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phan Mary. " Mother, I am going homo to
spend the evening with you."
« See, Mary," cries little Lucy, " the fire
Is coming to burn us up," and shuddering,
the hid her face in her hand*, and pressed
closer to Mary.
" Lacy, darling," replies the fearless, n>
hie girl, " God is here, II* will never leave
u or fomke us. He will give as strength
to pass through the flames to our beautiful I
home above."
On. on, hoUsr and fiercer, the greedy fire ,
rolls. It envelopes little Lucy. Mary'
draws the snflsrer closer to her side, and
calmly utters, " Let us sing." The fames
are hot around the dying girl*, yet clear and
loud they sing in sweet voices that triumph
ant song,
M W«Te Kolnf bom* to glory."
The consuming fire covers them. Their
TOnng souls aaosod to God. They rest, at
last, from their long day's work, in that
" Beautiful Home of Perfect Peace."—Am
York CkristUM Inquirer,
Biddeford, Friday Morning, April 6, 1560.
BEPCBUCll^OIYETriON! |
First Congressional District.
Tbs JUpabltMiia of tho Klr«t Coocrowlooal Pl»
trlct will UNt lo convention it I
Uinoir HALL, IN BIDDEFORD,
W«4sMter, Ajrlt 18tk, 1800,
At It o'clock A. M.. for tho purposoof Mlsctlng two
delegates lo tho National Republican Convention
which meet* at Chicago, oo the 16th dsjr of Mmy
next.
Tho hsai* of repretesUtlon will bo odo delegate
erorjr nhd!/ rote* thrown for the Republican j
candidate fbr C*agr**» lo I Sod, and ono additional,
d«ltpl« for ir»ry »#*euO -fl»e Republican wt*
then glreo. which one hundred and thirty-(
two delegates, m follow* i
Ac too
Alfrr'l.
Jlulon.
Ccrnlth,
Ifeyton,
Eltoi.
Holll.,
Kenn«hunk,
krnnebuukport,
KltUry,
Um.rlok.
LUalngtoa,
Lyman, 2
XX'iSirwkk,
r»r*on»fUUl,
Miapleigh,
Hmo,
South Herwlok,
Waterborough,
Well*,
York,' *
lUMwIn.
Capo Kliubctb,
Uorham.
Naples,
Purtlan<t.
MarN>ruugh.
SUmllih,
Slbtsi, 1
Wutbnwk, 7
jy There will be a meet I ng of the District t orn,
mlttee oa the tlsy of tbs Convention, at 10 o'clock
A. M , st the hsll in Bldrisford.
LEWIS B. SMITH. Portland, )
L 8. KIMBALL, tJanfbrd.
SAM'L r. PR R LEY, Naples, } Dot. Com.
ABR'MUILPATRICK.H. Berwick,
K. E. DOl'KN'E, Keonebunk, J
March I*. 1*0. 13
Amendment Accepted.
The rote in this city on Monday, accepting
the amendment to the oity Charter increasing
the amount of real estate which the city may
hold from to uvtnty-Jie* thousand dol
lars, was larger than was generally anticipated.
The amendment was accepted. Tote as follows:
Yeas. Nays.
Ward I 17 9«
m a 109 18
- 3 73 13
*« 4 133 *
•• » in 9
•• 0 97 i
•• 7 107 10
607 160
In Ward five one tote was thrown " Know."
The settlement of this question, we presume,
dose not of itsslf carry with it the (act of the
ownership of the City Building on the lot now
covered by Central block—other steps will
probably be thought necessary before the city
assumes the erection. Several legal questions
have arisen since the building was commenced
which should be settled preliminary to farther
work oa the building. It seems to be the gen
eral expectation that the city council, acting
psrhaps through a committee, shall find out
precisely what connection the city has with the
building. We hare heard it suggested that a
committee of enquiry should be raised to ascer
tain the tot* respecting it, including an
inquiry into the probable cost ot finish
ing it aeeording to ths original plan, and such
other inquiries as might be deemed best to
make—and that the report when made be print
ad and circulated among the people—and it has
also been suggested that when these fhcts are
ascertained, a meeting of the cititens shall be
held to make such recommendation in regard
to the building as may be thought best for the
interest of the city. Some such course as this
seems to be demanded by the position iu which
the city is pieced in regard to the building.
Raro Adjourn rd Town Meetiaf.
At the adjourned town meeting held in 8aco,
the following proceedings took place.
Her. J. Keely mule a report upon the condi
tion of the school*.
Chose J. Keely Supervisor of Schools,
A. F. ChUholm, Esq., from the committee to
Inquire into the management of the town Farm,
ko., mad* report. The report is published in
thii paper.
Samuel T. Shannon, William Soamman, Ben
jamin F. Cole, were chosen overseers of the
poor.
The three first named gentlemen were de
slued elected.
Choae other officers aa follows:
Pound K**ptr.—Aaron Cleaves.
Survey or i ot Lumber.—\V arren Clear as,
Samuel Berrv. Charlee C Sawyer, FrmUric
Dunn. Frederic Scamman, George W. Uaher,
Joseph T. Graffam, Daniel lluff. Jsmes D.
Patten, John Jameeon, Chaa. M. Littletield,
Stephen Lane, Owen B. Chad bourse, Ste
phen Wateon, N. McKu.ick, Liring Una.
Smrvoyort of Lo$i.—Charlee C. 8awyer,
Frederio Dunn, David Sawyer, Martin II.
Dewing, Samuel Berry, Joeeph T. Graffam,
Chailaa Littletield, Stephen Lane, Stephen
Walaon. .
CWJsr of Start.—John Cleaves.
Bmlth Ommittoo.-William Bailey. A. F. j
Chiaholm, Charlee O. Burleigh, and the !
Street Comaiaaioner for District No. 1, when
appointed.
TiU*»fwun.—John H. Oowen, Iaaac Mar
ah all, Wllbam Patterson. Joshua Pattrrson,
George B. Abbott, Ivory Fenderson. Ilenry
Scamman, Laandar Bryant, Joshua W.
Noyea, J. M. Deering.
Port Kichard Leavitt, Abel
Heraey, C. F. Towte.
Auditor of Aoootmio.—S. L. Ooodala.
