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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-09-08
WAS BE RUNNING AWAY FROM
THE "CHl LERA1" 10

Aher advising The wings Of Saco not 10
attend the caucus Gull I'd by their Comm'lieo,
il appears iha, The editor Of the Union lefl
town, aud neither attended The whig nor
The fusion caucus. Perhaps he attended
the fusion meeting al Liminyion on Friday I;
perhaps he and Mr.. Wiley went TO Cornish
on Saturday 10 see the Interests oil the H.
sion in that town; perhaps the people there
responded TO the sentiment, "Nobody cares
for Paris - nobody cares for Reed, bu,
Morrill, is the man, We shall probably
learn BY The next Union all about The fusion
in Coriii.h.-Denoerat.
We regret exceedingly that we have mol
space to devote 10 the meetings al Lining
ton and Cornish. We were at both meet.
ings. VIVA, 10 the e'i.,or Of The Dem"crai
going TO do about IN The editor Of the
Union was under no necessity OF avoiding
the cholera, nor was !, necessary for him 10
pu, himself in lhessay Of contracting loco.
focoism, disease worse than the cholera.
He went 10 Limington 10 fulfil an engage
men, made nearly . week before. He Sas
happy To find the people earnes, In oppos'
ing the Dumb Democracy, and We have no
doub, they will show BY their votes that
they respond 10 The sentiment {" that nobody
cares for Reed, nobody cares for Morrill,,
nobody cares for Paris, excepting as they
represent, and are the exponen,s Of princi.
Pies" Ma. PARRIs is The exponon, Of the
Nebraska swindlen, and The good people Of
Limine'On, We trust, will show by their
votes ,ha, they have no fellowship with The
friends and advocates Of Legislative per
fdy. 10.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-09-08

The following letter was published in the
Daily State Of Maine Of Sept. 7. 1854. !,
explains some Of The circumstances con
neced with the calling Of the Biddefort
Convention.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-09-08

NPhs factories at Salisbury and Ame..
bury Mills have stopped running this week
on account OF the low state OF water. They
we're able to work only two or three hours Q
day last week.
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GREAT FIRE IN WvLpoRoRo On the 25th
inst, about o'clock, p. NJ Walloboro' was
visited by one Of the most destructive fires on
record, this side Of San Francisco. The en-
tire business portion ofthe village was burnt
to ashes, Not store or workshop was left
Mechanics had no timo To save their tools.
The Goods IN The Stores (lhirty seven in nun.
bcD were consumed. and consequently no
article ofprovision, clothing, furniture or med.
icine can now bepurchased About seventy.
five families are destitute Of homes, food aud
raiment.
The fire spread with such fearful! rapidity.
that moi even the ladies had an opportunity
to save change OF clothing for themselves
or their children.
AT a meeting Of the citizens, held the fol-.
lowing evening The undersigned were chosen
committee to appeal TO the sympathios Of q
generous public, and we now make that ap-
peal in behalf Of our suffering and destitute
fellow ciizens many OF whom barely escaped
with their lives.
The whole amour, OF property lost, from
the best estimate we are able 10 make ,canno,
fall short Of half mi lion Of dollars, not
more than one-thiFd Of which is covered by
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
From Washington.
WASUINGTOy Gont Ia

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA.
The Union Of this morning publishes proc
lamatiOn from the President of the United
States, announcing the Queens acceptance of
the reciprocity treaty.
Judge Lane, of Orcgors, is prominently spo-
ken of for the Oregon GOvernorship.
The order of the withdrawal of the British
troops from the CaNadas has been revoked
But ultimately it is intended to withdraw
three regiments of the royal troops leaving
one regiment and two companies,
An alarm is again raised of dcscel* frem
Sitka by Russian force, upon the British
settlement at Van Couver's island 1t will
be seen that strong English and French
feet have arrived at Honolulu. They are, no
doubt, to operate against Russian commerce
and possessions on the northwest coast
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.
The story of a treaty having been received
from the Sandwich Islands is entirely correct,
and it is now lying in the State Department.
awaiting the action of our Government
WASHINGTON, Sept. II.
The statement that the government has re-
ccived from Mr.. Soule information that the
new Government at Madrid had agreed upon
terms for the sale of Cuba to the United States
is untrue.
The Grcytown question between the Uni
ted States and Great Britain will be settled
soon, together with the whole central qucs-
ton.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
Reported for the DAILY PIONEER
District Court.

