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The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13

DISCOVERY OF A MAsFoDdN.-The excaya-
ton es psss bed in Cohees, N. Y, for the
foundation of new mill, led to the discovery.
a month since, of the jaw-bone of a mastodon
ybout thirty feet below the surface of the earth
On Thursday, as we learn from dispatch to
the New York Tgihuae, the greater part of the
remaining bones are of the skeleton was ex-
humed. The writes says
"Eighty-five feet below the earth's surface
and about fifty feet below the place ofthe ori@,
,llai , discoyery, the workmen came upon the ro-
naming bones, consisting as fellows: Two
tusks, backbone, the upper jaw and Uranium. n
NUMBER OF the ilhs, the hip-bones, shoulder
blades and the bones of the hind legs. The
sasks were each nearly six feet long and about
nine inches in diameter. One of them, upon
clay, resembling that substance in appsarance nee
and texture, The ribs, of which there were ID
found, are about feet long, the largest beine
feet " inches. The upper jaw-bone ia 4 feef
9inches long from the extremity of the mouth
TO the eramum, and across the forehead meas
with difIselty four laborers could move the the
mass. Ihe sockets in which originally were
located the eyes of tho monster are almost
large enough TO- admit the head of still of a
man. ma The hip, bone is 5 feet long, and weighs
t Ivy pounds; the sho4lder-blades measures 2
iset . inches, and weighs about 80 pounds each.
The bone OF the leg at the knee,joint measures
IL inches in diameter The vertebrse of the
backbone are inches in diameter. The other
fragments found are in harmonious proportion
to those already mentioned,
Prof Marsh of Yale College was present
soon after the discovery was made, and pro-
nonneed it the most remarkable scientific event
OF tina age. The structure will now be united
IN its several parts by means of a wire, and
thus very accurate idea can be formed of the
size and weight of the monster to which If he.
longed; After q separation of countless ages
probably, the several parts will be reunited"
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
FROM WASHINGTON,
A27sOaSaat of Coin S,a the u. s..
Ea'gaamTg
Circular from the Secretary of the
Treasury.
HNTEBNAL gEvEHpE RECEIPTS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.
=, Major Beaie, formerly Sergeant-at-Arms of
the Us. senate, and subsequently Warden of
the District of Columbia Jail, died TODAY.
The amount of coin to-day in the Treasury
&c., %1iEts''''s
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
circular asaenaing the following paragraph in
she Treasury Department. circular of 1857. to
the Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer of the
United States and Depositories of public mon.
les. Whenever any disbursng officer or dis
burslng agent shall die, resign, be superseded
or removed, you will at once stop further pay
ment of his drafts or checks upon YOU" Here
after, checks previously drawn by disbursing
agents who may die, resign, be superseded or
removed, will be paid from funds ON hand to
their credit unless the same has been drawn
more than four months before their prescnta-
Honl q theTe are reasons for suspicion of fraud
OF cireumstances which would lead a iudieious
officer to decline to pay the same, Referring
also to the directions in said circular to dis.
eurslng officers and agents that public
aeposit5ries will not be required to
pay drafts OF disbursing officers when
payable TO any person his order, the
Secretary SAYS the construction which has been
placed upon these instructions forbiddins the
payment of such drafts payable 10 order, is
hereby modified, and hereafter the Treasurer,
ASSISTANT lqeasurers and public repositories
are authorized in their direction when satisfied
OF the correctness of the endorsement. to paw
drafts payable to order in cases where serious
Inconvenience, delay or injury would result by
refusing to pay the same.
The REGENTS ftom Internal Revenue to-day
Were$ GAS, ,174,e4.
The Commissioners of the General Land Of
nee have received returns from the local Office
at Tallahassee, Fla showing that during Octo-
per 22,44O acres of public land were disposed of
in that State for actual settlement under the
Homestead Law
Returns received from the local Office at St.
Peter, Minnesota, show that during the past
month the disposal Of the public lands amount-
ed to 1868 aores.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
Terms Eight Dollars per AMMAN, ;,, oz,,<,., m

