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THE PRESS
FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 30. 1874.
Every regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with a Card certificate countersigned by Stanley 1
Pullen. Editor. All railway, steamboat and bote
managers will confer a favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal, as we have information that several bum
mers” are seeking courtesies in the name of the
Press, and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, a party to such frauds.
We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not neeessarily for publication
but as a guaranty ot good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve com
munications that are not used.
Congress and the Railroads.
Among the many difficult problems present
ed to Congress for solution, no one is more
closely connected with the prosperity of the
country and at the same time involved with
greater perplexity, than that of cheap trans
portation between the interior sea board, and
the extent to which railroads and canals may
be controlled by Congress under tbe provision
of the Constitution giving that body the pow
er to regulate commerce between the states.
The first question that presents itself in this
connection is: Has Congress tbe right to reg
ulate railroad charges ? The House Commit
tee on Railroads and Canals in its extended
report on the subject answers this question in
the affirmative, giving numerous authorities.
Senator Morton in his speech Tuesday takes
the same ground.
As to the general right of Congress to regu
late commerse between the States, there can
be no queslion, for it is explicitly affirmed by
_ the Constitution. Railroads were not dream,
ed of by the framers of the constitution, but
there can be no doubt that the power given
to Congress embraces commerce by this me
dium as well as by water. Nor does it mean
mere traffic in its restricted sense, but inter
course between states in the most general
sense. All this the report of the House Com
mittee confirms by numerous authorities. It
also shows that the trunk freight lines extend
ing through several states, have it entirely
within their power to impede traffic between
states or through states by an agreement to
increase the rates of transportation, as was
recently done by ail the railroad corporations
when the canal season closed. But whether
such an increase of railroad tariff upon freight
as will increase its price twenty-hve per cent
to the consumer, while the managers prompt
ly ship all that is brought to them can be a
hindrance to commerce between the States, is
another question. A suffering and perhaps
outraged people are confident that such ex
tortions are restrictions, and the House Com
mittee and Mr. Morton agree with them. Yet
it still remains to be shown that the Constitu
tion contemplates giving, or can be construed
so as to give Congress the power to determine
freight charges on railroads or other means of
commerce between States. The question to
be decided is: What does regulation mean
and how far and to what points does the au
thority of Congress extend ?
Judge Story, in his Commentaries on the
Constitution, defines the scope of this pro
vision, and the best way to convey a just idea
» of what it authorizes Congress to do is to
quote his words. “It is not doubted,” he
says, “that it extends to the regulation of
navigation, and to the coasting trade and
fisheries within as well as without any State,
wherever it is connected with the commerce
Or intercourse with any other State, or with
foreign nations. It extends to the regula
tion and government of seamen on board of
American ships: and to conferring privileges
upon ships built and owned in the United
States, in domestic as well as in foreign trade
It extends to quarantine laws, and pilotage
laws and wrecks of the sea. It extends as
well to the navigation of vessels engaged in
carrying passengers, whether steam ves
sels or of auy other description, as to the
navigation of vessels engaged in traffic and
general coasting business. It extends to the
construction of light-houses, the placing of
buoys and beacons,the removal of obstructions
to navigation in creeks, rivers, sounds and
bays, and the establishment of securities to
navigation against the inroads of the ocean.
It extends also to the designation of a par
ticular port or ports of entry and delivery for
the purposes of foreign commerce.”
Judge Story has made a very full enumera
tion of powers under this provision but there
is nothing in the enumeration touching upon
or analagous to the adjustment of freight
charges. Perhaps the able jurist could not
imagine that there would be auy means of in
ter-state transportation of which managers
would have so great power or use it so blind
ly and oppressively. But be this as it may,
the question aa to the right of Congress to
regulate railroad tariffs, still remains unde
termined and will doubtless be referred to the
Supreme Court or the United States In time.
It is said that the Democrats in Congress
will oppose the proposition to regulate rail
road charges by the national government be
cause of devotion to their exploded notions
respecting “state rights.” In 1801 these
same notions led a large number of them to
do and say things for which they cannot atone
during the rest of their lives. Let them take
warning, and remember that in the solution
of this question, whatever is for the
good of all the states, will be for the
good of any oue of them. The evils sought
to be remedied by the bill reported by the
House Committee and by Mr. Morton’s reso
lution are palpable and oppressive, and the at
tempt to furnish relief should command the
best efforts of the wisest men of both parties.
For a ghastly jest commend us to the peo -
pie of Memphis. On the 17th of February
those inhabitants of the Tennessee city whom
the yellow plague has spared for a little, pro
pose to celebrate the carnival With a lively
sense of humor, iudigeuous and restricted let
ns hope, they announce as the attendants of
Momus, Prince Tellifever and Sir Colera, and
Count Paruxismal. We suggest that the
merry maskers attire themselves as ghouls.
The sand cast into the great graves where a
hundred bodies were thrown together has
scarcely yet had time to settle; and it is for
this reason, perhaps, that the Memphisians
feel called upon to feign a baseless jocularity
that would do credit to the junior partner in
the firm of Chuzzlewit & Co. One thinks
there must needs be a grinning skull under
the cap and bells of Momus’ court-jester, or
else our brother of Memphis is a ‘‘most biting
fool” indeeu.
Those Siamese Twins by marriage, the
disconsolate widows of Chang and Eng,semi
officially announce that their deep grief may
be assuaged by the payment of $800 for all
that is mortal of the dear departed ones. Hav
ing at heart the interests of science they gen
erously consent to deduct $2000 from the
price at which the embalmed monstrosities
were at first held. Having made a round sum
of money by the exhibition of the
twins alive they purpose to realize something
handsome by setting up a museum of mum
mies. Like the wife in the story whose hus
band was found drowned and inhabited by
eels they g.ve directions to “set ’em again.”
Surely it is better to have loved and lost than
never to have loved at all.
A woman lecturer ir. New York announces
a series of four lectures, in the course of
which she will display her skeleton, “with
suggestive hints and instructions such as she
deems her audience may need.” As to how
this display of her bony framework is to be
effected without danger to life or health the
lady has unkindly left us in ignorance. It is
10 be presumed, however, that she is con
structed on the model of Swift’s man, who
was in the habit on a hot day in July of tak
ing off his flesh and sitting in his bones.
*T*3 9 j'-? «i'Ut Boml,astes Furioso Davis
and Bobadd Foote are not to fight after all,
more’s the pity. Jjike otUer ^ warrjor9
they are darmg in intention but are very
weak in execution. Great is the revulsion
after much joy, and a gloom will be cast
over the land on learning that the two fire
eaters are to confine themselves to paper pel
lets,
Abby Smith’s cow, of Glastonbury, bids
(air to become quite as noted as any of tbe
famous animals of history or myth, and may
kindle as great a conflagration as did Mrs.
O’Leary's awkward beast. Should the agita.
tion precipitated by the lesistance of the
Glastonbury ladies to taxation without rep
resentation result in the enfranchisement of
woman, the sisterhood can well aflord to erect
a golden cow in some great square of the cap
ital. Such an image would become as famous
as the golden bull of the German Emperor.
Lest some thick skulled man who has read
history-books should think it necessary to air
his knowledge in the way of a correction, it
may be necessary to state that the bull in
question is not a gilded efligy of the male of
the genus bos, but an imperial edict issued
three hundred years ago.
Nast furnishes a noteworthy cartoon to
the last number of Harpers’ Weekly. A fig
ure clad in the rough garments of an humble
son of toil and wearing the sash of a Com
munist is exhibiting himself to a workman as
“the emancipator of labor,” while under the
battered plug hat of the ward politician grins
the ghastly death's-head. In the background
the committee of safety are instigating ihe
mob to murder and rapine. The wood-cut
will prove more effective than a dozeu lead
ers.
