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WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington, June l6.-To.day the Pres
iden, has appointed Gen. WIN. U. Butler
of Kentucky, as Governor OF Nebraska, ane
Gov. Wright, Of Indiana, as Governor o
Kansas.
Washington June l5.-The Committee o
Ways aud Means are considering plan
for abolishing direc, bounlies Oh fishing
vessels, bu, which allows bonus 10 some
amount on domestic salt used.
The reciprocity treaty will be submitted
next week. without, waiting for the action Of
the Provinces. Mr.. CLAYTON aud some nor
lhem members will oppose il.
It is understood that The committee have
decided TO rePor, an amendment, 10 the
tariff Of 1916, as soon us called on for re,
ports, and that most Of the recommendation
OF Mr.Gnihrie, aug'nentng the free list
aud reducing the advalorem schedule are
adopted.
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FRAUD DISCOVERED IN THE NEBRASKA
BILL.-The Washington correspondent, Of
the New York Times, ieleeraphs iha, an
astonishing fraud has jus, been discovered
by MessrS. Campbell, Of Ohio, Benton,
Mace. aud others, in The Nebraska bill. ],
seems that Mr.. Richardson stated TO the
House that his substitute was The Senate bill
simply, without the Clayton proviso, when,
in fact, he had inserted clause providing
that no persons other than citizens OF the
United States should hold office or vote
until they had sworn 10 supper, the prin-
ciple' Of this bill.
Mr.. Mace will introduce bill amending
aud explaining The Nebraska act, aud
Messrs Campbell, Benton, and Others, will
take the floor in denunciaiion of the lrald.
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fate, and 1t will DO an impcgnable barrier TO the
westward extension Of slavery, and, in oil proba
etli'y, prevent the territory south Of |, from uii
ma'ely becoming slaveholding State. ..
ain connection with the exploration and publ
cation OF facts useful to the emigran; let the prop
er business measures bcIaken, and then announce
that, in the Government domain in Kansas, with
the extinction OF the Indian titles, there are mil
lions Of acres which will grow the best hemp IN the
world from the first year, and as hemp Is not an
exhaus,ing crop, il can be kept on the same land
for thirty consecutive years without deterioration
Tha, oae smart hand, with a mowing-nachine
rugged to ca, the crop, can cultivate gather rot,
crop. Ten acres TO the hand Is the standard ior
slave labor, and the crop is Gu, with hnnd hook,
a, the rate Of half an acre a day, while moving
machine which has been rugged for tie purpose,
and used for the last two Yeas on solitary hemp
farm in Illinois, cuts zen deps in day. Without
any labor saving machinery, the beet hemp farms
In Western Missouri will this year net $40 to so
profit TO the acre, and the current price for hand
breaking hemp is now so per ton. Let j, Ice an.
nounced to the emigrant that central hemp dress
ing establishments will be located in the territory
around which the settlers viii make their centres
Of land, and where their hemp will he purchased
in the stalk, at the market price, less the cost oil
hand dressing.
II an emigrani aid fund of one million dollars
can he raised at the East appropriate one hundred
e 81. = nh
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COMMENT Is SuPERFLuoUs.--The Richmond
Enquirer publishes two anonymous CON-
municaiions, one Of which suggests, as n
retaliation for the recent conduct Of some
Bos,onians, that the people. of,he South shall
refuse 10 subscribe TO any journal published
in free state, and dismiss from their EN-,
ploymeni any Northern men who have no,
given unmistakabe evidence OF their lie
yolion TO Southern interests and institute
lions. The other recommends tina, South
ern people generally unite in declaring
,ha, henceforwald they will never deal o
trade, ia any manner, with any community
in which scenes similar 10 those lately Ell
acted in Boston shall occur, aud tina, for ev
ely fugitive slave withheld or rescued
hereafter, a Northern vessel in their ports
shall be confscaled 10 The owner Of lh'
slave.
Aud these suggestions, The Enquirer says
commend themselves 10 It's approval, by
their manifest propreiy and cJieieney.'-
~ Y. Commercial.
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Kansas and Nebraska Important In.
formation.

