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Doings Of the City Government.
In Board OF ALDERMEN,
March 20, 1858. J
Met sgreeably to adjournment.
Ahsept Ala naker

| AhICH So iooo'
Met sgreeably to adjournment.
Absent, Aid. Baker.
On motion Of Aid. Lowell, ordered that
the report relating to the barn to be built on
the City Farm be taken from the ilss and re-
committed.
The resignation Of John Tuck, one Of the
assessors, and Of II. Lowell one Of the over
seers Of the Poor, were read and accepted
Sent down for concurrence. Concurred.
On motion the report Of the Superin'end'
ing School Committee was accepted and re-
feIred to Aid. Allen as committee on part OF
Aldermen. Sent down to be Joined. Com.
mon Council joined. Messrs. Woodman and
Anderson.
Aid. McKenney moved that the Clerk be
instructed to request the Common Council to
meet in convention forthwith; for the pur.
pose of choosing one Overseer Of the Poor,
one Assessor, one person to be Health OIL
Ger. Chief Engineer. and School Agents for
the several School Districts except School
District No. 10, the City having previously
given that district authority to choose one
themselves.
Aid. Andrews moved to strike out oil after
the words Chief Engineer, upon which the
yeas and nays were taken. Yeas, Aid. An
drews, Allen, Jellison-3. Nays, Aid. Nc.
Kenney. Lowell, Staples, and the Mayor.
The two boards met In convention and made
choice OF officers AS follows:
Charles Hardy. 0esrssa Of the Poor.
Philemon Haines, assessor.
Elias Harmon, Health Officer.
Eben Simpson, chief Engineer Of Fire De.
partH.eNs.
Charles A. Chadwick. Ai'istant Engineer.
George II. Munroe. I'd.
VIM. p. Haines, Samuel Trip, and Thos.
Quimby, School agent, for School Di'iriet No.
4. Also, one agen, Tor No. s District, and
VIM. Hill Jr. was elected. For District No.
6, Nath'l II. Falker; Tor No. 7, Sam'l Haley |;
tor No. 3. Isaac Bickford, for No. v, Charles
Proctor for No. IL, Ephraim Joy; No. II,
Charles Staples District No. 5, obed Hoop
err; No. 2, II. II. Hooper; No. !, George II.
Fitzpatrick. Convention dissolved.
IL BOARD OF ALpERMES.-On motion OF
Aid. Staples, the majority report OF Commit
tee on plan of barn, read aud accepted, and
placed on file.
In Board OF CoNAoS CouscIL.-Ordered
tina, the City Treasurer be and is hereby au.
thorized to procure by loan or otherwise, the
sum of eight hundred (SSOO) dollars for pur.
chasing stock. farming utensils and seed for
use of City Farm. Read once. rules suspend
ed. Read twice and passed. Sent down for
concurrence. Board Of Aid. concurred by
yeas and nays. Yeas, 6, nays, none.
On motion of Aid. Mckinney. Ordered
that a com. of one from this Board Of AID,
together with such rs the Common Council
may Join, be a com. whose duty it shall be to
examine the pest house standing at the north
part of the city, and report to the City Coun-
ell upon the propriety of moving the same to
the City Farm. Read and passed. Aid. Low.
ell appointed com. Sent down to be joined.
Common council concurred and joined Chad
bourne and Hodsdon com.
On motion Of Aid. Andrews, adj. 70 Fri.
day. Apr. I'd. at I o'clock.
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E,e,,,so scrs;E.-The ladies Of Frede

ExcIrrxo ScEsE.-The ladies Of Freder.
tcksburch, who had been indicted for riot
by the Grand Jury, for abating the doggeries
In that village, came into Court on Saturday
iast. and entered into bonds. with surety, in
400 each for their appearance at next term
Of Court. So large an array Of crinolins
created quite IN excitement among the naol'
tues of the old Court House, so that was
Immediately hlled TO sufEoSation. The local
could not even lind place for the soies OF
his feet. The bail Was promptly gwen and
the ladies returned to their homes, we pre-
sume, with new determination TO war upon
the tyrsnt alcohol. AT the next term Of
Court they will have their places Tor trial at
the bar n criminsl.-Woostsr Reprbhodn.
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A Manu- croru,so EsrAsLlsnxxsr.-

