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Randall House.
THO6. RANDALL, Proprietor

T1sHE WELL-KNOWN HOUSE FORMERLY
/ known ~ the WEsrnRH HorsL, has been thor
oughly repaired and painted, and is now ready to
ac6OnmodAte the travelling public with board and
lodging on tho most removable terms TIE ~ ,s
will BE- Furnished with the best the market aGords
Hept1td3m
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r1vHE members Of the IOWA STATE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY are hereby notified that
there will be : meeting Of the members Of said
Company, 1t their once In tho city Of Keokuk, on
the 18th day Of October next, 1t 3o'clock p. m Of
sad day.
business Of special Importance viii 30 presented
for tho action Of the meeting; full attendance 10
desired.
BY order Of the Board Of Directors.
WIN. +. TURNER, 6sc'y.
Sept u.s. I45Q.dkvtd
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General Insurance Agency
COR. SECOND AND MAIN

General Insurance Agency.
con. SECOND AND MAIN.
LIRE, LAKE. RIVER AND LIFE In
SUkAN0k promptly attended TO 1t this Once.
Better and more IxpKnxIrr can be given ct this
Agency than any other in this city and less trouble
after loss.
PHENIX FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK.
Capital and snrpius e20O, 7l8.7O.
MONTAUK FIRE ms. co. or NEW YORK.
CaPital ana Surplus ei0i, 2l5.74.
LORILLARD FIRE ms. CO., OF NEW YORK.
Capital ana Surplus es84 ,s01. 20.
U0AK INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.
Cash Capital ~ 900 900.
CASH 6uRrLus, july lsr, 1850, t457,Sx.
ATNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
or HARTFORD, coNH.-CAPfTAL $l,OO0. 900.
CASE 6URrLus, JuLY lsr, 1859, u, 03oA1
@Buildings, Merchandise, Mills, Factoriss,
Household Furniture and Dwellings insured a. -
low rates other Companies Who pay their losses.
II. B. TEN-EYCk, Agent,
Once corner "a and Msii sts., Ksok uk, Iowa.
Sept. "a, 80 dim
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Mississippi and Wabash Railroad
z
- Now OPEN To CARTHAGE.
TINE TABLE NO. l,

To take effect on and after Sept. IL, 1859.
TWO TRAINS will leave Warsaw daily, (Sun-
1 days excepted, viz: Freight nd Aocommsda-
Ira
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Nv oxsSs RIGHTS.
A MARRIAGE.

1t will be seen by our readers and the
many personal friends OF the beautiful bride
groom, by the extract which we publish he
low from the NV York Times, that Miss
Thompson. that was. Is now Mrs. s. tt
The lady's friends, and they are many, will
congratulate her on the happy event. send
ng kinds, wishes for the future prosperity
Of both bride and Bridegroom.
On Monday. the 4th inst. NJ R1hert G
Scott Jr "f Richmond. Va. our Consul at
this (Rip J,ineiro) lrt WAS married 1T the L =
Cation of the United States 10 Miss Anna X.
Thompson Of Yves, Trenton, VI inc, in pres
ence of limited number OF the pers m Il
friends Of the bridegroom and members OF
the Diplomatic corps. the Rev. Mr.. Colby,
Chaplain to the British Squadron officiating
upon the occasion and his Excellency Hon.
Richard K Meade, Minister Ut the T. S,
giving away the brid; who is lovely blonde
of about twenty Summers.
In the afternoon. Mr.. Mead, entertained
a number of American and foreign residents
including Baron 5 ndirthuer tn, Austrian
Ambassador. Count Koskull the Rassitn
Secretary of L cation and other members of
the CORPS Diplonatique' at a superb
"D,aer a IA fauchettc' given in honor of the
occasion in his spacious apartments at the
Hotel Estrangerios Among the citizens OF
the [. ). present on the occasion, noticed
besides the bride and grooms. Mr.. Kemaine
Dillon, the newly arrived Secretary Of Lega-
ton and Mr.. Noah, U. 5. Naval Agent, both
o. your city, Mr.. Robert {. Wright, Mr.
VIM. Jones, Col. Chandler, Major Ellison
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Nor IMPROVED by President
Benson Of Liberia, in his last message, thus
explodes a n .tion which has been loudly
maintained and quite extensively believed in
this country
MY fear, and anxieties for the last five or
six years have heen that the moral in,eilec-
tual and Industrial training Of major ity of
the immigrants who may arrive here from
the United State-. US well as That of our
p1s,erity, brei and h,rn in this country will
not keep pace with the advancement of the
abprigines in tn S, elements Of individual
and national greatness. In order {, sh NV
that these fears and anxietes are not un-
founded. have only to state what is pretty
generally know in Liberia, that there are
thousands of natives living within the
jurisdiction of this Republic. who are in.
tellectually in advance OF at least one halt of
the immigrants that arrive here annually
from the United States
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were vanquished by the leaders and wire
pullers Of the Pierce Administration. Those
who were kicked out in 81 have commenced
the process Of kicking out in turn. The
restorers of the Pierce dynasty were ably led
by Amos NJ. Roberts, Flasg Hayward & Co..
and although strongly met by the forces oil
Boynton. "igsi1, Leavitt K Co. the result
shew that the outs ALWAYS f hit with
more activity and more ravenous determine
ton than the "ins'--a fact which NAV be
accounted for, perhaps. on the principle tina,
plethora is hindrance to extraordina: Y
effort. The Pierce men made a tremendous
dratt npjn the caucus resources of the city,
and set up their men very strongly with
popular svereigntv' and Medford The
OTHER section hadn't apparently 50 much iu-
spirati n. or else their msn didn't vote 81
early ard ~ often, or hain't arrived when
tbs ballot-boxes got full and the voting was
clicked eff Take 1t altogether. it was the
greatest edrlesque on the election BY ballot
that We ever beheld. But be that as it NAV
the Pierce purity revived is evidently to con.
troll the State Convention of the SOth.
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Eastern Mail Service.