September Ierm-Hon. Moses SHERBrRNE,
presiding.
The UNITED STATES Indictment s
against = for
GEO. HARRIS and Mno WISE. Larceny.
The defendants in this cause, indicted for
stealing quantity of goods from Mr.. LAR
pENrEUR's store in August last, were tried
on Saturday and found guilty.
Yesterday the prisoners were brought be-
fore the Court and sentenced GEO HAIR
Rs to two years hard labor, and Milo WISE
to eighteen months hard labor in the Terri
torial Prison.
HrRnnsn1 aas;,13 p0'0lr Appeal from
WILLIS A. GonnAx.) Justice Court.
Plaintiffs witnesses - HERBERT DrFoLr
ANABLE DuToIr and PETER BEBo.
Motion by defendants attorneys to dis
miss action because it appeared by plaintiffs
own testimony that the goods hauled were
government goods, and consequently there
could be no such lien upon them as 1rould
support a promise. Question permitted to
go to jury (whether they were proved to be
government goods.) Counsel for defendant
declined to introduce testimony-declined
to argue the cause to the jury. Plaintiffs
attorney, Mr.. RICE, made short argument.
The Judge instructed the jury that if they
were satisfied from the evidence that the
goods were government goods the proper
ty of the government-there could be no
lien upon them for the transportation, and
consequently the promise to pay for hauling
them not being in writing, was void by the
Statute of Frauds.
Verdict for plaintiff, for $3.50.
RICE, HoLL1NsHEAD & BECKER for plain
tiff.
AMEs & VAN ErrES, EmEr, Moss,
BRIsBIN and Cook, for defendant.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

Robert Smith, Alton, III; A G Chatfeld, Mendo-
ia; T w Sherman, U SA; L c Kinney, St Paul
w Woodbury., New York; Samuel Thatcher,
Bangor, Me; P Stone and Lady, Lake Pep;n; Philip
Whi,head, Milwaukee; John Gordon, St Louis;
Samuel Cole, Orleans Co. N Y; J H Holden, Prov
idence, II; s @ Watson, do; H b Soule, St Al
bins; Rugg, do; A Stafford, Craw fordviIe, Ia !;
Thomas Rainy, do; John Button, do; Samuel He.
ron, do; Miss Jane CranwelI, Miss Mary A Cam
well, Miss Esly Cran~ell, Joseph C,anwel, St Lou
is; w Davis Belfast, Maine; s Grant, GaIena /;
J A Kuhn, Wooster. Ohio; Brown, Henderson; !;
Capt Todd and Lady, St Peters; Major II Lee,
U S A; G D Gardner, McGrego's. Landing; s P
Holt, N Y; c Holt, Bangor, Me; r S Shields,
Logansport, Ind James Keys, Benton Co. Pa; WIN
Dayton, Loganspor; J NJ Riley, St Anthony, were
among the arrivals at the Winslow House since Sat-
urday.
M Brown, Lady and child, Shakopee; WIN S
ConkIin, N J; A NJ Greey, and Lady, Jesse Rods-
ers, Jas Beatty, Mass; Jacob Bennett, n Ben
nett, Dubuque; Jas McFidridge, Watab; E w
Charles, Buffalo; E A Willard, Bangor, Me; Sam.
mel Monce, and Lady, Ohio; F Tetons, F Sing. Miss
Tetens, st Louis; NJ nj Crocker, keokuk; G II
Vanderver and Lady, Hastings; Theo Sickler, N
Y; Hugh Rogers, st Louis; 8 s Murdock, Pulas-
Xxi, N Y; w w Clark, Easton, Mass w l. Pow.
ers, III; Mrs Lewis, Syracuse. N Y; F d Viii
cox, Atica, N Y; VIM Cooke, Cleveland; E E
Hassen, Kowe. Maine; Mrs d Moore and
Family, o d Russell, St Louis; Lit Hancock U S
A; x Ashley, r Savtz, Louisville; Van
Hosen, and Lady, Ill; sherply, Mr. Wells, s,
Anthony; II B Maynard, N H; w NJ McCarty, la ;
J II Walker, Boston; Mr. Wbipple, Mr. Stone, St
Anthony; A Drayton, w Wilson, II Trader,
New Albany; w Mccartney, Easton, Pa, were
among the arrivals at the American House since
Saturday.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