A MODEL CLOTHING EsrAbLishAkNr'-
Without doubt the most complete and extensive
clothing housh in the city Of Boston Is situated
in Dock Square. on the corner Of Elm street,
owned and under the personal superintsndanee
of Messrs. Smith & Co. On entering the store.
the visitor 10 greeted with the assurance, In lot.
tiers Of gold, that "our customers will DO sure Of
having their moneys worth !" and that this as
.uranee will be kept, We need give our readers
no better guarantee than the integrity and fair
dealing which has characterized Mr.. Smith's
course during many years spent in the business.
Customers, however unused they may be to max.
ing purchases Of ready made clothing. may rest
assured Of as good bargain As they could do
were they ever so well acquainted with the bus.
mess. Every article 10 made As well, and got up
in as good manner as the best custom work. No
material IL used but such ~ IL Of the most ex-
eellent quality; and none but skilful' careful
and experienced hands are employed. Try them,
and We feel assured you win not be disappointed.
See their advertisement in tO-day's paper.
~ The Republican State Convention = %
be held in Augusta In June.
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srsAron DoroLA,.-rhe Washington co

sESAron DoroLAs.-The Washington cor.
respondent OF the New York Sun, democrat
ic, writes:-
"If Senator Douglas was the champion Of
hamful offspring Of in.
tEy,e, fraud and effrontery-there would De
no such rush to hear him brave down uu'h
with insolent assertion. and mock justice, aud
the principles which every true democratic
heart cherishes with impudent assertion.
But Douglas Is right now. He Is on the side
of truth, of honor, Of the brave and bold de.
mocrscy whom the smiles Of power cannot
sedure, nor its powers intimida'e, and there,
fire the hearts Of the multitude are with him.
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saco Tovs aestI.s.

Po,osIisos Of As /tes~nsj AsstisS on ~
2si is.G.-Dsnisl Smith, IT,. Nodsrstol
ISeAol Rsport.-Tssv. J., ~. BsiIsy, Chhr.
man OF The s. 8. Connittes, read report up-
on the condition 20 the Sebools, md Il yss
subsoapS6tly vo,Strt1nsa so0cisat uumbse
Of cypies thereof be printed TO furnish every
family IN town one eopy-to b distributed by
shs School Agents Of the several districts.
Sspsrrisor Of SeAooI.-Choss Rev. james
n. bsiisys 6apssvtses hsvng cd ~.
votes, cast except one.
h A,4iiDr's Rg~t.--Ny. John y. Sannan,
Auditor. was unable TO Be 'present-being
confined to his house BY III health. He sent
IN Written report, which ws rad and &C.
csPted.. We make the following summsr, Of
] payments, &c. Abraham fPorsskol, Town
Clerk services $685.; Seleetmsn and Asses-
sors,-Cornelius Sweetses. &it5. David Fer.
maid, el6i6o. Ivory Lord, toiss, John G.
Bradbury. compensation By percentage $780,.
20; Overseers Of Poor-S.musl T. Shsnnou,
$50, Rishworth Jordan, ga, Samuel 8. Jor.
dan, SIS paid on sccountof poor, on and or
the town isrm during the year. exclusive Of
supplies derived from the farm, S2iSo,to,
from which deduct $i02.65 repaid by other
towns, making $20t7 .S5-ineresss over the
previous year $3i7,66. These 8gures include
compensation OF Overseers and Supeiintend-
ent. Average number supported on the farm
during the year 32-sssisted. OF the farm.
40 families. Superintending School Com
mittee - Gideon Tucker. $1,000; y. b
Wheeler. SRI |; J. NJ. Bailey, 996,72. Town
Agent, X. p. Tspley, $i07. Health Commit.
iee-A. r. Chisholm. $3.50, G. O. Burisigh,
81, VIM. bailey, %, and Joseph bradbury
Tor service, In aid Of committee $3-tot.l
$40. Police Dsniel HUFF. &45,ss, J. J.
Virgin. %. Taking care Town Clock and
ringing Beil-George Leighton, S2s. Town
Hsil-ths Committss report outlays for ts-
king esrs Of Hall, 30. 8iSS.0l. receipts s20i..
IS. due and unpaid el6. being Q credit Of
$27, SO. Tag bills--uncolleetsd for year 1888,
Sii3.s7, for 1854, $5sa,99 for 1885, Sis;s..
%. highway tax same year os67,Ya, Tor 1880,
$30S,53, for 1851, $30l7 ,l0-total $685., IS.
Town debt $i9,soo, Of which $500 Il psya-
BILE tho present year. 'r..
Proceeded. To choose the remaining town
officers. NJ follows:
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Tn. yrnp,er 0, rnr prorL..-rhe w..h.

