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FmE.-The dwelling house Of Mr.. Charles
Lewis, on Main Street portland road,) was
destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last.
The alarm was given about 2 o'clock, by q
gentleman in the next house, at which time
the flames were issuing from the roof Mr..
Lewis and his family were aroused as soon as
possible. The tire was found to be in the
attic, but room directly under il, occupied
by two boys, sons OF Mr.. L., was full Of
smoke, and the boys were drawn out OF bed
hardly conscious. The furnituse in the low
or story of the house was all removed, but
some of that in the second story, clothes, &c.,
were destroyed. :,
The Niagara FIRE company was on hand
promptly, and soon had their machine draw
ing water from pond in the vicinity, check
ing the fire from communicating to the barn
which connected with the house. The ri.
umph company, from Biddeford. was soon
upon the spot, and rendered efficient all.
In the mean time. the Deluge company was
on hand. but some disarrangement about
their machine appeared to prevent their eiiie-
iency. The flames were confined to the
house. that being entirely destroyed.
We understand Mr.. Lewis had an insurance
Of 5000, in the Gorham new company. but
his loss must be considerable over and above
this sum.-Demoerat.
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yo,,. ,,oc..d.d n xote. mr.. Mooteome,,..

House proceeded to vote. Mr.. Montsomery's
motion was carried-Yeas ll9, Nays ILL
and motion to reconsider was laid on the
table. Mr.. Branch OF North Csrolins. offered
q resolution instructing the Committee on
Ways and Means to introduce six bills en-.
bracing the subjects contained IN the defeated
deficiency bill. A motion vas made to 70.
consider the vote by which the Deficiency bill
VAS lost. pending which the House adj.
FRiDAY. April 9.-Ths Senate was not In
session, having adjourned over ill Monday.
on Thursday. In the House OF Repressnta.
tives, Mr.. Lovejoy. Of Illinois, attempted. but
without success, to introduce resolution Of
inquiry respecting the number Of Army On.
GERS who are neRlecting their duties BY pass.
ing their time at Washington. and how many
hold Civil Offices. Mr.. Branch. Of North
Carolina, spoke upon the reconsideration Of
the vote rejecting the Deficiency bill. and
characterized the Army expenditures % mon
suous. but he thought Il too late to control
the discretion Of the President. Mr.. J. Clan.
cy Jones said the War Department had in
dorsed the estimates. The vote by which
the bill was rejected. was then reeonsidered.
A motion to recommit to the Committee OF
Ways and Means was Lost, and then the hill
passed, Ayes Ill. Nays 81. A premature
report having reached the Capitol Of the death
Of the Hon. Thomas II. Benton, the House
Immediately adjourned till Monday.
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An Active WOMAN. A correspondent of the
Boston Journal, writing from Portsmouth
n. H.. gives the following account Of u
woman Of remarkable energy, who aourishes
near that city:
An Irishman once remarked that "the
most honest man he ever saw was Q woman"
The most active manufactures in this part Of
the world. certainly, is q woman. She is
weaver OF hosiery, and lives few miles from
the compact part Of the city, the better TO
preserve her lord from the sedue,ions Of the
dram shops. She has supported through the
past winter five male weavers, with dependent
families. and has supplied with produce from
q little farm which she carries on, scores
Of families who by reason Of depression in
manufacturing business, have had no money
with which to purchase the necessities of life.
On cold mornings, as early as four o'clock,
she starts in her wagon and drives to New
buryport with q stock Of goods which she
there disposes of. and returns with cotton
yarns for her own weaving. This woman,
the mother Of fourteen children, one of which
IS a babe, buys all the supplies for the families
who work for her. and conveys them in her
team to their residences, makes all her own
sales, keeps her various accounts with
customers and operatives-a labor of no small
smount-buys up all the second hand clothing
In Portsmouth and re.sells Il, besides attend-
ing to her domestic duties. She IL the bu wing,
selling and manufacturing agent, treasurer
and director Of her own manufactures, and
withal, does much good to many poor families
in her employ. while she displays an energy
and prudence which large corporations might
well observe.
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Miscellaneous Items.

"7hrough in Siny Days or Ds."-Ths
President Of the United States, ON
sending the Kansas message to Congress, Feb.
