The Portland daily press. [volume], January 23, 1868, Image 1

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Established June 23,1862. Vol. 7. PORTLAND, THURSDAY MORNING JANUARY 23, 1868 Terms $8.00 per annum, in advance.
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Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN NEAL
Counsellor at Law, £ olicitor and Attorney.
No. 16 Exchange street.
N. B. Offices and a large Hall to be let iu pame
bu lding. jan'20-dlawGwM
G. Ac J. T. DONNELL,
BATH, ME.,
Oordsijg-e Miinulncturera,
lnclu ling Full Gangs, Fishermen’s Hawsers, Bolt
R*»pe. PoTut Rope, Trawl Warp, T/ath Yarn, Arc.
Orders solicited. jauHdtiui
WEBB, FOGG & FREEMAN,
(Successors to A. WEBB & Co.,)
168 Commercial St., Portland, Me.,
DEALERS IK
CORN,
Flour, Meal, Oats,
In Large nr Niuuli Quantities.
ALSO,
Shorts, Fine Feed & Cr.Corn
CS^Ckoice Family flour ky the single bsrrel or In
bags.
S. H. WEBB, J. L. FOOD, H. C. FREEMAN.
Dee 28, iHW.jUf _
DK. BUZZELL,
Has resumed bis residence,
Corner Park and Pleasant Streets.
|yOffice hours from 8 to9, A. M. 2 to 4, P. M.
November 11. dtt
WRIGHT & BUCK,
Proprietors of Greenioood Mill,
■ DCKHVII.I.K, a. c.
DEALERS in Yellow Piue Timber and Ship
Stock. Orders solicited.
ReferEVCE8—R. P. Buck & Co., New York;
WSn. McGilvery. Esq., Searsport; Ryan & Dans,
Portland. mar*26dtt
C. G. DOWNES,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
HAS REMOVED TO
No. 233 1-2 Congress Street,
CORNER OF CHESTNNT
August 30, 1866. n dtt
Gray, Lufkin & Perry,
MANUFA cl USERS
AND JOBUKRH Of
*ATS, CAPS. FURS,
-AND
Straw Goods S
34 4k 50 Middle Ml. over Woodman, True A Co’.,
PORTLAND, MAINR.
Apr 9-dtt
DEKRING, MILLIKEN & CO.,
- JOBBKU8 OB -
DRY GOODS,
AND -
WOOLENS,
Have this day removed to the new aud spacious store
erected for them
68 and GO Middle St.,
On the Old Site occupied by them previous to the
great tire.
Portland, March 16. tf
JOHN E. DOwi Jr.,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
And Solicitor in Bankruptcy,
JAUNCBX COUBT,
4.1 Wall Street, ... New Yark City.
np’Gommissioner for Maine and Massachusetts.
Jan.29dtf
W. T. BROWN & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
No. DO l-J Commercial Street,
(Thomas Block,)
WtlLARD T. Brown, I •>
Walter 11. Brown, ) Portland.
Sole Wholesale Agents (or the Boston Match Co.
I or Maine. By permission refer to Dana & Ce., J.
W. Perkins & Co., Jo&iuU 11. Drummond, Burgess,
Fobes & Co._ june2Gdtl
W. H. PHILLIPS,
CARPENTER, BUILDER,
And Ship Joiner.
Circular and Jig Sawing done with despatch.
MoUloings of all kinds, Doors, Sash and Blimls made
or furnished to order.
338 C ommercial St , (foot of Park St.,)
Portland, Maine, au29dli
NATHAN WEBB,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
No. <31 Exchnnjfe St.
July 8-dtl
c. j. Schumacher,
FRESCO FAINTER.
Oflce at the Drug Store of Messrs. A. G. Schlotter
beck Sc Co.,
303 Congress St, Portland, Me,
Jal2dif One door above Brown.
Charles P. Mattocks,
Attcrney and Counseller at Law,
CANAL. RANK BUILDING,
No- KG Middle Street - - - Portland.
teblMti
G. A. 8USSKRAUT,
IMPORTER,
■ ASUKAOTUKEB ASD DliALKB III
Furs, lluts and Cups,
136 Middle Street,
PORTLAND, ... MAIN*.
HPCasb paid fur Shipping Fur.. eepiWdtt'
HOWARD A CLEAVES,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
PORTLAND, M NE.
Offlce No. 30 Exchange Street,
Jose, b Howaul, Jy9’G7-ly Nathan Cleave..
WALTER COKEY & 00.,
MASCFACTUBKR9 ASD DKALKKS IS
FURNITURE!
Looking Glasses, Mattresses,
Spring Reds, Ac,
Clapp’. Black, Kennebec Sired.
(Opposite Foot of Chestnut,)
_F«b5dtf POBTL4ND.
S. FKEEJUAN & CO.,
Commission Merchants I
1S1 Ul-oiicl street,
Samuel Fkeeman, 1
E. U. Appleton. J NEW- YORK.
Hr Particular attention given to the purchasing
ol Flour and Grain.
RefcrencoH-Daeld Nearer. Esq , E. MeKenney *
w- * t. It. Millikeu, J. B. Carroll, Esq., T. H.
Weston & Co.__’_junelldtf __
A. N. NOYES & SON,
Manulaeturerg and dealers In
Stoves, Manges <£ f urnaces,
Can be tound in their
NEW BDILDINO ON MSMK |f(|
(Opposite the Market.)
Where they will be pleased to see all their former
Dustomers and receive orders as usual. augl7dtl a
U. M. PAY SON,
STOCK BROKER.
No. 30 Exchange Street,
PORTLAND id E no21«lt
M. 1>. L. LANE,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
No. mo Nassau Street,
„ . !'««' XOBK.
November 27. eod2m
I. F. FINQRRE
Pattern and Model Maker,
No. 4) Exchange St. Portland Me.
Spirit Levels, Hat, Bonnet and W ig blocks made
and renal red. Artists, Surgeons, Musicians, In ven
ters, Manufacturers, and Miscellaneous Orders, per
sonally executed.
Janua-y 2. dim
Dr. W.R. Johnson,
DENTIST,
Oflce Jlf, |3 14 Free Si reel,
Second Ho line from H. H. Hay1* Apothecary Store.
Bp-Ether administered when deidred ansi thought
adWaable. • Jy22eo.it!
BUSINESS CARDS.
New Hair Dressing Saloon.
WILLIAM OANNERS,
SHAVING
AND
HAIR-DRESSING ROOM,
IN THE
Commercial lion no,
CKONM, near cor. fore street.
Jan l'l-dilm
SISE & NEVENS,
Nucressors to I.. J. Hill tt Co.,
Manufacturers ami Wholesa’e Dealers In
COFFEE & SPICES,
Cream Tarter, Cayenne. die.
Ragle ills, Office 176 Fore HI,fool Exchange,
PORTLAND* ME.
E. u HISE. (jau20du> H. 11. NEVES*
GEO. W, TRUE & CO.,
116 Oommsioi&l Street, Ecad Long Wharf,
, DEALERS JN
CORK, FLOUR,
Fresh Ground Yellow Meal,
Oats, Shorts, Bye Meal, die.
FINE DAIRY AND TARI.B MAM.
W. R. WALDRON, QRO. W. TRUK.
January 20. iitdteodti
Instruction on the Piano Forte
By MISS A. U. BURG IK.
KVlnqniie at 28 High at. dc23eodlm*
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
THE copartnership heretofore existing under the
firm name ot Benson & Houghton, is this day
dissolved by mutual consent. The affairs ot the late
firm will be adjusted by A. M. Benson.
