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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
A Three Story Brick Boarding
House
FOE AIEI

fEIlE Brick Boarding House No. 49 Fore near Indi:.
Il Stfect, is now offered for sale. The house con-
tiius twenty live finished rooms and will ccummo-
date about ltty boarders The house IS well built of
good materials, has slated rouf aud granite sls and
window caps; has large brick cstern and acqueduct
water.
This IS good location for boarders 1t being near
the Boston steamers, the new sugar refinery and tie
works Oh the Portland Company
Now is the time 10 purchase. Apply Immediately
10 W. II. JERKS,
Sept. l. d3w Under Lancaster Hall.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
REAL ESTATE.
A Good House

EoHsALE. The well built and pleasantly located
now occupied by Mr.. g. Mark House Contains s sr
parors. setting-room dining-room kitchen and five
good sleeping rooms. Fine cellar, in which is a we'll
for another house. Apply to wv" sp''cc
Sept. 10-dtf o 'scht.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
FOE SALE!

FOE SALE!
A 2 1-2 Story Brick House,
WITH lot, containing about three thousand feet.
w The House can be converted into two se)arate
tonements, there being two kitchens, with dining
5wo writer's and thy 1--WE 6ea
and gas all over the house; all in perfect order.
lot Of land adjoining the above premises, contains
W. H. JERRIS.
Sept. l. cd3w Real Estate Agent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11

FOB Sale OR LEASE.
House Lots ON Favorable Terms.
ANE OH Quincy street, second from Cumberland,
" One on Federal sire I. second from India.
One OH Chestnut street, near Cumberland.
Four on North street, ncsr Promenade.
Two large lots on Pleasant street. in Wostbrook,
each lot capable OF making seven house lots GO front
street.
Any of the above lots will be sold ON long credit at
6per cent? and no money required 10 be paid down
where suitable building is erected. Building to be
insured by owner, and loss in case of fire 10 be paid
the mortgagcr. Applyto
WIN. IT. JERIlIS,
Real Estate Agent, under Lancaster Hall.
au20eodGW
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11

But few left of those very Eligible
Lots at West End.
nNE of the best building Lots OH Bramhall Hill,
" adjoining the estate Of Hon. j. Il. Brown, The
Lot is ia feet Pine street, and 100 on Vaughan st.
Also first class THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE in
central location containing Is rooms, all in COM
plcte order. Apply to.
augl7-tf W. ii. JERKS,
Real Estate Agent, under Lancaster Hall.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
Lot for Sale,

A GOOD lot on the southerly corner Of Wilmot and
"A Lincoln Streets. Size about 81 by 60 feet. APP
piyto w. II, JERKS,
- Real Estate Agent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
House Lots.

LNL1GABLE House Lots tor sale on Thomas En-
~ cry and Congress streets; one near tho head of
State street.
W. H STEPHENSON,
Portland. Aug 8.-dtf I'd National Bank.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
CITY NOTICES.

City of Portland.
TREAsURER's OFFICE. August 2S, 1896.
BONDS issued by the City for Municipal purpos-
ID es, in sums Of $500 AMI 900, on ten and
twenty years time, arc for sale al this office.
HENRY p. LORD
Sept cdtf City Treasurer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-11
For Sale or to be leased for a term
of Years.

A LOT Of land 82xG0 feet on tho eastern side o
"A smith street between Cumberland and Oxford
streets, formerly covered by dwelling house No. 90
Smith street Fine Spring in The cellar.
Apply to SMITH & REED,
Counsellers at Law, Moulton Block Congress st.
aug23-dtf
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
eSDaDaD HIp vx1 ia n.eas

fwl pay $500 to the proprietor of my medicine
that can show a greater number of genuine certih-
Gates of cures effected by it near the place where IL
is made, than MISHLER'S HERB BiTrERS-ot
Consumption, Dyspepsia, Liver CoInplant Bloody
Flux. Diarrhea, Typhoid. Remittcnt Intermittent
and Bilious Fevers, Fever and Agde.Cholerai Nor
bus, Yellow Iaundce Scrofna. Rnnnlng or Sore Legs
Cancer, Abscess, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Coughs
Colds, Cramp, in tha stomach, Chronic Didrthod
Piles, letter, Scald Head, 0phnema, or alling-oway
sickness penulhrto ch llren, Lenohorrlioea Fafinq
Of the Womb NIL Obstructlons to the due course OF
nature in females MI venereal dIsea-esand all com
plants arising rom imphre blood or weak and dis
ordered state Of the stomach, LEer or Kpdneys;-
Certificates of cures Of tho Yellow Fever m Mexico
canalso be furnished. Remehlhcr, # it does no
cure, the money will he refunded by the proprie
tor, BENJAMIN MlSHLER, y
s. Z. Corner of Centre Square,
Lancaster, Pa.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09


er-a M f Ell no
pgryhlppers Of Grain, Flour, and other mcrchnn.
dice have insurance TO any place desired, on the
most rOaBonAbieterlns.
Weare authorized to pay for the scrip ~ these
Oompanies before delivery iOcents on the dollar
aBe Those Who desire the nEHr ASD cHFArHsr insn-
rance IN The most responsible companies, will d9wcl
70 call on Che Agent, al his office m smaA fame
G .G' *. FRITTER.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

