
ably we'll in this vicinity - fields, unim.
proved by The severe winter, are matted
with vegetation, thick aud stout.
Farmers have suffered much the last few
years from The failure Of The hay crop. They
have been compelled 10 sell stock or buy
hay-either is bad policy. Perhaps they
might learn by experience 10 partially sub
s,iiuie sown crops
With The opening Of summer comes the
rush Of travel. The pleasure-seeking work.
Is all in motion. North. South, East and
West will soon change ciiizens-each in The
change seeking happiness. The jewellers
in the Country will Try The city and his sea
shore. The poor wigh,s cocped up between
brick walls and choking in dusty streets arc
of 10 The crowded watering places-Aying
10 ills they know not 81 -o moro wisely,
fastening 10 The country and its cool noun
tain retreats.
If people would spend the sweltering
days Of summer pleasantly and probably
they will BY all means seek The county
ge, back among the hills where nature
reigns, not art and slrainng fashion.
"God made the country" and wherever
His works are you may l,arn lesson man
or bis works can never teach. Among the
,eemng fel,ls-ihe swelling hill and ,owet-
ing mountains you may learn rare lessons
Of beauiy-of grandeur and oftTue theology
loo. .
"Iiere the heart
May give an useful lesson to the head,
Aud learning wiser grow without his books
Here there Is no man but may make bis para
disc, tr .
And II is nothing but bis love and dotagc
Upon the worlds foul joys that keeps him Out
ont"
Albany, June 8. H.B.H u.
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marching OIL 10 victory under one common
banner. question Is one OF policy
merely The success Of our principles
should be the main object Of all, above and
beyond all questions OF mere name or OF
eanizaiion--aiid such. we believe. is the
feeling at the present time not only Of the
wings Of Maine, but OF thousands who
have no, heretofore acted with Us. Th,y
will no, be particular rs to The name and or.
gonizdiion Of patty, If they can only see
clearly tina, lis general tendency is 10 up
hold the nigh, and restrain and defeat the
word.
We agree generally in the views express
ed in the Advertiser. We are ready to do
all we can In this crisis to sustain the right,
and we care very little, so that wo promote
the great purpose for which tho true men
Of the country should unite, what name we
rally under. The people are ripe for such
union as shall "uphOld the right and re-
strain ii d defeat the wrong" and will iorm
IL at all events, in spite Of any timidity OF
irresolutiOn on the part Of those who have
been accustomed to guide and manage party
afa;rs.
The people in ( hese matters are ahead oil
the party leaders. Their iniuiIive percep
,ion of rish, and justice is TOO great 10 be
restrained within the irammels Of party or
ganizaliOus; If such organizations are life
less, or stand in The Way Of accomplish
meni OF their purposes. They will carry GU,
,hcil impulses. If their old leaders will
keep with them, they will be glad, bu, i
they stand halling and irIesoln,e, clinging
10 dead and spiIiiless organizations, they
will find leaders for the OCCASION. We
have mdiminished confidence In the cor
RICHNESS Of The political opinions we have
enter tanned. We have ever thought j, a
patriotic duty 10 oppose The spread of the
institution Of slavery, and 10 labor 10 pre-
ven, the Federal government from exercs-
ing lis powers 10 supper, and foster 1t. we
shall not have 10 embrace any new doctrine,
though we may find ourselves cooperating
more fully hereafter with those who en,er-
tain sucl, views as we have supported. The
events which have ,rauspired within the
pas, few months have convinced US tina, The
only safety for the country Is in the union
Of all who are opposed 10 Matchmaking
slavery aud that such union should be et-
fecled. The Advertiser says "when men
agree 10 sentiment they should act together,
and when the only question between them
is one Of name or organisation it should no,
divide them for a moment" and agreeing in
the correctness of this conclusion we shall
be ready 10 sustain such action as shall be
though, mos, expedien,, after consideration,
10 promote the objects which The people OF
the Free States in Justice TO themselves must
seek.
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WING STATE CONVENTION.