AT Lexington, Va, few weeks since, a
little boy named FAULKNER, whose father had
threatened him severe aogging, took strych-
nine, and died from the effects.
A gentleman writing from Iaporte, Indiana,
says that from 5000 to 1000 bushels of wheat
are being received there, and it commands from
Sl.25 to $l.3O per bushcl
The total number of interments in Savan.
nah for the week ending Sept. 5th, was 1873
of which "A were subjects of yellow fever.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
New York, Sept. 10.

Samuel E. Nichols, Esq, Editor of the
Sunday Mercury, while attempting to get on
one of the Third Avenue cars, last evening,
fell under the wheels and had one of his legs
crushed. lie was taken to his home, where
his leg was amputated. But he died this
morning.
The detention Of the Atlantic was caused
by one of the severest hurricanes ever expert
enced at sea. One whole day, she did not
make single mile, although her engines
worked beautifully all the time. She has sus-
tanned some slight injury. She has the repu-
tation of being one of the most staunch YES
sells in the world
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
Southern Items.

CHARLESTON, Sept. ii.
The total number of deaths for the week
from yellow fever are 81.
AT Savannah all the hotels are closed, and
even the drug stores are closing. Strangers
who are compelled to stop here make their
exit with the utmost speed. Nearly all the
physicians are dangerously ILL.,
The steamer Star of tile West, from New
York to New Orleans, put into this port in
distress.
Accounts from the interior of the State re-
port immense damage from the recent storm.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

FRAcAs AT FREEPoRr.-OnS Sunday evening
pitched battle came off at Freeport in which
three persons were dangerously if not NOR
tally wounded. The affray was carried on
with knives, and one or two men were pretty
much cut to pieces. The officers went into
the saloon, to arrest the proceedings, and the
combatants put out the lights and kept up the
row until they were sufficiently diverted with
the amusement. Six men were arrested and
lodged in the Stephenson county Jail.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
Suspected Murder.

Great excitement exists in Chicago, in
consequence of the suspected murder Of his
wife by GEORGE w. GREEN, one of the
wealthicst men of that city. She is sup
posed to have been poisoned. GREEN had
been arrested and was undergoing examina-
ton, at the last accounts.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
WOLFE'S
SCHIEDAM AROMATIC SftyEAppS.

4 MEDICINAL Diet Drink. Of emineny salutarv mali.
"A bcaons, manufactu red by himself exc,s;ysiv .t
his factory at Schiedam in Holland "
IS h'e from the best Barley that be 81 lected in
Europe Win he essence OF aromatic Italian berry of
and 'rdnary medicinal properties II
has long since seTured higher reputation, both in En-,
rope and America, than amy other druetic beverage
In Gravel Gont and HheaMatina in Obsruct;on, of ,.
i'adder ana krneyS, and in general Dehfhy Ms effects
are prompt, decided. and invariably reliahl a -
not only remedy for these maladie but in all eases il,
which they arc Produced by drinking bad water which E
preventative. io
The distressing effect upon the stomach bcw.h .na
bladder OF travellers, residents and erscns nm
accustomed to fhcf produced By the nearly ali
our gseat infmd rivers fke the Ohio Mississippi and
Alabama from the large quantity of decayed vegeal.
matter contained IN them in state of solution is we'll
known. is al<o that the waters Of limestone ryon
IN producing gravel calcuf and stone in the bladder
Ihe aromatic Mhietam Shmaf7s absolute correctly.
o these lnu nous properties Of bad water and cops-
quent'y pre' ents She diseases VII ch they occasion
Wholesale depot at L. e. KINNEV.S
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

