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The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
Steamer Burned.

CAIRO. Ill, Jan. %.
The steamer Ashiar Agnes with 1920 bales
of cotton, was recently burned on Altamaha
river, Georgia. The boat was valued at 10000
dollars. Insured for that amount. The most
of cotton insured. Five or six negroes lost.
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

FOREIGN ExPoRTs.-The total value of
Foreign Exports from this port last week
amounted to $2O,377 90. Included in the ship
ments were $50 bis -four; 1900 bushels barley !;
1885 sugar box shocks; $4,000 hoops; 46,275
# boords. sB s84
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
.Ne,c Orleans. Markets..

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. %.
Cotton-dull and lower; sales to-day i26 bales Of
middling at At a 4Sc.
Sales for the week $4,000 bales. Receipts "a, 900.
Stock in port 176, 900 bales. ,4gI
Checks ON New York discount.
Freights steady; cotton to Liverpool I'd q Id. To
New York 1c ~ ID. a4 IGA e 5a9 ltt
Gold-quoted 139.
NEW ORLEANS Jan. 81.
Cotton-actiye; sales 400 bales midling uplands
at 4Sc. a El1I ttifif 1It
Sugar-fair 14Jc. "a.
New York checks discount. f Go
Gold 140.
Freights-unchanged. -r.,-n.r
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
Cincinnati Markets.
&
Flour tnadv.

Flour steady. =
Wheat-dull at / 20 for new red 'ff1
Hogs = &c lower, closing with firmer feeling,
ceipts Q, 400 head. ~ lsfas'f ~
90 Provisions-Mess Pork firmer; sales at % 20 q
Green Meats-in fair demand. tre- So
Whskey-sales at rs for free.
Gold 800. M
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
Murderers Sentenced.

NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
Gonezales and Pelliceir, the murderers of
Ortero, were to-day sentenced to be hanged
March 9th, The prisoners received their SEN
tence without emotion. f es.. .,.ft.rlfs
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

THE BILLIARD ExHBrTIoN.-This is some
thing entirely new for this section, and no
doubt will draw crowded house. 1t is to be
conducted on grand scale. The seats are to
be elevated, and music has been engaged for
the occasion. Sec advertisement,
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
Fryeburg Academy !!

TINE SPRING TERM of this Institution will com.
Il mence ON rn~s .4-,--.-t : 2
Wednesday, February 2lst, 1855,
And continue eleven weeks.
! CHARLES D. BARRows, A. B., Pnnc1rAL.
A Classical Department ba. near formed esrec,-
matte and thorough, s ava ooieso-''''"
nns ana ITss0iag by competent tenchers.
n Doora can be obtained on reasonable terms. Also
ncvme tor Students wishing to board themselves.
Application should be made in person or by letter
to the Principal, or to
-aie lh1fIIl d. B. SEwALL, Secretary.
Jan 26-d4w
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

ARIEL B. C.-The last Assembly Of this
course will come off tomorrow evening, Jan.
30, at Lancaster Hail.
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

The Alumn@ of the Girls High School, are
requested to meet at the High School building,
Monday 1.-THE 29th) at o'clock P. M.
DIT a.la5 i9o PER ORDER.
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
For Sale at Anction

TNHE convenient and commodious Hotel en- Main
street, Saco, better known as the "Saco Ho Sc "
on - the - day Of January next, unless
previously disposed Of at private sale. 10 fI-1s1 ;
The house has been kept for the last few wears NV
Rufus M. Lord. Possession given 18Th july ises. "
For particulars enquire of ~ ~ - 49, 3
DIR. j. e. l.. KIMBALL Saco w
Dec 20-dtd y
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
xxx CoNGREss---First Session.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.
rffrirEoi HOUSE.
The day was devoted to speech making
Messrs. Smith, of Kentucky, and Broomall,
of Pennsylvania, made speeches, after which
the House adjourned.
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

SEE advertisement of porte monnaie lost il
the horse cars.
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
MEDICAL ELECTRICITY
eE hodsg l4 -adfio ssi,latG q sa1.
DR.. w. N. DEFINING, .S ~ q
Medical Electrician
nas 174 MIDDLE STREET,



