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MATJfS LEOTSLA HUE.
Seuutc.
Monday. Jj.1i. 17.
Met according to adjournment.
Praver by Kcv. Mr. Upjouw of Augusta.
Paper* from the House disposed of in con
rurrenee. „
A communication was received from Hon.
K. K. Spear, Councillor elect, signifying liis
acceptance of said office* \
Petition of 1). J. Sawyer of Jonesport. ask
ing that chapt. 261 of the laws of 1*69, enti
tled an act to change the time and place lor
hoi ling the S. J. Court in Washington county,
came from the House referred to the ( ommit
tee on l)ivision of Counties, and on motion ot
Mr. Uolfe, wa* laid on the table.
On motion ot Mr. Lako,
Ordered, That a message be sent to the
House of Representatives, proposing a con
vention of both branches of the Legislature
in the Representatives’ llall, this day. at 12
o'clock, for the purpose of administering to
K. R. Spear. Councillor elect, the oaths re
quired by the Constitution to qualify him to
enter upon the discharge of his official duties.
The message was conveyed by the Secreta
ry. Subsequently a message was received
from the House by Air. C luidbourne, its Clerk,
informing the Senate of the concurrence of
the House in the foregoing proposition of the
Sen ite.
On motion of Mr. Roberts,
Ordered, That the Committee on the Judi
ciary inquire into the expediency of so amend
ing sect. 46, chapt. GO ot the Revised Stat
utes, that constables may be authorized to
serve writs and precepts where damages
claimed does not exceed five hundred dollars.
On motion of Mr. Laxo,
Ordered, That a joint special committee of.
three on the part of the Senate, with such as
the House may join, be appointed to consider
such part of the Governor’s Address as refers
to the subject ot Temperance, and report what
changes, it any, are desirable in the present
law.
The chair announced the following gentle
men on the part of the Senate :
Messrs. Lang of Kennebec, Cleaves of Ox
ford. and Webb of Somerset.
On motion of Mr. Bn k.
Ordered, That the State Treasurer be di
rected to inform the Senate if the sum of
$16,SOU or any fractional part thereof, claimed
to be due from certain towns in the county ol
Hancock, appears among the unseats in his
office, and if not, why the same does not ap
pear
The hour assigned for a convention having
arrived the Senate proceeded to the Repre- j
sentatives* llall. where a convention was
formed.
(See House proceedings.)
The Senate having returned,
On motion of Mr. Talbot, the Senate ad
journcd.
petitions presented and referred.
By Mr. Collins—Petition of John Parks et
al*., authorizing the Land Agent to exchange
a certain parcel of land; also petition of J. 1 • .
Teague et als., asking for a lot of land; also
petition of Wiliard (Bidden and Jo others, lor
power to control the public lots in organized
plantations, which w ere referred to the com
mittee on State Lands and State Ronds.
By Mr. Kinusbiuv—Petition of Warren M.
True et als., for incorporation of tlte Penob
scot Central Agricultural Society. Referred
to Committee on Agriculture.
By Mr. Minot—Petition of J. S. Minot et
als.. pew holders of the Baptist Meeting House
in Belgrade, praying for an aet of incorpora
tion. Referred to Committee on Education.
By Mr. Lane—Bill an aet to incorporate
the Merchants Warehouse Company. Re
ferred to Committee oil Mercantile AHiiirs and
Insurance.
House.
Monday Jan. 17.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Penney of Augusta.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con
currence.
Bill an act to amend an act entitled an act to
incorporate the city of Gardiner, was read j
three times, rules being suspended and pas.-cd j
to be engrossed.
The report of the Joint Committee to see
what action the Legislature should take in
observance of respect to the memory of the
late tieo. Peabody, was read and laid on the
table on motion of Mr. Bliss
A communication was received from Ed
ward R. Spear, Councillor elect, signifying his j
acceptance of tile office to which he is elected.
A communication was received from the
Senate through its Secretary, proposing a
joint convention of tlie two branches in the
Representatives' Hall, this day, at 12 o'clock,
lor the purpose of administering to Edward
R. Spear. Councillor elect, the oaths required
by tiie Constitution to enable him to enter !
upon the discharge of bis official duties.
< in motion of Mr. Bradford, the Clerk
was charged with and conveyed a message to ]
the Senat.- signifying its c incurrence in the
proposed convention.
'i v Lour haring arrived, the Senate came
in and a convent.on vu formed.
IX COXVEXTIOX.
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be bad di-* harscd the 'lory ***:.g3«f blA. trA
Edward K. Spear. Councillor elect. wxt
is.-d to say he woul 1 attend upon the con
vention forthwith.
Tin reupon Edward K. Spear. Councillor
elect, came in and look and subscribed the
oaths required to quality him to enter upon the
discharge of his official duties.
The Councillor then retired.
On motion of Mr. T.w.iior of the Senate,
Ordered, That a im??age be sent to the
Governor by the Secretary informing him of
the election and qualification of Edward 11.
Spear. Executive Councillor for the current
political year.
