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The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-12

says that after young Seward was
knocked Gown; the old man begged
not to be murdered, and that he struck
the blow to silence him. His only re-
gret seems to be that he did not kill the
Secretary. He says that the statement
published in the papers that there were
two persons in the affair is false, as he
Is the man who shot the President and
made the attack upon Secretary Sew
ard He says that there was another
person in the affair, who has not yet
been apprehended, who was to have
killed Stanton, but he failed to fulfil
his ple1ge.
'In regard to Booth, he says that
Booth had nothing to do with the kill
ing, with the exception ofassisting him
to make his escape from Washington.
He gives in his written statement, which
is now in the hands of the military, the
route he pursued after leaving Wash
ington. He says that the man killed
in the barn, and who is said to have
been Booth, is a prisoner who escaped
from the Ohio prison. He claims to
have, in company with Booth, went
from Washington to Canada, and from
thence to the island of Cuba. He
states that his object in returning to
the United States was for the purpose
of releasing JEFF. Davis, the President
of the Confederate States.
''In regard to Mrs. Surratt, who was
executed as one of the conspirators, he
says that she knew nothing of the con
spiracy. The parties who planned the
affair, three of whom have never been
heard Of, met regularly at the house OF
Mrs. Surratt, but she knew nothing OF
their design. He says that he was
stopping at the house Of Mrs Surratt
some ten or twelve days previous to the
execution of the plot.
"There are two prisoners now in jail,
Llewellyn and Grimes, who say that
they know something Of the affair, and
it may be that the tale has been con-
cocted for the purpose of getting the
three released from the charges against
them, and have them turned over to
the military authorities.
"The above statement was made to
Gems. jeff @. Davis and Watkins at the
jail on Tuesday, after having been re-
lated to two or three of the prisoners
AMI policeman Bligh. Finding tha
his statement was likely to get him into
very serious difficulty, King determined
to put an end to his miserable existence.
He asked the privilege of having {
small penknife, which was granted him
With this he opened the veins of the
left arm, and would have bled to death
had it not been that the attempt wa
discovered by his ce1l-mate, and al
alarm was given. We yesterday pai(
a visitto King in his cell, and found
him too low to speak. The alarm il
regard to his attempt to commit sui
eide was given about four o'clock in th
morning, after he had bled for severa
hours"
The people in some sections of th
country are firm believers in the es
cape of Booth, and that sort of shan
burial Of some pretended Booth wa
resorted to answer the public domand
that somebody should suffer. strang
things have happened and it would adj
greatly to the romance of.this thing
Booth should turn up General in th
Fenian Army.
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-12

Tie Oldest church in the United Sta
tes is situated near Smithfeld, Va. An
exchange giyes the following particu-
lars in regard to it,.
The Oldest church now existing in
This country is one near Smithfeld, Isle
Of Wight county, Virginia. It was built
in the reign of Charles I, between the
years 1880 and 1886. The brick, lime
aud timber were imported from Eng
land. The timber is English oak, and
was framed in England. The structure
is Of brick, erected in the most substan-
tial manner The mortar has become
so hardened that it willBriket fire in 8
collision with steel.
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The NJ. i. CHURCH SOUTH AND THE
CoLoRED PEoPIE.-The following chap
ter of regulations relating to the color
eq people, was recommended in sub
stance by committee of that body, and
adopted on Friday last as amended
and revised below It will be seen that
the proposition secures ministers Of
their own color, aud church govern
ment of their own in the same commu-
Mon, together with representation in
the General Conference;
@. l. What shall be done to promote
the religious interests Of the colored
people ?
A. l. Let our colored members be
organized as separate pastoral charges
wherever they prefer it, and their num-
Der may Justify it.
A. 2. Let each pastoral charge Of
colored members hava its own qurater-
ly conferences, composed of official
members as provided in the discipline
A. 8. Let colored persons be licens-
ed to preach, and ordained deacons
and elders, according to the discipline
when, in the Judgment Of the conferen-
ces having jurisdiction in the case, they
are deemed suitable persons for said
Office and orders in the ministry.
A. 4. The Bishop may form a dis
trict of colored charges, and appoint sc
it "a colored presiding elder, whens in
his judgment, the religious interests o.
the colored people require it.
A. 5. When it is judged advisable by
the college of bishops, an annual con
ference of colored persons may be or
sganized to be presided over by one o
our bishops.
A. 6. When two ormore annual con
ferences shall be formed, let our bish-
ops advise and assist them in organic
ing separate general conference al
The annual conference have to eacl
other.
A. Z. Let special attention be givel
to Sunday Schools among the coloreC
people,
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The Washington Assassination.

