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a* signal* ot dfo*rw» from 10 to lfiminutes
after the collision took place.
••That the report of these guns was not
heard, nor were the flashes seen on hoard
the Bombay. , ; ■ , ,
••That alter the collision, thr fact of the
Bombay having he.cn hailed from the
Oneida was reported to Mr. Kyre.
••That Mr. Eyre only knew that some of
the upper works oT the Oneida had been
carried away, and was unaware of the
amount of injury sustained by her.
That the Bombay was a mail steamer
carrying passengers and cargo, and was
built in compartments, only one of which
was reported to him as making water las;.
“That the whole of the extent of the
injury sustained by the Bombay was not
ascertained till the day following the col
lision. . I
“That immediately after the collision it
was not considered to be serious, for had
it been so, it is natural to suppose that the
knowledge of the pilot would have been
availed of, and the Bombay run on to the
Saratoga Spit.
“That, in our opinion, no danger to the
Bombay, her passengers and cargo, was
apprehended by Mr. Eyre.
“That from the question he asked the 1
pilot, he evidently thought that the Oneida
might possibly have sustained serious in
jury.
‘•That be waited at the most five minutes
after the collision to see if signals of dis
tress wore made from the Oneida.
••That after his ship again proceeded lie
gave no orders that a lookout should be
kept in the direction of the Oneida.
“That had he or any one else been keep-!
inga proper lookout the flash of the One
ida's guns must have been seen, though
their report might not have been heard.
“Under nil these circumstances it be
comes our duty to pronounce whether, in
our opinion, Mr. Eyre was justified in pro
ceeding on his voyage without waiting to
ascertain whether the Oneida was in need
of assistance. We recognise the fact that
he w.is placed in a position of great dif
ficulty and doubt, and in circumstances
under which he was called upon to decide
. promptly; but we regret to have to record
it is our opinion that lie acted hastily and
ill-advisedly, in that, instead of waiting
and endeavoring to render assistance to |
the Oneida, he, without having reason to
believe that his own vessel was in a peri
lous position, proceeded on bis voyage.
“This conduct constitutes, in our opinion,
a breach ot the thirty-third section of the
sixty-third chapter of the Merchant Ship
ping Act Amendment Act of lHfii, and we
therefore feel called upon to suspend Mr.
Eyre’s certificate for six calendar months
from this date.'’
Jlailjj Jttnitf&ff journal
A XT » TJ S T A ,
MONDAY MORNING, April 4, 1870.
STATE OF MAINE.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.
Avouching the Lord Jehovah, the God of our
fathers, a* the rightful Sovereign to whom men and
nations owe supreme obedience and worship, I do
hereby, with advice of the Executive Council,
appoint
Thursday, the 14th day of April next,
— AH A I>AT OF —
Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.
And I earnest!) exhort the jieople to join on that
day w ith i>euiteuce and confession in reincmltfring
our low estate and utter need, that it may ho please
God to grant His blessing on our suffering* and
toils. Especially at this season, reminded of Him
who bore our griefs and carried our sorrows, may
we find that Saving Help which condescends unto
the low liest heart, and guides in righteousness the
nations that acknowledge Him.
Given at the Council Chamber in Augusta, this
twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and of the Independence or the In i ted States
of America the ninety-fourth.
JOSHl'A L. CHAMBERLAIN.
By the Governor.
Fkankun M. Dui.nv, Secretary of State.
The Progressive Age, of Belfast, pre
sents the name in its columns of lion. 11b
cnezer Kuowlton of Montville, as a candi
date for the nomination of governor at the
next republican State convention. Claim
ing that Waldo county is entitled to the
nomination the Age says:
IVnobscot lias had within the past ten years
a Governor, Hon. Israel Washburn. If local
ity is taken into account at all, that county or
congressional district is not entitled to a can
didate at tills time, and the sauie may be said
in regard to several other sections ol'the State.
Since the formation of the republican party,
two Governors have been taken from Penob
scot, tiiree from Kennebec, one from Somer
set and one from Cumberland. All the con
gressional districts except our fifth nod the
second have thus been honored. Why should
not the claims of the filth district be now most
favorably considered '<
Arguments in favor of locality are some
times overruled ill favor of the best and most
popular mail; but in this case the reasons in
l'avor of the candidate are no less strong than
the locality. .Mr. Kuowlton is among the
ablest men of the republican party of the
State. He is a man of statesmanlike ideas.
He has lmd experience in public life. As a
representative to Congress from this State, at
a critical period of the affairs of the nation,
w hen old parlies were breaking up, lie bore a
leading part. He D popular with the people.
Ko man in the State would, we believe, as a
republican candidate for Governor, receive a
larger vote. We name him, therefore, feel
ing confident that when the question of se
lection shall have been fully considered by
the republican? of the State, the choice at
the convention must ultimately rest upon'
him.
The Red River revolt has come to an
end. Advice* from Fort Garry to March
111 arc to the effect that all has been quiet
since tbe execution of Scott, and that all
political prisoners hud been released, in
cluding Major Boulton, although prepara
tion** had been made for his execution on
the ISlth. He was saved by tbe interces
sion of many influential citizen* and Gov
ernor Smith. General Hancock has hail
instructions from t|ie War Department to
establish an American military' j«isl at
Pembina, ami wiil immediately send two
companies of infantry thither.
NOy-SKCTAniAX SCHOOLS.