2, Is said to have affirmed that che would
carry Lecompton through in sixty days or
die" The sixty days have expired. LscOmp-
ton Is not "through," but is as dead Is door
nail and the President at the latest accounts
was alive. though raving badly at the defeat
Of his schemes. Perhapa he has learned that
the people have not appointed him dictator.
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TRAuBE & KuPFER, formerly LEVI krr-
rRR.-IrvI has not gone out the firm, but for
family reasons explained in his advertisement
he has made an addition to his name, which,
like the addition the firm have recently made
to their stock, extends it. While we are not
sure that the addition to the name is an inn
proy,men,-short names are best-we are
quite certain that the public will find at
TRAuBE < KuTTERs some very desirable
goods which they have added to their stock,
and which they will hand out with customary
ease and pOli,eness to cash customers, at a
very low profit. Examine their advertise
ments and remember to give them call.
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~ or the seven absentees IN the U. s. Sen
ate, two are dangerously III one has not been
in Washington since his election, and another
has been three months absent, from Sickness
Mr. Henderson Of Texas is far gone in consump-
ton. Mr.. Davis Of Mississippi is In danger Of
losing his eye-sight Mr.. Bates Of Delaware
has not been heard Of this winter. Mr. Reid Of
North Carolina len for home about the LIST o.
January, and was unable to get further than
Richmond. Mr.. Sumner has never fully reeov-
cred from the injuries received in the assault
upon him.
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II The concert given by the Bay State
Band on Friday evening. in the Town Hall,
Saeo, owing to the inclemeney Of the wealth
err. was no, so well attended as it otherwise
would have been. Those who were present
enjoyed a rich treat of music. as they were
promised. The performance of the company
as an Orchestra, was particularly fine. Mr..
IL. NJ Hobbs, the leader of the Band, main
tanned his good reputation by his performance.
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Rhode ISlllldi

The American Republican State ticket is
elected by about FOUR THOUSAND MA
The Ruftians were almost
"skunked" in Providence, which gave Dyer
2O99 to 574 for Potter! The General Assem-.
bly, is almost unanimously Republican This
is the voice which Rhode Island sends to her
recreant U. S. Senator Allen, who voted for
Iecompton
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IL PERLEY, the Washington correspond.
ent of the Boston Journal telesraphs, April
Ex-senator Green will move for commit
tee of conference OH Kansas matters to-day.
1t is apparent that the administration men
are connecting some plan BY which they hore
to carry Lecompton in modified form or 30
to amend the Crittenden substitute as to
make it acceptable to the slaveocracy. The
New York Tribune OF Monday says
Our last nights private and other advices
from Washington import that the Senate VIII
to-morrow ak the House TO conference on
Lecompton-that the votes by which con-
ference is to be carried are confidently count
ed on-that Joint Committee is to be con-
stituted which is arranged beforehand TO let
down the House and recommend lin efiect)
the Senate billiard that it is calculated at
the White House that Lecompton will be got
through before the end of the week. We
give what We hear, without yet believing that
the House will stultify ITSELF However, let
us wait and see.
In relation to the committee on conference
the correspondent of the n. Y. Eve. Post,
April IL, says
The anti. Leco,nptonites agreed, yesterday,
after long conference, to decline commit.
tee of conference. While they are aware that
such "a committee has never been refused
when asked Tor. they are also aware that such
an extraordinary case has never before pre-.
sented itself where the majority Of the House
is refused the right to investigate into frauds
perpetrated against the laws-the Speaker
packing special committee against the major
ity to strangle such investigation The ma
jority of the House cannot trust the Speaker
to appoint q committee of conference, and
therefore will vote against one.
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WIFE MURDER. George II. Lsmb Of Men,
dota, H., confessed having drowned his wife
in the Mississippi river, q short distance be-
low st. Louis. She was the daughter Of .
wealthy gentleman In Illinois. The husband
held her head under water until she was
strangled. He says that she never did him
wrong. and that he was impellsd to do tho
deed by other parties.
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EaeampHsnt cfths STATE Miiitia.-The Port
land Advertiser understands that Adjutant
General Webster 10 maturing q plan for .
Grand State Muster In Portland, on the oc-
easion Of the arrival Of the great Leviathan
steamer.
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WHOLESALE CLOTHING House.. The atten-
ton OF Dealers In Ready.mads Clothing and
Gsntiemtn's Farni'hing Goods, Is particularly
invited to the advertisement Of Messrs. Whit.