For some days statement has been
going the rounds to the effect that
prisoner confined in the Louisyillejail,
by the name of Sterling King, has con-
fessed that he is the individual who
shot the President, and attempted the
life of the Secretary of State. With
out putting much confidence in the
statements of this man, we, as matter
of news, give to our readers the follow
ing statements, which we gather from
the Louisville papers. The Courier Of
the 22d says:
eve CHANGED to be personally cogni-
zant of the antecedents of this preten-
ded conspirator. He claims to be
native of Virginia, and states that he
was the cousin of Horatio King, for
merIy Assistant Postmaster Genera.
IN 1863 he figured as q lawyer in
Cincinnati, and also obtained permits
for the shipment Of goods to Memphis.
While thus engaged, he was arrested
by the military authorities, charged
with uttering disloyal sentiments, tried
by court martial, and sentenced to six
months labor on the Notifications back
of,Covington, with ball and chain at
tached to his leg. For some reason
the sentence was not carried into eff
feet.
"Some time afterward he appeared
| il Abingdon, Virginia, where he was
sporting the uniform of a Confederate
Colonel. Gen. John FL. Morgan arres-
ted him as a spy; he was tried by a
court-martial and sentenced to be hung.
But in this case, as in SO many others,
good luck attended him and he man
aged to escape to the Federal lines.
eve know nothing of Kings opera
tions subsequent to his escape from
Virginia, until he was lodged in the
city Jail on the charge of stealing hor.
ses and buggies."
j The Democrat says:
''King states that he was the maj
who killed President Lincoln. He says
that he entered the theatre as any
other person, purchasing a ticket anc
paying for it. At the appointed time
he entered the private box in Ford;
theatre, Washington, where Mr.. Lin
coin was and he shot him with single
barreled pistol, which he let fall at thu
time he leaped from the box. Heglve
, as his object for using q single bar
relied pistol that he was compelled tc
leave it behind him, and if it had beel
q revolver those in the box might hav
| used it against him. He further say
: that after he shot the President anC
, leaped from the box he was passed b
several persons, but one of whom b
: knew-Miss Laura Keene-and sh
: did not know him. According to hi
) statement, j. Wilkes Booth, whom
t was said was the murderer of Mr.. Lin
coin, was in the rear of the theatr
awaiting with horses.
) 'From the vicinity ofFord's theatre
{ he states that he went to the residenc
t of Secretary Seward, and, after forcin
> an entrance, he made an attack upo
the Secretary himself, cutting him i
1.-THE throat with bowie knife. H
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A Gard from Gen. Tilson.
To the Editor ofthe N. Y. Tribune.


SIR: An article in your paper of the 18th
inst, headed "The Raid upon the Bureau"
commenting upon the report of Gems. Steed-
man and Fullerton, states: "It was equally in .
e e. that Gen. Tilson's hould be praised
L hat officer has won his title to appreciation
py aDonshing the Freedmen's Courts in Geor-
gla, conciiiating the planters, prohibiting the
colored women in Augusta to strew
flowers on the graves of Union soldiers. and
suppresslng me Loyal Georgian, journal
published by the freedmen.n AS an act of
justice ask that you publish the following.
Fsrst-Freedmen's Courts were established
in this State by my personal efforts, and have
not been abolished, but are still in oneration
Second-I did not prohibit the colored
women OF Augusta from strewing flowers an
the graves OF Union soldiers, but merely ad-
vised them to accept a very kind and concilia.
tory proposition from the Mayor or this city to
postpone the ceremony one week, when he
would open the gates of the Cemetery, place
the police force at their disposal and do every
thing in his power to aid them.
Third have not suppressed The Loyal
Georgian, that paper being issued as usual.-I
simply prevented the editor from publishing
threatening letter which he had addressed
me, and which, if published, would have led
to violence.
l have in nay possession copies of The Lou
al Geoigian OF the 9th and 10th inst. Tie
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Pest versus Coal.

