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Eastern times., 1855-04-26
rr0m tne I.onr Island Democrat.
Duty Of Democrats.

There is no occasion for alarm or dismay.
Let democrats who love their party and SIN
cerely desire its success, patiently wait' the
storm W. in soon have done its work, ana Tue
clear sunlight of truth and sober Judgment VIII
enliven aud cheer every heart. The necessl-
ties of the times will soon call forth the party
to action like one who laid to quiet slumoers
and pleasant dreams, it will rise reiresheo' in-
yigorated and ready to do hattie in the main
tenance Of It's principles. The bugle no'es q
this ancient and powerful party Will ere long
be heard far above the noise aud confusion 0l
all new parties and factions, and then from ey-
ery quarter of this nation will come the true
and tried men of the land to sustain the demnc-
racy who have always shown themselves the
friends of the Constitution, and who have erer
been faithful To the true mission aud ann OF
our couutry's Institutions. Let all who have
any misgivings, because Of the persent state OF
affairs, remember that this is not the lrst Time
the party has been called upon 10 withstand
The same difficulties, but let them take coursge
from The fact, that always upon the sound u
alarm has the party come 10 the rescue and
rarely has it been deceived when il appealed
10 the Judgment and common sense of the peo-
pie
1t is eqnally the duty of democrats to beware
of all other organizations save that Of the dem
ocraiic party. In the eloquent and impressive
language Of Gen. Cass, we should say let US
not remove our ancient landmarks. bat hold on
to the political inheritance which has descend
ed to us These entangling alliances sought
by some TO he formed, have nothing in them TO
commend them 10 the sympathy or favor Of
democrats, nor should democrats suffer their
party Ia loose itself amid the many new ideas,
names and iSniS now afoat All these mean
20 good to the party, and the whole of them
are concocied by intriguing and aspiring
wings, who hope thereby 10 divide and con-
quer.' In short. let democrats stand upon their
own sure and tired platform-let them not turn
to the right or the left, but pursue plain and
straightforward path; let not strange gods
tempt them from their first allegiance, and the
result Will show thai the helm at State will be
committed 10 their hands, and it will be their
good fortune to guide the noble ship as safely
in the future as they have done in the past.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

GETTING conference.-the Committee
appointed by the Massachusetts, Legislature to
investigate The conduct Of the Commillee who
were appointed to investigate the Nunneries,
have reported that another committee ought TO
he appointed 10 investigate the conduct of Mr..
HISS one of the members of the original nun
nery committee. The investigating committee
discovered that, when The nnEnery committee
went To Lowell, to examine Catholic school
there Mr.. HISS took Mrs. Patterson along
with him, and directed the landlord 10 charge
her bill to the State in the bill Of the committee.
The question is NOW not " who struck Bill
Patterson" but who paid Mrs. Patersuns 5 bills
The tavern expenses ofthe nunnery committee.
including Mr.. Hiss and Mrs. Patterson, will
probably occupy the attention of the legislature
for the res, Of the. session. We are glad to
see that the honorable and dignifed General
Court Of Massachusetts has at last fouAd some
business which iris competent and qualified to
do.-DOcer Gazette.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26
New HAMPsHrRE.-The onnos;,ion are

New HAMPsHIRE.-The opposition are SO
persevering in their misrepresentation of DO
iltlcal results, that the task of correction is
endless. The New Hampshire Patriot notices
some of them as follows =
Inc Atlas says our usual vote has been a.
600 Now the record shows that me demo-
erais IN this state have not cast 81 900 votes
in any election since lS48, that in the last
fourteen years they have cast that number bu,
once, which was in 1913, and that their av-
erage vote for that period has not reached go
600. Their largest vote since I64S, accord
ing to the official count, has been 3O,935.-
Yet this lying Atlas asserts that our usual
vote has been 81 900
Gov. Bakers vote this year is larger than
Mr.. PoIk's vote in 1915, and larger than the
democratic vote in 1876; it is but few hun
dred less than the vote of Gen. Csss in 1913,
and but about 1900 less than Gen. Pierce's
vste in 1852 and j: is but 1000 less than the
average democratic vote in the last ten yean." {"
Eastern times., 1855-04-26
There has been dreadful work il Cincinnati

