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•* J1- - >H f •» * v . __-___ __E2T iH 9 ^——m—— -—■ — — -■ ■ ■ --« ■-.— -.— « ■ -- -—*-■! —-L.,.i ■„ ,...., AMERICANS CAN GOVERN AMERICA WITHOUT THE AID OF POPISH INFLUENCE. VOLUME I. ELLSAVORTIL HANCOCK COUNTY, MAINE; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1855. NUMBER 0. (KIjc iBHsinortl; Sliiirrirun IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDA* MORNING BY WM. H. CHANEY, Office in Osgood's Block, next door South of lh* Ellsworth Hank, T ERMS. 92,00 per annum ; if paid strictly in advance 91,60. mr*AuvkRTt8*MKNT8 inserted at rra.vn*b> rates Written for the Ellsworth American. A Moonlight Fantasy. BY W. E. PABOR. I sat in the dimity even At a casement where the light From Luna in yon heaven Came veiled ill the mists of night, And 1 said in the hush of silence, I serin tube sot myself The moonbeams streamed on the pictures— The moonbeams crept up the wall. They mellowed my books and papers, And I asked, is of life this all.' Or is man changed at even '■Ml I... I... ......i u tut... And I lie ii through the deep'ning gloaming, A w hispcr came soft and low; And it said, O Mortal ! even I'.arth'i* changes, a man should Know. In the dim ami dusky even ’Tin well to n>k a* I JtniLr.’ For spirit doth answer to spirit As earth links unclasp apace; And that, which from heaven ye inherit Steals goldonly ovcrthe ra^f, And the face without and tin- soul within. A r • bereft of the taint of sell, The soil and the sin of self! Then, as the whisper departed Leaving me with the moonlight alone, O' may I ho ever great lieartedf 1 said in a faint monotone — With moonlight without and moonlight w itliiu, * 1 changed in tho dusay even 'Till my spirit freed Irum the loul of «iu S-t ired up to the highest heaven, Harlem, .V Y , ISoO" (Wntieu (*r th*t Ktluvortli American ] REST [Suggested au rrailfg “The llajipy l.amlby ltjisilun ] nv mvua >:— ‘ O. wlicre shsil rent t>e fc*uinP Ke*i for il»« wr*r> suul’—'* Can this earth with all its pleasures, Nature in refulgence Hrest, With her thousand beauteous treasures. Yield to niun eternal rest? Nn, fur earthly joys are fleeting, (Tho1 they oft with sweets abound,) And the lie.irt is ever speaking. “Where, oh, where can rest he found?" There is, fur beyond nur vision. In the boundless realms of spuce, A j iynus, unsurpassed elysinn, A eelesliil. happy place ; Which our dreams can paint us neier ; There's a consecrated goil, Anil n peaceful rest, lorever, “For the. weary, weary suul!" In «lint glorious, blissful region Sommer pleasures ever reign ; An I no sorrow, want or sighing, Naught of sin and naught ol pain, Ever mars the holy union Of that happy, shining throng; Theirs one blessed, true communion— Theirs one eveilasting song. There is heard no jarring discord, There no harsh sounds meet the car; Hut the sweet harmonious anthem “Myriad augels throng to hear ;” yind thro' scenes of heavenly pleasures Happily those loved ones roam, E'er partaking '‘without measure," Choice enjoyments of that home. Would'st lltou gain a passport thither? WouIJ’st thou walk those streets of gold? Would'st thou, freed Irom sorrow, ever 8hare those joys a thousand-fold? Woillb'st thou join the group in Heaven? Let “thy life a blessing prove." lie my Heart to wisuom gi»cu, And thy motto “livedo love.” Then the harp and crown of glory, And the seal neat God's own throne, Shall await thee and in gladness Heavenly angels greet thee home ; Then shall a true meed be given , • Then thou'lt be supremely blest ; Then thou'lt find repose in Heaven, An eternal, peaceful rest. “I’ll consult my wife,”—This is what old Judge Thacher, of Massachusetts, said to Ulouut, of North Carolina, when they were members of Congress, at Phil adelphia—and when the latter challeng ed the Judge to mortal combat. ‘'I'll consult my wife, sir" replied the Judge taking oil his three cornered hat and making a low bow ; “and if she is willing I'll favor you with a meeting.” A certain cockney bluebeard over come by his seoseibiliiies fainted at the grave of his fourth apousc. •,VVbal shall we do with him” asked a perpleaed tliend of his. “Let him alone” said a waggish by stunder, “lie'll soon re-wive !'' 