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The i-.Kiv tr*:;r arrives ! 1‘ii** holy J
man repeats the beautiful service and,
soon the word? are uttered that bind? j
two heart? in- o«e. A merry company j
g idler* aro-ifri the festive board and the
Bridegroom i? called on for a speech.
He rises—see—a bank bill is “m his
' hand—it is one he has kept for years—
amt tio.v in a clear calm voice lie relates
is story nf poverty and of toiling alter
bread : he comes to the cruel words of
ihe merchant- -tells of Ins agony and his
mother’s grief ami of that long night of
prayer and wrestling1 wnh-G^nl. Now he
tell* of the frisket ami—but his bride
breaks m upon him with one remark ; it
is—tii.Ti.okd will PUovtDK, and a light
breaks m upon Ins miml so overpowering
thai he sits down unable t«» proceed.
In r* all underst.iod now ! Other tears
were shed that night and they had soli—
♦•ned a father’s lieavt—the rest We
know. [Metropolitan.
A Shaip Skirmrh Upon Slavery
Took place in the Senate on Friday,
in which Messrs Gillette, Sunnier and
Wilson .idminisiered some scorching re
bukes 10 southern {men, upon the black
laws i t the Di>trict, the fugitive slave
law, and 'In* iniq lilies ol slavery gener
ally. The debate was upon Douglas’s
bill for the protection of IJ. S. officers
in the business of catching slaves. Daw
son, Jones, Husk and Weller spoke for
the South. Mr Sntntter said tint*seven
ty 'wo private bills had been sacrificed
t.. grniffr flurppy »* the »w.t<ier ot' tin.
odious act, as it was the last chance for
private bills. Mr Jones of Tenn. culled
the free soilers a hami c* traitor*. Mr
Sumner said the fugitive law is an atroc
ious enactment, and defied the south to
enforce it ; Tor there was an enlightened
public opinion forming at the north,
\vhic» would render all snchdaws nuga
tory. Mr Wi! son said tho-e with whom
lie acted were determined to abolish
slavery in the District and Territories
In conclusion Mr Sumner moved t"
7MIIWC tIUl l/UU^ia? 5 Ulll, IIIU 111 H t i l it 11
amendment repealing the fugitive
Slave L uv. Voted'down, 30 to S) and
the bill passed, C'J ,o 9.
CoRRESPOXDiSiCK Extra. The fol
lowing sharp valentine and re|dv trans
pired mu many days since somewhere
m the vicinity of ihe Slate lloti-e. I he
keen-eyed and large-souled man of ihe
Age is supposed lo know something oi
the origin uC the first mile. [Kennebec
Journal.
QUESTION
How Jong dear Morrill, oh how long
Snail fusion wrath delay T
\V ftirl svvifter round the bloody axe.
And sweep straight Whigs away !
Yours, ‘Age, ax.
A: svver.
Be oatient man, you’ve had your doom,
You ft-ed the sentence just ;
1 know lull well there still is 'Dr.rrr—
The 'Age ax' shall not rust.
JnSTlCE.
The Republican State Convention
gives the Crosby democratic presses
'particular fils.’ it makes their heads
ache, causes strabissimus and twinging
about their eyes, stiffens tlieir necks,
makes their hacks ache, starts out fever
sores, htfliot them with the calculus, dis
arranges their kidneys, gives them the
gripes, springs their legs, develops corns
mi each particular pedal digit, and — in
fine makes them sick (hen,selves*! Their
political systems .are most wonderfully
susceptible In complaints, if we are to
judge from tli: effects this convention
•malady' produces upon them- They
sigh, and groan and are apparently ta%
mg leave of their respective political
families ‘just like as’ people natural)
would on hearing Ihe undertaker drive
up to tne door. They will probably
‘get no belter last’ till the next Septem
ber election when—but our emotions
I'lrbnl us l.a pursue this •rat.’! subject
(irilier. [Bangor Jeffersonian,
Aii English officer, now a prisoner in
Sebxstopul, had a li tter sent him from a
young lady in England, to the effect that
she "hoped, when he took Menchikotl
prisoner, that he would send her a button
from his coat, lor her lo keep as a relic "
The letter was forwarded by flag o|
truce into Sebastopol, with other letteri
for prisoners now in the enemy’s hands
Thi' letter fell into Menchlkuft s own
hau ls, of course to lie read ere delivered
Ou coming lo ihe al*>*e passage’ he im
mediately cut a button from his coat
ami sent it under flag of truce, to ht
conveyed lo the lady with a remark tc
the following effect: "That he had ik
idea vet of being taken prisoner; luu
rather than disappoint the young lady
of so simple a request, he would fulfil
her wish himself before that time arrived
XailroMd Accident-Another Engi
neer Killed
On Saturday.as the Augusta and Bail
tram was going from the station in thi<
run towards the Junction at Cape Eliza
heth, the engine was thrown from tin
track by some accident. The engtneei
ann fireman, seeing the danger, leaped
from the engine, when the former wa>
run over ami instantly killed, it is said
Ins head was completely severed from
Ins L> sly. No one else was injured.—
The name of the ergiueer killed vvas Al
fred 3. Oriltin. He vvas about 28 years
old,mol leaves a wife mid two children.
