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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-03-19


II The Springfield Republican proposes
that the Republicans and Americans through
the Free States should pledge themselves to
every Douglas democrat in the House or Sen.
ate that they shall be supported at home II
they oppose the Lecompton policy Of the adj
ministra,ion. The Republicans, Americans,
md Douglas Democrats. can control almost
every Congressional district in the free States,
and If there is a complete union among them,
and determination among the two former to
sustain the latter, the elections Of 1858 and
1860 are sure. The republicans thinks that
some Of the South Americans may be strength
ened in the same way. The union between
democracy and slavery can be rendered HARM
less in no other way.
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Am. LscoAyrox NEx1Ixo At CotrNSrs.-
We have In the Cincinnati Gssstts full rs.
mort Of tbs great Anh.Lscompton meeting
held Of Columbus in that State on the 10th
inst, 1t wn most earnest and influential
demonstration. Besides the speaking, which
was of high order. Gov. Walker sent . long
letter. which wss, II possible. more pointed
and indignant In IL protssts,ions against the
I>eomp,on scheme than any Of his preceding
efforts. He says:
.w. ar. ssked not only to sanction the
overthrow Of q great Fundamental principle
of public liberty and the Constitution. out 10
,nnroye also q series Of frauds and forgeres,
the mos, pslpable and the most wicked wien
have ever disgraced any age or country,
and ,bus forfeit our own self respect ana ,ns'
of the whole civilized world, which must W
the spectators Of this iniamy. T
Gov. wi.e's letter Is so short and runsen'
that we COZ y |, entire. a. follows;
R,cnxosp, Va, Feb. rs. 1858.
Gentlemen: ! received yours OF the 20
to-day. write at onre to say that II Will Dc
impossible tor ne to meet the Democracy Of
Ohio in Mass Convention at Columbus, on
the 10th proximo. Our Legislsture Is IN ses.
sion, and will not adjourn before the 7th oil
March, If then, and my official duties require
my constant presence here. l have much 10
add to my Tsmmany and Philadelphia Letters
hut have not the time and opportunity now
to show that the fraud Of the election in Kan.
sas WAS nothing in comparison 70 the fraud oil
the Lecompton Convention ITSELF The quee'
ton 10. shall . pretended constitution which
was not adopted by that convention.ior or
the contrary, II was submitted for adoption
by the people, and which was not adopted By
the people, for they were not allowed to vo'.
against it-be forced BY the Intervention oil
Congress on majority Of the people. against
their sovereign will Shall this bs done, too
on the bourbon doctrine Of legitimacy And
II done. are the people to be driven 10 the ex'
tremity Of the Dorr doctrine OF the Rhode
Island case 1t is Democratic to bow u
lawful authority. II is autocratic, aristocrat'
&c, oligarchic and desrotic thus TO eonstrair
popular sovereignty by the onus OF legitima'
cy. ,,,,,n
Firmly yours, HENRY A. WISE.
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STILL LlyEs.-Our friend E. II. McKES.
SEr, notwithstanding the entire loss Of his
instruments for taking Ambrotypes and Da-
guereotypes (by the late Rre) has. we notice,
located himself in the Crystal Arcade Build.
ing, (No. 4, up stairs) where he is now pre-.
pared to take either Ambrotypes or Daguer.
reotypes in style as good, il not little BET.
TER than before. He has just returned from
Boston, and, having purchased the very best
instruments no could find, besides having .
splendid sky-light-as large, II not the largest
one in this State-he feels confident that he
can give entire satisfaction to all who feel
disposed I'd patronize him. We had the
pleasure of seeing picture taken by him at
his new place, and 1t far surpassed anything
of the kind we ever saw. lie will be happy
to meet oil his old customers, and az many
new ones as feel disposed to call on him.
Remember the plsce-No. 4 Crystal Arcade
Building, over the sign Of the "Csmera."
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Next To choice Of City Physician. Whole
number Of votes Is; Horace Bacon had liz
and wss elected.
Next to choice Of three Assessor, oaiio''ng
for one at time. Whole number Of votes
for arst Assessor. 20. Stephen Everett had H.