The purpose for which it was convened hav
ing been accomplished, the convention was
dissolved and the Senate retired.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr. Bakek,
Ordered. That the Committee on ltailroads,
Ways and Bridges be directed to inquire what !
changes, if any, are expedient in chap. 51 of
the Merited Statutes concerning railroad?. j
On motion of Mr. Vost.
Ordered. That the Committee on the Judi
ciary be instructed to inquire into the expe
di>-u y r.f repealing or amending chap. 55 of
tin laws of 1*5* entitled an act to amend
ctiap. (,f the Revised Statutes in relation
to levy of executions against towns.
On motion of Mr. Tuiu.ics.
O. dtrtd. That the Committee on Education
be instructed to inquire into the expediency 1
of amending the public law* so as to require I
towns to raise $1.25 for each inhabitant fur j
the support of public schools, instead of 81 ,
as now required.
On motion of Mr. Fauwell,
Ordered. That the House proceed to vote
for a United States Senator to till the vacancy
caused by the death of Win. l'itt Fessenden,
at 114 o’clock A. M . on Tuesday next.
On motion of Mr. Hakiihian. resolve in j
relation to the Valuation Commission was i
taken from the table.
Same gentleman moved to strike out all !
after tin- word rewired and insert as follows: j
• 1 hat the Commissioners upon State Valua
tion appointed under the provision of the re
solve of Feb. lit 1 Giit* are allowed farther time
to complete their lists of valuation, and that
,her are hereby instructed in making up and
completing said lists to take into considera
tion any reliable evidence or information rel
ative to llic* destruction or diminution of
property In anv locality since April 1st lSUti,
and the etDbaxassjorut* or the indebtedness of
anv plantation town or city that will in
ibmr judgment impair the value ol property; j
and also the prospective advantages and dis
advantages of any plantation town or city
and to make their film! report at the earliest
1 possible day."
; Pending the adoption of this amendment the
Iresolvowas taided ou motion of Mr. Barton. ,
Adjourned.
PETITIONS. BILLS. &C., PRESENTED AND ItE
E'ERUED.
Mr. Smith of Saco, presented the petition
of Jeremiah Mason et als., of Saco for leave ■
to surrender eitv charter, anti asked its refer
ence to the Committee on Division ot Towns.
On motion of Mr. Whidden, the motion of
the same gentleman was amended by referring
to the Committee mi the Judiciary.
Bv Mr. Irish—Petition of the inhabitants j
of the town ot Dalton, to legalize the doings i
of said town. Referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
By same gentleman—Petition of inhabitants ;
of Dalton for abatement of State tax. Re
ferred to the Committee on Claims.
By Mr. Warren—Petition of inhabitants of1
Vcazie to be annexed to the city of Bangor.
Referred to the Committee on Division of
Towns.
By Mr. Means—Petition of Xowal Powers j
and 92 als., for a repeal of the law, regula- i
ting the taking of porgies. Referred to the
Committee on’Fisheries.
By Mr. Adams of Mayfield—Petition of
Henry H. Piper, for change ot name. Re
ferred to the Committee on Change of Name.
By Mr. Confokth—Remonstrance-of Otis
H. Lawry et als., against the petition of Wil
liam Conner et als., of Fa t ield. Referred
to the Committee on Legal Reform.
By Mr. Smith ot Hodgdon—Petition of as
sessors of plantation No. 11. R. L, for ap
propriation to build bridge. Referred to the
Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges.
By Mr. Sticksey—Petition of G. II. Free
man. that the Land Agent be authorized to con
vey to him a lot of land ill Mapleton ; also
Sidney Cook et als., of Presque Isle, in aid ot
same. Referred to Committee on State
Lands.
By Mr. 11 arriman—Petition of Belfast and
Muosehead Lake Railroad Company, for an
act ratifying their lease. Referred to the
Committee on Railroads. Ways and Bridges.
By Mr. Miles—Petition of Robert P.
Walker and 133 als.. asking tor an amend
ment of chap. TO of the- Public Laws of 13ti9.
Referred to the Committee on Fisheries.
By Mr. Di nning—Petition of Joshua Lane
et als.. for a change in the law for the meas
urement of milk. ■ Referred to the Committee
on Agriculture.
By Mr. Peavey—Petition orBenj. L. Kel
ley i-t als., asking that a part of the town of
J Trcscott be setoff to the town of Whitney.
! Referred to the Committee on Division of
i Towns.
Pailu £umuhc $ounutl
AUGUSTA,
Tuesday .Morning, January 18, 1870.
Committee on Interior Waters.
The Committee on Interior Waters will meet at
Room No li, state House, Tuesdays and Fridays ot
each week at 2 o'clock P. M , until further notice.
F. l.ORINt; TA1.1SOT. |C1 ,
CKO. W HAMMOND, 1 unairmcn.
Committee on Railroads, Ways and Bridges.
The Committee on Railroads. Ways and Bridges
will meet in the Senate Chamber, Tuesday* and
Thursday of eaeli week, until further notice.
I-M1cTu,iCtaten“
Committee on Education.
The Committee on Education will meet in the of
fice of state Superintendent of Schools, on Wed
nesday of each week, until further notice.