[State of Maine.
The Veto. — Is the president nf t'ie
United States in love with infamy?—
D-ies he desire to lie despised? Does he
pine to linve his name continually associ
ated with hard, ungraceful, ungenerous
actions? He voted against a gratuity to
the widow o( the lamented Harrison, and
has now vetoed the French S|Hulation
Hill vvas it because the hill did justice to
paupers and to orphans—because it
wiped from the character of the country
a fc.ul reproach—because it made tbe gov
ernment an honest government, that the
President has interposed to prevent it
from becoming n law.—[Atlas.
A more unpopular measure, nor one
which seals an act of greater injustice,
could uni have been consummated by
the President. It wifi ever lortn a dark
spot to his administrative career.-[Bee.
A New Cite i.v Maine.— Biddeford
has accepted its city charter by a vole of
(W7 to HI. 1
frr; > rr-vr- p-jrnnrr?^"*’
iioiu tiaiiloriii.*.
Mk,
• Terrible Steamboat Explosion.
New York, Feb. 55. i
The steamship George Law, from
Aspinwall, arrived at her duck about half.'
past 8 o’clock this mornig, bringing Cali
fornia dates to the 1st inst, 4i,U3,00O
iu specie, and &I4 passengers.
The transit of the Isthmus was regular-1
ly made irom ocean to occeu hv railroad, i
The principal matter of interest lias
been the explosion ol the steamship Pea8 |
near Sacramento, on Saturday, by which
70 lives were lost. Fifty-three dead
bodies have been found, and upwards ot
*J;> are missing. These were 122 pesnns
on hoard, atvi only 14 escaped uninjur
ed.
About 20 Chinamen were killed.—
The captain and mate were both killed;
engineer saved. Col. Alex. Anderson, a
distinguished lawyer of Nevada, was kill
ed.
No registry of passengers was kept,
and it is impossible to give a list of the
killed. Among them, however, were
Chas. Crowell, and Clias Jewell, fire
man, of Maine; Judge tlinkley of Shasta.
Win. O'Connor of Long Bar, Samuel
Randall, Sprmerly of steamer Plumas,
W in. McBride, exdress messenger ol
Wells, Fargo A; Co.
Among the badly wounded were E. D.
Nichols, Emanuel Levin ol Shasta, and
-N ichotsou.
A large amount of treasure was on
hoard, in charge of Adam’s ami Well's
expresses, hut u was recovered upon
! searching the river.
Tiie tuner.il ol the dead was attnded
by otidll persons, in a procession a mile
' long.
li is asserted that at the lime of the
| explosion, the Pearl was racing with the
Enterprise; hut this is denied hv the
agent. botli bo.ua Were on (heir wav
from Sacramento in Marysville.
1 he In in E n Trouri.es hi the neighbor
hood ol tlie Klameth river are alarming.
A number of white men, six of more,
have been killed, and about 30 Indians.
It is feared (here is to be a general rising
among the lnians ol the north.
Business, Mining, dec. Business has
been txelremly languid, and the scarcity
of money never mure severely felt.—
; There are le.v country orders, and little
: money coining forward for debts.
The want ol ram has kepi the miners
idle, and so e‘ery department of busiuess
is in a state of stagnation.
, The ram h id set in once more, how
ever, and a week's continuance would
add millions to the product ol'the placers.
The Legislature- A bill had passed
appropriating Si liO lor each member,
and the Governor vetoed it; but the As
; sembly passed it m spite ol the veto, 55
' to 'J1.
The Senatorial question appears as far
from being settle I as ever. The 38th
ballot shows hardly any change since
the first. It is predicted there will yet be
a general breaking up ol parlies.
Murders, Causalties, 4tc. \Vm.
Bay, lately tried lor murder of Jolm
Caveuagh, and acquitted, was found with
his throat cut. lie deviated before dy
ing, lhat he was killed by VV. Kearney.
A Caliloruiau and two Clulienos had
been hung at Turner's Ferry, by lyucli
law, for murder and stealing.
George Sheldon was hung at Oakland,
by a mob, lur. stealing a horse.
