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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-05

NOTICE.-Thc undersigned, during this winter e
maknp.oif and collection of accounts, or any descrip
ton OF writing that might be entrusted to him onn
VIM. B. CRAWFORD.
cs. ~. 90 1o5e-2ts
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-05

THE FEMALE POETS OF AMERICA.-By RUFUS
WILMor GRIswoLD Illustrated with Portraits from
original artists New edition. revised, enlarged, and
brought down to the present time. l. vol Syo.-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-05

CTOvEs STOVES Nv. J. POINTS has a
tnIl assortment of Cooking, Parlor and Box Stoves,
~, Gates wooden Buckets, Baskets Brooms Ash
and Coal Buckets and Tin Ware of all kinds
s59g6 One door below the Marble Yard
Stn,,n ton Oct 1879.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-05

" GOODS are now opening embracing a full and
complete assortment suited to the wants OF almost ey
cry one. Our goods have been selected with great
care and will be sold to cash as well as ProI
e~s on the best terms We respectfully ask on examl-
nation of our stock being satisfied they will please
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-05

Corrected for the Spectator By Staples, Martin d Ca
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
Connecticut Election.

The Opposition to the present corrupt
National Administration, in the State Of
Connecticut have had hard battle to fight,
and gloriously have they come out of the
contest. The speeches made by the South
ern members of Congress in the land of stea-
dy habits, did not do much good. The
Hartford Courant speaking Of the result,
uses the following language:
1t will be perceived that the opposition
party in Connecticut have been successful
in the most strongly contested battle they
ever passed through. To ro-obtain the SUI
premacy-to retain Mr.. Toucey in the U.
s. Scnate-to satisfy Mr.. Pierce that Con-
nscticut would once more vote for him-to
encourage the hearts Of the pro-slavery dem
ocracy eyerywhcre-animated the loco foco
party and called out the votes Of the lowest
forei gners. Money was spent in profusion,
rum was poured out like water. Promises
were made Of the repeal of statutes obnox-
ious to the lowest. But all was Of no avail.
Connecticut has placed her seal on the con-
duct of her rccrcant Senator, and will send
some one to Washington who will be a bet
ter exponent Of tho policy of the State. 1t
is great yictory-great, from the conces-
sions made to each other by the various sec
tons of the Opposition-great, from the
untiring zeal and energy exhibited by the
friends Of Freedom, Temperance, Law and
Americanism. We trust that the same con-
cessions and agreements which have charac-
terized the contest, will be preserved in the
management Of the victory.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
Adjourned.

The people viii b glad to learn thai
the most destructive, wring-necksd Leg.
islature that ever assembled at Augusta,
adjourned sine die, on Thursday last week.
signalisins itself previous It's to adjournment,
by passing the Free Rum Bill, the behcadine
Of Judge Davis, the enforcement Of the
Border Rufianism Of the Pro-Slavery Dc
mocncy, and the adoption Of various othel
measures which will take thousands Of dol
lars Of the State Treasury for the benefit o.
noisy partirans. II was in se~ion 100 days
como hundred days Of terror) and the whole
expense to the State for the session alone
could not have been much, If any short o.
S6O,OOO,-the Legislative printing alone
this year, II is said, cost four times as Il did
last year, and tho measures adopted viii
call for additional printing which will cost
q number Of thousand Of dollars. The two
divisions Of the dominant party "wcrc
lovely in life" in death let them not bc di.
vidcd. Thepeople, If wo do not mistake the
indications Of the times, are an1iously
waiting for the time to settle with the de-
structiyes who formed the " coalition " Leg
islaturo Of 1856 and discharge them for
ever.
The Laws and Resolves passed, wo shall
give to our readers in good time, in an extra,
and our comments on tho disgraoeful acts
and proceedings of the allies will DO con-
tinued from week to week, as We have OPP
portunity, until September election.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