TIT. yrnp,cr OF rur ProrLs.-rhs wssh.
;na,on Union. with infinite regard for the viii
Of the people. gives VENT its liberal fe'i'
ing. in the following characteristics language !
.y. don't core rAslAsr As people I've % Dc.
M. "A, oo.,titsiioA. Wssre unwilling To- take
sny more testimony. The case has been closed
are, s full notice. Inc verdict has ossn rem
d.r.d. az judgmssi entered ", ssd M ssses.
tioa q nos IN As Aaad. Of tM cosee,', ...,,u
We are inclined TO the tslisi. no.wi,h'!and.
T., ,bs Unions hearty contempt for the "ma.
;asity." that the '.exseutiou In the hands Of
The oticers" viii probably fall on ths heads
Of those Who least expeetit. Ths 'Judgmsnt
entered up will remain an irrsysrsiols vet.
diet against the eontrivsrs Who have plotted
sssinst the rights Of tbs .psopls.--PAiisdsI.
MA Prsss. .ts-s5 ,ssscslIs s1is1 ie 3isAga
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WILLIAM 8. Dunn.
Yours, In hast

In relation to the above, we have to say,
that We did receive our communication oy
letter." which was dated at Buxton. March
IL, '5s, and purpor,ins to be written BY W.
s. Dunn and from critical comparison OF
the hand writing Of the two letters, We OBJ
serve q resemblance in them SO striking. a. to
induce the belief that both letters came from
tho same source. We shall therefore retain
them in our possession for the present
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curcx.RKp.-In single building In Bos.
ton, last evening. there Vas prayer meeting
on one floor, . boxing exhibition In the room
above, and calico ball in the upper hall. a
massage from one room Of the edihce to anoth.
sr would have given q good illustration Of
Pope's line: ''.' 49,
.rrom e,r. to s,y. itom'lI,.ly TO severe"
.''''' Ia -.''S i-Bossom TSGssript.
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wrsr prxrox. March %. ,ss.

WEST BUXTON, March ~, o.
Mn. EDrroR:-In your paper Of this week
there is q marriage notice Of William 5.
Dunn and Laura Pinkham. viii you please
correct II. as no such marriage has taken
place. And II you received your commune
cation by letter, will you please forward the
letter to mei -a... .... a.
Yours, in haste, .u. ..g.4
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respective districts.