CHARLES 1H FFCM, | chalrmon
A. li. FA It WELL, jcnairmen.
Committee on Claims.
Tlie Committee on Claims will meet at Room No.
|:< >tate House, on Tuesdays and Thursdays of
cai li week, at 2 o’eloek P. M.,'until further notice.
PUTNAM ROI.FE, j chairmeI1
HIRAM BLISS, Ju„ | Uhairmen.
Committee on State Lands and State Roads.
The Committee on State Lands and State Roads
will meet in llie Land Office, Thursdays of each
week, at 2'. o’clock, until further notice.
l o! sMiTii, (Chainnen
Committee on Agriculture.
The Committee on Agriculture will meet in the
•Senate Chamber, Wednesday of each week, at half
pafttt o'clock 1*. M., until further notice.
L. F. !; KEENE, S Chalrmen*
Committee on Division of Towns.
The Joint Standing Committee on Division of •
Towns will meet in Room No. 17. at the Capitol, on j
Tuesday of each week during the session, at 2S j
o’cioi k 1*. M. L II " KBH. / Chairmen
8AM’L WASSON, ^aairmcn.
Committee on Indian Affairs.
The C ommittee on Indian Affairs will meet in
rcK*tii lj. "tale lionise, on Wednesday of each
week alt wo o'clock P M until further notice.
THOMAS R KlNt.'BUBV, #rh.i-n<an
ALDfcX BKADFOKD. ^naxrraeu.
Committee on Manufactures.
TV 4-/at saadaiz Cotnrr. t:ee on Manufacture*
w... afineet it* tv.rs \ I Hoa.-e. rru W do®*
uedt u J / ./A !’ M antd farther
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1,HAS B WHIDDEN, * u*™“
Committee on Reform School.
The Joint standing Committee on the Reform
.School w ill meet in the >em.te Chamber, on Wed
nesday of each week, at 2 o' lock T M . until fur
ther notice, ■lolls Is NK W.I.KY, i ... ,
DANIEL STICKNKY, I '-“*ln,,en
Committee on Fisheries.
The Committee oh Fisheries will meet in Room
No lit, state House, Thursdays of each week, at 2
o’clock I’. M., until further notice.
II S. BARTLETT, I rhalrmen
L 11. STOVER. j Chairmen.
Committee on Pensions.
The Joint Standing Committee on Pensions will
meet in Room No. 17. at the state House, on Thurs
dav of each week, at 2 P. M , until further notice.
TIMOTHY FI LLER, jchU
M. F. GANNETT, jcnatrmen.
Committee on Ranks and Banking.
The Committee on Hanks and Hanking will meet
in Room No it;, state House, on Tuesdays of each
week at 2 o’clock P. M , until further notice.
I! Ii METCALF, | chairmen
JAMES nCNNINO, ( omirmiu.
Committee on Mercantile Affairs \ Insurance.
The Committee on Mercantile Affair** ami Intnir
aiii-t* will meet in Room So. 20. on Wednesday of
each week, at *i.‘, o’clock J* M , until further notice.
,J. A. lirt'K. I ph airmen
is. A. HOLBROOK, icnalnnen
Committee on State Prison.
The Committee on the State Prison will meet in
Room No L». state House, on Tuesday of each
week, at 21-, oVlo**k, until further notice.
OEO K. MINOT. {chairmen
HENRY E HA.MMOXD, t la
Coamittee on Change of Xurnes.
The < oinm'.ttco on Change of Name* will meet in
Room No. 20. stale Hoiim*. on Tueaday of each
week, at 2 o’clock P. M.. until further notice.
ALI)EN CHASE, Chairman.
Committee on Federal Relations.
The Committee on Federal Relations will meet nl
the Senate Chamber, on Friday of each week, at 2K
o’clock P. VI until further notice.
THOM AS 1* CLKAVE.S. |r. ,
LEWIS BARKER, J Chairmen.
Committee on Legal Reform.
The Committee on Legal Reform will meet in the
Judicial \ Com Room at the State House, on Wed
nesday ai d Friday of each week, at 2S o’clock P.
M until further notice
M I> L. LANE, 1 phltirmeil
JOSEPH BAKER < ^airmen.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
The Trustees say in their report that the
financial condition of the institution :s sat
isfactory. It has a good supply of almost
everything necessary and a cash balance
in the treasury of $972.25. The farm has
been well managed and the brickyard has
done well. In the schools many of the
boys have done well but upon some of
them the labor seems to be almost thrown
away. The Trustees fear the schools may
have been somewhat neglected, but they
trust there will bo an improvement in that
respect.
The number of boys in school December
1, 1868, was 171: committed the past year
.52 ; apprenticed that have returned 1 ;
that have previously escaped, returned 8 ;
whole number during the year 235 : whole
number remaining December 1, 1869, 183.
The gain in number for the year is 12.
The total number admitted to the institu
tion since it was opened is 1,157. Of the
62 received the past year 20 had intemper
ate parents, 10 had lost father, 5 lost
mother, 1 had relatives in prison, 12 had
step parents, 16 were lunch neglected, 9
were truants, 16 sabbath breakers, and
62—the whole number—were idle, un
truthful and profane.
