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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-13

CouRGAE IN EVERY DAY LIRE Have the
courage to discharge debt W lille you have
the money in your pocket.
Have the courage to do wi thout that which
you do not need, however much your eyes
may covet it.
Have the courage to speak your mind when
il is necessary you should do so, and to hold
your tongue when it is prudent you should
do so.
Have the courage to speakto friend in
sesdy" coat, even though you are IN COM
pany with a rich one, and richly attired.
Have the courage to make will, and just
one.
Have the courage to tell . man why you
will not lend him your money.
Have the courage to ''cut" the most agree
able acquaintance you have, when you ara
convinced he lacks principle. A friend
should bear with friends in6rmities," bu,
not with vices.
Have the courage to show your respect fol
honesty, in whatever guise II appears and
your contempt for dishonest duplicity, BY
whomsoever exhibited.
Have the courage to wear your old clothes
till you can pay for new ones.
Have the courage to obey your Maker, o
the risk of being ridiculed BY man.
Have the courage TO prefer comfort and
proprie,y to fashion in all things.
Have the coarage to acknowledge your ig
norAnce, rather than TO seek credit for know
ledge under false pretensss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-13

THERE is project on foot foe-onstructing
park at Washington upon plan, 70 say the
least, quite novel. 1t is proposed to make .
park which shall represent the United Sta.es
in miniature, proportionate portion being
set apart for each State and Territory, and
the position of these several parks to sorres>
pond with the actual locations Of the Statea
and Territories which they represent. The
feasibility of this scheme can hardly be de,
termiaed when so little of its details are
youchssted 10 the public: bat. ON general
prluei pies, park is good thing, and il the
capital Of the nation can be provided With
one ta4s wiil e. worthy ofit. the people, -
surediy, vii nat begrudgs footing the bill
IL Is stated N the circular that each STAT
will I've solicited to confnbuts specimens oi
natural and artificial psoassaon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-13

Wake up, you miserable, despairing, mis-.
anthropic cuss, with your face buried in the
palms Of your great lazy fists, whining dole
fully. from morning till night, hard times -
nothing 70 do Why, the world is q grea,
workshop, with million departments, and
every one of which is advertising for help.
Nothing to do, and millions of acres of land
all around you begging to be titled. Nothing
to do and every department of labor in
check for want of assistance. Wake up!-
Axe, Saw, Spade, Hod. Mattock 4 Co., are
heavy firm, doing big business, and have
always got place TO put you when you have
nothing to do. Honorable employment
Oh, yes, We understand you. You want to
glide through the world with unsoiled hands
to live by your wits; to get rich at a jump; to
evade labor Do you see the decree-'By
the sweat Of thy brow shalt thou earn thy
bread. Ton can't dodge it, and it will be
well for you if you find it out on the sunny
side of 80 rather than the shady sideaof So
for age and want are an Unmatched pair.
Honorable employment Tlesa is 40 EN-.
ployment so dishonorable as idleness.N Idle
ness is a ragamufn, beggar and thief Wake
up. If you want to cheat the world out of 9
livelihood, you brainless whifet, try hones
toil.--4tton Rereiiie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-13
Hmerson's Agency.
THE .FLORENCED

SWING MACHINES have
the reversible fesd motion,
which enables the operator
to havethe work carry eth
er way, or to change the d.
rection and fasten the end
ofseams by turning athumb
screw. They are noiseless
and can be used where quiet
10 necessary. Their stitch II
the wonder Of all, because
Of its combined elasticity,
strength and beauty.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
Portland Mutual Fire Insurance
COMPANY. az

A SPECIAL Meeting of the members of this Com
"A pany will be held at the room of said Company,
DAY Evening Nov 6th, at u O'Clock, to hear the re-
port OF the Treasurer to choose officers for the ensu-
my year and to transact any other business usually
transacted at an annual meeting - y
oct15eod3w uisnd CHAS. HOLDEN, President.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
PORTLAND MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15 1866