The Springfield Republican is permitted
10 extract the following passages from rri
vaie letter. written by an eastern gentleman
now resident in Missouri 10 a friend in
Springfield. The Republican says: awe
know the gentleman well, and his stale
menis are entirely reliable"
al am informed tha, the adjacent territories OF
Kansas and Nebraska, to the distance of two hun.
dred miles westward. furnish hemp lands equal to
the best in Missouri. already hKHlrels Of hemp
groseers Anre made their s,iecfions for nse arms,
in thess vile-6orn territories. And yet, we have
heard thai KaLsas and Nebraska are unsuited TO
slave labor! Accountable ,reaehery to freedom
can think Of but one way To foresiall the guilty
designs Of the repudia,ors and traitors Let there
be immediate organization 10 settle Kansas with
twenty thousand true men from the Eastern aud
Middle States, one. fourth Of whom should be on
the ground this autumn TO prepare for the spring
emigration. Save Kansas, and Nebraska is safe.
Committees OF the right men should Immediately
proceed 10 Kansas and make thorough exploa-
tion Of the territory. and publish full epor, for
the bene6, Of emisrants. An emigran,s' guide tor
Kansas, rightly prepared, would have an immense
circulation at the West Us well as the East, and
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio will double the emigra.
ton from thusEasi. II is impOrtan, hat there be
no delay in the preparatory steps for calling atien.
ton TO the Inducements To emigrste to Kansas :
Intelligent persons from the western part OF Mis-
sour, who have been over the territories, describe
the country in the valley Of the Kansas and imne-
diately west OF the Missouri, as Of unsurpassed
beauty aud agricultural richness, with an album
dance Of coal, strati6ed limestone and clay for
building, while the frequent pure springs, gushing
iron both free and limestone rock, with the great
purity Of the air from the elevated plains stretching
towards the Rocky Mountains, ensure health to the
future inhabitants to remarkable degree The
only drawback, as new country, is found in the
comparative scarcity Of timber, OF which. howev.
er, there II 4 suficiency Zoe some years. For 6,.l
building and fencing purposes. the as6ciency Of
timber is fully compensated by the supplies OF coal
clay and limestone, and the Usage orange, or so;,
Gase-,he cheapest fencing material In the world
lis there indigenous. let the wide spread publ.
cation OF an thin may not save Kansas to freedom,
and the importance Of this sal walton cannot be
estimated. II Kansas becomes slave State, saw
cry Will surely 10 westward, on the line Of the Pa
clio Railroad TO New Mexico, and most likely 10
California. But, save Kansas from this accused
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NEW HaMPsHiRE LEGISLATURE. Con
cord, N. H., June l6. The House rei'.sct
10 lay on Tho table The Anli-Nebraska e'oln
tions.by a majority Of 10. 50
The House proceeded TO ballot for U. 5
Senators.
Fins, ballo,-Whole number of votes 30S
necessary for a choice 1856 Johns. Wells
Democrat, had l47 Joel Eastman, Whis
ST. Geo. w Morrison, 10; Mason w. Tap
pan, Free Soil, SO; 2 Democrats ;bsent-
No choice.
Second Ballol-Wels had l4S; Eastman
SO Tappan 43; Morrison "a Daniel Clark,
Q; Cha;es L Woodbury. and lchabod Good
win each-No choice
An attempt, was then made 10 proceed Il
The election of Senator fnr the lug term
brl the Speaker ruled 1t oui Of order.
Auolher, for indefinite poslpohcmenl, was
neA, made, hul me, with general ohjec ton
Finally, Wednesday next al 3 o'clock, p.
NJ, vas agreed upon for u further trial 'o
elect u. s. Senators.
The morning Of the same day was assign
ed for The iul,her consideration oflhe Anti
Nebrask.. resolves, on which no final ac!icn
took place 10 day. House adjourned.
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The Attorney General has decided against
the claim for interest on Florida depreciation
cases prior 10 1919, and amounting 10
5000, 900.
Our government has got into new and
important difficulty connected with foreign
atiairs, the Imprisonment of Mr.. Nelson, Our
Consul AT Turks Island. Mr.. b. Z. Smip,
,he Es.Consul is here, aud will make q
iuii statement ofihe case TO The Secretary
Tomorrow. Mr.. John Nelson of Baltimore
Formerly Attorney General, and the father
OF Consul Nelson, will be here ,o-muuow
10 ,ein1ns'rale agains, the authorities OF
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FOREIGN NEW

The Portland Advertiser OF yesterday con
tains telegraphic dispatches Of news brought
by the Steamer Canada, which arrived a
Halifax June 2lst. We copy some Of thu
items.
GaE.r BRrraM.- Lord John Russell hat
laid befofe Parliament treaty with Slain
respecting the Cuban slave trade.