3Hisrriliinrou0. "DEACON GILES’ DISTILLERY/^ Most of our readers will remember the excitement caused by the publication, in 1805, of an article under this head, writ ten by Rev Mr Cheever. The following article from the "Boston Telegraph,” re vives our recollections of it, and if out readers peruse it with the same interest we have, they will require no apology from us for giving it entire. [From the Boston Telegraph.] Second Epoch in Temperance, 183S. "DBA. GILES DISTILLERY." The world-wide fame caused by the publication of the fiction supposed to be founded on truth, under the nhme head will well entitle it to a prominent place in the temperance cause. No publica tion in modern times has ever produced such excitement; and perhaps no local incident has ever been attended with such lasting, extensive and salutary effect.— It was of such a nature, so blended in its connexions with the morals and welfare of the community, that it could not die away like other local incidents. Who has not heard or read something about Deacon Giles’ Distillery, and yet how few people compnritively, can impart, or recollect anv full or correct account of the transaction. The facts and circumstances wer. these. Rev Geo B Cheever, then a young Orthodox clergyman ofSalemn published in the Landmark, a religious newspaper in the same town, a communication which he called “A Dream,'"relating lo‘‘Deacon ■ linos Giles’ Distillery,” which embrac ed some circumstances strikingly appl - cable to O.ipt John Stone, a Unitarian deacon ol Salem, who had been for many years, and his father before It tin, a distil ler of New Kngland rum. Dca Stone and Ins relatives were wealthy, lie was also Treasurer of the County Bible So ciety. and kept Bibles as well as barrels of ruin lor sale in the same distillery.— There were oilier 'circumstances which awaked suspicions in the minds of friends of Mr .Stone, that lie was the person in dicated by ‘‘Deacon Giles.' There had been a religious controversy carried on for some time before between Mr (Jlieev er and one of the Unitarian clergymen in Salem, which was supposed by some to have mlLienred the dream. The dream itself whatever truths and facts may have been here and there in terspersed, was a high wrought fiction ol several columns in length. The diatdery the old building, was pretty truly de scribed, as being hideous with blackness saturated null t lie lumes of (tie infernal manufacture, so that the poisonous liquid would ooze out in large standing drops from all the timbers, the sight of which would strike the beholder with horror.— The use of the distilled liquor was repre sented as having made sad inroads upon the family of the Deacon, one of his sons having in a stale of intoxication been drowned in one of the vais. This was one of the strongest facts, dwelt upon at the trial, as being literally applicable to Deacon John Stone. In the dream it was represented that a strolling company ol devils, in the shape of men, presented themselves to the deacon, who gladly received them as the very company lie wauled, to keep the tires going night and day. Sundays and all, and proposed to pay them partly in money the remainder in the manufactured liquor, as much as ilrcy could drink. They consented, but the deacon’s proposals went so much be yond their views of deviltry, that they concluded among themselvs not to take money in pay; but in lieu thereof they ingeniously contrived to play several tricks upon the deacon, which would lie sure to do him more injury than all their labor was worth. Accordingly they so prepared the infernal spirit, that when it w as sold and deposited in the store of the purchaser, each barrel would break out upon its bead with living letters ol lurid light, in words substantially like these—“Death Distillery;” thus frighten tug everybody from the store, till the bar rels ol rum were returned to the Distille ry, where Ihcy had to be emptied—^a llllltli ltl«vl in lilP lip til. Tins Dream was published about the middle of of the week—say Wednesday Immediately the numerous friends and relative* ol Dea. Stone were in a rage; and the principles of Mr. Cheevur, moral and religous, being unacceptable to a large majority of tlie inliabitautsof Salem at the tune, (lie newspapers all united in raising a clamor, representing the Dream as being one of tbu vilest things ever published, and the author hardly lit for civilized society. Although they did nut openly and professedly invite a mob, they did the same thing in a manner not to be misunderstood— somewhat in this style; •‘We should greatly regret to have the peace and good order ot our tjuiet town disturbed by a inob, but if a man will persist in such a daring manner to out rage truth and justice to the injury ol our most virtuous citizens iitul the feel ings of all —who could blame them il they (a mob) should in their houest in dignation, ussail the offender and admin isler justice in a summary manner?