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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
Tia Burdsll Tragedy.
The New York times of Monday, .y':

The New York Times Of Monday. says:
-Four childrcp. were put upon the vii.
ness stand on Saturday, for the parpcso Of
giving evidence touching the suspected par.
ticipation Of their mother in one Of the most
and bloody murders ever known in
this country. The spectacle was striking
and unusual-and few Of those who saw il
would ever wish to witness its repetition.-I
They all showed intelligence and marked
character. The eldes. daught,r, Miss Au.
gusta, is rather tall, and her feature are
regular and decidedly handsome. Her air
and manner was digni6ci, confident and self
possessed. Her eyes are mild in expression,
but her mouth is rigid, hard aud indicative
Of Ermness, not unmixed with peremptory
arrosance Of character. She was pale, and
evidently controlled the agitation she felt
only by strong effort. Her evidence was
given, ifnot with reluctance, certainly with
hesitation she answered only such ques-
tons as were put to hcr-voluntecnns moth.
ins and remembering less than was deemed
desirable by the Recorder. who conducted
the examination. .r. r,. 900. ID.
The younger daughter, Ellen, showed
more feeling, but no less self:control. She
has o more pleasing face, though not 50
handsome as her sister, and give her tcstl-
mony with much more Freedom and prompt.
ness Of reply. Her answers seemed more
sincere, as they were certainly moro earnest
and decisive and they carried grcater
weight. Upon some points her testimony
varied from her sisters. .... - .-.'
The two little boys, William and George,
the ono ten and the other but nine years
old-were very clear In their statements,
though evidently different in their tsmpen-
ments. The youngest was cool and seli.pos-
scscd the other was frightened and con.
fused. They have been kept under con.
strian, for week, and probably feel serious
ly the irkso,uencss and excitement Of their
position ihc eldest accordingly on sa'af.
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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13

MIR. MeGislland. like a.ensib'e man OF
business, will so at cnee back to his profess
MI. Davis, after attending To the eIeeu'
tive scssitu Of the Sensle--io winch be is
rlecicdewill visit Mississippi. aud settle
down again into ha,kneyed member oi
Congress.
Mr.. Dobbin en,e6tain' The purpose ofseek
ing genial climate, 10 recruit his health,
which has suffered severely by lis lators
heie.
Mr. Campbell will return Immediately 10
Philadslphis, and Mr. Cushing, like his
friend Mr.. Miciy Der, may wait for some.
thing to turn up. In a lew months more the
administrator will pass into his cry. ard
the men who compoee Il, INFO comparative
oblivion. Such isihe fate Of political hopors.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
Harrisburg, p. A. FEB. 9.

FREsnrTs IN PENNSYLVANIA. There is a
flood in the Susquehannah. The leo is
so'gad miles below this city, and is piled
upon the railroad some 10 or 10 feet high.
The trains are Of course suspended both
ways.
1t is reported that couple ofbridses over
the Junia'a have been swept away, together
with several pieces OF the Cumberland VAL
ley Bridge. An enormous destruction Of
properly is threatened
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13

- Our friend and neishbOr, WV. c.
DYER, No. I Central Block, las well selec.
ted stock OF Drugs and Medicines, which he
will sell at low prices for cash. Give him q
call and examine his goods.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13

q We understand that the FRENCH
FAMILY will givca Grand Concert at Central
Hall, sometime next week, OF which notice
will be given by handbills. We bespcak for
them liberal patronage.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13

- Grea. Britain contains twenty-eeven
millions Of inhabitants. or thee, sixty
thousand families own oil the land.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-02-13
FRIDAY Feb. q.

. SATuRDir, fcD. ..
Very little Of general iuterCs; was done in
either branch.
In the House resolution was passed, CIV
ing tho widow of Preston 5. Brooks what
ever was due him ut the time Of his death.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

chased by thousands and at price sometimes
more than twice their actual value, in considera.
ton for the per centage paid by the publisher to
he purchasing parties,'or the person through
whose agency they have beenpurchased. Now, the
only way to stop this system of swindling is to ap
point an investigating committee, to in
quire into the truth of the charges
which have been made against these parties,
with full power to call for documents, &c. Let
the people know who have proHted by these
contracts, and the actual value of the work
done or the books furnished. Let competent,
honest men be engaged for the purpose, and let
the public be informed what schoolhouse that
cost twenty, thirty or forty thousand dollars,
could be put up for if built by private citizen
We, the taxpayers, ought to know the price paid
for every nail, if necessary every foot of timber
every brick-and the amount expended for the
labor employed in the erection of our school
buildings. The public demand this investiga-
ton, and a committee should be appointed for
the purpose
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