The ILLu1INATED RUSTIC MosoopAM
have had the pleasure of examining some ex-
quisite specimens of art in the shape Of DESIGNS
for monographs, drawn by Mr. John A. Lowell
of the firm of Lowell & Brett Boston. This
gentleman, who may be seen to-day at the store
of Andrew Geyer, 13 Free street, executes with
surprising rapidity and grace, designs for note
paper and envelopes, for wedding cards, invi-
tations, &C., which, when illuminated richly in
gold, silver and brilliant colors, are beautiful as
anything in those old missals which the monks
of the middle ages spent years in producing.
We would suggest to our fashionable friends
who may be meditating weddings or receptions.
or who like to have their ordinary notes in the
very latest and choicest style, that they en-
brace this opportunity to avail themselves of
Mr.. Lowell's artistic SKILL As Mr.. L. leaves ON
Wednesday, those wishing to see him should
call to-day. tt
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IMPORTANT 10 LUJfBERlMEN
Owners of HemlOclk Lands

fJNHE AMERICAN PATENTED IMPROVEMENT
L TANNING COMPANY, Of New York, own the
exclusive right in the United States for the anufac-
ture Of an inperishable "EXTRACT" from Hemlock
Bark for tanning purposes. This Bark Extract is
now extensively used among Tanners, and the de-
mand for it rapidly increasing Itcommands a ready
sale in the Boston, New York and Philadelphia mar
kets at sixty cents per gallon. The appliances for
manufacture simple and not expensive, costing
but little than the ordinary teaches used byTan-
By this process, two cords Of Bark NAV be re-
duced as concentrate the entire strength into
forty gallons of extract without in the slightest de-
gree iniurng its tanning qualities and at cost not
exceeding one dollar per cord The saving in freight
alone, between the transportation of the Extract and
the bark will range from six to eight dollars per cord
so tIaf any one who may get out but three hundred
cords OF bark per year, may from two thousand
to twenty live hundred dollars in the difference in
freight. ET"~ - - IL III
The Company does not propose to sell Territorial
nsnts put VIII grant exclusive privilege to manufac-
tuIe IN certain localities charging small royalty per
gaIlOn OH the amount manufactured =
inc Company will send competent men to superin-
tcnu the construction of the works, where parties de-
sire to enter into the business anil to instruct in the
manufacture of the Extract.
AS guarantee of success to parties entering into
TINS business, the Company viii contract to take all
the Extract manufactured under their process at fifty
cents per gallon, delivered in Boston or New York
Parties in New England desiring further informa-
ton as TO terms, Nc, may call upon or address Mr.
THOMAS W. JOHNSON, General Agent of the Com
pany, at the American House in Boston, where mod
CHS OF tie apparatus may be seen.
nov 13 d3m S. H. KENNEDY. pros,t
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
FROM CANADA.
Discount on American In.
voices.
another Fenian Prisoner Dis
charged.

mi, MONTREAL, Nov. H.
Inc discount ON American invoices for the
current 81 week is placed by the government at
Large quantities of war material continue to
arrive and are being discharged from ships.
3: Mr. brydges, of the Grand Trunk Railway,
s Is experimenting successfully in the use of peat
nr iuel in locomotives.
Inc whole military force here, including sew
sral regiments of infantry, cavalry and artille-
ry, were reviewed this forenoon.
KINGSTON, Can, Nov. II.
document will be published after the de-
Part9re of the Ministerial delegation announc-
ing tne Important particulars of the course to
pe @ pursued by them in England relative to the
Confederation scheme.
QUEBEC, Nov. r.
IL Is understood that the government will
arnlsh the necessary relieffof the destitute of
tM,anchester. \, England sends by the cable au-
tnorlty to draw 81 900 sterling, and the London
committee o y also authorize drafts to the amount
on 44O00 more. The Queen has written let
yer TO Mr.. Watkins, Chairman Of the Relief
Committee, sending e304 and expressing deep
sympathy. sc >e N'op
TORONTO, C. w. Nov. 10.
gWllliam Duggan, the only prisoner tried to-
Gay, was acquitted.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13

