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A EOk RENI.-And possession given
l5:.5 immcdiately-A Framed House, situated on
Ella 26th street, near Springfield Hall, Church Hill
containing rooms kitchen with two rooms and SIN
pie room for coal and wood, nc, snd delightful water
the premises.
This property is located in pleasant hborhood
and convenient to several churches For further in.
formation, apply ED. d. EACHu,
au l5-.St Pesrl at
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80 FOR kENs---A Eramed Hou.e on
# Broad street, between Adams and Foushss
A4 cont aiming several rooms and oihsr conveni'
ences. Water tree. Possession given inn,ediatety
Apply to EDW'D d. EACHO
au 15-,St Pearl :,
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A VALUABLE TkA.T UF LAND 4.
~ POWHATAN FOR SALE Il will rel nIixate

q pCHtlECAnLE IhANT UF LAND IN
"A r" HAFAN FOR SALE. will SELL private
", nv tract of Land in the county of Powhatn il
contains seven hundred and twenty acres half OF
which lie in original growth and heavily tim bered--
white oak popsr, &c. 1t lies the main Eastern
branch Of Jones' Greek. about four miles from James
river, hive or six miles from Tomahawk Depot, and
about the same distance from Powbatan Depot on
the Dsnvie Raiiroad 1t has good Ia ellins house
and all necessary cut houses including sufficient
number OF eood tobacco bafns for securing large
crop of tobacco
The above land will be sold very sccommoda tips
terms deem it unnecessary to say any thing more.
- these disposed TO bay wili Of course visit thu
premises before buying.
iy Baldwin n n HTrGHrS
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ID Rent Two very desirable ciicesin the L."
4:A Building for rent-doubls rooms separated p5
glass door, accessible and pleasant. One has oeeno
cupied BY Mr.. Ho~ison for many years. Aso sVs.Ni
ether rooms sntable for armorles for lodges and et
bed rooms Tenan.s will have tn, use Of conv' nisL'
water closets Rents low.
Also, a highly desirable residence for sale
AppIy 10 B. MINOR in the Law Building or 10
an Is eo4t WIN GOULDlH, Agent
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II EAT HAVANA ClGAkS.-Ws have La
~ store large assortment Of the facst imported
Cigars, OF variety Of brands In boxes Of 100 and go
each. MEADE BAkeR, Chsu,isis, &c,
1916 N. w. conner of Main and 10th atrsets.
au6-dSe4W
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y A gentleman bv tho name of Pcrridg,
recently had an interesting interview with
one Mr.. Bruin on mountain in Northern
New York, while hunting deer in the neigh
borhood of Racket Lake. Before coming tc
ciOsc quarters he discharged his rife q,
Bruin. Missed fire. Bruin comes unpleas
antly near. Mr.. Perridge says
commenced beating him of with my
gun, but through some mishapI lost hold
Of that, and the bear and j clinched.
threw him down, but soon found that tn,
underside was his advantage, for he tore
my clothes and skin numerically. W,
struggled and rose up again. thought OF
my knife, but he Rugged me 30 close that ]
could not get at it. He attempted to bite
my face, and taking n hint from my enemy,
/ caught his nose in my teeth, and you had
better believe shut down on him tight, for
he soon loosed his hold around me, NJ that
| had an opportunity to reach my knife,
which / improved without delay. Being
thus armed, gave him several cuts and
thrusts IN rapid succession, and he beat n
rctre.t. He did not 60 far, however, before
he fell, having been mortality wounded.
After the fight Mr.. Perridsc sat down to
take breath, and thought Of home and the
danger he had escaped. lie says
While had the old fellows nose in my
mouth, discovered he had very bad
breath, and nothing but my critical situa-
ton enabled me TO Withstand II. Deliver
me from being obliged to kiss or fight a
bear. ...
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Biddeford Provident Association.

At the adjourned meeting of this society,
held in the vcstry of the Baptist Church,
on Wednesday afternoon, complete organ
iation was effected. Thomas Quinby, Esq.
was chosen President, Mrs. Dutton, Secre-
hry, +. II. Banks, Treasurer, Daniel f.