A Frenchman was killed in a duel,
near the same place.
Mr Simon, a respectable ifruggesl of
San Francisco, was killed on the ’JitIt,
by II. M. Backers, who mistook him for
a person that hud attempted to Igeak in
to his house.
Tboina* Mowry, a fireman of San
Francisco, vua killed by a falling chim
ney.
1 Six persons had been killed by the
: bursting ol a reservoir.
additional by the ucorgk law.
, New York, Feb 5J6.
Gen Castella, the new President ol
Peru, had issued a decree giving Ireedom
lo all (hose slaves who had no', volun
teered to serve the army of Eeliinique,
ilie government pledging itseil to md*»
i mfy their owners in live years.
, C A ship St Lawrence was at Valpar
: aiso, and Irigate Susquehannah arrived
January 1st.
Dales from Australia are to Dec. 7.—
M liters at Bullarat were up in arms re
| sitting the collection of licence fees, and a
i collision between them and the military
had taken place: A serious riot was an
;tivipated. Trade coutmued exceedingly
dull and goods were being sacrificed at
ruinous rates.
A letter Irom Acapulco states that
Alvarez was daily increasing in populari
ty. and that in a few days he would leave
there tor the Capitol at the head of 500*1
troops, which would be reinforced bv
*100 more m the department of Michna
can.
LATEST.
New Orleans. Feb. 28
The steamer Dau'el Webster, from
San Juan, arrived at this |mrl to dav,
bringing dales Iroin Caliloima to the 9th
inst.
The Webster connected with the Cor
tez, which sailed Iroin San Francisco on
the a Iter noon of the ninth, bringing about
$500,000 hi specie on freight, most of
: which was trans-shipped to the steamer
Star of the W est, which sailed from San
Juan lor New York on the 23d,
The Cortez brought $285,000 in gold
! on consignment to (’age, Beacon Si Co.
of St Louis, from their house in San
Francisco.
The Conez also brought 170 passen
gers. 32 of whom arrived here in the
Daniel Webster.
The Legislature of California had
made several more attempts to elect a
United States Senator. The last ballot
was the 44th, which resulted like all its
predecessors in no choice.
A meeting of native Californians was
held at San Francisco on the 7th, to
consider the expediency, and to take all
necessary inessures for • wholesale emi
gration to Sonora, in order to escape the
heavy ta»e» of the State, which seem to
ho generally considered oppressive.
The mining interest continues to suffer
greatly from want of water—the recent
rams having furnished but a very limit
ed supply m the interior. T lu miners
are anxiously awaiting the arrival of
weather adapted to their labors.
The Kerr river mines had afforded «n
extensive yield of gold; and thousands:
were Hocking thither—the prospects in!
their own diggings being rendered ex
tremely meagre in consequence of the
drought.
Iu the markets a belter feeling was!
exhibited for some classes of merchandize
—especially in provisions For the in
ferior grades the demand was light, and
no cash sales were reported.
The ship Winged Arrow, ftom Boston, j
arrived at San Francisco on the 8th. 4
The Isthmas is reported a £ liting heal
thy.
The revolution in Central America is1
progressing, and Cliomorro had achieved I
an iinpbtant advantage over Governor.
Oristmo.
ELLS WO RTHj\ M S KIC A N
!
Ellsworth, Friday, Mar. 2,1855 j
To the Public.
Wo. the undersigned, citizens of Ells-j
worth take this method of expressing ourj
preference for the “Ellsworth Ameri
can" over that of the pretended “Ells-'
worth Herald;” and of saying to the;
citizens of neighboring towns, that while
we believe the'‘American’-to be the true
American paper ;—as far as we are able
to learn, the “Herald” is owned, cotidnc
icu auu ciituumgcuu* |isijiiiisiiv» iiihi.1- i
ly to the success of lhe American party.!
W’e furthermore believe that \V. II Chan- j
ev has justly and rightly come into pos-j
! session of the Ellsworth Herald printing!
I establishment, all reports about bis hav
I mg wronged E. Cuuillard to the contrary
i notwithstanding.
Ellsworth, Feb. 21st, 1&55.
j John True, Jonah H. Wentworth
W. W. Rogers, Reuben Chapman,
J H Partridge John B Dresser,
Chas. McDonald, Elhridge G Uran,
J. S. Ober, John Suminsbey,
X. C. Reynolds, S Royal. Jr..
Charles L. Delaite, Wiflartl Treworgy,
Thomas Holmes, William Kincaid,
! .Shmuel Dutton. Jr., 1 L Brown,
II. A. Dutton. Sylvester Bowden,
Samuel Peck, George R. Lori,
Geo W. Goding. Otis Kent,
R F Thomas, Moses Hale,
F.phrain Low, P W Perry,
S P. Thomas, Solomon Stanwood,
I M Clay, R. P. McFarland,
A S Campbell, J II -41len.
