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if Maine fjisl mure illiscellanrh vi: astern rgus PORTLAND WEDNESDAY March 8 Mistake A marriage notice has appeared in several papers of Rev Justin Perkins missionary to Persia with Mias Catharine Myers Mr Perkins has been married nine or ten years and is now returning with his wife and child after a visit to this country Miss Myers goes out under the appointment of the A as an Assistant Missionary and is reside in the family of Mr Perkins Papers that have copied the notice referred to will please copy the above There has been but one death in Portsmouth lor three weeks The usual average is about three a week make application to the proper authorities in this case that we might be convinced ol the accuracy of his statement Application was accordingly made and as Mr Henry predicted absolutely rfttfdaltliougb the case was represented in the strongest light and apprehensions were expressed that unless some aid wus granted from the shore scenes ol violence and perhaps bloodshed would probably ensue The reply was that the Government could not interfere in a case of revolt on board a foreign ship in the harbor We returned to Mr Henry office Capt Berry expressing in strong and audible language his displeasure at the result of the application He was interrupted by the Consul who asked him if he had any handcuffs or shackles on board the ship He replied that there were only two pair on board said Mr Henry see now sir that I have done every thing in my power officially to procure you assistance on quell the mutiny or revolt on board your vessel I will now aid you as an individual Go procure a sufficient number of handcuffs and shackles and return in half an hour and I will with you onboard your ship and put your men in replied Capt Berry men are absolutely crazy and will oppose any force winch presents itself They can only be overcome by a superior force by the bayonets ol marines or soldiers Some of the crew of great physical strength and courage and are now frantic with passion and spirituous drinks It would be madness to attempt to subdue them without an armed I have seen sailors before calmly replied the consul know what stuff they are made of and am willing to go with you and I assure you that I shall have no trouble in restoring order in your We must go armed remarked Capt said Mr Henry require no arms Meet me here in a half an Capt Berry was thunderstruck at the proposition of the consul It seemed to reflect somewhat on his own character for integrity and resolution and it was with difficulty that I could persuade him to procure the irons and return to the consulate at the prescribed period Wo found Mr Henry awaiting us and another A-merican shipmaster was with him who wished to go with us in order to see the sport as he called it We proceeded on board The mates were still below and the steerage was blocked up with empty barrels and boards hich the drunk- en crew had hurled down the companion way They still kept possession of the deck and wete as riotous as noisy and frantic as ever We went alongside und in a few- minutes stood on the dock of the Harold The seamen gazed at us with some surprise and collected in groups near the windlass with an air of scorn on their countenances and making gestures of defiance Mr Henry without a hesitation approached the seamen the meaning of all he exclaimed in an authorilive voice Capt Berry show me who is the ringleader in this daring act of Capt Berry mentioned the name of one of the crew the exclaimed Henry fiercely to the mates who by this time had made their ppearance on deck by crawling up the cabin skv-Iight him in shall do nothing of the cried a sulky trnculent-visaged old are not going to put any man in irons on board this that you say you mutinous exclaimed Henry At the same instant he seized the fellow by the collar struck his ancle a violent blow with his right foot and laid him sprawling on deck before a man could utter the celebrated phrase here the irons cried the consul and a minute had hardly elapsed ere the drunken rascal was snugly secured from doing any further harm No farther signs of resistance was shown The remainder of the crew submitted with a good grace A few of them only were handcuffed the rest acknowledged their error and promising to atone for their misconduct by their future behavior Mr Henry went on shore after by his resolution alone the revolt had been quelled But the authority of Capt Berry was never afterwards fully reestablished over that crew More than once while lying in the port of Gibraltar 1 acceded to bis request to remain on board during the night when some of them had given evidence of an insubordinate or mutinous spirit And I afterwards learned that there was a great deal of trouble and difficulty between the offi- shore to g0 How- TO OBTAIJI and permanently secure the Confidence and Support of the Democracy Nothing but sincerity can obtain the confidence respect and esteem of