We commend tho letter to the careful
perusal of our friends tho Anti Nebraska
men Of the Belfast Journal, and Others who
have been pushing Mr.. B. ahead on the
ground of his sympathy with those North
ern Democrats who were satisfied that the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise was a
mistake, very bad mistake, and especially
to their earnest consideration; that portion
Of Il in which he defines his position on the
Nebraska Bill, rs follows:
"The question has been settled by Con-
gress, and this settlement should DO inhexi-
bly maintained. The Missouri Compromise
is gone, and gone forever But no assaults
should be made upon those Democrats, who
maintained 1t, provided they are now willing
in good faith to maintain the settlement a.
II exists. Such an understanding is wise
and Just in itself. .
II is well known how I labored, in COM
pany with Southern men, to have this line
extended to the Pacific Ocean. But II has
departed. The time for it has passed away,
and verify believe that the best-nay, the
only mode now left Of putting down the
fanatical and restless spirit Of abolition at
the North, is to adhere to the existing set
Element without the slightest thought or APP
pearancc of wavering, and without regard
ing any storm which may be raised against
IN ~
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
Congressional,

Congress has been occupied the past two
weeks mostly on the appropriation bills.
Several speeches from the first talent in
Congress have been made on the Kansas
question. Mr.. Seward delivered the speech
of the session, on the 9th, in favor Of the ad-
mission of Kansas as Free State. Judge
Collamcr, Of VT, made, most telling speech
in answer to Douglas, ponderous majority
report on Kansas Affairs. lie exposed with
great pcnpicuity and kecnnest Of sarcasm
the gross fallicics of that Report; causing
the author of tho report great uneasincs.-
Douglas attempted a reply, not by argument,
which he would have used il there was any
to use but with slang such as calling Judge
Collamor's side Of the Senate "Black Repub-
leans" rabolitionists &c. In the House
Col. Granger from the Syracuse District, N.
Y, q plain, blunt man, made q telling
"rough-and.r@dy" charge upon the Ne
brascal forces which isreportcd to have mado
the enemy squirm good deal.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
City Council.

Meeting on Wednesday evening, April l6.
In board of Aldermen. Mr.. Bettes pre-
sented petition I. p. Scammon for license to
sell spirituous liquors. Leave given to
withdraw.
Petition of Francis Meads and others for
Street to be called Kossuth Street leading
from South Street by said Meads' house
northerly to such q point as may DO deter
mined. Referred to Committee on Streets.
Alderman Stimson presented claim of S.
+. Chase for remuneration for opening road
through his land to "Ncbraska." Subjec,
referred to Aldermen Stimson, Lowell and
Hill.
In CoyvESrIoy.-IIans Nelson was elect.
ed Superintendent Of Burials, and Messs
Lowell, Curtis and Cutter chosen Commit.
tee to negotitac with said Nelson for pur,
chase Of his burial cars.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

SuocKNo TRAGEDY. Tho Syracuse IN.
W Journal gives tho following account Of
the murder offour children by their mother
near Bridgeport, on Sunday week. The
nams Of the woman is Ward, whose hus-
band, Matthew Ward, IA name Of III omen)
Is drunken wretch:
cit appears that tho husband neglected
his family, and treated them in the most
cruel manner. The wife and mother has
threatened If he did not reform his ways
and help her to take proper care ofthc chill
dren, she would murder them and take her
own life. lie needed not the threat, but
persisted in lis brutality. Yesterday morn
ing he left home to 20 fishing on the Lake,
and during his absence she executed her
threat, taking an axe, and with II cutting
tho threats Of four Of her five children, tho
youngest Of whom was only two months
old. The Oldest Of the children, aged about
eight years, escaped only by running away,
she yainly pursuing him, with axe in hand,
for some distance. She then returned TO
the house where she had perpetuated these
shocking acts, and seizing her husbands ra-
Tor, attempted to commit suicide by cutting
her throat. She did not cut deep enough,
however, to render the wound fatal, and
when discovered was literally covered with
blood, and suffering the most intense as
ony,"
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

STOLEN Goops RECOVERED. Tho tailoris
shop Of Mr.. O. q. Burleigh was broken m
to on tho night Of the ID inst, and several
pieces Of cloth, some pantaloons, and o
watch stolen thercfrom. Suspicion rested
upon young man named Nicholas Brady,
and upon the evidence produced he has been
committed to Jail. The Stable Of Gardiner
L. Foss, in Biddeford, was searched, and
several articles that had been stolen were
found secreted therc-among them valua-
bic sleigh robe that had been stolen from
Mr.. John Gilpatric. Mono of Mr.. Bur
leigh's goods were found there. Mr.. fos,
the owner Of the stable, was examined be-
fore q Justice, and acquitted Of any partici.
patton in the theft.
On Saturday, Mr.. John Gilpatric exam
ined some old buildings upon the wharf,
and there In loft found of the cloths and
pantaloons that were taken from Mr.. Bur-
leigh's store.
Facts indicate that several persons have
long been doing an extensive business In
stealing from our citizens. We hope their
career Is ut an cnd.-Dmoydf.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