A K Woodward, George W. Fisk,
M R Pulsifer, Wm Fullerton,
I Frazier, James M Jackson,
i F Joy. <Advin P. Joy.
I Daniel Adams, Benj. S. Dresser.
! Wales E. Packard, Aaron George,
G W Madox, Thos Middleton,
i Hatch Macomber, John Abram,
James Treworgy, G. Tosh,
Nathaniel Jordan, George A Cole,
Sam'l M Beckwith, E. W. Taft.
B .S. Brooks Mich. Howard
E. W. Miliken C. Howard
■H7*',Our friend, we hope we may cal!
i him so, of the Ellswrrth American, re-1
cently complained that we did not ex-:
change with him ; and took occasion, as
we thought, to make some remarks about
us which were not exactly kind and
good tempered. We were sorry at the
1 tune to notice it, feeling convinced that
a lew weeks would assure our friend that
he had accused us wrongfu'ly and that if.
our paper had tailed to reach him, the '
blame was to be attached simply to a
mistake in the address, and certainly not i
to any intention on our part to act dis-1
courteously. We passed the matterover'
in silence at tire time,and would not now
refer to it, were it not that some other
papers not wishing well either to the
American or ourselres, have alluded to it
as a quarrel between friends, and taken
occasion to rejoice somewhat thereat.—
We beg to inlorm all such that they are
speaking without the record, and that not
the slightest shade of ill feeling exists be
tween ns and the American.— [Kennebec
Journal.
Yes, call trs “friend,” and depend up
on it, while the Journal continues to ad
vocate the principles which brought un
to existence the new party of this coun
.... _l_ . _.:n .l... a —__i
J ’ J— — —*> --- -
ils editor feel proud to be spoken of as
“friend.” Mi/re titan a year ago ire said
through our paper that we were “willing
to make friends with our worst enemy, if
he would become an ally in the great
work of reform; aud that we were ready
to break friendship even with an own
I brother, sooner than abandon the posi
: lion we had lakerf.”
But we fat I that a word of explanation
is due from us, for the unkind allusion
to the Journal, made by us some weeks
since. We con not better apologise for
for our apparent ill temper, than by giv
ing a briel statement of the circum
stances which surroonded us.
When Cuuillard abandoned the Herald
office, all we bad to pay us a bill of some
two or three hundred dollars, was a bill
of sale of the press, subject to a Mortgage:
of B300—the press cost t22d—everthing \
else having been Mrtgaged and forfeited
long before. This claim against Couil
lard was all we possessed in tiae world,
and unless we could purchase the two
outstanding Mortgages, we must lose it.
In spite of Custom House money and
Jack Catholic influence, we succeeded
in doing the former.
This accomplished, we issued a paper
and sent it to all the subscribers of the
Herald, telling them how matters stood,
T-ff*rlt.v> r—* * •''**' -«*^*'* '•v.
mu ..t ou. intended chang . ot nem —
But about that tune the wItole. J ich t'atli
)lic force came down upon us liken
•warm of locusts. We learned upoi:
tuthority of Couillard, who lad gon*
aver to the enemy, that SI 17 had beer
raised by subscription, and five hinidrei
more promised if neeeded to carry 01
the war and break down the American
Out books were all replevied, the Bangui
Mercury sbtaiued the subscription lis:
anil issued the first number of a spuriom
Herald in the name of Couillard,whereii
appeared a lying, slanderous attack upoi
us. over the signature of that traitor n
the American parly. This libel was
anil still is believed to be true by mans
gmid Americans. Friends beoan-e colt
and luke warm, the Post Master refusci
to give us our exchanges, the Americar
came back kjr scores, friends at a dts
tance wrote us abusive letters, man;
whom we thought should have known u
better, refused our paper and denouneei
us as a trator and villain.
It was a gloomy lime with ua then
embarrassed with debts, almost desertei
by friends, as it appeard to us, and wi
felt that certain failure awaited our en
terprise. ‘ It was in one of our darkes
moment!1 when we spoke of the fact tha
the Kcnuebec Journal did not exchangi
with us, and that James A. Millikcn ha.
refused the American. Perhaps wi
should have been more patient, but w<
could not have been more industrous am
persevering. We determiner! to struggle
on, and in order to arouse such Irinds t<
activity at knot that we were not guile
of the charges made against us by th
_• Li Li . -~i, »
speak of our trials and difficalties. \V
meant well, and good has come from il
A spirit of enquiry spring up, live peopl
began to investigate, and the result ha
been that the lying slanders put lorth b
the Bangor Herald and (lie Jach Catholi
swarm buzzing about it, are no longe
belived. Our friends in F.llswotrh hav
spoken out in a lone not to be nnsumlei
stood, and now, under a deep sense c
gratitude lor the many tokens of kind
ness we are daily receving, we shall pres
forward with renewed energy, confider
in the cause we have espoused, and th
support of the American party.
