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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-08

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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-08

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>"t Nomc and get good coat ma r. to your mcosnra
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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
G5e Stotp GelIer.
A Battle with Grizzly Bears.

An adventure with grizzly bears which had
befallen the captain, was next related. He
had been travelling with a strange party-the
Scalp Hunters, in the mountains near San
ia Fe, when they were overtaken by sudden
and heavy fall of snow that rendered further
progress impossible. The 'canon,' deep
valley in which they had encamped, was diff
icult to get through at any time, but now the
path, on account of the deep soft snow, was
rendered impossible. When morning broke
they found themselves fairly sin the trap
Above and below the valley was choked
with snow five fathoms deep. Vast fssures-
5arrancas-w filled with the drift and it
was perilous to attempt penetrating in either
direction. Two men had already disappeared.
'On each side of our camp rose the walls of
the canon, almost vertical, to the height of a
hundred feet These we might have climbed
had the weather been soft, tor the rock was a
trap formation, and offered numerous seams
and lodges but now there was coating of
ice and snow upon them that rendered the as
cent impossible The ground had frozen hard
before the snow came on, although it was now
freezing no longer, and the snow would not
bear our weight. All our efforts TO get out of
the valley proved idle and we gave them
over, yielding ourselves. in a kind of reckless
despair, to wait for-we scarce knew what.
For three days we sat shivering around the
] fires, now and then casting looks of gloomy
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
The Demagogue Banks.

The Portland State of Maine gives brief
political history of the republican candidate
for Speaker in Congress. 1t exhibits the
shuffling and turning of the demagogue =
Mr.. Banks course on the Nebraska bill is
a true picture of his political character. Alter
the bill was laid on the table it required
Two-THIRDs vote to take it up. the opposi-
tion TO the bill on its final passage was 100
votes to lib in its favor, Mr.. Banks voting
against it. He, however, few days before,
voted to take it up, and by his vote and inhu-
ence obtained a two-thirds vote for this pur-
pose, whereas by voting against taking it from
the table he could have effectually defeated
its passage. He has never explained his rea-
son for this vote. He began his political life
as a radical democrat, and has lectured in this
city in favor Of the admission Of Texas and the
entire democratic policy. He then turned CO.
alitionist, and voted for Charles Sumner for
U. S. Senator. After that he got into Con-
gress and voted with the administration, ex-
cept on the final passage of the Kansas-Nebras-
ka bill. Two years ago he was an active mem
Der of the American party of Massachusetts,
which party he left in 1855, joined fusion,
and united with Wilson 'to blow know moth
ingism 10 the devil" F"
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
From Constantinople,

The New York Commercial Advertiser
publishes letter from a correspondent, on
board an American vessel, at Constantnople,
dated Nov. 26, from which we copy the fol-
lowing =
Since the fail of Sebastopol many of the
ships of war, both French and English, have
been sent home. The former carry home the
remnant of the soldiers who first went to the
Crimea, more than year ago. From all ac-
counts the majority of those sent home are in
bad health, and not able TO endure the hard
ships and suffering of another winter campaign
in the Crimea.
They have plenty of work Tor the soldiers.
As to the English, they have not supera-
bundance of men, but still, we were told a
few days since, that England had determined
to bring Uncle Sam 10 his bearings, in regard
TO Cuba, and variety of other misdemeanors,
and that Napoleon, too, wished to put his fin
ger in the pie. For several days 1t was re-
ported that American vessels could not leave
for the Mediterranean, and that at the desire
of the allies the Turkish government would
not give any American vessel a firman TO pass
the Dardanelles. A variety of such reports
have been circulated, and believed, too, by a
large number of people here. The Turks,
however, have very good idea of the strength
of the Yankee nation. The largest trans
ports in the service of the allies are American,
and from these they have formed their opn-
ions. The boatmen, whose ideas have been
influenced entirely by the size of the large
clipper ships, which during the past year have
been lying in this harbor, say "Bono Ameri-
cano," and tossing up their arms in the most
expressive manner, exclaim; 'Grande, Amer
icano, grande.
The occupation of Turkey, particularly
Constantinople and the vicinity of the Bospho-
rus and Dardanelles, by the allies, is so COM
plete that the Turks feel very uneasy. They
find themselves IN bad predcament. Their
would-be friends are worse than enemies
They have become fully aware OF their inleri-
ority, but do not at all relish the manner il
which they are treated.
The unfriendly feeling between the French
and English here has also been the cause OF
great uneasness to them. For in case of rup-
ture between them, both parties would refuse
TO relinquish their foothold. France would
not GO, and England, bulldog like, would
strive to hold on as long as France.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

