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TERMS, TWO DOLLAR8 J'ER YEAR.
NEW SERIES. VOL. 18. NO. 52.
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"THE WORLD Id (JOVERNKD TOO MUCH
ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS IN ADVANCE.
PARIS, MAINE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 18(58.
OLD SERIES, VOLUME :35. NO. 10.
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LAW PARTNERSHIP.
SHAW St Κ IMBU.L,
Attorary* hi Counsellor* at Law.
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C. W. HOWARD,
ATTORNEY k COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
RI'iroRD POUT. NK.
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• nd A(ri>l«ut ( V>)*n>r«
O. W. BLANC1IAKD,
tttornry and Councilor at Law,
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RomI;
Ο υ. Β1Μ1ΚΚ
.literne)' and Councilor at Law,
HUCKFIELD, OXFORD ΓΟ.. VIK.
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MflKXlB FOSTER, JR.
Councilor and luornry at Law
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•4 t· «elWrtM
O. R. HAI.Ij, M. D..
Physician and Surgeon,
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a. C. A.MIHKWS,
Conn*«ellor and Attorney at Law,
HUCKFIKLD. ihnmn Co..*·*,
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ATTORNEYS AND COI N>KLLORS,
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C. C. Ûiaoïitvi, 11. M. Hiarci.
C. fc. JûVANS. M. !>.,
PHÏSNUN AND M RUKON,
NORWtY VILI.KiK. ME.
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Dr. W. B. Lapham,
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J. Λ. MORTON, M D ,
Physician and Surgeon,
BETHEL.
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BOLS Τ Ε Κ ά. RICHARDSON,
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Dountio*. Usi'k P*y & Pension·,
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« »*f .id ' -maty, Me.
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J. Ρ SWASEY,
Councilor and iliorary at Law,
CANTON, MK.
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VIRGIN St UPTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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CHARLJbS A. HfcRSEY,
HOl'TH i'AH/H. VA\
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A good aMort i»ent of Com Jewelry,
All km.!· .»i >il»rr ml I'lalid W»rr.
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l'«<t<rnUr at .«·>«··..«ι |-»nl ο I ;r.«f'»»f.
NtW DRUG STOKE!
A J) Τ*~ι Γ,Ηηχ.
Druggist &, Apcthccary,
BI'CKFIRLI·. MK
I' HM'Uo· ι |ir»· npti ·■« ..nr.fully Μ·ΜαχΙιι1
WA.. rift atl'B.fed to m· tf
POETRY.
THE SNOW BIRD.
He «lu In Wlntrr'· iIni, tad live now li roan J hW
lr««.
Ho· be c«rrt pot for the fold.
Γ or tbe rh«- rf.ll kttri tlilaka the .now at fair t part
A a the Summer'· χrr··ri and gold.
«»· U» branch»· bnre an I brvwn, >lth their er> <tâll
f r * crown.
Kill III» tittle WlnlM bird
In Ik* ι Lark an· I cloail; dan, llflilrnl u| the lonrljr
»»>·
W it h hi· eoaatant chwlnf word.
To bla mi μ ι on h· i· tree, (igd haa work for hi·
to <iu.
With hi· little ring to chewr ;
la hU aawt life-· ιίημίτ aprecb, leaaona hltfh asd
(lad to InwK
la U»· dark da; a of the year
<»h ! bta IHtl heart U atroB(. aad b« Mfrr think· It
wrung,
TW la him thl· W»t ta given,
Νr» rr »n»k· btrdatbat >la| la Ui· Summer or th«
Spring
tudararaUi a «una» bra'ra.
hlwlia leather »nt, wit·'a IraMa of content,
> all «plrlta that are aad.
And h la aon« with rtrbeat freight, com*· to all the
«•aetata,
DlddiOl aorrow'a anlf tx- (lad.
Woald*t thou eho.xe fhjr Unie or wajrt doe· tbe lit·
tW po»t mr,
liial haa ordered U»r »e for thee ;
Where thy Hf· ran pralae hint beet, he ha· the» —on
ly real.
And hû purpose thott ahall aee.
Yr anmad whoae life the i»n* Itctb heavily an<l low,
Takaa le«a»t> Ihwi the bird
A· (!«l blreth rou a day, atrlre to char· the |lwnn
awar.