W7HEkE he would respectfully announce ia the
w citizens Of Portland and vicinity that he las
permanently located in this city. During the three
years we have been in this city, have cured some
tried other forms of treatment in vain and curing
patients in so short time that the question is often
asked do they stay cured? To answer this question
we VIII say that all that do not stay cured, we viii
doctor the second time without charge. NJ =
DR.. ID. has been practical Electrician for twentE-
one years, and Is also regular graduated physcia
Electricity is perfectly adapted to chronic diseases in
the form OF nervous or sick headache; neuralgia m
the head, neck, or extrcmities; consumption when
in the acute stages or where the lungs are not fully
nvolved acute or chronic rheumatism, scrofula HID
Of the spine, contracted muscles, distorted limbs
palsy paralysis, st. Vitas Dance deafness stam-
hering or hesiancy OF speech, dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, constpanon and liver complaint, pies-we cure
it's structures Of the chest and all forms Of female
na BY Electricity .ee
The Rheumatic, the equity, the lame and the law
leap with joy, and move with the agility and elastic
ity Of YOUTH the heated brain is cooled the FROST
bitten limbs restored, the uncouth deformities rs-
moved; faintness converted to yigor, weakness TO
the Palsied form to move upright; the blemishes
youth are oblterated; the ACCIDENTS Of mature lite
prevented the calamtles OF old age obviated and an
active circulation maintained
LADIES
Who have cold hancs and feet; weak stomaehs LAM
and weak backsj nervous and sick headache; dizz;-
ness and swimming In tho head with indigestion and
constipation of the bowels pain in the side and back
leueorrhGa Tor whites); falling of tho womb with in
ternal cancers; tumors, polypus, and all that long
train Of diseases viii find in Electricity
of cure. For painful menstruation, too profuse
menstruaton, and all of those long line of troubles
with young ladies', Electricity is a certain specific,
and will in short time, restore the sufferer to the
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
B-Music by the Portland Band-Ea

Gentlemen's Tickets, s1.OO; Laiies' Tickets, SO
CTS, to be obtained at Pane,s Music Store Crosman
q Co.'s, Thomas G. Lorings, Charles Mccarthy,
Jr.'s, William Melaugh's, and at the Door of the
Hall. .
Doors open OF half past seven O'Clock.
Jan. Is. I'd
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

RAILWAY TRAFFrc.-The receipts on the
Grand Trunk Railway, for the week ending
Jan. goth, were: ra
Passengers, $27,6S5 90
Express Freight, Mails and Sundries, ALSO 90
Freight and Live Stock, 69,S07 90
Total, $102,242 90
Corresponding week last year, los, 90
Decrease, 1887 90
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

TyHE proposition of this Society In hold n rub,c
Vail ~ commance IN ,pS Ssib oS E Hy at
r. raise finds 70 he exnended in snvnortino taanr
smorc the Freedmen Of III. Soutb and az Ssr a
nacessa,v In s,,yTlv;nc the Yreao,,t | ~ 10
them n nod and cothsno has heen racsved m ths
citv with General approbation. ~ -'
Energetic patrinfic and influential men and NO.
man baya nyoyn;aa3 thar assistanca and ~;
to make The contemplated Fair worthy of the nohle
Charity with which Il IL connected and HE AZ
hibition OF the liberal and philanthropic spirt Of
Portland and IF tbe State Of lame No po;,s viii ~,
shared to make this Festival of CHARITY AT snccess
or to those which in our sister cities aided tbs Gov
eminent during the war in preserving the health and
efficiency Of our victorious armies. I ~ Y ESQ q
~ Liz sse 1n1a ac .4r WI DC upon
sie sse ~ ~ y, a ~ ~ Is expect
~ ehas .o 4 wn; ey az ex9iolte9 WIN pc
$1,000; 1919 " ;t; i anu s3, v'sie9 ~ rom tne
yS -; -. @ oi..Us, WY VIII Ne giau 70 meet
has moved the best instincts of the popular heart
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
BY Electricity
TEETH TEETH! TEETH!