These Bltters iniye heen tested md approved py
he following Physicians and Druggists;
HE LANoAsrgR, OHIO, Nov 29th' 1855
rrhe undersianed having examinedthe formula oi
Weoyer's Mexican Btters, take pleasure lireeonl-
tncndng their ,fse aa grateful rtonachlc 0mdt tonic
IL is most nn1ucstonaby good appetizer, and val
uroye itself worthy O use IN cases ollhuge7uOh anu
prnctal debility
o + Davis, MD, t.... ..
NJ Eninger, " d
4 i Por,oT, P MD clearport, +"
PIIewetson, NJ u. Amanda, I"
VIZ ireg,ry, Druggist Lancaster ONO Of
Il Slocum -
Androw Foust rarton, 'tlHJ
OW Kramer, Chemist, Lancaster, Ohio
IT, q shaw, NJ d. late Stnlf surgeon U. ). Army
paul CARPENTER, NJ H., Lancaster, Ohio. l#a,.
j. 9. Watkins, Ookield, Perry Co.
s. lIyde, NJ, d. Rushvll '.'.t .''t ''
il Rankins N. D, Somerset.
| II. II .Magrudcr NJ d, 200
| T. Vlnatta, NJ. d, Fdltonham, Muskli gum Co.
| W +. Mnync, Basil
II. J. IIumm"l, NJ, y, Baltimore.
A. l., Simmons, Druggist Baltimore,
u D rIordpn, NJ. D., New Lexington, Ohio.
| N. W Dlpler, " e
| A. Richards, ="
II G., WEAVER, Proprietor,
A,n street, Lancaster, Ohio, to whom all order
should be addressed ,I t.
| NOyl0'G5-30-ti
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

The course ofstudy consists ofSlNGLE and DOU.
RLE ENTRY BOOK KEEPING, in stock and PART
nership Sets, Wholesale and Retail merchandise,
Commission, Conn ound C0mIA,y and Joint stock
Rusness Banking Commercial Paper, Commerdlal
law, BUSINESS Arithmetic, Practical Penmanshilh Ne
A large Hall Is now fitted up for the relegnphlc
Dcpartmentexe xeluslely y,where advantages VIII be Sc
cured supeor to anything elswhere IN the West II y
IN the care ofa operator OF long experience and OF
the best reputation Having also the favor and pat
ronnge orthe leading Telegraph Officers, throughout
the West situations or graduates can readily be Sc
cured,
The tuition fee only about oNE-llALF that usu-
Ry charged in similar Institutions; while the cheap
ness nf living, the numerous educational advantages
of the place, and the comparative absence oftempt'
Rtions TO vco, are imp irttnt considerations.
We de NOT GUARANTEE situations TO our graduates,
foritls beyond the power Of any Commercial Col
lcgeto. get sltuatnns for all graduates, but do
GUARANTEE tull and COMPLETE satisfaction to our stu
dents.
| REMENBER, that we are not a"link" in auyhody's
chain, neltherdo we claim to 80 ahsrrd athng rs @
"pdtentr ona systsm ofinstruotion,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
4 B. M IS HLER.S
: ~ 1 cELEBRATED g7
HERB BITTERS!
A Grand Specific for all Diseases aris-
ing from an improper state Of the
Blood or DiSordered Stomach.
C Il 0 ! E 3 A /!