Whole number Of votes for I'd Assessor'2h
Tris,ram Goldthwsite l6.
Whole number Of votes for Sd A''sssor'is'
John Tuck Is.
On motion Of Aid. McKenney. proceeded
20 choice Of three Overseers Of Poor, oaiio''
ing for one at time. y.
Whole number Of votes for lst ovsrsesr Oh
Poor 10; H. Lowell 10.
Whole number Of votes for I'd ovsrseer 10 |;
J. X. Cole Is.
Whole number Of votes for Sd over'ssr
90; Joshua Moore u.
Convention dissolved.
In Board of Aldermen. On motion OF Aid.
McKenney, that when We adjourn 1t DO TO 7
o'clock this p. N.
Met in Aldermen's room aggreeaoie 70 sa'
ournment. Chose committee OF three 10
nominate minor officers.
Proceeding to choice Of City Mssha-
Whole number of votes Z; AbUsh Taroox o.
Proceeded to choice Of seven persons one
from each ward. to furnish the Assessors win
all necessary information relative to persons
and property taxable in each ward
Ward I, Joseph Benson.
{" 2, Abel H. Jellison.
{" 3, Samuel Lowell.
{" 4, Charles Hardy.
Z" 8, Rufus Small
I" 6,.B. E. Cutter.
7, H. H. Hooper.
Adjourned to Thursday evening, 18TH inst.
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SENATOR HANLrS's SPEECH. The reply Of
Senator Hamlin to Hammond Of s. c., who
declared white working men to be no better
than slaves,is said to have been one OF the most
effective on the Lecompton question deliver.
ed in the Senate. Mr. Hamlin Is eminently
a practical legislator. and by an array Of facts
and figures which could not be contradicted.
he utterly demolished many Of the positions
taken by Gov. Hammond. His defence Of
free labor. and free lsborers was admirably
made and Of such character a. will proba.
bly, deter the are eaters Of the South from
making another onslaught on the laborers
Of the free States.
The T;mSs correspondent says;
"Senstor Hamlin's speech Il the ablest
senatorial effort Of his life. His vindieation
Of the laooring classes Of the North against
the aspesions Of Senator Hammond was q
splendid success.
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" In the municipal elections in New
York, the Democracy have had their own
way, carrying almost everything, notwith.
standing the Know Nothings and Repubii'
cans coalesced; and in every part OF the
country the Democracy have nobly maintain
ed their ground.-EaStern Argus.
The public expect very little in the way Of
truth from the Argus. That Lecompton
sheet practices on the principle that lie
well stuck to is as good as the truth. We
Gu, the above from its issue Of Saturday. In
relation to the New York Municipal elections,
the Albany Evening Journal before u.s. not
withstanding the help the rum influence gave
the Democrats, and with the Douglass men
forming part of the array, the general result
is 434 towns have gone republican, 81 towns
republican and American, and a2l towns
democratic. The Tribune says. "Up to this
hour. March IL, no Journal favorable TO the
Federal administration has dared to sum up
the results OF those elections. With square
issue on Lecompton there would not have
been Lecomptonites enough elected in the
State to torn decent military company.
Illustrative Of the manner IN which the de-
mocracy have maintained their ground, New
Hampshire is q notable instance. The truth
is that there is really no such thing as
democratic party in the FREQ States, If 1t is
understood by the term democratic party
those who nov support the federal admins
tration. A few pensioned presses, Custom
House officers and federal dependents alone
remain supporters Of Mr.. Buchanan's Lecomp-
ton policy.