TIE CANDIDATE or THE CINCINNATI Con-
vrsrroy. We are now satisfied that neither
Mr.. Pierce, Mr.. Buchanan, nor Judge
Douglass, can get the nomination. They
may all three get a majority Of tho convcn'
ton on different ballots, but there will be
one-third that viii DO likely to checkmatc
either of the three. There is every PROBABLE
ity that the party will have to 80 into the
woods again to pick out q new stick, and
the chances arc that some southern man will
DO nominated, and II Slavery Is to DO the
issue, Il l. right that Southern man should
be tho standard bearer. Let shareholders
and slave representatives alone b the candi-
dates Of slavuy.-Caiecgo Democrat, (Joh"
Wmisorths Paper,) ApriI8.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
To the People of the Uuited States.

The People of the United States, without
regard to past political differences or divis
ions, who are opposed to the repeal Of tn,
Missouri Compromise, to the policy of tn,
present administration to the extension O
Slavery into the Territories, in favor of tn,
admission Of Kansas as Free State, and o.
restoring the action of the Federal Govern
ment to the principles of WASHINGTON ant
JEFFERSON, are invited by the National Com
mittee, approximately the Pittsburg Conven
ton of the Odd of FEBRUARY, 1856, to sent
from each State three Delegates from every
Congressional district, am six Delegates q,
large, to meet in PHILADELPHIA, on N,
Seventeenth day of June merit, for the pur
pose Of recommending candidates to b
supported for the Offices of President ant
Vice-President Of the United States.
L. ID. MORGAN, New York,
FRANCIS p. BLAIR, Maryland,
JOHN NJ. NILES, Connecticut,
DAVID WILM0T, Pennsylvania,
A. p. STONE, Ohio,
WILLIAM NJ. CHACE, Rhode Island
JOHN u. GOODRICH, Massachusetts,
GEORGE RYE, Virginia,
ABNER R. HALL0WELL, Maine,
f.. s. LELAND, Illinois,
CHARLES DICKEY, Michigan,
GEORGE G. F0GG, New Hampshire,
A. j. STEVENS, Iowa,
CORNELIUS COLE, California,
LAWRENCE BRAINERD, Vermont,
WILLIAM CROSSE, Indiana,
WYMAN SP0ONER, Wisconsin,
en-. X. PAULIS0N, New Jersey,
E. ID. WILLIAMS, Delaware,
JOHN G. FEE, Kentucky,
JAMES REDPATH, Missouri,
LEWIS CLEPHANF, Dist. of Column
bia,
National Committee.
WASHINGTON, March %, 1856.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

A LITTLE PERSONAL, rEr CORRECT. Our
old customers B. X. Ross, 4 Co., whose en-
terprisc in the Boot and Shoe business, ae-
companied as II has ever been with polite
and gcntlemanly bearing, and fairness in
trade, has given them wide custom, aud
Z" troops Of friends" have entered the field
again this spring, as will be seen by their
advertisement, with n stock Of articles in
their line unprocedently large, which can
not fail to attract to their " Emporium" Q
wider trade. They have large share Of
the public patronage, and are deserving Of
even more.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

An INTERESTING PrcTuRr At TIE Crsrox-
HorsH. Mr.. Buchanan, the American min
lister, has sent home from London an origin.
al portrait OF John Hampdcn, tho celebrated
English patriot, who was ono Of tho first to
resist the Entertainments Of the Stuarts, and
TO anail the perogative Of the Crown,in the
great struggle for popular rights which led
70 the establishment Of the English Com
monwealth, and subsequently, planted on
this soil the republican germs which have
grown up into nation Of thirty millions OF
frecmen. This portrait belonged to Mr..
John Macgregor, member Of Parliament for
Glasgow, and 10 presented by him through
Mr. Buchanan, 70 the Congrcss of tho Uni.
tod States, who win undoubtedly give Il .
conspicuous place among the national pic
tures. Il Is one the two original portraits
T Hamp den now In existence.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

