farm, and Household,'

VOLUME 41 BELFAST, MAINE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1870. NUMBER 22.

farm, Garden, and Household,' SOMF THOUGHTS_ABOUT FARMING.

u u -«■»' tlu; >liiViTi nt pursuits of men, "" Irtiw contrasts ln-tween curb, and

with the other, and by so doing ii i- th ii are aUiablt- to us. li is true that

•’ merchant-, or mechanics, or profes.s- 1 1 <- true that then* cannot he uni-

■ pursuit. ^>m have more talent ii- art ben, r titled tIran others and

i* ■ vantage gr-mnd. Were men eon- 1 rp.iti,»n.th:»f ■ »crupati<>n un-|iirstion-

v A the tilling -f th" soil—would be \ grieultu r»*

>< 1.-» n<»t propose to contrast farm- s v tb* ''tlicr pursuit* of life, but to throw

>i tie- many advantage* it possesses tea-- n- tier r* nder it the mo-t desirable of

Th* •iin* ha- been when n was looked ■' «i■ h\ ii! other iur*uit-; that it was eoli-

th- i->\\ in the wliole sea1'.* of human Hot era is pot. Ilian never again re-

: over tel barbarian ignoraneo and wrong on triumphant. In pa-i ages we find Agri-

-t, lu d rudely by slaves or seieiilili.-ally 1 i■ -t < nliglitened of the World,a* civilizution

-rism pr« dominate*. At the present we -’"u-b progressing. taking higher stand *1 -1 r* i\ inlt the aid of the most learned,

u * ii>-1 <»t«•• i votaries ot science. We see ii m i*>c- lift* 1 up ami taking vast

•« v 4. and upward, socially, mentally, lleiimnneut Usurps the place of

*‘i .i h* pla* •• ot awkwardness, sinv busj’iie-s. * ondueted with

ig\- -tea ! bless, and industry, as other ami sure pur-nil. It is true no

> -u 1- n wealth ni be here made, ij k* *»t i-l I n failures, and

w Is slow steady increase It-, requirements

*■ to MPI--!•-- and the brain, insuring ^ mb .in m.i! h-alih. Its pr« tresses are

'.I Venn's v.ist laboratory of hill ii. skv io p ain, dew ami frost.

an.I tin g'm ..»!••> siinsnme, the tierce a gentle z« pli> -. ail blend their \ aried

a 1 -• r\•• Tn van, gal it-monotony. With a i- and !• -bade, with lowing herds

Il »- ks. wi h plenty m l with health, .. •* i an' a )vm-m.i- i!m* IHnner sur-

unded and Idol. mu ihat < an lie idomed and

an; e-iive. a place wh»*ro the heart will turn •' amid the li *t*.•«- <•.of the battle of A ivln-iv p.*a ml plenty will smile

tie h g-iit hand and frugal h. ,rf. Where in m h 111!i. w •ieoiu i e>er found, and

o and lender words await tit** inmates \ ; i:nv whei hospitality in its true sense

p< u-' ! N.e nn* I'* a place to stoj) in, not *■ e awith, but a Home in its broad- fii st nn aniiig.

•'i -an lniependene.-. Kvery dollar da ! t1 > 'b> guarantee against future

u’uin or calamity. Slow Iv though it a t-iy and'-f -t:.inly, the little farm ad-

Iltle. tie ll «eks .i!l*d herd- iueiva- •. and t*. I 'liV'MIrllr. 111' along. The juaei-v

e iv b high t.r low tie erop m iv be -mall.-till tin fanner has enough Ibi bis

'in* m 11 may not ha\u all the « m i til-mis of the i(y resident,but he lias

•: la iii'i e ubstanfia! arliele- of food. i|, line; >r:an 1 is satislied.

appetite, and a Herr onseicnee V n' -i < are- beset all pursuits.,

a oat mi i- free from disappointments, ti "'i 11 a p -. l!i l i—i endowed with each,

in- pin when men are made, ".eareh tie .,.i- ", p a -1 and its most reliable men, its

-• >«i■ i■ ■ i' i■ mi ire tli‘*-e >orn and educated

-t !h id.!’;•■,• country, rather than tin Hty. La \«Mid the story of Cineitivatus,

»\v ; i. -.-ti hi- *unt, v from uin. e, r.-giou of tin It unan I dnp.ir no

m he fo :ud to fill tile piae.* so We I as jje. m: mut r> we all r ere In name of

It ■: lllli'l til*’ illspil ill.; -:.t lie- o| e ■ V 1 oiltai with li *l* rugged

,’i- f. agrieuiuu e wit :i hi- wu hands, ip ;.e*d"i man i*: every mmusi developed

in- ■ aver-, iv.ady when e\ *nls called 1dm to

meet ewrv obstacle successfully. ! *i v i. p -n lent ot \ :»t ions. t Uher

.. .*• adent no r* <n less upon custom

i[! .a !i1 -,a- .v at,d- alolh Idle uit, th b m mi( uni In pi m —imm! man

l ’dent ip* mi "tier- fu lie. .-ss in life. Tin y eii-imu. ittr.'*e p.e.runs, and serve tin*

r ■ a the people. Tin* fanner not thus i:m I .. .mi b.iv tin :' bn-ad hv Lite earn-

I'tr »w-inI farmer produce- from ln*;i-*. of N’atim

!'!i »ar.!f-i !>:t" more leisure than mod others. 1: it- 111 i- v a*tend thus piihlie plaees of

«-t! '1 lif his ,i 11 -an ride with, a luxury a ■ i> a hi \ haw not. They have various other .mg" tii.it :o not o.-urahlr oil the farm ex*

!»’. at high pne« s

I isli ■ ••".my fi u to early pursuits that !• l.r<* id oorn e-u urm- has !;> vn large,

i- r-ts! 1- asiiu a ■arming adv;me">. Things beginning '•» assum** tln-ir proper pla-e in this

spr. :. It > said tii M O' tim.si- who embark in •i. i- util. pursuits nin t\-nine in >\erv hundred

•.’ •• reae.hing at" very high dal low or'those v11 titer i!" \ grn ultur.il arena in re than lit’ty

•lit suecee■ i Mone\ i.ioiw i' not tin* highest »it for whieh to liv. Health, eomfort. mil en-

n unmt, should lie the tirst •■ *nsid- rations viewed ighi f right and reason. X.

AN OLD FARMER’S SLATE.

,n ii:> bum mutters an forgot!on that should attended to in the proper time! The memory is

*.'!•• ; upon to retain ev**rv h11i«• item of labor, and % lili tie* multiplicity ot “odds and ends" about the

in. it n not singular that some should 1"' forgot- and tie* work left undone. How much time ! 1 S.un<>mized, and how great, too, would

tie s.t\ s .{ money, were farmers to imitate v.unpb' of old farmer, who kept a slate for

tiling down every thing whieh required attention. • mi tie- Kurd New Yorker we have ;.u account

■ the good use p. wliieh a sy*temuti< old gentle- ,,mu nil his slat.-. Let every farmer }»» assured it will b> well for him to do the same :

\\ citing about improvements reminds me that a

imci does not always think of what is needful ,el may he done when leisure time occurs, and it mils to my mind the prat tire ot a large mid siie-

• i-»ful farmer, win it his death left his allairs in a

>i>* ms condition, and his premise*, incomplete rdei His neighbors often wondered at the ease

with which he conducted his operations; lie never hurried, but the right thing was alwa> s done at the ight time and his work never lagged. Much of the mpi"v**inont lit made was in odd spells when tho uutine of regular farm work was broken by rainy

wither. >r idler finishing the work on a crop, and ho* wait ing for another to get to the proper stage.

,! k* pi a *:g' slate hanging in the kitchen where id* w 'ikuien eould see it, and whenever a job orie l t<i Inin .1 w as noted on the slate. For in- i.. ne of his entries ran thus: ‘Make a gate '!, hmok 1< tb ’lean out the open ditch in the

ao. v. ll * i i ’Lav a new floor on the seatfold over

he 1 on floor; ‘Bury the large stone in the middle <.*-t some white-wood trees to mill for making

ir.len tene. pickets;' ’Plant shade trees along tho uidsidc; Dig the alders out of the fence corners

nid mok after the wild mustard that caino up where .. -threshing muehine stood in the field last year.’

In this way Im> slate was filled,and it a leisure .iuif-duy occurre«l, his men had plenty of work; and

th** master happened to be absent, the slate told it- workmen what to do. After a time il was his

*!<*m n> lay out the dav s work oil the slate each v* ning previous, and when a job was finished the

"d vn fins* d. To get tlie slate clean was the •' ‘*li *n **f tlte workmen.”

• IRE FANGED MANURE. '■M*ne kind- manure are more liable to beeouu*

•iif laiig< d than other kind-*. Horse manure, if allowed to lie in considerable quantities, \> apt to un- dergo the process of fermentation under a high heal when it assumes a mouldy whitish appearance and I** ones ver> light. It sutlers an immense loss, so much so that its virtu** is gone, and as compared with unhealed manure it will produce scarcely any ippreeiable elfeet. Tin* fertilizing qualities,

*

es- ••fiHlly ammonia, are thrown otf umi the mass is Sett inert and useless. In tin- management of manures, therefore, care

should be taken to prevent too great a heat by com- posting and forking over. Loam and muck if mix-

d freely under the stables will preserve the heap, prevent fire-fanging and thus prove very useful. It i* a good plan to lay in a store of these substances t<» be mixed occasionally with the manure heap through tin* winter. Mas*. Ploughman.

INSECTS. Insects arc among the smallest of animate ob-

.iec!'. They are far the most numerous of any division in the animal kingdom. Their small size inis led most persons to regard them unworthy of attention. To see a man engaged in the examination of some strange insect is thought by many to betoken a small mind engaged on a very unimport- ant subject. But they are not so .small or unworthy the Divine mind that created them.

Insects belong to the grand division of Artioula- ta, or those animals which have the joints of their bodies and limbs formed by the external attach- ments of the skin. Their skeleton is external. They are highest in the scale of the divison to which they belong. A bee is higher in the scale than a lobster. Like the higher orders of animals they have a distinct head, neck, body and limbs. In many insects there is the power of using the lore feet as hands, with which to procure their food. This is in all tin* different species of the animal kingdom regarded as a sign of their higher condition in the scale of animal life.

Many species of insects live in colonies, like the bee and Hie ant. Others are solitary like the but- terfly The wings of insects when once destroyed

; cannot be restored, but a limb may sometimes be replaced This is especially the case with tin* lowest among the articulata, as the lobster, which

! sometimes loses its claws from sudden fright. One j of the greatest misfortunes that can happen to tin* i lobster fisherman, is the occurrence of a sea fight with cannon near the homes of the lobsters.

The study of insects is not only instructive but useful. It was but a few years ago that nobody could tell why the plums dropped from the trees in June. Now most persons know that it is from the puncture of the cureulio, and it we cannot point out a sovereign remedy against their attacks we can at Last avoid making use of remedies which 1 an have no influence over them w liatever. No intelligent garden r would think of putting salt around a plum tree to keep off the attacks of the cureulio. The salt'might In* beneficial to the health of the tree, blit if would be in spite of the cureulio. Not one farmer in a thousand probably knew what the borer was twenty years ago. Even at the present time many persons do not know where to look for them. Vet without this knowledge most young orchards would be destroyed at the present day. A knowledge of the cochineal inserts led to the discovery of a most valuable dye. The Spanish fly is used for Misters. A knowledge of the habits of the onion fly lias taught people the folly of scalding the seed forsake of destroying the fly. A knowledge of the habits of the cut worm lias enabled the gardenei to avoid their ravages. He* does not now rise in the morning to see his beautiful cabbage plants r;,\;*n oft* because he has a preventive at his command against their ravages.

Thus as we become acquainted with the habits of insi*i«ts we are better enabled to avoid tin* injury which tin y could inflict upon us. Nobody at tin* present day thinks of clothing the beehives in mourning when one of tin* family dies, for fear the bees would desert their hives. The bees are just a- cognizant of mail as they ever wen*, and no more so. The habits of insects are tixed by in- stinct. It is in our power to study their habits and avoid the vils they may inflict upon us.

The ancients affected to despise the study of nature. and attempted to prove a theory without a knowledge of tin* facts which nature presents. Hence their absurd notions. The Creator lias seen

j lit to make mililions of tin smallest inserts, and it does not become us to wink out of sight tin* habits

I and influence of these millions upon man. Baivful observers are busy at work collecting all

that < m be known of insects. They make known even year some useful discovery respecting them !oi tin* benefit of man. We are the gainers by their ellorts, if we but pay a little attention to su«*h vlis- coveries a< may be made known to us from time to lime. But three insects have contributed much to the immediate wants of man—Hie Spanish fly, the 1 uelii.iea! insect, and the silkworm. Modern science will no doubt discover others. .Maine Banner.

DOUBLE MINDED FARMERS. 'Mn great principle lor success in business, i>

learning a trade well and then sticking to if. It re- Tnr"" :i long time to know everything connected with siici-cssful Imsiuess. An acquaintance, a seed di aler, sta ted tliat for the first five years he could not ascertain that he made anything. Before ten > he was clearing live thousand dollars per

Another was doing well in mamifiieturing ip' .. But In* was unstable in mind, and although hi-' friends advised him to “hung In the he

\ is not getting rich fast enough, but lie meddled with bn.-mess bo had not learned siillieientlv, bought a mill, bought grain, and then broke a hank by ins large failure. Some farmers come to the conclusion that cows are the most profitable; pur- ‘‘base animals, erect buildings, and begin well. But being u new business, they do not succeed as they expected; they might it thy would stick to if. The ir xt year they sell tin ir dairy ami buy sheep. The pric. of wool i-. low that year; and they hear that much money has been made by raising tobacco. Thus thc\ g<> on, changing from one thing to an- t:ibcr. and never succeeding in anv. Stick to your business.

POULTRY—FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE. A orn spondent of the Iowa Homestead, having devoir,l live years to the business of poultry rais-

oig, arrives at the following conclusions in refer- •*nee to the Brahma fowl :

1. I he knowledge tlint these fowls an* unequal- «'<l as winter layers. -• 'I'lnit their eggs average larger ami richer than

those «»f any other breed. •'!. Their hotnc-like domestic qualities quality tiiem for confinement in small yards, which with

little or no disposition to roam, make them a desirable fowl for cities or villages.

I. Their superior quality tor the table cannot be denied. Kill aud pick one and you will have something that will do tor a meal for a fair sized family. < hie will weigh as much as two common fowls, and oftentimes more.

Tbcir chickens are hardy, easily raised, and gr<>w rapidly, and last of all, they are line, hand-

me looking fowls, such as a man can take pride in showing to his friends. i heso expressions will doubtless conflict with

those of some others whose favorite fowls have si diilerenf appellation, hut there is consolation in knowing that there is room for tiiem to put in siplesi for their favorites.

THE FARMFR'S WIFE. I> there any position n niothor can covet lot her

daughter, more glorious titan ttt Ite tbe wife of an honest, independent, happy farmer, in a country like *b'-'' To lie the wife of one who is looked up to i\ ip. u 'ighhors ns one whose example may be salel v followed—one whose farm is noted far anil near as a model of neatness and perleetion of cultivation!'' To be tlie mistress of a mansion of her own, that may be the envy of every pisser-hv, because ;t is neat and comfortable—a sweet and lovely cottage home. To lie tic angel that llils through tlie garden, bidding the dowers idoom, and twining roses and honey suckles around the bed-room or sweetening their fragrane ■ with her sweetest smile ; or spreading tlie snowy-cloth beneath tlie old oak at tile door to welcome her husband as lie returns from Ids toil ; or ever tipping tlie cradle with her loot as she plies tlie dasher with tier band, or busily moves the needle, at tlie same time humming a joyous song of praise Unit stie is tin* happy and fondly beloved wife of an American farmer—one of l lie true nobleman of this free country—one that should by rigid, rank as the pride and glory ot America. [Southern Rural Gentleman.

WATER-PROOF HARNESS BLACKING. A correspondent of tlie Field gives the following

receipt for harness blacking, which lie lias used for several years, ami is perfectly convinced ot its ex- cellence :

Beeswax (shred line) eight ounces, turpentine sullieieiit, to cover it: let them stand till the wax is dissolved (three or four days;) ivory black four ounces, olive oil (I use neatsfuot oil) two ounces, Prussian blue two ounces. Rub the ivory black and Prussian blue well together to a line powder in a mortar; then add tile oil. and gradually the other ingredients, and thoroughly mix them. If its gets bard by keeping, soften with turpentine. I have only one brush used—one end for blacking, the other for polishing.

The Macon (la.. Messenger has some particulars id'll horrible outrage which is said to have occurred on the night of the 18th inst., on the line of the Brunswick and Macon Railroad. It appears that two black fiends, who had failed to force ail entrance into the cabin of a negro, set lire to the roof, and kept watch outside until they were certain that the family, six in number, had been lim ned to death. One ol the scoundrels was

subsequently arrested, but the other contriv- ed to make good his escape.

In Muskingum County, Ohio, a man named Dutton had been out coon hunting, and after returning home and retiring, he dreamed in his uhcasy slumber that be had caught tlie coon, striking it against a tree and killing it. lie was awakened by the frantic screams of his wife, and found to his horror that he had picked up his little daughter and dashed her against the bed post—killing her instantly.

VIOLETS IN AUTUMN. I knew I should find the Daisy,

With her forehead so brave and white, For the sun is her lover, to comfort her’.

And to keep her in beauty bright; And site folds the last of his kisses

In the golden well ot her eup, Then fearles sleeps in tire frosty fields

Till the morning wakes her up.

And tire purple Pink o’ the mountain Droppeth her velvet train

Where the stricken glory of forest leaves Is shed in a scarlet rain.

And nods to the late red Clover, And the stoical Immortelle;

And tiie timid buds ot the Dewberry Hide down in the sunny dell.

And 1 gathered the golden Aster And the blossom blades of grass,

Each bowing low, like a courtier, To let Iris ladv pass;

But the Violets!'—oh, the Violets!— 1 thought they were all asleep,

Each on her pillow of thistle down In the pine wood dark and deep

But they stood in hapless beauty Under the sullen skies,

Each lamenting her mother. Spring, With the sorrow of dewy eyes;

Five o’ them, April’s darlings, On a hank of yellow’d moss,

That long ago the south wind Had forgotten 'o blow across.

And I took thes meek, sweet orphans, Fair sot ’neatb emerald eaves;

But for all the love of the secret dear That was hidden among their leaves.

Five little heads blue hooded, Your message was all for me,

Ami ye were its littest carriers, For all that ve were so wee!

THE CRIMINAL WITNESS,

In the spring of 1841 I was called to Jack- son. Alabama, to attend court, having been engaged to defend a young man who bad been accused of robbing the mail I arrived early in the morning, and immediately had a

long conference with my client. The stolen mail bag had been recovered, as well as the letters from which money had been rilled. These letters were handed to mo lor examination, and I returned them to the prosecut- ing attorney. Having got through my pre- liminaries about noon, and as the case would not conic on until next day, I went into court in the afternoon to see what was going on. The first case that came up was one of theft, and the prisoner was a young girl ot not more than seventeen years of age, named Elizabeth Madworth. She was very pretty, and bore that mild, innocent look which we seldom see In a criminal. She had been weeping profusely, but as she found so many eyes upon her she became too frightened to weep more.

The complaint against her set forth that she had stolen a hundred dollars from Mrs. Niisoby, and as the case wont op I found that this Mis. Naseby, a wealthy widow living in the town, was the girl’s mistress. The poor girl declared her innocence in the wild- est terms, but circumstances were hard against her. A hundred dollars in bank notes bad been stolen, from her mistress’ room, and she was the only one that had ac-

I cess mere At this juncture, when the mistress was on

the witness stand, a young man came and caught me by the arm. lie was a fine looking man, and the big tears stood in his eyes.

“They tell me you are a good lawyer," he whispered.

“I am a lawyer,” I answered. “Then do save her! You certainly can do

it, for she is innoeent.” “Is she your sister ?” “No, sir, but—but—•” Here he hesitated. “Has she no counsel,” I asked. “None that’s good for anything—nobody

that’ll do anything for her. O, save her! and I'll give you all I’ve got. I can’t give you much, but I can raise something.”

L reflected a moment. I east my eyes towards the prisoner, and she was at that moment looking tit me. She caught my eye, and the volume of entreaty I read in her glance resolved mo in a moment 1 arose and went to the girl, and asked her if she wished me to defend her. She said yes. I then informed the court that I was ready to enter ’into the ease, and was admitted at once. The loud murmur of satisfaction that ran quickly through the room told mo where the. sympathies of the people were. I asked for a moments cessation, that I might speak to my client. I went and sat down by hoi side, and asked her to state candidly the whole ease. She told me that she had. lived with Mrs. Naseby nearly two years, and had never had any trouble before. About two weeks ago, she said, her mistress lost a

hundred dollars. “She missed it from the drawer,” the girl

said to me, “and asked me about it. I said 1 knew nothing about it. That evening, 1 know Nancy Luther told Mrs. Naseby thal she saw me take the money from the drawei —that she watched mo through the keyhole Then they went to ray trunk and fount twenty-live dollars of the missing money there. But, sir, I never took it, and .some-

body must have put it there.” I then asked her if she suspected any

one. ■•1 ilon t know," she saiM, “who couni nav«

done it but Nancy. She lias never liked me, because she thought I was better treated thar she. She is the cook. 1 was the chamber- maid.”

She pointed Nancy Luther out to me. She was a stout, bold-faced girl, somewhere about five-and-twenty years old, with a low forehead, small gray eyes, a pug nose and thick lips. I caught her glance at once, a; it rested on the fair young prisoner, and the moment I detected the look of hatred which l read there, I was convinced that she was the rogue.

“Nancy Luther did you say that girl’s name was?” I asked, for a new light had broken in upon me.”

“Yes sir.” I left the court room and wont to the pros-

I editing attorney and asked him for the letters I had handed him—the ones that had been stolen from the mail bag. He gave them to me, and, having selected one I returned the rest ami told him I w'ould see he had the one l kept before night. I then returned to the court room, and the case went on.

Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony. She said she intrusted the room to the prisoner’s care, and that no one else had aoeoss there save hersell. Then she described about miss-

ing the money, and closed by telling how she found twenty-five dollars of the mission; money in the prisoner’s trunk. She could swear it was the identical monoy she had lost, in two tens and one five dollar bank note.

“Mrs. Naseby,” said 1, “when you first missed the money, had you any reason to believe that the prisoner had taken it ?”

“No, sir,” she answered. “Had you ever before detected her in any

dishonesty ?” “No, sir.” “Should you have thought of searching her

trunk had not Nancy Luther advised and informed you ?”

