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Arrival of the Indian.

The screw steamer Indian. Capt. Jones,
from Liverpool llth inst, arrived ut Port
hnl on the 9th inst, ut o o'clock In the
morning. having made tho passage in less
than Is days. idy n
The news from Liverpool Is unimportant.
GREAT BairAa., In House Of Lords a
DISCUSSION was held W to whether the Chi
nose ship Arrow. which gave rise to the
present Chinese war, was or was not under
the British LIZ. $50. .....
Lord Lyndhurst referred 70 recent arti.
clio in the Monitcur, intimstins the proha-
bility Of u unicn Of tho Dannbian principal.
tiles. Ilc wished to know whether the Di.
vans. about to assemble, were to tste into
consideration the question OF the union, and
Whether the question was to DO discussed
and decided upon by tho representatives Of
the great powsrs. Jtsr.r..I.
The Earl VI Clarendon replied that he had
certainly read the article in the Muniteur
with surprise, but ut the present moment he
should obtain froin cyprs ing any opinion
on the subject. lla would notsly that there
was no bar whatever TO the discussion of
question by the Divans. under the frrnan OF
the Snlt,,n, or by tho representatives Of the
greit powers. IH irs
In the Commous-in reply to Mr.. Roe.
buck, sir j. Wol said no fresh Arctic az.
position would b, s,nt out without being
provided for in the estimates. I
Considerable debate took place on the
criminal tickets Of leave, and Sir George
Grey obtained leave to bring j. a bill ON the
suhject. -
Mr D'I.raeli again repeated In the most
positive terms tlmt treaty bad busn made
by Panco " guarantee " Austria her POS
sessions in ltaly. ai.t. Jfs4d :.
Lord Pilmers,on replied that no sacl,
treaty existed. although hc admitted that
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REscvEoF ADAMS. The New York Tribune
gives a long and particular account, of the
difficulties which ATTENDED AN attempt to
rescue ole Anthony Adams, u young color
cd man of 10. citizen of New York State,
hut who had been kidnapped at Plymouth.
North Carolina, and who was lying in Jail
at ElentOn in that State, liable 10 be sold to
ply charges OF Imprisonment. \ friend,
Mr.. Bennett, went to Eienton. and id'nti-
iicd Adams AS free citizen Of New York,
and upon payment of Gusts Adams was ~
LEASED. But now. though provided with
tree papers he could not stay in tho State
without danger Of being charged thirty
cents per day Tor Jail fees, and Of being sold
into slavery to pay them. When they
reached Portsmouth,, Va, on their WAY
hume, Adams could not leave on tho bat
until some citizen OF Portsmouth had made
oath that no believed him To be free man
At Baltimore he could not take the cars un-
oil he had given satisfactory bonds IN $1,000
that he Was free man. Being strangers
in Baltimore they were Obliged tn ~ to
washin.t n for assistance, which they could
easily do-slavcs can travel southwark with
cut officially. At Washington. Mr.. Ben
nett Obtained letters ~ BALTIMORE, which
would fnyui.h the bond required, hut they
now could not leave Washington without a
new oath that Adams was free man. A
person was finally found to establish this.
and at length alter two weeks work ON the
part of Mr.. Bennett. and an expense OF
some $500, a frec citizen Of New York was
restored TO his IRE d IN.
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Franco, dsying ths Q ahian war. hadagrced
vish Austria - yprss insurrectiop, shpuld
Tho Gassltc c,asins She appointments o.
q g. DaFIing, now lioyrrnor Of Newioend-
knd, ts,be GoyernoFo Of Jamaica, and Vt Slr
A BannergAn, now Governor Of Blhamas,
., be Governor ui Newfoundland
The British Parliament has Published
yoluminious blne books Of correspondence,
wherein Earl Clarendon expresses full ap.