connected with the dropped officers as the edi-
tor of the Tribune, he saw and heard enough
to convince the greatest sceptic that they were
detriment to the service. The majority of
our naval officers are accomplished gentlemen
and thorough seamen. These we rejoice to
find, are retained, and by the removal of the
incompetent, have now chance for promotion
and preferment. Lieut.. Maury, who has been
in effect furloughed for many years, the editor
of the Tribune has admitted, sis disabled and
unfit for sea duty'' Then he should no long
er stand in the way-of others promotion. He
has been placed where he can do much more
for his country than in active sea duty on
frigate's deck. Com. Bodrmdn and others
have been placed on the reserved list, on full
waiting orders pay,-in the neighborhood of
$4,000 year,-enough, repeat, to support a
gentleman as respectfully as he has right to
demand.
The editor denies that he has any relations
or personal friends among the furloughed Off
GERS, who have induced him to cry baby in
their behalf. We can only judge from his
words and acts, and personal interest or polui-
cal prejudice can plainly and everywhere be
seen sticking its long ears from beneath the
lambskin disguise. l delight to see man
candid in opposition to measure, if never so
wrong, for, as Walter Scott makes Sir Henry
Lee say, in ''Woodstock," ''were man of
the Devils opinion in religion and old Nolls
in politics, he were better open it full cry,
than deceive by hunting counter, or running a
false SCENT
l have done with the editor and this subject
for the old adage says
"Convince a man against his will,
He's of the same opinion still"
But of one thing he may rest assured. The
action of the Naval board is approved by the
people, who have been so long calling for re-
form, and the dropped officers will stay
"dropped," with the exception of cases where
error may have crept into the decision of the
board, and those cases are so rare, | doubt if
scarce any can be found. We therefore ad-
wise him to save has tears, and wipe up those
of his friend.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
Whiskey VS.. Freedom.

The following is one of the best hits that
contest for Speaker in Congress. Mr.. Orr is
democrat from South Carolina, and Mr..
Washourn is republican from Maine -
Mr.. ORR would like to inquire when the
gentleman was elected to Congress!
Mr.. Washburn--One year ago last Septem-
Der.
Mr.. Orr-Was not your party defeated last
fall in the State of Maine, and is not the
present Legislature of that State Democratic
Mr.. Washburn replied that during the last
canvass in his State the leading issue was th e
Maine liquor law, laughter and the election
was mainly decided upon that question. He
also briefly stated the positions assumed by the
parties in the canvass.
Mr.. Orr-the gentleman says that the Maine
liquor law entered into the canvass and was
the leading ISSUE Do understand from this
that the people of Maine like whiskey better
than freedom Loud and long continued
laughter and applause.
Mr.. Washburn's s response could not be heard
amid the merriment.
A cotemporary upon this says g
We can reply for Mr.. Washburn, that
whiskey was stronger in Maine than niger
ism, in the late election in that State or rath-
er, that the Indignation of the people against
the odous espionage Of a despotic local law,
dried up their tears for "Uncle Tom" Thus
they knocked over abolition philanthropy and
-Roundhead morality in the same blow. Is
Mr.. Orr satisfied 90
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
For the Eastern Times.
The Naval Retired List.