Whether II«U··»»! or anheard.
tind bath »tng»»«. many a one, that >mn pralae Him
ta the au il,
A· the happy cherubim ;
Bat I think the ·..·»· thejr raiae, wbo are toiler· la
dark 'til,
Are η aweetrr aoag to Him.
Mot by outer toy and «weetne··, ditoa He )al|* of
lite a oompletetaee·.
Hut b* «nrer te«t of worth.
It nay be tfr ||trt tbi graor of bearea'a blgheat
klao>.
To llw lowest ot the earth
— Hour· at Home,
>1 I S Γ Κ ι. ι. Λ Ν V.
The Eartiiqi'aKb αγ Saxta Cm»* Th.·
Η·>. klan 1 Democrat pu'»U«hes an i-xirict
froru a private letter, fr « η ι ι > 8 · ;r »( the
Unit··! State* ittamtr »ί lagahela to a
g**nt!cni.sn in tbat ci» .·, giving « description
of rb« terrible earth | · » t* tt the («Un I of
Santt Cru* TV leri T o> «: Ο ι the M in
day evening following. «bile quietly di.«
ciw*uij affair· in lb·» «vu I room, the ship
b»-gan fo tremble like the λ<(>··η leaf, the
l(laue«on th·· lahlo Jtaivl about, and all
of m iu»hi;i] on deck, btruh-'ileJ. where
we f.»un I the sailors panic stricken. Tbe
horrible rumbling sound, like tti ιίtli thun
der. oontinue i seven minute·, And oar p>>or
•hip. quivering like a poor buman being,
•eemed to tmbibe terror frnni ua. The «pire
of a churvh in town, cruw>led dow:i an 1
•cveral «mail Mon· building· toon followed,
while ibe wbul.j itland, at far a· 'be eye
could reach. waved up and down liko a
troubled aea.
Γ be shock erased and officer· all tien
brva:bed a si^li of relief. We went below,
got onr hat·, an·! started on deck again,
when aery of terror from the Muter attrac
ted our notice. He pointed to the «bure,
and w) there beheld a sight which no one
who ha· ever witnessed will forget- The
island see mod to be r.»ing bodily into the
air, but the fact w41 that the ocean wu re·
coding with frigbtfal rapi lity. The «bip
sank grad tally d.iwn until h«»r keel rested
on the bottom of the bar W« w»a, U«.l il>«
water· a· they left us, won lering in ailent
awe what the next scene in this teriiic dm·
nia wu to be We had not long to wait,
for when tbe ocean ba>l gone half a mile
astern of us, it started back upon us with
eq tal velocity, breasted by a solid wall of
water, w!;.»»e »now white -rest towered high
above our mainmast. We expected to be
engulfed, %nd all gave one parting look at
the shore a« we cluug to the sbr »udj. Bat
our nob! «hip rose like a cork, a· tbe wave·
struck hec, an I on «lie dashed to the short·
like a frightened deer. The ocean outran
us an I sweeping „τ··ι the town drowns l
uaanr f th«- old in I young, who could uot
get of! tu t>me to tbe bille. llo'j*es Ter··
swept i«i) like so inarty chip·, au I cattle,
horses and hu inn being· were borne out to
sea by the water, which now began to recede
a^aui Our sltij» cruised through the main
•trvet of the I jwii and as «he went out with
the «ça.· » rie<| awa» many houses which
th · oiterbadnot injured. We were left
a^ii'i on tlie botkm of the bay. but thin
tin··, broadside to the see, and the vessel
was inly save l from c«pslxing by the in·
rom ig wave, whi !i l'i^hl n a< we w "e
laiUng an I t'lahid us high up in town again
The water a; un re ce I · a· I we w-rc left
on Μ·« Hf 111 f--et Ιτο·η the edge ol ttie
hay, half caj>< /· I, and wrecked. Four ol
our *a . ir· j i.ope | iv 1 b . at to »ave them
•ι ίη·«, but were swallowed u · be lofe ο if
•yes
KiXToittaL Hi tias —An *1 bang* traly
«ays It is a mistake to think editorial
work rhietl· original composition. Πιιι
is hut a « η all pan of it and lb-re sr»
a do«en g-·»·! »nt#ri where there 1
one go · I editor; hut th·· writing alone 1
enough <0 overbear a man. Aim >st ever ν
cultivated man has time· when n« wool·,
like tbe opportunity of p'iblic expression
wKtcb lb- tiew«|iapcr alf'ir Is. 11J it would
he then ea«v f >r him to write, and to writs
vigorously ; it )· even probable that mini
reader· could write better than some editor·
l»»»t a· it is cert a n tbst the t»est conversa
tional anility wh* b di·> i-.se· public que·
tioo· would greatly improve publm journal
if it could Se transferred U» their column·.
