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THE PBESS. FRIDAY MORNING. JAN. 23.1871. THE PREftg May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes senden Bros., Marquis, Robinson, Brunell & Co., Andrews, Wentworth, Ulemlenning, Moses, Hender son, and Chisholm Bros., on all trains that run out o! the city. At Biddeford, of Pillsbury. At Saco of L. Hodgdcn, At Waterville, of »J. s. Carter. At Qorham, of News Agent. At Bath, of «J. O. Shaw. a* aa; ofecnE.l^5erand stevcna & co CITY AND VICINITY. New Advertisement* To-Day. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Manasseh Smith—Counsellor at Law. Wanted—F. G, Patterson. Statement of Portland, Bangor and Machias S. Co Statement of Portland Waldoboro Steamb’t Co. New Piano for Sale. Rare Chance for Business. For Sale—Joseph Reed. New Molasses— Smith, Gage & Co. Notice—Matthias «& Sheldon. Found—Opera Glasses. To Let—F. G. Patterson. MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. Kendall & Whitney’s Announcements—2. Haperiwr Court. JANUARY CRIMINAL TERM, 1874, SYMOND8, J..PRE SIDING. Thursday.—State vs. Anthony Brown and Mary Jane Stafford. At ten o’clock the Court room was crowded to wit ness tbe trial of Mary Jane or “Mann” Stafford as she is familiarly called, and to gt t a sight at Thomas Pike and “Scotty,” who have attained a little noto riety since this case originated. Pike, Brannigau and Scotty were brought in and placed in the dock upon one side, while Mrs. Stafford and Brown occu. py the one upon the other side of the Court room. The indictment contains six counts, and charges Brown with with setting fire to the dwelling house of one Eliza A. Philbrook on the 11th of Nevember,1873, %nd that Mary Jane Stafford was an accessory by hiring Brown to commit the crime. The other counts are substantially the same as the first, except that the title to the dwelling house is al. leged to be in different persons and in some of the counts it was unoccupied. Naths n Webb and M. P. Frank appeared for Mrs. Stafford and Howard & Cleaves for Brown. Before impannelling the jury, Mr. Webb made a motion that the respondents have a separate trial, but the court overruled the motion. • The jury were then impannelled as follows: Eben Russell, foreman; Thomas J. Greeley. Thos. R. Lane, Win. Hobbs, J. A. Trumbull, Benjamin Sawyer, Hiram Totman, Coan Jordan, oolin E. Rand, Dearing Coll y, Samuel R. Milliken, John Waite. Abbott and Simonton of Portland and Hamilton of Chebeagne Island were challenged by the defendant's counsel. County Attorney Libby then opened the case for the government,stating the facts he expected to prove which are substantially as appeared in the papers at the time. The first witness called was George F. Hayes, en gineer of steamer No. 5, who testified to the burning of the building. jamea ti. uranmgan, called by the State, testified: I was born in Portland, and always lived Lere; have known Mrs. Stafford a good while and Brown about five or six years; at the time this fire took place I was oocupying a shop of Mrs. Stafford’s; on the morning the flro took place I was in bed: Antho ny Brown slept with me that night; Brown got up in the morning about 5 o’clock and went out, and after being gone about half an hour came back and lilted the cujtain to the window and said, “Look out and see the old thing go;” 1 looked out of the window an(| saw the fire coming out through the windows; Brown then went out again and I went after him; I met him coming back, and he said he had been up to strike the alarm and broke the key; I had a sore foot and could not wvlk very well; the next morning I heard Brown tell Tom Pike and “Scotty” that he did it and was to receive fifty dollars for it, and he gave * ‘Scotty” the key to the house; the Friday morning before this, Mrs. Stafford came to me and said Mrs. Philbrook had tried to sell her house and couldn’t get enough for it, and she would give me $25 if 1 would burn it; I told her I wouldn’t do it; I went to Mrs. Stafford’s that night to get a little stove, and while there Mrs. Philbrook came to the door and asked if Mrs. Stafford was in; I said yes, and she asked me if I wouldn’t hand her key to Mrs. Staf ford; I took it and gave it to Mrs. S.and she put it in her bosom; that night Mrs. Stafford came to me and wanted me to go and bring down a ladder from Mrs. Philbrook’s house; I went with her and she showed me under the front stairs a lot of excelsior that came out of beds, and where the fire was to be set; she told me not to be s»red, but to touch it off the first win dy night; that was before Mrs. Philbrook left; the next morning Mrs. S. handed me the key, and told me to see if I could get anybody to do it; I took the key and threw it into the bureau drawer; the next day Brown came and asked me if he couldn’t stay with me; I then told him about this and that I should not do it; he said he wotld do the job if he could get a chance; I told him I did not care; I wouldn’t; the next Monday he got the key from me, and when I went up to get the stove I saw him and Mrs. Staff 3rd talking togethe; Brown slept with me the night of the fire, and got up in the morning as I have stated; the next day Brown told me and Pike and “Scotty” that he did it, and was to get $50 for it; I believe he said ho lit it under the stairs and that he took some of the excelsior and strewed it around the floor and put some kerosene on it; About a week after the fire “Scotty,”Tike, and Brown and I went up to my shop, and they told Brown he had better get his money for doing it; We sat down there and Brown went and got Mrs. Stafford down there and told her she promised to give him $50 for burning the Philbrook house, and he wanted the money; I told Mrs. Stafford before them that 1 knew all about it; she wanted me to do it in the first place; Pike and “Scotty” paid Brown had told them all abont it, and then she said she would have us all arrested; she sent a boy for a policeman,and after awhile one came: then she told him she didn’t want him just then but would see him by aud by; then she ordered us to pack up aud leave the shop; we packed our things in to an old chest of Brown’s and then she told us we needn’t leave, that she was quick tempered, and not to mind; Brown said he wouldn’t stay; afterwards she sent for Brown, and be and I went up there, an 1 she told Brown not to mind, that she was quick tem pered and to move back and we could stay there; that night we were arrested and locked up; I have had no chance to talk with Mrs. Stafford since. Cross examined by Mr. Cleaves. My business is a tteamster; never was connected with Pike in busi ness ; never tended bar for Nelsc Leighton or Scotty; have been in Pike’s and Leighton’s nights.but not o f ten in the day time ;I went to bed the night of the fire about ten o’clock; Brown came after I was in bed and let him in; I don’t recollect of even being in the Phil brook house but twice—once about a month before the fire to get a glass of beer and the other the Fri day night before the fire; the day before the fire I had drank whiskey three or four times through the day in my own shop; didn’t drink any gin, never drink gin; in my shop I kept sar^aparrilla, pop beer and the like of that; when Brown went out the first time, in the morning, I think he was gone about tcu minutes or so; then he came back and told me to look out and see the old thing go; Pike and Scotty and I never had a talk about getting Brown off to 2sew York; never made him any proposition to go; I never had any talk with Brown in the Municipal Court; never told him what he had better do; didn’t tell him what I was going to do; never told him I was going to deny that I knew nothing about the.fire: didn’t tell him I was drunk and didn’t know what I told the police officers; didn’t tell anybody in the jail so; I might have said, when anybody asked me, that 1 knew nothing about it, for I didn’t think it was any of their business. At this point Court adjourned until 3 o’clock in the afternoon. AFTERNOON. The cross examination of Brannigan was continu ed by Mr. Webb. I took the key after I told Mrs. Stafford that I would not do It, because I thought if she ever wanted to turn me oift of the shop I could give it to the offl cer and blow on her: the officers have told me that if I would tell the truth of the affair I would get clear of it; I am testifying under an expectation of getting clear of it; before Brown got Mrs. Stafford to come down to give him the fifty dollars I knew Pike stod Scotty were coming in; when they came in Brown said he wouli make her fork over $200, and give us fifty apiece; I heard Pike and Scotty say something about it; when she came in Brown asked her to give him that fifty dollars; she asked him what he meant; lie said that fifty you promised to give me for burn ing the Philbrook house; Scotty and Pike told her they knew all about it; they didn’t have a chance to say much more for the old woman was howling round there; site said she would have the whole of us ar rested. Joseph H. Philbrook called by the State. This house was on leased land; my wife and I lived in it; it wasboughrofa Mr. Sabine; it was bought with my and my wife’s money; the bill of sale was in the name of Mrs. Florence Walton; we left this house on Friday evening before the fire on Tuesday; on the <laywc left for Kockl and the house was advertised for sale, but Mr. Proctor, the man that owned the land, told the i»eople that there was back rent to pay and stopped the sale; pretty soon after the folks left Mrs. Stafford came over and sat down a few