“No, sir.” Mrs. Naseby left the stand, and Nancy

Luther took her place. She canto up with a

bold look, and upon me she cast a defiant look, as if to say, “Trap me if you can.” She gave her evidence as follows:

She said that on the night the money was

taken she saw the prisoner going up stairs, and from the sly manner in which she went

up she suspected all was not right. So she followed her up. “Elizabeth went to Mrs.

Nascby’s room anil shut the door after her. j I stooped down and looked through the key- i hole, and saw her take the money and put it *

in her pocket. Then she stooped down and picked up the lamp, and as 1 saw she was

coming out I hurried away.” Then she went on, told" how she had in-

formed her mistress ot this, and liow she proposed to seandi the girl’s trunk.

I called Mrs. Naseby to the stand. “You said that no one, save yourself and

the prisoner, had access to your room,’'11 said. “Now, could Nancy Luther have entered the room, if she wished ?”

■Certainly, sir; I meant that no one else had any right there.”

1 saw that Mrs. Naseby, though naturally a hard woman, was somewhat moved by poor Elizabeth’s misery.

“Could your cook have known, by any means in your knowledge, where your mon-

ey was ?” “Yes, sir; for she has often come to my

room while I was there, and 1 have olten given her money to buy provisions of market-men who happened to come along with i their wagons.”

“One more question : Have you known of the prisoner having used any money since this was stolen ?”

“No sir.” 1 now called Nancy Luther back, and she

began to tremble a little, though her look was as bold and defiant as over.

•Miss Luther,” I said, “why did you not inform your mistness at once ot what you had seen, without waiting for her to ask about the money ?”

“Because 1 could not at once make up my mind to expose the poor girl,” she answered promptly.

“Yon say you looked through the key-hole and saw her take the money ?”

“Yes sir.” “Where did she place the lamp when she

did so?” “On the bureau.” “In your testimony you said she stooped

down when she picked it up. What do you mean by that ?’’

The girl hesitated, and finally she said she did not mean anything, only that she picked up the lamp.

“Very well,” said I : “how_long have you been with Mrs. Naseby?"

“Not quite a year, sir.” “How much does she pay you a week?” “A dollar and three quarters.” “Have you taken up any of your pay since

you have been here?” “Yes, sir.” “How much.” “I don’t know sir “Why don’t you know?" “How should 1 ! 1 have taken it at differ-

ent times, just as i wanted it, and kept no account.”

“Now, if you had wished to harm the prisoner, could you have raised twenty-live dollars to put in her trunk ?”

“No, sir,” she replied with virtuous in- dignation.

“Then you have not laid up any money since you have been there ?”

“No, sir ; only what Mrs. Naseby may UWv* Jilt*.

“Then you did not have any twenty-five dollars when you came'there ?’’

“No. sir; and what's more, the money found in the girl's trunk was the money Mrs. Naseby lost. You might have known that, if you’d remember what you asked her.’’ This was said very sarcastically, and was intended as a crusher upon the idea that she should have put the money in the prisoner’s trunk However I was not overcome entirely.

“Will you tell me if you belong to this State.”

j “I do, sir.” “In what town ?”

j She hesitated, and for an instant the bold look forsook her. Hut he finally answered.

I “I next turned to Mrs. Naseby. | “Do you ever take a receipt from your girls when you pay them ”’

“Always.” “Can you send and get one of them for

I me ?” -‘She has told you the truth, sir, about the

payments,” said Mrs. Naseby. “O, 1 don’t doubt it,” 1 replied,V‘but par-

ticular proof is the thing for the court room. So. if you can, I wish you would procure the receipt.”

She said she would willingly’•!go if the Court said so. The Court did say so, and she went. Her dwelling was not far off, and she soon returned and handed me four re-

ceipts, which I took and examined. They were signedpn a strange staggering hand by the witness.

“Now, Nancy Luther,” I said, turning to the witness, and speaking in a quick startling tone, at the same time looking her sternly in the eye, “please tell the Court, ami jury, and me, where you got the seventy-five dollars you sent in your letter to your sister in Somers ?”

| At this she started as though a volcano hurst at her teet. She turned pale as death, and every limb shook violently. I waited until the people'could have an opportunity to see tier emotion, and then I repeated the question.

| “I— never—sent—any,” she gasped. “You did!" I thundered, for I was excited

j now. t—i uuin't, sue laintiy mtniere i, grasping

tlm railing by her side for support “May it please your Honor and gentlemen

of the jury,” 1 said, as socn as L looked the witness out of countenance, “I came here to defend a man who was arrested for robbing the mail, and in the course of my preliminary examinations I had access to the lettors which had been torn open and robbed of money. When 1 entered upon this case, and heard the name of this witness pronounc-

| ed, T went out and got this letter which I ] now hold, tor I remembered having seen one

J bearing the signature of Nancy Luther, i This letter was taken from the mail bag, and | it contained seventy-live dollars, and by looking at the post-mark you will observe that it was mailed the day after the hundred dollars were taken from Mrs. Naseby’s drawer. I will read it to you, if you please.''

The Court nodded assent, and I read the following, which was without date, save that made by the postmaster upon the outside. I give it in verbatim.

"Sister Dorous “I cend yu hear seventy-five dolors want

yu to cepe for me till I cum hum I cant cepe it cos im a leered it will git stole don’t speck wan word to a livin sole bout this dont want nobodee to no ive got cny money, yu wont now will yu. I am fust rate only that gudo for nothin snipe of li/. madworth is hear yet —but 1 hope to git over her now, you no I into to yu bout her. giv my luv to all in- ipiirin frens. this is fruni you sister till doth.

“Nancy Lutiieu.” “Now, your Honor,” 1 said, as I gave him

the letter, and also the receipts, “you will I see that the letter is directed to Dorcus Luther, Somers, Montgomery county. And you will observe that one hand wrote that

l letter and signed the receipt, and the jury will also observe. And now I will only add, it is plain to see how the hundred dollars were disposed of. Seventy-five dollars were

sent off for safe keeping, while the remaining twenty-live dollars were placed in the prisoner’s trunk, for the purpose of covering the real criminal. Of the tone of parts of the letter, you must judge. 1 now leave my client’s case in your hands.”

The case was given to the jury immediate-

ly following the examination of tho letter. | They had heard from the witness’s own j mouth that she had no money of her own. I and without leaving their seats they returned a verdict of “Not Guilty.”

I will not describe the scene that followed :

but. if Nancy Luther had not been immediately arrested tor the theft, she would have been obliged to seek protection from the officers, or the excited people would have maimed her at least, it they had not done more. The next morning I received a note handsomely written, in which I was told that the within was but a slight token of the gratitude due me for my efforts in behalf of the poor defenceless maiden. It was signed “Several Citizens.” and contained one hundred dollars. Shortly afterwards the youth, who first begged me to take up the case, called upon me with all the money lie could raise; but I .showed him that I hail already been paid, and refused his hard earnings. Before I left town I was a guest at his wedding—my fair client being the happy bride.

From the Nevasotu (Tex&tt) Tablet. A ROUGH JOURNEY.

It was in the winter of 1804, on the night that so many of the Texan troops, who had left tlio little steamer on Matagorda bay in small boats, for the purpose of attacking the Yankees on Matagorda peninsula, and were

capsized before reaching tho shore, and were

frozen to death by the extreme cold—it being one of tho coldest nights ever experienced in Texas—that a certain major, well known to fame as a lawyer of fine abilities, in tho

“garb of nature,” save a soldier’s cap, against wind and sleet on the bald prairie, travelled alone, fifteen miles, in <iuest of vengeance and a horse.

The circumstances are about as follows, and they certainly illustrate the old adage that facts are often stranger than fiction :

Tho major’s father commanded a regiment of Confederate troops that was stationed on

West Bernard, near the l’>. B. 1>. and C. Rail- road, and had gone to Harrisburg on business connected with his command, leaving our hero—his son—in charge of the regiment. Upon his return he had an altercation with some one on the cars; and when they stopped at the station and tho colonel had gotten off, the man, whoever lie was, watched for a

favorable opportunity, and just as the car;;

was moving off' knocked tho colonel down, and jumped on again and made his escape. As soon as the son heard of the circumstances, he mounted his horse in hot haste on that bitter cold night and pursued, intent on re-

venge, but when he got to tho Bernard found it big swimming. He could not think of turning back. He must get across. So iu order to keep his clothes and six-shooter dry, lie tied them in a bundle on the horn of the saddle, ami drove the horse across the stream, keeping his soldier cap on his head. The horse made the opposite bank in safety, so

did the major; but, alas! tho horse concluded lie would journey awhile on his own

hook, (having been raised at Eagle lake, the

major’s destination, where he hoped to over-

take the man who had outraged his father), started off on a brisk trot; the major pursued with the hope of catching his horse. It was

15 miles to Eagle lake, and almost eight back to the camp, and not a tree or shrub on

the route either way—nothing but bald pntine—anu old lioreas coming iiown wiui

all his fury. The major hail hopes of catching his horse, for—

•‘Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Cheers, cheers on the way.

Ami, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.”

Besides, the horse was going in the right direction. To slop and lie down was certain death, and lie knew and felt that such would ho the ease, and says that several times when he could get in a hollow which gave him some little protection from the wind,, that lie was tempted to stop and rest, hut still lie nerved himself to persevere in the effort to save his life, and after running and walking the lb miles in a state of nudity, savo and ex-

cept the aforesaid cap (which must not be forgotten) ho reached the tavern door at

Eagle Lake; and as to what took placo there we will take Maj. William Herbert’s version, though our Major says there is but little truth in it. Well, according to Major Her- bert, the tavern was kept, by a very small Dutchman, with a huge wife, of course.

Our hero reached the door, near which stands the sign post. The dogs, though usually quiet, as they ought to lie at taverns on the arrival of guests, became furious at the un-

accustomed sight of our Major, and charged him furiously. He was not in a lix to en-

counter dogs; it was late at night, the doors wero closed, and it was difficult to awaken the sleepers. The Major’s only hope of es-

cape was the signpost, and, with the agility ol a squirrel, and having no extra clothing ti; encumber him, he mounted the sign, and there astride of it ho awaited succor from the inmates. The wife first awoke, and, with lantern in hand, went out to see what all the fuss was about, and holding it up, site espied the major, who kept hallooing: “Madam, gc back iii the house—go back, I tell you, and send your husband out!” She being at n

loss to know what kind of animal it could bo, called toher husband: “Old man, old man,

I come here and see vat it ish ! Mine Got, mine Got, vat ish it?” The husband came

at last, drove off the dogs and relieved out

friend ; took him to the fire and clad him ir a suit of his best, but the pants only reached to the major’s knees. The next day a negre found the horse, with everything on the sad- dles as the major had put it. No evil effects resulted from the tramp, and ho enjoys the joke as much as any one, and often amuses

his friends and strangers by details ol that night’s adventure.

For the satisfaction ol all we regret to say that tho major never overtook the scoundrel, on whose account he suffered so much suffering and peril.

A Minister Tuied fou Swindling. The trial ot Hev. Charles Greenwood, formerly a

Congregational ministor in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and now an insurance agent in Everett, Mass., on the charge ol

burning his house with intent to defraud the insurance companies, was closed, after a

fortnight’s continuation, at Plymouth, N. II., Saturday, by a disagreement of the jury. There were over 100 witnesses examined, over 30 being introduced by the State to im- peach Greenwood’s reputation for truth and veracity, and more than that number being put in to sustain him. His counsel, N. 15. Bryant, of Boston, statod in his argument that the buildings wero of an intrinsic value of at least $15,000, and it would cost $20,000 to rebuild them, while they wore insured for but 11,000. The Attorney-General, on the contrary, said the premises wero built 1G

years |ago for $5,000, sold to Mr. Dunn, including GO acres of land, tor $10,000, $5,000 in cash, the balance a note secured by a

mortgage, after which the equity of redemp- tion was several times sold, till it fell into Greenwood’s hands at a small advance above the mortgage, and was then insured for about its value. The defendant's explanation of the fire was that, on the night of March 13, 18G9, his family being absent and ho boarding near by, he built a lire in the furnace to warm the house, and wont back to his boarding place, whence ho discovered the lire two hours after; while the State tried to prove that he built no lire in the furnace, and con-

ducted himself very suspiciously before and after the lire. The public interest in the trial was extraordinary, the throng on the last day being immense, and many bringing their refreshments with them in order to keep their places.

THE HOSWELL MURDER. Trial of Hoswell, for the murder of Laflin,

in Haliowell, in September, 1870.

On Tuesday forenoon the jury visited Hal- lowed to inspect tiie scene of the murder, returning at 10.40 The counsel on both sides were allowed to accompany the jury after being cautioned by the (Joint against commenting upon objects brought to the notice of the jury.

The ease was opened by W. P. Whitehouse Esq., County Attorney, who, after setting forth the different degrees of murder and tiie distinction between them, stated at considerable length tiie facts of the ease as understood by the counsel for the State. From ins statement it appears that Mr. Laflin, the deceased, was about 44 years old, and had resided in Haliowell over twenty years. His family consisted of a wife anil three little hoys. He was a barber by trade, but occu-

pied his spare time in repairing furniture. He occupied a shop fronting on Water street, but usually entered and left by the back door.

In April last the prisoner and bis wife moved to Haliowell, and rented two rooms in tiie building adjoining Mr. Latlin’s shop. The prisoner was then and continued till the time of the murder to be engaged by the P & K. it. It. at Augusta. In July last the prisoner become jealous of bis wife, and in a lit of rage, tore up and burned '.he most valuable of her clothing, sold all his furniture in tiie rooms occupied by them, abandoned his wife and obtained a boarding place for himself in Augusta. Shortly after he ac-

knowledged to his wife that his jealousy was unfounded and desired to live with her again, but no reconciliation was effecte d. On the 12th of September Mrs. Iloswell went lo visit some relations at Carmel, and returned on the 19th. The prisoner met her at the depot at Augusta on her return, and greeted her with profane language tor her long absence, and told her he should comedown and sec her that night. His wife told him she was tired and should retire early and prefer- red he should not come till the next night.

During their residence at Haliowell the prisoner and his wife had become acquainted with Mr. Latlin, and he had been in the habit of running in to their rooms when in want of hot water or lire in his business.

When Mrs. Iloswell went to Carmel she left the key to her rooms with the deceased. On her return from Carmel she sent her little hoy to the deeoased for the key, and when the deceased passed her window on his- way to dinner she asked him if ho would assist hor in moving her sewing machine from the room of Mrs. Patterson, directly over her own. Mr. Laflin promised to do so that afternoon or evening, but being very busy ho neglected to do so. About live minutes past nine in the evening, Mr. Laflin left his -hop taking with him a roll of carpeting which lie had purchased that day, and was to pul down in the front hall of his house that evening. As lie passed Mrs. Hoswell's he called to

apologise for not keeping his promise, and while there showed her the new carpet which ho had purchassd that day. Mrs. Hoswell was preparing to retiro and was standing in her night dross. Hearing the tap at her door she throw on her loose wrapper she had worn u in lii^ iiu; ua-v ill hi vv cm t<» uir iuhm «. jjuii

| Mr. Latlin asking her t > look at. his carpet, she askotl him to step in. He iliil so, anil by

| the light a kerosene lamp partially turn>nl ! down she examined the carpet. He retnain- | ed there from three to five minutes, Mrs | lloswell standing with her hand upon the | latch ready to let him out. | In the mean time the prisoner had arrived at Hallowed, armed with a revolver and a

! newly sharpened pocket knife. When Latlin j emerged from Mrs. Hosweli’s door with his i carpet under his arm, the prisoner in his shirt

| sleeves was standing in his stocking feet, i within a few feet of the door. Ins shoes and I coat being rolled into a bundle and placed : near the door.

As the deceased came out of the door the 1 prisoner sprang upon him with his knife and dealt him furious a blow in the breast as to

penetrate the breast bone. He then rushed into the room and commenced a murderous assault upon his wife, stabbing and gashing her in a frightful manner. After a struggle of sonic live minutes she succeeded in throw- ing herself out of the wrapper and escaping into the next room, hasping the door.

The prisoner then turned to complete the murder of Latlin, who had just reached his own door carrying his carpet, and gave him that ghastly wound in the neck which causer his death in about live minutes. Upon being arrested the prisoner said, “Damn him,I havi been watching him for some time and now

I’ve fixed him. I’ve got the son-of-a- where I want him." When told to look upor his hellish work he said, “What would yot do if you caught a man in bed with yom wife.” During the argument Mrs. lloswel was in Court, though closely veiled. Mr. Whitehouse closed at noon, and the Coin- adjourned till 2 1-2 P. M.

At-TEUNOOX.

James !•'. Knight, an assistant employer by Mr. Latlin, testified t > discovering the prisoner about l‘> minutes past nine on the evening of the murder, with his knife in hand in an encounter with Lallin in the back room of the shop.

F. O. T. Orcutt, who was called into tin shop by the cry of murder, and Ebon F Allen who followed him, and I’oliceman W

1 S. Kendall, who arrested Iloswell, wen

called and testified to the condition of Lallin 1 Iloswell’s declarations and arrest, and spot-

of blood in the yard and shop They wen 1 cross examined by Mr. Libby, but nothing

now was elicited. Albert II. Davis, a dry goods clerk, iden-

tified tho carpet referred to in Mr. White house's argument as one sold by him h Lallin on the day of the murder.

Adjourned till It 1-2 Wednesday A. M. WEDNESDAY A. M.

Mrs. Lallin, widow of the deceased will: her three sons, aged 14, II and S years re-

spectively, was seated within the bar. The wife of the prisoner was also present, accom-

panied by her son, about 12 years old, whose father was a Mr. Smith, former husband ol Mrs. Iloswell.

Dr. J. Q. A. Hawes testified to the character of Tallin's wounds and the cause of his death. The wound in tho neck had the appearance of having been made with a great deal of force. Tho jugular vein and wind- pipe were punctured. On the cross examination Mr. Libby tried to draw out that there was blood on the inside of Mrs. Iloswell’s door, but witness could not tell. Door was

swung back and witness did not think to look. Mrs. Boswell's principal wound was

on her head. Her hair was not down but was rumpled and bloody. Her night clothes were extremely bloody.

Dr. Lorenzo S. Cole of Hallowell testified that he arrived at Tallin's shop just before his death and then went to Mrs. Iloswell’s room.

She was standing in tho middle of the room, her head and upper part of her clothing covered with blood, and was compelled by witness to lie down on tho bed, which was

smooth and unruffled. Noticed some blood on the carpet but nouc on the lied or door. Was present at tho post mortem examination. Tho witness gave a minute description of Mr. Tallin's wounds.

Dr. Geo. E. Brickett of Augusta testified that he visited the scene of the murder the same evening and was present at tlie post mortem examination. Went into Mrs. lloswell’s rooms on the night of the murder'. Saw spots of blood on tlie inside other door, perhaps little higher than half way up

Saw much blood on the floor but none on the bed.

John K. Nye testified that he assisted in removing Mr. Ratlin’s clothes. The vest and pants were buttoned up. Noticed particularly that flip pants were buttoned. No- ticed blood on the back door of Ratlin’s shop.

Benjamin Fowles, City Marshal of Hallo- well, described the arrest of Iloswell. Culled prisoner’s attention to the dying man and he remarked with an oath that he had got him just where lie wanted him. Went to Mrs. Roswell's room, and noticed that the bed was turned down, but further than that was

perfectly smooth. Noticed blood on Mrs. Roswell’s door but did not examine it. Mr. Riliby asked it witness was not requested bv Mr. I’illsbury to preserve that spot of blood lor evidence. Mr. Heed objected and the Court excluded it.

Ilenry Chase of the Ilallowoll Gazette and Charles E. Nash of the Augusta Journal both testified to the appearance at the scene ot the murder. Mr. Nash saw stains of blood on the inside ot Mrs. Roswell's out side door

Mrs. Mary M. Ratlin, widow of the deceased, was called and asked if arrangements had been made between herself and husband to lay a carpet in their front entry, on the night of the murder. The defence objected and the (’ourt excluded it.

Mrs. Jane N. Roswell, wife of the prisoner was offered as a witness by the prosecution. The defence objected and the Court ruled that she could not he a witness agaiust her husband without his consent. Mrs. Iloswell showed a frightful sear running from her neck to the right side of her face.

After introducing Mr. Fowler and Mr. Henry Sewell to identify the bloody shirt and vest taken from Roswell on tho night of the murder, the government rested their ease.

THU RSI* AX

Mr. Libby inndo the opening for the defence. lie udtniUed the killing of Lallin by his client, but -on tended that the act was justifiable because of the deceased’s criminal conduct with Mrs. Iloswell. lb- also put in the plea of momentary insanitv, fioni finding Lallin in bis wife’s room, and a belief tint adultery bad been committed, lie cited tie eases of Sickles and Key, Cole and Ilisem-k, McKarlan and Hi diardson, and the ease of Mrs. Baker an t

Mrs. Parker, In Portland recently—in all of whi verdicts of acquittal were rendered.

Witnesses for the defence to the number of thirl were called by Mr. Pillsbury, and sworn.

Jerry Blake, having been sworn, te-tiied—K- side in llallowcll; have resided there 15 year- last summer lived at head of Central street: took meals down town. Boarded last August w ith niv

sister, over the tenement occupied by Mr-. Ho- well; u little acquainted witli Mrs. Iloswell: kn -w

Mr. Iloswell slightly; knew Lallin intimately. !-- gan hoarding there in July; boarded there till olh of Vugust. Have seen Lallin go into Mrs. Ho- well’s hack door; cannot name a specified occasion Sometimes he might have stopped a few miuute-- sonietimes longer. Saw him coming out one nigh: about quarter to 10 o'clock; suppose he then went home; never saw Mrs. Iloswell in her room at w indow ; have spoken to Laflin about going there

| -o nnn h—never so spoke to him hut once; canuot

[say whether it was before or alter I left—think it

j was alter. Spoke to him the night I saw him come; saw no light inside her room; he did not

[-hut the door—some one was inside. Think Mi-

habit of being shaved at Laflin’s. Mrs. Sophia Blake, having been sworn, testitied.

Resided last summer over Mrs. Roswell’s. Went there the lust of March, before my husband I'd remained till 5th of August. I boarded with M; Henderson; know Mr. Roswell, Mr. Lafliu and Mrs. Roswell. Rave soon Latlin go into Mrs. R .»

well’s tenement quite frequently; have seen him -•top at door and converse; can’t say whether it was before or after the trouble; think it was uftei Saw him go there most every time he went home sometime* oftener; have seen them in hack yard conversing, she on one side of the fence and lie on

the other; have seen her go to his back door: never saw any signals between them. Never saw

him carry water from her tenement to his shop. There was no pump or well about the premises Mrs. Uoswell did her cooking at Mrs. Henderson* up stairs; saw Lailin come out one evening alter *

heavy thunder shower, at about quarter before 1" it was the 4th of August.