A large and important meeting was
held at Cooper Institute, Xrw York, on
Wednesday evening, to petition the Leg
islature for a repeal of the act passed last
year, by which a large sum of money was
secured annually for the support of the
Catholic interest in the public schools of j
the city "f Xew York. Resolves were j
adopted which declare that “any and :
every religious sect which attempts to sup- j
port its churches, sectarian schools, or j
church charities, by the public money ;
raised by general taxation is, by that act,
uniting church and State, introducing see- j
tarian bitterness into politics,and deserves |
the condemnation of all good citizens." j
I’cter Cooper was chosen chairman of
the meeting, with a list of Vice l’re>idents
containing the names of many of the most
distinguished men in the city, while the
speakers, says the Tribune, “included the !
foremost champions of Protestantism, and I
their cloipjcnt denunciations of sectarian
j usurpation were received with unbounded j
applause." We copy the following from
i the remarks of IJenry Ward lieecher:
“I did not conic lu re to-night, to say a sin
gle word against the foreign population, for
just as soon as they are American citizens
they cease to he foreign citizens, and with
generous and fraternal feeling we say that
they should have exactly the same chance and
! the same liberties as we have; and we say fur
ther than that—they shall not have one single
more. [Applause.] Nor am X here to speak
of the prejudices of one sect more than anoth
er, for I bold that the Roman Catholic, as he
is one of the most vcnurable aod respeetalde,
lias just the same rights and privileges in our
country as any Protestant; and we are not dis
posed to lie a burden upon them, or to inaug
urate or impose a disability on them that we
would not do to our own church.
I >ay for one that if this monstrous act had
been 'perpetrated \.y the denomination to
which T belong, I would have been tenfold
more*vehement against them than I am
against the Catholics.
The moment you attempt to unite religion
and education you go hack on the American
idea—you have undertaken to make the
school-house do that which may be done only
by three separate institutions, viz., the family,
the church, and the State. We say that no
one, no power, has tile right to usurp this
function, which is the business of the family,
and the community, and the church. Now
there is one thing that we have a right as
Americans to say : that we will not he dictated
to. [Applause.] As a country of learning
we defer to Oxford and Cambridge. We have
something else to do in this country but study
books ; we have a country to explore and till,
and we are not far advanced in scholarship,
and on many other points we acknowledge
their superiority, but on questions of liberty
ami progress we are ‘about as good as they.
We will tell themthat we understand and know
them better tlum they. [Applause.] We do
not object when the emigrant comes here,
nor to their antiquated notions in respect to
clothing, good ideas, and their drinks, provid
ed they drink for themselves and not for us to
drink along with them. [Laughter.] Hut
when they come, bringing notions of civil
policy, we say to them. Now you come upon
a ground that we know better than you do.
Show us any good results achieved by any
competent Government, and then we will take
hold, but we do these tilings better than they
do in Europe. [Applause.] In this lies the
secret of public fraternity and we do not pro
pose to go hack on it; we propose to stand by
our schools that we have and we propose to
guard against every danger and the danger of
the priestly hand. •[Great cheering.] I have
nothing to say against that great Homan sect
which is interested in this change of policy.
I do them the credit to say that in public ami
otherwise they have made public their inten
tions. In the Pope’s syllabus from Home it
was announced that all schools under the care
of the State and secular influences were to be
disapproved ami denounced. They say that
they believe that their policy is a just one and
that they will light for it. We are to meet
them and defeat them in the arena of public
discussion, and in regard to the merits of this
discussion experience has shown us that
where schools are conducted on sectarian
principles they are not profitable. None of
the mischief has appeared that was predicted
by many when the free school system was
inaugurated. How noble and inspiriting it is
to see the state educating ds children to be
come good and proper citizens. In Europe
the people receive their education through the
Government; but here the people receive
education through themselves, through its
own citizens. They elect the body who es
tablished the schools, and they are subject
unto them, and they receive education
through them. 1 say that a child is to he ed
ucated in the most perfect manner in the
knowledge of himself and his duties to men;
hut leave the child's religion to the church, to
the parents. In the American idea of subdi
vision of functions you are to take the child
in religion, not to the school-house but to the
Sunday school, where religious education is
to he taught, llis religious and secular edu
cation is to he attended to, but there are vari
ous subdivisions to accomplish it. A school
house should be a moral and intellectual
training school. I am not afraid of matching
our children against any other nation on the
faci’ oft lie earth, educated under the distinctive
ly American idea, ami arc we to change it ?
We do not object to children being educated
in religious and secular knowledge, hut we
do object to its being carried on under the
same house; we do not object to their being
educated by the priests, but we say that must
lx* done at home, it is not a question of no
school, it is a question of sectarian bias. I
hope that the time will never come when the
American people shall have to meet together
to complain of the Free School system having
been tampered with, thus vitiating the sacred
fountain of knowledge for our beloved child
ren." [Urcnt applause.]
It seotus to he necessary to repeat, that
tin’ former usury law of the State was re
pealed by an act passed after the new in
terest law was enacted, and that parties
may now legally contract for such rate of
interest as they wish. 'The objections made
by a correspondent, in this paper, and re
peated by others have no force. The old
usury law was repealed, though not by
the law establishing the rate of interest,
but by an act afterwards passed. We
stated this fact in a paragraph the other
day but it seems to have been overlooked
by some.
If any one desires a ‘'dissolving view"
that will do him good, he can look at the
melting snowbanks and crumbling iee as
they settlo beneath the warm sun. The *
banks oi the Kennebec are yet piled with
huge t akes of iee, that look ill their soiled
condition as if they hail come up from the
depths, and hud hml a hard tussle with
mother Earth to reach their preseut posi
tion.
The admission of General Ames to a
seat in the United States Senate ends a i
prolonged <li bate upon the subject, and
gives to Mississippi for a senator one of
the bravest <iffloet s in the army, a man who
will be as true to her interests as he is to i
those of his country, ami who will ably
i represent her in the councils of the nation. 1
GEKEKAL KKWS.
Over forty Washington ladies claim that
they refused to dance with l’rince Arthur.
