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enterprise ; it makes it possible for the en
terprise to be accomplished. Future leg
islation may perfect it. It is enough that
we remove some of the ftent trigs tvhh'n
serve to hinder the great progress Of im
provement which i< vital tt» oltr future
well-being as a State. Tbi- bill once
enacted and you rAay never have occa
sion to use it. Men are apt to conform to
law in such ca-1% when they see the law
ami understand it. The law is only for
the lawless, the disobedient, the obsti
nate; and these are they who wateh and
avoid it*
The vote upon tlii* little hill to-day, ii
we conn* to that, if there i- a division
m upon the question, (and I h<»p»* there will'
not be) will indicate something of the lib
eral spirit <>f the in min is of this Hou-e in
behair-of the nccdiu! improvements which
the success of the State requires.
Senate*
Wednesday, March 23.
\L t according to adjournment.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Root of Gardiner.
Records read and approved.
Papers from the House disposed of in con
currence.
Resolve on the pay roll of the Senate re
ceived its second reading and passed to be
engrossed. [Amount 87,727.]
A message was received from the House
asking the return to that hotly of hill an act to
authorize Cities and towns to aid in the pro
motion ol* manufactures therein. The bill
was transmitted by the Secretary.
Resolves relating to the establishment of a
commission for further investigation of the
“paper credit" system, Ac., came from the
House and was put on its passed to be en
grossed.
Mr. Reed spoke in opposition to some of
the clauses in the resolves. He offered the
following amendment, “A":
Amend -Itli resolve, lines 0, 7 and 8, by in
serting “the result of their investigations,",
between the words “report" and “to" instead
of the words printed.
Mr. Lank spoke in favor of the resolve,
and thinks the amendment does not change
the matter.
Mr. Cleaves said the resolve for a com
mission was not the unanimous voice of the i
committee. Is in favor of the amendment.
Air. Lanu favored the amendment. He- j
lieves the resolves are proper, hut they j
should have wider scope.
Air. LinD'Ey favors the amendment.
Air. Fuem ii hopes we shall take such action
that shall allow a commission to thoroughly
examine and investigate the subject.
Tlie amendment was adopted.
Mr. Fni.Ncii proposed amendment “B
which amends by fixing the per diem compen
sation of the commission at So or less per
day. Lost.
Mr. La\o offered amendment “CV* Lost.
Mr. Cleaves moved an amendment “D”
to the effect that the commission report by
the first day of the session of the next Legis
lature. Adopted.
The question then recurred upon t^e pas
sage of the resolve as amended to be engross
ed.
On motion of Mr. Ci suing, it was taken
by yeas and nays, resulting as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Bartlett, Bolster, Buflum,
Oarvill. Cleaves, Cushing, French, Fuller.
Gray, Munson, Holland, Lane. Lang, Lind
sey. M ayo. Metcalf, Minot, Morse, Reed,
Roberts. Rolfc, Torrey—22.
Nats—Mr. Kingsbury—1.
So the resolve pushed to he engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Livosky,
Ordered. That the Secretary of the Senate
1h» directed to prepare a legislative manual
for 1S70, under the direction of the Governor
and Council, to contain such statistics as they
may determine, and that 300 copies he print
ed for the use of the Senate, and the usual
number for the use of the House, provided
that a contract is not made tor the “Maine
State Political Manual and Annual Register”
in conformity with the provisions of a resolve
approved March 3, 1870.
Passed to he enacted—An net for the preser
vation of certain birds; an act to incorpor
ate the Sebois Dam Co.: an act to authorize
the towns to provide hooks for the use of pu
pils in the public schools : an net to authorize
the town of Non : wock to take stock iq the
Norridgewock Bridge: an act to incorporate
the Maine Warehouse Company : an act re
lating to sheriffs; an act to make valid the
doing' of the town of Grant Isle, relating to
assessment of taxes; an act relating to cor
porations; an act relating to proceedings in
court; an act relating to the charter of the
Lime Rock Bank.
Passed finally—Resolve appropriating the
proceeds of the sale of certain lands to the
use of the Granger Turnpike Company; re
solves relating to the State Arsenals at Ban
gor and Portland; resolve making appropria
tions for repairs upon the State House; re
solve concerning debts of the State contracted
prior to 1882.
On motion of Mr. Lake,
Adjourned.
ArTERNOON Session.
On motion of Mr. Lane.
Oidertd, That Joseph C. Roberts, Senator
from York, be excused from further attend
ance and the Secretary make up his pay for
the session.
Bill an act providing for the assessment of
u State tax for 18?u. w as passed to he engros
sed. [This amounts to 91,350,413.01.]
An act to incorporate the Bridgton Brunch I
Railroad Company was passed to he enacted. ;
The committee of conference in regard to I
aid fur building mills on the Madawaska river,
reported. Report tabled.
Bill an act to change the location of the
Granger Turnpike, came from the House in
definitely postponed, was amended and passed
to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. Lake,
Ordered, That when this Senate adjourn it
he to meet at 8 o'clock this evening.
On motion of Mr. I'ueni it,
Adjourned.
House.
Wehnesiiay Mar. 23.
No chaplain present.
Air. Blkoes.s, from the Committee uf Con- \
fernce, to which was referred resolve con- ■
cerniug debts of this State, contracted prior
to Feb. 25, 1802, passed by that House, re
ported that they advise that,lhe Senate recede
lrom its former vote, and concur with the
House. Report accepted.
