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The Case OF the Twelve Bslgians.
DEPOSITION OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE R0CHAMBE
Before Juatfce Ro0Art

Before Justice Bogart.
Harris Stackpole, captain Of the Rochambeau, (pacl
ship,) being examined, deposed substantially as
lows:-I brought S51 passengers from Antwerp, and \
thrty-two ON the trip; the remainder were landed
this port the ship chartered by Adslphus Strau
the twelve Belgians now in the city prsop snd
the passengers; they came on board at Antwerp bef
We hauled out Of dock, like the others; do not kn
who paid their passage received the charter NOR
for AL the passengers and the ship from Mr.. Strau
the sum 90, 500; had all the passengers examin
o. is usual by Commissioners, and found these tive
with less baggage than the rest this led to supp
that they were psapsrs and msn.oned the fact
replied that they were all young men, able to get tn
own hving-that they were not paupsrs, for they b
money and passports; still objected, and said Isho,
try and prove they were paupers, could; then WI
to the American Co.isul, and stated the to hi
after making inquiries the Consul told to take the
as he could not prove them TO be paupers had no r
did not know that these men were paupers cohvic
and had no means of proving it; the men were exami1
the same a. the others; It was rumored among AM
shipped, but we had no means Of finding out who I'll
were; we had a notice put up for eight ten days
our ship previous to sailing, Offering reward for
information about the shipment of paupers or convid
the parties in question were the only passengers aga
whom we had any suspicion; the luggage Of these
gians the only thing that led me to suppose IL
were paupers; do not know how much money they b
they were all able bodied men; at the time they VI
inspected, was told by an interpreter that their p
sages had been paid by the burgomaster
STATEMENT OF JEAN BAPrIsrE FURRIT, ONE OF r
ALLEGED CONvICTs
was born at Forrest, Belgium; last resided in L;
vain; am laborer, and resided twenty -four years
LoHvan; from Louvain i went to the almshouse in
Cambria; remained there two months and was then s.
to Hoogstraeten's workhouse; applied to the bur
master for permission to oo the United States he
us ten francs each, and paid passage money TO
Strauss; there were nino- more from Louvain at Ho
straeten; six with in prison. and three acted
sailors on board of the ship; the ssven from L6uv
are Pierre Macs, Jean B. Macs, Guilaume Ferteng'
Joseph Weird, Joseph Poisman, J. Waegemans; do
know whether any of them were convcts
Further consideration OF the question was here pc
poned.
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ELLSWORTH. ME--A
broke out in Ellsworth ON the 22d inst, in the BULL
owned by Mrs. Hopkins and Thomas Robinson, occup
by Asa Edwards IS store, and the second story b.
p. Thomas and John Ober as dwellings. The build
with most OF its contents, was destroyed, Mr. Edws
saving part Of his goods in damaged condition
fire then spread up Main street destroying in its cou
the store occupied by Henry Rollins saddle and
ness establishment, and owned by Thomas Hol.a
Next was the building owned by Samuel Beckwi.h 4
occupied by James B. 0sgood as book store aud u
graph Office; the second story was occupied by wn
Westcott rs q dwelling house, and the stores by II
K. Whiting and Henry whiting. The goods Of m
stores wore mostly saved in . damaged condition.
Whiting bad about 600 bushels Of corn burned. J..
Wood Co.'s goods were considerably damagea by
moval The apparatus Of the telegraph Office was saw
The dwelling house owned and occupied by VIM. Son
by was badly Damaged. Mrs Hopkins loss was 81 4
Asa Edwards %, 900; 8. p. Thomas, $500; ]. Oh
5000; H. Rollins, $500; VIM. N. Wcstcott, 1900; Sam
Beckwith, 81 900. The above named persons were
insured. J. b Osgcod u 900, partially insured;
s. X Whiting, S2,00O-insured 81 500; Mr.. Somer
81, eoo-insured 81 400; Henry Whiting, sl3,o
sured sc 600
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TALLAHAsBEk, FlA Uec II, 1851
The Election Of Mr.. Yuiee to tho U. s. Semt,'
Both Houses Of the General Assembly of h
State met in joint convention yesterday, at /
o'clock, and elected Hon. David Levy Yulee 4, l;
United States Ssnssc for the term Of six years, Cd
mepcing ON the 4th Of March next, when tbs VI
Of service Of Gen. Merton will expire. The VI
stotd-Yulee, (dem) 81; ex-Gov. Brown, (~,a
81; Blank, (Ar. Myron Of tbs Senate, and MIR. RJ
ley Of the Honse,. democrsts) Q. This result VI
only effected sffer hercalsAn efforts ON tie part
the successful ca ldidste and his friends. Eve
p,rsthle iyfuerce was brought &, bear. and u
Yuiee Is elected by just the requisite number
votes to eDsore bis election.