There has been dreadful work in Cincinnati
the bitter fruit Of the know nothing tree,
that . all blasting Upas. boston Post.
When YOU try to shuttle that trouble up
on the Americans-or know nohines as you
call them-yon commit wrong and perpera,e
a falsehooJ Boston Bee.
The above is an admirable instance of know
nothing veracily and courtesy. The most
reckless of the Cincinnati know nothing papers
do not attempt 10 exculpate the know noihlngs
fthat city. Even the know nothings them
selves, with the most brazen faced hypocrisy,
held a meeting and Denounced their own acls.
Louisville Democrat.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

The MovB WEsTwARD.-The hard times eX-
Ferienced by the middhng and poorer clasees
Ill New England, the past year, the result of
monetary difficulties and the exorbitant price
of all the necessaries of life, has caused many
to turn their eyes in the direction of the Great
West; large numbers have already started. and
many others are preparing to start, for that
portion of our country. So far, this spring,
the emigration from New England in that d.
rection appears to be greater than was ever
before known.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

GEoReE WASHINGTON wrote the following
letter soon after the constitution was made, and
addressed ii to the " General Committee of the
United Baptist Churches in Virginia" -
Genriemen-lf could have entertained the
slightest apprehension that the constitution
framed by the convention where had The hon.
or to preside nigh, possibly endanger the reh-
eiots rights Of ANY ecclesiastical society, GER
tainlv acould hdue aeuer PLACED my signature
10 it.; and II could not conceive that the gen
eral government might even be SO administered
as TO render the liberty Of conscience insecure,
| beg yon will be persuaded that no one would
be more 7ealous than myself to establish elfec-
tual barriers against the horrors of spiritual ty-
ranny, and every species ofreligious prosecu-
tion. For you doubtless remember | have of
ten expressed my sentiments that any man con-
ductng himselftas a good citizen, and being
accountable to God alone for his religious opn-
ions, ought to be projected in worshipping the
Deity according to the dictates OF his own con-
SCIENCE
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

A New POINT IN THE LAVA case is TO
be examined to-day, before The Judge Hamll-
ton. which involves point of law, that, we
believe, has never before been decided. The
facts. as we have learned them, are these: A
soldier at Jefferson Barracks, by leave Of his
commanding officer, got married. On being
ordered, with his company, to leave for the
frontiers. he asked that his wife he permitted
to accompany him. This being refused, the
soldier asks that he may be discharged from the
service, in order that he may be able to support
and protect his wife, as required by hw-his
commanding officer having refused to grant him
the exercise Of this right and duty 50 long as
he continues in the service.-&. LOUIS t-uo.) J
Eeening Ne,cs. M4
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

LIeUoR RIor AT CHIcAGo.- Chicago, April
81. \ serious riot occurred in this city this
morning growing out Of the Maine law and Ii
cense question. One man was killed and FIVE
or six others wounded. i appers that small
procession of intoxicated Germans and Irish
marched with drum to Court House Square
and there collected crowd. The police inter-
fered and general fight ensued. An immense
crowd collected, and knives and clubs We're
freely used. The principals were arrested and
the excitement is now diminishing. Every
thing is now quiet. License suits were the or
ign of the affair, which it is feared is not yet
terminated.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

ANOTHER WEAPox OF Wharf.-The Bee says
that gentleman in Ipswich has invented a ma
chine which is capable of throwing, with great
force, one hundred cannon balls in a minute !;
and this without the use of power or any 9TH
er explosive agent. Centrifugal motion is the
principle by which the powder is obtained, and
the inventor is confident that the instrument
would be very efficient in repeling assaults,
defending forts, or in throwing red hot shot at
a vessel or into a town.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

q The Richmond Enquirer says % the
Granite State is gone, heretofore pillar Of de-
mocracy, scarcely less strong aud immovable
than the Old Dominion itself. Virginia stands
serene and unshaken IN the storm AMI, while
the flag is floating here, the democracy of the
Union will not despair. Once federalism was
as triumphant know-nothingisn is now, and
Virginia restored the sway of the Staie-r : his
republican party She is The forlorn hope, and
she will be equal TO the crisis"
Eastern times., 1855-04-26
DiSgusted.