Bill an act to authorize the Alaine Central
Railroad Company to guarantee the bonds oft
the Somerset Railroad < 'ompany was presented i
by Mr. Hines.read three times, rules being!
suspended and laid on the table.
(in motion of Mr. Twitchell,
Ordered, That on Thursday morning Mar. j
24. this House meet at eight o’clock.
Air. Seai'i oiNo presented a resolve in re- '
lation to the State Valuation, which was re
ferred to the next Legislature under the rule.
Mr. Vose presented bill an act to amend an
act, entitled an act to amend see. 10 ol chap.
87 of the Revised Statutes, relating to survi
vals of actions approved March 11, 1870.
. Read three times, rules being suspended and
passed to lie engrossed.
Passed to be enacted—All net to repeal
chap. 45of the Revised Statutes, relating to in
terest.
Resolve on Pay Roll of the Senate, was
r ad twice, rules being suspended and passed
to Ire engrossed/
Ou motion uf Mr. .Smith of Saco, the clerk
was gharged with the duty of conveying a
message to the Senate requesting the return
of bill an act to authorize cities and towns to
aid in promoting manufactures therein.
Tin bill 1 laving bo u returned, otj motion of
Mr. Smith the bn were suspended and
the vote passing the ami to bo enacted, was
reconsidered, and the bill was indefinitely
postponed.
Mr. Baker of Augusta, presented the fob i
lowing resolve;
Resol red, That the report of the Commis
sioruT* Urt t\e State Valuation accepted and
established *y this Legislature as tin* State
Valuation for the time being, ought to be re
vised by another tribunal to correct « rrors or
irregularities, il any are found therein.
The same member moved a suspension of j
the rules that it have its two several read- j
ings at the present time.
The yeas and nays were ordered on sus
pension of the rules on motion of Mr. Il vkkr,
and being taken resulted in the negative. 4H
voting jn favor and -'J> against.
yi,.\s —Messrs Allan. Baker. Barker. Barton.
Bean. Bern ol D.imari.-cntta. Bl.ke. lili.--.Bo.Ml,
Boofhhy. Chase of Winn. Conforth. < »»usin-. Dnr
ling, Doiigla--. Duncan. (•until), Ham, liatliorn,
II:iik-. Hussey. Irish, Keegan Lainson. Lane. I.ewis
,.f Liberty. Libby. l.or«l, Martin. Miijo. .McLain.
Mills, Moulton. Power- K**e«l Skinner. ’■smith of ■
I., bfleld >}iauM;ng.'•ticknev sturgi-. Thompson.
J 'ongii. T'••be;. . Warren. Was-«»a. \N e-t«ui, Went
v> . lit. W kb t —is
vv- \danisof Mayllt'ld. An»e«. 1»
of Turtle . IL-rry • I Buxton, ltonncy. Bracket!.
Broun, lturge- ( luonb.-i lain. (In-*- of Wo.
stock, Clark uf L udtield, Cole. Daggett. Dunning, j
Folsom. Foss. Fo-ter of Avgvle. Camiett. Doit,
Draflam. Dret ’ !i*M ll.imumml <u \\T -tbionk. Ilnni
mond of Paris. Hamilton. Harding. Holbrook. IL>1- ’
man, Humphrey. Jordan of Brunswick. Kimball,
Leighton. Lewi-of Piltston. Manm. May. McKown,
Means. Slears. Millikeu. Newcomb. Palmer Patten.
Purinton. smith <*1 Saro. Smith of Warren, >nntb ••!
ParsousIleM, Sh ne. Stover, Twitched, Vom\ Water
house, White, Whitehouse. Whitney, Wilson of
Bradford, Wilson of Thomaston, Young.-fi8.
Ahsi'xt—Messi> \danis of Bid<leford, Alexan
der, Bearco of 1 'vision. Brawn. Burnham. Camp*
1,1! Co\. Crock. Cu-hing. Dearborn. Dennett,
Farwcll. Havre- liiiine, Jones. Jordan of Minot.
M Doiigal, Me( iilv < iy, Mildi ani. Phillip-. Pierce. ■
I Pike. Plummer. Bigg-, Sherman of Islesboro’,
Wheeler.— 2l».
I So the House refu a d to suspend the rules. '
Hill ati act to incorporate the I'nion Depot
I Company. was taken from the table.
| The passage of the bill wits opposed by
| Messrs. Millikeu, and Smith of Parsonsfield,
and favored by Me>sia. Twitchell. Burgess,
Bonney and Waterhouse.
Tlit* bill was then amended, and pending
its passage to be engrossed, the House on
motion of Mr. Bakkkr. adjourned.
A FT I-:ltSOUN S F.sSlon.
| Papers from the Senate disposed of in con
. eurrence.
Mr. Twitciiki !., from the Committee on!
Finance, on order, reported hill an act for the
assessment of a state tax for the year H70.
amounting to thirteen hundred and fifty thou- j
sand four hundred and thirteen dollars and I
one cent. Bead three times rules being sus- '
pended, and passed to be engrossed.
Passed to he enacted—An act to incorporate \
the Bridgton Branch Railroad Company; an j
act to promote immigration, and facilitate the |
settlement of the public lands.
Mr. Hinks, from the committee of confer- :
encc on disagreeing vote between the two ;
branches, on bill an act to incorporate the i
j Aroostook Railroad ( ompany. reported
unable to agree, and recommended that the
House adhere to its former vote passing the
same to be engrossed. Report accepted.
