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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06
BsH- The Public Rehearsal " Q

gB- The Public Rehearsal " of
the Pawcatuck Musical Institute, on
Tuesday evening of last week, was very
well attended, and was fine affair
The Institute is composed Of about forty
good singers--male and fcmalc--of
this place, who have met once or twice
a week for some three months past for
practice in vocal music, under the in
struction of Mr.. o. S. Spencer, who
has high reputation as teacher. The
selection of music was good, and per-
formed in an admirable manner. We
have heard but one opinion expressed d
in reference to it, and that is--that i,
was the best entertainment that has
been given in this place very recently
We hope it will be repeated, when, nc
doubt, much larger room would be
filled.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

Esfy- Mr.. D. w. Hammond, as will be seen
by advertisement, has just received o new
supply of the New York Steam Refined
Confectionery We can say from actual
observation, that his Raisin Candy, Union
Love Candy and French Peanut Candy, arc
fine specimens Of confectionery. He has.
also, the largest and best peaches that we
have seen this year.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

eJ" The Waterbury Democrat knows
a man who, on going out of a house,
stumbled over a dog in the entry, fell,
and broke his nose He attempted to
kick the dog but missed him--kicked
over hat-stand, put his ankle out of
joint, aud was laid up three months.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

pJ- The 10 O'Clock train from New
York to Philadelphia, on the Camden
and Amboy Railroad, was thrown off
the track near Burlington, on Wedncs-
day Of last week, killing twenty of the
passengers and wounding about seventy
five. 1t appears that the up train
waited at Burlington for the down train,
which was behind time, some ten min
utes, and then went on slowly. There
was vehicle at the crossing, the driver
of which waited until the train passed
up, when he started to cross the track.
The engineer at the same moment hear
ing the down train approaching, sudden
ly reversed his engine, and in coming
back encountered the vehicle, which
was instantly crushed to piecss. The
whole train was thrown from the track !;
one car was run completely through the
next, killing or manning nearls all the
persons in it. The vehicle waS driver
by DR.. Hannegan, and -eontaip4d alsc
his wife and two children, all Of whom
escaped with but trifling injuries. Both
horses were instantly killed. The doc.
tor was hard of hearing, and did not
hear or see the returning train having
seen the train pass up, he thought all
was safe.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06
p6y- We find the following oath in q

n~ We find the following oath in an
exchange, which was administered to a
little boy, ten years of age, who had
been hired to do up documents in the
Iowa Legislature:-' You do solemnly
swear TO support the constitution of the
United States, and Of this State, and to
fold papers to the best Of your ability
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

DD- A young lady was recently cured
OF palpitation of the heart by young
NJ d., 10 the most natural way imagin-
able. He held one of her hands in his,
put his arm around her waist, and whis-
pered something in her left ear.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

Bay" Rev. Richard Singleton, Ro
man Catholic priest at Douglas, Isle of
Man, has been ordered by the Courts to
pay half crown per week for thirteen
years, for the maintenance Of child of
Miss Jones, the daughter of an Episco-
pal clergyman, converted by the priest
to Romanism, and also to Illicit mater
nifty at the confessional.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06
nso- An exchange says:-In Turkev

nao- An exchange says In Turkey,
whenever a store keeper is convicted of
telling lie, his house is at once pain
ted black, to remain so for one mouth.
If there was such law in this country,
what sombre and gloomy appearance
most Of our towns would present.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

D~ Mr.. Joseph Potter, an industri-
Gus working man, was almost instantly
killed on Saturday afternoon last, at
Coventry, by being thrown from his car
riage, in consequence of the horse be-
coming frightened.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

paV The man who imagined himself
wise because he detected some typo-
graphical errors in a newspaper, is go
ing cast to get perpendicular view Of
the rainbow.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06
p0- The King of Dahoney. an AZ

@- The King of Dahomey, an Afri-
can monarch, says a recent traveller,
keeps druukard, feeds him upon rum,
and exhibits him at the customs, that
his emaciated appearance may shame
his people from making beasts Of them
selves
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nay- A wliter in the Rochester A
CONTINUED }

