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Tho Kansas Election.

The Geographic Dispatches from Nam
sas, of the election held in that State
last week, are very cheering. They IN
dictate the complete triumph of the Free
State men, in the election Of Parrott, re-
publican, to Congress and both branches
Of the Territorial Legislature, decidedly
republican. A dispatch from st. Louis,
dated Oct. 10th, says:
Kansas advices from Lcavenworth to
the 18th inst, state that Leayenworth Is
the only one thus far heard from, giving
a democratic majority. Doniphan coun-
y gives a republican majority Of 2s.-
Atchison, republican majority 4s. Doug,
lass, republican majority 1900. These
returns arc given as authentic.
LArxsr-lO =. Mater advices
state that the majority for Parrott, the
republican candidate for Congress, over
Ransom the democratic candidate, is from
5 to 5000.
According to the estimate Of Free
State men, the Council will stand 0 re-
publicans to 4 democrats, and the House
"a republicans to Is democrats.
johnson County gives a democratic
majority of $50.
Additional reported republican major
tiles in Kansas place the success OF the
Free State ticket beyond dispute.
LArER.-No official returns from Kan
sas have yet been received, but We have
additional reports of the majorities in va,
rious counties, which place beyond doubt
the success of the Free State party in the
late elections.
Parrot is elected to Congress, and the
Free State men have majority in both
branches OF the Legislature.
Should this intelligence be confirmed,
nothing could be more gratifying. 1t
will be several days before the truth Of
these reports can be asecrtained definite
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ooutuetu anu runcy Extro o,oV I,iV s,fO
The different qualities Of wheat have de-
clined in price sinoe September lst, from 81,
to IS cents per bushel. The kind Of 1our
mostly used In families has declined fully
81 per barrel, while the average falling OF
in price Of those qualities consumed by bakers
Is about $3.50. Prices will most likely
continue to reccde until the close Of naviga-
ton, which usually takes place in the latter
part of the month Of November, and even
then merchants will not DO able to maintain
prices II the present pressure continues for
in that event they will be unable to hold
tho largo stocks which accumulate in their
warehouses at this season Of the year, and
and on unusual amount will DO forced upon
the market. which will not find sale except
OF sacrifice. Cheering news for the labor
ing clascs.-N. Y. Herald.
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C. There Are fifteen ships at New York
loading with grain for Liverpool. They
viii take to that port about 3ss, 900 boshels.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
The Rev. A. Dcering Of watsrvills, win
Pruach in the Cedar st. church Biddsford,
next sabbath.
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Further Decline in Flour.

The following table exhibits tho falling
Of in the New York market since the first
Of September. ~.
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S4l5,226,7l7 IA 2s5,SSl. l7o
85, 1881, l76 90 dsuct exports.
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Z o., Bankers Of this city, suspsndsd To-
day. Their sVsts arc a three 70 ons Of their
liabilities. <N -
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There was a!rcport, o few weeks since,
that In street encounter at Marshall, Texas,
Judge Reagan, member Of Congress elect,
and three othef men, wero killed this was
subsequently denied. but now reliable ac-
count Of the affair is given, to the follow ing
effect A feud had for some timo existed
between Hon. L. d. Evans, late II. G., and
Hon. Lewis I. wigfLl, prominent orator
and politician Of eastern Texas. Meeting
In the streets, Evans shot wigfall down, .
friend Of wigfall Immediately shot Evans
down, friend OF Evans next shot down tho
party that shot Evans, and lastly, the latter
was shot down BY another friend Of .wigfall.