muutes and said it was too bad we could not sell the house; then she took my wife up stairs, and after being up there twenty or twenty-five minutes they called me; Mrs. Stafford said she kuew of a young man by thi name of Brannigan that would burn the house for $50; I asked her where he lived; she said he was in one of her buildings; that he was a poor fellow and had a lame leg and would do mo6t anything for money; she said he was a particular friend of hcr’s and “Jimmy’*—that’s her husband; I told her I nev er should consent to any such a thing; if she did it Bho would do it on her own responsibility; she said if we burned the house we could get the insurance.and as we were going away it would make it all the bet ter; that night (Friday) Mrs. Stafford came over with Brannigan and went up stairs and then came down and went out; Mrs. Stafford wanted us to burn the building so wo could get money to buy one of her houses; we took about two-thirds of the furniture with us and left the rest in the house. The Couuty Attorney here offered to prove that Stafford had several times before this counselled anc advised the burning of this building. Mr. Webb objected,. He claimed that under th< statutes of the State of Maine, on an indictment lik< this, if the property was in Eliza A. Fhilbrook (which he did not admit) and she authorized, consented or procured that it should be burned, it is no crime tor which anybody can be punished; It is no crime for a man to bum his own dwelling if no person 1b lawful ly therein and he does not thereby endanger the prop erty of others. And being no crime it is no crime to procure it to be done. The County Attorney then withdrew the question for the present. Cress examined by Mr. Webb. I left a sewing ma chine in the house; I have but one wife living; she was married before and had eight children; I have no children by her; Florence Walton is her child; my wife's former husband is living,she has been divorced from him; I go to sea in the summer most of the time; I never knew my wife kept a house of ill-fame nor a house of assignation; I heard Annie Griffiths say so but that don’t make it so. Two policies of insurance were put in to the case by the State, one of $400 on the house and $300 on the furniture in the name of Mrs. Pliilbrook. At this point Court adjourned until nine o’clock Friday morning. Municipal Coart. BEFORE JUDGE MORRIS. Thursday.—George E. Telman. Intoxication. Fined $5 with costs. Paid. John McFane and John Brown. Affray. Fined $5 each with costs. Paid. York County M. J. Court. BEFORE JUDGE VIBGUI. Thursday.—Jacob S. Ford in Rev. vs. Geo. A. Hammond. Plaintiff claims that in a case wherein he was defendant and Hammond piaintifi, a default was entered without his knowledge. A review was therefore asked and granted. Case referred tocouit. Judgment reserved. Nealley. Goodwin & Lunt. This morning the case of William Emery vs. Jas. N. Winslow was called. This is an action on prom issory note for $1000. An important witness for the defence being engaged in a case in Portland this case went over. Ophelia E. Beckman, libellant, vs. Cyrus A. Beck man. Divorce decreed, and custody of children giv en to libellant. Asa Low for libellant. John Hood, libellant, vs. Abbie Hood. Divorce de creed. This case was tried some two years since. Emery & Son for libellant. Brief leltisgs. Steamer Chase will sail for Halifax this af ternoon. There will be no steamer forlHalifax to-morrow. Large quantities of ice are being cut and pat under cover. A man from Ualdwin came to town yester day, and invested in a load of corned fish and lobsters. To be in keeping be went and got “corned”,,himself, and the police took him in charge. The temptation to speak of an open winter is great, and we refrain. The Arcadian arrived yesterday with 1500 tons of coal for the Grand Trunk. Forty-five of the sixty applications for State pension made in this city, have been allowed and the aggregate sum received by such pen sioners is $1440. We understand that a large number of prom inent citizens have joined in inviting Capt. Enoch Kuight to deliver his lecture on Maine in this city. Manager Brydges of the Grand Trunk has been looking at the accommodations for wharves at Fish Point. He left for Boston last night. Tha Portland Company have declared a semi annual dividend of 5 per cent, payable Febru ary 1st. Mr. Robert Holyoke, the well know lumber merchant, died yesterday morning. It is understood that the contract for re fitting the McCulloch has beeu awardedjto the Portland Company, the b.d being $18,000, Steamer Franconia will leave for New York this Friday noon. The Grand officers of the I. O. O. F., went to Auburn last night for the purpose of dedicat cating the new hall. At the request ol a large number of our citi zens, ex-Policemau Scott will deliver his second lecture on the “Evils sf Intemperance” at the Allen Mission Chapel next Sabbath evening. A clothing dealer on Middle street, forgot to t^Jte iu a pair of paDtaloons that be hung out to show yesterday,’and they were found late in evening by a passer by and taken care of, The Piscataquis Arrest Case.—This re markable case, which has already been men tioned in these columns, took a new phase at Bangor, Wednesday, the U. S. Deputy Mar shal becoming the keeper, rather than the kept. As will be remembered, Henry A. Head, esq., of Bangor, Deputy U. S. Marshal, went to San gerville last Friday and arrested, on execution recovered in the U. S. District Court at this city, Jonathan H. Hall and Ashnr (E. Hall, whom he took to Guilford, intending to bring them to Bangor by rail. Soon after arriving at Guilford Mr. Head himself was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Foss on some sort of process, and when he started to take his prisonera to the train Saturday morning he was forcibly de tained aud the men released. Mr. Head was then taken before Trial Justice Addison Mar tin, tried, convicted and fined on two complaints for assault and battery. The fines and costs amounted to $39.80. As he did not pay the fines and costs nor appeal the case, he was held in custody, and Wednesday Deputy Sheriff Foss started for Bangor to commit the prisoner to the county jail. On their arrival there, and while they were at breakfast at the Penobscot Exchange, H. D. Marble of this city, Deputy U. S. Marshal, entered the room and arrested Mr. Foss on a writ issued by Edward M. Rand, esq., United States Commissioner. The writ, after naming the district in which the offence was committed, and tbs parties implicated, charges them with “knowingly and wilfully ob structing, resisting and opposing one Henry A. Head, then and there a Deputy Marshal of the United States of America, for said District of Maine at said Guilford, on the seventeenth day of January, A. D., 1874, in serving and at tempting to serve a legal writ, to wit: A writ of execution against one Jonathan A. Hall, is sued upon a judgment of the District Court of the United States, of said district, said writ being then and there in full force and in no part satisfied or discharged.” Henry Hudson, esq., of Guilford, who was stopping at the hotel, having come to Bangor the day before, and who acted as prosecuting atorney at the time Marshal Head was tried before Trial Justice Martin, was also arrested, and the two prisoners were given in charge of Mr. Head, who kept them in custody Wednes day night. Yesterday morning Mr. Marble brought Messrs. Hudson and Foss to this city. They arrived at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and were at once arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Rand. They pleaded not guilty, and were or dered to recognize in the sum of $2000 each with sureties, for their appearance this morn ing at 10 o’clock. The security was furnished and they were released. As Nathan Webb, esq., the United States District Attorney, is engaged upon the Stafford case, in the Superior Court, it is quite probable that the hearing will be postponed until some time next week. Josiah Crosby, esq., of Dexter, is the attor ney for the respondents. The affair has created quite a stir among the United States officials, and the case will be watched witli a great deal of interest. Mr. Head is 84 years of age. Personal—The entertainment ot the Con gregational church, on Monday evening, prov ed a very pleasant one. The readings of Mr. Murray were the more agreeable for falling within the reach of artistic criticism. He read naturally, and consequently to the understand ing of Ills audience,—with a genial, sweet, rich voice, and a manner that marked the cultivated high-toned English gentlemau. He was charm ingly sustained by interspersed music. Mrs. Morrison. (Stella Sawyer,) Mrs. Dorr, and Miss Jennie Taylor,—we need only mention these names. And Mr. Cameron announced that the enterprise was the result solely of the labors of a “single” one ot these ladies. It was emphatically good work.—Waterville Mail. Personal.—Josiah Crosby, esq., of Dexter, and Henry Hudson of Guilford, are at the Preble. Hon. J. Jj Stevens, of Augusta, late United States Minister to Uruguay, will be the gnest of Col. Robie, during his sojourn at Gorham. Police Motes.—Deputy Marshal Bridges aud officer ITorr arrested a young girl yester day' for the l irceny^of n dress and muff from a house on Cumberland street. She gave her name this time as Mary I. Donahue, but this is only one of the Dames that the fine looking young girl rejoices in. Her best known alias is Alice Courtney. A girl 18 years old was brought into the sta tion yesterday dead drunk. There were several small drunken disturb ances yesterday, but no interesting items re sulted therefrom, Fancy Dress Sociable.