Cholera, that most dreadful scourge Is here and
il becomes us to look around for the best remedy to,
ward otl the attack OF this complaint II Is welknown
that the most etlicaclous cure for cholera IS thnt
which possesses the most heating powers' whether
II is applied internally or externally. Ihis
the reason why vOle friction hot bricks &c ,nre
so useful. Mshlers Herb Bltters possess a greater
heating power than any yet discovered To test tins
let any try lt-talle dose and see how It viii warm
up the system TINS being the vase. these Bitters
are offered remedy for Cholera. with fall con-
fidence that they will most surely effect cure, II a
ken in tune. In evidence OF this fact we offer below
letter from one Of our most eminent druggists who
bad great deal of experience IN Cholera during its
visit to Ph IA iallhia This letter was entirely unso
hcited and therefore is entitled to the most implicit
! belief The writer is graduate of Philadelp phia
College of Pharmacy. WIS Steward for three years in
the Jefferson Hospital Philade phia and for tii-
teen years druggist:
| t.lt aL Lancaster Nov Sd, 1865.
Dr. b Misher-Dear Sir; Knowing that the Chol-
era with its dreadful ravages is now upon our land,
| aud knowing that no medicine now in onr country
| Possesses such caOuc influence, (which is the
| vital remedy for all diseases ofthis kind" as the
| Bltters youare now making, request you to make
snch quant'yof your Btters as wonld suit all de-
mands as | assure you they will he an Invaluable
remedy, and will be hailed az u blessing by all who
1 will usei
Yours. respectfully, IcI
i JACOB L. BAKER
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

A IL pornoue Indebted To- the Arm Of Rsber, X uts
IA UIricE. Cfthey deEire to save cosis) silloome
6rwaro and pay their ndobtedners.
lam determined 20 elose up allaccounte and notes
within short time, unless paid they will be loft
vilh an oiAeer for collection.
OHRlCEr-OEer Reber, KutE A. Ulrick's Store,
" tbs room formcyly Occupied by A. McVeigh, Esq
W "A& G. +. RAINEY.
!. hasa 90. isss-a
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
READ WHAT MIsHLER'S HERB BIT
TERS ARE DOING ABOUT LANCAS.
TEN ONO

- -
READ WHAT MIsHLEtS HEhS BiI-
TEiS ARE DOiNG ABOUT LANCAS-
TEX, ONO
LII Guns. propr,etor Lanca ster Wooden Factory
cert6es thnt Il.hlsr, Herb Bitters have done hun
a'eVere "''"cA o' i"'''''''n.'o' n"eu'.'''S'N n"eu'.''
.,ieo. III bo hoo ho.n ,.,,rod or
noI ~ - ,gr Tycntyiy veors st,nng bv the
@ IVY NJ, W ~ HIM ii,tnr. ~ ~ ''
u'o % Ni''i''' 'O'"' ''lN' HlR ..i. .bt
n,x,,, ,curps ,ortifos thaf he ,riCo is so rnnor
AK M, s ~, 10 ~, ~, ttIo or Nti"bi!
ny H., ,,i ~ h t'a' al s tnt,is NV
~li ,,ra her vi yspepsa OF over (teen yenra stan
TI eu' .,t ~, ~ ,to NJ :n nr
a',1s Ut & n,sT r ,',', % =" ~" n,,,tIS stanJipi
"U "s"0 VI WV ." "''''I'
i. Wrrz,t prom pad,.chen Ifof certfies that half
| hottie ut MIshisfs Herb Bitters cured his eldest
,,co, IN rr,rn p,oo Lancaster roOnerv cor,,se~
Ga, s sv rrs@ b a. al E%S q
Herb Bttcrs. Ia vss a.
GEORGE l.urz, pdtentee Patent team Indicator
,,,l 4 and
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

Makes four distinct stitches. Foods tho work
either way, sews thin aud heavy goods without
change Of tension, viii gather and sew on ut the
same time. strong aud simple In construction,
easily understood, Il VIII 10 q greater range ofworll
with leas trouble and change than any other Machine
Every Machine warranted
nB-GREENE'S BLOCK, Second Door from tho
Corner, Main street, Lancaster, Ohio.
January 2b l6t6-l
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
{. II. POND,
L. E, and W. A, DRAKE,

Principals of the ChiroGraphc Department, In
strurtors in Spencerlan Pcnmanship-plain
Practical aud urnamcntal-Pon Drawing,
Card Marking, Lettering, &c.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

Entrance by stairway, one door west of enrmco 10
Groccry1 where this delightful relreshment will be
scryedup OF quality and ina style to gitounlversal
satisfaction.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
DYSPEPSIA.


acids and carminotyos to strengthen the stomacn
and nervous system. II Is certnin remedy for Dys
pepsla or Indigestion Ne vousness Loss n Appetite
Aoldity of the Stomach, Fntulcncc and Debility. II
l. not alcoholic therefore particularly suited for
Weak, Nervous and nyspcptic persons. For sale by
all Druggists everywhere ut 81 per bottle.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

L. II OLDs proprietor Lancaster Wooden Factory,
rcrtihes that ilishers Herb Bitters have done hun
more good than any medicine he has ever taken IN
a .eyere attack OF lniammatOry rheumatism.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
LorIIInrd Insurance Company
or NEw YoRL.
SECURITY INSURANCE
or NLw YORK.