Nro WonUnt.—Daniel Smith. Jr.. Jsmss
Beatty, Charlee Hill. Edwin R. Wiggin,
Charlee Twambley, Jaaea M. Deering, John
H. Oowen, Jon. O. Deering, T. Uewee.
Hiokwats. Mr. 0. Dyer moved to raiee th
earn of #0,000 to make and amend the high
way* to the year saaalag. to be expiarisd in
lab* and materials for that parpoeeat the rate
of ltft eta. per hour to men. l«ft eta. per hour
to a yoke ot osea, 10 eta. per hour eaeh to
ken* Vpir day to oartud wheels, and
8 eta. per hoar for plows while la un, such la-1
bor and materials to be satisfactory to the sur
veyors, and that a discount of 22 per cent ba
allowed to all who pay their hifhway tax in
cash, on or before July 10,1800.
After some discussion Mr. Dyer's motion wu
carried, and the Selectmen were made survey
ors.
Schools. Voted to raise $0000 for rapport
of schools. #
Town Eipbub. Voted to rules 913000 for
city expenses and to diminish the town debt.
Voted to raise 8300 to pay firemen.
Voted to authorise the Treasurer to hire
money—same rote as last year.
Voted to allow the same discount on taxes
when paid to the Treasurer as last year.
Voted that the Selectmen build the road from
mil street to Spring street, as laid out by the
County Commissioners, from the highway
money.
On motion of Mr. Abner McKenney, the
toun voted to let by contract the building ora
bridge in the North part of the the town.
Messrs. Tristram Jordan, James M. Deering
and John Gaines, were made a committee to re
build the Cutts Island Bridge and 81000 were
appropriated tor that purpose.
Voted, That the Selectmen cause the report
of the committee on the Town Farm, to be pub
lished in the Maine Democrat and Union and
Journal.
The committee to build Jail reported, stating
that they had purchased a lot of 28,730 square
fret for 81005,53, and completed the builJing
to the acceptance of the County Commission
ers. The whole cost had exceeded the appro
priation by 850.
The Committee were authorised to draw on
the Treasurer for the balance.
Report of (lie Committee
To inquire i'ii/o the .Management of the
Poor Farm and of the Town's Poor,
of Siico, the expediency of a Sale or Ex
change of the Farm, Purchase of a Wood
Lot, Sfc.
Your Committee submit the following
REPORT.
Pursuant to a publio notice, containing a
call upon all persona for information relating
to the aubjcct committed, your Committee
met at the Selectmen's room, on Tuesday,
March 13, 1860, at one o'clock, P. M., and
continued in session until night. They then
adjourned to iue*t at the aatne place on the
day following, and continued in session all
that day. By Agreement of the Committee,
on Thursday, a majority, consisting of Messrs.
Dyer, Peering and Perry, visited the Poor
Farm, and spent that day in the examination
of all ita departments. Several other meet*
ings of the Committee have been subsequent
ly held.
Our course of proceeding haa been to hear
all complaints, and even rumors of complainla;
and the statements of any person in support
or refutati >n of auch complaints or rumors ;
and then have we made such further inqui
ry as we saw tit. At our public meetings
we requested the attendance of the Overseers
of the Poor, and of Samuel McKenney, the
Superintendent of the Poor Farm, with their
recoris, and accounta. They were according
ly present, aud submitted themselves to be
questioned by us, or any citiaen. Their
books and records were produced and open
to inspection.
We will proceed to notice the various com
plsints and rumors of mismanagement, which
have reached us, and to give our conclusions
as to what are the facta with respect to them.
It was comptaincd that the printed report
of the present Board of Overseers was incor
rect in certain particulars : and 1st, that the
: average of persons supported at the Town
Farm the present year was not 21, as there
atated.
! We find that the average number of per
aons so supported, exclusive of Mr. Mcken
ney's family, is 21—But including him and
family, it ia 25.
2d. It is complained that the number at
the date of this report was not 21, aa there
1 atated.
We find that the number was 21.
3d. It was complained that the amt. paid
for "labor on the farm" during the past year,
beyond Mr. McKenney'a aalary, was much
larger than the aum of $24.93, aa atated in
said report.
• We find the whole billa for labor connected
with the farm, exclusive of salary, as fol
lows :
Butchering 9 2.39
Watching with sick man 2.23
! Use of Thrashing Machine 9.00
Cutting wood on " Heath Lot,"
and "labor or farm, 24.U
In all $37.78
We do not perceive from thia result, that
the aunt of $J4.U3 waa too low a statement
> of amt. paid tor •'labor on the farm," atrictly
•peaking.
Again, it waa complained that Samuel Mc
Keiuiey had received, directly or indirectly, a
larger sum than the aaiary of $330, stated by
I said report to have been paid him ; and that
he derived other benetita from the town,
which are not represented.
It appeara that during t< e pa*t year n
aick and aged inhabitant of thia town waa re
ceived at the house as a boarder in the family
of Mr. McKenney. The alternative being
presented by hia friends to the Overseers, of
taking him to, or aa a pauper. In considera
tion of Mr*. McKeuney'a consent so to take
him, ahe waa to receive 25 cts. per week.
Thia being not included in the original con*
tract, they were entitled to auch terms. We
learn that the wants of this aick nun were
faithfully attended tc by Mr. McKenney and
hia wile.
Also to accommodate the School District,
a teacher waa admitted to Mr. McKenney's
family on same terms, 25 centa a week to 1
Mra. MeKenney—he occupying » bed belong- j
ing to them. Wo think they were entitled to
it.
It also appeara that from the time of Mc
Keoney'a going on the farm, until the past
year, he haa not paid a highway tax, or been
callod on to pay, otherwwe than aa follows :
During his ttrat year on the farm, the aiir
veyor of that district aaid to him that the
farm ought to do its share on the highway,
and that auch had been the practice; hi- :
• pr»a—n>or working out hia own highway
tax. Prom that time McKennev haa contin
ued to work on the highway with the town
team, without being called to account for
hia own highwar tax in any other way, until '
the past year, when he waa regularly called 1
oo to pay hia highwar tax for that year.
Complaint waa made that McKenney had
been in the habit of leaving the poor farm,
taking with him ono of the paupers, and go
ing to help hia father gat his hay crop.
