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Possible good can result to the caGse Of Tenn
perance from publishing the irr econciIablc
statements Of the Selectmen nd Mr.. Lord,
but on the contrary much b itternoss and
unkind feelings may spring from il.
I'd, The Resolution with regard to ccono-
my, adopted by the society. 50 far as can
perceive, has nothing to do with the subject
of Temperance but seems to have meant some,
thing far different: and if 80. we regret that
these Temperance ladies should not have had
more regard for ;hc feelings of others, than
to have adopted and published it, If the in
/ huenec of woman is to achieve anything in
this holy work, it must be through kindness.
patience and perseverance, not through
sneers, insinuations or abuse. Through the
first she is omnipotent;but il she descends to
the latter, she is ridiculous But we do not
condemn the women alone: there arc those Of
the sterner Sex quito as illibcral 1t is we'll
known that la all reforms there are fanatics
AS well as in Religion, and when such men
rule. they oftcner injure than benefit the
cause they have cspoused. The man crnxv
i
on the subject Of rum, who denounccs the
liquor dealer as the copartner of Satan and
who would not touch a drop OF alehohol 10
save his own life or that Of his wife or child,
/ in his dectcrious influence is not a whit be-
h ind his rum crazy brother who staggers
about our streets. Those too who turn tho
cold shoulder and ayerted face upon those
with whom they hare been associated in good
deeds, whom they have long known and ever
met with open hands and pleasant greeting,
without first kindly pcrsuading to abandon
their course, are TO gay the least lamcntably
wanting the ehiefest Of Christian virtues,
Charity let i, not be supposed we wish to
pallate the evils Of rumselliug or the crime
of the rumscller. Far from it; We would uss
every means in our power to induce him to
give up the business. Persuasion, kindness,
love, should first be- tried. No angry frown,
no denuneiatory threat should ever be used.
! Least Of all should he be debarrcd from tho
means of grace, the public prayer or the song
Of praise. We would surround him by all
good and saving influences. and il still ineor-
rigibic we would az a last resort administer
the law. but with all kindness and with tho
same spirit with which parent corrccts his
refractory child. There arc strife, and con-
tention heart burnings and bitterness enough
already in this and in all places, without the
friends Of humanity iolaenting more. THIS
and this only is what We del1rceate IN tho
present movcent. Let men ard women act
from principle honestly, firmly, bu; kindly
and their efforts will b. appreciated. 4
brighter day will dawn, day hon the en-
shaved inctriaie shall 70 free and the mis-
taken rantselgr learn the orr5s Of bis way.
CITIZEN.
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Bribery and Corruption.