proyal of all the acts Of Admiral ScymOur,
Minister lowering, and Consul Parks
Tho King Of this Cor.sa ha. op'ned all the
ports OF the territory voluntarily to the com
insrcc Of all nations. n
'A''' LATEST. .Is;si19oT4
L.yyrrooL, Wednesday Morning, Feb
10. The standing orders were complied vi TT
on shs 9th. befors Parliament inthe easc o.
tho Atlantic Telegraph Co. ! -
Tux PRrssIAS WAR. A despatch from
Maneilles, dated Tuesday, 10th inst state
that General Bdhlcr hid besn sent by ths
Pcrsian government to the seat Of war OF
the Penian Gulf. but he had leit Henat Ia
u good state vi defence. lrr'1 ~ ~
The Persians wero very much excited by
the English invasion Great agitation pre-
vailed In the province OF Urumiyah, and the
news Of revolt ut Maraghah had boon con
lrmed. The rrvOl:ers had pilagcd tn
town. .'I h
Fifteen English vessels wee a: anchor O
Bundenbbas.
Paris, Tuesday. F3. Q. Tho French
three per cents closed to-day Us follows; q
francs, 35c. rtr ..rf" .-1i1-
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Gov. Geary's Testimony in Regard to
Kansas.

The recent message Of Governor Geary to
the Kansas Legislature, fully sus,ains in ita
statements all tina: has been said by the Re
publican press in regard to Border Rullian'
outragcs in that territory. We quote tho
following portion of his Message US pictur.
ing the condition of things when ho sssum-
ed the Office of Governor:
The Territory was declared, by tho act
Ing Governor to be in state vt instruction,
without capacity TO yindicite the majesty OF
the law and restore the broken peace the
existing difficulties Of u far more complicated
character than had anticipated; predatory
bands, whose sole aim, unrclieycd by the
mitigation of political causes, was dssdsind.
hon, arson, piunder and yapine, Ind undis-
tIrbed possession Of some portions Of the
Territory, while every part oil il was kept in
constant alarm and terror, unohsndng and
pe,cciblc ctiZens We're driven FROM their
homes Others murdered in their own DWELL
ings, which were given ~ the flames that
sacred respect for woman. which has caric-
terized all civilized nations, seemed On the
hour of mad excitement to be forgoffen; par
titan feeling, on all sides, intensely excited
by question which inllimed tho entire ma
ton, almost closed the minds Of the people
against me: the most unfortunate suspic-
ions prevailed; In isolated country places
no man life was safe robberies and muir
ders were Of daily occurrence; nearly every
farm house was deserted and no traveller
could safely venture on the hi hway with
out an escort. This state of affairs was
greatly aggravated by the interference OF
prominent politicians outside Of tho Terri
tory.
The foregoing Is but faint outline OF the
fearful condition of things which ruled Kan.
sas aud ccnvulsed the nation. The full pic
turo will b. drawn by the iron pen of im-
partial history, and the actors in the vari-
GUS scenes will be assigned their true posi-.
tons" :.
After this graphic picture Of tho suffer.
ings in Kansas, by tho pen Of the Admins
tration Governor, We hope to hear nothing
more from Border Rufian' papers about
Republican lies in regard to Kansas. The
case is fully made out by the admissions and
the testimony of those most interested
in conccaling the character Of the outrascs.
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Trial Of Geo. knight for Murder.

The trial Of George knight, of Poland,
for the murder Of his wife, on the 9th ol
October last, is now going on in the Su-
premc Judicial Court, ut Lewiston, Judge
Rice presiding.
The trial commenced on Monday Of last
week. The jury is composed as follows -
Thomas j. Howard, of Auburn, Forenoon ;
Elisha Beal, Of Durham; Cyrus Bal, OF
Green; Andrew Bennett and Archibald
Leayitt. of Turner: Freeman Coburn, John
Gushing, I'd, Timothy E. Fog, and Geo. w.
Ham, of Lewiston; John q. Fogg Of Wells;
Joseph uunnewell and Secomb jordan, OF
Durham
Hon. n. d. Appleton, Attorney General.
and G. w. Goddard. District Attorney, ap-
pearcd for the prosecution; and Hon. Ma.
than Clifford and David Dunn, ESQ.,, for
the defence.