— Who could or would do anything to pre vent it?" Thus they continued to Ian the limit until Saturday, when the plan for mob biug was matured and executed thus: Dea. Stuue's foreman, Ham, a youn man ot giant size and strength was selec ted as a leader, to be accompanied by several others, who accordingly, in the public street, in open day, with canes or other weapons, attached Mr. Cheever, a small sized, infirm and feeble man, who besides being a clergyman, was a professed non-resistant, knocked him down and repeated their blows till inter rupted by others. The excitement through the whole town was electrical and universal, and was not quelled and scarcely received any abatement for sev eral days. The office of the Landmark was attacked, and an attempt made to burn it down; even the editor of the Landmark seemed greatly intimidated, and as an excuse, denied that he had ever read the ‘‘Dream” before it went to press. Up to the next Wednesday, not a news paper had taken any notice of this extra ordinary and reprehensible movement except the Boston Kecorder; which bare ly and timidly menuoned, that there had been such an excitement in Salem, and intimating that agitators were carrying matters too far. The Lynn Record was published the next Wednesday, lour days alter the at tack. The editor before writing on the subject, reflected a moment with a heavy heait on the criminal cowardice, and reinissness of the newspapers, in passing unnoticed such an act of violence and breach of the public peace, and the heavy responsibility which might fall on alone ; and reasoned with himself thus—“Shall I do my duty on this trying occasion, or iugloriously shrink from it, us all the others have done? 1 will do it—"fiat justitia, ruat eoctum.” With these views, after deciding to pnblish the Dream, in spite of all the threats of prosecution, he sat down and wrote nearly a column and a half, view ing the subject on all sides, and treating the representations and arguments of the Salem papers, sometimes seriously,some times so ironically and sarcastically, and in such manner us to make them appear irresistably, and in a high degree, ridicu lous. This leading editorial was head ed "The Salem Outrage," thus throwing the responsibility on the town of Salem, and not merely on llani and his comrades; as the Salem journals had declared, that all the people there were of one of one mind on this subject. The article is too long for insertion here, l^it something of the style, man ner and spirit of it, may be seen in the brief extracts which here follow: THE SALEM OUTRAGE. "The ancient town of Salem seoms destined to be the seat of violence and disorder. Another instance of daring outrage, unparalleled in this purl of the country—of personal and savage vio lence, an assault committed upon a cler gyntati, in the open street, occurred in that devoted town on Saturday last, which we hope will meet with merited rebuke. As lawless violence is lifting l up its head in various forms, in murders mobs, riots, and personal assaults, let the supremacy of the law be proclaimed, and its salutary correctives dealt out with an unsparing hand. Uur boasted liberty is getting to he a farce—our Bill of Rights, a dead letter. The ostensible cause of this outrage, we understand, was a communication, published in the Landmark of the 31st uli in the form of a dream or allegory, which we have copied inlo this paper, en tiled "Inquire at Amos Giles’ Distilerv," which was supposed by some to allude to a certain Deacon in that neighborhood w ho was a distiller of New England rum. This, however, ap|>ears to us impossible. The ‘dream’ appears to be a higli wrought and highly ingenious fiction, full ol imagination, clothed in bold figu rative language, ll it applied to any real person and case—if there did really exist, in this age of Temperance reform, a deacon of a Christian church, who had taken from the hungry the staff of life— whose employment was converting a wholesome article of food into liquid poison, on an extensive scale, and deal ing out destruction to his fellow-beings, for money, while one and another of his own family and friends, were falling victims in the general ruin—who then, to cover over the glaring iniquity of this infernal traffic, added the hypocrisy of selling bibles also—(rum and biblcs!)