Mr. Hi mi: presented resolve to pay the ex
penses of the joint standing committee on in
vestigation of paper credits, which was read
three times under a suspension of the rules,
and passed to be engrossed.
Mr. Darmm; presented bill an act addi
tional to chap. 225 of the public laws of ISfJH,
relating to equalization of municipal war
debts, which was read three times under a
suspension of the rules, and passed to be en
grossed.
l>ill an act to incorporate the Union Depot
Company was taken up, vote adopting Senate
amendments reconsidered anil the amend
ments iion-eoncurred in. Vote adopting
House amendment “E” reconsidered, and
amended by unanimous consent, withdrawn
by Mr. Twit*/iii i.l. The bill was then amend
ed and passed to be engrossed.
Resolves ri luting to certain charges against
towns f»ir uu n not put into the service, and
providing a commission to investigate the
same, c ame from the Senate amended. The
amendments were adopted, and Mr. Farwi.i.l
offered to flthend so as to allow the* commis
sion to see whether the men purporting to be
in the service were there.
Mr. Fakwf.ll then spoke at considerable
length in vindication of past State and United
States officials as relates to “paper credits,M
and other matters pertaining thereto.
Mr. Hi mk replied, and opposed the amend- I
incut.
Mr. Farwkmi withdrew bis proposed
M’"‘ndment. and the resolves were passed to
< ngr > cd, a> amended by the Senate.
Adjourned to meet at 1-2 o’clock this !
! evening.
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A AT O AT 8 'I' A .
Thursday Morning, March tit, IH70.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLA
TURE.
The adjournment of the Legislature will
take place this morning, after a session of
seventy-eight days. We imagine the mem
bers are wearied with their protracted sit
ting, and will return with pleasure to their
homes and friends. The session has been |
about two weeks longer than usual. Tlie j
amount of business transacted has been!
I large, and some of it very important. The j
i work in committees lias been thoroughly 1
done. There have been few long speeches j
and sharp contests in the main bodies, so j
that a mere looker-on, judging from the j
lack of talk, or noise, might conclude that 1
not much had been accomplished in the j
way of legislation, while the reverse ofj
that is tlie truth. So small an amount of
speech-making at a session has been rare- !
ly known, an example which we trust may
not be lost sight of at future sessions, and
may operate to influence towns in the se
lection of representatives not to overlook j
the solid qualities of a sound brain and
11dace an undue estimate on the value of a
, limber tongue. The acts of the Legisla
1 hire are now before the people, and by
them will be judged in such manner as
they deserve. All will not be satisfied of
course, but all parties have been patiently, ;
fairly heard, all questions honestly inves
tigated, and the result will in-generally ac
quiesced in. Those who have not been
successful will ha' e a chance to pick their
flints and try again, perhaps with better
success. The session has been socially
pleasant. Friendships have been formed
that never will be broken. Even grave
and dignified legislators usually find at
parting that they are not without a touch
| of tenderness in their natures, and separ- !
i ate with regret from companions they
have learned t*> respect and confide in and
w hose soeietv has made the weeks pass
pleasantly.
The appointment of a commission to in
| vi stigate tlie “paper credit" business and
report to the next Legislature was voted
bv tlie present Legislature with the greats
• unanimity. Upon whomsoever this
, i-k of investigation falls it will be one of
responsibility. An honest, candid, straight
forward invc tigation i., what is demand
ed. j 'bat is the expression of the Legisla
ture.
THE cm AS CAUSE.
Gen. .J. Watson Webb has written a re
markable letter to the Xew York Tribune
from Havana. Ili* report on the situation
is quite startling, and reveals a state of
affairs anything but flattering to American
pride, while, at the same time, the full
extent of the rebellion and its present!
strength are stated at much higher ligures
than any heretofore received Irom that
quarter. He asserts that our Government
and that of Spain are kept in profound
ignorance regarding affairs in Cuba. < *n
this point he is emphatic, lie continues : j
*T hazard nothing in saying that had
Gen. Grant and Hamilton 1 i-h been per
mitted to know the w hole truth, belligerent.
rights would have been conceded to the j
Cubans six months ago. in utter disregard
of the arrogant and ofliciotis threats ol
Spain to consider such a proceeding on
our part tu'itutts billi."
The volunteers, made up for the most
part of robbers, thieves, jail-birds and
criminals of every hue, virtually govern
the island. He says ;
"The cruelties perpetrated upon the Cu-1
bans actually exceed belief, and the cold-j
blooded murders perpetrated daily on the
island, and the indiscriminate butcheries j
perpetrated by both Spanish soldiers ami I
Spanish Volunteers upon defenceless wo- 1
men and children, make one's blood boil
with indignation at the recital ot them.
To be a Cuban in the eyesofthe Spaniards,
is to he a traitor.’’
in another place he states :
■•I am told, on authority which I cannot
doubt, scenes of barbarity which occur
daily and every day are absolutely incred
ible, except by the people of this Island.
Cubans are shot down and killed, audj
whole families daily exterminated, with
out even the pretence of an excuse. Sol
diers passing along amuse themselves by
shooting all they meet; and the horrors
dailv perpetrated surpass belief, it is es
timated that at least SO,000 hav e thus bet n
slaughtered without arms in their hands."