DR.. d. still continues to Extract Teeth by ELEc-
TRICIrY WITHOUT PAIN. Persons having decayed
teeth sumps they wish to have removed for reset
ting he would give polite invitation to call.
Superior ELECTRO MAGNETIC MACHINES for sale
for family use, with thorough instructions. -. Z.
DIR. d. can accommodate lew patients with board
end treatment at his house.
Office hours from o'clock A. VI. to 10 NJ. from
to P. M, and to in the evening. -
Consultation free. noy1tf
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29
NOTICE.
The Committee of Investigation into alleged
Frauds in Enlistments,
tttf 6rsf, VIII meet in the II 4r
S EN- ATE CHI AM B E r.

aues Special Notice.
A GENTS who have been canvassing for the new
IA popular work, Grant and Sherman, their Cam
paigns and Generals, written by j. T. Headley, are
hereby notified that the agency of Grace Co., Port
orders for Books, sent the undersigned will be for
warded to their ordei by express, from Boston, Mass
and they are requested to report Immediately the
territory was assigned them by said VIM. Grace b
Co. Any persons wishing an agency for the above
work will address PITMAN g. co.,
ja23d1w q School St, Boston, Mass. 4
The Portland daily press., 1866-01-29

afes ~, ~ HOODS.
so dos. Hoods, Woven, slightly dama7ed,
y l'Hn = H,a g SOC each. worth Loo
SO dog. Hoods, Nubias, choice goods,
ao-..fIlt ~ 85c each, worth 1.5O
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
DEAroCRArIC CoxTErrrox.

The Ohio Democracy held their State
Convention on the 9th ult. The ooun-
ties generally were represented, and in
composition. tone and temper, it did not
differ materially from similar assem-
blages Of former years. Thomas M. KEY.
OF Hamilton, was nominated for Supreme
= udge; Benz. +. lie Fever, of Shelby, for
Secretary of State; VIM Larwill, of Ash
land, for Member of the Board of Pub
lic Works, Vallandigham, who for years
has been dead weight on the party and
has nearly ridden it to destruction. with
his usual impudence thrust himself for
ward as chief manager of the affair and
engineered its proceedings from com
meneement to close. The platform com
prises three resolutions. The first an
nounces the unalterable determination of
the Democracy of Ohio, to adhere to its
organization and its anoie mt and well set
tied principles. The second favors the
Immediate and unconditional restora-
ton OF the rebel States to the exercise
OF their rights within the Federal Union
under the constitution" and avows
~ SIEkyOAb \ gA4O IGdLuGQG IN Gr-
forts directed to that end. The third
protters cooperation (under the Demo
'raGo organization" of course) sin punIic |
meetings, conventions, and at the polls.
With all who concur with them as to /
What the Presidents policy is or should
De- It's difficult to see, however, how
hey are to reconcile their declared poll
y of unconditional" restoration of the
states lately in rebellion, with that of the
resident. He has imposed a great many
nd very important conditions precedent
0 their return, all of which conditions"
ne Democracy. have denounced as tyran-
zeal usurpations;land in regard to ''repres
in the Senate and House of Rep- 1
ssentatiVes, he insists upon the vital
2"dition of "undoubted loyalty" on the
art of the applicant for a seat, leaving !
le two houses of Congress to apply their
In test of loyalty.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

The new tax bill, which has for several
weeks occupied to large extent the at
tentlon Of the lower branch of Congress.
passed that body on the 28th uIt.. by a
nearly unanimous vote. Some important
amendments were made, but until the
bill as passed is published, it would be
difficult to designate them. An amend
ment was made in committee of the whole
prohibiting the publication in the papers
OF the income lists, but when the bill
came up in the House the amendment was
not eoncurred in, and there is consequent
y no charge in that respect. The bill
mas yet-to be acted upon by the Senate.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
QUEER THINGS ABDUL wnmEH.