mankind and nothing but a firm and persevering adherence to Equal Rights cun permanently secure their support o( public men The man who 3oes wrong because he believes it is right and a duty he owes to God his Country and himself is respected for his honest purposes and sincerity of action while the knave who acts merely lrom selfish impulses and supports just principles only because he is and expects to be well paid is distrusted and feared He is known to be up i to the highest bidder and expected to join the enemy the first moment he can pay the higher price In politics as in everything else is the best The everlasting intrigues of a certain class of men who make politics a trade and invent speeches and write for bring distrust and final failure upon themselves and embarrassment and severe trials into the ranks of their party The party paupers who hang upon its skirts and cry like the horse daughters who are forever upon the look out for every crumb of patronage in the gift of the National and State Governments though sometimes successful like the gamblers they lose at the next throw of the dice and universally live in perpetual excitement and in ninety-nine cases in a hundred hand to There are honest men who make politics a business and it is absolutely essential to party success and the good government of the country that it should be so The science of politics has always engaged in its study the proloundest minds and the best hearts Every blessing of lile necessarily fails to be enjoyed under a bad government or even under a good one badly administered There must then be politicians and office-holders legislators to make laws and agents to administer them There are quacks and blockheads and knaves in all sciences and arts in the science of politics as well as in the science of medicine and in the practice of politics as well as of medicine 'Watch them But how are they to be known? By their fruits shall ye know them They flatter the prejudices of the weak excite personal ill will towards political opponents and work not in the discussion and promotion ol important political principles but to circumvent political friends and grab all the honors and emoluments of office They appeal as did the Whig orators and writers in 1840 to the avarice and weakness of the groundlings They resort to local and temporary expedients to influence minds In a word they ap-i peal not to the higher and nobler attributes of human nature but to the lowtr passions and prejudices We know- not how to express our views of their character better than to say of them that (whether they profess to be Democrats or Whigs) they belong to the log cabin and coon-skin tribe of politicians They aim to live by their wits and after having attempted to out -wit every body else political friends as well as political opponents they are sure to outwit themselves and sooner or later to fall into the pit they dig for another It is an infallible law of moral philosophythat will hang upon the gallows he built for The honest manly course in politics as in all things else is the only safe and sure road to permanent success No being but the All-wise can ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm Inferior agents may attempt it but cannot The Other We are glad to learn (says the Boston Bee) that Milleiism is likely to do some good as well as evil An old lady at the west part of the city a believer is dispensing liberally from a large property to all the poor she can find Her deeds are doubly charitable this severe cold weather A few benevolent persons have established a j'charitablc soup-bouse in Cincinnati for the indigent poor which has prevented much suffering During one week fifteen hundred and thirty per-jsons were supplied with wholesome bread and soup by this charitable association Oh! Dear The editor of the Lowell Couri-jer now at Washington writes ns follows I reached Baltimore street with its extended line of beautiful houses the whig cession with its banners and devices log cabins coon skins cider barrels and all the paraphernalia of a stupendous outpouring of the true popular heart of America revived in my mind with its grand and exhilirating The man must be demented to recall such Coon-skins hard-cider log cabins! Ah! 1 High Prices A stock was recently sold out by the Sheriff of Juniata county Pa at 1 which wool hats brought from two to three cts a piece and fine silk and beaver ones were knocked down at two levies Catholic College at Worcester The Worces-j ter Palladium says: have been made for the erection of a Catholic College in this town on St about two I miles south of the village near the school which lias been sometime in operation A large building is to be erected tbo coming season i Entomology Illustrated me tell Mrs said Mrs Quortz the other day my first cousin was beetle of the let me tell retorted Mrs Bidzle my uncle was a hornet ot Hose a Ballou 2d of Medford has been elected a permanent member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Rev