On Tuesday, the case was opened by G.
". Goddard, for the government. The Ar
gus gives the following summary Of his AZ
gumcnt:-
"The general theory Of the government
in relation to the death Of Mrs. Knight il
substantial rs follows: On tho afternoon
OF the 9th of October, tho defendant an.
nounced bus intention OF going thar evening
to neighbours for some shingles and thence
10 Gray About seven IN tho evening he
left home with his oxen and cart for them !;
returned part way homewari, which he
must necessarily do 10 get into the road 20
Gray drove his team into u by.placc, un.
hitched them from the tongue and fastened
them to the wheel; then returned between
eleven and twelve. and with knife previous
" sharpenei for the purpose, went into the
room where his wife usually,slept, hut no,
finding her there went into the bed room
occupied by her mother, an aged woman
and very deaf; found his wife on the front
side, and then gave her tho mortal wound
then pass u frum the rbcd.royul across the
enlry by window into tho parlor IN con.
sequence OF the parlor door being locked,
he removed the ircnt window and made his
exit, leaving marks Of blood in various
PLACES returned whers his team WIS, and
went On to Gray. WHERE he. arrived IN the
morning The alleged motive Tor the net
was desire % get rid of sick wife mora
than twenty years his senior, and marry
again. i. . ~ 80 Z, 49,
The witnesses FOR the government number
81.
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SuIrhuIlplxc ryKrsxL.gsKrosr.-Acos.
os'ths Bos.Ss TSA'en xrIs
ing from KnnsSsnlpdt ~; s.

SurrBuIlplxc rsKssxLsgsKrosr.--Acoss
respondent o. the Bos.Ss Trsh,enM, wrlt
Ing from Ksnnebunkpdrt, siys: II 81
The present winter has bsen al exceed.
ingly hard one, % moro rppceis than ons
Reverse in business Of some Of TIE leading
merchants and builders has caused almost
an entire. stagnation OF tnde. We have,
however, one ship which his been built dur
ing the autumn and winter, now about
ready for sea, called tho Jack Frost" and
will sail rs soon rs sheis released from the
bonds Of her great naines.lke. To say that
she is FIRST rate ship would be faint praise.
She has been constructed by Messp. u. b
s. Ward for Jacob Stanwood, G Fisks aud
J. q. Getting, Of Boston, and will add
another to the many splendid speciwsns ol
the Boston mercantile marine. ,--'s,,-.
The Jack Frost Is lG4 feet in length, 80
I.2 feet in width ind % l.2 feet In depth.
Her frame Is Of white oak entire. and PLANK
ed with tho same material. A large portion
OF her frame has been doeked for two or thres
years. She has Ill the latest Improvements
in her outfit, among which is Emcson's pat
ent windlass an invention ot which any
man might feel justly proud. -r-F
Her master carpenter. Mr. Grant, and thu
head joiner, Mr.. Goodwin, are workmer
worthy of their craft. The Jack FDs.
will carry three bales and half OF New
Orleans cotton TO the ton measurement 0
the ship, and is expected to sail IL knou
with still breeze. L. points OF material
workmanship and outfit, sho challenges
comparison with any ship Of her class. He
whole construction has been under t!e ~
pcr,ision Vi Capt. L. w. HOLMES, Of Caps
May, who takes command Of her. Succas'
to this noble ship and her able commander.
