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Jlailj; J'trnnrlirr Journal.
AUGUSTA.
TUBSDA* MORNING, Aug. 0, 1870.
republican nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Sidney Perham,
OF PARIS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS, ,
1st District—.JOHN LYNCH.
2d District—WILLIAM I’, t R\ E.
3d-District—JAMBS ti. BLAINE.
4th District—JOHN A. BB1BRS.
5th District—EDOENE HALE.
For Senator*,
Oxford . . . THOMAS P. CLEAVES,
U” 1 OTIS HAYFOKD, Ju.
york . . . JOHN n. NEALLEY,
. ’ JOSEPH C. ROBERTS,
JOSEPH HOBSON.
For Sheriff,
Oxford, - LORENZO H. STACY •
York, - - • EDMUND WARREN.
For County Attorney,
Oxford, - - • ENOCH FOSTER, Jr.
York, - - • GEORGE C. YEATON.
For County Commissioner,
Oxford, - - • ALBION P. GORDON.
York, - - ALBERT 0. HUSSEY,
CORNELIUS 8WKETSER.
For Connty Treasurer,
Oxford, • • • FREDERIC E. SHAW.
For Clerk of Courts,
York, . AMOS L. ALLEN.
Republican County Convention.
The Republican voters of Kennebec county are
requested to Bend delegates to a Convention to be
held at
Oraalle Hall, Aagasta, Wednesday. August 10th,
at 11 o’clock A. M., lor the purpose of nomln&tinK
threw r ntUflpUft for Senators, oue County Commis
sioner, Comny Attorney, County Treasurer, Sheriff,
and to transact all other business that may proper
ly come before the Convention.
'The oasis of representation will be as follows:
Each city, flown and plantation will be entitled to j
one delegate and an additional delegate for every
seventy-dve votes cast lor Joshua L. Chamberlain
at the Gubernatorial election of lSliS. A fraction of
forty votes will be entitled to an additional dele
gate. •
The cities, towns and plantations arc cutitlud to
tnc following number of delcgntes:
Albion, 3 l’itt-ton, 5
Augusta, U Ueadtleld, 4
Belgrade, 4 Home, *
Benton, 3 Sidney, <
Chelsea, 2 Vassulboro', 8
Clinton, 4 Vienna, 3
China, 3 Waterville, 10
Farniingdale, 3 W„yne, 3
Fayette, 3 West tiardlncr 4
Cardiner, 10 Windsor, 3
llallo well, 6 Winslow, 4
Litchfield, 5 Winthrop, <>j
Manche ter, 3 Clint.lore,
Monmouth, 3 Unity Plantation 1 j
Jit. Vernon, 4
Total 132.
Wm IT. Ltnnv, Augusta, j
L. T. BoothBr, Waterville. I RepubUniu
J. L. SrouDAttiJ, UardiDcr, 1 Count,
Joseph T .WooiiWakii, Sidney, 1 Comnutt e.
Charles Jewett, Clinton ]
' Jlay <7,1870.
(Someriat County Republican Cone ntlon.
The Republican Voters of Somerset county are re
quested to send delegates to a Convention to lie
held at Coburn Hall, Skowhegsn, Thurs
day, August 19th, at 10 o'clock A. Ji , lor the I
purpose of nominating two candidates for Sena
. tors, County Attorney. County Treasurer, and one
Couuty Commissioner, and to transac t all other ,
business that may properly come before the ( on- j
vontion. The basis of representation will lie as j 1
follows, via: Each town and plantation will be rn- ; ]
titled to one deleg.de, and oue nddil ioiml delegate
for evert fifty votes cast for Joslina L. Chamber- 1
lain at the Gubernatorial election of 18U8. A IVnc
tion of thirty votes will be entitled to au additional <
delegate, _
James Weight. )
William Folsom ! Republican i
F. Blest, / County
James B.Dascomb, ] Commuter. 1
Kosatio K. Page, i ,
Lineoln County Republican Convention.* j
Ttie Republican voters of Lincoln County are
requested to send delegates to a Convention to be t
held at the .
COURT HOUSE, WISCASSET,
on Thursday, August 2’>th, 1870, at 10 o’clock A. M., *
for the purpose ot nominating candidates for Sen- ,
ator, Sheriff, County Attorney, Register of Probate,
Countv Commissioner, County Treasurer, and to ; 1
transact all other business that nuty properly i oine i
before the Couveution.
The basis of representation will be a» follows: :
Eaeb tow n and plantation will be entitled to one I
delegate, and an additional delegate for every Ally
votes cast for the Republican cand date at the Cub- j
ernatorial election of IS'lH. A majority fraction ,
will be entitled to an additional delegate.
AMIBKW Lacy, Wiscasset, j
James A. Hall, Damnriscotta, Republican'
SamuelL. Miller, Waldoboro’, > County j
SAMUEL J. Bush, Jeffersou, I Committee.
Horace Foss Err, Bristol, J
July 11. 1870.
