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of ft more modern build, although these
are far from being churches of elegance.
There is .one thing that Waldalmro' is
sadly in need of, and that is, an efficient
fire department. The place can only
b last of one hand engine, and that one is
almost useless, being no better in an emer
gency than a common squirt-gun. The
citizens of the village attempted a few
years ago to get a measure, through, au
thorizing the town to procure a good en
gine, and the young men went so far as to
raise $200 and offer their service free,pro
viding such would be done, but no, our
suburban friends who claim a residence in
the town and wanted a word to say, came
in, in their strength, and voted the meas
ure down, and this, because knowing that
it would be of no benefit to themselves,
but be the source of a slight additional
tax. were bound that the villagers should
not have what they couldn’t have them
selves. So here the matter rests. The
citizens, to protect themselves rgainst the
ravages of fire, use slated roofs, iron win
dow shutters, fire proof paint, and the
like.
A petition to the Legislature to grant a
charter for the incorporation of a manu
facturing company, is being extensively
signed here bv our prominent citizens.
Rmox.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Semite,
Thursday. March 17.
Met according to adjournment.
Braver by Rev. Mr. Hfkkinu of Gardiner.
Records read and approved.
Papers from the House disposed of in con
currence.
On motion of Mr. Carvill, resolve in favor
of Wm. Rogers, was tabled.
On motion of Mr. Reed, bill an act concern
ing insurance and insurance companies, was
tabled.
Resolve in favor of Maine State Agricultu
ral College, came up from the House. Mr.
Holland moved that it lie on the table.
Mr. Buffi'm hoped it would take the usual
course.
Mr. Nku.i.i.y spoke in its favor and hoped
the resolve will pass.
Mr. I.am, said for twenty years he had been
working for this object, the establishment of
a college—a school in the State where the
poor boys of the State may receive an educa
tion which shall fit them for use in the field or
workshop. Is astonished that the gentleman
from Androscoggin is willing to put his foot
upon such a project.
Mr. Winn said we should foster and take
care of this institution so far as we can.
Hoped the resolve will pass.
Mr. Holland opposed it. but withdrew his
motion.
Mr. I, vso spoke further in favor nf the re
solve giving an account of the College farm,
&c.,atOrono. There is not a better place,
farms, and location for all purposes, in the
State. It is not in an out of the way place. It is
said the institution is a failure. Who says so?
Has visited the farm, seen the pupils in their
classes and in the fields, and if those who
think it is a failure will visit it they will un
derstand latter. Hoped the appropriation will
be granted.
Mr. Talbot opposed the full amount asked
for. Would be|Willing to grunt 828,000.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Neal ley. Lang, Buffum. Talbot, and Metcalf.
Mr. Laxo had hoped personal matters
would not come into this discussion. The
original deed from Orono was not satisfactory.
He detailed the circumstances by which the
arrangement was effected with Oroqo. The
whole trouble with that town was caused by
the quibbling of one man, a former member
of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Talbot moved to amend by striking
out #22,000, so that the resolve will read
#28.000. Would vote for that.
Mr. Buffum hoped the amendment will not
pass. If we mean to do anything let us give
the college sufficient to start it fairly. It we
mean to kill it, withhold all.
Mr. Fuknch hoped the question will he met
now and there w ill be no more dallying with
the matter. The question of location is set
tled and now let it rest forever. We as a
people are breaking away from the old
scholastic regime and let us hold on to this
college, which proposes to educate our hoys
under a healthy progressive system. Let us
so endow this institution that it may stand
upon a sure and permanent foundation.
The question recurred upon the House
amendment, which was adopted.
The question then recurred upon Mr. Tal
bot’s amendment which was rejected.
The question then recurred upon the pas
sage of the resolve to be engrossed, as passed
by the House.
On motion of Mr. Holland, it was taken
by yeas and nays, with the following result:
Yeas—Messrs. Bartlett, Bolster, Buffum,
Carvill, Collins, Cushing, French, Fuller,
Garcelon, Gray, lianson, Kingsbury, Lang,
Mayo, Minot, Mcallev, Reed, Rolfe, Webb—
19.
Nats—Messrs. Carlcton. Cleaves. Gibbs.
Holland, Metcalf, Talbot, Torrey—7.
So the resolve passed to be engrossed.
Mr. Reed moved a reconsideration of the
vote whereby the Senate voted to refer to the
next Legislature an act to extend the charter
of the Somerset Railroad.
Mr. Land opposed the motion.
Mr. Webb favored the motion and asked
that the yeas and nays be called. The fol
lowing is the result:
Yeas—Messrs. Bartlett, Cleaves, Fuller,
Holland. Metcalf, lteed, Rolfe, Torrey, Webb
—9.
Navs—Messrs. Carvill, Collins, French,
Gibbs, Gray, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lang,
Mayo, Minot. Morse. Neallcy, Talbot—13.
So the Senate refused to reconsider, and
the matter remains referred to the next Leg
islature.
On motion of Mr. Cleaves,
Ordtreil, That Senator S. W. Collins of
Aroostook, be excused from further attend
ance, and that the Secretary be requested to
make up his pay for the session.
Keport of Committee of Conference upon
bill relating to the employment of school
teachers came from the House, the committee
asking to be discharged.
Mr. Lako moved that a new Committee of
Conference be raised.
Mr. Cleaves called for the yeas and nays,
which, on being taken, resulted as follows :
Veas—Messrs. Uutfum, French, Fuller,
Gray, Hanson, Holland. Kingsbury, Lang.