The Gardiner Journal, which has hereto
fore been in full sympathy with the know
nething-republican party in this State. has
become completely disguised at recent devel-
opments. Here is an article from the last pa
per, on the Massachusetts, Nunnery affair."
we copy
"The Boston papers last week were filled
with the investigation. Before the legislature,
of the conduct of committee appointed by
that astute body, TO examine the condition Of
nunneries and Catholic schools
Whatever be the result of the Legislative
investigation, the sober, sensible publ, can
not feel anything less than loathing and dis
gust at the conduct of that committee, and it
will require but few more such developments
of know nothing zeal 10 run them into the
ground too deep for resurrection.
Think of a committee representing the au-
gust commonwealth of. Massachusetts, chosen
to investigate into the condition of the schools,
with special reference to Catholic schools, 90
ing to neighboring city and mixing a con
vivial frolic with the ransacking of a quiet,
inoffensive liule school,, kept BY Catholic la
dias- Co. .---s siris. THINK OF Ineir peeplng
into closets, handling female dresses, prying
into sick chamber. disturbing the devotions
consecrated chapel acting like Doors.
We did think well Of this party at first but
we believe that It is about as rotten as any,
and that although at the north lis influence
has thus far been thrown into the scale OF some
of the great moral questions, yet al the south
the design is, under The pre;ence of American
ISM, TO get up party that shall control the
country, and shut up the mouth of the north
and west on the subject of slavery
al. The Massachusetts legislature did vel
enough to appoint committee over the
schools and semnaries of the State. Such a
committee with well guarded powers might
be serviceable on some occasions. But they
ought TO have put gentlemen on the commit
tee-not men of small natures and smaller
breeding, who had no proper self-respect and
no proper sense of their errand, but who had
some Great Red Dragon before them, and like
BOYS meant to have time anC show their con-
sequence.
If this outpouring Of bigotry, malice and ig-
norance, is fair specimen of know nothing
ism, we trust that it has had its day. aud that
its power will grow beautifully less before an
ether fall.
The Boston Atlas hits off the visit of the
committee to the Catholic school in Roxbury
thus -
Fragments Of 1Hotent MS Discovered in the Cate
combs II Rocks BerTigh.
Goosey goosey gander,
Where shall wander
Ep stairs, down strirs,
al. In lady's chamberj
There slept lady.
~ Under the clothes:
In popped a Senator.
With long
Gut popped the Senator
Soemniy he swore,
iaH Such sleeping beauty
lie never before;
When pretty little
Is lying fast asleep,
A native born Americans
Entitled to peep.
''fe which," the Ms, Eye good tooke at his
peasaunce, putting his head plane
that he haddc no eyes in We legges Of him.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

SPAIN AND THE UNITED STArEs.-'rhe Ba-
tavia Spirit Of the Times truly says i; seems
as though Spain, in the course she permits her
vessels-of-war 10 pursue on the coast of Cuba,
is anxious 10 provoke quarrel with u.s.
Within a fortnight one of our steamers has
been twice fired into by her vessels-of-war. and
compelled TO submit TO an examination of her
papers Such outrages cannot be submitted to
from Spain or any other nation, lei the conse-
quences be whatthey may. If Spain continues
such high-hsnded and unwarraniable course
towards the United States, and collision
should be the result, the fault is hers and not
ours. The United States has already borne
wreugs and outrages from her that she would
not have Submitted To by nation more power
ful, 1t is now quite time that an end should
be put 10 them.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

" EScoURAGE EMIGRATION said Patrick
Henry " encourage the husbandmen, the
mechanics, the merchants Of the Old World to
come ard settle in this world of promise; make
il the home of the Skillfnl, the Industrious, and
the happy, as well the asylum of the distressed;
fill up the measure Of your population as spec
Oily as you can byrhe means which Heaven
has placed in your power, and | venture to
prophesy there are those no,U Hcing icho loiH
see this tarored land among the most poloegfii
on earth. Yes, sir they will see her great
IN arts al d arms, her golden harves,s running
over an immeasnrable extent, her commerce
penetrating the most distant seas, and her can
non silencing the vain boast Of those who now
alftet to rule the waves"
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

s. The Boston Post reports speech lately
made by one of the new councillors of Massa-
chusetts, during an official visit to the aims
house, at East Bridgewater. The Post OBJ
serves, 1t stirs the blood like toddy-stick, %
" Boys l want you TO look at me- Look
directly at me, for am going to say something
TO you. How many of you would like to be
members of the Governors Councai Now, if
you will only do what is right at all times and
never steal nor lie, nor swear, you may all
rise, some day to eminent stations. | was
once poor boy myself, but always calculated
to do what was right. never would steal, or
lie, or use bad language. | was apprenticed
in my youth, but have now become one Of the
Gocamor's Council! Now, boys, never let
me hear of you doing anything wrong. Al
ways do what is right, never cheat, or steal,
or lie, or swear, and you may become great
man -
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

y In Boston, W. A. Wilson, a printer,
was returning from home in South Boston, TO
his afternoon labor, and when near Dover
street, he heard cries proceeding from the
water, and saw small boy in the Dock
Without waiting moment, he plunged into
the water and drew the boy out. What was
his joy and astonishment on finding that he
had saved the life of his own son.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