The Naval Retired List.
The editor of the Tribune has come out with
another article on this, to him, painful theme,
and attempted cudgeling of your humble cor
respondent, for condemning his previous arti-
cles against the action of the board He in
dulges freely in such expressions as "la'nentd-
6Ly ignorant s'toofaly nistaken,' and the
like, as arguments in opposition to our state
meut that the Naval board was created by act
of congress and that it performed its un-
thankful task with an eye solely to the good
of the navy itself, and the country at large
Whether the charge of being "rcofully nus
tdken,' comes with good grace from the ed
ltor, when he denies that the army ever un-
derwent a similar reduction, is matter | leave
to the records of the war department.
He vehementiy and spitefully contradcts
the fact,-which others know besides him and
myself f,-s'that bright buttons have been seen
issuing intoxicated from dens of iniquity in
our large cities,'' yet in the same breath ad-
mits that there were some hard drinkers among
them. Would that he had the candor to ad-
NIT that there are fewer now than previous to
the action of the late Naval board. What
folly tits to deny what every one kno,Os, viz
that the U. 5. navy needed killing off of the
drones.
The editor states that he was ssthree years
connected with the service.'' know not in
what situation he was placed that he could moi
see as well as others, how grossly degenerate
writer of this was also connected with our ma
val service for some three or four years, and
although he may not have been SO intimately
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
In a Minority, after all !

After all the Boosting Of the republican par
ty, it appears they are in a minority in the
House of Representatives at Washington
Horace Greeley, in a letter of the 18th ult. !,
from Washington to his paper, speaks of Sc
rious detection in his party in the House, and
saws: ''Many members elected anti-Ne-
braska were never hearty in the cause, and
are now wholly fallen away from it. They
may profess what they please; the country
will judge them by their acts" He desires
the country to understand "most distinctly,
that there is not real majority in The House
opposed to The principle and the policy embodied
in Douglas Nebl dskd JlH."
The N. Y. Herald says the black republi-
can Seward party are in decided minority in
Congress, and presents the following tair
view =
g Mr.. Banks is man of popular manners,
and OF conceded parliamentary experience and
ability. Such man must have made his i'm
preston upon individuals, and have enlisted in
his behalf considerable personal sympathy and
aid. But with all this, In connection with the
material fact that he had been chosen as the
standard bearer of the great central black re-
publican phalanx, commanded by VIM. IL.
Seward In person; that he was aided by the
most adrolt of our political managers, his
highest vote has not exceeded l07. There
are in a full house
National men 1877
Banks IO7
Total 234
1t is not possible to secure full attendance
The largest vote SO far was 226 =
For Banks IO7
All others II9
Here.is majority Of twelve against the
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

O. A few days since man left his home
hid it about the fireplace for safe keeping
Upon his return, his wife was away from home,
and he kndled a fire, which destroyed the
money before her return. The fragments of
about $50 we're found, so as TO be identified,
and that amount was saved.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

81 The Campbell Minstrels, at recent
concert at St. Louis, offered gold watch as
prize to the gentleman who brought the
largest number of ladies' Mr.. David i. Dicky
escorted no less than ninety-three fair corners,
and consequently fobbed the lever.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

How 1T GoEs-TAe New HampshiEe Pat.
riot has cheering Indications, in letters from q
hundred towns, that the democracy are deter
mined to change the government Of that state
a, the elsciioa in March. and drive out the
know no,hipgs and their abettoFs- Many old
and respectable wings, il is said. their own
party being without any organization, are de-
,ermined 10 ioin The democrats, as tho only true
and consistent supporters oflhe constitution and
the Union.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

% The New York Examiner, Baptist pa
per, declares that the scramble OF clergymen at
Washington for the chaplancies Of the two
Houses, is getting to be absolutely disgraceful !;
that the candidates follow the members about,
them in the hotels, and behave no
better than the politicians.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

C. Horace Greeley, writing from Wash
lngton, says the K. n. party is not of conse-
quence sufficient to be reckoned as a political
party by intelligent politicians there. 1t will
not probably carry plurality Of votes in sin
gle state at The Presidential election
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
BATH, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY TO, 1856.

highest abolition black republican combna-
tion. fixing these utmost limits there have
been about seventy trials, enough certainly to
indicate the temper and character of the MEM
bers upon the questions involved in the pre-
sentation of distinctive Seward man for
Speaker"
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

~ Horace Remington late k. n. treasurer
of Rensselaer, county, N. Y, is a defauler to
the amount Of S61s4. This shows quite clear
ly one Of the ways in which Americans
would like TO rule America
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

UNHEALTHY PLAcEs.-Bangor and Portland,
the headquarters of repubicanism, have
sold the past year, from their city agencies,
S6i80 worth of liquor. Elder Weaver -four
ished in the first named city. There was a
great deal of sickness during the Morrill, cam
paign among his friends.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

Perhaps it is not generally known, as it
should be, that salt, put in the mouth, will in
stantly relieve the convulsive movements in
fits, either OF children or animals.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10
eastern Gimes.
New Books, &c.