— the fury of Ihe people in that 'usually peaceful town,’ we are very sure, would be directed against llie vile destroyer of bis race, the rum-selling deacon himself, urn! not against the exemplary Christian, who had the commendable houesty to tell the truth, and warn the victims of •heir danger. Hut we cannot suppose it possible that such a state of things could exist in a civilized community at the present day. ‘None but a madman will '.brow about lire*’ \V e must believe to a dream. If the allegory applied to no one, then no one need feel himself injured.— Whether it did or did not, it could fur nish no justification for this brutal attack. If it was iinuudent, unjust or unlawful, public sentiment would have corrected the error, if that would not, the law would. The newspapers and the Courts of justice were open to theaflected party. We know nothing of the ‘distiller, iu this case ; but we da know that rum ma king, rum selling ruin drinking deacons (lather Abraham!) were lor a long time a stumbling block to the causa of tem perance—-a reproach to religion uni the song ol the drunknad. There may be a vast deal of courage and magnanimity in selecting a ruffian-— a giant in size and bodily strength, with a savage ferocity (as the aggressors is described) and pasuing him forward ■ with a weapon in his hand, lo attack a I young and feeble clergyman, whose re-' ligious principles, it was well known ! would prevent any combat on his part,! and tli ere, in the public aWeel finding no j resistance, and being backed by a throng of his comrades, applauding his courage to continue beating him, with brutal vio lence till the slender youth was ready to sink under repeated blow*. But hold, the deacon distiller was wealthy, his ances tors and family connexion* it is intimated in the Salem Gazette, were respectable. He was connected with the late Picker ing Dodge,' a very rich man. Ah in deed ! Why this sheds new light on the subject, and changes the aspect ma- < terially. This furnishes ' the Deacon < with full license, no doubt, to make, sell and drink the flaming poison in any quantity, Probably Mr Cheever was not i aware of all this, and that it was next lo I sacrilege to tell the truth of, and concer-' i niug a rich family. It is possible the1; deacon may have descended in a direct! I line from the very authors of witchcraft i and inhereted many of their virtues, j From present appearances too the gold- | en age of his ancestors may soon return. | If it should not we are persuaded it will , not he owing to any want of labor to i that end on his part. I We have spoken with warmth, because ; we consider mobs, riots and personal out rages the most alarming signs of the < times—a growing evil which every eoi- t tor should set his face against, which if ( not frowned upon, will soon destroy our j j government. W e consider editors who : { would encourage these outrages, as fiends j, as demons, against whom no language | can be to severe.’ Early the next morning one of these newspapers found its way into the hands of ftlr Cheever, who after reading, car ried ft immediately to a place where a number of his friends were assembled, and remarked, ’Here is precisely what we have been looking for m vain lor four days. Had I been the aulhor 1 could not have written every word more toiny own mind.' After hearing it tKey dis patched an agent to Lynn and procured 300 extra copies, and a few hours after ward applied for 300 more, which they sent by mail to editors, clergymen &c all over the Northern Stales. On the sudden appearance of these pa pers in Salem, the excitement, which had hardly began to subside was renewed with intensity. While the Iriends of Mr Cheever look courage, and others who had remained silent came out in his favor the Gilesinen were doubly enraged and swore that if (he editor of the Lynn Record should ever dare to make his ap pearance in Salem they would serve him worse then they had served Cheever, Before noon however he appeared in their midst openly and carelessly walk ing in the very street where the assault had been commited and soon made Ins wiiy into the office ol their consulting at torney the late Reuj Merrill, where af. ter an hour of animated conversation on the subject, more jocular than angry, Ham and his comrades called for con sultation—Seeing a stranger in the office they called Mr AlertilI out, who inform ed them 'That is the editor of the Lynn Record;' un which they departed, saying ‘We’ll call ng-iiii.’ The truth is, they had procured a com plaint and n arrant against this editor from the District Attorney whose office was in the adjoining room. But after this conversation, Mr Merrill advised them not lo serve the warrant then, hut , to wait a while and see how public sent iment would (urn, and it turned so sud denly that they never served it at all. A Baptist minister of Salem, who had been a looker on, said he never saw so sudden < a change in public mind. Such was the call for Lynn Record that long before night they were all gone and a quarter of a dollar offered for a single number. In a few day3 newspapers from distant I places began to come in, with comments < upon the Salem outrage, accoinpined ■ with pictures, songs, and caricatures of Dea Giles, and this continued for weeks i in succesion. 1 The trial of Mr Cheever, who was im mediately prosecuted in behalf of the ; Commonwealth for libel, was delayed, like other important* trials, for a long time. But his name was borne on the wings of fame, lie was applied to by Colleges and Literary Institutions lar iliiu ui.411 UUIHI uiawuiia auu auuiv.«<.e lie hud calls to settle in the ministry from populous ami wealthy towns—And when at last he determined to travel in Europe, for the benefit of his health large bids, it is said, were made by pub lic journals, for his correspondence, which was finally obtained by the New York Observer. It may not be known to all that this is the same man, now so extensively and favorably known to the public, as Iiev Dr Cheever, of New York. At the triul of Mr Cheever, there was an immense crowd—temporary stairs being erected at the buck side of the court house, so that the judges, attorneys &c, passed in and out at the chamber windows. The attorneys for tile defen dant were Peleg Sprague, now District Judge and Iiufus Choate. The latter made one of his most splendid efforts, but the farmer hardly satisfied public ex pectation. Mr Cheever himseil was also permitted to read to the Court in his own defense, or in expectation of the act an address, which all admilted to be a most ingenious and |Miwerful argument. The decision of the Court, howeuer, was a him, and he was sentenc’d to close con J fin .'tit eut in the common jail thirty days, j which he spent as he declared to a visi tor at the time, very pleasantly, being provided by kind friends with every con venience necessary to his comfort. When tie came out lie delivered a public lec ture, or addresj to a very crowded audi ence, but made no allusion to his impris onment. Ham was also tried U r assualt, and Ined £6 I and costs, which his employ es or friends readily paid. The effect of the whole affair was ex ictly the reverse of what was intended. I'he design was, through the operation >f pubic sentiment, to make Mr Cheever inpopiilar, and drive him away instead if which it brought ridicule and disgrace m his assailants, and greatly elevated Hr C in public estimation. In fact it njured the wliole town of Salem, and aided in the ruin of Deacon Giles and ns distillery k'or such was the noturi ty of ihe old distillery after this affair, ind the ridicule attached to it that hut ew men even rumsellers, could muster noral courage enough to ho seen going] nto it. A shock had thus been given lo j lie Deacon's trade, which it could noil Ling survive. He lingered along several ears, his property, health and courage , echoing, and failed. His friends set iiin up. He became his own customer, nd failed again and forever. As lor Ilain, after having been chosen onstahle in ‘the orderly and peaceable own of Salem,’ he fell out with (he Dea-I mi. loll Inm rolurriPil In ihp Si:»ip r»f' -lame, repented of Ins sins, joined tin Drlhodox church, and became a man of ! ober life and conversation- But alasj or his companions. They were respect ive till the onset, but soon scattered nd came to nought. One lost his prop irty, another his lile, and a third moved 0 the far West, because as lie said, he vjuld nut live in a town where the first nquiry on the arival of every stranger is —1'Where is Deacon Giles’ Distillery ?