(dross Lx. Am wife of last witness; iuy window gave full view of backyard; after they had tin n

trouble I was at home most of the lime. Lived there from March to 5th of August. They did not attempt concealment; never saw Lailin im in !»• h ie the trouble; have seen her go in his back shop Re used to frequently come up and get water from oui stove; be was u very neighborly sort of man

l joked Mrs. Roswell about his coming out that night.

Mrs. Ann L. Rattersou, having been sworn, o

titied—Reside in Hallowed; have lived there with my family live years; after 5th of August lived over Mrs. Roswell’s from Oth of August until the -2d of September, Mr. Henderson hud moved out then. Mrs. Roswell did Iter cooking on my stove no water in back yard; never knew of her having a lire in her tenement except when she was si* k

she had one air-tight stove with one hole in th» top. Have seen Laflin go to her room—cannot tell how often; 1 was at home only evenings and morn

j ings; [ worked in the factory. The lirst day 1 moved there I noticed the visits; Laflin went the bed room door from the back yard ; have been there myself four or five times. When Lafliu was

there I once saw her give him some gum. Mr. Libby—Describe how it was given. Witness—She said “Come.” Re came right up

and took the gum Iron, her mouth with his. I was

present, and they knew it; iny sister, Miss Mender, was also present. That was on tin* dav before she left for Hermou. I went in through the buck door ; have seen Mrs. Roswell seufle with Laflin; novel

I saw anything more intimate than that; have seen

her motion to him with her linger; 1 could not see

him at his hack door, hut could see her; be came,

following her motions. I was at homo on night ot homicide; the lirst that attracted my attention was a noise below; 1 was in at Mrs. Roswell’s that evening two or three times; heard noise at buck window; there was a stick thrown against tb screen; it was at the window of her sitting room

it was probably at half past s o’clock. I said u

was Roswell, and she said “No,” it was Mr Lafl n

She went out and did not come back while I was in there. I went out logo home; she w s in her back door; Laflin was going to his shop. The noise I heard sounded like some one in distress. 1

shoved up the window and saw Roswell cotniug out of the barber shop with two men. 1 dress.d and went to Laflin shop; cannot say whether he was dead; Dr. Hawes was with him. Then went into Mrs. Roswell’s sleeping room, as near as 1 cun

rec imvi, ana nsxeu my. lumg logo in wun me

| went in at the back door. Had a light with me

have no recollection how 1 got it, i was *.► excited No one was i:i the sleeping room when I went in Mr Thing was with me. The inner door was stmt but not fastened. The bod clothes were turned down when l first went In; expecting to find M Hoswell deai'. The pillow on the fore side the bed was a little jammed; saw the wrappei < n

1 chair In the sitting-room when I tlrst went in; other article! of clothing around the chair; they weiv

ladies clothing; did not notice the coiditiou « f the wrapper. She asked for In r wrapper on tin- chan Mr. Thing handed it to her. I did not notice on

dition of it uf all. When I went out I went up t

my room. Was down again when the doctor* came to dress Mrs HoswelPs wounds. I did not got anything to put on the bed. Noticed when I first went into the room the blood in the room, »

large spot, as lurge over perhaps as a large diniug plate. Another one was smaller; don’t think 1 noticed a spot near the door; notice«l spot on out side of door, but not on the inside, because it \\ i*

swung back. The under tick «»f the bed was bus the upper one was tilled with husks; the little ho> slept in a little dark room; saw the boy in the firs' of the evening : did not see him to speak to him after l heard the noise. I took a blanket from tin* bed to put around Mrs. Hoswell, who was cold. I then saw the hoy hut did not speak to him—he was

asleep. When we washed her we took otl her clothes. They were saturated from her nock t •

their bottom, with blood. She had her wrapp. t

on when the doctors were dressing tier wounds, i Adjourned until 2 :.'»<) 1*. M.

AFTERNOON'.

The usual throng of spectator tilled every avail able Inch of the court room.

Mrs. Ann L. Patterson, who was on the stand at the moment of adjournment, was again placed on

the stand, and testified Heard the 0 o’clock hell that evening; was read

ing a newspaper ;|read a column ami a half before 1 went to bed; was awoke from my sleep by the outcry.

C ross Kx.— Moved into rooms over Mrs. Hos- well’s the bill of August; lived in Hallowoll previous; was in her rooms often, was in her room with Miss Mender the day before Mrs Hoswell went to Harmon. The gum was given when we were all there. Stopped in there a few minutes; have seen Mr. Luff in and Mrs. Hoswell talking together in the yard; there was no concealment attempted by them that I could observe: They could see me iii full view if they had looked; was in Mrs. Hoswell’* house three times on the evening before the allray ; Mrs. Hoswell loaned me the sewing machine; I used to go down for her to lcaru me to run it; Mrs. HoswelPs sleeping room was used as a thorough fare; when awakened by tlio noise l looked out oi the window and saw two men and Hoswell; put on

my dress and pair of slippers and went Into Mr. LutlinN shop; then went into Mrs. HoswelPs bed- room; bad my lamp, but do not know bow 1 got it. I got the blanket to cover Mrs. Hoswell. The wrapper was made of some kind of “slieeneyauw it over chair in sitting-room; did not notice wrapper in bed-room. I and my husband carried down sewing machine between 8 and tl o’clock; that was the time I stopped and talked with Mrs. Hoswell. Something was thrown against the window ; lex peeted it was by Hoswell; he generally caiue down two or three times a week. Mrs. Hoswell said “No it is Mr. Lafliu.” Mrs Hoswell at noon re-

quested me to return sewing machine, but at any time between noon and night.

1 :! M.m.I.t Inn ing boon sworn, tostided—lb'-1 n 1! 11: >v,, !I; am sister to Mrs. Patterson;

m mill and board at tho boarding ; :n my sister's at the beginning of Sep-,

'view .Mr. i,allin and .Mrs. lloswell; in Mr-, ii<i -well's room between 10 and 11

■ "i: 11' day before she went to Herman. — led von see any mini pass from Mr.

to .Mrs. lloswell? \v »]■ e—> i-,, -ir; 1 did. * n- 1 — I >e--ribn what oeeurred before that he-

'Mle i. if there w a- anything. -Mr. I iiliii eatne round the house

ei i. and Mr-. lloswell said she wanted a

g tin i lie told her she could not have it; ! must have ii; and lie came in; and

ei in she locked the outside door of her ■ i. She begun to scuffle with him, and

w- m a a: nst the bed and sat down upon it; ante her the gum by putting his mouth

to Ict-s when she put Iter mouth close to his ■ d I. it. My sister was not there then Mrs.

11 "-w« d s mn let her in at the back door. 1 -ti-'ti --What took place after that, if any-

Witii-Sim sat on the bed by the side of him. ai Come:"—and she then put her mouth and put the gum buck agaiu. She said—“You

t more than your half." 1 left with my

( h a.- il Thing, having been sworn, testified— I. -id in Ii tdowell. Uu the evening of the 19th

-. : in1- ;, at the time of outcry, was at Niles' a about ten or twelve rods from barber

wii n outcry was made T immediately went I. :i!’ii'-* -hop; some boys said Latlin was killed:

n o- 1 s'cpp d into the door Mr. l.allln was stand- e ■ -1 side of the doorway, and Hoswell's

.. a- m liis shoulder. Mr. Latlin was led to a nl -eated. lloswell was arrested. On be-

d I r weapons, Hoswell said lie had none. Mi. Kendall take revolver and knife from

1! -w. lloswell was ironed, taken out doors, -'inTv brought back. Hoard Mr. Fowlcs

M o lloswell, you ought to be shot, and I've g "! mind to shoot you." Hoswell said, “Oh.no,

'•s. you hotter have justice done.” This ■n r lloswell was brought back into the shop.

■ lino led him out 1 asked him what he had l.allln for. He said, “What would you have

y. u had caught a man in bed with your 1 also heard him say “I’ve got you son of a

ul. re 1 want you.” 1 went with Mrs. Pat- "i through I allin's back door to Mrs. Hoswell’s k dour: went the back way; tho door was wide

:■ a •.II.! there was no light in the room—it was

Mrs. Patterson went upstairs to her room 1 amt a light: we went into the sleeping room to-

tInf. and there was no one there; the door born .ii thu h."]room and sitting-room was closed. \ ■:.. "1 lle'b'd; wont to it expecting to find Mrs. 1! -w.-r in i; murdered. The covering ol the bed

mi 1 down >|uite to the foot of tlie bed. I : 1 -aw blood on valance of bed; cannot

..i whether bed was or was not in a tumbled remaiueil at the bed u minute and then went

ill sitting-room. Mr. Ingraham was at the in I’m ley'.- Lane: think I asked him to go for

1 d Mr; was blond near centre of room, where Mr-. H'-wi ll stood; did not then see wrapper;

st saw it on chair in bedroom with other clothing. Mr-, ii '-well said she was cold and wanted some- t ;a- : ■ put on. I started for and took hold of a

ml! "ii the bed: -he said. “No. my wrapper.” it from my hands: I took it front tho chair;

; was in sleeping-room; do not remember seeing a put it on; it was on the chair; cannot say cer-

.ii.ly whether I moved quilt when I took hold of When I lirst went into the room I noticed blood

r the door and on the valance of the bed; did c "lice large spots near bed; saw blood that ring on outside door. Think I was not in bed- in when Mrs. Hoswell was put to bed.

< —< annoi say who was present. wnen I :• 1 -.1 the wrapper to Mrs. IIos well, except Mr?

J’alteixui. Mi-- Mary K. Itouglass having been sworn, tcati-

1 — 1 — M• in llallovrel!; was acquainted with Mi-, Hoswcll. having met her a few timc-9; was at la- hiihc the 1st, 2nd, and 3d days of September, ■ I. e Mime sewing done; went in thro' the house

a boor from Ti-rley's lame; Mr. Luflin was there whin 1 went in: 1 remained about live minutes; ended there third day and the door was fastened:

■ in was present that 1 saw; I presently saw Mr. duhn Tallin in Mrs. Hoswell’s bed-room: it w as in die fiirenoon, lietwcen 10 and a quarter past

i.vio.-k; I was sitting at a window that opened tli back yard; ] was facing the window and

le'il out; did not sec him go into the yard; I was in Tic ru'Uii lront 10 to 12 o'clock.

iiiitMti A. Nichols, having been sworn, testified Tin! i 'ii ■! September resided on Winthrop street

i !ali"'.vi'll,about one hundred rods, perhaps,from ..ailin'- si.ip; that evening I was at my home until

o'clock; then I went directly to Lnflin’s barber iop; went into the shop to get shaved; no one

ili' i'c but Tallin: sanlhe was in a hurry and u"i '. to come early the next morning. 1

"tit out on tlic street then; heard Lafliu lock the i' and so m saw that the lights were put out. I

"i iioin learned of the homicide the next morn-

run \ Y'S PltOCEKIlIXCS.

\ a on,'; inatiy witnesses were examined, who e I ti-tli. general good eliaractor of the prison- ■ r cl 1" lit- inordinate and insane jealousy of his

He watched her himself and employed "tic -t ii her when she visited Augusta and Hallowed.

Tie o-stiuiony of Hoswcll himself was tlien of- rt'd it. Iii- own lielialf, and allowed under the « whit'll allows parties to civil and criminal pro-

.lines in this state to testify. He related the history "f tin ir married life, mostly made up of quar- t i- and rei oneiliations. Mrs. Hoswcll was a na-

ot IT mine, whose name previous to marriage a- Norton. She had been married and divorced

Iro a a man named Smith, and had one son by him Ii" i- now with lie;, After relating a quarrel and

a i' I'lmciliation in August last, Hoswell's testimony u Ms a: follows—

1 bil yc \ i-it her after that—before she went Il'THion:- A. Yes, sir; could not tell how

tuny iinies because the little boy got bit. and she "a- -ick: I visited her every night; I wanted to

o down .uni stay until she got well, but site louglii 1 better not; said site .should not lie sick o' ;; f"w days: said she did not want people in

I ialiowell to know that she was going to live with no again.

«,b .State v. helle r you were still attached to her? A. i was, sir.

‘j 1’"l vou kn iw when she went tollermon? A. Ac-.-ir.

<i After tin reconciliation, did you sleep with leu in the same lied? A. Yes, sir.

<J. Wie n did she propose returning? A. The tan. was when site went away that she would be back by the time it was pay-day in the mill.

V 1 >id you know when she was to return? A. bhe lid Wien., she went away, she would return • n Wednesday or Thursday.

Hid you know site was coming that day she mu from Hermon? A. I did not.

< >. Was the meeting by design? A. No, sir. \b Hid you go to the depot expecting to meet

A. I went to.see if she had come; it was lie first time the train had ever come across the

new bridge; I thought if I stepped up to tile depot I could -■ u in", if she was in the train.

'!■ I>id you meet her there? A. Ye-, sir; I mi toiler—"Y.u have got back,-’she said—"Yes;”

I -:.id—"How lid you make out"—she hud been up t" seb some hay—she said—“I will tell vou when you Mine down: she said—"when are you coming down?" I stud—"To-niglit;" she said—"No, 1 don't want vou come to-night:” said I—".lust as

><m say. <v>. Thereupon did you leave her? A. Yes,

sir. <,). Slate if your jealousy was excited by her dc-

o that you should not go down that night. A. 1 thought it singular, after she had been gone a week and did noi want me to go down that night: l had a jealous feeling, and her looks and actions ai-ed such a jealous disposition in me that I could

n il control myself—to keep myself from going down: I wanted to know whether I was right or w rung.

<>. Hid you go? A. I did. What time did you start? A. Cannot tell

ex e tlv; it mnv have been quarter past 8 when I -tarted.

V- How did you go down? A. Went down on foot, sir.

C>. Do you know what time you arrived in Hal- lowed ? A. I do not.

<J. l or what purpose did you go there? A. Went there to see if there was any one going t be there to meet lier at my house—or her house—whatever you may call it—that night.

(t. What did you do utter you got there? II. 'A In n got there I found the front part of the house on Perley's Dane, closed up as it had been after 1 left her: finding it closed up on the lane stepped into the hack yard and found the door all open: I stepped right into the yard and stopped behind tiie barn.

[ At Ibis moment the widow of the murdered man fainted, and was borne from the court-room.]

<{. Then wlmt did you do? A. I stood there I do not know lio\v long—a number of minutes; I -aw her go up into Mrs. Patterson’s room—I took il to lie her; presently she came dowa. with two or three others, bringing a sewing machine; they carried it into iter room; they were in there a little while—could not say how long—a few minutes; Mrs. Patterson and my wife came out; my wife shut to liio shutters and told Mrs. Patterson that she was going to put herself into lied pretty quick; she spoke very loud, and I thought it was because Mrs. Patterson was going up stairs, so she eould hear her. She went to turn the holt on the shutter, and the thought came into my head quicker than a Hash to go in and get under the bed; I stepped along to the house, put tnv coat and shoes fprisoner here made motions as if hastily taking off coat and shoes] by the side of a water pail by the side of the door, and slipped under the toot of the bed, while -he was there turning the liplt to the shutters.

Did you remain there? A. I did; she shut the window down where she had been turning the holt anil went into the other room; I could not see what she did, but eould see a little through the door; I did not dare to get out so she could sec me; the door leading into the hack yard was standing wide open; she came and looked out of this door and then shut it, leaving it, it may he open half an

inch; I eould just see the light out at the door; she didn't latch it; she undressed herself iu the sitting-room, pat her clothes on a chair, and came into the tied room and got on to the bed.

<}. Was there anv light in that sleeping room?

A. No sir; the light was in the sitting room, turned partly down,

\L Where did the light sit in tlie sitting room! A. On the table.

Q. State whether she left the door between the two rooms open? A. No sir; when site got on to the bed she shut the door, malting the room perfectly dark, except what light came in through the window ; tile curtain was down.

Q. Then what occurred? \. In a few minutes after she got on to the bed, the door opened and a man stems d in ; I add see Ids feet as I looked out from under the b. d : lie shut the door and fastened it; site says: "Have you fastened the door?” lie said; "Yes:" and site immediately unlatched the door of tin- sitting room, which sprang open about nit -third the way, and let the light shine right across the bed room, making it quite light in that room.

(>. What did the man do after lie went in? A. I thought by ids motion that he laid his lull upon the table, hut. 1 did no! see that; lie stepped up to tlie bed and by the motion and their talk thought that he put his arms round her and hugged her, and they kissed each other.

<j. Did you hear any words between them? A. Yes, sir.

(j. What? A. He said toiler—"You love me, don't you :" she said—"If I didn't, I should not do as Ido;" she said—"Are you not going to un- dress?” said lie—"I cannot to-night, I am in a

hurry—von know f have got to put that carpet down 1 showed you to-day;" something was said about the boy that I did not fairly understand, and then I thought he said he would "have one of those tilings," and I thought he got on to the bed; I hit mv shoulder against the bed coming out, which made a noise; when 1 came I went under the foot of the bed—it is low and I could not rise up much: as 1 came out under the head of the bed lie jumped up—lie had just grabbed ids lmt off that table; how I got the knife I cannot tell; I had the pistol in my pocket, and have hud it ever since 1 was on the police in Lawrence.

(^. Have you carried it with you about your work? No. sir; always took it evenings when going out; if I was travelling on ears i always took it: I have no recollection about opening my knife ; 1 know that 1 clinched him; we were all three clinched in the lied room, and that was the most I can tell about it; my idea was to tear the man ill! to pieces,—that was my idea sir,—to tear him all to pieces.

<j. Then you say you have not a distinct recollection of what occurred? A. No,sir; I have not; 1 do not have a distinct recollection of anything that occurred until the next morning; I can recollect some few things that occurred, but not distinct- ly.

(j. Do vju recollect of coming to Augusta? A. I do not hardly recollect about coming to Augusta; 1 know I recollected after I was here and put into jail, and kind of realized where I was.

A. Do you remember anything about being arrested? A. I do remember of Mr. Kendal! speaking to me and telling me that I was his prisoner: I told him "Yes, sir. all right," or something of that kind—do not know exactly the words.

ij. A lien you went there, had you any purpose to commit any homicide,—to kill any one? A. No sir. I had not.

The prisoner was subjected to a long and searching cross examination by the Attorney General, without bringing out any new fact of importance. A large number of other witnesses were examined, but without bringing out anything material. Tlie testimony of lloswcll's wife was rightly offered because the wife may testify with the husband's permission. The prisoner's "counsel declined to give that permission and therefore Mrs. Hoswcll was not allowed to testifv. She showed a frightful scar running from her neck on tlie right side of her face.

On Monday. Mr. Pillslniry made a most brilliant effort in behalf of tlie prisoner, in his address to the Jury. lie was followed on Tuesday by At- torney General Heed, for tliegovonimont.mi l alter tlie charge by the Court the Jury retired.

TI1E VEUDICT. After being out nine hours, tlie jurv came in on

Tuesday with a verdict of "Guilty of Manslaughter.” The penalty is imprisonment for not more than ten years, or a line of $1000.

President’s »*e.

To lliii Senate and House of Representatives ;

A year of peace and general prosperity to tlie nation, lias passed since the last assembling of Con- gress. We have, through a kind Providence, been blessed with abundant crops and have been spared from complications and war with foreign nations. In our midst comparative harmony lias been restored. It is to be regretted, however, that the free exercise of the elective franchise lias by violence and intimidation been denied to citizens in excep- tional cases, in some of the States lately in rebellion, and the verdict of the people has thereby been re- versed.

HECONSHtl/CTION. The States of .Virginia, Mississippi and Texas

have been restored to representation in our national ottncils.

Georgia, the only State now without representation, may confidently be expected to take tier place there also, at the beginning of the new year and then, let n- hope, will be completed the work of reconstruction. A\ ith an acquiescence on the part of the whole people in the national obligation to pay tlic public debt, created as tile price of our Union ; the pensions to our disabled soldiers and sailors and their widows and orphans and ill the changes to the Constitution which have been made necessary by a great Rebellion, there is no reason why we should not advance in material prosperity and happiness as no other nation did after so protracted and devastating a war.

THE W.YI: IN El.'UOIT.

Soon after the existing war broke out in Europe, the protection of the U. S. Minister in Paris was invoked in favor of the North Germans domiciled on French territory. Instructions were issued to grant the protection. This lias been followed by an extension of American protection to the citizens of Saxony, Hesse, Saxe-Coburg. Gotha, Columbia, Portugal, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic. Ecuador, Chili, Paraquay and Venezuela in Paris! The charge was an onerous one, requiring con- stant and severe labor, as well as the exercise of patience, prudence and good judgment. It lias been performed to the entire satisfaction of this Govern- ment, and, as I am officially informed, equally so to the satisfaction of the Government of North Ger- many. As soon as I learned that a Republic had been proclaimed at Paris and that the people of France had acquiesced in the change, the Minister of the United .States was directed by telegraph to recognize it and tender my congratulations and those of the people of the United States. The re- establishment in France of a system of government disconnected with the dynasty traditions of Europe appeared to lie a proper subject for the felicitations of Americans. Should the present events result .11 a change of the French to our simpler forms of representative government, it will be a subject of still farther satisfaction to our people. While we make no effort to impose our institutions upon the inhabitants of oilier countries, and while we ad- here to our traditional neutrality in civil contests elsewhere, we cannot lie indifferent to the spread of American political ideas in a great and highly civilized country like France. We were asked by the new government to use our good offices jointly with those of European Powers, in the interests of peace. The answer was made that the establish- t-'i jium.v mu uu: uiicui.'in ui LI 11* UI1IUMI ntlllCS forbade them to interfere in European question?, jointly with European Powers. I ascertained in- formally and unofficially, that the Government of North Germany was not then dispose.! to listen to any such representation from the Powers, and wishing to see the blessings of peace restored to the belligerents—with till of whom the United States are on terms of friendship—1 declined, on the part of this government, to take a step which would only result in injury to our true interests without advancing the object for which our intervention was invoked. Should the time come when the action of the United States can hasten the return of peace by a single hour, that action shall be heartily taken. I deemed it prudent, in view of the number of persons of German and French birth living in the United States, to issue, soon after official notice of a state of war had been received from both belligerents, a proclamation defining the duties of the United States as a neutral, and the obligations of persons residing within their territory, to observe their laws and the laws of nations. This proclamation was followed by others as circumstances seemed to call for them. The people, thus acquainted in advance of their duties and obligations, have assisted in preventing violations of the neutrality of the United States.