49, which we believe che states tt be her in
n-have been received with ridicule and
.ot. The business in which she has Just
sase>5as been broken up, and stream of con-
~ been showered upon her maiden
ssoSs., ~ -. opponent is a man-we never de-
soenu. s ~, " Controversy with woman. The
'a00 " 'A''' .shon is decidedly matter for the
lawyers anu = is - that we should pay
Mr.. Fry six or ten ,ousand dollars, she can Ger
tainly make her deb at the ACADEMY worth
fifty or sixty thousand dollars We think we
have demonstrated that vev clearly.
Some Of the same newspapers which have 80
severely used Mrs. Mcmahon ave pronounced
the verdcts against us to be JSt. Thew ar
now in a worse position than they yer charged
us Withal, and we simply call attenron to the
fact. At the same time, We support, as we al
ways have done, the doctrine that the lrese
should be allowed to express its opinion on az
subjects of public interest without restraint We
must have perfect freedom of criticism upon art,
music and the drama. 1t is the only safeguard
of the public against pretenders, charlatans,
humbugs and imposters. But if the stupidity Of
our law givers is to interfere with this right and
if every unfavOrable criticism is to be held and
considered as a malicious libel, then we advise
Mrs. Mcmahon to enter the lists and take her
share. She will find it much more profitable than
acting during the sleighing carnival
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

THE CRY GOVERNMENT AND THE BOARD OF
EDUCATIoN-The annual expenses OF our city
government have increased during the past five
or six years from two millions and a half TO
seven millions of dollars, aud they are still in
creasing at such fearful rate that by the year
1850 they will amount to twelve or thirteen mil
lions. With such an immense outlay, il might
naturally be expected that New York would be
the best governed, the cleancst-in word, the
from being the case that she has acquired noto.
riety for filthy streets, for unchecked lawless
rowdysm, and for the INSCRIPTIONS character of
her public officials, which give her a most uaea-
vable distinction among American cities ~
this is attributable to the fact that there is no 70
sponsibility in the heads of the different depar..
ments Of The city government, and that no mat
ter TO what extent official dishonesty is car l.,
the offender generally escapes unpublished
No one imagines that the seven millions which
come out Of the pockets of the taxpayers o.
New York is expended for the support Of the
city government, or that at least one-tbird of it
il not appropriated by our oficeholders, con.
tractors aud others Who believes, for instance.
that il is possible for an official who has paid tea
thousand dollars to secure his election aud whose
salary for the whole term of his service does not
exceed seven thousand FIVE hundred-who be-
lieyes that the two or three hundred thousand
which he has amasscd in three years has been OBJ
tanned by honest means? Who believes that the
clerk whose salary is two thousand dollars q
wear. and who in the course of seven or eight
years could retire with fortune of fifty or sixty
thousand, has acquired il in an honest wayS In
fact 70 little faith have the people in the men
they have elected to places of official trast that
they could with difficulty be persuaded that one
out of every ten is honest And while our NUM-
cipal government is constituted as IL is it would
be absurd to expect change in the character Of
our oficebelders.
The dishonesty which has marked the admins.
tration OF the city government has made its ap.
pearapee in the Board OF Education; and the
upscrupulousncss with which contracts for school
buildings. books and stationery are entered into
shows how necessary il is that public attention
sbould bccalled to that body. From the published
reports il is impossible to form any idea of the
wav In which the money raised for educational
nurposes is expended Books which are utterly
worthless for The instruction Of children are pat
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

of new mess a. $2l, old at SO 81 $40, and
prime at SIS. Sugars firm, but sales were limited,
as II was in measure impracticable to deliver the
goods. Coffee was quiet, while prices for Rio were
steady; Java sold 1t l4ac. l4ac. Freights were
arm, but engagements were light in consequence or
the prevailing difficulty in delivering produce en-
ship board Holders of teas have become Hrmer in
their views since the receipt Of the late news from
China About 500 chests Oolong (new crop) ex
ship Vancouver, were sold yesterday ct slight ad
vance over previous prices.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21
THIRTY-FOURTu CONGRESS-.
SECOND SESSION.