Republican County Conventions.
Androscoggin, ut Auburn August 24.
Cumberland, at Portland August 17.
Penobscot, at Bangor August 18.
Piscataquis, at Dover August 24.
bagadaeoc, at Bath August 23.
Washington, at Dennysvilte August 24.
The Letter of Acceptance of Mr. Blaine, ■
in other columns, is a clear autl terse j
statement of what the republican party i
has done since President Grant was in-1
augurated towards the payment of the j
national debt and the relief of the country
from taxation. The comparison between
Grant's and Johnson's Administrations,
taken from the official figures, is one of I ■■
the most striking exhibits in favor of the i
former yet published, while the reference 1
to Buchanan's management and expendi
tures as compared with Grant’s is snffi- .
cent to spike every democratic gun on the (
subject of economy and retrenchment, j 1
Wo ask our readers, and particularly those .
in this congressional district to give this j ■
letter an attentive perusal. !
_ i
WAR SPLINTERS.
The belligerent* have labored stoutly
each to prove that the other is responsible
tor the war. The last effort is M. Gram
rnont's circular on disarmament, in which ;
he say»: “The conscience of Europe i
and history will say that Prussia sought
this war by inflicting upon France, pre
occupied with the development of her ,
political institutions, an outrage that no -
nation could accept without incurring
contempt." . |
Sweden finds it convenient to take a
neutral position. She is in so poor a con- I
ditton for war that neutrality suits her
case remarkably well.
There is no tidings of the Prince lmpe-1
rial » the l*st battle, no telegrams to bis
fond mother at Paris, no notice whether
he ran well on the retreat, or whether he
went a-foot or cm horseback. The Em
peror has probably been too busy smelling
Dutch cabbage to indite a telegram about
•Tittle Louis."
The needle-gun seems to get the better
of the Chassepot, In the recent fights
Edwin M. Stanton was of the opinion,
however, that there is more difference in
men than guns; that a poor gun iu the
hand* of a brave man is better than a
good one in the hand* of a coward.
S MAKER BLAINES LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.
Augusta, Me., Aug. 4, 1870.
Hoi*. Joai.rn Barer,
Cha irmnn Vistrut Contention :
Dr.A* Sir:—Various circuraMance* have
caused a delay in my formal acknowledgment
of your favor advising me of the fact that I
had again been nominated for Representative
from the Third Congressional District. I
desire through you to express to my political
friends the profound sense of obligation 1 feel
for thij renewed and emphatic expression of
their confidence. Appreciating as I do most
fully, the moral worth, the general intelli
gence and the high character of my constitu
ency. I confess that it is a source of grateful
pride that 1 have been enabled to retain so stead
fastly and for so long a period their goodwill,
their sympathy anil their support. In accept
ing the nomination with which 1 am thus again
honored I may be pardoned, I trust, for dwell
ing at some length on the issues involved in
the pending election, and the relative claims
i of the Republican and Democratic parties to
popular confidence.
It is seventeen months to-day since General
I Grant was inaugurated ns President of the
j United State*. When he was invested with
^ the Executive authority, the National Debt
I amounted to §2,o25,163.2G0. On the first
day of the present mouth the total debt was
82,363,324,476, showing a reduction itj the
Iperiod refcired to of the enormous sum of
| 8136,138,784—at the rate of considerably more
1 than one hundred millions per year. During
the seventeen months immediately preceding
Gen. Grant's accession to the Presidency,
when the Democratic party had control in the
councils of Andrew Johnson, the National
I Debt was increased more than thirty millions
, of dollars. I am writing with the official re
I ports of Secretary McCulloch and Secretary
Boutwcll before me, and the accuracy of these
figu res cannot be successfully questioned.
But suggestive as these results are, the
whole truth is not y»t told—for it must be re
membered that the enormous reduction of the
National Debt under the administration of
Gen. Grant has been achieved with diminished
sources of taxation as compared with those in
existence when the debt was so largely in
creased under Andrew Johnson. This fact
demonstrates very conclusively two very im
portant points, viz : first, that the revenue has
been collected with far more scrupulous hon
esty and exactness under President G-ant's
Republican administration than it was under
President Johnson's Democratic administra
tion—and second, that the public money has
been disbursed with far greater economy and
care under the one than it was under the other.