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academy, endeavored to alter the sppropria-
ton for the East Maine Conference Seminary
to $500 annually for ten years, and 70 en-
gran thereon like sum for Limerick Acsde-
my. The effect Of the proposition. vi" to
raise the question Of granting aid in land or
money to these institutions, and 70 thfow
the friends Of the appropriation to the Maine
Conference Seminary into confusion ana
finally to defeat the resolve. Mr. Moo'es
proposition to connect Limerick academy
with the East Maine Conference Seminary
yoke them together. WAS ruled out Oh order'
bu, he did the mischief even more fully oy
moving to amend by giving to the Maine
Conference Seminary $500 annually for ten
years and notifying the House, If that passed.
ne should then move to give the Limerick
academy Q like sum. His amendment pre-
vailed SO to SO, and Of course the resolve was
defeated as was also that sppropriasins hall
township for westbrook Seminary. hthere
are any of Mr.. Moores constituents who are
green enough to suppose that his action on
this arose out Of any other feeling than de-
sire to make ,pl,rgs to keep up appearances
in behslfof Limerick academy. the sooner
they get rid Of the impression the better
While his action some years ago, was some
thing worse than foolish, II VIII at was alleg-
ed was true. his course this year was unwise
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New Hampshire Election.

The Republican majority comes up to near
If not quite 5000, nearly double from last
years majority. The republican majority
in the House is near one hundred, council en-
tirely republican, and nine of the twelve Sem
a,ois elected are republican. The election is
a complete crushing out Of the Lecompton
democracy in the Granite State. A United
States Senator is to be chosen by the lesisla.
ture, elected to fill the vacancy which will &C.
cur by the expiration Of Mr.. Hale's term on
the i,h of March next. It's generally sup
posed Mr.. Hale will be reelected.
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From the New York independent.
A GENERAL REVIVAL OF RELIGION


1t is already known to our readers that
general revival OF religion. Of unusual inter.
est and power, has been in progress tor some
time past, and still continues, extending over
almost the whole country, and particularly in
the Eat and West.
The trst manifestation of the present gen.
ersl awakening was in New England, psrtic.
ularly In Connecticut and Msssachusetts,f from
which the spirit Of tile revival spread RAPIDLY
through the Middle and Western States, or
rather broke on, almost simultaneously In oil.
Everywhere the number Of conversions and
of additions to the churches has been unp pre-.
cedented. No similar revival has passed over
the country since the Great Awakening IN
New England, in the days OF Jonathan Ell.
wards. And the present. far exceeds the for
mer, In the extent Of the. work. i. is not
marked by the same intensified enthusiasm
and excitement that followed the preaching
OF WhteReld, or the revivals at the begin.
ming of the present century in which various
physical convulsive demonstrations we're wit.
messed among persons under conviction OF
sin. On the contrary, the present awaken
ing everywhere gives evidence OF calmness'
and freedom from wild and unregulated ex-
element. An Unusual enthusiasm prevails
but We hear of no violent and extraordinary
demonstrations anywhere.
In this city the progress OF the work u
most encouraging. The Methodist ehurche.'
particularly. have been greatly stirred. A
Christian Of this denomination remarked TO US
recently that there was hardly Methodist
church in New York or Brooklyn that was
not In the full tide of revival. Their min
listers say that they have never witnessed On
equal work Of grace. In the Congregational
churches, extra prayer.meetings are held IN
the broadway Tabernacle, In this city, tie
Church of the Pilgrims, and Plymouth church,
Brooklyn; and in DIR. Cheever's services are
held every night in the week. In the ne
formed Dutch churches, reviva.s are In Wig
orous progress. with fruits already gathered.
Among the Old School Presbyterian church,
es, we have heard Of no special indications OF
awakening, while in several Of the New School
large numbers of conversions have recently
occurred.
Nearly twenty extra prayer. meetings, con:
fned 10 no particular church, are now held
at different places in New York and Brook
Ign.
Such general awakening has never before
occurred in this city, and its progress Is
watched with increasing interest every day.
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GROWING UscrvIL. The Washington I'm.
ion, which formerly seemed DESTROYS to keep
on some terms with all branches Of the dem
ocra,ic party, has recently became very i'm.
uolitic. In recent comment on the Sena-
tors rejection Of the Army Bill. that paper
ssys:-
at 10 not at all surprising that the black
Republicans should pursue this course. and
that their nsophyters who have recently been
initiated into their mysteries, and who wor.
shin 90 devoutly now at the dusky shrine
where Greedy. Abby Kelly. and the Senator
from New Hampshire kneel and cry aloud
il is natural enough that this conglomerate
brotherhood should pig together in the same
sty. But II 10 worthy Of especial wonder :
that Democrats should be found to vote per-
sistently with them to defeat the measures Of
the administration, and in the attempt to force
u, on il q measure and policy which would
only embarrsss il, aud which was intended by
the majority oil its supporters to embsrrass
it."