Hut the most remarkable statement is
that of the agent of the associated press
at Havana, one “Adolph." made to the
General, in presence of other parties.
Adolph i> intimate with the family of the
Captain-General. To General Webb he
remarked :
‘ Your people do not want to see the
Cubans free, i know the fact that a late
Major-General in your army, now living
in the 'city of New York, has offered his
services to bring twenty-thousand soldiers
to this city and drive the Cubans from the
1 -htii< 1. il need be; and another Major
General, who served during the Rebellion,
and now resides in Massachusetts, has
written tothe Captain-General, offering to
bring down forty thousand inen for the
same purpose."
Adolph refused to mention the names of
these doughty Generals, but assured his
listeners that he could vouch for the truth
of his statement. It looks as though lie
was quizzing, or rather stuffing, our i
shrewd diplomat.
There is considerable opposition in the
New Dominion to the proposed plan of ex
cluding our fishermen from Canadian
waters. Tlie Halifax Chronicle of the 1th
in-t. referring to the new “national policy”
speaks as follows:
Tiie Americans, we are informed, are to
be kept outside the three mile limit, but!
then there happens to be a serious differ
ence between English and American au
thorities as to whether the “three miles" ,
are to be measured from the capes and
headlands, or follow the indentations of;
the shores. Of course, the spirited t 'ana
dians at Ottawa will adopt the former line, i
and if the Americans dispute the interpre
tation of the treaty of IMS, be prepared
to drive the foreigners off the ground.
The Canadians are sure they can do it
with their “six fast sailing schooners,” or
they would uever undertake the task. Hut
we have our doubts. The Cabinet that
was nearly frightened out of the little wit
it ever had when Canada West was inva
ded by a few half armed Fenians, and had
not force enough to vindicate it- authority
over a handful of Red-river half-breeds, is
not made of the sort of stuff to protect the
British American fishing grounds and
drive off the Yankees.
MAINE AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
The IVarie Farmer,published at ('hieago,
gives the Maine Agrieultunl Report for
1 stilt the following favorable notice.
This volume, like its predecessors, is
teeming with good things; tor although
the Sunrise State is neither fav ored with a
superior climate nor a naturally rich soil,
it has a State Hoard composed of working
members who do their best to help on the
great cause of agriculture. The present
and previous reports of the Maine Hoard of
Agriculture, as contributions to the agrieul
ural literature of the country, %vill most
favorably compare with any similar pub
lications that have been issued either at
home or abroad. The articles iri the vol
ume before us are for the most part both
scientific and practical, ami show that the
authors have a critical knowledge of the
subjects treated, as well as a happy faculty
of imparting to others the facts they are
possessed of. We congratulate the farmers
of Maine on the excellency of this v olume
and heartily wish that as valuable reports
were issued in other States.”
Tlie conclusion of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs in favor ot declaring
neutrality between Spain anil Cuba will
meet with general approval. We
have been slow to move in this matter,
distrusting the strength of the insurgents,
lmt the continuance of the rebellion against
Spanish authority, anil the willingness as
it is now said of He Hodas to conic to terms
with the rebels, is good proof that we have
underrated the spirit and force of the
('ubaus.
GENERAL NEWS.
The funeral of the rabbi of Warsaw was at
tended by 40,00O persons.
The tlow of silver from Canada has com
menced.
The National Hanks of the United States
hold #48,600,000 of specie.
Cassius M. Clay has invented a new candle,
which costs only one cent to burn twenty-four
hours.
Solid colors, with some variations of stripes
and plaids, will prevail in spring costumes.
The oldest daughter of ex-King George of
Hanover will soon he married to the Arch
duke Victor, of Austria. This will l>e the
first time in the history of Hapslmrg dynasty
when one of its princes marries a Protestant
lady.
Lord Napier says the Abyssinian expedition
cost 900,0<>0.000 pounds, though it was esti
mated at Stt.oOOyOOo pounds.
The spring style of bonnets is described as
••something like a sun flower on the peak of
a haystack."
The cholera pcrvails in Africa to such an
extent that intended expeditions for the dis
covery of the actual fate of Dr. Livingstone
will have to he delayed indefinitely.
»
Pierre Bonaparte has a pleasant prospect in
view. Fifty Parisian radicals propose to re
venge the death of Victor Noir by shooting at
or being shot by the choleric Prince.
The New York Herald predicts the over- '
throw of the Democratic party in the next
State election, and with the loss of New York j
the rapid disintegration and dissolution »»f the
party throughout the I nitcd States.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of
Mi-> Bose, a teacher in tin- public schools, for
pushing down stairs a pupil named Edward
Legg.a cripple, inflicting injuries from which
it is feared he will not recover.
The Downieville (Cal.. Messenger says a 1
dozen Chinamen lately organized themselves
into a pack train, and brought to town from
Sandy Flat a >afc weighing l.lMin pound-.
The safe was -lung on a long pole, and it took
a day and a half to bring it down.
The fall in price resulting from the decline j
in gold has increased the immense supplies of;
wheat stored at Chicago and other points j
West. Western growers and dealers are now ■
being convinced, if they were never before, j
of the folly of holding hack grain.
The Chicago Tribune makes the pleasing j
statement that the weakness which has existed
at the West in favor of currency inflation and |
depreciated paper is rapidly disappearing, and
nearly all the northwestern papers speak ol a
growing demand for specie resumption.
