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$l5O a YEAR IN ADVANCE.

TRIED FOR HARBoRlNG HIS own Son, TIL,
Washington correspondent Of the Evening
Post relates a singular slave case in tn,
Criminal Court in Washington. A free col
ored man was tried and convicted of harbor
ing his own son The story is this.-Th.
mlH is ii tree colored man with wife that
/ is a slave. The law under our accursed sys-
TEN Of slavery, condemns the children to fol-
low the condition of the mother. One by
one the children Of these poor people had
been snatched from them at ten years Of age
and sold off The father has ii hous. to
which his wife comes every Saturday night
and spends the Sabbath. The children have
been fed and housed by the father until
pounced upon by the master of the mother
and sold, without allowing anything for
bringing them up. In this case. the boy
after being sold, ran back home, and the f,.-
ther did not turn him out of doors For
this offence this father is found guilty of
harboring slaves; and a Washington Jury of
christian men, under christian laws, convict
him of "a grave offence, the Punishment oil
which is severe indeed.
Does not the bare recital of this story,
make every correct thinking m,n exclain
with Wesley, that "human slavery is the
sum Of all villianies %
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From the UaraTs CORRESPONDENCE

..Mr Brady has been engaged to-day con
sultlng with counsel in the Sickles case and
preparing their defense. They will be pre-
pared on the day of trial for every and any
emergency that mty arise. If the prosecu,
ton, as it is ALLEGED they will,probe the mat
ter to the bottom, and inquire into the an
tecadants Of SicklHS and some of his princi-
pal witnesses, the defense will be fully pre-
pared for them, for they have subp9ned a
large number Of witnesses, who will be on
the ground during the trial.
learn to-day that eminent counsel has
been engaged to assist the District Attorney.
Their names will not be known until the day
Of trial. Chiet Justice Taney, together with
Il respectable portion Of Mr. kry's flnily,
are averse to the employment Of counsel or
making any undue effort in the prosecution
of this case
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How Nike EEENFY FELL AMONG THIEvH.-
The n. Y. Post of Fridav relates how Michael
r, r D.. -. ....,, e..
" ''"s''' anu J"e' f.."'".u .'o'"
'aiiiornia, was entrapped IN New YORK On
Thursday evening last. The Post siys
Michael Feenev of II poor Maine arrived
in this citv Yesterday IN hi. wav home
fr m ,,,lifornia. and mt nm at tho ioye;ov
Hotel After sumner he str,lied into fhe
Far and was admir;ny tho hau,;tul ,ccn.
erv n the vicinity of the fountain when bs
was accosted bv three individuals w;tb
bom he sneediiv b,.ame acoua;n,ed. Thev
an erred yerv much inter ested m the vonny
and craving state uf Cal;eorn;a and made
PRESSING inquiries about tho cold d;,o;nys
there. all Of which Mr. Feenev saws he on.
d nvorcd to answer II, the host of f;s ability
Finally tn. n.rtv ulitely invited Mr. F,enev
to 90 and treat them. which invitation he
acc7ptod Tney then conducted him to An
oyster saloon situated undcr mock .auct;on
sI,n near the corner ot Ann street and p,rk
row. when Mr., F. magnunimouslv maid 6ftv
cents for f,ur drinks of very nnor Iionor -
One of the ,.,rtv tI,on r onsste1 Mr. :,
give him a sh;lling IN bnv his sun,,ar with
but Nr HAVING overbe,rd tho same man
tell the bor.keener 10 charge b;yb for the
drinks deny the request and was even carried
so far bv ;1d;ona,,t f.sl;nas tb.,t h.. ,oid ,ha
vo,,ny man th,,t in his o,i,ion Il hs aot :.
GOOD chance, he wonld s,a,l st ,,h;c5 =.
mark the follow onlv i,,,,baJ Mr. -,
tbon ros,l,.d y, am, h;s '.e.,,.;,.an,a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

OLD OXFORD IN THE LEGISLATURE. In ad-
dition to our own delegation in the Legisla-
ture. Oxford is ably represented in the differ
ent departments Of the government Of the
State.
lion. E. l.. Hamln, one of the Oldest and
ablest Senators, is native of Paris.
w ii. McCrillis of Bangor, one OF the
best lawyers, and an able debater in the
House, was born in western Oxford.
A. G. Lebroke of Foxcroft, acknowledged
to b. one Of the most eloquent speakers In
the State was also a Paris boy.
Rev. III. c. Estes of Trenton, the House
chairman of the committee on education. un-
doubtedly the best educated man in the l. g
slature, and Il finished writer and speaker.
is a native Of Bethel. Mr. II. E. Prentiss of
Bangor was born in Paris. Mr.. daytord is
Il native of Hartford
. Aroostook is also ably represented in the
Executive Council, in the person of Wash
ington Long, IA native of Buckfcld.
Joseph b. Hall, Esq, Secretary of the
Senate, also claims Old Oxford as his alma
mater. [Oxford Democrat
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No Honest Men,