These Companies divide thrce.hurthe Of net pro-
hts annually TO the Policy Holders 70 scrip hearing
end giving policy holders greater security and
cheaper insurance.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

DASIEb AoKTRs certifes that his wfa is SO noteri-
ally ben4tcd by the use o one bottle of NIishlers
Herb Btters tnt she Is sttisficd two bottles more
will cure her Oi Dyspepsia over fifteen yenra stan
ding Also that fcw doses cured hs son OF ieyel
-and ague OF over SIX months sthndIng III -
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

~ LITTLE certifes that he has been cured oi
Deafness ol over Twenty-Five years standing by the
use OF Mshlers Herb Euters. .; ~
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

j. WrrzXL Prop Badschcn tTof certiiles that half
hottie ut NIlshlers Herb Bitters cured his eldest
daughter OF fever and ugUe
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09

JACOB SuErFER Prop Lancaster Iannery cortIfes
that he WIS cured Of Chronic I)iArrhpa ap FluX Of
over six months stanung by the use of Mshlers
Herb Blttcrs. 4,.t.4 .-r.Il .'a.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
OF BALTIMORE, Md

WARER0OMS-North East Corner Of
EItaw and Fayette Sts., and No.
Is, II, and 10, North Eutaw St
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-09
Card TO the Ladies.
DIR. DUPoNoo's
GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILES
FOR LES.

Tn rorreotinr IrreauIarItIes, Removi In 6
OhstructIOnS of the MOnLhly
Turns from Whatev-
erCauses
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

We received too late for last weeks is
sue, the particulars Of distressing occur
renee which took place near Etna Green
in this county. a young man by the
name of Snider was employed by gentle>
man to sleep IN his barn and guard his
stock against the depredations Of thieves.
During the night some one came 70 the,
barn, when Snider demanded, "who' S
there and the intruder fed pursued by
Snyder. who fired at him rs he ran. hit
ting him three times. This is Snyder S
story.
The wounded man, whose life is despair>
Ell Of, SAYS that there was an arrangement
made between him and Snyder, to stay at
the barn with him that night, and that he
was to rap at the door and answer the
challenge of Snider-that he did as direct
ed. but instead Of being ad mitted, Snyder
opened the door and commenced firing at
him. The wounded mans name is Nc,
Clure. and ne is respectfully connected =
Snyder was examined before Esquire Hol
loway and bound over in the sum of ST 900.
Il is very distressing alair.-Northern
L,dtanian.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
superstition versus Fact.

Among the many instances Of the pccu-
liar tenacity with which The mind clings to
youth, is perhaps that related in the histo-
y Of Ponce de Leon, an early Spani.h adj
ycnturer. It seems he was so much infat-
uated with this hope, that it finally became
a belief with him that It Vas attainable.-
under this impression history speaks Of him
as hagin. embarked upon an expedition
through the beautiful and ever blooming
Floridas, with the idea of finding spring.
the water Of which he had taught himself
to believe would give him perpetual youth
In this matter Of fact age, however. re
suits plainly discover that we must look to
The developments Of science and chemistry
for an approximation toward this desired
end, and if it is to be regretted that the
excellent and unr;valed Bitters of DR.. Ro-
back was a century or more too late TO be
ayailed Of by this eminent parsonage, il
would not only have saved this worthy
Knight the expense CT his Quixotic expe,
dition. but the benefit of this valuable
remedy would be manifested in the improved
physical and mental superiority of tn
knights Of southern Chivalry"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
tile asepufy Collector.

Gir G. Whitnore the Deputy Collector
Of Internal Revenue for this county has at
last ''cone cat IN card contained in last
week Republican in which he says:
Ihaye never vet found in any of Mr. John
sons anti-Congress acts o reasonable cause
for me TO discard or deny him as q President
who will rule right and do Justice to the party
that elected him and 10 the country at large.
Well done, Charles. Now that you
have fairly committed yourself to the sup
port of the President, we hope you will
not back down from this advance position,
especially IS the Cabinet and Thousands
of the most Intelligent and reliable republi.
cans all over the country agree with" you.
You are in excellent company now, and
unless you join hands again with the rad
icals and vote with Mattingly, Colfax &
Co, We shall think you are really sincere
in Your professions.
SIR. Buck, the Deputy Assessor for this
county, has not yet defined his position
Can he or Mattingly tell the public wheth-
cr lie is for the President, or with his
Congressional opposers
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
The DeiinaHent Land Sales.