Contrasting the two periods of equal length,
the one under Democratic influence the other
under Republican influence, and the difference i
to the National treasury in favor of the latter j
exceeds one hundred and eighth-six millions
of dollars, just about eleven millions per
month—well nigh four hundred'thousand dol
lars per day. And this.diflerence is exhibited,
be it remembered, when the Democratic party
did not have full sway in the government.— '
They had control of the President, but were
under the continual and wholesome restraint
of a Republican Congress. What the Demo
cratic party would do, if clothed with entire
power in all the departments of the govern
ment, will we trust be left for a long period to
die imagination of men, without giving us the
jitter fruits of its practical realization. What
[uruis of repudiation of the National faith
would he resorted to may be inferred from !
the declarations of their conventions and the
speeches of many of their leading men. One
of the ntost Insidious and dangerous and prob
able modes of destroying the National credit
under Democratic rule would be the pay
ment or attempted payment from the National
treasury of all Southern claimants for losses
inflicted by the war. This is not an inference
—for it is boldly avowed by leading Demo
crats in both branches of Congress. In April
last, (luring the pendency of a bill in the Sen
ate introduced by Mr. llowe of Wisconsin, to
pay “loyal citizens for quarter master and
commissary stores taken during the rebellion.”
a Democratic senator, Mr. McCreery, moved
to strike out the word “loyal,” and supported
his motion by an earnest speech. On the 21st
of May, Mr. Knott of Kentucky, an able. !
frank and fearless gentleman, one of the lead- j
ers on the Democratic side ef the House,
speaking on this question used the following
lauL’iiaae:
“ Hut, sir, this is uot ail, nor half. 1 have been !
epcnkir.g of only to much of our debt as we have |
given our notes lor. Besides this weow e, at tilt* very
lowest calculation, .uoo.isiu.ooo; not to liie blouled
bondholder, ol wlioiu we have heard so much, but
to a class of our people to w bum of all others we tire
under the most sacred obligation to pay. We owe it
to tlie poor, w hose horses and eattle and sheep and
hogs and corn and w heat, and everything else,were
taken Prom them to sustaiu your armies in tile field.”
If the Union army had the right to make
war for the maintenance of the government,
it had the righ t to ‘ ‘forage on the enemy but
the Democratic proposition now is, that every
rebel in the South shall be paid for what lie
lost during the war, and wc have a leading
Democrat’s authority for saying that the
amount required will be three thousand mil■
lions of dollars .'!
While maintaining the integrity of the Na
tional debt, against all forms of repudiation
and all classes of repudiutors, the Republican
party do not believe in keeping up a high rate
of taxation for the purpose of paying it off with
undue rapidity. The rate at which the debt
has been paid since the inauguration of Presi
dent Grant, would leave none of the burden
upon the next generation. Aside fiom the in
justice of laying the whole pecuniary cost of
maintaining the Union upon the generation
that were called upon to make the exclusive
sacrifice of blood and of life, it would be a
misfortune if the succeeding generations
should not be reminded in some palpable form
of the price of Liberty and of Union. Ilad
the Internal Revenue Laws, as they existed
at the close of the war remained in force till
the present time there can be little doubt that
the aggregate annual product would have ex
ceeded five hundred millions—and this in ad
dition to the two hundred millions i^ gold
derivtd from the duties on imports. At this
rute the entire debt would have been extin
| guislied during the Presidency of Gen. Grant.
But in the judgment of the Republican party
this would have been intolerably oppressive
to the present generation, anil hence at every
cessiou ol Congress since the suppression of
the Rebellion taxation has been reduced by
the tens of millions. At the session just closed
eighty millions of taxes were removed, twenty
millions from the tariff on imports, and sixty
millions of internal taxes. The duties on tea,
coffee and sugar, have been largely reduced,
the free list greatly extended and the Internal
Taxes swept awfty so clean that of the enor
mous list imposed by the necessities of the
walrotily the following remain, viz :
T«x on spirituous, vinous and malt liquors.
Tax ou tobacco and cigars.
Tax on Incomes.
Tax on Rational Banks.
Tax on gas.
Stamp tax.
It will puzzlu the most imaginative of dem
ocratic orators to find in this condensed list
' of taxes any oppression upon tile people, and
we think it would puzzle tile wisest financier
to devise any easier inode ofraising one hun
dred and twenty-five millions of dollars than
is presented in the sources of revunue em
braced in this brief schedule.
But while the Republican policy is against
keeping up a high rate of taxation for the pur
pose of rapidly paying off our bonds, it is not
i proposed to maintain our whole volume of
i indebtedness at its present rate of interest,
i With tlie boundless resources of our country
ami with our continually appreciating credit,
it is believed to be an easy task to fund our en
tire debt at four to four and a hnlf per cent
interest—and Congress has just enacted a law
having that object in view. The total amount
of our bonded debt will soon he reduced to
about two thousand millions of dollars. Of
this amount well nigh one fourth is already
employed in our system of National Ranking
and by a law passed at the late session Rank
ing is made free on the gold Oasis, to all wife
may wisli to engage in it. It is therefore quite
apparent that as we approach the specie stan
dard and the business demands of the country
require a greater volume of currency, the ten
dency must be to absorb a still larger and
larger amount of Government Ronds as the
basis and security of the circulating medium.