The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press of March -6 says:
Ihere is il letter advertised in our city post
office list for The Honest Man. | learn
that it has gone the rounds of the leading
offices in the country from Boston to St. Lou
is. and no one has been found to call for 1t.
rhis argues more modesty than | was pre-
pared for. Not an honest man from Rouse =
Point to FL PaSo? \ committee has been
called here to settle on some one man, who,
for the honor OF the city, will be authorized
to call for it. The last rumor has it, that
the letter will be opened in Cabinet Council;
the Cabinet, on this point, being dcsirous to
be Il unit
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

DovGLAS REPUDIATES SQUATTER SOVEREIGN
TY. .Alluding to the organic ltion of Squat
tor Sovereignty Club No. l. in Lewiston
recently, by the Dousasites, the Republican
journal says:
DO not the getters up of this club know
that Mr.. Douglas repudiates their 'squatter'
sovereignty notions, and but the other day
in the Senate declares that slaves can be
taken to the territories and held there rs
property like any other property Or have
they not read the late papers -
[Jeffersonian.
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ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE DErUTY WARDEN
OF TIE STATE PRlsoN. One day last week
Mr.. Samuel Bradshaw, the Deputy Warden
Of the MIiue State Prison, went into thee Il
Of u prisoner who had been recently commit
ted, and who had pretended illness, and as
he entered the door of the cell the prisoner
mlde desperate attempt to stab him i'll the
neck with knife which he had taken from
the shoc-shopand concealed upon his person
The escap3 OF Mr., Bradshaw was truly a ra-
narkable one. as he had not the slightest
reason tp apprehend an attack, no punish
ment having been indicted upon the prison
ct, nor had lie any cauSe of malice against
the 5ific r. The y patty Warden displayed
great c11lness, ana with the assistance of
another o!iirar OF the prison, Mr. iix, the
s5n OF the Warden, scared the prisoner, t.
await the return of the Walen, who WIS
then abseht. On the return OF Warden Ilx,
the prisoner was subjected to such punish
ment as lie deserved, an' he would be likely
u deter otaers from Ike attempts
RnCkla land Gazette
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

Some ladies aroused an elderly g ntleman
from his revere. a few evenings since. by
oskinS him, ''What are your thoughts ~
He promptly replied "Why are the la
dies bonnets like downright lies? Do you
give itup? Because they are baretaced ta(Se-
hoods
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CONVICTED. On the second tIial of pr.
David X Brown Of Boston for causing the
death of Susan Arnline Webster by Illegal
practices he was convicted on Saturday.
The punishment is from seven to twenty -ons
wears in the State Prison,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

New YORK, April 2. j. Churchill Woods
was yesterday held in $4,000 hail on a
charge OF having perpetrated heavy frauds
upon government in connection with dis
bnrsements in behalf of the wagon road be-
tween Ell Paso and Fort Yuma, Cal,
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SUICIDE. At Washington yesterday Charles
A, Appleton, of Maine, committed suicide
by drowning himself lie has been subject
to fits OF mental arrangements. His brother,
Hon. John Appleton, Assistant Secretary Of
State, took charge of his remains.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

OLD DEAD HEADS. \ Southern paper bids
adieu to some old patrons, who subscribed
and never paid mary a red,' for the paper,
with tears in his eyes. The Pub. cuts their
acquaintance tcehnQlN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

The ARoosrooK RAILROAD BILL passed the
House, on Saturday, as amended by the Sem
ate, there b,ing only four votes against it.
1t is to be submitted to the people, who will
vote upon it the second Monday of june
The vote stood l22 to 4.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

The authorship of the celebrated sermons
on 1.-The Harp of thousand Strings" and
The Spirits OF just men made Perfect is
ascribed to the Rev. Mr.. Lewis, Methodist
minister stationed at La Grange, Tennessee.
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[.Jefersonian.

OFFICIALS INDICTED The grand Jury at
Washington have, alter a lengthy investiga
ton, made presentnents in the c,ses of A. &.
Seaman, late Superintendent ofPubic Print
ing, Gen. Culiom, late Clerk of the House Of
Representatives. and P. d. Duval, of Phila-
delphia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

A juryman was asked, out west, whether he
had been charged by the presiding judge. "Well,"
said ne, "the little fellow that sits up in that
pulpit and kinder bosses the crowd, gin US a
lecture, but don't know whether he charges any
thing or not"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

John 7. Millisan krcl CT Of the Charles
ton 6. G. Jail, was assaulted on saturday
by one Of the prisoners, who dealt him Sc
we're blow ON the h, al with Il piace of brick
slung in shirt sleeve, and desperate strug-
gle ensued between the two. which would
probably have proved fatal To the iailar had
not his n, a lad OF Hand Il negro prisoner
come to his rescue The assault was the re
snlt Of a conspiracy by several oI the prison
era To eseAne. Blstln Jn4rmll.
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tFrom the Washington Union
Decay of Abolitionism in New
England.