•SPAIN’ ANT) CUBA. It is not understood that the condition of the in-

surrection in Cuba has materially closed since the close of the last session of Congress. In an early stage of the contest, the authorities of Spain inaugurated a system of arbitrary arrests, close con- tinemen%and of military trial and execution of persons suspected of complicity with the insurgents, and of a summary embargo of their properties, and the sequestration of their revenues by the Execu- tive warrant. Such proceedings so far as thev affected the persons or property of citizens of the U. S., were in violation of the treaty of 179.), between the United States and Spain. The representations of injuries resulting to several persons claiming to be citizens of the United States by reason of such violations, were made to the Spanish government. From April,ISO!), to June last, the Spanish Minister at Washington had been clothed with a limited power to aid in redressing such wrongs. That power was found to be withdrawn, in view, as it was said, of the favorable situation in which the Islands of Cuba then was, which, however, did not add to a revocation or suspension of the extraordinary and arbitrary functions exercised bv the Ex- ecutive power in Cuba, and we were obliged to make our complaints at Madrid. In the negotiations thus opened and still pending there, the United .States claimed that for the future the rights secured their citizens by treaty, should be respect- ed in Cuba, and that as to the past, a joint tribunal should be establiscd in the United States, with full jurisdiction of all such claims. Before such an im- partial tribunal each claimant would be required to prove his ease; on the other hand, Spain would be at liberty to traverse every material fact, and thus complete equity would be sure. A ease

which at one time threatened seriously to cfTeettlic relations between tlie United states and Spain lias already been disposed of in this way. The claims of tlie owners of the Steamer Llovd'Aspinwall for tlie illegal seizure and detention of that vessel, was referred to arbitration by mutual consent and lias resulted in an award to the United States for the sum of $19,702.59 in gold. Another and long pending claim of the like nature, that of the whalcship Canada, has been disposed of by friendly arbitra- ment during the pro tent year. It was referred by the joint consent of Brazil and the United States ti> the decision of Sir K. Thornton, Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Washington, who kindly un- dertook the task of examining the voluminous'muss of correspondence and testimony contributed by the twu governments, and awarded to the United States tli sum of spm.7olt.uu in gold which lias since been paid by tlie Imperial government. These recent examples show that the mode which the United States have proposed to Spain for ad- justing tlie pending claims is just and feasible, and that it may be agreed to by either nation without dishonor. It is to lie hoped that this moderate demand mav be acceded to by Spain without farther delay. Should tlie pending negotiations unfortu- nately and unexpectedly be without result, it will become my duty to communicate the (act to Con- gress. and invite its action on tlie subject.

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. 1 regret to say that no conclusion has been readi-

ed for the adjustment of die claims against Great Britain, growing out of the course adopted bv that Government, during the Rebellion. The Cabinet of London, so far as its views lias been expressed, does not. appear to be willing to concede that Her .Majesty's Government was guilty of negligence, or did, or permitted any act during tlie war, by which the i nited States has a just cause of complaint. Our ever firm and unalterable convictions are

directly tlie reverse. 1 therefore recommend to Congress to authorize the appointment of a commission to take proof of tlie amounts and the own-

ership of the private claims, as well as tlie responsible control of the demands against Great Britain. It cannot lie necessary to add that whenever Her Majesty’s Government'shall entertain the desire for a full and friendly adjustment of these claims, tlie United .States will enter upon their consideration with an earnest desire fora conclusion consistent with the honor and dignity of both nations.

THE CAN UMAX FISHERIES. Tlie course pursued by tlie Canadian Authorities

towards tlie fisherman of the United States during tlie past season, has not been marked by friendly feeling. By the first article of the Convention of Isis between Great Britain and tlie United States it was agreed that tlie inhabitants of tlie United States should have forever in common with British subjects tlie right of taking fish in tlie waters therein defined. In tlie waters not included in tlie limits named in tlie Convention, within three miles of ports of the British coast, it has been tlie custom tor many years to give the intruding fishermen of the United States reasonable warning ot their violations of the, technical rights of Great Britain.

The Imperial Government is understood to have delegated the whole, or a share, of its jurisdiction or control of these inshore fishing grounds, to tlie colonial authority known as the Dominion of Can- ada and this semi-independent but irresponsible agent, has exercised its delegated powers in an unfriendly way. Vessels have been seized without notice, or warning, in violation of tlie custom pre- viously prevailing, and have been taken into tlie colonial ports, their voyages broken up and the vessels condemned. There is reason to believe that tliis unfriendly and vexatious treatment was de- signed to bear harshly upon the ltardv fishermen of the United States, with a view to political ett'ect upon tins Government. The statutes of the Dominion "I Canada assume a still broader and more untena- ble jurisdiction over tlie vessels of the United States. They authorize officers or persons to bring vessels hovering within three marine miles of any ol tlie coasts, bays, creeks or harbors of Canada, into port, to search tlie cargo, to examine the master under oath, to change the cargo and voyage and to inflict upon them heavy pecuniary penalty"if true answers are not given. And if such a vessel is found, "preparing to fish" within three marine miles of any such coasts, bays, creeks or harbors uiuiuui a uucusc, or alter me expiration of the period named in the last license granted to it, they provide that the vessels with her tackle & \ Sir. shall he forfeited. It is not known that any con- demnations have been made under this statute should the authorities of Canada attemi.t to enforce it, it will become my duty to take -ueh steps as may he necessary to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States. It has been claimed by Her Majesty's officers, that the fishing vessels of the l nitod States have no right to enter tin* open ports ut llie Britisli Possessions in North America, except for the purposes of shelter and repairing dam- ages, of purchasing wood and obtaining water That they have no right to enter the British Cus- tom House, or to trade there except for the purchase of wood and water, and that they must depart within twenty-four hours after notice to leave. It is not known that any seizure of a fishing vessel carrying the United States flag lias been made under this claim. So far as the claim is founded an alleged construction of the Convention of IMS it cannot lie acquiesced in by the United States. It is hoped that it will not lie insisted upon bv Her .Ma- jesty's Government. During the conference which preceded the negotiation of the Convention of ism the British Commissioners proposed to expressly exclude the fishermen of the United States, from the privilege of carrying on trade with any of Jlis Britannic Majesty's subjects residing within the limits assigned for their use, aud also'that it should not lie lawful for the vessels of the United States, engaged in the said fishery to have on hoard any food, wares or merchandise whatever, except sucii as might lie necessary for the prosecution of their voyages to and from said fishing grounds, and any vessel of the United States which should contra- vene this regulation might be seized, condemned and confiscated with her cargo.

This proposition, which is identical with the construction now put upon the language of the convention, was emphatically rejected by the Ameri- Commissioner, and thereupon was abandoned by the British plenipotentiary, and article one—as ft stands in the Convention, was substituted. It, however, it he said that this claim is founded on Provincial or Colonial statutes and not upon the Convention; this government cannot lint regard it as unfriendly and in contravention of the spirit, if not of the letter of the treaty, for the faithful execution of which the ImperiafUorernment is alone responsible. Anticipating that an attempt may possibly he, made by the Canadian authorities in the coming season, to repeat their unneighborly acts toward our fishermen, i recommcdyou to con- fer upon the executive, the power to suspend bv proclamation the operation of the laws authorizing the transit of goods, wares and merchandise, in bond, across the territory of the United States to Canada, and further, should such an exlremejmcas- ure become necessary, to suspend the operation of any laws whereby the vessels of the Dominion of Canada are permitted to enter the waters of the United States.

AA A Ilf A Wl' 1 II lb 31. I-AW Kr.ACI'.

A little unfriendly disposition lias been manifested on the part of Canada in the maintenance of a claim to the right to exclude the citizens of the Uni- ted States from the navigation of the St. Lawrence. This river constitutes a natural outlet to the oeeati for eight States, with an aggregate population of about 17,000,000, and with an aggregate tonnage of 0,011,307 tons upon the waters which discharge in- to it. The foreign commerce of our ports in these waters is open to British competition, and the ma-

jor part of it is done in British bottoms. If the American seamen he excluded from this national avenue to the ocean, the monopoly of the direct commerce of the Lake ports there with the Atlantic would lie in foreign hands, tiieir vessels cn trans- Atlantic voyages having an access to our Lake ports, which would ho denied to American vessels in similar voyages. To state such a proposition is to refute its justice. During tho administration of John (juiney Adams, Mr. Olay unquestionably de- monstrated the natural right of the citizens ot the United States to the navigation of this river, claiming that the Act of the Congress of Vienna in opening the Rhine and other rivers to all nations, allowed tho judgment of European jurists and statesmen that the inhabitants oi that country through which a navigable river passes, have a natural right to en-

joy the navigation of that river to and into the sea. even though passing through the territory of another power.

This right does not exclude the co-equal right to the sovereign possessing the territory through which the river debouches Into tho sea to make such regulations relative to the police of the navigation as may he reasonably accessary. But these regulations should lie framed in a liberal spirit of comity and should not impose needless burdens upon the commerce which lias tho right of transit. It lias been found in practice more ndvantagous to arrange these regulations by mutual agreement, and the United States are ready to make any reasonable arrangement for the police of the St. Law- rence, which may lie suggested by Great Britain. If the claim made by Clay was just when tho population of the States bordering on the shores of the Lakes was only 3,400.000, it now derives greater force and equity from the increased population, wealth, production and tonnage of the States on the Canadian frontiers. Since Mr. Clay advanced his argument in behalf of our right, the principle for which lie contended lias been frequently and by various nations recognized by law and treaty, and lias been extended to several other great rivers. By the treaty concluded at Mayence in 1831, the Rhine was declared free, from the point where it is first navigable to the sea. By the convention between Spain and Portugal concluded in 1835 the navigation of tho Doura throughout its whole extent, was made free for the subjects of both crowns. In 1853, the Argentine Confederation by treaty threw open the free navigation of the Paraguay and Uruguay to the merchants vessels of all nations. In 1850, the Crimean war closed, by a treaty which provided for the free navigation of the Danube. In 1858, Bolivia by treaty declared that it regarded the rivers Amazon and La Plata, in accordance witli fixed principles of national law, as highways or chan- nels opened by nature for the commerce of all nations. In 1850 the Paraguay was made free by treaty and in December lsuo.tlje Emperor of Brazil by imperial decree, declared the Amazon to lie open, to the frontier ot Brazil, to the merchants ships ot all nations.

The greatest living British authority on this subject, while asserting the abstract right of the Brit- ish claims, says: “It seems difficult to deny that tlreat Britian may ground the refusal upon strict

law, but is is equally difficult to deny: first, that in :s0 doing she exercises harshly, an extreme and lull'd law: secondly, that her conduct with ro-

j sped to the navigation of tiie St. Lawrence is in | glaring and discreditable inconsistency with her ! conduct with respect to tiie navigation of the Mis- sissippi, on the. ground that she possessed a small domain in which the Mississippi takes its rise.” She insisted on the right to navigate the entire volume of its waters on tiie ground that she possesses both hanks of the tit. Lawrence where it disetn- bouches into the sea, while she denies to the Uni- ted States (lie right of navigation, though about one-lialf of the waters of the Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior, and the whole of Lake Michi- gan through which the river flows, arc tiie property of the United States. The whole nation is interested in securing cheap transportation from the agricultural States of the West to the Atlantic sea- hoard. To the citizens of those States it secures a greater return for their labor: to tiie inhabitants of the seaboard it affords cheaper fond; for the nation an inereaso in the annual surplus of wealth. It is hoped that the government of Great Britain will see the justice of abandoning the narrow and inconsistent claims to which her Canadian Provinces have urged her adherence.

orn smiting interests. Our depressed commerce is a subject to which I

called your special attention at the last session, and suggested that we will in Ihe future have to look more to the countries south of us. and to China and Japan, for its revival. Our representatives to all those governments have exerted their influence to encourage trade between (he United States and the countries to which they arc accredited; but the fact exists that (lie carrying is done almost entirely in foreign bottoms, and while this state of affairs exist, we cannot control our due share of tiie commerce of the world, and Unit between the Pacific States and China and Japan, is about all the carrying trade now conducted in American vessels. [ would recommend a libera! policy toward that line of American steamers; one that will insure its success and even increased usefulness. The cost of building iron vessels, the only ones that can compete with foreign ships in tiie carrying trade is so much greater ill the United States than in foreign countries, that without some assistance from the government they cannot he successfully built here. There will lie several propositions laid before Congress in the course of the present session, looking to a remedy for this evil, even if it should be at some cost to the national treasury. I hope such encouragements will he given as wilt iv\ in American shipping on tiie high seas, and American shipbuilding at home.

THE DEPARTMENTS. The condition of tiie archives of tiie Department

of State calls for tiie early action of Congress. The building now rented by that Department is a frail structure, at an inconvenient distance from the Executive Mansion and from the other Depart- ments. It is ill adapted to the, purpose for which it is used, has not capacity to accommodate the archives and is not tire-proof. Its remote situation, its slender construction and the absence of a

supply of water in the neighborhood, oiler but lillle hope of safety for either the building or its contents in case of the accident of a tire. It- destruction would involve the loss of tiie rolls containing the original Acts amt Resolutions of Congress, ot the Historic Records ot the Revolution and of the confederation, of the whole series of Diplomatic and Consular archives since the adoption of the Con- stitution, and of die many other valuable records and papers left with that Department when it was the principal depository of the governmental archives. 1 recommend an appropriation for tiie construction of a building for the Department of State.

I recommend to your consideration the propriety of transferring to the Department of the Interior, to which they seem more appropriately to belong, all powers and duties in relation to the Territories with wliifli the Department of State is now charged by law or usage, and from die interim Depart- ment to die War Department, of the Tension Bu- reau. so far as it regulates tiie payment of soldiers’ pensions. I would further reemumend that the Naval pensions lie transferred to one of die bureaus of the Navy Department.

THE ANNEAL ESTIMATES. tie estimates tor tlie expenses ol tlie (lovern-

ment for tlie next fiscal year are $ls,itl,8411.01 less than for the current one; hut exceed tlie appropria- tions for the present year for tlie same time ?js.P7g,- 127.f>6. In tins estimate,however, is included :sgg.- 338,278.37 for public works heretofore begun under Congressional provision, and of which only so much is asked as Congress may choose to give. Tlie appropriation for tlie same works for the present fiscal year was $n,U8f,.')ls.0s.

•run critREsrcY. Tlie average value of gold as compared with na-

tional currency for the whole of the year isiill, was about bit and for seven months of* 1*70 the same relative value has been about I.lb. The approach to a specie basis is very gratifying, but the fact cannot be denied, that tlie instability of the value of our currency is prejudicial to our prosperity and tends to keep up prices to the detriment of trade. The evils of a depreciated and fluctuating currency are so great, that now, when the premium on gold has fallen so much, it would seem that tlie time h i- arrived when by wise and prudent legislation <1 >m- j gress should look to a policy which would phi : our urivnc v at par with gold at no distant day.

1 A XMS AND f.MVl'.Xt't; ItKI OUM. The tax collected from the people lias been reduc-

ed more than eighty million dollars per annum. l!y steadiness in our present course, there is no reason why in a few short years the national tax- gatherer may not disappear from tlie door of tiic citizen almost entirely. With the Revenue Stamp dispensed by Postmasters in every community, a tax upon liquors of all sorts, and tobacco in all forms, and by a wise adjustment of the tariff which will put a duty upon those articles which we could dispense with, known as luxuries, and on those which we use more of than we produce, Revenue enough may be raised after a few years of Peace, and consequent reduction of indebtedness to fulfill all our obligations. A further reduction of expenses in addition to the reduction of tlie interest account may lie relied upon to make this practicable.

Revenue Reform, if it means this, lias mv heartv support. If it implies a collection of ail the Revenue for the support of (iovernment for the payment of tlie principal and interest ul the public debt, pensions, etc., by directly taxing tlie people, then f am I against Revenue Reform and confidently believe the people are with me. If it means failure to provide the necessary means to defray all expenses of the (iovernment and thereby repudiation of the public detit and pensions, then 1 inn still more op- posed to such kind of Revenue Reform.

Revenue Reform has not been defined by any of its adherents, to mv knowledge, but seems to be accepted as something which is to supply every means wanted, without any cost or etfort on his part. A true Revenue Reform cannot lie made in a day, hut must be the work of national legislation and time.

own «•-> Lin AH «. .Ill UV Ul.^pnisai w illl, all duty should lie removed from coffee, ten, and other articles of universal use not produced by ourselves. The necessities of the country compel us to collect Revenue from our imports. All arim of Assessors and Collectors is not a pleasant sight to the citizen, but that of a larifl'for revenue is necessary. Such a tariff, so tar as it acts as an encour- agement to home products, affords employment to labor at living wages, in contrast to the pauper labor of the (till World, and also to the develop- ment of homo resources.

CIVII. SKKVICK UEl'OKM.

Always favoring practical reforms. I respectfully call your attention to one abuse of*long standing which t would like to see remedied by this Con-! gress. It is a reform in the civil service of the country. 1 would have it. go beyond the mere fix- ing of tile terms of oliiee of clerks and employe's, who do not require “the advice and consent of the ! Senate” to make their appointments complete. I would have it govern, not the tenure, lmt the manner, of all appointments. There is no dutv which so much emhrasses the Kxecutivc and head's of De- partments as that of appointments, nor is there any such arduous and thankless labor as that of finding places for constituents. The present system does not secure the best men and often not oven those who are lit for a public place. The elevation and purification o( the civil service of the government will lie hailed with approval by the whole people of the United States.

TIIKPCBL1C I. AX OS.

During the last fiscal year 8.005,419 acres of public laud were disposed of. Of' this quantity 9.(198,910.- 5-100 acres were taken under the homestead law and 1,159,515.81-400 acres were sold for cash. The re- mainder was located with the Military, warrant, college, or Indian scrip, or applied in satisfactory grants to railroads or for other public uses. The entries under the homestead law during the last fiscal year covered 901,545 acres more than during the preceding year. The surveys have been vigor- ously prosecuted to the full extent of the means ap- plicable to the purpose. The quanity of laud in the market will amply supply the present demand. The claim of the settler under the homestead or the preemption laws, is it not however limited to land subject to sale at private entry. An unappropriated survey of the public land may, toil limited amount, accrue under former laws, if the party entitled to rule under them,will comply with the requirements they prescribe in regard to residence and cultivation. The actual settlers’ preference to the right of purchase, is even broader, extends to lands which were unsurveyed at the time of his settlement. His right was formerly confined within much nar- rower limits, and at one period of our history was conferred only by special statutes.

They were enacted for the time to legalize what was then regarded as an unauthorized intrusion on the national domain. The opinion that the public lands should lie regarded simply as soures of Rev- enue, is no longer maintained. The rapid settlement and successful cultivation of them, is now justly considered of more importance to our well being, then is the fund which the sale of (hem would produce.

The remarkable growtli and prosperity of our new states and territories, attest the wisdom of the legislation which invites the tillers of the soil to secure a permanent home on terms within the reach of all. The pioneer who incurs the danger ami privations of a lrontier life and thus aids in laying the foundation of a new commonwealth, renders a signal service to his country, and is entitled to its special care and protection. The laws secure that object and largely promote the general welfare.

j They should therefore be cherished as a permanent ! feature ot our land system. Good faith requires us to give full effect to the existing grants. The time- honored and beneficent policy of setting apart certain sections of public lauds' for educational purposes in the new states, should be continued. "When ample provision shall have been made for

! those objects. T submit, as a question worthv of sori- | ou< consideration, whether the residue of "our na- ! tional domain should not he disposed of under the provision ol the homestead and preemption laws. 1 n addition the Land Subsides,swamps and overflow- ed lands, granted to the States in which thov arc situated, the lands taken under the Agricultural College acts, and for internal improvement pur- po«c< under the act. of September 1^41,and the acts

I supplemental thereto, there had been conveyed, up l to the dose of the last fiscal vear, bv patents or

| other equivalent evidences of title to States and I corporations, 278,302,57b 3j|100 acres for railway, can a! s and wagon roads. It is estimated that an additional quanity of 174,735,533 acres is still due under grants for like use.

I’he policy of thus aiding the States in building works of internal improvements was inaugurated more than 40 years since in the grants to Indiana amt Illinois to aid those States in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash with those of Luke Lne and the waters of the Illinois with those m Lake Michigan. It was followed with some modifications, in the grant to Illinois of alternate sections ot public land within certain limits of the J iiumis Central Railway. Fourteen States and sun-

corporations have received similar subsides in connection with railways completed or in process "t construction. As the reserved sections are rated at d'.-uble the minimum, the sale of these at tin* en- hanced price has thus in manv instances indemnifi- ed the Treasury for the granted land. The construction of some of these thoroughfares has un- doubtedly given a vigorous impetus to the develop- ment ot our resources and the settlement of the more distant portions of the country. It may, however, be well insisted that much of our legislation 111 this regard has been characterized l.v indis- criminate and profuse liberality. The'Fp.fed >tat<-> Humid not loan its credit in aid of any < uter- pi'1'-’ undertakeii by States or corporations nor gram lands in any instance, unless the projected work is of acknowledged importance. I am strong- ly inclined to the opinion that it is Inconsistent and nmiii’' C>>ary to bestow subsides of either d> senj>- ,1“n- l,’|d sliould <V)iigre»s determine otherwise, I earnestly r-yommend that the rights of settlers and °1 the public, be more eilectuallv secured or pro- tecf-Ml by appropriate legislation.

THE CENSES. 1 he work ot the Census ILireau has been energe- tically prosecuted. The preliminary reports, con-

taining much information of special value and interest, will bo ready for delivery during the present m-smou. The remaining volume will he eom- 1’letcd with all the* dispatch consistent with perfect accuracy in arranging and classifying the returns. V» e shall thus at no distant day lx* furnished with an authentic no. ount of our condition and resources. It will, I doubt not, attest the growing prosperity of the counter, although during the decade which has just closed, if was severely tried to the great war waged to maintain Us integrity and to secure and perpetuate our free institutions'.

pensions.

During the last IDeal year the sum paid to pen- sioners, including the cost of disbursements, was $27,780 .blLit and 175S bounty land warrants were issued. At its lose 198,GH> names were on the pension rolls. Tin labors of tin* Tension Office have been directed to a severe scrutiny of the evidence submitted ir: favor of lawful Haims and to the discovery of fictitious claims which have been heretofore allowed. The appropriation for the employment of special agents for tin* investigation of frauds has been jin ieiouHy used and the results obtained have been of unquestionable benefit to the service.

KIH.OAIMN AM) AUKICfr.Tl'UK. Tin' subjects of Education ami Agriculture are of

great interest t-i tae success of our Ueimblieun institutions and to our happiness and grandeur as a nation. Til the interest of one, a Bureau lias been established ill the interior Department—the Bu- reau of Kducatioi.—and in ilie interest of the other, a separate Department—that of Agriculture. 1 believe that great general good is to llow from the operations of both of these bureaus if properly foster- ed. 1 cannot commend to your careful consideration too highly, the reports of the tfommissloners of Education an 1 Agriculture, nor urge too strong- ly such liberal 1 igislation as to secure their efficien- cy.

Tin: mi. i:v op tiik administuatiox. In conclusion, 1 would sum up the policy of the

administration to be; A thorough enforcement of every law. A faithful collection of the revenue. Economy ir the disbursement of the same. A prompt payment of every debt of the nation. A reduction of taxes a- rapidly as the require-

ments of the tountry will admit. The reduction of the taxation to lie so arranged

as to a tin IT t ie greatest relief to the greatest number.