In the Superior Court of Boston on Satur
day John Heed was convicted of snatching a
package of money from a merchant’s clerk on
the stairway of the First National Bank, and
sentenced to twelve years in the State prison.
In the British House of Commons Sir John
Packingtort >aid it was reported that the steam
ship City of Boston left New York loaded
twenty inches deeper than the underwriters
allowed, and he ga\c notice that he should
a>k the Government to inform the House
if there was any truth in this report.
The whaling ship “Truelove,” now hailing
from Hull. England, is said to be the oldest
vewl afloat, having been built in Philadel
phia in the year 17G4. Owing to a peculiarity
in her model, which those who are interested
in building ships for Polar voyages should j
study, she has several times, when squeezed i
by the ice. on occasions where other vessels j
were destroyed, risen up on the surface and
rested there till danger was over. She has ;
made eighty voyages to Arctic seas, and her
heart of o ik is still sound. Iler owners be
lieve, with the poet, “Truelove can never die.”
The flood which destroyed the Ilousatonic
dam at Birmingham. Ct.. dug out the passage
way to a depth of thirty feet which lias been
filled in with rocks three quarters across the
whole space, and soon the entire space will be
filled, upon which rocks and gravel will be piled
until the w hole river is thoroughly blocked,
and the water turned of! by the gateways and
locks on the western side of the river. When
this is done a coffer dam will be pumped out |
from the basin, and the work of laying the
main dam w ill begin.
The Fullerton trial ended in New York »
Wednesday by a triumphant acquittal of the j
accused. Ex-Judge Porter made the closing ;
appeal, and asked the court to charge the jury
that there was no evidence to convict JFuller
( ton. The Judges took that view of the case,
j and the jury promptly returned a verdict of
not guilty. There was quite a demonstration
I over the result.
Last week, a little daughter of Jacob Miller.
I
living near Osborn. Green County, Ohio, was
sent on an errand to the houso.of a neighbor
named Robert Kirkwood, and. upon entering
the yard, was set upon by a couple of vicious
dogs. Her cries attracted the attention of Mr.
Kirkwood’s family, who hastened to her res
cue, but she had been so lacerated that she
died during the night in intense agony.
The lofty courage and resignation with
| which Captain Williams, of the Oneida, clung
to his ship, were not the first manifestations of
high principle he had made in his nautical ca
reer. In 1868, when a midshipman on the
Decatur, lie volunteered to take of! the offi
cers and crew of the British ship Cleopatra,
discovered in a sinking condition. He suc
ceeded in saving every soul, at the great peril
of his ow n safety. A vessel of the same na
tion refused to save him and his crew , w hen
it was in their power.
Domestic Nrtos.
The Times says Pea. John Ilovey anil wife
| of Hath, celebrated the fiftieth apiversary of
'their marriage by a golden wedding Monday
at their residence. The company were limit
ed to the more intimate fi iemlssof the parties,
I Put the occasion was a re-union very pleasant
^ and interesting especially to the aged couple
themselves. It may he appropriate to state
I that Pea. Ilovey has held the office of Deacon
in the Central Church, for the space of 33
years. He was among the first members of
Essex St. Church Boston, having joined that
j society while they were worshing in Boylston
Hall, during the building of their church on
j Essex St.
(Us Monday a new locomotive from the
: Portland Company’s Works was launched
upon the track, for the Portland Kennebec
Bailroad Company and was named for one of
the Directors, Mr. II. X. Jo»e. Its weight
j is 30 tons; its driving wheels five and a half
feet in diameter, and the whole machine is
manufactured in their best style and will com
pare favorably with the best locomotives in
; the country. This is the 3Uth locomotive of
1 tlie Portland & Kennebec Bailroad Company.
On Monday evening of last week, the dead
body of a man was found in the road near
lliraui Gould's in Monticoilo, which proved
to he that of a Mr. Harmon, an aged gentle
men from St. Stephen, N. 11. Mr. Harmon
wus seen to pass Mr. Gould’s in the evening
in a sleigh, and probably died of heart disease.
Washington County Agricultural Society j
has chosen officers as follows : Levi Fisher.
President: Wm. K. Waterman, Geo. O. Lin
coln, Wm. F. Waterman, Vice Presidents;
Moses L. Wilder, Geo.. Lincoln, Wm. F. Wa
terman. Trustees ; Leonard Fisher. Secretary ;
peter L. Vose. Treasurer; John Campbell,
Thomas Eastman, Wm. II. Lincoln, Commit
tee on Manufacture*: Wm. K. Waterman.
Daniel J. Fisher. John \\ . Porter. Committee
Stock: C. W. Ilersey. N. C. ILown, Thomas
MeCarlie. Committee on Farm Crops.
The Lewiston Journal says about 11 o’clock
Monday night, the store-house of Messrs
Tuttle ^ Lawrence, at Pownal Station was
totally consumed by lire. The building con
tained 100 bushels of corn and loO barrels ot
Hour. The building was situated apart from
other buildings, had no lire in or about, so
that the fire is considered to he the work of
an incendiary. * The property was fully in
sured.
The Home Journal say* the manufacturers
of Gardiner seem to he doing a good business.