—j show me Deacon Giles’ /Distillery V And what lias become ol the old dis ilery—will he as anxiously asked bv ■very reader now us its kindred question vas by every staanger formerly. Alas! ts finality was more tragical even, than hat of any one of the assualtcrs. But as t lived an eventful life, some further ac count of that will first be expected. The •eader has already been made acquainted ,vith its works till within a few years of ts close. Well, when the Deacon and xis company had censed operation, and the smoke of their fires had ceased to ■send, the old building iiselt looked sor ry, and seemed to repent. It iliJ indeed neet with a sudden change and brought orth fruits meet for repentance. It was jotight up by James X Bulfum the most borough teetotaller in that region and ^inverted into a sort of Temperance .ds flum, Mansion House, or Hull for Tem perance Jubilees ; and dedicated by a •rand tea party of teetotallers, male and einale, ulio held their Hirst jubilee there md made it as merry by die manufacl jre of toasts and songs, jibes, as the Deacon's company of strolling devils had n manufacture of their bewitching tricks lpon the Deacon and his customers. Sut this was too much for flesh and >lood to bear ; and one night the old | listillery took litre and burned down,] vhetlier by self combustion, by being sat- j iraled or surcharged with spirits or whetli- ] ■r it was ignited by some incendiary, n consequence of its having become an ibject of hatred, is not known. It lived I 1 turbulent life, but died a peaceful leatli. Peace to its ashes. New Way of Paying Subscriptions- ! A correspondent of tho Lugiangc iVliig gives tlie following amusing ae- I aiunl of the way a farmer was taught - low cheaply lie could take the papers.— riie lesson is worth knowing by a good nany men we ‘wot’ of.- — “You have liens at home of course.— iV*ell, I will send you my paper one year ur the proceeds of one single lieu for inc season, merely the proceeds. It -eems trifling, preposterous, to imagine lie products of a single hen will pay the ubscription, perhaps it won't, hut 1 make he offer.” ‘ Done,” exclaimed farmer B-, “I igrec to it,” and appealed to me as a vitness in the affair. The farmer went away apparently nuch elated with his conquest, and the sditor went on his way rejoicing. 1.11110 iUJICU ilrUUlHI, UIIU l HO VUIIIII 1C* rolvcd on its axis, and the sun moved in is orbit just as it formerly did, the Car rier received Ins paper regularly, and re tailed himself with the information ob uiued from it. lie not only knew the ■flairs of his own country, bul became onversant upon the leading topics of the lay, and the political and financial con rulsions of the times. 11 is children de ighted too, in perusing the contents ol heir weekly visitor. In short he said ‘he was surprised at the progress of limsclf and family in gene al informa ion." Sometime in the month of September, I happened up again in the office, when who should step in but our friend the aruier. “How do you do, Mr B -? "said the alitor, extending his hand, and counte nance lit up with a blau 1 smile, “lake n chair sir, be seated; tine weather we have.” “Yes. sir, quite fine indeed,” answer ed the farmer, shaking the proffered ‘paw’ of the editor, und then a short si lence ensued, during which our friend B-hitched his chair back anJ for ward, and twirled bis thumbs abstracted ly, and spit profusely. Starting up [quickly lie said addressing (lie editor, "Mr C-I have brought you the pro ceeds of that hen.” It was amusing to see the peculiar expression of the editor as lie followed the farmer down 10 the wagon. 1 could scarcely keep my risi blcs down. When at the wagon the farmer commenced handing over lo the editor the products of the hen which, on being counted, amounted lo eighteen pullets, worth a shilling each, and a num ber of dozen eggs, making in the aggre gate at the least calculation 83.00, one dollar more than the price of the paper. ‘‘No need," said he, ‘of men not tak ing a family newspaper, and paying for it ton. I don't miss this Iroin my roost, yet 1 have paid for a year’s subscription, and a dollar over. All folly sir, there is no man but cun take a paper, its charity sir, charity you know commences at home.” •‘Hut,” resumed the editor, ‘‘I will pay you for what is over the subscription. 