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AUGUSTA.
THUBBDAT MORKTNO. NOV. 17.1870.
Jeff Davis glorifies General Lee dead,
whom he fought living, for the purpose of
wearing Lee’s honors when he goes
wherethe other rebel has gone. Ilespeaks
one word for Lee and two for himself.
A cable telegram from London states
that the British Minister in f\ ashington
has been instructed to inform the L nitcd
States government that England is ready
*‘to go over the whole discussion of the
subject of the Alabama claims again.”
How condescending!
Minister Theilhard, of France, who was
appointed by Louis Napoleon to succeed
Faradol, has been informed by the Wash
ington authorities that he cannot be re
ceived in his diplomatic capacity,as he has
no appointment trom the present provis
ional government. M. Bertbemy will
therefore continue to represent France at
Washington.
The repudiation by Russia of the treaty
forced upon her by the allies in I860, is oc
casioning quite a stir in Europe. The im
pression that Prussia has entered into an
agreement with the Czar not to interfere
with him in the East tends to increase the
excitement, although were it not so Prus
sia could make but little opposition in her
present circumstances.
RUSSIA'S OPPORTUNITY.
In hit history of the Crimean war King
lake asserts that Russia took the wrong
time, in 1863, when all the other European
powers were at peace, and able to unite
against her, to push her designs against
the Ottoman Empire. “Policy,” says he,
“required that lor encroachments against
Turkey he should choose a time when Eu
rope, engaged in some other strife, might
be likely to acquiesce.” Russia lbuud to
her cost that she made a mistake then, nnd
learned to wait and watch for her oppor
tunity. Humbled by the result of the war
she consented to the treaty of I860, but
she has nerer given up her designs upon
Turkey, and has always cherishei^a deter
mination to break the bond and push
her plans oi aggrandizement at the first
favorable turn of fortune.
It is not therefore surprising to learn,
in the midst of the Franco-Prussian war,
that the Czar gives notice he will no
longer regard the treaty of Paris, de
manding a revision of the eleventh and
thirteenth articles, by which the Black
Sea is neutralized and Russian as well us
other vessels of war forbidden to enter it
except for very limited purposes. The
occasion which Russia patiently sought
has at length come. Now, if ever, is her
opportunity. A repetition of the alliance
of 1853 against the Czar is impossible.
France and Prussia, two of the parties to
that combination to sustain the Porte,
have each other by the throat in a struggle
that is tasking all the powers of both, and
preventing them from attending to any
business but their own. Austria is with
uot strength to spare, and too much interest
ed in the contest between the belligerents on
the west to risk a war with a powerful ad
versary on the east. There is therefore
no monarch but the British to join the
Sultan in opposing the encroachments of
Russia, and how far England may go in
resistance fis by no means apparent.
There are difficulties in the path that cause
her to hesitate. Russia is a powerful foe.
She will strain every sinew to carry her
point She knows that failure now is
failure forever iu all probability, and the
struggle will be intensified by this fact.
She is no doubt thoroughly prepared for
the enterprise, ready to dispute the pas
sage of the Dardanelles with her iron
clads, and pour troops in any desirable
numbers where they may be necessary to
the success of her plans. We have had
reports of enormous preparations, the
meaning of which was some time ago
suspected, and now made entirely clear
by the demand of Gortschakoff. A fight
with such an enemy will not he the holi
day affair which the Crimean expedition was
regarded to be when undertaken. England
has been fattening upon neutrality, and
will dislike to quit the game ot plun
dering her neighbors under this guise
She will not only lose the chance of pick
ing the pockets of France and Prussia, as
she has been quietly doing under solemn
declarations that she is keeping good
faith with both, hut she nmy bo exposed
to a trial ol tue Alabama game tijion licr
■elf; a chance for retaliation in kind on
that score would not come amiss to our
American tars. Thu knowledge of this
fact is probably the secret of the intelli
gence which comes over the cable that
she is willing to re-open the Alabama
question with our government, to discuss
it again in all its length and breadth, and
probably to settle it if she finds she must,
but not otherwise. In venturing upon a
war with Russia she raastliu risk ol being
overpowered by an enemy whom she vol
untarily seeks, and of meeting a just retri
bution for her sins against other nations;
which result she tears most is bettei
known in her secret councils than Is man
ifest in the open talk upon tlm streets oi
London and Liverpool, but the intimation
that she desires to settle is an omen tliai
she sees danger ahead. If she fails to op
pose Russia, the position in which slit
will stand as lacking in courage and forct
to make a manly fight will be humiliating
to every Englishman and a disgrace to tin
government. This is England's dilemma
let us see whether she is equal to the oc
cation or not. ller embarrassments an
an advautage to Russia, adding auothei
to the many convincing reasons whirl
lead to the belief that the hour of the Cza;
to strike has come, and that the evenb
goon to transpire iu and around the Biack
Sea may equal in interest those which
have already taken place in the vicinity of
the Rhine. _
POLITICAL.