LIVELY TMEs-Yesterday morning our
levee presented quite businesslke appear
ance, owing to the formidable array of large
and small water craft congregated there,
and the confusion naturally accompanying
the discharge and reception Of large guam
titles of freight. The arrivals yesterday,
were the COL Morgan, the Hamburg, COM
manded by the veteran pioneer, Capt. JAS.
B. ESTES, and the Galena, to all of whom
we are under obligations for favors received.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

~We ask attention to the interesting
letter from Superior, giving description of
the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior for
some one hundred and fifty miles north of
that place.. Our correspondent is a gentle
man of thorough education and extensive
travel. whose observations are worthy
careful perlSal.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
New York, Sept. 18.

NEW URk, OepI. 10.
Accounts from Brazos, Santiago, report
the condition in affairs in the Mexican from
tier as extremely unsettled.
Gen. Wool had stopped all communication
from Matamoras to the American side
The insurgents were in great force in Vic
tOria.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

GENERAL GOVERNMENT ROAD CON-
TRACTS.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the un-
dersigned, through The Post Office, otherwise,
till 10 O'Clock the 27, September next, for open
ing and constructing so much of the
POINT DOUGLAS AND FORT RIPLEY ROAD
is comprehended between Stake A. Charles street.
betwe en- Fifth and Sixth streets, Kitson's Addition to
ST. Paul. and Stake B, the top Of Day Bluf the
line OF stakes between the two points indicating the
course the road is to take.
The worh to be done lists Of about 1000 feet in
length by 33 feet wsh. Of clearing and &rubbing
the grading Of the intermediate hills the coilsruc
about 27OO feet in length by ls feet wise at top
Ofembankment averaging four feet high the erection
Of bridge of two spans of 20 feet each, about 10 feet
high IS wide bridge Of one span Of 20 feet, about
feet high, 8 wide and the construction Of culverts
by ls feet top, Of them about feet high, the
The bridges willy he simple bent bridge 10 feet wide,
of pihe whate OAK, Of good esasy the sifRA~rs
Of the bents to be from 10 tot nches square may
bs zTed the sspAaers, five IN number, be IA
the flooring 30 be Of three inch plank, well spiked
to the ssrageys, and 30 be provided with railing
by S, snitas'y sfaced and With wheel guards By 9,
up with three inch plank to sustain tie earth.
The whole ameene sf EARTH WORK involved will
various distances from to 1000 feet, re average haul
being about $50 feet. The whole amount Of Rock
cayati"n vat SEQ cubic yards, more nG1eo2 or less
voved in the bridges and culvers will be about l77
feet board H,easure.
The whole construction be under the control and
OF the Uhed States, and to be subject such atera-
tons and notifications by him the in his judg
ment may require
The whole work to be completed by the first of June
next. PropOstrs will bid follows:
l. For the clearing and grnbbins per rod Of 161a
feet, lengthwse the road
2. For the bridges and cuverts per Thousand feet
board sure of the timber and humber built in the
structures.
3. For the earth work. per cubic yard it only to be
bald for embankment, and what coriuroy ing or
bushg, may be required to he paid for as ebank
ment.
L. For the rock excavation, per cubic yard, inclusive
of a haul of about $50 feet, if required.
The contract will he given to the lowest responsible
bidder, and in he should decline the contract
fail to sill the contract after notice that his bid has been
accepted, the right is reserved of granting the
tract to the next lowest responsible bidder
advertise for proposals The contract will be subject
to the approval of the Secretary of War. .r..
For plans and specifications persons aesreas of bid
ders referred the office Of the undersigned.
The Prop sails should te endorsed " Proposals for
Road below st Paul."
J.H. SIMPSON,
Capt Corps TOp' Engrs.
Office Gen'l Govt. Roads, Terr. Minn.,
Winslow House, st. raul, Aug. 28, 1854.
aug. 3l11ctw3t
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
Interesting Letter from Lake Superior.

