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Washington sentinel., 1854-03-09

asserts the superior power OF aDsoiutlon. AS
we have all along questioned its right to exer-
else the first, we of course cannot acquiesce
in its right to exercise the last. But we now
proceed to point out the dangerous tendency
of the two last articles of the Washington
Union.
We hold that they are calculated to injure
the great and important, if not vital question
that now fills nations heart. Having passed
triumphantly through the Senate, it has yet o
more trying ordeal to undergo in the popular
branch of Congress. If ever there was time
when the most rigorous test should be applied
not only to every true democrat, but to every
true lover of the Constitution, come from what
ever quarter he may, it is the present To
encourage the faltering is a duty, but to hold
out to them the hope that their course upon
this bill will not be regarded as test of demo-
cratic faith and orthodoxy, is to swell their
numbers with the disaffected In the judg-
ment Of the Washington Union it would be
Gas unwise as it would be unjust to regard
and treat such opponents of the measure as
thereby abolitionizing themselves. Such demo-
Gratis as re understand them, recognise the
principle Of non-interrention as sound, baa they
are not satisfied that it should be applied to the
Nebraska bill" What recognise principle,
and yet not be willing to apply it. Admit a
right, but acahold it. Verify this is principle
in political ethics we confess ourselves unable
at all to understand or appreciate. To our
moral code principle once settled-once
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS be withheld or denied.
Nothing short Of the bandits law, that "might
gives right" can successfully attack it, ave
cannot agree with them CONTINUES the Wash
ington Union) in the views which control their
decision of the question, but because of this
difference Of opinion as to The application Of a
Washington sentinel., 1854-03-09
To conclude with the Comedietta entitled
A KISS IN THE DARK.

Tomorrow evening,
FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MRS. FARREN.
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vision street, is in ruins. The loss
must amount. VIC should think, to near
S1.O0O,000l
Troy, Aug. N1idnigbt-The
burned district is bounded on the
west by the river, thence to Division
st; from thence by the alley between
First and Second-sts., and on the
south by Jcflerson>st.
In this district is embraced an ex.
tesive lumber district, and lumber a.
mounting to not less than $3.50, 200
was destroyed.
The freight depot, machine-shop.
car-houses, and several cars of the
Hudson River Railroad also the bell
foundry of Jones & Hitchcock, and
several other manufacturing establish
ments were destroyed.
The fire was arrested on the east
in the rear Of the costly dwellings,
fronting Washington Park, and on
the south by the open space bordering
on Jeflcrsonst
The amount of assurances is not vet
ascertaincd, but the following Compa
MES have sustained losses: American
Providence, $4,000; Roger Will
Jams, do, $4,000; Atlantic, do, ST.,
900: Merchants, do, $4,000: Mo-
hawk Valley. Amsterdam. 81 600
Phcnix, New York, $4,000; Western
Massachusetts, Pittsfeld, $500
National Protection, Saratoga, S15,-
600: Knickerbocker, Waterford ST.
900; Hamilton County, New York.
$4,000; New-Amstcrdam, do, 50,
600; 1ltna, Hartford, $25, 900
Hartford Co., So 500; Troy Mutual
$40, 600.
As far as ascortained, no fatal acct
dents have occurred.
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For the Middlebury Register.
Whigsl To your DUTY.

1t may be well for the Wings of Ad-
olson County, at this time, to consider
well their duty in the approaching clec.
tion-to DO prepared TO accomplish it
resolutely and effectively. Althouglbc.
lievlng as we do that large majority of
them regret that a somewhat differently
constituted ticket had not been adopted
By their Convention, yet, as at that early
period many circumstances now known
were then undevelopeG as it was then
unknown that any cut of tho resu.
lar Wing ranks were DESTROYS of uniting
with them, in this county,upon the State
or county ticket; as usually consti
tuted ticket was accordingly nominated,
and the party bound in honor to its sup,
port; we believe and hope that no TRUE
WING Will now desert his ticket, and the
regular nominations Of those with whom
he has always fought, to support any ir.
regular hybrid ticket, however Aatter
ingly constituted it may be.
We desire and believe that the Wing
and thoroughly Auti- Nebraska nomiua
tions should receive, as they deserve, a
full and cordial support. We desire a
full vote for our Senators Of last year,
who have received only one election and
who, by their consistent aud reliable
course in the Senate eminently deserve
a reelection. DR.. WARNER being upon
the Free Soil ticket, will Of course re-.
ccive an unusually full vote. Mr.. JONES,
whose name is superseded upon the mu.
tilated ticket, is one of our very best f.
nanciers, and took a front rank amorg
the new Senators Of the last Legislature.