Ing. Galloupe, Bliss & CO., Boston, In tO.dsy's
paper. This Is one Of the oldest houses In
Boston. they sell at Wholesale only,-and
offer unusual inducements 70 purchaser.
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TREMENDOUS OVERFLOW. - The reported
freshet along the lower Mississippi Is stated
to be doing great damage. Al Napoleon tho
water is higher than IL was In 1874, when
there were numerous and serious crevssses in
the Levee, aud many hne plantations were
ruined by the deposit Of sand and mud. The
back water of the Arkansas 10 said to extend
eighty miles from its mouth. II this 10 the
case, there Is danger that the Levee may DO
bored further down, and still other damage
produced.
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~ Hon. W. p. Fessenden will please re.
ceive our thanks for several valuable public
documents. We are also indebted to Hon.
G. A. Grow of Pa, and to Hon. n. Abbott
of our State, for copies of their valuable
speeches against Lecompton.
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earthly career was but the humblest stage oil
preparation. He leaves an honorable ana
patriotic record, pure and illus'IiEus exam,
pie. The first is for history, and the second
is for ourselves
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PRosELrrisN. The Examiner (Bap,ist) re-
ports the conversions during the past week
as 1900 among their own denomination
and 10000 among the Methodists.
II The Savannah News states that Green
Jordan, who has been tried on charge OF
whipping negro to death, has been convict
ed OF murder. and sentenced 10 be hanged on
the seventh Of May next.
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Dsstruetirs Fire al Portsmouth,, N. H-On
Sunday night lire broke out In cluster OF
three story wooden buildings. between Rail-
way wharf and Long wharf. In Portsmouth.
n. H.. and the flames were not stayed until
six buildings were destroyed.
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The OLD SroRr. A young post named
William l.. Hyde, living In Sc. Louis, COM
mi,,ed suicide Last week BY taking arsenic.
Cause poverty and rum.
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~ The Young Men's Christian Assoeia.
ton Of Philsdelphia arc nov eoastrueans
huge tent capable Of holding 1000 P.osS -,
to be used BY them during the su% ,n.I;,; -.
preaching In destitute and isoia'eo 'oS.
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MonE SHOE Makes are wanted at somes.
Vile. Mr.. Somes is driving the Shoe business
ahead with characteristic enterprise.
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~ At Ripley. Ohio. hs P, sopp.s,tsd. and
gambling aloon wss recently = liz. vss or.
Ut his request daily prsyu 49, ss,,,sd On
ganised In his rooms anu |"
with great animation
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suPERSuMERARIEs.

Gilman Lougee. Parsonsfeld.
William Gooch, Wells.
Wentworth l.. Moulton, Parsonsfield.
John \. Wheeler, Kennebunkport.
The Grand Jury rose on Thursday morn
ing, and presented nine bills OF indictment
viz three for breaking and entering, two fol
arson. one for forgery, one for robbery, and
one for larceny.
The criminals were arraigned yesterday
and disposed OF as follows:
John G.. Taylor, indicted for arson; plead
not guilty, and was re-committed for trial.
Amos Wilson, alias David Stone, indicted
| for forgery and false pretence; plead not
guilty and was re-ccmmitted for trial.
Charles Austin, indicted tor robbery; plead
not guilty and was re-committed Tor trial.
John Clark, indicted tor breaking and en-.
tering plead guilty, and was sentenced to
one year in the State Prison.
John ii. Knox, indicted for same offence
plead guilty. and was sentenced to one year
in the State Prison.
Hiram Manson and Alonzo Brown. indict.
ed tor the same offence; plead guilty and
were sentenced to thirty days each in the
County Jail.
John NJ. Hutehins. indicted for arson
plead guilty and was sentenced to live years
in State Prison.
George W. Jewett, arraigned on two in
dietments for breaking and entering. and one
for larceny. Deit. plead guilty to the break
ing and entering. and was sentenced TO six
wears Imprisonment; ia the State Prison.
Only one verdict has been rendered rs yet,
and this was in the case of
Nancy Pdyeher rs. Inhabitants Of Sloo.-
This was an action brought to recover dam
ages OF the town OF Saco, for injuries sustain
ed by the Pltf. on the Goth day OF Feb. 1856,
in consequence OF the upsetting OF stage
coach on Buxton road, within the limits OF
Saeo. PlttT. contended that the upsetting
was caused by snow drift in the road, and
the town was liable therefor. Chisholm and
Goodenow for Pl,iE, Hayes and Tapley for
Detts. Jury returned n verdict OF guilty.
and assessed damages for the Pltii. in the
sum OF three hundred dollars.