prrKlr or TIE rsHSG BJusrn.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ~, 1857.
RrrKlt or rur FrsmSG BoUsrin
Mr.. CLAY, (den1) OF Ala, introduced bill repssIng
all avs or parts Of Laws allowing bounties 10 vessels ON
ployed on the Banks other God fisheries.
Mr. Clay said iha; during the last sixty years sbou
en- millions Of dollars had been dra ~n from the treasury
nav me nj such pountes and col fishermen of ,o or
,hree New Engand states receiving somse hing
IKE three hundred thousand dollars Annually TINS
Ia divided between shipowne,s and captains Of 2ss
els epsaged IN the cod nshety was drawn from the
treasury In violation Of almost every provision CT law
by which the privileged class created. Il the
of toe act TO divide this bounty the fish
,rmen, yet monopozed by tue owners and captsin,
Of those vesses Twenty ave states made 70 pay
Guence Of the babtua violation Of the law collectors OF
ustoms 40 be was advised 1t the Treasury Department
asking for increase In the number OF revenue
cutters, involving corresponding Increase in expendl
prevent them from perpe,rsog those frauds on the
treasury. Hence would be seen that the re-.
tut OF this bounty was, that the farmers, mechanics,
and miners oil the country wore taxed In
order raise three hundred thousand dollars per annu
TO distribute among wealthy shipo wners principally
of Maine aud Massachusetts for attending 10 their ov,
business and then taxed twenty thirty Dor cen,
provide proper guards 10 Keep these men from roh
birg tho government THIS question not rnerev Of
political morsliy-t VI. question whether Coagre,,
perjury lie would prove by the fren IL OF the me..n
that wett out not much TO catch coiesh a.
10 catch bounty BE urged the repea OF the bouptes 6
the additional reason that the cause whisb o,sn.,a
them no longer exists They were originally srso,ed
in consequence VI very hish duiy os sail
but the nescnt duty on that srtIcle 4, so Ih
as 10 be scarcely felt. Again, nj that t,e coAa.S
VI only deb. OF not any very treat commercial 49,.
bsi no~ msckerel herring ard whale we've isr r,crs
valuable, and The pursuit Ct ue istief w,i tu mers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21
Mails for the Pacific.

NEW YoRH HERALD--CALIFORNIA EDITION,
fle United States mail steamship George Law, Capt.
Bern hen Will leave ths port this afternoon, at two
so.oox. fr Aspin ~al.
me mails fer California and other parts Of the Psnoc
IN olcee Of one O'Clock.
fne NEW YosK wxKxrY observation-disclosures edition
ssalanirg the latest intelligence from all parts OF the
vssid viii be published at ten O'Clock in the morning
nAgle copies, in Wrappers ready for mailing, SIX
pnoe. Agents will please send in their orders early
A poaGIole,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21
Aew York, Wednesday, Jsns AIRY 81, 1851
Mails for EurOpe.

ZEE NEW YORK FHRALD-EpIN0N FoR sUHOPE-
the Cunard mail steamship Asa, Capt. Lang, will
savc thss port today, for Liver ,col
NE European mails win close IN this city at hsfpSst
IN o'clock IN Tire morning.
IA European edition Of the HrHD, printed in French
- Rzesn viii be pubshea .. nine O'Clock IN the morn
~. Hrs copies, II wrappers, sixTe0oe
Subscriptions any edition Of the
SEW Ycrs BrsALD viii received the following plsses
n Esrope--
sassos-An &European Express 90 81 Kiag wiha "a ri,
PAsx- Do. do. place de G Bourse,
A,yxAroel--Do. DO. oChapel stree:
g~wxroul-,joan Hunter, Il Exchange street, East.
lAvrp-An l. European Express Co, Il Rue CorBeilA.
fNs son,ests OF Inc European edition Of the HrRAIp
- scnsue the received by mail and telegraph
as saoe curing previous week and up The hour
o pabnoatiop.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

THE LOBBY CoNyIrTEE.-From all that we
learn the lobby committee at Washington are
making some very interesting discoveries, with
the aid of the HERALD's list Of witnesses. Let
them go on with the good work, and they will
defeat TIE expected carnival of The spcilsrnen.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