The Wings Of The several cities town
and organized plantations IN The Stale Of
Maine. are requested 10 send delegates 10
meet in COkvDNTios At PORTLAND, ON
TUESDAY THE 10Th OF JusE NEXT. NJ 10
o'clock A. NJ for the purpose of nominal
Ing candidate for Governor, and the iran-
saclion OF such other business as may DO
presented.
The basis Of representation will be rs fol.
lows, VIZ. Every city. town aud organized
plantation will be entitled to one delegate,
every city, town and organized plantation,
having one thousand inhabitants, will re-
speclively be entitled TO two delegates
those having fifteen hundred inhabitants,
to three delegates; those having Two thou.
sand TO four delegates those having twenty
FIVE hundred inhabitants, 20 five telegries;
and those having more than twenty-five
hundred inhabitants, an additional delegate
for every additional one thousand inhabi.
ianis; The census Of 1850 10 be taken as The
basis Of representation.
By order Of The Wing State Committee.
May %, 1854.
Wing papers throughout the State are 70.
quesied 10 publish The above nolire.
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The Mass Convention of the Morrill,
Democrats

We copy from the Portland Advertiser,
proceedings Of this Convention as follows
Notwithstanding copous rain in TIT
morning, the failure of the Eastern boat t.
make her regular trip by which many frolr
the East were prevented from peng present
the attendance from all parts Of The State
was very large-we should judge, largel
than at their convention last year. 1t was
decidedly the best looking democratic Con
vention we ever witnessed.
The meeting was called to order about
balfpast ten o'clock, by James NJ. Deering
OF Saco, who read the call Of the convention
and nominated rs temporary chairman, Co
Monroe of Abbott. On taking his seat
Colonel Monroe thanked the meeting for The
honor and. by permission, nominated Cal
vim II. Whitney Of Newburg, as temporary
Secretary.
On motion of Mr.. bennett Of York, thu
chairman appointed committee Of one frou
each county to select permanent officers Tor
the convention.
Gen. Perry of Oxford, being Ca led upon
then made some remarks, after which TIT
committee reported the following perma-
nent organiza ton j
President-Charles G. Talbot Of Farming.
ton.
Vice Presidents. York-Sam'l Roberts
Marlborough; Cumberiand-S. L. Water
house, Scarborough; .indroseoggin-Isaac
Goss, Turner; Sdgadahoe-Amos Nourse
Bath Lineoln-Franklin Clark, Wiscasset
Oxford Timothy Walker, Rumford Ken
ne6ee-Dudley Moody, Read6eld: Franklin
Col. Daggett, Pennington Somerset
Andrew McFadden, Embden Waldo-Oh
yer Crowell, Frankfort, Piseaia9uis-J. S
Munroe, Abbott; Penobstot-Hiram Rug
giles. Carmel; Haneoek- WIN. Chamberlain,
Castine; Washington.-D Tyler, Calais.
Seeretaries-Calvin A. Whitn"y, New
burg; Aaron Quimby, Westbrook.
Chapldin-H. NJ. Eaton, Keni's Hill.
[ Mr.. Talbot, upon taking the chair, made
some remarks, in which he denounced the
Supporters Of the Nebraska bill in Congress
spoke Of the despotism Of the caucus system
and (amid hearty cheers) compliments d
Mr.. Benton upon his independence in this
respect The next election would DO one
of the most important ever held in this State,
and ho thought The friends Of freedom and
temperance OF every party should net togcth.
er in solid column. (Great applause.)
The following gentlemen were appointed
q committee on resolutions
York-Alcxander Denne.; Cumberland
j. NJ. Buzzell Androsooggin-Job
Prince: Sagaddhoe-Amos Nourse Ken
nsbee-Bepj. Gillbraith {; Penobseot-J. S.
Chadwick Haneoek-John Bridges; Ian.
eoin-Roberi Spinney {; Somersei-Bspnmin
II Norns: Pisedta9uis-J. Bell; Waldo
j. w. Knowlton; Washinston-D. Tyler |;
Frankiin-J. ID. Prescott; OIford-John
j. Perry.
AFTERNOON.