Hut reiteration tells. It is ft very f\*r mut
ter to write ft newsptper article, »ay you?
Not quite so easy ft* you imagine if you
bave ever tried ; but grant that it i· not
very hard. There is an old pnzile about ft
man who made a rule to lift hi< call ««very
day. which he could easily do, and so he
went on until it bad become a bullocb.
Tit* Vi'LOiRiTT or Lorn Tai kixo ax η
Lauiiittxa —I «ee io jour excellent paper
a lit.l* paragraph on good manner·, in
whi<h «pitting and lounging are described
a· proof* of a semi barbarou* «tale of aoci
ety. and I must beg leave to notice another
peculiarity of our state of civilization. I
allude to loud talking and acreeetiing laugh -
1er. This is »<> peculiar to American* that
they aie known by it in Europe, and ft» well·
br\sd people tb-re never tolctate it. even
in the most social circle·, it is considered a
mark of ill-breeding belonging only to the
lowest class.
Aside from this conventional protest
against it. there is a regular objection to it.
in (be injury it doe* to the vooal organ·.
Talking through an evening, at tho top of
the voice, is very painful an 1 fatiguing, and
yet tho nuiit! made by the whole company is
so great that no one can bo beard who
speak* low. or in a natural tone. Many
tin oats are mide sore and many bead* are
made to acbe by tin* unneceisary noiso, an I
person* subject to bronchitis are obliged to
avoid it entirely.
in ail European society thu voices are
kepi lower than u«uil in large parti··*, an I
a general bu u prevail*, in which each
person m beird by tltn« he »llf «··«.
I he Ion Inc»» A a«ri 411* i* verjr m trkc<J.
and pr.»d 1 *>» di*gu«t and indignai ion when
it oreak* the still.ie** of picture galleries
and oilier public p'a -oi, srht-re nothing but
whis|ters are c»jr t LisjJ Wise-i a loud
voice is hetrj from an American traveller,
every pne is startled an I took· around to
see whence it c-jiiwi, and the com nciiti on
tbi* broach of good manners are very severe.
I onco introduced some vety refine I and
cultivated A aenaam to a gentleman in
f«ondoti. who could have <1 >ne much for
their amusement and procured their a Imift·
• ion to many private galleries of ptiniings
sculpture ; but aiuit one eapjrionce of their
vociferaliug.in a puilic exhibition, he would
not again expose hiinielfio th i pain and the
• ham·* they caused him lie wrote to me
to excuse himself for not having done more
for my fr^eu h. by saying tnat tbeir loud
talking m i le them not presentable in re
lined society and not bearable' in pub'ic
places He added that be had made ft din
ner paily for thom of Americans, only ami
tbey laughed and talked so loud that be was
afraid the police would come in and seo
what th·- row wa*. —[Correspondent of the
Liberal Christian.
Tub Live M is —Th» Live Min ia like a
Utile |>ig. be is weaned young and begin»
tew root airly.
Ito *12 the pepper sa ta uv creation—all
•pioe ur the world.
A man who kin draw Ν'ι·» Or lean» mi
lasse» in the mon'h of January. thru a fiaff·
inch auger hole, ami *ing " Home, swuet
home!" while the molasse· iz running, may
he strictly honest, but he aint suddeu
enough (or this climate.
The Live Man is full of bizzinets as the
conductor of a street kar—he iz often like
a hornet, very bizzy, but about what the
Pi kens only knows.
He lights up like a cotton faktory, and
haint got enny more time tew spare than a
• ko'dhur baz Saturday afteinooni.
Il>· iz like a decoy duck. always abuv wa
ter. an I live· 19 months during each year.
II· ie bke a runaway horse, he gels the
whole ov the road
II· trot* when be walks, and lies down at
night only bckause everyboddy else her.