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The WILL or rnZ LATE JosHuA Sr.Rs.-
The Boston Traveller gives the substantial
portions of the will of this we'll known
millionaire in Boston, US follows. Ono OF
the brothers is % resident in this city,
His own valuation of his property no ca
timuted at 81 GOO, 900, which, from the we'll
known character Of his Investments, will not
fall short much Of that SUN. lilo gives "
he two brothers sos 600 each, to the chill
drrn Of his brother, Deceased, (r. W. Sars,)
So, 200, (Sl0,O00 each to tho two boys and
$1,000 to the daughter); to tho town VI
Yarmouth. for the public schools, SIS 200 !;
to the Boston Seanan's Society S3OW.-
Tho balance in trust for his only child, y
son, which, On arriving at thca:e o!twenty
one. il to DO S30,0OO; frum ths ago Of
twcnty.cnc to twenty five, $4,000 rer annum
from the aec of twenty-five To thirty, $GOWl
per annum; after thirty years Of age, $l0,.
600 per annun,. Should tho ION die with.
out issue. tho property will revert to tho
legal heirs of Mr.. Sas. The executors un-
der the will are Mcssrs. Alphcus Hardy.
and Horatio Harris. Mr.. Hardy Is made
trustee and guardian Of the son, who is now
in lis third year. r. '.t..
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Houston, Prescription to q Bore"

Among the guests ut tho St. Nicholas
Hotel, New York, during the past week,
has been Gen. sam Houston, OF Texas, Gen
Houston is, as all III. Appropriateness well
know, fond Of nirth and fun, nnd Is wha,
DO1ticks would call p. B.-pcriect brick.
Tho General however, eu;ertains an in'cDss
hatred for that species Of human beings
called "borcs.' One Of !h,-e gentry, a
good na,ured hut roft-headed chap, resu'
lar button. holder, cornerd him the other
day ut his hotel. He had managed IA he in
,riducci to him by gentleman the day pre-
vious.
"Genoral," said the bore. after he had
bothered Mr.. Houston out OF all patience,
81 wish YOU would do ina Que favor. A
man or your eminencc 10 40 competent =
"Wcil, what is ity' inquired Mr.. IIous'
ton, rather CURLY.
"Well F" YOU see. Mr.. Houston. you arr
sucl an eminent man, such Al .r.
"Seycr mind that; what do you want to
know?"
"EIcuse me, but psrs,n Of your abili.
iies and distinction niust he aware
81 am somewhat in haste" interrupted
the badscrcd Scnator-''lray como To th'
point at once"
swell then TIL mo the secret Of your sue
GERS in life-how you rJse in position as YOU
have DONE"
"Ah! but that wouldn't benefit you any.
! can tell you how can rise you in til,
world II YOU wish"
"rhts just it." was tho rcply-'.jus'
what was trying TO ct at
"Woll sir, III tell you. Undertake "a
approath a nre-hedaed bbN ,eiih a red searj
on your neck. III guarantees your up~nri
progress immediately On the completion OF
the experiment - s.
The bat,on,holcr collapsed, shovel his ha.
on his head and walked rorrowiuily away,
while u cluster Of gsnti1mcn near by, who
mad overhead the conversation, fairly
screamed with laughter. .u.
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hrSSlu.g s&y.,.S,,,

A. - 20 al. "A a. ~
IRssolred, That-Nm. W.welch did, cor
rup,ly combine With Wn. A. Gilbsrsfs
member Of this Hpuse from New York TO
procore the pasake Of q feolu'ion OF bill
through the Houss,fo tho purchase OF GER
tain copies Of "Triplett on Pension and
Laws for money, To DO paid
t. sad Gilbert ON its passage, that VIM.
W. Welch did attempt to procure money
from James X Sweeney for reporting favor
ably ON the claim Of Rop,na Kimhall from
the Committee on Invalid Pensions ut this
Congress that VIM. w WEIGH, "a member
Of this House from Connecticut, b. forth
with expelled from this House. II =
".
Resolred, That Erasmus Is. Matteson, q
member fthis House from the State Of New
York, did incitc parties, deeply interested
in the passage Of u joint resolution for %
curing the Dcs MONIES grant, to- have here
and use large sum OF money aud other val.
liable considerations coriuptly. for the pur.
pose Of procuring the passage OF said joint
resolution through this House. ~. -
r Resoirod, That tho Hon. Erasmus B
Mattes0n, in declaring that large mum.