When the Southern nullifers through art
full management and superior tactics, had OBJ
tanned possession of the so called Democratic
party in 1854, and in furtherance of their
plans, had forced the facile Pierce, to lend
his influence to make the passage Of the Kan
sas Nebraska Bill an administration measure,
it is asserted that it was carried through
the House of Representatives, by the be-tow-
ment of Executive favor, or the promise of
it. Nothing is better known in the history
Of that shameful piece oftreachery, than that
it could not have been accomplished without
resorting to Executive patronage and influence,
amounting, in plain terms, to actual bribery
and corruption. Every well informed per-
son, is as familiar with the names of those
base Swiss members of the House of Repre-
sentatives, who after the deed poeketed the WA
ses of their prostitution-and with as little
shame and signs of repentance as the most
abandoned harlot within the purlieus of the
Five Points does her dishonest gains, as he is
with the names of the thousand and one Ex-
, Governors of Kansas; and while the infamous
fact Of their treaehery, through Presidential
bcstowmcnt of Office, is still fresh in the
II emory, the public will scan within keen eye
the means which the present Executive will
use to force through tbs nsessnt House of
Representatives the Lecompton Constitution,
the natural offspring and legitimate result
desired and expeeted from the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise. The party measures
of the Administration are not to be left to take
the natural course of other measures; but ON
the contrary, the potent influence of expected
Office, will quicken into ripe legislation what
otherwise might have fallen still-born on the
dull attention of a slow Congress. lie
who thinks Mr.. Buchanan will be controlled
in his policy by conscientious scruples, stcr-
ling integrity, and regard for personal
honor, has not studied the character of the
man, as developed by his official career thus
far. No single act Of his can be pointed 70
which gives hope of better and purcr adj
ministration of public affairs. than Mr..
Pierce's was distinguished for. We should
no more be surprised to see President Buch-
anan tempting the easy virtue of members of
the present Congssss, than we We're to see
President Pierce setting the infamous exam
/ pie. The same motives that would suggest
it as good party policy to appoint Isaiah
Rynders to high office, and to give CON-
missions to murderers Of their fellow men,
as in Kansas, and would remove an officer of
his own appointment because he objected to
voting for man whom the Courts had con-
victed of State Prison crime, would think
it good party policy to bride members of
Congress to carry party measure. The
country therefore, may expect to see men
enough purchased, who have votes to give, to
carry the Lecompton Constitution through
the present House of Representatives. Al
ready it has been heralded forth that no
more appointments Of any consequence will
De made until the Kilnsas business is settled. :
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The President intends to husband his resour-
ces until he can command the highest prizes
for the remaining Consulships, Foreign Mis-
sions, Colleetorships, &C., within his dispo-
sal. Then, in addition to these prizes yet tc
be drawn, there is in prospective those thai
would follow the raising of the FIVE regimcntt
recommended, Whether this last will bt
added, it matters hut little, as the present
means are ample to purchase votes enough to
carry the Lecompton Constitution through
Congress. But it may be queried whether
venal men enough can be found in the present
Congress. Ii any one has doubts ON this
point, let him remember that other states be-
sides Maine. have their Moses McDonalds;
and that it is a natural and easy step from
supporting party that sanctions fraud, and
upho)ds it by federal hayoncts, to selling
votes, to perfect that fraud. Such men may
think it no wrong to bargain for Office by
promising their votes, but they might; unless
the price paid was large one.
The reports from Washington are that the
President is determined in his position. He
has thepowert to accomplish what the extreme
South asks, and will do it, The country will
witness another example Of the corruptng
influences of Executive patronage, applied to
members of Congress The Federal Constitu-
ton says, that mo person holding any Office
under the United States, shall be member
in either House during his continuance in
Office. Yet this provision is in spirit con-
travened, by the promise of Office by the Ex-
ccutive to the members Of the House \ Con-
gressmaA who is promised Office, and awaits
it, is no longer the representative of the peo-
pie but of the President. 1t is to be hoped
that n few more instances of barc-faecd tam
pcring with Congressman, will awaken the
country to the danger threatening it, through
the enormous patronage at the bestowal of
the President.
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Washington News.
COMBINED.

1t is said that the Presi dent is about to
declare war. against the office holders, that
side with Douglas. Mr.. Harris is to 90 out
Of the Union, hut will remain State printer.
Dir. Huges, of Virginia, takes Mr.. Harris
place in the Union newspaper.
The President, it is said, seriously doubts
the result on the Leeompton Constitution in
Congress. The detection in the Pennsylvania
delegation is q serious one. The New FORK
delegation is shaky and undecided. The
Ohio delegation is unit against it. Sccre-
tary Stanton arrived at Washington the 2jth.
He has no later intelligence. He thinks the
result of the election of the 4th, depends to
whom Calhoun gives certificates; and if the
Free State man are defrauded, he Calhoun, J
cannot return to the Territory without haz-
arding his life. Mr., Stanton represents the
election frauds as monstrous. Later intelli-
gence says that Calhoun rejected the returns
sent to Cox. Denver instead ofhim (Cdlhoun).
This gives the State officers and the Legisla-
turc to the democrats The notorious Hen
derson is still in custody. The Senate Com
mittee on Foreign relations. have made re-
port on Central American affairs. They do
not find the Neutrality laws need alteration,
and censuro Commodore Paulding for arrest
ing Walker.
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State Reform school.

