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these systems of training to bo treated
u|>oii thoroughly in a newspaper article.
—New Hampshire Statesman.
pailj $tmtcl)tt Journal.
- AUGUSTA,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 27.1870
POL I Tit'A1. DE GENERA CY.
The writer of an article in Putnam s
Magazine for May, entitled "Our Political
Degeneracy—its Cause and Remedy,
may be very wise in his own conceit, but
that does Trot argue that hi« article i9 wise.
There are just such persons as he in every
neighborhood, who cun see nothing good
in their own day and feneration, and be
lieve that nearly all wisdom and virtue
died with then- grandfathers. The tone
of his article may be gathered from the
following opening sentence: "Everybody
admits,” says he, “for indeed almost
everybody deplores, the lamentable de
cadence that has come upon polities, both
as a principle and a practice. You will
hear it said on all sides that neither our
statesmen nor our parties arc what they
used to Ije ; and you will seldom hear it
gainsayed.”
This is very cheap talk indeed, if it is
common. The earlier periods of our gov
ernment had its full share of corrupt, in
triguing men, or it never would have had
the Conway Cabal. In those times George
Washington was not above the reach of
slander, and the Continental Congress,
while it had many good men, was not
without its bad ones. The records of the '
country will toll how the army suffered, j
and the Commander-in-Chief was tried j
and embarrassed, w hile the cause of liber-j
ty and independence hung in doubt,
through the wrangles, iutiigues and ineffi
ciency of the government. We know
nothing so vile in our last war as the
attempt of Lee to supplant Washington,
nothing in our government so infamous as
the schemes of Conway and his associates.
If we come down to Jefferson's time, we
find that he was not without his detractors, j
He wusnot held to he the man that he is
now. He was denounced as an atheist,
a radical in polities, and an unsafe man
to follow. One of the best minds of that j
t'.nie was‘killed in a duel,—not a very
good example, we should say, for our mem-:
bers of Congress to follow. Another'
undertook (the same who shot Hamilton)
to establish an independent government
on the Lower Mississippi. The plot of
Burr has not its equal in rascality even in I
these degenerate times. Passing along to
the good old days of Andrew Jackson,
honest and incorruptible as he was, can
any one read Parton's history of his ad
ministration without thanking his stars j
that we have no Kitchen Cabinet at
Washington now ? The truth is. there J
have been good men and bad men, nble ;
men and weak men, all along in our ■
history, but our great men have always j
been belittled, just as they are now, while j
in active life, and never received their
full measure of commendation and appro-!
ciation until death removed them. Wc |
have had a Lincoln, Stanton, Fessenden,
and Grant in onr day, and we have saved
the Union from being destroyed by the
great curse of Slavery, which our wise,
old fathers fastened upon us. We have
struck the shackles completely from the
four millions of slaves which old-time
wisdom bequeathed us, an act the like of
which was never done before. The men
who lead in this measure, and the party
w%ich accomplished it — the grandest
stroke ever struck for humanity—are liv
ing now, but in the face of such a noble
monument to the virtue of the present
time, our Jeremiah wails over the degen
eracyof modern politics, and sighs for the
return of the past. Poor soul! little
atoms of dust obscure his sight, and he
gropes in darkness in the full blaze of the
sun. He condemns our statesmanship be
cause irregularities sometimes occur in
Congress, ami judges a party by the acts
of a few unprincipled individuals.
The writer to whom we lmve alluded,
displays his poetical sagacity in the same
article by disparaging the means which
have developed our resources and pro
moted our industrial interests, and at the
same time shows his honesty by misrepro- |
senting the position of those who think1
differently from him. iie would prefer
that Canada should control our markets, |
and make paupers of our farmers, and
that England should supply us with man
ufactures rather than do it ourselves, and
he would lain make our farmers and
laborers believe that such a policy is
statesmanship and for their benefit. We
have tried that pretty effectually in the
State of Maine, with what result every
body knows who is acquainted with the
history of the State. We continued in the
way of allowing industry and trade to
take care of themselves, and population to
go whither it would, until we iound that
capital would not come to us, nor industry
flourish, nor people make homes here,
and necessity compelled us to change our
course. If we grant favors to railroads In
order to have them constructed, to schools,1
to builders of factories and promoters of
public enterprises, we do it not for indi
vidual benefit, hut for the public good, for
the farmer and mechanic, the landholder
and landlord, the poor man as much as the
rich. We should have had no railroads
in the State had individual wealth alone
been depended upon to build them, and if
we become a manufacturing State, which
we hope to, we shall be so by giving
liberal legislation and encouragement to
tbMe who hare the means to engage in
manufactures. This may be political
degeneracy, but it is the teaching of stern
neeawity, a flea a different kind of policy
had been tried to the largest extent.