The “Tribune” correspondent at \Y ashing
ton reiterate* the report* that Secretary
Fish and Postinaster-General Creswall will
soon withdraw from the Cabinet.
It is understood in Washington that Sena
tor Williams, of Oregon, will be appointed
Attorney General at the close of the Senato
rial term in March next, Mr. Akerman retir
ing on account of ill health.
It is said the following list comprises those
to whom the English mission has been tender
ed, viz: Senator Frelingliuysen, Senator
Morrill, of Maine, President White of Cor
nell University, Senators Trumbull, Howe,
Edmunds and Morton.
The canvass for the United States Senator
ship in Kansas is very lively. The legisla
ture is largely Republican, 105 to lt> on joint
ballot, so that the contest is confined to the
primary choice in the Republican party. 1 he
present Senator, Edmund G. Ross, is a can
didate. Sidney Clarke, the prsent member
of Congress from Kansas, is the most promi
nent candidate against him.
Alabama Republicans in Washington ac
count for the result of the election in that
State by the intimidation of colored voters by
Democi atic employers.
WAR SPLINTERS.
It stems that the division of the Prussian
army, which during the present war has been
most frequently complimented, is composed
entirely of Poles.
It is suggested in Paris to photograph let
ters, on a very reduced scale, and thus be able
to send several thousand communications by
one pigeon.
The inquiry ordered by Count Bismarck
into the loss caused by Napoleon I. to Prus
sia shows that between lbOd and 1808 alone,
in only a part of Prussia, damage was sus
tained to the amount of $245,000,000.
The story that the German army is losing
twenty-two hundred men per day by death
must be taken with many grains of allowance.
Such a rate of mortality, in the absence of
epidemic diseases, has no parallel in the his
tory of warfare.
M. Gambetta in a despatch to the French
representative here, says the note of Gorteh
akoff relative to the Paris treaty of 1850, in
dicates an understanding between Uussia and
Prussia, and he expresses opinion that Eng
land cannot remain passive in the presence of
such obvious designs.
The Duke of Saxc-Coburg in a letter to his
wife, from Versailles, referring to the envi
rons of Paris, says : “The whole district has
for seme years been dotted with parks and
chateaux, and has been very much beautified.
It is truly very ill-adapted for the seat of war.
We seated ourselves at a very picturesque
spot, and were absorbed in the view of the
great city, which lay in the evening sunlight
before us. All at once a 00-pounder from
Fort Montrouge, was directed at us, and
went whizzing over and beyond us into a
woody part. It was a sorry jest, and we were
going back to our horses, when again a large
ball flew over us, felling branches and trees,
so that the poor animals, which were standing
in the shade, w ere much frightened. A few
minutes afterwards a similar shot carried off
the head of a poor Bavarian, who was like
wise enjoying the prospect.
GENERAL NEWS.
Samuel Hall, a successful ship-builder of
East Boston, died Sunday.
The Boston Press held its annual reunion
and dinner at Young's Hotel Saturday night.
licv. Chas. Greenwood of Plymouth, N. H.,
is being tried at Concord before the Supreme
Court on a charge of arson.
The official journal at Constantinople says
that the Sublime Porte is now able to resist
any attack, that has he COO,000 men and 12
armored frigates.
“Ho for the Land of Flowers,” says the
Savanah Newrs. Exactly right, adds the At
lanta News Era, the “hoe” is the only thing
that will bring it.
Information from Spain intimates the
growth of u formidable opposition to tho elec
tion of the Duke of Aosta.
One hemp manufacturing firm in Lexing
ton, Ky., work up 800 tons per annum, run
10 looms, and make 800 pounds bagging per
annum.
Forty persons have been indicted in the
United States Court at Memphis, Tenn., for
holding office contrary to the Fourteenth
Amendment.
Mark Twain registered a new voter on
election to-day, but be was unfortunately just
twenty-one years too lute to get in his ballot
on that occasion.
Dow Vliillips of l.ynn lias shot twenty-two
coons in Bristol during the last three weeks.
The largest bug made was six one night, the
heaviest weighing twenty-six and a half
pounds.
The New York elevated railway, which
was constructed with so many anticipations of
brilliant success, is an acknowledged failure.
Lopez Jordan, the arch rebel of the Ar
gentine republic, has, according to late ad
vices from Rio Janeiro, been defeated by the
national forces.
Four colored men are elected to the next
Congress, and possibly five, as the first Vir
ginia district is yet in doubt. Three colored
men will represent South Carolina, Delarge,
Rainey and Elliott; and Turner is elected in
Alabama.