Dr Channing Mr Ballou is the first clergymen not a member of the congregational denomination ever elected a member of the Board of Overseers Kesan Our friend Tukey sold Six dollars worth of his Kesan Soap by yesterday noon on the strength of his advertisement in the Argus yesterday morning Pretty well The Twenty-Seventh Congress expired last night at twelvie We have not time to Trite its obituary for time would fail us were we to attempt to enumerate all its follies and i our ink is not black enough to give a suitable coloring to its character It has been in session nearly eighteen months of the twenty-four to which its existence has been extended It has cost the country about $2500 every day while it has been in session and who can tell what it has done for the benefit of the country We speak of Congress as a unit for it is as a unit i that it has entailed disgrace upon itself and in- flicted embarrassment on the nation For the individual members (with a few exceptions) we I feel all due respect For many of them we en- I tertain sentiments of deep personal regard and to all these we offer our sincere congratulations on the dissolution of the body to which as mem- bers they have not been able to impart enough 1 fn rnnoom it of virtue integrity and patriotism to redeem it from the indignation of the people Its memory is offensive in the nostrils of the public and il i its carcase had the attribute of personality it would deserve and probably receive a kick from I every constituent -Boston Courier Whig) ot Saturday Presence of Mind During the fire Eutaw at on Monday evening 20ih ult there was an exhibition of that quality called presence of mind wliirh was never more seasonably displayed Mr Jesse limit mein 1 (COR RESPOND EMC UP THE EASTERN ARGUS IN SENATE Monday March 6 1841 Papers from the House disposed of The bill regulating the Herring Fisheries was taken from the table and debated at length Messrs Cary Leavitt and Main infavor and Messrs Bridgham and Eastman in opposition the question being on indefinite postponement Postponed 7 to 14 On motion of Mr Cary the bill providing for the reception of the monies due thiB State lrom the United States was taken up Mr Smart said he as at first in favor of re-ceiving the money distributed on account of tha sales of the public lands but upon mature reflection he had changed his mind and should vote for the amendment excluding it The vote being taken the amendment was adopted 22 to 5 A fair amount ot business (for Monday) passed stages but nothing of public interest was finished when the Senate adjourned In the House Papers from the Senate disposed of in concurrence Some hills and resolves passed stages but the House as usual on Mondays did less than the usual amount ot important business Among other matters Mr Little from Judiciary Committee reported resolves in favor of free citizens of Maine which were read and to-morrow assigned Passed to be engrossed Resolve in favor of the town of Poland providing said town with public documents lost by fire Bill authorizing tiie first Universalist Society iu Camden to sell their ministerial lot On motion the Bill regulating Highways and Bridges was taken up and after being warmly discussed at length was indefinitely postponed Resolves providing for the taxation of certain lands heretofore given to literary institutions were read once and on motion of Mr Lyman the rules were suspended read a second time! It was sta'ed in debate that in some inatancea at least the institutions holding these lands had sold them and received most of the pay and with a mutual understanding ijriUi the purchasers a small sum was kept back and the fee thus held in the institution so that the land ia in fact owned by individuals but by this screened from taxation No good reason can be given why any property should be privileged from taxation Some-of these lands however were given by Massachusetts and exempted from being taxed This is also the case with the lands given by Maine After being debated at length the Resolves were passed to be engrossed and the House adjourned LEGISLATIVE The Governor resigned his office yesterday and Edward Kavanah resigned his place as President of the Senate and became by the provisions of the Constitution acting Governor Parris was chosen President of the Senate hav ing 15 votes Bridgham 11 scat 2 The question of Rail Road Tax and on Literary Institutions were debated at length Other business passed stages in the Senate The House after deflate non-concurred the Senate vote not to receive the Distribution money 99 to 23 Removaj Gen A Dearborn was on Monday removed from the Office of Adjutant General of Massachusetts by Gov Morton upon the address of both Houses of the General Court The office has been put in charge of the Secretary of State until a successor is commissioned pajnl sglj on tlie high ICPWe congratulate our friend Albert Smith Esq on his success at Washington The universal expression