A Vermonter boasts of killing forty-three
foxes the past winter.
Dartmouth is crowded with students, and
the dormitories accommodate hardly one-third
of them.
The Sparta lleralil announces that Gen. C.
('. Washburn will not ho a candidate for a re
nomination to Congress next fall.
The Georgia wheat crop is backward, but
uniformly good. Ploughing for cotton has
been delayed by the rains.
The New York Mail says that Mi»s Mehlig
is now acknowledged to stand at the head of
the lady pianists of this country, if not of the
world.
San Francisco is excited over a crab brought
from Japan, which spreads thirteen feet and
weighs forty pounds.
Trade returns in Belgium show that in 1869
the imports increased nine per cent, and the
exports six per cent, on those of 1868.
An Indianapolis grocer lias been married
three times and divorced twice within a year,
and now lias the same wife he started with.
A hill is in the Pennsylvania Legislature to
compel railroads to open their ticket offices at
least an hour before train time.
\ San Francisco dinner-party was broken
I
up by some Guy Faw kes explodingten pounds
of powder under the floor. No one was hurt,
hut they all lost their appetites.
The Grand Duke Alexis, of Russia, who is
expected to vi»i(the United States the coming
summer, is only til years old, and said to he
the best-looking Prince in Europe.
Frogs are easily pleased. A German pro
fessor has discovered that if you take out the
brain, and then rub a wet finger down the
frog’s hack, the creature w ill croak with de
light.
Capt. William Reed sailed on Saturday on
his one hundred and first voyage, between the
ports of Ncwhuryport and Porto Rico, in tlic
employ of the firm of Robert Iiayley & Son.
Fruit-growers in many sections of New
Hampshire are offering a reward of half a dol
lar for every partridge killed in or near their
orchards. It is thought that the birds destroy
apple buds.
A Vermont school committee man has en
tered on the records his opinion that one in
stitution is‘-a very good C'hool for smoall
Sehalears i think that the elialears liav lcarant
and i like the C'hool veury well."
A dinner party was given last week by Wil
liam Skinner, of Haydenville, Mass., one of
the directors of the Northampton National
Bank, in honor of its president, Eliphalct
Williams, on his ninetieth birthday.
A Grand banquet was given at the residence
of Mr. Motley. American Minister to England,
in London, on Monday evening last, in honor
of the Queen of tile Netherlands. Charles
Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and a number of
other celebrities were present on the occasion.
Five buildings on wheels, with stove-pipes
protruding from the rear, and each drawn by
four yoke of oxen, passed through Clinton,
Mo., the other day, heading for the south
west. Flaeh wagon formed a house, to entitle
the owner to a homestead farm.
The Paris journals state that the Emperor
has requested Prince Pierre Bonaparte to
leave the country, and that he is coming to the
United States.
The Republicans of Charlotte, Midi., wi re
amused the other day at the candor of a Dem
ocratic editor, who, being a temperance man,
was desired to take part in a recent temper
ance convention. He replied that, as the ed
itor of the Democratic organ of the county,
lie could not consistently participate in a pro
hibition convention.
Last week a number of immigrants made
their appearance in Milwaukee. They were
the first of the spring immigrants, and num
bered some fifty able-bodied nu n, all Scandi
navians. Some of them go to Minnesota, and
the remaiuder to Northern and Northwestern
Wisconsin.
At Sioux City. Iowa, a few days ago. Miss
Humphrey, a teacher iu the High Seliool,
punished one of the female pupils. This so
enraged the mother of tlie child that she at
tacked the teacher with a butcher-knife, and
the latter escaped injury only through the in
terference of Mr. Rogers, principal of the
school.
WASHING TON NEWS.
The Fifteenth Amendment will he celebrat
ed in Washington in grand style.
An attempt is being made by ex-rebels in
Georgia to return Robert Toombs to Con
gress.
Adviees from the First South Carolina Dis
trict represent that Mr. Whittemore’s re
election is by no means certain, he having a
strong opponent in Mr. T. C. Dunn, formerly
of Massachusetts.
There is a concerted movement among
those who owned slaves at the South to take
measures for the perpetuation of evidence of
ownership, that claims for compensation may
be brought before Congress should the Demo
crats ever regain power.
The committee on elections of the last Con
gress through Mr. Dawes brought in n bill
fixing the Tuesday after the first Monday in
November as the day on which representa
tives in Congress shall be elected in all of the
States. It was not possible to get it through
that Congress, and General Schurz has now
brought it into the Senate, and before the
end of the session will try hard to secure its
passage.
The adjourned session of the County Com
missioners at Waterville, in reference to a
free bridge, began on Tuesday morning and
continued till about ten o’clock Wednesday
forenoon. The several objections to the
measure were urged by counsel—Mr. Heath
of Waterville and Mr. Steward of St. Albans;
the latter arguing mainly the unconstitution,
ality of the act under which the bridge wus
called for. To this point he gave the entire
evening Tuesday. Mr. Eibbey, of this city,
responded on the following morning. The
Commissioners reserved their decision for fu
tnre announcement.
A number of young men of Eastport, have
organized themselves into a military company,
to be known as the Eustpurt Cadets.
4\>r the Journal.
J(9ST A BIT OF A C0B1A TlOX.
It seems to be almost impossible for any
persons who haw to do with any examination
or statement about the matters of enrollments
or adjusting the balances between the State
and the various towns, to present the public
with anything like reliable information or re
liable facts.
To the “Hume Committee” appointed to
investigate and make plain these matters, the
public had looked and hoped for something,
distinct and tangible that could be looked at
and handled.
Referring to the matter of charges against
towns for their bounties advanced by the
State, Mr. Hume says the towns knew noth
ing of these charges until they came to draw
tlieir bonds as allowed by the “Equalization
Commission.” In his own words “these
charges are said to have occurred late in 18G3
and in 18G4. of which, during the last six or
seven years, many if not all the towns re
ceived no notice.”