Arrangements have been made for a re
union of the army of the Cumberland in
Cleveland, on November 24th nnd 2Jth.
General Garfield will deliver a eulogy on
Gen. Thomas, nnd Gen. Fainter the annual
oration.
A Vermonter lias grown a beard more than
two yards long, and there is immense compe
tition among the proprietors of various liair
invigorators as to who shall secure him for
exhibition.
A lady having accidentally broken a smell
ing-bottle, her husband, who was very petu
lant, suid to her, “I declare, my dear, every
i thing that belongs to you is more or less bro
■ ken.” ‘"True,” replied the lady, ‘'for even
i you are a little cracked 1”
The vote of Gay Head in Mass., will not
be counted. There is a serious question
whether the law has been complied with in
the organization of the town; none of the
| inhabitants have paid a state, county or town
tax within two years, and the town clerk of
| the town is an unnaturalized foreigner.
Governor Hoffman, in response to numer
ous petitions, has commute d the death sen
tence of George I"). Cary, who has been con
fined since his trial at Syracuse, to imprison
ment for life. Cary was overjoyed when the
Sheriff read the Governor's communication,
and exclaimed, "Good for him. lie's a good
democrat, and so am I !"
There is a little railroad near Bayou Sara.
La., that runs to Woodville on a very uncer
tain schedule. A stranger came in the other
day and inquired how often that steam car
made trips to the country. The party inter
rogated said ‘•tri-weekly.” What do you
mean by tri-weekly? The answer was "It
goes up one week and tries to come down the
next.”
A writer of a love tale, in describing his
heroine, says "Innocence dwells in the rich
curls ot her dark hair.” A critic commenting
on this passage, says, “Sorry to hear it; we
think it stands a perilous chance of being
combed out.”
A big stout mau came into our sanctum last
night (says a Texan editor,) carrying what
we first took to be a kit of mackerel or keg
of molasses, but we found out afterwards
that it was a great potato weighing thirteen
pounds. It was raised near Eagle Lake.
Colorada county, by a colored man named
Isaac Herman.
JOXA TUAX IX GOTHAM.
New Y'uuk, Nov. 14, 1870.
l)i ah Journal :—There arc hut few Rteps
from virtue to vice, and but a few hundred miles
from the virtuous country city of Angusu to
the bewilderingly corrupt and outrageously
vicious city ot New York, where sill rtpeats
itself every election day.
Of the various ways of reaching the place,
the route by steamship from l’oriland is by no
means the most unpleasant. We took the
broad gauge ears, narrowed down, so far as
Portland, having several hours to spend in
that beautiful ctiy, where the new post office
stands as a marble monument of patience and
human endurance, and where we found busi
ness of all kinds reviving from the languish
ing conuition into which it had fallen during
the summer. At live o’clock on Thursday we
took passage on board the "Franconia, " one
ot the steamers of the Maine steamship Com- i
pane's lino plying twice a week between l’ort- j
lain! and New 1 ork. The "Franconia”is 075 j
tons burthen and is capable of carrying tiOOb
barrels oi freight. Nile is officered as follows : j
C'apt. Albert liragg; 1st mate, Charles Wil- j
liams ; lid mate, Cyrus ilamblcton. 1 he husi- j
ness matters of the company arc managed in !
a most admirable manner by the Treasurer at j
Portland, Air. llenry Fox. An immense
amount of freight is carried by this line, con- j
sisung mostly of pork, fish, oil cloths from !
the Hallowell factories, headings, &c., from
Portland to New Y ork, and a general cargo of
merchandise for -Maine retail traders on the |
return trip. Although the starting time on |
Thursday last wus live o'clock, wc were detain- I
ed until seven by the loading of freight, and |
when the scuppers were put down there was
still a large amount awaiting shipment in the
storehouse. I he still'breeze that was blowing j
oil shore when we sailed catue to the dignity |
of a gale betore midnight, and was so set
down in the Captain’s log book. Those who
had the ability to stand on deck during any
part of the gale were vouchsafed a scene of
sublime grandeur. The moon was at its full,
the blue heavens were studded with stars, and
the vision of the beholder, unobscured for
miles, took in the whole wild scene of heaving,
w hite-capped waves, lashed to fury and roar
ing in wrath beneath the calm and placid
moonbeams. Put what was all this magnifi
cence to those who were below thumping
about in their state-rooms in the fearful ago-!
nies of seasickness 1 We are sorry to say that ■
a fellow passenger from down-east, who ought I
to have his sea legs on by this time, behaved
very unhandsomely. Ills "bosom heaved"
with the gentlest throb of the ocean. The
gale subsided early Friday morning, and we
bad a good run all that day and night, arriv
ing in New Y’ork at six o’clock, making
the entire voyage in 35 hours. The pas
sengers w ill long have pleasant memories of
Capt. liragg ami the generous hospitality ex
tended to some of our number at his well sup
plied board, lie has a personal oversight ot
all matters on shipboard, and although a young
man has the confidence of the line and the
respect and esteem of those under him.