among his Democratic friends at least on hearing the news is are glad of it Mr John Williams and Mr Preble Jr were sworn in as Attorneys ot the Western District Court yesterday and Mr James A Abbott was admitted on certificate of admission to the Court of Massachusetts The Hon Littlefield Representative from Oxlord District arrived in this city from Washington last night Mr Morris of the War Department in Washington has laid before the Grand Jury York a com-against Commander Mackenzie for murder seas Mrs Cromwell lias lodged another of the same tenor The New-Hampshire Gazette at Portsmouth has raised at its head the names of John Calhocn for next President and Levi VVoodbcry for Vice President ilness The commander said I believe see wlmt a Judge A You are now going into the contents of the letter Com I withdraw tlnf question Com Downes You need not withdraw your question unless decided by the court to be wrong and (addressing the judge advocate) would observe sir that you are too much in the habit of saying you objec-to testimony ns if its reception depend on you alene without reference to the rest of the court Judge A 1 useilie ordinary forensic term in saying I object to testimony by which I mean that I consider it illegal ami I appeal to the learned gentleman opposed tu me if the language I have used be not strictly correct Mr Sedgwick Tim admissibility 6f evidence should be decided by he court Judge A (addressing Com Downes warmly) I Consider the imputation against me as wholly gratuitous Touching Incident We witnessed an incident yesterday afternoon of a most noble and benevolent chart acler A little girl about seven vears of age was sitting at the corner of Washington and State streets upon a small pine box with a basket hv her side containing some half dozen apples which she was patiently waiting to sell though her little form trembled from head to foot with the cold which was most At the moment ihe iitile half clad object met our eye a boy not more than eight years old dressed in the lichest style of the day even to an unusual extent stopped before her mid taking a large rich kerchief from his own neck tied it snugly altoul hers and tripped away betore we could recall him We should like to know the generous little name that we might publish it The letters were wrought on the kerchief Bestowing a trifle on the little girl we saw her on her way home Let this charity piove an example for those who are older Bay Bute Democrat From the Button Mercantile Journal INTREPIDITY Courage is a quality which is always admired Without it physical strength large thews and rigid muscles are of comparatively little importance in a contest where life or liberty is at stake With it the weak the diminutive or the infirm will exert a power an influence which is almost ever successful A man possessed of moral courage will always be respect ed and one possessed of indomitable physical courage will be feared and perhaps respected also It is indeed surprising to witness the in fluence and effect produced on a dy of men by a single individual of a resolute and daring character particularly if he should be armed with a cutlass or pistol A band of ordinary-men will quail before him as long as he is in a situation to face them but so soon as his back is turned and he is off" his guard a rush will be made and he will be instantly overpowered Stern resolution and physical courage will always triumph over brute strength and frequently overpower numbers Many cases might be adduced to prove the truth of this position A number of years since a ship called the Sabina sailed from New York for the Pacific The crew consisted of twenty most of whom had served on board English men-of-war and were of turbulent unruly character On the passage out there had been symptoms of discontent and disaffection and more than once a revolt had nearly broken out but order and discipline had been restored by the firmness of the captain and his officers The second mate was quite a a mere stripling not more than nineteen years of age but be possessed great energy of character determination and courage The men were at first not disposed to treat him with the respect which was due to the station which be held and which he as determined to exact in consequence of which they owed him a grudge and determined with the first opportunity to show in what estimation they held his authority An opportunity was presented The ship was lying at anchor in a port in South America and it was necessary one afternoon for the captain and the first officer both to be absent on shore for the purpose of procuring some debenture certificates and the ship was left in the chaige of the second mate The men stimulated probably by intoxicating drinks which were regularly served out to the crews in those days soon became turbulent and insolent and at length peremptorily refused to obey the orders of the youthful officer He saw the occasion demanded decided and energetic action that a crisis