The Superintendent in his report gives
a good deal of attention to the business
affairs of the institution. The schools seem
to require more labor, although the Super
intendent thinks that considering the class
of boys with which they have to deal they
do very well. There has been a change
of Assistant Superintendent. Hon. S. L.
Goodale donated twenty volumes to the
library. The sabbath school is prospering.
The expenses of the institution will be
about the same as last year although 1
$5,000 have been spent in improvements
and repairs. The amount realized from
the farm, brickyard and shops is a great
deal more than in previous years. The
receipts from April 1, 1869 to November
30, 1869, including a balance in the treas
ury of $1,000.16 were $22,082.06 ; expen
ditures for the same time were $21,110.70,
leaving a balance of $972.25. Measles
and whooping cough prevailed during the
spring and summer, but otherwise the
health of the inmates has been good. The
Physician says the boys have plenty of
food and that which is palatable, healthy
and nutritious.
THE GOLD PANIC.
The committee appointed by the House
to investigate the great gold conspiracy is
at work and find some curious facts. The
Boston Advertiser says :
The committee began at the beginning and
has already got testimony relating to things
that tbok place during the evening before that
eventful Friday. Fisk, Gould, Corbin and
other conspirators are stated to have met in
secret conference at that time to perfect their
plans. Fisk is said to have proposed a great
well-displayed advertisement in all the morn
ing papers setting forth that they had control
of one hundred and eighteen millions of gold,
being al there was outside the Treasury;
that they were strong enough to take all the
government might offer; that all contractors
who appeared for settlement before throe
o’clock could make terms on the basis of gold
at one hundred and sixty, and that a figure
even higher than this would be charged those
who failed to settle prior to that hour. One
witness says this plan would probably have
been adopted but that the conspirators feared
violence from the mob. The idea of forcing -
gold to one hundred and sixty was acted on, i
however, and the whole day's operation till
the smash occurred were based on Fisk’s
scheme. There are some tilings in the evi- 1
deuce that look bad for Judges Barnard and 1
Cardozo. Injunctions of sneh diverse char
acter appeared in such rapid succession that
some persons are suspicious they were pre
pared beforehand and held in readiness to
meet any possible emergency. This could
hardly have been the case unless the judges
were also in the ring. Whether Butterfield
was not in the ring the members of the com
mittee do not yet say. They want Corbin,
but have not yet been able to find him with a
summons. A number of the leading business
men of New York want the committee to find
some way for breaking up this dreadful in
junction business of their city judges. They
say it puts legitimate enterprise of all kinds
at’ the mercy of the gamblers in gold and
stocks, and "if not checked must ultimately
end in the formation of \ igilance committees.
The Washington correspondent of the
Bop.'it. Journal in a despatch of Saturday
«tv* ;
The < --Bi»i!»*ion* of the District Attorney
a»..: M *.*«.♦. at for the State of Maine, and of the
District Auoracy for the State of Connect!
east, expend to-day and the Congressional I
vou frvm both those States waited j
upmt Attorney General Hoar this morning
with »ef-:r»tKe to the new appointments. They
i» otiatns bd in ali <:*.*--• rotation in office, and
that others tiian the present incumbents be
appointed. '1 he Attorney-General and Presi
dent consul'.- d upon the subject this after
noon, and the nomination* will probably lie
sent to the Senate on Monday.”
The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified
on the Kith by the Kansas State Senate,
on the 14th by the Ohio State Senate by a
vote of lit to IK, on the same day both
branches of the Minnesota Legislature rat
ified it, and on the 15th the Mississippi
Legislature ratified both the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments.
Lord's Stage Line, that taps the railroad at
Pishon’s Ferry, is one of the convenient in
stitutions, both to travel and business. It
meets the ears morning and evening, running
out to Canaan ; and thence next morning to
Newport. Mr. Lord steps into the ears of
the down morning train, returning at night,
and is evidently alive and reliable for all
business transactions on his line,—for which
there is always an opportunity to consult him
at the Waterville and Kendall's Mills depots,
at each arrival.
Geo. Parks Esq., proprietor of the Matta
wamkcag House, Aroostook, furnislies The
Sunrise with a statement of the number of
sheep which passed Ids house between July
10th and Jan. 1st, on their way to a market
from Aroostook. There were 43 droves
amounting in all to 22,733. '1 he Sunrise
says: “It will be seen by this, that our county
is becoming a great sheep-raising district.”
Mr. Hume, several years ago afclerk in the
Concord post-office, now Kepn aenative of
Cherry field, in tho Legislature of Maine, was
in tow n last week on a brief visit to acquain
tances here. He is a member of the bar of
Maine—Concord Siatumu.n, 14tk.
GENERAL NEWS.
Mr. George Sheppard is appointed editor
in-chief of the New York Times.
Judge Richardson has declined the presi
dency of the Hartford and Brie Railroad.
The Connecticut Democratic State Conven
tion has been called to meet in New-Haven
on the 22d of February.
The father of Hon. Zachariah Chandler,
I'nited States Senator from Michigan, died at
his residence in Bedford on Tuesday evening.