The following gen,lemen were selected rs The
State Committee for the ensuing year:
Hrk-James NJ. Dcering Saeo, Ca~6eria1a
j. w. Munger. Portland; Inconsistencies
Jeweti, Clinton Lineoia-John Wakefield,
Rockland; Waldo. Crowell, Frankfort Sag.
leSaAee-Jsmes Wakefield, Bath; AnSfo,eesgis
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EXCEPTIONS. The Gazette takes excep
lions 10 our saying that the Nebraska law
opens the territory 10 the introduction O.
slavery. and says The same was said ofNeu
Mexico and Utah, and yet slavery has no
been introduced there. But slavery ha:
already been inlrOdut ed into Nebraska, and
Kansas too.
The Ann Arbor (Mich.) Wing Of The 3lst
ul,. says -
"A young man formerly in our employ,
in whose veracily we have all confidence,
inkrms us that while ~ st. Louis a few
days since, he saw a number o! gangs Of
slaves ecrouic for Nebraska under the
charge of their owners.
Bichard Mendenhall, mission teacher at
The Friends Shawnee Mission, writes to the
National Era, under the date of the l4,h
ul, fiom that station, that slavery exists in
Kansas, and did so before The repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, notwithstanding the
institution was then illegal. He says that
Thomas Johnson, who has been at Wash.
ingion all This season, claiming seat rs an
elected representative from Nebraska. is
the superintendent Of an extensive missions
AIRY establishment in Kansas, under The d.
recion of The Southern Methodist Episcopal
Church, n, which slaves have long been
KEEP, 10 do The mental service.
II was TO legalize The existence Of slavery
already here, us well as 10 open il for its
introduction.
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SENATOR DOUGLAS AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.

SENATOR DOUGLAS AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.
The Washington correspondent: Of The New
York Courier reports the following
Senator Douglas and Mr.. Richardson
haue gone &c Illinois 10 calm the fury OF
their constituents against The Nebraska
wrong. MIR. Petit has gone 10 Indiana Oh q
similar errand. ..
The prairies are on fire with indignation
MIR. Mace Of Indiana, will Introduce bill
amending The fifth section Of The Nebraska
Bill, so as 10 establish real popular sover
eiyniiy. All accounts represent The popu.
lar excitement al the West, against the Ne.
braska traitors, as irresistible.
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10 The bunker democrats of saco beld

u The bunker democrats Of Saco beld
a caucus 10 choose delegates TO The State
Convention, on Saturday Of last week
chose T. NJ. Hayes, E. r. Wigein, J. c.
Burnham, Thomas Dyer, 81, and Samuel
Milliken. Tho three last are OF the Cary
stripe OF democrats, and after doing their
hes, in the Liberal Convention, will endeav.
or 10 get its nominee endorsed BY The Dele.
gale Convention. We understand that MIR.
Dyer, who, 10 say the least, is open in his
supper, Of liberalism, told his br"'her dem
ocra,s he should attend the Mass Conven.
ton. II is said there is an even chance
,ha, the nominee Of the " liberal u conven.
lion will also receive the nomination Of the
Delegate Convention.
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MINISTRY AT LARGE. The Rev. T. Hill
has been appointed BY The Methodist Con-
ference to The ministry at large in this
place. Cults Hall has been used f,r some
months for the purposes ofreligious worship
and The meetings will be continued there
hereafter, commencing with next Sabbath.
The Hall has been recently refilied, thor.
oushly cleansed, and is now in every way
a desirable and airy place Tor religious
meetings. Seats are free to all. There is
a Sabbath School connected with the Mis-.
sion.
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A STRONG TEAM, Yesterday, the ban.
belonging TO Spau'ding & Rogers Floating
Palace and the North American C!rc9scs
passed through several Of the pIinGIPa'
streets in their omnibus drawn by forty nor
SEES, driven by one man. Edward Kendall .l
hand The team stopped in State street,
onn,.;,e The Merchants Exchange, where
tbs hand performed one OF two pieces OF
music usu in o. celleus stylo.-Boston Advertiser,
1foy Is.
This Circus Is to perform In our place on
tbs 18th inst. Sec their advertisement in
this paper. s,-'
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MA meeting oflhe Ladies' Anti-Sla.
very Society, Of York County. Is being held
q, Ceniral Hall in This town, commencing
yesterday afternoon. and continuing today.