Mr. Hume asked if the Government woulC
also " before the Housa any documents re
ceived from the British Consul At Havana. IL
order TO ascertain if those ami slavery de
crees were enforced. as within the past three
months three carsoes Of slaves had beer
landed in Cuba.
Lord Russell replied, that the treaty de
cree Just laid on the table being dated MaiGt
22d, could not have had practical effect IL
Cuba at the date Mr., Hume referred TO.
Tux wAR.-There is intense anxiety res
pecting the fate Of Silistria.
The Russians are making desperate efforts
to take il. Marshal St. Arnapd has sent
10000 men TO relieve il. viz, 25 900 French,
$1,000 British. and $1,000 Turks from Omar
Pasha's force.
The Russians have 10000 besieging, and
assaults continue day and n,ght.
The Russians had made practicable
breach, but a freshet on the Danube pre-
vented storming
Adyices to May 25th reported tina, they
might hold out for fifteen days. The com.
mander, Mussa Pasha, says he will blow up
himself and fortress rather than surrender.
During the night OF May Goth, the Rus
SLAMS made three attempts 10 storm. hut
were repulsed with fearful loss, leaving 1900
dead beneath the ramparts
The Turks also made sortie and effected
dreadful massacre Of the Russians-450O is
reported killed and wounded.
The head quarters Of the allied are a,
Varna, and il is calculated that by the 9Th
the Anglo-French force would be at Shumla.
thence TO proceed TO Silistria, being three
days march distant - consequently by the
10Th, or say 18th Of June, will be face to
face with the enemy when battle must ensue.
There had been considerable fighting else
where.
May 3lst severe affair occurred at Ststina,
when the Turks defeated 1000 Russians,
killed 500 men and captured their artillery.
Other encounters, more or less sanguina-
ry, are al.o reported.
All the Russians Al Bucharest are ordered
to advance to the Danube.
Tx B.Lric.-Nothing has been done in
the Baltic.
Napier division, on leaving Hango Roads,
will proceed along tn. northern coast Of the
Gulf Of Finland, to within 20 miles Of Hol-
singfors.
Corry's division, including the French
squadron, will cruise OF the southern coast,
until arriving near Cronstadt, both divisions
will unite and anchor in line across the Gulf,
thus cutting OF the enemy's communication
with St. Petersburg by sea.
The French feet. 90 strong, passed Ruger
the 4th. steering northeast.
A force Of Sit an gun.boats is hastily TT
ting out in England.
Five English ships of war are on their wa!
to blockade the White Sea.
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WING STATE CONVENTION.

The Wings Of the several cities, towns and organised
plantations In the STATE al Maine, requested TO send
delegates 10 meet In CoSvESroS PORTLAND, ON THURS
DAY, rwESrY-SISrH Juss NEXT, nj 10 O'Clock, n
NJ Cor the purpose Of nominating candidate for Govern
and the transaction Of such other business a. may DC
presented.
The basis Of representation viii he a follows, Viii
Every city, town and organized plantation VIII be entitieh
one delegate, every city, and organized plantation
having one thousand Inhabitants, VIII respectively pe emu
tied two deegates those having heen hundred ihhao-
ants 10 three delegates, those having two housand 10
four delegates those having twenty-five hundred nhabi-
tants 90 Ave deeaes and those having more than TWEEN
tyye hundred Inhabitants additional delegate r ev-
cry additional oue thousand nhabltansi the census Of
1850 70 be taken as the basis Of representation
by order Of the whig Bate Committee.
May 22i, 1854.
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, :. co,,, ofp,ohate holden n Kennebunk within ana
n, nm. comfy Of Yokon the hrst Monday IN June In
,S. ,s,, NJ our Lord eighteen hundred aud my -four,
nv Inc Honorable Joseph r. Nye, Judge IL said
Cours. -. ,., L,
the e.ts,e Il william seammei. LIE Of saeo. IN
aid Couny. deceased. paying that administration OF
The estre or said deceased may be granted To- Runs
p. Tspley OF said saeo, of some o'hef 'uao'e per-
or o.,,,rp-Thai the petitioner cite the widow AMI
80, os Mn "a take administration. and give notice
thereof TO the heirs Of sad deceased and 10 o. persons
I'm said estate, by causing copy of this Of
Nv, -, he uubishd ir the Union and Eastern Journal,
,,.,sd In Bddeford In said County, three weeks sue
e..iys,y, that they may appear at robais Court to
- hn,dsp at York, In said County, on the hpt
y, dy i, ju,y melt at ten Of the clock In the FORE
aoon md ,bew cause. if any they have, why the
n,,1., of ,aId petition should not be sranteI.