His influence, by no means inconsidera,
BILE, was always reliably, prudcntly aud
inaefatigably opposed to the schemes of
Loccfocoism in every phase and form
which it showed at the last session. We
know the Wings of Old Addison" too
well to dream for a moment that they
will, in any case, now fail to give an EN-
phatic approval to his course, by his re-
election.
The Free Soil candidates for the
Bench have also been Endorsed by the
Pierce Nebraska Democracy. So Ne
braskaism is, in this case, cheek by iowl
with freesoilism, in harmonious concert.
We would not for moment believe that
there was any collision between certain
leaders of the two conventions Will
any true patriotic Wing of Addison
County give his approval and vote for
such ticket2 We shall see. e
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Foreign News.

\ The Asia from Liverpool Aug 18th,
arrived at New York on Friday morning
The war news by the Asia, although
btef, is highly important On the 9th
Prince (Alcxander) GorchakoG an.
nduuccd to the Austrian Government
tlf,t Moldayia as well as Wallachia
will be Immediately evacuated. Conse-
qhcntly the Austrian troops on their
way to Gallicia the Bukovina and Tran
sylyania have received orders to halt for
the present. simultaneously with this
announcement is Geographic statement
that 5000 French troops have effected Il
lodgment in the island of Aland, and
that an equal number have landed on the
lsthmus Of Pcrekop to prevent Russian
requirements from reaching the Cri
mea. Sir Charles Napier was to attack
Bomarsund next day" and formda-
BILE expedition against Scbastopol was
making ready to embark on board the
fleet Of transports that had assembled
in the lay Of Varua The other items
Of interest by this arrival are the death
of the King of Saxony, and the indct
mcnt of Queen Christina, on charge OF
treason. before the Spanish Cortcs.
Tho Paris N0Hitcur of the | It'll pub.
fishes the refusal of the French govern.
meut to grant an armistice, but stating
that peace may be had on the following
terms LIST, The abolition of the Rus
sian protcctorato over Wallachia Scryia
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The Bellows Falls Argus, replying to
us in rough and unmannerly terms, in.
sists that the Nebraska bill is not test
Of Democratic orthodoxy. We have al.
ready quoted the Washington Union
the official organ, to show that it is
made test by the party in power. II
the Argus chooses to say that the AID
minstration is not Democratic, so be it
Let us understand distinctly that such is
its ground
We know we'll that there are thou
sands of men hitherto calling themselvc:
Democrats, men who helped bring this
Administration into power, who now ut
terly repudiate that Administration and
its measures. But to be consistent
these men cannot continue to act Will
the National Democracy and the pow
ers at Washington, moreover, have dis
tinctly announced that they cannot re
tain that connection on equal terms
They are rcpudiated as Democrats Fur
Their than this, every vote for the Demo
cratic candidates, in this State or else
where, GOES directly to sustain the Ne.
braska iniquity. Could that party sue
coed in this State, the Angus knows the
the result would be trumpcted all Over
the Union as a Nebraska triumph. Tc
say. therefore, that the Nebraska mea-
sure is not party test, is perfectly idle.
Every man who votes the Admiuistra.
ton ticket necessarily makes himself an
accessory to the repeal of the Anti-Slave.
ry portion of the Missouri Compromise
lie becomes supporter Of that measure
no less than those who, in advance, ia
vored its passage.
We grant that the Arg1tS is not alone
in attempting to shirk this responsibility
where it is found too great a load for the
party TO carry. The same cxpcdient is
resorted 10 in many parts of the West,
where Ncbraskaism is eschewcd by the
mass Of the people. Yet even there, the
Democratic leaders determine that the
test shall be rigdly applied. The re
puted organ Of Senator Douglas at
Chicago Young Amcrica) thus disposes
Of this question, for the benefit Of all
such recusant Democrats
The Dcmoc attic Press of yesterday
says that certain newspapers and certain
members of Congress have assumed that
the Kansas and Nebraska bill is to be
henceforth test of party fealty, and
asks triumpbantiy how tile right naS nc.
qn'red 10 prescribe IL!
