The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-02-24
NJ The sal, Of guano was $4,000 tons
IN 1876, and Ga, 900 in 1853. At present
the demand FAR exceeds the supply.

f. In is46. and Ga 900 in 1853. At present
the demand far exceeds the supply.
~ Thirty ships, averaging about one
thousand three hundred tons each, are now
in process Of construction, or contracted Tor,
In Bath, Me.
NJ Solomon evidently relates to adver-
Using, in the following ''There is that scat
tereth and yet increaseth. and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet, butt tend
eth to poverty"
SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. Thomas Ladd, OF
Sebec, while travelling from Milo, 10 his
place of residence on the 2slh ult, is sup
posed TO have frozen 10 death, as he was
found the following morning about 25 rod.
from his house. He was aged 81 years.
NEBRASKA. The Washington correspon.
dent Of the New York Courier and Enquire
says:
"We are in the midst Of an agitation more
intense in its bitterness than ever witness
ed here; and have seen the furious con-
tests over the 2lst rule, and that more des-
perate conflict Of 1850, when firm and pru-
dent men were in daily apprehension oil the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Union"
nT The Oxford Democrat takes bold and
strong ground against the great Pierce and
b Douglas villainy-so does the Bangor JET
fersonian ard Skowhegan CLARION. The
Democrat says truly;
"Tho people Of Maine, like those Of New
York, have but one voice in relation to this
bill. That voice is opposition. The people
say il ought not TO pass, because il violates
Soth the Compromises oil 20 and so; be-
cause il violates solemn contract entered
into in 1920, and whichhas never been re-
pealed; and last, but not least, becau SC il
violates the principles ofliberiy, justice and
humanity. On this question, lput down
Maine with an emphatic "No," uttered by
$1,000 voices"
C. DR.. VIM. F Claiming, the protector
ofthe Boston Fire Alarm Telegraph, at the
Nebraska meeting in Boston, stated that in
his western travels he had fallen in with pi-
oneer who had traversed that vast territory in
all directions, and gave it as his opinion that
ii would yet be the granary Of the world
Its fertile prairies, mines OF coal and streams
OF water, its fine climate visited by the south
winds detected across its valleys by the
Rocky Mountains, gave il vast agricultural
resources. Ii was the very country for the
home Of free labor, and such being the fact,
the decision Of this question becomes OF tran
scedent Importance.
AMANLY REroRr. Mr.. Hughes, demo.
cratic member from New York, intimated to
Smith Of Virginia, generally known rs Extra
Billy" that he should vote on the Nebraska
bill as his constituents had instructed him.
To this Smith insultingly replied, "Ah! Skulk
behind your constituents, will yOul" Where
upon Mr.. Hughes rctortcd with manly spirit
-"Sir, neither you nor the Administration
will be permitted to apply the thumb-screws
TO mel shall vote as my conscience die
tates, and am responsible therefor only TO
my constituents and my God" This spirited
and dignifed reply caused deep sensation in
the House and galleries.
SIZE OF NEBRASKA. The National Era says
on this point.
organized territory Of the Union-the extent
oil its boundary is over three thousand miles
its urea about five hundred thousand square
miles-capable-Of being formed into dozen
States, each as large as Ohio. This mag
niicient heritage has been for whole gen.
Grafton the heritage OF freedom-held under
the high sanction of American law, sacred to
free labor and free institutions. Neb-
raska bill proposes 10 abrogate this law, TO
remove the flaming sword which has turned
every way, guarding it against slavery, and
to allow the destroyer to enter and do his
work Of deata-or, to speak more plainly, to
lay the foundations Of vast slave empire
from the Gulf Of Mexico to the British Prov
inces, dividing the free States east Of the
Mississippi, from the free States west Of the
Rocky Mountains and thereby obtaining the
mastery Of the Mississippi Valley directly,
and indirectly of both the Atlantic and Paci-
fc coasts.
HORACE GREELEY IN A NEW MOVEMENT"
MIR. Greeley in tho Tribune has come out
rs a decided anti-shaving advocate. He
close, long article on boards with this
characteristic appeal
ave say to young America in counting
houses and workshops, never touch your
boards with razor, Despise the dictates
Of fashion, and let the hair Of the face
grow silken and soft, only trimmed by the
scissors. Your health will be improved
your teeth will be soundcr your liability to
colds and bronchial and lung affections will
be sensbly diminished your convenience
will be daily consulted; your manly beauty
no despicablc thing. rs il is the type oil
what ought to be the dover Of every man
will be indefinitely increased, and the true
and poctical contrast 10 feminine loyeliness
be once more secured, which is impossible
under the starved, scraped, why caricatures
which shaveng now present"