Mayo, Metcalf, Minot, Nealley, Ueed, Kolf— j
14.
Nats—Messrs. Bartlett. Carvill. Cleaves,
Collins, Gibbs, Talbot, Turrey, Webb—3
50 the motion to appoint a Committee of
Conference was carried, and the following
were appointed thatvommittee on the part of
the Senate:
Lang of Kennebec, Carvill of Cumberland,
Neallcy of York. Sent down for concurrence.
The chairman of the committees upon the
State Prison and insane Hospital made their
final repurts and were discharged.
On motion of Mr. Bt rs i M, an act to incor
porate the North Piscataquis Ham Company
was taken from the table and several amend
ments were offered and adopted.
Uemarks were made bv several Set ators.
L pon the question of adopting an at an 1
mettl reducing toll* on luml>er on the stie.nu
from 115 to 15 cents, per M., the yeas and
nays were taken, which resulted in its adop
tion, yeas 18, nays 5.
51 r, JLavg moved that the* bill be* iudefUuit**
|y * postponed. The question wan taken by
yeas and nays, and carried 19 to n.
So the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Koi.fe. from the Joint Standing Com
mittee on Claims, made their final report and
asked to be discharged. Accepted.
Mr. Heed, from the Judiciary Committee,
repotted bill an act relating to injunctions,
which was laid on the table to be printed.
Same disposition was m ide of bill an act re
lating to drainage, reported from same com
mittee.
On motion of Mr. I,*so,
Ordered. That the Secretary ot the Senate
be directed to make up the pay of Senator
Wmn of Somerset, and that lie be execused
from further attendance on account of sick
ness in his family.
On motion of Mr. CrsHiNit.rosolve in favor
of repairs on the State House, w as laid on tha
table.
On motion of Mr. French, voted that when
w"e adjourn it be to meet at 2 1-2 o'clock to
day.
Mr. Heed moved to take from the table
bill an act relating to Insurance and Insur
ance Companies, which after being amended,
passed to lie engrossed.
Ileiut and assigned—Resolve in tavor of
a common school in Long Island plantation ;
resolve to reimburse the town of Surry ; re
solve in favor of Sprague, Owen & Nash ; re
solve in favor of George Johnson; resolve
providing for a commission to inquire into the
jail system of the State; resolve in favor of
the proprietors of the Kastern Argus; an act
to prevent the destruction of roads on ice ; an
act additional to see. 52 of chap. 80 of the Re
vised Statutes, relating to sheriffs.
Passed to be engrossed—An act to amend
see. 11, chapter 139 of the Revised Statutes,
relating to fees of coroners : resolve in favor
of the College ot Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts ; resolve in favorofthe Military and Naval
Orphan Asylum at Bath; resolve in favor of
Betscv Hcvnolds; resolve in favor of the
Committee on State College and Mechanic
Arts; an act concerning Insurance and In
surance Companies.
Passed to be enacted— An net relating to
damages from defective highways; an act to
authorize G. W. Berry to extend a wharf in
to Owl's Head Bay, at Rockland: an act to
incorporate the Andover Railroad Companv ;
an act to authorize certain towns to aid in the
construction of the Penobscot and l nion riv
er Railroad ; an act to prevent the destruction
offish in the town of Hiram; on net additional
to an act to incorporate the St. Croix Gas
Light Company; an net to amend sections 1
and 3 of chapter 11 of the Revised Statutes
relating to school districts; an act to incor
porate the Arctic Ice Company; an act to in
corporate the Bangor Bank : an act additional
to an act to amend the act incorporating the
Knox A Lincoln Railroad Company; an act to
authorize the town of Brunswick to raise mon
ey to build town hall; an act additional to an
act to incorporate the Howard Slate Compa
ny.
’ Passed finally—Resolve to repair the Mat
tawaumkeag bridge; resolve authorizing tile
Land Agent to change the location of a pub
lic lot in Castle Hill plantation in Aroostook
county: resolve authorizing the J>and Agent
to obtain proposals for the purchase ot cer
tain lands or te cause partition thereof; re
solve in favor of the preservation of the har
bors of the State of Maine; resolve in favor
of State Prison : resolve in favor of Grant Isle
Plantation ; resolve in favor of S. W. Collins
and W. A. Vaughan; resolve in favor Jof
James Ripley; resolve in favor of Mt. Desert
j as a military and naval station.
On motion ot Mr. Holeanii.
Adjourned.
House.
Thursday. March 17th.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Park of Gardiner.
Papers from tile Senate disposed of in con
currence.
Mr. Bonnet, by leave, presented a resolve
in relation to the publication of the Revised
Statutes, which was read twice under a sus
pension of the rules, and passed to be en
grossed.
Mr. Wabhen presented the following or
der, which was referred to the Penobscot
County Delegation :
Ordered, That two hundred and nine thou
sand dollars be deducted from the valuation
of the town of Vcazie, for the year 1870 and
the same to be added to the city of Bangor.
Mr. Main from the Committee on insane
Hospital, reported reference to the next Leg
islature on resolve in favor of Charles F.
Stevens.
Mr. Twmutii from the Committee on Fi
nance on petition of Sarah M. Cunningham
for the payment of the interest on certain
State bonds, reported reference to the Gov
ernor and Council.
Mr. Seauldixo front the Committee of
Conference on disagreeing vote on bill an act
to amend cliap. llot the Revised Statutes,
relating to employment of teachers reported
unable to agree, and asking to be discharged.
Report read and accepted.