Ihe rain ceased about noon, but the Potomac
mas been rising rapidly all day, and the indica-
lions ~ are that the water will be as high as in
eae destructive freshets of former years. The
eanal oin mas overfiowed, ,sand many of the houses
along the northern bank are submerged. The
inmates of some of the ranches in the neigh
porhood were obliged to leave their tenements
on eH rafts piloted by news boys. The water in
sne canal attained its greatest height at 1.3O T.
M, when it reached within a few inches OF the
t3P OF the fence at the southeast corner OF the
mite House lot, south of the Presidents Man
sion, and covered portion OF the grounds used
Dy the base, bail clubs. East of this lot for
some dlstance the water was full OF men ana
women wading for terra frmer, waist deep,
ana ~ bringing off clothing and furniture.
Inc commissions of the following officers
heretofore appointed and announced. were
signed BY the President to-day: Daniel d
Oiay, postmaster at Gardiner, Me-; 8. 8. Rich
arqs, postmaster at Saco, Me. ana, 20. ,r,s,-t
WI In Inc regulations promulgated from the
war Department regarding the payment Of
uoun9ies, under the act of July 28th, 1866, it is
prescribed that soldiers enlisted for three years
or during the war, Who were discharged by
reason OF the termination of the war, shall be
considered as having served out the period of
tnelr enlistment, and are entitled to the boun-
ty under this act The subject having been
under the consideration of the accounting Off
GERS ana the paymaster general, the Comp
troller of the Treasury is of the opinion that
the Ith day of August, 1866, the date of the
residents proclamation declaring the rebel
lion to be at an end, should be taken as the
date OF the termination of the war, within the
meaning of the rule referred to. 4 As enlist
ments under the act of July 22d 1851 ceased on
the 18th OF July, 1864, no soldier enlisted under
that act could have been discharged on account
of the termination of the war before serving
two years.
A counterfeit of new five cent coin is in cir
culation. 1t may be distinguished from the
genuine by the softness of the metal
The extract from the forthcoming report of
the Secretary of the Treasury on the finances,
published recently, was without his CONSENT
lie has taken measures with a view to pre-
vent in future similar premature exhibits. q
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

COrS"PuOn In tne fOst.Omce Depn rtfneMts
The Erie (Pa.) Dispatch has been looking in
to the management of the Post Office Depart
ment, and reports progress as follows:
a Postmaster General Randall, the high mind,
ed, pure, and incorruptible patriot who holds
the position of private Treasurer to our lowiy
minded, modest and unassumi ng Dictator
having been drained dry of all the money he
could beg, borrow and steal, has hit upon a
scheme for raising the wind which shows his
intimate knowlege of the way in which reven-
ues should be managed when Republic Is un-
dergOing peaceful revolution to a monarchy.
1t is one worthy classical education and high
order of genius, being no less than to farm out
the revenues of his department.. 1t is called
"a Plan to Restore the Mail Service of the
South" and is placed under the entire control
OF one Bryan Tyson. He has issued circulars
authority OF the Postmaster General"
which are being sent to two men on each mail
route in the South, proposing to give the first
one OF them which answers the circular the
work at the highest compensation allowed by
law, Jor ana an consideration of fve per cent of
the total salary; payment to be made quarterly.
The said Bryan Tyson to be recognized as the
principal, and all payments of the Post Office
Department for this work will be made to him.
He then pays his agent, keeping back the five
per cent. commissiOn:-fourp per cent being re-
turned to the Postmaster General, and one per
cent. retained as his salary. Tyson particular
ly calls attention in his circular to the fact that
he "can take the test oath without any COM
FUNCTIONS" and that those who may be employ-
ed by him are not required so to do. The mail
routes in the South are five hundred in num-
Der, and the sum which will be pocketed by
johnson, Randall and Tyson makes quite res
pectable plum" 1l 's.F HI 1'IF
Such open, barcfaced, and disgraceful swim
ding and corruption was never before known.
1t would be bad enough if it was done secretly,
but the brazen impudence of Randall and his
colleagues, who are doingi it openly and with no
attempt at concealment, is unparalleled.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
a FINE Lot for sale on Congress street--on
ly fifty cents per foot. See advertisement
THE STATE.

ms
no NiAon'as "epuD''''' says Una. On sat
nfday iast ieiio" hailleu ueo'ge feather-
s,one' u iepry' came ashore IN ooa' a' En-
sis.ni',i nNer' anu "en' 10 'n' mouse oi
" o"A'oi' anu nau SUNNI "o,u' "''''
n"'on' t",l VINO oruered MIN OH. lie lneh
a, h sono hatehes from the mouse, ana
tha ha". ''u 'ne oarn' set 1t ON hre, and lett IN
whom ha ,as. nAu a young man with mm'
saws ,hat Ei a. 'ohhsons. The young man
and tha, ho haa one stole the boat in Perry,
he stole 80 qa'h'ity OF gold which
--Tba Iew;sto, ro .e.....
Perbam. a returned aaIa;as EARNS tnat Charles
hlnwn ~ .nd ona aua .,os. i,'u Doth hands
inc ,vh;la f,r;no = so,,,te =. Gs ee riuay morn
hi; ofna srId;o,s, ma Ss;,a.,' iils'oh' IN be-
t,,ot 60, T., h,,,,ar g a. -. ven''oh OF
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The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