The Republican has been much exer-
c:sed OF late about the "ilIegality Of the
delinquent land sales made last February"
The editor says he cannot provoke" Lsto
say word about that matter. He "conaot
provoke US to do any thing, but we will
say for his sltisfa:ti that there has new
er been legal sale of delinquent lands for
taxes made in this State, owing to the
complex and contradictory provisions of
the statute 1t is impossible for the Off
GERS to comply with the Law as it stands on
the statute book, and the Supreme Court
has decided time and again that tax sales
cannot be sustained unless every requires
meat of the law be strictly complied With.
For example, the law requires that the
Auditor and Treasurer shall on certain
day meet and then md there make settle
ment for the amour Of taxes for which tn e
Treasurer stands Charged, aud prescribes
the manner Of making the settlement and
what on said day each of them shall then
and theve DO. and by reference 10 tbs Law
Zee. 1zs n page lo1 4 1o1 # II :
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
TEse Moth western Elections.

Inc ashlngton correspondent OF the
Detroit free press says, in speaking of In
diana
''The Administration men regard eight
out Of the eleven Congressional districts
certain for their candidates Judge Han
ma, Of Terre Haute, will be the Democrat
lie candidate in the Seventh District.
Hon. ID, w. Voorhees, declines the noTin>
alton He will, however, enter the can
vass, with his usual vigor and ability. and
| understand he will stump the State from
one end to the other. In Illinois the sit
uation is reported to be equally promising.
The democracy will gain six or seven
members in that State, while in Wisconsin.
Hon. Charles \. Eldridge, the indefatiga-
bic democratic representative from the
Fon du Lac district, will be triumhpantly
returned, besides bringing with them one
or two good democrats from districts now
represented by radicals Michigan is set
down as good for the administration rep
resentatives, at least. The districts of
Beaman, Longyear and Trowbridge are
conceded by republicans to be doubtful.
Let the democracy make them certain. IN
Ohio, dozen radical members of congress
will have to walk the plank, and the same
is true OF Pennsylvania and New York"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14

Gavin and Hord's edition of the Statutes)
it will be manifest that such settlement
cannot be made in a county like ours in
less than two weeks, and yet unless it be
actually made in one day the sale of lands
only one of some fifteen or twenty provis>
ions of the law necessary to be fully aud
strictly complied with to render sales legal.
one half of which at least it is utterly i'm
possible to practically carry out. We have
not heretofore alluded to this matter be-
cause We saw no possible good that could
grow out Of a newspaper discussion Of it,
and only refer to it now that the public
may know there are more reasons than
one why delinquent land tax sales cannot
be sustained
As to the errors said to have been com.
mitted in the publication of the list by
the Democrat, we have only this to say:
The lis. was IS correctly printed as was
the one published by our neighbor few
years ago when Bro. Fuller was Auditor,
and that it vas published as soon as We
received it and as long before the day of
sale So the ore published By the Repub>
lean. Hadn't Matting.y aud Fuller bet
ter disgorgc, or else keep still
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-14
The Eenian war at an End.

ST. ABRAMS, Vt, June 10.
The Fenian raid on Canada from this
section is ended The Fenians are all
back, excepting few stragglers.
Gen. Sweeney has been released on par
ole. and also Col. Mehan, and they have
issued the following:
ST.. ALBANs, Vt. June 10.
W. r. RoBERrs, President Feniau
Brotherhood, 1876 Bowery, New York:
Send no more men to the front; the
stringent measures Of the government
have rendered success impossible at pres
ent. Promulgate this Immediately.
(Sigued) L. ". SwEENY.
HEADOUARTE' 5 ARMY OF IRELAND
ST ALBANs, Vt. June 9, 1866.
10 the Senior Officer with Troops Of the
Army Of Ireland, at Malone, Potsdam, &c:
SIR-In view of the Presidents procla-
nation, and the stringent measures adopt
ed by the United States authorities to
prevent reinforcements or supplies reach
ing our forces on the frontier, and desti>
tnte as we are Of war material, and not
likely to obtain any under present circum-
stances, the general commanding the army
of ireland instructs me to inform you that
he considers it his duty to direct you to
avail yourself of the offer Of the United
States government to furnish transporta
ton for your officers and men to their res
positive homes, as the object of the expe-
dition cannot be accomplished at present
The general feels certain that the soldiers
of this command will continue to deserve
the high character for good conduct now
accorded by the people of the United
States.
(Signed) JOHN MEHAN,
Colonel of Engineers and Chief OF Staff.
Gen. Meade arrived in town last even
ing, and was serenaded at the Weldon
| house.
The British troops arc committing de-
predatons on the border. They seized
three Fenians on this side of the border,
and took them into Canada and shot them,
and were Selling and imprisoning all the
Fenians they could find near the line, on
this side