It may as well be understood that the re
moval of Consul-General Morse was made at
the request, nearly or quite unanimous, of the
Maine delegation in Congress. It was con
ceded that his services had been exceedingly
valuable to the country and creditable to him
self* and the delegation expressed no desire
to send a better man, or to interfere with the
j succession In anv wav. They simply wanted
Mr. Morse removed, so that the amount of
his salarv might he credited to Maine and par
rolled out among the delegation for the bene
fit of their needy followers. In other words,
the Maine delegation respectfully petitioned
to hare Mr. Morse removed because he uas a
Maine man, and for no other reason, in order
to increase the amount of patronage subject
to their disposal. Tills modest proposition
was made at the beginning of Grant’s admin
istration and defeated solely by Mr. Fessen
den's indignant remonstrance. It has proved
successful now. hut what a righteous retribu
tion it would he, if Mr. Morse should come
home now. appeal to his old constituents of
the Third District, and be triumphantly rein
stated in the seat in Congress from which he
was ousted in 1362 by the same Mr. Blaine
w lm is making up his mind what to do with
his quota of Mr. Morse's consular salary.
The foregoing is an editorial from the
Portland Daily Advertiser of April 25th.
The allegation that the removal of Mr.
Morse iron the consulate at London was
made at the request of the Maine delega
tion may he and very likely is true. As to
tiie indignant remonstrance of Mr. Fessen
den which prevented a change in that of
fice at the outset of President Grant’s ad
ministration. the truth is that the late Sen
ator urged the retention of Mr. Morse in
office on grounds purely personal, and
asked it as a personal favor to himself, not
withstanding it was one of the richest con
sulatcs in the gift of the Government, and
lie had held It through the entire term of
the Lincoln and Johnson administrations.
The fact of his removal now shows that he
was not retained on public grounds.
The rest of the Maine delegation were
in favor of a change at that time, believing j
that Mr. Morse ought to retire after so
long a tenure of the office, and this opin- j
ion was very generally concurred in at the 1
time. This consideration unquestionably
influenced the delegation from our State ,
(if they did so,) to request the change j
now.
The fling at the delegation is contempt- ;
ible ; that at Mr. Maine is malignant and
mendacious, betraying an ignorance of;
political transactions of a recent date in j
this State, ill becoming the conductor of
a public journal in Maine.
Mr. Morse was a member of the 36th
and 36th Congress, his last term ending
March 4, 1861, when he was succeeded by
lion. Anson P. Morrill, and not by Mr.
Blaine. Immediately on the accession of i
President Lincoln and a very short time j
after the expiration of his Congressional i
term, Morse was appointed Consul-Gener- 1
al at London, which he has held till now. ,
Mr. Maine was first elected to Congress !
in 1862, at which time Mr. Morse had been j
in Europe for more than a year, enjoying j
the very remunerative emoluments of his
consulate. So much for the very pushing
manner in which Blaine ousted Morse from
his scat in Congress.
Again, at no time since Mr. Blaine's first
nomination could Mr. Morse have been a
competitor with him for the honor of rep
resenting the Third District, inasmuch as ;
by the last apportionment of members of\
Congress in 1861, Bath, his life-long:
home, became and now is a part of the !
Second District. The Advertiser need 1
not therefore hurry Mr. Morse’s return to
enter the lists against Mr. Blaine in the
coming canvass, for as long as has been
his residence in England, he cannot have
forgotten the custom which inexorably pre
vails in this country that members of Con
gress from districts shall also be residents
of flic district they represent.