Honest an 1 fair dealing with all other peoples, to the end that war. with all its blighting consequences, may be avoided : lint without surrendering any right or obligation due to i:-*.

A reform in the treatment of tin* Indian* and in tin1 whole c vil service o| the eonntry.

And linal y, in scouring a pure, untrammelled ballot-box. where every man who is entitled to east a vole, may do so just once at each election, without fear of molestation or proscription on ae- conntofhb political faith, nutivitv, or color.

(Signed) V. S. GRANT. Executive Mansion, Hoc. nth, js;o.

Ciqrublicnn SounvaL THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 1870.

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I'lie Maine Central Directors withdrew on the ground that (Jo!. Wildes, one of the ('oiutnissiou-

was Chief Engineer of the 11. A M. L. road, and could not |sit in the ease, lie held the same positions when tin* contract was made. This is queer ground to take. \ Brunswick Telegraph.

Utoro is another striking commentary niton the imooniess of the objection to Col. Wildes. About the time that the Maine Cen- tral contracted to lease our road, it also con-

tracted to lease the road that is being built iroin \\ est \\ atcrville to Solon, a road longer than ours. Now, reader, how do you suppose the Maine Central arranged to have the sufficiency of that road passed upon ? With its sensitive fear of bias and liability to err

in favor of his own work, on the part of Col. Wildes, with whom do you suppose it lodged the right to siL in judgment and finally to

pass upon the work of that road ? Why, it

solemnly signed, sealed and delivered a con-

tract leaving that matter to one man, and niAT man is Col. A. W. Wildes, wiio

is Chief Knuinker of the road leased IIV THE CONTRACT !

e publish to-day the principal part ot the [’resident’s Message, omitting only such portions as are of least importance. The crowd id state of our columns, will not admit of Aomments to-day.

It takes (tieven thousand tons of coal per Annum to keep Bangor warm, the Whig I says. That’s for this world—statistics for ho fill lire state not given.

CONFERENCE WITH THE MAINE CEN TRAL DIRECTORS.

The Committee of the Belfast road, Messrs. Dickerson, Milliken, Simpson andBurrill, appointed for a conference with the Director? of the Maine Central road, met the latter at the Treasurer’s office in Waterville, on Mon- day evening. A number of prominent gentlemen of Belfast and stockholders in the road accompanied the committee. There were present of the Directors of the Central road, Messrs. Coburn, Dunn, liawson and Batten. Judge Rice, A. 1). Lockwood and John B. Brown were absent—but the' two first named were represented by Darius Alelen anel A. B. Morrill. Mr. Drummond was also present

As soon as the conference began, Judge Dickerson, in behalf of his associates, stated that he understood that the meeting had come

about through an informal conference between Mr. Milliken and Mr. Alden, who subsequently made arrangements by telegraph. But as yet no definite plan had been brought to view for getting the road running. Neither had there been any reply from the notification to have the State Commissioners regulate the running of trains, under the contract. lie would be glad to hear from the board on that subject.

Cov. Coburn, as chairman, replied that they would prefer to hear lirst from the Bel- fast directors.

Judge Dickerson said the road wa- availa- ble, as provided in the contract, mid decided by the conmissioners, and it was hop-'d and expected that the Central road would put its trains on.

Cov. Coburn said there was but one opinion in the Central board in regard to the Belfast road, which was that it was not a

completed road to lie taken possession ot under the lease. Therefore the request to

put on rolling stock under the lease, is of no

avail.

Judge Dickerson said—We place ourselves on the award of the Commissioners, and do not contend for a road absolutely completed. If we did. you could refer us to that report. They say it is first class, and as the Com- missioners have decided that wo have the right and sufficient time to complete it, the actual cost of doing so might be estimated and deducted from rental. If we submit any proposition, it will be substantially that.

Mr. Drummond, in reply, said—Judge Rice, our President, is absent, as is also Mr. Brown, and they will not return for three weeks or more. But we know their views. uur action in declining tlic road is based on

the report of our examining engineers. We deny the contract and award of the Com- missioners as binding, and so holding, we

are not in a condition to negotiate for a permanent arrangement now. When the Presi- dent and other directors can he got together, we will have a conference looking to a permanent arrangement. The gauge should I n

changed at once, if the road is to be run this winter, and it can be kept running pending litigation, but nothing will be done assuming the contract to lie binding.

Judge Dickerson then presented the proposition of the Belfast Directors, viz:

The Committee of tIn; Directors of the Belfast and .Moosehead bake Railroad Co., propose to the Directors of the Maine Central Railroad c that the two boards agree upon the sum required to put the road of the former company in a < omplete condition, iu accordance with flic award of the R-iil- road Commissioners, and that the sum thus agreed upon be deducted from the rental of the Belfast and Moosehead bake Railroad, as fixed by tin.. of dune 10, listid, in live equal annual instalments, for the first live years of the lease.

If the two hoards cannot agree upon the amount, it is proposed that the determination ot this question be submitted to the Railroad Commissioners of the State, or either two of them, whose decision shall lie final and conclusive upon the parties, both in law and in fact.

After some discussion, the Central hoard said they would consider the proposition privately, although they did not consider il at all admissable. Upon reassembling, it was announced that the Belfast proposition had been rejected, and a counter one prof- fered. On request of the Belfast directors it was put in formal shape, as follows—

Watkkvim.k, Dee. 5, lsTft The Maine Central Railroad Co. will loan to the

Belfast and Moosehead bake Railroad Co. milil the fifteenth day ol January, 1S71, and thereafter until the end of ten days’ notice by either cart}' to terminate this arrangement, two narrow gauge en-

gine-. and sufficient rolling stock to operate their road iu a reasonable manner, without charge, the engines and rolling stock to lie returned in as good order as when taken, and will make an equitable division of tare and freight upon business passing from one road on to tho other.

And this arrangement shall affect in no manner whatever, in law or equity, any matters now iu dispute between said company.

The engineers iu charge of the engines to bo sul>- jeet to the approval of the Superintendent of the Maine Central Railroad i'>.

Messrs. Coburn. Dunn and Batten, with Messrs. Drummond and Noyes as advisory, are appointed a committee, with full powers to" perfect the ar-

rangement upon the foregoing basis, and to advance the money tins B. A M. b. Railroad may pay for changing the gunge of their road.

Attest—Josh11 li. Dkcmmonh, Clerk. tins proposition the lsellast directors an-

nounced that they would take home for con-

sideration, and the conference broke up. This proposition was considered at two

meetings of the Directors, without eomitur to a conclusion. It was finally determined to call an informal meeting of the individual I holders of the stock, anil submit the qu ->tion j to thorn. The meeting was hidden on Wed- nesday evening, and after discussion, a stock vote was taken,resulting as follows—In favor of acceptance of the Maine Central proposition 500 shares thrown by (j 1 persons. Against acceptance, SO shares, thrown by 10 persons.

'l'lie Directors immediately thereafter held a meeting, at which the following was

passed, by a vote 0 to Whereas, A Committee of this board proposed to the

directors of the Maine Central Railroad Company, that ! the two boards should mutually agree upon the sum | requisite to put our road lu the completed state accord j Ing to the award of the Railroad Commissioners, and it they cannot agree, that said amount should be fixed by j the Railroad Commissioners of the State, or either two of them, and taken out of the rental of our road, and

Whereas, Said directors declined to consider said propositions, assigning as a reason therefor, that three of their board were necessarily absent, that their whole board could not be together before the first of January, 1871, or thereabouts, and that as soon as they could get their whole board together, they would consider and act upon the nutations of difference between the two Companies; and whereas, as a temporary arrangement during this interval, the directors or the Maine Central Railroad Company proposed to loan to this Company, free of charge, the requisite rolling stock tor our road till January 15, 1871, to advance the money to narrow up the gauge, and make all reasonable equitable arrangement for counection with them. This arrangement!, if entered into, not to effect the rights of the parties or waive the same iu law or in equity. And

Whereas, In the opinion of this board the interests of tliis Company require that the gauge of its road should be immediately narrowed up, and that the road should be Immediately supplied with rolling stock, the Maine Central Railroad Company having refused to do so, us required by their contract.

Resolved. That this Company accept the said proposition of the Maine Central Railroad Company, and tnat a Committee of three, together with the Chief Engineer as advisor, be appointed, and vested with full powers to carry this proposition into effect.

Resolved. That the President cause the guage to be narrowed up at the earliest practicable moment.

Resolved. That in making this arrangement we do It ! as a matter of mutual interest to the parties, and from a ; necessity imposed upon the Company by the refusal of i the Maine Central Railroad to put on the rolling stock under their contract of June 10, lbtW; and this only as u

temporary expedient, based upon the assurance of the directors of the Maine Central Railroud Company, that in the interval, they will take deliuite action upon the matters of difference between the two Companies; and in the hope and expectation that this will lead to a satisfactory settlement of these differences.

The following Directors were made the committee referred to In the resolution—W. II. liurrill, S. L. Milliken, W. II. Simpson.

LETTER FROM BOSTON.

Correspondence of the Journal.

Weddings in High Life-Wendell Phillips and His Pet Name9--Robert Collyer--Currf‘nt Reports--Amusements.

1»<)s f« I )i,r. 1S7« The undisputed tact that Massarluiseii

aflords abiding places tor eighteen thousn: anxious and aimless ones lias led to the lief that, as a State, it is the particular v

and chief sanctuary of old maids. Tins in be true, but the idea in no way pertains Boston. The Ilubites, to a woman,

largely inclined to “marrying ind to bo giv. in marriage.” Just now the wedding seats in full blast, and city officials, parsons editors and reporters are kept as busy is bees in summer time. If we are to credit the statistics as announced from week to week by the city papers, there was never

; greater desire for matrimonial bliss than it

present exists at the Hub In one partieulai locality known as I ni ut Park, there Iris lately been such a rush for happiness, tint

j it has won for itself the appellation of Un- Banner Ward.” Along the sides ot this beau titnl park, the most costly and elegant man

sions point their storied heights heavenward, and the residents thereof, as might natural! be supposed, are they who are “fed in tie lap of luxury” or “born with a silver spoon

i in their mouths.” Beneath some ot these j lofty roots, and within the sumptuous parlors I no less than twelve fair and fashionable j brides have, within a few short weeks, launch-

| ed their barques upon the matrimonial wn ters. 1 lie effect has been electrical. And a residence m 1'nion Park is now the much sought alter commodity by all anxious papas and nianoenvering mothers, who have a

daughter to establish. Indeed Dame Uinii will have it that real estate in this liighl. favored region lias advanced within tl month, -JO per cent in value. This may b putting a rather high ligure on tacts, but to the anxiety of Boston’s lovely belles to I

figuring iu some ot these festive occasions there is no manner of doubt. ()f course ther.- is much of duty in this desire, for the good book tells us that “it is not good for man 1

live alone. and whoever knew a woman that didn’t have some man’s welfare at heart Hie last happy event took place this week when a certain Mr. Dupre of \ew V 0 k be came the possessor of a very charming

j i-owle laughter of a, 11 known clothing I dealer ot this ciiy. I'n.- wedding, though

I-owle by name wn- not so by nature, and it is pleasant to know that tie ususal amount

j ot heaufy, wealth, t ishion, wliito silks, tulle,

j point lace, orange blossoms. 11 oral decora lions and happiness, was represented on this occasion. It is of no use to elaborate Tie descriptions ol all weddings are alike. No body ever heard ol a I aide that wasn't beau titul. or a newly wedded couple that didn’t present a ••charming appearance."

j 1 lie last union of •■loving hearts and hands, that preceded this marriage was that ot Mr. II. Stover Barry-late assistant treasurer of the Boston, Hartford and IN ;

Railroad, to Miss. Elizabeth (i Harwood daughter ot Butiiel Harwood, president the National Hide and I.'atln r Bank I

ceremony took place in the Shawmut ’hur on Brookline Street, and was j.uliar r

(his feature that the bri I ■ and Mill nop-- u

ed at the altar unattended by Inides-m u and gr.ioms-men Tlier. were daiilitless as

many longing eyes and minus h-arU this marriage least as wiil he tound in an

similar gathering for a long time to conic Mr. Barry, who is w.tll known aliout town as a gentleman of wealth, fashion, and ev

tremely rapid propensities, has long been considered by fond mammas and fuseinatin daughters, as the most desirable catch in lie city, and Miss Harwood, though rich, beauti ful. and one of Boston’s undisputed belles, experienced, no doubt, some triumphant feelings in carrying otf the prize.

Probably the most talked ol" man in M is

sacliusetts just at prest nt is Wendell Phillips it isn’t otten that -a man in poliii ai lit.* re

ceives so much censure from both parties l suallv he somewhere lias a friend But that any one has as yet spoken in defence ot the unfortunate Phillips, we are uiiawa c He has been accustomed so long to leader ship, that the present revolt of his former faithful subjects must give him many upper tunities to “chew the bitter I of fam Some of the pet names by which lie is now

familiarly known is the “M m of the silvei tongue." “The unreliable orator." “The elmllent Phillijis." “Vain glorious Won- dell." "Pot valiant Jack Ealstalf.’ “Knot ty pated fool" &e. It is hard to have been so

great a man, and now to he so until' p,a haps it would he ot inter, t s

readers ot the .Journal to know how ties n

uertui man, yvlio s--i*iiis to liny su. li ■ h u.i

faculty of stirring up strife, resides ii not in lordly style and with mu-li deov thv Mr. Phillips passes away iiii days But in plain, simple, unostentatious house on Beach street, just opposite the head of Harrison Avenue Stores and shops surround it hi all sides, and among them all it is the most un pretending edifice, l.et friend or foe say what they will ot Wendell Phillips, nobody can deny but tiiat his is a thoroughly consist ent life. He practices what he preaches, though the preaching may not always he. ot the most satisfactory kind.

Key. Robert ( ol Iyer, the eminent Scotch divine, whom everybody likes heartily, b, cause he is so genial and genuinely good, delivered, this yvoek, at Music Hall, his Ion: anticipated lecture on Robert Burns An ad mirer and countryman of the great poet, it was natural that he should speak it In- praise, but it was done in such a eonseien turns spirit that no one could find fault though not excusing the failings of the ei

ring mail, yet lie thought that in his ease, the saying of .Mare Antony—•

The il that meu do Ilya a after them The flood is oft interred with their boue.,,

would not he realized. Messrs. Kempton, Stephenson & ('.

have just completed the yvedding trosseaw .u

Miss Bishop—tieiee of Hen. Bitmsidi Among other beautiful articles was a pink satin reception dress trimmed with point lace and whito satin folds, and white cashmere opera cloak, lined with yvliilc silk and finish ed with yyhite moss trimmings, valued at $lo(J.

Mrs. t'hatil'raii has left the Hlobe, and Mr. Wallaek, it is said, will soon follow suit. It is alleged that they have got tired of playing ... fiddle to l Vehter and Miss l.e I'leiapiic

The only organized Opera Troupe turn- in Vmeriea is to appear at the Boston next week ll comprises most of the members of the Paropa and Barnard Ritehing’s Troupes ol last winter. They appear ol course in English opera. A tn-yv dramatization of Pickett's Hamahv Rudge has been haring a not very successful run at this same house luring the present yvoek, with Stuart Robson as ‘-Simon Tappertit."

The Black Crook is to be revived at the Adelplii. The Devil’s Auction, with its much- ness ot ballet dancing, holds the boards there just noyv. There is always a good opportunity of studying anatomy at this theatre.

Platen:

GENERALIT IES.

ary 1> Mtw.di .1 -pav’i 1 a special ear to Francisco last week, with three millions in

ml.Mcks. to lie "veiiaugml for mutilate.I notes. \ iiiMi.li .1 ln.lv .1 i at I’orttan.l last week at tile

T line ly-live .ears, fin the spot where she was an.! hail alvvav- live 1 throughout her long life.

I .v. my lliousaml slump ami four thousan l head o "ere driven (hi- season from Aroostook

oimlv.

U i> n >,>eratcs W;i- asked whether ii were better V ;ll:in 1,1 married or live single h ‘replied: !•"' him <11 either and he will rep oil it.”

\ !l dll In- marriage, in New York has been ■ .•-. u up hy Liie dise.oven tii o a cork leg was one lie ompiments of one of the parties.'

1 .. 1 \V el.ster an i ll ‘nry ‘iav are under arres! ir nil stealing in Virginia.

A \ ermontcr recently made all the arrangements --ary tor a winter's v isit to his brother in

M ilean. On arriving at New York he ascertain- t that Ids brother had been deatl for three years.

i n Indian chief lateiv ealleii on Consul Perry at .''o i. and informed him of the existence of a

: unknown opening through tlie mountains ■i in.li .an he avtulahle for a ship canal. Learned

I! liav' long been of the njmiiou that, tile Indians an easy route across the Isthmus of Darien,

oat belief seems now to have confirmation. \ iii-m who was v, nth put into Somerset

■ ititv tail, not liking his utiartcrs, took out one a til.'.As ..! ''.in. trout tit wall and was found

a work upon it. mi in.juicy lie said that he was ■old, uml was trying n. lix the stone s,. ;but it would til m ne 11giit|v in till' hoi,- so lie e ,al l keel, warm

m:‘>' if in-. m‘!ii. ih ;i.ivn in l!ic long run,” Kclifil j 'iirii I'lic failing -audition of

■ Udie parts 1 -in* •!' thit fact. i I).*t, !•«. Press L

^ -ii ilium! AlVi -alt. -if M.instill: ;. outraged a '- an *!• in/ ns caught him. Ii-. whs

: J«»vvn t Dire- .lays. : >is ipp«*iii'iiicii! fin m-e lie couldn't make n flv-

11 •• ilitl'* 1 k V! ;i \.‘VV ! I I’ll;' S ll i IT gill) ill S '• a -ui 'iilal grav c

I 1 !*• a*. i'isc;.tu.|!ii> Itailrt.ad ( ompanv c m I a c.ipr.\\ ;ih tii Knrtpean A

M *• L A',it an Uiilro.i l ( ompanv, and in ■•■uisid- *{i..11 a i|it- payment i»t nop !»y the latter have

v ithdmwu tlit n ohitD iion to the pay pent to them Me- d'lvcrin and < i.-uneil <-»f ihc amount recoiv- fr*c■: tin -''wnimeni »u mt o! the .Maine

slid .Muss.ai Ini setts war claims. « .» i,s•: pretty good matrimonial firm that

’Usisls tlire -quart -• w:! and one-quarter !■ is! ami.

Mi Paulina W. l>avjs and Miss Kate Stanton ainc'um- as as-.ciatc editors of tic: NV.v

>A id. a weekly tempei on pul.h at, m issued at Providence.

<! Billings says ••] den\ nclieve in had luck like u traj). but I have known

"f thiks who. if there was -my first rate ha I luck lying around hose. would he >im- t.» gi-t 011c f* »t into it anyhow!”

riie hook wliost*e.*ntont■* ruic tic world—Pocket hook.

The people of Somerville have got si. of theii new town and petition tic* Legislature t<» 1* carv

ed up and set hack to Windsor, Washington and •Jefferson.

A gay matron m Indiana rc< *i»tIy captured and in rried her daughter's intended, whereat tic- young iidy waxed w :rth, and hy wav of complete revenge -.1 >tf u dozen bunches ot lire crackers under tic* .rid.il couch.

Tm-ri iM’ inii. with tin «>c, au telegraph. Both 1 Kuglish cables art broken, and tic- French one

v-. rks with dillcolly. v Massachusetts candidate tor tin- Legislature

>!S hi: ballot- u promise te. gi\; in e.i.n. of slow < Hit half Ills pay »« tilt* town .and t lie.li

oii ungrateful townsmen refused to elect him. an lbelcere.l of Kenn: win * 'tints to have

i. an intimate acquaintance with 'i \\ asliinict<.1: ••ears old. 1'ii story is rather lisliy.

Linie5- Ladd. a trader of Biddeford, uuaci;uaint- with tL* wicked ways of Portland. lost his

momy among t!u* roughs of that metropolis, but me police got the rogues.

la* tnmab s of the Neva I Map- Prison, m -I-, a

• ■rale attempt t- escape Thursday. I'iv got •-id' of tie- mam d or an 1 attacked tin* guard,

0 -ice it b• ad oid mortally wounded two it -is. !i'>11 c• wu> slot through (ic- eh- si and

or tifth wascaoiu i alter desperate struggle. \ Ifamp a in Miuday School gi»<-s tableau x

tic history ot Jo-eph and his IP liircn. Mr--, r cij.bav is probably not included

\ ipt.ain Albion P.-arson. master >f tin- s ’hoon' .less 11 ai l, d l. o| Si. < Jcorge, M\, was

;; k:: i’n'ii.'i' 'wharf. Poston on Friday b- was seized with tin apoplectic ti' and died in a few minutes.

if m. V P. <• m.d lakes issue with th statement

ill* Ko< klnild l 'Z.*ttc and -ay- tha il he got ill 1 the Kennebec river he never knew ii.

man o ing in Kansas City has a iu a-' offur- oi ;uad- of tin* tree, on which hi- fat Inn was

ming (- u Veals ago.

e II iropean w:u ilia.v■ i. lv husincss for the laKcr- i amis and -arui-lgo- in ;!»is country.

g«* by shipload- a* ro-s the wat r.

1 11 KM I’KuVHH »N -. All honest ul. dal k.V, whose dations (*f -retting a forty acre plantation and

domestic iaeka-s tor voting tiu* P.adi<\d ti. ket, re -Mir- lv sincere now goe> hack *n his friends iliis wise— i>cni earpct-liaggestim scalawag lel-

da tel! n-> dai war pro\ i.-ions in th <’ mstatu- I-" vv. died folks, but dat was a lie—<b in ;» r-

inio/ta <{i<('i" ’Fore (..* 1. liiassa, 1 ain’t .u d< fust p’olumbus Sun.

A party of tishftrnn n 1 r.. v. --bo,,' of black ti-li :-.ior> on the inside of (‘ape <’od. near the village

Welltleci. The ho- I numbered about seven Mildred and lifty tish, and it i- estimated that they v ill yield about sixry gallons ot -il per hea l,

twinging quite a snug sum ol m m--v to those v ho assisted in capturing them

Louisville girls eat onion lu/.m to disc,»u» a n- v iing men whom they don’t care to cultivate.

h.» Bangor Whig bewilders us with the information that the ladies of that locality wear “cunning little seal-skins joe kick- with a mink tail to initi-

al it* ,i feather.” This appears to be on. of those us. a heiv extremes meet.

LOCAL ITEMS, A o

Maws of the County and City. uiuiu r.iKK. Them arc seven days to the

k and about tlie same number to the strong. .r'-l nas comes on tile 25th of December Ibis i'..... The wicked stand on slippery places,’’

wldch D nioiu than wi undo. Tins is an obi joke ci! a good one, and wc claim to have used it first

'li h winter. ..You can’t most always sometimes t.dl scarcely, is tile way they express a doubt out

tvi -t.Close oE navigation: tlie watering trough frozen over_Lots of sleighs out Wednesday.