It waa also aaid that McKenney began his
haying on the town farm uuseisonably ; tome
two or three weeks earlier than other farmers,
and tinished aa much oarlitr; to the injury
of the crop.
Upon thia aubject we find that for aeveral
J ears prior to laat year (but not every year) j
IcKenney, after aecuriug hia own hay crop, ;
waa in the habit of gfing for acme two to
four days in the veaaon, to help hit father
get hit hay; aometimea taking with him an
insane pauper, whom, he says, he waa afraid
at auch timea to leave at home. They return- !
ed each night. McKenney aaya that the or
igin of thia practioo waa under the content of
the Overaeera in oonaidtration that ho ahould
g«t hia own hay without extra help for that
purpoaa—and that he had continued the prac
tice with that understanding on hia own part.
One of the Ovcrteen atatee, that thia prac- '
lice was acquiesced in, in cooaidcration of the
general atrkt attention, extra labor, and eon
atancy, of McKenney in the diacharge of oil
hia dutiea oo the farm. It waa discontinued
°°w T*00miI}K » aubject of comment.
father And that McKenney haa aot
got hia hay crop two or thito weeka in ad
vance of other farmers, nor la any aenao un
••••onsbly. Ilia usual time of commencing
baa boon about the fourth of July, and aocor
ding to aJSRctory information, hU hay crop
haa alvaja bum gut, in *v*ry particular, in
th* manner of a tlrat rat* farmer.
Another complaint ia that the town haa
»offered wrong, in cartain dealinga of Mo
Kenney with • former Overseer, vix:
1st. That he took • aick ox from the
Ore racer, in exchange.
2d. That he aold the tame Ovemer a
pair of cattle for leaa than'their value, and
leaa than they could have been aold for.
The facta are, McKenney did exchange
with the Ov*r***rfa stag for an ox. The ox
appeared well at the time. He afterwards
woiked a day at plowing, and run in the
pasture appearing well and eound. lie waa
kept about two montha on the farm, and atall
fed- A ahort time (perhaps a week or two,)
before he was slaughtered, he waa discovered
to be lame. When alaughtered, discolored
deah waa found on on* of hia hind quarters,
near the hip joint; which was cut «ff and
thrown away. Otherwise, the ox was called
good beef, and "well tallowed."
As to the aale made. In th* spring of
1857t the Oreraeera directed Mo Kenney to
aell a certain pair of oxen, when he could ob
tain for them $125,00. AfterWarda one of
the Overaeera bid for them $122,00. Mc
Kenney reported thta offer to the other two
Overseer*, (S. 8. Jordan, 8. T. Shannon,)
who directed him to aell—and he aold the
oxen for $122,00. There waa no proof of
higher value: and the individual who ia said
to have m«do a better offer, aaya to ua that
he never made an offer for them.
Again it is complained that the town was
wronged in certain dealings between the Over*
seen and Mc Kcnney in refcrcnce to a wood
lot.
It appear* that the farm being ahort of
wood the past winter, Mc Kenney bought, on
his own account, a small wood lot in Lyman,
for $39,76, which he offered to the Overseers.
They, not being empowered to buy land, di
rected him to haul somo wood from it to tho
farm, and afterwards themselves tixed the
price iof t at $1,23 per cord. It was a mix
ture of poplar and hard wood, distant about
six mile* from the larm, eroding the river on
the ice. .
It was also said, that Mo Kenney had for
several year* kept upon the town farm, at
the expense of the town, but for his own
beneHt, a cow and a hog.
>Ye una, tnai in me spring 01 iom, jh*
Kenney, in anticipation of leaving the farm,
bought of the Overseers a two year old
heiter, at $28,00, and a pig weighing 1H0
pound*, and |»aid for them. When he con
eluded to remain, it waa agreed that the cow
should be kept on the farm, the town having
the benelit of her, and he ahould take her
when he left, with a pig of 180 pound*. Fi
nally, in 1859, ho waa paid back for the pig
(without interest) and was paid $35,00 for
tho cow. Tho town having had his pig and
(he use and increase of his cow.
Again, it ia aaid, that whilo the report of
the overseen shows 100 bushcla of corn on
hand, they have been largo purchaser* of
corn, during the past year, tor the use of tho
town farm.
We tind that ten bushel* of corn only, (and
one buahel of rye) have been bought for tho
u»e of the farm, the past year. None of it
since the crop of last year was tit to grind.
We have thu* presented tho variou* com*
plaint* and rumor*, atrecting tho official eon*
duft of tho»o connected with the l'oor Farm,
with a statement or explanation of the
grounds of each, as it appeared to your com
mittee.
We have made aome examination* of ac
count*.
The *y*tem of account* for produce, Ac.,
aold by Mr. McKenney, appears to be this:
The produce of the farm sold tu trader* for
gooda, are credited in accounts opened with
the town. These account* are settled under
the direction of tho overseers. When he sells
produce for cash, it ia credited by him in an
account with the ovctsccrs, which is settled
quarterly.
Wo havo examined these account*, from
tho year 1857, inclusive, to the present time.
We tlnd that they include a gn-nt variety of
produce and atock, and include every item
and description of property, of tho disposal of
which from the tarm, we have been able to
obtain any knowledge or information from
any other source. These accounta aro
in the hands ot tho overseer*, and open to
the inspection of any citiwn of the town.
We recommend the keeping of sotno accu
rate account or table by which the hi»tory of
the stock, ita increase, and disposal, may be
seen at a glanco.
Mr. Mi-Kenney ha* also preserved a detailed
account of the annual produce of the farm,
for tho post twelve years; which may be
seen.
We havo aUo examined the accounts of
the Overiteera from 1857 incliftive, to tho
present time, for expenditurea for tho support
of the poor, either ofT, or upon the town farm;
including fuel, and rendered in money &c.
We tind the account* properly vouched, *o
far a* vouchera could, in the nature of thing*,
be had. They show nothing inconsistent
with information otherwise obtained—and
wo are not awaro of any attempt to impeach
their accuracy.