Just where this absorbtion of Bonds will cease !
no one can now predict—but within a very
brief period, more titan half of our total
Bonded debt will be used as the basis of our
National currency. With these bonds bear
ing four per cent, interest and the Banks pay
ing back into the Treasury in various forms
of taxation at least one per cent, if not more,
on theiraggregate capital, we shall speedily see
a Inrue proportion of our debt funded in a j
form that will practically demand but throe j
per cent annual interest from our Natiohal
Treasury. It is therefore quite apparent that
the National Debt which the Democratic party
lias been so ready to dishonor and repudiate j
w ill, under the w ise and faithful policy main
tained by the Republican party, be soon j
placed where it will no longer he recognized
as a burden to the individual tax payer or an
obstruction to the development of our nation
al resources and industries.
Meanwhile the annual expenditures of the '
government under the Admlnstration ’
of Gen. Grant are reduced to the lowest prac
ticable point. There are two large amounts of
expenditure over which Adminstrative dis
cretion can have no control. The one is the
interest on the National Debt—the other is
the sum paid as Pensions to the scarred and
disabled veterans of our late war. These obli- .
gallons must be met with promptness and cheer- i
fulness unless we are prepared on the one ■
hand to repudiate our obligations to the men ■
who risked their lives and lost their health in j
defense of the government, or unless we arc j
ready on the other hand to treat the public j
creditors with downright dishonesty and inflict
lasting disgrace on the name of our country.
Excluding these two items therefore as ini- |
perativc and not within the discretion of the
executive or legislative branch of the gov
ernment, and we find the following ns the
sum total of our expenditures for the current
fiscal year.
Military Academy, - • #:il4.8<!9.20
Deficiencies, - * - n.419.094 40
Diplomatic aud Consular Service, 1,041.847 (XI
Works of Defence, • - 1,311,500.00
Kivers an.. Harbors, - - 3,945,900.00
l'ost-offlce Department, beyond the
amount received from postages, 5,000,000.00
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
expenses, ... 19.ti49.258.40
Sundry Civil expenses, 13,487,034.70
Armv .... 20,821,307 22
Navy .... 19,250,20029
Indian Department • • 0,323.505 02
* 10,5 315.420.20
The last Democratic administration that
w as in full power ifi this country under Presi
dent Buchanan spent for the objects em
braced in this schedule something over
seventy millions per annum in gold—an cquiv
alent in paper to-uay ot ciglity-nve nmuons
of dollars. The population of the country
was then less than thirty millions. It is mav
forty millions, so that President Grant would
be entitled by the ratio which has always
governed expenditure in this country, to spend
a third more in the administration of the
Government than was required under
Buchanan, and that would bring the sum
total to one hundred and fousteen millions of
dollars when in reality it is but one hundred
and five millions. And the details of ex
penditure in the two periods will show im
mensely in favor of President Grant's econo
my. Under President Buchanan the army
consisted of nineteen regiments, and yet its
maintenance co«t for the four years of the
administration an average of over twenty
one millions each year—more than a million
dollars per anum in gold or about thirteen
hundred thousand dollars in the paper money |
of to-day for each regimant. The army at
present consists of forty regiments and yet j
its whole maintenance for the year costs but
twenty-nine millions of dollars, a trifle over
seven hundred thousand dollars in paper
money to each regiment.
I have selected the Army merely because
comparison in that branch of the public ser
vice is easy and the result palpable. Tbe
same statement is true in all the other depart
ments of the government, and if the limits I
have ussigned to this letter permitted it, l
could readily demonstrate that under rvpub
ean adminstration the national expenditure
lias been far more carefully guarded and rig- 1
ed economy far more carefully consulted
than under preceding democratic administra
lions. The amounts expended have necessn- 1
rily been very large and the temptation to ex
travagance thus greatly enhanced, and hence j
the adherence to severe economy and strict
accountability is all the more praiseworthy 1
and honorabla.
In all the heading measures of the 41st
Congress for lightening tbe burdens of the peo
ple, the Democratic party as represented in
tile Senate and House, were found stubbornly
resisting. They voted in almost solid pita- ;
lanx against the bill whereby the tax on tea,
coffee and sugar was reduced, whereby a large ,
free list was added to the Tariff, and whereby
sixty millions of Internal taxes were entirely
removed. They voted with equal unanimity
against the hill which proposes to fund the
public debt at four per cent, interest, and
thus immen sely decrease the annual elisrgc
upon the people. With very few exceptions
they voted agaiiUt die bill which gives to the
South and West something nearer to a flair
proportion of national hanking capital and
w hich on the specie basis makes the banking
system free to all who wish to engage in it as
by right and justice it should be. It is not
fair to assign motives to men, and hence I do
not attempt it. I content myself with calling
attention to the fact that tiie Democratic
party as represented in Congress, stands re
corded as voting against all these measures
of relief, amelioration and justice.
The Republican party is in the tenth year
of its power in the Nation. When Abraham
Lincoln was inaugurated ns President in
March. 1861, the treason of leading Demo
crats had well nigh destroyed the Govern
ment. Howell Cobb had blasted our credit
and left a bankrupt Treasury. John I?. Floyd
hud so demoralized and scattered the army
that the strongest fortresses fell into the
hands of rebels and traitors. Isaac Toucey
had despatched our war vessels on distant er
rands, not leaving guns enough in our harbors
or marines enough in our southern Navy
Yards to hold them against the enemy.
