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w. L. Marcy, Sec. of State.

A Washington correspondent of the N. Y.
Journal of Commerce, has written very in
teresting letter in regard to the eminent men,
living and dead, who have been at the head of
the several Departments of the government
We extract only in relation to the present in
cumbent of the State Department -
1t makes an American citizen proud of his
country TO enter the State Department, and
look upon the portraits of the great men that
have filled that office, most of whom " still
live " in the memory of their countrymen.-
But, have now 10 do with the living and Wis
IDLE occupant OF that Chair. William l..
Marcy is known to you,-for your Empire
State has nourished him but he presents
different aspect in has position here, from that
in which he has so often been viewed while
mixed up with the politics of your State. If
his mind was ever narrowed by his political
affinities there, how can it help expanding
here, under the spirit of his great Office! 1t
seems to me that the sectional man must, in
the process of his experience in such a posi-
ton, become national "To the victors be-
long the spoils of the vanquished," echoed the
press, to the reproach of Marcy the Senator.
But how is it with Marcy the Secretary =
None more kind, gentle and tolerant in his de-
partmental family. No prescription here. 1t
is beneath him. Would that all the dispens-
ers of patronage felt and acted so. The Sec
rotary is dignifed, not ostentatious, plain in
in manners, with some approach to austerity,
yet capable, in hours OF genial feeling, of un-
bending with ease, and indulging his humor-
Gus turn. He is the eldest of the seven wise
men that compose the Cabinet advisory of the
President, and some say is the ruling spirit of
the conclave. His manly form has begun TO
bend somewhat under increasing years, but he
must necessarily accomplish great amount of
labor in the office he holds.
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President Pierce.

We take the following ''timcly and signif-
can't paragraphs from the Boston Post. The
Dover On. H. Advertiser remarks that they
contain merited compliment to the excellent
but much abused Chief Magistrate of the ma
ton, and speak the sentiments of a large mass
oil the people in his native State. At least
$4,000 unterrifed democrats stand firm in his
favor, and are ferven, in his praise ! and. with
the specimen before them of Hindoo leu;sl.-
ZION in Massachusetts, their number !. no,
likely to decrease. The perpetual scandal
and vituperation Of every phase and faction ~
the opposition do not disturb them. So many
instances have occurred in the history Of the
nation in which the greatest and best men have
been most violently and Indignantly vilifed
that abuse of prominent statesmen rs now
looked upon, both as a matter of course and a
mark of honor. The violent opponents of the
administration little think that in their abuse
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some fifty persons were helping a team out of
ditch opposite our office, I4,h inst, by lifting
at the wheels with heavy plank, the horses
started suddenly and hurled the plank violently
into the thickest of the crowd. Four persons
were knocked down, the plank broken short off
over the head Of Geo. Jordan, but wonderful as
it may seem, his skull was not broken. None
were dangerously hurt"
Our Jeems says the above amt at all surpfi-
sing, as thick skulls are common down that
way, particularly in the vicinity of the Amer
lean office.
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cold Virginia never tired"