Willi relerenco to t'ie management 01 me
orerscers, in rendering ai<l to person* oir thu
fitrm, we have exumiurd thu current expends
turcs lor this purpose, and have inquired in
to eases, but wo shall not undertake to dellno
any in which wo think ortors have been com
mitted. The Overseers aio vested with dis
cretion t » decido whom in most canes, they
will aid temporarily. This calls for thu ex
ercise of a aound judgment at the timo each
caso arise*. It ia a difficult nintter to review
that judgment. . Nor do we see any occasion
to call in question, either the judgment or
honesty of the overseers, in any particular.
Some of our committee are of opiuion that
to give better op|»ortunity for consultation
on these matters, two of the overseers should
reside in the village.
As before relcred to, your committco have
made an examination of the town farm, l'hia
(arm consists of about 05 acres of land, situ
ated about 4 1*2 miles from the village. Tho
house upon it is old ; somewhat inconvenient
and out of repair. But with shingling, and
some other repairs it will answer its purpose
six to ten years longer, unless there should
be a larger increase of puu|er*. Tho bsrn is
old, but good, for an old barn, and may ans
wer for aeveral years longer. The live atock
taken together may be called, lair—average.
Tho land ia good, under a high atate of
cultivation, and produces largely. A large
quantity of land ia ploughed. The sandy
land has been well Pressed with clay, and the
clay land, wpll top drc«scd with sand. Wo
tlnd a large quantity of manuro hauled out
upon the land, and every thing in readiness
for the Spring's work. Fences in good or
der. All the Stone wall, some 200 rods we
believe, has been built by the present farmer
Mr. McKenney. lie has alsa planted a young
orchard, which is in thrifty and promising
condition. It ap|>eara to us from satisfactory
information, that thia farm in the past twelve
years, has increased its productiveness, in hay
one third, and in all other produce, one hall,
or doubled.
1 he hay in the barn is good, and well
cured. All the other produce of the farm,
in excellent condition.and well taken care of.
Cellar in perfect order. All ita contents—
mrat«, vegetables &c., in perfect order and
condition.
The interior of the house, in alt its depart
ments, ia a model of neatness, orderly arran
gement and good housekeeping. The inmates
of the house were clean, properly clad, ap
pearing eomtortable, and in general well
and healthy. The beds are all provided with
blankets, made from wool raised on the farm.
There is on hand a atock of clothing, made
principally of homeapun, from the wool of the
the farm sheep. We might enumerate many
other particulara of the aame creditable ap
pearance, but enough ia aaid to give an idea
of the management of thia place.
In apeaking of the condition of this farm
and ita inmates, we are reminded that thia
report would be but imperlect, without a dis
tinct allusion to the wtfo of Samuel McKen«
ney; the benefit of whose excellent superin
tendence of domestic affaire, thia town haa
enjoyed, as an incident to the services of her
husband. We ahall apply to her, with all
their aigniflcance, the words of Solomon in
hie deecription of the excellent woman :
"She looketh well to the ways of her houo
hold, and eateth not the bread of idleneaa."
"Her price U above rubies."
We conaidrr the united qualifications of
Mr. and Mr*. McKenney well adapted to the
place. It ia doing no injustice to any one to
•ay that there ia not, to our knowledge, a bet*
ter managed farm in Saco. Aa a pauper ee>
tabliahment it U everything which can be
wished by a town desirous to discharge its
whole duty to iu poor, in a prudent and ju
dicious manner.
We do not recommend a sale or exchange
of the town farm, at present. In the quality
of the land, its atate of cultivation, and
location, we conaider that thia farm pos
sesses important advantages, whloh should
not be lightly exchanged, or otherwise dis
|>o*ed of.
The fsrm is deficient in wood. What grow
ing wood it has, might last three or four years.
But It is principally young growth, and ought
not to be cut at present, if a suitable lot can
be bought.' We hear of varioue lota for aale,
but did not examine them. We recommend
that the Selectmen bo empowered to boy a
wood lot, for the use of the town.
In cnncluiion, although much which baa
been tho subject of this investigation was
! mere rumor, upon very trivial grounds, yet,
in the judgment of your Committee, it was
not uncslled for. When the conduct of pub
lic officers is impeached, it ia due to the pub
: lie welfare, aa well at in juatice to the persons
charged, that the chn^ea bo inquired into,
and tho officers be cxpoaed. if they have been
unfaithful, or justified and commcnded, if
thry have done well.
ALEX. F. ClIISHOLM,")
TKI8TKAM JORDAN, |
JAMES M. DEEUINU, >Committee.
OLIVER DYEIt, I
WM. N. rEKKY, J
All Hail Connecticut I
Connecticut in her election held on Mon
I day lost, tochooeo a Governor, Members of
the Legislature, &c., reaffirmed her devotion
to republican principle* by electing Duck
inghatn.thollepuhlican candidate, Governor
by 1100 majority, and increasing tho majori
tin of tlio republicans in botb brancncs 01
tlio Legislature. and it ao doing, socuring
tlio re-election or a Republican United States
Senator. The canvusa in tlio State has boon
a very licatod one. Last year the Republi
can majority won only about 1800, and this
induced the Hunkers to light with uncom
mon dmpcration to obtuin the ascendancy,
and in tho hopo of breaking tho lino of re
publican asccndancy in Now England.—
Money to an unlimited extent wns raised in
New York, by contributions from tho Now
York merchants engaged in tho Southern
trade, and from tho Federal office-holders,
and sent in to buy votes. Tho naturaliza
tion mills wcro Kept at work, and turned
out, so it is said, in tho coureo of throo
weeks 2000 or 2500 good Domocratio natu
ralized voters, and Hon. Caleb Cushing, Fer
nando Wood and other distinguished Dem
ocratic speakers wero brought in to appeal
to the mechanics und laboring men of Con
necticut to forgot tho " nigger question,"
and go in to sustain tho trado with tho South
which was in peril.
Notwithstanding all the* appliances and
efforts, tho intelligent mechanics and arti
zans of Connecticut have stood firm. The
Democrats have wasted their money in vain,
axd IIunker#m lies prostrate.
All things considered, this result is very
important, and cannot fail in deepening tho
conviction which exists that tho next Presi
dential contest will bo settled in favor of tho
republicans.