The great caricaturist is quite as happy in
his conception of the American Twins, labor
and capital, bound, like their brothers of Si
am, by a ligament which it is death to sever,
The government needs to look sharp after
its punctuation, for the misplacing of a com
ma has already cost it $2,000,000. In the
tariff bill, which went into effect August 1,
1872, the free list was extended by the addi
tion of several hundred articles. Among the
number added was “Fruit plants, trohical
and semi-tropical,” for the purpose of prop
agation and cultivation. In engrossing the
bill, or in the process of copying it for offi
cial printing, a comma was inserted after
‘ fruit,” and all fruit was thereby placed upon
the free list. The Ways and Means Commit
tee are to report a bill to remove the comma.
Hamilton, (he defaulting Jersey City
Treasurer has, it seems, taken but fifty of
the seventy bonds of $1000 each left in his
possession by the Mayor. This was very
considerate indeed in Mr. Hamilton, and
such thoughtfulness should not be suffered to
pass uncommended by the good people of Jer
sey City._
Scientific “Sentimentalism.”
To the Editor of the Press:—
The most effective thing so far accomplished
by the friends of capital punishment is calling
their opponents “sentimentalists.”
Opposition to capital punishmeut is only a
part of a much wider creed. It is but a single arti
cle iu the platform of a large and rapidly increas
ing class who believe that moral diseases are
curable, or, at least, susceptible of alleviation.
The belief they cherish, that where even so des
perate a moral disorder as that which impels to
murder may he subdued without resorting to
the ‘ heroic treatment” of breaking the pa*
tient’s neck, is merely ancillary to the geueral
theory of the inutility of vengeance in peniten
tiary discipline, and of the necessity of making
penalities remedial and curative, instead of
punitory.
Are the upholders of this theory sentimental
ists, or sickly sentimentalists? Are not their
opponents more justly obnoxious to this grave
charge? Let us see. Sentimentalism is defin
ed to be “an excess of sensibility.” The senti
mentalist is he who, owing to this faulty ex
cess of feeling, takes leave of reason and judg
ment in dealing with practical subjects, and de
cides every question presented to him according
to the dictates of either passion, prejudice or
morbid, unreflecting sympathy.
sympathy, no doubt, has a legitimate and
important function. Certainly it occupies a
large place in the system of Christian morals.
Through sympathy, men, and especially
women, often arrive at correct conclusions by a
sort of olair/oyant intuition, while reason
gropes in doubt and darkness. But as sympa
thy is supposed, and rightly perhaps, to be es
pecially liable to that excess which converts
it into sentimentalism, it should be stated
in the interest of historical accuracy, that the
supporters of the theory of reformatory prison
discipline, of which opposition to capital pun
ishment ;s a part, did not arrive at their conclu
sions by this route. They were led to investi
gate the whole subject and to experiment in
new directions, from perceiving the fact that
the old methoos signally failed ia their primary
purpose—the protection of society. They found
that the very agencies employed to keep crime
in check, nourished it; that prisons and jails
were training schools for thieves, burglars and
forgers; that stripes, unsupported by moral and
iutellectual stimulants, were nnfailingly paid
back with interest ou the back of society;
that the gallows popularized and glorified hom
icide. From the protracted and systematic
study and experiments for which these facts
guve occasion, has grown up a pretty well de
fined and coherent theory in regard to crime
and criminals. In few words it is this:
runwiment tor crime, as a primary purpose,
is absurd and impossible. The power of so
searching the human heart, of so weighing all
the circumstances of external situation, mental
constitution and education, of so estimating
motives and provocations, as to assign to each
man the exact degree of punishment due to his
individual ill-desert, is among the very highest
and most amazing attributes ascribed to an om
nipotent deity. Man cannot approach it even
by the clumsiest approximation. A man may
be more guilty and more worthy of punishment,
to the eye ot all-seeing intelligence, who has
committed no crime of which human courts
can take cognizance, than he who has stolon
his neighbors’ property or even shed blood.
The notion, then, of taking out of a man so
much punishment for so much crime, because
he deserves it and because “it is good enough
for him,” is wholly abandoned. Dr. Prosper
Despine, a French specialist in this department
of modern inquiry, asserts that “the treatment
which aims to punish for the sake of punishing
is dangerous both to society and the criminal;
it never improves the criminal, and often
makes him worse; it produces from 40 to 45 per
cent.of recidivists.” In the annual report of the
executive committee of the National Prison
Reform Congress, presented last year by Dr.
Bellows, we find this authoritative statement:
“It was the crime-creating power of the gal
lows aDd of the vindictive punishments
of jails and prisons, the dangers involved for
society and the little deterring power which
fear was discovered to have over brutal
natures that first drew attention to the fact
thaa, if only the interests of society were to be
considered, the reformation of the convict must
be placed first, and made the ground idea iu his
penal treatment. It was not a mawkish sym
pathy for the criminal himself, nor chiefly a
moral obligation to reform him that first open
ed tho way to the new principle, but a broader
view of what the safety of society itself requir
ed.”
Such were the views accepted without dissent
by a body cf which Horatio Seymour was Presi
dent, James G Blaine one of the Vice-Presi
dents, Dr. E. C. Wines, one of the most care
ful students and intelligent and industrious in
vestigators of criminal science in the world,
Corresponding Secretary, and many of the most
prominent and learned men of the country
active members.
■ine .units ot a newspaper communication win
not permit a detailed accouutof the exact agen
cies which the students of penitentury science
have agreed upon as necessary to be employed in
curing moral diseasees and deformities. But
those who place their reliance upon the gallows
and its companion tortues have so misrepresent
ed prison reformers iu this matter that a few
words iu explanation are necessary. One would
suppose from reading the newspaper articles
published of late that to shield the criminal
from detection, to prolong his trial, to prevent
his conviction, if possible, to pamper and pet
him during his confinement and to secure an
executive pardon at the earliest practicable mo
ment, were the main purposes of the opponents
of capital punishment. Now this is the exact
reverse of the truth. Look at the facts. The
very first postulate in prison reform,—the one
thing on wh'ch there is almost universal agree
ment, is that sentences should be greatly pro
longed! Indeed, the penitentiary reformer
holds that iu an ideally perfect system the sen
tence for any offense should be indeterminate,—
that is, the offender should be kept in prison
till he gets Well. It is held theoretically that
it is just as absurd to send a thief to jaii for
ten days, three months or any given time, as it
would be to send a man with a broken leg or
the small pox, to the hospital for a like period
Let him stay therein either case till he is cured!
Again the prison reformer insists on labor as
the most power igencies. I
Through the effo: mers ap
pointed two years mith and
Mr. Harlow of the ncil.—a bill
passed the last Legislature iding for labor
in our jails, The plan of the Commissioners
was avowedly based on the theories of Dr.
Wiues and other “sentimentalists” of his school.
It is ineu of the same school who have for
years been arguing the necessity, as an essen
tial part of the reformatory system, of greatly
limiting the scope of executive pardon. Many of
them demand police supervision after the crim
inal's release. Besides they have elaborated a
system of criminal registration that greatly fa
cilitates the detection and punishment of ha
bitual wrong-doers.
In this State especially, an attempt has been
made to fasten upon the friends of remedial
penalties the odium of rendering the punish
ment of crime less certain. Several extraordi
nary favors shown by the statutes of this State
to murderers on their trial, in respect to conn
sel, empaneling a jury and dilatory proceed
ings, have been thrust upon the opponents of
capital punishment as if it was necessarily a
part of their sentimentalism to lessen the
chances cf conviction. But as a matter of fact
the most vigorous denunciations of these
special privileges accorded to murderers have
come from the most earnest opponents of cap
ital punishment, like the late Attorney Gener
al of ihe State. The true question at issue
must not and cannot be obscured in this way.
Certainty of punishment, both iu theory aud
fact, belongs much more to the reformatory
and remedial than to the reactionary and vin
dictive side of the question. Facts sfiow this.