Der of the members OF this House had asso-
ciated themselves together and pledged them.
selves, each tn the other, not TO vote for any
law OF resolution granting money or land:
unless they were paid for it, has falsely and
willfully assailed and DETAINED tho character
Of this House, and has proved himself un.
worthy to be member thereof.
Resoired, That tho Hon. Erasmus B. Mat
teson. u member Of this House from tn,
State OF New York, be and hereby is expell
I'd therefrom. Fr
Re,olred, That James W. Simonton b
expelled from the door Of this House Us 10
porter.
Mr.. Kelsey dlsagrccs with the rest of com
mttee on the first four resolves, and present.
u minority report.
The committee likewise report bill tC
protect The peoplcagainst corrupt inautnc,
In matters OF Legislation. II provides thai
no person shall, directly or indirectly, Offer
or agree, to give any money. 'r other val
liable thing to any person on the contingent
cy of the passage or defeat of the bill that
no person shall approach, converse with. OF
plain 10, or, in any manner attempt to in
flucncc any member of either House, relative
~ such measures, without first explaining
whether he is interested personally, in hi
own right, or Us agent for any other person
in the passage Of any MEASURE The Offence
il made misdeuieanOr 10 be punished, or
conviction, with imprisonment for mont!
OF year, and fine of $500 or $1,000
All combinations, to influence legislation
are declared null and VOID, and persons OF
Tending are to BE- punished for such misde
me- nor by imprisonment. in Jail for 9 or !:
months, and n iinc Of $5OOor $1,000. Adj
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ArorsrA Feb'y q, 1857.

y
The IMPORT orthe proceedings of tho House
on the 2lst inst contains the following:
Mr.. Crosby, Of Dexter, said that he rose
to u question OF prSil g. He had II paper
in his hand printed in the State, Published
in Bidleiorl, called tho "Union and Jour
ma" In that PAPER reference was made to
him, in u letter from its editor, in which
the following statement wis made: ale
mir. Crosby was straight wing in 1855"
lie wished Ia say that the st tement was in.
correct that he was one Of the carly friends
of tho Republican party, had worked hard.
spade IN hand for il had ever remained at
tached Ia It's organization. and was now rs
god Republican US any member in the
House.
We beg pardon of our friend Crosby for
putting him into bad company, and are not
surprised at the anxiety he eyinced to shield
his reputation from thc suspicion of having
been u straight whig." Our information
was derived from what We then supposed to
be an authentic source, but we learn that
we put the saddle on the wrong horse
and rs our friend makes the charge matter
of privilege we make one also and claim tho
privilege ortaking it all buck. 1t would be
u heavy charge indeed to be convicted Of
having affiliated with such men US L. W.
Farley, Josiah 5. Little. and men of that
elk"
Another subject for pro,ractcl discussion
has presented itself in the House. 1t is the
old war Of tho rival interests of the Kenne-
bee and Penobscot Railroad Companies 70.
newed with grca,r rivalry than ever. Tho
State is now rca3inS in full MEASURE tho
harvest Of evil which it sowed when its legis.
lation stimulated the bui ding of two paral-
lei lines of railroad east from Portland,
when there was no need Of hat one, and not
business enough u sustain even that. Two
days Of discussion has already taken place
in the House on bill growing out Of these
interests, and the matter is not finished.
Among matters Of local interest to the
W cstern section ot the State that have been
presented, We notice petition signed by
Thomas NJ Hayes, Z. Il. Wiggin, f. f.
Bourne, and others, for the holding Of ono
term of the Courts ip York County, IN Saco.
The petition has bsen referred to the Judici-
AIRY ComGittce.
A bill has been passed and approved by
the Governor, rc-cstablishing the Municipal
Court of Biddetord on its old basis, 80 far Us
jurisdiction Is oJncerncj, and making some
slight alteration, IN the matter Of fees, and
other and immater,al provisions. The bill
was before acceptable to tho people general
ly andbo,h the public interests of the County
and the interests OF the city were injured by
the bill OF lat winter, which the present
bull repeats. Ifthere were any valid OBJ.