The result therefore of Democratic rule was
national credit ruined, Army and Navy pow
erless for defence, treason rampant and de
fiant, and the country on the eve of fatal and
final dismemberment. At the critical moment
the Republicans came into power, and how
they have governed the nation, history will
tell. The most gigantic of rebellions has
been crushed; the great evil of slavery has
been extirpated; the national credit lias been
revived, and the national faith maintained;
great public works have been prosecuted to
completion; the continent has been spanned
with telegraphic wires; the two oceans have
been connected with iron bonds; our entire
domain is organized with civil government;
new States of wealth and power have been ad
ded to the Union, and old States, purified as
by fire from the taint ot treason, have been re
constructed and once more clothed with their
appropriate powers. And all these results
have been achieved not only without the aid
but against the efforts of the Democratic- party.
A political organization of such respectable
antecedents as the Federal party was utterly
destroyed by the suspicion that in the hour ot
war its sympathies were not actively on the
side of tlie country. How milch more deserving
of reproach and condemnation is the Demo
cratic party which through its southern wing ac
tually made war upon the Government, while
the northern wing was divided between active
sympathy with the rebels and tardy support
of the National Authorities. It is not wise. 1
know, to keep alive animosities or inflame re
sentments, and I do not recall these painful
facts witli any such desire, or any such pur
pose. But I am persuaded that great evils
would result to this country by restoring to
power the men who attempted to destroy it
and I believe it is an imperative and patriotic
duty to keep the people aroused to the necess-1
ity of averting even the possibility of such a
disaster.
Very truly yours,
J. G. Blaise.
The Prussians have won another impor-i
tant battle anil are pushing the French'
back into their-own territory. The eon-1
test lias now begun in earnest, ami must
continue with energy until a decisive vic
tory is obtained by one or the other com
batants. Another battle cannot, in all
probability be long delayed. The victori
ous Prussians are moving forward, while I
the French appear to be concentrating at
Metz or its vicinity for the purpose of
making a stand. Napoleon is trembling
for the safety of Paris, which is being i
strengthened by troops and new fortifica
tions.
Domestic Nctos.
Thk Court. (Monday, August 8th.)
State rs. liobert Dingley. This was an in
dictment for a felonious assault upon John I).
Bailey, a policeman at Hallowell, with a dan
gerous weapon, with intent to kill. The
county attorney entered a nol pros, as to the
felonious intent, and the defendant then plead
guilty. F. II. Jackson for the defendant.
State rs. Andrew C. Butler of Winthrop.
This was for a similar offence and was dis
posed of in the same way. The defendant
paid a fine of $20. Bean for deft.
Pat. Mahew of Gardiner was tried upon
two complaints, for the sale of intoxicating
liquor on one of which he was convicted, and
on the other the jury disagreed. These
cases were brought by appeal from the police
court of Gardiner. S. Clay for defendant.
Jesse S. lfobinson of Monmouth was tried !
on a complaint brought up by appeal from the j
Municipal Court, Augusta, for no assault and
battery upon M. M. Nichols in April last_
The jury took the case at six o’clock, and the
court adjourned. E. F. Pillsburv for delt.
Hannah E. Emerson of Farm ngdale ob
tained a decree of divorce from her husband,
Charles Emerson, and for the custody ot their
minor child. Cause, desertion and neglect to
support. L. Clay for libellant.
Thr Trot at Orono.
The Whig says that at the Webster ParkJ
Saturday, John Shaw's g. g. Beauregard won
the 2 ;40 purse in three straight heats ; C. F.
Jordan's b. s. Green Mountain Boy taking
the second money. Time, 2 :40J. 2 :444, 2 :50. j
Cushnoc, having met with an accident on the :
first heat, was distanced and In the third heat, j
Gray Target, driven by G. M. Delaney and
Artemus Ward, driven by Al. Hunt, came in j
collision, in which the former horse was'
thrown, and both were distanced. Albert
Plummer’s hlk. g. Stillwater Boy won the
first money in the special purse, and Isaac
Spencer's g. g. Gray General the second.
Time, 2544, 2:58, 2:57. There was a large
attendance.
The Water villa Mail says Mr. Ilolwav has
recovered the horse and wagon stolen from
him by pne Win. H. Tuppcr last week, as
mentioned in the papers. Mr. II. traced the !
thief to St. Johns, N. B., where he secured
the team, but did not find the goods stolen at
Canaan. The thief could not be legally
taken.
Gardiner Items.
A Republican caucus for election of dele
gates to the County Convention was held at
Gardiner laat evening. Hon. Joshua Gray
was unanimously nominated for Senator,
l or County Attorney, W. P. W hitelmuse of
August:!* was nominated by a vote of 7J
against 47 for Whitmore. The following are
the names of delegates : D C. Palmer, AJden
Baker, James Nash, John Berry, ljan’l Gray,
John Godding, John Lawrence, II. 11. Len
nan, Daniel I.arrabee. David Dennis.