Bill an act to repeal chap, loot the Revised
Statutes, relating to interest was read the
third time, and Mr. llrxe moved its indefi
nite postponement pending which the bill was
tabled on motion of Mr. Vose.
Bill an act to regulate the agencies for, and
to prevent imposition in the sale of intoxi
cating liquors, was read the third time and j
tabled on motion of Mr. IIume.
Bill an act additional to chap. 40 of the
Revised Statutes, relating to corporations,
was read the third time, and tallied ou motion
of Mr. Farwei.l.
Bill an act to incorporate the Bangor and
Aroostook Railroad Company came up on its
passage to be engrossed.
Mr. Stickney moved to amend ny suusti- j
tuting ]louse document No. 14 entitled an act
to incorporate the Northern Aroostook Kail
road Company pending the adoption of winch
the hill was tabled on motion of Mr. Vosk,
and to-morrow assigned.
Passed to be engrossed- An act to incorporate
the Sebago Steamboat Company; an act to
incorporate the Bath Sugar House Company;
an act to authorize the Treasurer of the State
to issue registered bonds; an act to incorpor
ate the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Com
pany; resolve to replace certain books des
troyed by tire in the office of the Judge of I
Probate of Hancock county ; an act to increase j
the pay of the Attorney General; an act to
change the time of holding the April term of
the Supreme Judicial Court in the County of
Lincoln; resolve relating to the National
Military Asylums; an act to amend sec. 1
of chap, 51 of the Revised Statutes, and to re- 1
peal chap. 18G of the public laws of 1868, rc- j
iating to railroads; ao act to regulate the
times and places of holding the County Com- j
missioners court f 'r the county of Washing- '
ton.
Passed to be enacted—An act to amend sec. 1
61 of chap. 18 of the Revised Statutes, relat- j
ing to damages from defective highways ; an
act to incorporate the Andover Railroad Com- .
panv; an act for the protection of trout and
pickerel in certain waters in Hiram and Por
ter; an act to authorize the town of Bruns
wick to loan money to build a town building,
and to issue bonds, and provide for a sinking
fund in payment therefor: an act additional
to an act to incorporate the Howard Slate
Company; an act to authorize certain towns
and the city of Ellsworth to aid in the con
struction of the Penobscot and Union River
Railroad.
Finally passed—Resolve in favor of the
preservation of the harbors of the State of
Maine ; rc solve in favor of Grant Isle planta
tion : resolve authorizing the conveyance of
land to S. W. Collins and W. A. Vaughn;
resolve in favor of James Ripley ; resolve in i
favor nt Mt. Desert as a Military and Naval
Station of the i’nited States; resolve in favor
of the State Prison.
Bill an art authorizing the formation and
regulation of railroad corporations, was taken
from the table and referred to the next Legit- j
ture on motion of Mr. Bakkk
Resolve in favor of the Waldo Agriculural
Society was taken from the table on motion
of Mr. Kakwei.i., amended on motion of Mr
Wasson, and passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Eakwell, resolve in aid
c of the St. John Agricultural Society, was
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taken from the table ami indefinitely post
poned on motion of Mr. Daki.ixg.
Bill an act to amend chap. 11 of the Re
vised Statutes, relating to the employment of
teachers came from the Senate, that branch
proposing a second committee of conference
on the disagreeing vote.
The House concurred in the proposition for
a committee of conference and the chair an
nounced Messrs. Smith of Litchfield. Hume
and Humphrey to serve on the committee on
the part of the House.
On motion of Mr. Buss, hill an act to in
corporate the Georges Valley Railroad Com
pany was taken from the table, the question
being on passing the same to be engrossed.
Mr. Biri> advocated reference to the next
Legislature of the bill.
Mr. Buss followed in opposition to the mo
tion to refer.
Mr. IIinks oppos'd reference to the next
Legislature, and proceeded to state his rea
sons why he thought a charter should be
granted the proposed road. He did not under
stand the road to be a competing road with the
l’enobseot Bay and Valley Railroad. The
charter for the last named had been granted
two or three years ago. and they have not even
bad a survey made until after the parties
moved in this matter. He hoped the bill
would liave a passage.
Mr. McGilvkkt argued in opposition to
the bill anti proceeded to point out the injury
to the road already having a charter to run
parallel with the one proposed. He main
tained that it a charter is given to this road
that both must go down, for that section can
1 not support them both. He hoped the hill
would he referred to the next Legislature.
Mr. Sritu of Saco moved, and the House
ordered the veas and nays on the question.
Mr. Lewis of Liberty, spoke in support of
the hill, and hoped it would have a passage.
He claimed to be acquainted with the location
of Georges river, and knew tlint some excel
lent farms exist there, nnd lie very well
knew that they need other transportation
than teams for their products. If either
route is to he abandoned, abandon the shore
route. But he understood that this does not
enter into the question. 1 he question is
ghetherthia Legislature willgrant a charter to
this road We are not voting to take away the
rights of Rockland. If they want a road let
them build it, and the friends of the Georges
Valley project will build their road.
Mr. WATEitiiofSE opposed the passage of
the bill. He tliought it would not be just to
give a charter to tliis road, thereby ruining
the prospects of tiie road already chartered.
Mr. Bonnf.y said he had great respect for
this Legislature, and did not wish to see it oc
cupy an inconsistent position. The Legisla
ture has refused to pass an act for the con
solidation of the Portland i. Kennebec and
Maine Central Railroads, tor the alleged rea
son that by so doing a monopoly would In
created and competition avoided. He hoped
the House would pass the bill as reported, for
it would thus be true to its record, would pre
vent the injurious effects of an overpowering
monopoly, and give to the poor people of the
locality through which the road passes the
gn at benefits of competition.