A. M. BENSON,
E. B. HOUGHTON.
Portland, Jan. 14, 1868.
Copartnership Notice.
We have purchased the stock and stand 6f Benson
and Houghton, and have admitted Mr. A. M. Benson
M a copartner. Our ftyle trom this time will be
Clement, Good ridge & Benson,
j* EDWIN CLEMENT,
GEO. GOODIUDGE,
A. M. BENSON.
Portland, Jan. 14, 1868. Jan21d4w
Dissolution of Copartnership.
The fikmof stonehaji & iuiley, win
Uow Shade Manuiuctuiers, is this day dissolved
by mutual consent.
P. W. STHNEHAM,
F. J. BAILEY.
NOTICE.
The business will be continued bv P. W. S TONE
HAM, at t'ue old stand,
No. 168 1-2 Middle Slree',
who alone Is authorized to settle the affairs of the
ttrm.
P. W. STONEHAM.
January IS, 1888. Janl8d2w
Disolution.
THE Firm of Lamb & Simonton is this dav dis
solved by mutual consent. Mr. Lamb is to
settle all accounts. G. H. LAMB,
A. H. SIMONTON.
Jan. 17. dtf %
Copartnership Notice.
THE undersigned Lave this day formed a copart
nership under the firm name of
DonneU, Greely & Butler,
And taken the store No 31 Commercial st., corner
of Franklin and Commercial, where they will con
tinue the business as
Commission Morchanta,
And Wholesale Dealers In GROCERIES, FLOOR
PORK, LARD, FISH, &c.
J. B. DONNELL,
JUSTUS GREELY,
A. BUTLER.
Portland, Aug, 1,1887.au3eodtf
Copartnership Notice.
THE subscribers have this day formed a copart
nership uuder the name of
Evans &, Greene,
And will continue the business of
COAL AND WOOD!
At the old Stgnd
9S1 Commercial Ml, Head Smith’s Wharf.
We have on hand and offer lor sale at the low
est cash prices, the different varieties of Hard and
(Soft Coals, all ol the first quality, and delivered in
the best possible order. Also
HARD AND SOFT WOOD#
Delivered in any part of the city.
WM. H. EVANS,
CHAS H. GREENE.
Portland, Nov 1st, 1807. noldif
Copartnership Notice.
THE subscribers have formed a copartnership un
der the firm name of
EDWARD U. BURGIN A CO.,
will continue the business ot
Corn, Meal, Flour and Grain,
—AND—
Manufacture of Dairy and Table Balt,
At old stand
No. 120 Commercial 8trcet.
EDWARD H. BURGIN,
K. S. GKRRISH.
EDWARD S. BURGIN.
Portland, Sept. 30,1867 oct. 5,-eodtf
Notice,
PORTLAND, Jan. 1, 1868.
THE Undersigned having formed a partnership
to carry on the Stove, Tin-Ware, and Plumbing
business, un ier the firm and style of M. E Thomp
s< n & Co., solicit the patronage &f the public gener
ally. Heal quarters at the old Stand, Temple St.
M. E. THOMPSON,
J. S. KNIGHT.
Jan. 3. eodlm*
NEW FIRM.
THE subscribers have this day formed a copart
nership for the purpose of conducting the retail
Boot, Shoe and Rubber Business,
Under the firm name ot
ELWELL & BUTLER,
And taken the store recently occupied, by Messrs.
Elliot & McCullar,
IN<>. 11 Market Square.
Having added a large stock ot goods to that purchas
ed ol Messrs. E. & M., we are prepared to furnish
every st>le and description of Boots, Shoes and Rub
bers, which we shall se’l at the very lowest cash
prices, hoping thereby to retain all former patrons
and give our triemls and the public generally an op
portunity to buy good goods at desirable prices.
A. LEWIS ELWELL.
J. F. BUTLER.
Portland, Oct 15, 1867.ocHtdtf
Copartnership Notica.
THE undersigned have thi* day formed a copart- j
norship under the name of.
HUNT, JEWETT & CO.,
- FOB 1 HE -
Manufacture of Marble Work!
in all its branches, and have tikon the shop near the
head ot Preble Street, and
NO. 119 COMGRE9S STREET,
where may be found a Urge and geueral assort
ment of
Monuments & Grave Stones,
Tablet., Table Tap., Shelve, aad S.ap
Slone Work.
gr" Order, flum the country promptly attended
to at tow prices.
Marble at wholesale as usual.
li. K. HUNT,
J. M. JEWETT,
JOSEPH BING,
W. H. TURNER.
December 24. 1867. U&wlm
Copartnership Notice.
THE undersigned have this day formed a copart
nership under the name of
RI0HARD80N, HARRIS k 00.,
lor the purpose ot carrying on the wholesale
West India Goods, Grocery,
- AND -
Flo in* Business,
and have taken the s ore No. 143 Commercial Street,
heretofore occupied by Richardson, Dyer & Co.
R. M. richAkdson,
BENJ. F. HARRIS, 1
J. W. DYER,
^ , HENRY LITTLEFIELD,
December 14. d&wbte
Notice.
I HEREB Y forl>id all persons harboring or tins tin
mv Son Dudley, as I shall pav no bills of his con
tracting alter this date, and shall claim all bis earn
in?s. DUDLEY YOUNG.
Portland, Jan. 13, 18G8. ja 14-d&y*lw*
“All Sorts.”
ALL SORTS, or a Purse Seine, one bundled fath
oms long, liberal in depth, complete in its ap
purtenance# lor immediate use, not welching over
«’# lbs., capable oi being hand ed by a man and three
bo s In a dory. Adapted to Herring, Mackerel or
Eobageu. Out f3 «S
AMERICAN NET AND TWINE CO.,
No. Ait Commercial Street. Boston.
January 13, dlwi2aw3tn
REMOVAL®.
REMOVAL,.
JOHN RANHALL A CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
FLOUR,
Have removed to
IVo. 04 Commercial St.,
Head of Portland Pier.
Jan. 20. di# I
REMOVE L.
8welt &; Bradley,
DEALERS IN
COOK & PARLOR STOVES,
For Wood or Coal,
Have removed to
No. 134 Exchange Street.
HTThe public ace respectfully requested to ex
auiinc the stoves and prices. dec30d3m
REMO V L .
ROBINSON & KNIGHT,
DEALERS IN
CLOTHINO
- AND
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
have removed ‘o theft
N E W STOKE!
No. 78 Middle Street,
Third Store from Exchange Ntreel.
January 17. dtt
R E M O V .A. E .
Emery, Waterhouse & Co.,
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE !
CUTLERY, GLASS, 4c.,
have this day removed to their
NEW STORE,
. Nos. 53 <£ 55 Middle SU
First Block East of the Past Office.
E. W. & Co. have arranged in connection with
their jobbing business a
RETAIL DEPARTMENT,
in which will be found a complete stock of
» .
House-Building Hardware,
TOOLS, &c.
January T, U67. 8Jw
KEMOVAL.
WOODMAN,-TRUE & 00.,
IMPORTERS 4ND DIALERS IX
DRY GOODS!
WOOLENS,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
AND SMALL WARES,
Have this day removed to Woodman’s Block,
Corner of Middle and Pearl Streets,
Nearly opposite their old site.
Axentstor Maine lor the World-renowned
Liucn FiniA Collar T
Witli Cloth at the Button Hole, and
Gray’s Patent Molded Collar
-ALSO—
Agents for Singers Sewing Machine.