M. A writer in the Rochester A
merican says that former slave of Gen.
Washington, named Richard S'auup or
S'anhope, lives at Urblua, Ohi,, at the
good old age Of los years. He has i'm
bis possession the original papers giving,
him his freedom, in General Washing
toms own handwriting, for which he
bas refused quite sum of money. He
had rather part with his farm than his
papers. lie owns about 100 acres some
ten miles north Of Urbana, bought with
money given him ty his illustrious mas
ter. He is now living with his sixth
wife, and, to all appearance, enjoying
life as we'll as the youngest. This is an
interesting story; but further prsef is
needed that the negro was one of Wash
ington's slaves.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

p% The Salem Gazette says the fol-
lowing notice may be seen at black
smiths shop in Essex : No hosses
stod on Sunday srcpt sickness or death.'
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-06

~ Ex-Governor Metcalf, Of Ken
tucky, died Of Cholera on Saturday last,
at his residence, Forest Retreat, in that
State.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17

humbugging the American party into the re
nomination Of Morrill,. Everything may be
fair in politics, but as we understand the prin-
ciples Of the Americaa party, This move Is in
direct violation Of all that is held most sacred.
Yet this is no more than might he expected
from Morrill, after all that he has done. We
have distinct recollection of a letter which
he wrote last summer, begging the support OF
the American party. and promising that he
WOULD NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR
RE-ELECTlON.' We remember that he
has accepted nomination from party 'other
than the American and by so doing is no
longer eligible TO be the candidate Of that par
ty. We remember he violated solemn
pledge, and refused to obey the wishes of the
majority in making appointments for this
county. - =
Last year he was thrust upon the party by
fraud, and we are sorry TO say, we were one
who helped cram him down the peoples 5
throats. But we shall not be alone in our op-
position to Morrill,. We have heard from near
ly every town in this county, and with only
ONE exception. they repudiate Morrill,
Somerset county repudiates him. A large
part of Kennebec has forsaken him. We
hear from parts of Waldo, Lincoln, Washing
ton and Penobscot, and they are sick of him.
The fact is, we can and wiH submit to the ma
,ori,y; but the united powers Of fusionsm,
backed up by ,the thunders of the Vatican,
shall never force us 10 yield our neck like a
dog, and wear a collar which has engraved
thereon, sMORRILL = ~
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
The Virginia Election.

The election IN Virginia will take place on
the 24th INST, and it cannot be denied that
the result is looked TO with unusual interest
all over the Union.
And never did the democratic party Of vir-
ginla stand in a pronder position before the
eyes of the whole country than it does in this
contest and because, at a crisis, il stands on
the principles OF civil and religious liberty be-
queathed by the republican fathers, and de-
tends them from the inroads of the ant-Amer-
lean, oath-bound, secret combination, that
would rrample them in the dust All honor
to their bold, uncompromising, honorable and
gallant bearing This is the way to deserve
victory. This is the path totake to ensure it.
Nobly are Virginia's statesmen contending
for the right; what state can show, in the po-
litical line, public men Of more brilliant tai
ents and sounder politics Some of the
speeches made in this canvas would do honor
to the best days OF the republic. Seldom is
there thrown off, for instance, more brilliant
speech than the late one of the profound and
accomplished Hunter; and other efforts, both
speeches and letters, for force of logic and
pungency of wit, are seldom excelled Such
well directed blows as know nothingism is re-
coiving from such hands, must sooner or later
tell with the best results on the whole coun-
try, and shiver the miserable platform inte
fragments that never will again ba gathered
up.
Our friends, with the great cause Of our
constitution, of our personal liberty, Of our
free institutions, to fight for, are in the best
spirits, and feel confident of success. The lumi-
nous line of Virgina's Past, from the earliest
days of an American nationality, heartily
cheers them on. 1t is Virginia's glory, shed
! k,-k k,,I
her Madison and their compatriots, OF having
performed the great service of fixing our ship
OF state on her political ways, and shaping her
course on the republican track. Shall her
sons do what they can TO change her desi,na-
tion Shall they desert the principles that
have been embodied in institutions with such
1 splendid success! Shall this generation tar
nish the bright escutcheonl In place of the
/ religious freedom immortalZed in the ACT
penned by Jefferson, shall Virginia now begin
the miserable work of Furnishing men for their
religion In place of the civil liberty of the
republican fathers, by the application of which
the foreigner in proper time becames Ameri-
caniZed into the citizen, shall Virginia pro-
scribe men for their birth!
If we consult the days that are past, an an
swer comes back that is as conclusive as it is
cheering and it is impossible not to believe
that the patriotism and intelligence which
have such heir-looms, will never desert them
for the bastard Americanism that is as sure as
time rolls on, TO become offensive in the nos
trlls of every true patriot, every true man, and
every lover of American liberty. God speed
the noble men in the Old Dominion who are
so gallantly breasting the waves of prejudice
and fanaticism. They deserve to achieve
more than an ordinary triumph-even the re-
suit of w Waterloo success.-Boston Post.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17