If»· is ih·· American p»*t, per feck t mvi
teiy tew foreigner· , but liai dun inure (w h
charcoal) to work ouï the rreafnes· ov thi<
r untrv than enny other man in it.
He i/ jt»»t a* necessary a/ the grease on
•n axletree.
lie .1 n't alwu· die ritch, but »!wus die·
bixzy, and meets death a good deal a* *n
ο «ter du/, without enny fuss (lob Bill
ing·.
Maitr a Bkoi>mjc«»—Those who are
continually ibtnkmg what n heat to do, sel·
dot» do anything. Die '*»*·» I 'liar siv«d,
' the first mile traveled are something low
ard amassing a fortune and to completing .a
j »<jrncy ; they show earnestne*· of por|K>se,
How many a poor, idle erring ouliast i·
no» ι raw ing through lif·· in a «late of
wre< liedn· »i. who might have held up bis
had ar» I prospered; if inatead of putliog
1 off l> s rr« >liitf'<ns of amendment and indus
tn . h< had only ma le a beginning [Chan·
nmg.
j-^· Γη·-· la*" rieorge \V Kendall, of the
New Orleans Pnayune, in his last letter to
one of his old associate». »av· : 'Poyoti
know, Bullitt, th at in all my life I never
wnt to school ten months;" adding, "the
lift le- I ever l-arned wa« from running
• afimtt people who bad enjoyed wore ad·
ι vanta*»·,"
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
< onclatk'U )
•τ&τκ rniHON.
The State Prison lui· been conducted upon
the «am» poller which bu lor irvent jretn
b«*n looked upon with command tfion. It
•ppfin, however, that it· ν -nings for th*
past rear have not equalled it· expense· l>v
κιιββ $7000- The reason· for ibis are more
or*le·· directly on account ot the crowded
•tat» of the prison, and will more particu
larly appear in the report of the Warden
and Inspector·. I am «till of the opinion
that the affair· ot the prison are hunettljr
and judiciously managed. I have had oc
casion to «unseat that the discipline in the
several grades of officers bo more systemat
ic and harmonious. It is important for an
institution where the authority must be ab
solute, that the officers render mutual sup
port. and while due subordination is insist
<■•1 on, authority should be inspected from
higher to lower, as well Irom lower to high
er. ll is creditable however to tbc man
agement of the prison, that in the confusion
ol tearing down and rebudding, no uioru
serious disturbance has occurred. The de
ficit above referred fo, together with the
sum needed to complète the extension, will
amount to sotue $*J0,U0U. wh.ch must be re
garde·! as an indi*p«nsibl« pi υ vision (or
the neoessities of the piisun. The number
ot pardons during th« past λ ear has not
be-n so ereat as formerly, chiefly beca'ise
it ha· been thought that pariions should be
based upon cither new evidence -ince con
riction. mitigating cireuinsta ices unknown
to the court, indisputable proof of thorough
reformation, tr some peculiar hardship in
the < nse which the law could not take int ι
account. The dignity of law .» houlii not be
mockcd, and the sentenceof the court should
not be lightly set aside. The presumption
is tint sei teoce sha'· be executed. and ap
plicants for pardon should bear in mind that
the bur ten of proof is u|ion them to show
why it should be granted and not upon Ih«:
Kxecutivrt to «haw why it should not. The
*mht ol |wM»timi must not b-· denied, trnt
partions soon t >o often to b·· drin.tnded. a.i
if th«: Governor and Council »ere liofratd
nig "onvicts o| their rights, or iullicti· g up
ο·ι ι hem some grievous ivrong f> y -ir-fi nin,?
to interrupt the due ooarse of 'aw. In l ·ϊ»
connection I am constrained t«> r« ier ag<tin
to the uusatisfaciorv relations ot the Uw
and the pr.vtice in the matter ofctpital pun
ishment. X >thing can be more plain thin
the lsw contemplates the death penalty as
the extreinu of puni·hineut. *lt declares
even ttie method, and require-· the judg·- to
pt inounce the awlul sememe. but leaves
a weak place in providing for its execution
by which a Governor, if so di«posed, can
shirk a pain'ul duly. It begins a tragedy
and ends a farce I am not prcpaied to
stv whether public sentiment demands a
change in the law, but I ileem it proper to
inform you that I shall consider it my duty
to dispose ol cases under sentence ot death
which comes before me for actum, and shall
cither see that the law is duly executed, or
shall interpose the Execution prerogative of
commuting the sentence to imprisonment
lor lilt».