He was over ninety-five years of age.
There are about 38000 bales of cotton await
ing shipment at Galveston—a much larger
quantity than has ever been known at this ,
season of the year. Great difficulty is expe- I
rienced in obtaining lighters to put it on board
of vessels.
A few years ago an ingenious gentleman
managed to get drunk free of expense almost
daily in the streets of London by falling down
in a fit. with a small placard on his breast.
••Don’t bleed me, but give me a glass of hot
brandy and water.”
The hop crop of Wisconsin in 1808 was 80,
000 bales, in lM>y it was only 20,000bales. It
i
is believed that there is in all not more than
30,000 bales of new bops in the whole country,
i
and that this quantity will fall far short of the
demand.
The ceiling of the new Paris Opera House
is of copper, and is composed of a number of
plates bolted together so as to be easily taken
to pieces. The whole will be movable; thus
the height of the room may be regulated at
will.
A thoughtlm Englishman calling himselt
Shakespeare, and claiming to he a descendant
of the poet, is going about Parts collecting
funds from innocent people. He is in posses
sion of several letters (forged) from dis
tinguished writers, and does quite a lively
business.
An English paper says that Dr. Trower is
about publishing a book on the subject, of
course, of his recent encounter with Dr. Tem
ple, and of his discomfiture therein. The
name of the book is something like that of
Tennyson’s new volume, namely ••The Holy
Growl”!
An English paper learns that a Philadelphia
drayman has invented an ingenious machine
for feeding quadrupeds in a great hurry. It
is called an oatometer, and by its operation a i
peck of oats is thrown into the nninial by a
single revolution of the cylinder in a minute
and a quarter. It is thought that this won
di4fui feed -machine will enable horses to j
swallow their food ten times faster than be
fore.
The Boston Journal says : “There has been i
a very favorable change in the feelings of!
business men within a few days, and the fact
that the money market is easier will prevent
that stringency which some feared and the
croakers predicted. People are paying their
debts with great promptness, and money which
was held in reserve in the belief that higher
rates wonld be secured, is seeking investment
in sound dividend-paying security. Specula
tors have tried hard to run gold up again, but
their plans have proved fruitless, and there is
every reason to believe that gold will notvary i
much from 120 for the next six months.”
A Burlesque of Olden Times.
To the Editor of the Kennebec Journal:
I have noticed from time to time that you
have instructed and amused your readers bv
certain commercial and other extracts from :
the first volume of the Journal, published in j
1823. Such old news sometimes, is more inter
esting than much of the new news ot the present
day. Will you allow me to ofler you some
Constitutional extracts which I make from the
IIallowkll Gazette of May 12, 1819—more
than fifty years ago? The burlesque—for it is
such—may need first a sober explanation.
In 181b the Legislature of Massachusetts
authorized the people of Maine to declare, at
the ballot box, whether they would or
not have the District separated from the
parent commonwealth and enacted into an
independent State. At the same time, the
towns were to elect delegates to a convention
to be holden in September of the same year,
at Brunswick, which should count and declare
the votes thus cast; and if it should be found ]
that five-ninths were in favor of separation,
said Convention should proceed to form a State
Convention. On the assembling of the Con
vention. it was found that the whole num
ber of votes cast was 2231b, of which there
were 11909 ayes, and 10347 nays. Five ninths
of these would be 12398—a figure wanting
423 of the requisite majority. But John
Holmes of Alfred, who had been a Senator in
the Massachusetts Legislature, was an inyeni
o us man. and being the leader of the convention,
applied his ingenuity to prove, arithmetically,
that 11939 were five-ninths of 2231b. 11 is figur
ing was original and so complex that many
members were so confused by it as not to ven
ture to dissent from his wished for result. A
majority, however, could not stultify them
selves, and, so “John Holmes’ Arithmetic”—
as it was called for many years,—failed in the
house of his friends. No constitution was
formed, but a report was made to the Legisla
ture, which served to endorse Holmes’ Arith
metic so far as to pray that the Legislature
would allow the vote to be a legal majority ;
which it of course refused. These facts will
explain the Arithmetical part of the article
below.
It is needless to say that the Editor ot the
Gazette who wrote the burlesque, was opposed
to the separation, and was willing to bring its
advantages into disrepute. Let me add for the
sake of filling out this history, that in July
1819 the question of separation was again
submitted to the District, when the whole
number of votes cast was 21223 of which
17091 were for separation and 8132 against it.
Then the fire-ninth question was settled with
out the aid of John Holmes’ Arithmetic. The
convention met in Portland in Oct. 1819, and
favored the present constitution, somewhat
different from Ezekiel Goodale’s below. John
Holmes was in this convention also, and hav
ing accomplished his object of making a State
of Maine, succeded in obtaining from the first
legislature the point of his ambition: viz an
election to the U. S. Senate, when as report
long had it, a league was formed consisting of
“John Holmes, Felix Grundy and the Devil.”
In 1840 Mr. Holmes published a respectable
volume, entitled “The Statesman, a principle
of legislation and Law." He died I believe
in Thomuston, where he married his second
i
wife, the datightor of Gen. Henry Knox, who
was Washington’s Secretary oi War.