The CRops--Fho Chicago Tribune Of May
Cd says =" We do not recolect season for
MANY years, when on the first day of May the
country has looked so beautiful, or the grow
ing crops Of wheat, oats and grass so thrifty,
as they do now" Spring wheat, the Tribune
says, is all in and up SO as to cover the ground
with its beautiful green verdnre. The amount
sown is fully oneJourth larger than ever be-
fore, and The prospect could not be more favor
able. Oats, too, are generally in, and in some
instances are already growing above ground
The amoun, sowed is probably about the same
as last year. Corn had not been planted bot
the farmers were busy in preparing their fields,
and by the 18th it was thought the seed would
generally be in the ground. The grass crop is
said never to have looked better than it now
does. The prospect is that it will be nearly
double what it was last year.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
The Governors Refusal to remove Judge
Lorinr.

lhe governor has determined not 10 remove
Judge Loring, and the message, containing his
reasons at length, will be found in our COL
umns.
Senator Wilson has Just told the New york.
ers that this Know nothing legislature is the
most anti-slavery legislature that ever assem-
bled in Massachusetts, and the crowninp act
of its abolitionism il the passage Of the ad-
dress calling for the removal Of Judge Lorine
because he executed the laws Of the land
II was their bad, traitorous intention to nullify
the laws, and they had the impudence TO ask
the governor to punish public officer for ex-
ecuilng law which majority of our jurists
and statesmen have united.i in pronouncing con-
stituiional.
Governor Gardner has met the case man
fully and patrlotically. He respectfully de-
cilnes TO accede TO the Infamous request: and
In this he has acted like an upright maeis-
trate, and deserves the grateful appreciation of
all good citizens. Nor do we hesitate TO ex-
press our firm conviction that in this act he
has expressed the public sentiment The real
sober Judgment, the common sense Of the peo-
pie OF this State. The case involved prin-
ciple Of the gravest character and most for
tunate is it for the good of the commonwealth
that the factious legislature has had its pur-
pose in this respect thwarted and rebuked.
One hundred guns were fired dA the Com
mon yesterday afternoon in honor Of this re-
fusal. These spoke the public voice. They
were not for the glorifcation Of an individual,
party, but because the executive has had the
manliness of character to save the public from
detriment.-Bostoa Post.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17

q The N. Y. Times the editor being lieut.
governor Of New York. and friend Of the
(old) Maine law, says of the act that has pass.
ed the New York legislature 3
very many provisions which conflict with
the judgment of judicious temperance men and
threaten the efficiency, ifnoi the existence, Of
the law itself 1t introduces into the practice
of our courts principles ami methods utterly al
war with established usage and the common
law. il presumes guilt and requires innocence
to be established by proof. 1t authorizes steps
upon trials for selling liquor, intended 10 facil-
iiate conviction and ensure punishment, which
out of regard for personal rights, the law for.
bids in cases Of theft and murder, and which
no court. unless compelled by positive statute
would for momen. toeraie'
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
Registration of Valuable Letters.