Our attention has been callad to the fact
that the Postmaster General has under con-
>ideration proposition to substitute a tri =
weekly mail for the present daily one be-
tween Bangor and Eastport. There must
be some misapprehension in regard to this
matter. The Postmaster General cannot
have bestowed his usual attention to the con-
sideration of the relative value and impor-
and The Great Eastern" or he never would
have entertained for moment the idea. If
there must be reduction OF the mail service
East, of continuing the Bear Line. with Il
daily service while cutting down the other
from a daily to a tri-weekly The "Air
Line 50 called. is well enough if the De
partment has a plethoric Treasury and /,
disposed u be liberal in its f,yors Indeed
the public gave it much credit f,r liherl.ity
when the announcement was made that tme
S5tte was aPVropriatei !, cary a daily
mail through a tract OF country that Dad
never had any mail facilities, nor h.r;Iy
blessed with ro.ds. Everybody cynerAtulA-
tel. what our Railroad friends of Bang
call the Provincial city Of Calais, on its good
luck in having citizen smart enough II en-
Einaer the matter through all of its stages
to fn.l completion. Il gives them d4its
mail lew hours earlier than they receive il
through the old way. and a: the same
time accommodates the Loupcervies, Bears.
Wolves te that inhabit the woods through
which il trayerses. For all these fayars
Calais anu the Aforesaid animals, are duly
thanktul,-but if the public inseres: is -
BE- consulted, if business men arr to he ae-
commodated, if the amour: vi business, OF
population, Of mail matter u be tran>p rtel
are - be taken into consideration in j ar
mining the amount and frequency Ok mail
service granted to sections vi tue country,
than the daily mail will be continued as
usual, through Ellsworth, Clerrvheld, Nj
eAias, Fast Machias xe., 10 E4stport; an! il
there must be a reduction, the Bsars must
give way 10 business asa. Bruin must fore
70 the daily songs Of The knight ofthe whip,
and the ereakins. Of lonesome stages, = the
mo-e asil.tari4n views Of busy men, ami tbs
sterner calls u the many thousands OF inhab-
itan;s interested in c5mnerce. LUMBAR ana
the rarious kinds Of mercantile pursuits VIII
live in the large towns uau=i, and wh5 II,
encitl=i - frequent nail s=rvice, W. hop
the business men On the route will ,Ak= IN.
trouble . place this matter in It's pr9p:i
lish, before the Pos;n lstar-G 4 raj. tia, n
Injustice may BE done them uaint2a:iJa4i.y
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Bangor Caucus.
village.