Voli'ntkkr 3.—This now company of fire
men recently organized in our city, givo a
Promenade Concert at Union Hull, this Fri
day evening. Tho company is composed of
young men who havo not yet attained their
majority. They havo tho right spirit, and
will not suffer tho other engine Companies
to surpass them in promptness and effort
when their services are needed at fires. This
is their first call on tho good wishes of their
fellow citizens. Let it bo answered by giv
ing theui a full house.
Tiik Tiuodov Kxiiimtiov.—This entertain
ment now on exhibition at Calefs Hall, Sa
co, in attracting crowds of visitors. It is
really a wonderful show, combining ns it
din's, nico mechanism with most excellent
|Kiintiug, and a largo and varied programmo
of entertainments. Wo advise nil who have
not visited it to do so before tho exhibition
closes. We hope tho proprietors may bo
induced to stay another week to givo all a
clmnco. Open cach evening, and on Satur
day afternoon, commencing at 3, P. M.
arThe German Republicans of Cincinna
ti held a meeting a few days ago, and pamed
resolve* exprwwivo of desire to enter forthwith
upon the Presidential Canvass of 18G0 ; their
firm odhercneo to tho views expressed by
tho rccont Republican Stato Con volition,
called to chooso delegates to Chicago ; and
their joy in knowing that tho German Rep
ublicans every where havo expressed them
selves in a similar manner.
Portlnnd City Election.
The muuicipal election held in Portland on
Tuesday resulted in the election of Howard,
Democrat by a majority of IS votes, and the
drinocrata carried four of the seven wards of
the city thus giving the democrats the control
of tho city government for the year. The vote
was very large, about 300 more than it was in
1830 when abont 4^00 votes were thrown. The
vote on Mayor stood Jewctt republican, 3373,
Howard, 2IM, Scattering, IS.
The defeat of the republicans by this trifling
majority is attributed by the Jdvertiter, and
we have no doubt justly, to local causes. There
has been a great hue and cry raised, about the
enormous cx|*use of the new city Building,
about the gas expenses, and other matters.—
The Democrats naturalised an unusual number
of Irishmen—and considering all the circum
stances, the vote is by no means disheartening
one, nor can it bo taken as indication of the
republican power in the city. The Advertiser
•ays "it may safely be set down our majority
in September at between 300, and 400."
IT Hon. Amos M. Roberts, one of the
delegates at large to the Democratic National
Convention, at Charleston being unable to at
tend, on accoun^ of business engagements.—
Judge Rice of Augusta, one of tho Judge* of
the Supreme Court of the State,has been elected
by the Mher delegates to All the vacancy. The j
Judge has a hankering after politics. If he
professes to make a business ot them, oommon
decency would seea to require that he should
resign his place on the bench.. If the Judge
should carry with him (if* he goes) a copy of
the decision of the Coart of which he is a mem
and to whioh he gave his oordiol assent, pro
nouncing the Dred Scot decision extra Judicial
and of no legal effect upon the State of Maine,
and present it with his credentials, 1m would
hardly obtain a Mat in the oooventioa.
Invention* and Improvement* am not
Confined to Meehnniee*
There ere other*, not perhaps so outspoken
end noisy, thatooeupjr a deeper strata of society
whose improvements are not 1m* palpable, and
whose silent influence upon the comfort and
happinsas of soe'ety not Isss striking. True,
the advent of a sewing machine, a reaper, or a
plowing machine, wbtoh at onoe doe* the labor
of a score of hanu, is en event so notable, an
Improvement so manifest, thatall are impressed
with its importance. Id almost all such cases
the result is gained not so much by the disoovery
of new powers as by the new application and
combination of those long known and under
stood. What is ve< more remsrkable is. that
the new splicatfon Is so simple and efficient
that we wonder that it bad not been thought
of and applied long before.
Such were our reflections on seeing one of
Prof. Humph*-ey'* family cases of Homeopath
ic M'dicines. Ompriaed in a small case, which
is a handsome ornament for a lady's table, yon
have twenty speciflo remedies, appropriate for
almost every ailment or disease wnich msy
occur in a family, together with a concise little
manual of directions for reference and use.—
The whole arrangment is simplicity itself, and
the remedies are so arranged and labeled that
any intelligent person may apply them at once
successfully, and thus, in the most important
sense, become their own physio'an. No accurate
investigation or study, no balancing of proba
bilities, is necessary. Here 1* the ailment,—
there the pleasant, sugar-plum remedy. All
this simplicity and certainty is attained by the
mere combination of the best Homeopathio
Medicines according to Prot Humphrey's theory
and discovery. So simple and common-sense,
and yet so Efficient, does the whole arrangment
nppetir, nnd so obviously does it meet the wants
of a ftimily, that we wonder the profession had
not long ago availed themselves of it, and that
just such simple and pleasant remedies had not
l>ecn given to the people long ap>. It this new
discovery and arrangement shall hav* the effect
which it promise* to do, of driving from use
the destructive and delctorious drugs so long in
vogue, nnd inducing a reliance on nature and
such iniM means, it must be considered ono of
the most iinoortant improvements of the age,
and one which a suffering and over .dosed
world sadly require.
HT On Wednesday, the 28th ult,a lar^o
tenement house on Fifty fifth 8t., N.York,
took fire, and ten persons residing in the upper
stories, were burnt to death. The entire
families of Mr. Andrew Wheeler, and Mr. Ben
nett, consisting ot a wife and four children
each, were the victims of this dreadful holo
caust The house was a perfect tinder box, and
the means of egress were insufficient. A sister
in law of Mrs. Dennett, jumped from a window
in the 4th story, and sustained Usuries which
have since resulted in her death.
^
Forn Brothers Burned to Death.—A most
distress'ng calamity, says the Fitttburg
Chronicle, occurrcd in Clarion osunty on
Mondoy night. It appears that shortly after
the familpr of Mr. William ivhoads, a farmer,
residing in Knox township, had retired, the
dwelling was discovered to be on fire. Mr.
Ithoal was away at the time,his wife having been
awakened by the heat, rushed out ofthe house,
and called upon her children, who slept up
stairs, to follow. Finding they made no reply,
she liuurled stones through the window or the
apartment in which they slept, in hopes that
she miirht in this way, bring them to a sense of
their peril. Ths poor woman's efiorts,however,
met with no resi>onse, and her four sons, ono
of them almost full grown, who occupicd the
room, perished in the flames.