The Washington correspondent Of the Chi.
cago Times, says:-
"Flippant letter writers and journalists.
whose pens are employed in the interests Of
Lecompton, keep asserting that the admission
of Kansas under the unsubmitted Constitu-
ton is fixed fact. thing already as good as
accomplished, that the Administration can
and will press IL through Congress immedi-
ately. Let not the public be humbugged by
these assertions. Winter WiH close and Spring
,ciH come aud 90, and Summer too, for that
matter, before the abon.inatio. piH haze passed
oper the Senate. Inc opposition will dispute
every inch OF ground. The debate will be
most scorching which ever took place in Con.
gress. predict that before it is closed the
most violent Leeomptonist will be ready and
willing to withdraw from the conflict. The
issue which will be presented to the Amer.
can people will awaken the popular indgna-
ton to height which will make It uncom.
Portable to face"
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MIssouRIASs AND YANKEES. The Kansas
correspondent Of the Boston Journal draws
the following contrast Of the manner in which
the Missourians and the Yankees respectively
build up town. He also speaks favorably
of the future, and those anticipations will
doubtless be realized, unless the government
persists in their mad scheme Of forcing an
atrocious constitution upon the people. He
writes from Johnson county, formerly strong
hold Of border rutfianism
When party Of Missourians start village.
they first secure place to live In, and then
build a "whiskey shop" on each side OF ,and
pa,ronire them literally. On the other hand.
q company Of New England men. after hav-
ing secured temporary place Of shelter, al
ways build o school house and church,
They then establish a newspaper, erect q saw
mill, and begin to project railroads. The re-
suit is that the Yankees will build thriving
village before the Missourians get their plans
laid. The Spring Hill company is good H.
Illustration Of this policy. After erecting .
spacious hotel upon one ofthe most beautiful
sites in Kansas, they are already beginning
school house and church. and making ar
rangements for second church. They have
secured q post.ofiice. and mails in several di.
rections contracted for the immediate cree
ton Of several stores and other buildings
already poll about 100 votes In their precinct,
(neaIly all free State.) and are going ahead
with wonderful energy. They are nearly all
New England men. 1t 10 through such en-.
terprises a. this that Johnson county 10 fast
being redeemed from the influences Of bor-
Free State men, BY sncour.
aging and protecting each other. have already
secured the ascsndency in the population
and very soon the bogus voting and other
practices Of the pro.slsvery par
~ will be driven back over the Missouri bor-
ders. where they belong.
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A.ar.rrp 70. ,o.orar.-p.l.,i.b II. Po...

ARRrsrED ros rosoxar.-Pslstiah H. Fosa,
formerly Of Saco, Me-, was arrested this week
In Grovelsnd, charged with forging note
Of $4,000 against James Durgin Of West New
bury. which he disposed Of to N. Howe, Esq.,
Of Haverhill. The note was written by J.
Z. Stsnysn. Egg, . lawyer in Haverhill, who
also witnessed IL, In consequence Of which he
has been arrested and arraigned before Judge
Tsggsrt and held to answer to the charge In
the sum Of $500. Mr.. Stsnyan denies any
knowledge OF the matter. further than that
he was applied to by Foes, then stranger to
him. who professsd not 70 b able to write,
Nsss6svyport Herald.
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AUGUSTA, March IL, 1858.

ArorsrA. March IL. 1883.
The Senate passed to Be engrossed yester-
day. seventeen to seven. the Liquor Bill
The amendments incorporated into the bill.