1 lo not institute this as a means of profit, aut rather to convince you. 1 win pay you for—” ‘•Not a bit of it sir, a bargain is a liar jam, and 1 am already paid sir. And whenever a neighbor makes the com-1 olaiut I did, I will cite to him the hen | dory. Good day, Gentlemen.” Later From California. New 1 ork, Feb 9. The North Star arrived about 4 o’clock P Al, bringing California dates to Jan 16tli, about 200 passengers, and 81,239-, JtlO in specie. Tne sieamei ^ionora left San Francis-! io on the Kith and arrived al Panama on .lie 29ih. On ItSili spoke the Cortez. ' Tlie Panama Railroad was completed I nul the first train from Aspinwail to j Panama passed over on the 28ih. The passengers who went out in the North Star, and also those who came home by her, passed over the road. The time occupied in the transit is four hours. 'I lie .Senatorial election in California was lo come off on the 17th. The dem ocrats were divided between Gwinn and Broderick, and the whigs had nominated R L Edwards. The steamer Southerner, hound from San Francisco to Oregon, was lost sixty miles below Cape Flattery. Passengers and crew all saved. The miners were rejoicing over the recent rains, ami washing was briskly carried on. In some parts of the State t’.e weather was excessively col I, and snow had fallen to tlie depth of from two to five leet. The Legislature hud ereatcd great excitement in the religious world !>y re fusing to pay for the services of a chap lain, and inviting all the Sacramento clergymen a Mormon minister included, to officiate alternately. Tlie clergymen were declining the invitation. An attempt was being made in San Francisco io raise a company of French men to colonize the 1 sland of New Cul eduuia, in the South Pacific. A mechanics’ Institute was about to be eslabiishad ar San Francisco. A project was on loot foi eslalri siring a litre of stages between San Bias and Vera Cruz, fur the transportation of pas sengers arid correspondence between San Francisco and New Orleans. The markets were very quiet, and it was quite difiicull to effect sales, 'i he closing quotations were—Goliego and llaxull flour 815, 0; wheat S3 u 83,35, clear bacon 14 1-4 cts, lard 12. From Mexico. From Acopulco it is reported that a part ol Santa Anna’s army, 2000 in number, bad deserted and gone oyer to Alvarez. A portion ol them reached Acapulco on the 23d of January, and [he remainder were daily expected. Another report of Jan 23d, says that Alvarez bad obtained a complete victory in Guerrero, and that Santa Anna's ar my, 1000 strong, bad Surrendered to him. From South America. Dates from Callao are to January “til. News from Peru is important. Gen Castilla:,has overthrown Echenriqne, and taken the Government into hi* own bands. The battle which decided the contest was fought on the 5th of Janu ary. 1st.itviii 111■ 11* auu^ui [mucuiuil ui UK British consul. Cieii Castilla entered Lima in triumph on die afternoon of the battle. Lima being taken, a force was sent to Callao, and the castle and squadron surrendered. An earthquake was experienced at Cal lao on the oth of January. Th% d ales from /Julivin are to Dec 23th. The rebel Aclu had been put down, and those engaged pardoned by the Governor. An extra session of Con gress has been called for the first of Feb ruary, to receive the resignation of the President. From Sandwich Islands. Sandwich Islands dales are to the 23d of December. Prince Lihuliho had ascended the throne. The funeral of King Kamehnmebu hud been postponed till January 0 It. "l'iie old 1‘riva Council were to con tinue iu office for a time. Fro.ii Australia. The dates from Australia are to De cember I. Trade was very much depressed, au I fears were entertained for the crops o.i account of drought. Flour and gram from California were being imported. Atti>r?cins can do their own voting. Xrgislnfiur. Senate.—The committee <>u eleiliva franchise reported a recommendation Uiiil Sheriffs Judges of Proba'.e mid liegisieis of Probate be elected by the people, lor terms of lour years ; that Municipal and Police Judges be elected by (lie cities nr towns where such courts are nr may be established, for like terms of four years j and that the Land Agent, Attorney Gen oral and Adjutant General be elected by the Legislature annually, in January,— A resolve for the necessary amendment* if the Constitution, accompanied the re port, and received its first reading. 