No here we are in New Y’ork. A stranger put
down on one of the wharves feels very much
as an unfledged goslin looks when turned loose
in a strunge barnyard. Y’ou hear in the dis
tance the roar of the metropolis increasing in
volume as the business takes shape for the
day. It isn’t much use to call anywhere ex
cept at a “lager bier” saloon (so they told us)
bolore nine o'clock in the forenoon. Far into
the night are pushed the gaieties and various
amusements that fill the mind of the vast
throng, causing them to appropriate the hours
of morning, when Kennebec people are up
and at it, lor restand refreshment. The prin
cipal business in all the large stores is dune
between 'J o’clock in the forenoon and 3 o’clock
in the afternoon, the dry goods stores being
generally closed on Saturday afternoons.
You obtain a correct idea of tho population
the lirst hour alter landing and are enabled to
solve the problem of immense democratic vic
tories. '1 he first man you meet on the wharf
is an Irishman; you pass along and find a
gang of Irishmen at work putting down the
famous Nicholson wooden pavement, which
is all the rage here; you jostle through a
crowd of people whom you know to be Irish
by their conversation; the sidewalk is lined
J with peanut and candy stands, kept by Irish
| women. You reach a hotel, running the gaunt
let of an importuning army of newsboys, and
calling lor the landlord, find that he is not an
; Irishman, and you want to give him a lull (dollar
for that, and generally you have to give him
several before getting through with him, lor
these landlords ask no quarter. You will
doubtless find before proceeding far that it is
a bad plan to walk in thu middle of the street
with a stick of molasses candy in one hand
and a "hunk” of gingerbread in the other, and
conclude that it will be far better to sit down
on some neighboring doorstep and let the
"procession" pass along. \Ve were greatly
annoyed by the enthusiastic clothing dealers
who were almost insulting to a trie ml who ac
companied us, in their endeavors to make him
believe that he needed a new suit of clothes.
To attempt a description ol New York city
' in a single newspaper letter, would be much
i like the ‘task undertaken by a schoolboy in
Augusta, a few years ago, who purchased a
ream of foolscap paper and set himself at
work writing the history of the United States.
Everything he could remember about it was
that Columbus came over and Washington
I hacked his father's tree with a hatchet. New
York is immense. With a population of over
' a million, made up of all nationalities under
! the sun, constantly being added to by the flow
: of the tide ol immigration, it is dilllcuit to pre
| diet what may be in store for it in the future,
j Ihe business capacities of the place are being
enlarged every year, new stories added to
storehouses, the mostpossiblc advantage taken
| of every inch of available room. Kents are
consequently so high that a poor man has no
business to live in New York if he happens to
have u family. Every thing is done on a grand
' scale—in religion, in politics, and in com
merce.
While not undertaking to specify particular
centre* of trade in this wilderness of activity,
we would mention that Mr. A. T. Stewart**
marble retail store on Broadway contains nine
acres of flooring. It is a most massive and
imposing structure. The interior is in one
room, encircled by magnificent galleries in
w hich are the different departments, contain
ing almost any article that the fruitful mind of
woman could suggest nr ask for. attended by
an army of clerks. Bit ween five and six
o’clock every afternoon the modest and
elderly proprietor makes a brief call and
passes down to bis wholesale store, a marble
structure of about the same capacity as this.
All the business of this extensive and compli
cated establishment is conducted with the pre
cision and regularity of clock work. At ten
o’clock each day is known the precise amount
of trade of the sixtv-four departments for the
preceding day. The great jewelry establish
ments of Ball Black & Co., and Tiffany & Co.,
are standing monuments to what wealth and
skill will produce. A gentleman who was with
us looked at a ten thousand dollar diamond
bracelet, but we believe has concluded to see
how liis potatoes turn out next year before
purchasing. Every department ot* business
lias it'* representative marts like the ones we
have cited.
This is the great newspaper emporium, the
old Tribune standing far ahead of all its
younger competitors in ability, while the un
scrupulous Herald is the great newspaper of
the world. Bennett gave the whole manage
ment ot the concern into the hands of his son
at one time, but the wild boy could run a
yacht hotter than a newspaper, and the old
man had to resume the responsibility. The
World is an able, wicked paper, just the sheet
to champion the cause of the most w icked
wing of the most w icked party in America,
rotueroy’s Democrat is a failure. It was too
red hot on the start even for this locality that
is so near, politically, to the infernal regions.