But let no person suppose it eat
to alienate us from any man in the Ira;
attached to the American cause. Lt
no editor with Catholic proclivities laug
too loudly over aud anticipated anjmuc
hoped lor breach between ourself an
any other member of the party. Thoug
slighted and abused, it shall not cool ou
zeal, nor shall it in the least prevent u
from still laboring for the party, nltlioug
the direct result of our labors may be t
elevate to a high office, those who ma
be pleased to give us the cold shoulder.
Vain are the fawnings, and disgustin
the assumed indignation of the Bangc
Herald, in reference to our remark aboi
Janies A. Miffiken refusing the .liner
cam. No act of his, of a person:
character ton ards ourself, could make >:
hesitate for a moment to do all in ou
power to secure his seal in the next Co:
gress. The American cause is ^tc
sacred to permit mere personal consider:
'.ions to ccme in the way ol duty.
These are the motives that govern u
and therefore we cannot but despise th
truckling course pursued by the Bang:
Herald. Every person interested in th
publication of that sheet,as lar as knowi
is known to have been hostile to M
Milliken ; but now that the battle h;
been fought and won, bow contemptib
to set up the claim of “our candidate!
Such “high toned” nonsense reminds t
of ihe fly that boasted of the “hard day
work we have done,” and yet the fl
had ridden all day upon the ox-yoke.
Finally and in conclusion, we reite
ate our friendly feelings towards th
American party in general, the Kennbs
Journal and James A. Milliken in part
cular ; and enter our solemn protej
against all attempts on the part of th
euei^y to produce disunion in our rank:
Henceforward, we are determined thi
no statement made by the enemy agaim
a brother American, however plausible
may appear, shall in the least operate iq
on our prejudices or weaken our conf
dence. This pledge we intend sacredl
to keep, and only ask others to he got
erned by the same principle of action n
wards us. 'X_
Humorous.
Some mischievous wags in variou
parts of the Co anty have taken il upo
themselves to send back the America!
without authori'y irom the persons t
tarhmn w# u>nd it. For instance: th
Post Master at Eden sent back wiihoi
waiting to see or hear from our subscr
ber*. He isa tunny tellow, and altogetl
er too foud of practical jokes. Nodout
there are many other just such funn
fellows as this Eden Post Master. I
due course of time we shall probably fin
them out and give them a good notice.
Recently the American sent to th
following persons has been returned witf
out one word about “pay” tor two month
past. Being personally acquainted wit
some of these gentlelhen, we can positivr
ly assert that they would despise bein
guilty of act so small and contemptible
Moreover, in some of the towns the Pos
Masteis are not such wags as the Edei
man, and we therefore publish the fol
j lowing list, with the advice t>> Inc gentle
men not to lend their Americans to per
sons in the least inclined (o practical
jokes:
A July and II Trussell -of Bucksport ■
J Somes of Mt Desert, and some others
names not remembered. This has pro
bably happened from tlie habit of lend
ing the paper to persons to mean too sub
scribe.
But the new Post Master at Orland is
a trump— a real jovial fellow. He sends
hack the American and then our sub
j scribers write to know why they don't
get it. A good reason why—thuir names
I were stricken off the list. One rei(uests
that we send Ins to North Penobscot,
we accordingly do so this- week, with the
hack nnmhers.
I The Rluehill Post Master is a great
| wit as well as wag. A gentleman from
that town writes us that it is very hard
; to get the American from the Post office.
I He has a box, hut the American is never
put into it; he has to enquire, and then
j wait until the w itty fellow fumbles about
I for sometime, and sometime he don’t get
, it all. But the Herald—“the Bangor
Mercury Ellsworth plaster," as our cor
l respondent styles it—is always thrust
; into Ins box, notwithstanding he has re
, fused it. How witty of that Post Mas
I ter—we should think he would keep the
whole town in a roar of laughter.
, But seriously ; we cannot es pect any
I thing better Irmn the pliant loots ol Frank
i Pierce disgraceful administration. With
a Roman Catholic for Post Master Gen
. eral, and Jesuite spies at all the impor
. taut points unless the Post Master obey
t papal instructions then, as was ilia case
, of Mr Perry ol Orjand, they are renew
ed. No department of government has
i i 1 _I i __.