The case now on trial is that Of John
IToodsum rs. Inhabitants Of Biddetora This
is an action brought TO recover damages OF
the town for injuries suffered by the Pittf.,
as he says, in consequence OF defect in the
highway. Tie casa has not yet gone TO the
Jury. Kimball for Pltff., Hayes and Meken-
ney for Deits.
The number of eases on the docket at the
commencement OF this term was tea hundred
and t,ceAty. three. Number OF new entries
foo A1Hdred and .itiy.-Dsmorat.
We learn that in the case of Woodsum VS..
the Plaintiff failed to sustain his
action.
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II DR.. s,rinsfsllow Of Kansas notoristy.
has LEFT that TerrAory in disgust. :
The Kansas CORRESPONDENT of the New York

Time, writes from Lawrence. April >:
"The notorious DR.. Stringfellow passed
down the river yesterday. taking his last.
look Of Kansas. bound for his former
home in Virginia. lie gives Us over to sbo-
lifionism, and declares his intention 10 never
return again to this field Of his history. Thus
one by one they leave Us, and why should NO
surrender our inherent right to sslf.govern-
ment In such an houri
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SENATOR SuxsER.-The Washington cor
respondent Of the N. 4. Post speaking Of the
health nj. Gam tor Sumney savs.

health Of Senator Sumner says:
regret to be compelled TO announce that
Mr.. Summers health 10 quite poor. lie at
tempted to walk from the Capitol to his lodg-
ings yesterday, bat the return Of the pain in
a carriage and conveyed home. He 10 far
from being . well man, and should avoid oil
excitement. He Il anxious to resume his
official duties, but Is not sufficiently recovered
yet to do 90.
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Supreme Court.

ALFRED. April Sth, 1858.
Mn. EDIToR The Supreme Judicial Cour
II the county OF York commenced its session
ere on Tuesday last, Judge Goodenow pre-
ding.
The Court went in al ten o'clock and I'll
uries were impannelled as follows:
GRAND jury.
Thomas CARL, Hollis, Foreman.
James Andrews, Saco.
Luther Benson, Biddeford.
Thomas Frisbee, kittery.
Joseph Frost, Eliot.
Sedley Grant, South Berwick.
Levi Ham. Shapleigh.
Cyrus Hayes, Lebanon.
Josiah Hutchins. Kennebunkport.
Henry Jordan, Kennebuslk.
Aaron Kimball, Lyman.
Abner A. Libby, Limerick.
John Lewis, Alfred.
solomon Lttleleld, Wells.
Daniel Leavitt, Buxton.
William Parker, Cornish.
John Il. Parsons, York.
Joseph Thompson, Parsonsfeld.
FIRST TRAvERs JURY.
John bennett. Hollis, Foreman.
Thomas Boothby, Jr., Limington.
Irwin A. Butler, Sanford.
BENJAMIN Carlton, Newiield.
Simon l.. Cleaves, Kennebunkport.
JQaeph +. bearing, Saco.
john Frye, Lebanon.
William Fogg, Eliot.
Joseph Frisbee, Kittery.
Israel W. Goodwin, South Berwick.
George Guptill, Berwick.
Isaac L. Quincy, Biddeiord.
sEcOND TRAvERs JURY.
Horace Porter, Kennebunk, Foreman.
Isaac NJ. Hobbs, North Berwick.
Alexander Googins. Saco.
Thomas l.. kimball, Biddeford.
John Lord, Lebanon.
Richard J. Libby, Buxton.
benjamin Norton. Limington.
I.uIhCr Norton, Kiuery.
Samuel n. Roberts, Marlborough.
Tobias Walker, Kennebunk.
John Young. York.
Horace L. Thing, WATERFORD.
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agriculturist as in that month he gathers in a large
proportion Of bis matured crops, which may be blighted
and blasted by one heavy frost, and the labor Of a year
Idssipated. 10 ascertain the liability Of crops being in
jured in this region by frost, in September, we have ex-
amined the observations made at Fort Smelling, during
eleven years, for the month Of September, and find that
for ten years out Of eleven, the thermometer did not in
dicate 80 low q degree of temperature As the freezing
point, and for the remaining year only one observation
where the cold indicated was under the freezing poict,
and then it was only two degrees below, in the latter
part Of the month possibly, and not sufficiently cold to
injure any crops exposed to it.