England.
BosroS, March 16 1859
DEAR BROTHER | have read your speech of
the 2lst ultimo, delivered in the House Of Repre-
sentatIves. 1t has points of considerable smart
ness, and will be praised y your partisans as a
very clever effort; but other effect that it
can produce but to irritate the South, and alien
ate ene section of the Union still more from the
other. Have We not at the North stimulated cur
own seli-rlshteousncss, i'll contrast with the sins
OF the South, quite up to, or beyond the healthy
point3 Wond it not be well for u.s. for a time.
to look more at cur own hilings and at the vr
tues of our brethren at the south?
You speak OF the cha ,ge of tone and sentiment
that has taken place during the last twenty-five
years on the subject of slavery. plead guilty to
the truth OF this charge. 1t was one of the
dreams OF my early life, that the condition of
mankind might be greatly improved by sudden
political changes. The cry of the slave came To
my youthful ear waited by the eloquent breath
of eye-witnesses, from Virginia and New Jersey
Almost every man at the south, at that time al
mitted thnt slavery was an evil, moral social and
political. the horrors Of the middle passage the
barbarian crueltes Of Jamaica came to US across
the ocean Nilberflrce aud Clarksun had acauir-
ed worldwide fame by ieir singular devotion
to the abolition OF the slave trade the sault
was soon made upon slavery itself in the British
West Indies, and the first of August, ISIS was
entered IN the calende one OF the holy DAYS Of
the year.
Campbell painted the wild chicftain on his ma
t'e plains, 50 nohie, 50 free" go hapPy--caught
chained, doomed, suffering. till the hurricanes in
the West indies wvre commissioned to- avenge his
wrongs. The plalutIYe Cpwpcr wrpt out his com.
passion IN the tauehin; lucs IL would mt have
slave Tor all the gold that sincws bought anl
sold have ever earned: aud these tones Of 81 Ecr-
lAg et compassion, 81 pity, were rrho, ~ every
harp an fe-eeaeei by orator and preacher, till
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

''No man can do anything against his will"
said a meta hyscian.
"faith,' s7id pat, 81 had brother who went 10
the State Prison against his wil-lath an hs
did"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

SAD ACcIpENT.-ln Lewiston on Thursday
last, Frederic Augustus, very promising
little boy, two-years and six months Of
age, a son of Mr., Sll,non jones, fell into IL
tub Of hot water, and was SO severely burned
that he died in about thirty hours.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

The negro girl in New York. who tried to
kill her mother with an ak sometime since,
Anna Maria Bloxom, has been sentenced to
the State Prison Tor ten years.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

81 live in Julia 3 eyes, said an affected dandy.
in Coleman's hearing. Il don't wonder at it, 70.
piled George, 'for observed she had sty in one
Of tuem when | saw her last
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the truth than to live entirely destitute of II
You quote the eighth commandment as q prohi-
bition Of Slavery. This is singular. Were your
ancestors thieves? They brought, or asscntcd to
the bringing of slaves to this country. It is a
singular fact, that while we boast of Puritan
ancestry, the laws of the present day would hang
half the men that lived hundred years ago, as
engaged in the slave traffic, directly indirectly
and another law would imprison all the men who
lived forty years since. Tho eighth command
!, ment given the way ont Of f sypt. l. was
the charter, the constitution OF the Hebrew ma
ton. All their other laws were controlled by the
Deealogne. Well, what? Why, they hal
slaves by Divine permission under this eh irter.-
How could they if the eighth comnan lmeat for
bids IT But are the slaves stolen Cert lial '
, not by Americans. They buy them paw for
them, transfer them and provide tor theIn in the
only and most benevolent manner in wttirh 1t cin
be done. AZ to the metaphysical abstraction, at
, man cannot have property in man, it has been
coutradicted from the foundation OF the world to
the present time. Holding, use, and transfer .are
tue elements OF property; and this has been done
by men to men in all ages; aud yet yeu say y that
. there is no word in the good old Hebrew ngue
; that conveys the idea OF property in inen Whcn
a master Inadvertently killed his slaYc blood
/ WIS 10 be she'd, for ''hr was his money Does
not that mean property!
1t cannot be denied that the idea Of slavery
runs all through the Bible; it was stamped upon
the entire history Of the Jewish nation, and upun
the history OF every vigorous nation upon the
face of the earth: indeed | strongly suspect this
Is the nornal condition oi urge portions of de-
PraEei face. and cln rea'jily believe tAata n
may su>ttiH tho relation of stakeholder. in all
good conscience, and with the entire Divine ap-
probation. Il'fe "r' riN1is to9tu lts al ffnds dix
fprabtfaa 9ffhr l5,tt,a,y8r ot tl,y c7torg. L59a
ut the d9cSs ot uncran beasts and birds that have
UP ont Of it, train lnfd is that curse ti7i,
ata-e every man # good character. and then
praise Immunity in general to efuuterhlllaee
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lndivduals who are square on the printers
books are rarely stricken with lightning. A sim
gular physiological fact, not sufficiently under.
stood in this community.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