With all the defects in our statutes, the con
viction of murderers has been almost a matter
of course in Maine. The “sentimentalist” At
torney-General, assisted by a “sentimentalist”
County-Attorney, not long since secured the
conviction of a man arraigned for shooting his
wife, who alleged matter in extenuation which
always secures impunity in States where the
gallows still stands. Compare the record of
Maine with that of a capital punishment
State, like New York, aud then say. if you
can, that the gallows promotes “certainty” of
punishment. Iu the latter Slate what may not
inappropriately be called erotic murders, those
growiug out of the association of the sexes,
have never been punished. The same is true
of other States where the hangman is still tol
erated. If that functionary inspired the salu
tary terror with which he is accredited, ceuld
Governor Dix have said in his last message,
‘ The alarming increase in tne trequency ot tne
crime of murder in the city and its environs
demands your most serious consideration.
Scarcely a. day passes without witnessing a
brutal and in many instances a fatal assault
upon the persons of unoffending individuals.”
The “sentimentalist” must be acquitted,
then, of the charge of desiring to leave the
criminal more liberty to prey on society than
he non enjoys. On the contrary he thinks
there is good hope of eliminating the criminal
in a great degree, so that he may no longer be
an important social factor. But what results
can we show? In answer to this it must be
said first .that the ideas of prison reformers
have nowhere been fully carried out. But
wherever the reformatory element has been in
troduce!, even partially, the results have been
most satisfactory. In our own State Prison,
the combined influence of productive labor, a
little mental and moral iustrudtion and the
commutation of sentences for good conduct has
greatly reduced the number who return after
being once released. In Massachusetts great
advances have also been made. Mr. Brockway,
the famous head of the Detroit work- house,
where the plan of indeterminate sentences is in
partial operation, effects a cure in almost every
case treated in his institution. In Ireland, Sir
Walter Crofton’s system of reform, widely
known as “the Irish system,” has wrought
miracles, and in consequence crime is said to be
disappearing from Dublin. Strict classification,
education, gradual removal of penalties and
restrictions on liberty, are amoug the agencies
employed in the Crofton system, which puts in
practical operation more oE tne reformatory
theories than any other now practiced. In
France. Demetz, who is at the head of a re
formatory institution at Methray, makes men
of trustworthy honesty and established good
character out of juvenile offenders. We might
speak of the wonderful success of those emi
nent sentimentalists, Captain Machonochic and
Count Sollohub in Norfolk Island and in Rus
sia. But the list is already sufficiently loDg.
This is what is called sentimentalism, and
these are the sentimentalist’s trophies. His
aims have been strictly utilitarian. He has
proceeded in the most rigidly scientific manner,
he has investigated, made large inductions of
fact and experimented. He has formed associ
ations for the purpose of discussing the subject
with those who have the most knowledge of it,
and drawing light from all possible sources.
Finally, he shows astonishing results favorable
to the quiet, safety and well-being of society
wherever he has had an opportunity to put in
practice the results of his study. On the other
side we see men giving way to passion or pre
judice rushing upon the criminal and striking
him down. Where are their trophies? A row
of gibbets—a heap of carcasses! Even they
will not contend that gibbets and carcasses are
an end in themselves, but what ulterior ones
can they show? To what results, good in
themselves, can they point?
Tromp le Mort.
The Lobster Bill—A Misapprehension.
To the Editor of the Press:—
The present week a bill “For the better pro
tection of lobsters in the waters of Maine” was
presented to the Committee on Fisheries and
unanimously reported. It proVidgs that “no
person shall catch, pack in cans, sell or offer
for sale any lobsters within the limits of this
State between the 25th of July end the 15th of
October of each year, &c.The packers who were
consulted, and the fishermen along the coast,
so far as their sentiment could be known,
favored this plan as the only means to save to
the State this great source of wealth, and the
FishCjmmissioner,Mr.Stillwell,was present and
assisted in drawing the bill. Every expression,
public and private, that was heard, was in
earnest support of the measure, since every
other attempt at legislation, here or elsewhere,
has been entirely inoperative. This move is
designed to stop fishing during the soft-shell
and the seeding season, and is felt to be the
only course that public policy can allow.
And yet, though some strange means, a re'
monstrance has been gotten up in this city,
and signed by scores of busine ss men on Com
mercial street, and perhaps, ere this, has gone
to Augusta. This statement of the case is be
lieved to be enough to tell the simple purpose
of the movers in this raatter.So far from its be
ing antagonistic to the interests of Maine, it is
the only means to save the lobster fishery from
utter destruction. We have had for years a
close-time for the protection of all our fishing
interests but this, and the only regret among
people who know the terrible and wanton de
struction of lobsters these last few years is that
the relief comes very late. For years the
specimens exposed in this very market have
looked more like shrimps than lobsters; and is
it possible that there is any interest so narrow
and selfish that it will not consent to a provis
ion which declares that these shrunken, and
unhealthful creatures shall be preserved during
that period in which they cast off the old shell
and deposit the eggs of the seeding time? I
do not desire in this communication to Questen
the motives of the promoters Qf this remon
strance, but merely to assire the Legislature
and the public that the signatures to it were
given under an entire misapprehension of the
facts. Maihe.
Nominations by the Governor.—The Gov
ernor on Wednesday made the following nom
inations :
Trial Justices—E. W. Vickery, Glenbum;
Lemuel W. Grant, Palermo; Hosea Willard
Sanford.
To Solemnize Marriages—Revs. C. W. Deal
try, Raymond; J, B. Herrick, Wilton.
Coroners—Levi Whitney, Richmond; Geo.
T, Hunter. Lubec.
Notary Public—John S. Adams, Lewiston.
Justices Peace and Quorum—Wm. H. Smith
Raymond; Enoch Knight, Portland; E. S.
Keyes, Jay; Jonathan G. Soule, Waterville
M. F. Hanley, Appleton; Addison Austin
Newcastle; Alpheus Robinson, Brewer- Chas’
D. Chapman, Orrington; Edwin F. Balden
Prentiss; John A. Larrabee, Carroll; Loweli
Marston, Glenburn: Wm. M. Flynn, Whituey
ville; Geo. W. Lord, Calais; John D Lawler
Baileyville; Jos. 0. Waterhouse, Kennebunk
port; OlltverC. Titcomb, Acton; Mrs. Ellen
M. Babb, Eastport.
Fish Warden—Warren O. Douglass, Upton.
The Maine Journal of Education._The
February number of this valuable educational
and scientific magazine has just been received
at this office. The contents of this nnmber
are “What Legislation Next?” “The Micros
cope,” “The Governor’s Message,” District
Graded Schools,” “The Study of Geography,”
“Suppressing the Emotions,” “Education in
Austria,” “Fox Myths,” “An Important Mat
ter,” “Parentance Teacher, ” Duration of the
Lightning Flash,” Educational, Scientific and
Book Table.”
STATE NEWS.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY.
Our Houlton correspondent informs us that
the dwelling lionse of John Porter, iu Wash
burn, was destroyed by fire Sunday morning,
Jan. 25th, and that one of bis children, a little
girl about seven years old, was consumed with
the house. The fire is supposed to have orig
inated in the shed, from hot ashes deposited
there. Such was the progress of the tlsmes
that nothing could be saved from the house,
and the inmates, with the exception of the
child burned, barely escaped with their lives.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The City Marshal of Augusta on Wednesday
made a seizure of liquor at the Augusta House,
Cony and Mansion Houses, Longfellow & San
born's and A. Getcbeli’s.
KNOX COUNTY.
A company lias been formed iu Rockland to
cut ice on Cliickawaukie Lake.
PENOBSCOT COUNTY
It is proposed to establish a suspender factory
in Bangor.
A large number of milk dealers and others of
Bangor and vicinity have petitioned the Legis
lature for the amendment or repeal of the law
regulating the measure of milk.
Mr. John D. Prescott, one of the prominent
men of Exeter, died suddenly Jan. 117th.
Articles of agreement have been s'gned by
both parties fur the consolidation of the libra
ries of the Bangor Library (formerly Bangor
Mercantile) Association and the Bangor Me
chanic Association.
Joseph W. Low, formerly of Bangor, has
been arrested iu California and taken to New
York, charged with misappropriating several
thousaud dollars entrusted to him by certain
persons iu that city ten years ago, to purchase
bonds. He was arrested at the time and held
to bail in $15,000, but “skipped bail’’ and went
to California, where he has remained until last
week.