o Highrays.-votsd $4,000 for making and
amending roadside bs expended iI labor,
&c., at IL IL cts. per hour for man. zane
for oxen, 8 cts. for plow, for cart and wheels,
IS cts. per day Us per cent. discount, fpsid
in money on or before the 10th Of July.
Sc.ools-voted $4,000 Cor support Of Behe ss.
Torn Expensss-voted $1,000. lH
F1ysmsn Voted $500 for services.
: Rsssrpoir-yoted to build Reservoir on
Thornton Avenue, to BE- located by. The Fire
wardens, and to be paid Coz out Of tbs high
way money Of district No. ]. ' 20 on % pa
Hiring Monsy-voted 10 aushoriss the
Treasurer 10 hire money on the credit Of the
town, with the approval, Of the Sslsctmsn.
who are to couutersisn tbs paper, II nscsss-
AIRY to hire money. 49, .r.al go ...s...
The proposition Of Mr.. Thomas Dyer. Sd,
In regard to the sssessment OF taxes, was 70.
lered to the ASSESSOR, with instructions 70
report to the next annual meeting.
On motion OF Mr. Oliver Dyer. Voted that
Il shall be the duty Of the Assessors u take
a new valuation In the town Of Ssco. and it
shall be the. duty Of The several school DIS
,ricts Except No. ~ at thsir annual msst-
ing, To select some suitable person 10 assist In
taking the valustion Of thsir respective dis
tricis -District No. !. to choose three such
assistsnts-snd the Sslectmen TO sppoint. In
case any district nsslscts TO choose.
The Commitiss on the Ross rosd ssksd
further time before reporting. and thsir -.
quest was granted.
Tova HaR-Choss James n. Desfins.
Charles Twsmbley. John A. Berry. commit
tee to take charge Of the Hall the ensuing
year. .fRH s.t0Ilf arN0i'Lt -
Authorised the several school distzssh %
choose their school agents. .,s.-I.fT.
. Adjourned without day. ,,.ags trE
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A,s town meeting. e.llsd sPss sssoS
warrant, and held innsdsssly - - n.,I
iournmsut Of the annual mssaag D'S
'@ In. -, soso.i,ioa 70 o...si:. |. Hook nd
c 49, ~ scccp, the roed laid out b u
$780, near kr. john Rielsfs;
'' TSs psspssiiioa % bald . :.o,s st4Ss sv:s
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lass, though still quite unwell, spoke during
the evening session to probably the most
crowded auditory that ever assembled In the
Senate chamber. II was impossible for the
messenger from The telegraph office to gain
access to the Reporter for the Associated
Press, 90 dense was the crowd. Mr.. Doug.
lass spoke for three hours, and was followed
by Mr.. Toombs, in an exceedingly bitter
speech In reply.
In the House Of Representatives the case
of John W. Wocott, the imprisoned witness.
was brought up by q resolution Of Mr..
Stephens, of Georgis. to discharge and turn
him over to the Courts. An amendment by
Mr. Hughes, oil Indiana, for Wolcotfs uncon.
di,ional discharge. was rejected-Yess 22,
Nays leland Sir. Stephens resolution was
adopted Yeas l25, Maya 81. Mr.. Seward,
Of Georgia. presented the majority report in
the Mstieson case, arguing against the juris.
diction OF the House. Mr.. Curtis. Of Iowa,
submitted O minority report The subject
was postponed till Saturday next. Mr. Gar.
nett, OF Virginia, made Lecompton speech.
Il was intensely Southern and Pro- Slavery.
Mr. Bishop. Of Connecticut, spoke In favor Of
admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Con- |
stitution, and explained the position of the |
Northern Democracy. Mr.. Pottle of New
York. spoke against tccompton, and said that
the slavery struggle began with the Govern.
ment and could not b ended by q dissolution
Of the Union. Speeches were also made by
Messrs. Morris and kellogg. Of Illinois, and
Abbott, Of Maine. The House did not I'd.
jouin until near o'clock.
TUESDAY. March 2s.-In the Senate. Mr..
Green Of Missouri. had the floor on the Kan.
sas question. and replied to remarks Of Messrs.
Stuart and Douglas. He maintained that the
Lscompton Constitution, in Law and equality,
was to be regarded a the expressed will Of
the people Of Kansas. Mr.. Green urged the
Of the Kansas bill - essential TO the
interests and consolidation Of the Democratic
Party. Mr.. Crittendsn declared his purpose
70 do right withost rsssrd 70 psrty, and bs-l
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-07-01