, uvtu uuu-'CU) unu IIu ui |'ui iiiibiu I•
f so dear and sacred to the people.
"But," says these stall fed minions ol
. foreign priesthood, ‘‘your course has been
r very obnoxious to the Administration
, party.” We’ve thorned them some in
old Hancock, and while we can raise our
I voice or wield a pen, we shall continue
. to cry against their abuses.
5 For what we have said upon this sub
I ject, we hold ourself in readiness to give
„ | names and prove the facts staled. If anv
i proof was wanting to establish the fact
II that the Bangor Herald was conducted
1 I by Jack Catholics, the verv conduct of
{| some of the Post Masters would supply
i it. Moreover the papists upon the streets
| of onr village will shout at our carrier —
j “Go to the divil with your-’Mirican
—I want the Ilarald.”
An Apology.
5 Last week we spoke of the false man
1 ner in which the Herald books had been
D! kept, and cautioned subscribers to be up
I j on their guard Ac. For this voluntary
" I statement we feel that we owe ‘the con
> cent1 an apology, and although we have
' but little experience in such matters, we
1 will do our best.
‘| In the first place it was none of out
' business who got cheated, and we had
5 no more right lo allude the matter than
r we should to expose a plot for stealing a
’ j man’s money. It is none of our business
: how much a set of individuals impose
" j upon the pub’ic. and we are deeply tnor
1 ttfied (over the left ) that we made any
! allusion to the false books.
e. In the second place it was a very un
r I grateful act in us, considering all ‘the
e concern’ had done lor our interest and
'* welfare.
In the third place Coullaird owed one
s 1
of‘the concern’ $87,50; the suhscrip
,, tion list was sold lo the Mercury for
$75,00, and then the books, which were
in justice our property, Coulliard assign
ed to pay the balance of $12,50, and on
the books there were only about $300.00
lo liquidate this enormous sum ; Then
of course it was our duty not to throw
c sny impediment in the way of realizing
Ibe whole amount, whether the same was
|( justly due or not. But now the mischief
has been done, we can only hope that no
person will seek to lake any advantae
j the law may aBord them by reason of
t the books being false, but that all will
{ toe the mafk and pay the bill made out
against them, asking no quesrious.
CAS IT BE TRUET
|i A gentleman informs us that he has
- been shown a letter signed by Janies A.
i- Milliken in which Mr. M. says that he
snail not curliest in') scat against rar.
Fuller. We incline to the opinion that
g there is some mistake, or that the letter
n is iforgery. If this is true, then the
American party should he informed of
J it; if false, Mr. M. should know of the
| rumor and correct it. We forbear mak
, ing any comments at present.
Latest News,
' We hare frequently been askeb how
1 we could give uews three or four days
1 later lhau the Bangor Herald. The rea
1 son is obvious. The Herald being prim
1 led in Bangor, the entire edlion must b<
worked off before Thursday uoon, in or
8 der to he brought here that night. Us
* uslly, we believe, the Herald is printed
8 on Tuesday, and lienee the reason ii
1 plaiu why they can never give late news
r OtR Thanks are due Hon. H Hamlin
. for parts I 2anJ 2 vol 23 and Appendu
t vol 22, of the Congressional Globe. Wc
i wish we hid vol, 26 and 27 in order tc
■ fill np our set.
MB ' ,T|' ■! »> . -T- V * ■ ~ > J^- -
\\ rote lor the Kliswortb American.
The Cricket Crickicised
IV J.IBK SLOTH.
Mistur rcditur—-deer Sir:—i want you
tu make ruine forme an’pul in this ere
hi to your paper so that every body can
sea what that Tick Dinto has been say
in in that bangor paper Printed in ells
worth about some poetry that cumin
your paper called "moonlight Fantasy.”
Now I should’nt a rit this ete but i want
lu show the folks that read your paper
"what a fool a nigger is." now lie tell
you what it is ‘tick dinto1 puts me in
mind of. he puts me in mind o! the
big hall on the steeple of our mectin'
house, n little ways off it looks like a
big lump o’ goold, but you jest lake your
jack knife an' dig into it a little an’ yonl
find it to he noth in’ but soft pun kin pine
and be puts me in tnind ol the applet o'
soddum and Gomorrer that our minister
spoke about last Sunday—"all outside
show," and be puts me in mind o' the
rigger’s wether ‘irrrry windy' but the
biggest thing he puts me in mind on is
one soloman Danifull.that used to keep
a bule store here and keep allmunacks
and primmers to sell, yer see this solo
mun use ter pick out big words out er
his buks and wlieu any buddy cum in
he'd jam bis Hands inter his trowzi*
pockets audstrech up his neck and string
’em out. now mistur lediturdid you ev
er see two people so much alike as this
solomuin Dainlul! and Tick dinto.