WOOD ITS AN, VRl'E * (O.
Portland, Dec 2d, 1H*;7. d«c3<14ui
REMOVAL.
H • M • JR JR R W R JR y
(Successor tc J. Smith & Co.)
Manufacturer of Leather Belting,
Has removed to
NO. 92 MIDDLE STREET,
Marrctt & Poor’s New Block, where may he found a
full assortment of Leather Belting, as cheap, and
equal to any iu New England. Belting and Loom
Straps made to order. Also tor sale, Belt Leather
Backs and Sides, Leather Trimmings, Lace Leather,
Belt Hooks, Cupper Hi vets and Burs. jylfkltf
A • MERKfLL,
Counsellor and • Attorney at Law,
has removed to 144j Exchange Street, opposite pres
ent Post Otllee. Julytkltf
REMO V A L .
JAMES O’DONNELL,
Counsellor at Law,
Wotury Public Ac CouanaiNNioiier of Dcedi,
Has removed to Claj p’s New Block,
OOR. EXCHANGE AND FEDERAL STREETS,
Jan 15. (Over Sawyer’s Fruit Store.) dtl
R E M O V A JL. I
W. II. CLIFFORD,
Counsellor at Law,
And Solicitor of Patent*,
Has Removed to
Corner of Brown and Congress Streets.
|a!6 BROWN’S NEW BLOCK. dtl
The Mercantile Agency,
47 C'oiigri'H* and 40 IValer Nircet, Bontoa,
Will hare an Office First qf March in Jose Block
-No. 88 Exchange St., opposite the Custom
House, Portland.
This institution was established by Lewis Tappan,
in new York, in 184;; by him and Edward E. Dun
bar in Boston, in 1843, and subsequently by them and
their successors in each of the principal cities of the
United States and Canada: and is believed to be the
first and oiigjual cigauizat on in : ny part ofthe
world, for the purpose of procuring in a thorough
rnauner, recording and presr rving for Its patrons de
tailed information respecting the home standing, re
sponsibility and credit of Merchants, Manufacturers,
Traders, &e., to aid iu dispensing credit and collect
ing debts.
During the twenly-six years that the Mercantile
Agency has been iu op -ration,there has been no time
that it lias not enjoyed the confidence and patronage
of the most honored and sagacious business men iu
each community where one of Us offices has been lo
cated. With a determination, adhered to from the
first opening of tlii* office to the present time, to se
cure the aid of reliable and painstaking correspon
dents, men of character and integrity, competent
assistants and clerks lu all responsible positions, and
to be strictly impartial in our reports without fear
or favor, the business has grown to an extent corres
ponding to the increased tcritory and extended busi
ness oi the country; and never has the agency been
in condition to render such valuable service to its
subscribers as at the present time.
In audition to ihe recoined reports, revised syste
matically twice a year by correspondence and trav
elling, we have, tor the past three years, issued to
Bubscriltcrs who desired it, they paying an addition
al subscription for the use thereof, a REFERENCE
BOOK, containing names ot individuals and firms in
Mercan‘ile, Manufacturing, Mechanical, aud other
business, arranged in alphabetical order in- their
respective towns or cities, with a double rating ap
pended, (as per Key furnished with the book,) show
ing. approximately the pecuniary strength,and
secondly, the mercantile credit. This work, now is
sued in .January and July of each year, is kept use- I
ful to subscribers by the issue ol weekly, (or moro
frequent) notifications ol imp© taut changes which
affect the ratings.
Besides the GENERAL REFERENCE BOOK, of
whole U. S. and Bri ish Provinces, we issue a
BOOK OF PRINCIPAL CITIES, home 70 in num
ber, a
NEW ENGLAND REFERENCE BOOK, and a
WESTERN REFERENCE BOOK.
All of tlie three last named are included in the
first, and either can be supplied to a subscriber ac
cording to the wants of his business.
We shall be j leased loexhib t (he Keierenco Book
and other facilities of the Agency, and to answer
hucli questions as may be asked respecting our sys
tem and terms ot subscription. ui»on application per
sonally or by letter.
^DWAIID RUSSELL & CO.
January 1, 18flB.
ASSOCIATE OFICES.
F. RUSSELL & CO., Boston, and Portland1 R. G.
DUN & Co., New York City, Albany, Bufftlo,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Pittsburg,
Cleveland, Detroit,Chicago, Milwaukic,Chariest n,
New Orleans, Louisville, Memphis. St. Liuit, and
London, England. DUN. WI Y1AN Sc CO., Tor
onto, C. W , Montreal,C. K., aud Halitax. N. S.
.Jau 'J dtf
FOK SALE.
ONE EIGHT HOUSE POWER
Portable Engine.
• W. H. PHIIjLVPI,
o «■$ Commercial St., loot ot Park St.
| Portland, Aug 29,-dt
SCHOOLS.
Norway Academy !
- AT -
Norway, Maine.
HE SPUING TKHM, of tills luatttiitiou w.ll
commence ou
Wednesday. February 26th, 1868,
and continue eleven weeks.
OHARLSS D. BARROWS, A. B,, Princ'pil.
Edwin, F. Ambrose, A. B Asso Ja‘e Frio.
Assistant Teachers ot acknowledged ability and
experience have been secured.
BOAKD—including everything—wood, light* and
ivathing, three dollar* per week.
Also Booms lor Students wishing to board them
selves.
Application should l>e made in person or by letter
to the Principal, to Bev. N. Gunnison, J. A. Deni
son, Esq, or 10 Freeland Howe, Esq., at Norway.
Jau 22-eod3w
Portland Academy, - - Union Hall.
DAY and evening school. For terms and particu
lars address
P. J. LAKKABEE. Piincipal.
Jan. 13. eodtf No. 28 Hanover St.
REAL ESTATE.
Hotel tor Sale.
rpHE furniture and fixtures in the Hotrl
< I X bo long and favorably known as the
York Hotel in Saco, will Le sold at a g od
[ bargain. The Mir liure is nearly new and
J l in good order. Has a good Dance Hall and
Stable attached, a very l'avoraole lease ot four or
ten yeais. The House is doing an excellent busi
ness, aud the only reason lor selling, is, that tue Pro
Srietor 1 as other business to attend to the first of
(arch.
SILAS GURNEY,
Jan21dlw York Hotel, Saco, Me.
New House for Sale.
ANEW two and a half atory house, thoroughly
built, containing fifteen rooms, convenient far
one or two (amides, located on Cumberland Street.
Is ottered for sale on favorable terms. It has gas,
marble mantels, an abundance of hard and sett wat
er, cemented cellar flo:r, brick cistern, Ac. Apply
to W. H. .TERRIS,
Jan15d3w Real Estate Agent,
For Sale at a Bargain.
A LOT of land, 50 by no feet, fur TEN CENTS
per square loot located on St. John St. Apply
Immediately lo WM. H. .JEKUIS,
Real Estate Agent, Opposite Preble House.
.Ian 17-dlw*
$1800 for a good 11-2 story House
SAnd One Acre .f l.wnd in Westbrook,
within three minutes walk of the Horse Cars.
The bouse is modern ami convenient. Plenty
jnt Bolt Water at the door. Has a good barn
and wood-house. Only StOOOcash required dowu.
Apply to W. H. JERRI-',
dc-30d3w* Real Estate Agent.
FOB SALE!
Atth. Two Brick Houses in a block or three, on
Biii Cumberland,eorn r of Pearl si reel; two stories
WKLwIth French root, gutters Rued with galvan
ized iron, cement cellar floors, with Prick cisterns.