PISCATAQUIS COUNTY.
The Observer says the elevator of the spool
factory in Dover, heavily loaded, fell with a
clash last Saturday afternoon and came near
burying Fred H. Pullen, a workman, who had
just stepped from it but a moment before.
In the enumeration of the number of woolen
mills iu the different counties given in the sum
mary of the report of the State Statistician,
Piscataquis county was not mentioned. It
should have been credited with live establish
ments of this kind—one (Brown’s) at Dover,
with six sets of cards, manufacturing flannels;
one (Mayo’s) at Foxcroft, with three sets of
cards, manufacturing repellauts; one at Guil
tord, with two sets of cards, manufacturing re
pehants; one at Sebec, with three sets of cards,
manufacturing flannels; andone at Sangerville,
with three sets of cards, manufacturing cassi
meres and repellauts. There are also two or
more establishments in the county for custom
carding.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
Canaan wants a cheese factory.
A Skowhegan correspondent of the'Fairfield
Cbrouicle writes. “Wo are getting ready for
the dedicotion of our new court house. We
havo already about five barrels of good liquors
locked up there for safe keeping.”
Harmony intends to have a cheese factory if
possible.
George and James Martin of St. Albans are
getting out lumber and ptepariug the machin
ery for the manufacture of cheese boxes.
WALDO COUNTY.
Collector Roberts has appointed Daniel L.
Pitcher of Belfast, special deputy and aid to
the revenue in place of Tiu-Otby Thorndike, de
ceased.
Mr. Woodcock, marine architect of Belfast,
informs the Age that be has already made the
models for 14 vessels—two ships of 1400 tons
each, and tile others from 200 to 500 tons; all
of which, with the exception of one, are to be
built at Belfast the coming seasou.
The annual meeting of the Waldo Agricul
tural Society was held at Belfast Saturday, last
week. In consequence of some dissatisfaction
having been expressed on account of the election
of officers being held during the Fair, the hoard
then chosen have resigned, atm an a Ijourned
meeting is to he held at Belfast Saturday, Feb
ruary 7th.
A car load of smelts was shipped from Bel
fast to New York one day last week
A lady of Montville thinks the assessors of
that town are a trifle ahead of the rest of the
universe on the woman rights question, haviim
been assessed a poll tax the past year. She de
clines to pay it for several reasons, says the
Journal.
Tho Belfast Journal says before leaving jail
for the State Prise n, Gordon revealed to his
brother the loeation of some property he had
concealed in the woods. One day last week,the
brother, in compauy with one of the neighbors,
looked up the deposit. It consisted of an axe,
some iron portions of a threshing rnachiue.and
a pair of lady’s garters. It is not known when
or how they were put there.
There is now the largest number of vessels
lying at the wharves in Belfast, loading and
waitiug for cargoes, than there has been at any
one time this season. During the long period
of bad travelling, in which but little hay has
been marketed, the store-houses have been
largely drawn upon.
Mrs. Perkins of Burnham, was bitten on the
fiuger by a cat last October, aDd the finger has
since become entirely withered and useless.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The E. & N. A. through freight train was
thrown, by a broken rail, from the track near
Bancroft’ Tuesday, afternoon, and five cars
were smashed.
The Foremost Tonic of the Age.
Taking into consideration the character of its
vouchers, the history of its cures and its immense
annual sales, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters may be
fairly entitled the Foremost Tonic ol the Age. It Is
not only a tonic but a constitutional and local alter
ative, and its tendency is to substitute healthy for
diseased action throughout the system. If the stom
ach is feeble and torpid it produces a vitalizing im
pression upon its mucous tissues. No sooner has the
dyspeptic swallowed a dose of L than he knows by
his sensations that his stomach has received on acces
of vigor. It increases the desire for food and the
ability to digest and assimilate it. If the liver is der
elict , it improves the condition of the organ and im
parts to it a new and healthful impulse The bowels
being obstructed, it promotes the fiow of bile into the
intestinal canal and thereby relieves them and rees
tablishes their natural action. Its effect upon the
biain, the nerves and the kindneys is equally saluta
tory. In short, it tones, alters and regulates the
whole system.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
JTJST PUBLISHED,
BELLA, or The Cradle of Liberty.
A story of Insane Asylums. By Mrs. Eugenia
St. John. This is a narrative oi truth, a thrilling
story related by one who saw and heard that which
she tells. It should be in every family. Sent by
mail post paid on receipt of price, JL2mo. Price
$1.75. For sale at Bookstores. N. D. Berry, Pub
lisher. 147 Tremont Street, Boston.
Ja30 sud3t&wlw*
THE EUREKA
FAMILY BREAD!
Has been tried and is said to be fully equal to the
Best Home Hade Bread. Ask your Grocer
for it. For sale from our Carts and from Bakery,
22 ANDERSON STREET,
RICE & CALDERWOOD.
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SPECIAL SALE
— OF —
CHEAP WINTER DRESS GOODS
— AT THE NEW —
STAPLES DRY GOODS STORE.
In order to make room for the Spring Goods, soon
to be reeded, I have marked down a lot of
ALL WOOL EMPRESS CLOTHS
to 25 cts. per yard, which is about half
the actual value.
Also I have on hand a choice stock of
good quality Alpacas, Poplins, and Jap
anese Poplins at 25 cts.
I have a large stock of Black Alpacas,
from 25 cts. to 60 cts., and fine Mohair
e
Brilliantines from 50 cts. and upwards.
Cottons at the Lowest Panic Prices.
HORATIO STAPLES,
78 MIDDLE STREET.
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MISS MAY LEACH,
NO. 55 FREE STREET,
TEACHER OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
Terras S15 per quarter.
Reference: Mr. Kotzschmar. jaSsnlm
Miss E- M. EVERETtT
—TEACHER OF—
instrumental music.
51 OXFORD STREET,
TJEBJHS 919. jan!3*lmsn
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
JULES L. DIOR AZA IN,
OB’ PARIS,
Instrtuctor in French at the High
School.
* APPLETON BLOCK.
PORTLAND, MAINE.
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THOMPSON X TODD,
CARRIAGE trimmers
23 GREEN ST., Oppo. City Scales,
Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to.
liberal discount to Stable-keepers.
H. F. Thompson. h. D. Todd.
ja27 WF&Msnlm
NEW LOT
HAMBURG EDGINGS AND INSERTIONS
OPENED THIS DAT
At from 10 rents to St.00 per yard.
A, B. BUTLER.
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STATE OF MAINE.
In House of Representatives, Jan. 12, 1874.
Ordered, The Senate concuring, that all peti
tions for private Legislation except those for redress
of wrongs and grievences which may be presented to
this Legislature after Wednesday, tne fourth day of
February be referred to the next Legislature, "and
that this order be published in the daily Kennebec
Journal, Daily Eastern Argus, Portland Pres s and
Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, until that date.
Read and passed. Sent up for cDncurance.
S, J. CHADBOURNE, Clerk.
In Senate, Jan. 13, 1874.
Read and amended by adding after “Whig and
Courier” the words “and Lewiston Daily Journal,”
and passed.
Sent down for concurrence.
SAMUEL W. LANE, Secretary.
In House of Representatives, Jan. 14,1874.
Read and concurred.
S. J. CHADBOURNE, Clerk.
, A true Copy.
Attest:
jal6sntd SAMUEL W. LANE, Secretary,
EXHAUSTED VITA LIT If.
THE “SCIENCE OF LIFE, OR SELF PRES
ERVATION,” a Medical Treatise on the Cause and
Cure of Exhausted Vitality, Premature Decline in
Man, and Nervous and Physical Debility, Hypochon
dria, Impotency, Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weak
ness, and other diseases arising from the errors of
youth or the indiscretions cr excesses of mature
years. This is indeed a book for every man. Thou
sands have been taught by this work the true way to
health and happiness. It is the cheapest and best
medical work ever published, and the only one on
this class ot ills worth reading. 190th edition, revis
ed, much enlarged, illustrated, hound in beautiful
French cloth. Price only $1. Sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of price. Address PEABODY MED
ICAL INSTITUTE, No. 4 Bulfinch street, Boston,
Mass., or Dr. W. H. PARKER, Assistant Physician.