'Die Committee on Education reported i resolveappropriatug three quarter-town ships of laud, or their value iu money, or the East Muine Conference Semina ■y. Head once. The resolve in favor of Slaine Wesley, tn Seminary was takeu up, and Mr Tor sey proposed to make the donation the same as the above ; but Mr Cushing oh ected to giving the right to select parts if townships in different localities, and noved one whole township in place of he three quarters proposed, and it was tdopted, 13 to 9. A motion by Mr Wil is to substitute SI000 a year for tea (’ears, was negatived, 8 to 12. The ptestion being on the passage of the bill, he Sennte adjourned. In the House, the resolve in favor of llaine State Seminary was taken up. md Mr Pernio moved to reconsider the i».w.„..n.. f... I-1 'ri.:.. vas opposed by Air Hill ol Bangor, and ilhers. ■Senate, Thursday, Feb. 8.—Cnminit ee on Agriculture reported a bill 10 in corporate tbe West Penobscot Agricultu al Society. Read and assigned. Committee on Alanuractures reported i bill to incorporate tbe Bangor and I'iscataijuis Slate Company. Read and assigned. Mr Ruggles. from the Committee on Railroads and Bridges, reported a bill to tutborize the city »l Bangor to extend further aid for the construction of the Kennebec & Penobscot Railroad, allow ing it to loan its credit in tbe bum of $3(10,000. Thursday was assigned for sectnl reading. The resolve in lavor of Alaine Wesley an Seminary tvas taken up, and amended by giving selctcion of the land, that may be granted, to the Governor and Council, instead of Trustees, and providing that if the land sell lor more than Slii.OdO, the excess shall be paid into tbe Stale Treasury. A lengthy discussion took place on the subject, participated in by Messrs Cushing Downes, Torsey, Bo.,, dy, Hichborn and Pease. Alter the amendments were adopted, the resolve was laid on the table. House.- Air Pike, of Topsfield, by leave, laid on tbe table a Resolve setting apart a portion of tbe pt.'.die lands Ibr ti e paym?nt of the Slaiedel '. Air Paltee of Fort Fairfield, from the Coimuittceii on State lands and roads reported a Resolve in favor D( roads in Aroostook and Penobscot. Bill to incorporate (lie Easiport Gas Light Company. Read and assigned. Air Ingersoll of Bangor, called up the bill to incorporate the Alaine State Sem inary. He remarked that be bad intend ed, when the provision to grant lands was struck out, to support these measures with a reasonable sum of money, but on a more careful examination lie bad come to-the conclusion that it would tiot be safe under tbe restriction in the constitu tion to increase the indebtedness of tbu State so much as it may be proper to a*. sist these Seminaries ol learning. Mr I. defended the Freewill Baptist denomination from the imputations ibi i had been cast upon them, describing their labors in the destitute parts ol the State, for little nr no compensation. He was satisfied the Legislature ought to do something (or them, and lie was for hind, not money or bonds. Mr Thomas of Portland wns opposed to the reconsideration, lie did not be lieve in the force of the argument that these grants could not be made without exceeding the constitutional limit. He commended the object of this institution ind did not oppose aid, but was in lavor ■f money and not land. Oil motion of Leavitte of Skowliegan, llio sin/! niH'g vrcrti nrilorml ilia pending motion. Mr Chase of Calais was in favor of money, if any tiling, and argued in favor of Common and Normal Schools, in preference to the higher seminaries ol learning. Mr Fenno said that the nmonbiiieni he proposed would lake away the right of selection from the Trustees ol the Inst) lotion, and confer it on theGi vernor and Council, and providing that it the tv.u half townships exceeded Slb.ObO the surplus ehuii be paid into the treasury of the State. |The debate continued until adj.] Siiivarg. Friday, Feb. 9—On mo* lam of Mr Dennett, ilia cute assigning Thursday next for the consideration of ihe bdl authorizing the city of Bungor to loan its credit U> the I'erinhscoi and Kelt? ebec Railroad, was reconsidered—17 to 0 ; ami the bill was read a second tjing and passed to be engrossed. House. On motion of Mr lugersall, of Bangor the Committee on lire Judiciary were directed to con*idsr the expediency of making void ill notes, &c diseottulcd r purchased by the banks ol this State, [ r their agents, whereon more than six