When Pomeroy came here he put out a large
brick in front ot his office and labelled it
••Red Hot.” He hired a lame soldier to play
“Dixie,” “My Maryland,” and other rebel
tunes, day and night, anil labored in every
way to create a sensation. But he found New
York larger than La Crosse, and the demo
cratic masses too ignorant here to appreciate
ills mgu-iuntu tuuris, imu nc iuw j'iuhiv
to thv wist, and the Democrat is for sale.
The numerous other daily and weekly news
papers. with one or two exceptions, have
touud a good paying basis. The Independent
has the largest circulation of any religious
paper in the city, perhaps in the country.
New York is most conspicuous and worst
known from its political reputation, and the
reputation is fully sustained by the facts in
the case. The Tammany crowd of cut-throats
control everything, and the great wonder is
that ti e republicans have the heart to attempt
to overthrow a despotism that is so deeply
rooted. True, at the recent election, the
mayor's majority was cut down from 70.000
to "about -tn.oOO. by the registration and the
salutary effect of the presence of the militia,
but still there is no actual gain to the repub
licans. All that Tammany wants to know is.
how large a vote will the republicans throw?
and she will he on hand with her repeater^
and foreign voters to offset and overcome it.
Just before election the enterprise of improv
ing the paik was commenced to give employ
ment to a few hundred foreigners who vote
the “dimmycratic" ticket every time. Since
election the work languishes. In one precinct
in which the officers declared there was but
one vote for Woodford, four men publish a
card declaring that they voted lor Woodford.
In this state of tilings, voting is but a farce,
and tile thousands of good men who stay
away from the polls, not wishing tn become
the actors in such a grim farce, are not great
ly to be blamed.
Central Park is the great breathing place of
the city, and is to it a blessing which cannot
he reckoned by dollars and cents. It includes
an area of about eight hundred acres ot di
versified country, and is laid out in walks
and drives and gardens and groves and ponds,
with all the exquisite taste that could be com
manded.
In the summer season it is the favorite re
sort ot the people of ail classes and condi
tions—the millionaire with his four-in-hand,
and the child of poverty who is able to rescue
a few hours from the fierce battle for bread
and butter. On Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons the crowd of pleasure seekers is
immense, and even at this season of the year
we found a large company on the ground en
joying the genial atmosphere of a most beau
tiful November day.
William M. Tweed, under whose hands
Central Park has received its adornments,
was six years ago the captain of an engine
company in the city. He “run widder ma
chine," with "Mose,” aiul had apparantly no
higher ambition than to live a fireman and
finally he “buried under the old goose-neck.”
To-day New York is completely under his
thumb. lie touches the keys and each polit
ical puppet dances to the music. He is chair
man of every important committee in the city
government, the business manager of every
financial scheme, and in fact the “head
grabber” of the concern. Cut the people who
who know hut little of his scheming and his
villiany will thank hint for Central Park.
The Sabbath comes not here to many as a
day of calm and blessed rest, as it docs to
nearly all in New England. Many places i f
business are open, the various stands upon
the sidewalk, for traffic in small wares are in
full blast, and there is a general week-day
appearance everywhere and but little indica
tion that the day is held in any sort of respect
as a sacred day. It was our privilege to lis
ten to two of the representative preachers of
America, Rev. Dr. Chapin and Henry Ward
Beecher. A very fashionable congregation
was that which listened to Dr. Chapin in the
forenoon. The large and elegant church was
packed. Strangers await at the door until
the pew holders are accommodated, and then
the outside crowd have all the remaining room.
Dr. Chapin preached an exceedingly vigorous
and powerful discourse, clothed in chaste and
beautiful language, and forming a perfect
and compact stiucture of thought and feeling.
His argument was, that there is no true peace
outside of that which Hows from the love of
God shed abroad in the heart; that humanity
is restless, disturbed and unhappy outside ot
this divine influence ; hut that finally all men
would he brought within its hallowed domin
ion and become partakers of everlasting peace
ami joy. i>r. i.napin nas nut one saunam
service, that in the forenoon. While waiting
at the outer door of the sanctuary there came
up the steps an aged gentleman with two
young ladies. 11 is hair was white and flow
ing, long white whi-kers encircled the lower
part of his tair and benevolent looking face;
lie wore a slouched hat and awkward setting
“great coat,” with collar turned under and
half the button* off. 11 is “dickey” was
crumpled on one side, and evidently not more
than two or three hours had been spent in
arranging his neck-tie. We needed no one to
tell us that this strange looking personage,
with shuffling gate and a refreshing absence of
style and luss, was the greatest and best
abused man in New York, Horace Greeley.
The old fellow took his seat in the family pew
and was soon dreaming about political econ
omy, potatoes, sheep husbandry, rearing of
hogs, and the like. Mr. Greeley is not only
one of the pillars of l)r. Chapin’s church,
but we found him to bo one of the sleepers,
also.