The following, which we take from one of
our exchanges, is of interest in view of the
discussion now going on in various parts of
the country as to the relative value of peat
and coal for manufacturing and locomotive
purposes. From the large deposits of peat
existing in this vicinity, all experiments which
3 illustrate the practicability of turning this
vast supply Of fuel to profitable account are of
special value to our citizens. We have peat
enough along our shores to drive all the en-
gines and keep In motion all the looms and
printing presses in New England, if we were
but sufficiently convinced of its value to take
1t from the storehouse where Nature has pack
ed 1t away for our use:
During a recent experimental trin from
Hartford to Springfield, thirty miles. of a
train with peat for fuel instead of coal on tbe
locomotive, some important facts were devel-
oped Without attempting full speed. the tr1n
was made in five minutes better time than the
regular express train makes. On the round
trip, 1,4O0 pounds of peat were used. THE
box contains between two and three tons, SO
it will be seen that peat is by no means too
bulky for long railroad distances between cit
ies.) 1t is thus proved, land it corroborates
the results OF previous trial), that, compared
with coal, a trifie over one ton and quarter OF
peat is equivalent, on a locomotive, to a ton of
coal. This ton of coal, however, costs the
railroad folks, say, seven to eight dollars
Feat, on the contrary, can be furnished in
abundance at S1.50 per ton. There was found
to be but very little smoke from the peat !:
what there was, was light, thin, and not often
sive-not one-tenth part of the smoke pro-
duced by wood; and what is still more impor-
tant to the travelling public-no cinders The
who substance burns to ashes. 1t was found
to buHp the freest and give the greatest rate of
speed When the flu nace-full had burned away
TO about one-third full. 1t generated steam
faster than either wood or coal-gaining so
rapidly that the furnace had to be thrown
open: and the last six miles of the return
trip was made without using particle of fu-
ell. No pressure whatever is used in prenar-
ing peat ror fuel. 1t is ground in machine.
and then, all wet as it Is, is put in wooden
moulds like brick moulds II is dried and
haidened solely by the rays of the sun and
thus prepared it looks much like black bricks.
Its value for household and culinary purpos es
Is known to eimportant-making, as it does,
Tine and cheap fire in the CRATE, and good
iuel tor cooking.
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AN INVALUABLE SPRING MEDICINE
DR.. ]. W. Pnland,s Hnmor Doctor.

pared by Dr. p in 1S47. and was then employed viii
great success in expelling humers from the blood
bnt in 1S4S, medical friend, who quite celebrat
mors, suggested some important improvements
which were adopted, and which have made it ESQ tn
people sayl the very lest Iemedy for all kinds OF hu
mors Known to "ihe faculty. This preparation i
composed wholly OF vegetables. among which ar
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, Burdock. Noble Pine
Mandrake, SIENNA and Bloodroot Suffice it to say
the ssDoctor'' is used in hundreds of families as
general .edicine Unlike many other popular rem
edies it is very grateful to the TASTE Large size bot
Ties 70 cents. Prepared at the NEW ENGLAND Bo
TANIC DEPOT, Boston. ap22- 3m
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A New Asteroid.

The Utica Herald has the following letter,
written by Professor Peters, of Hamilton Col
lege Observatory an dated June 81:
On the morning of the 15thinst, a new stran-
ger was discovered at this observatory. The
strong twilight of daybreak, however, and the
then following days of bad weather, did not per-
NIT me before last night to make sure ofits mo-
ton and planetary nature. tits anew asteroid
the eighty-seventh of the group, little brighter
than stars of the twelfth magnitude, and was
this morning in twenty hours twenty four min
utes of right ascension, and seventeen and a
half degrees of southern declination, with a
slow motion towards the West
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have received the first few numbers of a
sprightly newspaper bearing this name and
just launched at the capital of New jersey
The Courier is thoroughly devoted to Repub-
lican principles. One OF the best Of its quiet
jokes is its uniform and solemn use Of the ex-
planatory .Copperhead," in referring TO the
New York World, just as the World itself al
ways appends "Disunion" to the names Of
Republican congressman. We regret that
the extent of our exchange list win not allow
us to increase it in that direction.
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THE PERUv WAN YRUP!
is A PROTECTED SOLUTION OF THE
PRoToXIDE OF IRON,

n XNOW bicCoNCiy III nhouiCiuc, WiuCu
STRIKES NJ THE ROOT OF DISEASE,
By supply ng the blood with its vital principal or
..' lie elemeAt-IRON. .+
This is the secret of the wonderful of this
remedy in curing at
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Dropsy, Chronic Di-
arrhGG, Boils, Nervous affections, Chius and Fee
GERS, Haznors, Loss Of Constitutional Vigor,
Diseases Of The Kidneys and Bladder, Fe-
male Complaints, and all diseases
originating ina
~ Bad State of the Blood,
Or accompanied by Debility or a lov state CT the
system. f
AN EMINENT DIVINE OF BOSTON, SAYS:
81 have been using the PERUVIAN SYRUP for
some time past; it gives me neU vigor, Ju0yancy OF
spirits, elasticity ofmuscle." =
Thousands haze been changed By the use othis rene-
dy from aceak, sicky, suffering creatures, 10 strong,
heating and happy men and ,con,en; and invalids
cannot reasonably hesitate to give it trial. -
A pamphlet OF 80 pages, containing certificates OF
cures and recommendations from some of the most
eminent physicians, elergymen and others, besides
much other valuable and Interesting matter, will be
sent free to any. one sending their and resi-
dence. t1f-t
20 See that each bottle has Peruvian Syrup"
blown in the glass.
For sale by all Druggists and by
SETH W. FOWLE 6 SON, IS fremont st, Boston,
j. P. DrsMoRE, SO Dey St, New York.
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Gard.