The Press is not the only paper a.
mong the truants from the Democratic
side which makes use of this shift to pal
late their secession. The question is
easily answered BY simply citing the
Washington UaiOn, 0cknowlcdged as
the National organ of Tie Democratic
party, which expresses its views upon
the orthodoxy of the Nebraska and
Kansas bill as a test, in few but compre.
hensive words"
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"MlLLIoNs FOR WAR, BUT NOT ONE
CENT FOR IMPROVEMENT. How long
will the American people tamely sub
NIT to veto policy which arrests riv-
cr Improvement and dcpriycs lakes Of
harbors? How long must commerce
perish by blows dealt by an executive
arm?
liza 1.-THE of this injustice we're visi-
ted upon the South instead of the
North, We should have had to "set up
nights to preserve the Union" What
IRE have patiently submitted to for
twenty-five years, would have been
held by them, as a sufficient cause for
disunion in two years. And yet, on
we go, term after term, taking these
destructive vrToEs, as snbmissively
as slaves take the lash or children the
birch
The Hudson liver furnishes more
tonnage. annually, for foreign export,
than the entire valuation Of Virginia
and the Carolinas. And yet to graft.
fy the narrow constructed views Of
the politicians Of those States.the com.
mercc Of this noble river is crippled
by vetoes.
If the people North and West arc
not the most AFFECT and spiitless Of
their race. the River and Ilarbor veto
policy will die out with this miserable
Administration. PIERCE himself is as
elfectually used up as those who pre-
ceded him in apostacy /; but that is
not sufficient. Hereafter no man who
will stretch his carcass across the path
of River and IIarbor Improvement
should receive the vote of Northern
or Western State. And Franklin
Pierce should now be held up to uni
versa' adherence as the man who ap-
Prorsd a bill crucifying freedom in
Nebraska and Kansas, who asked for
$l0,000,0Q0 to conquer or purchase
Cuba. and who refused to sign a bill
for River and IIarbor improvement.
-1lb. Ere. JourHal.
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THE BODY OF Mr.. MANSFIELD
FoUND.-It will be rccolected that
Mr.. Jacob Mansfield of Vermont sud.
denly disappeared from the residence
of his relative, George A. Mansfield,
at Maiden, on the morning of the Sth
of July-that search was made for
him and a reward offered for his re-
covery. On Friday his body was
found suspended from tree in Nal.
den woods. He undoubtedly commit.
ted suicide. The valuable papers and
money, of which his friends supposed
he had been robbed, and murdered,
were found in lis pockets,-Boston
Courier, 2SM inst.
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KNOw-NoTHING AND AMERICAN
CRUsADER.-Never, since our remem,
brance, has there been such .taror
created by the appearance ola week
ly newspaper. This publication is is
sued in Boston, by EDWARD W. Kinks
& Co., and the City of Notions may
justly be proud of it and the marked
power and ability exhibited in its edi-
torial management. Its motto is
"GoD AND OUR COUNTRY DEEDS,
NOT WORDS ~ 1t is supposed 10 be
the organ Of the "Know- Nothings,"
and goes in for The repeal of all nat.
uralization laws''-"None but Native
Americans for Office pure A.
merican school system"-"War to
the hilt on Political Romanism"-"A.
merican Institutions and Sentiments"
-"the sending back of all foreign
paupers landed upon our shore"
"and finally, American Laws and
American Legislation, and death to
all foreign influences, whether in high
places or low"
Terms, Two Dollars a Year. Clubs
of Forty to one address, $50; Thirty,
SIP; Twenty, $50; Ten, $l6,66 ;
Six, $l0,50.-Litcrary Budget, Chi.
cage, III.
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Iowa The State officers of Iowa,
who lose their places and emoluments
by the late political revolution in that
State, are said to be particularly indig-
nant towards Senator Douglas for dis.
turbing their quiet possession of the
honors aud profits, which they supposed
would enure to them for their whole
lives, by his laundering Nebraska bill.
Both parties attribute the result of the
election to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise 10y Congress Bost. Cour.
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lne oIn OF oepteInDer,
II every Anti-N Nebraska man docs bis
duty, will be proud day for the people
of Vermont. The verdict of this State
against Pierce, Douglas & Co, aud their
iniquitous schemes aud Vaccinations.
will be emphatic and decisive The
means in this case are simple and plain ::
Let every man VOTE in accordance with
his sentiments. Only two regular tick
cts arc in the field-RoYcE, Fletcher.
BATES and MEAcHAM, on the one hand
CLARK, MArTocKs, PAGE. and JEwrTT
on the other. To vote for any ether
men, in this district, for the Offices to
which these candidates are nominated.
will be to throw away your vote. Be
tween these only is the contest
For which will you vote?