Jections to any provisions Of tho old bill
growing out Of the amount Of the fees. they
have teen cured by the present bill.
Gov. Hamlin, 81 it is said, resigns on
morning. L. &C.
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MAINE EMIGRATION TO KANSAS. A COM
pany was organized at Ssco, on We'd
neday 18th inst, for tho purpose Of locat'
ing and settling town in Kansas, to be
known rs tho Saco-Kans,s Association
the following officers were chosen
j. r. Deering, Saco, President :; w. g..
Sargent, Rockiand, vioe President /; E. N.
Morrill,, Westbrook Secretary and Treasur.
er: Samuel Fesscnden. Esq, Portland, and
Moses Emery, Esq, Saco, Corresponding
Secretaries. al .Et
r.. Dccring, Vim. q. Sargent. Sumner
c. Shaw, and Edmund N. Morrill,, were
chosen o committee 10 select site and To-
cate town. -E 30 .T7 ..-
O. Persons wishing 20 Join the company.
can apply to Moss Emery Esq., Saco, or 70
samuel fesssnden Esq. Portland, CORES
pondips Secretaries. sf 'rn-
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ADDRESS or Tux TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
We publish to-day tho address adopted by
the State Temperance Convention held at
Augusta, several weeks since, and bespeak
for it, tho candid. careful pcrusil Of our
readers. Itisa temperate as well as tenn.
pernco document, kindly, yet earnestly
calling the attention Of the people to the
necessity Of adopting suitable prohibitory
law to restrain the manifold evils Of intcm-
perance.
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Report of the Investigating Committee.

The report OF the Congressional Commit.
tee appointed by the House some weeks to
enquire into allcdScd corruption ofmembers,
Was made ON Tuesday of st week. a mass
OF evidence was submitted with the report
and accompanied by tho following resolves.
|.
Resolred, That WIN. a Gilbert. member
Of this House from New York, did agree
with 4. +. T.. Iriplett, q procure tho pass
age Of a resolution or bill through the pres
ent Congress for purchase by Congress Of
certain copies of the book Of said Triplett on
the Pension and Bounty.Land Laws, in con-
81 ier.tion that the said Triplett should al
low him to receive certain sum Of money
cut of the appropriation for the purchase of
the book; that Gilbert did east his vote on
the Iowa Land bill, depending heretofore
b.ioro this Congress, for corrupt consider
alton, consisting OF seven square miles OF
land and some stock given ar to DO given To
him that aid WIN A. Gilbert be forth
with expelled from this House. '4 -,y
4, d. I-..-..... IL. n d.
Resolred. That Francis S. Elwar,s. n
Member OF this house from the State of New
York, did. ON the I'D day or De. ,eniber last,
attemp, uinduce Rol'ert 7. Paine, Mem.
Der OF this House from tho State of North
Carolina, 10 vote contrary 10 the dictates of
hi. Judgement and conscience ON the hill
making grant Of lands to aid in the con.
struction of railroad in tho Territory of
Minnesota, by holding outa pccuniary con-
sideratisa To the said Paine fer his support
ofssid bill. -
j Resolved, That The said Francis 8. Ed
wards b., and he ID hsrsby expelled irOm the
House.
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UP to the prs<ht time, Monday. )svs
have received Tie ncS,rn, Sfthp ts.siaony
Of some Of tho nost ipportsnsl of the sor.,
eminent witnc =, Including nembap Of
Knights family Tho trisi Causes cees'des-
able excitement.
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JrvK~iLE OBrusK>Kss. "John. how
does the thermometer standS'' Against
the wall, dad" II mean how is the mer-
curry ?" Cues it Is pretty we'll; il has
not complained lately" '.You little ras-
cll. Is o. colder than yesterday IL really
don't know, dad but III ~ out and ieel."