but p'raps you haute seen hat pa|WT
koz they don't print but one or two, so 1
guess ile read that peeace over to you
where he spoke about that poetry and
then you can judge for yoursell. i sham
read it all, on’y pick out the wust places
koz I haute got tunc, but i( you want to
to sec the hole peace you icst send down
to me and 1 will send you the paper —
long toards the fust o' the piece lie puts
in a latlm kolation as kiloes. "Hitklt
kitlts must/ Paul (). Major A. tan a
mouse.’' Who in the name of sol Dam
full ever heerwl tell of sickle hides, a
fore, and ulio is ‘Paul O.' 1 wonder if
it is the epistol Paul, and major A.
guess he was a sojer in the revolution.—
and then agin he says—"thee, O I runt,
I is silent. This lime the Oi-eye-dent
; speaks,” &c. sofotth. Who ever knew a
runt to be 'sileut every buddy naze that
a runt pig is alters squealing, and who
ever heard the Hcnt in an oies eye ‘syeak
lie skip over a lot now till 1 cum down
to where he reads the verse that begins
with "for spirit dcik answer to spirit.”—
Arter be reads it he says Oracle shakes'
—puty name aint it. Then he begins to
cry and says—“Alas for the departed
glory ol the Delph hie Oracle" (guess
he’s the one that stole copps liquor) “she
gave the respose in digmticd ep-Aic, or
loose die-rain-Aic, in ihe full flowing"
my pen cant pronounce it mistur reditur
but yon just half sneeze and then say
raw and you have it, it is spell so, c-li-o
r-i-a-in-b. Agin he sezs—“But thou,
Oli! Poet! of the ‘moonlight fantasy,’
aspircsts neither to the dignity of the hex
ham-ealer nor the freedom and frankness
of Baccy-ant" Now ive heam tell ol
1 the while ant of greenland and the black
ant of somewhere else, and aunt Suzy
Dwidleton, hut I dnnt know as any ou
’em usca tobaccer; "Baccy ant" must be
a dis-stink tribe, and then agm he says
"Like Dan Quixote mounted on a llozy
! ant" Sc toforth here, yer sec, he has guv
another kind of ant, and tnus'nt that be
a poolty sight, and then agin he reads
this line of poetry "A» earth links nn
I clasp apace" and then xez—All the mag
its of a Pershun carop-fire_ never could
have inter-penetrated this line” agin he
reads the verse that gut this line in it.—
"With moonlight without and moonlight
i within” and then sez—"does he mean to
| vay that he is absslutely m-e me—"you
| jest hold on to that word, Mistur reditur,
while I run a head an’ tirnl out the rest
on it ‘‘t-a-tn, tarn, o-r, or, p-h-o s-e d,
! phosed, met-em-all-frozed into paletnhle
' moonlight, then inded does he sutler a
change into something strange ! no more
no less than moonshine, and therefore
useless nonsenee” Now mistur reditur
aint that wicked to call the light of the
moor* ‘useless nonsenee’ Why don’t he
. pertition on to congress and have the
moon faded out. agin He sez “In con
clusion wa would recommend to thee,
Oh! pict, Hunt’s leg prescription.”—
wonder it it is good for the roomerticks?
There mistur reditur, aint that sol
; Damfull rite out and out. And now
I mistur reditur come to lake that air piece
j of Dick Tinto’a and sum il all up and
! Idle it all down and turn ’I over aint it
uie grrmcsi uuai ui lucuniii > ou ever
seed : aim it enough to 6zick a crockv*
! dile. It sounds to me just as ef the I
that rote it went into eolige, turned ovei
the leaves of some of the big books
looked at the picters, and some of the
hard words and then gradyated out o
the back door, and ide ask, in the uam<
of Gerusha Grampus'great grand multt
er, what is the use of printing the names
of them old fellers that lived before itx
world was made for folks to read, what’s
the use o' picking out them hethun words
an' names in the last end of Wooster's
dictionary and mix 'em in with yerr
composition jest to snake folks think yoi
are‘sum punk ins'i f Dick Tinto or anj
j buddy else must spewr out them jawlwist
rj» i n » iimumi I »—»•»■» . - ^.T ■ ^ m
mg words to save their brains, why in
course I sliant have no objections ef
iheyjonly 'splain ’em out. let 'em give
ihe nieanin on ’em so any buddy can
read ’em 'lliout speilin ’em out. But if
Dick tinto Elias Sol Damfull undertakes
to got off eny more of that horid gass 0’
his, i lialkilale heel hoar from Jabe agin’
lhat’s all. and if that air poor pal efnth.
crlets papar can't git no varsss of their
own to print and must print yourn any,
how, I say let 'em print ’em and give jou
credit for'!' nianlashun, and not make
sicli a fuss about it. and navv mistur
Keditur narter wishin you much suck
scss lie cum toaclnz and ’scribe tnyself,
Youz Trooly, i
. Jadk Slotii.