PORTLAND ELECTION. We forgot TO men,
ton last week that the Municipal election
in that city resulted in triumph Of the Dor.
derruiiian democratic party, whcroat some Of
the "sympathilen" hero were quito anxious
to know " II we had heard from Portland"
To all these anxious enquiries we ay that
We had heard from Portland, and consider
ing II very poor account, such an ono a.
we had not heard for some time, We forget
to speak Of Il in tho paper. For the inform
alton Of these persons, and every body else
we now state that Portland went for Rum,
Rowdyism, Border Rut6anism, Black De-
mocracy, and multiplication ofother dew
iltries, too numerous to psrticulsriie, by
some $50 majority. Rcasons-Rum, Irish
men and hatred Of nigger.
N. B. Most Of the towns in the State
have como the other way.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
csrss,ss1sass u ns N. =. Dsty Tiass.

csvss1ssSsass " nsH. u DSt Jfasss
BoRpEa RuyrAxs SEAaorno Yorxo
LApY's Piano. Lacre~ce, Kanses, Monday,
March -, 1856. A few days since steam
Or, on it, way up tho Missouri, was boarded
at Lexington, and searched by this same
band Of asperadoes after looking while
they found rather long box, directed TO .
town in this State their curiosity was OK.
cited they determined to examine the con-
tents, and proceeded to open the box. The
captain Of the steamer then made his APP
pearance, and forbade tho examination of
any baggage uhilc II was under his caro-
The ruifans Mt the word Of command, de-
sisted for the present from opening the box,
but concluded 10 come on 70 Kansas City
with II, which they did. Soon after Il was
landed on tho lcvce, and the captain had
left, these brave men pounccd down upon
1t, pried open the cover and looked in, ex-
pecting to SEQ some Shapes rifles or Yam
kce cannon nicely slowed; but imagine
their disappointment on discovering the
contents Of the very suspicious looking box
TO DO nothing more nor les than Q Piano
forte, which was sent TO young Yankee
lady in AAwattomic. They concluded to
return at once to Lexington and report what
they had discovered. 80
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
Col. Frecmont's Letter.

The appended letter from Col. John C..
Fremont to Gov. Robinson of Kansas, will
be read with great satisfaction. 1t was
handSd TO the Publishers of the Boston At
las by Gov. Robinson himself, when ON his
recent visit to his native State, and published
in that paper on the 9th inst.
INV YoRE, March Il, 1856, !
lI6 Second Avenue.
Ny Dear Sr:-Your letter Of February
reached me in Washington some time since.
l rctd il with much satisfaction. IL was a
great pleasure to find YOU retained 80 lively
a recollection oil our intercourse in CaliiOr-
MIA. But my own experience is, that per-
mancnt and valuable friendships are most
often formed i'm contests and struggles. II
man has good points, then they become
salient, and we know each other suddenly,
| had both been thinking and speaking Of
YOU lattcrly. The Banks balloting in the
lious,, and your movements in Kansas, had
naturally carried my mind hack to our hun
drcd and forty odd ballots in California,
aud your letter came seasonably and iitly to
complete the connection. We were defeat
ell then; but that contest was only an IN.
cidcnt in great struggle, and the victory
was d,f,rrcl, not lost. You have carried To
another field the same principle, with cour-
are and ability 10 maintain IL; and make
You nv sincere congratulations on your sue
cess incomplete 10 Ear, but destined in the
end 10 triumph absolutely. | had been
waiting 10 sec what shape the Kansas ques-
ton would take in Congress, that | might
be enabled 10 give YOU some views in rcla-
ton to the probable rcsult. Nothing yet
has bccn accomplished. But am satisfied
that in the end Congress will take eihcient
measures to lay before the American people
ths exact truths concerning your Affairs
Neither you nor can have any doubt what
verdict the people will pronounce upon a
truthful exposition. II Is 10 he farcd from
the proclamation Of the President, that he
intends to recognize the usurpation in Kan
sls rs the legitimate government, and that
its selitiOn law, the test oath, and the
means to BE- taken 10 expel Its people as ali
ems, will all. directly or indirectly, be sup
ported by the army Of the United Statcs.-
Your position win undoubtedly be difficult,
but YOU know have great confidence in
your frmness and prudence. When the
critical moment arrives, you must act for
youTself--no man can give YOU COUNSEL
A true man will always find his bcst coun-
sci in that inspiration which a good cause
never calls TO give him at the instant Of tri-
al. All history teaches us that great re-
suits are ruled by a wise Providence, and
we are but units in the great plan. Your
actions viii DO determined by events, as
they. present Themselves, and ut this dis
tance can only say that sympathize cor
daily with you, and that, asyou stood by
M firmly and generously, when we were
defeated by the nullifers in California, l
have every disposition to stand by yOa in
the same way in your battle with them in
Kansas.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