Interesting Letter from Lake Superior.
ACTER OF THE sHORE-COPPER INDICATIONS
BEAUTIFUL wATERFALLS-vOLCANICR REMAINS
SALMON TROUT FIsHING-GRAND MARAIs-
GRAND PORrAGE-LA PoINTE-PIGEON RIVER
RETURN, &C., &c.
SUPERIOR, Sept. II, 1854.
In my last letter, promised, if leisure war
ranted, to give an account of my trip to Pig
con River, along the Minnesota shore of Lake
Superior. Having returned yesterday just in
time to be too late for the Sam Ward and
Baltimore, both of which boats had left for
the Sau,t, am compelled to take passage
in small schooner named algonquin as far
as La Point. trust you will not regret this
delay, as it gives time to pen these hurried
lines.
On the 25th of August we started in bark
canoe with two halfbreeds, named DENNIS
and DEPoE, for royageurs, and good, trusty,
hard working fellows, they proved to be. We
first ran up the Bay of Superior some five
miles, and then making short portage, pro-
ceeded on the bosom of the broad lake itself.
For the first twelve miles the trap dykes came
down to the shore, at short intervals, and
gave indication Of copper on all sides. This,
l have no doubt, will prove the most produc-
tive part of the North shore, and it is well
known that many locations are already mark
ed out, and the discoveries only waiting for
the treaty with the Chippewas to make their
claims. The shore beyond this, for some
miles, raised gradually, and consists principal
" of the red clay deposit, so common along
the southern shore Then succeeded some
thirty or forty miles of precipices, formed gen.
orally of various species of granite, between
which appeared small sandy pebbled beaches,
lined with the detritus of the neighboring
rock, and generally presenting the same shade
of color.
Opposite these cliffs, about half mile from
the shore, were several small islands of gro
tesque forms, and generally clothed with
stunted vegetation, caused, doubtless by the
high winds prevalent on this lake, and the Sc
verify of the winter. The matted trunks Of
the fallen timber rendered walking along the
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
BosroN, Sept. l6.

BosroN, Sept. l6.
A grand complimentary banquet to Will
liam Ellison, Esq, Most Worthy Grand Sire
elect of the Independent Order of Odd Eel.
lows, was given last evening at the Revere
House.. The officer is the head of the order
in the United States and Canada Over one
hundred persons were present, and the oeca-
sion was one of much interest.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
PROF. c. BARRY,s TRICOPHERoIS

( Medicatcd Compound. for preserving restoring
" be%utifying the hair eracating scruf and dandrun
lre'rnsna M Illness and grey hair. Every lady who ever
tried It m tire dressing roesq narsey prUnounces 10
nNae' vi, whether ter the heads Of children adults.
Its cheapness.is another recommendation OF bundrcd
!e, more valuable than other article of its class il
s"h ioo per cent less price, Read ON s
@ ana SKID IN the pamphlet accompanying ca ach bottle
tnere the philosophy Of its operation is made perfectly
cear. 1t stimulates nature to perform her functions and
the skin glands and muscles it has no equal IN The
world II any doubt exists to the virtue of Barry..
corherou we refer them to the incloscd Testimonials
an" thousands of ktdes and gentlemen town and ep,n
try. = KIZZEv cum
T0rkl's Fair Block
Sole Agent who will supply the Tricor rherous at New
York prices Retail at 25ciS in large bottl.s ~
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
NEWS ITEMS,
September 81, 1854