It is supposed that nt the time she left the
house the smoke had become so dense up stain
as to suffocate the boys in their beds—otherwise
her cries would have alarmod them. The con
duct of Mrs. Rhodes on the occasion is spoken
of in unqualified admiration. Desides the boys
up stairs, she ha<l five little one*, who slept on
the first floor, to take of, and though she
periled her own life to effect it, she succeeded
in bringing them in safety from the burning
building. The occurrence caused #iuch dis
tress to the ]>eople of the neighborhood, and
the deepest sympathy for the bereaved parents
was manifested.
Dividend. The directors of the City Dank
on Monday declared a .1 per cent dividend for
the last six months. We understand that there
were sufficient earnings on hand, besides pay
ing all the current expenses of the institution,
to have paid a four per cent dividend, and then
thcte would have been left a small surplus over.
Tho directors however, thought best not to
declare but 3 per cent.
Fire ash Lom or Line ix Naples.—Wo
learn froiu Mr* Chadbourne, driver of the
Bridgton stags, that the house barn and shed
of Asa Warren,Esq., of Naples, wis burned at I
3 o'clock April 2d, with all the Airniture, three
horses, (two of them belonging to Mr. H. 0.
Knight) three carriages, cow, calf, hog, hay
and gmin and farming utensil?. The fire took j
in the barn, is supposed to be the work of an
inccudiary. It was discovered by a daughter,
who gave the alarm, and M/. Warren got his
wife, daughter and infant out in their night
clothes, and telling them to go the house of a
neighbor, returned to reecue his remaining
child, a lad eight years old, and both perishod
in the flamea ! From appearances, it aeems that
he reached the room where the child waa, and
after arousing him,attempted to save his books
which were in the same room; but the flames
cut off their egress. In making her escape, the
daughter was considerably burnt about the
head.
Tom ConwiVs IUrLT to Cox. Mr. Cox (who
succceds Samuel Galloway from the Columbus I
district, Ohio ) in a spcech in Congress a few
Weeks sinco took occasion to speak in a disprag
ing tone of Yankees, no small number of whom*
by the way, are his own constituents, only
they live in Ohio. Mr. Corwin, in his speech
which followod, paid his respects to his Lillpu
tian colleague, thus:
My colleague, Mr. Cox, spoke of a meeting
upon the western reserve in Ohio. He is a
young gentleman, a rising man, and, if he doea
not get bad habits u|>on the democratic aide of
the house, may come to something son a day
hence. [Laughter ] lie nmuaed himself with
the comic power he possesses in imitating the
nasal twang of the Yankeea of that reserve. It
sounded strange to you, aa it did to him, and
•o it did to me, and so it did to the army of
Prince Itupert at Marston Moor, wnen the
ancestors of these men rushed into battle
against the mailed chivalry and ctrlcd darlings
of the court of Charles I. What happened then?
Something worthy to be noted, and not flu-got
ten. Stout Cromwell and his unconquerable
Ironsides, when the day was well nigh lost,
chargcd with resistless Airy upon the proud
columns of that host ol gentlemen, as they were
doastfully denominated, and lo! Prince Rupert
and his host were no longer there. They were
scattered as the dried leaves of autumn are
before the atorm-blast of the coming winter.
That same nasal twang rang out, on that
day, their well known war-cry, "the
sword of the Lord and Oideon !" These Yan
kees are a peculiar people: they are an indus
trious, thriving, painstaking race of men. The
frailties of these men grow out of their very
virtues, those stern virtues which founded
liberty in England, and baptised it in their own
blood upon Hunker Hill, in America, Thev
will do so again if there is a necessity Air it It
is a hard matter to deal with men who do verily
believe that Ood Almighty and his angels en
camp round about them. What do they care
for earthly things or earthly powerT What do
they care for kings, and lords, and president*?
They Ailly believe they are heirs of the King of
kings. In the hour of battle they seem to
themselves to stand, like the grsat Hebrew
leader, in the cleft of the rock; tba glory of the
Most High tiod passes by them, and they oatch
a gleam of iu brightness. If you come In con
flict with tho purposes of such men, they will
regard duty as everything, lift as nothing. 80
it appeared in our war of the Revolution.
Ephnam K. Smart is in training again
for the gubernatorial nomination of his party
His (faction of the party carried tba resolutions,
of the convention last ysar, bat lost the nomi
nation. We suppose tbla year8mart will t»
willing U» reverse tba order—Jo take tba nomi
nation and let the Leoomptonitas bava tba plat
form! It's all tba sama with tba Democracy,
and, we win add, all the sama with tba Repub
licans.— Ban for
ty Undoubtedly the oldaat an in the
world, aaya the N. 0. Creaoent, is Captain
Vlroux, of Belgium. He was born on the 9th
0/ November, 1709, and la consequently 190
jeara old. He entered the army In 1830, at
the advanced age of 121 years, and remained in
the servioe until recently, whan he was pal
upon the pension list
V A Mr. Amunn, late from India, baa
arrived in London, with a parcel of diamonds,
for one of which he asks $1,900,000. The Hart
ford Tin«i learns that a customer is wait Df
for him to get three more just like it, when be
proposes to purchase the lot for a set of sleeve
buttons.
jy The steamship North Briton, CapL
Borland, aailed from Portland for Queenstown
and Liverpool at 4 o'clock, Saturday after
noon. Steamship Bohemian sailed trum the
same port fur St John, N. B., on Saturday
morning.
U" The jury in Carstang vs. 8haw case
havafeturned a verdict for the defendant. A
motion for a new trial srae made, which, if r»*
fused, the case will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
Drrmorr, Mien., March 8. The Republicans
have elected their candidate jfor Mayor of the
city.
The Bangor tVkig says a stick of pin*
timber was cut off the Megalloway River last
week, measuring 119 feet in length, and acahng
nearly 6000 feet of lumber. Such trees are
not common.
fy On Saturday evening, while steamer
Chesapeake was entering Portland harbor, she
came in collision with and sunk the schooner
Ciarina, of nnd for Friendship, Me. A young
man named Isaac Brown, of Bremen, Me, was
drowned.