HE FRANKFORT PRoTEsT-The spirited
and independent conduct of the inhabitants of
Frankfort has made them in an especial man
ner the objects of Count Bismarck's animosi-
ty. The European journals publish a long
and eloquent protest of the Frankfort Bour-
geoisle against their absorption into the Prus-
sian monarchy. They urge that they have
been neither hostile to Prussia nor to the views
OF nj. Bismark, and contend that a neutrnliz-
ed spot between the north and south of Ger
many Is indispensable. Frankfort changed
into provincial city, will be wholly unable
to contribute to the cOnciliation of existing an,
npathies But Frankfort, independent, re-
spected In its autonomy and in its integrity,
would have for Prussia all the more syInpa-
thy and attachment from knowing that it was
SIMPLY to the respect for right and to theloye
OF Justice that it owes the preservation of its
ancient liberties; and even were it unwilling
would feel itself irresistibly impelled to be,
come center Of propagandism in the work of
declare that Frankfort is ready to renounce its
Independence and its sovereignty without a
murmur when the union of entire Germany is
accomplished, but so long as this unification is
incomplete the Independence of their city ia
very dear to them, They conclude in the fol-
lowing terms: lsF
we are proud to be able to make the assur-
unanimity without example, is animated with
the ardent desire of conserving under present
circumstances, her liberty, her autonomy. and
her territorial integrity; up to the latest hour
we entertain this hope; from generation to gem
Grafton we have transmitted the Remembrance
OF this era of liberty and Of independence
communal organization had for the corner
stone the love of all for all We hold un-
changeably to our old right, our old faith, our
Oid anecti0nS, and our old fidelity" r1
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
PArENTs.-The following patents were grant

PATENTs.-The following patents weregrant-
ed last week to citizens of this State, viz: E.
M. Lang, OF Portland, assignor to self and Isa-
iah Gilman, of -, for improved solder cast
ing machines; Samuel Taylor, of Burlington,
for improvement in bee hives; Henry A. Tozier,
of Littleton, for improvement in bee hives;
Ruel W. Whiting and Abner G. stochin, of
South Berwick, for improved mop head; N. G,
Lincoln, OF Brunswick, for improved medicine;
1ohn L. Parker, of Pennington, for improved
weil oorer; Simeon L. Gould, of Skowhegan'
ior Improvement in nail machines; Jacob NC
Ciure, of Rockland, for improvement in hollow
augers p" '' ... .-Y..
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

THE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER CANARD-Tf
the false dispatch sent over the country the
other day on the authority of the Philadelphia
Ledger was in reality, as many persons sus-
pected at the time, put forth as a feeler to try
the temper of the public on that subject, the
manner IN which it has been received must
have convinced Mr.. johnson and his friends
that to proceed in a course like that shadowed
forth in the supposed questions, would be ex-
tremely dangerous. Even the New York
World, one of the boldest and most reckless OF
the Presidents evil advisers, holds the follow
ing language: Hora 1855 -ar.a
However great and provoking may be the
abuse, it belongs to class which admits Of no
remedy except through the ballot-box; for we
trust that nobody is 80 wicked or so insane as
to court revolutionary remedies for evils not
absolutely intolerable. h. President John
son has again and again recognized the compe-
official intercourse, and by approving the great
er portion of the laws it has passed. Those
who We're taken in by the Philadelphia canard
have only to blame themselves for their want
of wariness in supposing that the President
was about to stultify himself by condemning
his own official acts, and adding to the present
dangerous excitement by attempting revoltl-
tlonary redress OF the just grievances of the
excluded South. -
The Boston Advertiser, commenting on the
affair says: p" n'-,
But it is certain that after all the tenials
there appears to -he-seme-. Hystery abeutthe
lnatter, anu an uneasy feeling is occasionally
expressed that something serious has been
hIshed up. We cannot believe however. as
the case now stands, that there is anything
more in the affair than the fact already known,
tnat such notions OF the illegality of the pres
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