JOIN r. VAN BLARcoN, the master mcchan-
ic of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad
having recently died, the engineers, as mark
of respect for his memory, dressed their en-
gines with black Grape. This seems to have
met the disapprobation of the Superintendent,
JOHN E. HENRY, and by his orders the en-
blems of mourning were removed whereupon
the engineers publish a card in which they
state that so worthy man as the deceased
shall not be denied so trivial mcmento, and
that "the Grape shall be worn upon the engines
or other men than us shall act in our places"
The spirit of the engineers is as admirable as
the tyranny of the Superintendent is contempt
iblc.
The Goals consumed by the West India and
Brazilian mail steamers amount to about l4O,-
900 tons o year, at a cost of from 4Os to sos.
per ton. The large steamer Atrato, belonging
to the company, consumes about 1900 tons in
eleven or twelve days
The Journal of Commerce announces that an
arrangement has been made, by which the
steamers of the two California lines will leave
on alternate weeks, thus giving us the benefit
of weekly line to California.
During the election of Justice of the Peace
in the Fifth Ward of the city of Mobile, on
the 4th inst, number of Irishmen drove sew
eral Americans from the polls. This outrage
has led to much rioting, and the Irish have
been badly beaten.
The residents of Cambridge, Mass, have
combined together, and are about sending for
q cargo of coal, to be delivered to subscribers
at first cost. Subscriptions as low as one ton
are received.
Lenox, in Massachusetts,, says an exchange,
is probably the most literary country town in
America. 1t is at present the residence of
HENRY WARD BEEcHER, 0. w. HOLMES HER
NAN MELVILLE, G. w. CURTIS, NATHANIEL
HAWTHORNE, Miss SEDGw1cK, and FANNY
BUTLER. 1t was also, until recently, the resi-
dence of &. P. r. JAMES.
In some parts of southern Ohio, corn stand
ing in the field has been sold as high as thir-
ty-fve dollars per acre.
The deaths from yellow fever, last week, at
New Orleans, were two hundred and eighty
seven.
Rev. JESSE B. FERGUSON, of Nashville
Tenn, said to be one of the most eloquent and
prominent c}ergymen in any Christian dcnom-
ination, has recently declared his firm belief in
spiritualism.
. prize of $4,000 was recently raffied for
in San Francisco, and drawn by a poor lad
& about seventeen years of age. He was well
known and quite popular with the news boys,
who are said to be exceedingly rejoiced at his
good luck.
A Spanish bull of the true Torrca breed, is
in the possession of a sporting man of West
chester, who offers to trot him in harness, or
under the saddle, against any horse in the
country, for a wager of $1,000.
Tho editor of the Empire County (Cal.)
Argus says that he has radish in his sane
tum, grown in a garden in that vicinity, which
measures fifteen and half inches in circum
ference, and of proportionate length.
The Indiana Superintendent of Schools has
just purchased library of 500 volumes for
each township in the State.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

NJ Office is hereby given that the copartnership here
~ tOfOre existing between 4. Vance Brown Chas. H.
Oakcs under the name and firm 4 A. VANCE BROWN 4
Co. is by mutual consent this day dissolved All persons
indebted to the above firm will make payment to A..
Vance Brown who will also pay all debts due by the
A. VANCE BROWN,
CHAS. Ii. OAKES.
Saint Paul. Sept. 10Th, 1854 sept 25dtf
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26
DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT CONVENTION

The Democrats in the several Precincts Ct the 4h COun
cior District requested to send Delegates to Demo
cratic District Convention, to be held at Wabashaw,
the 2sth instant, at O'Clock M for the purpose of
nominating Candidate for the House of Representatives.
Every Precinct be entitled Delegates and d
ditional Delegates for every thirty legal voters.
\ thorough organization of the Party.is desired
By request of many Democrats
September 81, 1851.
The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1854-09-26

b. CULVER. W. G. FONsECA.
CULVER & FONSECA,
No. o WinsIoW House, Jumction Of s.. Anthony and
Edgle Streets, ST. Paul. Minnesota.
VTTOCID politely call the attention of the citizens n
w St Paul, and of the people of the Territory in gen
eral to their choice and extensive assortment of
FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOOnS.
Hosiery and Gloves Furnishing Goods, Clothing. Hats
Caps Boots, Shoes, Trunks Carpet Bsgs EmhrelIas 4
HB- N, BAH orders promptly attended In 90
st. Paul, September II, 1854 -, sen l.d.f