The Post Office Department at Washington
has sent out circular containing instructions
to Postmasters and notices to the public In re-
gard to the registration Of letters The fol-
lowing is summary:
1t is provided that on and after the first Of
July, 1855, letters alleged to be valuable shall
be registered at the Office OF mailing, BY the
applicant, upon the payment Of fee Of twen-
ty-hve cents. Postmasters are TO keep a re-
ceipt book, similar to bank check book
The receipt is to be given to the applicant,
apd prescription, with date, name, where
sent and to whom, is to be entered upon the
margin. Reccipted letters are not to be en-
tered in the ordinary mail accounts, but sepa-
rately; letter bill for each registered letter
is to be sent, separate from the letter, to the
postmaster, which in large Offices is to be-.
opened by himself or confidential clerk.
In all Offices, letters received before the
hours of mailing are TO be placed in secure
place of deposit until the time for closing the
mails, when each package is to be sealed with
wax at the tie, and placed in the bag at the.
latest moment.
Ar the distributing Offices the letters are to-
be compared with the bill by a confidential
clerk, who is 10 indorse the bill if correct, and
note the error if it be not correct. The con-
6dential clerk is to pass all registered letters
to a receiving clerk, who enters the date and
description upon his book, and makes out a
return bill 10 the office of mailing, acknowl-
edging the receipt of the package.
On the receipt of the package at the Office,
of delivery, the letter bill and the postage bilk
will be compared, and a return bill will at
once be sent to the Office whence it has been
received. If there is any discrepancy, or Is
an important letter is missing, the Departments
is to employ the telegraph to ascertain -ths,
cause.
On the delivery of letter, receipt is to.
be taken from the person authorized 10 .rece eive
it, and filed TO that Office. a
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
Trouble in the Camp.

ID apPcaEsb by the following from the Els
~orth-Ameriean, edited by VIM. H. Clancy,
one OF ahe pioneers of know noihingism in this
o'a'e, that Morrill's prospect in the east is de-
cioedly on the decline. At the Convention
which nominated Morrill, for Governor in An
gusta. 1t will bs recollected the papers said
*. e. Lincoln, Esq, pledged the know no,b-
ing vote in his behalf. 1t would. seem Mr.
Clancy does not regard Rodney's, pledge as
linding, and that abolitionsm and Maine law
ism will be likely to.prodnce scatteration in
Morrill's know nothing legion in the ensuing
election. Satan's kingdcm's -tumbling down
Mr.. CLANCY says -.
g We understand that. the Morrill,. fusion
lists. among the leaders of whom as the mosl
violent Jack Catholics, costenpiible fawners
for Office and ridiculous old fogies, have sent
their emssaries to all parts of the State, and
to this county in-particular, for the purpose o.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
Down with the old Parties. "

Or, in other words, ''down with the demo
cratic party!" How rapidly the whig lead
ers respond TO the cry-how soon they change
their names-how adroitly they assume new
DISCUSSES. 1t is-so in every State. In Geor-
gia We are told by the Columbus Times and
Sentinel stsfeef
/" And it is no longer concealed that the
wings and know nothings will unite thei!
forces, and make common battle against the
serried ranks of the democracy. The odds
are fearful, but we will not shrink from the
battle. All that we have to dread is treason
in our camp. There are attached to every
party gnoble Swiss who fight for the spoils,
and are ready TO desert and beiray the losing
side. 1t will not at all surprise US, therefore,
if mixed ticket is run by our enemies. Let
US be on our guard against the shallow device.
No man can be good and true democrat
who will allow his name 10 be run by our op-
ponents against the regular nominees of the
party in State, district, or county conventions.
When a man sympathizes with the know
noihings, he is no democrat 1t has been the
boast of the democracy in every age that the
accident of birth neither confers honor nor dis
grace, and that religious belief does not dis
qualify a man for any of the duties or make
him unfit for any of the honors of citizenship.
These are heresies of the past ages, when
kings and autocrats .lorded it over the people,
With the American revolution a new era has
dawned upon the world Foreigners of every
cline, reIigionists of every faith, focked to
the standard of Washington 'to crusade for
freedom in freedoms holy land Victory
crowned their heroic chievements-America
was raised to the dignity of a free republic by
their aid and shall we now deny to them and
their descendants the right TO worship the
God of their fathersl 1t was no objection to
Lafayette, DeKalb, Pulaski, and Kosciusko,
in the darkest hours Of the revolution, that they
were foreigners and Catholics. Our fathers re-
ceived them with Joy and thankfulness, and
fought side by side with them the battles of the
revolution. Brandywine, Camden, and Savan-
nah were enriched with their patriotic blood.
Is it not burning shame that we. their de-
scendants, should prescribe men like them and
deny participation nthe liberties they helped
TO securee We will not we cannot, believe
the American people are so lost TO all the holy
memories of the past. The democracy, at
least, cannot. and will not desert their time
honored colors they cannot, and will not des-
ecrate the memory Of the heroic dead.
Let US, therefore, burnsh up our armor for
the coming struggle, and give no quarter to
the foe. Our cherished principles will be put
in jeopardy by the success of the know moth
ings. 1t is treason to the faith to parley with
the know nothings. We can neither ask nor
receive favor at their hands. In 1900 we
crushed old John Adams and the federal par
ty, the authors and upholders of the alien and
sedition laws. Another hydra-head of feder-
aism has grown TO power and greatness in
the secret chambers of the know nothings. II
is our privilege and duty to emulate the con-
duct of our fathers.''
Eastern times., 1855-05-17