Now to the facts. It is a matter of official
record that every deficient town in Maine was
notified immediately after the advancement of
■ the bounty or as soon as a convenient and
leisure moment could be found, and under
this notice various towns did refund to the
State treasury a total of more than one hun
dred thousand dollars. This was refunded
five years ago most of it. Some sixty thou
j sand dollars have not been refunded, although
1 considerable has been paid by towns, since .
this report was submitted. These latter i
towns were notified vl second time. The com
mittee had evidence before them of the notifi- '<
cation to towns of these advancemt nts. Why
were they not willing to say in their report
that as reliable a gentleman as there is in
Maine,—the man who wrote and forwarded
these notices and who was clerk to the Com
mittee on “Equalization of War Debts,”
came before tlieir (Hume’s) Committee, and
stated squarely# distinctly and unequivocally
that such notices were given and that he had
largely to do with tlieir being made out and
forwarded? What harm would this little
piece of truth do?—We re-affirm that testi
mony now.
To another part of their report, well cal
culated to * mislead and exasperate towns.
The report says, referring to the charges
against towns, that ‘the committee found that
on‘account of these charges towns were un
able to draw the whole or any part of the
bonds awarded them by the “Commissioners
on Equalization.” This statement, we are
authorized to say, is essentially deficient of
any foundation in fact. Based on the state
ment and practice of the State Treasury, we
are authorized to say the claims of this class
of towns have uniformly been adjusted—
less the amount charged against them, and
that is the manner of settling now—leaving
the amount charged in the Treasury to be
adjusted hereafter. This correction seems to
he due the public and also officers who are
sought to he put in a false position by this re
port. It is also due the towns whose claims are
complicated by these disputed charges.
Open Handed.
LETTER FROM VIRQ IS I A.
Little Fltmoi th, King Co.. Va.. )
3d month 27lli, 1870. 5
To the Editor of the Journal.
Since my last to you 1 have been in Rich
mond hut little. The case of Calioon vs. El
lyson was being argued yesterday before the
Supreme Court, which set on the 23d for that
purpose. The decision will clearly be in fa
vor of Mayor Cahoon, but it was currently
rumored that Ellyson was not intending to
obey the injunction, and was increasing the
police force and arming them for a fight.
This was believed to be true by many when I
left the city yesterday. A large invoice of
guns had been received and deposited in the
City Hall, and other evidences made things
look warlike. It is to be hoped tlrat nothing
of the kind is really to be carried out. as it
doubtless would result in serious bloodshed.
I have visited lately Westmoreland County,
and will relate an amusing incident which oc
crured there. The State Supt. had made ar
rangements for a colored girl (“octoroon"’)
who had been educated in Charlottesville, to
go to that county to open a school. She was
to stop at Carter's Wharf on the Rappahan
nock and to be met there by a man to take
her 12 miles out in the country: but the let
ters failed to reach the man, and she was left
on the hands of M. A. Carter, who is wealthy
and has quite a large family of children.
She was taken to his house, the table, parlor,
and lodged with one of his daughters; was
advised to desist from her undertaking to
teach "niggers" nnd return home. The girl
knew how quick they would place her in one
of the “quarters” with the black people if they
knew of that small tinge of blood coursing
in her veins, and in this situation wrote for
relief, being out of money. On my arrival I
found she was a great favorite with the fam
ily; being a Virginian they would treat her
more cordially than they would me, a yankec.
I was amused to witness the parting scene—
the profusion of kisses ftom the grandmother
mother, girls, and even a brother who had be
come so enamored with her sweet face as to
make free to open his heart to her relative to
his desire to sue for her heart and hand for
marriage. This was a rich treat to me, es
pecially on my return, after locating the girl
in her future field of labor, to inform them
that she was what the white people in Char- j
lottesville styled a ’nigger.” My judgment
is, the young man will not press his suit, or
the family feel proud of their new acquaint
ance, hut will doubtless feel chagrined for j
having lavished so many kisses upon a negro,
who 1 am proud to say, is far above them in
mental enlture and possessing good moral
ideas and proper notions of etiquette.
After reaching Richmond 1 was ordered di
rectly to this place. Came to West Point at
<i o’clock last night, then in open row boat
5 miles up the Mattappni river, then seven
miles in buggies to this district, called Little
Plymouth, arriving at about midnight.
Lois J. Wadsworth from Nashua. N. II.,
who has been acceptably in this work as teach
er. for IS months past, earae with me to open
a school here, as they have never had one.
She has taught a term at Wythcville, Natural
llridge, and liurkeville, and now has a noble
field for usefulness before her, as she will be
the instrument of presenting the first beams
of the light of knowledge to many in this
vicinity.
The peach orchards are in full bloom and !
the . ppcar.'.nco of everything is now d* light
lul. in striking contrast to the cold snow
banks now at the north. Farmers arc lively
in putting in their potatoes nnd corn, sowing
oats, &o.
Under other influences around I would he
willing to make this county my home, but un
til the relics of the great curse is removed I
would rot he hired to.
In iStlO the slave population of the county
was f>142. with some 2000 free-born blacks.
The number ot colored people are about the
same at this time, and only two schools. This
ratio of school to the population holds good
jn the State, as there are about 500.000 col- j
ored population, and only 342 schools, cm-j
ploying 408 teachers (202 colored and 200
white) having 17.440 pupils.
This is a brief sketch of our work as it is 1
conducted in the State at the present time.
We have a most lovely day here, and have
had a large meeting, and I must be oil for
Richmond.
Samuel H. Jones.
Donirstir Nrtos.