W. A. 1).
August a, Jo n. 17, 1*70.
Extracts from the Editorial column of the Hallowed
Gazette o! May li.
BE PA nATION.
Very valuable and curious Articles for the
new Constitution.
Article 1. No one of the authors and fin
ishers of the Brunswick convention-report, or
the President ot that convention who volun
teered his vote in support of that false trick,
shall ever be trusted in any public station,
except for the three first years, of the new
•government.
Art. 2. Any committee who shall hereaf
ter be trusted with public concerns, and shall
adopt any false rules of Arithmetic, whereby
to attempt to cheat the public, and shall be
detected therein, shall be liable to indictment,
and on conviction shall ever after be incapaci
tated of holding any office of honor or profit
in tlie new government.
Art. 3. No man shall ever be a candidate
for Governor who cannot speak his mother
tongue as correctly as Sanclio Panza spoke
the Spanish.
* * * *
Art. 5. Every man who attempts to pro
mote his own glory by more lies than would
sink a ship and as much vanity as would ren
der him as buoyant as a goose, shall never be
eligible to any office above the rank of Hog
constable, after the three first years of the
government.
Art. b. The seat of government for the
three first years shall be at Owl’s Head, and
all the deliberations of the Assembly shall be
held in the night, and all important questions
shall be decided by hoot and toot, instead of
yeas and nays.
Art. 7. The coat of Arms shall be an Owl.
holding an open Arithmetic in his claws, and
the following motto shall hang from his beak :
“Success by hook or by crook".
* * * *
Art. 11. The title of the Governor shall
he “His Mightiness.” All other titles shall
he fixed 1>5’ Law, except two principal persons
to he near the Governor on all proper occa
sions. who shall be styled “The Governor’s
Dandies”.
Art. 12. The Legislature shall be called
the Assembly, and shall promulgate all codi
fications submitted to them. In all matters of
Arithmetic they shall consult the Governor’s
Dandies, and be governed accordingly.
Art. 13. The Judiciary shall consist of as
many Courts and Judges as the Assembly at
Owl’s Head shall determine. And all candid
dates for the Bench shall he as well qualified
for office as the Judges of David Star ret t who
was sentenced to death by diving from
Charlestown bridge into the Ohio river.
Domrstir Xctos.
As the early train Monday morning passed
through Westbrook, a woman was seen lying
in the snow a little way from the railroad
track. The conductor informed the proper au
thorities upon the arrival of the train in Port
land. and they proceeded to the place where
she was, and found that she wus dead and
frozen. They found upon her person two
bottles, one wholly empty and the other par
tially filled with liquor. The empty bottles
tell the story. "Rum did it. J. Pat. coro
ner.”
The following is the number of casks of
lime made in Camden during the last year,
according to the Herald.
Carleton, Norwood & Co., 56.000
Cole, Richards &Co., 72.200
A. Martin & Co., 19.400
Merriam & Shepherd, 32,395
J. P. Simonton&Co., 15.316
G. F. llurgess, 22,000
Total casks. 177,501
"Fletcher On Man Immortal,” is a new book
which states the different theories of the
annihilation doctrines, sIkiws that each theory
overturns all the others, and explains the dif
ference between the evangelical doctrines and
those of the annihilation theory. The book
may be found at the Rev. C. A. King’s, Au
gusta. It is printed in good style and neatly
bound.
Portland papers say that upon the arrival of
the morning train from Boston at the P. S. &
P. Depot in Portland, Saturday noon, a
woman about twenty-five years of age met
with a most miraculous escape from being
crushed to death. It was another case of at
tempting to jump upon cars in motion.
Henry Adams, of North Vassalhoro’, on
Monday last, broke one of his legs while en
gaged in the removal of a barn belonging to
the Manufacturing company, as we learn from
the Bath Times.
l)r. Willis G. Robinson, of the U. S. Army,
a native of Ellsworth, and son of the late
lion. Thomas Robinson, is member of the
Texas House of Representatives.
Daniel Morgan, Esq., has resigned the
office of postmaster at Sedgwick, and Joshua
Weston has been appointed and commissioned
in his place.
Sheris'Randall, of Aroostook, has appoint
ed the following deputies : W. J. Nye, (Jail
or) S. 11. Cates, Houlton, and I. B. Gardiner,
l’atten.
Col. E. Z. C. Judson, (NedButline) is soon
to lecture in Bath, under the auspices of Post
Sedgwick, G. A. K.
Hon. Israel Woshburn, of Livermore, is
dangerously ill. lie is H3 years of age.
Buy Brushes, Combs, perfumery, Toilet
j Soaps, &c., low at Partridge’s Drug Store.
Buy choice cigars and tobaccos at Partridge’s
Drug Store under Granite Hall.
Nolid Oysters,
40 cent!* per Quart.
l^iquid Oysters,
30 cents per Quart.
At Chadbourne & Son’s.
tl3jnn-lw
Prime Solid Oysters!
Fresh from the shell, 50 Ct«. per quart.
Liquid Oysters!
to I'ent* per quart.