The Sunrise is much pleased to know that
Messrs. Blanchard & Hattford have made for
the l’rcsquc Isle market a kiln of bricks equal
! to any to be had any where in Maine. There
have have been serious doubts in regard to
tl>e clay in that vicinity living of a quality
suitable for good building bricks.
Mes-rs. Leavitt & Weston have opened a
slate quarry near Buck’s Cove, fsebec Lake,
and a large crew are now employed. The
slate is said to be of a very fine quality, and
inexhaustible.
IMPORTANT FACTS!
For the Public.
NEW EASTERN DEPOT
tort THE WORLD RENOWNED
sirsr G-EFt
SEWING MACHINES.
Opposite the Post Office,
AUGUSTA, - - MAINE.
These Machines, by their simplcity, durability,
and the great range ot' work they execute,
have gained"a refutation truly
enviable.
The famous success of the Singer Manufactur
ing Company has stimulated many other com
panies to put forth all their energies and talent* to
produce a sewing machine that would eclipse or
equal the singer, but in every ca.-e they have -ig
nailv tailed, as is plainly shown by the tact, that of
all the travelling agents—••runners* or drummers” |
—of other companies, none have the a-.-uranee to
claim more than an equality with the Singer, even j
upon anv special class ot work.
There are many sewing machines, now offered to !
the public, that have their good points, and are ot
null'll assistance to the ho\i-ew ife and the industri
ous seamstress. Parties purchasing a sew mg ma
chine of any sort, And the improvement on the old
fashioned way of sewing by band so great and
pleasing, that’thev are naturally, but erroneously,1
led to believe that"they have the best. until the spell
is broken by the introduction of the Singer of IsTU
into a neighbor’s family, wlm b is sure, by the in
creased rapidity and ease with which it does every
kind of plain or fancy sewing, to aw aken them t<* a
positive, although it maybe silent acknowledge
ment. of the painful truth that there are very many
varieties ot work that arc easily executed upon the
singer, but that they must either be content tody,
w ithout, or exchange, at a heavy i*ecunii;ry sacri
fice, their curved-needled. frail-powered, unrelta
ble-tciisiuiied. low-speeded or ravel-stitched ma
chine for a Singer A cm* J-innity Machine.
Various expedients are resorted to. that the pub
lic eye may be turned from the binger tor the pur
pose of introducing interior machine*—viz. “The
ltutftnn-fl<de Bodge,” “The Over-beaming." “The '
1 >011 hie-Lock-Knot--Stitch." “Llastic Mitch."• Twist
ed Loop," if-Adjusting Ten-ions,” " High Finish
and Beautifully Ornrmcntcd,” “btruglit Needle,”.
‘ Mit< li-Alike-on-both-bide- ” “Medal* from Fairs,” I
4 Vertical Feed Bars’” “Noiseless Running,” “bi :
lent Feed.” and last and worst of all the low-priced j
— Familv shuttle Machines.”
Many of these points are desirable, (and the
biuger exeells all in each Individual speciality) but 1
the greate-t use made of these special points, is by
the retail agent w ho parades them before the inex
perienced purchaser with such tluent and earnest
stvle, as to entirely divert attention from the really
important bearing- of the case. While other inno
cent local agents ignorantly represent that the ma
chine sold by them is capable of doing every vane-'
tv of work. Cijual to the Singer, and often do they
thus unconsciously -windle customers who cannot
to squander their sub lance upon gilded
lollies ar.tl worthies - rattle-train*.
l’aities in ffhc.-t of a bew ing Machine should look
about them and.learn what machiue is most exten
sively u-ed in t imilies, t dlor shop-*, sh<x* l.o tories,
and carriage factories. It is tin acknoicledyetl fu t.
ireely admitted by all sewing machine detuers,that
more than t n't e-thirds of all the clothing worn in thin
country by both seres f whether cue tom matte or rt*uly ■
made, is actually manufactured upon TllE SINGER
Sewing Machine.
These Machines are manufactured by one of the
oldest, strongest, and most enterprising Compan
ies that has ever been engaged in the business in
the world. Throughout their immense manufac
tories, which are kept in constant opera*ton “day
and night," none but highly skilled mechanics are
employed. Newly improved machinery is em
ployed turning out each part finished to that me
chanical exactness, that every one is a perfect du
plicate of the other in size, weight and finish. All
new inventions are carefully examined and tested,
and if approved, are adopted, regardless of ex
pense. while the many impractical humbug- that
are patented, are left to grace some new wonder
and learn the purchaser When too late, that he has
“paid too dear for bis whistle.” It should be re
membered that the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany has never made a poor Machiue—from the
very first twenty-odd years ago. They never buy
editorial notices, or expend funds In “log-rolling”
at Fairs t<> gain medal* or premiums.