—The fancy dress sociable at Grand Army Hall last evening was well attended, there being about sixty couples present. The affair was a very pleasant one and greatly enjoyed by all who had the good fortune to be in attendance. The ladies looked finely in their fancy costumes. . Many of the gentlemen were in uniform, aud the scene was a brilliant one. Chandler discoursed his choic est music and the dancers danced their best. The Montgomery Guards.—The second annuall ball of the Montgomery Guaids, given at City Hall last evening, was a grand success. Between two and three hundred couples were present. Most of the Guards were in uniform, as also were several visitors from other military companies, and the effect was a brilliant one. The hall was hung with the flags of America and Ireland, and appropriately decorated. The music was excellent, the dancing was good, and all were in tbe best of spirits. The Guards fully sustained the reputation they achieved last winter, and showed that they were au fait in the matter of balls. Previous to the opening of the ball, a knot of gentlemen called Captain McMahon into an ante-room, where honorary member James Cunningham, in behalf of the company, pre sented with a few appropriate remarks, an ele gant watch and chain from the jewelry estab lishment of Abner Lowell. The captain was taken completely by surprise and could scarcely find words to express his thanks for the gift. The Serenadbrs.—This evening Buckley’s Serenaders open at Music Hall, with their laugh able burlesque on the opera of |Lucreiia Bor gia. Those who are familiar with the opera say that the burlesque is very funny, and such was the verdict of those who saw the troupe here last fall. It should be remembered that the exquisite music of the original is retained, and the burlesque is on the words and the dra matic situations. The orchestra is very fine. The troupe embraces among others, Swaine Buckley himself, Budd, Frothingham, Eva Brent and Minnie Loder. In addition to the burlesque opera, a variety performance will be given, in which the various artists will appear in specialties. Reserved seats are now for sale at Stockbridge’s. Surprise Party.—A pleasant, social affair occurred at the residence of Rev. Mr. Buck, on Danforth street, Wednesday evening. Hi friends and parishouers to the number of sev enty-five to a hundred, assembled at his bouse, tbe ladies bringing the materials fora nice sup per, which they served in good style. After supper George F. Talbot, esq., in behalf of tbe ladies, presented Mrs. Buck with a splendid muff and cloak, and Mr. Buck, in behalf of the gentlemen, with a sum of money which the doners indicated they wished expended in the purohase of a new sail boat, in view of the well known aquatic inclinations of Mr. Buck. The presentation remarks of Mr. Talbot, and the replies of Mr. and Mrs. Buck were appropriate and happy, aad the occasion one of rare social enjoyment to all present. The'. Missing Man Returned.—Frederick A. Davis, the watchman at the Grand Trunk round house, who so mysteriously disappeared one night a short time since, returned home on the Franconia yesterday. Jt appears that he bad an attack of insanity, got upon the cars and managed somehow to reach Baltimore. He was sick in that city about two weeks. When be recovered his mind came back to him and he started for home. Allen Mission.—The exhibition and tab leaux at the Allen Mission Chapel last evening were very interesting. The Rock of Ages and the Pleiades were well worth the price of the ticket. Tbe exhibition will be repeated this evening. Tickete 25 cents; children 15 cents. nUCEbLANIlOIlt NOTICES. Reichi’s Mocking Bird Food for sale by Ja23-3t Kendall and Whitney. If you wish your Hens to lay feed them with Poultry Bone for sale by Ja23-3t Kendall and Whitney. The quickest, most direct, and easiest road to plenty is by way of economy. Isaac Babbitt’s Original Soap Powder is 33 per cent, cheaper than soap, or Washing Crys tal. Sold by grocers. jn22*5t Good Felt Skirts for $1.25. All wool blankets a few at $3.50, at janl7dlw Li D. Strout. Courage! Don’t despair when the doctor says your lungs are diseased. Tbe worst cases given up as hopeless, have been cured by Hale’s Honey of Horebound and Tar. Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in 1 minute, janlileod&wlt BY TELEGRAPH. THE STATE CAPITAL. LSpccial to Presa.l The Death Penally. Acgcsta, Jan. 22.—The Judiciary Commit tee gave a hearing this afternoon on the bill for the protection of human life, in the Represen tatives Hall, which was well filled with an at tentive audience. Judge Goddard and Hon. G. F. Talbot of Portland, and Rev. G. W. Quinby of thii city, addressed the committee. Judge Goddard analyzed the hill, explaining and enforcing each section. His remarks were admirably interlarded with racy touches of humor and playful sarcasm aimed at the in congruity of the exisiting state of things, the theory of law whose purpose is death in twelve months from time of sentence and its practical operation by which the murdeerr lives until he dies a natural death at a ripe old age. He thought the introduction of lynch law into the code of the State laws as recently exemplified in Aroostook county, spring from a conviction among the people that no dependence could be placed upon the laws now on the statute book. Mr. Talbot made an earnest and able argu ment, entering into the philosophy of the dis tinctions in the crime of murder, and defined clearly by argument and illustration two points, viz: That one class of men who commit mur der are provoked to it by causes outside of themselves while another class of men are led to murder by causes within themselves, viz, i their depraved passions. Mr. Quinby took the general views of the op ponents of capital punishment and denied some of the propositions laid down by the others, such as the proportionate increase of crime to : the laxity of the laws. The committee adjourned to Tuesday after noon next, when it is understood a strong ar ray of talent will appear against the bill It is quite probable that a hill will be reported em bracing some of the features of the present bill. The Editors and Fnblishers. The Maine editors and publishers met in an nual convention in the Senate Chamber this evening. There is a full attendance. After the election of new members and other routine business, the following officers for the ensuing year were elected:—President, Geo. W. Drisco ofMacbias; Secretary, Joseph Wood of Wis casset; Treasurer, C. E. Nash of Augusta; Exe cutive Committee,Stanley T.Pullen of Portland, L. A. Emery of Ellsworth, and H. K. Morrill of Gardiner. A committee was raised to ar range for the summer excursion. The meeting will hold two sessions to-morrow and Governor Dingley will entertain the members at the Au gusta House in the evening. Varieties. On the bill to tax dogs,the Agricultural Com mittee will report leave to withdraw. The suggestion of Govornor Dingley, Satur day in relation to a National Hall, was com inited to a sub Committee of the Military Committee, cousisting of Messrs. Hall, Snow and Small. A hearing will be had on the sale of the gun house at East Machais and on paying bounties to the batteries of the Light Artillery, Jan. 29th. The Committee on Insane Hospital will re port the Packard Bill. All orders before the Committee on Banks and Banking are assigned to Jan. 29th. On the matter of throwing sawdust, etc., in the river at Saccarappa, a hearing wid be given Feb. 5th. The Judiciary Committee will consider next Tuesday, in connection with the Talbot bill, the bill introduced Wednesday to abolish capital punishment. The Committee on Reform School gave a special hearing to the Trustee of that institu tion to-night. Nothing of importance trans pired . A bill will he reported granting a charter to the Rockland and Thomaston Water Co., with a capital of $400,000. FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE. [Special to Press.; SENATE. Augusta, Jan. 22. House papers disposed of in concurrence. The report of the Commissioners of Fisheries was received and referred to the Committee on Fisheries. The report of the Commissioner of Immi gration was referred to the Committee on State Lands. The official bond of Hon. S. C. Hatch, State Treasurer elect, was received and referred to the Committee on Financial Affairs. Resolve in favor of the town of Clinton was taken from the tiles of 1873, and referred to the Committee on Claims. The resolve authorizes Kennebec county to expend $800 on a bridge in Clinton, over the Sebasticook river. 