'Talk of the inferiority of the 'female mind!
exclaimed an excited Womao'a RighU'oratorial
'why, Mr. President, woman possess infinitely
mora of the divine afflatus than man, and any
one who attempt* to get around her in these
days.iri// have to ttart very early in the snrn
ing.
'What church do you attend, Mil. Part
ington T*
•Oh! any paradox church where the Ooapel
is dispense 1 with.'
The old lady will have no difficulty in finding
■uch.
jy It ia said that a girl in Pittsfield.Mass.,
waa (truck dumb by the firing of a cannon.—
Since then, it ia said, a number of married men
have invited the artillery companies to come
and discharge their pieces on their premises.
Good Beisr.—1That roast of beef left at our
dwelling, from the meat ahop of John E. Gould,
on the corner of Liberty and Pianklin atrcc >,
waa an elegant one. We had it cooked on the
day we received the good newa from Connecti
cut, and did not perceive that its democratio
antecedents impaired its good qualities at all.
Wo never object to " Democratio beef" if the
quality is good, but we wiiih it to bo understood
that we have insuperable objections to demo
cratic politics. Our fHend Gould can always
buy beef from democrats, and we will venture
that his customers will not turn from his shop
on this acconnt, even though they may be re
publicans. He keeps good beef and his prices
no doubt will be found satisfactory.
Tax kn An act. Our Democratic friends in
this city hod a brief season of rejoicing over a
reported Democratic victory in Connecticut,
on Tuesday morning. During Monday night
a prominent democrat, doubtless he slept well
after getting the news, received a dispatch
stating that "Seymour was elected." Early
in the morning he spread the glad intelligence,
and on this there was a little time of satisfaction.
Several of the crati&ed onos overhauled us on
our way to our office, and gently broke the
news of a republican defeat to us. Thauking
some of them for their well meant kindness,
we proceeded Ho our office where we found
awaiting our arrival a "little later" dispatch,
which Mr. Cartsr the gentlemanly O|*rator
in the Telegraph office, and who knows our
tastes in election returns, hail seut, which read
thus:
Mr. L. O. Cowan "Jlepubiicans vict-mou*
in Connecticut, Buckingham's majority 1100."
Aa we like to be rqpiprocal, we very aoon
spread "the latest ncwa" through the instru
mentality ofa (Mister. Our Democratic friends,
were somewhat "taken aback" but on the whole
although aomewhat chagrined, behaved quite
aa reaaouably as we could k'xpect. Those
gentlemen who gave ua the newa of Seymour'a
election, whom we forgot to thank, are requested
to call and receive our thank*.
Installation at Limerick.—Rev. Charles
Packard, (recently of New Gloucester) was in
stalled on the 7th of this month, Pastor of the
Congregational Church and Society in Limerick, I
The public exercises were as follows: Invoca-1
Hon and reading of the Scriptures by Rev. Mr. I
Freeman of the P. W. Baptist church in Limer-I
ick. Sermon by Rev. Charles Packard of Bid
doford—Installing Prayer by John Persons ofl
Limington— Charge to the Pastor by Rev. John
Orr of Altred—Right Hand ot Fellowship by
R«v. Albert Cole of Cornish—Address to the I
People by Rev. Joseph Bart let t of Buxton—
Concluding Prayer by Rev. Jonas Fiak of
New field. ___
Gold in Obkoon.—A correspondent of the
San Francisco Alt* California, writing from
Jacksonville, Southern Oregon, Feb. 22nd,
give* an account of some remarkably rich
quart* taken from Gold Ilill, in that locality.
The Emigrant Company so called, obtained
from 330 pounds of quarts ground in a rude
Mexican machine worked by a mufe, 400 ounces
ol gold, worth $7840. The earn* day two ofl
the company in stx hours took out quarts
whicb, after being weighed, was estimated to
contain £50,000 worth of gold. It i* ascertain
ed that there is 12 feet of the ledge of pure nn>
burned quarts, 20 inches wide fuid 0 feet deep,
that is permeated with threads of gold, and
will pay above fflOfper pound. 8o far, its
richness increases with depth. The last quarts
taken out yielded 81 to the ounce.
Jxrmsox Davis' Risoumojia.—With re
gard to these resolutions, which assert the right
of Congress to pass laws for the protection of
slavery in the Territories, the Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia North Ameri
can writes:
" The resolutions which the Democratic can- i
ens of the Senate recently adopted in regard to
slavery in the Territories, will be called ap on
Monday, for the purpoee of a full discussion
and division upon them, before the Charleston |
Convention. Although they were put asids for
ths last fortnieht, it was with no purpose of
preventing debate. Mr. Jefferson Davis intends
to maks the sixty-six Presidential candidates in
the Senate taos ths music upon his lost; and
Mr. Douglas, especially, who has bsen consol
ing himself with ths prospect of an esoaps from
having this poisonsd chalioe commended to his
llns. Whether ths Charlestown Convention
will adopt ths resolutions is arother aflalr. 1
Their mission will be ended in contributing to '
ths defeat of Douglas' nomination, which is now ,
pretty clearly foreshadowsd. Should a Sootb
sra man be taken, the design is to reaffirm ths
Cincinnati platform, pure and simple. Other- i
wise, to insist upon dsclaiitlons covering tbs
Dred 8cott dscWon, and ths right to Congress
ional protection of slavery is ths Tsrritorisa.
▲ Pretty Good Cow*
I have a cow, of tbe common breed, about tlx
years old. Bbe ia very kind iad docile. For
my own gratification I hare taken a little pels*,
to eee what we got from the cow tor the last 10
weeks. Bbe calved on tbe 9th day of January
Uet The calf bed what milk it could take tor
foor day*, when it was taken from the cow.
From that time to March 31st—71 days-we
have made 81 lbs. of batter, besides sellinf
over 230 quarts of milk, breaking op p*na 0f
milk at any time, tor tbe benefit of tianelent
customers. The quantity of milk set taring
this time did not average over 7 quarts per
day. T. P. 8. Duiuo.
Uiddetord, March 37.
Gf They hare a cnuy loon In the U. 8. Sen
ate, who goes by the name of Wlgfkll, and hails
from Texas, who Is making a tool of himsetf,
and disgracing the people who eent him there.