NoE that the agony IL ovsr we may hope f,t I.
,rsnssct'or OF business IL ani.t tos people Of !,
state are Interested Dr. JOINS,
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thsatre Woods Ethiopiaa 0pa Hsuss and anuubse ef
stores and oAces Loss elTb 900. During the oonaa-
grafton the roof Of Of the burning buildings fell in
and buried beneath the ruins Of the Arsmen and
riously injured policeman. .. .Csh weather In New
Yek and the Eastern states. The thsrmcmstsr in New
York city ranged in the morning at four degrees above
soro.
SUNDAY 3-The steamship City Of Glasgow, which
left Liverpool the LIST OF March with four hundred
passengers has mot since been heard Of.
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HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA.
A. D. ! . 80
Annual Chronology Of Events in the
United States and Canada.

JANUARY
SUNDAY, 1.-Good sleighins in New York; snow four
teen inches in depth.
2.-The new year celebrated Excellent sleigbing in
Now York =. New Common Council of New York cit
first organization under the new city charter
Of the new Board OF Connclmen, composed of sixty
members.
3-Legslature of the State OF New York convened at
Albany; receipt of Governors message in New York
city. Resolution introduced in Congress by Mr. Cut
ting of New York. asking for the correspondencein
laton to the removal from the Office Of Collector of New
York Of Greene c. Bronson. The shock of earth
quake was felt At Mariposa, California.
4-News received of the loss Of the packet ship Stat
fordshire her passage from Liverpool to Boston,
the 30th December oil Cape Sale she struck rock
and the captain nineteen of the crew, and hundred
and forty three king total of hundred
and sixty three persons, persisted bill to organize
theIerrtory of Nebraska into States
Senate by Mr. Douglas, of Illinois. Resolution intro
duced in the United States House Of Representatives
calling upon the Secretary Of the treasury for the
respondence between the department and Greene c.
Bronson, in relation to his removal from the Office of
Collector of New York-lad the table by vote of
1o4 to co. The Legislature OF New York adopted the
resolutions in relation to amendment of the constu
zion for the enlargement the canals The steamer
General Benz sunk the Mississippi river, and eight
persons drowned.
ga large building fell in Dayton, Ohio, instantly
killing three persons, and woundng number of men
md women
IA large frc occurred in Portland Me- which de.
Btroyed the Custom House Post oce the United States
Court House, and various other valuable establish
ments... Father Gavazzi sailed from New York
for Liverpool News received that the steamship San
Francisco, which left New York the odd December
bound to San Francisco had been at sea- with her
decks swept, and in disabled condition. The following
vessels Immediately sent to search Of her
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ated vessel, having picked them up near where the
Arctic went down.
24.-SLocks Of an earthquake were sensbly felt In
Keene, N. II.
26.-An awful catastrophe occurred the Great
between trains cars, by which forty per-
instantly killed and forty -one wounded,
2sA most destructive fire occurred in Uisveand ,
lars worth Of property was destroyed. =
SUNDAY, GA riot occurred in Worcester, Mass, in
which the United States Commissioner Of Boston was
nearly killed by the abocnsts in consequence Of the
part the law required him to take in resting fugitive
8o-The Crystal Palace exhibition at New York closed
permanently.
NOVEMBER
IA shocking accident happened on the Rock Island
Railroad by which twelve persons were killed and twen
ty-iour wounded
Philadelphia charged with numbering four of her lille
climate children.
the Sherins officers and the Irish, during which two
fatally wounded and seven or eight persons Sc
iiously injured.
the Irish and number Of American but only one man
was shot.
hundred tons burthen, bound from Bremerhaven for
New York, with four hundred and Ten passengers went
ashore at Long Branch New Jersey became immediate
gers either drowned or smotherei bet rcen decks
State election beld in Massachusetts, and all the State
the American or Know Nothing ticket were elected.
1.-The steamship Northern Light arrived In New
j
and twelve hours being the shortest trip made.
20-Placdes Varieties theatre, in New Orleans, WAS
destroyed by fire, embracing loss Of about $4,000.
IA terrible accident happened tho Harlem Rail
road at Fifty seventh street. New York. by train Of
cars running into another. Twenty persons were se-
verely injured, some OF whom were manged In a most
shocking manner. The shock OF earthquake was
felt in Farewell county, Va.