Every available point in Plymouth church
was occupied at 7 o’clock Sunday evening,
and hundreds were turned away empty. It
is always so when Beecher preaches, but let
an ordinary man stand in lus place, uud he
must content himself w ith preaching to empty
seats, lteecher preached a genuine orthodox
sermon, on the necessity of positive regen
eration in order to obtain salvation, claiming
that a man's good works will avail him but
little, if they are mere outside adornments,
without a radical and thorough change of
llie inner nature. The sermon was simple,
originally illustrated and delivered in a famil
iar oil-hand style. Ueecher preaches two
sermons, each Sabbath, forenoon and after
noon.
We will close as we begun—great it New
York. H. O.
t
“ HOW IS THIS FOR HIGH ? ”
YOU CAN BUV A
Tip-Top Cooking Stove,
No. 8, for Wood or Coal, for $25, at
Also u full lino of tho very best COOK, PARLOR, and other stoves, including
“ MORNING GLORY, ” which can’t be BEAT. All ol which will be sold at
BOTTOM PRICES.
A few doors South It, It. Iiridye.
Water Street, Augusta.
NOW IS THE TIME !
TO BUY A FIRST-RATE
coomwo 2
For WOOD or COAL, for
ALSO THE
niclimond Mange,
Th# only COOKING STOVE that took the DIPLOMA at the STATE FAIR.
M illiiiinsoii k tirermvood.
And the celebrated ORIENTAL, which is KNOWN by ALL to l e the BEST
Base Burning Coal Stove in Market. Ami a large assortment of Coal and Wood,
Parlor and Office heating Stoves, both new and second-hand, all of which will be
sold CHEAPER than tbs CHEAPEST !
No. 8, : : Union Block, : : Augusta.
For Sale in Hallowell.
A Two-story IIoiubo,
_ On l*erley*« Lane,
\\ an iwo oils, the whole hou>e containing 14 rooms
and built for two families. Cellar under the whole
house. Good carriage-house and woodshed. Good
water on the premises. To be sold at a bargain.
Apply to Mils. L. STEEVES, Chelsea, Me.
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Domestic Xrtos.
Quidam writes 11s in a private letter from
Belfast that “the Supreme court adjourned
there Saturday after a prolonged ‘session of
four weeks. Carter & Co., of Belfast
launched a schooner from their yard last
week measuring 160 totis and named the M.
IV. Drew. It has been decided to hold the
centenary meeting for celebration of the an
niversary of the settlement of Belfast on
Forefathers’ eve-, when an address will be de
livered by Judge Williamson of Belfast and
other observances fitting to the occasion will
be had. Kailroad matters are in statu quo.
We wait the action of the railroad Kings.
The State Kailroad ComtEissioners will go
over the route the coming week and decide
whether the road is accotding to contract.
If they decide in our favor it rem&i ns to be
seen whether the Maine Central mean to ac
cept or back out.”
The Merrimac river is to be cleared of ob
structions, so as to admit of steamboat navi
gation from the sea to Lowell, by way oi the
Lawrence ctnal. The work is already in pro
gress, considerable having been done in the
vicinity of Newbury port, and between Haver
hill and Lawrence the work is steadily going
on. The width of the channel being cleared
is sixty feet, and its depth four feet below the
present low water mark.
The first passengers over the Belfast and
M ooseliead Lake Kailroad, left Belfast at 7
o’clock on Monday morning by a special train
for Burnham, arriving in timeto connect with
the train on the Maine Central road. They
went throngh to Portland and connected with
the 4 p. m. train for Boston. This is the first
party that ever made the transit from Belfast
to Boston by rail exclusively.
The Supreme Judicial Court in Waldo
County adjourned Monday, after a session of
twenty-three days; Judge Cutting on the
bench. The only case in the criminal docket
was State vs. Grant for horse stealing, which
resulted in a disagreement of the jury. State
vs. Oliver Benner for perjury was withdrawn
after the evidence was partially in.
Mr. Authur T. Stevens left Macbias for the
woods with a crew of men last week to cut
two vessel frames for Win. II. Hemenway.
The Union says one of 160 and the other of
1000 tons. Mr. Ilemenway intends to build
the larger vessel and possibly both at Macbias
next year.
The Bangor Whig learns that the old box
mill, formerly occupied by Mr. Flanders, and
owned by the Dexter Mills Co., was burned
Sunday morning at about 'J o'clock. Quite a
number of horse-sleds were stored in it, and
some lumber. The fire was undoubtedly the
work of an incendiary.
A promising two-year old black stallion
colt, owned by Henry Taylor, was shot Sat
urday, oil the Forest City l’ark, Porttund, by
some miscreant, and so severely wounded
that it was necessary to kill him.