N. B. The author may be consulted on the above as
well as all diseases requiring skill aud experience.
nm31sneod&wly
E. C- FARNSWORTH
Teacher of the
PIANO FORTE AND ORGAN.
Organist at 81. Stephens’ Church.
Communications left at residence, 166 Spring street,
or at StocKbridge’s Music Store will receive prompt
attention.
jyRefei s to Mr. H. Kotzsehmar, Rev. Asa Dal
ton. sntf
January 14,1874.’
“THE LIFE IS MORE THAN MEAT.”
A sermon preached in the First Parish
Chnrch by
REV. DR. HIDD,
the Sunday following the death of Agassiz,
For Sale at the Principal Bookstores. jal4sntf
BREAK DOWN IN PRICES!
We shall now offer our entire stook of
DRY C3-OODS,
so low that all can supply tnemselves with their win
ter Clothing almost at their own prices, All our
Prints from 8 to 9 cts.
Call early and examine, for we mean what we say.
GO WELL & GREENOUGH.
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To tbe Public.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals respectfully gives noliee that Alonzo H.
Libby, Constable whose office is at No. 80 Middle
street, (up stairs) has been appointed Agent of the
Society.
The public are therefore iequested to give prompt
information to him of any cruelty to animals that
may come to their knowledge, and he will see to it
that the offenders are brought to speedy and strict
justice. Per order.
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DR. JAMES A. SPALDING,
OCULIST .
301 1-2 CONGRESS ST., Room No. 6.
Office Hours 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. Residence PreHe
House. sellsnfhn
Schlotterbeck’s Moth and Freckle Lotion
A safe and sure remedy for removing Tan.Pimples,
Moth Blotches. Freckles and Eruptions from the
Skin, rendering it soft and fresh and imparting to it
a MARBLE PURITY.
PRICE FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Prepared only by A. G. SCHLOTTERRECK &
CO., Apothecaries and Chemists, 303 Congress street,
one door above Brown, Portland, Me. au26snti
BATCHELOR’S HAIR DYE.
This splendid Hair Dye is the best In the world
The only True and Perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable
and Instantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous
tints or unpleasant odor. Remedies the ill fleets of
bad dyes washes. Produces Immediately a superb
Black or Natural Brown, and leaves the nair
clean, soft and beautiful. The Genuine, signed W. A.
Batchelor. Sold by all Druggists.
CHAS. BATCHELOR, Prop., A. f.
ld&w Ivrs n
TO CLONE OCR
Trefoussa and Frederic Kid Gloves
ABE OFFERED AT 91.00.
Also a large lot of
Kid. nt 1H eta. Fresh anil desirable Colors
cheap at 81 .M3. Also a small lot at MS els.
A. B. BUTLER’S,
154 MIDDLE STREET,
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COCNTir BONDS.
CITY, RONDO.
SCHOOL DISTRICT RONDO.
HEAL ESTATE MORTGAGES.
All carefully selected In the west, paying 10 to 12
per cent interest. Very safe as well as profitable.
CHARLES M. HAWKES,
, 80 MIDDLE STREET.
Junl3 sntf
FREE SAMPLE Bottle oi
Adamson’s Botanic Balsam, at all Druggists.
Pleasant, and an unfailing remedy for Asthma,
Coughs, Colds, LungComplaints, &c. Geo. C. Good
win & Co., Agents, Bostou. Large Bottles, 35 cents.
$5,000 for a case it will not cure. no5M W&S&w3m
LUMBER WHARF FOR
SALE.
Stock and teams of a Retail Lumber Wharf near
Boston. Business established many years. Long
leaBe, low rent, large trade, terms favorable.
A good chance for parties wishing to establish a
branch yard to share the trade of Boston and vicinity.
Address “LUMBER,**
Jan21sntE6eod Daily Advertisor Office, Boston.
1840. 1874
PAIN-KILLER,
THE GREAT
Family medicine of the Age.
Taken Internally it Cares
Dysentery, Cholera, Diarrhea,
Cramp and Pain in the Stomach,
Bowel Complaints, Painters’ Colic,
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Indigestion.
Sore Throat, Sudden Colds,
Coughs, dc., dc., dc.
Used Externally, it Cures
Boils, Felons, Cuts, Bruises, Bums,
Scalds, Old Sores, Sprains, Toothache,
Pain■ in the Face, Neuralgia,
Bheumatism, Frosted Feet,
dc., dc., dc.
PAIN-KILLER,
after a thorough trial by innumerable living wit
nesses, has proved itself THE MEDICINE OF
THE AGE. It is an internal and external remedy.
One positive proof of its efficacy is, that its sales
have constantly increased, and wholly upon its own
merits. The effect of the
I? ain-Kill er
upon ti e patient when taken internally, in case of
Cold, Cough, Bowel Complaint, Cholera, Dysentery,
and other afflictions of the system, has been truiy
wonderful, and has won for it a name among medi
cal preparations that can never be forgotten. Its
success in removing pain, as an external remedv, in
cases of Bums, Bruises, Sores, Sprains, Cuts, Stings
of Insects, and other causes of suffering, has se
cured for it such a host of testimony, as an infallible
remedy, that it will be handed down to posterity as
one of the greatest medical discoveries of the nine
teenth century,
The 3? ain-Killer
deiives much of its popularity from the simplicity
attending its use. which gives it a peculiar value in a
family. The various diseases whicn may be reached
by it, and in their incipient stages eradicated, are
among those which are peculiarly fatal if suffered to
run; but the curative magic of this preparation at
once dbarms them of their terrors. In all respects
it fulfills tne conditions of a popular modicine.
Be sure you call tor and get the genuine Pain
Killer, as many worthless nostrums are attempted
to be sold on the great reputation of this valuable
medicine.
KJr'Directions accompany each bottle.
Price 25 cts,, 50 cts. and $1 per Bottle.
Sold by all Medicine Dealert. ja3eod&wlm
SPECIAL NOTICES.
JENNIE E. MASTERSON
Teacher of
PIANO-FORTE MUSIC,
NO. 24 BRACKETT ST.
Reference: G. R. Paine. de31snlm*
MARRIED.
In this city, Jan. 28, by Rev. I. Luce, John H.
Weed and Mary H. Wheeler, both of Portland.
At Cheabcague Island, Jan. 27, by Rev. I. Luce,
assisted by Rev. 1). M. DeHughes, Andrew Royden
of Medford, Conn., and Mary L. Webber ot Che
beaguc.
In Westbrook, Jan. 28. by Rev. S. L. Fowler, Benj.
Scott Larrabee ot Scarboro aud Miss Abbie E. Brown
ot Westbrook.
In Boothbay, Jan. 18. by Rev. H. Atwood, Fernan
do L. Pinkham and Miss Josephine Decker, all of
Boothbay.
In Bath. Jan. 25, Parker McKenney and Miss Ber
tie S. Smith.
In Concord, Mass., Jan. 25, at the residence ot A.
R. Witharn, by Rev. J. S. Day. John P.Roberts, Esq,
postmaster at Alfred, and Miss Elizabeth A., daugh
ter of Jelierson Moulton, Esq., of Lyman.
DIED.
In this city, Jan. 28, Alice, wife of Cha les Emery,
and daughter of John Webb, Esq., of Windham, aged
36 years.
[Funeral services on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clk,
at South Windham, at Free Baptist Church. Rela
tives and friends are inivted to atteud.
In Cape Elizabeth, Jan. 29. Charles I)., son of Jas.
H. and Eliza Boyd, aged 12 year* 6 months.
[Funeral services Friday afternoon at 2J o’clock,
at No. 34 Waterville street.
In Bootlibay, Jan. 23, Mrs. Aldana, wife of Capt.