Il u aid. inorssss somewhat the stringenoJ
Of the Law. - reported by the committee
Some Of the members who voted against the
Bill. alleged - reasons. that IL had been
amended 90 often. and to such extent that il was
impossible TO tell. without more time. wheth-
Or they should support it or not. There was
no danger. they said, in allowing 10 to 20 to
the House, where IL might be perfected, and
In the anal vote. II satisfactory, they could
vote for il. The general impression is, that
the Bill u not FAR from being right. The Law
q passed. in all essential particulars, Is like
that Of 1853, with such Improvements as have
been suggested BY experience. and the decis-
ions Of courts. do not learn that the
friends Of the bill viii endsavor to amend il
much In the House. Most Of the amend
nsnts Of the Senate win BE- concurred in at
once. and afsr it, opporsnts have had all the
time they wish Cor discussion IL viii be pass
ID. Those who have been congratulating
themselves that the Legislature would not
come together on this subject and would ad-
journ without passing . Law. are doomed to
b disappointed.
Tbs House had under consideration to-day
the subject Of granting aid to the EAs, Maine
Conferences Seminary. located a, BueL,pOr,
and the wsstbrook Seminary. Two separate
resolves granting To each half township of
land were reported BY the education commit.
tss. Our Mr.. Moore Of Limerick. who has
ban absent from his ssat NEARLY al the win
Ger. profsssing great love for the Lmsrioh
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shown by the history Of the past, tie ts"dsn.
CIV 70 reaction. We lay no claim to the gilt
Of prophecy to predict the precise results
which may follow the present great awaken
ing throughout the country. We can only
utter the ieryent wish that IL may tend TO
harmonizc sectional differences, and personal
animosities. and to nationalist the great sen
timsut Of brothsrhood from ono end Of tie
Union to the other. lit have but this result,
Il will have worked greater work than mira.
cles.'
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The TABLES TURNED. For some weeks
past the Washington Union has performed .
great amount Of labor in reading prominent
Democrats out Of the party. A an offsss to
this the ant. Lecompton democracy Of the
great northwest propose to hold mass con.
vention at an early day. and formally read.
James Buchanan out Of the democratic par.
ty!
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co.srcr,os. A typographical s'u"dsr 90
Cured in an article on our city election pub
lished las. week. whick We ~sh 70 eonsc''
Tn. ,ype make. US Say that there were di's'.s.
the. among the republicans. In some Of tho
,,,d, ,h., aided somewhat In dsfssiins our
,,.l., tn. word We used wss tisssasio~s.
such uos.ifying bluudsr' VIII somssinss %.
,,, In The bsss regulated ohess.
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tears. tappeaIe1 tha' soio'i"6 ''sS
natural power suddenly rested on almost ev.
cry mind The number OF. conversions,
taking the Evangelical Magazine as authors
~, exceed that at any previous awakening
Some twenty hve years ago, another rePe-
tition of the conversational iervor difiused IL
self throughout this State, and drew into I'M
auence many other sections OF the country
Throughout the interior towns-Harris6urg,
Carlisle, Chambersburg. Pittsburs-.the great
tonic OF conversation in every circle OF socie.
~ was the great revival Prayer-meeting,
for the time drove out convivisl parties and
Young ladies and young gentlemen who had
been attending 'cotllon parties and kindred
.irolics, were suddenly brought to deny them.
selves such amusement, and to devote Their
time 10 more reasonable service. For months
at the State capital. nothing else was tnousht
of by the mass Of the community, ana dur.
inv an entire winter there was almost Total
suspension OF the usual gsieties which char
.cteri.e all places where State Legislatures are
wont 70 convene.
Since that period until the present season
the religious sentiment, though by no means
re,rossding, has not advanced by any sudden
Jerks. 1t has grown stronger and deeper, and,
A. the Same time. much more liberal, by .
comparatively gradual advance. The public
mind has not been aroused BY any special
copiupcture of circumstances, startling the
attention to such subjectS and therefore has
mot had any opportunity Of developing any
extraordinary degree Of enthusissm. The re-
cent financial revulsion. Il 10 supposed. has
been instrumental. through the additional
time for relaxation which II has offered, in
awakening the conscience Of the county
Our national idiosyncrasy Is prone to an ex-
cessive indulgence Of the feelings under ev-
cry phrase OF excitement which the popular
mind undergoes. The inevitable danger in:
cidsns to Ill undue stimulation Of the moral
o. mental impulsss v. - We have already