The Springfield Republican makes the
following suggestions to tho getters up ol
Horse Shows:
"At every show there is class of beau.
tiful horses, of moderate abilities. Like
some handsome humans we have read Of
they are pretty, but not smart. We have
a plan to display these at the coming fair 1,
of course with the consent of the owners.
1t is said that the inhabitants Of Minorca
have the following amusement on their list,
viz: donkey race, in which there may be
from twelve to twenty competitors. The
rules OF the race arc that no one who starts
shall turn back or stop, and that the las,
one at the goal shall be considered the
winner. OF course it is for the interest OF
every aspirant for the prize to urge forward
the donkey on which he rides, and keep
back his own, ridden by another. II mus,
be very comical and ludicrous sport, and
being a very unusual thing, we throw it Out
as worthy the attention of the Horse Com.
mittee. Such race as is described above
could be got up for one-twentieth part o
the expense of the Flora Temple and Ian
Get display of last year, and would be al
most AZ attractive"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-07-01
The United States Senate.

The election Of Gov. Anthony, of Rhode
Island, to the Senate of the United States,
is one of the gratifying results of the great
political reform which has effectually revo-
lutioned New England. 1t is also Just re-
ward of long course of consistent, efficient
and enlightened services as Editor of a
sterling Public journal. The position was
offered to Gov. Anthony several years ago,
but he then declined it.
When no nroie CT of forcing slavery into
Kansas was first conceived, by repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise, and consequen,
vi olatiol of the compact which divided the
territory acquired by purchase, equitably
between Slavery and Freedom, seven Of the
twelve New England Senators were Dem
ocrats. Where are they now! "Crushed
out." New England is unit N the U. S.
Senate. Twelve Republican Senators, all
"gooe men and true," now represent six OF
the Old Thirteen States. With N. York we
have majority of the States that constitu.
ted the Old Coufederacy, and BY which our
liberties were achieved represented by Sen.
ators who uphold the principles that brough,
us into existence as nation. We have
also one Republican Senator from Pennsy |.
vania ,one from Ohio,one from Michigan one
from Illinois, two from Wisconsin, and two
from Iowa.
And yet, with this experience, and these
results before them, the Democratic "Bour.
bons learn nothing and forget nothing."-
Their last attempts upon Kansas were
worse than their first. Unable, with al
its power and patron age, to force repudi
ated fraudulent Constitution through ever
Democratic House OF Representatives
the Administration 60 to that Territory
with bribe in one hand g. scourge IN the
other saying, Come into the Union with
Slavery, or stay out if you adhere to Free
dom. This is its present attitude--this ID
Its own issue! Be it So Blinded and blont.
ed despotism never presumed more fatal,
upon popular iorbesrance. All there il
left ofsham Democracy will be wiped on
IN the next canvass.-Abany journal.
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Tender Mercies of Slavery.

| Five slaves recently attempted to escape
from servitude at Petersburg, Virginia, in
the schooner Kezish, Captain VIM. Bavlis,
of BrsndywiDe, Delaware. Some of the
| negroes being missed a stranger was sent
in pursuit of the vessel, and she was brought
back to Petersburg, the negroes on board
and Capt. Baylis and the Mate Simpkins
under arrest. The woman was found con-
cealed in the midst of lot of bacon under
the cabin floor, and the four men secreted
in the cargo os wheat. When the prison.
ers were landed the mob attempted to lynch
them. and the threatened violence was ar.
rested with much difficulty. Capt. Bayhs
was :ried in the Circuit Court on the 10th
and was sentenced by Judge Nash to the
Penitcntiary for forty years, for the terrible
crime of aiding his fellow men in escaping
from lifelong servitude. Simpkins, the
mate, will probably share the same fate.
The humane laws of Virginia not only
coniscate the vessel on which slaves at
tempt to escape, but subjects the Captain
and mate to fines of $500 each and impriS-
onment from three to ten years on each in
dictment. Capt. Baylis was sentenced for
eight years each on five indictments. He
is about As, and Simpkins 35. Both have
families, and belong to Wilmington, Della
ware.
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A Perilous Trim.