GENERAL NEWS.
“Cousin John” is the name of a town in
Georgia.
Two thirds of all the school-teachers in the
United States are women.
A trout that weighed 22 pounds was caught
in Lake Winnipiseogee Fast Day.
A masked ball has been defined as a merci
ful institution for plain women.
Franklin Peirce’s late residence in Now
Hampshire is to be sold at auction April 27.
Somebody says ladies wear veils on the
principle that indistinctness lends enchant
ment to the view.
High-necked dresses are rapidly supplant
ing the low-necked style in Paris.
The next transit of Venus across the sun's
disc will take place on December 8, 1874;
the last was on June 3, 17GO.
Most of the salad oils brought into market,
it is stated, are made of cotton-seed oil re
fined.
Farmers complain of the scarcity of hands.
A fine opportunity for a host of young men
who complain that they find nothing to do.
The Mississippi Legislature memorialize
Governor Alcorn to remove Judge Skackelford
for releasing Yerker on bail.
Minnesota had a heavy fall of snow hut
week. On the 17th inst., the snow was a foot
deep in some localities.
The Governor of New York has signed 300
bills passed this session. The number intro
duced will probably reach 1400.
The revenue of Crown lands goes to the pub
lic purse in return lor the allowance called
“the civil list,” given by Parliament to the
sovereign.
The King of Italy, during the past year,
pardoned 225 criminals, the Emperor of Aus
tria 110 and the King of Prussia 45.
The strawberry crop this year in the west
ern States promises to be small and backward.
Strawberries have already appeared in the
Savannah market.
An extravagant man having moved into a
costly mansion, remarked to a friend, “Now
everything will go on like clockwork.” “Yes,’’
was the reply, “it will be tick, tick.”
Hampton Falls, N. II., has a veritable
"haunted house.” Unusual and unearthly
sounds have been heard in it and a ghost seen.
It is all owing to a man being buried in the
cellar.
The number of outdoor paupers relieved on
the 1st of January, 1870, ir. London, was 121,
000, living greater by 10.000 than the number
relieved on 1st January, 1809.
A mad dog last Friday attacked a police
man in Baltimore, and in the chase which
ensued bit five persons and a dozen other
dogs. There is great excitement in Balti
more over the matter.
The warden of the New Jersey State Prison
requires all lady visitors to take down their
back hair in his wife’s bedroom, in order to
prevent them smuggling tobacco in the chig
nons to the prisoners.
wa a ms a tos se ii rs.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has re
ported a new bill to enforce the Fifteenth
Amendment in place of several referred.to it.
Secretary Boutwell has appointed Alden
Hathaway Inspector of Customs at Boston,
Mass., and J. IV. Adams Inspector at Port
land, Maine.
President Grant’s long cherished idea of an
inter-oceanic canal across the Isthmus of Da
rien can hardly be realized, as the reports of
the United States exploring party, now there,
are not favorable.
Notice has been given by the Lighthouse
Board that a revolving light, alternating w ith
red and white flashes, at intervals of thirty
seconds between the flashes, will be exhibited
on the evening of May 15, 1870, and each
succeeding evening thereafter, from sunset to
sunrise, from the lighthouse tower at Prospect
Harbor. Me. The illumination apparatus is
of the fifth order of the system of Fresnel, and
the light should be seen in ordinary states of
the atmosphere from the deck of a vessel ten
feet above the water at a distance of eleven
nautical miles.
A Washington special says that the last de
bate in the House on the income tax indicates
that the tax is to be continued in sonic shape.
The Western members generally incline that
way, saying that if Congress should repeal 1
the tax, Western Democrats would make it
one of tiie issues of the fall campaign, that
Congress had relieved the wealthy classes
while continuing the burdens upon the poor.
The representatives of both wings of the |
republican party of Virginia had a three days'1
meeting last week to harmonize the ir differ- j
ences. Good counsels seem to have prevail
ed and there is prospect of more efficient,
work down there than hitherto. The meet- j
ing adopted a declaration of principles em
bracing universal amnesty, the enforcement
of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
in their letter and spirit, the enactment of
such laws as are necessary to secure freedom
of speech and action, the encouragement of
internal improvements by the State and na- j
tion in good faith, the protection of the inter- !
ests of the people against the encroachments
of monopolies, the support of the President
and Congress, and a general and universal
system of public education at the public ex
pense under national law wherever such a
system is not adopted and enforced by State
governments.