MOVEMENTS OF GEORGE PEBoDY.-Ths dis
tinguished fnancier at the last accounts was lee.
turing the Pennsylvanians on the text tia
honesty is the best policy" his subject bein.
certain unpaid balances Of interest due on ID
State debt TO creditors in England, and which til .
Pennsylvanians have thus far put of from year b.
year. with an evident inclination to repudiate A.
together. We are gratided in this view. to r..
coenize Mr.. Peabody in his proper element, aud
actively at work in the goodca Of repayment
of debts. We care not for the fact that Mr.. Pea
body has a financial interest 10 these unpaid ba
lances Of interest He is doing the public good
service in enforcing the doctrine ofpublic as well
as private honesty. In this vocation be shines.
while as a London American lion. dining and
wining and feastiDg and Boosting, he cut a very
sorry figure indeed with his mock herocs and o.
tcntatious donations 10 learning and charity. w
trust that Mr.. Peabody mission TO Pennsylvania
will remind those people Of the wholesome Lectures
Of Sidney Smith, and persuade them TO pay what
they owe. and make clean breast Of IT, Rich as
they are they ought TO be ashamed Of Themselves
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21

TIE Swiss QUEsrroN.--It would appear from
tho speech of the President Of the Swiss Fedora
ton that the Minister of the United States in
Switzerland has been taking a far more active
part in the Swiss quarrel than is generally
known here. This gentleman, whose name is
Fay, is said to have actually ranged the United
States on the side of Switzerland, and the Ian
guage of the Swiss President really looks as
though he had We should like 10 know how
this is and whether Mr.. Fay has acted of his
own mere motion or under instructions from
home. Possibly the Pierce administration may
have done sensible thing in their old age. by
helping Switzerland What member Of Congress.
will move for the papers in this question?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04
0B1E.&5.s.

In tins place, on the 2Sh nIl.. Of Scar.
let Fever, Hiiiam CfatOn, son OF Sam
uel P. and Virginia Humrlckhouse, aged
2 wears 6 months and "a days.
Little Clintv was our darling,
Pride Of all our hearts al home,
Bot an angel came and murmurrd'
Softly murmured Cllnly come. V.
In this place, on Monday, June 22nd,
HeIen .Amelia Cameron, daughter of Mrs.
Ann Shugert, aged 9years, months and
81 days.
"'Thus quickly faded, that fair flower,
10 you but briefly given
She bloomed so sweetly here on earth,
Now sweeter blooms in heaven.
She's gone where JOY eternal reigns
Around her Makers throne,
Where death nor sorrow can invade
The worlds eternal home"
In this place, on Sunday morning last.
2slh ult., Mrs. Mary EntIer. wife of
Mr.. Joseph Enler, aged about 81 years
Near this place, on Friday, 26lh oIi.'
Mr.. Samuel ShOU, aged about 65 years.
On the 22d ult., Mr.. UWiama C'tn-
nimgham. Jr., after long and Protrac'ed
illness, in the 59th year Of his age' oil
Berkeley county.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04
New Rail Road Arrangements.

The completion and recent opening of
the Parkersburg. Marietta and Cincinnati,
and the Ohio and Mississippi roads to ST.
Louis, connecting with various other rail-
ways throughout the Western country,
have rendered i, necessary for the man.
ayers of the Baltimore and Ohio Compa-
ny 10 issue new and more perfect .ched-
ule.
Tile Express Train now leaves Baii-
more daily al o'clock and minutes,
p. NJ, arriving al Harper's Ferry al o.
clock and 25 minutes, where time is CIV
en- for supper. The Accommodation
Train West leaves Baltimore at 7 o'clock
in the morning, passing Harper's Ferry
at ii o'clock and 10 minutes. The Mail
Train leaves Baltimore at 81 O'Clock in
the morning, arriving at Harper's Ferry
at IL o'clock and 80 minutes.
The Mail Train from the West leaves
Wheeling in the morning at halt past 8
o'clock, passing Harpe.'s Ferry same
night 90 minutes af,er ii o'clock.
The Express Train from the West
leaves Wheeling at so minutes after 3 O.
clock IN the afternoon and passes Harper
Ferry next morning al 5 o'clock.
The Accommodation Train from Cum
berand leaves al 9 o'clock in the morning,
arriving a, Harper's Ferry III minutes
after o'clock, p. NJ, allowing Is min
utes for Passengers TO dine. These
changes took effect on the 18Th Of June.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04
Accident.