THE DEMOCRACY VICTORIOUS OVER HINDooIsM.
Virginia remains faithful to her fame. On
the 26th inst, Hon. HENRY A. WISE was
elected Governor by triumphant vote. The
following prediction by the Richmond En-
quirer has proved true to the letter =
+" The rictory is already as good as won.-
The intelligence which increasingly pours in
upon us from every part of the State admits
not of doubt of an overwhelming majority
for our ticket. There is not county in which
there is not good spirit prevailing in our
party, and a resolufe purpose 10 crush the infdf-
uated order aohose triumph ioostld accomplish re
suts ,chich eUen the sagacity Of Patrick Henry
never toresaw. The oath day of May will be
proud day for Virginia-one which future
generations of her sons will poiat to with pat
riotic PRIDE
A despatch from ashington, dated on Sat-
urday, says-"Wise elected certain. Flour
ney's own county, Halifax, gives a majority
for Wise of $685.
Dispatches from Richmond say that Mont
gomery, Wyihe, Pulaski, Giles and adjoining
counties give Wise astonishing majorities.
The following dispatches are from demo-
cratic sources =
WASHINGTON, May 25, P NJ Mr.. Wise
sweeps the southern counties from the sea TO
the Kentucky line. Letcher's midland coun-
ties piled up immense nlajorities for Wise.
Mr.. Wise is undoubtedly elected by from 5000
to 10, 900 majority.
All the democratic congressman are elected
10 a certainty, except Kidwell and Lewis
these are in doubt.
WAsHINeToN CITY, May IS, 10 P. M. In
thirty counties heard from Wise's majorities
shew very little difference from Pierce's vote,
when the state was carried by over $4,000.
The democrats gain in the legislature, and
the know no. ings give up all as lost.
From the Richmond Enquirer Of Friday.
The Spartan band have covered themselves
with glory. We have never seen our friends
work with SO much efficiency and enthusiasm
In spite of the heavy odds against us we have
not only held our own, but have given the ldrg-
est democratic cote euer giUen in this city,
Gen. Pierce received in this city ll6S and for
John s. Caskie 1927
WASHINGTON, May %. The friends of
Mr.. Wise are now firing from the Capitol 100
guns in honor of the election of Mr.. WISE
His majorities continue to roll in. Caswell
county gives him $50 majority, Russell coun-
ty $50, Grayson county 300, Carroll county,
$50.
Good, glorious old Virginia-the mother Of
Presidents, the roblest and truest in the devo-
ton to American principle OF the "Old Thir-
teen"-well hast thou proved the invincibiity
of thy Democracy by strangling treason at its
birth The tide OF sectionalism and intoler-
ance under the name of Native Americanism
has been stopped and a succession Of just
such glorious achievements is TO follow till
every State in the Union shall have sealed
the death warrant and sounded the knel OF
know nothingism.
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Know Nothing Convention.

The delegate convention of tho Hindoos of
Maine was held at Bangor on Tuesday last.
Object-the nomination of Morrill, for Govern
or We have not heard of the result; but it
is of no manner of consequence. Morrill, is a
doomed man, and is gaining impetus from the
rapidity of his descent. Hindooism is also
doomed, and is already stencil from which
honest men shrink as from the touch of pesti-
ence. "Satan's Kingdom must come down. "
From all parts of the State we hear the good
word of determination, action-Maine must be
redeemed from the clutches of the corrupt and
bastard party which disgraces her.
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And now the Northern.

The Massachusetts platform is embraced in
the following resolutions passed by know
nothing convention there
''Resolred, That we hail with hope and Joy
the recent brilliant success of the republican
party in the States of Maine, Iowa, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and we trust these
victories are foreshadow of others soon to
come, by which the FREE STATES shall
present one SOLID PHALANX OF OP-
POSITION TO THE AGGRESSIONS OF
SLAVERY.
I" Resolued, That in the present chaotic con-
dition Of parties in Massachusetts the only
star above the horizon is the love of human
liberty and the ABHORRENCE OF SLA-
VERY, and that 1T is THE DUTY OF
ALL ANTI-SLAVERY MEN to rally
round the republican party, as an organization
which invites the united action of the people on
the trdnscending question Of slaUe dominion
which now divides the Union"
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LIQUOR SEIzURE-We learn that two bar
rels of liquor were seized on Monday in the
north part of the city. They were found Sc
creied in dung heap. A little girl, who has
been observed several times recently carrying
tin-pail, was also stopped, and the contents
of her pail examined, which proved 10 be the
contraband article. This latter was a seizure
under the 5,h section, we presume, and the
first of which we have heard, viz "No per
son shall travel from place to place, conveying
with him personally any intoxicating liquor,
&c.,
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The Personal Liberty Bill.