This Institution seems to be in the full It'd,
of success, and comforting Il lasting benefit tt
the State and to society. The Trustees 81,
that '.under the guidance of Providence, tn,
school has moved quietly ON, during the fourth
year of its existence, in the successful prose
cution Of the work for which it was design
ed tho work of supporting, training ant
reforming those Juvenile offenders who ar,
thrown upon the guardianship of the State
and who, having violated its laws, are yet tot
young in crime to be consigned to the pun.
ishment which is awarded to older and more
hardened criminals"
The total number of boys in the school il
2i7, of which 81 were received during the
year. The whole number in the school dur.
ing the year has been 1874. Boys discharge
or apprenticed, IS. Admissions during tn,
year, los. Tie Whole number received since
the school commenced has been 439. OF
this number as were born in the L. s.. oi
whom 800 were Of American rarentage. and
81 of foreign.
The Superintendent remarks '.that tht
year now gone has been one of prosperity
lie also pertinently says, THAT one prolif,
cause Of crime. in commitments to this lnsti-
tuition, is truancy. At least IS per cent. o.
all committed have been habitual truants
and about the same proportion had no steady
employment"
y comparative statement is made, as to the
relative cost Of supporting inmates in thie
Shoot, in the State Prison, and Insane Hospi-
tai, with the following result
The cost Of supporting an inmate one year
in Insane Hospital was Us Sc
At the State Prison, lG3 &c
At the. State Reform School, 90 II
The health of the inmates has bcen good
Bat twice within ten months has physician
been called No death has occurred within
fifteen months, and but two since theschool
was opened, four years since.
\ portion of the timo Of each day is devot-
ed to studies common to our public schools,
and good progress made therein.
OF the commitments during the gear Is
We're from Portland: 5 from Bangor; 3 from
Gardiner: > from Bath; 3 from Rockhnd; c
from Biddeford; 5 from Lewiston. and from
various other towns. Androscoggin county
Is: Cumberland l02; Franklin :; Hancock
g; (by Mt Desert !, Scdgwick l. and Els
worth } Kennebcc Is; Lincoln %; Oxford
5: Pcnobscot So; piseataquis /, Sagadahoc
p; Somerset Is; Waldo Is; Washington
"a; York 50.
This school is entitled to he held in greai
favor by the STATE. The benefit designed Z
that class Of the community, who are left b,
circumstances, in situations and under infin
cnces, while young, which heads tbepl init
habits and prdeticcs, thoughtlcssly perhaps
which are bsfsitinstotheir future usefulness
is worthy Of all praise, and is deserving o
the fostering eatrof The State. 1880
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IsroEEo,
ITEMS.

The sum paid ont for fishing bounties al
Eastport, this month, was sojT4,3l. Al
Machias Custom House. S254l ,o3
: The Supreme Judicial Court, recently
in session AZ Machias, adjourned on Wednes-
day. last week after a session Of Ii IL days.
The Royal Mail Steamer Europa, with
late foreign news, arrived at New York the
9th. There seems to he nothing new. OPP
erations had been recommended to launch the
Leviathan and with success. When the steam,
or sailed, she had only II feet more to b
moved, ~
The Editor of the Republican Clarion
has "Porringer' e5hat is sure to b
filed almost every week with luxnries, while
less lucky editors only enjoy in perspective
last week it caught n trout weighing five
pounds and II lis. Of Moose Steak Bro.
Littlefeld please lend your Porringcr To
your lean and hungry brothers Of the Press,
or else "hold up" on your weekly statement
of its contents.
There seems to be an unusual inquiry
among that class of cur citizens, who have
had the Western fever, about the Aroostook
country. The attention of a number Of
Young men is turned in that direction, and
some of them will visit that far off Northern
region soon and report the result of their OBJ
scryations.
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FOR 1858.

The last number of the AMERICAN COM
pletcd its III volume, and two years under
our management. We commence the
" volume with more experience, better faeil-
tiles for success, and with renewed determi-
nation to succeed in establishing the paper
Oh firm and paying basis. Although the
times are so hard that the farmer, mechanic.
and laboring man is often obliged to look
about him to see what can be spared to light
en- expenses, and the newspaper, with many,
Is the first to come to mind, yet we look
hopefully forward to better times, and have
an abiding faith that the paying
subscribers of the American will con-
tinae their patronage, and commence re-
trenching expenses in another direction. if
they must commence somewhere We need
all the paying subscribers We have now, and
more new ones, to make the establishment
ON subscribers see if he cannot get new
one? With little excrtion, many new sub
seribers can be obtained.
We are using smaller type on the paper,
and do not ''lead' the outside as formerly.
which gives considerable more reading And
If we can, by spring, increase our list suffi-
eiently to warrant it, we shall enlarge.
TERMs:-The terms for the future will be.
if strictly in advance, $3.50, and ten per
cent. off when paid in cash; when paid with
in the year Sl,75; after the expiration of
the year, $500. To accommodate subscribers
and ourself, and to make beginning in the
direction Of the advance pay system, we shall
make up all bills for past dues when not ex-
tending back more than. two years, at the
rate of 81 80 per year, and continue to do SO
until April LIST. After that time we shall
charge without exception, the rates named
aboye.. We wish by this course to make it
for the advantage for all to pay in advance
CtupBINc:-For $3.50 we will furnish one
copy of the American and one copy OF the
new and popular Atlantic Monthly Magazine.
For Godey's I.ady's Book and the American.
$3.50.
For aH advance payments, when over six
months, ten per cent. off from 81 80. Re-
member this. NIX. SAWYER.
Ellsworth, Jan. Goth, 1858.
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Mr.. Editor.

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NEW PUBE.sCATIONS.