(•uzzle-hoy river, Mane.
New York Citv, Feb. 26, 1855.
Editor ot Tilt: American Don’t you
want a New ^York correspondent? A
weekly digest of news and nonsense, fun
and philosophy might be acceptable to
you and your leaders. Of course, 1 will
not promise to be remarkably interesting
or spicy, but will put my best foot fore
most and leave you judgejof the result.—
I may be occasionally stupid, but thnt
you know, can be excused on account of
dearth of news. (?) Affected as I am
with the canrthc* sciibcnrli, I must find
some outlet for my thoughts and apply
to you, half in hope and half in drspair.
Please don't refuse; my feeling are sensi
nve and “refection” give me conniption
fits; and if the result of these fits happens
to be catalepsy, something else might
happen, rendering a ‘ coronet’s inkusi’’
necessary, which would be dre'lul to
llunk oi at least for one individual.
As you are well aware, New York is
Kim
posed Xoftnctil in, to keep it from con
tinually encroaching oa its neighbor-.
But this ik a progressive age and I hardly
think Young /linenca will knock under
to any »f the arguments advanced. You
i see between you and 1 and this sheet,
| Brooklyn and Williamsburg are like the
apples in the lable, almost ripe enough t,»
fall. You can draw your owu mlercncr,
Mr Editor.
The Crystal Palace is to be turned in
to a Market, w»are to have the Central
’ Park, we- golly ! if i keep on I
will ne'er slop and then perpetual nioima
will he discovered, o I will shut off slc. ni
ere the—’biter busts.’
! This letter, mind ye, Mr Editor, is
ionlv • “feeler,” written enrrtnlt calnmo.
• My powers are not fully developed’
Take me, try me, and i wtU bless thee
and remember thee—in a horu — aqua.
1 artlcnlt.
Yours on the fence
(till I hear from you,)
Yet good Huinoredly,
I I’ai l Primrose.
Avuvsta, Feb 2t>.
Editor of the Americas:—After a for
days absence I return to find the name
of Anson P Morrill again nailed to the
mast-head, around which the Republican
party is invited to rally. I find a leelmg
; here’ that the movement was somewhat
premature.
Several who signed the call for tint
convention did set suppose that a nom -
nation was to be made—indeed, I sup
posed that it was understood that a nomi
nation was not to_be made, and havu felt
a little out of joint at the r> suit—1 would
i choose to wait awhile for his appoira
I meins—1 would like to see Mr Morrill a
little more Uardntristd before agitui
placing bint in the field as an acknowl
edged leader—Conjectures are afloat us
to the motives of those who advised so
early action]; but as conjectures are uf
1 ten mere suspicion and as such are not
reliable i’ll leave to time to develop that
now uuseen.
Some of the members are talking a
bout adjourning the fourth of March, but
the day of final adjournment is muen
like Millerism every lime we figure il out
a different day is produced. Eli Jones
was (Feb 22) elected a Major General
ol the 2d Division. The Crural for a
lew minutes gave off the word of com
mand in true military style to show us
what a Quaker can do and then moot re
spectfully declined. Eli is willing to
look after the political ititerest of the
state and let the Infidel* and Indians do
the fighting. Boody’s “bill.'1 was dis
tributed to-day (I have sent you a copy!
some of its sections may possibly be in
corporated into our present law. A bill
passed ns second reading Saturday, im
nnemn a A it oa of nnn QxIiMril
Agents fur each neglect in notifying the
Superintending School Committee of the
time of commencement and ending of
town schools—good. For two or three
days, Augusts, Stale-house and all, has
been filled with the good citizens of Ban
gor who have so impregnated the air with *
' booms, bridges and railroads that I read
ily anticipate the birth-marks of tho next
generation. The Committee have'bow
ed out’ your petionera to Hancock and
Washington must do without a railroad
this year. Strange that those petitioners
did not call things by their right uames.
j Who would think of asking for an ap- Si
• propriation with certain defeat? Why
1 not call it an Endoiemtnt, with probable
j success?
No appointments yet for Hancock.—
Is it supposahle that the little use our