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
Mr. Reek's Benefit—Theodore Thomasaud his
Wonderful Orchestra— Miss Mehlig—Eas
ter Sunday—The Easter Oratorios—The
Funeral of Anson Burlingame.
Boston. April, 22, 1870.
For several weeks past, a perfect flood of
melody lias been poured in upon “music mad
Boston,”—and that of the best kind, too.
There were the Thomas concerts—the Har
vard Symphony concerts, besides innumera
ble others which have delighted all who were
fortunate enough to be present. As a sort of
grand wind-up to this harmonic furore, came
Mr. Peek’s benefit, a week ago last Wednes
day evening, and as might be expected. Music!
Hall was filled to its utmost capacity. The
odore Thomas and his well trained orchestra
took a prominent part in the evening’s enter
tainment and such music as was invoked from
that medley oi stringed and wind instruments !
words fail to express my intense enjoyment
and appreciation of that rare harmony, from
the loud swelling tone, down to the exquisite
ly modulated piano tone, which bated the
breath, and sounded in its far away cadence,
as I can imagine the Divine choir may sound
in tne ocuer lanu. e nave nan notuing nice
it in orchestral playing until Mr. Thomas came
here, and no true lover of the art should miss
an opportunity of enjoying so rich a treat.
Mr. Thomas, himself, seems the embodiment
of music, and as he easily and gracefully
guides the baton, with his head just a little
inclined to catch each strain, it takes but a
short stretch of imagination to invest the tiny
bit of wood with the magic of a fairy's wand,
impelled by the genii of his marvellous power.
Miss Mehlig is another sensation and out
rivals even Miss Topp, who was so deserved
ly popular during her tarry here. She came
very quietly, without any flourish of adver
tisements, or commendatory notices, but Bos
ton—not slow to award the just meed to mu
sical excellence, discovered at the first, that
she was the best pianist that had been here
for a long time. She has played at the sev
eral Thomas concerts with eminent success.
She is thought to resemble Beethoven, and
certainly, she seems inspired by some o! the
genius of those old composers, and I thought
while listening to her remarkable playing—if
the spirits of those illustrious composers could
return toearth, what a congregation must have
gathered to hear the eflorts of these men and
women, who have made their works a life
study ! Combined with a nice execution. Miss
Mehlig makes the instrument wonderfully ex
pressive—and expression is most effective,
after all, for although any work may be ren
dered with perfect accuracy and precision,
yet if it lacks soul-feeling-expression—the
audience feels that there is a vacuum some
where, although they may be unable to an
alyze it.
Miss Phillips sang, and it is quite unneces
sary to aver that her effort wj* well apprecia
ted, and won an enthusiasHc encitre. Miss
Lizzie M. Yates also snng in a pleasing man
ner, and with the Torch-Light March, closed
the entertainment.
Last Sunday was Easter Sunday, and many
of the churches were beautifully adorned with
flowers, in commemoration of the same. The
Easter Oratorios were given on Saturday and
Sunday evenings, by the Handel and Haydn
Society. Saturday evening Handel’s Orato
rio of the “Creation” was given, which drew
a fair house, considering the outside attrac
tions. The soloist* were Miss Houston, Mr.
Edward Prescott, and M. W. Whitney. On
the following evening, the “Elijah" was given
the soloists being Miss Houston, Mrs. ,T. K.
Weston. Miss Antoinette Sterling, Mr Winch,
and M. II . 11 hitncy. Alias Sterling, who is
hut recently returned from Europe, and be
longs in New Vork, has a rich contralto voice
and sang very acceptably, as did the other
soloists. The chorus and orchestra were larg
er and better than on the preceding evening,
and on the whole the performance was more
enjoyable.