FRENCH RAItwArs.-An elaborate view Of
the railway system In Franco has been pub
lihcd BY Gdi;gnam, from which Il appears
that tho gross receipts In 1856 were no less
than ELL ,24O, 900, or about ono seventh Of
tho whole imperial revenue. The value Of
the shares and bonds in circulation ut tho
end Of tho year Il stated at ElG0.O00,0o
and the amount Of dividends paid In 1850
was "a, 500, 900, Of which, either By direct
or indirect TAXATION, FL ,32l ,S47 went 70 the
State. And |. n expected that still great.
sr amount Of prod. wall accrue In future,
owing to the new law imposing Q duty on
the transfcr Of shares. ,r. f-in Bono
How. VIZ. p. PRxaLs. The Hon. WI.
liam Pin Prsbls, Of Portland, ia, who
died 90 the 10th, IVES ono Of The strong men
Of Maine-was native Of York, Mo.-6t-
ted Tor College under Rev. Roswell Msssn-
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country.
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A FREAK OF NATURE. A lady in Black
ford county recently gave birth to child
only seven weeks after o previous confne-
mcnt. Tho first child was boy, and was
born on the 18th day Of June. The second
child was q girl, and was born on the lss
day Of August. They are the children OF
Aaron Hess, an old resident of Blackford.
Both are living, and the mother Is doing rs
we'll as could be expected. She attended to
her daily household duties between tho
births.-Lafdyeite (Ind.) Courier, Oct. 6.
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"
lions. The official statement cannot bc gol
at till night.
The Groccrs' Bank suspended this morn.
ing.
Nac York, Oct. IL. No improvement To-
day in money Affairs. Besides the Groccrs'
Bank suspension, there were few unimpor.
tant failures of merchants
There 10 rumor that u party Of business
men have gone to Albany TO urge tho Gov.
ernor to call IN extra session Of tho Lgis.
lature.
At the Clearing House to-day, II was 70.
solved by the Banks TO maintain specie pay
ments ut oil hazards.
The failure of the Grocers' Bank created
no excitement. Tho other Banks will con.
tinue to receive its bills on deposit. There
was q renewal OF the run on the Brooklyn
Savings Bank, but all demands were prompt.
IL met. There was also slight run ut noon
on ths Marine Bank.
Dispatches from st Louis announce the
failure of Doane. King & Co., and Collins,
Kirby L Co., Of that city, each with liabil-
tiles in tho Atlantic cities at 81 ,0OO, 900.
The weekly bank statement shows an in.
crease in specie Of $75,Ssl. and decrease
in oil the other items, viz: Loans, $4,Ol7,
$50; Circulation, 1885,, 500 Deposits, ST.
O76.976 The total specie ID $1l ,i76 ,294.
Cleveland, Ots. IL. The Cuyahoga Steam
Furnace Company has assigned. Their a.
sets show 800, 900 over liabilities. The
Furnace employed 200 men.
Providence. Oct. L.. No failures have
occurred in this city to-day, and the report,
to the contrary arc incorrect.
Augusta. OF. Il. The Southwestern
Railroad Bank and tho Bank Of South Car,
olins suspended this morning. There Is a
run upon all tho banks in Charleston.
Nev Orkans, OF. II. The failure Of
Mess. Corning & Co., Of New York, did
not Affect tho Southern Bank Of this city.
Rumon were aaoat this morning Of several
fixtures, but they arc not yet announced.
| Busincs p unsettled.
cA;esss, OF. II. Me~u. wsdsworth
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The republicans and Americans
throughout the southern part Of New York,
and especially In New York city and Brook
Ign, are uniting upon the same local nomin.
atoms in opposition to the democracy. In
New York city tho democrats Lave openly
repudiated tho nomination Of Judge DEMO
for reelection to the court Of appeals, on
account Of his decision in favor Of the police
law, and have substituted for him tho name
Of Hiram Kotchum, the American candidate.
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Tho so,,ow;,c s,,r,c. rro,n 4,

- The following extract from the st.