had arrived and that a question was whether th crew or himself should conquer The result would determine matters for the remainder of the voyage He called to the carpenter and sternly ordered him to put one of the seamen designating him by name a stout and powerful fellow of a turbulent character whom ho regarded as the ringleader in irons The carpenter refused declaring that he would not put one of his shipmates in irons without orders from the captain The second mate made no reply but went below In a moment afterward he returned on decl holding in each hand a loaded pistol Hs again called the carpenter to him and the lightning flashed from his eyes as he said in a slow measured but determined tone I order you to put that man in irons and I will be obeyed! If you hesitate a si lgle instant to obey my orders I will shoot you through the head and if any he added rasing his voice to prevent you from doing your duty I will serve him in the same He cocked the pistol in his right hand and raised it to a level The carpenter and the remainder of the crew saw that he was in earoeit they felt that he would be as good as his word and the spirit of resistance was quelled! They knew that they were in the wrong and that their officer was in the right and no farther opposition was manifested to the commands of the mate In the evening when the captain nnd chief mate came on board much to their surprise they found every seaman belonging to the ship in irons and the second mate quietly walked the deck as unconcerned apparently as if nothing had transpired On the following day the men acknowledged the impropriety of their conduct and were restored to liberty It is hardly necessary to say that there was no farther difficulty on board that ship during the voyage A number of years ago I was in command of a vessei lying at anchor in the bay of Gibraltar At about the distance of a musket shot was anchored a ship belonging to Boston commanded by a young but active and worthy man hom I shall call Berry We were on intimate terms and in the habit of associating a great deal together His crew was compused of old sailors most of whom were foreigners and with two exceptions were addicted to intemperance that is they would get drunk when they could get a chance But generally speaking they were correct and respectful in their deportment to their officers One morning early my first officer came below to inform me that there wasquere work going on on board the Harold that the men some ol them naked were parading the deck shouting and laughing and cutting ail sorts ol capers but neither the captain nor either of the officers was to be seen Alarmed at this information I caused my boat instantly to be man-lied with the intention of proceeding on board the Harold to inquire into the cause of the strange proceeding when I saw captain Berry coming off from the shore He came on board my vessel and was much agitated He said that the previous evening alter he and his mates had turned in two of his men had lowered the tern boat and gone on board a Spanish felucca and procurred a quantity of brandy and that all hands with the exception of an old man and a boy had got and had made a sad disturbance during the night setting his authority at naught and treating his mates with ridicule and contempt that he had been ashore to get assistance but in vain and that his offiv cen were then in the cabin in great tribulation not knowing what extravagance or outrages the be induced by the spirit of inischieT conbined to commit He request- him on a visit to Mr Men ard 17 at to solicit of his crewUlnfBaand confir'ng most violent board hie ship reierilnS his authority on After a hasty breakfast and lound Mr Henry at hfpV-rSC" -r possessed was altogcu-r gentlemanly in his deportment courteous and He listened to our statement of the transactim told us that he could procure no the authorities of Gibraltar had invarUbW ufWh PMe8 of kind furthermore that he would go with re-He told us and To obtain and permanently secure the confi-Bostond CrCW the ff0m Gibrttlter dence and of the Democracy the poli-Y have always found that when the master of tician mu3t Iavc wisdom to direct his steps and a ship is unable to control his crew and is indu- firmness and integrity in the execution of his ced to apply to the authorities of whatever port purposes He must in deed and in truth more he may be in for aid and ths way punishes than seek of thc raijons It them by imprisonment on shore or in a guard ship all respect for him from that moment 1 18 generally true that a man who so thinks and ceases His crew will almost always cherish for him feelings of contempt and will be very likely to resist his authority the moment he 1 wave confidence of those who know him while the for the wide ocean where he can foreign aid A master of a ship provided he has justice on his side and is possessed of as much judgement and nerve as are required for him to execute properly the duties of his profes- 1 