1 lie remains ot the Hon. Anson Burlingame
have lain in state ail day in Faneuil Hall,
which has been crowded since 0 o'clock this (
morning. The embalming process was found ,
imperfect, and the remains are not to he seen. 1
The funeral services will lake place to-mor
row at the Arlington St. Church. General
Banks lias been in town this week, and will of
course be present at the funeral of his friend.
1’i.nsis.
XA POLK OS' S PSOCLAMA TIOX.
The following is flic proclamation of the
Emperor Napoleon in relation the 1‘lehes
eitinn. It i' an earnest appeal to the
French j icoclc to give the Emperor what
he intends to have whether they give it or
not.
“Frenchmen ; The Constitution of 18.V>,
drawn up hy the investure of the powers
which you gave me, and ratified hy eight
millions of voles, w hich re-established the ?
Empire, lias procured for France eighteen
years of calm and prosperity, which
have not been without glory, it has in
sured order and left the way open to all
improvements. Thus the more security 1
has been confirmed the larger is the part'
it lias taken in the progress of liberty.
But successive changes have altered the
bases of the plebiscitum, which cannot be ;
altered without an appeal to the nation.
It becomes indispensable, then, that the j
new constitutional pact shall be approved 1
by the people, as were formerly the con
stitutions of the Republic and of the Em
pire. At those two epochs, it was believed,
even as I myself believe to-day, that any
thing done without you was illegitimate.
The constitution of Imperial, Democrat
ic France may be reduced to a small num
ber of fundamental principles, which can
not be changed without your consent.
Your decision will have the advantage of
rendering definite the progress already
made, and of placing beyond the influence
of political fluctuations the principles of
government. Time, lost too often in
barren and embittered controversies may
be more usefully employed hereafter in
seeking for the means of increasing the
moral and material well being of the great
est number. I address myself to all of
you. who, from the 10th of December,
184S, surmounted all obstacles to place
me at your head; to yon, who, for twenty
two years, have without cessation guarded
me by your suffrages, sustained me by
your co-operation, rewarded me by your
affections; Give me new proof of confi
dence. In bringing to the ballot-box an
affirmative vote, you will exercise the
menaces of revolution, you will place or
der and liberty on a solid basis, and you
will render easier in future the transmis
sion of the crown to my son. You have
almost unanimously lor eighteen years
clothed me with the most extensive pow
ers ; be also equally unanimous to-day in
supporting the transformation of the Im
perial regime. A great nation has no way
of obtaining its development without rest
ing on institutions which guaranty at the
same time stability and progress. The
call which I make on you is to ratify the
liberal reforms realized during the last ten
years; reply ‘yes.’ As for myself, faith
ful to my origin, I shall continue, penetrat- ;
ed by your thought and fortified by your
will and confiding in Providence, to work i
without cessation for the prosperity and '
the grandeur of France. NAPOLEON, j
Domestic Xctos.
The Whig says that on Sunday afternoon,
one of the convicts in the Maine State Prison
made a felonious attack upon the overseers of
the wheelwright shop. On entering the shop
he suddenly threw a stone at Overseer Piper,
striking him upon the head ; turning, he threw
two or three at Overseer Morton, who suc
ceeded in dodging them. It is supposed that
he hud the stones concealed in a basket which
he carried for the purpose of getting shavings.
Overseer Piper was quite severely wounded.
We learn from the Bangor Whig that early
Monday morning the large two story house
owned and occupied by Dr. Thayer of Hamp
den, was entirely destroyed by fire, together
with a large barn and outbuildings. The
house was situated between the upper and
lower village, and the same was formerly oc
cupied by W. W. Rice, Esq. Lossabout$3,
500. Partially insured.
The report of the City Marshal of Lewis
ton shows that for the year ending March,
the police of that city made 203 complaints
against violators of the laws, which resulted
in conviction as follows : search and seizure,
48; common seller and single sale of liqnor,
13; assault and battery, 31; drunk and dis
turbing the peace, 28 ; larceny. 27, &c.
The Times learns that Moses Owen of Bath,
is about publishing a second edition of his
“Fragments.” The volume will consist of
minor subjects, chiefly naturalistic, and will
be illustrated with fine wood cuts, making it a
book suitable for the library, or as a conipan- ,
ion for a summer’s ramble in the woods along
the purling stream.