The following is the State tax assessed upon
the several cities and towns comprising the
county of Knox :
Appleton, 81,709 14
Camden, 8,997 08
Cushing, 799 06 j
Friendship, 843 77 1
Hope, 1.512 02
North Haven, 917 34
Rockland, 20,536 02
South Thomaston, 2.452 66 j
Saint George, 2.425 32
Thomaston, 11.130 86
Union, 3,206 28
Vinalhawn, 1,593 78
Warren. 5.012 60
Washington, 1,742 43
Matinicus plantation, 11M09
Muscle Ridge plantation 124 89
863.121 34
_
A military school has been opened at Po
land. Meetings are held every Tuesday and
Saturday evening for drill in the “manual of
arms.” The company numbers fifty. Re
cently an election of officers was had as fol
lows : Capt., Charles Emery : 1st Lieut., Wal
lace Ilodgdon; 2d Lieut., George Allen; 1st
Sergeant, Samuel Taylor: 2d Ser.. Edwin
Woodsom : Flag Bearer. Reuben Archibald;
Right Guard, Edwin Storer: Markers, Bertie
Fernnld. and Montie Keen; Drummer, Ly
man Keen. Some of*the officers are soldiers
who served through the late rebellion with
honor, and helped sustain their country’s cause
on many a bloody field of battle.
We learn from the Argus that Messrs. A. J.
Dearborn of Falmouth and Mr. Downs of
. i
South Berwick, have taken the contract for j
the construction of the new college building j
at Kent’s Hill, which i> to be one of the finest
in the State. It is to be of brick with French ,
roof. Mr. Fassetof Portland is the architect.
The contractors will commence work about
the middle of April, and as they are men of
enterprise and energy, will ••push things” and
get the building ready for occupancy at the
earliest practicable day.
Hon. F. II. Morse, our Consul General at
London, writes home that he witnessed the
tests of the Sherman steel at the Dock yard a1
Chatham. The tests are made by direction of
the English government and are satisfactory.
Mr. Morse thinks the official report will be
very favorable to Mr. Sherman. It will be
remembered that Mr. Sherman, who was for- j
merly a blacksmith in B icksport. has discov- j
ered a method by which steel can be manu
factured from common iron with great rapid
ity.
The following nominations made by C. 11. '
Whidden, Esq., Collector of Customs for the
District of I’assamaquoddv, have been ap
proved by Secretary Boutwcll : N. B. Nutt
Deputy Collector and Inspector at Eastport, I
re-appointed; Sith W. Smith, Deputy Col
lector and Inspector ct Calais, in place of B. ,
M. Flint; Geo. M. B. Sprague, Deputy Col- ■
lector and Inspector at Vunccboro', re-up
pointed.
The following patents have just been issued :
C. Estabrooks, Calais; Culinary Vessel; H.
C. Folsom, Bangor ; Converting articles made j
of iron into steel; N. C. Reynolds, Ellsworth; ,
Boat, detaching apparatus; Under date of
April .">, 1^70, 240 patents will be issued. ;
During the past week 308 applications and 07
caveats were tiled.
There is to be a pleasant time at the Brews-1
ter Hotel, Skowhegnn, on Wednesday even
ing next. Mrs. and Miss Sewall, so favorably
known to musical and social life there, are to
give a sociable,— on which occasion a choice
supper, with other pleasant attractions, prom
ise a rare entertainment to their many friends :
and patrons.
The Waterville Mai! says that officer Ed- :
wards of that village, has raised a breed of
liens that lays two eggs a day ! Don’t lay that!
on too thick. We think the story must he j
eggsagerated.
City Marshal Bolton of Bangor, during the j
past year, made fifty-three arrests for selling
liquors. Of these in about fifty cases, the I
sellers have been convicted, lie has made in
all about one hundred searches, in sixty of
which seizures were made—amounting in all I
to 2ti!)5 gallons of liquors.
- - — ■ . — .
According to the Union Journal there is a 1
young lady in one of the Biddelord mills, who )
is worth at least §10,000; but who quietly
works day by day, earning her six dollars
weekly, instead of retiring vfith a competency. •
The Machias Union says that there will be •
three vessels built at Harrington this season; j
one of about 880 tons by Kamsdell & Kumhall;
one of 200 tons by Messrs. Wass, and one of
about 150 tons by S. W. Nash and others.
Mr. Moses T. Cross of Bethel has put into
the Androscoggin some three million of lum
ber the past winter, which is to he sawed out
by the Bethel Steam Mill Company.
The Bangor Whig thinks the new census
should have a distinct department for the enu
meration of loafers.
Hev. B. Blacker, Universalist, commenced
his labors with the church in Kenduskeag on
the last Sabbath.
Steamer Charles Houghton begun hoc trips
between Portland and Waldoboro last week.
The river at Bangor is about clear of ice.
It is sail that the Bangor trailers have
agreed not to purchase any goods hereafter
of commercial travellers, otherwise called
runner*. Merchants in this city have not
adopted any uniform policy towards commer
cial travellers or ‘ drummers.” Sometimes
they are annojing, hut often will sell hy sam
ple artieles which otherwise would require a
trip to Boston to secure.
The Mail says that Mr. ,1. W. l’liilbriek.
Master Machinist of the Maine (.’. 1!. H., who
has been absent in Kansas for a month or two,
returned to Waten ille about a fortnight ago,
much improved in health. On his return he 1
was presented with an elegant and expensive
cane, a gift from the employees of his depart
ment.
A pair of handsome young hlack marcs
were sold in Bangor on Friday, hy Mr. Shaw
of the Bangor House, to H. F. McLaughlin
of the Franklin House. The price paid was 1
81(100.