1873, for reference; to furnish the members of Bill to amend chapter 24, Revised Statutes> [Sen. print, doc. No. 2], relating to settlement of paupers, was taken from the table and re ferred to the Committee on Legal Affairs. The general railroad bill, presented by Mr. Webb of Kennebec, was referred to the Com mittee on the Judiciary. Orders passed—To supply the Senate with two copies of the acts aud resolves of 1872 and the Board of Agriculture with the Daily Ken nebec Journal during the session of the Legis lature; directing inquiry into the expediency of defining ths meaning of section 1 chapter 124, public laws 1873, relating to free high schools; relating to amending chapter 134 Revised Stat utes, so that in all criminal trials the State may challenge the samejnumber of jurors as tho ac cused; relating to amending section 36 chapter 51, Revised Statutes, relating to the loss of life by reason of negligence or carelessness of rail road corporations, or their servants or agents, that the same may apply to employes whose lives are lost by reason of negligence of such corporations as well as to passengers. A committee was appointed to revise the rules of the Senate, consisting of the President, Mr. Butler, Webb of Kennebec, and Holbrook of Cumberland. Petitions, bills, <£■<?., presented and referred,— Of citizpns of Kingman, to incorporate the county of Appleton; of Samuel Bradbury et als.. for repeal of act ot 1869, known as the Washington County Court bill; of David B. Campbell et als., to incorporate the KiueoSlate Company for the purpose of manufacturing and quarrying slate, and the right to build and maintain tramway, railroad and bridge from the quarries in the town of Sebec to the rail road depot in Bast Dover, and for this purpose may take and hold land and cross tee highway the same manner and subject to the same re strictions as railroads—the capital stock is to be $250,000; bill to incorporate the Hancock County Publishing Company., with a capital of from ten to twenty-five thousand dollars, tor tie purpose of carrying on a general publish ing business, including newspapers in Hancock county, with John D. Hopkins, Henry Whit ney, E. A. Emery and others as corporators. Reports of Committees— Leave to withdraw on petition for protection to shell fish on the shores of Isle of Haut; on petition of Charles W Bryant, bill to incorporate the Hancock Stone Company, for the purpose of quarrying stone, marble and other minerals and manufacturing the same—capital stock $250,000—Charles W. Bryant, Oliver B. Cook and P. E Tucker cor. porators, with the usual rights and powers and restrictions. The bill was read and assigned. Adjourned. HOUSE. Senate papers disposed of in concurrence, On the Senate order requiring the Governor to furnish statistics in relation to the Reform School and State Prison, the House receded and concurred. A communication was received from the Sec retary of State transmitting the report of the Commissioner of Fisheries. Petitions Presented and Referred.—Remon strance against change of treaty with the Pe nobscot tribe; petiiion of the Penobscot In diaus for the pay of their Governor; also of same for aid of their priest, and in support of schools, and for 81000 or more for agricultural purposes; of A. Winslow et als., of West Wa terville, for charter for a railroad from West Waterville to Augusta; remonstrance of Cbas. Deering against the petition of T. S. Roberts for charter to build a wharf in tide waters at Bjr Harbor in town of Eden; of W. B. Web ster et als., for the repeal of the law to prevent the use of narrow rimmed wheels in the towns of Columbia and Addison; remonstrance of the inhabitants of Addison against the same; of J. R. Talbot et als., of East Machias, in aid of petition of the Bangor & Calais Shore Line Railroad for a bridge at Verona; for an act to amend chap 18, R. 8., relative to ways; of Miles Starbird, Jr., et als., for abatement of State and county taxes in Flagstaff plantation; for bill to incorporate the Rockland District Camp Meeting Association; remonstrance of E. E. Baadeen et als., against any divisiou of the town of Clinton; of the town of Clluton for authority to oblige the county of Eeunebeo to build a bridge and pay to said town $1000 for the support of the Learned bridge; of muni cipal officers of Fort Fairfield for aid iu com pleting the bridge at said town; of W. Reed et als.. for conveyance of lot of land in township 11, range 1, to D. M. Libby. The credentials of J. M. Soxklexis, Repre sentative elect from the Penobscot tribe of Iu dians, were presented. Orders passed—Relating to having a yearly printed report from the Agent of Passama quoddy tribe of Indians; granting aid to the widow of Capt. Peter Dana an Indian who did the State service in the war of 1812; that the Committee on Judiciary inquire into the expe diency of amending sec. 55. chap. 86, R. S., by striking out the following, “and this shall not be exempt in any suit for necessaries furnished him or his family”; that the same Committee inquire into the expediency of amending sec. 8, chap. 136, first line, R. S., by inserting “or Judge of a municipal or police court; that the Committee on Agriculture inquire into the ex pediency of providing for the sale of eggs by weight; that the same Committee inquire into the expediency of amending sec. 6, chap. 6. R. S., so that farm products, when held by the purchaser, shall he held exempt from taxatiou; that the same Committee inquire into the expe diency of providing for the sale of blaeberries by weight; that the Committeo on Banks and Banking inquire into the expediency of so leg islating that savings banks may loan a limited amount of their deposits on notes signed by three responsible persons; that the Committee on Banks and Banking inquire into the expe diency of so amending the laws relating to sav ings banks as to provide as follows: “No sav ings banks or any person acting in its behalf, or in its interest, shall negotiate, take or receive any fee, commission, gift, or other considera tion for or on account of any loan made by or on behalf of said bank, or for the benefit thereof, either to their own use, or to the use of such bank, other than shall appear on the face of the note or contract upon which such loan shall purport to be made; provided that noth ing herein contained shall apply to any ex penses of examining titles and making convey ances upon loans made by savings banks;” that the Committee ou Fisheries inquire into the expediency of extending the close of time for taking land locked salmon in the St. Croix river; that the Railro’d Committee inquire in to the expediency of amending sec. 42, chap. 51, R. S., by striking out “one hundred and fifty," and inserting the words “five hundred;” that the Committee on Education inquire into the expediency of so amending sec. 7, chap. 11, R. S., as to secure a more equal distribution of school fuuds. An order was introduced calling for a Com mittee of Investigation into the affairs of the State Prison for the ten years past, its man dgement, money paid by the State to it, and received by the State from it; also as to the origin of the late fire, and whether (account of stock had been taken prior to it; also to inquire into the sanitary condition and the treatment of the inmates. The order caused some dis cussion. The order contemplated a committee of seven. After discussion and taking the yeas aud nays, the number was reduced to a joint select committee of one from the Senate and two from the House. The vote stood 98 to 47. Read and Assigned- Bill incorporating the Waterford Cheese Factory Association; bill incorporating Elm Dale Cheese Co., bill incor porating Casco Tannery Co.; bill incorporating the Portland Cordage Co.; bill incorporating the Bangor & Brewer Steam Ferry Co.; author ity to build wharves at Mt. Desert; resolve in favor of Silas H. Waldron; in favor of Alice McPhail; in favor of J. N. Clark; in favor of Charles D. Brown: bill to incorporate the Aroostook Dairy Association. Leave to withdraw was granted the selectmen of Palmyra for incorporation of said town into a fire insurance company. The bill to legalize the doings of Van Buren plantation was, under suspension of the rules, passed to be engrossed. Adjourned. MASSACHUSETTS. Iron and Steel Consumers* Boston, Jan. 22.—A meeting of consumers of iron aud steel was held at the Uniteu States Hotel yesterday to form an organization to pro mote their interests. It adopted a constitu tion and by-laws. The constitution declares th“ objects of the association to be to secure legislation, but strictly forbids the use of mon ey to secure the same. The following were elected permanent officers of the Association: President, Geo. Barns of Syracuse, N. Y; Vice President, D. D. Dana of Boston- Secretary, Win. H. Weed of New York; Trauurer, C. B. Hill of Nashua, N. H; Correspournng Secretary, W. F. Hall of Boston; Executive Committee. M. L. Fast of Canton, Ohio, Stephen E. Garrett of Cohoes, New York, Fred L. Ames of North Eastou, Mass. The meeting uninimously adopted the fol lowing resolution: Resolved —That this association respectfully petitions the Congress of the United States to reduce the duty ou steel, and to make the im post wholly specific without regard to the val ue. After further consultation on minor matters, the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the Executive Committee. Vnriona Hntter. The Supreme Court, full bench, to-day affirm ed the decree of Justice Devins committing to six months, for contempt, J. W. Cartwright, one of the receivers of the Hide & Leather In surance Company, and former President there of, for withholding and applying to his own use some §12,000 asset* of the company The Massachusetts Grand Army Convention at Fitchburg, to-day, elected Gen. J. W. Kim ball of Filch burg, Commander for the ensuing year; Charles H. Taylor of Somerville, and John S. Fay of Marlboro, Vice Commanders; jj- Goggswell Medical Director, and George S. Balch Chaplain. NEW YORK. Great Flood at Buffalo. Teasels and Elevators Destroyed. Buffalo, Jen. 22.