0 The democrats carried the election at
Laporie. Michigan City, Covington and many
other towns in the Wabash Valley and North
ern Indiana, where The know nolhinqs succeed
ed last year. There has been heavy gain for
the democratic ticket in nearly every county in
the state. .ea-. t
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

81 The eightieth anniversary of the battle
of Lexington, which occurred on the 10th Of
April, ITS, was celebrated in that village on
Thursday lastby the ringing Of bells, firing Of
guns, &c.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

o Prohibitory liquor laws have now been
passed in nine different States, viz Maine,
Minnesota, Rhode Island. Massachusetts, Yer
mont, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut and New
York. In New Hampshire, Maryland, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey, p-ohihttory laws
have been passed in one branch of the Leesla-
lures and failed in the other; and in Wiscon-
sin law was passed by the Legislature, vetoed
by the Governor, modified and passed again,
and again vetoed ; anG in Ohio, Michigan and
Rhode Island the laws have been pronounced
unconstitutional, but in Rhode Island ii was
modified and passed again.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

New BUILDING MATERIAL. We learn that
arrangements are making tor the manufacture,
in this State, of new description Of brick.
1t is thought BY some that it will, 10 a large
degree, take the place of the common variety
of brick. 1t is composed Of sand and lime,
the proportion being about eleven parts sand
10 one part lime, and they can be manufac
tured at less cost than our common clay brick.
They are very smooth, and after exposure,
become of sufficient hardness 10 withstand all
weathers. They are manufactured with a
large orifce through the centre the advan-
tages of which are the facility with which
they are manufactured lathing and plaster
ing become Unnecessary, and the outside and
inside of the wall is made at the same time
The chemical change which takes place in
the manufacture Of the bricks hardens them
so that they are not more affected by the ac-
tion Of the atmosphere than stone. It IS not
affected by frost, and experiments which have
been tried 10 test lis strength and other quail
ties have resulted satisfactorily. Scientific
men have examined the material, and all have
arrived at the same conclusion.-C Concord
Statesman.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

LAUNCH OF Big SHIr AT ELLSWORTH. On
Saturday last. the finely modelled and tho
rough-built half-elipper ship, " HORIZON" of
1000 tons burthen built last Season. for Seth
Tisdale Esq, was launched in fine STYLE in the
presence of more than five thousand people
This is the largest ship, we think, ever built in
Maine east of the Penobscot river, and is said
to be one of the best
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

fHE REPuRLIcAN JouRsAL-We notice
that Jonathan G. Dickerson, Esq, has bought
an interest In this old and valuable democratic
journal and il will hereafter be published BY
Messrs. Moore g. Dickerson.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

LATER FROM HAvANA.-Nesv Orleans, April
Is. The steamship Black Warrior has ar
rived at this port with Havana dates to the
18TH DR.. Peck, it is now stated, was arres-
ted by mistake. The sixteen companies Of
muatoes were being actively organized.
The Black Warrior passed the sloop-of-
war jamestown OF the Moro
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

0F The anti-Hlndoo ticket for councimen
in the fiith ward of fHaHiord, Conn, was elected
on Tuesday " Sans back is broken, at the
9 head of sluop navigation =
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

Barnum is plonqhing at " Iranistan' with
an elephant That is another step towards
" destroying the liberties Of this country :"
What right have such I" "fiuroic-ners" 10 Be
tearing up old Fairfield county America
must be plowed by americans. The Hindoos
will be upon thee, Phineas !-Neao Haven Reg
lister.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

ECLIPSE OF THE MooN.-A total eclipse of
the moon takes place on the evening of May
lst, visible. Eclipse begins at O'Clock 80
m. 1t becomes total at 10 o'clock 33m., and
continues total until 9 minutes past - o'clock,
(midnight.) The eclipse ends at O'Clock
l2m., in the morning of May ID.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

O. Last Sunday forenoon, the colored
sexton was ringing the bell Of ST. Johns
Church, Richmond, Va, it broke from its fas-
Jennings and came crashing through the floor to
the earth, distance of ninety feet. The sex
ton stepped aside.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