G. G. Tibbetts, aged 31 years 2 months.
In Freedom, Jan. 10, Mr. James Holmes, aged 77
years
In Bath, Jan. 25, Lizzie Evelyn, daughter of Ed
win and Nancy E. Preble, aged 17 years.
In Pliipsburg, Jan. 24, Mrs. Mary Williams, aged
81 years 3 months.
In Woolwich, Jan. 24, Miss Hannah Brown, aged
65 years 7 months.
In Lewiston, Jan. 23, Mrs. Miriam Straw of Detroit,
aged 71 years.
DEPARTURE OFOCEAN MTEANEBti
Name. From, For
Atlas.-New York . Jamaica.Jan 30
Claribel.New York. Hayti, &c.Jan 30
Parthia.Boston.Liverpool—Jan 31
City of Montreal... New York.. Liverpool_Jan 31
Anglia.New York. Glasgow.Jan 31
City of Mexico.New York Hav& VCruz. Jan 31
Nova Scotian.Portland-Liverpool_Jan 31
Manhattan.New York. .Liverpool.Feb 3
Crescent City.New York.. Havana. Feb 3
Trincaria. New York. .Glasgow ..Feb 4
Abyssinia.New York.. Liverpool_Feb 4
City of Merida.... New York . Havana.Feb 5
Polynesian.Portland.. .Liverpool.Feb 7
Rising Star. New York .Aspmwall.Feb 7
Samaria.Boston. Liverpool_Feb 7
Baltic.New York.. Liverpool.Feb 7
California.New York. .Glasgow.Feb 7
Cuba.New York. .Havana.Feb 7
Wilmington.New York. .Havana.Feb 10
Etna.New York. Jamaica.Feb 17
miniature Almanac.January 30.
sun rises.7.16
S#n gets.5.12
Moon sets. 6.25 A M
High water.9.45 AM
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.
Thursday, Jan. 99.
ARRIVED.
Sch Pointer, Tatton, Boston.
CLEARED.
Steamship Acadian, (Bi) Capel, Halifax NS—H &
A Allan.
Steamer Franconia, Bragg, New York—Henry Fox
Brig Malaga, (Br) Car’on, Matanzas—Geo H Starr.
Steamer Alhambra, from Halifax, arrived Wednes
day, (not the Acadian, as miss printed.) The latter
vessel arrived several days ago and has cleared for
home port.)
MEMORANDA.
A dispatch to Chas H Chase & Co, agents, states
that the brig Geo S Berry, ICeazer. of ana from Port
land for Cardenas, is ashore at Key del Padro, ent
rance to Cardenas Bay. No particulars.
Barque Eva H Fisk, Davis, from Galveston for
Providence, put into Key West 16th iust, leaky and
sickness on board.
Barque Clara, from Bremen for New York, put
into Leith 28th, damaged.
Sch Flora, Thompson, ot and for Rockland from
Boston, with general cargo, was towed into Glouces
ter 29th by schr Lizzie K Clark, witii loss of sails and
other damage received 25th.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SAN FRANCISCO—Ar 20th, ship Commodore,Gil
mo e, Port Townsend.
Sid 20tb, brig Kity Coburn, Sheley, Punt a Arenas.
NEW ORLEANS—Below 23d, barque Halcyon,
Hardy, from Bremen.
Sid fm SW Pass 23d, ships Gen Berry, Nile, and
H L Richardson.
Ar 28th, ship Uncle Joe. Staples, Liverpool. #
GALVESTON—Ar 27th, barque National Eagle,
Freeman, Boston.
PASCAuOULA—Ar 17th, sch Zampa, tJewett, from
Barbadoes.
KEY WEST—Ar 16th, barque Eva H Fisk, Davis,
Galveston for Providence, leaky.
SAVANNAH—Ar 27th, sells H C Sheppard, Clark,
New York; H A DeWitt, Marson, Baltimore.
Cld 27th, sch Maggie M Rivers, Rivers, Darien,
Cld 28th, barques Danl Draper, Rogers, Baltimore;
Wallace, McCormack, New York.
SATILLA MILLS—Sid 19th, sch Maggie Mulvey,
Allen. New York.
BRUNSWICK, GA- Ar 27tb, brig Kremlin, Wy
man, New York.
Sid 23d, barque Linda Stewart, for St Thomas.
Ar 28th, barque Wm E Anderson, Brandt, Matan
zas; brig Lizzie Zittlosen. Dow, do.
, CHARLESTON—Ar 28tb, barque Mary G Reed,
Welt. Havre via Savannah.
NORFOLK—Ar 26th, sch Frank & Emily, McCobb
Rockland.
Cld 26tb, brig A G Jewett, Dorr, Matanzas.
FORTRESS MONROE-Passed in 27th, sch La
moine. King. Rio Janeiro.
BALTIMORE-Ar 27th. brigs Mary A Chase, Do
lan, Matanzas; Onalaska, Wheeler, Genoa; schs Em
ma Crosby, Crosby, Calais; W R Drury, Thompson.
Portland; Jennie M Morphy. Murphy, and Flying
Arrow, Hammond, Boston; Charles E Moody, Colla
more, New York.
Below, brig Torrent, Wilder, from Cardenas.
Cld 27th, brig Harry, Sedgley. West Indies; sch H
T Hodges, Harper, for Charleston; Freeman, Avala,
Portland.
NEW YORK-Ar 27th, brig Flora Goodale, Good
ale, Malaga 39 days.
Cld 27tn. schs Ralph M Hayward. Doane, Galves
ton; A M Allen, Conklin, New Orleans.
Passed through Hell Gate 27th, schs Idaho, Jame
son, New York for Rockland; Ida Ella, Wilbur, do
for Pembroke.
FALLRIVER—Ar 27th, sch Frank Maria, Wood,
eeuctw &eu.
NEWPORT—Ar 28th, schs S J Gilmore, Torrey,
Vinalhaven for Philadelphia; Kate C Rankin, Hall,
Portland for Savannah; Geo Osborn, I>ix, from New
York.
Ar 28th, sell Emma D Finney, El well, Savannah
tor Boston, (with loss foresail, boom, and part of deck
load.)
Sid 26th, schs Martha M Heath. Nichols, (from Pro
vidence) for New York; Charles A Rogers, Mayo,
New York tor Boston.
in port 27ch, schs Harriet Baker, Webber, Portland
for New York; L Holway, Bryant, Providence for
ao; Com Kearney, Metcali, Somerset tor do; Addie
Murchie, Metcalf, Calais tor—; Johnnie Meserve.
French, Rockland.
VINEYAKL)-HAVEN—Ar 26th, schs Rosannah
Rose, Johnson, Baltimore for Boston; C S Rogers,
Mayo, and J C Rogers, Rowe, trora New York for do;
Speedwoll, Spaulding, from Rockland for do; Nathan
Cleaves, Atwood, Portland for Virginia; Mabel Hall,
Lurvey, Portland for Charleston; Willie Luce,Spear,
Rockport for do; Maggie P Smith, Grape, Boston for
Philadelphia; Alexandria, Falkingham, St John, NB
for orders, (lost part of deck load laths.)
Also ar 27th, schs Oliver Jameson, Jameson, Port
land for Baltimore; Alice M Allen, Brigham, Bath
for New York.
EDGARTOWN—Ar 28th, sch Mary Susan, Snow,
New York for Annisquam.
BOSTON—Ar 28th, barqne Neptune, Beal, from
Cienfuegos.
Ar 29th, schs Carl D Lothrop, McAllen, St Martins;
A D Henderson, Henderson, Pascagoula; E P Phil
lips, Fuller, Charleston SC; Nellie C Paine, Rich,
Baltimore; Hattie Coombs, Jameson, Hoboken; C S
Rogers. Mayo, New York.
SALEM—In port 28th, sch G M Wentworth. Col
lins, Calais for New York, (Jas Hanna, seaman, of
Calais, was lost overboard oft Matinicus.)
PORTSMOUTH—Ar 26th. sch Oregon, Fletcher,
Bath for Salem.