—The weather and high water caused the ice in the Buffalo river to move about ’1 o’clock this morning piliug it up with such force against the bridge over Ohio street as to carry away that strong structure, and in its course sweeping ten first class vessels down the stream, piling them in one mass against the Michigan street bridge. The bow sprits of the vessels iu their rapid course car ried away the lower part of Plympton’s elevat or and inflicting serious damage to the City and Niagara elevators, and completely demol ished the sheds of the New York Central rail road. The loss is estimated at a million dol lars. The damage to Plympton’s elevator will reach $20,000. The Michigan street bridge still bolds the ac cumulated mass,but if it give way there is nocal culating the damage to vessels and property be ow. The water is now overflowing the banks and ruuning into the lake through the Ham burg canal. The greatest excitement prevails. Buffalo, Jan. 22—Evening.—Michigan street «tiU holds out against the accumulated pressure of ice, water and vessels. It is feared that when the water falls the vessels near the bridge no w lying on the piles will be greatly damaged. The loss is not near as much as at first estimated Water from the river is now flowing through the Ohio basins and Hamburg canal into the lake. Varina Matters. New York, Jan. 22.—It is stated that the firm of E. C. & E. B. Littlefield, wealthy con tractors of Brooklyn, have failed, which carries the New York, Kingston & Syracuse railroad :nto bankruptcy. A report is current that the Pacific Mail Company’s vessel Belief is lost at sea. Noth ing definite can be gleaned about her. A burglar arrested in Brooklyn last night had a petition in bis pocket signed by several Democratic politicians asking his appointment on the police force. The United Order of Brioklayers has passed resolutions condemning communists and inter nationalists. A dangerous check raiser named Geo. Wel lershausen was arrested to-day. During the heavy fog in Brooklyn early this morning,a carriage with a party returning from a b^Jl was driven over the embankment into the swamp mud. Mr. McVey, oue of the occu pants, was seriously injured, the ladies badly bruised, the horses badly hurt and the carriage wrecked. A seven ton boulder became detached from the summitof a hill last night on a Hudson connty farm in New Jersey, and rolling down deposited itself sn a gas house, completely wrecking that structure. The Coal Trade. The meeting of the Presidents of the differ ent coal companies have as follows for this year: The trade will open on the 1st of March at an average advance of 15c per ton above the prices of 1873. The price per tou will after wards be advanced each month to the end of the seasou on the following scale: April 5c, May and Jnne, 10c, July, August, September, October and November 15cts. The President of the Delaware and Lacka waoa Boad, to day states that the scale of prices adopted will be subject to modification in the event of serious strikes. WASHINGTON. Damaging Departs About Hr.Pinchback Washington, Jan. 22. — Representative Slieldon and Sypber, ex-Senator Harris and revenue officer Pitkin, all of Louisiana, called on the Presiden t to-day to express, it is said, their views iu opposition to the new election in that State. Senator Carpenter and Gen. Butler also had an interview with the President. It is asserted tha; these gentlemen are on the other side of the question in Louisiana. It is reported that Senator Morton’s action in reference to Mr. Pinchback’s seat iu the Sen ate, was based upon the confession of Mr. Pinchback himself of the questionable practices in securing his election by the Louisiana Legis lature. It is said that damaging reports about the election haviug reached Mr. Morton he sent for Pinchback, who made a clean breast of it, whereupon Mr. Morton abandoned the policy of seating Mr. Pinchback on a prima faca case, aud asked that the.case be referred to the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections to investi gate the couduct of Mr. Pinchback. The latter, it is said, is very angry at his treatment, de clares for the new election and threatens dam aging disclosures regarding the operations of the Louisiana politicians. The reason of his course is said to be his exclusion from the bene fits and privileges of the Kellogg ring. Treasury Balances. The following are the Treasury balances to day:-—Currency, $2,920,514; special deposit of legal tenders for redemption of certificates of deposit, $44,000,000; coin, $85,594,344, including com certificates $45,778,000; outstanding legal tenders, $382,062,387. Legal Tender Limit. The following is the text of the bill reported to-day by Mr. Dawes from the Ways and Means Committee: Whereas, The existing uncertainty as to whether the amount of legal tendar notes now authorized by law to be kept in general circula tion is $356,000,000 or $400,000,000 is calculated to derange business and unsettle values, there fore: Be it enacted, that the provisions of the act approved April 12th. 1806, entitled an act to amend an act to provide ways and means to support the government approved March 3d, 1805, be, and the same are hereby declared in force so as to authorize the amount of the le gal tender notes of the United States to the amount of $400,000,000, to be kept in gener al circulation and the total amount of United States notes issued or to be issued shall never exceed $400,000,000. Relating to Savings Banks. The bill reported by Mr. Kasson from the Ways and Means Committee, the 9th section of the act of July, 1866, concerning the deposit on savings banks, that hereafter it shall be con strued to include within the exemptions all de posits in savings banks doing business only as such under the laws of their respective States or of Congress and having paid up capital which is first responsible for all losses of depos itors, or having in accordance with the law, in the place of such capital stock, a good and legal guarantee bond securing depositors against loss; provided that no savings bank as a provident Institution shall be entitled to such exemption from tax on deposits in any case where any greater rate of dividend shall be paid to holders of capital stock annually than the rate of interest allowed annually to the time of depositors in snch bank: but 2J per cent, may be allowed and paid on tne amount of capital stock or of the guarantee bond in consideration of such guarantee against loss to depositors and provided that all profits of such savings banks less the aforesaid dividend and allowance for guarantee shall be divided among the depositors. No tax accrued or claimed for years prior to the passage of the act from sav ings banks, in the first section named, having a capital stock or guarantee bond, but not col lected nor claimed by revenue officers in those years, shall be hereafter collected. Secretary Richardson on moieties. The Secretary of the Treasury has written a letter to Senator Chandler, chairman of the Committee of Commerce, stating by invitation of that committee his views on subjects cover ed by the bill to regulate the custom service and the disposition of fines, penalties and for feiture. Secretary Ricbaruson goes into an ex tended discussion of these and collateral sub jects, and recommends the following measures: First. The revision and consolidation of the tariff act. Second. The substitution, as far as practica ble, of specific in lieu of advalorem duties. Third. The abolition of the present system of moieties with one exception, to wit: that where attempts at smuggling are detected, or where an act of smuggling is accomplished and the goods are afterwards seized, the seizing officer or officers and informer or informers shall be entitled in equal parts to one-tenth of the net proceeds; or if there be no informer, the seiz ing officer to be entitled to the whole of such one-tentb. Fourth. That provision be made for a special fund to be applied under suitable restrictions, to compensation of persons affording information which shail enable the government to detect and punish frauds upon the customs revenue other than those involved in actual or attempt ed smuggling. Fifth. That the law authorizi ng the seizure of books and papers be so amended as to afford due protection to the rights of private parties. Sixth. That no compromise of any fine, pen alty or feature accruing from the violation of the navigation or customs reveuue laws, shall be lawful till after a judicial investigation of the facts. Seventh. That the compensation of customs officers be graded in accordance with the im portance and responsibility of their respective positions. Fort}-Third Congress—First Session. SENATE. Washington. Jan. 22. Mr. Sargent presented a lengthy petition trom Susan B. Anthony; detailing the circum stances of her trial and conviction for viola tions in Rochester, N. Y., and asking that the fine imposed upon her be remutted. Referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. Scott introduced a resolution for the enactment of a law so as toj provide for the is sue of three 65-100 bonds into which legal ten ders can be converted. Referred to the Commit tee on Finance. Mr. Connor presented the resolutions of the Legislature of Floriua in regard to the regard to the recognition of Cuban iusurgents. 