A correspondent of the Buffalo Aduerti
ser gives The following description of tn
passage of the steamer Canada through ths
River St. Lswreace. 1t is the first tim,
that the passage has been accomplished By
a large vessel:
"The following morning, at day-break
the Canada started for Montreal, on a voy
age deemed BY all on board to be one of the
kind called "neck or nothing" The frs,
rapids Of importance, the Long saut. whose
length is at .east seven miles, are extreme.
ly boisterous, the boiling VIZ ter hesving up
from eight to twelve feet high, and present
ing view which to myself appears hardly
exceeded in magnifcence by the swell in
the middle of the Atlantc ocean after a
month of unceasing and most violent storm,
and the water passes at an enormous speed.
These were passed rapidly, the Canada
minding her helm as easily as barque ca
noe obeys the paddle, and travelled, I am
informed by passenger who was on board
o. her, the seven miles in fifteen minutes
Thence there is smooth water until arri-
wing at the rapids of the Split Rock, here
tofore deemed impossible by any vessel
more than two hundred feet in length
This was the most dangerous part of the
Passage. it being necessary to make
curve almost at right angles, within
space LEES than the length OF the steamer ;,
when she was going at the same enormous
speed. Huge rocks, whose tops are scarce
ly covered with water. appear on either
side of the channel, by the suction be-
coming entirely uncovered. The skilful
pilot, John Rankin, the disceverer of the
Last Channel in the Long Saut Rapids,
with the dexterity of skilful player at
billiards making his carom, let the bow of
the boat strike the rock forcibly on her
starboard side, thereby throwing her stern
into the centre of the channel, by the only
practicable method, and permitting her to
pass through in safety.
Next, the Cedar Rapids were reached
They were passed at the same rate, the
boat striking alike aft and forward, but no
substantial injury was sustained
The Lachine Rapids, near Montreal,
were the next. mere the Canada again
struck. The rocks mere are exceedingly
bold, and present a rough and ragged sur.
face, but were passed in safety, and in a
short space of time the vessel and her bold |
mariners glided placidly and exultingly
through the butments of the Victoria Bridge. |
This adventure will long be celebrated
in the annals of the St. Lawrence and the
lakes connected with it. Some of the leaps
made by this vessel, of three hundred feet
in length, were six or eight feet in depth ii
1t is regarded as settling the question of an
enlargement of the Canadian locks below
Lake Ontario. Its further effect on con-
linuation Of these enlargemens to the We'll
land canal, and consequently its impor-
tance in connexion with Buffalo, you may
determine. Large vessels it is proved, can
60 down the ST. Lawrence, but cannot re-
turn. An increased value is given to the
steamers now laid up in other parts of Lake |
Ontario, as it is proved they can be taken
TO the rivers and sounds of the Atlantic
coast"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-07-01

Of the Emperor. He said that this wa.
impossible. asked whether these dutie:
ever reached the Emperor's treasury, ol
whether they were embezzled, He sale
that embezzlement by public officer was
an impossibility in China. produced hall
dozen Pekin Gazettes, which recounted
such embezzlements, and referred the crime
to the proper board. He said that these
instances were not within his Viceroyalty
] asked how it happened that public officers
receiving almost nomina! salaries made
large fortunes. He said that no man in
office ever did make large fortune. I
read to him from Williams Middle King
dom the Emperor's rescript and the esti-
mate Of the wealth of Duke Ho Zone hun
dred and five millions of dollars) He said
this was before his time He was never
in the smallest degree Disconnected by be-
ing directly contradicted by public docu-
ment, aud ventured upon no subject upon
which was not we'll fortified by Pekin
Gazettes. 1t is true he never disputed the
authority ofa publ document.