The greater part of the Report of the At
torney General is devoted to comments up
on the operation of the Liquor Laws, with
recommendations for i<n|>ortant modifies
lions in them. This is a subject of grave
consequence, and will demand your caliu
and caret ul consideration
INTERNAI..
Agreeably to .in order of the Legislature
plan* and specification· hav«ï been invited
•or ibe improvement of the capitol. Those
have been furnished and will >e laid helore
von, The elaborate plan* submitted by
Bryant and Roger*, who ha%e remodeled
the Stat·· House* of New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, suggest a very convenient
arid beauiiiul rearrangement of otir interior
and Extend to some changes for (he outside
Other parties also have plans in prepara
tion. whx'h will h·· submitted.
1 h vp not deemed it advisable to recom·
mend anr alteration at present which would
involve a great outlay of nionev. At all
events I should extremely regret to see any
change entered upon which would disturb
the Iront of our present building, which 1
regard as one of the (meat and most no·
posing in the country.
The rep >rt of the Hydrographie Survey
will, I judge, show striking if not complete
results The Survey proper has, as a gen
eral thine, been dispensed with, as so many
ol our towns voluntarily sent in full and
accurate reports of their powers, and while
this was in hand it was deemed inexpedi
ent to enter upon survevs that might be
found superfluous There are several im
portant place· still to bo heard from, and
this Report cannot therefore l»e taken as
by any means a complete exhibition of the
water power ol the "itatn. It is a sufficient
ly remarkable (a t thai already IJ"; water
pow-rs reported, from 211 to SÛ,UU» bot se
power <·* Ιι, miking an aggregate of aiiout
4'N),OQO horae power, and cjitl fo l >e
woilting lof* of of»r 5,ΉΙ,0(Ιβ able bod
ied men. This will t>e m -rm exactly *et
firth in thj lU^irt Iron» which, incomplete
a· it must he, I anti ipite a ι exposition of
tli»· r source* of this Stale for manufactur
ing purposes, »ueh as ι jnnnt f<·it to strike
our own eit'tens with •erprisei, and attract
attention and Wlvestment from abroad. Not
biting srni the Rrpor ol ihu (.'eniuisnKMi
I λ h unable to indt vite whether i would be
advisable to extend it an<· further at près
«•nt I'ti· rapacity and ol euntrol o!
our great water tmsint, 1 under»! and. re
main id to be ascertained. This is an ιιη
p-irtant element in <omptiting the availabil
ity of onr water power
If this Report doe· sut prove to be ex
wtly in form or complètent-·* a opt»J for
popula· distribution. I w«»ul i su^gttt (a«
the bulk ol nppropi lation for this survey ιι
not drawn) that the able Secretary of the
lli«ar I of ( oraaiistioner· be antborixed (o r«·
vise and pot it in proper form for distribu
tion in this country and in Europe. We
must spar· no pain· in preparing the way
f-.r the spe-dy utilization of our une jualleH
fa il ιι·-· for manufacturing, and m ist make
our action w> day a cord with the tnauif.-si
destiny of Maine as a grvat s«*at of tb>: In
dustt lal art·.
I had occasion in my last M«!«sago to re
f«r to tk« obstructions new forming in tb<
bed of the Penobscot River. I r»cret to
ι >t* the wfuion «till rxi<u, and 1 dtw
the waiter of ao |(r«at importance thai 1
muai again urge it upon your attention
l.est there should be any doubt in roar
mind »» to the occasion for thin solicitude I
have procured by favor of General (reoige
Thorn ot tbe L*. S Kngineers. to «bom the
Stal«s is utucb indebted for his deep interest
and valuable co operation in measuring
which look to iia advantage. a copv of a re
cent survey of the Penobscot, by Mr. Sul
livan, which I shall lay before you at an
early day. From ibis it appears that a bed
ol obstructions from slabs, edgings and saw
dust extends train Crosby's Narrows to
Bangor, a distance of some three and a half
miles, covering an area of about 820 actes,
and of an average d»p'h of ten feet, being
in some localities more than 18 feet deep,
forming an entangled mass of more than 5,·
ΟΟΟ,υΟΟ cubic yard·. Γ be Report proceed· :
"From all these examinations it has been
ascertained that the river, instead of having
as lormerlv, a wide, clear, and unoostructed
channel of ibree fathom* in depth at low
water all The way up to Bangor, lias now a
narraw, toituous and uncertain channel
with but eight or nine feet at lowest water."