BELFAST CLAMS received Bail),
25 Cent* per quart,
j — AT —
Ciiwliiiis cfc Holmes’,
lw3tf Successor* to II. L. CUSHING. flOjaii
Wanted.
/ < OOl) Coat Makers. Ladies that have Machine*
VJT preferred. Apply at
#Ifr. If\ude>*bnrg'i Store,
Water Street, \ugu$ta, Maine.
Cash Paid as Soon as Work is Re
turned.
tjanli-lw* A. BLOOM.
Maine Educational lloarrt.
Kiltsr Day.
The Educational Board, established by leg
islative enactment, commenced its annual
session at the State House yesterday.
A preliminary meeting for consultation was
held at four P. M., at the office of State Su
perintendent of Schools. At this meeting all 1
the County Supervisors were present with the
exception of Messrs. Bigelow, Mayberry,
Webb and Abbott, who made their appear
ance during the evening.
£ctning Session. The meeting was called
to order by the State Superintendent of
Schools, who explained the object of the
| board, and introduced the President, Dr. N.
T. True of Bethel, who addressed the meet
ing. lie said that the higher conditions of
education had been but poorly considered. In
the history of education this defect was appar
ent. People of different beliefs, occupations
and professions had taken a one-sided view of
education. But the greatest enemy is down
right ignorance. I-oeal prejudice lias its ef
fect; indifference will paralyze: and educa
tion sometimes suffers by being made a politi
cal machine. He glanced at the progress of
education in other countries. He would not
speak of educational movements in other
States of our I'nion. but would proceed to
speak of the practical work of the school room
in our own State.
There should be economy of time and intel
lect in teaching. Too much time is wasted
in useless study, and obstacles are thrown in
the way of children. We should add to the
ease with which the child ran acquire knowl
edge : any object which produces confusion is
an absolute injury. It is folly to keep the
mind confused with the difficult problems of
arithmetic. Progressive simplicity would
express fully his idea of what the text book
and the teacher should be. It will be a point
gained when the teacher can appeal to the :
perceptive faculties of the child. A large
proportion of our knowledge is derived from
what we see. The euiperic stumbles his way
through tlic world blindfold.
Every school house should be made a pleas
ant and attractive home, and the little chil
dren allowed to bring their toys and playthiugs
into the play-yard, Cod's teaching is by
short and simple lessons. Shall we not take j
a hint, and without triviality present facts in
science in simple language? By constant ex
| periments, the child can become familiar with
j natural objects.
One of the most important problems to be
j solved is method in imparting instruction—
| the distinction and generalization of tacts.
When a child learns one tact, he can be led
! easily to another. Let all our instructions fol
Llow nature, and memory will retain them all.
But method may be carried to an extreme,
! and the good teacher w ill be careful to guard
against it.
Theortical nnd practical education was next
j discussed, and four fundamental principles
• advanced: 1st, Concentrated attention. 2d,
' The cultivation of the memory in connection
with ideas. 3d, The power of abstraction, to
be cultivated late in life. 4th. Mental disci
pline, or a combination of all the powers of
the memory.
He urged the more general introduction of
natural science into our schools. The child
ren are pleading for this. They learn from
natural objects at home, but this avenue »of
instruction is closed when the school days
C nnmence. These words could be appropri
ately written over too many school house
doors—“Nothing but books and other disa
room.”
The mistake is in the idea that all knowledge
must come from text books. The laws of na
ture should be made familiar and attractive.
When shall we see these changes? When
knowledge takes the place of mere repetitions
—when principles shall be taught as well as
rules.
After recommending the study of natural
history, l)r. True proceeded to apeak of tire
importance of good text books and the man
ner in which the English language is tortured
in those now in use, although a great change
had recently been made. Many had been
driven to the conclusion that text books
should be banished from our schools. He
then alluded to the new arm of our education
al service, the County Supervisorship of
Schools. The eye of the State is upon the
work of this board. Much good had been ac
complished, and the people had held up the
hands ol the Supervisors and encouraged
them in their hard and earnest work. We
must have good teachers and good school
supervisors. You cannot cheat education.
We must spend money for schools or else
spend it for prisons, reform schools or alms
houses. One educated boy is worth $5000 to
the State; if not educated, he will do more
than that amount of injury. He had no fault
to find with our noble State, but its resources
must be expended by educated brains. After
an allusion to the death of Supervisor Abbott
: and a few words addressed to his fellow Super
visors, the speaker closed.
The Board meets under favorable auspices.
The people and the Legislature are alive to
the interests and the wants of our common
| schools, and are pleased to note the impetus
that has been given the past year to the move
ment in behalf of popular education.
The following is the programme of exer
! cise for to-day :
Forenoon, business meeting. Afternoon,
i “The Common Schools", G. W. Hathaway,
I Supervisor of Somerset county ; “Moral In
! struction,” W. S. Sleeper, Supervisor Aroos
{took. Evening, “School Supervision,” N.
J A. Luce, Supervisor of Waldo.
The afternoon and evening sessions are
j holden in the liepresentatives’ Hall.