SIN AND REDEMPTION A Series of Sermons,
to which is added an Grafton on Moral Free
com. BY d. N. Sheldon, d. d. New
York: Sheldon, Lsmport & Brakeman.
These sermons, preacBed to his people not
long since, by Rev. DR.. Sheldon of the Elm
Street Baptist Church. appear under the above
title in a book of 332 pages. The doctor is an
independent, bold reasoner on matters of theol-
ogy; and these sermons, when originally de-
livered, eliciled considerable discussion both in
public prints and social circles. The ideas en-
tertained Of his position in regard to certain
principles of theology, considered BY some as
The only orthodox view, were of course very
meagre, and much apprehension prevailed in
the minds of those who had not heard the ser
mons from his lips. For this and other rea-
sons, we must say We are glad he has given
them to the public in the present form. The
following are the subjects treated upon: The
Being of God shown from his Works-The
Creation of Man in the Divine Image-The
Temptation and Fall-The threatened Death
connection between the sin of Adam and the
sinfulness Of his posterity examined-The ma
tnre of Sin-How Christ was made Sin-Ilow
men are made righteous by Christ Bearing
sins and sacrifice, &C.
We can but admire the independence of
thought exhibited on every page of this work,
although we may not fully agree with the
writer in all his positions. We like the spirit
that pervades it. For Instance, in the preface,
he says: u have no sympathy with the timid-
ity which may deter any from an open declara-
ton of their views, because these views may
be thought to conflict with an accredited stand
ard of orthodoxy. Though numbering myself
with the orthodox, 50 called, on the sub
ject Of the Divinity Of our Lord, and on other
subjects, | must yet disavow altogether the
binding authority of any exira-scrip,ural def
niiious and statements of orthodoxy. The on
lY orthodoxy veuera,e is truth, and what may
be shown TO have the marks of truth. What
is held as fundamental truth in ethics must not
be contradicted by anything in our theological
systems" For sale by Wm. B. Stearns.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

For AGRIcuLrURIsTs--W does COW
make rood meat, When it's (s) Potted.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

AN EXTENSIVE AND ExTRAoRDlNARY Rob-
Berry. The Chicago papers give some de-
tails of most extraordinary and extensive
robbery of jewelry, &c., from an establish
ment in tlat city. 1t seems that a young man
by the name of Hickox, who has been en-
ployed for number of years in the establish
ment of Isaac Speer, of Chicago, has been in
the habit for years of perpetrating systematic
robberies on his employer, and deliberately
Investing the avails in real estate in the city.
lie had thus purchased, among other proper
ty, two valuable lets of land, on each of which
he paid $4,000 down, and mortgaged the land
for the remainder, and had even begun to build
a large hotel on one of these lots, which was
to cost from ten 10 eighteen thousand dollars.
He had been kind enough to loan his employ
er about $4,000 of his own money, and had
also purchased and sold again, at an advance
Of 5000. house and lot of land He had
in fact stolen handsome fortune from Mr.
Speer and all this time, it would seem, re-
tained his confidence and received pay for val
liable services rendered to his employer. The
roguery was finally discovered but not in
season to arrest the rogue, for, becoming sus-
picious, he had suddenly converted some of
his real estate into money and fled
The PRESIDENT AS A WRITER The N. Y
Sunday Mercury, neutral paper, pounces
savagelv upon one of the foul malgners of
Gen. Pierce, who infest Washington. 1t
SAYS =
The jackass of correspondent, if he knew
anything, ought TO know that the inaugural
address of President has, in all cases, been
the inceptive production of the President, con-
cocted by his own pen and either read or
spoken 10 the world, after having been sub
mitted to the consideration of his immediate
Cabinet ministers.
AS for Gen. Franklin Pierce, the present
President of the United States, whom the stu
pid correspondent of the n. Y. Herald would
have the world believe is so deficient in liter
ary requirements that he has to employ Judge
Gilchrist to write his State papers, everybody
who personally knows aught of the man, knows
that he is one of the first classical scholars of
the day. At college he ranked with the best
of belies-lettrcs scholars then inducted to Alma
Mater and while at the New Hampshire
bar, and when in the United States House of
Representatives and in the Senate, he stood
conspicuous among his peers as an elegant
writer"
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