They simply make their Machines as valuable as
inonev and science can perfect them—place them
in their Saleh Rooms, and leave the public to find
out their virtues in then* own way. By this straight
forw ard course they are now manufacturing about
four hundred per day, and at that rate, even, are
unable to supply the demand.
WIUT IS TI1F. NEW FAMILY SINGER OP 1870 7 |
It l* the concentrated result of twenty years ex-;
perience in building Sewing Machines.
It use* very *lmrt straight needles.
It makes the Shuttle or Lock-Stiu h alike upon
both side* of the work.
It is very light running ami has a silent focd.
It is very easily kept clean, and is always iu
order.
it is less difficult to understand and learn to
operate than any other.
It ha* the mo»t simple and easily adjusted ten
sion ever invented,
it is le.*s liable to rust than any other.
It is so constructed that dutt cannot enter it or
oil drop trom it.
It work* equally well upon the finest Lace or
heaviest Beaver Cloths.
It will hem ruffling* of dress goods over seams
without any preparation. !
It is very high-speeded, and requires very little |
power to keep in motion.
It will out-wear any other Family .Machine ever l
,U<It will Hem, Braid. Fell, Cord, Tack, Ruffle, Em
broider, Bind, Trim, Ac.
it co.-ts $00 delivered at your house, set to run
ning and warranted.
Covers, Folding Tops, Cabinets, according to fin
ish. $05 to $230.
The prices named above, are the cash prices at
the jLuiuia' t"i v, but knowing that the various cir
cumstances ol all will not admit of the rigid C. O.
D. principle, it has been decided to divide the
amount into mpnthl y or in some cases weekly pay
ments, in such a manner as will best suit the con
venience of the purchaser.
This is done purely for the accommodation of the
natron, as no extra charge Is made from the regu
lar cash prices. ,
No charge for instructions in operating the Sing- |
cr’s upon any class of work.
Remember the Place—Opposite the Post Office,
ut the Fancy Goods and Picture Frame Store ot S.
1*. PLUMMER, Water Street Augusta.
N. B —Superior quality of Twist, Threads, Nee
dle*. Oil, aud all ««rU ol Sewing Machine Finding* i
for sale at fcfunufaoturer'H prices.
Please call and examine.
OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE,
Augusta. Maine. l)AW2meod— June 15
Cjri-eat Baronin* at
WELLS’ %
FURNITURE ROOMS,
Water Street, Augusta,.Me.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OK NEW AND SEC
OND i! AND
Which will l>e sold ut very low rates for CAS1I.
We also keep the best stoek of
Walnut Caskets and Coffins,
And COMMON COFFINS of all kinds, and the best
trimmings, with Plates engraved to order, and have
lately added an assortment ot
ROBES OF ALL KINDS,
All of which will be sold a* low as at any establish
ment iu the State.
C. R. A H. U. WELLS.
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COMPOSITORS WANTED.
■ pwo or three compositor, can have employment
JL ut tile li BWntgEO JolfKSAI. office at once,
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NEW WOODS! NEW WOODS!
WE Have Jl'ST received, and are jow opening,
One of the Largest anti Best Assorted
STOCKS of DRY GOODS!
Ever Opened in Augusta.
Splendid assortment of BLA CK SILKS,
of the best manufacture.
PLAIN, PLAID & STRIPE SILKS
IX GREAT VARIETY.
HUSH AND LYONS POPLINS in all Shades.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Organdie Muslins, Iron Bareges. Grenadines, Lencs, Pongees, Mohairs, Alpacas, French
and American Cambrics, and an endless variety of common DRESS GOODS.
White Goods, Woollens, Shawls, Toilet Quilts,
COTTON GOODS, & c.
OUR USUAL FULL LINE OF
Parasols, Sun tnibrellas, Fans, llosiery, (doves,
FANCY ARTICLES, SMALL WARES, &c„
All of which were bought for CASH, and will be sold at the lowest market rates.
Fowler, Hamlen &, Smith.
CAl’T. WILLIAM MITCIILLL.
ON and alter Wednesday, June 22d, the Steamer
Ella will leave Align.*!a at S oYolock A. M.,
every MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and HHDAY,
for Hallow ell, Gardiner, Kiehmomt, Bath, and
Portland.
Hetiuninpr. w ill leave Portland for Augusta, and
iutennetliate landings on the Kennehec. every
Tl h>l)AY THI K-DAA and SATl KDAY. at
7 A. M.
Fakes:
Augusta to Portland, $1.50
Hallow ell to ** 1.40
Gardiner to “ 1.25
Klehmond to “ 1.00
Bath to “ .2$
FROM AIGISTA to NEW YORK.
Passenger* by this route win be ticketed through
to New Aork by the Steamers IK.tNliiMA and
IHKIGO, which "leave Portland Tor New York every
Monday and Thursday. Baggage trucked in i'ort
Iand rree of expense. Fare from Augn-ta to New
York: Cabin, $6M; meals extra; Deck passage,
Tlie Ella connects also at Bath, each trip, w ith
the steamer Spray for Booth bay.