same reason that robbers gamblers and thieves Com Downes We find the following in the Com-merciat report of proceedings in the Court Martial It was not contained ia tier of the Washington hose company ascended a lad- i anX report that we have seen: der to a room in the third story in order to assist one Judge Advocate Any evidence as to the contents ot of the female residents in securing some of her proper-) the letters is objectionable The letters must ty The ladder was soon after moved to another selves lie produced have none they know they are all equally selfish and mercenary ready turn State's evidence the instant they can do so with immunity from punishment and a reuard for betraying their fellows The motto of the safe politician is principles He advocates and sustains them for their own sake and expects the reward of doing right because it is right He is a Democrat because he understands Democracyto universal truth and justice and its principles property applied and carried out the political equality of the human race In order to secure tie confidence of the Democracy the political aspirant must make no bargains belong to no cliques engage in no intrigues seek no temporary popularity by addressing the prejudices of groundlings but look for his own success in his untiring efforts to spread his principles and promote the success of universal political liberty and equality involved in the success of his party Mr Averill formerly of Miine has opened a ship yard at Chicago and is building a steamer to be moved by propellers: point the firemen below not knowing that any person was above When it was deemed necessary to retreat he stepped to the stairway but found no means ol descent In the confusion he could make no one hear The idea of self preservation suggested the plan of milking nn opening through the floor which by the aid of an axe he did with a resolute expedition I This being done the lady was first lowered and landed in safety on the next floor and he himself soon follow ed right glad that a happy thought had saved them both Baltimore Sun A Godsend A few evenings since as we learn from the Hartford Courant ns a Mr and Mrs Sheldon of VVinsted Village Conn were preparing to retire they were startled by the crying of a tin Id in their bed room and an examination they found a leinde infant about three months old on their lied together with a band box of clothes As Mr Sheldon has no children says a Winsted correspondent of the Courant and is independent of the world except in this matter he ill no doubt consider it a valuable gifl and it could not have fallen into better hands The Waltz A friend has farored us with a peculiar leuer written by a servant girl in this city to a friend at a distance from which we extract the following graphic description of waltzing: iVrvo orld dere how ken i opin jure ics too The riansen ilwls ttoeii on i Wish i cud silo you it ia tu nasti bolt kwiie fashunable tha doo it this wa thee mnn gos upp and hikes rite intu the wumon ies too se if sliee wains to walg that thee nam ov il then lie Lafs and with Out winkin putts his harm Kotin her waste kaches hur hand in Hisn wile shee laes thee utber on his harm an lien tha hugg wun another nn turn roun till shee leles dissi or kwere and hee turns wen she dos an huggs hur awl tli i kloser to kepe hur From taulin or laintin and sue tha goe roun nn roun til ilia thine lhad beltur stop and iheun ilia hyile bee Hind a inder Kurin an rest until Thare reddv to doo It sion will never require any aid from armed men iri order to enforce his authority and preserve discipline Further Particulars of the Red River Flood Washington (Ark) Telegraph of the 8th ult says learn that the steamer Napoleon on her passage to Fort Townson picked up between two and three hundred persons and that Col James Johnson and family reported as lost are safe The Fort Towson arrived at Fulton on Monday having saved several families below that place some of whom were taken from the tops ol their houses The river has fallen four feet Death of Robert Hunter Death lias sped a fatal bolt at another of our most useful intelligent and estimable fellow citizens Robert Hunter who as but yesterday was abroad among us in high health has been struck down! Mr Hunter was in his usual health until Sunday night when he was violently attacked with an affection of the heart which terminated fatally at five this morning It is remarkable that thc Canal Bank of this city of which Mr Hunter was President should have lost three presiding officers by death within lour years Joseph Russell thc first onhat Institution died in 1839 David Wood its second President died in 1841 and his successor Robert Hunter is no more Albany Eve Journal Town Officers The Whigs elected their of town officers in Windham on Monday Io Gorham the Democrats carried their ticket list Small -The Senate of Virginia by a vote of 59 to 57 have rejected Mr proposition for an issue small notes redeema-I ble only were issued.