Mr. Baker spoke in favor of the passage
of the bill. He did not believe that -‘dead
charters" should stand in the way of granting
charters to corporations who mean to do
something.
The yeas and nays were then taken on
giving the bill a passage, and the result was
in the affirmative by 77 yeas to 28 nays, as
follows :
Messrs. Allan. Bird, Bradford, Chamlier
lain. Chase of Wood-look. Crockett. Daggett, Den
nett Douglass, (.anni-tt, Ham, llathorn, Holbrook,
Hn-sev, .Iordan of Brunswfck, Muv, McHilvery,
McLain. Mddrant. I’urlnton, Sherman of Camden.
Shcrmhu of Islesboro’, Smith of Sai o, Warren,
Waterhouse. Weston. Wheeler. Whitehouse.—4».
Nain—Messrs. Adams of Biddelbrd. Alexander,
Ames. Baker. Barker, Barton, Beurce of Lewiston,
Bearer of Turner, Bean. Berry of Buxton, Blake,
Bli-s. Bonncv, Boyd, Boothhy. llrawu, Burgess,
Chase of Wiiiu, Clark of Beadneld, Cole, Conforth,
Cousins, Darling, Dum an. Foss. Foster of Argyle,
(iutt. l.reenlief, Uuptill. Hammond of Paris. Ham
ilton, Harding, llawes, Hinks. Humphrey. Irish,
Jones, .Ionian of Minot. Kimball. I.atnson. I-eigh
ton. Lewis of Libertv, l-ewis of Pittston, Lord.
Main, Martin. Mason. Mi Dougal, MeKown, Means,
Mrars. Mills, Milliken. Phillips, Pike. Powers,
Herd. Higgs. Smith of Hodgdon, Smith ot Litchfield.
Smith of Warren. Smith of Parsonsfield. Spaulding,
Stickney, Stone, stover, Thompson. Thurlough. Tie
bey, Twit. hell. Wasson, Wentworth, White. Whit
ney , Wilder, Wilson of Bradford, Voting —77.
Absent—Messrs. Adams of Mayflelu. Bern of
DamariseotU. Brackett, Brown, Burnham. Camp
bell. Clark of Holden, Cox, Cushing, Dearborn,
Dunning, Farwell, Folsom, Dates, Craffam, Ham
mond of Westbrook, llarriman, Holman, Hume.
Keegan, Lane, Libby, Mayo, Moulton, Newcomb,
Nickerson. Palmer. Patten, Pierce, Plummer, Skin
ner, Sturgis, Wilsou of Thomastou.—&1.
So the hill was passed to he engrossed.
Resolve in aid of building mills at the
mouth of the Madawaska river, was taken
front the table, the question being on passing
the same to be engrossed.
Mr. B iro ess opposed its passage.
Mr. Chase of Woodstock, and Mr. Brad
ford favored.
Mr. Farwell moved an amendment.
Mr. Cot sins opposed the resolve.
Mr. Stickney favored the resolve, and said
that the land in that section had all been deed
ed to the European and North American Rail
road Company, excepting such as may be
used for settling purposes. He contended
that if this lot of land is not deeded to the pe
tioner it will go to this bloated corporation.
Mr. Hawes opposed the resolve.
Mr. Pike made some remarks in relation
to the grant of land made to the European
and North American Railroad Company.
(Remarks hereafter.)
Mr. Stone said if the grant of this land to
the petitioners will keep it out of the maw of
this European and North American Rrilwav
corporation he should be in favor of it.
Mr. Ht me moved the previous question
and the House seconded the (all.
Mr. Smith of Saco, moved that the matter
be tabled until the title to the lands can be
ascertained.
The Speaker (Mr. Vosc being in the
chair) ruled that the motion would not be in
order as the House had seconded the call tor
the previous question.
The main question was then ordered.
The amendment oflered by Mr. Farwell
was adopted.
Pending the passage of the resolve to be
engrossed, the House on motion of Mr.
SsiiTii of Saco,
Adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
Mr. Smith of Saco, moved that the vote
adopting the amendment offered by Mr. Far
well be reconsidered, and would like to state
some facts learned since the last adjournment
of the House.
The Speaker (Mr. Foster) said the main
question had been ordered, and it must be
taken without debate.
On motion of Mr. Spaulding the rules
were suspended and the consent of the House
was granted to Mr. Smith to explain.
Mr. Smith said he had looked into the
matter since adjournment and he had found
that these lots asked for by the petitioner do
belong to the State. If lie was wrong and
they do not belong to the State we certainly
cannot give them away, and if they do belong
to the State why should we give them away.
He was opposed "to the passage of the resolve.
The motion to reconsider was withdrawn.
The resolve was refused a passage.
liesolve in favor of the Committee to visit
the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts was read once and tabled.
Mr. Main was excused from further attend
ance on this session of the Legislature.
J’ussed to be enacted—An act to incorpor
ate the Sehago Steamboat Company; an act
to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the
river anil interior fisheries, approved March
12, 1809; an act to authorize the city ot Ban
gor to aid in the construction of the Winter
port railroad.
On motion of Mr. Vosb, bill an act to in
corporate the Ship Fond Stream Navigation
Company, was taken from the table, and
passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Gkaffam, bill an act to
amend chap. 838 of the special laws of 1850,
relating to wavs in Vinalhaven was taken
from the table, and that gentleman explained
the object of the hill and urged its passage.