Both candidates for Governor have
openly, and in writing, declared them
selves in favor of the prohibitory liquor
= law now in force. In this respect. both
are fully and equally committed.
The other and paramount issue, on
which, fortunately, the election is 10 be
decided, is one on which the position of
the several candidates is equally unmis
takeabc. The ticket We support is in
the fold expressly as tic .1uti. Nebraska
nchct-not simply as the Wing ticket or
the Frcesoil ticket, or any other mere
party ticket. 1t was made up by the
union and agreement of men Of all par
ties-precisely for this purpose of taking
the sense of the people of Vermont on
the Nebraska iniquity. 1t will be sus.
tanned by men heretofore of all parties.
Its success will not be claimed as tri-
umph Of any party, but of the Anti,Ne-
braska, Anti Slavery Extension scnt-
iient Of our people.
If you are on this side, YOU will vote
for Rover, FLETCHER, BATES and
MEAcHAM. You can show your faith in
no other manner You can contribute
to a right verdict on this case BY no 9th
er means. Do not fail, then, to vote
yourself and to secure every vote you
can influence. for this ticket
Possibly you have determined to sup.
port this corrupt brokcn-down. ard i'm.
beetle Administration. Possibly you
Lave been dcluded, by the bumbug cry
OF popular sovereignty" or by threats
of Democratic leaders, or by party drill,
or by the possession or hope of oiIicc,in
to acquiescence in the outrageous breach
Of faith perpetratcd by the party in
power in forcing the passage of the Ne
braska bill. To any voter who occupies
this position, it is probably useless now
to address any argument A ticket has
been got up for the especial benefit of
such. No others can consistently give
it their support. In voting for CLARK,
MATTocKs, PAGE, and JEwETr, you vote
directly to sustain tho Administration
and its measures" With the Admins.
tration, SO its official organ has distinct.
ly declared, "TuE NEBRASKA BILL is A
TEST OF DEMocRATIc ORTHODOXY
These two tickets -" the bane and an.
tidote are before you The one great
issue must determine your vote Re.
'ist all appeals to party feeling and pre-,
jadico, and vote as you believe to be
RIGHT.
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s IS + Ada Adams } sec'ys.

EE The returns from Iowa look
worse aud worse for the Democracy
There is no longer any doubt as to the
success of the Wing State ticket and
the election by that party of majority
Of the Legislature, and both members OF
Congress, This result insures a Wing
U. S. Senator in the place of Mr.. Dodge
Chicago Democrat.
They will continue to look worse and
worse the more returns you have. Nor
will Iowa be alone. Every Western
State will follow in the wake of Iowa
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and
Michigan will thunder at the West, while
the North East will echo back the earth,
quake shouts Of victory. The PEOPLE
are coming - Boston Atlas
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WINDnAM CoUNTY.-The Wigs and
Freesoilers of Windham County failed
to unite on a county ticket, through the
management of Locofocos in the camp Of
the latter, who succeeded by one major
ity over those who went for union. The
Wings at first nominated Horace Fetch.
er II. 81 on their Senatorial ticket, but
after the above named action of the Free.
soil convention, substituted a Wing.
Their nominations are: Col. RUSSELL
HYDE, Gen. PARDON 7. KINBALL, JAMES
II. PHELPs
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Bx51 Chairmen of Town Commit.
tees, in the several towns, will please
send us, at the earliest possible mo,
ment, full returns of the State, Con-
gressional, County and Town vote, in
their respective towns. Attention to
this request will confer great favor,
not only on us, but on our friends
throughout the county and State.
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That the one grand issue in tho ap.
proaching election, an issue overshad-
owing all others, is, Shall tic Nebraska
JW be sustained? On this question,
every freeman will give his decision.
Staying away from the polls will show
that you are Indifferent to that gross
outrage. A vote for the Administration
candidates will be vote of approval for
the leading Administration measure.
Argue as you may, it inevitably comes
to that result. Your voice will be counted
on that side. Only a vote for RoYcE,
FLETCHER and BATES, for MEAcnAM and
the regular AntiNcbraska tickets
throughout, will properly mark your con-
domination of that measure. Only a
vote for the REGULAR TICKETS will tell
effectively on the verdict.
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The secret attending the drueging
of liquor during the late session of the
New Hampshire Legislature is out
at last. An agent for the sale of qua
no, who kept samples of his powerful
fertilizers in bowls, stopped at Gass's,
the old line head quarters, and his
bowls of samples got set away by mis-
take with Gass's sugar bowls.-It is
needless to say more as the reader
Imagination will readily supply the de-
nouement.