SHIPBuILDERs' BANK.-At recent meeting
of the Shipbuiider's Bank, Rockland, the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted-from which
we infer that the condition Of The institution is
even worse than has hitherto been supposed
Resolued, That in our opinion, there should
have been business-iike and searching inves-
cation of the affairs OF the Shipbuilders' Bank,
by the President and Directors, when it was
found they could not redeem their bills with
out extraordinary effort.
Reso,ued, That the President and Directors
have. in the opinion of this meeting, shown to
the bill-holders and public generally, an inefi-
cheney wholly unworthy of their trusts in their
investigation of the Shipbuilders' Bank.
Resolred, That, in our opinion, by their
inefficiency, incapacty, or to cover and screen
the person or persons, have become themselves
highly censurable, or at least of asserting to.
or compounding with the party or parties. in
the insolvency Of the said Shipbuilders' Bank
to our great injury and loss.
Resofred, That we, as meeting, will by
all just and honorable means, endeavor to
bring to justice the party or parties that have
so recklessly invaded and trodden on our
rights, by the over issue or putting into circu-
lation paper called the Shipbuilders' Bank
bills, now of little value.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17

= George S. Park, the editor of the Park
vile Luminary, whose printing press was re-
Gently thrown into the Missouri, has come out
with an address TO the public, in which he
states that he loves the South and has spent
the best energies of his life to advance her in
terests. He says he cannot leave Parkville
and the grave of his wife and the home which
he has toiled years to embellish and improve
like base culprit. He prefers to meet death
there. In conclusion, he says :-t If there is
no security in the land of Washington-if an
American home affords no protection-if the
time has arrived when this Union must be dis
solved, and all its Kindred ties and mighty in
terests broken and destroyed, and our land
drenched with fraternal blood-then let me be
buried beneath the turbd waters of the Mis-
souri, rather than live to behold such scene.
God save our country Angus.
The St. Louis Inteiligencer says that Mr..
Park ought not to call down the Indignation of
any set Of men, as he is the owner of slaves,
and has grown up and acquired wealth in Mis-
souri,. Mr.. Park was not lynched in Kansas
Territory, as has been reported.
Eastern times., 1855-05-17
E The Republican Journal saws !:

The Hiss matter IN the Massachusetts legis
lature has occupied many days in investigation
and cost The state many thousands of dollars
Broadsides of she heavy daiIies are now filled
with it. II is now incontestibly proved thai
the famous committee whose especial duty il
was to attend TO the interests of morality and
the protestant church, went rolicking about the
state. eating dinners, drinking liquor, smoking
segars, and disporting with loose women, all al
the states cost. Recently we had all our
Maine coalition presses growing because we
argued that new standard of public morality
had been set up, which estimated the virtue Of
a man by his vigor in brawling for what some
call reform, and by the party he belonged to.