.
Zion.s Herald says that an efTort is being
made by the friends of Rev. 1). B. Randall, to
raise §1000 to pay otf a mortgage on a place
he has purchased at Kent's Hill. He has
been in the ministry tor over forty years, re
ceiving as his first salary, seventeen dollars.
Dr. Foster of the Maine Medical School,
Portland, received quite severe and painful
burns on his hands, last Saturday, while pre
paring a phosphorus needle for experiment
ing in diamugnetism.
To-day will be the opening race at Sagada- ,
hoc Park, Topsham. l)r. C. \V. Allen and
Henry C. Coffin of Brunswick, have matched
their fine driving horses for §100 a side.
Yesterday was the fifty-first anniversary of
the introduction of Odd Fellowship into this
country.
RICHMOND PORTABLE RANGE
-AND- i
Hanging Dome Furnace!
_At WILLIAMSON A C KEEN WOOD’S.
STOVES AND FURNACES
At WILLIAMSON & GREENWOOD’S. '
M A N S I () N' HOUSE,
STATE STREET, : : AUGUSTA, ME.
> rPniS House is provided vrlfn Bath Rdotns,
► L where Hot and Cold Bath* can la* had at all
Mimes. It has also a First-Class Billiard Hall, for
| Guests only. Connected with the House is a Urge
f and commodious Sample Room, on Water 8treet,
f centrally located, where Sample Agents can show
i their goods, free of charge.
' The Proprietor, thankful for the liberal patronage
’ which the above House has enjoyed since its ©pen
; i ig, takes pleasure in informing his patron* that he 1
• will run Free Carriage* to and fYom the C»r, and
k B > its until further notice
, Connected with th«* above House is a I.ivery Sta
id-, whtre good teams can be had at reasonable
rates. W. M. TIIAVER, Proprietor. ,
O. P. Cochran*. Clerk.
HARNESSES # HARNESS GOODS
Of* every Description.
WE AUK STILL M AM FACT CUING ALL CLASSES OF HABSESSES,
Vnrylng; ill Price from $17.00 to $100.00 I
\Ir K do not keep any man’s celebrated Harness, but having had nineteen year’' experience in manu
f f fa luring every variety of Harness t .ood - and the greater portiou of that time for the people of
Augusta and vicinity, we will let tin- quality and worth of uni goods* rest upon their own merit. w|
As* we keep a larger number ot workmen ami consequently a larger stock and greater variety of
manufactured work than anv firm in our line in this city, we invite all in want of fetich goods to cull 1
before purchasing, bearing in mind that we keep no Harnesses manufactured by other dims for whole
sale trade but m mufucturc all our goods and warrant them to give satisfaction.
COLLER & GARDINER,
(Opposite Cony Iloust.) 143 Water Street, Augusta.
THUBirB:® . .
Don’t pay two profits on your Trunks, but buy at the only place in Augusta where they arc manufactured
AT COLLER & GARDINER’S
Augusta Trunlt Factory !
Sign of tlio “ 33IGr TIITJWK.”
We manufacture all our Trunk6, and ns our retail trade in Auciista and neighboring towns is very
large we make them specially for th t trade and warrant them They are no sd**p work, not-crackeff,
and have good look- We letter with initi 1- and d» liver in the city without extra c harge. We also
manufacture VALISES and t ARFETTtAG^ of » otv -tyle. and keep ,-nn-tmtly on hand the largest
and beet stock of Ladles' and Gent’s TRAVELLING HAGS, SHAWL STRAPS^ &C-, in the city, and
sell them at SPECIE PRICES. Rcmeinl*§r the place,
Sign of the “Big Trunk,” • 143 Water Street.
Opposite Cony Routt. f22apr-tf lOI.t.V.H X C.1RDI.VEH.
BOS W O ETT H
II.4VI\« KCCIOVCD TO
(2 Doors south of Bridge street,) which lias been expressly fitted up for his business, where
will be found a VERY LARGE STOCK of
SPRING WOOLLENS!
Or tlie Isatest Fashions,
WHICH WILL BE CUT AND MADE UP TO ORDER IN THE
Very Latest Stylo.