24>-The British steamship Canada in collision
with the Ocean, In Boston harbo by which the
latter set fire. and caused the explosion OF one
Of her boilers The Ocean entirely destroyed Three
perspns lost their lives and large number more
or less injured.
% First snow of the season in New York city,.
The first election Kansas Territory held for dele
gate to Congress- when j. w. Whitfield, the proslavery
candidate was elected.
4.-The second session Of the Thirty third Congress
was commenced ut Washington City, ard the Presidents
annual message received and published Ia New
York
5-The canals Of the State of New York were closed
by order of Canal Board but the ice became thick
that check was put upon avgaton two days earlier
g-The navigation Of the HUDSON river pended
in consequences Of the leo.
1t--The shock of an earthquake felt In Ports
mouth N. H., at midnight. The shock also felt in
Ncwb,Irytort Mass. Bill introduced in the United
States Senate hy Mr. Adams Of Mississippi to establish
uniform rule az naturalization throughout the United
States The ill extends the term cf patW azaton to
twenty one yters.
2o-A nrc occurred in Broadway Nc~ York, which
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Charles Williams, now under arrest on a charge
Of setting ere to the grocery store kept by Frederick
Myers stuated at the OF Seventeenth street and
1854 makes the following statement in answer to the
charge
On Sunday morning. the 10th day Of October, 1854
Myers and myself agreed to take ride that day; be-
leve invited him 60; hired the horse and wagon
atJacksons livery stables in Broadway near Nineteenth
that afternoon we went directly to Harlem and stopped
Al porter house of 125th street aud Fourth
avenue and took drink: then drove TO High Bridge
we stopped there and took dinner; IL pretty
dark when we left High Bridge We drove back to Har
lem, and believe stopped again at the same porter
porter house on the Third avenue between Ffteth and
Sixtieth Streets there took drink from there we
drove down the avenue. ! drove al the Il ne; 1t
very dark drove 70 the livery stable, and pat
up the horse; il then about o'clock after that we
went home together the store Myers was Q
little In advance OF when crossed Third avenue
he said that he saw iight in the store began 70
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-08-11

A FAIR FUGITIVE SLAVE. The editor OF
the Vernon, Tribune gives thrilling ac'
count of a fugitive slave who has jus, passed
through Vernon, 10 Canada. He says:
She is 90 years OF age, tall, well.formed
and of more than ordinary intelligence, able
10 read huenlly member Of The Methodist
church, aud daugh hler OF her master! yes,
she was running away from her own father,
Sufin Gilchrisl, oI Easlon, Md, because
he had sold her, 10 a South Caroinian foI
81 100. This Ruiiian had sold his owg
flesh and blood for So much hard cash, anil
but for his daughters shrewdness and ha.
oism would have now been lingering tie
price Of blood. Charlotte, the fugitive, in
away, lay secreled IN the woods eighteen
days, found friend in Baltimore, who sen,
her 10 a Quaker in Philadelphia by railroai
by mode we dare not tell lest il should
involve him in trouble. Her long exposure
and dreadful journey 10 Philadelphia brought
on fever, from the effects OF which she
had not recovered when here at ST. Albans
From Philadelphia 10 Boston by sea, thence
10 Maine, and then 10 avoid some blood
hound sOulherners who were on her track,
she turned her steps this way, avoiding her
pursuers with consummae address, and
finding excellent friends all The way, good
accommodations on The U. r. r, with The
money given her here, she went on her
hurried way 10 The only land where she
could breathe free. God protect and guide
her
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CHOLERA. Last week there were 240
deaths by the cholera in New York. In Alba.
ny, 81 deaths from Wednesday TO Saturday.
In Philadelphia, 10 deaths dnrlng the week. L.
In West Chester (Pa. )poor house there has
been lllirty.eight deaths by cholera since
the llth instant out Of one hundred and
seventy.e'ght inmates. AT Montreal, on
the 25th, there were twenty.nine deaths.
At Detroit, July Goth. thirly-six deaths.
At Troy, N. T., on Thursday, six deaths.
At Urbana, Ohio, on the Goth of July, four
deaths-all by cholera. In Brooklin there
were 10 ney cases and 4 deaths by cholera.
between Friday at IL O'Clock and Saturday
at the same hour. AT Hoboken and ut
Newark the disease continued to prevail with
fatal effects. Accounts from Cincinnati, to
the 9th, report several cases Of cholera in
The city within few days previous. There
were 80 deaths of cholera at st. Louis dur
ing the week ending the Oath. AT Chica.
go there were Is deaths on the 25lh, and
10 on the s27th. Six deaths from cholera
are reported from Toledo, Ohio on the Goth.