MARINE DISASTER = Disappointment Sch.
d. G. Maxwell, Capt. Maxwell, from Tangier
Sound for this port, struck ON a rock three
miles cast of Boon Island about six o'clock
Saturday evening, the weather being hazy and
the captain mistaking his distance from the
light. The schooner had about 1000 bushels of
oysters, belonging to Mcssrs. James Freeman
and K. d. Atwood. The vessel and cargo are
a total loss. The crew saved themselves in the
boat and rowed up to Portsmouth, distance
of eighteen miles where they procured small
vessel and returned to the wreck and succeed
ed in saving the sails and rigging. The captain
and crew lost all of their personal effects
They arrived there yesterday noon. The
schooner was owned by Capt. Maxwell and
othrs of this city. There was no insurance
upon either vessel or cargo.
The loss of the cargo viii be great disap-
pointment to lovers of bivalves, as the arrival
of this cargo, said to be the finest that has
been gathered for Portland, had been looked
for with some easerness. 1t will be some
weeks before a cargo arrives here.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
FROM EUROPE
NEWS nv THE CARLE.

London; NoU. 10.--At the recent banquet of
Of Lord Derby, the English Premier made a
friendly allusion to America, and hoped any
question hetween the two Governments might
be approached in a forbearing and co nciliato-
ry spirit, which might remove all bitterness
and cement the friendship of the two nations.
st. Petersburg, Nou, 10.-The Czarowitz and
Princess Dagmar We're married yesterday with
great festivity. The Czar commuted the SEN
tences of prisoners and remitted arrears of
taxes. tfl-
Paris, Noo. 10.-Forty-two arrests have been
made of members of a secret political society
in Paris.
London, Nou. ia United States company
has got the consent of the Emperor of China
to lay cable from the Western Union Exten-
hae.
A fearful typhoon had occurred between
Japan and Shanghae. No disasters to ship
ping, however, had been reported.
1t was proposed at Sydney, Australia, to lay
q duty of one shilling an ounce on gold exports.
The crops were not extraordinarily good on
the island. OF some articles only half of last
years crops were expected.
Paris, NoO. 11.-News has been received in
IN official quarters that an insurrection has
broken out at Barcelona against Mariez's Gov
ernment.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13

The MOUNT ROYAL EDITIoN.-We desire to
call the attention of lovers of good books to
the Mount Royal edition of British classics,
projected by W. B. Cordier & Co., and for sale
as far as published by G. R. Chisholm & Broth
er, 307 Congress street, in this city. The design
of the publishers was to include in their cata-
logue all the standard works of the best Eng
lish authors, handsomely printed on good pa
per and uniformly bound The books were
printed in Edinburgh, and the edition includes
Shakespeare e vols.), the Arabian Nights q
vols.(, the Pilgrims Progress, and Moore's,
Burns, Pope's, Thompson's, Cowper's, Beat
ties, SCOTS and Wardsworth's poems. On ac-
count of the failure of the publishers, no other
volumes will be included in the series. These
are now selling at very reasonable rates, and
are well worth looking at.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
VARIETIRs

In the current number of Eper,, o...,
VIII De found an able paper from III O,'V'
spectator IN which the subject the sr,,.S.N
En,.,,su u 'ne PRESIDENT" is discussed from a.
cna ,Sh ps standpoint. A vivid sketch by Fran-
over oobbe, entitled "Life in Donaoo,n
~ p~Pol On Walt Whitman" byM D. Co.
wy ana a striking essay from the ,sa,,,rSa',
"e0'e~ on "old-fashioned Sin" with Go,
pressing snort stories make this one oftbo Host
numbers 40 OF EOeyy Saturday yet received O'''
a. Inc image OF Berengaria, wife of Richard
'ne Lion-hearted, which has lain in the sbha,r
at fontreVault for some centuries. has Ioto,'
Deen disfgured by tourists. '
AT the last meeting of fbe Fro,oh
1 - '0'eioes an announcement of the disoov-
cry OF new telescope planet was reoeivoa
rom NJ Luther. 1t has been named Ant;o,,o
and is the Doth of the series.
-rhe Round Table, which was 80 sco,,a.,
ized by the immortality of Griffith Gaunt I,o.
an English correspondent who talks ato,,.
o",nourpe's "azcged indelioacy,'' and informs
Us nrst, that new edition is coming gout IN
england, and secondly, that Mr.. swinburna,s
ueienSe was to be published in the last week of
October. t-4.7 ''''' zen VI
Victor Hugo who knows hardly n word of
nhshsh' writes in his ''Travalleurs de Ia Merp
of Scottish cliff which he calls ssPremjere
aes Quatre," adding the parenthetical explana-
'ioh' FIRST OF the Fourth" There il of co,rse
no such Cliff and it turns out oddly enoueb
.nat the Frenchman means the arm Of the sea
known as the Firth of Forth" 1t is the most
uenghuul biunder in the history of literature.
1t is reported that Gen Fitzpatrick is to he
recalled from Chill, not for political reasons.
but because the reputation ofthe nation abroad
seems to demand change ~ siH tis@aZ flal
The Quebec Mercury in an article ON ssrn-
dia and Canada" goes at some length into a
discussion Of England's position in relation IN.
the Eastern question, which 1t finds extrau, 49,
disadvantageous and powerless. declares tbs,
Britain has lost the rood 10 L,dio, and, insis.s
tnat there is but one way to regain it, which b
70 build railroad from the Atlantic 10 tbo.
Pacific across British America. - -
"A "Ho! for BRAZIL" meeting has boen o.,I-
eed IN Claiborne parish. Better hoe In G1ats
borne parish.-N.aO. Picayune n 80 lar,
-DEMoREsT's YoUNe AMERICA is the title
OF a pretty magazine for children. publ;sbed
monthly at 47S, Broadway, N. Y. 1t is filled
with music, stories, and lively sketches adapt-
ed to the taste of the young. y
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
THE STATE.