T|-T---" ET------T "A OSAfUs
have returned from New York and shall remain
in Portland until September. This win be my last
visit to the Forest City, for several yearsas return
to New York in September to remain until next May.
then go to Europe tits needless for me to inform
you what lean do tor old chronic compl that have
ever bafled all other modes of treatment. All seek
ing my aid should do SO Immediately as my stay in
Portland is unavodably short. Those who are not
able to pay for treatment viii be treated free every
Friday afternoon. My treatment is original with my
sell and unlike any other now in use, which 1 viii
demonstrate to any inte gent person. Personal ref
erence to hundreds of my former patients.
DIR. HARVEY.
@Y-Ofice II Free STREET, few steps below Whit
tiers Drug Store. t.9-s'sftl- ea
Office hours frem to II NJ, and to 5 P. M.
Portland May 26th, 1866 sNd&wtf
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OTITINR.

-I1.--- OTITINE.
This excellent Remedy is infallible cure for Deaf
ness, Discharge from the Ear, and Noises in the
Head
This wonderful Vegetable Extract has been the
restoring thousands TO their hearing, who,
after trying everything and everybody, had given up
oping ever to hear yain. y
1t Operates like aeharm upon offensive discharg-
.cs from the EAR, no matter what may have caused
it, or how long standing. -8- so
Noises in the head disappear under its influence
as If by magic. g.
Price, $500 Bottle Fer sale by all Druggists; at
Wholesale by G. c. GOODWIN g CO.,
No. 3s Hanover st., Boston.
Feb 21-sNd&w1y
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PRESERVE YOUR HEALTH.

DIR. LANGLEY's ROOT AND HER BIT
TIERS are sure remedy for Liver Complaints in
la, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Indigestion, Jaundice,
Headache and Bilious Diseases, General Debility, SC.
store the appetite, purify the blood strengthen the
body and thoroughly prepare it to resist diseases of
all kinds
all Druggists. June1d1msN
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Miscellaneous.
Sale of Public Lands.


LAND OFFICE, Bangor, june 1, 1896.
N pursuance OF law as defined in Chapter s, Sec
ton ~ Revised Statutes Public Notice is hereby
given that the following Schedule of Tracts and Par
GELS OF Lands will be offered for sale on Saturday. the
first day Of September next at II O'clock noon al
the Land Office IN Bangor, at price per acre not less
The sale to be by Sealed Proposals in conformity
with the provisions of the foregoing Chapter and
DSction, when require that ten per centum OF the
pany each proposal, which sum shall constitute q
part Of and be allowed in, the cash payment to be
Payments required to be one third cash. remain
der in three promissory notes payable annually in
one, two and three years, with satisfactory bond fol-
The sum deposited by any other bidder, who does
not became purchaser, may be withdrawn by him
atany time after the bids are declared and made.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Min. price
per acre.
at the minimum Of 81 900 for the tract, cts.
North part of No. !, II. 6, W. b. X. p.
Remainder South halfs, RIA, do, "
1854 acres, 30
PIscATAoUIs COUNTY.
Sections No.4, g. 6, 70. IT, % & "a, in Town
ship No.. 2. r. Ii, W. E. L. S., 42ss acres, 40
ELLIoTsvILLE-Lots No. & 5R. 4&t
Re-; 2'a, 81, s, R. 8; and Gore. 1850
..s. ID ARoosTooK COUNTY.
=
16, of 8, and of II, 1914 acres, %
u. X. being S. w and other parts re- ~
manning unsurveyed, 1923 acres, 80
G. r. 2, w. Il. L. S. at the minimum price
OF thirty cents per acre tor the Town
ship; fifty cents for either quarter;
and seventy five cents for selected Sec
tons. Proposals deemed most favor
able in the aggregate will be received.
22,0S8 acres.
E. r. 1, w. Il. L. s. E
Sections No. II; Lots Sec. IS; Sec. 10;
1892 acres. &c
Sec. 8; Lots g., Sec. 4; 4 Sec. A; Sec. 10;
Sec. 10; 3 Sec. 10; Sec. 10; Sec. Is;
2 Sec. 16; Sec. 16;4 Sec. Is; 8 Sec. Is;
4 Sec. 10, 2S61 acres, 10
5 No. 2, r. 5. w. E. L. s.
Lots No. "a, IS, Sc, 81, SO, 80, 90, 81, 90, ss. q
81, 80. SO, 81. lo3, 104, 105, 106 107, 10S,
Z. 100, sc, 22S9 acres, q
II, r. 6, w. E. L. S.. -G
Section No. 6; Lots 10, 10, %; N.w.4
Sec. II, l105 acres, 81
Reserving the privilege of Withdrawing Sec
SOMERSET COUNTY. ~
G, r. II, W. ELS.
s. w. I, $50 acres, s t 81
S.E. l, remainder, 1926 acres, es- 81
ISAAC r. CLARK,
june 11dtd ~-'D Land Agent.
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s c r. o f U l. A
DIR. FL. ANDERS,S IODINE WATER