5 r. Morrill of Vt., from the Committee on Public Buildings, for the purchase of fire ex tinguishers for the Capitol buildings. Passed. Also for the appropriation of $5000 to secure a topographical survey of the Capitol grounds aud prepare a plan for their improvement. Passed. Mr. Anthony from the Printing Committee, reported favorably upon a resolution making it uulawful for the Congressional printer to print in the Congressional record a speech or part of a speech not actually delivered in the Senate or House. Passed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee, reported back the bill to facilitate the execution and protection of certain works for the improve ment of the mouth of the Mississippi, and ask ed the Immediate consideration of the bill. Mr. Clayton objected. Mr. Sherman offered a resolution inquiring into the expediency of [the appropriation for all public buildings upon which work has not yet commenced and to coreif such inexpensive ap propriations into tbe Treasury. Agreed. The consideration of the finance resolution was resumed and Mr. Boutwell addressed tbe Senate. He replied to Mr. Schurz’s remark that Boutwell’s policy while Secretary of the Treasury was a “do nothing policy by saying those opinions had been embodied upon the fi nancial policy of the government the last five years. The late panic as a teacher should be heeded, but as a dictator demanding the adop tion of an untried policy, it did not deserve at tention. He knew of no failure of one impor tant business man in tbe State he represented. Congress seould address itself to the relief of the laboring classes, as their interests suffered the most during the panic. He contended that inflation of currency would inflict lasting evils upun the laboring men. Currency instead of remaining m Chicago,St. Louis and other points, flows to New York WInterest upon it, as high as 870,000,000 some times, being held there sub ject to call. The accumulation of currency in >.ew York, b.y artificial means, led to inflation of currency in that city and to speculations, followed by disaster and ruin. An inflation of the currency of the country would, in time produce tbe same resnlts. He was, therefore’ oppsed to any increase in the volume of the paper money of tbe country, aud on the other was oppposed to any contraction of the cur rency. He did not think a depreciated currency in itself a great evil, but he meant to say that if currency be depreciated and prices and products of labor become accommodated to that state of things, there are no substautial evils affecting tbe geueral prosperity of the country. He de fended the issue of reserve by the Secretary of the Treasury, and in response to Scburz said it was the duty of tbe Secretary to withdraw it again. The action of the Treasury in this mat ter was the interest of the public, as the Secre tary could not sit silent ana inactive while ruin and disaster to tbe country were apparent He favored a return to specie with limitations set forth in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury iu 1872. in contravention of the state ment that we were not nearer specie than four years ago. He stated in 1869 gold averaged 32j premium, and in 1873 averaged 13 84-100. The act of Congress of 1869 served to strengthen credit in this country in the markets of Europe up to the standard of equality with any other nation. He held that till there was an equal ization of our currency and coin the policy of redemption would be dangerous. Iu response to Mr. Gordon of Georgia, who asked if the producing classes grow wealthier, Mr. Boutwell stated that for the past four yt are the South were more prosperous than be fore tbe war and had increased in wealth and business, to which Gordon asserted, but still holdibg that tbe producing classes were not wealthier. Mr. Boutwell considered the general fact that the South were more prosperous than ever de monstrated they were improved in wealth. With inflation interest on money with contin ually advance. It is possible to have depreci ated currency, aud yet the paper iu circulation could be nominally redeemable iu coin. He opposed free banking as leading to undue an increase of currency and the plan of converti ble bonds proposed by Mr. Sumner would re sult in contraction and hoardings. Sbould we go into markets to purchase gold to redeem le gal tenders, the Bank of Englaud and combin ed money markets of Europe would be arrayed against us. The plan of resumtug in a year was uupracticable as the treasury could not ac cumulate gold enough to resume. Tbe only escape was to allow the Secretary of the Treas ury to buy 6 per cent, bonds with the proceeds of sale of 5 per cent He said Mr. Scliurz fa vored resumption. Let him show how it can be done. Ha continued b.v saying that tbe oe ly remedy after five years straggle was taxation or else bear disgrace by borrowing mcney to pay the expenses of the government Mr. Gordon read statistics to snow that the ?reductions of Georgia were less than half iu 870 than in 1860. Adjourned. HOUSE. Mr. Houghton of Cal., offered a bill for a uniform registry of sea going vessels to afford additional protection to life on sh'mboaTd and govern rehates on merchandise damaged on tbe importation. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. The conference report on the bill to pay offi cial reporters was presented and gave rise to considerable discussion, and was finally agreed to. Mr. Dawes of Mass., from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported back adversely the bills to repeal all taxation on bank checks and friction matches, and moved their reference to the Committee on the Whole, and make them the special order Wednesday next Agreed to. Mr. Dawes also reported a bill to fix the amount of legal tenders at $400,000,000, and moved to make the bill special order in the Committee of tbe Whole Thursday next. Mr. Maynard of Ten., upon the Committee on Banking and Currency, suggested that the consideration of this bill might bn arranged to go on in connection with such a measure of policy as tbe Committee on Banking and Cur rency might present. Mr. Cox of N. Y., wanted to see a little more definiteness in t le matter. Thejbill settled nothing as to a future policy. The bill,proper ly interpreted, legalized tbe issue of the reserve was a step away from resumption, and tbe peo ple would so regard it. The tendency was to wards inflation, Mr. Dawes motion was agreed to, and the bill made a special order in the Committee of of the Whole Thursday next. Mr. Kassou of Iowa, from thoCommittee on Ways aud Means, reported a bill concerning the deposits In savings banks, construing exist ing lawn. Referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Sheldon of Louisians, from tbe same committee, reported a bill to establish bonded warehouses tor the storing and cleansing of rice for exportation. Passed. After a long discussion without coming to a vote, tbe House, at half past four took a recess till 7 30. The evening session will be for tbe considera tion of the bill revising the statutes. The evening session was dull, not more than 30 members were present. The House adjourn ed at 10 o’clock, PrMd. Lyme, Conn., Jan. 22.—At the old Lyme birth-place of Judge Waite, the citizens to-day fired a salnte in honor of his appoiutment and confirmation as Chief Justice. IHETSOROLOCIICAL. PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FOUB HOURS War Dep’t, Office Chief Signal ) Officer, Washington, D. C., > Jan. 22, ».00 (P. V.) J Far New Rsglaaf and thence northwestward over the northern portion of the Middle States, cloudy weather with rain coutiuned, high temperature and fall ing barometer during a portiou of the day, the winds on the coast increasing in force. FO K E I GN. Cuban Affairs. • New York, Jan. 22,—A despatch from Ha vaua,* Jan. 17th inst, via Key West and Washington, says that the Spaniards under Esponda, numbering 650, met 1800 insurgents at Los Melones, aud after a fight of,six and a half hours, the Spaniards retired with a loss of 54 wounded. Insurgents loss unknown. Private Cuban advices report that Esponda had 1200 men, only 250 of whom escaped death, wounds or capture. The Cnbans regard this as a gre at victory for them. It is semi-officially reported’Lhat preparations are being concluded for a draft of 20.000 men to suppress the insurrection. They will not be conscripted from the volunteers, bnt from the Cubans and negroes, who are to be freed. The majority of the conscripts being Cuban sympa thizers, the proposed measure is regarded as ab surb. Tbe forced loan of $30,000,000 is disagreeable to all the natives and foreigners. The latter pay because their business depends thereon. As the Worcester sailed from Havana on the 15th with a band playing, a rabble congregated on the wharf and hissed as she passed dipping her flag to the Morro Castle aud tha Spanish war vessels. MINOR TELEGRAMS. he Carlists have withdrawn from Santan der. A new unoccupied house in the Dorchester District, Boston, owned by Cheever Newhall, was damaged last night by au incendiary fire to the extent of $3000. Insured The Georgia Legislature condemns the civil rights bill, and says that its passage would break up the school system of that State. All appropriations will in that case be withheld. The French Government has issued an order forbidding the sale of the newspaper L’Opidion Nation ale. The President, though the Secretary of State, has tendered the appointment of Consul at Benufc to Col. George S. Fisher of Augusta, Ga. George W. Clarke, aged thirty years, was found drowned in the dock at Newport, it. L, Thursday afternoon. The customs receipts for the week ending January 17th are as follows: New York $2,618, 564; Boston $238,135; Baltimore, $102,512; Phil adelphia $175,760. The druggists’ association in New Hampshire has voted to unite with the license Alliance. There beiug 21 county and city officials in the Utah Assembly, the Governor recommends a law prohibiting persons holding but one office. The trial of W. P. McCarty for the murder of J. B. Mordecai, in a duel, iegau at Rich mond, Va., yesterday. In Cincinnati a druggist named Merket, fa tally stabbed a railroad agent named Miller. The expressmeu of the United States have been holding a convention in Indianapolis. A London despatch says that Madame Pare pa Rosa is seriously ill. The London Times publishes the substance of a note from Bismarck, which holds that the French government are accountable for the violence of the L ltramoutane press in France. Goodwin Smith, in a speeoh at an educational meeting in Manchester, Eng., Wednesday, ex plained and commended the cummon school system of the United States. He defended the Cornell University from the charge of irrelig ion, and said it maintained a religious spirit and that the institutiou was quite equal to that of Oxford. A cable despatch states the Samana Bay Company have negotiated in London a loan for $5,000,000, and as part of the negotiation the company agree to take up the Harmount bonds, which had been repudiated by the Baez Gov ernment. A Trenton, N. J., druggist named Livesery, has been arrested for selling cyanide instead of i cedide of potas: urn, causing the death of J. A. Grant. WnrhK T^r 0t.