ALSO, WILL BE FOUND
A LARCE STOCK OF
Ready Made Clothing,
-AND
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
It. T. BOSWORTII.
Augusta. Mar. 7th, 1870. t7inar-tf
WILLIAM H. WOODBURY,
(.Successor to E. D. Norcross,,'
- DEALEll IN —
Hot Air Furnaces, Stoves & Ranges,
For Wood or Coni,
Tin, Pressed, and Japanned
wares :
and KHL'IIEN OOODS generally.
TIN ROOFING^ & JOBBING
OF ALL KINDS
Promptly utlpiidrd fo
Qjtr Special attention given to litt
Hot A.lr Furnaces 2
A few Doors south of the Railroad Bridget
Water Sired. Augusta.
tl2>nar«Stw-ly
i ii j:
Mutual Benefit
LIFE COMPANY
Of Ilartrord, Conn.
r I MI IS company was incorporated at the last pcs
JL sion of the Connecticut Legislature, with a
guarantee capital of $200,000, and ofiers the only
mutual system of Life Insurance.
Single Membership Fee, $ 0.00
Membership for Man and Wife, 18.00
This in a full division insures your life for Five
Thousand Dollaks.
This is the cheapest and most reliable plan of
Life Insurance that can be adopted.
SIDNEY A ENSIGN, \VM. II GILBERT,
President. Secretary.
niLLMAN SMITH, Agent fop Kennebec A Somerset
Counties,
tOapr&linl*»* Al'GUSTA, No. 8 Union Block.
Knickerbocker
Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK.
ERASTUS LYMAN, . . - PitESIDKNT
FIMIIS is one of the oldest, most reliable, and best
X dividend paying companies in the country.
ASSETS OVER $7,200,000 ! •
Liberal orrangemente will be made with Agents,
aid they are wunted in all parts of the State.
.Apply at AUGUSTA, ME.,
130 Wutcr Street, (up-atalra) to
CHARLES WHITE,
Manager for Maine and New Hampshire.
March 22,1870. hHwar-tf
Continental Life Insurance Co.’y,
OF KUW lOliK.
OFFICES.
Continental Building, Nob. *22, 24 and 26, Nassau
Street, New York.
OFFICERS.
Justus Lawrence, President; J. P. Ropers, Sec’y.
New England Branch—“Boston Post” Building.
Devonshire street, corner Water, Boston, Mass.
Barnard Bros., Managers.
The mo ft ntccetsful Company ever organized.
No. of Policies issued in 1869, 8,776
Amount insured in 186W, $21,246,000
Annual Premiums in I860, 2 377.000
Assets ol the Company, Dec. 31st. 1869, 3.300,102 so
Profits of the Company annually divided. Ail
Policies nonforfeiting. Thirty days of grace al
lowed in payment of prcminms and the Policy held
good during the time. No permits required for
travel.
Purely Nlutvinl !
Dividends to Capital Stock being limited to seven
percent, (legal interest). Policies granted upon all
of the most approved plans.
AGENTS WANTED,
with whom liberal arrangements will be made. .
G. A. KOBEBTSOIH,
tlmar tf General Agent, Augusta, Me.
i GENTS WHO SELL OUR NEW WORK.
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COMMON SENSE.”
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published like it. Everybody wants it. Anybody
‘“MANY1 AGENTS ARE NOW MAKING *100 A
WEEK. „
The work embraces 912 pages. 200 Illustrations.
Price only $3.23. If vou want to make money and
do good, send for our 24-page circular, select your
tend to i v and go to work at once.
Full table of contents of this wonderful work sent
free on application. Address,
WELLS A COFFIN 432 Broome St., N. Y.
Or B. R. STURGES, 7 Scolluys Building, Boston,
Mass. uiar2t>-teodlm&w
MOSES M. SWAN,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
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American nnd Swiss Watches,
in wold nnd silver case, including the celebrated
National nr Elgin Watch. Waltham. Trcthont. Bor
quin. Bonnett. Pardenux, Jacot, Ac., in both La
flies’ and gentlemen’s sizes.
i-'ino Gold J cwolry,
Solid Gold Leon it on
Vest and Neck Chains,
STERLING & COIN SILVER GOODS,
FINE PLATED WAKE.