A fire in the house of Mr. (Jeorge Ham
mond ut South Auburn, last Saturday, de
stroyed about SdOu worth of pop corn. The
house was not much burned.
The Whig says a portion of the East Branch
drive has already arrived in the boom at Ban
gor, and it is probable that the logs will all
have come down by Friday, if not before.
There are two Maine ladies at the New
England Female College in Boston, Celia F.
Low of Fairfield and Aurilla Springer of Bel
grade. The class of 18G9-70 number i!i5.
Daniels, the Lime Hock bank robber, is
still living, but is said to be failing last, and
will probably never he tried by an earthly
tribunal.
Twelve manufacturing companies sold last
year in this country three hundred and twen
ty thousand sewing machines.
The International Telegraph Company have
opened a line from Portland to (Jlouccster
Mass.
THE BRIDAL CHAMBER.
ESSAYS FQR YOUNG MEN,
ON*
Great Social Evils and Abuses,
Which interfere with MARRIAGE, with sure
means lor the K frill £ ami I'moi lunate, disease'!
and debilitated.
bent in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge.
Address, m)\V.AUl> SANHAUY AID ASSOCIA
TION, Xo.i South Niutli St., 1’IIILA DLL I'll! A, l’a.
UOVl-t^Ul
The Red Sign, opposite the P. 0.,
IS WHERE
J. B. DYER’S
SEW STOCK OF
GROCERIES AM) PROVISIONS
CAN BE FOUND,
And which he will cell ut the Very LotviAr
UoxXoii prices fur casu.
He keeps constantly on hand,
Choice Porto Rico Molasses.
New York Syrup, Flour, Pork, Lard (in tierce or
cadilie), Dry Fish, Mackerel, Pickets in
Jars or by the gallon.
Apples by tlie HoitcI.
Kerosene Oil, Candles, Soaps, Table Salt,
Granulated and Extra C. Sugars,
Muscatel and Layer Raisins, Canned Fruit, Tens,
Coffees, Spices, Rice, Dried Currants,
Citron, ilorsford's Self-raising Bread Powders,
STONE WARE.
And all other articles generally kept in a Grocery
Eemember, the place to buy your Gro
ceries cheap is at
J. B. DYER S, No. 115,
Augusta, Nov. 1, IsTO. Opposite the l’osl Office.
Edward Rowse,
124 WATER STREET
DEALER IN
Watches, Jewelry,
ASU SILVER WARE !
Agent lor the
Waltham Watch t'oinp*j.
And LAZARUS A MOItRIS’
Perfected Spectacles.
w Special attention paid to tlie repairing of all
kinds of
FINE W ATCHES.
Ch yonometer Jtalances
applied and accurately adjusted to temperature
nosition and isochronUm.
Title TAHF.lt BV TUANSIT.
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ORGANS & MELODEONS
Messrs. Arno, Hodgkins & Co.,
('IAN confidently assure the public of their abilit>
j to furnish an’Instrument unsurpassed in tom
and durability of finish, thorough workmanship
and general excellence. Their cases are made oi
solid Black Walnut. Their keys are made of the
finest grades of 1 vow, with Ivory fronts. They use
the M iiiii ne Patent Reed, w hich cannot he surpassed
for EVENNESS and PURITY o! tone. To all who
mav favor them with their patronage, they guaran
tee* ENTIRE SATISFACTION, and ,nost «»*-peel
fullv urge all in want of a Musical Instrument to
give them a call before purchasing elsewhere. To
such wo guarantee a
FIRST CUSS INSTRUMENT,
at prices that defy:-competition.
Remember the place
ARNO, HODGKINS & CO.,
1 door North Cook’s Drug store,
uly38-tfim Water 8t.. GARDINER, ME.
J*Lm F. BM35SR.Y,
- DEALEU IX
lleef, Porli.
Huiloii, Veal,
Poultry, Tripe,
Sausage*, Fruit,
Vegetable*, Ae.
No. 2 Market Square
AUGUSTA.
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o ic
Cushing & Holmes
A UK HAVING
Nice Fresh Oysters
Again, uiul are dispensing them t«» their cubtomcru
in all parts of the city.
Thanking all for their past patronage, wo hope for
A Conllnunnce of tl»«? name,
Anti others who desire to be furnished with the
Best Fresh Fish and Oysters,
there in iu the market.
—.VLSO—
Salt, Corned and Smoked FISH,
of all descriptions.
| s.-Wo are receiving daily Genuine BELFAST
CLAMS, the only Fish Market in the city
where thoy'can he obtained.
CUSHING & HOLMES,
NEAlt It. It. BRIDGE, WATER STREET, AUGUSTA,
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?i)allotoclI SttJbcrtissnnntts.
Pinkiisun & Small!