MARINE DIsAsTER.-Sunday morning intel
lgence was brought to this city by some citi-
zens of Cape Elizabeth, that large vessel was as
at anchor inside Of Trundy's Reef, between the
Portland and Cape lights, disnlasted and sp=-
parently, full of water. Four men were seen
on her quarter
Capt. E. G. Willard Immediately got up
steam on the steam tug Uncle Sam and, pro-
vided with surf boat, lines, &C., took his
brother Capt. B.J. Willard, the pilot, and start
ed for the scene of the wreck, intending, if Dos
sible to rescue the mariners. Arriving at the
place, nothing could be seen of the vessel. The
sea was running very high outside, and it was
supposed the vessel had either sunk at her an
ehoraSe or gone ashore. The surf beat so
high, that in the latter event she could not
have been seen from the tug.sfnIt is supposed
that the vessel was one from Philadelphia, Ia
den with coal. .yr,i ag IY $500 s5i...artrag .-
Late in the afternoon report reached the
city that the vessel had gone ashore and that
the crew were saved; but we could not learn
any more particulars. u.s. s5f.1
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
octi5 diff AZ.
:
Proposals for Granite WaniFacint

Proposals for Granite Wall Facing,
fTObe delivered at Great Brewster Island, Boston
Harbor will be received till noon of November l,
Tobaof the following description and an,ounts-the
offers stating the price per superficial foot vertical
raT 1aae 4 a5s for s the a 3 front ghe wall And sega
ing and coping of 800 to $50 linear feet of WALL as may
Thiswall 70 b. of nine courses, including coping. with
rises, lengths, &C., as follows: For the FACING,
courses, having rises from the top course downward
as follows one OF feet inches one OF feet inch
of the lower course Of one foot 10 inches And the
COPING shall have feet rise, the whole making a
stretchers not 70 be than feet long the
face, and are to average in width equal to the RISE not
varying more than inches from that width. The
breadth of the headers length the face to be not
s s 4 ans sS ana to Be-
doyetded sB an inch tos foot from the front, the
ends of the stTetchers being beveed to correspond
The 'beds" of the headers, and their ''buiids and
'joints for three inches more than the rise of the
course from the front. Also the entire build of
e fSe RI be gaS ana
willhel "rongh hammered straght' that is, one Of
wind true to the square or bee with good full joints
the ar srrises @ ~ w. Faagsnsd g seeordng Y
from the 'front.' least widtb2 feet inches and to aver
be rough hammered straight the arrises for the trpnt
as above. COLOR of stone Of no consequence it the
material IS sound and strong The delivery OF this
stone upon trucks at the wharf Of Great Brewster ISL
and to commence about the 10Th of April, 1867, and
to continue regularly till the whole shall have been
received by the close Of the following month Of July
at latest. Proposals will beconsidered for or
for the whole of the above amounts. Payments will
be made II required as cargoes are verified, 10 per
cent being reserved from each till the contract
pleted to the satisfaction Of the Superintendmg En-
gneer.i IA 4aAT q EsYr4guu uYvyt.r
There will also be required for delivery at the ame
Island from 600 to 5000 tons of rough "quarry
shells stone, for paving urear of coping, which NAV
vary from about one foot to not more tha two feet in
thickness The stones not to- be less than about dne
half ton weight to have split edges, making joiuts
with the best bed not varying than Ito u inches
10 the foot and they may be irregular IN size shape
otherwise Offers will be received for not less than
600 tons or for the whole amount Of this paving stone
the delivery on the cars, as above, to commence as
early ksIractcablea completion of the contract
one-half at least, by the 18th of December next
Payments to be made as above described for the
nrsng inns stone (narKeu as such
Oh the envelope) will be addressed to
,5tHt GEN. H. w. BENHANI, Snp'g Eng'r,
-4.I In "a Z 70 State Street, Boston, Mass
RDSinn- 0ct nctfF 1tnr
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
Another Fenian Scare.

.-H ~ l'- d4i NEW YORK, Oct. 49,
The Herald's Toronto special dispatch says
Saturday, by rumor that party of Buffalo
roughs contemplated raid. Preparations
were made to receive them by the police and
volunteers. ila51-
The same day some Fenians on picnic ex-
Erie and the British gunboat Reserve, cheered
for Roberts and O'Neil, and their band played
Wearing the Green" SC. The commander
Of the gunboat warned them off or he would
fire into them. Nothing serious occurred. ~
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

-lqsAIE OF REAL EsTATE.-Mr. o. G. Frost
(now of Bethel) sold his Hotel and stable
property on Centre street, on Saturday last to
Messrs. George Burnham, Jr, and George
Smith, for $l1 900 cash. Mr.. Frost's good for
tune win be gratifying to Portland people, all
Of whom knew him so well, here, for upwards
of twenty years, during which period, by
marked diligence and skill in his business as a
hackman and stable keeper, he laid the foun-
dation for the respectable competency which
he now enjoys. r.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
Foreign News per steamer.