Emerson, General Agent, together with a
Suitable number of Vice Presidents, and a
board of eighteen advisers. The constitu.
ton is similar in its general features to that
adopted by the Saco. "A payment of .ftiy
cents annually, constitutes person MEM
Der, $40 life member. Measures were Ia
ken to bring the society, and the benevolent
objects for which it was formed, to the mo-
tice of all in town. and the plan adopted to
relieve the necessities Of the poor, seems to
have been arranged with great care, and
calculated to effect great good. We COM
mend the society to the sympathy Of oil
who desire to have the poor and needy re-
lievcd. The next meeting ia to he held in
the hall over the Pepperell Counting-room,
on Monday evening, and oil are invited to
attend. ..
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Another Nomination for Mayor.

Hon. WV. p. HANs, having declined
the nomination of the Biddciord Association
for Mayor Of this city, the committee, so
we understand, have selected JABEz SMITH,
Esq, Clerk and Paymaster of the Pepper
ell Company, as the nominee. Mr.. Smith
is gentleman for whom we haze the high
est respect, and we shall say nothing to de-
tract from his character us man, and his
general bearing among his fellow citizens,
but we submit to the people of this city,
If the circumstances under which he is
brought forward, and his position in the
Manufacturing Company, of which Mr.
Haines is agent, do not furnish objections to
his election. We do not know as it is the
intention of those who have selected Mr..
Smith as their candidate, to transfer the
franchise Of the City to the Counting
Room of the Pepperell Company, or to
put its municipal affairs under the board
Of officers of that Company, but while
we wish to deprive no man of their rights,
there are certainly very strong reasons
WHY the government of the city should
be kent as free rs possible from being en-.
tangled with. or dependent upon. the CON-
Germs of corporations. whose primary OBJ
ob;oc, "a 10 make money
Soma roors am when Il Was s.b;o,.bl.
ar Ar -. or n. dsmo.r..v ~ ;,y,.;.,,
against :, cornoynt;ons and sneak Of tbsir
hor.G,, Influence Tho AGENT IF ,,-,,
Monunc,uring establishment, in the ad;oip.
inc town n gentleman Of grea. weight of
character universally esteemed rs a man
and citizen, and REGARDED by all as DOS.
ssss;pc a maturcl Indictment and understand.
inc N. wants and interest, Of tina Cotton
Nerrc.o,or;.s rorho ~ ). ,v.,, or better than
.nv o,,o, ,n.n il NJ r,.,,nd vo. char
ed with DESIRING 10 u,o the influence of his
posit;on for tho nromot;op Of n,rtiyan uur.
poses. There was no foundation in fact or
thought for the charge. TWAS, as we have
the best reason for supposing, the mere
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kin. God fosbid that any avenue shoald 30
closed, BY which they may escape ont OF the
horrible pit Of their bondage. III the con-
stitution permits the South to recaptnre
their fugitive blacks, happily il does not
permit them 10 re-capture their might've
whites.
II is said that no equal number Of negroes
were ever 30 well Of, upon the whole, as the
slaves Of the South, and that in contrast
with their native barbarism, their present
lot, hard rs il is, is ,one Of Improvement
and comparative advancement. Even IL TINS
De true, even IL three millions and a hall OF
people Of African blood have been raised IN
the scale of civilization, the price paid Tor
il is too costly. An equal number of peo-
pie of the Caucasian stock have been
deprived Of all that constitutes ciyili-
zation, and thrust down into barbarisni,
thus reversing the order of Providence, and
sacrificing the superior to the inferior.
IL is said that an extension Of the area oil
Slavery would add 30 the personal comfort
of the slaves, at least for considerable Pc
riod Of time. Even If this BE- 50, our hrst
and highest duty is to our own race, and II
will be most fragrant and inexcusable folly
to permit such sacrafce of it as we now
witness in the Southern States, to be enact
ell over again upon the vast areas OF the
West. Where the two races actually CO.
exist, the relation which may best subsls'
between them may afford fair matter for
dispute; but il is again the clear and mani
fest dictates Of common sense, voluntarily
willingly and with our eyes open, to subject
the white man 10 companionship which.
under any relation, is an incumbnnce and
n curse.