He uttered a speech tbe)other day, devoted es
pecially to the abuse of New-England, in the
course of which be drank occasionally of Uquor
farnishedat his desk. This Wlgfkll, we saw by
a aketch published just after his election, car
riee in his body one or more bullets received in
duels, and wmw several scars about tbe bead
and f.u*e, reoeitedln that delightftil pastime tor
which " men of honor " have sueh a relish.
gy The Republicans are pursuing the sound
policy of leaving Presidential chances at Chica
go to settle themselvee Much has been said of
Mr. Cameron m: Mr. 8eward—that Cameron
has said " Seward cannot carry his Bute (Penn
sylvania,)" and that Seward says " Cameron
cannot be elected." Now, this is all untrue—
roor-backs of political correspondents ia the
psy of opjtosing candidates. Mr. Seward ssye
that " any man who is nominated can and
must be elected. I do not stand in tbe way of
success." Mr. Cameron eays that "whoever
is nominated must and will carry Pennsylvan
ia," and that " be does not desire tbe nomina
tion, and arould not accept it if obtained by the
statement that himself alone can carry that
State. I would not consider such a statement
or such action as just to the other 8tatee."
IT" The story that Spain had ag md to sell
Cuba to ua, and only halted about the price,
was too foolish a thing to b« believed, and has
been contradicted. Spain hu no mora idea of
selling Cuba than we have of telling Florida.
J2T The Bangor Whig aajra the Republican
State convention will be held in that city sou*
time in June.
jyTbe whole chain of cities between Al
bany and Chicago haa declared in favor of the
Republican party. Eastward it will yet be ex
tended to the borden of New Brunawick, and
westward to Miaaonri. The opinion is express
ed that Maryland will send a delegation to the
Chicago National Convention.
jy A 8t. Louis paper remarks—"We hear
almost every week of the discovery of routes,
and pasaes through the Rocky Mountains in
the gold region. The explorationa of the miners
have proved as fatal to the theory that the
mountain ranges are impaaaable, except at two
or three pointa tar apart, aa the experience and
obsei vation of travellera on the I'laina, to the
notion that a vast desert overspreada the In
terior.
MANurACiTBixo Stock*. — At Brokers'
Board, Boaton, on Saturday, J. L. llenahaw
aold 38 abarea Bates Manufacturing Co., at
1IU » 11® per ahare; 33 ahares Hill Manufac
turing Co., at 103 J; 1 of York Manufacturing
Co., at 81130; 0 of Peppercll Co^at g047 | a
8C30 per ahare. 0^
Tux Akooitook Dkmocbat.—A democratio
paper with tbia title haa Juat^atarted at Houltnn.
The paper ia reapectable in aise, well printed,
and its only fault ia the character of its politics.
The Custom House officers who are intereeted
in ita publication, we presume will make it a
permanent Institution—so long .aa tbey hold
their offices.
Tor Militia.—Under a law of the State the
Military Divisions of our State have been com
pressed into three Divisions—and under the
new organisation three Mayor Generals were
electcd by the Legislature before ita adjonrn
ment, as follows: First Division comprising
the eastern section of the Slate—John L Hods
don of Bangor. 8econd Division, for the mid
dle of the State, Wpp. II. Titcomb of
Third Division, for the rest of the State, W.
Wirt Virgin, of Norway.
Anotiikr Democratic DrrAUUTiox.—The
Mllwaukie Sentinel My* that the Committee
appointed to investigate the defalcation In the
Dane county treasury, Wisconsin, hate report*
ed 820,000 to be missing. Of this mm about
£13,000 is chargeable against the tern of F.
If. Gleason; $000 against that of Philo Dun*
ning; about 8100 against that of Wo>. A.
Wheeler, and 83000 to that of Frank Oault, the
present Treasurer. •
(7* Ifon. fsrael Washburn, Jr., is spoken of
as the next republican candidate for Govrrnor.
Nkw-Yorr ScrnvisoR*. Out of 737 Super
visors elected in tirious coun'irs of N. Y. State
nt the recent elections, 310 are Republicans —
This is a Urge incrence over last year and th«
year before. In 1830, out of 733 Supervisors,
the Republicans had 403; in IMS, out of 000,
I hey had 433. The 8prtng elections are a pretty
fair indication of the tendenoy ot the voters in
the fall. 8o says the Commercial AivtrUtt..
The ttarer Family, of Ktaaetaak.
Mrs. Priaeilli Btorer, widow of the let*
Joseph 8torer, of Kennebunk, died at Proe
pect Illll, Fairfax County, Virginia, on the
14 th of last February, aged 80 years.
Many yeats ago, Col. Joseph 8torer, who
commsnded a regiment in the revolutionary
army and died at Albany in 1777, owned
nearly all the land where the village of Ken*
nebunk now stands, also a mile square of
wooddand, near the village on the road to
Alfred, lie left a widow and two aona—
Clement and Joeeph. The widow died In
I7'J0. Her body was the first interment in
the grave-yard near the ehureh of th# First
Parish. Clement married, lived, and died
in Portsmouth, N. II. Joseph, at that time
sonsidered the most wealthy man in town,
married Prisdlla Cutis, of Portsmouth, and
brought his bride to the family mansion,
lie succeeded Jonaa Clark as Collector of
Customs in this District, which office he re
ained for many yean. lie died in 1132, aged
ffl years.
Soon after th* death of Col. 8torer, his sons
commenced selling his estste. Lot after lot
md lot after lot was sold, until Nov. 1814,
when Capt. William Lord, Jr., by pnrehasing
he old homeeteed, the last lot finally passed
from the name of Storer.
Mrs. 8torer was distinguished for the ease
md grace of her manners, and her residence
iras formerly considered the most genteel in
Ihe village. President Monroe honored her
iy a call while on hie Bestern tour, and sub
wquentiy at her house General Lafayette,
while on his visit to the United States, wee
ntroduced to the ladiee of Kennebunk. Hut
• Fortune's wheel keepa turning round." Aa
he patrimonial aeree diminished end old age
tpproaebed. ehe gradually lost her position in
he eoeiety which she once adorned. ▲ fswj