The bill was passed to he engrossed.
Bill an art to amend sec. 22 of chap. 11 of
the Revised Statutes relating to allowing
school houses to he used for religious meet
ings, lectures, and other purposes, was taken
from the table on motion of Mr. Hinks, the
question being on passing the same to be en
grossed.
Mr. Hinks moved and advocated its indefi
nite postponement, which motion was opposed
by Messrs. Mildram. Irish. Lewis of Liberty,
Millikcn. and Chase of Winn.
Mr. Hinks was supported in his motion by
Messrs. Bradford, Tobey, Adams of Bidde
ford, and Stickncy.
The hill was passed to he engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Bakkr, resolve in favor
of the Maine General Hospital was taken
from the table and passe d to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Farwell, bill an act to
regulate the agencies for and to prevent
imposition in the sale of intoxicating liquors
was taken from the table, amended on mo
tion of Mr. Bt hi.kss, and passed to be en
grossed.
Valuation list of the wild lands was receiv
ed from the Commission on Valuation, and
referred to the Committee on State Valuation.
Bill an net concerning Insurance and In
surance Companies came lroni the Senate,
House amendment “K" rejected. The House
refused to concur in the rcjectmcnt of the
amendment.
Mr. Bosnky offered amendment “F,” which
was adopted.
Mr. Cousins offered amendment “B,” and
advocated its adoption.
Mr. Bakkr opposed.
Fending the adoption of the amendment the
House
Adjourned.
Pailu ^rnndicr Journal.
AUGU8T A ,
Friday Morning. March 18, 1870.
THE CEIIAX Ql'ESTIOX.
The Cuban question is growing in
strength with every week that passes.
That the cause of freedom survives in
Cuba in spite of the power brought to
crush it is evidence that it lias some vital
ity. and the longer it continues, if it does
nothing more than keep the field and show
the same power of resistance which it has
hitherto displayed, the stronger it stands
before the world and the better it may
claim the recognition which it seeks.
Time is an element in the ease which can
not be overlooked. A mere insurrection
is a short-lived affair, but a contest which
is continued through months and bids fair
to extend through years is something more
than an insurrection. An insurrection made
by a brief excitement dies with the passion
which created it; but a long continued
struggle is not born of a Hash of anger,
but rests upon reason and deep seated
popular convictions and means and is revo
lution. The reports which come from
Cuba about the operations of the hostile
forces are so conflicting as to make it im
possible for us to decide with which side
the advantage rests in the battles report
ed, but the fact that the revolution still
lives after suffering numerous deaths, ac
cording to Spanish reports, is enough to
trouble its enemies and encourage its
friends, for the continuation of the revolu
tion for a time longer must be jts ultimate
success.
THE FUXD1X0 BILL.
The following are the provisions of the
funding bill as it passed the Senate :
1st. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to issue coupon or registered
bonds to an amount not exceeding $400,
000,000, redeemable in ten and payable in
forty years at five percent, interest, and
he may dispose of them at not less than
their par value for coin, or he may ex
change them for an equal amount of the
five-twenty bonds.
2nd. He may issue bonds to the amount
of $400,000,000 redeemable in fifteen years
and payable in forty years at four and a
half per cent, interest, and may dispose of
them for coin or other bonds.
3d. He may issue bonds to the amount
of $400,000,000 redeemable after twenty
years and payable after forty years, at
four per cent, interest, and may sell them
for coin, United States notes or other ob
ligations of the government.
4th. The bonds issued under this act
shall be exempt from taxation by national,
state, municipal or local authority.
5th. The Secretary of the Treasury
may appoint agents in the United States
and in Europe to aid in the negotiation of
the bonds, and may advertise them.
6th. In order to carry into execution
the provision in the act of 1862 relating to
a sinking' fund, the sum of $150,000,000 is
appropriated annually from the duties
derived from imports to be applied to the
payment of the interest and principal of
the public debt.
7th. Provides that national banks shall
exchange the bonds which they have de
posited as security for their circulation, as
they become redeemable, for the new
bonds, making the latter the the basis of
their circulation.
8th. The amount of circulating notes
of any national bank shall not exceed
eighty per cent, of the bonds deposited for
security.
9. Any banking association organized
or about to be organized under the nation
al currency act which shall buy and de
posit with the Treasurer of the United
States $7)0,000 in nmouut of these bonds
shall receive circulating notes according
to the terms of the currency acts and with
out respect t«> the aggregate amount of
circulation prescribed by said acts.
There are various objections made to
this hill, hut upon the whole it is far better
that it become a law than nothing he done
in the way of funding the debt. It reduces
the rate of interest to a reasonable figure,
provides for the payment of the national
debt, and permits free banking whenever
the necessary capital,$7)0,000 is volunteer
ed for such a purpose. The last men
tioned provision will supply a want for
which there has been a loud call, and will
be gladly taken advantage of in many lo
calities which arc now doing business
under make-shifts for banks that need a
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better basis to operate upon. We shall
have taken a long stride towards bettering1
our financial condition when wc have;
funded our debt and improved our banking
facilities according to the provisions above •
laid down.
The speech of Senator Revels in the
Senate upon the Georgia question drew
out the largest attendance of the session in
the galleries of the Senate. It was an
interesting occasion when this representa
tive of a recently enslaved race arose in
his place as Senator to open his voice
upon national matters. He acquitted him
self well though lie was visibly embar
rassed by the circumstances in which he
was placed. j
_._
UESEUAl. SEWS.
The price of goods of all kinds must follow
gold.