DouGLAs. Senator Douglas, IN a letter
upon the Connecticut election, hoped the
sham Democratic party would prevail.
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What prevents cook from swallowing her
apron? 1t goes against hor stomach.
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Family baths for the winter--gctting into dAi.
iy a.t water with youI site.
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An association of colored men has been
formed at Canada West, with a depot at
Sandwich. The object of the association is
to provide for fugitiyr slaves on their arriv-
al. instruct them and keep them until they
gan procure work.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

The German Catholics ,r Cincinnati have
subscribed S4i ljo in so shares for the
purchase OF gro nd aad the erection Of "a
building thereon, as II German Catholic In
stitute. \ lot costing : 10, 900 has been pur-
ehlsea. Tne bai. ing will cost Sio,000.-
1t will contain Il reading r. IN, grammar
school, a library, and Il Lecture and a social
hall
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-04-15

FRor. GRIMES hal IA full house on Sltur-
day ev ming. Among the audience war-
several prominent mediums and spiritualists
Of this city and Brewer, who gave several
experiments in >pcitualism, atl,rius the
aU'iience chance to compare them with
tn 1se by the Professor, 1t is prlb ,bls that
they will be present ni,ht, whsn more
exp rinents viii be made. This af rds IA
rare chanc7 for inyest- I'll N Wig.
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PAYMENT o> TIE STATE Debt A resolu-
tion has been introduced, and we believe
passed in the Iesi>l,turc, authorizing the
Treasurer to employ tn" scrip Of the United
states government which shall be received
by tins State, as Its proportion Of the
Massachusetts militia claims, in taking up
and clncalling as much of the scrip of thi,
STATE, which is now held by NasStchus It's.
in payment for land, purchased by Maine in
l>53, Is the [. ). ,rrlpreceiyeI will enable
him to do Whig.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-04-23

cleaning GU. the Canal street Canal from GaiSorns street
tho draining machines hs Claiborne street ditch from Cana
Canal to Canal Casondelet.
s sss 4 ana
s s TO- ssd sS ss s sn
SECOND Canal from Claiborne
width n Of thirty feet at s sg and twenty feet a. hs bot
s.s o snail G me s sSs sss
wh Of five se At the top fifteen feet at the bot.
Sss ss %
sd,h o s feet ss the four feet at the
s ssi ss nicely
snd smoOthed Of ami dressed according the lines and
s sns II at ss as.
said well !. all rail-
nEs the sides Of the which disturbed dam
q Ss
The contractos shall bind themselves have
sructed by them opened every might to prevent the
as
the City Surveyor and to the entire of said office
Al the materials and ar required shall be furnished by the
Each Of The shall bind himself to begin the work
he the
the for the first days after; the
fer s days s,sr the
the fourth contract ee days after should any
contractors fail to comply with this condition fs shall forfeit
re dollars per each every thereafter
work Is not completed
Securities amount Of coo shall required from the
Of the first contract
for The second contract: $500 from
tbs contractor for the third CONTRACT of $500
for he for the Fourth Said securities
doned to the faithful performance of the
Payments in cash the completion of each every
OF canal and acceptance Of the City
Surveyortep cent DE- the Of each settlement
retained in until the compilation whole
is well understood Aatin Of failure the
to finish the work. any part thereof within Pc
Rod fixed the Council be dissatisfied with
In which the work Is being executed
the right the contract without putting the
default required by article 1865 of the Civil
applying court Of justice annu the same
indemnity II also we'll underood Tim,
contractors shall at abandon the
complete the conformity with their
tractors shall forfeit all claims they have any
work done by them the date
city shall be thereby discharged from any liability
therefor and It is also well understood,
tracts be sold the their securities
and bocnd in solido the city ali difference
between the price whh the originally
perform the work and the price which may adjudica
ted at a resale or re-ndju1cation.
Bid be running Of 205 feet the whole
complete. 7sa
New Orleans, 18th April, 1859.
[signedl LOUIS H. PILE,
s - ,s...=.a City Surveyor.
Approved by the Committees Streets and Landings Of
both Boards Of the Com non Council .
ttssi's snsa 4. 1. v HNSaRb ohameA.
Registered April l6, 1859.
ais II HENRY DUREL. for COMPTROLLER