La*t week E. Drake had orders for shingle
mill* a* follows: One for Portland; two for
Minneapolis. Minn.; on ■ for Arkansas, and
one for New Hampshire. J. K. Ladd & Co.
got an order fora six-loot wheel for E. J. &
G. \\ . Lawrence, Somerset Mills.
riie* Argus says informalities having been
discovered in the town meeting held in West
brook last week which might render its pro
ceedings ilh-gal, another meeting has been
called tor next Monday, the L'Mh inst.
The house of Hiram Higgins ()f Searboro,
was entered by burglars on Monday night,
and 8.'3o carried otf.
Joseph Bartlett, editor ot the Bangor Whig,
has accepted an offer of a position on the New
York Kvcning Post.
1*. S. Marshal Marble has appointed Fred
eric Kent of Bremen, a Deputy 1’nitcd States
Marshal.
The Dexter Mill Company of Dexter, con
template erecting a new mill this season.
WILLIAM II. WOODBURY,
.Successor to E. D. Norcross,}
— DEALER IN' —
Hot Air Furnaces. StovcsiV Hiiugcs.
For Wood or Coal,
Tin, Pressed, and Japanned
WAIIES !
mill KITCIIL'X GOODS generally.
TIN ROOFING & JOBBING
OF ALL KINDS
I’r<;iii|)tl) attended 10.
He" Special attention given t" fitting up
Hot Air I’urnnccs !
.1 few Doors south of the llaihoad Bridge.
Water Silrcet, Augusta.
tl2marAw-ly
CUSHNOC HOUSE.
Corr-er
WinU'rop
and
State Sts.,
Aiuousta, Ale.
T. B. B:\LLARD. : : Proprietor.
Guests taken to and from the Cars
nnd Boats Free.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES TO LET. |
fljaii'/O «»m
SOMETHING XEW!
Pornlinrly Adapted to the Climate ol
\etv Knsland.
men's
Vegetable Cough Italsum !
maim:: ::
Pronounced by leading Physician** to be the
Hent Cieneral Ileinetly
— F< »it —
t oughs, (olds, (roup, Bronchitis,
And all affections of the
Throat ancl Uimgs,
vet offered to the public. Ti*v it. and be convinced.
For sale by all Druggists. Price 5o rts. per oottle.
T. \ riUCK, General A pent.
Augusta, Me., Mar. 1 ), 1870. fl7mai tf
Portland & Kennebec Railroad Co.
VMKKTING of the Stockholders of tin* Portland
nnd Kennebec Railroad Company will be held
at the Treasurer’s Office,
I\ AUGUHTA,
On Tuesday afternoon, March 20th,
; nt:P, o’clock, to act upon the question of consoli*
. dating the capital stock of said road with the cap*
■ it:il .-toek of the Somerset A Kennebec Railroad
( onipanv. and to act upon any other business that
I mav conn* before said meeting.
i s. Cl*SUING, Secretary.
Augusta, Mar 14,1870 flOmardkl
In Bankruptcy.
Distkict ConiT of i hk United States. (
for the District of Maine. I
fn the matter of Pa rid Wchb, fiankrnpt.
OIsTKIt TOF MAIVK. >> : A Warrant in B ink
nipt! y ha* been i -ned bv *aid Court ag ainst
theoflate'of David Webb <>f tin County of Kenne
bec, and State of Maine in said Di trict; he has
been duly adjudged Bankrupt upon petition of hi*
creditors and the payment of any debts and the
delivery of any property belonging to said Bank
; nipt, to him, or to hi.* u*e. ; nd the transfer of any
property bv him, arc forbidden b\ law. A met ting
of the creditor* of said Bankrupt, to prove their
debt* and choose one or more Assignees of hi* es
tate, will be lubl at a < onrt of Bankrupt cv to be
leddeu at Augusta, in said Di*trict, on the Tib day
of April, A D 1870 at 10 o’clock A M., id the ofllc’p
of Seth May, one of the Registers in Baukruptcy of.
said District.
. K II WILSON,
Dept. I- s. Marshal as Me- eager
lGmar-lw for said District.
Allen, Small 6c Co.,
MAC HI MKTS,
Anti MaiHiihrturrrH of
Steam Enpiuctt, Circular Saw Mills, Clap
board Planers, Nliaftiiur, Pulleys,
Mill W ork, and all kiuds of
iTOBBISTG
Usually done in a thst-clasB Machine Shu|>. Vlso,
Improved Excelsior Machines,
i which cut* l\v<» Bolts at a time as readily as one
! BOARD 1*DAM:Its constantly on hand.
No. 1 Journal Block. - . Water Street,
Cm AUGUSTA, ME. 5jan70
Ain of Fascinating by Adah Menkios. sIionvs i
how to gam the undying love, admiration and confl
dt n> e oi any one you choose. Brice by mail, JM cts.
i for $ 1AM). ’Addr*»*s Tuttle (Jo.. 78 Nassau St.,
N Y. OraW
A Wonderful Discovery!
NATURE’S
Tin: IUS8CLT OF
YEARS or STUDY AND EXPERIMENT.
It Contains No LAC SULPHUE—No SU3AE
of LEAD-No LITHAE3E—No NIPEATE
of SILVEE, and Is entirely free from the
Poisonous and Health-destroying Drugs
used in other Hair Preparations.
It is sure to supersede and dr ire out of
the community all the 1‘OISO^Ol S PliF
! PA RATIO* 8 nowin use. Transparent and
clear as crystal, it trill not soil the finest
\ fabric. Xo oil, no sediment, no dirt— per
fectly St IF, CLFAX, and FI'I'K IFXT —
desideratums I.oyd SOI GUT TOP, and
I FOVXD AT LAST!