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10 General Sam Houston meeting
RcycrIy Johnson the other day in the
Capitol, the Senator and Ex-senator
very naturally entered into conversa-
ton about public men, when speaking
OF Douglas, the General sad he had
been "sot back" "Sot back" said
Mr. }. what do You mean by that ?"
why" said General II. did YOU
never hear the story Z" "No."
"Well, there was Il man in my nei.h-
borhood when was boy, who made
IT rule not t. allow his boys to come
to the table till ihcy we're II years
old. lie hal no. whom a neiyhbor.
who Vas aware Of ;he fathers rule.
happened To- see one day sitting at a
sid si1le l;now.u-, hoycver.,hai Inc
boy was more than Il, he. asked how
/, haptnei that he was s.iil prohibit
e' .ro'o c.n'hg ,3 ihe table 'War,
-'li ae, 'wnea / MAS H.. father i,t
me come, hut I was 50 hungry. and Ia
such q Ao,WD hip ,agslt that I
stool ur ma. rat-te} So far. ina. \
sod acc'deni h'rreaci: wnuealn
A.hcr hu4ell-ely at ms tack two
yeats
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ARREST OF GAIT. l!oLIdNs 1t
seems that the grea: victory a; Grey
town is to be overturned bn.or, our
Conrt3. Mr.. Calvin Durand. a ner-
chant Of this CITY. has caused the ar
rest Of Capt. IIollins on a charge Of
lastro ;ial his property at San Juan.
The glllant Commau Ter was captured
by dcputy.sheriif and marched of
.ovarl the lock-up. when word was
has;ll y sent to the Custom House. and
The faithful rushed to the rescue.
Collector Redfeld, Sub Treasurer
Cisco and Assistant Treasurer Broad
head gave bonds in the sum of 800
600, and relieved the bold navigator
from duress.
The President heard of the arrest
of Capt. IL. Yesterday morning. lie
thinks it a ridiculous move, aud prom
ises to stand by the victim to the last.
" T. Tribune, 26A.
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SUGGEsTIvE.-Ihe Portland Stale
of Maime,in abiding to the present 70
htical canvass in that State. makes the
following suggestive remarks "One
thing is quite apparont-that the ad-
minlstration has no party, and very
few ardent friends in Maine. The
administration Of Franklin Pierce has
not once been referred to with appro-
baton by the resolutions of conven-
tons Or otherwise, since the commence
ment Of the political canvass, and ma
ny of its most ardent supporters, at
the time of his election, are now in OPP
position"
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CUBA-A Washington correspondent
of the N. Y. Tribune says:
can assure you that the Admins.
tration have exhausted all the schemes
they have been able to devise for the OBJ
tanning of Cuba, and are satisfied that
they are check-matcd 1t can't be done
short of a war, aud for that Mr. Pierce
and Mr.. Marcy have not the pluck They
have gained glory enough in the conquest
of San Juan.
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The friends Of the Rutland platform
do not ask for a fusion of parties. "
They do not ask that man profess faith
in the distinctive principles heretofore
held by the Wings They ask for a
UNIoN OF THE People against the en-.
croachments and general policy of the
slave power Rutland Herald.
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PRoFEssoRsHIP ACCEPTED. The Bos.
ton Bee learns that Orcstes A. Brown
son has accepted the Professorship ex-
tended to him by the Irish University
at Dublin. He is at present preparing
his first course of lectures The salary
is about So 900.
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EETwo smart thunder showers Wis.
tied New York on Friday night We
had slight dash Of rain here on Satur-
day morning. scarcely enough TO lay the
dust Up tho Valley of the Mohawk,
there was a heavy thunderstorm on Sat
urday-Ai5any Register, 2sth inst.
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HOME AGAIN.-IIon. Geo. p.
Marsh arrived in Burlington Aug. %,
after a five years absence in the for
eign service of the country. He was
'erenaded the latter part of the eve
ming.
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I'd DIsTRICT.-The Nebraskites of
the third district have nominated
W. Hayward, Jr., of Essex County.
for Congress. Who is he +?
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Iowa ELEcTIoN-In so counties,
Grimes, the Ant-Nebraska candidate
for Governor, leads Bates (Dem,) 263S
votes The same counties gave Pierce
a majority of 1906, thus showing an An
ti.Nebraska gain of 1899 There can
be but little doubt of the election of
Clark Anti Nebraska) to Congress from
he first district, by a majority of over
300