The Bangor D .mocrat true blue Lecomp-
ton sheet, devotes most half a column to
the doings ola caucus, held '.out Of the
world over in Brewer which elected
simon pure Buchanan Lecompton delegates
to the State Convention. while it barely
announces the result Of the Bln.,r city
caucus, which elected Douglas, Pierce, or
Smart delegates, without designating which
of tho wings triumphed. The Wing. with
its watchtulness and efficiency supplies to out.
siders, what the insiders did on that ausplc-
ious occasion. Hear it
To case off the feelings of the crowd, Mr..
Roberts received hat full Of the vot Is in
one corner and John A Peters took up
another in another quarter. Good Judge.
estimated that there were about 5000 votes
in the ballot-boxes. The mmittee consid.
cred, however, that the Democratic party in
the city numbers but 500 or 1000 lega
voters, and though it wouldn't look well L
declare more than 1886 votes received. Oh
these, s2l were announced for the Anti
Custom House, Pierce or Douglas ticket. 70,
delegates, consisting of Amos NJ. Roberts
Vim. A. Blake, n. Weston, Jr., Wm. T.
Pearson, Hastings Strickland, Caleb Billings
/. II. Garnsey, Towns Roach, Z W. Fiagg
Timothy Field, Michael Boyce. and Samuel
P. Clark-and AIS for the Administration
ticket, headed by Gorham l.. Boynton. The
meeting then adjourned without any speech.
es or resolutions. Altogether, it was the
most riotous and disgraceful exhibition ever
presented in Bangor, and utterly disousted
many decent Democratic, who, with some
Republican spectators, witnessed the scene
from the galleries.
Thus, and bv this movement, have the
leaders of the old Pierce party revenged
themselves in part for the success Of their
opponents in getting the inside track at the
CINCINNATI Convention, and in the subsequent
distribution of the nation spoils. The pres
ent Custom house clique the leaders and
wire-pullers of the Buchanan Administration
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Pike s Peak.

Ma. EoIroR: At the present time every
man is anxious t. hear from the diggings
at Pixies Pax. In fact it seems to attract
the attention of the pablo at large more
than the active preparations 70. wholesale
hatchery and bloodshed by Foreign Powers.
And, indeed i; should; for never in the age
of our R'pabic has there been such an out
rageous hum5Hg perpetrated against her citi-
zens.
1t is reported in the West, that Illinois
and Michigan are ruiusd; they having sent
out more men than any other FIVE States, at
an expense of not less thaa 800 to a man
who invested nothin, in mills, printing
presses, and merchandise: s,me of tciich par
ties invested as high as $4,000, and all
that has been received By them as remu-
neration for this outlay is crazed brain.
Thousands Of men who were enjoying lite
and rcaping their reward for labors at home
sacrificed their all in orler to reach what
was termed, The Eli1rado Of the West
Along the whole route from Maine to Ne
braska could be seen at the time travelled
it, thousands of men eager to reach the dig
ginss. Some Of them vera accompanied by
their wives and infant children who vert
subjected to a camping life and the fury o.
prairie tempests. Still the patient wi e
would belr up under these trials b.sid, her
husband, that he mi sht see her forsitud, and
be stimulated on.
We lett St. JOSEPH tn, +,h Of April with
OK teams. AMI encountered mach hardship on
our journey to Fort Nelrny. a distance OF
two hundred and fifty miles, where we be,
came satisfied that tt0,nty.f cents to III:
man per day, w1s all thu had ben or could
be made at The P.ke's Peak gold d,ggings.
Here We met hunircds Of teams on THEN
return. Men who had braved the fury Of a
winters tempests on the Plains, for gold,
were returning to their homes nearly insane
from their constant suferings and loss,
There were 2).01J m2n enclmpel near
Fort kearney, who were firmly resolved t.
burn all cities OF towns which came within
their reach on the Missouri River And one
would judge from their appearance they were
men who would carry their threats into cx-
ecution.
MGny who were reared in the Western
country liked the still further Yves, and Set
tied MJre woall hay. done s, had there
been lars 'rqaintiti s1f timber. The great
er ptrt o; the N sr.tipl however are end.ay.
oring to reach their h>ns. May will i,
50 As WAS the case with our company. Will,
others have been lai low by the hand u
Dtath and have for their long res;in, plac,
a spo. in IL, Western Wills.
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I he strength Of the Hostile A,
mica.