Great mortality, from cholera. is reported
in Burke County, Georgia, and Marion,
Ohio.
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A GRI LTU r AL.
HARVESTING GRAIN.

II would seem 10 be almost super fuous at
this late day, 10 urge upon our farmers the
Importance OF cutting grain before II becomes
fully lipe; ye, Notwithstanding the numer-
Gus articles which have been written and
published OIL this subject, and the very con.
yiclions expressed by the most Iudiclous
millers aud gram dealers in favor of early
harvesting-especially where the grain is
intended for bread making or hourins-
there are many who still adhere 10 the old
practice, aud will by no means allow their
crop 10 be harvested till the grain is fully
ripe. Prejudice Is a iyraui,al master, and
no class oI community appears 10 be more
fully under lis control than our agrit ullural
class. In New York. anJ, indeed, in all
the wheal growing States, the practice OF
culiin. this araiu before il is dead ripe pre-
walls universally. The exact time when IL
should be harvested, is now, with The grain
producing part OF the community, no long
or matter VI doubt or speculation all
being iully COW ilced that the right period
10 indicated by tina, change which the gram
experiences when passing from It's milky
state 10 ihh OF complete hardness, aud
when the kennels, without being " sticky }"
are yet sufficiently hard to resist the press
urs OF the thumb and fnger. The iarina
Of the grain being perfected, all that Is nee.
essay 10 render il tit for Touring is the
hardening OF the mass; aud this, II is fully
established, may be as well perfected after
the straw has been cut rs before. Besides,
grain that is allowed 10 stand till il is fully
or dead ripe, makes darker flour, and Is not
so heavy; IL sca,,ers in harvesting, and
does not command 50 high price in our
market or so ready a sale. The straw OF
grain, when il Is cut before the period OF
perfect maturity. is also much mole valu.
able; II Possesses degree OF succulence
and saccharine sweetness which TeudeTs II
n good food for stock; use TO which The
straw that has stood in the fields till il has
become dead OF perfectly maiured eau
never be applied
Il have cut oais when the straw was Just
durning from its green TO its golden hue,
,asd have found the grain as plump and
full, ani TAR brighter in color than that
which had stood in the field till ripe. The
straw Of oats, when harvested early, and
properly cured, is nearly "a valuable Tor
cattle feeding rs the best clover hay and
when chaiied and mixed with chopped roots
or meal, II makes feed eagerly partaken
of by stock Of every descrip,ion.-Gr. Tel.
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LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor

rhubarb and pepper into fresh butter, and
give each chicken as much Of the mixture
as will lie on half the bowl Of a small tea
spoon.
Z. For the pip, the following trea,men,
Is iudicious: Take off the indurdied cover
ing OF the poiu, Of the tongue, and give
twice day for two or three days, a piece
Of garlic the size of pea; II garlic cannot
be obtained onion, shallot or shives will
answer; aud il neither OF these be conven.
ien,, two grams Of black pepper given in
fresh butter will answer.
8. For the shuffies. the same remedy as
Tor the gapes will be highly curative; but
in addition TO them, it will be necessary 10
mel, little assaie,ida in fresh butter, and
rub the chickens about the noslrils taking
care TO clean th"m "ut.
9. Grown up ducks are sometimes TAX
EN- of rapidly by convulsions. In such
cases, four drops Of rhubarb. and four grains
OF Cayenne pepper mixed in fresh butter,
should be administered. Las, year we los,
several by this disease, and this year the
same symptoms manifested lhemselve.
among them: bu, we arrested the malady
without losing single duck, by dose o
the above medicine to such rs were ILL.,
One of the ducks was al the time paralyzed
but was thus saved.-Ohio Farmer:
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RULES FOR RAISING POULTRY.
We find the following in the papers with
aut credit, and do not know lis origin.

We find the following in the papers with
out credit, and do no, know It's origin.
1. All young chickens, ducks and ,ur,
keys should DO KEEP, under cover from the
weather during the rainy seasons.
2. Twice or thrice week pepper, shall
lots, shives, or garlic, should be mixed up
with their food.
3. A small lump Of assafetida should be
placed IN the pan in which their water Is
given them.
4. Whenever they manites, disease, hy
the dropping OF their wings or any other ont.
ward signs OF Ill health, a little assafe,ida
broken into Jumps. should be mixed with
their food.
Chickens which are ken, from The
.dunghill while young seldom have IN.
gapes, therefore ], should be the obiec, OF
those who have the charge Of them SO 10
.con6ue the hens as TO preclude their young
from the range Of the barn or stable yards.