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Mr. Editor *
Will you allow a Friend If Temperance a
briefspasc for. The purpose ofexprcssing his
views, on the recent Temperance movement
in Ellsworth. To the most casual observer,
il must have been evident for more than a
year past, that liquor selling and its concom-
liant Intemperance, has been increasing; and
it was with pleasure that we saw thrphilan-
thropic of our village wake up TO the danger
all around US. Especially were we glad to
see woman uniting With man in his noble
work Of Reform No one is more directly
interested in its success than is she; and UNI
reasonable indeed must that man be who
would on this subject gainsay her influence
OF deride her efforts. With interest have we
read the reports which from time to time
have been made in the American, and with
our whole heart have We bid her Godspeed
But in your last issue We noticed with regret
the action IF the society as there reported
and it is on this account that we have asked
place in your columns. We regret that
this report was made for two reasanslsi NJ
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1t Is now supposed that the South will
succeed IN obtaining the repeal of the fishing
bountles, The most that the Northern mes.-
eers can hope to do, viii be to po~tt.,,.s ii,
taking effect for few years until tht9A now
engaged in the business Of fishing. can accom-,
MEDIATE themselves To the now or,ler Of things,
str hale Of the Senate, wished To couple with
the repeal, the aboli.hias Of the Naval and
Military Schools. 1t Fchains to be SEN how
the enemies OF this NoyIhensclool Tor ss,inen
Wilt ake thls mosc.
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General Scott is soon TO be dispatched tc
California, to organize force TO operate
against the Mormons.
New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16

As We anticipated the attempt at Charleston TO
set the crew of the SLAYER Echo free on the ground
of irregularity in their commitment and toe great
delay in the examination, has not succeeded. The
decision turned on the construction of South
Carolina statute. The United States Judiciary act
of 1859 provides that preliminary proceedings
against persons charged with ofienses against the
United States, shall be conducted agreeably To the
usual mode of process against offenders in the
State in which the proceedings are had. Down
to the year 1889, the only OF South Carolina to
regulate criminal examinations were two statutes
of Philip and Mary. which were among the English
statutes retained in force in South Csrolina subse
quent to the Revolution. BY these statutes, the
committing magistrate was commanded in Of
felony to take previous 10 the commitment, and TO
put in writing. the examination of the prisoner
and the information of those that brought him.
and il was on this latter provision that the prison
er's COUNSEL relied. They admitted that BY stat.
ute of South Carolina, passed in 1859 the eXamin.
alton of the prisoner was dispensed with, but
insisted that il still remained necessary 10 examine
the witnesses The Judge held otherwise. In his
opinion the act of 1889 repealed the old provision
entirely and substituted new one, and although
the point had never been decided by the State
Courts, the existing practice conformed 10 this
view.
But though the sct of 1889 did not require On
examination, neither did it forbid il. Itwas there.
fore competent for the magistrate 10 commit for
further examination; nor could this proceeding,
unless il were abused be considered to the dis
advantage of the prisoner but rather for his bene-
ft. If the examination had been so long delayed
as 70 induce the Judge 10 think that the original
cause of il would not b. valid or worthy Of further
investigation be might discharge the prisoners or
r,lease them on bail; but he could not undertake
,o ssv that in this case there had been sny un-
reasonable delay. There is no precise limit of
time which must depend on the circumstances Of
each case. There are said in the books TO be many
instances Of prisoners detained more than twenty
dass between their being first brought before
magistrate and their commitment for trial. So
the prisoners went back to Charleston jail and for
aught we see if the circumstance of their detention
there is dissgrceable to the feelings of the good
people of South Carolina, they must do as so many
Northern States have done in the matter Of the
Fugitive Slave Act-pass law that the jails of the
State shall not be used for the detention OF persons
charged with being concerned in the African Slave
trade.
Meanwhile, the examination of the Captain of
the SLAYER is going on at Boston. He. too, after
New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-16

The people Of Jamaica appear to be good deal
vexed at the rejection by the home Government Of
scheme of theirs for introducing free negro la
borers from the United States into that island
We do not imagine that the people of Jamaica have
lost much by this act Of the home Government. 1t
has probably saved them a considerable sum of
money in the salaries of agents TO be employed in
drumming up for emigrants. This scheme of get
ting free negro emigrants from the United States
has been tried by Hayti, by British Guiana, and BY
Trinidad, and has proved failure in each instance
The emigrants did not suit the West Indies, and
the West Indies did not suit the emigrants Emf
grafton, even under the most favorable circum-
stances, is attended by many annoyances, and it
can never be expected to succeed except when the
emgrants themselves enter into il from impulses
of their own.