We read in letter from Turin, NAV II
with respect to the strength Of the ar.
mics, a point Of much interest, it il not easv
to obtain accurate information, as the mum.
hers vary from day to day. If we state tho
Piedmontese at 80 600 effective men it is A
very liberal estimate; and in these are inclu.
ded the volunteers, about 10000 to 1900.
who enlisted in the regular army. 1t very
probably would also include Garibaidi's
corps, which is 5000 on paper, abont 5000
effective.
There IS another corps in progress Of for.
nation. which was to have been Ulloa's, and
which will probably be about 5000 more
As regards the French, all that can tell
YOU rs positive derived from official sources,
is that up to and on the 9th instant, $4,000
men had landed at Genoa. The date is rath-
er remote, and there have been many arri-
walls since then, to say nothing Of those troops
that came over Mont Cents, and whose mum.
bers it is scarcely possible to estimate, even
approximate. The general belief seems to
be that there are now 1870 900 French in the
Sandman States.
There may be more, but do not think
there can be many less. They are still def
Gent in cavalry, artillery and camp equi-
d ~
preparing, destined, of course, for the LON
bard fortresses. With respect to the Austri-
an information, on which place great reli-
anee, and which is up to the most recent
date. st ties the whole force in Italy at about
30 900 men, distributed as follows
At Ancona 1000. Ferrara 1000, Venice
l2,0C0 to 1900, Legnago 1000. Mantua
1000. Verona 5000, Peschiera 1000, Placcn.
IA 5000, Brescia. Milan, Rergamo, Cremona,
and other places IN that district 10000 to
IS 900. Besides these, within the Last day
or two about 20 900 men have been concen.
lrated about Placerza. Non-conbatanis
and sick are set down at $1,000. Including
the ~. 900 men that have just been drawn
from it and assembled round Placenza, and
1000 or 5000 that are in Payia. the efFective
strength of the Austrian army in Piedmon
IS about 10000 men, have strong rea
SONS Tor believing the above figures to be
substantially correct y
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.
DR.. ClIEt.SEMAN'S PILLS.

Prepar ii by Cornelius l.. Cheese,nan, NJ. d.
N,u York City.
The combpatio0 u ingredients tiesr Pills are the re
suit Of hon; aai extensive practice. They mild
their oreratn ard certain in correcting all rsgu4rtie
Painful Nensruat,ons removing all distractions, wheilr
from COLI otherwise headache pain the side palp
Of the heart disturbed se-p, ~hic arise frn inter
rupinn Of nature
TO MARRIED LADIES,
pr Chr-sena 5 ii,s nvalIable they win bring on
the monthly period with regularity Liable. VII. have been
disappointed In thu Of aLer PHI. pae- the a,mos.
conddcnce in Dr. Cheeseman's Pills ding all ha, they re-
prr sent to do
They should M, be ussi bdril. Pregnancy, as mil
carriage would anly rcsull therefrpn.
Warranted purely Vegetable, and free from anything in
jaross T. is or health Esrlici, direct ns which should
be read accompany each box. Price 81. Sen, by mai
enclosing 81 Ia the General Agent, Sold by ooe prrr
gsi in every in the nIted Sais r,r saIe BY , @
Peck Ellsworth, Ma
RE. HrrcnlSGs,
General Agent for IA
United States. lG5 Chambers, 81. Nrto FORK
t. whom all Wh1le. tle urf r. shlf be al ir..,.i
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MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC AssocrA TON

MAINE CHARITABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
We learn iron Circular f,rw ,rdeI to us
that the Fourth F 'r and Exhibition Of the
NJ. c. Mechanic Association will b. h-ll in
the city OF Portland, commencing On Thurs
day. the first d.y Of september next. Arti-
Giles for exhibition will be received between
the fifteenth and thirty first Of August
Application for spec, &c. should be mad.
t. J. r. MiLLlKEN, Portland, Secretary of
the board Of Managers Arranga ments have
been made with most of the railroad ami
steamboat lines to convey articles for the
exhibition free both ways. Should the
"Great EASTERN arrive in Portland pre-
vious 70 this E Exhibition. the rush t. that
city, iroin all parts the SITE will BE- i'm
mense, There will be full attendance, at
any rate.
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Book Notices.