\IyrOI;I'jD respectfully inform their patrons and
. ’ u ¥**cndfl th 1 i have removed to the Store
iu PEItLKYS iJLOCK, formally occupied by
MAHK JOIINHON,
where they will keep constantly on hand
BEEF, LAMB, PORK !
and such other goods as are peneralfv fn a FIRST
CLASS
Pi-ovisiou Storo t
PISHuuU
Thankful for pa.-1 favors, they hone by dose at
tention to business. io receive a lioernf share of
patronage.
(hauls delivered in any p^rt of tho C ity free ol
chhrgi*.
Pinkliaiu & Small.
Ilnllowi'lt, Oct. 13, 1870. octlS-ftf
T. E. NYE,
Dealer in Choice Family Groceries
And ProviNloiiH,
TURK’S ISLAND. LIVERPOOL, DAIRY, AND
TABLE SALT.
4’onntrt/ JRrodnre hottghi and toid.
ocUo-tlf
PICTURE FRAMES !
Square and Oval, constantly on hand, Framing
every description done to order.
IMiotograpna. Tin-types and Alelaneotypes. A1
pictures copied and enlarged.
Stereoscopic Views—-home and Foreign. Views
of residences made u> order. Stereoscopes, Albums
ai d all olher goods usually found iu u first-class
Photographic Establishment.
A F. MORSE,
Water Street, Hallowed.
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B. F. WARNER,
DEALER IN
DivHtsGoodH, Shawls and Woolens
i.act Ooodt and l.'utbroideriet,
Hosiery, Gloves and Small Wakes,
A Full Stock ot IIoi skkeki ino Goods generally.
West side Water Street,
oetl9.»3ni IfALLOAVEIX, Me.
Removed.
JAMES H. LEIGH
lias removed into the
Elegant & Spacious New Store
Which has been fitted up in a thorough tmd
tasteful style expressly tb aecon.mo
da to hut
Dry Goods & Carpet
BUSINESS.
Hu baa pure hated lor Ihc Full &iul Wi utcr Trade
A LARGE STOCK OF
DniCSS GOODS.
Lyons Poplins, Marinos, Cretons.
Kepp Goods, Empress Cloths,
SERGES, SA TEESSt
A nd a Full Line of Black Alpacas anti BriUiau
tiucg, Woolen8, Flannels, Prims
and Ginghams,
Also, a Very Fine Line of
Miauls unU t'loakings.
(a rpc tings ! Carpetings!
lie bn* opened in his new room a Large Stock of
Woolen, Hemp und Oil Cloth Carpeting.
Straw Matting, Feathers, and Batting constantly
on hand.
JAMES H. LEIGH, Water >treet.
oet-7-Uf11 allowfcLL, Maine.
PURCHASE YOUR
GROCERIES
-AT
3ES1 XNG’S.
HE keep* con-tamlr «n hand CHOICE PRO
VISION* of nil kinds, which will bo sold
cheap lor Cash. Nice
Butter, Livermore Cheese, Pork,
Lard, Teas of all kinds, Cof
fee, Sngars, and
a* good an assortment of Groceries as can be found
in the City. Give 1dm a call, next door to fetoveus’
Meat Market, WATER ST., ilallowell.
J. KING.
October 25, 1ST0. . ttf
S. F. Davenport,
Agent for the sale of the celebrated
SINGER
SEWING MACHINES
-ALSO AGENT FOR THE
FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINE
Hallowell, Maine.
Place of business has been removed to neurl
opposite Wcsteii* Uni«n Telegraph Office.
Machines Repaired and Exchanged
ttf-jnne7
Black smithing !
French & Smith,
T)I.ACKSMIT1I, HOUSE SHOEING, and JOIi
I, ItlNii done to order. Alto, attend, to CAK*
KIAt.K WOltK of all kind.- Second olreet below
llAl.I.OWKI.I. UOl'SE, Hallowell,-Maine.
October -A, 1S70. ttf
STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS,
Mr. A. F. Morse
has just returned from Boston with a very large
mid desirable assortment of
Stereoscopic Views,
which will bo sold at Boston prices, lit also makes
and keeps constantly on hand
Views of Hailowell and Vicinity.
Any views which his customers may want wbief
are not in his selection. Will bo ordered immediate
ly. lie lias a great variety of PICTURE FRAMES
on hand.
All orders for framing done with neatness and
despatch. Pictures of every style, made cheap.
Tlu* Public are invited to call at his rooms on
Water St., corner Union St., Hailowell, and ex
amine his stock. ljuly-ftf
200 Pairs
Premium Blankets.
10-4, 11-4 & 12-4,
At nliout Jialf their "value,
A Great Bargain !
For Sale by
11. F. \VAR\EH, West side
WATER STREET,
Hailowell, Maine,
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