IL is for the intelligent self-interest, Tho
Christian philanthropy Of the people OF TIM
great country, with all th-ligbts OF thu
past and present blazing with such eiialgcn
brightness that none but the judicially blinC
can fail to see, to determine whether tn
system of black slavery shall inflict upon re
gions now fair and virgin from the hands o
the Creator, its trains of woes, which nj
man can number, which no eloquence caI
exagyerate, and of which no inyectiye ell
heishten the hideous reality. Ii is for tn
people of tins great country to determine
whether the further spread OF system, o
which the worst fruits are not seen IN vast
ed RESOURCES and in impoverished fields, bu
in neglected and outcast people, shall b
left to the accidents of latitude, of proxim
ity, of border violence, or Of the doubtful
assent of embryo communities; or whethe
on the other hand, il shall be stayed by al
Introduction, rs universal Us the superiorit,
of good to evil, as perpetual as the rightiu
authority of reason in the affairs OF men
and as resistless as the embodied will of tn,
nation. GEO. VI. WESION.
Feb. l, 1856.
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raeabl. and near y q dangerous . t.d.

roAhbls and near y - dangerous . tad
q Tho guardianship Of hard Of wolves.
To the guilt of a natis;on which rsshly en-
gage in war we arc not liosensible, and W.
do not seek to disguise or cxN tenuate the evil
which war with Great Britann VIII brinl
upon both countries. Almost ai." calami
tics, however, have their compens. 'tions
and even out Of the crimes Of men. PRO VI
dencc educes blessings for the human race,
If our readers were compelled to choose be-
tween war and that guilty predominance
Of slavery which barbarlzes our population,
debauches the public mind, cOrrupts our
politics, seizes upon one region after anoth-
er TO fill il with a race of bondmen, and re-
strains our country, with its glorious insti-
tutions, from fulfilling its proper destiny,
that Of giving the world an example Of the
purest liberty and the most peaceful order,
associated with the highest prosperity
which alternative would they take? Which
of the two evils is the least?
For our part, il there be no other remedy
than the one presented to us in the threat
ened war, we are prepared to submit. Ii
may be that Providence, in its plans Of be-
neyolence, has placed at the head Of the ma
ton man whose imbecility is associated,
as often happens, with rashness, for the
very purpose of conducting us through q
great calamity to greater good. Frank
lin Pierce may stand, in the history OF our
country, as the unconscious instrument, in
the hands Of the Supreme Wisdom, by
which blow was struck that broke tho
power Of slavery into fragments.
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constitution toleinting slavery, we do not
believe such instructions as have been given
to Governor Shannon, would have been tho
of. y collision between the Free State men
and the federal authorities seems almost in
evitable.
There is little too much of the spirit Of
&c left in the Free State men of Kansas to
submit, if there is a possibility that resis-
lance will be of any avail, to tho authority
of a Legislature, composed of men chosen
by armed bands from Missouri, and to laws
which forbid, under large fines and impris-
onmcnt, tho utterance of opinions against
the impolicy of making Kansas Slave
State.
Such laws, for instance, as the following,
extracted from one passed by the Bogus
Legislature, which President Pierce has di-
rected Gov. Shannon to sustain - =
See. IL. IL any free person, by speaking
or writing, assert or maintain that persons
have not the right to hold slaves in this ter
ritory, or shall introduce into this territory,
print, publish, write, circulate, or cause to
DO introduced into this territory, writ
ten, printed, published or circulated in
this territory, any book, paper, magazine,
pamphlet, or circular, containing any denial
Of the right of persons to hold slaves in this
territory, such persons shall be deemed gull
ty of felony, and punished by imprisonment
at hard labor for a term not loss than two
wears.
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AuGrsrA, Feb. IL, 1856.
70, "a. Union 4 Eastern Journal.

NJ Cov,x. The Democrat Is seems was
o,;,o ro,t,s5 =, NV remarks in YOUR last
number but one The editor. or editors. of
that rorsr ornc,rs 20 be pernetually bar.