Now tlm swallows arc returning,'’as the sea sick

passcngi r saiil when unloading li is ln-t men!. Brooks keeps our ears bobbin.The great beauty

a donkey, lu\ s in his delicate ear; it resembles a

— ss-board_t .its are thoughtful creatures—they ws a great deal.The chief amusement of the

i‘: ussiuti soldiers this winter, is slayiug parties. Motto for the cash system: “We take no note of lime" Motto for the credit system: “Charge,

i,aster, charge'-file sun will continue to rise die east till further notice. 1 in second lecture of the course was delivered

i !’ Whipple, of Boston, last Friday evening, in.i was attended hv a large audience. ITis subject a as

■ | .1 rating ami Laboring,” and the lecture shonr- I great thought and study on the part of the speak-

N’eithcr Ins manner nor delivery was so pleas- es (hat of .Mr I’arsons, and probably the lecture not please the majority of the listeners as well

Uiat on ’olumbus. It was listened to withgreut attention, nnd occupied an hour and a half in its k overy Tlie third entertainment will be a poem i'V Joim <1. Saxe, entitled “5 ankce Land," on the t.iili of ibis month.

II Is one hundred years since the settlement of Belfast, and our citizens propose to take suitable notice ol tlie occasion v committee chosen at a

cent meeting b is corresponded with lion. Joseph Williamson, who has consented to deliver an ad- l ess Oil the 21st or 22d iust.. to which other appropriate exercises will be added. Mr. Williamson lias given to the history of this locality a great deal "I thought, labor and patient investigation, and from the abundunt records and memoranda in bis possession will be able to give a most interesting account of tlie early inhabitants, who they were and through what labors and sacrifices they prepared homes and comforts for those who came after them.

Simouton, Bros. <fc Co., make a very rich and at- tractive display of winter goods. Live them a call.

Friday last the snow slid off the roof of Thorn- dike's store, coining down just behind McLellau’s horse, that was standing hitched to a cart. Just as tin snow slid off, the horse saw a man tip to the Custom House that lie was very anxious to speak to. and started for there on tiic run, smashing two of the iron posts which are sot in front of that building to keep the hens off tho steps. There was no

body killed, but there was a good repairing job on that cart.

Ln lS56,n patent was granted to Job White, of j this city for a very ingenious mac iliac lor cutting veneers from logs, the cutter working around tho circumference of the logs, and shaving off the sheets, like unrolling of paper. It is the only machine of the kind in use, and does a large business. Recently the Commissioner of Patents lias refused an extension of the patent to Mr. White’s executor, and the machine is now open to unrestricted public use.

The storm of Tuesday disarranged the trips of '.lie steamers. The City of Richmond did not leave Portland until Tuesday night. The Katabdin, from Boston, sought shelter in Portland, and remained until Thursday evening. The Cambridge, which ieit this harbor on Monday afternoon, put into

Bootlibay that night. The trips of the Cambridge and City of Richmond

arc envied for this season.

The amount of freight over our railroad surprises every one. Tlie rolling stock is insufficient to

brimr the amount offering, in the shape of Hour, corn, goods, hay, potatoes, lumber, Ac. A large lot of juniper knees from Palmyra for tA P. Carter A < ’<►. arrived last week.

Some enterprising thief stole 400 feet of lead pipe belonging to the railroad company. It led from Moore’s reservoir to a temporary water station at

Holt’s wharf, and was buried afoot in the earth. After considerable pickaxe exercise in the neighborhood. it was found to have departed lienee.

Several of our buy and potato buyers have, transferred themselves to the stations on the railroad, where they are doin, a brisk business. Eight ear

loads of produce raine in on Monday, one of which contained 100 bushels of potatoes, which paid $2S freight from Thorndike.

It is about time for hoys to break through the ice and get drowned. \Vr> contemplate offering a

premium of a new pair of skates to the first boy that will afford us u first class local item of the kind.

A diminutive and needy looking vender of smelts

recently -surprised a gentleman by returning a silver (•in which had been paid to him by mistake for a

penny. He received tin* -diver as a reward for his

sturdy honesty. ,j(*hn N\, son of the late Horace McKenncy, of

Monroe, last week run his hand against the saw of a stave machine, and cut the first two lingers into the middle of hi" hand.

As evidence »t the mildness of the season, (A S. Fletcher, E><p, of Stockton, states that on Nov. 27th he gathered a pumpkin that had not been touched

by the frost.

The Maine < 'enirnl people sav that the change of

gunge »n their mad cost but. s2G per mile, and that our whole road can he changed for $ 1.000.

(’apt. \V. S. Greene, an old and well known ■ iti/.i-n of Doer Isl died last week m Boston, whither ho had gone lbr medical treatment.

Those cats that serenaded us the other night with a duett, arc notified that much as we like music, it Me try it again they wili hear something drop.

Moses Bickford, ot Monroe, rose one morning last week, as well as usual, and after building a

ii! < died instantly without a struggle. ! wa< nor Willis, the convict, that Sherid

Sprague caught., hut an escaped lunatic Irom the Insane* Hospital.

George V White has gone on a visit of three weeks to I'd u'id'i. He sailed for Jacksonville hy strainer from Boston.

Healers in winter clothing are thorough!v dis-

gusted with the weather of the season thus far.

In Hurting cv-(Jovrnior Vanro to the IT. s. Seri- al'-, tile democrats of North Carolina have drawn an Hrphaut. which they already see will be ditlieult to take ire of. Hi* anti-union record in the days of the war. is aboil', as had as it could be made i Lewiston Journal.

If he is troublesome, Ju* will be committed ta the care, oft Jen. Long.street, the radical

elephant, and the President's relative, who ;

11-1s lurnmc so tame as to draw his salary at

New ( bdeatis with great regularity. A diet of greenbacks will lilt him all full of loyalty.

There i- at. least one man who appreciates the labors of the Herald in behalf of public improvements. It lives in Belfast, and H editor of the Journal, j < anulen Herald.

We are glad to notice that the Herald has

changed its views. An article in its columns a l'-w weeks ago indicated an opinion that we did not appreciate its labors. Having brought it to this happy and candid state ot

mind, we leave the subject until the Herald shall be again perplexed by doubts concern-

ing our lack of appreciation.

LETTER FROM^ ROCKLAND.

Correspondence ot the Journal.

ltlx ivl.ANn, Dec. 5, 1870.

We arc now passing through the most uncomfortable season of the year, to those who make ltocklaml their

houk and abiding place. Our streets have the appear a nee of plowed fields, rather than places for public travel. Still we live, and manage to get to and trom our places of business, daily, and sometimes go to meeting twice on the Sabbath.

fan past season has not been a very prosperous one

for business men here, at least to those who have been

engaged in manufacturing lime, and few will find them-

selves richer at the close of the year than they were at

the beginning. The consolidation of many of the lime

burners here into one corporation is now effected so far

us It can he until an act of incorporation is obtained. I am informed that a regular set of officers has been chosen ami the business and property is now under their direction. This arrangement will leave many of our business men without employment, and we hope they will turn their attention to some other branch of business which

may be lucrative io themselves and tho means of bringing wealth and prosperity to our city.

1 his place,at one time, was one of the most Nourishing ! ship building places in Maine-; but now very little of that 1 branch of business is being done her*' Only two small vessels have been built during tho past year, ami the

many places along our shore that onco heard the sound of the blacksmith's hammer and the carpenter’s ax, hear

them no more. Ou account of the late disastrous con-

gressional legislation they are hushed and still. The winter term of school in this city commenced to-

dav, and we are again disturbed by the frequent ringing of one of the church bells, which is rung as military orders are given, or a.s the Western cavalry officer gave them—the first order was to “prepare to git” and the order of execution was to “git up and git.’’ It may be

necessary to have a tire-bell rung fourteen times a day in order to get scholars to school in time, but many of us fail to see it. As for bell-ringing, we think wo are

ahead of any place in the State. Perhaps you think, because you maintain the old fogy idea of having a bell

rung at nine o’clock in the evening up there af Belfast, that you arc doing something extra In the way of bell-

ringing. But. just come down here, and stay over Sun-

day, and you will hear bells jingled as you never did before. I would say, however, in this connection, to any one who may think of staying here over Sunday, that it is not a good plan to drink too much poor whiskey ou

Saturday night, as a headache might follow on Sunday morning.aud for that reason he might not enjoy the ring lug of the bells. We have seven church bells in this

city, and by careful management the sextons make out

to ring them all at one time, and don’t wc have a noise V

There is a sort of rivalry between the First Baptist man

slid the Orthodox man, to see who can make his bell

strike the most in a given time. It Is conceded now

(hat the Orthodox man is a “lectio ahead.”

The December term of the Supreme Judicial Court for

this County will commence in this city on Tuesday of

next week. Judge Tapley is to preside. There is no

very important tiials that I am aware of, to take place, with the exception of the St. George manslaughter case,

which will probably be tried this term. I am iuformed that the usual number of divorces will be applied for at

this term. One attorney; here, who makes divorces a

specialty, is to enter forty divorce cases. Marshal Carver is making an effort to give the rumsellers a dose before the grand jury. Nomen.

RAILROAD AFFAIRS.

Our citizens an i the public generally will be gratified to lcaru that an arrangement has been made by which regular trains will be run upon our railroad. We have not got our rights under the lease, but we have probably

; realized the nearest approach to them that, is possible at

this time. With the very full and explicit declaration made in the tender that our rights shall not be in any manner adversely affected by an acceptance ot the offer

made, with the provisions and declarations in the vote of our directors, and all of these sustained by the opinion of our solicitor und the eminent legal gentlemen in the

board, it is scarcely possible that we peril anything by the course taken.

The suspicion on the part of our people that a snare

might be lurking under the enticements of this offer, was natural in view of the history of our railroad lease; but it is gratifying to see even this small approach to a

better conditonof things. It is pretty certain, we think, that if we incur no unseen peril by this course, it will

eventually lead to a better understanding between the

Companies, and to a final adjustment of disputes. Ler us hope for the best, but at the same time sleep with our

armor on.

A Home Truth. Gen. Garfield, who was

under Kosecrnns and Thomas Chief of Staff of the Army of the Cumberland, and who is

now a radical member of Congress from Ohio, delivered tin-oration before the reunion of that army at t luvcland last week. We find in the published report the following paragraph respecting the lamented Thomas :

While sniteful to hiseuuntrv for tin honor it .-.in-

fer red upon him, and while ehurisliiug all expres- sion., ot attention oil t'.ui part of his friends—he would not accept the smilin',t. token of regard, in the form of a gilt.

This was a telling home shot at Grant, who has been made a mill, entire by the acceptance of gifts of mon y and other property from those who ilesited and have received office at his hands, and from the rich men and

ring monopolists who sought and obtained the use of his administration to lurther their selfish purposes and rob the people.

The report of the Hosford trial, of which we publish a pretty full report to-day, will be read with interest. It is one of the most

curious chapters of the criminal history of the country. The extraordinary theory of the defence, that a man, armed with knife and pistol, may conceal himself under the bet of an unfaithful wife, knowing her to be

no, anil by the sight of that which he expected to sec, experience a five minutes insanity, kill a man, and be excused by tiic verdict ot'a

jury—that theory, we are happy to sav, is overturned by the finding of the jury in this case. Such a theory, carried into practice, is to give license to ruffianism and murder, that will find provocation wherever it is

sought for. The twelve men who constitut- ed the Augusta jury deserve the thanks of the whole community.

THE FRENCH WAR.

On Wednesday of last week the French Gen. Ducrot

mad ;i desperate attempt to raise the selge of Paris by a

sortie, with one hundred thousand men, under cover of

the guns of the torts, lie fell upon the Prussian line.ami for a time was successful. Hut later accounts state that

the attempt to break the Prussian lines was abandoned. But elsewhere the French have met with considerable successes, and feel encouraged that a turn of the tide is

at hand. Nkw York. Dec.

By sifting of the vast number of confused and contrad- ictory war despatches received up to a late hour this morning, the fact is undeniable that the French forces yesterday actually won a victory, as claimed, near Or- leans, hut the Germans certainly repulsed the French attack before Paris. It Is not true that the French army ol tin* Loire effected a junction with Trochu, though the Prussians lines were repeatedly successfully pierced during the engagement. The bayonet charges of the French were exceedingly brilliant.

LlLLK. Dec. 4. The evacuation of Ameiua by the Germans is confirm-

ed. The enemy as they letreated blowup the bridge. Nothing since has been heard of Gen. Monteuflel, and then- is little doubt he has abandoned ids march on the north and is hastening with all his forces to Paris.

London, Dec. 2. The army of the Loire, under General do Palladines,

‘ommencid a general movement along the whole line on

Wednesday, against the Prussians, under the Duke of Mecklenburg and Prince Frederick Charles, with the do sign cf insinuating itself between the two wings of the

! Prussian army. The forward movement was successful.

The lfltli corps carried tho intrenched position occupied by the Prussians, extending along the direct line through the villages of GuiUonville, Ferminiers, and Gorners, driving out the enemy and establishing itself in these towns. Simultaneously the first division attacked and carried gallantly at the point of tho bayonet the towns of Monneville. Villepani and Favorilcs, Manning in undisputed occupation. Thence the first division ex-

tended its line and formed a junction with the Kith corps.

The Prussians were defeated at all points, and retreat- ed in the direction of Lorgny and Chateau Semoray. They ieft the roads strewn and abandoned equipage.

Tours, Dec. J. The movement ot the army of the Loire continues, and

there are frequent encounters all along the line, without marked advantage on either side, Gen. Sonnis was

wounded and taken prisoner in an advance of the l?th corps, which, however, held its position.

A second attack was made on Antun by the Prussians and repuised with considerable loss to the assailants.

The enemy continues to retreat from the north Minister Gambetta lias received the following des-

patches ; Gen, Clanoy reports that the left wing of the army of

the Loire successfully advanced yesterday and carried the first Prussian line. The French were also successful

j in sfverai encounters west of Orleans—they drove the

; Prussians from Palsy, in the department of the Loire.

From tho N. Y. Sun (I impendent ltupub.) “HERE’S RICHNESS FOR YOU!’’

The President's Care for His Relations---His Wifo’s Third Cousins.

Under that shameful system of personal and family government with Gen. Grant lias established, the relatives of the President, of whatever degree, enjoy unusual privileges in respect of honors, salaries, and fees. The extraordinary number and variety of these connections have induced us to make the at-

tempt to present in tho form of a kind of Court Register a list of these fortunate persons, and of the offices and distinctions which they respectively enjoy. The compilation of this list lias cost us some labor; and we are

well aware that, alter all, many cousins and second cousins who hold office are not included; for, strange to say, this kind of Presidential benevolence does not seek pub- licity. Hut if any cousin or brother-in-law whom we have omitted or whom we have not accurately described will kindly inform us, wo will give hint his due place and his

proper title in a corrected catalogue of the ruling family:

T. Ulysses Simpson Grant, President of the United States.

II. Jesse Root Grant, President’s father, Postmaster at Covington, Kv.

III. Frederick Dent Grant,President's son, Cadet at West Point.

IV Orvil [,. Grant, President's brother, partner with the Collector of tile Port at.

Chicago. V. Frederick T. Dent, President’s father-

in-law, Claimant of Lands at Carondelot, Mo.—euchred by Wilson, Commissioner of the Land Office.

VI. Rev. M. J. Cramer, President’s brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark.

VII Abel llathborne Corbin, President’s brother-in-law, negotiator of gold and real estate speculations with James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould.

VIII. Brevet Brig. Gen. F. T. Dent, Presi- dent’s brother-in-law, chief usher at tho Exe- cutive Mansion.

IX. Judge Louis Dent, President’s brother-in-law, Counsel for Claimants before the President. Fees estimated at $40,000 a year.

X. George W. Dent, President’s brother- in-law, Appraiser of Customs, San Francisco.

XL John Dent, President’s brother-in-law, only Indian Trader for New Mexico, under Indian Bureau; place worth $100,000 a year.

XII. Alexander Sharpo, President’s brother-in-law, Marshal of the District of Colum- bia.

XIII. Janies F. Casey, President’s brother-in-law, Collector of the Port ot New Or- leans ; place worth $30,000 a year.

XIV. James Longstreet. President’s brother-in-law’s cousin, Surveyor of the Port of New ( >rleans.

XV. Silas Hudson,President’s own]cousin. Minister to Guatemala.

XVI. George K. i.eet, President’s brother- in-law’s cousin, Public Stores, New York; place worth §100,000 a year.

XVII. Orlando 11. It oss. President’s own

cousin, Clerk in the Third Auditor’s Office, IV ashington.

XVIII. l)r. Addison Dent, President’s brother-in-law’s third cousin, Clerk in the Register’s office, Treasury Department, Washington.

XIX. J. F. Simpson, President's own

cousin, Second Lieutenant; Twenty-fifth In- fantry.

XX. John Simpson, President’s own cousin. Second Lieuteunant, Fourth Artillery.

XXL George li. Johnson, President’s mother’s second cousin, Assessor of Internal Revenue, Third District, Ohio.

XXII. B. L. Wyntans, President’s cousin’s husband, Postmaster, at Newport, ivy.

XXIJi. Miss E. A. Magruder, President’s brother-iu-law’s second cousin, Clerk in Gen Spinner’s office. Treasury Department.

And now what do tli American people think o1.' the facts we have just laid before them Is this wlmt they expected when they chose Gen. Grant to be their President? We ki.ou that it is not what w expected when wo advocated his election; and if wo had supposed it possible, we would sooner have burned oil our right hand than ask any citizen to vote for him

Were there anything in the facts charged upon Andrew Johnson in his impeachment to compare in real criminality with the base and degrading and dangerous action of President Grant in giving office to his relatives ?

Thi<-vest Knaves! : SWINDLERS!!! These are mild terms with which to designate those mean contemptible adventurers who have been induced tiy tin high reputation which Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy lias won, to put up and offer for sale a worthless imitation of this celebrated medicine. Remo niter that Dr. R. V. Pierce’s private Stamp, whirl; is tie- only Positive Guarantee of Genuine- ness, should be upon every package. This private Stamp, issued by the IT. 8. Government expressly for stamping Dr. Pierce’s medicines, has upon it liis portrait, name and address, and the words -U. s. Certificate ol Genuineness.” Don’t get swindled by men calling themselves Dr. Sage; Dr. l’ierce of Buffalo, X. Y., is the only man now

living that lias the right and can make the original Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by druggists or sent bv mail on receipt of sixty cent.

A Must Deuuiitki.t. Dessert may he found in the new article of food, Sea Moss Panne which can be purchased for twenty-live cents a package, that will produce sixteen quarts of most excellent blanc mange, orja proportionate quantity of custards, light puddings, farina, creams, sauces, gruels, charlotte Russe, Ac. This seems almost incredible; hut it is vouched for by ladies of the highest re-

speetahillity, who append their names to their statements. The company state that at least fifty delicious dishes can he made from the Sea Moss Pu- rine, and give iu tlieir circular the recipes formally of them. We .'onsider Mr. Rand’s discovery ii highly important one for the millions, and indeed for all classes of society, in these stringent times.

From Hundreds of Reported Cases where patients have increased in weight from live to forty pounds while using Fellows’ Compound Syrup (it Hypophnspliites. no doubt remains of its powerful action on the organs of nutrition.

Winter is now fairly upon us, and the teams are hastening to the lumber woods in various parts of the country. Our advice to every man who goes to the woods, he he captain, cook, teamster, or any other man, is to take along a good stock of ‘‘John- son’s Anodyne Liniment” and “Parson’s Purgative Pii!.” Many months of labor «.m the agregate) may he saved by this precaution.

Kcnne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil is a very valuable compound for rheumatism, and every kind of pain, ague in the face and jaws, neuralgia, spinal irritation, headache, and lumen* ss, bruises, contu- sion and sprains.

IF YOU HAVE THE DYSPEPSIA, Headache, i Dizziness, (’ostiveness. Piles, Oppression after Eating,Sour Rising, or any indigestion or Billiou*- ness, if you do not thank us alter using Dr. Harri- son's Peristaltic Lozenges, we will forfeit the price of tin* box. Also warranted to cure every kind of Piles. Forsaleut No. i. fremont Temple, Boston I»v E. Harrison’s A Co.. Proprietors, and by atl Druggists. .Mailed tor Ob cents. ‘irnolt*

African Wtxr.s. It is not generally' known that Cape Colony produces the most delicious wines grown on the face d the earth. \ cargo received as a remittance t»\ >i.r neighbors Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co contains several varieties raised there, among which the (Ymstatieia commands the highest price of any wine in the world. Almost the entire crop of it i> consumed in the palaces of Europe, this rare exception being sent to them in exchange for their medicines, which have long been the sta- ple remedies of.South Africa. [Poston Journal.

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Rye, l.oo to O.uo Lamb per lb, K to lo Corn, l.lo to ou! turkeys,per lb, 70to 22 Bailey, 05 to 70 j Chickens, per lb 14 to 17 Beans, 2.00 to 2 50 j Ducks, per lb, 2u to Ou Marrowfat Peas,l.uo to 1.27>'(iecse, 15 to Is Oats, >7. to 0U| Hay per ton, $lbto20 New Potatoes, 7u to 0u Lime, $1.25 to 00 Dried Apple.-, !u to 1 “i Washed Wool, 35 to 40 Cooking, de. 5u to ouj Unwashed Wool, 25 to 30 Butter, 3li to 4u| Pulled Wool, 40 to 00 Cheese, 20 to OOj Hides, 7 1-2 to 00 Eggs, 32 to 33 .Call'.Skins, 10 2-3 to 00 Lard, 20 to 00 Sheep Skins, 50to$> Beef, 0 to h Wood, hard, $0.00 to 00 Apples,Baldwin. 75 to l.OOj Wood, sob $1.00 to 00 Veal, 1" to Ouj Dry Pollock, 4 to 5 Dry Cod a to 10 | Straw, $S to 10

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Ill Stockton, 28th, ult., by J. G, Bowen, Es<i., Mr John G. Keene of Stockton, t<> Miss Aildie N. Tripp, 01 Swanvllle.

In Ellsworth, Mr. Charles C. Burrill, and Miss Fanny D. Forsaith, all otlEllsworth. Mr. Albert Hamilton and Miss Nettle F. Wilson, both of Ellsworth.

In Hancock, Calvin 1*. Graves to Miss Abbie G. Tracy, both ot Hancock. Mr. John I*. Walker to Mis > Maggie A. Milos, both ot Hancock.

In Stockton, Nov. 30th, by C. S. Fletcher, Mr. B. F. Small to Mrs. Octavia Bowden.

DIED. -1-•— --—

[ Obituary tti-.es,-teyand the date, name ind ug<:,must be paid for.) In Appleton, Nov. lth, Robert, son ot the late Dea.