The restoration ol the old river bed would
cost millions, and ia not to be thought of.
but a passable channel coold be maoe at a
coat estimated at from jÛUO.IH·".) lo $ό0'>,
ON), according to the depth These ob
struct ions are still accumulating, and it
η edt no ar<>!i>n'Mit Iroin me to show that
w«· cannot aff ird to clo»e the Penobscot riv·
er and make Π iigor in inland city I can
not but regard it as iny duty to urge upon
you to put a slop, bv suitable legislation,
to (he |>ro<-e*s ol ti liog up the river, and
then we shall t>e in a condition to ap[>eal to
Congre·»» to clear tho channel It is easier
lor us to remove the cause than the con«e
q'ien<*es. and unless ws do so it will be idle
to expect tn« General Government to re ti
de r us any aid.
ll is proper to refer lo the happy résulta
of ihe littéral spirit of the State. toward* the
proposition f'»r the publication of the early
documentary history of Maine Under this
en'Ourageincn» the Historical Sonety «·οιη
iuii.1.(tied Κ ;v 1 )r. Woods to eu'niun the
puoli·- archive# ol Kui(!aiid. ί»ριοι
and Venice for original manuscript r«*(or Is
pertaining to the discovery and r«rlv ότ
ι- ιρνιοη of this ρ irtion ot thu N>-w World
To facilitate this desirable work the com
missi mi of the State was also given to l)r.
Woods, an 1 be has met with every courtesy
arid co oj»eration on the put of the custod
ians ol these archives. Under these favor
able circumstances a large amount of valoa·
bin material has l»ecn brought to light.
This will be embraced in a volume illustrat
ing the progress ol dis -overy prior lo the
year 1G00. and culminating in ihe oc upa
lion of this ground under the first cbirter
of Maine in 16θ*> which was the tlawn oi coI
onizalion an·! civilization in North Ameri
ca. Tbe editing of the work falls to able
hands and it is easy to foiesee that rbis vol·
umc will be a more imjiortant contribution
to our early bistoiy tba i ;has hitherto ap
peared. The appropriation lor subscription
to this volume has not heen expended the
past year and I respectfully recommend that
it be renewed, as the volume will undoubt·
e II) appear in tbe course ol the ensuing
year
1 ho constitution guarantees to every
citizen speed) justice. It is worthy of in·
quiry wbclher this pledge has been faith
fully kept—whether in *ora« intltneei the
administration of justice bas not been so
impeded a» to amount tu a practical denial
of it. It u our duty to give thii subject the
attention it demands The rapid increase
of wealth in Portland and the neighboring
towns has long tended to accumulate bus
iness in the Supreme Court of that county.
The docket oi that court in Cumber.and
now contains yiearfy '2* *10 ac«ion«. in nearlv
all of which thn defendants have hied spoc
locations of iJefrnce and a^u entitled to
trial. The great hardship of this marrer is
that defences msde only for delay shelter
themselves behind actions which are really
for trial where they lie in safety, their
bollowness not upowt] until reached in
'regular course of business With this ao
cumulai ion no action can be reacbed un 1er
at lea«t two year*, and adding the delay
for exceptions heard only once a year the
average delay is three vears It ia easy to
see that the course of justice is impeded
h«'re. and it seems that the time has come
for the red res* of this •■yil by the establish
ment of a civil court for Cumberland coun
ty intei me liate between the Municipal and
the Supreme Judicial courts. I would
therefore respectfully recommend to your
« arelul '-on«id -ration the bill proposed by
a com-nitte© o* the Cumberland liar and
unatum<>>isly ad n»ted at a full meeting oi
thil body It is believed that thecieaiion
ol such a court, wnli us limite I sinldiire,
an I a lar^«»H-oiicurr»ni jurisdiction. its fre
(pent term- for jury truls and it· prnvis
ions fur th- speen» h--ar in? of liw questions,
w ml·I afford a pr >mpt and effectual remedy
lor the present evil.