The Glouccstervcssels lost on the Georges,
during last month, more than one hundred
anchors.
July is gradually being fixed on by common
consent us the date of the adjournment of
Congress.
Josh Billings reckons among the Loqf Arts
— Pumpkin Pi, Hum nnd Tanzy—Honesty,
and the art ov getting up in the morning. j
Residents of Sheboygan county, Wis., hud
one hundred and eighteen days of continuous
sleighing up to the 7th inst.
An artisan well at Morrison. 111., has been
drilled to the depth of eleven hundred and
eighty feet without finding pure water.
A San Francisco judge tempered justice
with mercy by fining a starved girl 23 cents
for stealing, ami then raising 820 for her from
sympathizing spectators.
In Illinois corn shelling is now done by per
sons who travel from farm to farm with a
machine. The usual charge is two cents prr
bushel. Six to eight hundred bushels is a
day’s work.
The draw of the new iron railroad bridge at
Peoria, which contains 220 tons ot iron, will
be rea lv to swing in a few days.
A Finland vessel has conveyed to St. Peters
! burg two enormous blocks of stone from the
banks ot Lake Ladoga, each weighing 72,000
pounds, to be used for the pedestal of the
statute of Catharine II.
A German woman living near Groveland, '
Tezewell county. 111., married her fifth husband j
the other day. Her first husband ran away. I
the second hung himself, and third shot him-j
self, and the fourth was drowned.
The best ice secured in Massachusetts this
season has cost more than three times as much
as usual, on account of the frequent removals
of snow from the ponds. The thin snow-ice
secured has cost about as much as the best
blue ice in other winters.
Count Bismarck has given the University of
Virginia a valuable collection of photographic
and angraved desighs «*f recent government
works in Germany, exhibiting the modern im
provements applied to bridges, canals, rail
ways and public buildings.
It is said that the Directors of the Boston,
Hartford & Erie Railroad were compelled to
obtain the legal opinion of a distinguished New
York lawyer an an important point, for which
the small fee of sixty-thousand dollars was
pnid.
Lake Ontario was frozen over a few days
since, it is said from the Canada to the Amor
can shore, and as far east and west as the eye
could reach. This is the first time that this
great lake has been ice-bound for many years.
On Saturday morning a seamstress named
Mary J. Lunsford was found murdered in her
bed in Mansfield, Ohio. The body was hor
ribly mutilated, and the appearance of the
room indicated that there had been a desperate
struggle between the murderer and the victim.
Assistant Postmaster General Terrell has
received specimens of the new postage stamps.
They are far superior to those at present in
use. and printed in appropriat colors. It is
probable that the stamps will be ready for sale
by the first of April.
In Delaware the Democracy are in great
trouble concerning the new American citizens.
Thev say thev “will not ask a negro to vote
their ticket, but if a negro asks for one of
their tickets they will not rudely refuse to
give it to him.” Very kind and obliging, are
they not ?
There are no tidings yet from the murderer
i Yerger. The Mississippi Legislature passed
i a rcsalution appointing a Committee to idves
i tigate the circumstances of his escape, and
an effort was made to pass a bill instructing
! the Governor to ofier a reward of 823,000 for
his apprehension ; also to appropriate 8100,
000 as a secret service fund. Without defi
nite actiun the bill was laid rside.
Domestic Nctos.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe formerly re
sided in Brunswick, and was well known to a
wide circle of friends. Her masterpiece of
fiction, “Uncle Toni's Cabin,” was written in
: the midst of her domestic duties and house
' hold confusion, surrounded by her children.
She always had time for a kind word and a
benevolent act. We are led to think of this
by a little incident we find narrated in the
Lewiston Journal. While residing in B., one
morning Mrs. Stowe told the commissary
of her household that she wished him to
! call earlier than usual the next day and bring
something very nice in the meat line, as the
Beecher family were to dine with her. Well,
! the day came, and so did the man armed and
! equipped with various kinds of meat, nndamong
' the rest a basket of fowl. Mrs. Stowe came
out, examined the stock, and finally decided
shcwould haveadozen chickens for dinner, and
requested the dealer to select them. He replied
that he knew nothing about the age of fowls,
though he could pick anything in large meats.
“Well,” said Mrs. S , “my sister Kate has writ
ten a cook book in which are directions for
. choosing chickens, so I can do it myself.” So,
into the house she went, consulted her hook,
and proceeded to choose her chickens a-la sister
Kate’s “Domestic Cookery.” The dealer stood
by, foully laughing in his sleeve at this fowl
proceeding. The bipeds picked were all old
ones. The nekt day the man called as usual for
his orders. Mrs. Stowe surveyed him a mo
I ment, then burst out with, "Didn’t we sweat
1 over those chickens? I thought my sister Kate
cncw something, but she doesn't. ’ She went
in in graphic Beecher style describing their at- ^
empts to eat those chickens. Henry V\ ard had
akcn off his coat nnd attempted to carve them,
ocosely inquiring if Maine had a breed of India
rubber chickens. He worked so vigorously
bat one old biddy dew out of the platter and
nearly out of the window. As might be ex
pected. Mrs. Stowe had a large quantity of
I’hieken and fHins’ left, and when the man in
quired what she would have that day, she
quietly {minted to a large pot over the fire,
laying. “Our people have all gone four miles
loa n to the bay to a launching, and I had to
stay at home to keep the pot boiling, so poor
father (I.vman Beecher) can cat some of those
splendid chickens, selected according to the
book."