A'his boat will stop at any of the ice-houses on the
river on display hi a white’ flag ns it sign,.:
For lint tier particulars apple to
ttl-Junui» IS F. MORSE. Augurifc^gent.
FO it 13 o fs f o N :
Spring Arrangement
THE STEAMER
STAR Of the EAST,.
COMMENCED her regular trips tvnm the Ken
nebec, Till K.rDAY, May 15th, lsTU, anil will,
until further mil ice, run ae follows ;
Leaving Gardiner every Mcurtny and Thursday
at S o’clock, Kichmoud at 4, and Bath at (i 1' M.
THE STEAMER CLAHIOAi,
Will leave Augusta at 12 M., Hallowell at 1.45-P.
M., councctmg w uh the above boat at Gardiner.
For further particulars inquire of W. J.
Tuck, Augusta; H. Fulh r A Son, Hallowell;
T. B. Grant, Giudiner! J.T. Robinson, Richmond;
J. FI. Brown, Bath.
Gardiner, April 11,1870. __jl.'apr
Portland & Kennebec Railroad.
Summer Arrangement, 1870.
Passenger train leaves Augusta daily for Port
land and Boston at 5.43, 11 A. Mand 3.1ft P. M.,
und will be due in Bobton at 1.4ft. 8 and 10 P. M.
Ketuniing, leave Boston at 7..10 A. M.aud 12 M.
and Pui-Uund 7.10 A.M.. 12.4ft and 5.1A P. AL.and.
will bi* due in Augusta at 10 A. M..8.30 and 8 P M.
Augubta for Ynhhalbor«»\ Waterville, Kendall’s
Mills. SLow began. Dexter, Bangor. Ac., at 3 40 P.
M. Hemming, will be due in Augusta at lu.ftO A.
11.
Augusta for Hallowell and (iardiner (dummy
car) at 7.30. 11.30 A M.. 2 lft,« P M Returning,
w ill be due iu Augusta at 7, 8.4ft A. M., 1-30, 5.30 P.
Through freight trains leave Bo?tou daily at 4 P.
M . arriving in Augusta the following moruing at
8 4ft
A Refrigerator cur is run on the through freight
trains (both going and returning) carrying fruit,
meat, eggs, \egetables, Jte., in good order in the
wannest weather. , , 4
L. L. LINCOLN. Superintendent.
OIL CLOTH CARPETING !
AT
Williamson * CiretuinxMl*.
Crockery and Glass Ware,
FOR SALE BY
HAL,LAUD * CHASE.
Augusta, April 4.1870._>,a|ir't_
* Feather Dusters I
Fine Sponges,
Carriage and
Bathing do.,
AT
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
dptHallowell House
' iV?Vl SECOND STREET,
HALLOW ELL, : : MADE.
MR J B II1I.L would respectfully infoim Ida
likuilb and llu* public that he kul opened lire
above named house, and has fitted it up as
A First Class Hotel.
This house Is about two rods from Hie depot, and
is within a lew step- of the express office and the
* business street o! the citv.
In connection with the house there is a
| LI VEllY <D TRANSIENT Stable.
i This house will be opened to the public on the
Fourth oi July. Thankful lor the favors which ho
iia“ received nt his former place of business in Lew
listen, the subscriber guarantees to give complete
satisfaction to the travelling public.
J. B. HILL, Proprietor.
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STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS.
Mr. A. F. Morse
j lias just returned from Boston with a very large
j ««u<l desirable urrviliueiii oi
Stereoscopic Views,
: which will be sold nt Boston prices. He also makes
' and keeps constantly on hand
Views of Hallowell and Vicinity.
Any views which his customers may want whirl
are not in his election, will be ordered immediate
ly. He has a great variety of PICTURE FRAMES
j on hand.
All orders for framing done with neatness and
i de*pateh. Pictures of every style, made cheap.
! The Public are invited to call at his rooms on
Water St., corner Union St., Hallo well, and ex
amine his stock. ljuly-ttf
j ALL KDHS OF JOBBDG
AND
I Repairing Done at
! Ltpri-gm WiUiamMvu & Greenwood*®.
; 0. C, WHITEHOUSE & CO.,
— RHALEK8 15
I Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS!
And Carpetingrs,
VO. 17S3 WATJOl STREET,
AT'GVSTA, Mb.
O. C. Whttehoise, Daniel Wwtkhouse.
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Buy the Best!
EUREKA RANGE
For Wood or Coal!
For Economy, Durability, Beauty of Design
and Finish,
This ItASGF. HAS XO EQUAL!
Perfect In Every Respect,
It commend, itself to every one Is want of a
First Class. Cook Stove!
Sold In Augusta by
WILLIAM H. WOODBURY.
Also some of the
BEST WOOD AND COAL STOVES
In the Market, and u variety of
IIouse-Furnlshlng Goods !
A few Doors south of Railroad Bridge.
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