,0s.od hv Tho srectrc of some old f,cy. NJ Il
,hor, wcr. nome I'm, such 10 notico tho con.
stan. ser,ilitv of its columns or none but
such who know ANYTHING about tho old
ncvsnoner articles of Mr.. Holmes. or how
% on,,r Thorn II sbould be better known
% the sl0ak. and rudsy editor Of the Demo.
emf, and u, nj. more ,mamiabie coadiutors,
that them ar. some vounr men in the world
besides Themselves, who know by hcarsay ut
LAS, somc,binu Of the sarcastic Mr.. Holmes
and his writings. Some as juvenile as them.
selves. and read and scribble for the news
papers as well as supennnuatcd =" old gen.
tleman." Knowing the abusive character
of the Democrat Of late, by occasional read
ing-knowing, too, some of its correspond
ents, from whom nothing very decent could
be expected; and finding an old newspaper
containing Mr.. Holmes article, as | was told,
I thought the Democrat a fit subject for its
application. think so still. Ny advice
to each Of the editors of the Democrat is,
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his raan hs should 60; he sskod Cor equal
weapons with his adversary, but he was TO
fused. " ~
About the fight, not much Is said, but
Brown was Knocked down and struck in the
head, and while in this position the specta-
tors asked him IL he had enoughr Brown
said am killed why HI don't You
boiler enough them Brown then said
enough.
He was then placed IN wagon by some
one Of the crowd and carried home. One Of
the men who came with him said, il was
with the greatest difficulty the men could be
prevented from jumping into the wagon and
chopping him to pieces as he lay there IN
sensible.
Brown leaves wife and two Children, in
INDECENT circumstances"
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~ The Wings of Maine do not propose
TO /" transfer or to sell themselves to any
party-and there is certainly no other pow
er that can do it, albeit, certain individual
traitors and renegade papers of the old
WING party attempted to sell and transfer
them to the black republicans. They are
the arbiters of their own destiny. Their
acts ut the ballot boxes last fall demonstrate
this fact.-Bdngor Journal.
Events that have transpired since the
meeting of the Legislature, show most con-
clusively that the sale has already been
made, and the effort of the leaders Of the
strait wings is to get the honestmcn in their
ranks, who were entnpped into voting for
Reed, on the ground that he could be made
governor, to confirm the bargain, or to hood
wink them again by keeping up the delusion
of strait wing organization, which is only
continued in order that the leaders may
more eIectually help the cause of Pierce
Democracy. The strait wings in this sec
ton are beginning to understand these mat
tiers, and have learned somethingof the char
acter Of the men who are playing into the
hands Of the Pierce Democracy.
VIII the Journal be kind enough to tell
us who were the individual traitors that
attempted to sell the old wing party to the
black Republicans what renegade
jpapcrs were engaged in the work? The
Journal has said considerable about traitor
ism to the wing party, and perhapsit has
definite proofs. Can it produce them?
We have always had the idea that the
wild cat leaders of the wing party attcmpt-
ed in 1852 and 1853, to form coalition
with the wild cat democrats on the basis of
electing Crosby Governor, dividing thespoils
and elccting wild cat democrat TO the Sen
cte. We know that something Of tbs kind
was proposed and we believe that if all the
facts were told, some of the " Swiss mcrcen-
aries" who fiji seats in the Legislature at
Augusta, and publish strait wing papers,
would make sorry appearance, and a full
investigation would show that the real trai-
tors to the once honored wing party are the
men who are now using the name of the
wing party for selfish purposes only, and to
build up the cause of Pierce Democracy. Is
the Journal particularly anxious to have
this question of trcachery settled, if so let it
make its charges definite, furnish what evil
dence it has to sustain them and sec what
s1ch courso, might bring sprth We inn
6gine that il would not be difficult for those
who are thus charged, to show who are the
real traitors, and not only to furnish damning
proofs to convict the friends of the Journal,
but also to establish the completely of the
editor himself in the attempted intrigue.
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/. . corporation, our visw,, though wo
think this quite impossible, might change.
We do not wish to DO understood, by re-
Iring to this bit Of past history, rs con-
ying the idea that we think the activity
ich some gentlemen manifest in our cleo
hs, springs from any other cause than
partinnship, and disposition to promote
khe success of the party to which they have
been, and are attached. Theincident to which
we referred in its nature, personal, and
we rccollect similar exhibition Of feeling,
when gentleman in the employ Of the
York Company, was nominated for Town
Representative, only serves to illustrate the
fact that changes of positions have great in
fluence in determining political conduct.
Since the above was prepared, we learn
that the Committee reported the name Of
Mr.. Smith, at the meeting Of the associa-
ton held on Wednesday night, and the
was ratified. We understand
that Mr.. Smith accepts the nomination.
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The rush for the Spring Elections.