About women some queer things are
! saId, which only the professed satirists
have the hardihood to publish. Fverv-
/ body remembers Punchs aphorism that
Men want all they can get and woman
ali they can't get Star King said in a
lecture, whenever three women are walk
ing together, two of them are laughing
we have ourselves remarked that Of men
and women whom we meet in a fashion
able promenade, the latter az general
thing have the more cheerful look. An
l!l-natured bachelor, to whom we men
TONED the fact, said 1t was owing to their
greater pride of appeared
"A well dressed woman" said the i'm
pudent churl, is always happy" 1t has
been noticed that invariably fat women
eInVey the lean ones, and the lean ones
the fat.
A recent writer contributes the follow
ing;
THE smaller lady is, so much does
she affect sunhoWer rOsettes, enormous
doUnces and extra sized ornaments: Di
mlnutlve ladies iRvaribly admire giant
like gentlemen, and vice versa. Ladies'
who are greatly admired by their own
sex are very seldom viewed in the same
light by gentlemen. If you walk up the
street with boquet in your hand, nine
women out of ten will look attentiveIv at
It, while not one man out of ten will no
lice its existence. It is a curious fact that
hose women who have made the most
acquaintance during long course of
years, have by far the best memory of 7
aces and persons.
Although women are supposed to be
he talkative sex, it is not less true that I
n learning foreign tongue men ACQUIRE
more readily the facility in speaking il. 9
7hlle ladies understand it better and g
ooner when spoken to. g
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
OHIO ITEMS.

General Waleott has been appointed
! Warden of the Ohio PenitentiarV vice
Prentice resigned.
Mr.. Pike, of Cincinnati. proDoses In ra.
/ build the Opera House, if $l5OOOO of
tickets, good for the first year. are taken
/ by the people.
The Coshocton Age says that within
two weeks, within sight of town over 200
led by dogs" - '''H All
The Qrbana Citizen and Gazette saws a
gray wolf was killed in Union townshiD
Champaign Co., few days since. HIS
appetite for mutton had rendered him
peculiarly obnoxious.
A man in Marion, Ohio. who tried to
run off with a hive full of beee wos
stung nearly to death.
The State debt was reduced S141 OOO IN
May lst, and the Commissioners oF the
sinking Fund propose to reduce it quar-
Ter OF million more on July 1st.
The great bridge across the Ohio river.
aG CINCINNATI, IS said to be nearly comDIal
tea 1t Is two thousand feet long, and
one OF the spans, measuring eleven hmm
world. '-io
Mr.. Joseph Mcdonnell and others ofI
~ Cdnd4IcoJne, nave purchased $95, 900 worth |
3 q Hour Hour at 5000 per barrel. So says the |
a building. association has been formed
y = Newark, with a capital stock of S50-
lOO. The declared object is to furnish
900 substantial property to renters at
fair price. a.
The Canton Republican says that the
of that place last week
made up purse of 800 and forwarded Il
lond, Va. 49, - A'i'i
i The Salem Republican says there are
- cases on the calender for the next
I'm I'm q the Court of Common Pleas for
o oi9m3 9I 3lana county. About Is of them
re State cases for selling whisky.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

Northern capital is being very profta-
bly, Invested in Southern manufacturing
establishments. Many of those that
were destroyed during the war are being
rebuilt, and new enterprises begun. One
Of the most extensive manufacturing es-
Adjustments ever projected in the South.
IS now under construction on the South
Carolina Railroad, nine miles from'Aupus-
ia: This enterprise is known as the Kali
mia Mills, and will consist, when com
pleted, ofa cotton factory, one paper mill
for the manufacture of writing paper, and
one for the manufacture of news and
book paper.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

A good article of family -four cannot be
purchased in this market short of So, 90
per barrel. The same kind Of flour is re-
ported to be selling in New York City at
Sc 80 "a $50. If the New Workers were to
look in this direction for a market they
could make it pay.
MADISON COUNTY.-Ihe London Union
says. We have only had fifteen frosts thus
far, this month, with prospect of another
tonight Garden vegetables look rather
sickIy, while the prospect for fruit and ber-
ries grows lesssas the season advances.
We learn that a young man named Da-
wilson. aged about Is years, was drowned
on Sabbath last, in Darby creek about a
mile south of Pleasant Valley, while he
with two other young men were IN swim
ming What adds to the sadness Of this
accident-young Davidson was the only
son Of a widow, was an excellent young
man, and was only induced to desecrate
the Sabbath by the act which resulted in
his death by the urgent solicitations of his
companions. His body was not recovered
until several hours after he had been
drowned
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

UNLU0KY-We understand that the
Allegheny College, at Meadville, is not
likely to derive the advantage from the
liberal donations of the Hon. G. V. CuI-
Yer' which it has expected. That gentle
man, 1t will be reoolleoted, gave the in
stltution real estate and erected thereon
a college building costing $4,000, but he
neglected to transfer the title, and the
property now appears among the assets
OF the liberal minded gentleman. What
makes the matter worse is, the institution
grateful for his. generosity, deposited
IN one OF Mr. Culver's banks to the ex-
dead loss.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
Union County Convention.