William Linnekeii, aged *»:; yours s month'. ills name will not be missed from the roll of fome, al-

though but few die whose merely personal withdrawal makes a more conspicuous gap in the community in which they lived. Ho was born in St. George, M, ., Feb. 27, 1S07, tour years after the incorporation ot that town. In 1810 his parents moved to Appleton, in this state, Robert being at that time three years of age. Here he spent his boyhood, grew to manhood, established himself on iiis father’s farm of which heat length took the entire charge. He married and reared a family of eight children, never having left his own door, more than ten days at a time,during his life. His widow and six children survive him.

As a husband and father he was uniformly, kind, affectionate aud faithful. Firm in his own religious convictions it was his earnest desire that his children should cherish in their hearts and illustrate in their lives the laith that “Works by love.’1 His letters were seldom wanting in tender, paternal counsel to them to this effect.

Though he made no public profession of Religion, he was not a stranger with peace and practical power. To one ot his daughters who asked him during his last sick ness if there was anything she could do to make him more comfortable, he replied “Nothing in this life, my

! child; but there will be comfort aud rest for me soon in Heaven. Don’t mourn for me when I am gone, but remember the counsels I have given you and the instructions which from the lips and example of an affectionate mother were instilled into your childhood.’’ Though his sufferings at times during his sickness were intense, h!s faith enabled him to bo of good cheer and did not fail bun to the last.

Though he had received only a common school education, he was well read in History,<for which he had a peculiar fondness and good memory. He was a good citizen; without being a violent partizau In politics, he appreciated his political privileges and responsibility. For the space of forty-two years, the whole period of his majority, he had been absent from the electoral polls but once, lie loved his country. In 18i»4 he gave his sou, whom lie had been looking to as a comfort and help in his old age, as a sacrifice to the National Union,

He was a good neighbor and friend, a man of singular probity and honesty, of which numerous striking>xam- ples might be given. The whole town misses and mourns him. lie was a good man, The memory of the right- eous Is blessed.”

On the hill side over looking the home of this youth, with son, daughter, and parents by his side, he rests in peace.

“Blessed are the dead, who di«- m the Lord—for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them.

In North Union,Aug. 18th,Miss Julia A. Fossett, aged 22 years, II months and is days.

She sleeps beneath her native earth, And near the spot that gave her birth Her youthful feet trod llowers that bloom In beauty o’er her early tomb.

She rests beneath her native earth, With grateful hearts we’ll sing her worth ; He gentle ways shall ever dwell In hearts that knew and loved her well. And oft we’ll lilt the tearful eyes, To hear her calling from the skies ; Oh, how could we her absence bear, But that wo hope to meet her there.

In Thorndike, July 31, Allison I\ Ward, son of Win, Ward, Jr., aged 20 years 0 months.

In Thorndike, Nov. 30, of consumption Murcian W. McManus, aged 34.

In San Francisco, Nov.of congestion of the lungs, M a ry Fannie, wife of W. II. Severance, and daughter of Mrs. Abagail Toothakcr of this city, aged 2'J years and ti months.

In Cohasset, Mass., Nov. 21, irrs. Hellen 51. IVrkins, only daughter of Adam and Elizabeth Shuman, ol Wal doboro, aged 23 years aud a months.

In Montville, Nov. 20, Eliza T. Steven9ou, wife of (’ol. Win, Stevenson a worthy member of the 5I°thodist church, aged 72 years 7 months and 10 days.

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DR. SCHENCK ADVISES CONSUMPTIVES TO GO TO FLORIDA IN WINTER.

Having for the last- thirty-five years devo* -d niv whole time and attention to the siudy of lung diseases and consumption, I feel that I understat'd fullv tlu- course that ought to be pursued to restore a tolerably bad case ot diseased lungs to healthy soundness. The nr.it and most important step is, for the patient to avoid taking cold; and the best of all places on this continent for this purpose, in winter, is Florida, weil down in the State, where the temperature is regular, and no: ‘ojhu-ct to such variations a- in more northern latitudes Palaika is a point 1 can re- on- mend. A good hotel is kept there by Peterman Last winter l saw several persons there whose lungs had been badly diseased, but who, under the healing influence of the climate and my medicines, were getting well.

«)nc hundred miles farther down the river is a point which I would prefer to Palaika, as the temperature is moro ev« n and the air dry and bracing. Meilonvilic and Enterprise are locate# there. I should give a decided preference to Meilonvilic: it is two miles from river > lake, and it seems almost impossible to take cold there. The tables l:i Florida might be better, and patients complain at times: but that is a good sign, as it indicates a return of appetite and. when tliisis tho case, they generally Increase in flesh, and then the lungs must heal.

Jacksonville. Hibernia, Green Cove, and many other places in various parts of Florida, can he safely'reo m

mended to consumptives In winter. My reasons tor saying bo are. that patients are less liable to take oo!d there than when, there is a less even temperature; ami it is not n<‘-

cessary to say, that, where a consumptive person expo-os himself tu frequent colds, he is certain to die short!} of tho reach of prevailing east winds and logs. Jackson ville, or almost any other of the localities l nave named, will benefit those who are troubled with a torpid liver, a

disordered stomach, deranged bowels, sore throat, or cough; but, for those whoso lungs are diseased, a more southern point is earnestly recommended.

For fifteen years prior to lHflO, I was professionally In New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia every week, where I saw and examined on an average live hundred patients a week. A practice so extensive, embracing every possible phase of lung disease, has enat led me to un-

derstand the disease fully; and lienee my caution in regard to taking cold. A person may take "vast quantities of

Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweed Tonic, and Mandrake Pills,” and yet die if he d-.-es not avoid taking cold.

In Florida, nearly everybody Is using Schenck’s 51an- drako Pills; for the climate Is more likely to product- bilious habits than more northern latitudes. It is a well- established fact, that natives of Florida rarely die of consumption, especially those of the southern part. On tie- other hand, in New England, ono-thiruat least of the population die of this terrible disease. In the Middle States, it does not prevail s<> largely ; still there are many thousands of cases there. What a vast percentage of life would ho saved if consumptives were as easily alarmed in regard to taking fresh colds as they are about scarlet fever, small-pox. Ac. I but thex are not; they take what they term a little cold, which they are credulous enough to bc-lieve will wear oil in a few da vs. They' pay no attention to if, and hence it lays the foundation for another und another still, until the lungs are diseased beyond all hope of cure.

My advice to persons whose lungs are affected, even slightly, is to lay in a stock ofSchunck’s Pulmonic Syrup, Schenck’s Seaweed Tonic, and Schenck’s Mandrake Pills, and go to Florida. I recommend these particular medicines, because I am thoroughly acquainted with their action. I know, that, where they are used In strict accordance with my directions, they will do the work that is required. Tl is

accomplished, nature will do the rest. Tho physician who prescribes for cold, cough, or night sweats, and then advises the patient to walk or ride out every day, will lie sure to have a corpse on his hands before long.

My plan is, to give my tlir>-o medicines in accordance with tho printed directions, except in some cases where a freer use of tho Mandrake Pills is necessary. My object Is, to give tone to the stomach. —to get up a good appetite. It

pry: i "have ho pcs’of such, \vith a relish for food, and the gratification of that relish, comes good blood, and with it more flesh, which is closely followed by a healing of the lungs. —then tho cough loosens und abates, the creeping chilis and clammy night sweats n longer uros- trate and annoy, and the "patient gets well, provided ho

J»o\v, there are many consumptives who have not the* meal to go to Florida. Tho question may ho asked, is there no hope for such ? Certainly there is. My advice to such is. and ever has been, to stay in a warm room during the. winter, with a temperature of about seventy degrees, which should be kept regularly at that point by means of a thermometer. Lei such a patient take his exercise within the limits of tho room by walking up and down as much as

his strength will permit, in order to keep up a healthy cir- culation of the blood. I lmvo cured thousands by this system, and can do so again. Consumption is as easily cured ns any other disease, if it is taken in time, and the proper kind of treatment is pursued. The fact stand* undisputed on record, that Senmick's Pulmonic Syrup, Mandrake Pills, and Seaweed Tonic have cured very many of wlmt seemed to bo hopeless cases of consumption. <<o where y u

will, you will bo almost certain to tlnd some poor con-

sumptive who has been resulted from the very jaws of death by their use. 'So far as tho Mandrake Pills nro concerned, everybody

should keep a supply of them on hand. They act on tho liver belter than calomel, and leave u«mo ot its hurtful effects behind. In fact, they are excellent in all cases where a purgative medicine is required. If von have par-

| taken too fr—ly of fruit, and diarrlm-a, ensues, a dose of tho Mandrakes will cure you. If um uro subject to sick headache, take a dose of the Mandrakes, and they will relic* you in two hours. If you would obviate tli« effect a

change of water, or the too free indulgtnco in fruit, ta’... one of the Mandrakes every night, and you may tiny drink water, and eat water-melon*, pears, apples, plums,

t peaches, or corn, without the ri.-k of being made sick by them. Alley will protec t those w ho live in damp situations against chilis and fevers. Try them. They are petfectlv harmless. They can Uo you good only.

1 have abandoned my professional visits to Boston and New York, but continue, to seo patients at liiv wile *, No lf> North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, uv.ry Saturday, from it, a.m., toll, i*.m. Those who w i*di a thorough examination wall tho Kespiroinetcr will be charged Uvo dollars. Tho Kcspir'.meter declares the exact condition W iliu lun;>; and patients can readily learn whether they are curable or not. But 1 desire it ili.-.linctly understood, that tho Nai- rn- of my medic u, depends entin ly upon their being taken stm tly according t .directions.

In conclusion, I will Kiyx that when persons take my medicines, and their systems arc brought, into a healthy conditiou thereby, they are not r.oliub.- to take cold ; y* t no one with discard lungs ran hear a suddci > hutige of at-

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HOPES AND FEARS.

(>i:r iiopr> an' like the wreaths of foam That glitter on each shining wave,

" i’ll with the gushing sound thev come. d ue white and thirsty beach to lave.

I'll.' waters part, the ripples gleam \ moment on the silent shore.

Aud vanish, a- the hopes that seem A moment bl ight, aud arc no more.

"s. i-I'llfor love, fo" lame, for power, I o ii:. frail threads of life we cling,

ho; will illI withered flower, A min ii up with broken string,

V i ho] wi! shed a glimmering ray Ii dii on pleasure's ruined shrine,

m ci;,!,•ring columns still look gay \Vh n sunbeams o'er them shine.

I U -ugh s' wred lie hue's magic chain, '■'ill to it' broken charms wc trust,

An I hope to mend the links again, 'Alien grief has eaten them with rust,

t r dl as tin bubbles on the beach I hat hope may he—a transient beam,

I’m', l'elt ot joy. bis sweet to teach d he heart to hii-Ii it' grief and dream.

Mr hop. arc hke the flowers that bloom ..the mountain's verdant side,

1 ,i o mountain's heart a burning tomb. |i fl i v the lava's scorching tide.

1 mg and flourish, fade and die. 1 o human hope:—as frail and fair,

U i.ii wi n -lilcss tires beneath them lie. I.ikc human passions hidden there.

'mi f. ar- are like the clouds that shed I in ii gloom across the summer skv ;

'A hi u life is fairest, some wild dread m grief is ever hovering nigh. I gloom may pas—the shadow fade. \nd tin- sunlight only seem to reign

\w| -till there is a lingering shade, A f that clouds that will come again.

" ri i.ii' bright wells of gladness spring, II 1 « ill the youthful heart deeov. !: ar is holering there, to fling

V shadow o'er the path of joy. A ank.r worm within the fruit,

A nt iii the linnet's nest, u! ry ei cr grim and mute,

r within the human breast. A iiuUow never spans the skv,

!’•'! mm dark spirit of I In* storm, " h a' 111 ■ plume, is hovering nigh,

i o watch iis son and fairy form, be never chants her angel song, ii le ls ii- rest beneath her wing,

!'• i' f with all its phantom throng I a the distance hovering.

th |,i na I wreath of fame. A'u i ah her tickle favors trust,

i i •> —perchance without a name, Ami tiu.I the chaplet turned to dust.

wo ,i*s away, ’mid smiles anil tears— I w. .I.liner peal, the funeral toll;

r'Ugh o'ershailowed still by fears, lie the sunlight of the soul.

REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES AT POMPEII.

I hiring the eruptions of Vesuvius, which I' -trot .ii the ancient city of Pompeii, those who

avi d inn long in making their escape fell ■ : 'tin:'. t a- the most part, to the pernicious '■I’h ■ "f sulphuric and carbonic acid gases,

1 n r.' rapidly covered by the showers of Li ; billowing the eruption, which, grad-

1 i.anlcning. formed perfect moulds of ,1' miha])]iy beings who miserably perished,

>m which admirably casts are taken, shovv- : 'h i: forms, features, expressions and

nde. when overtaken by death. At the ■ ..’u.iiing of the excavations little attention

paid In these natural moulds, only a few aving hi eii partially east and preserved, the

remarkable of which were those of a "and. w if- and child; the husband at the in "i' death pressing tightly to his

•; nineteen pieces of gold and ninety-one "f silver, which were found lixed to

the wife had let fall a coarse lin- '■ ir■ t. in which were found fourteen

•ts, gold rings, car-rings, and jewels impuriance. It was only, however,

I that M. Florelli hail the happy idea ■ lilling those natural moulds with a peculi- r liution of plaster, by which process the

'■nils are rcjirndueed in tlieir integrity, i’le lirsi group reproduced is a man, a wo-

rn ami two young girls, who had remained n d 'i-s until ton late; when they at-

■ d''"d t" ■—iji." by the window or terrace, "> 'i a suddenly asphyxiated, and cover-

d l>\ the dust, which faithfully preserved eiititour nl their forms In 1803 a body

••••produced was that of a man who had "lib'ii witli t'.icc downward, whose face was die image of despair and suffering—

1 I'■ 11<• 1:.• 11 1 ■ 111 and clasped hands elo- ■nexpressing the agony he had endur-

d. \ xt in the interest i- the form of a nl who laid fallen on her back, whose

ight hand leans upon tlio earth, her left idl'd as if trying to ward oil' the danger,

b" aid lie:-flight, she had raised her vest- lu-nfs. U r I .mi is tall and elegant, her admiraiily arched foot encased in strong >andals, being i favorite study for artists. 1 1 111 •1 of her lingers is a silver ring, while i" a. her were found gold ear-rings, a silver on r mid ii amber statue representing * A) id. Her hair in front forms three rows

i -aiglet', and falls, plaited, over her back.

REVISED CENSUS QUESTIONS. in the pi-e-ent method of taking the national

■ 1 -idjt appears to us that an excellent opportunity oi obtaining a large mass of valuable statistical facts bearing on the prosperi- and national resources of the country is ‘ik.'!." t in-, ost tin-another ten years, and

; hereiore biggest the propriety of introducing sonic su 'li list of questions as the fol- i"Ving, the an over to which would prove far more interesting than more commonplace,

v. *■ ry day details ot name, age, sex, profes- I m or occupation, relation to head of lam-

iiv. etc. Arc you engaged? W lr.it tooth ]> wder do you use? i > >«*s }nur lnother-in-hiw re-idc under your (l :>n! do you find this arrangment con-

du tn domestic happiness? Wi y iu ■>)] iriendly terms with your wife’s

y i Mi- State the number of meals they '■ in your house during the last

:ni «*r iiiouuis.

1 low many false teeth have you ? Air you homu'opath, allopath, hydropath,

tlicrmopath or Turco-bath? What allowance do you make your wife?

and docs -he make it do ? How otten in the week last preceding the

'd o| .May. 1 Mo. had you cold meat for dinner?

Ah.it number of servants do you keep? and how many times have you changed them during the last three months? What are your arrangements with them as to tea, sugar,their own washing and the back gate?°I)o von allow followers?

1 > > you take snuff? Is the hair you wear all your own ,J (This

question is not compulsory on ladies.) Have you any expectations from wealthv relatives ?

Do you sutler Irom indigestions? Are you High-Church, Low-Church, Broad-

I'lnirrh, Narrow-Church, Fast-Church, Slow- < 'hurcli. or No-Church ?

Do you take sugar in your tea? Do you take the Republican Journal and

pay in advance for it?

Husbands ought “to keep out ol the kitchen.” A husband who did not, writes thus ol the consequences: “I found fault some time ago with -Maria Ann’s custard pie, and tried to tell her how my mother made custard pie. Maria made the pie after my receipt. It last- longer titan any other pie we ever had. Ma- na set it on the table everyday for dinner, :,ml you see I could not eat it because I for- goL to toll her to put in any eggs or shorten- "‘o- ‘’wits economical, but in a lit of gen- cro-tly 1 stole it from the pantry and gave it to a poor little boy in the neighborhood. The boys itineral was largely attended by his bu rner playmates. I did not go myself.”

A good story is told of Anna Dickinson which illu'’(.rales that a woman, however eni- incut, is a woman still. When she opened the “Boston Lyceum” she came to the front of the platform at half-past seven and quietly surveyed the audience without opening her mouth, for several minutes. She did not sit down, though a chair and been provided for Iter. “Why didn’t you sit down?" asked one of the managers. What answer gave tint little woman? “Do you suppose I'"was going to sit down in my new dress?”

SHOT iN BATTLE,

[From the Nortu tie-nan a (iu/dU. j ••There! a blow in the breast, a tea ring in

the both-, a fall with a loud cry and terrible pain; there I lay one of the victims of this bloody day. My first sensation was anger at the blow, my second an expectation of seeing myself explode, lor judging by the sound of flic ball 1 believed 1 had a grenade in my body ; then came the pain, and with its help- lessness and tailing.! Oh, how frightful are

| those first moments Where I was hit, how 1 was wounded, 1 could form no idea; 1 onlv

fell that I could not stir, saw the battalion disappear from my sight, and myself alone on the ground amid the fearful howling and whistling of the balls which were incessant- ly striking the earth around me. With difficulty could I turn my head a little, and saw behind me two soldiers attending on a third, who was lying on the ground.

“(>t what happened 1 can give no account, except that I cried for help several times as well as 1 could, for the pain and burning thirst had the upper hand. At last both of them ran up to me, and with joy I recognized the doctor and hospital attendant of my Company. 'Where are you wounded?’ is the first question. 1 could only point. My dress was quickly opened, and in the middle ot the breast a bloody wound was found, which the doctor hastily bound. The ball- still constantly whizzed round us ; one struck the doctor’s helmet, and immediately. I felt a violent blow in the left arm.

•‘Another wound! With difficulty 1 was turned round, to look tor the outlet of the bullet; but it was still in my body, near the spine. At last it was cut out. 'Is the wound 1 dangerous?’ I asked. hope not.’ TTay tell me the truth.’ 'Xyt r r;/ dangerous, it is to be hoped,’ and with the emphasized •very' my hopes melted. They were going away, ‘The wound in the arm, doctor.’ This, fortunately, was looked for in vain ; the ball had merely caused a blue spot, and had sunk into the ground harmlessly. 1 extended un- hand to the doctor and thanked him as also the attendant, whom 1 commissioned to send word to my family.

“Ceaslesslv it whizzed and howled round me. The doctor had carefully laid my helmet on my head in order, in some measure, to protect me from the laden hail. Thus I lay alone with my own thoughts, amid the most terrible tire, perhaps, for an hour and a half.

All my thoughts, as far as pain and in- creasing weakness allowed, were fixed on

my family. Gradually I got accustomed to the danger which surrounded me, and only when too much sand from the striking bul- lets were thrown on my body did 1 remember my little enviable position. * At last, alter long, long waiting, the sanitary detachment came to me.”

THE TRIALS OF COURTSHIP.

From tlie F.rie (Fa..; Dispatch, Nov. :1.,

Discreditable as tlie following story may be to the parties concerned, we have the word of one of those engaged in it, a rail- roader and well known here as to the facts: Two friends— we'll call them Tom and Dick—went a few nights since to call on a

couple of damsels who reside with their mother in the southern portion of the city. The old lady is slightly deaf and the girls somewhat roguish. The two gentlemen were graciously reeieved by the old lady.who formed a fifth in the social circle. Ordinary bed time came and the gentlemen professed to leave, the maids showing them to the door, lint this was only a ruse to get the old lady to bed. The front door was opened and shut and the girls returning to the dining room, the two beaus having been slipped in- to the front parlor and left there in the dark. It was supposed, of course, that the slightly deaf old lady would soon be in the land of Mod, but she took a sudden whim to go and sit in the parlor lor awhile, and, taking up a

light, started for that place. Dick and Tom had ben anxious listeners and watchers, and now saw the old lady approaching with a

lamp. As she passed into the hall of course their only means of escape were cut off. Dick made a dive behind a lounge that stood out a few inches from the wall—the framework was too low for him to crawl under—and Tom, finding no other place, wedged himself in on top of Dick. The old lady set the lamp on the tburcau, took up a book, and delib- erately seating herself on the lounge, began to read. The feelings.of the two nice young men behind the lounge may lie better im- agined than described. Tom was in dread of immediate detection, while Dick dreaded smothering. He was so frightfully cramped that lie was getting reckless as to consequen- ce and in a muffled voice, that only the old lady’s deafness prevented her from noticing, mumbled to Tom. “Kick the lounge over, blow the lamp out, and let’s jump through the window.” As Dick was squirming in a

way that boded a sudden expose for Tom, it is probable that the latter would have taken his advice to the letter, but for the interposi- tion of the quick wilted girls. At first, ex-

pecting the cat was out of the bag, they had kept back, ready to take the storm ol re-

proach they could not avoid; but, bearing no noise after the old lady entered, they went to see what had become of the gallants. Two pair of hoots and a foot or so of pantaloons were visible trom the door, and the girls, making some commonplace remarks to their mother, went away laughing loudly. “Plian- cy the phelinks” of the chaps behind the lounge. But in a few seconds there came a shout from the wood shed, where the girls then were, saying their lamp had blown out, and asking “mother” to come with hers. The boys heard them plainly, and even

smothering Dick stopped his muttering and threatening. The good old lady arose, wip- ed her specs and folded them away, and bidding the girls not to be frightened went off with the lamp to their aid. It would be su-

perfluous to say that the lounging boys didn’t lounge just there any longer. They unlocked the front door as quietly as they could and slid out without even bidding the young ladies good night. It was well for them that they did, for in less than three minutes the old lady was seated on the lounge again perusing her book.

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QU ACK NOSTRUM-MA K KBS, through false certificates and references, and recommend ations of their medicines by the dead, who cannot expose or contradict them; or who, besides, to further their im- positions, copy from medical books, much that is written of the qualities and effects of different herbs and plant- and ascribe all the same to their Pills, Extracts. Specifics &c., most of which, if not all, contain Mercury, because of the ancient belief of its curing everything,” but now known to kill more than is cured,M and those not killed, constitutionally injured for life,

IGNORANCE OF QUACK DOCTORS AND NOSTRUM-MAKERS.