8. Should any Of the chickens have the
gapes, mix up small portions Of assaie,ida,
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POET R Y.
For ns Union and Eastern journal.
A PICTURE IN THE SEA

~" he Union ana Eastern Journal
A PICTURE IN THE SEA.
We may have pleasaa, memories, if Time in ailer
years
filings sladness from his ligh,some wing, nor any
doubts and tears;
Theie may be faces beautiful upon our path to
CLEAN,
As to the soitest music we float adown life's
stream;
Bu, there never can be happier than when IN ST.
lence there,
We stood upon the rugged rocks as bes, rs birds
in air:
With the broad blue ocean rolling, dashing up
ward on the land.
Il grew picture OF myself as there you held my
hand,
DO you remember how we stood and looked so
far below,
Till il seemed there was second life beneath the
waters glow
And strait uprose fairy land under the ebbing
sea,
With never want Of gorgeous fame nor castle MOI
Of tree;
And palaces all turreied, and domes inaid with
gold,
And emerald, and amethyst, aud gems but rarely
told;
With shining streets and stately trees whose
branches bended down,
SO heavy with their tangled gems fit for .
kingly crown.
And over all tha, gorgeousness went floating gal
Ian,ly,
Furnished and gemm'd by sunshine the blue ant
restless sea,
Holding in It's mighty bosom the dover of beaut,
And my heart grew welded with tina, scene, il
was very fair
knew IL for a, pleasant dream, picture on the
rocks,
Such as Gil up the silence when though, his door
unlocks;
And b,ds his sister fancy roam throughout the wide
domain
I, was only but picture, there will be such again
4 can shu, my eyes and see it,-hear the waters
from below,
With its werd.lke ring Cf music and its ceaseless
ebb and low;
With its proud triumphant marches, and its dia-
nond studded crown,
Each wave very king. ,reml le a, its frown
Til my heart grows grand and stately, aud silent
fold my hands,
And think how in the after days shall tread 9th
er lands;
Bu, wherever fate shall guide me, whate'er may
be my lot,
My heart, 50 like pilgrim, shall come back to
that spot.
AMANDA NJ. DOUGLASS.
BiLi.ford AHg. la, 1854.
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nd guilt, nigh, be drained 10 the very

ana SuilI, mlSh' oo "'"''ou W '"' 'e'y
dregs.
As in a dream Of moment ages may
appear to pass, SO il appeared 10 Alchymy,
for in his vision he saw ,Ee effects oil The
Gun upon The coarser interests Of The people
He saw how the poison wasted their ener-
aies and preyed upon the roots OF the
puplic wealth. Whole districts OF whole
some grain were Withdrawn from The
public graneries, and after being submitted
10 a process with which Alchymy was
acquainted a subtle poison was extracted
|, was SO much bread wasted but It Would
have been blessing il The evil had ended
with the loss of millions thus annually thrown
away. Alas the mischief became a
most productive investment; The seed was
sown throughout The land, and produced
too soon harves, OF incompatible losses.
The course Of The poison mig be traced
in its operation through The whole social
body, as il flowed on corrup,ing habits OF
virlue and thrift, paralysing industry, and
begeliiug vicious aud vindiclive spirit.
Aud The result was shown in the increase
of poverty, vagabondage, and crime, and
in an imposition ol taxes and burdens upon
The remaining industry and thrift OF The
community, which oppressed them grew
ously 10 bear-in the erection OF hospitals,
lunalic asylums, and stately prisons. No
figures could represent the rulnous lni1uen.
ces at work on The vilals OF the public pros
perily, for Alchyny saw with all The clear.
ness Of vision, that /, was possible TO have
worse evils than a heavy taxation, and
worse relations TO the puplc good than OF
pecuniary cost. He saw The annual loss oi
men-men lost 10 themselves and 10 The
slae-whose worth no millions could rep.
resent; for who can compute the value ol
wrecked talents aud virtue, and The sacrifice
OF character and life! No one, for il presses
desiruc,ively upon the vital connection
which subslsls between the priceless virtue
Of a people and The well.being OF The stale.
What further scenes Of misery aud vics
would have been revealed unlo Alchymy
we cannot say, but they would have been
many, FOR the Evil Genie was waging open
aud cruel war OH every human interest,
But 81 this moment he became SO much
alarmed at The fearful aspect OF The phan-
iasm creaed by the vapors oflhe bottle, That
he struggled violently, and awoke on; ol
his trance. As quickly as returning con-
sciousness would permit, he replaced the
seal which PRUDENCE had SO wisely fixed
upon the bottle, aud then he discovered that
the Evil Genie contained therein was AL
CoIIOL.