SPECTACLES AND EYE BLASSES,
of the most approved kinds.
(LOCKS OF ALL KINDS9
including the celebrated ITHACA CALENDAR
all of which will be sold at the
Lowest Prices, nnd Warranted.
Particular attention given to repairing all kinds nt
Fine Watcher. Chronometer Balaneeis applied and
adjusted to temperature and position. fljan7u-tf
TO PRINTERS !
GOOD COMPOSITORS WANTED IMMEDI
ATELY. to whom permanent employment and good
wages w ill be given.
Apply to
ALFRED MIDGE d SOX,
April'21-lwt 3ft School Street, Bouton.
Paper Hangings!
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
Stampid and Machine Gold. Satin, While
Blanks, Buff and Brou n
PAPER HANGINGS, BORDERS,
Pnper A I.lnpn Curtains,
Of the very latent style* nnd in great variety, Just
received*, which we offt-r at
Low Prices for Cash !
Beale &, Farnham,
203 Water Street.
Augusta. Mar. 10, lh7u. iim«r-ow
roll boston :
Spring Arrangement!
T1IK STEAMER
EASTERN QUEEN,
’llrILL commence her regular trip* from the
\y Kennebec. Monday, April 11. 1«70, and jvill,
until further notice, run* aft lollows :
Leaving Gardiner every Monday and Thursday
at 3 o’clock, Richmond at 4, and Buih at 0 I*. M.
TITE STEAMER CLARION,
IVill leave Augu.-tn at 12 M . Ilallowcll at 1 45 P.
M . connecting with the above boat at Gardiner.
For further particulars inquire of Longfellow &
Sanborn. Augusta; II Fuller A Son. H.nllowell;
T B Grant, Gardiner; J T. Kobinaou, Rn hutond,
J. E. Broun. Bath.
Gardiner, April 11, 1&70. ♦lOapr
Remnants! Remnants.
JUST RECEIVED BY
Barton & Russell,
A NOTH Eli LOT
OF THOSE REMNANTS, OF
BROWN COTTONS!
In the following widths :
3-4, 4-4, 9-8, 9-4, 10-4.
The above Good* are the production of the
well-known
Androscoggin Mills*,
And will be aold
From 3 to 12\ Cts. per yd.
UNDER PRICE.
Barton & Russell.
August., Mar. 11, 1S70. tltimnr-lf
Roofing.
ALL ORDERS FOR TIIF.
Patent Composition Roofing,
will be promptly attended to.
Roof* covered with the best of stock, in the most
durable manner and warranted.
Paints & Oils.
PRICES REDUCED,
From Five to Ten Per Cent.
Also, just received, a full stock of the celebrated
“HUSSEY PLOW!”
Now selling at wholesale prices.
AMOS WILDER.
123 WATER STREET,
Augusta. Maine.
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WEED FAMILY FAVORITE
SEWING MACHINE.
WARRANTED THE BEST IN THE WORLD, j
Straight Needle Shuttle, Stitch alike on both side* ;
uses hall as much thread as a single thread ma
chine More of them sold than all other machine*
in Hub market; never fail to give perfect satisfac
tion : every one warrrnted for five years. Call on
Jones, who will cheerfully show the working of the
Machine; nbo will show more awards of State,
County and Mechanics* Fairs, and more Certificate*
from Individuals and Corporations than would fill
the w eekly Journal. }
tlOmar-tf JONES has them for *ale.
Allen, Small & Co., 1
KiClimSTS,
And Mimui'ac^lurcrs ot
Strum Engine, Circular Saw Mill,, Clap* ,
board Planer,, Shafting, Pulleys,
Mill Work, and all kind, of
JOBBING
Usually doue in a first-class Machine Shop. Also
Improved Excelsior Machines,
which cut* two Bolts at a time as readily »s one 1
BOARD PLAIER8 constantly on hand.
No. 1 Journal Block. • - Water Street, !
Cm AUGUSTA, ME. 5j»n70
Female Compositor Wanted!
Apply at the Journal Officii. fsapr-tf