D. S. NELSON,
MANUFACTURES TO MEASURE,
LADIES’ AND GENTS
FASHIONABLE BOOTS <6 SHOES.
Repairing also neatly and promptly done.
Shop iu Boot and Shoe store with K Lyford,
above Bridge street, Augusta. fjuntt-ii
BATH HOTEL,
Tty o. 3VX. Plummer,
BATH, 31E.
Board, - - $1 per Day.
flljan-ly _ _
Wrapping Paper and Twine
» S low ax you cau gut it from Boxtou, at
jY juue4t-0U. PAGL A iiOW £
First Letter Foundry In Sew England.
Commenced in 181V.
Boston Type Foundry
Alwny* noted for It*
Hard and Tough Metal,
And it* large varietie* of
BOOK AND JOB TYPE,
And lately lor it* unrivalled
Newspaper Faces.
Electrotyping Done In all Us Branches.
Address orders to
J. A. ST. JOHN, Agont,
55 Water Street,.Boston.
SUPERIOR TYPE METAL.
Long experience and the utmost care are neces.
nary to ensure good metal, even with a know ledge
of the hot combinations—therefore, the safest way
is to buy of the oldest established Foundry.
NEWSPAPER STYLES.
Our Newspaper Face* (body, two-line, and dis
play) are of our own cutting, ami the best made, as
a glance at the papers we tit out will prove.
BOOK PACES.
Our special Specimen of Book Pages shows great
variety, adapted to all kinds of work, including our
Revived Old Styles, the most perfect embodiments
of the letters of the ln*t century yet presented.
45tf
Hardware Store !
Having purchased the stock of
Hardware, Iron & Steel, &c.,
Ac., recently ow ned by
Hutchins, Allen At Co*,
I am now prepared to sell all the various kinds of
goods usually found m Hardw are Stores,
AT THE L0WE8T PRICES.
j Those in want of Goods in niv line, will do well to
Call and Examine
before purchasing elsewhere.
123 Water Street,
Opposite Post Office.
A3IOS WILDER.
Augusta, Dec. 20, 18*50. Mtf
Porsonal.
MESSRS. E. FULLER & SON.
DRUGGISTS OF AUGUSTA, have
Milton’s Catarrh lore,
For the Cure of CATARRH. Any person buying
bottle of them and u.«u»g it w ithout being helpe
they will refund the money. It will also cure
XcrrouD llradndir, Toothache, Arurnlgla
and Larachr.
It will remove nil pain from a bum or scald in a
few minutes. Call at their store and try it with the
PATENT INHALING TUBE,
Fret of Charge, and satisfy yourself of its superior
merit before purchasing. Iy6
Pure Medicines aii Chemicals!
Brushes, Combs, Soaps and Perfumery;
CHOICE TOILET AM) FA5CT ARTICLES!
Physicians’ & Apothecaries’ Goods,
Pare Spera. Lird, Ermwa> aid Mitifoot Oils.
Charles K. Partridge,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
Water Street, corner Market Square,
(UNDER URAMTK HAI L..)
Has on hand a Lar*e Selected Stock
kept fresh by constant additions,
AI)U SELLS AT
The Lowest Market Rates !
FOR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS.
PirtridjM I'rnp Store. Witer Street, toner Market !<|ir*.
tljan'Oly _
SEWING MACHINES!
FOR SALE CHEAP,
| OR FOR RENT BY THE MONTH,
SECOND-HAND SEWIN6 MACHINES
OF AI.L TIIK APPROVED MAKES,
In good working order, at the
Boot anil Shoe Store
OF TIIL SUBSCRIBER.
\V nter Mtreet.
G. F HAWES. Agent.
Augusta, Oct. 98,1880. . 45tf
Stoves ! Stoves !!
PEERLim TROPIC,
CITY OF WOIM EfiTER,
! chilno.v, iyiu.im:\di:.yc f,
WHITE MOIATAI.Y,
(■AR.TET UAX.E. also
WOOD & COAL FUBNACES!
SECOND HAND STOVES
Bought and Sold.
ALL KIND Si F J0BBIN6
PKOMPTLY ATTENDED TO, AND
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
A. P. GOULD,
1 Door forth of Ilollroad Bridge,
Water Street, Augusta.
janl8-fAw4tf
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Dockendorff & Co.,
Lima A Callao, Peru,
Importers uud Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
an<l Naval Contractors.
Exchange Bought and Sold. Advance* made
on Consignment* and for Ship’*
Disbursement*.
Re Terences t
Messrs. Walsh A Carver, New York.
" F. II. Lovell ft Co., “
i Bank or London, Mexico ft s. A., Lima,
fires. Bianchi Hermanos v Ca, “
New York Office, s : 118 JOHN STREET.
decDlMlm
1*0 liTLA .> I>
Business College!
ONE OF TIIE
International Business College Association.
For full information address
L. A. CRAY, A. M., PRINCIPAL,
PORTIAS D, SI A ISB.
3m 10
Brushes 1 Brushes!
HAIR, CLOTH, DUST, SHOE and Stove Brush
ea, a lull assortment for Kale low bv
BALL A KD & CHASE,
May 20, 1S89. 0 Union Block.