The UNION MEN Of Delaware County
are requested 70 meet in Convention. at
the Court Room in Delaware, on
Saturday, June 9th, 1866,
st 2 o'clock, p. m, Of said day. for the
purpose Of appointing five Delegates and
five Altsrnates to represent Delaware
County in the State Union Convention, to
be held in Columbus, on the 10th day Of
June, 1866.
By order of the
UNION CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
sUPREREE JUnaE.

Among the gentlemen named in con.
nection with the candidacy for Supreme
Judge PHILIP B. SWING, Esq, of Clsr-
mont county, occupies a prominent posi-
tiOn, both from locality and his high
standing as lawyer and a man. He was
q candidate before the last State Conven-
tion and received large vote. In refer
ring to the candidates for this Office, rbs
Warren Chronicle, published in the ex-
trems northeastern portion of the State
says:
IT Is pEesumabls that the Southern
section OF the State will justly claim The
candidate In Mr. Swing is presents5 elsrltt 9iio
candidate who has ever been trua on'e to "a
principles Of the Union and Republican 0
party, Professionally he ranks as : fiTst fisi-
class lawyer. He is man of exemnIa1v
character-of the purest moraIs-stTiotl1
leIap aperate, 9nd sincere Christian. Such /
Bench" ~ upEene
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
COUNTY CONTENTION.

The attention of Union voters is di.
reoted to the call for County Conveation
on the 9Th inst, to select five delegates to
represent this county in the eomjpg S4.to
convention We hope to see a full at
tendance, and representatives from ali
parts OF the county. These preliminary
meetings in a campaign are important and
are tooapt to be overlooked and neglected
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

A number Of prominent Union men o+
Mt. Vernon unite in presenting, through
the Republican Of that city, the name Of
Gen. HENRY B. BANNING, late of the
12lst Regiment o. V. L, as a oapdidato
for Secretary Of State, subject to the de-
oision of the Union State Convention
The same paper also presents the name
WALTER Fl. SMITH. of Mt. Vernon as =
candidate for Judge in. this Judicial Dis
tTiot,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

Horace Maynard, that noble Tenpes-
seean who has been faithful all throngh
the war. and who is kept outside The
doors Of fCongress, although there is no
better Union man inside, has written a
letter to the Union men of Tennessee
and gives this good piece of advice
If our people are wise, they will not he
betrayed BY rebel tactics into a war with
the President. They have nothing to
g gam IN q, 1t, and everything to lose. He is
els, helped to elect him, and in their nras-
ent conflict his heart is with them. and he
will stand by them if they will have it so
Such is my firm conviction.
HORACE MAYNARD.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01

ST. QUO @ o s our we Tia5 E51ntS a55
sewing Machines. Three kinds. Under and up-
q Ieed. sent on trial. Warranted I've yoara Above
so1 IN the United States for less than $40 which ara
ystsy Nesnsed By As0s, Wheeler, WtLsOn, GroUsT q
machines iff1gswets and the seller or user are
ltdbts 70 arrest fine and imprisonment Illustrated cir
cuars free. Address, call upon Shaw E CIsrir
at Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago H.
June 1, '58. .IYi.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-06-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


LET ERS
IL emaining unclaimed in the Post Of7es At nal
~ aware state Of Ohio the 81 II davr oF " ~
~ To obtain any OF these lettere ~ a,5,,i, 80
must call for s'GdUsTtissd letters give bs s5 n 49,
list and pay ONE CENT tor sdvsrtisjDo ''' VI 'uis
Atwood Miss Hannah Hurts W q
Bricker Mrs Emily C James n "
Brown Miss Euucs Jiss n "
Burke Miss Mary Hennev D,vId
Campbell Mrs Andy Mofnt Rev
Call Henry Moore A. TtLbt
Coleman Miss Molle Morris b
Clark James s Ncfisv hIo,-,,4.
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: 1, leN ~ James Scanon Mary
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- inTS 1es nouFs opens 90 a. m. closes 1880 p. m
'N19 - 1900 50 A. THOMSON, p. X.