Gov. Gardner of Massachusetts, having We
toed this bill, the principal feature of which
is the provision that no person claimed as
fugitive from labor, shall be carried out of the
State Of Massachusetts without trial BY jury,
the Legislature have again passed it, over the
Governors veto, almost unanimously. We
share in the general feeling Of respect for
Gov. Gardner's abilities and independence,
but we rejoice from our Utmost soul that the
Old Bay State has been true to its glorious
history, true to the claims of humanity, that
the sufferngs of the pilgrims on Plymouth
rock are not forgotten that Maverick, Gray,
Caldwell, Attucks and Carr did not in vain
lay down their lives on the 9Th of March, ITO,
for opposition TO kidnappers. The citizens Of
Massachusetts have reason TO feel exultant in
the position they have assumed. Well may
they excaim in the triumphant language Of
the patriot Tell -
"Ye crags and peaks I'm with you once again
1 hold to you the hands you first beheld,
To show they still are free.
Ye Guards Of Liberty,
I'm with you once again call to you
With all my voice hold my hands to you
To show they still are free!'
(Tribme.)
i nus IL Is lndt our neiguoot REFUGEES over
the triumph of MULTIPLICATION in Massachu-
sets! The passage of the Personal Liberty
Bill places Massachusetts in state of rebel
lion TO the Constitution and the Union -
There is now, says the Boston Post, so far as
statute law is concerned no United States NTH
in The limits Of Massachusetts And in the
Union-loving city Of Bath we have an organ
exulting over the disgrace. Shame! Mas
sachusetis stands. continues the Boston Post,
before her sister states disgraced, because,
instead of the old religious freedom, there is
an unconstitutional persecution of sect in re-
ligion because instead Of the old political
freedom, there is established a platform of
birthplace as basis of political rights be-
cause, in place of the essential element of PUB
LIc1rY as TO political action-a primary ele-
ment of republicanism-there is substituted
the action of secret conclave and because,
in place Of the old loyalty to the general gov
eminent and the constitution of the country.
THERE is BOLD TREASON TO THE
UNION.
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SINGULAR SLAVE CAsE.-Elijah Williams,
a rich planter Of GAINESVILLE, S. c., arrived in
Cincinnati on Monday with eight negroes, one
of which was his wife, six his children, and
the other his wife, mother. The object of the
visit was to manumit the whole, and settle them
in that State. Just, however, as he step
ped frUu tho stoumbont into a carriage, no
fell dead. The negroes having been carried
into Ohio, are free under the SAte law. Mr..
Williams had previously left by will the whole
of his estate 10 the negroes.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

JEFFERSON ON NATURALIZATION.-F his
Message, Dec. 8. 1901 cannot omit recon-
mending reversal Of the laws on the subject
of naturalization. Considering the ordinary
chances of human life, denial of citizenship
under residences Of fourteen years is denial
to great proportion Of those who ask it, and
controls policy pursued from the first settle
ment Of many Of the States and still believed
Of consequence TO their prosperity. And shall
we refuse the unhappy fugitives from distress
that hospitality which the savages of the will
derness extended to our fathers arriving in the
land, Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum
on this globe
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

Mr.. Edward A. Vose-a member of the late
Massachusetts house of representatives-made
a speech at Faneuil Hall on Monday night, and
said that be was member Of the committee Of
roads and bridges of that body-that that COM
miitee had travelled largely over the state
that on one occasion they were attended with
supernumeraries-iha the entire party num-
bered ifeen-that he ordered some spirits-thot
Of the fifteen, thirteen drank beautifully, and Of
thirteen, tloelUe uoted for the nelo hquor la,o!
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1855-05-31

The PARKvILLE OUTRAGE. Mr.. Park, the
proprietor of the press which was destroyed
by the Missouri mob at Parkville, has COM
menced suit against the rioters, and en-
ployed Edward Bates, of St. Louis, as his
counsel. Mr.. Park, says the Albany Journal,
is man of wealth, and will yet push the per-
petrators of this outrage to the wall, if there
is any justice left in the Courts of Missouri.
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70 One Of the most affecting and impress
sive paragraphs which we have ever read,
was in the letter of distinguished literary
gentleman, written to an intimate friend but
few weeks before his death -
Twelve years ago." he says, 81 was a
happy man; and then began the formation
Of habit which terminated in confirmed in
temperance. Now awake every morning in
agony, wishing that my bed had been my
grave. | am utterly unable to attend to any
useful employment, and shrink with horror
from the thought. Ny moral principle is
wrecked. Neither the money nor honor of q
friend would be safe in my hands, if il required
their sacrifice to furnish the means of crafty
ing my favorite passion. The beauties of the
literary page are lost upon my weakened and
beclouded mnd-I suffer feeling Of mex
pressible shame and deterioration. 1t seems
as if all that is good and noble was emptied
out of me. | stand on the edge Of an awful
precipice, but have no power TO 60 back. 0
that God would be pleased to cover me with
the pail of darkness and oblivion forever -
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IFE. The woes Of human lie are r