Louis Evening News, Democratic paper
gives the truest view We have seen Of Gov
Walker and hisexpedition against Lawrence
"The chief fault Of Gov. Walker is his rsst-
less oficiousness. He has NO idea Of the
negative virtues of n judicious abstinence
from acts and words. He makes too many
speeches, writes too many letters, and un.
dei takes too many Movements He over
does his part, and gets himself into trouble
by talking, writing, and acting when there
is not the slightest need for IL. Ii Is this
tendency to talk too much, and tell too
much about what he is going to do, that
brought the Disunionists Of the Sou.h about
his ears like swarm Of hornets and this
same unfortunate characteristic will. we are
afraid, get himself still further into difficulty,
and defeat the good objects which he un.
doubtedly contemplates in Kansas.
His present campaign against Lawrence,
seems to have been too hastily undertaken.
The Lawrenceites have out generated him.
They decoyed him to their town by an APP
parent sham attempt to put in force little
town charter, which never could have led to
any difficulty. and no sooner had he come
amongst them with four hundred r.ops to
keep them quiet, than they instantly became
quiet themselves, n ID eyinced rs little DIS
position to raise an instruction as the most
peaceable people in the world. The con-
sequence is that the over Iealous Governor Is
Lett sucking his thumbs In most uncomfort.
able state Of mastery inactivity"
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THE COUNTY CONVENTION.

The convention Of the republicans OF
this county for the nomination Of Scna-
torial ticket and for the selection Of can.
didates for county officers will be held at
Alfred on Thursday of next week. Dele
gates have already been selected from
some of the towns. We trust every town
in the county will be fully represented
We do not doubt but that the republicans
Of the county intend to do up their work
as fully as it was done By them last fall.
We congratulate them upon the hamo-
Nous feeling which exists in theE ranks,
and feel that the selections which the con-
vention will present, will be approved Of
BY the people. Our opponents talk, we
notice occasionally, about their carrying
the county, but this they cannot do, un-
less the republicans fail in their duty to
themselves and to the cause. This We
are assured they will not do. We hope
the convention will be harmonious one,
and the action taken be such as will incite
the republicans Of the County to take ear
ly and prompt measures to insure full
republican vote when the election takes
place. Our friends, in places where dele
gates have not already been selected to
attend the convention, should do SO i'm.
mediately.
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rJ The speeches of Burlinga,ne al

EG- The speeches Of Burlingaine and
Hale,in our city, Thursday evening, seems
to have stirred up the bile of the editor o.
the Democrat badly. He raves through
near column, about abolition, abolition
demagogucs, black republicans in the best
STYLE of federal office holder. The
speeches must have been telling ones, OF
there would be no such wriggling. The
only thing worthy of note in the column
Of billingsgate is the following;
And wha, q work 10 this for two mem.
beu of congress to employ themselves in
stirring up bitterness and hate Of one part
of The country against an Their tapping
the foundations of the Union, which WASH
ingtou admouishes Us TO cherish a. the pslla-
dunn Of our liberties y
Such clap-trap has lost all its potency.
Men Of common sense perfectly under
stand that this cry about sapping the
foundations Of the Union come, from men
who have been, and are at work sapping
and mining the foundations Of the Union,
by striving to introduce principles into
the administration Of the government,such
as Washington never cherished, and such
as the men Of the revolution would have
secuted as belonging to the worst Of ty-
rants. When We hear men talking Of the
republicans striving to sap the founda-
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Remnants Of bic clothes wero found scatter.
Cd aroopd. toesthx With RadsmaeAG's coat.
torn to pieces. A hunt was ooomeooed,
with view Of finding the bear, whioh has
been continued up 10 tho present time with
out success. The boy was irish or German,
we are not osrtain which. His name s'so
we have been una lie to learn, but shall as.
certain Ii to day. His brother, Q boy Of ID,
stated that they almost stumbled over the
bear before they saw her OF all, when she
suddenly turned with 0 savage growl and
seized the ono who was nearest. A word oil
warning from Rademscher when he com.
menced his flight would have saved the boy,
but he was too frightened to do anything
but run. %
The bear was large and powerful one,
and must have been excited 10 great hunger
to commit 10 bold deed. The contem.
plation OF such an occurrence, happening
almost within the limits ola city Of seventy
thousand inhabitants, h sickening and ter
ribls. Wild bears have becomes rarity In
most parts Of the State, yet We are visitet
in the very metropolis by one that perpe
trate, deed that belongs only TO the early
annals Of our history. 1t is to be hopet
that such visits WILDE rare IN future.