NEW YORK, Oct. IA.
Foreign news to the 4th inst. contains the
following: % l. III 81
AT the banquet in honor of the cable layers
message was received from the Queen, con-
ferring knighthood upon Capt. Anderson, Prof
Monsen, Messfs. Glass and Corning, and
baronetcy upon Mr.. Sampson and Mr. Gooch.
The e5neen says her reasons for not comforting
DISTINGUISHING marks Of her favor upon Mr. G.
W. Field, is an apprehension that it might en-
cr0ach ON the. province of his own government.
Electioneering movements in various parts
OF england are reported, looking toward pos
sl6le dissolution of parliament next spring
1t is stated that the recent wet weather in
England has destroyed a tenth part of the
whole wheat crop. '
The Woolwich arsenal had been leyelled
with the ground by an explosion of gun cotton.
The case of the seven rebel vessels seized as
the property of the United States, has again
been postponed. u.
Garibaldi had returned to lCaprera, and his
volunteers had been disbanded.
All was quiet at Palermo aAii
The King of Hanover had protested to all
the Cabinets of Europe against annexation to
Prussia, and appeals to all the powers to aid
him against oppression. slF aF
The insurfection in Gambia was still pro-
crossing, and the insurgents were marching
upon the city of Gambia. =
The French Minister had protested against
Turkey ceding any ports in the Gulf of Egina
to America or Russia.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
Attorney General of the United States.


Office of the y. s. District attorney for Pr
H.. giaid, Norfolk, October Sth, 1866: -, i.17. t
To Hon. Henry Stanbary, attorney General
Of the United States: - SIR ~ In compliance
with your request submit herewith the SUBJ
stance of a verbal statement made you q few
days since in answer 10 your question why no
demand had been made upon the military au-
thorities for the surrender of Jefferson Davis,
in order that he might be tried upon the in
dictments found against him in the U. 8. Cir
cult Conrt at the term held at Norfolk in May
last. Two reasons have influenced me in not
taking any steps for removing him from their
custody. One relates to his safe keeping, the
other to his own personal comfort and health.
l have never had any doubt but that he would
be delivered to the u. s.. Marshal whenever
he should have demanded him on capias, or
any other civil process. But you can readily
understand that SO soon as he goes into the GUS
tody OF that officer upon any action had by me,
his place of confiement would be one of the
State jails ef Virginia. At Fortress Monroe
all necessary precautions can be, and are, taken
to prevent his escape. Over the police of a
State jail the Marshal has no authority, and the
save at very great expense. Mr. Davis is now
IN as comfortable quarters as the most of those
occupied by the officers 40 the fort. The loca-
ton is a healthy one. His family has free ac-
cess to him, and he has fun opportunity to ex-
erclse in the open air. If his health be feeble,
and he be removed to ono of the State iails, his
condition instead ST being better, would in all
respects be much for the worse : His counsel
probably understand all this, and think will
not be likely to take any steps whiohwould de-
crease the personal comforts or endanger the
life Of their client. ika p. ] . f71'''-f le'7Il
have the honor to be, a-l} 20. lt'a
5jfr.tasi Most respectfully ~
GaH- -r54ng sHisI Yohr obt seryt F...af
l.. M. .CHANDLER, .,is
! od4 + us. District Attorney for Virginia.
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15

o,y ms,.s, ,BOOk-Keeping. '9914 "'7
Ia YOUNG man, twenty five years of age, had be-
tween five and six years experience, understands
by double entry, and is well acquainted
| infortland is in want of situation. Apply to
| ,.,-.. w. III. JERRIS,
| oct. ID. Adlw - Ggsa fE Real Estate Agent
The Portland daily press., 1866-10-15
The Storm i'm NIarylnnd---Great Desfruc.
issrota 81 ton Of Property.

y - N '''i y 1iINI llI BALTIMORE, Oct Y.
Accounts received from . Upper Patapsco
show that the damage by the storm was much
greater than reported. The large dam of the
Union Manufacturing Company with part Of
its mill race, stabling and horses, together with
the bridge connecting with the works sof the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, were all swept
off. The dam of the Granite factory at Eli
colts mills, and much other property at that
point, in addition to that before mentioned,
have been destroyed. Many houses and much
other property in Patapsco valley have been
seriousl2 damaged There are reports of sew
eral lives being lost. si,,e,is,iy ID -. -