A Coon Sgrrxo Brrrn.-C. A. Richards
Abbotts Bittsrs have now gained tho oon6.
dcnce Of tho public. At tho present season
Il = tho custom Of many 10 take some good
cleaning bitter, thereby preparing tho sys-
tenn for tho change In the season. They
eradicate oil bad humos from tho blood,
strengthen and invigonte Me frame, and
thereby prevent tho many dangerous dissas-
o % prevalent ut this season. They arc for
sale in this place BY all responsible drug
gists. SEQ advertisement.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

THE PRAcTrcAL ErTEcr. The Maine Ii.
cense Bill, rs amended in the Senate, will
allow rum to be sold in t,nenty-t,eo places In
Augusta viz - Licensed retailers-9 hotel
keepers and Fix apothecaries. In Portland
there will be some sixty places, and in Ban.
gor some 40 places where It may be sold
legally. Should the bill become law, no
one will have reason to complain that tho
government has not done its best to pro-
mote liquor drinking.-Rsnnebce Journal.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

y Col. Fremont was born in South
CarOlina--a good State for raising FrcesOil
Presidential candidates.-LOlc,N Courier.
Sarah Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld
were also born in South Carolina. Neither
they nor Colonel Fremont own slaves, 50
far as we know, nor do they hunt slaves, or
encourage the extension Of slayery.-Bos-
ton Chronicle.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
Judge Davis Removed.

The part assigned to Gov. Wells in the
removal of Judge Davis hasbecn performed
In adocumcnt Of some two columns in length
as published in the Portland Argus, the
imperial will Of Gov. Samuel Wells is made
known to the people, concluding Us follows
Believing that there is strong necessity
for the act, that the peace and security Of
the citizens of the State, and due regard
to the execution of the laws demand It, in
pursuance of the address Of both branches Of
the Legislature, and with the advice Of the
Council:
l do hereby remove WOODBURY. DAVIS, and
he is accordingly removed, from the Office
of Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court OF
the State of Maine.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta
this eleventh day of April, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-six, and in the eightieth year Of the
independence of the United States o.
Amprica
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18

A LARGE FEE. II il stated that DR.. Bu-
bois, physician to the Empress Of the French
in her confinement, received 100000 francs
rs Zee for his services. His father in 1911
received 100000 francs for similar ser
vice.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-04-18
SAMUEL WELLS,

The document, is written in right royal
style, and shows that Gov. Wells is perfect
ly satisfied that He is the STATE, and all who
do not acknowledge it, should,fe tho weight
of his executive axe. Throughout the en-
tire document the vindictiveness Of the par
titan overshadows the Governor, leading
him to make palpablc Misrepresentation Of
Judge Davis and his position. Next week
If space permits We shall try to find room
for the whole, or part of the executive
decree.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-08-19

How TO MAKE OSE FARM EQUAL TO
THREE.-ln a recent address by G.. T.
Stewart, Esq, before the Ohio Agricul-
toral Society, he thus speaks on the Sub
Ject:
Many armers are destroying the pro-
ductiveness OF their farms BY shallow work.
As they fad that their crops are dinin-
fishing they think only of extending their
acres of surface, as they supposed their
title deeds only gave them right 10 SIX
inches of earth. If they will take those
deeds, study their meaning. and apply the
lesson to their fields they will soon realize
IA three fold crops, the fact that the law
has given them three farms where they
supposed they had only one; in other
words that the subsoil, brought UP and
combined with the top-soil, and enriched
with the atmospheric influences, and those
ether elements which agricultural science
teach them to apply to their ground. will
increase three fold the measure of It's pro-
ductveness.