DIR. H. ANDEKS'S IODINE WATER
Will cure SCRoFULA in all its manifold forms.
ULCERS, CANCERS, SYPHILIS, SALT RHEUM,
and 1t has been used with astonishing success in
S,ses OF Rh umatsm, Dyspepsia, Consumption, Fe-
SC. ''- A ->'0' D-'0''''
Circuiars viii be sent FREE to any one sending
their address, Price 81 bottle. or 6 for S5.
Prepared by DR.. II. ANDERS, Physicians and
Chemists. For sale by
SETH W. FOWLE e. SON. 1s fremont Street
Boston, and oy all Druggists
Feb 10, '66-sNsodT, T&s&weow
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Special NOTICES.
DR.. BICKN ELL'S SYRUP!
THE GREAT
q L ID A q =

Also, Dysentery, Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Sum-
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Sick Sour Stomoch, Painters Colle, &C., and is
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without particle OF opiate or narcotic. Highly
matc very pleasant to the taste mild but in its
effects, and strengthens the system, acts like
charm, affording almost immediate relief and a
OF these facts. Sold by all dealers in medicine
send circular and try it. Prepared only by Ed
WARD SUTTON, Providence r. /. GEO. G.
GOODWIN s. CO., of Bost N General Agents. H.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Va 1t may be safely said that Madame Foy's
Corset Skirt Supporter will check much OF the
oeollty .adios slffor from il they will wear it.
Dry Goods and Fancy Stores have them. dit
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REMOVAL.

@. w. ATWELL,
A DIV r RITZ 81 N G "A G E Mt,
g FOX BLOCK, No. 1 UP STAIRS,
SO Exchange Street, Portland
eg Advertisements received for all papers in
Maine, and throughout the country mays'66sNdh
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80
The Masf Ecn!

The Most Economical Esta blishment
In Boston where you can select Ladies', Misses and
GhIIdrens CATERS and Slippers, is at L. E. NOSE
LEY d cos, Summer Street, Boston.
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Directions.

Put one box of Saponifer into three gallons OF wa
ter tknock off the end, and let the box boil until II
emptes ITSELF then take out the box) add four and
hall pounds OF lat, and let il boil two hours and ter
minutes. Then add small half pint of salt, and lei
1T continue boiling 90 minutes longer, when you ado
half gallon of hot water, and let 1T come to boil
Pour q smll tumb erful of cold water intoa tub OF
box to wet it round the Sides then empty the soap in
tostand all night and cut it in bars in the morning.
1t will be fitfor use in q few weeks.
SOFT SOAP.--Made in the same way, with the ex-
ception of adding f gallons of water and salt
Ill you need is an iron kettle mh3 4sNd1awS
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eB-An the worst forms of Rheumatism are being
daily cured by METCALFE'S GREAT RHEUMATIC
REMEDY. This wonderful medicine never fai s, and
thousands who have suffered excruciatlng agony tor
years instantly relieved and soon cured by few
doses. June12sNd1m
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CONCENTRATED LYEi

II will make 10 POUNDS OF excellent Hard Soap,
or 25 GALLONS of the very best Soft Soap, for only
about 80 Cents. Directions each box. For sale at
all Drug and Grocery Stores. mh2sd6msN
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Oolgate's Aromatic Vegetable Soap.

A superior Toilet Soap. prepared from refined
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