‘.h* Manchester, N. H., Print 1 r 1~.U. a fc C\w- Loring, T. J. Coilidge, « . C. Ayer and Moody Courier were aDf>ointe<l to sell the works and apply the u payment of the debts of the SSriKaaSS? ihfoh amount to *968,860.71. ®orP"»tiou, which A telegram from Port Townsend, Waihin. ton Territory, announces the total loss “ tCn ship Panther, with all on board, twenty-three in number. ** Between three and four hundred men of the Pitta ton & Elmira Coal Company quit work yes.erday ou account of non-payment of waires due them since October. FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL, Psnlssd Wholesale Markets, Thursday, January 22. The flour market Is in active and prices favor purchasers of large lots. The grain market is very Arm at 95 a 97c for new corn and $1 for old. Oats are steady at 65 a G8c for brown and white. Sugars aro without change and gn nu tated is selling at 10|c. Provisions are firm at 817 @ 17) for extra plate lieef; $15 (a) 26 for plate; $12 & 11 for extra mess, and 89 Ig) 11 for mess. Pork is sell ing at 820 50 for backs; $1950 for clear, and $17 50 tor mess. Lard is steady. The grocery markets are very firm and our quotations of Wednesday are main tained. Receipts by KallreaS. sad Htrssik.il.. Obaso Trunk Raii.road-5 cars sundries. 3 do shooks, 1 do starch, 26 do lumber, l do head. 1 do Iron, 5 do bark, 2 do skins, 6 do oats, 2 do corn 1 do ior New York, 7 do for Boston, 7 do for St Johu \B 2 do for Halifax, NS, 18 do for steamship ' ’ Fsraiga Kxporla. ST. JOHN. NB. Brig Ernest—2596 bbls flour, 5 do oat-meal. Fereisa Imparts. HA LI PAX, NS. Steamship Acadian—1110 tons of coal to J L Farmer. CAMPO BELLO, NB. Schr Helen—100,000 frozen herring to order. DAILY DOMESTIC RECEIPTS!. » - Receipt* mi Flour. EASTERN RAILROAD. Constances. Bbls. Consionees. Ebls. E A Norton.100 D Keazer.100 Norton,Chapman & Co,300 Total.500 Receipt. #1 Groin, Ac. EASTERN R. B. Consionees. No. cars. Consionees. No. car Norton,Chapman 0k Co, com.t GRAND TRCXK R. R Waldron Ok True,corn... .7 C&rruthers Ok Co,corn..3 Kensell,Tabor OkCo.oats.lu KensellotTabor, barley.! _ Total.... .21 By water conveyance 1,000 bush corameal to Geo W True Ok Co. Heeteii Sleek List. [Sales at the -Broker’s Board, Jan. 22.1 Boston Ok Maine Railroad. — ® 105) Portland. Saco Ok Portsmouth R R.121) Secoud Call. Eastern Railroad.—®77 1 New York Sleek nnd Money Market. New York. Jan. 22—Eremna.— Wall street was eery quiet to-day. Money was easy at 5 @ 6 per cent. The following is the Cleanug House statement: Currency exchanges, $76,314,916; currency balances, 83,954,155; gold exchanges, 811,105,729; gold bal ances, $2,192,054. Foreign Exchange strong and higher with advance in Sterling rates. Gold declined from ill) @111), advanced to 111) and closed at 111). The rates pair for carrying to-day wereS, 5). and 4 pur cent. The Assistaut Treasuier pal 1 out to-day 8110,000 on ac count ot Interest ana $32,000 in redemption ot 5-20 bonds. The day's business at tae Gold Exchange Bank was as follows:—Gold balances, $1,762,010; curren cy^ balances. *1,996,314; gross clearances, $44,984, The following were the q-totutiont of Gayeramen securities: (Jutted States coupon 6’s, 1881,.118) Uuited States 5-20’s 1862.114) Uuited States 5-20’s 1864.116) United States 5-20’s 1865, old. 117) United States 5-20’s 1865,newex-int ........... 116) United States 5-20’s 1867,. 1!7| Uuited States 5-20’s 1F68,. .H7j United Slates 5’s, new.11?) United States lu-40’s.,ex-coupons.114 Currency 6’s.. —... — . 114) The following were the closing quotations it Stocks: Western Union Telegraph Co. 75) Pacific Mail.41) N. Y. Centra’and Hudson River consolidated_104) Erie. 47 Briepreferred. 74 Union Pacific stock. 34) The following were the quotations tor Pacidc Rail road securities: Central Pacific bonds.•. 8f) Union Pacific do. 8;1 Union Pacific land grants.81) Union Pacific income bonds.79 Uemnlie Barfeeu, New Yobk. Jan. 22—Evening.—Cotton declined an Jc; sales 1635 bales; Middling uplands at 164c. Flour 6 ® 10c lower; sales 12.600 bbls; State at 8 60 §7 20; Round Hoop Ohio at 6 60 ® 7 85;Western 5 60 7 86; Southern at 6 70 ® 11 00. Wheat firmer; sales 08,000 bush; No 1 Spring at 1 62 ® 1 66; No 2 Mil waukee at 1 60 ® l 62; No 2 Chicago at I 58 ® l 60; White Spring 1 65; White Michigan at 1 75. Corn is caaler; sales 161,000 bush; new Mixed Western 85® 89; old do 93c in store; 95@ 96c afloat. Oats are lower; sales 41,000 bush; Western Mixed 59®60o; White Western at 60 ® 62c. Beef unchanged. Pork heavy; sales 1750 bbls; new mes 13 75. Lard heavy' sales 10 tes; steam at 9 @ 9Jc; kettle 8c. Batter is uuebanged; Ohio at 25 ® 35; State 32 ® 34c. Wblr key quiet; sales 100 bbls; Western free at 99®9»lc. Rice firm with ihlr trade demand; Carolina at 81c — Sugar dull; Muscovado 74® 8 l-l«c; lair to good re flning74@7|c. Coffee quiet and strong with an upward tendency. Molasses is unchanged. Naval Stores—Spirits Turpentine is firm at 48 ® 49c; Rosin firmer; sales 11,000 bbls at 2 GO ® 2 65 tor strained.— Petroleum is higher ; sales 5000 hbis; also 1000 bbls for March at 15 ® 154; crude seller February at 64c* refined at 144c. Tallow Is quiet; sales 65,000 lbs at 71 @ 7Jc. Linseed firm at 2 75 Gdd. Freights to Liverpool are firm; Cotton, per steam at 7-16 @ Jd; Cotton per sail 11*32® Id; Grain pet steam at 124 ® 13d. Chicago, Jan. 22.—Flour isdull and nominalpleal ers apart. Wbeat steady; salesof No 1 Spring 1 231; No 2 Sprint: at 1 22J cash; seller Feb at 1 23}; seller March at 1 274; No 3 Spring at 1174 @ 1 175; reject ed 111 ® 112. Corn opened firm and closed dulland lower; sales of No 2 Mixed at 514c for cash; 584 tor seller May; new No 2 Mixed 51c; rejected old at 53 ® 54c; no grade 49 @ 50c. Oats steady; sales of No 2 at 414c cash; seller February 42c; rejected 374 @ 38c. Rye is quiet and unchanged; No 2 sold at 77 ® 79c.— Barley active and higber; sales of No 2 Fall at 1 52 ® 1 57; No 1 Spring 1 32 @ 1 10, according to location.— Provisions—Pork dulland lower;cash sales nominal ly at 14 00 @ 14 10; 14 10® 14 124 seller February; 14 GO ® 14 624 do March, closingodull at Inside fig ures. lard opened dull and lower but closed steadv at 8 00 ® 8 90 cash; 9 00 ® 9 03 seller for Feb; 9 30 seller Mar. Balk meats steadv, sales of shoulders at SJc; short rib middles 74c; short clear middles 71c for loose; green meats—shoulders sold at 5|c; short rib middles 74c; bams 16 lbs pound averages sold at 81® tic. Dressed Hogs dull and nominal at 6 05 ® 6 10 bid, and 6 20 ® 6 25 asked. Whiskey is dull and lower at 95c. Receipts—10,000 bbls floor, 159,000 bufh wheat 60 - 000 bush corn, 36,000 bush oats, 3000 busb rve, 9,000 busb barley. Shipments -13,000 bbls floor, 111,860 busb wheat, 3, 000 busb corn, 17,000 bush oats, 00,000 bush rye, 8,000 bush barley. U mol if ■ ATI, Jsn. 22.—Pork firm at 15 50® 15 73. Lard is quiet and firm; steam at 8j @ 9c; kettleat 94 ®94c. Bulk Meata steady at 612® 9 20 per cwt; clear rib sides sold at 71c cash: 84c bnver tor March: clear sides8c. Bacon Arm and scarce; shoulders 74 @ . 4c; clear rib (ides 8S ® 8Jc; clear si lea 81 ® 0c.— Live Hogs are dull and lower; light shipping grades 509@5 30; packets 535® 3 50; reeipts 3200 head; shipments 2200 head. Whiskey Is In fitir demand and Arm at 95c. xolsdo. Jan. 22.—Flour is dull. Wbeat doll and nominal; No 2 White Wabash 1 58; Amber Michigan at 1 47; 1 474 sel er Feb; seller for April 1 57 ® 1 574: No 2 Red 1 44 cash; 1 61 seller March. Corn dull and lower; Mixed rash seller January 664c; seller Feb at 67c; 704 @ 704c seller April; 72c seller May; 724c do June; new Mixed at 64c; no grade new 62c. Oats steady; No 1 at 471c :No 2 at 46c. Dreased Hogs dull; no sales. Clover Seeds dull at 5 20. Receipts—0,000 bbls flour, 3,000 bush wbeat. 40,000 busb com, 23,000 bush oats. Sbipments-0,000 bbls flour, 4,000 bush wheat, 23. 000 bush com. 4,000 bush oats. Milwaukee, Jari. 22.—Flour quiet; extra Spring 6 00 @ 6 23. Wheal Is dull and unsettled ;No 1 Spring at 1 25; No 2 Spring at I 234; seller hebruary 124; do Mar at 1 26|. Oats steady; No 2 Mixed at 41c.— Cora ateady at 59c for No 2 Mixed. Rve Is steadv at 81 foa No 1. Barley is ateadv at 1 55 for No 2 Spring. Provisions—Pork at 14 12 cash; 14 62 Beller March.— Hams ill pickle Arm at 8j ® 10c. Dry salted meats —shonlders at 5| ® 5|c loose; boxed mid. 7| ® 8c — Lard—kettle 94c; tsjefor steam. Hogs at 5 00 ® 6 00. Receipts—4,otiu bbls flour, 71,000 bush wheat. 