The 1'uiversalists of Watervillc are to give
a levee on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. 1
PLUMBING!
f|MlF. Subscriber beg- Icjivc to inform the citizens
JL of \ugust i and vicinity that be is prepared to
do all kind' of I’lumhing work at the sboitc-t un
tie.*. Tlio e about t » have water iutrodueed into
their building-will do well U> call on him before
going el sew here
II. It. STR VTTOV
Corner Bridge and Water streets.
Satisfaction guarantied. t.Umar-tf
CONY HOUSE,
IVW T t: It STMiKKT,
AUGUSTA, MAIM:.
rFI1IS now IT *t* T affords accommodations that no
I other one does in the city to the travelling com
munity. being located in tin*
CENTRE OF BUSINESS,
ai 'l very near tin' Depot.
The travelling public may be assured that no
pain- will be spared to inert all their want*, and
with the assistance of Mu. Ti'iinkk, late ot the
Augusta House, w e hope to merit a share of the
public patronage.
Connected w ith tlii.- House Is n
First Class Livery Stable!
'll. \. A II. KIM, Proprietors.
tltjan.tw.t-cf
WEED FAMII.Y FAYOIUTIj
SEWING MACHINE.
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE WORLD.!
Straight Nee*lie shuttle. Stiteli alike *>u both sides !
uses half as much thread as a -ingle thread ma
chine. More of thrni -old than all other machine*
in this market: never tail to give perfect - tti-fac
fion; every one warrrnted tor five year- Call on
Jones, w ho will cheerfully -how the w *o king of the
Machine; ul-o will -how more award- of state,
County aitd Mechanic-’ Fairs, ami more Certificate
from Individual* and Corporations than would till
the weekly Journal.
flOninr-tf JONES lia* them for sale.
Almanacs for 1870.
Jf>T RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF THE
Mniuc Farmer’s Almanacs,
By Daniel Robinson, for 1870. for -;1 low by gross
dozen, or single at the sign of the My l.ttiyer.
15*5 Water Street.
CLAPP & NORTH.
Augusta, Nov. IG, 18(59. 48tf
Notice of Appeals.
1 > iNTKItvvt. RKVKM E. )
Assessor’s Office, :’d Di-tri* t of Maine. >
Augusta, March 22. 1870. 5
IN conformity to Section 5*. of the Act of Con
gress, approved July lath. 18MI, notice is hereby
given that appeals, relative t*» any erroneous or ex
ce-sive valuation-. as-e--ment*. or enumeration*,
returne*! in the annual li-t lor l>7u. by the ii.--e.-sor
or a.*.-i taut as-e--ors of the th.nl assessment dis
trict of Maine, will be received and determined by ,
the assessor, at hi- office iu Augusta,
From the 1st to the 20th ot April, 1970,
The law provides that “nil appeal- to the asse
sor a- aforesaid, shall be in writing, and shall'
specify the particular cau-c, matter, or tiling re- j
speeding which a decision is requested, and -hall
moreover -late the ground of principle of error :
complained ol.”
SKI.DEN CONNOR,
t22mar&13td \ ■ sor 3d District of Maine.
VGENTS WHO SELL OCR NEW WORK. !
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COMMON *ENSE.”
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Have no competition. There never was a book i
publi-hed like it. Everybody wants it. Anybody !
can s* 11 it.
M \ N V AGENTS ARE NOW MAKING #100 A
WEEK
The w«nk embrace* ‘.'12 pages, 200 Illustrations. }
Price only $ » 2.V If v«ui want to make money and 1
do good, semi lor our 21-page circular, select your j
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Full table of contents of tins wonderful work scut j
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WELLS A COFFIN. 12 Broome St . N V.
Or B. It. STCRGES, 7 scollay- Building, Boston,
Mass. mai2fc-+eodlm&w
Great Improvement In
Artificial
Teeth.
in;, snell
INKFltr< Teeth on Rums EH by a new process, Ijy
which the plate i* made ah thin an a metallic
base; at the >ametime the plate i* flexible,and less
liable to break.
This mode insures likewi^p the certainty of a
perfect tit.
Having purchased the exclusive right to use this
mode in Kennebec county. I -ball be n ippy to show
its peculiar advantages to any one who needs arti
fleialteeth.
60 Wintlirop Street.
Augusta, dan. 28th, 1870. t2bjan-3w»t3w0
Purs Medicines and Meals! :
Brushes, Combs, Soaps ami Perfumery;
(’BOIfli TOILET AM* FAACA ARTICLES!
Physicians’ & Apothecaries’ Hoods,1
Pure Sperm. Lard, Kerosene and \«atsfovt Oils.
Charles k. Partridge,
DRl'GGIST AND APOTHECARY,
Water Street, corner Market Square,
(UNDER GRANITE DAI L,)
Has on hand a Lar^e Selectod Stock
kept fYosk by constant additions, j
AVI) SELLS AT
Tlie l.ouesl Market Kates!
FCR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS.
Partridge’s Drug Store, Water Street, corner Market Square
tljiin7()ly ___
WILLIAM H. WOODBURY,
^Successor to E. D. Norcrosaj
— DEALER IX —
Hot Air Furnaces, Stoves k Ranges,
For Wood or Coni,
Tin, Pressed, and Japanned
wakes :
and KITCHEN GOODS generally.
TIN ROOFING & JOBBING
OK ALL KINDS
Promptly attended to
*»- Special attention given to tltt
Hot .A.lx- Fttmaccia !
A few Doors south of the Ruihoud bridge. j
Water .Street, Augusta. j
TT2marA\v-iy !
The Dally Kennebec Journal,
Established Jan. 1, 18/0.
