The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-28

YIN iuetant winch wa tOur Icct lOoB, su~
had thirteen nttles. Four head OF cattle
died IN the same pasture Last season, sup
posed Mt the time to have'esten sumo poison-
ous food but IL is now believed that they
were snake bitten.
GETTING CHIAPrR. Prices Of -four COM
menceda rcuograde movement yesterday,
that must be gratifying to consumers. On
all brands there was decline Of IS cents
per barrel, and on some the tall was 50 cents
IRON our quotation of the previous day
This decline is considered not only perma.
nent for the season, but also rs q reliable
promise Of much lower prices.-A1dny Ar
gus.
Ono. The Cincinnati HoLts6lait. q Ger
man paper Of much influence, which sup
ported Medill for Governor two years ago,
has come out warmly fer Chase. The Day
ton Journal. also, which two years ago op-
posed the election Governor Chase. now
comss vigorously into his support. The Re-
publicans of the " Buckeye State" feell con
kdent OF their ability to elect their distin-
guished standard bearer, by majority CON-
pared with which all previous victories will
seem wholly insignificant. The "Free West
cannot tolerate the outrages and the chica-
merry Of the Border Rufiian Democracy.
- The National Ln,siGg,nocr. in some
comments respecting the method Of tran.
sacting business at the treasury Depart
ment remarks:
." 1t is another proof added to many 9th
ers Of the superior gefious Of Hamilton,
that all the present systems. forms, checks
ana balances of the treasury Department
originated with him, without having pre-
cedent OF model to work IRON, and that, af-
ter an experiment Of seventy years, no i'm
proyement has been made, though no doubt
many have been suggested or attempted, up
on his original plan"
Mr.. MARCY AND rHE Missouri COMPROMISE
Ii is well known that the late Gov. Marcy
was opposed from the beginning to the re-
peal OF the Missouri Compromise. We learn
IRON an authentic and reliable source that
shortly after the INTRODUCED N Of the project
into Congress, gentleman, while paying
his respects to the Secretary in his office,
a conversation which plainly
showed the feelings Of Mr.. Macy. While
the gentleman alluded to was engaged IN
with the Secretary, member
of Congress from New York came in
MARCY" said he, ''are We going for that
Nebraska bill p The Secretary in Ian.
guage more forcible than well chosen, re-
piled in the negative, adding; $50 down
and ask Douglas if he knows what he is
about! | wish Pierce had mettle enough
to kill that bill. Journal.
Tx FIVE PorSrs. The following para
araph from the New York Empress gives
fearful accretiOn Of vice and squhllor IN the
field Of labor occupied by tho Five Points
Mission;
"ln attending to his duties recently, Mr..
Poase found dying woman in foul apart
ment in Cow Bay. occupied also by eight
other women and one man, all drunken and
debased and infamous in the last extreme. -
In the upper end of the same pestilent court
or close, were found in fifteen rooms, TWEEN
ty.three families, making an aggregate of
one hundred and Seyenty.nlne persons or
twelve to room In five Of these rooms
liquors were kept for sale In
icscrihlble filth, priyation, dis, asc and in.
lecency reignei through them all. Yet
seventeen children from these rooms attend
the schools OF the House Of Industry. In
eleven other rooms were eighteen families,
and in nearly half Of these rooms ardent
spirits were sold. In one OF the garrets lived
two negroes with eleven abandoned white
women. In twelve other rooms were found
twenty four families, consisting Of l0i per-
sons. Here were two blind women, two
Just past the ptril Of childbirth, and seven
ty-one were children, only eight OF whom
attended any school, ...,
NATIONAL Democracy IN lsIQ. BLACK
REPURLIc,NisN NOW. Ex-Governor Ransom,
Of Michigan, whom the pro-slayery party in
Kansas are now running for delegate to
Congress, in lSi9 argued strongly in his
message to the legislature Of Michigan.
against the institution Of slavery, and in
favor Of the constItutiOnality OF the power
Of Congress over il in the territories, rs we'll
as for the exercise Of that power 10 prohibit
il. A"Black Republican" now could not
use stronger language in this direction than
he, then Democrat in good and regular
standing, emplo, ed on this occasion-'an-
guage which were he to adopt now, would
procure his ejectment from the party by us
summary process us the Democracy OF the
Slave States Use to rid themselves Of anti
slavery parsons and editors. Here is the
conclusion which Gov. Ransom then came
to:
"If, then, such be the acknowledged
character and tendencies of slavery, should
it be suffered to extend single line into
territory now free? The deep and abiding
sentiment Of my heart, the deliberate and
settled conviction Of iny judgement, alike
respond, No, neverl'
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs BY TIE ACRE. We
understand that there u now stored on the
Boston wharf, South Boston, over ,iI acres
Of these two articles. There are also large
quantities in other localities. What is to
become Of il all? There is n similarly large
stock in all the principal cities Of the United
States, showing clearly that il was not n
scarcity of these articles, now become n
necessary Of life, that has run up the price
more than double within year. There is
now in Boston, New York, Philadelphia.
aud Baltimore, more than three times tho
stock OF sugar that there was n year since
We earn that large wholesale dealer
here, who supplies many retailers, reports
that he has not sold tenth part of the
amount Of these articles this year, compar-
I'd with his former sales. Very few families
use acid fruits this year, or put up preserves,
and every family purchases n pound or two
instead OF their usual barrel or half barrel
Brown sugars at II and white at Is cents
p T pound, and New Orleans molassss ut IS
cents per gallon, is too high for consump-
iion. Within year or twn, New Orleans
nolaSses has been purchased there ct IL l-2
cents per galon.-BOsiOR Journal.
INDIAN TRouBLEs. The occasion OF our
recurring troubles among the In
iians If our Western territories, is plainly
stated BY the 81. Paul Times:
RuN ANoSGE Tx INDIANS. We do not
claim any original discovery when we assert