The Times, in speaking of the good exhibit
made bv the valuation commission of the val
uation of that city, says that Bath will take
her place ns one of the chiefest among our
enterprising cities along the coast of the State,
whose facilities for up country trade or for
ocean passage to Boston and New York or in
manufacturing ability is not surpassed in sit
uation by that of any other of our Eastern
towns. Things arc in the saddle, and increas
ing; Maine is waking up, while the tenor of
colloquial talk all over our city is that of ener
gy, enterprise, activity and zeal for the future.
The West is a glorious land, and the South
hath its delights, but for water privileges, fine
rivers, grand harbors, lakes innumerable and
a soil that needs but the tiller's charm, not to
speak of its sons and daughters, the old Down
East State of Maine takes its position chief
among the greatest, the most brilliant jewel
in our country’s coronet.
A fiw days since, the schooner Jason, Cap
tain Small, front Maine, arrived at Flushing,
N. Y., with a load of lumber for Geo. D.
Hoc S Co., of that place. On Tuesday, the
vessel was unloaded and ready to leave, and
Captain Small went to New York and engag
ed a tow baot to eonte up after his schooner
and take her to the city. After engaging the j
tow boat, he started from New York to Flush
in3. and was seen at Hunter's Point the same
day en route for Flushing, since which time
he has not been heard from. Foul play is
feared.
There are now living in this State the fol
lowing brothers, members of the Lambert
family : Charles Lambert living in Freeport,
90 verrs of age; James Lambert. Brunswick.
92 years of age; John Lambert, Skowhegan,
87 years of age; Daniel Lambert, Phillips,
Si years of age; Asa Lambert, Freeport,
79 years of age—all in good health. James,
at Brunswick, has always been a hard work
ing, industrious, and temperate man.
Intelligence has just been received by the
family of Rev. O. Richardson, pastor of the
Baptist church at Buxton Centre, of the death
of their second Bon, Joseph O. Richardson,
acting second mate of the brig Amy A. Lane.
The vessel was ready to leave Buenos Ayres
when he went into the water by her side to
bathe. Suddenly he sank and never rose.
Every effort was made to save him, but in
vain. He was twenty-one years of age.
The schooner. Northern Light, Plummer,
sailed from Boston, with freight, Feb. 25, and
arrived at Machiasport in thirty-six hours.
She remained at Machiasport a day and a half,
and then proceeded to Machias, took in a
freight of lumber and sailed March 4lh for
Cuba; all in seven day's time.
The dwelling house of C. E. Skofield of
Hodgdon with a portion of its contents, was
burnt last Wednesday night. Cause supposed
to be defect in the chimney. Loss about one
thousand dollars—no insurance.
The woodshed at Etna, which was destroy
ed by fire Tuesday, was owned by the Maine
Central Railroad Company, and was nearly
new. It contained two hundred cords of
prepared wood, which was bnrned. Insured.
Commander Edward 1‘. Williams of the ill
fated Oneida, was a native of Castine, and his
family, friends, and relatives live in that town,
also at Belfast.
Bonds for Sale.
#10,000 BONOS
OF UNDOUBTED SECURITY, paying over 10 per
cent, ioterubt,
For Sale or Exchange,
For U. S. or Statrof Maine Bonds,
— AT THEIR —
Highest Market Quotation*.
It. E POTTER ft BKO..
Freemans Bank Building.
Augusta. Mar. 17, 1870. tl7mar-lw
Girl Wanted !
A SITUATION in a private family to do house
work. Tlie beat wugee paid. Inquire at the
Journal office.
Augusta, Mar. 15,1870. flfimar-tf
Buggy and Express Wagon
For Sale by BALLARD A CHASE
tlOmarAwlitf ______
Notice !
HAVING DISPOSED OF OUR GOODS
Damaged by the Late Freshet !
WE ARE OFFERING A
GOOD i'LEAX STOCK
-AT
Low Pr Ice 8 !
-AT
NO. 2 MERCHANTS’ ROW,
Hallowell.
E. J. BERSEY k CO.
Hallowell. Mar t, 1870. _ffmar-lw
WEED FAMII.Y FAVORITE
SEWING MACHINE.
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Straight Needle Shuttle, Stitch alike on both sides,
uaea half aa much thread aa a Biaule threail ma
chine. More of them sold than all other machine*
in thin market; never fall to give perfect satiafar
on - every one wurrmted for live year*. . Cull on
j Jones, who will cheerfully show the working of the
i Machine: also "ill show more “Warda of State,
1 County and Mechanics’ Fairs, and more Certifleate#
i from Individuals and Corporations than would All
the weekly Journal.
| fiomar-tf JONES tuts them for dale.
PIANO TUNING!
- rpHE Subscriber would mform the
MCSfflQN 1 citizens or Augusta and vicinity
ITTWI unit he will give ptrtontil attention to
11*1 “•tuning Pianos. Orders let! at his res
idencc, OT W lnthrop (Street, will receive prom p
attention. M. C. MILLIKLN,
(V-bK-tf TEACHER OF PIANO AND ORGAN
Continental Life Insurance Co.’y,
OS' MEW YORK.
OFFICES.
Continental Building. No*. 22, 24 and Sti, Na**an
Street, New York.
OFFICERS.
Justus Lawrence, President; J. P. Hagers, Sec’y.
New England Branch—“Boston Post” Building.
Devonshire Street, comer Water, Boston, Mass.
Barnard Bros., Manager*.
The most successful Company ever organized.