Through the ignorance of the Quack Doctor, knowing no other remedy, he relies upon Mkkcuky, and gives it to all his patients, in Tills, Drops, &c., so the Nostrum- maker, equally iguorant, adds to his so-called Extracts, Specific, Antidote, &c., both relying upon its effects in curing a few in a hundred, it is trumpeted in various ways throughout the land; but, alas I nothing is said ol the balance, some of whom die, others grow worse and are left to linger and sutler for months or years, until relieved or cured, it posssible, by competent physicians.

BUT ALL QUACKS ARE NOT IGNORANT. Notwithstanding the foregoing facts are known to

| some auack doctors and nostrum-makers, yet, regardless ol the life and health ol others, there are those among them who even perjure themselves, contradicting giving mercury to their patients, or that it is contained in their nostrums, so that the “usual fee” may be obtained lor prolessediy curing, or “the dollar,” or fraction of it,” may be obtained for the nostrum. It is thus that many are deceived, also, and spend large amounts for experi- ments with quackery.

DR. DIX’S Charges are very moderate. Communications sacredly Conlidential, and all may rely on him with the strictest secrecy and coutidence, whatever may be the disease,condition or situation of any one, married or single.

Medicines sent by Mail and Express to all parts ol t.ie United States,

All letters requiring advice must contain one dollar to insure an answer.

Address Dr. L. Dtx, No. 21 Endicott St. Boston, Mass. Boston .Jan. 1 1&70—lyr

TO THE LADIES. — The celebrated DR. L. DIX particularly invites all Ladies who need a Medical or

Surgical adviser, to call at his Rooms, 21 Endicott St.. Boston, Mass., which they will find arranged lor their special accommodation.

DR. DIX having devoted over twenty years to this particular branch of the treatment of all diseases peculiar to females, it is now conceded by all, (both in this country and Europe,) that he excels all other known practic- ioners in the safe, speedy and etl'ectual treatment ol ali female complaints.

His medicines are prepared with the express purpose of removiug all diseases, such as debility, weakness, un- natural suppressions, enlargements of the womb, also all discharges which How from a morbid state of the blood. The Doctor is now fully prepared to treat in his peculiar style, both medically and surgically, all diseases of the female sex, and they are respectfully invited to call at

!¥<». '* ■ Emlicotl Street. IBo«t«n» All letters requiring a«lvicc must contain onedolir r t*

Insure an answer. Boston. Jan. 1 l.-Uo—lyr

Siinoiiton Bros, tfc Co., Have received an entire new In-

voice of Fall and Winter

Dress Goods. A great variety is in Stock, so that

every customer can gratify their

tastes in Price and Style.

Quickest anil Easiest Route to Boston! Through by Steamor and Railroad,

-STEAM Kit-

City of Hiclnnoiicl

Capt. W n. E. DEI^IM>.\.

The steamer city of Richmond, having been put in complete order the past winter, is now

making her regular thrice weekly trips between Port land and landings on the Penobscot Riv r and Hay, leaving Portland every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 o’clock, P. M.,or on the arrival of the Express Train from Hoston. Leaving Belfast on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at *.* o’clock.

Passengers will be ticketed through to Hoston and all intermediate stations, arriving the same evening.

The Richmond is one of the strongest and safest boats ever built, of remarkable speed, clean and comfortable. Passengers are assured that every pains will betaken to insure their comfort and sab tv.

Belfast, April *^7, 1.S7U. tf'lti

SANFORD’S

Independent Line

BOSTON & LOWELL. Spring Arrangements for 1870.

niK.t.TlKK

CAMBRIDGE, 1 Capt. J. i\ JOHNSON,

and STEAMER KATAIIDIN, uapi. 11. o. ltlLII, will make three trips per week —

Leaving Belfast every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY apd FRIDAY, at 2 o’clock 1*. M.

Returning—leaves Boston every MON DAY, WEDNES- DAY and FRIDAY, at 5 o’clock 1*. M, Freight taken at Summer rates. All Freight must be accompanied by Steamers Receipts.

GEO. G. WELLS, Agent. June 20, lsro. tf.'ts

BANGOR & BOSTON. PROPELLOR LINE.

iTEiMNlllP

ALLIANCE Capt. T. R. SHUT 10,

ww in commence ncr regular trips oetween isangor and Boston, leaving Battery wharf Boston, THURSDAY, APRIL?, 1870,touching at Belfast, Sandy Point, Bucks- port, Winterport and Bangor. Freight and passengers taken at reasonable rates.

S. S. LEWIS & SON, Agents. Belfast, April 6 1870. ti-39

jyj It. C'OOl’Elt is still at the old stand of

HALLS & COOPKR, where he will keep constantly on hand a good assortment of Lumber, Ceuaent, Lime, Kami uiaal IIMir, also Corn, Flour and (iroceries.

Thankful for past favors he respectfully solicits a con- tinuance of the same. M. It. COOPER.

Belfast Feb. 10 1870. tf32

Belfast Savings Bank- NOW IS T1IE TIME TO DEPOSIT.

“A penny saved is a penny earned.”

DEPOSITS made on or before the 1st of any month will be placed upon interest every month, (except in May and November) and totepest computed upon the

same in June and December. Deposits received daily at the Banking Room, from 9

to 12 A. M., and 2 to4 P. M. Saturdays from 9to 12 A M JOHN H. QUIMBY,Treas. ASA FAllNCE Prest*

Belfast, July 13,1870. m

HBU*

•-CiO Fe(t Front—Iron and Glass.'

WORKS OF THE united states watch comp any.

GILES, WALES ^CO. MARION, N. J.

GILES, WALES & CO., 7.1/ t’OI! FEUS, MANt'FACTl ’HERS, AND JuBliEEs

— UNITED STATES WATCH CO., 13 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK,

MANUFACTURERS WATCHES, PENDANT WINDERS AND KEY WINDERS. BOTH NICKEL AND FROSTED MOVEMENTS.

The liner grades all having three pairs i oiiit al Pivot*, Jewel«il, in €*1 «■ fcvttiug*. and accurately adjti.-ted to //»»//, r e/ u„,i /•,..<,!i,>n :iud ui. in the cheapest grades, have the STRAIGli l1 LINK Kscapement, with Kxposcl Fallot Jewels, and Hardened and lemper.-d H air Spring* awJ l-.r oui late iinni •,

ST KM WINDING mechanism we claim a S'/'/i /-.W (77/, Sl\I!'Ll('lT)\ and SMOOTHS /:\V.V hitherto umittamed in an> •*«»„ m.«mi! u lure, at hone .r ul.r..,d. Constantly on h ind, full lines, all sizes, in Gold, Silver, Diamond Set and Magic Cases, Minute Repeaters, 1 iidt'pcudeut 1 I. split ml Fii-buck S- coiid.- i.-r tut...

three dill'eivnt times, tor timing horses, Artillerymen. &c, AtiT’Frice 1.i■*t furnished the trade on application, enclosing business card. For sale by the trade generallv, l>> war.- ,ii w iM... u j•», wi.fi r, 11..

Hooded. Insist on a certificate of genuineness Irani those ot whom you purchase, and see that the words, Marb-n N. J.,ar< «ngruv<.i ■ n pi.i'« *.\« [(.,■ i. 111- barrel. All others arc spurious.

Wholesale Rooms. 13 MAIDEN LANE. NEW YORK, And GILES, BROTHER & CO.,142 Lako Street, Chicago, 111.

HON. L. E. CHITTENDEN’S Certificate. ngrw.nru No. ins',1, Sl.-iu Winder—hoanns Trade-Mark. *• Kreilerie Atherton * <'<>., Mario- N. in:, uit'i. imv.l l.j Inin-d >:,n-. \V:n. h

boon carried l.v me irom I >-•,■. 'iiiIkt. 1 so*. t.> dnnnarv 1 Tt li. 1*70: its tottil vin iatiou be inti only t>r> no/s in tin- .-n t i r. t inn-. V..44- \ I ... 1“ K’n I.. F. <1111 II \l»l V I !• I

Watch No. 11,4— bearing Trade-Mark, Frederic Atherton & Co.." manufactured by the U. S. Watch Co. has been carried by le seven months ; its total variation from mean time being only six secouds.A, L. DKNNIS,

President N. J. K. P. & T. Co. Watch No. 11,>5, Stem Winder—bearing Trade-Mark, Frederic Atherton &, Co., Marion, N..I.,” manufactured

by United States Watch Co., has been carried by me 14 months ; 0 months of that time at sea, and in all the Various climates of Kurope. During that time and since my return it has not varied one second per week.

H. LASS INC, Manager Knickerbocker Lite Insur- ance Co., 101 Broad.vay, N. Y.

Utica, N. Y„ Feb. 15, lsro. Watch No. 1058, Stem Winder—bearing Trade-Mark,

“Frederic Atherton & Co., Marion, N..I,," manufactured by U. S. Wat cl Co., lias been carried by ine twenty months: its total variation from mean time being live seconds pet* month. /. C. PBIK C,

Asst. Sunt. N. Y. C. Sc II. 1L 1!.

UTICA, N. \ Feb. U WO. Watch No. 2017 bearing Trade-Mark, Fagotto

Stratton, Marion, N. .J." manufactured by f. S. W ateh Co., has been carried by me 12 months; its total variation from mean time being tilteen seconds.

I. VKOOMAN. Engineer N. Y.C. & 11. K. K. WAT. I( No. l(» ;r Stem Winder—bearing Trade-Mark, Fredi rie Atherton & Co., Marion, N. .J..” manulactur

ed by ! S. Watei: » has been carried by in* since June, ist.r; its total variation lrom mean time being on-

ly live seconds per month. lll.NKA SMITH, Trials. Panama It. Wall Street,

W \ r< it No. 12012—bearing Trade-Mark. I h.

Watch Co.. Marion, N. J manufactured by United States Watch Co., bus been carried bv me tive month-; its total variation from mean time being only twvivc seconds. GEO. l.OVIS, General Eastern Passenger Agent, Toldo, Wabash & Western Railway.

Watch No. 12M»—bearing l rade-Alaik Erederiv Atherson & Co., Marion, N. J.,’’ mauutaetured by U. S.

Watch Co. has been carried by me six mouths it' tal variation from no an time being ouly eight per month. Have been travelling through ililT. r* nt tions of the country, from New Vork to Hulv niton. us, ami buck, by steamer and railroad. \ W |.

ot W hitney ,S; Vico, 1 ?i» Mroadwav, N > Srnuritv, Venn., Feb. gc., i*>.

A". 1 K'*--hearing l'rade-Murk, *• K r. A there u Sc < Marion, N mauufaeture.i b\ l ":l,elt t let- I '- a earned l y im the three iie nt It* h'f.ii v .1 i non from no in time being only s,,,,, during that time H. !>F l AM A engineer I* & h K

" " H h-' iriug Trade- Mark, *• Fr. d Ajheiton \tv. Marion \ nmnufaetund hv I

■'

t- t.u vai t ,tion from no an sinn being only -• \, n ..,,

*v.1,14 * 1,1 n' ’a. II. KINO, ; I‘ark VI .N ^ A ie« Vr< f i t., tic < 'one Sp. mg ('o., N .» t o and il.1 i,

tyrw For Sale by U. HER VEY, Watcnmaker and Jeweller, BELFAST

BUY YOUR

WATERPROOFS .A. T

Simonton Bros & Co.

THEY CUT THEM FREE OF CHARGE, and

keep constantly on hand a Lartje. and Varied assortment, so that each

customer cannot fail to he suited in

Price, Quality and Style.

A T

Simonton Bros. & Co. You wi 1 find

FLANNELS and WOOLENS at Reduced Pricer These goods were

bought early in the season, conse-

quently can be sold 10 per cent,

cheaper than they can be purchased elsewhere.

A First Class Investment.

Belfast & Moosehead Lake R, R, FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS.

nnilE attention of persons making investment ot A money is called to the above very desirable security.

The Bonds run lor twenty years, at six per cent, interest in gold, and are secured upon the roadbed ot the corporation, which costs nearly nine hundred thousand dollars. The whole amount ot those bonds to he issued is limited to one hundred and liny thousand dollars, each bond bearing a certilicate of one of the trustees that it is a portion of the said limited amount.

The money mark *ts ol the world do not present a better or safer security.

These bonds are now o'.fered lor sale on liberal t rms. Apply to \V. T. COLBI BN, Treasurer.

Belfast June 1.1870. 17tf

TRUNKS! TRUNKS!! WM. P. BUR ILL & CO..

In order to avail themselves of

HAILKOAD FAOII.ITIKH, Have commenced the Manufacture of

TRUNK.S In all Varieties and Styles,

IN TI1K CITY OF BKLFAST, the west side of IMienlx Bow, over Black’s Straw Factory.

These Trunks are offered to the public at wholesale or retail, and as cheap as they can be purchased in Boston.

They are warranted to suit. Trunks and Valises made to order.

HEIMllIlKif non:. W. P. BUBBII.L, & CO.

Belfast, April 26, 1870, tf4>

FISHING VESSEL FOR SALE._ Tin* Mrliooner Nenutor, .*{5 tons, o.m. a very good vessel in every respect. Well

found in Sails ami Kigging, has 120 fathoms new cable. Will be sold very low. F.. It. OAKONKU.

Bucksport, M« tfis

Phthisic! Phthisic ! LEWIS’ INHALANT, for the PhthUie,

Always Rollovee the most Distressing cases ot Phthisic in a few minutes Inhaled with the breath, it goes directly to the Lung and air cells, and relief is immediate and certain.

PATENTED, May IS, lsb'.i.

Price 7.') cts. By Mail $1.00, J- < LEW IS. I*ro|>i‘i«*for,

llelfa«t, Waiue.

< 4 1 T 1 O \

TO FEMALES IN DELICATE HEALTH, DU. DOW, Physician an«l Surgeon, Ao. Endicott

street, Boston, is consulted daily lor all discus* s in.-idcnt to the female system. Prolapsus Eteri or l ulling ..r iE- Womh, l*’lu«)r Albus, Suppression, and other M< nitru.. Derangements, are all treated cm new puthob'gicsi principles, uml speedy relief guurant*» l in a v**ry lew days. So invariably certain is the new mode >t treatment, that most obstinate complaints yield under it

I and tin* atllicted person soon rejoices in perfect liculth. t Dr. Dow bus no doubt had greater exjierience in the | cure ot diseases ot women than any oth.-i physician in Boston.

Boardin'? accommodations for patients who may we' to stay in Boston a few days under his tr* atinent.

Dr. Dow, since lM.., hav ing couliued his whole attention to an office practice1 lor t lie cure ot Private I Msejis* s

and female Complaints, acknowledges n<» superior in the i'nited States.

N.B. All letters must contain one dollar, nr they will not answered.

I Uli. r hours from s a m to V i\ 't. Boston, .July-* *, 1n70, lyj

N. X I C It B-: ll H 49 \

<'(>rxsh'I,I./:U it ATTOllXKY AT /,.ll|r

OFFKT., HAY Ft > It 1> lil.OCK

,l- Belfast, Maine.

Salt for Sale.

\ cargo of Livorpool I'iiliiug Mall in Bond .at Simpson’s Wharf, Belfast. lor sale cheap !.•• the

subscriber. 1 II 1IKUUI.M AN Belfast, May 10, l.s70. ti ti

AMERICAN HOUSE BELFAST.

J. C. ROBBINS informs his lriends and the public that lie has leased the above well known establishment, where be oilers entertainment to the travelling public.

He will thorough renovate the house make improvements and very way conform to modern needs. The table will be supplied with all the delicacies that can be procured,and special attention given to order and neatness in the sha ping apartments.

All the stages leaving the city take their departure from this house, (loaches r n regularly to the boats, and guests conveyed to any part of the city or country.

Belfast, May 10, LS70. till

% /M f F O 1.1

T 0 W N A N D

COUNTRY TS1H s: UiTIH 1.0*1. I ,

Is a substitute tor the water closet or common privy, ] ami may be used as a moveable commode, or by appara- ; tus tor lived closets. Trices, t*» $h>, according lo the kind required. Among its advantages are

1. Complete deodorizntion from the moment ot up plying to the earth.

2. The placing within reach ot' all, rich and poor, in town and in the country, a simple means for providing, in the house, a comtortable’privute closet.

One barrel of earth is Kutlient for lour months’ used bv one person.

Monti for Circular. Closets for sale by E A It Til ( EONET TO.

lyrll Mo. l'J Doane Street, lioston.

A LECTURE TO YOUNG M KM.

•ntai / nuusiteit, in a >eaiea /.nr elope. rnre si.t cents.

A Lecture on the Nature, Trcatment &. Radical Pure of Spermatorrhoea,or Seminal Weakness, Involun- tary Emissions, Sexual Debility, and Impediments to Marriage generally ; Nervousness, Consumption, Kpilep- sy, and Fits; Mental and Physical Incapacity, resulting from Self-Abuse, &c.—Hy K<HlFK 1’ .1. CCLYKltW KLL, M. D., Author ot the “(ircen Hook,” Ac.

The world-renowned author, in this admirable Lecture clearly proves from bis own experience that the awtul consequences of Sell Abuse may be effectually removed without medicines, and without dangerous surgical operations, bougies, instruments, rings, or cordials, pointing out a mode ot cure at once certain and effectual by which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately, and radi fully. THIS LKCTUItK WILL PltOYK A HOON H> THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS.

Sent, under seal, to any address, in a plain sealed en-

velope, on 4ho receipt of six cents, or two post stamps. Also, Dr. Culverweli’s “Marriage (iiiidc,” price eeii Address the Publishers,

CliAS. J. C. Kl.fNF & CO., I'll lloni>rr,!l>n Work. Post Office Uox -A.WMO.

lyrS

FISHERMEN! TWINES & NETTING,

MANUKA!ITITKKD ItY

WM, E. HOOPER & SONS, *»"Send lor Prie. I.i-t. ml;. Ilultliniirr. Mai.

Money Cannot Buy It I i ion snuiT is nm< i:i.n\s

THE DIAMOND CLASSES. MAM H I'. Ill !l

J t SPENCER & CO N V I Which are n .w otlci, d to tlie public, ,i •. pron oun

j u'l th, vcb brat, d Optician-..| th< N\ .old to h. im

MOST PERFECT Natural, Artitlcial help to the human v«- y, kn

J They are ground under tin ir own superv isioit ! minute Crystal Pebbles, milted together and deriv, t> name, “Diamond,” on account <d their hurdu, brilliancy.

Tho Scientific Principle Oil V <d the b us directly in Iron: ot tin y,*, producing a ..

and distinct v i ion. as In the natural, healthy sight preventing all tinpi-,m .•o n-atious, such as glimm mg and wavering ot -ight, di/./in, -st prculim : others in use.

They are Mounted in the Finest Manner, In frames ot the best-juaiiiv, d all materials u.-ed

that purjios,-.

THKJK FINISH AND Dl'RA IU r.I'IA t ANNur p.i 1 ijpasm.o.

« AI I I’»N Nolle *101111 aides*, bear me it* I mark <> 0 -mped on every tr im,

l?SA A ( 1 A I 1 A R 1 >. Jeweler and Optician, is Sole Agent for

IIEI.IMHT nuiim from whom they can only be obtained. 11ns, g. ire not supplied i" I'edlers, at any price. 1>i ♦

GET THE BEST. IliiklaNi % rgPiiliio* II .111 long and 1

I ably known to tin public, -lands peerb -- and unrivan, d | It is the best, •piick. -t, cheap,.st. the most natural, dm able, harmless and ellVetual Hair Dveiulhc wmM. 1, colors hair or whiskers drown or Pluck im-tuutane< ,1-

and gives them a p< rl. 11 y natural appeal unct and 1-. 1 attended with any injurious elh ct. K, gular pu. k with bni>h and sponge complete, only si i.ji* OOODWIN X CO. .Sold b; ail druggi-t ..

Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, For Diseases of the Throat amt 1, .g.,

such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough. Bronchitis, Asthma,

and Consumption Probably novel he ton.; in the whole !n..t-’i\ >i

medicine, has any thing null so widely ami -..id. o

upon tin* con lido m:c of mankind, as this cv in ■,

reined y for pulmonary complaint.'.. Through a 1-n. .-eric- >i years, and among im»-t ..i the i.

men it ha risen higher and highei in their ua

lion, as it lias become hotter known. It mm character and power to cure tin* various allrct oi the lungs and throat, ha\ e made it kuinvii a> a

liable protector again.-I them. While adapted milder forms ofdiseaso and t.. young children, 1

at die same time the most rib-, tual rem« lv dial be given for incipient eon oimplion, and the gerous atfeetioiis of the throat ami lungs, v i| vision against sudden attacks of 4 >«#</>, i,... | be kept on hand ill every family and mde.-d a

are sometimes subject t<» colds and < ou-.fi should be provided with tin- antidote for then

Although settled Consumption is thought curable, still great numbers ot cases where dn d. ease .seemed settled, have been completely cured, and the patient restored to sound health b\ Cherry Pectoral. So complete is its mai over the disorders of die Lungs and Tlnoat, the most ol 'tinate of them yield to it. WIn n n

ingelse could reach them, under the Cherry ! ■

toral they subside and di appeal. Singers ami Public Speakers llud groat p:

tec don from it. Asthma is always relieved and ullcn ulm.

cured by it. It ranch it is is generally cured by taking tin-

Cherry Pectoral m snial, and frequent d<> So generally are ils virtues known that u< n

not publish the certitieates of them here, or do than assure the public that ils qualities aic maintained.

Ayer’s Ague Cure, For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever

Chill Fever. Ilomittont Fever, Dumb Ague, Periodical or Ihlioua Fever, &.* and indeed all the afleetionn which arise from malarious, marsh, or miasmatio poisons. A- its name implies, it docs Cure, and does ru t

fail < .Mitammg neith. Ai -enic, (Quinine. Ib-uiudi. not any ether mineral or poisonous suhslttm c

whatever, it in nowise injures anv patient. The number and imnortance of it cures in the ague di> f 1 h 1 '« tie literally beyond account, and \\ e b.dicx c "idiout a jiarallel in the history of Anne medicine Our pride is gratified by the ackuow ledgments we receive of the radical cures effected m ohstm.ite cases, and where otlier remedies had wholly failed

l ua. climated persons, cither resident in, .a

travelling through miasmatic localities, w ill be pi .>

tectod bv taking the I fill ecu Pa lady. Lor Liver Pom phi i n ts, arising from torpidity

<>t th** Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stimulating the Liver into healthy activitx

Lor llilinus Disorders and Liver < ••mplaints, it is an excellent remedy, producing lii.m\ truls i. markable cures, where other medicine had failed

Prepared bv I>|{. .1. (’. \vi:i: .t Cii, Practi.nl and Analytical Cheini l>, L.-W.ll, Ma.-s., n,,| ,|,t all round the w orl.L

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