Ar 27th, sebs A B Higgins, Higgins, Boston for
Lamoine; Myra Sears, Chapman, do tor Belfast.
In port 28th. sch Mariel, Anderson, Owl’s Head for
Boston; and the above.
EASTPORT—Ar 21st, sch Maggie Hathorn, from
St John, NB, for Cuba.
FOREIGN PORTS.
Ar at Coruna — inst, brig John Wesley, Ford, trom
New York.
Ar at Marseilles 25th inst, brig Atlas, Powers, from
New York.
Ar at Rochelle 25th inst, barque Neversink, Gibson,
New York.
At at Havre 25th inst, ship Forest Eagle, Hosmer,
New Orleans
Ar at Falmouth. E. 28th inst, ship Franklin, Lin
nell, Iquique for Hamburg.
Sid fm <1 reenocK 27th, ship Transit, Pensacola.
Ar at Liverpool 28th inst. ships India, Patten, San
Francisco. (Sept 23); Austria, Delano, do 101 davs.
Sid 27th, ships Undaunted, Dunbar, New York;
25th, Ironsides. Berry, Key West.
A r at London 28th inst, ship Nimbus, Kelley, from
Valparaiso.
Ar at Ttinidad 10th inst, sch Charley Morton, Da
vis, Portland; lltb, brig Julia E Haskell, Haskell,
Boston; 13th sch Mabel F Staples, Cole, do.
Sltt fm Matanzas 19th, brigs Julia F Carney, Tur
ner, for North of Hatteras; 20th, James Davis, Part
ridge. do.
Cld 21st, sch Clara Smith, Keen, Boston.
Sid fm Cienluegos 17th. sch Eben Fisher, Reynolds.
Boston
Sid fin Havana 21st, brig Ernestine, Knight, for
Matanzas.
In port 22d, brig Clara J Adams, McFadden. for
Baltimore; sch Anita, Whittemore, for Now Orleans;
and others.
Ar at Cardenas I6th inst, brig E H Rich, Paine,
Port Caledonia ; 20th, Abbie C Titcomb, Endeven
Philadelphia. ’
SPOKEN.
Dec 19, lat 56 42 S. Ion 8 52 W, ship Euterpe, from
San Francisco for Queenstown.
Jan 22, lat 29, ion 79 30, brig N Stowers, from Grey
town lor New York.
Jan 22, lat 33 30, Ion 73 42, brig Mary E Ladd, from
St Domingo for Boston.
Jan 13, lat 30 10, Ion 74 25, sch Stephen Bennett,
from New York bound South.
Artificial Butter,
Oleomargarine,Stearine,&c
THE UNITED STATES DAIRY COMPANY sole
owners of the Hippolyte Mege French process, are
now prepared to grant licenses forjthe exclusive right
to manufacture Butter and Oleomargarine under
letterspatent from the United States.
The simplicity of the process, with its admirable
results, commends it to every one. The butter is
equal to the best the market affords—is invariably
sweet, and retains its flavor for months in all cli
mates. An opportunity is now offered tor enterpris
ing parties to develop this process, which has the en
dorsement of the first chemists of the world and
must prove highly remunerative, as the demand is
un’imlted.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.—Take im
tice that the United States Dairy Company is
sole owner of the right to manufacture Butter and
Oleomargarine with their several products nmw
letterspatent issued by the United States, and ?h“
hereby forbid all parties manufacturing „r selling ar
tifidal butter or products covered by their patent
Parties n fringing will be forthwith projected
Communications must be addressed to the rZS
room 82,71 Broadway, New York city. P T’
HENRY A. MOTT, President.
Sidney Whittemobe, Secretary.
ja28dlw New York P. O. Box 2915.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
STATEMENT OE THE
MANUFACTURERS’
Fire & Marine Ins. Co.
OF BOSTON", MASS.
JANUARY 1, 1874.
Capital Stock, - $500,000.00
Surplus, - ■ 389,098.90
Total Assets, - - $889,698.96
assets:
150 Shares Hamilton National Bauk. of
Boston,.$17,850.00
200 Shares National City Bank, of Boston, 22.600.00
150 Shares Shawmut Nat. Bank, o' Bostou, 17.700.00
250 Shares Second Nat. Bank, of Boston... 36,250.00
200 Shares Shoe & Leather National Bank.
of Boston,. 26,600.00
City of Fall River Bonds,. 25,(00.00
Loan* on Stocks & Mortgages, amply se
cured,.447,600.00
Real Estate—Office Building. 80,000.00
Cash on hand and in Bauk,. 55.10H.47
Premiums in course ot collection. 42.5C6.20
Bills receivable for Marine Premiums,.107,4K4.ro
Interest accrued,. 10,940.23
$889,698.96
liabilities:
Unpaid Losses,.$25,000.00
JAMES J. GOODRICH, SAMUEL GOULD.
Secretary. President.
RUFUS W. DEERING, Agent,
* EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND.
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STATEMENT OF THE
Continental Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK,
J4NUARY 1, 1874.
Cash Capi’l,91,000,000.00
Surplus, 1,333,037.09
-93,333,937.08
ASSETS AS FOLLOWS. VIZ :
Cash on hand and in Banks, *143,269.39
Loans on U. S. & other stocks
and Bonds, (market value
*298,770). 222,078.00
- *368,347.39
Loans on Bond and Mortgage (on Real
Estate, worth *1,328,930). 469,000.00
U. S. and other Stocks and Bonds,. 622,37 8.00
Beal Estate owned by the company,. 630,000.00
Premiums due and unpaid and balances in
hands of agents. 127.727.34
Interest (due this day and unpaid). 13,987.38
Bents due and accrued,. 8,300.00
$2,255,987.08
LIABILITIES;
Dividends due stockholders and scrip and
scrip interest, unclaimed,. $44,711.16
Losses unpaid,. 126,370.79
$171 081 95
GEG T. HOPE, Pres., CYRUS PEOK.’sec’y.
w. D, LITTLE St CO., Agents,
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MERCHANTS’ INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NEWARK, N. J,
16th ANNUAL STATEMENT, Jas. 1,1874.
Capital ... 9900.000.00i
Aaeti. 684,141.44
ASSETS.
Real Estate.$86,500.00
Loans on Bond and Mortgage. 342,705.00
interest due and accrued on do. 8.039.10
Newark City Improvement Bonds. 100,000.00
New Brunswick Water Bonds. 2,800.00
U. S. 5-20 Bonds, interest and value. 23.275.00
Loans on Collateral. 53,455.00
Cash and Cash Items. 37,119.35
Interest due and accrued on Loans, etc.... 2,588.07
Gross Preminms in course of collection_ 25,544.92
Bills Receivable. 150 00
Rents due. 1,965.00
$681,141.44
LIABILITIES:
Losses unpaid.$15,989.74
Other liabilities, including un
paid Dividends, Interest, &c. 15.870.00—$31,859.74
SILAS MERCHANT, President.
HENRY POWLES, Secretary.
BARNES & O’BRION. Agents,
30 Exchange Street, Portland, Hie.
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General Agent Wanted.
A PERMANENT Agency will be established in
the City of Portland for the
Wilcox Sc Gibbs Sewing Machine.
Liberal inducements to the right party.
Address A. B. TALISMAN,
Ja30dSt*care James M. Palmer, Portland.
TO INVENTORS,
Patent Owners, and all interested in Pa
tents.
THE Prospectus of the New England Association
of Inventors and Patent Owners contains mat
ters of great importance to all interested in Pacents
and Inventions. Sent to any address on application
to H. E. TOWNSEND,
ja30d2w 133 Summer St., Boston, Mass.
CLIFFORD & CLIFFORD.
THE undersigned have formed a copartnership
under the above style for the practice of Jaw.
80 MIDDLE STREET,
PORTLAND, ME.
CHARLES EDW. CLIFFORD. WM. HENRY CLFIFORD.