Notices l>y tlio I’l'ess*
The first number of the DAILY KennKHEC Jorn
nalwiih Issued from the Journal office on Satur
day. It in aboufthe »i*e and style of arrangement
ua the usual Daily Legislative Journal, and in ty
pographical appearance will compare favorably,
we think, with the other Maine dailies. It is de
signed by the publishers to Issue it daily through
the year, but we fear they will find their enterprise
which ought to be a paying on**, considering the
fiehl it w ill occupy, to prove a losing one. It cost*
a deal of money to publish a paper these times, and
a large, prompt pav ing subscription list and a good
ly amount ol advertising patronage at respectable
rates, are necessary to make a paper sell sustain
ing. and prevent its being a source of crtibara&s
liieiil to its proprietors. We tender tins new can
date for public patronage our wishes for its finan
cial success.— Maine Standard.
The D.vii.v Kknnm K Jimrnal made its first
appearance last •'Saturday. It is a very neat publi
cation. and enterprising —ltangnr Wing.
Daily Kenneik Jot knai..—With the com
mencement of the New \ ear, we received the first
number of this new* paper, published nt Augusta,
by Sprague. Owen «V Nash. It is a large, -even col
umn paper, hand onicly printed, and the reputa
tion ol it- publishers i-'a sufficient guaranty that it
will be live and spicy.— York County Independent.
Tilt Daily Ivenneiie* Joirnal wan i.-sued Jan
uary 1st. and is to be a permanent institution. It
i-a well arranged, and handsomely printed sheet,
and we have no doubt it will receive! as it deserves,
a liberal support from the people of Augusta, llai
low ell and < .ardiner — Uallotceil Can tie.
Duly Kennebec Jot ral. We have received
the Hi -t numbers of the new daily Journal now
permanently established at the State Capital bv the
enterprising publishers of the weekly Journal,
Me- r-. Sprague, Owen A Nash. Its appearance i»
neat and hu-iness like, audits editors willcoviht
h -- make it a progressive, live paper.—Belfast Age.
We congratulate our friends ol the Ki.nnh EC
,T«>rit.NAL upon the fuvorablv.auspiees under which
their new daily has been is»ue«i. It appeared on
the M of Jamiarv. in handsome shape, its column*
wdl tilled and showing evidence of sufficient ed
itorial ability and industry to ensure its entire Mic
ros*. We trust the public will appreciate tl:e ef
forts of the publishers to serve them, ami liberally
su*laiu the enterprise.— Maine Fanner.
Tiie 1>aii.y Kenni.iec Joi ijnal made it< first
appearance New Year’s day. It is a well propor
tioned sheet of twenty-eight columns, and is in ev
es y way well calculated to supply a want which
Vugtista has h it for a longtime. YVifh the patron
age which it should receive from Hallow ell, t»ard
iner, and the other neighboring towns, in addition
to it - local support, we see no reason why this en
terprise should not be crowned with abundant suc
cess.— Jte.iter (laiette.
Tin Daily Kennebec* Joi knal made its ap
pearance on Saturday. It has a -mart and new sy
look, and will succeed.—Ellnrorth America*.
The Hr-1 number of the Daily Ki.nni.hi c Jot k
nal. Iris been received. Those who wish to re
ceive the earliest and fullest information in regard
to the doings of the Legislature, should subscribe
l«»r it.— Eunlpi.rt Stnthul.
Daily Kennebu Joi knal. We have received
the first number of this paper, i--ucd Jan. 1 -t It
is t-i be permanent, and being the Mate paper, it
w ill be a coiHpend of the doings of the Legislature}
\Liable not only for the pvt sent, but for preserva
tion tor future reference. It will furnish early and
full rpports of the Mate Conventions of all kinds;
fulln poit- of the Legislature. Legislative < ommil
tee. It »ard of Kducation. Board of Agriculture, and
all other matters o! interest relating to the Mate
Government, thus making iti-ill useful to a very
w ide cirele of readers extending over all parts ol
the'state. It will be a reliable and straight-forward
Kepnblican paper, and the first number indicate*
that it w ill be conduct* <1 with ability, and w itli fidel
ity to the principles of the party in whose interest
it i> e-tabiishcd. It is of the size of the Daily Lew
iston Journal.— The Satirise. I'resqut Isle.
!> un Kknnep! <• Joi knal. The advertisement
of this new d:til> appears in our column* to-day.
It ir.vc- the l« gi.-lativc proceedings of each day very
fully contain.- telegraphic dispatches, the financial
and commercial transaction* in New y ork and Bos
ton, and is in every respect a tlr-t-class daily pa
per. Term- #7 per year or for the legislative
.-ession.—Andrcsroffgin Herald.
Daily Kknm liV Jot knal. The enterprising
Proprietors of th< Ke nnebec Journal, i-Mied the
!b-I number of their in-u daily Jan. I-t It is hand
somely c\eetiled, ably condin led, and deserves at
I.•.i-1 lift* cn hundred subscribers along the river.
During the legi-latnre it is espeeially valuable.—
Stutter net lle/Huter.
The pul l -h«i- . fthr Kennebec JnntvAE com
menced their dally paper with the New Year It
i- a good hiok;ng%heet. much superior to the form
er se-.-ion issue.-. No thrice weekly will bepuh
1 i - lied.—hrackett in It (first Age
Newsi ai eiis*. With the New Year we an* greet
ed by the Daily* Kennebec Jot ic.nai., published
b\ Sprague. Owen A: Na.-h. It i-<»f goodsize.it*
ni.tti r i- w ell arranged, and its editorial com in* t
w ill -how the same ability whieh ha* governed the
weekly Journal.—free Dress. Ilocttann.
Tm. Daily Ki.nni ic Jot knal has reardied us,
and is fully up to the standard of our expectations.
It - typographical appearance i- neat, and it- gt uer
al m i iiigeuu nt all that could be desired. We hone
it will be liberally patronized, and it will l»e if ln«
people of the Mate do their duty.—Farmington
(‘hrvuicle.