The Augusta Age of Saturday has an ar
ticle on the "Spring Elections" which con,
firms the statement made in our paper last
week, that word had been sent to the lead
ers of the Pierce Democracy in every section
to exert themselves to carry the Spring cleo
tions "because il is the Presidential year.
After some remarks rs foolish rs they are
s.strae, rad iu both particulars about rs
had rs they could we'll be made, the Age
speaks a. follows:
We call upon the citizens of every city
and town, therefore, TO see to it that these
men have no longer the power committed to
their hands. Let not any toirn Be again sub
jeied 10 their dominion Remedy The erii BY
rc,noring IL, Spare no pans 10 hare Inll
and decided rote! Let no man feel that II
is a matter of slight Importance, and let no
man be deceived by falsehoods Of those whose
very fundamental principle is TO deceive !!
Important issues win be decided this year.
The leaders of the Biddcford Association
have lost no time in attending to the instruc-
tons Of the Democratic State Committee,
and are spreading their nets to catch staight
wings with great alacri.y. We do not be,
licyc all such will DO caught. picrcc Dem
ocracy with its support of border Rufhanism
is a little too unpalatable for the task OF
ANYBODY who was ever an honest whig.
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ent, will be obtained by preventing the ON
ganization Of Kansas Us Free State, and
they will really be triumphant should Gov.
enor Shannon succeed in carrying into Of,
feet these directions Of the President. AZ
ready have three of our fellow-citizens in
Kansas been murdered by the Missouri in
vaders, for no crime excepting preferring to
make Kansas the heritage of freedom, in
stead of the land Of slavery. And now the
President steps in and deliberately gives
orders which can scarcely fail Of lighting
the torch Of civil war all over the country,
to end in what, it is impossible to tell. The
people of Kansas, denied, as they have been,
the protection of the Federal Government,
and over-bornc by hordcs Of rufhans from
other States, have been obliged to do some
thing to protect themselves, and acting, ms
did the people of Michigan, California, and
we think four other States, have formed for
themselves State government, to secure
themselves from the violence of Border Ruff
fanism, and to manage their internal affairs.
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Living in free Living in slave
462,534

IL from $685., the entire number OF
emigrants from those States, we deduct one
fourth part, assumed to be holders of slaves,
and therefore compelled to select their resi-
dence In slave states, we have LETT 2s,I9O
rs the number of emigrants not holders OF
slaves, and therefore at liberty to select their
residence In free or slave States, as they may
think best. or this number I62 ,53i, or n
fraction short Of seventy-iour per cent, Sc
lected the free States.
Of the persons who have emigrated from
the border free States, and who were living
in other free States in 1850, the following
table will show the numbers living in Free
and Slave States, RESPECTIVELY -
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TIE LATE MURDER IN KANSAS. A INayen'
worth letter, published in tho Portsmouth
n. II. Chronicle, gives another account oil
the circumstances attending the murder oil
Mr. Brown, at Easton. After rcciting the
particulars of the capture by tho rufians'
the letter says: u
"He was taken out into ring, and o man
armed with hatchet put in with him,
Brown having no weapon Of any kind. lie
was then told to fight, and If he could kill
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Mn. wrroy's LETTER. Those wi

Nh. VISIONS LETTER. Those who
would understand the influences which the
system Of slavery has in cuping the coun-
try in which il exists, and in degrading free
labor, should read attentiycly the copious
extracts we make this week from Mr., Wes-
tons letter. Practitioners, Of the North, 1t
is this system which the corrupt and infa-
nous national administration is endeavor-
ing to force upon our brothers and friends
in Kansas, by the "aid and comfort :" Il Is
giving to Border RuGianism. -. - 81
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E A district convention of the Pierce
democracy was held in Portland on the
l4,h inst, for the choice of delegates to
the Cincinnati Convention.
JONATHAN SMITH, Of Westbrook, and Is
RAIL CuApBouRSr, Of Alfred, were chosen.
We do not know how It is with Mr.. Smith,
but Mr.. Chadboume is understood to BE-
inclining to the nomination of Pierce. A
resolution, introduced by Mr.. Gerry, oil
Portland, relative to tho ccsssc which the
delegates should pursue in the convention,
was promptly tabled. Mr.. Gerry seems to
be unfortunate in getting his resolutions
adopted in conventions Of his political broth.
rem.