Able Speakers are expected 70 address
the Meeting, and those thai attend this ev.
eniug, will have the pleasure Of listening 10
Mrs. Gibbs, Of Peru, this S,aie, who Is re-
puted as being very in,eresliagIa her ad'
dress.
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CONCERT. The Pine State Quarielte
Club, under the direction Of Prof Glidden
OF New York, give a concert this (Friday)
at Central Hall. The profits OF which will
be devoted 10 the An'i.Slavery cause, and
another at The same place on Saturday eve.
ming. This club has the reputation ofbeing
composed Of tirst.raie performers and will
undoubtedly give good satisfaction.
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WOMEN IN THE FIELD. Thirty ladies Of
Woburn have sent TO Judge Loring CON.
comparing him TO Judas lscnri.
OF, asking him never to enter their beautiful
town again, and also asking him 10 resign
his Judgeship Of the Probate Court. adding,
.. We feel that the rights Of the widow can.
not DO safe in your hands. These women
have noble impulses. but are carrying the
matter, perhaps, too Ear. 49,.
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PROGRESSING. The Brick masons have
commenced laying Bricks upon The foun.
dalions for The new mill, for the Pepperell
Company. The number Of workman en-.
gagged upon the foundations is quite large
and make things appear lively upon The
site. --. IL
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SAoo Town MEETING. At q town meet
ing held in Saco. June 8, John c. Bradbury
was chosen Treasurer. in place Of John
Chadwick, resigned, and John H. Burbank,
Collector of Taxes in place Of Naylor Water.
honso, deceased; and the town voted TO
purchase another Fire-Engins, and 70 raise
81 900 for that purpose BY loan.
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REMARKS,

Tho writer Of the foregoing speaks Ou,
from full heart. This will accoun, for the
warmth Of language he uses. /, is with
difficulty ,ha, we, ourselves, when we stop
to consider the unparalleled wickedness Of
the acts Of these Nebrasks democrats in
Congress from the free States, Can restrain
our pen from indiiing the contempt We feel
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The following gcn,lcinen were selected rs the
State Committee for the ensuing year;
Yenk-James NJ Deering Saco, Cam5eriand
u. w. Munger. Portland; Inconsistencies
Jeweti, Clinton Lineoin-John Wakefield,
Rockland; Waldo. crowell, Frankfort Sag.
elaAee-Jsmes Wakefield, Bath AnSfosecsgis
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-07-15

DAYTON AND MICHIGAN RAILRoAD.-Thc
work upon this road, between Piqua and
Sidney, under contract to Mr.. Carey, las
been suspended. The Dayton Gazette says:
Mr.. John w. Carey, who engaged 10
build the road from Piqua TO a point four
miles above Sidney, was to do the work for
$l99, ,OOO-$l00, 900 in real estate, SS40, 900
in bonds Of the Bellefontaine and Indiana
railroad, and the remainder in certain stock
subscriptions specifed-all of which have
been transferred to him or are at his disposal
He has expended S40,0 in prosecuting the
work, and now, for reasons, into which it is
not necessary for us to enter. declines to 20
on. The company have his bond in the sum
ot $3OO, 900, with security, to make good his
contract, in case his failure to 90 on is with
out excuse.
The work north of Mr.. Carav's lob 10
Toledo, is being prosecuted by Mr.. Doolitt!e
with heavy force. In regard to the means
of the company, we learn that there is not
likely 10 be any embarrassment The recent
decision of the Supreme Court sustaining
county and township subscriptions which
were voted prior to the adoption of the
new constitution, adds largely to the avail!
able resources of the company"
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3Gg-Our neighbor swells considerably be-
cause, after very severe and laborious effort
Some half dozen German democrats here were
induced to back out from position which
they had taken in opposition to slavery-ex-
tension. These democrats are doubtless hon
estly opposed to the extension of slavery in
to new territory, but have been persuaded
that the people Of Kansas and Nebraska have
the settlement of this question, that that is
democratic, and that they were deceived in
signing the call for county convention. 1t
will not be long before they will see their
mistake, and find that the Democrat and its
hackers are the men who are deceiving them.