The first number of the Daily Kennebec Jot K
nai. promptly made its appearance on Saturday,
Jan I t ft is a handsome sheet, got up in a style
that doc* credit tt» it* enterprising publishers.—
/liddttord Democrat.
With the m~w year, came the Daily Kennebec
Joi knai.. It i- a very neat p: per. and we sl uubl
think it would be a favorite with the people of tin*
K« nnebeGardiner Mvrue Jomrunl.
Daily Kennlbe* Joi knal. We have received
the first number of the daily issued by the publish
er* of tin Kennebec Journal. This i- uot t<> be foi
the Legislature only, but is to be a permanent daily
publication. There is no reason w hy the large cit
ies and towns which cluster about the capital
mjoiiM not afford support to at least one daily, even
though the railroad trains do bring Boston paper*
in a few hours from the pres?. The Journal is a
handsome sheet, well filled with news and miscel
lany. and we trust w ill be u tucce*»,—Belfast Jaur^
nal
The new Daily. We have received the first
number of the Daily Kean elec Joi unal. If is
one ui the best looking daily papers which comes
to our office. There is no reason w hy sneb a spright
ly journal should uol 'tart at once on the road to
success. The price of subscription i» #7 per year.
—Calais Advertiser.
The Daily Kennebec JoritNat. made its how to
the public last Saturday, ami is understood to be a
permanent institution! It deserves a liberal sup
port in the Kemud*e'e valley, nof only through the
se.-sion of the Legislature,’of whose doings if will
give full report daily, but permanently.— Iraterrill*
Mail.
\ew.*papohi\l. The Daily Kennhh < 4<»c rn al
made it - appearance on Saturday morning la.-t. It
i- printed in first-rate style, and manifests a great
deal of Enterprise in it- management. We are glad
to notice that it hat* a good li.-t of -ubscribers in
tliis* <• itv. who receive their papers tV« m a carrier at
eight oVloek. This is a great convenience. and one
that should be appreciated by our people.— Gardiner
Reporter.
Ain sta Daily Joi unal. This paper marie its
appearance last Saturday, very inatLv printed ami
lull of mattir Our only i «hei • « n that An
gn-ta brethren are giAin’g too much reading lor the
patronage of a place no larger than Augusta.
Mice-.- t«» the enterprise.—Ilrmirtrirk Telegraph.
YVe have n eeived the first two or three number?*
ot the Daily Kennei:i<' Joi knal. published bv
Mes.-rs Sprague. Owen A Nash. Augusta, which
i- hereafter to In* a permanent daily paper, instead
of being published only dining the season of tiro
Legislature, a?* heretofore. It in a handsome sev
en-column paper, w» 11 made up, giving much agri
cultural and miscellaneous reading, as w ell as lo
cal and general newt*. YN e have no doubt itwill be
ahlv conducted and wish it substantial success.—
Roe kit r mi Gazette.
The llr-t number of the Daily Ki wkkkc
nal made it* appearing* “U Saturday. It is very
neatly got up,— Oxford Tiemocrat.
The nr tmmUr of the Daii y Ki ' MEMC Ji i R
nal promptly made it* appearance on Saturday,
the 1-t inst. It is a handsome sheet, got up in a
st> le that does credit to its enterprising publishers.
— Oxford Register.
A Slav Daily \'eav.«i> ai lb. YVe receive the Daily
Kennebec Jot bnae, a goodly sized, well filled
and small appearing paper, published by Messrs.
Sprague. Owen ,* Nish, at Augusta, the proprie
tors of the Old (Weekly) Kennebec Journal: terms,
$7 a year in advance*.’ We hope it will be patron
ized bvour Republican friends, and we think it" ill
be. being the first and only daily issued at the Capi
tab—Aluehian Cnion.
State ol’Mnine.
Resolve* in reliition to the pnMieation of
the Revised Statutes.
Resolved, That as soon as may be after the < Into
of the present session of the legislature, fbe govern
or and council are hereby authorized and directed
to contract with the resin nsible person or persons,
making the lowest bid. for the public: tion of therc
\ i.-od statutes id ibis state, together w it 1» the consti
tution thereof, the constitution of the t inted Mates,
the repealing a. t and such other addition - as are
necessary, in a style not inferior in printing, paper
and landing to tlintof the la.-t edition of the revised
statute.-, and the person or persons w it It a\ hom such
contract is made, shall be required to supply the
-tat • w ith two thmiMinri co‘»h>., The governor and
council are hereby authorized to make .'aid con
tract, upon -in h term.- and conditions as they deem
necessary lor the interests ol the slate.
Resolved, That the secretary of state is lien by di
rected to secure the cop) eight of an id revised stat
utes for the list* of the state, and that no edition of
tin* same shall be published by any other person
than the party or parties with whom the said con
tract i- made, until alter the expiration of live years
from the fir t day of February in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Resolved, That the - ait I fifteen hand nal copies of the
revi-ed statutes, belonging to the state, shall when
printed, be deposited i»y the pert-on or persons pub
lishing tin* same in the office of the secretary of
stab1, and the secretary is hereby directed to dis
tribute the same in tin* same manner as provided
by resolve approved March thirty--first, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty -
seven, and as now provided by law.
Approved March 21, M70.
STATE OF MAINE, )
Sec a eta by *h firrirv, _ >
Al'r.i st a. Mar. 2d, 1*^70. >
I PROPOSALS for the publication of the Revised
statutes a* stated In the foregoing resolves, a\ ill
be received and opened by the Governor and ( oun
cil at their next session, on T»i£fi/by?* ■April Mb.
FRANKLIN M DREW,
inari^-tt apr3 Secretary of State.