The HuxrER's FeAsT: or. Conversations
around the Campfire. BY Capt. Mayne
Reid New York: Dewitt g. Davenport
We do not recoIlect 10 have ever met with a
book which gives such vivid and soul stirring
pictures of the wonderful and terrible adyen-
lures of a Western Hunter's and Trapper's
life, as are preseated in this evidently truthful
narrative A party of six gentlemen, with
their guides, all well versed ia hunter lfe start
from ST. Louis, west, into the great prairie, on
hunting expedition; in the course of which
they themselves not oaly engage in many thrill
ing exploits, bat as they bvouac for the night
each one around the campfire relates what of
the wonderful and marvellous has hefalien him
in former hanting expeditions. We have re-
Gently published two of the stories here related,
viz: "The Deer Hunt IN a Dug-Out," and
<.The Pigeen Hunt wiki Howilzer," from
which our readers may judge somewhat of the
character of the work. We also publish this
week another thrilling story from the same
WORK, entitled "A Battle with Grizzly Bears. -
1t is book peculiarly suited to amuse both old
and young. For sale by w. B. Stearns.
KATE WESTON: or, To Will and to Do. BY
Jennie Dewitt. illustrated. New York !:
DeWiu & Davenport.
The aushotess of this work is the daughter
Of the celebrated DR.. Bowling 0: Philadelphia,
60 whom it is dedicated She treats her sub
lect, though not novel one, in avery sensible
and practical manner. and writes in such a
style as to fix the attention of the reader from
the commencement TO the close. We think The
book marks the advent Of one in the fields Of
literature, who is destined not only to adorn it,
but also to be the means of doing much good
with her ready pen. For sale at Stearns'.
The Knickerbocker Magazine for January
has been received.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-10

SIN AND REDEMPTION A Series of Sermons,
TO which is added an Grafton on Moral Free
Gom. BY D. N. Sheldon, d. D. New
York: Sheldon, Lamport g. Brakeman.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-02
SHERIFF"S SALE

by virtue of an execution to me directed
Dfrom the Cletk of the Marshall Common Pleas
Court VIII offer public sale at the Court House
door in the town OfPlymouth, in said county, on
Saturday, the 18th day of July, 1856, between the
hours oil III "a. m and O'Clock p. H. on said day,
the rents and profits for years OF the following
described real estate situate in said Marshall couI-
ty, to-wit:
The west half of the south quarter of section
A. township 80 north, in range one east, containing
90 acres. Also the undivided half OF the east halt
OF the southwest quarter OF section 81, town "a,
range east, containing forty acres more or less.
Ii said rents and profits will not bring sum sniff
cient to satisfy said execution, will at the same
time and place proceed to sell the fee-smple title
TO said real estate to satisfy the Levied up
n as the property of Daniel Barber to satisfy said
execution upon which he, w. Z. Thompson and
w. l.. Piatt are repevin bail for Pomery & Brother
and in favor Of Samuel F. Pratt Co.
]. f. VAN VALKENBURGH, Shift.
June 10, 1856. 32t3.
BY agreement of parties, the above sale is post
pOned until the 9th day OF September next, at the
same place and between the same hours.
]. +. VAN VALKENBURGH, Shift
July "a, 1856. 37t3
By agreement of parties, the above sale is fur
Their postponed until November LIST, 1856 at the
same place, and between the same hours.
]. F. VAN VALKENBURGH Sheriff.
By DAVID How, Deputy.
Oct2-47ts.