1,600 bogs. Shipments 10,000 bbls flour, 34,000 bnth wbeat. Detroit. Jan. 22.-Flour quiet. Wheat is firm and 1,I\f?uL<len?anv ex,rl atl 63; 1 574 for No 1 White; Amber Michigan 1 48. Corn Is steady at 64 Oats in good demand at 46c. Hogs sold at 6 50. Receipts—1,000 bbls ’ flour, 9,000 busb wheat, 4,0C0 bush corn, 2,000 bash oats. Shipments—1,000 bbls hoar, 3,000 busb wheat, 2, 000 bush com, 3000 bush oats. ’ CBAUt.KSToJi, Jan. 22.-Cotton quiet; Mldllus ul lands 154c. SavANNAH, Jan. 22.-Cotton steady; Middling up lands at 154c. Mobile, Jan. 22.—Cotton Is quiet; Mid Ring up lands 154 @ 15|c. New Orleans, Jan. 22.—Cotton quiet; Middling uplands at 164c. _ Bmpma flarkcia. Liverpool, Jan. 22—1.00 P. M.—The Cotton market is doll and unchanged; Middling uplands 8 ® 8*d; do Orleans 8* @8*1; sales 10.000 bale*, in cluding 2000 bales for speculation and export. Frank port, Jon. 22—Evening. United States 5-20s,for the issue of 1862, at 97|. London, Jan. 22—i 30 P. M.—Consols at 92 S) 92J for money and account. v American securities—IT. S. 6-20 bonds 1867 1084 • U. S. new 5s at 102fl. Erie 43}. NO-HCE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the •ubecri her has been duly appointed and taken upon nimself the trust of Administrator of the estate of JOHN CTIS, late oi Portland, in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given bonds as the law directs. All persons having de mands upon the estate of s&Ul deceased are required to exhibit the same; and all persons indebted to said estate are called ujK>n to make payment to GEORGE CUSHING, Administrator. Portland, Jau 20, 1874. Ja22dlaw3wTh* NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has been duly appoiuted Executor of the Will of ALMIRA FITCH, late of Portland, in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and has taken upon himselt that trust as the law directs. All per sons having demands upon the estate of said deceas ed, are required to exhibit the same, and all persons indebted to said estate are called upon to make pay ment to J n 4l , _ c LUTHER F1TCH- Executor. Portland, Jan. 6, 1874. Ja9dlaw3wF The New York University Medicines ARE curing more Chronic Diseases than all other Medicines combined. Any one can have a circu lar containing numerous testimonials of cures from citizens of Portland and vicinity, and books (free) by addressing Dr. P. STAPLES, 250 Congress street. Portland, Me., General Agent ior the New England States and Dominion. de2Uw3md8t lw*r •*».* '■ Agent* wanted! All cla**e* or working peo tf'tyiiU’lpwu pte, of either sex, young or old. mak* mom money work for ualn their ap»re momenta, or *11 the time, than *t anything •lee. Particular* ire*. AddreaaO. Stinson A Co., Portlaud, pwlyr 4 _auction sales. F. O. BAILEY Sc CO., AUCTIONEERS —ABB— Commission Merchants I *• »AILXT. C. W. ALUUf. ev?™",81. of Furniture end General UercbandiM eSem,ug«y.8‘.,"8i-rT-18 ,,reM' Couelgnmente eolicitw/' oc3dU Next Saturday. 0NT»f^?r^°R SCIT ,n Bl,ck and Green ! 5& Cloth. 1 Black Walnut Wardaobe. Marble Top Tables, Soi*«*. Easy Chairs ‘s-SS pier and arch top Mirror,, Farlur and Looking Storee Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen Furul ure la ,V riety. Ae., Ac. By order ol underwriter, (00 bole, Fiy». boiee stained, at 11 o’clock prompt. F. Q. BAILEY Sc CO., Aactieacen. ___ >d Assignee's Sale or — Groceries, Fixtures, Horse, BY AUCTIONS ON HONDA Y, JANUARY 961b, At 9 1.9 n’elnck P. M., At More recently occupied by A. G. GBOVER A CO., 410 Longreiw Street, we shall sell about 14 bbto. Flour, Pork, Molasses, Sugar, Tea, Coffee. Tobacco, Cigars. Pickles, Pickled Dimes, Family and Toilet Soap, LiJrr, Cannerl Goods, Wocwlen, Crockery and Aartuen Ware, Brooms, large assortment ot shelf pvxis, bpiccs, ,«c. Also Show Cases, Corned B*ef lauk. Meat Block, Marble top hum table. Cist form. Counter, anil Meat Scales, Tools and Measures, a* Vi o’clock prompt. I Horae k years old good ili lvar aud a line husiuess harness, Pongs, Kxpre*s tv aeon, Ac. All of tbe abovo groceries were selected tor tim eless retail trade aud are choice. By order of SILAS TC ROBINSON. 1 ... BYRON D. VKRRILL. j A* tfuees. P. O. BAILEY A CO., Ancli.acww. Ja22 td Pawnbroker9* Sale OF new and second hand Overcoats, Undercoat*, Reefer*. Pant*, Vests, Undershirt*, Drawer*. * ful line of Gents’ Furnishing Gods also Gists and Crockery Ware, Lamp*, &c ; *l*o Watches. .Ie»elry, Plate-1 Ware, and a general assortment ot Household aud other good*. ABBAM8 Sc BBO., PAWNBROKKH8, Jal5 135 Federal 81., wader U. M. IVetel. Mortgaiee's Sale of Real Estate. BY vjgtue of a power of Bale and foi a breach of the condition* ctnrained in a cert uu mortgage deed dated September 15,1871, from l*aa. Dyer, of Baldwin, in ibe County of t umber land auo »a»e ef Maine, to me, recorded In the Cumb* rland ive^tetry of Deeds, Book 369, Page 144, will be *old at public auction on the piemines, on MONDAY, tbe second day ot February. A. D. D74, at .3 o’clock P. M.,a ceitain parcel of l-<nd situated and lying Id Deering (late Westbrook), Ir. s.iid Count), containing one acre more or 1cm of upland, together with all said Dyer’s right, title and interest to thU marsh amt flat*, the whole bounded a* follows, via.Beginning at a post staudiug ou the southwestern tide ot tbe tow-path of the Cumberland and Oxford Canal near clgh water lin-, at tbe eastern point of land now or for merly of David Thompson, and lying south of said canal; thence running North 634 degree* West by said tow-path (8) eight rods to a i-toue mon ument; thence S<>utb 35] degrees West (20) twenty rod* to a stake; thence South 634 d« Iff* e* East to low waterline; thence by said low aster line northeas terly to said tow-path; thence Northwesterly bv ►aid tow-path tc tbe place of beginning, with all padd ings thereon standing, being tbe same premise* con veyed to Erastus H. Dyer oy said David Tl inpfoa by deed dated December 5th, 1863, and recu r leu In Volume 349 Page 364 of Cumberland Rep try ot Deeds to which record reference is hereby Lad. Terms cash, IRA P. FAKKINGTOV, jal2eod3w Mortgagee. Executor’ll Public Sale ot Desira ble Real Estate corner ot Con press iiqd Carter Streets. West End, at \nction. PU11SU \NT to license from Hon. John A. Water* man, Juulge of the Piolwte Court tor Cumber land County, will be aold at auction on TUESDAY, the tenth d*y ol February next, at 3 o’clock P. M., a lot of land and buikiings situated In said Portland on the northwest corner oi Carter and Congress streats, being 50 feet on Congress street 514 leet on Carter street, (sometimes called Weymouth street). The hocse is nearly new, contains 14 finished rooms, and is arranged for two families. Terms ca*h. L. EUGENE WEYMOUTH, Executor of tbe WiU of Levi Weymouth, deceased. Portland, Jan. 9, 1874. F. O. BAILEY Sc CO.« Auctioneer*. jalQ l*w8wS OVERCOATS — AND — WINTER CLOTHING! We shall close oat the balance of our WINTER CLOTHING, Consisting of Overcoats, Reefers, Dress and Business Suits. For Mens’ and Boy’s Wear. WITHOUT REGARD TO COST. Every Garment our own Work. Orin Hawke* & Co., 290 & 292 CONGRESS ST., Opposite Preble House, Portland, w4w3 PORTLAND Safe Deposit Vaults, No. 97 Exchange Street. SAFES TO RENT iiuide Use Tula at from SIS t. 9AO per annum DEPOSITS of ANT ARTICLES of VAL UE RECEIVED at rate. Tarring ac cording to the .in a< package and Tat aati. a. COLLECTION aad REMITTANCE a latere., aad Dividend. attended to. Robert A. Bird, Manager wjjti $30,000 To loan on Hist class Ulortgawes in Portland and Vtrinity in sums to suit. Real Estate Seccbities. paying 8 to 10 pm cent, inetrest free of Taxes. Invkbtments in Real Estate in Portland and vicinitv. if Judiciously made, are the best and unfcet mode* of employing cap ital. First class securities always ou band. luteiest and principal collected wlthoutcliarge. Guarani res perfect title and ample security in a I its Real Es tate loans. Real Estate investment and improvements made on couimh-siou and on shares, banknote pa|*er bought and bold. O. R. DAVIS, Real Estate and Loan Agency Brown’s Block. 2d p eodlr MAKE THE BEST BLANKBOOKS AND KEEP THE LARGEST STOCK FOR SALE IN PORTLAND tMOd2m TO laETJ Maine Hotel, in Damariscotta. THIS Hotel, situated in the thriving village of Damariscottn. and favorably known to the trav elling public, will be vacated by the present land lords on the first day ot April next and will be let on reasonable terms for a term of years, it has con nected with il. a good St abe, Carriage houses, and Garden. Under the present state and prospects ot business. It otters %n opportunity for a good landlord to do a profitable business. The buildings are In good re|»alr. Apply to _ JOHN H. CONVERSE. D.iraat tacot ta. Me.. wtf5 or to Kath'l M. Whitmore, Gardiner, Me. Notice* THE undersigned here’ y give fnrtber notice of tbeii ai pom*ment by the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, as receivers of the National Insur ance Company of Bangor, and request all persons indebted to said company to iua*e paymeut to them, and ail those having claims against said companv to present them. And that all persons holding claims against said company not now proven have the further period of six months after the publication ot this notice to prove the same. SAMUEL F. HUMPHREY HIRAM RUQGLES. , nath'l h. Dillingham. *°T- >• ICT- »4mo4« HAS NEVER B£EN EQUALED. T»*» prbbUi^ pi... pl«,»| U4 Itmlui awa UMifli,, I Clark*'* IC*w Hath** tWr the PUaa-rarte etnw tb« p.pu b, .... rthbH. — a. bl«bMt pr..tlc.l rnull. Nith, HalLPrlnll K. ALK EH, Philadelphia. w:tm4 JOB PKINTI.M) l>ronrtl7 awl uwij M* cut«d at thi* Otto*.