we learn from Mr.. Erwin Robinson, of
East Sumner, that his loss by fire was about
$500 on which there was no insurance. "A !.
We mentioned yesterday the names of
Gen. Shepley of this city and of Hon A. G.
Jewett of Belfast as prominent among those
spoken of for the Attorney Generalship of
Maine soon to become vacant, in consequence
of the election of Hon. John A Peters to Con-
gress The Bangor Whig understands that
Judge Davis of this city has been urged by his
friends to become candidate, and also mem
tions the names of Hon. Chas. r. whidden of
Calais, and Hon. VIM P. Frye of Lewiston, as
among those talked Of ~ -tr
1t appears by an article in the Dover OBJ.
server that the people of Dover and Foxcroft
are feeling more than usual interest in the
Temperance cause. NV
"A correspondent informs us that the house,
barn. and outbuildings of Il. W. Woodbury. of
Sweden, took fire Saturday, in the absence of
their owner, and were consumed with all their
contents. The barn was full of grain &c., and
bonds to the amount of several thousand dol
lars were in the house. All were burned. The
hire spread so rapidly that the family barely
escaped with their lives. Loss, from eight to
ten thousand dollars. No insurance. '
The Houlton Times says party in that
place is about to set in operation Beater Hay
Press, for pressing loose hay for shipment. It
is thought that the enterprise will pay good
profit, as the hay crop in Aroostook was very
large this season, and by pressing in small
bulk it can be transported over the ST. An
drews Railroad to markets where it commands
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13