One containing 10 ttniiheil rooms, and th - other nine
rooms—all above ground—with bard and sort water
brought in the kilcheu—thoroughly built and con
venient.
Also a block of two bouses thoroughly built of
bnck, aud convenient; two stori-s with French roof,
hard and soft water brought In the kitchen; contain
ing twelve flnished rooms each, on Mvrtle st. For
further particulars enquire on lire premises tr to
CHAS. RICHARDSON,
dclSdtlis . 138 Cumberland St.
For Sale—One Mile from Port
land.
THE beautilhl residence occupied by llev. W. P.
Merrill, situated in Westbrook, on tbe Back
Cove road, known by the name of the Macliigonne
Villa, The grounds are tastefully laid out with
walks, flower beds, splendid evergreens and shade
trees; about 200 pear, apple.'plum and cberry tree*
in bearing; pIent>|of currents and gooseoe ries;
about n acre ot strawberries—raised 1,600 quail*
this year. The lot embraces nearly lour acres, with
streets 60 feet wide all round it. The buildings—*
tine house with 15 rooms, French root aud cupola,
aud a piazza rouud three sides; warmed with tur
nace, good well and cistern in cellar; gardener's
house and summer house, aud good stable well
flnished with cellar.
Terms easy. For particulars euquire on tlie pre
mises, or ot WH1TTEMORE & STAR BIRD, on
Commcrc'al street; or FERNALD & SON, corner
ot Preole aud Congress streets.
Sept 3. dtt __
NOTICE. I will sell on favorable terms as to
payment, or let for a term of years, the lots on
the corner ol Middle and Franklin streets, and on
Franklin street, including thecorner ot Franklin aud
Fore streets. Apply to WM. HILLIARD, Bangor
or SMITH & HEED Attorneys, Portland. iy12tt
Land for Sale.
A PART of the late Mary S. Lunt's Estate, near
Portland, via Tukey’s Bridge; in parrels to
suit Purchasers. Enquire in person or by letter of
JAMES JOHNSON,
Slrondwater, Westbrook Adm'r of said Estate with
will annexed. *oct 22-d<Sfcwfl
To be Sold Immediately.
fpWO Homos and lots Id City. Price *900 aud SI,
± 600. House lots in Cape Elizabeth $5 ' to $100.
JOSEPH HEED,
R* al Estate Agent, Oak and Congress sis.
Octobes 2. dtt
J. & C. J. BARBOUR,
No. 8 Exchange street,
Here for retail a large Stock of
Boots, Shoes and Rubbers
Fer Hea’i, Women’*, IVIiesea’, Boy’* and
Childeren’* wear.
RUBBER GOODS!
Belting, Packing, Hose, Clothing,
Springs, Cloth, Mata, Tubing, Ac.
All descriptions of Rubber Oiods obtained
from Factory at snort notice aud at lowest rates.
Oak Leather Belts.
HOYT’S
Premium Oak Leather Bella!
The most perfect article in the market. Also,
Page's Patent Lace Leather, and
Blake’s Belt Studs.
Deo 10, 1807.-li»od3m *
LUMBER “
Drying and Planing Mills,
2f. J. D. Larrabee & Co.,
West Commercial street.
Kiln-Dried Lumber for Sale.
PERFECTLY Dry Pine Lumber planed aud ready
for use.
Dry Norway Pine and Spruce Boards planed and
tainted, for floors. All kinds of lumber furnished at
low pricoe. Various Wood Mouldings for house-fin
ish and tor p’eture frames on hand aud made to or
der. We can do job work, such as jig sawing, turn
ing, planing, sticking moulding, &c, iu the best
manner.
BT*Prompt personal attention.
It. J. D. LA HR A BEE & CO..
dc24d.3m_West Commercial St., Portland.
Advances made on Goods to the
Island of Cuba.
Hewrs.OHTJBOHLL, BB0WNS & HANSON
Are prepared to make liberal advances on a'l kinds
of Lumber, Cooperage ami Provisions, to any oi the
Ports of the Island, and their connections with the
first class Houses oi tl.e Inland, make this a desira
ble mode for parties wishing to ship Goods to that
market,
Portland, 16 Dec. 1867, dc16< f
Gas Fixtures! Gas Fixtures!
We have connected GAS FIXTURES with our busi
ness of
Steam and Gas Fittings,
HON BAILINGS, WINDOW SHUTTEBS,
Gratings, Fnmpa, Ac., Arc ,
and are now prepared to tarnish them as low as they
cau be purchased in Boston.
Our stock is entirely new, ami is selected trow the
latest and most fashionable styles.
We invite persons who intend to purchase tixtures
to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere.
C. M. & H. T. PLUMMER,
Nos. 9,11 ami 13 Union Street, Portland, Me.
September 12. dtf
~FOR_SALE.
ONE horse, six years old. kiud and good worker
and a eood traveller. A!so one traverse runner
pung, nearly new. Apply lor a few days to
8. WINSLOW & CO..
decl7dt 28 Spring Street.
THE BEST
C H RI ST MAS
- OB -
New Year’n
present
any one can jive their triends will be a
PHOTOGRAPH!
and will be prised as such. Go to
E. ». WOBMELL 8,
No, 31G Congress Street,
where you can get all kinds of such work done in the
best manner, ami for prices that defy competition.
Photographs In all their Ntylvii. Tin
Type* and Pcrreo types, the cheapest that can be
wade in this city, and perfect sitHlaction wai ranted.
Remember the place.
E. H. WORlHEMi,
dee ’Jkltf 316 Congress Street.
SAMUEL F. COBB,
No. 355 CongroNH Street.
HEAR HEAD OF UKEEN STREET.
PIANO FORTES, Melodeons, Organs, Guitars,
Violins. Banjos, Flutinas, Music Boxes, Con
certinas, Accorueons, Tamboriues, Flutes, Flageo
lets, Picalos, Clarionets, Violin Bows, Music Stools,
Music Stands, Drums, Fifes, Sheet Music, Mush*
Books, Violin and Guitar Strings, Stereoscopes and
Views, Umbrellas. Canes, Clocks, Bird Cages, Look
i ng Glasses, Aibuyis. Stationery, Pens, Ink, Rocking
Horser, Pictures and Frames, Fancy Baskets, Chil
dren’s Carriages and a gfreat variety of other articles.
Old PisuM Taken in Exchange (mr Mew.
KS^Pianoa and Melodeons tuned and to rent,
April 6—tf
MISCELLANEOUS.
540 MILES
- OF THE -
UNIO N
Pacific Railroad
Running West ft om Omaha,
Across the Continent,
ARE NOW COMPLETED,
THE TRACK BEING LAID AND TRAINS RUN
NING
With in Ten Miles of the Summit
of the Rocky Mono tains.
1 In? remaining ten miles will be finlehed as soon
as the weather permits the*roa«i-boU to be sufficiently
packed to receive the rails. The work continues to
be pushed forward in the rock cutting on the w. st
ern slope with unabated energy, andg much larger
iorcu will be employed during thee indent year than
ever betorj. The prospect, that the whole
Grand Line to the Pacific
Will be Completed in 1M70,
Was never be'ter. It. ineun* so kr provided for
construction ban proved ample, and there in no lack
ol mini- for the inoft vigorous prosecution of the en
terprise. These means are divided Into four classes:
1—UNITED STATUS BONDS,
Having thirty years to run, and bearing six per cent
currency interest, at the rale <X flg^mo per xullc for
817 utiles ori the Plaius; then at the rate of $18,nX)
p:r mile lor 150 inileS through the Rocky Mountains;
then at the rate of $32,000 per mile ipr the remaining
distance, for which the United Slat* takes a itctind
lien as security. The interest on these bonds is paid
by the United States Government, which also [rays
the Company one-half the amount*ol Its bills in
money lor transportatmg its weight, troops, niai's.