It colors and prevents the Hair from be
coming Gray, imparts a soft, glossy appear
ance, r* mores Dandruff, is cool and refresh
ing to the head, cheeks the Ilair from falling
off, and restores it to a great extent when pre
maturely lost, prevents Headaches, cures all
Humors, eutaneotis eruptions, and untiat
ural heat. OXLY 7•» CFS TS I'L.li DOTT1.L.
It is secured in the Patent Office of the
! t nited States by Dll. G. SMITH, Patentee,
1 Groton Junction, Mass. Prepared only by
PROCTER BROTHERS, GLOUCESTER, MASS.,
To whom all orders should be addressed.
Sold by all jlrst-elass Druggists and Fancy
Goods Dealers. The Genuine is put up in a
panel bottle made expressly for it, with the
name of the article btoicn in the glass.
Ash your Druggist for Xatnre’s
Hair llcstoratire, and take
Xo Other.
' Tit** ISofifitritivr i- for b:»l«* at Wholesale in Pori
! laiul bv W F Pirn Mrs At ( *» . atm ,*<r n t Cl I > all
tin* DniKpifts in Maine ian&WmtJtw
NOTICE.
; OFFICE OF T1IF. AMERICAN \VATCII CO , {
\\ ALTHAM, M AS*., Nov., ISOS. >
We have appointed
EDWARD ROWSE,
124 WATER STREET. AUGUSTA.
DEAl.KK !*
Watches, Jewelry. Silver Ware.
And SPECTACLES.
| ottr Klllnr Audit f .r the city anil vicinity «l AVOl'STA.
am! Intend to k ep iu bis p jascsuiuti at al time* •ueb a
StoCl of
(jiOLI) AM) SILVER WATCHES,
.I.VD IIM7( If
1 a« will enable him t<* supply any demand, eithei at
Wholesale or Retail,
which may be made ujs.'u him, and
1 AT RATES AS FAVORABLE
a* are offered at our Sales Hoorn* in
York or Boston.
| KOR AMKKIi’AN WATCH COMPANY.
R. E. ROBBINS, Treas’r.
Pure Drugs & Chemicals
FOR SALE
At tho Lowest Rates !
TOILET AIITICLES,
FRENCH, ENGLISH, & DOMESTIC SOAPS,
CAMPHOR ICE,
Dentifrice*, Ensli*h Cold Cream,
i Coudray’s Cosmetique and Pomade,
Bay Hum, German and Domestic Cologne,
Hair Oils, Dressings, Restorers and
Dyes, Perfumery, Sachet Bags, Toilet
Powders, Moth and Freckle Lotions,
Camelia Balm, Laird’s Bloom of Youth,
Hagan's Magnolia Balm, Barnes’ Mag
nolia Water. Shaving Cream and Soaps,
Shaving Brushes, Razor Strops,
Nail Files and Cleaners,
Ticeezers, Hand Mirrors, Dressing Cases,
PCFF ItOXFS,
irony, lonroisn siii.il, ,f iior.s
Dressing and rocket tombs,
FINE COMBS,
Nail, Tooth, Hair, Ilat, and Clothes
BntTSIIES !
TlMTIIlOIlM-tCI'N, WOl'It ItOXCN,
PORTE MONNAlES,
Pocket and Bill Books !
Feather Dusters,
PAINT & WHITEWASH BRUSHES,
SPONGES & CHAMOIS SKINS!
Cignr Cases, Cigars nntl Tobacco,
Humphrey's Homeopathic Specifics,
Wtllcornc's anil Fitch's Remedies,
ami nil the popular
Patent Medicines, \Pare Drugs,
Chemicals & Family Medicines,
Prcsli Pressed Horba,
NEATS’ FOOT,
J.ard, Sperm, Olive, and Kerosene
OILS, tfc.. <bc.
Hir Call anil examine, and you w ill And
PRICES EXTREMELY LOW.
Phydrian's Prescription* carefully compounded
from' pure Medicines at all hours of the day ami
nlyht.
A. C. DANA,
Hnn ciisT *xi» Apothhabi,
Successor to ,1. I* I’KItltlNO, No, 7 Union Block,
Water Street, Augusta, Mo.
Iy47
PIANO TUNING!
. rpHK Subserfbpr wmiM inform the
1 citizen* of Augusta anti vicinity
n '5"Vi“t1 that lie will give personal attention to
" ■ * * f tuning Piano* Order-left at hi* reh
hlenee. U7 ’IVinthropWrpft, will receive prom i>
attention. M. < MILIJKKN.
febG-tl TtACHKK OK ri ANO AND OUGAN
(ireat liargalns at
WELLS’
FURNITURE ROOMS,
Water Street, Augusta, Mo.
A I-AKCE ASSOHTMF.S'T OK NEW Wl. SFC.
ftxn it \nii
Fu.r niture,
Which will bt* sold at very low rates for « ash.
We also keep the best stock *»P
Walnut Caskets ami Collins,
And COMMON COFFINS of all kinds, and the bo.-t
tiinmi!iiu>. w nh Plates engraved to order, and have
lately added an as.-oi tnii ni oi
ROBES OB’ ALL KINDS,
All of which will be sold as low as at anv establish
ment in the state.
c n. ,t h r. wKi.i.s.
22 tf
AMERICAN & IOREIGN PATENTS.