The comments of the Southern press on the
result of Tuesdays elections do not afford
much encouragement for those who have hop
ed that the Southern people would be able
rightly to read the lesson of those elections
and would show some disposition to accommo-
date themselves to what is inevitable, bow
gracefully to the decision Of the nation, and
accept the terms it offers them. The Rich
mond Dispatch says: ~ .at .rH -
The elections of Tuesday make no material
change in the relative power of national par
ties Radicalism holds its ground, and in some
states hea ps up majorities with a sort of saw
age delight. Massachusetts beholds her TO-
600 with frantic joy, and with BUTLER in Con-
gress and two Africans in her Legislature she
ought to be extremely happy. 1t is surprising
that there is any minority in Massachusetts,
and If some good men we know there would on
ly move out ofthat State, we would be delight
ed to see all her citizens voting the same way.
1t is quite agreeable in the wide waste of un-
favorable events to look upon MARYLAND and
little Delaware. They have stood out against
the tide of Radiealism. They are the only
States north of the Potomas which have been
able to hold their ground against the storm
that has swept over the land.-The elections in
those States render certain the defeat of the Con-
statutsonI Amendment eUe7s ecere ii doubtful be-
fore. That IS something to be grateful for. We
trust that whenever the Southern States 90 in
to fhe Union, they will enter it without the hu
initiation of ofconditions precedent that degrade
them in the dust. They were defeated in war
but preserved their honor. Participation In
the w Washington Government is not so dear to
them that they should sacrifice this last thing
that is left them to enjoy it.
The Pichmond Times, after declaring that
except in Baltimore, its gloomiest aptcipations
of the result are more than realized, goes on to
say: s
In what way the Radicals will abuse the
vast powers which they now possess, it is as
yet impossible to conjecture. They may either
insist upon the adoption of the "Constitutional
Amendment" as the measure of our humilia-
ton, or they may discard it and demand some.
thing still more degrading at our hands,
From the present temper of the Northern mas.
ses, and from the enormous majorites given in
every instance to such monsters of Radical de-
pravity as Butler and Stevens, they appear
ready to approve the most oppressive acts. II
is evidently not in the power of the broken
defeated and dispirited Conservatives of the
North to aid or protect u.s. They have been
swept away IKE chaff, and will be heard of nc
more, for defeated parties in the Northern
States are not remarkable for longevity of life
1t puts the question, "In the presence of thii
huge, resistless and merciless party what shall
the South do?" and proceeds to answer it by
counselling undying resistance to the Amend
ment, in the same tone and style in which il
and its confreres during the war talked of "dy.
ing in the last ditch" ..ff
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The SOUTH AMERICAN STArUs-The Gov
ernments of England and France have for
mally offered to that of Chill their mediatorial
services for settling the difficulty with SPAIN
They propose that Chill and her Allies on the
one hand, and Spain on the other, state the
conditions on which they viii be ready to enter
into negotiations of peace. On receiving this
statement, the Governments Of England and
France would propose a basis of settlement
which, in their opinion, would be most equita-
BILE. This proposition would, however, be in
no way binding upon either Of the belligerent
parties, which would retain entire liberty to
accept or not the proposition made by the me-
diators. Both the belligerent parties would
send plenipotentiary to Paris OF London to
conduct the negotiations. The government Of
Chill is supposed to be willing to accept the of
fer. BY the next Panama mail, we are likely
to learn of the answers of the other Allied
Powers. ---- s-
Chill, in her turn, has offered to mediate In
the war on the River Plate. The people in the
Argentine Republic are getting tired OF the
war, and petitions for the conclusion OF peace
were receiving numerous signatures in Buenos
Ayres.-N. Y Tribune. @
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13

PRoDUcrs OF THE CRY FARM.-Few Of our
citizens are aware Of the sextent of the pro-
ducts of the City Farm attached to the Aims
Mouse in our city. Besides the 10000 lbs. of
Pork which will be raised this year there
have been raised 80 tons of hay, 75O bushels of
potatoes, II tons of carrots, 1900 heads of cab
bage, $50 bushels of turnips, 5000 lbs. squashes,
90 bushels beets, % bushels barley, &C., &c.-
Already of the hogs, twenty-four have been
slaughtered and sold, bringing $1,10o Upon
the whole, this is not bad show for our City
Farm, consisting of 100 acres.
The brick yard has also done its share of
profitable service Two kilns of bricks have
been burned, turning out 100000 bricks. Of
this number 100000 have been sold for $500,
which will nearly pay the expenses of the
yard for the year; and leaving 100000 unsold.
The Portland daily press., 1866-11-13
Foreign News per s,ea ,ner.

NEW York, Nov. IL.
The steamer Saxonia, from Hamburg, has
arrived. News mainly anticipated.
The cholera has broken out afresh in Wool
wich and Charlton. The disease prevailed
lightly at Edinburg. 1t had also appeared at
Durham, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Darlington,
Middlesborough, and several places in York.
shire.
), Oscar Beaher, who five years ago attempted
the life OF the King of Prussia, has been par
doned.
The Great Eastern has been chartered to car
ry visiters from New York to Brest during the
Paris exhibition. Afterwards she will be tax
en- to lay the telegraph cable between France
and America.
A Florence dispatch says the national loan
fixed for ffty-nine Provinces was II 100000 lire,
but forty--five Provinces have responded with
one hundred and twenty-seven million lire.
A majority of the members elected to the
Swiss National Council, are Liberals.
In Gambia the Turco-Egyptian army had
gained decisive victory over the insurgents.
Mustapha Pasha, with $4,000 troops, captured
Keralnia, and subsequently pushed forward to
tbs mountains, where he was defeated after
four days fighting.