NoRrH BRlrT,H REvIKw FOR MAY, contains
a review of "the first volume of Mason $
Milton and his times, biographical sketch
of the late Douglas Jerrold, Select Memoirs
of Port Royal, "Sketch Of the History and
Development Of Socineanism," review Of
Sir W. Hamilton's Lectures on Metaphysics
and Logic. A paper on Birds &C.; The
British Prcss--its Growth, Liberty and Pow
er; Indian Colonization and the public Life
OF LORI Brougham are all treated at coasd-
cradle length, and seem to deserve more than
the hasty perusal which we have a, yet been
able to give that. We feel justified in hear
tiIy commencing the whole number to the
attention OF our readers.
Republished by Leonard Scott l. Co., 81
Gold Street, New York; who also reprint the
London Quarterly, Westminster, and Edin
burgh Reviews, and Blackwood's Magazine
at So year singly, or $40 a year for the
whole five Periodicals.
tbs PRINTER for May is received Its
delay - this late date was occasioned by the
refusal of the P. Q. Department to allow
it to pIss through the mills as regular
publication. The difficulties have beer
arranged. the Department being in error
The Printer makes it appearance in new
and hIndsJme dress. 1t is valuable pub
lication to those Tor whom it is specially de-
signed. Published By John Henry, New
/ York.
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector for june
is received. 1t reports seventeen new coun'
te-felts pat in circulation since the las.
monthly issue. This is a reliabl, work and
deserving well o. business men. 1t is pub
lished by Peterson 4 Brothers, Philldelphi
Slo0 per year monthly, and $500 for The
seini-monthly.
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IMPORTANT CIRcULAR-The following is
the circular issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury to which reference was made in the
telegram from Washington few days since:
Treasury DEPARTMENT
May 10Th. 1859.
The immunity of our merchant vessels a,
sea from seizure. search, detention. or visit,
in time OF peace. by vessels of war of any
foreign nation. being now admitted by all
the maritime powers of the world. it is very
desirable that the flag Of the United States
the proper Indication of the nationality oil
our vessels, should always be promptly dis
played In the presence Of a ship OF war.
| am directed by the President to instruct
collectors OF the customs to request the Gu p
tains IN the merchant service at their respec.
tive ports, always 10 display their colors as
promr''y As p ssiblc, whenever they meet
Upon the OCEAN au armed cruiser Of any ma.
ton.
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PoLrrIcAL. A PHILADELPHIA correspondent
Of the New York Times says that the OPPOSE
ton Convention of Pennsylvania, on the Sth
inst, is likely to be a stormy assemblage, on
account of conflicting views as to the nation
alization' of the party.
The New York Tribune's Washington
correspondent says that since the result of
the Virginia election has been made known the
Democratic leaders have begun to propose
Senator Fitzpatrick of Alabama as the
Charleston nominee. The South demands
the candidate.
The Baltimore American warns the COM
ing Shareholders Convention in Maryland
against taking any severe action agaIns. free
negroes. saying "fhere is enough Black
Republicanism in Maryland to make a fac
tion, and to establish an organ, if the slave
holders viii only act little Unexpectedly.
and give the excuse to raise tue cry of per
Gex1Sn. -
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Mr. {. ?. BA-nw,S's Advertisement: will
oe seen by consulting our columns Mr..
Baldwin Ia, been dong business a, his pres.
ent Sand, IS West MarAe: Square Bangor.
more than twenty years. which FAC, speak.
volumes il his iavor. " Baldwin is one
II the solid business msn. of one of tie smart
e, Cities in Maine Ills stock of Boots and
Shoes. Leather. Shoe Findings. Harness
Leather. & Mil Betings is full one, veil
selected and bought to be sold. Give him a
ca. " hen il the city
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-06-10

DEArH BY LIcHrSISG.-T The house Of l..
p. Goss, of North Carmel, was struck by
lightning yesterday forenoon at about III
O'Clock. The roof was split and the chimney
shattered. Mr.. Goss was in the woods at
the time, and Mrs. Goss with their three
children were in bed room, into which the
fluid penetrated, striking down two OF them,
killing one, Clara, and depriving younger
one OF its senses, but who was brought to
by timely appliances, and recovered. The
children were engaged in singing hymn
when the sad casualty occurred.-Times.
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An Old Nurse for Children. De.i all l.. pro-
cure Mrs. Winslow'. Soothing Syrup for children
feethin:. 1t has no equal on earth. No mother
who has ever tried Mrs. W ins,ow Soothing syrup
Tor children will let her child pass
through the distressing and critical period of teeth
ing without the aid Of this invaluable preparation
II life and health can be estimated by dollar. and
cents. it is worth its wei III, in gold
Millions of bottles of Mrs Winsio-s Soothing
syrup are sold every year in the United Statss
Ii is an old and well tried remedy. None gen.
zine unless the Fac Smile Of Curti. / Peysin, il
tbs outside wrapper
Price sns - cents bottle.
L u. Peck, Ellsworth. Wholesale Agent; s. Y
PaTkin'. Bangor. do. sold by all deaiersin Med
cclue ly-7l