&e. The remaining half of these bills Is placed to
tbo Company’s credit, and forms a sinking tund
which may dually discharge the whole amount of
thiB Hen.
2-FIRST 3IORTGAGE BONDS
By 11s charter the Company is pormlttcl to issue
its own First Mortgage Bpnds ta the same amount as
the Bands issued by the government, and no more,
and only os tut road prof res set. The Trustees tor
the Bondholders, are the Hun. K. D. Morgan, U. S.
Senator from New York, and the Hen. Oakes Ames,
member ol the U. S. House ol Representatives, who
are responsible (or the delivery of these Bonds to tLe
Company iu accordance with the terms of the law.
3— THE LAND GRANT.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company has a land
grant or absolute donation from the government ol
12,800 acres to the mile on the line of the road, which
will not be worth less than $1.80 per acre, at the low
est valuation. /
4— THE CAPITAL STOCK.
The authorized eapftal of tb. Union Pacific Rail
road Company H *100,000,000, ol which over $8,300,-'
000 have l>ceu paid on the work already done.
I
THE
Means Sufficient to Build the Road.
Contracts for the entire work ot building 914 miles
of first-class railroad west trom Omaha, comprising
much of the most difficult, mountain work, and em
bracing every expense except survi ving, have been
made with responsible parties (wlo have already fin
ished over 510 miles), at the average rate of sixty
eight thousand and fifty-eight dollars ($68,058) per
mile. This price includes all necessary shops lor
construction and repairs ot cars, depols, stations,
and all other incidental buildings, and al60 .locomo
tives, passenger, baggage, and freight cars, and oth
er lequisite rolling stock, to an amount that shall
not be less tha>i $5,000 per mile Allot lug the cost
of the remaining one hundred and eighty-six of the
eleven hundred miles assumed to be built by the
Union Pacific Company to be $90,000 per mile;
The Total Coat of (Heron flu mired ,?li lea
will be an Hollows i
»U miles, at $G8,058 #62,1:05,012
180 mile*, at $'10,000, 10,710,000
Adddtsconuts on bonds, surveys, Ac, 1,500,000
Amount, , $80,441,012
AstlieU S Bonds are equal to money, and the
Company's own First-Mortgage bonds have a ready
market, we have as the
Available Caah Keaeutcea for building
eleven Hundred .Miles i
U. S. Bonds. *29,3*8/00
First Mortgage Bonds, 29,328,000
Capital S och paid in on the work now done,8,500,000
Land Grant, 14,080.000 acres, at $4.50 |*r
*cre, 21,120,000
Total, $88,276,000
The Company have amide t'ae'lities for supplying
any deficiency that may arise in means for construc
tion. This may he done wholly or in part by uddi
ditioual subscriptions to tho capital stock.
Earnings of the Company.
At present, the profits of the Company are derived
only from Its local trail e, hut this is already much
moretlian sufficient to pay the interest on all the
Bonds thj Company can issue, if not another mile
were built. It is not doubted that when the road is
completed the through traffic of the only line con
noctihg the Atlantic and Pacific States wi 1 be large
beyond precedent, fend, as there will be no compe
tition, It can always be done at profitable rates.
It will be noticed that the Union Paeific Railroad
i , in fact, a (iorervmeat Work, built under the su
pervision of Government officers, and to a large ex
tent with Government money, and that its bonds
are Issued under Government direction. It is l>e
lieved that no similar security is so carefully' guard
ed, and certainly no other Is based upon a larger or
more valuable property. As the Comp ny’s
First Mortgage Bonds
aic offered for the present at OO CTS.;OJI THE
DOLLAR, they are the cheapest security iu the
market, being more than 15 per c:nt. lower than U.
S. Stocks. They pay
Six Per Cent, in Gold!
or over NINE PER CENT, upon the invest
ment, and have thirty years to run before maturity.
Subscriptions will be received In Portland by
SWAN A BAB11ETT,
NO. 13 EXCHANGE STREET,
and in New York at the Company’s Office, No. 20
Nassau Street, and by
CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK, No. 7 Nas
sau Street.
CLARK, DODGE & CO., Bankers, No.' 51 Wall
Street.
JOHN J. CISCO & SON, Bankers' No. 33 Wall
Street.
HENRY CLEWS & CO., Bankers, No. 32 Wal
Street.
Aud by the Company's advertised Agents through
out the United States. Remittances should be made
iu drafts or other funds par iu New York, and the
bonds will be sent free ot charge by return express.
Parties subscribing through local ageuts, will look
to them for their safe delivery.
A NEW PAMPHLET AND MAP, showing the
Progress of the Work, Resources lor Construction,
and Value of Bonds, may' be obtained at the Com
pany’s Offices, or of its advertised Agents, or will be
Bent free on application.
JOHN J. CISCO,
janUd&wlm Treasurer, New York.
ABSTRACT OF THE
ANNUALSTATEMENT
OF THK
£TNA INSURANCE CO,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
On the let day ot January, 1868, to the State ot
Maine.
Capital Stock all Paid up, $3,00 >>,000.00
ASSETS AS FOLLOWS:
Real Estate, unincumbered,.$253,082 83
Cash ou hand, in Bauk, and in agts. hands 546,607 81
United States Securities,. 748,345 50
State, City and Town Stocks and Bonds . 899,525 00
Bank and Trust Company’s Stocks,.1,257,810 00
Railroad Companies’ Stocks,. . 299,382 25
Mortgage Bauds,. 811,870 00
Loans on Real Estate,. 9,000 00
Mutual Ins* ranee Co.’s Scrip. 5,920 00
Total Assets.$1,833,M3 39
Aggregate amount.at risk,.$201,309,713 00
Amount oi Premium Notes, none.
Amount oi Liabilities for unsettled
Losses,. 465,24$ 65
HF" Losses paid in 49 j ears, $25,000,0.0 00.
L. J. HEN DEE, Pretft.
J. UOODNOW, Secretary.
WILLIAM B. CLARK, Asst.Sec’y.
E. J. BASSETT, General Agent and Adjuster.
J. C. HILLIARD, i Special Agents
H. L. PASCO, i and Artjnsteis.
DOHr9 COFFIN LiBBY. J(fts9
No. 13 Exchange St., Portland.
January 20. eodlw
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
Thursday Morning, January 23, 1868
The Jlitiuc Stale I'ms,
Published this morning, contains a lull rec
ord of the proceedings of Congress and the
Maine Legislature during the past week; re
ports of the doings of the State Temperance
Convention at Augusta, and of the Methodist
State Convention at Portland; a synopsis of
State Ccnstable Nyo’s report; interesting let
ters from Washington and Tennessee; a de
scription of the imwlv invented Steam Man ; a
review of Badeau’s Military History of General
Grant; a statement of the important cases
now pending before the Supremo Court ol the
United States; a story about Letters Patent;
together with the usual variety of foreign and
domestic news, shipping news, market reports,
court reports, &e., &c.
European and North American Kailway.