The DARK SIDE.-The Newburyport Her
aid says
g. Five Of our Kansas emigrants arrived
home on "Wednesday, with sorry accounts of
the country and the conditions Of the settlers
From what they say, there is no danger that
Kansas will become free or slave State, till
all the rest of the world is over peoPled, for
nobody that has strength to walk or money TO
pay for conveyance, will stop there long. The
earth, they report, is actually parched and
baked TO the soldiiy of brick, by the long
drought. so that it cannot be plowed, and no
vegetation appears for cattle /; there is no
wood for building. and no water but in the
rivers to be had These emgrauts are relia-
bic men, but others equally reliable give di-
rectly contrary statements and say that it is the
garden of the world
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

u A contemporary remarks that the new
law puts an effectual damper on anonymous
letters. Those who send them are now com
PEELED TO pay out three cents, which,. to such
mean souls, imparts a much greater pang than
their etidsions can possibly inflict on any one
olSa
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

NATURAL AFFIN1rIEs.-The London Times
prefers the know nothing to any other party
in the United States,
Eastern times., 1855-04-26
Imnortant to Shipbuilders.

iobn Hobbs of Hallowell, is the inventor
of new article for the ship-yard, which prom
ises TO become of great practical utility. He
calls it the Rein-& -&af Strac. 1t has been
tested for the purpose intended, and is pro-
nounced by those who have witnessed its op-
Grafton to be the best thing of the kind out
The Bosion-Journal describes the invention as
follows =
's This is a new invention about to be in
troduced, and TO which we call the attention
of ship builders, and all others who NAV have
occasion TO bend wood into a constrained po-
sition. 1t is 10 be used more especially in
the planking Of ships, and is designed 10 su-
persede the present ring-bolt method which
is not only tedious, but laborious and expen-
sive. II is also an improvement upon any
other method now in use.
The apparatus is simply two screw bolts
connected by rein-staff. One end of each
bolt is cut with sharp thread of sufficient
strength TO hold great strain. The other
end of the bolts is cut with square threaded
screw, to which nuts are fitted The rein
staff is fitted on to the bolts, and bears against
the planks which are to be forced into place,
anu IS iuiloWeu Dy tne NUS, WHICH are square
headed, to allow the application Of the wrench,
which when turned produces a steady and
gradual pressure upon the plank, bringing it
home to Its desired position without the use
of wedges and sledge hammer strokes"
The invention has been patented. E. j..
Smith, Esq. of Hallowell, is associated with
Mr.. Hobbs. and will Immediately proceed to
the manufacture of the articles, so as to be
able in short time to supply every ship-yard
in Maine. Mr.. Smith is a gentleman of much
energy of character and perseverance, and
success cannot be considered problematical in
any enterprise he may undertake.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

The NEXT EXPEDITION TO LIBERIA.-The
African Repository says
g Our next expedition will sail from Balti-
more and Norfolk the lst of May, when all
applicants for passage to Liberia, the expenses
of whose emigration and six months support
in Liberia have been provided for, will be
comfortably accommodated. The exhausted
condition of our treasury prevents us from of
fering free passage in this expedition to any
applicants. Sixty dollars for each emigrant
1.-THE lowest average rate at which emgrants
can be sent and supported six months in Libe-
ria) will be expected
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

- In recent speech, Mr.. Crane, of Vir-
gnla, made the following oratorical flight 60
al pledge myself 10 you, and TO the world.
if old Randolph dott give large majority for
Wise, I'll seize the highest mob of Cheat
Mountain within he: limits, by the shaggy tops
of lis gigantic chesnui oaks, and sling it clear
into the Pacific ocean,
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

s. Ex-Governor Crosby is about leaving
Belfast for Boston, to become connected with
the editorial department of Liuell's Living
A ue
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

iUR Steamer Governor made her appear
ance in our river on Saturday morning She
made her first trip to Boston on Monday.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

iT The weather for few days past, has
been very lovely. and under the influence of an
almost unclouded sun, vegetation is rapidly
springing up.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

COMING HoME.-Hon. John A. Dix intends
to return to the United States, with his family,
in June.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

THE PUBLIC LAws.-We enclose in this num-
Der of the Times an Extra" containing the
Public Laws passed at the last session of the
Legislature.
Eastern times., 1855-04-26

O. Launched on Thursday, from the yard
of D. D. Coombs, vessel called the . Hum
bug"