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HALE AND BuRLISoAxr. Hon. J. P.
HALE and Hon. Arson BURLiSoAMH, who
are stopping ut The Pool, on Thursday
evening Of last week, addressed large
numbered our citizens in the open ali, from
an elevation on South Street, significantly,
because of its pcrmanence, demoninated
Republican Rock"
Mr.. Hale made sh ort, but earnest
speech, with his accustomed vigor, in tho
course Of which, he alluded to the proud
position Of the Republican party the
grand and glorious struggle made by near
ly million and a half of freenen for
freedom, against all the influence of the
Administration in the exercise of its exec
utive patronage, from the highest official
all the way down to postmastcr and keep
er of lighthouses. The duty Of tho Re
publican party in Maine, in the present
political crisis Of the country, to secure
such victory, in the coming State cleo
ton, as shall arouse again the hosts Of
freemen throughout the country, ut did
in the last State election, was urged as
imperative. Mr.. Hale in concluding his
remarks, saidhedid not intend to make a
lengthy speech. The people, he said, had
come to hear another man, one who had
not only the cloqucncc of the head, but
of the heart and the hand. Hon. Arson
Burlingame was then introduced, who
spoke for an hour and hall, touching
the prominent events in the political ac-
ton Of the General Government in rela-
ton to the Slavery question, and showing
that slavery had always been disturbing
influence in the nation. He then referred
to the advances the Republican party had
|made, its present noble position, and its
destiny to future and complete triumph.
To sketch even any portion Of Mr.. Bur-
lingamc's speech is not our design, but let
it suffice to say the cffolt was an able one,
and If the editor Of the Democrat, who
makes such a sorrowful whining, feels sore
on account Of it, let him, in future, keep
away from the "riac shots" Of the man,
who, as he says, "hits fourteen times out
ofsirteen." II he did mt get more shots
than that, it was because he did MT choose
to stay longer under that kind Of "riilc
practice"
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Southern Sectionalism

The elections which have recently Ia
ken place in the southern States for mem
beS of Congress have all been in favor
Of southern sectionalism. In the last
Congress, there were some thirty or more
Americans from the southern States, now
only four or FIVE have been elected with
the exception in Missouri, where Rol-
Inns, who was supported by the cmanci-
pationists, and is said to be in favor of
making Missouri free State, is supposed
to have beaten Stewart pro-slavery Dem.
ocrat. The elections have all resulted in a
way that shows the sentiment in favor of
slavery and its extension preponderatcs
over every thing else. The only light
We see, is that impaired by the elections
in Missouri. All the rest is darkcncd
with the line of southern sectionalism.
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Military Convention.

The following call for Military Con
vention, addressed to Military Officers
and others friendly to well arranged
Militia has been issued from the Adu-
tant Generals Office. Our present Mi
litia system, while it subjects the state &c
considerable expense, is exceedingly in
efficient in making a well organized Mi
litia. 1t is hoped that the Convention
NAV be able to present TO the Legisla.
tire some plan, no more expensive thar
the present, which shall better secure tho
objects for which militia is established
ApJUrASr GENERALS OFFICE, !
augusta, July Is, 1857.
DEAR Sir: Entertaining u strong belize
that well organized and efficient Military
force Is necessary to the advancement and
perpctuity Of our free institutions, and con
dueive to the physical development n
manly bearing Of the young men Of oui
country, and believing that the united eff
fort Of the Military can present to commu'
nifty satisfactory ovicence Of the Importance
of more generous encouragement to the
citizen soldier, you are respectfully invited
and earnestly solicited to meet the Military
Officers OF the State, lin convention at the
Capitol. on the 18th day Of October next,
for the purpose of consultation, and with
the view Of presenting to the next Legisla-
ture summary of such Laws and Regula.
tions as may be considered honorable alike
to the Commonwealth and the Soldier.
l have the honor to he
Very truly and respectfully,
Your obcdient Servant,
James W. Webster.