Some further developments have occurred
in the ailairs ol the European and North
American Kailroad Company, ami we resume
our account of the controversy which has at
tracted so large a share of the public atten
tion. A letter which has just appeared in the
Boston Journal elucidates some points which
have hitherto remained obscure. It had not
previously appeared in the newspaper discus
sion, for example, that Messrs. Peirce and
Blaisdell were originally the sole contractors,
and ttiat they, after receiving 574 shates of
stock and $150,000 of company bonds as col
lateral security, associated with themselves in
the contract J. Edgar Thompson and Wm. G.
Case of Pennsylvania, Gov. Dennison of
Ohio, Geo. K. Jewett of Bangor, and others,
making ten in all. These gentlemen agreed
to cash the bonds of the city of Bangor as
fast as they could be reached, ar.d $300,000 in
bonds were also subscribed for iu Bangor.
The bonds by the terms of the act authorizing
their issue were to be delivered at the rate of
$200,000 .for each section of ten miles com
pleted, but the citizens’ subscription was'
made payable in advance, as the work pro
gressed, alter $150,000 liad_been expended by
the contractors.
The work was accordingly begun in Ban
gor qp the 1st January, 1807, and on the
31st August $121,722 had been expended on
the line in Maine. It does not appear as yet,
whether any further expenditure was made in
Maine, but on the 27th November it was re
ported that $351,218 had been expended by
the associated contractors “in Maine aiid
New Brunswick,” and of this amount the
Journal's correspondent (Toby Candor) says
all but $131,478 had been raised on notes in
dorsed lor the contractors by Mr. Jewett, the
President of the compauy, aud Noah Woods,
the Treasurer, in their individual capacity.
Lrnler these circumstances the Baugor
subscribers were called upon tor 20 per cent,
of their subscriptions, payable on the 1st De
cemter. To this call they declined to re
spond, only $3000 of the $00,000 called tor
having been pafd in. Thereupon it was pro
posed and five of the nine directors voted to
indemnify Win. G. Case (who appears to
have advanced the greater part of the money
actually furnished by the contractors) by is
suing to him 1260 shares of the capital stock
of the company. This movement would have
given Mr. Case a controlling interest in the
road; it would have depreciated the shares
held by the associated contractors; it is also
represented by Mr. Poor as a violation of the
contract of March 22,1900, which provided
that no lurther issue ol stock or bonds should
be made until the line wa» completed to
Winn.
A petition was at once presented to the
directors tor a stockholders’ meeting to be
called for the 13th instant. Mr. Peirce [ap
plied to the District Court for an injunction
to restrain the issue of stock, aad Messrs.
Poor, Gilmau and other stockholders made a
similar application to the Supreme Judicial
Court ol Maine. Mr. Peirce’s application
was refused by Judge Fox, on the ground
that he was controlled by a majority interest
of the associate cou jactors. The stock-'|
holden’ meeting, after some preliminary diffi
culties which have been explained, was held
on the 13th. Meanwhile Peirce had been
enjoined from representing the 347 shares he
holds in trust, except in conformity with the
wishes of his associates, and the 1250 shares
had been Issued to Case. If these 1260
shares are genuine, there was no quorum
present. If they are bogus, more than one
fifth or the stock of the company was
represented. Messrs. Jewett and Woods
appeared as President and Clerk, and claim
ed their right to act, but were set aside by
the stockholders, the President as a party to
the contract and the Clerk for alleged unfaith
fulness in recording the doiugs of a previous
meeting. The stockholders then voted to re
strain the directors from issuing any stock
except with the consent of the stockholders.
On the 15th a preliminary hearing on the
stockholders’ application for an injunction
wa3 had at Portland before Chief Justice
Appleton, and Case was made a party to the
bill and the hearing postponed two weeks to
secure service on liim, he being absent from
the State.
As the whole matter is now a subject of
judicial enquiry, there would be an obvious
impropiiety in making any comments upon
the merits of this controversy. The comple
tion of the European and North American
Hailway is a consummation in which the peo
ple of Maine have a common interest. What
ever hastens-or retards the progress of the
work will inevitably command the attention
of a very large portion of the reading public,
and we have simply discharged an imperative
duty in reciting the circumstances of this
fracas as they have gradually come to light.
“ACanater-Irritant.”
Not long ago the Kev. Doctor John Todd,
a very worthy hut Dot particularly clear
sighted old gentletnau, wrote a pamphlet on
“The Woman Question,” in which iD a mild
ly self-complacent aud paterna ly dogmatic
way he put lorlh a great deal of bad logic and
very feeble twaddle, with not a little of what
must have struck every woman among his
readers as the grossest and coarsest Insult.
But a fearful retribution tor his sins has over
taken Dr. Todd. He has fallen into the hands
of Gail Hamilton, and the way in which she
lashes and scores and scarifies him with that
fearfully nimble tongue of hers is a punish
ment which though it may be well merited,
may well serve as an awful warning to others
againt imitating his errors. But the little
book * before us is really something more and
betterthan a mere outbreak of womanly scorn
aDd indignation at the arrogance and stupidi
ty of the clerical dogmatizer ot Pittsfield. The
first half, or third, perhaps, of its space suffi
ces tor her to vent her fiery wrath, which she
does with an eloqence, a power of sarcasm,
and a sharp incisive sense not olten equaled ;
but when this is done, and the unfortunate
Doctor fairly beaten into the condition of a
non-combitant, she leaves him, and proceeds
to discuss the board question of woman’s
rights and wrongs in a manner as admirable
for moderation and good temper as for direct
ness and force. To a vigor of thought and ex
pression which we are accustomed to call
masculine she adds tiueness of insight, and a
frequent tenderness of leeling which are emi
nently feminine. A contemporary has express
ed the wish, which we most heartily echo,
that this latter portion ot the book could be
put into a popular tract by itself, and lead
freely over all the land. It would do more
than any amount of such lecturing as Til
ton and Holland, and Stanton and Train have
been at, to make a great question of public
polity and private happiness intelligible to
the country.
Miss Dodge's chief objection to the Todd
aud Hollaud tlieoiy is that it degrades mar
riage. Women are constantly taught that to
he self dependent is to violate a law ot their
being. They are told that their dignity
their bea&ty and honor and happiness
lie iu dependence on some man, and, roar
* Woman’s Wrongs: a Counter-Irritant. Bv
Gail Hamilton. One volume ICmo. Bosom: Tl k
nor A Fields. Sold by Hall !• Davie.
riage, marriage, marriage is the one sphere,
the one profession, the one blessing held out
to them, so they naturally seek that. As a uat
urai cousequenee, she sees “with deep inward
shame not uumixed witli pity that mental
idleness, lack of interest in life, loverly, weak
ness and bad teachings, have made women
ready to accept any sort of marriage, and too
often the womanly name is lightly spoken, the
womanly assent lightly valued."
That which should be to men the prize of
life the} count but an ordinary commodity.
Wives a'e to be selected, uot won. Love is
a serving man, not a conqueror. Marriage is
a provision, an oceupatian,' an arrangement,
any coarse and common thing, and Dr. Todd
will have it so.
And all the Wackibrd Squ relies who have
gone into the business of uewspaper editing
smack their lips over this twiipenn’ortli of
milk in a mug of Inks warm water, and cry
out to their unlucky readers, "here’s rich
ness!”
And in another place she says pungent ly:
The Mohammedan and the Mormon doc
trines are that women have no life in tire
uext world except through their husbands.
The Christian doctrine is that they have
none in his. “Man,” says a popwlar lecturer,
“need3 the conscious atfection of a female
heart to soften the aspeiities of his own, and
to give completeness to his being.” Lift
what ol the female heart while it is tints solt
euing his asperities and completing his being?