LIFE. The woes of human life are relative.
The sailor springs from his warm couch to
climb the icy topmast at midnight without a
murmur-while the rich merchant complains
of the rattling cart which disturbs his even
ing's repose. In peace, we announce the
breakage of bone as melancholy event
but in war, when we read of the slaughter of
our neighbors and thousands of the enemy, we
clap our hands and shout GLORIOUS victory
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RA Washington correspondence, says
that a reconstruction of the know nothing party
will take place soon after the Virginia cleo
ton that the State Councils OF N. Y. and
Penn, have declared in favor of abandoning
its secret features, which, it is believed, will
be conceded by the Grand Council, that their
principles will be publicly proclaimed, and a
national convention will be summoned TO meet
in Philadelphia in November next.
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g. cannot but admire your noble sentiments
Of devotion and attachment 10 your country and
its Institutions But must be permitted to as
sure you that the fears which, in your patriot
ic zeal, you seem to entertain THAT IF EVER THE
LIBERTY OF THE UNITED STATES IS DESTROY
ED IT WILL BE BY RoMisH Priests are GER
tainly without any shadow of foundation what
ever. An intimate acquaintance of more than
half century with the prominent and infuen-
tial priests and members Of that church, both in
Europe and America, warrants me in assuring
you that you need entertain no apprehension Of
danger TO your republican institutions from that
quarter"
The words in brackets are taken from the
context and attributed to Lafayette who quoted
them only TO refutc them The Louisville
know no,hings, aided by the telegraph, are try
ing to make it appear that Professor Morse
"proves" that Lafayette used the expression
above. So he did, and said besides that the
fears implied in the expression were with
OUT ANY SHADOW OF FOUNDATION
WHATEVER"
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Naturalized Citizens !!

You must exhibit yoau matmraliza-
tion papers to the toaom authorities be-
fore the 10Th Of .J,ae, 1855, or be de-
priced of yo,v right to cote! ,Such IS
the requisitiOn Of the rascauy Laao
passed by the late fusion-know-noth-
ing legislature. See to- 1t that 1t
acork,S them no good.
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y The following letters remain dead in
the post Office in this city, the postage on the
same not having been prepaid, as required by
law -
Rollins & Co., Baltimore, Md Mrs. Sa-
rah Works, Augusta Thaddeus Orr, Bos-
ton; Mr.. Freeman Cotton, bark Hebron. Car
denas, Cuba; Miss Emily KnowltoH, Litch-
field; Miss Augusta Knowlton, Lowell,
Mass Dr. E. Clark. Portland; Woodbury.
SWEET, Phipsburg Mrs. Harriet Jordan,
Brunswick Cox S. ]. Foster, Weston, Me. !;
S. H. Page & Co., HallowelI.
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State Of Maine reports decision Of the Su-
preme Judicial Court to the effect that g the
owner of fats, where the tide GIBBS and flows,
has no greater right to The clam fishery there
on, than any other citizen Of the State" Hur-
rah for clam bake, Rhode Island fashion
No danger of trespassing, ifyou only go where
the tide ebbs and flows.
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Mr.. E, n. Doe, of China, whose unaccount-
able absence for some weeks has caused much
uneasiness to his friends, has returned to his
home. Mr.. Doe was severely injured in his
head some two years ago, since which time
ne has been subject to much suffering. He
left home in one of these attacks, and when
he came to himself, he found that he was in
Davenport, Iowa.
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THE New JERUSALEM MEssENeER.-This lie
the title of new weekly paper published in
New York, by John l.. Jewett, devoted to the
dissemination Of the doctrines Of the Sweden
borgian or New Church. 1t will be edited by
Rev. WIN. B. Hayden of Portland. gentle
man every way qualified TO make i, an agreea-
BILE and instructive 6reside journal, as well as
a thorough exponent of the views Of this in
creasng sect of Christians.
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THUNDER SToRM.-A violent thunder storm
occurred in this region on Thursday evening
last. For about an hour the flashes of light
ming were almost incessant, and the peals of
thunder terrific. A tree was shattered at the
south end BY the lightning. In Newcastle,
Glidden's block was struck, demolishing a
chimney, and prqstrating twelve men, but no
serious injury was done>either. A tree was
struck in Brunswick.
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MURDER.-On Friday, in the supreme Court
sitting at Cambridge (Mass.) John L., Chap
man was convicted of the murder of Reuben
Cousens. After an absence of forty-fve min
utes the jury returned into court and rendered
a verdict of GUILTY. The prisoner was pale
and trembling during the awful moment when
the verdict was announced. A different YER
dict had been expected.
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Base Forgery Exposed.