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GREAT SEWER IN New York CRY
New York has had the reputation of be-
ing one of the most filthy cities in our
nation. Within a few years, however,
the authorities have been doing much to
wipe away this disgracefnl name. Among
the works now in progress, the Tribune
thus speaks OF the ~Grcat Trunk Sewer"
now in process Of construction under di-
rection Of the Croton Aqueduct Depart
ment:
"ThisEmmcnse work commences in Third
avenue, at the corner Of Fitty-sixth street,
running thence through Fity-,hird street
TO Second avenue, down the latter to For
ty.ninth street, and through to the Fast
river. In commencing it a trench had to
be dug 10 feet wide, and varying in depth
from Il to 30 feet; for long portion OF
the way this was through solid rock,
which could only be removed by blasting,
while ip other parts where the ground
was found to be low and marshy, quick
sands were met with. and il was only by
the use of concrete and sand in immense
quantities that bottom could be obtained
of sufficient strength to hold the weight
OF the superstructurc. The sewers built
with an inverted arch, bottom OF solid
stone masonry, two feet thick, straight
sides run up three feet high, which are
then lined with brick eight inches thick I;
the top is archcd with l2-inch brick ma
sonry, leaving the inside Of the sewer Q
feet high BY 8 l-2 wide in the clear
Terra Gotta pipes inches in diameter
have been placed at intervals Of 20 feet
opposite the fronts of all the lots on the
line Of the sewer, so as to enable property
holders to make connections without har-
ing to break through a three foot thick
wall Of solid stone masonry. The mouth
of the sewer, situated ut the foot of Forty
ninth street, East river, is solid looking
pile Of stone masonry, capped with heavy
granite coping; here the best idea can be
obtained Of the size Of the sewer and the
method reconstruction. The entire sewer
is 1000 feet long, and is calculated to drain
over 700 acres of land. 1t was commcn-
ced in October, 1854. 1t is expected that
the work will be completed in the course
Of few weeks; at the present time there
are upward OF $50 men engaged upon it.
The sewer will cost from first to last, in
the neighborhood of $4,000, and will
be an enduring monument to those who
planned and executed it, as we'll as an ey-
ample Of what must be done for other dis
tricts Of our city,"
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Mysterious Disappearance.

On Monday, the 9th day of July, Mrs
Deborah Rugby. an old lady over eighty
years Of age, lef, her home in tho lower
part Of Kennebunk, for the village Of Mou'
sam some two miles distant. Shc walked
up to the village, and started to return so,nc
time during the forenoon and was seen by
several persons near the village on her way
home. Since then no trace can be had o.
her.
A thorough search hos been made IN the
woods through which she would pass, but
without success. Some suspicious Of foul
pay have been entertained but the want Of
an object would seem to be a sufficient rca.
ron to doubt all limitations Of that na,urt.
IL is to be hoped that she may be found
so1n, II alive,or the b,Iy discovered IL dea
that the mind, Of many ofour citizens may
be relieved from the painful INFUSION.
they have received. A.
Kennebunk, Aug. l2, 1857
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and looked to bis ledger for an esplana.
ton. a. a
"Thsss," began the hoosisr. strsighssn-
ing hismsclf up to his full height, and So.
ticulating with right band In grandiloqusn'
style, "theeo are my friends ! have SCI
tied an arnistioe with them, and we arc On
friendly /, ms, but on the window sill there
Gust outside, you will find two Internal big
fellows that | couldn't do anything with
and so Just put bullet through EN-
put it's all understood between me and my
friends here, and we shall get along vel
enough now
Ii Is needless to add, that the LANDLORD
retired to his own bed visibly crest fallen
while the spectators enjoyed a hearty laugh
Spiritual Telegraph.