Is asperity-softening a pleasant work? Will
it be likely to give completeness to tilt1 le
rnate being? or is she supposed to be already
complete? “In order to found a home,” says
the same lecturer, according to the uewspaper
report, “the first thing to do do is to look
, around tor a woman who would make a good
partner in this home busiuess',—a woman
pure, good, sensible, modest, tidy, good look
ing and intelligent.” I should say, decidedly
the first thing tor him is to take a good long
look at himself, and make suie that he is
pure, good, seusihle, modest, tidy, good
looking and intelligent, aud therefoie a tit
jerson lor a woman of such qualities to as
sociate with.
Marriage, she asserts, should he something
iar higher than is conceived by these writer^
We quote one more paragraph in reference to
this point:
I wish our grave and reverend teachers
could know how deep, how thorough, how
abiding is the repugnance felt by every wo
mau not debased by corrupt male influence
towards those who, instead of teaching men
to be so pure and highminded as to be worthy
of becoming husbauds and fathers spend their
strength in inculcating upon women the duty
of becoming wives and mothers, enforcing
that by argument which should only be done
by grace, degrading into a means of coarse
material prosperity that which is meant to
minister the fine«t spiritual suecor, till all the
sacraments of life seem likely to be swept
away.
I he question of woman suffrage is very
thoughtfully and wisely discussed, and with a
caudor and clearness of insight which are not
too olten brought to the consideration ot this
subject. Miss Dodge believes fully in its right
and justice; theoretically she admits, and
even asserts its propriety; but she is not a' ail
enthusiastic about its immediate good effects,
not really able to say what is to be its prac
tical utility. We cannot refrain front quoting
a paragraph or two in relation to this:
Female suffrage is not an affair «f antagon
ism between man and woman. It is not a
struggle in which women are to be the gaiu
ers and men the losers. It is one in which
both are to gain or both to lose alike. If wo
men ought to vote, a woman's vote is as much
a man's right as it is a woman’s right. It
women ought not to vote, a woman’s vote is
as great an impertinence to a woman as to a
man. It is not even whether women wish to
vote: it is whether they have a right to vote;
whether they ought to vote; whether the
country needs the votes of her women, and
can afford to do without them.
If society were milleniai, it meu and wmneu
were infallible, if every woman on arriving at
maturity became the justly beloved and hon
ored wile of a justly beloved and honored
husband, and remained so during all the seats
of their lives, she might safely trust her inter
ests in his bauds; but with a society so tar
deflected from uprightness as ours, with hu
man life so far from its ideal, there is no class
that can safely delegate its interests to an
other class. It is because human nature Is
defective that butnau laws are made; and hu
man nature being defective, it Is never safe to
trust it with irresponsible power.
* • • • *
But will the Incursion of women upon the
ballot-box seriously ntend matters? I fear
not. Accomplished in the manner and to
tiie extent proposed, I honestly think not.
The association of men and women is natural,
Their dissociation in politics is unnatural,
the exclusion ot any one class from su equal
position with another class regarding affairs
in which both have an equal interest, and to
which both contribute an equal support, is
arbitrary and unnatural, and all things un
natural are wrong and hurtthl. On this
ground female suffrage seems to nte a right
and wise measure, and its prohibition an ab
surdity. But beyond this all is tog. What
definite benefit is to accrue to woman or to
the state kom indiscriminate female suffrage.
I must confess, alter all the talk, I fail to see.
The volume of the vote will be increased, but
I do not see that its proportion will be affected;
and tho proportion ot the vote and not its vol
ume, is the quarter Ire to which danger threat
ens. True, in a Republican government, the
broader the basis, the belter, provided it be
sound; but if it be not sound how can its
breadth be an elementof strength ? Believing,
as I do, most firmly, that the right ot suffrage
belongs to women in precisely the same
measure as to man,—co more and no less,—
and that it will do for women precisely what
it doas for man,—no better and no worse,—
still, were the alternative presented to me of
changing the basis of suffrage; either by ex
tending the franchise indiscriminately to
women, or by still further restricting it
among men, I think 1 should unJtesitatingly
choose the latter. I would far sooner trust
the welfare of the country to the freely act
ing wisdom of intelligent and virtuous men,
than to the ivisdom of intelligent and virtu
ous men and women, hampered, baffled and
overborne by the folly of unintelligent and
vicious men and women.
What incitement to honor, profit, or educa
tion women miss in missing the ballot, Miss
Dodge is unable to see. The brilliant prizes
of life are already open to lemale competition.
There are still unequal laws, but not so many
or so severe, as to prevent any woman’s be
coming whatever she has power to become hr
auy walk of life except the political. Withiu
her grasp lies all the freedom which she has
the nerve to secure. Nevertheless she admits
that lemale suffrage is a foregone conclusion,
and she adds.
It remains lor ns to prevent it so far as pos
sible Irom being a conclusion in which noth
iug is concluded. Might or wrong. England
and America seem tending towards universal
suffrage, and In tact, as in terms, universal
suffrage must include female suffrage. Not
attempting or desiring t<> interline with those
who would hasten our steps, I feci more cou
cerned that there should be preparation h r it
To me, letuale suffrage, iu the torm in which
it is proposed, shares with universal suffrage,
though iu a less degree, the character of an
experiment whose result is doubtful. Man
hood suffrage has a noble ring to iu But its
warmest advocates do not mean precisely
what they say. No suffrage is meant to be
absolutely universal, absolutely unrestricted.
Lunatics are denied it, notwithstanding that
the point where sanity ends and insanity be
gins is olten indeterminable. Foreigners are
denied it, though no one questions that Count
Gasparin, on his arrival in America, would
know more o( our political philosophy, our
practical tendency, and national needs, than
an ordinary Irish laborer alter a five years’
residence. Minors are denied it, but many a
lad of eighteen or fifteen, and not a lew of
twelve years, understand the issues better,
and are iar more able to vote intelligently,
than many of our naturalized citizens. Strict
ly speaking, then, no one advocates univer
sal suffrage. All are in favor of limitations,
and limitations which must olten he in their
operat ous somewhat arbitrary, though they
are meant to follow,and do largely follow, the
great natural lines ot distinction, wThere is
therefore nothing uunatural, nothing Incon
sistent, nothing unrepublican, in an eudeavo
to restrict still further the suffrage. I would
have the ballot made a noble and desirabl
possession, a sign of sagacity, of ability, of
worth, something to be striven lor, a guerdon
as well as a power. And when it is thus en
nobled, let it be open to all who can fulfill the
conditions,—men and women, black and
white. _
A Plea far Ike Bag.
Under the above caption a writer in the
New York Evening Post makes an earnest
plea in beball of the poor despised hog. lie
says a hog is not a hog because he loves the
mire; he seeks it to cool his heated sides;
water is preferable, and the cooler lie can get
it the better he likes it. He is not. a “hog’- iu
the ill sense of that word. His owner, from
time immemorial, has made him such, huv
mg done so by abuse and neglect. Uui the
bog is a sensitive, intelligent, good natured
creature, aud clean, If you will give him a
chance for cleanliness. This is all true, aud
we have In a previous article made the same
or similar statemeuts. A wise farmer will
take as good care of his pigs as of other stock,
aud In doing so lie reaps his reward. Our
farmers are not geneially put Uvular enough
in regard to the bl eed of hogs. Corn la dear
aud likely to l>« so for some iiiue to come,
aud hence the importance of having the best
breeds. To attempt to raise boss now of a
jiooi bleed is an unprofitable business. There
never lias been a time when good breeds vreru
more necessary than they are at present, and
especially in our own State.