R. II. EDD1\
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS,
Late Agent of the V > Patent Office, Washington,
under the Act of 1NJ7
-Vo. 7S Stott Strut, [oppvsit, Kilby Strut) JUiSTOX.
\ FT Lit an extensive practice of upw aid- ofJO
\ t ars, continues to secure Patents in the l ni
ted Mate- ; also in Oreat Hr.tain France ami oilier
ton ign countries. C aveats, ?jpe< iln ation-. |Vml.-.
As-iginneiils, and all papers or drawings for Pa
tents. executed on rra-onnble terms with dispatch.
Uc-cnrrhes made info American and >••reign works
to deiennine the validity and utility ol Patents of
Inv. ntion- and I. gal and other adv fee remit i. d on
; 11 mutters touching tin same. C opie- ot the t lamis
ot any patent flnni-hcd l>y remitting one dollar.
Assignment.- n curdvd in N\ a-limgton
N" Agency in the I'nitcd Mate-po^-cs-es .nperi
or facilities for obtaining Patents, or ascertaining’
the patentability ot inv« ntions.
I hiring eight months the -ub.-evilu r. in the ( ourse
of ids Jargi practice. made on hr fee r* i> < t» d appli
cation-. • i ■ t<m ojt/otu's. evciy one ot win b was de
cided in lu.i j'uu r by the C enimiseiouer td Patents.
Testimonials.
I regard Mr Fddv as on** of the m< -t capable
and t»ma » slid pra< Ulionci - w itli wlimn 1 have had
official intercour-e. < IIAIU.FS MA-ON,
Coiniui-- i**ner of Pati nts ”
“I have no hesitation in assuring inventors that
they cannot employ a man moiV competent and
ti u-tw oi thy . ami more eapaMe of putting their ap
I luxations fn a form to wit re for them an early and
favorable con.-ideiatiou at the Patent Office.
1.1'.Ml M> r.fl.'KE,
Late Commissioner ot Patents.”
“Mr 11.11 F.Ih'V has made for nu Till Iff I FN
applications, in all but <>Sh of which patents have
been grant* d. and that one i- now pending Mich
unmi-lak.iblc prt ol ••! great tab nt and ability on hi a
part leads tne to rccomnu nil till inventors to apply
t" him to pnwtin their patents, as they may be -u^e
ot having the nnot laithlul attention bestowed oil
their cases and at vcit reasonable charges.
JOHN TAl.ilAKT.”
Boston, Jan. 1. Is70. lji
first Letler Foundry In Sow Fngland.
.Commenced in 1817-1
Boston Type Foundry
Always noted for its
Hard and Tough Metal,
And its large varieties of
BOOK AND JOiB TYPE,
And lately lor it* unrivalled
IS o wsipnpo 1* I’ u <* e f* .
Floetruly pins Dune In all ita Brandies.
Address orders to
J. A. ST. JOHN, Agent,
66 Water Street, ..... Boston.
SUPERIOR TYPE METAL.
Long experience and the utmost care are necea
sary to ensure good metal, even with a know ledge
of the be t combinations—therefore; the safest way
i» to buy of the olde»t established Foundry.
NEWSPAPEK STYLES.
Our Newspaper Face- 'body, two-line, and die
play; are of our own cutting, and the best made, a*
a glance at the paper* we tit out will prove.
BOOK FACES.
Our special Specimen of Book Pages show® great
Yarit t\. adapt cm I to all kind* ©i work, including our
Revived Old Style-, the mo.-t perfect embodiments
of the letters of the last century yet presented
4fitf
WM. CACE,
Machinist and Manufacturer of
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, SHINGLE MACHINES,
CLAPBOARD AND LATH MACHINES,
CYLINDER BOARD PLANERS, AND
CLAPBOARD PLANERS.
— ALSO, —
GRANT'S PATENT EXCELSIOR MACHINES
Made to tin* sati.-faction of Customer*. Job IFor*
done to order.
WM. OAOE,
We.*t End Kennebec Dam,
471 f Arfil NTA. MK.
Sewing Machines!
Tie Willcox & Gibbs SEWING MACHINES,
The firm of the World and the house pet.
lino A. It. Howe, Improved.
A standard, and ono of the most reliable Machines
in use. Also, the
Bickford Knitting Machine.
For sale at the store of F. I.vford \ugusta. Me.
sif <; W. I.A1)I». Agent.
Of all kitxla selling at the Lowest Priees.
JOBBING OF ALL KINDS
Promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed.
a*- Persons contemplating purchasing stoves
will do well to learn my price.
A. P. GOULD,
X Door North of Ituilroad Bridge,
47lf IVntn Street, Augusta,
UNFAILING EYE PRESERVES.
Our Celebrated I'evfrclcil Spectacles and Eye
(Jlasse*. are gaining steadily and certainly a repu
tation unsurpassed.
inr ik a pact,
That they render impaired sight clear and di tinct,
strengthen and preserve the Eyes, and are very easy
and pleasant to wear, and LAST MAN A A EARS
WITTTOT’T niAN'i.K, sn that in the end they are
the CUE A TEST AS WELL AS TIIE IiEST.
Notice Mr. E. ROWSK. Jewell.-r. Augusta,
Me., is our sole Agent in this place. We employ
no Pedlkhr. •
LAZARUS Sl MORRIS, Hartford,Conn
lr.'i