The Democrat talks about making people
"wince." Is this the mission of that paper ?
If the Democrat is not entirely Independent
of the people, they may turn about and
make its editor "wince.' This "galling'
people with whip and spur, will do for the
the regions of slavery, but is rather hazard,
Gus amusement when practiced upon freemen
during warm weather when the blood is ca
silly heated.
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GsThe Democrat lays great stress upon
the fact that it has published Douglass Ne
braska law in full, while we have not, and
banters US to publish it as test of our cour-
age. Bravo! The great objection that all
northern men (who are not the mere tools OF
slavery have to the bill is, that it vio-
lates pledge of honor given by the south to
the north that slavery should be /" forever
prohibited" in said territory north of 363 deg.
N. latitude; can our neighbor point out
anything in the law or out of it to "justify'
this before " an unbiased, upright thnker?"
The arincing, we think, must be entirely a
creature of our neighbor's imagination. We
were rather gratifed than otherwise that our
neighbor had undertaken to supply the pub
lie with a copy of the heavy reading of the
ponderous bill. 1t is somewhat longer than
the constitution of the United States We
failed to publish it for the same reason that
we fail to publish Cass's speeches, the Ohio
constitutional debates, or Rollins ancient
history-want of room-lack of courage
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The total loss by the late fire in PhiIadel-
phla, Is SlOO:OOO. The fire originated in
the National Theater, Chestnut street. Near
ly an entire square was consumed, among
which were the National Thpater, Chinese
Museum, Waverly House, Bell Tavern, sew
Ell large dwellings, and about % first class
stores. The National Theater is supposed
to have been set on fire by some person
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PHILADELPHIA, July 9.-Anothcr Terrible
Railroad Accident.-The down train of cars
from Pottsvville, came in collision. las,
night, with the up train from Philadelphia,
when both were at full speed near Phnni1
vile. The cars were completely smashed.
so terrible was the collision, the locomotives
being thrown off the track and each traip
wedged into the other, producing great de
struction. One car was literaly smashed.
Three passengers were instantly killed, and
some thirty or forty badly wounded, mum
Der, it is feared, fatally. The collision is the
result of carelessness.
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In San Francisco, at the theater, Mr. Hu-
bert had an inconvenient seat, and wished to
take chair on which MIR. Hunts leg rested.
The latter objected and words ensuing, Mr..
Hubert said, that's Ell ough,' and took his
seat again. Soon after, Mr.. Hubert finding
his seat very uncomfor table, gently took the
chair from under Hunts leg and placed the
chair he had vacated before Mr.. Hunt who
kicked it away, and subsequently struck at
MIR. Hubert, which the latter resented. A
challenge was the consequence--dueling pis-
tols-ten PAGES, and Mr. Hunt killed.
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G9-We are gratifed to learn from the
Democrat that we are to have the printing
of the present incumbents of the probate
judge and sheriff's offices hereafter. The
Democrat pounces upon these two officials
like a game chicken before his spurs are
grown, because they choose to sustain our
congressman and stand up for freedom, in
stead of crouchlng down to slavery, and are
restless under his self-assumed overseershp
and attempts to coerce or intimidate them.
They have passed not a word with us in re-
gard to their official patronage, have given
us none as yet, and the assaults of the Dem
ocrat are made therefore entirely on suspi-
cion of what they are going to do. If this
should prove unfounded, our neighbor would
be in rather an awkward predicament
Is there not some danger however, if he
calculates to browbeat and dragoon the free
men of this county into the support OF sla-
very-exiension, that he will find himself
standing up to the rack with rather less
I" fodder" than he bargained for?
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Jacob Strachan, of Illinois, has farm of
ten thousand acres, and has upon it this
year $500 acres of corn, which will proba.
bly, yield him $4,000 bushels The corn fed
to cattle is not husked, but cut up and Civ.
en- to them, stalks and all. He owns anoth
er farm six miles long and four broad. He
paid last year $4,000 for fencing. Besides
these garden spots, he has large tracts of un-
improved lands.