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SCRIP OF THE
Atlantic Ins. Co. of New York,
China Ins. Co. of Boston,
wanted by
HENRY P. COFFIN,
No. » Traveller Building, State Street,
Bom on. nlOt
Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that on MONDAY, the
2d day of February neat, at 8 o’elock P. M„ at
the Aldermen’s Room in the City of Portland, we
shall aoply for permission to erect wooden buildings
on the corner of Elm and Cumberland Streets.
MARTIN, PENNELL & CO.
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Wanted.
82000, on one and two years, secured by mort- i
gage on first class Real Estate, within two miles of
City Hall, and worth four times the amount. Ad
dress Box 1795, Portland P. O. ja30sntf
Lost.
AT Fitzgerald’s Store, or on Congress street, a
PORTMONNIE, Jan. 29th. The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the same at C. H.
LAM SON’S, 77 Middle Street. jan30d3t
To Let*
THE Dry Goods Store 335 Congress Street, now oc
cupied by the subscriber, and fixture* for sale.
Enquire of L. D. SPROUT. .
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AT AUCTION
WITHOUT RESERVE !
FITZGERALD’S
EU TIRE STOCK
—OF—
FANCY GOODS!
Sale to commence on
THURSDAY, Jan. 29th,
AT 9 O’CLOCK P. 91.,
and continne every Afternoon and
Evening until we realize Ten
Thousand Dollars, to meet onr
paper. We acknowledge that the
sa'e is a forced sale, but submit,
we must. To accommodate all
buyers, we will sell goods singly,
when possible.
P. S.—Terms cash I ales ab
solute !
FITZGERALD,
Cor. Congress & Myrtle Sts,
McDonald, Auctioneer.
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BONDS.
State of Maine . . . 6*s
Portland ... . _ 6's
Bath ...... 6’S
Lewiston ..... 6's
Rockland ..... 6's
Cincinnati ... - *’*
Cleveland.
Dayton, Ohio, - - - S’*
Chicago . • • * ■ »’s
Cook Connty - - - - y's
Scioto County, Ohio, - - S’s
Toledo, Ohio - - - S’s
FOR SALE BY
II. JH. PAYSOY & CO.,
33 EXCHANGE STREET
ocl PORTLAND. dtl
ENTERTAINMENTS.
MUSIC hallT
TWO NIGHTS ONLY.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, Jan. 29 & 30.
astounding attractions.
the Originals. Living Heroes.
Links between Civilization and Savagery.
BUFFALO BILL, IIon. W. F. Cody,
TEXAS JACK, J. B. Ornhcndro,
bill, j. b. hickok,
SCOUTS ON THE PLAINS !
The Peerless Danseuse and Pantomimic Actress
M’LLE MORLACCHI,
And a Powerful Dramatic Company,
Including the Popular Actor
Frank Mordaant,
Performance will commence with the Peerless MOR
LACCHI in a
COMEDIATTA
Three Beantifnl Dances,
And will sing
Cavatina from the Opera of Ernani*
Reserved seats for sale at Box Office, commencing
Tuesday morning, Jan. 27th
ja24dlw HARRY MINER, Business Manager.
T. M. C. A. COURSE.
The Next Entertainment
of this Course will be given at
CITY HALL,
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 4th.
GRAND
VOCAL CONCERT!
by the following unrivalled talent:
Mrs. Anna Granger Dow,
_ _ Soprano
Miss Addle S. Ryan,
Contrail*.
Mr. Myron W. Whitney,
11*1 MO.
Mr. Geo. 1* Osgood,
Tenor.
Mr. Hermann Kotzschmar,
Conductor.
NIB. WHITNEY will sing his new scng, ar
ranged expressly for him, entitled
“THE HOSTESS’ DAUGHTER,”
wnich he has never yet sung in public. He gives a
Portland audience the honor of hearing it ior the
first time.
Course tickets, admitting to th^ Grand Voeal Con
cert and two remaining lectures 75 cents. For sale
at Stnrges’, Haie’s Hawes’ and Stockbridge’s, where
reserved seats are for sale at 25 cents extra.
Evening Tickets 50 cents; tor sale at the above
places, and at tbe door.
Doors open at 6$ o’clock.
Concert to commence at 8 o’clock. Ja29d6t
Remember the Grand!
Dramatic & Elocutionary
EWTERTAOME1VT
— AT THE —
CITY hall;
Thursday Evening, Feb. 12,1874,
— BY —
WVZEIHM MARSHALL,
LVCETTE WEBSTER,
— AND A —
PORTLAND LADY!
Th«t Beat Entertainment of the Nra.on.
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AUCTION SALES;
F. O. BAILEY & COT,
AUCTIONEERS
—AND—
Commission Merchants !
F. o. BAILEY. c. W. ALLEN.
Regular sale of Furniture and General Merchandise
every Saturday at salesroom, 18 Exchange street,
commencing at 9 o’clock M.
_Consignments solicited. oc3dtt
Furniture, Piano, &c.,
AT AUCTION.
On Friday, Jan. 30th, at 10 o’clock A.
M., at house 503 Congress 8t, will be
sold Parlor Suit in B W. and Hair Cloth,
Center Tables, Chamber Furniture, Iu
grain and Oil Carpets, Tablet, Chairs,
Bureaus, good Cook Stove, Parlor Stove,
together with Kitchen Furniture.
At 11$ o’clock one good Chiikeriug Piano, Stool
and Cover.
*'• BAIIjEY Sc CO., Auctioneer*.
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Prices Marked Down.
ANDERSON’S
GREAT
Annual Closing Out Sale
— or —
CORSETS.
HOSIERY &
UNDER WEAR.
BARGAINS ! BARGAINS !
Corsets! Corsets! Corsets*
A lot of German Woven Corsets, which we have
been selling at 75 cents, mat ketl down to 50 cents a
pair.
All of our Hip Gore Corsets marked down to 50 cts
a pair.
All of our celebrated Dollar Corsets, extra bones,
marked down to 75 cents a pair.
A lot of-extra quality Corsets, which we have been
selling at $1.50 a pair, marked down to $1.00.
All of our best quality, extra finish. French Cor
sets, which we have been selling at $5.00, marked
down to $3.50.
A corresponding reduction on our entire stock of
Corsets, which is the largest and most complete as
sortment in the city.
Hosiery, Hosiery, Hosiery.
AH of om immense stock of Cotton, Balbriggan
and Lisle Thread Hose, left over from last season,
will be closed out at this sale at a great redaction.
Ladies’ Heavy Cotton and Wool Hose, 5
pairs fora Dollar.
A large lot ot Ladies’ finished seam
Hose, 28 cts. a pair, sold last season at 42
A lot of Ladies’ Cotton Balbrisrgan
Hose 20 cts. a pair.
A lot or Ladies’ Extra Quality, Iron
Frame Hose, former price 02 cts., marked
down to 38 ets. to close.
One lot of Ladies' Extra Silk Clocked
Balbriggan Hose, 45 cts. a pair to close
A corresponding reduction on our entire stock of
extra five quality Cotton Hose, Lisle Thread Hose
and extra sized Hose. All of our tVoulcu dose
at a reduction iu Price.
merino
Under Vests and Drawers !
The entire lot to be sold regard
less of cost.
Under Vests at 75 coats,
marked down to 55 cents.
liadiea’ merino Veals at 91.00, marked
down to 75 ccuis.
liRdiea’ Merino Vests at 91-50, marked
down to 91.00
anti a corresponding reduction on the whole stock ot
Merino Vests and Drawers, c m prising the best line
of these goods ever ottered in this city.
A JVDERSOJV’S,
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BONDS
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Belfast - » _ >;>s
Bangor .
Cleveland 0., . . 7>«
Toledo “ . . . 8’s
Cincinnati - • . 7 3-10
Chicago ... - 7’g
Cook County - - « - 7>s
Louisville Kjr., - - 7’s
Marion County, Ind., - . 8’g
Allen County, ** 8’s
Maine Central R. R. - - 7’g
E. ft X. AmerLau R. R. Gold - 7’g
FOB SAUB BY.
SWAN & BARRETT,
IOO MIDDLE STREET.
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