Whilst Mr.. GEORGE BECKHAM, of Har-
per's Ferry, and Mr.. B. B. WASHINGTON,
of Winchester, were proceeding from this
place, on Wednesday evening, the Isl
inst, in a two-horse vehicle, and when
about one mile beyond kerneysvlle, one
of The wheels came of, frightening the
horses and ran down all enbankment,
throwing out the inmates and severely
fracturing an arm of Mr.. Beckham. Mr..
Washington was dragged several hundred
yards before he became lisentangled from
the vehicle, and miraculousIy without
sustaining any injury. The vehicle was
demolished. They returned TO this place
when Mr.. B. had his wound satisfactory
ly treated. This was certainly a remar-
kable escape from serious if not fatal in.
Jury.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04

ED! READ READ '-"Ye afflicted
h read" the following Certificate OF a cure
Of over 90 wears standing:
III. T. HEL.uB0LD-Ded Sir have been
troubled with an affection Of the Bladder and
Kidneys for over twenty years. | have urea
Physicians in vain, and at last concluded 10
give YOUR genuine Preparation trial, as he'd
heard it highly spoken Of 1t afforded me I'M
mediate relief have used three botiIes,and
have obtained more relief from It's effects ana
feel much better than | have for twenty years
previous. have The greatest faith in It's ylr-
tues and curative powers, and shall DO all 10
nv power TO make it known TO the afflicted
Hoping this may prove advantageous to you
in assisting you TO introduce the medicine
an, trmIv Yours, NJ. MCCoRMicK.
Lewislown, Pa, Jan. %, 1851.
Should any doubt Mr.. McCormick's state
ment. he refers to the following gentlemen
Hon. VIM. Biglor, ex. Governor, Pepnsylvania.
Hon. Thos B. Florence, Philadelphia.
Hon. ]. c. Knox, Judge, Tioga Co., Pa.
Hon. ]. s. Black, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon. D. r. Porter, ex- Governor, Pennsylvania
Hon. Ellis Lewis, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon. r. G. Grier, Judge U. 5. Court.
Hon. G. w. Woodward, Judge, Philadelphia.
Hon. w. A. Porter, City Solicitor, Philade P1Ia.
II on. John Bigler, ex Governor. California.
Hon. f. Banks, Auditor General, Washington
And many others, If necessary.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04
INDEPENDENCE Day.


slst Anniversary OF the birthday of A
merican Independence. On the Attn Of
July, l776, the greatest event, but one,
recorded in the worlds history, took
place, and we cannot recur 10 il without
our heart being filed from its deepest
recesses TO its utmost and overilo wing
capacity, with the greatest emotions of
gratitude and grateful acknowled gements,
and why should not every American man.
irest the deepest desire to see this Ami
versary pay its annual visits, to admonsh
us that another Anniversary Of our indie
pendence Day has arrived. Eighty-one
years ago, the Fathers Of the Republic, in
council, assembled. after due deiberatlon,
made the wise decision that the American
"colonies were, and Of right ought 10 be,
free and independent States" On that
day our country embraced within lis lin
its thirteen States, extending along the
sea-coasl and the vast domain Of the West
where the controlling power in the coun-
Try is settling itself, was then an unexPlo-
red Wilderness. The contrast is indeed
most favorable TO the indomitable energy
of The American nation, and affords sirl.
king argument as 10 the better adaptation
TO Republican form of government, to
the promotion of peoples improvement,
10 all that constitutes their greatness and
glory. The train Of thought into which
the mind of the American is most natural
ly led, upon the recurrence of this Nation
al Sabbath, carries him back TO lis origin,
and the condition of our country then, as1
conlraSled with its present high position,
among the nations of the earth. The
present high character we enjoy among
the nations of The earth, the great degree
of eminence we have attained in all the
arts and refnements OF civilized life, in
all the elements which constitute nation
great, pronounce the experiment Of the
capacity of man for lis 'self-government,
successful beyond all dispute.
As descendants Of such noble ances-
tors, and as heirs Of such a dearly pur.
chased legacy, it becomes US, in memory
of their many virtues, 10 observe the 4ih
of July, day which they have rendered
immortal by their action, and around
which cluster so many sacred sssocia-
tons, as a National Sabbath, on which
day, all, Of whatever party or sect, should
lay aside his partlzan prejudices and sec
tartan views, and unite in celebrating the
day on which our Independence was de-
clared.
May the recurrence of another 4h of
July find US still in our career OF glory
and prosperity, the various States OF our
Conlederacy still in the bonds of Union,
and the discordant elements which have
endangered. and still endangers. our exis-
lance as a Nation, scatter in the winds.