80 hussi.-FRANrlS BhCON, Rsfiaer.
true COPY, Attest,-FRANCis bhSoN 'hef"'et
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Al Cour, OF Probate held at Rennsbunk, within ana
FOR the COMFY OF York, on the hr.t Monday " y%ns
IN the year ofour Lord e'snasrn UNIV" S"s Jad 70 II
-four, BY the Honorable Joseph u N.Y. ''"s' =
ISRAEL r. SEAMAN. having presented g, Pro- 'ss
i bate certain instrument, puspanp,s ~. =, s,s".
In s,Id County, deceased, also hi. PettInn Ins 40
m,ui.tra,ion with the will annexed Of Tue s'.@e |"
sad deceased, be granted TO Rnfu, u IaF'sy "
saeo. or some other suitable person =
Osprarp, That the said Seaman cue ue nsu o'
In IN tahe administration, aud give notice Ia all per-
sons Interested by causing copy oi ,ns 1IneI ps
Essisrn Journal, prnisd at Biddsicrd In said county,
thai they may appear AT Probate Coun TO be held
n saso 10 sna County, on the first Monday Of July
n.rt M ten or the cock IN the forenoon, and sbew
saus. f any they have. why the same should not be
provsd, approved, and allowed as the last win and
isstameniaf said deceased, sld the prayer Of said
petition granted.
Attest, FRANCIS BACON, Register.
Atrus copy. Attest, FRANCIS BACON, Register.
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Commissioners, Notice.

WE having been appointed by the Hon. Joseph T. Nye
w Judge Of Probate Tor the County Of York, to receive
and examine the claims Of the creditors Of George W. Fob
son. late Of Cornish In said County deceased whose e.
tate Is represented insoyen give notice that six months
commencing the first day Of May, have been allowed u
said creditors TO bring In and prove their claims, and thai
we win attend TO the service assigned US at the Office o.
Luther B. Moore ESQ., In Limerick, Saturday, the sec
ond day Of September and Saturday the seventh and sat
urday the wentyrst days Of October next from one 70
ak O'Clock, r. NJ. ABNER BURBANK, co,,ml.,rs.
EDENEZER Frye
Dated this first day OF June, A. ID. 1854
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Dcdtbs.

In this town. 10th ns Mary Isabel daughter Of Capt
Nathan Chadwick, aged year and mos 18th instant
Mrs Marniha IIurd, wife Of the late Peter liur age j.
years mos. lsth Miss Martha Berry, aged % years
18th, John Laughan, aged years 10Th, Mr.. Elishi
Stevenson aged +s years 20h Mrs Mary Mcride, age
In saco. Iiih inst, Sarah Il, daughter Of John an
Mary Johnson aged II years l6th very suddenly, Mrs
Hannah, widow Of the late Capt Samuel Moody aged o
years.
In Lyman 18th inst. Mrs lIuldah Miller aged >? yrs
In Lyman 18th inst, Miss Mary s., daughter OF JohI
Written, aged 10 years mos.
In WATERFORD, nth ut, very suddenly, Rev. Jane
Grey, aged 20 years.
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SheriH''s Sale.

York, So. May 20, 1854.
AKEN on execution in favor Of Ezra Narhan Of SOM
ellsworth, In the County Of STAFFORD, and State Of New
Hampshire, against bartholomew Wentworth OF Berwick,
In the County Of York. AMI State Of Mane the hav-
ing been attached the original writ In the suit and will
be soil at public auction, at the store Of Parks Harris,
In said Berwick on the fifteenth day Of july 1884, at two
OF the clock In the afternoon a the right In equity which
the said Wentworth had the eighteenth day Of March,
A. d., 1884, has, Of redeeming certain tract OF
land situate In said Berwick and bounded northerly by
land Of Stephen Tbbetts and Moses Roberts, easery by
land Of Joseph Mace and David Parnhamj southery by
land Of Jonathan Wallngfjri and westerly by land Of
Thomas Wallingor; the being subject to mortgage
to Ichabod q. jordan Conditions made known at the
time and place Of sale. MARK 4. MARSHALL,
23-3w Deputy Sheriff.