The Cincinnati Daily Enquirer of October
LIST, 1854, contained an article stating tina, the
words " if ever the liberty ofthe United States
is destroyed it will be by Romish PRIESTS" had
been dug out" of a letter written by Lafay-
the last visit of the marquis to this country in
1899, and that the words were quoted BY Laf
aye,ie from the letter of the New Yorker only
ed letter Of Lafayette was given in the Enqui-
rer. from which it is sufficient for us to quote
the following -
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The DIAMOND, in ancient, wicked times,
was only of use in detecting infidelities. PIa-
ced upon the head Of slumbering wife or hus-
band. j. would compel the sleeper to betray the
secrets of the bosom There was. accordingly,
a. very natural distrust of the diamond in an
Client days. Its vocation is gone in these bet
ter organized times. At least, if it were not
so, we do not suppose that diamonds would 80
often pass as presents between lovers, married
or unmarried.
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C. 1t is said that R. w. Cameron, of New
York, now in England, has obtained the con-
tract for the conveyance of the English mails
from Panama to Australia, once month, at
rate Of $1,000 for the round trip. Two first
class steamships are 20 be built in this country,
and two in England, for the use of the line.
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n Conductor Murphy was examined in
Brunswick the other day on a charge of forci
bly, ejecting an individual from the cars. He
was discharged, the justice deciding that he
was lawfully in possession of the cars, and had
the right if necessary, forcibly to eject persons
who came into cars at the depots for purposes
other than that of travel.
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There are now in the United States thir-
ty-two insane hospitals in active operation, and
nine others in course of construction. Twen-
ty-eieht are State institutions and the num-
Der Of the insane is very nearly 10000.
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q We have had several cold, uncomforta-
Bile days during the past week, bringing into
requisnion great coats and mittens. A slight
frost was observable in some parts Of the city
on Sunday morning.
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Near Arson, Me-, on the evening OF May
22d, Alexander Fassett was passing over
Madison Bride, with wagon and four horses,
when the bridge broke through, and the pole
horses, loaded wagon, and driver fell sixty
feet to the water, of rapid river, and were
all destroyed. Fassett leaves wife and three
oh;tJro,
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Many young lady who objects to be kissed
under the mistIetoe, has no objection to be kiss
ed under the rose. A stupid compositor made
an error in the above, rendering it TO say, has
no objection 10 be kissed under the nose.'
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Rev. Theodore Parker of Boston lately de-
livered lecture upon the subject of slavery,
in Wilmington, Delaware, State which con-
tains a few slaves. The slave states are the
places for the abolitonists to "free thei1
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C Taylor, who was tho know nothing
candidate for mayor of Cincinnati, and to elect
whom that party violated the ballot box, and
murdered unoffending men, is, it has now been
ascertaihed, an unnatwalzed bishnaan.
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DrMocRAcY-Tbe following eIoouen, and

DEMocRAcY.-Ths following eloquent and
deserved tribute to the Democratic party we
clip from a late number of the Ohio Statesman;
1.-THE Democratic party cannot die-iis men
may be defeated for thousand causes that oc-
cur in the political elements of the country
its principles may be contemned-iis very ex-
is!ence may be considered in jeopardy, but die
II can not, while there is people left 10 think,
70 speak, to write. Every element in our po-
liiical organization may change-con
may crumble-revolu,ion may follow revolu-
ilon-Party names may rise one day to be buri-
ed the next-but the great principle of self
preservation opposed TO bad principles, bad
government, and bad men, will endure, whe,h-
err in power or out Of power-in triomphs or in
defeais-in prosperity or in adversely. Was
there any die in the great principles around
which Democrats rally as party basis, its ex-
tinction would long since have taken place
- for good" and kings and crowns would be
at ease forever from so dangerous an element. .