It is well known that a respectable party
of citizens of this **la'o joined in 'He <|i.«as
trous enterprise known a- the '.Jeff ι f olonv '
The most distressing accounts of their con
dition rea· b···! me during the la«t summer
with anxious appeals f»i the interference
of tlie S'aie on t!j. ir b'-liaif. As h >wev»-r
they were Iwv m I our jurisdiction and
revdi, ' nnn· Its'riv ad lres«ed a »·ο·ηοι·ιηΐ·
rat ira ο t*i·· H»·» \V-n. II Setrarl, ν ere.
tarv ot S'ate, asking the ai i uf thn Urm ril
Goienim-mt, in res---iing these unfortunate
people from th»*ir distresses. This r-qiest
wis most ktnrlly and promptly met on
the p«rt of the government, and aftei somn
rorr sp«->nd mre the Secretary informe·! me
that he lia I provided for the return to Ihii
country ol su<b of these unhappy colonist ι
■ s were so diejmsed. In the m-an time the
•iiff •'ings of thu colonists promp'"d on'
Ponsnl at Constantinople, Hon. Jr>hn H
(roodenow.lo take aetion (or their relief
upon bis own responsibility, and m a great
part at his own eipense. He visi'ed the
Colony and conducted forty·'wo of tbem to
Alexandria, Kg) ot. where Mr. Hale, Consul
(of the I'nited States, arranged for their
further conveyen<-e hum·· In a despatch
Irotn Hon. Kdward J Morns, U. S Mir»·
ι kistar to Turkey. Mr, (ioodeuow'a services
—m
in tbe initier are mentioned with (r«M( ip
proliwiixi.
Tb« Gib commissioners bave y ivn much
attention to their investigations in i»nn«
tiiw with mu lar agenta of neighboring
Slates They deem il. Ι unicn'tmi, en
tirljr prac\Kaiii« to restoro the li«b to oar
abundant wat*»** which fana 'iljr atf »r.| —«I
no (mall item in tW« nrodu 'tin reso inxs
of th« Suw Tn· n^hcrw· on tlm eoist
also are an iinport.Htt uiierest, ant sh »uld
b« properly pnilectpl Τtea complaint it
•till made that tbe m · hamcal operations
lor the porduction o!fi«b oil have bean
leckless, and tbe «laughter thna occasioned
lia· cauwd a dearth of «util and even of
large fi»b along our a ores Thtre is some
doubt about tbe farfa and their causea, but
it may be that the matter deaerves your
attention.
ΙΗΠΤίΧΟ.
The depression in ao important a brandi,
of our industry aa ship-building baa reached
a point where we must have relief, or aban
don an interest which baa been our pride
and atav Not onlpr do we ace our ab>p·
yarda idle and maritime towns stagnating,
but the shipbuilder· who are among our
moat intelligent aod valuable citizen· are
driven from the State to ee«.k employment
elaeivbere. Tbr losa ia one we can ill afford
to bear. The State that haa for year· fur·
nished a third part of the tonnage of the
United Stated uiav well demand to be heard
in tne Congre·· of the Nation, and there
are few subjects inuru worthy of altcntioa
tb.tn lb* restoration of the commercial in
terests of tbe country. Ma<ne me ana to
t* fraternal, conciliatory and generous.
Prompt in her loyalty to the Union, she ia
still willing to deny herself something lor
each of the peculiar interesta of her aiatar
States Hut abc does not believe that they
will deliberately permet in a polio which
ninsi destroy her main reliance, cripple her
industry, a>id degrade heç from her appro
priate station. The country cannot afford
lo abandon the aea and leave to foreign
ships even our own extensive cotnm-ree.
1 am aware thai it is not in the power of
Cungteas to lift tbe whole burden from our
shipping. Ii will t-tke time to change the
rurrenf nl frode. and wo most »rdl he sub·
ject to the law» of aupplv and demand. Other
places also winch exempt iheir tonnage
from local luxation will still have some ad
vantage of us. W·■ cannot h ιμβ lor the
old prosperity; we only ink to be relieved
from no uneips.il a burden, and that, ao
f*r a» legislation can effeot it tbe chances
may be restored to u« of a fair compel uiou
in the commerce of the world
AOU1CVLTUKR.