No. of Policies issued in 1809, 8,778
Amount insured in 1**>9, f21.24d.000
Annual Premium* in 18**9. 2,377.000
Assets of the Company, Dec. 31st. ISM. 3.500.102 HO
Profits of the Company annually divided. AIL
Policies nou forfeiting Thirty da vs of grace al
lowed in paymeut of premiums and the Policy held
good during the time. No permit* required for
travel.
I*nrely Mutual !
Dividends to Capital ook being limited to seven
per cent, (legal interest). Policies grunted upon ail
of the iuo*t approved plan*.
«. A. KOBEKTSON,
flmar u General Agent. August*. Me.
CONY HOUSE,
mfriiB «m££r,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
rPHIS new’ Hotel afford* accommodations that no
J. other one does in the city to the travelling com
munity . being located iu the
CENTRE Or BUSINESS.
and very near the Depot.
The travelling public may be assured that no
pains will be spared to meet all their wants, and
with the assistance of Mr. Turner, late of the
Augu"hi House, w e hope to merit a share of the
public patronage.
Connected with this House is a
First Class Livery Stable I
6. A. S H. COXY. Proprietor,.
UlInllA" i ll
To Those who Desire
Trees, Shrubs k Flowering Plants l
ORDERS sent to or b it with me for any Fruit
or ornamental Tun *, shhuh*. Vinf.8, or
Flowering Plants, grown by Watson in the
Old Colony Nurseries!
(which embrace everything that can be desired in a
northern climate.) will be answered by a supply in
my pop*esrdon during the month* of April and
Mav proximo. Thev will be delivered in Augusta
at the price* of the f'lymouth Nursery, without coat
of tram*portation hither. Catalogue* furnished
gratis when requested. There are many raru things
in that excellent Nursery.
WILLIAM A. DREW.
Augusta, Mar 8. 1*70._t*mar&w2m_
Hardware Store!
Having purchased the stock of
Hardware, Iron & Steel, &c.,
Ac., recently owned by
Hntchina, Allen St Co.,
I am now prepared to *ell all the various kinds o
goods usually found in Hardware Stores
AT THE L0WE8T PRICES.
Those in want ot Goods in my line, will do well to
CJall and Examine
oeiore purchasing cl*ewliere.
188 Water Street,
UppoMte Po*t Office.
AMOS WILDER.
Augusta. Dec. 20. 1»W. Wtf
Portland & Kennebec Railroad!
Winter Arrangement, Dec. 3, 1809.
Passenger trains leave Augusta for Portland and
Bo-ton daily at 5.45 and 11 A M.
Boston for Augusta at 7 30 A M., and 12 M.; Au
gusta fur Wutervdle at 3.40 P. 31
Augustu for Gardiner (accommodation train;, at
7.30. and 11.30 A M.. 2.14. and 5 JO P 31.
Trains are due at Augusta from Bangor at 10.54
A. 31 ; from Boston at 3 30 and 8 00 P 31.; from
Gurdiucr at 7 and 8.45 A. 31., 1.30 ami 5.00 P. 31.
Passengers for Bangor from Boston holding 3Iaine
Central through tickets, and w ishing to come via
Augusta, can do so; ami from Bangor to Boston,
purchase a Maine Central local ticket to Kendall's
Mills, and alter taking the cars on this line the con
ductor will furnish a ticket to Boston, making the
fare through the same as via the Maine Central road.
1. L. LINCOLN, Superintendent.
Augusta, April 20, 18111*. _ _
Dockendorff & Co.,
Ijlma A Culluo, Peru,
Importer* anil Wholesale anti Ketail Dealer#* In
RENERU MERCHANDISE,
and Naval Contractors.
Exchange Bought and Sold. Advances made
on Consignments and for Ship's
Disbursements.
References i
Messrs. Walsh ft Carver, New York.
“ F II. Lovell ft Co.. “
Bank or London, Mexico ft 8. A., Lima
Nre*. BlASCm IIKKMANO* v Ca,
Sew York Offlce, : : 118 J0H* STREET.
(ItiC&MiU) __
FREEMANS NATIONAL BANE!
u. s. ITonon,
I Coin, Coin Drafts & Coupons
Bought and Hold on tuvorable terms.
J. L. Alt A 318, (ashler.
! Augusta. July 11. law*.
GEO. E. BRICKETT, X. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Ana STA, ME.
; Office over Hunt’* Cap Store, West End of tbe
Kennebec Bridge.
g#- Residence on Spring street._my/OTO
M. G. BROOKS,
( DEALER IN #
HARDWARE, STOVES,
Nalls, Glass, Pumps,
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY, Ac.,
No. 8 Union Blook, Water Street,
f AUGUSTA, MAINE.
Custom work done to order and with disputoh.
Augusta, May 20, Ibciu.
HENBY 0 dTA* A NICHOLS,
MASONS AND SLATERS.
ALL work in their line done promptly and in a
good, workmanlike manner, by the day or job.
Particular attention paid to repairs of slate roofs,
cementing cisterns, cellars, Ac.
Orders left at A. P. Gould's Store Store, flrst door
! above Katlroad Bridge, promptlv attended to.
HEN11Y O. NICHOLS,
ALBEUT A. NICHOLS.
j Augusta, Jan. 1. 1868.
SPF.RMATORHCEA er Neaataal Weak
ness.—How to treat and cure it without medi
j cine. Pamphlet sent liv mail free of charge. Ad
i dress Pit. II C. NEWELL A CO., Lock Bo* 122
Hartford, Coun. __ 3ul>i
SULPHITE Of LIME, for preserving Cider
Also, White Mustard Seed, for sale low by
i mi TITCOMB A DORR