1t IS 2 we'll known fact that Indian Corn can be sue
c~essfu4 ~ cultivated in any climate where the average
mean temperature Of the month of July exceeds $50.
1t will be noticed that not only the average mean tenn.
perature at St. Paul, and by that we mean at Fort Smell.
ing (two miles south and three west of st. Paul. where
the observations have been made, is greater than CSC
for the month Of July, but also greater for the month of
August, and that the average Of June only falls one
half a degree below 68. So there could not be any
|doubt-without even our successful experience on the
subject for years and judging from theory only, and the
climate during the growing months-that Corn can be
raised with great success in this region of country. We
would also call the attention Of Eastern people contem.
plating moving Westward to one very important fact,
shown, by contrasting the temperature at St. Paul with
that at Chicago, as above, and that is the great differ
ence in temperature in favor of St. Paul, for the months
OF April, May and June, during which months vegeta-
ton so much needs warmth. This difference in temper.
allure, between the two places very we'll accounts for the
statements sometimes made that the season in St. Paul
is two weeks earlier than at Chicago s
In making these remarks and entering upon this con-
trast with Chicago, to the disadvantage in one sense of
the latter, our object is not to depreciate Chicago, so
much "a TO sxail ~earsalvse Of her conceded ability to
Fsaae - her vicinhycssn and oil the cereals suocessfully,
in order the better 20 convince those -doubters in the
Esst. Of their error whs still labor under The misappre.
hension that becauss here At st.. RMl ne arc nearly Two
degrees farther north, our climate is necessarily proper
t!onably colder throughout the year. The figures show
that in the growing months it is sonrnser, and this with
the warm nature of our soil, accounts for our not only
being able to cultivate corn successfully. but for the im-
mcnse quantity Of fine melons of every variety that are
so easily and beautifully produced.-[St. Paul Minneso-
tan.
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Unnatural forces must always produce eventually a
~revulsisn, and the high pressure which has been applied
to drive population into Kansas, once withdrawn, as it
sooner OF later must be, by the settlement Of the diff
culties through the triumph of the Free State people,
and We will see that tree.less and bilious Territory dis
gcrging its disappointed thousands who will seek new
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The Mean Temperature OF Chlcags aud st
Paul COMPARED.

1t may seen paradoxical, but it is nevertheless a fact,
that tor mine months OF the year the average mean tefn-
perature or mean heat of St. Paul, in latitude ~ deg.
So min, is greater than at Chicago, in latitude 43 deg.
lO44min. And that for the six months Of the year, be.
ginning with the month of April, which are so import.
ant to the farmer, the average mean temperature or
average heat at St. Paul is decidedly greater than at
Chicago. The general opinion in the Northern, East
ern and Middle States, is that Minnesota is too cold a
country for successful farming; that but a limited varie.
ty OF crops can be raised here and therefore many per-
sons who otherwise would make their home in this Ter
ritory, are tempted to settle in Iowa, Nebraska and Kan.
sas, when, IN truth, the same crops can be cultivated
successfully in Minnesota than can be in Pennsylvania.
As the climate of Chicago, which city is better known
in the East than any other Western city or town, is
pretty we'll understood by Eastern people, we have been
led to examine Blodgett's Uimaso5ogy and the Army
Meteorological Rcysstey, to ascertain from the careful OBJ
servations there compiled, what the exact difference is,
IN the temperature Of the two places.
The average winter temperature at St. Paul we find
to be ten degrees colder than ut Chicago-St. Paul aver
aging 10 deg. l min above zero, and Chicago rs deg. 9
min. above-which difference is compensated to St. Paul
in part, however, by a much Tess amount of snoir. rain
and uind. ..
The average Of the remaining nine months is greater
at st. Paul than at Chicago, by about one degree, and
the average Of the sic months beginning with April and
ending with September, which season includes both
seed time and harvest is about t.co and q hoy degrees
greater at the former than at the latter place.
Taking the thermometrical observations made at both
places, for the same period Of ,fve years, we find them
Apr. May jane July dug. Sept.