Agriculture ia an interest in this S.a'e
too important to be ovt-rlookhl Τ icre ia
r.o lack ol industry in thi» department hot I
•till doubt wb«uher our agriculturiata liave
thai cour*···· and enierpriae which our fa*
ciiitiea call for We are content with »end
irirr t,av and cattle and potato*·· out of the
State. Tue great S'aple of life we bring in,
an I isoin a distance, and no at exaggerated
price·. We turn to our neighbor· on the
north ani weU, and even atretch our hand·
Ό California, for grain. It ia painful to
•e<· heavy trains toiling dava an<l night·
long to carry Hour into ·ο fine a wti.-at
counliv a· our Aro >stook. bringing it very
likely, from N· w York or Huston, and tak
ing it almost back wljun· it i'4'iim from; and
the farin-r pay· for the round about jonenoy
it ha* made. bill· which amount to more
than the intrinsic value of t>e grain. when
he could raiae joat as good at Ira own do jr.
It ia uaeleaa to wait for great manufactur
ing enterpriae· ιο d»*vrlop<· this indoatrv bv
creating larger demand. Bre.id wi'l alwat*·
b« in (iemand With our population, now
[irobably upwaida ot G.~>< i.1MJ. we nead at
rut a« many bairela of (l>mr yearly, which
at $15 the nvfrairi· price for th«- liai year—
amount» to $'.) 7">H Out). Thia ia nearly all
imported end probably no one article of
exjj.jrt rqiulj thia in ν,ι!·ιιΐ. Ilere certainly
ι s suffi >·ίι( licmm I. 'Γ fie onfv rj'imtion ia
can wheat be profitably raised in Maine.
The aoil and climate art» no bar In the
Province· north and eaut ol ue gieat atten
tion ia paid to wh'-at raising, and with good
results. Wheie it h*· been skillfull* tried
in our own State there has been no failure.
Th·· intelligent farmer know* that he must
iiiw on dry ground ur undeidrained, ·ο aa
to get the aeed in early and avoid the midge ;
that he must pulverize clayey «oil· so that
they will ahsoi b and hold the nitroge ι or
ammonia upon which the cereal· depend ;
and that the wheat abotild be followed by
crops like clovur, turnips or pea·, which do
uot dissipate ammonia, and those cropa be
kept upon the farm and returned to the aoil
as dressing. It haa b*en proposed t » offer
a bounty on the raising of wlteat in tin·
State ior the next three year·. Whether
that i· done or not. thn intelligent farmer
who devote· himself to lb a will find a boon·
ty in hi· immediate returns With oar 70,·
tj'O farm* an average of four ace* would
caaily produce at I·"» bu«hel· to the acre·,
epwards of Ι,ΟΟΟ,ΟΟ·» hothela ol wheat a
year, and this experiment ia worthy of lx>ing
tried, it wtll be u*ele«a to hope that evt η
with the ii'creaaed fai-iliiie* ior traos|H>rta
tion whi'-n we anticipate. brealaiufT< will
begreitlj lowei m p»i'*e Τ tie rapid in
rrea»e of uianuf rturea in the math an I
w> si will t«nd in mcietae a b >me consu np
lion, «ο ι Sat loss t»re ><isi nfT < will b.· offered
in « «stern mark·· · and ih i« th-· pri-ea will
be k· pt up Kve»» it it IV»·re not at our
nearr,· <a to the gr»-a' irkef w mhlgtee our
farmer* the prwii>°«l advantage of nea rtf
the «hole additional value whi« h th»· coat of
long trau«p»»rreiion <OM|>el·. F-w «ubj«< ta
are of more imp »rtan< e to our tanners how
ever thry may now be nrejudi ed or di··
conraged hi working blindij an I by mam
fores, rai'ier 'ban u i«leratandin<ly and skill·
fuily. r.ier* ia a tactics in peaoe a< well aa
war.
The recent examination of the new land·
of Aroostook hy the S -i-r^'ary nf the Board
of Agriculture lia· convinced hnn of Iho
great agi «cultural capacities ofthit iMtin.
The present agitationa which affeet the eo n
m unit ν must before long awO»«de. and a
larger portion of oar peopl" than now mu«t
aettle down to steady industry. It will l«e
well to have it more widely understood what
an admirable fi«*ld the·*· new land· afford
* [f.iaatlaa»4 am «U Pa«· .