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d. RicHARDsoS's smERRY-wISE DirrEks both ton.
c and apcrient and their physical effect II different IRON
that VI any other purgative medicine, nasmuch as most
Of the medicines used, asr their immediate effect Is
reaction IL experienced, and additional medicine In re-
qulred. In such cases. the stomach u always weakened
and condaces la great degree, Dyspepsia and Indiges-
ton followed by diseases Of serious nature These bit.
tiers win have no such eject, Il Il prepared expressly
obviate that great difficulty and It's popularity and
success In cases Of CosyeDcss doubtless attribute.
ble In great degree, It's saiutary and mild physical
effect without producing In the least the unhealthy re-
action which invariably follows the operation 81 every
drug Of physical nature. IL"
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VINO CArcrsEs. The wings Of Saco, and
of Biddeford, hold caucuses on Saturday to
choose delegates 10 attend the Wing State
Convention to be holden at Portland on
Thursday, the 10Th inst. For particulars see
the calls Of the Town COMMITTEES in this pa
per. .Fr -5..1-. ,-9- .f.r1i 1-A ,'r.
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DEAD BoDY FOUND. The BODY Of Mel
vile Webber, OF Kennebunk, who has beer
missing since the 25th Of April, was found
by Mr.. Ivory Fernald, on the 18th inst.
in Mousam River, about one mile below the
yillage-one half a mile from the place
where his hat was found, where he is sup.
posed to have committed suicide. He wa:
% years Of age.-Democrat.
10 At the annual meeting of the Mag
ara Engine Company, Slco, held at their
Hall June 9th, the following officers were
elected for the year ensuing: L. Hewes
E reman; b. Z. Ridlon, Assistant Foreman
o b. Chadborn, Pipemnn Z. p. Bowden
Assistant Pipeman; A. j. Woodman, Clerk
Moses Lowell, Treasurer.-Demoerat.
~ The grain crop in New York State
promises to equal IL not excel that Of any
other year. In Monroe, Genesee. Wyoming
and Livingston counties particular encour'
agement to harveslels is afforded.
O. The first installment OF the sigma.
lures TO the Boston memorial praying TOR the
repeal Of the Fugitive Slave Law, has been
taken from the Merchants Reading Room,
and has been forwarded to Mr.. Rockwell
our newly appointed Senator. II contained
t,ro thousand nine hundred names, including
all our best and largest commercial houses.
II measures ffty.6ve feet in length, Of q
double row Of names Alias.
FuGirIvEs FROM SLAVERY. A fugitive
slave and his wife ON their way from the
South in the cars to place OF safely a day
or two .ince. when within q short distance
of this city. discovered their former owner
in the same car, who, it appears, had recog.
nizcd them. The lugiiives were in n state
Of great trepidation, but friend who lesrned
the facts Of the case, induced them to get
out when they reached neighboring village.
A covered wagon was procured, and the iu.
gi,ives were taken with all speed to this
city, and embarked on board u vessel. which
soon after sailed for the British Provinces
Irareller.
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Al Court Of Probate held ut Rennebunk, within and
for the County OF York. On the first Monday ~
June, In tho yer Of or Lid eI,Itsea hunl red
and iiNy four. by the Honorable Joseph 7. Nye,
Judge OF said Court:
IN ih o petition Of George Gowell, guardian Of Ben
" jamin r. Leach. George u. Leih, Lew J.. Leaseh ,
and CharicsP. Leach, mnors and rhildren of Lew
Leach late of Boston, deceased. praying for license
TO sell and convey, at public auction, or private sale
all the right title and interest of his sad waids IN
and 10 certain real es'ute, situated i Sanford, w
said county, and the proceeds thereof "a be put IN
efest viz ;-iweve acres of iandw house there.
On. on the road leading fiom Lebanon To SANFORD
Iorner, aud moe fully described In said petition
ORpEnrp, That the petitioner give notice thereof Ia
all persons interested in said estate by causing cop,
Journal printed IN Biddeori IN saio county Tor three
weeks sureessvely that they my appear at Probate
Count 10 be held at York, ~ said county on the hr.t
Monday IN July next, nj ten OF the clock IN the
forenoon, and shew eause ifany they have why The
prayer Of said petition .hond not % sm ,sn'e n
A true COPY. Attest, FRANCIS HAYDN, Register
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It;ddeCard Whig Caucus

THE xyh,g M Riddefori are requested TO meet Mt tn
Enrine House In said town, Saturday evening, Jun
ai,h MI IL occk To select eight delegates TO represen
them In the WING STATE Convention 10 be held In Portland
on the 18th inst fei ""u W io"n 0o.h,.'ee'
Biddefori June 1ith, lSoh go. . 1f-~