It is somewhat surprising that Intelligent
farmers who raise any hogs at all should be
so negligent about the breed. Some seem to
think any breed will do fora hog. While
they fill go many miles to improve the breed
ol their horses, they will butcher and sell tbeir
best pigs aud keep the poorest tor breeding
sows. N'ow there Is not much wisdom or
economy in such proceedings. Sucli a course
cannot fail to run the stock dow n and render
pork raisingA very unprofitable business..
Mr. Widney of Illinois, in the Western Ru
ral, says he has been laboring for the last six
years to get a breed of hogs that would suit
him. He has often been told that he was
breeding his hogs too fine, but be has r ever
been able to see it in that light, llis prefer
ence is lor a large breed, and his reasons for
such a choice are sound. At from eight to
twelve months old he can make them weigh
nearly or quite tluee hundred pounds, and if
the price of poik don't suit him to sell them,
he can leed them six months longer aud make
them weigh four or five hundred pounds
each, and a heavy hog always commauds a
higher price in the market than a small one.
A small breed cannot be made to weigh more
than three hundred pounds and often falls
short of that. Pigs should not he born before
May. If they come iu cold weather thclr
growth will be slow at the best, aud they will
not make so good hogs as they would If born
later in the spring. It Is conceded by all pork
raisers that old sows are the best for breeders.
Now we suppose that we have not said
much that is new, and many ot our fanners
will say, “We knew all that beiore.” Well—
admit it, and yet you do not live up to jour
knowledge of these things. We know there
is lack of good practice, if there is not of in
telligence, and an occasional reminder may do
some good. Sir Mathew Ilaie, a celebrated
jurist ot England, wa» in the habit of attend
ing church in which a very humble and good
man preached. He was not learned, but
pious, aud Sir Mathew's very learned aDd
aristocratic friends rallied him on attending
such a church, aud invited hint to go to their
church where he could hear some erudite and
profound sermous. His reply was, “If I
should attend your church, your minister
could uot teach me anything, and so I go to
hear my minister who never fails to remind
me of my duty. I think more of being made
better than I do of being made wiser.'' That
wa.i a good answer to his very wise and aris
tocratic friends, We are all apt not to do
quite as well as-we know. And we fear our
farmers don't take such care of their hogs as
they might, aud don't give that attention to
the breed of these animals that its importance
demands.
Vuvietiest.
—A Brooklyn man has accomplished a feat
in the way of bigamy. He courted for two
years, and finally married a young woman re
siding within a stone's throw of tbe house
where he lived with bis wife and family, and
sustained the two establishments for some
time.
—A professor ip Europe has invented an ap
paratus by rneaus of which the beatings of the
heart are not only registered, but photograph
ed. The pulsations ale made to act upon the
surface of a bent tube containing mercury,
the fluctuations of which are noted in the
same way as those of tbe thermometer and
barometer are photographed.
—Mr. itobert Bonner wishes to deny the
statement that a proposal has been made by
him to General Grant to contribute to tbe
Ledger.
—The New Orleans Picayune says that “to
long as whiskey maintains its present price,
and can be found at every cross road, there
should be no fear expressed as to starvation."
—One ol our exchanges gets off the follow
ing shot at Chicago: “Du Chaillu is a wonder
ful man. He had scarcely gotten back from
his perilous explorations in Africa when ho
went out to Chicago, and has once more re
turned to New York in safety.”
—Henry Ward Beecher is writing a Life of
Christ. A contemporary observes: “There is
an excellent history of Christ in a work called
the New Testtment, which is not likely to be
Improved upon."
—Mr. Dickens bus written to Mr. Childs, of
the Publishers’Circular, that his daughter U
aot the author of “Aunt Margaret’s Trouble,"
ind ‘‘Mabel’s Progress,” two novels which
liave been repeatedly referred to as the pro-*
luctioua ot Miss Dickens. The Boston Tran
script asserts that the real author Is Mrs. Trol
lope, the accomplished wife ot T. Adolphus
L'rollupe. Mr. Trollope, wo hardly need to
say, is the author ol'many works illustrative
si Italian history and many novels showing a
minute knowledge ot Italian life.
—Count California, writes a San Francisco
■orrespondent, in your next estimates as thn
irst wheat growing State iu the Union. The
California wheat crop of 18rtf did not fall much
short of twenty million bushels, if indeed it
lid not exceed that amount, nud, as it realised
fully 82 AO in gold per bushel, it follows that
the State is to-day $30,000,000 better off for it.
Add to that the value of four million gallons
of wine and brandy, aud an almost incalcula
ble fruit crop, and you have some idea of the
mouey realized by the farmers of California
this year.
—A midnight elopement in New York was
frustrated by a eat, who frightened the youug
lady into a tainting fit as she was going dowu
•tails to meet the expected lover at the door.
—The schoolmaster would seem to be abroad
iu Worcester, Mass. A firm in that city re
cently received the following, which, as X lu
rid expression of ideas, is worthy ot preserva
tion: “Gentlemen, I have noticed your adver
tisement of which induces me to address of
which the privilege of pleasure 1 am uot de
liari-d of for the immediate purpose for infor
mation in regard to business success and
pleasure of which I appreciate very much, ami
it a good institution I am ready to take hold
of the business as I am at your service I aui
iu search of ail ouorable pleasant permanent
paying institution.”
—The Commercial Advertiser says: “Gen.
Grant is fortunate alike iu his friends and in
his opponents. He is peculiarly fortunate in
loting the Herald and the Blairs.”
—Sometime ago a citizen of Nashville dis
appeared. Of uourse a good many conflicting
theories were broached as to what bad become
of him. Last week the mystery was solved.
In the words of a Nashville newspaper: “The
irrefutable evidence of liis lifeless remains—a
weather-beaten, frost-locked corpse, stretched
in a lonely nook upon which the searchere
came, as it were, by mere accident—was such
as to rudely dismiss all hope, aud leave only
anguish aud tears.”
—A good story is tom by a Minnesota paper
of a parly ot Chicago sportsmen who went ijp
that way on a deer hunt. The paper says the
party, after devious windings, much search,
and many a “ throw iug-back-ol-the-neck," fi
nally got on the track of one of the antlered
monarch*, and followed it with all the ardor of
veterans in the chase till the trail ended in a
hog pen. We uuderstai d that they formed
themselves into a debating society, and ate
discussing the problem how pork can he deur
aud yet deer not be pork.
—Harper’s Weekly says, keenly, that the
Democratic party in 1864 represented the spir
it of hatred of human rights, under the plea ot
State rights, and they maintain now the State
right to destroy the equal rights of citixens.
—An Irish sailor once visited a city whets
he said, “they copper-bottomed the topa of
their houses with sheet-lead.
—A child ouce asked a minister, “Do you
think my father will go to heaven?" “Yes,"
was the reply. ‘'Well,” returned the child, “if
be don't have his own way there, he won’t stay
long.”
—A negro, undergoing his examination as a
witness, when asked if his master was a Chris
tian, replied, “No, Sir, he is a member of Cou
giess.
—It is asserted that Mr. Parton smoked hiui
selt nearly to death, while engaged in the com
position of that remarkable diatribe against
pipes and cigars, published in the last cumber
of the Atlantic Monthly. The smokers declare
that without the aid of tobacco he never could
have written that paper, “Does it Pay to
Smoke?”